10 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Me!

30 October 2014

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10 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Me!

1. Yes, I am a mixed baby! Believe it or not, my mother is from the Philippines and my father is from Sri Lanka, making me half Filipina and half Tamil! (Just wanted to put this out there because people usually think I'm Spanish or even First Native!)

Can you tell????

2. I lie about my height. In fact, my height on my drivers liscence is about 2 inches off! I'm actually 5'1 believe it or not! You can definitely call me shortie if it pleases you.
3. I grew up with asthma! I say grew up because it is no longer a frequent thing anymore. Yup, I used to use the puffers, and even the tunnel that helped guided the air into my mouth properly. Then as technology changed, so did my form of medication, and I even had this cool thing that was called a disc. I had to suck in powder (sounds weird), but hey, must have worked if I no longer use them :)
4. I am currently a junior black belt in karate. Yeah! I started practising at the age of 5 and continued a looooooong practice until 16 where I received my junior black. Why did I stop? I guess you could say I lost some interest because I was apart of so many things at the time. I'm actually planning on starting it back up and get my black belt!
5. Speaking of karate, I broke my arm once in a sparing match with one of the other higher black belts. I guess he was going a little harder than usual on me because I haven't been to practice regularly. And then he kicked me as I was blocking and like I cried because of the pain. But, never did I ever thought I broke my arm! (This was also a reason I took a break from karate!)

6. I'm actually mean (apparently). According to others, I get really mean when someone pisses me off. I'm not sure if this is something to be proud of or not. I think it is because I am no longer a push over... I'm someone who will stand up for myself now!
7. I never smoked anything and I probably won't ever. I never found anything appealing about smoking. I didn't need any educational talks about what smoking can do to you, I just never had an interest. I guess it stems from all my uncles who used to smoke around us kids... one of the reasons why I got asthma in the first place.
8. I'm the biggest animal lover you'll ever meet! I love animals, and I will literally go play with an animal that is passing by for an animal. They are just too darn adorable! I really think I'll end up being one of those crazy cat lady's, but instead of cats, my own zoo of animals!

9. I am seriously afraid of masks! Ask anyone who thought they were funny "testing" this out. I am scared shitless. and literally if you were there for the times my so-called "friends" (I say this with no harm) to scare the life out of me, you would have also seen me in a fetal position crying. I find them scary, and I think its mostly because you don't know who the heck is behind that mask! And worst, you don't know what their motivations are! (this is why I refuse to go to any fear fest/screemers/halloween haunt events!)  BE CAREFUL ON HALLOWEEN GUYS!
10. I MET SELENA GOMEZ! And she told me she was in love with my hair! (Back then I had REALLLYY long and beautiful hair). Sorry, this still gets me sooo excited, I absolutely love her!

Sooooo, I hope this broke the ice between us a bit! Haha! Have a great Wednesday 

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My Superstitions!

28 October 2014

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My Superstitions!

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I usually tell people I'm not superstitions. In fact, I usually question others about their superstitions!  So, I sat down and really thought about what I'm superstitious about, and hey I guess I do have some! I decided to share them with you! Ready??
1. Breaking a mirror will bring you bad luck - maybe not 7 years of bad luck, but yes bad things will probably happen that same day or over the next few days.
2. I believe that the #1 and #4 are my lucky numbers, and #8 isn't!
3. If a black cat crosses your path, you better make sure you go another way. I'm not sure why I believe this, but it may have something to do with hearing this over and over again when I was younger!
4. I used to believed that making wishes on 11:11 is very special and will come true. I don't anymore (but I think that's because I always miss 11:11).
5. See a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck! (especially if head side is up!)
6. Walking under an open ladder is disastrous! 7. I believe walking into a room with your right foot FIRST will bring you good luck (this is something every time I walk into my test/exam room!)
8. Knocking on wood (3 times to be exact) will prevent bad things from happening (I usually use my head if there is no nearby wood).
9. Wishing upon shooting stars! - I saw 3 shooting stars my entire life, and I was only able to make a proper wish on the first one. Trust me, it came true.
10. If you're talking to someone or a group of people, and out of no where it goes quiet, an angel passed by. If its quiet for about 1 minute, Jesus stopped by to say hello! - but the silence is completely random and not forced.
Do you share some of the same superstitions as me?  What are some of your superstitions that are not mentioned on my list? Let me know!

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A Letter to my Younger Self

27 October 2014

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A Letter to my Younger Self

Dear Lil Nessa,
You've always been this little cutie waddling around. Don't let anyone bring you down - especially about your weight. Trust me... it becomes an asset later on in life, trust me, you'll be more appreciative about your body later on! Your cheeks, love them as much as you can! Those are literally your money makers which people just adore! It will always makes you look more younger, and makes other second look at you.
Why am I talking about the way you look so much? Because I want to let you know that everything will be okay. You will go through many of the struggles about your weight due to comments here and there, but I need you to not worry. Please don't make the mistake of doing something that will harm you later. You are beautiful and I think this is something you need to remind yourself, especially when your feeling your worst.
You're in elementary school, and you'll meet your best friend Dianne. Keep her close! She's someone you'll want to have for the rest of your life. When she gives you your number, make sure you keep it somewhere so you can call her that day she moves (sorry to spoil that). But, here is a better surprise, you will end up seeing her soon in the future. Are you excited? Me to! I'll just tell you, you'll one day see her in your first year of .... university! So keep her close if you wanna be as close with her as you were before!
Your mom loves to expose you to different things - karate, piano, guitar, voice, gymnastics... literally everything. I won't tell you which one you'll stick to later on, that's up to your likes and interests! But, please I beg of you... learn as much as you can during your piano lessons! You'll love being able to play songs on the piano, but you'll always wished you received more lessons. So please cherish and take every lesson seriously!
I love you, and you are the cutest! Keep up the great work, and don't let anyone bring you down!
Love,
19-year-old Nessa!
P.S. You'll forever be one of the shortest in your class! Embrace it! It will be a huge benefit for when you meet that lucky guy! 

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Weekly Wishes #38

Weekly Wishes

Weekly Wishes #38

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Happy Monday bloggers! and Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! I hope you all are enjoying the long weekend just as I am! 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!

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Okay, so I pretty much M.I.A last week on my blog. I guess I've been soo busy with school and studying, I just feel like I'm in a world of never ending testing. I swear I had at least a test or two each week. This week I actually have another test, and next week 2 more. It just never ends!  This Week's Wishes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. STUDY STUDY STUDY! I have a test this Thursday for my Human Osteology class. This test is worth 20% of my final mark. So, hopefully this test can help my final mark go up! 
2. Plan blog prompts. I've been busy with school that I missed last week and a few days of blogging.  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. I already started the process of moving things around. I just need the energy now to actually throw things out instead of leaving it in the middle of my room. I feel like once I do so, it will be easier for me to move my cloths around. 
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! Especially since today is Thanksgiving, gotta get rid of all that weight!

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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Confessions of a 3rd Year Uni Student! - Week #5 and #6

18 October 2014

Confessions of a Third Year Student

Confessions of a 3rd Year Uni Student! - Week #5 and #6

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Hey guys! Another week has passed, fairly quickly I should add again. I missed my post for last week which is why the title of this post is both #5 and #6. I actually don't remember how week #5 of school went. All I remember is having two tests, one on Wednesday and the other on Thursday. I thought I did fairly well. But I just got my mark for one of them, and I felt that I did really well... instead I got a 70%. Like I know 70% isn't a bad mark, but I honestly thought that I did better. Now I just gotta wait to get back my other test mark.
This week went by quickly, of course because we just had our Thanksgiving long weekend meaning there was no school Monday. WOHOOO! But regardless... I spend the entire weekend and beginning of the week studying for the bell ringer I had this past Thursday. And might I add how you really need to know you stuff in order to do well on a bell ringer!
It's a human osteology course, so memorizing all the different parts of the cranial skull plus the cranial nerves and what bone articulate with what was part of the test. There were 30 stations, 2 minutes per questions. Like I said, you really had to know your stuff to answer the questions. There were different bones like the occipital bone, frontal bone, parietal bone, frontal bone, sphenoid, ethmoid, lacrimal, inferior nasal conchea, maxillae and others. We had to identify specific parts that were labelled. It was hard.
One part that was really cool was the bonus question. There was a bonus question that consisted of us putting one hand in a mystery box and guess the bone and side it. I thought it was the right maxillae... but my other friends thought it was a zygomatic, or even the left maxillae. I wonder what it really was.
On the test we also were given a tooth. We had to name it (either incisor, canine, premolars, molar), decide if it is a baby tooth or adult tooth, say if it part of the upper teeth or lower teeth, and decide if it is from the left side or right side of the mouth.
Anyways, that was really the highlight of my week. Crazy how a test would be the high light of my week. I guess it is only because I just never had a bell ringer experience like that. Like for half of the test I felt like I did very well whereas the other half I could have done well. WE just have to wait and see for my test marks.
Besides that one test, I've been exhausted. I had work Tuesday morning at 7:30am and later class throughout the evening. So that night, having it be Thanksgiving Monday, I of of course went to bed late. Then Tuesday and Wednesday night I went to bed late because of studying. So yeah, I'm a bit sick. And I'm actually worried. This ebola thing is spreading around very quickly! It is like that movie contagion! Scary stuff guys! 

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Stop Faking

17 October 2014

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Stop Faking

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Today's post reading: Romans 12:1-21 (ESV)

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. - Romans 12:9

I think today's passage speaks a lot more about genuine love. For the past couple of weeks, I've been talking about loving everyone regardless of the way you've been treated by them. But, I think it is important to mention the difference between showing love and pretending to love others.

In the particular verse above, Paul wrote, "Abhor what is evil; hod fast to what is good." This can take a whole different meaning to anyone. But to me, I think Paul is trying to further clarify to us what false love is. False love is evil where it begins and comes from sinful and fake desires towards others.  It came come from a place to show others that you an example of God's child. This type of mind set is absolutely wrong, and needs to be stopped immediately.

The moment we perceive life to show others how Christian we are, ruins the entire meaning and purpose of why Jesus died for us in the first place. By doing so, we are basically making a mockery of His love for us.

In the passage, Paul reminds us that brotherly love continues to be important, especially a key difference between showing and pretending to love others. This idea ties perfectly to our internal love we have for our physical siblings and parents. Yes, of course we may have arguments and fights with them here and there, but that doesn't change the way you love them. We need to embody this internal love and now reflect it onto others. Why? Because we are all children of God. And we need to show our appreciate to Jesus through our actions, thoughts and words towards each other.

This can be hard, but it takes time. Believe me when I say I had my fair share of people who've hurt me in the past. I shown love towards them by simply respecting them and not hurting them back they way I've been hurt. Rather instead, I removed myself from the situation - which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Not only am I releasing myself from a bad situation, I am also avoiding the possibility of pretending to love that person if there is ever an interaction.

To love is to comes from within. The moment we begin to pretend to be happy for others, or pretend to care for others is a true reflection of your appreciation for the Lord and all that has happened for us to start a life without sin.  Jesus showed love to all His disciplines and followers. Remember when got down to wash the feet of His disciples and followers? Are we really not able to show the same, if not more?

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Today is the 10th 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!

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Funniest Memory From My Childhood

14 October 2014

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Funniest Memory From My Childhood

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I really had to think long and hard about a funny childhood memory. I went through some of my albums for inspiration, and I have to say I had a few ideas about what I wanted to talk about. Then, I started smiling at the amount of photos I have with my cousins. That's when I realized that the best of my childhood was spending time and creating memories with my cousins. We were absolutely crazy and always wanted to play games back then.
There was one particular game we always played, we called it "Family 101". Looking back, this had to be one of the funniest memories I have with my cousins. This game consisted of my cousin Neisha, Nivesh, my sister Ashley and I going on a family adventure. For some reason we always chose the same destination - walking around in the wilderness. Our mission was to get home. For some reason, every time we played this game, we were always on the bridge.
HAHA, I'm actually laughing like crazy as I'm writing this by the way!
And, like every time we play this game, my sister somehow was the one who always ended up hanging on the bridge! We used to play this part of the game in my aunt's room, and sooo my sister would hang from the bed, while the three of us were trying to get her back on this bridge. I don't know, it was just so funny thinking back because this same exact situation happens to poor Ashley. AHAH.
Then, when we made it back to our place from the so called wilderness, a fight would break loose among us. Neisha and I would fight for the 1 telephone to talk to our pretend friends, while Ashley and Nivesh would fight for the last slice of pizza. The funny part was, there was no phone and no pizza slice, but Ashley and Nivesh would take the fighting to a serious level doing body slams on the bed. Just toooo funny of a "Game" that we played.
It's funny. Maybe we were uncreative back then, or really just loved the story line we put ourselves in, but the same thing happened every time we played the game. And it is just hilarious to think back to!

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