life's like this

extraordinary in the making.

2011-04-22T14:40:00.002+10:00

eh hi everyone! haha. it's been two months since my last post la.

and i haven't even started uni then.

now guess what, i'm already on my mid session break and after next week, i only have 5 weeks of classes to go. forever! (kinda, for now until i find smthg useful to do).

and then it's exams, graduation and boooom! scary huh? yeahhhhh.

anyway what have i been up to? i have been on a break from my trainings for about a month.

but now i'm back on track so it's day 3 and i will try to keep this up until i see abs or around august (whichever occurs first hehe.) it's all in the science la. seriously.

proper nutrition (and i mean proper i.e. regular eating every 3 hours, 5 meals a day, high in lean protein, moderate complex carbs, no refined sugar or processed foods including fast food and takeaways and the occassional treat once a week). pretty much all i mention here has a reason behind it. like why do we have to eat every 3 hrs and 5 times a day? to keep your metabolism high so it keeps burning off all those nasties. protein for muscle building (think abs!) and no processed foods for you know obvious reasons.

and then there's the exercise bit, pumping it up with a mix of cardio and resistance, strength and weight training and flexibility (i.e. yoga). see the thing is, you won't get abs only by running alone or jogging, or cycling or jumping on the rower or elliptical machine. weights, and i mean those really cool dumbbells you see lying around the male dominated part of the gym will be my best friend over the next few weeks.

then there's the proper rest bit and stress handling to keep your serotonin levels in control so you won't damage yourself over the long haul.

it's pretty amazing and i am so blessed to be able to study all this and know the science and mechanics behind losing weight, building muscle and maintaining them and you know what, i shall apply it all to myself and make me extraordinary. oh yeah. :)

uni uni uni has been good so far! yup, i mean i'm only doing two subjects anyway. my fitness course at tafe is also good. i kinda let it slip a little over the past couple of weeks but i regained and am in control.

work has been good! so i was asked for the third time over my 5 years in starbucks whether i wanna become a supervisor but this time i think my boss is very persistent in promoting me only cause it'll look good on her, me being her guinea pig, and i am the only one in the store with that much experience la. we shall see though. it's a good thing, but i dunno if it'll fit into my short term goals. we'll see. :)

alright that's pretty much it for now. oh and i am going scuba diving for the first time ever in 4 days! woooohoooo!!

xoxox.

story of my life

2011-02-25T10:27:00.003+11:00

HELLO MY LOVERS!
feels like i haven't been here in ages!
sorry la geng, been busy like hell. i've been working at minimum 5-6 shifts a week and on my day off the last thing on my mind is to go online or blog and what not la. i haven't even paid much attention to facebook nor twitter. in a way it's a good thing, i mean seriously being on those sites a lot is not a great thing no? but then again i miss you all la! grrrrr.

anyway, i am working again today (ergh.) but later at 3pm so i roughly have 3 hours to pay you my attention hehe.

so what's been up sweeties? my life has been same old same old. i'm studying a cert 3 in fitness right so i've been hitting the books once in a while, studying gamsat, going to work, saving money, finishing up my last 20 days of p90x (can you believe it!?), eating properly and trying to catch up on sleep whenever i can. damn it's a mouthful huh. yeah story of my life.

i start uni next week, hurrah! final semester bitches and then i'm off as a full fledged working adult ha ha ha. okay maybe not. so starting next week i will be exponentially more busy then i already am, which kinda sucks but at the very least, time flies and it keeps me busy.

if you're wondering, take a stab into my thursdays. and i wonder where i get all the energy from.

4.30am - rise and shine
5am - make lunch, snacks and have brekky
5.30am - train to the city
6.30am - work
2.30pm - finish work, have lunch
4pm - gym (or uni starting next week)
5.30pm - night classes
9pm - night class end, dinner
10.30pm - home.

i normally have saturdays off so that day is dedicated to me, myself and i so it's cool. ahhhh penat lah sehhh.

okay la itu aje. take care of yourselves my beautiful angels. eat healthy and try to stay away from the bad bad stuffs. go for a run every now and then, keep smiling and keep your head up. we'll talk soon. :)

xoxox.

undescribable

2011-01-29T11:11:00.003+11:00

what is it love, what's on your mind?
what is it that you worry about?
let it go, set it free, better days will come and then you'll see.

aah i wish i can describe the deepest feelings in my heart but no words can do the job quite so successfully. it's like i try not to think about it but it still comes and visit me all the time and sub consciously i do. it gets really annoying esp when it starts eating up to my sleeping patterns and stuffs but yes, it's been a while since i feel well rested and there's nothing more in this world right now that i want but good quality rest.

what am i talking about? i have no idea. just a sub conscious thought/feeling/emotion. strange huh. i think need to sleep.

in other news, uni begins in one month exactly. wow 3 months has definitely passed on really quickly and so many things happened it's insane. this will be my last semester so i think i'm gonna make it quite simple for myself - just finish this god damn degree can? :)

i've been working quite a lot i tell you, usually 5 or 6 days a week. i am not complaining, every cent i get from work goes to my epic holiday fund, bills bills bills and some nice food, movies and what not here and there. it is physically tiring though and gets mundane and boring especially cos i have a very short attention span heh. but oh well, work is work and gotta live through it no.

my training been's awesome, haven't missed a day no matter how shitty i feel so that feels super good. i am halfway there, literally i think i have 45 more days to go! i'm def seeing results although it is not as desirable as i wished for prob cause i haven't been resting properly and those sweet stuffs i've been consuming is highly dangerous. but still results. results. results.

anyhoo, that's my life in a nutshell.

have a pretty rocking one my loves.

xoxox.

and i shall...

2011-01-15T19:28:00.002+11:00

i think i pretty much decided with the places i wanna visit at the end of this year. i had hong kong on my hindsight before but after looking at fb tokyo photos and talking to junko my sexy jap bitch and then reading more on that super cool place, i think i wanna go there! :D

so i've got, tokyo, london, san francisco.

for sure. oh wait, insyaallah. :)

grrrr can we fast forward to july already? or august at least.

k bye.

boring life update

2011-01-09T19:20:00.003+11:00

hello everyone!

i am entering my 4th week of p90x which literally means i have 9 weeks to go lah. that feels super awesome i tell you. first 3 weeks has its fair share of ups and downs as i call it the preparatory phase, cleaning up my diet and stuffs, slowly but surely letting go of sweet stuffs cravings and getting used to an hour ish of training everyday 6 days a week. week 4 is recovery week, which means there's gonna be heaps of stretching and cardio moves and no resistance (weight) training and 2 days of my favourite yoga. so i am definitely looking forward to that. :)

apart from training, i have been eating right 80% of the time although i have those days where i crave for peanut butter and jam sandwich, ferrero rochers, m&m's and all those stuffs. i let it in though and i'm thankful i did or else i'd be dead as of now. i haven't been eating out in a while! you know how good that feels? like i work a lot, i get paid okay and my bank balance keeps increasing like exponentially lah cos i make breakfast, lunch and dinner! i smell an awesome world trip coming. whoooo. bank balance still need to increase times a million though so it won't be anytime soon hehe.

that also means i've been spending a hell lot of time in the kitchen! it's insane, like i feel so damn satisfied whipping something up and then taking that first bite which is super amazing. i wish though i can cook like malay food hahaha. honestly when i say i cook i cook up like western dishes better than my own malay food like asam pedas or something. nada nope zilch can't cook that honey. boohooo.

i'm going to melbourne AGAIN! this time with 9 other awesome people. seriously. in february! with my work partners. 10 of us are boarding a plane and going to a place 850km away from home which happens to be my most fav place on earth! definitely looking forward to that la.

what else eh. i bought tickets to see the gorgeous and super hot katy perry in concert! may 14th! oh yeahhhh. my last concert was justin timberlake and that was like what in 2007? that long eh. sexciting ahhhhh. :D

january is nearly halfway over and so far it's been pretty slow and mundane and the same day in day out but i hope it'll pick up. i'm sure it will.

miss you all.

seriously?

2011-01-05T21:33:00.000+11:00

okay. yeah. whatevers.

010111

2011-01-01T19:08:00.002+11:00

HELLO THERE!

how did everyone spend their new years eve? i did mine intimately with my family aww. and it's nice. like away from crowded places. and still get to see the world's most amazing firework display thank you very much. :)

played guitar hero at my bro's place, had dinner, watched poltergeist (yeah the 1988 movie i just knew off yesterday, heh.) and then watched the firework on tv.

pretty cool i must say.

happy new year my lover readers. you guys are awesome.

from sydney with love.

there's nothing like australia! *sings* hehehe.

xoxo.

let's close the book shall we?

2010-12-30T22:46:00.005+11:00

this is it. never before released pictures.
laugh all you want cos it'll never come back! i sure did. woooohooooooooo! hahaha.
eh ALOT CAN HAPPEN IN 12 MONTHS LA! insane huh.

feb 2010

dec 2010

april 2010

nov 2010

jan 2010

dec 2010

ahhh 2010. you make me the awesome person i am today. lol. thanks for showing me heaps of crazy moments.

alright so 2011. there's nothing more that i want in this year but to have a super good tight relationship with saving money. let's make this work shall we? just me and you, money.

world trip people! hong kong, london, americaaaaa! let's bring it!
oh and along with 2 rounds of p90x, a 14km in august and a 21.1km run in sept.
and and GRADUATION helllloooooo, like finally hey.
and i'm picking up a couple of new things.
and that's all. happiness. lot's of it. and love. and smiles. and laughters.

2011 will be E.P.I.C. seriously. mark my word my gorgeous people.
i'm persistent like that and i'll make sure it happens.

happy new year everyone. all of you, i mean ALL OF YOU, have been the cherries on top of my year.

xoxo.

for you i will

2010-12-28T22:25:00.003+11:00

i only have one photo in my wallet. and it's been there forever.
this.

bobo and me. 2005.

anyhooo. day's okay. life's good. everything's fine.
been playing ALOT of guitar hero lately and i finally nailed medium difficulty on taylor swifts you belong with me. impressed much? hell yeah! :)

have a good one lovers.

xoxo.

effed up day but good anyway

2010-12-26T20:46:00.005+11:00

hello lovers! miss me? heheh hell yeah i miss you! okay yeah kinda. :)

anyway! today was one hell of a day. it's the day after xmas, aka boxing day in australia where retailers open their doors as early as 5am and all those cheapos rush in to grab a bargain. as such it was damn fucking (sorry.) busy in the city from the moment i started work (i.e. 8.30am) to the moment i left the store at 4.30pm. people were so unfriendly and demanding and bitchy and pmsy and ughhhh like get the face out of my life.

yeah anyway i think i made like a million frappuccinos that i cannot stand the sight of one more for the next 24 hours at least. -_-

i was so damn exhausted after work, thank god i didn't like fall asleep behind the wheels and as soon as i got home, i lay in bed and and only sedar 2 hours later still in my work clothes. i thought i slept like the whole night hehe i was hoping to but nahhhhhh.

on a brighter note, today marks the end of my first week of p90x. yeahhhh baby! feels awesome to the possum. i wake up every single morning since the beginning of the week with a sore or two in various parts of my body, particularly my butt and hamstrings but damn i feel satisfied.

just so i keep you my beautifuls in the loop, this is what i have done this week.

mon - rest, tues - weights (chest and back), wed - plyometrics, thurs - weights (shoulders and arms), fri - yoga, sat - weights (legs and back) and sun - kickboxing. pretty full on hey? food wise, i have been eating about 140 grams of protein every single day and i am currently addicted to cottage cheese. seriously ah that thing is the bomb. i can have it all day everyday hehehe. you should try it!

talking about being inspired, i will have to say this is what i'm hoping my result is gonna be. might not get there first round but anything better than now is excellent. :D toning baby, all the way!

michelle bridges, celebrity personal trainer.

watch out people. seriously, watch out.

xoxox.

best friend's forever forever forever (bffff)

2010-12-25T21:59:00.000+11:00

i love my bff :)

selamat hari natal

2010-12-25T01:11:00.003+11:00

hello lovers. a happy happy christmas to everyone. like i said i love this time of the year it's so cheerful and happy and oh yeahhhh!

anyway this time next year i will be in some place where it's snowing. hehe.
it's gonna be epic. my. 2011. is. gonna. be. epic. :)

looking forward to the new year as much as i possibly can. 5 more days sweethearts and it's gonna be awesommmmmmeeeeeeeeee!

xoxoxoxoxoxox

p.s. shit i had this blog for so long! i was bored so i read my old posts from 2006. it felt so weird! can you believe it. it's like from 5 years ago ah. kentalll.

what's this God? like seriously. what's the test now?

2010-12-23T00:32:00.004+11:00

because of you, i never stray too far from the side walk
because of you, i learn to play on the safe side so i don't get hurt
because of you, i tried my hardest just to forget everything
because of you, i don't know how to let anyone else in

ahh fuck.

the sacrifices you make...

2010-12-22T00:31:00.005+11:00

you know what i found out, i eat alot. like so much! when i wake up everyday, i have a massive menu lined up for me. and it's pretty crazy. this is what i eat everyday. it's not exactly the same every day but in terms of calorie and protein intake, it's close. it's the one thing that keeps me going i guess.

take a stab, i think you will freak out. food, glorious food!

blown away

2010-12-21T22:42:00.004+11:00

True love, of any sort, adds depth and meaning to life. It's not based on neediness, lack or fear. It's a fullness that expands life.

the room is ready! :) sadly i haven't really took any pics of it but i'll get there if i rmbr it next time.

anyway i was in the city today and boy i feel the xmas vibes strong. i like this time of the year. maybe it's just me but people are extra friendlier in a lot of ways. i mean despite there's like tons of people in the city and sales shoot up to the roof and like the store is hell busy like you wanna cry, people are nice and nice people rocks.

ridiculously though, shops are open at 7am and they don't close till midnight and a major department store is open for 24 hours the day before xmas. pretty handy no? xmas shopping for me this year is sub minimal. i just need to get something for one person and that's pretty much it. thank god.

alright. my brother's tv is like up and running and it's the coolest thing on the planet i reckon after Honday Insight hehe (which happens to be my next car in 10 years time... google it). you can like skype on the big screen! skype. yeah like i can see your face on the big screen. that's amazing! and and you can tweet in your lounge room (hello bff! heh.) and watch glee via youtube. okay that is mind blowing.

i started my P90X today. yeah not yesterday probably too much of doubts ran through my mind. but yeah i did it and damn it feels good.

btw, we should do our reflections of 2010 soon. i think i will. over the next couple of days. it has been a surprising and crazy year.

xoxo.

goodbyessss again.

2010-12-20T23:43:00.003+11:00

GOODBYE TO THE DARLING HARBOUR PARTNERS!
we had them for over 6 months while their store was under renovation.
now they're going back cos it's opening tomorrow!
boohooo. anyway was a pleasure working with all 3 of them.

:) and their new store is super duper freaking awesome to the max.

eh did i tell you i spent 3 hours at harvey norman today. we were looking for a couch and tv for my bro. it's cool and all the things they bought. but honestly, i'm sick of that place now. officially.

xoxo.

the crib yo!

2010-12-19T23:01:00.003+11:00

my brother moved out for real.
came home today and saw his room bare empty.
so sad ah. i'll miss having an older person in this house (minus my parents of course).

anyway now that it's me and my sis literally ruling the crib, we are sharing 3 bedrooms.
she's moving into my brother's and her room will be the what i call.. wait for it.. 3Gs room.
okay lame. no actually it is 3Gs. like it's a guest/games/gym/sewing room all in one.
pretty awesome huh. so i'm bringing all my weights up into the room and my wii, guitar hero and what not. and her sewing machine which is a spoiler lah.

so tonight will be clean up night. you can imagine her stuffs all over her place.

other than that, went to ikea earlier today and fell in love with this elephant i named it Boom. but as soon as i approached checkout mum's like, are you 12? okay mum. seriously.

i'm still gonna get it. next pay. for sure. wait up Boom. we gonna rock.

xoxo.

p.s. what a week...

lifted spirits

2010-12-18T14:28:00.003+11:00

i am positively recovering from the death of my Bobo. not fully as yet but i have faith and i'll get there.
i'm sure he's in a better place now and i can not be more happier for him.
he'll always be in my heart. like always. literally.

in any consolation, the same day he left i received a letter in the mail.
a couple of months back i applied for this course.
it's a part time course in TAFE (like a college thing), 2 evenings a week.
i'm only doing 2 subjects at uni so i thought maybe i can pick up something new to fill in my time.
and i got it!

certificate III in fitness.
starting 7 february 2011, 6 months course. pretty glad i got accepted.
gives me a reason to keep fit and healthy all through my whole life.

anyway updated my uni timetable.
apparently i selenge-ly enrolled in the wrong biomechanics course.
so this one looks much much much better i like.

i believe things happens for many many reasons.
as a door closes behind you, a new one will open soon enough with many more endless opportunities. it's up to you to grab hold of it or let it go.

nonetheless, it's gonna be a great year everyone. i'm gonna do things differently and see things differently. mark my word.

xoxo.

my strength

2010-12-16T15:11:00.002+11:00

i think most of you would know by now. but yes he left after 5 and half years at such a young and tender age for an unknown cause this morning. it's painful, no doubt really it hurts but i'll be fine. he's an angel sent from high above and he's back there now and i will try to be happy for him.

you're missed my gorgeous cat. i will always love you.

p90x

2010-12-15T10:04:00.002+11:00

my brother recommends me to start on P90x (short for Power 90 Days Extreme). so apparently if i follow all the home videos training plan and nutrition plan i can get toned in 90days? sounds hard to believe but reading reviews and the likes of people who has done this before i'm a little confident. as usual 6 days of an hour training a week and about 1800cals of good quality food (about 50% protein and 30% carbs) per day. trashy? i don't know. that's why i'll start this on monday.

and good to know, pink and michelle obama does this religiously and they have super hot bodies.

we shall see.

xoxo.

i'm hungryyy!

2010-12-14T15:36:00.003+11:00

my final sem timetable begins 7th march 2011 and ends 27 june. and then i'm literally free as a bird, probably looking at my priorities and getting it right (and wrong) along the way. and then graduation! bigggggg year coming. =)

did i tell you my brother finally completed his PhD thesis yesterday? like he finally submitted his final binded super thick copy and his status is potential graduand! haha. after ermm 5 years? okay proud of him. Dr. Noreisham Norazman. awwwweeeesommmmmee!

xoxo.

goodbye singapore!

2010-12-13T16:43:00.005+11:00

hello lovers! i am back in sydney now. this time i really don't know when i'll be back in sg so fingers crossed maybe one of us gets married and so i have to come back or something like that. if not, it'll be amazing if you all come and visit me. :D

okay so 28 days in singapore went by super duper duper fast lah it's really frustrating. i still remember the moment i arrived at changi and the build up of excitement and all. and then it's all over. anti climax. anyway i had an awesome time back in sunny side up really, it's probably one of the best home coming holiday i had and i needed that blue sky feeling feeling so yesssss! thanks to all my amazing awesome gorgeous friends too for making it a whole lot sweeter. i love you all.

and and hidayah! wahh i still can't believe i didn't hug this girl lah at the airport so weird right how can i miss it. i feel really really bad ok. grrrrrr.

so as mentioned, singapore has been amazing. let's recap and reflects yes kids? haha. (i'm actually really bored and sleepy right now but i don't wanna sleep cos if i sleep now i will wake up at midnight and i won't sleep till probably 5am and and and... in other words i wanna fix my god damn body clock lol so yes i am resisting sleep until 9pm.)

week 1.

first home coming food - the noodle thingy at toa payoh with with with jeng jeng jeng, BFF! haha. and then food wise, it just gets better (and full of oil, fats and carbs but super delicious!)

hari raya haji with the family. very nice seeing my cousin from canada with my nephew, huzair.

meeting yana for the first time since 2007 and her gorgeous daughter, aara.

brother's wedding! and seeing hidayah, ain, irah, zhafir, cookies and cream, tassha and syaz for the first time after a long time. :)

week 2.

kuala lumpur, my second fav city after melbourne. not much shopping done but hell with 8 of us on a holiday it got massively hectic. and fun. i think realllly fun. what we haven't had a family holiday since i was 12!

week 3.

13 of us at madina restaurant. cannot forget. hahaha. and nasi pattaya like finally!

the awesome awesomes outings and hangouts was fun. thanks girls for everything you guys are the bomb. and yes come back sydney lah. period.

universal studios singapore. super worth every dollar must go okay? i enjoyed it there really.

kid time at pasir ris park because we're awesome. :D and karaoke (like for 4 hours! record time sehh!)

sentosa with the usuals! too much of waiting lah today but nonetheless it was fun and exciting! especially the chilling at the beach at night. one of the highlights of my trip. :)

hendersons wave, island creamery (hello teh tarik ice creammmmm! super yummmy!) and random volunteer festival at marina barrage coupled with free food and more ice cream with tess and aisyah. you kakaks are awesome!

week 4. (final week/too much feelings lol)

catch up with kak wydiana looking at old photos and laughing our asses out. very nice.

the super awesome bbq at east coast park and seeing everyone again. it was sweet lah really in many many ways. thanks to zhaf for organising it of course but really it's the cherry on top of my trip home and it's really cool. :)

and finally... the airport. goodbyes are epic no? heh.

OH and also the flight! it was THE BEST FLIGHT EVER. okay imagine this. super jumbo like damn huge and new A380 right, upper deck, window seats, no babies/toddlers, and and here's the best part..... NO ONE SITTING BESIDE YOU. it's like paying for 1 seat and getting 2. how awesome is that! so! 2 seats, 2 lcd screens (like i can play mario on one screen and watch step up 3d on the other) and and a flat bed! i don't normally sleep in a flight but i did super soundly and woke up only had an hour of travel time left. hahaha. okay dah. thanks SQ.

i love all of you lah really from the bottom of my heart. i can never find friends like you guys ever and it's like a miracle that after all this years we still remain good friends. let's keep it that way ok? i look forward to my trip back to singapore again and hearing all grown up stories from all of you hahaha.

in the mean time. skype? anyone? sitinorazman is my username so add me up! anyone using iphones/androids/nokia smartphones? whatsapp! sms for free. go install. and for the less personal but still its the thought that count way - facebooooook and twitter! =)

back to life in sydney. haha. i don't start school until 7th of march next year so i have 11 weeks of ermm doing absolutely nothing hahaha. okay there are some things that i wish to do like...

- study for my medical school admission test (if i still decide to resit, and only if.)
- p90x training begins on wednesday. 90 days of absolutely no rubbish training and nutrition plan. google it. it's fully no nonsense adrenaline pumped kinda thing. heh.
- work like crazy for money.
- and just relax. take up yoga. redeem my 4 hour spa treatment. read books. watch glee. wheee.

i shall update again soon. love you all mucho. miss you already. =)

wahahahaha.

2010-12-07T00:37:00.001+11:00

woiiiiii.
i am blogging in singapore!
woooohhhhhh. it's been a while since that happened. haha.
anyhoo. the homecoming and came has been fun. :D

talk later. xo.

dreaming away...

2010-11-10T20:07:00.001+11:00

tonight? i'll totally be your teenage dream right now!
new face in glee everyone. darren criss. love it! :D

the run!

2010-11-09T21:02:00.002+11:00

it's the best thing ever happened to me. :)

next run: 5th feb 2011, 7km. i WILL be there.

anyway!
this time next week, i will be in singapore!

see you soon. for real. :D

5th of november eh?

2010-11-05T20:57:00.004+11:00

about 5 things i'm absolutely certain about right now..

1) i'm super addicted with this two songs

2) exams and how i have a week till my next paper.

3) my sunday run. super scary.

4) the fact that someone looks exactly like me. i don't know if this is scarier than the last point though but omgosh. how is this posssssibleeeee.

5) my ipod WILL SELL for more than i hoped for. $150 up beb. oh yeah.

oh and singapore.

k bye.

2010-11-03T18:36:00.002+11:00

hello everyone! how's things up in sunny side up? it's gonna be less than two weeks now i am so excited it's insanely hard to put my attention into studying for exams! :D

so there's a lot to catch up on and i want to meet every single one of you. no excuses. working? fine i'll chill at your office all day. as long as i get to meet you. hehe.

so what's been going on in my life.

oh yeah i went to melbourne last week cos 2 of my friends got an interview at monash. so i tagged along to the most awesomest place in the world. apart from just having 48 hours of uber relaxation, i had a whole deal of food to eat. that's always good. eating is good.

what else. my trainings. omg i will be running my first ever 10km race THIS SUNDAY!
i am so nervous and excited lah. i haven't miss a single training alhamdullilah and i don't care what happen, i will give this sunday my craziest best shot. my goal time is 60 mins, but then again, since it's my first ever race, i would just really love to finish the 10km strong. that will be an amazing cherry on top of my year so far and it will be a great achievement. :)

my weigh in today.. i have lost another 1.5kg since my last weigh in on the 6th october. i would have to say this has been the lowest weight loss so far as i normally shed about 3kg a month but i am still really happy. the best thing is, i have only 0.8kg to go before i reach my goal weight and my deadline is on the day i leave for singapore. sooooooooo! i will gladly share some of my tips to lose weight when i reach that goal so watch out.

now that i have lost all this weight, the hardest thing apparently is to maintain it. freaking out a little but i guess i will be fine. mark my words, i promise to take care of my health, top priority beb, and i will never ever ever go back to my old ways. wheeee!

exams are just a few days away. i am not entirely prepared but it's gonna be ok no? :)

i am selling my ipod touch! on ebay! anyone wanna buy? heh. ebay is awesome lah. i have bought and sold like 100 different things since the past 3 years. i probably have made about $500 of profits from selling old stuffs, mainly phones and all that. here's the link to my ipod! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160500313630

other than that, i hope to see everyone at my brother's wedding on the 20th! it's a joint wedding so the girl's sides gonna be there too so ape lagi, cuci mata lah! hah.

ishhhhh i am so damn excited laaa 13 more days! ok bai.

ich liebe dich

eh gi makan

2010-10-21T18:15:00.003+11:00

hello my girls :D what have everyone been up to lately?
me? TODAY IS OFFICIALLY THE LAST DAY OF UNI FOR THIS SEMESTER.
wooohoooo. that just means 13 weeks has passed and i am looking at about 3 weeks of exams ahead and then.. wait for it.. 4 months of holiday!
feels amazing no? hell yeah. especially when you have been in uni for 3 god damn years.

if only i didn't fail any subjects i would've graduated now.
but oh well. things happens for a reason and who knows it's a second hit for me to regain as much HDs as i can. yummmay.
so what's in for me next sem? i'll be considered a part time student cos i'm just doing 2 instead of 4 modules. i'll be working, need moolahs la. and probably do something else good. undecided. but take it easy hor.

so what will i miss from this semester?
probably, academic wise, my maternal and developmental physiology module.
i gained ALOT out of that course, it's insane.
i like it you know. learning about what happen when you're having a baby from the moment you try to conceive till the moment your baby is born.
and hell yeah, a woman goes through so freaking beyond the world much in that 9 months that i don't think anything can ever compare.
haha. so when i have first hand experience i shall talk about it further.
for now, let's leave it there yeah. :)

so i have exams on 5th, 12th and 15th nov.
an thai-aussie wedding on 30th october. which i am quite excited about because i've never really been to aussie weddings.

oh did i mention i am going to melbourne again on tuesday? lol. i can't help it lah flight ticket was only $50 return!
5th time this year since july. i think i should move there already.

hmm. my 10k run on 7th nov. i get busts of adrenaline already talking about it.
all good though i haven't miss a single training from the plan i showed you girls before.
super proud of myself.

and what else. oh of course. SINGAPORE! believe it or not it's 26 more days to go!
SUPER EXCITED LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S GONNA BE A FOOD MAYHEM AS SOON AS I LAND.
i'm hungry already k bye.

i love you.

azzy sexy

2010-10-10T22:00:00.004+11:00

happy birthday to my sexy sarah and super cool azzy.
3rd from left.

i know sometimes people misunderstand you but i really see you like my own brother. thanks for always having my back. you're a legend. i love you.

that's an eye-opener

2010-10-06T19:43:00.003+11:00

'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.'

hello kawan-kawan.

today, as part of my reproductive and developmental physiology course requirements, we had to visit the neonatal ward in the royal women's hospital.

i must say it is probably one of my best moments in my whole 3 years at uni.

so basically the neonatal ward is an intensive care unit for premature and high risk babies usually those born around 28-35 weeks (normal 40 weeks) and babies that are born with a really bad condition such as gut is not internal etc.

it is such an eye opener seeing these poor little babies weighing as little as 700gms in a little incubator with blue light on it and all those high tech pumps and tubes going into it and what not.

for some reason it just makes me appreciate life even more.

yep. so it was an amazing experience and i must say this whole course is probably the best course i've ever done in uni.

who knows i might go down this career path one day? insyaallah.

anyway good news!

after 4 weeks of hard work and damn annoying anticipation of my next weigh in.

i weighed in today and i have lost a further 3.8kg! it feels amazing lahhhhhhh!

this just means, i have 6 weeks to go right.. and i have 2.3kg to go before i reach my goal weight!

i was really happy i treated myself to a super yummy but super expensive max brenner waffle with choc drizzle and bananas, strawberries and vanilla ice cream!!

it was a mouthful but oh my god it was gooooood.

okay so that's all.

i'm happy. never been this happy and will forever stay happy.

i have lost 18.8kg and that will NEVER EVER EVER COME AGAIN INTO MY WORLD.

whoooooo!

two most hottest thing on earth..

2010-10-04T21:52:00.001+11:00

hello there!
points at bobo, and.. get ready.. siwon. ahhhhhhh.

pure hotness.

k bye!

saturdays!

2010-09-25T09:40:00.002+10:00

Good morning everyone!!
I am blogging through my Samsung Galaxy. :)

Anyway what are you girls up to today?
In just a sec I will be going for my training session.
Come back for breakfast.
Sit down and do some school work.
Go out for lunch to the mosque for raya open house.
Come home and do some more school work.
Planning to wash my car because the weather is gorgeous and my car is not.
Make dinner.
Do more school work.
Sleep at 9. :)

A little mundane but I love saturdays so it'll be fun.
Whatever you girls are up to today have a good one yea?

Much love from down under. Xo.

support?

2010-09-22T19:00:00.004+10:00

hello everyone.
i have an important announcement.

as you know i will be running 10km on 7 nov.
besides having the sense of satisfaction of completing my longest run ever in my whole 21 years of life, i am also running for a super great cause.
i am running for the cancer council of australia, so from here on out till 7 of nov, i will be busy raising funds for them.
it's an amazing feeling but i need your help and support as well.
i know we live in totally different continents but i reckon if there's a will there's a way no?
there's no minimum amounts you can donate so even if you want to give say $2 australian dollar which is about $2.50 singapore dollar, it really counts.

all the money raised will go directly to the cancer council, helping in research funds and also treatments for people with cancer (which i ultimately think is really sad because no cure has been found...) so it will be for a good cause. if you wanna learn more about the cancer council click here yerr... http://www.cancer.org.au/Home.htm

even if you already have the intention of doing it, thank you so so much in advance for just thinking about it, really it boosts my morale for training and running. it's a huge thing for me considering it will be my first time running anything longer than 2.4km hehe so any support from my dearest friends is love.

donation is easy.. click on this link - http://www.everydayhero.com.au/Siti_Nuraqilah_Norazman - and follow the prompts. just make sure you have like a debit mastercard or something and remember it's in aussie dollars so do your calculations. every $1 australian dollar is $1.3 sing. (:

thanks my girls. really =) i love you all!

oh and if you're asking how's training so far? it's been great. my best time is 30:30mins for 5km. let's keep going!!

atleast edward can't steal it

2010-09-17T20:06:00.002+10:00

did i tell you i went to take a blood test and after 5 needle insertion and 3 people poking it through me, they could not retrieve any of my venous blood?

one, it's either my vein is really serious deep that i need a 1m needle probably.
or two, i don't have blood.

i would hope its the latter because as one of the testers said, atleast no one can steal it.
yes, sure, thanks for the bruises and that totally made me feel better.

:X

tido k bye

2010-09-14T20:16:00.003+10:00

no duit raya for me this year. except from mum, and two brothers.
i told dad to give out duit for the lil kids. and he did.
there's after all only like less than 15 of them.

okay lah. nak tido.
wahhhh ngantuk sehhh. k bye.

i love you.

i feel good nananana

2010-09-09T21:12:00.004+10:00

hello people!

i would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you my wonderful girlfriends in singapore and whoever else reading this silently a blessed and amazing hari raya aidilfitri.

aku juga ingin susun sepuluh jari untuk meminta ampun dan maaf atas segala kesalahan, segala terkasar bahasa dan all that matter.

selamat hari raya ye. :)

anyway! i am feeling the heat of the eid already since 5 days ago.
nothing else is played in my car cd player but hari raya songs.
i've been making kuih like a factory and cleaned the house like a prince is coming to melamar. haha.
so i am very much looking forward to tmr.
despite the celebration without my whole family, i guess i'm pretty much used to it now. yes, i do miss the festivities, the geylang, the dendeng, the orang melayu get together, the lampu klap klip and so on but life's like this no?
let's just appreciate what we have now ok.

i think to me, it doesn't really matter as long as i am with my crazy erratic family this joyous season. so yes. thank you Allah. :D

okay enough with the raya rants!

GOOD NEWS!
i have lost 15.1 kg to date. for the past 16 weeks.
i started officially on the 26 may and i don't plan to stop EVER.
i'm sorry but i think i'm gonna be like one of those gym junkies or whatever.
it's crazyyy!! 16 weeks dude. 16 freaking weeks.
i wonder where those 15kg went to really and even wonder more how the hell did i put on THAT much weight. shit.
i am also now officially the same weight as i was in sec 3. probably a tad heavier but to lose 15kg is one hell of an achievement.

if you're wondering how i lose this much weight?
let me share this with you. it's top secret so don't tell anyone. hehe.
it's easy. not really. i mean the theory is easy.
discipline. and motivation. lots and lots and lots of motivation.
eat less is one thing, but following strictly a menu plan probably helps.
and exercise more. and more. and more. how more?

welcome to my world. my world in the past 16 weeks and the next 8.
... i'm training for a 10km run remember?

think it's crazy?
it was crazier in the past 16 weeks. i trained hard 6 days a week with only one rest day.
i thought i should give my body some mercy for the next 8 so i give myself 2 rest days. :D
my training sessions are normally 45 mins. but it's well worth it lah.

food? this is where the craziest discipline comes in. my normal day is like this.

breakfast: cereal dengan susu HL ditabur dengan almond, teh hijau, air putih
snack: satu pisang, satu buah oren, dengan 5 biji almond
lunch: bawak dari rumah ape2 mak masak. tapi kurangkan nasi atau mee nye hanya sebesar genggam tangan dan isi tupperware dengan lebih sayur-sayuran dan daging/ayam/tuna
snack: satu tub yogurt (kalau masih lapar)
dinner: daging/ayam. jangan makan nasi. nope. zilch.

i still eat chocolates and stuffs though.
when i crave for it i just eat it lah, only in moderate amounts.
and once a week i have my cheat days, where i can eat just about ANYTHING.
like i can have macdonalds for breakfast, kfc for lunch, burger king for dinner. HAHA.

so yeahhh.
anyone thinking of doing the same, please consult your physician.
if symptoms persist, stop use.

huahua.
k bye.
have a good eid okay? i love you all.

i love you.

raya raya

2010-09-08T21:34:00.002+10:00

yay yay yay lusa raya!
honestly, I am looking forward to this year raya.
not only that I only missed 6 days, but I have made my own kuih raya.
all theres left to do is to deep clean the house (i.e. spring cleaning is really happening in spring this year hehe)
and to help mum masak.

so tmr will be a looooongggg day for me.
sahur, study, work at 8am, then go home need to clean, study, buka puasa, exercise, cook.
sounds good? sweet.
ill blog again tmr, time check 9.40pm so good night world. :)

warning: ass and breast might go

2010-08-31T19:35:00.004+10:00

hello world.
i bought a new phone!
samsung galaxy s! and it's the best phone i've ever owned.

honestly this little mini can do EVERYTHING.
it got me thinking.. what's the use of computers when you can do literally anything on the phone no.
you can fb, organise your day, check the weather, twitter, even do your assignment with the included office software.
it's amazing i tell you.
i was a little hesitant though because i'm recontracting right for another 2 years.
which means i have to pay $39 a month for the next two years.
but after using this phone for like 3 days i reckon its worth so much more than that.
yes, i'm a satisfied samsung user.

anyway! mum started making kuih already and it SMELLS GOOOOD.
i will start mine on saturday, i promised her i'll make my signature m&m and london almond.
but yes raya is fast approaching and i'm super duper excited.

i signed up for run4fun yesterday btw.
it's a 10km run happening on the 7th november.
it's my final goal before i get my ass to sg.
speaking about ass, do you know that you lose your ass AND your breasts when you lose weight.
hahahahaha. it's freaking depressing :(
anyway, i'm this close to reaching my goal weight now i will start training for the 10km!
my goal is to run in an hour or less. and yes, i will do it. :D

okay stay happy everyone.
and motivated.
and positive. life is short. keep smiling yea.

p.s. i opened a twitter account and i'm nearing addicted. combined with my phone which automatically updates tweets every like 3 secs, i will probably be like bff (only much less crazy hehe). anyway add me up @cityofaqilah.

p.s.s. BEN AND JERRY OPENED IN MY FAVOURITE CINEMA. very the dangerous. arggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! = yay! chocolate chip cookie dough anyone? YUMMMM.

i love you.

just wanna be happyyyyy

2010-08-28T10:58:00.003+10:00

HELLO EVERYONE!
i am feeling pretty amazing because my flight back to sunny singapore is confirmed.
HURRAH!

double the happiness is i am flying with singapore airlines on board the amazing A380 weehheee.
and triple the happiness, the flight is weirdly cheap compared to normal.
i booked it for $840 return compared to normal which is about $1200.
savings huh. yappp!

so i will be departing sydney tues 16 nov at 9.15am.
and arriving singapore at 2.25pm. i smelll fooooooooddddd already. haha.
btw i am travelling alone YAYAYAYAYAYAY!
you have no idea how long i have been waiting to travel unaccompanied. hahahaha.
and and i'm the last to leave because ilah is leaving 7 nov, and the other 6 (mum, dad, sham, nurul, noreis and hanah) is leaving a day before me.
uber cool.

and i will be staying in sg till 13 dec. nearly a month.
it's gonna be great. i don't know i just need a holiday pronto.
my stress level is approaching sub maximal. soooo many assignments.
it's week 6 of uni. i.e. 8 more weeks to go and we're done. DONE!

k bye.

i love you.

damn, i feel like a woman

2010-08-22T22:00:00.003+10:00

IT HAS ARRIVED!
WHOOOOO.

2 weeks late but still at least it's here.

i feel normal again. YAY.

rejection letter number 81097391011

2010-08-18T05:31:00.001+10:00

what now?
i have no idea.

let's just say, on the bright side, i have a whole heap of different options to choose from. :D

belom datang bulan!

2010-08-16T19:25:00.004+10:00

humans.
i would like to tell you that my period has been super irregular since 14 weeks ago.
i normally have it regularly every 30 days but now it's gone.
the last time i had my period is 6 weeks ago. 2 weeks late.
and before that was about 3 weeks late.

it'll probably turn up next year or something.

it's sad i know. :(

on the bright side, i might not miss a day this ramadhan. hurrah!

dugaan beb, dugaan

2010-08-15T07:14:00.003+10:00

so how's the fasting month so far?
it's all good for me tbh only that i sleep SO MUCH IT'S CRAZY.

imsak is at 5am here so i'm awake at 4.30am right.
i don't sleep after makan so i do my school work then leave the house at 7-ish or if no class.
i will then get sleepy around 2pm so normally if i don't have afternoon classes which is on tuesday and thurs and friday i go straight home and sleep for 2 hours.
then buka is at 5.30pm (12 hours je bebbb whooo!), eat kurma, drink water, maghrib, exercise, eat dinner, wait 2 hours, and by 9.30pm i'm asleep.

grrrrrr.

EH BANGUN LAH!

bahasa bahasa

2010-08-14T06:30:00.003+10:00

hello friends.
to raise up my GPA, i am doing intermediate indonesian in uni.
exciting? lol. it's okay. it's like sec 3 malay. HAHAHA.
senang giler seh only that the translation from english to bahasa really uses your hippocampus.

the classes are boring though because i sit there and pretend i don't know the meaning of a word. that's probably the downside.
but the good thing is i hope to get as many marks in this course so i can up my not very good gpa. anyway.

bahasa aku dah karat so i use a dictionary to look up words. lol.

one task we have to do it write this mini karangan about men expectations of women.
some words are in indo but it's simple to read because classical indo (i.e. without the slang like cewek capek ngak). so read it my friends.

let's pretend we're in malay class and cikgu adam has a ruler in his hands to whoever misbehaves.

Pada masa ini, ramai diantara kami yang selalu mengharapkan yang sempurna dalam mencari wanita, bagi yang laki-laki, dan laki-laki bagi yang wanita. Kami lebih selektif dan selalu mengharapkan bagai bidadari atau pangeran akan datang menjelma di depan pintu. Tapi adakah fikiran ini keterlaluan dan irasional atau apakah ia hanya lumrah seorang manusia di muka bumi ini?

Sering kali laki-laki bicara bersama teman sesama tentang ciri-ciri wanita idaman mereka. Diantaranya dan yang sangat biasa ialah wanita yang lembut, sabar, sederhana, pintar masak, pintar menjaga suami, cantik dan seksi. Memang benar semua manusia ingin pasangannya sebegitu tetapi ia tidak begitu adil jika yang lelaki terlalu selektif. Tidak pernah saya lihat di dunia ini wanita yang memenuhi segala ciri-ciri itu, seperti semua manusia yang lain, wanita juga tidak sempurna. Mungkin ada diantara kami yang pintar masak dan menjaga suami tapi mungkin tidak sebegitu cantik dan seksi – dan sebaliknya. Banyak model-model di negara kami yang cantik dan seksi tapi kepintaran dan sifat kewanitaan mereka sudah tercelah dengan dugaan-dugaan dunia selebriti sekarang.

Laki-laki juga harus sedar, di masa kini, wanita lebih pandai bercita-cita luhur dan mempunyai banyak impian untuk mendaki gunung setinggi-tingginya seperti laki-laki dalam bidang pekerjaan. Wanita juga berkeinginan untuk memberi sokongan kepada suami dari segi uang untuk membangun masa depan yang lebih terang untuk rumah tangga. Wanita pada masa ini mempunyai hak dan kebebasan untuk memutuskan sendiri apa yang terbaik untuk dirinya. Mungkin sekarang banyak laki-laki yang mengizinkan isterinya berlakuan sedemikian tapi ada diseparuh antara rakyat kami masih berpikiran seperti dahulu kala. Mereka takut akan wanita akan menjadi mata duitan dan bercemburuan tanpa jelasan.

Jika inilah perkaranya, laki-laki haruslah kurangkan harapan mereka tentang ciri-ciri wanita yang mereka idamkan. Dalam hal ini juga, laki-laki haruslah juga selalu berusaha mencari wanita idaman mereka. Wanita sebegitu mungkin duduk meja depan kantor kamu atau dia mungkin hanya jiran sebelah rumah. Yang penting, jangan putus asa dan terus mencari, kurangkan pengharapan bahwa wanita juga mempunyai ciri-ciri yang tidak sempurna dan jika perasaan itu benar jangan lepaskan peluang itu. Seperti kata pepatah, kalau tidak dipecahkan ruyung, manakan dapat sagunya.

CHEY! ok bye.

p.s. it's all fake. online dictionary beb.

i love you.

selamat hari jadi

2010-08-09T20:58:00.003+10:00

HAHA i can't believe i'm watching the parade right now.
i don't know why but watching the parade always leaves me at awe.
i have never seen any parade as in uniform groups parade as good and precise as this in the world. cheh.

so i noticed a couple of things though.

1. what the hell is npcdcc?

2. wonder why the guard of honors don't have any malays or indians leading.

3. the forward march is awesome. dude it's hard to keep in line from what i recall in npcc.

4. the ncc land leader is cute! or sea? whichever. HAHAHAHA. cadet lieutenant mohd danial or something.

5. the marina bay sands thingy reminds me of the whale in finding nemo.

6. i feel sorry for the kids/adults in the parade i.e. how many hours they put in for this day. well done though. at least you get to eat kfc/pizza hut.

7. i miss my ndp friends. ahh.

okay parade over. now i go do my control of insulin secretion hor.

happy birthday lah singapore. see you in november.

i love you.

YOU SO FINE!

2010-08-07T19:25:00.003+10:00

super obsessed with them pretty boys hahahaha.
especially siwon. checkered shirt. AHHHHHHH! *melts*

lihat dan renungi mereka, wahai manusia..

love you!

hello biceps!

2010-08-06T20:56:00.003+10:00

i.ate.alot.today.

normal breakfast thinking it'll be any other day.
but then i had subway after work.
3 hours later i had mum's rice and kuah putih something and sambal ikan and telur.
3 hours later i had macdonalds cheeseburger and small fries.

and i had like ALOT OF CHOCOLATES TODAY.
if chocolates were drugs i would have died of overdose.

i'm so full i cannot breathe.
lol. i might as well stock up on stored glycogen for the fasting month.

bleagh.

on the bright side i don't feel quite as bad really, it is after all my cheat day.
(i.e. one day a week i can just eat a horse.)
why? because i have lost a further 3.2kg in the past month making my total weight lost to 11.2kg. super ecstatic i tell you.
next weigh in is in a month's time and i WILL LOSE ANOTHER 3KGS.

MY GOAL WEIGHT IS 65KG BY NOVEMBER 17 AND I CAN DO IT.
taking my BMI to a healthy 22.5 hurrah!

btw i wanna show you my new best friend.
miss bicep. super hot or what. i.e. my left hand lahhhh tgk kat kanan kau.

weight lifting championship anyone? HAHAHAHAHA.

okay bye.

four toes

2010-08-01T18:31:00.004+10:00

i know i said i won't be blogging but what the hell.

anyway i have photos! haha of random stuffs.

first

i can't believe my brother is getting married!!
anyway here's an informal invite to all of you. :)
i will remind again when the time nears.

yeah i know he is getting married. geeee.

second

i got some goodies from mum in sg.
GST CREDITS! ahhh. so i am eligible hahaha i know i'm a bit delayed but walaowey free money!
so i registered and then i will be $200 sg richer in 4 days.
okay at least i know i will still have money for roti prata and telur everyday in nov.

and this! ez link card. haha it's nice cos it's yellow.
it's downside? i don't think there's any value in it. bleagh.
thanks.

third
i wanna get new phone but i cannot decide laaaaa between iphone 4 or samsung galaxy s.
one's apple's os and one's google's android.

samsung galaxy s, superb features, only a little pricey and plastic.
$0 upfront, $51 per month, free unlimited sms in oz, free calls to mum, sis and most of my good friends and 1.5GB of data.

apple iphone 4, reliable apple quality, apparently the reception is not affected much here in australia so i am considering..
$0 upfront, $44 per month, 300MB data, free calls to those on my network..

eh is 300mb data alot? i mean i'm in uni alot right.. so i use the free wifi and at work too i have free wifi.

ok bye.

wo ai ni.

heart rate whatt?

2010-07-31T21:47:00.003+10:00

aku ade jam baru!
it's a heart rate monitor watch with like the heart rate sensor band and it's uber cool!
feels like it's physiology lab every time i use it. lol.

and i'm seriously amazed by it okay.

MY SISTER HAS A PIMPLE UNDER HER LEFT NOSTRIL YUCK!

okay anyway.. hahaha that was cos she walked into the room while i'm typing sorry.

yeah ANYWAY! it tells me so many things about my heart rate lah.
like how my resting heart rate is 55 per min average.
and while i'm exercising my peak hr is 191 per min. woah.
and after my 45 min of workout i burn an average of 750 calories.
it's amazing and it's a motivation really to improve my fitness level.

by to the the to the way, my next weigh in is next wednesday!!
exciting laaaahhhhhhhhhh! it has been 13 long weeks. whhoooooo.

NDP is in 9 days and i am thinking of celebrating it with the singapore students association at my uni.
exciting no? and they give out goodie bags ah.
and they screen the ndp on the projector ok.
lol. but see how la if i'm bothered with sheer laziness i'll skip. heh.

okay bye.
and if i don't blog before ramadan, selamat berpuasa teman-teman ku!
SO FAST!

xoxo.

aishiteru.

orange and ginger fish

2010-07-25T22:08:00.003+10:00

hello hello hello.

before you is my signature dish.

hahaha. i know it does not look very delicious nor presentable.

but it gets better everytime i make it okay.

i call it orange and ginger fish. ikan masak halia oren. LOL.

and the sweet corn but sometimes i sub it with broccoli or just plain salad.

it's yummy yummy yummy dude.

i shall cook it for you one day.

who wants the recipe? hehe.

btw, the second season of australian's masterchef just ended and the 2010 masterchef is half malaysian, half singaporean. he's name is adam.

that show really inspire me to cook. lol :)

sarang hae.

marina bay sands

2010-07-24T21:59:00.002+10:00

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/a-citys-4-billion-gamble-20100723-10nt6.html

in today's sydney morning herald travel section. front page.

very impressive.

at the very least i can enter the casino (for whatever reasons at all) without paying the levy no?

ahh, benefits of holding another passport.

xoxo.

ich liebe dich.

birthday shenanigans

2010-07-19T20:22:00.007+10:00

hello everyone.

eh i'm turning 21 in 3 hours lah. hahaha.

how amazing is that. it's kinda sad mum is not here to celebrate it with me but i made her promise this will be the first and last hahaha.

seriously ah she must be here considering how she endured a 4.1kg beast in her uterus for a while.

anyway! since i'm blogging right.. i wanna show you what i have blogged about every year about my birthday. it's hilarious lah when i read back so here's to all of you:)

the past 6 years of my birthday blogs.

2009 - kuala lumpur

"i have 10 years and i shall be a millionaire by then. or sooner. but in 10 years time i shall have $1mil in my trust account. just wait and see. HAHAHA."

ahh wishful thinking. never stops.

2008 - sydney

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY AQILAH!
hehehe. may all your dreams and wishes (if any) come true.
or else just go live an unbelievable life. :)"

2007 - sydney

(: my birthday, ahem, 18th birthday was filled with love laughter and joy.
nothing big just celebrated with my school friends cos they brought me a cake with EIGHTEEN candles, man i feel young for 10 mins.

2006 - sydney
"dad. i want blueberry cake.
not chocolate or cream or anything else but BLUEBERRY!"

feels like i was one of those annoying kids who demands stuffs lol.

couldn't find by 2005 post or probably didn't have 1.

2004 - singapore

"HAPPIE BDAE TO ME - MAY ALL MY WISHES COME TRUE AND GOOD LUCK FOR MY FUTURE ENDEAVOURS (: [huahuaha]

finallie im 15. im gonna make my ic soon. yey! hehe. ermm i wanna thk my beloved mom for bringing me up till now n will never stop bringing me up. love u alot mom. muax. well aniway. my birthday was great just now sey. seperti biasa. adat any birthday. sabo. hehe kene terok sey by my fellow ncos n also ghaz. thx to hidayah n francine for coming up wit da whole idea. but the best part is..they bought me a cake! blueberry dok. favourite. sedap. n sedap kene smudge with cake. habis smuer rambot aku n my uniform kene. but thks yar guys. everyone. u guys made my day. love ya'll. (:"

hahahaha mengarut sey budak kecik ni.

there you go. heh.

anyway let's be serious for a bit.

today will be my last post before i step into what society call, adulthood.
but before i do that and emerge myself into the extremities of life, good or bad, let's reflect on what i've done/achieved/suffered for the past 21 years of my life.
i strongly believe these things that happened before me has contributed in a way or another no matter how small or large to how i am today.

- i have learnt to love my mum more than anything in this world and 3 times more than i do my dad (cheh sesungguhnya Nabi SAW bersabda..)

- i have lived in 3 countries since the day i was born. like it or not, it's probably one of the major reasons that makes me me today. at the very least my view of the world is probably different than many and i'm quite happy about it..

- i have flown on an airplane 25 times (or more possibly) with the first one when i was 2 from brunei to singapore to oman.

- i have been in 3 different education systems, kindergarten in oman, school in singapore and high school in australia. maybe that's the reason why i'm strange and weird. hehe.

- i am 3/4 done in completing my first degree. it is not one of the best move in my life doing this degree but it taught me a lot of stuffs mainly non-academic and taught me how to appreciate life in a whole new level.

- i have met, befriended and acquainted with a million different people from at least 20 different countries. namely indonesia, japan, taiwan, korea, china, serbia, usa, thailand. it's amazing cos it's like international day every day!

- i learnt to love and appreciate my cat bobo in so many different ways. he's the best thing ever happened to me. awww.

- i never had a proper boyfriend. the good thing is i learn how to live independently, the bad thing is mum is getting worried. hahahaha.

- i got my drivers license and bought a car which happens to be the most expensive single item i've ever bought. yeah i'm broke.

- i had a credit card once and was in debt with the bank for nearly 1000 for a few months. i repaid it (took me a while) and i straight away closed the card. scary shit. moral of the story? 18 years old does not entitle you to a credit card. never ever ever ever.

- the two group of people that matters the most to me is my family and my friends. i learnt that no matter what happens in this world and if one by one your friends walk away, your family will always be by your side.

- i was involved in an accident which has something to do with speeding. my parents and i was injured and mum had 8 of her ribcages broken. speeding is nasty people, if you think it's cool you're the dumbest person i've ever met.

- i was fined $450 in 2007 and got my licence suspended for 3 months. fun times! :X

- i had my fair share of the stupidest thing i've ever done especially in sec school and i will never revisit that episode of my life ever again. on the bright side, sec school has taught me a great deal on growing up and i am tremendously appreciative about that. plus i met some very nice people from sec school lahhh.

- i go by ALOT of different names since i don't know when. one is in primary school - AG. i.e. aqilah giler or my brother used to say, aqilah gemok. in secondary school - aqil. haha. and then they're is aquilah, akiller, shawty is akiller, seetea, sydney, cindy, city and the list goes on.

- i have made very bad decisions along the way which impacted the people around me in a negative way. not proud of those but over time i accepted it and learnt from it and made sure it will never happen again.

- i have worked in 4 different jobs over the past 4 years, but only stuck to one. why? cos working feels like home. working in retail allowed me to see and embrace a lot of different people, both customers and the people i work with. it taught me the reasons why people act that way, why some people are nice why some are always grumpy. it's awesome. feels like i'm studying psychology everytime i'm on shift haha.

i am pretty contented and happy with how my life is now. even though the future might not seem so bright, i believe things will change over time because i want it to and i will. i guess as i welcome the new year and probably one of the biggest year of my life, i will be faced with a whole lot of decision making. at least i know although i may not be as wise as an older person, i can look back upon the things i have done over the past years, all the mistakes done and the lessons learnt and judge things wisely.

also i will have an amazing time tomorrow WHOOOOO.

i am ready, world.. let's see what i've got. happy birthday to me :)

p.s. don't worry i'm still a kid at heart. sape nak main playground?

i love you.

grown up!

2010-07-16T20:56:00.003+10:00

so 1/2 of the family left right today.
it feels so weird to come home to a quiet house.
awkward! now i have to work out what to cook for dinner laa for the next 12 nights!
it's funny cos mum left me like her ancient recipe book passed down her mum's mum.
and like 3 other super easy recipe books.
i shall look at it soon!

anyway i feel so much better now. i.e. not sick anymore.
tomorrow will be a quiet day in for me, myself and i.
probably just clean up the house or something after my morning work out.
watch movie. read books? nahh. not into books lol.
a date with bff on skype. which i HOPE WILL THIS TIME HAPPEN. hehe.
and probably make myself mentally ready for uni on monday.

sounds good :D

holy shit i'm watching masterchef now and they're making this super delicherrssss chocolate glutiny with brownie and ice cream and choc sauce and raspberries looks so good and so sinful!

i love you.

4 more months, the excitement!

2010-07-14T20:20:00.007+10:00

hello everyone!

i'm back from melbourne hurrah!
lol, i would have to say that as much as i love that place i still haven't got enough of sydney. i mean i'm open to moving there if i have to but there's just so much more to discover in sydney that i haven't.

the trip was actually good, i enjoyed every bit of it.
photos are up on facebook. and for irah here's your link :)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=191833&id=547016331&l=223fd3bab9

after trip i fell sick.
started with a sore throat, found my life saver: strepsils.
then moved on with a flu, found my life saver: calaratyn.
today i'm just recovering. hope to get back to my usual self by friday.
so i can resume training. feels so sluggish when i don't get my dose of work out every day.

mum, dad and noreis are leaving for singapore on friday!
to settle the wedding and stuffs.
i'm so goddamn jealous lah. all the food they get to eat.
heh. but it's ok! 4 months beb and i shall arrive in style cheh.

oh i got my results and as expected i failed one subject.
which means i have to stay back one more semester. to repeat one subject.
crazy huh? yeah that's life. i guess looking at the bright side, God is giving me a second and ultimately final chance to get my grades up. thankfully though it's just an elective not a core, which means i have to make it up with any subject i want.

having that in mind, i will try one more time for gamsat in march next year.
hopefully i can get my gpa up, and strengthen my application for med school in 2012.
if after all that i still don't get in, then at least i know i tried hard enough to move on no?
it's too early to give up now, for sure so i will give it another shot. :D

so what am i going to do while repeating that subject next year?
i'm gonna work at starbucks hurray! haha exciting much?
study for gamsat. and save heaps of money to visit the jeng jeng jeng UNITED STATES OF AMERICA before 2012! :D

anyhoo. i planned my end of year holiday plans already.
eh amcm ni geng masih nak gi kl tak? look look my tentative timetable.

dark grey = not in sg/family commitments
light grey = jalan jalan, carik makan

i will however want to spend as much time as i can with my bff (in a way i hope kau tak dpt keje ah hahaha), my gorgeous girlfriends i.e. ayah, irah, pie, and all of you lah mcm tak tau and also go see my god daughter and spend time with my family and cousins. there's nothing else i want to do really.

BUT! i do want to while i'm back in sg:

1) visit universal studios

2) go see that what adventure land thingy at sentosa (excuse my sillyness lah i don't know what it's called)

3) pegi wet n wild haha just cos i've never been there ever and when friends here ask me about water theme parks it's embarrassing not to know :)

4) makan like a lot. i.e. lose weight now for an awesome food feast later. smart. nasi sambal goreng, mee soto yang kat ubi avenue, putu piring kat geylang, shredded chicken noodle at northpoint, long john silver (ahhh.. the challenges of living overseas is putting up with cravings like this everyday. i think i'm really good at it now)

5) main basikal kat east coast park and climb the spider web thing at pasir ris park hehehe.

6) shopping shopping shopping! great singapore sale yeappp.

the list goes on lah. so exciting!

i'm possibly arriving on the morning of 17 nov, pagi rayer yay! (mmg sengaje aku buat gini sebab at least takya masak haha. sampai je makan sudah dihidang! cheh.)

and then i'm planning to visit thailand and learn scuba dive in phuket from 13 dec-20 dec before returning back to singapore on 21st and then back to sydney before xmas. see http://www.diveasia.com

still don't know who i'm gonna go to thailand and phuket with. anyone up for a scuba dive experience? tell me yerr.

alright beb, i feel so excited right now i wanna go jump on my bed.

p.s. weighed myself. lost 8kg from the past 10 weeks! happiest day of my life.
p.s.s. one more week to my 21st and don't know what to do. boohoo.

i love you.

total eclipse of the heart

2010-07-06T21:46:00.005+10:00

eh hello. i know cr is like a playboy right.
but he's hot and sexy. i still want him okay.
anyway many people disprove me being with him.
lol. so find me a nice guy then i'll get over him. :D

I AM LEAVING FOR MELBOURNE IN 2 DAYS!
you know how excited i am? like to the max lah.
i don't know what i'm going to do there because i havent got the money from the govt.
so basically i'm broke, i think i'm just going to relax. and more relax. before uni starts again in 2 weeks.

anyway i don't want anything for my birthday okay bff.
just save that money and visit me here asap. :D

my next weigh in is tomorrow i am so freakisheee excited!
hehe i have alot of adrenaline in my body right now cos of melbourne, my weigh in, the germany game vs spain (i'm going for germany btw go deutchsland! why cos they are in the same group as australia and cos their adidas team jacket is so nice i'm getting one if they win the cup lol).

so i hope my weigh in will be good. as you rmbr 4 weeks ago i lost 5 kilos.
i'm in my 9th week of training now. feels so good. another 5 kilos? maybe? hopefully!

okay lahhh. i'm going to watch sorority row with my baby sis now.

oh and let me show you this super cute picture of aara.

so damn cute laaaaaaaaa. i wanna bite her cheeks. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR. (sorry yana i posted the picture here. so irresistable :D)

gee can't wait for november.
eh have fun everyone i'll be back after melbourne :DDDDD

i love you.

welcome July!

2010-06-30T11:07:00.003+10:00

hello world!
first up i wanna share the sadness with my bff because japan is out of the game :(
but don't worry beb, 2014 will be a comeback for japan and australia. stronger and better. for sure. whooooo. go Ryu! :D

so what have i been up to eh.
i have been sleeping alot. lol. catching up on those sleeps. for sure.
and waking up without worrying about a thing.
i feel like a baby lah. lol.

and then i have been working alot too.
i have been cleaning up alot. my house and room.
window shopping. training. cooking delicious meals.

i'm actually super excited cos D-Month is coming i.e. july.

1) eclipse is here tomorrow. go jacob!
2) tax return is here. i.e. i get my 4 figure bonus from the government. bring in the shopping dude.
3) i'm going melbourne. rawwrrrrrr!
4) my birthday :D
5) sky diving double :D :D
6) iphone 4 wooooooooo
7) mum is going to singapore and bringing back red bean buns. hahaha.

have a good rest of the week my gorgeous friends.
i miss you!

my baby CR

2010-06-27T10:05:00.004+10:00

hello hello baby you called i can't hear a thing.
i have got no service in the club you see seeeee.

HOLLAAAAAAA!
how was the week everyone?
mine was hell.
literally. i had 6 exams in a week. a record.
and i missed 4 training days cos of stress to the max and sleep deprivation.

on thursday night i finished my last exam for that day at 8pm, got home at 9pm.
and got 3 shots of espresso because i haven't studied a thing for my neuro paper the next day, friday, at 9am.
turns out i fell asleep anyway because i woke up at 4am that thursday day to watch serbia v aust which was well worth it.
so i woke up at 3am that friday morning cramming 13 weeks of what i've learnt in class.
confident as it is i walked in the exam hall with eye bags (something you don't see it in me often fyi because of my 9-5 sleeping cycle: no eye bags) but this time it's different.
as soon as i got the paper i blanked out i felt like crying.
so it was the worse paper of all. i only probably did 40% of it 3/4 of the time i'm sitting and recalling what i've studied. heh.

so moral of the story my friends: don't wake up at 3am to study. doesn't work. you won't be able to answer the questions anyway so might as well sleep right.

now now i have a feeling i have to repeat another semester before i can graduate. yup, i'm blissed.

anyway i just wanna update because i wanna tell you all that I AM OBSESSED WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO. number 7 portugal national team, number 9, real madrid. i think i am going to start watching uefa cup starting next season just cos of him.

sigh. my heart melts seeing him play hahahahahahahah!
it's insane laa i don't normally have a favourite person/celebrity but this guy makes me weak in the knees. so it's official. i'm in love. <3

p.s. i like guys who smiles a lot especially those who has a million dollar smile like my baby CR. and when he smiled after scoring the 6th goal against korea dpr i was caught. HAHAHAHAHA!

wait for his smile at the end!!

okay i better go before you guys puke your breakfast out. eh i want a poster of him for my bdayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

:D :D :D

i'm alive!

2010-06-21T20:15:00.004+10:00

hello everyone.
amidst all the papers and books all around me and the cold winter chill, let me update about the goings in my life. pls learn that i am still alive, fit and healthy as ever, no winter blues, a level 6/10 stress and generally happy. :D

firstly, my exams officially begin in two days.
and officially ends in seven.
in this 5 days, i have SEVEN PAPERS. 2 on each day except monday with 1.

i am pretty stressed to the max right now not because i have so many info in my head but because i can't seem to absorb any info into my head.
it worries me that i'm not worried lol.
i have no idea what's going on but i am pretty sure i am so sick of uni and study i wish i can get a job and start working now. :(

next, i got my touch.
it's probably one of the most awesomest thing i've ever owned apart from my mitsubishi colt.
it does everything! kudos touch for really capturing my heart.

thirdly, I AM GOING MELBOURNE IN 17 DAYS! again!
it's gonna be freezing cold there especially in july but you know what? i love melbourne and you will do anything for the one you love right? heh.

fourthly, tomorrow's my baby sis 18th.
18th, can you believe it? i bought her a pandora bracelet to capture this sweet day of hers and many more along the way till she grows older.
gosh time flies she's so big now huh. i love her so much man.

fifthly, australia will be playing serbia this thursday morning at 4.30am AU/2.30am SG. please stay/wake up with me. hehe. why? because it's the final match before they come home i guess. heh.
honestly i don't think we can get into the round of 16 unless a miracle happen (i.e. we beat serbia and ghana beats germany, which is ermm quite unlikely? heh)
the match against germany, i admit was embarrassing i have no idea what the boys were thinking. eh 4-0 sial malu ah.
but i reckon we can beat serbia. mark my words, world. my Cahill will attack.
anyway, i think argentina and brazil will play the finals. my bets is on argentina. italy can go home (seriously how bad were they in yesterday's match against the underdogs NZ?). so will england (wth rooney?) and germany (because i don't like ozil lol) too.

finally, it's time for me to study again. see you all in a week :D
keep smiling love. the sun shines when you do.

i love you.

an epitome of beauty

2010-06-08T20:42:00.005+10:00

ahhhhh.
guess what.
i ordered an ipod touch online through apple.com.au on sunday right.
and then today apple announce the release of iPhone 4!

woahh irritating to the max seh. should've waited!
as you all know i've had my current samsung i don't know what model phone for nearly 2 years.
my contract will end in august this year.
so i've been waiting for this new iphone to be released.
which i anticipated it to be end of this year. thus i replaced my current dead zen with touch.
but then, they say it will come to australia late july! so damn soon.

on the bright side, iphone 4 is super gorgeous. well done apple, for stealing my heart away for what is known to me as the most beautiful non human thing i've seen in my life. :D
and with the awesome design, and increased features.. i will definitely buy it.
gone were the days where i think apple products are over rated.

till then, my touch will hopefully arrive tomorrow :D and it's engraved! woot.

HAHAHA

2010-06-06T20:18:00.001+10:00

my sis got a macbook for an advanced 18th present.

and this is what i love about it.

so ader calon suami tak? LOL.

the journey

2010-06-05T08:39:00.002+10:00

time check: 8.30am.
feels good to sleep more on a saturday.
i am going for a run. wanna come? :D

btw, i lost 5kgs for the past 4 weeks. HURRAH!
let's not stop now shall we. remember - THE ABS.

UNI OFFICIALLY ENDED YESTERDAY!

yep

2010-06-02T21:52:00.003+10:00

"i was young and caught in the crowd
i didn't know then what i know now
i was dumb and i was proud and i'm sorry

if i could go back, do it again
i'd be someone you could call friend
please, please believe that i'm sorry"

kate miller-heidke - caught in the crowd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ojoqHbPmzg

kush kush hootaaaa hay

2010-05-31T19:39:00.002+10:00

at this very moment, i wish i was still in singapore so i can just drive out to mustafa centre and beli vcd kuch kuch hota hai.

i freaking wanna watch that movie bad. LIKE RIGHT NOW.

mind blank

2010-05-29T22:07:00.003+10:00

i. am. writing. my. 750. words. medical. school. entrance. essay.

but all i have in mind is this quote. by martin luther king, jr.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"

hope that helps.

you're it!

2010-05-26T19:35:00.003+10:00

you know you've changed when..
1) you feel bad eating mcdonalds and
2) you get super moody on the day you don't get to workout.

eh can someone tell me what the hell twitter is.

and and, yana's girl name is aara qashrina, not qashira. ooops. sorry aara :D

second post of the day, evil evil.

...

2010-05-26T10:39:00.001+10:00

i need a serious hit of motivation, really. sigh.

my final uni timetable

2010-05-25T08:03:00.002+10:00

my final (final final) timetable for next semester starting 19 july.
plus another hour of psychology on monday at 1pm.

i think this is the best timetable i can ever get lah through my 3 years of uni.
why? cos.. i get to sleep in on monday and i have friday off (kinda)!
long weekend every weekend dudes.

whooooo.

i love you.

miracle happens once in a while

2010-05-22T23:34:00.005+10:00

Aara Qashira is finally here! on 22nd May at 6.34am.

you know what, she is drop dead gorgeous. so damn cute lah.

and now i really cannot wait for november! 6 months Aara, 6 more months and we will meet for real :D

congrats yana, i'm so proud and happy for you. :)

i love you.

2010-05-21T20:45:00.005+10:00

i totally love this girl, hidayah yuswirahim.
so you know how i have to send the 500 word essay on japan thing.
i have ideas right but the thing about me is that i have a weird way in wording things.
so when i write it down i will just simply not make sense.
i go round and round and round. it's horrible.
so i had hidayah to help and she's a legend i must say.
i have never met someone whose english is so articulate, it's just amazing.
i read it (after she edited it) and i was at awe.
really that girl, she has every potential to become a world class journalist.

so i thought good things should be shared right.
read it everyone. i'm pretty sure you'll be amazed too.

kudos, dayah. i still can't thank you enough.
you have just won yourself a lifetime supply of free caramel frappucinos. :D

"I have always heard a lot about Japan – the country, the advanced railway system contrary to that of Sydney, the technology that is always ahead of the rest of the world, the landscapes of mountains including the ever famous Mount Fuji, their infamous fashion styles and icons, the art of a Japanese Tea Ceremony, the crafty origami and the gentle blooming of a Sakura. But the one thing that amazes me every single time someone mentions Japan, Land of the Rising Sun, is their people – the Japanese. Why you may ask? The answer is quite simple, the Japanese are the most polite and generous people I’ve ever known. Having met and acquainted with a number of Japanese people here, I am even more convinced in the way they all act and the way they work. The Japanese are never parsimonious with their smile and are always working hard to achieve the best.

Given the opportunity, it would be in my inquisitive nature to grasp all that i can and strive to learn more about this somewhat elite society. I would love to see the nature in which they run their lives, surrounded by their amazing customs and colourful culture; to discover their need to use mats when they sit on the floor to eat, their epic rise to fame with a dish so simple and global as sushi and sashimi, and to simply be surrounded by their authenticity and traditional ways.

Being a frequent traveller of the world, i have had the opportunity to be exposed and experience the ways of a variety of different cultures. Unfortunately, Japan is not on this list in which i truly yearn for this experience and provided with such a prospect, I would in return share the Australian culture and hope that the ever so amiable Japanese will be able to teach me a thing or two about their vast culture.

Japan is a unique country with natural blossoms and distinctive architecture. Being a passionate student in the Biomedicine sector, I love how Japan is known for their advanced research and development. There is always that side of Japan that is continually advancing while the other side is more laid back and relaxed, immersing itself to its wonderful traditions – a factor lacking in my previous experiences with other countries and its culture. For me to not love Japan for this, would immensely be a sin.

Although I have never studied Japan in depth nor have I visited the country, I have learnt a lot about the Land of the Rising Sun, personally from one of my good Japanese friends. I’ve listened to Japanese pop music which is rarely imitable to any other country, I would love to visit Japan and see firsthand, with my very own eyes, whilst embracing their ethnicity, the way of life and the social customs amongst the people. And like the famous Japanese world view saying – ‘Wabi-Sabi’ – there would be no perfection without imperfection, Japan is the perfect elucidation surrounded by the imperfections of the world and that’s what I love about it."

xoxo.

knock it down

2010-05-20T14:22:00.003+10:00

this is gonna be a looong post cos i have 3 hours to kill and a lot of other things to do.
let me show you the art of procrastination. :D

eh anyway right.
i opened my facebook right and the news feed is like berlimpah-limpah ah dgn this syra skins model thing. and also i got tagged on FF's photo which i think is just awesome so everyone should totally vote for her.

anyway i didn't have a single clue what that thing spamming my news feed is about.
so i got curious and it turns out i kinda had a very good laugh. alone. hahaha.
it just somehow made me miss singapore and all the melayus there lah.
i don't know but it's pretty hilarious seeing 250 ish malays posing for their life.
haha. anyhoo the point is right, they're all pretty but i still think the prettiest of all humans are those who has a clean heart and an awesome individuality.

and that's why i voted for nurul fairuz. she being pretty is a bonus but knowing her for the past 7 years and knowing she's just an amazing person is more the reason why i voted for her.

good luck to the rest though i would absolutely love to see who wins, even if i'm 8000km away. (ahhh technology is just wonderful, no?)

okay so i'm submitting my Japan application tomorrow.
yes, i did write a 500 word thing 'what do I love most about Japan and why?'.
i know i'll be competing with god knows how many more other applicants but it shoots up my adrenaline when i open the email saying i am accepted for an interview or get rejected so there's nothing to lose :)

having said that i decided i should go on submitting my med school application. the odds of me getting it is pretty small (no, literally) but like i said there's nothing to lose right (except for $100 and time taken to write a 750 word essay).

okay lahhhh. now to kill more time i am going to do this. because i haven't done one in a while and i think it's a very effective tool to communicate broadly. haha.

ELEVEN THINGS YOU WISH YOU COULD SAY TO 11 DIFFERENT PEOPLE RIGHT NOW:

1) Mum, I love you.
2) My baby sis, you're growing up too fast.
3) Dear Allah, help guide me through confusing situations like this.
4) My second brother, I haven't seen you in two weeks! And funny how we're still in the same country.
5) Anatomy, I hate you. Go eff yourself.
6) My friends in Singapore, you guys are in my thoughts every single day hope everything is going great out there. I miss you all.
7) BFF, I miss you too. Take your time with the vcds haha. And I can't wait for November.
8) Yana, stay strong dear you've always been. Cannot wait for princess to arrive.
9) Awesome foursome, maybe we should start studying for exams soon and stop chatting about Hi-Chews.
10) Myself, I believe in you, trust me.
11) To UNSW vice chancellor, can i graduate already?

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF:

1) I find it hard to open up to people (yay surprise!)
2) I go to uni but I dread it but I still love my course cos it just applies so much to my life.
3) I love helping people and volunteering because it makes me satisfied knowing i made someone's day.
4) I love my friends and I will do just about anything for them.
5) I am loyal hahaha. Cos I still have the same phone and mp3 for 3 years already and I don't wanna replace it yet until it finally fails me.
6) I am pretty reserved and it takes a while for me to warm up to new people/surroundings. And I love my room more than any other place in this world.
7) I hide my feelings very well and it's hard to tell if i'm truly happy or just making it up.
8) I work at Starbucks and despite all the horrible things about that place I actually love working there. And would probably stay for as long as I don't have a full time job.
9) 99% of the time when you see me, I will be smiling. Or laughing.
10) I love anything romantic hahaha.

NINE WAYS TO WIN YOUR HEART:

1) Funny. And can make me laugh.
2) Down to earth even if you're earning 1 billions.
3) Able to read me like a book.
4) Can drive. lol.
5) Taller than me (i.e. 170cm or more.)
6) Have a direction in life.
7) Loves my Mum. And Mum loves you.
8) Strong in the faith.
9) Romantic, lol.
10) Understand the complicated me.

EIGHT THINGS THAT CROSS YOUR MIND A LOT:

1) Allah.
2) Being super fit before I get to Singapore.
3) Med school.
4) Singapore. And the people I truly miss, like Bff. :D
5) Money.
6) Zac efron. lol, okay no.
7) Anatomy of the brachial plexus. that's why i hate anatomy.
8) The future.

SEVEN THINGS YOU DO BEFORE YOU FALL ASLEEP:

1) Set up alarm.
2) Think about the awesome (or not) day I had and think how I can make it better the next day.
3) Find the right spot.
4) Put 20 thousand blankets on a 6 degree night.
5) Kiss Bobo.
6) Say my prayer. And hope for a good dream.
7) Close my eyes?

SIX THINGS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW:

1) My bag.
2) Embryo in a jar. I know scary right. I'm in the embryology lab haha and surrounded by it literally.
3) Phone.
4) noorul's ipod
5) student card
6) movie ticket from the back up plan earlier today

FIVE SONGS YOU LISTEN TO OFTEN:

1) colbie callilat - falling for you
2) miley cyrus - the climb
3) taylor swift - love story
4) anything rnbish.
5) the boring songs at starbucks.

FOUR THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

1) repay mum and dad with everything they want, renovate the house at jb using my own money.
2) travel the world.
3) do the 100 things i wanna do before i die.
4) skydiving, work overseas, scuba diving.

THREE CONFESSIONS:

1) i miss bff :)
2) i sleep at 9.30pm every night and wake up at 5.30am.
3) i love my car.

TWO THINGS YOU WISH:

1) all the good things for my friends and family.
2) i can meet erra fazira. hehe.

ONE FINAL THOUGHT:

i had enough of procrastinating. hehehe. can i graduate now?

okay i better go lahhh.
it's been an hour.

eh btw right i'm not a baby okay (grrrr bff) for sleeping at 9.30pm.
it's just that i believe in this theory that between 10pm-2am your body replenishes itself physically and between 2-6am it replenishes itself mentally.
that's why if you sleep at 2am right and have to wake up at 6am you are pretty much awake but trust me you will tired physically and just break down.

fix up your body clocks my friends.

i love you.

birthday birthday

2010-05-17T20:47:00.001+10:00

happy 21st birthday Raihana!
my first ever friend in Sydney.
and my singlish buddy.

am very much looking forward to the masquerade party on saturday.

i love you.

inspired much?

2010-05-15T20:15:00.003+10:00

so i was reading the papers today right.
and then there was this girl.
her name is jessica watson. she's 16. and she sailed like on a boat (not electric boat) but a boat.
or a yacht. by herself. around the world. solo. for 210 days. and today she's back in sydney.

i was so inspired and moved really.
you can read her blog lah and feel what i feel.
it's just amazing what she's done.

www.jessicawatson.com.au

stay inspired people. it's good for the oxytoxins in your body.
:D gee what a nerd.

i love you.

romeo take me somewhere we can be alone..

2010-05-14T21:56:00.004+10:00

after a mentally heart breaking week, i treated myself to a romantic movie.
hahahahahaha.

letters to juliet.
amanda seyfried and chris egan.
amanda seyfried is like multi-talented. she can sing (mamma mia), act (obviously) and be blonde (mean girls). she's probably like my fav actress lah along with sandra bullock and j.lo.
and chris egan is hot and he's aussie. haha. anyway.

it is SUPER ROMANTIC let me warn you.
and kinda cheesy (like really cheesy..) so if you're the cynical type this is def not for you.
it's probably in line with the notebook and not as sad as a walk to remember.
but if you wanna give your heart a test, go on, watch it. i dare you.

anyway, i received my GAMSAT results.
i am actually pretty happy to be honest.
considering the fact that i did not study a shit for it. no really. i did not.
and i didn't feel it that morning i sat for it.
my results were actually good enough to apply for admission to a med school.
i'm just a little confused now of which schools i can go to.
i did a little homework right and out of 12 schools and considering my shit GPA and the score i only have a shot at.. haha.

melbourne uni
uni of notre dame (sydney)
uwa (perth)

not in any order as yet. i still gotta decide that, which is a pain in the butt.
it makes it easier though cos out of 12, i'm down to 3 and we only get 3 preferences. lol.

rarrrrr. i have till 4th june to send my application.

maybe i should sembahyang istiharah.

okay bye now. (:

i love you.

FML

2010-05-11T20:16:00.004+10:00

june exams timetable is out.
one word. shit.

no really look at it and tell me how awesome it is.

we're going melbourne in july though.
just something to look forward to.
whee!

i love you.

happy anniversary sayang

2010-05-08T21:56:00.002+10:00

and i never thought i will stay this long with starbucks.

i love you.

i love you jack!

2010-05-08T08:37:00.000+10:00

full speed now.
exams are coming in 5 weeks.
whoooo. can you feel the heat?

aiming for a 65 average mark (i.e. at least a credit average)
currently standing at 59.3.

let's go!

dear mum

2010-05-06T20:10:00.001+10:00

mummy's day coming!
so what are your plans in thanking beloved mum?
take the time to think cos honestly she deserve all the best things in the world after putting up with endless crap.

as for 8 of us (yup, extended lahhh. heh), we're getting mum a super cool juicer (mcm letak apple then keluar juice dier) haha, flowers delivered on sunday, awesome dinner at this place and karaoke. yup, 8 of us.

love get togethers! =)

welcome to the new me

2010-05-04T21:32:00.002+10:00

the colt is in the workshop cos of the accident that day.
i will be car-less for a week can you believe it.
so lost without you. haha.

anyway i want to do something outrageous, mad and super unbelievable.
but i'm scared. how ah?

they say being scared or afraid always holds one from their dreams.
i guess i just gotta take the plunge and believe in myself?
this is crazeeee. :D

let's do it!

bgr, what?

2010-05-01T20:24:00.003+10:00

i have no idea why but my sister always reminds me that i'm turning 21 and i don't have a boyfriend. i love her more for that because yes she has a point but i have my point too. 6 points to be exact.

firstly, i'm only turning 21 god dammit. i still have 14 good healthy ovulating years to date, get married and have a few offsprings before 35. it's not like i'm 31 right and honestly yes at that age i WILL panic.

secondly, i don't know about the rest of you but honestly, considering i've moved 3 times in my 21 years of life (i.e. migrate here and there) my future is still uncertain. i would totally kiss the feet of a guy who can keep up with me and my family travelling shenanigans because damn you got something there boy. haha. seriously if i were to go back to singapore and go on dates right and then tell them my life story they would probably won't ask me out ever again for they don't wanna get dragged into this travelling whirlwind of my life.. stereotyping much? no not really. it's the fact. please don't freak out.

thirdly, yes i go on dates. there you go. they're really nice guys really. but all of them are either too full of himself, or just plain boring. lol. get with the times buddy, i'm not that sort of girl who falls in love with what you can do or the things you have.

fourthly, i'm still studying? and i'm still young? haha common excuse but can you let me earn some money first and settle down or something.

fifthly, i know many orang-orang tua say this is bad, but thanks to the constant moving around, mum and dad, i'm independant as.

and finally, i just haven't met the right one yet. i recently thought i did. but i guess things change. i don't know if i've gotten over it or not but i'm open to this whole relationship thing really and if i actually do meet someone who i think is right for me then i wouldn't stop it. but i haven't so why rush things no.

so my girlfriends, if you have a nice guy friend who's single (eh not married ke ape eh haha) out there who doesn't need to be too good looking or else i would spend more time fighting with his ego, someone who holds on to his faith, someone who has a direction in life and someone who can keep up with me moving around ALOT, intro ah. sharing is caring ape.

and to my baby sis, yes siti nurnabilah norazman i'm talking to you god dammit. quit reminding me. and especially not in front of your friends. i will get by trust me. one day i know i will meet my prince charming who will sweep me off my feet. besides i'm only 21. HAHAHA.

xoxo.

p.s. did i tell you my parents are considering moving to Riyadh next year to work? yup, that bad.

flex me LOL

2010-04-28T20:24:00.001+10:00

i had an exercise physiology lab just now right, and we had to do sit and reach. i remembered this is the only thing i'm good at in sec school napfas. so i went and give it a shot and guess how far i went?

45 cm dude. a record. more than anything i can remember (38 cm back then!)

whooo. flexible much? (:

cry with me

2010-04-26T14:44:00.002+10:00

my semester 2 timetable, starting from 19 july.
27 HOURS. it's a record. i guess i'll be ending uni with a bang in my head.
that's like twice of what my business and law friends are doing.

okay someone come cry with me.

cardigan fetish hahah

2010-04-25T01:16:00.003+10:00

my singapore passport is processing right about now!
i just received an email to pick up from canberra sg high comm in 3 weeks time.
looks like another road trip coming my way.
the problem is right, they need me to bring my IC which i have sadly misplaced ages ago.
i don't know how but i guess i just gotta ring them up and make up some cow and horses story.

i decorated my room wall and i feel so grown up. haha.
i will take a photo of it and post it on my next post.

there's this new nepalese guy in my work place. not new he's been with starbucks for over 3 years but transferred from airport.
he's straight, tall, pretty fit and not bad looking.
like you know sedap mata memandang haha.
it's like them nepalese guards at singapore prisons. so damn fit and macho right.
like that ah. haha. going to work will be so mucho interestingo in days to come. (:

exams are around the corner and i can work out my final semester timetable on monday.
that'll be awesome huh i'm gonna cherish that moment and take my time cos i will miss it.

the girls are planning on another trip away woooooo.
this time to melbourne 8-11 july. excited much? YAY! I LOVE MELBS!

finally, 2 more months till this semester is over.
go hard or go home you. (i would prefer to go home anyway thanks.)

happy sunday and happy anzac day (: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day

p.s. cleared out my wardrobe and i found out i have 10000 cardigans (i.e. 10) all in different colours. woah giler.

adventure day

2010-04-24T09:07:00.004+10:00

yesterday was like one hell of a day lah.
i skipped neuro lab in the morning cos i just didn't feel like it.
so i went to ikea alone and bought some decoration stuff for my room. lol.
makes me happy so i decided to go to broadway.
then on the way there right this stupid taxi pulled off from the kerbside without checking his blindspot lah. then hit my car at the front near the passenger door.
sian ah walaowey. haha but luckily is not my fault ah so got insurance right.
so all settled it'll be fixed asap but no car for a few days lor.

so then at broadway i was looking for my decorative stuff for my room. but couldn't find it so ended up going to video store and renting some awesome chick flicks.

no one's at home, made myself milo, turned the heater on, sat in bed with the blankets and bobo and turned on the tv/dvd player and that totally made my day.

xoxo.

f**k it (excuse me)

2010-04-22T22:21:00.004+10:00

so tired lah. had uni from 9am and then had work from 3pm and just got home at 10pm.
seriously i'm brain dead and physically washed.

today is a very weird day, i didn't feel like myself at all.
yeah, one of those days. periods soonish i guess.

by the way my friends, final year of uni is effing painful. more so when you really don't know what to do with your degree.

goodbye my zen

2010-04-21T21:05:00.003+10:00

i'm preparing myself to say goodbye to my 3 and half years old green zen.
da nazak ah like finally it only plays songs up to about 1 min and a half then hangs for around 30sec before skipping to the next song.
new one new one soonish. i like apple but it's so blardy expensive.

so i'm thinking of getting this.

creative zen x-fi style. or x-fi 2. or something cheaper. see how eh.

okay bye.

japanese era

2010-04-21T08:04:00.002+10:00

what interests you most about Japan, and why?

if someone can write me a 500 word answer to that i will love you forever and ever.
really.

if we ever meet again

2010-04-18T20:16:00.004+10:00

i'm so in love with this song to an extent where it's been stuck in my head for 4 weeks.
but right it's frustrating to the max seh when you watch the video and you don't get a thing about it.

so someone enlighten me can?

anyway i heard about Achik Spin passing away in a car accident.
Inaallilah. really i'm not that of a fan but i used to be those days remember those songs with Nana. those were good. shocking news indeed no? such a young life taken away is sad. Al-Fatihah to Arwah.

have an awesome week people. keep smiling. and laughing :D

orang jepun

2010-04-17T18:43:00.002+10:00

so i don't know lah if the rest of you will be interested in knowing this but i know my awesome bff will. take a look at this babe. http://www.mitsui.com.au/MitsuiEducationalFoundation.html. worth applying or not? ader interview smue lah sey and like i need to write a 500 word thing why i should be selected to go and each uni only sends 1 person out of god knows how many applicants. i wanna try but cemane sey i don't know a thing about japan. :X ignorant is bad.

anyway.

i stayed up thinking last night. don't usually do that but when i do i get quite overboard. yesterday's topic was - what am i gonna do after uni. which is in oh-so-freakingly 7 months time. 7 months and i will complete my 3 years of tertiary study.

yesterday too was honey's and putri's farewell. maybe it's about time that i leave starbucks eh? it's been 4 years sey.

gold coast photos are up see facebook. next trip will be melbourne 29 june-1 july with the girls. woahhh gerek sey.

i watched date night yesterday starring steve carrell and tina fey and OMG IT'S SO HILARIOUS. i couldn't stop laughing and it's just awesome lah. gi tgk go. best best.

okay! (:

retail... wait for it... therapy! :D

2010-04-15T20:45:00.007+10:00

retail therapy is so much fun.
especially when it is impromptu like hey guys i'm bored wanna go shopping kinda thing.
more so when the people you bring along skips their lecture just to go shopping with you. hehe.

anyhoo i bought a super awesome cardigan, 4 tops and 1 skirt oh and one pearl like earring just cos ambi likes it and i just bought it cos she likes it. lol.

and jeng jeng jeng. the last song. by nicholas sparks.

i spent $130.85.
someone shoot me.

p.s. it was worth it. jealous much? heh.

BOBO IS DOING GOOD :)

p.s.s. DEAR BFF,

KAT-TUN!

rar rar ar ar ar

2010-04-14T21:35:00.002+10:00

bobo is home. for the night. =)
and he is sleeping on MY BED right now.
i hate it that i'm so emotionally attached to this cat lah.
it's depressing when things like this happens.

anyway he's liver is abnormal right, but it's getting better alhamdullilah cos he's bilirubin levels in the urine is close to normal. he looks pretty stressed up in hospital so doctor decided to let him home for a night or two to see how he goes. if he is still vomiting or not eating or acting really weirdly then we have to send him back. but right now i'm holding on. faith is standing high between me and him and insyaAllah things will be fine.

so! i have my first anatomy spot test on Friday.
oh and did i tell you i can renew my singapore passport online.
i thought i couldn't cos i don't know when my ic issue date is (i lost my ic. stupid, i know)
but then few days ago i smsed bff at 6am hehe sorry jo. and figured that issue dates are 10 days after our 15th birthday.
so i type it in and voila it works dude.
so happy cos then i don't have to drive to canberra twice.

anyhoo. i'm off to studying now.

p.s. thanks everyone for supporting me through bobo's illness :)

xoxo.

BOBO

2010-04-13T19:01:00.002+10:00

okay deep down inside of me i can feel the hope that bobo is gonna be alright.

i have a feeling he might have ingested something toxic when we were away.
like paracetemol lying around the house.
thus he's liver is a little haywired now.
the vet said he's doing better, much active but still not eating.
he went for an ultrasound (i know, even i never had one. lol) and the vet said the liver is a little awkwardly shaped but there's not like scary jeng jeng jeng.
so they actually went on for a pathology screening of his liver tissues.
results are tomorrow.
i am hoping that it is nothing major and that he had swallowed something naughty.
because honestly right now the vet fees are close to $4000. yeap. and anything more invasive testings like biopsies will add to that figure significantly.
i can fly to the moon and back. haha. not literally.

i hope it's all worth it lah.
and just so you know, no i am not forking out 4 grand.
i have insurance for him ever since he came here. yeah i pay like $15 a month just in case things like this happen cos i've heard stories that vet costs is like mahal wjgd398fow^*%$&*(*).
so insurance pays everything off.
i don't have 4 grand btw. let alone 4 bucks.
in a way i am really Alhamdullilah syukur to Him for not putting some serious financial burden on me. but in a way too i'm still sad he has all this needles and tubes going through him.

if the pathology results tmr shows nothing significant in his liver, i might be able to bring him home hurrah, for a few days at least. and i hope when he's home he will eat something. cos the only problem now is he's not eating nor drinking.

bobo we shall pull through this okay buddy (:

why do i love you so much?

2010-04-12T16:38:00.005+10:00

bobo in hospital has taught me 2 things.

1 - how to stay strong at when times are fucking hard, when days seem like nights and when the rain won't stop falling. why because even a cat can hold the pain, humans only try to find excuses to make it seem bad. man up.

2 - cherish the people you love (seriously.). because you never know when shit like this happens, then it'll be too late and haha too bad, dude.

he's still in the hospital, most likely liver problems. doc said that it could be something he ate or.. wait for this.. stress. kesian kucing aku takleh kene tinggal lama-lama. i might very well shorten my end of year trip to singapore.. from 35 days to possibly.. 10? hehe.

i seriously wonder why i love him so much. it's weird and trust me, it can be very heartbreaking. gahh.

you know what bobo, i'm gonna ride for you buddy, i won't let anything hurt you. even if it means forking out $1000.

afterall, he's the only one who's seen me and my every flaws. you silly cat.

gosh i love you.

anyway how's life everyone? to be honest mine is not very good so far. probably because it's april and shit happens in this month for me. no really.

1. i got a $197 parking fine. before i left for melbs. yup, so painful lahhh.

2. bobo in hospital.

3. h-e-a-r-t-b-r-o-k-e-n. lol. completely over it, my friends.

on the bright side, i have been doing well in my studies hurrah. the best i ever did in my 3 years in uni in fact. cheers to that.

i was away in melbourne and picked up so many stuffs from there.
psychologically that is. that place is epic i instantly fell for it as soon as i saw the first sign MELBOURNE while driving. lol.
the ppl are friendly and the atmosphere just feels right.
it's like meeting a new friend and instantly clicked like you've known each other for years.
amazing feeling i tell you.

and then i was in gold coast with my best girlfriends.
ahh that was fun, in a different way maybe cos it was like a total girls days out.
and the themepark, sun and sand, the drives here and there.
ultimate relaxation really.

oh and i survived the giant drop!!
no i freaked out in 2003 hahahaha. when i came to sydney for the first time i took the giant drop right. and then i cried almost instantly swearing to myself i will never go on that thing ever. EVER. (hello, i was 14 ok? :))
but you know what 7 years later, i did it again. and i survived. and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!
it is probably the best ride ever in themeparks history.
for those of you who don't know what that is it's just a free fall ride of 120m, which is high. which is extremely high.

i have a feeling i would enjoy sky diving in july for my 21st. =)
so who's in? so far it's me, ilah, kak nurul, noorul and ambigai.
it's gonna be AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

okay lahhh. gonna visit bobo now.

oh and something worth mentioning.
yana is 33 weeks in term WOOHOOO.
and guess what, it's a girl. i'm gonna be an aunty to a beautiful princess!
hahaha. so i went shopping today right and i saw these super cute clothes ah.
omg how exciting right. i just wish i'm there to witness the birth and all lah.
but no. as soon as 4 weeks or 7 weeks. aara qashira will be born. lol.
nice name btw. i wanna name my daughter something dania.
like dania isabella. dania qistina. dania natasha. whoo.

oh and to bff. rmbr that name, aniq marzuki. YOU SO CUTE! and we were so young.
kene smack on the butt baru tau. haha.

but you know what. to Aara Qashira, welcome welcome. soonish :)

why why why?

2010-04-10T20:15:00.004+10:00

bobo is sick.
terribly to be honest.
he slept all day yesterday, didn't even wake up to eat or drink.
took him to the vet this morning. admitted to hospital same time.
wasn't what i wanna hear but truth hurts no?

doc said it might have something to do with his kidney cos he's bladder is enlarged.
plus high respiratory and heart rates.
his blood test and urine test results comes tmr but i have a bad feeling.

i'm not ready for this..
why him? sigh. why now? at this time? really?

vet fees is expected to be up to $1000.

honestly God, why me?

for most part of life, the best thing to do is to hold on

2010-03-18T16:33:00.004+11:00

here's the deal, i came to uni at 8am today even though i know there won't be classes.
i have been studying neuroscience for half the day till around 12pm and then i studied anatomy since 2pm.
in conclusion: i'm proud of myself. LOL.

studying is NOT a norm for aqilah, just so you know.
i plan to study but putting words into paper is rare.

so it's finally the end of week 3 which means i have 2 weeks till i leave for melbourne and gold coast and around 10 weeks to go till i finish semester 1. exciting much?
HELL YEAH!

ok anyway the biggest shoutout or i shall say SHOOOOUUUUUUTTTTOOOOOUUUTTT goes to my BFF! zahirah rahim or better known as nz (stage name meh!) or porn.

CONGRATS BEB! for hanging on, for holding on, for never giving up, for never stop believing, for never losing faith, for never stop praying and FOR GETTING THE JOB!

i know good things always comes to good people and i am so proud of you - because you finally got there and most importantly because you held on while getting there!

some people are lucky to get a job ASAP.
but you should feel luckier and happier that you got a job after months of never giving up.
because for this time, it has definitely made you a better and stronger person.

PROUD OF YOU BEB. NUFF SAID. (=

alright. i just went on blogger to relieve some stress in my brain.
back to study now :)

xx.

love you.

hola fuerge

2010-03-12T08:38:00.003+11:00

HOLA CHICAS!

how's everyone?
hope everyone's in sound health and good mind.
cheh. (=

so good to be back. blogging.
i have been super busy to be honest, school mainly.
and then there's gamsat.
my volunteering commitments.
fitting in some leisure times here and there.
time for myself.
and work.

and then there's no time to blog.
aww. even now i happen to be at uni early, i have 20 mins till i start my neuroscience lab and daaaaa.
i finish class at like 12pm today and i have a massive 5 hour break for some gamsat seminar.
i know, hang out anyone?
heeee.

anyway it's week 2 NOW. whooo.
which means i have 3 weeks till one week holidays.
and guess what i have planned?
A SUPERCALIFRAGISLISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS HOLIDAY!

i am so excited babies!
so here's the deal.
i'm leaving for melbourne (by car - which is around 900km away) on thrusday 1st april.
and coming back to sydney on monday 5th april.
5 days dude. it's gonna be super awesome.
with my parents and sis. i can't use the term family here lol.
cos my brother's are not coming.
so probably just half of family.. i.e. fam. lol.

okay then on the 6th april i'm leaving on a jet plane (sort-of. more like jet star.)
TO GOLD COAST BABY!!
with nguyen, sundram and yuswirahim!
(i.e. van, ambi and noorul)

it's super cool cos we just booked the flights, hotel and car hire yesterday!
raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
i will update more about my 5M1S3G holiday again soon. when i blog next who knows.
lol but whoooooo holidayyyyyyyyyy.

okay that means my gorgeous girlfriends in singapore.
can we like rsvp for our KL trip? like soon.
and when i say rsvp it's not maybe. it's either a yes. or a yes.
thanks my sweeties.
(=

so pre-uni.. i had yellow shirts.
one of my volunteering commitments.
i'm trying to expose heaps in volunteering because much to the contrary..
IT ACTUALLY FEEL GOOD TO VOLUNTEER.
the fact that you can help someone in your own will.. is probably the best part of my day.

i rmbrd helping this first year in distressed and she complained about how hard it is to fit in to uni and making new friends and we ended up having a 30 min chat and then she said to me 'you're like the first friend i ever made in uni. thank you (=' makes me feel on top of the world.

most importantly i made some very good friends out of this.
danced like nobody's business, did something new everyday and more.
it's fun, rewarding and amazing experience.

so now uni has started, no more orientation week..
i applied for contact, something like o-week outside of o-week which only requires 1hour a week in my hectic timetable.
feels good.

so for those who feels lost or whatever, do some volunteer work even if it means going to the nearest old folks home and chatting with some of them.
trust me it makes you feel good in the inside which of course.. makes you happy.
at least i am. whoo.

anyway for photos of my yellow shirts orientation week stuffs.. go here.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158886&id=547016331&l=ba1c96437c
and
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=158893&id=547016331&l=6f901de7f9

what else. i watched dear john.
to be honest it was quite disappointing lar.
i did cry though but i cry in every movies, even GI Joe. it's just me.
heh. but the story line is crap (knowing someone and having the first kiss in 10 mins is stupid.) though the ending is good because someone died and they lived happily ever after.
it's sweet as really.. there are some romantic parts but i think nothing beats notebook or a walk o rmbr. mighty sad and heart breaking la.
for those who wants a better version of dear john read the book.
it's compelling and heart wrenching it makes you wanna stay in bed all day. lol.

okay finally i have 5 mins now!
i had my first 3 hour anatomy lab yesterday and oh-my-freaking-god my lab demonstrator is HAWWWWTTTTT (yeah with that sound. hehehe) HOT HOT HOT.
okay he's not as hot as ermm zac efron but let's just say reality check.. he's kinda cute.

like he's young i think he's my age.
and he's doing his honours, and teaching us part time.
in the bright side, it makes me wanna study hard for this subject haha in case he tests us in class so i don't look like an idiot.
and also makes me wanna come for class (p.s. it's 3 hours and i had a crap demonstrator last yr who always pick on me!).

haha haven't had a crazy infatuation/crush for a long time now.
pretty crazy huh. hmm. i hope this semester goes slowly.
ESPECIALLY for his class. lol!

okay beautifuls.
i'm going now. take it easy huh.
get rid of that frown and keep smiling.
and laugh till you get the skin lines on your face.
it makes you feel better when times gets tough.

I LOVE YOU ALL!

xoxo.

love you.

bodoh nye skola

2010-02-06T11:39:00.000+11:00

final timetable.
no, i'm not happy.

bye.

i love you.

raar raar ar ar ar

2010-02-01T21:30:00.000+11:00

i am back from camp!
whoooo i would have to say it has been one hell of a weekend la.
probably the best camp i've ever attended in australia.
apart from trainings and shit, we had a whole lot of team bonding, games and partying.
i seriously cannot remember when the last time i last danced till my feet ached. 2 days in a row and it was awesome.
all this just for the incoming freshies due in on 22nd of february.
it's tiring, and time-consuming and insomniasing (such word?) haha but i guess it's all worth it at the end.
i'm am super duper glad i'm doing something great to give back to the uni. oh yeah!

it's a pity i did not bring a camera but some ppl from my squad did so i hope it'll be on fb soon.

I FINISHED SUMMER SCHOOL.
oh apart from the 1500 word essay and 500 word journal i need to hand in in 2 weeks time, i'm done!
i honestly thought i couldn't last those 5 days hahaha.
i mean.. after 2 months of holiday already, 5 days is so depressing!
but yayness i did it and am so proud of myself.

now i'm left with another 6-unit subject and 3-unit gen ed to do.
on top of my already 24-unit per semester.
so technically i'm 'over-loading' this coming semester.
i'm doing 5 subjects instead of 4 and in uni terms, 5 subjects is instant hell.
how am i handling that, you ask?
i don't effing hell know but for the sake of my sanity i have to finish uni this year! RAARRR!

work's been fine!
i really love my azzy la (yer that nyah)
my sis in law is looking for a job right so i handed her resume in to my boss which is constantly delaying scheduling an interview with her.
and my kak azzy actually convinced him to do it pretending to know my sis in law and all.
i love him/her man.

my reading journey?
i am reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (kudos to bff!).
so far so good? though it gets pretty dry in the middle which is where i am now.
next up would probably be Beautiful Americans (kudos to ff!)
or Message in the Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (kudos to nooz!)
i really wish i have like a library nearby my house her la.
there is one but gee it's really scary the library hahaha.
i went in once and it's so hard to find a book i was put off by it.
my uni library doesn't shelf fiction books AT ALL.
and it is 14 storeys high! i'm telling you i've literally went floor by floor to look for at least a fiction but no.. everything is academic. sian ah.

oh i went for my dental appt today!
lol. i try to go once every six months but i get too caught up with other stuffs so this time it's been about 2 months late. which is ok right?
so yeah.. anyway, if you actually notice i have this lil baby teeth on my upper left.
apparently my adult teeth which is suppose to go vertically downwards from my gums went horizontally sideways. weird i know.
my dentist recommend me to wear braces (which i still don't understand how it'll help fix this) hmm.. but also to fix my lower teeth which is a lil crooked i reckon.

well he just recommended it, if i want it he will refer me to an orthodontist and we'll take it from there.
suddenly the idea of wearing braces doesn't seem very bad.
i'm sure there will be like transparent ones right hahaha. or not.
i'm still considering this though so i shall update you when my animated tuna can brain decides.

anyway lovelies.
i'm going now.
have an awesome week!
i am making the most out of my final 3 weeks before high speed imsomnia comes along (i.e. uni).
muaacks!

i love you.

heartbroken to the max

2010-01-24T22:57:00.005+11:00

"you can, think you can get free, you think you won't need me, that you're gonna get you somethin better; but you know that we're in this forever"

shontelle feat. akon, stuck with each other

since the Dear John hype is still here (and I predict will still be here until about 3 months after the movie is released), let me blog about it.

so i received the books last fortnight.
being a nice sister i let Ilah read it first.
i think she has a stone heart la, she said it's sad but she didn't cry (maybe she did, who knows?).
she finally finished it yesterday. i wanted to start reading it asap but i had a group presentation to prepare. spoil la.

so i started reading today at 7am. in the train.
i finished it today at 10pm.
i read it in between my 10 hour shift.. during my ten min breaks, in my 45 min long train rides, in my hour break. hehe.

so all in all it took me around 4 hour.
i finished it, the whole book.
and yes, i cried. like cry cry.
it was heart pounding, wrenching, tearing, breaking.
really you must read it to experience it.

okay so here's what i thought.
the story is a little tad sweet and romantic and had those make you smile moments in the beginning.
but as it got to the end, it's more than sad, it's like it'll make you walk away having my heart crushed into pieces.
i don't know what to feel anymore.

apart from being a tear jerker, i learnt something from the book, which is nice cos i love books like this.

"my dad always said that when you're struggling with something , look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through"

so i guess this story will have a very big impact this year on me.
the movie is out 4th march here. (one week after singapore btw) raaar!
i think it'll be great and looking at the trailer itself, i reckon the movie would be quite a different from the book.
plus Channing Tatum is John! hah.

gee i can discuss this story all night. who's up for it? :)

btw i'm passing on this book to Nooz, and then she's passing it on to her sis and so on. sharing is caring no? lol.

anyway, if you liked A Walk to Remember you'll prolly like this one too.
read it guys it's not that long like Breaking Dawn or Harry Potter.

right! 2010. 3 books read, 2 didn't finish, one book done, many more to go.
newfound interest: reading. whoo.

Nicholas Sparks is a legend! (:

have a good week guys.

xoxo.

i love you.

2010-01-15T22:36:00.000+11:00

hello friends!

what a week it has been and it's only FRIDAY.
one word to sum up my week - SUPER-EXCITING!

anyway, i bought a tv earlier today!
for $0.99 can you believe it? i bid through eBay and won (:
i put it in my room, rearranged it a little and there i go, i have a nice cosy little room.
feels like i rent this room in a huge house.
mcm student house gitu ah.
SWEET.

MY DEAR JOHN BOOK I ORDERED BEFORE CHRISTMAS finally arrived yesterday.
it's so exciting i don't wanna read it cos it's new hehehehe.
so here's a message to bff, i will be reading it soon okay okay (:

today i had my first yellow shirt aka ys training.
i will be blogging about it more and so i shall refer it as ys from here on now.

so anyway. what is ys? i'm ripping this off from unsw o-week's website (http://wiki.oweek.info/) save time to type no?
and i think it clearly explains whatever i'm gonna do in the next 2 months so yep.

so here it is.

'Yellow Shirts are members of Arc@UNSW's O-Week volunteering program. There are around 150 student volunteers each year who are on campus every day during O-Week to answer questions, take tours of the campus and run the various activities and events during O-Week.

The aim of the Yellow Shirt program is to orient new students geographically, socially and academically - this means we don't want you to get lost, we want you to meet new people and have fun and we want to help in preparing you to take on the new and exciting challenge that university classes represent. We aim to do this partially through our tours and events, but primarily by providing a friendly and approachable face during O-Week.'

it's fun really, training to be one and finally being a full ys.
seriously looking forward to it.
i have a 3days 2 nights training camp in 2 weeks time, one last training day and finally the week in february. 22-26th feb.
exciting? oh yeah! oh and why do we call it yellow shirt because we actually wear a yellow coloured shirt during that week! simple! (:

finally, my beautiful gorgeous anak buah is coming out real soon la!
gee i'm super excited okay.
like super. no words can explain.

my bets are she's a girl. AHHHHHHH BEST NYE. GAJHGSDHKANXJNWOIDKNKA!

okay! have a good weekend angels! (:
i hope my weekend is exciting as my week has been! happy.

i love you.

2010-01-10T22:00:00.002+11:00

nice? my future car plate.

SO IT HAD BEEN A CRAZY WEEK, ALMOST.

i was sick half of the week, took a day off work on monday, had tues-thurs off.
and then worked through fri-sun, and tomorrow, and the day after.

i realised the coming week will be a supercalifragilistic packed week.

a lot of social events: ys outing, moonlight cinema, hongky's 23rd
and work 4 days.

to be honest if i had a choice between staying at home and going out for this stuffs i would choose the former.
but no i have no choice so let's put up a pretty face and go for it yeah?

i had an intense once in a blue moon father-daughter talk with dad this morning.
it turned out great actually haven't really spoken to him in awhile. work, him work, me work and so on.

anyway, i'm sitting for GAMSAT. what's that? go figure. google or something.
it might mean a make or break crazy decision but i would say i'm more scared of GAMSAT then finishing my final year in uni. bleagh.

okay have a good week everyone.

work hard but have atleast 7 hours of sleep every night ok.
or else you'll be a monster and it's not a very good sight for anyone. trust me. i'm a sleep guru. heh.

i love you.

xoxo.