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just when you think there aren't any kind souls left in this world, and this happens :) really sweet and inspiring. i wonder if our airlines would do anything like that.

that said, what the boyfriend did to the poor kid was absolutely inexcusable. just...why?? :((

but of course, there are people closer to home who have inspired me as much (if not more) in the last few days. what they've been through and are going through right now is unimaginable and i don't know how they do it. i do know though that they must be one of the strongest bunch of people i know. i guess we have to have faith that everything happens for a reason. i just hope God continues to give them the strength to pull through and make things alright... Amin.

this is because i'm in denial school starts tomorrow and i'm doing anything not to do..well..schoolwork :)

so i thought maybe i'd revive this old thing. just got a look at my timetable and God knows if i dont have an outlet to rant i might just go insane.

mostly for my benefit (because im still in denial like that), i'm gonna recount the sweet sweet holidays that flew by so fast like sheldon in his Flash suit.

1. CA2 HAHA (yup exam was DURING the holiday). never mind i don't wanna remember that.

2. KL wedding - has to be THE grandest wedding i've ever been to. the venue, food, band, decorations, company were all, for the lack of a better word, awesome. one of the nights, the band actually sang Wondergirls' Nobody But You AND PULLED IT OFF. with a random guitar solo and everything. now my grandmother wants at least one of her grandchildren to marry someone who has royal connections just so she would be able to attend a wedding just as grand. personally, i have my heart set on the zoo or botanical gardens but if my future prince insists then i guess i'll consider having my wedding like in Alaska or Maldives. we all have to make sacrifices eh? ;D

3. Penang trip - family trip. oh plus rizuan who somehow manages to selit. always. oh yes this reminds me of another amusing drama that happened between rizuan + cousins hahaha. okay anyway penang. We ate at a very questionable Nasi Kandar..i don't know, i wouldn't call it a restaurant cos it's more of a lorong... but point is, the food was amaziiiiiiiing. who cares if there were rats squeaking at the back while we ate our huge-ass prawns and rice smothered in delicious curry! sedap gile.

other than that, ooh i tried jet skiing for the first time! and this is how it went: first, 30sec safety briefing. then GO. and 15 seconds later my sis and i were thrown off the jetski. so i guess it's safe to say i'm probably never gonna get on a motorcycle. or rather i should never be allowed to ride one.

also went on a "fishing"-cum-bbq trip. during the 45 min they tried to fish, nashrah was complaining about being seasick the WHOLE time. annoying ttm. i, on the other hand, skipped the complaining and puked over the side of the boat 3 times in that span of 45 min. straight. to. the. point. and when we (thank God) reached shore for our bbq, a monkey stole our twisties and mocked us from the tree.

in a nutshell: dubious food, dangerous water sports and monkeys

4. Outings and picnic with various members of Minahips :D well, pics on FB pretty much describe the whole day.

5. I AM GOING TO START DRIVING. soon. yesterday i dragged my butt to the post office to renew my PDL...without actually bringing my PDL. after queuing for about an hour, the lady says if i lost the PDL, i gotta drag my sorry ass to Ubi to renew it. so after buying comfort food in the form of a crunchie bar and collon, i went home... AND FOUND MY PDL SIALLAHHHH. i am determined to renew and call an instructor by the end of this week. and also sign up for yoga with my mum.  

alright now i'm satisfied. sem 2. BRING ITTTTTTTT.

i just read the programme for Urban Run next sat and it looks damn fun!!! my only worry is that i'll look like a dufus when i try to do the stunts/obstacles. there's one where you have to "strut your stuff" on some runway :O if i'm feeling shameless it'll be a breeze but right now when i'm thinking rationally, i'm horrified. so let's all pray i'm too tired to care when i face that particular obstacle :D

i wish i didnt have to fork out $55 though. HEART PAIN OKAY :( i really hope i get some random relief teaching job at the primary schools i applied. though i'm pretty sure i portrayed myself as a bimbo when i forgot to leave my contact details -.- there i was wondering why nobody was calling me. im afraid to apply to secondary schools & JCs cos i have this feeling i'll be bullied teruk2. but looking at the situation now, i may have to. i only have 2 months to earn money before school closes MEHMEHMEHMEH. aidaaa do you want a secretary. i'll work for food.


hopefully movie marathon with cousins toniiiiiightttt!!!

i had an awesome time at Paramore!!!!!!

okay in a rockin nutshell: hayley is amazing live. jeremy davis is the only bearded man i'd marry, the standing pen was scary as hell when paramore first came on (for the first two min i was just literally making sure i could breathe), but when things "settled" it was just pure headbanging fun! my only regret is not being 1.67m tall :( then again, there were people around me who were shorter...and man i was honestly scared for them. so i guess being 1.60m (shut up im rounding up) isn't so bad...

on the way to simpang we passed cik fizah, cik jai and hijanah returning from a ceramah at Masjid Taqwa. we stopped at the side of the road to talk to them and pretend we just left the same ceramah. i dont know what gave us away.. i mean besides the fact i was tudung-less, it couldve been anyone's guess, really.

anyway i'm psyched that paramore promised they'd be back within the next five years!! now i just wish The Veronicas would do the same

i guess i should settle uni applications.. Alhamdulillah i'm very grateful for my results.. but this is when i envy NS boys. they have two years to apply and decide what they want to do. unless i take a gap year, i only have less than a month? :( *refer to aida's blog post, last paragraph* she sums up everything.

well thanks to atiqah, i was inspired to change the layout of my LJ. it helped me kill a looot of time since i suck at (and haaate to the core) LJ html crap. i finally settled with a psychadelic blue wave pattern. plus it's the only one that turned out decent so nyeh.

i tagged along on ayah's business trip to Tokyo :D had an awesome time. the weather's very nice and cool, except for the last day when it was drizzling and freezing (ok my freezing=10degrees). but maaaan now it;s so hot in singapore i miss the low temperatures. i mean when it's cold, you can just cover up and wear layers of clothing until you're nice and snug. but when it's hot, how much clothing can you take off?!(in my case, without my parents disowning me)

but anyway in short, sushi/tempura was delicious, cherry blossoms are gonna bloom in two weeks time so we only saw botak trees, HAKONE PUDDING IS HEAVEN, purple hair is the new trend for old ladies and blue for old men, smeared lipstick and goth makeup is the trend amongst teenage boys, their toilets are just cool bodoh and long train rides to the countryside are relaxing. :D i have to admit the okinawa earthquake freaked me a little.. being super paranoid and all.. so in other words HOME SWEET HOME.

so now i've been distracting myself by watching an insane amount of The Nanny episodes daily, checking gmail to see if the MOE person has gotten back to me about relief teaching, eating, making noise with the guitar and hopefully in the next few days, shopping. i have nth to wear for paramore. i'd wear my biker-like jacket if i wasnt afraid i'd be burned alive in it.

wow i didnt mention friday.
oh dammit. just when i was abt to be proud of myself for not bringing it up.

first day out since airshow job!! haha a day well-spent. met ati abt 1.45 and we headed to IMH for the volunteering thing. i got to admit, i was pretty nervous and i had no idea what to expect. but yknow, it wasnt bad at all. an eye-opener, definitely an interesting experience.

then we took a long bus ride to pasir ris...so that we could go tampines to have some coffee. ati treated me to my hazelnut frap +cinnamon :D which made me very happy. and like the hardcore shoppers we are, we roamed around century, tamp mall and tamp one looking at shoes. we havent even received our pay and we're already deciding what to spend it one. oh here's my list

1) boots
2) sneakers
3) a vest
4) numerous cheap tops
5) contacts
6)punching bag

i swear i was making mental notes of what to buy and in my head, the list was much longer. but im tired now and i cant think.

i'll do my best to save a portion :P

veg diet going well so far. baru 1 day eh.

wow i havent blogged in ages. i guess i'll condense what's been going on/what's gonna happen.

1.Work starts tomorrow
F-I-N-A-L-L-Y. haha airshow job, only 4 days but heck. at least i'll get some cash out of it. better than being broke and having to ask parents for money. i mean since it's their money they can(and will) always say "No" to the random things i wanna buy. like a punching bag. or a pirate's costume.

2. I am officially a Gleek.
thank you aida for lending me your Glee dvd! thoroughly enjoyed it and i became a gleek overnight, like literally. especially loved kurt. have a crush on puck. and most of the time i enjoy watching rachel being all psychotic and irritating. i'm honestly grateful the producers didnt decide to go down the hudgens/gabriella route.. which wouldve been predictable and boring. i think lea and chris have the best vocals. mark has a smokin' hot bod. morris is kinda entertaining when he dances. and i can probably go on and on but i'll stop (for nowww).

3. Dye-ing disaster
I was upset last monday when the F21 jacket i've been eyeing was out of stock. So i did the next logical thing. I went to Bedok Interchange, purchased a $7.90 box of Revlon hair dye and attempted to dye my hair. the result....not pretty! it looks like my grandma's inai-ed hair lolllll.

4. Latest challenge: Vegetarian for a week
i've always wanted to see how long i can survive without my meat, especially chicken. that's like my staple yo. esti says i wont last 3 days. WE'LL SEE MY FRIEND. i have a feeling i'll survive on cheese sandwiches(with lotsa tomato and lettuce) and cheese tofu. but i am absolutely determined to make this workkkkk. i cant believe i am willing to torture myself in the name of fun. and randomness.

5. Yelah tu
azri claims that "yelah tu" is the perfect (plus most annoying) comeback. relatively foolproof. you can use it anytime, anywhere, as long as it's not in response to a question. observe.

esti: my brother is back
me: yelah tu

and

esti: your brother's theory works on the assumption that everything needs to be argued
me: yelah tu.

HAHA see how awesome it is. totally fun. and though she will neverrrr admit i, i've finally found THE way to stump esti. this is my not-so-secret weapon!! wooh.

okay what gleek would i be if i didnt end the post with something Glee-related right?

 


ok better sleep.

 

good luck to hanisah, haziyah and anyone else who's taking their O's results tomorrow!! haha me and my mum will be hanging ard TKGS to umm show our support for the twins! (and now you know where the kpo genes come from). i'm quite certain after seeing the tense environment tmr it'll just further convince me to go MIA on my own results day. seriously considering running away to johor/some remote malaysian island like redang, as iz suggested, for a short holiday during which my phone will be switched off so that i will remain absolutely uncontactable until i choose to resurface and face the reality that awaits. care to join anyone?

orr i could just hide at some godforsaken train station like joo koon. and roam around singapore. with my phone off, of course.

btw i have a huge major crush on jack sparrow. just watched the trilogy again and it's. AWESOME. (lol limited vocab eh ati?). i love the fact that when i watch a movie a 2nd/3rd/4th time, i start to notice the bits of detail that i missed when i watched the first time round. like how jack likes to refer to Will as a eunoch. and i could actually catch the content of his ramblings. they were totally incomprehensible before.

spent the morning at starbucks with atiqah, calling up potential employers.. andd one question that never failed to make us smile (sometimes sadly) and gigg;e

personwhopickedupthecall: So.. what's your highest level of qualification?
eitheroneofus: Oh, um, we're currently waiting for our Alevel results!

eh eh! not bad at avoiding the i-only-have-a-PSLE-cert-but-that's-just-because-i-went-into-IP routine mm? four years of practice. we've learnt our lesson -- AVOID mentioning 'four years', 'JC' and 'IP' in any conversation with makciks. speaking of IP, the closest thing i have to an Olevel cert (one that doesnt only have higher malay on it) is an IP cert.. whiiiich i cant find. so even after tearing my house down and choking on dust bunnies and cobwebs (at least no cicak), i still havent found it and i suspect that piece of paper somehow made it to the karung guni man:(((. well serves me right for leaving stuff around. HOWEVER i did find some pretty cool stuff 

1) A Pochahontas CD
2) My collection of stolen Zocards that TJC generously supplies us with
3) Old class photos (both TKGS and TA)
4) HSM stickers. And a sticker book.
and and (wait for it)
5) My stash of hari raya money from years ago!!!! probably 2006/2007.this means that as a 15yr old i had the foresight to hide my money in random places so that when i found them later (ok like years later) i'd be incredibly happy!! it's like finding pirate's treasure i swear.

anyway i think aida/azri first showed me this. and i still find it so fun everytime i watch it.

When i wanted to pray maghrib, i couldnt find a kain so i used long, red hockey socks. and when i was putting them on i was like OMG I MISS HOCKEY. i know totally random. but where and when can i use those socks again? i have white, black, orange, red. what am i gonna do with em?????

haha okay redundant post is redundant.