Wednesday, December 31, 2003
RESOLUTIONS?

I may have just updated my blog. But i think i'd have to do it again. Since 2003 is ending in say...40 mins time, i shall write my resolutions for 2004. Why bother? I won't stick by them in the first place. But we'll see how things go ok?

1. Blog at most twice a week only
2. No more MSN for me
3. Achieve at least AAAB for BT1. I guess the B should be for physics.
4. Be a nerd next year. Not like i'm not one already.
5. Reopen mugger's society

SEVEN-DAY REVIEW

As Mr Brown says, "I'm baaaaaaaaaack."

Whoopee! And I'm loving every single minute back here in sunny Singapore. School's starting real soon, I can feel it biting my butt. I still have that Matrices Tutorial that i have yet to complete start.

Ok. So here's my 7-day review of my short escapade in Penang and KL.

Set off at an unearthly hour on Christmas Day and dad drove up to Penang. Can't say much cause I practically slept through the whole journey. When I woke up, our Honda-CRV was already crossing the Penang Bridge. And the maps that my dad got just sucked. The maps don't match the streets in Penang. [??] So what are the maps for? Since everyone elses' [mum's and sister's] sense of direction pretty much sucked, I had to help my dad navigate through the bustling but congested streets of Penang, and I did a bloody good job [woohoo!]. Penang was pretty much very clean, like Singapore, only that Penang had beautiful beaches. Stayed at a hotel overlooking the Ferringhi Beach. Extremely nice place. Ate Penang laksa for dinner every night, cause of my mum who was addicted to it.

Oh yes. The shopping. It was shoppers' paradise. You name it, they pretty much have it. Penang's quite happening too, you know. My dad decided to be a little adventurous on Saturday and we drove up to Bukit Kayu Hitam, the uppermost [?] part of Malaysia, or rather, the border between Malaysia and Thailand. And I'm proud of the fact that we drove through the entire North-South Expressway. Haha! ok, ok. Roll your eyes if its necessary. GaHhhh.

Drove back down to KL on Sunday and again, the maps sucked. So guess who did a good job navigating... based on pure luck and skill too! hahaa! ok. roll your eyes again. The hotel was frickin hard to find. But the location was good. It was just behind Times Square. So shopping galore as well! Spent the whole of Monday at Times Square's indoor themepark, me and my sister, while my parents went to "Masjid India" to shop for cloth. We pretty much took all the rides there, including that loopy roller coaster. Oh yes. We took the thing four times. Haha! As exciting and enthralling and whoopee! the roller coaster seemed, I didn't find it much of a thrill. Hey! It takes alot to excite me ok. [and please, no dirty thoughts...] That's why I could take it four times, just to accompany my sister.

Tuesday was spent visiting the Petronas Twin Towers. Had to get there early in the morning in order to get tickets. The skybridge-visit is limited to 1200 visitors a day. Me and my sister sat at the steps of the ticketing holding area and acted like total brats. heh! It was fun! We were either bitching about those scantily-clad ang mohs or calling the local people mats and minahs. Whoa. Mean twits eh? but it was fun. We were total bitches la. hmm. Oh, and we went to the "Menara KL" or KL Tower after that. Its their tele-communications tower, you know, something like the CN Tower being the tele-communications tower of Canada. It was fun. We were still laughing at those ang mohs, though. heh!

Left KL at an unearthly hour today too, and reached Singapore at 9 plus. Woohoo~ it feels great to be home. Back to my messy room, with loads of work. Oh. and my sister waving her ugly green Rafflesian tie in my face. Gah. Should be featured on MTV Whatever things.

I'm tired.

Wednesday, December 24, 2003
BEFORE I LEAVE

I had a great day. I really did. Thanks for today, cause I loved every single part of it. Even when i lost control of myself. I'm just glad and happy to know that I can always depend on you when I need someone, and you know i'll be there when you need me. Thanks. Lots. I guess somethings just cannot be expressed in words.

Oh yes. One thing worth mentioning. Halim and me made a pact today. [I'm gonna burst out laughing..] He said, if we were not married in ten years' time, we'll marry each other. And we pinky-swore on it. [GAhHAahAHaAHaahaahaHAahaAHaaHaaaHAAHaaahaAHaaA!!!] See. I'm laughing so badly now. Halim, halim. Aww shit. The thought's just SCARY. haha! Seriously! Imagine a husband who would suddenly sing "WHOOOOOO lives in a pineapple under the sea?? Spongebob square pants!" wah duh. So if neither of us gets married by 24.12.2013, watch out world, chaos is here! scary seh. HAHA! [yah..and the one who'll always be below..aCCckKkkk! sickass! aaAHaa!] But i still love him, nonetheless.

As what the title of this entry says, I'll be leaving tonight, for my Penang-KL escapade. I guess its bittersweet. I wanna go, and i don't wanna go. I wanna go cause I wanna get out of this hellhole. GAHHHhh. loaded with so much work isn't exactly my definition of "school holidays". On the other hand, going abroad for holiday bringing homework isn't quite my definition of "holiday" either. Hmm. I don't wanna go simply because I'm going to miss quite some people here. I think they know who they are. =) I'll be back on the 31st (hopefully) That's 7 days. One week. only. only is an understatement.

Monday, December 22, 2003
GOOD DAY

Mugged in school today, which was good. Had a long, long, long talk with Halim. But hey! I still mugged ok. Met Halim at 9 [I was early!], Sam and Lyd came at 9.30 and Hirman joined us later. I finished my maths. Almost finishing Chemistry. BUT I have not touched physics. The thought of it is just -__-.

Why am I taking physics again?

Anyways, I realised today that thinking of our future is fun! Like Halim's family planning and how his kids are gonna poke my kids and how my kids are going to call his kids "act cute".. like how we are now. Oh yes. and he told me how Hirman wants to have 20 kids. [??!] right. And Lydia, keeps planning our fantasy cruise to Japan [??!], which i think will take 546579813216545.00165748674 years for us to actually end up in Japan by sea.

Actually realised that in MCS, we have a great clique. eight of us. Four guys, and four girls. Seemed too good to be true. But it is. And I love them alot! Lydia was so super cute at drawing some "chart" of our clique and our alternative names AND our future careers. Naturally, that girl wanted to marry a millionaire. hmmm. [Lyd, we'll just pray that BB becomes a millionaire ok?] haha! funny la she!

And as always, I had my usual Bro-Sis bonding session. [Yah yah yah. Get any sick thought out of your head...] Me and Halim talked a lot -- mainly about what may happen in the long run, and I figured, he's really someone I wanna keep in contact with for a long, long time. Love him lots. really.

Oh. I'm going to watch 'A Beautiful Mind' now. Thanks Hirman sooooOOOooo much for the disc! =)

Thank God I found you,
I was lost without you,
My every wish and every dream,
Somehow became reality
When you brought the sunlight
Completed my whole life,
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude
Cause baby I'm so thankful
I found you...

Sunday, December 21, 2003
PICS!!

Ah. Here are the pics I promised. The rest of them are with Sam.

Group photo!


I like this pic! Me and Halim!~


Me and lydia! =)


The 2 mat satays.. Haha! Ok..kidding. Irwan in Orange, Hirman in Black.


Irwan on guitars, "serenading" us, or so he calls it.

Saturday, December 20, 2003
"I JUST WANT YOU FOR MY OWN" / JC2 FAREWELL

-chuckles- It seems that I'm still hooked on the Mariah Carey song.

Ah. yesterday was the JC2 farewell held at my place. I would say it was a huge success! I really enjoyed myself, again! I guess, with all my friends, i'll always be enjoying myself. Really love them alot. =). Though little planning was done, i would still say that things went smoothly and attendance was fine. We had an abundance of food and the J2s were happy. Oh yes, and the chicken didn't turn bad! Phew! thank God.

I would say that the most memorable part of the day would be at the end when our plan was finally put to work. You see, Halim and I have been planning to do some kind of birthday celebration for lydia, Baba and Aizat since decades ago. The initial plan was for us to get them a cake, but I forgot all about it. Then it started drizzling, around 5. and we still needed to get them something. So Halim decided to get them ice cream and M&Ms and told Hirman to go get them from the petrol kiosk. Halim couldn't go since he injured his foot. gaHhh. So poor hirman ran through the rain with the ice cream and whatnots and was really drenched by the time he got back here.

Thanks Hirman! So so much. Really couldn't have done it without you. =)

We happily created stories like "Iskandar J2 wants to go home and he wants to give a speech" Really diao-ded stories la. But they believed us anyways. Heh. So when the three of them left the room, they came out with Irwan playing "happy birthday" on the guitar and the melted ice cream with m&ms on the table. Ahhh. It was nice watching their reactions. I just love making people happy. They're happy, I'm happy.

So everyone stayed at my place till slightly before mahgrib, when my mum sent them off to the MRT station since it was raining heavily. Yes. They squeezed again. haha! Ah. Was feeling really happy the whole day. Still feeling happy now, when i think about yesterday. Ahh. Wish i could relive it again.

=)

Pics would be up soon.

Thursday, December 18, 2003
PREPARATIONS

Went out earlier today with Baba and Hirman to get our foodstuffs and what-nots for tomorrow's MCS's JC2 farewell. We pretty much covered the entire shopping list in a short time, other than looking for the charcoal and the "tamak" [??] firestarter. I think the three of us did a great job shopping! -beams- =)

They dropped the stuff at my place and then we realised that both my freezers were too full to accept anymore foodstuffs. Gah. So Hirman took home 4kgs of the smelly chicken and Baba took home the other 2 kilos. I hope the chicken is enough for everyone tomorrow. From what my mum told me, when they came over for hari raya, she fried 2.5kilos of chicken, and the 4 guys finished it all up. hmmm.

Went to mug after that. With the same person, same place, this time, no candy cane... right Irwan? heh. =D.

I really hope tomorrow will go smoothly. Really. Though we didn't do much planning, last minute planning still counts, right?

Yes, yes, now's the Christmas season, its so exciting its making me puke. I just can't stand those wheel glider shoes thingy. I think its lame and annoying! Since when were kids that lazy to walk? And especially those kids who don't know how to glide properly, they become more of a hazard, banging into stuff in shopping centres which are there for mere aesthetic purposes. Most importantly, they bang into normal, innocent, nice, cute people like me! [or at least they seem like they're about to, until their parents scream, and i budge]

Speaking of the Christmas season, no I don't celebrate Christmas. I'm a Muslim! Why on Earth would I be celebrating Christmas? -mutters- Like if you're a Christian, why on earth would you be celebrating Hari Raya? Hahaa. My MSN nick, "all I want for Christmas is you!" seems to get me the same reaction from guys. Their opening messages to me all went along this line, or somewhere similar: "Really? You want Me?"

-__-

haha! Lets just say I've got interesting friends. But i love them all the same anyways. =)

Tuesday, December 16, 2003
distractions

Argh. I'm so frustrated with myself! I tell myself i should study, but i end up waking up after noon and my itchy hands turned on the PC and off i went on a rampant surfing + chatting spree, with my maths left neglected in front of me. I've got at least 25 more questions to do before i wrap up my maths holiday assignment. But i still have at least 3 more maths tutorials. Ack!
As if that wasn't bad enough, hmm, my itchy hands started playing the guitar for at least an hour. And I joined my sister, playing the electone. argh! distractions, distractions. I've somehow reduced my friendster-ing frequency, but i can't stop blogging. See what I mean? I'm supposed to be studying, but i'm here blogging. Someone please SLAP some sense into me!

Monday, December 15, 2003
Jalan Raya [ s a i n t s ]

Saturday was great. Really great. The mood was really different from the Crescent outing. I haven't the slightest idea why. Crescent outing was bittersweet, i guess. This was just... all smiles. I like. =)
Things I learnt from this outing:
1. When you agree to meet at a stipulated time, everyone will arrive at least five minutes late. Yes, including me. [ok, ok, with the exception of some others...]
2. Its a good idea to wear bright colours, such as purple, when you are waiting for your friends at the bus stop. [easy identification]
3. Guys are lazy bums. They never help out.
4. I can cut lontong! [nicely!]
5. I should never admit that i'm short. Its always a good joke for everyone, especially Halim. -scrunches nose-
6. I so don't look like Sahibah's fish!
7. Its a good idea to wear flats when you're travelling by public transport. Heels are a definite no-no.
8. Iskandar will never, ever wear baju kurung!
9. Amirah has a cute sister!
10. Friends like Iskandar will believe that i'm a good cook. Like how i cooked the satay. He said he didn't know I could cook.
11. But friends like Irwan, will happily burst the bubble and tell the whole world its instant satay.
12. Shai will always pose for a photograph.
13. Girls are crazy about taking photos.
14. Never wear that tudung again [no wonder my sister had such a difficult time wearing it]. Its too soft. Had to keep adjusting it till i simply gave up.
15. I talk like my mother and my sister looks like me.
16. Hirman has a big house! I like! And he's a good looking chap! And his cousin is just so adorable. Like me.
17. Shit happens.
18. Irwan is a self-proclaimed pedophile. [haha!] But Hirman's cousin really liked him.
19. Halim has a very nice house as well! And I like his cat!
20. Never go to Halim's house with a full stomach.
21. Sahibah is terrified of cats.
22. Lydia has a very cosy home! I like too!
23. Halim knows where to poke me to generate the biggest reaction. And he takes pleasure at laughing at my reaction(s) [evil sickass]. Halim likes poking me, alot. Its torturous!
24. Irwan will carry a female handbag and pose like a gay sickass for the camera when asked to.
25. Never talk about ghosts - of any sort when walking through a dark, foresty area. Especially when you're walking beside Irwan.
26. Samsiah serves good tea!
27. Never walk with a bunch of singing guys. Its just embarassing.
28. A Honda CRV can fit 5 adolescents in the back seat, if you really squeeze. [poor hirman. and halim.]
29. Make up fades. Like really fast.
30. Shoulderpads for hockey goalkeepers should be worn on the shoulders, and no where else.

I should think that this outing was a success! Really enjoyed myself. Thats two days of enjoyment for me! Ahh, heck about the books for now. But next week onwards shall be intense mugging. I need to study!

Oh. Here are some pics, courtesy of Hirman.

My place.

Hirman's place.

Halim's place.

Lydia's place.

Samsiah's place.

Saturday, December 13, 2003
Jalan Raya [ c r e s c e n t i a n s ]

Oh how I miss those yellow and (turquoise)blue days... Today was like a flashback of those good old days in crescent and how we used to make complete fools out of ourselves.

I was in pink today. Pink tudung, pink baju, pink everything, and i mean everything. heh. I guess nothing really changed. Me, Farhana, Maisurah, Afsheen, adlina. We somehow merged with farah's group, thus started at her house @ Woodlands. All of us started jacking Afsheen when we saw her!! What else could we jack her about other than her hair? haha. Looks as if she didn't comb, then we realised that she really didn't comb her hair... still as outrageous as ever! Mai looked stoned. Guess she's tired. Farhana still as looney as before.

Never thought I would miss these 3 people so much! Miss our lower sec days... so much. Kept talking about disastrous homecons lessons, our D&T classes, Mdm Yap who never shaves her armpits but loves wearing sleeveless tops, our rendezvous location on the 4th storey creating death wishes for Cikgu Samat, those wierd amazing race and survivor craze days, those 'ha-ha-farhana-is-giler' days. AWW man! So many things! Really miss those times spent with them.

Farhana's mum remembered me! Cute lady la. ended off our super loud+noisy+snorting laughter-filled outing at Adlina's house @ Paya Lebar. Split with the other group at Cikgu Rina's house, where we went to my and Adlina's friend's place. Sat there for quite sometime, awkward, but then EVERYTHING changed, and we decided on a last minute basis to end at ad's house. so as late as things got, we still ended up at her house. -__-

And so, it was farhana's brilliant idea to play this lameass game to finish up the cakes, which no one wanted to eat. fruit cake la. No one likes it la. So we played this number guessing game thing - similar to what they played at grad nite. Aww man. and i kept losing, cos i kept getting the right numbers, thus i was the poor one who had to eat most of the cakes. blearrggGGhHh. super bloated after that. Mai was good at the game! I was so good at guessing that i could guess Adlina's number at one try... tai qo la...but it was impressive. and i still had to eat those horrid stuff.

It was fun la, the way the outing ended. Whilst walking to the MRT station, i was thinking to myself that I really do miss these people. People who have played such a significant role in my four years of secondary education. I don't regret that we've separated cause as that jaded saying goes, "greater distances forges stronger bonds", and i believe in that.

Thanks alot for today, girls! I really had a good time, after such a long time [well, after Grad nite..]. Really cherish those crescent days and how sucky i was at cooking in homecons, how the smoke billowed out of my frying pan, how farhana dropped fishballs and put it back in her pan, how maisurah and I created samati's death wishes, how afsheen freaked us all by her unkempt hair, mr BO!, a certain friend (whose name I shan't mention) with um, interesting, incredible stories, how bad farhana was at singing, cikgu SAIFA!, how Farhana makes a fool out of herself on trains, how we took the wrong train once, how adlina tolerated our nonsense in malay class, wonder what's so interesting at the back of the malay class and of course, our dear malay teacher, cikgu Rina, whom no one can ever replace. She's been so patient with me and my unprecendented moodswings to rebel against the MOE to scrap second language, she believed that i could do well for malay and she's really the best teacher i ever had. that's why I always make it a point to visit her during hari raya. Ah. Crescent. Those days weren't just mere memories. Those days were memories with sentimental value...well, at least for me.

Oh well, as they always say, "once a crescentian, always a crescentian."

Going back to mugging now. Or should I watch those awesome drumming videos? Oh, go watch it. Hirman got me addicted to these videos. really cool stuff. here. ARGH! So little time, so much I wanna do [like watch those videos]. -scrunches nose- but i think i have to continue mugging. if not i'll nv get things done. -__-

Thursday, December 11, 2003
bad throat!

Argh! my throat's getting from bad to worst... wonder how i can jalan raya with such a horrible voice and a nasty cough. Woke up today and my throat's probably gotten worst from yesterday.
-looks at time- Whoa... I slept that much eh? Slept at 5am cause I was watching the Arsenal-Loko match. Oooh. Thrilling. When Pires [my dear pires...] scored in the 12th minute, i knew that Arsenal had control of the game. Then Ljungberg score in the second half, and that nailed the coffin, i guess. But i'd think that none of these two goals would have been possible if not for Henry. He created good opportunities for his teammates to score. That, to me was excellent play.
Should be going out to mug in a couple of hours. argh. Now that i've just woke up, i'm hungry!

Tuesday, December 09, 2003
back again!

An entire day of Maths. How liberating! How refreshing! How splendid! Oh, how my heart yearns for more! [yada yada]
Study session with Irwan moved to Thursday. That poor guy was in Tampines today, so I didn't want to meet cause I know he'll be tired. So thursday it shall be! We both agreed to make thursday 'Hardcore mugging day'. Its been a while since i actually sat down and mugged. Well, today was more of a math-MSN-watch TV-snack kinda mugging. oh well.
-shrugs-

Mugging fiesta's back!

Not feeling too sick now, but throat still hurts like mad. Life's getting a tad bit boring around here. A little jaded as well. Been busy planning raya outings for my SA and crescent buddies, so much so that I'm getting sick of planning. Its tiring!

Crescent's outing would be on Friday, and i can't wait to catch up with all of them! I miss girly outings!

I'm slogging over maths now, as I blog. Will be meeting Irwan later to study... Oh well, here it goes again. Me blogging about studying. I'm such a nerd that even I can't stand myself. If you thought I was a nerd this year, watch out! Cos I'm going to be a bigger nerd next year! and I have a whole line of people who are going to become nerds with me! We really have to ace the 'A's. What exactly can you do with an A level cert?

Ah. lethargy, lethargy. Maybe cause i slept little last night. Was on MSN chatting with Afsheen. I miss her so much! then chatted with Hirman for a while. Ok, ok, I was trying to act cute la... see who could last longer being online. I think we chatted till about 3am, then I really was very sleepy. ahh. he won. -scrunches nose- but i'll win... someday. haha!

Ok. before I rant on any further, I shall take my leave. I'm going on an escapade with my books! shall be back sometime... i guess... -shrugs- To all you J1s going on J2s...go start mugging as well. Its good for your health.

Saturday, December 06, 2003
out sick.

Fwah. Today's probably the worst day in Amylia history. why? well,
1)I lost my voice [i officially sound like a toad]
2)I had fever
3)My body violently rejects everything that goes in [and I really mean violently]
4)Whole body felt limp
and to top it off...
5) my worst ever case of cramps! [as in that cramps. poot.]

Was really feeling shittified today. as in super shittifed. Spent the whole day in bed, popping panadol [lets just hope i don't die of overdose], trying to get rid of the cramps, but to no avail. had to keep running back and forth to puke my guts out [well, that didn't sound too nice..] and worst of all i couldn't visit my favourite uncle today! I was waiting for this day so much, cos we were going to visit his house. I missed visiting his house last year, so really wanted to go this year. but my immune system had to fail me. it just had to.

-sigh- Feeling much, MUCH better now though. My parents thought i was down with SARS. Just as it striked me that SARS could be seemingly possible, i took my temperature [oh boy do i miss my thermometer..]. ok. 37.0^oC No more fever. phew.

Ahh. Now stuck at home with almost nothing to do, I shall cook myself a decent meal [and hope my body doesn't reject it] and continue doing maths! [yay!] -__-

I miss V_o!

Friday, December 05, 2003
i can't sleep

ok. its almost 2 am. MSN check: nad and hid's online. baahhhh. don't really feel like chatting. only three of V_o are online, but away. again, don't really feel like chatting. I'm just amazed at this newly discovered inner strength. I'm extra energetic today! I don't know why. I can't sleep, but i know i must. sister's leaving for some camp in sentosa's underwater world [how lame can it get?] later at 8am. That means i'll be alone at home. baaaH!

I've finally fiddled around with HTML correctly..[hey, there's a way to fiddle around with stuff too ok. even if its a lucky try...] finally got the code right to block the darn ad. made my blog look so messy.

ok. shall try to sleep.

Thursday, December 04, 2003
the aftermath sucks.

grad nite was yesterday. my reflections? it was really well planned, kudos to the councillors, but i thought the sound system really sucked. and i thought that our performance was short and sweet, but a bloody waste of time for us preparing close to 12 songs, but only managed to perform 2. Actually it was also because the sound system was so terrible and everyone got demoralized that we just lost the passion/oomph/drive to perform anymore. well, at least we performed closing time, my all time favourite song.

i thought the j2s were pretty rude, seriously. I know its their prom and stuff BUT hey, you can always take photos after the prom right? when wen loo, the other guy and sam were performing, practically no one was listening. Everyone was busy scurrying around. I mean, the effort we performers put in rehearsals, and jamming seemed like it all went to waste. seriously, and i thought that the guest j2 band really sucked. and i mean really. i look at blink 182 and weep, but when i saw the guest band perform, oh hell, i just wanted to hide my head in the ground.

i really take my hat off to the councillors, they really did a good job, and seriously, it was really tiring for them running here and there carrying instruments on and off the stage. really a job well done to the 26th student council. our second performance was "grow old with you" by adam sandler. we got a special request for it again at the end of the song by this really sweet couple who wanted to dance. it was so sweeeet. I felt entirely touched by them, they made me feel warm and fuzzy inside, oh how nice. [=)]

the aftermath of the whole thing really sucked, but we, the nonsensical members of V_o cheered ourselves up after the whole thing. the councillors gave all performers a box of chocolates as a token of appreciation, and we sat outside the jasmine room talking a whole lot of trash and eating chocolate. It was like a mini-bonding session, and it was damn fun. we sat there till about 12.45am, gosh, it was frickin late, and we shared cabs home.

After we got home, the funny thing was we continued our little get-together session and we chatted for at least an hour on MSN. Me, hirman, irwan, halim and raph. edward couldn't be there cos he had to pack his stuff to return to indonesia. whatever it was, how sucky the whole thing went, i'm glad i still spent gradnite with these five guys. it was fun, guys. at least i got to know hirman and raphael better. Hirman can sing! and he's sick in the mind. and he's one of the many guys i know who act cute! and he says he's a natural. [blearrrgh.] didn't know that right? heh. [hirman, there goes your reputation... haha! ok. I'm just kidding, before that guy bashes me up..] Raphael is really crazy. like mad kind of crazy. [scary!]. I remember before we went up to perform, raphael was asking me and hirman the percentage of the j2s who would have sex after grad nite. [haha! another sickass.]

we're all still up for orientation! heh. Really love them guys. really.