weekend was... full of activities and gossips.. tiring and exhausting but good. and tomorrow i have a 10 - 5 class. yikes, what a way to start the week.
weekend to me means a round of updates to be gathered from around the world. apparently ira was not allowed to have visitors or make any phone calls to the outside world during her orientation week. so my mom cant visit her this weekend. but knowing ira, rules are meant to be broken. so she called home, after asking her teacher to call home to tell my parents not to come visit. heh.. she's alright i guess. food was okay. and apparently she was allocated in the same classroom with the old fourth formers. so that was good. it makes mixing less difficult
mind is blank.. cant think of anything to write about. hopefully things will get better as the week goes on.
have a nice week!
sitting in my room, supposedly doing homework or something beneficial, but instead spent most of the day lying in bed reading magazine.. great.. what a way to waste time.. and it's not the economist or times magazine.. it's marie claire..
so, after a few hours of being lazy, suddenly i had the urge to rearrange my room for like the 10th time since i have moved in. and the 2nd time this month. mind you, my room is not big at all. it can fit a desk, wardrobe, bed and bedside table... and my tv on a stool.. it can barely fit a couch last time so i had it removed because i need the space. so how can i have sooo much imagination on rearranging my room? geez i dont know myself. but that's what i do.. i rearrange things to keep me happy. pathetic? maybe..
it's damn gray outside.. and knowing that i am going out in an hour's time doesnt help to uplift my mood either. cold... i always knew january is the worst time in winter and yet every year, the same weather always depresses me. not like i want a lot of sunshine.. had too much in fact in malaysia that i am permanently tanned. but below 5 degrees? i'd rather stay home and watch tv.
nasib malam ni keluar makan nandos.. yummy... to those in msia, nandos here is sooooo much nicer.. rugi dtg london tak makan nandos kay.. it's been a while since i've been to nandos. unlike last year, i would drag someone to eat nandos with me.. this year i have zilch.. so, though the weather outside is cold it made me feel like i dont have feet, demi nandos.. i will..
the boiler is finally replaced... alhamdulillah.. after days of living in the polar express, the temperature is back to msian optimum temperature.
some of my frens are now sitting for their exams. sorry i didnt mention earlier but all the best and my prayers are always with you guys. good luck!! especially to jutch, hizem, ira and ali. you guys can do it!
also, to my bestest fren, nisya aka keane.. happy 24th birthday! miss you lots.. hope you had a wonderful birthday and have a good time packing for aussie.. you go gurl..
and some of you guys might already know about this, some still dont. but apparently siti nurhaliza is performing in royal albert hall on 1st of april. although i am not a fan of siti, i repeat, i am not a fan of siti, i listen to her songs and i like the image she potrays despite people saying it is not true. but i believe what i see and so far i havent seen any bad things yet. and the idea of a msian singer being able to perform in royal albert hall is a big thing that i am interested in going
since going alone is pathetic, i manage to find some friends to go with and am going to buy tickets for all of us.. to those of you who are interested to go, i will be able to buy tickets for you as i am going to royal albert hall next week. but. i am not in the position to recommmend any seats for eventhough i have been inside the hall before, i do not want to take any responsibility for any bad seats or too expensive seats that might occur.
thus, please proceed to royal albert hall website to select your seats and come back to me if you want me to buy for you. if you have any questions especially about payment, feel free to msn or ym me.. to note: this service is currently provided to those who have access of communication with me via sms, msn or ym. to those outside the range, please drop a message for further updates! hehe
anyway, my baby sister is off to sri putri this morning. i wonder how is she now having to sleep in a dorm full of people, and wake up to the cold shower and eating nasik kawah.. poor her.. i might quarrel with her a lot but i love her sooo much that i know boarding school will do her good..
when u are rich, it's really easy to do good deeds..
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of the easyGroup of companies, is to give a £2 million personal donation to fund scholarships at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Stelios graduated from LSE in 1987 with an BSc Economics (Accounting and Finance). His pledge of £2 million will go towards scholarships and financial support for UK and other EU students. In total, around 100 students could potentially benefit. Part of his donation will also enable a teaching room in the New Academic Building to be developed.
He said: 'I am making this gift to LSE because I think scholarships is a great way to give something back. My father set up a fund ($10m) for Cypriot students to study abroad, administered by his three children. I was lecturing at Columbia Business school in New York last year and met one of his funded students. I saw how much difference my father's scholarships were making and how much his students were getting out of it. I saw clearly what a good way it was to give something back. I could have helped students just in Cyprus but I made my fortune in this country and I did well at LSE, which is one of the best in the country but is out of the grasp of many students who quite simply can't afford to go there. I decided to put something back.
just a note, my boiler is still not working.. ever want to feel living in north pole like santa clause? do feel free to visit.. admission is free..
sejuk.. sejuk.. sejuk... i hate the stupid boiler! words cannot describe how sejuk it is in the house.. worse, when it is 7.30 am and you have to pray subuh... the landlord is supposed to come today with a whole new set of boiler. lets just hope it gets installed today..
anyway, weekend was good. had a visitor from north of england. ate at nahar twice. watched closer which is highly recommended.. but u've got to be open minded to enjoy it.. but, whoever's watching for the sole purpose of jude law might be a little bit disappointed. natalie portman was really good though, justifying her golden globe award for best supporting actress..
next movie in mind ------> vanity fair.
by the way, me only know about siti nurhaliza's concert in royal albert hall. but.. me already called them to ask the price.. and me thinking of going! prices range from £20 to £120. but i would recommend the £40 cause the seat is not so bad. personally, £70 is the best i think.. but me have to eat... tgk siti aje tak kenyang!!
alrighty, am going to go and find hot water! ciaoo
saturday... another day to go through. highlight of the day? open house in stratford.. yeay!! another chance to meet the craziest and funnest crowd in london.
stratford was at the end of jubilee line in zone 3. the ride was deafening. the sound of the tube going fast was a roar in my ear. stratford i would say, multicultural. a nice place to live, with all the shops you need around. woolworth, superdrug, boots, big safeway, clarks, body shop.. everything's there.. although, it might be a 15 mins walk from the tube station to your house. and today was bloo'y cold!
food was superb. always had been. we had roti jala, nasi goreng, ayam goreng, cara manis, cream caramel and lots more.. the house was in chaos. laughter never seem to fade. a fun fun fun outing. typical london style. tomok jokes, overrated jokes, all kind.. blended perfectly well with the mood.
celebrated shina's and khalid's birthday.. 2 cakes.. no candles.. age is, afterall, just numbers so they said. 7.30 pm.. time to go. after all the high moment, have to get back to the cold, spoilt boiler house. and great, this weekend happened to be almost the coldest weekend of all..
have a warm weekend everyone!
- raya in msia means all of us girls sitting on the floor a day before raya putting rice into the bekas ketupat with my dad popping in now and then to check the measurement
- raya in msia means the house is filled with the delicious smell of mom's rendang which is so tempting that we actually ate quarter of it on the raya eve
- raya in msia means the morning is buzzing with activities with the bathrooms fully occupied from 6 to 8 am
- raya in msia means my mom waking up very early to cook her utterly special lontong for her beloved husband to add a taste of javanese cuisine to our feast
- raya in msia means going to the blue mosque in kelana jaya, seeing all the familiar and cheery faces of my 'village' people in their kurungs and baju melayus
- raya in msia means going for a second round of eating session after the prayer because the tummy is so big it wants to be filled
- raya in msia means family all around
- raya in msia means perfect
selamat hari raya aidiladha everyone!
when you have something against me, please say it straight to my face in an appropriate manner. be brave with your arguments and views and please be open minded with possibly an unexpected comeback
i do not like people who needs to hide behind somebody else in directing their arguments or comment or opinions against me. if you feel the need to condemn in whatsoever area, feel free to do so but please do not be a coward. And please do not just add comments to other people's arguments for the purpose of igniting the fire of the argument, thus hoping to appear you look just as knowledgeable.
i might not be able to respond directly for i have the habit of firing people needlessly. i am doing it for your own good, to save you from sheer embarrassment but please do not feel that you have won the battle. to add, i always remember whatever you said and might be responding to it out of nowhere.
i might forgive but i do not forget...
really want to update but the 10 - 5 class was really exhausting.
heard this song on era, might not be the latest i guess. but the tune just reminded me of someone and the lyrics were meaningful.. so, this is dedicated to that special you...
Kerinduan by sheila majid
dulu pernah aku bersumpah
slalu setia jika ku mencinta
masih melekat rasa itu
saat cintamu datang padaku
semua terwujud saat kau singgah
panasi cinta untuk setia merindu
kerinduan ...
tak akan menghilang
kan selalu kurasa
tak mampu ku menghindar
kau berikan apa yang ku pinta
kau mengikat ku dalam cinta
temaniku dalam setia
aku tak pernah mengharapkan
cinta lain datang membelaiku
aku dapat slalu bertahan
menahan cintamu di sukmaku
kehadiranmu basuh jiwaku
engkau suluhkan api cinta diriku
kerinduan ...
tak akan menghilang
kan selalu kurasa
tak mampu ku menghindar
kau berikan apa yang ku pinta
kau mengikat ku dalam cinta
temaniku dalam jalani hidup ini
woke up, went to the bank, then to portobello, now waiting till 4 o'clock to go to heathrow. productive day? hmmmmmm......
yesterday's class was okaylaa.. fell asleep twice and 20% of the time, my eyes were 85% close. i know the lecturer saw me sleepy.. but still cannot help it. everytime i attend a class, i am sure to fall asleep atleast once. short attention span.. very short..
btw, my little sister got into sri putri!! she so want to go to mrsm, so when she got that offer, she really didnt wanna go. dad asked me to call and put some sense into her, to put it in a harsh way.. ehehe... but i maybe able to understand from her perspective. it's not easy being a new fourth former. u have to adapt to the lifestyle, learn the traditions and most importantly, try to be in the existing cliques among the students. tough. but not impossible. i guess that's life. afterall, she has to learn to be independent. there's a lot of things boarding schools can teach their students. yeah, the seniority basis might be a lot of crap to some ppl but that's how they learn to respect elders. not saying you cant learn it elsewhere, but there is a difference.. good or bad, up to your judgement. all in all, i really think this is a brilliant opportunity. only 40 students are selected in each sbp for the new fourth formers. and to be accepted in ssp, means that you are among the top 80 in the list... or top 120, depends on where you put ssp in the rank i guess. but top 40 definitely is in TKC.. hahaha.. kidding!
put up more new links.. suddenly realised that there are many of my frens in this blogging world! proving that we all spend most of the time in front of the computer. sad sad truth.. alright, off to discover more about macromedia!
being bored out of my mind, i did everything that i was supposed to do.. scrubbed the bathroom from top to bottom, tried to make my room dust free, rearranging my miscellaneous file for about the 4th time, sort out all my mails, chat with those online, the list goes on until i am bored from doing things and end up on the bed watching ER. by the way i sooo like noah wyle in ER. maybe one of the reasons i watch the show is because of him.
thinking of taking a stroll in oxford street tomorrow. since i havent done any london boxing day shopping, guess it's alright to take a peek at what's still available in store..(need to remind myself to just take a peek!) afterall, living so nearby it's a pity not to visit those stores, right?
and have to watch the aviator tomorrow. simply have to.. been surveying this small cinema at baker street. it's called 'the screen', only 2 screens which is 34m big (not too big) but only 95 to 100 seats so maybe it's not too bad. plus it's quite cheap compared to other cinemas and it's like 5 minutes walk.. convenient? yes..
got the news about someone i know whose my age being 2 months pregnant.. though happy i am for her, couldnt help feeling left behind.. god, i am 23 going 24 and i am still in the education process... tik tok tik tok.. urghhh... cepatla habis acca ni.. i heard somewhere that the most productive years are between the age of 14 to about 26.. and i am nearing 24!! blerghhh... pity me huh.. so to those in malaysia, cepat cepat la kahwin! :-)
So i guess here goes nothing... my new page! yes, i believe it's rather simple and nothing extraordinary.. but i have done enough waiting and my patience is rather limited to maximum 3 days.. yes, it took me almost 3 days to come up with this page. i tried using adobe photoshop as much as i can, but apparently it is not enough. learning this kind of programme on your own is really a pain in the ass!
anyhow, after much dilly dallying, i have added links as promised (6 months ago to some ppl!! sorry...) so, among the new faces are faza, my ex school mate in Kelana Jaya whose now in Belfast, Indra, a friend i met in SAS during Japanese day 1997, and K faidzah whose now in London doing her acca as well. anybody i have forgotten to add?? i hope not.. but if i do.. just tell me and i'll add u as soon as possible..
also, i have ventured into the world of fotopages!! yeayyy... so the link is up there.. at the moment, the only pictures there are from my recent trip to canada but i will add some more later on.. (maybe when i am again sick and confined to my own room..hopefully not!) it is now nearly 1 in the morning and i am tired from continuous clicking.. going for my much needed sleep..
I hate being sick! i just dont know what to do.. have to lie in bed, day in and day out.. not knowing when i'll get better. and with the system here, seeing a GP is so damn difficult. so when the nurse called me today, i was kind of relieved to have an expert opinion. oh well.. maybe he's just a nurse, but atleast it's the NHS nurse. so he must know his way around. he's asking me all these questions which i know must be his concerns for meningitis. thank God i dont have the symptoms and i hope i wont.. at all..
there are so many things that i have to postphone. like, cleaning the bathroom and the kitchen, go out and buy groceries for the house because we run out of so many things. and also, designing a new layout for the page. with classes starting next wednesday, i hope i'll feel better by then. supposed to wake up early today to take the trash outside but it was 10 when i looked at the clock.. god.. the garbage guy has left already.. with this policy that you have to put your garbage atmost an hour before that guy arrives, it's not making it easier..
with terms starting for most of the ppl out there, enjoy your classes! hehe.. and to those in bath and southampton, good luck with your exams. make sure you guys take vitamins so that you wont stuck like me!
Lina, Nurly, Lini and Ira at Harrison Bay ( Winter 2004 )
here i am, back in london, in my room.. actually i arrived on new year's day and since then have been going around meeting friends everywhere. done registering yesterday, so i am officially starting class next wednesday. caught the flu virus apparently from everyone since everyone was down with it the last couple of days. hopefully it wont be too bad. been trying to tidy up the place eversince i came back, started with the room and now the kitchen. had finished reorganizing the shelves hoping it is neater than before. hope all goes well.
anyway, missed my sisters so much.. i am so glad that i decided to go to vancouver for the holidays. it was really like old times, when we were all growing up together. someone told me that only four girls in the family is damn quiet. not like some people with 6, 8 or even 10 siblings, they always think that four is such a small number. truth is, with four girls.. it seems the right number
i love my sisters to death, all of them, the two elders and my younger one. sometimes i feel so lucky to have them around although we are all in different places, vancouver, london, sarawak and pj.. it seems that the bond never got loose, only stronger. my sisters are my bestest friends.. they are the ones i turn to whenever i have problems, be it a love problem, studies or even life. there is nothing i cannot talk to them. they educate me from my youngest days till now. i become mature through their experience and i am younger from her youth.
we never have boring moments. we cook, shop, and gossip together. we even made soaps together in vancouver. (yup.. we made bath bombs and normal soaps from scratch.. chose our own perfume and made our own shapes) they share with me everything, from the pain of childbirth to their delicious secret recipes. from the burden of work to the latest fashion. they appreciate me for who i am, and not what i am
we do not have fights now like most other siblings do. i can barely remember the last fight i have with my sisters.. it must have been ages ago. maybe the distance between us taught us to be more considerate. however, the distance is never a reason for us not to know everything about one another. i would say that we have the best networking known to mankind, cause we have four very reliable servers all over the globe. to me, my sisters are only a phone call away. they become my shrink and sometimes i become theirs.
i am so thankful and cant believe how lucky i am to have the sisters that i have now. i literally cannot imagine being other people who do not have the similar experience. and you know when ppl say, 'you do not have brothers? poor you.. big brothers always take care of their younger sisters.' i would say, bullshit.. sisters take even more care towards their sisters. they are the ones who stick the family together, because from experience, when friends' brothers got married, they always side with their wives' family. so when there are 4 girls in the family, all the in laws are closer to us, instead of taking my sisters away. plus, brothers do not have sisters talk and brother in laws are definitely better than having blood brothers. they are more caring but not overly protective.
so when i remembered the times my parents tried to have a boy in my family.. i smiled and thank god for the arrangement He made for us. afterall, my parents have 2 grandsons to make up for it. and for me, nothing beats four sisters.. glad i am one of them.
