100th post.

This is my 100th post! *grins* Its been such a busy weekend and week, that I've absolutely no energy, (or maybe its just a writer's block) to post something substantiable. With all the hype about "Heroes" being shown here, ( I've caught episode 12 and I love it!) I decided to take the Heroes test. It's really an interesting show. I've been looking for something to fill that fantasy part of me ( till the next Harry Potter Book, of course) and this is just great.




Isaac Mendez: Through your creative powers, what has yet to be can be conjured into the here and now, but the future is ever flowing so be wary of what you see.


Hmm. Always knew that my artistic ability had some foresight. Lol.

Well, so much for that. Back to work. Need to finish up my analyses before I leave early for Thaipusam.

Have a good one:)

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past present future.

I’ve tested three classmates of mine ( classmates, at some point in time in my life ) this past week and I guess it’s an odd experience for them. I’ve tried to be professional about it, and gotten mixed reactions. The first classmate of mine, who happens to be a friend as well, was ok. He was acting goofy and all, but at least it wasn’t as tense as this morning. I tested someone else this mornin, and she must have felt embarrassed, or nervous, because she kept humming at every quiet moment and shaking her legs under the table throughout the whole test. The minute I said that the testing was done, she was out of the cubicle. In less than 15 seconds. Usually participants stick around, especially this batch, asking questions like when will they get their test results or their compensation. I felt really odd after that test. Maybe she could not see me as a researcher, given that we are the same age? Or maybe she was too conscious about her mistakes? I wonder how it will be to test my friends for my masters’ thesis. Hmm.

On another note, I had a sliding-doors moment two days ago. You know the kind when you stop and think your life could have taken another direction if only something else had happened? My silly mum sent me this SMS, saying “You know something Geet? Actor Vishal’s full name is Vishal Krishna Reddy! How cool!!”. What she really meant to say was, “If only Krishna’s not your boyfriend, I can go make samantham with Vishal’s family!”. ( The rationalization for my mum being that there is a dearth of Reddy boys of marriageable age in S’pore, added to the comment I made about Vishal being hot. *inhale*exhale* ) Which, she couldn’t have, given the fact that number one, she actually likes Krishna. And number two, she would most definitely get a earful from me.

My mum, I tell you. I can write a book about her. Maybe I should.

Sundays

Anything that I've said about precious Sunday being a rest day for me has henceforth changed.

Last Sunday, Krishna, Mura and myself decided to wash the car. D-I-Y. Not the kind when you drive thru' the petrol station and sit prettily in the car, watching the "snow" engulf you. You stay clean and dry while the 3 men outside engage in a flurry of activity, quick-clean-the-car-there-are-5-more-behind game, and before you know it, your car is clean. And then, you spend the next 5 minutes nitpicking about all the tiny faults which you could live with before. Oh, see here, there's a handprint on the window. Aiyah, never clean the wiper, see now, the windscreen will have marks.

A visit to Autobacs on Saturday, and we return with car wash gels, car wax, a gazillion different types of cloths which promise to make the car surface shiny, new car mats and air freshners. ( And a hole in the pocket. )

So Sunday morning, we park at this huge car park and wash the car. We took one hour (!!!, it takes the car wash people 10 minutes) to just wash and wipe the exterior. Muralee leaves for tennis practice, and Krishna and I are left to clean the interior, which we proceed to take one hour to complete.

Here are some pictures from that day. All ideas that any of you have of gorgeous women washing cars ( think Jessica Simpson in some video, I can't remember which ) needs to be dispelled at this point. Note: I don't always look this good. :)


Mu carrying pails of water from nearby taps


Krish and Mu analysing all the tools we need


Busy bees


Me wiping the front dry with the super chamois cloth that we just had to buy. *rolls eyes*


I polished this like crazy. So had to remember it:)





Happy Troopers

Prayer for peace.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and
the wisdom to know the difference.

Entirely random as it were, but with such meaning. Something I need to constantly remind myself, when I feel that I'm moving backwards instead of forwards. Sometimes, I'm so caught up with trying to make sense out of everything, the actions of people, the reactions of other people and the general action all over, that I fail to realise how lucky I am for the things I have now, that they do not have, and that which I have achieved thus far, on my own, which no one can take away from me.


And a big hug to my constants, from all over the world ( :) you know who you are ) and closer to home as well. I miss you

Valentine's day orders.

I’m going to start taking orders for Valentine’s day. I've put this up on my flower blog as well, but thought it'll be nice to put it up here as well.

Will be offering some packages, but personalised orders are more than welcome. :)

# Package A
This will be a non-alcoholic one. A bottle of sparking grape juice, wrapped up and a bouquet of flowers.
# Package B
For the wine connoisseur. A bottle of red wine, wrapped up and and a bouquet of flowers.
# Package C
For the chocolate lover. A box of Ferrero Rocher chocs, or imported dark chocs, and a bouquet of flowers.
# Package D
The all-in-one. A hamper with a bottle of red wine ( or sparkling grape juice ), chocolates, and a flower arrangement, all in a decorated basket.

The choice of flowers and colours that you want are left entirely up to you. I’ll also be creating individual flower bouquets for those of you who prefer the flowers on their own. The bouqets will come in a variety of sizes, from a single rose, or single gerbera bouquet, to a large number of roses/gerberas in a bouquet. Do mail me with orders, there’s an early bird discount! (The email add to mail to is geetsflowers@yahoo.com )

p.s. You can choose to have white wine, or sparkling rose wine ( I like this kind. *grins* ) instead of the red.
p.p.s. Spread the word around! Thanks!

Popagandhi

I've just discovered a new site,Popagandhi and she writes amazingly well, I tell you. Its such a joy to come across a good quality site, where the writer has insight and maturity beyond her years. I like! :)

She's only 21, she loves India, and tries to educate the Chinese who don't understand Indians so well. Now, that's rare. ( Or maybe I just have not met others like her, here )

Have been thinking about having LASIK done, and was quite surprised to see that her latest entry was on her LASIK surgery. It sounds scary, eventhough she descibed it as being painless, I'm not sure if I want to smell my cornea burning. Hmm. The benefits do outweigh that though. Unfortunately, my mum's not going to help me pay for it, so I'm going to have to start saving up! ( Unless, I strike 4D on Monday. ( Wait, I don't buy 4D. Maybe I should start )Hmm. )

Go read her. I enjoyed her detailed descriptions of her trips to India and Thailand:)

Pongal Celebrations.

Don't feel like blogging so much. Bad gastric:(

Here are some pictures from the pongal festivities at home. A trip to Little India on Sunday to get provisions. Woke up really early on Monday(!!!) to make pongal and have morning prayers before the raagu time.








Yummy Pongal

p.s Krishna's fav animal is the cow. So we just had to stop by the shed at Little India to take these pictures. Note his funny grin.:)

i like my gadgets.

One trip to Sim Lim Square has made me realise that I like techy gadgets.

I've always wanted a PDA ( Krishna says I don't need one but I don't care. *stick tongue out* ), and looking at the new laptops makes me wanna get one too. And a new handphone. To match my new camera.

Then I can have one nice family of techy stuff.

I like.

I'm going to arm myself with more info so that I'll not succumb to the pretty factor. ( Yes, I know what you're thinking. Lol. )

Geetha, the movie.

Travelling in the bus on my way to school, I have 3 companions. A good read, trusty iPod and *drum roll please*, TV Mobile.

In the mornings, I’m greeted with Chinese serial re-runs from the night before, and in the evenings, we have Fashion TV and Diva on a Dime. Not very fantastic shoes, but they at least help me divert my attention from lovey-dovey couples making out in the bus, or indulging in the lovely whiffs of air that one might be greeted with on a crowded bus home.

Recently, I’ve been seeing this advertisement by the Singapore Navy.

If your life were a movie, would it be a good one?

Looking at all that has happened this past 22 years, 10 months and some days, I’d definitely agree, ( and my darling constants too ) that my life would make fodder for a really good one.

Or maybe, just an extra long Sun TV drama serial.

I wonder who would play me? :)

angry post.

I don't know if its just the Indian community here, or just any Indian community, or its just coz' its here, or it just happens in any other community, just that I'm unaware of it.

I wonder why people make it their utmost priority to go around spreading bits of goss around. Perhaps a long lost desire to be a trashy newspaper journalist.

This has been playing in my head for so long, and I’ve probably tried a gazillion ways that this issue should be solved, once and for all, that right now I’m just so tired. Physically and mentally.

Passing judgment about someone is just so easy, especially when you don’t know a person at all. I wonder if people ever sat down to think what a dangerous thing it is.

Who died and made you GOD?

What’s worse is that one who actually stands to lose more in all this, goes on to ask others to pass this “message” to all the women out there. Now, really, you should be the last person to talk about morality.

It feels like we've got the new generation of aunties who gossip in the market, on the bus, on the phone...a technologically savy bunch nonetheless.

But at the end of the day, I’m still going to be able to stand with my head held up high, and not stoop down to the same level to perpetuate information, merely because I know that I’m worth more than that.

After all, only bored minds gossip.

of a crowded campus and an IMD.

School's started and it's getting difficult to get on a bus. Again.
When will I stop whining about this, only God knows. LOL.

I like the campus when it's not crowded, its just us in the lab and we have the luxury of choice when it comes to choosing which canteen we go into for lunch. ( Not that there's much choice now. The arts canteen has been broken down, and a pile of boulders lie in its place. Was quite sad when I saw that, I had lots and lots of good memories of that place, of times during my undergraduate days. )

I like the campus when it's not crowded too, cuz' it does not resemble anything that I remember from my undergrad days, and that makes those images last longer. It sorta helps me recall only those images, for new ones only seem to contort those, and replace those treasured ones.

Well, reality is that I can't expect that to happen, since I'm probably going to be here for another 3 years. and will be faced with so many new images of the crowded campus and ever changing architecture.( I shall give myself a long service award for this, when I'm finally done :) ) I wish there was some way to transfer all the information in my head into some sort of memory device, that I can access by simply plugging it into the computer. An infallible memory device, or IMD for short.

Now wouldn't that be a nice invention?

New beginning

Happy New Year to all!!! A fresh start with a new template. Think I’m getting in touch with the whimsical side of me ( I had a stuff toy named Whimsy, now, what could you have done with that information. Nevermind. ) I like the fairy bit, think I need to start dreaming more and not be so practical.

Thought I’ll just put up some of my new year resolutions, which I need constant reminding of 

Exercise regularly

Think positive, no matter what the situation is

Don’t procrastinate

Spend money on the small things, save for the big things

Focus on things that bring you happiness, peace of mind and laughter

Dream!

I like the last one most, lol.

Have a good year ahead, you guys. Lots of love to the constants!