Friday, July 17, 2009
Sixty-Six
Sometimes I ask myself,
Why do I even bother?
Why do I bother when in the end, I get punished along; when in the end, I still end up getting yelled at or blamed; when in the end, I end up without thanks, anyway?
Why bother?
But when something bad happens,
And I feel scared, nervous, or helpless;
When I wing a prayer to Him and He actually answers, 'Yes',
I remember.
And I remind myself,
'That's why I bother'.
11:09 PM
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sixty-Five
Happy Birthday to Zahira! Hooray!
Today was a good day. I've been a pissy for a few days before this, because it's that special time of the month again! You know, hormones, PMS, and all that jazz, even though technically you can't blame it on PMS, because it stands for PRE-menstrual syndrome, which means that you're supposed to get pissy before your time of the month, but whatever. Technicality. Point of this pointless paragraph is: I have been pissy.
But I'm in a very very good mood right now. I think this is also because of the hormones: it just makes you more emotional althogether, so if you're mad you're very mad (and I was, honestly, I scared myself), but if you're happy you're very very happy. Like I am now. Which is why I bought myself a Cornetto just now. I figure, what the heck? I'm not asking for much, just an ice cream. I think I deserve to ask for that much.
The truth is, I'm really happy because firstly, it's the end of the week. No school for two more days! I think that's plenty of cause for celebration. And second, it's Kak Han's birthday in two days, which is bound to be fun. Birthdays always are. We'll probably eat out somewhere nice, and then go shopping in Bugis. Nice.
Smileys all around!
=)
12:35 AM
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Sixty-Four
Just a quick update bite here.
* Things are going fine, as per usual.
* Finally had the opportunity to chat with Mus, whom I have not spoken to in AGES.
* I'm getting back into drawing again.
* Roald Dahl is a genius writer.
* Still in love with Switchfoot.
* Class seats rearranged again.
* I have a Maths class next week.
Aaaaaand that's all I can squeeze in in about 3 minutes, cause my time is up.
Bye.
1:56 AM
Friday, July 03, 2009
Sixty-Three
Q: How was the first week of school?
A: Fine.
I mean, school is school, you know? I survived. It wasn't bad.
Some changes, though. Daily temperature taking, for one thing. I always get like, 38++ degrees during the afternoon. I was worried the first day when I got 38.1. Shouldn't I be sent home?, I asked (hopefully).
"Tak, 38.2 baru kene balik."
What the buck.
(No, I don't mean to swear, it's the name of this youtube show. It's funny.)
Also, no assembly for the first three days. I really really like that - there's so little fuss - but it ended on Thursday. Oh well. Easy come, easy go.
I also found it really hard to wake up in the mornings these days, which is weird, because I'm usually the first to wake up, and the quickest. These days, I try to sleep in a few minutes more. I think it's because of the holidays - I've gotten so used to sleeping in and waking up at like, 9. Sigh. Good times, good times.
The highlight of the week would have been, of course, yesterday's Youth Day celebration. We had it at Masjid Sultan's auditorium, which was nice and big, but seeing as to how I'm in Pre-U, I had to sit waaaaaaaaaay at the back. Nice.
But it was really fun. I
loved the little skit that some of the teachers did - it was hilarious! They were acting as students, showing us how we sometimes misbehave in class. Teacher Sarah kept sleeping in class; Ustazah Mahmudah was the goody-goody who wanted to ask all the questions and then answer them; Ustazah Shikin would ask permission to drink every once in a while. They'd pass notes, talk amongst themselves, the works. It drove Ustazah Majidah (the teacher of the class) crazy, and she kept trying to talk to the class while Ustazah Supijah went, "Ustazah, intahal waqt". It was funny, seeing how they intrepeted us. I don't think that we're
that chaotic, but we get the hint.
Despite all that, I am down on my knees thanking God that Monday is a holiday. No school! More sleeping in!
I know this one girl in this other class, though, who was quarantined till Thursday because she was in Indonesia after the 22nd. Which means that she stayed at home till Thursday, came on Friday and got to celebrate Youth Day, then get to stay at home again on Monday. Lucky old bird.
4:36 PM
