Sooooooo.... HERE AM I!! My VERY First BLOG

Well here I am sitting at school - supposedly marking work, BUT if I look at what I'm REALLY doing - it's NOT marking!!

I've just taken the ultimate step and created a blog for myself!!

WHY? - you may well ask. What have you got to offer........

I got the idea off the movie 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' where Judi Dench's character Evelyn writes a blog every day about her experiences, thoughts and feelings.

I had an epiphany - and decided that since ONE DAY I am actually going to write a book about my own existence as a New Zealand Indian (of three generations) this was the perfect way to document what happens in my life on a day to day basis - this would be the 'note form' of my book.

......and as for what have I got to offer?

I am a teacher - an ESOL teacher in a secondary school in Auckland: have been a teacher for rather a long time now........ So I think I have A LOT to offer: advice, wisdom, life's lessons, daily teachings, sharing of thoughts AND more importantly the 'Meeting of Minds!' As one great lecturer said to me: 'The knowledge we share is a Meeting of the Minds - and greatness happens from this!'

This is a picture of me:

On that very philosophical note I shall now sign off!!
Only hope it works out - Better actually do some work now!!

:-)

Comments

2022 - What a year...

Well now, I must say... 'it's been a while'! Here we are at the end of 2022, the 30th of December to be precise, and my last post was literally donkey's years ago. In fact, it was a decade ago. So let me begin. COVID (our global pandemic) is still in existence here in New Zealand, and now we are seeing yet another surge in the rising numbers. Both my husband and I managed to contract it over April this year but swiftly got rid of it. He had it for a period of seven days and I retained it for close to seven weeks. But now, in spite of its presence in the wider community, we are both keeping well and healthy. However, visits to see my eighty-year-old mum in Mt. Eden are less frequent, as I live in fear of perhaps being asymptomatic or a carrier, then sharing it with her unwittingly. This year with COVID still being a very influential factor in our lives, I was made part-time, which felt quite strange. I guess it was because we had come out of or through hybrid and onlin...

59 Today!! Things I've Learned So Far - My Top 10 Life-Hacks

Today, (January 21st, 2023) just happens to be my birthday!! Today I thought I'd share some of my insights into living my very best life... 1) Don't worry about what others think of you ; just get on and be yourself. People will always criticise you or a situation, whether they like it, (or you), or not. Criticism is a common human trait. This life is also your life - who gives a rat's razoo what others think!! Dance that ridiculous dance! Wear those 70's hippy pants! Write that poem! Start that business, go on that journey, and just get on with it! 2) Make your ACTIONS count as your ACTIONS speak way louder than words: I grew up in a very humble and frugal home. What we 'did' for each other and others outside our family meant FAR MORE than the words we could give. Oddly enough my brother, sister and I have all grown up being very articulate in our words BUT I still believe that ACTIONS count - immensely. 3) 'Do unto others, as you'd have them do unto y...

My 'Perfect Public Holiday' Nomination

My question to you......... Which holiday can we honestly celebrate as being our own? A good old 'Kiwi Day?' A day to be proud of - perhaps even celebrate and have some NZ honours........... fly kites of peace, eat food specific to our nation - roast lamb or a BBQ, pavlovas, ANZAC biscuits (and recently Chelsea sugar published a recipe for ANZAC tart), close the shops for good - for the day so no-one misses a day off - and more importantly we celebrate the brotherhood of our unique country and all its cultures. With so much animosity surrounding Waitangi Day - who wants to celebrate that? Waitangi Day was so long ago - in my opinion I feel we have paid 'some' of our dues perhaps not all - BUT how much more do 'we' keep paying out? And who's fault was it back then? The English for their mis-information? Or the Maoris for signing it and taking the easy option of guns, clothes and tobacco? Whoever's fault - It is a 'was' or a 'has...

Thoughts of a Kiwi-Indian Woman

Search This Blog