over-under-qualified

Wheel of Time-- amazingly famous series of books by Robert Jordan. Recently picked up by amazon as a series featuring Rosamund Pike. Yes, old news. Not trying to add value to information here though. Here, instead, I will be comparing the 1st book and the 1st season and telling you a little what I liked and didn't like from both.  First and foremost I have to mention that I love the story of Menethren, both how it was told in the book and how nicely the show has shown it. Despite the difference in presentation of the tale of Menethren, it was beautifully done and I totally loved it. Now that being out of the way, here are the ways of how the two differ in: Story: The book's prologue where Lews Therin fights Ishamael is missing from the show. The show's beginning where Red Ajah sisters hunt down a male channeller—only happens in the show. The cliff-jumping initiation ritual to the Women's Circle, is not included in the book. Perrin's gifts are...

My son's pediatricians proudly says he lets his child cry at night and does not get bothered by it. If my partner, a fully adult human who is far more capable of understanding the world and his own emotions than my child, cried-- I soothe him. We are expected to be there for adults who are struggling and support them; be it our partners, siblings or friends. Then why do we expect a child who has no comprehension for the complexities of life to be not dependent upon us to cry and let us know of their distress. And how is it being a good parent to be ignoring these distress calls.  Are these methods of suggested parenting for the good of the children or to avoid hassles for the parents. Did we become parents to avoid hassles or does the tiredness and stress not come implied with all the other parental responsibilities? Why do we subject a child, who did not ask for this, to distress and refuse to help them to fit our agenda? I was not aware of the term gentle parenting un...

21st century and still pediatricians say "no sceen time"....what?! It goes beyond me how they do not realize that kids these days are surrounded by technology and screens are everywhere. Everything has a screen, how is anyone supposed to ensure no screen time to kids. Firstly, are there enough studies to show what the affects of screen time is really? Isnt this the first generation who is really being exposed to technology to this extreme extent. So, is there really a basis of this rule or is it just something adults as a norm do, i.e. nothing fun. These kids are not only growing up with these technology but this is going to be taken a step further in their future and become something that we cant even imagine right now. How can we keep them from daily lives. It's like insisting on raising a child in the wild because we think raising them in civilization will rob them of natural learning.  My son's pediatrician told us that tv is not ok, neither is phone o...

If you are reading this, you must be on the same boat or atleast in similar boat as me. Hi, I am a Master of Science in Electronic Engineering and a post grad student, pursuing their PhD, yet I find myself not qualified for any job. Anything I apply for either lists me over qualified or under qualified and rejects me. I have applied to entry level posts only to be told that they dont trust me to stick around and everything else that basically says I need more industry experience. I have more than a year of industry experience with mutiple year teaching experience.  They say I need to be fluent in multiple programming language, be social, have masters (phd preferabled), have multiple year industry experience, be fluent in multiple languages (including english and french), have leadership qualities and so many things that I wonder if I'd be able to match those requirments in my whole lifetime. The moment I acquire a skill, they add another to the requirements and I fall back of the l...

I finished watching Being the Ricardos   for which Javier Bardem is nominated, King Richard  for which Will Smith is nominated, Tick tick Boom Andrew Garfield for which and The power of the Dog , for which Benedict Cumberbatch is nominated. I have to say this is some tough competition. I watched King Richard before the rest, I was really engrossed by Smith's performance, being a fan I have always thought he deserved an oscar for the pursuit of happiness but competition that year was also fierece, so a fan only blames it on badluck. I really thought he should get the best actor oscars for this movie but then I watched Being the Ricardos. I just have to mention that I fall under that group of minority who really hated Mother   and has been sour on Javier Bardem movies since. So, I only started watching Being the Ricardos because Nicole Kidman is known for killing such roles and I didnt wanna miss that but 30 seconds into the scene where Javier Bardem starts de...

AMAZING THINGS MY BABY DID THIS WEEK: 1. Stayed up at home depot while we shopped around 2. Had half a cookie by himself 3. Had almost a whole kitkat by himself 4. Didn't go to sleep whole day except for 15 min naps 3 times THINGS I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS WEEK: 1. Putting him to sleep, as he need rocking and walking. Wanted Anim and kept waking up. 2. Keeping calm but that has more to do with the manchild pest than my little Isaac. THINGS I LOVED: 1. Dances with songs 2.had noodles with us THINGS I HATED: 1. My body can't keep up with the lack of sleep 2. Friend living with us gets to me do much that I am not being as patient as I'd like to with the baby  3. Did not have enough time, work keeps me busy.  4. Don't want to cook and I feel depression is eminent if this goes on(house pest invasion)

As the mother of a 6 month old I often find myself struggling with and being thankful for the same things. Sometimes, I feel the need to just vent, while other times I just want to be able to say these lovely things to someone. Since I got pregnant right before the pandemic begin and gave birth right in the middle of it. I have had practically no contact with the world outside my family bubble, my nuclear unit: me, my partner and the bebe.  So as a necessity, I will be posting these every week from today onward and mention my experiences in bullet points form, in hope that some other woman struggling through and loving the same things about motherhood and their baby.  AMAZING THINGS MY BABY DID THIS WEEK: 1. He started grabbing spoon while feeding and fed himself  2. He said "mama" 3. He opened his mouth when I asked  4. Didn't cry when we were dressing him to go outside  5. Stayed awake during and enjoyed outing to supermarket. THINGS I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH TH...

http://tcat.tc/2jGRUy6 1. Ironically, the most immature people think that they’re really mature.  They’re very good at judging others and pulling them down, but almost incapable of seeing faults in themselves. They’re in denial of their own weaknesses, and are not willing to admit that they’re human and less than perfect just like everyone else. 2. Immature people deal with conflict or disagreement through aggressive means. They misunderstand empathy and compassion as weakness. They try to establish their superiority and authority over someone else by demeaning or insulting them. They are narrow-minded because they do not try to learn from and understand another person’s point of view. 3. Immature people react very negatively to perceived rejection or abandonment.  They are very amicable when things are going their way, but as soon as they cannot control something, they are incapable of acting gracefully under pressure. They try to turn the tables around by acting like...

She was running; from what she did not know. All she knew is that the fear she felt now was unknown to her, the intensity and the type, completely unknown. she was afraid of glancing back at whatever foe that was chasing her. She ran from one corner of the room to the other as fast as she could. her heart beating like it has never before. she took a sharp turn at the bend without breaking her pace.  She could see a pond of some kind ahead of her, "why was there a pond in the building?" she thought to herself. The water in the pond was green and she could see the moon's reflection in it. It was as if someone had put it there just to break her pace; she wasn't having it. She ran with the intention of jumping over it. Her pace increased along with her pulse and the speed of her thoughts.  She could see the man-made pond getting closer and anticipated the jump. Her foe closing in; she leaped high and just barely out of her foe's reach. Legs stretched, an...