THE PAST YEAR

Another year has come to pass, and i think it is time to reflect on the things i realsied, the things i loved, the things i hated, and generally on the things that made this year worthwhile....

2010-

the year i took my 10th boards

the year i graduated to technical 'college'

the year i had to say goodbye to my fav subject

the year i had to make career choices

the year i started learning new things

the year i realised that i was actually popular

the year i became unpopular :)

the year i realised that some teachers werent all they were meant to be
the year i realsied we were being missed

the year i learnt the true meaning of hypocrisy

the year i saw hypocrisy everywhere

the year i learnt the true meaning of friends <3
the year i learnt to be a good friend
the year i learnt the importance of bonding with family
the year i learnt that girls gossip a lot :P
the year i became interested in the culinary arts :)
the year i realised that people dont listen to me :)
the year i wished i wouldnt have to listen to anyone
the year we got rid of 3 teachers o.O
the year our batch became mad xD
the year i wrote a lot of spoofs
the yar i realised that i was good at spoofs

the year i watched SO many movies!

the year i really learnt to bond with friends
the year we had class outings!
the year i tasted heaven
the year i got interested in football
the year i started to miss 10th
the year i wished i was back in it
the year i wished we were appreciated more
the year i was treated as a joke
the year i realsied that kuwait isnt as great as i thought it was.. (but still gr8 nevertheless)
the year i saw the Taj Mahal and cried
the year i wished i was prettier(weird i know)
the year i wished relatives didnt care so much
the year i wished i had taken arts
the year i became clear of peoples real intentions :(
the year i stayed up till 5:30 Am just to watch the US open
the year i became emo
the year i realised that teachers could be sarcastic too
the year my batchmates became sisters.. :)
the year we came up with a lot of nicknames!
the year i played tennis for the first time!
the year i missed a lot of people..
the year i wished those people missed me
the year i baked a cake.. and it was good!
the year i lost weight.. n almost regained it xD
the year i realised that our batch is jinxed
AND FINALLY
the year i absolutely loved/hated!
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.Oprah Winfrey

thanks to my familyand all my friends who made this year as special as can be.. <3 ya all!

its a hard knock life- a small change

its een a really tough year for us 11th graders... we are currently the first and only batch not to give a farewell to our seniors (like that should have surprised us) .. so here is a song i "tweaked" dedicated to all my jinxed batchmates... enjoy n remember i love ya guys!! :)
this song is from the musical 'Annie' and its called "its a hard knock life"

It's the hard-knock life for us! 
It's the hard-knock life for us! 
'Steada treated, 
We get tricked! 
'Steada fun times,
We get kicked! 
It's the hard-knock life! 
Got no reason to let us go, 
It's the hard-knock row we how! 
salwar kameez,'Steada of sari cool! 
Empty promises 
'Steada of full! 
It's the hard-knock life! 
Don't if feel like they are always howl'n? 
Don't it seem like there're never any rights! 
Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in? 
It's easier than puttin' up a fight. 
No one cares even when your marks get really awesome! 
No one cares if your mind grows...or if it shrinks! 
No one cares when you really want a party,
thanks to them this place really stinks!Ohhhh!!!!!!! 
Empty promise life! 
Rotten farewell life! 
Full of nono life! 
No party life! 
kindness we never see 
Kindness, what's that? 
Who's he?
No one cares for you a smatch 
When you're in the '94 batch!
its a hard knock life!

Yank the whiskers from his chin 
Jab her with a safety Pin 
It's the hard-knock life for us 
It's the hard-knock life for us 
you get nothing but hateWhen your in the ICSK Senate,
It's the hard-knock life 
It's the hard-knock life 
It's the hard-knock life!



well, i hope that helps.. :P

Choices

we had a career guidance counsellor come in today... she just confused me even more... i asked three differernt questiosn about three different career choices and she almost literally laughed on my face.. so what if i have a backup plan? architecture, animation and arachaeology may be totally different things but so what if i want to pursue all of them? why cant you let me make my own choices?  why do people think that if you take arts you have to be dumb? i wanted to take arts... people told me to use my potential better than arts. i didnt have that choice in school anyway and i hate commerce and biology.. so hello Computer Science!
when i asked her if major in history will get me somewhere better than teaching,... i know she was about to say... you can work in tombs... *sigh* wrong attitude towards history just makes my blood boil and my career choices blind. 
i wish i knew what to do.....

writers block!

cant write as often as i want to.... i have all the time in the worls, but no brain to do it.. damn it.. my best writing ideas come at midnight n beyond!
off the topic.. giving voice for a pantomime.. we r doing a christmas carol in school, n i m jacob marley.. very ominous character.. i love doing him!! but i wish i was allowed more expression!! i had to do a monotonous ghost voice.. oh well *sigh* . one thing i ve always wanted was to star in an animated feature!! give voice  for some cool character.. ha! for those things jim carreys my IDOL! horton n the animated christmas carol...W.O.W.

sigh.. wish The Muses would show up soon.. till then i will have to wait for inspiration to hit me.. :P

The Voyage Of the Dawn Threader- Review

The third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia (i love the word "Chronicles" it has an enigmatic tinge sumhow ":)) was highly anticipated and for good reason. it tells the story of the younger pevensie kids (edmund n lucy) and their snobby cousin eustace, as they go on a voyage on the narnian ship, the dawn treader. its mostly a growing up story, with the siblings having their own little insecurities, (lucy wants to be pretty like her sister susan, n edmund wants to be high king, n not play second fiddle)

also the main plot of every narnian tale is the triumph of good over evil, but it was a little disorienting to find the description of evil to be green mist which swallows all..  sadly, i couldnt get involved enough  as the crowd kept talking, phones kept ringing n god knows, some idiots started laughing during the most serious scenes.... 

the twist in the plot was a brilliant one, the goal being to not merely to find what happened to the seven lords, but also to reunite their swords at the Table of Aslan, to finally defeat the evil in Narnia.

 For me, the highlight was the person who played Eustace,  natural acting along with an amazing sense of humour brought life to a film which generally lacked meaning..  the only action was at the end when they battle a sea serpent which was beautifully taken! The camera angles really left us on the edge of our seats (or deep into them, since I saw it in 3D) I only wish there was more fright in the film, like the type which kept harry potter so popular.  The computer graphics were very precise, and you could detect the slightest shift in Reepicheeps mood (who was becoming increasingly cuter as the film progressed, I too had the urge to hug him in the end)  and facial expressions on Eustace the dragon was amazing too.. the acting wqas generally better than the previous flicks but georgie handley (lucy pevensie) was really not doing herself any favours. Her acting was just as bad as her previous endeavors. i wish aslan had had a little more screen time, although they followed the book precisely in his scenes.

The setting was beautiful, the water so blue you wanted to taste its sweetness, and the dawn treader was an achievement  in itself. CS lewis would have been proud of it.

Ben barnes and skander Keynes ( Caspian n Edmund) did brilliant justice to their characters , and aside from looking hotter with a beard, thankfully Caspian had lost his annoying telmarine accent which was a confusing blend of Persian n French xP.  Edmund looked older, n more haggard somehow, but you couldn’t help but feel sorry for him as he tries to prove himself. (I still think he looked cuter in prince Caspian ).

BottomLine= definitely a must see, specially for those who are hard core followers of the series, and although it did not exceed prince Caspian  in plot and acting, I still came away  wishing I was a part of it all, a part of that wonderful place, NARNIA J