Saturday, 7 March 2015
cleaning......
Walking in with a bucket, lysol, broom, J-cloths, mop, and paint............ time to bring back this thing from the dead!!!!!!!!!! * CRACKS knuckles*
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Tales from NEC, lol
Why is it that my mostly male classes are filled with the bestest, sweetest ( not necessarily the smartest though) kids?
Again I have the 'technical' class and its 16 boys to 1 girl. These days only 5-6 of them come to class regularly ( which was to be expected sad to say ). Again, a couple of them wont pass the subject, I dont see it happening ( dont say I have no faith in them, I just know by now who can do it and who cant ) but they still come , they still try. They have a free period, they come to see if I would take them. I miss a class they come looking for me.
I know sometimes when I say certain words, an accent that is not ours spills out... either Guyanese ( I am half guyanese afterall) or British. I dont know why that happens, but it does. The other day it happened and they all took clue to take the same way. So for an entire period we basically slaughtered the british accent. I was hoping someone would stop and I think they were waiting for me to stop also. So we kept going and going. It was sooo funny.
One boy who never comes to class decides to show up for a lab and is of course clueless. I refuse to spend my time helping him. When he asks a question, I tell him to ask one of his classmates. It sounds mean, but it frees me up to help a child who actually wants to do the work and the kid who is helping him is further understanding the topic by explaining it. Plus they get first hand exposure to the frustrations we teachers have with children who have just signed off mentally from the subject. The regular kids dont like him being here either, you could see it in their face, none of them wanting to partner with him. This boy should have never been in this class. He never comes to class, he has no written notes, he talks half through the class , he complains ' he doh understand this shit', when you tell him to come to class he says he is always busy and business to tend to. What is this business? Taxing form 1's for their money and hiding out in the school. Yeah Yeah, you will say he probably has some problems at home etc etc. I have spoken to the safety officer and other people from administration and there is not much that can be done when someone's mind is closed off.
I am so done with kids like that. Those who want to do something, will find someone to ask for help, to lean on etc. I refuse to run down anyone ( who doesn't want it ) in that school. The kids I have never given up on have made me proud ( the one who has made me the proudest isn't a scholarship winner, but a kid from one of these classes who always got suspended because of the group he hung out with. The boy is brilliant , I begged and begged and quarreled with him to stick with it. Well my boy did DJing while in the trade school and is now a lecturer there, making well over twice what I do. I always get the biggest hug whenever he sees me and I always watch him misty eyed when we part ways) ............. Oh what was I saying?
Oh right, rambling eh !!!! Sounds about right !!
Again I have the 'technical' class and its 16 boys to 1 girl. These days only 5-6 of them come to class regularly ( which was to be expected sad to say ). Again, a couple of them wont pass the subject, I dont see it happening ( dont say I have no faith in them, I just know by now who can do it and who cant ) but they still come , they still try. They have a free period, they come to see if I would take them. I miss a class they come looking for me.
I know sometimes when I say certain words, an accent that is not ours spills out... either Guyanese ( I am half guyanese afterall) or British. I dont know why that happens, but it does. The other day it happened and they all took clue to take the same way. So for an entire period we basically slaughtered the british accent. I was hoping someone would stop and I think they were waiting for me to stop also. So we kept going and going. It was sooo funny.
One boy who never comes to class decides to show up for a lab and is of course clueless. I refuse to spend my time helping him. When he asks a question, I tell him to ask one of his classmates. It sounds mean, but it frees me up to help a child who actually wants to do the work and the kid who is helping him is further understanding the topic by explaining it. Plus they get first hand exposure to the frustrations we teachers have with children who have just signed off mentally from the subject. The regular kids dont like him being here either, you could see it in their face, none of them wanting to partner with him. This boy should have never been in this class. He never comes to class, he has no written notes, he talks half through the class , he complains ' he doh understand this shit', when you tell him to come to class he says he is always busy and business to tend to. What is this business? Taxing form 1's for their money and hiding out in the school. Yeah Yeah, you will say he probably has some problems at home etc etc. I have spoken to the safety officer and other people from administration and there is not much that can be done when someone's mind is closed off.
I am so done with kids like that. Those who want to do something, will find someone to ask for help, to lean on etc. I refuse to run down anyone ( who doesn't want it ) in that school. The kids I have never given up on have made me proud ( the one who has made me the proudest isn't a scholarship winner, but a kid from one of these classes who always got suspended because of the group he hung out with. The boy is brilliant , I begged and begged and quarreled with him to stick with it. Well my boy did DJing while in the trade school and is now a lecturer there, making well over twice what I do. I always get the biggest hug whenever he sees me and I always watch him misty eyed when we part ways) ............. Oh what was I saying?
Oh right, rambling eh !!!! Sounds about right !!
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Jurassic Park 3D , 20th anniversary screening
One of my favourite films is back on the big screen , with post conversion to 3D, all I can say is
WOW !!
Jurassic Park is pretty much a perfect film. If there is anything to bellyache about, I wont even give it a second though.
Everyone ( 30 yrs and older) should know this movie. Sheer brilliant movie, brought to the screen by a brilliant mind ( my fave Spielberg) , a pretty ok casting ( with the exception of Goldblum , who was the most perfect Malcolm), a mind blowing technical team to bring Michael Crichton's work to life and THE man John Williams to make the music that would tie it to our hearts.
All this recent hoopla with 3D rendering, Well let me tell you, you would think that this movie was made for 3D, not post rendered. IT was spectacular. But of course, I am so in love with this film ,they could have coloured it with a purple marker and I would not have seen anything different. It was not overdone. The sounds was remastered and for IMAX cinemas that is the real reason we went to the watch it ( I saw it 3 times btw in 2 days). The first showing, from the scene when they were flying to the island, my eyes were misty..... oh that french horn.....
By the time they landed on the island, I was in full tears. Bring on my fave scene ( visiting team's first view of the brachiosaurus), I was done, my face was leaking. Flick I am getting misty eyed just thinking about it...... I have goosebumps from the memory.
......................... oh the heart explodes at 0:34................ .................. sighss........................................
ok, back to what I was saying.... oh dear brain not working now. * Ahem*
In case you have not seen it, read it,......... wow, your life sucks if you haven't.
We have billionaire John Hammond, he funds a team that brings dinosaurs back from prehistory to the present ( the science is actually a nobel prize winning research). Before the park can open, he must get signed off by some leading scientists ( two paleontologists and one mathematician). While on the island, a disgruntled programmer shuts down the park in order to escape with some of the samples to sell to a competitor. Well, not much imagination will tell you what happens next.
Its amazing to think that this film was made in 1992. The mixture of animatronics and cgi was the most perfect blend to bring these animals to life. Some films today dont even compare * cough King Kong dinosaurs*cough*
These is not a single thing wrong with this film ( can you tell I'm in love yet? ) . You missed it on the big screen, but watch again.
Rating : Infinity/10
WOW !!
Jurassic Park is pretty much a perfect film. If there is anything to bellyache about, I wont even give it a second though.
Everyone ( 30 yrs and older) should know this movie. Sheer brilliant movie, brought to the screen by a brilliant mind ( my fave Spielberg) , a pretty ok casting ( with the exception of Goldblum , who was the most perfect Malcolm), a mind blowing technical team to bring Michael Crichton's work to life and THE man John Williams to make the music that would tie it to our hearts.
All this recent hoopla with 3D rendering, Well let me tell you, you would think that this movie was made for 3D, not post rendered. IT was spectacular. But of course, I am so in love with this film ,they could have coloured it with a purple marker and I would not have seen anything different. It was not overdone. The sounds was remastered and for IMAX cinemas that is the real reason we went to the watch it ( I saw it 3 times btw in 2 days). The first showing, from the scene when they were flying to the island, my eyes were misty..... oh that french horn.....
By the time they landed on the island, I was in full tears. Bring on my fave scene ( visiting team's first view of the brachiosaurus), I was done, my face was leaking. Flick I am getting misty eyed just thinking about it...... I have goosebumps from the memory.
ok, back to what I was saying.... oh dear brain not working now. * Ahem*
In case you have not seen it, read it,......... wow, your life sucks if you haven't.
We have billionaire John Hammond, he funds a team that brings dinosaurs back from prehistory to the present ( the science is actually a nobel prize winning research). Before the park can open, he must get signed off by some leading scientists ( two paleontologists and one mathematician). While on the island, a disgruntled programmer shuts down the park in order to escape with some of the samples to sell to a competitor. Well, not much imagination will tell you what happens next.
Its amazing to think that this film was made in 1992. The mixture of animatronics and cgi was the most perfect blend to bring these animals to life. Some films today dont even compare * cough King Kong dinosaurs*cough*
These is not a single thing wrong with this film ( can you tell I'm in love yet? ) . You missed it on the big screen, but watch again.
Rating : Infinity/10
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Ramleela 2012
Its that time of year again, Ramleela ( YAY)
For those who dont know, Ramleela ( translated losely to the story of Ram) is an open air play depicting the events of the hindu scripture the Ramayana. It is held over a course of 10 days and for those that follow it, it is massively entertaining. Behind the scenes it is a lot of work, lot of work, lot of quarrel, but also a big demonstration of devotion.
I always tried to get more involved over the planning of the event but somehow that never happens. And worse yet this year, I didn't even want to go near the temple( I would cry, I swear, Heck I might cry just thinking about it). But this time in the 11th hour they caught me.
The pundit in charge of the Ramleela group is also my guru ( godfather in english terms), told me about the opening prayers, so I went. By the end of the night, I found myself offering my services to decorate both kingdom areas ( which involves me sewing nearly 100m of fabric tonight), sponsoring two tents, sponsoring fruit for the kids, decorating the Chariot and Mt. Kailash, IN ADDITION to doing makeup for the kids and adults, tying dhotis, coordinating the kids , taking pics ( in 2010 I took 5000 pics) everyday.
RAMLEELA FEVER IS ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those who dont know, Ramleela ( translated losely to the story of Ram) is an open air play depicting the events of the hindu scripture the Ramayana. It is held over a course of 10 days and for those that follow it, it is massively entertaining. Behind the scenes it is a lot of work, lot of work, lot of quarrel, but also a big demonstration of devotion.
I always tried to get more involved over the planning of the event but somehow that never happens. And worse yet this year, I didn't even want to go near the temple( I would cry, I swear, Heck I might cry just thinking about it). But this time in the 11th hour they caught me.
The pundit in charge of the Ramleela group is also my guru ( godfather in english terms), told me about the opening prayers, so I went. By the end of the night, I found myself offering my services to decorate both kingdom areas ( which involves me sewing nearly 100m of fabric tonight), sponsoring two tents, sponsoring fruit for the kids, decorating the Chariot and Mt. Kailash, IN ADDITION to doing makeup for the kids and adults, tying dhotis, coordinating the kids , taking pics ( in 2010 I took 5000 pics) everyday.
RAMLEELA FEVER IS ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, 13 April 2012
Time for more stuff
Jumping off from FB again......for a longer time now, since I really have no interest in it again, except to talk to some friends... two of which follow me here ;-)
And for IMAX updates, hmmmm, go figure out something.
So know what that means, Plenty more time to bulk up the blog. More pics, definitely some makeup looks, not much on henna since I've lost my love for it ( for the while), more weird ass posts as a result of being in a strange place in my life and the writings are gonna reflect it ( my doctors will have to confirm how strange it actually is lol).
Funny, when I was off FB, the ideas came easily, so with more free time soon, I will have to let mind wander. Kinda looking forward to it.
I'll be the mad artistic physicist who likes talking to herself, hehehe
And for IMAX updates, hmmmm, go figure out something.
So know what that means, Plenty more time to bulk up the blog. More pics, definitely some makeup looks, not much on henna since I've lost my love for it ( for the while), more weird ass posts as a result of being in a strange place in my life and the writings are gonna reflect it ( my doctors will have to confirm how strange it actually is lol).
Funny, when I was off FB, the ideas came easily, so with more free time soon, I will have to let mind wander. Kinda looking forward to it.
I'll be the mad artistic physicist who likes talking to herself, hehehe
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Moon
Last Friday was full moon, while I missed the Friday rise, I was ready for the Saturday. Both cameras ready, tripod too.
Watch me so used to dusk moonrises. 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, nothing.... I really should have checked the time for moon rise LMAO.
The canon real disappoint me ( AGAIN ) tonight yes, the only ok shot it got was of the E520 ( lol)
Alright the moon is finally up ( embarassingly I was looking a full 20 degrees in the wrong direction for it........ yeah only an ameteur astronomer go say something like that). Got some ok shots
Last night I took a couple more............... much better ( guess non shaking hands helps )
This one I did something I did before, got a pic of the moon with the reflection in my bedroom window( which was set an the angle to reflect it). Never mind the metalwork in the way, kinda cool I find)
And last, yesterday sunset was AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had to post this one.
Watch me so used to dusk moonrises. 6pm, 7pm, 8pm, nothing.... I really should have checked the time for moon rise LMAO.
blurry camera phone
The canon real disappoint me ( AGAIN ) tonight yes, the only ok shot it got was of the E520 ( lol)
Last night I took a couple more............... much better ( guess non shaking hands helps )
This one I did something I did before, got a pic of the moon with the reflection in my bedroom window( which was set an the angle to reflect it). Never mind the metalwork in the way, kinda cool I find)
New Tech
3rd term is a ridiculously slow term. I will only have one class( 3 sessions) to teach per week. So rather than spend most of it fixing/sorting/building/testing equipment&labs, I decided to get some reading done.
Rather than buy book after book ( which most times I only ever read once and put down, but then again thats the only way my dad gets NEW books to read lol), I went and got me a Kindle Fire. So gonna have a lot of books in my hand when needed be. Of course if I end up liking a book, I will buy the actual one ( which is what I am sure I will do when I finish the Hitchiker Guide to the Galaxy series)
OF course when you buy a kindle you can't just get that, need a screen protector, a case.....Why not sell it as a bundle? Oh wait, they do, lol
So in addition to the Kindle, I got me a new mp3 player. The old Sansa I had was haunted ( lol like its owner hehehe). The thing would scroll through the menu on its own, volume would change on its own, the power button was not always under my control..... fucking thing was haunted I tell you.
The new Sansa clip is so tiny, and in one of my fave colours purple ( that is the official colour of physics too, go figure eh) .
A little while ago my lil brother got me some good quality buds. OMG, I have to admit they were pretty awesome in sound quality. One day while coming home, it started raining and I took them off and put them into my bag. Next morning I found them CHEWED up in the yard. Apparently they fell out of my bag when I got home and these blasted dogs killed it ( i suspect the innocent looking Lily). So of course when I ordered the kindle and mp3 player, I bought the same set of buds.
The funny thing about the buds is that in the packaging it comes with a skull stencil...... the suggested applications were funny.
Rather than buy book after book ( which most times I only ever read once and put down, but then again thats the only way my dad gets NEW books to read lol), I went and got me a Kindle Fire. So gonna have a lot of books in my hand when needed be. Of course if I end up liking a book, I will buy the actual one ( which is what I am sure I will do when I finish the Hitchiker Guide to the Galaxy series)
OF course when you buy a kindle you can't just get that, need a screen protector, a case.....Why not sell it as a bundle? Oh wait, they do, lol
So in addition to the Kindle, I got me a new mp3 player. The old Sansa I had was haunted ( lol like its owner hehehe). The thing would scroll through the menu on its own, volume would change on its own, the power button was not always under my control..... fucking thing was haunted I tell you.
The new Sansa clip is so tiny, and in one of my fave colours purple ( that is the official colour of physics too, go figure eh) .
A little while ago my lil brother got me some good quality buds. OMG, I have to admit they were pretty awesome in sound quality. One day while coming home, it started raining and I took them off and put them into my bag. Next morning I found them CHEWED up in the yard. Apparently they fell out of my bag when I got home and these blasted dogs killed it ( i suspect the innocent looking Lily). So of course when I ordered the kindle and mp3 player, I bought the same set of buds.
The funny thing about the buds is that in the packaging it comes with a skull stencil...... the suggested applications were funny.
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