Guatemala — As a writer said; “There is a smile of love, and there is a smile of deceit, and there is a smile of smiles, in which these two smiles meet.”
Aireys inlet — Look at all the birdies. Oh, what a fix! I thought there were five, but now I see six! Six on top and another underneath. They all have bills but they don’t have teeth.
Buffalo — Not because you think you hurt me, or I’m weak, but because I feel bad about what I’m about to do to you if you keep talking.
Aireys inlet — This is Emlyn in his bath. With his daddy. Laugh, laugh, laugh.
Aireys inlet — I’m looking for Emlyn. Where’s he at? There he is under his hat.
Aireys inlet — Where is Emlyn? Where’s that boy? On Grandad’s knee, and oh what joy!
Aireys inlet — Here is one rose just for you. No, not one rose, I see two.
Aireys inlet — With one ear to the wind and one ear the bush, This Kangaroo will always know, with a bound, which way to rush!
Cypress — sat·is·fied ˈsadəsˌfīd/ adjective contented; pleased. “satisfied customers” synonyms: pleased, well pleased, content, contented, happy, proud, triumphant Satisfied. A common word thrown out at the...
Duluth — I have a very difficult garden next to apartment on Park Point, this spit of sand between Lake Superior and the bay where I live. A huge tree shades it and roots choke out fancy plants. This year I’m...
Alajuela — The table was the only thing between us. We were almost yelling, defending a cause without knowing the reason behind. It was like talking in different languages, we only understood the words that left...
Queenstown — Sitting one morning at this coffee place (pictured above) in the ‘extreme sports capitol” of New Zealand, the table seemed almost to vibrate in resonance with the exhilaration of those heading out for...
West hollywood — To the one he will love eternally, This may seem odd, you may have heard of me, but if he is anything like he was when I knew him you probably haven’t. So let me first introduce myself, I’m the boy w...
Stockholm — As I’m sitting here, with a sky full of stars above me, I can’t help but wonder about what will happen to me. Not about when and where my ashes will be discharged; seems a little far fetched. No, I’m ...
Stockholm — My whole body & soul throbs after new surroundings and scenery. All the new people, all the new memories. People with different backstories, different goals, different flaws, and potential. Unique...
Lucknow — Hogarth: [sees the Giant, looking upset about the deer, which was shot] I know you feel bad about the deer. But it’s not your fault. Things die. It’s part of life. It’s bad to kill, but it’s not bad t...
Prescott — I grew up on a farm in the mountainous region of Putumayo, Colombia. I remember sitting outside on the veranda watching the rain pour. I remember the smell of wet grass and soil. There was a slight br...
Bend — I held the phone in my hand, her voice coming in over the speakers in crackly silence. “Hello?” She asked. My voice wavered. “Hi, this is Elena.” I said, and she gasped. We hadn’t talked for ten years...
San pedro — I awaited till the bus stopped completely, got on my feet and made my way down the back door. I paused for a second, and made an attempt to put my headphones on while the multitude walked past me to m...
Berkeley — My guide had an interview. Some intensely Berkeley-sounding interview: with a high-achieving, world-travelled, meeting-the-world-again-after-his-accident professor. Out of my league. I helped her pick...
Accra metropolis — Relations with her She is many things to me . She is my friend, my sister, my mother, my lover. How do you express all these feelings at once. They creep up moment by moment . So sometimes you hug h...
Saskatoon — Dear 15-year-old self, I know the past few years have been hard, and I know that for a while they are going to get harder. You’ll spend your days locked in either your room or a bathroom stall becaus...
Bend — I wonder if she misses me. I wonder if she knows I missed her. We used to email every day, during every class, until the last secound at night, and the first secounds into the morning. She was my girl...
Istanbul — Istanbul - Turkey All week my inbox has been peppered with state department warnings in anticipation for Norwruz, the Persian New Year Celebration this weekend. Istanbul is on high alert after last w...
Bend — I’m sitting on my chair in math class, emails pouring in through my IPad. “I can’t believe she did that” “That’s so rude” and it goes on and on. Why are people so drama oriented, because we have noth...
Paris — In French society, a professional mathematician projects the image of a romantic adventurer in the quest of the absolute truth — we have classical ones like Galois, and we welcome new one like Frenke...
Sydney — Last year I moved from the UK all the way to Sydney. Reasons? I can dot down just a few. I was fed up with the stress in London and the miserable weather. I just split up with my girlfriend and as we ...
Hakata-ku — His arms and legs are frail. The disproportionate width of his shoulders to the rest of his body could have reflected time spent in the swimming pool, but he has been opening and closing the steel lid...
Hakata-ku — She has also become sensitized to the way people pronounced her name. She had not realized how much this has bothered her here in her adopted home, where, while no matter how many people called her by...
Ashland — You broke me, Ripped me in two, Four, and six pieces, The sheet rock, Holey from every lie. You defaced me, Spray painted poison words, Made me a chewed up piece of gum that no one wants. You ripped...
Kalispell — Growing up in a ski resort, I was always intrigued by how people discovered our small mountain community. So in 2007, I planned his own visit. While finding a flight and hotel was easy, on the surface...
Saskatoon — I have always loved the water. In the water, I can just be. The water helps me stand and it helps me move in ways that I never could on land. If I’m having a floppy day, the water can hold me up. It d...
Wellington — This is sort of an extension to a moment shared by Anna who lives in Sofia. This is where my heart lies and I am infatuated by the smells and sounds of this little capital.
Chicago — It’s funny how one minute you’re constantly hanging out with same group of people and then suddenly with swift of the knife you wonder “where did that go?” I think we all have our share of friendships...
Sofia — I have always been extremely terrified of not being able to find the place where I belong - this is most likely my top priority in further life, and I always get very overwhelmed when I have to travel...
London — It was over two years ago now that I wrote a post about my Dad’s library of very old books. As I mentioned in my post the other day, my Dad passed into glory on 10 March, so I was down at his house e...
Sydney — I decided to share this personal story, because it may give food for thought to others, who share their lives with stubborn, argumentative, but totally adorable folk. Yes, if you recognize the above p...
Ashland — Today was the day without any problems. Freddie, Meimei, and I went when daddy to get Freddie his new bed, and the moment he saw it! His eyes became UFOs as they zipped from piece to piece while dadd...
Prescott — I love seeing people walking about in the early morning. It’s 6AM and there they are already out. You see the business man in his navy suit, leather shoes and briefcase rushing to work. You see the wo...
West hollywood — The world works in such confusing ways, the moment you are ready to give up all hope, you feel you’ve lost everything. If you hold on for, just a moment. Some force beyond our capability of understand...
Wellington — Ironic that it would come to this sitting at a dire desk looking at two screens wondering how this all makes a difference. It is difficult to comtemplate how much of a difference I make in the greater...
Saskatoon — I am supposed to wear an AFO every day. An AFO is a brace that holds my ankle at a 90-degree angle and it’s super uncomfortable. I stopped wearing it a few years ago and as a result, my ankle is a mes...
Prescott — I took a hike a few days ago, to getaway. I climbed the mountain slowly, breathing in the smell of pine. I looked up at the skies and I realized how joyous the moment was. In that moment I had no worr...
Ahmedabad — What’s the ideal formula to win an election in India? You may think a good candidate or great work in his or her area by the sitting candidate. You are wrong. According to a study by Data Journalism ...
Ahmedabad — This week I did an Anchor Blast on how lunch at home is almost a luxury for every Indian. The main reason being distance between workplace and home is too far for many. For those who may ponder over g...
San francisco — One of the unique ways that basketball sets itself apart from most other sports is the way that it all but mandates a rhythm to the game. I’m not referring to the natural flow that all sports have, fr...
Ahmedabad — Last Friday was Good Friday and I was on my way to Church. A bit late though because Indian Orthodox church, which I belong to, starts its services by 8 and stretches upto almost 4? Originated 2000 ye...
Ahmedabad — No amount of security can stop a bomber from blowing themselves if they dont value your or my life. Brussels attack may expose a major flaw in airports security where anyone with any bag can enter alm...
Ahmedabad — Tata Nano. A big project that attracted worldwide attention. Making of a 1000 Dollar car that everyone can afford. But who would have imagined this project would bring so much trouble to the much resp...
New delhi — I never quite understood the etymology of the process. Not that anyone offered an explanation in the first place; I simply took it as it came. The afternoon had become exceedingly hot, as two general...
Brasília — A saia balança na dança do vento em ondas marítmas, ameaçando reverter a gravidade dando lances de pernas finas e pálidas. A cada sopro mais intenso mãos escorregam pelas curvas sentindo a maciez do ...
Brasília — Vejo meu reflexo no espelho refletindo da minha boca para baixo e neste um segundo não me reconheço. E neste desconhecimento de mim estranho essa estranha que me é apresentada. Vejo o contorno dos láb...
Saskatoon — My experiences aren’t shown in movies. People with disabilities aren’t seen as profitable. They are seen as someone to be pitied, therefore avoided. Because of this, I rarely saw anything remotely sim...
Porto alegre — Waiting for another PHP class, I decided to know and spend some time at Duque’s. Armed with an “A Grande Arte” copy (The Great Art, by Rubem Fonseca) I tasted a banana with “dulce de leche” pie with ...
Accra — You are lost in time When you lose yourself When your heart stops When you forget everything When the person you are ceases to exist and all that is left is that single moment that takes everything ...
Accra metropolis — Death beckons us all Even though we are in constant denial It is the end An eternal sleep we shall all sleep when the time comes. We just can’t refuse it. We must go. So as we are awake today and drea...
San francisco — Expressions of pure, unadulterated joy are the primary protection against filicide during the toddler years. Because between the tantrums, whining, and egomania, children will open a window for you, a...
Saskatoon — My father is a humble man. He sacrificed his dreams to raise two children of his own, my brother and I, and my two older siblings my mother had had before meeting him. Growing up, I knew three things ...
Denver — Why do I always feel like I am running away from something? I never feel settled, I can’t get the “this is it?” thought out of my head. What am I missing? Nine months ago, I dreamed about being in th...
Washington — A couple of weeks ago I was lying in bed in my Airbnb, up to my ears in blankets, listening to the wind howl outside and seep in through cracks in the windows next to me. The heater in the hall outsid...
Saskatoon — If you’re lucky you grew up in a family where you had loving parents. If you had a dad he probably taught you things and did things for you. He probably taught you things like how to ride a bike, how ...
Saskatoon — My grandma is a complete original, and no one can be like her unless they were born that way. I was. My grandma is tough and stubborn, she never lets anyone help her and she will never let on if she’s...
Ahmedabad — Migratory birds travelling thousands of miles all the way from Siberia arrive at Nal Sarovar, around 40 kms from my home. It includes Flamingos, Siberian crane and dozens of other birds who visit the ...
San francisco — There is a tool that is very commonly used in engineering, called the Fourier Transform, that allows one to take behavior that exists as a function of time and express it as a function of frequency (t...
San francisco — Creativity is something that not everyone thinks they have, but everyone has it. Where it starts?
Irving — Millions of people everyday jump onto social media instead of reading books, going outside or hanging out with friends. Each year, more and more people become antisocial and start using virtual commun...
Lucknow — There is this epiphany that just keeps coming back to me and it makes me smile every single time it rises over the waves of my thoughts. English has been my second language, but over the years it has...
Bedford — Once a upon a time I wrote a paragraph of word in diffrint (I am a bad speller) languages.
San francisco — Have you ever looked at someone and said to yourself, “I am soooo glad I’m not them.” Everyone has. Before we evolved into humans, we were just like all other creatures: relying on pure instinct to s...
Bremen — Okay - I don’t really know how to start this, but this is for us. This is for the small people in the world. We - the small people - are important. The one’s you will never see, well, they are the one...
Bremen — A little poem to go with the theme: To be born in the light is good, To be born in the dark is just as good, Because in the dark, You must find the light. Thats a little thing by me. I kinda writ...
Bremen — Sometimes I’m just thinking… what would happen if I just dropped dead on the spot? Would I still be me? Will I go to Heaven? Will I go to Hell? What will be my fate? Will people remember me? Will I ...
Bremen — The city of love is the city you make it. Some girls dream of going to Paris and marrying this french genius or whatever they think to be, but they don’t. They won’t find some stranger for a husband -...
Saskatoon — I never really liked superheroes. I didn’t relate to them, or the stories. I didn’t want a guy with a superiority complex to swoop in and save me, I wanted to do the saving, I wanted to save the world...
San francisco — So I’m just a teenager living in the gay capital of the world (and I say this with the utmost affection to my fellow San Franciscans). I don’t really like to write because I always think that people o...
Prescott — We started off as two strangers meeting at the dock of a lake. I remember the blue skies, the summer breeze and him walking towards me with a smile. It all seems so far away now. We aren’t even the sa...
Saskatoon — An overwhelming urge to isolate myself encompasses my body, and mind. Soon, thoughts turn to darker places, and I’m reminded of my 16 year old self… I, at the time, was staying in my younger brothe...
Santa ana — It started on a Wednesday. The end of civilized civilization. If I was completely honest to myself, I would have to say I saw it coming. Just not while I was in the shower… Usually when monsters st...
London — It was hot. The kind of hot where your breath is stuck in your throat and it would feel better to not inhale but you do it anyways. My mouth was dry and my were hands trembling. The adrenaline was pum...
Prescott — Sometimes you meet someone and it’s clear that on some level the two of you belong together but at the same time you’re just not meant to be. Love is such a paradox sometimes. Leading us to believe on...
Saskatoon — After my morning class, I went up to a restaurant that is on my university’s campus, Louis Loft. I spend a lot of time here, it’s calm but fast, everyone is sitting down and eating, they are either ta...
Guatemala — You have come into my life as waves crash into the coast.
Waterlooville — My Dad reached life’s sunset on Thursday evening, 10 March, at 8.10pm. He was exactly midway between 80 and 81 - not a bad age at all. Towards the end, his vascular dementia had taken its toll and h...
Hong kong — Yeah, I love travelling. I love experiencing new places, seeing what they have to offer. A world tour is on my bucket list. And not any world tour. A tour where I get to experience the secrets of a co...
Dresden — This cold weather brings me to a throwback moment.. Last winter, we rode the train from Berlin to Prague. What a trip: crowded cars, no assigned seats, confused backpackers. I slithered the narrow wa...
London — This has to be one of my favourite spots in London for admiring the sunrise. Although delayed by train problems (again!), meaning that the sun was higher by the time I got to this point in my commute...
Santa ana — All I knew then was that there’d soon be a long summer road trip, during which a group of us would eventually cross into Canada. I still don’t know how — of all things for people who didn’t know each...
Saskatoon — Sensory processing disorder or SPD is a disorder most often associated with Autism, and my brother thinks he has it. The way that he acts about certain things makes it very likely that he does, in fac...
Saskatoon — Having a chronic illness is hard. It’s also really lonely. On top of your health and life, you have to constantly explain and re-explain why you’re sick. Even if you have amazing friends who try and b...
London — Seeing this van the other morning prompted a number of questions to come to mind. Ethiopian beer, in London. Is that really a thing?! Why would an Ethiopian beer be named after England’s Patron Saint...
New york — I’m in a rut. I’m slacking. I’m watching other people grab the opportunities within my reach because I hesitate for a second too long. It’s this rollercoaster, those peaks and troughs, the ups and ...
London — There was a beautiful sunrise this morning as I crossed the Thames over Blackfriars Bridge. Happy Leap Day!
Hong kong — Education is amazing. Its what creates you, its what exposes you. Through education, you realize your passion and calling. Its education that helps you form opinions about issues and people and things...
West hollywood — The last nine months have been undeniably passionate. Our story has had chapters that hopeless romantics would give up their hearts just to feel for moments. Erotic passion between us, well that goes ...
Vancouver — “Look at us, running around. Always rushed, always late. I guess that’s why they call it the human race. What we crave most in this world is connection. For some people it happens at first sight. It’...
London — “Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these.” (Matthew 6:29)
London — How typical! The one morning that I wanted to get to London early, my train was cancelled! Overrunning engineering works were to blame, apparently. Anyway, by the time I actually arrived at St Panc...
London — Outside the almost-completed new Francis Crick Institute building next to St Pancras International Station, London’s newest piece of public art was installed a couple of days ago. Standing 14 metres ...
Saskatoon — When you’re chronically ill your daily routine is not the same as everyone else. If you have a 10 o’clock class you get up at 7:30 because on top of getting dressed, and getting out of the house, you ...
Bengaluru — Why a lot of Engineering talent or Startups can’t solve any real life problems in India I am at Bangalore airport after a 4 day stay here attending the Surge Tech Conference. If people like Dave Mclu...