Pounding The Keyboard

  As time goes on, I realize Just what you mean to me, And now, now that you're near Promise your love that I've waited to share And dreams of our moments together Color my world with hopes of loving you.      Just days after I started listening to Chicago’s music again, posts mentioning the band started appearing on my Facebook News Feed, about the band, probably coincidence or, maybe, p roof that social media, like Big Brother, is really watching every move you make and listening to everything you say. Terry Kath, the band’s guitarist and one of their vocalists, tragically died when he was just 32 years old--he accidentally shot himself in the head while playing with his gun.     Self-described as a rock and roll band with horns, most of their songs are upbeat, catchy, and feel-good.      One of those posts is asking for the three greatest songs of Chicago. I can’t tell their three greatest songs since I haven’t listened to a...

       My old phone, OnePlus Nord N10, I think, is already five years old. I don’t know how old is that in human years, but I believe it’s quite old in smartphone years. It really isn’t problematic, never once it went haywire, hasn’t really annoyed me, just that it charges slower now, battery quick to fade and has become a bit outdated that it can’t download some new apps—so I thought of buying a replacement, which would also serve as a gift to myself (May is my birthday month). Come to think of it, I don’t remember ever buying a birthday gift for myself. Okay, I probably bought some new socks for me in the past.     And buying a replacement for my old phone I did. And since I was quite satisfied with the performance of my old phone, I decided to buy the same brand, OnePlus 15. Compared to my mid-range old phone, OnePlus 15 is a little high-end and pricier (it's a flagship phone but less expensive than other flagship phones), so it has much better specs a...