MY BROTHER

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My brother is one of those people who wakes up one morning and they decide that they want to learn how to surf and they go buy a surf board and they go surfing. They decide one day that they want to learn how to play Long Tennis and they are it. They decide to build a company and they do. That is my brother.

My brother has ventured into Quail eggs recently. He says they are super healthy and yes they are but I can’t bring myself to eating it. Quails look too much like owls and I think owls are transformed witches. So you see. I can’t enjoy it but my brother is beating their raw eggs and drinking it with gusto.

My brother is one of those people who would fight with the sister and in the next moment he would come and lie beside you and give you a good night kiss.

My brother is also one of those people who would not talk to you when they are watching a movie or a football match. They want to catch every action. He would not pay any attention to you. So don’t go asking a question.

My brother is one of those people who decide to do a spring cleaning every now and then and would take all the louvres from the windows and wash them in turns.

My brother is one of those people who would sometimes take you to the market and wait for you till you are done and drive you home.

He is also one of those people who would not be particularly talkative for a long while but when they launch a tirade you would be begging to run away.

And he just came in and said Emelia let us go to La- palm. I sure have a lot to read but I am not letting that stop me from getting a good breeze.


Heya. That is my brother! 

Watch out for a piece on my other brother.




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