HALLOWEEN 2005

Aha! Setelah sekian lame takleh nak update blogger, it's finally fixed! Again! Hampeh tol, there goes my multitude of updates....

Last weekend was Halloween.... well actually today is officially Halloween, but that's just a minor technicality. Anyway, a few of us dressed up ..... hehehehe..... yes, I am 23 years old, and I still think dressing up is fun. I thought I was never gonna get my costume(s) in time, but we went on Friday night to Halloween USA, then K Mart, and I found a costume that I liked :) .

So on Friday I was a Dark Princess, while on Saturday I was a Tavern Wench :) (in case you're wondering what a wench is... it's just a girl.... so I was just a girl who worked in a bar LOL). Saturday was also daylight savings time, so an extra hour of sleeping (or, erm, partying) was available. What joy. Oh, Nik dressed up as a Dark Red Knight, unfortunately people kept mistaking him for a Star Trek character (cue the "beam me up Scotty" jokes... and references to the USS Enterprise). Wann dressed up as a cowgirl in jeans, jean jacket and my cowboy hat (my barn Dance cowboy hat sees the outside of my apartment yet again). All in all, the weekend wasn't as crazy as I hoped it would be, but it was pretty cool all the same.

So that was how my weekend went. Hahaha... Raya is coming soooonnn.... Selamat Hari Raya to everyone!!!!!!

Wassalam....

MICHIGAN (27) vs. PENN. STATE (25)

I have never, ever been so happy to be at a game. It was.... awesome. Even looking back at it, man, it was just... awesome. "Awesome" wouldn't exactly be the perfect word to describe everything that happened on Saturday's game against PSU, but it would be the perfect word to use to describe that one last, miraculous, highly unprobable second.

Never mind Henne played like fuck, fumbled the ball and helped them score a touchdown. Never mind that we weren't exactly at the top of our game that day. Never mind that our voices were hoarse from yelling "Get him!" or "Henne, come ON!". Well, okay..... not exactly never mind. But all of the frustration and the "nak-tendang-bebola-orang" tendencies were forgotten the moment that TD was made...... a wooooohooo! Serves the PSU people right, they weren't being nice guests in our stadium. Nik, Seng Keat, me, Afzan, Kirah, Teh and Wahida (nyahah! majoriti pompuan) had the unfortunate luck of sitting (standing) riiiiiggghtttt in front of some die-hard PSU supporters who were loud, rude, mean and lind-stinkin' drunk. And those were just the girls. Throughout the games, they (and when I say "they", I also mean "us") kept getting pelted with random things ranging from water bottles to grapes to balled-up paper. All I can say to my darling fellow Wolverines is ... aim better!!! I'm not your target!! Sheesh.

As I looked at the pictures taken during the game, I wish I have season tickets. Of course, then Henne's many fumbles came into mind and then I thought, maybe season tickets weren't exactly the best idea.....

So anyway, lemme start again with all the stuff that's going on since Friday. Friday, I had my normal lectures, a meeting with a client regarding the SI 501 project, and of course, dance class. I came in to the office in the afternoon to say hi to everyone, then I came again after dance class 'cause Nik working and I thought I left my sunglasses there from my previous visit. Turns out.... everybody, with the exception of Merry who was on vacation, was there. I'd rather not elaborate on what happened but what was supposed to be a 15-minute "hey-have-you-seen-my-glasses" visit turned out to last 45 minutes with me dodging bullets and put into some pretty uncomfortable positions. Oh, such drama.

Saturday after the game, Nik and I went Acapellooza 2005 held at the Rackham Auditorium. Wann and Nicholas joined us a wee bit later. It was pretty excellent, I'm glad I went. The groups were pretty good and extremely funny. Nik bought the CD, and I really like the songs. I'm a little dissapointed with Amaizin' Blue, I really thought they could've been better, but Dicks and Janes were excellent :) .

All in all, a pretty good end to a week wraought with homework, work, and more work...

Wassalam...

Assalamu'alaikum....

Nyahaha... I'm getting pretty regular about the whole updating thing now that Fall Break is coming near. Unfortunately, I'm updating in class (never a good idea to put me in front of a fully working computer).

Just read an email from Ayun. I'm okay, dearie, thanks for asking. Ayun was worried about my mental well-being 'cause I've been acting like a basket case lately. Don't worry laling, I'm frazzled but still (barely) sane. Nik and Wann are keeping me sorta sane (actually they sometimes contribute to the insanity and are detrimental to my mental health, LOL... but it's a welcomed distraction... sort of.... nyahahah)

I cannot wait for Fall Break... classes are insane, I have take home midterms and other long-paper shit.... adoi sakit perut :( . But soon it's going to be RAYA!! (Mabuk, sendiri baru puase 2 hari).

Typing in class is noisy.

Wassalam....

Assalamu'alaikum.....

I'm taking a five-minute break from my homework just to rest my hands a bit, my finger has this pencil identation that came about from holding my pencil for too long. So I decided to abuse my fingers another way: by typing in random stuff to update my blog.

Nik has just finished being an absolute meanie to me... as usual. "Sorry I'm busy" said in an unapologetic voice makes me feel sooooo appreciated (insert your own brand of sarcasm here). Am I worried he's gonna find out I'm writing this? Abso-bloody-lutely not 'cause he never reads my blogger, for one. So if he finds out, I then KNOW FOR SURE that there are busy-bodies residing in Ann Arbor (or Malaysia) who are hell-bent on causing trouble in other people's lives. So there. Here's my little experiment: Is Nik gonna find out that I wrote about him and said he was mean to me? If he is, how? let's watch :) .

School was tough, as usual. So many things to do, so many professors to suck up to, so many classmates to make friends with... and of course, so many people to hate. However, I am loving the School of Information building (it's in West Hall) even though it is 4 storeys high and it has NO elevators. Wow. But the student lounge is absolute heaven. Mini kitchen, TV, comfy couch, two computers (one is a Mac, one is a PC), a printer/scanner/photocopy machine, vending machines..... all in one cozy room that is the perfect temperature. Bliss... ahh... I did my homework there yesterday. I basically parked my ass in the SI building from 10am up to 11pm. By the time I was ready to leave, I was the only one in the building. Spooky. But most of my homework got done, thank goodness.

My car still looks like a wreck, but at least it's still doing it's purpose of transporting me to places that I need to go. I notice that I tend to wake up later because I know that I can drive myself down to central. On the other hand, I'm no longer missing class just because I woke up 5 minutes before class is supposed to start. Ahah!

Dance class is getting more interesting. We're learning the strong style now, so my arms hurt extra every class. And hear I thought flicking the scarf is hard to do, holding your arms up for a good 15 minutes while moving your ass to a song is enough to make you sweat buckets after a 1-1/2 hour class. On the plus side, I am no longer taking my shoulders for granted.

My eyes are sleepy, and I still have to finish up my homework. I'll maybe pen again tomorrow... or later. Sometime..

Wassalam...........

BERITA TERKINI : KERETA DI TANDUK RUSA

Sabtu, 8 Oktober 2005 - Sebuah kereta Ford Contour di timpa kemalangan pada jam 6.30 petang semasa dalam perjalanan ke Westland, Michigan. Sewaktu itu, kereta tersebut dalam perjalanan ke majlis berbuka puasa di kediaman Kak Faezah (dah pindah umah baru dowh). Kereta tersebut (plat nombor -- betul ke idak ni?-- FARRA) mengalami cedera parah setelah di tanduk rusa. Kaca-kaca bersepai di tepian jalan bak pasir-pasir putih di pantai yang dipukul ombak berderai (acheewah!! Pinjam sket Din Beramboi). Rusa tersebut tidak mengalami kecederaan melainkan terpempan seketika di tepi jalan, kemudian meneruskan larian marathon pulang ke rumah.

Setelah menemuramah mangsa-mangsa terlibat iaitu Afzan, Teh, Keju, Awang dan Farah (bukan nama-nama sebenar), polis telah mengenal pasti bahawa yang bersalah adalah pihak rusa and bukan manusia-manusia yang berada di dalam kereta berkenaan. Menurut Afzan "Betul Farah, bukan salah ngko, ruse tu yang lari langgar kete ko". Menurut Farah "Hampeh punye ruse. Rosak kete aku". Menurut Awang "Nasik aku tumpah on the way balik".

Lampu depan FARRA (kereta ye bukan orang) pecah kedua-duanya. Atap kereta juga mengalami kecederaan iaitu kemek sedikit ye. Kereta idaman hati sekarang sudah rupa macam nak mati. Apa yang mampu diutarakan sekarang ialah .... "Alhamdulillah. Nasib baik saya tak drive laju sgt tok. Kalau tak, dah lagi laju langgar kijang... eh bukan kijang lah Wann.. ruse. Haa.. kalau lagi laju langgar ruse, lagi teruk kemek kete, nasib baik airbag tak kluar kalau tak dah Sodaqallah je lah kete tu" ucap Farah sambil berlinangan air mata mengingatkan nasib yang terpaksa mengeluarkan lebih kurang 200 dollar untuk membaiki lampu depan kereta.

Berhati-hati di jalan raya kepada mereka yang pulang ke kampung ber Hari Raya.

Assalamu'alaikum.....

Selamat Berpuasa :) !!!! May Ramadhan brings us many many many blessings, cherished memories and a chance to redeem ourselves and come out better people. Honestly, me head (and tummy) has not registered that it's the fasting month. Hopefully this year I'll be able to do better than I did before this.

Yesterday was interesting in a bad way. Today was interesting in a bad way. I am so drained. My chest feels like someone's poking it with a hot pin and then squeezing my heart really, really hard. Sleep didn't come easy, my head isn't in the whole academic game, and all I wanna do is curl in my bed and go to sleep. Seriously.

Malas nak komplen pasal pape, Ramadhan is starting and I should be happy :) . And in a lot of respects, I am. I just... wish some other things would fall into place too :) .