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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
11:11 am	Things are to Hey everyone. Thank you for all the replies I recieved. Glad to know people still actually look at this journal. I'm giving another update on things. Well last you heard all about patience, its still is about that generally, but it seems like things are to get a lot better. This past weekend going home was the break I needed for awhile. I was glad to be back home, and got to see some good friends throughout the weekend. I have a lot of goals I want to set now that I am back. Its going to be a new an improved Vijay.                                                                   >V< Current Mood: refreshed Current Music: Motorhead- King of Kings (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
1:48 am	Talk about being in exile....            Whats up everyone. I have literally abandoned livejournal for a year. It has months since I last wrote in this thing, as always, but this time around a year ago I had a word that signified what I had. That word was patience. And through time, things started getting a little better for me which I am grateful for. Finally ridding myself of that grammar test, getting across that line if endlessness, and having the friends that I love there for me. I ended up scoring a job this past February at the Miami Improv comedy club as a server. My first serving job, and probably the best because of its tip making value. I've been meeting more new people throughout the spring semester and have made new friends, friends who I can see sticking around and not dissappearing on me. Well I say that the word patience has been brought back to my attention because I face another problem in line and I really just need to focus and get over the hill. Its high time I graduate from this college.. There are so many reasons to why I would love to stay longer, as well as the fact I love my school greatly. But everyone has a point in time where they must move on, and go... like my mentor did. Prakash did everything he could here at FIU within housing, created a legacy only for those to follow in hopes of being like him one day. I had the pleasure in putting together his surprise going away party which turned out perfect thanks to everyone who came and helped make it happen. It was my first feat in actual events planning and it was nice to hear people tell me that the event was great and that I did a great job. Well Prakash is now gone, moved on to further pursue his career and make a family with his wife. I'm happy for him, and I hope to be that happy one day too. Sometimes I think that special person is there, but there are more obstacles in the way that keep us apart. Yea I'm a dreamer, and I wish something would or could happen, but all I can really do is wait. time. patience...                     I do want that happiness back in my life. Heck, I got a job now that pays well, school is almost done and somewhat getting better, I'm getting involved with organizations I wanted to be in for so long, but there's still that one piece of the puzzle missing. And I'm sure some of you are probably feeling or going through the same "funk" I've been going through. Well everywhere you go you see it left and right, and you wish you could be in their shoes for once. I do, everyday I do. Sometimes I think it can solve these equations.. Who knows really, yourself. I can only say this much, if you're in any situation similar to mines where you are stuck in this limbo, or are frustrated because you can't have that person, do something. Either do something about it by telling them, or let them go and see where the path will take you.. it tears me up every time I am remind of this road block where all I can do is wait. wait. wait.                                                                                                           >V< Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: Fort Minor - Where'd You Go (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 21st, 2006
9:40 am	Whats it to You?.... I've been thinking a lot about things over the past few days.  And things have definitely been better since Summer and Fall for me. Summer being my downfall, and Fall being my time in limbo.  Well now I'm in Spring and this is suppose to be my breakthrough, my redefinition, my new beginning.  And so far things have been changing, but the question is are they getting any better? I don't believe as much as I want it to.  I'm running my time here in college too long. I've come to realize everythings changing here in FIU, and I'm soon to be forgotten. Summer and Fall has certainly brought a new generation of students into the University, and it will continue every year as the numbers get bigger and bigger.  But there's was something very different about this time around.  And I figured it out. For the past few years, me being in Panther Hall, I got to see the new students coming in and met them, partied with them, or might have been their RA. With this year, I had been totally disconnected from all of that.  I guess living there for so long has made me miss it more, but also missing what I had years before.              I was recollecting with a friend Corey, who I've known since freshmen year, who went through a few of those years in Panther Hall with me.  He was there from the start with me, in the days of 4 Long, being one of my roommates.  Our first year was a lot of good memories, maybe the most memorable for me. So many different types of people lived there, from the Caribbean, Europe, Asia; you name it. It was sad to see half those people dissappear practically after the first year.  I barely keep in touch with any of them now.  The second year was a different year in its own. Most of the people from 2 Long moved up to our floor.  2 Long comprimised of most of my close Caribbean friends. That year was a lot of fun times for me, it was also when Zac moved in with me and Corey, and I didn't have a roommate and across from us was one of the funniest guys I've ever met, Patrick. That year was also the year I met Sarah, and started dating her.  So that year sits well in me in its own way.  The next year around, most of the people from 2 Long moved out, and the people from 1 Short ascended up to 4 Long.  This year was quite the comedic one. It was all about laughs. People certainly doing some funny shit, including myself. From 80's night, to Laura's House Parties, to St. Patty's Day.  Just a whole lot of laughs. This time around Corey moved across the hall, and Me and Zac stayed and Patrick and moved in to 450.  Jose was my new roommate at the time, and he added a lot to the comedy factor as well. down in 447 lived Sam, Jake, Ahktar, and Noma. Now what I happened to find out near the beginning of the year with Sam and Jake was the fact that they were Malayalees (Malu) like me. For those of you that don't know what that means, its a certain type of Indian, from the south region.  So they spoke the same language.  Sam is also one of the funniest guys I've met.  When you put him and Patrick together they were unstoppable. Aside from 4 Long/ 1 Short, I was Desk Assistant, and that had some nice memories working with ResLife for the first time. My last year was a ground-breaking year for me, because I became an RA, a resident assistant. This job meant a lot to me. It was my chance to prove my responsibilities, and grow as a person. And the job helped me grow so much. Including meeting some of the most wonderful people I've met and worked with as my co-workers. These memories of mine will never be forgotten. Question is, do I still keep in touch with most of these people? I try to, and yea our lives can be busy, but I'm always up to do anything. Do they try to keep in touch with me? I don't think so, rarely, maybe some of them do. I really appreciate those who do. I'm at a point where times have changed and I don't hang out with the friends I used to. I can tell you who are my constant friends who have been there a lot for me lately. Reuben, Ritch, Ivan, and Pete. Those are the constants. The guys who still hang out with me, and also know me well.  You guys have helped me out a lot, and can understand what I go through, cuz you guys listen. Other than them I know I've got my brothers in my fraternity who I can always look to. I guess what I'm saying is, I'm ready to leave, I'm ready to finish college. Things have been going on way too long, and I've been holding on to it for an extensive time. My mind is on the ball, and I ready to finish this game...   Oh.. and If there's anywhere I'd wish to be right now, its in Victoria!                                                          >V< Current Mood: determined Current Music: Bryan Adams- Open Road (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 25th, 2005
3:02 am	Its been a very long time.. First of all I'd like to start off with saying, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc... overall Happy Holidays. Its obvious for me to say "Wow its been a long time since I've written in here!" But I'm tired of repeating myself. So I don't always write in this journal. I believe my journal is more of an instrument used to vent.  I can agree before I used to write in it all the time. What I do enjoy about this is that I can look back at this whenever I want as it is a piece of my history and a time or period I went through. Well what I'm about to talk about was a great obstacle I had overcome. But before I get into to all of that, I would like to THANK all of you that have taken the time to check up on me by viewing this journal just to see whats new and all or just to look at it. It means a lot to me to know people still care about where I am or what I'm even doing.              So the subject of the day is: The craziness of this semester. I had gone through a lot of tough times in my life, but I can frankly say that this semester, I had a lot to overcome in myself.  As you all know, if your weren't updated from the previous posts, I lost my Resident Assistant position due to the drop of my grade point average last Spring.  It was a hard fall for me, and in other ways I fell even further.  I had to pick myself back up. I knew it wasn't going to happen just like that.  One of the causes of losing the position was that dreaded writing strategies class where I had to pass that grammar test or I wouldn't be able to go on. Well this semester was my last chance for that class.  That limited me from taking any of my other classes in the major in addition to the fact it was more difficult for me to be fully admitted into the school of Communications. Now I'll get back to what happened with that later.         That class had brought out so many frustrations.  I had to move into to Towers for fall.  I new community was going to be difficult within that building so I chose to be in Leaders in Residence. Call me corny for joining something like that, I don't give a fuck. I knew people that lived on that floor that I was close with. Ritch, Natalie, Anisha, and Jasmine. My Panther Hall Council crew. And they were there for me by summer B after all the hardships I had endured. Well little did I know the relationships between them and me were soon to alter. Yea we all drew apart slowly and shit like that happens. At least I can say that leaders retreat was nice.  That Leaders retreat opened my eyes to so many things. It made me realize that there is more to my University than just housing and Residential Life. The entity that kept me isolated for 4 years doing things and volunteering for them.  I hate made a big decision that following week, and that was my decision to join a fraternity. Pi Kappa Phi is the name of the fraternity. I never thought I'd do it especially after 4 years of being a GDI heh, anything can happen I guess.  Well I went through the process and it was long and hard-fought, but I'm so glad to say I'm a part of them as well as having my letters. If you ever want to ask me about what made me do it and such, I'll explain to you in person or something. I don't feeling like saying it all on here.  Well that was a stressor as well as my classes, but you know I stood by my determination and will I broke through that barrier of bad luck. I passed that grammar test and ended up getting a B for the class. Really good granted I missed a lot of class when I was going through my hard times.. I was so happy and so proud of myself, I felt I fulfilled something in myself.  You got to always know if you believe, things will happen eventually.  Sorry to sound all disney on here but this is something that means a lot to me. Whats going on now.  Well I'm so freaking glad I'm on break right now, although my sleep is lacking seeing how I've been out everyday at a pretty early time. I can feel my eyes getting heavy right now, which is why this entry is going to be brief. If any of you Sarasota people are in town, we should all get together and hang out. I'll be here till the 29th. I'm going to Miami early to look for work, and of course spend New Years there, for the first time!  Well till then be safe everyone and Happy Holidays again.                                                                                                              >V< Current Mood: tired Current Music: Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 11th, 2005
12:43 pm	Back in the lab... So I'm back in my computer lab once again. Another Mondays going by and I can feel the burn out from the lack of sleep from the weekend before. This weekend I didn't really do too much.. We were apparently "threatened" by Hurricane Dennis.. thing was most of us were pretty broke, so we didn't go anywhere. We made an attempt to go to Blockbuster Friday but they decided to close early due to the hurricane. Friday night we did with what we had available in 252. I made this nice tomato sauce with meat and vegetables, cooked spaghetti, grilled some chicken, and simmered some asparagus. It seems like when I cook, I like to go all out. We got so in the mood of cooking we decided to cook another big dinner Saturday. Me, Marcus, Ruth, Ritch, and Gian Marco all went to Publix and picked up some steak, potatoes, and corn. I pulled out the huge Foreman bbq grill and set it up in the room. It was a good feast and fun to grill. We sat down after dinner and watch volume one of Chapelle Show season 2. Good times, truly can't get enough of him. All of us listen to his stand-up "Killing them softly" at least twice a day literally.           Today unfortunately I missed my bus to go to my North Campus class. I didn't get much sleep unfortunately and that pissed me off. Its so hard to get back in schedule and recover from the weekend. And it sucks cuz Professor Olmeda's class is the shit. This is the second time I'm taking this damn class unfortunately, but for some reason I enjoy it a lot more. He knows how to make things interesting and more interactive, and he picks on everyone, in a funny sort of way. So I had to figure out a way to kill some time so I went over to  Panther Hall to give Estela and Carmen the pictures we took together from the RA Banquet. Everything seem quiet in PH and the liveliness didn't seem to be there as much. Estela and Carmen were happy to see me, and they enjoyed the pictures one thing Carmen brought up to me was where I was going to live for the Fall. The answer seemingly was I don't know... Housing told me that they didn't have rooms available for Fall which is insane. Pk says Bryan, the head of the housing department should handle it. Hence the word "should" my faith in housing pulling through for me is slim. These are what I hope will be my options: Towers Single- which will be extremely expensive, Everglades- I wouldn't mind, only would dread random roommates, or Apts. Single- which I hope I don't get disconnected from the quad. It seems like thats were all the X-RAs go.. or get sent to.. I dunno about you but I treat it like a punishment. If I can't get any of these options, I will be forced to live off campus, which is the most that can happen. Its a big step, a step I really don't want to take. I love it here in the quad, and I'm definitely enjoying my stay in Everglades, I don't want to but it seems like ResLife's taking everything away from me, screwing me over in the process... I don't know what my future will be for Fall, I just hope it will be better then this unlucky Summer. This class is almost over. I have the rest of the day to catch up on sleep, and watch Raw tonight.. I really need a break from all this, but most of all right now I desperately need a job. It seems like now everything I said from the last post has come a bit true. One of my great friends who I consider a brother who walked the same path as I did has decided to walk the other way from me. I haven't heard anything from him since he's gotten back from his brief vacation, is it because he's busy with RA work? Girlfriend? or is it the new equation fit into play, the Fraternity? Who knows. I miss him though, he's a cool guy and I wish we still hung out. But he's got a whole life of his own to handle, bigger and better things. So basically the main thing going on in my world is getting my life straight. Finishing up with college, pursuing a career, maybe grad school in New York? Who knows, we'll see. All I know is after I graduate from here, I off to Hawaii for a well-needed, well-deserved vacation.                                                                                           >V< Current Mood: pessimistic Current Music: none (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 3rd, 2005
5:24 am	I can only hope...         So I never really got to continue from my last post in computer class. But if you want to know what has gone on from the beginning of Summer till now well I feel like I've been through hell and back. My grades didn't go so well Spring semester and I end up losing my Resident Assistant (RA) position entirely. I had the right to appeal the decision which I did, but it wasn't enough. They couldn't get away from the fact that the classes I was taking were very difficult and and put more focus on my classes of my major than this one computer class which I had thought I was doing well in.. After Pk, my boss, had broken the news to me I didn't say anything.. I couldn't say anything. It felt like I didn't have a stomach but mentally, it felt like I didn't have a soul anymore. At one point he asked me what I was thinking. I had so much running through my mind. In the beginning I applied for the RA position my sophomore year and I declined the application right away because I knew about my grades, I knew I wasn't ready for this. My junior year my grades were up, and I applied and I worked hard getting that job, I worked hard during that job, I strive to be that person, I sacrificed a lot taking that job.. And this is what everyone has done. I mainly sacrificed my social life with my friends always telling them I was too busy, but they respected that decision and were still there for me. I remember my first floor meeting in Fall when all my friends came over and were by my side helping me. Thank you for that time, I realize how much you guys cared. I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for all of you that came to me for support or just wanted to hang out.          I did make that sacrifice and in return felt a little lonely. But as time went by, I established relationships with my co-workers and my bosses, and it was a great time in my life. I won't ever forget my staff and how many memories we had, I only wished it could continue or go on a little longer, I miss you all and from the moment we all left that building its never been the same. So many different personality meshed into something great, something so immense, loving, caring, and so much fun. I lost my job yes. And it changed everything for me. I've lost all of you in a way, and some of you guys may not think that but its true when I told Prakash what I was thinking. The worst part of this happening is that it will never be the same. I am looking back on the other side of the glass. None of the RAs will have time to hang out.. spend time.. anything. All the staff will do there staff bondings, etc. And you know none of the upper staff division really gave me attention after I was terminated. They wouldn't even talked to me, I felt ignored whenever I saw them and they wouldn't say much to me, of course maybe it is the guilt cuz they realized how much I loved this job and how much it meant to me, how much it made me a better person, how it gave me leadership and responsibilities, generally how it made me grow up. How could you take something away from someone that they loved doing so much.  I mean all I asked was for a chance, a chance to prove to them I can get the grades up over the Summer while being an RA. Hell, take the job away from me in the Summer, but don't replace me for both Summer and Fall. I've honestly been trying not to think about it but I need to let this out, cuz it can't stay in anymore..                    I've grown a bitter taste in my mouth from all this, disdain, pain, suffering, outkasted.. I feel I should be mad at two people, but I feel more anger towards one. And you'd ever wonder if this person had a heart to begin with... I was looking forward to my staff next year, a new building environment as well, and the supervisor I knew who would be there. My mentor, the person I looked up to sometimes more than my father. Knowing him since I first walked into FIU as a freshmen, he welcomed me with open arms and believed in me. He got me this far in life, and I really miss him. His advice was always the best. A great teacher to me, with so much wisdom and great guidance. I don't have that guidance anymore. And for those of you that do have him as your boss, you're all lucky and very fortunate to have him guide you. He is one of the best things to happen in housing and is a true Legend. I wish I could say things were the same between me and him, and I'm sure he can see it in me, how much I'm suffering, having to sit through that floor meeting as a resident, not an RA, and when I attend the programs. And we don't we talk much anymore, what is there to talk about anymore, feels like he doesn't even know me anymore.. I walk on my own in this world right now, hoping that I break through this downward spiral and rise through my ashes only to be born again...                                                                                                                    >V< Current Mood: shitty Current Music: Coldplay - Swallowed in the Sea (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
1:28 pm	What a comeback last night (shades of 450) In computer class now...     I'm sitting here right now thinking about how much it sucks that I have to take this class over. I was thinking about the many times I've screwed up in my life as well. I was thinking about how I'm not an RA anymore...  I was thinking about how I had an awesome party in my room last night! Well let me start off with losing my job.. I was put on probation because my gpa was at the level of were it should've been over. In this job RAs need a 2.5 or above. I had gotten a C in this 5 credit class I took and it brought my gpa down to a 2.5. Well my main focus spring semester was to get those grades up and promote academics amongst myself and the residents. I believe I had made great effort Spring semester in doing that. I had 4 classes. 2 of which were for my major and probably the most important/hardest classes that I will have during my time here. Writing Strategies and Law & Ethics. Now for Law & Etichs I got the better teacher but she still gave us a lot to read and work on. The mid-term and the final were quite hard. Now writing strategies is another story. For this class you take a grammar test to enter and then you take it again to get out of the class but must achieve a higher grade. 65 or above the first time and 75 or above to get out. My other 2 classes were Entrepeneurship and Computer Business Applications. Well the problem was most of my focus was on the 2 classes for my major. I end up missing the grammar test to get out by 2 points... and they decided to change the fucking test after that semester... I will continue later, class is over... Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 11th, 2005
3:57 am	The times are changing... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 9th, 2005
5:09 am	Patience Vijay, Patience.... It seems Patience has been the word of the day. Constantly I have had to wait for something or just have patience in general for certain situations. Its seem as if my patience has been growing thinner as of late. Today I've thought about a lot: My academics, of course, my money situation or lack there of being unemployed, and needing to get back into the gym. I had my writing strategies test today and I will find out my grade by tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have done well in it so I won't have to bother taking it the other 2 times. I was about a half an hour late to class today due to waking up late and missing the bus. I managed to finish the test on time still which was good, and then I eventually headed back to South campus. I came back and then got ready for my doctors appointment and my Marketing class after that. Man marketing was a drag today.. I was practically snoozing in and out of class but then the professor really woke me up by calling me to answer a question. Luckily I was able to answer it. My mind was definitely elsewhere in that class. I was a little bothered by a decision that was made by a friend today, and I didn't open my mouth about it. I wanted her to have a good time, but I wanted to be there with her joining in the fun. Unfortunately I was stuck in class.. She had asked my class if it was cool that she went out with a group of people to go watch a movie. I said it was cool, and her decision so she went. I bit my tongue hard today.  My patience got the best of me I guess you can say.   pa·tience    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (pshns) n. The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient. Chiefly British. The game solitaire. Synonyms: patience, long-suffering, resignation, forbearance These nouns denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint. Patience emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay: Our patience will achieve more than our force (Edmund Burke). Long-suffering is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation: The general, a man not known for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage. Resignation implies acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity: I undertook the job with an air of resignation. Forbearance denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval: “It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other” (Patrick Henry). Eh. this can be taken how ever you want. But it did get the best of me, and made me react in a bad way, just knowing she watched it. Honestly I can say I might've been a little childish, but it takes two.. And thats something we will need to talk about when the time comes. Other than that I went over to Jakes and hung out with the guys for the night. I'm sure most of you know Star Wars and have seen it or read the stories about it. I think what appealed to me the most about Episode III, which probably most others appealed to, was how or why Anakin turns bad. His jealousy confuses his mind. He loses his patience with the council because they don't consider him a jedi-master.. They don't feel he's ready for it, although he is said to be "the chosen one" that saves everyone from the Sith. He wanted to be powerful, but he was held back, till he couldn't take it anymore. Thus the creation of his Dark side. I like it. And surprisingly in a way I can relate to it, for those of you that know me and know what I've been going through. Ok thats my  little tangent for the day.. I'm out.                                                                   >V< Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: None. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
3:53 pm	An Awesome Weekend...   Thursday I'll tell you, for quite awhile things haven't been great in the life of Vijay, but this weekend sure took some stress out of my life and put the fun back in me. From Thursday through Sunday I went out somewhere everyday. Thursday had come around and it was my intention to go out with my friend LC, but it was raining and she didn't want to intrude on hanging out with me and the rest of my friends I went out with. Me, C,  Eric, and Ritch all went to Monty's for dinner eventually met up by Jessica and her friend from Brazil. Food wasn't bad, and the atmosphere was definitely sweet especially with the band playing old school carribean tunes.  After our late dinner, we planned on going to see a movie but it was a Thursday and unfortunately nothing was showing late. I wanted to go to The District earlier when I thought LC was joining us, but good thing is that's where we ended up. The District is a club/restaurant over in the design district area of Miami.  This place was great. Indy, Rock, 80's and a lot of other dance music. Me and C had a lot of fun and although Eric and Ritch weren't out on the dance floor, they liked the place and the music. Eventually this will be an ongoing event which we get more people to come and join in our fun. I mean it was free to get in, can't top that! We had came back at around 4 or so, I think, and I ended up staying up till around 6 am watching wrestling that I taped Monday. Friday          Friday was rather a spontaneous night and very eventful. LC and me had been planning on going out for awhile. It was just the matter of time when she was able to get free from her family. It took her a while but we ended up leaving around 10 or so to the Grove. We went to go eat at Cheescake Factory. Had a lot of good things to talk about such as the future, present, as well as the past. It was about 12 when we finished, from there we headed out to Laura's and Rob's place in Brickell. They lived in this nice apartment in The Mark and surprisingly wasn't too far away from the Grove. We hung out there for a while tried some wine and cheese out and played this funny number game and listened to some of Laura's songs she had been producing. We left from there at around 2:30-3am. and headed to SoHo Lounge.  This place was not bad seeing how I was able to find it this time...  *A recollection of the past* Last year, before being an RA in the days of 4 Long, the group that was 4 Long last year decided to go to an 80's party called Revolver. Everyone had heard the name Revolver before, but the thing was that was only the name of the party and not the name of the club, SoHo Lounge, we all went looking for the wrong thing and ended up giving up in the night, but for those of you that don't remember or want to see want to see what it was about here's a little something I put together from that night:   Yea.. so as I was saying, me and LC ended up there at around 3am or so, and had a pretty good time. It definitely didn't compare to The District, but it we had a lot of fun there till LC started getting real tired. She hadn't been out that late in awhile so it affected her a bit plus we got out and back to FIU around 5 or so. And yet again I didn't get to sleep till 6. But it was definitely an eventful night. Saturday I end up waking up at around 2 or so, got up went to the bathroom, went back to bed. I had nothing to wake up for why not enjoy my rest. I never realized how much work had consumed me till that point I went back to sleep; now, I had the choice. At around 6pm, I am awakened by C and she lectures me on sleeping in so late.... Your Face!  I end up meeting with her and Ed over at Barnes & Nobles.  Now I'll be honest, I'm not really a big book person, unfortunately. I didn't get the passion for reading for past reasons of my parents forcing reading upon me.. But I have to say when I was in Barnes & Nobles there were actually a few books, here and there, that really appealed to me. I was surprised, and wanted to actually buy some books. Well from there we ended up heading over to Best Buy because for quite awhile I had been hearing the hype about these Star Wars Authentic Light sabers. Apparently they're made of real metal, and you press the button and it slowly shoots out a plexi-glass saber that illuminates whichever color it the saber is. Has all the sound effects and everything. One of these authentic light sabers = 120 bucks. A pretty penny. Now you're asking "who's gonna buy that??" Just about anyone and everyone that is a Star Wars fan.   And they didn't have them at all at the Best Buy in Kendall. Hell, the Anakin ones were sold out, and apparently didn't even get on the floor cuz all the employees bought them. Now thats something. So from there we ended up going back to FIU and got Ritch and Suman to come along with us to dinner.  We ended up going to Fuji Hana, Thai and Japanese. I had been there one other time with Pete, Liana, Meredith, and Anil. Not a bad place and was fun to hang out with a group of people. Me and C dropped off everyone else after dinner and then we headed out to Hollywood to go see a friend. We ended up finding the place on our own in hopes we wouldn't have to call her and wake her up cuz she was sleeping before we got there. When we did get there, it was late, and we accidently knocked on her neighbors door, which sucked. But we went over to the right door after that.. Me and C had wanted to go out and paint the town red and we were hoping our friend would join us but she was still very tired. Unfortunately she couldn't but me and C had went out around Hollywood to see what was open. We ended up going to 3 different clubs playing 3 totally different genres of music. First we had walked into a Caribbean club and we stayed there majority of the time. The cool thing about that club was after some tunes from the dj a live band ended up preforming classic and some recent songs, and that was fun to see and dance to. After that we the club closed, and we walked a long the street and ended up finding a Latin club. We went in there and danced some bachata which was cool, but I think I like the faster stuff. Ironic that the last song they played in the club was Closing Time by Semisonic because we happen to be listening to that song on our way back from dinner. But it didn't matter, when everyone else was like what, why are they playing this, we didn't care and jammed to it anyway, and some people decided to do the same. So we walk out of that club and just when we think nothing else is open we hear house music, and I seemed to remember the name of this club. Club Sonar. So we look at each other and think what luck we have! Non stop. We walk in there and there were a lot of people and a lot of random dancing, and they didn't care at all how they were dancing. They had to be on E or something... But there lack of care of how there dancing was brought more fun to us cuz we didn't care either how we danced, all the more fun it certainly was. After it was over we talked with the dj and some of the other guys that put the party together, they were all Croatian and that was cool. I've never met people from Croatia, good thing was they all new how to party. From there we walked back to the car and went to look for something to eat. We drove around ended up on US-1 and drove from Hollywood all the way through Aventura,Design District,  Downtown, and ended up in South Beach. We ate at Jerry's famous deli. It was good food. The sun was rising, it was raining, and it was definitely past 6am. Our plans for the beach flopped, but I can surely say we had a great night and we definitely were tired from it. Got to sleep at about 8am. Sunday So its Sunday, and I'm thinking oh man, I have an ISA (Indian Students Association) Meeting today at 3. I surprisngly wake up at 1:30 pm, showered ate brunch and walked over to the meeting. Got a little lost but ended up finding our meeting room. I'm one half of the P.R. (public relations) group. Jake, who you see in the center of the 80s collage I made, is the other half of the P.R. The meeting was from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Overall it was productive meeting. I'm glad that I'm finally taking an executive role in ISA. This will mean a lot to me and I hope I make better relationships with everyone in the group this way.  From there me, my friends Kanchan & Ali walked back to Everglades. See Ali's b-day had passed almost a week ago, and I was apart of this diabolical plan to surprise him at a restaurant for his b-day. So we had to go to Miromar cuz some of our other friends couldn't make it down. The big problem was Ali was hungry, so we had to find away to keep him satisfied and go along with the drive to Miromar. Fortunately we were able to get him to snack on something, and are plan was to go to Olive Garden. We went there and there was a 30 minute wait, not only that but everyone wasn't already inside the restaurant. So a plan B occurred when I took matters to my own hands. See I had overheard about this Indian Restaurant that him and Kanchan and the others went to. So I brought it up, and he went for the idea right away. I called the others told them about the relocation and stalled Ali a little longer with the driving pretending to get lost. We walked in to the Indian restaurant and they all yelled surprise! You should've seen the look on his face. I wish I had the picture. So funny! He hadn't seen it coming at all. And that was priceless. So we all enjoyed this Indian restaurant called India South and its mostly South Indian food, Kerala food which I was raised on. And boy was it good to eat that wonderful food again. Felt like I was back at home, just the home I was in high school before my mom worked, not the household we live in now which is actually the same house just without the mother cooking Indian food cuz she's busy with work.  Well overall I felt it was good bonding time, and Ali said it was one of those things that you'll always remember. I'm glad I took a part in that. I managed to get back with 20 minutes to finish my homework and turn it in on time through the school Web. And still somehow I end up getting restless and don't even go to sleep this time. I end up pulling an all-nighter! Monday-And Onward So Monday was ok, beside the fact I could barely process in class from no sleep. Luckily it was only an hour this day. I ended up picking up some food from the cafeteria in North Campus before the bus had come, and I ran into a friend of mine, Tiffany, I knew in high school. She was in town for while with Campus Crusade doing something in North Campus every Monday. Weird but awesome that I saw here there, its not often you get to see people from home in your neck of the woods.  Well as soon as I came back I crashed which was around 12. I end up waking up at around 8:38pm. Something about Mondays is that no matter what I have a mental clock in my head to wake up and make sure I tape Monday Night Raw at 8:59pm. I had enough time to shower and warm up some dinner to sit and relax and watch my show. And boy was it a good show.   So with that said I think its time I end this post. I have the dreaded grammar test tomorrow... Hopefully this new one will live up to its simplicity. Other than that, there is one thing I am looking forward to the most. June 10. Me and C will see this awesome movie.   Because that's us. Ciao                                                                                                                         >V< Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Audioslave - Be Yourself (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 29th, 2005
5:18 am	We meet again.. So once again, it has been a long time for me to have written in livejournal once again. I'll spare you the I'm back speech yet again and get to the points. Well I am back at home thanks to Pete who decided to join me here in Sarasota for Memorial weekend. Yep I'm still in school in Miami, and the question always is, "when are you finishing?" I'd give it this year. And I pray it just this last year. This past spring semester has caused so many set backs, hell this past year has brought along so many set backs. Its good to be home right now. I had to come back for my sisters pre-birthday party to watch over her and her friends. I'll tell you its crazy to see how fast kids can grow. Me and David were standing by Nisha, along with Pete and the rest of my sis's friends and David says, "you remember the last time we were in this same exact setting? We were celebrating your sisters 10th birthday! 6 years ago!" He definitely put things into perspective for me. Where did the freakin time go?? Man oh man, and it only seems to go faster and faster as you get older. Things with me haven't been so swell. As of this Summer, I opened it up with walking through the gates of Hell. Literally. Just some bad times I've been going through. But thing have been getting a little better. I just need to learn from all these troubles and break through all this turmoil. I have much to tell but I just want to thank you to those that have kept in touch with me and looked out for me. I appreciate all that you are and treasure every moment with you. Ok enough of that sappy stuff. I'm in Miami for the Summer, so for any of you that would like to make a visit, call me and we'll throw a party. For those of you that don't know, Rules don't apply to me anymore..                                                                                      >V< Current Mood: optimistic Current Music: Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down (Comment on this)
Friday, March 18th, 2005
1:17 am	And he shall rise from the fiery ashes, only to be reborn again and triumph over adversity… Happy St. Patty’s Day everyone.  Happy Birthday David.  I didn’t think I’d be writing on this thing again.  As most you know I’m still attending F.I.U. in Miami.  I’m back at home for a couple of days till I have to go back and work for Spring break.  Just been busy a lot.  This year in an overview has been quick, it has been memorable, but most of all short lived.  I felt the year went by so quick, too quick.  A lot is probably due to the hurricanes earlier in the year.  For that 2-3 weeks of non-stop Hurricanes coming around, me and the rest of the resident assistants of our building were in captive and could not leave to go anywhere.  It certainly took a chunk of time out of our getting to know each other and bond better, but we somehow survived it.  I got closer to a few of the RA’s in our building and forget those moments.  There were 3 in particular that I got real close to. Unfortunately I won’t be able to work with them again after this year.  This is due to the fact I chose to request Everglades Hall.  I wanted to go there to make some changes. I wanted to go there to have a new experience.  This is my fourth year in Panther Hall; I wanted to try to move on.  But after getting the letter and reading what that I got Everglades I was like wow, this is it.  There’s been a lot of mix feelings about all this, but trust me they’re all positive, I’m just gonna really miss the people I worked with this year, and the building that I knew inside-out.  That’s what has been going on with work. Me, well I can say I haven’t been the same person as before.  And I’ve learned a lot more about life and being more reclusive.  I used to be the big partier and I was always around big groups of people. That’s how I liked it. Sometimes you try calling people to go places and no one will be around, and you just gotta cope with it.  And after this year everything changed.  Don’t get me wrong I still do go out and party sometimes and I still do know how to have fun; it’s just that I carry more responsibility and don’t get to hang out with my friends as much as I want to because of my busy-ness.  I am looking forward to this break. Even though I’ll be on duty most of the time, I will be content to be just doing absolutely nothing. I know one of you can agree with me on that.  A lot of things I want to do before summer ends.  Going to New York for sure to see my family, I have a whole another story on that. Boston… I want to go to Boston and whether it’s driving or flying I’ll get there someday before summer.  I’m hoping things for the most part will smooth over and I will feel rejuvenated during this break. Well I’m off to bed. For those of you that still check up on me, thank you.                                                                                           >V< Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 20th, 2004
3:27 pm	Happy Holidays but my happy hasn't started just yet... Well lets see if I can sum up the end of the semester for you.. My birthday came by, and I really couldn't do much cuz my friends were all getting busy for finals. Finals came around some were good some were bad.. and a combination of this RA job and working with Panther Hall Council, has loaded a lot of stress on me. But now class is over, and the stress is lifted, and you know what Vijay's been doing lately?.. SLEEPING. And it has been good. So Christmas break I'm suppose to be off right.. Cuz the RA's are half staffed. 5 Stay for Xmas, and 5 Stay for Spring Break. I am of those who were staying for break. Well for some odd and fucked up reason, were still on the regular weekly schedule, and its the freakin first week of Christmas break! And during the weekly schedule of this Fall Semester, I am on duty Wednesdays.. So guess who's gotta to stay here and work Wednesday, and since I happen to be here, I get to cover some more shifts!..It does not make sense for us to still be here during this week. All my friends are back asking me when I'm coming, my parents keep asking me when am I coming back, and yes to top that off I might not even see them that much this vacation, including the fact I don't see them much to begin with. Its like we got jipped here, its just fucked up, when I want to leave I can't cuz someone needs a shift covered, when was the last fucking time I got shifts covered when I asked??!! Always giving giving giving, and when the fuck will I recieve? This has been a horrible month, had a horrible birthday, a shitty and stressful end of semester, and a short-ended vacation. >V Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Linkin Park - From the Inside (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 6th, 2004
2:58 pm	A Comeback!!! But for how long..... July 27, 2004...      That was the last you heard from him.  Now... He's Back... And he's ready to tell it all..  hahah      So ya, it has been a hell of a long time since I've typed here in livejournal.. Almost like 4 months. And let me tell you 4 months can change the way you live tremendously... I see even a lot has changed with livejournal and its setup. Well everyone wants to know, where's Vijay, what the hell has he been doing, and why isn't he updating his livejournal.. Well let me tell you Summer B was when I was last seen, and that was the start of the R.A. Era.(Resident Assistant) I went through a huge moving process moving from Panther Hall to Everglades. I was an RA for 3 West over there. I'm glad I got to experience how living is over there, also having a kitchen. heh. Summer B was really a time of hanging out here and there with friends, who I do miss, and things were real chilax. The stages between Summer and Fall were hell.. 2 weeks of waking up 8 in the morning and being up till around midnight for training. I'd never been so busier. When Fall semester started yes things did change. Things happened, and shit went down.  One thing I won't ever take back though is receiving this job. As much as I have been busy, I won't ever get the great experience I get in this job. And I'm sorry if I haven't been keeping in touch with people. But it would be nice if I got calls too.. As much of the stress I get, and the sleep I loose, it doesn't measure the amount I learn from this job. I'd hope that you all can understand that and respect it. Today I happened to find the time to update, and I'm going to try to update more and read how everyone else is, but I'm not making any guarantees. For those of you who do make the effort of keeping in touch, thank you. I'm out for today, till then take care all of you.                                                >V< Current Mood: rejuvenated Current Music: Coldplay- Don't Panic (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 27th, 2004
2:23 am	a quick little update.. Hey everyone, I know.. I've been quite a stranger to Livejournal as of late. But I honestly have been quite the busy person as of late. Ra-ing has been great here at Everglades Hall, I've been meeting a lot of cool new people and hanging out with them. This thursday I leave for back home, I honestly can't wait. I have a lot to do when I get back home. I will certainly give a full update once I get the time, when I'm back home. Things were a bit down, but today, I've come to some realizations, and I feel things will be different now, and better. Hope everyone else is doing alright. >V (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 21st, 2004
3:35 pm	June 21st Monday Night Raw is Here!!...      First off to all the guys I didn't get to tell out there yesterday, Happy Fathers Day.. I think its well due for a brief update for everyone to know whats been going on with Vijay as of late. This weekend was more so of the better weekends I have had. I say this cuz I felt good at what I did and the plans I had for the weekend.  Friday was Iván's bday and Thursday was Danes, so we all had a good amount of planning to do. Friday afternoon, my cousin and her husband had visited and we went out to Macaroni Grill. I hadn't been there in quite awhile so it was fun. I'm really glad that they did come and visit me because it was good to see some more family for a change. Earlier in the evening me, Pete, and Dane, went to Meredith's house to have a wonderful dinner for Danes b-day. Meredith and Liana, oh and Corey all prepared dinner. Sophia and Alex also joined us. We later had a tiramusu cake with candles on it for Dane to blow out. The cool thing was that Dane never had Tiramusu cake before so this would be his first time. The food was soo good, and it was nice and entertaining being there with good friends. Later on we went to Corey's house and had a party for Iván. This was a lot of fun as well. A while back I asked Iván if he wanted to go to Raw, and he said he couldn't cuz he had no money, so the thought of pitching in to get him a ticket was in plan, it was cool to see his face when he saw the tickets.       The next day me, Pete, Dane, and his roommate Mark, all went to Chili's for dinner, afterwards we came back and got a bunch of others and we all went to go see Dodgeball. Funnier than I expected. And definitely will be an upcoming program that I will be doing in Summer B. I can't wait to become an RA. Have my own room, plus i'll be having my own kitchen while I'm in Everglades Hall. I can finally cook a lot more. Sunday was a day of studying, other than the fun part of the weekend, I have been keeping busy with doing school work and all. Finals will be this week, and I'm hoping to get good grades on these tests.. Tonight is Monday Night Raw, and I've been looking forward to this since last month. Raw has been getting a lot better than before, and hopefully being in Miami, we might see an appearance by "The Great One" The Rock. I'm also looking forward to seeing David, Mike, and Neil, oh and Bob too, cuz they'll be coming down from Sarasota to see this. It finally stopped raining and hopefully it will stay that way. I can't wait for tonight.                                           >V< Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: Trapt - Echo (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 11th, 2004
6:57 pm	On the bright side of things... Went to Banana Joes last night, I didn't have to great of a time.. but on the bright side, I got to drive Mihir's pimp ride cuz he was out of it. It was fun. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
2:38 am	An Updates Well Needed..                      Hey Everyone.. well as of late I'm still here in Miami, I am actually attending summer school all summer here, but i'll be making visits back and forth, don't worry :) This past weekend I was in Orlando and I was actually at peace with myself. It was truly great R&R for me. Monday I was on my way back to Miami, and we all had a nice memorial day bbq at Corey's. Having to be doing school work still, sort of sucks.. But what can ya do. Sooner or later I'll be done haha. I have also found out that I will be starting as an RA in Summer B in the Everglades. My wing will be 3west. For awhile people have been asking me, Vijay do you have a theme for your wing for summer yet, I was stressing a little about it, well cuz I was more focused with my theme for Fall. But I have one in store which I just thought of today in the shower. I am truly looking forward to my own room for once, and this whole RA experience. This weekend I'll be going back home, so if anyone wants to hang out, call the cell. One thing for sure I know I will be doing is going to see Shrek 2. Other than that this will be the last time I see my grandmother for awhile cuz she will be leaving the 12th for India. I was glad she stayed that long with us. When I last went back home, 3 wks ago, she had cooked Indian food for me all weekend, oh it was great. I'm gonna miss that. We will also be taking family pictures, something I don't think I've done since I was 16. I'm guessing the reason we're doing them now is cuz I finally cut my hair. heh, my mom's been hassling me and hassling me time and time. Time to get some rest, deal with this 11am class b.s....  night                                                                                   >V< Current Mood: okay Current Music: Troy - Achilles Leads The Myrmidons (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 14th, 2004
1:44 pm	Ironic Occurance... Today I had a lot of appointments to attend to. 9:30am I had to take my car in to the dealership. 11:45am I had an eye appointment. They had a new nurse there, and she insisted on taking out my contacts, she ended up getting one of them to slip under my eye-lid leaving my left eye red for the next 2 hours.. I also had to get my eyes dialated and that sucked even more. Later today. As I was driving back with my dad on Tamiami trail, I past by this road were I used to drop off this friend of mines I used to know, after school every once in awhile. At the time I really liked her, but she had a boyfriend.. story of my life. I then had surgery around 4 and this time around it hurt a lot more.. I had to jet back home take a quick cold shower and then head to the movies to go see Troy with David, Mike, Neil, Brad, and my sis.. yea my sister. Heard this saying from a friend of mines recently. "Opinions are assholes" Yes they are. Everyone has there opinions about things, but other may not agree with that or think another way were you don't agree with it. I thought the movie was good, not to the aspect of how it compared to the book, see how it was "inspired" by the book, but to its quality of entertainment. Its worth a watch to all of you who haven't seen it, as long as you don't compare it to the book. So after the movie was over, we were out by the parking lot trying to figure out what we were planning on doing and then all of a sudden I see her.. the girl I thought of earlier in the day walked by my but turned around cuz she recognized me. I couldn't believe it. We talked for a bit, but she was with another friend, a guy, I'm guessing who she might've been dating, so I didn't bother to ask for her number to keep in touch. It sucked. I like keeping in touch with friends cuz its always a great surprise to hear from an old friend and see whats been going on in their life. Tommorow I help David and Brad move into there new place in Tampa, come back and hang with the Fam at the mall and get my hair cut... I can't believe I'm doing this.. and then hang out with friends at night. I need to sleep on all this. >V Current Mood: disappointed Current Music: Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 11th, 2004
12:58 pm	Summer Semester has started Summer classes have started and things should start to pick up. Yesterday I had Sociology Thru Film. The class was real late, about 7:50 to 10:30. Surprisingly he made us stay throughout most of the class, but we started a movie after the break in between. Hopefully this class will be good. Today I actually woke up for my 11am class International Relations. This class is gonna be a bit harder, and I gotta stick to it. A lot of things have gone through my mind here and there. But today I've been thinking about what my theme is going to be for my wing when I become an R.A. for summer B in Everglades Hall. I'm really missing going home right now, all my friends from highschool are all back from college, yet I'm still here doing summer classes. I mean theres other reasons than just seeing my friends too, I miss certain people and certain things about home. And it doesn't help that this place is so deserted right now.. >V Current Mood: restless Current Music: Jay Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder (3 Comments |Comment on this)