Posts by Azuka
Pink
Sometimes I ask strange questions. “Would you drive a pink car?” I asked my boss on the way to work. “I don’t think so,” he replied, after thinking for a while. “But have you ever seen a pink car?” I pressed. I hadn’t. “Yes, I believe I have,” he said. “It was a pink SUV.” […]
Please…
“Would you like some soy sauce with your order?” “Please.” It’s my third week in Tampa, and just today I realized some things were different from West Virginia. Like “Please.” I guess my reaction’s similar to a friend of mine who visited NY (or was it Atlanta), and felt left out when everyone said “pop” […]
Phone call
<Insert appropriate dial tone onomatopoeia here> Azuka: Hello Lady on other end: Hello A: Is this Third World Grocers? L: Are you serious? I hope you never find Third World Grocers. A: … L: Everyone’s been calling me asking for Third World Grocers. She hung up. Typical example of what happens when you find a site […]
Idiot
Someone nudged me and I turned to look, keeping my hand firmly in my pocket, determined not to lose my wallet while being jostled around in the after-work crush at the bus stop. “The lady in that car’s calling you,” the man standing beside me pointed. My gaze followed his finger to the blue Golf […]
Imagine a life without walls
(This is the unedited text from a 10-minute writing session last Friday). There were no walls as far as the eyes could see. Not only were there no walls, there was also an absence of anything that could have served as a wall — rocks, boulders, tall grass. I had been here for three days, […]
Finally, a post
I’d like to thank everyone who commented on my previous post. As to what happened in the end, the next day I was so tired I stayed in bed all day. The day after that, I think I started telling myself it was too late to say anything, but I perhaps, much as ashamed I […]