so to my great surprise [sorry], KKO'06 was a blast. i had so much fun, i keep reliving certain moments in my head.

TAKMO BILANG, COS I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME I BLOGGED ABOUT A CAMP. nyehnyehnyehnyehnyeh.

plus i had such a rocking group--me, hanom, ana, fairuz, haikal, mateen--with a rocking name--ketawa--to boot!

anyways. thanks for your driving services atikk.

that night even though i was shagged giler nak mampos, i met up with filza and ili at arab street. TOTALLY. haven't been there in ages. the waiter was cute AND painfully-familiar-looking, but at press time, i still haven't figured out whowhatwhenhowwhy.

riding today was a blast again, cos macam i love raime and i got him today. but i didn't pass cos i stupidly screwed up the right turn. daaammn. takper. slowly slowly buang duit. but at least tadi got time to do circuit. where i still rocked the figure 8. *jumps around*

i'm not in the mood to blog panjang2, maybe after a few days of rest la k. tata.

i was almost 15-freaking-minutes late for riding this morning, a-GAIN. wth. i even took the train and everything, in a bid not to be late, but u know public transport and how they rebel against urgency. it's so bloody annoying. one good thing about being late, though, is that i'm so busy worrying about being late that i have no time to worry about how riding is gonna go.

anyways so i macam, rushed to the training shed cos there was no one at the counter. thank GOD they hadn't left yet. first relevant person i spotted, to my dismay, was BT. [BT as in, Bluetooth. not BP!!!] and i flustered-ly and bimbo-ly said to him: "um, sorry, i'm like, late!" hahahaa. buat malu siol. anyway he directed me to knock on the window and get someone to come out and take my booklet and stuff. thank GOD dier tak ketawakan aku lagi. not in plain sight, anyway. haha.

SEKALI motor takleh start laaaa. nasib baik raime came strolling down the line and told me to turn on the choke before i start the engine. obviously, it worked. i <3 you, raime!

well despite the fact that i missed like, half the briefing, the route was pretty alright. at least i recognised the roads, and didn't get lost. BUT he makes me SOOOO self-conscious, i swear! i was like, the last bike, and he was at the back. therefore he spotted all my mistakes and tegured me on each one. mamposss.

but overall, it was cool la. i <3<3<3 riding. [oh he didn't pass me la. my lane change was macam, wobbly, apparently.]

after that i met dayah, and waited for HER to finish riding. woohoo CD mats galore, but i was macam ugly today so i didn't pay much attention. oh then there was this macam really handsome, pan-Asian-looking malay dude at tampines, who I SWEAR followed us to KFC after spotting us at the TM/CS traffic light. i mean, he even sat at the next table and everything! when there were 93849285 other tables to choose from. then when we were leaving he kept looking out at us. woohoo. haha. [oh fine, so he was with a girl, but i'm convinced he was tutoring her or something.]

i got my first free starbucks drink yest. haha. too bad i cldn't have coffee, so i got a mango tea frappucino instead. and stoned outside LT for 30 minutes. like, really stoned. there was macam, nothing to do! ohwells. free time is hard to come by these days. i should relish it.

anyways then nat and i went shopping!!! haha. it was cool. i bought a pair of sleeves from cheeks and two tops and a dress from topshop. it was pretty sad, cos then i couldn't get my basic topshop tops. takper. next time.

met hanom and natasha [her sister] after 843028403 years of searching for her at marina square, then we made our way to MoS, which i thought was a yay thing. but maybe i was PMSing. or maybe i'm just jaded. either way, i didn't have fun. ntah. *shrugs*

i did meet ahmad mubarak, yus [separate groups, of course] and i saw yiying and that other guy. bnyk budak RJ, weirdly.

anyways, yeah. sorry for being a bitch yesterday la. didn't mean to. hope you had a great birthday so far, hanom.

night riding rocks balls man!

didn't start out so well, cos i was like ten minutes late. and they were all just leaving. mampos. well anyway, i got raime!!! woohoo! *jumps and twirls around* he is so adorable i SWEAR.

[NOT adorable would be BT, who was laughing at me, cos i was flustered and all from being late. nasib baik i didn't get him--he was taking road revision.]

*NEWSFLASH* it's now 12:08 in the morning, 21 June 2006. and guess who just called me from atikk's handphone?!?!?! Mr. Birthday Boy himself--Jambang!!!!!! i was SO shocked and embarrassed and God-knows what else. i mean, hello, he greeted me with "Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb.!" i nearly died. then he was like, "ingat tak ni sape?" [which, btw, is not possible, because we haven't officially met. anyways. it was nice.

okay yeah and anyway i passed pract 6, even though i stalled engine in the middle of the freaking road tadi. nasib baik dalam yellow box.

i accompanied dayah to riding this afternoon. it was SUPER FUN. aside from the fact that i had to tahan kencing in the canteen for 100 minutes. hahaha. there was this really good-looking 2A/2 dude who looks just faintly manjen even though he's malay. and u know, the usual assortment of cute mats la. dayah was talking to one of them, cos they were from the same pract, and while we were all at the kiosk, they were amazed at how i was able to remember my customer ID. aperje tau. so kirekan korang nyer IC number bole memorise, customer ID takleh ke? ohwells. apaperlah cute mats.

oooOOOooo then as we were leaving, there was a bunch of CD mats at the staircase, and--TOTALLY laaa!!!--they macam, called out to us. woohoo! *jumps around*

<3 CD mats.

oh and i saw peter and raime, yay. haha. although, you know, peter and raime DON'T belong in the same category.

oh and while i was waiting for dayah, juwakhir saw me and he asked if i passed my 2B yet. haha. he was the one who said, "adik, bila TP ni? hari2 asyik nampak adik kat sini je..!" he's so hilarious. i remember one time he scolded this guy, "amboi, lembutnyer figure 8!!!" haha.

went for hi-tea at cafe vienna just now with the family.

and when i say "family", i mean family. me and my parents and sister [zul not included cos he's being such a pill these days]; mak's ENTIRE family--and she has like four married daughters, ALL with kids, plus a son; and cik noliah and cik napi. that's like wow. two long tables.

it was so cool though. you know i'm usually antisocial at these family thingies. and the situation is NOT helped by them saying how fat i am, like ALL the time. [i mean, i know i am. but pointing it out to me is NOT gonna make conversation any easier, is it?]

actually the food was just okay. the pasta was lovely and rich though. i'm not one for neapolitan, i prefer alfredo, so yums. and i grabbed like 2 slices of the lamb chops before they were spirited away by the other hungry malay people around. but basically i just made two trips for food, and one for desserts, cos macam, kenyang. haha. and nothing that i really love. now, fries, that'd keep me coming back for more. or, say, nasi goreng with prawns. haha. i dunno!

but wow there were 72947205 other malay families there, most of them large too. and you know what comes with large malay families??? cute mats!!!! haha. come on, i spotted at least five, within minutes of arriving. and one of them was conveniently situated at the next table. yay. [not that he was remotely interested in me, of course, if at all. most of the time they like my sister. can't say i'm not used to it. it's like i'm some kind of consolation prize, failing which, i'm chopped liver. okay enough ranting.]

so yeah, it was fun.

boo, though, i thought i might be able to get my parents to go shopping after that, but they wanted to go see mok. so takperlah.

ohyes with reference to the previous entry, no i don't smoke, i was asking for a friend, which is why the whole scenario was so hilarious to me. yup.

yesterday night [or this morning, if u prefer] we were eating sop tulang at newton.
i was aggressively dipping the bread into the kuah, and it was really yummy and stuff so i said,
"Sedap giler babi sey!!! ...Padahal kambing."
and everyone died laughing! [that is, until i stopped laughing long enough to say, "i'm so funny!" haha.]

i'm so bored. and sakit perut. and bored. i wanna go outttt. yeah i know i go out EVERY day, but hey, at least it makes me appreciate my bed more. haha.

and the rash on my neck is menjadi2ing.

okay apaperlah. nites.

me: "Bang, ada rokok?"
shocked mat in yellow: "Merah?"
me: hesitates "Um, ada hijau tak?"
SMIY: "Oh nak yang menthol eh?"
me: "'Ah'ah. Ada tak?"

half an hour later

me: "Sorry, can I borrow a lighter?"
guy of indeterminate race: takes lighter from his friend and passes it to me, altogether taking about one full minute

me: returning the lighter "Thank you!"
GOIR: "Sama-sama.."

ahhh he's malay!

Sekuntum bunga larangan
Tidak tercapai tangan
Haruman bunga semalam
Terlerai sudah

Inginku memilikimu
Duri yang bisa menghalanginya
Inginku menyayangimu
Sayang ku insan tak punya apa

Aku musafir hina
Kini terluka di taman cinta
Engkau yang aku sayang
Bunga larangan
Sudah suratan takdir Tuhan
Mekarmu sayang di jambangan orang

Terpaksa kau kutinggalkan
Dalam sejarah cinta
Tinggallah bunga tersayang
Dalam kenangan
Engkaulah bunga larangan -UG14

i went out with nat just now.

haha nothing much la, we went to top up our accounts and book pract/TP. followed by the usual errands at tampines. and i got to eat the cheese fries i'd been craving, woohoo!

it was nice to get out of the house after two days of pickling at home.

i'm still stuffing my face like there's no tomorrow, but hopefully i'll get over all this soon.

oh plus we bumped into hannan at tampines mrt. it's been TOO long!!! i missed him soooo muchhhh.. ohwell, tapi susah ah kalau matair senang jeles rite.. so it'll prolly be a few thousand years more before i get to see him again.

he used to like, counsel me regarding my guy problems, which, on hindsight, were much smaller and more trivial then as compared to the current ones. hahahaha. and, by the way, the fan problem is escalating to greater heights.

besides calling me at eight-freaking-a.m. on sunday, he also messaged me out of the blue this afternoon, asking where i was and what i was doing [okay, that's perfectly normal, i suppose], then proceeded to call me three times [thank God i was in the shower then]. ohyes plus of course with the mp3 player threats on saturday. he's deranged, i swear. thank God i got my zippo back, that's all i can say.

eeww. what a sad note to end this random entry on.

Darling you send me
I know you send me
Honest you do [3x]
You thrill me, I know you thrill me
Darling you thrill me
Honest you do
Honest you do
Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But it lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
to marry you and take you home

You send me [3x]
Honest you do

Whenever I'm with you
Whenever I'm near you
Honest you do
I know when you hold me,
Whenever you kiss me - You Send Me

amin got his pay around yesterday, so we went out la. haha.

and while we were at the bus stop, we bumped into my mom. it was pretty funny to me, cos i didn't even recognise her at first since she NEVER wears tudung. and my back was to her at first, so when a voice said, "ni kawan ain?" both of us were shocked la. anyway i effected the necessary introductions, then she asked where we were going, then she looked at him and said, "takmo nonsense eh.." like 6492749 times.

we got off at city hall instead of somerset cos si giler tu mimpi aper entah, but then i went to penin for the first time!!! haha. what a treasure trove of tshirts, caps and accessories! hmm ohyeah and i bumped into suhaila, looking cool as usual. i swear she rocks.

anyway after macam walking around for approximately 7492184 hours, i decided to eat at pizza hut, where we had a pitcher of ILT for the first time. cool beans. it's nice, not having to ration your drinks.

then we watched Cars!!! exciting giler. in the opening racing scene i was already macam, nervous and hand-clutching and stuff. i really love Pixar animations cos they create a whole new world that you know, we were never aware of. like in this one, there are no humans at all. the pit crew is made up of other cars, and they have hotels for cars, and organic fuel sold by the hippie VW. it's all just so cool and adorable. and of course while the credits are rolling, they like to play outtakes, or like, a continuation of the story. so for this one, they showed a scene at the drive-in movie, and all the movies are macam, car versions of previous pixar animations. Toy Car Story, Monster Cars, Inc, A Bug's Life [get it???], etc. aDORable. and the short animation--One Man Show--was funnayfunnayfunnay. the kid is macam SO cute.

after that we just hung out hung out hung out. we must have visited at least five different 7-11s in the course of the day/night.

i'm sorry we cldn't go clubbing cos i was macam wearing my long skirt, haha. and he'd periodically break out into random dance moves. cute. nak video, but he wouldn't let me.

this evening before my mom went out, she stood there in the living room and asked questions about him. the gist of it--which is what really bothers me--is that she doesn't "approve" of it, as is. she muttered something about "macam tak sajak.." wth?!?!?! i nearly died of mortification, even though it was just me and her at home.

you know what else she said? that i should finish my studies before i start thinking about all this. wow. turns out she's not so unlike nat's parents as i'd originally thought.

but you see, you can't tell a girl who's liked boys since she was barely 4 years old, to just NOT think about all this for the next two or three years.

and
amin definitely > irfan.

(+)
luper nak mention, yesterday afternoon shawn called me! i was SO surprised. pleasantly surprised, of course. he was doing duty and he was bored, so he gave me a call. he's macam so cute laaa. then he macam, passed the phone to his malay friend--whose name i have since forgotten--whom i would have menggatalled with, if not for memories of khairul SMS [*looks at baba*]. hahaha. so i didn't. anyway i think the 21st is definitely a go, so i can't wait to see shawn again.

oh and i watched X-Men 3: La Final Decisione [or whatever] at home just now, and i was really disappointed. dahlah 74927402 people had to die. i mean, X-Men isn't X-Men without the Professor, is it? and what was WITH putting posters of Angel everywhere, and including him in the main shot of the X-Men, when he HARDLY made an appearance, and even his mutant name, Angel, isn't mentioned in the film. unless, of course, i'm pekak, which i would have to disagree with here, cos i was really khusyuk into the movie. yup.

i've been stuffing my face since yesterday night. breaking the 9 p.m. rule, and just eating and eating, even though it gives me no joy, with this perpetually-inflamed-throat of mine. :(

wow.

penat.

got home at around 1245 [a.m., obviously] tadi, cos i went out with shah [NO, not -reena]. nothing much, we just hung out around orchard, city hall and boat quay. bumped into camelia at orchard, and sani at boat quay. haha. ntah when i see sani sometimes i wanna laugh, for no reason.

ooooh i met baba for lunch this afternoon and amazingly, we spent like an HOUR eating. aperrje. ANYWAYS, then we wandered into shibuya, and i got a black tube dress woohoooooooooo!!! *jumps around* love love love new clothes. can't wait to wear it. but this is one thing that WON'T go with the birks, so must korek2 for a suitable pair of shoes la.

dahlah ngantuk ah, i can't function.

had my dad's birthday dinner at Straits Kitchen, Hyatt.

it was the five of us and my sister's latest squeeze, hashim. haha.

yummy-yummers, btw. okay, not everything was nice, you know, but bole tahan la. some waiters were cute too. haha. and my favourite was the indian food. totally laaa. the tandoori lamb rocked my gut man. i had a little of everything, it was so cool. and loving the ambience. plus the asian soundtrack.

my dad got a complimentary slice of pandan birthday cake, sans the customary [embarrassing] birthday song, and we took loadsa photos.

then, senak to the max, we left, and i bumped into farah [norashikin], who's just started working there. TOtally.

okay i know it doesn't sound exciting and all. but it was fun. not being antisocial for once.




oh and fai [not baba's!] called. what's with fais calling these days? tanak ah!

i don't know why i keep wanting to blog and blog.

anyway. about a week back my mom was teaching me how to put fabric softener into the washing machine. and i grumbled, "kalau ajar masak takper jugak.." and my mom laughed and she was like, "ain nak blajar masak nak buat aper? yang ain makan semua ayam pe.." while my sister quipped, "yah, it's not like you're gonna get married right now!"

well i thought that was the end of it. but apparently my mom mentioned this incident to my dad. and apparently he got mad at her for laughing at me and not giving me encouragement. according to my mom, it ended up in them fighting.

wow. i was really overwhelmed when i heard that. in fact, i escaped to my room as soon as i could, just cos i felt like crying.

i'm SO touched by my dad's show of loyalty and support.

so you know, since it's his birthday today [technically--7 june], i just wanna wish happy birthday to my silent yet highly functional father. may i give him less heartaches in the coming year, and may he find no reason to leave me [in all senses of the word], ever.

bodoh betul ah these fire calls. an occupational hazard of being a firefighter, which i didn't forsee. bleah.

i'm pretty sure my entire family thinks i'm mad. i've been listening to Gold 90FM at all hours of the day, every chance i get. at volume 8, no less, even at night! yesterday night at about 1 a.m. my mother came out of the room to turn down the volume.

well, i'm sorry. i can't help it. i just love all the songs they play. and they're perfect to listen to at all times--when it's raining like now, when it's so sunny i wish i were out tanning, when it's night but it's still hot somehow--yeah at ALL times.

fan update: he msged me this afternoon asking "Where u go tat nite?" argh man. get OFF my back already! i mean, it's perfectly okay if you wanna be friends and such, i'll totally layan you, but you can't just start nagging me like that! since when does nagging work on a 19-year-old? and shouldn't he, being the same age as me, know the futility of what he's trying to do?

needless to say, i didn't grace him with the dignity of a reply.

sorry. i mean, it's not like i go out to get pissed drunk or stoned, is it? so relax.

shit i just realised i closed the door so now i can't hear the radio. bodoh.

okay the new full-timer dude, syed, has been flirting with me non-stop. [which is partly why i skipped out on work today.] no, i mean, he's cute enough, and nice enough. but it's like so obvious to EVERYONE else that he's flirting with me. yesterday night i was the only girl--the rest were pitchet, yefta, hardy and him, of course. and syed was supposed to be the runner but he kept coming out to talk to me. and pitchet kept telling him to go back into the kitchen. and hardy said to me, "eh ain, kau nyer kawan apa hal ah? aku tengok dier asyik bebual ngan kau je.. kau baik2 eh.."

the worst of it is, he has a girlfriend already. i went home with him on sat night, and he spent quite a while talking to his girlfriend on his phone. i could hear every sordid detail, though i tried hard not to. haha. funny thing, when he answered the phone, he told me to keep quiet, then proceeded to lie to his girlfriend that he was alone. wassup with that?!?!?

and no, i don't like him. it's weird when he flirts with me. i just wanna run away and hide. nothing like flirting with hardy, or yefta, or whoever else. *shudders*

yesterday after work i went to meet sham. fan called while i was waiting for him, and he was being such a pain in the plasma tv!!! he's suddenly morphed into a second dad or something. i don't need two fathers, thanks. [unless you mean "daddies".] he was like nagging me for treating my home like a hotel, for going home late and wasting my energy when i cld be resting.. i was like, HUH??? what concern is it of his anyway? besides, he was prolly like that once upon a time. who is he to bising2 at me like even my MOTHER does not do? God, seriously. what. is. his. problem.

it's been awhile since i last blogged. busy mansss.

night riding on thursday was incredible. really, it was fun! aside from the fact that i didn't pass and i kept stalling at first, of course.

friday i got seven new books from WRL. haha. i've read about six of them before, though. i couldn't resist, they were all MHCs and Tracy Chevaliers. :S then i went to the rj drama with filza and amin. oh God i'm so sorry, but i'm not really one for thinking dramas, i prefer more literal ones. so yeah i didn't like the first one, but the second one was okay. i think the audience was a bit too young to fully appreciate it, though. i mean, they were tittering during the rape scene.

ohwell kids. i thought the guy with the shiny hair was adorable, though. haha.

oooh and i saw buffer zone while crossing the road. i nearly died. we double-taked like crazy, but i don't think he remembers me exactly. see, that's what happens when you don't give people nicknames. hahaha.

and yesterday was the craziest day at work i'd ever had. the boss came, and he was annoying the shit out of everyone. dahlah aku sakit tenat. whatever man. anyway there's like a new full-timer, a year older than me. and he reminds me of umar/omar from Seniman Bujang Lapok. hilarious. he's a nice guy la, if a bit weird.

at least i'm feeling better now. well, time to start getting ready for work. toodles.