One morning, not too many days ago, I sat down and poked a spoon dolefully into my bowl of oatmeal.
Yes, my mom makes oatmeal. A special gray coloured oatmeal which has black specks in it and may sound like some horror straight from the pages of Nicholas Nickleby, but is terribly nutritious and really doesn't taste bad--as long as there are plenty of raisins, in my opinion. I eat mine on most days without blinking an eye, but on this particular morning, it had been hard getting up, there was a long day of class in a freezing classroom ahead of me (our lecturer is somehow impervious to cold even though he sits closest to the air conditioner. He wipes his forehead while I try not to let my teeth chatter right at the back of the class) and I had finished all my tea already. A small painful swelling under one eyebrow felt suspiciously like a stress pimple and at this rate I was going to be late for class again. It was not one of those days you remember to tell your grandchildren about, to be brief.
And as I dug into my cold oatmeal, I realized to my horror that there were hardly any raisins in it at all.
That was the last straw. I mournfully finished it in silence feeling like my day had been cursed, and the moment that thought came into my mind so did an idea.
I present Words for Wednesday, a series of little everyday joys to wish someone with; in honour of those small things which make all the difference to the moments in each day, but are so easily forgotten. And also, before I start sounding like a tacky gift shop slogan, a few curses here and there for those occasional bad days; cousins to I Hope You Step on a Lego.
Thanks to Quotes Creator, an app I found, this is probably what I'll be doing on public transport from now on (besides creating my own Singapore theme charades card on the charades app, a past time I just started.)
Have fun, and may it brighten your Wednesdays!