Ugh...

I feel the need to rant. Just about life in general. No, make that DESI life. I mean where do I start? The inequalities in treatment of boys and girls? Or the face that the first born is always given preference? Or the fact that Desi parents yell at their kids for encouragement. Growing up, whenever I had a big exam, project, or application due, my parents would always yell at me the night before. Whether I had gotten up at 6am and was studying for a straight 12 hours, I would always displease them. I used to get so worked up and depressed that no one in high school wanted to hang out. I mean, people want to be surrounded by positivity right? And I was the polar opposite of that. I emanated negativity and depression. And now, 21 years after my birth, I realize that its not going to change. Parents, especially Indian ones, are set in their ways. No matter how well you construct a meticulous argument against them, they will always refute it with a quick, "I'm your mother, so do as I tell you." I swear, I'll be 35 and raising my kids and my mom will be telling me I'm doing it wrong. NEVER point out your parents mistakes, I've suffered my entire life, hopefully this will give you a heads up. 

That's why all our parents hate MLID, because it reminds them of their mistakes. Honestly, which one of our parents actually approves of that site?

If...

Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghosal had babies....

Lame Summers....

...have gotten to be the norm lately. I mean every one of my friends that I talk to is either taking summer classes, bragging about a new internship, or is too busy for fun at a new job. I'm preaching to the choir here. I have a couple things keeping me busy too. But I'll wait til July 1st to let you all know, because usually when I tell before something happens, it doesn't. Call me superstitious, call me Indian, its all the same. What are you guys doing this summer??

Finally! A new rant....i mean post....

Hi everyone =)

Sorry I haven't been posting much, I just got caught up with school. I finish up in 2 weeks, so its crunch time here. I was talking my parents, who decided to give me a surprise visit this Memorial Weekend, only to feed me with rice and achar. LOL. Not that I'm complaining. Although I didn't like the fact when my mom took my OAT book and started randomly asking me questions that I hadn't even studied for...and then started to berate me on how I wasn't studying enough. Mind you, this is just 2 days after she started yelling at me for not focusing enough on final exams studying. I sense some crazy ass desi mind switch *&^$ going on....I mean I do love my parents, but every time they try to "motivate" me, they only seem to discourage me. So much so that I had to leave the cafe I was studying at, and all vegetate at home on the couch. I've slept so much in the past 3 days I think I'm going to die. I wonder what its like to feel sleepy =( And to top it all off, my mom started yelling at me saying that I got bad grades last quarter (As and Bs) and that I'm so dumb I've never gotten an A+ only A-s. And this is at a top 3 university.

Yay for encouragement.

The guy who posted this must Indian!

http://graphjam.memebase.com/2011/03/14/funny-graphs-emotion-sickness/#comments

Remind anyone of a desi movie?

its like hug ---> boom! ---> baby!

Random thoughts...

I heard a Telugu man on the bus speaking really loudly and I could understand everything he said. TEE HEE


Is it just me or were those food logs for health class really hard to fill out. I never found a calorie value for idlis or dosas so I always cheated on them. Hahaha.

I never thought about this but...

On MLID, everyone complains about having to study and become a doctor (or for girls marry one?) .

And...having to get married early and become a housewife??

How does this work?

Funny Failbook post!

http://memebase.com/2011/03/10/memes-freshman-year-vs-senior-year/#comments

for me its reversed :P

What have you guys been up to?

This is finals week for me, so what else do I do besides procrastinate on studying for biochem, ochem, physics, and psyc but write a blog post about it. I swear, the internet is so addicting. People five years got better grades not because they were smarter, but because the internet wasn't so distracting...am I right or am I right? I'm listening to Hit Hit Soniye and Marjaani, and also Robin Troupe's performance at the Grammy's with JT. YT it, its worth it?

Are you guys in college? High school? Do you guys have finals? I hate school.....................I should give up and become a hobo.

I forgot to say...

That the previous link was not found by me...but a person with a blogspot by the name of


BlackEaglejs

:) 

Update!

I haven't updated this in a while...and you guys can probably guess why! I'm on a quarter system and this is the penultimate weekend to study before finals. And contrary to possible desi belief, I SUCK at Physics. We are learning Electricity and Magnetism, and I'm barely getting average on my exams, which means I get a B-/B...GASP!! I do my homework and read, but I get average, when compared to my gori friend who doesn't take notes in class, just does the homework a little bit, and then gets perfect scores on her quizzes. There is something very wrong here....and not just in this video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0iz3QT_cgY&feature=player_embedded

What do you guys want me to write about?

In all honesty, I actually keep a list of topics to write about, but the laptop that had it sort of crashed....but don't worry, my desi computer skills are coming in. I'm going to repair it over spring break. haha.

What do you guys think?

I just wanted your opinion on my writing and the subject :) Thank you yaarrrrrrrrrr

Hakuna Matata!

I am done with my biochem midterm! I am free for a week...kind of. I pretty much have 1 or 2 midterms until finals week. It's so weird, now that I am done studying for biochem until finals, I don't know what to do....ahhh I'm such a loner. And I have a headache. Enough complaining....for today! I might actually go out tomorrow night to a dance....but not with a guy of course! But that's not saying that I won't meet one there.. I'm actually excited about something non-academic for once! (Other than the fact that my Professor recognizes me out of a class of 400) lols. Speaking of,( I don't know how this relates), but I've been seeing a lot of desi guys with Asian girls at my school. Ehhhhh whatever, they're weeding out the crappy ones anyone. JK!

I'm writing this post as I am trying to find a good desi movie to watch, but all the Telugu movies are shit now. I tried to start watching "Ye Maaya Chesave" because I heard the songs, and they were really good, but the movie starts off really slow. I am going to start "Varudu" mainly because the opening poster had Allu Arjun's six-pack plastered all over it. I need some suggestions here people!

As I was reading this MLIA today, I almost loled. IRL.

-          Today I realized that my head voice has a male indian accent. I'm a 100% american girl... Im really confused. MLIA ....and no, I didn't make that up. That was real. But I understand, the voice in my head switches from telugu to english and hindi. (but sadly, taking 4.5 years of spanish in jr high, hs, and college didn't remedy that).

What are your crazy plans this weekend?

A

Motivation...

How do you guys get motivated to study?? Gah, I have a biochemistry midterm soon and the teacher keeps on adding material that we need to memorize. I don't know what to do. I wish I had a life. Or I wish this quarter was over. And I wish that I could just apply and get rejected already. What do you guys use for motivation besides the desi parental unit? I swear! I still study more than most people, but I still get average grades. Bullshit.......

I am goign to ask for the...

PLUG. I was hoping you guys could "plug" me on your Facebook or something and promote...idk how else to get more readers to read my furst class writing.

Interesting Fact of the day....

So when I was little, about in 1st or 2nd grade, we used to have spelling words that we would have to memorize every week. My mom would tell me the word, and I would have to write it out on a paper or say it out loud. Every time I got one wrong, she would tell me I failed. So until about 7th/8th grade I realized that getting one wrong wasn't failing. And the sad part is that IS true. Lols. Do you guys have anything ridiculously stupid your desi parents made you believe?

Physics!

To state the obvious, I'm Indian! So I must dedicate this post to Physics. I was at the help center for physics students, and there were 2 other Indian people there (1 year younger than me I presume), and since there were only 2 TAs to help a room of about 35 students with questions, you have to raise your hand for 30 mins at a time to get any help. So I had my hand up, expecting that the TA would come to me next, when I put it down for a millisecond, and the other Indian dude raised his, thus securing the TA for himself. I was so mad I could fail him! Gah.

Today as I was walking from the shuttle stop to my apt complex, I saw a car with a Ganesha idol in it. I so wanted to leave a Post-It that said something along the lines of, "Go India!" or something corny like that. Should I do it? Huh? Huh? Huh?

No strings attached...

I saw the movie No Strings Attached last weekend....my only complaint is that when Ashton Kutcher wakes up naked in a girl's apartment, and the camera zooms onto the face of a dark-skinned Indian girl named Shira the entire audience went "oooohhh". I mean wtf, it's not like she was ugly?!? Have any of you guys seen this movie? I still don't understand why she had blue contacts on or whatever, she's a doctor, she'll get a lot of rishtaas either way. LOL. 

This Saturday I went to the mandir with my mom and dad so I could light some diyas and pray quickly. So I didn't bring any shoes but the $13 sneakers I always wear, and I was forced to wear a ghagra choli with sneaks. I felt like such an auntie, it was horr-i-ble. I also went to the Little India place closeby, which is basically a couple streets full of Indian movies, clothes, food, and people. While at a snack place, I saw 2 goris with their little kids and then their desi husbands join. Lol. I don't know what to say but damn those uncles were old...I mean how often do you see a desi girl with a gora husband? It's usually the other way around...But at least his kids were wearing Indian clothes and asking for lassi like a white kid asks for milkshakes.

DEJA VU

New Post in 3,2,1...days...I'm at my parent's house again, so I'll update tmrw night when I'm back in my lonely apartment with no friends and just my books to surround me! No comments on my posts discourage me! FYI :D

As of now...

I see an ad on my gmail acct saying "www.phoneindia.com" with some random hindi text. I should be scared, but then again my desi computer self knows they're only tracking cookies.

Friend zone!

If my instincts are right, then more than one of the desi girls reading this site agree that they have been in the friend zone with a desi guy they like. Sadly, I'm no exception. I never understood the feeling until it was me going through it! The reason my posts haven't been that interesting the past week is because my social interactions have been limited to study dates with friends (guys included) and running into ex-friends (desi of course, to add to the drama). Ah, if only flirting was more interesting than flirting. I have midterms this week, including an Organic Chem midterm on Saturday following a Biochem midterm on Friday! That's after physics lecture and lab and behavioral psych. But you guys knew that, I ranted about that before!

Being an Indian college student living off campus pretty much defines my state of cheapness. So I went to a law club meeting simply because they were offering free pizza, and during an icebreaker at the meeting (a requirement, if you wanted to get to the free food), I met....a Persian British dude. Ahhhh heaven. The only thing that could have made him better was if he had a English accent, which sadly enough he didn't. But then my amino acid flashcards were beckoning, and I couldn't leave them unattended. I've been listening to the Hindi version of Ride It, by Jay Sean, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giy1bfPuZD0&feature=related who apparently, was 2 years into med school before he dropped out to become a "pop star" as he called it. The video about him telling his parents is floating around there somewhere on Youtube. Granted, there is no juicy story of disowning or anything!

New Post tmrw!

Sorry I haven't been posting lately with my riveting stories ;) Physics and biochem have been occupying my life. We have to memorize all the structures, intermediates, enzyme structures and mechanisms involved in glycolysis. And we have 2 days to do so. Awesome.........but I'm sure you guys approve of me being holed up in my apt for 24 hours. MLID

in 6 months time...

I'll be out of my lease (away from some pagal ladkis) if you catch my drift, done with the hardest year of college, done with applying to grad school, and 21 years old. Gosh, I cannot wait for that day! Anyway, I was on the shuttle the other day, going to campus, when I saw this girl's bag that said something along the lines of, "Laugh. Dance. Love.", or something, you know those "inspirational" type things. Sadly enough, the only thing I could think of was that she should have added "Eat" to the bag, or else her body would not have a steady supply of glucose, thereby inhibiting her production of adenosine triphosphate. Haha. And yes, that's true.

Today, I watched the movie called, "Tooth Fairy", and in the movie, the mom puts a dollar under her daughter's pillow, I realized that my desi parents only put a quarter under there. Haha. Go figure, cheap even in imagination. It's kinda a lame movie anyway. This past week I went to my first high school sporting event. We have a sister high school, and the kids play in our gym sometimes, so I went! It was actually pretty fun, considering our team won by 1 point and the last minute. I even stole a foam finger. And of course, the fact that the cute desi older brother of one of the players was on the sidelines made it even better. After, I tried TapEx for the first time, which on my campus, is one of the busiest places because we're practically 99% Asian haha. It was ehhh, I'm vegetarian, so I'm sure they have better chicken or something. Is it bad that I think their meat looks sooo good? Haha. Another note, I don't think chivalry is dead. It might be hibernating though. :D I'll leave you all to ponder what that means! This weekend, there was a dance on campus, which I really wanted to go to, but sadly, I didn't, because I knew there was going to be a certain ladka there that.... Yeah...

Anyway, this week I've been listening to "Just a Dream"-Nelly, "Crush"-David Archuleta, "Impossible"-Shontelle (my favorite), "Zara Zara"-Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein.

I don't know what to call this...

I am finally done with my first week of school. After next week I have my midterms sequentially, by which I mean that I have 5 in a row. Greatttt...Surprisingly, I don't have much to study this weekend, if anything, because I've been studying everyday after class for 4-5 hours. Watch, I'll post in another 10 weeks babbling about how I've failed every class. And all you desi girls know I don't have a hot date with a guy because all desi guys don't have the balls to ask out us girls. I've decided that periodically, I'm going to write advice tips for guys. For starters, tip #1 Don't be a jerk, or make us feel like WE'RE jerks for liking you. Tip #2 When you like a girl, ask her out, don't make her feel ridiculous for talking to you. Tip #3, PICK UP ON THE SIGNS MANN. Is it just me or do desi guys not understand girls?! And yes, when a girl likes you, she's using all the self-control not to stare at you with big googly eyes. And is most likely failing. And yes, I've been listening to Impossible by Shontelle. :D Anyway, hope you desis out there end up using your smarts to get your parents to let you go out and make awesome plans!! Another week come and gone...

First day(s) of school...

Damn, another year, another quarter. Wait Wait, let me switch to some Hindi background music. Aah much better. College sucks. Correction, college with ambitious desi parents sucks.When I was in high school, I used to think that college was like the movies. Total LIE. I'm not sure if you guys are in high school or college, but no, college is not about parties or Greek life (my UC doesn't even have frat houses) its about trying to get into professional school, while not being a complete LONER. haha. At least that's it from my point of view.

Today, when I went to to the Med School Library, (I'm an undergrad), I opened my physics book and I swear there was some sort of achar or curry stain on it. And I don't even eat near my books. I swear, achar : clean books :: fireflies:light. Fireflies glow because of a compound called luceferin, which undergoes fatty acid activation. YAY for metabolics. Not. And that last "not" is for you guys who thought I was considering my rishtaa. I swear, while I was in the library, every time I made a funny face or did something really awkward there was a cute gora or a really cute desi guy walking by. Its like a curse :( As I was leaving the library, I saw a gora studying the same material (and there's only one teacher, so he's in my class), I wanted to go up to him and say, "Oh yaar, I sympathize with you!" And I just discovered a हिंदी translation feature! No expectations though! As I was walking by the food court, I saw a boatload of people by the Indian restaurant, I felt a surge of desi pride! Finally some goras eating curry.

And sorry for the incoherence, comes after hours of studying the fizzicks and biochem :D Now, batao what subjects get on YOUR nerves?

Happy New Year!!!...

I'm writing this from the comfort of my apartment, away from my parents. Hai Rabba! I don't know what to think. I actually missed the ball drop in NYC (on tv of course), because my laptop was a minute early :P Go figure! When I was a mere baachi I used to pray for the New Year to start with no thappads, but as I grew older, I used to pray just for January 1st to be thappad free. Now I realize, that no matter what I do, there will always be a lecture waiting. I could discover the cure to cancer, and our desi parents will wonder why we didn't do it in our "spare time". Anyway, we went to go view the Rose Parade floats, but we were late, so we went to a nearby race track to bet on a race. And no, I'm not lying, but desi parents did actually bet on something volatile. So on the drive back home this was the conversation: (M= mom D=dad)

Me: Hiccuping
Dad: Why the heck are you hiccuping so loud, do you have an attention problem?
Me: Um...I can't control it?
Dad: Well shut it! (Or the Telugu equivalent of it)
A little while later
Mom: You better get good grades this quarter.
Me: Ok
Mom: (Angry voice), Tell me why you didn't get grades this quarter!!!
Me: Because I didn't study hard enough. 
Mom: Tell me why you didn't study hard enough.
Me: Because I was lazy?
Mom: No!! That's not the reason, tell me why?
Me: Since you seem to know me better than I know myself, then you make up an answer and believe it.
Mom: After pulling into the driveway. Starts giving me a major thappad, desi style, like goras or kalas wouldn't know, kicks me out of the house, until I "figure out", that since my parents pay my bills, they can treat me like a mere beti of 2 years. We desis invented the 0, don't know why our parents seem to forget it so easily. Eh, I'll be applying in 7 months, I'll be free soon enough!!

I just had to bust out that rant. I don't understand why our parents treat us like little babies, and then freak out when we don't get perfect grades or behave perfectly. And when we do bring home good grades, they don't even acknowledge them. I'm not asking for a pat on the back, I'm asking for acknowledgment. They control every aspect of our lives, especially academic, financial and marital. Speaking of....I got my first rishtaa. Yay. Now tomorrow I get to start another quarter of school!!  Good luck to all you desis out there!

New Post in 3...2...1...

I'll be posting tonight, when I'm back down at my apartment, ready to start school tmrw! For now, I'm off to a desi PARTAY.