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Elfje: My Little 11
Somber The heavens Despite the showers Rinsing the swanky Boulevard Clean After reading Kim Douillard‘s post, I lifted my eyes to the skies, frequently, whenever I walked outside my apartment. The vault of heaven wasn’t always pretty over here though. At least, not during those times when I was looking upward. It looked bland, and boring. Walking along the elegant Boulevard (topmost picture) on Monday, I saw the same grayness of overcast skies — but the sky had released its weight of waters by then. I snapped a picture, nevertheless, of the same grayness. Back…
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Story Jumper Part 14: Dream Stealers #DigiWriMo
This is part 14 of a storyjumper for Digital Writing Month. You can read the other parts here: Part 1 Bruno’s blog started us off with a personal narrative. Part 2 Kevin’s blog began the story. Part 3 Maha’s blog continued… Part 4 Sarah’s blog… Part 5 Ron’s blog… Part 6 Tanya’s blog… Part 7 Kay’s blog… Part 8 …
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Screenreaders, Twitter and OCR
In between living with sink-lessness and unpacking in my old-new home, I find some time to read the #DigiWriMo tweets. After my guest blog post on Digital Inclusion, there were several people who tweeted about the Twitter tips and how my suggestions might begin to have them rethink how they write or tweet. It was good to read about these “wonderings” and to have folks talking about digital inclusion. @brunowinck @Maha4Learning @yinbk are uppercase chars generally easier on dyslexics? #DigiWriMo #a11y — ℳąhą Bąℓi, PhD مها بالي 🌵 (@Bali_Maha) November 6, 2015 @drgbz @40houradjunct…
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#DigiWriMo Day 2: Changing My Countenance
I love writing, I love writing, I love writing… I am not overwhelmed. I am dazzled. By the range of ideas that have surfaced in the contributions of participating “writers.” I prefer to call them composers; they craft compositions of text, sound, collaborative stories, blinking images, and links. Manifestations of writing in various forms. Maps, Thinglinks, poems, audio recordings. Opus 1, Volume 2, Act 3, Symphony No. 4. I’m game to try them all. I’m inspired. I haven’t written daily in my journal, 笔记簿, since I was seven? 老师说， 天天写笔记会帮住我掌握语文。 说得一点也不错。 [Transl: My teacher said,…
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My #DigiWriMo AltCV
[Note: In this sketch I’m the little girl of 5 standing with my uncle who brought me to enroll for primary school. He allegedly picked the wrong school and I ended up getting enrolled in a school where English is the medium of instruction instead of Chinese. Nothing is a mistake, I believe! 3 banners at the top highlight the 3 things I want to introduce to my readers. They are explained in the text below.] #DigiWriMo is here! And I’m ready with my introduction, finally. I noted what Maha…
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Why I Write
In response to Kevin’s prompt (@dogtrax) on the National Day of Writing a few days’ ago, I thought at a meta level about why I write and why I love writing. I write because I love to hear the sound of words (or Chinese characters :)) reverberate in my mind. To trip the light fantastic… In twenty ways could he trip and dance. – Chaucer Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. – Milton I write because it’s a privilege to write. To have the…