Whispers of Cali Beach

CONTACTS, CHARITY AND INSTAGRAM

2014-01-05T18:52:00.001+00:00

INSTAGRAM... follow me on @amrooni42

So yh I got contacts!
I have to admit I was quite a pro while the optician was teaching me to put them in and take them out - surprisingly im better at the taking out part :P but this morning when I attempted very bravely to put my lenses in, the lens just would NOT BUDGE... it's as though it decided to be BFFL with my finger and it didn't help that on top my mum - the real pro at lenses - was behind me telling me I was doing everything WRONG. In the end I sent her out the bathroom and what do you know, the next second the lens was happily sitting in my eye :) sounds a bit gory when you read it.. sorry about that.

It is such a wonderful experience to see the world without having to constantly shift your glasses up your nose or remove the irritating things before taking a photo :)

Also recently, a friend and I made the decision to become a little more proactive and we are now involved in WOHAA which aims to raise money for the Wings of Hope Charity. I will do a separate blog post about this because it is a very important organisation :)

Lastly, I GOT INSTAGRAM... follow me on @amrooni42
I tend to post random pics from here and there in my life :) I wish I blogged like I instagram :P one day :D one day!

Well that's all for now folks :)
TTFL
xx

also anyone looking for posts about certain people can stop looking because there won't be any haha

Points of view

2013-10-04T18:26:00.002+01:00

Hello people of the internet... I won't apologise for not blogging for such a long time since I never really find anything interesting and worthwhile to blog about, but finally I have found something deep and meaningful :P. (just brewed myself a cup of camomile tea... brewed what a funny word)

So for the past few days I have been walking to my mum's office on the way home and I'm sure others would agree it's a really pleasant walk along the river, especially if you're listening to 'Bring it all back' by S Club 7 - I'm having a nostalgic phase in my music. Anyway, today I arrived at the bridge (to cross the river) very early and so decided to sit on the bench near the steps of the bridge. I put my bag beside me and took out my maths homework, which in hindsight seems like the nerdiest I could have possible done but honestly I'm glad I did that. You see, had I just played on my IPod or texted my friends I would've been fixated on that, whereas as I did my maths homework I kept looking up as I thought over the questions I was doing and because of this I saw the single action that inspired me to write a blog post after half a year!

As I looked up towards the bridge I noticed a couple who were descending down the cycle ramp, as they did the man stopped and took his camera out. Ok, you're going to have to use your imagination a bit now - he took a picture of the leaves and branches of the tree next to the bridge so if you were standing in his position it would look as though the branches were coming towards you. This made me think... something I don't take enough time to do in my day. It made me think that this man thinks this image of rusty leaves and branches is worth capturing and it reminded me of myself because many a time I look out for artistic scenes and never miss an opportunity to take a picture, in fact many people do this because taking artistic and contemporary photos has become very popular. However, does this mean that we are more focused on finding these scenes rather than appreciating them - I don't think so.

This then led me on to thinking that everyone has a different point of view over what images are worth capturing, as the man stopped to take a photo but the woman didn't, showing they both SAW different things when they LOOKED at the tree and perhaps the woman wasn't even looking showing how some of us ignore certain things either because it's too normal to be special enough for a photo or we're just plain ignorant. For instance my mother is obsessed with taking photos for every occasion especially when we go out or on holiday because she think they're important, whereas I easily get bored of such photos because after several years they do not hold much meaning since many are posed and EXACTLY THE SAME. Hence why I get annoyed with people that take multiple photos of landmarks and sights ... it's not like the statue has changed in the 3 seconds you've taken to click the shutter... unless its the eiffel tower at night :) but in that case a video is best!

Nevertheless, some people find joy in having many pictures and that is because they see things in a different point of view, therefore, a photo that I take may be appealing and interesting to me but not have the same effect on you. To test this out I took a few photos of what I think are beautiful, quirky and interesting images and I would be grateful to see what you think of them and whether they catch your eye the same way they did mine. Comment below :)

I must admit that spider is quite horrific but I was soooo pleased when I overcame my fear and got that picture which I suppose brings me onto my last deep thought (I know it's not that deep) that people find pleasure and satisfaction in capturing photos because it expresses their point of view in the most colourful and artistic manner. That man probably felt a little happier and unbothered that he had to run after the woman because he had taken the time to appreciate that tree and its branches and thought to himself that that image would make a captivating photograph and that thought may have made him feel better about himself because in his mind he now saw it as a work of art that he had captured - in essence he felt like an artist. In this same way I don't this that things we capture on camera go unappreciated because a lot of thought goes into each click. Everyone loves the feeling of having created something wonderful using resources, no doubt photography is the easiest form of art because it takes very few resources but the skill is in the eye of the beholder and that is what I love about it.

Okidoke seems like I've come to the conclusion that I love photography, and now I have justified it to the max so I am very pleased with myself just as that man was.

Please comment :)

byeee xx

P.S. I just finished my camomile tea now in case you were wondering :)

Birthday times...

2013-03-10T09:39:00.000+00:00

You may or may not have guessed that it is my BIRTHDAY! YAY! anyway this morning I went on to google as you do, expecting a mothers day doodle like the one i posted about last year instead I was surprised by this Google Doodle.

And when you hover over it, it says Happy Birthday Ami! which is the name I put for my Google registration thingy ma-bob!

So, there you go... I am officially 16 :D yay i guess.

kk Byee

Procrastination...

2013-02-23T17:20:00.000+00:00

Ahhh, someone should write a poem called, 'Ode to Procrastination'. I believe its a skill that everyone develops as they grow older, but even more everyone has adapted their procrastination differently. This post is procrastination from doing my english CA :S

As some or none, since no one reads this blog may know, I've just returned from a wedding :D My cousins to be precise, twas in India hence I left last Friday and returned yesterday morning. As my first proper Indian wedding, the experience was amazing and unforgettable, not only because of all the celebration but my cousins also make my visits worthwhile and memorable. There were several moments that I will cherish forever including the endless dancing on the engagement night, diligent attempts to steal the grooms shoes (a tradition that we failed to achieve because his friends had hidden them in the car before hand, although our efforts were not unrecognized as one of them acknowledged us at the end of the three day celebration) and of course, the usual business of nonsense with my cousins in no better location than a HOTEL!!!

I love hotels, we ordered room service on the first night :D I should explain, that our parents were really encouraging the prospect of room service but on the first night none of us were hungry (this is my two cousin sisters, were all of the same age) and so we decided not to eat anything for dinner, im not sure why they didnt, but in my case, just looking at food made my tummy tumble. So as you can imagine, after around two hours of non-stop dancing we were famished, thus we ordered something to eat downstairs at the reception after paying a visit to our mums room (we three were in one room while our other cousins were across the corridor in the room opposite and our mums were in the rooms on the floor above.). Our visit had two prime reasons, i needed to return my outfit i had worn that evening and to ask if permission to order food. My cousins know that if they want something the person to ask for an optimistic response is my mum, simply because she's the youngest of our aunts and well shes most likely to say yes. surprisingly though, she said NO! anyway, I decided to take some money out of her purse because i also know that she wouldnt want us to stay hungry and so i reached into her purse in the pitch black and took out what i thought was a bare 200 rupees (thats just under £3), however, i was shocked to see when we left the room that i had actually taken out 1500 rupees :S oppppsssss, (thats just under £20) sure it doesnt seem like much in pounds but it sure felt like a lot, anyway it was a good thing that i had taken out such a wholesome amount else we wouldnt have been able to afford much.

After ordering our food we ran the hot tap to the tub in the bathroom, having decided that we wanted to massage our feet since we had been wearing heels all morning and even danced in them for a while - BAD IDEA. When our food finally came the staff-man-service-guy was looking very... odd and rather happy, strangely happy :S anyway, he gave us the wrong change... I got very annoyed at this, how dare they think were so incapable that we wouldn't realise we were given the wrong change, now that I think of it we should have asked for a receipt. Anyway, we very quickly finished the food but having ordered too much half a plate was left on the table, thats probably the only regret we had, that last half plate gave a sickening after smell whenever we went near it and the hotel staff wouldnt even come to clear it up!

I'm being told off for blogging now, and i agree ive procrastinated enough, so I guess I should start my English. Byee... sorry for boring you with this irrelevant story. :)

Once in a Blue moon...

2013-02-03T17:42:00.002+00:00

Hey there,
I don't really think anyone reads this blog, in fact I don't believe they ever did and even though this is a waste of a web page, it fills me with joy to share something with the world wide web!

kk... I have several things I could mention and talk about so where to start. Well as an aspiring doctor and with an ambition to study medicine at university, I have started a new blog, on which I will be posting an article about a disease, illness, symptom, cure, instrument of operation or anything else medical related :D If that interests you, you should definitely check it out:

Yesterday, i spent the whole morning baking cupcakes, a skill I still haven't grasped let alone mastered, my friend is a budding baker and I can only hope that in the next few years her ability rubs off onto me. Nevertheless, I managed to whip up an average bunch of chocolate cupcakes with mini marshmallows carefully positioned on top stuck on with wisps of meringue. They are meant to be grilled before serving but I just sprinkled cocoa to give the same affect :P

I did attempt another batch of cupcakes with strawberry jam and meringue swirls on top but they didnt quite rise enough and the meringue went a bit soft so they're not worthy of the blog. Neither were they worthy of a visit to my neighborscupcakes were a great excuse for visiting my neighbor who is not very well at the moment and thus i set out of my house armed with a bowl full of chocolate merriment (armed sounds as though I'm going to be attacked in the story.. don't worry nothing happens).

As I left the house I felt great pride in my idea to take cupcakes and visit them, all i needed was a long red coat and a basket and I would be Little Red Riding Hood, rushing off to visit her Grandma. Unfortunately, I do not have a red coat and my mother detests the idea of having yet another item ( like a basket) cluttering the house which she claims barely has room for anything!

As I approached the house I became puzzled by which gate I was to enter from, but since the larger gate came in sight first, that's the one I used. BIG MISTAKE. I then had to endure what seemed like a long and precarious walk across the stone-filled drive way as I tried to be as quiet as possible so as not to disturb anyone. Do not tiptoe on stone covered floors, its definitely not the best approach to making a silent entry, thus I turned to running across the driveway onto the opposite side where there was a proper pathway! A pathway I would have conveniently met had I waited to reach the second gate of entry.

Having reached the front door, I stumbled on the door step looking for a bell, finally I realised they did not have a door bell just like our house and hesitating towards the bangy door knob, I gave two firm knocks. While I waited for someone to answer the door, my mind was having a serious moment of doubt, you know how when you knock and it takes a while for an answer: on the one hand you want someone to come to the door and on the other hand you wish there was no one home because if your like me, a teenager doesn't really have much to say to an adult unless they're arguing. :/

Finally, someone opened the door and I shared my cakes but I didn't stay long because she was resting so with a quick chat I was off, back home. The wonderful thing about sharing food with people in non-disposable dishes is that they usually return the dish or box with more food in return, in fact just a few minutes ago, her daughter came by our house with Lindt chocolates in the same dish and kind compliments about my cupcakes :D It's pleasing to know that situations we see on TV where neighbors give food and beverages to other neighbors, actually can happen.

I suppose, anything we see on TV can happen so long as we are prepared to make it happen, even if it is once in a blue moon.

Thanks for reading xxx

2012-09-08T18:14:00.000+01:00

Hello.
School has started again .... yay :/ Going into year 11 wasn't nearly as scary as opening my maths GCSE result (i got an A* :D), but then again, this is 'The Year It Gets Real!'.
or serious as sow said but its always been serious we just never took it seriously but this year is no joke.
Serious aside (haha get it) I've just come back from a house warming party, soooooo boring! im gonna make sure that all of my future house warming parties are fun and exciting (dont just involve talking to complete strangers) or I just won't have a house warming party and invite my closest friends and family....

wikipedia says: a house warming party is held within the first 90 days of a resident moving into a new house.
ahhh, the most important part of the party is the gifts given by guests to furnish the house :P

reading on you find that the origins of housewarming is quite literal. In the olddddd days, when a person moved house there would literally be a housewarming, in which friends and family would bring firewood and add it to the fireplace, this would not only warm the house but was believed to scare of evil spirits. awesome.

haha, wikipedia is hilarious! there's even a list for the variation of housewarming parties :P
but im not going to dwell into that, for in fact i am blogging for my new found love for baking! :D

I have always loved baking but today I have reached a new peak in my baking for i made something completely on my own :D Having been inspired by this weeks episode 'The Great British Bake off' i decided to make some meringues, sure they were sweet and simple but for someone who rarely bakes or has a skill for following recipes i think i did exceptionally well (especially with separating the white frrom the yellow when cracking the egg).
At first i was worried because having taken out the meringues and tasted one it wasnt that nice chewy consistency that i was after and so i concluded that i had burnt them (if thats possible) but then after adding whipped cream and leaving them to cool they became as chewy as well.... a meringue is meant to be :P

YUM!

I should be back with my next baking adventure.

TTFN

xxx

2012-05-05T20:50:00.000+01:00

Hello again,
I haven't blogged since mothers day, I guess I've been realllly busy.
Anyway, this is my first year of GCSEs, in fact I have my Maths next Friday (I should probably be revising). I've always had an attachment and liking to DT, perhaps because of my primary school teacher ( I was kinda her fave :D), so it's not surprising that I've taken it for gcse. Having been inspired by a project I witnessed last year, I was determined from the start to do a Lamp Project.

So here I am, at the moment I am counting my questionnaire results, and if you would be so kind as to take the time to fill one out I would be Very grateful. If you feel uncomfortable giving your personal details, you don't have to fill them in, although age would help. If you wish to help me out just answer in the comments... copy this template and then delete the relevant answer:
1. Yes No
2. £5-10 £10-30 £30-50 £50-100 £100-150 £150+
3. Living Room Bedroom Study Bathroom Kitchen
4. Readymade Flatpack
5. High Medium Low Dimmable
6. Wood Plastic Fabric Metal
7. Greyscale Blue/Red Black/red Blue Green Orange
8. Wall mounted Hanging Table Floor
9. Yes No
10. Customisable 1234 Portable 1234 Flexible 1234 Durable 1234 (delete the numbers)
11. type the numbers of the pictures you prefer
12. comments :)

During the course of all my research for this project i have come across many interesting and dynamic products....

Made of Shades!

Floating balloons!

The further side says, 'Will be read'...

I believe this is upscaled from an old table

Well i hope these inspired you as they have inspired me in my project.

Thank You For reading

TTFN

xxxx

(And thank you for helping my project if you decide to do a questionairre :D)

Sunday 18th March 2012

2012-03-18T11:15:00.000+00:00

I'm not a big endorser of Mothers Day... its too commercialised and why should this be the only day of the year we let our mums feel special (actually I just never know what to get my mum ;) ). However, i don't ignore it... instead I put a little bit of effort into making a very special card and I'm sure most of you would have seen today's Google Doodle...

I thought it might be interesting to find out where the idea of mother's day came from in other countries:

Australia

In Australia the tradition of Mother's Day was established by a resident of Leichhardt Sydney, Mrs Janet Heyden in 1924. It all began when she went to visit a patient at the Newington State Home for Women, where she met many forgotten mothers. So, to cheer them up she asked local school children and businesses to donate and bring gifts to the women. Every year after that even more support has been raised by Mrs Heyden and since then the day has become commercialised.

did you know?... the chrysanthemum is given to mothers as the flower naturally season in Autumn (equivalent to our spring i suppose) and it ends in 'mum' the australian slang for mother (although i think its slang everywhere these days)

China

In 1997 the day was established to help poor mothers and to remind people of the poor mothers in rural areas such as Western China. In the Chinese government's official newspaper 'People's Daily' an article explained that 'despite originating in the United States, people in China accept the holiday without hesitation because it is in line with the country's traditional ethics – respect for the elderly and filial piety towards parents.' In recent years a communist party member promoted the official adoption of mothers day in memory of Meng Mu (a chinese mother from early fourth century BC who was determined to provide her son with a good home - she is seen as the ideal mother figure); they also asked to replace the western gift of Carnations with lilies - these were planted by mothers when children left home in ancient times.

The story of Meng Mu is really sweet, i recommend you read it... http://chinesestoryonline.com/component/content/article/111-meng-mu-san-qian.html

Well that was all interesting... here are a few cards i found from previous mother's days.

I believe i was 10 or 11

13 now... it says inside :S

Last Year... began to get blank cards from Paperchase and use my craft box to bring them to life :D

This Year.... made yesterday and opened this morning. TAPE :P

I dont think anyone reads my posts anymore... but I'd just like to say Happy Mother's Day.

TTFN

xxx

What a puzzle...

2012-02-18T20:32:00.000+00:00

"Bored"...

The most frequently said word during the holidays (for most people).

But, this holiday I was preoccupied with a big puzzle :D

1000 pieces... mostly blue and white... filled with snow and iceeeee....

snow...

2012-02-09T22:19:00.000+00:00

Snow is a form of precipitation (stuff falling from the sky) on the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice i.e. pretty snowflakes that fall from clouds (probably not white, but grey by the time it snows, but we'll never know because dunno if you've noticed but you can't seeeeeeee the clouds when it snows, it's like they disappear.). Snow is a granular material because it is composed of small ice particles (as in frozen water), with an open and soft structure; unless packed by external pressure (like for snowballs :P). snowflakes come in a variety of shapes and sizes (but not in the shape of animals, vehicles or people. They are also symmetrical :D) when a snowflake falls in the form of a ball due to melting and refreezing, it is known as a graupel, ice pellets or snowgrains (or one could identify them as happy puffs of flake ;)).

Basically, snow is frozen water falling out of the sky in pretty shapes :)

Here are some of my own snowy pictures... taken just a few minutes ago

Everyone believes that there can never be two identical snowflakes, well they're WRONG. Someone found 2 indentitwined (made up word) snowflakes, this person would have missed out on the fun of the snow looking for two identical snowflakes :S

DID YOU KNOW: for it to snow the top of a fluffy cloud (haven't decided if it's white yet) has to be 0˚C or 32˚F... i wonder why???

You can get blind because of snow, its called Snow Blindness :O because fresh snow reflect 90% of the sun's UV radiation...

Snowfall can also act as a thermal insulator in subfreezing temperatures and provides water for crop growth.(keeping plants warm in freezing conditions and giving them water)

But we mostly associate snow with recreational use.... SNOWFIGHTS, SNOWANGELS, SNOWMEN (snowomen as the case may be), SNOWBOARDING, SNOWSHOEING :D

so people, enjoy the snow while it lasts :D

The Blue Lagoon Iceland... te he

I wanna go there :D

TTFN

snow and cakes...

2012-02-05T17:09:00.000+00:00

Hello who ever still reads my blog :P
Last night I came out of the shower after agonisingly untangling my hair without my detangler (wasnt too pleased about that)... and i saw one of the most beautiful sights ever.... it was SNOWING :D
Then this morning i happened to wake up at 3:45 (no idea why) and i see a sheet of white puffy snow covering the world outside my window : )

Later i find little footsteps running through the deep snow.

Further examination shows they are the footsteps of the eversleepy but equally adorable, Keyla : nextdoor neighbour's cat :P

I also made some yummyliscious cupcakes while repeatedly listening to 1D (they're songs are awsome :p)

As yummy as they look, i would probably only be able to eat half, theyre really big and there's LOADS of icing :S. I was experimenting with icing techniques, so i bought an icer thing with the bag and the different nozzles, dunno what its called ;)

Have a fun time in the snow... I wonder what bushy park is like, must be amazing. My riding lesson was cancelled because of the snow :( so i didn't see.

TTFN

xxx

LETS HOPE ITLL SNOW TONIGHT= NO SCHOOL TOMOZ

Is that an apple... i seaaaaaaaaa???

2012-01-22T17:32:00.002+00:00

Success...

2011-12-20T13:58:00.000+00:00

The feeling after you've accomplished is so brilliant that sometimes you question yourself, 'Have i really done this?'
That's the same question I'm asking myself at the moment, but obviously i have. I less than a day I sold a USED Ted Baker Coat and my buyer has to come and COLLECT it too. I'm ecstatic :)

There's the proof, well actually the proof is in my sold items list. I'm gonna be putting lots more stuff on ebay now that i know it works :)

Joy of Jamas...

2011-12-19T21:40:00.002+00:00

Hello, thought I'd just post about Pyjamas.
I got new pyjamas today they're REALLY cute (okay there from tesco, but theyre sooo warm) and with them a pair of slippers :)

TTFN

xxx

Silly Old Bear...

2011-12-18T15:56:00.000+00:00

Hello.
As said in my previous post i have to do a post on Winnie the Pooh. He has been a great character throughout my childhood not only because i thought he was extremely cute and most of my friends associated me with him in primary school but he has entertained me throughout my boredom as a child. When my mum passed her driving test she bought a HUGE Winnie the Pooh Bear (huge at the time because i was relatively small) , which i still keep in my room. I've shared many memories with him, for he was my first pupil learning twinkle twinkle little star and then falling over just as we reached the end of the song (he had issues sitting upright). Anyway, i thought I'd inspire you with a few A.A. Milne quotes, that I've grown rather fond to lately.

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”