http://ayumimeegan.com Ayumi Meegan, the big things and little things that make up my every (other) days. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:31:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At a music festival in downtown San Francisco, there was smell of pot everywhere. In the crowd, there were police officers on the look out for suspicious activities. An officer walked up to a man holding beer and smelling awfully green. "What's that in your hand?" he asked."Beer""Well, it's supposed to be ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/28/pot-and-beer/ The two year old boy I look after has developed an infatuation with Thomas the Tank Engine. He loves trains of all sorts, but he's got a special soft spot for trains with faces. Just today, I talked to two women whose toddler boys are also obsessed with trains. "Thomas" ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/28/what-is-it-about-thomas-the-tank-engine/ "In most forms society, be it a company, a school, a country, the rule of 20-40-20 applies: the top 20% of the population do much of the work, the middle 40% get by doing what they need to, and the bottom 20% find ways to feed off the group without ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/24/20-40-20/ Mum called a long-distant friend and encouraged her to see a specialized doctor. "But I don't know of any such doctors in my area" the friend replied. Mum: "Well, use the Internet thing, it should tell you" Friend: "But I don't know how to do the Internet" While my mum recanted her frustration to ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/19/things-called-computers-and-internet/ The video is back and running for all to see!! I worked on a video for my friends whose wedding I couldn't attend. This was a while back. I posted it on YouTube but it got taken down due to copyright reasons. Warner Brothers Music owns Red Hot Chili Peppers (along ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/14/wedding-video/ Whatever we upload is stored in hubs free for (all) to see, for as long as this Internet system is alive and kicking. So with every post on a blog, email, or facebook update, I ponder. A lot has happened in the past weeks; passing of an aunty, emergency illness, strengthened ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/07/11/ponder/ There was an earthquake in San Francisco this morning, magnitude 3.5, relatively small in scale yet strong enough that, when I felt the house shake, I quickly stood up from the toilet, pulled my jeans up, grabbed the little boy I nanny for and ran out of the house. I ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/06/28/earthquake-in-san-francisco/ By golly what a chain of events it's been the past week. I've stayed up working on two videos (one for a friends' wedding which I'll upload in July, and another for a family reunion). Flatmates got together to paint the walls of the living room, now it looks like this:  (I'd ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/06/05/and-its-june/ Past nights I've been coming back with my face aglow, fueled to the finger tips with, what shall I call this, love? Connection? The full moon effect? Two days back, my impetus was karate; I pumped a good gallon of blood that circulated well into the night. Today, my rush ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/05/27/fuel/ A 10 year old girl I know has been acting glum recently, I asked her why and she looked away. I've talked with others who know her, and it seems the problem is her amount of homework, and the pressures associated with "doing well". Besides school, she takes four different lessons; ... http://ayumimeegan.com/2010/05/21/tool-box-and-the-person-holding-it/