Winds of Change

Over these past few days, I've had the blessing to meet some of my closest friends after such a long time. Some of them had come back for a short break, some I just haven't seen in ages and others I see everyday but on a Hi-how-are-you-sorry-have-to-get-to-class basis. Even asking 'How are you' has become we ask just because we have to. I mean really, most of us don't even mean it when we ask how the other is doing. We're all just hoping that that other person will reply with a 'Good' or a 'Fine' or any of those one sylable answer and run along because we're just so caught up in our own lives that we don't have time for others. I myself am guilty of doing that sometimes even though sometimes I wish so much that I could just really talk to them; I can't because I'm usually rushing to get to class/an appointment/some place or meet some one. Sigh...and more so now because of the crazy workload that's been given to me (well, this is partly my own doing- the result of procrastination- but that's another story all together)

Anyway, back to what I really wanna say, so I've had these little co-incidences of meeting with some friends of mine and it was really great to be able to catch up with them though the situations in which we met were just so unexpected. it was truly an act of serendipity (haah! I finally found the perfect opportunity to use this word =P)- a fortunate accident. And in a way I'm glad to have met them in such situations because it kinda made it all the more memorable. Like the first person you gave a lift to, or the first public bus you took (this was way back when I was 14), or even something as lame as stopping a stranger to ask him for the time just because you wanted to make conversation with a cute stranger (and then later saw your friend standing 5 steps away!)

You know, sometimes, it really doesn't matter where you meet your friends or what you were doing at that time. As long as you're in good company, the fact that you're stuck in traffic because the whole KL population decided to go to the same mall that day/ been waiting for the bus for an hour/ at your usual mamak but somehow the food is not as good today/ you're just plain angry at someone and all you wanna do is lash out, it suddenly becomes ok and it's not such a bother anymore. Suddenly, you begin to actually thank God for waiting/going to the mamak/feeling frustrated that day, that time. It's really amazing what a good companion can do and even how much they can brighten up your day. And if it weren't for those little accidents I may not have been able to catch up with some of my close and treasured friends. If only more 'accidents' like these happen...

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Ever had one of those nights where your eyes totally gave up on you but your brain was hyperactive? I had a bad case of it last night and it totally distrupted day. I woke up this morning with terms like communication competency, haptics (which basically means communication through touch) and oculesis (which is a 'profound' way of saying eye contact)- none of which, by the way, got tested in my Human Comm test earlier this morning! Essentially, sleep is divided into 5 stages-just in case you're wondering- and actual sleep is supposed to take place in stage two (yes Trina, you are a good tutor) but I honestly don't think I even got past the first stage! So, needless to say, my morning was messed up more than usual...

Now I'm just so sore with the bus conductor who collected my fair on the ride home today. Why? Becoz he claimed I only gave him two bucks when I clearly saw three one ringgit notes in his hand! (the fair was RM2.50) Did I look so vulnarable that he decided to pick on me and pau an extra buck?! Maybe it was becoz I was just so tired to argue and proove my point, and he picked up on that. I did however, give him that liar-liar-pants-on-fire-and-I-hope-a-big-rock-falls-on-your-head look =). What did I ever do to deserve this? Plus, he was just so rude! I think people like him should take a crash course on customer service from my mom and the people who work in her department! He might just learn a thing or two about the phrase 'social atiquette'.

On a little lighter note,

I've got a five-minute speech to prepare that might be due this Thursday. It's a free topic but has to be one of persuasion and I really can't think of any topic. maybe I can talk about how bad coffee is to people...but then again, I just might be shot dead as soon as I walk out the classroom by members of The Coffe Addicts Association of HELP, or worse, be brutally down-graded By my lecturer becoz she herself is a I-can't-survive-without-coffe-kinda person! Guess, i'll jsut have to come up with another topic-soon

Now excuse while I panic over the sudden crashing of my printer. I've got a presentation tomorrow for Comm in the Workplace and I printer has died on me and so I can't print out my presentation! Damn you Canon Pixma iP1000!!!!
*whacks the printer hard*

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I had the best lunch ever! Not because it was free (although it was) but it was becoz it was a long awaited date that was finally materialized. We had made lunch plans a month ago but kept putting it off becoz of a gazzilion other equally important appointments that kept cropping up (ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating about the gazzilion bit, but it's only for emphasis!). So, Thai food it was, and it was good! But more importantly, my time spent with this prson was great becoz we caught-up with each others' lives...after about a whole year of not seeing each other.

So, once we broke the ice during the car ride, we just didn't stop talking. I can't remember having such a good time in...well, a really long time. I like to think that God cleared all other appointments just so we could have this time together on this blessed day. So, there we were with our Tom Yam Soups and deep fried prawns and egg-plants and beef (yeah, I'm not as good as describing food as I am eating it...sigh), lost in a world of our own. My, my, it was really a blast of a time. I love little catching-up sessions like this coz it reminds me how much I truly am blessed to have such wonderful people in my life; people I can look up to; people who echo some of my sentiments; people whom I can proudly say make a difference in my life. It's even more charasmatic to have people who are so passionate for God yet still so down to earth. I never was bored for even a second.
Sometimes I wish I had more time to have dates like this with all the wonderful people in my life, but sadly we're all busy with round-a-bout lives of our own. Personal goal: to meet up with at least 10 of my friends by the end of this year.

Thank God for such an amazingly extraordinary person in my life!

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...being so compulsive! lately, I've become such a compulsive freak that I think I irritated someone when I corrected this person, saying that HSBC (as in the bank) is pronounced 'Aich as bee see' and not 'Haich as bee see'. if you happen to read this, i'm sorry. The thing is, when I said it, it didn't seem like such a big deal but hours later I felt really bad for doing that...maybe I shoulda been a lil more polite. Know what's worse? When I was at the supermarket today, I saw a bottle of shampoo for sale that was not closed properly and so after someone put it back on the shelf after checking it out, I took the bottle and closed it properly!

I need to so something about this compulsion of mine before it becomes a disorder!
Uh...help? =)

Posted by Naveena at 10:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud, yeah
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, oh yes I will
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will.

You've got a friend

I'm not sure who wrote this song but it's the same guy who wrote Bridge Over Troubled Waters. What's his name?

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...Until you finnish writing your story Naveena!!! Not an inch! Well, maybe except to get water, but THAT'S IT!!! NOW GET TO WORK!

Yeah, I sometimes need to talk to myself to get psyched up...

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YAY!!!! the deadline for my Communication in the Workplace assignment has been extended for another week. Woo-Hoo!!! This is so good coz then I've got the whole of the Raya/Dewali break to work on it.

Lalala...oh, and this was just too good an offer to pass up at a time like this so now i'm happily nibling off this:

I need to feel happy so I need my body to release endorphins so I need to have this bar of chocolate. Hehe...

*Does the jolly dance*- I've got an extension on my assgnment and God heard me venting out my frustration

...10 minutes later when there's no more cadbury crunchie bar...

*Sighs heavily*- I've got my english mid-term test tomorrow at 8 a.m meaning I've to wake up earlier than usual so I don't get caught in the terrible K.L morning traffic.

*Walks away*

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I Hate October 2005!!! arggggghhhhhh!!!!

Yes, this is officially the worst month yet! I've got plenty of deadlines, presentations, tests, research papers with tedious formats that MUST be adhered to and everything you could possibly load on a student. I guess compared to working, I'd rather be a student at any given time. I'm just complaining because it's the RIGHT thing and JUST thing to do ;p

This is what lies ahead for me in throughout the month:
-Human Communication research paper (due in three weeks)-and research has yet to be done, mind you;
-Communication In The Workplace research Paper (also due in three weeks and on the same God forsaken day as the prior paper!)- Reseach for this is getting me no where at the moment;
-English short story-by short, i mean abt 20 pages long- (this is due in three weeks as well) and I finally have inspiration to write this peice
-English research paper analyzing literature and relevent information pertaining to it (this is only due in a month's time so it's not too bad and it's a group of seven people)
-Human Communication presetation
-Communication In the Workplace Case study presentation in two weeks...eeek!
-English presentation (i've to do a persuasive speech for this one)- no work has been started on that
...and last but certainly not the least because it requires studying and remembering which ultimately means more time consuming, are my tests which as I said before I have to study for...

To sum, October=late nights+lack of sleep+plenty of coffee+droopy eyes+the workload itself!

And with that I'm off to write my short story. Or perhaps I should continue doing research for my Communication in the W/place assignment...feeling frazzle.

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