Tag: children

  • Young Students can keep me energetic

    What activities do you lose yourself in?

    Spending time with children and students is so engrossing that I often find myself completely unaware of the passing hours. Their company is so fulfilling, and I cherish every moment spent with them.

  • Childhood Cartoon

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s your favorite cartoon?

    When we were young, we didn’t have a TV, so we rarely got to watch it, let alone a TV series. Even when we did watch, it was from the CD player, as the villagers didn’t have a signal to connect or a place to subscribe to channels. The one channel I remember was Tom and Jerry. We would run to our neighbors’ places to watch it and sometimes even had to contend with the elders for the channel, as they were uninterested in watching it. We were teenagers back then. I vividly remember the joy and laughter we shared with our cousins and talked about it after the show.

    Gone are the days when we’d watch over three rupees dried Mattar and 50 paise sweets. We would quarrel about eating too much and too fast, not sharing with the others. We would also trick the younger ones into eating more than them—haha. Reminiscing about it gives me nostalgia. Thanks for this daily prompt topic.

  • 5 secrets that makes me a better human

    Daily writing prompt
    Share five things you’re good at.

    Here are five secrets that make me who I am today. Though I am not a perfect human beings I happy with what I am good at:

    1. Listening and Sympathizing: I am skilled at listening and understanding people’s emotions and feelings, offering sympathy and support.
    2. Storytelling: I excel in storytelling, engaging others with narratives that captivate their interest.
    3. Smiling and Laughing: People often mention that I have an infectious laughing style, and I am adept at smiling and bringing positivity to situations.
    4. Dealing with Children and Young People: I am effective in dealing with children and young people, easily capturing their attention without much struggle.
    5. Sleeping: I humorously refer to myself as a “sleep monster.” I am exceptionally good at sleeping, and can do so without much difficulty. But I can’t do my day without good proper sleep unlike others I requires sleep for at least 7 hours in a day.

    And that’s about it! Shall I continue with the list? If so, I fear I may float up to cloud nine, so I’ll remain ever grateful to Earth. Haha!

  • Super Nana!

    Let me take this chance to introduce to you my grandma, who I have held dearly in my heart but rarely discussed with others. Apart from a few, I’ve never thought to mention her to anyone. Okay! She is very dear to me. Although I spent less time with her, I can vividly remember her face and the way she adored me.

    She wasn’t educated, and she didn’t even learn to wear shoes because she found them uncomfortable haha. I often saw her singing songs (literally folk songs) for her loved ones, especially for her husband and her three children who passed away at an early age. Her profound understanding of life differed greatly from my world. She shared stories of walking miles for a week to reach the nearest town (Now Imphal). She would return with some clothes for her children. She told me about eating sweet corn instead of rice or Hao Khamui (Sticky rice bread), and how she would climb trees to protect herself from animal attacks while resting at night.

    You know, all of this happened during the 1940s or 1950s when India was still struggling for independence from British rule, and to celebration of freedom, she was there, selling some of her hard-earned crops to buy pairs of cloth to keep her family warm. She embarked on the toughest journeys to provide her family with their basic needs.

    Well, well, well… that’s it for today; I’ll continue in the next episode! 😄