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Freestyle Writing Challenge – take 2!!!!

20 May 2015 19 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Freestyle Writing Challenge, Grandparents

Akanksha has challenged me to the free style writing challenge… Twice in one week! Sheesh! Where am I going to find the time??!! Lol! First, the rules…

So here goes the RULES of this challenge:

Open an MS Word document
Set a stop watch or your mobile to 5 minutes or 10 minutes whichever challenge you think you can beat.
You topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH A TIMER.
Fill the word doc with as much words as you want.
Once you began writing do not stop even to turn.
Do not cheat by going back and correcting spellings and grammar with spell check in MS WORD (it is only meant for you to reflect on your own control of sensible thought flow and for you to reflect on your ability to write the right spelling and stick to grammar rules)
You may or may not pay attention to punctuation and capitals.
However if you do, it would be best.
At the end of your post write down ‘No. Of words =_____’ so that we would have an idea of how much you can write within the time frame.
Do not forget to copy paste the entire passage on your blog post with a new Topic for your nominees and copy paste these rules with your nominations (at least 5 bloggers).

Grandparents

Grandparents…

I feel jealous whenever I think of those that had or have time with their grandparents.

I didn’t really get that chance. I never met my Pops’ parents. They passed away when he was young, so I didn’t get a chance to meet my Dadaji or Dadiji. All I have is a couple of pictures of portraits that were done of them both… nothing more.

My Mum’s parents were alive when I was born. But again, I was only 6 when we lost my Nanaji, my grandfather, under horrific circumstances. I hear amazing stories about him, he was a great man, charitable, loving, an educated man, who pushed my mother forward to study, something that wasn’t really done for girls in those days. My Nanima, or Mama as we called her, my grandmother, I was lucky enough to have for longer, but again this was bittersweet, as though she was there, she was far away, in another country, and it was only visits to Kenya, or her visits here that allowed us to have much of a relationship.

Grandparents…

They are fundamental to a child’s growing up, I think. The experience they have, the capacity to love unconditionally, those big warm Grandparent hugs they give…

When I married, I got to experience it a bit, as Hubby Dearest’s Grandma was still alive, and lived near us. She was a sweet woman, and could never get my name right… I was Meetu, to her, til the end. She was so loving towards me, and it made me realise how lovely it would have been to have a grandparent nearby. His other Grandmother lived in India when we got married, and though I only met her a couple of times, she was a sweet soul, a spiritual person who again, gave me a lot of love.

It was hard seeing them leave this earth too, as I felt almost cheated… I had managed to find these 2 lovely grandparents at the age of 25, then they were cruelly taken from me too!

But it has coloured my thinking of how I want to bring my children up, and the access I want them to have with their grandparents. My in-laws live close by so they see them every day… My parents further away but we speak daily and spend quality time with them…

I want them to have the Granny/Granddad moments that I never had….

No. Of words = 404

My nominees are
Jazzmelia Kay
Just Call Me Elm Or Something
Ronovan Writes
My Spanglish Family
Persia Karema

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“No mountain is too high…

Ronovan’s weekly Haiku Challenge #45 Pitch And Time

18 May 2015 23 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Pitch And Time, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

That time of week again! 🙂
Check the challenge out here!

Horror

A high pitched screaming
Filled the air…I looked around
That time had come again

Freestyle Writing Challenge

17 May 2015 20 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, My Writing Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Freestyle Writing

Wow! Thanks Judy from Edwina’s Episodes for challenging me to the freestyle writing challenge.

First I would like to outline the rules before I get to my attempt:

1. Open a blank Document

2. Set a stop watch or your mobile phone timer to 5 or 10 minutes, whichever challenge you prefer.
3. Your topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH YOUR TIMER!!!
4. Once you start writing do not stop until the alarm sounds!
5. Do not cheat by going back and correcting spelling and grammar using spell check (it is only meant for you to reflect on your own control of sensible thought flow and for you to reflect on your ability to write with correct spelling and grammar.)
6. You may or may not pay attention to punctuation or capitals.
7. At the end of your post write down ‘No. of words = ____” to give an idea of how much you can write within the time frame.
8. Do not forget to copy paste the entire passage on your blog post with a new topic for your nominees and copy paste these rules with your nomination (at least five (5) bloggers)

So, my task from Judy

You are meeting up with a fellow blogger who wants you to show them around your home town. Where do you take them and what do you do?

Here goes!

Welcome to my hometown, a little slice of South Eastern England!

Where would I take you first? Well it depends on how you came! If you came by train, ten I could show you the delights of our town centre, with the Civic Hall, the rows of shops, both open, and boarded up, as the recession has still got a few victims on our High Street.

I would take you to the Prom. We have a wonderful riverside area where there is a café to get yourself an ice cream, or cuppa and then, weather permitting (it is England, after all!), take a stroll along the banks of the River Thames, Kent-style, where if you look across the river, you can see Essex too!

There are parks, and playgrounds to keep you busy, and a pond where people fish too. Something for most ages, and if you are lucky, sometimes the fair is in town too!

Then we could visit the glorious, and beautiful Gurdwara. I would definitely take you there, it is a key part of my life, and if I was to show you where I lived, and places of importance, this would be most definitely one of them.

Then, since we were so close, you would have to come home! A cup of Indian tea, meet the family, and of course, meet Sonu Singh!

I would take you to St Georges Church where the real life Pocahontas was buried…yes really, she existed, and is buried here in our home town!

Drive by my school, and pop in to see the in laws too. Then if you feel energetic, maybe we could pop into the Cyclopark! By the Way, I don’t cycle… I’d be watching you!

There are more lovely parks to visit, oh, and of course the myriad of pubs that are dotted on every corner. Some are more tasteful than others, don’t worry, we’;; go to the better ones!

If you are hungry, we could go to Caesars… you do like Italian, don’t you? Peter Andre frequents this place I am led to believe! Or if you want home cooking, we can do that, my Mother in law always has a great selection if curry ready!

If we had more time, I would jump in the car and take you to Bluewater, the shopping centre 10 minutes away… a the saving grace of this place, when I first moved here…

But since I’ve been here a good 14 years now, I can see there is much more about this town, that is worth living in it for!