Category: Others

Once upon a time, there lived a poor hunter and his childless wife. One day, while gathering wood in the forest, the wife built a maiden out of snow. “If only you were real,” she sighed, “how I would love and treat you.” The forest queen heard the wife’s wish. She promised to turn the snow maiden into a real girl. But with one condition:… Read more

I have since heard many a youth lament about how our grandfathers continue to ruin the country in the name of ruling it, about how the rulers of yester years are yet the leaders of tomorrow, about how these grandfathers themselves were youths when they set out but now detest our youth and our entitlement, about how the affairs of the youth are left for… Read more

I have since realised that youth can be turned to advantage, that things are easier when one is young (contrary to popular opinion and everyday observation); that when one is young, the ‘whole world’ typically rallies around to help, advice is easier to get and experience, to garner, and the ancient argumentum ad misericordiam holds sway. Ironically, that is when one is interested in camaraderie,… Read more