By Suresh Pattali
I literally launched myself onto the lofty chair, the only one vacant in the salon, and looked around to see who was going to serve me. I panned my eyeballs across the place. The ambiance was hair-raising. The six-chair shop with seamless black-and-white decor, including large elliptical mirrors with LED-illuminated frames, lent credence to the hues of business that happened inside: hair — black or gray.
Continue reading The barber who wanted to make me look like Shakespeare
By Kirstin Bernabe
“Will we tell our children that we were cheaters? That we cheated on our now-exes just so we could be together?”
Continue reading Honestly, being true never works out well for everyone
By Enid Grace Parker
Recently, a radio station I was tuned into played a song dating back to 1989; that got me nostalgic and I wondered — what was I up to on this particular day 30 years ago? A quick Google check informed me that it had been a Saturday, which means I would have been in school (we had only Fridays off back then). Just for fun, and because I love going down memory lane, I tried to piece together what might have transpired on that day.
By Ryan Lim
Meeting the Pope in person was an experience I thought would be impossible to achieve. Until now, I still could not believe that four years ago I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity not just to see but also kiss the hand of Pope Francis, the Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church.
Continue reading What it was like kissing the hand of the Pope
By Suresh Pattali
Life has good times and bad times. But I have consistently maintained, even in my trying days, the world is full of good people.
Continue reading The world is full of good people. Some even return lost phones
By Suresh Pattali
Vijay Mallya, the bejewelled Indian tycoon awaiting extradition from the UK, and my former self have something in common. No, I’m not on the run from the law unlike the flamboyant businessman who after defaulting on loan payments allegedly owes banks in India more than $1 billion.
Continue reading A Dubai brat’s remark wasn’t the reason I quit smoking
By Kelly Clarke
A colleague probed this week, pointing to a picture pinned at my desk: “Why would you leave that to come and live here?”
Continue reading Homesickness is creeping up on me after years in the desert
