Flashbacks

Tarsha-Llama is flying away on Monday! :(

So went to say goodbye today. Also got to meet up with Nahjan, Gursh, Shumi and Darshini. It was nice to catch up, haven't seen everyone in so long. We got to talking about school and everyone else. I realised that I must have been a total blurcase then; half of the gossip I was not aware of. Self, you fail. But now I know. Haha.

I saw the meter turn 8888 while I was driving in a housing area. I got my camera out and snapped it while I was cruising along but ... missed it. Some things in life are just hit and miss I guess.

Here's to catching 9999! :p

All I need is beside me

Went to Mid Valley yesterday to celebrate Hannah's birthday.
Happy birthday Hannah! :D

I fetched Iffah and Nad and we set off onto what we didn't know was going to be a long road trip. None of us are familiar with Mid Valley ... the last time I went there was four months ago and I was definitely not driving. So I missed the turning into the mall and we ended up driving towards Cheras. This is the part where I began to freak out - I was laughing hysterically in the driver's seat because goshdarnit I have never driven into KL in my life and the thought of being lost in some place I didn't know was daunting.

Somehow or other we ended up on the highway heading for Putrajaya of all places. A few turns later and a U-turn, we were driving past Bukit Jalil Stadium. Arghhh. Finally found a highway that looked vaguely familiar and could have cried tears of happiness when I saw Taylor's Lakeside Campus. Hahahahhaahha. I was so happy. We had made a huge roundabout. We arrived in Mid Valley an hour and a half after we left home. It's pretty funny now that I look back on it.

Mid Valley was freaking packed. Took us 45 minutes to find a parking.
I am never going back there again. Not driving there anyway.
Never again!
Unless someone else is driving. Yeah.

Birthday girl with the movie tickets for New Moon. :)
Movie was damn boring. I wanted to sleep. The only parts I felt alive was the scene with the wolves and Volturi. If the movie was about epic fighting between the wolves and Volturi I would be really really really happy. But it's not. So ah well. This made me laugh though:

Bella: I'm coming.
Edward: I don't want you to come.
Bella: I want to come!

And then at the end of the movie ...

Edward: Bella, come.
Bella: No.

Whaaaaat hahahaha.
Along with the Hindustan running through the forest scene. That was hilarious.

On the way home with Nad I took yet another wrong turning and ended up in TTDI. Hadoi.
It was a good day though. I'm exhausted but it was an amazing day and I had loads of fun. The road trips made it memorable. Days like these make me want to love everyone in the world. Hahaha.
Love love love.

Panic attack

Got into an accident just now.
Arghhh the car is all like ... side-squashed.
My hands are shaking.
Dunno what's gonna happen next, gotta wait for the guy I knocked into to call. Mama says he doesn't want to make a police report 'cause he wants money from us.
I don't want to lose my license!
Shooooooooooooooot.

EDIT: Yea there's a pic of the car. Kinda like someone took a bite out of the front right. Mama called the guy and he said that he was busy and to settle it later. We haven't heard from him since, so I'm not too sure what's supposed to happen next ... :/ Seriously.

Limey tuna

Semester 1 is over.

Went to the orphanage yesterday. I'll admit I was awkward at first.
But the kids are all so sweet. :)

The first kid I talked to was this little boy who wanted a pen to colour with. Gave him my purple pen, the one I've been writing Physics notes with since Form 4. Haha. He said his name was Amalata. Well that's what it sounded like. He asked me to write it down for him, so I spelled it out the best I could. I think he lost interest in me after a while (lol) and went off with his book.

Then there was a girl ... she couldn't speak. She kept making humming noises and little shrieks. She brought a book over and Aishah and I read a bit of it to her. Whenever she got excited, she'd squeal and butt her head into my shoulder. She tried to take my glasses a few times. Haha. She even brought a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novel over. I was like: O_O HOLY CRAP GRAPHIC NOVEL. And it was in pretty good condition too. I tried to read some of it, but it was kinda difficult cos she kept turning the pages for me. xD

After that I just sort of flitted around from group to group. Sang Rasa Sayang with one of the girls. Then had a group photo session. Real quick one.

I enjoyed myself, anyways. :)

One of the cakes Mama baked for the party.

Today, went to Mandarin class in the morning and helped Mama make sandwiches for Alyssa and Adam's birthday party. My little cousins. Surprising how awesome tuna sandwiches taste when you add in some lime juice and black pepper. Oh and mayo. Yum. Also, I've become a regular driver now. Haha! That one trip to fetch Mira really boosted my confidence.
I'm exhausted right now. Just really tired.

Before I retire (i.e. run off and play Sims2) ...

GO TO DR. MAHATHIR'S BLOG.
If you've got a bone to pick with the switching of Science and Maths back to BM.
AND VOTE VOTE VOTE.


EDIT:One of the cakes Mama made for the party. The cake box squished it last minute, which is why the mouth is a little smudged.

Reconstructive surgery! Hahaha.

Flying solo

I went on my first solo driving mission today!
:D
Mira freaked out when I pulled up in front of the school just now. Classic hands to the mouth, scream in horror reaction. Hahahha.

Also, one paper to go! Then I want to get down to all the drawing ideas I've got simmering in my brain. Exams were ... well I have no comment so far. Except that I have a bad feeling about Malaysian Studies Section B. Sigh.

Also, I'm serious about going out for lepak. I'm feeling restlesssss.

HARRY POTTER MOVIE NEXT WEEK OMG.

Hmmm.

Shut up and drive

Passed my JPJ test today!

WHOOYEAH.

:D

One more week, and I can drive wherever I want (as long as my parents don't mind lending their cars :P)

Also, I met Wan and Nina at the school! Totally out of the blue. So got to have a little catch up session with Wan ... Nina was still driving at the time. But awesome. Even got some Gossip Lambat. Hahah.

Eww cooties.

Dinnertime chit-chat ...

Hanna: I don't want to get married.

Me: Ah, she's in that 'eww boys are yucky stage'. Hehe.

Mira: Why you don't want to get married?
Hanna: I don't want to. But I want you to get married! *points to me*
Me: Uh ...
Nazim: What do I call her husband if she gets married?
Mama: Abang la.
Hanna: And if Kakya (me) gets a daughter?
Papa: Then she's your niece.
Mira: And they'll call you Aunty Baby. Heheh.
Nazim: And they can call me Tok Zim! :D
*pause*
All: LOL.
Mama: That's for your children punye anak lah! xD

Random note: I drove home from driving school today! :D It was awesome.

Yay, presents!

I turned 18 yesterday. :)

I share my birthday from many famous people. Jessica Alba, Terry Pratchett, Harper Lee ... Saddam Hussein. Yup, famous people.

And Ee Won! Happy birthday dear! :D

So here's the photodump of stuff I got. And that's my new laptop, under all the stuff! Still haven't named it. It's awesome, got webcam and everything. I love it. xD

Bracelet from Hanna. :)

The necklace also from Hanna. Purse from Maktuk.

Swimming dog in the mouse Mira gave me. Haha.

Baby Phat watch from Mama (It's GORGEOUS.) and a 'newton's cradle' from Nazim. I love the cradle thing, I've always wanted one. Hee.

The day went by very normally. Went to MPH warehouse sale, bought 6 books. Started reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett yesterday (I think it's awesome that I share a birthday with this guy. He's awesome.). Hilarious.

After that was supposed to go to Pyramid with ze Collegers, but then Mr. Zul (my driving teacher) called and said that my Wednesday class has to be cancelled, so he moved it to Tuesday. I said OK, since that I have to pass my QTI test this week if I'm going to get to take the JPJ exam in the second week of May. So yeah. I passed my hill, parking and turn test, but failed the road test. So I have to take it again, by this week. Grarr. Engine died twice. Felt like an idiot.

At night, ate at Cozy Corner with the rest of the fam. Then went to the DVD store and bought a copy of The Secret Life of Bees. I'm only halfway through my assignment, 'cause I couldn't remember any of the 'verbal and non-verbal messages' I'm supposed to note down. Also bought Aristocats, because I was feeling nostalgic. Asked for Beauty and the Beast, but they don't have it. Haha.

Ooh and today, I went to the college to see if the computers there could access Malaysiakini. Turns out they can't. But I did my ECS journal essays instead. Then met Hamizah for lunch. It's so good to see her. <3>

All I can taste is this moment

It's halfway through the week, and time is flying by pretty fast. College life is going well, and work is slowly creeping in ... I don't mind the slow way it creeps in, that way I can get used to it in small stages. Haha. Orientation Night was ... meh, boring the first couple of hours. Tried to keep ourselves occupied by 'adventuring'. Which meant going to the back of the courtyard overlooking the highway. Heh. The dance floor time was fun though.

Yesterday a group of us went to Pyramid for lunch at KFC. 'Twas fun. Kent couldn't stop laughing about something ... can't remember what. I started laughing too, because his laugh is contagious! It hurt. I felt like my insides were going to explode. xD
Then when we were about to leave the carpark, Sharine made a sarcastic 'ah' noise. Which Azhar said sounded sexual. Us girls (Sharine, Sammie and I) disagreed ... seriously, everyone makes that noise all the time. Then we turned to Kent, who agreed with Azhar about it. Later, which was earlier today, even Suzuki said so! :\ Must be a boy thing.

Other stuff, Fahmi sent out an invite so that we could get all the NS people together ... on an outing to Genting! But not many people could go so it was cancelled. :( Hamizah and I were just getting excited. Hoping to get it on in the next few weeks.
Speaking of NS, Yen told me that Zizan told her that Sheda told him that she discussed with Cikgu Gee for a reunion. Phew. xD So I told One, who went to talk to Sheda about it. So it's:
Cikgu Gee discussed with Sheda who told Zizan who informed Yen who contacted Sara who told One who called Sheda to talk about it.
Haha. I love that sentence.
So One talked to Sheda and find out that she and Cikgu Gee are headed to Kuantan today to have a chat with Zizan about it. Which is pretty sad 'cause One can't make it ... and she's our girl squad leader. Man, if they were having it closer to home, I wouldn't mind going either. Hoping to contact them later today to see what they've decided on. I hope it's a good time and I can make it. :)

Driving is going well. Hopefully I can take my JPJ test next month on the 14th. Can't wait to get a license.

Oh! And I have a laptop now! Papa walked into my room last night and just ... gave it to me. And I'm all: ....... O_O
Haha. Well. Since that there's no class tomorrow, I'm gonna work on getting the laptop installed with all my stuff. I have yet to name it. ^^

Well this is a pretty long post. xD Just wanted to get everything out there. Excuse my ranting.

Listen to the thunder

I actually sat in a car's driver's seat today. And drove it. Geeheehee.
Ya I kinda sucked. xD Knocked over a tiang while side-parking and kept rolling backwards when it came to the bukit. I did bukit like, a hundred times. Only the last two times, I managed to get down the hill without killing the engine. So that's something. :D
Now I'm done with that, I am offically an L license holder person. Ha. Only I don't have the card yet 'cause they can only get that done by Friday. Hmm. But still! Progress.

Oh, and the family modem got struck by lightning yesterday. Which was ... depressing. xD Now we have to wait for Uncle James to get us a new one ... and hopefully get me a new monitor. He calls my current monitor a 'baby elephant'. I used it back when I was 9 and got my first Neopets account. That's how old it is. If you dig into the contents a little deeper, you can actually find Papa's initial jersey designs for Letua. Back before the cycling team even existed. Hahaha.

Check the medic

Played around with the original DELTA logo we did for camp. Whee. :D
I'm trying to design a DELTA t-shirt ... just for the heck of it. If it turns out nice I'd like to print it ... but not for everyone because I dunno how to ship it out to 101 people. O_o;; I wanted to put everyone's names on the back of the shirt then realised that I don't know all the boys (I'm missing 9 names), and whether I could squeeze in all the names. So Jamie and I were scratching our heads over it:

Jamie: How are you going to put in all the names? There're a 101 of us!
Me: Hehe. We're like the 101 dalmatians. And Zizan and One are Pongo and Perdita.
Jamie: LOL!
Me: Haha yea. *feels a little guilty* Kesian the both of them, they always become the brunt of all the jokes. xD

Which is true. Sorry you two (if you ever find this webspace ... gwaa). We love you guys, you know that. xD Yen knows, right Yen? :D Haha(If you read this webspace too. Which I doubt. Gwaa times 2).

As for my life right now, all is good. Went to orientation on Monday and Tuesday which was OK, not bad. Got a group of people to hang out with already. :D Haha. And I don't have classes on Thursday! Which is awesome. I don't start till next week.

Oh and went to driving theory class yesterday. Hoping to take my practical class during the weekend.

Turn it off, turn it all off

Yesterday night, Earth Hour started just as the fam and I were leaving Gombak. On the highway, I realised something; KLCC was missing. xD Then I saw 5 blinking lights hanging in the air, so that was pretty much all we could see of it. Papa drove to the outskirts of town so we could see the darkness close up. Haha.

When we reached home, there was 15 mins to go. So we sat around the living room with Mira burning our retinas with her camera-flashing and listening to music on Nazim's PSP. It was fun.

In other news, I took my undang test today ... and passed!
Ngam ngam 42/50.
Heeheehee.

Oh, and I'm starting college tomorrow!
And totally throwing away my pre-planned 'three month holiday'.
Why?
Because since I got back from NS, I have been BORED OUT OF MY MIND.
Haha. I never thought I'd miss the hustle and bustle of camp life.

Mission accomplished, chap!

Went out with Nad, Hannah and Sophie yesterday. :D
Had teppanyaki for lunch, then basically lepak all over the place. I wanted to buy new clothes, but couldn't find anything really really nice, y'know? But had fun window-shopping anyway. Then Hannah said she would belanja us ice-cream, so to Baskin Robbins we went! Watched an episode of Wizards of Waverly Place on Hannah's iPod (I actually really enjoyed it. Haha. Cute story. I just wish they'd do away with the fake audience laughter, it kills a lot of the jokes.)

We also went to Borders, where Sophie met William Shakespeare.
...
Yeah, he's the same height as me. Uncanny!!

We told Hannah to get a facebook account.
Instead, she got a facelift.
"I'm BOOKFACE! :D"

We did a lot of bookshop-visiting. Hannah bought some Jonas Brothers biography thingy ... and Sophie won awards for Best Observation of Stubble on Celebrities. xD Nad bought The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I bought Lost For Words by Lorelei Mathias. Yeah, a romance. I wanted to find something written by a local writer, I don't care whether English or BM, but a story, y'know? But I couldn't find English fiction and the BM books ... um. Their synopsis scared me. As for Sophie ... she bought nail polish. Hehe.

Tried to catch her unawares. Candid shot. Y'know, weird facial expression, etc. But dang, Nad's too photogenic.
D:

Finished the day sitting in Coffee Bean. Ate some chicken pie and chicken puff for dinner. Felt good to go out with them. Been far too long. :) We thought of a movie, and Sophie wanted to karaoke, but ... I really enjoyed just lepaking with them.

Today I went for my driving ceramah. The classroom had little spray thingies to chase away the bad smell. Would have been nice if the perfume they used wasn't bad to begin with. Felt queasy the whole time I was there. D: But thank gosh, the speaker wasn't as boring as I expected. He was actually pretty funny. The youngest person in the class was 16, there to take his motorcycle license. The oldest was 34. I could tell which of the boys are fresh out of NS ... by their haircuts. Haha.

So, now I've got a book to study. Can go back anytime to take the computer test. :)