Thursday, January 30, 2020

sigh

My daughter is sick
And I want to anything I can to not think about it
I pray she gets better soon
I have a ton of unspoken fears
To love is to fear isn't it.
Need to write a poem about this
Or about how I seek distractions so I never need to think about the hard stuff that leaves me feeling helpless
Yeah. I rather plan a party prepare a scrap book take the kids shopping by gifts garlands anything rather than face the fact she is having a relapse
F***
Well here I am at the hospital
They refused to give her food yesterday. She was hungry. 
Can you imagine how awful and low I feel. My daughter is hungry and i cant feed her. So many mothers must face this feeling on a regular basis
She went to the toilet 4 times and started feeling weakn her legs. So we came. They made us admit her. Withheld food. Poked stiff into her.iv drips. Isolation room with only me as company. 
Sigh
But next day her stool was normal! 
Then she started eating she was happier but her stools got worse progressively
Now she is absorbed in a new book I bought her. 
And I am postponing coming up with draft slides for a workshop I am running next week
When things like this happen you want the rest of the world to pause. Give you time to catch up
But that's one of the relentless rules of life right. 
It f***ing keeps going on
I'm scared. I hope she gets better. That this is the normal pattern of flares. That it subsides. It's the not knowing that kills. 
I want to sleep. But i have slides to do
Bye

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

one of my poems

1st time a poem of mine has been published. Not sure what that looks like. Hope it's good.
Update update! 3 more have been published too
Am very excited! 

hours

There aren't enough hours in a day for me to finish my work
I need to breathe and take an hour just to write down all that needs to be done
God help me please

Thursday, January 9, 2020

a million animals

A billion animals 
Died in the Australian Bush forest fires 
That's a billion. The world only has 5.5 billion people. 
That's a staggering number

Floods fires 
And Singapore on a safe bubble
Safe for how long? 

Monday, January 6, 2020

2019 in review

Was 2019 the year ofbthebraging fires across amazon and then Australia? 

What else happened in 2019? 

In 2014 I recieved congrats for making it to become a specialist level 1

In 2020 I have recieved congrats for making it to become specialist level 2. Does it mean anything money wise? I'm not really sure   

Friday, January 3, 2020

energy

No energy to be the person I want to be

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

2020 books and movies

Reading in Jan and feb

1.Done The testaments Margaret atwood
2.Done With love from India 
3.Done The adventures of the shergill sisters
4  done.21 lessons for the 21st century 
5. Birthday letter ted hughes 
6.Done The secret commonwealth by philip pullman

What I am looking forward to next 
Finishing the two above 
The boat people 
Leetle tunku
Hilary Mantel
Anne of green gables and the whole series. Anne of avonlea. Etc
Edge of eternity. Ken follet cold war trilogy 
Elegance of the hedgehog 
Beloved by toni morrison
Plague by camus
Stranger by camus
The sympathiser by van Nguyen 



Reading in march 
(Done) Birthday letters ted Hughes 
7.(Done)Anne of green gables 
8. (Done) Anne of avonlea
9. (Done) Fahrenheit 451
10. (Done) Under the water
11. (Done)Station 11. 

From fahrenheit: 
"The subconscious idiot that ran babbling at times quite independent of will habit and conscience " 

Is this one of our fears..  that we get caught up in tech and miss the world of nature. The moon the grass dew 

My own inspired by the book fahrenheit 451
'Will the earth be covered in a strange snow that was once pulverised stars? 

Reading in april 
12. Mirrors and light hilary mantel 
13. ( done)Story of a somebody brian bilston 
14.  (done) The omelas Ursula leguin 
reading in May
15. (done) merchant of venice 
16. (done) Slumdog millionaire 
17.  ( done) boat people 

18. done Harry Potter 5 
19. done a dogs way home 
20. done unorthodox
21. done the river between
22. done persepolis 
 
to read next 
camus 
Schindler's list 
vikas swarup

reading in July ( all done) 
23. Harry Potter 6
24. harry poter 7 
25. camus
26. amitabh ghosh hungry tide

reading aug to sep
27. hunger games 1 to 3 
28. done.water ship down
29. done Schindler's list 

to read 
1. the aaccidental apprentice 
2. history of poetry 
3. camus 
4. Schindler's list 

books by Oct 
1. camus 
30. accidental apprentice 
31. all the hate you give 
32. normal people 
33. lost words 

books in/by nov dec
34. Tamil a biography 
35. vipers daughter 
36. (done)intimations 
37. wade  in water 
38. (done) never let me go
39. watership down again! 
40. When
41. Diana in her own words 


movies/ series this year
1. Schindler's list - wow
2. money heist - super fun
3. tare mere zaamaan paar
4. kannum kannum kollai adithal
5. ilo ilo 
6. back to the future 
7. unorthodox 
8. anne of green gables 
9. godfather - wow
10. Brooklyn 99
11. friends 
12. kramer vs kramer 
13. the darkest hour 
14. american history x- wow
15. the Miller's 
16. free willy 
17. scent of a woman
18. my magic
19. castaway
20. crash landing on you -first Korean drama
21. enola Holmes- fun! 
22. little women - nice! 
23. Emily in paris
24. to all the boys I've loved before 
25. queen's gambit - chess is cool
26. the crown season 3 to 4
27. rio
28. paava kathaigal 
29. sillu karuppatti
30. ghost 
31. story diana 
32. eat pray love 
33. sherlock
34. lion
35. I not stupid
36. Rebecca 
37. a suitable boy