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?

Merdeka?

Songs currently stuck in head - Lene Marlin's Unforgivable Sinner and Panic! At The Disco's I Write Sins, Not Tragedies

Omigod, look at this, isn't it cute?



Since Merdeka Day is coming, I've pondered on what I've done to merdekakan myself....and I realised that getting my license and going to college was a small step towards my own independence. My cousin Tisha had finally obtained her license, after what seems like forever, the same day that I got my A-Levels results. Now she can drive me around. She's so happy that she's able to drive everywhere now...and it kinda reminds me of how I felt when I first got my license 14 months ago. The initial euphoria that I felt when I first held my license and the extreme giddiness that gets to me whenever I looked at my license. The reality that I, the number one penakut on the planet, am now qualified to take on the big, bad roads of KL. Yeah, I know, I know, I'm overdramatising the situation. I remembered when I first started driving to college, my friends were like, "oh, you'll get bored of driving soon, believe me. I give you three months, top." And I was like, "NOOOOOO, I will never hate driving. How dare you say such a thing?" I felt that with the license in hand, I am now more in control of my life and that I have the liberty of going anywhere I want. Actually, I got bored of driving after 6 months. Yep, I'm eating my words now. Pfft. I realised that the older we get, the lazier we get, too. And once you do something that you love every single day, it becomes pretty monotonous. Now, even the KL jam doesn't scare me anymore....that's how immune I am to the fear of driving. Someone once asked me, "If you had to choose between being in the driver's seat or the passenger's seat for your whole life, which one would you choose?" In a heartbeat I answered, "Driver's seat" but now, looking back, I'm not so sure....but on second thought, I love driving too much to be in the passenger's seat for the rest of my life. Selfishness. Haha.

Oh yeah, Happy Merdeka Day, peeps! I'm out!

I was looking around the internet for information on when One Tree Hill is coming back, but no luck (yeah, I'm pathetic!)...however, I stumbled on Peyton Sawyer's (Hilarie Burton) official Myspace page. According to that page, she's supposed to be born after me....1st of July or somethign like that...and it's just damn funny because the 18 year olds I know are not like tha ones that I see on One Tree Hill. I know, I know, I'm rambling again.

Moving on, my dad was supposed to go to Europe on the 31st (Merdeka day!)for a Doctor's conference in Barcelona but he's thinking of cancelling the trip. The reason's because of the current tight security in Europe. Bloody terrorists. If you're Asian, Muslim or have some semblence of a beard, you're in big trouble. Trouble is, my dad fits the damn description. My dad was telling me that some people got ejected off the plane because they're Muslims and looked kinda suspicious. And women are not spared. This woman and her children also got booted off a plane because people got paranoid that she might be carrying bombs somewhere. I mean, hello?????? You think this woman is crazy enough is it to bring her kids along when a bomb is hidden somewhere on her body? Wait, considering how screwed up our brains can be, that might be a possiblity...but whatever. My dad won't even be able to take in his laptop with him onboard because they don't allow any hand luggage in. So my dad thinks it's just not worth the hassle. I think it's for the best, too. That's damn sad, though, cause I really wanted something from Spain! ;)

Oh yeah, I'm feeling very baik nowadays, and I'm thinking of doing volunteering work la. But dunno wat to do. I've been looking at the Raleigh International website and the things they do are quite interesting, but I'm not sure if I'm up for that. Maybe I should start working soon.

Currently reading - Labyrinth (Kate Mosse)

My results were bad....really bad. I was devastated. I cried. And cried. And I cried some more. I cried in the car, I cried on my dad. Habis his shirt, wet with my tears. At least I got one A as a consolation. These bad results hit me right in the gut. Granted, I never was a straight A student, but usually I would have been able to get at least B's....not this time, though...I felt like I disappointed my parents. What's more, I know I've disappointed myself. :( Now I have to do well in my IELTS. I've already wasted my parents money once, I'm not going to let that happen again. I guess I will be going to Monash, then...since I can't go to a lot of the other places. I feel like such a loser. I feel like tearing up again.

Reminiscing

Currently listening to: Michelle Branch's All You Wanted

Was listening to Hitz.fm while driving just now, and I just happened to listened to the Graduation song by Vitamin C and I just realised that it's been almost 2 years since I've finished schooling. I realised that I've changed a lot in the last couple of years, so I'm going to try think of how I was like 2 years ago and how different I am now compared to back then.

2 YEARS AGO, I was busy studying (and panicking) for my SPM trials and subsequently, the real SPM exam.
NOW, I'm damn worried about my IELTS test in 2 weeks time as I just realised how horrendous it can be for someone with such a short attention span like me to stay focused for the Listening test. Damn. Guess some things never do change.

2 YEARS AGO, I couldn't wait to get out of school.
NOW, I wish I was back in school. :(

2 YEARS AGO, I wanted to fit in with everyone.
NOW, I don't even care anymore.

2 YEARS AGO, I was jealous of everyone in the driver's seat.
NOW, I am jealous of everyone in the passenger's seat when I'm in the driver's seat.

2 YEARS AGO, I dreamt of driving to a lot of places in Malaysia with no worries whatsoever.
NOW, with the escalating price of petrol, I know that driving to the places itself will cause the headache. And I'm just too lazy. I drive an average of 60 km a day and it's already killing me. But I still dream about driving with a suitcase, a map and plenty of petrol and moolah and just drive around the country.

2 YEARS AGO, I thought my whole life depended on passing my SPM.
NOW, I realised that it's ok to fail sometimes.

2 YEARS AGO, I didn't curse much.
NOW, I curse frequently, even though I use "milder" words rather than the f word. ;)

2 YEARS AGO, I didn't have a boyfriend.
NOW, I still don't have a boyfriend. haha. My, how things have changed. NOT.

2 YEARS AGO, I didn't know what I would be doing after school.
NOW, I have a better idea of what I want to do.

2 YEARS AGO, I'm a bit shy to go in front of a camera.
NOW, I'm getting better at it. I can be a camwhore when I want to. ;)

2 YEARS AGO, I had a blog but I abandoned it.
NOW, I'm back to blogging and it's fun, fun, fun! :D

Looking at the list above, I guess some things have changed, and some things still remain the same. Whatever it is, I think I'm a better person now, or so I hope. But whatever la. Oh yeah, yesterday I went to the launching of the Perak Ladies Club's (PLC) Youth Bureau at De Palma Hotel in Ampang. Anis' friend, Kimmy, invited us to go so Anis and I went la. It's quite funny because Anis wants to join but technically, we are not from Perak and I don't think we have any Perak blood sesat in us. But you can join as long as you're not married and under 25 years old. Oh yeah, I said it was the Perak LADIES Club's Youth Bereau, right? But what's damn funny about the bureau is that the president is a guy. Haha.

Do I have anything else to write about? Don't think so...I'm damn tired....my sleep has been damn irregular and I don't like it when it's time for my VIP (very important period) to come. I always have this mood swings and I become very snappy.

Oh yeah, Siti Nurhaliza's getting married next week. Whoopee.

Time for me to move on to better things (sleep!!!!!!!)

byebye

I see bad results...

I just got this email sent to me by Jasmine from the A-Levels Department in HELP, confirming what I've heard from my friend:

Dear A43-44 Class Reps,
Your final results will be out on 18 August. Kindly collect your results at the Registry 1. You're expected to bring along your Student ID.

Should you want to repeat some units in the next Jan7 examination session, the procedure is as follows,
1. Fill in the decline cash-in form. Decline the cash-in of all your subjects.
2. Your exam registration period for Jan07 : 23 - 30 August
3. Remember to re-cash-in for all your subjects when you register for the Jan07 examination.

We're in the midst of contacting all of you with regards to where you'll be going to after the A-Levels. Would appreciate if you can let us know the details.

All the best!
Jasmine


Instead of "I see dead people" like in The Sixth Sense, I think I see bad results.