To Akiva

A few things I would never EVER tell my 8th grade sister (because I'm such a proud jerk) but have decided to due to reasons I'll keep to myself :-

1. She is obviously the favourite daughter :P....I mean, it's pretty OBVIOUS, right?

2. It is almost ALWAYS me who has finished the last piece of chocolate/last slice of pizza/last packet of chips. Almost. So consider this point an apology for all such future occurrences, 'cos they will KEEP happening for a loooooooooooooong time.

3. She is (again, obviously)more skilled in the kitchen (If your reading this,Akiva, I'd suggest you wipe that self-satisfied smirk off your face, ya li'l brat....:P). Now I'm not a great chef....but atleast I'm not a horrible one either right? Right?

4. I know I can be a REEEEEALLY horrible person sometimes and I usually use her as my punching bag when I'm upset. So here's another apology for these times which may or may not occur in the future (because, you know, I'm going to college and everything.... :S ). But I want you to know that you being there really helped me to stay sane^^....especially during the boards. Maybe I yelled at you, and was a jerk for no reason whatsoever and you took it quietly and I want you to know how much I appreciate that.

5. You are WAYYYY cooler than I was at you age what with your awesome language and smartass wit and I take full credit for that. Thank you, Thank you very much*bows, flying kisses at audience*

6. Our 'oh-so-sensible' ninja talks, plans of world domination, schemes to overthrow the government etc. are what have kept me from spiraling into insanity over the years. Ironic isn't it? The (obviously) insane preventing Insanity?:P

7. I also appreciate the times when you play the older sister and rein me in. Sometimes I need that whack over head with a cast-iron frying pan. I enjoy the fact that you occasionally let me play the younger sibling. It's fun to be the little kid again^^....after all those lectures on responsibility and whatnot-.-

8. I'm sorry for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL the times you've been yelled at or have gotten into trouble, when I was the one at fault.

So anyway, there are a lot more points I would add, if I were a little less lazy....but I'm not so.... this is all you'll get. I've been in India less than a week, and I already find myself losing my temper more often and WAY more stressed out than usual, and always Always ALWAYS irritated for no apparent reason. And that just irritates me further....So in all, not a very happy/comfortable situation and I get the feeling it's because we can't talk all that much anymore.

So I just want to say I miss you^^ *cue sappy music*

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OOooookay, moment over^^ *cue Give it all-Rise Against*

War RESUMES!!!!! :P :P :P

Later

Maya

To Light

Dear Light,

You are technically the first follower I got. One I don't know, that is... The other three include two of my best friends and my sister, who are sorta obliged to follow my blog. So I'd like to thank you, for inspiring me, and giving me confidence. When I saw you followed my blog, I realised maybe there WAS somebody out there (NOT obliged to follow my blog for fear that I'd whup their butts:P) who enjoyed reading what I wrote. You will inspire me to better myself and my writing. So thank you. Arigato gozaimasu^^!

Peace

Maya

This is me to a T. I'm probably the LAZIEST person on the planet & I would probably spend my LIFE in hibernation if it weren't for my mom, I think. :P

But I'm me and proud of it. It doesn't matter what names I'm called or what others think about me. What matters is what I think about MYSELF. The only person who can make me feel bad about myself is Me. Maya.

I don't care if people think I'm weird or don't like me. My own company is enough for me. But even after all that, I'm thankful for my besties. Nobody means more to me. So thank you Misaki, Namini, Reshma, Neenu, Tanvi, Manit, Akshaya, Tanya, Hanna, Sana, George, Ravi, Abdul and anyone else I may have forgotten to mention. Don't take it personally. It's late and I'm sleepy, and my already horrible memory is even worse at this hour. I was supposed to have gone to bed about an hour ago, since I have class EARLY tomorrow morning (blaugh...-.-), at 9. Okay, maybe that's not REALLY early, but for a late sleeper like me who presses the snooze button on the alarm clock around a GAZILLION time before waking up, it's pretty early. I'll need to set the alarm for 6 If I'm to be up by 8 at the earliest...-.-. So anyway, as I was saying before I got sidetracked, I LOVE you guys!!!^^(Don't be creeped out...It's just something I had to get off my chest :P)

Peace

Maya

Dare you to Move

I'm in LOVE with this song by Switchfoot called Dare You to Move. Everytime I listen to it, I have this vision of flying over valley and I have no clue why...:P

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself, to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before

This is Switchfoot, my favourite band this week^^.

Peace

Maya

I miss Kuwait....and I miss my friends...:(
How am I gonna survive for the next TWO months?....:/
Maya

I'm reading Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, and it's an amazing book, not only because of the fact that Japanese culture fascinates me, but also due to the kind of visual pictures it paints.
I can see very clearly the kimono that he describes, the way the makeup is put on and so many other scenes.

Maybe it's because I've already watched the movie, but I feel it's because it's REALLY well-written.
In usual cases, movies based on books are barely half as good as the book is... However, this certain book is an exception. The movie is SIMPLY AMAZING.
The Japanese landscape is simply breathtaking, and I often wish I had a little moss garden or brook with a red bridge in my balcony. And I admire the fact that though they are so modern, and developed, the Japanese are still so traditional and have managed to hold on to the age-old practices of their ancestors....
It almost makes me jealous...
Having grown up in the Gulf, I can't read or write my mother tongue and can barely speak it as well...I am only Indian in my looks (and not even completely...Around 8 people have told me that I look south-east asian...Not that that's a bad thing or anything, but STILL...). I often wish I'd grown up in India instead. My mom says that maybe if I had, I wouldn't be such an ignorant little brat :/....
*sigh* Geez...
Later
Maya

Ahhh...it feels simply AMAZING to be home^^....
Okay, maybe not home as such, but in my home country atleast.
So anyhoo, here I am in Chennai. It's so HUMID here....I mean, I can handle heat, no problem, but HUMIDITY is just...IRRITATING. But my hair looked so cute on the plane...and I stepped out of the Chennai airport and BAM!
Instant frizz...-.-
I went from Pantene Pro-V to Electrocuted in like 2 seconds....-.-
Yeah, so I'm gonna be attending coaching classes for college here for the next 2 months or something, which basically means 4 hours of art classes a day. I'm not complaining ^^...I LIVE for art^^. I'm probably going to be taking up architecture...but if that doesn't work out, then I'm considering linguistic studies.
But you know, when I look at it, there are a lot of downsides to me living in chennai....for starters, the weather is atrocious, I can't read, write or speak Tamil (which basically makes me illiterate here), I have no clue about where I live, and don't know my way at ALL...etc. etc.
Despite ALL that (and more), I still feel strangely at home in Chennai, even though I have spent a total of less than one month here. And the bookshops are TO DIE for!
We went bookshopping today^^.... and bought like, 14 books. My mom wasn't for buying the 7th part of Maximum Ride, since it was expensive and all, but my sis bought it for me in the end^^. I LOVE you, Sonu ^^!
Oh and another thing I love is cold Orange tang, Seriously, I would KILL for a glass right now....but it's so hot and the power's gone(Ahhh, India...-.-) and I'm just too lazy to walk ALL the way to the kitchen to get it...
Maybe if I make gasping noises, someone will feel sorry and offer to bring me some?
.........
Yeeeeah,maybe not.
*groan*
Heat, heat go away....don't come back another day....XP
Peace
(A hot, sweaty, tired and grumpy)Maya