It is the last whole week of the spooky season. I want to give you, my readers, another spooky story. This week was my first week in my new position as an ESL teacher. I never wanted to become an ESL teacher. Actually, I kept saying no for years. My brother is in the ESL/…
#255 spooky showers
I have spent a lot of nights at the gym this past year. At least four times a week, I head to the gym after a whole of work. I push myself even if my legs feel like jello from a whole night of serving plates of food to some hungry, needy, and occasionally sweet…
#254 koodles
The weather is changing and I feel my life changing along with it. I feel myself changing in the most positive way. I am welcoming new adventures and the new power that I have been searching for inside of me is finally revealing itself. Last weekend was full of adventures. I did something that I…
Bla Bla Land : Chapter 29
So inner city filmmaker was over. On the night of graduation, I felt strong and inspired. Nothing was going to stop me but what was next? I went back to the toy store and back to school. I was starting my second year of college and my major was all over the place. I needed…
#253 a foggy morning
I thought about taking a break from my shabby blog. My blog was supposed to inspire me to write extraordinary pieces of writing whether nonfiction or fiction. Instead, it has been a dumping ground for my never-ending sadness. I was going to write a whole blog about this but then I decided to cut the…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 28
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to present The Toy Store by me, Frshta. Let me know what you think? After two months, the summer of 2011 was over, and here were the results of my Summer of intense learning about filmmaking. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/s1RwaJYqDew Cheers, Frshta
#252 dabble
Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, the hadith outlines the story of a Bedouin man who was leaving his camel without tying it. The Prophet (PBUH) asked him “Why don't you tie down your camel?” The Bedouin answered, “I put my trust in Allah.” The Prophet then replied, “Tie your camel first and then put your trust in…
Bla Bla Land : Chapter 27
Wow, ICF was finally coming to an end. Tal, one of the assistants, threw a prop which she called morp. Prom spelled backward is morp. Stephanya Morp! I didn't attend prom back in high school so I was excited. Tal's house was ten minutes from my place. It was going to be an 80s theme…
#251 catch up
Patys. This is a catch-up post. Yesterday, September 20,2022 at 9:57am, my niece was born. Her name is Yasna. What a blessing she is. So many different emotions honestly, but overall, it was a special day. I met her today. She is perfect. Being an aunt has been a such blessing. It has made me…
#250 side-tracked
Beauty After a ten-day heat wave, Los Angeles finally is getting some rain. Frshta, sits at a local cafe in Sherman Oaks. She enjoys this outdoor care with stream lights dangling from the ceiling but had stopped coming. On one particular visit a couple months ago, she headed over to use the loo ( the…