Seven Deadly Sins

Titaxy tagged me to write 7 random facts about myself. However, based on her post, I am guessing we can modify it the way we want. I thought I'd take a shot at writing about 7 random facts that are about the 7 Deadly Sins. I am not good at the whole religion thing...but I'm guessing if I've sinned, I'm going to hell. So here's what is going to get me there... :)

Envy: I used to envy people that could read once and memorise everything. I remember back then thinking if there was one thing I could have, it would be that gift to just read a page and remember all that I have read off the top of my head!!  I remember going through school in India trying my hardest to learn things by rote...but for some reason, nothing stayed in my head if I didn't grasp the concept (Something mum couldn't understand and kept telling me to just memorise it like other students) I still remember this girl who if you asked her a question would rattle off the answer without stopping. But...if you asked her something from the middle...something that wasn't in the same order...no answer! I'm now glad I couldn't just learn by rote. So it resulted in me not doing too well at school. But at least today, I do understand psychological concepts because I actually put in the effort while studying than just memorising things.

Gluttony: Open bars are the worst thing ever! It's almost like I have the mentality that I have to make the most of it or else it's all wasted. One of the first times I got really drunk here was at a residential end-of-term party where it was an open bar for wine. I cannot remember how many glasses of red and white wine I had but I can tell you, next day was no picnic. Especially since I had to go for a training for a new casual position. Travelling and training with a hangover ---- not the best idea. 

Greed: The one thing two things I am greedy about are: books and computers. I can never have enough books. But you already know that. I am not a big electronics person and couldn't care less about the latest IPhone or mobile phone but every time I see a new laptop at the stores (HPs or Sony or Toshiba) I long to have it. Even though I have a perfectly functioning one. Or even if I might have bought one recently. It's a good thing I don't have that much money or else there would probably be more than one laptop here! 

Lust: Everyone knows I lust after Adam Gilchrist. So that's not what I will talk about. But I have been told I have weird taste in men. Apparently guys I find attractive, nobody does. Adam Gilchrist is an example. Everyone I know has laughed at his ears which I think are perfect for him. I remember telling friends back at school...at least I wouldn't have competition when it came to a potential partner given that my friends would probably not find him attractive!   

Pride: It took me a long time to give myself a pat on the back for what I have achieved. I still remember someone telling me that they were surprised I knew what I wanted to do at 21 and that I started my Masters at 22. To me it was "just another degree" and "no big deal". But some people have shown me that it probably is an achievement. And today, I am proud of myself. I am even more proud that I did 3 years of postgraduate study successfully without any family to support me here in terms of keeping house, paying bills, cooking and working. I also feel proud that despite being the youngest in my group of friends from uni here, I am the only unmarried one not living with mum and dad (There are other friends not in this group that don't live at home...these are my friends from uni)

Sloth: Ah....my parents used to constantly say how lazy I was while growing up. I learnt something smart...if there was something I needed say from the kitchen, I wouldn't go get it at once. Instead, I'd wait until say my sister or my mum got up and then say "Since you are up and going that way...could you pleeeeease get me...." I say sis and mum because my dad never maintained that behaviour in me. It was nice while it lasted. Then I moved to Australia and realised I couldn't really do the same with flatmates. Shame.

Wrath: If you follow my blog, you most probably know about my road rage. I still do not get why people drive below the speed limit on the right hand lane. Or why others don't follow road rules. Or how people will almost run into you while merging even though you are the P-plater. Funnily enough, I don't get very angry in traffic. Unless it's because some idiot has caused it by trying something stupid! Just so you know, I am not a short-tempered person...it usually takes a lot to get me angry. But for some reason, I am a different person on the road!

So anyway, looks like I am going to hell. But I bet it will be more fun than heaven. =D

I tag Nu, Richa, Clarissa, Sid, Sam, Dew and Kellyansapansa. Do share 7 random facts about yourselves...

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Cheers!!!

What maketh or breaketh the friendship?

Do you ever think about the friends you have in life...and wonder what it is that resulted in the friendship?

I love my friends...from my school friends to my college friends to my uni friends and work friends. The ones I have made the effort to continue to keep in touch with and who have also put in the effort themselves. But sometimes, I think about some friends and wonder --- what is it that we have in common? Why are we friends? Why did we become friends in the first place? How close are we really?

There are times when I reflect on conversations with a few friends in particular and seriously questioning things. I find myself thinking "Are you seriously asking me that?" I wonder if we are friends just because we did psychology and during those times could talk about assignments. Yes I can whinge to them about my day at work...but for some reason, there is nothing else to talk about. And it's weird. And then I wonder...some years down the track...will we have anything to talk about? Or I wonder...if we didn't do xyz together, would we have ever managed to be friends given that we are so different? Or that if it weren't for the two or three other people in the group, we probably would not be friends.

Maybe it's just me that thinks stuff like this. I guess I am over-thinking.

After all, Sheldon manages to have good friends despite being so different from them! =) [Yes, watching Big Bang Theory at the moment]

But seriously...do you ever wonder about this?

Just want to put this out there...

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

Shameless Plug

The final nominations for the Avant Garde Bloggies Award are out. And I am honoured and surprised to be nominated in a few of the categories.

Over Cups of Coffee has been nominated in the following categories:

Most Beautiful Header (which was created by my sister)
http://avantgardebloggies.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/most-beautiful-header-award-2/

Most Interesting Sidebar
http://avantgardebloggies.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/most-interesting-side-bar-award/

Best Blog Design
http://avantgardebloggies.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/best-blog-design-award/

Most Disciplined Blogger (which I was until this month!)
http://avantgardebloggies.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/most-disciplined-blogger-award/

If you think Over Cups of Coffee deserves any of these nominations, please click on the link and vote.

And yes, I know this is shameless...but I figured, there's not much to lose. If you don't like it, you won't vote. Plain and simple. =P And if you do like and do vote, thank you very much! I do appreciate it! =D

I also want to take this opportunity to thank those readers that nominated Over Cups of Coffee in these categories in the first place. So thanks! =)

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

Her Fearful Symmetry

Her Fearful Symmetry is the most recent book by Audrey Niffenegger, the author of ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife‘.

Identical twins Valentina and Julia inherit their’s aunt Elspeth’s apartment and belongings in London on the condition that they do not allow their parents Edie (Elspeth’s identical twin) and Jack into the apartment and live there for a year. Elspeth and Edie have been estranged for years and the twins haven’t known their aunt while growing up in America. They are obviously surprised to hear from their aunt’s solicitor but agree to go to London to spend a year in their aunt’s house by themselves at the age of 21 hoping to find out some of her secrets.

To read the rest of the review, visit Bond with Books [Click the Post Title to take you directly to the review]

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Cryptic? I thought not

Hmm...after reading the comments to my previous post 'Just Like You...', I realised that it may have been more cryptic than I had intended it to be. I guess I thought after seeing the label on the post, people may have figured it out. But I guess not everyone reads labels. =P

Let me uncomplicate things now.

The 'you' in the post is my dad.

Yes, I wrote the post because every day, I realise that I am becoming more and more like him. I'm doing things I used to in fact not like about him. For instance, for years, mum, my sis and I would tell him there was no point in swearing at other drivers from inside the car since there was no one else to hear it. Guess what? I'm doing exactly that! I remember how I thought he was so old-fashioned when he would question the point of spending money on those jeans with holes that came into fashion when I was a teenager (I never did buy them but was fascinated back then!) But now, I wonder about clothes with holes myself and the point of spending all that money.

It's funny how as children we dislike a lot of things in our parents. Our worst fear is probably to become like them. But a year or so ago, I had one of those Joey-Rachel moments in friends: Oh-my-god-I'm-exactly-like-my-dad-when-I-thought-I-was-actually-turning-out-to-be-mum!

But I'm at an age when I don't think it's all bad. I'm still like mum when it comes to my anxiety, mind you. But never once did I dream I'd be like dad (especially because dad and I didn't really get along when I was a teenager)

Funny how things turn out! =)

Speaking of "funny how things turn out", on a different note --- don't you aboslutely loathe it when your dream job is advertised just 2 months into your new job (which isn't really turning out to be what you had hoped) and you feel so annoyed that you cannot apply for fear of pissing off so many people?!

Sigh.

Have a good weekend!

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

Just like you...

...I find myself swearing at drivers that don't follow the road rules.

...I wonder out loud why a fashionable top that has holes costs so much when it has so little fabric.

...I hate any form of hypocrisy.

...I find I am unable to empathise with the corporate world. And don't want any part of it.

...I prefer to work hard and pay my own bills and buy my own things.

...I feel better when I do that than depend on others.

...I am leaning towards becoming a workaholic.

...I love the taste of cold beer after a hard week of work.

...I love my work and enjoy doing something for others.

...I have my anxieties and my doubts.

...I can be melancholic and have my moods.

...I prefer to be an introvert.

...I find myself correcting others' grammar and spelling.

...I get annoyed when people abuse the English language.

...I cannot understand the hype and madness portrayed by the media.

...I am not afraid to voice my opinions despite the fact that not everyone might agree.

...I find myself saying "when I was younger..."

...I strive for equality.

...I am picky about cleanliness at home.

...I am critical about several things.

...I am my own person.

It's amazing how I have turned out in so many ways to be just like you. 

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

Bingled-up Bungle

The papers, the telly, the radio have all been rife with news about Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle over the past week. So yes, I'm late to the party. But I'm not here to talk about their break-up [Apart from maybe dwelling on it a teeny bit at the end!]

It all started with the pictures. The nude pictures of Lara Bingle. Allegedly sent by an ex-partner, AFL player Brendan Fevola to other players.

Now I have never liked Bingle. Blame it on my views about her being a bimbo (my own biased views, I will admit) and therefore not thinking highly about her. Plus added to that, she seemed to be one of the causes for a rift between the cricketers with Clarkey in the limelight for reasons other than cricket. But despite all that, I am surprised at the way people have responded to the news that she wants to sue Fevola.

For those that haven't seen the pictures, it's of Lara Bingle in the shower and she is clearly not happy with the pic being taken.

There have been people talking about how she deserved it given that she was having an affair with Fevola back then (not sure if he was married or had a partner). I don't condone cheating on one's partner. But since when did that make it okay for the other partner to sexually harrass them??? Or send nude pictures of them to their mates? Mind you, it's not just men saying this...women seem to think the same. There have been callers on talkback radio and readers posting comments on the news sites with comments akin to this. And it just disgusts me.

Not because I like Bingle. But because she did not ask for her nude pictures to be splashed around without her permission across Australia.

Times like these I do believe that we women are our own worst enemies.

I hope she doesn't cave in to the pressure and not sue Fevola. Because if he did pass around those pictures, he deserves to pay the price. 

On the whole break-up front, I would like to add that it's a relief for a fan of cricket. Clarkey is a promising player but ever since he's been with Bingle, there's more about their personal life than his cricket that makes the news. And I for one am sick of it. Let's hope he gets back on board with his game. And maybe, just maybe this shows that cricketers need the stable, relatively unknown partner. I feel for Clarkey. Break ups suck. But one in the public eye must be a zillion times worse.

Leave the models and third rate celebs to the footy players. Those guys are messed up anyway and get publicity like this all the time.

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

Lovely Weekend

Lovely relaxing weekend.

Had the unit to myself. Bliss in itself!

Watched 'Up' on DVD, drank some wine, cooked Green Curry with Pork. Enjoyed all of it with a friend.

And spent today by the waterside with good company, a good book and good food.

I am filled with gratitude to be able to enjoy this.

Just thought I'd put it out there...

It is bliss.

How was your weekend??

Until next time,

Cheers!!!

1 out of 30

I don't know how many of you have read my 30 by 30 list on the right sidebar. Well, this weekend, I completed one of the things. (Go look)

I was part of the audience on a TV show. And one of my favourite ones. Good News Week.

Yep, this weekend, a friend and I, were part of the audience on Good News Week.

And it was quite an experience.

It was free to begin with. And then it lasted for 2.5 hours. It was like being at a comedy show with the occasional "take twos". Paul McDermott, Mikey Robins and Claire Hooper engaged the audience big time along with the guests. The guests would not have been my first choice (if we had a choice) apart from Peter Berner. But they kept us laughing.

And here's the funniest bit. My friend and I sat up on the 4th or 5th rows because we didn't really want to be "in focus" but then, they did this bit on the show where Paul McDermott (the host) come up on top of the stairs....and he stood right in front of me! And when I took a peek at the television monitors, I could see a bit of myself. Sigh. So much for trying to avoid that. :p But we'll see how the editing has been done...maybe I won't be there after all!

All in all, it was a great Saturday and a great experience...something I definitely want to do again!

EDIT TO ADD: I just watched the episode of Good News Week...and I was on TV. Yes. Right behind Paul McDermott during one of the rounds. I have now been on TV and sung on the radio. Who would have thunk it? :P

On a different note...I apologise for not being around and for not responding to comments. I will try and be more regular with my posts and responding to comments. I have been busy on weekdays and even some weekends now. But after March, I get about three weeks off from my community college classes which I am enjoying big time by the way!

Anyway, so how's things going for everyone else? What's been happening in blogosphere? Do update!

Until next time,

Cheers!!!