I Like The Word Plethora

guess where i'm posting this from!

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Hmm. Since I've been *yaying* about the trip in my last few posts, I guess your "guess" would be correct.. I'm currently in Folsom, California and it's AWESOME (: We haven't really had the chance to go out much (considering we only landed yesterday at San Francisco International airport) but don't worry, the going out is soon to come (:

Wheee, I'm excited!

I just wanted to post a quick thanks to everyone who's provided me of ideas regarding what to do/see/try whilst here. But, just in case I haven't made it clear before -anything involving beef (cow) or alcohol; I don't do. I'm Hindu and think alcohol smells really bad and makes people do stupid things. But the other recommendations; I'll def. be up for most of them (it really depends on what my dad has planned for us too -since he's making most of the plans).

Thursday should be awesome though! It's Thanksgiving and we're having TURKEY +pumpkin pieee (sounds really yum, though I've not yet tried it) +cranberry sauce +apple cider +other stuff. Mmm.. food. I'm really pumped. It's not just that though, apparently, on Thanskgiving night, the shops nearby open at MIDNIGHT! YAY. Shopping! Not sure I'll get anything, but it should be fun anyway to see what the "malls" are like here.

SEASONAL TREES ARE SOO PRETTY.
Fire hydrants are yellow?
There are ACORNS!
Whilst we were walking around, we saw disposable poopie bags for people to use to pick up after their doggies whilst taking them for walks.
Taxis are yellow (not the pale yellow that things in Australia are, but a proper *bright* yellow colour) -as are school busses!
The toilets flush in the opposite direction.

Ahh, I'm too lazy to type more since it's bed time but I'm really excited about the next few weeks! More soon (with photos)!

Take care guys.

PS. Jackie -I'd love to see some pics of snow (my cousins tell me that it doesn't snow here so I guess you're the closest I'll get to it!)

Finally, the excitement hits.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:50:00 +0000

Sooo. I've been super busy meeting up with friends +hanging out +doing other stuff like that over the past few days (since exams finished on Monday).

Tomorrow we're flying to the states (we = family)! I'm so pumped!

To be honest with you, I wasn't psyched about the trip until today (late last night?). We're flying Qantas and I had a look at the in-flight entertainment &it seems pretty decent (:

Heck, I'm excited!

For anyone that lives in the States, what day does Glee show? I've watched up to episode 10 and I'd really prefer not to miss any episodes whilst I'm over there.

Wheeee!!

Anyway, we're doing things like Disneyland, Universal Studios, Sea World, The Grand Canyon, San Diego Zoo, Las Vegas +other touristy things +some not so toursity things (like having a *hopefully* white Christmas .. wishful thinking, perhaps, since we'll be in Cali for Christmas .. but you never know!).

ARRRGH I CAN'T WAIT!

For those of you who fear I'll come back with an American accent, worry not, my accent will remain very un-American =p

Oh, anyone who lives in the States; I'd love if you could comment with some things I should try when we're over there (food, places to visit etc.).

I'm going to miss everyone here, but hey; six weeks really isn't that long right? And, when I come back -I'll have pretty photos and stories to show and tell you! No separation anxiety alright? There's nothing to be anxious about (:

after 4pm tomorrow..

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:04:00 +0000

.. i will be a free little munchkin. then you, my (loyal?) reader(s?) will be able to feel my online presence in all it's glory once again.

excited much?

you should be.

if you are bored whilst waiting for me to return; do not hesitate to click here and think "wtf" with moi.

ps. the "wtf" link above was because of this amusing little article.

my friends are a traffic light!

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:00 +0000

my friends are a traffic light tonight!

see exhibit a for proof..

exhibit a: proof that shweta's friends are a traffic light.

that is all.

i thinky i see jen friday!

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

^____^

*hopefully*

ps. "hopefully" has been confirmed to a "yes"!

shweta got the job!

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:12:00 +0000

from next year, i will be working in the city as an engineering consultant..

YAY!

i really hope it cracks up to be everything i'm hoping for.

alphabet stolen from jackie!

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:11:00 +0000

A-age: twotwo.

B-bed size: i'm not sure. i think it's twin? it's big enough for me though +one extra body (:

C-chore you hate: cleaning the dishes (after randoms have been to our place; i don't like the idea of touching their food scraps!) -but my dad usually does this/loads the dishwasher.

D-don't eat: beef.

E-essential start-your-day item: a bathroom with all the essentials; running water, toothbrush, toothpaste, nevia, qv.

F-favorite board game: i love board games! can't wait till i can get a group of people over and we can play pictionary!

G-gold or silver: it depends on the outfit. i used to like silver more, but i think gold looks decent on me.

H-height: short. about 156cm? i think.

I-instruments you've played: lol jackie! "the recorder" +piano, drums, madal (traditional nepalese drum) +kind of the the guitar (very kind of!).

J-job title: soon to be engineering consultant! (starting in january of next year -SUPER EXCITED.. oh yeah, by the way, I GOT THE JOB!).

K-kids: i'd like some, eventually.

L-living arrangements: with my awesome family (:

M-mom's name: i call her "mamu".

N-nicknames: shwet, shwety, schwepps, munchkin, munchkinhugs, prawnchip, prawn, dwedda.

O-overnight hospital stay, other than birth: a couple, but not for any operations.

P-pet peeve: i'm not sure. i guess rudeness also.

Q-famous movie quote: "welcome frodo baggins.. the one who has seen the eye!" [this isn't my favourite quote or anything, i just remembered it!]

R-rightie or leftie: right handed.

S-sibling(s): nanu.

T-time you wake up: it depends on when i sleep.

U-underwear: yes, i am wearing underwear.

V-vegetable favorite: harrrrd question! i love vegetables IF they're cooked the right way +some raw (:

W-ways you run late: getting ready? not that i spend time wearing makeup or anything like that -it's just, i spend sooo long in the shower!

X-x-rays you've had: chest.

Y-yummy food you make: umm.. you'd have to ask my family (who eat the food i cook!) btw jackie; what are stuffed shells?!

Z-zoo favorite: this question makes me feel *squee* about going to sandiego zoo when we visit the states! and, i don't have a favourite! I LOVEEE THE ZOO! (and museums!)

i bought a dress

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:00 +0000

and i really like it (for those of you who know me "i bought a dress" is a pretty big deal).

it's black &white and kinda "the flinstones"-ish and i'm still not (100%) sure about the print, but the cut = awesome!

now i need to find some crazy bright shoes (i'm thinking red) and jewellery to "go with" it.

i was thinking b&w jewellery and bright shoes but i'm not sure.

will have to talk to jen and/or irene about it since they're more fashion savvy than i am!

you guys will see the dress soon!

hope you're all awesome!

addict +some other stuff.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:21:00 +0000

i think i have a facebook problem. after three days (if that), i reactivated my account. would that see me deemed an "addict"?

today is ridiculously hot. i wish i was at the beach instead of at home, studying.

i cut my toenails! yay. it's not like i hadn't cut them for a crazy-long time or anything, but i just feel like feet look better when your nails aren't long... although, i've seen some crazy asian women with toenails so long, they'd actually scrape across the floor if they were to walk barefoot. suffice to say ew?

tomorrow = one of my buddies crosses the threshold that becomes "OLD" (until next year, then 24 will be deemed the threshold for "OLD")

tuesday = exam number two.

saturday = thai full moon festival (hopefully). maybe i'll just take all of saturday off and go dress/shoe/accessory shopping for my fourth year civil engineering dinner! public reminder to self: ask irene if she's up for it.

catchment modelling is a stupid subject. it's hard ):

ps. the guy in this ad is pretty cute (:

i was sweating ..

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:32:00 +0000

.. but now i'm shivering. go figure.

it looks like the outside world is so pretty and nice today but i'm stuck indoors, in a computer lab that is far too cold for my liking. perhaps if i had jeans on instead of shorts..

regardless of my attire, i was sweating (yes, sweating -ewww! go, run and hide =p) before i came into this building. all this hot/cold cannot be good for my body.

just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who's sent nice comments/emails my way. i haven't got the time to reply to every one individually, but they've all been read and are really, really appreciated! eventually, i will try to get around to replying to each one of you individually (unless of course, i forget -in which case, i apologise in advance).

for now, i must run back to my books/papers/lameness that comes with final exams.

my first final exam starts tomorrow... 13:45. 3 hours.

i'm still not sure what's going to be in the final exam but GOSH I HOPE IT'S LIKE THE PAST PAPERS (to which we don't actually have solutions -how sad!).

after that = the hardest (ever) exam on monday (i think), followed by a two week "psuedo-break" (as the aero guys call it) until my "easiest" (not easy because it's all stats based!) final exam.

oh, for those of you wondering, my facebook has been disabled until further notice. but fear not my loves, i shall be back online (stronger than ever) very, very, very soon (and yes, that means catching up on what's happened in your lives through reading your blogs etc.).

take care of yourselves and stay amazing!

ps. i found the following links amusing (no, i don't actually hate megan fox -don't like her much either)..

http://fuckyoumeganfox.tumblr.com/post/193738856/stfu-you-are-trash

http://fuckyoumeganfox.tumblr.com/post/197742707/just-in-case-you-werent-convinced-megan-foxs-mouth-is

disliking who i have become

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:16:00 +0000

i've spent the past year obsessing, trying to "fix" something that can't be fixed.

in the process of trying to become someone else, i've really lost the old me.

i'm now going to try to "fix" myself.

and no, i don't care that it sounds selfish -noone wants to be around someone who is as sour as i've become.

i was a great person before this year happened.

this year's made me a bit of a poop.

(a really, really, really smelly poop)

the past month or so has been really great. but once again, i've gone and been lame. gosh, i hate it when i turn lame.

so yeah, i'm going to just stop being such a spoilt brat and enjoy the time i have left with you +my other friends because (despite the shit that's happened over this past year) i want you guys to remember me like i've been before this year started.

i'm going to start living each day like it's a new one (which, it is XD) and stop worrying about the past and future and just live in the here and now.

i found out you were moving away.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:07:00 +0000

and my face started leaking.

i know it's an amazing opportunity for you (congratulations!) and i'm so, so happy that you've got it but it's in adelaide.

anywhere but adelaide.

(not true, but there are times when the thought of the mooch being so close by makes me really uncomfortable *insert looking downness here*)

i really hope you really mean it when you say that you'll be up here at least every couple of weeks; because if you're not, it's going to hurt a lot more.

this song is amazing.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:11:00 +0000

just listen to it. it's beautiful!

by the way, i'm really sorry that i haven't been around much lately but not-online life has been really, really busy.

* i'm officially 22 now.

* i'm really, really excited about fourth year dinner (i've been led to believe that it's kind of like a year 12 formal, but not?) -it should be an awesome night with the people that i've spent the past four years of my life with (:

* exams start on saturday (yeah, saturday -LAME!) but i have a two week break between my second exam (upcoming monday) and final exam; so i have time to go SHOPPING for a dress +shoes etc. for the dinner!

* SO EXCITED ABOUT MY TRIP TO THE STATES! hopefully i'll be able to improve my photography when i'm over there! DISNEYLAND! *squee* -shush, i can't help it if i'm still like a kid =p

so, that's pretty much it. better get into study. three days to study for an exam; HELP!

stay awesome guys.

apology.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:53:00 +0000

i'm glad someone picked up on that mistake.

21:09 <> 23:09

thank gosh i'm not in the military!

insert something celebratory here

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:22:00 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

... to the zefron, of course.

i must say, i cannot wait until Me & Orson Welles is released!

**********

the weather looks much better now than it did when i woke up this morning (:!

now, someone; ask me how i am going to spend the beginning of my 23rd year. go on, ask me...

[HINT: doing something for a friend because i'm lame and supportive like that]

have a great day guys (:

eat lots of cake for me!

t=-10

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:49:00 +0000

As I sit here on my bed at ~~21:09~~ (23:09); 51minutes until my 22nd year of life is over, I think to myself;

“where has the excitement gone?”

Surviving another year of life; the many ups and downs, the good and the bad; should be a celebratory affair, regardless of age. In a way, perhaps, somehow, the older one gets, the more celebratory each birthday should become; after all, the first few years and our final years are quite often, the hardest to live through.

Each year, the thought of a ‘birthday’ instills a sense of achievement within me. With every birthday that passes, I feel successful – I’ve managed to dodge Death; something that I, in a way, believe to be a victory. It’s not that I wish to challenge Death;

“why, hello Death, I have managed to evade your cold grasp yet again. Take that!”

No, challenging Death is not what I have in mind.

Shit.

This post isn’t meant to sound depressing, or formal. Am I sounding formal? If I am; sorry.

Listening to songs from High School Musical (1, 2 and 3), Jesse McCartney and the Backstreet Boys and about to begin my 23rd year of life, I wonder to myself;

“did I make the most of my 22nd year of life?”

Would you like my honest answer? Regardless of whether you want it or not, I’m going to give it to you.

No.

Why?

Because… I’ve spent the better part of it obsessing over something that, in retrospect, doesn’t deserve the level of passion, fixation and love that I’ve devoted to it. Too many hours of the days since the event have been devoted to trying to “mend” things. I’ve become obsessed; an unhealthy obsession, something along the lines of chocolate or deep friend food (with the advantage that instead of gaining weight, one often loses it – perhaps a direct result of the stress?). My unhealthy obsession (it is what it is, and although I am partially ashamed to admit it, I shall) has torn me up inside. Very few people know how I am truly feeling; how I hope that one day (soon), things will feel complete once again.

My 22nd year is almost over, and it is one that I will always remember. But not for the good reasons that I’d hoped to retain in my memory.

Am I making any sense?

Perhaps not. I suppose, in a way, this is just a post for myself; something I will (hopefully) read in the future.

I am not seeking your attention by acting ‘depressed’. I mean, aside from this insane fixation of mine, life has been… it hasn’t been horrible, just normal. Very normal.

I’m hoping that once I begin my 23rd year of life, in under half an hour, life will start to excite me again. I hope that in this new year of life, I will manage to find better ways to channel my sadness, anger and frustration; something healthy, something that does not involve confusion and hours of tears.

This year, I’d forgotten about my birthday. People kept reminding me. But it doesn’t feel the same on my own. I know, I have my friends; friends who love and care about me. But deep inside, I know that it’s just not the same. I appreciate everything my friends have done for me; however, sometimes (regardless of how selfish it may sound) friendship just isn’t the same, sometimes it isn’t enough.

Urgh.

I can’t be bothered finishing this post.

23:41 and all I can say is that I’m not excited that I’ve lived another year of life. I feel like I’ve wasted the better part of the year. Hopefully I won’t make the same mistake, ever again.

relating to 041009

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:42:00 +0000

hello. please excuse my blogger absence.

ps.

REPOSTED: an overdue LOVE list [additions, in red].

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:48:00 +0000

I’ve been meaning to write this love list for a while now, every since I read Jackie’s post, some time last month! Sorry it’s taken me so long to type my response to your challenge Jackie!

For those of you who don’t know, Jackie challenged her readers to compose what she called a love list, with ten things about ourselves that we like (even better, ten things we love).

Without trying to sound vain, or up myself, here are ten things [I think] I love about myself. Here goes nothing:

My hugs (are amazing =p). Anyone who knows me knows that I love to give and receive hugs. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to know that the hugs I love giving, although sometimes received with questioning looks, are more often than not appreciated by those who really matter to me.

I’m one of those people that likes everyone (until you give me a reason to dislike you). Although it’s seen me get into trouble (numerous times), I can’t help but see the good in everyone; and despite what my friends say, I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. It makes me extremely trusting of people that I sometimes find I shouldn’t trust. Nevertheless, I believe that there’s good in everyone, and everyone deserves the chance to show it.

I’m a little bit childish ~~at times~~ (most of the time) and I’ve been told that this is part of the reason that people can’t hate me, no matter how hard they try (Jen’s words, not mine =D). Resistance is futile!

I’ve been told that I have a contagious smile. I like the fact that when I’m smiling, my family and friends also feel like smiling!

The ability to make friends has been with me practically all my life (minus a few of my earlier teenage years). I’m extremely grateful that I’m able to (mostly) avoid extremely awkward silences when conversing with people that I’ve not met before. An example of this (that I hold close to my heart) would have to be when I met one of my (now) best friends on a train.

My ability to pick up things quickly. I’m a fast learner, extremely practical and able. Once I learn how to do something, I’m able to execute the task efficiently and effectively. I love the fact that I’m especially fast at learning things when it comes to technology (something I thank my Dad for).

I have great hygiene (thanks to my mom) and as a result, I have pretty good skin (:

Alright. I’m cheating and leaving it at seven for now, only because I can’t think of three more things. Hope that’s alright for now Jackie!

Stay awesome guys!

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I can't lie about my feelings. I will express the way I feel, no matter what the emotion; when I'm happy, I radiate happiness; when I'm sad, it shows; when I'm angry, I'm honest enough to be angry "out loud" which usually helps resolve the issue that's caused the anger in the first place. I never realised how much I like this about myself until yesterday. Some people might find that it's too much to deal with, but I prefer being honest to myself and others over lying about the way I'm feeling.

i'm sorry.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Do I look easy to you?

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:24:00 +0000

It’s an honest question guys. Do I look easy? By easy, I don’t mean “do you think you could get me into bed without much effort?” (the answer to which is most positively, 100 percently, very definitely no!); what I mean is “does it look like you can exploit my Shwetaness easily?”. Hmm, bad choice of words again? Let me try to explain what I mean.

The other day (Monday), I got off the bus at my wonderfully brilliant university (with earphones in, listening to some wonderfully awesome jmac) when a guy thrust a book in my direction. Assuming it was just another flyer, I extended my hand and accepted it (a simple act of kindness, since I always feel pretty sorry for these guys who stand on the corner of some street and are constantly rejected by passers by, on my part) only to be stopped by him and asked for money. I was in a bit of a predicament. The book was already in my hand, so there’s no way I could’ve said “no” and handed it back; that would’ve just been far too heartless and unkind. But I really didn’t want to give him money for a book that I would never read. Looking at him, I thought to myself “why in the world did he have to pick me, there are a hundred other people walking by; do I seriously look like such an easy target?”. I felt bad, so I handed him a few dollars (it might not sound like much but for a uni student without an income, a couple of dollars here and there makes a pretty big dent in the hip pocket). I know that makes me sound cheap, but I detest spending money on things that I don’t really want (at all)! Anyway, I handed him the money, only to have him ask me “so, where are you from?”. He was happy someone hadn’t rejected him – fair enough; well, fair enough until he decided to tell me that my country must be “in a really bad way and quite corrupt” since so many Nepalese were migrating to Western countries. I politely excused myself and walked away (excuse: a class that wasn’t scheduled to start for another three hours), fuming.

Anyway, here are a couple of completely normal, very non-posed, natural photos (ha, that sounds extremely silly and quite vain). You be the judge; do I look easy? I’d very much like to know what you guys think. If the answer’s yes, how can I look less so?

On a completely different note, I really want to watch 500 Days of Summer, UP, Coraline and Adam. Hopefully I’ll be watching 500 Days of Summer with Jen, PV and Jas. I think my sister really wants to watch UP and Coraline, so if I see them, I’ll probably go with her. Not sure about Adam. Maybe I’ll just wait until I can get my hands on it to watch at home. Have any of you watched any of the movies? What did you think of them? Let me know!

Stay wonderful, cheerful, amazing and well readers!

kiss me, with tongue please.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:42:00 +0000

awwww!

ps. yes, i did notice the typo. the picture is still tres cute!

this post moved me.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:31:00 +0000

i was browsing pax's (??) blog and found this brilliantly written piece. i'm still not sure if this was a work of pure fiction or not.

WICKED.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:56:00 +0000

i really like musicals. no, i'm not trying to say that i'm a huge musical knowledge-pool or anything like that. it's just that i thoroughly enjoy watching musicals (:

is it any wonder that this looks appealing to me?

vag. fungal infection.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:02:00 +0000

.. i don't have any fungal infections -ANYWHERE. the last post was merely a device through which i (ineffectively) communicated my concern.

phlegm in my lungs and a [pretty?] picture.

noreply@blogger.com (munchkinhugs) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:40:00 +0000

antibiotic tablets are floating around in my body. an antibiotic with a half life of 12-hours (according to the all knowing website wikipedia). this doesn't really concern me. neither does the fact that i can feel phlegm jumping around (loosely stated) in my chest when i cough or sneeze. what worries me is little more than this -slightly unnerving to say the least.

should i be concerned?

on a less serious note, have a look at this picture (:

and yes, i know.. two posts in one day (night).. again!