Only 24 episodes >_<
At the moment, I'm just about gearing up to watch the last episode of Itazura na Kiss on our 50 inch TV ^^ I think this is the first time ever in my life I'm having to spend the day alone at home - my mom is on the crash course and everyone else is at school. Well, I've just made a cup of chai and I'm warming myself against the radiator, things are neat..
Though, I'm extremely sad that this series is coming to an end. I enjoyed it hell loads, and its definitely in my top five three favorite
series!
All good things must come to an end.
Pheewww
This is going to be some long post. Lets go backwards time-wise.
This morning I dreamt of that person. After a really long time. The thing is that it was a pretty... symbolic dream, with two other parties in it. *sigh* I'm still feeling the effects hours later. This really does back up the saying that you never quite get over it fully.
: (
So since yesterday my mom has been on this crash course to get her drivers license. Which is great in all, but its been really odd without her at home most of the day. She'll be going until Tuesday, which means I gotta hold down the fort in that time. Its hell loads of work.
I also started uni last week. In the first lecture, our tutor says that the second year is uber-tough. Well JEE couldn't she have elaborated and warned us of the hell tonnes of work I got in just the first week?!
: (
A couple of days ago I was reading about the worst crimes in America's history. More specifically serial killers. Anyways, I came across this guy called Jeffrey Dahmer. Apparently he was pretty notorious, but I'd never heard of him before. Call me a nutcase, but even after reading about all the shit that he done, I still had some sympathy for him after digging in a little more. Funny that, seeing as quite a few people around the internet shared my sentiments: this guy wasn't a bad person, he just did bad things. And he is the only serial killer that admitted to every murder, even when the police didn't have evidence. Not only that, he also "realized his mistakes" so to speak and actually felt that he should be killed. He became a devote Christian whilst in prison, and because of his good conduct, was allowed to go to Church every week. Anyways, he was killed in prison by a fellow inmate. : ( I felt really sad about that. Of course I wouldn't admit that out loud..
Not to mention the fact that he was a little attractive when he was younger, before growing that ugly facial hair and putting on weight XD
This just goes to show that there is so much more to human beings then what meets the eye. People are fascinating, and nobody should be taken for granted. I know alot of people would disagree with me on how I feel about him, which is fine. Everyone's got their own take on things.
So it was Eid on Wednesday ^^ that is, the Muslim festival that takes place the day after the month of Ramadan ends. You have to wear new clothes and have a bath, and its good to visit your family too. Normally, I don't bother so much. I just shower and change, thats about it with zero effort. But this year I thought hey why not, everyone else always decks up every year so I'll make a bit of an effort. So... I bought some new earrings, straightened my hair and .... plucked my eyebrows abit. *SHOCK* yes lol. For the first time ever. AND I LOVE my hair straight!! <3 But anyways, thats all I did. We spent most of the day at home, then went around to everyone's houses to visit them. I got two people saying O_O MARIYA *swoon* lol. ^^; they thought I looked really nice. Unfortunately, nobody took any pics of me, but I was on video a little, if I could cap a few pics from there then maybe I'll be able to share a couple of photos. Overall it was an okay day.
My brothers bought FIFA 09 and its dead boring T__T couldn't they buy a game that I'd enjoy aswell?
So, onto the whole one month absence thing. It was Ramadan from the 1st-30th September. Which is really unusual, because the Islamic calender as far as I know has never been so nicely matched with the Gregorian one. Anyways, in this month, Muslims along with fasting have to avoid doing anything leisurely and especially sinful things, and devote the whole month to God. I think this is the first Ramadan in my life that I actually acheived that. I kept everything I usually do to a zero, and instead delved deeper into Islam. It was great, I had some big time enlightenment. I might even start covering my head properly now, which I never took seriously before.
Right. Well at the moment, I have just finished drawing up what I call the "Mega list of things to do this year". Believe me, it is BIG. O_O That about sums it up for now. I have things to do, ja na.
P.S. Shahrukh is the best!
Music: Chalte Chalte - Gumshuda
...
Yeah I've been gone the whole of September. And the (long) explanation to that, as well as all the things I remember happening in the whole of that month, will be posted within the next 2-3 days. In the meantime...
Music: The Bee Gees - Tragedy
Minor tidbits.
Went shopping today for a coupla hours. ^^ Bought a new pair of shoes, (beige-colored Sketchers) which I've fallen in love with. Also a new bag! And some stationary for university. The car's batter ran out =,= at times like that I really <3 my MP3 player. Tomorrow, off to Bluewater for "back to school" yearly visit. Meh.
Also, theres still the typical confusion of which day Ramadan actually begins... this year its either Monday or Tuesday. But I bet any money that this stupid community is going to do it a day before every other muslim in the world. Typical *rolls eyes*
On Thursday I met Ambreen after ages! And her husband too. We had a good time, gossipped alot and looked at her wedding photos. She's really happy, which is great. To be honest I was expecting her hubby to be a typical Asian-Brit... Y'know, the kind that go around speaking the worst kind of slang and hanging their pants on their knees. But this guy is decent. Shes really lucky since shes graduated and has money too, so yeah NO FAIR.
Well jee I had more thoughts and stuff but this dieting is really draining me. I need some chai....
Music: THE FLARE - Inner Child
AHH
MANGO MILKSHAKES ARE NEARLY OUT OF SEASON
OH GOD WHY
:'(
WHHYY SHUICHI IKEMORI-SAN WHHHYY
Music: DEEN - Hitori Janai
Life Goes On.
So recently we've been sorting things out around the house alot. I've been going through all my old things, and its been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Seriously. I've shitted up alot of relationships in my past, and going through the things (pictures, gifts, cards) that I have received from said people really made me feel like the biggest, most horrible person in the world. I wanted to cry, but the tears were not coming out.
Sigh.
On the brighter side, its been a week since I've gone on this crash course diet and I've lost three pounds. ^^ Its a start I suppose. My white pants were telling me so. Ramadan is next week, so I'm just going to have to resume it afterwards.
The other day I had a microphone conversation with Nick ^_^ It didn't last long 'coz I had chores to do and he was trying to fix his cell phone, but it was still great! Kinda stupid of me since I kept rambling, but it didn't annoy him I don't think so yeah. I really enjoyed talking to him.
The next few days I got my little cousins over to chill with my younger brothers. Let me tell you I am dreading it. I already got lots to do, but handling them is a bloody nightmare. Argh. >_< They run around, throw and break thing, make extreme noise, make mess and give you a fuckin headache for starters. Wish me luck people, please.
And now onto the most important bit. Meet Tachibana:
I love Keiichiro Tachibana. He freakin rocks!! <3 <3 <3
I am also thoroughly enjoying Antique Bakery. The comedy is perfect, and its about CAKES goddamit! My favorite food is all found in a freakin bakery! *_* Also the op & ed themes, Life Goes On by Chemistry is fantastic. The lyrics are so meaningful and I've fallen in love with the song. Listen to it! ~
Music: Chemistry - Life Goes On
Okay, I confess.
I'm going all out to lose weight. This is because I am sick and tired of trying via many other methods and royally
failing. So this time I've dropped alot of things. And let me tell you it FUCKIN SUCKS. Mariya Mirza loves her food, (especially bread which the poor
cow hasn't had in weeks three days!!!!!) .
Last night I nearly cracked, seriously. I was being bitchy to everyone and everything seemed annoying and pointless. I even cried over a very small, insignificant matter. And its only been a few days, but I'm confident this time around. Ramadan is coming in less than two weeks as well T_T which makes it hell hard to control weight or your diet.
I can do it
I can do it
I can do it
Where there is a will there is a way
Where there is a will there is a way
Where there is a will there is a way
WIth that said, lets move onto more important things:
MAMORU MIYANO is seiyuu-ing for Antique Bakery, and its got shounen-ai, OH BOY I'M SO IN!
Music: Race - Race Saanson Ki
So they say.
<3 Caleb Kane
BLEH Had a fairly busy week. We've been making changes around the house and are expecting deliveries of some furniture and stuff today, WHICH STILL HASN'T COME they said before 1 PM and its like quarter past 12 -___- but on the bright side, we completely re-done our TV area and its looking hot. I'll take a pic when I can be bothered.
I watched 'Total Eclipse' last night, and damn, Leonardo Dicaprio was looking so hot cute ^^ its one
of those really deep movies though, which hurt my head thinking about all it implies.
So my cousin whos really attached to me, she had to migrate to Pakistan yesterday. She didn't take it well, I'll tell ya that. Who blames her really, I mean she has an arranged marriage to a freshie straight from Pakistan (at the age of nineteen) who moves here and does absolute jack for four years then demands to move back to his family. Wtf? She's just like me in the sense that I'd never in hell move out there. Anyways, to make it slightly better for her we accompanied her to the airport.
I love the airport.
Heathrow airport is massive. Its the only place you get to see and hear so many people from so many different countries. It makes me start dreaming about the future: the one where hopefully I'll be travelling lots, and getting the opportunity to speak many different languages. Its definitely one of my major passions in life, if not the greatest.
I wanted to see Terminal 5 but my dad was all LETS GO HOME lol.
On another note, I MISS NICK. He's busy with work and stuff, and we haven't spoken in years weeks.
T_T I wanted to tell him that I finally bought Brawl and that we can play together if he's not bored of it by now.
(I'm still in the middle of learning it though, I don't get much of a chance to play with five other siblings).
That goes for anyone else too, tell me your Wii codes and we'll play.
Music: Aladdin OST - A Whole New World
Ugh.
I think this is some kind of a sick joke from fate.
Every freakin thing Shaista is getting interest in is exactly the bloody same as one unmentionable person. I'm fuckin tired of having to see and hear about it - again.
The weather is fantastic though, on a literal brighter note.
In other news, done a coupla quizzes. I could do with a motivation boost, and its always amazing how spot on these are.
| You Are Pretty Charming |
 And lucky for those around you, you usually feel like turning on the charm. You project a happy, calm image - even when you're feeling the exact opposite. You make people feel great about being around you... though you're not always up for putting in the effort. |
| The Keys to Your Life |
 The best way for you to solve a problem is to let go of it. Anything bad in your life comes from sinking to the level of those around you. Remember to lift people up, and refuse to participate in anything petty. |
| Your Heart is Blue and Purple |
 You are charismatic, larger than life, and fascinating. You bring fantasy and romance to relationships. You're good at making someone ordinary seem extraordinary. |
Music: NEWS - Taiyou no Namida
You speak Hindi & Urdu? o.o
Mera khyal hai... ke mere khandaan ke jo logh hain na, woh saare yehi samajte hain ke main yeh dono zubaanein nahin sahi tara se bol sakti. Jab kohi mujhe (criticise) karta hai na, toh bejai iske ke main unko ghalat sabit karoon, pehle main jaake iske baare mein achi tara se sochti hoon. Uske baad main apne soch ke mutabiq chalti hoon.
Maan liya ke main Urdu par ya likh nahin sakti, aur maine Hindi sirf filmi dialogues se seekhi hai.
Iska yeh to nahin matlab ke mujhe bilqool samajhi nahin aati. Ek din, main zaroor kisi ko (surprise) karoongi.
; )
2 points to that post:
- To prove to myself more than anyone that I can damn well speak them.
- Everyone is showing off that they can speak their respective languages in their goddamn blogs.
Music: Fool N Final - Tere Layee
: (
*sighs* I think I'm really in need of a guy. Seriously. The whole "waiting for the right guy and marriage" thing is totally cool and whatnot with me, but damn, is the wait hard.
Put simply, I'm tired of being fucking single.
Was at my aunt's today helping her out before her guests arrived. Shakeeb gets picked on alot. I wanted to stay there but was sent home to look after my brothers. Im so seriously bored. Just finished watching the Matrix after a long time. I think the first/last time I watched it was on the plane to Pakistan, back in.... *thinks*... January 2000. Yep.
Nowadays I'm getting stressed out really easily. I think its because of life being so... not in my control. That, and the fact that time is flying and theres jack I can do about it. I'm annoyed with myself, really. I always keep yapping at how times passing and how I don't make use of it, but at the same time, whenever I think about it (which is pretty damn often) I get so depressed that I end up not getting anything done either way.
ARGH. I've tried so hard to get rid of this habit.
Stupid, stupid me.
Music: Omkara - Beedi
I'm back.
Finally! Even though its a premade layout, I got the blog back up. I've just had such a busy July, it was ridiculous. But not being able to type up stuff in the blog along the way really proved a pain in the ass. I mean, it takes forever to remember all the stuff that happened since you last wrote in it.
The last Saiyuki layout was crapping up on some browsers and stuff, so even though I really liked it, it had to go. T_T So anyways, I will now attempt to review the whole month of July. Bear with me.
The first two weeks of July, almost exactly to date, I was laptop-less. This is all thanks to my cousin who asked me to download something that had a stinking killer virus on it XD so it was completely out of commission. At first I was really, really pissed off because I thought all my data was gone. That was like, tens of movies, hundreds of songs, jrock pvs, anime series and movies, Gackt lives, my website designs, photoshop artwork, our digital photos and my university work to name a few. YEAH. Somehow I managed to use our PC to save the stuff. But in that time, I was bored stiff. The only time I went online was on my dads comp, to watch Bokura ga Ita on VEOH.
I watched alot of movies this month. The ones I can think of are:
- The Golden Compass
- All three Indiana Jones
- Spiderwick
- Mission Istanbul
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- National Treasure 2
- Shootout at Lokhandwala
- Batman Begins
- Cruel Intentions
- Lilo & Stitch
- Fool N Final
Right, what else. Oh yeah, I was supposed to have my driving theory test on the 3rd, but I didn't know that you were meant to have the counterfoil paper with it... ^^; so it got moved to the 23rd. I got 100%... 50 out of 50... XD it was such a great feeling! The weather was great, someone was playing "I wanna dance with somebody" ... yeah. It was a great feeling. Even more so because my mom passed too. She's also learning to drive with me. ^^ though I need to start taking lessons soon because apparently they are changing the law again, from October you gotta take 140 lessons O_O thats like, 3000 bucks!
I got my university and JLPT results back, too. I got 3 merits and a distinction. Surprising, really. The people who tutored me got less than me! Haha. Salema spent many, many hours trying to get my head around the stupid database things, and I got a higher mark than her. GUTTED! :D The JLPT, I passed just about. Surprising, to be honest because I did not get to revise one bit for it (thanks to my Dad's 50th birthday bash and all the planning I done behind it). Which reminds me, when I called up SOAS to get my results, I came across the same guy who answered the phone last time I called, back in March. All I did was ask him "Why haven't I gotten them yet?" and he just started off. He would not shut up. But for some reason, I found myself actually listening to him instead of switching off... and before I knew it, I say "damn you must be a Sagittarius" and he was all "HOW'D YOU KNOW".
Typical. *rolls eyes*
He reminded me much of Andy.
Moving on, I've been going through a funny phase the past ten or so days. Basically, I have not been listening or watching anything Japanese related. Its all been Bollywood. This is what you do to me, Vivek. *sighs* I hope it dies out soon, its starting to worry me.
My aunt had a baby boy on the 25th, which was also their 9th wedding anniversary ^_^ that is so sweet! We went to see him, and he's gotta be the smallest baby I've ever seen... so adorable!
The only thing I can think of thats left to write about is my parents 25th anniversary on the 31st. Us six got together and bought my dad this full body massager for when he's sleeping. We got my mom this gold locket that opens, with pictures of all us siblings plus them two. They both loved the gifts, mainly because its the first time we've bought them anything really big and expensive. In the evening, the whole extended family threw a party for them in this big room at our office, which is usually used as a mosque. It was really funny since Shakeeb started singing Indian love songs, which got him into a bit of trouble. LOL. It was a pain to get everyone one by one to write in the card we brought, without any of my parents noticing. Ghaleb took care of it pretty well anyways. It all went well, the barbecue was damn tasty! I'll try to get some pics off the videos I took, but I dont know how well it'll go.
So thats about it. Phew. Gotta go!
Music: De Taali - Everybody Put Your Hands Together
