Bitter truths

One day, when your mother is yelling at you, you might begin to hear a tiny voice in your head that will tell you that you are right and your mother is wrong, Over the years, this voice might get louder and louder, and you might find yourself listening to this voice instead of your mother's voice, particularly is she has been yelling at you this whole time. One of the world's tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island, because people always answer "a deck of cards" or "Anna Karenina" when the obvious answer is "a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want." It is much, much worse to receive bad news through the written word than by somebody simply telling you, and I'm sure you understand why. When somebody simply tells you bad news, you hear it once, and that's the end of it. But when bad news is written down, whether in a letter or newspaper or on your arm in felt tip pen, each time you read it, you feel as if you are receiving the news again and again. A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly. The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught. Available at Fully Booked for P520.00