Ridin' Dirty

Need for Speed

They say the way we drive matches our personality.
Its true. My personality matches me I think.
I enjoy things in the fast lane. Literally. 
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Check out my very first car!!
2010 Silver 2.5 S Nissan Altima.

Beauty and the Beast. <3

It wasnt my first choice but I'm super happy I ended up with it.
The car payments (which I'm paying for) are insane.
I dont mind though, my beauty is worth it.

I've done only one thing to modify its factory look.
I went all out doing it too. Spot the difference?

15% Tint.

But damn. Keeping the car in shape and clean 24/7 is HARD.
Driving home from school one afternoon I find THIS mess.


The only positive I could think of was it covered up my license.
So if I happened to get pulled over for speeding the cop couldnt read it.
Although knowing my luck he would have given me a ticket for having it dirty.


 

I love my car a lot. How much? This much:

After getting my car all soapy with foam and bubbles.
I turn on the hose... and nothing comes out.

The stupid water is frozen solid! So what do I do? Take buckets of warm water from inside the house.
And slowly pour it all over. It was tedious work. But my beauty is always worth it. :)

Orange Juice

For those that know me, they know I dont drink water. I drink juice. Its a well known fact actually. It's possible to live without drinking water, it's in everything you eat and drink, like juice. I've met some defiant people who can't believe that I don't drink water.

If it were up to me I'd have myself holed up in some cave with a small pond of orange juice that I'd drink and bathe myself in for 500 years and if anyone tried to cup their hands to take a sip, I'd bite off their finger. My name would be... Mollum.

(Lord of the Rings GENIUS if you weren't bright enough to get that joke - watch some good movies please!)

I heard Fiji water is supposed to be really delicious, can't say it is.
It's mighty expensive and it wasn't worth it either.

Fiji Natural Artesian Water

 So anyways. Getting back to my precious OJ.

I came back from school, dying of thirst.

Reached into the fridge, grabbed the carton of OJ..

And decided there was enough for just ONE glass of Orange juice.
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I put crushed ice in everything and it STILL didnt spill!
That's a plate of khichri that my mother made, it's really good!

Mr. Potato

I like potatoes. Baked potatoes with warm oozing butter.

I was helping my mom in the kitchen one night.

 

 Peeling potatoes. 

 

I dislike peeling them. Theres always dirt smudges that wont come off.

 Well here is one stubborn tho happy little guy that liked his face.

No matter how much I peeled, he stayed the same. :)

Aww. How cute! <3 We still ate him.

Evolution

I have evolved.

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Finally.

Yes. That ancient contraption is what I used to use.

And my friends used to wonder why I didnt listen to music. 

Whales

We had driven up to Maine one summer day in 2007. 

Decided to see the maine attraction. Get it?
Like the main attraction. I know corny.

Whale Watching! 
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We had some lobster while visiting there too.

I saw its eyeballs staring at me. 
And its whiskers. Ew. 

We stopped by at an aquarium too. 
They had cute lil dirty penguins!

The city was really pretty from far away.

The Main Attraction:

They were huge! Ginormous.
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One whale kept jumping outta the water.
 

And another was sticking its fin out.
 

<3 Me.

Not My Talent

Okay, so like you know how I dont know what to do with my life? 

Well... Luckily my parents encourage me to try new things. 

So I decided since I'm so good at baking (and I fail at cooking)

I'll take a cake decorating class! Become like the pro's!

It was a bust.

I literally sucked. 

My older sister took the class with me.

She was insanely good. Like she was born for this.

We gave the cakes to my little sister who was in 4th grade at the time.

Now look for yourselves.

You decide who the winner is.

By: Sister

By: Me

Lets analyze it, shall we? 

My sister's clown has perfect handwriting. Mine does not.

My sister's clown has perfect little flowers. Mine does not.

My sister's clown doesnt look like a girl during her *moody time. 

Mine does. :/ The mixed colors are like something from goosebumps.

There were more different cake pictures.

But I think thats embarrassing enough for one day.

Barbecue

Over the weekend we had relatives over for a barbecue. 

It was such a beautiful day. Perfect weather. 
 

The deck, filled with lovely flowers.

The food table. Yayy. The best area.
 

I love desi version barbecues, cause of the way the food is made.

With the spicy masala and yummy other little delicacies. 

 

Before they were grilled. My favorite. <3

 

I should learn how this is made..
 

Now lemme get this straight. I do eat.

Just small meals throughout the day. Really.

Parties are the only place you'll see me stuff my face.

And people wonder where I put it all away..
My stomach is bigger than it looks.
 

Well anyways, my bro doesnt believe I ate the burger below.

Twice-over. No wait. I meant to say 2 different burgers.

I didnt like regurgitate it if thats what your thinking.
We made a bet if I could eat the whole thing.
And I did. Hah. In yo face foolio bro!
 

Yummy. <3 I'm drooling again.
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Blessing Bag

Topic of the Day: Homeless People

     My father actually befriended a homeless person once. He works in D.C. Everyday for lunch he would go and eat at Chipotle or somewhere and then jog up and down the capital steps for exercise. Since he would do that everyday Monday through Friday, a homeless man came to know him. My father would come home and talk about how smart this individual was and circumstances not in his control made him homeless. One day the homeless man told my father it was his birthday so he took him out for lunch, gave him $50 and dropped him off at the employment agency wishing him the best of luck in his endeavor for a new job and getting his life straight. That was on a Friday. Come Monday my father sees the homeless man in the same spot, same clothes but with a cloud of smoke around him and bloodshot eyes. Turns out homeless man walked out of the employment agency and spent the $50 my father gave him on drugs and cigarettes. Sigh. All that for nothing.

     
Real homeless people will appreciate anything that is given to them. 

A friend of mine, Christina, likes to buy meals from McDonalds and give them to homeless people. :)
I love people who look out for others. Good traits to have! No one has ever become poor by giving.

I came across a great idea I found off of Pinterest, Blessing Bags! :)

Picture Courtesy of Google

They come with a variety of necessities that I think someone that is homeless would really be thankful to have. I was so excited seeing this I rushed to Target after work to make my own blessing bags! I decided to make a boy version as well as a girl that holds items geared towards that specific gender. 

All together this cost me about $30.

So $15 for each blessing bag that I made (2).

This is what I had in each one:

Tissues, Gum, Hand Sanitizer, Shampoo, Lotion, Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Chapstick, Nail Set (Nail Cutter, Filer, Tweezers), Soap, Emergency Kit (Bandaids, Gauze, etc), Deodorant, 2 Granola Bars, 2 Fruit Snacks and 1  Peaches Fruit Cup! :)

Here is another version of a blessing bag with different treats inside. Necessities still the same.

The first blessing bag that I gave to a homeless person he got so excited, he put his cardboard sign down, sat right there on the pavement and was like "wow there's a little bit of everything in here!" It made me happy that I got to brighten someone else's day!

Kodak Moment

So every now 'n then we make the trip to New Jersey to see my sister and brother-in-law. T
here's this one place we always visit - a mountain place where the view is breathtaking.
 

The sky looks simply amazing!

 

Tower of Terror

 

Sunsets are so vibrant.

After watching the sun go down & getting that warm fuzzy feeling about life.
We stopped by at a mosque for maghrib prayer. Had to do wudu..
And found these lovely flipflops lying on the floor.

Bitten off flip flops. It was a matching pair.
They were all wet and sticky too. Ew.

Un-matching BUT whole flip flops.
This is what I chose obviously.

After that we went home and played a game called Scattergories.
Its like a spinoff version of name/place/animal/thing.

I sucked.
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Hey, you! Get a Life

Long-story-short. It's about a punk who acted stupid. 

I wrote a song about him to cheer the girl up. :)

Lower Your Gaze

I see a brother starin at a sista

Lower your gaze

I know you really like her

Called her folks, but stood her up

Left her hangin for 5 months

Holla back, losin interest

Boy I know you keepin distance

 Do or die, ya think your fly

Now your comin back w/ all those lies

 

She's changed her mind

Done w/ the guys - like your kind
 Walking around, like your so fine
Holdin her down, you crossed the line

Gotta make the time
To treat her right
She's the queen of hearts
She needs a knight

The girls' a prize
& Nothin less

Gotta beat the dice

Till she says yes

 

Now I've got them rules

So you dont start straying

Gonna check em off

Know what I'm saying?

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Mary Shade is here
Rapper in the making
Gonna get that deal
Someday waking
T.V. Screen
Movie Scenes
Gotta work real hard
To make the dream
I've got my standards
And a high checklist

Dont meet seven?

Not a match from heaven

Backtrack that.

Tryna play it cool,

but just too fast

Came around slow

And then went back

Ran outta luck

And Rolled that six

Triple dice boy

No time for your tricks

 Think your in trouble?

That's far from the truth

Time on the double

I'm on like a sleuth

Stupid and lame

You aint got no game

Walking around w/ all that shame

She took the fall and your to blame
You can never ever claim her
And thats real tough
Never wants to see ya

She's had enough

- Love, Me

Humpty Lumpty

After stuffing myself on dessert shots at a random moment at night..

I became extremely energetic with no place to use it.
 

But wait. Its winter. There's snow outside.
 

Lets go make a snowman!

Oh snap.

Its also 3 am in the morning...
 

Mama aint letting me outta the house tonight.

So lets use snow without leaving the house.
 

There are ways around my parents rules.

Heh. Heh. Hehhhh.
 

Check it out:

 Guess what they're made out of.
 

Look Closely: Beads + Hairpins + Windowsill snow!
 

They melted after a bit..

But that gave me an idea for tomorrow morning.
Miniature snow people. An army of them!

  *evil laugh*

Autumn Splash

Autumns rush makes leaves blush. 

 

After summer, fall jumps on you and the leaves change gorgeously over time. I just love the colors this season brings. Rated a 10 on my scale. Worth a double glance, a looksie and bright flirty clothes. I mean fall practically gives you a color pallet outfit.
 

Which takes me to my point.. I have plans for a new room design! My favorite colors are purple and turquoise but I've had a purple room before and I'm over that color on my walls now, lol. I've had yellow as well and of course the plain ol' boring white.
 

I think that this theme is really nice. I love the Fall color scheme.
 

I am in love with the desk at the top right. I found it at Ikea and based the other stuff around that. The bed is simple, but the comforter design wraps everything together smoothly. The tissue box is cute! It has a secret glove compartment. My absolute favorite item is the bottle with a leaf stuck inside. Its a simple/awesome centrepiece that attracts attention.

Picture Courtesy of Google

They sell these glass maple syrup bottles in a lot of different places. 

I think the average price is like 10 bucks or so. Google it.

 

After you use up the syrup for your waffles 

Just clean it and stick a red autumn leaf inside.

Sugarsnap

Aint that just all purty like?

 What a nice color combo. This is so pretty.

 Blades of grass

There are deep woods in my backyard.
  So I like taking pictures of flowers and animals.

Found some vultures about to take flight.

Some gangster crows attacking an orange bird.

 

A horse walking around in the woods.
I have no idea where he came from. o_o

To end the day. Good night. :)

Island #3

Topic of the Day: Bahamas!

This island was the most painful beach I have ever visited. My family travels a lot too, so I think I would know. Not only was it the smallest island ever - filled with tourists who steal things (ie. my camera bag) but instead of sandy beaches, there were rocks.

Sharp rocks at that. And if thats not bad enough, if you somehow survive the rocks and get into deep water - you have to watch where you step. Why? Because there are freakin black lobsters with pincers! Also this island was where my sister and I came to the realization of who is more important in our dad's eyes. Although we knew it all along we just denied it to ourselves, lol.
 

Doesn't this island just look teeny tiny?

So anyways. My dad had gotten some snorkeling gear. This was a first for me, snorkeling. And I sucked at it. I had a small life jacket on, that was actually clean this time, but you had to fill it with air yourself. So my life jacket was kinda pathetically filled with air. Cause I got tired of blowing. But it kept most of me afloat. My snorkeling tube was kind of short too. So every time I slightly dunked my head underwater, the tube would fill up with salt water and I'd drink it. Literally. I was chugging down sea water so fast and I couldn't even stop myself because hello I was trying to breathe here!

That was the ferry that took us around.

So, my dad had gotten us this huge blue floaty bed. And expected all 3 of us siblings to just sit on it. Fun. Except not. It was embarrassing too. My feet accidentally hit some guy in the head and kept hitting him in the head and I had no control over it because my dad was pushing the bed from the back. I wanted to drown myself from embarassment.

 

My brother and I are on the tall side, he's 5'9 and I'm 5'8 (and still growing!) so for us we had to go pretty deep into the water before we couldn't stand in it anymore. Well papa bear (who is slightly more on the petite side) would freak out when we would stand in the water. My sister and I (bored from sitting) got off the floaty bed and splashed around looking for fish. The bed starts floating farther away from shore, papa bear sees this, apparently doesn't notice that only one "kid" is left sitting on top, grabs the floaty bed and yanks it to shore. Me and my sister watch our dad save our 24 year old bro's life from - a wave maybe.

 

We started counting the minutes. "I wonder when he'll notice we're missing?" my sister said. We heard our dad scolding our brother. Why didn't he yell that the floaty bed was floating away? He doesn't know how to swim, what would he do? (Us girls dont know how to swim either fyi). Mama notices us, gives papa bear the heads up and then he realizes he left his 13 and 20 year old (THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DROWNING THIS WHOLE TIME) in the ocean. He yells at us to come to shore and that's that. It is what it is.

The doomed "floaty bed".

 

That life jacket was throwing me off balance.

Island #2

I gotta say; the balcony was my favorite place to be, the wind was breezy nice. I'm glad I ended up with the sofa bed. I'd leave the balcony door open, just lay on the bed and relax. It was 99% perfect. The only thing to ruin it were my sibs. My brother would ramble about his pool trips and people he met and my little sister would open up the mini fridge asking what vodka was. And then wave the bottle around. Because of that (I was 20 at the time) I wasnt allowed to be left alone in the room. :/

Enjoying the breeze.

This second island was my least favorite, it wasn't horrible, mostly like based around tourists. But the economy there was saddening. On one side of the island they had billion dollar homes that celebrities owned and on the other side - was the slums. Literally. We got separated from our tour guide/bus and ended up deeper in the slums than normal. I felt miserable when I saw a little 4 year old boy whose legs were deformed. And there was nothing I could do. I felt helpless. Stupid celebrities.

Oprah and Tom Cruise had homes here.

 

After cruising by  thirty or so different celebrity houses all the while getting extremely annoyed by the guide who kept saying "ya man" we reached our destination. We saw schools of fish nibbling on bread that the captain of the boat threw above us. They were so pretty! I even saw a fish that looked like Dori from Finding Nemo! The camera wasn't taking very sharp pictures through the glass, it was thick and dirty, but I did what I could.

They look like underwater bumblebees.

 

These fish were lavender and yellow!

We did a little more sightseeing around the island. But everyone was just kinda out of it. I really wanted to go to the zoo, they had a flamingo show. Trained the flamingos to do a little dance or something, but papa bear said "no, thats enough for one day". On the way back to the ship, we saw flickers in the water. Lemme just say that the water at this island (near the ships at least) was dirty and gross looking. I didn't think anything could survive in it, but lo and behold. We saw tiny little fishies jumping out of the water.

 

I wanted to scoop one in a bowl and take it home.