There was this jackpot syndrome playing games at me all along my path as I grew up. If the ultimate breakthrough was not going to be at a lottery, then it would be among the gamblers in a casino some place or a lottery at another. I was always expecting it, anxiously so. It felt this close yet elusive. I burnt my fingers a few times with con men, tripped and bruised my toes often in hostile terrains. Continue reading “THE “LIGHT” FACTOR”
ON EAGLE’S WINGS
When all hope is gone
When reflections are solely on the hind
Years gone by, caught in a numbing bottomless trail of what went wrong and why Continue reading “ON EAGLE’S WINGS”
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS!
There was confusion in the room as the guardian in the order of Sleek the Intricate recounted his sensational account. Continue reading “FOR THE RIGHT REASONS!”
MARINATED;Continued From Last Week’s DOH-Ray…
“Hypertonic, Isotonic and Hypotonic! Keep in mind the all important distinction and relationship between the three. You will need that, wherever you go! Strive always for the best option-always!” Continue reading “MARINATED;Continued From Last Week’s DOH-Ray…”
Doh-Ray-Mi
The spokesman walked brusquely up the wooden stair case in the wee hours of the morning brandishing his half eaten roast Tilapia. The bone framework was a vivid display of the excellence with which he was undertaking the surgery. He slumped to his seat, his eyes casually looking round the room where his friends spoke in low tones with others drifting to sleep while others still like him, the love balm and the stethoscope reflected in solitude. Continue reading “Doh-Ray-Mi”
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
Growing up wasn’t always easy, especially walking at night! Such dreaded moments were synonymous with unique first hand encounters with the world’s extinct and mystical species such as the dinosaur, angels and demons. Strangely, I was never armed with a camera any of those nights so I was unable to prove my point to any one! A flashlight presented a magical touch in a moment like that; tranquility, order and clarity instantaneously restored. Continue reading “A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH”
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE!
I know he is before all things and in him all things hold together. When all is said and done, there is such a place as prominence in lowliness. Better still, dawn after absolute dusk. There are times you know it best when you’ve lived it. This was one of those. Let’s just say I was a slave…with a touch of greatness I guess! Continue reading “SOMEWHERE OUT THERE!”
IN THE FLARE OF A POTENT CAPSULE
News on the tragic turn of events at the battle field began streaming in the early hours of the evening. The Commander-in-Chief had already been flown to hospital, with reports on his progress remaining a tightly guarded secret. There was heavy security presence all around the precincts of the state of the art medical facility and the city. Continue reading “IN THE FLARE OF A POTENT CAPSULE”
INCOGNITO
Sight and vision, the distinction between ordinary and the extraordinary…As it turned out that day, a very thin line divides the two, yet under the meticulous lens of the microscope it proved an ageless case of far as North is from the South! Continue reading “INCOGNITO”
The Blazing Trail 