Do Aliens Exist?

Over the years, we all have come across several articles suggesting the possibility of the existence of aliens. My interpretation of the existence and behavior of aliens was primarily because of the many alien movies that my parents had made me watch {Or I had forced them to watch😉}. Growing up, I must have watched about twenty alien movies, either at home or in the theater. I don’t regret it😊. Initially, it was always alien invasions, but eventually, I got introduced to movies that didn’t always have “horrible, terrible, evil aliens”. I would be screaming off my face cheering for a few of them when the aliens were so angelic (Remember E.T?). The weirdest part was, based on the type of movies, my feelings towards the aliens would change! My parents had the painful experience of seeing me prance around in weird clothes, trying to resemble an alien.

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Introducing… The Empress of Mischief!

There she goes! My little sister rummaging into the refrigerator to fill her bowl with two extra scoops of ice-cream. She also grabs some candies and MNMs and hides it in her pockets. She looks at me from the corner of her tiny eyes and winks. I recall my poor Mum’s words “Just a SINGLE ice-cream scoop after lunch”. And then she plops onto the sofa and starts enjoying her self-earned desserts. My dessert craving gives in and I ask Em to share some candies with me which she sourly denies. By the time she almost finishes her dessert platter, the ice-cream is all over her face and her T-shirt. Mum, who was busy working suddenly appears from nowhere and glares at Em. Em fumbles and the ice-cream bowl topples, and our sofa and the cushion gets painted in shades of ice-cream. You should have seen Mum! She went into a frenzy thinking what to clean first. 😉.

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Dear 15-year-old Self

Dear 15-year-old self,

You have come a long way in surviving your primary years, molding your secondary years, celebrating success, and managing failures, so you deserve a standing ovation. You have probably also been extremely devilish like me but you still deserve a round of applause. Ooh, have you eaten at least ten Mars chocolate bars today? I’m having that craving right now. (Drool!)

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