Hi everyone, this week I will be featuring a short poem of mine from a few years back when I was visiting Sri Lanka and we were stuck inside while a huge monsoon downpour drenched my aunt’s garden. The monsoon rains in that part of the world are quite different from the thunderstorms we get here in New Zealand. This small poem was written while contemplating the difference between the two. Hope you enjoy it!!
Continue reading “A short poem of mine”Hi everyone, this week my younger sister celebrates a significant birthday. She ends life as a thirty-something woman and enters into her fourth decade of life!! So to present her with a gift that will be around for some time, I will be dedicating this little space on my blog this week for her!!
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Hi friends, this week’s post is my family’s own immigration story. I know I’ve mentioned some parts of our story before, but this post will give you an in-depth account of our move across the globe to the bottom of the world!! Why not grab yourself something to drink and settle in for a read then?
Continue reading “My own immigration story”Hi everyone, here is the personal post about the special bond my brother and I share. I hope this post gives you an entertaining account of our childhood together and the life we have lived with a shared birthday!!
Continue reading “A librarian, her brother, and a birthday.”Hi everyone, this week’s post will give you a look into my relationship with my father. I hope you enjoy this one as it took me quite a while to find just the right words to describe the mighty man my father is!
Continue reading “A librarian and her father”Hi everyone, this week’s post will be a personal story from chapters in my life where I have had to deal with grief, loss, and learn to live again. I hope you read this with an open mind as I don’t think of myself as someone who’s had to struggle much but has enough life experience to have learned this lesson quite young.
Continue reading “My thoughts on grief and loss”Hi everyone, this post is one about my teen years in Sri Lanka and how I survived those ever so important days. I hope you have a comfy seat and something to sustain you as this will take some time…
Continue reading “How I survived my teen years in Sri Lanka”I hope this month so far has shown you how amazing, crazy, and truly inspiring libraries mean to me. I thought I’d take some time to share the journey I took into becoming a librarian, my true life’s passion. Ok, here goes…
Continue reading “My life as a librarian”Hi everyone, I thought I’d take this month to fill you all in about my faith: Buddhism. It sort of ties in with kindness and compassion; so I’m going to try my best to describe how I grew up as one in the 1980’s and 90’s in another country, and how I continue to practise it everyday…
Continue reading “Growing up a Buddhist abroad”Hi everyone, I hope you’re enjoying the diverse reads I’ve selected for you this month. I must say that compiling the lists and reviews this month has been an exhilarating experience. In this extra post I hope to give you a glimpse into my own Sri Lankan culture and heritage.
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