The pink fashion van!
Shillong residents were in for a sartorial surprise yesterday when a pink car, decked out like Barbie’s dream house on wheels, cruised through the streets offering thrift fashion finds to passersby. Named “Fashion on Wheels,” this mobile thrift store is part of a new wave of entrepreneurial innovation that has locals wondering if their next shirt will come with a side of exhaust fumes.
“Why walk to a thrift store when the thrift store can drive to you?” quipped one bemused resident, while snapping photos of the spectacles.
As we spotted the car zipping through town, it left a trail of curious and amused onlookers in its wake. Whether this pink fashion-mobile is a fleeting trend or the start of a thrifting revolution, one thing is certain: it has added a splash of color and humor to the streets of Shillong.
Wirestruck? The abrupt photobomber
“Wow, look at the moon! Hold on, let me click a picture,” squeaked this member of the Shillong Jottings, only to be met with the ultimate disappointment. The selonophile (yes, that’s a moon lover) in this member was crushed as the beauty of Shillong’s sky became entangled in the absurdly placed maze of wires, in this urban jungle. These pesky photo bombers are like jilted lovers, forever ruining the perfect shot because they deem it not aesthetic enough.
It’s almost as if the moon is caged, along with every glorious sunset. How can one help it? “Guess one can only go cry about it,” this frustrated member lamented, or perhaps climb a tree to get a better shot. But a reality check, unless the spider of capturing the perfect frame bites you and blesses you with Spider-Man’s agility, that’s a tall order.
Maybe the solution lies in heading to the outskirts, where wires and electricity dare not tread, but guess, ‘A win is a win,’ for this wannabe photographer.
To stop time
How we wish we could stop time sometimes, don’t we?
Five more minutes in the examination hall and you could finish that question that you knew how to solve, but couldn’t, and now you’re upset that you could have scored 100 marks but must make do with less! Instead of hitting the snooze button, what if we could simply stop time and get as many hours of sleep as we want. Life would be easier, certainly.
But time does stop. You ask, “How?” It stops when you don’t replace your clock’s batteries.
Recently, as this SJ team member took a glance at this enormous wall clock hung at the reception of Civil Hospital, Shillong, it was 1105 hours; but he was certain that it was past noon.
Taking a closer look at the clock’s hands, he realised that they were not moving! God knows for how long. An establishment of such significance must at least remember to change the batteries of their clock. But, of course, they have patients to look after and lives to save. It must’ve skipped their mind; what gives.
When was the last time you replaced the batteries of your clock?