neoteric.

This is me, selling out

2010-11-29T14:20:00.000+08:00

I once created a Tumblr account. Then just as i was about to create my first post, i came back to my blogger account and decided i didnt want to leave my old posts behind and deleted that tumblr account.

And now blogger decided ive used their services too long because my picasa album is now full and i cant upload any more pictures to this blog. So im not deleting any old posts, instead, im leaving this here and moving to tumblr. So long blogger.

RELINK.

Have a heart

2010-11-14T16:11:00.000+08:00

Ive often wondered what drives people to make decisions and choices that affect the people around them adversely, when i couldnt even imagine, well, imagining the act itself.

What happens to a person inside? What are they missing? or perhaps, what have they lost?
Many a time, these people are referred to as heartless beings. And i find myself thinking, what does an organ that pumps blood throughout my body have to do with my actions and my emotions? and why would you say they were heartless, when both you and i very well know he has a heart. Or if he really doesn't, his actions are the least of our worries, what the hell is he?

That leads me to the phrase "we're only human". Whats so "only" about being human? What other race do we know of? But i digress.

I think we relate our hearts to feelings and emotions simply because of how important a heart is to a human being. Without a heart, we are dead. Without good thoughts, feelings and emotions, without sympathy, without faith, we incapable of living. Of course we continue breathing, but are we really living?

As "only" humans, we are driven by our feelings. So why spend another day in self-pity? Why live another day counting down why your life kinda sucks? Why spend this day wondering why the other guy/chick is so damn happy?

You dont climb out of whatever pit you have buried your self in, in a day. It takes a heart. It takes will. It takes a pinch of love from everyone around you. Im always inspired by things around me to live a better tomorrow. To laugh a little more. To think less of what i think im missing and focus on what makes MY life worth living.

I was inspired to write about our hearts whilst grocery shopping with my mum ( like i said, things around me). Specifically while i was picking potatoes. I came across this heart-shaped potato and imediately thought "Who says you cant grow a heart?"

So there. I have faith in you. You, who thinks im an utter fool for sharing my thoughts online. You, who thinks you have nothing to live for. or You, who feels wonderful making someone else's life a living hell.

No i didnt buy that potato. I decided id let the next person who saw it smile to themselves as they thought of a heart related joke. I did take a picture of it to share with you. :)

p/s: I wanted to buy that potato so bad. Wanting to keep the heart-shaped potato for myself. My mum said no. Selfish of me, i know. But hey, Im only human. :)

2010-11-13T08:25:00.001+08:00

Due to a little rift i had with Hotmail, my old hotmail email address is now dead. And because i do intend on using msn again, would you all be dolls and add me to your contact lists with my new email address?

alveenav@hotmail.com

Much love. :)

2010-11-11T20:26:00.000+08:00

"You took the bullet train. Im still using the KTM"

-Ricky on the difference between our courses.

19 going on 5

2010-11-11T19:45:00.000+08:00

So i went to Hong Kong in September. It was bloody fun.

Disneyland, is only the best place you can be. I cant put it into words really. Its just, no matter how old you are, Disney makes the day better. Seriously. I bet, you couldn't tell me honestly that every time you see that castle and the shooting star (or wtv) going over it and the tune, you dont get excited.

Even my mum gets excited i reckon.

There was lotsa stuff at Disneyland.

Buzz.

This nice lady.

Stroller Parking.

Yea. Stroller parking among other wonderland-ish things. (just assuming its bloody wonderful for parents to have a place to park their kids strollers)

There was a typhoon while we were there (we were already in the city at that point). That was fun seeing as how Malaysia is mostly shielded from natural disasters ( touches wood. chucks salt over my shoulder.)

Food was yummy. Public transport was ace. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry though.

Major downside: Everything was high rise. Just a mass of buildings clumped together. I dont think id be able to not have a house with a garden and dogs.

If youre a complete city person, and you dont really fancy the jungle and trees and wildlife, get your arse down to Hong Kong cause youre gonna be in heaven.

If Malaysia adapted a fragment of the efficiency and convenience Hong Kong public transport offered, id be a MUCH happier person. But then again, the Malaysia Government has stopped taking my advice. ;)

Did i mention i satisfied a load of celebrity induced wishes?

Best holiday in a long time.

Birthday MAN

2010-11-08T23:31:00.000+08:00

Aaron turns 19 in 4 days.
Today he's just a lucky ~~boy~~ man.

crazy.

2010-11-08T23:04:00.000+08:00

Classes have ended, and one out of three revision sessions have finished. Im not there yet, but i will be there soon. At that point where i can confidently leave home and get my papers over and done with. The year always seems to go by faster when you enjoy what your doing.

Last semester was the slowest part of these past two years. This semester seems to be the fastest. Too fast. I barely had time to catch my breath.

Rotaract has been a bit of an escape. An excuse to leave home. An outlet other than nerd land.

Our purpose is to help. develop. learn.

Right now we're basically getting to know each other.

Last month we helped plant mangrove trees in this god-forsaken place. That place really did need the trees. It was hot and dry beyond wonder and thought.

Its good to know that we contributed a bit of sweat and some (bloody!) hard work to make a difference.

I got ten shades darker. That was so long ago, ive already gotten 11 shades fairer.

My blog-time is very messed up.

Ill be back.

(maybe)

No sign of guilt. No feeling bad.

2010-10-16T13:11:00.005+08:00

Ive been so sick all week and my mocks are next week.

Ive been having such a shit time, but for some reason, im not too down about it. The people around me are making being super ill and stressed very bearable.

So, im just walking away from the problems this time. Sometimes (just sometimes) its the best thing you could do for yourself.

Take control of the world.

2010-10-03T10:00:00.000+08:00

Oh look who's back.

As mentioned, i had 3 birthday celebrations.

The second was yet another amazing night with the lovely people who have been in my life for donkey years.

I wanted to have steak, so i chose Outback Steakhouse in Bangsar. When i was picked up, we were driven to Low Yat.

I was actually kinda freaked out, cause i was NOT dressed for Low Yat. Neither were the rest, so i had NO idea what we were doing in there.

We received a whole lotta hollers from the people occupying the stalls and walked all around Low Yat 'cause my amazing friends didn't know where the restaurant was. They claimed they did and pretended not to, though i'm not buying it. I even offered to help them find it, but they refused to tell me where they were taking me.

In the end, we went out of Low Yat and crossed the street to find an Outback Steakhouse there. :)

My friends. Ace i tell ya!

Dinner was yummeyh. We laughed SO much. I think if a stranger were to have overheard us talking, they would have thought we were evil/crazy people. Our topics of discussion were, out of the ordinary.

As are we.

After dinner, they got me a delicious brownie. Indians have this thing, where after we cut our cake we offer it (more like feed) our close relatives. My friends decided they would feed me. Feed isnt the word. Shove. Yes. Thats appropriate. They lovingly shoved it into my mouth. It was good.

After dinner, we went for drinks and dancing. The drinks came and wore off before we got dancing. But once we did, the drinks worked their magic again, and it was great. I hadn't danced in so long at the time, that i was completely oblivious to who was watching and moving closer and acting weird.

There was the occasional creep, cute guy and dancing gay guys that are incredibly entertaining. Oh, and then there was some dance floor worship. :)

I couldn't get rid of the smell of booze and what not, from my hair for more than a day and 3 washes. so worth it.

My birthday itself was spent with the family. Had lunch with my parents and brother at Passage Thru India and then went to see my aunts and had coffee and cake. Oh gluttony. I ate too much that day. Not to mention the yam basket for dinner.

All in all. I had an amazing birthday.

Will be posting about my rotaract club and Hong Kong soon.

Till then.

xoxo

veena.

Imagine no possessions.

2010-10-01T21:12:00.003+08:00

Drawn to my blog yet again after false promises of updates. :)

So much has happened, and i must say the past few months have been hectic. Ive either been too tired/busy/lazy to write about my life/day/moments.

Then i read Jons post on our life as ACCA students and as true as some things may be, i KNOW that i am not one to conform to the stereotype ACCA student, but then again, i couldn't even find a spare moment to update my blog.

So this is me, fighting the stereotype virus. :)

If you didn't already know, i got my results from my first 3 Fundamental Level ACCA papers.

If i'm not mistaken, i was extremely terrified about Law before taking the papers, then convinced i failed my Performance Management paper after i had sat for all the papers.

Results on the 23rd had me in a bundle of nerves. We had an audit class and i was literally shaking when i received the email on my phone. People around me were smiling/frowning/on the brink of tears (all towards the end of the class with the lecturer still yapping away).

I started tearing cause i'm lame like that. I don't think I've ever been that nervous before, but the wave of relief that came upon me when i saw my

Law-77

P.Mngmt-73

Tax-69

the shaking persisted but accompanying the redundant tears was the biggest grin i could manage.

Note to self: think about the least expected low marked paper next time around. :)

Though he's being very quiet about his achievements and is as modest as a man can be, i must congratulate my good friend Aaron Kee on his Malaysian Prize. :) If you don't know what that is, he got the highest score in Malaysia for one of the papers. Cue *whoaaa*

Moving along. I'm close to the end of my second semester, and the stress and the waves of frustration and the days of mugging for my finals and December are soon underway. Then ill be in my final year.

Its scary to think about, but exciting all at the same time.

I'm gonna try to write more. I feel so disconnected from myself. I forgot how much i enjoyed reliving and recalling little events that make up my life. With years going by in flashes, i guess this is gonna be my memory box.

So here's one of the BEST memories of the year that i cant wait to read and re-read just to remind myself how amazing my life is the next time i feel like jumping of a building. (COMPLETELY hypothetical of course. I doubt id make it to the roof with my acrophobia)

I wanted to celebrate my 19th Birthday slightly differently this year, just because 19 is such a low key age and its not one i would think back to. (God knows ill be talking about my 18th for years to come)

I celebrated my birthday 3 days in a row, with different groups of friends and family.

My first celebration was with my Uni mates. I wanted to have a non-western dinner, so Syd suggested Bak Kut Teh (something i never get tired of). Then we went to Sunway Lagoons, Nite Park.

The last time i stepped foot into Sunway Lagoon was, coincidently, to celebrate my 14th birthday.

I must admit, it was weird having a birthday dinner at Bak Kut Teh, but like i said, i wanted to remember this birthday.

How would i forget this? :)

Just because my friends are amazing, they decided we would cut my cake by the fountain in front of Sunway Lagoon's entrance.

Imagine a group of 10 people yelling the happy birthday song. It was blissful.

You know you've got good friends when they're willing to do embarrassing things for your sake.

The whole purpose of going to the Nite Park was just so we could play Laser Tag. Being a firm believer in the awesomeness of Barney Stinson(How I Met Your Mother), you know laser tags meant to be played when he plays it.

The entrance to the laser tag place was by the scream park entrance. You could tell me a million times, that the guy thats staring at me with evil eyes and looks like he wants to eat me, is a human being with make up and i will still fall prey to his antics.

And of course my zombie/vampire repellent was not in hand. The minute i walked to the counter, i noticed this zombie-man in a red suit staring at me. I looked away to focus on getting our tickets at the counter. When i turned to his/its direction again, he was not only still staring at me with a look that could kill, but was now closer.

After awhile, i was being chased (yes chased) by a zombie man in Sunway Lagoon. I shan't say i wish he would die (hah) cause it was him that told the laser tag guys to give my friends and I a free round for my birthday. How sweet of him. I cant shrug the feeling that, by accepting the free round, i sold him my soul.

Laser Tag was frickin awesome.

I suck at laser tag. (ALOT)

But it, in general, was awesome!

We then wandered around in search of open rides. My fave ride there was actually open. Its a water ride, so we put on raincoats that were of NO help AT ALL if you're sitting at the front of the log, cause at the speed you descend, the raincoats hood just flies off.

I also went on my first ever roller coaster at the ripe old age of 19. And it was just the Lost City of Gold. It was, exhilarating and exciting and painful for my face. Ben who was meant to be my comfort, cause he convinced me to do it, confessed he was as terrified as i AFTER we were in and buckled. Speaking of buckled, he hadn't actually put on his safety belt when on the ride, only realising when i told him at the end of it. I must say the look on his face was extremely worth conquering my fears for.

Ending celebrations with a drink and hoping i wouldnt lose my voice, it was an amazing start to my long birthday weekend.

Couldnt have imagined it going any better.

till next time (soon i swear!)

xoxo

beena

you cant touch this

2010-08-04T10:53:00.003+08:00

So much has been going on in the past month.

Lots of excitement, laughs, experiences, new feelings ( just when i thought id felt it all) and the usual stress and pressure.

So much so, that i couldnt find a spare moment that id rather spend on the computer. Thus, my dead blog.

This week im drowned with exams, just cause my life rocks like that. I handled my stress so poorly last sem, its embarassing when i think about it now. Im determined to do things differently, cause whats the fun in a rerun year after year?

Im proud to say ive already implemented some of those changes :)

But, thats a story to be held for the blogging spree this weekend.

Wish me luck for the killa paper im taking today.

xoxo
veena

p/s: im still not on my pc and blogging on my phone aint fun.

Everything must go

2010-07-01T16:43:00.006+08:00

Im back from Taman Negara. It was amazing, but that shall be left for another day.

For now, i need to get rid of some of my books. I finally got down to clearing out my old books that ive been so reluctant to do, but my books shelf is experiencing over capacity, thus, some books have got the boot.

Loved every single one of those books, but since i have to make room for the new ones, ive decided to sell them.

Some have already been sold, but i still have got a bunch left. Please tell me if you're interested (be interested) or tell your friends about it (and make them interested).

Im not setting any prices, but im willing to sell them for whatever you're willing to offer cause i just wanna pass them on to someone else rather than letting it collect dust.

If you're persuasive enough, id probably even give it to you for free, so there.

Ive got four of the Tony Parsons collection.

Ten books from the "Little Black Dress" collection.

Four by Rachel Gibson

Six by various authors.

The first three books from the Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage.

First and Third in hard over.

Book Two in paperback.

A book by Charles Dickens (Great Expectations) and another by Gaston Leroux (Phantom of The Opera)

(Oliver Twist is a simplified version)

Im giving these away FOC to anyone who wants some good old fashion literature.

So email me -alveenav@gmail.com

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Oh, ive finally got all the pictures from my trip to the National Park uploaded and ready to be posted, so do look out for it.

You might find yourself wanting to go there too. Surprises and all, it was bloody worth it. the company i shared it with was a major plus. :)

xoxo

veena

fire for the dancefloor.

2010-06-26T21:02:00.004+08:00

So friday was pretty interesting.

The plan was for me to go for lunch with mum, pick the girls up, send mum to work, and go to the curve with the girls to watch Sex and The City II.

Everything went according to plan till after lunch and before picking up the girls. The story of my life.

After i called Esther and Elle to tell them i was leaving to pick them up, i get in my car, and bloody surprise, it doesnt start. Ive NEVER had any car problems thus far, so i was freaking out mildly. My mum who was irritatingly calm said i sounded so ignorant. I dont really care, cause its the suckiest feeling air-vaaaah!

Thankfully, my brother was nearby, so he came and handled everything. Of course, even before he reached, it started to rain like a bloody typhoon.

Thats how all plans change. When God decides he needs a bit of a laugh. :)

So, Elle picked ME up with Esther and we went to MidValley. Of course, we reached 15minutes after the movie had started and we hadnt even bought tickets. We decided to go to Subway to feed the beast we call Elle's tummy and get the SexandTheCity2 Dvd and watch it at my place.

That didnt go according to plan either cause we stayed at Subway for what seemed like forever, oblivious to the comings and goings of everyone around us and just talked. I recall "Would you boink...?" was one of the hot topics of the day. Priceless conversations right there.

On top of that, we didnt take ANY pictures. We didnt take any at night either, so here's a midway warning that this is an ALL word post.

Just cause i feel like mentioning the fact that Ben is a pretty mean person, i actually told him i couldnt start my car and he totally ignored it,so i pointed out that he sounded like he didnt give a shit. He then said "Yea i dont care, so anyway...."

What a biotch. Why i have friends like this? i have no idea. (totally not joking)

Later that night, Kamal picked us (myself,keith and elle) up with his friend (Dashell), who came down from Aussie with his girlfriend (Aleisha) for a couple of weeks, following us.

We went to Zouk for reasons i do understand but refuse to accept.

We were celebrating Ollie's birthday, so a bunch of his other friends and his sister and her friends were there too.

I shant say anything about the rest of the clubbing besides the fact that i actually had alot of fun before and after, and not as much as i would have liked to during. Next friday night, i need a serious, true styled session. im looking forward to it already, though nothing has been planned nor agreed. im optimistic like that.

After we parked and were walking, we witnessed a snatch theft. I was freaked out after that, holding my clutch to my chest with Keith as my "guard" for the night. Not the best guard in the world, but effective nonetheless.

While we waited for the rest to arrive, the guys (Kamal, Dashell and Keith) were at the bar and we talked.

You know how malaysian guys HARDLY EVER have the guts to just come up to a group of girls and talk? Yea, you guys should totally do that.

So the reason i bring this up, is cause these Aussie dudes came up to us. The conversations were proly different, but basically....

Short aussie-S

Tall Aussie-T

S:Are you watching the game? (Brazil v Portugal)

Me: Nope. Not big fans of football.

S: Not fans? (pause) This is a good game

Elle: Oh.

S: You should watch it.

Girls:(smile)

S: (walks away)

Cue second Aussie

T: Are you watching the game?

Me: Yea. (Do they have basic lines to follow? I was holding back a chuckle)

T: Are you guys waiting?

Elle: Waiting to go in (points at club)

T: Are you all local?

Aleisha: Im not. Im Australian.

T: (looks weirdly) What about you two?

Elle and I: Local.

(after some more mundane questions and answers and awkward stares )

T:Maybe ill catch you girls inside?

Girls: (smile & nod)

I swear this dude was on the prey! Though he succeeded in getting more of a response and a bit of a conversation than his friend, i thought he was high on something. If he werent so suspicious, i would say he didnt look too bad.

After he left, Aleisha was telling the guys about him and i quote

"Oh, he was after these two girls. He just wanted some Malaysian arse"

I actually found this bloody funny cause she was so serious it was scary. Im pretty sure Elle burst out laughing.

So after a bunch of laughs, some pretty bummer moments and Ollies puke like, everywhere, we headed back.

Im looking forward to getting out and having a proper friday night. (IS ANYONE UP FOR IT? )

Im off to Taman Negara (The National Park) on monday with the college mates and ill be back on Wednesday.

xoxo

awesome.

2010-06-22T13:37:00.004+08:00

I gotsa new bag from Charles and Keith.

Thats as exciting as my life this week is gonna get. I think i used all my fun-time up last week. This week im plan-less and lazy. Even when i could have a plan, i choose to stay home. Ho-no.

Taman Negara next week with college mates . EXCITED. ;)

There we go. Some excitement with a hamsap smiley to seal the deal.

This is my desperate call to anyone to drag me out. Please and thank you.

another one bites the dust.

2010-06-18T14:35:00.007+08:00

On Wednesday night Elle and I met up with Anwar for dinner. Elle suggested eating at the Noodle Station. I dont know why we've never eaten there. Besides the fact that the waiters and waitresses were swatting flies (which is usually a bad sign) the food was actually good.

Two problems though:

1. Anwar ordered this drink that was displayed in the menu to be served in a big glass bottle.

Nonsense.

2. Anwar found the tom yam noodles DAMN spicy, so he ordered iced water and asked me if i wanted one too when the waiter came. It wasnt that spicy for me and i already had iced lemon tea, so i said no.

In the time that it took for the waiter to bring the iced water, my mouth was on FIRE so i ordered one too. The waiter actually gave me this teasing look and went "tadi kata tak nak" (you said you didnt want one earlier)

WTH. I felt like PUNCHING him. Actually, i felt like saying "if its too much trouble for you, ill get it myself"

I didnt do either of those things cause my mouth was burning. I now have come to the conclusion, he tried to poison me and he actually put chilli padi in my water cause it didnt help. T_T

After dinner, these two wanted to eat summore. We went to Krispy Kreme, then to Boost(current addiction, step aside Starbucks), then to Big Apple, then back to Krispy Kreme and finally at Papa Bread or Uncle Roti. Something like that.

No seriously.

The next day, Kar Heng, Jit Siang and I went to watch the best movie of the year.

RAWR!

It was SO good. Seriously. I cried. They cried too. Everyone cried.

There was this one kid in the cinema (who i think his mum has cry on cue) 'cause when the sad scene STARTED he began crying super loudly. Either that or he needed to pee and his mum refused to take him out.

We went to Borders after the movie cause Jits has this Percy Jackson addiction.

Kar Heng called me over to him and said

"EH! a new Harry Potter book!"

-.-

I wanted to watch The Karate Kid cause i read that people actually clapped at the end of the film in the cinema. Everyone I know said it wasnt good. Plus, there wasnt any karate, it was all kung fu.

Oh how they mislead us.

We went back to my place to play Mah Jong later. My brother said it was weird in an indian home. heh.

My miniature mahjong set!

Being huge fans of Glee, Jit Siang and I watch the episodes as they are released in the States. I download them and he streams. Kar Heng watches it on Star World, thus he is like 3/4 episodes behind.

I had all the episodes in my thumb drive, so we watched the last few episodes (again) with Kar Heng.

I swear,when they did Bohemian Rhapsody and Another One Bites The Dust, it was AMAZING. and the GAGA episode of course.

Yea, im a GLEEK.

Till im bored.

smosh

2010-06-18T01:08:00.003+08:00

I dont know if every tom dick and harry knows about this already, but i found smosh.com like..today.

I laughed so much on that site, i think everyone should visit for stress relief. Here's something to to make ya giggle. :D

nothing in my way.

2010-06-17T14:29:00.005+08:00

I was in Batu Pahat, Johor, last weekend for my cousins wedding. Honestly, this is the first out of the my other cousins weddings that i actually cried! I dont know why, but he looked so darned happy, i couldnt help it.

This is my nephew

he peed on me.

This is me. In a saree.

and my nephew looks like he wants to pee on me again.

I actually have very few pictures in my camera this time, just cause my uncle was using his DSLR the whole time, so he'll gimme pictures at some point along with the photogs pictures. :)

This post has been rather pointless, but i did it just cause i cant sleep. :)

Proper update on today and last night tomorrow. Toy Story 3 was AWESOME!

beena

she lives.

2010-06-17T00:07:00.004+08:00

For the past month, my life has been as exciting as (insert something very un-exciting)

In the past month, i actually got myself very sick and my blood pressure dropped super low. This is what ACCA does to a woman. That was last month, this month? I AM FREE! :D

Before my exam, i kept convincing myself i was not nervous.

I told my self to be at peace.

I told myself to wish my friends good luck with a convincing face like i was so ready i could do the paper with one eye closed.

I told myself it was gonna be easy peasy

Of course, myself wouldnt listen.

Honestly, i think all my papers were okay, but my F5 was VERY unexpected, thus i am VERY unsure (ie ballz scared imma fail)

So, till the time comes when i actually have to worry like mad about how i did, i shall relax.

I tend to be able to do that pretty well.My last paper was on monday. I didnt feel as much relief as i felt after my law paper, but it was heavenly to wake up the next morning without an alarm.

Yesterday, i spent the whole day with Jit Siang and Kar Heng. We had lunch, went shopping and watched shrek 4.

Shopping was awesome. Im not an impulse buyer, but yesterday, i really did splurge, and money well spent i tell you. I bought a Kimora inspired dress. :)

Today, i met up with Elle and Anwar for dinner. I kinda miss when we were younger and EVERY outing was exciting and we always had every detail of the day planned out. Now its all unplanned and free. We talk more than we walk. We talk about car insurance and cholesterol.

I know the cholesterol bit is too much even for us, but Kar Heng has it high, so yes, we talk about it.

Have any of you seen the toy story toys selling everywhere now?

They're the actual size, like in the movie. I felt like such a giddy lil kid when i saw the woody doll and the buzz action figure in the actual box its in, in the movie. Someone please get it for me? Im too shy to go buy it for myself. and also it costs rm100++. O_O

Im watching Toy Story 3 tomorrow. Im so excited. More excited than i know i should be.

I have my entire week till sunday planned, and im feeling good.

I shant be updating till next week just cause i wanna have more things to do than updating my blog. Till another pointless post like this one (which was to announce my rise from the dead)

veena

picture perfect memories.

2010-05-16T11:25:00.004+08:00

When you're younger, you anticipate all the wonders of being older. College, freedom, late nights, new friends, all the new memories with the girls, but for some reason, in that vision, i never imagined goodbyes, farewells, sadness. Who would? I wish i did. Then every moment would have meant a little bit more. It didnt really hit me, honestly, till friday night.

JAKE will always be..JAKE. Its gonna be hard to take JAKE pictures with one member a plane flight away. I guess we've been just the three with one or another missing from several events and hang outs. See, Karven is leaving on monday for New Zealand. She's gonna be attending the University of Auckland. She's already bought her return ticket for November, but still.

Friday night when i was going through our pictures from form2 onwards, ah, now i no longer anticipate the future, i reminisce about the past.

Enough of the sappiness for now.

Two weekends ago, Elle, Esther,Jits,Kar Heng,Nick and I met up, loaded two cars with our junk and went to AC for dinner, then picked Karven up and drove to Mount Kiara. Kar Heng's family owns a condo unit there and it was vacant, so we made it our little retreat.

It took us forever to get there because of traffic and Kar Hengs LOUSY directions. Okay, im being mean. He knew HOW to get there, but he was unable to convey his knowledge to ANYONE. meh.

Anyway, we reached at about 10pm. Kar Heng got to cleaning the toilets and what not. The rest of us made our beds, cleaned our rooms, esther fell asleep and we played mah jong till 4am.

Meet Friona Loo.

Elle was showing me her uni mag, there was a spread on the international students and interviews with them. One of the students was Friona Loo. That is how she posed in her picture. What people might call cute. We just did it cause we cant pull it off like she did and we look ridonculous.

The next morning, at about 9am plus, i was awoken by the sounds of mah jong tiles against a table top. You know i raced out to the hall. ;)

Mah Jong was our addiction this entire trip. No doubt about it.

Host man.

Mah Jong Addicts.

Karven and Nick had to leave after brunch, so we went to hartamas to have ourselves a meal and bid farewell to the two of them.

The rest of us went back "home", esther fell asleep, and we played mah jong till 5pm.

Kar Heng was adamant about going for a swim,but it was too hot at first, so we only went around 5ish. The condo was filled with the kinda people i like, if you know what i mean. ;D

We were at the pool for like, half an hour, then it started to drizzle.

We then taught Kamal how to play mah jong (omg, we seriously had nothing better to do. actually, i dont think we WANTED anything better to do) Got ready and left to The Curve for dinner after.

Jit Siang had a bit of an accident trying to get the ticket at the parking area. He went over the curb and proceeded to scratch his hand.

Only Jit Siang.

Kar Hengs gf Farah, who lives very near the curve joined us for dinner. As you can see, Kar Heng was very excited. :)

You know, i was looking at the pictures we took at the curve, and i thought to myself, is this how its gonna be for the most part of the years to come?

A gap, an empty spot waiting to be filled?

:'(

After dinner, we were back in our temporary home and we played taboo accompanied by shisha.

Last night, we had a lil get together with karven before she has to leave tomorrow.

It was all rather depressing truth be told. Not the atmosphere. And not how we acted, for sho. But just how i felt when i got home. meh.

I have class tomorrow. Revision classes. I guess i'll need it to keep my mind off things.

Then comes goodbyes. I hate goodbyes.

Things that are meant to last.

make believe.

2010-05-09T18:16:00.007+08:00

All the fun i had a week after my MOCK exams are a thing of the past. Im fully in study mode right now, and im happy. Yes. I am.

When i was still in "eff it im free" mode, i had a barbecue at home for the lovelies and the college mates.

For some reason, there are more pictures taken of my back then off my face on everyone elses cam. Thanks alot you guys.

From this, i learnt, my hair looks fluffy in the day time and curly in the nighttime. ive always wondered. -.-

I had a bbq some time early last year as well, and san san and i decided to re-take the picture we had together.

Last Year

This Year.

pretty similar, minus ben.

I hadnt seen the girls in about a month and i was super crazy missing em. It was so good to be with the ALL (almost) the people i really care about and mean shite loads to me all together.

Our (Chinese) Family Portrait.

ganas can.

Have you seen the mannequins in MV and Gardens? The ones in MV stick their pelvis out and the ones at The Gardens look like they wanna fly and sniff god or something.

Our interpretation. Kick ass son.

The guys. Minus Yew Wei.

After the boys watched the MU match, we played charades, which was super fun. Our charades is super massive survivor world version charades. in other words, the rules are...there are no rules. yea, i said it. Of course, a team with elleh belleh and i, with kill all opposing teams.

The guys were actually pretty good. (sportsmanship right here)

I think im gonna make it a tradition. :)

and yea, see how people abuse things that they dont have to pay rm12 an hour for?

Weekend with the lovelies in Mount Kiara coming soon.

The is gonna be keeping me sane this month.

xoxo

You're a fool, im just as well.

2010-05-03T23:36:00.000+08:00

woo hoo hoo. its been a week, and i must say, my nerding was at a VERY low level. meh.

it seems to be SUPER hard to get back in the groove. Probably cause of the way i spent my days following the end of MOCK.

It started off with a party at Nicks place in serdang(super massive mansion ho-mai-god) for Nicks 19th and Jons 18th.

this is me being VERY jakun.

The fish eat caviar. no really.

No. Not really.

We had dinner by the river at Gasoline. The arab place next to eat refused to serve us shisha cause we didnt eat at their place. buggers.

After dinner, and lots of waiting and getting lost by other people, the whole lot of us went back to nicks place at about 9+pm.

Then Nick gave a slightly drunkish speech that what HILLARIOUS. and the crowd kinda split into the drinkers and the karaoke-ers.

The ladiesss.

:D oh, im holding a bottle of Vodka Lemon. and There was also a bottle of Bacardi back there. This is also the day i got my new pup. heh.

I think we had ALOT of laughs. Nick made the funniest speeches ever, and boy did he make alot of speeches. I think there was once, he asked Ryan to give a speech and said "everyone please give a round of applause for Ryan for the year of assessment 2010"

ACCA students joke. ho-no.

We played devils deck/ring of fire/circle of death what ever you may call it

Its like, a sure way to get people high super fast.

and its super hard to talk to high people. I think it took me about half an hour to get everyone settled.

It was actually one hell of a night and i was sad to leave early. I would've stayed longer, or at just stayed over, but i didnt. boo hoo.

I think Nick was trying to give another speech.

Anyway, i hope Nick and Jon had a kick ass time. Looking forward to the next one. :D

Awesomest(not a word) picture of Ben and I to date

makes me laugh out loud everytime.

xoxo

beena

'Cause i just set them up.

2010-04-26T17:24:00.004+08:00

So the ACCA sports day was on the 11th of April if im not mistaken, and a bunch of us decided we'd take a break from the books to join tug of war. I wanted to join volleyball, but no one else wanted to join with me. Hmph.

Ben joined Anils team for futsal. Anil didnt show up. -.- (and they got burned waiting in then sun for abt 2+hours then lost their one and only game)

Soon Soon joined badminton mens doubles with Nick. (due to certain targeting by the opposing team, they too lost.)

Quite saddening for the two of them, cause those losses were followed by the mother of all losses. :D Which i find terribly funny.

Our team was made up of a real mix of 10 people from our class of close to 80.

There was Ben, Soon Soon,Jun Hoong and I, then there was Li ting, Mee Juen and Chia Syn and then there was Leng, and two other really nice guys from our class in the other group whose names i cant remember right now and i feel like crap. (someone please tell me)

So yea, we were real worried about the connection, but it seemed pretty okay.

Then we were worried when we started spotting the other teams.

There was one guy in particular that i spotted and i told Ben, "If we're against that guys team, we're dead"

Our luck is such that, not only were we against that dudes team...he wasn't the BIGGEST one. When i say big, im talking buff, large, bountiful with mass kinda guys.

Needless to say, we lost each round within seconds.

I thought it was hilarious to be frank, but Ben who kept telling me it was all okay, and just for fun at the start was visibly devastated and humiliated after it. Im still laughing as i type this.

B? Laughing?

Anyway, it was hell of alot of fun. Next year. On?

I swear, imma scout for random people to play volleyball with me. Or maybe my friends will decided they love me and will teman me. :) (i bet they're thinking, "fat hopes")

I shall end this post with a very smexy picture of Aaron(he was on the organising committee and all busy)who when i told looked pretty good tanned, quickly rolled up his sleeves to show of his muscles, only to find, his arms weren't tanned.

This is actually him tanning his arms.

xoxo

veena.

Flashing Lights. Everywhere we are.

2010-04-25T17:08:00.004+08:00

Oh hello. Hiatus is officially over. For now.

Mock ended on friday and ive lots of posts coming up so stay tuned.

(oh yea, im just a regular telly series these days)

Ive spent the entire weekend with friends and the pc. Well today with the PC. and Lemon. Bacardi Lemon. No, dont worry, im not so stressed out about ACCA that ive turned to the bottle. :) I just got a puppy instead.

Meet Bacardi Lemon. We call her Lemon. Bacardi Lemon is for when we're angry. Im just afraid the neighbours might think we're a family of drunkards addicted to Bacardi Lemon. lol.

I shall describe her soon. We never get normal ones, i swear.

We also had the ACCA sports day. Which was such fun. Such humiliating fun. Ive never been in such a position, and actually NOT feel shy before. Ben on the other had, was mortified though it was him that kept telling me it was just a game and for fun. boys *shakes head*

Friday, after mock, i was over at Bens house and we were playing Wii. My arm STILL aches, but it was SO much fun. :)

Then we went to Nicks house (MEGA MANSION) to celebrate Nick and Jons bday.

Lots of laughs. lots of repetition from the older birthday boy and super fast gone-ness from the younger one.

Oh, and there's this pic of Ben and I that is SO priceless i laughed so hard when i first saw in on FB.

and finally, the BBQ i had for the lovelies and the college mates on saturday.

Mega fun. Missed the lovelies so so much. Its actually been a month since i hung out with them :( and the chitty chats with Syd after midnight was nice.

I didnt realise how much i had all stored up in me, and it so happens im so used to telling just certain people, that when it HAS to do with the people i USUALLY talk to, i just bury it. But yea, that shall change. :)

Im still gonna remain a minor nerd, since i AM on a STUDY break (not a break FROM studying, a break TO study, just incase you were wondering) i shall be back with those updates soon.

xoxo

I wanna be a billionaire, so freaking bad.

2010-04-10T16:06:00.003+08:00

Well not really.

But that song is buck!

Anyway, im gonna be on a hiatus. MOCK is in a week, and the buckle is on tighter than ever. Im extremely freaked out.

The amount i freaked out in CAT cant be compared to this. Compared to this, its like i was freaking out about, spilled milk. -.-

Yea, crazy. ACCA aint no joke sonnn.

So yes, ive grounded myself and ive been blowing off invites to hang and stuff, and i feel shitty cause i DO want to go, and you have NO idea how much i hate saying no. But ive been doing it all week, going to college, then coming home and studying. The same routine day in and day out.

I was talking to Ben and Syd about it today (did i mention i had class. on a saturday morning. with awesome weather to sleep in?) and they think i should allow myself like one day of the week. I would have jumped at the chance to go out last night, but i did have class this morning. :(

Anyway, expect a long absence.

Peace out ya'll.

xoxo

nerdified veena

Meet in the middle.

2010-04-03T23:55:00.007+08:00

I Graduated CAT today! :D

Yea, its just a little step up, but ive got a pretty long way to go till i reach that big ass Grad in two years. So, here's where i smack myself in the head and kick myself in the butt and ask myself wth ive been doing these past 3 months. Yea, i became stupid. Stupid is as stupid does. Ive been doing...stupid. Here's to loving what i do again. :) Wish me luck.

Back to Graduation.

Firstly, Andrea graduated ACCA today. Which is awesome. And she was the recipient of the E&Y Award. Even awesome-er. :D

It took me forever to get the robe all nicely pinned and stuff, cause i was wearing a dress, and there's a lil part to be hooked to the button of your shirt. 'Cause i was button-less, i had to pin it to my dress. :(

We were going to take pictures after the ceremony, but since we had time to kill before going into the hall, we took all our pictures then. Im such a sucker for events like these, i always get all emotional. Syd and I actually teared at Andrea's speech. meh.

Aaron has a new smile. Me likey.

I wanna take pictures just like these in 2012.

If being with them isnt determination enough, this should be.

I thought i was the nervous emotional one.

I was wrong.

The Graduation ceremony actually went by pretty fast. I think they shouldve played a recording of claps,cause after one point, people got tired. meh.

I was actually STARVING the whole time cause i forgot to have breakfast (-.-')

When we were lining up to go on the stage, Ben, Syd and I were sniffing the air to guess what was gonna be served in the dining hall in the next room. Yea, we're all jakun like that.

After getting our certs and all, we got a wee bit bored.

Yea, someones got their pose groove on.

I took a nice normal picture with Jon and it turned out shite but i didnt know this, so for the second shot i said "Jon lets do funny!" and he did this

Then turned to me and said "Why does everyone associate funny with sex and vulgarity?"

HAHA! He, is everyone, apparently.

Woo. Okay. Happy Easter Everyone! (its 12.43am)

and for the picture of the day

xoxo

CAT Graduate. Aspiring ACCA student.

Im gonna give all my secrets away.

2010-04-03T23:32:00.002+08:00

So, i havent been updating regularly, again.

I honestly have been out of it. My time management is totally screwed up, and i think ive finally gotten it sorted, and unfortunately, i havent really left myself much time to physically be on the PC since i just check eveything else on my phone.

I actually wanna address my smexay friends post on earth hour. Aaron Kee doesnt support earth hour. You can read his blog post here, but basically, he feels it doesnt change anything, if everyone turns off their lights for one night. He thinks it doesnt save the planet, if you do it for one night. Quite frankly, i agree, but to a certain extent.

Earth Hour WONT do anything to save the planet at that time. It wont entitle someone to the "Earth Saviour Award" as he put it, but i think he sees it from a wrong point of view.

I went to EarthHour.Org to get a few pointers on what Earth Hour is actually about.

1. To make a stand against climate change

2. Countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet

3. A call to stand up, take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way to a sustainable future.

So, from MY point of view, Earth Hour isnt a day to save the planet. It is merely a day of awareness. Look at it this way, On World Aids Day, we stand together to support those who are infected and raise awareness. On Pink Ribbon Day, we dont find the cure to breast cancer.

Earth Hour is an amazing effort to call out to the people of the world to do something. On that day, some people may turn off their lights just for show or for fun, but then, every year, there will be at least 1 person who will become aware, and the purpose would be fulfilled. One persons eyes opened, could lead to many other people realising whats happening to the planet.

Kids will ask their parents WHY people turn off their lights. And the parents who educate their kids about whats going on, will in turn make their children aware. This is how things are achieved nowadays. People follow examples, may it be good or bad. The more people made aware during Earth Hour, the closer we get to achieving the MAIN goal, which would be to put an end to the torture mother earth endures.

So yes, I FULLY SUPPORT EARTH HOUR. Not the switching off of lights for one night, but for what it stands for and what its success and the peoples support could do to save the planet.

xoxo

veena all for going green and sitting in the dark.

A part of me.

2010-03-24T19:44:00.003+08:00

To the one that treated me like a princess

The one that sat by me when i was angry

Still loved me when i was crazy

Rushed to my side and licked my tears away

My personal body guard

My best friend

Words couldnt describe how important my lil puppy was in my life. When i couldnt talk to my friends, i would hug her and talk to her. The reassuring look in her brown eyes always made me feel like it was okay, and things would be better.

The unconditional love she showed me, i only hope i gave her enough in return.

The years were unfair to her. It pained me to see my dog that ran to see me when she heard my voice walking slower and slower every passing day. To see her move slowly, to dragging herself, to stumbling and falling and then, not being able to move without someone carrying her. To come home from school or college or a day out and not find her waiting for me. Somehow she always knew when i would be home.

But God works in mysterious ways. He sent Pebbles to my gate when i was 4. He made my dad decide to take her in his arms and bring her in the house.

I remember how we gave her her first meal and she was so happy. My little puppy gobbled up her bread and butter and my parents warned me not to touch her while she was eating because apparently dogs didnt like that.

I did anyway.

And she looked at me, and licked my face. The first time she licked me. It didnt matter that she had been a stray before we took her, she was mine.

When my mum got mad at her, i was there to protect her.

When my mum got mad at me, she was there to defend me.

When i fell or got hurt, and cried for my mum, my mum used to say she never had to come, because pebbles would be running to me, from no matter how far.

I still wish she would have licked me when i said goodbye to her.

How was she to know that that was goodbye?

When it was time for her life to end, and the doctor went to her, she turned to look at me. She looked me right in the eye, like she did at every doctors visit and i always was by her side, telling her it was going to be okay.

I couldnt this time. How was i supposed to tell her it was going to be okay, when i was blurry eyed and unable to breathe? I was selfish at that last moment. I hope she understood. I hope she is safe with the Lord.

Someone told me that dogs didnt have souls. How then, did Pebbles know to look for me when i was sad? How did she know to dry my tears? How did she know to make smile when i needed to the most?

Dogs have souls. And Pebbles, safely burried close to my gate, will always be my first puppy. My best friend. My protector. I will always smile when i think of her. I will always cry when i think of her. Tears of joy because she was in my life. Tears of sadness because she isnt anymore.

Memories rush back wherever i am at home. How she used to follow me to my room when it was raining and there was lightning and thunder. She always felt safe with me. She probably thought she needed me, but i needed her more. To feel her soft fur against my foot when she sat under my chair, made me feel protected.

My best friend of 15 years passed away peacefully on the 22nd of March 2010.

and i miss her so so much.

Let me tell you why, i would die for you.

2010-03-24T14:10:00.000+08:00

I uploaded these pictures so long ago, and im finally getting down to posting them.

God knows when, Elle and I went to school to get our certs and what not with Kar Heng. I think i was the only one excited to be back there. Elle and Kar Heng couldnt wait to leave. Walking down those corridors and going up and down those stairs really brought back awesome memories. Good and Bad ones. But, mostly good. :)

I also stumbled upon a lil something.

How wonderful, i get a PICTURE of myself on the academic achievement board AFTER i've left school. Ace for veena!

We went to visit our old class. Its currently occupied by a form 4 class, but it still says boldly and clearly 5I 2008 on the door. Science class students rarely bother about decorating their class, with the exception of some.

Then (awww, i miss my desk)

Now.

Woo. Ill be back with more laughter and tears.

xoxo

veena

Absolution.(something random i found from 21/12/08) -im gonna miss my oven

2010-03-18T03:20:00.000+08:00

guess who?! hahaha wth ive got nothing better to do veena how are we going to college? okay bye.

Its bad that i miss you. But its true.

2010-03-11T17:06:00.004+08:00

My cousin was hanging around me a couple of weekends ago when i was at the PC so i asked her to camwhore with me. I actually trained her when i was two,and i did a blog post about it, but i cant find it. :(

Anyway, as i was looking for the post, i read through my older posts. The later ones are actually picture-less cause ive deleted them, and im sad now cause i really wanna see what i was talking about. :(

and i used to use white fonts, so i had to read everything highlighted.

I was actually looking for posts when i was in, whats a less cheesy word?, (enter substitute for love).

You know how they say you never forget your first love? I hate myself for not forgetting sometimes, but then, i think of all the good things, and there's just SO many. meh. im missing stuff now. :(

I like this post. It was from the prefects farewell in 2007.

I was so funny. I dont think im that funny anymore. boo hoo.

Oh, and i as much i as tried, i couldnt find a post where i wrote about how i felt. like deep down. Like in an emotional way. So all i have to remember of those times, are the memories in my head.

I wish i had more.

On a lighter note.

Its a womans world.

Im gonna pick the world up and drop it on your head

2010-03-11T14:23:00.006+08:00

If it were humanly possible, id definitely give it a shot

Ive been disconnected from the cyber world for more than a week cause first my streamyx modem got murdered and then, probably at the same time but i didnt notice it till i got my new modem, i found my ethernet link was busted. Apparently i needed a new network card. meh. Oh well, im back. Got myself a new external HD too. :)

No more lagging PC's ftw!

Latest book buys!

Mega members sale at MPH. :)

Oh, im suddenly very interested in cooking and baking. Yay for indian food by me!

(am not an oreo)

Last friday i met up with Jits and Kar Heng for dinner and Mahjong at Kar Hengs place. Super fun hearing about the boys' driving test experiences. Laughed so hard! :)

Couldn't ask for a greater pair of guy friends.

and last saturday, Ollie,Karven,Elle,Kamal and I went to Changkat for dinner and drinks then went to Devi's for i dont know what. -.-

We had dinner at Pallete Palette/Palette Pallete (can never remember which comes first) with Ollie and Kamal joined us later, thus, he isnt in any pictures. heh.

Elle ordered pasta primavera (sauce with tomatoes) but what she wanted was creamy sauce which is carbonara.

When her food arrived, even BEFORE the waitress had set her plate down, Elle yelled (im not exaggerating this time)

" I DONT WANT THIS! What is thissss?"

The waitress was super shocked. Cant blame her, so were all of us.

The woman has lost it.

Then when she wanted to ask for a refill for myself and her, she said

"Can i have more water first"

*pause*

*looked at me with a mortified face*

" I mean PLEASE"

(oh it doesnt end here)

On the way there, in the car, she wanted to tell me something, so she kept going

"Short short short short short short short short short *x tenbillion* short cut"

Its what makes her special. :D

For some reason, during dinner, we started reminiscing about high school and our greatest falls. Literally.

All the trips and slips and thunderous drops.

Poor Ollie, he stoned every once in a while, and when we explained he would laugh. I dont know if it was genuine laughter or nervous laughter in fear of us. heh.

Esther was supposed to be there to but was otherwise pre-occupied. :(

JAKE in flashback mode is an acquired taste. I assure you.

Our first lesbo moment pictaaa.

Karven said she looks round when she smiles normally.

The oval Karven we know and love.

We met this tranny walking out, she looked SO much like elle i just HAD to get a picture with shim (intended).

Ignite your dreams and watch them go up in flames.

Lucky we're good with fire.

What do you say to taking chances?

2010-02-27T20:14:00.001+08:00

My week has been long. and exciting. and tiring. all at the same time.

So there's been alot of dance practices.

Lots of wanting to faint and more dancing.

Lots of anxiety while waiting for ACCA to email me my results.

Wanna see what i looked like waiting for my results?

Thats while the page was loading. Yes, i look like a wrinkled turtle. T_T

Very stressful okay!

Anyway, i passed! I did pretty okay by my standards la. Not some top scorer or whatever, but good enough to keep me smiling. So, say hello to the bona fide ACCA student. :) (hello!)

Well, after karaoke-ing and getting our results, Syd and I were pretty hyped, so we went shopping.

Then there was more dancing

and on thursday, Kamal joined us in the morning. While he was gym-ing. We danced. T_T

Yea, my week was flooded with dancing. We're joining this competition. Yea. We're freaked out and we've lost our touch a lil. Thus even more freaked out.

We ended up dancing for about 3 hours plus, then retired to Elle's to chill, have McD for lunch and watch TV. Then Jits picked us up at night for dinner in Taman Desa, by the time, we were all so dead, i dont even remember what i ate.

Oh, we played Big Two, Bull Shit and Stack 'Em.

Why the shocked faces and loss of hands?

THE sickest Stack Em end result evaaa! :D

Jit Siang has mad skills.

*ITS WEDNESDAY THE 3RD OF MARCH*

Hello. I left this post hanging for a while cause the lightning blew up my wireless modem. So while i wait for freaking Streamyx people to bring me a new one, i get to leech off my dads maxis broadband for a bit.

(Oh, the dance competition that is supposed to be this saturday, got called off last night)

Im a wee bit disappointed but slightly relieved at the same time. I have exams in a week, and i was getting pretty stressed out. The girls and i have been spending so much time together, it was worth it anyway. And we're still gonna finish the dance and we'll put it on FB when its all good. :D Dancing JAKE lives!

Anyhoos, on saturday, Elle, Karven, Keith, Kamal, Ollie & his GF Kim, Phil and I went to 1U for some cage batting! We had dinner at the otak-otak place, that ive mentioned is yummeyh and the atmosphere and theme kick ass. Anyway, the cage batting was fun but tiring and slightly scary. heh. I kinda sucked. Yea.

I shall go practice on my own, then ill pretend its my second time the next time i go with friends and bat like freaking Babe Ruth. Oh yeaaa.

I think we were all pretty drained after cause we all kinda stoned when we were having drinks and shisha. The people at the table next to us were laughing like MAD. I REALLY wanted whatever they were having, but our shisha apparently didnt have the "good stuff"

Whoo. Have an awesome week ahead people! Ive been having great week after week. Life is good. The fun shall be put on hold for awhile though. Time to hit the books again for the next two weeks. Aaron and Ben made me freak out yesterday when they told me about our final year Oxford Brooks University Degree. They take into account this years average of 6 papers ONLY when we're graduating to determine if we graduate with a first class honors degree or not. :'(

Im freaking out ALOT. Mum says me passing, enjoying my college life and just graduating with a degree is good enough for her,but to graduate with first class honors with a professional degree at 21? Thats something id like to achieve, so here's to wishful thinking and striving. :)

Yea, im gonna be that super nervous stressed out girl i was in november last year again soon. Brace yourselves loves.

xoxo

ill just be.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn,

although I do not always like being taught

-Winston Churchill

Im still me.

2010-02-26T23:07:00.004+08:00

OMG people! I just googled myself (random act) and i found my hi5 account from 5 years ago. I burst out laughing. The captions for my pictures, my profile, how i use to look, my SUPER SHORT hair.

Oh, i removed the captions, cause i couldnt take it.

For a good laugh please click HAHAHA

Please be reminded that i was young. :)

xoxo

alveena mary vennila a/p gnanapragasam anthony

Ive been fragile for a long time. A big old hole inside my heart.

2010-02-26T15:51:00.009+08:00

Last week, Elle and i met up with Hariz Bariz at MV. We met, we walked around, we went into Boarders bookstore, huddled over a huge book on dogs, had tea at St.Cinnamon, had a long nice chat and laughed mad. Good times and signs of maturity. Ho-No. Gone are the days of creating The Karipap Boys.

This is the dog i want.

You know why?

'Cause she is the cutest thing ever. Im gonna try to teach my dogs to do this.

How hard can it be?

I managed to teach Hariz.

At one point, a phone kept ringing and the ringtone was "I know you want me" by Pittbull and it kept ringing at the same corner, but there was no sign of anyone OR a phone. *spookaaayyy*

AND when i was taking this picture of Hariz and Elle, my cam didnt detect either of their faces but detected a face next to Elle. Evidently, there is no one there. *spoookaaaayyy-errrr*

After meeting up with Hariz, Elle and I cabbed to Taman Desa to meet up with Kamal, Keith,Phil and Ollie. We had dinner at this Udon place opposite Desa Villa condo. The food was actually really good.

Elle and I shared cause we were still full. She divided the noodles equally into two bowls, then i realised i REALLY wasnt hungry and asked her if she wanted more. and she went "okaaay" with this really bitchy face. Then when i pushed my bowl towards her, she started taking noodles out of HER bowl then when i asked her "WHAT are you doing?" she went, "You wanted MORE right?" -.-

Then when i told her i was in fact giving HER more, she went " OMG, i thought you were such a bizoitch asking me for more RIGHT after just looking at it and i divided it EQUALLY!"

See what kinda friend i have. She thought i was so mean to ask for more even before touching my own food. Hmph. Then we got into this long debate/trip down memory lane. I love those moments. It gets so funny. We went from when she allegedly tore my goosebumps story book, but she says she didnt and that the person that told me she did lied(Std 1). To when i didnt buy manila card for our project fast enough(Form 1). To her being a diva (Forever*joke*). To me forgetting to give her my food (wth right, i know). The boys must have thought we were crazy, then Kamal turned to Keith and went, "This must be what we sound like" I didnt really get it till later.

We went back to my place after dinner to watch Saw VI. Yes, I've watched all the Saw's ('cept the 5th one. I realised after i watched the 6th) and i like em.

After the movie, Keith and Kamal got into this heated discussion about why the guy didnt die right away after the end when the acid was pierced into his system and he instead started to disintegrate from his waist down first. For the record, they were WORSE then Elle and I. Ollie and i were talking right across them and they STILL didnt stop. Funny as hell.

What finally made them stop?

and

Pool for anyone and everyone and awesome dogs for the animal lover. :)

It was pretty nice to just chill and stuff, since i was going mad over getting my results and stuff.

The boys got out their lil shisha bong and heated the coal.

and we had ourselves a long long night.

Kamal here owned my Dogs. Pebbles (the brown one) has never warmed up to ANYONE that fast. Ever. And, with Dutchess, the smallest, she is afraid of everyone, or should i say was.

When my mum got home at 2ish, we had guitars out, live music going on with the shisha, the first thing she asked was

"Are you doing drugs?"

Hah. Mum. Priceless.

xoxo

beana.

I was empty it was all gone
The birds would sing but made no sound
Till I met you, found I was all wrong
You picked me up right off the ground

Just another day. Nothing in my way.

2010-02-23T19:39:00.009+08:00

During the CNY holidays, Aaron invited us all to Rawang to prove to us that it isnt just some place we know exists but poses no appeal.

I didnt actually think Rawang was a Kampung, but it was...different. It felt like i was in Batu Pahat, which was nice. Its like a mini city with the small town feel to it. Anyway, the drive there was as eventful as our time there. As usual, Soon Soon decided to use google maps and printed out the route WITHOUT the toll. Which is basically, the old road and more confusing route. I dont understand it at times. Why choose a confusing route compared to a simple straight road? Men.

-.-

Oh, and Ben is HORRIBLE with signboards. He doesnt pay attention to them, then once we go PASSED the turning, he goes, THAT ONE! Fail.

We made it in the end la. Thanks to Syd's Mum. THANK YOU AUNTY. Who says women arent good with directions? I BEG to differ.

We waited for Aaron at Tesco, Rawang

We had breakfast, then went to Aarons house to excrete then went to Templars park for our hike. :) I was SO looking forward to it, so i was all geared up, dressed appropriately and putting on my reeboks when i realised everyone else was wearing slippers. Apparently Aaron said it wasnt a jungle hike but just a flat hike all the way, which disappointed me thoroughly so i changed into my converse.

When we arrived at the park,

it was NOT a flat hike. Which made me very happy, but TOTALLY regret wearing my converse. ugh.

It felt so good, breathing in fresh air. I missed Scouts SO much at that moment.

There were monkeys running around, but i was too scared to take pictures of them, so i captured the next closest thing.

amazing resemblance.

The hike up was really good. Tiring, but good. There were four points of the waterfall where we could stop. We went all the way to the third stop, then the trek was a bit dangerous so we turned back.

(The following pictures are all by Aaron )

The girls at pit stop numero uno.

This woman right here, wanted to KO after the first stop. Fail.

We ended our hike here.

Broga next you guys? :D

Feeling super tired when we finally got back to the car, we headed to Aaron's uncle's restaurant for lunch. The food was super yummy. Th fish was real good. nyam nyam nyam. Then we went back to Aarons place to shower and wait for his high school friends for his open house.

While we waited, we played Mahjong. It took me a while to learn and get used to it. At one point, Aaron turned to me and said

"Why are you indian?"

T_T

Anyway, you'll be pleased to know, i now know and understand the game of Mahjong.

After several wins and losses we went to socialise. We played blackjack. Guess who the big winner was?

*gloat gloat gloat* *humbled* :D

We also had a mini birthday celebration for Ben and Aaron's teacher that was there as well.

Oh, the big hulk im looking at is Shaz. hee hee.

It was an Uh-May-Zing day.

A. Long. Fun. Tiring. Exciting. Awesome. Day. :)

xoxo

beena

Head underwater, now i cant breathe. It never felt so good.

2010-02-21T11:00:00.002+08:00

You should know, i started this post, then blogger decided to not save it for me. This blame on blogger is very legit, unlike in the case of Elle Vs. Blogger, where Elle claimed blogger had deleted her LONG posts when in fact, she had typed them on MY blog. That was a good case, that was. :)

Anyhoo, Karvens birthday!

Twas an exciting day

(points at esther)

We had dinner at Alexis in Bangsar.

I thought the food was alright, but the service was bananas man. The waiters were so rude and inefficient.

random fun fact: Difference between Flammable and Inflammable

Both words mean the same thing, i.e. that something can be set on fire.

The reason for the confusion comes from people thinking that the prefix in- of inflammable is the Latin negative prefix in-(which is commonly used in English, e.g. indecent). In actual fact, in this case it is derived from the Latin preposition in. It's easier to think about it with the word inflame. If you can inflame something, it is inflammable (inflame-able).

In most cases it is better to just use flammable to avoid confusion and accidents.

Yesterday we were at Derricks for CNY and we played Cranium, which, by the way, is the best game EVER! That was one of the questions posed to the other team. Did you know the answer?

Back to Alexis.

It was super dark, and when we asked if they could turn on some lights, they said no. -.-

Oh, i think this is when we gave Karven her present. She apparently couldn't stand the sight of it so she had to close her eyes.

After Alexis, we went to D'Lish. Yummeyhs.

Oh yea. Woman rocking the Lomo.

She was a real champion. She took picture after picture, only to find out later than she, in fact, took none. Ace!

Horrid picture of me, but that is a Banana (something i cant remember what) with Ice cream. Its actually uh-may-zing when served hot, but unfortunately, it was served, not very warm. :(

I think Karven looks damn sexy here. :D

JAKE Moments.

xoxo

The woman that makes you go, screw it lets go out.

xoxo

Maybe its going to fast. Maybe its not meant to last.

2010-02-17T15:53:00.003+08:00

Yea. i lied. Ive been either busy or tired so far, thus, lack of updates.

Yesterday, Elle and i met up for our first dance practice together in 2 years! Needless to say, we have lost a bit of our touch and are craving it. After the four hours we did yesterday, the results are 40% of the dance choreographed and me not being able to walk down the stairs or sit without bending REAL slow then just plonking on the couch real fast to trick myself. T_T

yes. im in pain.

Im VERY excited to go hiking tomorrow with the college gang in Rawang. We're finally gonna see where they make "Aaron Kee's". Ive made cupcakes for the gang. Im yet to take pictures of them. I dont know why. meh.

Navs is gonna pick me up later and we're going to Damansara Heights with his friend and Elle. :)

Im in the mood for flashbacks.Maybe ill do one this weekend. What say you? Here's a little taste.

xoxo

veena

You're an explosion.

2010-02-12T17:53:00.004+08:00

whoo. dead blog revival time!

CNY holidays have started. Happy Chinese New Year in advance everyone!

So, ive been having a REALLY uncomfortable feeling at my right knee. I went to get it checked out at the Physio yesterday and the diagnosis is that, my joint bones are rubbing against each other. Apparently, they've been that way like forever,but because i was always dancing or playing volleyball in school, it kept my bones smooth or something like that. In college i dont play ANY sports and i have NO time to dance.

Well, till now. JAKE have decided to crank out the moves soon. woo hoo. Ive got the music, and ive started the choreography and once the girls are back from CNY, we're gonna hit the studio!

Im SO nervous, cause we havent done this in almost 2 years!

I should have choreographed a whole lot today, but the PC got to me. Im playing UNO on FB. Ho-No.

First progress tests are over with. Im pretty sure i failed my F5. Basically because i didnt sit for the paper. I was oober sick. My immune system is being very mean to me this year. meh.

Holidays are till teh 22nd. YES!

Results out on the 22nd. NO!

Ugh. Tre' nervous about results and the dance.

Updates on Karven's 19th will be coming soon.

oh and an early wish to sweetpea who turns 19 tomorrow.

Have an awesome one! You. Are. Super. :)

Here's an empty promise to update regularly.

xoxo

beeenaaaaa

All the crazy shit we do tonight,those will be the best memories.

2010-01-28T22:00:00.003+08:00

I just downloaded One Love. David Guetta's album. Its like, awesome. I. Need. To. Dance.

I wanted to join this dance competition, all i would have had to do was to submit a video of me dancing my choreography to this song posted on the axn asia website. I would also have to be 21. Apparently, 18 isnt good enough nowadays.

I dont wanna be a part of this system!

I just wanna take it,and throw it on the ground.

Anyway, since my stress outlet has been cruelly cemented, all i have left is LOTS of tax and law homework. meh. I kinda dislike my tax lecturer. During out 1st class, she claimed she wanted to treat us like adults. A day in the class of...her.

"Understand?"

*silence and nods*

"UN-DER-STAAAAAND?!"

"ye *groans* essss"

"Get it?"

"yes"

"GET IT?!?!?"

So adult like right? I mean, doesnt your boss do that to you at your meetings?

Im sure the partners at Ernst & Young question their auditors like that. -.-

First, we dont answer, then she drags her words, so we answer the next time, but is that good enough? Nope. She wants it LOUD too.

I miss male lecturers. Mr.Akbar who was a bore last year, is a freaking treat now. He's suddenly an equivalent of freaking (insert your fave comedians name) .

I wanna take my homework, and throw it on the ground.

I was on the phone with Elle during a break in the SUPER uncomfortable lecture theatre the other day, and i was telling her about this significantly good looking guy in my college that i saw eating a girls hand.

By eating i mean, kissing intently.

The next time i saw this guy, he was groping this other girl. I think this guy might just be my source of entertainment in college when im people watching or staring blankly into space, cause there he'll be, consuming another girl. By consuming, you know what i mean.

Guys like him should be thrown on the ground.

One of my classmates came up to Aaron and said

"My friend in psycho is doing a survey"

Upon hearing that, i couldnt help but burst out laughing. Im picturing a girl from some asylum handing out surveys. Apparently, he didnt find his sentence funny. So i repeated it, and laughed to myself.

As if that wasnt enough to keep me thinking about it and giggling during the rest of class, Soon Soon passed the survey to Ben and said

"A psycho girl needs your help"

Im sitting here, laughing to myself.

I think ill just go and fall on the ground.

Oh, if you think ive gone crazy, you may be right. But in any case, watch this video. It'll make your day. (thank you elleh belleh who thanked estaaah, so thank you estaaah)

xoxo

veena. an ADULT.

Hearts were mever meant to race

2010-01-19T22:36:00.005+08:00

oh hello people. yes ive been MIA. Im planning to be for a while.

Classes hit me like a tornado.

Im either too tired or too lazy to use the PC. Ive been connected with the cyber world with my phone and wifi, so the only thing i havent been updating is my blog.

UPDATES:

Ive been digging up awesome tracks by 3Oh!3

Im not your boyfriend baby is my fave at the moment.

Oh, and go listen to K$sha's, Your love is my drug.

Im starting to enjoy Law. Ho-no!

The other two papers im doing this sem are similar to papers i did in my last sem in CAT.

I just realised im in ACCA now. MAJOR HO-NO

AI season is here. So are you keeping your pants off the ground?

I miss JAKE loads. I watched our last performance together the other day and got all nostalgic so i suggested we make our own "Pants on the Ground" video. Only Elle has replied. boo hoo.

edit!

Its now THURSDAY! wee hee. Day off ftw!

So plan to make video today got destroyedddd! yes. emo.

I might go to Ikea and get new stuff to match the other new stuff.

I think i might get a bean bag. Ive always wanted to get one, and now that im too old for one, im gonna get it.

I get why i cant endure six hours of law but not 3 hours each of Law and Performance Management. Its the frickin Lecture Theater. For Law, we have the big one (cause there's about 200 of us) so, the benches are cushioned. Still awkwardly positioned but definitely doesn't make your back, neck and arse hurt like a biotch.

The other two papers are in the smaller lecture theater for about 90 of us, so the benches are all wood. As a result of 6 hours there yesterday and the day before, my ass is injured.

Ive been looking for episode 13 from season 3 of Gossip Girl, and i just found out its only gonna be released on 8th of March. T_T

First exams in a weeks time. boo hoo.

After the Chinese New Year break, our first lecture is Law at 3pm on February 22nd, a.k.a the day my results are out. We'll get them through email from ACCA around 12pm or so. So everyone who turns up for that Law class passed and if they dont, well, they didnt.

Im freaking out. Yes i am.

This past two weeks have been tre rough. Im finally recovering from my un-known sickness of a week. and ive been on an emotional roller-coaster. The ups were VERY high up and the downs were VERY down low.

Oh thank you Aaron for being brutally honest, listening to my rants and helping me out of the hole i'd dug for myself.

Feeling better now if anyone cares. :D

Here's something that's kept me smiling to myself.

My body knows how i feel, even my scars are hearts.

xoxo

"hearty" veena

Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

2010-01-09T10:59:00.011+08:00

Yesterday was the last day i went out with the ladies and nick before classes start. Monday yo!

Spending the weekend with the familia. Im such a good daughter. *pats self on the back*

Oh, remember the mail i got from Nawal?

Friday didnt go very much as planned. Firstly, Karven was late. So we DEFINITELY missed our movie time.

Then, while we were talking about how crazy my current "crush" is (it is actually crazy and very funny) Elle noticed smoke coming from the hood of Nick's car. NEVER a good sign.

We assumed the battery was out of water, or the radiator or anything to do with water, so we were all ready with water when we noticed it was a dry cell battery. damn kantoi.

Did i mention this happened on the way to The Curve, through Taman Tun? Well, it was. Im sorry if we made the jam worse and you were stuck in it. heh.

We didnt stay there long, we could still start the car, so once the smoke subsided, Nick drove into the housing area and we waited for his dad there, but before that, just after Nick called his dad and before we went to the housing area, this dude on a bike, that looked very much like a mechanic came and started looking and poking at the engine and stuff.

Times like these, the camera is always your friend.

He then took out his huge bottle of water and started pouring it on the engine, to see whether it had cooled down or if it was still ruddy hot im guessing. But nick, he actually HELD the dude's hand and kept going "NO NO NO" and the guy kept going "I mechanic laaaa, I mechanic!"

HAHA.

After we moved, the mechanic followed us, and he started telling Nick about what he thought was wrong. Luckily i went out when i did, cause Nick was COMPLETELY confused. The guy kept going "Over-had, Over-had" and Nick looked at me and went "What overhead?"

He was saying "Overheat".

Then he said things like "temotat" - "Themostat", "Lady-ter"- "Radiator", "Vri-Haw"- "Very Hot".

I was the duly appointed translator. -.- Yes me. The ONLY indian there, translating what the Cina Beng man was saying.

Nick is excused because of his Philichino-ness, and the girls stayed in the car.

When we finally got him to go, and he grumbled and mumbled away, we called Nick's dad and their mechanic.

Result of mosquitoes trying to kill me. I became the Mosquito huntaaaah.

After Nicks dad got there, he was on the phone with Nicks mum and he said

"Some idiot said there might be something wrong with the Thermostat and he might be right"

HAHAH! (Imagine that in a Phillipino accent. damn funny. )

and "Yes, Ill tell him to go and wait at the Curve, but he may not even make it to the Curve"

we didnt. T_T

We stopped at another housing area not far from the TV3 building.

So, since the engine was SUPER hot, we just chilled there till the mechanic came.

If you know us well enough, you would know nothing gets us down when we decide we're gonna have fun.

This was when the first car honked at us.

Karven was very angry. She uttered profanities. tsk tsk.

This is after some dude showed us the "Rock" sign cause elle was doing it, so i showed it back. :)

Some super nice car went by with a super cute guy. Young. But cute.

Another honker.

Things like these don't kill the spirit of camwhores. :D

Super distressed can?

eh, we actually look quite distressed. Not posing, foh reawl.

After Nick's mechanic arrived, we walked all the way to 1U. It didnt seem that far till we started walking. Meh.

Got our movie for later. The Imaginarium Of Dr.Parnassus is really good. Sad to say, Heath wasnt the PERFECT star for the movie. He was definitely good, but when Johnny Depp's part came (though it was really short), it was like, *BAM* it should have been him the whole movie. Jude Law was really weird for his part cause the guyliner and long hair was SO not his thing.

Collin Farrell's part was the longest after Heath's and he was pretty okay.

Elle and I aww-ed and sniffed at a few parts with Heath. He had me at "10 things i hate about you".

For lunch, we went to this place called 'The Otak-Otak Place'. The food was pretty good. Asian. Otak-otak the specialty, as if the restaurants name wasn't enough of a clue.

The theme of the place is "Childhood" if you asked me. There were lil' toy soldiers, old school pencil sharpeners and there was a deck of 'Happy Family' on each table. :)

That was their Menu.

Served in Tiffin Carriers man!

This place is like, very Malaysian. They managed to incorporate most of the Malaysian cultures and they played old tamil,hindi,chinese,malay and english songs.

I was reminded of school, in form 4 i think, when we were studying Malay Literature, and our teacher let us watch this OLD malay film, and we were laughing like mad. P.Ramlee movies kick ass.

Ill never forget that one line we kept repeating. Actually, i only remember the END of the line, so technically i did forget, but still. Cobaan.

Mild randomness-

"Pick a friend who you would "like" to "accidently" get stuck on an island with"

From 'Friends Exposed' on FB, my cure for EXTREME boredom. I found it funny. heh. Please pretend you're laughing. thankyou.

AWESOME sunset.

Oh, so have you heard of the Church Arsons? Ah. Lets not fret. Things like this pass. Everyone is gonna get worked up, and everyone will question everyone else. I actually have a lot to say about it, but i shan't get myself worked up. :)

Let the ignorant and childish do as they please. One party could just let it go and come to a compromise. The other shouldn't have resorted to violence and imbecilic acts.

So much for not getting worked up.

Think about the simple things in life.

Things that make you smile or laugh out loud.

Meditate. Stabilise your life. Let it go.

xoxo

veeeeenaaaaaa.

Obsessive. Compulsive.

2010-01-06T21:15:00.004+08:00

I think my "new year thing" for 2010 is correcting people.

I dont know if everyones english has gotten worse this year or i just didnt pay as much attention to it last year. For the past week, ive been so repulsed by so many things.

You know how they have signs for sales and discounts in stores? I even mentally correct the signs when i see them, then i dont buy anything from that store mainly because im so put-off.

And ive been correcting my friends. I feel so bad when i do it (SORRY YOU GUYS) but i just think its my unspoken duty to tell them if they're grammatically incorrect or just pronouncing something wrongly.

People are known to slowly hate people that do what im doing (PLEASE DONT HATE ME) but i cant help it okay!

But in my defense, if you're gonna say or write something, why not run through it again or use a dictionary? I use an online dictionary all the time. Maybe its because my mother corrects english for a living (Copy Editor). Meh. She passed on a disease.

Not like my english is super or whatever. I mean, Manglish goes totally undetected on my radar. Its just the SUPER obvious things that jump out and pluck my eyes out.

Yes, you may now run through my posts and find all the mistakes ive made and shove it in my face. Like i said, i make mistakes too. I just thought id warn everyone about my new disease and that it MAY not have a cure. O.O

Though, being in ACCA might kill the need to correct. I just get this 'tidak apa' attitude. When you're trying to soak in EVERYTHING the person in front is going on about, English kinda takes a back seat.

Then i'll be seen muttering the corrections to myself of cringing at incorrect pronounciations, or giggling at the outrageous ones. Thus, coming off as crazy. Great. Another thing to make people from other courses think ACCA students are mad.

We're NOT! *defensive*

Whoosh. Enough.

Shock Value II by Timbaland is quite disappointing. Im very sad. Im gonna listed to Shock Value again.

I watched Sherlock Holmes yesterday. It wasnt as awesome as i thought it would be. I yawned at a few places. But other than that it was pretty good. Jude Law was really good in it. Robert Downing Jr.? nyeh. Once you give us something like Iron Man, Mr.Holmes just didnt cut it for me. He was tre' entertaining, just didnt get that 'WHOA' i was expecting to give at the end.

I did a whole lot of cleaning today. My room was an utter mess since December 15th. But i was a good girl and cleaned and chucked everything unwanted. Including a WHOLE lot of clothes i never wear anymore.

I did go shopping at Pavillion with my mum yesterday though. Im in love with Cotton On.

I got, two tanks, two pairs of tights, two pairs of skirts and two long sweaters that ive been wanting for a while now, all for Rm308!

I was very satisfied. Plus, i got this new bag from Accesorize. I wanted to get a small, sling bag that i could just chuck my wallet, keys and other necessities and run off to college, since i carry my books and stationery by hand.

Surprise in the mail yesterday. All the way from England, Nawal sent me a Christmas Card. It was oober sweet cause she didnt just write "Merry Christmas!" but a note that is like, so personal, it makes you feel warm inside.

I was super touched. Getting mail is my new favourite thing. Mail from ACCA kinda killed my love for snail mail, but mail from Nawal is awesome! :D

xoxo

mail loving veena

You have to show a look. Have a look. Or give a look.

2010-01-03T23:02:00.003+08:00

Fashionista by Jimmy James is on repeat. Oh yeaaa.

There's a part in the song where he says Malaysia. YES! (happy for our country's recognition)

My maid has gone back to Indonesia for a month, and my mum is on leave for a month.

Thus, ive been forced to help out around the house. meh.

Ive gotta ask ben how his "duty" roster works, so ill make my brother work too. Fatty never has to do ANYTHING!

Anyway, being the good child i am, ive been doing everything i dont usually do without being ask, so bangga sikit.

Ive been spending the past few days with mumsie. And i will be till tuesday. Then im back to friends land. And then COLLEGE! I havent had enough of a break, but i dont mind getting back to classes. My calculator is talking to me.

ooh, i got a new printer/scanner/copier/fax machine.

Awesome part-its like 4-in-1

Sucky part- Ink costs a bomb and if one function goes kapoot the whole thing goes kapoot. meh

I also decided to get an I-Touch. I dont know why ive decided this. I might decide to get it again later, but for now, i want to clear out my closet and get new clothes. :)

xoxo

Undecided veena.

"Im not your toy,

This isn't another girl meets boy"

Kick it into gear

2010-01-02T16:48:00.008+08:00

I ended 2009 in the back seat of a car shouting at strangers and laughing and welcomed 2010 still in a car watching amazing fireworks all with people i adore with me. :)

Everyone seems to be recapping the year. I shan't do that. I LOVED 2009. Its been one of the best years ive had, with multiple new experiences, hardly any bad ones (thankfully) and met amazing people and cherished all the amazing people ive had in my life for donkey years. All the more reason to relive the memories you'd think? But, a memory is meant to last forever. If i keep reliving it, when its still so fresh in my mind, im afraid there wont be much of a memory to relive when i really want to. :)

So here's to looking forward, making more amazing memories and revisiting the past 5 years from now. Thats when a recap is special.

I woke up on New Years Eve with mixed feelings. Of fear and guilt to be specific.

I dreamt of getting my results from the exams i took in December. They're not due till February 22nd, but the thought of it must have been lurking in my subconscious mind. No surprise, i dreamt i flunked my audit paper *shivers*

and the method of collecting results had "changed". In this method, we received our results from a lady at a desk, a separate desk for each paper we took. Audit was the last i collected, and it was a white slip and it was marked with a huge red FAIL. :'(

Drama in dreamland.

Another dream was of my friends that i have lost touch or more accurately didnt care to keep in touch with. They confronted me and i felt SO bad. :(

Yea. I know. What a way to wake up on the last day of the year. pfft.

Dreamland aside. Reality was drama-free. :D

Elle and I went to Mid Valley at about 3pm, checked into Cititel and met up with Leonard for lunch at Kim Gary.

I had the cheese baked rice with pork but of course it wasnt even close to as good as the one at ChatterBox. mmmm. *salivating*

Gooi is EXTREMELY (his sir name is Gooi) picky.

The eyes are everywhere.

After lunch, Elle and i went to get ready before the rest joined us for dinner.

Highest floor baby!

The guys at Finnegans.

The girls at Finnegans.

Elle Belleh and I.

11 years and counting baby!

After dinner we went to check out this new club at Gardens called G Six, but it was filled with, the not so youthful, so we went to Bangsar to meet up with Navin, Hariish, their friend Nick, Esther, Din, Mahz and Wee Xian.

We chilled and talked and had a good catch up sesh at D'Haven and we lost track of time. This caused the SUPER RUSH to The View on Bukit Pantai. And that is how i ended up welcoming the New Year in the back seat of Hariish's car with Elle and Aaron and Nick Tan shouting wishes at random strangers on the street.

We reached The View at like, 12.02am, so we didnt bother getting out of the car. People were standing all over the place, so we just drove all the way to the middle and watched the fireworks. It was awesome cause we saw the fireworks from Gardens, KLCC and some other place.

The atmosphere on New Years is the best. There were NO hooligans destroying the moment. Just a bunch of civilised people having fun the right way. Wishes all over the places from everyone and anyone.

First picture of 2010! zomg. i just realised this.

Hariish, Elle, Me and a VERY drunk Nick Tan.

He had his very first drink and his first (4) smokes and was VERY gone.

Poor boy (17) only had an AK-47. lmao!

Karven was here.

Some aunty helped us take this while Navin and Hariish were trying to rescue Nick.

As a blessing from God on New Years,

a bird shat on Hariish.

HAHA.

We were the last people still at The View, and we made standing at the side of the road talking and laughing the trend of the year according to Hariish.

After those shots, we went back to the cars. And at the cars, we stood and talked some more. According to Navin, we were being "Indians" cause we kept saying bye but we never left.

Eventually, we did leave, and we got back to the Hotel at about 2am?

We started playing the drinking board game we got for Kar Heng for Christmas at 3am after we all showered and finished watching Jumper.

Then at 4am plus we played that game from "The Inglorious Basterds" where you write a something from the category you've decided on and pass it to the next person who sticks in on their head without looking, then they get to ask 10 questions, then take the paper of their head and guess who it is.

That was oober fun! hee hee.

The drinking board game also had Truth or Dare.

Elle ran around the hotel corridor.

I licked Elle's ear.

Nick licked his foot.

There was alot of other random stuff i cant remember now.

We ended up going to bed at 6am. I fell asleep around 7am, and was up by 10.30am.

Elle and I wanted to do a RIP above Nick with our fingers.

we couldnt figure it out. Lack of sleep you see.

Turned us into ghouls.

I think Elle said something SO dumb, i couldn't take the shock.

I spent the rest of the first day of 2010 at my Aunts place in Pj with my mum and my two aunts. We had delicious food and watched TV. Well i slept for a coupla hours. But it was weely nice. Missed my Grandma's house.

I shall end this post with the awesomest Christmas presents from the loved ones.

Oh yeaaaaa! :D

xoxo

Veena enjoying her Michael Buble fix. :)

The wine and the song, like the seasons, all have gone.

2010-01-02T13:27:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! :)

I started this post day before yesterday, but didnt do much besides uploading pictures, so im basically rushing to get it done before the 2nd of January. (But blogger became mean and im now stuck completing it on the 2nd)

Mainly for THE LIST!

The List is basically a list of things each of us (college gang) had to do given by the person who chose us.

I chose Aaron, and i cant wait to see the pictures he took.

Ben chose me, and unfortunately, i did like, 4/8 of the things he set out for me to do. ALL with valid reasons, i swear. :)

So im mixing my Christmas post and THE LIST post.

Day1

The brother sped through the misty morning and we met up with my dad at Penang.

I slept the ENTIRE 1st day in Penang. That was fun. :)

That night, we went to Penang Club for Christmas Eve Dinner. The food wasnt AS good as i expected, but it was still good. We went to the beach front bar at the Club after dinner. I love the sound of waves at night.

THE LIST: 1

"Take a picture of yourself eating in a classy restaurant with your hands"

Lets just pretend The Penang Club is a classy restaurant. (Ben's ENTIRE list is SUPER specific T_T)

This was very embarrassing okay! There were people lining up next to me to get the lamb, and they had nothing better to do, so they watched me. wawawa

with mum. :)

My family on Christmas

Cameraman cannot make it.

Before i end Day1, look what i found on the coffee table when i got back to the hotel.

Dad went with his friends the night before.

Oh memories. teeee heeee. such fun. (10 times over, the EXACT same way, oh yeaaaa)

Day numero two.

The view from my room. We stayed at Bayan Lepas, so yea, pretty far from the sea side.

On Christmas Day, we went to pick my aunt, uncle and cousin from the bus station and went for lunch. MY Christmas lunch? Mee Goreng. The best friggin Mee Goreng ever. and we had this, singaporean hokkien mee. awesome.

My cousin and I.

My brothers friends, Viki, Ganesh and Siva joined us.

We went to this Sleeping Buddha Temple. Ive been there before, but my cousin hadnt so yea.

We all took this fortune telling thing. You enter a coin into the machine, and the light goes round and around till it stops at a number, and you're supposed to pick the paper in a box next to the machine with your number. I got number 1. I only remember one thing from that paper.

"You will meet your TRUE LOVER soon" oh yeaaa. -.-

When we got back, we were pretty tired, so we decided to head over to the pool. The pool is actually FRIGGIN nice. BUT there were a bunch of hooligans there. Seriously. They were swimming in their UNDERWEAR! WTF!

I was so disgusted. We ended up sitting outside of the other side of the pool, watching them, and basically laughing and making fun of them. Mean, yes, BUT you would have HAD to be there. Seriously. mad crazy people from like, an uncivilized hole somewhere in Malaysia.

As if enduring the sight of those guys wasnt enough, we then had lift problems. Apparently our hotels occupancy was 100%, and there's 28 floors, for apartments and another block of around the same number of floors for the hotel rooms. only ONE lift on the apartments side was working cause there were ALOT of people checking in, and two others got jammed. People waited hours to get back to their rooms. So, we attempted walking up 25 floors from the pool. I was smart and decided to stop and wait for the lift at the 4th floor where there were less people.

Mum and i made it up in like 15-20minutes. Aunt, Uncle, Cousin and Dads friend walked all the way up to the 20th floor and gave up and waited for the lift. holy shites man.

That night we went to Gurney Drive. We left our hotel at 9pm. We reached the eating place at 11.45pm. yea. SICK! jammed up like hell.

Brother before food

Brother after food

THE LIST: 2

"Take a video of yourself attempting to eat that sucking thingy seductively."

(What he meant was the clams)

Problem: I didnt order that. I dont even LIKE it. So yea, i didnt do it. (NOT MY FAULT!)

THE LIST: 3

"Take a picture with one of your favourite stalls"

My fave was actually the oyster eggs place, but we didnt sit near there and i didnt wanna walk back. So i settled with SECOND best. :)

Char Kuey Teow.

I look damn fugly. Its because i was damn tired. Leave me alone.

I turned my cousin into a camwhoring machine

Day 3!

On the 3rd day, we were SUPPOSED to go up to Bkt.Bendera, but it was SO jammed, we turned back and headed to Batu Ferringhi earlier instead.

Thus,

THE LIST: 4 & 5 PHAILED

"Take a picture of all the crowded people inside the mini train going up to Bukit Bendera"

"Take a jumpshot on Bkt. Bendera with the view of Penang behind you"

Again. NOT MY FAULT.

On the way up to Ferringhi i was thinking about our trip to Penang in June, specifically when Ben was driving DOWN Ferringhi at night and he was so nervous, he kept going "Damn scared la" & "Omg omg Omg" and me being A GOOD FRIEND tried to comfort him by going "No, its okay,you can do it,its nothing" and HE turned back to me and said "If its nothing, then you drive la" in this super bitchy way. Bugger. Good times.

We reached the top around lunch time, so we decided to go to The Hard Rock Cafe @ The Hard Rock Hotel Penang. The Hotel wasnt as big as i expected it to be and it wasnt as awesome as the one in Bali, but the BEST part about it is the rooms on the ground floor. The balcony of those rooms opens up right into the pool. So you have two sun chairs in your balcony and the whole friggin pool, you get to just jump in whenever.

The beach was FILLED with people badgering you to pay and go for the water sports, so not that nice. Their man made beach by the pool would have to do if you wanted to just lay back in the sun.

The Hard Rock Cafe itself had a VERY rude and inefficient Maitre d' . We were on the waiting list, and after 45 minutes, we went back to find people AFTER us on the list were given tables first because they were in couples. They actually SPLIT a group table to accommodate two other couples. Buggers.

MJ and I. :)

Look at the curl above his right eye. and now look at the curl above my left.

Unintentional i swear. The King and I share a special bond. ;D

After lunch, we went to the beach!

The same beach the gang and i went to in June. Except this time, it was PACKED!

THE LIST: 6

"Do an 'I Love You' sign on the beach using yourself and anyone to help as the letters"

Problem: Remember how the beach was packed? Well, there was ALSO people riding horses (two horses to be exact) and this sand riding vehicle people got to pay to ride all across the beach. These three white guys were going CRAZY with them, so i daren't do it lying down.

THE LIST: 7

The Hardest one i think

"Lie down on the beach with a picture of someone looking at you, and it cant be your family member"

Problem: I couldnt lie down as mentioned above AND my mum was actually pretty excited and alert for this picture, so when i was just standing she would suddenly go "stay stay stay!"

In the picture i got, she took SO long, not only did I blink, the guy looking at me blinked too. WTFBANANAS!

So, you guys! take my mums word for it la. The guy in the white hat was apparently looking at me. Mum was very excited . -.- (those are the guys that were going crazy on the sand riding vehicles)

Oh, i was on holiday, thus, i didnt go to the mall.

SO, THE LIST: 8 PHAILED

"Take a video of yourself walking into a mall and browsing through clothes with shades on, looking classy"

I decided to help my cousin make a sand castle, since my brother and i were like, professionals when we were kids. :)

I have evidently lost my touch.

Actually, its because i didn't have MY OWN tools. yea. thats it.

My cousin picked up this dead starfish, not knowing what it was, and proudly placed it on the sandcastle. Then i told her what it was, and she didn't dare go near the sand castle.

Fail. :( [15 minutes work okay!]

I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and New Year! New Years post coming soon! :D

xoxo

The Beena of 2010

Kishmes

2009-12-27T21:54:00.003+08:00

Im back from Penang!

Damn i miss the food already. meh.

I just found out classes start on the 11th and i have a day off every week next year. Oh yeaaa! :D

Updates on Christmas and Christmas with the gang ( tomorrow) soon!

I shall leave you with a picture i took in Penang. Surprisingly, it isn't of food.

Who's willing to take me Para-sailing?

xoxo

Acrophobic veena

What Jingle is in your head?

2009-12-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

"Later on, we'll conspire

As we dream, by the fire

To face unafraid, The plans that we've made

Walking in a winter wonderland"

Have an amazing Christmas everyone! :)

For those of you celebrating a quiet one,

and for those of you, who are going all out and having that Christmas we all look forward to

And to Jesus, just cause he's awesome and probably reads blogs too.

Shout the song in your heart.

xoxo

Joyful veena! :)

Wishing. Wanting. Yours for the taking.

2009-12-24T14:00:00.004+08:00

Im ~~off to~~ in Penang people!

I shall be online wherever there is wifi, cause im an addict like that.

I left for Penang at 4am today. (Im making an effort to type in past tense cause im scheduling this)

My brother and mums bright idea to beat hectic traffic. I dont mind. Ill be sleeping. ;D

Anyhoo, on sunday, Karven and I went to Gardens to meet Aaron and his friends Shaz and Justin before going for Hannah Tan's Charity Concert.

It was actually really good. Im pretty emo i had to leave before watching Harith Iskandar. boo hoo.

Everyone should go google Shawn Lee. His beat boxing gave me goosebumps.

On monday, JAKE + Jits went to Times Square to shop.

Elle and I are DONE with our xmas shopping! yes! Yesterday, i managed to finish making and wrapping everyones presents, so im ALL set for xmas. yes, im very much in the mood now!

We shopped for SO long. I was so god damned tired, but yea, it was worth it. We also watched The Princess and The Frog. Elle was super reluctant to watch, cause she was refusing to watch a cartoon in the cinema. Well, I wasnt the one who was crying during the movie. nyeh heh heh

After hours of shopping, we had dinner at Gasoline.

Unfortunately, Esther isnt in the pictures because she chose the perfect time to go to the ATM

Bull!

Oh, finally passed friggin undang. Since i had the time to actually read the damn book. :)

Have you guys listened to Chris Brown's Crawl?

Its my current fave song. It makes me have butterflies in my stomach and my heart flutter with hope.

"If we crawl
Till we can walk again
Then we'll run
Until we're strong enough to jump
Then we'll fly
Until there is no end
So lets crawl, crawl, crawl"

As if im terrifiied or scared.

2009-12-23T21:35:00.010+08:00

Saturday was Anwars annual super late birthday party/christmas party.

This year,his theme was Halloween inspired.

It wasn't as packed as Last Year , but it was awesome still the same. If you read last years post, you'd notice the theme was...less drastic.

This is prior to mad-ass make up.

We were messing around with Anwars wig and 'Scream' mask.

This is when I was showing Hariz this awesome Bollywood move i learnt on "So you think you can dance?"

A Banghra doing Ghost? Ohyeaaa.

Anwar was pretty excited about making his non-toxic blood that he could use to stain his teeth.

He didnt use it to stain his teeth in the end. He just squeezed it into his mouth and let it ooze out.

It was EXTREMELY disgusting, and i gagged about every single time he did it.

Diz-Guzz-Tiing!

Kar Heng was the nerd who wrote too much.

Hariz was your typical, Emo/Goth boy who cuts himself and has a detachable head. You know, the everyday kind.

The girls were Ninja-Cats

That killed me. :(

Victimized.

And then i died.

Syd was super pale. By choice. I tried my best not to look at her and walk with her in parts of the house that were dark.

He sprayed his hair pink. Yea, the rotting, resident-evil-like zombie with pink hair.

For last years post, i called Hariz the perfect husband and put him on the market.

The bidding war is still in progress. Feel free to submit your bids

for this hunk of emo.

He'll gouge the eyes of those who dont please you. *shivers* Talk about Darkness.

SCREAM

Everyone was just extremely late, so we took pictures and ate to pass the times. We were fully digested in time for fun. :)

Early Birds.

The Boys.

The boys not so nice anymore.

And then people came! :)

Leonard and Nadhir were "punished" for not dressing up.

It says, " HAHA, I DID NOT" & "DRESS UP"

Is it me, or did she get paler?

We played Charades. Which is always fun, except there were NO categories. The two teams, came up with the CRAZIEST words basically with the intention on murdering the other team.

Here are some of them that you can go "OMG how did they ACT that out?" at. :)

Dysfunctional Industrial Company, Psychedelic Glass Wall, Constipated Swedish Prostitute, Irritated Mongolian President, Impersonating Irritating Hijacker, Perverted Slovakian Puppet, Anwar Buying Ice, Welcome To Funky Town, Curry Chickpeas, Portugese Cement Mixer and my ALL-TIME fave (tell me if it makes ANY sense) Claustrophobic Orange Grasshopper.

Our awesome team, that GUESSED "Claustrophobic Orange Grasshopper"

Team 2 FTW yo!

The other equally awesome team (im such a sport) that GAVE us Claustrophobic Orange Grasshopper

The dance floor wasnt AS pumping as last year, but it was nice all the same.

At one point, we all just had a drink in hand, and were just chatting and laughing. Anwar was trying to make us dance again, so he just stood the WHOLE time dancing. Alone. Poor dear.

I love this picture la. The wind-in-hair look. The BJ boy looking mesmerized. The whiskers girl looking constipated. :D

KINGSLEY! I swear, all men from VI are just bred to be Gentlemen. Well the ones i know at least. I swear, if my brother or Colin saw this, they'd gimme a lecture about "VI BOYS". Cannot be trusted. heh.

The St.Johns vs. VI is a forever kinda thing.

After everyone else left, we went a bit crazy again.

Anwar then started cleaning. Watching anwar clean was the FUNNIEST thing ever.

He even asked Hariz for help. To which Hariz responded with

"No, its okay, thanks"

HAHA. epic.

Last year i ended a post with a picture of anwar and I.

Another year has passed, and i still lubchoo so very much. :)

Im gonna miss you crazy the next three years, what with you A-Levels and your two years serving in Singaporean National Service. I will drag myself down to Singapore to see you.

lubchoo! :)

xoxo

horrific veena!

smashpOp's Christmas Giveaway

2009-12-18T23:08:00.008+08:00

I am hereby declaring my undying.....SUPPORT for Aaron Kee!

For what?

(Click on the banner to know more about the competition host.)

But yes, Aaron deserves it because he's a college student doing ACCA. Yes people, ACCA! Thus, he needs an awesome kickass bag like the Hayward Backpack. Have you seen ACCA text books? NOT to be messed about with.

Its known to have caused massive arm problems. Yes. Its true. Scouts honor.

SO! Since Aaron is already an awesome photographer, he needs his arms in undamaged condition.

How could you say no to a face like that?

(Click on picture to visit the boy VERY deserving of the bag)

The Nike symbol MIGHT not be up to par, but that is because of the damage already caused by CAT text books.

If he wins, not only will he look awesome with his bag, but will be able to better his artistic skills. oh yeaaa!

xoxo

supportive veena

Im a Satelite Heart. Lost in the dark.

2009-12-18T22:37:00.009+08:00

Woo hoo! Guess who had fun last night? *hand shoots to the sky*

Elle, Esther, Jits, Kar Heng, Anwar, Sydney and I went to Pavillion for dinner.

We ate at this place called "Grandmama's" . Yea. We were expecting western, grandma home cooked food. It turned out to be ASIAN grandma cooking. heh. I still went for western cause i was craving pasta. I looked west with Grandmama. The menu said that. heh.

Sydney ordered Cream Mushroom Noodles.

She got Wan Tan Mee.

HAHA. Funny shite.

Jitty got this hormone injected Chicken Chop. It was HUGE.

The food was actually good and affordable. and the place was really nice. Elle asked the waiter to give us the private-ish room. When i asked her if they charged extra for the room, she ACTUALLY asked the waiter.

As im writing this, im holding back massive giggles.

There was also a VERY funny moment, where Jitty thought he lived in the UK. yea. Dont blame him, blame the holidays. It has this effect on him. :)

Unfortunately, we were laughing and having too much fun that we forgot to take pictures at the restaurant.

We did take a coupla pics in this corridor leading the the toilet before Syd had to dash though. Awesome spot.

Anwar and his butterfly wings. Something must have happened to his face on the way out of

the cocoon.

ALL of us peaced at the same time. Honest. Freaky no?

Elle in this time. And anwar, not.

After Syd left, we went to Cotton On and Forever 21. Where Elle went mad. and where she will go mad again on Monday. Oh joy.

Jits said there were bars along Raja Chulan. So he made us walk in that direction, then we realised they were restaurants. -.-

Then we headed towards Lecka-Lecka. We made the genius mistake of walking AROUND Pavillion instead of THROUGH Pavillion.

We're super smart like that sometimes.

We did get to take the following pics by the 'Gotham City Background' on the way though.

The sky was really pretty that night. I was wishing i had Aaron there so he could take the sky. It was tre's beau.

I kinda love my legs/shoes here. heh.

On a haunting night in Got-Ham? City, Bobesther discovers her ability to generate electricity and tests it on Baron.

Our perfect "Bollywood+Indiana Jones+Stripper Pole" pose all in one.

Kids. *tsk tsk*

Jits Siang's Devils. :)

WHAT YO?

When we FINALLY reached Lecka-Lecka, we got drinks, ice cream and one thing was so missing!

The shisha smelt SO good. It is expensive over there, but seriously worth it. I didnt try it though. As much as i was craving it (Elle we WILL get our Lecka-Lecka Shisha), we were lacking participants. meh.

They were the unwilling ones.

Headache.Abstinence.Dontknowwhy.

The more than willing ones.

Oh hot daym.

I want more nights like these. So much of laughter. Totally needed. :)

Dear Kar Heng,

I hope you're feeling better.

When Kar Heng doesnt finish his drink, you KNOW something is wrong.

xoxo

contented beanaaa.

I wish it was all that easy.

2009-12-17T14:36:00.002+08:00

Did i mention how my lecturer told us to leave home for 4 days after our exams? Then on the 5th day, to go on the ACCA website and download past year questions?

Yea, well, im taking the first part very seriously, and have taken the liberty of extending the 4 days to "as-long-as-possible"!

On tuesday, after my tax paper, Aaron, Soon Soon and I went for dinner at MV. Then we took some pictures with the AWESOME x'mas deco there. As per usual, MV x'mas deco is the shizznit.

We should have just gone home after our paper, 'cause we were SO tired and worn out. Aaron and I were so hungry, it was madness.

When we finally went to get food, which was Teppanyaki, we had to endure watching them cook RIGHT in front of us, and serve other people. It was torture i tell ya! Aaron and I were jakun-ing by leeching off Krispy Kreme's wifi. heh heh heh.

After satisfying our hunger, we made the mistake of walking into Jusco on J'Card Member Day.

It was hell. Like heaven for the massive shopper, but hell for us.

Soon Soon was getting stuff for his brother, so i dragged myself here and there watching people give each other the stink eye when choosing clothes and shoes. madness i tell ya!

I was supposed to get my hair cut and highlighted yesterday, but my stylist Jeff was off. So i met Anwar for some shopping instead. That was fun. Wont be seeing him as often for the next 3 years cause of his final year of A-Levels and NS! (Singaporean NS) Poor dear. 2 years getting buff.

Today, i got my wifi modem! Like finally! So its internet on my phone and (soon to be within my grasps) I-touch from anywhere at home. wee hee. me likey.

Im meeting the gang minus Karven and Jits (im assuming he's not coming cause he's a pig cause he didnt reply me last night and i dont miss him anymore meh) , plus Anwar and Syd tonight for Dinner, drinks and relaxation JAKE style yo! :) Bukit Bintang, here we come.

Tomorrow, shopping with mum and FINALLY getting the hair done.

Saturday, to Anwars party with Ben, Elle, Karven and Syd.

Sunday, Charity Concert and Gardens by Hannah Tan with Karven and Aaron.

Monday, Shopping with Elle and KL

Tuesday, Getting new IC with dad.

Wednesday, Pack and stuff for Penang and Alor Star

Thursday, OFF AND AWAY!

See, all planned out! im loving it man.

and you know whats nice too?

Taking naps. I love taking naps, but during exams, i dont cause im afraid ill oversleep or just wake up all groggy.

But now, no worries! :)

Oh Oh, and i dont need to set alarms! Well actually, i do. To remind myself to get ready to go out. yes!

I know this post was very pointless and boring, but pictures from tonight and days to come will entertain you soon. :)

till then

xoxo

excited beena

I breathe cause its necessary

2009-12-16T10:10:00.002+08:00

IM FREEEE!

proper posts on the happenings for the next two weeks shall be coming up.

Ive made SURE i have something to do EVERYDAY for the next week. That is before im off to Penang and Alor Star with the familia.

Till then, i shall bask in my freedom!

xoxo

liberated veena

Im not surprised. Not everything lasts.

2009-12-10T12:09:00.004+08:00

Whats cracking?

I know, im not supposed to be blogging, seeing as there isnt much to blog about. oh, wait.

IM DONE WITH TWO PAPERS!

T6 was okay. T7 was okay. I realise, no matter HOW hard or easy a paper may be, ill never admit it.

You'll never hear me say, "IT WAS SO HARD", cause i know ill freak everyone out, cause they'll assume i screwed up. By everyone i mean my familia. And i can NEVER say a paper is easy,cause in the event of a discussion and i find out that i did something COMPLETELY wrong and totally embarrass myself, OR when my results come out, they're pretty mediocre or just okay. Then its like, everyone's gonna ask "I thought you said it was easy?"

So basically, it all has to do with my ego la.

The two papers were, okay. :)

Pretty scared for audit. Its not like i feel unprepared, its that there is only a certain amount of preparation you can do for audit. Its SO unpredictable. THAT alone, is killing me. The uncertainty.

Not to say that i hate audit or anything, i actually enjoy the scrutinizing behaviour of auditors, always expecting the worst. I used to do 3 hours of audit non-stop, then just die afterwards and it would feel like the devil sucked my soul out of me.

I have since repented. I now do the "bursts" Mr.Jay told us about. Well, he said do 20 minutes then rest for 2 hours. T_T

I do an hour plus then rest for an hour. Im down to reviewing past year questions. Whoosh.

Yesterday was COMPLETELY wasted. Mainly because i got excited. For the sake of blaming people and not taking responsibility for my own laziness (it really is my own fault, but for the heck of it), I blame Ben. He's like the answer to all my problems. heh.

We started talking about holiday plans in the morning. and even after he went off to study (he didnt right away though, he stuffed his face first :D) I was still all giddy about how i was gonna spend my measly two weeks plus of holidays. So thats what i did all day, think excitedly about how i was gonna spend next week. I conveniently blanked out Monday and Tuesday out of next week. The week just starts on Wednesday.

Oh, how i amuse myself at times.

I suddenly missed Jit Siang a whole lot the other day. :( I think i almost cried. wawawa. I havent seen my friends in SO long. Jitty Poo the LONGEST. so yea.

JIT SIANG I MISS YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!

Its the way he makes me laugh. No one else actually makes me laugh so hard im gonna cry by being COMPLETELY serious

Im dedicating this post to you Jitty Poo!

That picture has got me rushing to my books. :D

I leave you with a laugh.

"When i was updating my Twitter, i typed in Spanish, and for finished, it would be Terminado. It was underlined red, and the correction for it was, Terminator. Of all things to be in the dictionary. Terminator? HAHA. "

The party dont start till i walk in

2009-11-30T20:33:00.006+08:00

I was telling sweetpea the other night that i had the urge to blog, so here i am, satisfying the urge.
Its 5 days away from my first paper for my finals, and i should be freaking out right now, but truth be told, im just significantly stressed out, but not as freaked out as i was here.

I think my freaked-out-ness peaked too fast. heh.
I went from:

"Eh shit classes finish?!"

"Exams coming dy?"

To:

"Wah shit, three weeks left only? "

"So fast?!"

To:

Full On

"WAH MOTHACHUCKER HOW HOW HOW?!"

"DIE LA DIE LA DIE LA"

and right now, im like, stressed out, but totally chilled.
All thats left with T6, is re-memorising my theory, T7, is practically conquered, T8, is done theoretically, now all thats left is blending and drinking the past year questions and T9, is done with a bit of reading left to do.

SO see, i peaked too fast. I dont want to be complacent, but im definitely still stressing out la. I have a kezillion pimples to prove it. (i conveniently removed most of them so you cant see in the pics la. heh)

Im left with the whole "serious and focused" phase right now.

Yesterday, i did some stupid things. Encouraged by Sydney summore, apparently i needed the "fix". But the second stupid thing was all me la. -.-

Oh, on Sunday, mummy made me follow her to Mid Valley for grocery shopping, but we ended up doing some pre-grocery-shopping shopping.
The results:

I kinda think these shoes are super cute.
I feel like a character in the Oliver Twist movie when i wear em.
Im so tempted to go "Can i have some more please?"

Ive wanted em for so long, and finally. :)

Mum really liked this ring, so she got it for me. :)

and then, there was lingerie. Which i didnt photograph. heh.

Today, when i realised the college gang wont be spending much time all together during our short break since we're going on holidays with our fams and all, so i came up with this super fun thing to do. Cant wait to tell em, and see what they think. :D New Years will be our lil reunion. Whoosh, guysss, ive got shit loads planned. Nothing illegal and things you wouldn't approve of, i swear*mischievous grin* . and i WILL be using the room! :D

Before i get caught up with my ideas (nyeehehehe) ill get back to the books.

Im pretty sure ill be at

this stage sometime next week. (probably on the 13th)

xoxo
beeeeena

Walking tall against the rain

2009-11-26T22:29:00.010+08:00

Whoosh,ive got majorly mixed feelings today!
Before i get to the ups and downs of this day, i had an AWESOME time last saturday with the girls. We went to Hartamas with Navin and Raja for a shisha sesh. It, unfortunately for the guys, became a JAKE catch up sesh.

It was SO good. We basically had a million things to tell each other, and it just kept flooding for each of us non-stop. Even when we REALISED the guys were totally left out and doing their own thing, we couldnt stop. I think we only stopped our jake-no-one-else-would-get-it talk half an hour or so before we left.

Sorry guys! :) But i loved the catch up. So good to know that no one and nothing breaks the bond. I can totally talk to the Coll-gang, but there's a limit to the amount of stuff i can tell to each of them. What i talk to them about is individually different. But with the girls, its just EVERYTHING.

Days like this kick ass. :)

But then again, today kicked ass too!

It was the LAST DAY OF CLASS WITCHEZZZZZ.
yeah, im pretty gangsta nowadays. -.-
Anyhoo, the year went by like oober super goober jam fast. It feels like it was just (insert usual nostalgic speech)

It was kinda awesome ending with T9, cause our lecturer is funny in a weird kinda way. He's this lil buff man, that has a perverted mind but makes the FUNNIEST perverted jokes. It was all really weird, cause not everyone in our class is gonna be doing ACCA or starting at the same time.

One year wasnt enough to get to know these rocking people. And 6 months definitely wasnt enough time to have a blast with the chickitas and lads from group 4. :(

The class pictures and the gang and my pic with Mr.Kok (yes, Kok, well Simon Kok) is with Aaron, but i have a bunch of pictures with me. I think the best part of today, would be after class, when we (the gang) went out to watch a movie and dinner and we just talked. Talking was awesome. The laughing was awesome. The 20minutes spent on deciding on a place to eat was the best part. hee hee hee. Oh, New Moon was just aite. nyeh. and i now have to wear my specs when i stare at screens, if not, i become a freaking Volturi. Bloodshot eyes and excessive tearing have accompanied me today.

whoosh. i feel all happy and mushy inside when i look at this pic. awwww.

NAWAL! my crazy partner in crime for everything mean yet super funny!
Peace,Yo!
That never gets old. :D

Our own little horror series is coming up soon : The tale of three boys by two girls and a lurker.

I think we took hundreds of pictures. If not with my cam, with aarons. It was a photo-taking frenzy i tell ya.

The Chronicles of Mutton.

he DOES like it. :)

So, i shant be updating for a while. Ill try not to at least. If i do, it'd proly be a rant of fear/nerves/psychedelic paranoia.

I have one week and 3 days left to squeeze in whatever amount of knowledge possible. Audit is getting on my nerves. Guess what ive got to make me feel better?

xoxo
grateful veena

"Impissible de dire " je je je t'aime " sans bégayé"

On a musical high

2009-11-18T13:22:00.009+08:00

Due to the current time constraints, all ive been doing is sleeping, eating, studying and listening to music. Music has been keeping me sane in my times of stress.

I think ALL of you should listen to the following songs a million times:

One Republic- All the Right Moves
Timbaland- Morning After Dark
Kris Allen- Live Like We're Dying
Flo Rida feat. Nelly Furtado- Jump
Drake-Best I Ever Had

Ive been also listening to French Hip Hop. Orelsan is his name. He's been criticised by feminists apparently, but what i dont understand...*shrugs* :D He's been labelled as the "French Eminem". I kinda love Eminem. So yea.

Between nerding and necessary daily activities, im left with my thoughts. To clear the thoughts of exam, im left with thoughts of what im going to do AFTER. :)

Christmas comes to mind. *BIG GRIN*

If you havent guessed where im heading with this, I HAVE A LIST!

Yes people, for the first time EVER, i have things i WANT!

(Oh and Dear JAKE+Jits+Heng, since you guys still owe me half of my bday present, I WANT STUFF)

My short lil letter to santa includes:

1. Michael Buble's "Crazy Love" album

2. One Republic's "Waking Up" Album

3.Rings that looks like zis

4. Bangles that look like thissss

I wonder if my parents or my brother read my blog?
FATTY IF YOURE READING THIS TELL YOU PARENTS I WANT

5. A new handbag.

Yes,I know, i have like ten. But i ~~want~~ need another one thank you very much.

Feel free to leave your xmas wish list as a comment if you KNOW you're getting a present from me.
If you know, you're not, dont leave a wish list just to make me feel bad. :)

xoxo
wishy veena.

Havent met you yet

2009-11-15T14:19:00.005+08:00

"And Somehow I Know That It'll All Turn Out
And You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out
And I Promise You Kid I'll Give So Much More Than I Get
I Just Haven't Met You Yet"

So MOCK is over. 3/4 revision classes are done and over with. I have 21 days, three weeks, till my finals. Im SO unsure about my audit paper. I cant remember how i felt in june, before my first sem finals, but i sure as hell wasnt lazing around and relaxing.

Not to sound complacent or anything, but i have no doubts about my T6, T7 and T9 papers, its that Audit paper that has me shaking in my boots.

Its left me contemplating how i would feel if i were to fail and what i would decide to do after.

gah! The only reassurance i can give myself is endless hours of nerding and feeling completely positive that ive done ALL that i can.

Yes,if you havent realised yet, im FREAKING OUT!

The week has arrived. According to sweetpea, this is when it "REALLY STARTS". Well, im starting. Ive worked out a lil method to ensure i dont go completely bonkers by the end of these three weeks.

So, here's to the game! Get those strategies working people. Externals a biotch.

xoxo
freaking out beena

scream for blasts from the past.

2009-11-10T16:34:00.004+08:00

So i was looking through old folders, and found these. Both where Jitty Poo is the STAR! :)

I was gonna upload another, but Blogger seems to not want it up just yet. Till then.

Howling at the New Moon

2009-11-08T18:19:00.002+08:00

Nuffnang, yet again, has me jumping to update my blog. :)

Being an avid book reader, i was extremely curious about the hype of the Twilight Saga.
A Harry Potter fan true and true, i was sceptical at first of the "Vampire meets Girl, Vampire and Girl fall in love" storyline i was briefly told about. But then again, I was unable to resist the temptation of "judging" the book for myself.

A true lover of Fiction, the Twilight Saga had me hooked from Bella and Edwards first awkward meeting. I was enticed by the fact that these completely different individuals, both in personality and species, were at some point to be in love.

Though at first, Bella and her constant roller-coaster of emotions annoyed me, i came to understand her as Stephenie Meyer expanded Bella's character. Being a magnet for disaster, Bella was constantly in the middle of one source of "drama" or another. From James, to the Volturi, the Twilight Saga kept me glued in place as i read through the lines, imagining the possible outcomes of her series of unfortunate events. Not once, did Stephenie Meyer fail to impress as she spun the story from loneliness to love to terror and then back to love.

At the climax of every Twilight book, i was literally aching to flip to the last page to be sure that Bella and Edward survived and that their love prevailed. As silly as the thought of the writer killing off her main characters may sound, that is proof of how the Twilight Saga gets your mind and imagination whirling exploring every single prospect.

With New Moon, Stephenie Meyer brought the character of Jacob to life. As if the possibility of Vampires that are "vegetarian" and could fall in love with humans wasn't enough of a thrill, "Jacob the Wolf" opened up a whole new world of fantasy and fiction.

Jacob, with his aura of kindness and compassion, had me hoping that Bella would somehow fall in love with him when at the same time i was hoping Edward would return.
I loved how the book had me jumping from one emotion to another and liking a different character more than the other between chapters.

The love between Edward and Bella didnt catch my attention as much as their struggles and obstacles to STAY together did. While almost every other girl was picturing Bella and Edward entangled in embrace, i was picturing the amazing fight scenes and the lengths Edward would go to, to keep her safe and vice versa.

A mix of a romance and a thriller, the Twilight Saga satisfies a reader at so many different levels.
As much as id like to list out specific parts in each of the books that i read and re-read just for the thrill, i shant be a spoiler to those who are yet to enjoy the Twilight experience.

When i first saw the New Moon trailer, i immediately read New Moon again, and pictured the entire book in my head. I cant wait to see how the movie will capture the emotions, the thrills and the perfection of Stephenie Meyer's writing, in less than three hours.

I proudly say, that i am a Harry Potter AND Twilight fan true and true. Who says you cant be both? :)

I shared as briefly as possible. Hopefully my enthusiasm shines through and Nuffnang decides im a worthy recipient! :D
Wish me luck.