It was all a dream

As though the city was now putting a show on just for me. Everything was now happening in slow motion and I was now sucked into this rhythm of the city, completely in awe of its beauty. Of course, that's when my pocket vibrated to the text of "where are u?" I should have replied "on top of the world" but I exited my trance and ran down the stairs to meet my friend.

• An excerpt from my notebook dated 2006