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A Big Thank You
I know Canadian Thanksgiving is long over but hey, who said giving thanks
should only be done during October. Since the year is about to come to an end
(not really, we still have 34 days), I want us to get thinking on what we are thankful for, even
the smallest things. Sometimes the
smallest things are the ones we often overlook. Simply because we think they’re
doing their normal jobs so here we are thinking it’s no big deal. But let’s
stop for a second and think how grateful we should really be because, well..
just because. So today I’m going to be
like Jimmy Fallon and list my thank you notes!
Thank you Earphones for helping me avoid people who want to chat me
up when I don’t feel like talking to them. Thank you also for being a great
accomplice when I want to eavesdrop on people and they’d think I am listening
to music when I’m really not!
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| (source: www.picnapic.com/happiness-is-the-cold-side-of-the-pillow) |
Thank you the cold side of the pillow for making me feel like I am lying on a changed pillow sheet and so I can sleep more comfortably and not think about the dead skin cells that are disposed on my pillow.
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(source:
www.howtogeek.com/106643/how-to-type-faster-with-the-swype-keyboard-for-android)
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Thank you swipe keyboard for making my life easier, lazier, and
making the people I text think I’m illiterate at the same time. Sometimes you work and sometimes you don’t so
I’m really not sure whether to thank you at all; nevertheless, you save me at
least 3.5 seconds every time I type.
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Thank you hair ties for being the da real mvp when it comes to bad
hair days, those days when you don’t know what to do with your hair and you
have something you need to look presentable for. Thank you being a nice looking
bracelet too. Makes me achieve the emo look I always wanted when I was
thirteen.
Lastly, Thank you for me family and friends for being there, feeding
me, and supporting me throughout these
years of my life. We have a love and hate relationship and I just want you to
know that I appreciate it all. I know I don’t say this a lot, but I am
thankful. If ever I look like I’m being ungrateful, I just don’t know how to
say thank you, the right way. I don’t want to waste the genuineness of the
words “thank you” and so I often find myself being speechless with all the help
you've given me. I want to say thank you and make you feel happy that you've helped a human being. So... a big thank you from me!
- Anonymeh
“’I've got to be
the very best”
Ash,
The Pokemon catcher/trainer who never grows up
Step Up Your Game (A Guide on Breaking the Ice)
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| Photo courtesy of: The Gouger |
First of all, the author wants to establish that this guide will not promise a hundred percent success result and that she will not be held responsible for the consequences of your action. Anonymeh also wants to acknowledge that this guideline might not work for everyone although it has been proven and tested to be effective... for her. So good luck and may the odds be always in your favour.
Hello
everyone! Lately, I’ve realised that one factor as to why us, teenage
immigrants, are rather desolated when we first get here is that, we don’t have
friends. (Nice one, Sherlock)
What I’m
trying to say is, when youth immigrants migrate to a new place, most of them do
not know anyone in that place besides their family. And that’s why I’m going to
give you tips on how to make friends or at least how to approach people! YAY! (Not
to be too self-serving, but these tips will be extra useful now that another
school year has just started!)
1. Bring 10 kilos of gum
- Effectivesness: 6/10
- Cons: You got to spend to buy gums
I know all of you have heard the gum technique, sometimes they work, and sometimes you’ll end up offending the other person “What you saying man? I have a bad breath?” (but hey, you
got to take risks!) On a serious note, I think this is a nice way to get to
know people especially during class. When the class is boring, a gum is like suddenly
the best thing you could have in your life. Alas, bring that gum and show how
generous you are with your classmates.
2. Wear a cool shirt
- Effectiveness: 7/10
- Cons: It’s hard to find a cool shirt
3. Say ‘bless you’ to someone who sneezed
- Effectiveness: 5/10
- Cons: It’s awkward
4. Borrow a pencil
- Effectiveness: 8/10
- Cons: You’re not really making a good name for yourself if you show up on the first day of class with no pencil or pen
I heard that
there’s a psychological trick that you can get someone to like you by borrowing
a pencil from them. Maybe this is because it induces a feeling that they (the
lenders) are doing something good for someone and now you (the borrower)
somehow owe something to them. Nevertheless, borrowing a pencil can be a great
friendship starter. You can give it back to them the next day and pretend you
forgot to bring one again then voila! Conversation! And they most likely will remember
you.
5. Wear a smile
- Effectiveness: 10/10
- Cons: Your cheek bones might get tired
What does,
basically, anyone tell you when you go to an unknown place and are supposed to
make friends? SMILE! Yes, you have to smile. It’s the international sign for
“Hello, I am friendly”. Always wear a smile when you execute one of my advices
from above. Or just do it all the time! It’s scientifically proven to be good
for your health!
6. Just start the conversation
- Effectiveness: 10/10
- Cons: NO CONS!
Sometimes
you just don’t realise that the other party might be the one who is shy. I
myself am someone who doesn’t like to be the one to initiate a conversation. So
you just have to have the guts and say hello. Ask them their names or classes –
who knows, you might be in the same class!
So that’s it
mate! I wish the odds to be always in your favour and keep that cheeks smiling.
If everything else fails just contact me and I’ll be your dear friend.
- Anonymeh
- Patrick Star, Spongebob
The Month of Firsts
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| New Year: Fireworks and Resolutions |
I know it’s late for a New Year's resolution post, but I
purposely waited for January to be over (totally not because I’m behind my
schedule) before I made this post.
Anyhow, let me just put out the fact that I’m a very
superstitious person. With all my beliefs including feng shui and astronomy, one can claim that I treat January as a big deal. I call it: the month of firsts.
This entails me trying to do everything in the most amazing
way possible so it will be amazing all throughout the coming year. Sounds crazy
isn’t it? Or is it actually confusing? Okay then let me elaborate: if, for example, I
make a coffee and realize that it will be my first coffee of the year, I’ll say
to myself “hey it’s my first coffee of
the year. Better make it special”
I know it sounds childish or crazy...or CRAZY in all caps,
but I have this preposterous theory that every first activity/chore in the
first month shall be done wisely. If it is done horribly, then it’ll be
horrible the whole year.
Why am I writing about this? Is it because I don’t have any
idea for our January post? ‘Course not (seriously, no.) I’m doing this
because... I want us to see the
beauty of firsts.
Now that January is over, I have realized how silly I’d
been. I spent the whole month trying to do things nicely; Getting frustrated
when they come out wrong. I’ve wasted the opportunity to actually live in the
moment.
This does not only apply to new beginnings; it is actually
applicable to everything. Presentations, we get so nervous on how are we going
to look like that we forgot we’re actually there to present; Family events, we
keep on asking where everyone is then forgetting about the people who actually
showed up.
Main point is, look deeper. Experience deeper. Think deeper
and Live deeper. Let’s not get caught up
with superficiality. Most of us think we’re not doing this, but in fact, human
vanity is normal. It’s just that we get too much divulged into it. So maybe
this year, we can stop fumbling on getting worried about how things are going
to turn out. Instead, we can start savouring the journey!
CHAU!
- anonymeh
“Do or do not,
there is no try” – Yoda
