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The Possession of a Preoccupied Mind

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Hey, how you doin'?  No, I am not rewatching Friends for the zillionth time.  It's just that I hate to start traditionally.  I'm in a conflicting situation: some of my readers like my conversational tone, but apparently it isn't quite acceptable to the publication agencies. Two of my best-appreciated stories were rejected because of their tone. The rejection felt like a jolt that I could practically feel in my head, especially the second one.  Since that day, I've been caught up in a vicious loop of boredom because I stopped writing anything new.   I also called off a new transcription gig that promised me some good money, but the client was a tad bit of a scoundrel in his behaviour.  So here I am, having voluntarily stepped away from both writing and work, and somehow managing to be bored out of my mind. Pretty efficient, ain't I? I'm in that peculiar state where I don't want to do anything to kill time, yet somehow want the time to pass joyfully. I ...
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The 10 AM Situation

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It was about to get 9.30 AM and I had all woken up, waiting for my mother to come and brush my teeth. After the brush, she would have my robe changed, feed me my meal, and get ready for school. She always kept my daily routine as her last chore before she could finally set off for her service as a schoolteacher. As I was lying down waiting for her to come, I could not help but think about the whole 10 AM situation and how different it used to be three years earlier. There was a time when me and my mother would both get ourselves ready for school. She would drop me at my preschool on her way. That was the time when she would not have to do my daily chores for me. But now things have changed. A sudden terminal illness concerning my brain’s ability to balance and coordinate my body left my muscles weak and powerless. As a result, I was left bedridden at the tender age of seven.  I think about it all the time. The 10 AM situation. It used to be my favorite part of the day because this...
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