Just dropping by to say how I had the most fantastic lab session of all time!!! Haha. This is the lab that I get with Lonerguy AND the other cute chem guy I discovered this year. So it's pretty much a dream. And today, Lonerguy put his hand in my lap! [Okay the reality's much less romantic than it sounds. But the general idea is there.]

So, you know. In a great mood. Even though it's raining and I have tons of work to do for tomorrow BUT I'm not even caring, I'm going out with Hanom instead.

Haha.

Maybe I'll be back.

Sorry, but...

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Originally uploaded by norainne.

I'm so bored, I actually logged onto Habbohotel again. After one [or is it two?] years!!!

Plus it's like past one, I have yet to get started on my labreport, and why? Because I started looking for photos from my past, and I got a little carried away!

In the meantime, this was taken at Momo on Wednesday night. Loves it. [Even if I say so myself.]

West Coast as usual after lecture just now, and there were some adorable kids padding around in blond curly hair, barefoot. Cute. This WILL be a regular thing, I think.

Well. I'll finish up Habbo-ing then it's time for labreport la. :(

Dreamgirls last night, which was a tad too long but really cool anyway.

I really should be doing some amount of school-related work, but I wanted to put up some Gotham photos first.






Yep. That was fun.

Feels like it's been forever.

I haven't done an ounce of work all week. So much for a mid-sem break. However, I did manage to squeeze in a minimal amount of fun.

Tanning on Wednesday morning/afternoon, followed by movie, and clubbing with the BRE girls at night--the hot Odyssey guys at Gotham before heading to Momo. Loves the toilets at Momo, or at least, the hot guys on the cubicle doors.

Rode home alone, and one of my wishes came true on the CTE-PIE. Haha. That was fun.

Thursday could have been better, really. When I'm tired, angry or upset, I tend to ride recklessly [this means fast], and I know it's not safe, but I can't stop myself. Then I scream on the roads and get mad at the littlest annoyance that other road users throw at me.

[But they aren't all minahs at Dbl O.]

Thursday could really have been a lot better cos I spotted Ninja sitting at the benches right infront of store. They really should not be allowed to do that.

Just wanted to drop a note.

The rest of the week after that was pretty cool.

I bumped into Dan[ish] at The Cathay with his mom and brother. That was a nice encounter, and it's nice to know that I have, at long last, made friends with a so-called customer. [Still refuse to believe he's 17!]



On Friday morning a Phantom tooted his horn at me on the ECP. I was thinking, maybe my lights aren't turned on or something, so I turned, and what did he do? He waved. Kalau he's around my age takper jugak but NO, he's 45+++. Kalau dier Raime pun takper jugak but NO, he's just some random bapak orang. So I smiled at him, perah to 140++, and lost him as quickly as I could.


Lonerguy is still cute. Too bad he knows it.

[Are there any guys out there who are really cute, but don't know it? I'd like to meet them.]


Thursday was spent at West Coast again. Lovesloves. Espesh the white chocolate raspberry cake from McCafe. Yum.



And yes, Malam Pentas on Friday night with Hanom. [Ignore the ugly people in the background.]

I took shitloads of photos over the past few days, and I've actually been rajin enough to upload them and transfer them into a thumbdrive so I can blog from school, so..

*Image-heavy* again!

I'm going here in awhile for another solo lunch. Whee!

Farid will kill me if he sees this, but takper. I'll take my chances. [I don't want you to leave us for Hugo Boss, Farid!!!]

So I was at Sentosa yesterday with Daddy, and they were in the middle of setting up a huge flower exhibition for this event, Sentosa Flowers [or some shit] starting 18 Feb. The theme is Rhymes in Bloom, so I'm sure everyone knows which nursery rhyme this is from.

[It also got me thinking about Baba, which was why I decided to message her for cupcakes.]

What's that I see?

Cute kan?

I'm not sure what this is, though. And sorry, I like to take senget photos.

We cable-car-ed from Jewel Box at Mount Faber to Sentosa, and back a coupla hours later. I was wondering aloud if anyone ever takes the cable car alone and guess what? We saw a manjen dude, all dressed up, with a bouquet of flowers, ALONE! He got into the car after ours, and we spent the whole ride thinking up possible scenarios and feeling sorry for him. But I think that story has a happy ending la, because I saw him later around Mount Faber [still alone] looking happier. Presumably waiting for a late date?

This was the view from the cable car at night. Personally, I think the view from Mount Faber is nicer.

Siloso Beach is nice at night because
1. Takder orang.
2. I love the Siloso Beach Resort hotel that's like, literally a stone's throw away. Kau boleh macam, do a standing broad jump and still reach it.

3. Cafe Del Mar (Singapore), the new beach bar, is SO rockin'! Love the decor and the music is to terkencing for. [Chillout stuff.] You feel like you're in another country. And I didn't even step inside!


Hope yours was good too!

Happy Valentine's Day.







Yesterday wasn't such a great day at work for me. Everything seemed to be going wrong. But it got better at the end of the night.

Because Naz gave me a rose!!!

Thank you, Naz. <3 Naz. I know I was macam, step-unmoved by the gesture and all, but I was really. I just didn't wanna cry buckets infront of you again. Haha.

[And how could I not be? It was the first real flower I ever got for Valentine's Day. (I remember when Baba gave me a plush flower. You know, the giant ones from toyshops that Fana once used to point at clothes at Tekka?) And it was just very sweet la.]



Have fun y'all!

*Image-heavy*

The shirt I got for him. Lovesloves!

My adorable Dr. Seuss t-shirt which cost forty-three bucks. Loves too!

What happened to "Happily ever after.."?

Last year, Nat challenged me to make star-shaped foam. This was my response to her challenge. Unfortch, it turned into a flower. Lawar though, right?

Guess who?

Wokay that'll be all for now.

You know how, after you've done an amount of actual work, you feel really light and buoyant?

And you know how I *heart* boys, and just seeing one cute boy can put an extra ray of sunshine in my day?

So when you put the two together, don't you think you'll come up with a winning feel-good combination?

Well, that's what I'm feeling now!


Haha. Takla. I was macam hungry after lecture, and no kakis today, so I decided to take a short ride down to West Coast for some good food and better studying. So what if Alfian's not around? I can do it by myself too! Anyway I made it there safely and in good time and all, so I settled down with a McWings meal and my spectro tutorial. As I was finishing up, a large bunch [I counted seven] of ITE mats trooped in.

ITE mats! [Riding ITE mats, no less.] I haven't had a feast of those for so long! Maklumlah, no more riding prac, and no hanging out at Tampines, and busy working, etc. They jostled to sit next to me, and while discussing what to eat, one of them proclaimed, "Ayam!" at which the rest of them guffawed amusedly.

They were so cute, espesh the one at the far end with shades and black sleeves under his uniform.

Unfortch, they had to get back to school. I was tempted to leave with them as well, but my own school responsibilities were calling, too. So I stayed there.

Maybe we'll meet again?



By the way, West Coast Mac's isn't as lengang as I thought. It's pretty busy during lunchtime, which was when I was sitting there with a six-seater table all to myself. Haha. Office people, I think, from whatever buildings those are, across the road.


[It's Lonerguy's birthday! I didn't realise till I left the LT and it was too late to wish him!]

Okay Nat is done, tata bye!

Hot date yesterday, and I bumped into HK at Lido Mac's with his current squeeze. Of course he doesn't remember/recognise me so it wasn't weird or anything. Sometimes I wish we could go back to that day in the train. And maybe one of us would have done something differently, and it wouldn't turn out the way it has now. Because of course, our tiniest actions have the most far-reaching consequences.



I don't like the way they look at me as though I've changed, because I haven't. I've always been this way, it's just that no one has ever bothered to love me and pamper me like he does. It's not like my standard of work has fallen, and it's not like I have any fewer morals or picked up any vices, and it's not even that I disobey my parents. [On a lighter note, it's not like I stopped checking out cute guys, or layaning the existing ones!]




Yesterday we had dinner at Newton. Scrap whatever previous feelings I had for Newton, because I lovesloves it now! Haha. The uncle I usually order from remembers me, and where I work! He's so nice la. But you know. Can't afford to eat his crabs on a daily basis, so it'll be awhile before I get to see him again.



I am going for a solo lunch, once the hour hits eleven and/or my notes are printed, whichever is sooner.

Today I just slept all day [and night]. How piggish of me right? It's amazing how pemalas I can be. I'd even turned on my laptop to blog but decided to shut it down cos I just wanted to sleep.

What a waste of a day.

[When you're working and schooling, I think non-working weekends are hard to come by, and should therefore be properly appreciated.]





Anyways. Hit Vivo yesterday with Hanom. I wasn't about to do any actual shopping--at least none for myself--but then I lost my shades in the toilet pasal AKU BODOH, and I was feeling sad and depressed and all, so I started looking for a new pair. Topshop takder, but I bought another pair of black pants "for work". Hehe. Well they turned out to be a tad too long, but aku takut nak alter cos the last time I did that, they became slightly too short. Right now, I'll settle for folding them, even though it looks completely nerdy.

After that, nothing really tickled my eyeballs. Till we walked into River Island [where everyone is friendly without being annoying. It's amazing!] and I found the inner shades. I couldn't stop trying them on. But they cost $45, so aku pun macam fikir dua kali. I thought I'd just walk around, and if I still wanted them then, I'd come back for them. So I was in the shoe section, and guess what? They have my size! Guess what else? My size isn't the largest available! But of cos, harga dier pun lawar, so I'll save that for another month.

Almost forgot to explore the men's section. Which would have been a pity, because I found a whole bunch of cufflink shirts! Totally laaa! And while I was admiring this striped brown shirt with blue seams, the most adorable retail assistant approached us and offered his help in the most un-annoying way. I know it was his eyes that moved Hanom, but I was more swayed by the tone of his voice. Haha.

Yes and I ended up getting the shirt ($105) AND the shades. Lovesloves.

Bumped into Nutz, who wasn't working, but was there anyway.

I'm sorry, love.

Wrote this during stats tutorial:

"So anyway, it transpires that they only have intranet here. Therefore, no Gmail and no MySpace and no Friendster. Worst of all, no Blogger. But I should be able to send email, so I’ll just cut-and-paste this into LJ/Blogger later. Hehe.



Lonerguy is such a natural flirt. Maybe I’ve said this before, but I have to say it again: He is a natural flirt. It’s very unnerving for me, someone who has once had a huge unwavering crush on him, to sit next to/behind him and have him glance at me with that cheeky expression on his face, that smile and those eyes, and the merepek things he says. And it’s like, I wanna strangle him and hug him at the same time! Unfortch for me, that ambivalence was reflected on my face just now. Which was why Alfian turned around and was grinning at me.



He’s a charmer, no doubt about it.



Gots to keep reminding myself that he has a girlfriend [not to mention a line of other girls still willing to go out with him anyways]. And that I have one too.



















Was at West Coast Mac’s again just now. I swear, it rocks too much. Today there was an adorable baby girl who reminded me of Ayu [from Bujang Lapok]. She was tiny, with hair so short she could pass for a boy without those pierced ears, and had a single sock on her right foot. Leaning on the table drinking from her bottle, stuffing her fingers into her mouth, eating with her left hand. Alfian waved at her and she waved back.



I want a baby of my own too, but the catch is--like I told Alfian--you need to get married to have one. [And don’t give me that bullcrap about how it’s a modern society and shit. I’m still a Muslimah.]









The guy next to me is playing FreeCell or some similar shit. I love the spot I’m sitting at. Actually I love this room. The sunlight streams in and fills the whole room, and it just has an overall bright feel to it. Correction: I would love this room if they had actual internet. Haha.



Why am I hungry again? I knew I should have had another hashbrown. Wahaha.



I miss Daddy. I cannot believe I am finally free to go out with him, officially, rightfully, in the most un-bitchy, un-two-timing manner! It wasn’t without the pain and hurt la. I do not like hurting people. [*Looks at Penny, who wants to be a hitman.*] Espesh if they did nothing to deserve it.



Hehe tadi on the way back from Mac’s, a guy on an Africa-Twin-ish bike at the traffic light smiled at me! Grinned, in fact. It was quite funny. So I smiled back. Because sometimes the attention is nice. But sometimes it’s not. Like when I’m sweating buckets at the petrol station and all I want is five minutes of snow so I won’t look so frightful. Or when I’m trying to squeeze out of/into a tight space when my parking already sucks. And so on.



Speaking of sucky parking, I was at the Bukit Timah/Newton Shell the other day, buying 2T, and there was this Mercedes SLK-class at the pump behind me that I was admiring. Of course when the driver got back, I left her to her own business and started my bike la. Next moment, I heard a dull crashing sound. I thought it was a stack of crates jatuh or something, and I turned. I was wrong. It was the Merc. She crashed it into the step of the next pump!!!



Buat malu pompan je. Kalau ber-P-plate takper jugak.



Alritey gtg bye!"



I'm hungry. I feel like going to look for Abdillah so I can go eat again. But I won't. Haha.

Am at Central Lib now. But I still prefer Scilib, for reasons I've enumerated enough over the past couple of months so I'll give everyone a break now.



For this week, I put all X's on my schedule so I could take a much-needed break from work, concentrate a little on school, and spend time with friends [i.e. Dodol. I miss him so much!]. But Dean made a helluva lot of noise, and asked me for one day, so I conceded Friday to him. The next day he asked if I could work Saturday. I said I had Nadia's kenduri. So he put me down to work from eight till closing. On Monday I was hanging out at store, and this time they requested I do preclosing on Tuesday. Since aku kesiankan Shermeen and since Tuesday is normally my closing day, I said okay. Finally, yesterday Naz came to store and asked me to do preclosing on Thursday cos she's short of two partners. After a short negotiation, I said okay.

Summary: despite planning to work for zero days, I am now working four. Congrats Ain.

I blame my inability to say no [See? It doesn't just apply to sinful deeds!] and my desire for $$$ [to maintain my lifestyle].





Daddy and I walked up and down the entire stretch of Orchard Road, just because I wanted to eat Ben & Jerry's, but I still had to go to work. Haha. Wasn't looking forward to work, but it turned out to be pretty okay, judging from the way I was skipping and jumping around, and giggling away with Shermeen.

There was this group of three cute guys hanging around trying to decide what to buy. No, they were really cute. Espesh this particular one who looked macam-pernah-nampak, but I attributed it to him looking like Hello Kitty [wow, digging up old nicknames!]. Well, needless to say, I was quite happy to be taking POS.

But the magic blew away when Hello Kitty [the appointed spokesperson for the group] asked, "Kak, sini ada Pure Vanilla tak?" HELLO! Who can spot how many mistakes were made there?

1. Calling me "Kak". Only certain people can get away with it. REALLY uber-hot guys. And my friends, of course.
2. Thinking we're Coffee Bean. I mean, if you wanted Coffee Bean, there are actually TWO within breathing distance.

But you know. Obviously I couldn't snap at him or anything. So I just handled them as usual, but like I said, the magic was gone.

It was much later that I found out that they're Young Lions [or something similar, I really don't follow the soccer scene].

Thank you Tasha and Shermeen for letting me leave early. Needs the sleep balls.


Finally. At the carpark there was this seemingly-cute dude, also on a black KR, also wearing the same helmet, also an FU-plate, ... Macam soulmate gitu kan? HAHA.

Response to Amy's post: This is the guy I want to sing at my wedding. Hehe.

Relaku menunggumu seribu tahun lama lagi
Tapi benarkah hidupku kan selama ini

Biar berputar utara selatan
Ku tak putus harapan
Sedia setia

Relaku mengejarmu seribu batu jauh lagi
Tapi benarkah kakiku kan tahan sepanjang jalan ini

Biar membisu burung bersiulan
Tenanglah gelombang lautan
Ku masih setia

Adakah engkau yakin ini cinta
Adakah engkau pasti ini tuk selama-lamanya

Relaku menunggumu seribu tahun lama lagi
Tapi benarkah hidupku kan selama ini

Biar berputar utara selatan
Ku tak putus harapan
Sedia setia - Imran Ajmain



During my shift on Saturday, two things happened:

1. Dan[ish] came by with his friends, and while I was bussing their table, he said, "Hi Ain.. See, I know your name!" So I smiled and laughed and said, "Yeah.. You're Dan, right?" and he nearly died of shock and demanded to know how I knew his name. Ha. Try to get one up on me? I'll get you right back, no matter how frickin' adorable you look in that scarf.

2. Daryl came back from bussing sometime towards midnight and said, "Guess what I found on the floor of LT?" Held up the dustpan to reveal a used diaper sitting on top of the rubbish pile. There was no need for prompting, I just started cackling with laughter.

'Nuff said.

Yesterday was exciting because [in chrono order]:
1. I was whistled at by a bunch of overage mat karats in a yellow car in the right lane on the PIE.
2. I was saing-ing with this Aprilia for a coupla traffic lights on the way to work.
3. I was kacau-ed by this huge bunch of dak-dak motor at the carpark after work.
4. I encountered my first-ever roadblock!
5. We bumped into another bunch of dak-dak motor at Loyang Avenue, and one of them smiled and nodded at me.

HAHA.

I was bored during lecture, of course.


Someone was trying out disguises to see if people would still recognise him.


The cool magnets at store! See them LIVE before more of them get stolen by assholic customers!



Yesterday Alfian and I went to West Coast Mac's and I had brunch. West Coast Mac's rocks. It's so different from East Coast's, that's for sure. And there was a large bunch of nursery kids, so adorable. Reminds me of the times when I used to study at BK and similar bunches would come screaming and have lunch.

ALL the other bikes at the lots were big bikes. Lawar nak mampos pulak tu. So I was saying, "Wow buat malu sey motor aku kat sini.." and Alfian rebutted, "KAU malu? How bout me? They'll be wondering, apek maner entah datang makan McDonald's."

Haha.




OMG work was so tiring yesterday, I nearly died. But people were understanding, thank God.

Dang, gots to get ready for work in awhile. This is tiring. But Dean won't let me catch a break. Takper, kasi chance, since he's leaving soon. :S

At my usual terminal in Scilib now. Haha. Not going for Stats because I read through the notes yesterday and I pretty much understand them, so yeah. Haha. Sorry aku giler.

Can't decide whether to go home or hang around after this. Yargh.

I wish it were as easy as running away. But it's not.


oooOOOooo I was taking a coupla bored photos in lecture just now, cos I was exploring the other functions of my beloved cybershot. Maybe later today or tomorrow k.

From the minute that you got my attention
I was taken and I have to mention
I was tryin' not to let it show
But I know that I wasn't gonna let you go

From the way that you came up to me
Lookin' all hot with the style that threw me
No one would've ever known
That you would be the one to take this heart and hold it

You got that extraordinary way
Got to be next to ya every single day
You do somethin' that I just can't explain
Wanna take the chance and tell you you're the one for me

Boy, I love you so
Just look in my eyes
They'll tell you where this could go
Yeah do you know that
Boy, I love you so
Look in these eyes
They'll tell you where this could go
I just want you to know

You could say anything you want to
No stress cos I understand you
We got a vibe you can't define
Want everyone to know that boy is mine

We walk by and they stop and stare
At the way you hold me when you take me there
At times I feel I'll lose control
And forget everyone but the hand I'm holdin'

Please know this:
I'll always be right here and
You don't have to look nowhere else babe
Don't think for a minute
That this love will change
Oh you should know that

Boy, I love you so
Just look in my eyes
They'll tell you where this could go
Yeah do you know that
Boy, I love you so
Look in these eyes
They'll tell you where this could go
I just want you to know - Natalie

Am freezing my digits off in S10 CBLC. But just wanted to drop a note, and say that I'm NOT IN LECTURE, haha. Even though I reached school at 730 today.

Daddy picked me up from school yesterday just cos I didn't have the bike. Another sweet gesture in this week of sweet gestures. I just can't take it anymore.

Two songs, playing in my head since last night.