Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Change.

Nothing's changed other than the name and the look. Everything else remains the same.

Update your links, point them to am11.wordpress.com

Thank you!

Monday, February 19, 2007
Whoa!

Ahh, Chinese New Year. Where do I start with it. I think its kinda weird, really. I'm 75% chinese but I really don't do anything Chinese-y other than eat (halal) chinese food (contrary to Suff's beliefs), use chopsticks and say "Wa Lao!" and other stuff in cheena ways when the time is right.

My mum is chinese but she doesn't know her real family (think along full circle family stories) and my dad's mum is chinese but she's SO melayu now I forget that she's chinese. Plus we never really were the visiting sort with my nenek's family.

Actually I don't even know them to begin with. I only know my nenek's mum/ggmother passed away and I remember seeing her like once in the hospital when I was really young and was amused at her extremely small feet.

Ah thats about it ah.

So basically I am chinese by blood but malay by everything else. -shrugs- doesn't bother me anyway.

So today being CNY and all, the roads were SO empty when we left home at 8-ish.




ONE taxi on the PIE. ONE. ONE. ONE.

Oh yeah, the parents are in a similar shade of brown. Okay let me correct that. ALL FOUR OF US WERE IN SOME HIDEOUS SHADE OF BROWN.

My mum loves wearing the same colour. She usually wears matching colours with my dad but today she decided to drag us into it as well. But my sister and I weren't feeling it man.



My tudung was almost the same shade of brown as my sister's jubah and MY jubah was the exact same colour as her tudung. Go figure. We were like walking inverses.

(She isn't really sleeping, its just for the camera)

My sister and I actually had plans to sit at different corners of the mosque once we got there.

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A few days ago I combed my hair and there was a knot. I tugged hard on it and this came out.



Wow, thanks man.

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I don't understand why my sister needs this ginormous amount of markers to do her bio journal.

I really don't.



Its like the same colour with 984375893274234 different shades.

Speaking of my antelope sister, have you seen her lion dance pics on her blog? HAHA! I'm proud (somehow) to say that she was one of the kepala singa-s! Totally! Now that her lion dance is over, she can't stop drumming the rhythm and acting out the moves at home.

Gross.

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If the external publishing on Blogger is STILL not okay (its already been 2 weeks) by wednesday next week, I will move am11 some place better.

Yes, that is my final un-garang ultimatum.

Waiting for KFC to come! Yey!

Labels: anecdotes, ramble

Sunday, February 18, 2007
HIJACKED

After publishing my previous entry, I wen to check my blog and I realised that my antelope of a sister hijacked my blog.

@W^$%^@

Haha if you're wondering whats up with the axe-dee, read her blog to find out. That is, WHEN she blogs about HER chinese new year sms! Haha!

Labels: ramble

Xing nian kuai le! (Suff style)

Labels: festivities

title:

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! xD (to be said as "axe-dee")
THIS YEAR IS AMYLIA'S YEAR.
COS ITS THE YEAR OF THE PIG, therefore, =amylia. :D

& she is sleeping like one too! :D

kak, next time, don't leave me to watch 2 measly episodes of prisonbreak on your laptop & leave your blogger page thingy open.
ATLEAST HAVE THE DECENCY TO HAVE >/= 3 EPISODES THANKYOU VERY MUCH.

p/s: ">\=" stands for "more than or equal to" :D

DAH BYE DONT CHOKE ON YOUR PORK:D

Saturday, February 17, 2007
wth is wrong with me?!

Guess what?!?!?!?!?!

I FINALLY used my FIRST S/U and I S/U-ed German!! After the schrecklicher Test I had yesterday, it never looked so clear as to whether I should SU or not.



Yeah baby!! -shakes butt-

You know I remember 2 years ago in German 1 class, when Atikk was taking German with us, we (atikk, baba and I) were talking about boyfriends and the like and I was still in a commitment, Atikk said (exasperatedly)

OMG EVEN (insert name) has a BOYFRIEND! What the heck is wrong with Meeeee?

I thought that was pretty funny actually.

But NOW, I can SO totally identify with that!!!

My mum says im too cerewet with guys and well, lets put it this way.

we always want what we can't have

I mean, Wentworth doesn't even know I exist!!

I don't think I'm cerewet with guys actually. I just think that whoever my boyfriend will be, he has BIG shoes to fill. And I mean BIG. I think a standard has been set and I guess I have a certain expectation of guys just because of what I had before. And so far, no one has met that expectation yet, which is why its just been simmering around like and not love.

I don't know. Guys are guys. Self absorbed, weird little creatures, they LOVE and CAN'T STOP talking about themselves. Haha, Okay sorry guys out there, its not that all of you are like that and its not that I don't like self absorbance, I think its okay actually. But when its time to shift your concern to the girl you better do!

Oh wells I better stop before I sound like some high maintenance girl with inhumanely high expectations of people because I'm really not like that. I know people are different and I cannot expect the same out of different people.

Its just exactly like when you've tasted the best chicken rice you've ever eaten in your life, other chicken rices won't taste as good anymore? The tak sedap-ness of the chicken rice will be more amplified as you complain about the rice being too sticky, too garlicky, the soup too bland, the chilli too sweet and the chicken too dry. Its only when you have another plate of chicken rice that's better or as good as the best one you've eaten, then you finally feel like satisfied.

I'm just that more picky when it comes to someone I'll spend the rest of my life with.

I mean, who isn't, right?

Labels: nusdailies, reflections

Friday, February 16, 2007
Chatting with Fernando Sucre!

Sucre is so SO SO HAWWWTTTT.



Speaking of hot guys.

DID YOU CATCH AMERICAN IDOL TODAY!?!?!?!

If you didn't...

This is Jared Cotter.



His photos are kental right now, but you can still see the hotness. Haha i told you I like guys that look like this. haha. Sucre-ish.

Anyway, Jared is SO totally worth me saying MOVE ASIDE WENTWORTH!!!!



I don't have pictures of many guys in my phone.. There's my dad, wentworth, chris daughtry, sucre-lookalike but Jared will TOTALLY make it.



I like this season's Idol because I think the talent is much better.

Oh and I really think Channel 5 should just stop making their own shows. Its a disgrace, really. I'd rather they spend the money in getting American programs to us ON TIME.

At least Survivor and Amazing race are on time. How about Prison Break 2, CSI 7, Desperate housewives 3!!! I'm following the US episodes which are already halfway through!

Grrr!

Labels: ramble

Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Mach es wie die Sonnenuhr, zähl die heiten Stunden nur.

Promising. :)

Labels: reflections

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Den ganzen Tag!

And the lab cycle starts again! Today I was back in my beloved appliedchem lab again. Okay actually its more like Dazril's beloved lab. Since he loves the lab tech and hes in there 93874239874% of the time doing his research. Sounds impressive ah.



It was extra cold today. Have NO idea why.

Then the people started streaming in and we sat down at our respective experiments.



Today my experiment was about viscosity and the like. Dazril did the experiment last week and he calls it the "pancut-pancut experiment". That's cause we have to completely fill the tube with the methanol-water mixtures. So it'll overflow and when u put the stopper it will cause the solution to pancut.

What were you thinking. tsk tsk.



Well aircon lab and METHANOL mixtures. And i was doing the filling and pancut-ing so my hands felt pretty frozen after that. Oh we have to chuck this glass ball into the tube and time how long it takes to travel from point A to point B through the methanol-water mixture.



Wahoo! tedious ah. but fun!

Okay have to mug now. byebye!

Labels: nusdailies

Monday, February 12, 2007
Byebye Moto!

Blogger is being a pain as usual. I once told Ahmad I wanted to move my blog someplace else but was just undecided. There's a problem with Blogger's publishing so it takes 1 day before what I publish gets published.

#%$^

ANYWAY!

I changed my phone!! Wahoo!! I got a phone out of my plan A/B/C that I listed down in a previous entry.

I LOVE IT!

Anyway. I got Ain's phone, K800i! Wahoo! Different colour though. It rocks la. I'm just so in love with it. And it takes EXCELLENT pictures with the 3.2Megapixel cybershot!



See see! Yess la. But I can't turn off the sound for the shutter for the camera! Means no more stealth shots. Dangss.

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OH I've been meaning to blog this for a long time but Blogger was being PMS-y.

So last Thursday, Ain's Loner Guy and I finally had our FIRST verbal exchange after 3 semesters, 4 weeks and 4 days!!!

Not that I was *dying* for a verbal exchange anyway since I've always been scared of Loner Guy..just because. I know I like bad boys, but he's too bad for me (not as if i'm *so* baik slash angelic). Plus he looks too intimidating!

ANYWAY! Here was how our verbal exchange went.

I crashed Ain's 8am spectroII lecture and I was sitting with her at the back row. Loner Guy and Alfons were sitting in the row in front of us. So Ain got hungry as usual and

Ain: -taps Loner Guy's shoulder and points to biscuits that he brought- Satu boleh?

Loner Guy: -offers her the biscuits and turns to me- Nak?

Me: -shakes head- Tak. -and continues doing my physical tutorial-

HAHA! YES my friends that was our verbal exchange!

You know what, I'm happy that Ain and Loner Guy are friends now. Considering she's had the BIGGEST crush on him for THE longest time. Sigh. What kental days were our semester1 year 1 days..-stares at ain and shah-

*replays "Ehhhh suara DIA sedap ahhhh!" (guess who guess who!)*

Well after Ain took the biscuits she said something really d'oh and I shan't post it up here to preserve our friendship.

Ok time to go to school!

Labels: anecdotes, nusdailies

Saturday, February 10, 2007
One last cry

I can't remember the last time that we kissed goodbye
All our I love yous were just not enough to survive
Something your eyes never told me
But it's only now too plain to see,
Brilliant disguise when you hold me
And I'm free

There's a light in your eyes that I used to see
There's a place in your heart where I used to be
Was I wrong to assume that you were waiting for me?
There's a light in your eyes
Did you leave that light burning for me?

Cards and phone calls and photograph pictures of you
Constant reminder of all the things you get used to
Is there a chance in Hell or Heaven
That there's still something here to build on
Or do you just pick up the pieces after they fall
But after all

There's a light in your eyes that I used to see
And a song in the words that you spoke to me
Was I wrong to believe in your melody
There's a light in your eyes
Did you leave that light burning for me

Should I keep on waiting or
does love keep on fading away?

Fading away

It's been a while since I've seen you so how have you been
Did you get my letter I wrote you that I did not send
I tried to call your old number
But the voice that I heard on the phone
I recognized but she told me the number was wrong

There's a light in my eyes it's too bright to see
And a pain in my heart where you used to be
Guess I was wrong to assume that you were waiting here for me
There's a light in your eyes

Did you leave that light burning for me?

Blessid Union of Souls - Light in Your Eyes

Labels: songs

Wednesday, February 07, 2007
A walk down memory lane.

You know I have SO much work to do, but today was SUCH a great day that I think it wouldn't be just to leave it in memory. I HAVE to blog about it.

I went back to SAJC, or SAV, as it is known, today with Halim.

Honestly, I thought it was the best day I've had so far. The feeling of stepping into a school which no longer looked or felt the same, yet you feel like you can fit in, and that you belong there.

We walked through the huge gates and the first person we saw was my Physics tutor, Mr Ong.


He's in the middle.

I called him from afar. He looked up and "Heyyy! Uhh you're from the 02 or 03 batch right?? -thinks- Ahh I remember you but I can't remember your name..."

"Yah 03..Amylia.."

"Ahhh YES amylia! How are youuu!?!?"

Haha. And he proceeded to show us around the new school compound. He's really nice la.

After we reached the cafe (pronounced caff) he told us to go eat and look for him in the staff room after we're done.

Of course we went straight to say hi to makcik Zainab, our canteen makcik who immediately asked "ok nak makan???" and we were soon seated with her famous chicken chop WITH the special sauce. Just like the good ole days.

Then it was up to the teacher's room to terrorise the teachers Mwahahhaa. Halim went to look for his beloved CIkgu Zarina while I bumped into my (gorgeous) math teachers but I really was looking for my Chem tutor whom I was REALLY close to.




Yeap that's him. He should win THE most inspiring teacher award. Not only is he a good teacher, he makes it a point to actually get to know his students and it is because of that that we're close. Halim didn't take Chemistry, but the 2 of us are pretty close to this guy.

Me: -from afar- MR WONGGG!!!!!!!!

My Chem teacher: Hello!! Wah, if you never wear that (tudung), I would have given you a hug!

Haha I ♥ him! Wahoo! He was SO happy the day our results we released that we hugged each other. Haha.

He's got the BEST dress sense and he's Mr giorgio armani. He can pull off looks that many guys can't and his clothes are all really nice. Hawwwtttt.

I can still remember his second lecture. I think most of his classes were asking him why he wore a tie when he was giving his first lecture, cos usually he just wears the usual collared shirt. So during his second lecture he came in and flashed a transparency.

"WHY I WEAR A TIE"

"Well number 1. I have a lot of ties. Number 2. I look good in it.. and number 3, it really is none of your business!"

Haha! How adorable.

Bumped into my PE Teacher and another PE teacher who of course knew Halim. All the PE teachers know him because he's THE ultimate jock.

My PE Teacher is like the nicest man on earth.

Mr Tan: Oh, I'm leaving at the end of this month for China. I'm going to teach there..

Halim: What you teaching, sir?

Mr Tan: Music and drama.

Me: Huh really ah?!?!

Mr Tan: Of course not la!! PE la! HAHA!

Other PE teacher: -pokes Halim's biceps- (to me) Wah, he's bigger now ah..(impressed)

Me: Ya lor.. (but Halim acts shy and moves away from the pokes)

Other PE teacher: Aiiyyer this one big for show only. I want to touch also cannot. See? Big but for show only!

Haha!

Went to talk with the adorable Vice Principal as well.

We were walking along the Gallery and from afar, I saw some guy duck under the table. GUESS WHO IT WAS! My ultimate fave junior, HANIS! OMG What a day! I was just thinking to myself that I won't be able to see him because he's graduated but turns out that he came back to see makcik as well! Wahoo!



But I forgot one thing as I left SAV. I met ALL my teachers except my form teacher. I FORGOT to look for her! OMG! How kental am I!!!!! ARGH.




Ahhh for the first time in so long did I feel this happy and felt like I really enjoyed myself.. SAJC.. Where I met the most amazing people there could ever be, its where I call home.

I thought that since SA has moved to a new location, it won't be the same as at Malan Road. However, the fact is, I still felt like i belong there because the people were the same. The very people who made my 2 short years there very, very memorable. It didn't matter that the location was different or the buildings were newer and bigger.

The fact that the people were all the same made all the difference.

Only when the teachers are all gone, then SAJC will be but a distant memory.

Once a saint, always a saint. ♥

Labels: reflections

Shitty pictures

My trusty Motorola Razr's VGA Camera is beginning to show signs of distress. The pictures aren't as clear as they used to be and have become more glow-y and pixelated. I think its because I've dropped it only like 324324768787987321498762910843 times.

My dad has shown signs that he wants to GIVE me his N73 with 3.2 megapixel camera so I'm just hoping those signs will be more prominent in the few weeks days to come. I don't really like it la, cos I won't use the functions, but hey, its a free phone. I'll take it, balls.

Labels: nusdailies

Sunday, February 04, 2007
This guy is SO totally singing at my wedding!

IF I get married, that is.

OMG la his voice is brilliant.


He's the one on keyboards, duh. First voice you hear. hahha.

This is STILL my fave mini performance.



Wahoo!

Labels: randoms

Saturday, February 03, 2007
I disappoint.

Sorry for the *gasp* 8 day no-show. This has got to be the longest time I've ever not blogged for.

Really busy with school work and my crazy timetable.

I even have no time to check my mail, so if there's anything important please either sms or tell me should we meet.

My MSN is growing mouldy, and is threatening me to compress itself. You know, unused files are usually compressed. But MSN isn't a file. Or is it. Ah what does it matter I'm ranting.

Anyway I think this is something I haven't mentioned here. Adi-Mr-hot-hair has been bugging me since forever to enter my blog for the NTS travelblog competition thing. So I reluctantly did, haha.

I think its now open for voting or something, so if you:

1) are a matriculated student at NUS

and

2) liked my SwissImmersion/EURIP blogposts (I'm told that they only listed the Swiss one),

you may want to vote for it, or check out the other fantastic blogs that are up for the competition as well.

Okay I have to do my lab report now! byebyeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Labels: pointless