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Cats and Reunions

2012-01-29T12:51:00.000+08:00

Hello bloggerverse! I don't even know if anybody still reads this page. Ah well. I think I mentioned before that I had a lot to blog about, but I don't know if I'll ever get to posting about everything that happened this January. Far too many things. I've been out every single day of this month, it's been crazy. And now I only have a week left before I fly for Adelaide.

Yesterday, I went to Yen's CNY open house. It's become an annual thing since we finished NS. This is the one time we get to meet up as a group to catch up and stuff. I haven't seen any of these people for months! So it was great to see them again. I had a great time dominating the food table with Hamizah and Marc while Yen was playing hostess to an army of people, haha!

After that, Hamizah and I got to hang out for a while before I sent her back to her place. It's nice that even after the both of us have moved house, we're pretty much still very near to each other in terms of distance. Then I got to meet her kittens, oh my gooood. So cuuuute. Look at them! I haven't had the chance to play with kittens this small since we first got Spyro.

Speaking of Spyro, here's the little fatty now. He pretty much lives in my bedroom nowadays, and we share the bed together at night. When he needs to leave the room, he sniffs around my face and nudges my arm till I wake up. See this picture? I whipped out the camera and he started posing for me! Silly cat. I'll miss him very much when I leave next week. :( He's my baby.

After dropping off Hamizah, the family and I went to Uptown to have dinner. My last time there. Ordered my fish and chips, as usual. We've been going to the same place since I was seven years old, and I have been ordering the same thing since then. It changes occasionally, but I always go back to the fish and chips. So I dah puas makan last night, haha! I overate actually. Phew. Once I'm in Adelaide I will have to start up an exercise regime.

Canopy Glider

2012-01-21T21:00:00.000+08:00

Finally, after two years of wanting and waiting ... we finally went on a Skytrex Adventure! I was really hoping to get to do this before I fly off so I'm really glad we managed to. There's a pic of four of us girls up there. Nick and Han Liang were there too, so there were six of us. The weather was nice, not too hot and it didn't rain, Alhamdulillah. So what happened was, we went to Taman Pertanian Malaysia and bought our tickets to go into the park.

We were late because I didn't eat lunch early enough so I delayed everybody ;__; Bleh. So we waited for the bus to come back for us. Once we got there, the first thing we saw was the kids' challenge. Our route was further inside. We got our harness and bottle holders then went through a short briefing on how to hook our carabiners and pulley onto the ropes once we get into the trees.

Our very first obstacle was a ladder that stretches up into the sky by about 14 metres. It was really tiring. ;_; Halfway up I was wishing that it was a climbing wall because somehow, those seem easier to scale than the slippery pipes on this ladder. Here's a pic of Hannah scaling the super tall ladder. I got some pics of our gang going through the trees. Not many though. Didn't get any of myself sadly, since that I was the only one with a pouch and a camera. x)

Here's one of the bridges up in the trees:

I didn't mind these, they were pretty cool. There was another obstacle that I went on, where you have to swing from a rope to reach planks of wood further away. Don't have a pic of that, sadly. Halfway through that, I swung too low and my shin struck the panel of wood. It really hurt! It's all swollen now. :/

Up there is another one of the obstacles. It wasn't bad, just a little wobbly. But the best part was definitely this:

The flying fox. :D I had a lot of fun with these. It's awesome being able to glide through the trees like that. I was a little nervous at the first flying fox ledge, just because I wasn't sure how to let go. But it was definitely the highlight of our adventure today.

And once everything was over, we walked out of the park to find some ice-cream men and their carts at the entrance. Of course, I couldn't resist myself. This was the first time I've ever gotten an ice-cream roti that came with chocolate sauce and peanuts! I was impressed. It was a good way to end the day. I would definitely go back to try the Extreme Challenge next time, hopefully. :)

Pain-ball

2012-01-13T00:23:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year! I'm starting 2012 on this little blog of mine with ... PAINTBALL. Last month, Groupon had a deal for this indoor paintball arena at Summit at about RM35 per person with 200 pellets. I've never tried paintball in my life, and always wanted to so I grabbed the chance! Getting people to join was a hassle though. I have to say a big thank you to Sammie's friends who managed to fill in our two empty spots at the last minute. Super grateful for that. :)

Here we are decked out in our gear. Nick, Hannah and Sarah were on my team while Sha, Sammie and her friends made the other team. The first thing I learnt about paintball: It bloody hurts. T_T The first elimination I got was three shots right at my upper thighs. The pain shot right up to my skull, I was kind of taken aback. Stumbled to the safe zone in a daze. Poor Sarah gave up a few rounds into the day, she couldn't take the fear of getting shot, haha.

This is one of the two arenas available at the place. I like this one the best! There're so many place to hide in and be sneaky. There's Sha in the image, crouched and ready to strike. I even got to play a bit of a sniper, since there are steps in the area. That was the best fun.

I think the best part of everything was the adrenaline rush I got creeping around the area during the dead silence where everyone was waiting for someone else to make a move - there's this fear of getting shot (which hurts, I'm not kidding at all about the pain) and the excitement of the 'hunt'. Not that I lasted very long a lot of the time, I'm pretty easy to shoot by the looks of it. I even got shot in the crotch once ;__;. The pain was blinding, I just toppled over and burst into sobs. What an experience, haha.

Here's my most obvious bruise, on my left arm. It's also one of the smallest. x) My worst one is sitting on my left thigh, it's gotten all purple and splotchy. I got eight bruises all in all. Any other shots I got during the game were all in the helmet area. So yeah, I had fun! It hurt like crazy and I said that I never wanted to do it again ... but now I look back on it, I wouldn't mind. There's something about that adrenaline rush I mentioned earlier that makes up for all the pain. :)

For Good

2011-12-29T21:01:00.000+08:00

This is a really late update, but better late than never! A couple of weeks ago, me, Acu and Mira went to Singapore to catch Wicked at Marina Bay Sands. I've read the Gregory Maguire novel about three years prior, so I was interested in seeing what they changed in the musical adaptation. :) We left for Singapore on a Friday morning. Took AirAsia. It was a very short plane ride, didn't even take out my book to read.

The show was that night itself. After spending the day walking around ... OK I can't remember the name of the shopping mall. But it was right opposite our hotel. We spent the day there, then went back to the hotel to get ready for the show. Marina Bay Sands is huge! And pretty spacious. It even had a river running through it, haha. Acu contemplated trying to get into the casino to see how it's like in there, but Mira and I are underage. Oh well.

I'm comparing the photo taken above with the photo of Mira and I when we went to watch Cats at Esplanade two years earlier. It's very different. Haha!

Anyway, we weren't allowed to take photos of course, so I took this at the very end of the show. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Brought a pair of binoculars so I could see the faces of the performers. Really glad I did. I kinda liked G(a)linda in the show. Reminds me of Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony. x) They changed the ending completely from the book version, so I was taken by surprise. I like this ending better though. It's happier.

Night shot of the skyline seen from outside Marina Bay Sands. Gorgeous or what? Pardon the low quality image. Perry takes awful pictures at night. The weather was lovely, so we walked around outside for a bit before heading back to the hotel. The next day we went shopping at Orchard Road then headed home in the evening. Just a one night trip, but I think we made the absolute most of it! And I got myself some Wicked merch hehe. :) When I got home, I downloaded the Broadway soundtrack. Playing on repeat. So goooood.

Two bottles of stars

2011-12-03T00:17:00.001+08:00

It's not the 2nd anymore ... just realised that it's past midnight. Doesn't matter though because it just means another day has passed since that day a year ago. It's been an interesting year, learning new things about both you and myself, and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

There's a lot of things I wanted to blog about, but it's been a truly busy week. I just wanted to note this down in blog history. I'm happy for the year we've had, ups and downs, and everything in between. We've been friends much longer than this ... almost two years now.

I'm just really really happy. :3

Les comptage des etoiles.

Ice Cream Class!

2011-11-28T17:06:00.001+08:00

Sammie and I went to an ice-cream making class yesterday. It was a Groupon deal, so we got a discounted price on the class. It was fun! Got lost on the way to the class though, since neither of us are very familiar with Kota Damansara. Thought we were late but due to true Malaysian timing, we arrived way before the class even started. :p

Pre-mixed stuff.

Sammie hard at work! For our first ice-cream the chef came over and helped mix it for us since that we were worried about spilling so were moving very very slow.

Completed stuff packed and ready to be taken home to the freezer. It's kinda lumpy and unattractive at this stage. We were happily licking our mixing bowl clean with our fingers though! It was yummy.

The chef took up some cups from the morning class, and we got to taste the mango. Our mix was tastier than that one though in the end. :p So photo session with the fancy swirled ice cream! Mango and strawberry yoghurt flavour.

And here was my dessert for last night. Threw in a Belgian chocolate thin for fun. :3 It was alright, I like the strawberry yoghurt one more than the mango, which I think was a bit sweet. Should lessen the sugar the next time I make it.

You quack me up

2011-11-17T23:19:00.001+08:00

One last post before the semester ends officially, tomorrow. :) Have some ducks! These feathery critters have been a great source of happiness for me this last semester at Taylor's Lakeside. I just get really excited when I see them swimming around in the lake. Cheers me up for sure! Hehe.

So tomorrow is the last day of the semester. How crazy is that? It's been a long semester. Tomorrow, I'm three assignments less burdened and the holidays finally begin! I'm going to make the most of it, Insya'allah. Here's to a fantastic mid-semester holiday!

The title of this post makes me laugh. Eheh. I'm such a dork.

Adelaide Taster Trip Part Trois

2011-11-04T20:59:00.001+08:00

Time for my third and final update about my Adelaide Taster Trip! Above is a picture of the front of the Magill campus. The pretty scene is kinda ruined by the cones there in front of the sign though, haha. Not sure why they're there. Anyway, this was a Monday morning and my parents and I followed Fyra on the morning bus to campus. She had a class at 8, so we just tagged along.

Here's while walking into the campus. It is very very pretty. Papa seemed really pleased with it, he kept saying that he'd like to study there too. There's a creek running through the campus too! I didn't see any fishes though. Also, the crows there are black and white, how strange. No pics of that though.

Anyway, I went to talk to the people at the counter and stuff about next year. They couldn't really help that much since I'm not done with my current sem and I don't have an address in Aussie yet. So oh well. Fyra took me around one of the buildings and we got to see the library, so that's nice. In the pic above, the eating area is behind us, and there's a cafeteria inside and everything. I look really short in this pic, I dunno why. Must be the angle.

After looking around campus we walked down the street to check out Sammie's house and make a few calls to properties so we could go take a look at them. Sammie's house is super near the campus, it only took us five minutes of walking. After that we walked back to campus, met up with Fyra and took a bus back to the city.

We took a look at a couple of places in the city. UV Apartments looks like the inside of a horror movie. >_> Fyra and I went in and I could feel the horror soundtrack playing in the background of my head. Everything's really dark and the lounge area has grilles because the building was formerly a bank so that was where they kept the cash and whatnot. We tried to go to a few other places but there were tenants in all the rooms so they couldn't show us around. So far the place I like best is Urbanest. At the rate I keep talking about it, I'm pretty much confirmed living there next year, haha! Although I'm still looking around just to see what happens. :p

Yoghurt! We were walking down Rundle Mall and there's this Greek Yoghurt shop thing. Mama had some the day before so she wanted more. Mine was Cinnamon Apple Crumble while Mama had something called Strawberries and Cream or something. Mine was alright, the raisins in the yoghurt were the best part, I think. Along with the crumbly bits.

Here's Papa at Rundle Mall with statues of piggies in the background. Mama got quite a kick out of them, that's why she asked me to take this picture. There are three piggies in total, the third one is hiding behind the trash can. I think I like the one leaning on the trash can the best. It's got character.

Random picture of fluffy platypus plushies in a souvenir store at Rundle Mall. I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT but it costs 30 AUD wtf. ;__; So we parted ways.

The day was particularly windy, as you can see here. It wasn't actually that cold but it was like the wind was determined to change that, the way it was nipping at every part of me not wrapped up in fabric. Sammie and I are standing in front of the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The Script performed here earlier this year. ;___; What are the chances of them going back to Adelaide next year so I can see them? Ahagjhgsjdghasj.

Random photo while waiting. We went to look at a house in the area and got a little lost so the house agent offered to pick us up and drive us there. Sammie took this pic three times because she was trying to get Papa to smile. She succeeded! Haha. :)

Very last pic the night before I flew back to the homeland. It's blurry though, such a shame. I had a really good time, and I fell in love with the city, it's such a lovely, quaint place. :) Kinda can't wait to get started on next year!

Adelaide Taster Trip Part Deux

2011-10-29T11:33:00.000+08:00

Day 2 of the Adelaide trip! Here we are waiting for the bus. It was what, ten in the morning? We all slept at about 3 in the morning so waking up was kind of zombie-like. It was a Sunday morning and as you can see, the street ... is ... empty. Papa described it as being something like a ghost town. Haha.

Sammie was particularly sleepy. Considering that she got maybe a bit more sleep than Fyra and Aishah, she was pretty much sleepwalking the entire morning. x)

This was my all-day pass bus ticket. I kinda like how the public transport works over there, feels more efficient than over here anyway. And more reliable too. Buses come by every 15 to 30 minutes. And since Adelaide is an old people city the bus does this thing where it leans down so people with wheelchairs can come on board. I dunno if they have it here at home, I've never experienced it, haha.

So we took the bus to Harbourtown, which is the factory outlet mall thing. Was about 15 minutes bus ride, I think.

Me and the parents. :) I really like how windswept my hair looks here, hee. Anyway, they pretty much left me and the girls to do our own thing. I think they were enjoying the holiday together without having to jaga the kids since they were back home.

Okok guess what this is. :B It's dolphins right? Holes of dolphins right? THEY ARE HOLES OF DOLPHINS ON TRASHCANS. Hahahahaha I thought they were so cute, I shamelessly took a picture of it. I let myself only because for this trip I am a tourist so I am allowed to be overexcited about things like trash cans and take pictures of them. Next year when I go I have to play it cool. :p

The beach at Glenelg. :) It's nice, and Sha says you can see the sunset on clear days. It was cloudy on this day, so we went back on the tram before it got late. But we spent a nice amount of time sitting around and people-watching. I thought it was kinda cold though. And people were happily swimming and stuff. I am a weakling used to hot weather, haha.

My load of shopping for the day! Of course I didn't just buy for myself, bought for everyone back home too. Among all this is a pair of boots I got for Mira. I wanted them for myself at first but they didn't have my size. :( So Mama said to get them for her instead. They were only 10 AUD! Holy smokes. I got myself a couple of tops and some leggings and a bunch of other stuff. It was fun. Shopping at Brisbane had a lot more variety though, back when we went a couple of years ago.

So that's it for Day 2! Next time I'll update about the campus. :)

Adelaide Taster Trip Part Un

2011-10-27T21:26:00.001+08:00

I have returned from the land Down Under! :D I've been home for a few days and I do believe it is time for an update. Here is the top part of my luggage, complete with Autobots and Purple Kangaroo luggage tags. The bag is actually Nazim's, which is why there is an Autobots luggage tag. The purple kangaroo (I have named her Kangapearl) is mine.

The flight was 6 hours and 40 minutes. I managed to sleep for about 3 hours of it, can't say the same for my parents though. It was kinda uncomfortable. Tried to watch Mukhsin on the in-flight screen thing but got too sleepy halfway through. I had this fish meal thingy at about midnight Malaysian time, which was delicious! Shame I was too sleepy to finish all of it. Anyway, above is a view of Hindley Street, which is where the apartments we stayed at was. Apparently it's nightlife area? Haha.

Reunited with my girls! Gosh, the feeling I had when I saw them walking down the street towards me, haha! I felt a little emotional. Sammie being Sammie came running up and tackle-hugged me. Then Fyra and Aishah got their turns to hug. I realise now that I didn't take enough pictures with Fyra during the trip. :( But here she is!

We were waiting for the tram. Can I just say that Adelaide is such a quaint city? It's so small and cute. Klang Valley feels like a huge universe in comparison.

This was one part of our lunch. Some kind of prawn thingy, can't remember the name. It was delicious! The prawns were super fresh. And the potatoes tasted lovely. We mostly ate seafood because we weren't so sure about the meat being halal. There's a reasonable amount of halal places to eat in the city though, so that's convenient. :)

After lunch the girls and I went to the park while my parents went to do their own thing. There are pedal boats on the river! So cute. I, being a tourist, decided to have a go. It was fun. We took a lot of pics but they're all with Aishah because I left Perry on the shore with Sammie. Pedaled around watching birds crap into the river, swans swimming around and even found a duck nest with three little ducklings in it. Awww.

Here, have a swan.

This is the view from the park, walking towards the city. I love the air there, it's very different from home. Crisper, in a way. And not quite so polluted. The streets are pretty clean, and the public transport is loads more reliable, haha. Anyway, we spent the rest of the day hanging around my apartment, catching up mostly. That's pretty much it for my first day. I'll update about Day 2 when I can. :) For now it is time to go back to the assignment grind! Or at least do something productive. Like draw. Hehe.

Till next time! <3

Mushroom Day

2011-10-21T12:29:00.000+08:00

I have declared yesterday as Mushroom Day. To illustrate why, above we see a Portobello Mushroom Burger. Check that baby out. It tasted delicious by the way. Backstory! Yesterday was supposed to be assignment submission day, then class. However, class got cancelled so Nick and I submitted our assignments, then thought of maybe going to watch a movie. Then, lo and behold, Nad called! :D And she announced that she just got a job. Congrats Floofle bb <3 So we all decided to have lunch at Delicous @ Sunway Pyramid to celebrate.

The burger was Nick's, while Nad and I shared a plate of Mushroom Mascarpone Spaghetti. All three of us shared a basket of Crispy Breaded Mushrooms. No picture of that, sorry. I attacked it in hunger before I could grab a photo. Anyway, it was all delicious. I love the little walnut bits in the spaghetti, such lovely texture. And the burger's vegetarian I think, which was kinda confusing because the waiter asked Nick if he's okay with having beef but when the burger arrived, there was not any evidence of bovine remains in sight. How strange.

After that Nad had to go, but Nick and I continued by watching Real Steel. My thoughts? It was really predictable, but I thought the cinematography was pretty and the soundtrack was awesome. And despite it being predictable, I enjoyed it the whole way through. It was a very feel-good movie, I think. :) Although Nick pointed out that they didn't elaborate on a lot of interesting stuff and overall the 'villains' were pretty vanilla. It was a fun watch, anyway.

So now begins a week of holidays. I'll be leaving for Adelaide tonight to go see how it's like Down Under and visit Sammie, Aishah and Fyra. :D We shall be reunited once again. I'll be sure to update next week about my shenanigans there. Till then, tartar! <3

Glowy Kitty

2011-10-16T14:22:00.004+08:00

More Project Draweekly. :D This is Alees. I used brushes for the background, check out surfing-ant from Deviantart if you want them too.

Anyway assignments are in full swing right now and at this moment I am procrastinating by updating this. Haha. I really want to update my blog layout, this one has been in use for years. Just need some extra time to sit down and tweak around. Until then, there will be just a few sparse updates. I've been busy the past week, what with assignments and whatnot.

Managed to meet up with Yen though, so that was good. We only ever get to meet up once ever few months, which is a shame. :/ But it's awesome because no matter how long we don't talk, when we do meet up we still get back into the same chatting groove as before. :)

I thought of updating with food pictures and stuff but I've lost the mood, haha. The inspiration to update here is so fleeting. Till next time then!

Drawing Again?

2011-10-04T21:32:00.006+08:00

This blog has been neglected and I am so sorry! D:

Just for the sake of updating (I suddenly feel like it. I'm not gonna question it, haha), here are two drawings I've got done within the past month. Haven't been drawing much at all but hoping to get some creative juices spilling now that Sammie and I are working on Project Draweekly together. Basically we're drawing every week together, according to themes! Even though an oceans separate us we can still do projects together. Yay. :3

So Week 1 was for us to draw a redhead and Week 2 was to draw her boyfriend. Here are my results. Week 3 and 4 have merged because of GASP assignments.

Campus life is being tedious lately. I'll be honest, I really prefer Taylor's before the sudden spike in population. I reach campus at 7.30 and parking is already almost to the tiang elektrik in Zone H. Last year if I reached at 7.30 I could still grab a spot in the entrance area. Parking woes aside, assignments are reasonable. Some subjects are more bearable than others. I can't wait to get to UniSA next year and choose my own electives.

Suddenly feel very tired. Could be from the climbing I did earlier today (and yes, I climb regularly now wewt) but dunno, it feels somewhat emotional. Last week I listened to Jet Lag, that new Simple Plan + Natasha Bedingfield song and I teared up wtf. It's not even a slow sad song it's all upbeat and pop rockish. @_@ Oh, hormones.

Hopefully I'll post more stuff in the near future. I want to be active blogging again. :D Also since that Perry is back from the shop I'll be able to take more pictures. Here's to having the drive to get back into this.

Mischief Managed

2011-07-17T22:24:00.004+08:00

Ooh, an update, how magical. :D

Today a bunch of us got together to go watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Hannah and I put the plans together, so we ended up buying tickets for 18 people - another 4 tickets were bought on the day itself for other people who decided to tag along with the party. :p

Me and the girls. It was mostly us and Hannah's classmates and siblings.

The movie was pretty good, actually, considering it's a book adaptation. I was fairly satisfied. I liked most of the changes they made in the movie. The only thing I couldn't really get over was *SPOILER* the colour of Liliy's eyes and how Harry didn't fix his own wand before snapping the Elder Wand in half. *END SPOILER* So yeah. Overall, I'm content.

Had a bit of fun with the props and promo material they put up around TGV. :p Movie outing was a success! Yay!

The koala-hamster

2011-02-06T22:57:00.005+08:00

So the group's koala-hamster has left for Aussie today. :(

I'm gonna miss you, Sha.

As Sammie said, we're losing our group squeaky toy.

This break has been hectic, so we didn't really get to hang out so much but I'm glad we got to see each other for a couple of times before today rolled along. There was the dinner + sleepover combo a couple of weeks ago. Did some fancy steakhouse visiting at TCM. :)

Everybody! Wewt. Pic credits to Sha's camera Squishy. After that went to Sammie's place to chill under the moon. It was a gorgeous moon by the way. Sat there till 2 in the morning, so got to watch it make its way across the clear night sky.

See? Gah, lovely.

Then spent CNY with Sha and Fyra. Last time I'll be seeing her in a long time. :(

I called it the Three of Us Day of Fun. Spent it hanging at Sha's place the whole day and nomming on Oreo McFlurry.

Last pic.

Sigh.

Classes won't be the same without you, Sha. It's been an awesome two years of knowing each other and one year of close friendship. Here's to you having an awesome time in Aussie.

A moment

2011-01-10T19:49:00.005+08:00

Ten days into 2011 and I think I'm ready to blog here again.

Hello, world.

I haven't had all that much motivation to blog, even though life has been eventful. Mostly because the things I want to say would be better off in my private journal and also because I've found a new hangout spot. Hehe. Not gonna say it here though. If you find it, good for you. :p

I tried writing a recap post on everything that happened in 2010 in my private journal, but I have to be honest, it was overwhelming. I got overemotional about it after 4 paragraphs then I gave up writing it. I guess some things are better left in the past.

Let's just say that the same way 2009 felt like one of the best years of my life, 2010 seems to have managed to become one of my least favoured. It was complicated, and I was fighting myself throughout the whole year about everything in my life, and the inside of my head wasn't a nice place to be at all. But despite the downs, it had its fair share of ups. All of my friends who stuck by me, all you wonderful people who were there to slap some sense back into me every time I started to go a little insane. You guys are amazing. I'm not gonna mention names - all of you know who you are.

And 2010 had a good ending. It felt like a good way to wrap up everything that had happened. I'm happy. :) You know what I mean. I'm hoping to start posting regularly again soon. So much to tell ... I've started working for one thing. Haha. Life's taken a total 360 since semester ended.

So here's to the new year, 2011. I don't expect you to be easy, but I want to be able to enjoy myself while I'm at it.

Singing in my head

2010-12-26T22:09:00.001+08:00

It's that time of the year again!

Firstly, yeah this blog space has been ignored for a while. Heh. But anyway.

Time to present to you all my annual songlist. This year has been ... well it's been a rollercoaster of a year, so my choice of songs range from the horribly depressing to the mindnumbingly happy. A contrast, I think. The songs will be listed in no particular order. Not repeating any songs from last year, but a lot of those are still very important to me. :) To see my list for 2009, click here!

Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes

Fall Out Boy

This song deserves a spot here at the top of the list. I don't know what I would have done without it - the same way Breathe was my emo song last year, this replaced it this year. It helped me get up from a lot of things that brought me down this year. Man, the number of times I'd be yelling out to the lyrics while driving. 'Boycott love, detox just to retox. And I'll promise you anything for another shot at life.'

Broken Strings

James Morrison Ft. Nelly Furtado

Hmm what can I say about this. I've always had a thing for duets and this one makes my ears happy. Haha. Also another song I used as an emo song. But I listened to it more for the sound, I love the melody and rythm. Like I said in another post a long time ago, it gives me a very Another Heart Calls vibe. 'You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel. I can't tell you something that ain't real.'

Don't Stop Believing

Glee Cast

Yes, I mean the Glee version. Can I just say that I love this show? It was my stress reliever. Every week, when I'm down with assignments I would look forward to waiting for the new episode to download. There is just so much love! So much love! :') This show makes me so happy. The characters, the wacky plot lines. I don't care that most of it requires some suspension of disbelief, it gives me happy fangirl feelings. 'Another movie never ends, it goes on and on and on and on.'

Sparks Fly

Taylor Swift

Hmm? I don't care that I only got into this song a few weeks ago, it is going onto this list. I have it on repeat on my playlist while I walk to work every day. I can't help it. 'Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain.'

Amsterdam

Anberlin

Oh wow, this song. THIS song. I just. I don't know why is it exactly, what quality makes me cling to the melody like I do but I love this song. I love the sound, the instruments, the rythm, the lyrics. This is a driving song - which means it lives in my car, pretty much. Which is why every time I hear it, in my mind all I can see is the grey of the dashboard. 'Say all you will, say all that you can. Words have no meaning when I see where you've been.'

Our Song

The Spill Canvas

Hmmm I'll just ... leave this here. I know you're reading this. :) 'Be kind when you rewind the story of the two of us.'

Made For You

One Republic

The first time I heard this song, my heart soared. There are four types of songs in the world. The kind that I can't stand, no matter how often I hear it. The ones I have no feeling for. The ones that I have to listen to for a while to like. And then there are songs that just propose marriage to my brain, to which my brain says YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES. I listened to it once and I wanted to leap up and save the world. 'And I start to wonder, how're you gonna handle me when I'm under, swimming in the darkest sea.'

I'll Hold My Breath

Ellie Goulding

I actually found this song during my post-Inception dive into fandom. Special mention, why? Because Inception is awesome. Very awesome. Mindblowingly awesome. And while my traipse into the fandom was pretty short-lived, I had never felt quite so alive over a movie in a long time, so yeah. 'Fight fire in you best clothes, touch skin with your eyes closed.'

My list this year is shorter than last year.

Here's to 2011 bringing along more awesome tunes. :)

End where I begin

2010-11-18T10:18:00.003+08:00

Here's a Create Your Own Sonnet Meme:

Put your media player on, press play, and post the first line of the first twelve songs that play. Let's see what interesting pieces of literature we can come up with, shall we?

Now that she's back in the atmosphere
Baby can't you see
Breaks on breaks on the car is running empty
He woke up from dreaming and put on his shoes
I was watching when you lost direction
Well I know a thing about contrition
I first saw you at the video exchange
A burning desire to live and roam free
My head is saying no but my heart keeps giving in
Here's another pity
When I was younger I saw
The way that girl can break a heart

Songs:

1) Drops of Jupiter - Train

2) Toxic - Britney Spears

3) Science of Fear - The Temper Trap

4) Remembering Sunday - All Time Low

5) As Long As It Takes - The Spill Canvas

6) House of Wolves - My Chemical Romance

7) Hands On Me - Vanessa Carlton

8) Utopia - Within Temptation feat. Chris Jones

9) Anybody There - The Script

10) Mona Lisa - The All-American Rejects

11) The Only Exception - Paramore

12) The One I'm Waiting For - Relient K

I thought this was cool so posted it here. Give it a try, it's fun. I quite like how this one came out. Sem's over by the way, and I think there's gonna be some big changes rolling around the corner. I'm both excited and really nervous.

Happy hols unimates.

Drove for miles and miles

2010-10-24T15:02:00.003+08:00

Dear Self.

What the hell are you doing staring out of the rear view mirror, look ahead!

-__-; Adoi.

I have this huge urge to get my mind wiped and then having data inputted back in manually out of context so that maybe things will make more sense.

Currently listening to 'She's Got You High' by Mumm-Ra.

I need more How I Met Your Mother.

I also need to get my butt back onto slaving over assignments.

I also ~~want~~ need a Volkswagen CrossPolo.

The latter can wait for a while though.

Freebie

2010-10-08T10:30:00.003+08:00

Baskin Robbins opened at campus yesterday and there was a promotion: The first 100 people to turn up at the opening wearing pink will get a free ice cream scoop each. Somehow, the girls and I managed to get pink stuff even though we only read about the promotion that morning itself in the computer lab. :p Lucky thing I brought my pink backpack and a pink and red necklace that Aishah could borrow. Haha.

I was number 14 in line. :) Mint chocolate chip scoop on a cone. Yum.

Updates are erratic due to assignments.

Right now I am simultaneously working on:

IDM video (shooting is today and audio's not done)

IPD factsheet (2 pages out of 6. Argh)

GS case study. Due in two weeks, nothing done.

ML annotated bibliography. Crawling along.

Busy busy all the time but it's better than idling away doing nothing.

NaNoWriMo's next month! I don't have a plot. Here's to getting hit with an idea within the next few weeks.

To the sky

2010-10-03T12:17:00.001+08:00

The weather these days is rainy and cloudy and making me sick.

I miss the clear blue skies and fluffy sheep clouds.

Sweet noms

2010-09-11T22:16:00.004+08:00

This here is a plate of all the kuih raya my family and I baked during the week before Raya. One of each! Middle is a pineapple tart, clockwise from top, honey cornflakes, chocolate chip and almond cookie, jam tart, a slice of kek lapis, kuih suji and a cornflake cookie.

The honey cornflakes are by Mama. Pineapple tart, cornflake cookies and chocolate chip and almond cookies by me and Mira. Jam tart by Mira, kuih suji by Acu and the kek lapis is my baby. I love kek lapis. I love making kek lapis. :)

Voila, wall of kuih.

Kek lapis in the making. Clocked in at 7 hours with 18 layers in total.

After I was done Mama said that I smelled like kek lapis. The kitchen smells gorgeous during the pre-raya week. Haha.

Chocolate chip and almond cookies before going into the oven.

Pineapple tarts pre-baking. Looks the same, I know.

The pineapple jam stuff is really sticky. Mira said that you could totally suffocate and die if you somehow got stuck in a vat of it. Death from trying to eat your way out and getting your face stuck in it, hence suffocating yourself.

*cough* Moving on.

That, my friends is a cup of dark chocolate chunks sitting in a tub of batter which will soon become the cornflake cookies.

Cookie dough. Hmm hmm.

The cornflake cookies are another personal favourite of mine. They're a combination of cornflakes, dark chocolate chunks, milk chocolate chips, macadamia nuts and cookie dough. So very good. You don't know how much I had to hold myself back from licking the spoon while making this stuff.

That's all the pics I have, I don't have any from the stuff I had no hand in baking, sadly. I'll update about Raya soon, once I get the photos from Mira. :)

Huit neuf dix

2010-09-08T22:07:00.004+08:00

Buka with ... Mr Khuirul and family. Haha.

Breaking fast at Saujana is an annual thing for us, but this year we're marking it pretty late what with only two days left to Ramadhan. I'm typing this with a bloated tummy and satisfied appetite. Yay!

By the way, pictures up ahead. Of food! Yay food.

This was a small plate of kerabu and salad I picked up for myself. I love me my salad ~~and salad dressing~~. :)

Mira's mee kari. It was yummy.

Plate of mee goreng, roast lamb and mint sauce. One of the best parts of eating at Saujana is the roast lamb. I ... love roast lamb. Seriously. And with mint sauce. So much love.

Another best part? Bread and butter pudding. Ladies and gents. Heaven swimming in a pool of vanilla sauce. Hmm. I'm stuffed full of food and I'm still salivating at the thought of it. I had two helpings - the last one I took happened to be the very last scoop left in the buffet. I call myself lucky. Haha.

There was a lot of other types of food but this was what I had. :)

The two adiks, Acu and Atuk and Maktuk.

Family photo! I don't really like the lighting here but it was the best shot we got. The rest had weird facial expressions (I'm looking at you, Hanna. ._.) and blurriness.

Also, today I went shopping avec ma mère et soeur. :) Also, manicure + pedicure combo. My nails are all shiny now and bought some earrings and a necklace for raya. Even got myself a t-shirt. Haha. I enjoyed myself today.

Tomorrow I hope to blog about my baking adventures! Stay tuned!

Remember when

2010-09-05T10:39:00.004+08:00

Buka with Sophie, Nad and Aidil last night at Subang Parade's Dave's Deli. :)

I only get to see you girls like, once every few weeks or months, it's sad. I'm so glad we got to do this. It really brought my spirits up, It's so nice being with people I've known for years upon years.

This picture was above our table. Nice. :p I like the dude's expression, one of ... awe and excitement. Haha.

After dinner we went walking around and Aidil and I bought matching jackets! But hers is in purple, mine is in black. Now we're jacket sisters. We have to go on an epic shopping trip together girls, like seriously. Then I went to Dome and got myself a Fluffy Koala Espresski. It's chocolate heaven in your mouth. Ugh. Beautiful. No picture 'cause I drank it finished before thinking about it. Haha.

Forgot to take a group picture with Aidil since she went back with her sister. :(

But it was a fun night. I love you girls like burning. :')

Earlier that evening, I found a pair of boots in the closet. They were beautiful. They were Mama's and she said I could wear them if I wanted to so I tried them on but they were half a size too small. ;_; So now I'm waiting for duit raya to come in and then I'm going boot hunting. You will be mine. Yes.

Où est-tu

2010-09-02T14:46:00.003+08:00

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That is the plan, Sassy Gay Friend.

That's always the plan.

I had an epic song recommendation thing going on at my FB status so now I'm slowly sifting through all the songs and choosing what I want for my playlist. And I cleaned up my iTunes so that I won't find myself skipping over so many songs I don't feel like listening to anymore.

Went to MPH Merdeka Sale and got a pretty good haul. I'm happy. Even bought a Malay novel, haha. That's something.

I am looking for my platypus keychain. Can't find it.

I think it's time to find a new one, but everything in the market is just so ... blegh. I'm picky, can't help it. *cough* Secretly wanting this keychain to be my totem, that's why so picky *cough*.

University is being challenging and Ramadhan's almost over. Exhausted, physically, mentally, emotionally. I've gotten all my Raya stuff already so I'm happy for that.

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Why yes, I have taken to mentioning my image sources.

Blame assignments.

So. If I had no fear, I would try ... so many many things. I'd play sports I'd never thought of playing, go where risks are part of the thrill.

I'd say things to people.

What would you try?

Nothing

2010-08-30T21:32:00.002+08:00

Confession:

I've been on and off depressed for the past ... three to four months?

I'm tired and I just don't want to think anymore.

I'm watching stuff that's supposed to cheer me up, how the hell does it end with me feeling even worse than I did before?

Today wasn't all that great for my self-esteem.

Temporary pleasant surprise was temporary.

Now there's just doubt.

Inside jokes

2010-08-23T22:41:00.002+08:00

First time buka puasa with friends this year! :D

Went to Pyramid after a long day in uni and did some (window) shopping and looking at pictures of puppies and kittens in pet encyclopedias in MPH. Heh. Girls talked me into wearing crazy 5 inch heels and I felt like I was going to fall over. Interesting though. :p

We buka at Burger King! Was craving the mushroom swiss and mozzarella sticks so I'm satisfied now. I overate I think ... after finishing the food I laughed so hard I started to feel nauseous. But hey, I hadn't laughed so hard in ages so I had a great time.

Darlings. :)

Awww. *heart shapes floating everywhere cheesily*

Dudes!

... Err. Haha.

AND SUGAR GLIDER.

I named it Ninja. Because at one point it was climbing around crazily and stuff. So cute.

It was a good day. :)

Flashbacks

2010-08-21T21:01:00.003+08:00

Tarsha-Llama is flying away on Monday! :(

So went to say goodbye today. Also got to meet up with Nahjan, Gursh, Shumi and Darshini. It was nice to catch up, haven't seen everyone in so long. We got to talking about school and everyone else. I realised that I must have been a total blurcase then; half of the gossip I was not aware of. Self, you fail. But now I know. Haha.

I saw the meter turn 8888 while I was driving in a housing area. I got my camera out and snapped it while I was cruising along but ... missed it. Some things in life are just hit and miss I guess.

Here's to catching 9999! :p

Chase thunder

2010-08-18T18:56:00.004+08:00

I love this song right now.

Can I just say how amazing it is that just by finding one person to tell things to, everything changes. The sky is brighter, the load is lighter and I've been walking around with this ridiculously high level of optimism.

That can't be practical, but there you go.

Thank you for listening to me. Why didn't I do this sooner.

In the event of that, I think I'm done with lingering.

It's been so long and the whole thing resurfacing just brought so many things back, y'know? And I realised that I had never really given myself a proper closure to it. I won't call what's happened now closure per se but this is what I needed: confirmation. The situation's changed and now I can confirm it. And I'm OK. :)

On another note, I don't want to care about a certain something right now.

There are so many other beautiful things to focus on.

I'll worry about it if it comes up.

Vague post is vague.

Ps. Drove the freaking GTI to freaking campus. I am freaking high.

An idea

2010-08-13T11:48:00.003+08:00

My FB and Twitter accounts are in French.

Haha. :D

Hoping this will help expand mon vocabulaire.

First two weeks of sem 2!

I haven't been using Perry that often I'm afraid so no sem 2 pictures. There are some photos in Macaroni but dang am I lazy to transfer at the moment. So, pic-less post today!

What have I been doing?

Well I watched Inception twice, once with Acu and Mira and a second time with Sammie and Nick. And I've been like. Obsessed. And fangirling (Oh Arthur you beautiful thing in a three-piece suit) and other excited happy things. There's nothing quite like being a fangirl in a beautifully written fandom. Haha.

And I finally got to go rock-climbing omg. It was fun.

And there have been uni stuff to do which I have been completely procrastinating. Argh. Starting to get back into the groove though. Slowly does it. I think I have an idea for the IDM video already ... it hit me out of nowhere last night and it's been sitting right in my face.

Other than that I've been doing a lot of thinking.

Thinking complicates things though so I guess I should start going with the flow like Nad says. Instead of clinging to an Idea all the time, just go with the wind. I have no idea where the wind will take me though and I'll be honest and say that I'm worried about that.

What's the most resilient parasite?

Oh well.

A bientot.

Unicorn cake yay

2010-08-04T20:50:00.004+08:00

In celebration of the new semester (or mourning of the lost holidays) I baked ... DUN DUN DUN A ~**UNICORN CAKE**~. And a baby. I think the baby looks weird though. :(

The ~**UNICORN CAKE**~ is made of rainbows.

I got some interesting suggestions on how to improve the anatomy of the ~**UNICORN CAKE**~ in future, all of which I have taken note of. The next time I attempt this, it will be even AWESOMER (which is not a word, children).

Oh noes the ~**UNICORN CAKE**~ was slaughtered by the Evil Fyra and now it is a SHARK HEAD CAKE. With a horn.

I HAVE WORK TO DO but NO MOTIVATION.

I AM TYPING IN CAPS

JUST BECAUSE

And I am reading Inception fanfic like nobody's business, you know how high I am at the moment?

I AM SO HYPER

AND THIRSTY

I've been drinking so much though, my body doesn't make sense to me right now.

OK BYE

Homecoming

2010-07-29T22:16:00.003+08:00

The past two weeks have really been something.

Last week Atuk went for an angiogram which went well, Alhamduilllah. He says that he's not as easily tired as he once was so that's awesome. I love you Atuk. :)

And then a couple of days ago Spyro broke his tail so we had to send him for surgey. Poor baby lost two inches of his beautiful tail. Here he is with his new pretty satellite dish collar. He's fine now, albeit a little groggy and weak from a jab the vet gave him.

I have three days left to the holidays.

I think I'm just going to take it easy. No epic war-on-boredom plans, no deliberate jumps into activity. If things happen, they'll happen. I have to teach myself to accept that not everything we plan will come through ... sometimes Allah has a different plan for us. :)

Beautiful

2010-07-22T23:31:00.005+08:00

Atuk got admitted to hospital yesterday and he went through an angiogram this morning. All of us drove down to Singapore last night but didn't get a chance to see him so we went to the hospital this morning and waited about for him to be done with the procedure. Picture above was taken on the way South, somewhere over the Johor sky.

Everything went well Alhamdulillah and we went to see him in the recovery room. His lunch was already there so Papa asked me and Mira to help feed him. We were going to, but Atuk said that we should let the nurse do it since that they have experience. So we left it at that.

A male nurse came by after a while and offered to feed him. And Atuk just laughed and said that he wanted 'the beautiful nurse' to feed him. The male nurse just laughed and called out to the nursing station behind him for a beautiful nurse and the nurses there just laughed. I left the room for a bit after that.

When I came back in later, Atuk was having his lunch - Maktuk was feeding him.

She used to be a nurse.

There some moments in life that are so beautifully scripted that you're completely blown away. This has got to be one of the best ones I've ever seen in my life.

Looking down the ladder

2010-07-20T20:13:00.004+08:00

I was watching Fellowship of the Ring and I realised how it's been almost ten years since it first premiered. Can you believe that? It's been almost a decade since I finished reading the trilogy and all the other books I had gotten myself into. It's been such a long time.

I was delighted to see that the movie was dripping with dramatic epicness. I mean ... wow. Some of it is horribly cheesy but it works so well and damn, Frodo is such a damsel in distress. Blegh. I used to have a crush on him, hehe. Pretty blue eyes.

I'm in the midst of rearranging a lot of stuff in my mind. One thing I'd like to change is my lack of drawing, writing and reading.

Maybe I should go offline more often.

Hahahahhaaha.

Moar plz

2010-07-16T17:58:00.004+08:00

O rly.

This makes me feel like watching the Keira Knightley movie again. I haven't watched it yet this year. I've seen it once every year ever since it came out and I have yet to grow tired of it.

Been pleasantly busy the past week, couldn't be happier. The war I have waged against boredom is still ongoing ... sometimes I emerge victorious, la championne de la bataille. Other times, I sink to a shameful defeat. But hey, I may have lost a few battles but the war's not over. ;)

Today in particular was good because of 3 things.

One being productivity!

The second being that I have achieved my personal goal of sitting in every chair in LT3. Fo realz.

The third being that Jov and I found a place which sells bubble tea near campus.

I am at the moment a very content human being.

Our specialty

2010-07-12T22:48:00.004+08:00

Today's Aishah's birthday!

So we planned a little surprise for her yesterday. Hehe.

We drove up to her house and got Sheik to do some baiting for us while we hid behind the wall.

Outside her house. Unsuspecting.

This is a surprised person, everybody. :D Success!

Went to Lake Gardens for a picnic, had KFC chicken and potato salad. Yummeyh. We just finished packing up when it started to rain. So we ran for the nearest shelter but not before we got totally drenched. Mandi hujan, baby!

It was a hapeee day. :)

Keep your mind busy

2010-07-07T19:52:00.004+08:00

My initial plan for today was to do something I haven't done in months.

Instead, I ended up doing something I haven't done in months.

Heh.

I shall now call this particular DIY frame kit My Little ~~Pony~~ Antidepressant.

I bought this thing in ... I dunno, December? It's about time I got to making it.

The window. I repainted all the wood they included in the box with acrylics.

The swingset was my favourite part!

They included cloth to sew the cushions with but I messed up and cut it up too small. So I made do by taking an old shirtsleeve and snipping it up. Why yes, I did have an old shirtsleeve lying around. Long story.

Flowers, basket, a tiny book (I love this one) and a mug.

Detail shots.

Time to get a new box! :p

Messages

2010-07-07T19:06:00.003+08:00

Here're some things I'm thinking, directed at certain people.

1. You've only been gone a few days and I miss you. :/

2. I'm disappointed, that's all.

3. It's so hard to look at you now. I'm actually angry.

4. I don't talk to you as often as I used to. I don't know what happened.

5. I'm glad we got to meet up again. :)

6. Do you have any idea where we're standing? Cause I don't.

7. I want to talk to you, but I don't know how to initiate the conversation.

8. Stop all this self-pity. Tell me straight out please.

And most importantly, to the most important person:

Always have a back-up plan.

Ps. Siapa yang terasa, it could be directed at you. Or maybe it isn't. You'll never know.

Semaine deux

2010-07-02T11:00:00.006+08:00

I think it's time for a holiday update!

And blurry cat photo is blurry. Very aware if that.

Week One of holidays was ... actually sort of depressing. But emoboy tendencies aside, I got to watch A-Team and eat durian mochi, which by itself chases most troubles away. I also got to eat real durian, which also chases most troubles away. Except for bad breath, but hey that's what breathmints are for.

Week Two is so far miles better than Week One. It's been interesting. :)

So yeah, things I planned to do at the beginning of these hols:

1) Paint shoes

2) ~~Make DIY kit~~

3) Get a part-time job

4) Put together Book of Motivation

5) Read books

6) Short film

7) ~~Sleepover~~

8) Morning swims

9) Sky Trex

10) Paintball

11) Rock-climbing

12) Draw portraits

13) ~~Picnic~~

14) Learn at least one guitar song

15) Make at least one piano cover

16) ~~Shoot zombies~~

That's all I've got so far. Must get my butt into gear.

Meh

2010-06-22T22:34:00.005+08:00

Meh.

Baby Sloth agrees with me.

Wedding

2010-06-17T09:47:00.005+08:00

Last Sunday was Mr R's wedding. :)

Left home early with Sammie and Jov for Sha's house. My first time ever driving into KL so I may have made a few wrong turnings. Heh. Stopped by Sha's place, then fetched Sharine and headed to Kampung Pengantin for the rehearsal. After that, went to KLCC to go wedding present shopping and back to Sha's house to get ready. It was fun.

Sha curled my hair for the occasion. :x I've curled my hair before for the heck of it but I always end up looking like zaman dulu movie actress gone wron

g or something. But Sha's technique actually looked OK so I guess it was just my own curling methods. Haha. The whole thing started to straighten out again before the wedding ended but it was cool while it lasted.

The wedding itself was fun, the location was gorgeous. One thing though was how it was so pretty on the inside and ... not so pretty on the outside. Haha. The food was nice and the performances were win. So proud of my classmates who performed. You guys rock!

Us and the happy couple. :)

This photo credit to Jov's camera.

Driving home at night was awesome because I didn't get lost. Yay. Sammie and Jov stayed the night and Pebbles made them welcome by ... sleeping on their feet. Weird cat. She'll be an arrogant snob around me but she's so hospitable to guests. Haha.

Anyway, it was a fun day/night. Wouldn't mind more of these things. :)

Lit up the world

2010-06-11T11:02:00.003+08:00

Things I want to do during the soon-to-come holidays:

1) Paint at least one pair of shoes.

2) Finish my DIY frame kit.

3) Get a part time job during July.

4) Put together a Book of Motivation.

5) Finish reading my untouched stack of books.

6) Work on a short film competition entry.

I'll update this as the ideas pour in.

I'm looking forward to this long weekend! :B

Bandung

2010-06-09T10:21:00.005+08:00

Bandung, baby! :)
Left on Friday afternoon. I've been looking forward to it for weeks, OK.

Saw this shop. That sign is for real, OK.
Atuk was so amused by it, he kept saying it over and over again long after we drove past.
"T-shit store. T-shit store. T-shit store!"

One thing about Bandung is ... the batagor.
They're sort of fried tofu and dumpling. Delicious.
... I feel hungry just looking at this photo. Sigh.

Check out what I'm eating.

Looks like ice-cream, right, right?

Wrong! It's a waffle ... ON A STICK.

They even come with scoops of ice cream.
After the currency exchange, the whole thing, ice cream included, cost about 3 bucks. Worth every cent. Heavenly, fluffy taste. If only they had a stall in KL. I had three during our stay there. Haha.

Here's another little novelty.
Corn in a cup ... with cheese and condensed milk.
Sounds weird but it tasted quite nice, actually.

There was some sort of cycling event going on so the street above was empty for about an hour. We could walk in the middle of the road no problem. Nice sensation. Also saw all these families with tricycles for the kids and whatnot. Very cute.

The whole family's set of luggage at the end of the journey.
There are nine of us all in all and every bag was filled to bursting.
I love Bandung for the shopping. The weather's also nice, albeit rather dusty.
Touched down on Monday evening with a fever and stomach upset. But well worth it. :)

Double wham

2010-06-04T08:03:00.006+08:00

On Tuesday, walked into lecture to discover that THERE IS NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY. So I zoomed out to have some fun with my Amanian girls. Had fun in Bangsar and at Sophie's house. We also went on a bit of a half day road trip which was crazy fun. It was an awesome day, a lovely break from the mess of assignments and classes that have become my entire life for the past couple of weeks.

Aaaand after classes yesterday we went out to surprise Ms T. A sort of thank you for being awesome and helping us with our drama. Also worked as an early birthday thingy for her so it was all good. :D And while we were at it we surprised Nick too, since that it was his birthday! Damn I love planning double whammy surprises. It's like a surprise inside a surprise. :)

The rest of the day was interesting. HOHOHO. >:)

I shall end this post with this pic. Because it's too damn cute not to. HAHA.

Movies in May

2010-06-02T23:06:00.000+08:00

Shrek Forever After
Watched this with Mama, Mira, Nazim and Hanna.
Overall, it was entertaining. Much better than the third movie.
So Shrek's got everything going for him ... family, friends, people who love and adore him. But he's not ... happy. He misses the good old days when people would run at the sight of him and he could take a mud bath in peace. So he signs a contract with Rumplestiltskin to get one day as an ordinary ogre again. Of course as is the structure of most 'deal with the devil' plots, things don't go according to how he had hoped it would be. I'm gonna be honest and say that I actually really enjoyed myself. It wasn't rib-cracking funny but it was a funny that lets you feel good about the world. I liked the whole 'resistance' idea they had going on. Some parts needed some suspension of disbelief but heck, it's Shrek. That's pretty much expected. Also there were some nice little gags that need a reference to be funny, those really made me smile. :)
Watch it ... because it's Shrek! :p If you watched the others, might as well watch this to complete the experience. Personally, I think it's a really good mood-lightener.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Watched this with Mama, Mira, Nazim and Hanna.
Overall, I thought it was a cute movie, your typical middle school kid's movie with a slight difference.
The story covers the entire first year of Greg Heffley who is starting middle school. Greg has big dreams for middle school; he's going to be popular, everyone will love him and he's going to be at the very top of the social ladder. But the truth is, Greg is a bit of a jerk. He's selfish and cares nothing about others. His best friend Rowley is adorably ignorant of all the 'social rules' of middle school, and Greg sees him as an embarrassment, frequently using him for his own ends.
What I found interesting is how for once in a kid's movie, the main character is the obvious jerk. I didn't like him at all, which I think is kind of the point. He pays for it in the end though, ending up lonely and depressed. What he did in the end I guess redeemed him a little, but personally I still think he's a jerk. Haha. The acting was quite good, there are a few faces you can look forward to in the next few years kid-wise. Chloe Moretz especially I want to look out for ... she was Hitgirl in Kick-Ass. There's some versatility for you. :) They also had some graphics in the movie which I would say are just OK looking. The animation though was very cute and I loved it.
Watch if you're in the mood for some light-hearted kid fun. Also if you have younger relatives who will enjoy it.

Iron Man 2
Watched this with the fam.
Overall, it was just OK. Expected more, to be honest.
Most of the dialogue was boring, scriptwriting was too heavy on the infodump and too skimpy on the entertainment. Where did the wit and snark of the first Iron Man go? Acting was really good, but again if the script is bleh, the actors don't have that much to work with. Tony Stark was a good watch as usual, Pepper Potts was just meh (although I quite like their relationship dynamic). Scarlett Johansen's character is so boring. I am sorry. She did nothing for me. The main plot was predictable, most of the subplots were as well. The only time I perked up was when they brought Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury in. He brought some life to it, just for a little while. Action sequences were of course, yet another showcase of Wow, Graphics Are Awesome but ... had no oomph. I saw some video game animation going on for some of the fight scenes (nothing with robots or Iron Man). Would've liked it better if it were real and not animated. Also, wanted to slap Justin Hammer. What a jerk. :/
Watch ... for the sake of watching, or if you're an Iron Man fan. And if you're interested in The Avengers because there's some basic groundwork there for it. Also, I heard something about there being a tiny extra scene at the end (which I didn't stay to catch) so if you're going, wait a bit I guess. :)

Everything in moderation

2010-05-31T23:12:00.005+08:00

Presenting the cast of Virtue & Sin.
:)
This was freaking awesome fun guys. Seriously. I know I blow up a little with every drama presentation I make but that amazing feeling I get at the end of every performance ... it's indescribable. Everything from the brainstorming process to presenting always gives me a rush. I want to do more of this creative stuff. It gives me such a high.
Thanks to my virtuous group members. :p Aishah, Jov, Fyra, Sharine, Sammie, Nick. Humility, Kindness, Charity, Temperance, Chastity, Diligence. You guys rock.

Oh and here's a little taste of my most listened to music of the moment.

This is our last goodnight / Say what you will / Say all that you can / This is our last goodbye / This is where love ends

What? I'm not emo. I just freaking love this thing.

Through the tunnel

2010-05-27T20:19:00.004+08:00

Saw this on PostSecret today!

Call it silly but I'm so happy to know that somebody else in the world does this too.
<3
Life is being interesting, by the way.
Wouldn't have it any other way.
I wonder if my tunnel wishes will come true this year?

J&S

2010-05-19T18:42:00.004+08:00

Took a chance and tried something a little different for our CRR assignment.
Personally, I think it was a success.
We got the reaction we were aiming for. :)
Thanks Sha, Sharine, Jov, Kent, Sammie and Fyra!
I'm proud of you guys.

Battle cry

2010-05-16T09:45:00.002+08:00

You want a fight then?
Well bring it on! We know who's in the right! We know who was first in the game!
Last one in is a rotten egg.

I declare we charge into battle. Ready your weapons.
You asked for it.

Seriously?

2010-05-14T22:08:00.001+08:00

seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously seriously?

I don't know.
I wish I do.

Sneaky ninja

2010-05-13T15:44:00.002+08:00

So today was interesting.
Got an inspirational talk in the morning.
Round two of ... CRR practice after that.
Had CCS tutorial ...
Spaghetti for lunch thanks to Fyra. :)
A very eventful EC tutorial.
Saw some sneaky ninja action.
Performed some not so sneaky running across a roof (!).
Got stuck.
Parkour!Fail.

Got home and ... I honestly don't know what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong. What's the right thing to do? Do I do what I want to do or what I should do so that other people don't feel bad?

I'm having issues with being myself at the moment.

Why is the world so damn ambiguous?

Long short week

2010-05-06T21:50:00.005+08:00

This little guy has replaced Russel on the dashboard of my car.
Mira gave him to me for my birthday. :)
Sammie has named him Tigermouse.
He dances sometimes. Other times it's like he hates me or something. Ah well.
To Russel, the very first ... ornament I ever got for my car (The Mouse).
RIP Russel. You were a pretty lame flower who didn't dance quite enough.
But you were my first. Ilu 4eva bby <3

Went exploring when it was raining heavily at Lakeside the other day.
Found some cows!
How exciting. The novelty wears off the moment I catch a whiff of the manure though. Urgh.

So, been at Lakeside for a week now.
Can't say I'm ecstatic ... there is so much improvement needed.
They say that it's all coming, so I'm waiting and I'm hoping. Give them a chance for a bit longer.
(Parking and jam and cafeteria crowd and blargh.)

Flood in the library on the same rainy day.
A pipe burst and water started pouring everywhere. Every time the cap got replaced, it would burst back open a while later. Happened three times while I was there. I loved people's reactions to it though. One guy ran over and fixed the cap once. Another guy saw the commotion and started calling to his friend, "Take my camera take my camera!" It was so funny.

Have some pictures of Zed and Spyro.
Just because.

No swimming

2010-05-03T22:37:00.003+08:00

Started at a magical new campus today!
Filled with zombie cows and krakens and unicorns and mermaids and-
Oh wait, that was my old assumption.
Oops. :p
Anyway started the day with a long drive. Jam, baby.

View from the carpark. I call it the Big Carpark.
I call the other carpark the Cowfield. Last time I came here, there were cows there but now there are just cars. We heard a cow mooing in the distance while walking to the buildings. So nice, the cow welcoming us! :D

We heard about the packed cafeteria and overpriced food.
So Sha made some baguettes for our lunch!
Thanks Sha. <3
We sat at the amphitheater and people-watched while chowing down.

The magical Lake!
No fishing.
Jov is sad.

So yeah, Day One.
We were like schoolkids on first day of school. I was more of a tourist with my camera (I have named it Perry, like the Platypus).
Looking forward to moar awesome timez.

April watch

2010-05-02T18:59:00.002+08:00

Starting a monthly movie dump. :)

When In Rome
Watched this with Sha, Sammie, Fyra and Joe.
The basic premise is that a workaholic girl scoops up some coins from that wishing fountain place (can't remember the name sorry) where people wish for love and ends up being hounded by a pack of males who have suddenly fallen in love with her. She has to decide whether or not the one she really loves is reciprocating because of his coin in the fountain or genuine love for her.
Overall, I have to say that it was very bleh.
Plot was mildly entertaining but so many things were rushed through. Subplots and the like. Also, some stuff was just so unnecesary and it was obvious they were setting things up for cheap laughs. The beginning of the movie made me cringe with shame - the editting needs a lot of work, they kept cutting away at strange moments and the extras' acting left much to be desired. The only thing I liked about the whole thing was watching Josh Duhamel (he's nice to look at) make a klutz of himself. It helps that Kirsten Bell is nice to watch too, but her character was so bland. Couldn't connect with her, and I hate her friends. I want to slap them all. Haha.
Watch it if you're bored. Really really bored and there's nothing else to watch or do.

Kick-Ass
Watched this with Nad, Hannah and Aidil.
Superhero parody with a twist. Dave is your average, nerdy highschool boy with a comic book obsession. He decides to don a costume ... well, just because he can. After he's filmed during a fight with a bunch of thugs and his name is spread across the Interwebs, his fame skyrockets and some other 'heroes' start to sprout up, and that's when the plot starts to hit rollercoaster.
This movie. Is violent. Very violent.
I was a wuss and watched most of it from behind my fingers.
I enjoyed this one mostly because it's so deliciously badass. Dave is adorable and naive, running through the night with his sticks and hitting people, hoping they will behave. Of course, he soon gets himself into deep trouble, getting caught up with the mafia and a few vengeful vigilantes. Helps that he's pretty. The acting was fun, from Dave to the mindblowing Hitgirl (she will blow your mind. And make parents faint.). The action sequences are insane, and towards the end you'll have to suspend disbelief a little. The comedy is dark in some points, slapstick in others. There're some nice comic cliche references that made me smile.
Watch if you don't mind the gore. And if you're particularly fond of superhero movies. :)

How to Train Your Dragon

Watched this with Nad.
I walked into this one without that much on the expectation side. I'd seen lots of positive response around Deviantart, so I thought I'd give it a shot. In a land of Vikings (Berk) Hiccup is the odd one out, stringy and unathletic. Basically, not much of a Viking. He dreams of killing a dragon and impressing his father. Instead, he ends up friends with one (Toothless).
What can I say? I love this movie. I lovelovelovelovelove it.
Sounds like your typical kid's movie right? Yeah it sure does. But it isn't all that typical. You have to watch it to understand ... everything is so gorgeous, the animation, the SOUNDTRACK (swoons) , the ENDING. I teared up at the end. Toothless is the most adorable dragon I've ever seen in my life, he reminds me of Zed. Yes, Zed the kitten. Half the time I was squeaking to myself and wanting to give the thing a huge hug. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was how all the younger generation Vikings had American accents while their parents were sporting Scottish. What's up with that? Is acquiring a Scottish accent part of becoming an adult or something? Argh accent fail.
Watch it. Just watch it. Then download the soundtrack. And listen to it on repeat. Ahhh.

The seventh day

2010-05-01T11:19:00.003+08:00

Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix.
I finished Lord Sunday last night at 1.30 a.m.
;(

If I'm right, I started reading these books in Form 4.
At the moment, it's the very last fantasy book series that I was still hanging on too.
I kinda stopped starting on series fantasy when I finished school. No time.
And now I've finished it.
Hmm feels like the end of an age seriously. :/

The ending was incredible. I cried a little. Haha.
I saw some of it coming, but a lot of it was unexpected.
Reminds me a bit of the Pendragon ending, but unlike MacHale, Nix managed to tie it up without making me freaking confused. Sorry MacHale, I loved Pendragon but the ending was pure WTF.

Also? Amazing thing?
The final page got me shipping a ... brand new couple.
That in itself is a feat, ladies and gentlemen. Shipping on the last page!
Man I want to re-read the series now.

Eve

2010-04-27T21:30:00.003+08:00

I have roughly two hours left before I turn 19.

Around this time as a thirteen year old, I was ridiculously excited.
Why?
In my mind, turning 14 is the age where celebrities are made. Turning 14 was my last shot at being the youngest published author. Turning 14 meant that I was at the right age to find a magical object which will whisk me to another dimension where I will find adventure and romance along with adorable talking animals.

None of that happened but heck, I can dream right?

I've lost all hope of being the youngest published author ever and well, I can forget about going to a magical realm behind a wardrobe door. But my writing dreams have changed into dreams of drawing my own webcomic, and anyway I can have all the adventures I ever wanted just by living. :) Just ... minus the talking animals.

I had thoughts of making this a long sentimental post but ...
Nah.
I didn't want to turn 19 so fast.
But how do you fight the inevitable?
So long 18, you had your good and bad times.
I enjoyed you.

Hey there, 19.
Show me a good time then.
I dare you.
:)

Peach wants to bite you

2010-04-17T15:59:00.004+08:00

This post is dedicated to a fish.
His name was Peach and he liked to bite people.

Three and a half years ago, Mira found him in a pet shop.
She decided that she wanted him because of his sexy eyes.
So much for that.
I decided that they were evil eyes. He would watch you while you were in the same room with him. And he moved the pebbles around his tank to create a wall so that he could hide behind it and spy on you.

One day, his tank cracked and he was moved into the fish tank in my room. My goldfish were transferred to the big aquarium downstairs. I was a little iffy about him at first. (he was a weird fish). But as time went on you just ... get attached, you know?

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I can see him staring at me through the bookshelf, directly opposite my bed. That was his way of trying to send me telepathic messages along the lines of "FEED ME DAMN IT I AM HUNGRY."

Three days ago, he stopped asking me to do that.
He stopped asking me to feed him.
I even managed to stuff a piece into his mouth. He spat it back out.

Peach died today.

He was the craziest fish I had ever known.
He's bitten me a lot. My fingers bleed because of him.
Other people have also gotten bitten by him.
He splashed all the books I keep next to his tank because he tried to get my attention.
He tried to jump out of the bucket while I clean his tank.
I used to be paranoid about him committing suicide.

I know, fishes are ... pretty boring.
But Peach wasn't. He was entertaining.
I miss him already.

The room is so quiet without the sound of his tank filter.

Jingle ball

2010-04-10T18:17:00.002+08:00

Today, visited the pet shop at OU.
There was a pair of bored looking Persian cats in a cage.
I poked my fingers at one, and s/he kept nibbling at me.

Hanna found a little toy ball with a bell in it.
She showed it to them and WHOA. They were suddenly so alive!
Running around the cage, following the jingly ball.
So we sneakily lifted the cage door and dropped the ball in ...
While the workers weren't looking.
They were so happy, chasing after the ball and bouncing around the cage.

I hope we made their day more interesting. :)

Ps.
Watched How to Train Your Dragon with Nad yesterday.
It was pleasantly surprised!
I love Toothless. Like a giant flying kitten. Aww.

Fuzz

2010-03-24T19:40:00.004+08:00

Dear everyone.

I give you great pleasure in introducing the officially named
Agent Exzed Kipling.

I like to call him Zed for short. :)
The conflict over what to name him was solved by simply joining all the different names together. Haha he even breaks Scout's old record. Scout had three different names (Scout, Unyil, Chedet) but Zed has one super long one.

Isn't he adorable? Such a cuddly little baby. <3>

Plus one

2010-03-22T20:20:00.002+08:00

Meet our new baby. :D
Still unnamed so far.
Everybody's fighting over what to name him so we're gonna give it a few days.

Basically what happened was that Mama went to visit her friend, Beverly. When she got to Beverly's house, she said that she had found a half-dead kitten on her porch so Mama took it to the vet. It was barely moving and the vet said that it was anemic, had worms and a fractured leg. So we left it there for a week.

Fetched it today and he's as good as new, albeit with a limp. Running all over the place like a puffball on legs. <3 Alhamdulillah he's healthy.

Now all we need is a name.

Reincarnation

2010-03-17T23:14:00.003+08:00

I've been switched to Group 2.
Gwaaah the drama in my head was unbelieveable, to switch or not to switch.
The decision's been made and I'm happy to stick to it.
I've missed my girls. <3 Happy to be reunited! Tralala.

Spent the day with them, surprise birthday celebration for Sammie and Jov.
It was funny because Jov was in on the surprise but didn't realise that she was part of the celebration too. Hehe. Good times.

~~College~~ University life so far?
I admit I was pretty relaxed during Week 2, which was a lull between the initial gush of readings and early lecture slides on BB7 and the start of assignments. But assignments have caught up with me. :/ Kinda awkward timing since that I just got back into fangirling over comics again. Bart and Kon have been resurrected. <3 My friendship OT3 of Robin, Superboy and Kid Flash has been reinstated. Love love love. Oh and Steph is back to life too :O Robin's 'dead' girlfriend. Phwoar, shipping material. They're not together anymore. Makes for snarky UST. Ngeehehheh.

Sigh, I kinda miss my fangirling days.
They feel so far away now. Tertiary education and NS put it all to a stop.
The lack of fellow fangirls/boys is also a dampener. Meh.

Here's a wishlist of stuff I would love to own at the moment:
1) A new digital camera. Old one is starting to go senile.
2) Gunnerkrigg Court graphic novel Volume 1
3) Gunnerkrigg Court graphic novel Volume 2
4) Teen Titans: Year One

Yeah quite a few graphic novels there. I'm in a Mood at the moment. Hmm. :)

Dancing with myself

2010-03-12T23:11:00.003+08:00

I miss people.
:(

The past week when I look back, the things that stand out the most is the amount of paper I have in my life. Uni life is all PRINTING. Gosh. I feel guilty hoarding so much paper in my room. That and how I haven't been seeing a lot of people lately. And I'm constantly driving ... didn't realise that until I started filling out the PR media diary assignment.

Yesterday, Papa knocked on my door and gave me an inch thick hardcover sketchbook. GRAR I love it to bits and pieces. It actually got me to pick up a pencil again ... and REALLY draw something. So I spent a couple of hours today loosening up my wrist and trying to see what exactly am I capable of after such a long dry spell.

Scanner screwed up the top bit of the page.
I'm not quite done with it yet, I've got some colouring ideas. It's just mustering the will to sit down and go through with it. Drawing this was fueled by the sudden appearance of a freaking gorgeous sketchbook. I still don't know if it's enough to reach me to the colouring stage. Haha.

See Em Em

2010-03-09T22:12:00.002+08:00

Meet my new lover:
Degree in Communication and Media Management

We've been going out for a week and he's already decided that he wears the pants in the relationship.
:/

Updating will be irregular because:
a) Only online at night which is worktimez plus fun internet activities
b) I have reached an inspiration-block. :/

On a happy note, all this focusing on degree has erased a lot of pointless clutter in my mind which has left me pretty happy and ready to jump into work! As long as I understand what the work is, that is (I'm reading all my course structures and am scandalized to find myself not understanding most of what they want from me).

So wish me luck!
Also, all the best to all my juniors getting their SPM results! :)

Peekneeking

2010-02-18T21:38:00.004+08:00

Had a picnic with the girls to commemorate the End of Foundation year!
None of us went to the real dinner thing at The Ship for various reasons :( So we made this our own little celebration of college friendship.
Oh and girls' day out. :D

We went to the TTDI park.
Here's all the food we brought along!
It was a feast. We were starving and the food was delicious. So it all worked out.
Alhamdulillah, the weather was kind to us that day. It didn't rain and it wasn't too hot. The weather was just nice!

Spent a few hours at the park and then left for Sammie's place for swimming.
It was an awesome day.
Let's do it again babes!

Social psycho has left the building

2010-02-09T23:29:00.003+08:00

Just finished our Social Psycho exam this morning.
Which means that we're officially DONE with foundation.

It's been an interesting ride.
Lots of ups and downs, like always. A lot of self-discovery, falling down, crying like a baby about it and getting back up again. I met all kinds of different people, a rainbow of variety. It's definitely different from school life. And yet, certain moments bring back countless memories from the days of the uniform. Some people you just ... always seem to get in your life. And others come once in a lifetime.

I've done a major amount of changing within the past year in foundation ...
I'm reminded of one moment in late sem 1 when Jov said that she would have me horribly vain and girlified by the time degree ends.
Erm I guess it's working? Hah. Like I said, a lot of changing. And sometimes too fast. Had my fair share of identity crisis. I'm OK now. I think. I will be.

To everyone in TUC FCOMM March 2009 ...
You guys have been pretty awesome.
Thanks for being there.
Thanks for the helping hands and the shoulders to lean on.
To those of you taking the February intake of CMM:

I'll be seeing you. :)

Till then, I shall rejoice in the wonderful bond we have made BEFORE EYWA.
*Na'Vi chanting and USB ports*

All the time

2010-02-01T20:43:00.004+08:00

Dunno what happened ...
But I was editing this blog post at college and when I hit publish, everything deleted itself.
Pah.

So here's my group's music video for our Media Appreciation class:

And here's the link to our public service announcement.
It's kinda gross, just keep in mind that everything is fake.

Went shopping with the girls today (Sammie, Fyra, Jov, Carmen, Aishah ... and Joe, haha) so it was nice to loosen up after the headless chicken period that was pre-presentation weekend.

Time to start studying.

Paper bags and plastic hearts

2010-01-30T14:36:00.004+08:00

I had no classes yesterday, so I was given the task of fetching Mira from school.
She came into the car screaming her head off.
About how there was going to be a free BLG concert on that very night.
I was like WHUT free are you serious.
And turns out it was TRUE. O_o

So we went to Bukit Kiara and sat through four acts to reach BLG performing at 10. I was quite impressed with the second act, Aizat. I only knew one song from him, 'I Go' from the Talentime soundtrack so I had good expectations of him. He was actually really good! The live version of 'I Go' is so much more awesome than the studio version. I wish I could have it. :( I even downloaded a few of his other songs I heard at the concert. Really nice. I like 'Fikirlah'. It's got a nice melody to it.

Anyway, BLG. The main reason we went.
I have no photos to show because my phone camera quality wasn't all that great and all I got was a mess of rainbow lights and a vague impression of the band amidst the coloured chaos. But the show was AWESOME. So totally worth it, waiting four hours to watch them. They played 'Love Drunk', 'Five Minutes to Midnight', 'Thunder', 'Heels Over Head', 'Heart Heart Heartbreak', 'Hero/Heroine', 'Two Is Better Than One' ... and there was one more song which I'm not so familiar with. Overall, an excellent show.

Martin jumped across the crowd barrier and did some crowd-surfing. (!!) Too bad we were standing on the opposite side of the stage. This is the second time I watched them live, but this time they've reminded me why I fell in love with their sound when I was fifteen. :)

In other news, I'm done with my group's music video project.
First time editing by myself, whoop!
I have some stuff I'm not all that satisfied about and I won't be able to rest until we're done with the presentation. Brr.

How's it like at the top

2010-01-26T18:40:00.002+08:00

Number 1, Sri Aman?
Hmm, somebody's been busy. Haha.

I came online today after college and opened up MSN.

Hannah: So how does it feel to be from the number 1 school in the country?
Me: O_o What O_o

Number 1 in the 'sekolah menengah harian' category.
This is the position Pn A has been pushing us to since FOREVER. Gosh. I hope she's happy. Hahahaha.
I can imagine her repeating 'number 1 school' over and over again during assembly.
Dear juniors, do me a favour and count how many times yeah? I'm looking for something to top the record of 11 'cluster school' mentions during the first assembly of 2008. :p

Congrads to everyone, alumni and current students, as well as teachers.
All the work and sweat is worth it.

Bother

2010-01-15T23:01:00.004+08:00

I've been reading 'A Spot of Bother' by Mark Haddon for the past week.
It has made me ridiculously depressed.
The past few days I've just been ... drifting. And feeling over-emotional. Overthinking things. Feeling strangely alone even though I'm surrounded by happy, smiling people cracking jokes and stuff.
I BLAME THIS BOOK.
:(
It's about this old man who starts to go crazy when he thinks that he's getting cancer. He starts to have depressing thoughts and every time I read it it makes me feel depressed and upset. And then his family life just seems to fall apart around him. Even more depressing. And he keeps crying about how he thinks he's going to die of cancer. And Mark Haddon is such a brilliant writer; he captures human emotion in words so well. You empathise with what the character is going through.

I feel so miserable.
I'm happy to note that I'm not suicidal after finishing the book.
I had to finish the book, couldn't just leave it.

I think I need to go cheer myself up now.

Kitty feet

2010-01-10T20:44:00.006+08:00

Shoes, omg shoes.
For Hanna's birthday.
My baby sister is now 8!

These are the most fun shoes I've drawn so far!

I want to paint more.

College starting tomorrow.
I'm going to miss holidays.
These were fun holidays.
Thanks to all you people who made it eventful. You know who you are.
Back to THE GRIND.

Refresh ice lemon tea

2010-01-07T22:58:00.005+08:00

2010 is a week old.
I feel so alive.
I hope that this keeps going. I'm going to need all the energy I need to get through Foundation and start Degree. I don't want to say goodbye to being 18 yet though. I kinda love being 18.

Also, never been so productive on the art front for a very long time.
And I'm feeling very comfortable. Maybe it's because of me keeping busy all the time but my self-confidence is at a good point at the moment, and I don't feel at all ... clingy, if you get my meaning.

Oh. And to a certain person I am BEYOND HAPPY FOR, I just want to say "SQUEEE HEHEHEHE LOVE LOVE LOVE." :)

One last thing to say:
Dear Person,
I really don't know what to make of you. I guess in the end the only conclusion I can come to is that ... you're having a hell of a good time with life. And I think I should take a leaf out of your book and do just that. Let loose and relax.
Thanks for the ride. I think I'll get off now. :)
You're still one of the most entertaining people I know. Keep rocking because that's what got you to stand out to begin with.
Love,
Me.

I've got Broken Strings by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado on repeat.
I'm getting a very Another Heart Calls vibe out of it.

Invader Zim shoes

2010-01-06T19:21:00.007+08:00

More shoe painting shenanigans!
This time it's for Nazim's birthday next week. He's turning 12! My kid brother is finally going to be old enough to get an IC. How bizarre. :p Anyway, I'm OK with posting the pics up now because he definitely doesn't read this blog space.

As you can see, he's a big Invader Zim fan.
I had some issues deciding what to draw for him. I thought of maybe drawing some L4D2 zombies but heck that's a lot of painting to be done and I'm an amateur. So I settled for this.
I quite like drawing Gir. He was the easiest. x)

Tomorrow I'll start on making Hanna's shoes.
Yeah this is the problem with having siblings born close to each other. Scrambling for presents. Haha.
I still haven't finished studying yet. Pffft.

Conundrum

2010-01-04T22:44:00.005+08:00

Read this and tell me what is this article trying to say.
Is the story about Miley Cyrus?
Or is it about Taylor Swift?
Are they really lesbian lovers?
Who is the twenty year old man whose mother would kill him if he got another tattoo?
And since when did Taylor Swift have a tattoo similar to her dad's?
Anyone with ideas, feel free to share. Hahaha.

Don't panic

2010-01-03T12:08:00.004+08:00

First post of 2010 ...
And here is my new daily planner. :)
The last time I had one was in Form 5. I figured since that college has butt-loads of activities going on and I'm consistently out of the house all the time it would help me organize things better.

I'm re-reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the moment.
The idea of having a book with 'Don't Panic' on the cover in big friendly letters was very tempting.

Got back from Penang on Friday. Will post pictures when Mira passes them to me.

The very last song I listened to in 2009 was 'Waiting For Tonight'. -_-
For the first one, I switched my iPod to shuffle and stuffed my ears before the karaoke singers could ruin the moment with another lame party song (my first song of 2009 was Burning Up by the Jonas Brothers. I was in the dewan makan at NS camp. I could do nothing but stand there helplessly as the song played over the speakers). So my first 2010 song was 'Mercy' by One Republic. Good enough. :)

Some of the stuff on the planner I cut out from old magazines.
The little animals and stuff I drew myself.
I printed out 'Don't Panic'.
'It's raining kit kats and hot dogs' I came up with a few weeks ago and I have the MSN chat log to prove it.
:| No yanking and claiming own credit.

Happy 2010 everyone.
Here's to interesting stuff to blog about in a year's time.

Auld lang syne

2009-12-30T09:24:00.002+08:00

Heading out to Penang in about an hour.

This is the second time I'm spending New Year's away from home. Definitely not complaining. Anything beats sitting in front of the computer staring at fireworks that can only be seen if you crane your head over the treetops. Haha.

So.
2009.
It's been a good year ... dare I say one of my favourites?
I guess I could say that.
So many new things to learn, new people to meet.
Yeah I had fun and I learned stuff along the way, Alhamdulillah.

Thanks to everyone who's been a part of my 2009;
You guys made things interesting.

Here's to 2010!
:D

Avatar inspired shoes

2009-12-26T21:21:00.009+08:00

Tried my hand at shoe painting for the very first time. :)

Base colour.

Hehe. Blue stripes. Avatar-inspired! I have that movie on the brain.
(After watching it in 3-D, watch the Making of it. It's pretty darn awesome.)

Finished pair.
Took me half a day, including time spent taking breaks and stuff. It was loads of fun.
I sprayed them to keep the paint from coming off but I'm still a little nervous about it. Gotta go buy a new can specially made for fabrics because the one I've got is for paper. Then going to put it through a wash just to be extra careful.

The laces that came with the shoes were white but I replaced them with the ones from my old NS shoes. Can't wear them anymore because the inside sole has peeled off. Those shoes lasted me a whole year! In fact, a year ago tomorrow was my very first day in camp.

Hmmm, memories.

Dreams

2009-12-26T11:19:00.002+08:00

Dudes and dudettes!
Please fill in this survey (click here!)
It's for me and Sammie's research assignment.
Please and thank you!
:)

The other avatar not that one

2009-12-23T20:50:00.002+08:00

Watched Avatar for the second time today but in 3-D.
It was awesome.
:)

I think I'm in love with this movie.
Nyehehehe.
Second time watching means picking up on tiny details. Loads of fun.
I want the DVD so I can watch it again. Whoo!

Make mountains

2009-12-21T23:16:00.005+08:00

I'm feeling very comfortable.
Assignments are moving at a really slow pace but at least they're moving.

I'm doing a lot of expressing myself in my private blog.
It makes me feel better. Seriously, never felt so relaxed emotionally. Everything happens for a reason and everything you're going through, no matter how bad it is, it's just going to make you stronger. I think I'm writing like this because I just read some poems written by a person whose friend was dying from cancer. The friend is healing. She's going to live.

It makes me feel really happy, even though I don't know either of them personally.

The drawing is a mountain of cats.
I drew it on a whim.
Maybe I'll colour it.
:)

Musical interlude

2009-12-20T09:26:00.007+08:00

Songs that have meaning for me over the past year.
In no particular order.

Breathe
Taylor Swift ft. Colbie Caillat
This is my emo song. Gosh knows how many times I turn to this song whenever I'm feeling down and depressed. It's got the highest play count on my iTunes. Don't worry, I'm not a depressing person. Haha. The part that gets me every time is 'It's 2 a.m., feeling like I've just lost a friend, hope you know it's not easy, easy for me.'

Another Heart Calls
The All-American Rejects ft. The Pierces
Song about love that can't last. Haha. I love this because it reminded me of a couple of my characters. I don't get tired listening to it. 'We lie awake but dreaming till the sun will wash the sky.'

Thunder
Boys Like Girls
'Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer.' That's all I'll say about this. :)

Fireflies
Owl City
What can I say? I fell in love with it the moment I listened to it on a certain online artist's livejournal. It is such an adorable song. It makes me happy inside. 'It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep. 'Cause everything is never as it seems.'

Hijau
Zainal Abidin
Listening to this song makes me think of sunlight pouring through windows in a warm coloured classroom. It reminds me of sleepiness and to a certain extent, the smell of juggling balls. I think of everyone calling out 'mandi laut' at the top of their voices. There's a funny sort of feeling I get on the edges of this memory that I can't quite describe. This was the song they played everyday for a month during my first month in NS.

Fearless
Taylor Swift
Oh man I love this song. It lifts me up and puts me on a high. My favourite line is 'Run your hands through your hair, absent-mindedly making me want you.' It's so casual and sweet.

The Take Over, The Break's Over
Fall Out Boy
This song has been my ringtone for the past three years. I have yet to grow tired of it. Possibly my favourite song by FOB. 'We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places. We don't fight fair.'

Mona Lisa
The All-American Rejects
Floofle, you know what this means. 'You can sit beside me when the world comes down.'

I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas
Singing loudly and off-key in the car. I've done this with so many people. Totally universal.

The Saltwater Room
Owl City
I think with a bit more work on this song as a music video it will drive me around the bend. But I still love this song to bits and pieces. 'So tell me darling do you wish we'd fall in love?'

Your Song
Kate Walsh
Of all the songs listed here I think this one is the one I listen to the least. But it hits way too close to home this year ... so I think it deserves to be here. 'Haven't you heard, I'm stuck on a verse. I'm stuck on a boy who fills me with joy.'

So that's it. This has been a ... musical year for me.
These are just a few of the songs that have made the biggest impact on me.
I've never listed so many songs for my year-end post before. Usually I have just one, or three at the most. Also I'm playing on the piano a lot ... haven't learned a new song in a while but I keep playing Love Story over and over again. I love playing that song, especially the bridge. It's pretty without even trying.

So thank you for the music, 2009.
:)
Here's to 2010 bringing more great tunes.
(*cough* and more of my favourite artists coming over here to perform *cough*)

Utter failitude

2009-12-17T00:10:00.004+08:00

OH DEAR LORD WHAT IN FLYING TOMATO-LAND IS THIS

Gossip Girl. As a manga.

Ack all my hair is standing on end this is so much fail.
I couldn't move the first minute I looked at this ... my limbs were frozen in place out of embarrassment. Check out the freakishly rainbow coloured backgrounds and the character designs. I know I can't be a good judge because I don't like manga to begin with but I have some respect for some styles which are pretty cool. THIS STYLE IS NOT.

Argh come on people you can find classier artists than this.
Bleh I can't bear to look at it but I can't tear my eyes away. It's like a car crash.

I have goosebumps.
*shiver*

Therapy

2009-12-16T14:46:00.002+08:00

Just found the best way to take my mind off things ...
Wrote a letter to myself saying all the things that I'm too scared to say aloud and I'm too ashamed to think about. It's good to just lift myself out of myself and see everything from another person's POV, know what I mean?

I think it worked.
I feel oodles better. :)

Been spending the past few days watching season 2 of Gossip Girl.
Yeah I know I'm way behind. Pfft.
I think I'm hooked.
Why are they all so damn pretty? I could stare at their faces for hours.
Oh wait, that's exactly what I've been doing. Haha.

Heading for swimming later, Hanna's got a class and I'm driving.
Swimming is the best thinking time! Awesome.
Ta.

All I need is beside me

2009-12-13T14:47:00.005+08:00

Went to Mid Valley yesterday to celebrate Hannah's birthday.
Happy birthday Hannah! :D

I fetched Iffah and Nad and we set off onto what we didn't know was going to be a long road trip. None of us are familiar with Mid Valley ... the last time I went there was four months ago and I was definitely not driving. So I missed the turning into the mall and we ended up driving towards Cheras. This is the part where I began to freak out - I was laughing hysterically in the driver's seat because goshdarnit I have never driven into KL in my life and the thought of being lost in some place I didn't know was daunting.

Somehow or other we ended up on the highway heading for Putrajaya of all places. A few turns later and a U-turn, we were driving past Bukit Jalil Stadium. Arghhh. Finally found a highway that looked vaguely familiar and could have cried tears of happiness when I saw Taylor's Lakeside Campus. Hahahahhaahha. I was so happy. We had made a huge roundabout. We arrived in Mid Valley an hour and a half after we left home. It's pretty funny now that I look back on it.

Mid Valley was freaking packed. Took us 45 minutes to find a parking.
I am never going back there again. Not driving there anyway.
Never again!
Unless someone else is driving. Yeah.

Birthday girl with the movie tickets for New Moon. :)
Movie was damn boring. I wanted to sleep. The only parts I felt alive was the scene with the wolves and Volturi. If the movie was about epic fighting between the wolves and Volturi I would be really really really happy. But it's not. So ah well. This made me laugh though:

Bella: I'm coming.
Edward: I don't want you to come.
Bella: I want to come!

And then at the end of the movie ...

Edward: Bella, come.
Bella: No.

Whaaaaat hahahaha.
Along with the Hindustan running through the forest scene. That was hilarious.

On the way home with Nad I took yet another wrong turning and ended up in TTDI. Hadoi.
It was a good day though. I'm exhausted but it was an amazing day and I had loads of fun. The road trips made it memorable. Days like these make me want to love everyone in the world. Hahaha.
Love love love.

Not slime

2009-12-11T09:19:00.002+08:00

Watched this on a whim with the fam last night.
It's been busy busy busy so when there was a 9 o' clock show, we just up and rushed to OU to watch it. The cinema was packed! I was worried that it was going to be noisy, what with all the squealing toddlers but it was actually a really fun audience. Everyone laughed at all the right moments and clapped when the movie ended. Haha.

So, the movie itself. I really enjoyed it! It made me realise how long it's been since I watched a 2D movie in the cinema. It's a good experience, so catch this while it's still showing. The plotline is a twist on the original Frog Prince story, which I think everyone already knows. And as is custom with any Disney 2D movie, there are songs! There was one particular number that I really liked, about what you need and not what you want. Dunno the name.

Oh and the best part? Believable love story. Or at least better than the old style meet today, married tomorrow. Heh. It was cute lah. I hope that this means that they'll be makign more 2D movies. I feel like watching this one again.

In other news, midsem break has started!
I've only got assignments planned. Not inserting anything else so far because I want to see if I can kick my creative juices into producing something worthwhile. I still haven't started on my latest DIY frame set yet. And I want to get some writing done on AfterParty. And maybe some drawing too. Here I goooo.

Do not repeat

2009-12-09T23:33:00.003+08:00

I just realised ...
If the same thing that happened to me in May happens again, I'll be pretty devastated.

I think I should sharpen my observation skills.
Being oblivious to things happening right before my eyes is turning out to be majority of the reasons why I go into emo-mode.

I just don't want it to happen again.
I'm far too happy about how things are right now and I don't want the dynamics ruined.

Tomorrow is the last day of college for this year.
Sure doesn't feel like it ... so many things to get done during the holidays.
Let's go and do this.

To moogie

2009-12-04T18:59:00.002+08:00

Mowgli-googly bear darling,
How were we supposed to know that our time together would be so short?
Time together is just never quite enough.
Thank you for being there for us after Scout said goodbye.
Thank you for the healing.
I'm sorry you had to go so soon.
We miss you already, baby.

Here's to the original Party Cat (Meow-Meow).
I hope you're partying it hard in catheaven.

We love you.
:(