Auld Lang Syne... 2007

*looks at time*

As of now, it is the last day of 2007.

Time flies huh.
I know I've said that for like a million times. Howells....

How I wish I can see me in someone else's eyes. I want to see how much I've grown. I want to see how much I've changed. I want to see.. everything about me.

Well, that wouldn't be possible, right?

I looked up and my old posts dated 30th December 2006. I quoted...

New Year Resolutions :
1. Be more firm with myself
2. Shed some pounds off me *which obviously ain't gona happen. =)*

3. Less lies
4. Trying to find sense in what I'm actually doing right now
5. Time management
6. Act my age and not older. Maybe younger is good.
7. Snap more pichas
8. Block unwanted contacts from my MSN
9. Discover the meaning of constructive criticism
10. Make use of Dictionary.com more

Why resolutions? I don't know. It's for the fun of it. Really. I don't
bother carrying out any of the resolutions I've listed above.

Haha. That's funny. And out of all the 10.. I think I've done like, 30%? So much for keeping resoultions huh? Come to think of it, most of the resolutions actually doesn't make sense.

lol.

That was 2006.

Now, I'm ending 2007 and welcoming 2008.

Let's do abit of self-reflection. Shall we?

2007

Well I think I've said this like almost every year because every year is like almost the same. Shits, shits and more shits.

That's all part of "growing up" right?

Right. Growing up.

Speaking of growing up. Brings me to a topic that me and a friend had on MSN a few days back. It started out from a song from the Little Mermaid - Part of your world. And it soon brought to the topic of the times where we were had no worries and cares for the world.

Lela:
eh naq... when will we live happily ever after eh i
mean.. evryone.. ok not everyone, but tehre are morons out terhe who are in love
and we're just... in.. hades...

Me:
my life is getting pathetic each time the second hand
on the clock ticks

Lela:
=) aku nak nangis... [i want to cry]

Me:
asal pulak? [but why?]

Lela:
lagu ni... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5Mp8tq-t4
membawe sejute kenangantime kecik2, no worries, no care. yg worries pun, mainan
tak cukup, nak makan chewing gum, takot mak marah, blum hafal lagu cartoon, nak
pergi sch takot tak sempat tgk cartoon. barbie latest blum beli. play dough
termix colours.
[this song... brings a million memories during childhood, no worries, no
care. the only worry is about not having enough toys, wanting to eat chewing
gum, scared of getting scolded by mum, haven't took the time to memorise the
cartoon song, scared of missing cartoons when going to sch. the latest barbie
doll hasn't been bought. the playdough colours are mixed up accidentally.]

Me:
tuh aahh! [yah la!]

Lela:
but "think about it yaaaa" (in teh words of bapak
ranjeet teh red nose reindeer) maybe we were meant to be single cos we're
destined for greater things in tiems to come =)

Side-tracked: if you are wondering who on earth is Ranjeet the red nose reindeer, watch this.
That convo we had, left me thinking.. Why do we grow up? Why are we born to face more and more worries as we grow? Why are there problems in the world eventhough we know that our life on earth is just temporary?

Whatever it is, I guess God has alot of plans for us humans. And we, being the stupid humans that we are, have no idea about it.

I don't know about you people.

I think we humans just think too much about achieving things on Earth rather than think about what is accountable for in the later world. Not being religious of some sort. Its just that, we humans often lose sight of things that we already have.

Well, my 2007 is filled with things called "appreciation", "initiative", "independance" and a lil something called "commitment".

Nothing significant so far which left a mark to myself. Everything is getting boring-er.

Til then, I welcome 2008 with open arms.
Let's PARTY!!!

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Jakarta/Bandung Trip

Now for my trip...

Jakarta/Bandung

22/12/2007-26/12/2007

Departure time from Singapore on 22/12: 1525hrs

(Actual time 1450hrs. Flight was delayed.)

Departure time from Jakarta on 25/12: 2305hrs

A promising trip, worthwhile.
Jakarta was great.

Bandung was awesome.

A long needed getaway after a hectic year and to end of 2007.

Splendid.

Reached the airport at 1.30pm on 22/12. The flight was delayed by 1/2 hour. Some problems with the check in system at the airport.

So much for rushing from Ngee Ann Poly to the airport. Pfft.

Aaannyywaaayyy....

I'm too lazy to blog about my trip in details. I'll put up pics instead to tell the story about my trip.

Lunch on board QR 626 was okay. Not too bad. Just that they've definitely got to improve on their service. I can't stand the cabin crew for that flight. It's like, they served the food late, there was no smile on their faces, they were rushing everything (I was barely halfway through my lunch when they start taking away the trays. SHEESH!), and when grandma asked for an orange juice, they gave this one helluva stuck-up look that I had second thoughts of getting an apple juice from them. GEE~

Howells, the flight wasn't along one. Before I had a chance to sink in the flight seat, have a good sleep, it was like another 20 mins to touchdown. -.-

Reached Jakarta and went through immigration. Some problems held us up. The crew on flight gave out white cards, but in the end, the cards are for the country's residents so nenek and cousin had to go change their cards.

After luggage is taken, and all that, we met Uncle Paing there at the airport. Waited for the chartered bus, hopped on once it arrived and continued our journey to the hotel. Bumpy ride I must say. Gosh, Indonesia has to work on getting more smoother roads. :x


Reached Sari Pan Pacific Jakarta at 7-ish. The hotel for our 2 nights stay in Jakarta was superb. The room.. awesome. It was a suite on the 17th floor (happens to be my fave number. oh and the whole hotel has 18 floors). Was totally impress with the big suite. It has a king size bed, making the bedroom way way big, a living room with a couch and 2 wing seats, a small dining table with four chairs, a real big toilet with a tub, a shower room and 2 door access (one from beside the main entrance and one from the bedroom) and a small pantry with a microwave oven, a stove, a fridge and a few cabinets.

Oh and Nek Mami's family had a room next to us so we had connecting rooms. Basically its like a HDB apartment. LOL.

Yes. Go green people.

After alot of gawking from looking at the size of the room, we headed out of the hotel to some relative's place and had to go through this dark alley and came across a DEAD BLOODY RAT! Apparently, it seemed like it just died because there was still blood and it wasn't dry. Guessed, some motorist in the area ran over it. EEWWWW!!

2nd Day
Anyway, the next day, after some well deserve sleep, we headed for a whole day of fun at "Dunia Fantasi" in Anchol. The theme park is nowhere near what you see in Escape Theme Park in Downtown East. Awesome time spent there.

That's the Merry-Go-Round and that's my sister which I'm clueless as to what she's doing.

So we took the viking, the rollercoaster, the merry-go-round. The viking is to DIE for! I mean its like a killer. Nothing compared to the ones you see in "pasar malams" where you pay $2 and all it does is go up less then 45 degrees. -____-
The viking goes up to almost 90 degrees from the ground. COOL OR WHAAATT!!?! The rollercoaster was also a good ride. Too bad it was a short ride.

Enough with the theme park. After the theme park, we headed back to the hotel because mum wasn't feeling well. Decided to have pizza hut for dinner, and I must say, it isn't the same like what it is here in SG. It just tastes..... different.

3rd Day
After a tiring day of fun and shrills, its now off to BANDUNG! The long awaited trip that I was looking forward to. Woke up bright and early, packed up, checked out of the hotel and off we go to Bandung. It was about a 2 hour trip. Had a good sleep in the bus.


We arrived in Bandung's hotel, checked in and went for lunch at a restaurant namely Dapur Cobek or something like that.

The food was okay. Not that great, but okay. After lunch, headed back to the hotel to have some rest and soon after, its off for some retail therapy. What I just need to ease the mind. Bandung is a haven for branded goods at prices that are unimaginable. It's like a "rejected branded goods" haven. Gosh, the stuff there....ARGH!

Almost all the stuff there are less than 100,000 RP which is equivalent to about S$16. Now tell me, why isn't Singapore like that?!?!?!?!?!?! The more the reason why I had thoughts of staying there. So grabbed some 3 tops there.

After about 3-4 hours of shopping, it was time to search for a good place for dinner. I didn't expect the restaurant, Kampung Daun to be wonderful. The ambience, SPECTACULAR!
It's among the hills and the tables are all around as you go up. And we sit on the floor cross-legged and the kitchen is, I don't know where. It's sooo cool. Since it was quite a wet day, the slopes and steps were kinda wet. Moreover, it's at night, so there is not much scenery but the ambience is still great.

Despite having a good ambience, the food wasn't great. Something about Indonesian dishes being too sweet. I mean even the lasagne, is sweet. -.- Well, at least the scenery could make up for the lack of good taste in the foods.

After dinner was done, had a look around the souvenir shop of some sort. I bought a super super cool Billabong jacket. It's reversible and I'm totally in love with it.

Ok enough of that. After a long day, it was back to the hotel for a relaxing massage. Gosh, what I really needed. A moment of pampering. Wonderful.

Last Day
T'was the last day and we checked out early. The flight was at night so we had loads of time to spare.

We went to Sari Ater, a place of hot springs. The water is so freaking hot at 40 degree Celcius. But real good. It was a public holiday, Christmas, so a crowd did go there. I just love the water. I mean it's healthy, natural, hot and real good.

After like 2 hours at Sari Ater, we headed for lunch. Another cool and cold place. Great scenery. The food is much much better. I guess it's because we were super hungry.

After lunch, headed to the strawberry farm. Too bad it wasn't the season for harvest. So there were no fruits bearing at that point of time. But I spotted one relatively red strawberry, alone. SO CUTE! I wonder how the strawberries get big as the ones seen at the supermarkets in Singapore.

It was finally home sweet home. Headed to the airport and I still didn't get a satisfying service from the cabin crew of Qatar airways. Eventhough it's a different flight and a different cabin crew, it still isn't very...... pleasing. Howells.

Great Holiday. Looking forward to the next one. (If there is another one.)

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Im HOME! And this is gonna be a long one...

22nd December 2007

Piala Khatulistiwa

I swear if I could throw up, I would. I was so damned nervous. It was my first on the rebana. I had butterflies in my stomach.

Reached Ngee Ann Poly....
Ish..
nervous ke aper...
baju pink, sluar gold, kain purple.
dah mcm nak sambut Thaipusam kat Little India

Got ready in the holding area. Calmed myself down. Went thru a few runs together. Soon got called down to the auditorium to get ready.

My heart was beating so fast. I couldn't sit still. I couldn't stand still. Walked back and forth.. calming myself down. Gosh. I didn't know why I felt so nervous.

Soon, it was our turn to get on stage.

OMG! Our turn!

Oh shit oh shit oh shit!
*mutters a whole lot of prayers under breath*

"Politenik Temasek... NIRA NYERTIKA!!"

OMG! OMG!! WAIT WAIT! I AINT READY!

Time waits for noone. LOL

Went on stage. Things happened. Went off stage.

Ok. Yang penting, it's over. Aku pun tak nk pikir banyak2. Whatever happened, happened. Whatever we did on stage, we know it's our best. We can't help it if things were to happen. Lagipon its over.

So I said my goodbye(s) to the girls and cab-ed to the airport to meet the family there for my holiday in Jakarta/Bandung. That's another story.

After touching down in Jakarta airport and passed through immigration, I switched on my handphone and received an SMS from dearest Lela "Bonchjela". lol

"Kita dpt PAKAIAN TERBAIK OR WHAAATT...lol"

LOL! I laughed for awhile there. I told myself "If we didn't win, then is okay. The important thing is, we looked gorgeous on stage. WOOHOOO!"

So I caled Lela up using mum's hp. Aku pakai pp8 dok. Nak sms pon pikir 1000 kali. And yeah I clarified with her and asked about the well being of the girls.. and she said..

"Naq, kiter menang."
[Naq, we won.]

I didn't realy get that part. Seriously, my reaction was like "Huh? What?"
(BIAR BETIK?)

"Huh? Aper?"
"Kiter menang! Kiter menang Piala Srikandi!" (background voice of miza FISH "DAH 3 TAHUN SIAAKK!")
"WHAAATTT??!!!!!! FORRR REEEAAALLL!!?? Eh kau biar betol!!?"
"BETOL! Sumpah aku tak bedek!"
"Kau nak tipu aku kan?!"
"SUMPAH KITA MENANG! Kita menang Pakaian Terbaik and Piala Srikandi"

I ALMOST WANTED TO CRY OKAAAYYY!!!!!! I was literally the only person with that "WHAT?!" high pitch voice in the airport trying to find the luggage. My heart was like hooray-ing siak.

WE WON!!
NIRA NYERTIKA WON!!!
PIALA SRIKANDI!!
3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS!!

Omg. I needed a moment to gather my senses back. I swore that at that point of time, I felt like it was a total dream. I told my family about Nira bringing back the title for the 3rd time. I was so excited la.

Gosh. We won. Nira actually won. Despite the screw ups on stage.. we actually got the title...again....for the THIRD TIME! 3 consecutive times.

Alhamdulillah Syukur.
I'm just so proud of Nira. They've grown so much. Despite the problems we went through during the process.. I know it was all a learning experience. The hardwork and sacrifices were all worthwhile. The fruits of their labour has prospered and Nira Nyertika has bloomed along with lots of love, care, dedication, commitment and the most wonderful people I've met.

I love Nira Nyertika. I really do.

Biarlah harum jambangan puspa...
Natijahnya manis semanisnya nira...

If only somethings never change.. people would eventually stay...

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Finally... the day..

And the day has come....




Woohoo... I duno if I'm supposed to be all psyched about it.. nervous? maybe.

Just hope the girls will pull through.. Insyallah

Other than that, I'm SUPER psyched about my Jakarta/Bandung trip. WOOOOHOOOO!!
My mind is already on the flight to Jakarta..


WEEEEEEEEE....!!!


*dreams of strawberry farms and cool winds thru my hair...*

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Asian Idol huh?

This has got to be the most happiest man on earth right now...



THE Asian Idol... HADY MIRZA

Woah.. Asian Idol.

What a title. He must be the most luckiest guy in Singapore... EVER.

It's an unexpected win though. I mean really. I guess he got the votes because of his good looks and charm on stage. The judges that mention about him being appealing on stage. Though I thought that he would do better performing songs that he did before like "Lagenda". I guess he wanted to increase his range of versatility with performances.

News reported that the votes were of almost equal percantages throughout the 6 countries. Then again, I guess what made him eventually won the title of being the FIRST ever "Asian Idol" is the requirement of having to vote 2 countries at a time so as it would eventually be a fair voting system and the country's population wouldn't be much of an issue. So I'm guessing that Hady won because the people's second vote is for Singapore.

Kudos to him for his victory. It's was kinda touching to see him cry when he was being interviewed at the airport.. thanking his fans and hugging his parents. Aww.....

Congratulations HADY MIRZA!! :)

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sidetracked

Going off to Anchol/Bandung on the 22nd and be back on the wee morning of the 26th. Gosh. I'm so excited. At the same time, I'm trying real hard to focus on the girls and the whole preparations for Khatu.

It ain't easy trying to manage two stuff(s) at the same time, and also which would be happening on the SAME DAY.

Gee.

It's hard being me sometimes.

I guess it's all about the determination.
For now, everything is going smoothly.. so far.
Insyallah, if I pray hard, everything will be paid off.

For now, it's not about the results anymore.

What I'm really looking forward to right now, is to feel the satisfaction from the aftermath of the day, and just cry my heart out once it's over.....

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Hiatus and such

Another birthday shoutout to this lady here......

Happy 18th Birthday Nur Azwani Bte Abdullah!

Another legal girl eh?lol. May you be blessed with the wonderful things, good health for you and your family, dan juga dimurahkan rezeki. Amin.

Happy Birthday to yoouu..
Happy Birthday to yoouu..
Happy Birthday to Nur Azwani Bte Abdullah...
Happy Birthday to yoooooouuuu.....

Have a Happy 18th darling!

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Finally...

TERM TEST IS OVER!!! OVER OVER!!

Hiatus from school for 2 weeks.. Oh goody...

...
...
...
...

Okay. Back to reality.

Term test... Done.

Piala Khatulistiwa... *cries*.

Preparations.. hardly. God, just give me the strength I need right now.
I'm not gonna sigh over it though. I'm gonna strive. I know everything is possible.

When there's a will, there's definitely a way.

So I wish for all strength, energy, brain power to just get through this. Miracle don't happen. Duh. But I'm sure everything would work out.

*crosses fingers and prays hard*

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It's halfway through the last month of 2007. Gosh, how time flies. I hardly felt my 17th year. I figured it would be... well, cliche as it is.... sweet.

Turned out that this is the toughest year so far. Right. I'm only 17 and I talk as though I've lived pass 70.

I guessed it's all about how you face it, y'know. I mean, when it all comes together, how old or young you are, is/was/are/were never an issue, and will never be.

For all I know, one could be 45 and still think that lollipops were the best things created on earth.

Ok that was a bit over the top but you get the drift.

Things are never meant to be easy as it seems. Well that's what I think. If everything is easy breezy, then scrap "appreciation" from the dictionary. Which god damn human would learn to appreciate without doing it the hard way?

Humans. A real complicated bunch aren't we?

Without realising, we'd rather have it complicated than making it simple.

Still, we're complaining...

Appreciation? Not in this kinda terms.

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Birthday Shoutout

A birthday shoutout to this cutie pie here.....

Happy 18th Birthday NUR HAFIZAH BTE MOHAMED

Wow, finally, you're legal... SO TO HELL WITH HSA! LOL! So noone will think you're a kid now. If they do, just flash your IC babe. IC and nothing else please. lol. Hope you are blessed with good health and other many good things that life has to offer. May the year ahead be blissful for you and your family. Dan dimurahkan rezeki. Amin....

Now let me sing you a song..

Happy Birthday to you..
Happy Birthday to you....
Happy Birthday to Nur Hafizah Bte Mohamed.....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOUUU!!

Happy 18th love!

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Back to square one

A dear friend told me to put the previous post down. He said it was like too angry. Well, I thought about it and yeah.. I decided to just scrap the post off. It's not like me to be swearing and cursing. Seriously. Though I'm still keeping it as a draft. Just so that I could read it again in like 10 yrs time to laugh my ass off.

The post was just for me to vent out my frustration. I couldn't take it anymore, well at that point of time of course. I felt a little better after reading the post. Note "a little".

I guess it's back to square one.

I don't think "moving on" exists in my vocabulary. No matter how much you "move on", you're bound to get back to where you started.

Some people are just not worth getting frustrated at, being cried for or whatever shits. Things do happen at the heat of the moment and usually stuff like that aren't really meant to be.

I've had my share of such shits and I don't see why I can't just forget about it and move on.

So I've just decided to let things be. If anyone where to have a guilt conscious of his/her own, I'm sure a "Sorry" won't hurt. I'll be glad to accept the apology. Yet, people decide to live by their egos.

Oh what fuck do I care?

I can't ask for anything more then what I've got right now. I'm blessed.

Thanks friend :)

Thanks GF for the consoling words <3

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I'm missing a whole bunch of people right now..

TIME is such a bitch. I hate you Mr Time!

I'm missing...

her...

her...

him...

and especially her...


If only everything could come to a standstill.....

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P.S. I Love You

Holly Kennedy (Hillary Swank) is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny and impetous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead.

Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake and, to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to order her to get out and "celebrate herself". In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are deliverd in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way: P.S. I Love You.

Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future.

With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into new beginning for life.

Taken from the official site for the movie "P.S. I Love You"

P.S. Someone bring me to watch this movie once it's out.

P.S.S "It's a capricorn thing"(: bliss......

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Capricorn

This is the day to start new projects. Your energy will increase as the day goes on. - Friendster

Riiiggghhhttt......
Someone please explain to me why I can't think right now.

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Physically and mentally drained

Hectic hectic hectic.

School has been real hectic.

Project meetings
Submissions
Presentations
Deadlines
Tests

On top of that, the pressure the bands on my braces are giving me is killing me! I hate every post-dental appointment.

Oh and as the days go by, more and more unfamiliar numbers are sms-ing me. One common thing among them is that they all live in Bedok.

Which fucker is doing this to me?!

I'm officially jinxed for the year. Thanks.

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