Bridging Fantasy & Reality

.....am in the process of yet another one. Just shifted absolutely everything to my new place at Federal Street yesterday. And this place despite it's awesomeness, is in a state of a MASSIVE mess at the moment. Two people are moving out, which means each of their own mess' take yet another corner of the living area. And my mess sits in the middle. Tried to sort as much out as possible so that I don't have to do that Monday morning. I hate it when i need to find something in a hurry and then can't find it at all. And that is not at all impossible with the tornado that just struck mid way. I'm supposedly officially moving from the living room into my room today. Slept on the couch last night but to be honest, it wasn't half as bad as i expected it to be. I'm just a little worried of how bathroom utilization will be a problem in the next four days. Four girls, all vying to get out and about at the same time and with problems of their own...hopefully it's not too much of a feat...

Once Cindy and Shehana move out, I am going to give the bathroom a good scrub down. And the kitchen too! And I'm definitely going to spruce up the room a little more and clean here and there... Thank God the easter break is approaching in high velocity. Else I'd go crazy insane. Uni is getting busy. UMSA is getting busy. I am getting busy. period.

Will update soon with pictures. Think I'm gonna go test out the gym now. =D toodles.

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Milestones. Have you ever stopped at a certain point in your life and considered the stuff you've achieved? When i was nineteen I still remember making a list of things that I planned to do before I reached the age of 21. Needless to say, being the mildly risk averse person I am, I could only tick off a few pointers on my to-do list. Subsequently, I came to terms with the reality that I was always a late bloomer. Coming off age. Adapting. Falling in love. All my experiences were right skewed in a bell shaped curve with respect to age. Even when i wake up in the morning, I like to take my time with breakfast and drag myself around in my PJs before rushing out into the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Taking my time has become constrained of late though. With the re opening of uni and yet another semester where I am subjected to intense assignmenting and reading and reading and reading. I could be motivated and taking on everything with zest. And honestly, I wish it were the case. But all that I feel at the moment is lethargy. I feel like a slug trying to crawl out of it's muddy hole. I don't suppose I'm lazy, I think it's just the exhaustion speaking from the lack of rejuvenation after my summer semester.

UMSA activities just came in a string of events this year. First the lantern fest which found me drenched in all the types of food which i cannot imagine eating any time in the near future. And then came membership drive closely followed by the orientation barbeque. That combined with the first week of uni, signing documents to end the search for my apartment and trying to live a moderately healthy lifestyle has left me slightly cramped for my own personal space, not to mention extremely sleep deprived. And still, I find myself craving to have a job and earning to compensate for my own lifestyle.

If so many people out there can cope with everything that's on their plate, why wouldn't I be. Of course I understand that I am me and not those people. But still, I should be able to handle the average level of stress. That leaves me with yet another milestone to achieve. Before I ramble further in yet another pictureless post, I should stop myself.

Many apologies to the friends that I have failed to spend time with in my haste to tick off the things on my never ending to do list. Allow me to come around. I promise i will.

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I've not blogged in ages. Absolute ages. And I am aware of that. Fully. There's always something else to do. At the moment being in the UMSA executive committee is fully consuming me and my time. We're at the height of Lantern fest prep, our biggest fundraising event for the year and my past couple of days was spent marinating and skewing chicken and making curry puffs. The kind of work that I don't want to be reminded of so I will conveniently "forget" to mention here.

When I'm not helping the team out, you'd normally see me surfing trademe.co.nz for an apartment and busily arranging viewing appointments with different people. Think I've scoured the whole of Auckland for all sorts of apartments and know what the majority of them look like. Anyways, I think I might have actually found my needle in the haystack but I don't want to say anything too early in case I jinx it. Will update once I am finished with this hectic period.

Sponsorship drive was today, had to put on a face as thick as make up would be on a geisha's face and go up to random shops to plead for sponsorship. Felt accomplished after I achieved my target for the day. But I can foresee how much more i have to do for UMSA now that the year has begun and already I feel like lashing out at people like I never did before.

Life thus far has been a learning curve for me. There's just too much to learn. Too many decisions to make. And for a person who becomes impatient and agitated easily, for a person like me, sometimes things seem even more difficult than the actually are. The coping skills of human beings amuse me. Somehow, we learn how to cope, adversity or no adversity. I'm actually excited to see the outcome of all of it. How much more of a competent person it makes me become. And along the way, I'm grateful that it's ok to have fun to fall and to laugh. It's everything along the way that keeps me sane.

write soonish. with pictures. xox.

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The other girls and Naman shared and bought me this! THe card is super cute, it talkssss!!

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Feels like ages since I last blogged but summer here has been so amazing that it leaves me with hardly any time to myself at all. And that's just the way I like it. I'm still hunting down a job but it's so hard to find one here. Am thinking of reinventing my CV coz by the looks of it, mine might be a tad dull... We'll see how that one goes. Just the other day I went around distributing job application forms to all the university libraries, from the Davies Law Library to the Fine Arts Library and the Engineering Library and about ten other libraries. Apparently library jobs receive about a couple of hundred applicants a year! Bummer! Searching online is a pain in the rear coz people hardly reply. I guess with job applications, patience is a virtue so let the patience begin.

Apart from that, everything has been smooth sailing. I move out of this lavish Uptown Apartment in a week and into yet another uni residence like place with communal kitchens and communal showers. But i am still going to hunt around to see if i can get a better place. Uni has been fulfilling. Friends have been evolving. A mix of good times and some bad times... All in all, things are pretty much at a good balance right now...

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It's been exactly a week since I flew back to Auckland today on what I thought was the worst flight in the history of histories! I didn't sleep a wink, watched three movies in exhaustion, gave up one of my inflight meals, chugged desperately on water every moment I could and felt this massive itch in my nether region that I could not scratch. Thankfully that;s over!

Getting settled wasn't easy either. The first few days upon arriving here, there was an overwhelming sense of loneliness. The streets were almost bare, thanks to the stretch of public holidays that kept everyone at home. Felt like I was in some sort of zombie movie, think 'I am Legend' and 'Zombieland'. Everytime Akash left to go to work or to return home, I felt like bawling my eyes out. Thankfully, moments like that have passed as well. Surprising really, how things can improve massively in a couple of days. The picture above showcases the backpackers that I put up in for the first six days of arriving in Auckland. Princeton backpackers. The room was pretty ok but the shower and kitchen were EXTREMELY small! There was something about it though that heightened the sense of loneliness.

This is where I live at the moment. At a lavish little apartment on upper queen street. I wish I didn't have to move out coz this place puts me at ease. Thanks to a chance run into Naomi at summer school, I managed to score this place for a couple of weeks coz Angie, her house mate won't be around til the end of January. Paying a very reasonable price to live here for three weeks coz it's not only close to uni and to the city but also close to the gym I usually frequent. And yes. I have resumed all gym activity. I just go every other day now instead of everyday. But yup. Back to this place. First picture shows the kitchen that Ive always imagined. It actually makes me wanna cook although truth to be told, I;ve not made anything apart from sarnies since I got here... But just imagine! if i had this kitchen all year round, I'd cook up feasts every weekend and invite friends over for lunch! 2nd pic shows the hall which leads to a rather spacious balcony. Only drawback is right outside the balcony is a cemetery, hence all you see are willowy trees and tomb stones. hahahaha. Next two pictures are pictures of my room at the moment. The mess was never there until I came into the picture. And finally, the bathroom. Also one of my dreams. Good water pressure, clean as hell and just perfecto. So I have to truly embrace being here til I shift into Mt Terrace a couple of weeks from now. Sucks that I've already paid the bond. I shouldve continued my search but sheer panic drove me to secure a place FAST. Naomi treats me like a guest in this house although I am a paying tenant. I should be lucky really. She let's me use her stuff and she always asks me if she can prepare food for me and never lets me do any work. MAN. Blessed is what i feel. By the grace of God, people always help me.

That aside. Social life wise...

 It kicked off on the first day of my return thanks to Akash. This was at Priya's 20th birthday. Was good fun hanging out with his friends who I can safely say are gradually becoming our friends now. I guess it;s natural to be initially lost with a huge group of people who have so much in common with each other. But now that I see most of them at summer school, I think I am warming up to everyone.... Awesome bunch of people really. They make me feel loved all the time.






Summer school with Yuen has been breezy thus far. I wish we only had to do one subject at uni all the while. Focusing on one thing is far better than having four different things to focus on. And it frees up time to get other things going as well. This chatty lil miss keep is good company. Watched sherlock holmes with her and Nath a few days ago and we've been a unit at uni ever since.






The best gratitude for being back though is having to spend time with my baby pie again. It's like every moment feels more worth it than before. I don't know if it's coz I was away for so long or of it's just coz he's working often now. But despite the emotional roller coasters that the past week has put me through, I try to be as understanding a girlfriend as I can be but there's only so much a girl can do before she misses her boyfriend psychotically. Did i say 'a girl'? I just meant ME. He just had a hair cut in this picture. I like!

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It's been three weeks since I got back. THREE WEEKS!! And it's almost christmas already!! December feels like stealth. Like it never existed on the calendar. Coz I have no idea how time passed by so fast. I feel exhausted. Like as if my body just underwent some rigorous bootcamp. But I do recall spending equally as much time plonked in front of the computer as I did going out and about. I'll sum it up with pictures coz my head is throbbing and my body feels like it should be stretched outwardly in all directions.

Been making sure that I spend time with the family coz after all, it's what I am here for. Have to admit though, it's the best feeling ever to hear chitter chatter in a proper household again. And to eat proper food. To be around people 24/7. Coz when I am in Auckland, the nights can get really lonely with no one around to make empty conversation with after uni. This was taken while we were trying on christmas hats in Amcorp Mall.








Also been spending a good amount of time with Leeza and Reshme, more with Leez coz we're the original BFFs. LOL. Whatever that means. I guess I've just been through so much with Leeza that whenever we're in reachable proximity, there is no stopping us from getting together. Despite that, I think our attempts at planning exciting escapades has been met with futility coz unlike the both of us, no one else seems interested in planning parties and going away on beach holidays and bla bla bla. Sigh.






And there's Ben. The prodigy. Ben is like an exotic animal that you have to catch just in time in order to actually appreciate his beauty (beauty here is a euphemism for the time he spend with you). Any plans made are guaranteed to cascade into a drain. Be warned if you come across such similar species.. A friend who's up for almost anything and who tells the funniest tales but who will disappear from the face of the Earth just when he's convinced you that you'll be seeing him in the near future. That said, Bye Ben! I hope you have happy times in HK and good luck with summer school!



And then there were our ballistic clubbing sessions. Ok wait. It was one session. But one pretty good sessions thanks to Reshme and Harpreet and her kakis. LOL. The Palace is one of them exclusive Bhangra clubs set in the depths of KL. So that was exactly what we did. Bhagra-ed away the entire night. Props to Leeza! LOL.











MPS mini reunion at Strawberry Fields was pretty fun. Got to see the MPS-ians in this picture and did some good catching up. Super cool how everyone has diverged in so many different directions.








Went to Singapore from the 12th to the 15th of december. Four days there was perfect and really tiring coz we had to walk and catch public transport to get from one place to another. But man, the efficiency of public transport there is admirable. No one would need a car to be honest. And Singapore was pretty great overall, just too expensive. To lead such a hectic lifestyle is not ideal for someone like me. Especially after studying in Auckland for two years where everything moves in slow motion.








When I got back from Singapore, I was whisked away by Reshme Nair to Imran Khan's performance at Mist club in Bangsar. She hooked me up with free tickets and I finally got to see who the entire desi world apart from me (but I'm not even desi so guess I don't count) were going crazy over. Was a pretty good night when I finally came to realize how alcohol despite it's bad rep can be quite significant under certain circumstances. Met a lot of people that night. Socialista alert. Oh and someone was wearing the exact same dress as I was! I was so tempted to go up to her and tell her, "hey babe! nice dress" but I controlled myself when people began telling me that I looked way better in it. LOL.


Trixie's birthday was on the 19th and mummy cooked up a feast for the family. Her yummy crabbies was part of the spread. My mum has been cooking such awesome food these days. I feel a potbelly developing. Ah jahanam! But then I'm going to miss all this to death when I head back to Auckland in ten days so I might as well screw all initiatives to diet this festive season and appreciate the perks of being home. I don't understand why I'm such a novice in the kitchen when my mom has intrinsic becomings of a chef! Sigh. So one of my resolutions for the new year is to learn how to cook. From scratch. Coz that's the way she did it.



This is me enjoying ice cream potong, red bean!!! I remember having it as a kid. Yummy ness on a stick. And since I got back, I've been having all sorts of yummyness on all sorts of sticks. I have been eating wayy too much. Aiyai.









LOL. Akash did this back when we were having exams and when FB was the only source of entertainment in our lives. Good to know that our baby will turn out to be caucasian altho it has 43 percent of his genes and 57 percent of mine. But she/he is awfully cute! And speaking of the devil, I miss himmmm to chunksssss!


Ten days. TEN DAYS and I am gone. While i get over that fact, I'd like to wish you guys a very Merry Christmas and Happay New Year!

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