Poem.

It doesn't take much, just a fleeting moment.
The other half of an ice-cream cone,
or a nice word or two.
It doesn't take much,
just a hug, a peck on the cheek.
A lame joke,
or a silly little drawing, maybe.
A phonecall on a rainy day,
the strawberry from the cake.
Or even a song;
sung badly,
but together.
It doesn't take much
from you,
my friend,
Just a smile, and then-

joy.

~~~

I've had that poem in my head for quite
some time and last night, I finally wrote it down.

I dedicate it to you guys, my friends (that includes you DALE girls, aite). I hope all of you are doing well, and remember that you are loved.

Moments Like These

Friday; 26.09.08

A regular Rumah Opah day. After buka, Anji drove the teens (Acap, Nana, Dan and I) to McD cuz we teringin McShaker fries. We ate upstairs, while chatting and listening to Paramore.

Guys, I hope we really do have that Disney movie marathon we talked about.

I love my Fridays.


Saturday; 27.09.08

I went out to Cineleisure/The Curve with Fee and Tessie. We watched Pathology.

My opinion on the movie? Well... it's pretty darn gory. Lotsa blood and organs. Not to mention a whole lot of swearing (which they only started to censor during the last parts of the movie) and... unsightly scenes. I said to Fee more than once, "I'm scared". But not at the violent parts, at the... sex scenes. D:

The ending satisfied me enough. Except for the part where an innocent person had to die. That was sad.

The cinema we were in was very empty. Not even a quarter of it was filled. I wonder why. Semua orang dah balik kampung ke?

After the movie, we walked to the Curve, but there was nothing there that interested us. So we headed back to Cineleisure. Along the bazaar, I spotted Zhi Wye (if I spelled it wrongly, I apologize) and pointed her out. We chatted for a while before parting ways.

Tessie bought nail polish at Cineleisure, after which we walked back to The Curve, and went to Kenny Rogers. They weren't gonna eat at first, but then they got hungry and I wasn't going to have them starve on my account.

Watching them eat was... fun? Interesting? Saliva-inducing. I was mainly jealous of the Coke, not the food. Fee kept apologizing to me with (almost) every bite. x3

After they'd finished eating, they paid and we tried to decide what to do next. Tess wanted to play pool, I wanted to go to Borders and Fee... Fee wanted to eat some more. xD Eventually, we came to an understanding, and went back to Cineleisure to take Purikura pictures.

We were being all kecoh, as usual. It was fun. x3 As I was observing the photos, I realized that our initials put together spells FAT. *laughs hysterically* So there's DALE, DHALEF, and now FAT. It's pure genius, I tell you.

After that it was almost time for Tessie to go, so we waited with her outside Cineleisure. We took more photos, this time with Tessie's camera, her phone and Fee's phone. It was tres fun. :)

But all too soon, Tessie's dad arrived and took her away. :( Before yesterday, the last time I'd seen her was in May! That's a long time. Also before yesterday, I'd never heard her say the word "gay". She said it concerning Fee and me, btw. As if you had to be told that.

After seeing Tessie off, Fee and I went BACK (yes, back) to the Curve again and looked around. We visited FOS, Metrojaya and Padini before getting bored, so I suggested we go to IKEA across the road, so we did. I love IKEA, man.

There, we bought cacti! Fee said she wanted a cactus, and I felt like buying a plant, so I belanja-ed her. It was fun choosing them. I got two for her, one for me, since I already have some at home.

The line was reeeaaally long though. The check-out place was absolutely packed! I guess not everyone's balik-ed kampung yet.

By the time we'd paid, Abah had already arrived to pick us up. We got back just in time for buka. Fee stayed with us for that, but didn't eat dinner.

She had to go home all too soon too. :( But I was glad I could get some rest. Man, was I exhausted. And yet I still slept around midnight.

Oh, and another thing I bought that day was Huda's birthday present. ;D No, Huda, I'm not gonna say where from.

Needless to say, I had a lot of fun and look forward to another FAT day. xD

Belated.

Yesterday, the 18th of September, a dear cousin of mine turned 15.

Happy Birthday Wan Asyraf Husswan!

In celebration, we had dinner at Tony Roma's, Cineleisure. It was just the immediate Husswan family (minus Nadia), me, Nana, Lisa and Husaini. Acap requested it to be just us, ain't that sweet? ;)

From Anji and Papa H, he got a drum set. From his kakak and adiks, he got a Band Bible. Acap, Acap. When your band makes its first album, I'm up for autographed copies, aite. ;D

I went to Dan's house straight from uni. Mama came a little later, so I killed time with Huda in her dorm. She had been sleeping, so I lay down on the bed with her, and we chatted the time away. If you know us well enough, you could imagine how gay we were being. It was fun. :)

At dinner, each of us made a little speech to Acap. Nana almost cried making hers. Biasalah. We love each other too much is why.

Acap: *when it was Dan's turn* Don't say anything weird ar! *after that was me* You also don't say anything weird ar!

Are we known for saying weird stuff...? *innocence*

We had party packs: one Kinder Surprise each, which we'd gotten earlier at Watson's, hahah. After dinner, the teens plus Cami, Armand and Kak Tin went upstairs to the arcade...place. Acap, Husaini, Nana and Lisa played two games of pool while the rest of us watched. It was amusing.

Oh, and something interesting happened.

After reserving a table at Tony Roma's, we (minus Nana) went to Border's to kill time.

Outside Cineleisure, Dan stopped for awhile to adjust something on her bag. Lisa and I waited for her. Some distance away, a man was talking to a lady with short hair and another man. What caught my attention was that he was speaking pretty loudly. I dismissed them and turned my attention back to Dan. Then the guy who had been talking came up to us, and after a beat, asked "Are you guys twelve?". Frowning, Lisa and I answered a firm "NO." Then we walked away. Once out of earshot, Lisa told us that she recognized him as a celebrity or something, and that they were probably doing a shooting (to which Dan replied "What are they shooting at?" but that has nothing to do with it).

After around half an hour or so in Borders, we headed back to Cineleisure and met up with Nana, who was standing outside of the building, near the stairs.

We were saying our hellos when we heard a lady shout out. We turned, and a little bit ahead of us was two men and a lady. The lady looked to be pregnant, and seemed to be in pain, clutching her stomach. One of the men was gesturing towards us to help.

We were shocked. Nana and I went over to help. We were busy being nice people, holding the lady firmly by her arms, and then--

POP!!!

Was that a balloon...? I thought.

The lady got up, smiling, saying something along the lines of "Thank you". Her stomach? Flat as a board. A red balloon lying deflated on the floor. One of the guys then pointed out two hidden cameras, and told us to wave.

I looked at Nana. The look on her face mirrored my disbelief. I managed to make myself wave at the cameras, though. I was still flabbergasted for a few seconds after that, so I don't remember when the con-men (and woman) walked away.

Apparently, Lisa had guessed the real situation at the start, while Nana and Dan both felt that something was wrong. Then I realized that the "pregnant" lady was the same lady who was with the guy who had asked if we were twelve, only she was wearing a different outfit. My brain had probably registered this earlier on, but was filed away to the back of my head as I realized what (I thought) was happening. My brain was like Hey, isn't that's the lady just n-OH SHIT.

We saw the same people several times again after that. No doubt they were looking for more people to con.

*rolls eyes*

TV PEOPLE.

Experiences

Today, Puan Rosyida (Visual Comm lecturer) brought us to the Galeri Petronas in KLCC. By "brought" I don't mean she drove us there. Nor did she get a Unisel bus to bring us there. We either used public transport, or our own transport.

So I went to uni around 10am, passed up the assignment that Pn Rosyida asked for, and then went to Studio 2, where we were told to meet. It took quite a while to look for the place. By the time I got there, I was sweating from walking around and climbing up a dozen staircases.

We left around 11 or so. I went with Ed, Ellie and Ina. The original plan was we take Ed's car to KLCC. First, we stopped at Ellie's and Ina's rented houses to get and drop off some of their stuff. When we were at Ina's house, Ellie noticed the temperature meter of the car had gone way up. The wires for the fan had come loose. Apparently it had happened before, recently.

So we made some calls to some of their guy friends, hoping they'd know what to do. No one could really help, so we just cooled the engine a bit with water, parked the car in the driveway, and set off to go back to campus.

Thankfully, it wasn't far. We took a short cut out of the neighborhood. Down the road there was a drain in between two houses, forming a little alleyway that opened up to the main road. It was not fenced, so we walked along the ledge of the drain. After a bit, the drain split into two directions, like a T-junction, so we had to cross the drain to get to the side of the road. It was quite a way down, so we had to jump. Ina, Ellie and I had no problem with that. However, Ed is afraid of heights, so it took us quite a while to talk her into jumping. It was funny. xD

Since our first plan had backfired, we had to take public transport. Waiting for the bus took a while. We met up with another friend (Pika we call her, though that's just how it's pronounced, not how it's spelled, mind you) in the bus. After the first bus, we switched to Rapid KL, which brought us to Kl Central. I fell asleep on the bus, waking up several times to find that my mouth was hanging open. That always happens when I fall asleep in vehicles. I prefer not to wonder how many people saw me.

We took the LRT all the way to KLCC. We spent around 2 hours at the Gallery. It was pretty darn cool looking at all the artwork. Pn Rosyida told us to make notes and comment on any one artist and artwork. She wants a copy of our comments next week, darn.

By the time the five of us were done, Pn Rosyida and most of our classmates had gone. Ed wanted to go to Kinokuniya before leaving. No, I did not buy anything, sadly. Though I wanted to, of course. I didn't want to spend my money, cause I tend to get boros when I start. It was hard, cause I saw TWO DBSK photobooks omg.... TT____TT But at least neither one was Bonjour Paris or A Week Holiday, so I wasn't TOO sad.

By the time we were done browsing through Kino, it was around 5, so we headed back to the LRT station, where we were dismayed, though not surprised, to see that the station was crowded with people. Thankfully LRTs are quick, so we got to board one in less than 10 minutes. It was crowded, but we still got seats.

Once back at KL Central, we took Rapid KL to Puchong, where we went to Ellie's house to get her car, and she drove us back to Shah Alam.

I just want to say that I am very grateful we had Ellie with us, since she's the most street smart of us all. Before this, Ed, Ina and I had never ridden on a public bus before, lol. xD Elllie acted as our guide for most of the journey, though at KLCC Ed was the pro, as she goes there often. She claims Kinokuniya is her second home, hahah.

It was a really great experience, going to KLCC with friends, using public transport. Sure, it was really tiring, and uncomfortable at times, but as Pika said, it was fun. :)

They dropped me off in college before heading back to their rental homes. There, I met up with Huda. ;D We try to spend all the free time we have with each other, haha. Really, most of the credit I use in college is used to ask Huda where she is and whether she's free to meet up.

By then, it was minutes till buka time. I had told Abah that he could go home to buka first, since I was (read: am) not fasting. Huda had not bought anything, for some reason, so I suggested we order McD, since I hadn't eaten it in a while, and pretty soon we were both pretty enthusiastic about the idea. Or at least, I was.

It took quite a while for the McD to arrive, but the waiting was fun. :) Siti (Huda's friend) was there too, and we were chatting noisily in the cafeteria. The subjects? Gossip (about this person, that person... ehem ehem), HSM2 songs (Huda and I sang Bet On It ;D), fruits (CAN YOU BELIEVE HUDA DOESN'T LIKE BANANAS, OMFG.), sad movies we cried at (including Tarzan, Hostage, The Notebook...), brothers, and a multitude of other random stuff.

Then the McD arrived and we ate our dinner together. Abah had not arrived yet once we'd finished eating, so we sat and chatted some more.

Lepak-ing in a college cafeteria at 9 o'clock may not seem very special, but I sure had a lot of fun. I'm proud of the fact that people can easily tell that me and Huda have been friends before college.

At one point, Zana, my former roomie, came to the table Huda, Siti and I were sitting at. She said: "Korang sama sekolah ye?" It was obvious how she could tell, but I still asked "Camner awak tau?" because I relished hearing the answer, "Tengok pun dah tau."

In a weird way, I love it when people give us weird looks when Huda and I are talking to each other. A big reason they do so may be that fact that we speak English in an environment where Malay is the most-spoken language. But I suspect it's also because how we speak so animatedly, and should I say anime-tedly. ;D After all, how could you not expect our behaviour to stay inconspicuous. Speaking in squeaky Doraemon voices, meowing randomly, marching through campus arm-in-arm. Of course it'd turn a few heads.

It's the Huda influence.

I wasn't surprised at how fast Huda spread her Huda-ness (for lack of a better word) around to her friends. Most of them already know her affinity for frogs, her hatred for roaches and most of all, her obsession with GAY-ness. I think Huda has her own personal definition of the word, really.

Knowing what she's like, I wasn't surprised at all.

Don't you just feel like shouting out "Yeah, she's my friend and she's awesome!!!" sometimes? There are even times I don't feel like sharing my friends with other people, lol.

I'm so thankful I have one of my best friends studying in the same place as me, even if we are taking different courses.

Here's to you, Munch. ;D

But another part of me is forever sad that I don't get to be with my beloved Fee just as much. Kid, you know I miss you every moment I'm not with you, right? We haven't met up this month yet, so we better make plans soon! What I feel like doing now, is just hanging out with you, doing nothing, like we used to do at school when we were having free period.

Why doesn't life come with a rewind button?

Is this post approaching "emo"...? I don't want it to. I'm not feeling emo, just a sudden extreme affection towards two of my very best friends. Let's just leave it at that.

DALE, I love you too, aite. ;)

Abah said we are going to sahur at McD tomorrow (today, actually). I decided to follow, even though I'm unable to puasa. I want to eat ice-cream. I've been cravind McD ice-cream since forever.

I better go to sleep now then. Night, earthlings.

No Sleep Tonight

8am
Pulled an all-nighter doing assignments. *stabstab* Still at it.

I want to take a break, catch a few hours of shut eye, but I can't. Thoughts of assignments keep nagging at my brain, keeping me awake when all I want to do is to forget for a while, and get some much WANTED sleep.

I was not built to be an insomniac.

Huda, where are you? I need you.

~~~
1.30pm
Perspective drawings - DONE OMG.

~~~
6.20pm
Metallic drawings - done.

~~~
8.03pm
I've finished the bulk of my assignments. That is, my drawing assignments, which are the biggest pain in the ass and the ones I dread the most. Ironically.

I find it weird that I don't feel very sleepy considering I didn't sleep at all last night. Not as sleepy as I expected to be, at least.

I've been spending the entire weekend focused on my college assignments. So it hasn't been a very nice weekend for me. Though pulling my first all-nighter was an interesting experience. One that I think I'm going to have more often if I don't start managing my time properly.

I burst into tears out of frustration several times yesterday. But once I got it into my head that it's gotta be done, I was more or less okay. Night time is the best time to do work, in my opinion.

Thankfully, Huda was online to keep me company. :) And thanks for the call, Fee. Feel free to make more, eh? ;)

Around 8 or so, Mama and Abah managed to convince me to take a short break, so I slept for around 2 and a half hours before continuing my work.

I still have visual comm, but I've already done everything due tomorrow. I just hope Prof Ali doesn't decide to quiz us tomorrow because I've hardly read my History of Asian Art books...

I'm hoping next week's workload won't be as stressful as this week's.

That's Life

I feel like killing someone and then eating their insides.

And I think I would too, if murder and cannibalism weren't a crime, and if I weren't terrified of eating the internal organs of anything.

And anyway, I'm not stupid enough to go do something that would destroy my entire life.

I hope.


This is what happens when I procrastinate. Please learn your lesson, Arina.


Just for a day, I would love to be an emotionless robot that can do work nonstop without feeling tired, or hungry, or thirsty, or angry.

Tag'd again.

1. Six People to Tag
Screw this! Lisa, Shari, Fairy, Ida, Bree, Sarah and me. (no one said I can't tag myself, right?)

2. Six Things I'm Passionate About
-friends & family ;)
-books
-drawing (in my own style)
-day-dreaming
-music (though I don't play it)
-my original characters

3. Six Things I Say Too Often
-What the fell???
-Shut up.
-Crap.
-Itai.
-What?
-LOL.

4. Six Books I've Read Recently
-The Novice (Trudi Canavan)
-The Magician's Guild (Trudi Canavan)
-Un Lun Dun (China Mieville)
-The Chronicles of Narnia (CS Lewis)
-The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
-Eating the Underworld (Doris Brett)

5. Six Songs I can Listen to Again and Again
-The King Of Pride Rock (Hans Zimmer)
-Whatever They Say (DBSK)
-Why Did I Fall For You? (DBSK)
-Love Before the Century (Jay Chou)
-Sayonara Solitaire (Saeko Chiba)
-The Hello Song (Animaniacs)

6. Six Things I Learnt in the Past Year
-that MPH is a Malaysian company...
-some of the people in this world are surprisingly shallow
-one friend in a sea of unfamiliar faces can put a smile on your face with just one word
-some people just never learn
-even if you're not ready, give it a try and who knows what may happen
-being hungry can hurt!

Tag'd.

1.The last person to tag you is?

LOL, Illustrator doodle.

2.What relationship of you with him/her?
We be cousins.

3.Your 5 impression towards him/her?
Fun-sized, bubbly, camwhore xD, dorky, irreplaceable. ;)

4.The most memorable thing that he/she has done to you.
Being herself. ;)

5.The most memorable words that he/she has say to you.
Wow, so many. But the ones that she says often are "Me love you long time". :D

6.If he/she becomes your lover, you will...
Get to call her Shawtie without seeming insulting! *cackles*

7.If he/she becomes your enemy, you will...
I think that was the case before we liked each other. :D

8.If he/she becomes your lover, he/she has to improve on...
What is all this about becoming lovers??? Geez.

9.If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason is...
How would I know when it's never gonna happen?

10.The most desirable things to do for him/her is?
Make her laugh. :3

11.The overall impression to he/her is...
That's Lisa. :)

12.How do you think the people around you will feel about you?
Probably that I'm some quiet good girl.

13.The character for you for yourself is?
Sarcastic, random, laid-back, not quite what you expected...? xD

14.On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?
My habit of procrastinating and my laziness.

15.The most ideal person you want to be is?
Myself, duh.

16.For the person who cares and likes you, say something about them.
This life would suck big time without you guys. <3

17.Ten people to tag:
I hate this part.
1)Fee
2)Fairy
3)Ida
4)Huda
5)Sarah
6)King
7)Jue
8)Bree
9)Shari
10)Nique

18.Who is number 2 having relationship with
I'd say the reflection in her mirror.

19.Is number 3 a female or male?
Female, as far as I know. >.>

20.If number 7 and 10 be together would it be a good thing?
LOL.

21.How about number 5 and 8?
LOL. We're all girls, you know.

22.What is number 1 studying about?
A-levels.

23.When was the last time you had a chat with them?
TOO LONG AGO, MY GOD. (a few days...?)

24.Is number 4 a single?
She is the single most gay person there is. :)

25.Say something about number 2.
The number two is the number that comes after number one. (Fairy rocks ;D)

Kau Muzik Di Hatiku

Sorry, been listening to that song a lot.

I miss this girl. );

Hari K;

Malay Mail Big Walk;

Times Square;

We match because we're cool.

OU;

I repeat. Cool. Missing you lots.