day time drama

my last published post was on Dec. 4 2008
if i had Internet in India I would document my entire trip but, getting online there took longer than getting to Ryerson on a cold blizzard day.
So it's April now and a lot has changed, looking back at these post I start to laugh at my grammar (it's still crap) and the thing that went on back then.
So i am watching Tyra today and it was all about the 'science' behind dating.
The importance of a hand shake, hug and why people should not kiss on the first date.
Yes, 'science' weird, I know right?
So one part of the show an audience member asks, 'who should pay for the first date'
and the Dr. I am assuming who was on the show or the 'scientist' is like 'in the animal world, males do, they bring food to the female while mating'
Oh! And i got into HARPER'S ISLAND AMAZING!

i think i know what not to do next year

I didnt shower yesterday
I didnt wash my hair since last week
theres no makeup/lotion on my face
my pjs are getting worn out
i had a bag of chips
a couple of gingerales
kept my retainer in places it shouldnt be
(get your head out of the gutter)
i feel itchy
i forgot what my best friend looks like

i hate you university

its been a long time

..shouldn't have left you.
Well, it is almost the end of the year and well, I don't know how far I can look back and say I did something different this year.
Well I did learn new things in journalism, get two new jobs, have my first phone plan, join the gym and quit, got into a new TV seris--Fringe and oh, plan a trip to India.
Well the last one I didn't do myself, but I am going to India woo.
I wish I could blog my weeks there but internet will probably be a problem.

Once again, no point. bye

Odd Spa Treatments Without the Human Touch

By: Arti Patel

The above image thanks to The Globe and Mail.

If you asked someone to pick up a snake and put it around their neck, they might hesitate and eventually try it out. Now, imagine asking someone to lie down and have six different sized snakes slither all over their body---for relaxation. How many takers do I still have?

There is a recent trend hitting the spa market that has a unique way of maximizing customers’ desires and relaxation levels, while using alternative living-things and even objects for pure satisfaction.

A slithery offer:

A spa in Israel owned by Ada Barak offers snake massages as one of their most popular services. Six non-venomous snakes unwind and slither over the spa-goers body. For $80, Barak believes her hissing helpers provide a “kneading sensation.”

Not too fishy:

In Malaysia, Sampuoton Spa offers a pool-massage with hundreds of nibbling “doctor fish.” The fish work their way around your uncovered skin and eat away at dead skin cells. The fish treatment is completely painless and some people even find it ticklish.

Hot-ball service:

However if you are thinking there isn’t something more geared toward males, you are wrong. Even though spa treatments are very popular among men, some companies have catered services especially for them. Endulge, a spa based in Illinois, offers hot-golf ball massages for men for $150 for 80 minutes.

The worry about jobs being replaced by robots seems out of the ordinary now, especially when one of our most favourite features of touch is suddenly replaced by snakes, fish, golf balls and other odd spa treatments like Nightingale dropping and 24-karat gold facials.

With the art of massaging that once required the use of talented human hands, they are now used as the supporting roles. As trends change so do the massagists. People will pay money to feel what they think is the ultimate relaxation treatment, even if they are under the care of reptiles or objects they once took for granted.

So the next time someone scares you with a snake story, close your eyes, sit back and indulge yourself in the feeling of ultimate comfort.

tough idea from a soft cookie

That title made no sense but guess what does?
I will be doing mini-features on people that I know (exciting) and pretty much learning how to be a better interviewer and detailed writer.
(I got the idea after I asked people what I should blog about for a journalism assignment and they said, "me")
So maybe weekly, monthly, daily, pretty much when I feel in-the-mood or when I have the time, I will write!

Do you want me, to write about you?
Leave a comment superstar.

this is what heaven looks like

I found this picture on the globeandmail website.
Pretty cool...right?
Besides the whole weather warning issue and probably a high alert of fog, this picture just gets to me so artistically.
Feels like this man, is just stepping onto the clouds, with the whole world under his feet.
What a feeling.
I should say that I have not blogged for a long time (to my one reader) because I have become a lazy teenager with no will to write for fun latley.
Why? TV? maybe.
Therefore it is safe to say that I am starting a new "system" I call it "the system
This system I have includes a 'change of lifestyle' I should say, that relates to my diet, school work, work work and how I spend my extra time.
Day 0 Offical countdown.
Hope this works.

-a-

A new year = new plan?

Fall is coming...
Well, it is supposed to be coming, I don't understand why we have 30 degree weather in September...but we are all going to die from global warming, but let's not kill any spirits here.
It's a new year, a new wallet, a new plan, new teachers, old friends (I know I am such a softy) and everything else in between.
There is some change I wanted to make this year, I've been saying it all year, but maybe I can finally fufill this for myself.
Classes: ?
Online journalism, pretty good so far, we finally learn the techinical aspect of things, which I love! Western tech, you finally came in handy!
Excited: ?
Going to India DEC 17! so so so so times infinity excited, I cannot wait!


this is it for now.
the year so far is good.
frosh 2008 was amazing.
i love you blog.
goodnight.

I missed you

So I started to write for a new website
www.glamboulevard.com
check it out :)

Tipped

So here is another thought I had to mention.
What is up with me and restaurants? There always seems to be a problem.
So a few days ago some friends and I went to 7 West, on Charles, great place, nice food, nice people...so we thought.
So the meal was good, service was alright I guess, atmosphere was quiet, it almost felt like a perfect night.
As we were leaving, we hear a loud "excuse me" coming from up the stairs and footsteps running down towards us. It was our server...with our bill. So puzzled we stood there thinking we didn't pay her enough and I even stood there taking out my wallet.
So she counts our money again and says we didn't leave her enough tip.
Wait...what? Servers are allowed to do that? They have the right to tell you how much you are supposed to tip them and when you didn't tip enough?
So we just stood there like, what the hell and then she makes the problem worse.
She makes a big deal about how it looked like she didn't do a good job? (All you did was give us food and we didn't ask you for anything.)
And it wasn't even like we DIDN'T tip her, which everyone around us was probably thinking as they stared at her surrounding the three of us.
So we are still standing there, looking at one another with awkward faces as this server complains about her job. My friend then says, "that is all we have," and this server has the nerve to say, "well for the future, bring more change and have more money."
We just turned around and left.
My friend called the manger the next night, he said he knew who would do that and this would be the first and last time.
Too bad if she lost her job, in the restaurant business you can easily be replaced.

I understand her point of view, servers do not make minimum wage and their wages depend on tips. But the problem here is not only was tipping our choice, we did tip her! What did she expect like a 25% tip? They say minimum is 10% and I am sure we gave close to 10% if not less, big woop, don't run down the stairs..

thoughts on this?

all my ex boyfriends/girlfriends

Tila Tequila, Myspace's biggest explosion ended her season finale of "A Shot at Love 2" with her heart broken, again.
The final two last night came down to Bo and Kristy. While Tila thought she was making the right decision this time and choosing a woman, Kristy rejected her offer and Tila was the one left broken-hearted.
The bisexual bachelorette brought in 15 boys and 15 girls from all over the country, all with an equal chance at love.
As the weeks went on, two by two people were sent home. Then there was the show "drama" Bo getting his jaw broken, Chad sent home, some two girls kissing (I don't even know their names), a guy showing his..., Chad farting from both ends and Tila's visit to the remaining four's houses.
It all seemed so raunchy as the final two came down to Kristy and Bo Bear.
Bo, a high school football coach from Ohio showed his sensitive side, got his jaw broken and was pretty much a well-rounded guy for Tila.
Kristy was the only bisexual on the show and told Tila from the beginning that she was not sure or ready to be Tila's main woman.
So Tila didn't listen and yeah boo hoo.


Clearly shows how fake this show is, when Tila keeps making money over and over again. Then she cries about it, oh why me, what's wrong with me, what am I doing wrong? You want to know what you are doing wrong? Making a show out of love and breaking every body's hearts as you boot them off one by one. Go and find someone yourself, nobody should have to break a body part for you, that is not clearly love. If love is not a game, don't make a game out of it!

the start of summer 2008

It's that time again! To take out those flip-flops, put on some sun screen, shave those legs and other areas, and of course buy a pair of sunglasses. (you got that? buy glasses for the SUN).
It's summmer time again (well technically my summer started in April but that was like a long spring break so anyways), and I have been wondering/planning what to do this summer.
Here is what I have so far:
-Host a bbq at the beach
-start that work out plan!
-work work work till I get sick of it
-plan one trip to Buffalo
-get out of Toronto for a weekend
-jogging/biking at High Park

Oh this reminds me of an article I read in the Star yesterday about someone putting poison delibertly in water at a 'off-leash' area in high park. So far two dogs are dead, eight were poisoned and racoons have been found dead today. Like what the hell, what kind of person goes around throwing poison into water? I am so disgusted and was when I read the article. Appreanlty, it was antifreeze that had been placed into a water fountian. To make the mystery even greater, the city has be debating weather or not to get rid of the 'off-leash' area or not.
Wait a minute so while writing this I was just reading the racoon death article and appreanlty (WTF) someone was playing around with the dead animals, putting flowers and dead squrrills around the dead racoons...

"It might be someone testing the poison on the raccoons, and then they just know now I can use it on dogs."

-Det. Suzanne Pinto

no really wtf! I won't even rant about this because it will go on forever. This is disgusting and people need to stop hurting helpless animals and making a joke out of it.

does my butt look to big in my size 00 jeans?

Fake breast, small ears, less tummy, more butt, straight nose, bigger, brighter cheek bones--the last thing a teenager needs to worry about--right?

But with society driven by plastic surgery targeting self-esteem issues and body image solutions for adults, teenagers are also listening.

So that boy who had "dumbo ears" in elementary school or the girl who was afraid to shower in gym class because of her "lopsided breasts," can "swiftly fix" these problems with an ear-pinning and breast implants.

ParentCentral.ca states that 87, 600 surgical operations were done on 13-19 year olds in the last year, mostly for male breast reductions and nose reshaping. This equals a five per cent representation of overall procedures as a whole.

It all seems so simple by just saying it, but even thinking about surgery at this age represents the bigger problem of fitting in. Frederick Lukash, a plastic surgeon from New York who specifically specializes in adolescent surgeries, says that teens are mostly looking to fit in rather than stand out.

"Adults who want plastic surgery are interested in rejuvenation. Kids largely want to be part of the crowd, not to be picked on or bullied. Every parent wants their child to rise above the crowd. But first they have to feel part of it and they can't do that if they are tormented," Lukash told Reuters.

Lukash believes that plastic surgery can actually make a difference for a patient, even though he sometimes recommends psychological help to his younger ones. Lukash tells ParentCentral.ca about a 14-year-old girl who had saggy breasts and developed an eating disorder. After Lukash performed a breast lift, the eating disorder went away.

Ann Kearney-Cooke, a psychologist and body image expert says that surgery will not solve any low self-esteem problems.

"Self-esteem is not just about how big your ears are. Instead of rushing to the plastic surgeon, let's help these kids develop skills so they can be effective at handling these situations or saying 'don't talk about my ears like that'," she told Reuters.

Kearney-Cooke says that kids have always been pressured to fit in, but now they are more focused on their appearances and image making all together.

"We need to help boys and girls figure out what are their signature strengths and how to play them up," she says.

However Lukash still believes that appearance is important.

"It's why we shower and get a haircut. It is hard to deny out of hand the individual's right to be improved."

the new year

Found this picture on NDesign, pretty cool and full of life?

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Happy new year! AKA the new birth year
every year you are one year older, so why not take it as a new year?
Well my last hour of being 18, so far so good I am stocked up on homemade-salsa and corn chips and watching classic Indy movies.
Besides that, I read an article about the 'life list' in last months Flare, where Hannah Sung talked about peoples' life lists and what they want to accomplish, well in thier lives.
I don't think I have time for a life one, maybe some other time, but here is the cheaper version of the year list (being 19)

-Save money for school, grad trip, travelling, aborad internships, clothes
-clean up my diet
-continue working out and not getting lazy
-watch a new show and get into it
-get my first medi and pedi
-cut le hair with something new
-water water water daily
-start learning how to cook everything but Indian food
-paint my room
-buy new shoes
-buy and MP3 player finally
-new phone plan
-smile =]

later!

cheetahs in the homeland

The Disney Channel took a spicy spin as they just announced the release of the third Cheetah Girls movie, "Cheetah Girls: One World," in India.
Whoa, wait a minute, the girls in India? Exciting right? Well why shouldn't I be, finally 14-year-old girls can see what India is all about. Pretty skinny girls dancing to Indian music while wearing long pink Sarees. Colourful markets of food and jewelry while everyone else lives in huge palaces with 40 maids.
That last part probably gave away the sarcasm but here we have young kids who think of paki-dots and smelly curry when they probably think about 'Indian' and now get to see first hand what India is "all about."
The movie apparently is taking a Bollywood musical aspect, because that is what we do in India all day--sing. The girls all try out for a Bollywood movie (in real life this might happen since most of Bollywood thinks they are Western anyways,) and dun-dun-dun the girls find out the have to fight each other for the role! Oh no! I can already see the entire plot and ending to that one.
It doesn't bother me that much yet since I have never seen the movie, but I guess when I finally see the exploitation of Indian culture, I might just build this argument further.
India is not like that, we once were, but sadly we are not like what we see in Bollywood movies.
But big-ups for choosing India we got money in the end anyways!
P.S the blogging dictionary doesn't have the word 'Bollywood' ...thanks.
P.S.S they don't have Raven in it this time!

27 failed attempts

It almost seems that way, the times you liked someone, stalked someone, loved someone, pretending you loved everything they did, all in the same period of time before getting dumped and eating a tub of chocolate-chip ice cream alone on a Friday night.
We see it on TV, on movie screens, with celebrities, how the average Joe, or should I say Jane should be living their love lives. The romantic proposals, make out sessions, extravagant weddings, you name it, a place to be is on TV.
I just finished watching 27 dresses, for the second time, and usually I am not a fan of the romantic comedies or anything with lovey-dovey plots.
But I fell for it. The charming/good looking male characters, the flowers on random occasions, the wedding dresses, the proposals, the gifts, the sexy journalist, even the apartment's decor! (The last one was lame but I have a hidden passion).
Can this all be true? Is Mr. Right or Mr. Right Now really in his Toronto Star office writing stories about weddings and stalking me while I attend my one wedding every two and a half years? No, probably not.
Love stories like those happen only once a year while all us women and some men are told to believe it can happen to us. We will find our knights in shining armor one day as he lifts us off our feet. Or when our princess comes and saves us from the ugly twin sisters? Why does it always end up that way for the ladies?
Doesn't everyone just wait for that Hollywood moment when they innocently walk to the grocery store and see that one person that blows the away. Everything around you freezes, a wind machine appears out of no where, blowing your way, your dress moves around, the sun comes out, flowers bloom, doves fly and breathing just got a bit harder. You stand there, eyes connect, eyes blink, eyelashes look five times longer, was that it? Was that love?
You rush up to him, palms and face sweating, slow motion of course, you need to feel like you are running, grab his face and kiss him so passionately, that the bystanders around you feel it, was that it? Was that love?
Ten years down the road, you are married, have 12 children, a farm, a pond, a house and a minivan. That must be it right, love?
Well the truth is, from my perspective is, snap out of it! Reality check we all feel love, one way or another, to that sexy celebrity who plays a prisoner and wants to escape, or even the first glass of freshly-squeezed juice in the morning, I guess we can love all that too right?
I will still wait however. Maybe I am one out of the million women who will be swept off their feet and stalked by a crazy man who you end up loving? And since when was stalking even counted as romantic?
But like I said, just maybe.

I wish my life was this exciting

As much as people believe The Hills is fake and somehow I seem to agree...I can't stay away from the drama drama drama!
Oh their lives, watching it is so exciting. It becomes a lunch topic, an e-mail discussion, a Facebook obsession and not to mention the reason you stay up Monday night.
From season one till now (and shortly season four) the girls and boys have seem to grab our time and minds to tune into the g-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s.
So yesterday night was season 3.5's season finale and this time around I was shocked. What Spencer are you kidding me? Go find a job you homeless man. Get off your sisters couch and do something with your life. So he finds out Hiedi is in Vegas with her bosses doing work related stuff, and what does this man do? He drives his ass to Vegas to stalk her and bring her home!
Buddy please, this isn't some movie where you will win the girl's heart over. Wait, reality check, he did. Sad...so sad.
So then there is the Lo, LC, Audrina drama. (and just to mention I ma very pro-Audrina).
So the girls buy a huge mansion looking house that they can probably afford and end up being roommates. However LC and Audrina begin to drift apart as Lo comes into the picture. Okay first of all, LC is blind as hell because it is CLEAR Lo is doing it on purpose. She acts dumb around Audrina conversations, always gets hungry when she's there, picks on Justin, (YES Justin, F you Lo) and always finds a way to tell LC how Audrina really shouldn't be there. Well I hate Lo and yeah well that is all I can say.
Well there was no point to this, I just love love LOVE The Hills, the fashion, the drama, their lives...if only I had rich parents and the chance to be famous over my love life!
Oh by the way, horray for us Canadians and our after show! We rock some U.S socks!
Oh and yeah, you go Whitney, you are too cool to talk about.

time tells stories right?

Cut-out butterflies on green and pink construction paper travel their way down the sidewalks of 10-year-old Holly Jones last steps.
Family, friends and community members gather around the young girls home, waiting for Jones's mother to come out.
It has been five years since Jones's disappearance form her west-end neighbourhood in Toronto, and yet the community does not seem to forget.
A parent's worst nightmare came true when the 10-year-old was kidnapped and murdered by 35-year-old Michael Briere, after he watched child pornography and snatched her off the streets in daylight.
Today, we should not only remember the outcomes of Holly's story, but to see how this story can influence and change the outlines of our laws and protection for children in the future.
I hope this story can encourage our government to put strict rules against child porn and the release of it on the Internet. I never want to see this happen again.
R.I.P.

watching other people is so much more fun

I don't know what it is, or why it happens but I am such a movie buff lately. Alright let's say past three years now, high school years, Arti Patel needs to watch movies to survive.
More of the horror than the comedy, more of suspense thrillers than watching someone fall in love, the fake and never believable stories and documentaries all have that same feeling.
Feeling of love, attachment and addiction.
Kind of freaky? Maybe.
Ever get that feeling when you just had something to eat that was SO good, like a great meal at your favourite restaurant? And then you wait and wait for the next time you go back, just to eat that meal all over again? That is how I feel when I hear of a sequel coming out.
Maybe because I like stories I am addicted to the fact that something is being told, a problem that needs solving, a joke that needs more laughing, a murderer that needs to be caught, for some odd reason I feel like I am the one.
This connection, with characters, what they wear, their houses, how skinny they might be, their lives and situations...all seems so fun when you are far away.
And horror, oh how I adore it. Killing, knifes, blood, guts I am talking about the whole deal. I usually don't get too scared, so yay me.
I don't know what the point of this post is, maybe it was a cheat-scape way of listing some upcoming movies, somehow I find myself doing that often.
Well to break it all down, I love movies, I love downloading them and going to the theater for the in-your-face experience.
It's pleasure and excitement baked into a sexy chocolate cake.
enjoy.

COMING SOON: (in order of release dates)
The Fall (I have no idea how good it will be but the trailer/visuals will blow you away)
Dark Knight (Do I even need to talk about this one? Bat fucking Man period.)
X-Files movie (yeah cool I know brings me back to grade five and being scared of Agent Scully's alien baby.)
The Mummy 3 (I think I just peed my pants, sucks they don't have Rachel Weisz though.)
Saw 5 (because watching guts and blood can be fun, even for the 5th time.)
and dun dun dun
Transformers 2 (OH YES BABY, the first one just blew me away I think I watched it 100 times by now, hope this one has less car ads, no U.S army values and more transforming! [hahaha].)

get your happy face on

I am done school.
I got jobs.
Braces are off soon.
Finally seeing the Doc.
Writing and writing.


Yay me. One more thing left.....G cough 1

don't come knocking at my door

Racism in Toronto.
In journalism they tell you to never assume.
Well lately Kevin and I have been assuming some racists thoughts coming from certain people.
Well you see, Kevin was supposed to buy a place near lakeshore. Nice view, nice condo, kind of far but whatever. So I go with Kevin to see his place, ALL the way across town (well school) almost getting lost and losing our metro passes.
We get there and the sun is shining, houses are beautiful, hot man walked his dog, camera-clicks every five seconds, fresh lake, clean sidewalks, it felt like stepping into Utopia for a broke teenager.
Oh and did I mention there was a canoe over our heads?
Anyways so we get there before 7 p.m. (meeting time) and wait... and wait.. and wait.
We called the owner several times and even left messages.
15 minutes pass by;
More calls. More messages. And 33 new pictures to add on Facebook.
Where could this guy be? Did he get lost in his own house?
So we are sitting there, like two little immigrants in Toronto for the first time, and just watched the cars drive by.
That's when it happenened.
A black car filled with some men drove by just STARING at us. My friend had figured out the ages of the house owners and by the looks of it we were staring right at them.
The watched us and left.
We looked at each other and left.

Still I have that small 2% hope that I shouldn't be assuming...
but whatever!

Why would you not want to live with an Asian?