String
As soon as we voiced our doubts about our relationship, we expressed our love for each other. We held each other close as if to grip the string we almost […]
Cooking duty
I cooked most days because if I didn’t, I’d have to eat baked beans on toast at least three times a week. Stuart didn’t complain about the food I cooked; […]
A literary woman
The second term consisted of elective subjects and entrepreneurial projects. I mostly took finance-related classes, including Corporate Governance, Innovative Investment, Derivatives, and Managerial Accounting. The sense of inferiority kept agonizing […]
Belittling a girlfriend
We spent Christmas at Stuart’s aunt’s place. But the second half of the exams was at the beginning of January, so all I did for the rest of the holiday […]
Confronting romance
Without alcohol and in daylight at school, I was in no mood to discuss romance. I tried to avoid the topic when I sat next to Scott, keeping the conversation […]
Sensation
The school hosted a Christmas dinner at a restaurant after the exam, and we were allowed to bring a plus one. Stuart couldn’t come because he had to fly to […]
1st term
During the first semester, we studied the essentials – Finance, Accounting, Economics, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior. We spent all day in a windowless classroom. Some lecturers were contemptuous of the […]
Shackle of coupledom
Weeks passed, but I didn’t see Stuart taking action to change jobs. Every evening, I studied on the kitchen counter, and Stuart played video games on the sofa. I sometimes […]
Financial stress
I was able to fund half of my tuition from the severance money and borrowed the rest from my parents. The exchange rate between GBP and JPY was about 1 […]
Responsibility politics
Then, there was a “motivational speaker.” A 30-something-year-old British man, whose profession I can’t recall, but it could have easily been a “professional motivational speaker,” but I remember he rowed […]