Have you seen the old man on the street corner? The one with the lose spectacles? my mother asked. I turned my eyes off the road for awhile to see the old man, I recognized him as a tricycle driver from my brothers' school. He was thin and frail, he was wearing a blue polo …
A Chronicle of a Christmas Long Gone
It's 2006. You and your siblings are sprawling on the floor of the living room, playing with the toys you received from the Christmas parties you have attended, surrounded by your family exchanging smiles, stories and laughter. A Christmas tree is standing on the corner, glowing with the colors of the Christmas lights, donned with …
Last Christmas
The last time I went caroling was nine years ago when I was in grade six. It knew it happened on the twenty-third of December, as my friends said that it was the last "acceptable" day to go caroling--Nobody should go caroling on the twenty fourth and beyond, they said. I remember we spent the …