Day 3 and Poop Burgers

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Day 3 of NaNoWriMo was rather fruitful to be honest, i managed to type about 3000 words which isn’t too bad, given that i got zilch done during the first 2 days.

In other news, i read about Japanese poop burgers and for those of you who don’t know what they are you should check them out on tofugu.com which also happens to be my new favorite site. The reason behind that is that i have been looking into learning Japanese for quite sometime now, 4 months to be exact 😛 and tofugu seems like the perfect place to start and i will definitely recommend it to those of you who are looking into learning Japanese (No i don’t work for them. In fact i don’t work for anybody. Calm down Ria don’t make this a rant about your joblessness…Soooo…. moving on)

Even if you are not looking into learning Japanese, and are a self proclaimed Japan enthusiast like yours truly, you should check it out. They update almost every other day and it’s informative in a light hearted sort of way.

Well to be honest i am not happy about not having a job (who would be?) but all i can do is to keep trying since the economy has gone to the pooper. But i am not going to let this get me down and i am actually going to take this opportunity to write a book or do things that i like and maybe even take up a teaching certification.

If you are like me and don’t really have a job yet, what are you up to? Let me know:)

Potential job giving angels can you please contact me?

[Credits: Photo and quote is by my sister, Sadia.]

Anti bullying and NaNoWriMo progress

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I must confess, i didn’t get much done on the first day of NaNoWriMo. However, i did manage to write down the names of the characters (HEY DON’T JUDGE! it’s a start alright?:P)

I was going through trending topics on twitter (er well yes i tend to do that a lot!) So coming back to the point, i was looking through the TT’s and all the trending topics were about celebrities or other mundane things like Mariah Yeater. Don’t know who she is? Well, it doesn’t really matter but she is just this girl who claims to be pregnant with Justin Bieber’s child. WHAT? 0_0 when did he hit puberty? Don’t get me wrong i don’t hate Justin but i don’t understand all the hype about him. I do enjoy listening to some of his songs but only in private haha. I won’t even call myself a closet belieber (is that what they call it?)

So, yes trending topics, you know what irks me the most about them? Why don’t trending topics address more important issues likes hate or racism? Teen suicides due to bullying are commonplace these days with the most recent case being that of Jamie Hubley, a Canadian teen who commited suicide about two weeks back. But i didn’t see people talking about it or even any top tweets about it.
Furthermore i think it’s important for people to realise what a life is worth. Jamie was a budding popstar, a medal winning figure skater and most importantly a beloved son. Will anyone ever be able to replace him? The answer is a big fat NO!

I am not a killjoy so i won’t say you can’t talk about celebrities but for heaven’s sake isn’t a life more important than Kim Kardashian’s marriage? Really? Shouldn’t we use a public platform to raise awareness about social issues? Yes i know that sometimes there are such TT’s when celebrities tweet about them but do we really need a celebrity to guide our sense of morality?
Month of Kevin Jonas? Really? I am just… I don’t even know what to say anymore. What about a month of anti bullying? or a year of anti bullying and anti hate crimes? A much better idea don’t you think?

RIP Jamie Hubley.

I just can’t help but feel that we all need to do a little bit more to solve this problem or to make it better. And to all you haters out there if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all.

Furthermore, if anyone of you are interested in making a donation in Jamie’s name you should go to this website. There is also a memorial page for him on Facebook. Spread some love into this world today because life is seriously too short to be hating on people.

 

 

NanoWriMo

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Any other budding writers out there from Canada? 

Do get in touch with me.
This is my first year doing NanoWriMo and I will be blogging everyday of november to track my progress, to motivate myself and others and also to let you guys know about my progress.

This year, i will not be sharing the plot because it is personal but i definitely would love to discuss your progress with you. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get connected and let’s start writing everyone!

Good luck:)