If you are thinking that I am talking about dominant, bright or most popular colours I am not. Neither am I talking about rainbow colours in VIBGYOR. Red, yellow and green are the colours of the bins the council provides us for different types of rubbish or waste. I don’t have to remind you that... Continue Reading →

Upholding the tradition of Christmas, on Wednesday, the 25th of December I went to St Gertrude’s Parish to attend mass. The Parish priest began the sermon with a shared anecdote from a royal lineage. If my memory is right, Princess Alice of Battenberg asked Prince Philip to find a faith. In response to this, the... Continue Reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyNHKrM0qBE&feature=youtu.be Recent news about bushfires and the destruction it has caused to the place and people reminds me about the divine and the demoniac characteristics of nature. Even though bushfires ravage the cities of Queensland and New South Wales annually, there has been an increase in the extensive areas devoured by the red flower –... Continue Reading →

Have you seen people communicating with computers? Have you wondered why people who are in your vicinity suddenly start arguing with a mysterious entity or resume a conversation influenced by the invisible other? Have you seen them, then, control the urges to respond to the anonymous other for fear of being mistaken to be a... Continue Reading →

Have you run into celebrities with no premeditated calculations? It has always been interesting to observe how people react in different ways when they run into celebrities. A few recognize them straight away. A few brush past the celeb only to wonder if they had failed to recognize him or her because of lack of... Continue Reading →

Star-crossed? Must be. How else could I explain my tendency to gravitate towards weirdness. My efforts to attend a conference ended in failure as I lost my way and despite several detours could not get to the venue. To make matters worse my vehicle had a flat tyre rendering it impossible to continue the journey.... Continue Reading →

The clock struck 4:00 pm. The motor driven chariot I had booked online for my transportation to the Australian Society of Author’s socialising ball had failed to arrive on time. There was no message from the charioteer, as was the norm, requesting me to be ready for pick up. For some weird reason I had... Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/iFUnenQqa4U Periodic occurrences. A written communication that forces the tenants to a frenzy mode. On a fateful day, while checking my mailbox I discovered that catastrophic letter. With just four days’ time to transform the messy home into a spotless haven and with a few days of having neglected domestic chores for valid reasons, I... Continue Reading →