Ugadhi 2010

Last tuesday was Ugadhi, a festival celebrated by Telegus all over the globe. For those who do not know who Telegus are, for starters, this is the language predominantly spoken in Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad, Vizag, Puttapathi etc) in India. Over the years, the natives of Andhra have travelled far and wide, some due to the British colonization and others to find a better life and ended up in all corners of the world.

This is me, a 4th generation Hyderabadi in Malaysia wishing all a Belated, "Ugadhi Subakanchalu"; meaning: Happy Ugadhi. ;)

I got up late, and decided on the spur of the moment that i was gonna go to temple coz i had my dance class in the evening. From then on i was on fast-forward till i went around 5 temples in Batu Caves, prayed, even managed to nab food from the offerings given (out of three pails of delicious rich food, i only manage to get one, ....but thats ok i guess considering the alt. Yikes). I managed to make it to office on time....ok no, i was 15 minutes late, but i brought sweets for everyone :)). In the afternoon, banana leaf rice with the colleagues and tea with the bf.

oooh and in conjuction with Ugadhi, i decided to go all Telugu-ish and order an Andhra Dosa for tea, BIG MISTAKE!



The Dosa has Chilli! like a whole layer of it...Imagine biting into cili-padi!!

And that was my 2010 Ugadhi celebration.

buzz

So i've completed my undergraduate. I'm graduating in a months time and i'm already thinking and looking up Universities to do my Psy. D. Out of the many schools that participated in the Study USA fair (Le Meridian, Kuala Lumpur) only one, ONE had what i was looking for. Imagine my luck!

Next week there's a study in UK fair in KL Convention Center. I'll have to go check there as well when all i wanna do on a weekend is laze at home or disturb the boyf while he is hardworking-ly helping the family business :)

Even if i get a place there or anyway overseas for that matter, I'll still have to looks for sponsorships or assistance of some kind. :( Long way more, and I'm dearly hoping that the more i conceive it in my mind, and the more i want it, it'll materialize soon. Basically that's what Kiran the new girl at WAO told us (Di & Me) that we should do if we wanted anything. The LAW OF ATTRACTION she says.

So yes Kiran, i'm thinking about it alright every waking moment. Lets see what happens.

Hoping for the best,
Pu

On a more serious note, some guy from the Vet Dept suggested that we should eat stray dog meat to reduce the amount of strays.(WTH??!!) I'm not gonna even write what i think about that as i think that the three letters above is more than enough for a totally insensitive statement like that. and again, WTH?????!!!!!

Visit:http://www.mmail.com.my/content/30043-why-not-eat-dogs for more stories.

22nd and still counting

more than a week after my birthday and the celebrations have just ended =)

March 1st: My 22nd year =) it felt just like any other day, and i thought this must be what it's like growing up. (and i didn't like it one bit!) the fact that my boyf. wasn't in town and my friends couldn't all make it for a meeting on that day didn't help either. But one teeny fact made the day so special.....and believe me when i say tiny,



he was actually close to tears when it was time to go back...awwww. he kept pestering the mom to come back with us. sweetnesss!

March 4th: The Narcissistic Indulgers outing =D. Good food in chillies, dessert in TGIF and the TGIF crew singing a song that i could'nt decipher what it meant. Always count on your friends to do things that you specifically tell them not to! haha...but it was fun and a different experience; what with blowing the candle from a feet away and getting coerced to sing and dance. this was followed by watchin American Idol in yuv's place and a late night chatter before sleepin :)

March 5th: The colleagues got me a cake, vegetarian carrot cake. So while the kids were going on and on with the birthday song (i swear they were on rerun-mode!), i dug into the cake =D

Just when i thought the celebrations were all over, and i would forever feel the pinch that i could not spend a day with the boyf for my first birthday since hooking up,

March 11: I was working till 10pm and thought it's gonna be just another night, bath, eat and sleep. and since i always talk to my boyf on my way back from work, he act said this, "drive slowly, i miss u. talk to me longer" as usual, being how very unsuspecting i am, i just took it as it is. i reached home and my mom was wearing jeans at 10.30pm. she managed to give an excuse and i bought it (i know, silly). and then as i stepped in, there he was, dozen of white roses and all. and all the friends and cousin. SUPRISE!!!!
i was so shocked that i was shaking and i din know how to react which act made me look like i wasn't surprised at all. haha....it was a nice night and everyone went back at 12 ish.

Finally, i can look back and say, i had a great 22nd. a bit spread out but nevertheless memorable =)

Lovestruck

Happy POST chinese new year everyone!

My CNY plus Valentines was so awesome that i practically feel like i'm floating in the air! hahahaha!

These are what some ppl have to say about the latest turn of events.

Yuv: When are you going to get out of your luvstruck stage? (when i forgot that she turned 23 last month, and I act stayed over with her that very night)

Ahmed: jus coz u got a boyfriend doesnt mean u forget ur hypothetical ones..whats wrong with u??..lol..hw the hell have u been? i'm sure u r havin a ball of a time..filed with idealistic romance..lakeside lovemaking..lol..tell me all abt it.. (on me failing to IM him for almost a month)

My Uncle: You should have an in-built phone (on me always hanging on the phone)

My Aunt: It's an addiction i tell you! almost a disease (on me SMS's without looking at the phone + non stop)

My Dad: Yea laaa now you got someone you x layan me already (cause i din call him for a week)

My Mom: You just went on a date, why are you hanging on the phone with him? what DO you guys talk about? (on me being on the phone after getting back from a date)

Moral of the story: When people know you're in a relationship (after a long gap) everything you do (or in my case DON'T) becomes automatically BECAUSE you're dopey eyed and lovestruck.

In my defense,..... nevermind...forget it, it's a no-win argument :P
I guess i'll just have to outgrow the phase, till then BLAME IT ON LOVE people :D

p/s: I never thought lovestruck and me would go in the same sentence....till now ;)

just another Thaipusam

My first year NOT going to Batu Caves for Thaipusam. =(

But other than that, my grandma's knee op went fine. Yaay!!
She's now feeling lotsa pain on her operated knee and also needs to endure physiotherapy for god-knows-how-long. She's a pretty strong woman, my grandma. I know she'll be walking again in no time, but it's all the others that are worried.

Care-taker stress kicking in to all of them. Sigh!

**ok happy thoughts!**

My uncle is coming back from Qatar on Tuesday!! =D
And the boyf is going to see the mom on Monday. I'm a bundle of nerves though i don't show it. I really hope everything goes on fine.

NO! I'm not getting married, that'll be a good 7-9 years more. but for now, i'm having fun every day and i'm going to sleep with huge smiles plastered.

Spread the L.O.V.E.

Muahxxx!

The Fish

I'm here to tell you a story of a fish. Not just any fish, but a gold fish, living in a pond with 9 japanese coys.

One day, the owner noticed something was off with the fish. It was growing at an abnormal rate, in an abnormal way. she could almost see the veins on it's stomach! Expanded to the point of bursting! So the owner worried and fretted till it consumed all of her thoughts for the entire day. She sat by the pond just looking at the fish feeling helpless.

Finally she calls the 'pond man' and he says maybe it's eating too much. cut the food supply (they can feed on the left over debris of food). The owner does that. = no difference.

then the owner thinks it's pregnant, and she fusses over the fish trying to make a comfortable spot for it to lay eggs. (HAHAHA!)I tried to help, of course and gave her suggestions on which plant to pull out of our mother's garden, and also told her which rock in the pond to put it behind. but apparently thats not help enough (sheesh!)

after a few days, no eggs, no babies and still big fat fish.

Then the owner's mother decides to call the 'pond-man' and he comes and says that the fish is suffering from a terminal illness. All the owner could do now is wait and pray.

One morning, owner comes down and after taking a peek at the pond screams, "Gone it's dead! it's finished" The pond was red. The owner's mom had actually put in a pond-tonic (to make it clean or sumn. Hahaha! the fish was still alive. but the owner was laughed at the whole day. =D

Now, finally the gold fish has past away. Let me save the "HOW did it die". Believe me you don't wanna know!

If this is happening to your fish, IT's NOT preggers.







R.I.P
Gold Fish
2009-1010

!@$#%^$%&&*^

I've had many things on my mind this last coupla' days.
Some good, some funny, some bad and yes downright stupid!

and to those who care, yes it's official! :) i'm elated and 2010 already looks better.

later days!

Notification

Due to my gatal-tanganess, i fidgeted with the settings and have lost all your blog addresses to link on my page.

Could all of you, (u know who you are :P) send me your links at puveshini@wao.org.my.

Really sorry for the trouble and thank you.

Toodles.

a day in 2009

yes i've been busy. my F**king internet is down at home. and i've got a new hobby :) and it's HIM.

I'm officially 3/4 in a relationship..ok make that 1/2....oh god!

Is it normal for people to get cold feet just to be in a relationship???

word of advise: prolly not a good idea to tell your over-protective-capable-of-killing-people-who-hurt-you kinda family everything about your would-be/might-be bf.
If you aren't having cold feet d, they'll make you have one!.

But that's the reason you love them ;)

Can't wait for Sunday.

xoxoxo
Is it just me or 2010 just looks like it's gonna be an awesome year?

blaque & white

I just met a client who is of the same age as me. As i'm sitting in front of her, lookin into her eyes and trying to make sense of the pain and suffering that they have witnessed all these years, i can't help feeling sorry for all the things she could have been. if only...

Her parents separated and she was forced to stay with a relative who stopped her from going to school and made her do all the house hold chores while their own kids went to school. Typical Cinderella-syndrome.

And just as easily as that, i could have been her. Memories of my parents getting a divorce keeps flooding back to me and it must be the sign of what a good parent my mom is that i never once felt the pain and negative reactions of a broken family.

Divorces are ugly. I see that NOW. Especially when parents let their children suffer as a result of their choices. I'm grateful that i wasn't subjected to that.

And i'm thankful that i came out great and with my emotions and self worth intact. Not forgetting the memorable and eventful journey i've had growing up.

random

Yesterday the interview was aired!

and that was scarier than the interview!but all was good, my MOM is a celebrity now (yea i knw!) she got more calls than me.. but that's probably because how many of my friends would watch the tamil news anyway???

today is another day at work, and i have piles and piles of case reports to write and annual gathering is this weekend, plus Ivy's X-mas party next weekend AND i want to make time for my friends, those around and those who just came back from diff parts of the world. Sigh! So much to do, So little time and only ONE me.

Digi has something against me. It's official! I keep getting my cdt cut way too much even if it's FnF. WTH?!!

i wanna watch couple's retreat, new moon and ninja assassin. Any takers??

I'm smelling christmas in the air ppl. Gosh! i love this time of the year =))and i've just been made secret santa for our christmas party. any ideas ppl?

Proud Thursday

it was a very wet and gloomy morning while i was driving to work

(not to mention *boleh-mati* kinda jam)

Now its Almost 1 and my spirits are up

not coz its almost lunch,

BUT coz *ahem*

I just gave an interview with a RTM tamil news-person (say what!)

My tamil was.....ok la

and i din use any obscene direct translation *like i did during practice sessions with the coleagues- and caused them to ROFL!*

for that alone, i deserve a BIG BIG BIG pat on the back.

sungguh bangga rasanya =)))

Happy thursday ppl!

My Life so far

Today was as interesting as any day can get.

1) I almost fainted in the counseling room after listening to a client describe her injuries.
If I'm not mistaken, the word that set off a series of bio-chemical reactions that finally forced me to sit with my head in my hands was "BLOOD".
And like that wasn't bad enough, my client came out and announced, "She (me) pening d after listening to me". And my colleagues laughed and laughed and......LAUGHED!

tom i'm being de-briefed by a psychologist!

2) Aanantha from THR raaga called and since the only other Tamil speaking Social Worker was out to lunch, so guess who's appearing for a 5-min WAO-promoting stint on air?

Nervousness giler!

3) I agreed to emcee for the Annual Gathering (WTH!) i'll be fine now, wait till the day, i'll b a bag of nerves!

4) Me with my BIG mouth, told my colleague that i would like to do presentations and talks, without knowing there's one on thurs. Now, i might have to do that talk.
so soon!!

5) Lots of she says, s(he) says down in the shelter and nobody seems to be admitting their mistakes. The Result??

Stressed staff and a happy panel psychologist :)

Never a dull moment eh??

Chic & Cute

Last Sunday was the Chic Charity Event in Zouk KL; In aid of Women's Aid Organization.
And so Arrienne, Di and I were there from 11am to 6pm (on a Sunday! i know!)

So yea, we didn't manage to sell much merchandises but what ever we did sell was unexpected sales as well, so all's good =)

The event was actually a bunch of e-boutiques coming off9 to sell their stuff. and we even had S.W.A.G (Stuff.We.All.Get) aka freebies at the entrance and RM5.50 (dies!) burgers near the entrance, plus loud music, chill-to-the-bone air conditioning and lots of irresponsible lung-cancer causing smoking. In short it was like clubbing minus the dance and make-up plus loads of awesome goodies.

I spent my $$ on a cute baby-tee, a dove-charmed bracelet and a really beautiful peacock feather inspired hairband (such a steal!).


Have i mentioned I'm a sucker for charms? they had 3D snowflakes, cute Santas, Doves, Angels, mistletoe, christmas trees, shells, stars etc.

My peacock feather inspired hairband


my dove charm bracelet:


**On second thoughts, it's too big for my hand, maybe i'll substitute it with my fairy charm and hang this dove in my car. Yup! now all i have to do is get the Chains,Bracelets+Anklet lady to fix it for me.hhhmmmmm**

On a separate note, Uma made me in charge of the gifts for teenage girls(Annual Gathering), and I've decided to get them all earrings :))))))
So yours truly is gonna shop for 30 pairs of dazzling,gorgeous, traffic-stopping earrings soon.

See..., work aint depressing all the time *smiles broadly*

Anyone wanna loan me their Harry Potter set?? Wanna read againnn.

Food+Girls+Shopping+Rain

Thursday brought with it the expectation of seeing my girlz again *smiles broadly*

Since i started work i haven't actually been hanging out as much as i would love to, so ...

after lunch in Kausi and waiting for the *heavy* rain to stop, you would think that we would head home. NO! we sent dev back and went window-shopping in Blook!.

and guess what it starts raining heavier than before and we are stuck there, go Mcd la. Eat again, keep pushing the cup to one another for refills (we are all lazy like that (;)

And....,

What else?



then,



Then we wanted a pic of all of us together, got creative and Ta-DA!(after manyyy attempts)



**If you're planning on stabilizing a phone camera on a wobbly handbag, be ready to pose gazillion times till you get a non-retard looking photo of everyone**

Love you too :)

i love changing my desktop picture at work.
It's always pictures of me, my family or my friends.
Then i saw Uma's desktop, it was really plain with a tiny box.

Me: why so plain?
Uma: look closer

Then i saw it..,
the box had quotes. motivating, heart-warming, feel good quotes.

So i bertekad to get my own quotation desktop picture;

and i found the perfect one for me;
DEFINITELY motivating, heart-warming and feel good
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*
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awwwwww...cutenesss.
I HEART U ELMO!!
nice kan my desktop *motivating* picture

Friday the 5th

A friend sent me this today.Since i'm born on MArch 1st; teal is my color (apparently)

TEAL
You are mostly interested in your looks (go ahead make me sound shallow; like everyone else isn't). And have high standards in picking love (explains so many things). You think and make a solution precisely, and hardly make stupid mistakes (yeaa riteee). You like to lead, and is easy for you to make new friends (really???).


Tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, example orang terlalu free pada pagi hari
*my language teachers migt die of stroke if they read this*

Someone's watching "the time traveller's wife" tonight =)
Tidak Boleh Tunggu! :D

Guarantee for life?

*for the umpteenth time*
I love my job. talking to people and making them see the tough-stuff that makes up their core gives me immense satisfaction. It truly does!

But...,
It is also very depressing at times.

At the age i am and I'm guessing most of my friends reading this are, we often look at our world through lilac pink (coz i like it better than rose :P) lenses and dream of a lifetime of love, undying loyalty and the ability to look back in our old age and see a family complete with children, grandchildren and by god's grace, great-grand children all happy and healthy.

Then again,

everyday I'm bombarded with people who once had these same dreams as you and i; being subjected to all kinds of heartache that many of us have only read about. There's no guarantee that the guy who seems to be the love of our life now will remain that guy 20 years, 10 years or even 1 year down the road. If its only the relationship that breaks, it's still fine but more often than not, they lose a big part of themselves,who they are, their identity, their faith in life and what it has to offer, and their beliefs. On top of that they have a string of children to tend to, zero bank balance, no shelter or food. and the guy, well he is off marrying someone else or busy building up his life somewhere. *this is the worst of scenarios*

but there's always the possibility *tiniest as ever as it may be* that this can happen to anyone of us. to me.

and that scares me. it really does.

then again life doesn't come with any guarantees does it?

p/s: I sat one seat away from MarinaM at a Bar Council seminar. And IvyJ (my Boss) introduced us; hands and all. I kept a straight-face throughout and after we were seated i was like ZOMG!!! to Di (my colleague) :D

Better hope it's in English

it's 8.35 am in the morning.

I just walked 15 minutes through unkept backyards, downhill between concrete walls, crossed a road, walked a long (LONG!) stretch of houses, thought i was gonna be chased by 4 stray dogs (who were minding their business, fumbled with the office keys and finally! sitting at my desk, alone in this office of 7;listening to Miley Cyrus-Climb, hhhmmm.... how very appropriate.

I need my green tea.

My feet is sore. Damn them white shoes!

I'm thinking if a resident has given birth yet (she had contractions while i was still around, last night...YIKES!)

I'm wondering where on earth Sungai Besi is and how totally uncool (AND UNsexy) is it to tell people "I'm from Parit Buntar" LMAO!!!God bless parit-buntarians :P

It's Halloween this Sat. Anyone have plans that don't involve me going out to get an outfit? wait...did I just say that??

Is my salary in yet?

I have an entire family to shop for. Checklist!

In a while, i'll see the kids jumping up and down outside the office door and i'll know my day has begun ;)

உப்டடேஸ்!

gosh! after a tiring week and post-diwali fatness, i"m finally blogging again.
Hope u guys had a awesome Diwali, i know mine was =)

I'm officially eating meat again *yaay!!*

I had my first and i would like to think successful child counseling session, and a follow=up as well.

My first adult counseling, which my colleagues teased was more like a gossip session coz the client was vibrant, loud and all willing to share. Interesting personalities i tell u!
Not a day is boring here in the Refuge.

You know we always here of people having weird name spellings because the JPN or Hospital staff misspelled it, well news flash: apparently they can even miss-look *wait for it* GENDER! WTHHHH???!!

Sheesh! Malaysia 'memang' Boleh la!

Fri nite was spent in Zouk. Vinod's 24th Birthday. Finally after so long was clubbing again, but music sucked. Company was good tho, and of coz it was a friend's birthday..So mesti go kan.



Even met some new friends, Jan, Sandra and Meghaa (whose not in the pics...sowie)


while Vinod entertained guests, we entertained ourselves *as usual i knw!* :D

NOW i'm sick :( And tom got conference on Domestic Migrant Workers.
Die!