Thursday, December 31, 2009

Apparently, according to someone, the mentality of a working woman and a homemaker is quite different. They obviously have different situations so then that influences their thinking and their priorities and how they view various issues in the world. I'm not being all sociological, but I'm just thinking and I think that nowadays, women are fortunate enough since they are allowed to work wherever they want to. However, its gone to a point where women have to be both working women, and come back home and be the perfect wives, cleaning and cooking and looking after children. I know this sounds like I'm complaining on behalf of all the women, but really, its true. And i'm not talking about my mother!

Its really quite sad you know and at the same time, its amazing cuz I just can't imagine myself to not be working when I graduate, and at the same time I don't plan on hiring a maid, in the future, whether I get married or not. Unless like, I can't handle the children of course.

Okay, I don't have my whole mind in this post so, i'm sorry. Got something else on my mind, and its not for this blog, a bit personal, so excuse me.

However I can't leave without doing a little rave about the newest Bollywood movie to hit our shores: 3 Idiots

IT IS BLOODY AMAZING!!!!! Seriously, I don't have the ability to express how brilliant this movie is, but I'm gonna give it a little try. Its hilarious and yet I found myself crying quite a few times in the movie. Its got some real truths, truths that aren't like superficial, but just are real and apply to ALL of us, not just the students in universities. The acting is superb and its just, really really REALLY good. I completely agree that its the best movie of the year and its a a fabulous to end this year with, at least for me. Anyway, going off, so good bye lovies and my next post will probably in the new year so SEE YA!!

love love
shini

Monday, December 28, 2009

Musings of 2009

A little late in saying this, but MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Anyway, the new year's coming up and well, this time of the year always makes us look back at the past year and wonder about the new year.

This year, 2009 has been an interesting one I think for me. Got my results, got into NUS, got a job(sort of), had A LOT of vacation time, started school, met new people, and I even manage to perform! Quite truthfully, earlier on in the year like during Arts Camp of even when I was lazing around the house, I was trying to imagine what the end of the year would be like. Like how it would be like to be a freshman who would have FINISHED her 1st semester. That just really overwhelmed me and I just couldn't imagine it; couldn't imagine what I'd be like, if I might have changed. Now, however,because Time never waits for anyone, I'm already here, ont eh 28th of December, waiting for the new year to start.Its really amazing actually.

You know how people say that at this time of the year, the old Year is an old man, and we're waiting for the new Year, to be literally "born"? That ALWAYS made sense to me.

Something else we do before the new year starts is to make new year resolutions. Or at least, decide on what we want to achieve in the new year. Whether or not we DO achieve them is another matter, for next year's end-of-year musings.

What do I want to achieve next year?
I havent' really thought much about it actually; been trying to enjoy the last few days of 2009, seeing as how 2008 was HELL for me.
I suppose this could be my tentative list:
1. obtain at LEAST 4.0 CAP for next sem, and maintain or improve that for 3rd sem
2.either find a job or do an internship during the 3 months break
3. take part in more sch activities?
4. OBVIOUSLY be fitter and exercise MORE, more regularly anyway
5. BE HAPPIER. -I know this sounds really strange but a lot of the time this year, i've been quite sad, or at least unhappy and we shoudl always be TRYING to be happy right?


This isn't the most perfect list and chances are, I might not fulfill it completely. Of course I WILL try my very best to fulfill it. I really DO hope I manage this though.

Anyway, this isn't set in stone or anything and it will probably change later on. Plus there are some other private goals I may want to achieve which I'm NOT going to put up here. so, anyway, I'll be going now.

love love
shini

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I am supremely average.

really.

3.20

4B- and 1B+

Yes I could have worked harder. MOST DEFINITELY. but not even 1A? wow my soci essays must have REALLY sucked.

oh god.

Well, try harder next sem. I AM going to get at least 4.0. DON'T CARE. I just gotta remind myself.



urgh. going shopping. bye

Thursday, December 17, 2009

I wonder if my parents have given any thought as to who I should marry. Assuming that they think I should marry at all of course, because we can all say we're "colour-blind", and all that, but really, MOST of us aren't. I mean not int he true sense of the phrase. At the very least, You'd notice or like guess that person's race, or sub-group they're from, since we ALL belong to some group right? You'd never actually make snide or demeaning comments about any particular race, but on the other hand, you can't actually say that you are "colour-blind".

So in this case, its with regard to my future partner, whether my parents are looking for a specific person, in terms of well, to put it somewhat crudely, race. I'd actually be fine with anything, so long as noone imposes anything on me and I would try my very best not to impose anything on anyone. I'd really like to get into the head of my parents, and see their opinion on this matter cuz god know that they will absolutely NOT tell me unless inebrited(seriously, it works, try it on your parents). Anyway, I don't know why I'm wondering about this now, its at least 6 years more till its absolutely NECESSARY that I think about this and what's more, my parents didn't even think I'd make it to university, much less they're old school, so I DON'T think that MY future marriage is anywhere in their minds. Okay, Sister is asking for massage, which I can't refuse since I refused to go shopping with them today, and they did ALL the xmas shopping today, so I feel guilty about avoiding the gruntwork so I must go off now. ciao my lovelie!

shini

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

books vs shoes

Went to the Bookfest today at Suntec and bought like 8 books and my FAVOURITE pens in the entire world so at the end of the night, I was in the BEST mood.

See buying a book makes me more happy than buying anything else. Whenever I go shopping, I like to look at shoes, or jewellery with clothes the last on the list. However even shoes can't compare to books. Seriously. I LOVE shopping for books and it makes me the MOST happy and so i was in a brilliant mood, and I mean absolutely glowing! Cuz i mean earrings or like shoes, yeah, they're new and pretty and everything, but with shoes, they never are completely comfortable for some reason with me and there are only so many new designs of earrings one can have. But a BOOK, is almost always unique in some way and it brings me to another place, sometimes to the point that I want to actually visit the place. Reading does that to me, at least fiction does that. Even non-fiction, like my texts and coursepacks now, are interesting to me though of course I'd much prefer to read what I like. Sigh. *floats happily away to read*

love love
shini!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

new realisations

Some things occurred to me today, and unfortunately I didn't have a pen on me so its a miracle that I can even remember them now so bear with me if it all sounds a little strange.

This year I've realised 2 things that I wasn't positive about in the past. Number 1 is that I actually don't like noodles very much. I've always wondered why I could never finish like a whole bowl of noodles but I definitely could finish a plate of chicken rice. Even pasta, I have to be in the MOOD for it, but baked rice is no problem. So I've realised that I'm a rice person, like a REAL rice person. Of course I've been reducing my rice intake and portions over the months and years la. I've also realised that I don't really like breads that much. I mean, I like it better than noodles of course, and its a must for breakfast, but I'm not like my mum and sister. I can't eat plain bread, without anything. I just can't. It has to have at LEAST butter, if not cheese. My sister and mother on the other hand, can totally whack plain buns and whatnot. However I do know that I really really REALLY like potatoes. really really. In almost all forms. I just don't like MASHED POTATO. cuz its too mushy for my liking. Anyway, enough about my favourite carbs, I'm not supposed to be talking or even thinking about them at this point.

Second thing I want mention is that I've always thought that I LOVED LOVED the beach. If you asked me, mountain-side or beach-resort holiday, I'd take beach EVER SINGLE TIME. Recently though I've found out that I really only like the beach in the day, when I can see the sea. I like actually being able to see the colour of the sea and the blackness of the sea and sky just depresses me. Even the ship lights don't cheer me up, cuz I think that they're having a party on the ship and I'm not invited. I also don't quite like it when like the sky's grey or FULL of white clouds, so the sea just looks drab and grey. So nowadays whenever like my mother wants to go to the beach, I will insist that we go in the daytime, so that I can at least see the blue (singapore's waters ARE BLUE so stop saying that they aren't) waters, before it gets all black.

This made me realise that actually, I'm a day person. I've always thought I was a night person. Like I could stay up till the wee hours no problem and I still can. However, I like the day better. I like colours, like on flowers and plants and the blue sky and the white clouds(or grey clouds) and just colours of everything. At night though, I can't see any colour so, its kind of well sad. And the day is a LOT more cheerful and hopeful cuz if you like haven't done something, YOU STILL HAVE TIME. But if its nighttime already, then YOU'RE OUT OF TIME. So I'm technically a day person, who can't wake up in the mornings, but loves the colour and BOTH the sunrise and sunsets.

I actually had something else to write about, but I can't remember the whole thought process of it and my sister's breathing down my neck to CONTINUE using the laptop, so I think I shall log off now.
ta my lovelies!

shini

Friday, December 11, 2009

Would you be sad if I died? Would it make a difference in your life?

How about something less morbid: Would you be sad if I went away to another country forever? Would that make a difference?

I'm not trying to get attention or be morbid or deviant or anything. I'm not trying to send any suicidal message out there in cyberspace. I'm just trying to make a point that for some people out there, they believe that if they disappeared or worse, died, it wouldn't matter to anyone. The believe that the world would be a better place if they didn't exist. They live a somewhat miserable existence, being depressed and upset and never happy or joyful. These people need help, they need someone to tell them that yes, if they were to die, or to disappear, I would miss you. I know that I don't say it to people, especially those who matter the most but I really love you very much and I will be very upset if ANYTHING happened to you. I'd miss you and I'd miss talking to you. I'd miss you being around for me to tell things to you and for you to tell me things. My family and friends, this is for you.

A chicken way of saying I care, but its a start right?

much love
shini

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Suicide

My dad was watching this program today, I have NO idea how he finds these programmes, but yeah, anyway, and I happened to be in the dining area, eating my special K. So I was listening to it, and they were talking about the one of the supposed deadly sins, sloth. Something about how it started out as really BEING a sin, but over time, and with the opinons of different people along the way, it became not so much as a moral thing, but as a physical ailment. Some called it melancholy and others depression.

Suicide was apparently connected to sloth and they also talked about how suicide was the ultimate sin. Now, suicide is considered a sin, not only Christianity but other religions as well, though I don't know the specifics. I was pondering about this little bit of fact I just heard about and well, I don't quite think that suicide is the ULTIMATE sin.

Yes I do agree that suicide is still the killing of a life, albeit it is yours. And I do think that life should be treasured not wasted over things that can be solved. Each life is important, and everyone is unique, so when someone dies, something unique and special is being removed from the world. So yeah, I can understand why people would believe that suicide is the ultimate sin.

Suicide often is the easier option, because well death, compared to what you may have to deal with in life seems like solace. For example, with euthanasia, where relatives have to decide whether or not to pull the plug, some relatives will argue that instead of drawing out the patient's life, being pumped full of drugs, that the patient can barely move or even recognise his or her loved ones, it is better to let them sleep, forever. Of course this is a different situation, but you know what I mean. Think about it, if your life is so full of drudgery, and depression and just plain bad things and you're being tortured on a regular basis, either mentally, emotionally or physically, then death is looking pretty good at the moment. Of course I can also see that suicide does seem like the cowardly thing to do. Instead of facing your problems and whatever mess you might have created, you're running away, to where noone can find you, supposedly leaving behind the problems. Unfortunately, often you're also leaving behind the problems for other people to solve, which is extremely unfair and it is maybe from this point of view that suicide is bad, because the person committing suicide is running away from the problems and is being selfish and dumping his or her problems onto another person, a loved one.

However I do also think that while its seen as a cowardly thing to do, I also think to actually take your life, is a hard thing to do. In the movies and all that they make it seem that its easy to kill yourself. There are numerous ways to do it. You could shoot yourself, though you'd have to find a gun first and well, that's quite hard to do in Singapore. You could slit your wrists, but people never do it right and just end up passing out with a lot of blood around them and not actually dying. Hanging is another option, and with Singapore's flats mostly having ceiling fans, its actually pretty easy. Things like suffocating yourself, is hard, cuz you gotta do it yourself; you have to actually bring yourself to do it. In this case, pulling the trigger and slicing your jugular open (apparently is a more effective way of doing it, but of course I don't condone it and I don't actually know) is extremely difficult to do cuz you have to make yourself do it.

People also think that overdosing on pills is the easiest way of killing yourself, but you see, its not 100% positive, as in, it would take time and people can find you and pump your stomach, and save you. Similarly, jumping off buildings, is also not a surefire way of suicide, cuz you've heard of people who jump off buildings and somehow still live, but they're 100 times worse off than before because they've got mega huge hospital bills, plenty of pain and a FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT, which means they'll be watched 24/7. So you see my point here? it does take some courage, in a way, to kill yourself.

Anyway, I would like to clarify here that I don't condone suicide, not do I want to commit suicide. I just have these opinions that I want to air on my blog. That's all.

Well, since I took so long to write this post, I've kinda lost my thread so I'll end this now.

shini

Monday, December 7, 2009

Hello hello peoples!!! been a few days since I've blogged. And its so strange but my cousin who also has a blog, INSISTS on asking, "what's shini wondering now?", making me remember that I haven't blogged in a while.

Anyway, tomorrow, I'm gonna have a new experience. Nothing major, don't worry. I'm gonna watch 2 movies by myself! or at least one movie by myself, since sister dear wants to watch de dhana dhan, WITH me. Well, we'll see. My point being that, well, I believe in experiences. Of course some things are better off NOT experienced, but, overall, I think they're good. My sister says that i CANNOT watch movies alone, but well, sometimes, if you really wanna, there's no harm, especially if you can't get a companion to go with you. Plus, I think I'm getting over the whole "all by myself" thing. so we'll see what happens.

I really should be figuring out the module preference exercise thing, but the stupid timetable builder is not working, which means I gotta work everything out manually. Which is why instead of doing that, i'm watching old episodes of Charmed.ahh well, i'll do it eventually

love
shini

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

hey hey children!!

Okay better write down this thought before it flies out. See on my mother's side, the side that I'm closer to, I have 8 cousins, including the ones living in the US (3). And one would naturally expect us all to get married according to age, and it just so happens that quite thankfully, none of us are like equal in age (though me and my other cousin are like technically 6 months apart, but he's still born in 1991 and I'm born in 1990 so whatever). So between the eldest of us and the youngest, there is a 20 year gap. So far, my first oldest 3 cousins have been married, 2 already have children. Of course the kids like toddlers la but still. Now logically, of apparently, for every important function like kid's birth or wedding, our whole family plus our other parent's sides are invited. This is like before anyone got married. That ALREADY was a large group. NOW, in-laws are also added to the group of "must invite". So I was wondering right, since the majority of us live in spore, by the time my youngest cousin gets married, there will be A LOT of people that "must be invited". Cuz everybody's in-laws gotta be invited too!!! Just thinking about it is making my head spin. I think my auntie better start saving up now itself man. Oh wait, university comes first. ahh well, i think my youngest cousin, should saving now itself:)

okay, that's it.

Oh also, I'm getting hooked into the show called "glee" specially since my OTHER favs are like not being uploaded. Which reminds me, better go check:)

ciao!

love
shini