bermulalah....

Di sini, saya hendak mengemukakan dua perkara.


Perkara pertama: Kepada pembaca-pembaca yang dihormati, saya hendak menanya; Apakah emosi yang dipamerkan oleh raksasa comel ini? *tolong taipkan komen anda*

Perkara kedua: Bermulalah dari "post" ini, saya terpaksa menulis se"column" "post" saya dalam Bahasa Melayu, iaitu bahasa ibunda. Bermulalah dari post ini menujukkan ketidakhandalan saya dalam mengguna bahasa melayu walaupun saya orang melayu. Saya terpaksa buat begini hanya kerana dipaksa walaupun kerja ini sangat memeningkan dan menyakitkan hati saya.

Tolong tunjuk ajar dan tolonglah kawal ketawa anda. Terima kasih.

komen untuk pembetulan (selepas saya menulis post ini):
1. we say saya bertanya
2. it's menunjukkan (that was seriously a typo)
3. we say menggunakan , not "mengguna"
4. "tolong berikan tunjuk ajar"

Half my holiday

Assalamualaikum!

It's a bit late but finally, I am over and done with Semester two!:) Last paper was Physics Lab last Wednesday. Sadly, I was already so frustrated at the last minutes that I really could not think of what else to do but just enter (what Najah would term as) "Fasa Tawakkal" (this is BM. you know who you are). After our invigilator finally took our papers, I entered "Fasa Blank". I'm not sure how or why exactly it happens but suddenly you feel like you're not sure where to head or what to think of. Lol. It's been a crazy cramming week.

I managed to get away from Cyberjaya that night:) On Friday, we drove back to Batu Pahat and spent a couple of days there. My grandmother's house is huge enough that when you play hide and seek, it may take a few good hours before a really good hider would be found. So when Ahmad nonchalantly splashed a bucketful of water while I was about to enter the toilet, he sped off outside to hide behind a pillar where it was really hard for me to get back at him. Now, a good way to get back at your brother who has unfairly executed such a heinous crime upon little you would be to pretend to forgive and forget this and wait for the next day and innocently call (with a hint of helplessness) him outside and for him to please look at that part of the grass because there seems something offhand..
and SPLASH! let all the water from the bucket you have gleefully hidden behind the door soak through his clean shirt. Run away to safety and scream in glory:) Owh, and smirk while you watch his defeated face as he comes up with his wet shirt, fuming at your revenge and his unexpectedness at such an awesomely wicked plan. *yay!*

The quote says it all.

The next day we went to Johor to stay at my Auntie's. And on Monday, for the first time, I stepped foot in Singapore:) Funny how we've been to so many far off placed but never to the neighbouring country. Oh well, Singapore is... like Malaysia. If not for seeing chinese faces whereever i turn, it could have been Malaysia... So, on singapore we journeyed on foot (that is, after we got dropped of near the MRT). We took the MRT to Jurong and actually spent a WHOLE day at the Science Centre. There is not enought time for a DAY to finish exploring that humongous and stimulating building. But I think we went through most of it. Pretty lot of cool things. New cool things too! Oh well, one of the cool things I saw was the Tesla Coil. When volts of electricity is generated in the ring, the hydrogen balloon placed inside would literally burst into flames. It was amazing. For more, please visit Singapore's Science Centre. It's pretty awesome:) Btw, thanks Nunu for offering your guide:)

That's actually Eistein "climbing" up a rope from the 3rd storey to the groundfloor. It's to demonstrate how he's not actually climbing but rather using the motor mechanism his hand and legs are literally glued to.

The Science Centre took up a whole day. And later on, we journeyed on foot yet again to search for a place to pray. It took a pretty long time since we were 1. On foot. 2. Tired. 3. Had no clue where the nearest Mosque was. Everyone was searching for a dome or a minaret but when we finally found the Mukmin Mosque, to everyone's utter astonishment, it looks like a... building. Like a business building. Well, we entered and I was really amazed that it is also a madrasah. It's really cool. There was a cafeteria inside, classrooms, lounges and it's 3 storeys high!
Took the MRT back to Bugis and journeyed back to Johor:)


Next day! The plan was meant to be stopping by PD and checking out the Eagle Ranch resort. BUT! There were too many attractions and interesting things for the guys and my parents really like the place too. So on last minute decisions, my dad decided to stay overnight in the Log Cabin.
The Eagle Ranch has an ingenious theme to it. It is basically like a western-ish cowboy-ish country style. Complete with Band Wagons, horses, mares, geese, turkeys, rabbits (!), tepees, obstacle courses, ATV's, go karts, paintball fields etc.

Eagle Ranch Outline.

The four bedrooms are exteriorally decorated as bandwagons.

So we spent half the day at PD and then finally drove back to my beloved ampang!:)
And that's half of my year end holiday^^

already?

It's almost the end of year already. Seconds tick, hours fly, days go, months pass.. and before you know it, it's almost the end of year already...

Funny how so many things has happened when you recall the past year events.

shattered

broken to pieces

cracked to shards

splintered to bits

phenomenal

Last night we finally presented our drama for Professional Communication and Presentation Class. After a whole month of preparations, it's finally done and over with. All four classes of foundation had to present a drama based on a classic that our lecturer gave during class.

It's been a crazy week though as our drama night drew closer. We've been practicing til late night and preparing at every free time we had...

Our drama was based on the classic Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I think when we first had to read the four classics, YGB was the longest and most wordy story. I read up the other stories but didn't have any interest in finishing up YGB. This was the same with most other people; even one of the english lecturers admitted it too:P

The story is set in Salem Village (i think during the 1600s). The time whereby people thought that if you practiced a religion other than Christianity, you are following the footsteps of the devil. Plus the witch hunt and all that...
Basically, this man called Young Goodman Brown heard about The Devil and was so curious to meet him. Brown reluctantly leaves his darling good wife Faith and then meets the Devil in the woods. He resists the Devil but throughout his journey in the woods, he finds out that the people he thought were good (like the woman who taught him about Christianity, the Deacon, the Minister), were found to be following the Devil too! And he also saw his wife Faith during the devil worshiping ritual. And when he shouts to Faith to "resist the wicked one", he blacks out... He wakes up and wonders if everything was a dream or if it was real...He was plagued with thoughts of the ritual... and he lived his life in doubt, never trusting anyone until his last moment in life...

It sounds so tragic when we first read about it.. And it still is a tragic story... But I think we presented it up pretty well:)

And I think the most important things is the process to finish up this play. I mean, all the hardwork and cooperation everyone put in to do all this. It's always such a heartfelt success trying to complete something and having to go through so many obstacles and hardships to reach that goal. We had problems, we had arguments, we had complications, we had sleepless nights. All the drama you can find without having to present one:P

But in the end, it turned out spectacularly phenomenal. After the play, everyone was all smiles and congratulating and laughing and like "Yes! It's finally over!" It's the end of the week, the end of the drama... finally I can breathe:)

until the 19th that is. Lol.

Speechless

I am forced to blog about this due to the intense feeling surged because something arrived in the mail this morning!

So to just let it out; thank you SOO MUCH SITI NURUL FITRIAH BT SAMSUDDIN!!!! You are just... amazing! Thank you thank you thank you! I am so honoured. Thank you for taking the extra mile... for taking the extra step... I watched and I cried and i sceamed and squealed and I laughed and I smiled like i'm experiencing some inhumane emotional disorder. Thank you for putting together an indescribablyunbelievably awesome video for me. And thank you everyone for putting up with Nurul's (persistent, I'm sure:P) request to wish me. Teachers, juniors, classmates; I am so very elatedly ecstatic and so very grateful. Thank u nunu; I love u too:)

I wanted to call you straight after I watched it but I couldn't reach you. This is the first thing I can do for now. Will call you once I can! We must absolutely meet up and eat sushi!:D

26th November i thought would just be another day like the past 18 years. But it wasn't.

First thing at 12am on the dot, the doorbell rang while I was revising Born Haber Cycle for Chemistry's Chapter 6 the next day. And who but Aki would be standing there catching her breath after running all the way:) Together with brownies and cheesecake from secret recipe and a letter! Of course, got bullied here and there as usual; but was still really delighted at the delightfully delicious surprise. It was superly awesome that you came running all the way. You are an angel:) Thank you for staying up with me and keeping me company all the way. I don't think you'll ever know how much it really means to me.... Thank you soo much Aki!:)

My sarang^^

Just before I slept, read Fuddy's letter which was written days ago of which I too received days ago before my birthday so that I'd be able to read it in time. Thanks for remembering Fuddy!:) Woke up at 5am and found a small box lined with a ribbon with a "HAppy Bday Alia Nad" note next to it. Thank you Alina:)

At college, I couldn't focus on anything really except the upcoming chemistry test. But after that, we had an unprecedented sudden reflection session in the discussion room. So while we (E70B; housemates) were all waiting there; Ms Fiza and NAjah came in with with J.Co doughnuts and a bouquet of pink roses and white daisies with an adorable teddy bear and polka dotted ribbon around its neck. And they all started singing Happy Birthday and Ms Fiza was holding out a Jco doughnut with two lit candles stuck into it. I was passed the bouquet and was asked to give a speech. I was so speechless and pleased; I wasn't so sure what I was saying and I tried to get together my sentence structure right but to no avail; it was all a jumble and I just didn't have the words enough to express how thrilled I was.

JCo Donuts. Lookie at the candles~ I ate the one with the blueberry filling:)

So we sat there eating doughnuts and chitchatting and Ms Fiza was telling everyone how she wished she wanted to plan that everyone "buat dunno" that it's my birthday and suddenly BAM! Like this. I think I might have terase if none of my housemates wished me; which half of them did just because of this. But I was awfully overjoyed that they did this for me. So for the rest of the day, I ended up walking around with a bouquet of flowers:) Later on i got a sweetly signed card from my housemates. THank you u guys; u guys are awesome!>_< Teamforce E70B and our mentor. Ms Fiza's always mistaken for a student because she looks so young. She's the one with the purple tudung^^

I thought this whole drama would end there. But no, it didn't. The two people; Aki and Sharon (though separately) publicized that it was my birthday thus many people from foundation were wishing me and I just sheepishly thanked and smiled. I am not used to having this many people wishing me; what with 26th Nov always being on a end year holiday.

During Chem Lab, I got a card signed by the May Intake girls wishing my happy birthday:) It was so utterly sweet and again, I was jubilantly... speechless. Thank you aainaa and everyone for writing in it.

And just when Lab was about to end, Sharon started singing Happy birthday softly and the rest of the class starting joining in; eventhough the instructor was still there! So yeah, I wasn't so sure on where to look, just smiled sheepishly- again.

I was practically walking on air that day...:) I had a prebirthday buildup, a smashing birthday bash and a postbirthday surprise. It's like a chemistry lab prelab report and post lab assignment. Lol.

Thank you everyone for wishing me verbally or through message or through emails. And putting up such a fantastic birthday for me:) I really had a fantastically thrillingly awesome day! And again, I'm loved. Thank you for reminding me nunu:)

Bouquet and bear:) Which is now named J.Cocoa.

Laughter the best medicine

During last week's PCP (english) class, our topic was about "Happiness". First off, Miss Fiza talked about being happy and the definition and how we relate it to laughter being the best medicine.

When she asked what's the first thing that comes to mind when you talk about happiness, among the replies were "Smileys", "Laughter", "Moments". And all those kinds of things.
We talked about how happiness has stages. Whereby there's the mild happiness, and then there's glad, happy, and then ecstatic or overjoyed or blessed cheerful contented delighted elated intoxicated joyful joyous lively merry peaceful pleasant pleased sparkling sunny thrilled tickled upbeat walking on air *phew!*. I remember during Sec4 when Teacher Azeera gave us this worksheet to do on how to classify the stages of happiness. I never thought there were soo many words and ways to describe this... emotion. XD

As to how laughter relates to medicine? Najah countered: Due to the secretion of endorphines. And I just realized at the end of the class my mom always told me that when we laugh, we expand our lungs and more oxygen comes in and so on and so forth....-

Anyways! We were handed worksheets (worksheet!>_<) basically to pinpoint what is our stage of happiness. When there was a question asking: State the things which you thought would make you happy but didn't. Write down in terms of people, possession, achievements and events and write down the false promise for each. And my pen hovered over that question for so long. Because there was nothing i can write down. For some reason, I cannot recall anyone/thing/place/time where i was looking for happiness there but didn't find it. I suppose when we always focus on the positive outlooks in life, we can balance out the situation and look at it as "building character" (as Calvin's dad would say:P)
In the end, I contradicted many of the questions and my answers went over the lines given and I even wrote onto the sides. Questions given were like, "How much do you rely on circumstances to make you happy?" or "Write down whether diet, exercise or change in your hair, makeup or wardrobe would bring you closer to your ideals. Which features do you need to accept as they are?"
I couldn't help going on and on about how it's always looking at the positive side and being thankful for everything is the ultimate key to happiness. lol.

So now our assignment is to produce and present a pamphlet about "What makes Jack healthy, wealthy and wise". A health guideline to reduce stress.
Fun!:D

Aku suka keropok fish

Salam everyone!:)

I am having mid semester exams for second semester. Already done with Chemistry and English Papers. Next week will be Maths and Physics.

around 8 more weeks til this semester ends. and then one long semester and then one short semester. And Foundation in Science will be done InsyaAllah.

Aku Suka keropok fish
= Akoh suko cropok fish
=AgOH SCO CroPO F
= Ag OH S CO Cro PO F
=Argentum Hydroxide Sulfur Carbonate Chromium Phospate Fluoride
=Insoluble compounds in aqueous solutions.

when u cant study, list down a checklist of the things that needs to be done.

I am loved:)

It may sound conceited to say that as a title but after completing two scrapbooks of memories, it's how I feel. I am so happy because up to date, I've been able to finish these two books and there are still other materials which I need ANOTHER folder to fill up with:) It's absolutely heart warming to look through them all. Sometimes it's difficult to paste them all in, having to glue or cellotape them or cut them to size. but it's really worth it once i've filled everything up. Sometimes I feel like it's such a task and "when will i ever finish this?" when i first started. But i didn't have to worry at all because it really filled up fast!

I keep tidbits, even chocolate wrappers when I get them under such a special occasion. I treasure small scribbled notes of "thanks" or "sorry". I paste in receipts of memorable moments, usually when it's with someone. I stick in cards i got for raya, for my birthday...

Most of them are paper material. I dont usually stick in photos because they are such a hassle to print out and cost much.

There are letters from my mom because she writes occasionally (she is my first penpal anyways). There's a letter from my dad which i've been nagging him to write and which he finally gave me after i persisted that I really want one for my graduation. There's abundant of letters from the elf. I think i've said this before but it's still so funny when I think about it. There were so many even though we sat next to each other in class for the few months she stayed in Msia; and she still posts letters even after she went abroad. There are also uncountable letters from Aki. with the korean writings and all the merepek kerepeks she writes; which i love:)


Nunu's poems are in there too; even the ones she wrote on exercise book paper, and lyrics she penned down on a ripped paper.. There are chitchats with iman, the one we used to write when we were in lower secondary; lots of them starting with "are u mad at me, iman?". hihi.

There are many drawings from Kausar, all of them beautifully drawn and meticulously made. Owh, also many drawings from Siraj and origamis he made. There are small notes from Fuddy with the "caaliya is so busuk" and from yaya. There's my driving license mark - showing that i passed.. Wishes for my exams and my future undertakings... My first ever official paycheck in black and white... There's that section where there are letter saying happy birthday because that year I requested for a letter for my birthday:P

There are a few printed emails; among them from my primary school principal. Hellos from Nina, all the way from Germany. There are Nurun's letters from Brunei. Eventhough i get them very rarely, the envelope comes in a bundle because when she writes, there are at least 4 pages in there. There are a few letters though which are heartbreaking. Some saying that i've changed, some which made me cry so much when i read them. But it still makes me smile now:)
I know emails are much faster and many can be sent at a time. But snail mail and handwritten notes/letters/scribbles (as i've mentioned before in a previous post) are always the best.

Make me happy. Write me a letter. Or scribble a small note. Even better, buy me a chocolate. Anything:) and it'll be pasted in my special super awesome scrapbook.

Che Misteri

Wednesday: chemistry lab experiment; obtaining empirical formula of magnesium oxide. It was supposed to be a simple experiment but I think this was the craziest lab experiment so far. We had to repeat it 4 times because each time, there seemed to be something that we missed out. It's either that we didn't cover it instantly, or we didn't burn the WHOLE metal strip or we didn't follow the procedures accurately. But this was because there were confusions and our lab instructor said that we have to burn it first because if not, the experiment would take too long so we skipped a few instructions and well, see how well that turned out...

Someone once told me that doctors have no life. Like once they decide to forever be indebted to this profession, they literally marry their job. Sometimes I wonder; is this really the life that I want? Going through what I'm going now where things may get 100% more challenging and doing it for the rest of my life?

I'll post more later. Quite tired now. It's been a tough week... Thanks u guys for calming me down when I panicked.

imns open house

To quote from Iman, i am "not one of those chicks who post pictures on their blogs just to promote their new cheekbones. nyaha."

Okay2, I shall start with Iman's open house since we fought that day on if any of us actually read each others' blogs. Keep your hair on, Iman. Here goes the ultimate blog of a lifetime about your ultimately awesome open house which was inspired by (technically ME:P) our idea for a Raya Reunion for our batch and actually a get-together before saddiq flies off.

As (almost) always, I am the first guest. But of course, I am never a guest, I'm dubbed the 'regular' over there at iman's house. Yes, Iman's house is my third home (first my real home and second cyberjaya). I'm such a regular there that I have to do the dishes as well since I'm like a stepchild there. I know where they put the salt, the cocoa, the butter, the laddles and forks and spoons in her huge spotless kitchen. I know that you shouldn't touch the kuih table at the living room because Auntie Ilaine can so spot the fingerprints and both she and iman are so kiasu. I know so much, Iman knighted me as the second hostess:P

That was because Iman's chinx and sunway people came over. So she had to run here and there and attend to everyone else. One funny thing i realized during raya is that when people come, they wanna see the host. But the host is too busy making the guests comfortable (by getting drinks and filling up the empty kuih containters) and well... its a funny scene:P

Anyway, Fuddy came over early too! So we played taboo for a while. Auntie Ilaine too joined in and so did everyone else, until the first guests came over (which was Fattah and Musa). So after that, everyone came and the guests flooded in. The reunion was meant to be at 2pm but they came late and it was til 4pm til everyone (who was supposed to attend) came. Iman so 'didn't wanna talk to anyone' who was coming late or who didn't come. I do/did not wanna be one of them. Owh, Nurul called all the way from singapore:) It was really so sweet of her and my phone got passed around to everyone. THank you nunu:)

By 4pm, i was already so restless and eyeing the cake nonstop. We finally got to cut the super yummy moist cake:) Ate smore and took pictures (go to www.adnigeneration05.blogspot.com for more:)).

Later on we played some taboo with iman's sunway friends downstairs. (Iman why do we have to call it chinx against malays??? u said it yourself that racial issues should not even exist:P) Oh well, we had lotsa fun with them. Yeah, jowee is cool:) It's nice meeting u guys.

So yeah, all you people who didn't come. I really wish you did. Because it's meant to be a reunion for all of you. For all of us. Because we hardly meet and I really miss you people soo much!>_< You guys missed out on a lot. Please come next year!:)

If there will be anymore:P

with flying colours.

I heard one of the most inspiring stories ever told in my life today. What makes it more inspiring was that we heard it from the person himself....

Today we had a forum at CUCMS as part of the finishing school program. The topic was; How to Survive in CUCMS with Flying Colours. I found it quite a funny topic (the title that is). But the speakers were astoundingly amazing. It was one of the panelists who really impressed me with his story.

He is a first year medical student. But did not have and science background in his secondary school. He was in ma'had tahfiz and took exams (eg PMR) as a private candidate. And for his form 5 exam, all he learnt was sastera. No physics, biology or chemistry. He went for the interview at CUCMS due to his aspiring wish to become a doctor and discussed it with the head of foundation. After much discussion, he entered CUCMS with conditional offer. He entered in July. And sat for Olevel science papers (bio phys and chem) in November. In that same year. He passed with 'flying colours'. And now he is a medical student.

I was so perplexed and ultimately amazed at such an outcome and was deeply impressed! It gave me the motivation and inspiration to strive on and keep going because sometimes you feel like "why did I choose this type of lifestyle?". With the non-stop incoming assignments and sleepless nights and the fast-track classes. It will only get tougher... But that story really inspired me. And I shall succeed!

With hardwork and determination. InsyaAllah.

Five.

I like to sleep with a pillow over my head. With another pillow under my head of course. So it's like I'm sandwiched between two pillows:P I'm not so sure why... Probably to block out the light because I like to sleep with my door a bit open (while the light outside is on)... But basically I just feel like I NEED a pillow on my head yknow? Perhaps to block out any creepy crawlies from entering my ears like the mind-controlling leech thingies in Animorphs.

I like the smell of books. It might sound weird... But that's just how it is. When I enter Kino or MPH or borders, it's just such a wonderful feeling... It may be a feeling that u LIKE to be surrounded by books but to me, it feels like the smell of it. Specially new books.

I like clean new paper:) To draw on. There are too many possibilities of what may be on that paper. The creativity is endless.

I like to clean when under stress. When I can't study or seem to get anything into my head, I'd spring clean my room (and end up doing my cupboard and my drawers....). Or reorganize the kitchen (at my condo-hostel). Or wipe the washing machine. Or sweep the stairs. I am that weird. Maybe I like to do it because since I can't seem to accomplish anything in my books, at least I can accomplish stuff around me; ie my environment.

I dislike cockroaches. I have been stalked by a cockroach once. When I came back to cyberia, there was a HUGE cockroach on the curtains and I ran out at once (my mom sighed "Macam mane nak jadi doktor ni?"). And after I thought it was safe, I opened my cupboard and found it crawling behind my CUCMS shirt and ran out once again; to get Qila's and Azra's professional help. When they came, it wasn't there and suddenly it JUMPED onto Azra. And I ran out. Again. Aaaand Qila got it, wrapped it with tissues; and squished it. With her hands. And threw it in the dustbin downstairs. Next day, when I opened the lid of the dustbin, it JUMPED out and i ran upstairs and didn't dare come downstairs again. After convincing myself that it was gone, I went downstairs, only to be greeted with (probably the same) cockroach again. Which then Alina sprayed it til it pleargh-ed. (no, there is no such word. I made it up). If that is not stalking, i don't know what is... *shudders*

Iftar

i love breaking fast during the month of ramadhan:)

So this year, instead of Adni, Surau and home, there are two new venue of breaking fast which is at Cyberia and at CUCMS.

The past few years I broke fast at Adni once a year coz of the iftar and... and together with Adnians at Surau As-Shakirin at Damansara. Surau at Taman Dagang is a norm because my dad is the Chairman there... and home; of course. What is home without mama's cooking?:)

This year it's a bit different. Sometimes we break fast at cyberia because kak tqa cooks!:) Which is really a nikmat because i absolutely love her cooking. Sometimes we break fast at CUCMS because there is no time to cook or we're too tired... or class ends late. I had exam last week which was meant to begin at 6pm. But since there was class straight from the morning, we didnt have time to pray asar so when class ended at 6pm, prayed and sat for the exam which was by then 6:30pm. So we did the exam and by around 7:20pm, we could hear the azan already and amirah was like "Sir, sir, Dah boleh buke puase!>_<" So our lecturer took our karipap and apam balik and we broke our fast with that:D while having our exam. Lol.

Had bebuke at Adni today. To protect my princess from Ninjas. She is lucky to have me as her saviour:)

Reasons why.

this morning i agreed with aqilah to meet up at adni and study. Okay, it's more of me forcing her; but only because i absolutely could not focus on getting any work done at home... and I've been putting off my Bahasa Kebangsaan Folio. Funny thing is, when i tried to do my folio, I couldn't write a single sentence down without having the structure all wrong.. So I wrote everything in English and later on translated it to Malay. There were some I couldn't really translate so credit goes to Aki for helping me fix it up.

Aki got bored after a while and suddenly iman called. So she invited us over and we just chit chatted and got down to planning Gen05 raya gathering. Finally!:)

Thats all.

a thousand splendid suns

I squealed in delight when tariq told laila: "That I only have eyes for you."

I held my breath when abdul sharif bore the bad news; that tariq died.

I screamed in disgust when Rasheed said he wanted to marry Laila and his courtshipping.

I felt so mad when that officer stopped laila and mariam from going and he returned them to rasheed.

I was scared out of my wits whenever rasheed was in the picture.

I felt tears every time laila remembers her memories with tariq.

I cried when tariq came back and cried when mariam was sentenced to death

I cried again when laila read jalil's letter.

Aaah tariq... what is a book without the hero, the saviour, the protagonist?

To those who have been weirded out by my unpredictable random outbursts, i do apologize. thank u for bearing with me. Specially to aki who didn't understand head or tail what was going on but still 'reassured' me when tariq died and 'yay-ed' with me when he came back! Even my brothers stare at me and say I am weird. I cannot help it. The story is THAT gripping. I haven't read such a good book in a long time and it really kept me enchanted until the last word.

free

no comment:P

This morning went to Adni's Merdeka celebration together with syarif and ahmad, more so because safi and siraj were performing. If I didn't go out, I'd still be in bed til God knows when... It was really wonderful to see the teachers again and the other students. I sound like I've not seen them for so long... In reality, i go there more often than all my batch put together:P (i think that's true..)Absorbed: Syarif with his ever-"obliviousness" when it comes to reading books. Yes, he's reading.

I've been so addicted to The Kite Runner, I couldn't help but look for Khaled Houssein's second book. So I asked ahmad 'Let's go to Kino!:D" and after much coaxing and pleading and persuading, he finally gave in. I've not been to a bookstore for sooo long, I felt breathless and so bedazzled in Kino. The idea was to get the book and go. But there were so many books... so many genres... so many choices... so many smooth covered inviting books... and I had to keep telling myself... "Must... not... give ... in". Finally found the book. If not for Ahmad wanting to go back and Syarif being hungry, I would have stayed in there til forever. Lol.. Finally I got the second book; A Thousand Splendid Suns. Which I am still holding myself back because I want to read it for when I go back to JOhor:D

Weird: -_-"

eating.

My housemates seem to wonder how I seem to eat so fast. I really don't know either but when they ask aloud, I'd just answer I don't know or that it's not that I eat fast; people just eat slow. Lol. But during lunch the other day, I was eating with Azra and Kaktqa and after lunch, she said; Alia, I noticed the way you eat.

Me: Okaaaaay.... -_-"

Azrae: It's not that you eat fast. But rather the technique you eat.

Me: (thinking) technique??? I have a technique???

Azrae: Well, ysee, it's just that you chew and then you swallow and straight away have another spoonful. THat way, it's more efficient because other people don't really do that.

Me: O_o you observed the way i eat??

Azrae: I like to observe peope. (smiles)

So there you go, people (like Iman). Who says I eat fast and like such a swallower. I have eating technique!:DMerepek-ers: Alia and Azrae sp. during Tasputra Perkim event

How more chinesey-er can I get? I was making faces like I always do while someone is readying to take a picture, especially if it's Aki (which in this case was).

goodbye bio! for now:P

Graduation Night:Just because i really miss them.

Again, writing this post because aki says my blog is so boring coz I never update it.

Exam is finished and done with!:) Almost. Technically speaking, those from July intake (including me) finish their exam yesterday. Bio theory and lab. We've been cramming and studying and suddenly right after the exam, I felt kinda .. blank. It's like everyday there's always something to do. Like have assignments, lab reports, revision... And suddenly BAM! You just can't think of anything and right after the exam pun I'm not even sure where to walk to... I had to ask my housemates where they're going and even after some time pun I couldn't decide where to go. Lol. Such slow uptake, no?

I felt it's so unfair everyone can go back right after exams but I have to stay til thursday because I have bahasa kebangsaan class. So I went to the library and got myself addicted to "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Houssein. That night, Kaktqa ajak kluar and eat dinner:) before she...left. Lol. went over to Aki's and disturbed her eventhough she had exam the next day! Haha. Owh well. I had aki call me and talk to me all the way til I reached back to my place coz there were really a lot of people walking around.. like groups of men.. Scary...-_-"

This morning went to college in hopes of finishing off my BM folio but alas, Khaled Housseini has gotten me entranced by his enchanting novel. I really wanted to... but I read it nonstop til i finished it. By the time I reached the last page, Aki was oredi tired and we went back home lalala. And after that I watched House MD marathon of season4 while aki 'studied' for her phys exam tomoro. Lol. Yes, I know I shall suffer like her next sem.

Tata for now:)

Oman:)

1999, Oman: Me and Fatimah on the far right

2008, Malaysia: Almost a decade later...

This morning I followed my parents to send off an Omani family friend who came to Malaysia for a visit. The last time I met them was around 5 years ago... Of course the initial feeling was that I was really happy to see them! Though after a while, I felt a little awkward. Maybe because I'm not much of a talker... Anyways, their only daughter; fatimah is around my age; about one year older though. I remember they had a HUGE house and I really liked her room because it was really girl-ish. Lol.

Anyways, their family is pretty close to ours because we met them relatively often and also because fatimah's grandmother looked after my mom after she gave birth to siraj since we were in Oman that time:) Plus once, when we went for Umrah, both our families DROVE to mecca all the way from Oman. I remember it being like a just another long travel... It took a few days and I think it came out in a newspaper or something... Lol.

The night before, they came over for dinner and my dad took some albums out. There's about 8 or 9 huge albums of our photos in Oman. Eventhough it was them who was supposed to look through it, I was just as mesmerized and smiled to myself as I recalled my huge chunk of a childhood in Oman. It would not be enough to write an entry about my 4 years in Oman because there are just SO many experiences and things to talk about. I hope I'll be able to go to Oman again one day...

iman's tag

a) Answer the questions below, do a Google Image Search with your answer, take a picture from the 1st page of results, do it with minimal words of explanation
b) Tag 5 people to do the same once you've finish answering every question

1. The age you'll be on your next birthday:

2. Place you want to travel to: New Zealand, Korea and Australia

3. Your favorite place: Home

4. Your favorite food

5. Your favourite pet: If dolphins can be pets:)

6. Favorite color combination: navy blue and silver

7. Favorite piece of clothing: Muslimah wear:) Preferably with slacks.

8. Your all time favorite song:

9. Favorite TV show: House MD

10. First name of your significant other / crush:

11. Which town do you live in: Ampang

12. Your screen name / nickname

13. Your first job: Little Olive Teacher:)

14. Your dream job: Pediatrician

15. One bad habit that you have:

Lately, it's merepek-ing with Azrae. How can i find an image for that?

16. Worst fear:

17. Things you like to do before you die:

18. The 1st thing you'll buy if you get $1,000,000: Tablet PC

19. Your -future- husband/wife: Someone like him^^