Stop being a loner!

February 1, 2013

Hello! It has been a while, hasn't it? Happy February! (Gosh, I'm so lame). Anyways, I've skipped school again today so that it why I have the time to blog. I should just take a day off every week to blog, shouldn't I? Laughs. I took the day off because the Sixth Form at my school went on a Residential but I didn't go because I didn't feel like it. I would rather just sit home and chill.

Uhmm, well, while I was sitting at home, I made plans with a long-lost friend of mine to meet up next week. I'm kind of excited because I haven't seen her in like 5 years or so! It's sad how all my friends from my old school have drifted apart because we used to be SO CLOSE. Like seriously, we used to have the most amazing times! I don't want to sit here and look back at the past though. I have to look forward. That's my February Resolution. (Is there such a thing? Well there is now). I'm going to try and get in touch with my old friends and at the same time try and make new ones. What I mean to say is, I'm going to put myself in social situations even though I don't feel like it.

Other than that, I've been reading a new book: The last thousand days of the British Empire. My mom bought it for me from Sri Lanka as books there a really cheap. She knows me too well. The book is pretty good but I'm not going to do a book review because I can't be bothered to. If you're interested, you have Google.

That's basically my day today. I have dentist tomorrow and a last session of Mandarin class because the teacher is going to be away for a while. I might also consider going to the morning get together at my cousin's. Oh wait. I am going because that's my new resolution.

Wow. I've just realized, this blog is getting shorter and shorter. Never mind, next time, I will only blog if I have something worth while to say. I promise.

Will be back soon,
S.

Things that annoy me :/

January 21, 2013

Hello again folks. (Why do I pretend that someone is actually reading this?) Today is Monday but I skipped school today and so it was like a long weekend for me. Don't get the wrong idea okay? I do not usually skip school. In fact I didn't want to skip school because believe it or not I actually want to do well in my A-Level Exams.

But. But. Period Cramps. DJGLKJDPOSDGJSDFMDVLCVMJWEIFWOF.

Wait. Don't leave yet! As much as Period Cramps are annoying (Effin' Annoying), I'm not going to go on one of those random and crazy rants. That's because its a fact of life and it wont go away so why make such a huge deal about it right?

So I sat home all day today watching YouTube videos and basically wasting precious time. And then at around 3.30 I left for my Piano Lessons. Just to let you know, I'm currently preparing for my Trinity Grade 7 Piano Exam which I will probably take in November this year.

Instead of boring you with details about the videos I watched or about my very interesting journey to Piano class, (By the way, it was very interesting. My sister, who weighs about 50 kgs or so, SAT on me the whole way because there were huge cartons of bed sheets in the backseat. I literally could smell the sweat on her back. It was disgusting). But, I am going to blog about something totally unrelated to my day.

This is actually fast forwarding to 26 January, 2013. I just got home from Mandarin lessons and it took me ONE EFFIN HOUR TO GET HOME.I am frustrated and feel like exploding. I think I should point out that it usually takes me 5 minutes. Also, I saw a big yellow bus and a bright pink taxi U-turn in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. Uhmm, and what else did I see that is perfectly normal (apparently) in Thailand. There was this car parked in the middle of the lane causing even MORE TRAFFIC. So, I finally decided to get down and walk back home. It was only about 100 meters. And guess what? I had to walk on the EFFIN ROAD because people were SELLING FOOD ON THE PAVEMENT.

Welcome to Thailand, my friend. Amazing Thailand indeed.

Will be back soon,
S.

A Lazy Saturday

January 19, 2013

Here I am again. Its a Saturday. Nothing special going on today. But I guess in the initial posts I want to do regular updates just so this blog wont die like my previous one. I don't even remember when I started that blog you know! I just randomly typed my email into Google and found my supposedly non-existant blog about piano notes. I had a good laugh.

That got me thinking, though. In about 10 years time when I read this blog, I would probably laugh even harder! I would be 27 or so by then. Gosh that's old!

'So, hello future me! I hope you're enjoying life!'

Laughs.

Anyways, I'm going to tell you a bit about myself and family since I didn't get a chance to do that in yesterday's post. The thing is that I'm limited in what I can and can't say since this blog is public. I mean, I would get arrested if I said some of the things that are on my mind!

But jokes aside, I'm a 17 year old girl living in Bangkok, Thailand. I love food. I love reading. I love shopping (lately for make-up). I also love history. What else do I love? Uhmm..I love travelling. Wow. How did I forget that? I actually love travelling more than food!

I also hate things. I hate not getting enough sleep. I hate annoying people. (A bit vague I know). I hate slow Internet. I hate physics.

As for my family, we are just like every other family. There's my Dad and Mom- both of whom go to work, and then there's my incredibly cute sister whom I love to hate (I hope you know what I mean!) and then there's me.

Back to today though. I had mandarin lessons in the afternoon. I honestly can't be bothered to continue my lessons anymore but then again no body is forcing me to. It was on my insistence actually that my parents agreed to send me to mandarin classes. I also took IGCSE mandarin and HSK Level 3 out of my own insistence. It would be a bit of a shame to quit now, wouldn't it? But you know whats weird? I am now considering going to HKU next year and one of their requirements is to have a language at IGCSE apart from English. If I hadn't taken mandarin, I would not even been able to apply. Is this destiny or what?

Anyways, after class I went for dinner + dessert with my family followed by some book shopping. As I said before, its a boring Saturday. Nothing special today.

Will be back soon,
S.
                                                                                                                                                         

My Blog is Born

January 18, 2013

I always wanted to start a blog. I was always encouraged to start a blog. I’m passionate about writing and I’m good at it. Wait let me re-phrase: I express myself better in words than in real life. (See what I did there? Smiles.)

 So here it is, my very own ‘blog’. It is nothing but a fancier version of a diary though. It is basically  for adults (or 'so called adults’) who find keeping a diary a bit of a nuisance. I mean, picture a 17 year old girl writing (with a pink fluffy pen that sings) in a diary (the one that has a lock on it) while drawing hearts all over the page and humming to Justin Bieber’s latest song (ew). One word: No. Just No.

Okay, I admit I was exaggerating a bit (or using a hyperbole- useful piece of knowledge for you today, eh?). Oh, and in case you haven’t realized just yet, that 17 year old girl I was talking about is none other than myself.

Anyways, before I plucked up the courage to start one, which by the way is in my Bucket List, I kept on thinking of what kind of blog I wanted to start. A travel blog like the one I came across when I was vacationing in Vientiane during the New Year holidays ? Or a fashion blog (which I know I’m in NO WAY  shape or form capable of) like one of the person I follow on Instagram has? How about a blog about dreams that I remember reading somewhere. I just did not know. And I almost gave up on one  until today.

I don’t want to bore any body reading this. But then again, this is not written with the intention of being read. I’m just going to go ahead and tell the story of how my blog came to life. If you don’t like it, go ahead and press the red cross on the top right corner of the screen (or the top left corner if you’re using a Mac- you lucky person!). This is because somebody told me something today that I probably wont ever forget: Just be yourself. That is how you will attract like-minded people and people who will like you for you.

So back to my story. While I was sitting at the Gurdwara today reading ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’, I felt as if the book was written with me in my mind. Like somehow ‘God’ sent that book to me to show me that I am not alone and to show me that there are people like me out there. If you haven’t read the book, I’ll go for brief similarities between the main character, Charlie, and myself.

-Quiet and doesn’t have too many friends.

-Loves to write. Introverted.

-Wallflower.

 I don’t want to tell some sort of sob story about myself because there are people in a far worse situation than I am in. All I want to say is that walking in a midst of a crowed in the Langar Hall, I felt much like a loner. Wait, let me rephrase again. Felt reserved and restricted. I thought to myself, if I cant find a way to connect with these people, maybe I can find a way to connect with people thousands of miles away from me. Whether they actually read it or not is besides the point. But even if I can convey this message below to just one person I would already be happy.

-If you feel this way. If you are unpopular in high school. If you feel like you don’t fit in with social norms. You are not alone. You don’t have to feel ashamed or sorry about it because it is perfectly normal and trust that things would get better.

Just to clarify, this is not some kind of depressing blog about life. That part of me just happened to inspire the idea of a blog- that’s all. What I’m going to write in here is just random stuff from my daily life. Maybe even of my travels or experiences of going for a liver-flushing detox in March (I would skip that part if I were you!).

Will be back soon,
S.