From Far and Beyond of Nowhere

 Snapshot. After snapshot. After snapshot. Be honest. How many times have you almost gotten a muscle cramp trying to force a smile on those long photoshoots during big ceremonies? I tell you, I really needed a physiotherapist urgently, at this moment. The clenching was strong enough to be another research paper waiting to happen for a med student somewhere in the world. The camera man gestured like a fiddling branch rustling in the wind trying to get the perfect pose, just as my lecturer who couldn't seem to hide his smile as people walked by and watched us take photos. You know, that lecturer who just wants the world to know his bright students and also champions education better than the Ministry itself? Yes, that sort of fella.  Meanwhile, my classmates and I couldn't wait to use our camera on our phones with all added features, because we'd trust our Photoshop skills than the framing our lecturer might know from before wireless connections were invented. So it was gradu...

 Hi. My name is Johnathan. I've had breakfast, it's almost in the afternoon, and I'm in my pajamas, as people are trying to communicate with me but I've been very odd of late, in how I answer my phone. Yes, I'm an adult before you start asking. At the time I'm writing this, I honestly don't know what's puzzling inside my head.  I'm just in bed. At the start of the day, I did everything I could and should do. Then I suddenly went to bed and felt like I can't do anything. Ever since I was kid, I felt like I was never a normal person. Where this came from, I don't really know, but it's always been singing at the back of my head that nothing about me was ever normal. It's funny how that's where things kick off as I'm telling you this. But yeah, I wasn't the A student or the academic. I just survived. The other stuff was a flurry of a lot of accidents and experimentation. I interacted with everyone but I always felt alone. Like...