a city called home

The darkness was striped by the yellow fingers of light stretching out from the many (working!! wow!) streetlights…..My first glimpse of banglore was through this veil of darness and light…..and in th e dark, the city bore a very close resemblance to my hometown…..the roads….the bulidings…..and not to  mention the mcdonald’s sign flashing away….it brought [...]

thank u GOd!! elation, jubilation…celeration!

so i finaly got my board exam results……afgter months of waiting…good thing too cos my nails have been chewed down to my knuckles!! and so i scrape thru with a beatuiful 83%……and i get 98 for french…..which means i have broken my past record cos i had gotten a 97! now i’m happy…ecstatic…..and i’m going [...]

refelction….this is how i feel

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don’t belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screamingNo you don’t know what it’s like
When nothing feels all right
You [...]

Birthrights of an Indian…

1. every indian has teh right to say “tuu janta nahin ki main kaun huu?” (dont u know who i am ?) whenever , wherever and to whomever.. no matter in what situation! and this statement can be followed by a statement denoting the rank, status or position of authoritity of someone the person knows.  [...]

Translated….Jaune Kajou = Yellow Kajou

At Antoine’s farm , Kajou , the little chick was born yesterday morning.
This yellow little bird is very naughty. At the first cry of the cock, it pecked at a lemon, crossed over the picket fencce and left for an adventure…………………………
In the meadow, Algae was making a beautiful boquet. Kajou, hearing her appraoch, quickly ran under [...]

books that i’m workin on rite now

 
So i’m translating a series of four books , written by Malou RAvella and Marianne Barcilon from french to english. the publishing house that i work for, are tryin out a new concept wherin they are tryin to introdue a bit of french culture and teachin methods in india. The series is basically meant for [...]

My First Job…

today was a big big day for a lil girl named cendrelin.  i got a call frm my uncle who’s the GM of a popular bookstore in my city. He wanted me to translate a series of 4 French Children’s books. Since i was jobless at home, i found myslef sitting in his airconditioned room, [...]

A teacher’s prayer

okie…today was the first day…being a teacher is a BIG thing….last night i was lyin in bed, thinking of the big day ahead….and thoughts kept running through my head. this is wat i was thinking:
i’m supposed to teach kids, to open their windows to a whole new world. I’m supposed to teach them french. To [...]

Helpp!! i’m a teacher now!!

So like i was saying…i’ve been sitting at home all these days…and now, all of a sudden…i’m  a teacher!! Wat do i teach??
1. french
2.how to be a cool geek
3.how to make perfect chapathis
4.how to crack windows(a.ka. sing horribly)
and for those who scorn the idea of me teaching any of the above, let me tell u….they [...]

Victor Hugo made me cry

Demain, dès l’aube, à l’heure où blanchit la campagne,
Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais que tu m’attends.
J’irai par la forêt, j’irai par la montagne.
Je ne puis demeurer loin de toi plus longtemps.
Je marcherai les yeux fixés sur mes pensées,
Sans rien voir au dehors, sans entendre aucun bruit,
Seul, inconnu, le dos courbé, les mains croisées,
Triste, et le [...]