FACES SHINING WITH GLEE & DELIGHT

2011-03-21T15:47:00.005+08:00

HIGHLIGHT OF 2010

It was beyond amazing how my sister and I ventured parts of Europe - Munich, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome - on our own. I have always wanted to go to Europe but never really thought it would be so soon. The planning was nerve-wrecking and such a hassle but it paid-off.

We were afraid of how the locals would look at us being Muslims and how unsafe it was for two girls to travel together. After all, it was not as bad as we thought and I definitely do not mind going back to Germany and Italy!

2010-10-27T20:03:00.005+08:00

School has been very hectic. There are so many pharmaceutical terms that I have to remember. The drug name. Its chemical name. Its brand name. The dosage. The side effects. The adverse effects. The drug-to-drug interactions. With Professional Profiling assessment and Final Year Project coming up, I can die.. My modules are killing my brain cells.

It is not even November but I am really hoping that time would fly pretty fast next month. There are many things lined up and my wall calender is full of scribbles and important dates to bear in mind.

I was at my lowest yesterday. Even though it was not the actual thing, I felt very demoralised. I need all the motivation and determination in the world. Please help me through, God.

Apart from that, life has been good. Till you hear from me again.

2010-10-08T19:20:00.004+08:00

Introducing the newest addition to the family tree. Syed Isa Alhabshi.

Isn't he adorable?

2010-10-04T03:16:00.000+08:00

I thought I would leave my blog viewable to strangers but... I think I should go back to being private. I hope I did not leave anybody out.

7 weeks of holidays are gone and I am left with 6more days to morning-alarm-days. :( I reckon that the upcoming semester is going to get really challenging. I cannot afford to waste anymore time and shall start being serious.

At the rate time is flying, it is scaring the shit out of me. It is already October?! I hope my remaining months of 2010 would be good. There are many events and important dates for me to keep in mind. Well, let's just hope for the best. Apart from that, I am glad that I am managing my expenses well and have saved half of the desired amount.

Anyway, it has been so long since I last brought my DSLR out. Last Wednesday was really a good day filled with silliness and laughter.

It really annoys me when being asked whether I am a Singaporean. Not once, not twice, but more than four times already. The other day while I was at the clinic, I handed over my PINK identity card and the auntie even asked me whether I was a citizen of Singapore. Hello? Sometimes I wonder where they think I came from. I should start conversing in Malay more often now.

I was at the boyfriend's house last weekend. All of us were seated at the dining table when his mum asked... 'Kau ni faham ke tidak ape Andy cakap?' (Do you understand what Andy is talking about?) Before this, she had already asked me whether I understand Malay.

Is my Malay really THAT bad? Hahahaha I do not think so. People make it sound like as if my Malay is atrocious and that my second language is not Malay. :/ At times I cannot help but to laugh at myself. Hahaha.

Okay shit. My body clock has really gone haywire. It is almost 4. Goodnight!

2010-08-21T02:32:00.029+08:00

Hey.

I have actually forgotten the existence of this. Life does not seem as interesting as it used to be, a tad too quiet but surprisingly, for starters, I am adapting quite well. I managed to get off Facebook (not that I was a slave to it) too and it has been deactivated for quite some time now.

I have been resisting the urge to splurge very well. I used to spend up to a few hundreds but thank God for the fasting month (I am home 98% of the time) that at the end of two weeks, I am still left with more than three fourths of my monthly allowance. At times it makes me feel depressed you know, because I do not get to buy something.

So... Instead of spending money on unnecessary items, I bought books from Amazon instead. Not forgetting a Lamb of God 3-CD Anthology which I bought for the fun of it. I do not know of people who still buy CDs though. Ha. Anyway, my hands are itching to bake even though I just did a few days ago. The Ben&Jerry's? The Madam in the house has been nagging about the ice-cream maker which I think I have only used twice. God knows how long it has been hibernating inside the store room.

I think it is now time for me to curb my spending and save for end of the year. I have been procrastinating and so much for starting at the beginning of the year. I am left with roughly four more months and hope that I would be able to save up the desired amount. I hope.

On a different note, it is going to be a month soon. How times flies.. Also, I am already halfway through my tertiary education life. After a year and half, I still do not know how and why I ended up in a Science course! Can you believe it? How I wish I had taken up something else.

While waiting for my night class to start the other day, a middle-aged man came, settled down in the empty seat next to me and started talking. I did not get what he was trying to say and you might have guessed it, it definitely fell on deaf ears. I wished he would go away because I did not really wish to talk to anybody. I tried to be engrossed in my novel but ended up reading the same lines over and over again. He did not give up. He then started talking about opportunities and chances. 'Most opportunities and chances come by once and it is up to you to make full use of it.' I turned to him and gave a half-hearted smile because that was the only thing I could afford to do.

Believing can be fatal at times. Maybe what he said was true. Maybe it was not. Just maybe..

2010-08-21T01:08:00.002+08:00

Email me at crankydoll@hotmail.com if you have any queries. :)

2010-07-11T23:30:00.006+08:00

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=13546692&id=215138065124

I am not a fan of the World Cup but I cannot believe that the cup comes in a Loius Vuitton travel case! My goodness.

2010-07-08T18:52:00.006+08:00

5 more weeks of lessons and I will be done with the first semester of second year. I have many things to catch up with. I need to get started on my Professional Profiling as soon as possible and I definitely need to stop procrastinating. I am going to make full use of my holidays this time round. No excuses because it is going to be the fasting month and since the other half will be away, what is left for me to do?

Heh. This space is not going to be public anymore soon and I may need some time to gather email addresses for invitations.

2010-07-05T12:30:00.004+08:00

Why NUH keeps on sending me appointment notifications? When will this ever stop? :(

2010-06-29T19:10:00.001+08:00

2010-06-25T17:24:00.010+08:00

It is funny looking at how people make money an issue. Nothing can compare to what lies beneath the heart. On top of that, basic courtesy and manners too.

My close ones would know that I am definitely not the girlish type. I do not hangout with lots of girls, party, spend the whole night in town or whatnot. It takes time (or perhaps lots of time) for me to get comfortable with someone. One of the reasons why I prefer being quiet (not anti-social) than having to know many acquaintances.

I personally feel maturity does not go along with age. You can be 15 and matured. You can be 19 and still immature. There is nothing for you to prove because the way you talk and handle things reflect on your level of maturity and it shows me how immature you are/can be.

'If you want to settle, meet me outside'. What is up with people having this mindset? Instead of exchanging messages or phone calls, some say it is the correct way of settling things. I do not think so. Before you even start settling things, you should have manners. For the ones who cannot speak or have problems structuring your sentences, I suggest you prepare a speech first.

On the other hand, I am so thankful I am back in touch with a friend whom I have lost contact with since 2006.

2010-06-23T22:14:00.000+08:00

I miss the cold weather even though it caused dry skin. I miss the long walks getting from one place to another. One week in Sydney was the bomb.

2010-06-06T01:11:00.004+08:00

It has been more than a week since holidays started and looking at how time flies, it scares the shit out of me. I am never productive during holidays. Heh.

Back to school on the fifteenth. I shall make full use of the remaining days and enjoy every moment of it.

Till then. I hope I will be back with lots of photos!

2010-05-31T18:02:00.002+08:00

Hi. Be right back.

2010-05-17T23:19:00.001+08:00

2010-05-10T14:44:00.001+08:00

Things have been moving too fast. Just when I thought I could take a rest and slower down my pace, things moved even faster.

I wish I could skip the remaining days of May.

2010-05-09T20:58:00.001+08:00

Happy Mothers' Day!

2010-05-04T21:02:00.001+08:00

Hahahahahhaa.

2010-04-28T17:20:00.009+08:00

Sister: An example of a Malay who does not know how to speak Malay. *points finger at me*

Me: Brother too!

But still...... I do not suck that much. Maybe when it comes to writing and talking in proper Malay.

Anyway,

Hahahahahahaha.

2010-04-27T22:05:00.004+08:00

I do not believe in forcing. It is not worth it if someone does something because he/she has been forced.

It shows how much of a person he/she is. The world does not revolve only around her/him, does it?

2010-04-18T23:35:00.000+08:00

2010-04-17T02:39:00.002+08:00

2010-04-15T21:16:00.003+08:00

2010-04-10T08:54:00.003+08:00

Some things happen unexpectedly and these unnecessary stuff accumulate every day. We just have to meddle through. At the the very least, I have always tried dealing with it in an auto-mode. Meaning to say, without a lot of thoughts.

Whatever my reasons or excuses are, I tend to hold on to a fair amount of mental crud. It keeps amassing with no end in sight, piling up day by day. The more it accumulates, the harder it is to get rid of and the more it wears me down.

Every day all of us (in a way or another), have to deal with a certain amount of the stuff and after we do, we simply move on forward. Yet sometimes, we allow this psychological crud to build up, fester and take over when all we need to do is take action by flushing it away and proceed on with our lives!

p/s: 'Move on'. I personally think there is no such thing as moving on.. Moving forward would be a better word.

2010-04-08T00:49:00.004+08:00

I always remind myself that sometimes in life, I only get one chance - one chance to make a difference in my life or possibly in the lives of others, one chance to say what needs to be addressed or do what needs to be accomplished.

Sometimes you have to stand with your feet rooted to the ground, buck up and act upon the obvious facts of life. Whether if it is for yourself or for the people around you. It may sting an ego or two but at the end of the day, once you ask yourself, the answer should be crystal clear.

2010-04-07T20:20:00.000+08:00