Creative Musings

The first thing that came to my mind after reading 'The Timekeeper' by Mitch Albom was "Thank heavens, I didn't buy the book." I had come very close to buying the book on more than one occasion since it was on the top 10 bestseller list but somehow desisted each time and I thank my stars I did.  So, I borrowed the book from the library instead (at least I didn't pay for it!) to appease my curiosity. Right from the start, I knew this was a book I wouldn't enjoy but I carried on reading in the hope that something good would come of it. But alas it did not! Nothing appealed to me in the book- neither the storyline, nor the narrative, nor the characters and definitely not the annoyingly slow pace of the book. The book was boring, tedious and too much of a fable to digest for a grown-up mind! It's a story about a man who will later be known as Father Time as he is the first man to try to measure the gift of time. He is banished for cen...

Vacations over....kids are back to school...and I am back to some serious writing n (not so serious) blogging. This vacation we decided not to venture outside Singapore...husband is super busy, it's extremely hot and we have been travelling a lot in the last 2 breaks of  December and March....so we decide to save some money and the sweat and make do with what is within Singapore ...which is a lot actually! This left me with the onerous task of planning activities and events that could satiate ( read as: exhaust ) my boisterous boys and maintain my sanity. This is not easy - it is in fact tougher if you are staying put and not travelling than if you are travelling where in you just pack your bags and go......so my planning started a month ahead of the vacations. I planned for a combo of activities - some inclined to enhance knowledge, some that gave them the needed adrenalin rush and some pure, innocent, family fun ( the last one keeping the younger one in mind since...