My inbox is a treasure trove of memories A short keyword away from reminders that Somewhere Some day You really did love me And I, you. Erasing your digital footprint Deleting you Is taking longer than I thought.
Tis the season.. to talk about development. With a big conference coming up in December, we seem to eat, sleep and breathe growth, infrastructure, wellbeing and the environment, to name a few. Amidst all of this, I find myself thinking more and more about a story I first heard when I joined my current workplace: One day a fisherman was lying on a beach with his fishing pole propped up in the
Maybe it was the Top Chef marathon I watched yesterday or maybe it’s cause I’m back home indulging in some delicious Sri Lankan fare, but I was inexplicably driven to cook today. That is, apart from the omelet I made for my dad, which turned into scrambled eggs for the lack of flipping skills. Hey, at least it tasted good. ...
Or a bomb to welcome us in? The more traditional would say it’s an inauspicious start to the New Year. I’d be inclined to agree, except for that well, the start of a new year is nothing but a date after all and time is linear and it’s not so much a cycle as a line. (Ok so I was ...
Mid finals week, and I’m suicidal. Not really, but who doesn’t like drama? Finished off a fifteen page paper last night, on women writers in the Caribbean, a topic I know fuck all about, and I was so completely drained I couldn’t even speak. There were literally no words left, not in my mouth, not in my mind. You know ...
Also known as Disastrous Dating TalesLet me begin with an omg what am I doing writing nonsense when I have a paper due tomorrow that I am yet to start. Then let me calm myself down by saying this is just me warming up. Ok here goes.A few weeks back I went out for dinner with a guy I met ...
“I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction”- CalvinTrue that. I love Calvin. I read Calvin. I quote Calvin. But that’s another post entirely. This one's about sleep issues. More specifically, the ones I’m having right now. Let me say right away that I don’t have what people might term a ‘regular’ sleep schedule. ...
Why? Because it’s just another way to waste time.In the last 24 hours, the number of…Hours slept: 2.5Hours spent trying to sleep while having visions of failure: 0.5Hours spent trying to drown in the shower: 2Pints of ice cream eaten: 2Pears eaten: 2Oranges eaten: 3Cups of eggnog drunk: 11Cups of green tea drunk: 3Chocolates eaten: 12Unmentionably wierd food combos consumed: ...
The last two weeks. The most important ones in fact, with the exams and final papers all crammed into it, and of course yours truly finds a million other things to do besides study, including making a list of a million things to do besides study. I won’t bore you with it. It included things like cleaning and laundry and exercising and stuff. Yeah, really silly things like that. This is
Sometimes a song says it all.Darius Rucker, take it away..Hello againYour words they make me smileAs I drift awayIn my little room upstairsOh I spend my nightsImagining your face, your touchThen I realizeHow I don’t even know your nameIf we could share our timeWould I disappoint your fantasies? But I believe that I could be the one you’re needingcause I’mOnly ...
Things have been quiet on my blog front recently. Nothing blog worthy seems to have happened, nothing that required venting or sharing. Moreover, the suicide attacks back home have put me off blogging for awhile. When something like that happens it always puts things into perspective, even if it’s only for a little while. First it’s the panicked sms to ...
Sunsets.There’s never anything quite as beautiful as a sunset. The colors and shapes that I try so hard to put on canvas never come out just the way I see it, because its just one of those things that cannot be replicated by humans; one of those gifts of nature that are meant to be seen and felt and absorbed, that are so fleeting and yet everlasting. These days it gets dark so fast that when I
but not always.I'm currently hooked on these 3 songs:Vultures - John MayerThe Way I Am - Ingrid MichaelsonRed Light - Johnny LangHooked meaning I put it on a playlist and then put that playlist on repeat. For the last 6 hours.So, here's a question, courtesy Johnny Lang. What do you do while sitting at a red light?
Just when I got done laughing over this, another one of these ridiculously politically correct statements hilariarized my bleary day at work today. The staff was gearing up for their yearly round of Secret Snow-Person, previously known, back in the days of sanity, as Secret Santa. Utterly confused, I asked them exactly what a ‘snow person’ was, and it was ...
About a week ago, the grand old trees down Wijerama Road were being cut down. Those of us who live and work down Gregory's Road noted and expressed our dismay over this. A week later, they are still at it.We assumed it was to make way for school traffic, CIS and DS being around the corners, but I drove by yesterday and saw what looks like Na trees have been transplanted there.
Also known as Things I Want For My Birthday But Will Not Get. Alternately, Must Get A Job That Pays More. Whenever people ask me what I want for my birthday I always say I don't want anything, mostly because I'm embarrassed at how grossly extravagant the things I want are. Like the following: Flowers. A garden's worth, if possible. This bag. And this bag. And these shoes. An iPad. Or a
This edition of 10 things I love covers collections of art I've discovered on the interwebs, mostly on twitter, and a large portion via Vindi, curated for your viewing pleasure. 1. This gorgeous Frida Kahlo sketch is part of a series titled A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Famous Authors, Artists and Visionaries. Special mention: Kurt Cobain and da Vinci's diaries. 2. And this Tim Burton
Fresh from an action packed weekend, I needed a little downtime, so Monday was dedicated to "internet research". I share with you my findings.. * Anoma Wijewardene is having an art exhibition that opens tomorrow and will run until July 18th. Titled Deliverance, it is about nature, water and oceans specifically, and depicts the relationships between man and water. It also ties in with Rio+20,