What job would you do for free? Don’t waste your time on people who don’t appreciate you.Author Unknown That said, if I had to do a job for free, it would involve children, dogs, or both. So, the ideal professional titles would include a version of Kindergarten Teacher and/or a dog sitter (dog walker). If…… Continue reading Freebie Alert!
Tag: memories
The perfect score
What Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most? The movie Nadia Comaneci was released in India in the late 1980s, and the coach in the gym offered to take us all to that screening in the next-door movie hall/theatre. We were a large group of gymnasts who were going to the movie and since…… Continue reading The perfect score
The cultural extravaganza.
How would you improve your community? Music has been a big part of our lives growing up. Dad used to listen to vivid Bharati and Radio Ceylon all the time. They used to play the top Bollywood songs of the day. While we never went to learn music or sing songs formally, all of us…… Continue reading The cultural extravaganza.
The prophecy
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? A couple of decades ago, almost two years after putting the curtains up, we stripped them down, only to realize they were super dirty and required to be washed. We washed them and when they were dry, hung up the fresh curtains.…… Continue reading The prophecy
LOL!
What makes you laugh? Wit is the key, I think, to anybody’s heart, because who doesn’t like to laughJulia Robert’s Laughter is the best medicine: Why did the doctor tell the nurses to be quiet when walking past the medicine cabinet? So they wouldn’t wake the sleeping pills. I remember enjoying reading the jokes in…… Continue reading LOL!
Que sera, sera.
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? Did you know that Elephants are amongst the most intelligent animals on Earth? They have large brains and exhibit many complex behaviors and emotional capabilities. Their temporal lobe region responsible for memory is more developed with more folds, resulting in their ability to…… Continue reading Que sera, sera.
My weather preference.
What is your favorite type of weather? “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness, has never danced in the rain.”Author Unknown I’ve spent my growing up years in a hill station in India. And unlike the rest of the world that goes through four seasons, we seem to have three main seasons, with an almost, ‘blink-and-you-miss-it’…… Continue reading My weather preference.
My champions!
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I was raised with the belief that the school is our home away from home. I studied in a convent school and during the late 1980’s and early 1990s, my school was one of the best schools in the locality. We often moved homes, but my school remained…… Continue reading My champions!
06/02/24
The most important invention in your lifetime is… The handheld mobile phone technology. Definitely in my lifetime. It wasn’t supposed to get as crazy as it has today. I remember getting one. If memory serves me right, I got the Sony Ericsson T100 first. It was a tiny petite device. What an amazing device that…… Continue reading 06/02/24
02/02/24
What’s your favorite thing to cook? I got into cooking very late in life. And I cook only to get from one meal time to the next. So really, cooking is for appeasing an urge and is emotional driven. For instance, if I’m feeling jolly good, then sweets and cakes work really well. Otherwise if…… Continue reading 02/02/24
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