Thursday, November 27, 2008
Thirty-One
It's funny. After all this time counting down the days to the Malaysia Trip, I become less excited when the day before the actual trip approaches. Not to say I'm not excited, of course - what are you, stupid? But, I don't know, I'm just calmer now think about it.
I initially planned to write this post late at night. You know, sort of like final goodbye or something like that that is equally stupid. But then I realised that today's going to be a pretty busy day; chances are, this first couple of hours of the day are going to be the only relaxed ones. There's going to blood donating and, of course, packing. I can't wait to pack.
I'm looking forward to everything: packing, waking up before the sun comes out, the long road trips, the hotels, the shopping.
See you guys next week!
( Marinah asked me last night, "Kak Dee, what year will we be returning from KL?"
I stared at her and frowned. "What do you mean, what year?" I was thinking,
year?! is this girl for real?And she went, "Yeah, you know. Like, will we back March or May or...?"
"Adik," I replied after a beat, "we'll be back next
week."
Now she's the one looking quizzical. "You mean, in December?!"
Yes, Adik.
December.)
4:12 PM
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Thirty
This blogskin I'm using right now took me three tries to get right. Right now I'm working on another one; it has been more than 20 tries but I'm still getting it wrong. I don't know WHY and I still haven't figured it out, so it's slowly sucking out my soul, but I can't stop. In fact, the more I try, the more I feel compelled to go on, because wouldn't it suck to stop after you've tried so hard? You never know if that one more try would be the
one. And I'm so close, I am. I have to keep on going.
So yeah just wanted to type that out to vent my stress. You'd think my holidays should be more relaxing, but I'd like to think that the end result would be worth it.
Oh God I hope it would be.
What if it's not?
Fishsticks!
Now I'm not sure whether I should go on or quit.
T_T
(The emoticon above doesn't nearly convey my frustration - does anyone still say frust these days?)
sigh.
......
You know what?
I don't think it'll be THAT worth it.
I shall stop for now, sleep on it, and come to a decision tomorrow.
Speaking of which.
Tomorrow's Report Book Day. First time in a long long while that I'm not afraid, mostly because (1) I already know the results, hahaha; and (2) O Levels are over. There's really no significance to this report book anymore.
I can't wait to see everyone again, actually. And to just get out and about. I'm even kinda excited to wear my uniform again... K no that's just pushing it.
7:32 AM
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Twenty-Nine
I was really a klutz today. Really. A true nut.
Remember when I forgot to bring the parent consent form last time I wanted to donate blood? Well this time I didn't forget. In fact, I brought TWO forms along, just in case of I don't know what. I made doubly sure. No way I'm going to miss donating my blood again because of my forgetfulness.
Except.
This time?
I forgot to bring my wallet.
Which has my IC in it.
Which is what you need to show them before donating your blood.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHAT THE BUCK?! *pulls face*
Not to be deterred, I decided to give the center a ring, just to be sure that I
do need my IC.
The person asked if it was my first time. When I said it would be my third, she said that wouldn't need my IC, just my blood donation card.
Except.
That card is in my wallet.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHAT THE BUCK?! *pulls face*
So, okay. Never mind. Like my cousin's mantra decreeds, shit happens. Move on. Next Friday then. At least I get to visit the library with my family after class at masjid and borrow some books.
Except.
My library card is in my wallet.
ugh.
Next time someone asks me the one thing I won't leave home without, I know what to answer for sure.
Also.
I broke my shades.
But I fixed it.
And I bought half a chicken.
But it didn't satiate my hunger.
So I ended up eating from Kak Han.
Poor Kak Han.
Malaysia and Penang in 6 days!
6:13 AM
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Twenty-Eight
Today I saw Candice Miller. I don't care what Sabrina says, it really
was her.
I was the one who was wearing glasses, and
I was the one who actually heard her voice, so I'm pretty sure you know who's the right one here (In case you haven't caught on yet, that person would be me).
I can't concentrate.
And I don't know what to say.
Okay, so that's not totally true. I never run out of things to say; I can always come up with something to talk about. The trouble is finding somehing
interesting to write. In which case, I got nothing. The only reason I'm actually writing this now is because Sabrina wants me to. Why I'm actually listening to her, I have no idea.
Hey.
That's right.
I don't
have to listen to her.
I'm older, I don't owe her anything, and more importantly, she didn't say please.
I think that last fact alone is argument enough.
So,
See ya.
Punk is dead but pop was never cool.
12:41 AM
Monday, November 17, 2008
Twenty-Seven
The second man now says:ok give me a numberMas says:4The second man now says:ok 4 Things About Me That Are of Little ImportanceOne. I just found out that Sherlock Holmes actually died in his last story. Yeah. Like, what the heck?!
Two. If I could listen to only one singer or band for the rest of my life, it would be Switchfoot. I could go on and on about how their lyrics and music rock and compelement each other perfectly, but you don't really care and I don't really know what to say to put it to justice, so. Just know that I really really really like them. Kay, now that that's out of my system. Next.
Three. My MSN nicks are based on lyrics of songs that I'm currently listening to that just kinda sounds nice. The previous one was 'A maverick' from Vienna by The Fray. As of now it's 'The second man now' from 24 by Switchfoot.
Four. I'm going to KL and Penang with my family for 6 days and 5 nights in two weeks. See ya, bambinas!
And
Four Firsts of Equal Importance With the Previous TopicMy first best friend was Amirah Wasilah.
My first celebrity crush was Ewan McGregor haha.
My first blog was dee-amaya.
My first ring was a silver birthday present from Kak Han which reminded me of Wonder Woman.
Done and done.
1:14 AM
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Twenty-Six
RULE #1: People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.
RULE #2: Tag 5 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by, thus continuing this game by sending it to other people.
I was tagged by Lily on her blog, http://hisarchangel.blogspot.com/.1. Do you have secrets?
Everyone's got secrets, so sure.2. Would you fall in love with a boy younger than you?
As long as he is mature and intelligent beyond his years, yes.3. Do you enjoy going to school?
It's got its ups and downs. I don't love it excessively, but I don't hate it, either. I think I do enjoy it, though. I think everyone should. You're gonna miss your school-life one day.4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
I've always thought about this question so I already know exactly what I'm gonna do. First I'd use some of it for a family trip to Mecca. Then I'd save off a portion for future holidays, a portion for charity, a portion for school, and a portion for myself. The remaining money I'd give to my parents for the family.5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
All my best friends are girls, so I'm gonna go with a no. I think it's nice to fall in love with your best friend, though, and wouldn't mind it if I had a guy one.6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Being loved.7. List out any of your most favourite artist.
Switchfoot, Jason Mraz, The Fray and currently, the cast of LOTR.8. What is your favourite food?
Spaghetti with that white cream sauce. Waaah.9. Is there anything that has made you extremely happy?
I was finally able to go to the library and have just finished an awesome book yesterday. That made me really good.10. What makes you angry?
People who don't step up to their responsibilities and when the people I love don't believe how amazing they really are.11. How would you see yourself in 10 years time?
Dude, I dont' even know where I wanna go next year. 10 years is a bit too far off for me.12. Who are currently the most important people to you?
'Currently'? How can people only be 'currently' important?My family & friends. Always.
13. What are the most important things in life?
The things and people you love and the beliefs that you hold. 14. Single or attached?
Single, and proudly so.
15. What are your favourite colours?
Green. Yellow's pretty nice too.16. Would you give all in a relationship?
Maybe. But not immeadiately and not all at once.17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
God I hope that never happens! I don't think it's possible for someone to fall in love with two people at once, because that wouldn't really be love, would it?18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing someone has done?
I find that, so far, I can't bring myself to NOT forgive eventually. But I never forget.19. What do you really want now?
The whole day t myself. 20. Five people that I've tagged:
I don't think enough people read my blog but I tag: Zahira, Kak Han, Nina, any of Kak Han's friends whom she tells me reads this blog occasionally, and the Obama Man himself. Go knock yourselves out.
3:51 PM
Twenty-Five
Sfarsit - Romanian
El Fin - Spanish
Die Ende - German
Shuryou - Japanese
Wakas - Tagalog
Sfarsit - Romanian
El Fin - Spanish
Ha Sikum - Hebrew
Fim - Portugese
Rampung - Javanese
Son - Turkish
Ukuphela - Zulu
Selesai - Malay
The End - English
It's over. It really is.
I can't help but feel relieved.
Celebrating must commence!
To freedom!
3:00 PM
Monday, November 10, 2008
Twenty-Four
That's it.
I give in.
I got cocky when I managed to do this blog template by myself, so I offered my services to Lily. That one took a while, but I finally managed, and after a few quirks and whacks its all done. I must say I was pleased, and I still am. The success gave a me a boost in confidence, so when Sabrina asked that I do a blog for her too, I accepted.
But now I've been at it for about 40 minutes and I'm getting nowhere. Well, that's not true. I AM getting
somewhere, but it's just not very far. The whole attempt is really rather half-hearted, and my eyes hurt from the glare of the screen. I think I just gave myself glacoma.
Serves me right, really.
I still have to finish it, but not right now.
I'm giving myself a break.
23 down, 1 more to go.
8:57 PM
Twenty-Three
According to Sesame Street's official website, the letter of the day is L. So today I am going to type out as many words starting with the letter L as I can under one minute. Nina is going to help me time.
Ready...... go!
Lima Lily lollipops lime lucy liu lemon lemonade lackedoodles lemurs linguini letter lettermen leopard land lord of the rings lack lion list lister
Hahahaha thats it. Clearly I need to watch Sesame Street more.
12:41 AM
Friday, November 07, 2008
Twenty-Two
Wow. It's Saturday again. It seems like just yesterday when I sat down infront of the TV to watch Psych and Kyle XY. Now I'm going to be watching them again tomorrow. Time really flies, huh? All the days and weeks seem to just blend together, until, one day, gedebak gedebuk, you wake up and suddenly find yourself married with kids, a house, and a career, and you had NO idea when it happened.
Freaky.
Which only makes it fitting for me to mention the interesting things that have happened this past week, to make it stand out from the rest and be forever remembered.
So.
List of Interesting Things That Have Happened This Past Week to Make It Stand Out From
the Rest and Be Forever Remembered.(1) Sunday. Me, Kak Han and Kak Wani (Kak Han's friend) when to the Blood Donation Centre to donate blood. We've been delaying doing it for quite some time now because of the time I had had to devote to my O'Level exams (curse the Os!). So now that the exams and my burden have lessened considerably, we finally allowed ourselves to go. I was really excited because, well, I love donating blood. Does that sound sick? Hmm... No, I don't think so.
So, anyway, once we got there, all smiley and jumpy from the anticipation of doing a good deed, we filled up the necessary forms and handed it in to the counter. After a while, we were called to the desk - and by after a while, I mean immediately after we handed it in. So we sat down.
The lady read through the form I had filled in and asked, "May I see your consent form?"
I froze.
SHIT.You have to be 18 to be able to donate without parental consent. I'm 16, so I need my parent's signature first before donating blood, which makes
no sense to me whatsoever. What, you think I sneaked off under my parents' noses to save lives? Why would I do that, and if so, that would be a bad thing? I'm trying to save people here!
Three people, to be exact. Is that so wrong?!
So yeah. Hahahaha it's always funny on hindsight, but at that time it wasn't. I cried a little, but there really wasn't anything to do. Rules were rules. Despite being the regular rebel that I am, I couldn't very well just run into the donation room and stick the needle into my arm. That would just be plain silly. Instead I was forced to just go back to the waiting room, sit and, well, wait. Kak Han and Kak Wani's forms were fine, so they went to the doctor's office to be checked before disappearing around the corner to have their blood iron level checked while I sat in a dark corner cursing the number 16.
Two minutes, later, they came back.
The passing mark for the amount of iron in your blood is 12.5.
Kak Wani got 8.4.
Kak Han got
12.3.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
That made me feel
much better. Truly, misery loves company.
And thus, we all walked out of the centre with nothing accomplished.
We're thinking of going again in 2 weeks time.
(2) Lily stepped on a toothpick and bled something pretty intense. She went, "OMG someone help me someone help me please OMG!!" which again, in hindsight, is funny. Though, come to think of it, it was funny even then. Sorry Lily, but seriously, you'd think her whole foot had been cut off or something. But anyway.
There she was, screaming, "Help me!"
So I grabbed the first cloth I could find. It was hanging on my room's doorknob, so I whipped it off, pressed it to Lily's foot, and made her sit down.
Lily: "You're using Nina's singlet?!"
Me: "It was the first thing I could find!"
Lily: "Oh God it hurts!"
Sabrina got all excited about seeing the trail of blood she had left on the floor and started calling for my mother.
Nina: "Mama Kak Lily is bleeding!"
When my mum came,
Mama: "AGHHH GOD THE SINGLET! Now who's gonna use it, huh? HUH?!"
Lily: *hysterical* Well, I'm sorry I stepped on the toothpick!!
Hahahahahahaha the drama, the drama.
Welcome to my family.
(3) This hasn't happened yet, but I'm going out today! Having breakfast with Dinah later, then going to Teacher A's party. I miss sitting down and just talking with friends about things other than studies, so I can't wait.
And that's about it.
See you guys later, I hope.
3:44 PM
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Twenty-One
I'm going crazy. I must be. Or maybe I'm getting sick. In the head. Because there's no other logical explanation for the way I'm feeling right now.
Feeling what?
Feeling this:
I miss the O'Levels.
Yes, I do, honest to goodness. I don't know why, thus the suggestions above, but I miss the whole process of going to the school centre, waiting for the exam time and grating on our nerves before queuing up and heading to the gym/hall, bringing in all the stuff you need, writing down your name and center number, taking out your entry proof and I.C., doing the paper, stopping when time's up, tying up the paper with that dratted piece of string, waiting for the examiners to pick up your paper, then being excused and comparing your answers with your mates despite knowing the heartache it may cost you. I miss all that.
Everything. Every single step of the process. It's driving me crazy! I'm hoping that it's just a phase, or that the thing that I'm really missing is the aircon, but I doubt it.
I think a part of me wants to get out and get some fresh air, do something new, something exciting. I feel really... caged. I clearly need to get out more.
Good thing that the next paper is going to be tomorrow.
11:36 PM
Monday, November 03, 2008
Twenty
Hahaha can you hear it? Do you recognise it? It's Pokemon's first ever theme song! I fell crazy in love with that series when I was younger, as I'm sure some of you may remember, so that song is firmly embedded in my mind. Yes, I can still sing along to it now, years and years later. It's kind of a personal thing for me, brings back a lot of great memories. I can't stop laughing! If you never were a Pokemon fan, then you probably don't get what the big deal is, but that's ok. It's
my childhood song. =D
So these past few days have been really good. The hours are mostly whiled away by playing the computer, sleeping, eating, then playing the computer again, in that order. It's a cycle and a routine, but it's the best kind of routine. I haven't touched a textbook at all! Okay, technically, that isn't true. I did try to do Geography yesterday but I didn't go very far. And by 'didn't go very far', I mean: 'took one look at it and then threw it aside'. Yes,
literally threw it aside. It's somewhere under my bed at the moment. I suppose I'll have to take it out sometime today, though. I've had plenty of rest already, so it's time to take up the load again. I never thought I'd say this at my blog at this age, but
ewww.And on
that particular note, I end this post.
I've really got nothing more to say.
3:21 PM
