Saturday, 31 October 2009

  • Prayer of Surrender


    Why get agitated? Let Me take care of all your business. I shall be the one who will think about them. I am waiting for nothing else than your surrender to Me, and then you do not have to worry any more about anything. Say farewell to all fears and discouragement. You demonstrate that you do not trust Me. On the contrary, you must rely blindly on Me.

    To surrender means: To turn your thoughts away from troubles, to turn them away from difficulties you encounter and from all your problems. Leave everything into My hands saying "Lord, Thy will be done. Thou think of it." That is to say: "Lord I thank you for you have taken everything in your hands, and you will resolve this for my highest good."

    Remember that thinking of the consequences of a thing is contrary to surrender. That is to say, when you worry that a situation has not had the desired outcome, you thus demonstrate that you do not believe in My love for you. You will prove that you do not consider your life to be under My control and that nothing escapes Me.

    Never think: How is this to end?... What is going to happen? If you give into this temptation, you demonstrate that you do not trust Me. Do you want Me to deal with it...yes or no? Then you must stop being anxious about it! I shall guide you only if you completely surrender to Me and when I must lead you into a different path than the one that you expect, I carry you in My arms.

    What seriously upsets you is your reasoning, your worrying, your obsession, your will to provide for yourselves at any price. I can do so many things when the being, as much in his material necessities as in his spritual ones, turns to Me saying: "You think of it." then he closes his eyes and rests quietly. You will receive a lot but only when your prayer will rely fully upon Me. You pray to Me when in pain so that I intervene, but in the way you desire it. You do not rely on Me, but you want Me to adjust your requests.

    Don't behave like sick ones who ask a treatment to the doctor, all the time suggesting it to him. Do not do that; but rather, even in sad circumstances, say: "Lord I praise and thank You for this problem, for this necessity. I pray You to arrange things as You please for this terrestrial and temporal life. You know very well what is best for me."

    Sometimes you feel that disasters increase instead of diminish. Do not get agitated. Close your eyes and tell me with faith: "Thy will be done. You think of it." And when you speak thus, I accomplish a miracle when necessary. I only think of it when you trust me totally. I always think of you, but I can only help you completely when you rely fully on Me.

    —Sathya Sai Baba

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

  • OMG,mishaps

     

    Today when we got back from our biochemistry class, this sight met us..

     

     

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    Apparently the last person who left the house didn't lock up at all. When we saw the grill open and the door ajar, everyone was just rooted at the spot taking in what we saw, and then there was this mad rush to get through the door to check whether anyone had been inside and stolen anything.

    Thank God nothing was gone and the house was intact. It was probably the scariest thing ever coz most of us just leave our laptops on the desk or on our beds.And how we could've forgotten to close the door is probably because no one really knows who leaves the house when, even though we all are heading for the same class coz we all car pool with people from different houses.

     

    And on another note, I managed to melt another tupperware, this time one of my mum's favourite ones.

    Oh she's going to be so mad.

    I've already decided that the microwave oven hates me; and yes I hate it too. Because I have never ever lived with one before, I randomly set the timer when i use it and that has resulted in two melted plastic tupperwares.And in yesterday's case it involved burnt cake as well. I have no idea why I was trying to heat up the cake but it left the acrid smell all over the house, and my housemates were NOT pleased at all,haha.

     

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    That's a bit of cake stuck to the melted plastic

     

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

  • Currently
    Ocean Eyes
    By Owl City
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    Started Biochemistry this week. So far it has been an absolute nightmare because there so many names to remember; from enzymes to drugs and cycles.

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    Glycolytic cycle  and Gluconeogenesis..(don't ask)

     

     But lectures on its own are quite fun because Dr. Noraini is rather entertaining as she keeps relating her experiences while practicing.

    Tomorrow will be our very first clinical visit! Well technically last week was the first but as we visited the Malaysian Federation of Deaf People, it doesn't really count (BO-ring, as we just walked around the office,we did meet a few deaf people though who communicated through sign language )

     

     


     

    Mansfield Park (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Jane Austen

    I bought Mansfield Park today- out of peer pressure. Though I haven't gotten past the cover yet thanks to all the assignments yet to be done.

     

     

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    The girl who put all the pressure, Najah. Actually she was just reading it until we started glorifying Jane Austen (as usual) so I had this gila desire to read it too.Haha yeah right,admist all the workload that would just be suicide.

     

    I realised how weird it was for most of mt housemates to loathe cats because usually Malays seemed to adore them..Hmm I guess you can never generalise..

     

     

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    The cat Atiqah (my first ever friend at CUCMS) and I encountered while jogging. Hehe not camera shy eh?

     

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    The look that says " I don't eat chocolate muffins you dumbo"

     

     

    And now to finish another long essay.Groan

     

Thursday, 08 October 2009

  • What's on my mind right now..

    1. Physiology block exam tomorrow.

    At CUCMS, we don't take many subjects at once, instead there's something called the block system where we take one block at a time which lasts about a month. So yesterday was the last day of our physiology block. I can't believe I'm almost done with one whole block! Another 23 more to go? haha..

    On the other hand, I'm going to miss Prof. Hamdan. He challenged us to not study for all the weekly assesments and instead just walk in with just everything we learnt in class. Obviously I was too chicken to try that.
    I've never quite met a lecturer like him. There was never a dull lesson and I'm going to miss all his Oxford talk.

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    Lousy picture coz' I haven't mastered the use of the webcam yet.

     

     

     

    2. Cereal!!

    All of a sudden, breakfast is my favourite meal thanks to..... Cocoa Pebbles!!! 

    I actually bought it out of curiosity after reading all the Flintstone comics. But it turned out to be so awesome, even nicer than KoKo Crunch! I can barely focus in class if not for this baby.

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    Just had to pose with it. Oh and the hamper behind is the one I got for futsal. Sadly only the ones who got first and second place were given money as well. But still, the hamper is full of chocolates and ketupat(?).

    *checks time*12.02pm..*faints*

    To study nine chapters now!

     

     

     

     

     

Sunday, 04 October 2009

  • Currently
    She Wolf
    By Shakira
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    Shit happens when you're over semangat-ed

    Your muscles should feel sore on some days after you exercise. If you go out and jog the same two miles at the same pace, day after day, you will never become faster, stronger or have greater endurance.

    If you stop lifting weights when your muscles start to burn, you won't feel sore on the next day and you will not become stronger. All improvement in any muscle function comes from stressing and recovering. On one day, you go out and exercise hard enough to make your muscles burn during exercise. The burning is a sign that you are damaging your muscles. On the next day, your muscles feel sore because they are damaged and need time to recover. Scientist call this DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness.

    It takes at least eight hours to feel this type of soreness. You finish a workout and feel great; then you get up the next morning and your exercised muscles feel sore. We used to think that next-day muscle soreness is caused by a buildup of lactic acid in muscles, but now we know that lactic acid has nothing to do it. Next-day muscle soreness is caused by damage to the muscle fibers themselves. Muscle biopsies taken on the day after hard exercise show bleeding and disruption of the z-band filaments that hold muscle fibers together as they slide over each other during a contraction.
    Scientists can tell how much muscle damage has occurred by measuring blood levels of a muscle enzyme called CPK. CPK is normally found in muscles and is released into the bloodstream when muscles are damaged. Those exercisers who have the highest post-exercise blood levels of CPK often have the most muscle soreness. Using blood CPK levels as a measure of muscle damage, researchers have shown that people who continue to exercise when their muscles feel sore are the ones most likely to feel sore on the next day.

    -www.drmirkin.com/fitness-












    It did not lift weights. I played four rounds of futsal for the CUCMS Futsal Tournament.

    Every round, I either slid over the ground, collided (very painfully, leaving me feeling like I had angina) with some people or just fell flat on my back because the idiots were brawling over the ball.

    And today, I can barely move my whole body. I just have to sit in one position because moving even a limb hurts like hell. I tried walking up the stairs to my room but that hurt even more and I couldn't even support my guitar!

    Haha don't I sound like an old lady who has severe arthritis???

    But no regrets really, coz' we came in third!! And we were the only first years in the finals *grins giler-ly*

    And now to find a cure for all this pain.










Sunday, 27 September 2009

  • Currently
    Misery Business
    By Paramore
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    me and feli

    :)

    I really miss you.

    There isn't anyone to call me just to prevent me from studying or inventing stories about me owing 'em money.

    There isn't anyone left to talk over all the tv shows we used to watch.

    But its nice to know you're doing what you've always dreamed of at such an awesome place.

    And I haven't forgotten that we're supposed to jump over a cliff into a sea (not to commit suicide,haha).

    Take care Felicia..

     

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

  • Currently
    Hot Mess
    By Cobra Starship
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     I'm tired and sleepy but I can't sleep yet coz there're tonnes of assignments waiting to be finished and I haven't studied anything from this week yet.

    My roommates,for reasons best known to themselves have become nocturnal. I don't know why the heck this is happening now,but it stinks coz it means they leave the lights on all night and that disturbs my sleep. But I wouldn't be able to sleep otherwise anyway coz I really really hate this bed as its so lumpy and my bedsheet keeps sliding off.
    I was thinking about it,if I were my grandfather, I'd staple the sides of my sheets to the mattress. But me being Sha can only think of what will happen if the staple bullets get dislodged and somehow ends up poking my.........well I wouldn't want it to poke me anywhere for that matter.Haha

    Something really funny happened when I was chatting with Leow the other day. I was having trouble managing my meals over here coz its really hard to buy groceries and I'm not exactly the best chef around so everytime I tried to fix myself something I'd end up swearing to myself never to try it again,haha. So Leow was helping me cook..

    han soleow says:
    or at least enough to get the outside slightly crispy
    then sweet chilli, just go buy the maggi tahi chilli sauce
    *thai
    HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHA

    padme shamidala says:
    hahahahahahahahahahaha

    Lol.i don't think I've ever laughed so much.

     

    On a different note, I found something really awesome.

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    That was a few weeks ago when all of us were still here. Well most of us are still here except for Vinitha who has safely reached Ireland. (insert smiley here)

    I dunno why the smiley button vanished from the toolbar.

    Oh I found it but its so retarded for some reason.

    *curses the kecacatan*

    I would have liked to curse to mean like 'Crucio' or 'Avada kedavra' but whatever.

Wednesday, 02 September 2009

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

  • Currently
    Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
    By J. K. Rowling
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    A different experience..

    Nearly three days at Cyberjaya has made me a feel different,well, slightly..

    I now have to wash my own clothes,cook my own food,clean the bathroom,study,study and did I mention study?

    Haha,it's not really that hard,but I guess adjusting is the hard part.As everyone probably knows by now, I really miss all my friends (both Melawatians and Sai) coz' I have to be so guarded over here in case I offend anyone.The result of which I'm not being myself at all,which stinks.

    I can't use words like 'shit', 'wth' or 'cow dung' coz' then they'll give me the look.And I'm not really allowed to wear jeans or flip-flops anymore(which I have been doing despite the restrictions).They're tests every other day, which is not too bad la,at least this way, I won't get stuck with a pile of last minute work.

    The food here is such a rip-off. Like its five bucks for fried rice and twelve for like noodles with salad.They aren't any mamak stalls around so I've resorted to eating out only once a day.But the problem with that is that I've run out of stuff to eat at home,so it's gonna be Maggi till I buy more stuff,which is actually rather funny coz' a few years back I would've given anything to eat as much of Maggi as possible and now I dread it..But then again, that's probably coz' what I have is Mamee not Maggi,hmm..

    Not only that,my housemates are so happy that I don't eat pork,haha but I'm not to pleased about being the only vegetarian in campus!Hostel life is not that bad actually, I wasn't all that scared about living away from home, and it is actually quite fun coz' this way I can go where ever I want without having to ask permission from anyone (well,technically) and there isn't even a warden. *smiles in a very evil way*

    I just realised that I forgot to pay for my labcoat and my first lab session is tomorrow, SHIT.

    Gotta go now,have to scout around for food,lol.

     

Friday, 24 July 2009

  • The Very Random Post..

     

    There're so many things that I'd like to say,but right now I can't summon the energy to do it.

    So........................................ PHOTOBLOG!!

     

     

     

     

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    I found this in my pendrive. I really love this picture,even though it's a little blur. Sanggeetha and I were trying to take as many shots of the beach as we could as the car sped past P.D. last year.

    Wow,its nearly been a year already! When are you coming back la, Sanggeetha???

     

     

    This is one of the only photos I have with all the college people in it :) .Its stolen by the way, from facebook.

     

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    LOL,this is so random.
    Its actually what I'm cross-stitching now. I just decided that cross-stitching is very very challenging because its so tedious especially when we have to transfer the stitches onto the cloth!
     I bet I'll have to change my spectacles soon.

     

     

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    The Ampang Sai teen-youth family  Well they're more actually,but they're all missing here. 

     

     

     

    Isn't this the cutest? There was this 'Patriotic Pets' competition on the Martha show for the Fourth of July and there were so many adorable contestants. This one's for you,Leow.  

     

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    And this one is for you,Feli!.. Sorry, Jo. There were no skunks there,haha.

     

    The Manchester United players! (Sorry Feli, I stole it from your facebook). The match was a real good experience because we got to see the players up close. And the best part was that we went there supporting them, but after they had scored twice no one wanted Malaysia to go home without any goals, so we all started cheering for Malaysia instead and everyone was screaming 'Malaysia Boleh!' like lunatics.

    And for some reason, everyone was a big fan of Owen that day.

     

     

     

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    This is Vinitha's most amazing discovery. We used it for our 'Gayathri Mantra' study circle yesterday which is why its a stairway leading to heaven. The study circle, I'm happy to say,went quite well. At first we were terrified because it's such a deep topic and me,Vinitha and my brother hardly know anything compared to the elders there,but Swami helped, as usual .

     

     

    Last but not least, my favourite which was taken right after SPM. And this one was stolen from Jay Rick. Haha I'm an accomplished thief.

     

    Oh, and I'm so jealous that today was officially Daryl's last day at work.Hmph.

     

     

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    • Name: Shalini
    • Metro: Kuala Lumpur
    • Birthday: 5/19/1990
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 4/27/2004

About Me

  • Shalini enjoys blogging,reading,writing and YES sleeping.She does not aprreciate being reprimanded for no particular reasons (which happens all the time) and likes to live life according to her own frequency. Her views and principles take a huge turn very often though she denies all claims of being influenced easily. Sha loves being alone,yet hanging out with her friends and family(the extended ones too:) ).She's a weird type who looks forward to rainy mornings but not her birthdays.She likes partying,swimming,boating(anything that involves water).

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