The Backpacker

Another chapter opened and closed. But the book remains unread. My American friend Keith once said, "Anjy, if God brings you to it, he will bring you through it." That time I didnt understand what he said. Now I do.

The trick is to have Faith.

Have faith even when you have consumed a deadly combination of drinks (here cold milk and 7UP), have worn shoes of different colour and t-shirt inside out and been refused a holiday, still keep the faith. Now, drink that combines the two I mentioned is absolute no-no. So am taking this oppurtunity to tell people who come to this blog or even pass the word that while Faith is all right, drink milk and 7UP seperately.

They aint meant to be mixed. If by sheer stupidity you ever did, be prepared for the worse. The stomach revolts and keeps at it, subsequently if you do eat anything, it dosent stay in the tummy because the tummy hates your sense of food-combination, your legs refuse to support you further and give away just to remind you that you need to respect their strength and not jeopardise it and lastly the mind. It goes to sleep out of sheer exhaustion because the rest of the body system has plainly said they wouldnt cooperate.

The worst could be that life may leave you too. Yes, it can be really really bad. And how do I know this? Ouch, I mixed my drinks, you see :-) But am alive. That is Faith :-)

Thank God, all this happened after I was caught with the wrong shoes! A black shoe on the right and a grey shoe on the left, and golly, I never did feel the imbalance! It took a fair Lebanese bun-carrier in a supermarket to show me the error in the 'shoe style,' to be followed by another far more grevious error: Of wearing the t-'s inside out :-)

All this after being given a Chinese Head Massage by a lady so gentle!!

But, keep at it. Have faith in the Chinese Head Massage first thing in the morning and maybe, just maybe, you can get away without having to go through all these! Maybe, you could simply strike gold instead. Keep the Faith. (Its more like a chain reaction or you could see it in the reverse.) 

But do not drink cold milk with 7UP!