GW-BASIC wasn’t just a programming language. It was a life decision made on your behalf by a committee you never met. It came bundled with MS-DOS in the early 1980s and just… stayed there—like a relative who arrived for a weekend and began critiquing your life choices. You didn’t install it. You didn’t download it. It simply existed—like gravity, taxes, and that one subject you failed twice for no clear reason.
Friendship, after all, is just love with worse assignments.
Kovalam is one of India’s best-known beach destinations and has been charming tourists since at least the 1930s. It is famous for its three crescent-shaped beaches — Lighthouse Beach, Hawa Beach, and Samudra Beach — separated by rocky outcrops, as if nature itself wanted to create a beach resort with neat little sections for beauty, drama, and serious coconut-based contemplation.
Because the universe loves confidence the way a cat luvvrrsssss a glass of water sitting near the edge of a table. The moment you think, Ah yes, peace at last, some unseen cosmic clerk jerk stamps your file with: “Activate disorder with no further notice.”
A cold little shiver at the back of my skull, as if time had folded in on itself and let me glimpse a moment I had already lived, ruined, and buried. I hated that feeling. But hatred changes nothing. Some things enter your life like unwelcome guests and sit down as if they belong there.
That first sip did what motivational speakers, wellness advice, and afternoon naps had all failed to do. It revived me. The coffee was strong, hot, and mercifully low on sugar — exactly how coffee should be when life has already disappointed you in other departments.
