Showing posts with label being grateful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label being grateful. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

[video!] What's Happening Write Now

In between constructing coffins for the most enjoyable (pretend) funeral/murder mystery I have had the pleasure of organizing and attending; and receiving mail in an actual mailbox that is not an email inbox; and having my lips formulate the shape of a bowl every time I hear Joshua Radin's "I Missed you"
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIuUDR-5H-8]; and getting abnormally excited at the fact that as of late there have been many parallels between my Urban Studies, Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Inequality and World Literature classes; and having my breath taken away as I behold the sight of fall on campus; and drawing out dramatic, induced-by-pseudo-annoyance sighs every time someone wrote a generic "happy bday :D" greeting upon my Facebook wall; and smiling copiously every time someone did not do that; and connecting with the Pakistani diaspora on campus by being an executive of a Pakistan Students' Association, and having conversations with my residents a.k.a. children in the washroom with toothpaste-foam-stuffed mouths, and by thrifting a string of lights for $1 that I have put up in my room and that are much too romantic and reaffirm my desire for a significant other but not really just joking; and being somewhat relieved my french class is much like highschool french parce-que c'est tres facile; and actually resorting to penciling in time in our schedules to have casual hang-out sessions with my BFF because our lives are just that divergent and busy now; and discovering that if I were to be an academic discipline I would most likely be sociology, seeing as I think like a sociologist a lot of the time now; and wearing glittery black slacks to an interview because metallic gold tights and tie-dyed denim will just not do; and repeating jokes far too often in the day that even I tire of my redundancy; and having conversations about political efficacy and racial segregation with 75-year-old men in groovy cafes that have gender-neutral washrooms; and being of an interest to 26-give-or-take-year-old fobby sales clerks at convenience stores who offer me free samosas whilst slippng me their number....

...a  friend and I made a video! It's a tribute to Vancouver and some of the reasons why we love this place. Originally for the creative part of an application and now for your viewing pleasure, too!
Enjoy.



p.s. outfit post soon!
p.p.s. hello new followers!
p.p.p.s. 2  milestones: am now 19. This l'il 'ol blog, UUU, is about to turn TWO YEARS OLD. Aw, my baby! <3

Sunday, August 15, 2010

CONFESSIONS OF A GRATEFUL HUMAN BEING.

My problem? I'm not going to be able to attend My Dream University.
This week alone, 8 were killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.
At least I'm still going to get an education from an internationally-renowned university; one of the best in the country.
photo source: http://www.jpost.com/HttpHandlers/ShowImage.ashx?ID=140984

My problem? I don't know if I'm choosing the right career path.
This week alone, 10 were shot by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
At least I'm able to do whatever I want, venture out, with my own free will.
photo source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301216/British-doctor-executed-Taliban-Afghanistan-marry-weeks.html


My problem? My parents said I have to purchase my own DSLR camera, if I so desire one.
This week alone, 15 were killed by floods in Europe. At least I'm still able to get one, amongst other materialistic items.
photo source: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50702220100808

My problem? I have no plans for this sunny, gorgeous, blue-sky day.
This week alone, 52 were dead from wildfires in Russia.
At least I'm still able to use adjectives like 'gorgeous' for things pertaining to my life.
photo source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1301558/Russia-wildfires-700-die-day-Moscow-smog-doubles-mortality-rate.html

My problem? I'm feeling extremely famished whilst fasting during the abnormally sweltering hot weather we've been receiving.
This week alone, 1600 people were dead from floods in Pakistan. 15 million have been affected by it.
At least I know I will be able to break my fast tonight with a home-cooked meal consisting of not only comfort food, but auspicious delicacies as well.
photo source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66T3RS20100812

There is so much to be grateful for, alhamdulillah, I often forget.
But I can't forget some of the sickening and infuriating comments that I read here.
Sigh. So much hate in this world.