Revenge Will Soon Come

The story starts in the great town of Bihar where two monkey brothers attended the nearby school. The eldest, Vali, was the most popular monkey in the school with all the girls, except one. Her name was Sita and she was dating the younger brother Sugriva. The story begins on a brisk night where Vali simply could not take not having the beautiful Sita any more:

“Sugriva! Get up! We are going to be late to the dance,” Vali screamed up the tree to his younger brother. Vali was irritated.

Sugriva had stayed up all night writing a letter Sita, singing out loud whatever he wrote. They had been dating for a year now and he could not wait to give her the carefully written letter before the school dance. He yelled back at his brother, “I am coming, brother! What, did you wake up on the wrong side of the limb today?” Both of them quickly ate their bananas for dinner and swung as quickly as possible to school.

As the two arrived, Sugriva quickly went searching for his Sita while Vali went straight for the food. Sugriva finally saw Sita. “Sita my love! You look so beautiful!” Sita was wearing a long, bright blue dress that went all the way to the ground. The two embraced and Sugriva handed the letter to Sita. As she read the sweet words of her boyfriend tears rolled down her face. As she finished, she looked up and smiled at Sugriva. The two began dancing to the slow-paced song that was being played. All was right in the world, except for Vali. He looked at the two with disgust. He wanted Sita and he could not understand why she had no interest in him. As he drank a glass of fruit punch, rage poured into him more and more. All of a sudden he snapped.

“Sugriva! You do not deserve such a beautiful woman. I am the most handsome monkey in Bihar and I want what you have!” He quickly sprinted to Sugriva, hands tightly bound into fists.

Sugriva, in total shock, was not ready for what was happening. He dodged the punch of Vali just in time. The two brothers fought in the middle of the dance as the other students looked in horror. Sita cried out as Sugriva punched his brother and Vali punched back. Sita begged and begged for the two to stop, but all she got in return from Sugriva was, “Shut up, Sita!”

Source: Sugriva and Vail

Finally, the teachers ran to the two monkeys and broke up the fight. The teachers yanked the bloody brothers away from each other. Sita could not take what just happened. She did not want to date and love a monkey that was so quick to anger and disrespect to her. She ran up to Sugriva and spoke words that sliced through his heart.

“Sugriva, you were my love. However, your quick reaction to anger and rude comments to me does not make me desire your affections anymore. I am through.”  As tears ran down her face, she walked out of the dance. Never to be seen again by Sugriva.

Sugriva filled with rage! As the teachers let him go, he spoke these words of revenge to Vali. “I do not care what happens in this world, but I do know one thing. You will pay for this one day.” Sugriva walked out of the dance and swung away to a place far, far away to plot his revenge.

To be continued…

Author’s Note: I wrote this story in reaction to the Divine Archer I recently read this past week. I felt the story was very similar to the original Ramayana, so I wanted my own twist. The plot point of Sugriva, Rama, Vali, and Sita was missing a little connection in my opinion, so I was glad to be able to make my own story.  I created a love connection between Sugriva and Sita, while Vali was envious of their relationship. Allowing the two to be in love when they were younger and their relationship ending due to Vali will make his revenge even greater when Rama needs help. Furthermore, it will allow for a conflict between both Rama and Sugriva when Rama comes to him for help in finding Sita and discovers their past. I felt that creating a story that connects all three of these characters early on in their lives would help explain why Sugriva even helps Rama get her back in the first place.  The desire to get Sita back from Ravana will be even more because Sugriva actually loves Sita. The decision on the picture was actually based on the fighting scene between Vali and Sugriva. I felt that allowing the reader to imagine the two monkey brothers will help further connect the reader to the story. I plan on changing the original story even more once Sita is kidnapped by Ravana. 

Bibliography: The Divine Archer. F.J. Gould. 1911. 

Famous Last Words Week 8

This Class:

This week was a nice change up to the usual pace of this course. I enjoyed searching for my new music videos. A lot of the songs that I enjoy listening to have really weird music videos lol. Also, I am very interested in reading the Ramayana again. It was easily my favorite epic thus far and can’t wait to read about Rama and Sita.

Other Classes:

I had an exam and quiz this week. I felt I did really well on my Structural Geology exam. My quiz in formation evaluation did not go as great as I would have wanted, but it is not that big of a deal. I finally have a few weeks of breathing because I do not have any exams. However, I do have a Production project and drilling lab due the week after Spring Break so I will have to work over the break. I am not looking forward to April though because I have a ton of exams and projects. I am really going to cherish the next couple of weeks.

Outside of Class:

I am so happy that we are finally on break. Even though I am not going anywhere, it will be a nice relaxation period. My girlfriend and I are actually planning on going to hike in the Wichita Mountains. We have never been but I have wanted to go for a while. We may go more than once because we love to go hiking and I have heard great things about the trails. Also, we are going to see Deadpool today. My friends have said it is awesome so I am looking forward to going to see that. More importantly though, I will get movie theater popcorn! 

Source: Wichita Mountains

Well thanks for reading and I hope everyone has a great Spring Break!

Tech Tip Week 8: Reverse Image Search

Source: Google

Hey everyone, this week I did the Google Reverse Image Search Tech Tip. I did not know that you were able to do this in Google. I searched the above image and was able to find a larger image with better detail. This is an awesome tool!

Week 8 Review

Source: Announcement Blog

I found this announcement to be very funny! People forget how much punctuation brings to a sentence/paragraph. I kept going back and forth from the top and bottom paragraph. I especially liked the line "Admit to being useless and inferior". I thought it was extremely funny because it compared to the originally line "people who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior". I sometimes struggle with punctuation, so I will continue to work on this aspect of my writing. 

Learn by H.E.A.R.T. Week 8

Source: H.E.A.R.T. Blog

I am usually a good reader that enjoys a good book ever so often. Therefore, I am happy to see/use some of these points in order to continue my reading. I really happen to like the 4th bullet point. Sometimes I get stubborn and want to finish a book instead of stopping and finding a book I enjoy. I do however disagree with the first one. I use my phone all the time for reading because it is much more convenient than carrying a book around. Overall, I will save this picture and hope to read more soon!

Growth Mindset Week 8

Source: Growth Mindset Blog

I feel that this is a great way to think about accomplishing tasks. I feel that when people are able to bounce ideas of off each other, tasks are finished easier. Also, people are always different at different things. Therefore, teams that work together well can accomplish a lot more than and individual. I constantly see this in my lab reports. I happen to have a very good lab group so we are able to finish the labs quickly and correctly!

Thanks for reading. 

Readings Week 9 and 10

I would definitely like to look back at the Ramayana instead of the Mahabharata. It was my favorite epic that I understood a lot better than the Mahabharata. Also, I loved the relationship between Sita and Rama so I want to focus on their relationship. That is why I am interested in watching Sita Sings the Blues. I heard from a friend that it was a great video and I am curious to watch. Also, I plan on reading the Ravana, Roar of the Demon King by Sisodia. I like how it looks to focus on childhood of Ravana and how he got to where he was in the original Ramayana. I felt he was a great villain and I am curious of his past. Furthermore, I may end up reading Ramayana by Nivedita. I think it is cool that they try and take a western side to the story. It may allow me to further understand the Ramayana. Overall, I am excited to indulge more into the Ramayana.

Source: Ravana

Blog Work

I ran across Eaton's and I really liked his background of his blog. I really want to implement a better background instead of a single color.

I also saw Sara's blog and really liked the contrast between the font colors and the background. I enjoy my lighter background, but I really want my main titles to be a different color (not blue).

Finally I really liked the quote that was implemented in William's blog. I will try and use my tech tips for the upcoming weeks and make my sidebar an important quote. I hope to also change my background similar to his because mine is sort of bland with one color.

Thanks for reading.

Time Management

I have decided that I will now do this class later on during the week. My weeks usually are extremely busy during Monday and Tuesday, so I plan on doing most of time for this course during Wednesday through Saturday. I usually do my assignments on Friday and Saturday. My ultimate goal is to continue doing these extra credit assignments in order to excel my progress through this course. This will allow me to have more time to work on my other courses.

Source: H.E.A.R.T. Blog