NiGHTiNGaLE

Prison Blackwhite
Jacob stands on the bank of his river, watching the eddies of the current and thinks back to how he has been living his life so far, and envisions himself in the office, in his ‘prison clothes’ of black and white, perpetually typing reports out and filing them, perpetually standing over the zapping machine and pressing the green button to the flash of light in the printer and whir of paper.

Empty Living
Jasmine feeling the loneliness of being left alone inside the house, empty, as empty as her soul without the man of her life by her side. She waits and wonders if anything can ever fill the great void inside her. Picking up the broom, she continues to try, once more to fill her days with work.

Child-world
Picking up a rock at his feet, he tosses it idly into the water and wonders if he really deserves this ‘tranquil’ life. Thinking maybe he should go after the hectic life and work of a journalist. Visions of him running into the press room going “STOP THE PRESSES!” makes his heart rush in a moment of joy and excitement, and for the moment he isn’t John the office dweller, nor John the morose wanderer, just Jacob the child again.

Thespina
Joshua tries once more to play the part of the girl who cries out in to the nunnery to take her in, but he tries in vain, not that he wanted the part anyway, and the thought of him going on stage as a girl while his parents was watching was almost more than he could bear.

When i grow up,i wanna be a…
“Tee-Vee!” is what Chinghan would yell everytime he finishes school and run all the way home instead of waiting for the bus, just for a chance to see his idol on television, the host of a show called “Front”, Kumar. Throwing his bag in a corner, and ignoring his maid’s grumbles about having lunch first.