Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Google Timer Tech Tip
THIS THING IS GREAT! I always give myself breaks when working on homework and never thought to set a timer. GOOGLE you the real MVP. I don't really have many time management tips but I can see myself adding this one for sure. Normally I am a huge procrastinator...which is terrible. I work best under pressure. Is that weird? Now I can use the timer as the pressure and make a game out of it like pinteresting against the clock!
Week 12 Storytelling : Damayanti's journey.
Its been days since Nala I have seen Nala. I woke with only
half the robe. I just know he wouldn’t abandon me. I really just wish he had
left those dice alone. Maybe we would still be in our lovely palace, rather
than roaming the forest. I’ll keep
searching for him.
Today, the Asectices
advised me to go home to my father. I can’t, I must find Nala. I will
look everywhere.
I’m still alone today. All I can think about is Nala trying
to catch those birds. It still makes me laugh. I needed something to make me
smile…at least I have that. He tried to sneak up on them like a cat… to bad he
couldn’t step quietly even if his life depended on it. He then tried to use the
robe to drape over him as they pecked that ground. I sat under a tree, wrote in
my journal and watched. After a few hours he paraded over to me empty handed.
He looked defeated. I held his hand and he explained that the largest of the
birds flew off with his robe. I assured him, we could share mine. That was two
nights before I woke up without him.
 |
| (Journaling: Emma Larkins) |
Its been two days since my last entry. I have happened upon
a traveling caravan. I hope I can figure out where they are heading. Maybe I
will find Nala along the way. I just hate being alone…that’s why I am going to
follow them!
They are headed to the kindom of Chedi. I have never been
there…but there is a first time for everything. We head out in the next few
minutes. I don’t know anyone from the caravan. I hope this isn’t a mistake.
Maybe I should have gone home to my father. My father would have probably
helped me find Nala.
It’s the next day. We are no where near Chedi yet. I miss
Nala so much my body is aching. My chest is tight and I just need his hand to
hold or hug. Who knew this would be so hard. I’m not alone, but I feel so
alone. I guess you could say I am
homesick. Homesick for something that is familiar, or routine. I probably should have just gone home.
Something doesn’t feel right and I can’t pinpoint what is wrong. We will be in
Chedi in about two days.
Author's Note: I wanted to expand the story of Nala and Damayanti. I had no idea what path this story would take as I wrote. I just started typing and this is what happened.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Reading Guide A Week 12: Nala leaves Damayanti
Yudhishthira accepted the gambling match and stakes gold,
pearls, elephants and other material wealth. He then gambles away his brothers
and then himself. He loses everything to Shankuni. He even loses Draupadi who
is then summoned to work in the kitchen. Dhritarashtra intervenes. Then frees
Bhima and the other brothers and restores their wealth. Duryodhana suggest one
more throw of the dice loser is exiled to the forrest. Yudhishthira loses and
the pandavas are exiled.
 |
| (Nala leaves Dmayanti with half a robe: Screenshot) |
Then we learn of King Nala and his dice game with Pushkara.
Nala lost and had to leave his palace with Damayanti. Both only had one robe to
themselves, Nala lost his trying to catch some birds. He decides to adbandon
Damayanti while she was asleep. He divided the sole robe in half. Damayanti
looked for Nala everywhere. The asectices advised her to go home to her father…but
she followed a caravan to the kindom of Chedi where she was attacked. Sudeva
saved her. Damayantis father promised he would search for Nala everywhere.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Reading Diary B: Arjuna and Subhadra
Dhritarashtra sends the Pandavas and Kunti away. Then his
sons hire Purochana to build a fire trap for the house where the Pandavas are
staying. Someone warns them and they prepare a tunnel which will allow them to
escape, leaving six corpses in their place. Bhima sets the house on fire.
Purochana is killed and they escape through the tunnel. The are disguised as
Brahmins.
The Pandavas and Kunti live in a different village. They
send Bhima out to fight a demon. He uses no weapons, only his bare hands, and
still defeats the demon. Drupada begs Shiva for a son to defeat Drona. Shiva
appears in a dream and tells him to pour two cups of butter into the fire. One
for a son, one for a daughter. Dhirshtadyumna and Draupadi are born. Arjuna
wins an archery test and wins Draupadi. The pandavas are given the region of
Khandava to rule. They build the city of Indraprastha near the Khandava
forrest. Arjuna falls in love with Krishna’s sister and takes her to be his
wife.
 |
| (Screenshot: Arjuna and Subhadra) |
The fire god Agni comes to Krishna and Arjuna with his mouth
smeared with butter. He wants to eat the forrest but the storm-god Indra
protects it with rain. They agree to help him. Maya builds a great palace for
the Pandavas. Duryodhana is fooled by
the illusion of the palace and they make fun of him. Then Duryodhana challenges
Yudhishthira to a game of dice, he accepts. There might be a war on the horizon….
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)