"Selamat datang ke malam yang panjang."

Everything of mine has to have its own rightful place.

You can contribute this to my neat personality or obsessive rationality, or to the fact that I tend to forget trivial things and my sanity depends on the sense of security of knowing that I can always find my keys in the second pocket or the flashlight in the fourth right drawer under the table.

So when I get home, I will arrange my shoes neatly either on the floor by the shoe rack or on the shelf if there is space. At home we don't stack shoes up on top one another, but at Umair's we do.

Afterwards I will walk to my room, putting the keys back in my bag pocket and proceed to deposit my bag on the floor by my bed.

And then I will do about my business. Change my clothes and snuggle Kevin or whatever.

But everything changes in the winter.

Upon unlocking the door, the door will be kicked close and shoes will be haphazardly strewn across the foyer. Keys will be thrown on the carpet and the bag will be dropped unmercifully where it landed.

There will then be a race against voluntary control of bladder to the washroom.

Shipping Industry Worker With A Penchant For Trees And Perfecting Deformity

Flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo saw me sitting next to a grieving Turkish-Pakistani on her impromptu flight to be with her friend whose mother just passed away a few hours before. We chatted most of the journey because she needed to.

At one point she asked me to describe myself. I paused and told her "I'm arrogant. I tend to take people and things for granted." 

Surely I got berated for that. Reminded me of Mizuiro Kojima in Bleach whose first self-introduction was self-degradation, but he scored point with Ichigo because of his honesty.

We then got to know each other, exchanged life stories, future plans, love mishaps (lulz), laughter, Panadol. I gave her my only packet of caramelized banana chips as a token of my gratitude for everything.

Most importantly, we promised to keep in touch.

We parted at the arrival terminal gate with a hug. She reminded me to keep in touch (since we're both Leos, she probably sensed my ability to remember people in silence and conveniently forget to contact them) and I prayed she remains strong for Nagm, a happy ending with Hazem and everything goes well and smooth. 

"Better to be single than married to an ass."

"Everything has an age."

"Travel, love and worship."

"I feel like a granny; telling you all these and you smiling and nodding. Do it now or you'll regret it. I tell you, I am the future you."

All right, Nil. I get allergy with human, so I'll go love a tree now. Keh3.