Assalamu'alaikum....
Top story for tonite will be written in caps lock, thank you very much, so here goes:
1. SAPE AMEK HAIRDRYER AKU, SILE LAH PULANGKAN BALIK, TIME KACIH.... (takde dalam bilik, dah dig in laundry pun tak jumpe)
2. ANYBODY WANNA BUY A RETRO STYLED WOOD PANELLING "FLAT SCREEN (haha) " 21 INCH MAGNAVOX TV FOR UNDER 30 BUCKS CAN MESSAGE/EMAIL/CALL/SMOKE SIGNAL ME AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY (DO NOT CALL WHEN I'M SLEEPING, THOUGH). U PICK UP ONLY, NO DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDED.
3. GIRLS, SAPE NAK MAKE-UP EXTRA AKU, MEH DATANG AMEK. ADELAH A FEW BAGS.....
Okay, finished with those nonsense.
I can't believe spring break is over. Like seriously, I cannot believe that my life is going to fast forward to hell again. Aaccccckkk!!! Me nervous.Well, at least my sorority stuff are finished, so that's one load off my mind. Now I only have to study for the quiz, but backtrack a bit, to a time when homework was just a distance memory and books were used as a foot stool.....
Illinois was heaven. It consister of days of shopping, nights out bowling and DDR, helping Sheila cook, and of course, Evanescence in concert!!!! Aaaacckkk!!! (drool) the concert was excellent!! So, so cool! Evanescence rocks! They had two opening acts, Atomship and Default. Atomship didn't impress me much, in fact I fell asleep during their number (pretty amazing since everything was blasting through my eardrums, that's how "unimpressed" I was), but Default was excellent. Totally rocks. Love them.
When Evanescence came onstage, everything was electric. I couldn't keep my butt on the seat (partly because the mamat in front of me was tall AND he was standing). I loved it! Seriously, I wish I had floor tickets so that I could squeeze myself closer to the stage.
After the concert, Elly, Ella, Hakam and I went to the dining hall to grab us some food. Met up with maestro of funny videos, incik Omar. I watched the clips he did with his friends (Sheila showed it to me), everything was damn funny. Hehehe.. I was gonna put the link in my website, but I can't remember what the link is... whoops... don't fret, it'll come back to me.
One of my best memories in Illinois is the night Sheila, Tet and I went out. We went to eat at Evo, where I had salted fish and chicken fried rice (nyam nyam) and jasmine milk tea that tasted like I was drinking a glass of talcum powder. the smell was so sweet, it made me gagged. After that, we went bowling. Hahaha.. I didn't do pretty badly, considering that I'm a novice. After that, I played a round of DDR, then it was off to my favorite cafe in the world, Moonstruck. Bliss sgt sgt sgt. The hot chocolate was to die for. Love it. Much love to Tet sebab belanje, and Sheila for being wacko (ngehehe.. kidding laling )
Then there was the shopping trips with Sheila and Eric, and another one with Elly, Bashir and Fifi. Got myself a pretty earring holder, and a beautiful bracelet holder. Oh, and a stripped pink and white shirt which goes well with the assortment of bracelets I bought from Claire's.
Then there was Ann Arbor. There was that day of groceries shopping, tolong Dee masak nasik ayam, then melantak nasik ayam, then the attempt to watch a horror-comedy movie at Ayun's.
And there's today, where I am currently at the library chatting my brains out with my cousin and friends. Perfect waste of library time. I was supposed to meet Heather here for an active's interview, but I guess she didn't get my email. So I printed some stuff, chatted a little (cloud 9 ), basically screwed up my study night. Figures.
Anyway, I have to go now, because the library is closing in 15. Ciao!
Wassalam...
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Assalamu'alaikum and hullo :) ....
As I'm writing right now, I'm in Elly's room in Illinois, kicking back after an extremely hectic half semester. I'm just sooo happy right now, especially since I started off Spring Break on kinda the right foot. On Thursday night, I went to Joe's Crabshack for Jennifer's birthday celebration. It was definitely intersting, as I got to see Jen run around the restaurant wearing a coconut bikini, goofy red glasses and a hula... and she was riding a fake horse a la "kuda kepang". And I had crab. Man, the food was good. I had a couple of misses with the food the first two times I went there, but as they say, third time's the charm.
On Friday night, after packing for my Illinois trip, me and the rest of the girls went to Bubble Island for drinks and games. We played three rounds of Taboo, had a blast, then went off to Pinball Pete's, located next door to Bubble Island. Here's where I start losing a whole lotta money. We played this dance floor game thingy that I, for the life of me, can't remember what it's called. Kirah power sial! Then there was the rounds of Daytona, House of The Dead, and other stuff that I can't recall. But anyway, we were kinda flexing our shooting skills for the lazer tag planned the next day. We stayed at the arcade until about 1 a.m, then went back to Alisa's room to continue the festivities. Needless to say, I went to sleep at 5.30 in the morning.....
And woke up at 10.45 a.m. I almost hit the roof. I was supposed to be at the parking lot 15 minutes before that, Cue the opening of windows and yelling "Kirah!! Aku baru bangun!!! Jap Jap!!" (Kirah was my driver) and running around my room putting on clothes and wearing my tudung. By 10.48, I was heading downstairs towards the parking lot, cursing loudly to myself for being such an ass and waking up late. That was the fastest ever I put on clothes on meself. Amazing what being late can do for you.
But anyway, once we got to the whatcha-call-it place, it was so, so much fun. That was the most fun I've had running around with a fake gun in my hands. It was great. BUT... cue the gripe.... if you're not fluent in Malay,or in no mood to hear me gripe, then disregard the next paragraph.
Aku benci, benci, benci when people tell me, in no uncertain terms, what to do. I mean, please lah, orang yang boleh suruh aku buat pape would be mak bapak aku aje and only them. Abang-abang aku pun kene bolayan kalau mengade nak mengarah-arah orang buat ape-ape. I just wanna go there, shoot the crap out of people, and have fun. Susah sgt ke? Susah sgt ke nak bagi aku have fun without breathing down my neck macam tuh? Aku tak mintak pun, langsung tak mintak pun, for you to bagitau what I can and cannot do. And for you to have the gall to datang to me afterwards and make me feel incompetent and pissed off sebab I was off alone and basically leaving the "team" unattended is just crossing the line bro. What the hell?? What the f***in' hell? Piss off lah man, I was this close to just walking away and tak layan kau tau. What the hell??? Geram geram geram geram geram .... First you made me miss my friends, then you make me wish they can haunt you and make you as miserable as you made me. Tolong lah! It was just a game! Bukannye nak bomb Iraq ke White House, and aku bukan pompuan Taliban yang membabi bute nak ikut cakap laki macam tuh. You make me want to claw my eyes so I won't see you, break my arms so I have an excuse to get away from you, chop off my ears so I won't have to hear you, break my legs so I won't have to go anywhere near you. Other than sharing oxygen, that's all I wanna have to do with you. Mess with me, tuh lain cerite. Mess about my friends, and you're dead to me. Never again, man. Nak tau apsal aku tulis kat sini? Because I'll never, ever forgive you for all your crap. Ever. Is it cold? Maybe. But aku dah janji dah lame dulu that I will never again let a guy make me miserable, and aku tanak start now. So piss off , wanker, and go to hell.
*phew*.... okay, that was some steam I just let off. Biarlah orang nak pikir ape, or kalau orang lain tau ke tak sape yang dimaksudkan, but if you think I'm making a big deal out of nothing, the "nothing" larut for 3 semesters. Girl needs to let off steam sometime, right? Muahahaha... I can honestly say right now that the above paragraph is NOT about any undergrads currently attending the University of Michigan. So there.
-Farah-
As I'm writing right now, I'm in Elly's room in Illinois, kicking back after an extremely hectic half semester. I'm just sooo happy right now, especially since I started off Spring Break on kinda the right foot. On Thursday night, I went to Joe's Crabshack for Jennifer's birthday celebration. It was definitely intersting, as I got to see Jen run around the restaurant wearing a coconut bikini, goofy red glasses and a hula... and she was riding a fake horse a la "kuda kepang". And I had crab. Man, the food was good. I had a couple of misses with the food the first two times I went there, but as they say, third time's the charm.
On Friday night, after packing for my Illinois trip, me and the rest of the girls went to Bubble Island for drinks and games. We played three rounds of Taboo, had a blast, then went off to Pinball Pete's, located next door to Bubble Island. Here's where I start losing a whole lotta money. We played this dance floor game thingy that I, for the life of me, can't remember what it's called. Kirah power sial! Then there was the rounds of Daytona, House of The Dead, and other stuff that I can't recall. But anyway, we were kinda flexing our shooting skills for the lazer tag planned the next day. We stayed at the arcade until about 1 a.m, then went back to Alisa's room to continue the festivities. Needless to say, I went to sleep at 5.30 in the morning.....
And woke up at 10.45 a.m. I almost hit the roof. I was supposed to be at the parking lot 15 minutes before that, Cue the opening of windows and yelling "Kirah!! Aku baru bangun!!! Jap Jap!!" (Kirah was my driver) and running around my room putting on clothes and wearing my tudung. By 10.48, I was heading downstairs towards the parking lot, cursing loudly to myself for being such an ass and waking up late. That was the fastest ever I put on clothes on meself. Amazing what being late can do for you.
But anyway, once we got to the whatcha-call-it place, it was so, so much fun. That was the most fun I've had running around with a fake gun in my hands. It was great. BUT... cue the gripe.... if you're not fluent in Malay,or in no mood to hear me gripe, then disregard the next paragraph.
Aku benci, benci, benci when people tell me, in no uncertain terms, what to do. I mean, please lah, orang yang boleh suruh aku buat pape would be mak bapak aku aje and only them. Abang-abang aku pun kene bolayan kalau mengade nak mengarah-arah orang buat ape-ape. I just wanna go there, shoot the crap out of people, and have fun. Susah sgt ke? Susah sgt ke nak bagi aku have fun without breathing down my neck macam tuh? Aku tak mintak pun, langsung tak mintak pun, for you to bagitau what I can and cannot do. And for you to have the gall to datang to me afterwards and make me feel incompetent and pissed off sebab I was off alone and basically leaving the "team" unattended is just crossing the line bro. What the hell?? What the f***in' hell? Piss off lah man, I was this close to just walking away and tak layan kau tau. What the hell??? Geram geram geram geram geram .... First you made me miss my friends, then you make me wish they can haunt you and make you as miserable as you made me. Tolong lah! It was just a game! Bukannye nak bomb Iraq ke White House, and aku bukan pompuan Taliban yang membabi bute nak ikut cakap laki macam tuh. You make me want to claw my eyes so I won't see you, break my arms so I have an excuse to get away from you, chop off my ears so I won't have to hear you, break my legs so I won't have to go anywhere near you. Other than sharing oxygen, that's all I wanna have to do with you. Mess with me, tuh lain cerite. Mess about my friends, and you're dead to me. Never again, man. Nak tau apsal aku tulis kat sini? Because I'll never, ever forgive you for all your crap. Ever. Is it cold? Maybe. But aku dah janji dah lame dulu that I will never again let a guy make me miserable, and aku tanak start now. So piss off , wanker, and go to hell.
*phew*.... okay, that was some steam I just let off. Biarlah orang nak pikir ape, or kalau orang lain tau ke tak sape yang dimaksudkan, but if you think I'm making a big deal out of nothing, the "nothing" larut for 3 semesters. Girl needs to let off steam sometime, right? Muahahaha... I can honestly say right now that the above paragraph is NOT about any undergrads currently attending the University of Michigan. So there.
-Farah-
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Assalamu'alaikum...
I was updating my Snapfish and Wal-Mart album (ordered a few prints and stuff), when I saw my pics with arwah Teh and Nanim. Suddenly I was overwhelmed by this strong feeling of sadness. Not a day passes by that I don't think of them, and everytime I do, I miss them more and more. I mean, you can fill your life with so many things, be involve in so many stuff, make it so that not one second in a day is your own anymore..... but at the end of the day, if you're truly honest with yourself, there's just a void inside you that no one can fill. To miss them the way I do is just a pain that stabs me every day. I mean, I can't very well talk to anyone about this, it's been over so long, and in a way, I've moved on with my life. But a part of me is still there, in that moment in time on Nov 9th, 2003.... the first time that I felt that void that has been haunting me ever since.
Is my blog too public for me to write something as private as this? Maybe. But I'm feeling too fucked up and robbed of any sanity that I don't really give a shit who reads this....
I was updating my Snapfish and Wal-Mart album (ordered a few prints and stuff), when I saw my pics with arwah Teh and Nanim. Suddenly I was overwhelmed by this strong feeling of sadness. Not a day passes by that I don't think of them, and everytime I do, I miss them more and more. I mean, you can fill your life with so many things, be involve in so many stuff, make it so that not one second in a day is your own anymore..... but at the end of the day, if you're truly honest with yourself, there's just a void inside you that no one can fill. To miss them the way I do is just a pain that stabs me every day. I mean, I can't very well talk to anyone about this, it's been over so long, and in a way, I've moved on with my life. But a part of me is still there, in that moment in time on Nov 9th, 2003.... the first time that I felt that void that has been haunting me ever since.
Is my blog too public for me to write something as private as this? Maybe. But I'm feeling too fucked up and robbed of any sanity that I don't really give a shit who reads this....
Sunday, February 08, 2004
Assalamu'alaikum....
See? Juicy stuff always comes up whenever I call home. Apparently my house just adopted a new kitten. She has white fur and blue eyes, and my nephew adores her. Though that's open to interpretation. My nephew adored our last cat and he dragged the poor thing around using his walker and basically bullied Whiskas to death (not literally, of course). And both of my parents are heading of to Cairo next week for 7 days of fun... by themselves. How romantic. mostly it's going to be on a cruise, so I told my mom to go see our doctor and get some sea-sick pills. I'm so jealous. I wanna go too! No wonder we're not moving to a new house. Well, they deserve it, my mom and dad are the very best. Plus we're getting a new car. I can't remember what type, but it's gonna be a Proton because my brother was the one who picked it out (the ever diligent government officer now has an affinity for everything "local" ). Maybe we got a discount, because I can't imagine why he would want a Proton anything in the first place. Me and my second bro are real snobs... heheheh .... if we can get away with it, we always go for the stuff that has no "cap Malaysia" on it. My dream car (for the time being) happens to be a Hyundai Coupe exactly like my cousin's. I used to drool over this red Alfa Romeo when I was in high school, though that one's waaaaaay out of range. I can't remember what my brother was into, but I'm sure it was really expensive, nguahaha...
Next item on the list: apparently my "extended family" (if you can call it that) manages to make up stories about my currently non-existing love life (?). My mom's ex-boyfriend married off his daughter, and invited my mom's sister to the wedding (they're cousins.... which means he's my mom's cousin too... how "fun"). Apparently he found out that I'm friends with his nephew (we're the same age) and he's all excited about it. Cue the eeeeyeeewwww sound I mad into the phone. First of all, we are so not an item, just friends, and we haven't seen each other in three years. Second of all, what is it to him that we're friends? It's not his son. My aunt reported this to my mom (my mom wasn't invited to the wedding... doh... though the guy told my grandma's nurse that he did invite mommy... it's all complicated), and my aunt even said (according to my mom) "tak dapat mak nye, anak die pun boleh". Made me laugh like a hyena into the phone. My mom said "Kalau boleh, cariklah orang lain, Farah" (try and find someone else). So I teased her "Kalau tak jumpe orang lain, camane? Kite tak cantik macam mak.. mak tunggu kat bas stop, ade org ikut sampai ke rumah, Farah tunggu kat bas stop, bas pun tanak berenti" (basically I made a joke about not finding someone). My mom laughed into the phone... but still told me to find someone else. Hahahaha... we'll see, mummy :)... So far she hasn't approved of one single guy I've been with, or the ones I liked either. I so do not want to die an old maid, these hips are made for bearing kids (what other explaination for my humongous butt? hahaha), hehehe... I love babies. I'm picky enough for me, put my whole family in the equation.... potent combination that would result in either me getting the catch of the century.... or none at all. Oh well, que sera sera...
Okay, it's almost 2 a.m, I need to go pray, get my laundry and go to Ijat's room to help with stuff. So I'll catch you guys later. Ta!
Wassalam...
See? Juicy stuff always comes up whenever I call home. Apparently my house just adopted a new kitten. She has white fur and blue eyes, and my nephew adores her. Though that's open to interpretation. My nephew adored our last cat and he dragged the poor thing around using his walker and basically bullied Whiskas to death (not literally, of course). And both of my parents are heading of to Cairo next week for 7 days of fun... by themselves. How romantic. mostly it's going to be on a cruise, so I told my mom to go see our doctor and get some sea-sick pills. I'm so jealous. I wanna go too! No wonder we're not moving to a new house. Well, they deserve it, my mom and dad are the very best. Plus we're getting a new car. I can't remember what type, but it's gonna be a Proton because my brother was the one who picked it out (the ever diligent government officer now has an affinity for everything "local" ). Maybe we got a discount, because I can't imagine why he would want a Proton anything in the first place. Me and my second bro are real snobs... heheheh .... if we can get away with it, we always go for the stuff that has no "cap Malaysia" on it. My dream car (for the time being) happens to be a Hyundai Coupe exactly like my cousin's. I used to drool over this red Alfa Romeo when I was in high school, though that one's waaaaaay out of range. I can't remember what my brother was into, but I'm sure it was really expensive, nguahaha...
Next item on the list: apparently my "extended family" (if you can call it that) manages to make up stories about my currently non-existing love life (?). My mom's ex-boyfriend married off his daughter, and invited my mom's sister to the wedding (they're cousins.... which means he's my mom's cousin too... how "fun"). Apparently he found out that I'm friends with his nephew (we're the same age) and he's all excited about it. Cue the eeeeyeeewwww sound I mad into the phone. First of all, we are so not an item, just friends, and we haven't seen each other in three years. Second of all, what is it to him that we're friends? It's not his son. My aunt reported this to my mom (my mom wasn't invited to the wedding... doh... though the guy told my grandma's nurse that he did invite mommy... it's all complicated), and my aunt even said (according to my mom) "tak dapat mak nye, anak die pun boleh". Made me laugh like a hyena into the phone. My mom said "Kalau boleh, cariklah orang lain, Farah" (try and find someone else). So I teased her "Kalau tak jumpe orang lain, camane? Kite tak cantik macam mak.. mak tunggu kat bas stop, ade org ikut sampai ke rumah, Farah tunggu kat bas stop, bas pun tanak berenti" (basically I made a joke about not finding someone). My mom laughed into the phone... but still told me to find someone else. Hahahaha... we'll see, mummy :)... So far she hasn't approved of one single guy I've been with, or the ones I liked either. I so do not want to die an old maid, these hips are made for bearing kids (what other explaination for my humongous butt? hahaha), hehehe... I love babies. I'm picky enough for me, put my whole family in the equation.... potent combination that would result in either me getting the catch of the century.... or none at all. Oh well, que sera sera...
Okay, it's almost 2 a.m, I need to go pray, get my laundry and go to Ijat's room to help with stuff. So I'll catch you guys later. Ta!
Wassalam...
Assalamu'alaikum....
Tiring week, can't believe it's not over yet. Anyway, glad it's Saturday, anyway. We'll be having our Singaporean -Malaysian Cultural Show THIS Friday at 7 pm. Which means I'll have to leave work a little bit early. Hopefully Katherine won't mind. Right now I'm a little bit in over my head with work, practice, homework and midterms, not to mention sorority pledging, though I'm rethinking the whole thing. But we'll see.
I wanna write, but right now nothing comes to mind. Think I have writer's block. Huh. Imagine that. Oh well... I'll try again later after talking to my mom. Layter peeps!
Wassalam..
Tiring week, can't believe it's not over yet. Anyway, glad it's Saturday, anyway. We'll be having our Singaporean -Malaysian Cultural Show THIS Friday at 7 pm. Which means I'll have to leave work a little bit early. Hopefully Katherine won't mind. Right now I'm a little bit in over my head with work, practice, homework and midterms, not to mention sorority pledging, though I'm rethinking the whole thing. But we'll see.
I wanna write, but right now nothing comes to mind. Think I have writer's block. Huh. Imagine that. Oh well... I'll try again later after talking to my mom. Layter peeps!
Wassalam..
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
Assalamu'alaikum....
Shitty, shitty, shitty....... I woke up late for class today, crap. I hate this. I don't get to rest during the day, and now even my nights aren't my own anymore. I don't fall asleep easy, unless I'm very tired, so it usually takes me around an hour and a half of tossing and turning before I finally fall asleep again. I would appreciate it if people would leave me and my nights alone. So unless it's a life and death situation, do not call me after 1 am. Last night I had 3 phone calls, one at 1 am, one at around 2 (cuz, I love you, but that was wack timing) , and the last one at 3 am, and that was the last straw. I work hard during the day, so please, just let me sleep.
Shitty, shitty, shitty....... I woke up late for class today, crap. I hate this. I don't get to rest during the day, and now even my nights aren't my own anymore. I don't fall asleep easy, unless I'm very tired, so it usually takes me around an hour and a half of tossing and turning before I finally fall asleep again. I would appreciate it if people would leave me and my nights alone. So unless it's a life and death situation, do not call me after 1 am. Last night I had 3 phone calls, one at 1 am, one at around 2 (cuz, I love you, but that was wack timing) , and the last one at 3 am, and that was the last straw. I work hard during the day, so please, just let me sleep.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Assalamu'alaikum and hi....
Sorry I haven't been updating my blog, I've been trying to get things on track right now after the Sunday's "The Ramayana" performance. The performance went well, extremely good, I think. And the best thing was, I didn't even feel nervous on stage. That is so weird. I mean, even when I was just singing half of a song during the Eid Umimsa celebration I was kinda shaking, and I was so scared of screwing up. But on Sunday, I felt... nothing. No nervousness. I mean, I was really excited, and I know a lot of people are there, but I didn't get cold feet, I didn't feel scared. In fact, it felt like the most natural thing ever. Huh. Imagine that. Maybe there was something good that came out of being too tired and numb to feel too many emotions at once.
Monday was blah. So was today, but even more worse. The good thing was that I started my new job, which means I've taken the first step to earning a non-dining hall related paycheck. Yay! There wasn't much to do today, basically "makan gaji bute aje". I came, got the full tour of Pierpont Commons, read a few files, sorted out a few magazines, then went home.
Right now I'm feeling really, really, REALLY tired, effects from Sunday's performance and me going insane trying to catch up on homework and stuff. Me tired, school stupid. Nuff said.
Oh, and I'll be updating my pictures soon, so wait for it, okay :) ? Bye!
Wassalam...
Sorry I haven't been updating my blog, I've been trying to get things on track right now after the Sunday's "The Ramayana" performance. The performance went well, extremely good, I think. And the best thing was, I didn't even feel nervous on stage. That is so weird. I mean, even when I was just singing half of a song during the Eid Umimsa celebration I was kinda shaking, and I was so scared of screwing up. But on Sunday, I felt... nothing. No nervousness. I mean, I was really excited, and I know a lot of people are there, but I didn't get cold feet, I didn't feel scared. In fact, it felt like the most natural thing ever. Huh. Imagine that. Maybe there was something good that came out of being too tired and numb to feel too many emotions at once.
Monday was blah. So was today, but even more worse. The good thing was that I started my new job, which means I've taken the first step to earning a non-dining hall related paycheck. Yay! There wasn't much to do today, basically "makan gaji bute aje". I came, got the full tour of Pierpont Commons, read a few files, sorted out a few magazines, then went home.
Right now I'm feeling really, really, REALLY tired, effects from Sunday's performance and me going insane trying to catch up on homework and stuff. Me tired, school stupid. Nuff said.
Oh, and I'll be updating my pictures soon, so wait for it, okay :) ? Bye!
Wassalam...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)