Aku Terima Nikahya

I went to OU today after picking Tiyah up from LRT Taman Bahagia. Pemalas nak naik KTM, ceit -_-

So then we had lunch at Carls Junior and because Lin was being retarded she ordered two Chilli Cheese Fries. I MEAN TWO CHILLY CHEESE FRIES LIKE WHAT? DAHLAH BURGERS KAT SITU BESA GEDABAK MACAM HAPE AND THEN BELI DUE PULAK CHILLI CHEESE FRIES?

And because both of them claimed that I ate only a bit of the first box they forced me to bring home the second one and finish it.

Really.

I TOLD YOU TO BUY ONLY ONE BUT YOUUUU AND YOUR EVER EXPANDING STOMACH WANTED TO BUY TWO. And I'm the one stuck finishing it -_-

But whatever ._.

So then we went to MPH because we're champions at wasting our time and I bought Aku Terima Nikahnya LIKE OH EM JI I HAVE BEEN DYING TO READ THIS BOOK EVER SINCE I HEARD ABOUT IT. I hope it's not overrated like some books ._.

And after that we randomly went to hear a personal talk on breast cancer by this really nice middle aged caucasian women and we got ourselves a pink ribbon (I love these pink ribbons!) and a bookmark and a pamphlet each.

So that was it. I don't really know why I wrote this post o_o

This is my 500th post :D

You know the kind of people who appear all happy and bouncy in bubbly in facebook but when you meet them in real life they're just really shy and quiet and awkward.

I'm one of them.

Well, this only applies to people I've never met before lah. Around my friends I'll be my usual bubbly bouncy self. If you see me being retarded and stupid with my friends in facebook, then there's a big possibility that I really am retarded and stupid in real life. Really, you should ask Luqman. He would know lol.

This is how it is because I just feel like it's easier to convey my messages in black and white rather than say it out loud. Which is why I write better than I speak. I just feel more comfortable doing do because there wouldn't be any awkward silences, or misuse of words or awkward twitching or any uncomfortable feeling while speaking. And whoever says that written messages can't have tones should be shot and buried in a shallow grave. You actually can 'write' tones.

For example, if you want to wish somebody good luck.

"Dude, goodluck for your exam tomorrow! :) "

See? This message carries the meaning that you are wishing your friend well and you have no hidden agenda behind the wish. The smiley there also emphasizes your point of well wishing. Whatever that's supposed to mean.

But you have to be careful of how you use your smiley. Different smileys carry different meanings.

E.g : "Dude, goodluck for your exam tomorrow! >=[ "

I honestly don't know how to interpret that message.

"Dude, goodluck for your exam tomorrow! :D"

This message is similar to the first one.

"Dude goodluck for your exam tomorrow! XD"

This can mean two things. Whether you're just merely wishing your friend good luck. Or you're just really happy that he/she is having his/her's exam tomorrow (although that doesn't really make any sense).

So yes, be careful in using your smileys. You never know what meaning they could carry(?)

Khatulistiwa cleaning

Queer title? Blame Lee. Hahahahaha. So yesterday I posted a status on my facebook about how I'm going to do some spring cleaning because my wardrobe is a mess. I used spring cleaning just because it sounds awesome and very american HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Bute then Lee commented, "I think it's just 'cleaning'." or something so then I googled spring cleaning and it actually means house cleaning done during spring. And it's not like we have spring here in Malaysia so I easily came up with khatulistiwa cleaning because it sounds weird and is true at the same time.

But whatever.

So I came back from Nilai for my two months holiday like 3 weeks ago and I 'just happened' to notice how much of a mess my wardrobe is. (Kalau tak cuti panjang HAROMM nak notice sebab malas nak kemas hagahgahagahgag) Well, I'm not really the messy kind of person. I can be a, uh, crazy cleaner(?) sometimes but most of the times I just feel too lazy to fold my shirts or pants or whatever nicely so I ended up squishing them at the back of the wardrobe. Keji, I know :|

But hey, I'm 19 ok. That's what 19 year olds do. I think.

So yesterday night I decided to clean up my wardrobe and get rid of the clothes that I don't think I'll be wearing anymore. Like oversized dresses that look awkward on me, jeans that don't fit me no matter how hard I try to get into them or just everyday shirts that are too ugly to be worn.

So here is how my wardrobe looks like before the decluttering,

 Please do excuse the level of messiness. Now you see why I'm planning on cleaning it ._.

Baju-baju yag hanya dipakai pergi kenduri. Beria betul.

SEJAK BILA BAJU-BAJU AKU JADI COLOURFULL SANGAT NEEYYY

It looks as if a tornado just hit my room ._.

My completely empty wardrobe. Wah sedap mata memandang!

Weird bag my brother gave me for my EIGHTEENTH birthday. Yes ladies and gentleman, MY EIGHTEETH birthday. Maybe my brother still takes me for his 5 year old baby sister or something -.-

But whatever. It's the thoughts that count right? :)

 Birthday cards I've received from circa 2005 :')

One from Hasan in 2007 lol!

At least I think it was 2007.

And this one was from Lee and Aini for my birthday in 2005 :D

This sobloodycantikbutneverworn dress that Lee gave me for my birthday last year. I wish somebody would invite me to a prom so i can wear this T_T

And don't even think of suggesting it to be worn during the AGD ok. Nanti nampak macam beria betul haku -_-

And after nearly two hours folding everything properly and putting everything in place, TADAAAAA!

Well, it's not really clean like REALLY REALLY EFFINGLY clean. But hey, at least it's not an eyesore :D

And I will end this post with that picture of my not-messy-but-not-that-organized-either wardrobe :D

Majoring in English

Sometimes I wonder what will happen to me after I graduate. What would I do with an English Degree in hand? A lot of people say you can be a lot of things with it. But they never said what. I wanted to be a journalist before. Probably because I like writing and I hadn't really thought about what people would ask me to write if I ever succeeded in being a journalist. But then the newspapers here are sort of like really biased. So that doesn't really help. Unless I become a journalist for Harakah. Lol Ayah would be so proud.

So anyway, I'm thinking of becoming some sort of an ambassador. Mainly because it sounds fun right now and you get to travel overseas a lot. I know, short-term thinking. But seriously, I want a job that involves a lot of traveling. Then maybe I'll get really sick of traveling, I'll finally settle down with a husband and become a free-lance writer lol. I can take care of my growing kids and still have my own money! Sounds like a genious plan. For now. Some of my friends suggested being a tourist guide. But then I'll have to do my homework and dig historical facts about a particular monument and things like that. Bleh. Plus, I'm a girl. Tak bahaya ke for a girl to be a tour guide? Haha taknak tu cakap jela taknak.


Oh and in case I don't end up being an ambassador, I think I'll go find work as a translator God is that not cool. Maybe I'll translate Sophie Kinsella's books into Malay! HA HA NO THAT BOOK WOULD SOUND REALLY WRONG WITH AWKWARD SENTENCE STRUCTURES. Some books are best left as they are. Like Harry Potter. Harry Potter dan Batu Ajaib wtf?

Or I can be a news reporter woots! I'll be on TV every night cool gilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. I mean, I don't even have to memorize lines or anything. Just muster up some serious I-mean-business expression and read the electronic board that's in front of you or something. And the best part of it is that I'll get to look all serious while consulting random papers or fake-talking with my news reporter mate when the credit roles GOD I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT AND LOOK AWESOME. God I wanna be a news reporter now. But that means I won't have a chance of using my hard earned English knowledge ._. Unless I work for CNN or something OHMYGOD UBER COOL.


And then maybe I'll fall in love with a brave and handsome reporter and we'll end up getting married and we'll have 10 beautiful children together and we'll go for family picnics every weekend and people will be all envious seeing how happy we are AAAWWWWWW.

Or not.

OR MAYBE I CAN BE A WRITER FOR A BEAUTY MAGAZINE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH. That shit is wack. But what would I write about ._. Household tips? Lol shut up.

I don't think I can be an author as in a book author. Because my imagination is filled with crap and I might come up with something less appealing than Twilight lol. And I can't write chick flicks. Because most chick flicks are really unislamic and I don't wanna write stuff like that. I love reading it but reading and writing are just two really different things. It doesn't mean that you have to write according to whatever you read. Maybe I'll write something like Habiburrahman El-Shirazy but in English. Maybe I'll translate his works! Or mayeb somebody already did ._.

I wonder if there's any work that involves reading? Hmm, that would be easy lol. But please not a teacher please please pleaseeeee. I don't know why but I just can't see myself (or I just don't want to see myself) as a teacher. Because you know, I've been in school. And when I observe how the students behave and how to teacher handles theri shitty behavior I always think, "Boy, it must be difficult to be in her shoes." Really, my tolerance towards shittily behaved kids are zero and I might end up being in jail because of child abuse or something. *serious ass face*

Although my mum was a teacher, I just can't see myself following her footsteps. I know that being a teacher is a noble job and everything but I just can't find any passion in teaching ya know?

So yeah.

The problem of having an English degree is that it doesn't prepare you for a specific job in a specific field. Unlike engineers and architectures, an English major has to be creative in deciding what job he/she would want to apply for. What specific field he/she would like to be in. What specialty that he/she has that would make them sell-able for that particular field. Majoring in English is like majoring in something very general. You could be anything. From working for a newspaper company to working for an advertising company to being an editor or even a teacher or being involved in human resourcing. Whatever that is.

The point is, you can be anything with an English degree. You just have to use your left side of the brain and start thinking creatively. Develop your communication with other people, develop your specialty while you can. Because as soon as you enter the working world you would have to sell everything that you can do to gain a spot as an employee. The market(?) is getting very competitive ok. So be ready to sell yourself to your future employers.

Here I am advising people that they can be whatever they want to be with an English degree and still vague about what my future holds for me.

But like they say, you're writing your own story. So make sure it's a pretty darn good story!

Aku selalu rasa macam ajal aku dah dekat. Sigh.

TERENGGANU HERE I COME!

So I'll be going to Terengganu tomorrow and I'll be staying at Ayunie's for 6 whole days LIKE OH MY GOD MY FIRST TIME GOING TO A FRIEND WHO-DOES-NOT-LIVE-NEARBY'S HOUSE I AM SO EXCITED. I'm going with Mee and our flight will be tomorrow afternoon :D But balik naik bus la lemak ape pergi balik nak naik plane hahahahgagagahagahga.

So wish me a safe trip and hopefully I'll update this blog day by day to keep you updated(?) with our daily, uh, activities lol. It's not like anybody would wanna know but heck, I'll write about them anyway.

OMG EXCITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. *hyperventilates and dies*

Random things about yours truly

This is a vain post.

1. I can go on for a whole day without any proper meal. No breakfast, no lunch and no dinner. Just the occasional random snacks like roti dengan cheese ke, an apple ke, kerepek ke. And things like that. I guess that's just why I'm so skinny. Sigh.

2. I cannot sleep with only one pillow. I have to have at least two pillows to be able to sleep. But for a guaranteed good sleep, I usually use three. One for my head, one for me to hug and one for my legs to hug(?) I'm considering getting a bolster so that I won't have to sleep with 3 pillows but so hard la want to find nice bolster wan.

3. I don't like to talk when I eat. Ayunie told me one, "Aku perasan something kat kau. Kalau jumpe makanan kau terus senyap." Hohoho. Especially when I' really really hungry. I like to read books when I eat but I'm not such a big fan of talking WHILE eating lah when I'm not eating I'm usually unstoppable muahahahah.

4. The way I talk is easily influenced by people around me. My friends mostly. My most over used phrase right now is "Jangan sampai aku blablabla" and "Memang la blablabla".

5. I'm actually flattered when people ask me things like "Weh betul ke aku buat ni?" or "Yang ni maksud die ape eh?" because I know myself and I know that I'm not a walking dictionary or a waling english text book. It just happens that I know the answers to their questions. And prolly because I exempted my English Placement Test. And maybe because my grammar and sentence structure makes sense too. So most people tend to think that I'm the English Guru or something when I'm really not. I'm just like you guys, seriously :|

6. When I love somebody, I love them with all that I've got. But still can't beat Lee la. Hihi. When my ex dumped me when I was 15 (This is the one and only ex ok. After that no more no way), I cried my heart out and woke up with a swelled up pair of eyes. I hugged my towel when I slept because I was crying so hard. I also lost 3 kilos after the break up. I couldn't eat because I kept imagining him with that girl (who later turned to be an awesome friend to me :]) together every single miserable day. My days were empty without any texts from him. But when he does text to ask me how I was doing, I wouldn't reply because I wanted to show him that I was strong and that I can live without him. But I was wrong. It took me nearly 4 years to completely get over him. And this is a guy whom I only spent 5 months with, I've never went out with, never hold hands with (thank god I didn't), never called and rarely talks to me eye to eye at school or in class unless it's really really important. But he was really sweet in his own way, (although he can be quite a jerk most of the times) and I guess that's the thing that made it so hard for me to forget him. That's why I don't plan to fall for anyone until I'm ready to get married. I dread going through all that again. But then you came along. Sigh.

God that's a long one.

7. I have a very high metabolism rate. I guess that's why it's really hard for me to pass 45 kilos. I can eat like a pig when I'm real hungry. But the food keeps getting digested -.-

8. I hate sports. The only sport I'll play is, umm,  anything that doesn't involve running, jumping and me getting sweaty. Urghh I hate getting all sweaty and hot. I don't know how I survived the National Service, really. You have to stand straight up facing the son during the rollcalls and there's one time when everybody was late, they had us do push ups, SLOW-ASFRICKINHELL-LY under the hot scorching sun of Sandakan. I remembered looking like I had just taken a shower with my uniform on. Yurgh.

9. I only eat crunchy vegetables. Kangkung is my favourite followed by kacang botol and kacang panjang. I can tolerate Kailan and Kobis but I just really can't deal with sawi, bayam and those mushy kind of veggies. I mean, aren't vegetables SUPPOSED to be crunchy? What's up with the mushiness? Meh.

10. When I was 5, I purposely sliced off half of my eyelashes on both eyes with a scissor because I was stupid  godknowswhy really. My mum flipped when she found out because my eyelashes look really weird when viewed from sideways. It looked kind of terbantut. Thankgod they grew back.

I honestly have no idea why I made this list. Maybe I'm just vain like that.