Blue Seas

It didn't start with a ''Once upon a time...''. It's not going to end with a ''...and they lived happily ever after''. I don't know what true love is. But I do know, of that time when you had organized and pulled off your first national level debate, and the contestants were on the stage, and the judges in the front row, and your family in the crowded hall, you, in a sari, leaped from the stage to hug me, as I stood in the aisle. And there was that time when we were sitting in silence in the cafe, and, without saying anything to me, you reached over the table and took my half-used sugar sachet and poured it over your own coffee. You stay up till 4.00 a.m., studying, long after I've gone to sleep. You're tired, and you have college tomorrow. But without being asked, or told, you take out the suit I have to wear at tomorrow's presentation and iron it. And before switching off the lights you murmur "Sweet dreams...&quo

Large group of police cadets patrolling in front of the MRT... P: See S, I'm so glad we decided to step outside for dinner. A: Why? You like one of them? *nodding her head in their direction* S: *without looking up from her cell phone* She likes all of them. *** On the way back from CNY holiday in the tropical mangrove forests... N: You know what the highlight of the trip was? P: What? N: Those three hot, shirtless Spanish guys we passed on bicycles. P: Let me get this straight. S took us to a magical, tropical island with mangrove swamps and coral beaches on a freaking ferry-boat. We hiked for fifteen kilometers and had the most amazing lunch. And you think three hot, shirtless Spanish guys whizzing past you on their bicycles was the highlight of the trip? N: *pauses to think for a second* Yeah. S: *rolls eyes* N: I wish we could meet another of them though... Lady at the jetty: I need three volunteers to accompany this gentleman on the ferry boat. N: Yeah! Wish gr

One cold and rainy Monday afternoon in our Social Science class. "Today for the in-class exercise I want each of you to take Rubin's Quiz Part A and B," said Prof, "All of you take a copy..." I look down at the stapled sheets of thirty odd MCQs in front of me and read the bold black lettering on the first page. THINK ABOUT THE PERSON YOU ARE CURRENTLY DATING OR LAST DATED AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. "What?" I said stupidly. 'Oh dear God..." said the girl sitting next to me. After twenty-five minutes of soul-searching Prof called out, "That's it. Time's up! Lets discuss the answers, shall we? But first! Tell me...what did you think of Rubin's Quiz A? What do you think its really about?" "Commitment?" said a student. "Sacrifice?" ventured another. "A waste of time?" followed by a smattering of laughter. "No guys! Come on...its about love!" said Prof