Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • While I am trying to recover from midterm hell, we got some more fantastic news today at work. Our vacation went from being a week long to just two workdays. WTF? Normally, I would just roll with the punches, but after the last two days and with more marking coming up tomorrow due to the incompetency of the program system, I am just not happy with these sudden decisions that again make my…

  • Okay, seriously, I thought it was bad when we had to double-mark 25 essays at the end of term. When I decided to do this new semester course, I figured that it would be an okay trade-off to have to teach instead of all the marking…. Then, mid-term exams were formulated – okay, I can handle that since I hadn’t seen them yet. Then, a challenge exam for students who want to try…

  • While I was reading a New York Times article, I saw a link to a story on an abused adopted daughter. Of course, I had to click on it. The article is interesting, but am more interested in the section of adoption diaries. Though I haven’t explored it thoroughly, I wonder if all the stories end up having a positive tone about adoption or not. I like a varied point of view, but…

  • [simage=4284,200,n,center,][simage=4283,200,n,center,] Last week, or was it two weeks ago now, was a stretch of strange morning weather. Early in the morning until about 9am or so, there was a crazy mist that covered the country. This made driving to work rather interesting since visibility was as you can tell from the photos. Of course, most people continued to drive as if they could see for miles, but luckily we weren’t involved in any…

  • [simage=4287,288,n,center,][simage=4286,288,n,center,] Yes, it is true. There are days when I am at work from 7.30 to 5 or later and to survive the day, a little rest of eyes is required. The beauty of having my own office is that I can pretend to not be in the office. Also, because of the way I moved the furniture, you can’t see me doing a George Costanza when I need a little rest. 😀

  • On October 13, 2011, B and I headed to see Ms Jackson at the Yas Island Arena. Now, I had made a decision that this year I would not go to any concerts unless  1) I got free tickets; or 2) I was willing to pay for VIP seats. Previous concert experiences at this venue reminded me of why I vowed never to go see another fireworks display in Japan. Crowds and rude…

  • As if I already don’t struggle enough with keeping up on my blog, but now I’ve decided to add two more sites to my list of “things to do”. 🙂 Well, one was already started, but I’m trying to incorporate it more actively into my regular routine of life – Abu Dhabi POV. I’ve registered it as its own domain now, so instead of it being a wordpress site, it’s now a .com…

  • The last film, I saw at the Fairmont was on Thursday night with my friend, B. We saw Habemus Papam, an Italian film with a different perspective on the weight and responsibility of becoming the Pope. Despite it’s religious topic, it was not really a religious film. In fact, it was probably my favorite of the three films I saw during the festival due to its very different take on this high-profile religion.…

  • For the first time in a very long time, I do not have words to express how I feel. It’s not that things are particularly bad. It’s not that they are great. Of course, everything could be worse. 🙂 I’m still recovering from a cold sore/fever blisters that strangely appeared on my cheek near my mouth, but not exactly around my mouth, which is where they would normally appear. I’m quite tired and…

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