cul-de-sac of life

Maybe someday he will be able to know exactly what went wrong. But for now, he can muster just enough energy to get through the working week.

On days when even the weather gangs up with the rest of the world to go against him, all he can do is to smile warily at his own sorry plight.

He wished he was on a holiday somewhere. Anywhere. Away from here. His reality. It doesn't even need to be particularly exotic. Just a place where he can get his mind off the thoughts that plague him daily.

He pulls out his wallet from his backpocket and dug out a crumpled piece of newspaper cutting.

YOU ARE A PHONE CALL AWAY FROM THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE. CALL NOW!

Finishing the remaining coffee in the styrofoam cup, he got up from the table and moved over to the bin. Another 4 hours till knock off time.

4 hours. He will make it through today. Just like how he did yesterday and the day before.