Category: Everyday Thots

Today’s one of those days, where my energy level was practically zero. Maybe it’s a cumulative effect of lack of sleep (quite likely), but I ended up sleeping more during the day today than I have in months. Ah well, will try to break the bad sleep cycle. Have begun more earnest discussions about next […]

…’when all the trees are budding…‘ I’ve sung that hymn many times over, and I never quite understood what ‘trees budding’ meant. Till today. Walking through campus with my digital camera in my pocket, I decided to take a close-up shot of those baby green ‘leaves’ that have sprouted all over the barren trees in […]

Update: I’ve uploaded a selection of photos from my Mexican trip. Now you can have some visual images to accompany the various blog entries! :) Puerto Vallarta 2006 Photos

This is a bit of an overdue post. I hadn’t intended to blog about my flight back from Mexico, but it was such a (literal) pain-in-the-ass experience that I thought I really should share it. Besides, Kenneth laughed so hard when I was recounting it earlier today that I was surprised he didn’t choke on […]

You Are a White Flower A white flower tends to represent purity, simple beauty, and modesty. At times, you are dignified like a magnolia. And at other times, you represent great ecstasy, like a white orchid. And more than you wish, you’re a little boastful, like a white hydrangea. What Color Flower Are You? Ha […]

I got the SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) Doctoral Fellowship! So many things happened on my flight back which I had intended to blog, but suddenly this piece of good news takes precedence. Ha ha… Wanting had emailed me while I was in Mexico that I received an envelope from SSHRC but I […]

It´s after lunch and I´m sitting at the internet cafe opposite my hotel. Going to leave for the airport really soon, but I wanted to upload the blog entries I´ve been faithfully typing on my laptop every night. I am hopeless I know, but I am not the only one addicted to the internet! Anyway…I´ll […]

Early Morning Pebbling After grabbing a quick bite at the conference coffee table (it was out from 7:30a.m.), I headed out to visit the ocean again. First, I went to see the vermillion rocks again, and they were exactly where I left them. They were a tad heavy though, so I decided not to bring […]

Sunrise I thought I’d break with ‘tradition’ today and not blog about the entire day, but just the beginning and the end, both of which were spent alone at the beach. I walked nearer to the water this morning because I wasn’t in my ‘good conference shoes’. And I stood amidst what seemed like hundreds […]

8:00-8:30a.m. Lessons from the Ocean I started my day at the beach, just as the western sky was being tinged with pink by the rising sun. Standing a distance away from the water, I watched and listened silently as the waves rolled into shore again and again. As I stood silently soaking in the presence […]