Teen to Adult?!?

On September 20th, 1987, at approximately 4am, a beautiful baby girl was born! (Yes, I am referring to myself!). Well, atleast that's the way I look at it. Which is why birthdays are very important to me. True that your turning older each passing year but its not like we have a choice, is it? So we should all make the most of that day! And turning 20 is a big deal because its the end of your teenage years and your finally an adult! But that does not necessarily mean you have to act like one! As you age more responsibility does come your way but that doesn't mean you wake up on your 20th birthday and automatically tune your senses to deal with life in a more serious manner. Like they say, Rome wasn't built in a day! So I say, take your time! Growing up can wait. Once you grow up life becomes really boring. So enjoy the little time you have now as crazy adults visualizing yourself living in a place similar to that of Neverland!

Pancake Obsession!

Who wouldn't want to wake up to the smell of pancakes in the morning?

Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day. It gives us the energy to get started! So if your going to have breakfast, why not go for pancakes?

You can go crazy with pancakes!! And you don't even have to start from scratch if you don't have all the time in the world. All you need is the mix and a little extra something that you really like in your pancake.

For example, one could mix in different fruit in the batter. You could use strawberries, blueberries (yum!), bananas, raspberries or even tiny pieces of apple! Then again if your not a fruit person, you could always go for my favorite option - CHOCOLATE!

Get chocolate chips (white, milk, dark) and add it to your batter! And you can always be generous about the amount you add in! Or if you have a favorite kind of chocolate, just chop it up and toss it in the batter! When you cook the pancake, the chocolate remains melted inside! So you don't end up with a mess.

And to top the pancakes you could use butter (optional) and pour syrup on top! You even have choices for syrup! You could go for either sugar syrup or maple syrup (they are both extremely sweet), then again you could go for honey (a healthier choice) or my personal favorite - CHOCOLATE SYRUP!!

And whatever you choose, don't forget the side order of whip cream!

Photography

Most of us enjoy being photographed or taking photographs or even both!
One needn't have to go through classes to be able to take fairly decent pictures. If you own a camera and you come across something that catches your attention, chances are you will end up taking a picture of it.
Now I'd like you to meet Queenie (the cat you see on the right). She belongs to a dear friend of mine. Cats are adorable animals (though I'm sure there are many cat haters out there). I couldn't resist the temptation and ended up clicking a bunch of random pictures of the cat. But this particular one came out fairly well. Reminds me of something you'll find in a 'desktop background' website. I would be lying if I said that I was concentrating real hard on getting this shot. It was a random click!
So what I'm trying to say is, you don't really need one of those fancy expensive cameras (with all the details) or a degree in photography to be able to take good pictures. All you need is motivation (in this case the cat really motivated me, being the sweetheart that she is!).

The Art of BAKING!!

If your at home, with absolutely nothing to do and at the point of going insane due to boredom, I suggest you BAKE!!!
I've always loved to cook, but that does not mean I'm any good at it. Something about cooking meals, I always tend to mess up and the dish ends up with either too much or too less of some ingredient or the other.
But I've always loved cheesecakes! I go to a restaurant and for dessert I always pick from their selection of cheesecakes! But its not possible to go to a restaurant everyday and spend 7 bucks on a small slice of cheesecake! So I decided to try making it myself! And with the right recipe and the right amount of patience I succeeded in making the perfect cherry cheesecake (which I obviously got my friends to try first :P ) on my first try. Ever since, I try making different kinds- cherry, strawberry, chocolate, peanutbutter even! And they've all come out pretty good! Baking is easy and so much fun!! Not to mention the end result is always something delicious (well, i.e. if you make it right)!

SUMMER VACCATION!!!

SUMMER VACCATION - two words that will make anyone want to jump in joy (literally in my case!)

After months of torturing myself with books and exams, the thought of 4 glorious months of vaccation has pretty much the same effect on me as weed would!
But what I find funny is how people decide to go away to different places during the summer. Going away during winter makes more sense! Especially if your living in Canada where you see more white than green. These are the months you get to throw away those heavy jackets and winter boots and switch to more appealing attire, mainly tanks and flip-flops!
Well these are a few things summer reminds me of:

Sunscreen Lotion (lots of it!)
Sunglasses
Icecream (the perfect way to cool down!)
Pool Parties
Flip-flops (if your a girl you need to own atleast 3 pairs!)
Pedicures (essential!!)
WATER! (last thing you want is to be dehydrated)
Beaches
Skirts (one thing boys miss seeing during winter)
BBQs
Bikinis (soemthing else boys miss seeing during winter)
Air conditioners
Deodrant (noone likes to smell sweat)

Well that's all I can think of at the moment. But those are definitely some of the first things that will hit anyones mind as soon as they think of summer!
And I dont think its right for me to spend anymore time of my vaccation on this entry! =)

EXAM fever

So I woke up this morning and decided to find out when my finals began. Well to my dismay they start on the 11th. In other words I have to memorize gazillion chapters in less than 9 days. Possible? I doubt it.
Maybe if I stayed up every single night, stayed away from msn and orkut, cut down on meals, and avoided going out... wait a second... who am I kidding? None of that is actually gonna help! *sigh* I'm even wasting time writing this blog. But its good to start with a nice break. It helps clear the mind. And then I can alwayz take a few breaks in between. 10 min breaks every hour. Or even 5 min breaks every half hour if I really need it. And I could keep all the snacks that I need near me to avoid going all the way upstairs to the kitchen everytime. And I'll stock up on red bull or any other energy drink so that I can just pop in a couple if I feel tired or sleepy. Oh and I'll need tonnes of coffee!!
OK! I sorta feel good now. My plan just might work. If it does I'll be happy and if it doesnt, meh, I'll cry about it after the results are out!

ORKUTaholic!

Say NO to drugs! --- is what they teach in school. But I think its about time they added a little extra something to it. And by that I mean -- Say NO to orkut!
Why? Well its just as addictive as any drug would be. Or atleast thats the way I see it. Because I admit I'm an orkutaholic. And if there existed a rehab centre to cure this 'disease', I'd definitely check myself into it!
I actually sat down and calculated the number of hours I spend on Orkut. As soon as i wake up in the morning I practically run downstairs (my computer is in the basement) and refresh my orkut page (which i dint even bother closing the night before to reduce the hassle of signing in every minute) and check by how many my scraps have gone up! Then I quickly go through them before I get myself back upstairs to brush my teeth and take a shower ( Yes I dont even have the patience to brush my teeth before checkin my scraps.) !
I even have my breakfast in front of my computer so that I can keep track of my scraps every minute. I cant study without refreshing the page after evey paragraph I read (Thank God it aint after every line).
In the end I realised I spend around 16 hrs everyday orkutting my ass off. The rest of the time I use to sleep (usually 4 hrs or less), eat (dinner with my mom) ,shower (twice everyday) & study (sometimes). Am I proud of this? No. Because I could have used most of that time to do something a little more useful.
Well I've finally decided to alter my schedule! I'm gonna make more use of my time by reading a book or working out or going out with my friends or watchin the news even! Anything that will help me stay off of orkut!
I'm not saying I'm going to quit orkut completely. I'm just going to reduce the time I spend on it and I'm very determined to succeed in my plan!

Winter

Winter reminds me of:


Frozen fingers
Frozen toes
Red nose
Red cheeks
Hybernation
Hungry 24/7
Lazy 24/7 =)
Cold nights
Hot water bags
Hot chocolate--lots of it!
Shoveling driveways *ughh*
Ice skating
Snowboarding
Snowmen ( u know u make em!)
Snow Angels
Mositurizing cream
Hot Showers *mmmmm*
Soups --- helps warm the system!
Heaters on high
Extra blankets
Snow boots -- you dont wanna go out without them!


I'm sure there is a LOT more . But at the moment this is all I can think of!

Bored

Reading Week >> I'm guessing they expect you to be reading something during this week. I ended up readin "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella. She is an amazing author! Her books are fun to read. I often catch myself laughing out loud while reading her books. Its funny when I'm reading on the bus. People actually stare!
But as much as I like reading, it can get boring after a while. So I ended up going ice skating. Something else I enjoy doing.The only thing I dint get about to doing was studying. And I do feel bad about that.
So I've decided to start seriosuly studying from today onwards. And reduce the time I spend online. I tried doing that once before and failed miserably. But I am going to give it another shot!
But i'll keep blogging. Only because its fun to write random about random stuff. Plus i doubt anyone is going to read this. So i'm going to blog away!