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Happy 20th Birthday, AISHAH MOHD NOOR! You have lived through two decades, may your coming decades be blessed with perpetual bliss dan semoga dimurahkan rezeki. Amin.

i have been and will be very busy. so, won't be updating the blog that regularly.

how's langkawi? i wanna go again! the highlights of my trip there would be the cable car ride & island hopping. the beautiful sun. the pristine beach. the soft sand. one tip though, if you're planning to go...be sure to have an awesome company, 'cause that, plus the beautiful sea, sun & sand, is what's gonna make the trip memorable. =)

oh, and the only form of public transportation they have there are taxis. No buses lah sey! you can rent cars & motorcycles if you'd like to travel by yourselves, and the "van" type of cabs charge A LOT more than the normal car taxis.

if you plan to go to there, i suggest staying at the Pantai Cenang area 'cause that place is a lot more happening at night. we stayed at a resort in Padang Masirat which was conveniently located near the airport but its very quiet once the sun is down.

it's back to school, by the way. tourism project is over and done with, 'cept for the presentation. had an ayam penyet dinner date with elii babe and we went CRAZY. i bet the mas from Ayam Penyet Ria spiked our teh-peng! saying the words DEWA & BALLROOM would never be the same again. and i found an awesome place to "see people watch"! dan tolong eh kawan-kawan, when someone moves to the left when going down the escalator, it's to let others pass! haha. Monday madness.

here's a local band i'd like to recommend all of you to check out,

The Great Spy Experiment.

caught both of their sets on Saturday at the Esplanade and they're awesome! they do sound very much influenced by The Killers and even did a cover of All These Things That I've Done. and they have very nice songs. plus, the frontman Saiful has a unique voice. i like. i like.

finally went jamming with the new band on Sunday night. i'd rather not say much about it 'cause it's only our first jamming session but some of you may have heard of the guys on the local malay radio stations and saw them on Suria.

this is the band's side project and we have a competition coming up...and i'm anxious. excited and nervous. dan takut kena marah. haha. nah, they're a bunch of fun gentlemen.

and they love indon music as much as i do! yay! and they drive so i don't have to worry about missing the last train when we finish jamming late at night! yay! hurhur.

okay bye, saya ada banyak kerja.
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quick one.

yesterday's 4PM gathering at Lau Pa Sat was uber happening. Happy Birthday, Kak Falah! Semoga diberkati usia dan dimurahkan rezeki, dan berbahagia selalu di samping orang-orang yang disayangi. Amin.

i have to get dressed 'cause we're leaving for the airport in an hour's time. my dad decided at the last minute that we shall go for a holiday. Langkawi baybeh!
i'm not done packing and i don't know what i'm gonna wear or bring...

I love the airport, especially when you have a flight to catch and when you're the one leaving and not the one being left behind. i love to visit the Cactus garden (i'm just weird like that) where Harry's Bar is...to see the Cactus lah, not Harry's.

but i do not love plane rides. i have travel sickness, you see.

anyway, please pray that we'll have a safe journey to and back. Amin.

ok ok..the mother's shouting for me.

See you on Monday!
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so, about the camp. the 4 days were packed with so much activities & incidents. hence, i'm only gonna touch on a few things.

it's called the 4PM Intergration Camp 2006, and it's in its 6th running year. 4PM stands for Persatuan Persuratan Pemuda-Pemudi Melayu, or Malay Youth Literary Association. this year, the camp was held at the Old Police Academy at Thomson Road. most of the campers were Malays with only a handful of non-Malays.

when piz and i first reached the campsite and saw the other campers, both of us felt awkward. oh so awkward. partly because we didn't know what to expect from the camp. the other part, we'd rather not talk about. for the first time at a camp, i couldn't wait for it to be over before it even started! the camp had also meant 4 days without make-up and hairstyling products for most of us. well done, fiza. 4 days of total unglamness, oversized tshirts, track pants & shorts. that's good actually, 'cause then everybody got to know each other's TRUE personality. eyebags and all.

we slept in bunks, and our bunk was facing the forest. there were alot of frogs. and one decided to station itself right outside our door. but i think we were to tired to bother so we just walked past it. the girls' toilet required us to walk far out of the bunk's premises and down a hill far at back of the Old Police Academy. exciting much? what with all the stories we heard. but hey, everyone got used to it by the second day that by the 3rd night when everybody had to stay up really late for the Project Challenge, a bunk mate and i were unfazed by the fact that it was freaking 4am and we walked all the way to the toilet to have our shower. did i fail to mention there were only 2 toilets & 2 showers for 20 plus girls?

by the last day, every group developed such a tight bond. my group was called KARMA and we kept doing our cheer everytime an opportunity arised. yours truly was damn enthusiastic as ever lor. i couldn't help it okay, i'm just naturally enthusiastic & energetic and i love camps!

the last day had also been the day when the VIPs had to attend the official closing ceremony for the camp. An MP or minister was there, the President of 4PM was there and the MEDIA was there. Yours truly had to be interviewed by RSI (Radio Singapore International) in Malay okay? oh God, oh God. GOD knows what shitloads came out of my mouth. oh hell, at least i made the minister person laugh during my brief presentation. and everyone else had to laugh along. hurhur.

and yours truly was "Best Female Camper" lor! weeeee. thanks to my tak-tahu-malu-ness. and piz's group was in the Top 5 for the Project Challenge so they had to present their project to the VIPs on stage. Go Piz!

at the last few hours of the camp, i could sense that everyone dreaded the goodbyes. even me! there was a brief sing-along session at the last few minutes of the camp where most started breaking down in tears. the commitee, the facilitators & the campers. yep, even the guys. even piz & i couldn't fight abit of tears. okay lah, me lah. damn. what was touching though, was how much of a positive impact it made on the campers that most signed up as volunteers.

i'm glad Mrs Seetoh made us go to the camp =>

where we slept...

the Project Challenge got everyone so stressed up...

fiza, its 3 in the morning, quit snapping pictures already!

one of the games we played required us to put together & decorate a photo frame. lawa kan? =)

at Taman Warisan...


awaiting the VIP's arrival...

we survived without make-up lah seyy!

that's all folks, thankyouverymuch.

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i like meeting people and making new friends. sure, we can try and get along with everyone we meet. but one thing's for sure, we can't expect to feel "part of the group" and feel "a sense of belonging" every single time we meet new people. and i realised that if you don't feel good about yourself when you're with certain people, then chances are you're just not meant to be friends. acquaintances and contacts maybe, but not friends. and the more i meet people like these, the more i appreciate my friends.

there's only so much we can do and so far we can go to adapt & adjust to these new people while staying true to our identity. at the end of the day we'll realise whether or not we share the chemistry & frequency and there's no point forcing it 'cause it's just not gonna happen.

you get what i'm trying to say here?

it can be quite disappointing sometimes, but at least we learn more about ourselves, what kind of people we do or don't "click" with...

Enough of that, were you at Baybeats?

Page sounded REALLY good. Electrico's awesome as always. Astreal blows my mind away each time. A fabulous end to the fabulous night with fabulous people. FABULOSO! hurhur.

elii dearie, you have no idea how much it meant to me that you were there with me the whole time. love ya lots babe!

my mind's in a whirl. my body's tired. post-delirium syndrome, perhaps.

it's a small world afteraaalll....

"my best friends
are those
i trust to know
the worst of me
and love me enough
not to mind"

- nan witcomb

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when somebody sends you a very sweet message, do you wonder if they sent it to the wrong number 'cause you are afraid to believe that the message was meant for you?

am i the only one who keeps old messages inside the phone's inbox, even the ones from a year ago because the messages are so meaningful, i don't have the heart to delete it?
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i get all high & giddy just thinking about my experience at the camp. the camp had been crazy fun, and overwhelmingly emotional. it's amazing really. yet another event in my life that has made me speechless and so emotionally attached. the people i met, the things we did. yet another event where i started out not knowing what to expect at all, and ended up with me being in a state of delirium.

wow. and what makes it even better is that it's all taking place right after another. one event after the other. wow.

high & giddy.

Alhamdulillah.

will elaborate more next time...
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But not here...

notice how a lot of the long-haired footballers do their hair like that?

Ilhan Mansiz tetap pujaan hatiku. even though Turkey's not in this year's World Cup. hurhur.

(the sister just laughed out loud 'cause i just said, "Handsome nye..." out loud. not easy for me to say, "Handsome nye" okay?)

i have to wake up in 2 hours' time to finish packing up for my camp. i'll be away for 4 days for an Intergration Camp by 4PM ( Persatuan Persuratan Pemuda Pemudi Melayu) at the Old Police Academy.

see you all in 4 days!

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current track on repeat:

Untuk Sahabat
audy feat. nindy

biarkan saja kekasihmu pergi
teruskan saja mimpi yang kau tunda
kita temukan tempat yang layak
sahabatku

kupercaya kan langkah bersamamu
tak kuragukan berbagi dengan mu
kita temukan tempat yang layak
sahabatku

kita mencari
jati diri
tenang lautan mimpi

aku bernyanyi untuk sahabat
aku berbagi untuk sahabat
kita bisa jika bersama
kita berbagi untuk sahabat
kita bernyanyi untuk sahabat
kita bisa jika bersama

tiba waktunya
kita untuk berbagi
untuk saling memberi

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here's thanking God for my beautiful friends who've been with me through my happiest & saddest days, my prettiest & ugliest moments, the proudest & lowest points of my life and are still with me after having gone through so much together.

below are notes to my close friends, see if you can guess which is you. if you really want to know, send me an email or ask me on MSN. hurhur ;)

in no order of merit (heh):

1 - when we first met, we didn't like each other. i though you were childish and you thought i was cocky. well, it's been 5 years now and you're like the (other) sister i never had. heh. do you remember when we "fought" at KFC Jurong Point a long time ago? we both couldn't decide what to eat, somehow we both got so pissed off, stood up, stomped off and went our separate ways. remember remember?? so childish! what will i ever do without you? :)

2 - you're smart and talented. we weren't from the same batch but we were in the same CCAs. we have alot in common. our malay suck big time and my friends didn't like me 'cause i spoke english most of the time. as my senior, you had been a wise friend i could turn to whenever i had/have a problem. and once we start talking, we forget about day & night! isn't it weird how we never run out of things to talk about?

3 - peterpan, dewa, sheila on 7! hehe. yes, you are categorised as close friend now. that's because you are the only other person i know who are as passionate about indon music as i, and has cool taste in music, as i ;) hurhur. we first met at a concert in 2001. and ever since then we would meet up at least once a year to satisfy our craving for fucken great live music. and just recently we had THE ultimate experience which probably wouldn't be THE ultimate if it had been with anyone else. we make THE fabulous team, you & i. we rule!

4 - no thanks to your petite frame, others perceived you as innocent, docile, submissive, naive and a pushover. boy george (as you would say), were they wrong. if they could only see the real you. you're anal retentive and has the most repulsive level of wit known to mankind. yet, you're still sensitive & gentle. i could always count on you to be honest with me. you're not one to mess around with. after all, we were from the Debate Team.

5 - you're sweet, kind & gentle. that's a very common first impression. if they could only see you at your least glamorous. i'm really sorry about the toilet incident that lead to our running around to different toilets and ended up with the 3 of us sobbing our hearts out. you'll always be my fellow Alto and the punk rock princess.

6 - i would never be able to survive school without you girls. we went through so much joy & sorrow. as of 20 June 2006, we have been friends for a year. and that, my darlings, is only the beginning. happiness shared is happiness doubled, and sadness shared is sadness divided. HOLY COW! that's 9 times more happiness, and 9 times less sorrow. yayness!

7 - it all started when i had a crush on your manager back when your spa was beside my hairstyling school. i wanted to get to know you, so i could get to know more about him. oh hell, you were far more interesting than him. besides, he was too old. but thanks to him, we met, became friends and are still friends years later. how is he anyway? remember that night when we lied down at the Esplanade rooftop and you cried your heart out? i definitely remember meeting your cute (guy) friends. hurhur.

8 - we tell each other everything (almost), and have seen each other at our worst. you tolerated my nonsense, and became my punching bag. you were the one who made me milk when i was hungry, the one who took care of me when the parents are away. you cleaned up my puke (!) and looked after me when i was sick. you used to always give in to me and made me feel guilty right after. i've learnt to stop feeling guilty, so do continue giving in to me ;)

9 - the Giraffe gang! i never would've thought that the 4 of us would have such chemistry. we'll always be the crazy & silly bunch, and i'll always be the only girl. you hear?

10 - we were so close when we were much younger. we were there for each other when we found out our grandfather passed on. we lost touch for a few years, but we're closer now than we were ever before. we'll always be there to support each other during tough times. *hugs*

11 - we have the same name. our birthdays are two days away. our mothers have the same name. you're another one with an admirable level of patience. you don't simply tolerate my nonsense, you counter them with yours. way to go! i love how you're always so gung-ho and damn spontaneous. we can do just about ANYTHING when we're together, but please, i may look "strong" but your boney hands can kill everytime you punch me lah.
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remember how my father used to tell us lame jokes? well, he decided to try something different tonight. Here's something for you all to think about, please feel free to leave a comment and whatever sensible answers you can think of. =)

1)

3 diners ate $25 worth of dinner at a food place.
each gave a $10 note to the waiter.

$30 - $25 = $5

the waiter then had $5 with him and decided to give $1 to each diner and keep the $2 for himself.

$5 - $3 = $2

that means, each diner paid $9 for their dinner, correct?

$10 - $1 = $9

so, if

$9 x 3 = $27

and the waiter kept the $2

$27 + $2 = $29

where did the $1 go?


2)

a man was driving his van along a deserted road. the van's headlights were spoiled and couldn't be used. and the streetlights were not working either! the man drove cautiously when he suddenly stopped the van to avoid hitting a pedestrian. but, how was he able to see the pedestrian?

Have fun! for those of you who are having your school break (yay!), you have 3 whole weeks to think about it? Hurhur.
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too much is happening too fast. i can only pray that Allah gives me strength physically & mentally to live through this complicated rollercoaster ride unscathed. Amin. whatever happens, will be for the best.

it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind. IT'S ALL IN THE MIND.
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