Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • January was our long holiday between semesters, so I was off on the planes again. My family decided to meet in Hawaii this year for our first all-family vacation in years. It was a fantastic week spent together! After I left them, I headed to Malaysia for about a week with a stop in Kuala Lumpur and most of my time spent in Kuching, Sarawak on the Malaysian part of the Borneo island.…

  • Slowly, but surely, the catching up is happening. 😀 Christmas this year was a bit of a mix of emotions. Some personal stuff was going on and I was extremely homesick as it just doesn’t feel like Christmas when the weather is warm and the only Christmas cheer is that of commercialism – everything I hate about what Christmas has become. Being with family and those I love is what this holiday means…

  • A year ago I was starting an adventureA year ago I was buzzing with the unknownA year ago I was longing for what I was leaving behind Then, the year passed in a blurThe year passed with great perplexionThe year passed with the future always unsure Now, somehow the world is spinning a little slowerSomehow life here is a little less annoyingSomehow my reasons for being here are a little clearer To get…

  • Passion and comfort Excitement and stability Spontaneity and consistency Newness and trust Balances to be made and found Bringing my ideals to the ground Of reality Is it too much to want it all? Is it too much to refuse to fall Victim to hope’s demise? Surely there must be a compromise…. -T ~January 20, 2010

  • What happened to my dreams,Where I used to imagine were in the clouds? What happened to my faith,Where I used to see His face in the clouds? What happened to my voice,Where I used to speak and sing to the clouds? What happened to the joy,Where I used to find in the clouds? -T~written in December, 2009

  • The words echo throughout the townEn masse the people stop to pray Where has the voice gone?
From whence does it come? Do they all believe in the call?Will these boys become men if the time came for them to standfor honor, country and Islam? Amidst the words, the voices, the prayersWhere am I?Where do I stand?
Where is my Father, Lord of all? -T~written in December, 2009

  • Yes, it is already February…and I’ve yet to post events from the end of the year. 2009 ended and 2010 started with a big bang and chaos, but now that it out of the way leaving smooth sailing for the rest of the year. 😀 (One can hope!) My next few posts will be an attempt to update on what’s been going on the past couple of months…. I’ll start with the FIFA…

  • _I, Alex Cross_ Well, when you read a couple of heavy books, especially when traveling, it’s always a relief to read something light. I’ve become a huge fan of the electronic books, despite a bit of pain at the costs. Still, when I’m traveling, it’s so much easier and lighter to carry around my little iPhone than to pack a bunch of books to keep myself busy. So, one of the books I’ve…

  • _Paradise Lost_ Back in my college days, I took a course called “The Lyric” where we studied poetry. For most of my life I’ve had a weird relationship with poetry in that I write it, but hated to analyze others’ poetry because maybe they just didn’t mean all that we say they did. However, I’ve always enjoyed an epic poem with Homer being amongst my favorite reads. During this course, I was introduced…

  • _Dreams From My Father_ Some time ago, my friend said that she was reading this book and that she thought I might like it. When the Presidential elections were happening, I found myself frustrated by President Obama’s ticket as representative of the African-Americans. Of course, I admit that I didn’t really know much about anything related to the candidates except that I wanted to see a woman make it and was more of…

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