Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Truth:ย  Everyone gets depressed at some point in their lives. Truth:ย  Living as an expat involves the regular culture-shock cycle which includes depression. Truth:ย  Someone with my history/background naturally would deal with depression. Truth:ย  There is nothing wrong with feelings of depression and it does not make me a mental case… I know these truths. Every intellectual cell in my brain and bone in my body understands that depression is natural/normal. Yet, I…

  • ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ๏ปฟ _What the Dog Saw:ย  And Other Adventures_ by Malcom Gladwell is an interesting collection of his New Yorker articles over the years. Since I’ve not been able to keep up with all his articles (though I wish I could find the time to read the New Yorker regularly…), it was interesting to read his stories and takes on different events over the years. Gladwell writes on sociological phenomenons such as the use…

  • _The Postcard Killers_ by James Patterson and Liza Marklund is one of the better crime stories by Patterson lately. Marklund’s influence must have been strong in writing this story because I was on edge throughout most of the book. While the ending may have been a little too neat in terms of the love relationship between the two main protagonists, it still was interesting and somewhat unpredictable. The writing was descriptive and easy…

  • I’ve been delinquent in my postings. There are a number of reasons why – *been busy with work and life (the usual excuse) *not sure whom I’m writing for when I post on my blog or anywhere on the Internet for that matter (related to previous post) *feeling anti-social even from the world of the Net *dealing with some personal stuff that’s taking my time, motivation and attention So, I might start to…

  • What did we do to express ourselves? To feel as if we are connected to one another in some way? To feel as if we might be heard? Lately, I’m considering my digital footprint. I want to write. I want to share my thoughts/feelings and stories, but I always question my motive. Who the heck cares about what I have to say anyway? Why do I choose to write on an informal/antisocial platform…

  • It’s been a while since I’ve read a Mary Higgins Clark book. Probably because I’ve read everything she’s written and she doesn’t seem to write as fast as I can read her novels. ๐Ÿ™‚ While I enjoyed reading the story at the time, it was forgettable since I’m having trouble recalling the story even as I write this up. There are a number of intertwined characters and story lines to follow, though nothing…

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  • It’s been nearly a month since I last posted, much to my surprise. I kept meaning to write, but it seems that I write most often when procrastinating. Now being no exception. ๐Ÿ˜€ An update from my Crossroads post – Shortly after I wrote that post, I finally received an email from my former supervisor saying that he had found me a new one. It happened to be the very person who should…

  • Halloween didn’t even exist in my mind until I was 8-years-old. Maybe I had heard about it or seen people fuss over it, but it meant nothing to me. My mom tried to get me excited about it when I first arrived in the family. Since I wasn’t helpful with ideas or interest, she did me up as a China doll. It was a nice idea. We went to a family friend’s neighborhood…

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