This girl fully expected to be able to sleep in on a Saturday when The Boy woke her- unceremoniously at half past seven in the morning- to begin a “Quest for the Magical Eggplant.” He had designed- with her sisters and best friends- an amazing race type quest for her while she was away. She [...]
Archive for March, 2008
this girl is charmed
Posted in adventure, family, friends, funnies, life learnings, new things, the boy on March 29, 2008 | 12 Comments »
The thing about a boy
Posted in chapters, just me, the boy on March 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is to officially inform all of you that this girl has started a new category on this blog- and chapter in her life- called “The Boy.”
Those of you that know who The Boy is, good for you. Surely you’ve had your fun with your I-told-you-sos and your silly smirks. Smelly Melly even earned herself [...]
cloud nine
Posted in chapters, just me, new things on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Fletcher scholarship has been in for about two days now and only today has the reality of it all sank in for this girl. She is going to graduate school. To Fletcher. In August. For two years. She’d be reading her masters in International Law and Diplomacy with 140 other people from all over [...]
lost and found
Posted in decluttering, family, grad school on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The day this girl left for Uganda, The family retriever decided to skip town too. The house is under mild renovations and so when her leash got untied, the family retriever decided it might be a good idea to go a-visiting places. She stayed missing the entire time this girl was a away; in the [...]
being a grown up
Posted in chapters, emo-ments, grad school, just me, travel on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This girl is back from East Africa! She’s posted all the blog posts she wrote while she’s there so you all can go take a read. They are a tad wordy, but the week she spent there was truly rich in such flavour, she felt- and feels- that she’s wiser and better for it.
This girl [...]
President of the this girl fan club
Posted in adventure, just me, travel on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
After an incredibly touristy day that began with American pancakes for breakfast, shopping at the local crafts market and riding botas through the city, Mr. Toesocks took this girl to the fanciest restaurant in Kampala, a Belgian-French place that overlooks the shanty landscape (which [...]
the lay of the land
Posted in adventure, life learnings, life rules, politics, travel on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
Conflicts in schedules, last minute changes and work commitments have shaved almost 10 days off this girl’s intended trip. She’s now due back Thursday; the Father is arranging the ticketing, thrilled that this girl will be home earlier than planned. He’s not so big on [...]
just a little bit of magic
Posted in adventure, life learnings, travel on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
There is a story of a famous Japanese magician who won the right to sought out a great magician master to apprentice from him. Thing was, this magician master made this apprentices do some hard- and seemingly mundane- laborious tasks. For the whole of the [...]
lessons from a conversation
Posted in adventure, friends, travel on March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
It’s the quintessential philosophical question: a train is barreling down the track towards a split path, on one track lies your mother, tied to the track unable to free herself, on the other track are five children, also tied to the track, unable to free [...]
come and stare at the strange Asian girl
Posted in adventure, travel on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
Mr. Toesocks lives the good life in Uganda. He’s got a live in man-servant, Peter who cooks, cleans and takes care of the grounds of his house. Judith, the maid, comes in every few days to clean and wash up after Mr. Toesocks. Oh, and [...]
traveling light
Posted in adventure, travel on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This post was written in Uganda. This girl is backdating it.)
This girl sits quietly in Mr. Toesocks’ living room listening to the odd sounds that is Uganda. The peaceful quiet interspersed periodically by the rumblings of a motorcar or lowing of the cattle that lives two doors down. Then the odd barks of his puppies [...]
packed and good to go
Posted in adventure, travel on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This girl seems to be traveling a lot these days. And for that, she’s very, very grateful. She does lead the good life.
Pre-trip updates: This girl is being made to cut her trip short, from three weeks to two cos she’s got a cool ass project that needs to commence by the 25th. In fact, [...]
at ease
Posted in adventure, chapters, travel on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This girl is T- 1 day to her great East Africa adventure where she really hopes to see a gorilla. Oh, and catch up with old friends like Mr. Toe Socks. She’s never seen a real life gorilla and she’s not had the chance to meet up with Mr. Toe Socks in years. She’s got [...]
this girl stands corrected
Posted in just me on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This girl considers herself rather bright. Intelligent in some ways, even. If you asked her what she prided in herself, she’d tell you her relative smartness. Smarts.
But there are some things that she’d never figure out or really understand. There are areas that she’d perpetually flounder and find herself in a quagmire of uncertainty, questions [...]
batting average
Posted in grad school on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ok, so here’s the thing. This girl received this from Georgetown:
Greetings from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI) Office of Admissions. I am pleased to inform you that the GPPI Admissions Committee has reviewed your application and will recommend to the Dean of the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences your admission for the [...]
