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!!!!!
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