I'm moving my updates to a different blog, http://www.farah-faisal.blogspot.com, since it's an easier address to remember and spell. It's been a great ride updating this blog, hope you'll follow me on to the next chapter!

Monday, March 29, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum....

Hey peeps! Please click here to donate to Relay For Life!! . Any sort of donation is completely appreciated, of course.

Yeah, I'm doing some community service before the semester is over. The event is next week, by the way, so anybody wanting to make a contribution, please do :) . Any money given, even a dollar, is truly appreciated. Relay For Life is under the American Cancer Society, and all contributions go towards finding a cure for the disease and help fight cancer worldwide.

Funny, I started out doing this because of a sorority requirement, and suddenly it became very personal to me. My grampa on my mom's side died of stomach cancer, and my grandma (arwah's wife) was diagnosed with breast cancer not too long ago. Even though the growth was completely removed, she still has to do regular check-ups, just in case. I mean, I know we had some history in my family, but I didn't know about all this until me and my mom stumbled upon the subject when we were talking. Suddenly I'm glad I'm doing the relay.....

Okay, I have to get on studying now, but remember people, donate!! Till later, ciao!

Wassalam.....



Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum

Ngahaha... hari tuh tgh buat projek Tech Com 281, kene carik list of clubs yang wujud kat Umich nie.... Tetibe, jumpe lah this one:
Sketsa! (Malaysian Students' Association)

Nie sure zaman batu punye list, dah berape tahun dah name kitorang UMIMSA. Dah lah name Sketsa tuh ade tande seru kat hujung die. Hok aloh. Nasib baik skang dah tukar name. Kalau tak, malu jek.

Anyway, tadi konon-konon buat homework ngan Ijat, pastu ade lah graph nie, pastu dekat graph tuh ade due nodes yang memasing bernama Burglary ngan Earthquake. Pastu kitorang pun tgh nak mereason graph tuh (sebab sume bende tak make sense)....

Aku : Eh, cube compare graph nie. Apsal kat sini ade arrow from Earthquake to Burglary?
Ijat : Ooo sebab kalau ade earthquake org lagi nak keluar merompak...
Aku : (*snort!*, tgh tahan gelak) Ape pulak, kalau earthquake lah orang lagi tanak keluar sebab takut
Ijat : Tak lah, time earthquake, tgh huru-hare, so org tak pay attention ko merompak. Tapi nie aku pandai-pandai je, jgn ikut cakap aku.

Hahahahahahah.... power punye reasoning. Lepas tuh conversation berenti jap sebab aku takleh nak berenti gelak, sambil tuh Ijat cakap "siot ko!". Hahaha... sayang ko Ijat, jangan mare, kalau takde ko bosan sume orang, termasuklah aku :). Lepas habes gelakkan Ijat, die kene gie kelas, so tinggal sengsorang.... and datanglah pembalasan..... sebab gelakkan orang, tadi tgh2 seronok bace buku, someone gie terkejutkan from belakang. Ter melatah "Oh f*** you!" . Dang.. pusing tgk my cutie classmate from previous semester, Mr. Blondie yang suke panggil aku "shrimp, how ya doin'?". Mase tuh muke dah merah, die pun terkejut kejap (ye lah, before this depan die baik je), ngaha, pastu cakap lah sori bebanyak, tercakap sebab terkejut. Lagi embarrassing... hari nie konon nak jadi nerd gile, nak duduk kat MU lame2, so pakai baju yang sememeh lagi comfy..... tshirt lengan panjang corak biru ngan sluar track matching biru yang ade koyak kecik kat lutut sebab jatuh main b-ball. Suffice to say, macam org baru bangun tidoq. Dang.... nasib baik tgh duduk, so die tak nampak koyak nye. But still.... malu jugaaaa.....

Okkeh, sekarang satu hapak pun tak masuk, and exam and hw sume due besok. Minggu yang sangat taik. Worse, nak kene decide if I really nak depledge from the sorority... sebab duit satu, sebab mase satu, but we'll see, sebab sayang lah pulak. Anyway, until exam habes, babai!

Wassalam....


Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum...
Okay, so I know I suck at updating regularly nowadays, but I'm seriously busy this week. So further updates will have to wait until my program is finished. Thank you so much to Ijat and Kirah sebab kalau takde diorang, alamat tak pass lah kelas EECS 370 nie. My subjects suck ass this semester, and I honestly wish that I don't give a flying fuck what I get, but since I do, hence the no-sleep-nights. I even missed a sorority meeting. Oopsy. We'll have to rectify a lot of stuff before the term is over.

Anywa, new song by Tyra Banks. Love it so much, especially since I'm so hooked on America's Next Top Model. The kicked out Sara, so GO SHANDI!! Twigs rule!

Okay, back to programming...

Wassalam....

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum...
Great, I have mild bronchitis. Thank goodness I went to the UHS before it got any worse. But anyway, I was feeling fine one minute, and then had this big headache the next, plus my throat itched and my nose was running like Watson Nyambek chased by a rabid dog. Suffice to say, I knw right away it wasn't normal flu (my normal flu syndroms are very, very mild... what can I say? I eat a lot of fruit and veggies). Went to the UHS, was told "good thing you came in before it got any worse", and was prescribed a couple of antibiotics, and to stay away from people for a day and see if symptoms got any worse or not. I stayed away for only half a day because I had a group meeting to go to, but I'm not letting anyone share any drinks with me. Anyway, aside from looking Rudolph the nosed reindeer, I'm feeling okay.

Still haven't gotten my Wario yet, but I'm enjoying Donkey Kong tremendously, though I felt like an idiot once Elly showed me how to get out of the darn cabin. And apparently, overgrown apes can play DDR too.

Anyway, got the nicest e-card today from the most unexpected person. Thank you :) . Heheh... haven't decided if I'm going back home this summer or not, but I'm definitely keeping this person in mind if I do.

Yesterday was my EECS 492 exam. It killed me so bad, I was drained afterwards. Right before that, I received a phone call from the person me and arwah Teh used to call "mami" , Auntie Maharom. It was kinda surprising, considering I don't hold any ranks in UMIMSA. We talked about stuff (budak2 Umich yang tak hantar transcript lagi, silelah hantar, aku dah hantar dah, heheh) like academics and general stuff. She does remind me a lot of my own mom. Unfortunately, couldn't talk for long because I had that damn exam.

My phone has been ringing off the hook today, with calls for meetings and stuff. It's been insane. Anyway, homework galore tonite, so tata!

-Wassalam-

Sunday, March 07, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum....







SNAPSHOTS FROM WARIO WARE

Baru place order for Wario Ware semalam... nyam nyam, can't wait. Skarang tgh main Donkey Kong Country, akhirnye lepas jugak from that damn pokok sebab Elly tunjuk button mane nak tekan kalau nak lompat jauh2. Keskeskes... Wario Ware nie pulak, hook mase kat Illinois, main Gameboy Sheila, tetibe rase best lah pulak, addictive gile. So skang tgh tunggu die dtg, yea yea. Skang tgh bengong dengan Donkey Kong sebab die stuck kat Cranky's Cabin and tanak kluar-kluar, ikut Elly nak kene main je sampai die kluar. Tapi geram lah jugak sebab alih-alih kene tengok muke monyet tue tuh je cakap mende2 yang ntah hape-hape. Hai.. Gameboy nie je lah yang termampu nak main, nak beli console macam Gamecube ke, PS2 ke, tarak duit.

Tadi mak call from ofis die, pakai handphone. Mentang-mentang ade international roaming, heheh. Mak bising "Sim kad awak tuh ade international roaming jugak, Farah je tanak bawak." Habes tuh mane nak carik handphone, mahal gile. Mak kate nak hantar hp from Mesia, org kate takyah sebab lagi murah nak call pakai phonecard, malas nak layan songeh handphone (for now). Pastu mak cakap "Mak bayar $1,180 kat William suruh buat baju tige pasang. Tuh upah jahit je tu, tak masuk kain. Kain sume free". Mak cakap bapak bising sebab mahal, tapi bapak bising kejap je sebab die tak penah pun nak bising lame2. So pegi lah tanye mak, camane boleh mahal sangat. Mak cakap sebab baju sume ade sulam (plus org agak lah kan, sebab William tuh mmg cekik darah pun). Sulam cantik, sambung mak. Pulak dah. So org pun tanye lah, baju mahal-mahal mak nak pakai bile? Pegi ofis ke? Pastu nie lah part best: " Ape pulak baju mak, tige-tige baju Farah punye". Lagi sekali.... pulak dah. Mak datuk, baju sepasang dekat nak empat ratus ringgit upah, jahit je, nasib baik kain orang kasi buat bedey present and saje gatal-gatal nak kasi present. Patut lah bulan nie, kalau charge pape kat credit card bapak, die tak tanye pape, rerupenye bapak tgh sibuk ngan mak punye charges. Hahaha.. patutlah rumah kitorang cipo'et je, nasib baik rumah low maintenance, duit sume pegi kat isi-isi dalam. Hari tuh beli TV baru sebab budak kecik umur due tahun kat rumah tuh nak tgk Roda Impian 24/7. So bapak beli TV baru for Jajiq. TV flat-screen 36 (ke 32) inches..... for budak umur 2 tahun. Family best, tapi duit every month kluar macam air. Nasib baik bapak tak kisah, hot temper die pun belum lagi die nak bising pasal duit, sume jalan aje.

Okkeh, sambung study and buat homework. Sape yang bace nie, time kacih kerane sudi membace :).

Wassalam...

Saturday, March 06, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum...

Hahah... didn't go to the OPT workshop. They're having one next week over at Pierpont, so I'm gonna go to that one so I don't have to wait for the bus for 30 freakin' minutes. Spent the morning grocery shopping, filling out credit card forms, reading and enjoying my Gameboy. I'm stuck on this one part of Donkey Kong Country, somehow I just can't seem to swing far enough to get to the next tree.

I can't wait till next weekend, I'll finally be able to call home and talk to Nenek. I hope all the crap that happened this week isn't gonna happen next week. I mean, there was a bunch of things that I was so looking forward to doing that blew up in my face. If I went, I dissapointed a whole bunch of people. If I didn't go, I would have dissapointed someone who had been so helpful to me, plus we had been looking forward to our little trip for a week. So I chose, thinking that I probably can still amke it back in time. All I wanted was to unwind, and I ended up feeling miserable instead. It was such a mess, I woke up today with puffy eyes and and a monstrous headache. Needless to say, CCRB went to hell, and good thing the OPT has another workshop coming up.

Maybe I'm not meant to try and be an overacheiver. Maybe I'm not meant to have good grades, have a job, be involves in extra curriculars, be active in a sorority, try to get an internship, apply for grad school and still have a normal social life all at once. Maybe I should do what I always do every other semester: go to school, go home, sit around and hope good things come my way. That didn't work, and now my excellent plan of grabbing life by the balls (because we know Life is a man, anyway) isn't going that great either. So what is a girl to do?

Wassalam....

Assalamu'alaikum...

I had an exceptionally long day today. Work started at 9 in the morning, and to make matters worse, I didn't get much sleep the night before due to excessive worry about programming, exams and how I'm gonna fit everything in my time schedule. Needless to say, I didn't fall asleep until around close to 5 a.m. Work consisted of learning how to use listserve and how to maintain the Pierpont Commons website. I was half asleep through most of the time, thank goodness my boss didn't notice. By the time she talked about Stress Busters and asked us to look for stuff to put in the kit, I was past the point of listening.

So I finished work at 11.30, went straight to ME 240 class (managed to keep myself fresh and alert) , then had lunch (still managed to keep awake AND eat a lot of food) , went to EECS 492 discussion (Thom was really boring) , and then had a meeting with Kristen, during which I could barely keep my eyes open. I went back home, finally managed to get some sleep.... only to be waken at 6.30 to go to Target with Abigail. I dragged my butt out of bed (I've been planning this Target trip since Monday, that was how much I was looking forward to the stuff I wanna get), put some clothes on, plunked my paperboy cap on my head and was ready to go. We went to Target, and that was basically the high point of my day. The TV I wanted was out, but I pestered people and they gave me a "raincheck" (it's a receipt you get so that the next time the item comes in, you can get it for the discounted price) for the TV and the DVD player I wanted. However, what kind of pissed me off was that it took them a half hour to tell me that they were out of the DVD player. I was out of my mind tired by then. Abigail looked around for her stuff (she has a project thing to do for her internship) and I basically looked around for stuff that I can use for work. We're surveying things for the Stress Busters program, and so far it's been going good, but we only have the toys up, none of the academic things up yet.

Basically we left Target when it closes, and Abigail was happy with the stuff she got for work, and I was happy because hope is not lost for my TV (trust me, if I want something, I will employ every given method to make it happen. The sale ends tomorrow, but at least I have my raincheck). And here's the good part: we got lost. Like waaaaay lost. We were circling around roads I have never even seen during my three years here. Needless to say, I was freaking out AND I was sleepy. And Abigail was getting a headache too, though we made stupid, mundane jokes about assholes who shouldn't drive too keep our mind off the fact we had no idea where we were.

Luckily, all went well. We were only an hour lost, but now I know where Maly's is. I got back, got yelled at, and now I'm gonna go to sleep,because tomorrow I have the workshop to go to and the CCRB before that, and Sunday is social for the associates and then chapter at 6 (if you don't understand what it means, it's no big, just ignore) , and I'm writing crap now anyway, so ciao and zzzzzz........

Wassalam......

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Assalamu'alaikum....

Warghh!!! School has only started for a few days and already I'm doing major screw-ups. Like flunking my ME 240 exam. And accidentally coming to chapter an hour early (not exactly screw up there, but I'm still pissed). And missing class today because I slept late last night and my alarm clock chose THIS DAY to die on me. Now I have to go on a scavenger hunt for notes, which is a pain in the ass to do. To top it off, I have dance class today, a meeting right after and TONS of homework to do, when all I really wanna do is just go home and sleep. *sigh* . Life as an undergraduate.

And right now, I can't even check my Umich email because the server is down. I mean, wtf?? How can it be down at 4.20 in the afternoon? And I'm nervous because I'm still short of one interview for my sorority membership education.

Ooohhh... here's some nice news :). I'm finally inducted into Phi Sigma Rho. Yay! After induction, I went to the MU for a spot of studying, and Alisa managed to stuck something down induction gift, nguahaha.. Apelah Alisa. Thankfully, it's out now.

Activities this week: Practice for sisters' show, get another interview with an active, learn the Greek alphabets (wha..?), and call home before mom and dad go to Cairo for their fifth honeymoon (I think, or is it more than that? They've been around the globe so much without their "lovely" kids that I can't keep track anymore). Apply for the engineering study abroad program (pleaseeeeee let me get to Grenoble. It'd be so kick ass! )

And after this lame ass excuse of an update, I have to get going to class, so ciao!

Wassalam....

p/s: I love you... (ahaks! who remembers that series? waayyyy long ago )