My classmate and I were going back to our homes , we lived next door to each other , when we stumbled upon a stall we never seen before. It must have been the first day it opened for we noticed there were a few baskets of congratulatory flowers at the door. There were a…
Fantasy
Writers’ Journal #82 – Game Over
The sound of the keys from the keyboard being hammered rang loudly from Timmy’s room. It was loud enough for his sister next door who was studying for the coming exam to plug her ears with the tissue papers. Not only the sound of keys , of course , but also the music , fighting sounds from his computer as well. But his family was used to the late night chaos from him.
Writers’ Journal #80 – Lost in Translations
It was difficult enough walking in the hot desert of upper Egypt in the middle of day but being French and not able to speak with anyone else made it worse. Frances was home sick and bouncing up and down on the camel. He looked down and saw the natives smiling , laughing and wondered why he could be like them. So he started to count the reasons why he was in the country that he had always wanted to visit yet so miserable since he had arrived last week.
Writers’ Journal #43 – Learning Machine
It was only 50 years after that humanity had realized it had surrendered to the machines. By then , there was no stopping them. They had pervaded into every decision making process that had been designed by human. In the greatest of ironies , those systems were designed by human to control other human. But…
Writers’ Journal #40 – Wallpaper
Ding! Dong! “Honey , I’m home!” The bell rang and I heard the my wife’s voice not soon after. I closed off the laptop , unplugged the power and got off from the desk. It was a sign that my day was over , at least to me. I promised her last week that I…
Writers’ Journal #37 – Magic Mirror
“Oh , dearest daughter of mine , let your father knows what is it that you would like for your birthday?” , asked the King of Togonia. “Oh father , I heard that there is a magic mirror in the castle north of our kingdom. Please grant your daughter this one wish” , replied Princess…