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.

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!

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!

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)

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!

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:

Alia has a very unusual lower zone y loop. If the data input is correct, Alia's y or g is large and has triangle shape to the lower loop. This is not a common trait, but the implications are very interesting. As you begin to study handwriting analysis, you will learn any loop indicates imagination. This lower loop indicates the amount of imagination Alia has regarding sex and physical things. Her lower zone stroke is large, so her sexual imagination is large and open. Furthermore, because the loop has a triangle shape, this indicates a particular curiosity with certain aspects of sexuality. In a nutshell, Alia is open to some very new ideas sexually and is willing to try anything once. I'd say Alia is quite a dynamic and playful lover. Watch out world! (That's interesting, because I don't think about sex. Dynamic and playful lover? Me? Hahahahahahaha!)

Alia exaggerates about everything that has a physical nature. Although she may not intend to deceive or mislead, she blows things way out of proportion because that is the way she views them. She will be a good story teller. This exaggeration relates to all areas of her material world. Alia allows many people into her life because she is accepting and trusting. She is sometimes called gullible by her friends. That only really means that she trusts too many people. Alia has a vivid imagination. (Yep, that's me. Too much daydreaming and too gullible...not too sure about the storytelling trait, though...)

Something is incomplete in Alia's life. She feels frustration relating to her physical needs and desires. Somewhere in her life there is some disappointment, non-fulfillment, and interruption. This is very likely to relate to Alia's sexual needs. (OK, if I never had sex means that I'm sexually frustrated, then yes, this is true. But again, I don't think about sex!!!!)

Alia is sarcastic. This is a defense mechanism designed to protect her ego when she feels hurt. She pokes people harder than she gets poked. These sarcastic remarks can be very funny. They can also be harsh, bitter, and caustic at the same time. (Oh My God, isn't that the truth?)

Alia's true self-image is unreasonably low. Someone once told Alia that she wasn't a great and beautiful person, and she believed them. Alia also has a fear that she might fail if she takes large risks. Therefore she resists setting her goals too high, risking failure. She doesn't have the internal confidence that frees her to take risks and chance failure. Alia is capable of accomplishing much more than she is presently achieving. All this relates to her self-esteem. Alia's self-concept is artificially low. Alia will stay in a bad situation much too long... why? Because she is afraid that if she makes a change, it might get worse. It is hard for Alia to plan too far into the future. She kind of takes things on a day to day basis. She may tell you her dreams but she is living in today, with a fear of making a change. No matter how loud she speaks, look at her actions. This is perhaps the biggest single barrier to happiness people not believing in and loving themselves. Alia is an example of someone living with a low self-image, because their innate self-confidence was broken. (Yeah, that's true...:( )

Because Alia has sharp needle pointed 'm' and 'n' humps, she has a very sharp mind. She instantly sizes up situations, making instant decisions. She thinks and evaluates circumstances very rapidly. Many people with this type of mind are geniuses, thus she may be seen as highly intelligent. Alia is often irritated by slow talkers or slow thinkers. If she drives, she gets irritated by slow drivers in the fast lane. She quickly becomes bored when being taught on the level of the slowest student in class. She may be on problem number three when the rest of the class is on problem one. Alia is curious and very active. In fact, in school she might have been a trouble maker because she thought so much faster than the other kids, she finished her work first, thus having plenty of time on her hands to make trouble! (Genius? Moi? hahahaha! Oh man, that's damn funny! This one is a definite spot-on! I get damn frustrated when people drive slow in the fast lane! And I am a VERY curious person! Yeah, and I do get bored easily when "being taught on the level of the slowest student in class"...hey, they make it sound like I'm a very impatient person. Wait, I am impatient!)

Regarding honesty, she is basically honest with a tendency to lie in certain circumstances. This results from a combination of secretiveness (the desire to keep things private) and self deceit (the desire to not accept something in her life at the moment). She deliberately strays from or evades the truth. She feels the truth is not what she wants people to know. This is not always bad. Have you ever known a good secretary that could not say "the Boss isn't in", when the Boss is standing next to the phone? When Alia is in a position that she can't find a truthful way out, she might prevaricate. (See? Little white lies are okay once in a while!)

Alia uses judgment to make decisions. She is ruled by her head, not her heart. She is a cool, collected person who is usually unexpressive emotionally. Some may see her as unemotional. She does have emotions but has no need to express them. She is withdrawn into herself and enjoys being alone. The circumstances when Alia does express emotions include: extreme anger, extreme passion, and tremendous stress. If someone gets her mad enough to tell her off, she will not be sorry about it later. She puts a mark in her mind when someone angers her. She keeps track of these marks and when she hits that last mark she will let them know they have gone too far. She is ruled somewhat by self-interest. All her conclusions are made without outside emotional influence. She is very level-headed and will remain calm in an emergency situation. In a situation where other people might get hysterical, she has poise. Alia will work more efficiently if given space and time to be alone. She would rather not be surrounded by people constantly. In a relationship, she will show her love by the things she does rather than by the things she says. Saying "I love you" is not a needed routine because she feels her mate should already know. The only exception to this is if she has logically concluded that it is best for her mate to hear her express her love verbally. Alia is not subject to emotional appeals. If someone is selling a product to her, they will need to present only the facts. They should present them from a standpoint of her sound judgment. She will not be taken in by an emotional story about someone else. She will meet emergencies without getting hysterical and she will always ask "Is this best for me?"

People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Alia doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others. 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!

On Monday, when I found out that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, had just died, I was shocked. It was like, "Whoa". I was speechless. When I told Anis, she was also like, "No way!". Even my dad was shocked that Steve Irwin died. My dad likes to Crocodile Hunter so we sometimes end up watching it and Steve Irwin's the kind of person that you would think would be you know, invincible, or something like that. It's just really freaky to know that he died because of a stingray's barb and he was only 44. That's my dad's age! *shudders* Kesian his family. RIP, Steve. :(

Oh yeah, Suri Cruise has finally come out of hiding...and she is quite cute:



Hmmmm, she looks a lot like the mother, but a bit Eurasian, though....weirddddd.....(picture taken from Vanity Fair website)

I can't wait to watch One Tree Hill Season 4!!! I know that every Thursday I'll be downloading the episodes like mad....hahahahahaha....I can't wait!!! Oh my God, i have no life. I'm currently wondering where I can get a job. Hmmm....I have to scout around more. So malas. But I want to earn some moolah...i only have RM200 in my bank account....not gonna last me long, i tell you.

PS: Oh yeah, I just found out that I share my birthday with Hugo Weaving, Robert Downey Jr., Heath Ledger, Jamie Lynn Spears and David Blaine. Hahahahaha. Not bad!

A hell of a weekend.........

Currently listening to - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

My IELTS test was held on last Saturday......it was damn tiring. From 9 am till 11.52 am (yes, 11.52 am)...it was nonstop test papers. I could barely breathe. It was hellish!!!!!!!!!! After that, I had about a 1 and a half hour-ish break before my one-on-one speaking test, which I, to put it oh-so-delicately, screwed up majorly!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, the first thing she asked was, and I quote, "Can you please state your full name" and I was like "My name is Aliaarwinaizyaniazani" and she had to glance back at the form to see if my name really was that long. So I said to her, "Yeah, i know my name is really long" and she smiled. I was freaking nervous and at one point, while I was talking to the interviewer, my mind just went blank and I was like "......". Dangit. Results are coming out next Friday...I'm hoping that I could get at least a 7. Hopefully I can la. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. IELTS stinks.

After that, I took Anis to The Curve cos she tak pernah step in there lagi. We were there for about 3 hours, I guess...pegi shopping la, apa lagi! Hahahahaha! Zara's birthday was yesterday (3/9/06) so I had to run errands for my mum to buy the little girl's birthday cakes and party packs to take to her kindy, while birthday girl just sits at home in front of the TV. Man, I wish I was 5 again! Watching TV all day, to have a Barbie doll cake for my birthday (OK, maybe not the Barbie cake), have field trips to the parks and sit around colouring at school...how nice. Sigh.


Oooohhhh, UPSR starts today! I've been kinda tutoring my brother for the past month, and it seems like the whole family is more nervous for him than he himself is. He was like, "I can't wait to get this over and done wit so I can get back to my computer". Damn relaxed, right? The thing is, I hid his CPU last week so he can only stare at the blank monitor screen for now. When he realised that the CPU wasn't there, he looked at me and said "evil woman". I'm taking that as a compliment, haha.


After weeks of laziness, I finally uploaded some pictures that I took of the scenery around me these past few months. Take a look at this:




Nice, right?