Is it possible to for someone to be so bloody difficult that you make everybody's life miserable? I think one can. Full stop. People have their breaking points, and I think some of us are reaching ours. While patience can be a virtue, patience wearing thin can be a time bomb waiting to explode, and I have to say, I personally haven't exploded in a reaaaallllyy long time, and I have no idea if everybody else had managed to vent their anger in some other way.....
Stuff that I hate: Being bullied. Being taken for granted. Unappreciated. Being lied to. Being cheated on. Have somebody betray me. Finding rotten food in my fridge. Bad hair days. Lousy vacations. Forgetting a friend's birthday. Being miserable. PMS. Having someone angry at me. Being angry at someone. Ppl who toy around with my feelings. Ppl who are too self-centered to think about other ppl's feelings. Feeling sometimes I can be too self-centered. Trying to be honest with someone and having it backfire on me. Not being honest and having it backfire on me. Letting a friend be a jackass simply because. Having that jackass ruin my day (or my life). Dating a jackass. Drunk strangers who try to grope other people for "support" (drunk friends, however, are kinda funny to look at, hehe.. not that I've seen that many). Drunk drivers. Expensive stores. Finding an incredibly cute top in an expensive store. Not having a car. Not having license to drive a car. Having to drive a car anyway, even though without license. Burnt pizza. Fire alarm going off because of burnt pizza. Fire alarm screaming in my ears for a full freakin' 15 minutes before miraculously turning off by itself. Really cold days. Really cold showers. Hot coffee gone cold. Ordering coffee and getting hot chocolate instead (wha..?). Having bad taste in men. Not knowing why have bad taste in men when taste in clothes now almost impeccable. Thinking about getting married. Thinking about not getting married. Being depressed because of a jackass. Being depressed because I was jackass.
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Thursday, February 27, 2003
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
CHAMPAIGN EXPERIENCE: SECOND EPISODE
Hello and assalamu'alaikum people....
I'm still in Champagne, enjoying the hospitality of the people here (many thanks to Rina, Tet, Ella and Kak Shab for putting up with us and all of our antics, and for opening their house --and fridge-- to us ). I'm having a good time here, albeit a few mishaps, but so far it's been pretty good, though I'm feeling a little guilty from all the good food I'm eating, I'm doing nonesense to my body.
On Sunday, Tet brought all three of us out to see the campus. We went sightseeing, took a few pictures, saw the massive library, and basically start doing comparisons between our two campuses. I think UIUC have better looking buildings and they're closer together, but I like U-M's scenery better. But still, the campus is pretty, I especially like the Union and the engineering library. There's this statue of a life-size guy sitting outside, reading a book, which I think is pretty cool, so all of us took turn taking our pictures with him, hehe..
So yesterday we didn't manage to go out much, it was freezing, but that night we went with Rina and Tet to the IPENG (pronounced ai-peng, not ee-peng, just in case there's.. errr.. confusion ) dinner held at a restaurant, think the place's name was Famous Dave's. There, I met up with Soon Sim, my ex-housemate from PPP, plus some other people from PPP whom I haven't met up in ages, like Joanne, Sze Ying, and a few other guys. It was a lot of fun, and dinner was excellent ( fish and chips, coleslaw, apple in syrup, and for dessert, hot chocolate brownies topped with vanilla ice-cream, and hot bread pudding...nyum nyum..), and catching up with friends is always an interesting thing to do. I'm really impressed with the UIUC students, they take four or five hard courses, they work for around 16 hours a week, they still have a life, and yet their results are excellent. Man, some people really have everything going on for them, I'm so jealous. Anyway, after dinner, I managed to get some programming done ( gasp! shocking! ), from around 11 pm up to 3 in the morning, and after swearing to the computer like a pissed-off truck driver, decided to call it a night and went to bed.
Next morning, I woke up at 9.30 am and, being the diligent student I am ( hahahahahahhaahha.... oh, boy, isn't that just stretching the truth more than a little bit ), I went straight to the computer to work on the program. I cant help it, stupid thing is giving me nightmares. But anyway, I took a break close to 11 o'clock to take a shower, and to see what we got lined up for today. Think we were supposed to go to the mall and shop, but I wasn't sure. But again, it was -17 degrees C outside, so me and Nanim were debating about it. And then, something ridiculously bizarre ( hush hush thing, can't elaborate here ) happened, so we decided to scrub the plan altogether. Which was okay with me, because I was all light-headed from the lack of sleep. Besides, I was meeting Soon Sim at 5.30 pm for dinner anyway, so it wasn't like my day would be completely wasted. I took a short nap, continued with the program, then at 5.30, Soon Sim, Nanim and I met up at Beckman for dinner. Sim took us to this Thai place which was nice and cosy, and right in front of Walgreens. The food there was good, and really spicy, which was fine with me. We caught up on stuff, and being the lousy person with dates as I am, found out that Sim's birthday is this Friday. Sometimes I pity my friends. I am so bad with dates with the exception of my mom, I can barely remember everybody else's birthday, no matter how much I love them. Anyway, after that we went to Walgreens for a bit to get some stuff, bumped into Tet there, then headed to the bus stop. After saying goodbye to Sim and promising here I'll see her on Thursday, Tet, Nanim and I headed to Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe so that I can sample their much-talked-about chocolate drinks. I had the Chocolate Caramel Whatever drink, which was basically chocolate, caramel and steamed milk topped off with lots of whipped cream, more caramel, and one of Moonstruck's small quarter-sized signature chocolate. More nyum nyum... the drink was a little too sweet, but it was pretty good, and the chocolate was heavenly. We headed back home after that, watched Smallville while doing our homework before I decided to update my blog and go to sleep.
Tomorrow we made plans to go shopping with Hakam and Ella, and to go to Chicago on Thursday before heading back home on Friday. Will keep people interested in reading about my life posted :).... Till then, ta ta and assalamu'alaikum..
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Hello and assalamu'alaikum people....
I'm still in Champagne, enjoying the hospitality of the people here (many thanks to Rina, Tet, Ella and Kak Shab for putting up with us and all of our antics, and for opening their house --and fridge-- to us ). I'm having a good time here, albeit a few mishaps, but so far it's been pretty good, though I'm feeling a little guilty from all the good food I'm eating, I'm doing nonesense to my body.
On Sunday, Tet brought all three of us out to see the campus. We went sightseeing, took a few pictures, saw the massive library, and basically start doing comparisons between our two campuses. I think UIUC have better looking buildings and they're closer together, but I like U-M's scenery better. But still, the campus is pretty, I especially like the Union and the engineering library. There's this statue of a life-size guy sitting outside, reading a book, which I think is pretty cool, so all of us took turn taking our pictures with him, hehe..
So yesterday we didn't manage to go out much, it was freezing, but that night we went with Rina and Tet to the IPENG (pronounced ai-peng, not ee-peng, just in case there's.. errr.. confusion ) dinner held at a restaurant, think the place's name was Famous Dave's. There, I met up with Soon Sim, my ex-housemate from PPP, plus some other people from PPP whom I haven't met up in ages, like Joanne, Sze Ying, and a few other guys. It was a lot of fun, and dinner was excellent ( fish and chips, coleslaw, apple in syrup, and for dessert, hot chocolate brownies topped with vanilla ice-cream, and hot bread pudding...nyum nyum..), and catching up with friends is always an interesting thing to do. I'm really impressed with the UIUC students, they take four or five hard courses, they work for around 16 hours a week, they still have a life, and yet their results are excellent. Man, some people really have everything going on for them, I'm so jealous. Anyway, after dinner, I managed to get some programming done ( gasp! shocking! ), from around 11 pm up to 3 in the morning, and after swearing to the computer like a pissed-off truck driver, decided to call it a night and went to bed.
Next morning, I woke up at 9.30 am and, being the diligent student I am ( hahahahahahhaahha.... oh, boy, isn't that just stretching the truth more than a little bit ), I went straight to the computer to work on the program. I cant help it, stupid thing is giving me nightmares. But anyway, I took a break close to 11 o'clock to take a shower, and to see what we got lined up for today. Think we were supposed to go to the mall and shop, but I wasn't sure. But again, it was -17 degrees C outside, so me and Nanim were debating about it. And then, something ridiculously bizarre ( hush hush thing, can't elaborate here ) happened, so we decided to scrub the plan altogether. Which was okay with me, because I was all light-headed from the lack of sleep. Besides, I was meeting Soon Sim at 5.30 pm for dinner anyway, so it wasn't like my day would be completely wasted. I took a short nap, continued with the program, then at 5.30, Soon Sim, Nanim and I met up at Beckman for dinner. Sim took us to this Thai place which was nice and cosy, and right in front of Walgreens. The food there was good, and really spicy, which was fine with me. We caught up on stuff, and being the lousy person with dates as I am, found out that Sim's birthday is this Friday. Sometimes I pity my friends. I am so bad with dates with the exception of my mom, I can barely remember everybody else's birthday, no matter how much I love them. Anyway, after that we went to Walgreens for a bit to get some stuff, bumped into Tet there, then headed to the bus stop. After saying goodbye to Sim and promising here I'll see her on Thursday, Tet, Nanim and I headed to Moonstruck Chocolate Cafe so that I can sample their much-talked-about chocolate drinks. I had the Chocolate Caramel Whatever drink, which was basically chocolate, caramel and steamed milk topped off with lots of whipped cream, more caramel, and one of Moonstruck's small quarter-sized signature chocolate. More nyum nyum... the drink was a little too sweet, but it was pretty good, and the chocolate was heavenly. We headed back home after that, watched Smallville while doing our homework before I decided to update my blog and go to sleep.
Tomorrow we made plans to go shopping with Hakam and Ella, and to go to Chicago on Thursday before heading back home on Friday. Will keep people interested in reading about my life posted :).... Till then, ta ta and assalamu'alaikum..
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Sunday, February 23, 2003
GREETINGS FROM ILLINOIS
202 E. White Street, #33
Champaign, IL 61820
Kehadapan rakan-rakan tercinta yang kini berade di mana- mana sahaja....
Saudara dan saudari,
Apa khabar? Saya di sini baik sahaja. Seperti yang tertulis di alamat di atas, saya kini berada di Illinois merempat di rumah Rina dan Tet. Kedatangan saya di sini ditemani oleh Teh, Nanim dan drebar berjaya, Encik Hakam. Kami bertolak dari Ann Arbor, Michigan pada jam 9.30 malam, dua jam setengah lambat dari yang dijangkakan atas sebab-sebab yang tidak dapat dielakkan (kunci tertinggal dalam but kereta) . Setelah lima jam setengah di dalam kereta ( ada kemalangan di tengah perjalanan, kami terkandas dalam trafik selama setengah jam, juga kami telah tersesat selama lima belas minit), akhirnya kami pon.. eh, salah,.. pun tiba di destinasi kami pada jam dua setengah pagi waktu Illinois. Kedatangan kami telah disambut dengan baik dan juga dengan nasi serta lauk oleh tuan rumah. Setelah melantak dengan segala lahapnya, kami duduk bersembang sebentar sebelum ke kamar tidur masing-masing.
Keesokan harinya, disebabkan terlalu mengantuk dan tidak cukup tidur di dalam kereta, saya hanya terbangun jam sebelas setengah pagi, dimana setengah jam selepas itu, Elly telah datang ke bilik dan terus membawa kami keluar makan di restoran Jurusalem. Di sana, kami bertemu dengan Ainur, Sheila, Auntie Maharom dan Encik Azizan dari MSD Chicago. Setelah makan, kami bergegas ke kereta kerana sejuk untuk pulang semula ke rumah. Dalam perjalanan, Tet pun menerangkan sedikit-sebanyak tentang bangunan-bangunan di kampus. Disebabkan cuaca hari terlalu sejuk, kami tidak berjalan pada hari itu. Setelah sampai di apartmen, kami pun singgah di apartmen Sheila, Ainur, Alyna dan Elly untuk menonton cerita "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta" (kali pertama buat saya, kedua buat Teh, dan ketiga buat Nanim) dan juga untuk main guitar.
Sekarang jam lapan setengah pagi, pada jam sepuluh, Rina akan membawa saya dan Teh (Nanim sedang tidur lagi ) ke halaqah di masjid. Saya perlu bersiap-siap, jadi saya sudahi dahulu surat saya buat saudara dan saudari dengan assalamu'alaikum dan jaga diri baik-baik.
Yang benar,
FARAH NAZIHAH FAISAL
202 E. White Street, #33
Champaign, IL 61820
Kehadapan rakan-rakan tercinta yang kini berade di mana- mana sahaja....
Saudara dan saudari,
Apa khabar? Saya di sini baik sahaja. Seperti yang tertulis di alamat di atas, saya kini berada di Illinois merempat di rumah Rina dan Tet. Kedatangan saya di sini ditemani oleh Teh, Nanim dan drebar berjaya, Encik Hakam. Kami bertolak dari Ann Arbor, Michigan pada jam 9.30 malam, dua jam setengah lambat dari yang dijangkakan atas sebab-sebab yang tidak dapat dielakkan (kunci tertinggal dalam but kereta) . Setelah lima jam setengah di dalam kereta ( ada kemalangan di tengah perjalanan, kami terkandas dalam trafik selama setengah jam, juga kami telah tersesat selama lima belas minit), akhirnya kami pon.. eh, salah,.. pun tiba di destinasi kami pada jam dua setengah pagi waktu Illinois. Kedatangan kami telah disambut dengan baik dan juga dengan nasi serta lauk oleh tuan rumah. Setelah melantak dengan segala lahapnya, kami duduk bersembang sebentar sebelum ke kamar tidur masing-masing.
Keesokan harinya, disebabkan terlalu mengantuk dan tidak cukup tidur di dalam kereta, saya hanya terbangun jam sebelas setengah pagi, dimana setengah jam selepas itu, Elly telah datang ke bilik dan terus membawa kami keluar makan di restoran Jurusalem. Di sana, kami bertemu dengan Ainur, Sheila, Auntie Maharom dan Encik Azizan dari MSD Chicago. Setelah makan, kami bergegas ke kereta kerana sejuk untuk pulang semula ke rumah. Dalam perjalanan, Tet pun menerangkan sedikit-sebanyak tentang bangunan-bangunan di kampus. Disebabkan cuaca hari terlalu sejuk, kami tidak berjalan pada hari itu. Setelah sampai di apartmen, kami pun singgah di apartmen Sheila, Ainur, Alyna dan Elly untuk menonton cerita "Ada Apa Dengan Cinta" (kali pertama buat saya, kedua buat Teh, dan ketiga buat Nanim) dan juga untuk main guitar.
Sekarang jam lapan setengah pagi, pada jam sepuluh, Rina akan membawa saya dan Teh (Nanim sedang tidur lagi ) ke halaqah di masjid. Saya perlu bersiap-siap, jadi saya sudahi dahulu surat saya buat saudara dan saudari dengan assalamu'alaikum dan jaga diri baik-baik.
Yang benar,
FARAH NAZIHAH FAISAL
Friday, February 21, 2003
Thursday, February 20, 2003
MATH 217 QUIZ TOMORROW
Okay, I tried studying tonite, but because of some personal problems, I just couldn't. And it's not like I didn't try to put it at the back of my head, I did, but it just wouldn't go, so I might just as well jot something down for today, since I'll be leaving for Illinois tomorrow and have the unfortunate (?) luck of not being able to write for tomorrow.
Right now I'm listening to some of my favorite stuff, and I realize that in my playlist right now, I have songs that I wouldn't have really listened to when I was in high school. I mean, I used to adore Boyzone, the Backside Boys (typo intentional), Spice Girls, and the like. Y'know, fluffy stuff. Now, while I do listen to the occasional Kylie and Britney and Christina (when I'm at the gym, great songs to work out to), during the normal times of the day, when I just wanna sit back and relax, I have , in my playlist: The Juliana Theory, Dishwalla, Course of Nature, Hoobastank, Johnny Society, Jimmy Eat World and the likes (with a couple of songs from Incubus and Chad Kroeger's "Hero"... oh yeah, and "Jump Around", that one had a bunch of people in it). My favorite song right now is, peculiarly, is Sixpence None The Richer's "Breathe Your Name". It's cute, hehe... but I really like the songs from The Juliana Theory, Dishwalla and Course of Nature, I have them played over and over again in my MP3. Weird... I still have the boyband and girl group songs in my comp, but I never listen to them anymore. It's stupid things like these that reminds me how things change over the years., even something as simple as music selection.
Today's weather was pretty good. It wasn't hot, but it wasn't stinking cold either. Most of the snow melted today, I'm almost afraid of what the weather's gonna be tomorrow since today's was so good (please be good, pleasssseeee..... ). I remembered when it was snowing earlier this week. It wasn't cold, but we had all this snowflakes falling in abundance, the fluffy kind, not the annoying kind. A lot of them fell on my coat while I was waiting for the bus, and as I watched closely at each of them, it was the first time I really appreciated how truly pretty snowflakes are. The hexagonal shapes are incredible, each flake different from the other, and I realize that human technology can never create something as beautiful as this. This is nature at it's best, and this is just one of the many proofs of how great our Creator is, a little reminder of how small and insignificant we are compared to His greatness. Here we are, so proud of our accomplishments and thinking how we're so better than everybody else, when there will always be He who is greater than anything and everything. As I look at the snowflakes on my coat, marveling the beauty, I just felt very, very blessed to be able to have all of my senses so that I can experience something as simple as falling snow. Hehe... some deep thoughts for a minute..
Okay, back to frivolous stuff... actually I have none on my mind right now. Things are pretty screwed up in my head, I barely have time to do anything except my homeowrk, studying, my program, and my weekly gym sessions. Right now things in my life are kinda messed up, hope I'll find a way to sort this out, especially a big misunderstanding about intentions, so to any of my friends who haven't gotten my full attention lately, be it on the phone, chatting, or any other areas, really sorry, bit preoccupied, will get this sorted out. Till later, ciao and A'kum...
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Okay, I tried studying tonite, but because of some personal problems, I just couldn't. And it's not like I didn't try to put it at the back of my head, I did, but it just wouldn't go, so I might just as well jot something down for today, since I'll be leaving for Illinois tomorrow and have the unfortunate (?) luck of not being able to write for tomorrow.
Right now I'm listening to some of my favorite stuff, and I realize that in my playlist right now, I have songs that I wouldn't have really listened to when I was in high school. I mean, I used to adore Boyzone, the Backside Boys (typo intentional), Spice Girls, and the like. Y'know, fluffy stuff. Now, while I do listen to the occasional Kylie and Britney and Christina (when I'm at the gym, great songs to work out to), during the normal times of the day, when I just wanna sit back and relax, I have , in my playlist: The Juliana Theory, Dishwalla, Course of Nature, Hoobastank, Johnny Society, Jimmy Eat World and the likes (with a couple of songs from Incubus and Chad Kroeger's "Hero"... oh yeah, and "Jump Around", that one had a bunch of people in it). My favorite song right now is, peculiarly, is Sixpence None The Richer's "Breathe Your Name". It's cute, hehe... but I really like the songs from The Juliana Theory, Dishwalla and Course of Nature, I have them played over and over again in my MP3. Weird... I still have the boyband and girl group songs in my comp, but I never listen to them anymore. It's stupid things like these that reminds me how things change over the years., even something as simple as music selection.
Today's weather was pretty good. It wasn't hot, but it wasn't stinking cold either. Most of the snow melted today, I'm almost afraid of what the weather's gonna be tomorrow since today's was so good (please be good, pleasssseeee..... ). I remembered when it was snowing earlier this week. It wasn't cold, but we had all this snowflakes falling in abundance, the fluffy kind, not the annoying kind. A lot of them fell on my coat while I was waiting for the bus, and as I watched closely at each of them, it was the first time I really appreciated how truly pretty snowflakes are. The hexagonal shapes are incredible, each flake different from the other, and I realize that human technology can never create something as beautiful as this. This is nature at it's best, and this is just one of the many proofs of how great our Creator is, a little reminder of how small and insignificant we are compared to His greatness. Here we are, so proud of our accomplishments and thinking how we're so better than everybody else, when there will always be He who is greater than anything and everything. As I look at the snowflakes on my coat, marveling the beauty, I just felt very, very blessed to be able to have all of my senses so that I can experience something as simple as falling snow. Hehe... some deep thoughts for a minute..
Okay, back to frivolous stuff... actually I have none on my mind right now. Things are pretty screwed up in my head, I barely have time to do anything except my homeowrk, studying, my program, and my weekly gym sessions. Right now things in my life are kinda messed up, hope I'll find a way to sort this out, especially a big misunderstanding about intentions, so to any of my friends who haven't gotten my full attention lately, be it on the phone, chatting, or any other areas, really sorry, bit preoccupied, will get this sorted out. Till later, ciao and A'kum...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2003
THE BACHELORETTE -- SEASON FINALE
Since I am the self-appointed commentator of reality shows, here's what I think about the episode: fantastic. Absolutely. No doubt about it. Joe Millionaire can certainly take notes from this episode, because this one truly delivers.
Joe took too long to get to the good part, and when it came, it didn't last that long for us to really feel the impact of it. And we had to sit through a bunch of crap about other girls who were eliminated like eons ago ( err... why would we wanna know about them? It was the last episode, dammit, if you wanna pull off a stunt like that, you should have done in the earlier episodes .. chett.. sape nak dgr pasal Heidi? No one, that's who ) Today's last episode for this season's The Bachelorette did no such thing. From the start, it focused on all three characters, the emotional roller coaster they went through, their thoughts and feelings about certain events. It was serious, the feelings felt real, and we really got a glimpse on the hopes of the three "lovers" about the outcome of the whole six weeks experience. What was interesting to me was that it could really go either way. Ryan or Charlie. It was hard to make a guess simply because the chemistry between both guys and Trista are equally good. I mean, in Joe, it was kinda obvious that Sarah was in it for the money, and that Evan choosing Zora was kind of a given. Here, we were kept guessing up till the last minute...
When Trista chose Ryan, I was so happy. Heheh... Ryan is my favorite guy in the show (second is Michigander Bob ), but I was sad for Charlie, too. He came across as a really great guy; outgoing, funny, has his feet planted to firmly to the ground... maybe too firmly. For a while there I really thought Charlie was going to be the one, since Trista was attracted to him so much, but I was hoping for Ryan, and lo and behold... heheh... hopefully Trista and Ryan end up better than Aaron and Helene from the first Bachelor. Charlie looked really stricken, I was really sorry for him. Cheer up, Charlie, guys like you are never single for long.. hehe..
I am sooooo sleepy actually..... so I'm gonna keep my stream of thoughts for another day and maybe write tomorrow. Ta ta!
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Monday, February 17, 2003
JOE MILLIONAIRE FINALE....THE FINAL SAY
Hehehe... akhirnye... he made his final choice. Hahaha... dah agak dah sure Zora. Of course, I think a lot of people guessed that, since she seemed more genuine and all. Yang pelik.... I kinda had this weird feeling that the twist was gonne be that Evan would get money from Fox, and lo and behold, mmg betul. A million bucks to split with his lady love. Which I wouldn't give it much thought to if it wasn't because of what happened the day before. Teh and I were watching High School Reunion, and there's this girl, Summer, who kept getting notes from a secret admirer. We both thought that it was The Artist (heheh... dah lupe name), but it turned out it wasn't him. Summer mentioned earlier that she has a boyfriend back home, so I jokingly said to Teh " ntah-ntah secret admirer tuh balak die kat umah".... So before their "second prom", Summer went into a white limo that was intended to take her to her secret admirer, and who should be waiting for her when the limo journey was over? her boyfriend from back home. I was shocked! Main-main je cakap, tetibe betul. Dunno why tetibe this week clairvoyant sangat.
Here's another prediction: malam nie tak habis homework EECS 203, and for the rest of the week, I'll be freaking out about the EECS 280 pixel program. Maybe I should get myself a crystal ball from Pier 1, or maybe Sears.
Back to Evan and Zora... they looked cute together, and Zora's dress was gorgeous. What I can't believe is that there's still a Joe Millionaire next week, entitled Joe Millionaire: The Aftermath. Wow, the producers are really milking it, they know that they can't pull off a stunt like this anymore, so better make good use of America's fascination with the fairy tale couple while it lasts.
New show on Fox: Married by America. Verdict: baaaaaaaaaad move. It doesn't sound believable at all. What kept us glued to Joe Millionaire and The Bachelorette was because a lot of the stuff shown was actually believable. A lot of the emotions are real, especially in The Bachelorette, where I feel it's not that hard to magically transport myself in Trista Rehn's shoes and feel the weight of her decisions . In this new series, they're doing the direct opposite: let's take the humanity out of it, let's just put logic and two people who never met each other in one big pot and see what happens. Here's what gonna happen: pot is gonna blow, big time. *sigh*.... can't believe Fox is gonna spoil it's good run of Joe and American Idol with this piece of.... human waste.
Okay, better go back to work.. will write again when I'm bored..
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Sunday, February 16, 2003
JARED PADALECKI
Hehe.. this is the kinda look I go ga-ga over (like, if I see someone like this, I immediately go completely stupid, unable to form any intelligent thoughts except "Oh wow..." ). Jared Padalecki, the recently dumped boyfriend, Dean, on the Gilmore Girls. Rory's an idiot. How can anyone dump someone who looks like this????? Hehe... rambling, but seriously, this is one really handsome guy, maybe 'cause I really go for the floppy hair look. Looks so cute. Bet his gf is really pretty though...*sigh*...
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CHICAGO TRIP AND 1ST TIME DRIVING ON FREEWAY EXPERIENCE
I am so freaking tired today... semalam gi Chicago and balik in a day... bertolak kol 10 lebeh, balik kol 2 pagi. On the way pegi ade Hasdi, me, Teh and Sofiah. So basically no worries there. Hehe.. pelik tgk ayat-ayat signboards kat freeway. There's one from Deja Vu Showgirls: "we have 1000's of beautiful girls and three ugly ones." Errmmm..interesting slogan. Apsal diorang sign-sign macam tuh kat tepi jalan, budak-budak tak cukup umur tengok free aje.There's another one from ape kompeni ntah: "in the mood for nude?"..uisshh... I still remember, mase kecik-kecik tengok iklan and it sticks with me sampai besar, macam iklan Kellog's Frosties and "Tora datang lagi". Imagine budak-budak kat sini bace those boards, absorp what's written, and grow up to be horny SOBs. Where did the age of innocence go?
Sambung cite... sampai kat Chicago, gie pick up Kak Izzat from her house kat Arlington Heights, and then baru gie umah MSD. I was so freaking hungry mase tuh sebab mule-mule berlapar nak save perut makan. Sampai kat umah Tuan Haji, hehe.. qada' breakfast and lunch, and dinner the day before jugak; in other words, makan tak ingat dunie. Food sangat-sangat sedap ( nasi himpit, rendang, kuah lodeh, kuah kacang, ayam sup, dessert ade kek sedap ngan agar-agar talam) , though the best part of the whole thing was seeing some of my old friends from PPP, budak-budak Illinois: Tet, Sheila ngan Ainur. Sonok borak-borak pasal random stuff. Sheila ade rambut baru seh... Ainur jadi hairdresser, siap kalerkan and tolong potong lagik. Lawa-lawa :) ... Hehe.. diorang ajak gie Illy spring break nanti, but we'll see camane... Had a great time there, but all good things must come to an end. After making (fake) promises to come to Illy bebile (muahahaha...kidding... kitorang betul-betul nak datang...dun weri), and saying goodbye, ( sempat jumpe Ilham sekejap je), all of us headed back to Kak Izzat's place. There, kitorang lepak tengok cite Life or Something Like It (Angelina Jolie movie) and makan spaghetti goreng plaks. Makan je keje the whole day. After that, Hasdi, Teh and I headed back to Ann Arbor, since Sofiah is staying for a job interview that she has.
Anyway, dari situ ler mule things going haywire sket. I was supposed to be the navigator (interesting concept, since nak bace map pon tak betul), but I ended up driving back for a while since Hasdi mengatuk sgt, which is understandable sebab die yg drive pegi Chicago gilir- gilir ngan Sofiah. It was freaky sebab dah almost a year tak drive on the road betul-betul, and to drive on the freeway, night time plaks tuh, was a little unnerving sebab dah lame sgt tak drive. It was downright freaky when I realize (mase I was already driving) , that kalau kene pull over by a state trooper, I don't have any license to show. Nasib baik kete ade cruise control, so I just maintained above 60 mph and didn't pull any stuntss, except nak overtake satu je (satu je tau) truck. Needless to say, my 1st driving experience kat US (tolak that time test-drive kete Naddo), was me on the freeway, at night, with no license. Giller..... Hehehe.... admittedly, mase tuh bace ayat Quran byk-byk. Teh kat belakang tuh pun rasenye dah freak out dah tuh with me driving. Muahahaha.... I am never, ever going to drive on the freeway again without my license and using someone else's car, tobat, tobat...... sangat-sangat freaky for me mase tuh. Kalau orang lain biase buat, that's them, for me, I like things more ordered kalau bab-bab driving nie ( ordered meaning ade lesen and bukan orang lain punye kete... kalo langgar pape smalam naye je...).
Sampai Ann Arbor kol 2 pagi, and promptly forgot to take my digital camera from Hasdi's car, tuh yang takde lagi gambar nak upload. Tunggu dapat balik camera, then we'll see some pics :). Okaylah, mau mandi, so later y'all.....
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Saturday, February 15, 2003
Barely 2 hours ago, Valentine's Day ended. I celebrated mine with a much gusto as I can muster; needless to say, I didn't give it much thought at all. The day went on as usual for me, classes in the morning, gym afternoon, studying at the Media Union in the evening till late night. Unfortunately, when I was out, Jennifer called to tell me there's a party going on tonite at goodness knows where ( she didn't mention it in the message), and I missed out on my only chance to make something interesting out of my Valentine's Day. Oh well, at least I got some work done. Would have been nice to be out socializing though, *sigh*.... Jen, how did the whole date with Pete go? Tell tell tell...
Anyway, today is Saturday, and a bunch of us are going to MSD's open house... err.. or open office.. or whatever ... for the Raya celebration. It's gonna be in Chicago, a good 5 hour drive from here. I feel like an idiot going to this because it's gonna be 10 hours in the car, and only a few hours at MSD's office, but I just feel like going. Never mind the piles and plies of work I have. Never mind that I just got my sucky linear algebra result. Never mind the EECS 280 program about pictures of deers wearing top hats that I have to do. In another 7 hours, I'm gonna sit in a car, sleep, wake up, have free lunch, sleep on the way back, and watch TV when I get back home . My Saturday in a nutshell. If I'm lucky, we'll be back before 10 pm and I can make an appearance at the crew house shebang going on later this evening, but I'm guessing I'll be too tired to go. Still, ya never know... ( missing a Valentine's Day party sucks big time... *sigh*... waaaa!!!! )...
Just now at MU's Espresso Royale, I saw a bunch of people doing the swing (a type of dance), and I remembered the ballroom dancing class I took the first fall I was here. That was a lot of fun. I learned how to waltz, swing, rhumba (though I can't remember the rhumba steps that well), and even a little bit of cha-cha. Man, I miss those dance classes. They were a lot of fun to go to. The part I love most is the open dancing they have from 8 to 10 pm. They played different kinds of music continuously so you get to practice the moves you learned before. I always manage to partner with people from the internediate and advance classes, so I get to learn a few new moves. Good thing I catch on fast when it comes to dancing. I had a blast, maybe I should take it up again sometime...
I better get some sleep, early day tomorrow. I just had a freak out in my room because I couldn't find my favorite red "tudung", have to wear a peach one instead, good thing it still goes with my kebarung... Till I have something to report.......
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Anyway, today is Saturday, and a bunch of us are going to MSD's open house... err.. or open office.. or whatever ... for the Raya celebration. It's gonna be in Chicago, a good 5 hour drive from here. I feel like an idiot going to this because it's gonna be 10 hours in the car, and only a few hours at MSD's office, but I just feel like going. Never mind the piles and plies of work I have. Never mind that I just got my sucky linear algebra result. Never mind the EECS 280 program about pictures of deers wearing top hats that I have to do. In another 7 hours, I'm gonna sit in a car, sleep, wake up, have free lunch, sleep on the way back, and watch TV when I get back home . My Saturday in a nutshell. If I'm lucky, we'll be back before 10 pm and I can make an appearance at the crew house shebang going on later this evening, but I'm guessing I'll be too tired to go. Still, ya never know... ( missing a Valentine's Day party sucks big time... *sigh*... waaaa!!!! )...
Just now at MU's Espresso Royale, I saw a bunch of people doing the swing (a type of dance), and I remembered the ballroom dancing class I took the first fall I was here. That was a lot of fun. I learned how to waltz, swing, rhumba (though I can't remember the rhumba steps that well), and even a little bit of cha-cha. Man, I miss those dance classes. They were a lot of fun to go to. The part I love most is the open dancing they have from 8 to 10 pm. They played different kinds of music continuously so you get to practice the moves you learned before. I always manage to partner with people from the internediate and advance classes, so I get to learn a few new moves. Good thing I catch on fast when it comes to dancing. I had a blast, maybe I should take it up again sometime...
I better get some sleep, early day tomorrow. I just had a freak out in my room because I couldn't find my favorite red "tudung", have to wear a peach one instead, good thing it still goes with my kebarung... Till I have something to report.......
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
BAD DAY, BAD GIRL
Muahahaha... hari nie wat jahat... Pagi tadi patut dapat result math, but I went to another section instead of my own, so prof tak bawak my paper.. I know I flunk it, so lain-lain kali aje lah tgk kertas.. hehe... after that gie kelas EECS 203, belajar pasal functions, realize 203 banyak gune stuff from my linear algebra class, uh-oh... linear algebra tgh tahap-tahap nak flunk... oooppsss.... kene start nak make up for my screw-ups..hehe...
Anyway, highlight of my day would be bile pegi umah Saima for Raya Haji celebration ngan Kak Liza and Teh. Met with a lot of Pakistani women, and I have to admit, they are all very, very pretty. Siap dengar cakap Hindustan tuh. If kat dalam movies bunyik die sedap, dengar real life lagi sedap. And did I mention diorang lawa? Baju pon lawa-lawa jugak... Yang paling best would be the food. My goodness, Saima is a really good cook. Die masak sangat-sangat sedap. Ade this thing yang rupe macam mee kari tapi tak ingat name die ape, and kabob (ground beef and spices bentuk bulat , sebijik cam begedil), and ade mini-murtabak-like thingy where isi die telur instead of beef. Dessert ade egg pudding and this something-berenang-in-yogurt thingy. All in all, really good lunch (kitorang gie sane around 12.30 tgh hari). Hehehe... lagi best, kitorang makan tambah sebab kalau tak nanti hostess offended, or so we've been told. Ape lagi, bagai mengantuk disorong bantal, bagai lapar disorong mee kari. Basically bagitau Saima kene blah pukul 2.30 ptg, tapi by the time kitorang nak balik, it was oledy 2.40 pm. Patut ade EECS 280 lecture, but I skipped. Kak Liza pun skip kelas jugak, hehehe, pastu die main-main marah kitorang kate kitorang ruin die punye perfect record tanak ponteng kelas this sem. Muahaha... sori ler Kak Liza yer...
In the end me and Teh lepak umah Kak Liza. Main-main ngan Snoopy, borak-borak about girl stuff. Sonok to just lepak and borak and just relax, even though actuallynye keje byk nak kene wat, and Teh siap ade exam malam nie kol 8, muahahaha... Teh pawe... Kak Liza punye Snoopy collection sgt-sgt best. Ade satu Snoopy nie dah lah besar, best plak tuh pegang. Kat Mesia mane nak dapat Snoopy besau and best camtuh, paling-paling larat nak beli pon yg jual kat Air Hitam. and bukannye Snoopy... tapi S-N-U-P-I.. Snupi ( hehe.. Siam mari...).
So sekarang dah ade balik kat bilek, malam nie kene stadi 280 (hahahahahahahaha.... dream on baby...) ... So later...
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Muahahaha... hari nie wat jahat... Pagi tadi patut dapat result math, but I went to another section instead of my own, so prof tak bawak my paper.. I know I flunk it, so lain-lain kali aje lah tgk kertas.. hehe... after that gie kelas EECS 203, belajar pasal functions, realize 203 banyak gune stuff from my linear algebra class, uh-oh... linear algebra tgh tahap-tahap nak flunk... oooppsss.... kene start nak make up for my screw-ups..hehe...
Anyway, highlight of my day would be bile pegi umah Saima for Raya Haji celebration ngan Kak Liza and Teh. Met with a lot of Pakistani women, and I have to admit, they are all very, very pretty. Siap dengar cakap Hindustan tuh. If kat dalam movies bunyik die sedap, dengar real life lagi sedap. And did I mention diorang lawa? Baju pon lawa-lawa jugak... Yang paling best would be the food. My goodness, Saima is a really good cook. Die masak sangat-sangat sedap. Ade this thing yang rupe macam mee kari tapi tak ingat name die ape, and kabob (ground beef and spices bentuk bulat , sebijik cam begedil), and ade mini-murtabak-like thingy where isi die telur instead of beef. Dessert ade egg pudding and this something-berenang-in-yogurt thingy. All in all, really good lunch (kitorang gie sane around 12.30 tgh hari). Hehehe... lagi best, kitorang makan tambah sebab kalau tak nanti hostess offended, or so we've been told. Ape lagi, bagai mengantuk disorong bantal, bagai lapar disorong mee kari. Basically bagitau Saima kene blah pukul 2.30 ptg, tapi by the time kitorang nak balik, it was oledy 2.40 pm. Patut ade EECS 280 lecture, but I skipped. Kak Liza pun skip kelas jugak, hehehe, pastu die main-main marah kitorang kate kitorang ruin die punye perfect record tanak ponteng kelas this sem. Muahaha... sori ler Kak Liza yer...
In the end me and Teh lepak umah Kak Liza. Main-main ngan Snoopy, borak-borak about girl stuff. Sonok to just lepak and borak and just relax, even though actuallynye keje byk nak kene wat, and Teh siap ade exam malam nie kol 8, muahahaha... Teh pawe... Kak Liza punye Snoopy collection sgt-sgt best. Ade satu Snoopy nie dah lah besar, best plak tuh pegang. Kat Mesia mane nak dapat Snoopy besau and best camtuh, paling-paling larat nak beli pon yg jual kat Air Hitam. and bukannye Snoopy... tapi S-N-U-P-I.. Snupi ( hehe.. Siam mari...).
So sekarang dah ade balik kat bilek, malam nie kene stadi 280 (hahahahahahahaha.... dream on baby...) ... So later...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Hehehe.. babies!!!! I love them, and I want at least 4 of my own ( hehehe.. I can hear the stampede of my potential dates running away.... far, far away...). Suke budak!!! Bile tgk baby kat dalam pram, rase macam nak peluk peluk cubit cubit and gigit pipi.... chumylle!!!!!!! When I have kids, mate nak kene ikut mummy die, lain sume ikot daddy takpe (provided daddy hensem lah.. kalo tak sume kene carbon copy mummy..hehehe). It used to be that I had their names picked out, now so many things have happened in my life that I'm scared to dream about having a family and having kids, for fear that like so many of my other dreams, that's going to be taken away from me, too... How do you get rid of a fear so powerful, brought on by your past experiences, so that you can move on and dream again? To again be naive and full of fantasies and be on top of the world, like you were once before? How do you open up and feel strong emotions again, without fearing one day things might go for the worse and all of your dreams turn to nightmares, and then they come back and bite you in the ass?
How do you learn to not be afraid to take chances?
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Monday, February 10, 2003
Haa... lupe lak... kalo sape bute tak notice gambar black and white baru kat my website, tuh lah gambar empunye website ( senyum senyum.... ). Org lain sume letak gambar Kristin Kreuk lah, gambar pompuan or laki mane-mane ntah yg bukan diri senirik, and ade satu tuh gambar Kramer dalam Seinfield ( sape ha... betul tak ingat... uikkkksss....).... aku pawe letak gambar senirik sebab admittedly gile glamer and kalau tak letak gambar senirik kat website senirik, then sape nak letak? (ade org jawab.."Mereka dan keluarge mereka..".. ya Allah, lame tak dgr lawak bongos tuh, dulu kat skolah cukup famous). Kesian lah sape lawat website aku kene menatap gambar black and white tuh, kalau tak tahan sangat, kecikkan je window tuh so leh kaver muke aku, tak pon letak Post-it kat skrin, berkesan jugak tuh... muahahahahahahaahhaha.... (farah giler...)
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AAAAGHHHHH!!!!
I screwed up my midterms!!!! Like seriously... sgt2 screwed, my linear algerbra especiallynye.... s***ty #@%&*$!!!!!!! Grrr..... I'm actually upset with myself for being so stupid. Tu lah, tanak study awal, I knew I had a program due and exams going on all at the same time. My fault completely.... doesn't make me feel any better admitting this though, crappy, crappy, crappy. I wallowed my pity in a bag of chips, soda and watching tonight's episode of Joe Millionaire, which was surprisingly dissapointing. Nothing happened, like really, nothing. Just a bunch of recaps and Evan looking like a scruffy idiot who just realized his expensive playground is about to be taken away from him. He's definitely gonna pick Zora, Sarah is too interested in his "money"and living the good life, and if Evan can't see that, then man, is he jackass.
From my choice of words, guess you guys can deduce that I'm cranky. Baru lepas kantoi exam, mmg ler cranky. Ugh, please, please, please let my EECS 280 exam be a lot better than my math exam was. Or else I'm going to feel like a dumbass.
That'll teach me to party right before midterms...*sigh*.... geram... I'm gonna have to work my butt off for the next exams...*sigh* :( ... I wish I can literally work my butt off, it would be nice to take some inches off my behind and fit into some of those cute pants I saw at Express, Bebe and Forever 21. Having a butt that's comparable to the back of a truck isn't that fun, though it makes the whole sitting experience a lot more comfy. And now I'm talking crap.....
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I screwed up my midterms!!!! Like seriously... sgt2 screwed, my linear algerbra especiallynye.... s***ty #@%&*$!!!!!!! Grrr..... I'm actually upset with myself for being so stupid. Tu lah, tanak study awal, I knew I had a program due and exams going on all at the same time. My fault completely.... doesn't make me feel any better admitting this though, crappy, crappy, crappy. I wallowed my pity in a bag of chips, soda and watching tonight's episode of Joe Millionaire, which was surprisingly dissapointing. Nothing happened, like really, nothing. Just a bunch of recaps and Evan looking like a scruffy idiot who just realized his expensive playground is about to be taken away from him. He's definitely gonna pick Zora, Sarah is too interested in his "money"and living the good life, and if Evan can't see that, then man, is he jackass.
From my choice of words, guess you guys can deduce that I'm cranky. Baru lepas kantoi exam, mmg ler cranky. Ugh, please, please, please let my EECS 280 exam be a lot better than my math exam was. Or else I'm going to feel like a dumbass.
That'll teach me to party right before midterms...*sigh*.... geram... I'm gonna have to work my butt off for the next exams...*sigh* :( ... I wish I can literally work my butt off, it would be nice to take some inches off my behind and fit into some of those cute pants I saw at Express, Bebe and Forever 21. Having a butt that's comparable to the back of a truck isn't that fun, though it makes the whole sitting experience a lot more comfy. And now I'm talking crap.....
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Saturday, February 08, 2003
I am actually really, really tired. Last night I went to a hockey game where U-M went against Northern Michigan. We won 3-0. It was my first time ever going to a hockey game ( I know, pathetic, right?), and I couldn't have picked better people to go to it with ( heheh.. if you're reading this, Jen, it's a compliment to both you and Ted). I didn't know a lot of the chants yet, but by the end of the game, I got a few down. My favorite one is the one that starts with a "c-ya!" and ends with "SLUUUUUUTTTTT....", directed to the opposing team of course. I haven't learned that one yet, but you can be very sure I will, heheh... Great chance to swear in public. I pity this one particular player from Northern, his name is Cockburn. With a name like that and playing in our stadium, that's like begging to get screwed with. Tempah maut betul... sian die. I think other team can really hate playing here. Muahahaha....
11.30 that night Jen and I made our way to the Alpha Sigma house, and we only got back to her place around 2.30, hence the big headache this morning. I crashed last night at Jen's, then got back to Baits just in time for the MSD meeting with Auntie Maharom. Makan free right after that, bestnye.... I was starving since the last time I ate was 5.30 in the afternoon the day before, and I only had a bottle of plain water after that.
Spending tonight studying for the Math 217 exam on Monday, and tomorrow studying EECS 203 also on Monday. Mampos siot........ satu exam 5.30 to 6.30, satu lagi 7 to 9 pm. Why, why, why does my exam schedule have to suck. And nowadays I have so many shit to do that sometimes I just go "Screw this, I'm not gonna get this done anyway" and just leave it that...
Hard to be girlish at times like these....
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11.30 that night Jen and I made our way to the Alpha Sigma house, and we only got back to her place around 2.30, hence the big headache this morning. I crashed last night at Jen's, then got back to Baits just in time for the MSD meeting with Auntie Maharom. Makan free right after that, bestnye.... I was starving since the last time I ate was 5.30 in the afternoon the day before, and I only had a bottle of plain water after that.
Spending tonight studying for the Math 217 exam on Monday, and tomorrow studying EECS 203 also on Monday. Mampos siot........ satu exam 5.30 to 6.30, satu lagi 7 to 9 pm. Why, why, why does my exam schedule have to suck. And nowadays I have so many shit to do that sometimes I just go "Screw this, I'm not gonna get this done anyway" and just leave it that...
Hard to be girlish at times like these....
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Wednesday, February 05, 2003
PENING PENING PENING................................
Assalamu'alaikum...
I'm officially stuck on the stoooopid EECS 280 program It's only the 3rd program, and I read the data and convert everything just fine, but I just can't seem to get the algorithm to do the rotor substitution thing. Ugghh.. pathetic. So right now I'm just gonna take some time to jot down about stuff before burying myself in work again...
THE BACHELORETTE
RUSS IS GONE! RUSS IS GONE! Yay!!!!!! Great choice, Trista. Me and Teh never liked the guy, too creepy and obsessive, and he doesn't play fair. Hehe.. I had a feeling before that he was gonna get booted, and now that he is.... wooo-hoo! Kelakar tengok the guys before the roses were given out. Hehe... Ryan selalu muke cuak, jenis yang expression "Habis lah aku, tak kene pilih...habis lah, habis lah... balik rumah ler aku malam nie... habis lah, habis lah...." . Last-last die jugak yang kene pilih dulu.
Between the two guys left, Ryan and Charlie, I definitely prefer Ryan. He's been my favorite since the start of the show. Three words: Tall, dark, handsome...*sigh*.... Just like all other guys from Greek mythology. Plus he's a fireman...*sigh*... definitely fits the bill for a knight in shining armor. Man, I can just imagine him looking all hero-like in his fireman suit, and hat, and... *sigh* ... saving a damsel in distress (hey, the lady look just like me! hehe...) from a burning building.... *sigh*....
Though realistically, I think Trista is gonna pick Charlie. It's obvious she thinks he looks hot ( quote: "He took my breath away the first time he step out of the limo" ), plus he's a financial analyst, meaning his income is more desirable that Ryan's. It was obvious she liked him from the start, and somehow the show is just building up to that time when she's going to ask him to marry her. All the other guys are just props, including Ryan. Then again, Ryan might come out to be the guy of Trista's dreams after all, so we're just gonna have to wait another 2 weeks and just see..........
AMERICAN IDOL
Today's A.I. episode had a surprised ending. Kimberly Caldwell, judges' favorite, didn't get voted in, which is kinda surprising since she has a really, really great voice, she looks good, and she's blonde ( being blonde is always a plus in the showbiz world... look at Britney, Christina, Jessica et. al...). Instead, we have Julia DeMato and Charles Grigsby. Julia has a great voice too, but that other guy is just so-and-so. Too bad about Kimberly, hopefully she'll still get a chance through the wildcard thingy.
EECS 280 PROGRAM ( #@!!!*$# )
What can I say, except something better pops up in my head because I am so, so out of ideas.....
Hmmm... I think I have more to write, but I can't remember. Will write again when I do remember.
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Assalamu'alaikum...
I'm officially stuck on the stoooopid EECS 280 program It's only the 3rd program, and I read the data and convert everything just fine, but I just can't seem to get the algorithm to do the rotor substitution thing. Ugghh.. pathetic. So right now I'm just gonna take some time to jot down about stuff before burying myself in work again...
THE BACHELORETTE
RUSS IS GONE! RUSS IS GONE! Yay!!!!!! Great choice, Trista. Me and Teh never liked the guy, too creepy and obsessive, and he doesn't play fair. Hehe.. I had a feeling before that he was gonna get booted, and now that he is.... wooo-hoo! Kelakar tengok the guys before the roses were given out. Hehe... Ryan selalu muke cuak, jenis yang expression "Habis lah aku, tak kene pilih...habis lah, habis lah... balik rumah ler aku malam nie... habis lah, habis lah...." . Last-last die jugak yang kene pilih dulu.
Between the two guys left, Ryan and Charlie, I definitely prefer Ryan. He's been my favorite since the start of the show. Three words: Tall, dark, handsome...*sigh*.... Just like all other guys from Greek mythology. Plus he's a fireman...*sigh*... definitely fits the bill for a knight in shining armor. Man, I can just imagine him looking all hero-like in his fireman suit, and hat, and... *sigh* ... saving a damsel in distress (hey, the lady look just like me! hehe...) from a burning building.... *sigh*....
Though realistically, I think Trista is gonna pick Charlie. It's obvious she thinks he looks hot ( quote: "He took my breath away the first time he step out of the limo" ), plus he's a financial analyst, meaning his income is more desirable that Ryan's. It was obvious she liked him from the start, and somehow the show is just building up to that time when she's going to ask him to marry her. All the other guys are just props, including Ryan. Then again, Ryan might come out to be the guy of Trista's dreams after all, so we're just gonna have to wait another 2 weeks and just see..........
AMERICAN IDOL
Today's A.I. episode had a surprised ending. Kimberly Caldwell, judges' favorite, didn't get voted in, which is kinda surprising since she has a really, really great voice, she looks good, and she's blonde ( being blonde is always a plus in the showbiz world... look at Britney, Christina, Jessica et. al...). Instead, we have Julia DeMato and Charles Grigsby. Julia has a great voice too, but that other guy is just so-and-so. Too bad about Kimberly, hopefully she'll still get a chance through the wildcard thingy.
EECS 280 PROGRAM ( #@!!!*$# )
What can I say, except something better pops up in my head because I am so, so out of ideas.....
Hmmm... I think I have more to write, but I can't remember. Will write again when I do remember.
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Tuesday, February 04, 2003
Video by India Arie
Absolutely great song, I love it. Those are the words of a woman not afraid to be who she is, what she is. A real pick-me-up kinda song to remind us girls during those down times to just relax 'cause everything will be okay...
VIDEO
Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't
Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't
Depend on how the wind blows I might even paint my toes
It really just depends on whatever feels good in my soul
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
When I look in the mirror the only one there is me
Every freckle on my face is where it's supposed to be
And I know our creator didn't make no mistakes on me
My feet, my thighs, my lips, my eyes I'm lovin' what I see
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
Am I less of a lady If I don't wear panty hose?
My Mama says a lady ain't what she wears but what she knows
But, I've drawn a conclusion, it's all and illusion confusions the name of the game
A misconception, a vast deception
Something's gotta change
Don't be offended this is all my opinion
ain't nothing that I'm sayin law
This is a true confession of a life learned lesson I was sent here to share wit ya'll
So get in where you fit in go on and shine
Free your mind, nows the time
Put your salt on the shelf
Go head and love yourself
Cuz everything's gonna be all right
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
Keep your fancy drinks and your expensive minks
I don't need that to have a good time
Keep your expensive car and your Caviar
All I need is my guitar
Keep your Krysta'al and your pistol
I'd rather have a pretty piece of Crystal
Don't need your silicone, I prefer my own
What God gave me is just fine
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
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Absolutely great song, I love it. Those are the words of a woman not afraid to be who she is, what she is. A real pick-me-up kinda song to remind us girls during those down times to just relax 'cause everything will be okay...
VIDEO
Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don't
Sometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won't
Depend on how the wind blows I might even paint my toes
It really just depends on whatever feels good in my soul
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
When I look in the mirror the only one there is me
Every freckle on my face is where it's supposed to be
And I know our creator didn't make no mistakes on me
My feet, my thighs, my lips, my eyes I'm lovin' what I see
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
Am I less of a lady If I don't wear panty hose?
My Mama says a lady ain't what she wears but what she knows
But, I've drawn a conclusion, it's all and illusion confusions the name of the game
A misconception, a vast deception
Something's gotta change
Don't be offended this is all my opinion
ain't nothing that I'm sayin law
This is a true confession of a life learned lesson I was sent here to share wit ya'll
So get in where you fit in go on and shine
Free your mind, nows the time
Put your salt on the shelf
Go head and love yourself
Cuz everything's gonna be all right
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
Keep your fancy drinks and your expensive minks
I don't need that to have a good time
Keep your expensive car and your Caviar
All I need is my guitar
Keep your Krysta'al and your pistol
I'd rather have a pretty piece of Crystal
Don't need your silicone, I prefer my own
What God gave me is just fine
I'm not the average girl from your video
and I ain't built like a supermodel
But, I Learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
I'm not the average girl from your video
My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes
No matter what I'm wearing I will always be India Arie
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Assalamu'alaikum...
Joe Millionaire update: Melissa eliminated. Haa.. kan dah cakap, kan, kan kan? Heheh.. rasenye ramai dah dapat agak kot. Sian die nangis akhir show... pastu Evan siot tak cakap pape pon kat die nak comfort ke ape ke. Just kasi hug pastu blah. So like a guy. Tengok Trista The Bachelorette contoh berjaye. Bile die eliminate someone, sure die spend time lepas tuh ngan mamat tuh nak soothe the shattered ego. Somebody should give Evan a good ass whopping and teach him some manners. You don't have to have 50 million moolah to be considerate of another person's feelings, especially since you already made out with that other person. Geram geram geram geram....
And now there's two.... he couldn't have picked two more different girls. So who is it gonna be? The pretty but not so loose Zora, or the pretty and pretty loose Sarah? Much as I wanna say I'll definitely be tuning in next week, I might not be able to since I have 3 exams in a row, satrting on Monday. AAACKK!!!!!! Nobody said being a college student is going to be this hard. Dah lah sekarang tgh musim malas. Winter = too cold to get my brains working properly except for the most basic of necessities... " Need.. food"..." Wee wee?".." Poopy poopy"...and so forth. Where's motivation when you really need one ....
Oh yeah, in case you guys haven't noticed, there's a daily cartoon button under the chatterbox.. okie lah katun-katun die... but I'm currently looking for one that's not quite so comp related, pastu bleh tukar. :)...
Basically semalam pegi kelas, balik bilik kol 5, pastu malam lepas Joe Millionaire, Wann datang wat programming, I studied a bit before mengantuk and tido. Hari nie kelas sebijik je so bleh continue with the whole studying thing or the whole tido thing... whichever comes first, muahahah :P.
I love having a website where people can come and read the crap I write.. sigh..
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Joe Millionaire update: Melissa eliminated. Haa.. kan dah cakap, kan, kan kan? Heheh.. rasenye ramai dah dapat agak kot. Sian die nangis akhir show... pastu Evan siot tak cakap pape pon kat die nak comfort ke ape ke. Just kasi hug pastu blah. So like a guy. Tengok Trista The Bachelorette contoh berjaye. Bile die eliminate someone, sure die spend time lepas tuh ngan mamat tuh nak soothe the shattered ego. Somebody should give Evan a good ass whopping and teach him some manners. You don't have to have 50 million moolah to be considerate of another person's feelings, especially since you already made out with that other person. Geram geram geram geram....
And now there's two.... he couldn't have picked two more different girls. So who is it gonna be? The pretty but not so loose Zora, or the pretty and pretty loose Sarah? Much as I wanna say I'll definitely be tuning in next week, I might not be able to since I have 3 exams in a row, satrting on Monday. AAACKK!!!!!! Nobody said being a college student is going to be this hard. Dah lah sekarang tgh musim malas. Winter = too cold to get my brains working properly except for the most basic of necessities... " Need.. food"..." Wee wee?".." Poopy poopy"...and so forth. Where's motivation when you really need one ....
Oh yeah, in case you guys haven't noticed, there's a daily cartoon button under the chatterbox.. okie lah katun-katun die... but I'm currently looking for one that's not quite so comp related, pastu bleh tukar. :)...
Basically semalam pegi kelas, balik bilik kol 5, pastu malam lepas Joe Millionaire, Wann datang wat programming, I studied a bit before mengantuk and tido. Hari nie kelas sebijik je so bleh continue with the whole studying thing or the whole tido thing... whichever comes first, muahahah :P.
I love having a website where people can come and read the crap I write.. sigh..
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Monday, February 03, 2003
Hello.. just put in a guestmap and cartoons to the site. Takde keje... well actuallynye ade tapi malas nak wat.. muahaha... Anyways, I just got back from central, it's been a really, reaaaaaaaallly long day today. The weirdest thing happened during EECS 203 lecture today. A guy sitting behind me fell asleep in class and actually snored through it. Really, truly snored. That's how I found out he was sleeping in the first place. I was copying notes from the blackboard when I heard this "brghzzz..." sound behind me. It wasn't loud enough to be a generator or a furnace, besides, impossible lah kan belakang ade furnace. Pegi tanye Kirah yg duduk kat seblah, "Kirah, org belakang tu tgh tido ke?" Kirah: "Ha'ah". Lorr... better takyah dtg kelas camtuh, dengkur kat bed lagi best. I mean, kalau tersengguk tu lain cite, this is like full fledged tido tak ingat dunie punye type of tido. Kecian mamat tuh, sure ngantuks gile wat hw.
On to other topics. Joe Millionaire is up tonite. Muahaha... who's gonna get eliminated? I always thought that Zora would have been booted out by now, but Evan, for some weird reason, seems to like having her around (probably since she's doing the hard-to-get thing... you go girl!!) , so I'm betting on Melissa going home tonite. Sarah makes Evan far too happy with all the romping around they'd been up to since the last few episodes , might be worthwhile for him to keep her at the mansion yet. Melissa's cute, but I've never yet seen a cute face hold up to an ample rack, and Sarah has got some rack on her. No, no lesbian connotation here, people, this is just an aesthetic point of view from another girl who isn't lacking in that department herself ( what the hell am I saying???---Just being honest... mane ade org penah cakap I'm flat? Whoever does, bute ke? ). So yeah, tonite I'm gonna waste another hour on a reality TV show. My mom would be so proud.
Waaa!!! I haven't yet finished my programming stuff... dead girl walking here, since I have all three midterms next week. Dying, dying... dead...
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On to other topics. Joe Millionaire is up tonite. Muahaha... who's gonna get eliminated? I always thought that Zora would have been booted out by now, but Evan, for some weird reason, seems to like having her around (probably since she's doing the hard-to-get thing... you go girl!!) , so I'm betting on Melissa going home tonite. Sarah makes Evan far too happy with all the romping around they'd been up to since the last few episodes , might be worthwhile for him to keep her at the mansion yet. Melissa's cute, but I've never yet seen a cute face hold up to an ample rack, and Sarah has got some rack on her. No, no lesbian connotation here, people, this is just an aesthetic point of view from another girl who isn't lacking in that department herself ( what the hell am I saying???---Just being honest... mane ade org penah cakap I'm flat? Whoever does, bute ke? ). So yeah, tonite I'm gonna waste another hour on a reality TV show. My mom would be so proud.
Waaa!!! I haven't yet finished my programming stuff... dead girl walking here, since I have all three midterms next week. Dying, dying... dead...
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Bismillah...
Yay, dah ade chatterbox kat website. Yelah, yelah, big deal, but it is for me orang yang sgt2 jahil in-tenet nie. Feel free to kutuk or compliment, though please do more of the former than the latter ye people. Ade orang surprised that my site is pink, ade ke... out of all the girls kat MIchigan nie I think I'm the one voted Most Likely To Have A Totally Pink And Girlish Website.
Anyways, just now I watched High School Reunion. Amazing to see people make total asses out of themselves on camera. Makes me wonder how things go when the camera isn't rolling; the ass-O-meter must have went through the roof straight to those places where no man has gone before (cue Star Trek soundtrack) Why do they call these shows "reality TV" when all of us know that the reality factor goes straight out the window when the camera is on? In the end it's just another orchestrated mumbo jumbo cooked up by the big TV producers to get us hooked on the idiot box. Best thing about the whole shebang is... it worked. Boy, did it ever. People (present company included) can't seem to get enough of these people supposedly living their lives on TV. Or at least their love life ( The Bachelorette, Joe Millinaire ). I thought it's a girl thing, but guys seem to be hooked on them too. I do notice, though, that the longer the sshow runs, the less appealing it becomes, at least to me. Blame it on my short attention span and.... oops, lost interest in finishing that sentence already.
This brings me to my favorite reality TV show, American Idol (is it appropriate to call it that? it is set in the real showbiz world and it is a show). I admit that the sole purpose of me watching the last few episodes was to see Simon reduce many of the superstar wannabes to piles of emotional wrecks or psychos hell bent on seeing nuclear war start in Hollywood, or at least in Simon's crib. I admit he is a bit cruel, then again, some of the contestants were really, really bad. Like the creepy Edgar guy. Or the girl who sang so slowly that seasons changed before she got to the end note. Hehe... definitely enjoyable. However, now that they've cut down the list to the selected few, I'm really looking forward to hearing quality vocals out of them, even if it does mean no more sarcastic comments by Simon.
Okay, class starts early tomorrow, so I better go to sleep... zzz... Assalamu'alaikum...
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Yay, dah ade chatterbox kat website. Yelah, yelah, big deal, but it is for me orang yang sgt2 jahil in-tenet nie. Feel free to kutuk or compliment, though please do more of the former than the latter ye people. Ade orang surprised that my site is pink, ade ke... out of all the girls kat MIchigan nie I think I'm the one voted Most Likely To Have A Totally Pink And Girlish Website.
Anyways, just now I watched High School Reunion. Amazing to see people make total asses out of themselves on camera. Makes me wonder how things go when the camera isn't rolling; the ass-O-meter must have went through the roof straight to those places where no man has gone before (cue Star Trek soundtrack) Why do they call these shows "reality TV" when all of us know that the reality factor goes straight out the window when the camera is on? In the end it's just another orchestrated mumbo jumbo cooked up by the big TV producers to get us hooked on the idiot box. Best thing about the whole shebang is... it worked. Boy, did it ever. People (present company included) can't seem to get enough of these people supposedly living their lives on TV. Or at least their love life ( The Bachelorette, Joe Millinaire ). I thought it's a girl thing, but guys seem to be hooked on them too. I do notice, though, that the longer the sshow runs, the less appealing it becomes, at least to me. Blame it on my short attention span and.... oops, lost interest in finishing that sentence already.
This brings me to my favorite reality TV show, American Idol (is it appropriate to call it that? it is set in the real showbiz world and it is a show). I admit that the sole purpose of me watching the last few episodes was to see Simon reduce many of the superstar wannabes to piles of emotional wrecks or psychos hell bent on seeing nuclear war start in Hollywood, or at least in Simon's crib. I admit he is a bit cruel, then again, some of the contestants were really, really bad. Like the creepy Edgar guy. Or the girl who sang so slowly that seasons changed before she got to the end note. Hehe... definitely enjoyable. However, now that they've cut down the list to the selected few, I'm really looking forward to hearing quality vocals out of them, even if it does mean no more sarcastic comments by Simon.
Okay, class starts early tomorrow, so I better go to sleep... zzz... Assalamu'alaikum...
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Sunday, February 02, 2003
MY PAMPER KIT
Now, all of the girls who know me, know that I love pampering myself with the good stuff, and I have recently managed to obtain decent things that make up a decent pamper kit that I wear at least during the weekends, just to lift my spirits and basically be a girl. If you're a girl and you got time to spare, read on, if you're a guy, you can skip this entry:
1. The Body Shop Africa Spa Rich Cocoa Body Balm : This is a body moisturizer made out of cocoa and shea butters from Ghana. Super moisturizing, super
yummy smell, an absolute life (and skin) saver during the harsh winter months. It lasts all day, and it's easily absorbed by the skin, leaving a nice tingly feeling. I love the
jar it comes in. Main reason I bought this was because it reminds me of my mom, who introduced this to me in the first place ( love my mommy... she's the coolest ). The
packaging also includes a tag that says, and I quote: " ...everytime you butter up you are helping build the farmers of Ghana a better life". So not only do I get to have
yummy skin, I also get to have a clean conscience that it's not just me being vain, but I'm actually helping farmers everywhere... in Ghana, at least. Also helps me give an
excuse to my dad if he ever asks where did all of my scholarship money go ( Dad: Where did your scholar money go? .... Me: I used it to help farmers in Ghana, Daddy (
cue wide, innocent eyes and your-babygirl-can-do-no-wrong look )... hehe, just kidding, dad, love you too very much )
2. The Body Shop Illuminating Treatment with Kinetin: Haven't used this for long, but this claims to help even skin tone and texture. Dunno about that yet, but this
definitely takes away the tight feeling in your face that you get after cleansing. Will report more after longer usage.
3. Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub: Contains salicylic acid, helps prevent body breakouts. I don't have any yet, but you never know when these things suddenly
decide to happen. Besides, it's a body scrub, good for the days when I want to get dead flakes out of my skin.
4. philou Shampoo and Detangling Cream in Bubble Gum : To be honest, I grabbed these off the clearance shelf in Meijer because they look cute in their bottles and
the bubble gum smell is really yummy (and the're cheap). Hopefully I won't regret the purchase.
5. L'Oreal Plenitude Futur.e Moisturizer: Contains SPF 15 and pure Vitamin E. I wear this during the daytime for sun protection and to moisturize. Non- greasy,
great purchase.
6. Scholl Softening Lotion: If you have feet, get this. Pamper one of the most hardworking part of your body once in a while ( aside from the brain; then again, I've
known people who decided to forsaken the gift of thinking and behave like complete assholes instead ). The lotion smells and absorbs great, apply after using the pumice
stone on your feet, and you'll have feet worthy of the most baring of strappy sandals
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Now, all of the girls who know me, know that I love pampering myself with the good stuff, and I have recently managed to obtain decent things that make up a decent pamper kit that I wear at least during the weekends, just to lift my spirits and basically be a girl. If you're a girl and you got time to spare, read on, if you're a guy, you can skip this entry:
1. The Body Shop Africa Spa Rich Cocoa Body Balm : This is a body moisturizer made out of cocoa and shea butters from Ghana. Super moisturizing, super
yummy smell, an absolute life (and skin) saver during the harsh winter months. It lasts all day, and it's easily absorbed by the skin, leaving a nice tingly feeling. I love the
jar it comes in. Main reason I bought this was because it reminds me of my mom, who introduced this to me in the first place ( love my mommy... she's the coolest ). The
packaging also includes a tag that says, and I quote: " ...everytime you butter up you are helping build the farmers of Ghana a better life". So not only do I get to have
yummy skin, I also get to have a clean conscience that it's not just me being vain, but I'm actually helping farmers everywhere... in Ghana, at least. Also helps me give an
excuse to my dad if he ever asks where did all of my scholarship money go ( Dad: Where did your scholar money go? .... Me: I used it to help farmers in Ghana, Daddy (
cue wide, innocent eyes and your-babygirl-can-do-no-wrong look )... hehe, just kidding, dad, love you too very much )
2. The Body Shop Illuminating Treatment with Kinetin: Haven't used this for long, but this claims to help even skin tone and texture. Dunno about that yet, but this
definitely takes away the tight feeling in your face that you get after cleansing. Will report more after longer usage.
3. Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub: Contains salicylic acid, helps prevent body breakouts. I don't have any yet, but you never know when these things suddenly
decide to happen. Besides, it's a body scrub, good for the days when I want to get dead flakes out of my skin.
4. philou Shampoo and Detangling Cream in Bubble Gum : To be honest, I grabbed these off the clearance shelf in Meijer because they look cute in their bottles and
the bubble gum smell is really yummy (and the're cheap). Hopefully I won't regret the purchase.
5. L'Oreal Plenitude Futur.e Moisturizer: Contains SPF 15 and pure Vitamin E. I wear this during the daytime for sun protection and to moisturize. Non- greasy,
great purchase.
6. Scholl Softening Lotion: If you have feet, get this. Pamper one of the most hardworking part of your body once in a while ( aside from the brain; then again, I've
known people who decided to forsaken the gift of thinking and behave like complete assholes instead ). The lotion smells and absorbs great, apply after using the pumice
stone on your feet, and you'll have feet worthy of the most baring of strappy sandals
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Hehehe... my blog.. special thanks to Wann for setting this up. Senang mmg lah senang tapi kalau dah malas tuh tak terbuat jugak, muahaha...
Anyway it's early Sunday morning, and I just finished doing my groceries with Chen, Rock and Wann. Hehehe.. sian Rock ngan Chen, sorry ye for making you wait. Nasib baik diorang bawak buat groceries, kalau tak pagi besok mandi kene merempat mintak sabun kat Teh, dah lah kebulur dalam bilik takde pape. At least skang ade roti and juice and cereal. Lepas shopping, gie makan kat Denny's, had vegetarian omelette, hash browns and toasts. Toasts tak sentuh pon, sangat-sangat kenyang ( as oppose to sangat-sangat lapar before that ). Sebab baru makan, dah takleh nak tido, so might as well try the whole blogger thingy.
Saturday was pretty bland. Patutnye jumpe my EECS 203 groupmate at 1 pm, bile gie Bursley, mamat tuh takde. Call bilik die, last-last roommate die angkat gitau mamat tuh balik umah for the weekends. Celake betol, tak tinggal pesan, tak call, tak email, takde warning ape pon, chett... Last-last balik umah tengok TV cite merepek. TV tuh rasenye jarang gile tutup, ade jugak tuh akhir bulan nie meletup. Kadang-kadang tuh TV tengok kite ( tertido atas couch depan TV.. couch sedap..best2 ). But point is, Saturday tak productive except pikir lebeh sket pasal EECS 280 nye program yg susah gile tuh. Kene buat program yg decode this coded message. Ingat org bini James Bond or gundik Austin Powers ke ape....
Friday was bland jugak, except for the later part fo the afternoon where I did my "physical checkup". Don't ask, moving on to....
Thursday, I had no class, so around 1pm gie turun central jumpe Jennifer ( from EECS 183 lecture last sem ), then kitorang kuar shopping kat Briarwood Mall. Dah lame tak shop for cute tops. Not ugly, bulky winter wear, but actual cute tops that don't make me look like either 1 ) I'm six months pregnant or 2) a rainbow decided to get drunk and puked all over me. I have to say that Forever 21 is my favorite boutique in Ann Arbor ( sori Wann..hehe.. kene share this spot with me ). Clothes there are cheap(-er), they look great and there's loads of choices. Bought myself two tops from there, and I bought two things from The Body Shop, too (hehe..part of my pamper kit ).
My life is so unfilled right now, so let's not kill anybody with boredom and just forget about Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Anyway it's early Sunday morning, and I just finished doing my groceries with Chen, Rock and Wann. Hehehe.. sian Rock ngan Chen, sorry ye for making you wait. Nasib baik diorang bawak buat groceries, kalau tak pagi besok mandi kene merempat mintak sabun kat Teh, dah lah kebulur dalam bilik takde pape. At least skang ade roti and juice and cereal. Lepas shopping, gie makan kat Denny's, had vegetarian omelette, hash browns and toasts. Toasts tak sentuh pon, sangat-sangat kenyang ( as oppose to sangat-sangat lapar before that ). Sebab baru makan, dah takleh nak tido, so might as well try the whole blogger thingy.
Saturday was pretty bland. Patutnye jumpe my EECS 203 groupmate at 1 pm, bile gie Bursley, mamat tuh takde. Call bilik die, last-last roommate die angkat gitau mamat tuh balik umah for the weekends. Celake betol, tak tinggal pesan, tak call, tak email, takde warning ape pon, chett... Last-last balik umah tengok TV cite merepek. TV tuh rasenye jarang gile tutup, ade jugak tuh akhir bulan nie meletup. Kadang-kadang tuh TV tengok kite ( tertido atas couch depan TV.. couch sedap..best2 ). But point is, Saturday tak productive except pikir lebeh sket pasal EECS 280 nye program yg susah gile tuh. Kene buat program yg decode this coded message. Ingat org bini James Bond or gundik Austin Powers ke ape....
Friday was bland jugak, except for the later part fo the afternoon where I did my "physical checkup". Don't ask, moving on to....
Thursday, I had no class, so around 1pm gie turun central jumpe Jennifer ( from EECS 183 lecture last sem ), then kitorang kuar shopping kat Briarwood Mall. Dah lame tak shop for cute tops. Not ugly, bulky winter wear, but actual cute tops that don't make me look like either 1 ) I'm six months pregnant or 2) a rainbow decided to get drunk and puked all over me. I have to say that Forever 21 is my favorite boutique in Ann Arbor ( sori Wann..hehe.. kene share this spot with me ). Clothes there are cheap(-er), they look great and there's loads of choices. Bought myself two tops from there, and I bought two things from The Body Shop, too (hehe..part of my pamper kit ).
My life is so unfilled right now, so let's not kill anybody with boredom and just forget about Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Saturday, February 01, 2003
h e L L o <---- wann tulis
Just a poem to start off the blog with ... my 5 minute poem ( thought of it and got in done in the space of 5 minutes )
Footsteps
sank my toes to the wet sand
hoping to leave a mark
know when the tide comes in
the indent will fade with the rushing sea
try to sink deeper
and deeper still
but the sea is relentless
merciless in it's pursuit
carelessly brushing away
footsteps in the sand
move further from water's edge
on to dry land
no longer leaving footsteps
no mark to say
I was there
realization blooms
I'd rather leave instances
of my footsteps in the sand
than to have never left a mark at all....
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Just a poem to start off the blog with ... my 5 minute poem ( thought of it and got in done in the space of 5 minutes )
Footsteps
sank my toes to the wet sand
hoping to leave a mark
know when the tide comes in
the indent will fade with the rushing sea
try to sink deeper
and deeper still
but the sea is relentless
merciless in it's pursuit
carelessly brushing away
footsteps in the sand
move further from water's edge
on to dry land
no longer leaving footsteps
no mark to say
I was there
realization blooms
I'd rather leave instances
of my footsteps in the sand
than to have never left a mark at all....
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