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Sep 18, 2006
its raining cats and dogs and cows too!
u know its time to change the reading material, when you start having dreams about partial differential equations.
deep deep thought of the day ....hahaahah
. Posted at 10:25 pm by Precious Illusions
May 8, 2006
u know when you have exams, you would find a million things to do and things that normally you wouldnt want to. like watching a movie at the university center, cleaning your bathroom and kitchen thrice in a week. offering to babysit. watching loads of movies. talking for ages on the phone. playing pool. reading the same magazine four times. even cleaning yoru closet, whihc i really hate doing. looking for stuff online adding stuff to my amazon wish list, but not buying anything. finally buying something and then realizing that you didnt really need it. going for karaoke even though ur eally dont want to and you dont even like karaoke . anything to avoid studying. wish i can just focus and get this over with. pronto.
Posted at 07:56 pm by Precious Illusions
May 6, 2006
ok so i think spring is finally here. at least thats what i thought before i stepped out this morning and it was super cold. but brave me that i am was like ok the bus is coming (will have to wait another half an hour if i miss it). so should i go back and get a sweater or should i fly across the street (highly influenced by crouching tiger hidden dragon). i opted for flying and nearly got ran over by angry children's school bus guy (you know those yellow buses that hve school bus written on them. seriously i cringe everytime i see one). neway the guy gives me the 'can you not see me coming' look and then pressesthe car horn( is that wat its called here). and annoyed i was with the minimal amount of sleep ive been getting i gave him the 'can you not see the city bus coming' look. reaching the bus stop everyone staring at me. cmoing from a country where we are voted as one of the worst drivers in the world, its so common to use the car horn if someone does anything which is not to your liking. if someone moves in your space, is too slow, too fast, puts his finger in his nose, has music on too loud, stares at you or even if you just dont like the car or the color of the car. you press the car horn. there is no reason. whereas here in the states the horn is like the ultimate weapon and is to be used only when terribly angered. so anyway to cut a long story short. i was embarassed and decided to walk in the bitter cold (ok its not that cold, but at least it sounds dramatic). yea im lame like that. moral of the story: go back home and wear the sweater.
other stuff ive been noticing since im walking and all to school now, is tulips. i ve never seen tulips being grown.there are always miraculously in the supermarket or in a flower shop but never on the ground. well apparently they are so many different kinds of tulips and they are super easy to grow. if i had time and a digi cam i would upload some pictures but i have neither.
the other thing thats been bugging me lately is the amount of noise in the quiet study room area. initially it was just named the study room area. and then some genius renamed it the quiet study room area. but nobody gets the hint. last week a guy was talking on the phone for what seemed like a million hours asking his friend to translate japanese words. get a dictionary already dude. i felt like going up and taking his cell phone saying the words sayonara into the phone shutting it and saying 'that my friend means bye'. but obviously i would never do that ill just have these ally mc beal kinda scenarios in my head which make me feel good for like five seconds until my thoughts are interrupted by how do you say 'im doing good' in japanese.
seriously pple a quiet study room is meant for you to be quiet. trust me it would not be named that if otherwise.
Posted at 11:20 am by Precious Illusions
Apr 30, 2006
as ive grown older, over the last three years of getting to know my mom really well and spending so much time with her. fighting with her. sharing my mind, thoughts- i understand that no matter what i miss my mom when shes not around to annoy and that i love her so much. and although i may not agree with more than half the things she tells me or says. and that i lose my patience with her far more than i should. i find that when im sad she is sad with me too. and is happy in my happiness. same with my siblings. theres no other love like that. thats the best thing about ure family. no matter what happens, they are your support and will love you no matter what. i feel blessed and grateful. Alhamdullilah. Posted at 06:29 pm by Precious Illusions
Apr 19, 2006
HasbiyAllahu La Ilaha Illahu- Alaihi tawakkaltu wa huwa rabbul arsh-il-azeem
(Allah suffices for me, there is no god but He, in Him I place my trust and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne) Posted at 09:19 am by Precious Illusions
Dec 5, 2005
i saw rent yesterday. very sad movie. bunch of pple around me were crying. i don know but i guess im not so movie sensitive it takes a lot for me to cry in movies. this does have a great soundtrack. especially this song.
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments SO Dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?
In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife
In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life
How About Loooooooove?
How About Loooooooove?
How About Loooooooove?
Measure In Love
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Love
All
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Journeys To Plan
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Woman Or A Man?
In Truths That She Learned
Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned
Or The Way That She Died
It's Time Now - To Sing Out
Tho' The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate
Remember A Year In The Life Of Friends
Remember The Loooooooove
Remember The Loooooooove
Remember The Loooooooove
Measure In Love
Measure, Measure Your Life In Love
Seasons of Love
Seasons of Love Posted at 05:07 pm by Precious Illusions
Nov 3, 2005
yea its been a whole month since i last updated although i have been around reading other pples blogs. but just dont really have much to say. i guess im too concious now that i know people that i know are reading my blog. i guess its ok . not the good ok. but ok.
neway, i have so much stuff to do this week. and im just not in the mood. im using a replaced laptop with the same hard drive so pretty much all my stuff is in here, but it stil doesnt feel like its my laptop. i should be happy u know coz this is so much cleaner and i can see the screen without all my fingerprints on it. i am so gross, i know. but i still like my old messy one. this semester classes dont seem too fun. i have two professors who seriosuly need to take some voice modulation classes either that or i need to like sit five inches away from them, so im not distracted.
the whole stress of getting an internship is going to be hitting me soon. im not too sure what i want to do. i dont know if i want to go into trading anymore. sure, the moneys great and then u get to yell at pple not the mean kinda yelling yelling but its a lot of responsibility, risk and u need to really be good at it. i dont know about all three. im absent minded. i left a pen in my jeans the other day. and then put that in the washing machine. now i have blue inky stuff on lot of my clothes. this is worse than when a piece of clothng whose color comes off and dyes your other stuff that color. how can u explain a blot of ink. on all your clothes. they should seriously stop making pockets on pants. and if they do they should make them tiny so you can fit like change or i dont know i should stop with this story.
i think the responsibility stuff kinda scares me, which is why i dont want to get married too soon. yea having to explain why both of your clothes have ink blots on them is going to be taxing. but the thing is i think u should when your life is all planned out you have a focus you know wat ure going to do and its not just that u have to get married coz u know ure getting old and watever and coz ure mom is on ure case or your boyfriends mom is on his case. thats not really a good reason. part of me just doesnt want to grow up and do all these growing up stuff. u know when ure like 14 or so ure like oh i cant wait to get out of school and start working and have a great cool apt and decorate it and watever. then your like 18 and ure like ok i cant wait to have all that and get married. and then your like 21 and ure like oh i wish i wasnt graduating i wish i can start college again. and then now ure 23 and your like oh god i wish i was still finishing high school. its like you keep going back coz your kinda scared of wats going to happen and i guess when you get older u get more realistic or watever you want to call it and the future doesnt seem too idealistic.
Posted at 10:07 am by Precious Illusions
Sep 24, 2005
im finally here , and the semester has started. We have about 45 grad students in my class, all really smart. maybe a bit too nerdy. but watever. i guess im studying a lot these days so much that i feel drained already with it just being 3 weeks in.
i think the hardest part being out on your own is having to make decisions - things like should i cook or shuldnt i cook. should i buy or should i not buy. can i afford it or can i not afford i just hate making decisions. i bought a dining table today and after i set it up, i hate it. its not that bad, but i wish i could have something else. wat is it with me and this never ending want for things i think i want but i dont really want. sometimes, i can just be so confused.
we had a nobel prize winner give a speech this week, needless to say the hall was jam packed, pple sitting on the stairs,standing at the back. a full house. the basic topic being should our portfolios be diversified. really smart old guy though, my math tells me he may be 85 or something. when im 85 i wont even able to get out of my bed, let alone talk to a roomful of students and even some corporate pple. much of the lecture did make sense but i wasnt really listening, i think in crowded places i tend to watch pple more and concentrate less on the one person i should be watching. theonly thing that got my attention was when he dropped water on the laptop and the laptop shut down. i wonder whos laptop that was.
speakin of laptops i bought the school laptop and spent so much money given the fact that they would be supporting it and blah blah etc. but like all the dumb descisions that i make, i didnt really need too. pple generally here are pretty friendly, maybe not so much those who work in restaurants and leasing offices, but in general its ok.
im deciding to join a public speaking class coz i think i mumble too much and sometimes i feel ive reall nothing to say. which is pretty sad. the highlight so far is the pending trip to wall street, which im looking forward too. there is something about that city, i dont know what, but the liveliness, the crowd, the ambience. nothing matches new york city.
i think this time back in school im more focused, theres a huge change from being the freshman in undergrad and a first year in grad school. yea ok, you are older. and yea u should kinda know that wat you are doing is wat you want to do coz you are after all in grad school. but the place is still new, so ure still unsure somewaht, but you dont make so many mistakes. and you dont do things that you dont feel like doing at all. you are much more independanat and you are much more happier.
Posted at 05:41 pm by Precious Illusions
Jul 4, 2005
the complaint today is H.R.
HR where I work is horrible, even worse than horrible, actually. either that or im way too sensitive.
after having resigned, I expect them to send me a work certificate, so I can have a formal acknowledgment of my significant contribution to the work place (HAH!). neway, watever something you know. but no, they dont. its going to be a month and my mail box is still empty.
i call them up and A transfers me to B and then to C and then to D and then E. When I reach E, im quite fed up of telling my story explaining why - why am i calling , who - who, am i, and what - what do i need. often, pple transferring me on who. which is sad, really. maybe its me and my lack of assertiveness. neway after I reach E, E has somewat had some pity on me asks me to call up F and if shes not there call up G..ooh two leads. Feeling somewat like how a non-athelete feels on the last lap i clear my throat and wait eagerly to explain why, who, and wat to G optimistic that this will be the last time.
Unfortunetly, G's secretary picks up and says im sorry but G doesnt do that. so I call up E again, only coz I remmeber her name and have her direct line, all thanks to D, that she had been kind of helpful. she picks up with the you-again-voice and goes ok why dont u call the manager and adds why does everyone keep transferring you to me. i dont tell her that im dialing her direct number. at this point , I should get the hint.
but unfortunetly i dont. so i call up manager of the As to Gs. He doesnt respond. I call up five times in a row somewhat visualizing that he may be taking a drink of water (2 secs), walking back to the lobby (4 secs), maybe stopped to chat with someone (5 secs), entering his office door( 10 secs). ok time to start redialing now. i dont get through. i call up E again. Im like hes not picking up and theres no answering machine, wat should i do. im so lame. E goes, well u have to keep trying again, and dont call me back im in the middle of something. and then shuts the phone. i had half a mind to ring her again just to spite her. annoying female.
but i dont. manager of As - Gs calls me back. i explain to him the whole situation and my unsuccessful attempts at getting in touch with someone, anyone who can help me out. he listens than says but if they cant help you how can i help you.
i feel like going err. is this the manager?
so , i call up A again. i can be such a peecha paru types sometimes. shes like oh the person who is in charge of issuing the certificates and letters is out of town and the database - she only knows how to operate and blah blah. couldnt she have told me this before?? is that so hard to do.
seriously, why do pple throw their weight around?
Posted at 06:40 am by Precious Illusions
Jun 27, 2005
one of the things i find most annoying is a lack of tact.
so ure going to grad school, and you would like to speak to bunch of pple before you start just so ure not totally lost lost and can not be alone alone. so you have someone to talk to during orientation, so its not so awkard when you have those group activity things to do, so you have someone to go out to lunch with, so you have someone to explore the new city with, so you can basically make a friend.
but the first thing pple do is ask : did u get the visa? how are you doing with the loans or are u just rich? accompanied with a HAHAHA. wat a question to ask, and wats with the hahaha. wats so funny, weirdo. then the next question have u resigned yet or are u still working. and then an after thought, what do u do btw. ok is it just me or are the questions lacking serious chronological order.
after i was bombarded with all the above questions, of which i answered all as i would to any short-answers-only test, i got an ok - hey catch you later, bye. information extracted, obtained and absorbed and now bye.
seriously, why are pple like that? Posted at 07:50 am by Precious Illusions
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