Positive Overtones

The Library Couple  It was the beginning of my mid-semester break and I had decided to travel to Goa for a short trip. It wasn’t a trip that I decided to take at an instant which meant that I did have a reserved ticket. As I entered my compartment I felt a bit out of place. Unlike my other fellow travellers, I wasn’t dressed in some swanky bright coloured clothes. In fact, since my journey was just a two week visit to home, I did not bother packing much. However, most of the passengers in my compartment looked like they were travelling to Goa to settle there for good. Their bags looked like they had emptied their wardrobe for their trip. I decided to stay silent during the whole journey as I went to my berth without causing much commotion. As I gazed out of the window pondering as to how bad my journey could get, a young couple sat across me. The young lady was dressed in a yellow kurti with floral designs on it and white leggings while the young man was dressed in a blu...

LESSONS I LEARNT FROM A CYBER-BULLY  Though it gives me chills, this account of friendship is quite weird and unique. It was a late summer evening when I had just come back home from my daily jog around Central Park. Ads I entered the house and my FitBit connected to the household Wi-Fi, I received a strange notification on my FriendZone account. It was a friend request from a person name Sally Meyers. This should have been my first clue as I did not know anyone by that name. But, being a socialite by nature, I decided to accept the friend request of this complete stranger. Lesson #1: Never accept a friend request of someone whom you have never spoken to or even seen The following day, I received a message: “Hey! How are you?” I know that being a socialite means that I need to be more outgoing and extroverted. But, this person was definitely swift in her outspokenness (if I may term it that way). Being a simpleton myself, I replied to it almost instantly. L...