Sunday, 8 February 2015

February - PONDER (Word limit: 100)




By Latika M


She would seldom ponder the futility of the human endeavour. As someone who saw the glass as half full, she approached life with vigour, trying to achieve as much as possible every day – be it as mundane as cleaning the oven or as life-altering as a cake decorating course for her new venture at the local farmers' market. So when the flash flooding turned her flawlessly iced cupcakes into a mushy puddle at the inaugural of her market stall, she was left despondent and torpid. The torrential downpour had washed away her optimism together with the perfectly piped buttercream rosettes.

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