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So there's this strange repetitive pattern I've noticed in myself. Perhaps it happens to you too.

Okay, let's say exams are in about a month's time. I'll be like "Ohhh no!!!" but soon after I'll totally lose my sense of urgency. I begin acting as if the exams will never come, although in actual fact, I absolutely know they will. But there's something holding me back from panicking and being motivated to study 24/7.

Two weeks before the exams. I begin worrying a lot more and plan out an intensive studying schedule. However, when I try to study, I'm totally out of focus and I never complete everything I'd plan to do. To make matters worst, I feel as if everything I study just flies through my brain and out the other side. Okay. NOW is the time to officially panic!!!

Yeah, so right now I am in the stage of panic, which will probably last till the exams are over. But since I'm in a stage of panic, I can't keep a clear head and concentrate on studying. Which makes me panic even more!!!

P.S.- What fruit has the most vitamin C? Oranges, right? WRONG. Check out the Health & Food Tips box in the side bar! (=

I can't WAIT for the exams to be over. Then for the rest of the school term we'll just be going to school for fun and we can hang out and chat and play!!! :D

But before that happens... we'll have a dark and miserable time revising everything we've learnt this year. How can I cram studying the whole year's work for all the subjects within two weeks?! This is depressing.

We'll just have to (bursts out singing) KEEEEP HOLDING ON.... (to what, you ask? our sanity).

Yeah, it might just be a paranoid feeling... but I feel like I'm missing out on something MAJOR today.

My inbox has been empty since yesterday night and not one of my chat contacts has come online today. And this lonely Qweeb (XD) is thinking, "Hmm, what's everyone doing today that's keeping them so busy? And why aren't I busy as well?"

Sooo my dear friends. WHAT ARE YOU DOING this fine Saturday that has been keeping you so occupied? Not that I'm angry or anything, just curious. =D

Gotta go now to chip in with the preparations for dinner tonight. We're having seared salmon and some tender squid, just to name a few dishes. :-) À bientôt!

P.S.- Did you know that the goodness of watermelon isn't just the fact that they're amazingly juicy and sweet? (well of course you do... they have health benefits, duh, but zee real question is, do you know WHAT health benefits those are?) Check out the Health & Food Tips box in the side bar!

Don't you always feel depressed when you're at the last half of everything? The last half of the strawberry pie, the last half of the curry puff, the last half of that fantastic Glee episode, the last half of your free time, the last half of the September holidays!!! :'(

Another piano class just dragged by. After every piano exam I get some 'down time' and get to play some for-fun pieces... but honestly they're quite boring and I'd like to get started immediately on my Grade 6 exam pieces, thank you very much...

Here's a compilation of everyday occurrences that truly frighten me:
  • When I answer the phone and a freaky-sounding dude starts talking in rapid Mandarin/Chinese dialect (in the end it is either one of my Uncles or the Air-conditioning service person)
  • Walking past the MRT construction site and seeing the workers giving us a cold/suspicious stare (like we're aliens, or criminals, or... TRESPASSERS...)
  • When those crazy people come recklessly streaming towards you on bicycles on a pedestrian-only route!!
  • When I'm at the store and I walk by that random American man/lady who is singing quite loudly along to the unknown song playing over the P.A. system
  • Walking past those people who stand outside shops handing out flyers (Are they going to shove one right into my hands? Are they going to pester me to take one? Will they be nice enough to leave me alone?)
  • When a foreign lady pops out of nowhere and asks me to take a photograph for her (What if she's a spy? A crook? A secret agent? And if she's caught for breaking the law I'll get dragged into it as well because of that one picture I took for her!!!)
  • Hearing lizards making those weird sounds near my window while I'm trying to fall asleep (sends icy shivers down my back...)

Family reunions are awkward and boring for me. Partly because my mom has got one massive family. There is no way of telling who is my aunt, uncle, cousin, niece or nephew. I have cousins in their sixties and nieces & nephews who are in junior college.

When a relative I don't know comes up and talks to me I just have to go with the flow and pretend I know exactly who they are. But there's a big problem - I don't know whether to speak to them formally or casually because I don't know how I'm related to them. And the conversation topics either push me into a corner or put me in an uncomfortable spot. It's either "What did you get for the PSLE?" or "How's your school like?" or "Waaah, so tall! But you don't eat enough!" or "Did you try this carrot cake? You haven't? Go and get lahhh!" or "Tsk, you are so pale! I tell you ah, you need to do qi gong!"

Another thing. I am never left in peace! My parents always drag me out of my seat to meet my little nieces/nephews or to say 'hi' to Uncle ____ or Aunty _____. At the same time I'm also really bored. The elders spend the entire time playing cards and mahjong, the middle-age group sit around discussing politics, education and the economy, the little ones watch Cartoon Network and the teenagers sit in secluded corners with laptops. And I just float around wondering what to do.

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Sorry it's only 5 questions! But I'm not some full-time psychiatrist who does these kinds of things as a job! (=


1) You have a major exam a few days from now, but you're pretty much prepared. What do you do?

a) Freak out!!! Hyperventilate, pace around, study feverishly, things like that.
b) Get a little nervous. Sometimes I feel that I've forgotten stuff I've learned and worry about things that could go wrong on the day of the exam.
c) Kick back and relax. Go on Facebook, enjoy a Magnum. There's nothing to worry about since I'm prepared. No sweat.

2) One of your family members seems to have a case of the runs. What do you do?

a) Panic and immediately conclude that it could be an infectious disease.
b) Stay calm enough to keep my composure but I'll still be concerned that it could be serious or that the person is feeling a lot of discomfort.
c) Give the person a Panadol and reassure them that it's just a small chill they caught outside.

3) Do you feel worried or bothered until you finish your to-do's?

a) Yup. I just feel dissatisfied that I still have things to do and I can't get my mind off them until they're done.
b) Sometimes, but it's not so bad, especially if it's not a lot of to do's.
c) Nah--what is there to be bothered about? It's just to-do's.

4) Are you worried by small tests or pop quizzes?

a) To be frank, YES. Even though they might only count as a morsel or even nothing of our overall mark.
b) I'm not totally sure--somewhere in between.
c) Oh, they're nothing. No biggee. No worries.

5) Even when you're about to sleep, do you still worry about the next day?

a) Duh. My mind's always in a whir of worries. From my studies, to crimes, to global warming.
b) I don't worry about that many things, most of the time nothing at all.
c) As I always say, "What's the use of worrying? What's going to happen is going to happen."

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I think the results are pretty obvious, but oh well---

If majority of your answers are 'a':
A severe case of chronic worry. Sometimes you feel like your brain is crammed to the brim with worries.

If majority of your answers are 'b':
You find it hard to decide whether you're a worrier or not. That's because you're an in-between. Big things can worry you--small things, not so much.

If majority of your answers are 'c':
You're so worry-free and care-free to the point where it's a li-ttle scary... d:

If all you worriers out there like myself are hunting for a cure, I'm sorry to say that the chronic worrier syndrome IS chronic. It's just the way we are. We can always make ourselves feel a little better sometimes, but it always seems to come back. Try to keep in mind that line: "What's the use of worrying? What's going to happen is going to happen."

She's been with me through thick and thin
She's been with me my entire life.
Well, maybe it's because she was already there when I was born.
ANYWHO, this is a poem, so it's not supposed to make sense all the time.
And this poem ain't gonna rhyme.
Although it just did.
Oh I'm acting like such a kid.
Darn another rhyme.
Ahem. Back on subject.
Sorry my gifts suck. But it'll be useful to you in JC. :-)
And the card is aesthetically unappealing, if I do say so myself.
But my feelings are true, I am grateful to you,
For being a wonderful pal.
We've been through fun times. They will always be a treasured memories.=D
Enough of walking down memory lane.
And let's get to the birthday wishes before I go insane.
Your life has only just begun, you're really not that old.
I know at first I said that. That was a tad too bold.
But I was kidding, as usual.
Hope that you will persevere through the tough times
And make lots of friends and don't commit crimes. (jk)
Have adventures and discover your career path(s)!
And thank you for helping me to be health conscious
Or I don't know where I'd be
In the hospital, maybe...
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Alright, I know I'm no good at poetry. :P Happy Birthday Annette!

 Some mothers might read this and sigh, "The story of my life."




"You will eat this fruit. WITH the skin."


"You must always have a schedule."


"Don't procrastinate."


"How many times have I told you to do this?!"


"Practice the piano!!!!"


"Stop making that SOUND!"


"Why do you always keep listening to all that noise?"


"We'll see."


"You must show us that you are responsible first."


"Stop biting your nails!"


"Get off the phone."


"NOW!"


"Stop rolling your eyes."


"Get the phone!"


"Give me the phone!"


"Have you finished your homework?"


"You must learn to manage your time wisely."


"Exams are round the corner and you are still are ___________?!?!"


"Get off the PC and go to bed!"


"Don't take so long in the shower!"


"Why don't you want to wear this branded shirt I used to wear? It's so hip!" (cringe...even the word 'hip' sounds so last century)


"Read this article!" (multiply by three times when she's got the whole of the Straits Times in hand).


"Don't give me that look."


"Why were you so late?"


"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"


"You young people......................"


"Don't give me that tone."


"UNDERSTAND OR NOT?"


"Are you sure?"


"Always get the facts right."


"Why didn't you make sure first?!"


"Take care of your eyes."


"You must be veryyy careful around the house."


"Your room is like a dumping ground!!"


"*first name* *last name* COME HERE RIGHT NOW!!!"

I'm having one of those typical days where there's no school and I'm just at home sitting around wondering what to do.

Should I do homework? Nahhh... I'll check my email first... Empty inbox, sniff. Oooh but there's lots of buzz!!... Okay now what to do? Check YouTube....hmm,  nothing new.... Alright, I will do just ONE piece of homework... Done. Now I'll go to my blog and scour around for some widgets to add... I've only got some feeble fish and quotes... I give up. Time to eat some blueberry cereal and then hit the Yahoo homepage.

You get the picture. There are countless of things you can do on free days like these and yet I'm stuck in this monotonous cycle of gmail, then youtube, then homework, then blogging, then eating blueberry cereal, then checking the news on Yahoo, then repeating the whole cycle. Not that I don't enjoy doing these things, but I just wish I had more things to do, ya know?

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1) Respect one another. And spread the looove.

2) No inappropriate tweets/tags (profane language, insults, gossip, etc).

3) During polls you are only entitled to a maximum of two votes. So do vote wisely.

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