Smart Answers

I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. Thanks Fareeda!

SMART ASS ANSWER #6
It was mealtime during a flight on Hooters Airline. "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked John, seated in front. "What are my choices?" John asked. "Yes or no," she replied.

SMART ASS ANSWER #5
A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat, she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub."

SMART ASS ANSWER #4
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

SMART ASS ANSWER #3
The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.

SMART ASS ANSWER #2
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, "Low Bridge Ahead." Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."

SMART ASS ANSWER OF THE YEAR 2006

A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart-ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles knowingly at the student, shakes her head and sweetly says, "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand!

My devotion until the goodbyes

I love food. But I especially love food even more during exams or midterms. So today while I was at home, I was eating while studying. Noodles, fried rice and Asian pears during the day or while Lee was at work. On his way home, I had him fetch junk goodies for me. Among the fruit cereals, chocolates and fruit cake, I got him to buy me a bag of skittles, much to his objection of course.

I opened my bag of skittles and popped a few of the green ones and realized, I really don't like skittles as much as I used to. It really is just sugar candies with some artificial fruit flavors on top. How in the world did I used to love eating these candies that "taste like rainbow" for so many years of my life? I really wonder sometimes. But like all things, I move on as I step on to the different stages of life. And skittles just happened to be one of them.

Oh skittles, I was so loyal to your original side for so many years but when the sour side of you came out, I thought I'd try and accept it but it still wasn't as original as you were. I then parted with you for awhile, thinking I have to be on my own and not love you as much. But now, when I came back to be with you, I realized my feelings towards you had changed. It really was good for awhile, wasn't it, being with you? I suppose now is really a good time to say goodbye even though you were my first true candy-love. Goodbye, my love.

Fascination with Imagination

I imagine too much, one would say. I am way too silly, another would say. I am constantly thinking, every milli-second. Even when I'm sleeping, I am constantly experiencing really deep dreams, the kind where it makes me think again on it. When I'm awake, I'm constantly planning my schedule, or thinking about my work etc. I really don't know how to relax at all. Even when I'm watching a movie, I can't seem to relax. Because whatever happens in the plot, I somehow find a way to relate it back to me, or I reflect on it.

Lee tried teaching me meditation, and I couldn't even go past a minute. I tried concentrating on my breathing but my mind creeps into the thinking pattern again. I used to dance and do a lot of exercises to not think, but I've lost that ability also. Sometimes I think I'm overworking my brain to the point of constant painful headaches. I'm stretching my brain way too much but I don't know how to give it a rest either. I secretly think this is why I am better in the social sciences, and not physical sciences. I can't stand the limitation of physical sciences, there are too many rules to abide by whereas with social sciences, I can write and think freely, at least for the most part.

Anyways, waking up at 6 AM and coming home around 6 PM, then look at my books until 1 AM is a bitch!!! I can't wait to graduate and take a year long break, before doing more schooling again. Me and Lee have somewhat planned to go to HK/China in Oct 2008, so we'll see you guys then. That's if you're still going to be there, Lau!

Live and be lived

When a relationship crumbles and falls, the best thing to do is pack up all the memories in a box and hide it into the darkest part of your closet. Anywhere so that it's not in the visible vicinity for at least a few years. But before packing it up, ask yourself if you've taken the initiative to solve whatever underlying problems that existed; if you've done that, then you're good to go. Life is all about stumbling onto crossroads and mountain heaps of stones, then moving on like everything mattered but didn't shake you to the point of hopelessness.

I choose to let go of everything that once mattered but seems miniscule now. I choose to not let something that once mattered, matter in a way where I cannot function. I choose to let go and be happy again, be in the limelight where my feelings mattered more.

It's all about living and be lived now, especially when I have a chance; while she's away at the hospital fighting for her life.

Nostalgia

I do not know how these friends of mine do it. They pack up their 10 odd years of life here and move to another country to pursue a life there. It really takes a lot of courage. I suppose I could do it if I broke up with the boyfriend, did not care much about my family or my friends. For the longest time, I've really wanted to go to China and pursue a career there. My family and Lee are very supportive of my idea but I just do not know how to pack up and leave the 11 years of memory here. When I left Pakistan, it was relatively easier because I was younger and it was almost exciting to get out of the country. Now, it would be so much harder. I'd survive without a doubt but I would miss it here.

I never understood how my parents left China to go to Pakistan and then here to Canada. Now I can kind of relate. I'm 23 now but when my parents left China, my mom was 20 and my dad was 28. They are really very brave.

I can understand Alan and Joanne leaving here since their family resides there. Naturally, they would want to be closer with their family. But Lau? Her family is here. I'm sure she has job opportunities here but she's moving all the way to the East. I think what bothers me more is Lau leaving so suddenly. The news really came to me about three weeks ago and now her leaving in a couple days is even more sudden.

Really makes you think, don't it? How our life has accelerated in the blink of an eye and how much change we've endured. These group of people I've known for the longest time really challenged me and gave me the meaning to a lot of things. There were friendships that could not stand through some tests of life, there were some friendships that weathered through every storm, there were friends who were not necessarily very close but were very stable figures in my life and there were some friendships who held my hand as I had my own storms to overcome.

With all this nostalgic feelings bundled up, suddenly I feel like letting her know that despite the hurtful words exchanged to describe the situation, I did not give up. I was always hoping and still am. I wished I could say all I needed to say without being interpreted the wrong way. I'm tired of having bad dreams about it, or thinking about it everyday. But maybe time will do its bid. Maybe.

Feasibility

There was a line in the movie, The last kiss, that really stuck out to me: "You can say you love somebody all you want, but it's what you do that matters."

Note: The quote was generally along those lines, not the exact wording in the movie. Feel free to correct me, those who have seen it.

You don't give up if you treasure something. You give up because there are no other options that are viable for you. Or the other party makes it extremely hard. So you create a path for yourself and hope to walk away gracefully. Even if it means giving up everything.

Attempt

Thought I'd start over with a new clean slate again. I like writing too much to let it go haha.

The old blog, ah-moi.blogspot.com was too old haha. The MSN Space is thoroughly irritable. So I'm back to blogger again, with a new identity, hopeful-days.

Enjoy!