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Reading Diary B Week 12

• I find most of the punishments in the story pretty extreme, but the worst one was shown in this week's reading diary. Because Arjuna did not want Urvashi to become better, she cursed him to become eunuch. I did not know what that meant, so I had to search it. It basically meant that he had to get his testicle removed. 
• The story of Mankanaka was like a little kid's story. I thought it was pretty gross how he bled grass juice. In the story, it mentions that he just ate grass and weed. I think it is pretty unrealistic how he had a great flow of grass juice rather than blood.
• The most fascinating and weird story of all was the story of Rishyashringa. I thought it was disturbing how he ejaculated when he saw Urvashi bathing. I think that does not give enough reason to ejaculate, but it happened. I think it is more weird how the deer drank the water and was able to have a child. With this unusual birth story, Rishyashgringa was born. 
• I like the little love story of Rishyashgringa and Shanta. I was very happy for Rishyashgringa because I thought he would be really weird looking because he is half deer and half human
• My favorite story from this week was tale of Savitri. I really like her character because she is genuine and honest about her feelings I thought it was nice of Yama to listen to her wishes. Yama was a genie to Savitri. With the help from Yama, Savitri was able to help her Father-in-law and her own father. 
  
• Savitri

Week 11 Reading Diary B

• The fire tactic was ingenious.  I thought it was very smart of Duryodhana and Duhshasana to hire Purochana to set a fire-trap and having a way out for themselves to leave. I thought it was even smarter how they hired someone else to do it so that they won't get in trouble later!
• I've noticed many indian epic characters with superpower and Bhima was one of them. Without any weapon or superpower, he was able to beat the demon with his hands. I'm guessing he just has unlimited power which no one can overcome. 
• The birth of Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi was pretty fascinating to me. I thought it was cool how they were born from a cup of butter. I've noticed that many objects or person transform from one thing to another. Everything is just so magical in the story.
• The Indian epic is always full of drama.  I thought it was weird how Draupadi married all of the Pandava brothers. What was the reason behind it?
• I wondered if Subhadra wanted to marry Arjuna. The book makes it seem like Subhadra married Arjuna because Krishna, Subhadra's sister, wanted her to. 
• The burning of Khandava forest was just another dramatic and graphical portion of the story. It was a constant battle between a fire god Agni and storm-god Indra. Every time Agni tries to set the fire, Indra blocked the fire with rain. When the other Gods just watched what was happening, it reminded me of the Greek mythology because the other Gods do not really get involved and just watch the fight between the Gods. 

the burning of the khandava forest

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I never knew that Google had a timer feature. I know Google has different functions, but never knew that I could set a timer.

I normally don't set up a timer for a lot of things, but when I do, it means that I have to do something under certain amount of time. One good thing about using a timer is that it keeps you on track. In certain situations, you lose track of time but by having a time, it will remind you of the time.

I do stay on my computer a lot so setting a timer will be a good way to not get carried away in the internet world.

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Week 10 Reading Diary B

• This week's reading was so full of battles and episodes. I've noticed that there were just endless fighting in this week's reading. This week's reading has been most dramatic episodes ever. There were so many family drama, killing, lying, violence, and battles.
• When Krishna showed  the universal, all being and destruction during the fight with Arjuna, it reminded me of Ravana! I thought it was interesting how there are characters who can transform their image to duplicate their heads and arms. I looked up the image  of Krishna and it was similar to Ravana's except Krishna also had several arms
• I thought it was fascinating how Krishna had so much power over nature and other things. Krishna used his ability to adjust the sun so that Arjuna slays Jayadrath thinking that the sun was setting. Sun is one of those things what are not controlled by human, but Krishna's action lets the readers know how powerful he is. 
• I was disgusted when I read that Bhima mutilated Dushasana's body and drank his blood. I would never drink anybody's blood! I wondered why he drank Dushansana's blood and is there a significant meaning behind this action?
• I thought it was very clever of Krishna to substitute Bhima as a metal statue. I was once again surprised by Krishna's action. 
• The term Pandavas made it easier for me to read because of all the characters with long names tend to be confusing to me, but Pandavas sums up to be the sons of Pandu.

Arjuna and Krshna

Famous Last Words Week 9

This week, I wasn't able to do my diary entries and since I wasn't able to do my diary entries, I wasn't able to do storytelling :( I had a lot going on this week. Because I am graduating this May,I did a lot to prepare my future! I looked for some job offers from different companies and also did some research on military. Originally, I wanted to be a nurse, but my passion for nursing is disappearing so I am just looking at different options. Life is an adventure and I am really unsure about what I will do after graduation.

I enjoyed reading other students writing! A lot of them were so creative and unique! Since I missed out on writing my own, it was nice catching up with the class. By commenting on different stories and blogs, I was able to see diff

My other classes were pretty crazy. Because it was spring break the week after, a lot of my classes had mid terms. I also had to pull a all night on Thursday night for my physiology. The exam was hard, but I was so ready for a break from school! For spring break, I'm planning on going to Texas with my family.

Personally, it was hard for me this week. A good friend of mine was deployed and it was hard for me to get over the emotions. He was supposed to be deployed next month, but it was a sudden noticed from his center commander. I  was planning on spending part of my spring break hanging out with him, but that went out the window. I was so sad he was leaving.

I watched a movie called God's not dead as a study break. It was a such a good movie with many meaning to it. The main character was such a faithful christian. The movie made me look back at my spiritual life.

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