Thieving?!

Opportunity makes a thief - Francis Bacon

How do some people have the courage to just pick up something that does not belong to them and just walk away with it? This is something that is more or less beyond my comprehension. Last night I was at a party - a party where everybody knows each other to a certain extent. There were maybe 200 people and we did not even think twice about leaving our jackets on one of the side tables. A couple of hours later, before leaving the then extinguished party, 2 of my friends found that their jackets were missing, and we recalled another girl speaking in anger a while before because she could not find her jacket.

The question here is WHY?? Why do people do such things? None of the people at this party were in any way less fortunate than the rest of us. We're all from the same level of society, but apparently, we do not have the same understanding of social conduct and perception. It really does disgust me. None of those people were lacking in anything - and not even if they were. There are so many poor people in the world. Just go to the places like Kenya, or India. You do find theives everywhere, but when visiting India, i found these people to be really hospitable no matter their financial situation. No one ever tried to steal anything from me. So why here? Why are people hre doing such things?

I guess such people see an opportunity and snatch it, even though the opportunity is not right, is not socially acceptable.. What are they going to do with those jackets? Sell them? Hang them in their wardrobe? Keep them as some sort of prize? I guess any of these would do for them. Although, to me, this is one serious problem that they have, and they really do need to get help.

friends + work = success

If you have a best friend at work, you're the luckiest person in the world

Feeling lonely in a workplace is one of those bad feelings we could come across, especially when there are loads of people around you. How many times have you just turned around and realised that you're with a whole crowd of people, yet you're still lonely? How many times have you felt like an outsider, even though you're meant to be an insider? Friends are the most important people in your life. Without friends, i don't think anyone can cope. Lonliness is something that will eat you up inside and ultimately, you will reach that breaking point at some time or another. That's when the bad things begin to happen.

Do you remember that episode of Friends, when Phoebe was on the phone with that guy, who was feeeling so alone, so uncared for, so left out. Nobody in his work place took any notice of him, not even when he screamed 'i'm going to kill myself'. God, that must be an awful, awful feeling. Everybody needs friends. If anybody denies that, then he is only lying to himself.

Being able to work with friends is something amazing in my opinion. You will get on eachothers nerves at some point, but really, you'll always be there to back eachother up and so.. the only effect of that, is that your work will flourish and become even better than before. Trust me I know. The only time i'm happy when im working is when there are people with me who i love to work with. Even - well, at the moment, especially when it comes to studying.

3 months ago, me and one of my best friends, were studying for our dreaded exams.. mainly economics - a subject we both could not understand. We studied for hours on end (something i could never do alone being the easily distracted person that i am) and our final result was so so satisfying. We both reached points were we just wanted to close our books, and several files and just give up - but thank god we had eachother to give ourselves hope, further aims and to turn boring and depressing situations into funny ones.

This week, our last result came out and we got an excellent mark. One of us got an A and the other got a B. This is from a subject that we both wanted to give up on at some point. Had we not backed eachother up, we would have lost so much. We would have ultimately ruined our summer, and ruined our chance at graduating.

Think of this.... again... If you have a best friend at work, you are the luckiest person in the world... How true this is!! :D

My baby cousin Kate

Today, my baby cousin Kate became part of the Catholic Church. She was baptised in the old parish church in St Julian's, down the road from my home. She is one of the quietest babies i have ever come across... and i really do hope she remains like that :) When Father Gordon baptised her with the holy water, she didn't even wince... instead she remained asleep - a first for the babies of the family Gambin. hehe. We all cried at the point that we were christened. She's the youngest of 14 cousins from her mother's side, and I, am the eldest.... 20.5years her senior (ouch)

Afterwards we had a Baptism party at my grandparents' house (which is where i live). My mother's cousins came along with their husbands in tow. I love these family gatherings usually.. but this time, cousins that are in my age range weren't exactly present... the girls anyways. Krista is in Croatia representing her Young Enterprise Team SEED, and Mikaela (aka Turkey) decided to go down to Simon's Pub 30 minutes into the party. Thanks girls. Basically i ended up being chased by the waiter who kept asking me 'do you want a drink? the usual? diet coke? i'll go get you one' Finally i ended up in the kitchen where my mother was so busily chatting to the 2 waiters. The older one turned around and said "ah helwa helwa" the moment i walked into the kitchen (like there's any need to even state such a fact :P) and then said "Why don't you go with your mother to Fuego and stay dancing there... I love doing that" Then he says "Ohh the other night, i didn't feel like changing to go to the pub, so i went out with my dressing gown and slippers" :/:/ Very snazzy i must say.

Technically.. i can't complain about this evening.. i had some interesting conversations with my mother's cousins - one of whom is really good looking (once again i ask.. what happened to our family!) Obviously the topic spun around my stay in Finland, my visit to India and my (hopeful) upcoming internship in America. Topics that i never get bored speaking about.






This is Kate just a couple of hours after she was born on the 1st March.

Don't avoid it....

"Don't avoid it, unless it becomes something to run from..."

I got this line from an episode of One Tree Hill.. which is a series i'm watching at the moment. I suppose a quote like this, or any quote for that matter, could be seen in different ways by different people. Everyone has their own perspectives on things.

To me, the meaning is more or less clear cut. Throughout our lives, we come across those situations, moments.. where we just think 'oh god.. no!' and decide to turn around, hide behind the nearest bush and pray that everything, whatever it is, would just blow over. But really, how many times have you tried this and it just never worked? How many times have you tried avoiding something, then when the time feels right for you, you come out of your hiding place, just to find that the problem has just grown bigger? Yeah, that's what tends to happen.. right?!

I could very well tell you that the best thing is always to face your problem head on, but we all know that that is one of the most difficult things to do. We prefer to choose what we think is the easy way out, and take a left turn in order to avoid that obstacle that's lying right ahead. Why can't we face our problems head on? So few of us can. We avoid them and make ourselves all the more miserable.

I know. I've been there. I've done that so many times. I guess i'm not as strong a person as i want to be. I always put up this... this mask you could call it, and try to pretend that everything is ok, but then there comes a moment when i just crack, and i tend to hurt the people i love the most. One such situation happened recently. I found myself in a situation (thanks to my bout of low self-esteem-ism) and instead of confronting that i myself had some kind of problem on my mind, i took out all of my anger on one of my best friends. I blamed her on something that really had nothing to do with the situation.. and she therefore obviously could not understand it. It was her that decided i needed to face my problem.. even though she did not exactly know this. She called me. We spoke. And i admitted what was on my mind exactly, and she helped me through it by giving me the will to try and solve my problem. Do you have any idea how good that felt?!

You should try it sometime.

Most things we try to run away from, but really why the hell should we run when we really don't need to run at all. One day or another, what we avoid will only come back to haunt us. I really do believe this. If you've got something that you wish to share but are dead afraid of doing so, be brave. It will definately be worth the effort and everything will fall into its correct place at some point. There will always be someone to help you on the way.

Sometimes, you just have to find that person.. that friend or friends :)

Oh well, there goes another afternoon of supposed studying. Really. I planned to work like a dog this week, yet.. because of Tomas' airport adventures, AIESEC stuff and more or less, MSN messenger and the conversations with friends... my week took a turn towards the road that leads to nowhere.
This morning started off awful at this dumb lecture where my lecturer somehow (once again) linked the Drydocks in the 1950s to Tourism in Malta... He's been going on about it for about 6 weeks now and i still do NOT see the link. Somehow i've worked my way through 2 assignments on this topic... yet.. all i can say is HA HA HA

This afternoon has been one whole Laughing Fest with Nicki and Becky.. 2 of my closest friends. Topics ranged frmo starnge letters on myspce, to strange guys on... er.. mysapce, to our future adventures in America.. if we ever get there.

Now 2 of us are probably heading up to the city (ok i know we're like one huge city in Malta.. but yeah, there are villages and towns amidst that all) to waste some more of our time.... and tonight.. hopefully a brilliant night out. Croos my fingers that we bump into "the apple of my eye" :)

excitement

Hey!!
Ahh i'm so hyped up at the moment.. ok quick run thruu.. a few weeks back i applied to go on ann internship in the USA. My best friends did the same thing. 2 weeks ago we had our interviews via the phone and a few days later we got our acceptance letters. Imagine what we were like.
Anyways.. everytime i think about it i get really excited and i just start freaking out. Anyways... today ig ot an email from one of my future managers.. he introduced himself and everything, and sent a letter with my address and stuff... and so as you can imagine i am once again over-excited, over-the-moon and absolutely dying to get there. In about 3 months we should be there!!! :D:D:D

Intro

wow! i've been meaning to do this for ages. No idea why.. but I just love the way people, strangers, friends.. can keep in touch just by reading through what others have written about their lives and their situations.

To tell you the truth, the person that inspired me most to do this - and he doesn't know.. is Tomas, a friend from Iceland. He had this hilarious (i'm sorry Tomas, but i laughed loads :P) story about himself being stuck in an aiport for over 40hrs, and had around 40hrs left to go. At points i felt so drawn into his story, that i could picture myself as a spectator, just analyzing everything he was and i just loved that. I am very much like that. If there's a situation, i tend to picture myself in it - what would i do? how would i handle it? how would i pass my time? you know? Also i must thank Marie Claire for helping me create this.. i'm a disaster at computers! :)

Anyways... this blog will definately be about me, about my crazy times, about my amazing friends who i love so much and some of our mad moments.... you might catch me in a bad mood from time to time, especially with finals coming up in 2 months or so (WHAT?!?! 2?!) I might leave some quote every now and again. I love them. If you have any inspiring ones, feel free to send them to me.

I'll leave you with one of my favourite ones.... this quote mens a lot to me and i believe in it so much.

"to accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe"

This is me (pink top with flowers) with 2 friends in Agra, India in the summer of 2005