Goodbye September, Hello October!

30 September 2014

Blogging

Goodbye September, Hello October!

Well here we are. Another month has past, and might I say extremely quickly! It just seemed like yesterday it was the first day of September and how I wasn't too excited about starting school. Now it is October and I'm desperately wanting time to slooooow down. I need way more time for everything - friends, cousins, family, school work, and relaxing time. It just seems like there is never enough time in the world to get anything done anymore.
Anyways, instead of completely complaining about things I want, I think it is a good opportunity to share with you guys some of my favourite posts from the past month! The posts I'm about to share with you are either some of the more viewed of the month, or some that I truly enjoyed writing. If you haven't read any of them, please grab your coffee mug and enjoy the read!
My Most Prized Possession I have a bunch of things to choose from that could be considered my prize possession. Truthfully, not only do I value every gift that has ever been given to me but I value all those that I've bought for myself. I can easily choose something sentimental that was given to me from my mom, or an object given to me by my dad. Or the tangible object from Jay (click HERE to read about that). There are many things to choose from. But, I really sat down and thought about it - I looked around my room to see if there is one object I really take care of - consciously or subconsciously... then it hit me. [Click here to read the rest!]
Let's Go On An Adventure Let's face it, summer is over. The weather knows it, all the children who used to play on the streets from morning until night know it, t.v. commercials are reminding us... summer is over and it is time to get ready to get back to school. I don't know how I'm exactly feeling about this at the moment, but I think it will hit after the first week of school when I miss just laying around at home doing absolutely nothing. [Click here to read the rest!]
Neighbourly Love Today is the 3rd day of the 16 day plan in my journey of reading, reflection and responding to what the bible says about love. If you'd like to follow alone, join HERE and perhaps start your own journey! Ready to go on this journey with me? Well then, let's get started! Have I told y'all about the time I was betrayed? Until this day, I firmly believe it was a form of betrayal from a cousin... [Click here to read the rest!]
Most People Don't Know This But... Most people don't know but I'm actually okay with being alone. No, before you get ahead of yourself, I'm not antisocial, in fact I love the company of others in different situations. But when I talk about being alone I actually mean a lot of different things. [Click here to read the rest!]
What It Was Like Growing Up With Two Backgrounds Before some of you readers get mad at the title of this blog post, you must know now that I am talking from the experience of growing up... so when I was much more younger and pretty much didn't know anything. Anyways, for those of you who didn't already know, yes, I am mixed child. My mother was born in the Philippines while my dad was born in Sri Lanka. Making me half Filippina and half Sri Lankan. I know, crazy isn't it? [Click here to read the rest!]
Well, I hope you enjoyed reading my blog over the last month, especially considering how I've literally blogged everyday. I hope you're excited to continue to read for October! See you there!

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Weekly Wishes #35

29 September 2014

Weekly Wishes

Weekly Wishes #35

Happy Monday bloggers! It is that time of the week to be linking up with Melyssa for Weekly Wishes. This is a great linkup to share weekly goal and receive some encouragement from others who also have wishes/goals for the week!

Last Week's Wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Okay, so last week went better than I thought. My punctuality at getting to class on time is improving, and my ability to pay attention in class is getting stronger and stronger. So, I really am proud of myself. With all the extra time that I had since I was ahead of the readings, I used it to work on more readings and spend more time looking over stuff that I wasn't comfortable with. Aside from school work, I was unable to blog everyday for the week, but that was due to school work  purposes and also how I just didm't have the time last week.  This Week's Wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Finish my assignment. I have yet another assignment due on Tuesday. And another one due on the 9th of October. There is just a lot of work. 
2. Plan blog prompts. Now that I will be busy with school, I decided to plan (like a to do list format) of blog prompts I would be blogging about everyday. I also hope to write most of them on the weekends so that I am able to stay up with school work, and also keep up with my blog.
3. Clean my room/ Reorganize. My sister is slowly moving her stuff out as she is preparing to move into the resident life at her new university! I gotta make sure she doesn't take any of my cloths/shoes/makeup - everything. Time to clean up and take ownership of what is really mine!
4. Hit the gym 4-5 times this week. Yes, I need to make sure I stick to this plan, and actually hit the gym to lose weight and attain my dream body!
5. Make time for friends. Okay, I'll admit it. I may be going a tad crazy over my school work. I need to include friends in my life because lets face it, I am getting lonely whenever I don't have someone beside me to share jokes with. So, this week, I promise to hang out with you all, and I'll even text you first!
6. Get my contacts back. I lost my contacts about a week ago, and I didn't even care. Until recently I realized that I was unable to reach a lot of my missing contacts. It really is a hassle to message people on Facebook and then wait for their response... I'm just gonna make an effort to get them all back! 

These are my wishes for the week.  If you're participating and happened to hop onto my blog, leave your link so I can leave some encouragement as well! Have a great Monday, xo

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Silent Sunday #40

28 September 2014

silent sunday

Silent Sunday #40

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Confessions of a 3rd Year Uni Student! - Week #3

27 September 2014

Confessions of a Third Year Student

Confessions of a 3rd Year Uni Student! - Week #3

Okay, so this week of school has past instantly. I swear it was Monday just yesterday... I don't know what is happening, but all I know is that the days are passing more and more quickly, which means that my tests/assignments are quickly approaching! And that kind of scares me because there is just a lot of information I am constantly learning each and everyday, and I am terrified I won't be as prepared as I am attempting to be.
Looking at an overview of the next few weeks ahead, I have my first test on Oct. 8, followed by a quiz and an assignment due on the 9th... See just thinking about that already stresses me out. I literally have 2 weeks to prepare for all of those? It is just insane. Profs are never kidding when they say to get things done right away.
Which is true if you think about it. Imagine if I wasn't keep up with my readings? I probably be spending all of my weekend and the next week playing catch up and not absorbing any of the information that I am "reading". Makes sense now.
Anyways, beside school work, I am actually content with how I've been spending my free time. For one, I'm in the library, and 2, I am actually getting work done in the library. In previous years, I would be on in the library doing anything but school work. But lately, something just clicked in my brain that makes me want to work.
Another weird thing happened this week... I never knew I was one of those students who is actually eager to learn. It is honestly an amazing change that I've made over the past few years and I am honestly hoping to continue this journey to be the best student I can be. And who knows... I could become something bigger than I've ever imagined if I just put the work into it. 

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Grudges

26 September 2014

Faith

Grudges

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Today's post reading: Proverbs 17:1-28 (ESV)

Today is the 7th day of the 16 day plan in my journey of reading, reflection and responding to what the bible says about love. If you'd like to follow alone, join HERE and perhaps start your own journey! Ready to go on this journey with me? Well then, let's get started!

Pardon my language, but I've been through sooo much shit - shit that you probably would have never imaged someone my age would have ever gone through. These experiences are so haunting, I am ashamed to say that I sometimes do live in the past. I've experienced the whole cheating thing; whether I seen it with my own eyes, or I've been cheated on, or I've cheated (I'm providing different varieties of one situation here), it doesn't matter. Hurt is hurt. And being hurt is never fun.

Whenever someone hurts me, I am soooo down with no motivation for life - literally. I get this feeling of being soooo little where no one understand what I am going through, nor do I even give anyone a chance to understand. It is a complicated circumstance to be in.... But, I guess that is life. And life can make us do crazy things; like forgive those who continue to hurt us.

Whoever covers an offence seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. - Proverbs 17:9 (ESV)

There is one person, who I am not comfortable mentioning, who has seriously hurt me so much. It was like I've been beaten down to my weakest state after witnessing what I've witnessed. The worst part was, I didn't understand at the time. And worst of all, I didn't do anything to stop it. I could've stopped it then, but I didn't. And now I am living in hell. I am living with the regret of not telling others who were involved, and I still have this someone in my life continuing to hurt me.

Like I said in previously posts, things are easier said than done. Forgiveness? I promise you, it is a working progress. But, it is hard. It is hard to see what her actions have done to not only her family, but to everyone else, from her nieces and nephews, to the friends she had. It is sooo hard to not be able to talk about it, when I know people know. If I was able to see it with my own eyes, I'm sure others did to... I don't know.

But over the years, I've learnt to forgive. I know I want to, but its the trust I am trying to gain back. From this experience, without forgiveness, you are closing yourself to others. And without opening up to others, we are unable to build new and continue relationships.

Forgiveness is just the first of many steps that open you up to love. Forgiveness teaches you who you can and can trust. If that someone does something hurtful towards you a second time, then you know for sure that you tried your damn hardest to open up and beginning something new. Forgiveness also teaches you more about yourself.

Forgiveness shows the kind of person you are; and this is something that God wants for us. Yes, he wants us all to love and treat others with respect and kindness. But, he cannot physically tell us what to do, and how to do it on a 24/7 basis. Yes, he is there within us all the time, but not there physically. Therefore, it is up to us to learn who we are on our own pace. The way we treat others is a true reflection of who we are - and this begins with forgiveness and love. 

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I Don't Want to Hang Out...

24 September 2014

Confessions

I Don't Want to Hang Out...

Do you have that one friend who just wants to spend every minute of their free time with you? I seem to have a lot of these in school. It makes sense though... who would want to stay alone for 1-2 hours before their next class? I get it; but I cannot honestly say that I was ever that friend. No... I actually would rather like to be alone and just have time to myself as I am enduring my next class to begin. 

Okay, so on Wednesdays, I have a class that is from 9am - 12 noon, three looooooong hours. Afterwards, I have a two hour break until my next class which begins at 2. And then I am done for the day at 3pm. Okay, so within that two hour break, my friend from my 9am class also has a  break - like 3 hours or something. I don't remember. Anyways, this friend just always wants to do something for these two hours. And I find that annoying. I really do. I'm currently taking classes that requires a lot of attention and reading... So whenever I have break, I make an effort to sit down in the library and do what I have to do. I find this not only beneficial towards the course, but beneficial for myself so that I am not stumped with last minute studying for 2-3 subjects on one weekend. 

Anyways... majority of the friends I have do not understand this. Instead, they rather walk around campus talking, or just sitting down talking. Like, there is nothing wrong with socializing, nor is there nothing wrong with wanting to study. I am being completely honest when I say I cannot get any school work done at home, so why not use my time wisely? But, like I said, my friends do not seem to understand this and just want to be together ALLLLLL the time. 

Like I need my space to... Is that too hard to ask? It is to the point where I told this friend that I recently enrolled in a class ... which was obviously a lie. But, I guess that lie caught up to me... One of my classes actually added up open lab hours during those two hours, which is actually a real excuse to leave! Hopefully the person I am talking about doesn't read my blog... I guess we will find out the next time we have class (either today or tomorrow). 

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Weekly Wishes #34

22 September 2014

Weekly Wishes

Weekly Wishes #34

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Happy Monday bloggers! It is that time of the week to be linking up with Melyssa for Weekly Wishes. This is a great linkup to share weekly goal and receive some encouragement from others who also have wishes/goals for the week!

Last Week's Wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm actually proud about what I've accomplished this past week. Believe it or not, but I am actually ahead of all my classes. Yes, I've actually completed all of the readings for the lectures this week before the lecture! I'd say that is a huge improvement in itself, and I am honestly more motivated than ever to continue this streak, and hopefully bring my GPA up.  This Week's Wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. Finish my assignment. I have this difficult assignment due Tuesday. I've done as much as I could on the weekend, and I am hoping I finish the rest by early today, so that the rest of the night I can just over things here and there.
2. Sleep. Yes, although most of my classes are after 12 noon, for some reason I wake up at 7 am. The problem is I go to bed late. So there needs to be a trade off... it is either I sleep early so that I am refreshed when I wake up early, or that I have to learn to sleep in just a little more. 
3. Plan blog prompts. Now that I will be busy with school, I decided to plan (like a to do list format) of blog prompts I would be blogging about everyday. I also hope to write most of them on the weekends so that I am able to stay up with school work, and also keep up with my blog.
4. Clean my room/ Reorganize. My sister is slowly moving her stuff out as she is preparing to move into the resident life at her new university! I gotta make sure she doesn't take any of my cloths/shoes/makeup - everything. Time to clean up and take ownership of what is really mine!
5. Hit the gym 4-5 times this week. Yes, I need to make sure I stick to this plan, and actually hit the gym to lose weight and attain my dream body!
6. Text people back. I have a bad habit of texting people for a couple of hours, the all of a sudden get bored and then just stop talking to them all together. I do feel bad, but I usually tell myself that I would text back and then end up not doing so... Maybe I should develop the habit of telling others "late replies" or at least "bye" to end the conversation properly!

These are my wishes for the week.  If you're participating and happened to hop onto my blog, leave your link so I can leave some encouragement as well! Have a great Monday, xo

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