Saturday 9 February 2013

Being kind is the new cool.


Change is inevitable. We all know that. Over the past few weeks, I feel that the universe has been somewhat challenging me.. Now everyone knows that in life you will come across people that you may not get along with; People who decided to make different decisions from you; People who have different opinions than you; People who are just so goddamn different to you. But always remember, no matter how much dislike you may have towards a certain individual, being mean and volatile towards them doesn't make you any better. If anything, it makes you worse. Although sometimes it may be hard, but try to be the bigger person, and be forgiving not revengeful. Sometimes, it becomes necessary to forgive people because you still need them in your life. 

Also, some things are broken, and will remain broken no matter how hard you try to fix it up!!! Learn to let go!! And remember, if you can't make someone smile, leave them alone!!! Finally (just before I turn in to the next Buddha) please take note: Being kind is the new cool this year. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. 

Don't worry, be happy!!!
@ItsShivaniii xoxo

Tuesday 26 June 2012

You haven't lost your smile, its right there under your nose, you just forgot it was there! :)

I am sure you all must have heard of the famous saying "All good things must come to an end", right? Well, this week was my last week at college. I would go on to describe how amazing it all was, but that would be the biggest understatement till date. What I wanted to achieve in this post was just a couple of the hundreds of little things I have learnt over the past two years. 

Firstly, you should always be yourself! You live to EXPRESS, not IMPRESS. I am so proud of myself for not changing who I am for anybody!!! 

Next, nobody is perfect. Now, forgive me for sounding so cliche, but it is true. Sometimes that one moment of happiness is worth more than those 100 moments of sadness. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologise when and if you should, and let go of what you can't change. 

Pleasing  everybody is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake. You do not have to be everything to everyone, but you should aim to be something to someone. 

Also, if yesterday was a disappointment and today isn’t better, remember theres always a tomorrow so make it something to look forward to and smile!!! Life is really to short to be anything but happy!!! :-)))

Remember: Women are from Venus. Men are from Mars. But sometimes they are from Saturn or Neptune or Jupiter. It depends. But women are just from Venus. 

People often tell me: "you are always smiling, your life is perfect". They could not be more wrong!!! My life is not perfect, but I have the perfect attitude towards life... And I am happy, really happy!!! 

God bless you all! Keep smiling always!!! Lots of love! 

@ItsShivaniii

Monday 18 June 2012

Happpeee days!!!!

Thank you guys so much for all the views!!!! 
I started this blog a few years ago wanting a space where I could express my thoughts.. Today, because of YOU guys, my blog has continuosely garnered a lot of success and I am now supporting the 'Because I am a Girl' Plan's campaign. This campaign highlights the double discrimination girls face every day, every where. Its important girls are treated fairly and equally. Girls are always discriminated against their Age and Gender. We all know that Education is the key. By giving these girls the golden oppurtunity to learn - we can be rest assured that these girls will forever be smiling! Thank you guys once again and here is some more information regarding the Campaign! http://plan-international.org/girls/campaign/

Keep happy! 
@ItsShivaniii

Saturday 26 May 2012

Do you follow me?


      @ItsShivaniii


Ok, let’s be honest. How many of you would be able to recognise these: OMG, BTW or TTYL? If you are able to identify even one of these, let me tell you, you are more “with it” than me.

A language dies every two weeks, according to the British linguist, David Crystal. But the real question is, who’s guilty? It has been said that, by the end of the century, almost 92% of the native languages currently spoken worldwide will end up as “dead languages”. Our leading examples are Greek and Latin (which, of course, used to be the top two languages in the world). What we have spun ourselves into is “linguicide”. A language catastrophe.  Is the English language going to be a part of the same legacy?
It doesn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. Over the last couple of centuries, it is an understatement to say that we have been bombarded with a colossal pool of new words, ranging from Americanisms to the nation’s favourite, slang. And yes, the culprit causing this linguistic massacre is the never ending evolution of technology.

Technology is responsible for introducing thousands upon thousands of new terms in this century alone. Terms such as “alpha geeks” soon became the ubiquitous buzz-word. The Oxford Dictionary defines them as: “denoting a person with the greatest expertise in a particular area of activity”, so to you and me, a miserable tech-savvy who becomes a hero every time something goes wrong in the office.  Whenever a need for new word arises, i.e. a Lexical gap, a part of society, if not the other, will invent a new word, expression or phrase to satisfy it. Undoubtedly, technology has been the cause of the largest change to the English Language in the 21st century.


Initially risen by technology, we were phased by the biggest threat to the English language yet, also known as, Social Networking Sites. Despite only being a few years old, these social media monsters have revolutionised communication as we knew it. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and the rest, have dominated society. Let’s take twitter for example, everywhere you go, any company you work with or are a part of, any programme you watch on the telly, you will never fail to spot the famous #hashtag. 


Another thing Twitter encourages is the initialisation of words. Having only 140 characters to express your thoughts in single tweet has prompt the excessive use of initialisations such as OMG, BTW, GTG, BRB. It freely allows and emboldens tweeters to use non-standard forms of English. What makes it even more ludicrous is the Oxford Dictionary; Instead of scrutinising Twitter, they seem broadly supportive of the whole thing, with the term “tweet-up” which wormed its way in to the dictionary in 2010. What is the point in teaching pupils at school vowels, if we are perfectly capable of comprehending words without them?
However, on a more positive note, when Twitter was first introduced, most of society seemed irked at the concept of conveying something which is meaningful in a couple of words. Eventually, we got over this bizarre idea and most of us, including myself, realised that Twitter pushes us to get the crux of what are trying to say. There’s no theory proven which shows you need to be a grammar goddess to make a point. As the famous saying goes, “less is more”.

The real question is, when does a trend transform itself into an acceptable form of language that we can practise?


Which brings be on to the one thing that never fails to please us, yes that’s right, the good old TV. In my mind there is nothing more comforting than Corrie and a cuppa. Flicking through the channels one day, I came across a huge number of Reality TV shows.  Reality shows were never a first pick TV show to watch, especially when it was your turn to watch TV, however, somehow, for some reason, because of some people, they have become so overwhelming that one even bagged a BAFTA last year. Words like “reem” heavily used in “The Only Way is Essex” (or should I say TOWIE)  are becoming common colloquial terms used every day, especially amongst the younger generation, yet nobody quite knows for sure what it means. 
The horizons for new technology are endless. Unbelievably, the television was only born in the 1950s. 

The BBC with their monopoly position was focussed on providing good entertainment in what was referred to as “BBC English”. Publishing a copy of what the BBC expected from their workers, especially regarding their usage of language, was once given great importance. Little did we know that (forty years on) SKY digital TV would transform TV as we knew it. Alongside this new invention, a multiple selection of channels were easier to access. The BBC’s dream to maintain perfect Queen’s English was soon overridden.

We always knew that the Americans had an influence on us, politically and socially. But who could have guessed that they would influence the English Language as well. Americanism have slowly ‘snuck’ their way into the English language; and American discourse fillers are of particular delight. I’m sure we’ve all heard people say “Kinda” or “ya’know” or “sorta” or “check it out”. They are heard as frequently in London as New York City. And of course, there is no escaping from this façade, as the media proprietor, Rupert Murdoch, who has the Sky in his hands, is American himself. 


Alternative popular media cultures like the radio have also given English speakers an opportunity to adopt new words, for instance, via regional dialects. What was once the most prestigious of accents, RP, has been drowned out by regional accents used by most TV presenters. Presenters who speak regional dialects are becoming more and more accepted.


Ant and Dec, two important people on TV, have been crowned the kings of presenting (well almost) for 10 years running. Yet, neither of them speaks with this prestigious RP accent. In fact, they seem happy entertaining us with their Geordie accent. Our society has welcomed regional dialect speakers with open arms. The condoning of regional dialects to be witnessed widespread has permitted individuals to express their own culture and comfort. 

The possibilities of our evolving language are endless. Having this leeway may not necessarily be endangering English, but the opposite. This new insight blossoms to give people opportunity to converse in a way that is advantageous to them. However, is it worth it? Does it develop the English language or deplete it? Ask yourselves.

Friday 27 January 2012

As promised...

Ok guys, as promised here's a quick, short and sweet entry about my trip to India! I have been India twice this year and both times, my stupidity and immaturness did not run out. However, reagrding my latest visit, here are just a few things which are supposed to make you smile, in chronological order.
1) Well since I was with @ThePrashantRaja, things were supposed to be fun and out of order. So as we got to the airport, on time, as always, we chilled. In fact, we chilled so much, we almost missed our flight!!! As with every single plane situation, yes we were sat amongst weirdos, fattys, nerds, and basic psychos.

So as if coming to terms with spending 10hrs with psychopaths wasn't enough, the universe decides to challenge us more when we realised that our plane lacked TV's! Whaaaaaa?? NO TV? TV is a basic human right. So at this moment I was already in tears and we had not even left Britain.

Being wide awake for 10hours, with minimal edible food we reached the gorgeous and cold frankfurt! And no, we did not get a friendly welcome.

Touchdown mumbai!!!!! Whooo. The tingles that city gives me is unreal. I love mumbai airport, how theres always a crowd as soon as you walk out.. Paps paps paps!! Me and @ThePrashantRaja then made our own ways...

During my time in India, I did some work experience at a hospital, during the 10days where I was alone working, this happened: 1) I stepped in a dump. 2) I almost fell off the rickshaw. 3)I sat on a moped, to be fair, I do not know why I am still living. 4) I lived on cheese toast for 10 entire days. 5) I fainted, thankfully I was at the hospital. 6) I orderd chilli toast, which came with more chillies than there are people on the planet. 7) Caught an ear infection. 8) Got knocked by a cow. 9) Drowned in the rain, literally swam to my work experience. &; 10) Got mauled by mosquitos.

Despite all that happened, I LOVE INDIA. I love it so so much. Theres just something about that country that gets you the tingles, am I right?

Prashant then came to get me, and togather we returned to mumbai! By this time, we were severely homesick, tired, and most of all EXCITED!

Reaching mumbai was funnnaaayyyy!!! Heres what happened.. tooo much happened so going to cut it down into short!
1) We were at the SAHARA STAR!
2) Prashant then bumps into Anil Kapoor and told him to "watch it" without realising who it was obvsos...so awks.
3) Nearly got raped by the taxi driver on the way back from pizza hut
4) Went to watch Harry Potter, and we both fell asleep watching it. (damn indian cinema's are heavenly)
5) Nearly flew out the rickshaw cause it was so fast. Michael Schumacker in disguise, i bet you!

AND how could I forget, Prashant got somebody fired!!! Hahah!

Anyway, I best be off! But what I wanted to achieve in this post was that INDIA is incredible. I love it so much. A part of me is always going to be in India. And you all should visit at least once. And as for those who live there, lucky you!!!

- @ItsShivaniii xoxo

Tuesday 6 December 2011

:) x10

Lately in life, its becomming too easy for us to take our blessings for advantage. Many of us have been blessed with fully funtioning arms and legs. But we dont stop to think what we would do without these. I wanted a pair of shoes and when I was on my way to town to purchase them...I stopped. Looked infront of me...and saw a man with no feet. Be happy for what you already have, and remember to thank god for it all. Its often the most important factors we forget to consider.
To everyone reading this, I propose a challenge:

Everyday, find 10 things that make you smile. Here are mine.

1)My family
2) Friends
3) College (it really does haha)
4) Music, esp my iPod
5) My little brother
6) My tweethearts!!!
7) Chocolate (omg what i would do without it, godnoes)
8) Snuggling up on the sofa
9) Still getting a thrill everytime i visit my grandma x
10) Unexpected money coming in just when you need it most.

Your turn.

Monday 14 November 2011

30 things before I turn 30...

I know that I am only 17, nearing 18. but during the past few weeks I have come across so many things that I want to do. And its also compulsory to make a "things to do before 30" list. So here it goes (no preference).
1) Sky dive
2) Eat an entire box of pizza all by myself.
3) Own a range rover.
4) Visit the tamotina festival
5) Jet-ski
6) BE MARRIED.
7) Travelling
8) Drink my bodily mass in coffee
9) Camping
10) Not sleep for an entire day
11) Read an entire book. Properly.
12) Visit the 7 wonders
13) Step foot on all 7 continents
14) Make friends with at least 5 stranger off the street.
15) Skiing
16) Conquer at least one of my fears.