EDIT: I wrote this a month or so ago and have been too lazy to post it since. Behold the irony :)

So I’m having a busy week. Somehow I have timed a visit from my mother, a week of intensive classes on gender and violence for my masters as well as a workplace that is walking precariously on the line between order and chaos all to happen on the last ( Read more... )

I've had one of those weeks this week where one idea or concept has taken hold in my mind and I can't let it go.

It all started when I caught Cosmos on TV on the weekend after a lazy sleep in. My mind was still half asleep. I turn on Carl Sagan and start absorbing the concept of hindu philosophy comapred with that of big bang science.

Now, please ( Read more... )

Well it is official folks, the last assignment of the semester has been handed in and it feels goooooood ;)

*dances the dance of smug student satisfaction*

Ahh the memories.

There was the usual procrastination, gnashing of teeth and wailing. Who could forget the wild promises  of, ' next semester I promise to have all my assignments in by week one ( Read more... )

 
Writers block. It is a seriously disturbing event. Here I am mulling over an empty word document and cannot think of anything beyond one 
sentence.

I keep opening and closing said document in the hope that the next time I open it that something magical will appear.

Yes, hope springs eternal and the magical writing fairies will provide good quality ( Read more... )

It’s a fine line between connoisseur and snob. We all experience moments in our lives where we have this crystalline clear view of ourselves from beyond our normal perspective. It grants us an opportunity to see how others see us and if the two perspectives match.

Until today I thought I was a connoisseur but now I realise that I am a snob. The ( Read more... )