A much needed vacation and why.

My excitement if tending towards infinity. to quote my sister, "We're going to the land of Vicky Donor! eye candy, good food and SHOPPING!"

I feel like i really need this break. A little vacation to get my head back in the game. Lately, i have been feeling a little out of it. I've been feeling claustrophobic. Every time i think about hitting the books i feel like i'm going to be smothered. It's definitely not the work load that is making me anxious. I guess  it's that i have to do it.

i also feel like my breaks arent long enough (who doesnt?), but i'm having difficulty focusing. It's as if my breaks arent fulfilling enough. Hmm.. As long as this doesnt become  bad thing, i think i'll be okay. Lately i've been away from my usual crowd of friends. They're all a bit preoccupied with their respective boyfriends and prospective boyfriends and studying too. i dont know how they manage it, honestly. Well, hanging around with my old batch of friends is highly boring for a single girl. It's all goo goo and gah gah. Either too much love chat or too much shop talk. I like to unwind by forgetting about things, you know? i'm a bit of an escapist that way. I love to run away in my mind, if only for a little while.

i've been hanging out with another crowd for the past few days. unfortunately, i like it. They're exciting and daring and they're all so good at balancing it all. Fascinating..

My week away from home is bound to set things right (hopefully).

TTFN!

Crushes :)

Awie! I have a crush on someone. It feels so good to have a crush. Just a little one. Someone i can flirt with and annoy. No serious complicated relationships. Nothing messed up.

Hehe. I can't believe it took so long. Men here lack style or personality or good looks or all three, so it has been tough. It feels too good to have someone to ogle. o.O

Crushes are healthy. They're completely innocent, no strings attached and you dont have to worry about all those things. Just be yourself and play along. It feels good. :)

To all those that have trouble understanding my choices

Recently some one asked me WHY i was so keen on answering all the entrance exams i plan to answer. For all you idiots out there:
1. I care about my future. A LOT.
2. I think all the hard work i put in this year will give me big rewards. Hard work always pays off.
3. Slacking doesn't excite me as much as a challenge does.

Also, Yes, i did take four difficult subjects. i did it because i like to keep my options open. No, i didn't take Science because i like to keep my options open, i took it because i love it to bits.

Back to basics

Recently my fancy-shmancy Samsung android phone had a nervous breakdown. The display committed suicide and I was left with a phone that worked perfectly, except that i could do nothing with the screen. This would have been alright to deal with if my phone wasn’t a touch phone. That’s right. It was completely useless. As it is being fixed up by the Samsung doctors, I have to temporarily revert back to using my old HP phone. I thought this would be very difficult indeed.

With the advent of the new series of Operating systems for mobile phones, a lot of changes took place too. Gone were the days when we had to wait for ages for a page to load by using edge; just use wi-fi. No more complicated methods of configuring e-mail, just use it as you would on a normal web browser. Hell, you could even have a normal web browser on your tiny cell phone! All this was achieved by the new operating systems and they took over the market since they were inexpensive. Android, Blackberry and iPhone operating systems now dominate the market.

My android phone is brilliant! It was one of the first Samsung phones to get the android OS. It has everything that I could ever need, all in one teeny tiny cell phone. A physical QWERTY keypad for my incessant texting, wi-fi so that I could visit facebook on the go, games to entertain me at all times, a bunch of random applications for my amusement, and a touch interface to boot! When I realized I would be deprived of all this for a few weeks, I was heartbroken. I have to use a basic HP iPAQ messenger phone now and honestly, it isn’t that bad.

I’m surprised at how competent this phone has proved to be. It has wi-fi, a decent alphanumeric keypad, a decent music player (windows media player, in fact) and an amazing battery life. Sure it doesn’t have a great camera or an app store but who really needs them anyway? Access to wi-fi is enough to keep anyone occupied. And even though my incessant texting is a bit slower than usual due to the keypad, the great battery life makes up for it. This phone has worked flawlessly since 2008, quite amazing in today’s world. My Samsung barely made it through one year, let alone four!

It’s nice to notice how far we’ve come in the age of electronics but maybe we need to go back to basics to take things a step further. An old phone showed me that we’ve come a long way but also have a lot of ground to cover up. Software has seen an obvious improvement, while hardware has taken a step backward. I cant wait to see my Samsung again but I can get by with an old HP just fine.

Simple Pleasures

It was a family-oriented day today. It reminded me that I always have the most fun with my family. I have amazing friends, and i love to hang out with them but I'm guaranteed a good time when i'm out with my family.

Honestly, who else really knows us if not our family? My family has been there for me through all my ups and downs. They've pampered and disciplined me. They've held my hand through all my tears and made me laugh so hard that i cried (or in my case, developed a coughing fit). The crazy things that I can do around my family and the jokes that we share, are unique. Blood truly is thicker than water.