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Snoooore?

snooore felix

I suppose, I was born to be an artist. Off course, I was not born with a brush, but I gleefully grabbed one after I was born. If I am not such a good artist now, it is because I didn't get enough practice as a kid.

Everytime I would scribble the walls, my paint tools would be rudely snatched from me. The punishment was to sit in a corner facing the wall. It definitely is awkward sitting in a corner facing the wall, though I must confess that it does have its own merits.

Great ideas often come to mind when you sit in a corner facing the wall. Infact, I would love to think up some great ideas, sitting in a corner facing the wall. But then it would look like I am being punished. I therefore rest my head at my desk and think. But people assume that I am sleeping.

Sometimes I do dose off at my work table and I am abruptly awakened by colleagues. I tell them that I was thinking, not sleeping. They suggest that atleast I shouldn't snore while I think. I say, maybe I was thinking aloud - through my nose. I fear that if they prove I was sleeping, then they might put me in a corner facing the wall. It is not that I mind sitting in a corner facing the wall. Infact as I've said earlier, great ideas often come to mind when you sit in a corner facing the wall.

But then again, it is not always that I like to think... Sometimes I rather prefer to sleep!

by Felix Foo


In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal.
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