Last raya, a friend of mine graciously invited Erin and I over to her kampung somewhere near Tampin. We experienced many new sights, sounds and flavours. Enjoy the pics (some from my fren’s digicam)

A road sign for Bongok Bongek that was dokek daerah ghombau (see, i oso can speak nogori )

Another road sign for “Kpg Durian Daun”

My first attempt at making ketupat - without guidance, juz trial and error..coz the ketupat-maker was busy in the kitchen

Kids playing - mostly my fren’s nephews & nieces

extended family picture…smile

Pitter patter of feet : small, medium and big (no need to wonder whose is the biggest..lol!)

Lemang, rendang, curry, yum yum!!

Kampung-style graffiti….Punk Rules!! wahahahaha!!

Idyllic kampung house scene (I think the guy is my fren’s cousin)

Helping in the kitchen

Oooo…itsy bitsy digicam

My biological clock is all messed up. I can only sleep around 7 am in the morning no matter how early i try to go to bed. My mind races like mad as I try in vain to empty it. Everytime I close my eyes, its like a switch for lotsa things to enter my mind. arggh!!

Lately, weird things have been happening in the past 2 months or so. Old friends and acquaintences have started contacting me. People whom i’ve gotten close to in the past year but somehow drited apart are suddenly calling me or sending me sms-es. Its not that I dont welcome it, but…..well, its like this, i dont mind if we have drifted apart because sometimes time, distance or situations force people apart (yeah take it from someone who has lost lots of frens from East Msia *sad*) but to have more than 3 people from my past contacting me again? and all within the same time frame?

First it started off with a friend (guy A) whom i regularly spoke to on the phone. He actually had a big crush on me at one point (i think he still harbours some feelings) and I enjoyed our conversations together. Then after i told him i got attached…i think it was sometime in Sept….he suddenly stopped contacting me. I understand why tho…heartbroken maa However, juz last week he rang me up, and was thinking of going out to catch up on things.

Then Grace - my childhood best friend, who’s really more of a sister, of mine whom i have not met for 2-3 years suddenly came to KL and just 3 days (sadly). So we managed to meet up for like 30 mins before she had to leave. {I miss her so much} And she met another childhood friend of ours, whom we havent met for about 10 years now.

Thirdly, a *cute but already engaged* friend from Brunei (guy B) smsed me out of the blue a few days ago (yeah..international sms) saying that he was coming to KL from Wed-Fri, hoping that we could go for drinks (tho i could probably win a drinking competition over him anyday! lol! ). Unfortunatly this weekend is my busy-to-the-max weekend coz my parents have dinners planned so I didnt get to meet him. I remembered we used to go drinking with a few mates back in Miri (no clubs in Brunei. lol!) and got into a scary haunted experience. {Maybe one day I’ll blog about it}

Fourth is my ex, who suddenly rang me up a few days ago asking if i was interested to be involved in a project he got - something in the education dept - that he needed help with. That has never happened before…i mean him asking for help. After I dumped him gently ages ago, he looked me up everything he was in KL (he’s from Kuantan) and would bring me out for dinner and such (which he seldom did before which was probably why he deserved to be dumped) but after i told him i got attached, he was broken hearted much like guy A and never contacted me again. Until now that is.

Fourth guy C, someone who…{i kind of have the feeling that u might be reading this so cant say much}…well, was in my life at one point but dissapeared. Suddenly he decided to re-appear. I dont have anything against it though

These are the major cases la…there are a few others…random friends who have started calling or smsing me again (thank goodness I keep both my old numbers and never change them) out of the blue juz to “tanya khabar” and stuff.Coincidence? mayb…but then again, mayb not.

Then I told a friend (very briefly and in general terms) about how people from my past were popping up again in my life. He said, “maybe God is testing u? Or mayb its karma?”

Personally I think (and i hope im right), that its a way of teaching me that my actions in the past does have consequences in my present and future life. Yeah like now. And of course I had to learn it the hard complicated and menyusahkan way. Might end up as a good thing tho….I think for now, I’ll let God or karma or nature take its course.

Paint a portrait of life to be proud of,
That could not be sold for all the money on earth;
Hang that potrait in your mind,
And understand it’s sever presence;
Reflect on every brush stroke that makes all the mountains,
And valleys and rivers and skies,
The most beautiful in the land.
Share your potrait with others,
But beware their brushes;
Select only those whose brush,
Will add to the beauty and structure,
Of your masterpiece.
~ Chris Ensor

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Other less-deep and probably not that interesting notes :

- My credit is super low, dont bother to sms, u mite not get a reply. Juz call lah
- seriously overbudgeted this mth. *note to self* rmbr to keep track of expenses next month
- Im the worst procrastinator on earth!! even when it comes to things like my own driving license
- Im juz eating and sleeping my holidays away - need to do something about it. The first step is always the hardest for me..dammit!
- I want internet at home *cries* waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! stupid telekom :/
- What interesting computer games to play ahh now?
- To work, or not to work?
- *another note to self* get mailing addresses for xmas cards from certain ppl. and mail them out early…or else they’ll reach after new years like last year

P/s : to all of the below
- incik amat putih : pinjam PC game pls
- incik amat hitam : so do u find this post depressing? or juz plain confusing? or just too long? lol
- cik penjaga kandang buaya : can u get back to me about the transcrips asap?
- miss “overworked” : wei…next weekend la we go out…this weekend super the busy babe
- grace: mok kmk mail card xmas ktk to kch, myy or lws?
- alex: merik ur kch add…u’ll be thr for xmas nak? look me up
- mag & beb : need ur addresses..my pc (and address book) got refomatted

Open Hse
I went to a friend’s hse (a not really close fren actually) for an open hse. I was told that baju kurungs were greatly encouraged or at least something formal. Sids & Andre picked me and my sis up and said that her house was in Sg Buloh. Well apparently she (the host of the open hse) was a anak datuk and was staying in Sierramas (sp?) Perggh…rich kid!

Slipar putus
After the open hse, the four of us planned to meet up with Fudu at OU to watch movie. Just as we were entering the shopping mall, my sandals putus. Malunye! lucky no one was there. So I had to use a rubberband to ubahsuaikan it..then went to Vincci to buy new shoes.

Just finished my LAST paper for the semester today - COmputing math, what a drag. It was ok, hope to get a B at least. Oh and I also cut my hair. Well actually I layered it and thinned it out. Cheap, only RM30 for wash and cut by a Loreal Technician actually the difference isnt very obvious.

I spent raya in El’s kampung for 3 days 2 nites. It was fun. Will blog more on that later (inclusive of pics)

Having holidays till Feb 2006 but will be travelling from 23-30 dec. Grace’s coming to visit on 19 nov. Mel’s coming to visit in Jan (we got plans to go clubbing). Jer & BC is coming to study in KL in Jan as well.

Going to el’s open hse tomolo. Then another fren’s open hse on sat. Farmy & max, bila nak buat open hse?

Going to watch “A Girl From Ipoh : A Chinese Make Love story” tonite with Nick. Tomolo have to make cheesecake for my sister’s bday party tomolo nite.

Mesej:
To yg dah kapel tu : congrats
To yg ada anak kiut miut sampai nak geget pipi dier tu : Cium pipi dier skit
Bebudak CS : Bila nak buat makan makan kat umah Bat nie?
To laila isabella & kak noor : kang bila result kluar kita colling colling ek? menyesal tak ambik mamat poyo punya number..at least leh call tanya result dier.
To LKW ppl : Happy holidays
To pam : come back fastttt!!!!!

p/s:
- bila lagi leh pegi kelabing?
- When will i ever find the time to meet *him*? Kacian he sick

Had my Fundamentals in IT test earlier…was kinda hard *waaaaaaaa* but oh well, at least my deeparaya hols have started. Am a bit dissapointed that I tak jadi kluar minum minum today tho

Happy Deepavali and Selamat Hari Raya to everyone who celebrates

23 Sept
It started on Friday - I had morning class but had to skip it for this choir practise. Then that afternoon I took a bus from Uni to serdang ktm station (it was RM3.15 - im not sure why it was 15 cents instead of a round number), then Serdang to KL Central, then KL Central to Bukit Bintang. All in all, it took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to get from my uni to BB and cost 7 ringgit - yeah i actually counted the time coz i was bored. Hehe!

Went dating in Bkt Bintang. Its amazing how many things will catch your eye when you got no money in ur pocket - I only had RM20 in cash to last me till monday (26/9). After that met up with Erin at KL Central, and we took the lrt & taxi home for a quick shower before taking the car and rushing off to a friend’s (Nicky) 18th birthday party in BU.

Reached Nick’s place quite late. His other (younger & non-drinking) friends just left when we came. Only my uni mates - erin, nick, 2 more girls, 1 more guy - and nick’s best friend was left. Nick took out this game where there’s like 6 shot glasses around an arrow which spins. So on each glass there is a dare (to take off something) or to drink the shot. They filled it with vodka (yes pure Absolute Vodka) and that’s when the party started.

We had a great time but no one ended up naked coz everyone prefered to take the shot and for the non-drinkers, we gave them an yukky cocktail of coke, orange juice and a few other things. Most ended up puking (gross!!) after the game was over. I lost track of how many shots i downed, but i was taking coke between shots so I didnt really end up drunk. Then we started just talking, then the other gals went to sleep, nick’s friend went to sleep and left nick, myself and farhan talking till almost 5 am (i think) when farhan & i dozed off while the 3 girls just woke up. Was so tired that I actually snored loudly but got up at 6am, then went back home.

Felt a bit pissed off at my dad coz he suddenly marah-ed me for no reason by sms-ing me something in the morning just before i came back after we came back Erin and i stayed up talking till 8 sumthing am before sleep finally overtook us.

24th Sept
Woke up around 3pm, then went out with Farhan, nick & erin. At first we just lepaked at OU, walking around and talking. Thought of watching a movie but there was alot of ppl so we decided to go for dinner. The guys paid for my dinner coz of my birthday and the 3 of them actually sang Happy Bday really loud in Chillis OU

After that we went back to Nick’s place to help him clean up the house. Because he didnt have time to do it the day before and he was alone in the house. So we cleared all the empty pizza boxes, threw all the beer cans, looked for all the bottle caps on the floor, washed all the glasses, mopped the floor then swept it again coz it was still dusty and cleared all the mattresses and pillows.

Then geng Mosin called and I went to meet them there, Pam came soon after and Erin came as well. Got sms-es from isla, lola, heidi & my sis. Rang lola up and managed to chit chat a bit. I miss them alot

Anyway, we sat there laughing and talking till 6 am. Went back and went to sleep. Got up around 1 pm and read sms-es from a few friends, my youngest sis and my dad - who also apologized for what he said. There was a bouquet of red & pink roses on the dining table for me from my parents (and some money) which was really nice because they know I have never gotten flowers from anyone before.

I basically stayed at home the whole day, reading and finishing up my assignment due on Monday. But I went out for late dinner with just my family to celebrate my bday. We went to Mache (sp?) - pronounced mar-shay - at The Curve coz a few friends told me it was nice. The food is quite nice - especially the mushroom soup & mashed potatoes - but the desserts was kinda lousy. And its quite pricy.

Overall, I had a super great time this weekend will post some pics once i get them from my fren’s digicam