dad

Papa dearest,
I've grown over the years
in age and in distance
have become independent
I take care of myself when I'm unwell
buys medicine also on my own
I pack my stuff too when I travel
but I'm still your little girl at heart
I miss you each day
even more
when I look at your latest picture
which wallie has on his camera
you look old and tired
it makes me cry
papa, I love you and
I'll be home soon
in the mean time,
please eat well
and stay happy.

red ribbons and plaits

Apart from many other things I do, I also teach in a school using the 'Virtual Classroom' technology we have been developing for a year now. I teach them from my office 4 days a week and once a week I walk down to meet them for a round of feedback and heart to heart talk. When I joined the school sometime last year, most of them could hardly understand English but now I notice that they try to converse in English too. Baby steps but they try and they learn. I'm yet to calculate their progress but yes I can see results.

I leave here some pictures of my students:

scholar

After a 3 year hiatus, I'm back to being a student! Just day before last I enrolled for my doctoral program in Folk Culture Studies. Life is going to get even more hectic but it's going to be fun for sure. Happy me :)

stress buster

When I go 'brain dead' or when I'm down, when I have a fight I come and stand here for a couple of minutes. The balcony of my work space. My stress buster.