Stop making decisions for other - p1

Hello little peepole!
(You do know that I spelled it like that on purpose, don't you?)

So recently, I mean let’s just say from the year 2010 I’ve been noticing this trend among people.

It’s called the Hater trend. Apparently it’s cool to be a hater. No I don’t mean those YouTuber or actor specific haters. I mean misanthropes in general. If you look closely, all of us have a little bit of misanthropist in us. We hate everybody, don’t we? Sometimes? Never??? Pat yourself then, well done …..Who are you kidding there?

I’m actually referring to the demise of Paul Walker as I write this post. And let me tell you, I have absolutely no clue who he is {apart from the fact that he is associated with the “Fast and Furious” movie franchise, movie that might have something to do with cars? I’m guessing (don’t judge)} I don’t plan to Google or watch the movie because it isn’t the genre of movie I’m interested in. I’m more of a rom-comer.

So people worldwide (let me restrict my post to people of my country as I hardly have Facebook friends from other countries) started posting RIP messages which is alright in my POV. But then these haters, damn….haters just have to hate, don’t they?!?

So let us divide the status updaters.

1. People who knew PW and followed the movie and its sequels closely. They were left devastated, shocked and their pain was pretty apparent in the way they were mourning.

2. People who did not know PW, had heard about the franchise and posted a status for him

3. People who had no clue about the movie and the person and still posted a stat.

So, many of the first category people believe it is their and only their right to post RIP statuses for him. :\

Why? What makes you decide that?

Mourning for a person is a sign that you wish well for the person, that somewhere you respect the person and that you mean well for the beloved people that suffered a huge loss due to the deceased’s death. (Can I say that, deceased’s death?  :/ :\)

People cannot decide who people mourn for and who they don’t. God forbid, tomorrow a favorite sport star of yours might get injured or even worse, may quit, retire …etc. you cannot expect the world to go nuts about it. But you cannot also force people to take down updates about them because you believe you are the sole fan. That’s some dumb logic that you’ve got.

Another thing was that people started posting hate messages – no one cares about the friend, no cares about the typhoon affected people, the ones killed in the shoot out….seriously?

People feel for them, it is human nature to feel appalled for them. But it’s up to them to decide who they publicly mourn for. The friend had a family, had PW’s family, had well wishers who knew him well and who wished well for him. People had no clue who was driving and it slipped their mind. Thousands of people die every day...of cancer, aids, because of criminal attacks, calamities. Haters please, go out there and find out names of all the people who die every day and post statuses for them. Why not? Don’t you care about them? Isn’t it harsh on your part to favor a star, star’s friend but not the commoners?  

Stop being the ruler, the controller.

The world is not your gaming console and you aren’t in charge of the gaming pads/joysticks.

So chill out.

You are the ruler of your life only. You cannot take away someone’s right to mourn, feel sad. Probably you don’t adore a person, doesn’t mean other’s have to too. There is already too much negativity in the world. Don’t add to the crowd that is just here to increase the weight of the planet.

Contribute, if you can, in a way that people appreciate you or your way of life.

I dislike those people who have a favorite sport, a show or something they follow and they call my obsession of YouTube stupid. Seriously?

What gives you the right to decide that?

I did not post a stat for him but I could see so much hate and negativity all around. Shouldn’t you be happy so many people wish well for your beloved star?

Why are you such a hater?

Where is all that negativity coming from?

Introspect.

And if possible, calm down

-Appiqué<3

Friday!

Been so long since I visited this blog. (Visited.. Not posted on, just visited)

Hey!
It's Friday.
My exams are on. When do I not have exams right? Eh? Eh??
Am getting so bored. Am losing my mind today. Just so irritated don't know why.

No!! You shall not say PMS I forbid you from using that abbr. here.

So I'm seeing this wave of bitstrip comics on Facebook. I'd been behind my friends asking them, no wait.. Begging them to make an avatar 6 months ago. But no.
They just want to always start with a trend when it dies off and only start if some one else and some one much popular is doing it. Herd mentality.. Baa baa.
Bitstrip,btw, is an app on fb that lets you make a comic version of you and post small comic strips of you and other friends having avatars on bitstrip. It is fun.. Initially. But the fun dies once everybody starts posting the same comic template with just different characters.

He's doing it, am going to do the same. Repetition is not cool.. Nah uh!

Point 2. Bitstrips is fun when your avatar looks like you. People here are making versions of themselves the way they would want to be seen and not how they are. It's like comic version of Photoshop or hyperfilter abuse if that was on instagram.. Or something.

If your cartoon doesn't resemble you, those expressions, those jokes won't seem relatable and hence it won't be funny. You are killing the joke. Arrest them officer jokeratti.(so lame, sorry).

But seriously, since when did prepuberty kids start looking so blessed in all the wrong regions.. Frack logic, it's bitstrips right? No.
I took me 2 hrs to make an avatar.  I've a funny nose but I used the one that matches because I want people to recognize that it's me immediately. You can't kid around with a comic avatar that looks like it's right out of bay watch when you are what.. 12? !

That reminds me. I saw a comic that read tgif. Am I the only one that says thank God and then proceeds to sing " it's Friday, Friday.." by R. Black? Please tell me you do that too.. Please please.
Happy thanksgiving and happy weekend to you.
-Appiqué

Confidence

Hello.
I'm definitely going to do a confidence part 2,3,4 and so on. But for now, quick thoughts worth mentioning.
So after my recent gig, the one where I started stammering in my interview because I was so full of self doubt and kept looking down upon myself, I started looking around for youtube videos that taught you somehow to improve your confidence.
Today as I was going through my newsfeeds I notice Miley Cyrus's nomination for icon of the year.
Yea, I've liked her page and I did love her in Hannah Montana.
So I start thinking about it and I think she's worth it. Worth the nomination. Atleast she's not full of self doubt. Atleast she's not going underground after  people went on this public display of rage and disguist as a reaction to her recent videos. She still has fans. Still has people who adore her, probably don't look up to her but appreciate her talent (singing) and that's bc she isn't giving up.
To be really honest I do not appreciate the videos, but the songs are good.  People can dislike her stuff but there is absolutely no need for people to go around expressing their disguist in such a cruel manner. Such comments have the power to  break anybody. Anybody.
All her gigs are a different topic or an array of topics but what I want to point out is that..
There will be times when even the most loyal fans and friends of a person may not believe in their work. There might be a time when you have to compete and probably will lose to your friend, there will be people waiting to pull you down or to watch with great enjoyment as life pulls you down. But the true character of a person and the true meaning of life can only be deciphered during such testing times.
Believe in yourself.
I lack self confidence. I might just be the most underconfident person on this planet. But this event, this loss, this rejection should teach me to change that about myself but not to stop trying.
You are your only friend,  closest friend and your  most bitter enemy. You can push yourself into an abyss or pull yourself out of the shittiest hell hole.
-Appiqué<3

Interview

Hey Appiquakes!!!

Today I faced the first interview of my life. It was for the student contingent leader posts and I did not perform well, following which I did not make it through to the next rounds.
Today I'll be telling you about the top 5 things that you should pay heed to during any interview.
In the reverse order.

5. Be brief : No one gives a damn about your life stories. You might have interesting events to talk about, but they don't have the time for it. Do not quote about past instances even if they make perfect sense to you. Be short and precise. Eliminate bullcrap.
For eg: when posed with what I would want to do as a ladies representative, I started quoting about bad events that have happened in colg with my lady friends. So, you can understand the predicament that the interviewer might have faced.

4. Attractive language : Nobody cares about the content. As long as you can show your creative side and prove yourself as an eloquent speaker, you are  safe. People get instantly attracted to good vocab. And nowadays people suffer from "bad listening skills" . So you just have to add a little bit of glitz and you are there.

3. Have a good answer to " Introduce yourself" : That is the standard first question. It determines (Generally) if you have been successful in getting the attention of the interviewer. Grabbing the attention is important. It is important for you to leave a lasting impression,  a good one on him/ her even if it involves a little lying/ drama. Do not brag or show off. Nothing is attractive about it. But do spice the intro up. You sway them at the start and you'll be fine.

2. Be confident : Probably the most difficult task for people like me with hyper anxiety disorder or panic attacks. Confidence is a must. Like I said, your content might just be preposterous but if you exude confidence and sell it to them, they'll buy any platypus shit. All they want to know is how you carry yourself and whether or not you crumble under pressure.
Stage fear runs in my family. My mother is extremely stage sick. So she has always forced me into theatre/oratory competitions/plays/ads so I get rid of the fear. But it's a foe-y-frenemy. It's stuck to me like a conjoined twin at the hip.
Don't screw up. Sometimes you are just the perfect choice. You have to do this confidently to put forth that you deserve it.

And lastly,
1. Think and smile :  We have a tendency of blabbering under the cloudy weathers of anxiety. So when posed with a question, let it sink in, think for a moment, take a deep breath and answer. Just replying on the go makes it a question answer round. You will emerge as a winner if you are able to steer a viva round into an eased and relaxed conversation.
If you hyperventilate, try making too many body gestures, blink a lot, shake a lot, stutter, talk without pausing for breath, it goes out to show that you aren't capable of pulling off your own skin in public.
Imagine your dream company is in college for placement and you are the deserving candidate,  it's a do or die situation. You want it? You've got to shed all your inhibitions and let it out. But be tranquil, calm, serene. Show them you do not crumble under pressure.

You might not be popular or might not have a strong resumé, dynamic persona, excellent grades, co-curricular activities. They all come 2nd in line to confidence and character.

I hope this helps you Appiquettes. I'm going to try and improve myself and my oratory skills. You are free to take tips from the above goof -ups I made.
Goodluck.
Charm them all.
-Appiqué <3.

Nice guys?

So recently (2 months ago during my final exams) I saw a video on YouTube titled "nice guys" feat YouTubers like Chestersee,Nigahiga,Kevjumba,Cathy,Dtrix and Kina. And as hilarious as that video might be, it is ridiculous.

After seeing that, I had apprehensions as to what they "actually" meant by nice guys. So I did what am really popular for doing.. Wildly clicking on every possible link on google and YouTube about nice guys or the infamous slogan "nice guys finish last"
Why infamous? Because it is embarrassing for us girls to hear something like "Girls only date douchebags." Uhm,  that's not how I speak but those are the exact words I read or heard as I googled/YouTube-d my way to enlightenment.

So I know 2 thoughts might have instantly popped into your head?
(Why are we reading this?)
Errrr no, not that question.
1. Isn't that video pretty old?
2. What?  How can you not know the nice guy concept?
Yes it's old. But I just very recently stumbled upon it. So get over it.
And two, trends reach my country pretty late. We were still Orkutting and writing crap in scrapbooks when people of the west had started Facebook-ing and tweeting. Yup.
So back to the topic at hand..

Seriously?
Girls date douchebags?
My tone makes me sound as if I'm pointing fingers or acting like a feminist.
But let me explain.

Ok, all you guys out there having such a perception need to get a few things straight.
If you are a nice guy n you've always seen rejection,  you are

1. NOT alone
Come on. Everyone gets rejected in life. Some directly. Some indirectly. Like guys. They are always expected to ask out the girls. Girls have too much of self pride. So the poor guys build up all their courage and... Bamm. But that's how the social cycle's been going around for years.
And the girls. Yeah so girls,  they refresh their crush's profile page info until one day when they see "single-> committed" . Ah, heartbreaking moment.
*But if you are one of those girls who actually asked a guy out, could you please leave some tips in the comments section. We all need advice.*

2.You are chasing the wrong girl:
you say girls run after douche-dogs. But what if that girl is just like the guy she's running after, not "douchy" or whatever they call it but his types. After all,  you fall for people of your intellectual level- same or higher. Never lower. Well that is if you are smart. If not, then those girls are definitely not worth your time, efforts and love.

3. You perceived it wrong:
  Sometimes, girls just want to be friends. They aren't giving you hints all the freaking time. She called- it's a hint. She says I'm her best friend- she's definitely got a thing for me. She gave me a gift- that's it, am asking  her out .
seriously... What the heck?
She might just be needing a buddy.
And your actions are bound to send her running away with arms held high up and screeching her way away from you.
Just like the effect that the "I just met you, but I love you ." girls have on guys.
Deny all you want, but you are guilty and you know that. Well there are so many girls who've told me that a guy asked them out saying he caught her subtle hints. What are these "hints" anyway? Are they dropping little chits saying "ask me" "ask me out now" "I've got a crush on you, can't you see" . Unless you come across those, then you have a perception problem.

And lastly,
4. If u say girls run behind jerks, guys run behind dolls. Straight hair, hot figure, hairless, spotless, tanned/bleached bodies and a whole shop of perfumes and layers of makeup on them. But not heart. Not intellect too. The 'B' s are their areas of interest. B=brain? I think,  NOT! If u give importance to superficiality over feelings ,over character, over nature.. Well then,  who are you to judge or pick who she dates and doesn't. 

There are always nice girls. Nice girls could say they finish last or well don't finish at all and end up on a couch watching soap operas with 45 cats.  That cranky old woman you are scared of might have actually been some really nice girl who some nice guy overlooked. Or FRIENDZONED.. See how bad and sad that is.

Another serious issue is friendzoning. Some guys are so clingy that most girls find it necessary to make it obvious to them that they have been promoted to the friendzone. Or worse, bro-zone. Ozone :-P
I mean why would a sane person go around making others realize that they are just friends all the time. You are pushing yourself on her boy. Get a hold of yourself.

So please, stop with that ridiculous thing you guys say.

There has to be a glitch. Most girls tend to fall for guys who care. If you run away when put in the friendzone and appear only when she is single, how is she supposed to believe you or trust that you would be there in case some issues happen in your relation. Probably you'll pack your bags and leave!

Or the girl might just be happy in the present state. Committed / Single and happy.
When such a state is reached, she doesn't really want to rush into stuff.
So many guys ask out a girl within a week of interaction.  That seems desperate.
Or even the" are you single?" line.

So dear guys,
Either you're not a nice guy, or she's not the right /nice girl. Or it isn't meant to be.
But it could also be the timing, maybe years from now, she might realize and you both might get married and have kids and cats together. Unless , you only want to get lai...
WAIT, don't even get me started on that!!!!
Urghhhhhhhh.

  - Appiqué<3
 
 

An-un-unsual-uh!

Appiquéness!!!
Hey :-D
This time I'm guilty,  guilty of breaking the record of not posting for a very long time. .....

It's been a month and a half since this sem started and it's been hectic because our department is having a festival.
But apart from the festival mess, I'm just like how I used to be during the vacation
(read laid back).

I get tired too soon probably it's because I lack physical activity. The only exercise I get is going to college and coming back in the local trains. It's like a full body workout that I get with people pouring in from all sides and defying the rules of volume and proportion. Standing on my toes, with the heavy backpack that I wear such that it rests on my abdomen and trying to balance while formulating text messages is hell of a task okay! (don't judge)

My mum was narrating a few mythological stories and it's just... How can people be so judgemental and superstitious in a place where their folk tales involve such weird instances.. Some post on that probably later because half knowledge is lethal. So thou shalt not utter bullshit and be equally judgy..( that was basically a flop attempt at Shakespearen Lang)

In other unrelated news, you should totally go check out DOMICS on YouTube.. Amazing animations using flash.. Plus he even has a  tutorial video so yea go.. Scoot

Have a happy month end this Sat. That's all I got.
Love from India <3
-Appiqué<3

#CluckySays -friendhogger

Hello people.
What is up?
I want to write a nice lil' post today, but my mind keeps bothering me. It keeps reminding me that my whatsap is constantly giving me notifications, that I can sleep, that it's cool and all comfy so I could think of all these and waste as much time as possible.
Fickle minded is what I've become.

So how does that have to do anything with clucky and who on earth is clucky??

Well, I've a really philosophical friend whom I'd like to refer to as clucky because he is always found giving unasked-free-forcedupon advices to people... Some of which get me thinking. Not just him but a lot of things a lot of people say. But I'm not pretty sure as to if my opinion about such stuff is sane or correct or legal or ethical.
And hence I'm going to be discussing those under a common head #clucky says

*clucky says: always maintain relations. With old ,new friends, fallen out friends to best friends, acquaintances and friends of friends- however much you hate them, you never know who would come into your life again*

So clucky is this firm believer of maintaining friendships. For that,he even goes to the extent of faking that he is having a nice time while hanging out with people he just cannot stand.

Well I've a different opinion. On one hand where my opinion does leave me with a handful of friends, but I don't think faking helps. I clearly don't understand the logic behind letting people you resent hang around you, when you probably want to see them hanging from a fannn... Uhm fantastic swing :|.

I pretty much befriend anyone and everyone because I love being nice. But a few interactions met with hostile responses and I stop trying.

I think you get the hang of what I'm trying to say. When there are people you refer to as friends who just dont let you know about any group meet, don't talk to you unless they've some work, joke about you and humiliate you publicly, talk in a sugar coated manner and just bitch the hell about you as you turn away....
Do you think there is a need to play along... Play along as to just prevent them from going overboard and blabbering everywhere

Or do you think we should take a stand for ourselves and just be. Even if we are left  with a few friends.. True ones.

Let me know!
- Appiqué<3
 

Swimming, not by choice...

Crazieeee rainfall!

It has been raining continuously for the past 2 days now in Mumbai. Uttarakhand was hit by another cloud burst today and Mumbai is almost sort of flooded with the traffic that has come to a standstill and all railway tracks being replaced by swimming pools, just filled with mucky water instead of the chlorinated one.

And my college and lectures and test………CANCELLED *happy dance only for this line*

That is the only non-gloomy point evolving out of this gloomy situation. Otherwise there is total chaos here. I almost got into a fit with a few auto rickshaw drivers for not agreeing to go to the station! And they want a hike….

So I get up to the news of a mass bunk and so had to call up and get a practical canned. And now as I was sitting nicely, comfortable and warm in my Easy-chair, I see the news of flood in Mumbai (WATER LOGGING) and all the news reporters going to these places and shooting stuff, I see people desperately trying to get into the camera’s angle and into one of the shots :\. Seriously? I mean, like that’s going to be your shot to fame! “Oh hey look, he’s the man with the polka dot umbrella who was behind that news reporter informing us about….uhm what was the news about…Who cares? There goes our celeb”.  Is that how you see it in your head? Because everyone at home would just be like “look at that clown!”

Anyway I’m happy –at least someone’s making use of the sudden holiday. I think the rest of us are lounging on our divans/sofas/chairs/tables/beds/floor/mats and complaining about the water logging problem or the heavy rain or just procrastinating.

I belong to the last category. I’ve to write an experiment down, study a few things, make an album (photo) but I’m just not doing any of it.

I’m just not happy with how my blog looks. I loved the dynamic template but it would load without the background and that looked really dry. So I had to do away with that.
-Appiqué<3

A test tickle. :-P

Baadddd title right! Stop boo-booing already.
So yeah, college just started and one of our teachers asked us to revise two subjects of the past 2 semesters. And I'm in no mood to..
I'm flipping through the pages, moodlessly and hopelessly wishing and hoping and Secretly praying that this test gets scrapped.
So there is a  tickling sensation in my stomach because of the test and my (unprepared) preparation. Hence I chose a title that was a part of Ryan Higa's recent video.... TeeHee
-Appiqué<3

Random thought

Hello.
It's 2.05am now in India.
And this random thought just struck me.

In Hindi, tomorrow and yesterday , both are referred to as "kal" .
Yesterday, signifying past, which is irreparable.
Tomorrow, signifying future, something that you can never predict. Even if you do your 100% to plan for a secure future, you can never be too sure of anything.

Only,  today is called "Aaj". Which is different from the word kal for yesterday and tomorrow. This points out the difference in the ideas and the basic theory behind dividing time into 3 segments.
You can live now now itself. It is only now that you can experience the present moment and justify its importance by living it to the fullest. It is now or never.

And often somewhere in the middle of our conflict between our utter stubbornness to hold on to the past and our constant desire to make our future better,  we forget what we have in our hand. Time. The present moment. Now.

Your child is growing up, learning to speak. There, you missed his/her first word because you were busy building their future.

You cry over a devastating relation. Cry for hours, days,weeks,months, years ...
Miss out on the fact that you are surrounded by people standing for you with arms wide open.

Live in the moment.
I don't. I'm just like you. By the time we realize what we have lost we would be losing out on that moment too because we would be busy thinking about what we could have done with the past.

Oogway wasn't a crazy turtle afterall. Remember this scene
(( Po: Maybe I should just quit and go back to making noodles.
Oogway: Quit, don't quit? Noodles, don't noodles? You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." ))
-Appiqué<3

Bookworm : 3

So passionate about books!
Her, i mean. Give it a shot if you please to. :)

-Appiqué<3

Angry me

Hey you! I'm angry.. I'm mad at you.
Yea you.
Blogger keeps telling me people glance at this blog and yet, you don't leave a comment.
How mean!!

Haha, hey.
My blogger stats keep showing readers from different regions of the world. Whether you are from those places or you're not, I don't care if you live in another country or next to my building, but please , if you read, let me know about my endeavor. This blog.

Criticize it,  am fine. Constructive criticism is helpful.
I haven't yet mustered enough courage to tell my family and friends about it because of 2 reasons.
1. It is like buying yourself some readers,  free of cost,  on the basis of contacts.
2. They would be like " oh it's nice and all" but that wouldn't help me grow as a writer. Or they would outright just say NO when I ask them to give it a shot.

It's not like I'm working on something huge and all but I love writing and I don't wanna bug the hell out of people asking/begging them to read.
So just, if you, stumble upon it and give it a shot, even if you end up feeling like you never want to visit this page again.. Let me know.. :-D

Ps. Don't be too harsh though :-P
-Appiqué<3

When lethargy strikes!- mood monsoon

Hey guys!
What's up?
I am feeling super tired and lazy. Well, as I've been mentioning in the past few posts, my vacation came to an end and college started. With that, my entire routine had to change- no late morning waking up, no staying up late( though insomnia is holding on to me so tight that I can't fall asleep before 2am), no YouTube videos( or rather youtube marathon because I just can not "not watch" a video before going to bed, no whatsaping(too much/ self imposed rule because I'm bored of it), etc.
You get the hang right?
It's monsoon time and it makes me all the more lazy. I don't feel like stepping out. It is so cozy inside and my feet remain dry too! But we have to leave by 7 so that leaves me sleepyeyed by afternoon and I doze of as soon as I reach home!
It's sale season too. Offers Everywhere! I so love this sale period. People say you can't find good stuff.. I believe we can. We just need to look properly. But all this "lazy-ass-ness" has taken out or rather sucked the sale interest out of me!
Being a Mumbaikar and not liking monsoons is the worst. People look down upon you, deride/ridicule you for not loving something that is sooo famous.
I don't get why monsoons are such a big deal here. Rains, of Mumbai or rather any place  are a natural phenomena. Our life depends on it and monsoons make everything around us green and beautiful. This is not something that's restricted strictly to a place but to the entire world, unless it is a cloud burst or floody torrential rain, then it is scary.
I don't like the rains when I'm out travelling. It makes it difficult to fetch an auto, people keep shoving umbrellas in your face or abdomen, wet bodies in a crowded sweaty local transport vehicle, getting mud in your feet, vehicles splashing water all over you... I don't like these...
What I like includes the windy weather, getting drenched when am at home and I go out only to dance in the rain- like that is what I intend to do, hot piping cuppa tea, corn or rather bhutta, beaches.. Yes!
But I don't do these on a general basis so I am kinda biased. I like rain when it works like I want it to... Well who doesn't?
Enjoy/ sulk throughout the monsoons. No don't sulk.. That sucks..
-Appiqué<3

Animation :-D

My vacation is over and senior year has begun.
We had college for just 2 hrs today and our sir just talked to us, made us laugh a little, led us into the subject but that was just a very brief introductory lecture.
That defines exactly how my day went.
Oh I'm forgetting to include what happened in the morning. Our car suffered a small scratch and it kind of indicated a bad start.
That's what they say. Start a day bad and it ends bad. But that isn't true. A very great day can have a really bad ending and vice versa. It's basically our preception of wrong-right,happy-sad.
Alex the lion from Madagascar 3 made my day, on Sunday I mean. I'd seen the movie before but not with great concentration. When you watch animated movies with great concentration,  you notice the details, details that make the movie what it is- awesome! It takes a long time to make animated stuff for a reason.

Like kung fu panda! Man, watching it makes me happy! The expressions, the fight sequences, the idea -wow!

Simpsons- I <3. Because of the puns, sarcasm, the background that makes so much more sense than the scene that's going on! Genius.

Up- is beautiful. Tangled too. I've developed a new found love for lanterns. I want to do that- sit in a boat and watch gliding lanterns.

This picture describes the pain that I was going through when my haircut went wrong! I had gone to get a regular annual trim and he just chopped it off till I was left with that..
For now, adios!
-Appiqué<3

As my Vacation comes to an end

Hello people!
I kinda suck when it comes to blogging and being regular. Proof : this blog.
I'm really sad now because my vacation is about to end. Sunday is the last day and just the thought of it makes me so sad.
I've rested too much, tried out internship, have gone shopping for clothes, have met friends for lunch and movies, have visited my native place, read 2 fantastic books and baked a cake.. but it just feels so incomplete.
Not that I'm complaining and also the things I've stated are things people do on a general basis and forget, but my vacation is about to end and I'm about to reenter that vicious circle of completing journals,assignments, getting them corrected, those horrible vivas and surprise tests, list of defaulters,exams. .. Ahhhh
Once it starts, we start wishing it would end soon. Atleast I do.
And once it does, I'm going to forget about this blog till the time that I suddenly stumble upon a friend's blog and wonder if I should post but just out of the awkwardness of not having posted for a long time, I wouldn't post.
Crazy. Stupid. Pyscho. Yep that's me..
Am gonna miss lazing like a slowpoke..
So for now, enjoy this picture of a cake I baked (yes mum helped) :-P
Goodnight folks.
-Appiqué<3

Feeling thoughtful.

Wassap ya'll!!
(Yea that sounded like some real wannabe rapper.)
But I always wanted  to start a post with it. So deal with it.. :-P sorry.

So firstly, I've to show you something mom got for me. Now yes she's funny and all, but she swears she isn't tryin to imply anything when she bought this for me!

I mean God knows who made this but...

Next thing that I've on my mind. A friend of mine had a girlfriend when he was in high school. So her parents were moving to some other place and he did not come to see her off, making it obvious that he wanted to break up. When he was serious about a girl, she cheated on him. He says it's karma. You get back what you give.
Do you agree? I kept thinking about this. Not this sentence but about all the instances that prove this. So peeps be careful.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Leaving you with that thought , enjoy your Sunday!
-Appiqué<3

A FRIDAY post!

Anyoung Haseyu!

As I am writing this, I am almost 100% sure that no-one in this whole wide world has stumbled upon my blog and blogger , just to be polite , is generating all these stats saying people from Germany, Italy, etc have read this?

You think I'm kidding?

I wouldn't hesitate posting a screenshot of the stats.

So, what is up? 

As far as I am concerned, I've literally become a lazy lazy person. Waking up and going back to sleep has become my routine. I engaged myself in some gift making sessions for my friends. But it got over so soon that I ended up playing games online or chatting or just staring into space.

This week, I'm looking forward to engaging myself in cooking/baking, some pre-college-opening-flat-50% off- sale- SHOPPING... oh yea, I even cleaned my closet. It had clothes dating back to the 1500 A.D.

Mum told me to get rid of some stuff that I don't wear. With all the stuff I've kept aside, you know I could have a really super hit Garage sale, but unfortunately, garage sales don't work in my country :'(.

That is just sad. Man, we could all just exchange clothes (like Barter system) or do a garage sale and utilize our stuff well. But...

OK.Whatever. :-(

Second topic-GRE.

Has any of you given GRE? Well, if the answer is yes, then please…please help me! I keep googling but due to my laziness and my fear about all those tick mark dependent exams, I keep having doubts and apprehensions. Should I? Shouldn't I?

Thirdly, almost everybody is asking me to get into a relationship ASAP. I mean, what the heck? They say you can only be truly happy if you have a partner. Man, I don’t think that’s true. If you aren't happy alone, you definitely won’t be having a blast when you’re in a relationship. Don’t blame your shortcomings on the fact that you are single. That is like self pity- Feeling miserable because you are single and alone. And self pity sucks (sorry for the profanity).

If you've a different view, let me know. I might want to argue, but I definitely would respect you for at least having an opinion.

Thanks for reading.
Annyoung hee kye seyo.
-Appiqué<3

No topic.

Namaste.
Today I feel lazy, so lazy that I'd just rather use my national language greetings than google for some foreign hellos/goodbyes.

This arrived at my house today! 2 books!(look at the picture)
Vacation is the time when I make sure my little side table has atleast 2-3 books that'd help me get through the vacation. Especially these engineering ones. 15-20 days of vacation when most of my college friends go for industrial visit and those who don't,  let's just say we'd rather sleep at home than meet!
So books have become an integral part of my life.
These and also YouTube videos.
If you don't watch vids, you should give it one shot. Such a huge world of vids awaits you all. Some videos are just amazing, while some stupid ones start trends.
More on my favorite vids and books later.
If you watch youtube videos, What channels should I subscribe to? I love shorts and funny stuff. Temme temme!
Goodnight for now.
Shubhratri! Alvida :-P
-Appiqué<3

Russian greetings!

привет !
How are you today?
Am done. My internship is over. :-D
It ended on a really good note and that makes me happy.

So, I woke up to a maggi breakfast today. Generally, we have idlis on sunday but I'm glad we had maggi today. You could say I'm not an idli fan.

Just another "What is up?" post. Because I woke up just some time ago so am still wondering what I should really write about. No,  don't be so happy.. Am not out of topics to write about.

I'm just a little down today. I'm missing my childhood friends. No am not some aunty who's too old and all but everyone has, you know, grown up, drifted apart and the only time we interact is when we've work and the other can help us out. So yea, really mean we all have become.
Wouldn't say, they.. Because I too do it sometimes.

But more than that, I'd say I'm the kind if a person who would generally not bother contacting friends till I can take it no more or when I just need to meet people.

Don't know how I've grown from being a social butterfly to a very anti social person.
Let's leave it on this ending note," if you have genuine friends, treasure them"
до свидания :-D
-Appiqué<3

Bookworm part 2

Ciao a tutti!
Yesterday I told you a story of how the bambino of the firstborn of the Kudvas and the youngest of the Pai lot  turned out to be a treacherous one when it comes to reading books.
Everybody in my family had lost all hope. They'd now accepted me as I was but would make sure they make me feel guilty about it.

What was I supposed to do? I just didn't want to read. Adding to this, was a group of kids who'd make groups(on orkut) like" I hate Reading " and other anti reading stuff that I would promptly go and join.

One day as dad and mum were vigorously searching through piles of books stacked in the then famous GRANTH book shop
Racks ,their daughter was busy looking at game CDs(well, my dad was happy about this.. Atleast she likes playing games on the computer). He'd get me games like nfs, roadrash, mario, pokemon cd that never worked on my pc, sabrina and mob enforcer which sort of scared the hell out of me! I would shout like a scared kid on a rollercoaster every time I'd shoot someone. But books were still a NO-NO.

Back to the topic at hand, I glanced at the teen fictions and made revolting faces at the section titled Enid Blyton. Then I spotted a book by the woman who changed reading for me.
It was Eva Ibbotson.
It was some book on kids trying to make some money and save their home or something by having a ghost museum with actual ghosts. The idea,though vague, the writing was humorous. It was such a joyride reading it.. Joke after joke, surprise after surprise.
Probably it was because I wasn't forced to read it or the fact that noone was reading it is why to chose to pick it.
My parents couldn't have been happier.
I've read almost 70 books after that. I bought another Eva Novel after the completion of this book and I did not like it much but I completed it and have been reading ever since.

There might be some of you who don't like to read, yet.
Well if you are reading this or you read blogs, you aren't a non reader.
But trust me when I tell you, there is atleast one book for each one of us out there. These things explain things to us that we know but probably don't want to accept. They teach you while helping you to relate and feel " you are not alone".

If you are a potterhead or twilight series  fan, then you even have a family out in the entire world.

And if you are like me, who refuses( because of some shitty absurb reason) to like what is generally liked,  then there are loads and loads of books out there. For you. Like you. Like me. Waiting for the right one to come pick it and escape into a different world altogether.. A better and  much more beautiful world .
-Appiqué<3

Bookworm?

Ni hao?
( a googler looking for mandarin chinese greetings is bound to stumble upon these words)
my topic for today is my new found ( found out 4 yrs ago) love for books!!!
Though I love reading. I'm writing 2 posts today for 2 reasons. One because I did not post for a long time. 2 because the book I was reading got over this morning. I finished reading it I mean! It was wonderful and now I have this emotional black hole in my abdomen.. Vacuumish, empty.. Like I don't know what to do with my remaining life anymore.
I wasn't always like this though.
In the days when myspace and orkut reigned over social networking kingdom, my profile's column for {Books I read} read something like " I don't read. I hate reading books. Oh so boring! Who reads outside school man? "
Who was I trying to kid.. I loved comics! And that counts as a book no?
No.
Apart from the few archie comics that mum had and a whole tsunami of tinkle comics I had practically read no book ( my text books don't count) till 8th grade.
My parents being avid readers(readers that forget they have a kid and just get lost into their bookworld ignoring the cries of their tiny offspring) have always forced me to read.. I believe part of it has got to do with the fact that we're Asians/Indians. And their personal favorite was Enid Blyton whose books they would shove into my cupboards so I'd read and rub it in that I've disgraced the family reading tradition and how they don't get how I have these non reader genes from parents who can't sleep without a book/ paper in their hands.
But as I was forced, being a stubborn( make that very very stubborn) kid given I'm a taurean and inheriting that quality from my mother(stubbornness I mean), I refused to read. I'd tried once ,just for the heck of it, I tried completing a famous five book. But I kept losing attention and even after bookmarking at proper intervals I just couldn't go with the flow so I stopped reading mid way. Probably she is an excellent writter, but her writing just did not click, I could never lose myself and hence I dropped the idea.
Half the people who ever will stumble upon this post would probably get out after reading what I said above.
Then came my sister who asked me try harry potter. Again, I was kind of pressurized. I didn't read a single page. Though now, I'm ready to give it a shot.
So how? Just how did this hater turn into a book lover?
I'll let you know Tomorrow. Else this post would be as long as an Indian daily soap.
 Zài jiàn.
-Appiqué<3

Regular? Are you kidding me?

Ossu! Saikin do?
( if you are reading this using your phone, " moshi moshi")
Yes, I've decided to say hello in different languages! That serves 2 purposes.. Gives me something to google about and also learn new greetings. This was an informal hello in Japanese( from an online site) I hope it is correct.. I apologize if it isn't.
So how have you been? All the propaganda I did about being a regular blogger, all the extra meaningless sentences I added just took a deep dive into the dead sea because I ended up doing an internship and forgetting to blog daily...
*sighs*
2 extremely naïve and random posts to begin with, don't you think so.
( honestly though, the braces post was for my lil' cousin who has braces and thinks he is ugly because he believes only ugly people have braces. I hate the word" Ugly". It's revolting to me when people use it.  It's like the ultimate swear word for me.)
Well that might have given you a fair idea about my randomness.
But that's because I'm a little awkward now I guess. When I'm in d car, walking on my terrace, in d toilet, in d shower, sleeping, eating, eating in my sleep, sleeping while I'm eating( you get the hang) I think about stuff I want to write. And I forget about it later. I'm going to try and change that.
And there's so much I'd like to share and know if people can relate.. I hope I get little less awkward and better with time.
For now, let's keep this post uncomplicated.
I'm having a killer week working my head off.. Simple stuff but tedious. Hope it ends soon.
What else is up? Well my vacations. And they will end soon. I just hope they don't end with me slogging to get prints and fill in d details of the newly employed lot of this company.
Peace out (Or as they say in japanese
Heiwa gai)
( konechiwa sensai- this I'd learnt in school, something we used to address our karate sensei.)

-Appiqué<3

Advices

I woke up at 2 pm today! I guess my family is at peace whenever I'm asleep so nobody bothered to wake me up or they tried, but in vain. Honestly, I think they didn't try.
:-P
So a post from my writer app. Something I'd written as a result of outburst due to extreme boredom.

Everyone wants to be a guru these days. It is raining advices in the world nowadays. Don't you feel the same?
Sometimes you just want to share some experience and there's a blabbermouth in the room who's ready to bombard you with advices u don't even require.
Or you are sad and just need a friendly ear. But that ear turns into a ear eating monster. Urghh.

Here, these are a few instances where advising can go horribly wrong. Based on past experience.
-My mum n I have gone through this. My family doctor is great. He's bubbly and friendly and yes, very experienced. But, my mum n I don't always fall ill because of STRESS. 8th grade: right during the exams, I Start vomiting and have this sudden severe case of diarrhoea. I am not exaggerating when I tell u this, I was in the toilet the entire day- puking, followed by diarrhoeal outburst and back to puking. The doctor kept dismissing it saying it was because of hurry, curry, worry.. Eh? For a whole week, this kept happening until my principal told my mom to get my urine checked, she suspected it was jaundice. Yes, the test was positive for jaundice. But my dad then handed my responsibility over to my uncle who is also a doctor. He did a thorough checkup and a blood test was done that revealed I had dengue parasite. This incident repeated this year as mum started puking and puking repeatedly. Again the local Doctor dismissed it. Again my Uncle intervened. It was jaundice this time.

Either I'm seriously missing out on the fact that life's looked upon as a worthless entity or people have to look beyond their experiences and start learning and adopting newer methods.
Had it not been for my uncle's timely diagnosis, God only knows what would've happened. Had he too dismissed us by saying it was stress! God.. thank god he didn't.
Well, that's not all that urged me to write such a post.

Given how immensely un-girly I am, there have always been these people who keep advising me to wear makeup or wear fancy stuff,  but little do they know there are people who consider these gurus- fashion disasters. And I can't deny. I laugh a little too.

M not pinpointing at only these. Neither m I denying that sometimes even I might have acted like a "baba" but, I think we all should always keep a vigil eye out for people who might not appreciate the advice.

So many people tell me," you tell them. They might listen." My response is no. Forced advice is the worst advice. If u could genuinely do something for someone, then just listen. Be there. Or just vanish. Don't be around.
But don't act like a know-it-all.
People get a lot of shit daily. From family members, from people at work , college, friends, rickshaw and taxi drivers, "stinky arm pit with lots of hair on it" women in the evening local trains, crowded and packed to an extent that they defy all rules of volume and proportion...
So, don't be a fart. I mean, don't add on to the pile.
Ease it or release it, I mean them. Just let them be. 
That is my advi... Err admin I mean administrative responsibility for the ...

I should just sleep.

Adios!
  - Appiqué

Happy teeth!

Hola!

Yes, you read that right- happy teeth!!

OK so for the first serious post, as in a topic post, I kept thinking all night ….what should I write about?

Should I post something from the stuff I’d written a while ago or choose a topic from my memo where I've noted down all the topics that I might want to write about in future.

But as I was just about to go to bed, brushing my teeth, I remembered something that I kind of love a lot !

BRACES!!!!

·       -  Do I have braces? No.

·       - Am I going to be getting them? (Well, I hope I don’t tumble and break a few teeth) so NO again.

So why am I making such a big deal out of it?

Well, you see I’m kinda obsessed with braces. And all my friends that have braces HATE it!

 

So for my first post:

TOP 5 REASONS AS TO WHY I LOVE BRACES!

1.       I find braces attractive! I’m serious. Braces look fantastic. According to me, when people care about their looks, health and hygiene, that is when they get braces.

-          Crooked teeth- get braces

-          Crowding leading to a mouth that is always open- get braces

-          Perfect smile- get braces

2.       I pulled my mom along one day and took her to our dentist and made her ask him if I required braces. He said I had a good arc and did not require them. I felt sad, devastated!

Not that I’m desperate for braces or something, but the proper alignment prevents all that plaque and stuff that forms between your teeth due to misalignment. So you don’t need to get them cleaned every now and then.

3.       I've heard so many people fuss about braces and splurge on clothes, cosmetics and accessories. I mean they can afford to get braces but don’t because they think it looks geeky/nerdy. They’d rather put on tonnes of makeup and wear branded stuff only to let hearts break when they flash their smile- uhm Ew!

4.       Did you know oral/dental problems could also lead to heart problems! Google it! So oral hygiene is a must and braces are an integral part of the dental industry.

5.       Last but the most important….2 things that I look for in a person during my first interaction (though for me 1^st impression is definitely not the last impression, but very crucial no?) are a good set of teeth and good-looking hands! Call me crazy, but everyone looks out for something or the other right?

That’s it…my top 5! If you have a different view, let me know so I can also get rid of this ridiculous obsession J! For the time being, look at these lovely braces- transparent for those who are shy to flaunt them and colorful for fashion lovers!!!( and the last picture bottom right corner is an example of how you could go from this to THAT if you get braces!)

-appiqué <3 

Introduction

a picture of a 2 yr old me!

Hello, my name is Kshama/Ashroo. Being a south Indian, I've

5 more names and tons of nicknames (courtesy my friends and my love for nicknaming people). I like to write (like about my opinions/ideas/comments on some issue, random shorts, random topics that pop into my head when I’m jobless or during exams when it is dangerous for me to think about stuff apart from syllabus subjects, etc ).

This is my 3^rd blog and hence I’m going to be answering a few questions.

General FAQs:
1. Who are you?

-I am an engineering student. (That is all I could come up with.)

2. Why do you have 3 blogs?

- Well my first blog was made when I had no idea about the world of blogging back in 2009. A couple of my friends were into it and asked me to start blogging. I made a profile here, posted a few things but they were very inconsistent and random posts and I wasn't regular. Plus it was badly maintained. I never proof read it for errors. You can go check out ashipai.blogspot.com if you want to laugh a little because honestly…I think it’s that bad.

I started another blog in the year 2011 after I read a book by Kate Le Vann in which the female lead writes a blog that is locked and maintains it as a diary. I did that too and I have quite a few posts but again I couldn't post regularly.

3. Why the 3^rd one?

- I have an app on my phone called the Writer (no am not showing off, it’s a free app) and I keep writing about a lot of stuff. During exams I used to write about 3 posts a day. I wasn't going to start this blog but I realized it would be great to know what people think about the topics I choose to write about, you know like a second opinion. Maybe you could change my POV or give me another way of looking at it. All that, if this blog gets readers. If not, I’d use it to store everything I write because I keep losing all the data when I change my phone due to my own fault of not taking regular backups. Plus I could read it in future to see how my writing has evolved over the period of years…or degraded and cry about it :’( …

4. What does appiqué mean?

-Well, back in 12^th grade I had (still do:-P) a friend. She used to call me Appy.  I loved that nickname and it was stuck in my head- Appy because my initials are A.P.

As Appy isn't available plus the brand would probably sue me for using it as a blog title…I call my blog appiqué (just to make a personalized Adjective out of it).

5. Why is there a baby picture of you in this post?

- I wanted to post an image, not of me or something as such, just to make the post a little interesting...heyyyy, wait a minute. Why am I justifying myself? Deal with it no. No m kidding. I just wanted to see how the entire thing looks and I couldn't find anything relevant / appropriate. So I thought of going with what I do generally…being random!

So yep, that’s it folks. I guess that answers all the generally asked questions i.e. if you had any in the first place. If you've any more, go on ask…

I hope I post regularly, so I could have something to do at least.

Thanks for reading. Happy blogging.

-          Appiqué <3