death clothes

What do you do with the clothes you wore on the day someone you love dies?
Can you ever wear them again?
Do you wear them separately and never together, never in the same combination that you wore on the day of the death?
Do you give them away?
Do you keep them?
What happens if they tear?
Do you throw them away?
Can you throw them away?
What do you tell yourself?
 

executive education

Yes, that's right fans and avid readers! Given that this is who I really am, it is only befitting that I spent all of last week attending an Executive Education workshop.


So here is my experience, summed up in a few key buzzwords. If you are a real Executive, you will be able to spot the fake :


1. Leadership
2. Strategy
3. Development
4. Goals
5. Entrepreneurship
6. Social Responsibility
7. Drinks
8. Smart Casuals
9. Networking


If you are unable to spot the fake, please go get yourself a drink and try again. 

how to travel on a domestic flight if you do peritoneal dialysis

1. Drain out the dextrose solution from your body the night before your flight.
2. Take the earliest morning flight to your destination.
3. Arrive, begin a 24 hour countdown and get aclimatized 
4. Set up an appointment with a hospital for a session of heamodialysis - this appointment should begin approximately at the time your 24 hour countdown ends. 
5. Go for heamodialysis
6. Do what you need to do for the next 2 days
7. Go for heamodialysis again on the 3rd day
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the entire duration of your stay
9. Fly back
10. Resume peritoneal dialysis when you are back at home
 

driving

Yesterday, my father and I went driving together after a long time.
Long enough for me to have a fuzzy memory about the last time we drove together.
So long ago, that, in fact, my only concrete recollection is that the last time we went driving together was in 2009.
That time, he used to drive me to the physiotherapist.
This time, he drove himself to the doctor. 

Surreal.
Strange because I suddenly realize that the probability of us taking a drive together again is low.
So low that the only way I can think of repeating the experience is if I accompany him to the doctor next month.
And knowing that it won't happen because I won't be here and my mother or sister will take the ride next time.

spot the difference

"Small children and adult men are both alike. They have no sense of boundaries and touch you everywhere."

-- Romangst

something is not right

With a higher education system that
- Makes you pay shit loads for taking a language competence exam
- Is therefore automatically inaccessible to many
- Requires you to suck up to your teachers and get recommendation letters
- Only lets you in if you have recommendation letters from alumni
- Limits your chances of gaining admission to a course of study that helps you explore a developing interest ---- you need to have been interested in this course right from when you were 18. And never change your interests, ever.
- Gives out scholarships  - but the only people you know who got them were rich kids who didn't need them in the first place
- Is just OOF.
- Ya, it really is. 

genius

Anand : I did some pottery today.
Me: How exciting! What did you make?
Anand : Pots