Assalamu'alaikum....

Go my hair done today... well, just a trim and slight highlights (just a few strands, no biggie) and cleaned-up my eyebrows a bit to give my eyes some definition (yeah right). KB and Sue haven't arrived yet, so I'm still waiting. Want to write more, but I'm just soooo tired from the late night and super early morning. So I'll just wait till later. Ciao!

Wassalam....

p/s : Thanks Wann for the nightie.... very sexy, ahaks ;) !

Assalamu'alaikum...

KB and Sue are coming today!!!! Yay!!!! I can't wait! I'm cooking up a storm right now because I'm going out early morn to get my medication, so I decided to start on some stuff early. I'm just soooo tired right now, but everything HAVE to be perfect for their visit. Yesterday Wann and I went to Target to get my new furnitures, and I spent today putting up things and getting out mattresses and other stuff like that. My body iss soooo ready to shut down right now, but I still haven't finished cooking yet. Great. Just fantastic. But anyway, I can't wait for mah gurlz to arrive, I miss them soooo much, it's insane. Now, if only I can get Ekin and dayang to get their butts here, too, now that would be fant-ass-tic :) .

Wassalam

Assalamu'alaikum...

AAARRGHHH!!!! I feel soooooo fat. This is all because of last semester. I ate like a piggy, didn't do enough exercise, couldn't find a way to release all the tension due to hard courses and piles of schoolwork.... and every other crap that happened. I hate it. And I've only lost around 8 pounds since last week. Ugh. Pathetic. Seriously, I can't wait till school starts and the gym is open full time again.

Oooppss... forgot to do something. BRB.

Assalamu'alaikum....

Ahaha... my birthday took about a day to really "ripen"... I had gotten a birthday call a couple of hours ago from Ayun, Ijat, my two seniors Dinna and K. Jannah, Hakam, Ella, Apoo, Rock and Chen... not personally from all of them, just a phone call and everyone was there. Got a birthday song from them, too. Everybody's so sweet. Ekin, mah gurl in USC, gave me an e-card (sho schweet cayang). And my bro gave me a birthday e-mail... and a testimonial. I might actually take up on his offer of ruining the lives of people I have a grudge on... I can name a few whom I want on the government's most wanted list.... bengkrap ke... ahahah... it's good to have a bro on the higher hierarchy of the civil service.

Just got back from watching "Shanghai Knights" on DVD with Wann... funny, funny movie....

Sue and KB, get your asses in Ann Arbor pronto babes! I miss you guys soooooo much! Can't wait till Wednesday.. la la la....

Jay Jay, miss you too...

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

My big bro (the single one, not the married one) recently became a Friendster user. He emailed me because he probably couldn't find me using the user search, especially since I changed my email and all. So I searched and added him instead. Hehehe... I left a nice LONG testimonial, hey, that's what sisters are for... especially since I'm his ONLY sis. Let's see if it gets approved......Hopefully he wouldn't find out about my online journal thingy. Oh wait, he does know about that. Damn.

I called my mom again yesterday, and she told me the funniest stories... and some not-so-good ones. Bad story first: my granny had breast cancer. Good thing the cancer cells didn't spread, so they were able to remove the lump completely. Still nothing is certain, so I'm still very, very scared. And since cancer is genetic... well, you can imagine how fidgety I am about my boobs nowadays. I tell ya, it's not a fun feeling at all. I'm only 21, but still, things can (and do) happen. I'm just praying that it won't.

After that, mummy yakked about a wedding she went on recently. The host put up 3 tents, but they were so many people, a lot of them didn't get seats. So there was my mom and her friend, with their plates of food, trying to find a place to sit, when they noticed a couple of empty spaces. She was just about to sit down, when this guy said that the seats were already taken. Mum asked by whom, he said his friends. She asked where they were, and he said they were taking their food. Then mum cheekily said "Well, I have mine" and proceeded to sit down and enjoy her food (knowing mum, all of that was done in a very soft, sophisticated, regal manner... my mom rocks). Precise conversation went like this (according to her, at least:

Guy: Eh, sori ye, ade orang dah duduk sini lah

Mum : Oh ye ke. Mane orangnye?

Guy : Tgh dalam line ambik food.

Mum : Eh I dah ade food (sits).

Wish I can pull off a stunt like that, ahaks. :)

Wassalam....

Assalamu'alaikum...

Sorry Jen, too tired to think in complete English right now. Gile-gile hari nie, sgt2 bosan, bedey paling bosan dalam dunie. Hari nie buat ape? Nothin'. Lepak, lepak, bace buku, makan kat bilik org...... tuh ajek. Kan bagus kalau the days lepas Christmas tuh bukan weekend, buleh gie shopping naik bas. As it is, malas sgt mau kluar sebab bas mase weekend tersangat lah lambat, macam kure-kure. Bongek. Patutnye weekendlah buat bas byk. Sebab ramai nak kluar. Nak2 lagi lepas2 Christmas camnie. Of course I wanna go to the sales yang tgh tahap dewa byk kat malls. Darn it.

As it is, I spent the day bored, then waktu malam decided to be productive and amek microwave kat bilik Kirah. Langkah kanan sebab Kirah masak kuzi, sedap. Pastu Syeri plak masak nasik lemak, tapi sebab dah makan byk sgt, decided to bawak balik and makan tgh malam nanti bile for sure nye lapaq.

Arrghhh! Org lain sume Cuti-Cuti Malaysia..... kite kat sini Bosan bosan Ann Arbor! Nasib baik next week KB nak dtg ngan budak Purdue lain, rindu nye!!!!!!!

Alisa and Deera, thank you for the gift and card, sweet gile :) ....

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum...

Heheh... today I finally turn legal, ain't life grand ... I'm so grateful to be able to see this day come, grateful for all the blessings that I've received and the journey that I've been... :) ....

Spent the day doing groceries at Jerusalem Market, then watched a Korean movie and "Love, Actually" with Fer and Parvina at Wann's room. As much as I want to elaborate in detail, I'm far too sleepy for it.

Oh, but before I go... I called home just now to talk to mum, but she wasn't in, so I got my nephew Ajiq instead. he's 2 years old, can barely talk, but he sang a birthday song for me just now, isn't that the cutest... and he cried when my sis-in-law tried to take the phone away from him. God knows how much I miss him and everyone at home.

Missing someone very, very much right now......

Wassalam.....

Assalamu'alaikum...

Okay, I played this song to death in my playlist for so long now, it's only fair that I share my love (?) for it with everyone. It's being overplayed in the radio anyway, so me putting it here wouldn't exactly matter so much! Haha.... Enjoy :)

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

Christmas Eve! Ahaks :). I spent the whole of Monday and Tuesday shopping, reading, watching Lord of The Rings ( Which I really do like, by the way, though it seems weird that Aragorn didn't die in the end, since the book said otherwise ). I shoped at Borders, despite the people picketing outside (it's been well over a month ), bought myself a few books to read during those boring days, or at least boring hours. Then I headed on to the UgLi and borrowed another 2 books..... Salman Rushdie's "Fury" (better read some of his stuff here, since it's totally banned in Malaysia... I think) and "Ilium", a (somewhat) translation (maybe) of "Iliad". Haven't started reading that one, so I can't really comment yet.

My room still looks like a wrecking ball just had it's merry way with it.... especially since I haven't gotten around to cleaning up my place. Hey, on both Monday and Tuesday, I woke up at 11, went out at 12, and come back home only waaaaaaaay after 11 o'clock (well, 9 for Tuesday). And after that, I was so pooped out from all the shopping and money spending ( Dad's gonna scream his head off when he sees the credit card statement.... oh wait, i didn't use his card! Hah! I am a good daughter), I couldn't do much of anything except change clothes and go to bed.... after watching TV, of course.

And watched TV I did... after all, last night was Tuesday night. My TV night. I missed "Gilmore Girls", sadly, but I managed to catch "One Tree Hill". Chad Michael Murray is so HOT! Heheh... I had a huge crush on him when he was Tristan in "Gilmore Girls", not so when he was Lone Ranger, and then back again when he became Lucas Scott, heartthrob of Tree Hill. Cool :). I never really go for blond guys, the only other two blonds I really liked was Ronan Keating of Boyzone (oh, the simpler days of Brit-pop) and an ex-classmate I went out with a couple of times.

What's my plan for Christmas Eve? Well, I still have to call Jen and Tina, and wish them a happy and merry Christmas :). And after that.... just rel;axing with my bounty from previous days shopping. I got a new quilt, which was originally 80 bucks but I got it for 30 (snap! ). I LOVE the quilt. It's pink (figures) and green and it's absolutely beautiful. I also got pink shams to match ( 100% Egyptian cotton, 250 thread count that was priced for 27.99 but I got for 5 bucks ), and I slept like a baby with a silver spoon stuck in her mouth (?).

Okay, I need to go and paste some stuff, my posters aren't up yet :). Later!

Wassalam...

p/s: to all of my Christian friends... Merry Christmas :)!

Assalamu'alaikum....

It's been a long time since I've updated this journal of mine. First there was the exams, then me moving out of my old room into my new one. So now I'm a resident of Eaton House, room 4105. My new room left a lot to be desired, though, because there's no book shelf for me to put my books. That totally threw me off, since I do have a lot of books (accumulated throughout the 3 years), and now my books are laying on the floor inside their respective boxes. Definitely not cool. Oh, btw, Jen, if you're reading this, see, I'm writing totally in English. See how much I love you? Hope you're having anawesome holiday.

As for me, I'm stuck here in Ann Arbor. Actually, it's a good thing. So many things have happened, I think I do need the time to get myself centered and free-up my head to prepare for the new term. Last term , everything was rush-rush. I rushed to settle stuff, rushed to push feelings away so that I can focus, rushed
to force myself to be okay about things when in actuality I didn't feel okay. Rushed to be normal for everyone else's sake except mine. Rush rush rush....

Okay, let me backtrack a bit so you'll get an idea of what I've been upto since the end of finals. On Friday, with the help of kak Deng, Fer and Azwan, I moved into my new room. Can you imagin how tiring that was, I only had 3 hours to clear out of my room, good thing Kak Deng was there the whole time, and that Wann and I did one load of stuff before hand, and that Azwan and Fer was there to move my ever-loving couch. Thank you thank you thank you :) . But still, my arms, back and feet ached like crazy after that. Actually, they're still sore, but I'm all in all okay :). Oritey, so on Saturday, I managed to sort out my clothes, and then Kak Deng brought me, Alisa, Dayang and Diba out to watch Mona Lisa Smile. Good movie, stellar cast, love it. I wwouldn't call it a chick flick, more like a flick filled with chicks, hahaha (there is a difference). I love the message in it, it's so empowering. Makes me feel like I can be whatever I want to be, and I don't have to give a damn what anybody says.

Today, more cleaning up was done. So I managed to store away half of my stuff, but I'm just so lost without a book shelf. Oh well. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Which is why used that big box of books to make pressed flowers, heheh. Hey, I have two weeks to make my room not only livable, but reflects me and MY personality. A task more arduous than I imagined, but I shall prevail, I kid you not.

Tomorrow is a brand new day. I'm thinking about spending it on Central Campus and find something to send back to my mom. Seems like the birthdy card i sent shortly after I send the Eid card didn't arrive, so since I've screwed up anyway, might as well try to find mummy dearest a nice present too. I miss home so much.

I've had the craziest idea of touring Europe.... alone. A friend of mine did it, I'm sure it wasn't that bad. I remember touring by bus when I was smaller. Okay, I'm not exactly a fan of getting around by bus, but I admit the trip was pretty fun (I was with my parents). I love going to places with rides and stuff like that, but I haven't had any cultural experience for well over two years, and I can barely remember the places that I went when I was small. I wouldn't mind touring with friends, of course, but somehow I don't think anyone would wanna do the stuff that I want to.... boring stuff like going to museums and look at paintings and sculptures, visit cathedrals, old monuments, gardens.... I love Ann Arbor, but aside from the Museum of Modern Art at Central, everything else are so inacessible. Oh well... My parents would prbably have a fit if i tell them i want to travel alone, but a tour with an agency seems safe enough, so we'll see :) .

Okay, I need to map out my central trip for tomorrow, so ciao peeps!

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

AAACCKKK!!! Exam maths at 4 o'clock, apsal lah buat time tuh, I wanna go to EECS 281 review. :( !!! Aaaaa... mummy!!!! Kuang hajo lah schedule camtuh. Anyway, semalam tidoq lambat, tapi set jam nak bangun kinda awal, so anyway, tadi alarm clock kejutkan subuh, pastu set balik soh kejut kol 9. Bile die bunyik kol 9, tersalah tengok jam ingatkan kol seblas (jauh beze tuh). Bangun2 dah heart attack dah, cepat-cepat turun katil.... and jatuh gedebuk atas lantai. Apsal camtuh? Sebab kaki tak bangun lagi, gerak laju sgt, alih-alih die takleh support. Pagi-pagi dah jatuh. Nasib baik pandang comp and perasan, ooo.. baru 9.15 rupenye.

Bangun pepagi ingatkan buleh ler study lebey2 sket... hampeh, habuk pun tak masuk. Ngehehe... so nie tengah take a break and tgk list people not in my contact list, but have me in theirs. Ade lah jugak quite a few, mase tgh dok2 ponder "pas exam nak kene clean-up msn, kene delete contacts yg tak....", tetibe perasan satu email me yang kinda vaguely familiar lah jugak. Pastu it hits me. Ish, org nie tak patut have me dalam die punye contact pun, actually. So selepas setahun tak memblock org secare permanent, I broke my rule and move the address to my "blocked messages" kotak. Childish? Maybe. Stupid? Hell yeah. Puas hati tak pastu? Definitely. Heheh. Diabolical minds works in twisted ways.

Okay, break's over, time to hit the books/papers again... wish me luck peeps!

Wassalam....

Assalamu'alaikum...

Even though my birthday isn't until another two weeks, tonite I got a birthday dinner and a present from Jen. Austrian crystal brooch in the shape of two birds... I like :) . Love it, in fact. Thank you Jay Jay, hahaha :) . Make sure you check your mailbox while you're at home, there might be something there for you ;) .

Anyways, tomolo is my math exam, then EECS281 exam on Tuesday, and then I'm DONE baby! Oh man, can't wait for the torture to be over. A toast, to a (hopefully) awesome upcoming holiday and an incredible winter semester....

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum...

Oh, I so can't wait till the exams are over! Even though I have no definite plans for the upcoming winter vacation, but it'll just be good for me to stay put, gather my thoughts and get some time to prepare for the next semester :) . Plus, there are a few stuff that I wanna do that I can't start till i finish the exams.. like shopping for a new LCD computer monitor, new hard-drive, new PDA, maybe a new jewellery or two... heheh. No vacay for me equals to more money to spend. Oh, and the new portrait that I'm gonna get when I turn 21. That's right, people, I'll be 21 on the 27th of this month!! Can't wait. My mom had this thing of taking her pic every year on her birthday, I might just do that this year (if it's not too expensive). There's so many things that I want to get before the upcoming semster, hopefully I'll have money for them:-
1. Brand new hard-drive
My comp is currently in the ice-age mode. I've been itching to get a new HD for so long, but never got around to doing it. Now that I have to have new software installed, I HAVE to get one.

2. LCD comp monitor
I wanna get rid of my old comp table, it's black, ugly, and a bitch to lug around. Plus, my old monitor is about as big as mini TV, which is also a pain to carry.

3. Wireless EVERYTHING
Keyboard, mouse, and that new laptop I've had my eyes on since the beginning of the semester, and a PDA. Okay, we'll start with the keyboard and mouse first, then PDA, then the laptop. Still can't decide between the Palm and the Sony (for the PDA)

4. Tag Heuer watch
Wow-weeee.... hehehe... I have a Rolex that mum bought for me, but I want a Tag. Like really.

5. Silhouette sunglases
The COOLEST frames ever made!


Waahhh... kalau nak list byk lagi mende2 yang nak.... semue yang jenis ikut nafsu, bukan kemampuan punye barang.

Okay, me need to sleep, big day of studyin' tomolo. Au revoir!

Wassalam...

PHOTOS FROM RAYA CELEBRATION

click here to view my online album :) .

Heheh... phone bunyik, be right back.

Assalamu'alaikum....

ARGH!!!!! What ever made me think I have what it takes to be a programmer?? This last program is giving me sleepless nights, and not the good kind, either. I'm totally trippin' and bent out of shape. Sheesh. Right now I'm officially closing the book on my program 'cause I need to get working on my French project (last one, too).

Okay, here's a cute website that Sareque and her "man" went that's kinda cute (your "man", Sareque? Never thought I'd see the day you would write that ). Click here to get your Elvish and Hobbit names. What are those, you ask. Aaahh... enter the realm and discover... crap, I sound like such a dork. Just click on the damn thing and go, okay? If you don't wanna, so? Tak pegi pun takpe. Anyway, my Elvish name is Silmarwen Elanessëm ( cool!) , and my hobbit name is Peony Hardbottle (ermm.. okay). What's yours? Put yours in the Shoutbox :), I can bet some of us would have the same name.

What's in my playlist right now? Nickelback's "Someday", Clay Aiken's "Measure of a Man" and B2K's "Gots Ta Be". Kesian my neighbor because I keep blaring the computer at ungodly hours. Whoopsie. Hehehe....

Okay, nak kene work on my Djisktra (did I spell that right?) algo and then French. Ciao peeps!

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

Totally forgot, anybody who hasn't, and if you visit this site often, please pin yourself on the guestmap :). the button is located on the left side of the window, under the "About Me" section. It's cute, try it. Just pick a place, pin yourself, and leave me a message. It's easy, doesn't take a long time... and I'm beginning to sound like an infomercial. Figures. Oh well, moving on...

This song is so, so beautiful... I love it so much, the lyrics is so haunting, though it makes me feel that as a girl, I might be asking too much. Heheh. Enjoy this song as much as I do :) .

"Measure Of A Man"

If one day you discover him
Broken down he's lost everything
No cars, no fancy clothes to make him who he's not
The woman at his side is all that he has got
Why do you ask him move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When it is down to the wire
Would he give his life up
To be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

If by chance all he had to give you
Was three words wrapped around your finger
Would that be deep enough at the end of every day
And how will you ever know
If a man is what he says?

Why do you ask him to move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth
Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When its down to the wire
Would he give his life up to be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

He never gives up
Lets go of his dream
His world goes around for his one true belief
Is that how you know
Is that what it means?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
Would he will be your anchor when the dark unfolds
Would he always love you the best that he knows?

Would he give his life up
To be all that he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When it is down to the wire
Would he give his life up
To be all he can

Is that, is that, is that, how you measure oh...

Is that, is that, is that, how your measure a man?

So how does one measure a man?

Assalamu'alaikum...
Ahaks! Finally a shoutbox that I like, hehehe. Like this one, easy, multi-lingual, nak load pun tak susah. Keskes.... me happy.

Anyway, my French oral went so and so. Nak kate teruk sgt, tak jugak, but it wasn't that bad. I was very, very happy when my GSI said that my French "flows" and that I have a nice accent. Heheheheh... bangge bangge (ye lah tuh). Anyway, I liked French so much I might even consider taking it during the summer, but we'll see :) .

Today I feel a bit better in spite of not taking Sudafed or the likes. Nasib baik, sebab hari nie nak kene pulun wat program (or pro-geram ). Aiyok. Tak best. Bilik tgh macam kandang kambing, me need to pack up because I'm moving. Yes, I am moving to Eaton House, nombor bilik TBA (actually dah tau dah but I'm not gonna say it here, hehehe... carik lah stalkers.com, otherwise known as the Umich directory ).

Hari nie setat pose enam, so nak gie masak. Bubbye!

Wassalam....

p/s: oh, me like this song a lot. Clay Aiken is so lovable.

Assalamu'alaikum...
AAARGGHHH!!!! Demam demam! Can this week get any worse? Tuh lah, happy sangat last week, kan dah, payback time. Anyway, today I am so darn sick I don't dare nak gie outside in case I infect anybody else. There's no medicine in the house, too. Damn, I'm usuallu very meticulous about taking vitamin C every day, still I get sick. Dah lah ingat kan nak get my flu shot hari nie, you can't get the shot if you already have the flu! Crappy crappy... on top of it all, my voice is going yet I have my oh-so-lovable French oral tomorrow. Great. Just great. Program pun tak siap lagik. Due next week. Part 1, my part, my easy-peasy part, is turning out to be a real biatch. Aaaarrrgghhh!!!! My cortisol level is rising, because tense = fat beyond reason. Ah shit.

Okay, enough with the rambling. Last weekend, on Thursday, we had our Eid-Thanksgiving celebration. Long story cut short, good food, great time. Ahaks. Long story version: where do I start? Nizam had his open house on Wednesday, a whole bunch of people came. The next day was a whole day of cooking food in preparation for the big event. Big whoop. Big mess. Big smell (?). Anyways, we had satay, rendang, a whole bunch of dishes with "kambing" in them (ever heard of kari kambing, kambing black pepper, kambing sup, kambing amende-ntah-lagik all in one event? ), nasi impit , kuah kacang, bihun goreng, desserts and a whole bunch of other stuff that I can't remember. Then there was the performance part. Go to Wolverine Malaya webbie to get more scoop on that. Hehehe. I'm not gonna elaborate. After that, tengok Cinta Kolesterol, with Yusry and Mrs. Yusry, or if you think it the other way, Erra and Mr. Erra.

Oh, btw, Yanie cayang, aku dah balik bilik dah (as in bilik sendiri), so call me there, okay? Tinggal mesej kat Friendster tak berjawab, amek ko, aku letak kat blogger.

Love, love, LOVE the piggie on my desk! :) Thanks Jen, muaks!

Okay, I have a headache right now. TTYL!

Wassalam....