User:Linkrao

20th May 2013 Page: 10

An Easy Life

I woke up to the tunes of Valentine by Kina Grannis today. It is a pleasant ambience outside my window and the previous night’s heavy showers had reduced to little dew drops on the leaves of the planets in my balcony. I looked at the clock on my desk with its hands pointing towards digits which said I began my day at 7.40 AM. It air smelt air and felt a bit colder than it usually is. It was an odd feeling but none the less a pleasing one.

I would usually walk to the faucet to brush as soon as I get out of bed before I switch on the geyser. However today I just sat upright on my bed and stared at the open sky through my window. Hmmm it might rain because I can see the clouds already swelling up even though the first rays of the rising sun are passing through them to heat the earth underneath them with warm shaft of light.

An unsettling truth started creeping up my mind as I started to realize that it’s Monday and sooner or later I’ll find myself in the less than enthusiastic workspace. There is nothing wrong bout where I work. When I was given a choice about where I can sit, I chose the desk that is close to the window that faces the sun in the evenings. It gives a bearing for time. Less I’ll be clueless whether it’s evening or late at night when I get engrossed in my work. I don't want to forget the world outside even if I am cosy and nestled in my desk writing this page.

Before I could get into the shower I smelt the air filled with the aroma of caramel that touches the hot surface of the pan whenever my mum places a moist slice of beard that is soaked in milk, sugar and egg yolk. Yum, I am having French toast for breakfast and it’ll be the high point of my morning. It's true. Breakfast is the most meal of the day. If it doesn't make you happy, nothing will for the rest of the day. And when it’s your mum who is making them…. You’re living the life of a happy kid. Added to this was the daily Good Morning phone call my girl friend makes before she gets ready for work. It puts a smile on my face by the way she extends the morning part. And when she blows kisses before she cuts the call, it widens my smile so much that it looks like a coat hangar in stuck in my mouth.

As an every day routine I turn on the shower with Sly and the Family stone’s “Everyday People” playing on my IPod in the shower. It drives a 4 inch speaker in my bathroom that is sufficient enough to fill the whole place with music. The acoustics of the space inside is so good that it amplifies the richness in every song I play. My voice sounds better when I sing along with Sylvester Stewart a song about pleas for peace and equality between different races and social groups.

By the time I get out of the shower the clock will show 8.30AM. I got two hours more to dress and have French toast with butter on them before I get in to the cab that takes me to work. I don’t have to ride or catch a bus. I just got to live an easy life with a smile every morning.