Amarts's Notes

                                                 Margaret was stunned upon hearing from her maid, Helen, that it was a Thursday. She had lost a track of the days and thought it was a Wednesday.  Ever since she got married, everyday had always looked like every other day because she did the same things every day, it was a life of boring routines. Still in doubt, her eyes rolled over to the calendar on the wall of her room and surprisingly, her maid was right. She wished it was a Monday or Tuesday or at worst a Wednesday, Thursday was too close to a Saturday. Soon, she would see his black face again. Chief would mount on her like a lion on its prey once he arrives on Saturday. He had made her feel like he had married her just to satisfy his sexual craving. His hunger for sex was so insatiable that it kept her wondering why he was never tired, since he had other wives and concubines warming his bed. Chief had chosen to live his life the way he wanted regardless of anyone’s empathy, b

Image credit: www.olderhood.com             “Young man!”  Opportunity shouted from where he stood. He had been watching the young man    since he started his journey to the Land of Happiness.  “Good day,” the young man said cheerfully, after he had walked up to Opportunity. “Where are you going to?” Opportunity asked even though, he knew where the young man was heading to. “I am going to the Land of Happiness to seek my own happiness,” he replied buoyantly. “Why are you moving towards the East to the Land of Happiness?” Opportunity asked. “Because everyone is moving towards that direction,” he replied. "You see?" He said, pointing at a man walking towards the direction. “You are making a mistake young boy. The journey to finding your true happiness is independent of others.” “But everyone moves towards that direction to find happiness,” the young man said quickly. “They always return disappointed,” Opportun

I mage credit: www.forbes.com On a valentine’s day, my husband gave me a huge golden box that really thrilled me. Before I opened the secret golden box, he asked me to guess what was in it. If it was a small box, I would have guessed the golden box contained jewellery. But the box was too big for any kind of jewellery. After I refused to guess right, he asked me to open the golden box. Then I did, and when I saw the content of the big box, I became disappointed. The big golden box contained a cream and brown teddy bear. Although the teddy bear was beautiful, I didn't appreciate it because I was not a teddy bear fan. I tried to wear a fragile smile just to cover up my dissatisfaction. But he became aware of the fragile smile, and he asked if I liked it, I lied to him that I liked it. I noticed he dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a golden box, but this time a small one. He didn't ask me to guess before I opened it. This time my fragile smile turned