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  • Should go or should I stay
  • The Lucky Cat
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  • "A New Start"
  • Should go or should I stay

    “Maybe I shouldn’t be here.”, he muttered as he checked his breath for the umpteenth time. By now Ray had been sitting in his car for close to forty minutes contemplating whether to leave the car or just speed away. “After all it’s just a stupid event where no one will even remember you” , he reasoned. His sweaty palms gripped the wheel tighter as he examined the keys in the ignition. One turn of that key and his problems would be over. He could retreat to his apartment, break out a cold one and binge watch Netflix with Bob and Moon, his trusty cats. But he’d told himself he had to be here and...fPtone door

    The Lucky Cat

    It only cost one dollar.She’d picked it up on a whim from that popular Japanese variety store, Daiso. It was a shiny, gold-painted plastic cat with a solar-powered waving arm.Noticing them in people’s cars, she’d always thought these cats were so cute. Her best friend from Japan told her that it was a “Maneki Neko” or “beckoning cat”; a talisman of good luck and fortune.Now she had a lucky cat of her very own sitting on her dashboard. As soon as she removed it from its packaging, the cat’s arm immediately started waving. Amused, she said to it, “Why, hello there! You’re going to be my little t...fPtone door

    Dazzle them all

     Insignificant.  What can someone like you even do, that so many others before you haven’t been able to?  Do you really, truly think that YOU can make a difference?  You’re the wrong colour for this country, girl.  Don’t you think your dreams should be a bit more practical and realistic?Words. Just words. Words that I’ve heard since I can remember. Spoken with a viciousness twww.onedoor.cchat wounded me, with a sharpness which felt like a very real knife. We’ve all been taught to never pay too much attention to some words like this. While it may be true that it may not affect everybody in the same...fPtone door

    "A New Start"

    Splish...splash. The rain was pouring down and it was freezing outside. The Tang family was shivering under a cave. That was the only place they could find shelter at. They had a thin blanket that wrapped around them." M-mom," said Jade. She was 11 and the only child. " I-it's really c-cold," she said shivering her teeth chatting. She was wearing short sleeves and some pink shorts. They had just escaped Mr. Smith who treated them badly. They were also poor and had no where else to go." I know honey," her mom said sympatheticly. " Once the rain is over, we'll find somewhere else to go."" Yes," ...fPtone door

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