We all know that Fridays are tough. You look forward to them arriving but once you are living it, the day goes by very slowly. Sometimes, agonisingly slow. I lived one such day this past week. By 3pm, I already felt as if I had gone through three […]
When I first joined Twitter I was naive, cautious and generally unaware as to the twitter verse norms. It took me a while to catch on to how hateful and vitriolic the twitterverse can be. I just would tweet like a little fluttering bird. I mostly tweeted, in […]
Sometimes you just find yourself in a mood. It can be a sour mood, a happy one, or a “I’m not taking any crap” mood. It can even be all three and more simultaneously. It’s like a cacophony of moods swirling inside one’s brain, body and pinky. Yeah, […]
Packing can be tedious and boring. Actually, it is both. However, it also can be cathartic, energizing and a beautiful nostalgic walk down nostalgia lane. I’ve been packing at a rapid rate but also carefully looking at each piece of clothing. Memory lane is jam-packed. In all my […]
I have been having a couple of those weeks where I have been tired, felt like I had 20 jobs and just wanted to pull other people’s hair. Actually this has been going on for more than a couple of weeks. I’m running on fumes at this point. […]
I am horrible with plants. Just horrible. So bad that even fake plants and flowers wilt on my balcony. Sad! Indeed. Back when I lived in Berkeley I tried growing a bunch of plants and cacti on the balcony. Only thing that happened is that they got to […]
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Look at that happy face. Too happy to be contained. Yet… Imagining a tsunami of tears coming over his face. His giggle. His bright eyes. His rambunctousness. Sadly, Nothing can prepare you for the sadness of a child. It is that thought and image that is running through […]
Can you tickle yourself? My son tries quite often to tickle himself. He repeatedly assures me that he can. I don’t really believe that. He offers his laufhter as proof. I often explain to him that he probably laughs when he tickles himself because he cracks himself up. […]
None of us likes being caught up in a trap. Most of us probably sympathized with Bugs Bunny versus Elmer Fudd. We didn’t really want him to trap that wacky wabbit. We also don’t like being duped. We don’t want to spend our hard-earned money on crap or […]