The Buddha In The Bathroom (#Wattys2016)
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Last published Mon, Jun 27, 2016
A man.
A woman.
A research.
And
A bathroom?
Meet Walter, 27, physicist in some University he cannot recall the name of, and the greatest trouble in his life being, yeah, his own stomach. Frequent trips to the washroom bunched with an annoying research that won't progress, plus girl troubles with Syna (who hasn't them!) has left his life miserable.
Almost.
But what happens, when the very secrets that have juggled with men's minds, the very secret of our existence, unfurls before him, right in his...bathroom?
A small discovery that leaves his whole life upside down (as if it wasn't before) and now he must guard the secrets because unfortunately, some walls do have ears.
Moreover, people today are hard to trust at this age, and is Syna really who she says to be?
The thinker. The researcher. The Buddha. In the bathroom.
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