Archive for February, 2008



Yesterday Friends

Overheard in a train.
Woman, “Thank you so much for coming out with me. I really mean it. I hope it wasn’t just one of those I-won-the-tickets-and-you’re-just-coming-for-that kind of thing. We had so much back then. And then all that happened with the…”
Other woman, “I know, I know.”
Woman, “I really want to […]

Cabbie #10

Disgruntled Pakistani.  Business has been slow that Wednesday.  Been in the country for about six years.  Been driving a cab for about five.  Thinks he’ll be going back to Pakistan, as he doesn’t like Australia because he find it arrogant in international affairs.  He thought I was from Vietnam, but I corrected him that I’m […]

Sacrificing Art For Space

I’m putting all my CDs into a few massive wallets that hold two to three hundred discs each.  In the process I’m disposing of the cases and the booklets.  Have to admit it wasn’t easy seeing all the beautiful artwork go to the bins, but in the name of storage space it’s the only logical […]