My paternal grandfather passed away yesterday evening at his home in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. “إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ” “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.” As I’m trying to process my emotions and go through my memories of him, I keep coming across nuggets of wisdom from his life story that I thought
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[Part 7- Finale] ‘I Haven’t Started Either’ – Confessions of A High School Bully
Read the Promo, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Chapter Thirteen “And then what happened?” Joe asked the next day at school. “Whatcha think? I called the cops!” I said. Alex froze when he saw me, but his drop-out-loser brother Jeff grabbed him and ran for it, so did the
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Read the Promo, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Chapter Eleven “I’m not mentally challenged, Sara! I told you I get it! HOLY!” I said at breakfast the next day. I was operating on 12 minutes of sleep; my mood basically resembled an over-stuffed trashcan. “I’m sorry but this is
Read article[Part 5] ‘I Haven’t Started Either’ – Confessions of A High School Bully
Read the Promo, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Chapter Nine Tanya was selling cookies by the case! Everyone was talking at school, even the teachers. They said she hit some kind of national record. But of course, the actual number according to scout rules and regulations was “confidential”. I
Read article[Part 4] ‘I Haven’t Started Either’ – Confessions of A High School Bully
Read the Promo, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Chapter Seven “You did what?” Joe was so stunned, he choked on his orange juice and it came squirting out of his nose. “I got permission to replace Sara in the contest coz she’s been injured,” I said again. “You’re gonna
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Read the Promo, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Chapter Five “You ever heard of a Pandora tomato technique?” I asked Joe at lunchtime. “Is that for Pizza?” Joe asked. “No, I think it’s some kind of system to help students study.” “Dude! Have we met?” Joe commented, “Of course
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