#itsmayurremember

This week I will be participating in another game jam, this time Godot specific. I wasn’t entirely excited for it but at the last moment decided to go and try it. I am writing this post before the jam starts so I haven’t added any details about the jam theme or what kind of game I am building. That’s for post game jam update. But one of the things I have thought about and locked down in a…

This post contains spoilers but it is not a book review. These are just my thoughts about the book that I absolutely loved. Books are amazing. I have read books which make me happy and few saddened me. There are books which made me think. And then there are books which I didn’t know I wanted to read. Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang was an experience, a ‘What If?’ question that…

I wrote about my play’s first workshop which happened two months ago. Last month, prior to my play reading was the second and final workshop. There was a stark difference in how the first and second workshops were and I think this merited another post about the process. The deadline for second workshop was 5th November, just prior to my Queenstown trip. I submitted my draft within the deadline…

I went to Queenstown in the first week of November to celebrate my birthday and also to take some much needed rest. I took a lot of photos there but this one is my favourite. The shafts of sunlight illuminating different parts of the mountain along was definitely a photo I needed to take. Just for context, this is how it looked in colour.

I introduced my partner to my family over a video call last month. Surprisingly, it went well. When I was sick in India back in Feb/March I told my parents about my relationship. Before this, (I think) they knew nothing about my partner or that she even existed. My partner and I weren’t ready to reveal ourselves to our families just yet but because of circumstances, we did. But once the cat is…

Book: Teixcalaan Duology by Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine‘s Teixcalaan Duology consists of ‘A Memory Called Empire‘ & ‘A Desolation Called Peace‘. The books are described as a sci-fi space opera in which Mahit Dzmare, an ambassador from Lsel station, moves to intergalactic Teixcalaanli empire. The series follows Mahit from the moment she steps foot in the Teixcalaanli city/empire and introduces us to this unique empire. The empire is…

Durham Lane, Auckland CBD. Looking towards Queen St

Book: She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

I read a twitter thread a while ago about diverse fantasy/sci-fi books and I put them all on my reading list. She Who Became The Sun was also on the list and it took a while for the library to issue it. I knew very little about it but I am jubilated that I read this book. She Who Became the Sun is a historical fiction set in China during the 1300s. It follows one nameless girl whose desire for…