ashwin energy

there are 7 types of energy 

kinetic energy 

potential energy 

heat energy 

light energy 

sound energy 

electrical energy 

and joy energy 

the biggest source of joy energy 

in the world is kavin! 

aishu's moon

there was once a little girl and her mother 

they were walking home from dance class one dark and stormy night 

their umbrella nearly flew away

the child held on tight to the mother

and away they flew

straight up to the moon

a thin crescent hanging in the sky

the moon looks so empty mum

it's only half way done

let's finish the other side 

she tried to take the umbrella from her mum but mother cried out

we will fall my darling

the girl thought aboutir and then flew her Monm to the tip of the crescent.  you sit right here mum you can dangle your feet. I'll be right back. 

then she flew to the top of the crescent and drew the second half with the tip of her umbrella slowly arching to the right till it reached her mum again.

there..now the moon is a perfect ring! 

I'm gonna go a few more rounds mum and she started going round and round by the inner edge of the ring

the ring slowly became an onion ring, then a donut, then a vadai and finally an idly with no hole in the centre! 

I'm done mum! 

but there's no way to go down mum said

we can wait here mum it's beautiful 

the mum held her child in her arms looking at her with love 

they say the mum and daughter are still up there gazing at each other. 

See if you can see them there on a full moon day! 

getting used

how soon we get used to things 

what seemed interminable has become enjoyable

and it is with a slight twinge 

that I welcome the start of all things 

normal,  almost 

I will buy soil and pots to continue my love of gardening 

I will buy tea leaves for my sanity

will we do things we started in this precious time

spend time at home with the small ones

play dog and the bone

one can hope

the magic toilet by Aishwarya saravanan

Once there were two sister who grew up to be mothers. One was Anasthesia and Asthenesia. 

Anasthesia was very cruel to her 4 children. She said they were orphans whom she was looking after. She would cane them every morning and wouldget angry for every small things. She said they were orphans because the kids knew how kind  mum should be to her children. She wanted to be mean to her children so called them orphans. 

Asthenesia was kind and loving to her children. She took good care of all 4 of them. She loved them very very much! 

One day anesthesia'a kids three a pillow at a cupboard. Nothing got broken but anesthesia got very angry. So she took them to asthenesia's home and said please take these orphans off me! 

Asthenesia knew these were Anathesia's own children. She told the kids this is your mum. She is very mean to you. Telling you that you are orphans. 

The kids were horrified and fled into asthenesia's house. They lived happily there for awhile. 

Asthenesia sent her own kids to Anesthesia's house to check if Anesthesia would be mean to her kids too. 

Anesthesia was awful to those kids too. So the kids decided to run away. They ran to their own house and gathered the other 4 kids too. Then us 8 will run away and live happily ever after 

They found a tree. On top of the tree there was a ladder. On top of the ladder there was a house. In the house there was a cup board.  In the cupboard there were 2 toilets. All the 8 kids wanted to use the toilet. They used it 2 at a time. The youngest went on to the magic toilet. The older girl watched the younger girl and the next moment she gasped in horror. A hand came out of the magic toilet and pulled the young girl inside.

blue giraffe

Something I came up with while brushing my daughters teeth

There was a baby giraffe born. He was blue in colour with dark blue patches  So different from the rest 

The others were the usual shades of brown

Mum thought he was cold and tried to warm him up but he stayed blue

Sis asked him to rub against barks of trees and get their brown on him but he stayed blue.  

Then all the other giraffes laughed at him .he is blue blue blue

So the giraffe started crying boo hoo hoo

His tears fell fast and furious, giant tear drops and he started flooding the place. The other giraffes screamed in fright and asked him to stop he just cried harder and harder 

Soon all the giraffe were chest deep in tear water 

Along came a giant bird of paradise. With beautiful long feathers in every colour of the rainbow 

He said ah theres a lake here let me take a drink. He perches on a branch and takes a big gulp only to splutter in disbelief. The water was salty

Then he heard a wailing and a boo hooing. 

Asked giraffe what was the matter 

Told him he knew a place with many coloured giraffes 

Baby giraffe happy said please take me 

Didnt even say bye to mummy and sister 

But very slow for the bird

Bird tried to carry him couldnt

Nearly gave up 

Then a whole host of birds turned up. They lifted him up and he lay on the wings like a purple magic carpet 

Flew to the place with colourful giraffes 

Very happy 

Possible ending one

Missed his mum. Sends a letter home that he safe with his kind 

Possible ending two 

The birds are not kind. Sinister. They eat colourful giraffes to get their feathers in their colours 

Library stories

Stories I have told at the library 

1. Copy kitten, Nov 18

2. Sri kala hasthi temple, Feb 19

3. Prahalada, April 19

4. Ganga, June 19

5. Vamana and Kidukuma, Aug 19

6. Ekalaiva and veera erumbu   Oct 19

Speech

Good morning Mdm Rashida, Ms Liew , Ms Lim, teachers and friends .

I am honoured to have been  selected  as a senior prefect, and  I will  serve  the school to the best of my abilities.

Being a senior prefect may not be easy at times, but I will try to see everything as a learning opportunity.

There is a famous Tamil saying, kattrathu kai  mann  alavu,  kallathathu ulagallavu.  This means what we have learnt is only as much as a fistful  of sand. What we haven't learnt, on the other hand, is as much  as the whole world. This reminds me to stay humble and keep learning.

One of the values I strongly believe in, is resilience, which is also one of our school values.
To me, resilience is about sticking to things that matter, and not giving up even when things get difficult. I know  this is easier said than done, and I want to keep working at it.

A personal role model of resilience for me is  Malala Yusofzai.  Even after she was shot at by the Taliban, she continued speaking up  for girls' rights for education.
I hope I can show the same spirit.

Finally I'd like to end with a quote from Shakespeare, in the play Hamlet.
"Above all else, to thine own self be true."
I feel it is very important to be true to myself and my core beliefs, in the face of any pressure or fear that I may  along the way.
Thank you for giving me a chance to be a senior prefect and I will do my best.
Thank you!

Spider clouds

Spider had a  muffin but wanted some icing
Dragged her muffin all the way up a skyscraper
Then plucked out a tiny white cloud for the most airy l8ght frosting and enjoyed her cake

As she finished a light rain started. She pulled another cloud out and created a little cave for her to dry off

Then it was evening and teenagers were out, she wanted one, she pulled a big cloud down and jumped on it like a trampoline.  H8gher and higher till she caught the star
Brought it down and stuck it other back
Now she was star spider

Was getting late and cold
She brought down a cloud and snuggled up to sleep
Next day morning she saw a rainbow. She jumped on a cloud and slid all the way down back to e
The ground

Rabbit psrty

Baby rabbit.
A bit lonely.
Big rabbits from garden

Banana ship to the moon

Boy tells puppy hebwants to go to the moon
Fairy hears him
Next day a giant floating banana comes up near his window
With seats
They climb on
Seat belts get fastened
Then off they go
Through the clouds!
Some clouds come on their heads like a protective cover
Go to the moon
Bounce around
Pick moon flowers- amazing each petal a diff colour
And moon fruit in a crater each layer of fruit a diff colour
Then come back
Give flowers to mom
Mom says thank you. Doesn't fully beleive the moon story

Song by the kids I've imagined

I've imagined how the stars look in the night sky
I've imagined how the star fish look in the  deep sea
I've imagined the pyramids on scalding sand
I've imagined emperor penguins sliding in ice
I've imagined boiling lava rising in volcanoes
I've imagined the earth just cracking along fault lines
I've imagined the snowy owl spreading its wings in silent flight
I've imagined the naked mole rat digging deep in tunnels
I can imagine a

But i just can't imagine
Doing primary 4 maths

Song for my son

A little song for my 6 year old

There's a whole world out there even if we cant see it
Even if we feel crammed in and cooped up in our head space
There's a world out there
I wish i could roll out the earth under your feet
Kiss you good luck as you set out
Let you know you will fail and you will rise. Its ok.
My love my love you have the world within you.

The magic nature box

Maya loved all things in nature.
She took a shoe box and covered in paper and called it her nature box
She collected a leaf and some twigs in her box.
That night she woke up suddenly. She heard sounds from her box! Roars and metallic clinks! She rushed to the box and opened it but nothing!
This was puzzling.
The next it happened again.
When she opened the box... nothing.
So the next day she made two small holes in the side of the box

At night the sounds started again. She walked quietly up to the box and peered in through the holes. What a sight met Her!
The leaf was now a dragon roaring and breathing fire.  The taller twig was now a stick man brandishing the smaller twig like a sword and they were in full battle. The little girl watched with her eyes wide open .
The man was about to slash the fore breathing dragon she gave a gasp. Both dragon and man turned. The man said... monster charge! And he rushed to the hole with his sword while the Dragon blew fire at the hole. The little girl pulled back just in time. The roaring and clashing continued all thru the night.

Next day she put in two pebbles in the box.
The sounds startes again at night. She peered in. Now there were two mountains. The dragon was hiding behind the mountains and breathing fire throigh the mountain pass. The knight was not able to get near the Dragon and they tried fighting. Saw the eyes charged
Next day she added a flower stalk and a sea shell. 
Flower stalk turned into a flying umbrella and the knight flew above the Dragon fighting it. The shell turned into a protective shield. Again they attacked.
She added a berry.
It turned into a sun.
What will she add next? What will it turninto

Moon walk

Beam shines right into room
We get up and walk up it

Scarla and the watery mountain

Climbed mountain to save friends trapped in cage
She cuts open cage and lets them out
Before she can escape the monster comes back and locks her in. But scarla has a key and lets herself out.
She goes home and has a party for the 20 2 year old friends at macdonalds.
When she goes home she finds the bad guys has killed the father!
She thinks her father is pretending but the sees blood on the face
When mummy coming home she dies too at hands of bad guy.
Then scarla thinks mum is pretending then sees the blood coming from glasses. When sister coming scarla punched bad guy to save sister
Brother came home from sch and saw big job in the lift.
Scarla kicked bad guy to save aunty.
She went home to share the sad news with siblings
She asked the 20 friends for medicine for parents. And then voila they woke up

Sections in my poetry book

On the kids for the kids
On partings
Nature
Family

Stuff my son says

He's my darling. Such a sensitive soul
Yesterday he was beaming saying "i'm so confident right Aatha!"
I had been praising him for going up on stage to dance,  for figuring out how to get balls out of a broken glass, for asking questions at a play, for making new friends...

Then at a function to celebrate someone's 80th birthday he asks when is he going to die??!??!??!?

Mortified. We had to educate him on the spot that that was not the thing to say! But innocent he was. Asking matter of factly without the burden of the fears and worry attendant upon death. Cherishable moment i guess.

Up to yesterday he wanted to be an actor. As of yesterday he wants to be a singer like sp balasubramaniam..says he wants to learn singing till he's 25 or more.

I am so proud of him.

The other day in bed he said hes god worst blessing. So sad. The picture of him says god's sweetest blessing. His self esteem is something i have to work on

Currently ignoring his bad behaviour is working wonders.

He's so precious.

god the painter of skies

God paints a pretty picture every morning of the skies and clouds
hues of pink and blue and purples and oranges and swirling patterns in clouds

Everyday a new picture
he then discards his masterpiece and does another the next day

The puppy and the ducky

Once there was this little puppy who was very sad because he didn't have any toy or friend to play with . A puppy angel felt sorry for him and decided to help him..so it threw down a red ball on the roof of his kennel. Bong! The puppy got a shock and went out to investigate. He was overjoyed with the ball and started playing happily with it. Inside his kennel then outside then in the park. He had so much fun!

While playing in the park he accidentally threw it into the pond! Oh no! He stared mournfully at it   and thought "oh I cant swim! I just got it today and now I've lost it"  and he sat by the bank of the pond and cried loud tears. While he was crying he heard a sound. "Quack quack quack quack quack "
He thought "who's making that awful noise when I just want to cry? I'm going to look up and tell them to stop right this minute"

He looked up to bark when he saw to his surprise a duck pushing his red ball towards him quacking away!

"Oh thank you ducky"! And they play and play all day.

Evening falls. Puppy says "i"ve got to go now but will be back tomorrow! " Ducky says : I'll be waiting for you"

That night dark clouds gather  . By morning the sky is overcast and a storm descends. What thunder what lightning !

Puppy shivers in his canal too terrified to budge. Every time he hears the roar of thunder he jumps and shakes his whole kennel. He does not venture out.

At the pond the ducky waits. Thunder storms are no big deal for her. Water off her back. She wait and waits then frowns then pouts. He said he'd come but he didnt.

The next day dawns bright and clear again. Puppy races out with his red ball. 

"Ducky! Ducky! Where are you? Woof woof I'm here to play".

Ducky hears him but she hides behind some reeds. She's not going to answer him! He didn't cone yesterday at all!

" Ducky? Ducky!oh dear. I'm going to try my luck anyway" and puppy throws the ball into the pond . Ducky sees the ball but does not go near it. She thinks it serves him right to lose his ball!

Puppy sees the ball floating far away in the pond and hangs his head. He's so sad he's lost his friend and his ball. Suddenly he hears a sound
"Croak croak croak" He looks up and see three frogs playing with his ball! They are throwing it to one another saying croak croak!

"Hi there froggies! May I have my ball back?"
The three frogs croak back to him grumpily saying "no" and keep throwing the ball to one another . Suddenly ducky turns up and catches the ball in mid throw. The three frogs croak in surprise. Ducky pushes the ball back to puppy.

"Ducky! You are here! Why didn't you answer when I called out to you? "
Ducky stuck her beak in the air and said " hmph! I waited for you all day yesterday and you never turned up!"
" Oh sorry Ducky! The storm terrified me! I didn't dare leave my kennel"
" Oh are you scared of thunderstorms ? " asked the ducky gently. I thought you didn't care about me anymore!"

" of course i care about you! You are my friend !" Said the puppy.

"Well let's play then!" said the Ducky.

They started playing throwing the red ball to each other. Then they heard a sound .

" Croak croak croak"

They turned to see the three frogs.

" we are sorry we didn't return your ball just now. "
"Can we play too? "
"Pleeeeeeesae? "

Puppy looked at ducky. What do you think should we let them play too?
Oh ok!
So all five played happily together.

The angel said " I only gave him a you nut he found himself some friends who care for him!

The end