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Phan Phan Phan Phan Phan
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Hi?
I'm so sorry?
I don't even know what is appropriate in this circumstance.
I haven't blogged since 19th April, 2014.
It's unacceptable.
I'm really sorry!!!
I have no excuse. Well I kind of do, tenth standard has been a heck of year what with the truckload of tests, practicals, project submissions and marathon studying. It's been stressful but it's finally over.
In fact, my prelims (preliminary examinations) just came to their glorious end today! I have my final exams (ICSE Board Exams) starting in a little more than a month but I'm truthfully, not too stressed about them because
a) They're actually quite simple
b) I already have admission in college via scholarship
c) I'm so tired of this endless cycle of studying stupid shit
So I am now relaxing. Since I haven't blogged for almost a year, I think it wold be fitting for me to re-introduce myself and my life. I'll tell you all the things that have happened recently (since I can't remember all the way back to last April) and you can gather some sort of a vague idea of who I was, am and am in the process of developing into!
I'll list (I love listing) :)
1. Tenth standard was a hard year but I think I made some really great friends. I mean, they were already friends with me, but I think they're closer and I really enjoy hanging out with them. I was quite an introvert and still am, and nearly had a panic-attack the last time I had to go to the canteen to buy "
roti" (Indian flat bread). However, I think I have made a small amount of progress with my fear of people and judgement. I am no longer as afraid of singing in front of large groups as I sang alone on a big stage at this inter-school competition. My fear of public-speaking might just have reduced a fraction. When it comes to grades, I kept them up and I'm really satisfied with how things are.
2. I have decided to pursue a career in medicine and am starting coaching from this upcoming April. I'm really excited to finally have great teachers teaching me my favorite sciences and I think even if college will be a grueling ordeal, I might actually enjoy it. I hope I can pluck up the courage to make some new friends and the tough schedule doesn't shatter my spirit into pitiful little crystals :D
3. Speaking of plucking up the courage, my best friend asked me out. But I never had feelings for him so I declined in a way that I initially thought was, for all intents and purposes, tactful. However later onward when the two of us looked back at how I had handled the situation, I couldn't have been more hopeless :( But now, after some awkwardness, we're back to being best friends, and he's dating one of my friends from school. I'm happy for them, truly:)
4. When it comes to dating, feelings and all mushy things, I have made no progress. But what would you expect from a girl in a single-sex school who harshly judges everyone based on fandom-choice, socio-political beliefs and general intelligence? Trust me, by this I don't mean to sound like some high-brow uncannily clever person. I just wish that there were more sensible, good-looking, single and compassionate boys about. Ummm also, I'm not "
ek saw pratishat" (100%)
certain that I'm solely attracted to boys. There might have been a girl I liked from school but I'm not gonna go on about that because I'm not sure whether I just really liked her as a person or legit had a crush on her. I'm confused, you know?
5. We moved into a new apartment which is beautiful:) In my room, I had one of the walls painted a shade of golden (like Leslie's wall in Bridge To Terabethia) and it shines in the sunlight. (No obnoxious comparison to Edward freaking Cullen's Cutaneous Pyrotechnics please). I love the view, the extra space and the fact that my two closest childhood friends are in this building too. But at times I have these pangs of longing for my old home.
6. I read many many incredible books and talking about all the ones that had some sort of an impact on me will take way too long so maybe from now I'll try doing a few book reviews every now and then :) It'll be fun :)
7. The current state of events in the world, the liberal use of weaponry and the ever present hypocrisy and hatred really makes me feel helpless at times. I urge everyone to please go to
https://www.change.org/ and sign as many petitions as possible! There are many other sites too where you can help in making a positive change just by pressing a button. PLEASE do this. It takes a pinch of compassion, humility and understanding to recognize the cries of help that we see all around us. sometimes, a simple subscription helps.
8. I have to go to a tenth-standard batch party today at this restaurant place. I don't know what we'll do there because parties are generally just a blur of dancing, meeting people and painfully loud music. The only stand-out is the great food. But if that sucks too, then, in my opinion, that party is a pile of horsecrap. So I hope I'm not voluntarily signing up for a terrible evening :/
You know what, I had this thought, about half an hour before midnight on 31st December when I was hanging out with a couple of my friends, that I should start being more positive and open to other and alternative ideas. I sometimes am so deeply submerged in worries of all the bad outcomes, that I forget to hope for the best. I need to change this awful habit.
Now. I will change it now. I will hope that this upcoming gathering is not going to be a complete failure and that I will actually end up having some fun because if I go there expecting the evening to crash and burn, there is a higher probability of it actually being that way than the alternative.
Voila! That's the moral for the day!
*sorry* Caffeine rush happening right now :p
Anyway, I better go and do something else now, as I've been sitting in front of the comp ever since I got home. I think I'll read some fanfictions :p Or this incredible story I'm reading on Wattpad.
Or I might call a friend and we could go for a walk while the golden rays of the sun activate all the Vitamin D and melanin in our skin.
*sorry* It's the caffeine talking!!
I solemnly swear that I will write more often from now on.
Mischief Managed.
Alvida,
Squish.
PS: That Phan-love in the beginning was to soften you up so that you hate me hust a little less for not writing for so long :) PSYCHHHHHH