The climate's getting cold already…..it's past mid-October….. the wintry weather chills are busy flaunting the 1st signs of its advent by now. My feet feel cold at night n a light blanket is hurled up on my bed all the time nowadays (much to my ma’s revulsion cz she feels its still balmy enuf!!!.....*sigh!!). The ceiling fan's become pregnantly slothful now…..moving slowly…..dragging itself…..as if watching its bearing solicitously …I can practically see d individual blades of the fan stirring. Coolers and air-conditioners gather dust (dad’s electricity bills get saved every winter, n that means an extra family outing each month…..*thrills*!!!)….....Standing in d balcony... late at night....I witness the entire city sleeping placidly in front of my sleepless eyes..... the 1st frigid winds just pass by....with no apologies....with no hurriedness…touching haphazardly …. n like a stolen 1st kiss…it leaves me craving for more….for more of that chilly numbness in a not-so-chilly night….. Well, anyway, I have a grim hitch in life. N dat is….I have become insomniac….yesterday I had to toss n turn nearly all night….slumber finally dawned at 5!!!….staring blankly at the blank ceiling above….hearing undersized creatures strike against the miniature incandescent night lamp high up on the wall….car horns blaring past in the roads outside……..fleet of trucks rumbling away….emergency sirens in a far-off factory somewhere….the sounds distracting me till the crack of dawn …at times suffocating…but invariably gifting me dark circles n a dreadful mood the very next morning…… (PS:. You think I managed to write a shorter post here????)