Thursday, December 28, 2006

Cat Names

Everyone knows me as the "Cat Lady".. I love cats. And other animals. Ever since I've been young we've always had cats. I can't remember a time when we were without any sort of pets, be it cats or Quails. Yes. Don't ask. So without further adieu, I present to you a list of names for Cat's and other animals.

1 - Gustavo Einz Beinz Drienz.
2 - Vladamir
3 - Ninnubee
4 - Bumblebee
5 - The Bee
6 - Socks
7 - Misterchief
8 - Farmy
9 - The Little Cow
10 - Cheesy
11 - Fatty
12 - Fluffy
13 - Sheep
14 - Old Man
15 - Mungat Singh
16 - Dafty
17 - Blackie
18 - Softie
19 - Smelly
20 - Gujju
21 - Bujhi
22 - Kariyo (black in gujji. Tsk)
23 - Cookie
24 - Cookie Wookie
25 - Gorgoeous Porgeous
26 - Horsey
27 - Bunny
28 - Pigeon
29 - Wally
30 - My little: Gorgeous, boy, girl, drooly baby, baby, wet nose, fatty.. And so on.

.. I just realised that these are names we call Cookie. Ahem. And I wonder why I don't have many friends.. Tsk Tsk. =D

Sunday, December 24, 2006

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas

.. Just like the one's I used to know.
Where treetops glisten
and children listen
to hear sleigh bells in the snow.. =)

Since it's finally Christmas tomorrow, I thought I'd have an early Year review.. Oh, and up North, it definitely feels more Christmasy.. I think it's the *extra* coldness, and I think it may as well be a White Christmas! Yaay!

But anyway, here goes:


This year I/My..

- Lost my way.. At least till a few months ago.
- Bought new Jammies! That I love, and always wear! =D
- Had probably one of the best summers, ever. [In Dubai]
- Went through a whole "realisation" period. Gasp.

- Became aware of who I was becoming as a Person
- Pulled Cookie's paws because they looked so cute.. *Whistles*
- Took a driving test, and failed.
- Booked another Driving test for next year [at least it's in process. Ahem]
- Applied to Universities.
- Got my wicked predicted grades.
- Starred in a hollywood movie .. Wait, wrong one ^o)
- Discovered A LOT of really good music.
- Finally found a *stable* music collection.
- Travelled to Exeter/Plymouth/Torquay - All of which were absolutely gorgeous!
- Went to Dubai and saw my old teachers from last year!

- Discovered a lot of different TV Shows that I wouldn't have been open to watching last year.
- Watched *A LOT* of movies. Still, never enough though.. =D
- Became a crazy Ebay-er.
- Had a lot of scary experiences.
- Promise myself, not to make New Years resolutions - Cause they never work.
- Got a Laptop! GASP!
- Got a wireless connection! =O
- baby nephew was born =D Hello Thuffy!
- cousin's (four of them) had four babies.

- Had a lot of health problems =(
- I grew up, and changed a lot.

.. This is fine for now. Much more where this came from, but I'd rather stop for now.

This year has been probably one of the bumpiest years I've had. I started off on the wrong foot, and had to experience a lot of difficult things. This year will be marked as one of the toughest, most fullest year.. I had absolutely beautiful memories from this year, and well.. I'm glad that I got to experience everything - the high's and low's. =D


Having said that though.. The wishes I made on New Year's.. Came true. All of them! =D
Gasp. I grew up. *Yes, I'm still in shock*

Hope you all have a great Holiday!
And here's a little something for you to all get all dazed over. =D I thought of putting a traditional christmas something, but thought against, since I do it every year.

So, enjoy staring at this gorgeous picture! =D And save some Christmas pudding for me! *Yummy*


Friday, December 22, 2006

A Foggy Day In London Town

With all the crazy chaotic christmas (this was so not intended) rush at all the airports, because of the Fog. And, I just had to post a picture of how.. It really looks. Oh, and this was taken at 3pm. In the *afternoon*.. When it was about -20 degrees (yes, I'm exaggerating. But It really felt like that =P)

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Ronn Montague Moss

AKA - Ridge Forrester, on the *NEVER* dying, "Bold and the Beautiful".

I was going through YouTube today when suddenly I remembered this video I saw of Mr.Hunky Dory *cough*. I found it, watched it and choked really badly, whilst laughing hysterically. Yes, Ronny dear is back.. And singing. Yep, you heard it. This is his second attempt at singing, by the way. He left his former band, "Player" to pursue a career in acting. Tsk. Obviously neither worked well, so he's back in singing again.. And this video, is probably one of the cheesiest, most saddest one I have seen in a very long time. =D

Also, here are the lyrics. Absolutely deep and meaningful, I say. Bought big tears to my eyes.

And since blogger is being a bit of a pain, click here to see the *hottest* video, ever. *Shudder*.

School

When I was in school [Dubai, obviously - My last year], I used to DREAD waking up early in the morning. It'd be 5.45am and my mum would come in and say, "Sanaa beta, wake up, it's a quarter to 6". At that moment, all I'd want to do is sleep for a couple of hundred hours more. I'd begin to cry and think of a million excuses to why I shouldn't go to school. It was a daily thing.. Although, I'd somehow manage to get myself out of bed just in time, get ready - put on my uniform, play with my cat a bit if I had the time, and then rush downstairs to catch the bus. At 6.30 the bus would turn the corner, and come to get me. I'd get so excited getting on the bus. It was always so much fun.. We'd all become, like a small family. We'd all know eachother and talk freely about absolute crap. It was what made the hour and half journey to school, worthwhile. I made some pretty close mates on the bus.. Strangely enough though, we'd never you know, mingle at lunch time or anything, we'd leave everything for the bus ride home.

As soon as we'd cross the bridge, which was just a few minutes away from school, my tummy used to start getting all knotty, for various reasons - either I hadn't done some of my homework, and was worried what my teacher would say to me, or I had a french lesson that afternoon. Everytime I had French, I'd get really nervous. I'd feel really intimdated being in those classes, because everyone knew french, and spoke it confidently even if they didn't.. I, however, felt out of place at times, and instead chose to miss the whole day. Tsk.

When we'd arrive at school, my bus would usually be the 3rd in line, out of 20 others. We'd always come in early, and that was probably the best bit about my morning (apart from teaching *cough* educational stuff on the bus to all my mates, that is). I'd walk out of the bus, and walk past to the very few people that were already there, as it used to be very early still. I'd go upstairs to my classroom, switch on the AC, arrange my stuff.. And just sit for a while. I'd go for a nice long walk all around school, for the longest time, bumping into people and chatting for a bit or messing around with my biology teacher, Mr.D'cruz. Slowly, the corridors would begin to get crowded.. And that is when the day would start. I'd go into all the other classes to meet my mates, and see how they were doing. As the 8am bell would ring, we'd all go into our classes and sit through registration. During that time, I'd talk to my class teacher, and just have a laugh or two with everyone. Most of the time I'd see everyone rushing their unfinished homework.

The day would go on, with three classes before and after break time. During break time, we'd all rush downstairs to finally get some time to just relax and eat in the 20 minutes. We'd see all these boys (gasp!) come to our section, and drop off the environmental stuff (recycling stuff) and leave. Usually it was Puj who would do it.. All these girls, in 2-3 years below ours, would giggle non-stop and put away their food, to get his (and the other blokes) attention. As soon as they'd leave, they'd all start eating, blushing and say things like "oh my god!! He looked at me!!".. But then again, they'd do that with any guy who came into the girls section, as it was considered a big, big deal. =D

The next three classes would go on, and in between them i'd hear all sorts of gossip. Some girl would be crying because her boyfriend broke up with her, for another girl. Another would be secretly smiling because she was the one who made them break up.. Whilst the cleverer ones would roll their eyes, sigh along and shake their head in disappointment, because they weren't getting enough work done. The best though, was when girls would backbite about eachother. Oh, that was definitely the most amusing time ever! And I actually miss all of that.. That whole atmosphere, of seeing girls and guys being all ga-ga over eachother for a week or two, and then suddenly move on to the next. Then, the most classic - when girls would run to the bathroom to doll themselves up, and walk through the open corridors, and laugh really really loud to get the guys attention from the other corridors.. Absolutely hilarious! The kinds of things they'd do.. Tsk. Even though it was really sad, and so immature, it was what made school fun, and what made the experience so.. Unique.

Going home was a great time too. We'd all discuss our days in the bus, and eat and just relax. I'd get home, and within an hour, I'd be on the phone with one of my mates again.. As though we hadn't spoken in years.. Tsk Tsk. =)

When my parents and sisters used to tell me, that "you're going to miss school one day.. It's probably one of the best experiences of life!" - I'd never really understand what they meant at the time. I mean, how could you miss waking up early in the morning, and how could you miss all those extremely dramatic girls.. And the boring subjects? Turns out, they were completely right.. I'd give anything to just experience that one year, all over again.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Recommendations

I've really been out of blogging lately. But in this time, I've discovered some pretty good music! It feels great to finally have a stable selection, that means something. =D So I've put together a few tracks I particularly love..

Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence
I can't believe I took so long to finally *LISTEN* to this song. I've heard it for ages now and is finally a part of my favourites.

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Thanks to sister dearest, I finally found this song. I heard it first when I watched an ad for Grey's Anatomy. I fell in love with it instantly.. The second time was in One Tree Hill. Need I say more? It is a bit repetative, but it's not the annoying kind. It's one of those *dazey* songs.

Lifehouse - Blind
As most of you may already know, I've loved Lifehouse for ages now! This song in particular has been stuck in my mind for days. I can't wait for their next album! =|

The Fray - How to Save a Life
Another brilliant song. Their whole album is pretty good actually. Another OTH song.

Jann Arden - Run Like Mad (aka - "Elsewhere")
A kind of *long-drive* song. Used to be the initial theme song of Dawson's Creek.

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
A classic. What more can I say?

Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
Gasp. Axl Rose. Gasp.

Sigh. I love my collection. =D

Tagged

Rakhshi: "List every single nick name and it's variation that you have ever been called in your entire life"

Ahem. Here goes (and I'm going to list all of them, even the ones I was called for a short while Tsk.)

1 - BoomBoom
2 - Sunny
3 - Sunshine
4 - Chani
5 - Chanaki
6 - Poppat
7 - Nanna
8 - Ola
9 - Twit
10 - Wally
11 - Unniso
12 - Socksy
13 - Fog
14 - Uncle Peter
15 - Woz
16 - THE ant
17 - QueerOne
18 - Pujama (number ONE! *Cool Face*)
19 - Sunny Wunny
20 - Idiot
21 - Fool
22 - San
23 - SanSan
24 - PeculiarOne
25 - Sockses
26 - Nanna Ola Fudge The Pudge
27 - Rolly Polly
28 - Sumo
29 - Chani Wuny
30 - Ashley
31 - PrincessBananaHammock the sock theif
32 - Sama
33 - Sarna
34 - Sandy (yes, I was called that for so long)
35 - Stevie
36 - Veanses
37 - Chanu
38 - Sun
39 - Bob
40 - Sanvar
41 - Young Man
42 - Sanoo
43 - Othca
44 - Mrs. Beckham (lmao. PLEASE don't ask)
45 - EMMA!!!! (hahah!)
46 - Sanoori
47 - Hairy - My most current one. And the best! =D

EDIT: I forgot one of the most common ones, thanks to sister dearest, she reminded me.. Ahem I present to you, the one, the only.. " OLD MAN " =D

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Waddup, Yo.. *Puke*

So I had another moment of artificiality this morning.. It was pretty horrible. I mean, just when I think I can maybe just start tolerating the people here, something smacks me in the face!

Lately, I've been trying to make my college part of life seem better. I try talking to people I would never have before, and I try looking at them through a different light, so to speak. Having said that, I don't think I can continue with it any longer! I tried for a while, and I think it's pretty clear where I stand in all of that, yes I am labelled a loner.

To be honest, I can't be more happy. I'd rather spend the rest of the year alone, than mingle with those absolutely shallow and artificial people.

This morning was when I made that decision. I was waiting for the bus to college, when these two guys [clearly from my college] started putting this horrendous song on their phone's loudspeakers. It was unbearable! The lyrics were nasty and so meaningless. The music was all repetative, which was seen through the three other tracks he played. It was pure torture. Luckily though, the bus driver didn't let them on!

When I got to college, I walked through the corridors and stopped. A herd of guys were coming through, and I literally felt nauseous looking at them. Each of them had their caps half way off their heads, they all wore the same "thuggish" looking outfits that were either from Nike, or the like. They all had their mobile phones blasting with some form of crap music, also known as R&B, Hip Hop, Rap and other such nonsense. Along with that, they all had big fat gold/silver chains/bracelets/rings. And last but not least, they all walked with their bottoms half way down their arses, as they walked with the limp. What a pretty sight, eh?

It was then I realised, what a bunch of clones they were. They all looked just like the other, and they all talked in slang, whilst kissing their teeth every so often, and swearing with every other word. And ooh, here is an example;
"I know bruv, tell me bout it! I aint takin no (profanity) sh*t from no (more profanities) yeah, yeah innit bruv!! *Kisses teeth whilst he picks up the phone* Yeah yeah, wagwaan? I don't (profanity) know blad! Get your (profanity) ass down here you (and yet another profanity).."

And obviously the extremely inteligent conversation goes on from there.. It was absolutely sickening, seeing that first thing in the morning! I got into class after that, and what do I see? The same-ish atmoshpere there, except this time, it's girls. They all have those skinny jeans on, with those short jackets with fluffy cuffs and hoodies, along with big hooped earings, and make up. Oh, and not to forget the same high-heeled boots. Yep, more clones.

What's even sad is that, there are a bunch of indian guys who have joined college. They have come from Mumbai, etc. And about 3 months ago, they were so different. They had side partings, wore normal jeans and t-shirts! Now, they all have a ciggerate in their hands, and go to the store to pick up *Root Beer*, and thinking it's actually alcoholic beer they drink it with a huge fat grin on their faces. They start walking with the limp as well, and begin to wear similar thuggish clothes whilst blaring the same sad music. Oh, and they hum along as well. Tsk..

It's very very hard to find someone with substance and some form of individual personality here. VERY hard. Probably impossible actually. They are all so immature, fake and uninteligent. Some of them have been in the same course for 4 years. Or more. Enough said! I mean, I tried to start off a conversation with this girl in one of my Alevel classes, and this is how it went:

Me: So hey, how are you finding psychology this year?

Substanceless girl: Err.. Don't know. I don't really care. I just come in to get my EMA, need to buy my boyfriend something, going to go see him next weekend, he doesn't live here! I've not seen him in 2 weeks, I miss him so much! You know we got together a couple of months ago, and we had our first fight two days ago. It was so bad. I can't believe we even faught, I was up all night crying..

Me: Oh, I see.. *Turns face away*

Substanceless and now irritating girl: Yeah, it was bad! He called me at night and I was really sleepy so I said "babe I'll call you later".. And he just hung up on me! I was so upsetttttt!! Oh, it was terrible!

Me: Oh yeah, sounds awful, how did you get through such a heart-breaking episode in your ever so eventful life?

Irritating Girl: It was, it was heart-breaking! I called him up the next morning, and said I was so sorry and then I told him to never do that again!

Me:*Ignore*


.. Obviously it was a pretty bad idea. And yes, I won't ever make the mistake ever again. Tsk. Oh and this isn't even HALF as bad as the other girls, so you can imagine, what I go through. I can't even handle sitting in the same class as these people, it's unbelievable how pathetically immature they are.

Ooh, I feel better. Oh well, back into my safety box now. =D Yaay!

Sunday, December 03, 2006

NO INTERNET! GASP!

So life has come to a terrible standstill. My pride, joy and life has been taken away from me.. Yes, that's right, the INTERNET! *Cries hysterically*

It's quite sad really, cause at the end of this week when I'll *hopefully* have it back, no one would have even noticed I was gone anyways. Gasp. That is really sad. I think I'm going to be depressed about that rather than the net going.

Ah well, just shows what a boring sod I really am. Tsk Tsk

Now that I'm sitting in a rather questionable internet cafe, I realise that there is someone's chewingum that seems to have gone black, stuck to my coat. Ahem. That wouldn't of happened at home =( sniff.

Anyhow. I'm going to go now and you know, study. Gasp. See you all in a week. Don't cry, please don't cry. I'll be back before you can say.. erm.. "snap".
Don't ask. Tsk.

*cries hysterically* whilse a loud round of applause is heard. She takes a bow, and as a tear falls, her hands begin to wave her beloved audience, slowly. She continues this, whilst the curtains drop. Slowly, the light dims, and the only thing that is heard, are sniffles and deep breaths. She speaks from behind the curtains.. "This is for you, you've been so good to me. I love you, so much. *cries* and remember, I'll be back.. very soon. Just don't lose hope"

Ahem.. I'm REALLY SAD!