Ghosts of Girlfriends Past takes the traditional concept of A Christmas Carol and adds a modern spin. Like Scrooge, Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) travels into the past, present and future, accompanied by three ghosts. And over the course of the film, he learns that if he doesn’t make a lifestyle change, he’ll die alone and unwanted. But unlike Scrooge, Connor’s biggest problem is centered around the countless women in his life, namely his first and only love, Jenny (Jennifer Garner).

This film is decent and entertaining, but easily forgettable.

Hey guys,

I’m not sure if you guys know what my hobbies are, I don’t think I’ve mentioned it ever. Well, I like to draw [sometimes], I read when I have nothing to do or if the book is extremely interesting. I love playing with Barbie dolls with my neice, I just love it even though I’m a little too old for that, I like how excited they get when I play with them. I love walking. I walk a lot inside my house [I know, I’m weird]. Oh, and one of my most favourite things to do is collecting rock music and quotes. I’m crazy about rock music and I love downloading or buying CDs, I’m a freak for rock music. Quotes, well, I love collecting those too. I always find quotes online and save them and read them when I’m feeling down. Sometimes they really help me boast my self-esteem. I know it sounds weird, but I’m going to post some of my favourite quotes ‘cause they’re really cool and inspiring. All are my favourites but the ones in bold are my very favourite ones, they’re very special to me.

Here they are.

Learn to live where you are and not where you think you want to be. ~ James Frey (A Million Little pieces)

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~ Unknown

Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. ~Unknown

Parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell. ~Emily Dickinson, “Parting”

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~Unknown

Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference. ~Unknown

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. ~Oscar Wild

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” ~Oscar Wild [I think, I’m not sure]

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. ~Oscar Wild [Again, I’m not sure if it’s from
Oscar Wild]

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ~Unknown

What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you. ~Richard Wilbur

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching. ~Unknown [I believe in this]

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~Unknown [So trueeee!]

If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you. ~Unknown. [That’s one of my very favourite quotes]

Some of the greater things in life are unseen that’s why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream. ~Unknown.

To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. ~Unknown.

I don’t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. ~Unknown.

I’ll follow you and make a heaven out of hell, and I’ll die by your hand which I love so well. ~Unknown [Sweet…]

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. ~Unknown.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears. ~Unknown.

Love waits for one thing, the right moment. ~Unknown.

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life. ~Unknown [Again, one of my very favourites]

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. ~Unknown [<3]

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ~Dan Quayle

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Winston Churchill

Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it. ~Langston Hughes

The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved. ~J. Russel Lynes

Hope you guys liked them.
~Asmi

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is one of 2009′s best animated films. It has humor for the whole family, great action sequences and awesome special effects. The concept is unique — an amateur inventor saves the town by creating a machine that turns water into food. But overuse of the machine causes a malfunction. Soon, building-sized food is falling from the sky, threatening the lives of everyone in town. Now it’s up to the inventor to destroy is own creation.

For kids and teens, its often hard to find a summer job. Especially one that pays well and doesn’t leave you bored to tears. But a job is a job, that’s why they call it work. And you always have to take the pros with the cons. Becoming a mascot at Disneyland or Disney World is one of those kinds of jobs. 

PRO: Working at Disneyland will land you a $10 per hour paycheck, a lot more than minimum wage. CON: The working conditions aren’t the best. You’re trapped inside a sweaty, stuffy character costume for eight hours, and you have to keep up appearances.
PRO: You have a mask on, and can hide your exaustion or bad mood.
CON: You may have to dance or perform some embarassing stunts.
PRO: The mask hides your identity.
CON: You can’t say one word during your entire shift, except during breaks.
PRO: You’re working at the Happiest Place on Earth.
CON: You can’t go on the rides.

You be the judge. After weighing the pro’s and con’s, is a Disney Mascot the perfect summer job for you?

Nowadays ghost stories are just like vampire stories–a female protagonist falls in love with a male supernatural character. But not the The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein. This novel, the sequel to Crossroads, is about a boy who discovers that he can see spirits. But not the friendly spirits who are trying to clean up some unfinished business. These spirits are trying to make a mess. They’re the ghosts of the most evil criminals who have ever walked the planet. And now they’re coming back from the dead.

The Hanging Hill is an invigorating, chill-you-to-the-bone kind of story. And best of all, you can read it without having read the first book, Crossroads.

Hey guys,

How’s everything goin’? How’s Kidzworld doing? Anything happened that I don’t know of?

Everything’s fine here, in Asmi’s Universe. Ramadan is going alright and the weathers not bad either. Marlow’s doing great; he misses Nazia and Sal though, I miss them too. Apart from that, everything’s okay.
You know what I love about early mornings and late nights? Not many people being around, and, for some reason, I feel like writing a lot during the day, no matter how boring my life is, I feel describing everything. Like, for example, today is going to be another boring day, where I’ll just sit and chat with my friends and family online, not go outside ‘cause I am sort of trying to set a record on how much longer I can not show my frustration to others. Anyhow, the describing part! Today the weather is good, just like yesterday, nothing new, the only difference between yesterday and today is that; yesterday I didn’t write but today I am. That’s the only difference. For quite some time, my days have been the same. I know that’s pretty sad and weird, but I don’t know, I kinda like it. Marlow’s asleep on my lap right now, and I think my mom just woke up. I’m not fasting today because I have a horrible cold and a little fever and throat infection, so I’m very disappointed in myself ‘cause I was planning to at least fast 24 days this year, but seems like it’ll be 22. Disappointment. This year Eid is going to be very boring ‘cause Sal and Nazia aren’t here. Oh well, it’s boring every year anyway. I am very negative right now, I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I just finished reading these blogs from a guy that hates everything in this world but himself. Maybe. Alright then, I’m gonna stop now. I don’t want to write weird negative blogs and post it so people would feel … bad or something. I’m having weird days.

Have a good day.
Asmi

There has only been one episode and already season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance is showing some promising talent. This may be the first year that a tap dancer makes it to the top 20 Ryan Kasprzak (Evan Kasprak’s brother) and Bianca Revels, both tappers who nearly made it to the top 20 on season 5 are back and ready to fight to the finish. Their passion and charisma will definitely take them far in the competition. Also, another dancer is hoping to tap his way into the top 20, and coincidentally, he used to be Ryan’s roomate!

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Does it feel like deja vu watching Miss Venezuela getting crowed Miss Universe? This was the second straight year that Venezuela has walked away with the title. Last year Dayana Mendoza was crowed Miss Universe 2008. This year, Mendoza was overjoyed to present the crown to fellow Venezuelan beauty, Stefania Fernandez.

It’s great to see that one country can win twice in a row. If that weren’t possible, then why would contestants from the winning country bother to compete the following year. Congratulations Venezuela!

Hello there,

Some of you might know that the holy month of Ramadan started a few days ago but for most of you that don’t know what Ramadan is, let me tell you a little bit about it.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Lunar Islamic calendar. Compared to solar calendar, the dates of Ramadan change, moving forward about ten days each year. It’s the month of fasting, in which Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and indulging in excess or ill-natured; from dawn until sunset. The main purpose of this holy month is to teach you patience, modesty, spiritually and to bring you closer to God. During this blessed month Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance, help resisting everyday evils, and try to purify themselves from self-restraint and good deeds. They even pay compulsory tax called Zakkah to the poor or less fortunate at the rate of 2.5 percent for all their savings of the year. It is also the month in which the first verses of Qur’an arrived to prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H).

For a large number of people, the common concept of fasting is that the rich must realize the sufferings of the poor and the pitiful conditions in which they live in.

When the first day of the following month Shawwal starts, Muslims celebrate a holiday called Eid ul-Fitr (Eid means “festivity” in Arabic, while Fitr means “to break the fast” and can also mean “nature” from the word “fitrah” also, according to my dad “Fitr” means charity given to poor on Eid based on every member of the family).

Now let me tell you how we celebrate Ramadan and Eid in my house.

As you all know I’m from a Muslim Indian family that’s settled in Kuwait, so our way of practicing Ramadan is a bit different from Arab’s, but that doesn’t mean we worship any differently from other Muslims around the world, it just has a pinch of Indian culture in it.

Alright, let’s begin with the pre fasting meal. Pre-fasting meal is a meal we have a few minutes before dawn. It all depends on how you’re body and mind work and how you prepare yourself by eating whatever you feel will help you survive the day. I’ll just give you an example: I eat something light before fasting, have a glass of milk and that’s it for me, I’m full. My dad on the other hand, has a complete meal and my mom; she’ll just have some cereal. And that’s our pre-fasting meal. Some people just drink a glass of water and fast too.

Honestly speaking, I never realize how time flies during Ramadan, because we’re all usually busy with praying or preparing for “Iftar” or “Fatour” or the breaking of the fast and it’s quite fun around the house too. Some people get a little cranky from fasting, and sometimes it’s fun to annoy them a little, like my brothers do to my mother. For me, Ramadan has that feel to it, that thing that just makes you so happy that everyone is around and good stuff is being made, everyone is praying together, there’s this energy around the house that just makes everything feel… great.

Okay, now let me tell you how the “breaking of the fast” is done in my house.

Usually, almost every Muslim, break the fast by eating a date, and drinking some Zamzam (holy water for Muslims) or just some normal water. Now the date I just mentioned there, is NOT a date where you go out with someone, it’s a small tropical fruit or a dry fruit with a long seed/stone in it. Here’s a picture of it It’s mostly found in the Middle East since it only grows in desert areas. It’s really delicious; I always break my fast by having it and drinking some water.

Anyway, that’s how you break the fast in many houses. In my house, after breaking the fast by having a date and we also have a lot of other items to eat. I’ll tell you exactly how our dining table looks with all the items (mouth watering already). The first thing that I look to eat (after breaking the fast of course), is fruit chat! Yep, that’s right. There’s this really cool dish made in my house which I adore. Its some fruits (apple, banana, orange, pear, grapes, guava etc) chopped into small pieces and mixed with some spices, it’s really yummy. Then there’s the usual Indian food that my mom makes which is; sambosa’s, potato chips, chicken soup, and a lot of other stuff, I don’t know how describe. So basically, it’s like a feast every day in my house.

So, here was a little info about Ramadan and how Asmi celebrates it.

Hope you guys liked it.

With love,
Asmi

P.S. I would like to know what you guys think about this blog and if you have any questions feel free to ask me.