Oh My God!!!!
We're now like 4 hours away from 2007!!!!!
Damn that's fast!!!
I seriously can't believe that the next time I blog it would be 2007!!!!
Goodbye, 2006....may you rest in peace...hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
oh yeah, HAPPY 2007 everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 31, 2006
December 29, 2006
I'm sick right now and the Internet is super S.L.O.W as a result of the earthquake in Taiwan.... so I can't post a long entry. Dammit. But at least the connection's improving. I'll post up a long entry when the internet is slightly faster.
December 26, 2006
Oh My God....
Shit. I've just saw the news and they're talking about an earthquake in Taiwan and that a tsunami is heading towards Philippines as the consequence of the earthquake. And if that's not freaky enough, today is the 2-year anniversary of the tsunami that badly damaged this region. What are the chances of that happening?
I'm still a bit shaken up by the news.
I'm still a bit shaken up by the news.
December 22, 2006
My latest obsession
I've been watching quite a few football matches lately....I guess after the World Cup I decided to watch more football. Haha. So anyways, I was watching an Arsenal match a few weeks back and I saw one cute Arsenal player. Usually when I watch Arsenal matches my eyes would be on my cousin's "husband", Thierry Henry. But after watching Cesc Fabregas on the field, I couldn't keep my eyes off of him....hehehehehe. I remembered you saying that he's cute, my dear cousin, while we were looking through Izuan's World Cup book and I totally agree! And he's only 19. So if Henry's your husband, then Fabregas is my husband! Mwahahahahahahaha!
So I am now officially supporting the Gunners in the EPL. Go Gunners!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Sorry Yana. I know I said I'll support Chelsea, but Joe hasn't been playing much and I'm quite tired of Jose Mourinho.
So I am now officially supporting the Gunners in the EPL. Go Gunners!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: Sorry Yana. I know I said I'll support Chelsea, but Joe hasn't been playing much and I'm quite tired of Jose Mourinho.
December 18, 2006
Busyness
Last week has been a very very very busy week for me. I'm typing this post as I sit in my grandmother's room in the hospital and this is her fifth day here in Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre. Here's a breakdown of what's been happening in my so-called holidays this past week:
Monday - Went out to with Anis and her friends to KLCC
Tuesday - Had dinner with the Sultan of Kelantan at the Lake Club in Lake Gardens. It was quite an informal dinner for royal standards I guess, because there were only 19 of us at the table. My grandfather wanted to basically introduce us to the royal family. The Sultan, the Raja Perempuan, Tengku Bendahara and their four aides were there. From our family, my grandparents were there, their four sons and their wives and the two eldest granddaughters, Tisha and I. There were still protocols that we needed to follow during the dinner. I mean, even though the dinner was an informal one, Tuanku still chose the food and stuff. We had our assigned seats and before we sat t the table we had to sembah the Sultan (I forgot what sembah is called in English). Basically none of us left the table because we had to sembah the Sultan everytime we want to go off and come back and we were all scared we might do something wrong so we just couldn't be bothered to leave the table during the dinner. A momento that I took from the dinner was a tag at my assigned seat that said "Cik Alia ARWIN binti Azani". Quite pathetic. And they spelt my name wrongly!
Wednesday - I joined my cousin Tisha and her mum in helping my grandmother settle in the hopital. She was going to have an operation to replace her kneecaps if I'm not mistaken on Thursday so that basically dominated my day until about 7.00 o'clock.
Thursday - I went for breakfast with Zarith, Man, Fiz, Zami and Abdul and one of Zarith's friends. We started reminiscing about school, catching up on stuff and suddenly everyone felt old. I mean, it felt like only yesterday that we were in Form 5 and now suddenly my sister, who was in Form 2 when we were Form 5, is going to be in Form 5 soon. It was damn weird. Spent time in the hospital later that day after my grandmother's knee operation. She's fine, but she's in some pain. Anis and Tish's borther, Izuan, stayed there for the night to keep her company.
Friday - Went to the hospital in the morning and ended up going shopping for clothes. Hahahahaha. I stayed at the hospital that night....didn't get to sleep much because I was taking care of my grandmother.
Saturday - I went back home to rest at about 12.00 o'clock. Slept from 3 o'clock until 5. Went back to the hospital to check on my grandmother and came back about 10.30 pm. Oh yeah, there were wild boars on my street that night!!! There were like a dozen of them! Anis and I were freaking out because the boars were like four doors away from our house and we didn't dare go out of the car. I was panicking because I heard that wild boars tend to chase people and I was not going to take any risks by planting myself where they can attack me. We decided to go for a drink somewhere first and come back a bit later. When we decided to go back, our dad had just arrived back from visiting our grandmother at the hospital and he said that there were like more than a dozen of the wild boars and that they were scavenging for food. I pity them la. I mean, their habitat has been destroyed. Where else can they go? The cost of civilisation is just baffling.
Sunday - Went to Bangsar and my cousin introduced me to 3 shops there. Bought some tops. Came to the hospital around 8 oclock. Slept at the hospital with my sister and my cousin.
I've been sleep deprived these past few days and I am sooooooooooo tired!!!! And the hospital food is really expensive! Parking also another problem! Rawr. *mumbles*
PS: Reverted the layout back to the original one because I think I prefer this one to the other one.
Monday - Went out to with Anis and her friends to KLCC
Tuesday - Had dinner with the Sultan of Kelantan at the Lake Club in Lake Gardens. It was quite an informal dinner for royal standards I guess, because there were only 19 of us at the table. My grandfather wanted to basically introduce us to the royal family. The Sultan, the Raja Perempuan, Tengku Bendahara and their four aides were there. From our family, my grandparents were there, their four sons and their wives and the two eldest granddaughters, Tisha and I. There were still protocols that we needed to follow during the dinner. I mean, even though the dinner was an informal one, Tuanku still chose the food and stuff. We had our assigned seats and before we sat t the table we had to sembah the Sultan (I forgot what sembah is called in English). Basically none of us left the table because we had to sembah the Sultan everytime we want to go off and come back and we were all scared we might do something wrong so we just couldn't be bothered to leave the table during the dinner. A momento that I took from the dinner was a tag at my assigned seat that said "Cik Alia ARWIN binti Azani". Quite pathetic. And they spelt my name wrongly!
Wednesday - I joined my cousin Tisha and her mum in helping my grandmother settle in the hopital. She was going to have an operation to replace her kneecaps if I'm not mistaken on Thursday so that basically dominated my day until about 7.00 o'clock.
Thursday - I went for breakfast with Zarith, Man, Fiz, Zami and Abdul and one of Zarith's friends. We started reminiscing about school, catching up on stuff and suddenly everyone felt old. I mean, it felt like only yesterday that we were in Form 5 and now suddenly my sister, who was in Form 2 when we were Form 5, is going to be in Form 5 soon. It was damn weird. Spent time in the hospital later that day after my grandmother's knee operation. She's fine, but she's in some pain. Anis and Tish's borther, Izuan, stayed there for the night to keep her company.
Friday - Went to the hospital in the morning and ended up going shopping for clothes. Hahahahaha. I stayed at the hospital that night....didn't get to sleep much because I was taking care of my grandmother.
Saturday - I went back home to rest at about 12.00 o'clock. Slept from 3 o'clock until 5. Went back to the hospital to check on my grandmother and came back about 10.30 pm. Oh yeah, there were wild boars on my street that night!!! There were like a dozen of them! Anis and I were freaking out because the boars were like four doors away from our house and we didn't dare go out of the car. I was panicking because I heard that wild boars tend to chase people and I was not going to take any risks by planting myself where they can attack me. We decided to go for a drink somewhere first and come back a bit later. When we decided to go back, our dad had just arrived back from visiting our grandmother at the hospital and he said that there were like more than a dozen of the wild boars and that they were scavenging for food. I pity them la. I mean, their habitat has been destroyed. Where else can they go? The cost of civilisation is just baffling.
Sunday - Went to Bangsar and my cousin introduced me to 3 shops there. Bought some tops. Came to the hospital around 8 oclock. Slept at the hospital with my sister and my cousin.
I've been sleep deprived these past few days and I am sooooooooooo tired!!!! And the hospital food is really expensive! Parking also another problem! Rawr. *mumbles*
PS: Reverted the layout back to the original one because I think I prefer this one to the other one.
December 16, 2006
December 15, 2006
December 10, 2006
Roadhouse grill...
Today's Anis's 16th birthday! Sweet 16 la konon! So we went out for dinner at Roadhouse Grill to celebrate her big day! :D
The birthday girl with the grandparents
And some random pictures of the dinner
The birthday girl with the grandparents
And some random pictures of the dinner
December 9, 2006
Reflections
One night earlier this week, I looked up to the sky and I saw the last full moon of 2006 and it made me realised that soon, the year 2006 will be singing it's swan song and the year 2007 will hit us with full force. And as the new year approaches, surely there will be new gadgets and improved technology to satisfy our insatiable needs and it got me thinking about how dependent we are on technology.
The Internet is an essential part of life because everyone uses it and it's like one of the cheapest ways of staying in touch with people. I mean we have MSN, MySpace and Friendster...I found some of my old friends through the internet. And handphones! Oh my God, they're like saviours! Even at this particular moment, my handphone is right beside me, never out of my sight. I am so used to having my handphone with me that when I lost my phone a few months back, I felt totally immobile. Shows how much I depend on the thing. I mean, my dad had just arrived back from South Africa today after a conference there and he's been SMS-ing us almost everyday while he was there that it didn't feel like he was on the other side of the world. Twenty years ago a phone call from overseas would have been like freakishly expensive but now it only cost slightly more expensive than making a local call.
The fact that we lived with all these technology around us kinda made me wonder how people back then can live without them. I guess it's true what they say, "You'll never miss what you never had". Huh....I think I'm glad I'm living in the 21st century.
So on a more personal note, 2006 has been a learning curve for me. I've learnt that procrastination is bad (really bad!!!), I've had a lesson in failure, I've learnt to be more open to people and I've learnt that freedom doesn't necesssarily mean blissfulness. Sigh. I think I'm a much better person than I was a year ago today, but I'm not so sure. I'm still emotionally unstable, still wallow in self-pity once in a while, I'm still a bit of a coward, I'm still a bit too shy but I feel like I have better control of myself nowadays.
I wonder what 2007 has in store for me. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
The Internet is an essential part of life because everyone uses it and it's like one of the cheapest ways of staying in touch with people. I mean we have MSN, MySpace and Friendster...I found some of my old friends through the internet. And handphones! Oh my God, they're like saviours! Even at this particular moment, my handphone is right beside me, never out of my sight. I am so used to having my handphone with me that when I lost my phone a few months back, I felt totally immobile. Shows how much I depend on the thing. I mean, my dad had just arrived back from South Africa today after a conference there and he's been SMS-ing us almost everyday while he was there that it didn't feel like he was on the other side of the world. Twenty years ago a phone call from overseas would have been like freakishly expensive but now it only cost slightly more expensive than making a local call.
The fact that we lived with all these technology around us kinda made me wonder how people back then can live without them. I guess it's true what they say, "You'll never miss what you never had". Huh....I think I'm glad I'm living in the 21st century.
So on a more personal note, 2006 has been a learning curve for me. I've learnt that procrastination is bad (really bad!!!), I've had a lesson in failure, I've learnt to be more open to people and I've learnt that freedom doesn't necesssarily mean blissfulness. Sigh. I think I'm a much better person than I was a year ago today, but I'm not so sure. I'm still emotionally unstable, still wallow in self-pity once in a while, I'm still a bit of a coward, I'm still a bit too shy but I feel like I have better control of myself nowadays.
I wonder what 2007 has in store for me. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
December 7, 2006
I grieve...
Warning: Whiny post ahead
Do you know that feeling when you worked so hard and suddenly have you hard work crumble right in front of you? Like if you did your assignment on the computer and when you're on the last line of your unsaved work, the computer crashes and you have to redo the whole thing again? I had that feeling yesterday.
I know it's a bit childish, but I did the 1000 pieces puzzle (my first time ever doing it). Started doing it on Monday night and after 2 almost-sleep-deprived nights, I finished the puzzle yesterday. I was soooo happy because none of the pieces went missing and the picture turned out beautifully. And then, yesterday evening I was trying to put the puzzle into the frame when the bloody frame collapsed!!!!!! I had to redo one section ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!! In my sleep deprived state, I looked at my ruined puzzle, screamed "DAMMMITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and cried like a baby. I think the last time I cried that much was when Zara was in ICU 3 years back and I was scared that something bad was going to happen to my baby sister (she was two then). I started reconsturcting the bloody puzzle (I was crying while doing it) and there are still some parts that I have not reconstruct. Roar. Stupid (well technically it it stupid since it has no brains) frame. I'm going to redo the puzzle. Whoopee me.
Do you know that feeling when you worked so hard and suddenly have you hard work crumble right in front of you? Like if you did your assignment on the computer and when you're on the last line of your unsaved work, the computer crashes and you have to redo the whole thing again? I had that feeling yesterday.
I know it's a bit childish, but I did the 1000 pieces puzzle (my first time ever doing it). Started doing it on Monday night and after 2 almost-sleep-deprived nights, I finished the puzzle yesterday. I was soooo happy because none of the pieces went missing and the picture turned out beautifully. And then, yesterday evening I was trying to put the puzzle into the frame when the bloody frame collapsed!!!!!! I had to redo one section ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!! In my sleep deprived state, I looked at my ruined puzzle, screamed "DAMMMITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and cried like a baby. I think the last time I cried that much was when Zara was in ICU 3 years back and I was scared that something bad was going to happen to my baby sister (she was two then). I started reconsturcting the bloody puzzle (I was crying while doing it) and there are still some parts that I have not reconstruct. Roar. Stupid (well technically it it stupid since it has no brains) frame. I'm going to redo the puzzle. Whoopee me.
December 2, 2006
Of love and laughter
Yesterday I went to watch this movie called Cinta, and it was such a sweet movie...it's really touching. And it has to be one of the better Malay movies that I've seen in a long time (not that I watch a lot of Malay movies). It was a tear-jerker, definitely. Not your typical predictable-happy-ending type of movie. It shows all the different sides of love and I totally loved the movie. Definitely recommending it to everyone. Go and watch it!!!!
Oh yeah, I was browsing through YouTube and I saw this CUTEST AND FUNNIEST BABY CLIP EVER....the baby's damn cute!!!!!!!!!!! Watch it!!!!!
Oh yeah, I was browsing through YouTube and I saw this CUTEST AND FUNNIEST BABY CLIP EVER....the baby's damn cute!!!!!!!!!!! Watch it!!!!!
November 29, 2006
Laziness becomes me...
I know i haven't exactly been blogging lately....i guess i've gotten a biiiiiiiiittttttt lazy....hehehehe...
So what's been going on with me lately? Let's see
- I went to Port Dickson with Anis
- I joined Taekwando classes
- I saw Casino Royale and Death Note TWICE
Taekwando classes are scary....I'm like the only really big girl there...and even the small small kids have yellow belts....I'm so embarrassed.....dowan to do taekwando........I feel damn stupid going for taekwando classes....:(
Oh, anyways, last Monday I went to PD with Anis (just the two of us) and it was quite fun.
On Monday, we arrived there around 12 o'clock, our uncle, Ayah Su, took us for lunch during his lunch break at a banana leaf rice place and after lunch, Anis and I went for a drive around PD. We passed by this restaurant called El Cactus, which was a Western restaurant and we we\anted to try it out for dinner but it was closed for a private function that night (boohoo!!!!) so we ended up in Pizza Hut. How very KL like.
On Tuesday, we went like from one end of PD to another end of PD....taking pictures using our phones (because smarty-pants that we both are, we left the camera at home). Oh yeah, Ayah Su also took us to eat fish head curry at an Indian restaurant for lunch. Some of his friends joined us there. There was this one guy who my uncle said was 24, but Anis and I both thought that he could pass for a 17-year-old guy because he has a really boyish face (quite cute, actually...hahaha). And that guy (I think his name was Fairuz....tak ingat la) asked me, "Out of all the places, why did you guys chose PD for your holiday?" and I was like, "Why? Cannot ke?" I mean, yeah, it is kinda boring, but to be able to run away from our parents for a while (even though we did have a chaperone) was exhilarating! And that night, Ayah Su took us to watch Casino Royale at the Seremban 2 Shopping Mall, which is like half an hour from PD and the closest thing to a Suria KLCC/Ampang Point/Sunway Pyramid/One Utama/Mid Valley Megamall (you get the idea...) for people in PD and Seremban. Anis was like "Kak Ya, we have to come back tomorrow! I want to shop!!!!" when she saw the shops.
So on Wednesday, Anis and I (minus Ayah Su, who was working, of course) decided to go shopping at Seremban 2. I somehow managed to find the place on my first try driving there (Yay me!!!). We were there from like 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. It was quite nice la shopping there because some clothes are cheaper than in KL. We went pusing-pusing again and just hung out at our uncle's place. And finally, on the eve of our return to KL, I finally got to eat at El Cactus. It's a nice place for dinner...considerably cheaper than say, Chili's, even though the food that they serve is somewhat similar to that of Chili's.
And we return back to KL on Thursday morning.....phew....quite a long story...I need to go off now...but take a look at some of the pics that we took while camwhoring in PD :D :
Nice, right?
So what's been going on with me lately? Let's see
- I went to Port Dickson with Anis
- I joined Taekwando classes
- I saw Casino Royale and Death Note TWICE
Taekwando classes are scary....I'm like the only really big girl there...and even the small small kids have yellow belts....I'm so embarrassed.....dowan to do taekwando........I feel damn stupid going for taekwando classes....:(
Oh, anyways, last Monday I went to PD with Anis (just the two of us) and it was quite fun.
On Monday, we arrived there around 12 o'clock, our uncle, Ayah Su, took us for lunch during his lunch break at a banana leaf rice place and after lunch, Anis and I went for a drive around PD. We passed by this restaurant called El Cactus, which was a Western restaurant and we we\anted to try it out for dinner but it was closed for a private function that night (boohoo!!!!) so we ended up in Pizza Hut. How very KL like.
On Tuesday, we went like from one end of PD to another end of PD....taking pictures using our phones (because smarty-pants that we both are, we left the camera at home). Oh yeah, Ayah Su also took us to eat fish head curry at an Indian restaurant for lunch. Some of his friends joined us there. There was this one guy who my uncle said was 24, but Anis and I both thought that he could pass for a 17-year-old guy because he has a really boyish face (quite cute, actually...hahaha). And that guy (I think his name was Fairuz....tak ingat la) asked me, "Out of all the places, why did you guys chose PD for your holiday?" and I was like, "Why? Cannot ke?" I mean, yeah, it is kinda boring, but to be able to run away from our parents for a while (even though we did have a chaperone) was exhilarating! And that night, Ayah Su took us to watch Casino Royale at the Seremban 2 Shopping Mall, which is like half an hour from PD and the closest thing to a Suria KLCC/Ampang Point/Sunway Pyramid/One Utama/Mid Valley Megamall (you get the idea...) for people in PD and Seremban. Anis was like "Kak Ya, we have to come back tomorrow! I want to shop!!!!" when she saw the shops.
So on Wednesday, Anis and I (minus Ayah Su, who was working, of course) decided to go shopping at Seremban 2. I somehow managed to find the place on my first try driving there (Yay me!!!). We were there from like 10 in the morning till 2 in the afternoon. It was quite nice la shopping there because some clothes are cheaper than in KL. We went pusing-pusing again and just hung out at our uncle's place. And finally, on the eve of our return to KL, I finally got to eat at El Cactus. It's a nice place for dinner...considerably cheaper than say, Chili's, even though the food that they serve is somewhat similar to that of Chili's.
And we return back to KL on Thursday morning.....phew....quite a long story...I need to go off now...but take a look at some of the pics that we took while camwhoring in PD :D :
Nice, right?
November 17, 2006
Small, small world....
I never realised how small the world is up until today...
Recently, there has been news about this Mongolia woman who was killed and her body was blown to pieces. Every morning when I read the newspaper, there will be something about the murder. Yesterday, they charged Abdul Razak Baginda for her murder. It was just news to me...you know, something that you just read about, think "Oh My god!!!" and move on? And then I saw a picture of his daughter and wife and I realised that I know the daughter! I've met her twice last year. She's one of my good friend from A-Levels, Trish's, best friend. And suddenly the news became more personal. The girl that I'm kinda acquinted with, Rowina, is a really nice girl and I'm sorry that this has happened to her. And Trish, who is somewhere in England right now must be shocked to hear her friend's dad has been arrested.
I dunno why but I'm feeling depressed.
Recently, there has been news about this Mongolia woman who was killed and her body was blown to pieces. Every morning when I read the newspaper, there will be something about the murder. Yesterday, they charged Abdul Razak Baginda for her murder. It was just news to me...you know, something that you just read about, think "Oh My god!!!" and move on? And then I saw a picture of his daughter and wife and I realised that I know the daughter! I've met her twice last year. She's one of my good friend from A-Levels, Trish's, best friend. And suddenly the news became more personal. The girl that I'm kinda acquinted with, Rowina, is a really nice girl and I'm sorry that this has happened to her. And Trish, who is somewhere in England right now must be shocked to hear her friend's dad has been arrested.
I dunno why but I'm feeling depressed.
November 14, 2006
Some piccies from Cameron...
Take a look at some of the pics from my trip from Cameron!
Tell me what you think of this really freaky strawberry....I was like "What the hell is this?"
Everyone (except for my dad and Anis) at the Tea House in Sungai Palas...
Tea plants as far as the eyes can see...I am seriously amazed at how they can plant all the tea......they were literally everywhere at the plantation....even up on the highest of hills!
Another picture...
Pretty rows of cabbages near someone's house...
Another picture at another Tea House...hmmm...we went to a lot of teahouses there...just realised that...
Now, where are those Raya pictures that I'm suppose to post up?
Tell me what you think of this really freaky strawberry....I was like "What the hell is this?"
Everyone (except for my dad and Anis) at the Tea House in Sungai Palas...
Tea plants as far as the eyes can see...I am seriously amazed at how they can plant all the tea......they were literally everywhere at the plantation....even up on the highest of hills!
Another picture...
Pretty rows of cabbages near someone's house...
Another picture at another Tea House...hmmm...we went to a lot of teahouses there...just realised that...
Now, where are those Raya pictures that I'm suppose to post up?
November 12, 2006
To be a Malaysian....
When people take a look at my IC, the first thing that they ask is "How come the number for your place of birth is 87 ah?" because had I been born in the Malaysia, the number for my place of birth would be between 01 and 14 or something like that. So when I say I was born in England, people would look at me one kind, as if suddenly, out of the blue, I am a foreigner and not a Malaysian. Hmph. And then they will start asking all these questions about how England was like and yada yada yada and I'm like, "Eh, hello, the last time I was in England was when I was 5 years old! I've spent more than two-thirds of my life here in Malaysia! I know more about Malaysia than I know about England, okay?"
So here I'm listing down things that makes me a true-blue Malaysian:
I like sambal belacan with most of my food
If I was given a choice, I would be doing everything at the last possible minute (Procrastination rules! haha!)
I've been trained to think that the more A's I score in an exam, the brighter my future would be
I've also been trained to think that Western goods are far superior than local goods
I follow the "Malaysian timing" where almost everyone is never on time for anything
Whenever I am late for anything, I would blame it on the traffic jam (which really is the case most of the time)
If I go overseas, I know the first thing I would miss is the food
When I talk, I'll always end up repeating what I say like "No, no"/"yeah la, yeah la"/ "Okay la, okay la"
I understand what "See first la how" and other Manglish phrases means
I have a love-hate relationship with taxi drivers
All my parents friends are "Aunty ---" and "Uncle ---" to me
I eat stuff like cow's tongue and cow's brain
Erm, I know there are some more proof of my Malaysianness, but I just can't think of any right now...aiya...
So here I'm listing down things that makes me a true-blue Malaysian:
I like sambal belacan with most of my food
If I was given a choice, I would be doing everything at the last possible minute (Procrastination rules! haha!)
I've been trained to think that the more A's I score in an exam, the brighter my future would be
I've also been trained to think that Western goods are far superior than local goods
I follow the "Malaysian timing" where almost everyone is never on time for anything
Whenever I am late for anything, I would blame it on the traffic jam (which really is the case most of the time)
If I go overseas, I know the first thing I would miss is the food
When I talk, I'll always end up repeating what I say like "No, no"/"yeah la, yeah la"/ "Okay la, okay la"
I understand what "See first la how" and other Manglish phrases means
I have a love-hate relationship with taxi drivers
All my parents friends are "Aunty ---" and "Uncle ---" to me
I eat stuff like cow's tongue and cow's brain
Erm, I know there are some more proof of my Malaysianness, but I just can't think of any right now...aiya...
November 9, 2006
Listening to: Delta Goodrem - Fragile
Streamyx finally works again! Thank God I managed to fix it....bloody router's been causing us all of our problems! Grrr....it's a new-ish router some more...
Anis has a boyfriend!!! It's kinda funny knowing that your younger sister has a boyfriend and you don't....it's just....weird....and I actually went out with them yesterday. Their first date and I went along...they wanted me to go, OK? Actually, I was supposed to go out with Anis but somehow Amin ended up tagging along...hahahahaha. Oh yeah, even though Anis is tall, her boyfriend is wayyyyyy taller! Suddenly, I feel damn short *sniff* *sniff* *sniff* Anyways, I've come up with a nickname for them...Tall N Taller...TNT for short....very original, right? :P
I'll post up some pictures later, okie? Have to go now!
Streamyx finally works again! Thank God I managed to fix it....bloody router's been causing us all of our problems! Grrr....it's a new-ish router some more...
Anis has a boyfriend!!! It's kinda funny knowing that your younger sister has a boyfriend and you don't....it's just....weird....and I actually went out with them yesterday. Their first date and I went along...they wanted me to go, OK? Actually, I was supposed to go out with Anis but somehow Amin ended up tagging along...hahahahaha. Oh yeah, even though Anis is tall, her boyfriend is wayyyyyy taller! Suddenly, I feel damn short *sniff* *sniff* *sniff* Anyways, I've come up with a nickname for them...Tall N Taller...TNT for short....very original, right? :P
I'll post up some pictures later, okie? Have to go now!
November 8, 2006
Oh, I changed my layout! Again! Pretty indecisive, aren't I?
I typed a long-ass post yesterday and the bloody computer restarted!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like smashing this pc.
And I just couldn't be bothered to type a new post afterwards.
Streamyx SCREAMYX is still NOT back on....is it any surprise? I don't mind using the dial-up, but i cant post-up pictures because the connection is too damn slow!!!! And because of that I have missed 2 episodes of One Tree Hill!!!!!!!!! I wanna watch, I wanna watch, I wanna watch!!!!!!!!!! (bimbo moment!)
Cameron was nice! The place was freaking cold that even in our apartment, there were no fans in sight! Seriously! and there were loads of Mat Sallehs around. Some of them looked at us one kind when we were eating steamboat at one of the Mamak shops there. Cameron is quite different from KL, but I know I'll get bored of the place if I live there because there's not much stuff to do there. I wanted to post up some really nice pics from Cameron but I can't...dammit!
Oh yeah, I've been driving Anis and her friends a lot of time this past month for their F1 In Schools thing which happened last weekend, (heck, I drove them to SIRIM in Shah Alam TWICE last week!) that they've decided to give me some "gaji" from the extra money that they have! Yay me!!!! I'm gonna keep the money because Anis and I are planning to go to Port Dickson just the two of us (maybe with Tish and Izuan if they're free...) in 2 weeks time and it's a good thing that we're going to get the extra money for the journey. Good thing we don't have to pay for accommodation!
Oh, I'm going out for lunch and a movie...see you guys later....
PS: Britney Spears is filing for divorce!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!! There is some justice in this world!!!
I typed a long-ass post yesterday and the bloody computer restarted!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like smashing this pc.
And I just couldn't be bothered to type a new post afterwards.Cameron was nice! The place was freaking cold that even in our apartment, there were no fans in sight! Seriously! and there were loads of Mat Sallehs around. Some of them looked at us one kind when we were eating steamboat at one of the Mamak shops there. Cameron is quite different from KL, but I know I'll get bored of the place if I live there because there's not much stuff to do there. I wanted to post up some really nice pics from Cameron but I can't...dammit!
Oh yeah, I've been driving Anis and her friends a lot of time this past month for their F1 In Schools thing which happened last weekend, (heck, I drove them to SIRIM in Shah Alam TWICE last week!) that they've decided to give me some "gaji" from the extra money that they have! Yay me!!!! I'm gonna keep the money because Anis and I are planning to go to Port Dickson just the two of us (maybe with Tish and Izuan if they're free...) in 2 weeks time and it's a good thing that we're going to get the extra money for the journey. Good thing we don't have to pay for accommodation!
Oh, I'm going out for lunch and a movie...see you guys later....
PS: Britney Spears is filing for divorce!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!! There is some justice in this world!!!
November 2, 2006
Sleepy....
My favourite song today: Brandy & Ray J - Another Day In Paradise
I have been sooooo tired lately! I've been sleeping early these past few days....just thinking about what I've been doing is making me supersleepy...I'm still tired right now...........
I'm going to Cameron Highlands tomorrow! Yay me....still sleepy, though....
I promise I'll write a super long-ass post later...just not now...
YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nite, nite, everyone.....sorry.....
I have been sooooo tired lately! I've been sleeping early these past few days....just thinking about what I've been doing is making me supersleepy...I'm still tired right now...........
I'm going to Cameron Highlands tomorrow! Yay me....still sleepy, though....
I promise I'll write a super long-ass post later...just not now...
YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nite, nite, everyone.....sorry.....
October 29, 2006
Hari Raya, one utama and the necklace....
Streamyx is down. Again. Typical. Using dial-up right now.
Raya in PD was quite fun....turned out I didn't have to drive anywhere at all! Hahahahahaha! And I'm starting to think that my memory is damn photographic because even though I haven't gone to PD in ages (last January was the last time I went there before Raya), I became like a navigator while we were on the road. Tish was like, "Hey, you should buy a house here since you know the place so much". Not a bad idea, actually...IF I HAD THE MONEY TO BUY A HOUSE!
I can't wait until the day I can afford to buy a house.
You know how Raya is the time when people seek forgiveness from others? The adults in my family never fail to shed some tears everytime Raya comes. And to think that my dad's siblings are all grown men! To see them cry in the pictures that we took kinda brings tears to my eyes. And it makes me think about just how important family is to us all. I know that I cried when I was asking for forgiveness from everyone....come to think of it, the younger kids were the only people not to shed tears that day. Hmph....they don't appreciate what they have!!!! *overdramatisation*
So anyways, Ayah Su invited Anis and I to come on over to his place anytime we want because most of the time he's not there anyways. I told my dad about ayah Su's invitation, and my dad was like, "OK, you and Anis can go just the two of you to PD during the school holidays" and I was like, "YESSSS!!!!!" My dad is a bit overprotective, you see, so when he trusts me enough to go to drive to Port Dickson, of course I'm going to seize the opportunity! So anis and I are saving our duit raya for the journey to PD....if there's nothing on, we're probably going at the end of next month.
Went to One Utama with Nat and Zaty today. We went to watch The Prestige...it's a really nice movie! It's damn good. It shows how obsession will drive people to do crazy things. Hugh Jackman was hot in there! So anyways, while we were eating at Chili's after the movie, Zaty taught Nat and I a way to sort of predict how many children you're going to get and what gender the kids are going to be. It's kinda hard to explain because we use a necklace for the predictions. So apparently, if these predictions are to be believed, I will be getting two girls, Zaty's going to have three kids and Nat's going to have a little girl. The spooky thing is that no matter how many times we try, the results are the same. And weird thing is, when I tried it on my mum, the results were true. It's damn freaky. I tried it on my other siblings and my mum said, "At least I know that none of my children are barren!"
Of course we can't believe all these things la, but it is kinda funny.
Going to sleep now. Lazy to post up pictures. Damn tired.....
Raya in PD was quite fun....turned out I didn't have to drive anywhere at all! Hahahahahaha! And I'm starting to think that my memory is damn photographic because even though I haven't gone to PD in ages (last January was the last time I went there before Raya), I became like a navigator while we were on the road. Tish was like, "Hey, you should buy a house here since you know the place so much". Not a bad idea, actually...IF I HAD THE MONEY TO BUY A HOUSE!
I can't wait until the day I can afford to buy a house.You know how Raya is the time when people seek forgiveness from others? The adults in my family never fail to shed some tears everytime Raya comes. And to think that my dad's siblings are all grown men! To see them cry in the pictures that we took kinda brings tears to my eyes. And it makes me think about just how important family is to us all. I know that I cried when I was asking for forgiveness from everyone....come to think of it, the younger kids were the only people not to shed tears that day. Hmph....they don't appreciate what they have!!!! *overdramatisation*
So anyways, Ayah Su invited Anis and I to come on over to his place anytime we want because most of the time he's not there anyways. I told my dad about ayah Su's invitation, and my dad was like, "OK, you and Anis can go just the two of you to PD during the school holidays" and I was like, "YESSSS!!!!!" My dad is a bit overprotective, you see, so when he trusts me enough to go to drive to Port Dickson, of course I'm going to seize the opportunity! So anis and I are saving our duit raya for the journey to PD....if there's nothing on, we're probably going at the end of next month.
Went to One Utama with Nat and Zaty today. We went to watch The Prestige...it's a really nice movie! It's damn good. It shows how obsession will drive people to do crazy things. Hugh Jackman was hot in there! So anyways, while we were eating at Chili's after the movie, Zaty taught Nat and I a way to sort of predict how many children you're going to get and what gender the kids are going to be. It's kinda hard to explain because we use a necklace for the predictions. So apparently, if these predictions are to be believed, I will be getting two girls, Zaty's going to have three kids and Nat's going to have a little girl. The spooky thing is that no matter how many times we try, the results are the same. And weird thing is, when I tried it on my mum, the results were true. It's damn freaky. I tried it on my other siblings and my mum said, "At least I know that none of my children are barren!"
Of course we can't believe all these things la, but it is kinda funny. Going to sleep now. Lazy to post up pictures. Damn tired.....
October 22, 2006
Selamat Hari Raya!
This is gonna be my last post before Raya! So Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims! Maaf Zahir dan Batin to all my friends....just in case I did something that made you all sakit hati!
I'll be driving down to Port Dickson tomorrow!
I'm damn lazy to write a long post, so I guess I'll see you guys after Raya!
Bye! :D
I'll be driving down to Port Dickson tomorrow!
I'm damn lazy to write a long post, so I guess I'll see you guys after Raya!
Bye! :D
October 21, 2006
Screw it!
Oh, guess what? I got a call from Hitz.tv on Thurday saying that I've just won Paris Hilton's CD! I was like, "what? I won?" because I really couldn't remember taking part in any contest. Then I remembered taking part in an SMS contest thingy like 6 weeks ago! And I realised that I'm quite lucky when it comes to contests like this one. In the past two years, I've won a Britney Spears CD, two Il Divo CDs, Simon Webbe's CD and Ne-yo's CD! Hey, at least I'm lucky in something! And it's free so why does it matter if it sucks anyway? Can't wait till the CD comes! Let's see if the album's as good as Paris claims it to be (apparently she cried listening to it....ooookkkkkkayyyy)!
My current favourite phrase while driving right now is "SCREW YOU!!!!!!!" I would have loved to say, "F**K YOU!" but decided not to just in case the younger siblings are in the car when I'm driving. So now whenever I'm pissed at someone on the road, I'll go like, "Screw you man, screw you!!!!" Anis can definitely attest to that. It's especially bad when people cut through lines, driving on emergency lanes and giving me dirty looks when it's obvious that I was there first!
If you have had the bad luck of becoming my passengers, you know that I frequently scream and shout to the other cars while driving. Like yesterday, I was so pissed because I've been waiting in the jam for like 15 minutes, and when we had to give way for some royalty to pass, there were these cars (who were obviously not part of the entourage) taking advantage of the situation and breezed right through us. I was like, "SCREW YOU PEOPLE!!!! I HOPE YOU'LL BANG INTO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!" Since Anis and her friend were in the car with me, they were the only witnesses to my outburst. I pity them because they were stuck with a madwoman as a driver. I wanted to slap those people so badly and to wipe those stupid smirks off their faces. And do you realise that whenever people do something wrong while they're driving, they would just look straight ahead, afraid of the daggers shooting at them?
Nowadays, with the balik kampung jam, and the random flash floods, I curse like almost everytime I drive. I don't curse much, but sometimes you just can't help but curse at people on the road.
I know it's puasa month and stuff, but sometimes...ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Now that that's out, I can relax a bit. Phew!
PS: Oh yeah, now that Deepavali's here I want to wish Happy Deepavali to everyone...after buka puasa we're going out to some of my dad's friends houses. Let the feasting begin! (Raya's around the corner, too...I know soon enough when I visit my relatives there would be an assault of "Make doh?" (Kelantanese for "Makan Dah?") or "Makan dah ke?" that would be coming my way...so much for losing weight! *sighs*)
My current favourite phrase while driving right now is "SCREW YOU!!!!!!!" I would have loved to say, "F**K YOU!" but decided not to just in case the younger siblings are in the car when I'm driving. So now whenever I'm pissed at someone on the road, I'll go like, "Screw you man, screw you!!!!" Anis can definitely attest to that. It's especially bad when people cut through lines, driving on emergency lanes and giving me dirty looks when it's obvious that I was there first!
If you have had the bad luck of becoming my passengers, you know that I frequently scream and shout to the other cars while driving. Like yesterday, I was so pissed because I've been waiting in the jam for like 15 minutes, and when we had to give way for some royalty to pass, there were these cars (who were obviously not part of the entourage) taking advantage of the situation and breezed right through us. I was like, "SCREW YOU PEOPLE!!!! I HOPE YOU'LL BANG INTO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!" Since Anis and her friend were in the car with me, they were the only witnesses to my outburst. I pity them because they were stuck with a madwoman as a driver. I wanted to slap those people so badly and to wipe those stupid smirks off their faces. And do you realise that whenever people do something wrong while they're driving, they would just look straight ahead, afraid of the daggers shooting at them?
Nowadays, with the balik kampung jam, and the random flash floods, I curse like almost everytime I drive. I don't curse much, but sometimes you just can't help but curse at people on the road.
I know it's puasa month and stuff, but sometimes...ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that that's out, I can relax a bit. Phew!
PS: Oh yeah, now that Deepavali's here I want to wish Happy Deepavali to everyone...after buka puasa we're going out to some of my dad's friends houses. Let the feasting begin! (Raya's around the corner, too...I know soon enough when I visit my relatives there would be an assault of "Make doh?" (Kelantanese for "Makan Dah?") or "Makan dah ke?" that would be coming my way...so much for losing weight! *sighs*)
October 19, 2006
I was checking out the Friendster Bulletin Board and something that Yana posted made my laughed. In this post, you're supposed to add the phrase "during sex" to the song that you're currently listening to. Like, if I was listening to Savage Garden's To The Moon and Back, I'm supposed to write To The Moon and Back during sex (hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!)...so while trying to keep Anis awake yesterday to finish her work, we randomly chose a number of song titles and added "during sex" to it. Check out the list.
Overprotected (Britney Spears) during sex (this one is damn funny!)
Irreplaceable (Beyonce) during sex
Not Me, Not I (Delta Goodrem) during sex
Unfaithful (Rihanna) during sex
Supermassive Black Hole (Muse) during sex
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) during sex
I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! At The Disco) during sex (interesting....)
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off (Panic! At The Disco) during sex
Too Little Too Late (Jojo) during sex
Dance, Dance (Fallout Boy) during sex
What's Left Of Me (Nick Lachey) during sex
Burn (Usher) during sex
Hurt (Christina Aguilera) during sex
Oh yeah, some really old songs
The Sound Of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel) during sex....erm, okay....
Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) [love the song!] during sex
Top Of The World (The Carpenters) during sex
It's funny how those two words can totally change the meaning of the songs! Overprotected is still my fave, haha!
Yesterday, I went to Padini in Ampang Point with Anis because she needed to buy a pair of slacks. So while she was trying on the slacks, I waited for her outside the fitting room. Next to me were a pile of boxes and my eyes wandered to the seal on the boxes.
The English warning said:
"CAUTION: Please check contents if seal is broken"
But the Malay one said:
"AWAS: Sila perisa barang jika (I forgot what "seal is broken" is in Malay)"
Instead of putting in the word periksa, the Malay word for check, the smart people there put perisa, the Malay word for TASTE! This meant that the Malay warning was actually asking people to taste the contents in the boxes instead of checking them out if the seal is broken! I do not want to be the person near the box when the seal is broken. Seriously. I can't believe no one noticed the error!
Overprotected (Britney Spears) during sex (this one is damn funny!)
Irreplaceable (Beyonce) during sex
Not Me, Not I (Delta Goodrem) during sex
Unfaithful (Rihanna) during sex
Supermassive Black Hole (Muse) during sex
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) during sex
I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! At The Disco) during sex (interesting....)
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off (Panic! At The Disco) during sex
Too Little Too Late (Jojo) during sex
Dance, Dance (Fallout Boy) during sex
What's Left Of Me (Nick Lachey) during sex
Burn (Usher) during sex
Hurt (Christina Aguilera) during sex
Oh yeah, some really old songs
The Sound Of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel) during sex....erm, okay....
Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler) [love the song!] during sex
Top Of The World (The Carpenters) during sex
It's funny how those two words can totally change the meaning of the songs! Overprotected is still my fave, haha!
Yesterday, I went to Padini in Ampang Point with Anis because she needed to buy a pair of slacks. So while she was trying on the slacks, I waited for her outside the fitting room. Next to me were a pile of boxes and my eyes wandered to the seal on the boxes.
The English warning said:
"CAUTION: Please check contents if seal is broken"
But the Malay one said:
"AWAS: Sila perisa barang jika (I forgot what "seal is broken" is in Malay)"
Instead of putting in the word periksa, the Malay word for check, the smart people there put perisa, the Malay word for TASTE! This meant that the Malay warning was actually asking people to taste the contents in the boxes instead of checking them out if the seal is broken! I do not want to be the person near the box when the seal is broken. Seriously. I can't believe no one noticed the error!
October 17, 2006
Electricity and football (players)
Our electricity was cut off for five hours today. It started at 3.28 pm or something like that because Alwani was watching her TV show called Bawang Merah Bawang Putih when suddenly the TV went blank. Of course she went berserk. I mean, she's been watching the show for the past 55 minutes, and in the last few moments of the episode, the tv decided to die on her. Wouldn't you be mad? It's like watching a football match, with only a few seconds left, and just as someone was about to shoot the ball into the goal, the tv dies on you. Sakit hati, right? I know the bill was paid because my mum sent me to pay the bill last week, so it can't be a disconnection to our service. So I pestered Iskandar into calling the neighbour and we found out that our whole neighbourhood was affected. And the weather chose to become jahat today. It was one of those cloudy days that makes you want to stay home and just stay under the blankets, so the house was pretty dark. So buka puasa was pretty much a bleak affair. But it was quite fun eating by the candlelight!
Darkness ruled during buka puasa time...
When we sat down for buka puasa, I realised that every year for the past few years there has been at least one day in the Ramadan month where the whole family would end up eating by the candlelight because the electricity was cut off. Just because Ramadan is when we have to restrain ourselves from overdoing everything, the Tenaga Nasional company think it would be a good idea to "restrain" our use of electricity is it?
Thank God the electricity's back on.
On a totally different note, I was browsing through the Pink Is The New Blog site, and I came across this picture of Cristiano Ronaldo:
Erm, can I just say....GAY MUCH???????????? But he is kinda hot...in a homo sort of way. I'm not exactly one of those girls that go gaga over Cristiano, but whenever I watch any Manchester United games with my mum (since she watches almost all of the football matches), I admit I rather look at him than at Rooney. He's a good player, I guess. But I much prefer to watch Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool play...there are better looking guys in those teams! Anis and I have labelled ourselves "footie club traitors" because even though we were born in the lovely city of Newcastle (Upon Tyne), we were supporting Man Utd over Newcastle during the Newcastle-Man Utd match. Hehe. But I haven't gone back to Newcastle in like, ages, so it doesn't really matter.
Darkness ruled during buka puasa time...
When we sat down for buka puasa, I realised that every year for the past few years there has been at least one day in the Ramadan month where the whole family would end up eating by the candlelight because the electricity was cut off. Just because Ramadan is when we have to restrain ourselves from overdoing everything, the Tenaga Nasional company think it would be a good idea to "restrain" our use of electricity is it?
Thank God the electricity's back on.On a totally different note, I was browsing through the Pink Is The New Blog site, and I came across this picture of Cristiano Ronaldo:
Erm, can I just say....GAY MUCH???????????? But he is kinda hot...in a homo sort of way. I'm not exactly one of those girls that go gaga over Cristiano, but whenever I watch any Manchester United games with my mum (since she watches almost all of the football matches), I admit I rather look at him than at Rooney. He's a good player, I guess. But I much prefer to watch Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool play...there are better looking guys in those teams! Anis and I have labelled ourselves "footie club traitors" because even though we were born in the lovely city of Newcastle (Upon Tyne), we were supporting Man Utd over Newcastle during the Newcastle-Man Utd match. Hehe. But I haven't gone back to Newcastle in like, ages, so it doesn't really matter.
October 15, 2006
Busy day!!!
So yesterday was the finale for Nat's L'Oreal thingy. She didn't win the RM10,000, though. I think the judges got scared of her "Queen Of The Damned" music video. So anyways, before I headed down to Espanda where the finale was held, I went to buka puasa with Zaty and Anis at Hard Rock Cafe first. The buka puasa buffet was ok la....nothing to shout about.
Me and Zaty at Hard Rock....you can barely see my face, though...hmph....
OK, so anyways, like all sponsored events, there would be some goodie bags at the door as you enter. The L'Oreal people are quite generous because usually when you get all this goodie bags, they'll give you puny little samples of the products. Not L'Oreal, though. They gave everyone a bottle of the Pure Zone Cleanser, just like the ones that you can buy in stores. So Anis and I each got one bottle of cleanser. Talk about perfect timing because I really needed a new cleanser for my face!!! So here's a pic of the goodie bag and the cleansers:
So well, the thing was supposed to start at 8.15, but normal Malaysia timing, it only started around 8.50 like that. The winner was announced at 11, and by then my throat was sore from shouting "Natasha!!! Natasha!!! Natasha!!!" everytime Nat went onstage. Nat's parents were there, too. Damn supportive, right? But I guess any parent would be supportive if their daughter has the chance of winning RM 10,000.
So after the winner was announced, and after bitching about how Nat deserves to win more than that guy that wants to be a rockstar, we all went back. And I got a total scare when we got back at the car. Because the car has an alarm system, the doors are unlocked using the remote control and there's a key for the ignition. Well, once we were all in the car, I found out that the ignition key was nowhere to be found. And I started panicking (like I usually do...). I was thinking, "Shit, if the key is inside the club, it would take us forever to find it". So I started searching for the key inside my bag and luckily it was in the bag!
Oh yeah, since I'm in a picture-posting mood, here are some pics:
My cousin's cat, Stitch...it really was winking okay! Maybe not winking la, I think he was blinking kot masa I snapped the pic...
Typical Malaysians....I snapped this picture when I stopped at the traffic light in Melawati....all those cars are stationary! Everyone parked at the U-Turn before heading to the Melawati's Pasar Juadah. Some people even parked on the curb. Madness!
Me and Zaty at Hard Rock....you can barely see my face, though...hmph....
OK, so anyways, like all sponsored events, there would be some goodie bags at the door as you enter. The L'Oreal people are quite generous because usually when you get all this goodie bags, they'll give you puny little samples of the products. Not L'Oreal, though. They gave everyone a bottle of the Pure Zone Cleanser, just like the ones that you can buy in stores. So Anis and I each got one bottle of cleanser. Talk about perfect timing because I really needed a new cleanser for my face!!! So here's a pic of the goodie bag and the cleansers:
So well, the thing was supposed to start at 8.15, but normal Malaysia timing, it only started around 8.50 like that. The winner was announced at 11, and by then my throat was sore from shouting "Natasha!!! Natasha!!! Natasha!!!" everytime Nat went onstage. Nat's parents were there, too. Damn supportive, right? But I guess any parent would be supportive if their daughter has the chance of winning RM 10,000.
So after the winner was announced, and after bitching about how Nat deserves to win more than that guy that wants to be a rockstar, we all went back. And I got a total scare when we got back at the car. Because the car has an alarm system, the doors are unlocked using the remote control and there's a key for the ignition. Well, once we were all in the car, I found out that the ignition key was nowhere to be found. And I started panicking (like I usually do...). I was thinking, "Shit, if the key is inside the club, it would take us forever to find it". So I started searching for the key inside my bag and luckily it was in the bag!
My car keys! The big black key was the one that "almost" went missing!
Oh yeah, since I'm in a picture-posting mood, here are some pics:
My cousin's cat, Stitch...it really was winking okay! Maybe not winking la, I think he was blinking kot masa I snapped the pic...
Typical Malaysians....I snapped this picture when I stopped at the traffic light in Melawati....all those cars are stationary! Everyone parked at the U-Turn before heading to the Melawati's Pasar Juadah. Some people even parked on the curb. Madness!
October 13, 2006
KL kampungku???
Have you ever heard of the "Balik Kampung" song? If you're Malaysian, or have been living in the country for some time, this song will definitely be familiar. It's like a "must-play" song on the radio everytime Hari Raya is near. It's a song about how everyone will go back to their hometown for the Raya celebrations. And usually if I'm driving when the song is on, the people in my car, myself included, would be singing, "*mumble**mumble* BALIK KAMPUNG, OOOHHH, OOOHHHH, OOOOHHHH, BALIK KAMPUNG, HATI RIANG *mumble**mumble*" because we only know the chorus part. So the other day, when this song was on the radio, I asked my mum, "How come we never go back to Kelantan for raya?" and my mum was like, "Why bother? All of our immediate family are here". After that, I realised what my mum said is the truth. Because even though both my mum and my dad's side are from Kelantan, most of my cousins are here in KL, all my grandparents are here, some of my maternal grandma's siblings, their children and their children's children (some of the children's children already has children, by the way!) also live here and heck, even my great-grandma lives here (although she hates KL). That's like four or five generations of the family all residing in KL!
Well, I can understand why my mum thinks it's much better staying here rather than take a 6-hour drive down to Kelantan where our closest relative would be my mum's uncle. The sacrifices we make for a so-called better life where pollution of every form, haze, traffic jams and time-constraints rule our lives. Oh, the irony of the situation. It's a classic case of "the grass is greener on the other side" syndrome. But I confess, no matter how lovely Kelantan is (and it is lovely, believe me), I don't think I would pack up my things and go live there because well, KL is my home in every sense of the word.
Now that I realised that I am basically kampung-less, I'm very depressed. OK, maybe not very depressed, but still a wittle bit depressed. Sometimes I feel so isolated because almost all of my friends go back to their kampungs for the festivities (Fine, I know I'm whining). But you know what's weird? I'm not even going to be in KL for Hari Raya this year. The whole family is going to Port Dickson, to my uncle's place for Raya. So instead of going around collecting duit raya, I'll be spending time at the beach. At least I won't have people stuffing (yummy) food down my throat for the first two days of Raya.
I read in The Star a few days ago about the shortage of blood at the National Blood Bank and I realised that because my blood type is O+, I am basically a universal donor and that everyone can use my blood. My sister and I actually wanted to donate our blood to the Blood Bank, but because we're fasting, my dad said that it's unadvisable to do so because we'll be so dehydrated afterwards. The thing is, everytime there's a major festival coming, there will always, always be loads of accidents on the road and it's especially bad during the fasting month. And well, if I can help save a live, I'll do it. Too bad I can't do it right now when they need it the most. Maybe I'll go donate my blood after Hari Raya. Who knows, maybe one day we'll need a blood transfusion and we might just get our own donated blood back.
I need to go to sleep now. I'll have to wake up for sahur soon. G'nite!
Well, I can understand why my mum thinks it's much better staying here rather than take a 6-hour drive down to Kelantan where our closest relative would be my mum's uncle. The sacrifices we make for a so-called better life where pollution of every form, haze, traffic jams and time-constraints rule our lives. Oh, the irony of the situation. It's a classic case of "the grass is greener on the other side" syndrome. But I confess, no matter how lovely Kelantan is (and it is lovely, believe me), I don't think I would pack up my things and go live there because well, KL is my home in every sense of the word.
Now that I realised that I am basically kampung-less, I'm very depressed. OK, maybe not very depressed, but still a wittle bit depressed. Sometimes I feel so isolated because almost all of my friends go back to their kampungs for the festivities (Fine, I know I'm whining). But you know what's weird? I'm not even going to be in KL for Hari Raya this year. The whole family is going to Port Dickson, to my uncle's place for Raya. So instead of going around collecting duit raya, I'll be spending time at the beach. At least I won't have people stuffing (yummy) food down my throat for the first two days of Raya.
I read in The Star a few days ago about the shortage of blood at the National Blood Bank and I realised that because my blood type is O+, I am basically a universal donor and that everyone can use my blood. My sister and I actually wanted to donate our blood to the Blood Bank, but because we're fasting, my dad said that it's unadvisable to do so because we'll be so dehydrated afterwards. The thing is, everytime there's a major festival coming, there will always, always be loads of accidents on the road and it's especially bad during the fasting month. And well, if I can help save a live, I'll do it. Too bad I can't do it right now when they need it the most. Maybe I'll go donate my blood after Hari Raya. Who knows, maybe one day we'll need a blood transfusion and we might just get our own donated blood back.
I need to go to sleep now. I'll have to wake up for sahur soon. G'nite!
October 11, 2006
Of taekwando and friends
Song of the moment: Jack's Mannequin - The Mixed Tape
You know what my dad said last Friday? He said that instead of finding work right now, I should join a Taekwando class. It only took me like 5 seconds to say "YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I think it's good to have some sort of martial arts skills, especially in Malaysia, the Land of Snatch Theft. And anyways, it would be nice to go around saying, "Guess what? I have a black belt in Taekwando! And you don't! haha!" OK, maybe I'm not that evil. But hey, it would be nice to have a blackbelt in Taekwando, what? Plus, it's a good way to lose some weight and to be more disciplined because you can skip gym, but you can't exactly go on skipping Taekwando classes! Look out Taekwando, here comes Alia!!!!!!!! (Hopefully it won't become "Look out Alia, here comes Taekwando!")
Oh yeah, I'm going to meet up with Zaty and Nat this Saturday at Club Espanda for Nat's L'Oreal Pure Zone Cash Your Dreams finale. Lucky Natasha might just win RM10,000!!! I haven't seen the both of them in ages and it's quite funny because we've been friends for more than 8 years! So this Saturday would be a sort-of mini reunion thingy for us! Can't wait!!!!
The weather's been quite funny lately. A lot of places are now flooded by the frequent downpours, but the haze has still not let up. Like I said, it's quite funny.
You know what my dad said last Friday? He said that instead of finding work right now, I should join a Taekwando class. It only took me like 5 seconds to say "YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I think it's good to have some sort of martial arts skills, especially in Malaysia, the Land of Snatch Theft. And anyways, it would be nice to go around saying, "Guess what? I have a black belt in Taekwando! And you don't! haha!" OK, maybe I'm not that evil. But hey, it would be nice to have a blackbelt in Taekwando, what? Plus, it's a good way to lose some weight and to be more disciplined because you can skip gym, but you can't exactly go on skipping Taekwando classes! Look out Taekwando, here comes Alia!!!!!!!! (Hopefully it won't become "Look out Alia, here comes Taekwando!")
Oh yeah, I'm going to meet up with Zaty and Nat this Saturday at Club Espanda for Nat's L'Oreal Pure Zone Cash Your Dreams finale. Lucky Natasha might just win RM10,000!!! I haven't seen the both of them in ages and it's quite funny because we've been friends for more than 8 years! So this Saturday would be a sort-of mini reunion thingy for us! Can't wait!!!!
The weather's been quite funny lately. A lot of places are now flooded by the frequent downpours, but the haze has still not let up. Like I said, it's quite funny.
October 10, 2006
Pretty, pretty days?
Before the haze:
With the haze around:
And the heavy rain these past few days provided only like 5 seconds of relief from the haze. Whoopee. I hope the haze will go away soon, deeparaya's coming!
PS: I saw episodes 1 & 2 of One Tree Hill Season 4!!! Yay!!!!
With the haze around:
And the heavy rain these past few days provided only like 5 seconds of relief from the haze. Whoopee. I hope the haze will go away soon, deeparaya's coming!
PS: I saw episodes 1 & 2 of One Tree Hill Season 4!!! Yay!!!!
October 7, 2006
A poem
OK, I haven't written a poem in like ages, so if this sucks, well, sorry....I'll try to do better next time.
Tell Me
Tell me what you see,
When you look at me,
A dreamer? A lover?
Or something different altogether?
Tell me what you hear,
Whenever I am near,
The sound of a heart beating,
Or the sound of silence screaming?
Tell me what you feel,
Do you feel something real?
Or is it just childlike lust
That would soon turn to dust?
Tell me what you sense,
When you take just one glance,
A feeling so intense,
Or a facade full of pretense?
Tell me something,
Tell me everything.
Before this affair of hearts,
Threatens to pull us apart.
Copyright Alia Azani 2006
I know it's quite short, but couldn't think of anything else to write.
Tell Me
Tell me what you see,
When you look at me,
A dreamer? A lover?
Or something different altogether?
Tell me what you hear,
Whenever I am near,
The sound of a heart beating,
Or the sound of silence screaming?
Tell me what you feel,
Do you feel something real?
Or is it just childlike lust
That would soon turn to dust?
Tell me what you sense,
When you take just one glance,
A feeling so intense,
Or a facade full of pretense?
Tell me something,
Tell me everything.
Before this affair of hearts,
Threatens to pull us apart.
Copyright Alia Azani 2006
I know it's quite short, but couldn't think of anything else to write.
October 5, 2006
As a Malaysian, it's no surprise that sometimes I think that anything Western is much more superior compared to locally-made products and I confess to dreaming of living abroad lots of time. But right now, I am thankful that I am living in Malaysia, even though we are short on sugar and chillies (I want my sambal belacan!!! :( ) because I seriously can't imagine how I would feel if I were a school-goer in the USA. I mean, 3 school-shootings in a week? Madness wei! The latest shooting really disturbed me because little girls (the eldest was 13) were shot. I got damn emo and I even cried when I heard that these innocent girls were killed by some grudge-bearing gunmen. But actually, I think I got damn emo because I'm PMS-ing. Haha. If I were living in US right now, I would be really scared to go to school. And I think, for once, parents will insist on kids staying at home rather than going to school. It's ironic right that the once safe-haven has now become a place where violence occurs?
Last week, I had the sudden urge to watch my Phantom Of The Opera VCD. Don't ask me why. It's just that the CD's been lying there for quite sometime and I really missed watching it. I like it, ok? I especiallylike loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the 'The Point Of No Return' song! And anyways, the Phantom's quite hot! So anyways, while watching the movie, Anis and I actually just realised that the Phantom is a creepy paedophile because Christine is only supposed to be 16 and he's old enough to be her father. Ewwwwwwwwww. Sicko. I also watched some movies about two of the USA's presidents, JFK and Franklin Roosevelt...and I found out that Bill Clinton was not the only president to have extramarital affairs while running the country. Ouch.
While we are still on the subject of movies and the boob tube, I saw this thing on Discovery about Human Instinct and how we human release all these adrenaline when we're anticipating something. I know that feeling....it always happen to me when I go on the Space Shot in Genting Highlands:
OK, so the picture doesn't do justice on what the Space Shot ride is like. Just remembering the ride makes my heart pound like mad and gives me goosebumps. I've been on the ride 3 or 4 times already, and I don't think I would want to go on it anymore. For those who have not tried going on the Space Shot yet, it's this 12-people ride that goes up 185 feet and drops at a speed of 67 km/h (although personally, I feel like it's more around the 200 km/h speed). It creeps slowly up and when you reach the top, it will just stay stationary for a while. Once you're up there, if you're like me, it would be one of those "What the hell am I doing up here?" moments. I mean, you're so high up! As if it's not enough that the ride is already near the top of the theme park, you're going up an extra 185 feet! But one thing for sure, the view is absolutely breathtaking. Nothing can compare to it, unless, of course, you're in a helicopter la. And well, helpless as you are at the top, adrenaline starts pumping into your system in anticipation of the drop. This is when each seconds seems to go on for.e.ver. When the drop finally comes, you'll go down straight to the halfway point in like less than 2 seconds. Yep, the feeling of weightlessness starts to settle in and you'll feel as if the seatbelts are the only thing that prevents you from being thrown away from your seats. They'll take you back up, then down again, then up again and down again until you reach the bottom. Needless to say, your legs will definitely be shaking afterwards. My cousin cried because after she got off the ride and swore never to ride it ever again. This ride is definitely not for the faint-hearted and those who are height-a-phobic (forgot the correct term!). And let me tell you, even after three times riding the Space Shot, it still gives me goosebumps. Talk about an adrenaline rush!
Yesterday's weather was mad!!!!!!!!! The haze has become worse and worse as the days go by and even after the 2-hour downpour yesterday, I could still smell the haze. And it burns my throat. Geramnye.
Oh, oh, gotta go. Got some stuff to take care off. Adios!
Last week, I had the sudden urge to watch my Phantom Of The Opera VCD. Don't ask me why. It's just that the CD's been lying there for quite sometime and I really missed watching it. I like it, ok? I especially
While we are still on the subject of movies and the boob tube, I saw this thing on Discovery about Human Instinct and how we human release all these adrenaline when we're anticipating something. I know that feeling....it always happen to me when I go on the Space Shot in Genting Highlands:
OK, so the picture doesn't do justice on what the Space Shot ride is like. Just remembering the ride makes my heart pound like mad and gives me goosebumps. I've been on the ride 3 or 4 times already, and I don't think I would want to go on it anymore. For those who have not tried going on the Space Shot yet, it's this 12-people ride that goes up 185 feet and drops at a speed of 67 km/h (although personally, I feel like it's more around the 200 km/h speed). It creeps slowly up and when you reach the top, it will just stay stationary for a while. Once you're up there, if you're like me, it would be one of those "What the hell am I doing up here?" moments. I mean, you're so high up! As if it's not enough that the ride is already near the top of the theme park, you're going up an extra 185 feet! But one thing for sure, the view is absolutely breathtaking. Nothing can compare to it, unless, of course, you're in a helicopter la. And well, helpless as you are at the top, adrenaline starts pumping into your system in anticipation of the drop. This is when each seconds seems to go on for.e.ver. When the drop finally comes, you'll go down straight to the halfway point in like less than 2 seconds. Yep, the feeling of weightlessness starts to settle in and you'll feel as if the seatbelts are the only thing that prevents you from being thrown away from your seats. They'll take you back up, then down again, then up again and down again until you reach the bottom. Needless to say, your legs will definitely be shaking afterwards. My cousin cried because after she got off the ride and swore never to ride it ever again. This ride is definitely not for the faint-hearted and those who are height-a-phobic (forgot the correct term!). And let me tell you, even after three times riding the Space Shot, it still gives me goosebumps. Talk about an adrenaline rush!
Yesterday's weather was mad!!!!!!!!! The haze has become worse and worse as the days go by and even after the 2-hour downpour yesterday, I could still smell the haze. And it burns my throat. Geramnye.
Oh, oh, gotta go. Got some stuff to take care off. Adios!
September 30, 2006
hot, hot days....
Is it just me? Or does everyone feel that it's been some insanely hot couple of days? I'm sweating buckets right now. As if it's not enough that it's fasting month and I'm dehydrated from the general lack of water, my body has also decided to rebel against fasting and I'm nursing a major case of diarrhoea. The weather doesn't want to cooperate, either, and it's freakingly hot and the haze burns my throat. God, the challenges of Ramadan.
September 29, 2006
Surprises, surprises
First of all, to all my fellow Muslims, happy fasting! I already lost 2 kg in the first five days of fasting! Go me! (I know I'll pile up on the pounds soon enough, though)
Streamyx is down again. Whoopee. What a surprise. I'm using dial-up right now, and it is sooooo slow compared to Streamyx. The Streamyx has been down for two weeks and we just don't know what is wrong with it. Dangit.
Oh yeah, loads of things has happened during these past 2 weeks. Last Thursday, I went with Anis to the National Registration Department (NRD) at Maju Junction Mall to pick up her IC because she has some pre-SPM registration and needs her IC. Funny, I don't remember having any pre-SPM registration while I was in Form 4. So anyways, Anis' IC pic turn out to be somewhat funny. So the lady at the counter took a look at her picture and said, "It's okay. Nanti karang, bila dah 18 tahun, datang balik and buat baru. Memang bila 18 tahun kena tukar baru. Nanti nak datang tu pakai make-up sikit". I was thinking, "Hmmmmm....I had my Mykad when I was 14, and I look totally different then than I do now" so since I'm already 18, I decided to go to the NRD to renew my MyKad. Anyways, it's only RM10 to renew it, so I have nothing to lose.
So yesterday, I went to the nearest NRD near my house, which is the NRD office in Melawati. I was so prepared for a long day there because when I went to the NRD in Maju Junction Mall, there were loads of people wanting to get their MyKads done. I had a big fat book in my bag that I was planning on reading while waiting. Heck, I even paid for 3 hours of parking. Can you just imagine how stunned I was when there were only FIVE other people waiting in the whole place? I seriously thought that maybe I can't renew my MyKad there. Nasib baik when I went up to the counter they said can. So I waited for my turn, went up to the counter, paid RM10 and took my picture and I was done. Oh yeah, when i was at the counter, the lady asked to see my old MyKad. I passed it to her and she looked at it and she looked at me...I guess she was thinking "Is this really her?" I think she was still suspicious until she checked my fingerprints. I know I must look damn cacat in that old picture. How long did everything take? 15 minutes. I'm not kidding. It only took me 15 minutes to renew my MyKad. But I have to wait another month before I can pick up my new MyKad....but not bad what? When i told my mum and dad that I only had to spend 15 minutes at the place, they were like, "What? Really?" Malaysia and the way it works never fail to amuse me. Just when I thought I had everything figured out, I get totally overblown.
Oh, I gotta go now. Bye!
Streamyx is down again. Whoopee. What a surprise. I'm using dial-up right now, and it is sooooo slow compared to Streamyx. The Streamyx has been down for two weeks and we just don't know what is wrong with it. Dangit.
Oh yeah, loads of things has happened during these past 2 weeks. Last Thursday, I went with Anis to the National Registration Department (NRD) at Maju Junction Mall to pick up her IC because she has some pre-SPM registration and needs her IC. Funny, I don't remember having any pre-SPM registration while I was in Form 4. So anyways, Anis' IC pic turn out to be somewhat funny. So the lady at the counter took a look at her picture and said, "It's okay. Nanti karang, bila dah 18 tahun, datang balik and buat baru. Memang bila 18 tahun kena tukar baru. Nanti nak datang tu pakai make-up sikit". I was thinking, "Hmmmmm....I had my Mykad when I was 14, and I look totally different then than I do now" so since I'm already 18, I decided to go to the NRD to renew my MyKad. Anyways, it's only RM10 to renew it, so I have nothing to lose.
So yesterday, I went to the nearest NRD near my house, which is the NRD office in Melawati. I was so prepared for a long day there because when I went to the NRD in Maju Junction Mall, there were loads of people wanting to get their MyKads done. I had a big fat book in my bag that I was planning on reading while waiting. Heck, I even paid for 3 hours of parking. Can you just imagine how stunned I was when there were only FIVE other people waiting in the whole place? I seriously thought that maybe I can't renew my MyKad there. Nasib baik when I went up to the counter they said can. So I waited for my turn, went up to the counter, paid RM10 and took my picture and I was done. Oh yeah, when i was at the counter, the lady asked to see my old MyKad. I passed it to her and she looked at it and she looked at me...I guess she was thinking "Is this really her?" I think she was still suspicious until she checked my fingerprints. I know I must look damn cacat in that old picture. How long did everything take? 15 minutes. I'm not kidding. It only took me 15 minutes to renew my MyKad. But I have to wait another month before I can pick up my new MyKad....but not bad what? When i told my mum and dad that I only had to spend 15 minutes at the place, they were like, "What? Really?" Malaysia and the way it works never fail to amuse me. Just when I thought I had everything figured out, I get totally overblown.
Oh, I gotta go now. Bye!
September 15, 2006
IELTS results...:D
Today I went to pick up my IELTS results at Wisma Selangor Dredging, near the City Center, there. When the woman checked my results while I was signing a form, she glanced at me and said, "Good girl". When I looked at my results, my overall score was 7.5 over 9. Haha. I'm so happy! The requirements for Monash is 6, so yeah, I'm qualified to go to Monash. I got a 9 for the Listening test, which surprised me a bit, but since most of the people I know said that I'm a good listener, I guess I deserved full marks for listening! Muahahahaha! I got 8.5 for reading and 6 for both writing and listening. Oh yeah, since a band 7 user is a Good English User and a band 8 user is a Very Good English User, my mum joked and said, "Well, I guess you're a very good Good User!". Well, at least that's over....it's weird how I worried so much for the Listening test and I ended up getting full marks for it. :D
Okay, gotta go now....maybe I'll post something up a bit later!
Okay, gotta go now....maybe I'll post something up a bit later!
September 13, 2006
I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sick of High School Musical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everywhere I go, "High School Musical"...I flipped open the newspapers today, High School Musical. I tertekan Disney Channel, High School Musical. When my 3 youngest sisters surf the internet, they go to Youtube to watch, yep you guessed it....High School Musical clips. As if that's not bad enough, High School Musical was on last week and it's going to on again next week!!!! Save me, pleaseeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! *bangs head on the computer*
I swear to God, I've seen it 10 times since it's premiere 3 months ago....that's an average of once every nine days! I can't stand it anymore! God help me! Or better, God help my siblings off the television everytime High School Musical is on! I will have to buy them the Wallace and Gromit movie and that new Barbie movie CDs or DVDs to distract them from the phenomenon that is High School Musical!!!!!
I was talking to my friend, who's going to have his STPM exam soon, and he said he hasn't started studying yet. When I did my final A-levels exams in June, I realised that I was just too lazy to study. Nowadays it's like studying doesn't seem like everyone's top priority anymore. And I was reminded of my SPM years, when I was eager to study to get good grades. How things have changed. It's not me alone, you know. A lot of people that I know found it hard to actually sit down and study after finishing their SPM/O-Levels because there's so much more going on in their life, and they have more freedom now than during their school years. Now that I think about it, it's weird how it was easier for me to study for the 10 SPM subjects than it was for the 3 A-Levels subject.
Oh yeah, I've been snapping some picture in black and white lately using my handphone, and it's quite weird how everything looks so different in black and white:
Looks kinda creepy, doesn't it? (These are pictures of my room, by the way)
September 12, 2006
Yesterday (September 11th) was my mum birthday, so we went out for a birthday dinner. I ate so much that I couldn't breathe afterwards....I feel so fat...note to self, never overindulge again. Fat, fat, fat. *groans and sulks* While eating and celebrating, though, I couldn't help but be drawn back to the infamous WTC attack 5 years ago.
5 years ago, on September 11, 2001, my mum was celebrating her 40th birthday in bed as she had just given birth to my youngest sister, Zara, 8 days earlier. My dad bought a new TV as a birthday gift for my mum as she is confined to bed after a somewhat complicated labour. After huffing and puffing, and some groaning, moaning and whining, my sister and I managed to bring the TV up into my mum's bedroom and turned it on for her. Imagine my mum's shock when the first thing she saw after turning on the TV was the sight of planes crashing into the WTC buildings. Yep, suffice to say, none of us could ever forget that fateful day when the US of A's facade of invincibility literally crumbled to the ground as the world was exposed to America's vulnerability. Ever heard the expression "Life begins at 40?". It's ironic right that on the day my mum's life was supposed to begin, almost 3000 people died in the attack. But to me, the 9/11 attack was only the tip of the iceberg. Look at the aftermath.
Yeah, the USA might be a safer place now, but what about the rest of the world? The London, Madrid and Bali bombings, the senseless murders everywhere else, makes me think that the world is becoming more unsafe with everyday that goes by.
Sorry if I'm a bit emo. But enough about that. I still want to look at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Yeah, I still like to think that there are some good people out there....but hey, that's just me.
On a lighter, but nevertheless serious, note, i can't believe that there was a freaking TWENTY car pile-up last weekend on the highway. How did something like that happen? Oh my God....Thank God I have never tailgaited anyone. What's even more amazing is the fact that NO ONE was injured. Wow. But still, TWENTY?????????? That's just mad! Malaysians.
IELTS results are coming out on Friday!!! I can't wait to get and pick it up and get it over with!
I'm off to watch TV!
5 years ago, on September 11, 2001, my mum was celebrating her 40th birthday in bed as she had just given birth to my youngest sister, Zara, 8 days earlier. My dad bought a new TV as a birthday gift for my mum as she is confined to bed after a somewhat complicated labour. After huffing and puffing, and some groaning, moaning and whining, my sister and I managed to bring the TV up into my mum's bedroom and turned it on for her. Imagine my mum's shock when the first thing she saw after turning on the TV was the sight of planes crashing into the WTC buildings. Yep, suffice to say, none of us could ever forget that fateful day when the US of A's facade of invincibility literally crumbled to the ground as the world was exposed to America's vulnerability. Ever heard the expression "Life begins at 40?". It's ironic right that on the day my mum's life was supposed to begin, almost 3000 people died in the attack. But to me, the 9/11 attack was only the tip of the iceberg. Look at the aftermath.
Yeah, the USA might be a safer place now, but what about the rest of the world? The London, Madrid and Bali bombings, the senseless murders everywhere else, makes me think that the world is becoming more unsafe with everyday that goes by.
Sorry if I'm a bit emo. But enough about that. I still want to look at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Yeah, I still like to think that there are some good people out there....but hey, that's just me.
On a lighter, but nevertheless serious, note, i can't believe that there was a freaking TWENTY car pile-up last weekend on the highway. How did something like that happen? Oh my God....Thank God I have never tailgaited anyone. What's even more amazing is the fact that NO ONE was injured. Wow. But still, TWENTY?????????? That's just mad! Malaysians.
IELTS results are coming out on Friday!!! I can't wait to get and pick it up and get it over with!
I'm off to watch TV!
September 8, 2006
Self-indulgence...
I remembered a few weeks ago, I read an article in the newspapers about the blogging craze. The writer said that bloggers nowadays are becoming more self-indulgent. Here's my opinion. So what if we are a bit self-indulgent? Isn't it better to talk about ourselves rather than talk about other people (and end up hurting them in the process)? At least when we talk about ourselves, the facts are accurate! A blog is where a person can express their opinions, show their creativity, overdramatise little things (haha!), post up pictures of themselves and just generally talk about stuff. A blog is where a person can just be themselves, with no pretenses whatsoever. People put up facades in real life, and a blog is usually where they strip down to their true self. And anyways, not all blogs are self-indulgent, okay? Some bloggers talk about food (like Masak-masak), some post up cute photos (Cuteoverload.com!) and some post up celebrity news (Pink Is The New Blog!). So, if I am a bit self-indulgent at times, I'm sorry, but hey, this is my blog, and if you don't like me being a bit self-indulgent, then don't read it la! No one forced you to read my blog in the first place! :P
Oh yeah, talking about being self-indulgent, I did this test on the Handwriting Wizard website to analyse my handwriting....look at what I found out about myself:
Oh yeah, talking about being self-indulgent, I did this test on the Handwriting Wizard website to analyse my handwriting....look at what I found out about myself:
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Oh yeah, since my mum's birthday is coming (September 11th!) and we couldn't celebrate Zara's birthday last week because Iskandar had his UPSR the day after, we're having a joint celebration tomorrow and I'm in charge of planning the bash! So I have to go now....have to run off to buy stuff for tomorrow night! |
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