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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Almost There!

I am not fully recovered from Chicken Pox. But I am almost there!
Maybe 3 or 4 days more. But I feel normal. I guess I will be dusting my books today after more than 10 days. Trust me... those days when I was sick feels like heaven. Because, I had nothing to do. Just lie down in my bed and read. No chores. I kind of miss it. Anyone would.
It reminds me of a comic story I read. It was in a 'Betty and Veronica' book. Betty broke her leg and even she feels the same after she recovers from it. She has to run many errands for her Mom. She has to clean up her room... Lots of chores.
But, yeah, every good thing has an end.

I have these marks in my face after the poxes dried. But unlike the 'Pimple-conscious' teenage girls, I went out to a Mall yesterday. Oh yes, I did! Actually, I am in the starting stages of being a pimple-conscious girl and I didn't want to 'show-off' my marks. But I forced myself. Because, we were planning to go for a movie.
So, yesterday night, I saw the movie 'Life of Pi'.

I am kind of confused after the movie, actually. That is because, I found two endings for the movie. One, what I thought that happened and another, what Papa said that happened.
The movie is of this Indian boy, who is following 3 religions, named Piscine Patel. He changes his name to Pi because his school mates make fun of his name and call him 'Pissing Patel'. LOL!
He is named after a French swimming pool, you see. His family has to move to Canada because of some government issues and they set of to Canada in a Japanese boat. The boat sinks due to a storm. But Pi survives and he is isolated in the middle of an ocean, in the deepest point of earth in a small boat with a Zebra, a Orangutan, a Hyena and a Bengali tiger named Richard Parker. The hyena, zebra and the orangutan dies. And only Richard Parker and Pi lives. Then its full of adventure, starvation, fantasy.
I feel, there is a lot of fantasy... thing you can't believe. I mean what do you think of a carnivorous island and water that turns acidic during the night. And sparkling whale?!

But the movie is good. The animation and stuff, its cool. This is the second movie that made me scream in the theater. Yeah... I screamed when the tiger jumped to the screen. The first time I screamed was when a snake jumped onto the screen in the movie Harry Potter- Deathly Hallows.
 I am looking forward in reading the book of Pi. I did read from another blog, of a tween, that the book is really inspirational. She has written a lot about the book, including a poem from the book. I guess its worth reading. You could also give it a try!


Monday, December 24, 2012

Excitement is bad for Health

On 18th of this month, I turned 14.
Yeah... it was supposed to be fun, exciting and all. But in my case, it was a lot opposite to my expectations.
You want to know what happened..? Well, here's what happened....

Another normal day at school. Waiting for the next teacher to come to the class and start her class. But my mind, filled with thoughts which were acting like monkeys, jumping around that little head of mine. I was waiting for my birthday like I was to become a Millionaire on that day. I started blabbering to Rahanuma about what was going on in my mind. I needed to go shopping for new clothes because, suddenly there seems to be a lack of mind-blowing dresses in my wardrobe. I guess it is like that for any other teenager. At the shop, all the dresses are so good. You buy one of those, wear that and go out twice, the dress now seems a year old! Well, after getting a new dress, I really needed a hair-cut. My hair is just too long now. What about foot-wear?! If I am wearing a Dress, I need the heels which goes with it... otherwise it won't look good. But I don't have heels because I don't find them comfortable. And I don't want to wear Jeans and Canvas shoes because that's what I wore last year. I want something different. Something different what my friends won't expect from me. Because, I claim to be a  tomboy (which I think I am losing touch with) and I am one, mentally, at least. But this time, I want to look like a girl, a real girl. Too much talking I did and too much excitement I had, about my birthday, that all I cared after that was looking good on my birthday. And I still remember word-to-word what I said "I am getting soooo excited that I am starting to feel I will be sick on my birthday and I will miss school!".

And you know what... I regret saying that. I have always been optimistic, I don't know why such an idea struck my mind! To say something so pessimistic! That too when my Birthday was so close that the number of days left could be counted on our fingers!
I guess you got the hint... yes... unfortunately, my great prediction came true. I fell sick. And this time, not the normal cold or cough... I am suffering from Chicken Pox!! And that's how I spend my birthday. Bed-ridden.
At least, I was in a condition when I could walk to the phone to receive those Birthday wishes.

Sir Isaac Newton found the three laws of motion.
And I found one, myself! Not on Motion... just a random one. Like a moral of this story. And here goes...

"Excitement and Good Health are inversely proportional to each other, especially on the cases of desperate teenagers."

Thursday, December 13, 2012

That's weird

Just like any other human being, I opened the Google page today...again.
You know, when there is any special occasion, the style in which 'Google' is written will be related to that occasion. Its called Google Doodle. So today, according to my knowledge, the special occasion is Taylor Swift's Birthday. And when I opened Google, the Doodle was Birthday cakes. I put the cursor on top of one cake, and it showed 'Happy Birthday Malavika!!'. And I am like 'Today is not my birthday.. there are 5 more days left for mine'.
Then I clicked on it, and my Google+ profile opened... I was online at that time. Then, I scrolled down, and my birthday was shown as 'Dec-13-1998'. I don't remember when me saving my birth date as Dec 13th. I let that doubt stay uncleared. And I tried to change my birth date in G+ account before I forget to do it. I changed the 13th to an 18th... (and here's where the weird part comes).... and clicked 'Save' Button and they are showing 'Please enter a valid date'.

And I go '"Okaay... well, that's weird..". I tried 2-3 times, but it is still showing 'Please enter a valid date'.
I don't know what they mean by this 'valid date'.
It's irritating and I am like 'Dude, it's not Feb 31st, its Dec 18th!'

Monday, December 3, 2012

Why can't everyone be like that..?

Some weeks ago, Papa, Amma, My sister Anu and I went to Dubai Mall.
We went there to get a new shirt for my sister. But the luck was on my side! She did not get anything and I got a new top! WooHoo..!

Recently, Anu had gone for ice skating with our cousins. And she is loving it! So, she wanted to go for ice skating again and her wish was granted. It's not that I am scared to skate, but I don't like to do anything of that type without my friends. So, I thought I would go explore the book shop, 'Kinokuniya' and Virgin Mega-store. I went alone. You might think I am kind of stupid to not carry money with me. But I did not want to buy anything that day.
So, I was wandering through Virgin store and then I went to the book shop later. Inside, Kinokuniya, I saw a book of Taylor Swift! I got carried away by that book. I was flipping the last page of the book when i realized that I should be getting back to the Ice Rink. There was this window inside the book shop which faces another atrium of the mall and I saw two people; one playing the Grand Piano and the other playing the Violin. I wanted to listen to the music. That was my next destination.I wasn't so sure which way to go... But I wasn't lost. I found my way and I stood there listened to the music. Then again, the alarm in my head started ringing! I should be getting back to the Ice Rink. I turned around briskly, when I did not exactly hit her, but was nearly very close to hitting her. I took a step back and a 'Sorry' came out of my mouth in reflex. My eyes were fixed on the way I should go. That lady's voice is still inside my head. She rudely said "Watch, where you are going!". I, sincerely did not expect such a reply and I did not like it either. I didn't bother to turn around and walked super fast back to my family.

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It was dinner time! We were still in the mall. But that doesn't matter. The food court has ALL kinds of food. Papa is interested in trying out new dishes from different parts of the world. That day, it was German food. We bought our food and took our places. We were talking and eating. That's when a European family passed by; A lady pushing a pram, her husband carrying a cute little girl and two elderly people. This man carrying the little girl was passing by, by Amma's chair. Amma leaned to her chair and this man moved his hand. Both at the same time. So, by mistake, his hand touched Amma. Amma turned around to say 'Sorry' but before she could even open her mouth, he looked at her and said "Oh! I am so sorry.". Then he looked at Papa and said "I am really sorry!". He had such an innocent face. We said its all right. But he apologized one more time and only after that he left. After few minutes, they came back, maybe because they had taken the wrong way before... And this time,  he moved a bit far from Amma's chair and said "Safe distance", looked at  my dad and smiled. Then all of us laughed. They left and we were eating again.
I told Papa "Such a gentleman, right?".
Then I also told Papa, about that lady who I came across near the Musicians.

The world would have been such a beautiful and better place if everyone was like that European Gentleman. What is the point of being rude? What is the point of living with a frown in your face, when we can actually smile and live with the positive things in life? What do you lose when you say 'Sorry' to someone?
I am not saying that, that lady, should apologize to me. Why should she...? She didn't come and hit me. But at least a "It's all right" or a "Oops! I didn't see that coming" wouldn't harm or hurt anyone. It's just a suggestion.

Now,  think about yourself... are you like that lady or that gentleman...?
If suppose you are like that lady, would you take my suggestion... or continue to be 'yourself'?
The choice is yours... Now that you know how people you who have seen only once in your lifetime can judge you with those words that slip out of your mouth.... I hope you choose the correct option.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

UAE National Day!

2. 12. 2012

Today is the 41st 'Birthday' of United Arab Emirates!
And I feel awesome! The reason is obvious : I LOVE U.A.E!!!

Last Thursday, we had National Day celebration and it was totally amazing. The dance was so good!
WE LOVE U.A.E.!!!
Girls dressed up as guys and dancing. It was so 'I-dont-know-what-to-say' type, in a good way. It was far much better than the boys doing do the dance... We had fun within the students. There was a Throw Ball match between students and teachers. And guess what? Teachers won!

Now, let me write, well....type to be precise, about U.A.E. I consider my self very lucky to be living in U.A.E. You know, surrounded by the 'World's Tallest' , 'World's Biggest', 'World's Largest' and the 'World's Longest'. Maybe, I am one of those 'World's Luckiest Teenagers'. WOW! That's a lot in the World!

Going through the History of U.A.E., we get to know that, U.A.E. came to existence in 1971, when 6 emirates joined together to form a country. Later, in 1972, the Emirate, Ras-Al- Khaimah also joined the U.A.E. It's a very much developed Arab country. Anyone would just love it here! It's not a place filled greenery, but the Government's efforts to bring that bit of greenery to the country deserves praise.
The whole country is filled with the National Flag of U.A.E. and decorations from last week. I bet everyone was eagerly waiting for today! I guess, there is going to be fireworks in the capital, Abu Dhabi... And that is really, totally, worth watching! Let me end this post, by saying it once again :

                                               I LOVE U.A.E.!!!!!


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