Tales from a (not so!) faraway land…

My very first post from Singapore. The neighbouring land. I am terribly homesick, yet I’m adapting fast. I’m always like that. I suppose it’s what you call survival. Or rather, desperate measures. When your life is like that, you adapt to live as you can manage. That’s how I believe I am. I have no choice but to live as I can, and move on. Reminisce along the way, yet strive to survive in whatever I was set to face. Some say I’m too optimistic. But if I choose to be as pessimist as they are, I don’t think I can’t last this week. Some say they think I’m so brave, to be still standing in a foreign country, doing what the locals do, and still keep a cherry face in classes and all. Personally, I think that’s what I need. Staying positive, and having the courage to face the fear. Don’t think I’m so strong people. I’m not. I may not be totally alone, but it does feel like it. Sigh. Sometimes, whenever my parents call, I’d suddenly miss home so bad that I’d start crying. (It’s actually damn embarrassing to admit this but, heck!) Not like, crying cats and dogs, flooding the vicinity around me or something, but more like, teardrops. So it can get pretty annoying when I’m in public. Hmph!

So today’s my second day at college. Class was from 10am all the way to 6pm. Of course, we have breaks in between but you know. I was supposed to meet up with Ernest and Tanveer for dinner with a condition that Ernie drive me home, all the way back in Sembawang cause no way in hell I’d take the MRT and bus alone at some late hour in the night. No matter how brave I am, I wouldn’t. Anyway, he can’t send me home cause he doesn’t know the way and he thinks it’s too far away. Such a ‘gentleman’, hmph! So we scraped the plan and by the time he decided that, it was already 7pm! So Tanveer and I went to Sun Plaza at Sembawang and just had our dinner there. By the time we were done, it was already 9pm!! And let’s not get me started on how annoyed I was about Tanveer, being all pessimistic and getting on my nerves, while I was trying to adapt and live like every human being who gets out of their comfort zone and still manage to survive! Hmph! I was seriously pissed off with him. Ok, I’m starting to rant, and I shall stop here. Ooooo! By the way, I can take MRT and buses by myself now! I am so so proud. *shines* I mean. I can’t do any of that back in KL. I am so sad. Lol. Well, now I can! :D ! And and and, I got myself a red hot wallet yesterday!! I am so so happy! It’s a poor imitation of the sort of wallet I really want like that one from Braun Buffel but I suppose it’ll have to do for now. Until I get my funds to get MY Braun Buffel. Hah!!

But all in all, I am living well. Minus the exception that I’m now washing my own clothes (whatever I can do, I do). Classes are fine so far, and making new friends isn’t a problem. :) Heck, we already have a mafia group in my class and I’m already one of the evil members! And it’s just been 2 days!!! I never knew we could be so quickly bonded. The things we talk about, like we knew each other for months! Lol. Funny how things work out. Sigh.

Well tomorrow’s class at 8am, so I gotta go sleep early and all. I shall keep you all updated with latest happenings and stuff. Definitely everything will be new and hip now, so not to worry, I’ll flood my blog with everything that happens here. Any requests? Haha! Til then, peeps.

Toodles.

Surprise, surprise! (Thank you, guys!)

This was what transpired. I got a text message from Kak Marina asking if I was going to come for choir last night. So I replied her with a yes and all. She said I have to sign some documents since I’m taking a long break. So I went for rehearsal…and by the end of the rehearsal, she told all of us to gather outside for a while. I walked out of the room and Kak Marina came up to me, and reminded me of the forms that I needed to sign. When I reached the area, there were a stack of pizzas on the table, and bottles of drinks. I thought we were gonna celebrate somebody’s birthday, so I eyed at Izaaq first, thinking it was his belated birthday we were celebrating. Suddenly Kak Marina announced that the food was a little celebration for ME!

It was a little farewell from the choir for me, seeing that this was my last week of choir rehearsals. I won’t be going for choir anymore after this Friday. :( I’m going to miss everyone. It’s been about 10 years since I first started out, as a child in choir, and now I’m all grown up and going to further my studies. How fast can time pass? Sniff. I was touched, and surprised, as well as stunned. I totally did not expect that. I was thrown off by surprise, truly! And everyone else was asking me questions, wishing me good luck, oh it was wonderful. It may not be grand, but I believe…it’s the first surprise party I’ve ever gotten in my entire life. Sounds sad? Well, believe it. It was. I was just a little sad that it had to be a farewell party. :(

So after the celebration, we cleaned up, and I was still lingering around, when Kak Marina asked why am I still here. So I very innocently told her I was waiting to sign the forms. Then Cik Syafinaz, Kak Nelly and herself started laughing. THERE WAS NO FORM!!! I was tricked, and didn’t realized myself being tricked. How foolish I was. LOL. But it was funny. :)

It was a good night. :) I had my first surprise party held by people whom I’ve known and worked with for about 10 years! And on Friday, Raja has decided to take PICTURES! Something I’m looking forward to. Also dreading, because it would mean its the last time (for now) I’d be with them. If Iman is reading this, she’d roll her eyes and yell ‘Get over it!!!’ Lol.

I have just realized that I AM leaving next week. I have exactly 7 days left here in Malaysia. Actually 6 days.

Oh God.

Oh God.

Oh GOD!!!

I don’t want to leave. :’(

Toodles, and goodnight. *sigh*

Shop til’ you drop.

A fine day to stay home. After a good whole day of walking around Midvalley yesterday…it’s good to stay home today. So like I was saying yesterday, I went out with Shara and her mom and (my bad) Tanveer and Ernest to Midvalley. So, the plan was to do serious shopping. I had JEANS in my mind. My head was practically clouded with JEANS. I want to get a good pair of jeans, or two, and I went around trying on every jeans that I thought I would be able to get. I found a (according to Shara and her mom) PERFECT pair of jeans at Levi’s. But it was RM229.00 and I had to think it over, if I wanted to really get it at Levi’s. I have cheaper options at Padini Authentics, PDI, MNG, and such, but…it just didn’t fit just as well. I’m still looking though. And boy, am I surprised, my waist/hip size seemed to have shrunk. Mwahahahahhaa. I always thought I was a 28, or at least, I used to wear a 28. But now, I fit all the 27’s! Woo-hoo! While I was trying to pick a pair at PDI, Ernest and Tanveer were making fun of me, saying that I won’t fit any of the pair, that I probably need a size 32 or something, and then they were reminding me of what happened in the movie White Chicks, where the button popped out and broke the mirror, and all that. I just shook my head and glared at them. So when I went to try out the SIZE 27 JEANS, it happened to be a little too…big. LOL. And it was too long. So Shara told me to try out size 26, and I was a little in doubt, not sure that I would be able to fit a 26. Ernest and Tanveer were already laughing, asking me from the other side of the room, if my button popped. Shara just glared at them and told them it’s too big and I need to get a size smaller. The both of them just went ‘Oooooo’ and shut up for a minute. Before started to make fun of something else again. *shakes head* Talk about being friends with weird people. So I tried on the 26, I could fit it, but…it was just too long. So, sadly for me, nothing there. But auntie was really nice, she got me a top, since it was 2 for RM39, Shara bought 3 others, and gave me one. :D ! How lovely. I got a brown one, cause I was going mad, there were like…more than 5 colours for me to choose and so, Tanveer just decided for me that I should take brown. Credits to him. God, I need to work on my indecisiveness.

But hey, before that, we went to watch Shara get her belly button pierced, even Tanveer took the video of the process and all! It was…scary! When the guy..poked a needle through her skin. Good grief!!! Ernest face was frozen, Shara’s was in pain, I don’t know about Tanveer, Auntie’s face was just…well, she looked away, nyahahaha. Me? I was too engrossed watching the needle being poked into her, and then, busy observing everyone else’s expression. My own expression? No idea. Maybe like :-O! Hahahaa. But this Tanveer was exaggerating, “Oh my god, it’s like she’s being operated!!” Silly boy. After that, we went to the arcade, and finally! I got to play DAYTONA!!! After so longggg!! I was leading at first, then the two guys caught up with me. DAMN! I got third. HMPH! And they won’t gimme a rematch! Darn!

Well the whole day isn’t much, we walked quite a bit and I only managed to get a pair of sunnies. :D ! I’m glad. No pretty shoes!!! I was devastated.

I still want to get my jeans.

Sigh. You know what? I think I’m just gonna go get it!!!! AH! I don’t know! Should I?? *thinks*

Toodles.

 

Of April Fool’s and…farewells??

So, my last day of work was on the 31st March 2009. How do I feel? A bit…sad, but…woohoo! I’m free!! :D ! No more 9.30am-6pm time shift, no more being stuck in an office with virtually no one around but a computer and (hallelujah!) a computer, fully equipped with Internet and MSN. No more having to do odd jobs and furious typing, no more! The freedom feeling is fantastic! :D ! And for the first time yesterday, I went out on a WEEKDAY! Awesome!!! Minus the public holidays and what not, I haven’t been going out on weekdays for a very long time…(Say…7 months???) And I met up with Sharie!!! This lovely girl of mine is going back to Maldives most probably on Saturday. Sniff. And I don’t know when’s the next time I’ll ever see her again! *sighs dramatically* Also with the gang, yesterday, B, Tanveer, Abe, and FINALLY Ernest. Such a moron, he’s been asking me to go for a movie since forever, but did he come early? Noooo, he went to One Utama with his friends when he was supposed to be meeting us, and then, when we finished watching a movie, he decided to COME and MEET US. *shakes head* What a waste of time. Lol. Oooo! By the way, we watched Unborn. Yes, that horror movie. And you know what??? Never… Ever… EVER! Sit next to Tanveer Kazi!!! Its just my LUCK that Ernest wasn’t here, or I’d make him be the barrier between me and Tanveer. You know why??? Because, being the ex-horror movie fan that I was, and a big chicken by fact, I had my legs curled up and my hands covering my eyes most of the time. Doesn’t help, that B had her eyes closed, and her ears as well, and humming a song next to me, while Shara was seated away from me, next to B. And, DEFINITELY it doesn’t help at all, that the “macho guy” sitting next to you was trying to be all macho, and literally JUMPED OUT from his seat when a frightening part came. Oh wait, not even frightening, it was something like…just to shock the crap out of you part. No ghosts, no distorted monsters yet. Damn. Because of that, I was FREAKED. Idiot. And then, he had to be the one screaming at the scary parts, thus giving me heart attacks at every turn. And no, I didn’t completely covered my eyes, I peeked between my eyes, and watched most of the scary part. Including when the ‘ghost’ possessed cute little kids, and other characters and such. And yes, when cute little kids, turned monstrous, and had sharp teeth and had bloodshot eyes (gulp!) and would’ve been handsome if they weren’t so scary. But anyway, happy belated birthday Tanveer. :) (His birthday yesterday, lol.)

 

So Ernest did come later on…and we just hung out at the outdoor place and had ice cream. No one could make up their mind on what they want to do, and Mom called to tell me that she’s discharging from the hospital! Whee! Oh yes, Mom was admitted to the hospital since Monday. Something happened to her leg and I’ll elaborate on that when I come back.

Am going out to Midvalley with the same gang now, and will be back soon. Maybe with a pair of jeans. And shoes! *winks*

 

Toodles.