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22/11/04


im moving to another blog. this one is pretty much full (after 3 yrs it damn right shud be).

here's to new adventures, new curses, fowl words, memories and outbursts.

YOURTIMEISNOW.



12/11/04


nobody will prolly know what i mean but, the least you could do was to call me back.

nevermind.




i dunno what else to say.




i failed print journ. entirely my fault.

please dont ask me questions. i dont know how to answer them. i know what i did wrong but i cant put it in words. im gonna repeat it next semester. maybe i wouldnt graduate with you guys. seeing the results make me feel like quitting. i just wanna get over this as fast as possible.

ive never failed in masscomm. the worst was a D+. i cant seem to look eye to eye with my parents and that sucked. the last time i had an F on my results slip was when i was in greenridge and i failed maths at sec 2.

i want to say that i regret not paying attention but i dont. there's some contentment in me when i found out that i get to repeat it again. i get another shot at doing what i want- i gave that up when i entered year 3. 'selling out empty dreams'. (whatever that means, i just had to write it down, no relevance watsoever.) my emotion's all jumbled up but other than that, im fine. disappointed at myself yet again. what's new nad...

im not sure what im gonna do now.



11/11/04


on a more _______(pick one: gentle/nicer/positive) note, some girl complimented me on the mrt just now. she said to her friend that i was quite stylish of which her friend then looked at me, nodded his head and said, 'style'. i just smiled.

so im a stylish minor-looking girl.

how *makes a face* nice.


10/11/04

"dzool! you're dating a minor siak!" said the friend laughingly.

"ah ah. kau tak tahu ke? die kan baru 15," said he (sarcastically?)

"nolah. im not 15. im like, 19." said me incredulously. i was really trying hard not to roll my eyes.

she laughed. "wow. you're 19." pauses for quite a while. "really ah?" i nodded. they said goodbye and went on their way after that.

i felt like a loser. no offense, but do i look like a minor? (fyi, i am not in the mood to see nodding heads or hear agreeing words blah blah.)

how did she deduce me as a minor (when i didnt even open my mouth to say a full sentence)? why does everyone mistake me for a minor? is it the way i dress? is it the way i look? is it the way i act? is it the way i talk? is it my voice; is it too squeaky? is it my face; how my feature irritatingly resembles that of a baby? issit my cheeks? it's my cheeks isnt it? if i had a slim big-cheekless jawish face then i dont think i would look like a minor.

God. this thing is bugging the hell out of me. when i got on the mrt just now, i felt as if everyone was telling each other about my age. about how minor-ish i look. people would think im an anak abu who's trying to dress up older than her age. i felt like shouting "IM NINETEEN FOR GOD'S SAKE! YOU PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK AT MY IC?!"

what do i have to do to make people know that im nineteen? hang a sign on my body that says 'i turned nineteen on october this year. no, really.'

im just overeacting arent i? it just irritates the hell out of me (i think i made that clear). if i dont look like my age, i know (because of past years) that people wouldnt take me seriously. what i say, how i act, whether i show my emotions or not, people (even friends, will just dismiss it and laugh it off. but when they're mad oh wow, the whole world has to plead at their feet). it's fucking frustrating to not be heard and not be taken seriously.

for now i guess i have to try to like the child looking face i see in the mirror. the temptation to scrap my cheeks out of my face and to yell out 'look old, you effing minor' to the mirror is overwhelming.




i am not sure if i should put a tagboard. havent had a tagboard for 3 years.

hmm. so how? should i?

(yes, i do realise that you cant really respond to my question because i dont have a tagboard. heh.)



08/11/04


i kinda miss the pantatz. realised that i forgot to load the pics of us going to jb.



i dunno what came over us to take crazy pics like this. i think we were bored waiting for my sushi.



backviews of me izzad n wan. i like this picture. i think we're walking in to malaysia (..truly asia).



didnt realize how big isa's palm is.



izzad the fake cadet. he looks like a girl from the back.



alah lah lah lah lah.



the ex-grs on the train. but then wan's not in the pic.



finally.

i cant help but laugh out loud everytime i see the pics. the jb trip was hilarious.




hari raya still hasnt sunk in yet.



06/11/04


i cannot stand it. i need to get out of the house.




here's another episode of..

The Camera That I Didnt Return: At jon's place.



this is the birthday boy, armed with his skewer (for bbqing, what were you thinking?), trusty singlet and a sheepish smile.



this is amelia, the birthday boy's friend in all her cacatness (no really, that's how she is).



this is amelia again. notice how she likes to be in pictures with that same animated face (not that she can change it).



someone forgot to take her medicine. guess which one?



faz and her serial killer boyfriend.



snapshot of jacquin and her dazed boyfriend. last time i heard he was still reeling from the camera's flash.



taking a pic of a pic of a pic of a pic of a... oh, you get the point.



alicia charlene perrine andrea and chia (whose face is blocked).



chia sleeping and andrea awake. ok, im kidding. he just closed his eyes at the wrong moment. not the photographer's fault.



now i know how a whoopee cushion feels.



i swear, my legs were a bit deformed after that.



dah squash, squash, sempat senyum.



alah si giler nie.



liy and riz.



liy, riz, and their premature child.



mixing white wine, chilli sauce, ketchup, coke, red wine and someothercrazyingredient for jon to drink.



if you see it up close and personal, you'll puke.



the sporting bday boy. yuck (to the drink, not to you jon)..



jon turned very red. perrine was just redfaced. thus an appropriate name for them was in order: meet the lobster siblings.



fork you. hahaha.



karol, me and amelia's finger.



karol me amelia and jon after the entire thing was over.



my 3 spastic friends.



erin n me after all that torture she put me thru.



shark, si yahyah papaya.



erin went scubadiving straight after that at the nearby swimming pool.

and that's all for the camera that i didnt return. stay tuned next week to find out if the camera is going to be returned. (cue credits, go credits).

ok, im just talking crap now..




dont get me wrong. me anticipating is not your fault. sheesh.

im anticipating even though i know what you're doing, and that you're busy. i just anticipate even though i know where you are. it's scary.

im not an anticipator. i dont anticipate in relationships. im just not that kind of person anymore, i guess. yesterday i anticipated for your call. amidst the laughs, the bbqed chicken, the picture taking and the irritating screams of some underaged sec sch kids beside us, i checked my phone a gazillion times. it's freaking me out.

the fact that i anticipated could only mean that im getting deeper into this. and deeper means i cant possibly get out. see, it's scary. naturally when things like these invade my brain, i get angry. i was more angry at myself than anything else. the rest was just noise and excuses. getting pissed at you was uncalled for. sorry.

you dont have to apologise lah dodohead. it wasnt ur fault.



05/11/04


i have too many wants but too little money.

please wipe out thoughts of buying it for me.



04/11/04


you idiot. you slept on the phone again.

im beginning to get tired of hearing just your breath on the phone while i go yelling hellos to the receiver. if you want to sleep just tell me. im not a sleep nazi.

goodnight.




i am totally in love with the oblongs. i think milo is adorable and creepy susie is quirky. i like helga for her burliness and the debbies (a bunch of 5 girls wearing, acting, walking, talking the same) for being so freaking typical.

stereotypes were in abundance right down to the kids acting all hip hop ish with slick hair, tight black tees and gold bling blings. yvette, a fellow debbie but totally different, was cool. i cant help thinking about a phrase i saw on the blackboard of a class filled with attention deficit disorder kids in a special school. something about 'all you need to do is conform'. heh.

the chain smoking cat is cute; it even coughed its lungs out.

'hey can someone give me a rope, i need to climb up skank mountain,' said a midget-wearing-a-football helmet pointing at mrs oblong. she took out her wig early in the morning revealing her bald head. her husband looked at her lovingly and said, 'isn't she cute?' haha.

i really really love it. never before have i love a cartoon so deeply.




'i think i'll remain for a while and poke my first love's remains with a stick,' said milo.

'it will make one heck of a fertiliser,' agreed mr oblong.




i have a lot of things swimming in my mind (lets just assume that my mind is filled with sugar water. that will explain the lack of good ideas and my extreme cravings for anything sweet).

bush won the elections. it makes me shudder and cringe about what he's gonna do next. i dont have a liking for him. after i watched michael moore's extremely draggy and thought provoking farenheit 9/11, im beginning to loathe bush. amazes me how he can wake up everyday and go about doing what he do (as pointed out in farenheit 9/11; absolutely nothing) knowing that through his actions he has killed (and is still killing) thousands and thousands of people. innocent people. the election comes around, he drops everything and he totally forgets about the war, hidden nuclear weapons, osama bin laden and what he intends to achieve through the effing war.

watching john kerry giving his "it's okay, im still gonna keep fighting" speech is somewhat saddening. it should be since he lost. i myself am not sure if i want him to win. do i have any other choice? after looking at him, i realised his face is funnily long dont you think?

watched white chicks yesterday though i know many of you watched it a loong time back. white chicks got me thinking (for such a thoughtless bimbotic movie it surprises me too). in there, the two bimbos mentioned something about the rich always being number one and can do anything they want. "that's just how things go." That is sad. cant help wondering how true that is. im too tired to talk about money since im suffering from something the rich people call "nennynennypoopooimrichyou'renot" syndrome.

i miss girls' night out. i guess im in desperate need of it. but going out would mean spending money and my mom working alone. if im paid to do housework, i'll be rich.

The Oblongs premieres tonight on central at 930pm. theyre from Angus Oblong's book creppy suisie blah blah blah. im excited. finally a far-from-perfect to downright weird-edging-on-morbid family (besides the simpsons). read the review of the show on the new paper two days ago. besides the blown up words and extensive amount of information, basically they said one thing: the show sucked. im gonna watch it anyway.

im hooked on the sounds of tabla (what's new). there's just something about the dak dak de dak de dak dak (okay im bad at this sound thingy). you're right, my indian roots are showing.

oh, one more thing (as jackie chan's uncle will say in jackie chan's adventures on kids central at 12pm, something that most of you wont know coz you're matur-.. erm, i'l shut up now) there must be something about them jack purcell shoes. i keep getting stares. i think i forgot how to wear shoes.




" the money go down the drraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnn..."




hari raya songs are playing on the radio. the fact that hari raya's next week havent really sunk in yet despite my kimono style kebaya hung on my room door and the kuih-making. i havent bought anything new for hari raya.

celebrations this year are not like every other year.



02/11/04


my fingers are oily, my greenridge pe shirt that im wearing smells of baking powder and baked cookies, i bought 2 plain shirts at the market and im sitting like a nyonya kalah judi. this unofficial-potential-housewife-in-training thingy is kinda fun.



01/11/04


it was nice hearing your voice mushliagurl. your template is cool. see, you are capable of doing something great so dont ever say you're gd for nothing. i want to go out with you one day and relive the dynamic duo days. haha. we should do that more often-talk on the phone. im always a number away. take care. love you. oh, enjoy your hols.



31/10/04

Turn her over,a candle is lit. I see through her. Blow it out and save all her ashes for me. Curse me, sold her the poison that runs it's course through her. Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over, all over.

Watch me fault her, you're living like a disaster. She said, kill me faster with strawberry gashes all over. Called her over and asked her if she was improving. She said "feels fine". it's wonderful wonderful here.

Hex me, told her; I dreamt of a devil that knew her. Pale white skin, with strawberry gashes all over, all over. Watch me fault her, you're living like a disaster. She said, kill me faster with strawberry gashes all over.

I lay quiet waiting for her voice to say, "Some things you lose and some things you just give away".

Scold me, failed her. If only I'd held on tighter to her. Pale white skin that twisted and withered away from me, away from me. Watch me, lose her. It's almost like losing myself. Give her my soul and let them take somebody else. get away from me.

Watch me, fault her. You're living like a disaster. She said kill me faster with strawberry gashes all over, all over me.

-strawberry gashes, jack off jill.




i really like watching local bands show their stuff on stage especially if they play my kind of music. it's interesting, lyrical and entertaining. of course, the dancing uncle in the middle of the waterfront theatre at esplanade is an additional treat. talk about life beginning at 60, he was totally living it up. he did a 360 degrees turn with his butt even jennifer lopez will lose out.

i like band names especially the weird kooky ones. there was a band that played just now (but we missed it) with the name 'Eugene's moment of truth'. that word rounded the corners of my mind several times (prolly cause my mind is already small as it is).

other band names i like are the rocket summer, death by stereo, the deadly romantic. they're just so nice to say. heh.



i think when i grow old, im gonna be an indenial old woman with saggy cheeks who thinks she's seventeen and loiters the void decks wearing plenty of makeup, sitting around in the field and eating grass. after lunch hour is over, i'll chase the little kids around, taunting them with shouts of 'i want to eat you alive'. when they report to their moms, im gonna act like the docile grandma and be sane. most possible location will be in bedok. no particular reason. maybe me and melia can start a club.



i made up my mind. im going to do what i've always wanted to do: get vintage stuffs and keep them. constant visits to clarke quay flea market inspired me a long time back but the lack of money stopped me. im giving in to temptations.

i'll start small.



i have an idiotic-spastic-vertically-enhanced but sweet boyfriend (yes people, i finally admit it).

despite the many nasty adjectives i use on him he's still sweet. he, that slimeball, tricked me into going lavender (army market) because he wanted to buy a bag. so i, the naive-airheaded-blurcock of a girlfriend thought nothing of it and we went our way. till he said on the mrt that there was a surprise for me at lavender. words like that can get a kaypoh girl like me into a thinking frenzy. reached there, thought nothing of it (actually i forgot abourrit).

came to a shop selling mostly converse shoes. he picked up a medium blue canvas jack purcell (the one that i have but is so worn out it can be used to skate)and said he wanted to buy it. i protested and said i mine, i dont want to be matching. but then when the sales asst got the size, tt tall thin bugger told me to try it on. like what the hell? then he admitted it was for me.

a series of punches, pinches, pushes and verbal abuse followed (so im an evil girlfriend, get over it).

i tried it on. and now it's mine.

thank you, i really like it. i still want to know what's surprise no. 4.



pink and orange all over.







my newly painted room.



the other side of the wall. few more touch ups and it's complete.


29/10/04


so i say still away sleep close my eyes; an image of your face traced in white sand. underneath, undefined. i lay down arms outstretched. i embrace the fall. and all the time i tried to let you know discomfort comes clearly. sometimes you see right through me. words. you're married to your pain. although you hit me hard, i come back. the earth's cries ease the pain. on the inside, run behind. which one will i face?. thin comfort in what i say. my back is turned a halo. my soul for a while and all the time i tried to let you know discomfort comes clearly.

song about an angel
sunny day real estate




just so you know, my mom is sewing baju kurung for $30.

just holler or call me anytime.




I'm quite excited. deepavali's coming. Hari Raya too but ive never really celebrated both at once. i have a sudden craving for indian sweets.

im heading down to Lim's Arts & Living in a while with djools. they're having a sale till 30th Oct. and i plan to go Little India next week. if i have the time that is.




i like the rain but im absolutely terrified of them lightning and thunder.




im not sure if it's me but young, posh and loaded on starwold annoys me.

"i shop, i sleep, i walk... oh! i eat," the rich bitch said when asked what she does all day. i sound jealous, i know.

it somehows disturbs me that people like that exists. the show, in all, is very disturbing. im beginning to wonder whether there's an intention or purpose (as mr. campbell never fails to remind us) to the show.




i'm hooked on sunny day real estate and straylight run right now. their songs are on repeat in my comp. adds to the gloomy atmosphere.

it's been raining and i cant help feeling elated. there's nothing like rain and skippy's peanut butter and choc to cheer me up and get me on the go. fine, i admit, i havent been fasting due to my period. not fasting sucks and im really looking forward to the end of my 35cm-pad-wearing days.

my life's been pathetic. ive described myself as a potential housewife because that's how i feel. give me a 5 year old wailing bratty kid, a cookbook and a new set of cleaning materials and i'll be a naggy-jaded-inexperienced-confirmed housewife on the brink of killing herself. i cannot imagine doing this all my life and being confined to these four (so what if it's spacious?) walls. im beginning to realise the burden and amount of work my mom does. im also beginning to think that im an only child (minus the showering with gifts that a normal only child usually gets).

my room is almost complete. i feel like im the only one sleeping in there though there are two beds. again, i feel like the only only child. i wanna scream at them, i wanna smack swear and lock them up and not care about them. but knowing me and always thinking about others i dont. felt guilty spending 60$ on stuff for my room at Ikea yesterday. still, it was nice to get out of the house.

im a deprived teen. if only i have helpful siblings. or better still, a maid.



22/10/04


a plead to you.
nut

reaching out to you hoping you
would hear me out through
all that clutter and flashes
every move you dont make hope dashes
hearing your sound loving your own
seeking forever searching
hoping you would hear me out.




had fun swapping songs w/ amelia. here's for laughs- Engrish.com. hilarious. listening to the vines doing a cover of outkast's miss jackson is comforting, i have no freaking idea why. heh.




i'm pink and orange all over. it's not as if i dont care i guess im not good with them words. we're gonna satisfy our food cravings today- me kat dil. i havent been out of the house for four days and im so sick of being indoors. i cut my hair yesterday; it's so long it's irritating. $11 for just shortening it. it's gonna take 2 years to grow back to that length. im not losing any weight.

had a dream about a jailbird who wanted me to write a book about him. he offered me sushi and i couldnt resist. i wonder what relation (urgh reminds me of massinah) that dream has to my life. durga, as in the one in singapore, just emailed me and everyone she knows about pasar malams. she sounded so desperate i feel bad for not knowing whatever she wanted to know. i have to work. my parents cant afford our living anymore (not that we live lavishly). they just dont want to tell us. that amazes me because they're not really good actors. we're teens not kids. i think they havent got pass that "my children's all grown up" stage yet. realised howie's got a blog. i find him very unpredictable.

im gonna eat sushi tomorow, like in real life. banu ady n jane are going on a cruise next week. that's fun. i wish i can go somewhere and have fun. im sick of being the considerate child while my siblings laze around and do absolutely nothing. we're all breaking fast at my grandma's house on sunday. when i grow old, i dont want to be like them-the only 2 people in the house. and yet i know that i will. it's inevitable. i miss watching movies in school but i absolutely have no time. im trying hard to save my money to buy the things that i want for hari raya because i dont want to trouble my parents but i just realised that i cant stay home like this. standing by the window watching cars pass by wishing that something happens so i can run down and watch it. it beats staying in the house doing housework all day.

im having a headache. im wearing a primary five t-shirt and it's not even tight. been sleeping on the (small) sofa because my room's in quite a mess coz of the paints. im pink and orange all over and im quite happy with that. will borrow djools camera to take pics. tomorow will be another memorable day with the pantatz. glad that it's happening. it's been a week since we're fasting. 3 more weeks. i wish fasting month is longer. im addicted to reggae songs at the moment. dancing to it caused me to clumsily move my brush dipped in pink paint over the orange painted wall. not the effect i want. it's our room and yet im doing all the work. the pains of having selfish siblings. it is the month of forgiveness. i'll just keep my mouth shut. call me. gonna get back to spilling paint on myself. remember to bring book for dil. gonna get more stephen king books. i guess that will have to wait.



21/10/04


aiyak. i totally forgot. i hope i dont fail.



19/10/04

i know this is the season to be forgiving and loving (and fuckingwhatnot) but i really dont like my brader. i wish i can sell him off. dont think i dont mean that because i always mean what i write. it's like it's their fucking computer and im just another bloody user. i hate selfish people-i especially cannot effing stand it if they live under one roof as me. i hope he gets married soon, if possible tomorrow so i dont have to see his face anymore. but then again, what blindmutehandicapped girl will marry him? i've been painting and helping around the house all day and i just want to relax in front of the comp (since ive only used it for 15 mins everyday now) and you know what he does? sit for like 20 effing hours in front of the comp, downloading music and porn on our family computer. and he says he needs to do schoolwork. maybe his course is teaching a module called 'ways to jerk off to porn' ( i bet he'll ace that). that's prolly the only thing he learns in school. or maybe, maybe it's a module on 'how to be an unsucessful/ ungentlemanly/grotesque man'. or maybe, maybe it's a crash course on 'how to be an asshole everyday!'. if it is, i dont think he even need to learn that-he's a natural ass. wow! finally something he's very good at. may he get married soon and get a man-controling wife, get out of the house, have lots of sex and get many many many children. that way they can surf porn and jerk off together; like have some male bonding-literally. i have to log off now, to make way for my dear brader to surf porn aka "schoolwork". stoopidmoronicfuckwitbrainlessasshole.




i am having major food cravings; sometimes they pop out of nowhere.




"it's such a nice day out you wanna walk?"

"no i dont really like walking. it's soo... pedestrian."



i know that the song my boo, by usher and alicia keys is a hot favourite right now (well, it seems to be with them people who like r&b) but that song is not in my fav list.

both my sis and my brader have been playing/singing/humming that song non-stop. it's like an itch at a place where your hands and fingers are too short to reach (welcome to my life).

i dont understand how that song is nice (no offense to anyone who likes it). if you were in my shoes and have heard the song in so many variations you can actually sing all of them, then i guess you'll hate it too.




i teared over the show 'jason texas' on hallmark. it's based on a true story of an innocent african-american hitchiker who got picked up by some white people.

the white people thought it would be fun to beat him up. but then they got greedy and tied him with a chain to a truck. they then dragged him all the way to town. but of course, even before they reached town, his shoulder was torn off, his head rolled away and his torso was completely gone. his pants shirts and underwear got scraped off so bad it tore to pieces. the 3 white kids then drove away leaving his body there.

it's so saddening to see all that; the pictures of him dead, his screams and wails, his unrecognisable body (i swear, it looks like a shaved cow on hooks at butcher shops), the way his mom cried when she found out. God. it's so riveting. then there's the black panthers and the klu klux klan. they anger me somewhat. like the fuck. why the hell do they need to be formed anyway? they're such sellout konon-superheroes.

i cannot believe how inhumane some people can be.

and today, i realised how savagely annoying the media and journalists are. i mean, for fuck's freak's sake, the family are in mourning. they're depressed, they're angry and the media just lavish in all that and turned the entire town and people into funny farm (or something mental like that). i got so peeved and jealous of the media there. Peeved because of all the microphones in my face (they had first-person shots), Jealous because whenever something remotely huge happens in singapore, the maximum number of microphones present (or if you're lucky, microphones that are in your face you're almost licking them) is 4. it's quite embarassing.

watching that show made me somewhat glad that nothing like that happens in Singapore. not that it wouldnt be interesting...



18/10/04


gonna go buy paint for my room today. im so excited!

i cant decide what colours to buy exactly. i want my room to be pink and brown with little hints of orange. i want to have polka dots, stripes and flowers. okay kan? im gonna paint the living room a little red too. can't wait can't wait.

before i can do all that, i have to get through massinah exam (which is today) first. i feel so unprepared (but still excited!).



17/10/04


i've decided to not put a song on my blog till i can find somewhere to upload my songs. maybe im gonna put a radiolog like faz. but then i'm not sure. im currently hooked to so many songs, i really cannot choose.

guess you just have to be contented with whatever's here.




i love the fasting month. *smiles*




what do you hope?
Desire is a dowsed fire
True love a lie
To a dusty shelf we aspire
I crave to die.

-christabel lamotte




my mom, my sis and me are going on a cookie/kuih raya frenzy.

she quit her job (because singapore post has started selling lottery tickets and she's not comfy with tt) and so has decided to sell kuih rayas. my sis and i happen to be her coolies. it's fun making kuihs and cookies but it sucks because i happen to be an accidental klutz.

once, a long time back, i was just standing in the kitchen without touching anything (my mom gave me a cloth to hold in case i spilled anything), just standing there watching and the telephone rang so i turned to grab the phone. a cutlery holder got caught in the cloth and toppled over, hitting a cup of water which spilt onto a cup of flour which then fell to the floor. i forgot about the phone and hurriedly tried to wipe the mess when i hit my head at my mom's arm (she was standing above me then) causing her to spill a bowl of dough mixture all over. amidst all that i managed to get the cloth burnt, broke some eggs and made my mom trip because of the wet floor. heh.

this time, im only in charge of decorating the kuihs instead of making it. this is gonna be fun (and safe, i hope).



horror of all horrors.

we had our first so called fight on thursday. dont ask me what it was about, i seriously cannot remember. ive never not talked for 2 hours. we went to suntec coz he wanted to go to the arcade. he walked straight ahead and i was left alone at the back. it wasnt a surprise that i got lost there (you got to admit; suntec's huge!). after his dose of initialD, we walked all the way to town without talking.

by the time we passed the art museum, i was too tired to even remember why we were fighting. was so looking forward to sitting down, talking things out and drinking caramel frappucino at starbucks far east. reached there at 8 only to find that starbucks far east has closed. the horror of all horrors! it was so fucking traumatising. i actually teared then called dil up to complain. haha.

anihows, we talked things out and things are ok. ate, laughed a lot. then met dil to go home together. such an eventful day.

and im just writing mundanities down.




bits and pieces.

changi beach. taking pictures. mrt rides. bus rides. long bus rides. sour cream crackers. honey jasmine green tea. root beer. enjoying the wind. b.u.m. slippers. tugboats. yachts. clouds and sun. digicam. stripped smart shirt. marlboro green. yishun. nine six nine. water on sand. coconut tree sketches. dragon lion dance. chinese ritual. turkey ham sandwich. sudden anger. huge confessions. sleepyheads. rainbow-striped shawl. pink skirt. keeping memories. loving. superheroes. airplanes. prison. freaky toilet. uncanny people. changi beach. us.



10/10/04

Bushmen is gorgeous. watched them play at esplanade yesterday and they got the audience to their feet (except me of course). was so tempted to get up and dance. what are temptations but to tempt us? heh.

i fell in love with the guy playing percussions (this botak malay guy who can really dance). he grooved to the beat while he hit the tabla-like-thingies. bongo maybe, i dont freaking know. either way, it sounds goooooooooood. he can sing too.

i really like yesterday.



Living in a robotic world.
nut.

Dolls, in all helplessness
uncontrollable, destructive selves.
and the world's too selfish to give in
too proud too admit.
a broken joint, a stuffed stomach
in all quirkiness, sad simple
epitome of man's desire
for perfection, love
finding a love only a lover would know
in all helplessness.
too weak to realise the perfectness

in imperfection.



here lies a bloggable moment.

met his parents. it was totally unplanned.

it was as awkward as an awkward moment should be.

i felt like meat about to be butchered and sold. i felt like grabbing a spade and burying my whole self into the earth and not coming back again. i felt so welcomed i could have cried.

they were so nice.



figments of a failing memory.

on my birthday.


outside school library, after waiting for dzool for 2-3 hours.



going down the steps (though i think taking pics at that point is absolutely unnecessary).



the CBD area. after much asking and pondering (they were tightlipped about where they're taking me), the bus stopped at the CBD area.



that's almost all of us sitting and waiting for keli (i think).



took this pic once we reached our destination. me and the guys. almost all of them are wearing blue.. so nice. dont ask me what keli is doing, i seriously dunno.



the girls in the pantatz. so sweet.



keli nak step handsome and cool (please or.. he's far from it). the sky's getting darker.



my birthday cakes.




after a rendition of happy bday and "Allah selamatkan kamu" the pantatz style, i cut the cakes.



the pantatz sitting in a row, facing the river, eating chocolatey cake.



my feet in all its cacatness.



trying to act cool. (wan isa ady)



isa amin wan and their horrendous poses.



them again.



and again.



and again (obviously they're not camera shy people).



izzad; armed with a guitar, a good voice, and his trusty poncot.



singing to the song. potential karaoke singers. haha.



me zareen faz :the soul sistas (lemme hear ya flo' sistas).







after the celebrations, we (minus isa and amin) went to eat at shah alam.



me fiddling w/ amelia's digicam and dzool taking useless pics.


08/10/04


it's the last day of school for this semester and it feels as if ive already given up a long time ago. the submission for choosing electives is on monday and im not sure what i want to do just yet. this time i wanna pick a module that i wont give up in. but its so hard to know.

i wish the end of year 3 will come quick.




How About Enough
a vacant affair


You said hi you wanted to talk about
The things that you should know
I never meant to run or hide
I just didn't think
it was time for you to know
I'm stuck at the crossroads
I'm waiting to choose
I'm hoping it won't lead back to you
The journey is over our time is up
Just give it up

So where do we go from here or end
We were never lovers just more than friends
Please take your shirts
Your smiles aren't working, no more

Before you go I just want you to know
I burned all the things you wrote
I never meant to let this pass
I just didn't think that
this happiness will last
Come take a look at these tired eyes
Believe me I cannot even cry
If I could I would
So tell me if I should

So where do we go from here or end
We were never lovers just more than friends
Please take your shirts
Your smiles aren't working, no more
This has to go this has to end
We were never lovers just more than friends
Please take your shirts
Your smiles aren't working, no more

You wouldn't mean a thing to me
You wouldn't mean a thing to me anymore

So where do we go from here or end
We were never lovers just more than friends
Please take your shirts
Your smiles aren't working, no more
This has to go this has to end
We were never lovers just more than friends
Please take your shirts
Your smiles aren't working, no more




ive been meaning to say this but it keeps slipping my mind.

i was a bit angry at you rin. but was more fucking disappointed. shouldnt i be? you're my bestest friend. you're not there everyday, couldnt you have been there on that one day? but being slave driven people i guess work comes first.

i know you're sorry and im not rubbing it in, i swear. it was just something i wanted to say. its just very disappointing. i felt guilty because the rest have done so much, trying to make me feel happy and special (they succeeded btw) but then i couldnt be fully happy because you're not there. i feel bad.

yang sudah tu sudah as izzad would say. i'll just shut up now and try not to show my disappointment when we meet (of which when we do meet, we somehow act as if nothing happened).



06/10/04


came across this in a comic strip.

"what if the hokey pokey really IS what it's all about?"




we packed up our bags (and bubblewrap) and made our way out. it was then that it dawned on us that we're never gonna be in that meeting room (with 'the good side' and 'the bad side' sitting opposite each other). tanjong pagar will just be another mundane place (but it always has been) to us. another station on the mrt.

the presentation yesterday for ad creatives was quite okaylah. we were the slackest group (me n faz wore some sort like our normal clothes, liz wore halter and slippers). we were also the more interactive group (because we provided them with mockups and playthings [nothing sexual please]). we were the shortest group (presented in a short time) and (in my opinion) the most funnest group. susie (creative person from saatchi & saatchi [major ad company]) was there too. and she's so pretty and cute. we were looking at her flat abs all the way. heh.

anyhows, we had fun presenting and bitching after that. it's sad to leave everything like that. we grew quite close (the two grps from 'the gd side') and we were so accustomed to tanjong pagar, its people and the food. no more night shopping at chinatown, no more bringing food (lots of it) into class, no more shopping at watsons, no more being called the 'conjoined twins' and the 'food suppliers' (according to david, the 1st people he will go to in a famine). heh. ad creatives was so much fun but it wasnt really the lessons that made it fun. it was the people around you, being out of school, freedom of moving around and being treated like adults (i dont get that often).

the first lesson of ad creatives had us looking like lost kids (or at least i felt so small being in a big company). now that we step out of that company for the last time (no more late tuesdays), i guess it's safe to say that somehow i will miss that place and everything that was in it (rite down to the big hard chairs).

goodbye the good side. goodbye secret seven. i guess the mystery of the knocks will never be solved now. hah.




it feels as if we've been together for a long time when it's just been a month. i think we have got to be the two most weirdest couple around.

bodoh pergi, bodoh balik. i still think you're the bodohest between the two of us. how romantic. hehe.




hahaha. i cant stop smiling.

faz and zareen came while i was updating just now and they suddenly said, "nad, close your eyes." i was like "what? what? for what?"

"just close your eyes lah!"

so i closed my eyes (zareen covered my eyes with paper just in case) and then after a while, they asked me to open them. and guess what??

there was a black plastic bag and inside the plastic bag is the polka dot shoe from ebase! hahahah! i teared a bit due to extensive laughing. haha. so sweet of them. the shoe's from liz, zareen, faz n shark. thanks guys.

haha. i really really truly hope we'll stay in touch because i'll miss you guys too much.




celebrated my birthday with my boos yesterday, after ad creatives class. it was great seeing them and syiqa. had a lot of fun laughing and teasing each other. they gave me my presents. i got a new purse! topshop ring, topshop bangles, topshop underwear, bodyshop soaps, two makeup bag, and a cupful of sweets (one shaped like a sushi!) haha. thanks a lot boos. really love the presents.

finally, after 3 years, i can finally say that i have topshop accessories. heh.



the day full of surprises pt III: pink slippers

met my cousins (on my mom's side) on sunday for someone's (not that important) wedding. was being our usual self and sitting down in a corner not doing any work when kak shera, my sis, and izzah came up to me, gave me a plastic bag and shouted "Happy Birthday".

inside the plastic bag is a pair of pink roxy slippers, the one that i wanted to buy. the exact same one. hahahhaa. laughed my ass off. it was so touching. i really didnt expect that one. heh.

thanks a lot guys. really love the slippers.



04/10/04

the day full of surprises pt II: scooping cake

i had a miniature celebration after meeting my frens. my aunt surprised me with a blackforest ice cream cake from Swensens. but because i reached late and they waited for me too long, the ice cream melted. so instead of cutting the cake, we (or i) scooped out the cake and placed it in a bowl. it tasted good though. was eating it in front of my mom and two aunts. my mom was arranging fresh white roses.

me: kakak tak pernah dapat rose sey..

(the 3 women turned to look at me and laughed.)

mom: abih die kasi ape?

me: tu slipper tu..

mom: slipper je? kasi lah bunge ke.. cincin ke.. bracelet ke.. ni tak. sliper jugak die kasi..

me: (almost glaring at my mom) but i like slippers better compared to everything else.

mom: (she took 3 roses and passed it to me) nah. mak kasi rose nie.. biler mak jumpe die mak nak marah die.. asal tak kasi anak aku bunge? (she smiled. my 2 aunts laughed.)

me: aiyak. suke suke nak marah...

mom: kau suke jelah slipper. (i just grinned)

my fav aunt: nadiah dah ader boyfren... the last person sey i would think to have one.. but good. just dont do anything stoopid. (she then patted and kissed me)

the conversation hangs there till now. i think with almost all my girl cousins having kids b4 marriage and getting married even b4 20, everyone shudders and gets scared when someone else gets attached. it's like, once i announce that im attached, immediately my name turns blinking red and flashes like some billboard on Las Vegas. im kept on watch 24/7 in case i suddenly announce that im pregnant or some stoopid shit like that.

i feel like a reformed person on probation..



03/10/04


i linked you up azhar.

didnt know you had a blog. haha. i know, i know; could be because i dont have a tagboard. it's refreshing reading your blog. i must say i miss all those times just talking crap (and about crap) in class, NACLI, student councillor meetings and in malay class, where we'll always bitch about cikgu macrob and his dripping saliva.

it's nice seeing someone i know almost reaching his dream and what he always wanted to be. i remmbered in sec 1 how we would always tease u whenever someone gets a cut or gets injured. haha. im glad you're doing what you're doing now coz it shows that dreams are reachable.

plus, it gives me some hope for my dream (which is depleteing by the way).

i hope you enjoyed your bday azhar. no more exchanging of presents for us, since we dont meet each other.. take care.



02/10/04


i have a lot more to update on but i have a wedding to catch.

till i get back home, enjoy whatever's here.



the day full of surprises.

it was a normal day to me yesterday. woke up, had a whole lot of birthday wishes from a whole lot of wonderful people and i guess i was getting happier. ain (grss) actually smsed to wish me. so did rozeryna and azhar. hehe. so nice hearing from them. went to school with djools early in the morning. it was funny though; the night before we were both talking on the phone and the both of us fell asleep. i didnt even realise it. haha. Oh. erin called, saying that she wouldnt be able to meet me due to her projects. fine.

went straight to school and had my ad creatives meeting. (liz wrote 'happy bday' on the tissue we were using as coasters. i tawt that was sweet..) by 1pm, we finished the meeting (after talking about everything else [gays, ghosts and nude modelling] except work. heh.) anyhows, everyone went off but i had to wait for djools till 4pm. so there i was sitting at the comp doing nothing (actually i was doing the abstract for the massine paper lah). i didnt had anything to do for an hour. was bored, pissed (because none of the pantatz called to meet up and erin's really not meeting me) and restless.

went to the top of atrium just sitting there, wishing it would rain (and it did! hehe). i just walked around feeling very crappy and saddened. was going to the toilet (to put on powder, what else?) when djools finished class. met up with him and after all that, he says he needed to use the computer (which was a lie btw to get me away from atrium). was very very restless.

surprise number 1: the pantatz were at the atrium waiting for me. almost all of them were wearing blue (hehe) and they smiled at me. and i got pissed. then they said that we have to go so we took 75. i dunno where we were going. was sitting there on the bus feeling very peeved when i remembered that i told djools that i want the pantatz to meet up. and i got what i wanted. after that thought, i felt better and felt really... loved? haha.

dropped down at the CBD area and walked all the way to 'the ugly bird' statue as dil call it. surprise number 2: faz n shark. faz called saying that she cant meet me and she's going out with shark. i didnt know how to react when she told me that and i just smiled. heh. but they were there.

after a lot of photo taking and laughing, i cut the cake. with a blue knife! haha. they gave me a BIG card that has music in it. there's even guitar strings for me to play. haha! was so excited, i couldnt help laughing. djools gave me his present (green project shop slippers). and we ate the cake. sitting at the steps laughing and talking. and of course, more picture taking. after eating, izzad took out his guitar and started singing. i really loved that: all of us sitting together on the steps, listening to each other talk and sing.

surprise number 3: dil came. i was so surprised, i actually cried. i knew how hard it was for the 2 of them and yet they did it. im touched.

zareen came later too, which was great. managed to take a pic of the soul sistas (aka me faz zareen). didnt take a pic with banz though.

surprise number 4: still on the way.

it was a great day though. i think my bday was well spent. meeting and chilling with the pantatz and my best buds was enough. thanks guys. banu keli izzad djools faz shark isa zareen wan amin lyn ady dil baq.

love you guys.


01/10/04


nineteen doesnt feel any different from eighteen. i still look the same, dress the same, act the same.

i feel a little bit older and right now im not sure how i must be. i dunno how today's gonna turn out either. not sure if im meeting, banu erin or my friends, and im definitely not meeting my boos.

well, we'll just see where our feet bring us. heh.




Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to Nadiah Bte Mohd Yusoff
Happy Birthday to me!

i'm shameless, i know.



30/09/04


Hold Your Breath

denali.

What's your reason to kill or not?
This has come a long way,
Too fake for the season,
is it real or not?
Totally in this i would stay

Too many sensations now for a good feeling,
I'll take a step back.

Let's go under and hold our breath.
Who's got the reasons now?
In one little mouth it goes,
Never will surface

Too many sensations now for a good feeling,
I'll take a step back.
To many sensations now for if to be so real



remember me writing about my eldest cousin's wedding? kak shera finally uploaded the pics. this is specially for amelia who have always wanted to experience a void deck wedding.

nikah ceremony

at kak shera's house, preparing the stuff for the wedding. that's her cat, kopi and our niece, puteri erika qistina. she looks so angry tt the cat's taking her biscuit. haha.


the sorta, poutpouri, self-made nice smelling thingies to be given out to the gerl's side.


kak shera putting inai (henna) on her brother.


my aunt helping him get ready.


the tok kadi, at the girl's place. we've been using the same tok kadi since forever.


overall view.


tension.


anticipating.


the vows made.


signing the papers.


happiness.


the bride.


putting the ring in.


salaming my grandmother.


awwwwwwwwww.


they're finally married!


renjis renjis di pilis..


the girl cousins and an aunt (green tudung).


the exchanging of gifts.


the ride home on the bus..

sunday: the wedding ceremony


the groom taking a breather early in the morning.


my cousins and friends washing the dishes.


overall picture from the dias. it's my mom's decor by the way, partly designed by me. heh.


the buffet.


puteri eating. she seems to love doing that.


stress.. the costume is very very hot.


going to fetch the girl.


i love the sounds of the kompang.


at the girl's side.


being treated like royalty.


upon returning, we took the opportunity to take pictures. here's all my cousins and me. i think we might have missed a few out.


my entire family, though it's a bit blur. some of my uncles and me are not in this pic though.


she's so cute.

so there you have it. hope you enjoyed that one, melia. heh.




it's 7:45 am.

im about to finish up on script for Act Direct. im eating Oreo's and my mouth's itching for coffee (and since my parents are not avid lovers of coffee, i'll have to settle with plain water). im prolly meeting katdil today to celebrate my birthday. we're filming later. keli said sorry at half hour to 1am. i'm in my fav shirt.

it's raining! hahahaha.

this is fun.



29/09/04


fuck you, you horrendous asshole of a guy.

i havent met you in a long time and i thought having a decent conversation with you would be great. i didnt know that getting droplets of water on your face could kill you (because that was how u fucking reacted). like what the hell. i dunno what's wrong with you.

there i was, laughing and joking with isa, and isa wanted to push me into the rain (which is not a bad thing btw). you didnt have to step up to me and say to isa 'kau buat gini bodoh'. you didnt have to pull the top of my tudung and push it down. but obviously, being the fucking fuckwit, the insensitive jackass that you are, you did just that. if i wasnt wearing a skirt, i would have kicked your effing balls (if you have any in the first freaking place).

i think i told you people before. never touch my tudung. i fucking mean it.

you just walked away like that, laughing. i said chibai. you said 'kau cakap chibai nad?!' well, to you i would. any freaking day.

kau fikir ape, tudung tu macam rambut eh? do u think it's someone's face, that you can touch and push around? boleh suke2 pegang, boleh suke2 tarik, boleh suke2 rosakkan tudung? if you have no effing respect for me, at least respect that im wearing a tudung. it's a tudung for God's sake (like literally & unliterally). it's not a hat, not a cap, not a beanie and definitely not something for you to disrespect. assholic jerk.

you didnt even say sorry. but what do you expect from an effing dickhead, right?




everything's eventual and i shouldnt expect what i already have in mind though this sentence is ambigously written you're still gonna ask what i mean knowing that the resident answer will be the automatic shoulder shrug. im just writing unrelated thoughts down.



had a field trip (the mass comm way; i.e: no chartered bus [lame!], no goodie bags, no schedule to follow) to DowJones and CNBC just now. it was so freaking cool.

me laura and shai were the 1st 3 to arrive at Tanjong pagar so we had breakfast together. jon joined us later. met everyone 20 mins later and made our way to international plaza. dowjones was on the 32nd storey. heh. we didnt really do much except to listen to real life accounts of the reporters and editors. but the newsroom was so cramped and quiet, i felt like i was in a typical office.

i like how CNBC's office looked though. messy, colourful and so lived in. you should see the makeup room there. we were openly gawking the mirrors lined with lightbulbs. everyone looks so casual and fun. it was amazing how calm the producers/directors are (when their show starts in 1 mins time and it's live).

anyhows, didnt really have much to do after that. me and jon picked up some books. in the end, jon me priya shai geraldine jermaine sat at starbucks (still at tanjong pagar) at chilled there. everyone read at 1st but then we started talking about homosexuals. it was very erm... interesting. heh. it was such a weird bunch (because we've never really hung out in school) but i had fun.

was looking forward to the exchanging of ideas and coming up with a good presentation in ad creatives but of course, that didnt happen. but what's new. heh.



28/09/04


i know ive been unreasonably whiny, cranky and selfish nowsadays. it's not the PMS (though having my period in itself is effing irritating). i dunno what it is but i feel agitated half the time. it's bugging me- school, work, my weight, missing my friends, anniversaries, birthdays.

this happens every year. and this year, you just happen to be in my anger path, someone to vent it all on. im sorry.

i guess we'll just have to wait until this passes.




Having big group meetings (read: 15 people) is such a pain. everybody has conflicting ideas; some people want to be the dictator, others just want to screw each other's ideas and after 2 hours of heavy bantering, we didnt arrive at any conclusion. the ad campaign wasn't forming.

it's great to see so many good ideas on the board but it's a pain to merge them and make them concrete. plus we didnt have any higher person (for example, a creative director) to tell us what's right and wrong.

in the end, we decided to split the presentation and just stick to our groups. we could have saved plenty of time.




im not gonna meet my boos on friday (well, maybe dil only [not that im not happy to see her]). im not sure if im gonna meet my best buds this friday too.

heh.




it was a full moon out tonight and i couldnt stop staring. it's so eye catching and gorgeous, i practically stopped in my tracks and just gawked.

sat at starbucks far east on sunday evening just chilling and drawing with djoolie. i didnt realise how much i missed that place till i sat on the cushioned seat (yang banyak berjasa pada kaki dan pantat kami yang penat). i havent heard from my boos in a long time, i really hope they're doing okay. an update is definitely in order (tak sabar2 dah beli baju raya eh dil.. haha..).

was thinking to myself how much a year has changed. soooooo many things constantly moving and changing. not that it's a bad thing. but what will happen to all of us in the next year? will it still be the same? i doubt so.

i dont want us (a general us) to drift away like planks of wood bobbing away from each other. im the last person to adapt to changes quickly and i need that closure i guess.

the world outside is a bloody scary place.




[NOTE: skip this entry if you're a sanitary-pad-phobia guy]

just when i thought that they couldnt get any longer (i used to wear 33cm ones). there's actually a pad that's 35cm. like wow. for total protection, they say. the pads saved me. so i have to be thankful (though it's quite large to carry around).

i dont gerrit why guys can get freaked out over that (well, one guy anyway). now i know what to get you for your bday as a bday card. haha.




i feel a certain kind of tingling in my bones, head and toes.

could it be possible that im finally growing?




it's freaky talking about life after mass comm just now. was with liz and faz, trying to keep ourselves awake (w/ much difficulty) at the library while having our ad creatives meeting.

questions of what we're gonna do and how we're gonna cope came up. it's scary how 3 years is going by quite fast. soon we're all gonna graduate from mass comm (hopefully) and say good riddance to ngee ann. as exciting and challenging as these 3 years have been, im really looking forward to the end of school.

what i would want to do then is clutch my dip, stand on top of block 53/ sports complex and scream. heh.




congrats to 2 of the most important people in my life! so excited for the two of you. you guys finally reached one year and (finally!) keluar same2. hehe.

im glad to see you happy and all laughing again. i dont ever want to see you depressed like you were. the both of you. remember how when you hurt one, you hurt both? it's true you know.

anyway, have fun because you sure deserved it. take care and stay happy.



27/09/04


people keep staring at us when we go out. people keep staring at us when we laugh and beat each other up to death. why is that?

i find it so weird to have all these unwanted attention from people that i dont know. it's even freakier if they laugh or smile at me. maybe we're just attracting too much attention. i dont have a stamp on my forehead saying that im attached do i? coz i feel as if everyone's mocking me or something.

maybe im just paranoid. haha.



26/09/04


im tired of sitting in front of the comp not knowing what to write. while walking back home, i kept staring at the (almost full) moon. it's so yellow today. weird.

my younger cousins are all growing up. they're all finding their own words to speak, finding new friends, new worlds to play in. it's so amazing how fast they grow up. from under your knee, to your shoulder. i think they're taking growth pills (something i wasnt introduced to when young). it's so wonderful to see them grow. so nice to hear them talking. take ayu (my youngest cousin) for example. she's 2, has v v curly hair w/ straight anak rambuts, and a very boisterous walk. she has a vocab of only 4 words. Titi (she calls her bantal busuk that), mamin (amen, or her brader muhaimin, we dunno), eeeee (when she's disgusted/cold) and babi (for babies, or she could be swearing, i dunno). just last year we were holding her hand and seeing her taking her 1st steps.

why am i suddenly talking about age?

i told djools just now tt by the end of this wk im gonna be a year older. that's some scary shit, eh? i still feel (and i sure act) damn young. im a 6 year old trapped in an 19 year old's (ok fine, i look physically 14) body. next year im gonna be 20. no more a teen. i dunno how to face 20 (no, i dont have the answer for tt either).

im gonna be 19 and im still going nowhere. my life plan's screwed up. aiyak.




my dad's gonna scrap the van. he said that it was no point keeping something that's gonna breakdown any moment. plus, it ran out of lives anyhows. he's gonna scrap the van tomorrow.

that means no more depending on my dad to send me to school if im late; no spreading of my arms whenever a gd song plays on the radio; no more closing my eyes to the wind; no more sitting at my fav spot and contemplating on life and its weirdness; no more closeness (when you're sitting knee to knee with your cousins and you're packed like sardines, you cant help but join in the [noise] fun and feel close [like literally]).

i really am gonna miss the van (even though it's old, kontak, creaks when you get on no matter how light you are, messy and sounds like a motorboat). i still love it.

maybe he's gonna get a panel van. but even he's not sure.



22/09/04


i just watched a production on CTV called Canvas. and i must say, i truly liked it. it's so sad and quite touching actually. i nearly teared.

but of course, one downside watching tv in canteen one is that that place is so noisy i couldnt really hear the characters talking. there i was, the girl with the short neck, looking up at the tv, standing so close and straining her puny neck while hungry people carrying trays walked past and stared at her peculiarly. but what's new.

kudos to the people who did that (i think Justin Hong is the director and Jonathan Goh, the scriptwriter).




Nothing To Make
nut.

thinking high flailing to the ground
arms wide open fingers spread out
and no one really thought what would happen
and no one really made a sound

maybe there was nothing to make.

standing tall swaying to the right
feet together mind completely apart
everyone just walks away
everyone just watches the fight

maybe there was nothing to watch.

head held high spirit's feeling down
black slippers make lousy noises
anyone can achieve it
anyone certainly can wear that crown

maybe nobody really wants to.

please tell me somebody knows how.



"kiter dah together tau," said the nervous-i-can-pee-in-my-pants daughter to her mother in the mrt on the way home. her kid sister laughs beside her.

"saper? korang dua?" the mother looked a bit taken aback and she gave a sidelong look to her eldest daughter. The daughter now nods her head and giggled cautiosly. 'a stupid, fake gesture', she thinks.

"Oh. tak suke, tak suke, last last get together jugak. ape je kau nie! pelik nah!"

the daughter lets out a silent sigh of relief while her pesky younger sister broke out into laughter. she then turns to her big sis. "kakak stress stress terus mak cakap gitu. klakar sey...!" she kept on laughing.

with the fact that her mom reacted not as she had expected, the girl smiles.

"so what does he do?"

"(ermmm...) schooling in ngee ann. same school."

"same course?"

"nolah. he's in the same course as banu."

(she turns her head to her grinning daughter) "kapal?!"

the smile fades a bit. "ah ah. die suke kapal. i think..."

"mak suroh cari orang kaya." she smiles, then laughs. "die kaya tak?"

"ah ah! die gi cruise sorang2!" interrupted the little sister.

"eh?!" said the incredulous mother. she watched as her now attached daughter shrugs her shoulders. then the mother laughs.

"kau ingatkan mak nak marah kan? ade matair bilang lah.. about time pun kau ade matair.."

'aiyak,' thinks the girl as she imagines her mother's head filled with thoughts of marriage the future.

The sound of the automated announcer broke the three peoples' conversation and they picked up their shopping bags and got out of the train. the mother smiled at her two daughters and walked ahead while the two sisters gave relieved grins and giggled together. Before they even tapped their Ezlink cards, the mother bombarded the daughter with questions of her new boyfriend. The daughter just grinned, took it in her stride and answered them as best as she could (with the younger sister constantly interrupting of course).

It was a great way to end the day.

[based on a true story]


21/09/04


am down with the flu and head bug (read: literally head aches).

i bought 2 stephen king books though. Tommyknockers and The Talisman. but now that i think-abourrit, i dont think i have any time to read them. heh.

i still want to eat my sotong balls. hopefully i have time to do that tomoro. if i still have the energy to walk and the capacity to remmber what i want. my head is really really spinning.

i'll stop now.


20/09/04


the new BUM slippers i bought has no OOomph.

it sounds funny when the sole slaps the ground. i miss my topshop slippers. but then again i cant wear them too often. though i like my new slippers, they sound quite funny. not the usual 'slap slap' i hear. i miss the sounds. hmph.

i wanna buy another one. haha. looking at the rate im buying slippers, i think my life savings are gonna go kapoof soon.

i cant help it. they're just so "cheapute" (read: cheap n cute).



am at the internet cafe rite now, waiting for 3 oclock to come. im gonna go out with my mom and am breaking the news to her at dinner. heh.

this is scary because:
a) ive never done this before.
b) i dont really know what to say or how to say it.
c) due to the option a) i dunno how my mom would react.
d) and due to c) i dunno how my dad would react.

but i promised her i'll tell her if i have one.. hmmm.

to hell with all this. i'm gonna jump right in. heh.

wish me luck.


Gig at Yishun Park (the one that nearly killed us all-literally).

Djools cooked for me jemput2 pisang on saturday (which made me feel abit incompetent in the kitchen since i cant do a thing without burning myself or my house first). met dil baq and zool at 3pm to go to Yishun Park where the gig was. it was supposed to start at 330pm. we walked quite a long way there and met quite a lot of rudeboys (or budak2 The Apprentice as Baq said). it was a freaking hot day and when we finally reached there, we didnt see anything. it was already 345pm.

met Isa and his band mates at a bridge (which is right above the potbellied-swimming-trunks-only-wearing-manjens infested swimming pool). so not only do we have to stand the heat in the heat, we had to look at them enjoying the cool swimming pool in the swimming pool. sheesh.

anyhows, heard from isa that the organisers are on their way (when it's freaking 4). sat at the amphitheatre like a bunch of idiots, waving a barely there postcard to keep ourselves cool. we were all sweating like pigs. Faz and shark joined us around 430pm and yet, the organisers were still not in sight. there were a lot of people by then and we were all getting restless (not to mention drowning in our own sweat).

around 5pm (or was it 6? either way it was after a very loooooooooooooooooong time), the organisers started unloading their stuff.



it seems as if they're crawling doing that. obvious lack of manpower. heh.



so there we all were. about (i think) 150 restless sweaty people baking in the hot sun looking at a disorganised bunch setting up the equipment. how entertaining.



this is how we entertained ourselves- by looking at kids having fun. and no we're not pedophiles! as shark said, this makes a good dettol advertisement. heh. Oh, the one in stripes is Isa's little brother (i forgot the name).



dil giving her speech while clutching a postcard cum fan. it was still hot and the sun was shining down on us. macam tengah bersajak sey dil. haha.



after some time they manage to complete setting up. it was already 6pm.



shark and his usual crazy antics. enough said.



i dunno what faz was doing but if you look at the sky, the sun's setting. and they havent start yet! at this point of time, zad-she-said-dun, announced to the audience that if the technical problem cant be rectified by 715pm, they're gonna cancel the show (after we waited for abt 4 hours).



i didnt want to take pictures (whats new). my cheeks look so fat here. dang it.

'

they're both not looking at each other nor are they looking at the camera. so weird.



this was taken after a lot of persuasion. haha.



and here's zool. the owner of the camera tt took these pics of which we buat macam barang sendiri and freely used it. thanks zool, though im sure ure pretty much used to it.



It's night by now. the moon's up and the first band is about to play. the power blew twice while the 2nd band was playing (of which maybe the organisers were hinting that they suck[?] v questionable). baq kept saying that the botak guys (bigger versions of toyols) did it. he could be right. oh well.

due to the fact that we dont know any of the bands except for Isa's band (Monroe) we just took pictures of them. haha. Samantha (faz's old flame yada yada), the 4th band that played was very good. i like their songs. the band before that was good too, though i didnt catch the band name. Monroe was the 5th band to play and after waiting for a looooong time, it's finally their turn. it was already 930pm.



(from L-R) tt's zad, the lead singer (crazy noisy dude who has a really nice voice), A'an or farhan (Isa's cousin), Isa (on drums, looking v tensed) and kit (whose drawings are always very nice). That's Monroe for you.



Zad's gone!!



never seen him look this serious before. cant remember what songs they played but i remembered tt they played 2 songs from Oasis.



'what's the story, morning glory?'



i like this picture. nice right?



That's A'an (i dunno what else to say abt him).



Kit and his guitar.



Isabella's head is gone!!!



i like this picture.



and that's isabella, the drummer of Monroe; a fellow pantat.

his band was quite good though. i dont know why they look so glum after that. i think they're the best looking band among all the others. haha. dont forget to tell us if you have any other gig coming up..

anyhows, the 7 of us made our way to the toilet (after sitting on full bladders). there was an arcade at the SAFRA and baq wanted to play a boxer game (my hunch was he wanted to live his childhood dream yang tak kesampaian). so we stayed and watched him. dil and me detest arcades (becoz dzol n baq will nvr leave tt place) and were quite relunctant at 1st but then all of us (minus zool who went home 1st) started rooting for baq and shouting everytime someone (or some computer animated weird looking blonde guy) punched him. pretty soon we all were shouting and getting excited. we left after one game because everyone was exhausted.

oh and kit, zad, you dont have to thank us lah. sheesh. macam kenal semalam gitu..



Bring You Down
left front tire.

I feel frustration sometimes
when the words don't come out right.
Footprints in the Sand
reveals to me a past scene of my life.

Please stand by me
through the thick and thin,
though the trials of my life.
He's dealing with me now...
I turn around you're doing it again...
you're doing it again.

I'm not trying to bring you down.
I just want you to see
what is happening to me.
I'm not trying to bring you down.
Just understand that I was blind
but I am learning to see.

I've ran long enough
from what I know is right.
The sands of yesterday
are sliding through
the clutched fingers of life.

I'm not saying that the fun is gone,
or the times we had are in vain.
There's a break in the wilderness.
My narrow path is clearing again...
it's clearing once again.

I'm not trying to bring you down.
I just want you to see
what is happening to me.
I'm not trying to bring you down.
Just understand that I was blind
but I am learning to see.

I'm not trying to bring you down.
I just want you to see
what is happening to me.
I'm not trying to bring you down.
Just understand that I was blind
but I am learning to see.



17/09/04


"Heard it in ur voice ya... your happiness. See? Wen u open up n trust urselv more, happiness will come. =)" -yuanna deng2's sms to me.

i guess maybe ive changed abit. but it's all for the better so it's good.




i just wrote a sorta letter to her and then she called me yesterday, all the way from India. She sounded so happy. she called to say hi and to wish me a v v advanced happy birthday. she's still the same giggly person and we had quite a laugh (being the giggly people we all are).

It was soo nice to hear from her. she said she'll call again after her exams. she really wants that doctorate and i couldnt be prouder. aside from our bimboticness and our constant giggles, i think she know that we all still love her. she says she'll read my blog this sunday, when she can use the comp.

she soooo dont deserve this but i guess she's stronger that we all thought.

still, im glad she's doing okay. heh.




Look at what i found!




surreal (Gordon's band) will be performing by the way...



16/09/04

baby is this love for real,
let me in your arms to feel
the beating of your heart baby
the beating of your heart baby.

-- beating heart baby, head automatica




nothing much happend on wednesday. except for the fact that it rained. so of course, i played in the rain. haha. it was so inviting i couldnt help myself.

faz n me sat at the atrium that day to listen to zareen's radio broadcast (for our campus radio station Radio Heatwave). it was already raining quite heavily so i, got to the "tempat emo", spread out my arms and savoured the rain. heh. it's v relaxing. izzad joined me soon after. i think he needed that. i just wanted an excuse to dance in the rain.

met up with banu keli and izzad after that and we just talked. and laughed and read together. i really miss them. and yesterday was so sooooooo fun. we must must must do it again.

never leave my life coz i love u guys to bits.




Liz is right (never thought i'd say that). this week went by quite fast. funny how that always happen when you dont count the days (not sure if you guys get what i mean, heh). Friday's already on its way and soon, it'll be next week. wow.

Lets see.. Monday i went to yishun jetty with djoolie woolie kemoolie. it's been awhile since we (as in the pantatz) went there. not much changed though (except that the lamposts are completely useless and we cant see the stars anymore). it was fun going there and having our own little picnic (if you consider having waffles, green tea and egg tarts [all bought] a picnic). the sky was gorgeous. i really missed the jetty. got a little nostalgic thinking about the stoopid days (where we'll spend hours sitting at the jetty every Friday talking nonsense, playing cards, inventing stoopid songs and singing our heads off [cicak on the wall!!]. then after all of us calmed down, we lied down in a row and stared at the sky.) heh. went home quite late that monday though.

It was Dil's birthday on tuesday. was so excited. i bought 10 begedils (small traditional malay potato cakes) and mashed them up together to make one big begedil. Hahahaha. see, i told you you'll have a begedil bday cake rite? haha. never ate a begedil cake though. i must say, it was very... different. and a whole lot of fun too. glad she liked it. it was the 1st time that i ate that much begedil and liked it(coz i never like begedil). celebrated her birthday at Starbucks (what's new..) with kat syiqa and baq (who was sweating alot, i thought he had a problem with me; being the paranoid person that i am).

dil got a free drink courtesy of starbucks and the staff there called me a "regular". haha. i feel so honoured. now i can officially announce that im a regular at starbucks (ive always wanted to say that coz it looks so cool in the movies.. heh). gave dil her presents (a gorgeous strapped black n white polka dot dress with ribbon waistline, a black butterfly ring and a bday card). i fell in love with the dress the moment i saw it. she said she's gonna wear it this sat. haha. tak sabar nak tengok. i got really irritated that day because of kat and her selfishness but then again, she's always been selfish so i kept my mouth shut. didnt want to ruin my excitement. went back home happy and full. and i bet dil is too. heh.

one question: am i gonna get my sotong ball cake? *winks*




Jammin' @ Yishun Park Venue: Yishun Park (behind Yishun SAFRA, bus no. 812 from Yishun Interchange)

Date: 18th September 2004

Time: 3.30pm onwards

Bands: Monroe, Fruitcake, Samanta, 18O, Bayu, Wfa, Popwhizee, Colour My Iris (Malaysia)

* organised by National Parks Board, Admission is FREE

(got this from pure-rock.net. it's so fun to say that i know the band Monroe! haha.)




Dear durga (aka Hidunga!)

This is my 2nd time typing this letter (coz the stoopid Internet Explorer apparently had some problems and closed the browser without me publishing the letter first). anyhows. it was wonderful to hear from you (though the letter you just sent wasnt complete). and since you said you read my blog (yes, yes- ive gotten chubbier), i thought it would be apt to write this letter here (it's also to let you know tt u're never forgotten).

how have you been dickhead durga? missing you to bits, man...

im glad that you realise that he's not worth waiting. there are so many other people who cares for you but maybe he's not one of them. forget him and move on. may seem impossible but it can be done. and im so happy to hear that someone else is in your life now. someone to keep you happy when we're not around. heh.

i think it's true what he (as in that new fren) said. u shud stay there and complete your education. get a doctorate. God. that is so freaking cool. and v impressive. stick to that. dont be afraid and dont have thoughts of not making it. you've reached that far and gone thru so much. tt's very admirable. if you can do all that and survive it, im sure you can get thru school and living your life there.

i really dont like your parents. they shouldnt have the right to play with your life like that. they shouldnt control you and hinder you from what you want. but durga, with your parents's wishes and your new *wink wink* friend's advice aside, what is it that u want?

i thought you sat for a major exam there that's an equivalent to Olevels? what happened to tt?

you know something? as much as i want you to get your ass back in singapore, i want you to get as much qualifications (and maybe that doctorate) there. when you come back then maybe you can enrol yourself in a polytechnic or jc. but durg, dont worie abt that lah. just think of what you want and enjoy your life (though i know it's hard for you).

we'll still be here waiting so dont worry k. just give a holler once you come back.

take very good care of yourself durga. and stick with the guy you just met if he makes you happy (he seems very nice). write back or mail me k.

Miss you. Love you lots.

Nad.



13/09/04

Analyze Yourself.

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Personal Thought
Are you often harsh on yourself after a mistake?yes.. but it always depend on what the mistake is..
Are you self concious?haha. yup. usuallie m.
Do you worry a lot about your actions?not reallie. i dont reallie care what ppl say abt what i do.
Do you let others make choices for you?no. haha. but they usualie do coz im usuallie not heard.
Friendship
Do you think you are a good friend?my frens shud answer tt qsn.
Do you think you are a bad influence?haha. on who?? no, i dont think so.
Do you often put friends before yourself?yesh. all the time.
Have you ever felt bad about leaving a friend out of something?yes i have.
Relationships
Do you put your boyfriend/girlfriend before yourself?yes, i guess.
When you say "I Love You" Do you mean it?of course. it's a v expensive word.
Have you ever said it and not mean it?Nope.
Would you say you have 'blind' love?haha. dont think so.
Sexuality (Other)
Would you trust a fuck buddy?i dont evan have a fuck buddy and no, im not thinking abt tt.
Would you use a friend for sex?NO.
Would you even think about having a fuck buddy?NO. i just said it u EEE-diot.
Why?becos he's a fren and i treasure frens much more than tt.
Aspects of Personality
When it comes to friends, what do you dislike about yourself? Why?that i tend to keep things to myself and not tell them coz i want them to be happy but it usually bites me back.
Do your friends think this is a bad quality?haha. sometimes. they think i shud open up more. rite?
Do you think people take advantage of this aspect?yesh.
Enemies
Do you let your enemies know you dislike them?i dont reallie have any enemies and i think dislike is quite a strong word.
Do you mistreat these people?no.
Have they done something to make you dislike them?usuallie the people i dislike is the one who hurts my frens or something along tt lines.
Last One...
Would you comfort someone that chose another friend over you?yes.

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remind me not to continously volunteer myself at weddings.

it's very exhausting, especially if you cant even sit down and have to go back and forth sending and taking down things because everyone else is lazy to do so; especially if you havent had enough rest for the entire week; especially if you slept for only 2 hours the day before; especially if your mom is the one solely responsible for the decor and you're the only one helping. my body is still v. tired.

It was an emotional trip for me- the eldest cousin getting married. it was even sadder when he glanced at my grandmother (because she took care of him since young and he sleeps at her house almost everyday) during the akad nikah (ceremony where the wedding solemnisation and signing of wedding documents are done) and he cried just looking at her. my grandma then hugged him and kissed him and they both cried. couldnt help but tearing. everything went well after that. pictures were taken and hands were shaken. and they they eat. heh.

we all looked so dolled up the next day, where the fun (or torment depending on where you're looking at it from) begins. my aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings were running about helping out whenever we can. cleared plates, washed people's hands, washed the dishes, topped up dishes and took pictures (but that is a must). was wearing a kebaya and it was kinda hard to move in it (knowing how serabai i walk and all) but i managed. heh.

it was so sweet seeing all of us, with the matching cloth (my aunts wore a sequined cloth each in diff colours and my uncles matched their spouse while we, the cousins wore kain sari kebayas but in diff colours). we couldnt take a real family photo though, coz the pelamin (dias) cant fit all of us (2 grandparents, 9 uncles, 9 aunties, 21 grandchildren, 1 great grandchildren). it'll look so great if we could though.

anyhows, by 5pm me and 4 others were on our way to yew tee to take the decor out. by then we were beat. after about 3 hours, we headed back to bishan and grabbed some stuff to eat before heading home.

It was so fun (except for the fact that the tukang masak (cook) was so fuckedeffed up, the dishes were finished even before 4pm and we had to do everything ourselves). i wont really mind doing it all again (just maybe get a better tukang masak). heh.




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going to the jetty!



Happy 2 year anniversary to Baq and Dil! haha.

im so happy for you guys. the two of you have gone so far and for so long... korang sajak nak mampos.. haha.

anyways, enjoy today and take care of her, baq. coz i think dil deserves it.




here’s one thing that I don’t get. I met him on Sunday morning and by Sunday night, im already missing him.

I didn’t think it was possible to miss someone in such a short period of time.

Oh well *insert the “im damn happy” smiley here*…



08/09/04


i really miss you banu.

and i really dunno what to do now.



06/09/04


Thinking of..
A - All i can think about now is you.
B - beating hearts baby (my current fav song)
C - currently watching Just Shoot Me.
D - dinur who just wrote me a testimonial.
E - erin & banu, i miss them.
F - funky fashion!, The Five.
G - garfield the movie is quite nice lah...
H - how now brown cow?
I - I feel so refreshed
J - jargonistic self
K - karma is v essential...
L - loving every single day.
M - making sure pimples wont pop out.
N - N is for not able to keep awake right now..
O - opening up, OAG, occasionally blur.
P - pantatz. i miss all of them.
Q - queen no more. heh.
R - red belt, red bag, red beads, red shoes, red carpet.
S - sway by bic runga.
T - Toilets! haha.
U - uniquely singapore?! sheesh.
V - violet. im in love with tt colour rite now.
W - "whalus", weird, weirdos, weird couple.
X - xtraordinary. no not me, the song.. sheesh.
Y - You.
Z - Zany. tt's wat we all are.




03/09/04


"i know how u feel" is redundant right now and im sorry if you feel left out. you said it's ok but then i still feel bad. im still getting used to this so we're two people adjusting to the same thing but in different situations. weird huh?

i saw you so happy today with him, before i approached you to talk to you. i still think u guys are great together. without each other, you're sad, but with each other, you guys are so happy. isnt that something? the two of you need each other but you dont see it i guess.

im not going to abandon u; dont think i ever have. it was just so overwhelming and all, and no, it's not natural.

you love each other so much, just stick together. then you wont be lost and you wont be sad (u noe what im talking abt). i really hate to see you two act like this. it's depressing.

take care you two. im always here if you need me (i think u should noe tt by now, so no need to thank me, sheesh!)...

i love the two of you and i hope that you guys get through this quick. coz i cant stand looking at you like tt. the 3 of you still owe me a dinner... haha.



02/09/04


never, i repeat, NEVER let your child pee in the train, even if it's in a plastic bag.

was on the mrt with dil yesterday and a chinese family boarded the train. they stood in front of us. there were about 5 kids 4 adults and one peadophilic uncle. he kept caressing and touching the kids in a slow manner, speaking to them in a soft voice and looking at them so vulgarly, it's freaky.

all was well in the train until one of the kids, a (most prolly) primary 2/3 boy missing his two front teeth who was quite tall said in chinese that he wants to pee. i expected the mom to chide him and tell him that they'll alight at the next stop but NOOOOOOOOOOOO!. she just had to take out the plastic bag from her bag, opened it up and asked her son to unzip so he can pee in there. which freaking means that this happens frequently and that she knows tt her son have done it and is still doing it.

n so he peed while some of their other family members covered him. when he's done, his mom just raised the 3/4 filled plastic bag (which was the clear one, the one u usually put live fishes in) to her face level and tied it. then she put that bag filled with dirty yellow pee and placed it in another red plastic bag. and she held it the entire journey.

i freaked out. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. E. E. E. E. E. it's so freaking DISGUSTING! Peeing is something u do in the toilet, NOT in an air-conditioned cabin on the mrt filled with people. NOT when there are no dustbins around to throw the pee-filled plastic bag. NOT in public. and definitely NOT in front of me. EEEEEEEEEE. i cannot have that. call me psychotic, i freaking dont care. PEE most certainly do NOT belong on the mrt. YUCK.

i cirnged, i clenched my fists, i gritted my teeth, i had goosebumps all around me. dil was the only thing that made me not get out of the train. i didnt want to abandon her. i really cannot stand it. disgusting.

moral of the story: educate ur kids NOT to pee anywhere they want to. there is such a thing as bladder control and discipline. the world's not a toilet that you can just waltz in and let ur kids pee wherever they want. and they call singapore a near developed country. Sheesh.



i feel so refreshed. so rejuvenated. and happy. heh.

it's weird how things worked out and everything's so different now, i feel like a kid on her first day in school (but you are a kid, as faz will say).

im still getting used to a lot of things. lots of adjusting to do. all good, dont worry.

i'm sorry though. i dont think im ready to use the "big words" yet. things like these still scare me but im trying.

still, im glad you're happy. =)



i watched "The Atrium Pantatz Day Out: Hari Raya 2003" just now. wan brought his video cam along to capture everything (well, almost). i laughed so hard, my cheeks hurt. it was just so realistic and natural; the humour that each of us portrayed. we were so together, it felt so overwhelmingly nice.

i really miss the pantatz.


01/09/04


i didnt think it would be this kecoh.

Haha.



The Night The Lights Went Out In NYC
the ataris.

The lights are out in the city tonight
So close your eyes,
gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out


If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have


So many paths that we can take
To bring us to our destiny
Gaze up at the heavens
And see if you can point me out

If I could have one wish tonight
I'd wish upon a satellite
To bring me back to you
We spend our whole lives searching for
All the things we think we want
And never really knowing what we have

Be careful what you wish for
These stars are fading out
.


31/08/04


Yuanna called me while i was talking to banu n erin on the phone. i was supposed to call her a few days ago but it completely slipped my mind. anyway, i was talking to her and she was giving me details about her module. at the end of the conversation she asked me if i was okay. and i said yes, i am ok.

then she said that she had a dream about me and in that dream, i looked sickly and pale. i laughed it off and we said our goodbyes and hung up.

then she smsed me saying goodnight and she mentioned about her having tt dream. of cos i had to ask her what exactlie happend in the dream.

she said "it was a few days ago. in d dream, u look lonely. u were sitting alone in the canteen but your friends were at the table where you guys usually sit but then u weren't sitting with them and i was wondering why. u look pale n sick. but then at the same time there is another u lining up at the kavana stall."

then she asked "have you been running away from yourself? or are u sick of yourself? coz i dont normally dream of a person at 2 places at the same tyme".

i was so shocked i actuallie called her up. the thing tt i was so shocked of was that it was so spot on. she was so freaking right. was talking to her and calming myself down when she said that the only other person she dreamt abt who was in the same situation as me (being in 2 places at once) is amindengdeng. and i laughed.

this is so weird.

i believe in dreams coz it really tell you stuff, esp if u dream abt someone u know or love. i never expected anyone to dream abt me like tt. it's weirder when it's right.

"take care tau nad. u dont think so much lah, try and relax. good night."

people can be so surprising. and it's weird how yuanna reminds me of amindengdeng. they're so sajak. hehe.



Dear nut

you're freaking impossible. it's hard to talk to you, to speak to you, to feel happy with you, to achieve things with you. why my dear alter-ego? i dunno again? you're such a fucking coward.

you run off at the smallest things. love, commitment, insecurities, affection, conflicts, yourself. and you never seem to ask yourself why. no one seemed to ask yourself either. but finallie someone did and you couldnt answer and you back yourself up into the same comfy corner labelled 'safehouse' and shield yourself until everyone forgets coz everyone always forgets. but finalie someone never did forget and you're left stumped, still with the 'dunnos' and still heaving yourself into that corner until you're so comfortable you dont reallie mind. bar the fact that you have a sad life, you never reallie got close to unravelling whatever's left in there and all your time is spent on others, on people and places and work, the dreadfulness of it. now you're left w/ nothing really and it's all your fault.

i remmber the letter you wrote to kat and banu when things were great back in the GR days. you wrote about zam and becoming a couple and how shit cease to appear and shivers popped up whenever you think abt getting together. you were so scared shitless you forgot what your name is; all because of affection and what couples do to each other. somehow i dont think you're normal. maybe if you keep telling yourself that you are somewhat normal, miracles will happen. hah.

there is no purpose to this letter except maybe to let go of all the surpressed anger. maybe it wont matter, me speaking to u but goddammit nut, what is it that you want?

married by 19, happiness, peace of mind? bullshit. you're just wanting w/out actuallie doing something abt it. you're such a horse's ass. you're doing exactlie what you told others not to do-- not having faith in yourself.

you had all the time in the world to listen to everyone's problems. you had all the time in the freaking world to have faith in others, in life. but you forgot entirely about yourself. procastinator. you put it off for so long, it just becomes another product on the shelf. it's doing nothing but collect dusts.

another thing you measly scumbag. love yourself can? humans are imperfect and models get loads of help. you? you're okay lah. maybe you need to get a grip on yourself and not get so negative.

and lose that stoopid 'i dunno' shit too. i bet everyone's agreeing with me.

lots of people love you and would want you to be happy. all you need to do is try and open up to them. practice makes perfect. cliched but true. face your problems like a person should and get rid of any negative energy (i sound like a yoga instructor, heh).

and what's wrong with giving it a try?

such a doofus know you. take care dodohead. till we meet again.

Love nad.



eating ice cream at 1.45 in the morning without a proper dinner will result in an excessive amount of farting. trust me.

it's been a while since i blog and i really dunno what to say. so little time yet so mnay things happened. but this ambivalence in me still holds a tight grip on me. im drowning in work and stress and yet i know that i brought this upon myself. it builds up, all these (i shall not elaborate on what these are) but they build up pretty quickly.

i cant seem to string my thoughts together. i need basketball.





i cant find the lyrics for the song i put on my blog. it's the lonely road, by whence he came. they're a band from hong kong and they performed at Baybeats 2004.

you can read their CD review here.

i am so in love with this song.


26/08/04


you know how sometimes we crave for things (like food) and want it so bad you'd do anything to have it?

right now im having a craving for touch, the touch of a blade on my wrist.



what happened to the girl who never gave up?

i think she just walked out the door.



Escape Artists Never Die
funeral for a friend.

The red poison of your lips
The red poison of your eyes
Is where I kissed the blood from
Just that corner of your mouth
where I can see the
White of your smile

Up to my neck
When I'm breathing without you
Without you
Up to my eyes
And I'm seeing without you
Without you

We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight


We need some leverage
We can't seem to open up
The locks are far too tight
And the chains are far too strong
Far too strong

Up to my eyes
When I'm seeing without you,
without you
Up to my heart
When I'm bleeding without you,
without you

We'll start a fire
And burn some bridges
And make it out of here tonight

Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing as everything will
With a hundred thousand lights
Timing, timing is everything to me

Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
Please someone help me
I'm dying here in front of you
It's everything, it's everything
Timing is everything,
it's everything



ive never met any two ppl who wanted so much from me without even thinking what i really want or need. i never felt that i've satisfied them enough with whatever i do and i always feel so incompetent. macam mandul aku dibuatnyer.

sometimes i wanna scream at them, to rebel and just forget about their words and what they have to say. but then i always seem to remember just as im about to reach my boiling point, tt they are my parents after all and they love me like i love them. but they dont have to make me feel so imperfect. God, ive never felt worst.

i think im better than most kids (the kids tt went astray). i never run away from home or anything like tt and i never did anything major to upset their normal robotic life (none tt they know abt anyway). still, why do they keep pushing me like this? sometimes i feel as if an ustaz is living in my house, acting n wearing my dad's clothes and having the same shaving cuts as him. every sentence, every word is a preach, is a line tt he learnt from his ustaz n he tells us, over n over again. not that it's a bad thing, it's not. but it's not a good thing either. i miss the fatherly side of him. sometimes i'll look at his tired youthful (my father looks v young) face and wonder what happened.

a change occured and it happened so fast, i couldnt catch up in time. now he wants us to be like him, religious and v particular (word from mom is he wont eat halal foodstalls tt's owned by a chinese [think: banquet]). i respect him and im glad he's pious and all but he cant just force us into this without prior preparation just because he chose it for himself.

i want to tell him all this but i know it'll break his heart. heck, i cant even say 'i love u' to him w/out breaking into tears. it's tt powerful. he keeps talking about death now, more than ever. i can feel myself getting scared but i dont want to take this forgranted. i dont want him to leave, no, NEVER. i just hope he's happy.

truth be told, i dont think i'll ever understand parents. not till im one tt is.


25/08/04


had a long conversation with a prophet-named friend of mine last night. engaging as the conversation was, it left us both thinking (okay fine, maybe just me) about our lives.

pressure came up a couple of times and we both hated that. change is another big word and yet we're both quite hesitant on that though it's inevitable. still, it's still quite sweet to think of our other friends who are happily attached. so shweeet.

but then that would leave us, the 'tua-single-bangkes'. when is our happy ending ever gonna come? dont answer tt coz somehow i dont think i would like the answers you ppl r gonna give.

it was great talking to him. made me realise tt i kinda miss talking to faizal.

never thought tt day would come. heh.



got myself a basketball!!

it's black, it's cheap ($9.90), it has a pic of spiderman on it and it's only sold at Toys R Us.

and it's mine. *covers mouth and giggles uncontrollably*



so i want a basketball. what's so freaking funny about that? and the obvious reason of me buying a basketball is of course, to play basketball.

what other reason can there be?let's see. there's a)to display it on my display cabinet? b)to buy 3 and take up juggling? c) to bash unsuspecting hunchbacked nyonyas on their way home from the market so tt i can steal their eggs? d)play basketball. (if you choose anything but d then i guess you either hide [so i wont smack ur empty head] or you break ur own limb [it's either me or u. either way ur limb is still gonna be broken]. heh.

i want to play basketball. i cant wait to get one.

anybody wants to sell their (no dirty thoughts pls) basketball?



erin, banu.

i hope you guys settle things soon. i really miss you guys. i dunno when we'll meet. im getting tired of constantly hoping.



dil.

everything will turn out ok so dont stress urself out too much. im right here. holler (i suggest you shout v loudly being the near-deaf person tt i am) if you need me. if youdont need me i'll still be here (being the pest tt i sometimes am). u take care of yourself.


23/08/04


Hey, Man
nelly furtado.

Hey, man, don't look so scared.
You know I'm only testing you out.
Hey man, don't look so angry,
you're real close to figuring me out.

We are a part of a circle.
It's like a mobius strip,
and it goes round and round
until it loses a link.
And there's a shadow in the sky
and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again.


Hey, man, we look at each other with ample eyes,
so why not some time to discover
what's behind your eyes?
I've got so many questions
that I want to ask you.
I am so tired of mirrors-
pour me a glass of your wine

And there's a shadow in the sky
and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again

I've got a bunch of government cheques at my door.
Each morning I try to send them back
but they only send me more.
I look at myself in the mirror;
am I vital today?
Hey, man, I let my conscience
get in the way

And there's a shadow in the sky ,
and it looks like rain,
and shit is gonna fly once again,
and I don't mean to rain on your parade,
but pathos has got me once again...

and I don't want ambivalence no more,
I don't want ambivalence no more,
I don't want ambivalence no more,
no I don't want ambivalence no more



it's been a while since i felt the wind in my hair.

went jogging today with my jack purcells, my mp3 player, my new brown pants and my fav greenridge shirt.
it was very refreshing.

you people dunno how lucky you are to feel the wind blowing thru your hair. and yet you just whine when it messes up your perfectly combed hair. did you ppl look up at the sky today?

i forgot how blue the skies were, how serene everything looked. it felt wrong to just ignore everything.


so many gigs. so little time..


awakening productions.

the world is a fun place. heh.



21/08/04


the cycle's starting again.

STOP.




The First Name tt Comes to mind.

the colour pink : Nurul, kak shera's friend. i call her pinklady.

surveys : Amelia. think: Massina survey. haha.

straightened hair : zareen and her straightened bangs.

ice-cream : banu. she just asked me yesterday y i didnt buy hot fudge flavour.

drums : isabella, tt freak.

cheerleading : hahaha. dion. np magnum force head cheerleader. dont pray,pray.

piano : chris martin, coldplay. ok ok so i dunno him. i dunno anyone tt can play the piano either..

the colour black : jon, his dark nature and all.

extraordinary hair colour : alicia. i always have a fascination with alicia's hair.. i like her hair.

blood : keli n his recent minor accident.

low self esteem : Nad, as in nut, as in me. heh.

pretty dumb : hmm.. wan. he's just dumb, not pretty.

sweet like sugar : fadilah, my sis. she can be preeety sweet sometimes.

study freak : gary?

math : dave ong qi rong. haha.

roxy : liz. she gave me a roxy bag on my bdae last yr.

the rasmus : dil. and her irritating singing.. haha.

the colour orange : kat and the orange shawl she has.

stars : faz, definitely.

butterflies : dil. haiyo.. i feel like her biggest fan or something.. euw.

frogs: erin. haha. coz she's scared of them!

chickens : izzad. hahahahhahahhaa.

barbies : fadilah again.. she still has her barbie collection.. sheesh.

annoying like hell : some ntu woman.

leadership skills : roger.

sexually *ehem* : euw, no one comes to mind..

stuff animals : andrea and a stuffed sheep that she has.. sheesh.

hot body : erm.. taylor hanson?

suicide thoughts : jon.

nice room : dzool. i like the paint.

nice house : erin.

creative : i think all of us r creative in our own way. but besides me (eee eksyen nyer), i would say roze.

chocolates : hazam n the ferrero rocher on my bdae a long time ago.. haha.


20/08/04

Angels or Devils
dishwalla.

This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna come here tonight
This is the last time - I will fall
Into a place that fails us all - inside

I can see the pain in you
I can see the love in you
But fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
Are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down
Come around

I'm always gonna worry about the things
that could make us cold
This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna give in tonight
Are there angels or devils crawling here?
I just want to know what blurs
and what is clear - to see

Still I can see the pain in you
And I can see the love in you
And fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
Are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down - come around
I'm always gonna worry about the
things that could break us

If I was to give in, give it up, and then
Take a breath make it deep
Cause it might be the last one you get
Be the last one
That could make us cold
You know that they could make us cold

I'm always gonna worry about
the things that could make us cold



19/08/04


my head is still in a gigantic cloud of thoughts. getting deeper now especially after i read other people's blog.

amazing how their experiences pulls you in it too. Mr. Brutal, maybe my word wont mean a thing to you but who cares. im gonna say them anyway. i kinda understand what you mean though im never gonna say it to your face. that will be considered an invasion of your privacy. i'll act as if nothing's happened. and no, i wont give you any advice. it's not in my place to do tt. i'll just say that i like reading ur blog (someone else's misery is another person's happiness? no?) . just hang in there. stay brutal (?). heh.

no you havent lost the "nad-touch". tt's another word to add to our arwah dictionary book. let's take a moment for all the dead books we shared. i cant wait to meet you next week. lets just hope it actually happens. love you too rin.

the "dearies", forget what i said on sunday at pasir ris. dont count on it to happen. i guess tt's how far i'll go. keep on "slaptwisting" each other. haha.

Mr Car crash. i like your thought provoking entries too. maybe i feel tt ure worth mentioning though i dunno u tt well. car crashes are an interesting topic. especially if you're just the witness n standing by observing the horrified reactions of others. so fun.

i'll dig a hole and bury my head in it now. i dont think i want tomorrow to come anymore.



18/08/04


i know im supposed to do my work but some things are just cramping my mind right now that i cant reallie think factuallie let alone do my work.

till i get over you by michelle branch is on repeat. i have to stop myself from singing it out loud. i dont even know why that song is stuck in my head. i got over zam (or whatever his name is, said dzool). ive never felt free-er. ive never felt stoopider either (for actually holding on to unreciprocal feelings for 3 years), but that's beside the point.

i dont exactlie know what's the purpose of this entry nor do i know what's my point in saying all this. be patient and maybe both of us (as in you n me) will get it. Patience has always been said to be a virtue.

was chewing on my Ramlee burger just now and a sudden thought came to mind. what if me and ______ (insert whatever name you want cos i myself dunno who) were together? and i did the one thing that i dont normally do. i puked. i vomitted and spitted my burger (oozing with black pepper and chilli sauce) into my packful-of-dishes sink. and as i was wiping my saliva filled mouth, i thought to myself: how fucking peculiar for me to do that. gone were the days that i know what i want and what i had to do. i'm as stubborn as a turkey fighting for it's life on Thanksgiving.

oh and please, dont watch me coz you're going to get disappointed.

i wish i was an ostrich so that i can bury my head under the desert soil and just stand there, face covered, head under an unknowing world and all i can hear are distant footsteps. distant is as close as it's gonna get. that's better than nothing.

i saw him while waiting for dzool today. he sat beside me while i ate my ice cream and i had a great view of his perfectly shaved neck. i couldnt help staring at it like some teenage-raging hormonic girl experiencing her first crush (no, i dont have an obsession with necks). i wondered what he was thinking, seeing how him, the spectacled chiseled jaw hottie sitting there staring into the same empty space as me. we're one of the same i guess. i wish. heh.

im too deep in my thoughts to write everything in one entry. till then, jus enjoy this meaningless blabber.



Pics taken from Djoolie's bday.


clarke quay macdonalds. dzool messing with his cam. psychotic..


my obsession with pictures/posters. me sniffing pasta.


on dzool's insistence, this pic shall be named "Nut & the giant cherry".


dzool in NEL. smiling to himself (told you he's a psycho..).


in NEL. my beady eyes, me n dzool's amatuer konon photographer finger.


my beady eyes n me part II.


the thinking face of a liar.


pasir ris bus interchange. raining worst that cats n dogs.


we're really in love w/ the rain.


faking a smile.


no, this is not a fake smile. sheesh or.


syiok sendiri.


now THAT is a fake smile.


in 403. djoolie n me.


walking in rain+ dzool = dripping gel n drenched dzool.


dinur n g/fren, yani.


keli (converted kung bushman now orang laut) n (going for the wetlook) banu.


at S11 Tampines. scary faz.


me (wet skirt n tired self) faz (still scary) n (the now dry) banu.


keli (still the bushman) shark (n his clownish self) n dzool (bday boy wearing v nice bday shirt).

will post more pics as soon as dzool loads it up (but being the sloth he is, i guess you have to wait a few more days). haha.



17/08/04

The Greatest Fall Of All Time
matchbook romance.

The hands of my clock strikes two
In times when I got the best of you
We made promises we couldn't keep
And every night we couldn't sleep.

I didn't know why,
but didn't ask questions because
it was the first time in my life,
yeah the first time in my life
Where I, did something right.

I set myself up for the
greatest fall of all time.
I set myself up for the
greatest fall of all time.


You pick me apart
While I search for witty things to say
(In my defense)
"You'll never amount to anything anyway"
(Don't press your luck, don't press your luck)
And think that

I'm impressed with your one night stands
and your contagious kiss
I'm trying to get this right
Yeah, cause I'm ridiculous like that

I'll keep this as A constant reminder
Of the nights I spent holding onto her
And rest assured I'm moving on
I miss you less, with each day you're gone
(you're gone)




can i say dunno and get away with it?

im not indenial dont tell me tt i am. sometimes tt word is abused so many times, i feel it being abused. i dont have proof and neither do u. everyone has different views on the same topic. i keep reminding myself that. maybe u're wrong, maybe you're right and im wrong but till then, till pandora's box is open wide enough for us to see, we wont know would we?

then i would stop insisting that im not indenial. i want to talk this out, im want to understand things. im only trying to understand things; something tt im quite slow at apparentlie. when i finally want to open up, no one's there to listen. what black said yesterday comes to mind. "kesian die. Nad berdiri pat tengah2, angkat tangan lagi, tapi takde orang perasan."

dont blame me if i dont tell you how i feel or what i feel because u weren't listening when i did tell you. i dont have a criteria either. and must i have a reason for not liking someone rin? your 'why nad?' questions really got to me.

why must everything be justified? Cause & Effect. because what i caused is causing an effect? and vice versa? that it?

thanx aniwae rin. it was nice to hear a familiar voice talking to me.

until i know the truth (of which i dont really want to but have to cause i wanna noe the truth) i wouldnt breathe a word about this anymore. why not? cause no one would listen n talk this over? heh. typical.




Sunday 150804: Djoolie's + Andrea's bday.
(take note: brace urself for a v long entry)

It was a harrowing night preparing and going through nitty gritty details to make sure that the two bday ppl dunno abt the celebrations. It was easy bringing andrea to our planned location (Pasir Ris beach). Black was supposed to bring her there. bringing dzool to pasir ris was my job. and that took precarious planning. haha.

i managed to psycho him into going out with me (which wasnt difficult since he had no plans). we were supposed to go to clarke quay, then meet zareen (coz supposedly she has my digicam [like wth?!]), then go pasir ris beach (to play beach-bowling, tic tac toe sand, playground) then head down to changi beach (to watch the sunset). a big HA-HA to you djoolie. i fooled you. *waves right thumb in front of djoolie's face*

met dzool at 12 (supposed to meet at 10, sheesh) at clarke quay and i had to buy a shawl (coz tt was the xcuse to go to the flea market, of wich i gave tt shawl to zareen.). ate at macdonalds later on and lied my way thru. hahaha. it was like ActDirect class all over again. cant blieve u didnt suspect a thing dzool... nwae, thr was a small exhibit on kampung games so dzool n me played congkak (he beat me by one marble thingy dammit!), 5 stones (i stink at this), hopscotch and watched others play gasing. it was so freaking fun, i feel like getting myself a congkak, haha.

made our way to pasir ris after tt. we took quite a lot of pics although that moley lampost didnt want me to take pics of him. i did anyway, haha. something weird happend though. when me n dzool were at raffles place, and we were quarelling on where to alight (CT Hall or Raffles Place), this american dude who was waiting for the door to open looked at us, and smiled. then after hearing us quarelling he laughed and smiled at me. and that's how he went out the door; looking at me n laughing. Are we that funny? i think it's me. i noe im funny.. hahahaha. (before you scream ur head off at me ppl) im kidding, im kidding. sheesh.

By the time we reached Pasir Ris, it was raining heavily. i had another conversation with 'zareen' but it was actually faz on the other line. managed to get the bus no. and where they were and then we made our way to the place (see dzool, tt's why it's crucial to take 403! haha). While waiting for the stoopid bus, isa smsed him and said something like 'sorry for not meeting u at pasir ris today'. DAMN. thank God dzool didnt pester me abt it.

the bus ride was like a hyper trip for me. was so excited and nervous at the same time (u noe me n directions..). but it was one of the 'funnest' bus rides ever. reached the place and walked in the rain. wanted to walk at the beach but then i didnt know where to go and i had to look at a sign (tt's why i wanted to walk up..haha.). They were at pit A and we were at pit M. was drenched, cold and my bladder was abt to burst. but still, we didnt run (or rush for tt matter) and walked our way to pit A. two crazy idiots holding their slippers/shoes and clutching their tudung/hair and strolling in the rain (which was beyond cats & dogs btw..). oh, n thanx dzool for lending me ur shirt. so kind of u.. haha. but i gues it was too late. my bra n undies were alreadi wet and my ears were filled with water; i couldnt really hear.

laughed and talked all the way. i saw the pantatz first. it wasnt until we rounded the bend did dzool see them. (you should have seen the look on ur face man! so classic..) the lies were revealed and everyone had a good laugh.

played captain's ball as soon as the rain subsided and had a lot of fun jostling and running for the ball (in my skirt and all..). all we had to do next was wait for andrea. didnt know pasir ris was so peaceful. the water was dirty though. and there were fireflies all around. but other than that, the ambience was just nice. everyone broke off into respective couples and they each sought out their own spot. dinur n yani, ady n hazza, keli n banu, faz n shark. i didnt know where izzad went so i sat at the waterbreaker. dzool n wan n i just talked. (wan looked so orang laut in this v short boxers). took more pics (which i will load as soon as dzool loads it up and pass it to me) and talked crap alot. i saw kingfishers hunting for food. it was soo cool.

zareen joined us soon after. and so did andrea (about 20mins later). she was shocked to see us and we sang Happy Bday to her from far (i juz realised how much i love giving people surprises and seeing the looks on their faces.. so fun!). i reallie hope she enjoyed it. dzool and andrea cut their cakes and we sang the usual bdays songs. gave them their presents (a white ringer Tee with black trimmings n a jetplane print for dzool and a purse, necklace, bracelet, anklet, hp keyring [all blue] for Andrea). laughed a lot and took pics a lot and then we changed and went home. Thanx for the extra shirt faz. remind me to give u back k..

zareen andrea n black went off so the rest (me banu keli izzad faz dzool shark dinur yani ady hazza wan) went to S11 at Tampines after tt. it was so weird. the gerls were sitting on one side (cept for izzad who was sitting beside me n no, though he has ugly long hair, he's Not a gerl) and the guys were sitting on the other side.. have i mentioned how weird tt was?

my skirt n undies n bra was still wet so i was shivering all the way. we manage to take a group pic of the remaining ppl (ady hazza dzool wan izzad keli banu faz shark me) beside shark's n keli's motor. then the ppl with transportation went off and me dzool wan izad made our way to tamp mrt. was still shivering. dzool took the bus back n the 3 of us were so tired, we slept all the way.

wan kept saying tt we smelt like the sea. (aku rase itu kau wan, being an orang laut n all..) got sick when i reached home, took panadols, de-briefed with djoolie on the fone n went off to bed with a splitting headache.

all in all, it was quite succesful (except for isa's moronic sms). i reallie cannot believe that kau percaye bulat2 dengan what i said. i didnt know i had tt power. haha.

i hope the 2 of you are happy with the gifts. hope the 2 of u are happy with ur life. hope the 2 of you are happy. period.

here's to more happy memories. *looks up to the sky and kiss the rain*




Saturday.

went out to meet faz n dil at bukit batok only to see kiasu and kaypoh singaporeans crowding the MRT area. someone got stuck on the mrt tracks apparentlie. anyway, was too stressed out n too hungry to care. Then the 3 of us made our way to Clementi to meet dzool el zool zad kit a-an and their other 2 frens to watch Grrl Fest 2 at NUS.

The gig was great. i really like it. i like the pink Mustaffa centre plastic thingies too. havent taken it out yet. haha. i really like the bands tt played especially Mantra & Better than Run. they were really good. wanted to buy a badge but was in a hurry to get out coz we're meeting kat at town. Dil was going to treat us Swensen's. haha.

me n dil parted with dzool faz el zool to meet kat. got pissed at her along the way and i reallie felt like going home. stop acting as if we have to treat you like a queen okay kat? coz ure not. sheesh.

nwae, swensens was great. my 1st time sitting at swensens and eating the entire meal. and the ice cream was gorgeous (but then all ice creams are gorgeous). thanx a lot dil. so sweet of you. We gave kat the present then. sorry it's late (but better late than never). she is going to look freaking cool wearing what we gave her lor. (biase lah, aku ngan dil kan one of them cool people. haha.) ate till our stomachs were gonna burst and felt like guts were going to spill and then we made our way back home. i felt so pregnant, i waddled like a duck. heh.

amidst all tt eating and walking home clutching my stomach, i still managed to call faz and plan dzool's + andrea's bday.

we're quite skilled at acting, i must say. haha.




Friday 13th

had a normal day at school. went to a talk by a chinese media practitioner from China who cant speak english (of which me faz zareen to the opportunity to listen to our radios/mp3 and forget about everyone else. Of course almost everyone else was either sleeping or stoning).

went to the FMS party for a while. that name should be changed actually. it was a ska party with not many FMS people (exept for the organisers and frens) in sight at the end of it. the bands tt played were quite okay lah. not reallie the kind of music i listen to. after the 2nd band performing, the place was suddenly invaded by ska rude-boys and punks (not tt i have anything against them, but hey! it was supposed to be an FMS party and no offense, but the ppl look so premature [read: secondary sch kids] ). took off after a while and made my way to my aunt's house for a kenduri.

i am officially an aunt to 3 nieces (solfena,4+, anggun, couple of months & sarah, 1+) and a nephew (qayyum, 1+). i carried qayyum all the way through (coz that big-cheeked cutie didnt want to let go of me). and he cried when i left. so shweet. my cousin's going to get married a day after my bday but she's only eighteen (well at least someone's getting married. sheesh). the kenduri was okay, though i was already pretty beat.

laughed quite abit. it's been a while since i see my relatives (on my dad's side) this jovial. it's been a while since ive seen them at all.




i feel the need to write. maybe because just now i sat at Bugis Starbucks with loads of paper but dumb ol' me forgot to bring a single pen. stoopid, stoopid.

life is torturing. i dunno how else to describe it. schoolwork is certainly very testing and people... people im chasing are so challenging.

i think im running out of places to turn and corners to hide. im no longer found.




i. am. still. in. effing. deep. shit.

i reallie think im gonna be one of them year 4 students. fuck.


14/08/04


im very scared and my bladder is right at the edge of my vagina. it's almost dropping out.

none of you would probably know what im saying but i guess it's ok. i should have just kept my mouth shut and admitted to it when i had a chance.

i can feel my body going numb and my heart at my throat thumping its loudest thump whenever i think about this. sorry is such a meaningless word. i didnt know how much power guilt had till today. it gets shitty when people (just people, no one worthy) go MIA on you. how am i going to complete what i've started now? fuck

my day has never been this ironic. and im such an unlucky bitch.

i see people in my mind nodding their heads. They're not making things any better.




13/08/04

a conversation on MSN.

OOOH LOOK I'M HANDSOME AND I'M NOT FUSSY says:
y u suddenly so 'caring' towards me?

maybe every star is brighter than the last says:
I. M. ur. Fren.

maybe every star is brighter than the last says:
need i say more?

If you still dunno, the answer is
NO, i dont need to say more than that.


12/08/04


it was so weird. had a dream about him yesterday, something about him being pissed that i dont contact him anymore. i dreamt he was asking banu about me thru sms.

im finding it to be really funny. because i finally got over him and he wasnt in my thoughts at all. heh.

life is such a funny thing.



[Your Thoughts On Love And The Like]
If you had to sum up love in one word or short phrase, what would it be?:hmmm.. tt's impossible lah but one phrase i think of is: to be true.
Is true love an emotion that fades?:if it realy is true love then it wouldnt fade what. okay.. maybe a bit lah.
Does it transcend time, life, and death?:death no. nothing beats death.
Is sex really an expression of love or is it pure raw desire?:i dont understand how it can be an expression of love so i'd say it could be both. depends lah.
Why do you think we want to be in love?:who's we? hah. i dunno. to be belonged. to feel complete. to be happy.
What about the people who go through life alone?:hmmm.. i dont think that they want to be alone. i think they're liars.
Is giving everything up for your "love" an act of desperation or love?:Love.
What would you say love is?:i cannot define something so huge like tt. it's so subjective. i guess love is infinite.
Is there a certain time before you can truely call it love?:yes there is.
What is the difference between loving one as a friend or something more?:loving one as a fren + something more = __________. rite now i reallie dunno what the blank is.
Is it okay to date your best friend?:in my opinion, no. though i dont think tt my answer's going to surprise anyone. heh.
Do you think you've ever been in "love"?:yes i have.
How do you know it's love?:when a huge part of you is missing when he leaves.
So, do you really think there is such a thing as love? Or is it a fantasy?:of course there's such a thing as love you annoying-shitty-dodohead. sheesh.

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11/08/04


Stay With Me
finch.

once again your eyes
make it hard to say goodbye
so i'll just keep driving
where do you wanna go?
it doesn't really matter
as long as you are here
with me
with me
with me

whoa, there's something in the air tonight
something that makes me feel alive
and i say whoa,
what were the words that you said to me
that made me feel so special now

once again your eyes make it hard
to ask you why
so i sit here knuckles tight
hands against the wheel
your head against the glass
and you mean so much
to me
to me
to me

whoa, there's something in the air tonight
something that makes me feel alive
and i say

whoa, what were the words that you said
to me that made me feel so special now
whoa (stay with me)
whoa (stay with me)
whoa (stay with me)
whoa (stay)stay with me

cigarettes and open air,
hand in hand
i said stay with me
cuz every star that i see is brighter than the last
so stay with me



07/08/04


two words i never want to hear: You're Fired.



05/08/04


Garden.
maryam abdullah


Say a prayer for me, little one.

What did He whisper about me?

Didn't He see me shelter you?

Didn't He hear me praise Him?

For life, for love, for truth
For the world that needed change

Of all His flowers,
does He see the bud among the blossoms?

-taken from the book For The Love Of God [thanx again amelia]




finally. a class that i really really love; i think im gonna cry out of sadness when it ends.

Acting & Directing is just gorgeous. i would recommend it to anyone and everyone, especially if you're in your final year in MCM. for the rest of you, go enrol in some outside class (but maybe it wont be the same).

it's such a release to be able to be in someone else's shoes. to pretend and imagine that you dont exist but you're replacing some fictional character and giving birth to someone all together is very exhilarating. and the exercises we do in class are just so creative, it makes you think to the point of feeling a sense of achievement after each one is done. such emotions are a rarity in school nowadays (with achievement being judged, typed and written on a mundane report card but not felt in your heart). i really feel free in ActDirect class. the fact that i can run around barefooted, eating anything i want (as long as i throw it away tt is) contributes to it more. Heh.

plus the fact that two of your closest gal pals are sitting beside you increases the fun factor. I cant wait for next thursday.




the sooner i get out of this rut, the better.



04/08/04

Feel Free.
nut

dance like the fireflies are carrying you
run with the wind caressing your broken feet
wait for the moment; though it'll never come
and lie; twist your words everytime you speak

fly, carry the world, carry the moon, carry yourself
like the girl who never spoke never loved never died
the emotional trip runs the show; and the lights are set
kick free and jump as if gravity never got discovered

and take a bow for the stage was done for you.




i feel like i'm missing someone. i feel like i should be somewhere with someone that i miss. i feel that im needed somewhere but im not sure.

i really am not sure. things are getting so confusing.




There is no life after God because God is life.

that's always on my mind when i see the book Life After God. oh well.






dear new friend,

i realised that we can be good friends, that we can somehow get along. but we rarely do. i dunno how to explain it. it's as if there's just some friggin wall ahead of us and neither you nor me is really willing to tear that down. i dont have anything against you. really.

but do you? tell me so we can lay this down to rest, dig a grave, say a few prayers and forget it like yesterday's child.

dont that sound like a good plan? im looking forward to having plenty of fruitful conversations with you. Like friends do. because if it's just in the name, then we lived in a lie didnt we?

hope to see you soon.

Nad.



30/07/04

ape nie rin?

i dont want to get in the middle of this (i know that i should just stop talking now but you know me and my opinionated big mouth)but i really dont understand.

right now all i can think of is this: you remind me of a certain someone we both know.

we really need to sit down and talk this over. pronto.






i guess im probablie going to Awallah Dondang alone then. Excellent bahasa-ibunda-aristocrats frolicking around together, while i, the campus reporter and her trusty digicam sits in the audience alone, just holding that small yet heavy thing (coz apparently i can't take pictures).

and of all places, it has to be at Singapore Polytechnic; a place where i dont even know anyone. suddenly the person standing in front of me in the mirror feels so welcoming.



29/07/04

Did you know that when you envy someone, it's because you really like that person?

Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in their heart, are real weaklings and most succeptible?

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are : I love you, Sorry and Help me? The people who say these actually need them or really feel them, and are the ones you really need to treasure because they have said these words.

Did you know that people who occupy themselves by keeping others company or helping others are the ones that actually need company and help? 

Did you know that those who dress in black are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that those who need more of you are those that don't mention it to you?

Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone to the face? But did you know that it has more value when you say it to the face?

Did you know that the most difficult thing for you to say or do is much more valuable than anything you can buy with money?

Did you know that you can make your dreams come true; like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it with faith (and be patient enough to wait for it)? If you really knew what you would achieve, you'd be surprised by what you could do.


[got this from e-mail]
 



28/07/04


i guess when hunger is in a wrestling match with weariness, the calling of the stomach always walk off with the gold belt. did i tell you that i cannot seem to stop eating?



Met them while i was on the way to convention centre. it was 8.20am. my lecture starts at 8. was rushing to get past the overhead bridge when i recognised a familiar couple going up the same flight of stairs. i froze for a moment, came up with a few conversation lines,  quickly scrapped my guts off the floor and stepped up behind them. i wanted to say something like HI, hey, going class? sorry, gotta go im quite late. i wanted to salam her. we're in the same school with the same religion after all. plus, im not the type of person who likes to drag conflicts longer than needed.

anyhows, i was just about to go up one step when he turned and saw me. working on impulse (and panicky nerves), i smiled (a broad sunny one) and waved. he just looked down (literally coz they were two steps up), stared at me for a nanosecond and just turned around again. as if i was just some see-through mutated transparency gerl who loves to wave and smile but will never get noticed because ppl can see thru her and somehow, the things behind her are much more interesting. right after he turned, all conversation lines and nice sunny thoughts totally disappeared. i switched on my mp3 louder and walked hurriedly away. i felt eyes looking at me from behind. in moments like these, ignorance IS bliss.

felt tears clambering to my eyes but i was much more worried about being marked absent i guess (in the end, i walked quickly enuff and i was just marked late).

like i said, i hate carrying bags of grudges around. i hate having fights (if u would consider this a fight though i v much doubt it). As long as they're happy i guess i dont really mind what happens to the frenship. heh.





My hands are at your throat
And I think I hate you
We made the same mistakes
Mistakes like friends do

- until the day i die, story of the year




I have quite a large face...no? i have huge cheeks and normal chin covered with skin. all in all, the surface area of my face is big. so it would be no wonder if a zit starts forming around my face. but nO! i dont have pimples on my cheeks, nor on my nose, nor on my chin, nor on my forehead. but.  there's a pimple inside my nose.

i found out about it yesterday. don't bother looking up my nose if you see me. it's gone now. sheesh.

i spent one hour trying to burst it (because it was at THAT pinch-me-and-let-pus-out stage already). the right side of my nose turned red. i got furious because it's quite impossible to fit two fingers into a small nostril and pressing the volcano-like bump from inside (try it if you dont believe me). it took quite a lot of skill and erm... flexibility. was prancing and moving around in fornt of the mirror so much that my mom actually gave me a pin to burst it (dont worry, i threw the pin away right after that though i didnt really use it. grotesque). due to so much exertion on my fingers, hand and nose, i got reallie exhausted. i fell on the bed and went straight to sleep. my final thought before i reach slumberland was that the nose will grow into a huge mound when i wake up.

But. the pimple was gone in the morning.so today, i came to school with a pimpleless nostril. why cant i just be normal and have pimples on normal places? sheesh.



27/07/04


everytime i hear the song (you're so last summer, taking back sunday) im reminded of zad and dzool doing their stoopid cheerleaderish-rockmetal-singer rendition of this song.

just so the 2 of you know, just because it's hilarious and it really made me laugh,doesnt mean that the two of u dont sound like two squealing-deepvoiced pigs being hauled to the slaughterhouse, because you do. hahaha. but it really is so funny.

and now there's two of you. there's two of dzool (coz zad is somewhat like dzool) and two of zad (coz dzool is like zad).

God saves us all.



the skies are getting too dark. no wait... it looks like dusk outside. clouds are going reddish grey, wind is blowing all the dead leaves around, people are clutching at their head in hopes of not messing up their gatsby-waxed-set tufts of stringy hay more commonly known as hair.

it's scary out; the way the wind whistles and the sky looking as if it died. spasms of silence follows each chaotic gust. it's as if something is about to happen.  i used to hate this kind of quiet-stormy weather as a child. just little kid's chills. now i cant wait for the rain to pour.

was in the newsroom just now. must say, the room kinda grows on you. i like that room. and the madness that fills it. sat at the couch beside jon and the rest of the reporters (diyana zhang jacquin prasad) were sitting around. our editors were at the tables, their faces covered by their comps. the room had a sorta clamped up smell, though not bad and barely noticable. we chattered amidst all that proofreading.

us, the reporters sitting on the couches talked and discussed away. and when all the articles had been proofread, someone started talking about wicca (i dont agree with jacquin's boyfren when she said that his theory about satan is that satan is God's alter-ego. nonsense). and homosexuality (why do MCMers like to dwelve in this topic so much so that they include homos in their short film/script/talkshow?). and evolution of man (of which i dont believe Darwin when he said Man evolved from apes). and what separates MCMers from the rest (because we like stoopid yet intellectual talks and we find it fun). and jc students (and why we think they're very smart yet a bit ditzy).

i didnt really contribute much. everyone was talking at the same time to the point that u could only hear yourself speak and not anyone else. it was interesting when each of us came up with different theories about people and their behaviors. the editors were still at their comps.

i kinda like that- sitting down at a busy place and just discoursing about stuff. hearing what people have to say can be very interesting. so what if our newsroom didnt look like lois lane's and clark kent's? i still like it.

i dont even know why im writing about this. trying to tell myself that maybe i really belong here? heh. i really dunno why i wrote this. just wanted to share i guess.

oh well.






[NOW]
Happy or sad:  Neither. feeling very stoned at the moment.
Sleepy or awake:  sleepy, definitely. 
Hungry or full:  hungry. 
Dirty or clean:  clean. i bathe twice/thrice everyday ok.. 
Single or taken:  single.
Alone or with someone beside u:  there's someone beside me but i dunno who she is.
Sick or healthy:  sick. having a slight running nose.
 
[WHAT]
You last ate:  almond longan. 
You last drank:  plain water.  
You wearing now:  purple shirt, jeans, black slippers, lotsa accessories, black tudung (doh!) and my pink cartoon bag.
Are you thinking of:  stories! deadlines! stories! food! money! dealines!
Are you wishing for:  for me to stay energetic so i can get inspiration for my stories. 
Do you overuse:  food. besides that, my slippers. heh. 
Do you take for granted:  i think i take my spending habits forgranted.
 
[WHO]
Do you miss the most:  rite now it's kat.  
Do you love:  my boos, banu erin, faz zareen, the pantatz, my family (direct + extended) 
Do you feel most happy with:  my boos, banu erin, the pantatz, my cousins, my family. haha. so many. 
Makes you laugh like a maniac:  dzool, isa, shark, keli, izzad, kat, dil, zareen, faz. 
Makes u sleep:  hmm... the discovering comp animation lecturer.  
Makes you cry:  hmmm... a lot of ppl can make me cry. (see: who do u love) 
Makes you angry:  my sis. but anyone and everyone can make me angry. sheesh. 
Enlightens you:  i enlighten myself. strangers usuallie enlighten me. 
Ill-treats you:  hmm... dunno. dont think anyone ill-treat me. maybe i cant remmbr.  
Are your good friends:  hahha. so many to mention...
 
[WHEN]
Is your birthday: 01 oct 1985
Is your loved one's birthday: i dun have a loved one. 
Is your wedding anniversary: hahhaa. i dunno.  not married yet.
The happiest day of your life:  hmmm.. the standing one now is celebrating my bday last year with my boos + the pantatz. 
Did you last swear:  just now. heh. 
Did you last have a fight:  yesterday i think.  
Did you last cry:  hm... not sure. 4 days ago maybe? 
 
[HOW]
Do you break off with someone:  tell them why i wanna break up with them doh!
Do you overcome depression:  usually i binge but i don wanna do tt anymore. i write + blog and immerse myself in work and try to have fun with my frens.
Do you live your life:  to the fullest. never know if you might die tomorrow. 
Do you make friends:  introduce myself and see how it goes. 
Do you pass your time:  read (if i have time in the first place!) + slack off at starbucks. 
Do you pass your exams:  study study study study take-a-break study. 
Do you find yourself:  i just look in the mirror and there i am! (haha. lame...) i think im a cynical weirdo.
 
[WHY]
Do you normally get angry:  because some ppl juz piss me off, irritate me too much or when im not heard (which happens all the time btw).
Do you cry:  because im sad (hah.) i usually cry when im angry too.
Are you who you are:  because i choose to be this way? i think my past, the ppl around me and what ive been thru make me who i am today.
Are you doing this survey:  because i came at 8 when my class starts at 10 and i dunno what else to do. i happen to like doing surveys..



26/07/04

banu,

"It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want"

-she will be loved, maroon 5

love,
nad





have u ever felt this sickening urge to just drop dead and die right after you wake up in the morning? i felt that on saturday.

woke up to the sounds of my mom and dad yapping away at me. i really couldnt take it. was on the verge of snapping but i just grabbed my towel and stormed into the toilet. just sat there, with my clothes still on, stoning. sat there for about 1 and a half hours. i kept tying and untying my hair.

anyhows, they left soon after and i dressed and went out. was torn between meeting dzool or izzad. i though that i should surround myself with ppl i know and surround myself with lotsa lotsa ppl. but i guess i was wrong.

i just wanted to get away from them when i reached there. suddenly i hate them, dont ask me why. so many stoopid looks and stooopid stares they give. and the people around me didnt help either. i felt like they were judging me or something. i was trying so hard to not keep from crying. (thanx for the hugs dil)

after watching the gig at paragon, i really didnt feel like watching ppl playing music anymore. so i called izzad and decided to meet him. wan n him wanted to go bowling. so yah, i felt that maybe i needed to throw balls at tall white thingies to make myself feel better. cant say that it didnt work..

and dzool, im not a vagina-face/lupe kawan (or whatchamacallit) type of person. got a little pissed because of that. met isa and his bandmates. zad went wif dzool, isa zul kit a-an followed me to marina square and i was trying so hard not to burst into tears.

after much thought, isa decided not to bowl but i did. had a great time. managed to de-stress myself (without eating!).  if only for a while lah.

went to meet them again to go home after that. i took a longer time than usual. ended up sitting at the toilet at marina square just thinking about stuff. till i realised they were waiting for me. sorry guys.

was quite high on the way back with kit and dil. kept giggling and telling stoopid stories. maybe coz i cant wait to go home. no actually that's not it. i cant wait to take the walk home. there's no one around and somehow i like that peacefulness. just me and the moon.

i cant sleep at night eitther so i usually spend my nights staring at the moon and (sometimes) stars.

"insomnia is a symptom of depression tau nad. first you get very sad, then you become and insomniac. you better take care."

yes jon, u tc too. and i think u're one of the best writers around. and u're v intellectual too u dodohead.




Happy belated bday kat, though i dont think u'll be reading this.

kesian boo kiter, bday kene keje.

love u gerl. and i miss u too. dont think i need to say anything more that tt. hope we'll meet up soon. take care and i hope u enjoyed ur bday.




you.

i think i like you. maybe not. maybe im really into you. but maybe i could just be wrong, knowing me and always not knowing things about myself.

so yeah, i really like you.

whoever you are.



23/07/04

[to: banu erin kat dil zareen faz atrium-ppl MCMers & everybody else who made me happy]

A Cynic's Promise
nut.

blow your nose on my sleeve
clamp my mouth shut, i won't leave
maybe if you slap me kick me
maybe we're not really meant to be.

dry your tears on this tattered tissue
i wont really mind the spots dropping on my shoe
i'll be here, your hand in mine
trying to convince you everything is fine

maybe the wind will bring us nowhere
the rain will wet us with showers.
we'll still be standing tall
standing together, maybe we'll never fall.

blow your nose on my sleeve,
i promise, maybe, maybe i wont leave.





Do you believe in <3> no, maybe not love. i believe in "a strong-liking-of-each-other" at the first sight.
Do you judge a person based on looks? (qirl or quy):nope. i dont like to be judgemental coz i dowan ppl to do tt to me.
Do you believe in sex b4 marriaqe?:nope. but im open to ppl doing it. maybe juz not to me.
Would you ever consider datinq someone out of ur race?:yes. 
Do you have fake friends? Are you fake?:i dunno. frens: are u fake? if u are well fuck u. and no im not fake. i dont choose to be.
Are you jealous of your best friend and hide it?:haha. no. i never was and never will be jealous of my best frens. we're all diff. lah..
Do you live ur life on the edqe? As if it were ur last day?:yes. because i really feel as if it IS my last. i think i'll die early.
Would you tell ur best friend that his/her siqnificant other is cheatinq?:yes of coz. i dowan my best fren to be loving a fake. 
Do you obsess over ur weiqht?:yes. no. wait, not really. not over my weight.
Fat/Sweet? (qirl/quy) or Sexy/Jerk? (qirl/quy):huh? i really don mind. but of coz, wich gerl wud want a jerk? sheesh.
How many times have you been neqatively judqed by sum1 who doesnt know you?:hmm.. lemme see..  thruout my years wearing tudung... about 2564++. hah.
What makes you happy?:walking/singing/dancing in the rain. my family. seeing my parents after a tiring day in sch. my frens. being loved and me loving back. when my frens + family r happy.
Have you ever been in a relationship just for lust and faked the love?:nope.
Does dressing sexy really make a qirl a skank?:there is a diff in wearing sexily and wearing sluttily. if a gerl dont overdo her dressing then she wouldnt look like a skank...
Deep down ..have u ever looked in the mirror n REALLY complimented urself?:erm no. dont think there's anything to compliment.. nothing to be proud abt. 

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i really feel old. my knees are going crazy on me, my back hurts, my legs cant stand too long, i tend to nag at my sister and my frens, george clooney suddenly attracts me and i talk about asprin and share the benefits of green tea over dinner with my mother.

i cant sit down without cracking a few bones, i whine when i have to carry a textbk bcos it's too freaking heavy, i forget everything that happened yesterday and cant even remmber what i did juz now.

looking at my classmates and groupmates talking about work and their problems, i realise that we're all quite young but we look like we're having our mid-life crisis. we're teens going on 35.  we'll be dead by the time we reach 45. Over exhaustion or accidental death most probably.

im so tired my eyes can barely open.



im fat! im getting fatter; my thighs are about the size of 2 bowling balls, my cheeks look like stuffed chickens and my stomach looks bigger than a pregnant woman's.

Im fat and i cant stop eating. i cant stop thinking about eating, abt wanting to eat, and chewing and tasting the soft succulent tender chicken chop at SIM. and the porridge at canteen one. and cheesy chix sausage. and of coz, bull's eye egg.

See?SEE? i think i live to eat instead of the other way around. and that stoopid motto is taking its toll on me.

i need help. plus lots and lots of slimming pills.



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22/07/04


They were just 11 then, and they met when they were caught distorting an old man's corpse at a mutual neighbour's funeral and became best friends ever since.
 
Everyone thought they were two very happy people who were always laughing; growing up together, going to college together, sharing a room together; they even shared the same jail cell.
 
It came as a surprise (to everyone) when both of them committed suicide, knocked down by a trailer in the middle of rush hour traffic in PIE.
 
My 3 line pitch. i really like it. maybe coz it's morbid and there are two elements that i like: best friends & death.





21/07/04


You're So Last Summer.
taking back sunday.

She said "don't,
don't let it go to your head
Boys like you are a dime a dozen,
Boys like you are a dime a dozen"

She said "you're a touch overrated,
you're a lush and I hate it but
these grass stains on my knees
they won't mean a thing"

And all I (all I)
Need to know (need to know)
Is that I'm somethin you'll be missin
(is that I'm somethin that you're missin)
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that far
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that...

I'd never lie to you
Unless I had to
I'll do what I got to
Unless I had to I'll do what I go to,
the truth is you could slit my throat
And with my one last gasping breath
I'd apologize for bleedin on your shirt

And all I (all I)
Need to know (need to know)
Is that I'm somethin you'll be missin
(is that I'm somethin that you're missin)
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that far
(maybe I should hate for this)
Maybe I should hate you for this
Never really did ever quite get that...

Cause I'm a wishful thinker
with the worst intentions
This'll be last chance you get to drop my name
Cause I'm a wishful thinker
with the worst intentions
This'll be last chance you get to drop my name

If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar
If I'm just bad news, then you're a liar




i finally changed my template. had an emotional moment with my old template just now. cannot believe im letting her go after 1 and a half yrs together. call me emotional but well, its time to move on i guess. haha. anyway welcome...

and no, juz bcos it's called fetish does not mean that this blog is entirely about sex and fantasies. sheesh. u ppl are sickos. kidding, kidding.

and well, even though i have a new template, im still not gonna have a tagboard. haha. if u wanna say something, there are other means of doing so but if u dont know how to reach me, then i suggest u keep it to urself.

i feel soooooo rejuvenated.




here are some pics taken during one of our impromptu dinners. this time dzool followed. i look like a freaking ghost though. we were so excited, we forgot to take a pic of the 3 of us (as in me kat dil). sheesh.


dil and me. i like this pic. we look so chummy and spontaneous. haha.


me and kat. I like this pic too. dil complaint tt my legs can never be proper. i guess not..haha.


my boos, kat & dil. dont ask me why dil's hand is where it is.. i dunno.


kat & dzool looking like 2 cheeky kids eating mash potato in secret. hahaha.


dil & dzool.dzool, honestly, u look like a pole. and dil, ur hair is soooooo neat in this pic.

we had loads of fun that day. That was also the day i met one of my ex, izzudin, now an official tapered-pants wearing mat. haha.



20/07/04


i am trying to find for a blog template that i'll like...u know,like my current one.apparently the same current one (dirty laundry) has been sold and i can no longer use it.so if the person who owns this template reads this- forgive me. i have no time to load a new template. wait till i have a comp can?

 
i found a template based on the song vindicated by dashboard confessionals. but too bad. knowing me and my fickle mind, i'll prolly be sick of it by next week so i decided Not to change my template just yet.
 
susah lah takde time..




Got this off Kit's sketch book: 

 
"I never believed the devil was real
But god couldn't make someone filthy as you"

                  -slutgarden, marilyn manson.




19/07/04


::15 Random Favorites::
1:Current song: Anthem of our dying day (story of the year)
2:Shirt: Mango. hahahahaha!
3:Footwear: Barcode shoes & topshop slippers.
4:Bag: Adidas Vintage Bag in Black (though i dont own it, sheesh).
5:Pants: POA 
6:Cartoon: Spongebob Squarepants!!
7:Place: Yishun Jetty, NY
8:Words: Bloooody STooooopid
9:Swear word: fuck (clue: rhymes with duck, luck, puck) heh.
10:Author: Milan Kundera & Stephen King
11:underwear colour: cherry briefs
12:Weather: Rain, Rain Rainy rainy.
13:Thing to do when bored: Blog, eat.
14:sleeping position: curled up, with pillows all around.
15:sport: Rugby, basketball.
::14 Favorite Foods::
1:octopus balls...yum!
2:andersen's waffle ice cream.
3:SUSHI!
4:Kavana Chicken rice with teriyaki sauce, telur pecah & cheesy sausage.
5:Chicken chop.
6:Apple strudel.
7:Mrs Fields cookies.
8:sweet secrets cake.
9:bbq Eel.
10:my grandma's chilli crab....!
11:My mom's Rocky road.
12:Starbucks' blueberry cake!
13:Cadbury Hazelnut.
14:.......Prawn Mee Pok at Bugis Liang Seah.
::13 Most Watched Shows::
1:hmm this is tough (considering tt i dun watch tv a lot). News on 5.
2:Drew Carey Show
3:Friends
4:Whose Line is It anyway
5:MTV Non stop hits.
6:OC
7:Oprah 
8:Grounded For life
9:Foreign Films on ARts Central
10:MTV After Skool Rocks
11:Mtv AMpuh on SUria
12:Discovery Channel
13:CSI
::12 Good Bands in your Opinion::
1:Surreal
2:The Observatory
3:Force Vomit
4:OAG
5:Cokelat
6:Sheila On 7
7:Finch
8:Coldplay
9:Keane
10:Switchfoot
11:Story of the year
12:U blues.
::11 Memories::
1:First day in ngee an meeting 1T03 and having a blast. everyone's so psychotic..
2:Celebrating my bdae wif the pantats last year. such happy memories...
3:Meeting my boos and going to sentosa recentlie..
4:Getting my first pay at 10. and then later spending it on my first self-paid book.
5:Farewell Assembly for all 4express students in GR and standing there hugging everyone and laughing.
6:Getting O lvls results. So riveting..
7:Crying non-stop for 9 hours after breaking up with hazam.
8:Talking on the phone with erin from dusk till dawn on her first day at JI during the 3 mths course.
9:My entire family having dinner in celebration of my grandma's bday.
10:Slacking off and breaking the law with my pri. sch frens..hahaha.
11:lying down at the jetty with some of the pantats... that was great.
::10 Close Friends::
1:I have too many!! lets see. erin.
2:banu.
3:kat.
4:dil.
5:faz.
6:zareen.
7:isa.
8:izzad.
9:keli.
10:hmm.... amindengdeng.
::09 Things you're looking forward to::
1:friday, the last day of the week.
2:my bday.. 
3:being happy.
4:meeting new people (because it's always so unpredictable).
5:the toilet to pee.
6:putting on powder.
7:getting money from my parents.
8:my life in mass comm to end. 
9:rain to come. 
::08 Things you wear daily::
1:the bare essentials- bra and lady briefs.
2:tudung of course.
3:Big plastic rings.
4:long pants and long sleeves blouses.
5:A bag. 
6:beads, lots & lots & lots of them.
7:my frenship bracelets & bands.
8:anklets.
::07 Things That Annoy You::
1:irritating ppl who msg me when im about to sleep (bcos after they msg me, i cant sleep!)
2:BO.
3:rude-loud-and-sloppy manjens.
4:people who follow what i wear.
5:people who blame me for doing something i didnt.
6:being late when im in fact early.
7:myself. yes, i annoy myself.
::06 Things You Touch Everyday::
1:erm.... this qsn is SO weird. i touch myself of course-u noe, when i soap myself. sheesh.
2:i hug my frens.
3:i kiss my mom.
4:i touch the door when im about to leave the room.
5:i touch my cheek constantly to make sure it's not dirty.
6:i touch up my makeup. haha!
::05 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over::
1:My Girl (the old one w/ young Mc Caulay Culkin)
2:Love me if you dare
3:Love Actually
4:The Hours
5:Nightmare before christmas
::04 Of Your Favorite Childhood Toys::
1:Ninja Turtles!!i love rafael. im quite a tomboylah..
2:Batman & RObin and the batmobil. wooohooo.
3:Polly Pocket (though i keep losing the freaking dog).
4:The handheld game--the cowboy one, WIld wild something something.. i forgot the name..
::03 People You Have Kissed::
1:hahahaha. my mom. everyday on the cheek b4 i leave the house.
2:My dad, sometimes every nite b4 i go to bed.
3:and some guy lah.... let's not talk abt that.
::02 Of Your Favorite Songs::
1:rite now it's: you & i both, jason mraz
2:and: segitiga, cokelat.
::01 Person You Could Spend the Rest of Your Life With::
1:the same person i would like to marry. i dunno who. havent met him yet.

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for WomenPersonality:

 
Your enchanting magnetism people to you. Another asset you possess is the generosity for others. The weakness about you is that you are careless and clumsy at times. You've got to be careful if you would like others to trust you with important matters.
 
Love Tendency:
You are the dominant one in the relationship who has the upper hand most of the times. But that doesn't stop the men to be attracted to you. You will have many boyfriends, where one of them will be a very special person. Marriage is in your destiny and it will be a happy one (faz, take note haha!).
 
Life:
You endured many family hardships in your lifetime but you still grew up to be a mature and responsible adult. You are respected in your workplace because you put your entire effort into any project. Since you were young, there were only a few friends you kept in touch because you were more mature than your peers (HAHAHA!what.a.joke). This will occur as an adult, too. Try to stay away from matters that don't concern you because this is one reason why people will not be too fond of you (fuckingtypical reporter).




had a talk with isa yesterday, feeling down and all. he cheered me up abit though. dunno if i cheered him up. if only cheering up was all we need.  if only it was THAT simple- just feeling sad, as if chocs and sweets can brighten up ur day.  yeah, right.

 
Am going to meet Kat & Syiqa for the 1st time in a long time today. gonna hve dinner with them. this said despite the fact that i have ad creatives to finish, a MAsina paper by wed and a lifeguard story to chase. heh. Im a self-proclaimed procrastinator.
 
Im writing unrelated thoughts down because a) i have too many things to think about, b) im currently feeling fucking shitty, c) i like writing unrelated crap down and d) im effing lazy to organize my tawts but since when am i such an organized person rite?
 
im swearing a lot these few days so if you happen to approach me, you'd better brace urself. especially if you intend to be annoying (which most of you are btw).




Anthem Of Our Dying Day.

story of the year
 
The stars will cry
The blackest tears tonight
And this is the moment that I live for
I can smell the ocean air
And here I am
Pouring my heart onto these rooftops
Just a ghost to the world
That's exactly, Exactly what I need
 
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
 
For a second I wish the tide
Would swallow every inch of this city
As you gasp for air tonight
I'd scream this song right in your face
If you were hear I swear
I wont miss a beat
Cause I never Never have before
 
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying!




inferiority complex (n)

A persistent sense of inadequacy or the tendency to diminish oneself, sometimes resulting in excessively aggress behavior through overcompensation.

 
Amazing huh dil? how in that one day u feel how i felt throughout so many years. BUt like i said, i can either like people or hate them and i choose to like them. Though sometimes i feel so different and so ... small. Saturday was great, seeing how there are soo many cool people around. I loved the fact that we were part of that. it was great seeing amelia too, so excited and in her usual enthusiastic mood.
 
People can make you so depressing. Your atmosphere. your restless mind. Seeing so many cool, so-sure-of-themselves people can be so depressing. but i am what i am and i know im one of them too.
 
this is the fourteen hundredth time im telling myself this.
 
[p.s: you dont have to say thank u dil. i love u and i want u to be happy.]




what's with people and slippers?

 
the warden caught me because i was wearing slippers, my boss always complain abt my slippers, and now to add to the list are my parents who practically forced me to wear shoes in front of them before i left the house. and then u noe what's sickening? they checked my bag to make sure that i dont smuggle any of the slippers out. what the flying fuck?
 
i just bought blue slippers and my topshop slippers arent even faded.
 
i effing hate it when people tell me what to wear. And what the bloody hell is wrong with slippers???
 
stoopid.




Went to Baybeats on Saturday. i wanted to watch The Observatory. and Gordon's band, Surreal. They're good.

 
On saturday, i went to the wedding exhibition at Expo. you wouldn't believe how glam the traditional decor are nowadays. and everyone there tawt that my dad and i are a couple (making my mom a grandma and my sis my aunt. sheesh.). everyone kept giving me brochures and telling me to sit down and try their new package. i felt so pressurized.  and within that 2 hours of me being there, i broke 2 brooches. 2! in less than a freaking hour. Mampos. felt crappy then.
 
went on my way to city hall, to meet dil. i ended up waiting for isa molly and zul. met up with isa's bandmates izad, kit and A-an. then met Molly. haha. for the 1st time. she's kinda quiet. then isa said she was feeling 'down' too. tt makes all 3 of us.
 
niwae had so much fun. was with so many ppl. and i love The Observatory. i love their music. and Gordon's band is just gorgeous. seriously. they play really good music.
 
ate at Marina Square (or rather outside marina square) after tt. had a great time laughing and making fun of each other. somehow it juz destresses me. still felt crappy and outta sorts though.



16/07/04


Maybe.

collective soul
 
The sky now divides
To bring you back into the fold
 Welcome home
Still my need to recognize
Any comfort you may show
Only grows
 
Guess I'll learn to accommodate
While my heart just sits and waits
Maybe God you found
Maybe is all that you can offer now
 
Where am I to take refuge
When the storms of pain release
Shelter me
This blessedness of life
Sometimes brings me to my knees
I call on thee I have not the words to write
A Farewell to you tonight
 
Maybe God you found
Maybe is all that you can offer now
I know hearts are weeping
While your voice is now singing
On high, angel on high




"i miss sitting at the atrium doing nothing. Doing nothing was soooo fun. We can't seem to do that anymore because we do not have nothing to do anymore."

 
so true amelia.




had a fun day by myself at IMM yesterday.

 
i just felt like going shopping and so i did. Bought a lady-like black polka dot bag for 5 bux and i bought 5 things from the $2 shop: blue slippers, an anklet, a bracelet, a small red bag and a sketch book. Treated myself to andersen's ice cream too. wow. major splurge. but all  is good. it tasted good anyway.
 
walked all the way to JE mrt then. had to pass this long pathway that had no lights. so freaking scary. but guess what? this 30-somethingish couple accompanied me all the way to the mrt. i gues they were worried, seeing how many foreign workers are there. anyway, all is well and i thanked them and left.
 
i didnt want to see them having sex right in front of me seeing how they were 'devouring' each other up along the way. Sheesh.
 
Im wearing matching things today, for the 1st time ever. Blue slippers, blue jeans, lavender top and a blue transparent bag. haha. so unlike me rite?




my dad msged me this while i was leaving school:
 
"Di mana? Bagaimana SOLAT kamu? Bila? Tunggu abah meninggal ke? jangan menyesal nanti."
 
Like what the hell.
 
my dad is so psychotic, it's scary.






Collective soul lyrics


14/07/04


(advise to dzool merepek: skip this entry. saves you the trouble.)

i met amindengdeng just now. like really, right in front of me. at the internet cafe.

all tawts somehow disappeared and anger just kept coming. i ignored him. i walked right past him. he saw me, and i think he knows i saw him but he didnt speak up, neither did he call out to me. i didnt either.

ego? TET. wrong answer.

i think it would turn into a huge fight if i actually did say something. i would prolly flare up and shower him with such 'colourful language', The Osbournes will look like innocent, good-worded people.

im not gonna let this distract me from doing work. but who am i fucking kidding rite? of coz it will affect me. of coz it will make me lose my (already diminishing) focus. of coz i wudnt really do work but i'll do what im doing now-staring at the comp, then blogging angstsy crap.

it somehow irritates the hell out of me, seeing him. but i think ive said that before. dammit. im typing so loud right now, i can even hear my typing through the headphones im wearing.

I should get back to whatever im doing. rite now it's banging my head against the white tabletop to make sure that there is something (a squishy, pinkish, slimy working brain to be precise) in my head. cant hear a thing though.



i cant write!

no, my hands/fingers didnt get amputated and no, im not blind nor did i lose my brain/thoughts/muscles/anything else imaginably bad that can happen. i dunno. writer's block? im NOT even a proper writer. sheesh.

i've been sitting here (read:internet cafe) since 12 noon and i just cant write. Dammit. everything is laid out in front of me; my transcript from interviewing the Director of International Students' Centre, my notes, my other interviews, my fact sheet. BUt dammit. i cant even write the title let alone the lead. i know that once i write the title & lead, then everything will just click into place.

But fuck Damn KepalaPantat(butthead) Shit (insert any other creative crude word here).

how am i gonna finish this before 6?


13/07/04


Today is my mom's bday. Bought her a bag, a card & an accessory for her hp.

i dunno what to say to her. except i love you of coz. tt's what i truly feel. gave her the present this morning and then i left for sch. i cant celebrate her bday with her. i finish class at 9pm today and it'll be too late to eat dinner already.

so anyway, love ur mom ppl. should treasure them more. seriouslie. Happy bday mak. Hope u're happy.



Happy Anniversary to you too, dear Erin.

Pathetic eh aku? The only anniversary i have is with my best fren. yes ppl. if u didnt know, Erin is not my lesbian partner and no we're not in love with each other (not like that lah). Erin's my best fren of 6 years.

when everyone was just saying 'i'll be here for you thru ur ups & downs, thru ur darkest hour. i'll be here in your time of need.' they were just saying. but erin n me, we stuck together. where she goes, i go, vice versa.

im not gonna go on & on about this because it somehow jus sounds so cheesy. been saying this for 6 yrs and i think u already know this by now erin. i love u. looking forward for more years to come. Take care, falina erin. heh. cudnt resist.



I am sooooo hooked on to the surveys rite now dammit. it is just so addictive.



What's a weird fear you have that no one else probably does?:That's impossible rite? lemme see.. im scared of touch. yes, the human touch. i have a fear of affection. i dont like anyone (gerl/not) to touch me or stroke me, esp my face.
Is not Jon Stewart great?:huh? i dont even noe who tt is.
What song are you listening to?:yellowcard, oneyear six mths. great song.
Best face wash/acne fighting product?:Amway delicate care cleanser.
How loud do you sneeze?:It sounds like a cat/bat/mouse/chimp sneezing.
Do you like your handwriting?:haha. yes, thanku v much.
Ugliest color you've ever seen?:muddy-shit-coloured brown.
Does having matching socks matter to you?:no, not realllie. sometimes when im realy cold, i wear mismatching socks around my house.
If you were in band, what would you call it?:
Last time you were on a plane?:NEVER.
Have a digital camera?:nope. i like the old skool cam.
How big is your TV?:i think it's the normal size. medium.
Have you ever heard of Mystery Science Theater 3000?:Nope. tt's why it's still a mystery.
How many pillows do you sleep with?:let's c.. 1 pillow & cushion for my head, 1 pillow to hug, 1 smal bolster to cuddle and 5 cushions (strategicaly placed) so i dont hit my head on the wall.
sXe.. good or bad?:erm.. depends. but, no thank u. i dont want it.
Most annoying commercail ever?:Harvey Noorman's jingle. effing annoying.
Lamest pick-up line ever?:"do u know what they say about stylish malay gerls wearing tudung? They're wearing tudung."
Dumbest song ever?:haha. 1) barbie girl 2) any tata young song 3) body is a wonderland 4) happy ..and the list goes on...
Worst way to die?:get shot in the leg, the fingers, the groin, then burnt and thrown out of a buliding, then stripped naked & getting laughed at becos boobs too small & bleed to death.
Who's the funniest comedian?:jim carrey, ryan stiles, chris rock.
Ever been in a car accident?:yes.
Ever had braces?:nope.
Do you know HTML?:well.. i know him like tt only lah.. havent really met him yet.. haha.
What's the most useless class in school?:erm.. Basic home electricity.
Best Jones Soda flavor?:Who the hell is Jones?
Something you collect?:i collect postcards, dreams, morbid poems & stories, books & memories.
Something you're allergic to?:dust, sweat, dirt & local sitcoms. bad reaction.
Something you wish would die?:hmm.. i wish selfishness would die. and AIDS & Cancer and cockroaches. they r juz disgusting.

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12/07/04

Basics
Name::Nadiah Bte Mohammad Yusoff
Birthplace::Singapore
Birthdate::01 October 1985
Current City of Residence::City? Bt Btk is hardly a city...
Family Members::5: parents, 1 elder pain in the ass brader and 1 annoying bratty but sweet younger sister.
Favorites
Color::at the moment it's pale green, pale pink & pale yellow. haha.
Beverage::ice cream soda & (rite now) it's jasmine green tea.
Movie::love me if u dare, my girl & the virgin suicides
Musical::colour of music & mary poppins.
Board Game::TABOO! haha. had fun.. remember kat dil erin banu?
Computer Game::chess.
Game to Roleplay::the zombie shooting detective thingy.
Animal::chimpanzee!
Sport::rugby & basketball.
Book::Anything by Stephen King & Milan Kundera
A Day In The Life..
School::Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Typical Mood::jovial when with my frens, thoughtful when in class, sleepy when in boring classes & happy when eating. heh.
Usually Found?::in the internet cafe & of coz, the atrium.
Collects::postcards, morbid quotes & Memories.
Have You Ever
Been kissed::haha.yes.
Done drugs::erm. maybe.
Eaten an entire box of Oreos:haha. who hasnt?
Eaten sushi::yesh! delicious!
Been on stage::loads of times.
Been in a car accident::yup. didnt brake anything and nothing blew up too. was hoping it would.
This or That
Cold or Hot::COld.
Blue or Red::Blue.
Rain or Snow::RAIN!
Wool or Cotton::Wool.
Private or Public School::Public. more drama.
Chocolate or Plain Milk::Chocolate. though i dont really like milk.
Celsius or Farenheit::Celsius. Farenheit too long.
Spring or Fall::Spring!
Science or History::eurgh. i hate both of them. btwn sci & hist, Science lah.
Math or English::English, of coz.
"Love Life"
Do you like somebody?::nope.
Do they know?::they???
Do you want them?::want? them? suddenly im in love with a schizo??
Are they hot?::they???? sheesh.
Random
Who do you e-mail the most?:hmm. durga devi arrul morzi theva.
Who do you IM the most?:i dont have a comp. but it used to be erin.
Who are you talking to now?::sheesh. dzool.
Are you currently in love?::nope.
Is this survey lame?::erm...... isnt it obvious?
Isn't bzoink! nifty? =) ::yah yah.
In 24 hours have you...
...Showered?::doh! twice.
...Had a serious talk?::yesh. with myself. no im NOt insane.
...Hugged someone?::yesh.
...Gotten along with your parents?::erm... oklah.
...Fought with a friend?::yesh.
...Done something kind for someone?:all the freakng time.
Do You Like To...
Give hugs?::yesh.
Give back rubs?::to cats and chimps, yes.
Take walks in the rain?::Of course!
Cook?::hah. yes i like to cook. and i would also like to think tt my cooking's nice.
Eat?::yesh!
Sleep?::erm. yalah. but i dont really get a dreamless sleep.
Who..?
..Knows you the best?::erin, banu, kat, dil, my parents, flour(my sis). im very readable.
..Have you known the longest?::erin. amindengdeng.
..Do you know the most about?::haha. i dunno. erin & banu.
..Do you consider your friend?::haha. too long, too little space.
..Is most likely to end up in jail?::hahahahahahahahaha! no offense but isa. he looks like a typical crook.
..Can you go to with your problems?::izzad erin banu dil amindengdeng
..Do you want to get to know better?::haha. someone i recently met.
..Do you spend the most time with?::i dunno. myself i guess.
Have You...
..Been to a concert?::haha. yesh!
..Loved someone so much it made you cry?::yup.
..Cheated on a test?::yup. once in primary 4. subject was malay. sheesh.
..Ever stalked someone?::haha. no. im not THAT psychotic.
..Done something you regret?::yup. once 3 yrs ago. but im over tt.
..Been in an online relationship?::hahaha. yup. effing regret tt too.
Random Questions
Single or Hooked?::single.
What is your worst habit?::biting my nails, swearing, beating myself down.
Scariest moment?::hmm. when i dreamt tt i died. i cud feel myself burning in hell.
Do you swear too much?::haha. yesh. stoopid habit.
How do you feel about homosexuality?::Im okay with it. they are ppl u noe.
Where are you right now?::internet cafe, school.
Are you sitting by anyone?::yesh. dzool's beside me.
What song are you listening to?::my happy ending, avril lavigne. it's on MTV rite now.
What is the last thing you said?::"eh, die pakai skirt ah." refering to avril lavigne in her vid.
What's on your mousepad?::a mouse, a plastic ring, a silver ring & two hps. haha!
What are the last four digits of your phone number?::3785
What was the last thing you ate?::hmm. ice cream.
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?::black.
How many buddies do you have on your list?::a whole lot.
What's the weather like right now?::cant see. it's too dark out.
What do you feel like doing?::rite now i feel like munching on something cracker-ish.
What is your favorite quote?::"i'll not weep because the summer's glory, must always end in gloom"-ellis bell in her poem, stanzas.

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Sleep Well Tonight
nut.

Placing heads on bantered pillows,
sometimes hate is all it takes
to reduce these painful blows.

And when everything else fades,
and these words cease to exist
then they'll stop cutting like blades.

then maybe we'll be happy.



One Year Six Months
yellowcard.

Sew this up with threads
of reason and regret
So, I will not forget.
I will not forget
How this felt one year
six months ago
I know I cannot forget.
I cannot forget

I'm falling into memories of you
and things we used to do
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that I can share with you


I can tell that
you don't know me anymore
It's easy to forget,
sometimes we just forget

And being on this road
is anything but sure
Maybe we'll forget,
I hope we don't forget

I'm falling into memories of you
and things we used to do
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that I can share with you


So many nights,
legs tangled tight
Wrap me up in a dream with you
Close up these eyes,
try not to cry
All that I've got to pull me
through is memories of you

Memories of you
Memories of you
Memories of you

I'm falling into memories of you
and things we used to do
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that we can share
Falling into memories of you
and things we used to do




Float. Just float. That's what we all will be doing. That's all we have to do. Just float.

Floating away, Floated, Float.

Sometimes floating capsulates. Sometimes floating releases. Float, like a big red balloon. Like the kite tied to a string caught on a tree, trying to float. Trying.

that's all we're capable of doing anyway.



"Dahlah! kau nie eh! ____, ____, ____! asyik asyik _____ aje yang kau bebualkan. Jelak aku dgr name die tau."
(dzool said to me on sat.)

sorry but tt's not funny. tried my best to laugh it off but i couldnt. tried to smile but then i couldnt too. All i could think of (as bimbotic as it sounds) was 'toilet. toilet. must. put. on. powder. must. make. myself. feel. better. powder. eyeliner. toilet.toilet.' Seeking refuge in a badly designed roomful of space full of people & odour is not really a good idea but tt was all that was streaming thru my mind.

I had to talk. i had to let it out somehow. i cant just keep everything in like tt all the freaking time. im not done mourning. never did mourn actually. was full of anger most of the effing time.

Somehow i felt as if ____ chose love over friendship and that irks me somewhat. it really does. i dunno why. and tt's the sucky part too-i hate it when all this dunno why's come up. We've been thru bad & gd times and i really treasure the frenship. but tt's all tt i can do rite? treasure the frenship with _____. i dont think _____ cares anyway. *sighs*

Put ur beady eyes to good use & fill in the blanks dzool.



met kat and dil on thurs & fri. did nothing. yes, u heard me. we did nothing though i had soooo many things to do.

sometimes kat can be so fucking selfish and self-centered. you're not the effing only one with the bad life kat. u're not the only one "forced into adulthood" (so it's high time you stop complaining!). We need to grow up one day and now's the phucking time for you. i think it will do you good too. though now im doubting why im even writing this entry altogether. you know why im doubting? coz u wont even fucking listen to us let alone heed what we say. it's as if you dont care about anyone but yourself. Wake up kat. u're not the only one suffering and living in this world.

You dont know how tired me & dil were tt day. How we were so excited to meet you and go out and slack off with you... only to have you ruin your own day. "now you know how we feel when you fuck up 'our' day." yes, so now you know. i could have said a lot but i didnt. why? because i have very little time to spent with my frens, with the ppl i love, and i dowan to spend that limited time feeling angry or shitty about my frens (who happens to be beside me btw). what a waste of good time. you could have talked to us but you didnt.

but hell, it's over now. today is a new day. esp for you kat, new job and all. dont think tt im still mad at u-i'm not. juz wanted to let suppressed anger out. i don't want to have spastic anger combustions.

Hope the two of you have fun working.



Celebrating Dinur's bday was one huge mess after another. Somehow it's not so celebratory anymore. Today he's 20yrs & 1 day. not much of a birthday celebration. well i hope he's happy. we bought him a 'saves the day' cd.

I feel so busy. i have a v. short paper to write for tomorrow's Ad Creatives class, a fact sheet to upload by tomorrow, a birthday present to buy for tomoro, my mom's birthday to celebrate tomoro, an article to do by wednesday, 2 birthday presents to buy, a date with erin to Stella Artois's screening of Amelie on Wednesday, another two fact sheets by thursday, an ITP report to write by Friday, Baybeats on Saturday (for a possible story), the rehearsal of Awallah Dondang on Sunday morning (another story), and a kenduri on Sunday.

Have i mention how busy i feel?


08/07/04


work was hectic yesterday. after class, i went straight to the net cafe to do my work and then head down to Rochor Centre. i finished at 7.45pm, the longest i have been there.

sitting down at starbucks with dil to wind down really helped. Just so you know, she changed her name. feel free to call her dida. or "sa-xxy" gerl. she is soooo gonna kill me for this. haha.

"wah.. u all so cuee ar.. Wear Sassy-sasssssy tlen wear sripeer!"
(translation: wah, u all so cute ah. Wear sexy-sexy then wear slippers.)

haha. my boss is such a laugh.


07/07/04


Angel
sarah mclachlan

Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance

for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release

memories seep from my veins
let me be empty
oh and weightless then maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you feel
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie

you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here


So tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lies
that you make up for all that you lack

it don't make no difference
escaping one last time
it's easier to believe
in this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness

that brings me to my knees

In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you feel
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here




im broke. but what's new right?

i really dont feel like blogging now. i dont feel like i should. i feel like i have too many things to do that i cant spend this time i have now to do something for my own pleasure. whoever said third year was slack has got to be joking.


06/07/04


Lies In My Head.
nut.

You talked about stapling once,
your hands to mine, your lips
(together forever)
Such happiness;this disappearance
left Heart chipped, clipped. Creep.
(but did we stay?)
We discussed the vortex once (twice)
Adulthood, ambitions, suicide.
We chewed each other up but didnt wince (once).
Peculiar-such laws society abides.
Happier times
(together forever?)
We hugged & waved goodbye
Goodbye, Hello, again we'll see
you & me talking
stapling
your hands to mine
(forever).

Someday maybe we'll find
That you & me, We're juz plain blind.

(forever together never comes)



What About YOU...?
What shall i call you?:Nadiah, nad, ned, nut.
What do you NOT want to be called?:diah, minah, adik2.
How old are you?:18+
When were you born?:1st October 1985
Where were you born?:Singapore!
Do you still live there? If not, do you wish you did?:yes..
What School do you go to?:Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Do you like it there?:yes.. sometimes..
Music?!?!?!
What is your favorite genre?:indie, rock, jazz, blues, r&b. i cant choose lah!
Whats your favorite band(s)?:u really want me to list them all out??
Favorite Song(s)?:anything 'listenable'. heh.
Do you like your music loud? ;):yesh. makes me sleep.
Friends
Who is your best friend?:erin, banu, kat, dil. i have a lot of close frens.
Do they concider you their best friend?:yes,yes,maybe...
How long have you known this person?:erin-6 yrs, banu-4 yrs, katdil-4yrs
Do you trust this person with your life?:yesh. all 4 of them.
Do you trust them with your deepest secrets?:yes. but i dont have any deepest secrets.
Do they know everything about you?:maybe. not sure.
Have they met most of your family?:yes.
Does your family like them?:yes.
Has your friend ever wanted to "boing" one of your family members?:no.. i duno. do u? euw!
If they did want to, how would you feel?:EUW!!
Out of your friends...who is...
the craziest?:hmm.... not sure. all my frens r crazie.
the calmest?:faizal. izzad. somtimes lah..
the most pessemistic?:kat.
the most optimistic?:haha. izzad. amindendeng.
the slowest?:hahahahhahaha!all of them! muahaha!
the wittiest?:shark, isa, ady.
the most intelligent?:me. haha. i think all of my frens are quite intelligent.
the most religious?:hmm.. not sure ah.
the hottest?:hahahah. lemme think.. NONE.
the cutest?:guy would be isa. gerl wud be.. no one! haha.
the easiest to talk to?:i dunno. dzool i gues.
the hardest to talk to?:hmm.. to me, all of them are hard to talk to. maybe it's juz me..
the best with talking to about your problems?:erin, banu, dil, faz, zareen, amindendeng.
the worst with talking to about your problems?:amin MOT. haha. kat.
the one you want to "boing"? (i wont tell):EUW! NO ONE.
Deeper Shit...
Have you been in love?:yesh.
Are you in love at the moment?:nope. i think i finally moved on.
If so, does this person know you love them?:he knew.
If they dont, do you intend on telling them?:he know lah.
Whats the one thing you wish for in life?:to be happy. i think it's quite hard.
Do you believe in miracles?:yes. i believe in God's surprises.
If you had 5 days to live...what would you do?:i would repent, say my gdbyes to everyone, write a will, live my life fully and eat ben & jerry's choc ice cream.
which one person would you spend the last days with?:my family & the love of my life (though i havent mt him yet).
How do you know when youre in love?:when he's at his worst & yet i still stay by him. i dunno lah. but i will know when i fall. this is making me confused.
How do you feel about Death?:everyone dies. i have to accept tt no matter what. Death is Death. it's scary-the things tt happen after death.
Do you have a philosophy on life?:never give up, never look back, never die when u're still breathing.
Do you believe in life after death?:nope.
What about Reincarnation?:nope.
Favorites
...food:a whole freaking lot. rite now it's wall's choc heaven & octopus ball.
...drink:ice cream soda, zappel & (currently)green tea. haha.
...color:black, white, blue, pink & currently pale green.
...animal:chimpanzees!
...tv show:rite now i like monk & CSI.
...movie:my girl, love me if you dare, the hours.
...album:muse: sing for absolution.
...band:a lot.
...song:rite now it's melompat tinggi-sheila on 7 & wat it is to burn-finch.
...decade:the 70's
...car:black mercedes.
...city:new york!
...country:s'pore.
...actor:jude law.
...actress:nicole kidman. i like her in the hours.
...starbucks beverage:caramel frappucino with choc & caramel drizzle.
...time of day:evening to night.
...day of week:i like everyday.
...position:lying on the couch lazily, as if i have no backbone.

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05/07/04


i think i put this song on my blog before but then im not sure. too many songs, too little memory space left in brain. i feel so tired.

maybe im complaining too much. Sheesh.



This Brilliant Dance.
dashboard confessional

So this is odd,
the painful realization
that has all gone wrong.
And nobody cares at all,
and nobody cares at all
.

So you buried all your lover's clothes
and burned the letters lover wrote,
but it doesn't make it any better.
Does it make it any better?
And the plaster dented from your fist
in the hall where you had your first kiss
reminds you that the memories will fade.

So this is strange,
our sidestepping has come
to be a brilliant dance
where nobody leads at all,
where nobody leads at all.

And the picture frames are facing down
and the ringing from this empty sound
is deafening and keeping you from sleep.
And breathing is a foreign task
and thinking's just too much to ask
and you're measuring your minutes
by a clock that's blinking eights
.

This is incredible.
Starving, insatiable,
yes, this is love for the first time.
Well you'd like to think
that you were invincible.

Yeah, well weren't we all
once before we felt loss for the first time?
Well this is the last time.



i feel like crying. i feel like hurling myself in a corner and just sink there. i feel like i want to be a bat in a cave. dammit.



Ouch, that hurts. you probablie dunno what im talking abt & im letting it stay tt way. it fucking hurts.

i dont only want to be here in your time of need. i want to be here in your happy times too. i feel like such a shitty fren. but of course, you wont know. because i wont say.

wonder why tt is so? because i dowan to burst ur bubble. i dowan to diminish your happiness. i think about others. unlike a whole lot of people i know.

if you feel tt im aiming this at you, forget it. maybe,just maybe ure not tt impt as u think u r. maybe i dont really need u. but tt's just maybes' talking.

im just writing unrelated shit down.


02/07/04


Really like this song though i cant load it to my blog. Somewhere Only We Know, Keane.

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?


Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin


And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?




im going out today. going to Rochor Centre (!) and then most probablie going to Stella Artois Starlight Cinema. today's movies are love me if u dare & intolerable cruelty. Cant wait. Dil, jgn lupe bawak tikar. haha.



i cant believe tt i actually told banu what ive been feeling all this while. but im glad i did. another big step for me.

but really banu. i mean what i say. we all drift away sometimes. the pantats, boos, best frens. but at the end of the day, no matter how much/long we disappear from each other, i know tt the pantats are still my frens, my boos are still here for me. i still know tt at the end of the day u & erin will still be my best frens. tt's why i never said anything to u all this while. and i still believe tt frenships are greater than loves/relationships.

and i hate it when faizal jus dismisses it as lumrah (a norm). he says tt it's lumrah manusia (a human norm); when u get into a relationship u forget ur frens. it is not lumrah if u choose it not to be rite?

*sighs*



i wish that i can drift of to a dreamless slumber.
i wish that i can float to acapulco bay and never return.
i wish for the sun to shine beside my window.
i wish for the moon to never go away.
i wish for the world to end its sufferings.
i wish for the good in people to appear.
i wish that i can save the world and protect it against despair.
i wish that mothers dont lie to their children when they say 'things will get better'.
i wish for fathers to tell their children what they really mean.
i wish for truth from friends when promises are made.
i wish for people to see the gd in others.
i wish for people to see the good in themselves.
i wish for the stars to never stop shining.
i wish for fear to disappear from my life.
i wish for courage so i can give it to the strangly scarecrow.
i wish for dorothy & toto to come home.
i wish that i have strength to get me thru the day.

Wish, wishes, wishing.i wish that this will all go away.


01/07/04


Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here


I love acting & directing. i just had my 1st lesson just now and i feel quite great. it's like one of the most 'gerekest' class ive ever been in. in tt class, i can make a fool out of myself and no one would care. i can be someone else and no one would call me a pretender. it's very very fun. You know me and always criticizing malay actors. well, now im on my way to be an actress. haha! wat.a.joke.

Just talked to erin. it's great hearing her voice. i miss her in school. in mcm. usually when im stressed in tt course, i can just turn to her and i'll c a familiar face. someone who really really know me. but it's ok. im really happie for her coz she's going to my dream school. haha.

It's only the 4th day of school and i really cant wait for it to end. i dowan the weekend to come coz i noe i wouldnt get any rest. but then again, i dowan to sit home all day long either. i cant stand listening to my parents naggings.

i cant wait to get out of school now. really. i dunno why. im just soooooo tired. and i really feel old, despite ppl thinking that im a freshie. i feel so jaded. sheesh.

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift
yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened

Today never happened before


I'll just hang on to this dangling rope and hope for the best. at least i have my beloved friends with me. at least i have chocs. at least i have music to accompany me. anything to make me feel better is pretty much welcomed. heh.



What makes you laugh?:stoopid idiotiocal things, the pantats, kat & her blurness, whose line issit anyway, friends,myself.i shamelessly crack myself up all the time.
Who is your hero?:i have no hero. dowan to live up to anyone but myself.
Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?:chris martin! maybe not for 24 hours lah....
How many pairs of shoes do you own?:erm... about 6.
Seriously... Where does the other sock end up?:on my other feet. sheesh!
Who do you blame for your mood today?:i shall not name them. too many, too little space. (note: dont mind me, im PMSing).
If the Internet were sex... I would:not surf it.
Have you ever seen a dead body?:yup. twice.
What is something scientists need to invent?:a diet that actually works!
What should we do with stupid people?:dip them in honey and throw them to the lesbians. or feed them to the sharks so sharks can continue to survive. or they can just die for all i care.
Have you ever broken a bone?:yes. my arm.
Do you watch local news? Why?:yes. because it's local and because it's happening around me. i Care ok! plus some news are kinda dumb, they're actually entertaining.
What happens after you die?:i get questioned by guardians of the grave (or something like tt, i dunno how to translate).
How big is your bed? Big enough?:erm.. bigger than me. of course it's big enuff, how big do u want it?
How long do you think you will live?:not long. i think i'll die young. say.... 26?

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went bowling yesterday. i know, it sounds so wrong, seeing how i have a fact sheet due today. but yeah, after the "losing-a-best-fren" incident, i reallie needed something to take my mind of things. dont think i can function if i didnt.

Called banu straight after i received the sms. and of course, cried my eyes out. i realised how much i like the canteen one lvl 2 toilet then. it's so peaceful. all u can hear is the whirring of some fans.

me, banu, isa, ady, dzool, izzad and muhaimin (or Jo as we choose to call him now), took bus 985 and went on our way to kallang. split up into 2 groups. 4 Vs 3. me, banu, ady, isa in one team and dzool, izzad, & jo in another. of course, izzad got the highest score and well, i sucked. couldnt really concentrate. neither could banu. everyone else was having so much fun but well, suffering amidst fun & noise usually go undetected.

"bowling is a bad idea"--banu.
i totally agree with banu. we got depressed towards the end. after the game, ady went off to meet mush. isa, dzool & jo played 'para-para' at the arcade. banu n me bought chocs & drinks and made our way to the stadium waterfront or whatever they call it. so me banu n izzad sat there and talked and then the others joined us later.

we laughed. and talked crap. made up stories and played them out. found a new name for muhaimin (now known as jo), and just slacked. and we went home after tt.

i understand what u mean banu. i know what u're going thru.

promises were made but weren't keep. i effing hate it. We laugh, we make jokes, we talked crap. and yet, we both know tt there's something missing. some space left open. such a shitty feeling.

i really like the stoopid stuffs we did at the waterfront yesterdae, though bowling was quite tiring.

intermission over.

back to work.


30/06/04


more & more people are dressing like me and wearing clothes like me. im not jealous, though im a lil bit flattered. but it makes me feel even more inferior.

argh shit. im just babbling. dont mind me, i think there's just something wrong... somewhere.



having no comp at home is tough. i dunno how im gonna survive the coming months. i dowan to pester my parents to get a comp coz i know they have no money.

it wont be enuff if we bought a laptop. shit.

so how now brown cow?



i feel somehow empty & angry. not sad, not really. just angry. thank you whoever u are for making my day sucky. for making me clutch my stomach and clench my fists so tt tears dont drop. sitting down on the toilet floor & crying is fast becoming a pastime.

but i gues it's really ok. no hard feelings. im born to be alone anyway.

Erin has sani, banu has keli, dil has baq, kat is prolly gonna get a guy soon and me... well, i have work and i have problems and i have myself to battle. then there's also Confusion and the little bratty bitch tt wants to get out. oh. and i also have to deal with justifying whatever i do and yet not being heard. So technically im not alone. i have crazy little fuckedup versions of myself in my head to entertain & accompany me. and yet the feeling is still the same.

Sheesh.

My point of view on love. im not gonna go there again. this is becoming a fucking cycle. it's going round again. and again. and again. and again. notice how irritating the word again is? i hate cycles. im beginning to hate circles now. because it keeps turning and turning and turning. there are a lot of better things to do than follow the shape of that circle.

Another cycle wud be lyn and u-know-who. i think they're together again. as usual. sometimes i wonder why i console her and advice her and tell her that he's not worth it. he treats her like crap. no gerl shud ever take it. not once. not again. and again. and again. im sorry lyn but i think u're stoopid.

im beginning to get annoyed at myself. fucklah.

im just going to immerse myself in work and hope i die.



Lost of a best friend.

"Nadiah... sorie for not being a good fren to u..i cunt be ur best fren...things will get complicated dat way..i want u to understand dat im in a relationship now... lots of responsibilities.. i cunt be msging u or call u all the time.. aku harap ko paham.. i hope we can juz be frens.. no hard feelings k.. take care!"

what the fuck.but. as long as u're happy. all the best then. good luck w/ ur life.

*erases name & closes the best-friends book*

i'll juz be on my way then.


29/06/04


"Nad kan tak gi ngan member sendiri. tapi nad, if you're not frens first, then how are you going to get to know more about each other?" -faz asking me.

See, the thing is, people who have/are in a love relationship, they have a certain attraction from the start. physically or not, there is just someting there tt attracts you to tt person. so when you become frens, you are already attracted to that person. you'd be lying if you said no.

i dont have tt attraction. never had. never with a fren. i cant grow to love someone faz, ive said it before. i dont believe in growing to love someone. it's like growing to love your new dentures, or growing to love a new pet, or growing to love Rochor Centre. i cant grow to love a person. Not me.

i am opening up to new options. to new people (although i may contradict myself w/ my actions towards anonymous guy). maybe i might even get myself a boyfriend. then again, i havent met anyone new yet.

and im not gonna go hunting or fishing or whatever your code name is for finding a boyfren someone new.



Dear _________ (insert own name here),

i dont know who im writing to. i just want to write to somebody. Just to let it all out. although im not sure let what out.

i somehow am unsure about everything that i want to do right now. should i even be in mcm? did i actually choose the right course? i really dont feel like i can do this, though i keep pushing myself. Read erin's blog. silly of me to contemplate quiting now when im already in year 3.

ive always known what i wanted to do. since i was young. when everyone was combing their barbie dolls and staging fights between batman and joker, i read books.i keep reading & reading & reading. because i felt stoopid. and because i want to be a writer. so i went thru primary school, kept my grades up and still had a life. i had gangsters as frens. i hung out with the cool kids, was hated by the gerls and then now i forgot all their names.

then i went to secondary school & still had quite gd grades. spent the first 2 years in hell and then came back and met my best frens and boos. studied my way thru, fell in love, passed o's and got my heart broken.

then MCM. i couldnt believe it. i was so happy & excited. yet ive never felt this inferior till i went into mcm and met the ppl here. evryone's so smart, i feel like a puny pudding. i dunno why i call myself a pudding. it just came to mind. ive never felt so stoopid. ive never felt so unsure. abt myself, abt life, abt what i want to do. since i was 5, the 1st time i read a small-print 200 word pg book, i know i want to be a writer. when i was 11, and i 1st read a mag, when i first saw a fashion show, i know i want to design clothes. i know what i want to do and by when i want to do it. i planned everything out already. it really irks me to see everything falling apart. i dont think i can do this.

i sewed pink beads on my taichi shoes. and then i pinned a flower on the left side. everyone keeps telling me it's nice and they keep telling me how much they love it. i dunno. i dunno why i just told u about the shoes. i dunno why im even writing this letter. maybe because im so rarely heard because nobody really listens.

i dunno what to do. i really dont. and i feel scared. and small. but i know i still wanna do dis. tt's y im still here. i dont give up easily.

when you say you're scared kat, i know what you mean. but really, you have no choice. you cant run away anymore. it's really time to grow up. so just embrace it, like you would embrace a newborn. maybe it's better. wait, it IS better. it's only natural to get scared of things you're unsure of. you're still young. you can do this. uncle pester can go fuck suck himself and pest someone else.

you're NOT nothing erin. whatever you said in your blog, i object to all that. if i could write out a testimonial for you, it would be longer than all these pages. you know you're not like that so dont put urself down like tt. you're one of the smartest ppl i know. one of the craziest too. things will work out for you in Lasalle, im sure of tt.

And dil, i miss you too. hehe.

i miss amindendeng. what happened to him, im not sure. he suddenly did a copperfield and disappeared from this Earth. i cant find him, i dont get any sms replies and all i can do is listen to his voicemail msg. some stoopid greeting. typical of amindengdeng. i wonder how he's been. we're supposed to be best frens and yet, he's lost somewhere between me & nothingness. he's about to be nothingness to me.i know i dont mean tt, im just angry.

they let me sing on saturday; isa, izad, kit, farhan, zul. they let me sing karma by cokelat. i know my voice sucked (told them that but they didnt care). i sang with isa. and although they cant hear me, i felt.. free. somehow i can shout to my heart's content and for once no one would scold me. heh. thanx guys, though i know u dont read blogs being the morons that u r.

the people in my life keeps me sane and i thank u although i know it's absolutely unnecessary. thanx aniwae. stay true to yourself, smile more, try to be happy (although tt is quite impossible).

NUT.



went out to dinner with the pantatz yesterdae. 12 of us made our way to Al ameen. everyone was laughing and happie and so cheerful. i love it when we're tt way.

i saw jealous glances from some ngee ann students. i saw the looks of some freshies sitting in the atrium. i saw how zealous they look, looking at us soooo together and fun. and of course, noisy.

yesterday i saw a group of frens who love each other. a group of frens who have been thru shit. A united group.

i love u guys.



Dare you to move.
switcfoot.

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now

What happens next
What happens next

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift
yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened

Today never happened before


Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Tension is here
Between who you are
and who you could be
Between how it is
and how it should be


Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?

Salvation is here



(nut is in the Internet Cafe. She's typing on keyboard while wearing headphones. loud music can be heard from her headphones. Her eyes are on the keyboard. Her handphone is in front of her and the mouse is on her left. Her legs are cross-legged. Sounds of her typing are getting louder. A guy approaches her.)

Anonymous guy: (enters from right) Hello.

(nut stops typing, looks up and gave him an irritated look.)

Nut: Yes? Nak ape?

Anonymous guy: (holds out handphone) erm.. erm.. my friend nak berkenalan dengan you. die nak your number. boleh?

Nut: (looks at him and looks at his fren behind him) buat ape?? ahh.. tak payah lah.

Anonymous guy: boleh tak?

Nut: (frowning) tak payah lah. tak payah tak payah. bye. bye.

(puts on her headphones once more, faced the screen and ignores the fucking bugger anonymous guy. anonymous now walks away.)

[Based on a true story.]



i am officially a tribune reporter. just so you know, Tribune is ngee ann's campus newspaper. and im one of their reporters. and already, i have work to do. which is a good thing because that will activate my already sleeping brain.

i want to be a Hype reporter though. because i would love to go into the mag industry one day and it'll be a gd experience for me. i nearly cried when my lecturer said i couldnt. so emo..

on the bright side, at least i get to write.



i was looking forward to the first day of school. i couldnt wait. but then, when i reached school, i realised that i didnt want to be there.

the throngs of first years didnt help. and the fact that one of them asked for my number thinking that i am a freshie too just messed up my morning. do i look like a freshie?? wait, dont answer tt qsn. do i dress like a freshie? a fucking NO.

freshies dress to grab attention. they want attention. they fucking need it. it's all about getting noticed. but hello!, with more than 2,000 students in the sch, u'd have to walk around naked to get noticed by everyone. and i, for one, hates getting attention. sheeshness.

thank God we werent like that.



On Overdrive.
nut.

treading on barbed wires
the siren wails; alarming
this dampened heart tires.
just end-this suffering,
we dont't seem to be winning.
too fast paced
too much to face.

running amidst turbulent waters
stopping evasiveness, then falters,
the unwanted rush, this frustration
lacks admiration.
Too fast, too soon, too packed
on overdrive, on things we lacked.

too much, too young.



"pantat kau lah, chibai."

i said this to my sister yesterday out of anger. we were talking about chicken pox. CHICKEN POX. that was how bad my PMS is.

i am such a mean person.

for the past four days i swore, i yelled, i cursed and i criticized almost everyone who came my way. im angry most of the time and yet i can just switch to being happy the next minute.

everything is so confusing. all these emotions are sooooo dominating. im almost losing myself. and i cry easily too.

the song by switchfoot is repeated over and over again. that song makes me feel possible. dont ask me what that means.

anyway, im sorry people if i have been very bitchy to you. and to flour, so sorie. sorie to dzool too. made you bring the wires for nothing.

you know, that's the worst part; not being able to say sorry face to face. Once those words escape from my mouth, i cant seem to open my mouth again to say sorry. i just cant. and i feel really bad. really.

i really hate this menstrual cycle.


25/06/04


im going to miss Rochor Centre.

so weird of me to say this but it's true. i hated it sooooo much but know im so fond of it. i get so attached to these things easily.

Dammit.

i remember when i went to NACLI, a camp for sec 3 councillors. there were only 25 ppl and we grew sooo close tt on the last day, i cried, knowing full well tt once we reached sch, we're all going to go into our own little cliques and forget about the frenship we shared. and i was right.

i hate it when i get all emotional like this.

my colleagues were talking about how today is the second last day of the attachment and my eyes start to fill up with tears. i quickly left the room.

stoopid right?

On the 1st day i cant wait for the last day and now, i am quite sad to leave.

if you only knew the simple nature of rochor centre (minus all the chi-ko-peks & pakciks-tak-sedar-diri) then you would know the essence of gotong-royong. the kampung spirit, they call it. everyone's so friendly and kind and they all know each other. neighbours constantly buy food for each other and residents can just meet up downstairs and talk. when someone dies, everyone comes down to pay their last respects, regardless of race.

it left a soft spot in my heart.

i'll miss the toilet ah-pek, who never fails to make me smile with his near-toothless grin and his protectiveness;he stood behind me and made sure the bangladeshis in the gerls toilet (they were repairing the hand dryer) didnt turn to look at me. and he never fails to tell me how sweet i am. heh.

i'll miss the almost botak, frail and small nyonya who pees in her seat but never fails to smile back at me each time i smile at her. stinky she may be, but she was the 1st person to smile at me early in the mornz on my 1st day.

i'll miss the kedai-kopi auntie. she calls me gerl (but i think she calls all gerls, gerls. DOH). she makes the nicest kaya-toast.

i'll miss my colleagues. the silly jokes they make and the laughs we had never fails to keep me moving for the rest of the day.

i'll miss my seat, my comp, my messy messy desk and i'll miss my best friend, the panasonic personal shredder. i wish i can take her home.


i'll miss the daily mrt rides.

dammit. i am sooo gonna cry.


24/06/04


meeting erin today. and banu reached singapore yesterday nite. They both reached Singapore safely. thank God.

my workplace is gonna be turned into a fightclub later this afternoon. she is turning a puny molehill into a record-breaking mountain. and i think there's gonna be a screaming session later too.

me and my colleague, lance, went to meet an agent at macpherson citimac (the middle of nowhere!!) because an agent wants to view a warehouse that she (my boss) owns and wants to rent out. this is my first time viewing the place and my first time as a representative of something important.

the place was worst than rundown. there was a huge green puddle on the floor, loose circuits, wires dangling everywhere and ugly ugly walls. even i got turned off. the view was great though and the space was kinda nice. it had big windows so it looks very sunny.

of course the agent and her two clients were appalled. and then she kinda scolded me because she claimed i gave her the wrong info (but i did no such thing). 5 minutes into the 'viewing' she and her clients left. no thank you, no, we'll get back to you. they just left. her greeting was uncourteous too. i think she looked down on us. the fact that we looked like teenagers contributed to it too i guess. but who cares.

so now my boss is angry and wants to meet the agent and her boss (who's coming at 4).

i dont feel anything. im not that angry. im too stoned. heh. but well, boss orders.

i'll just wait and see how the drama unfolds.

it's like a new episode of Heartlanders altogether. Painful & bland.





met up with isa, his bandmates, kit & farhan yesterday at Starbucks Bugis. sat there till 10pm and we did nothing but talked, slacked and laughed our heads off.

didnt think that i could actually talk or have fun with his frens,but i actually could. Contrary to popular belief, i usually get shy when meeting ppl for the first time.

anyhows, was feeling quite outta sorts yesterday. Too much anger and Thomas Kemper Root Beer is just not a good combination.

went home with Kit since he lives in boon lay. finally someone who has the same interest as me; morbid-weird art. his drawings are nice and somehow demented. haha.

they asked me along for their jamming session this sat. at bugis. Thought of bringing my old-skool camera so i can take pics of so-called musicians.

they looked weird together. one looks like a beach bum with huge hair and lotsa moles on his face (palatman himself, isa), another looks like a mat slacker with his simple red tee, side parting hair and silent nature (farhan) and the other is somewhat a warped up carbon copy of Mr Mole but he wears black plastic specs and he has no moles (kit). haha.

but i must admit, kit is one cool-good-eng-speaking chinese guy. havent met a lot in my lifetime.


23/06/04


im a proffesional shredder. with butt cramps, scraps & papers (dated to before you were born) and a dreadful noise to accompany me, my new best friend (panasonic personal shredder) and i had a great conversation that lasted an hour. yes, i did nothing but shred paper for 1 whole effing hour.

one day when im near death, i'll look back to what i did with my life when i was still a teen, and i will think back to today, the 23rd of fucking june, the most prestigious day of my life; the day i shredded paper on attachment taking mass communication in ngee ann.

while liy is off chasing stories for TODAY; mash doing PR for theatreworks; Mary ann off somewhere with her LOTR thingy; faz & z wrote some articles during their attachment; other masscommers work at mediacorp radio/tv or something mass comm'ish', I sat in an electronic components company in Rochor Centre (faaaaaaarrrr from intellectual civilisation), shredding paper.

this is by far, the most eventful day of my masscomm engineering?? career.

WOW. [insert glorious "hallelujah" music here].

i am truly honoured.

hA.HA... hah.

i think i'll die of extensive eye-rolling.




erin's back from Sweden and im going to meet her tomoro. i cant wait for that to happen.

im feeling VERY sarcastic. so much so tt i have to keep my mouth shut in the office for fear of snapping back at my bad-english speaking boss (who calls me ladiak, by the way). i have an itch to just straighten her tongue so she'll pronounce my name correctly.

My colleagues are planning to go Karae-OK (whatever) this sat. minus the boss of course. Can you imagine her singing?

"Lo i crant foget thlis feering or yourgh frace as you were reaving. i guess dlat's jush d way Dhe stoly go.. i clant iveeeeeee if rivig mean wifffoout yuuuuuuuuu. i clant riiiiiiiiive. I clant rive allymoreeeee... "- without u, mariah carey.

the absolute horror.tsk.


22/06/04


oh yah.

in case u didnt know. my brader booked a stall at clarke quay flea market this sunday selling random stuff. and im probablie gonna make some shoes and bags. so come down if u're free (come down with money that is). it's from 9-5pm and it's gonna be HOT HOT HOT. erm.. the weather that is.



we didnt go ice skating on saturday. i hate when planned things go off course. it's makes me effing disoriented.

sorry dil. i wanted to tell you that i know exactlie how u feel becos u guys did tt to me b4 on 'my day'. it fucking sucks.
but i didnt. i guess i dont want to worsen the situation.

aniwae. i wanted to buy u the linkin park tix. haha. v ambitious. but then i only have money for one tix. heh.

i wanna marry chris martin from coldplay. no, this is not a high-school-teenage-drama-queen crush. i just love the way he plays his keyboards. i mean, THE keyboards. if coldplay have a concert here, buy me the tix ok?

then he can spot me in the crowd, fall in love w/ me & we can head straight to ROM. gwyneth and their child can just move back to wherever they came from for all i care.

told you im very ambitious. cita cita tinggi.



4 days. count it. 1,2,3,4.

4 days! till i leave this stoopid horrendous place.

eurgh.

4 days is just soooooooo far away.



met lyn after work yesterday at town. she wanted someone to accompany her to buy syawal's bday prezzies. i guess it was an eventful day for her. just 20 minutes after i met her she had one call after another from him. and as usual she cried.

i brought her to the toilet at far east lvl one after tt. ppl, kaypoh ppl, came streaming in, peering at her, looking at her crying while she's talking on the phone. i just stood in front of her and let her cry on me.

i think tt's the least i can do. Cant say anything at all becos i noe watever tt's gonna come out of my mouth are not nice words,seeing how i always seem to have a personal agenda against relationships and men (esp. men from hell). they're more like angstsy words. angry words. like 'most men are scum'. at least the one tt lyn's with is.

see, an example of the angry words tt i would have said that lyn wouldnt help her situation.

im sorie lyn. couldnt really say anything reassuring.

im not the kind of person to lie to u juz so i can calm u down. plus this is not the first time this happened so i really dunno what to do.

just when i miss having a boyfren, this happens rite in front of me. oh well. i hope ure okay lyn.

i'd better stop talking b4 i smother the-man-who's-w/-lyn with 50 yrs worth of swear words. i'd better stop talking b4 tt scumbag finds out abt this. i'd better stop talking b4 that inconsiderate-idiotic-vertically challenged-heartbreaker-so-full-of-himself-he-can-crap-in-his-mouth-for-all-i-care reads this.

OOps. i think ive said too much.

but if you're really reading this, i dont really mean it, lah. coz u noe, im a heartless sadist bitch who loves seeing her friend sad and depressed by the same person over & over again. NOT.

so fuck you asshole.

[Note:i blame this entry entirely on PMS (and the fact that my mouth always rants off when im angry.haha)]

hah.


19/06/04


on a brighter note, im going ice skating with my boos today.



i cannot work near a starbucks outlet. my future workplace must be at least 5 km from a starbukcs outlet. i am sooooo addicted to them like flies to cowdung, like peadophiles to kids, like men to football. flies need cowdung to survive and peadophiles are sickos, men are stoopid and me.. well u get my point. tsk.

each time i dont drink starbucks i get edgy, and moody and lifeles. it's burning a hole in my pocket. and you know the card thingies they give; every coffe drink u get a stamp? i finished three already and my fourth card needs only 5 more stamps.

im becoming a starbucks-caffeine-infested-caramel-frappucino-w/-caramel-&-choc-drizzle druggie.

do they have a rehabilitation centre for that?





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had a sorta amazing-race evening yesterday.

i got buihed (stood up) by the cinammon roll guy. of all people. sheesh.

was typing RFQs (dont ask)at work yesterday when i suddenly felt like buying someting for banu. i decided to buy for her cinammon rolls, coz i know she'll definitely like tt. then she msged me telling me that she's going to her kampung the next day (which means today). so okay, everything was set. get out of work, buy cinammon roll, then meet banu at her workplace. by the time i got there the shop was already boarded up. so i had nothing to give banu!

i panicked. actually i was more stunned. then i panicked. i made a mad dash for the shops, to search for something else. found a nice black skirt with red stripes and a sorta leather buckles at the side. so i bought it and i gave her.

met keli and ira at bukit batok and we went to meet banu. gave her the skirt, hugged her and wished her trip well. heh.

it's been a while since i met the rest of the pantatz. wonder how u guys are doing.



New Born
muse.

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born

When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Hopeless time to roam
The distance to your home
Fades away to nowhere
How much are you worth
You can't come down to earth

You're swelling up,
you're unstoppable

cause you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere


Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting our last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
cause I'm drifting away
Away from you




issit possible to be contented but not happy? or do those two things have to go hand in hand?

i cant help but wonder everyday when i see all these people on the train. Gucci bags, LV shoes, Christian Dior wallets, Guess? watches. all originals, mind you. Living a really high luxurious life will make you happy. at least that's what their body language seem to be telling me.

But if that doesnt make you happy, why is everyone striving to be rich? for survival?

Was sitting down at the bustop just now, thinking how my shabby 1.99 slippers dont match my bag and shirt and a tawt flashed across my mind: what will ppl think?

wow. must say that i dont usually get tt stoopid tawt. but really.

when i see someone looking at me and observing me, my brain wanders off. but it will all emerge into just one qsn: what the hell are they thinking abt me?

Just yesterday, i was standing in the train and this gerl was sitting down, reading streats. i was wearing a pink cardigan, cargo jeans, red shoes, lots of bracelets, 2 big rings, and a medium sized black bag wif big pink n white dots (you may wonder why im telling you this, but it's crucial to this story). Now, tt doesnt seem weird does it? well whatever, i dont think it's weird.

She lowered her paper and looked at me. no wait, she analysed me, like a scientist would analyze a rare species of plant or something scientific.like really analysed. she stared at my shoes, then my pants. then my bracelets and by the time we reached queenstown, she was looking at my bag. then whenever i looked at her, she continued reading. By the time we reached City HAll, she was looking at my face. like what the hell.PSYCHO.

i am getting pissed off by these stares and apprehension when i walk into a room or the mrt. it's bloody annoying.



pics from Sentosa (the ones tt i love anyway). These were taken with a very very old school camera.


Before.


After.



kat hugging me and rubbing all over me so i'll get wet. took one with dil too but it was v blur. i kinda like this pic. it looks so kampungish.


kat & me.

dil & me.

my beloved boos:kat & dil.

managed to take pics while waiting for the monorail. we waited for 1 1/2 hours. Obviously this was when we were still cheerful.



Stanzas
ellis bell.

i'll not weep that thou art going to leave me
There's nothing lovely here;
And doubly will the dark would grieve me,
While thy heart suffers there.

i'll not weep, because the summer's glory
Must always end in gloom;
And, follow out the happiest story-
It closes with a tomb!


And i am weary of the anguish
Increasing winter's bear;
Weary to watch the spirit languish
Through years of dead despair.

So, if a tear, when thou art dying,
Should haply fall from me,
It is but that my soul is sighing,
To go and rest with thee.

-taken from The Works of The Bronte Sisters.


17/06/04


i bought an mp3 player. it's red (like my old-time desired handphone Samsung Egeo) and it's light. and it can store 30 songs.

ive never really bought anything this expensive with my own money.

im contented. anyone kind enough to send me songs?

note to dzooltakkool & ipod guy (dzool's fren who looks like an insect): I still want your mp3 & ipod (respectively)if you two pass away.. sad is sad but mp3/ipod is nicer. please ammend ur will. my full name is nadiah. Thanx.



when im pregnant, remind me not to take the train. im serious.

this is the umphteenth time i witnessed this: a pregnant woman, say 8 mths, with varicose veins jutting out and a Huge stomach, looking as if her water's gonna break any moment, walks into a crowded mrt at 8 in the morning from Jurong. of course, everybody sees her n her big stomach(u gotta to be blind not to) but they dont give up their seat for her. it's cruel.

I most certainly do not want to give birth to my child on a train with all those ignorant ppl, smartly dressed or not. they're probably gonna stand there and gawk at me while i lie down, legs wide open, blood all around. and then when my child comes out,crying, they'll probably going to complain.

A woman wrote in to Straits Times the other day. She was ushered away from esplanade because she was nursing her newborn. cant a woman feed her baby in peace? Sheeshness.

to think tt esplanade is a place for open minded and liberal ppl. the reason for asking her to leave: it was inappropriate and it will make the ppl around her uncomfortable. this being said despite the fact tt no one noticed her and she covered herself up even more than me, meaning she took pains to bundle both her baby and her boobs (full of milk).

Ironic how campaigns urging singaporeans and women to be more reproductive are implemented when things like these are happening all around.

i wouldnt be surprised if anyone gave birth in the mrt/mrt station. she was probably rushing to get out of the mrt but other singaporeans are rushing to get into the mrt (making the yellow line and courtesy campaigns totally redundant).

when im pregnant, please remind me not to take the mrt.i think i'll starve myself and take a taxi.

eurgh. taxis are another sickening topic.

let's just not go there.



Kid Stuff

Children are now so important to this country, they're getting the red carpet treatment. Last week, it was announced tt roads leading to schools are being paved red, so drivers will know to keep and eagle eye out for crossing cows, snails, kangaroos, turtles, kids and other endangered species.

Clearly, children- in the words of DHL Megacorp "you don't have to" TV Commercial- dont have to learn the proper procedure for crossing roads. No more "look right, left and right again". Just cross. It's the drivers who have to learn to stop the kids.

This is not an isolated incident. It is but the latest innovation in the nationwide urge to protect kids from everything. Just the other week, we were told it is illegal to discipline kids by using "harsh, humiliating, belittling or degrading responses of any kind, the deprivation of meals, isolation and the restriction of movement."

The proper way to disciplin a child is with dignity and firmness, clearly explaining why his/her action is wrong. This is the way to do it:

Teacher: Can you please keep quiet?
Student: [ignores teacher]
Teacher: You! Yes, you with the big mouth! Stop talking!
Student: You can't like that to me. I can report you.
Teacher: I'm sorry. I won't do it again. Can you please keep quiet? Pretty please?
Student: Why?
Teacher: Because i asked you nicely.
Student: That's not good enough a reason.
Teacher: Because then i can teach you important things. Student: They're not important to me. Try again.
Teacher: Because Confucius said you must obey your teachers.
Student: Con who? That's it- you've used up your three lives, dude.
Teacher: Yes, I understand. I'll try harder next time. I apologize for interrupting you.


What next? Guaranteed degress, secure jobs and eternal youth?

[--- Got this from the editorial section of IS magazine. i love it. it's so cynical. in my haste to tear off this section, i forgot the editor's name. the mag's really good. go grab a copy.]



Giraffes or Zebras?:Zebras! i like their prints.
Do you like DDR? (Dance Dance Revolution):NOPE.
you better
Have you ever gotten kicked out of the movies?:hahha. once a looong time back.
If so, why? If not, why not?:someone's toupee dropped and we couldnt resist teasing tt stranger. we laughed so hard soone complained and management ushered us out. pretty much our fault.
What kinds of music do you listen to? (Name some bands/artists):punk, ska, emo, indie rock, r & b, indo bands, jazz, blues. coldplay, the vines,muse, michael buble, oasis, nina sky blah blah.
Have you ever went up to a random person and done something stupid?:hahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahaha! yes. all the freaking time. but mostly the come up to me. ALL the freaking time.
What's the name of your crush/boyfriend/girlfriend??:hah. no comment.
Do you think labels are stupid?:what labels are u talking abt? labels we give to ppl or labels as in brands? i think i label ppl unconsciously. it's society i tell u!
I do
What's your favorite fast food place?:haha. Macdonaldsku..
What's your favorite store to get clothes at?:Thrift stores and seconhand stores.
Have you ever had braces?:nope.
What's one thing you've done that you regret doing:hmmm......

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16/06/04


Ride
the vines.

That's the start,
the middle,
and the end

Aren't you glad
the universe pretends
If I don't get
this message home
Once again
I'm gonna head along

Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me home
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me
unless you


Thought a lot
ignored the right to be
Lie me down
because we like to see
The colours through
your loaded mind

Fuck the world
and liberate our time

Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me home
Ride with me
Ride with me
Ride with me home


I'm not waiting alone
I'm not waiting alone





i feel much better.



am i a bad person?

nasib baik kau takde tagboard sendiri, says faz.

that made me think. if i had a tagboard, i guess the number of criticisms and swearings im gonna get will double wont it?

Why is it, watever i do, whatever i write and whatever im doing, someone who dont effing know me, will say something abt it? the clothes i wear, the way i talk. and the fact tt im wearing a tudung. my dark skin, my uncanny ways, my loud voice.

and the list goes on.

but i dont care. i shouldnt.

so, being the thick-skinned freak tt i m, i'll answer the 1st question myself.

i. am. not. a. bad. person. there is nothing u can do tt's goin to make me change my mind.

take that you-badmouthed-judgemental-motherfucking-nad-haters.



im eating halal chang or dumpling or whatever it's called while reading faz's tagboard. i keep reading it over n over again, replaying the swearings again and again. it strikes me as funny. i dunno y.

anonymous: faz..i noe nad well.. Nadiah Bte Yusoff

anonymous: Nadiah Bte Yusoff is the fucking annoying.. fucking bitch as well..


[taken from faz's tagboard]

Why in the name of all things good, is it always me?

it seems tt a lot of anonymous ppl know me for all the wrong reasons. it seems tt they know me well. i cant believe they wasted time on me. im flattered though it's scary. and fucking ballistic.

I mean, i admit. i m fucking annoying but me, a fucking bitch? haha. if you call me a bitch, you havent meet my gerlfrens yet (no offense but u gals can really pack a mean punch).
if you call me a bitch then im afraid anonymous, you are living in a sad imaginary world: alone. i think im far from the definition of a bitch. Dil once said tt im too nice. haha.

but come on lah. all gerls are born with bitchiness. no matter how nice u are. it's just a matter of showing it. We sit around and bitch all the time. what u guys call "gossiping".

The world is full of crazy ppl and anonymous just proved it.




15/06/04


Dirty Rain.
nut.

raindrops do wonders
to dirty faces
grey clouds ponders
over dead spaces
Silence.
the sound of patience
wiping off all dirt
kissing up to the absurd
look up and drink in
the drops, the din
Madness.
the blinding light
gives, gave fright
dancers dancing
those children singing
cleasing; smell it
let it drip
rain erases smears
pains the masks
raindrops do wonders to
dirty faces

though nothing done to
these dead spaces
Silence.



Everytime I feel alone
I can blame it on you
And I do
- oh
You got me like a loaded gun
Golden sun, and a sky so blue

Sometimes I watch the world get by
I wonder what it's like
To wake up every single day
Smile on your face
You never try

So I'm counting the tears
Till I get over you


--Till I Get Over You, michelle branch




the 4 guys living in the display window of Raffles City Esprit r no more. they stepped out into the hot hot real world on Sunday. i went there on saturday and surprisingly, i was the only one standing there looking at them. could be me or could be the fact tt it was 1pm and sun was scorching hot. either way, one of the bald guys (all 4 are bald actually) had a sort of silent conversation with me. He put on quite a show, for me, a single soul standing in the sun. after a while, the 4 of them joined in.

i had a lot of fun not talking and just signalling (had no pen or paper to write) making a fool of myselves, the schizo tt i m. suddenly i felt as if i was the one performing and theyre the audience. we laughed, holding our sides kind of laughter. haha.

they all look so much alike tt i cant actually tell who's who. heh. and their eyes are so big, they almost look like fishes living in a warped colourful and cluttered fishtank.

i was planning to visit them again on monday; i even prepared pen and paper. then it came out in the news tt they left the fishtank.

well guess i wont be seeing them then. they're like the four bald guys tt i really like.

and i dont usually like guys with no hair.



for those of you who dont know, check out faz's blog.
it's so.. catty. i like the cat in the fishbowl thing. so funny.

if i keep informing u ppl about all these events and new stuff,
then i think i should charge ad rates soon. heh.


14/06/04


my mom has been persuading me to tell my frens to dress and
act properly. stoopid rite? no, of course my mom is not stoopid. but WHat she advised me to do is kinda dumb.

why should i tell my frens what to do and not to do? im not their parents and theyre freaking 19. they should know what's right and what's wrong. religiously or not.

she kept pestering me on why my frens dont respect the fact tt im
wearing a tudung becos my frens keep wearing sleeveless, skirts and shorts.

i argued with her over dinner at Mak's Place, a restaurant at Chai Chee. Comm'on lah. Nothing is worst than not being Yourself. im not gonna force anyone to not be themselves by telling them what to wear and how to act when with me. it sounds a bit silly don'cha think?

me wearing a tudung does not mean tt everyone has to be like me or vice versa. i dont want tt to happen. i like the way things are. i can be myself and my frens can, well, be themselves.

why cant they just accept us as we are?

surprises me sometimes how we can accept them as they are.
at least i can.



And love is only a feeling, drifting away.

So The Darkness says. After they told the whole world while wearing tight spandex and having long strangly f-ugly hair that they believe in a thing called love. someone told me that wearing tights around your groin will decrease your sperm count or something like tt. a qsn ive been dying to ask the darkness: Dont your balls hurt in those things?

Anyhows, if you havent heard the song "look what you've done" by Jet, then i suggest you should. that is one gorgeous song. oooh. and of course, my current fav, 'dare you to move' by switchfoot.

why the hell am i writing about songs right? i cant sing to save the world (although i dont need to save the world for the world is en route to damnation soon)and i cant write a single tune (this i totally agree). the only reason im writing abt songs is becos i, Nadiah, the rejected masscom 'attachee' who's working in an electronic components company doing nothing but typing letters and 'Request for Quotations' (RFQs),has nothing but the freaking radio to accompany me and since most of the time i have freaking nothing to do, i write critiques and reviews of these songs, singers, Djs and radio stations in hopes of not letting my masscomm skills (what skills?!) and studies go to waste.

even now, i am typing as silently as i ever can (which means it's probably loud)and im typing this secretly like a spy on an espionage mission (think:Jennifer Garner in Alias). or at least tt's what i like to imagine.

It's 1333 hrs and Mario is on Power 98. Topic of the day: Why women like to date jerks.

women dont know theyre jerks in the beginning. We dont like to date jerks. who in the right mind would? sheesh.

tell me, would you guys like to date gerls who do nothing but break ur hearts and sleep around (otherwise known as bithces)?

madness.


05/06/04


Inside Out
Yellowcard.

Here. A little sympathy for you to waste on me
I know you're faking it but that's okay
And I don't want to drag it out
Don't want to bring you down
I never wanted it to end this way


Even if I wanted to
I don't think that I'd get to you
There's nothing I can say to you to make you feel alive again

Here. A little jealousy
I hope you think of me
Hope you wonder where I sleep at night
Cause I feel like I'm inside out
You got me upside down
Maybe I was holding on too tight

Even if I wanted to
I don't think that I'd get to you
There's nothing I can say to you to make you feel alive again

So don't just say goodbye to me
Just turn your back away and leave
And if you're lucky I will be your last regret, your only friend

The two of us we dream like one
The two of us, the two of us
The two of use take breath like one
The two of us, the two of us

I guess that this is over now
I guess it's called the falling out
But everyday I'm learning how to make it through this life I'm in

Even if I wanted to
I don't think that I'd get to you
There's nothing I can say to you to make you feel alive again

So don't just say goodbye to me
Just turn your back away and leave
And if you're lucky I will be your last regret,
your only friend



do you cry to your music?:nope.
have promise rings?:nope.
Like the think rimmed black glasses?:yesh.. haha.
black hair?:i hve black hair.
dressy shirts?:yes.
favorite song?:right now it's dare you to move by switchfoot.
write sad poems?:yes. i have too many bks of tt.
Have had your heart broken?:yup.
are you over it yet?:erm.... about to. it's a long ride.
do think everyone is out to make your like depressing?:haha. no. im not THAT paranoid.
straight edge?:haha. i gues.
tough or weak?:tough.
one or the other...
dashboard confessional or thursday?:i cannot decide. both, i dont care.
single or taken?:single.
black or white?:black.
pink or purple?:pink.
fight with your boyfriend or fight with your best friend?:boyfren. hate fighting anyhows.
fight with your mom or fight with your dad?:whats the diff? dey're both gonna side together.
acceptace or rejected?:i dont see the need for acceptance.
peace or violence?:peace of coz.
knife or gun?:hmm.. knife. i dont like the smell of gunpowder.
short hair long hair?:short.
opposite sex...
have a boyfriend/girlfriend?:nope.
would you do anything for them?:who's them?
do you love them?:why is it them??
were you friends first?:no not really.
what do you love most about them?:hm...... weirdness.
movies and music...
see the butterfly effect?:nope. dont think it sounds gd.
did you like it?:i dont know!
did Courtney Love kill Kurt?:nope. drugs did. haha.
what was he to you?:just another guy.
ever like the grunge?:yesh.
still do?:ok ok.
like The GOONIES?:hahaha! thanx to shark, i noe this one. i like them. they're funny.
who is worse, britney or christina?:eurgh. britney.
have a idol?:hmm.... no not really.
who is it?:i try to look up to no one.
life sucks, right?....
hate the radio?:nope.
wear alot of bracelets?:yesh! haha.
parents hate your music?:no. my dad kinda likes it. they dont mind.
think your pointless sometimes?:most of the time.
ever think about commiting suicide?:erm..
who or what holds you back if so?:my brain, principles and God.
feel pressured?:by myself, yes.
school sucks?:no. haha.
wish all the people there would die?:maybe some.
ender..
think life will get better?:maybe. who knows.
is music always there?:yes.
have friends?:of coz. i love them all.
have a family?:yes. a great one.
believe in god..or a higher being?:yup.
believe in the devil?:yup.
would you give up anything to stay who you are?:i wouldnt give myself up tt's for sure.
don't change...life does suck but if you stay who you are,you will be fine:ok.. you weird question-advice thingy..

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3 weeks more till the reopening of school. i cant wait. im a year 3 now. does tt mean i have to start growing up and stop giggling?

argh. to hell with age. i guess the kid in me will always make herself known.

i passed all my subjects though i didnt get any As. damn you Isa. that 'slacker-looking-moley-faced-everyday-is-a-bad-hair-day' freak got 3 As. and then he will tell the whole world tt he's stoopid and bound to fail. modesty is forgiven but lying?

sheesh.

but well. we're in year 3! wooohooo!



all of you came to my house, wearing nice clothes and bringing presents. i think i was having an open house. everyone was having a great time. some of you are sitting down talking, my uncles and aunts are karaokeing (like they always do) and everyone was commenting tt the food and decor was great.

i was wearing a pale green thigh length kimono top with pink ribbons and dark jeans and holding an orange cup, welcoming u ppl in. the door was open and we (although i cant tell who's the 'we)were sitting at the steps. then one of you said, 'there's a gerl on the roof' and then you pointed at the next block.

sure enough, a gerl wearing a scarf over her head was walking on the sides of the roof holding a big golden bowl filled with oil. and she looked at me and smiled, still walking at the sides.

by then, everyone was looking out. she then faced directly opposite my apartment and jumped. i didnt see her face but i saw the bowl dropping down and the oil spilling out. she flung herself at my window. and somehow she landed right on my steps.

she was face down but she wasnt dead. she raised her head and looked at me. and then she took her last breath, her eyes still one me. big popping out eyes. staring at me.

and then i woke up.



i got my first pay that same tuesday. and i actually didnt spent any of it. except on food. treat my mom,sis and kak shera to starbucks. and later at night spent $50 on food at magic wok novena square on 10 ppl.

spending feels good. im surprised tt i held on to so much money for so long (being the spendthrift i am). i can now finally get a new specs frame, a sling bag, new slippers, the lacoste shoes ive been aiming and new jeans.

pigging out is great but retail therapy is much more better.



I never see hospitals as a place of Death till i hung up the phone with banu on that Tuesday and saw a reverend clutching a bible walking past me. Some swollen eyed men accompanied him out, saying their thanx to him. someone just died. selfish as this may sound, im glad that it wasnt my uncle.

A distant relative of my mom is also in the same hospital. he's been there for about a month now and well, he cant breathe on his own. and when he takes in a breath, it sounds as if he's gurgling. he has about 3 machines attached to him, his hands are swollen. he cannot talk because he's in too much pain.

if i ever am in that situation (God forbid), please just kill the machine and let me die. i mean it. i dont want to be in so much pain and live.

which brings me back to death. ive always seen hospitals as a place for ppl to get better. Not die. but tantockseng.. so many ppl i know died there.

ive always liked the hospital smell. it smells so clean. but now, all i smell is death. all i see when i turn a corner is death lurking in the distance. im getting so paranoid of 'Mr.-death-holding-a-sickle-wearing-a-gigantic-hood-gonna-jump-at-me-from-nowhere' shit.

sitting alone at the bench and thinking about the close call with my uncle and looking around at the other visitors, knowing tt their pain could be much more than what im experiencing is helpful. somewhere three floors up/down, someone else is sharing my pain, maybe more.

but guess what? there's a starbucks at Tantockseng hospital. so when everything really feels gloomy, i know tt i can get my dose of caramel frapp with choc and caramel drizzle.

at least i'll die sweet. heh.



he died for about 8 seconds. if he didnt get to the hospital in time then he would have died. What will you do if that happens to you? Or your father?

this was one helluva hectic week.

early tuesday morning, my mom told me my uncle had heart problems and is warded at tan tock seng hospital. so i went to the hospital straight after work. i thought that it wasnt serious but hell, he was in the CCU (coronary care unit). when i arrived, almost everyone was in the waiting room. CCU is more major than ICU so only 2 ppl can be in the room. and we have to wear a mask.

i stepped in for less than 30 secs. i just took one glance at him and im already out the door. He had 3 machines beside him, and an oxygen mask on and. i saw the thin green line going up and down. Just a few hours ago, the line went dead. with tt in mind, i couldnt bear to look at him. i dont want him to die in front of me.

when i left the ward and went into the waiting room, everyone looked at me. so i gave an excuse of wanting to find something to eat and went down. i wanted to give ny kak shera a hug but she wasnt there. i called banu.

I teared a little. He is the eldest uncle and is always the one teasing us. To see him so.. sick was poison to my heart. i cant imagine what kak shera was going thru.

She came a bit later and by then, we all were sitting around the waiting room. lying down and chewing some snacks. i dont think we really tasted the food. my little cousins played 'air pasang pagi' while we just looked on. i wanted to tell kak rah 'it will be ok, ur dad will get better' 'i'm right here beside you if you need me, we all are' but i couldnt. the words got stuck between my throat and tongue.

it was when the both of us were sitting far away from the rest that she spoke. "i cant go in. i cant see him like that". her eyes got misty. why is it in tt kind of situations, you're so scared to say something wrong you cant just reach out to the one u love and just hug her/him?

i did hug her though. when we were leaving. and she cried.

BUT. all is well now. Thank GOD. my uncle is stable and is doing quite well. they moved him to another ward. and us, being v close, visit everyday.

It's really nice to see kak shera smiling and laughing again. actually, it's really nice to see all of us smiling and laughing again.

im blessed with such a great family.



i havent blog for two weeks. i feel so tech-constipated. and now i feel like im sitting at the toilet bowl, letting all my shit out. really.

last week was normal. met erin and banu last sunday. Erin is flying off to Sweden on Monday for a holiday. lucky bitch. gonna miss her though. the day with her and banu was well spent, considering tt we dont meet as often as we like.

Met faz n zareen recently too. And on tt same day, a gerl cried in front of me in the crowded MRT. what's wrong with me and all these ppl who seem to cry in front of me? sheesh. im freaking out.

Watched Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. yet another Lizzie McGuire Type movie. reminds me of the usual teenage fiasco Walt disney movies. they never seem to stay clear of that area.

i still wanna watch the movie elephant. and of course Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Then there's the mousey Harry Potter and The prisoner of Azkaban (who's supposed to be handsome as described in the book but looks like a scrappy peasant with an ugly face in the movie). No one wants to watch the first two movies mentioned with me. damn.

another solo outing to the movies.



the bird is still alive, well fed and free. yes, it's gone. Baby, as i call it, finally learnt how to fly and is probably around somewhere pecking at bread crumbs left by kind people for birds like her. i just assume tt bird is a female- she's fussy, noisy yet adorable and cuddly.

i miss looking forward to seeing her everyday. yes, my life is so pathetic, my new friend is an effing bird.


22/05/04


(insert sappy music here)

Stay tuned same time , same place next week on Mundane Lives of The Poor and Aimless starring meaningless actress, Nadiah.

take care and good bye.





Penny and Me
hanson.

Cigars in the summertime
under the sky by the light
I can feel you read my mind
I can see it in your eyes
under the moon as it plays

like music every line
There's a rug with bleeding dye
under the fan in the room
Where the passions
burning high by the chair
with the leopard skin
under the light
It's always Penny and me
tonight


On the plane step up
with both my feet
Riding in seat number 3
on a flight to NYC
Got my bean in a coffee cup
next to my seat
Catch the view and another
good book to read

Sending me home on the friendly skies
Missing her eyes
It's always Penny and me tonight

Cause Penny and me
like to roll the windows down
Turn the radio up,
push the pedal to the ground
And Penny and me like
to gaze at starry skies
Close our eyes, pretend to fly
It's always Penny and me tonight


Staring at a million city lights
But it's still Penny and I
all alone beneath the sky
Feel the wind brushing slowly by
If I could soar I'd try to
take these wings and fly
Away to where the leaves turn red
But no matter where I am instead
Singing along to feeling alright

We'll make it by in the pink moonlight
It's always Penny and me tonight

Cause Penny and me
like to roll the windows down
Turn the radio up,
push the pedal to the ground
And Penny and me
like to gaze at starry skies
Close our eyes,
pretend to fly
close our eyes
pretend to fly
It's always Penny and me tonight


Penny likes to get away
and drown her pain in lemonade
Penny dreams of rainy days
and nights up late by the fireplace

And aimless conversations
about the better days


Singing along to feeling alright,
yeah, We'll make it by
in the pink moonlight

It's always Penny and me tonight

Cause Penny and me
like to roll the windows down
Turn the radio up,
push the pedal to the ground
And Penny and me
like to gaze at starry skies
Close our eyes pretend to fly
close our eyes pretend to fly
It's always Penny and me tonight





he peered at me while i was reading the book. see, ive become routined to the morning rides that it does not bother me: the stares, the ppl trying to read my book. doesnt bother me anymore how peculiar i look, riding on the train eveyrday without a companion. but this guy was different- he looked at me, reading the book.

he sat beside me. he didnt really scare me,i was more annoyed. he smelt nice though, clinique happy. mmm, good taste. then he stopped looking and looked at the reflection of me reading the book instead.

i looked at him back (more like an anlysis). nice shirt, funky pants, vintage cap. okay cool. didnt give him a second glance though, i still have no interest in guys. anywho, he kept looking till we reached City Hall. Then he nudged me and i had to look up and he smiled, a full-fledged the most genuine of its kind smile and left. great dimples. cool bag. goodbye.

and i never saw him again. please tell me im not hallucinating.




But I
subdued myself
setting my heel
on the throat
of my own song


-- Vladimir Mayakovsky
(from Milan Kundera's Life Is Elsewhere)




"ape kau buat pat sini? slalu aku naik tak nampak kau pun?"

" ntah. niari aku rase nak gi last cabin je."

"kau turun mane?"

"Aljunied."

"oh ok. bye min. tt's my stop."


the rest of the conversation awkward exchange of words, or what they call idle chatter, revolved around what we do at work and how we're coping. i noticed him standing there even before the train doors opened. and i stood behind him. it was too crowded to talk so we just shut up. i looked at him, the guy i've known for 6 years now, 2 years into being best frens.

how we've all changed!

that stammering conversation was due to the fact that we havent had a conversation in a long time. 6 years and we still dunno what to say. i miss him. and yet we couldnt go back to the way we were.

pity.



went bowling yesterday though it was not what i expected. it was fun, yes, but i didnt have the capacity to absorb it all in. it's as if im there but im not. im tired.

but we had fun. the 3 things i have been looking forward to since monday starts: meeting my boos and playing bowling on fri, meeting banu on sat, and meeting erin on sun. and of course, seeing my parents when i go home.

my mom was touched when i bought her the lipstick holder yesterday. it was so her. i couldnt resist. and now im freaking broke. i realise tt as we get older, $10/day is sooo not sufficient.

my body is aching and my mind is really distorted. i dunno why. you know how you anticipate for something so much, you want it to be tt way and when it didnt turn out they way you want it, you beat yourself hard for it?

i miss the pantatz. faz n zareen are gonna have dinner with me most probablie next wk. i miss them too. and jon and amelia and 2t05, just because all of us are different yet we match. heh.

Take care john, mash. congrats liy. enjoy France amelia & dont forget to tell me all about it. c u guys when term starts 2t05.



thank God for the weekend.

didnt think i could get through the week and the people at Rochor Centre. I call that place Ah-pek/Pakciks-tak-sedar-diri Heaven.

i imagine all the ah-peks and pakciks-tak-sedar-diri to go there in their after-life. they're really happy there. there's like, a BIG S'pore Turf Club outlet there, lots of coffeeshops, birds (for them to feed), old-aged-nearly-dying friends and skankily dressed nyonyas. they're having a blast. which is a good thing since i guess they're near death as minutes go by.

i know i sound mean but really, on bad days, i cant stand them.

i guess Rochor Centre is also a hotspot for weird people (and im not just talking about their looks). You wont believe how many sickos there are.

The most frequent ones are the ones i met in the toilet. all is well till they start talking to me. Conversation is ok, yes, in a sick way, i quite enjoyed the meaningless chatter. Until the indian lady i was talking to said she had to go to pee. fine, you dont have to tell me.

I was standing in front of the cubicle near the mirrors and i could clearly see her. She just picked up her sari (without closing the door) and exposed her.. I shall not even say it. Then the woman squat and then closed the door. Hello! wrong sequence.

2 weeks down. 5 more to go.





15/05/04


and then there was nothing in me,
no shining ray of light,
just hold me and let me be.




my boss found a black dove outside the office yesterday. the poor bird has a stick tied with a wird to its feet. so i volunteered to take it home and nurse it. i cant stand looking at the bird so cowardly and scared like tt.

birds are supposed to be free. it never fails to cheer me up when i see a bird soar (though im scared of pigeons, peacocks and chickens).

anyhows, i put it in a box with food and placed it in a big bag. i cant take it on the train cause i'll get fined and the bird was pecking at the box and making a lot of noise. plus it looks like a very suspicious bag. heh.

i took the bus. an hour++ long journey. i ignored the bird's scartching and pecking, all the while praying tt the bird will still be alive when i reach bukit batok. people started staring at me and talking about me everytime the bird moves.

anyhows, got the stick out but the feet is still tied to a wire and im so afraid that if to do anything in case i injure the bird. it's still at home. i call it baby although it's quite old. everytime i stroke it, the bird closes its eyes and calms down.

i feel good when it does that. it shows that im capable of taking care of something. suddenly everythig doesnt seem so bad. i guess the bird gave me hope.

i keep thinking about OAG and the song aku statik everytime i look at the bird. hehe.



been talking to Faizal everyday now and im beginning to treat him as a friend more than anything else.

i dont want this to be a catastrophe. you know me and mushiness... euw euw euw.



My Happy Ending
avril lavigne.

So much for my happy ending

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something You said?

Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead

Caught up so high
On such a breakable thread

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be


You were everything,
everything that I wanted
We were meant to be,
supposed to be,
but we lost it
And all the memories,
so close to me,
just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...


You've got your dumb friends
I know what they say
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they
But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me
All the shit that you do

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

You were everything,
everything that I wanted
We were meant to be,
supposed to be, but we lost it
And all the memories,
so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...


It's nice to know you were there
Thanks for acting like you cared
And making me feel like I was the only one
It's nice to know we had it all
Thanks for watching as I fall
And letting me know we were done


You were everything,
everything that I wanted
We were meant to be,
supposed to be, but we lost it
And all the memories,
so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...


sometimes i wonder whether all this attempts will actually work. will my life and my state of being remains futile?

do i actually have a gift or gifts will be only mere presents to me?

walking around bugis every morning, afternoon and evening makes me feel good. like i dont exist and im just someone observing no one in particular. im just a gerl that passes them by and i dont freaking care if they fuckmake love in front of me (alhtough that is a disgusting thought).

i feel somewhat free. not tied down to anything except an hour duration. Caramel frappucino with choc and caramel drizzle is fast becoming a staple food.





the competition closes today and im still here. i didnt finish it in time. i completely flipped out and was so stressed about my job i effing forgot.

oooh do u hear that? the sound of my dreams being flushed down the toilet bowl.



the week started out sucky. and it ended quite bad too. but heh. i'll live.

work sucked. i cant believe i was doing that kind of job. it's so freaking slow. 5 days into it now and im feeling...okay? i guess. i have to be. im not gonna hate it for 7 weeks. im actually forcing myself to like it. to take it easy and to be lighthearted about it.thank God for lunchbreaks and starbucks.

im working near bugis. Rochor centre is just opposite bugis village so thus, my caffeine levels have just increased.

besides the bad breath smell of the office, the ugly interior, the cramped up space, the chinese language and the chinese songs that are played over n over again, i think my work is fairly easy.

but that's the thing that i dont want. i really wont mind if it's an easy job, even though there's nothing related to mass comm if they have a lot of work for me to do. i hate sitting around an office doing nothing. i get restless and bored. i want lots of work and stress. i love the rush.

upside is that i type faster and i can wear slippers to work. woo pee. heh.




Nad.

You sincerely believe that everything around you is beautiful, even though other people may not notice. You are a determined person and set high goals for your life.

You're very careful and circumspect in all matters but you won't face any problems until they actually happen. Also you're a kind and sensitive person.

You love the good life. You live extravagantly and like everything around you to be beautifully crafted. You are optimistic, have an excellent sense of humor and enjoy having your friends around you.

You are logical, smart and inventive. Sometimes you are too cold and selfish.

--me? logical? sheesh.

10/05/04


"hello can i speak to sani?"

"no you may not."

"who's this? oh sorry maybe i typed the wrong number."

"erin! sampai hati kau! how are you?"

"hello nad! im fine"

"what are you doing?"

"playing around with the Hello Kitty doll you gave me."


the sweetest thing someone said to me on that day. heh.

miss you and love you too erin.



when faizal was telling me his sob stories, i had a looong thought.

these tudung gerls, the one 'menyundaling' and having constant sexual flings, what are they fucking thinking? dont they have a conscience?

if faizal is a two-timing assholically sadistic piece of shit type of guy, then i can understand.

but these gerls. they're wearing a tudung for God's sake. okay, maybe not for God's sake. for whatever reason they're wearing a tudung and yet they do all these.

and people can still look at me as if i fuck have sex with 100 men a day just because i dont exactly dress like a typical budak madrasah would.

madness.



went to khadijah mosque at paya lebar the other day with banu and izzad. keli was already there since he is a volunteer there.

it was very.. enlightening.

my eyes teared and goosebumps rose when the zikir (prayers sung like a hymn) starts, praising Allah and prophet Muhammad. it was just one of the moments you have where you imagine that they will do all these at your funeral. the ustaz himself cried while leading the mass prayer.

it's bloody scary when you know what it means. it's heart wrenching when he said: "dan bangkitkan lah kami semua di padang masyhar nanti dengan keadaan yang tenang dan selesa". was stunned and speechless.

somehow i feel inferior to these people. i think ive said that before.they look at you with eyes that seem to put you down. and they look at you with a little sneer on their faces, like you're some dustball off the floor. ironic how a mosque is supposed to be welcoming and hospitable.

sheesh.



remember how i said that Faizal was too nice?

the looooooong conversation i had with him just 2 days ago reinforced my conclusion. he's too nice.

see, in his lifetime, he only had 3 girlfriends (all of which wear the tudung), got dumped by all of them (his last g/fren had a fling with his close fren), and yet still says that it's okay, it's fine and (the one that i hate most) 'tak baik cakap buruk pasal dieorang' when i rambled on about how these gerls are disgraces to the tudung society (although most tudung people are disgraces anyway).

then there's this other gerl who he likes with the same name as me (actually she juz likes my name. her real name is huda something). he got to know her three years ago. he likes her and she told him to wait. and he did for 2 years. but within that period of time (actually 2 weeks after she told him to wait) she got a boyfriend. but this very same gerl will call faizal up when she wants someone to chauffer her from one place to another (like from woodlands to bedok) and he does it everytime cos he really likes her.

and now he feels bad coz that bitch in a gerl's body keeps calling and smsing him yet he never replies.

he's MR Too Nice.

he was kinda down the other day but being me and well.. just being me, i kinda cheered him up. i think. heh.

i told him that he's a fool to even believe what gerl-with-same-name-as-me says and that he's just too nice.

sometimes i cant stand it.



i am very sleepy and oh so! tired. was too anxious to fall asleep yesterday and woke up too early today.

had a fun day yesterday though. met up with my cousins and the rest of the family. had a chaotic time at my grandma's place. but it was freaking hot. i felt like i was in JB or something.

my little cousins are so cute, especially ayu. she has curly hair yet straight anak rambut (u know, the little little hairs in front of your forehead). adorable.

met kak sharbear too. it's been a while since ive seen her. had a lot of fun catching up and sharing stories (as always). had a few surprise tales of our own and of course, the ultimate story was about _________ (use own imagination).

gonna meet them again this sunday; kenduri at my place.



Ocean Avenue
yelllowcard

There's a place off Ocean Avenue
Where I used to sit
and talk with you
We were both 16
And it felt so right
Sleeping all day,
staying up all night

Staying up all night

There's a place on the
corner of Cherry Street
We would walk on the beach
in our bare feet
We were both 18
And it felt so right

Sleeping all day,
staying up all night
Staying up all night

If I could find you now
Things would get better
We would leave this town
And run forever
Let your waves crash down on me
And take me away


Theres a piece of you
that's here with me
Its everywhere I go
It's everything I see

When I sleep
I dream and it gets me by
I can make believe that you're here tonight
That you're here tonight

If I could find you now
Things would get better

We would leave this town
And run forever
I know some where, some how
We'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me
And take me away


I remember that look in your eyes
When I told you this was good bye
You were begging me not tonight
Not here
Not now

When looking up at the same night sky
And keep pretending
the sun will not rise

We'll be together
for one more night
Some where
Some how

If I could find you now
Things would get better
We would leave this town
And run forever
I know some where, some how
We'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me
And take me away





it's 2pm on a monday the 10th, the supposed first day of my internship. and here i am in school at the internet cafe.

like what the hell am i doing here?

apparently there was a communication breakdown. the company that i shall not name had only one placement and they gave that to a multimedia student. and they didnt inform my LO (liasion officer). im not really sore about it though, more angry at the fact that i spent so much time getting ready and finding out where the place is and all. woke up at 5 so that i wont be late. i was so excited.

they gave me the day off and told me i wont be penalized. downside is that i have no company to work for. bummer.



dammit. blogger changed its format! i loved the old version better. it's so much easier to edit and see the old posts.

crap.


07/05/04


imaginary him.
nut.

beaded beads big bendy round
buddha blue beads havent been found
i dreamed of daisies down the docks
with ponds and ducks and its flocks

where are you sweet charmer?
your proud peacock presence makes me calmer
and what will soothe your beating heart?
hesitate not, for we soon will part

footsteps flourished from far
and you left your door ajar
but what good can you do me
when we both still cant see

green pants go going gone
you're still the one i grew so fond
cracking kunckles crowing crows
i will hide it i wont let it show

fragile fresh figments
you will be just one of my fragments.






Shimmer
Fuel

she calls me from the cold
just when i was low
feeling short of stable
all that she intends
and all she keeps inside
isn't on the label

she says she's ashamed
and can she take me for awhile
can i be a friend
we'll forget the past

but maybe i'm not able
and i break at the bend

we're here and now
will we ever be again
'cause i have found
all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
away,again


she dreams a champagne dream
strawberry surprise
pink linen on white paper

lavender and cream
fields of butterflies
reality escapes her
she says that love
is for fools who fall behind

i'm somewhere between
i never really know
a killer from a savior
'til i break at the bend

we're here and now
will we ever be again
'cause i have found
all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade
away,again


it's too far away for me to hold
too far away
it's too far away for me to hold
too far away...

guess i'll let it go



''ntah ntah nadiah ade boyfriend tak?''

"takdelah. die takde punyer.''

''mane kau tahu?''

''die mane suke gini2 semua. die takde punyer lah."'


and that ladies and gentlemen (although i doubt that men can be gentle without being gay), is a conversation between my mom and my dad. judging from the conversation, i guess they too are preparing the house for me to stay on till im 35, old and nearly wrinkled and preparing to get married to some unknown stranger who they will pair me off to because i cant seem to find a boyfriend.

i dunno which is more scary: the fact that i can predict what they are thinking and going to do, or the fact that i think im going to get married at 35.

brrrr.



currently reading milan kundera's the unbearable lightness of being.

cant' help wondering though, being what? a priss a fuckwit dimwit a stoopidgerl a smartperson a clown a bear an airhead a gerl a boy a scandal.

what? will someone please tell me?



i had a really good day last sunday, going out with dil to sengkang. besides the unfriendly sotong ball fiasco, everything went well. the caramel frapp with jelly at starbucks is back. though i hate jellies, the starbucks ones are very chewy.

anyhows, we talked about a lot of things. we talked about how dil met baq. i have a soft spot for listening to real love stories. how they met, how they got together blah blah.

there is no such thing as ''happily ever after''. someone should start a petition on erasing it from fairytales. no point giving kids false hope.

there is only ''happy-until-they-separate'' or '' happy-till-divorced-with-one-kid'' or ''not-so-happy-ever-after''.

i wonder why people never tell me this when i was young.



i dont think that mass comm makes you jaded jon. it's what you experienced, hear, feel in your life that makes you jaded. mass comm just adds to it, haha.

the people around us. you think you've been through a lot till you hear their sob stories. i like misery sometimes. it fills up my heart instead of abolishing anything in it. it's interesting how people react towards it and how people act when it's too much to take.

someday, i would love to go into psychology and find out how people think and why they are like they are now. i think i have too many questions.



had an impromptu outing with isa ady and banu yesterday.

i was so relieved that everything is over and that i dont have to study anymore. and so were they.

we went to town. and did nothing. aimless people with stoopid motives. we just walked around, looking at gerls (ady anyway), looking out for isa in case he faints and well, just getting fresh air. or second rated fresh air (knowing singapore and all its polutions).

sat down at Mac D and ate. just when i tawt i was sick of it.

everyone was in a jovial mood. and everyone was in a pekak state too. we all kept going AHh? at each other. and most of the time, we dont even know what the other is saying.

it was fun.



im amazed.

i realized that some people are too thick headed: they dont even know that their actions are the cause of someone's misery. they can just spend money on themselves when they owe their friends money. so what if these frens havent eaten for 3 days, rite?

i find no use in getting angry with these people. anger is just a condition where your mouth acts faster than your brain. looks like my mouth is just too smart for me.

i think maybe im just too nice that people step all over me. sometimes being too nice is such a prick. i scold faizal because he's too nice. but haha. aku pun same lah.

im actually sick of being the one that people expect to compromise. im sick of making sacrifices without them even appreciating it.

i want to be more.... aggresive.

ayoh...nad dah menurun. (as syiqa wud say)

heh.




if they took away the dustbins at MRT stations because they're scared someone would put bombs in there, what about the many many dustbins around our housing estate?

sooner or later, singapore is gonna be known as a 'dustbinless City'.



why the hell would terrorists want to bomb us? could it be the fact that right about now our prime minister is in the US meeting with the US officials? whatever.

come on. i dont think they (these brainless retards known as terrorists) would gain anything except having power over us. but what good is power if we're dead? think about this. would it make a difference in the world if they were to bomb us? would people in USA know about these bombings? besar sangat ke singapore nie sampai nak masok the world news?

i think these religious extremists have too much time on their hands. go do something worthwhile. like save the whales or save your own religion from falling.

save the sharks! i hear they're in need of help.



i am fairly sick of macdonalds and coca cola. didnt know that that day would come so soon. i studied at macdonalds almost every day. their tagline: Im Lovin' It drove me fuckin nuts. i mean do those 3 words have to be EVERYWHERE?

on the front of their shirt, there they are in yellow. when they turn to grab you your drink, there it is again. there they are waving on their caps. and what do you know even their pouches to hold brushes and rags have those words. when you enter Mac D, there's those words and then again when you are eating and sipping your coke.

eurgh.

talk about having strong frequency. i think that the Mac D campaign is just TOO overwhelming.



finally the exams are over and all of us are safely on our way to the 3rd and (hopefully) last year of our course.

i wonder where we will all go. 70% Public relations. most probably 20% of us will be famous. and where will the rest go?

unemployed retards who will continue living off old aged parents and still waiting for the jobs that never come?

i hate going into an unknown world. even now, going into attachment. im freaking excited but im scared shitless.


30/04/04


having toilet paper stuck in your vagina totally sucks. and walking with that is worst. i had to walk all over west mall like a tormented penguin with a butt too huge for itself.

waiting for lyn and my sis. but in the end i decided to buy my own pad so things got much easier after that.

didnt have any cramps at all, which is kinda weird.

im not cranky at all too. fun, here i come!

that sounds very cheesy...



you know, you thought we live in a harmonious society and everyone respects the other's religion but sometimes we can be soooo wrong.



i dont really want a boyfriend. maybe not yet.

i dont really want to fall in love with either. again, maybe not yet. i just miss having one. haha.

i can hear it now: Finally nad!

sheesh.



singing mexican guy with cute kid is back. saw them yesterday. the mexican guy with his shabby looking frizzy golden brown hair and his botak son. the little guy seem less bratty yesterday and even gave me a quick hug before running back to his dad. who was wearing a ridiculous mickey mouse hat and singing something about a red donkey.

he stopped and said hello to me and proceeded to ask me how my day was, like old friends do at kopitiams. of which i just smiled, said a quick good under my breath and waved goodbye.

after recent incidents (of strangers coming up to me and telling me weird things) ive learnt to ba a little wary of people i talk to.





Run
collective soul

Are these times contagious?
I've never been this bored before
Is this the prize i've waited for?
Now with the hours passing
There's nothing left to insure
I long to find a messenger

Have i got a long way to run
Have i got a long way to run
Yeah, i run


Is there a cure among us?
From this processed sanity
I weaken with each voice that sings

Now, in this world of purchase
I'm going to buy back memories
To awake some old qualities

Have i got a long way to run
Have i got a long way to run
Yeah,
i've got a long way to run...




shark's bday was a blast.

met up with banu and lyn and squeezed our creative juices out and produced an imitation version of a sorta platinum album konon2. haha. but it was damn nice, in my opinion. took a long bus ride and met (the now botak) keli. haha. he looks like a little iblis cum toyol all rolled in one. only a bit taller.

went to Leisure Park. and waited like sitting ducks for shark and faz to arrive. had a tournament going. ady banu keli dzool wan lyn on one side. and then me faz shark oondreyarh black el izzad on another. of course, we won lah. haha. the other side was the terlalu kecoh side. and they were also the 'tak nak kalah, cari pasal' group. haha.

i actually improved.

and shark was surprised. haha. it was damn fun. and of course, bowling itself was fun. cut the cake and chilled at stadium waterfront. i realised that there were too many waterfronts in singapore. everything seems to be called a waterfront.

shark like the presents (he'd better!). we bought him a black and blue truck cap with a logo of the dragon on his laptop and a leather band. damn nice. i think it will definitely suit him.

so it was quite a good day.



im gonna fail media research. like there's nothing else in the world to worry about. and we wonder why students often commit suicide. like a grade will help u in the upbringing of your life, like it will help in your after life.

and yet im still here, filled to the brim with anxiety because our group failed the presentation and report. we got an F. a downright, point blank, right on the dot, ultimate F. my first F in mass comm so far.

crap right? but hell. i feel okay somewhat. just shocked. but now that ive written this down, im fine. or will be. either way, im gonna study my guts out for advertising. but even that's uncertain.

sheesh.


26/04/04


Take Me Away
lifehouse

this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place

this time you burned me with your eyes
you see past all the lies
you take it all away

I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away


I try to make my way to you
but still I feel so lost
I don't know what else I can do
I've seen it all and it's never enough

it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away


don't give up on me yet
don't forget who I am
I know I'm not there yet
but don't let me stay here alone


this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you

take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away






i didnt know how i was enlightened. certainly not by anyone i know. was it just time? did time caught up with me?

or was it the similarities between my cousin's future husband and jamjam? or the fact that i loathed looking at him because of the similarities?

i had to move on. i need to do this. i cant just stick to someone who choose to ignore me and my determination. i still love him, yes; the first love thing still sticks. but tt's how far it goes. i miss a friend like him, most of all.

bottomline: i need to get out of this cage that i keep locking myself in. the key is with me, and yet i dont want to fly out. but steps ive took and will continue to take will set me free one day, of that im sure.

so here goes.a little gerl lost in laundry with huge ambitions and unrealistic image of dream guy setting out into the world (or singapore) to try and find her worthwhile guy. someone who has brains, style and at least love me. not so hard to ask for right? hah.

no, im not gonna go out of the house with a map of singapore equipped with compass, magnifying glass and a questionaire. heck. i shall not attempt to find the above stated guy/man. i shall just let fate do the job. and hope i fall. heh.

it's gonna be a looooooooong winding adventure.





i think i have made some progress.

on friday, while sitting down listening to dil talking to baq an asking him 'u kat ne?' i realised that i missed that. yes, that simple gesture of 'reporting strength' or asking where your boyfriend is and what he's doing.

it's such a sweet caring gesture that makes you feel somewhat needed.

i miss that. so i must be on the right track to recovery right? haha.

next step: looking out for potential heartbreakers love jerks boyfriends.



there is just something about the night and wind blowing in your face while you're sitting in a van listening to bands on the radio. it just makes you wanna dance, to leave your arms outstretched and just breathe all in. the wind in your hair (in my case, tudung) and the songs playing on loop in your head.

wow. it really is amazing how simple things can make you feel.

there were soo many stars that day. even dil noticed. i love those nights. such a rarity in singapore.

come to think of it, i miss the jetty. the one place i know (besides pulau ubin) that stars can be seen in abundance.

sweet distant memories. if i really listen hard enough, the 'cicak-on-the-wall' impromptu song can still be heard.
haha.



you know, i heard that naturally, people like to smell their own fart. i realized that i dont. i hate the smell of anyone else's for that matter. it's just grotesque warm gas called methane getting out of your anus and into the atmosphere. then the smell is almost the same as your own shit. and then the sheepish smile will form slowly on your face, trying to cover up for the stench. heh.

i am really thankful for people who has the ability to fart, yet it wont smell a thing. for the rest of you, go fart in the toilet and stop dirtying the atmosphere.

while we're on the subject of shitty smells and toilets, i read perrine's blog, saying something about guys not putting down the toilet seat. i dont like the toilet seat down. i like to put it up. dont ask me why. i find it funny that you have to sit on that seat with a hole. it seems nonsensical to me.

why am i talking about my toilet habits again?



the walls that my paternal family built is cracking.

i now have a cousin-in-law whom i analysed and conclude that she's pregnant and that's the reason for them marrying early. honestly, does she really think that she can hide the bloated stomach under a size L baju kurung and get away with it?

the fact that the stomach is almost near her vagina is evidence to my theory. i somehow am not surprised anymore. just feeling somewhat detached from all this.

"korang nak buku ugama? kite ade banyak nie. kalau nak pinjam, ambik je.. bagus tau bace buku2 gini, lagi2 kalau umur korang nak meningkat. korang nie bukan pandai sangat pasal ugama."

every year, they take out the same script and read it to us in a conversational way. every year during Hari Raya, that same words, same sentence, same 'im-religious-you-dunno-shit' tone. every year, we dread going over to their house, no matter how much money they give in their green packets. look at where they are now.

and now their son, just short of 22, got married last saturday. they told us two weeks before that day and even so, told us the reason they were getting married was that their grandpa was very sick and he wanted to see his grandson get married.

but that same "very sick" grandpa is strong enough to walk and talk and laugh and carry stuff. both of them dont even have a job. what's going to happen to them financially? the pregnant thingy comes to mind. sheesh.

telling us the truth would be so much easier, then we wouldnt have to be living and celebrating a lie.

i was the one helping to clear the table and stuff like that. what were the rest of my younger cousins (i.e: 18 years old) doing? taking care of their kids.

a young mum wearing a silver dress and black shawl with thick (think: chinese opera) makeup and eyebrows drawn like an inverted V, like a minah, strutting up and down, showing off her ass and trying to act all sophisicated while her future bartender husband with his tattoos and invisible piercings (he had the decency to take it off tt day) just sit down and chilled with the other future husband. what the fucking hell.

both of my cousins, both mothers, are getting married this year. one in september, the other in june (which is kinda freaky because i was the one who wanted to get married at 19. sheesh).

i stand in front of them and see their arrogance. they are soooo proud to be who they are right now. the way i see it, this is them: 17+year old smoking + clubbing mothers with almost saggy breasts due to breastfeeding and no money to support the kids nor themselves but they still never regret nor have they repented. they are as stubborn as ever and thinks that having kids out of wedlock is cool.

i feel like slapping them sometimes. i feel like taking them by the head and bashing it on the gravel and letting them kiss it so that they will realise that they dont own the ground they step on. i feel like telling them to be something, there is still time to redeem themselves. of which they knew coz my aunts have been telling them that for years. but they never listened. they think they're right and that giving birth is not painful.

i pity them, not because they have kids or whatever. but because they didnt experience the better side of life. they lost their child/teenagehood. and im still living mine (thank God).

tsk tsk.


24/04/04


The last thing you:

1.said- okay.
2.ate- strawberry mentos
3.watched on TV or film- some stoopid old version of wonderwoman.
4.listened to (music wise)- dont tell me, avril lavigne.
5.bought (clothes wise)- polka dot bag.
6.bought (CDs wise)- erm... cant remember.
7.downloaded off the net ? -haha. lagi cannot rememebr.
8.played on (computer game wise)- bug on a wire.
9.drank- aloe vera grapefruit homemade juice.
10.wrote on msn- none.
11.won- haha. freedom from my parents.
12.wore- a shark t-shirt and black pants.
13.brushed (teeth or hair)- hair. hah!
14.drew- my models and designs for the models. tt was yesterday night.
15.said that made you feel happy- sheeesh <-- tt word makes me happy! haha.
16.didn't mean to say but did- wow. i cant remember. i think i said fuck.
17.really regret- i have only one regret.
18.did that was very embarrassing- dont know the name of the young of a whale on the mrt. if you ppl are wondering, it's called a pub. not whalus dil. haha.
19.saw in the cinema- erm. into the mirror with my mom n sis.
20.tidied up- my room just now.

The last person you?
21.talked to- My uncle.
22.talked to on the phone- faizal.
23.rang- my sis.
24.kissed- nvm..
25.said I love you to and meant it (if ever)- banu kat dil.
26.got angry with- really angry? amindengdeng.
27.bitched about behind their back- not literally behind but we bitch about so many ppl i cant remember. haha.
28.txted- my sis.
29.cried about- sam in i am sam. haha.
30.had a crush on- hmmmm....

The last time you?
31.slept- yesterday.
32.got angry- erm.... cant remmber. yestrday? two days ago? y does this matter?
33.were happy- quite happy yesterday in the train, walking in the rain with amelia made me really happy.
34.were sad- .....................almost every other time?
35.cried- it's been a while. dammit. i really need a good cry.
36.loved someone- 3 years ago.
37.ate something- juz now.
38.drank something- Just now. sheesh. all these repeating qsns are irritating.
39.stroked an animal- just now.
40.went abroad- is johor abroad?

The last place you?
41.went on holiday- cant remmber. tt was 4 years ago.
42.went shopping- west mall last week.
43.were part from next to ur computer- bugis.
44.would ever like to be- hell.
45.ate out at- macdonalds wisma
46.went and didnt want to be- school.
47.went and got told off for breaking rules- Np library. at the net cafe. they didnt let me and amelia eat lunch coz we didnt buy it from the cafe. sheesh.
48.broke the law- jaywalking. vandalising. eating on mrt erm...maybe it's not such a good idea to write these down.
49.kissed someone- .................
50.hit someone (if ever)- hahaha. in sch.. i punched izzad! or was it keli? hmm.





got this of penny's blog:

10 OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS (not ranked in order)
1) erin
2) banu
3) dil
4) kat
5) faz
6) zareen
7) amindengdeng
8) syiqa
9) izzad
10) keli

(but i have more than 10!! sheesh.)

9 THINGS THAT U REALLY WANT RIGHT NOW
9) happiness
8) new jeans
7) for it to rain
6) to pass my exams and not rpt any subjects
5) my frens to be happy
4) to indulge in a venti starbucks caramel frapp
3) a guy for me to adore (maybe fall in love.heh)
2) my parents to live long. (i keep thinking about death)
1) winning the competition.

8 IMPORTANT THINGS IN YOUR SCH BAG
8) my diary
7) A black pen
6) my make up bag!
5) at least 2 tissue packets
4) an extra brooch (i prefer to be prepared)
3) my purse
2) a good book
1) black shawl

7 OF YOUR FAVORITE FOOD
7) oooooh! chocolates!
6) ice cream!
5) sambal goreng!
4) octopus balls!
3) chicken rice canteen one! (yes believe it or not.)
2) mrs fields cookies!
1) starbucks blueberry cheesecake!

6 OF YOUR FAVE MOVIES
6) My girl (the american one.)
5) Love me if you dare
4) Love actually
3) peter pan!
2) i am sam
1) nightmare before christmas

5 THINGS IN YOUR ROOM (besides bed, cupboard, shelf.)
5) books.
4) candles.
3) my entire beads and rings collection
2) postcards on my wall
1) and tidbits stashed in my hiding place.

4 THINGS YOU ATE/DRINK TODAY
4) aloe vera grapefruit juice
3) milk
2) honey stars
1) strawberry mentos

3 THINGS YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
3) God. religion
2) family, friends, peers, enemies, my stubborness
1) purpose in life, drive

(i realize that tt's more than 3, but who cares!)

2 THINGS YOU USUALLY READ
2) books
1) fashion magazines

1 PERSON YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT
1) me myself and i. heh.




remember the message boards i was talking about? well, jon and oondreyarh got into it too.

and i somewhat agree with what jon said.


23/04/04


speed
You're addicted to.....

Speed!
You're a hyper one now aren't you?
Methamphetamine, also known as speed, gives
intense rushes of energy. Long term use can
lead to phychotic behavior though! Unless of
course, you're already a phycho...


What are you addicted to? (Part 2 w/ pics!)
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red dots.
nut.

painted red dots on my shoes

was pondering what i had to do.

the song in head wouldnt cease

no one left for me to please


the red dots screamed at me today

amidst the black canvas it rested to play

yellow white and everything spoke

the feelings it managed to evoke

in me

red dots danced tonight

breathing in with all its might

im wearing my comic shoes today

with red dots and blue skies

and pitter patter of great days.



im still finding for michelle branch's 'till i get over you'. i love that song.

but since mseals is down and powerwebmusic is under construction, i guess i have to make do.



Don't Tell Me
avril lavigne

You held my hand and
walked me home I know
While you gave me that kiss
it was something like this
it made me go ooh ohh
You wiped my tears,
got rid of all my fears,

why did you have to go?

Guess it wasn't enough to take up
some of my love cause
you're so hard to trust

Did I not tell you that I'm not like that?
You're the one who gives it all away

Did you think that I was
gonna give it up to you,
this time?
Did you think that it was somethin
I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,
Your better off that way


Don't think that your charming
the fact that your arm is
now around my neck
I got you in my pants
I'll have to kick your ass and
make you never forget


I'm gonna ask you to stop,
thought I liked you a lot,
but I'm really upset
Get out of my head
get off of my bed

yeah thats what I said

Did I not tell you that
I'm not like that,
you're the one who,
throws it all away


Did you think that I was
gonna give it up to you,
this time?
Did you think that it was somethin
I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,

Your better off that way


This guilt trip that you
put me on won't,
mess me up but you're no wrong
Any thoughts of you and
me have gone away


Did you think that It was
gonna give it up to you,
this time?
Did you think that I was
somethin I was gonna do and cry?
Don't try to tell me what to do,
Dont try to tell me what to say,
Your better off that way


Better off that way
I'm better off alone anyway





when my lecturer told us that she was going to screen 'bowling for columbine', i thought "sheesh not another documentary". but i stayed behind and wathched it anyway.

'bowling for columbine' is the best documentary i have ever watched. im not exactly a big fan of documentaries, given that most of them are actually quite monotonous, but bowling for columbine totally breaks away from this stereotype and gives viewers a whole new perspective on documentaries.

it's about gun violence in America and how the columbine high school shootings affected America. the comical views and actions of michael moore, the director, is very refreshing. the whole 120 mins documentary makes you really think critically and is very emotion provoking as well.

if you can get a hold of it, go watch it. right now im not sure if it's available in s'pore. i dont know where my lecturer got it either.


22/04/04


Falls on Me
fuel.

You see me hanging round
starting to swear about
this black hole of a dark field
and silently within hands touchin skin sharp
breaks my disease and i can breathe

and all of your ways
all you dream falls on me
it falls on me
and your beautiful sky
the light you breathe
falls on me
it falls on me


i feel like a pain
it draws me in again
sqaushes all my worst of me

darkness in my veins
I never could explain
and i wonder if you have ever seen
and still believe

and all of your ways
and all that you dream
falls on me
it falls on me
and your beautiful sky
the light you breathe
falls on me
it falls on me


am I that strong
to carry on
have i changed your life
have i changed my world
could you save me

and all of your ways
all you dream
falls on me
it falls on me
and you beautiful sky
the light you breathe
falls on me
it falls on me




this is officially my 5th post today. haha. i seem to be writing way too much nowadays. maybe becos im too free and thus, i tend to think a lot. which is a good thing. i feel quite smart.

i love it when everyone around me is happy. well, maybe not everyone. almost everyone. it makes me feel as if the world is quite a good place to live in.

am going to Ikea later. coz im moving in to my new apartment soon and i need furniture. yup, u heard me right. my parents got me an apartment and told me they'll pay the rent. only i have to decorate and take care of it myself and everything.

so im gonna go Ikea to get ideas. im freaking excited! it's cool ain't it? getting an apartment.

if any of you got no place to crash, then just come over k?

sometimes lying is fun isnt it? daydreaming too. but it turns to nonsense once it's on paper.

and no, im not getting my own apartment. although im sure u noe tt by now.




im not jaded about love. not anymore.

ive come to realize quite a looong time ago that love will always be there, i wont try to bother it. ive always feared love, but maybe ive come to a certain understanding with it. good luck to those people who are together and i really hope they're happy. im not against them nor do i hate them anymore.

people tend to fear things they dont know, so tt's natural. i fear things i dont understand. i cant get on with things because i have just one regret. and im slowly getting over that regret. it wasnt him that i was holding on to. it was the regret that i had when we went our separate ways. the only regret in my life.

the one regret i still think about.

he didnt leave me. i left him. he didnt want to. see, tt's where regret comes in. he's the guy that ive always wanted. the epitome of my guy.

im just glad that he actually came into my life. im not really holding on to the love that we had. i still love him. but as a distant fren now more that anything else. i was holding on to the fact that it was he who i love and now i dont have him. i was holding on to the talk we never had before we went our separate ways. i was holding on to the fact that we didnt end it off peacefully bcos we shud have. it's not me- to end something abruptly, without reaching peace.

Love really is a wonderful thing. but i still dont get it. how people can just love another, weeks after breaking up with who you proclaimed 'the one'. it's freaking too fast. and tt's not love. tt's infatuation.

but i'll just tell u now. im okay with love. im at ease with it. it pisses me off sometimes and all, and i may have the occasional bouts of anger about love, but other than that, it's cool.

like izzad said, "if you love, you love. if you dont, then fine."



im having a lot of fun in Yahoo! message boards. expressing my opinions is fun. go visit.

right now im reading this article questioning whether Jesus is Arab or Jew. of which i totally disagree with the writer's views on Islam and all.

i quote: "Islam should modernize to catch up ppl heart"