Of kicking of the shoes and living the life of leisure.

This is it people.

4 1/2 months of stressful never-ending suspense period of studying + 2 weeks of pure examination torture, sudden mysterious illness and heartache, now I can finally say I have survived my part 4 safely. After all that jazz, I do think I've earned the right to forget the fact that I do think I bombed my last paper (oi vey =.=") or the fact that my journey to the endline is still far. ....Nahhh let's keep the stress till later, I have my sanity to hold on to.

Until then...

HO-LI-DAYYY HERE I COMEEEE~~!!

...well if you are going to be all technical about it, holidays started about 5 days ago but considering the fact that I am an accomplished slacker, this post could only be posted today =D

As per usual, what is holiday if you do not fill it with doing...absolutely nothing~! ^^ No need to go into details, but lets just say while the rest of the world are on tenderhooks with the whole election fiasco (and I'm not just referring to the by-election in Malaysia), I have been happily vegetating at home while playing lets-pass-the-godawful-virus-around with my nephew, Alwi. 

Speaking of which, to anybody who thinks they need to boost their immune system, by all means hang around an infant @ toddler when they're sick cause damn WOW, the virus they pass around are not the "generic" ones we usually get. I mean, yea I am not the perfect example of picture perfect health, but being ill with cold + cough + fever for 2 weeks just after the lil tyke sneezed once at ya? So not normal =__="

ANYWAYS.

Rotting at home this time around is a bit different than usual firstly because dadzor had bought another ps3 to be put in his room (cause he says we hangout in my sister's room too often >_>") plus there's the lil tyke around to bully play with =3 Everyday is a game of multitasking chores while toting the kid around. Neko swears that by the time her wedding comes, we will all have super-macho arms because of Alwi. All that Enercal my sister drank during pregnancy really paid off, the kid weights a ton! @@" Not to mention the fact that he's going through a slight separation anxiety since his mommy just went back to work (she took 6 months unpaid leave just to take care of him), so he's a bit edgy when it comes to being left alone. He'll scream the whole house down unless there's someone in his line of sight. Senang cerita, someone has to lepak with him at any given time.

So, whenever he's left with me, more often than not he'll be in front of the ps3 making a mess out of all the games and wires. So cute, rasa macam nak pijak-pijak je X3

Kecomelan buntut yang tak terhingga

This post basically has no point, saja nak tayang buntut Alwi XD.

P.S : Shairil sangatlah teramat-amat love Alwi. Why don't you? =3

Of crappers and shit falling from the sky, both at the same time.

sgdvwvkobjtbnkr.dvndlkmvs.

Words cannot describe the shittiness and how frustating this week has been, and its barely even Wednesday! >_>" 

1) Supposed to have a semi-breezy time doing test for law, nope, didn't get that cause yours truly had to be oh-so-distracted going to Jakarta for the weekend. Hence, the equation is as follows:

Holiday + didn't study + test = SUICIDE.

What makes it even more frustating is that I KNOW the concept, its just the teeny-weeny details like the name of cases that escapes me. Small mistakes, but HUGE repercussions. I so do not want to repeat T--T

2) Presentation didn't go that well either, we basically got bombarded left-right-center by the lecturer in regards to our topic. Another bout of frustation ensues as we were not criticized because of mistake in content but more of mistake in formalities ie; sentence construction and citation. 

I. HATE. FORMALITIES. did i ever mention that?

3) We were supposed to interview some bigshot today. The appointment was set since last week so understandably we were excited. So you could our disappointment when we received a phone call in the wee hours of the morning saying that the dude was busy so he had to reschedule. Not an outright rejection but it makes us feel insignificant nonetheless. Hopefully he doesn't cancel again the next time *crosses fingers*

Muka kanak-kanak yang hanya mampu senyum walaupun life gives them everything but lemons.

 Waiting for the bus in formal clothing is so lame. Thanks goodness in strength in numbers.

 Aksi mengejar bas in high heels on uneven sidewalk = accident begging to happen

 Random note : Dorothy Perkins makes the sexiest of pants. Must get more.

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P.S.: Shairil loves you! Walaupun setiap hari macam nak pecah perut asyik dok gelak.

P.S.: I want to go to Korea please please please please >_<"

Of moving out, and moving in again.

As I've mentioned before, this semester has been the most intense and nerve-wracking in all my years studying. Every single day is another day of submissions and deadlines and lecturer's breathing down your neck. Not exactly the most conducive environment to promote good health, oh well, alls in a day of a student =/

BUT.

Nothing. And I mean NOTHING can beat the harum-scarum which I had gone through in the last 2 weeks. I swear, if I can survive this, i can survive ANYTHING.

For the past year or so, I have been renting a house in Shah Alam with 7 other gals. Yeaa my house in Damansara ain't that far from campus but when you have full and ever-changing schedule like yours truly, its pretty insane to commute every day. Needless to say, we are relatively happy with the house as its big enough to fit us all and small enough not to be expensive. 

As per usual with any lease, we were required to sign a one-year contract. Needless to say we were the epitome of good rentees; we paid our rents on time and keep the house in good condition. Likewise, the landlord was a cool indian dude and he was most attentive in all our complains with the house.

However, nothing lasts forever.

Things started to get shitty the moment our contract expired late last year. We began to be bombarded by various "interested parties", brought by this agent as the landlord wanted to sell the house. At first we were very gracious to entertain but after awhile it became rather annoying to be lazing around at home and suddenly finding strangers knocking on your door asking to see the house. I mean, yes we can accommodate if you had notified us earlier but noooo they just decided to pop in and assume that we would be in. Piss off!

Anyway, about 2 months ago we received news that the house was sold. Not suprisingly we were worried about our status as that would mean that we officially have no place to stay. But our landlord had called and said that we could stay on until the end of the semester. Hearing that, we all breathed a sigh of relief and decided to put the issue of house rental to after our finals and we were bogged down with too much work to do it now.

Boy, were we deceived.

Last Thursday, we got a call during lecture from the agent who found us our current house , telling us oh-so-delightfully that we have a month to basically, get out from the house as the new owner wants to renovate.

"FISH"-TAS-TIC!

After an hour of yelling and cursing certain parties, we all decided that we need to just suck it up and deal with it. No use marah-marah the landlord or agent as its not going to get us a new house.


In lieu with this situation, we began our search to find a new place. Boy, I wish I never have to go through this again. We basically scoured ALL the housing areas in the near vicinity of campus. After all the houses I've been to, I can safely say I can be a real estate agent yang berjaya in Shah Alam. I can describe to you all the pros and cons of each house type. I've walked every row of the dratted Pusat Komersial in the freaking downpour just to be disappointed (apparently they used the agent system, stewpiak). Needless to say, after 3 days of "trekking", my mood was as sour as spoiled milk. 


But, thank goodness, we finally found a place in section 8. True, its small as compared to our old place but with a party of 5 people, its plenty wide enough. Plus the landlady is uber nice, she gave us like so many facilities (washer machine woot woot) and she repainted the walls so it doesnt look dingy as flats usually do.

As its the middle of the month and finances are rather tight, I opted not to use transport services (ie; lorry) and utilized Daddy dearest's isuzu trooper. Longgok semua atas kerete, senang cerita. 

 

 

After 3 days of packing and moving, FINALLY we're done. All thanks to Akmal, Pak Lah and Ayuni. Korang memang kawan sehidup semati (owh over!). Semoga persahabatan kita berkekalan ke hujung jalan.

In the meantime, I really really REALLY hope this will be the last time I will need to shift houses. Packing is uber pain =__=

P.S. : Shairil loves you, but Shairil does not want to move anymore.

P.S.: Nak gomol Alwi NOW. Puh-lease T---T

of late night "parties" in Cempaka. How fun.

There's no other way to describe it.

I am. STRESSED.

Yea yea, the word "stress" and "student" goes hand-in-hand but seriously this semester brings a whole different level to the word =__=" Its one submission and deadline after another, I can barely breathe @@" 

Plus this semester is like the first time I've been put into a position where I LITERALLY have to count my expenditure each day. Yes yes before this I have been rather reckless in my spending, maybe its due to the fact that I get my allowance every two weeks. But due to a recent imposition by Daddy dearest that I am to get monthly allowances, let's just say I am rather slow in learning how to manage my finances =_=" Oh and the fact that my advisors owe me a huge amount of money DOES NOT help with my situation.  

Memang dasar kemiskinan and makan roti je lah sampai next month gamaknya >_<"

So hungry..haih..

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On another note, the curse of one year and a half strikes again!

I've noticed a worrisome pattern, whatever activity or relationship or commitment I am involved in would only last a year and a half. These are the proof:

1) My last 2 relationships, around that duration

2) The last 2 houses I rented also lasted a year and a half before certain circumstances forced us to move

3) My ability to stick to one group of friends of any particular activity (ie: yoga) 

.....like daym. I seem so feckle when its listed this way o____o"

Must work harder to stick to one thing.

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Scenes of us working our ass off every single day. What a life.

Ayuni pulling her hair out editing my work. Sorry sorry! ><"

 Lah yang gigih membuat 80% of the draft proposal. Your commitment is duly noted.

 Akmal yang gigih....menghafal lirik lagu Trey Songz - Say Aaah

Lu memang selamber! XD 

P.S.: Shairil is giving up stressed. Gimme food please? =(

Of fangs and high school rejects turned cool!

Nothing new to rant / scream / gossip / tell for today. Just wanted to share my current ipod playlist =D

The theme for the next 3 weeks is...*insert drum roll effect*

Of fangs and high school rejects turned cool!

Twilight, New Moon and Glee OST! 

Yezzaaa I managed to pull a tricksie and got my dad to buy 'em for me (actually more like I just took the CDs and tarik muka seposen when it was time to pay 'em XD;). Me loves me new CDs~ *strokes*

Anyways, for the first 2 albums, it is the movie sountrack for *durh*, Twilight and New Moon movie. I want to show support for the franchise yet I do not want to join the norm by going all goo-goo-gaa-gaa over rob Pattinson or Taylor Lautner sooo tada~! I ogle over the soundtrack ^^ 

 Notable Songs : Paramore - Decode

The Black Ghosts - Full Moon

Mutemath - Spotlight

Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth

 Notable Songs : Lykke Li - Possibility

Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong (very the country, nice!)

Alexandre Desplat - New Moon

(actually album ni tak habis dengar lagi, will update later)

I also managed to snag the Glee series soundtrack. Yarrr around this time Neko and HHamsap would be throwing rocks at me for actually buying the soundtrack as they already have it in their computer but so whattttt I want the actual CD. Nothing beats having the CD to own. I'm anal that way, deal with it >p

 Yang ni semua lagu best, just listen to all =)

Before I go, here, have a sneak peek ^_-

 

Nothing amuses me like a video on crack, yeaa!

Err..his beard is uber sexy? ...NOT! 

I salute a person that can keep a decent tune while playing a guitar o_o 

I chup ni lagu wedding X3

Random, yes. But any guy who can sing this song wins my vote any day.

Shairil loves P. Ramlee T--T (tibe)

Music gets my feet thumping. Music soothes my soul.

Well well well, who would have thunk?  I do think I'm partial to dancing =3

(note: yes Along, i know "thunk" doesn't exist, but i like it so go away!)

I have always accepted the fact that the society was divided into many categories; 

1) the ones who are fat vs the ones who are thin

2) the ones who are academically smart vs the ones who are artistically inclined (i refuse to call them stupid. Just because they're different doesn't make them dumb)

3) the slackers vs the shakers

4) the ones who can sing vs the ones yang please don't ever sing @@
5) the physically dazzling ones vs the ones pretty inside =)

6) the shy demure ones vs the extroverted graceless ones

7) yada yada yada

In lieu with above, the point that I'm trying to convey is that, I have accepted since day 1 that I do not and will never be classified as "the ones that can dance". Its ironic how my mother was a university dancer and she also did part-time modelling yet unfortunately she did not find it necessary to bequeath those particular genes to her offsprings. As a result, both my sisters and I have zero ability in terms of dancing, in other words, kami keras macam kayu =_="

Ulek Mayang - I would kill to be able to dance like this

Needless to say, due to my inability to move according to beat has caused considerable envy every time I see another person (especially when its a friend >_>")  having the skill to groove oh-so-fantastically. Tak kesah la whether its waltz, ballet, hip-hop, belly-dancing or even tap-dancing! I sangatla dengki tahap boleh gigit kuku kaki T--T 

yes yes, you wonder why this is such an issue to me? Well there are some people lucky enough to be born without any sense of shame (I mean this in a good way tau), that means even thought they dance for shiat but they couldnt care less what the rest of the world thinks as long as they have fun. Again, unfortunately, I'm not one of those enlightened few. I might shake a lil booty when there's nobody around to witness the horrific sight, but the moment I think there is a slight possibility that someone might see.....STOP RIGHT THERE!!  *insert screeching tyre sound*

Apelah, dahla tak boleh menari, pastu malu-malu kucing melebeyh pulak. Orang bukannya kisah pun.

Methinks its the Asian mentality getting the best of me; "Stay in line, stay out of sight, do not go against what the elders tell you to do, and most of all, do NOT BRING SHAME upon thyself or your family".

Tapi...walaupun tak tahu..tapi nak jugak..tak boleh ke?

Some people suggested trying out the clubbing scene however I find the environment there rather disconcerting to say the least. The whole bumping-n-grinding dancing while getting high on booze is soooo not my cup of tea. The music's fantastic, but not great enough to actually get me going the next time. 

If only the DJs would actually publish cds of their mixes, that would be AWE-SOME! >3

Plus the fact I'm "fun-sized" = the rest of the world's armpit level, makes the experience not so enjoyable =_="

 Needless to say, when a friend of mine, Ray, introduced me to her dance classes, I was a bit hesitant to say aye as tp join would mean that I will have to dance. In public. With tons of people around to watch. *gulps*


However, when you are uber hyperactive + persistent + body conscience friends like mine, (yes, I am referring to you Akmal), you can never really say no when they set it in their mind to get you to say yes to something. So, the dazzling duo (Ray + Akmal) manages to persuade me to try out this aerobic dance class called Zumba. 

So there I was, wednesday night 5.59pm,  all decked out in my american pirate headscarf, slowly hyperventilating with the thought of dancing in front of people. Seriously i thought I was going to have a stroke at the rate my heart was beating. Then..the music came on.....

.....hey..what do you know...it wasn't that bad. 

In fact, it was F-U-N! I mean, the music was great, the energy and spirit was super contagious. And the best part is, nobody was staring at me. 

At 7.00pm wednesday night, I was officially hooked. Nak lagi nak lagi! XD

One hour dancing classes did not seem like torture anymore. The time moves so fast everytime I go for dancing classes now. I count the seconds till the next class. Oh did I mention that I am now a member of Celebrity Fitness? Sanggup tu, just for the classes =p Plus they also give discounts to a myriad of shops, thats helps ^^


Dancing has made me more aware of my body and also more confident in myself (Tiba-tiba bunyi macam some motivational advert pulak o_O). No more shy shy cat, I live for the moment when the groove gets to me X3 I would certainly recommend anybody who has problems with their confidence to join. Its therapeutic in a fun and healthy way =)


Thank you Ray sayang and Akmal dearie, you guys are the best gym buddies any gal could ever wish for! OH and not forgetting Ray's sister, Aja, your dedication and seemingly endless energy to go to the gym is indeed a motivation to me =)


Till the next dancing class, au revoir!

 

P.S: Shairil LOVES to dance now, so should you!

Of Lusts for Gadgets.

I have always had a thing a with gadgets. Whether it be a new phone, a new headphone, heck even a new kind of food steamer gets me distracted beyond words!

(Okay, food steamer doesn't exactly fall under "gadget" category, but you get my drift?=)

Would you just look at this beauty...with this i can say bye-bye to oily food = fat thighs mwahahaha

My obsession with food steamer is due to the fact that I love dim sum and sausages. And somehow I find it tastier than when I fry or boil it. Sedap sehingga menjilat jari tangan dan kaki I tell you, serious tak tipu =X Lagi-lagi bila calit dengan cili sos Aminah Hassan, perghh nikmat beb *droolz*. Amatlah sesuai pabila waktu petang-petang di rumah sewa and tang tu tengah malas nak keluar cari makan 8D (Plus the fact that I now have to budget my expenses, so kena tighten my spending belt sikit ><")

Wow..I never knew Aminah Hassan ada keluarkan kicap o_o"

Btw, sesiapa yang nak tengok video tomato dan cili menari-nari, dipersilakan pergi website Aminah Hassan, I was kept amused for about 5 seconds before the song got to me ><" 

OKAY BACK TO THE TOPIC..>_>"

With the recent boom in phones, it is easy to understand why I am constantly on edge.Yelah, its like every other day there will be a new phone out in the market.  Hari ni sony ericsson keluarkan Xperia X2, then there's BBerry Bold II, and of course the ever-awesome iPhone 3GS. I swear if bukan sebab iPhone is touch-screen based, dah lama I hantar proposal dekat ayahanda tersayang for it(I love you always Abah =3 eceh sempat). However considering the fact yang I ni jenis kalut + kasar = no touch-based gadgets for me T--T sedeyh sia.

Another reason why I am annoyed at the new editions of phones in market is due to the fact that I am stuck using the old Motorola razor. Don't get me wrong, its pretty decent to look at, plus its very easy to tote around but the fact that I have EXTREMELY limited memory space on it makes it kind of lame. Imagine only being able to keep about 40 messages and a few pictures maximum, pure torture I call it =.=" .No wonder Motorola has always been known to be more of the looks-over-function brand. Uber sexy to look at, but feature-wise, other brands are better =\