Not a great Christmas this time...

And Yo....
So yeah, as the title says, this time Christmas was a blaugh affair for me.... It kinda rained the whole day and all I did the whole day was clean up the house, since mom was returning from India that evening. Didn't really feel like Christmas at all :/...
Now I'm just waiting for new year. The vacation started out pretty great and is still going on strong :)... Though it does get a little boring at times....and there are moments when I miss college and hostel and the crazy people I live with.
Also, I'm on my 7th Japanese drama ^^", one called Zettai Kareshi. I'm addicted, I know. But I'm watching it in small healthy doses so I don't think there's anything for me to be very worried about :P
The ones I've finished are Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, Hana Kimi, Attention Please, Ouran Highschool Hostclub, Mei-Chan no Shitsuji and Atashinchi no Danshi :). They're all pretty good but Hana Kimi and Atashinchi no Danshi were my favourites. Always looking for more good ones to watch :) It's also helping me improve whatever grasp I have of the japanese language :D I always feel awesome when I understand what the people on the shows are saying, without me having to read the subtitles :P
Oh and I also did some sketching after a very VERY long time :)

Yeah, as you can see, I've made some amateurish attempts with watercolour and charcoal... I'm not too happy with it, but I don't think it's that bad either. Sort of Meh art :/

Oh and I am finally on Instagram... ^_^
Here's one of the first pics I've uploaded

I love these new glasses I bought :D
Plastic frames are all the rage these days... I love the red and black paint splatters on the side :
But I wish my eyes were bigger... I've been told by so many people that I look a tad South East Asian, and quite frankly I don't see it at all O.O.
But it's not like I mind or anything :)
Also, I've been taking guitar a lot more seriously recently. I figured since I have a lotta free time these hols, I might as well learn it properly, you know?
So I've learnt a few songs like Leaving on a Jet Plane-John Denver, I'm Yours-Jason Mraz, Californication-RHCP, Hero of War- Riise Against as well as a couple of Greenday songs :) Sure They're all pretty basic and easy to play...But I gotta start somewhere yeah?
And I've noticed, I've gotten better at switching chords as well as getting barre chords to actually make some sound :P.
So if anyone knows any good old songs I should learn to play, mention it in the comments pweeeez :3?
Oh and any good japanese dramas I should watch too? :P
^^"
I love you all :)
Happy New Year in advance ^_^
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: That's not my name-The Ting Tings \m/

Holidaaaaaaaaaaays......... Almost -.-

I'm SOOOOO exhausted =.=
Atleast I WAS. Now I'm sort of well rested but I'm still falling asleep all over the place. The three or so last weeks of college before the term ends are always the craziest. We go for almost two whole days without eating or sleeping properly.
Today was my Design Jury....and now I plan to go back to hostel and sleep for 15 hours straight.
By the way.... did anyone see the meteor shower last night? :)
I got dragged outta bed by a very enthusiastic roommate at FOUR in the freaking morning to go watch them. There were maybe nine of us who snuck out onto the terrace. We lay down on the floor there for almost an hour watching the skies.
It was beautiful... I saw eight shooting stars :) My first time seeing any...
Now all I have to worry about is completing fourteen sheets for my jury on Monday and I'm FREE ^^!!!
I'll be going home for a whole month of winter holidaaaays :D!
DAMN, I'm so excited :P
I'm looking forward to some real R&R after such a crazy semester.... It's been a while since I've been able to sleep peacefully without worrying about work... Man, Architecture is a really REALLY hard course.... Sometimes, I really wonder why I'm here. I'm pretty sure I won't make a good architect :/
Anyway.... I'll worry about that stuff after I graduate :P For now, all I gotta do is work for Monday and I'm done ^_^

Me and a bunch of my friends going all Geek Chic in hostel :P

 Oh and I know I'm kinda late, But i also recently started watching Japanese dramas. I LOVE THEM ^^ \m/ :P... They're kinda like Anime only with real people. Plus it helps with my Japanese or whatever little I know of the language :P. So far I've watched Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge and Hana Kimi... And I'm halfway through Attention Please at the moment ^^"... Yeah I know, I'm kinda overdoing it....but I can't help it!!! They're ADDICTIVE!!! >.< :P
Oh and if anyone else knows any more fun J-Dramas tow atch, drop me a line in the comments?? Pweez? :3 :P

And this is a completely random pic of me I took in class :)

Anyway, I hope you all have a great weekend :)
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Doll-Scandal \m/ new fave band :P

So yeah, I realised that apart from putting up photoshop edited pics, I haven't been doing much posting. And I apologise. I have got maybe a grand total of 32 hours of sleep in the last one week. It's been a bit crazy with submissions and stuff. Architecture is getting harder and harder :/
But now, I've got 9 days to breathe. I'm in Chennai for the Dussera break and instead of the usual boiling hot weather, we've got rain and mud and blaughness everywhere >.<.
I'm not much of a cold weather person, as you may have guessed -.-
So yeah, it's the holidays, but here in Chennai, I'm an outsider and not allowed to go out on my own, since I don't know the place and stuff...
But I STILL do and it's awesome :P
Nothing like getting lost by yourself in a place you don't know, where you can't even speak the local language to help you learn your way around ;)
And it's cool because I'm travelling in buses and share autos on my own (auto men in Chennai LOOT you -.-), feeling all independent and grown up, even though I'm not :P
Oh and I started drawing again ^^!!
Man, it's been a while since I did some decent sketching. Main reason being I used up my drawing book and gave it away to my little sister for her birthday, which was waaaay back in September. And I bought a new one just recently.
So i'll be posting some new sketches soon ^^
But MAN, I'm rusty :/... Just seeing the standard of my drawing now, compared to when I used to sketch regularly kinda depresses me :/
Gotta work on that :)
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind:Intuition-CN Blue :)

It seems this is all I do these days ^^"

Whatcha think?
I'm getting addicted to Photoshop o.O. It's just so much fun. I completely lose track of time when I play around on it.The other day, 4 hours went by in 10 minutes :O.
But it's just so much fun^^
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Oppa Gangnam Style-PSY (Don't hate me ^^" It's just so catchy.And the video is hilarious XD)

More photoshop stuff....

Been playing around a bit. I created this series because my laptop kept getting hung and I had to save every five minutes or so. I kinda like it :) Also the last one is kinda 'Snow White and the Huntsman' inspired :P LOVED the movie :)

Me making a fish face, with my conscience waving 'Hi'' from my shoulder

Peace
Maya
(My name is an alias, btw :P. Maya is a name I wish was mine)
Song on my mind: Breath of life-Florence and the Machine <3 p="p">

Swamped!!!

Yo.
It's been AGES and AGES, yeah?
I have been flooded with work and I STILL am, despite staying up till 4 AM for the past two days. I am currently a sleep-deprived zombie with vegetable mush for brains -.-
It's that bad >.<
So what' been up?
I'm on my college magazine graphics team ^^!! Yay!! :D But it also means a LOT of work :/. I mean, I don't mind, cos Photoshop is work I LIKE. only problem is, it's kinda getting in the way of college work too :(.
And MAN, do we have a lt of college work >.<
Our professors are just coming across as sadistic these days -.-.
Worst part is, I missed three days of college, so I've got all that work to catch up on AND this magazine work. SO yeah, not too much time to breathe these days :(
I've been in a really bad mood these last few days, and I'm not even really sure why. It just feels like random things that people do, which wouldn't normally affect me, are getting my hackles up :S. And it's irritating because it's not worth getting all emotionally exhausted over nothing, yeah?
And we have even more submissions coming up so there'll be no experiencing peaceful sleep for atleast three more days. By which time, I'd have turned positively rabid -.-
*Sigh* Oh well... I guess it's all part of college life. I'll sit through it, but it doesn't mean I won't whine and whinge and mutter darkly under my breath.
Okay, I'm starving now. I've eaten last almost a day ago. Was too caught up with work to take care of food :P. I'll catch all of you later?
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind:  Headlight-Monkey Magik

More photoshop time pass :P

^^ Whatcha think?
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind:Sunburn-Muse

Messing around on photoshop :D, actually made this one for my little sis.... Kaoru from Ouran HIgh School Host Club <3 :p=":p" in="in" love="love" nbsp="nbsp" p="p">Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Riptide-Sick Puppies

He said, "Son, have you seen the world?Well, what would you say if I said that you could?Just carry this gun, you'll even get paid"I said, "That sounds pretty good"
Black leather boots, spit shined so brightThey cut off my hair but it looks alrightWe marched and we sangWe all became friends as we learned how to fight
A hero of war, yeah that's what I'll beAnd when I come home they'll be damn proud of meI'll carry this flag to the grave if I must'Cause it's flag that I love and a flag that I trust
I kicked in the door, I yelled my commandsThe children they cried but I got my manWe took him away, a bag over his faceFrom his family and his friends
They took off his clothes, they pissed in his handsI told them to stop but then I joined inWe beat him with guns and batonsNot just once but again and again
A hero of war, yeah that's what I'll beAnd when I come home they'll be damn proud of meI'll carry this flag to the grave if I must

'Cause it's flag that I love and a flag that I trust
She walked through bullets and hazeI asked her to stop, I begged her to stayBut she pressed onSo I lifted my gun and I fired away
And the shells jumped through the smokeAnd into the sand that the blood now had soakedShe collapsed with a flag in her handA flag white as snow
A hero of war is that what they seeJust medals and scars, so damn proud of meAnd I brought home that flag, now it gathers dustBut it's a flag that I love, it's the only flag I trust
He said, "Son, have you seen the world?Well, what would you say if I said that you could?"
PeaceMaya

Back again...

And wow, it's been a while.
And so so so SO much has happened, I don't know where to start.
For starters, my summer vacation is over. It started out really (REALLY) boring, to the point where I was practically dying to get back to college. But it ended up being one of the best vacations EVER. Around 32 members of my family gathered in Hyderabad in ONE HOUSE for four days and that part of the vacation was the most incredible. It was nice to see all my cousins again and have our usual discussions and teasing sprees :P. Towards the end, I was just DYING to stay at home :(.
But of course, college had to get in the way.
So yeah, now I'm back here and officially a Second year student.
But I am not as happy to be back as I thought I would be. Things have changed now. People have changed.
It's hard to adjust to everything all at once... But I'm trying my best. Sometimes it's just easy to go with the flow, yeah?
But moving back to hostel is like jumping into a whirlpool. I get sick of the bitching and the politics. And being back in college kinda makes me feel all alone :/. I mean, I have my friends here and everything....but still.
It's not home T_T.
And all our stuff was moved into another room. I HATE it when people move my things without asking me >.<. And even more when they don't take care of it. I mean, seriously?? I lost my bucket and all my toiletries and a towel. I found my first year portfolios...But not my models :(. And i'd spent so much time on them :'(.
And the worst part is we're getting work and deadlines to submit it all...but we're not even settled into our rooms yet and so have no place to work. The first week of college has been so hectic and I'm so so so SO exhausted X|.
It's just kinda depressing to be back in college. Thinking of all the work that we'll have to do. The holidays didn't seem long enough :/.
But then there's something to look forward to. Our juniors will be coming this year. Which means new friends and hopefully more fun in hostel :).
Right now, I guess I'm at that phase where I don't know who my friends are. Deciding whose opinions are worth my time and whose aren't. It's a little hard to decide whether I care or not about what people think. But sometimes that makes me feel like a jerk. Things might matter and things might not.
I just don't know anymore. 
Let's see what happens.
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Hero of War- Rise Against. The video made me cry. REALLY deep.

Words...

This is a 1st year Architectural design project we had to do. We were supposed to use 50 words that came to mind when we thought of the word TRANSITION to make a picture. Sure mine is (again) Anime-related but what the heck...
It works for me ^^

Sorry, I"m not posting too often. Things have been a little crazy at home, We're leaving to India on the 22nd evening :D and we'll be in Cochin on 23rd morning \m/....
And after four days there, we'll be touring south India. ^^.
Oh also, this summer we're having a graduation party for me and three other cousins of mine who've all passed out of school and will be starting college this year too. It's been a while since the whole family got together. It'll be nice to see everyone again :).
But I'm really really looking forward to going back to college... :)
It'll be great to see everyone again. Man, I've missed those nutjobs :P.
So anyway, I'll post again from India when I can. We don't have a net connection over there so the posts will be far and few until I get to college, at least.
Oh and my results are STILL not out yet -.-.
The professors at our college have been postponing it and postponing in and I've had four sleepless nights already >.<. I'm really sick of waiting for them. I just want to know if I've passed and get it over with -.-
I''ll post again soon <3
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: The Pretender- Foo Fighters

First EVER Payday :D

So yeah, I told you guys about this internship I was doing, yeah? The one I thought I was doing for free and 'for the experience' as my dad put it?
Well in the end I DIDN'T end up doing it for free.
I GOT PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAID :D :D :D \m/ !!!!
And a LOT more than I'd ever thought I'd get for going to the office and goofing off for a whole month :O.
And with one third of the cash I got, I managed to buy a brand new iPod touch.

My baby <3

(The rest of the money goes to my parents as my first salary ^^).
But it sure feels awesome buying things with your own money. And the new iPod is a dream ^_^....
(I'm addicted to this game I downloaded on it called Temple Run ^^")
And yes, I am completely in LOVE with my new iPod...
However, as for it's name, I'm debating between iHop and bunnyPod.
Why?
Here's why...

iHop / bunnyPod

My little sister convinced me to get it.
Every time I look at it, I go 'What was I THINKING? :O' in my head. But at the end of the day, it's still so darn cute :P.
So which one? iHop or bunnyPod?
By the way, my final first year results are out on Wednesday and I'm really freaked. I'm praying I don't get a  supplementary paper :/. Keep your fingers crossed for me :S!!
Peace ;)
Maya
Song on my mind: Angels on Billboards-Declan McGary :) It's got nice lyrics...

Hey :)... Been a while...here are some more of my sketches which I've photoshopped...Getting slightly better at it I hope :).
Tell me what you guys think...and criticism and advice would be appreciated :).

Emo-ness :P

My friend, Chao...whom i photoshopped...she was actually wearing emo make-up...we were just messing around :P

I sketched the girl from one of those hair magazines you find in salons...i left the lines from the notebook paper still on her :P

I just have a thing for that shade of pink that her hair is. :P

Watermelon  ^^

And this is me....photo taken in Jan when i was on vacation in Delhi...

Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Something's got a hold on me-Christina Aguilera (it's a soundtrack from the movie, Burlesque which I've watched maybe....8 times? :P)  

I've been messing around on Adobe Photoshop 7 a lot these days... And I gotta say, I'm getting pretty good at it, even if I DO say so meself :P. I mainly experiment at when I'm at work, heh heh ^^".

This is a photoshopped, and cropped pic of me at our college annual day.
Photography credits to Shamik ^^.

 These are some of my sketches which I've messed around with on Photoshop :). The last one is my favourite ^^. Tell me what you think? (P.S:I'm VERY new to Photoshop, so advice and criticism will be appreciated ^^)

Hologram

Candy ^^

Dance Dance- Fall Out Boy <3

Butterflies :)

Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Hungarian Sonata- Richard Clayderman...my sis has been playing it on the piano for the whole of last week....and now it's STUCK in my head -.-

Yo. It's been AGES.
Almost a month, in fact.
So yeah, I've made a draft of this post so many times i lost count. There's actually not much to say. But here's what's happened so far.
1. I made it through my first year of college. Alive.
Woot?
:P
2. I got an internship job here at home, working under a Polish architect. I'm not gonna be paid ( boo hoo :'( )....but it's good experience anyway ^^. It's kinda sad about the no pay thing though. The real reason I wanted a job in the first place was so that I could make some money and buy myself a new iPod, since I lost mine in college (I've kicked myself mentally SO many times after that for being a careless ass -.-).
3. I went into some shopping frenzy and bought myself a WHOLE new wardrobe. I mean, i DID lose 11 kilos so all my old clothes were loose for me. And it feels awesome to actually go shopping and find clothes that fit you :). The only down side is that all my jeans are loose for me now cos I've gone down maybe 4-5 inches around my waist.
Ah well.... I guess I can always buy new jeans too :D
4.College opening got postponed
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*Something inside me DIES*
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NEED TO POSTPONE It!!! -.-
I want to go back to college :'(
I miss my friends.
Okay, I know this has been the LAMEST post so far...But I really have nothing much to say. Things have just...STOPPED HAPPENING ever since college closed for the summer :/. I might not be updating too often, considering I have absolutely NOTHING of interest to say. But I will when I will, okay?
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind:Set Fire to the Rain- Adele

This is what kept me going the last three days, when i was going mad working. I laughed till I almost cried XD
I wish I had a couple of these minions. Maybe a foot tall and they'd speak like them.
And I'd make them draft my sheets for me XD XD...
But I'd love them and feed them bananas and kiss them good night :P
You know what I want for christmas, Santa.... now do your thing :P
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind: Ba Ba Ba Ba Banana...Potatooooooooooo..... :P XD

Just a month to go...

Aaaand it has been a VERY hectic time since I last posted... I am so sleep deprived and hungry right now, I think I'm gonna cry. There are bags under my eyes. FREAKING PURPLE BAGS!!!
It's the last month of drudgery before college closes for the summer vacations. I'm not very sure what to feel about summer...I'm going home to my parents and sister and I am really Really REALLY looking forward to that.... BUT I also will miss the people here. Life's gonna feel a little empty without this nutcase bunch around me, I guess :/
What kinda sucks is that they'll all be here in India while I'll be back home...Across the Arabian Sea...On familiar Desert Sand again...
Seriously. WHO the HELL goes to Kuwait in the SUMMER?!?! o.O
It goes up to about 50 freaking degrees there! (okay, maybe we have AC./..but it's not like I wanna be stuck home for two months -.-).
My sister's school doesn't close until the end of July so THAT's when I'll get to come back to India :/.
So anyway, a lot of stuff has happened.
For starters, I, like the careless twit I am, LOST. MY. IPOD.
I know. I could kill myself. Really.
So i was thinking,this summer, I could try and intern somewhere or get a job online or something to try and earn some dough for a new one :D. Keep your fingers crossed for me. An iPod-less life is a depressing life :'(.
Then we had our college annual day a few weeks ago. College was awesome the week before the show :D. There were either no classes or if there were, we bunked :P and we got to Jam EVERY day for hours and hours practicing. I was singing for the group song, We Are The World. The cool original version....
And then I was on keyboard for two songs, Viva La Vida-Coldplay and Stop- Buffalo Springfield.

There were four other fourth-year seniors of mine performing with me. (Kinda scary to be the only junior, especially when you're the one making all the mistakes ^^")
Stop was such an awesome song. It sounded SOOOO good! o.O
And we got Viva down after a little practice. I needed the practice.... I've never performed onstage on keys before. Sure, I've sung. And Danced. And done some other stuff. But NEVER played in a band before.
It was AWESOME. :D
BUT.
Our performances got cancelled on the day of the show. The program went on for to long and it got too late. The police came for some reason and in the end, we didn't get to play at all.
I was so nervous the whole day, imagining a lot of stuff about messing up on stage and whatnot...
But messing up on stage and not getting to play at all are two different cases. I'd rather have messed up, to be honest.

This is me on Annual day. A friend was trying to get me to smile and show off my new braces so that he could take a pic but I wasn't gonna let that happen, right?

But just to make him happy, I revealed my metal teeth for maybe 0.3 seconds and he managed to take this -.-.

Damn him and his timing.

I let it slide this time. I kinda like the pic ^^" :P
Oh yeah...I got braces.
Again -.-.
Ew.
And I'll have them for a year.
And I'll have to pull out two teeth.

*depressed*
Hmmm... Apart from that, we've just been our usual retarded selves. Same old crazy stuff with friends...but it never gets old. We surprise ourselves sometimes :P. We've also been having an overload of submissions lately. Exams coming up. i've passed in most but only just. My marks are going way way way way way down the drain as compared to my 12th grade marks. And my mom is sure as hell not gonna be happy with that :/...
Okay, I gotta go. Blogging from the college computer. The bus is probably here, so later!
Peace
Maya
Song on my mind:Viva La Vida-Coldplay... That song has been haunting me ever since Annual day. I just wish I'd gotten to play it :'(