Friday, January 25, 2008

Saree Day

Today was saree day in college. in India, d day before Indian Republic day is celebrated as saree day in most of d colleges. it happens in my college every year too.... but i've never tied a saree to college before but since this is our final year, some of us decided to tie sarees, just for d fun of it, and for remembrance.

most of my classmates tied saree. some of those who didnt tie a saree at least had d decency to wear a salwar/kurtha/chudithar/punjabi suit. but some souls decided to wear jeans and t-shirts even today!! n they got it good from d lecturers too! heehheh. i mean come one guys... its d last year of college!

anyway, i woke up extra early this morning cos i was excited about tying saree! initially i wasnt too keen but i'm glad i did it in d end. n i ended up going late to college... but d 1st hour of class was canceled anyway... hehehhe. when my friend n i entered college, we were welcomed by d sight of beautiful, bright, vibrant, striking colours and so much of noise!! since d 1st hour was canceled, everyone was busy taking pics.

oh btw, how can i forget to tell u guys how i to went to college today!! 1st of all, u have to know that i freak to sit on a bike, leave alone ride it... but i'm getting used to it now. n today i had to go to college by bike, n i had to sit side ways!! i took almost 5 minutes to grab hold of my saree n sit on d bike, n then i was practically sreaming at every corner, turning, speed break n wat not..even if a bike or another vechicle was no where near me, i have d feeling that its gonna hit me, n i start screaming! poor charu!! hahahha

we had one session of photography before we entered our 1st class of d day, n then we continued rite after d teacher got out of class. actually, we were just waiting for her to get out so that we can continue taking pics!! hahahha. n after that we never stopped taking pics! even when we were in the biotech lab, we were taking pics to glory. and the teachers turned a blind eye towards us, n let us go ahead n do wat we wanted to do.. cos they knew we wont stop even if they try n force us to stop! hhhaha

some of us who tied saree forgot to even take our lab coats cos we were too busy getting dressed in d morning. only those girls who werent tying saree, n those who had their lab coats on did d media preparation, while d rest of us were taking pics .. as usual!! hehhehe

our photo sessions didnt stop even till evening!! after a long tiring day in college, a few of us went to a shop called "Raj shop" for tit bits. and even there we were taking all sorts of funny pics!! n ppl on d road we looking at us, wondering if something was wrong... but nothing stopped us :P

All in all, it was a tiring but fun day!! i've never worn a saree for 12 hours at a go!! i beat my own record today!! yay yay..... i deserve another award for this!! LOL!!!! (some of my friends were saying that i look like an award winning actress by d way i was carrying myself in d saree....so, they presented me with a conical flask from d bt dept, n then a DNA sturcture, cos d conical flask was too small! LOL)

i'm already dozing off now, so i'd better log off before i write some nonsense here. d pics r uploded in my facebook account... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=25624&id=747874814&ref=mf

PS: there are more pics to be added

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

on ETs n Peanuts

Yesterday, my friend n i went to a shopping complex to get some photo editing work done ( she wanted to make a keychain, or a calender with her pics for her friend's bday). but the d photo studio there didnt have d equipments to it though. so we had to go to another place.

on our way out, we saw this toy machine. i dont know wat its called here in india. but in malaysia we call it main tikam. i still dont understand y its called like that cos there's nothing to tikam also! it's d machine where u have to put either 20 cents or 50 cents or RM1, and then twist the knob, n u get a tiny, cute little toy inside a plastic egg. there's this bouncing balls, toys, guns, n keychains, n all d tiny tiny stuff in it.

i remember my friends n i used to play those things so often. i had a whole lot of collection of those... but i dont know where they are now =[. it used to be so much fun. they were so cute. we'd all go to d shop together with lots of change n go on n on putting d money in n twisting d knob, and eagerly waiting to see wat we got. hhahahha...... d last time i did that was when i was in primary school i think... or maybe lower secondary.

so, when i saw that yesterday, i was too tempted to do it again! but the toys inside didnt look too attractive, but i just wanted to do it, for the fun of it. my friend took d 1st one, n i took d second one. hers was an ugly looking ET, n mine was a retarded looking cartoon character Peanuts! ahahaha

nah.. it wasnt all that bad. both were ugly n retarded looking... no doubt... but it was still fun.

Image138 this is mine!! d retarded looking Peanut!! heehhehe...n he's holding a present too! unfortunately my nokia doesnt have macro mode... so, d pic is not clear at all :(

there's a tiny sliver knob on his head ( if u can see it )... its supposed to be a pendent. i tried to put in it through one of my chains but it would fit in... i wonder how it would look wearing a huge cartoon character, who's holding a present, around ur neck!! haahhaha




Image139 n this is my friend's ET. it looks exactly like the ET in d ET movie (d old version of ET movie where Drew Berry More was d small little girl in it). it's covered in a white sheet of cloth, n sitting in a carriage on a single wheel... just like how it was in d movie.. n it's pointing its finger to d left.. i wonder y.. .hahahha
again, d pic is not clear cos of my macro mode-less phone!!!


Both of it is going to be Neema's bday present tomorrow! :D cos Peanuts is carrying a present, n Et came along while we were in d process of making a present for her. :)

btw, is that d character from Peanuts? wats his name?? charlie??

Monday, January 21, 2008

Short hair or long hair?

Yesterday i was watching a program on tv called "mum & I". Vijay tv comes up with these sort of things all the time... those who have astro will know wat i'm talking about. anyway, this program is basically about mothers and daughter, how they get along well, how alike both of them look, their creativity, talents n things of those sort.

Last week was the introductory round and d judges were finalizing the contestants and brought the number down to 10 mothers and daughters pairs i think. And yesterday's round was traditional round ( i think... i switched to Vijay tv after d introduction was done.. so, i'm giving it my own name... :P, it suits it though ). the mothers had to dress their daughters up in full fledged traditional costumes, tie their hair in a traditional but unique way, n perform a dance, or sing a song.

they gave so much of importance for long hair. one of the judges commented that girls nowadays like to cut their hair short and do all sorts of hairstyles, its very rare to see girls with long hair, bo one is as traditional as last time.. bla ... bla...bla....another judge literally complained and penalized a girl cos she had short hair n her mum had to use a wig for her.

thats wat got me thinking.wtas all this hype about long hair?? what's wrong with having short hair?! if u like it that way, and if it suits you.. then y not??!! of course, its nice to have long hair too... but u need a change once in a while. it doesnt mean that once u cut ur hair short, u'r gonna die with ur short hair cos it wont grow anymore rite!?

while i was back at home in malaysia, when i go out with my mum or friends, ppl turn n give me a second look...d kind of look which says that they admire/look up to u cos u dare to be different n bold enough to take such a drastic move(for an indian). Here in india, i do get second looks ( many many times actually) but its not quite d same like it was in malaysia. ppl have d scrutinizing look which says "y d hell did u cut ur hair short??! u'r a girl, an indian girl! u'r SUPPOSED to have long hair, and u r NOT ALLOWED to have short hair!!!" u know wat i feel like tell them? " wats ur freakin problem?! it's my hair n my wish! if my mum agrees and allows, y on earth do i have to ask UR permission!!! be happy as long as i dont shave UR head bald!"

i feel like picking a fight with anyone on d streets who gives me d "y did u cut ur hair" look! but i havent found any victim yet... probably cos no one dares to say it to me directly! *grin*

for the time being, i'm thoroughly enjoying my short hair. if i wake up late in d morning, i dont even have to comb my hair. i save a lot of time on that u know! hehehhe. once in a while i do miss having long hair... but its been more than 10 years since i last had short hair... so short hair rules now!!! ;)

Monday, January 14, 2008

Dinner with my Foster family

This is a very very long over due-d blog actually.....i was sorting out n arrangin some pics when i came across some pics which was taken about 2 months back.. n i had intended to blog about it then.. but forgot cos i was busy with exams n last minute packing

In November 2007, it was my friend's(Charu) mum's birthday n Uncle(Charu's dad) happened to be here in Bangalore too( he works in Velangani, TamilNadu, for NGO in d place which was effected by Tsunami ).

Shalini( Charu's sis) wanted to treat everyone for aunty's birthday n were supposed to go to Miller's 46 for steak... but in d last minute change of plan n we went to a place called Mangalore Pearl, which serves good sea food.

Charu n i had gone there before n we ordered a prawn dish which was called Roasted Prawns ( i think). this time when we reached (after a lot of commotion, all of us were supposed to go in some 5 bikes i think.. since Charu n i were d last ones to leave,.. we didnt realize that her bike key was with her dad n he had already left! err... i dont remember wat we did ... but we were d last ones to reach.. ) n as soon as we reached... we ordered d Roasted Prawns before we even spoke to anyone else at d table! hahaha

anyway, d food on d table was too tempting... so we didnt bother to take pics of it... we had prawns, fish, crab, chicken.. err.. i dont remember wat else....

so, d actually photo session started after we finished everything that was on d plate n we were too full to walk around...
Image135 this was taken at home... before we left for dinner

P1010110 me with my foster family (L-R) Aunty(bday baby, uncle, aunty's sis, me, monish, charu, n manoj. shalini was taking d pic.

P1010111 aunty's sis, Jeth, me, monish, charu n manoj... eerr.. i think uncle said something funny.... i really dont remember wat d joke was about la...

i've lived in with them in their house for more than a year now... n it's as if they're my foster family in India... =)

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Cul-ah! '08

Cul-ah! is a cultural event that happens in my college every year... n its sort of "the happening thing" every year. colleges from other states are invited as well n there's ice breaker, western dance, indian dance, western acoustic, western electric, fashion show, personality, dumb charades, n many more events.

Cul-ah! '08 was on d 10th, 11th n 12th of jan, n this year's theme was Mardi Gras. So, d college was very carnival like.. a lot of decorations, lights, colours, masks, windmills, n that sort. there was also this huge lion at d entrance of d college gate. i must say, d arts n deco team did a very good job!

i took some pics on d 1st day... n i got sick of carrying my phone in my hand n taking pics of every single thing.. so i put my phone away n enjoyed d dances n fashion show. my friends were also taking pics n video recordings, so i thought i might as well take it from them.. also i had to hold a tissue on my nose constantly!! at one point i felt like clipping d damn tissue to my nose but i decided against it cos it would attract unnecessary attention.... i wouldnt want to do anything silly... especially with d loyolla guys standing around us ;p ( btw, loyolla guys r d boys from loyolla college in chennai.. who r supposedly hot looking guys )

1st day there was ice breaker, n western dance, n on d 2nd day there was indian theme n non theme dance, n fashion show. 3rd day was personality n a rock concert, which i had to miss =( cos my fever n cold so stubbornly wouldnt stop! i had to take so many panadols, colgins, D-cold n something else which i forgot d name... n wrap myself in layers of clothes, sweaters, and socks!!

late in d afternoon i felt my temperature go down a little bit so i thought i could make it for d personality n concert but my fever incresed again within 2 minutes after i took off d sweater!!! so, i couldnt go out at all.... n i couldnt even breathe through my nose, nor could i sleep properly. have u ever seen a gold fish out of water, with 2 legs n hands instead of fins n tails?? well... u should see me when i'm sick ... =O

anyway, uploading pics is such a pain in d neck cos its taking such a long time!! so, i've uploaded most of it only in my facebook.. Cul-ah! is a cultural event that happens in my college every year... n its sort of "the happening thing" every year. colleges from other states are invited as well n there's ice breaker, western dance, indian dance, western acoustic, western electric, fashion show, personality, dumb charades, n many more events.

Cul-ah! '08 was on d 10th, 11th n 12th of jan, n this year's theme was Mardi Gras. So, d college was very carnival like.. a lot of decorations, lights, colours, masks, windmills, n that sort. there was also this huge lion at d entrance of d college gate. i must say, d arts n deco team did a very good job!

i took some pics on d 1st day... n i got sick of carrying my phone in my hand n taking pics of every single thing.. so i put my phone away n enjoyed d dances n fashion show. my friends were also taking pics n video recordings, so i thought i might as well take it from them.. also i had to hold a tissue on my nose constantly!! at one point i felt like clipping d damn tissue to my nose but i decided against it cos it would attract unnecessary attention.... i wouldnt want to do anything silly... especially with d loyolla guys standing around us ;p ( btw, loyolla guys r d boys from loyolla college in chennai.. who r supposedly hot looking guys )

1st day there was ice breaker, n western dance, n on d 2nd day there was indian theme n non theme dance, n fashion show. 3rd day was personality n a rock concert, which i had to miss =( cos my fever n cold so stubbornly wouldnt stop! i had to take so many panadols, colgins, D-cold n something else which i forgot d name... n wrap myself in layers of clothes, sweaters, and socks!!

late in d afternoon i felt my temperature go down a little bit so i thought i could make it for d personality n concert but my fever incresed again within 2 minutes after i took off d sweater!!! so, i couldnt go out at all.... n i couldnt even breathe through my nose, nor could i sleep properly. have u ever seen a gold fish out of water, with 2 legs n hands instead of fins n tails?? well... u should see me when i'm sick ... =O

anyway, uploading pics is such a pain in d neck cos its taking such a long time!! so, i've uploaded most of it only in my facebook... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24494&id=747874814
in friendster there;s just a few

Thursday, January 10, 2008

on lost n not found but replaced keychain

my last entry was like more than a month ago... ok ok.. we all know y d delay.. cos i was too lazy to update or blog, n as usual i was procastinating... :P there r so many bloggers who r so serious about their blog, n who r hoping n aiming for hundreds n thousands of readers.. n here i am being lazy to update one blog.. which i dont even know how many ppl reads... *sigh*.. anyways...

i wonder how many of u read my blog about d teacher who stole my keychain from rite under my nose while my exams was going on.. n i was sitting there like a dungu who didnt do anything!!

well, i told my friend varsha about it a few days ago... n while she was walking down a street yesterday, she saw a keychain similar to that of mine n got it for me!!! so sweet of her!!!

Image109 this is my ex keychain


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n this is my new key chainImage159_1

thats a so called close up view of my new key chain

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n this is varsha mary matthew who gave me d keychain!!! :D


Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Saturday was fun

i'm seriously lagging behind in bloggin man!! there was so much i wanted to blog about saturday...but now i've forgotten most of it i think!!

1st of all...saturday started out kindda boring n late for me...i wanted to be in college at 8am but i only woke up at 8.30am!! but i wasnt bothered anyways...it was just credit course practicals...so the teachers were not very particular about punctuality...reached college at about 9.15am n was told that my teacher will only come at 10 am!! thank God i didnt bother coming early to college!!

anyway, we were fooling around in the lab as usual....text msging when the teachers were not in the lab...( mobile phones are not allowed in our college campus u see, so we had to curi curi use when the teachers r not around) n finally finished d work about 12.40pm.....

i was supposed to attend another class from 1pm to 3.30pm...but i bunked it anyways...i was so not interested in attending that zoology class...especially when Vidhya was in bangalore n i was so craving for the waffles...i made up my mind that i was gonna have that waffles that day...n nothing was gonna stop that!!

so, i got out of college by 1pm n went to Vid's hotel to see her... she told me that she couldnt come out cos her room door lock was jammed up n she couldnt lock it...so she had to stay put in her room...so i went straight to her room, n we sat n spoke for a while...

it was almost 2pm n i was starving!! so i told Vid to call the room service or operator for whoever n ask them to do something about the door. d guy came within 5 minutes n shut d door n locked it in within 2 seconds!!! she didnt even know how to lock that door!!! that guy was practically laughing at her face when he shut d door n locked it!! n both of us had a good laugh after he left!!!!!! i was rolling off the bed!! at VId's cost!! hahahaha

n there was something else she told me before that that made me laugh so badly at her cost again!! hahahha....but i guess i'll spare d details for her sake...hehehhe....

Vid finally got ready n we went to Coffee World...i was told that that was d only place where waffles were available. i got excited when i saw it in the menu...hehehe...!! it was yummy man!! i had the one with chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, choco chip n chocolate syrup coating n Vid had the one with Vanilla ice cream, whipped cream n chocolate syrup...it was so yummy!!! we were both so full with only that!!

then we walked down bridage road aimlessly...walking into Levi's and other branded shop whitout the slightest intention of buying anything.... we didnt have anything else to do n the sales ppl in those shops were very free anyway....:P ...hehehe...

we stopped in Archies in between n we actually got some cards there...not only that...we took some pics also...i didnt know Vid was gonna take pics...i was happily looking at all the cards when she suddenly took out her phone n said come lets take pics...so i happily pose for her la....but hs eshe could click ..some sales girl came n stood near us....she must have thought that we were up to something judging by the look on Vid's face!! haahahha!! anyway, we still took a few pics there!! hahaha,,,Vid hasnt sent it to me...so will upload it when i get it from her...

then we walked dowm MG road for noreason at all...i was actually being her tourist guide...:p. while we were walking back..this number 9 fellow (dressed up in saree...that's how number 9s are here in india as far as i've seen) jumped in front of us out of no where... i was so taken aback cos he was nearer to me...i practically started running down MG road!!

then we took an auto n went to com street...we were actually looking for shoes for Vid n shorts for me....when we asked in some shops in Brigade n MG road for shorts...the sales ppl looked us and asked how old d kid was. when we told them that it was for me..they said they didnt have short for girls my age.!! i dont get it! is it wrong to wear shorts if u'r not a kid??!! anyway, i finally found my shorts n Vid found her shoes in Com street...we should have went there 1st....

then we had to take another auto back to Brigade road cos Vid wanted to have dinner in MC D....she ordered fish fillet n i ordered potato wedges n some new veg pizza roll or something like that. the place was so packed that we couldnt find a place for us. we had to go upstairs n there were a few tables left in a different section. so we sat there.....even there Vid took her phone out n wanted to take pics!! she wanted to tell everyone that she ate in MC D in bangalore!! hahahahaa....

d food was ok...but i burnt my lips twice before i could finish my dinner!! the filling in the vege pizza roll was burning hot!! n i didnt know..it was kindda warm on the outside so i thought d inside would be just nice...n Vid said hers was cold already...so i happily took a bite n i burnt d left side op my lips even before i could put d whole thing in my mouth!! so i let it to cool for some more time n took another bite...n burnt my rite side of my lips!! it was still so freaking hot!!i finally managed to finish it...but i think Vid finished her cold burger long after me anyways!! ahahaha

n we started talking about how we were related to each other....by the time we finally figured out how..we forgot why we started talking about that!!1 hahaha....both of us were trying so hard to recall...i think it took us almost 10 minutes to get back to d original topic!! ahahaha....n we were also trying to figure out how we were related to our 2nd n 3rd cousins n all that stuff.....

i wont go into all that details cos it'll take me another half an hour to wind it up n i'm sure anyone who's reading it will get confused in the end like how we did....:P ...so i'm sparing d details once again....

we walked back to Vid's hotel after that cos i had to take my bag n Vid had to pack up her things cos her bus was at 9...or maybe 10..(she wasnt sure herself)...

well, it ended as a very progressive and fruitful day i would say...cos i got to eat the waffles n i got my shorts n i spent quality time with Vid....it was really fun ...we had so much of fun talking nonsense n laughing for no reason at all...most of the time we were laughing at each other n at ourselves....but the best part was...we spoke in malay most of the time..so we actually spoke about some ppl rite in front of them and laughed at them without them even knowing what language we were speaking in.....

it has been such a long time since i last had funlike this or laughed this much.....i so wish Vid was studying here in Bngalore n not in Mangalore...dei Vid...come here often la!!!!!!!! it was worth bunking my zoology class..my classmates only got one hour of attendance anyways!! :P