The Brightest Month

IV.I.VII THE BRIGHTEST MONTH A few months before enrolling into my penultimate year, Momma Bear and I applied for a medical elective in the UK as part of a programme offered by the University of Cambridge. Somehow, some way, we both got accepted into the same programme. Of course, this wasn’t exactly a valorous feat. Applications were on a first […]

The Blackest Day

IV.I.VI THE BLACKEST DAY Three words – “I love you”. Just three words. Three words so simple that they’re usually part of an infant’s jargon. Put a monkey on a typewriter and it’s bound to spell them out eventually. Three simple words. I’ve been known to speak at an alarming rate of WPMs. I’m talking Lorelai Gilmore or someone who’s […]

Shades of Cool

IV.I.V SHADES OF COOL Things with Alex were very… different. Probably because he was different from what I was used to. Very bohemian and alternative – but not at all forced or fake, just the way he is. I don’t know what it was about him that drove me so crazy and wild. And it wasn’t just him, his face […]

Off to the Races

IV.I.IV OFF TO THE RACES I remember dreading having to go on a date. All the small talk, the playing hard to get, the thrill of the chase. Then there’s the whole waiting for the right moment to ask them out and having to decide where to go. Then, of course, comes the much-awaited, much-dreaded day – along with the […]