Chumi Lakshmi

At first it was Friendster, and then I vaguely remember Orkut, but fortunately it didn’t live too long. And then came Facebook, which eventually killed Friendster.  So, everyone was happy with Facebook when it first began. it kindda seemed to do a lot of things which accommodated it’s millions of clients. But we are never satisfied with what we have are we? Both us as users and them, the money makers.  Once we had Facebook, somebody thought it would be a great idea to have Instagram, to upload photos. We can already do that on Facebook! so why do you need Instagram??!  Well, Instagram isn’t a problem at all. In fact it brought about the birth of many professional Instagramers who uploaded professional pictures of scenery and advertising which was quite interesting and educational. There were also those who were uploading #ootd, #randoms, #dirtymirrordontcare #etc #rubbishthatnoonewantstosee (guilty as charged *shifty eyes).  what is it with these hashtags things?? i

To the drivers who abide by the speed limit when you drive on motorways - I salute you!  To the drivers who never as much looked in the direction of where the speed limit is displayed because you are driving too fast - you are bad ass! But i salute you too! cos you don’t hog the speeding lane !  Abiding the speed limit is one thing, but driving at 55 mph on a 70 mph motorway speeding lane for the whole stretch of 10 miles is totally another thing!  What on earth were you thinking?! Did you think you were the only driver on that 4 lane motorway at 9.30am!? Or did you think that it was your grandfather’s road that gives you every authority in the world that you could crawl on it if you wanted to?  If only you were to live in Malaysia, you wouldn’t survive for 5 minutes driving on Malaysian soil. You would be brutally mocked, honked at, shoved and pushed around… like literally! You don’t stand a chance driving amongst expert Malaysian drivers. If you haven’t heard, we ar

So, i have this love hate relationship with FB. And it’s been going on and on for years now, that it’s becoming annoying.  Why love?  Cos my friends live in it!! You know, like my friends live in my computer or phone, my friends live in FB too. Every so often i see their updates with pictures and status msg. I can like it or comment on it and it feels good to know that i’m part of their lives and that I’m up to date with what is happening.  Cos I get to update things about my live and my friends get updated about me this way. (yea rite! as if i take any effort to actually update my Facebook page) Why hate?  Cos i’m a stalker in FB. Not only do I see my friend’s updates, I also see friend’s friend’s friend’s friend’s updates. It went to  the point where i wanted to send one such ‘friend’ a friend’s request so that I can stalk him more and look at his pics, and hopefully learn something from his techniques and style. Also cos they have really ‘interesting’ lives.  Cos I

I write this as i am switching pages between 1) a reality debate show in Vijay TV youtube channel in which a friend participated, 2) a talk show with popular host DD and Shreya the actress, 3) reading several blogs, 4) msging friends on Viber 5) msging said friend in no.1 on FB to let her know that I’m inspired by her achievements, and most importantly .. 6) ppl watching.  Talk about multi tasking! this is why i never get any serious work done… like job or pHd applications or even reading. Everything I do is always with my laptop or my phone. Sometimes I wish i didn’t have my MacBook and my iPhone. No, i didn’t mean it … not at all… not one bit. Please don’t take away my gadgets from me!  I just noticed that Shreya blinks a lot, and it’s quite unnatural. Maybe she’s wearing contact lenses that aren’t very comfortable…  Anyways, back to what i was going to say (how easily can I get distracted?!). Although i’m doing so many things at the same time, it is all related .. or I w