Winds of Change

Taking the trip up north to Penang for my neice's first birthday sure did bring back a lot of memories. Yes, Penang has been a place of amny occurances for me and my family-swell ones to not so pleasant ones. It was the place where I had my first beach experience way back when I was five. It was the place I took my first ferry. it was/is where my aunt lives. It was in that aunt's home where my cousins and i would play hop-scotch (it's that game u play where u jump from one square to another that's in the shape of a cross). It was the fist home in my family to have cable TV so i'd always plonk myself on the sofa and watch all my favorite shows for hours till my butt got sore form sitting too long. Whenever I went to my aunts home, she'd make me my favorite 'appam' for breakfast just for me and my sister. For those of you who don't know, 'appam' is sorta like Indian pancake that whilte in the center with a thin paper-like crust and it's usually eaten with coconut milk poured over it. Penang was also the place where I lost my uncle. He died of a heart attack-but that's coz he was an alcoholic, a real bad one. Quite recently and possibly the most memorable one, Penang was where my granny passed away.

So, going back to my aunt's home last weekend was...well it was the first time I went back after the death of my granny. When she was alive, she'd always wait for our arrival by the swing in the porch. She'd always be waiting with a huge smile on her face (I personally think it's because out of all her daughters, she likes my mom the best-well my mom was the youngest and most spoilt one in the family so yeah!) and she'd just embrace us with her small arms and it was one of the best feeling in the world...gosh, I miss those hugs. Then, we'd all go into her room and just talk and talk and catch up coz after all, we do live at different ends of the country! She always make it a point to cook for us all our favorite food-from crabs to prawns to that famous 'appam'. But now that she's not around no more, it's been different. I mean, yeah, we still have those talks with our aunts and the food's still great but somehow, it's just different without the almost magical touch of a granny. I imagine those of who who've lost ur granny would be able to relate.

Yeah, it sure is funny how I never thought so much of her when she was alive. Sometimes I still think she's a round...sometimes i'm a lil in denial in that sense. I wish she was still around. But i also know that everything happens for a reason. No one's death has meant so much to me than this one-not my uncle's nor my grandad's. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that never take your grandparents for granted coz you'll never know what you miss untill they're gone. Trust me, i should know. If I'm not the first person to tell you this, take this as a reminder and go tell your grandparents how much you love them...if you're not close to them, it's time you start being close! Take it from me, granny makes the meanest curry and the sews the tightest buttons on your shirts/shorts! lolz...well, at least my granny was that. So,hurry and make that call today! (Jeez, I sound like those home shopping programs convincing people to buy yet another thing they don't really need, don't I?)

Patti (that's Tamil for granny),
Wherever you may be, I just hope you're doing well. I'm sad that you left and didn't say goodbye but i'm also happy that you didn't have to suffer for too long in that bed in that hospital. Just watching you merely breathing with the help with all those machines, I didn't feel a thing untill they pronounced your passing on. Yes, I regret not coming to visit you that weekend before when mom went-I shoulda come along. But no worries, I promise to take good care of her while you're gone. just so you know, I loved you very much but it wasn't expressed enough. So, hope you and grandad are happy together up there and I love you.

Currently listening to: Speed of life by Sugarland (talk about irony!)

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You know what i hate the most? People who make you wait for more than 20 minutes, then have the gall to lie about why they were late. Seriously, if you're gonna lie about being late, at least have the decency to cook up a story worth buying into! i mean yeah, i've had my shares of making people wait (no one is perfect!) but it's never anymore than 15 minutes and I would bother to call and say so. yeah, i've pissed people off by making them wait but that doesn't mean I have to be punnished in return for having to wait for my driving instructor for a whole HOUR-SEVERAL TIMES! Really, Malaysians in general are not punctual but Indians, are the worst breed! i should know, i'm an Indian. But lucky for me by parents are both very punctual and my dad especially don't tollerate inpunctuality (correct me if i used the wrong prefix, if u will) and he loaths it...prolly where i get that from. Lets just say that my instructor hasn't been a very good one (I shan't bore you with details)and so fed up of me whining at home, my mom decided to call her and she had the nerve to say that she's been calling and leaving me messages i don't seem to reply, when in fact, it's been otherwise! i can't believe her!!!

Seeing as how i'm on hols for the next month, mom has arranged for me to finnish my course in the next 2 weeks. You prolly think that i'm 18 years and still too chickened to handle this on my own, but truth is, i'm actually not very good at reasoning (i'm working on it though) and my mother is just the total opposite. she's so nice she can never say no to many things...hence the reason why i have a cousin living in my house and also the reason why i'm still alive- she's been reasoning with me all my life! Daddy was the one who did all the spanking, mom prefered the "valour of her tongue", dealing with me requires a lot of patience and yet, patience is NOT my my virtue, but that's another story alltogether.

While i'm being a bum and not keep myself busy, i came a cross this site- it was this questionnaire thing about my personality and love life (not that it's any accurate) but i decided to give it a go for fun and yeah, fun i had! this is so hilliarious and 100% un-true, i think you should have a look at it:

July 15, 2005
You are a Rocker Girl!
If you don't have musical talent, you've got a talent for picking out great CD's.
Music rules your life - and you've got the best MP3 collection of anyone you know.
Many guys find you intimidating, but a select few think you're the catch of a lifetime.
Start hanging out in more used record stores, and you'll find love with a fellow rocker!

I of course i'm not into this kinda things but i just find it so facinating how people can just categorize you just by a quiz and it's not like they even know you! interesting how do it ain't it? So, for the record, i don't see myself as a rocker and i'm not planning on finding love in one either, and i do have musical talents. i don't think i've got the best MP3 collection but as for the guys-find-me-intimidating part, i'd leave that to you...i can't say for sure because i just can't find a reason why any fella would be intimidated by me- me of all people! Anyways, if you wanna have a good laugh, try taking the quiz here: http://www.yournewromance.com/kindgirlquiz.html

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Remember the time i made a vow that i will ramble for no particular reason once in a while? Well, i just ended my finals so i feel the need- the need for rambling! I just hope i do ok for it...coz the university i plan to transfer to demands a higher than usual CGPA!!! ARGHHH!!! oh well, guess i'm just gonna have to suck it in for another 4 years!

Oh but something happened today-I went to Petaling Street! for me it's a big deal coz it was my first time there. i know what ur thinking- 18 long years of living in KL and i never went to one of the most talked about streets in Kuala Lumpur??! yeah well, my parents never believed in taking me there(God only knows why!) but i wnet today and i bumped into this two super yummy hunkalicious dudes. They were trying on betls(or so it appeared to be) and they were walking around shirtless! So, that being said, u can imagine the number of eyes following them! Buy now u shld know that these dudes were not Malaysians...foreigners-la, but very cute and very yummy=) Then as my friends and I walked along the street, we came across this sign that said Dilarang menjual Rokok cetak rompak di sini, Arahan Datuk Bandar(translation- selling fake cigerattes are prohibited in this area. As instructed by the city council) Now, ALL Malaysians know that if u wanna get fake items, that's the place-from fake SWATCHes to fake NIKE(rebranded as NIKKI) shoes to even CK(rebranded as Galvin Glen...or smtg like that), but FAKE CIGARETTES??!! My gosh! waht has this street come to?? more inportantly WHO WOULD BUY these ciggies?? That was something!

I feel a lil better now, so i'm gonna stop rambling...lolz. Now, i'm gonna continue my Desperate Housewives semi-marathon. so see ya!

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Seeing as I'm currently on a study break, I haven't had much of a life beyond the four corners of my home. So, being the 'smart' person that I am, i decided to stay up late till 5.30am this morning to try and get some work done. of course, what actually happened was another story alltogether-although i did do a little work, i ended up watching Desperate Housewives because i couldn't catch the earlier show. In fact, the only reason i'm not watching The Practise right now is because i'm here, blogging...i'm trying real hard to refrain myself from turning off the computer and turning on the TV...but i shan't because i HAVE to finnish at least 3/4 of my assignment before i cll it a day. speaking of The Practise, i seem to have developed a fettish for guys who are lawyers/potential lawyers. Come to think of it, based on the TV shows i watch, i seem to have a fettish for men in uniforms and of course, laywers. is it because I'll probably never end up in a profession of that sort? Hmmm....But the locals here who wear uniforms don't hold up to the honor of wearing it, no offence! Really, the majority of men in uniforms in this country are just such...bums, well most of 'em anyway. walk into a police station and you'll know exactly what i mean. i wonder if i'll get sued for publishing such a statement on the internet. But then again, that's the reason why we have the internet isn't it? so we could all have total freedom of speach??!

Oh, the other thing I did besides bum around and try and finnish my assignment was that i went for threading t'day. If you don't know what that is, it's the Indian version of plucking your eyebrows (I say Indian because i've yet to meet a non-indian who does this). How is it done? With the simplest tool ever-thread! yeah, you heard me, it's the same thing we use to sew our loose buttons. Waht they do is twirl that thread and place it in such a way your eyebrow is like in the middle of...you know waht? I'm not gonna bother attempting to explain how it is done because to quite simply put it, I suck at giving explanations of this sort! But i will tell you one thing-it hurts. Try picturing a rubberband being rolled on your arms/unshaved legs...yeah, ouch! oh well, in the wise words of someone i can't quite recall, 'it hurts a little to be beautiful'...oh and for the record, the thread snapped like four times while the lady was threading my eyebrows...that's how thick my eyebrows were...haha! But it's all worth it at the end of the day coz when i stare at my sister in anger, i just have to raise my eyebrow a little and it'll really show that i'm angry...and I always wondered how Rad did it...lolz.

Ok, so I think I better get back to work...man i wish i was five again. Learning the ABCs were a lot more fun than having to construct actual WORDS with 'em!

P.s: I know my blog is quite simple in terms of layout, but i just wanted to get ths site up and running...i'm def gonna change it after my finals...so, till then please bear with me.

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Ok, so the other conclusion i came to after watching another 5 hrs of TV was about the live8 thing to stop poverty in Africa...yeah i was very intrigued and sad at the same time to know that a child dies in Africa dies every 3 seconds...it never really hit me untill i saw the ad with all the celebs snapping thier fingers (yeah some of them were kinda yummy-esp Colin Firth =)
so then it got me thinking-all these tiny tots die just coz they were born in Africa and if they were born somewhere else like K.L, thier fate woulda been different! So, just do this very simple favour by signing ur name in http://www.live8live.com/ if u haven't already...thx. peace out=)

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Yep, it sure is...i spent practically the whole day watching TV and came to this conclusion:
1. I wasted my day and I WILL NEVER do that again. There HAS to be another way to waste a day!
2. there's nothing good on TV in the day. The good stuff always begin after 6pm... yeah can't wait for desperate housewives to air on tv. I woulda limewired it but my pc is a lil screwed up with mpg files at the moment.
3. The ad people HAVE got to do better if they're gonna brainwash people into buying the things they sell!
4. Video directors have run outta ideas for new videos coz the concepts are all the same...well, this one I actually knew a long time, but heck, i guess i needed reinforcement! haha
5. Man, I'm getting old. Reason being, I was watching videoscope on Channel [V] t'day(for no particullar reason) and guess who it featured? Justin Timberlake (not a particullar favorite of mine tho) and the show opened with Nsync's first video-I Want You Back which they came out with in like 1996 or smtg like that and that
was a LOOOOONG time ago...so yeah, felt kinda old. then i was watching reruns of
The Nanny and Who's The Boss and that was another slap to reaffirm the fact that
i'm getting old which then brought me to another conclusion;
6. Where the heck have ALL the good comedies gone???!

This is the first day of my so-called study break...but here i am blogging and watching tv the whole day before that...ok ok, i so i'll go study...later at night, that is. and i also have a huge 20%-off-my-final-grade assignemt to hand in on friday and as always i've barely started but i'll get to it...eventually :)

I thik i shall go watch s'more TV...i don't have a ChoicE! there's nothing else to do around here! homework doesn't count as 'smtg'! bleah! oh yeah and one more thing- i So NEED to cahnge the name of my blog! so got 'ne ideas anyone?
I'm getting outta here mates!

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Ok, so here's the thing: For the past three weeks, i've been reading blogs (when i was actually supposed to do RESEARCH for my assignments!) particullarly those of my friends'. I managed to find some long lost friends whom i never saw after high school so then i thought: Heck, I shall start one of my own! So the only reason i've been psycho-ed into blogging is so I can keep my friends updated with what's been going on with me because I can't for the life of me go yum cha-ing with EVERYONE all at once can I? Lolz...

So, for my sake (and the sake of all of you reading it!) this is my 'oath':
"I Navee do solomnly swear never to ramble on and on about every waking minute of my day but only talk about what I feel is necessary. I won't promise to blog everyday and I won't guarantee short blogs because I'm known for having something to say about EVERYTHING...even when my opinion is not needed. I will sometimes talk about utter nonsense because I find it to be the best thing to do after a hard day's work and I vow to always give credit to the dudes and dudettes whom i may occasionally take links/thoughts/pictures/articles/etc from and i promise to cite my resources, less I get sued for plagarism! Lastly, I assure everyone that you won't get heart attacks reading my postings...so help me God."
There we go...and no, i'm not a single mother...the pc on the left is my very cute niece and we both happen to have simmilar names...thanks che che...heheh. and the pic on the right is well, yeah it's me la...trying to be a lil perasan but for now, it's the only one i have.
With that, i'm outta here!

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