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Teachers' Day

2007-09-03T16:00:00.001+08:00

Weeeeeeeeeeee............Its a Monday and Im NOT working!
It's a Teachers' day Holiday........... It's nice to be a teacher :)
Anyway sorry yeah i never update.....Too busy and too tired to go online when i reach home lately. So things been holding up pretty good so far. Had a family day chalet over the weekend on mom's side. Pretty fun. As expected, my uncle asked me to be IC of kids's games. Well they'd better like the prizes i bought them! :)
REALLY GOOD FOOD i must say...Oh the ribs and delectably delicious sauce! OMG...
Me and Hafiz purposely stayed stuck at the bungalow's kitchen chomping away....heee
Thumbs up to the chefs... dearie uncle and aunties and cousins and daddy :)
We had a huge Elmo cake... ( cos that's for the two nieces birthdays turning 1 and 4 yrs old) but somehow i didn't have the appetite to have it. Must be the ribs.... * burp*
Han & family were invited.... They came and we all had a good get together.
Dad's side came too :) So imagine the crowd............ ( and it wasn't even full strength!)
Biasa lah malay family very very big..... I love it :)

So what happened yesterday... Went out with Fazli, big bro Faiz and wife, Kak Ana. Apparently the couple arrived since Thurs...then never tell me! Haha. Only during Sat's tahlil they gave me a surprise. So they left for home back in Penang yesterday night, so i spent a good quality afternoon with them! Its been years! We had lunch then i treated them to Starbucks .... heee...
Took some silly and some nice pics at the Esplanade and Marina. And laughed everytime one of them let out a *silent killer* !! OMIGOSH. Then close to 5pm, i had to leave for fardhu ain.. Hugs and salams to them, saying they'd come again this Raya! Yay!!!!
Speaking of Raya..... I miss the Burkholders back in Florida.... It's been two years and Omar did say, " I wanna go Singapore myself. Next year ok?" Mum says ok but i think the weather there hasn't been good and Uncle Eric's prob been busy travelling a inter-state.
Omar & Marissa, bila nak datang Singapore lagi? Kakak Sasha miss you very much!!!!!!!
And ask mummy to read my emails! heeeeeee

Adios.

Lazy Monday

2007-07-02T14:03:00.000+08:00

SOMETHING TOTALLY RANDOM :

Then again....MONDAY comes....feelin' warm and very sleepy after a nice lunch.....Now in the resource room, MMOB...missin' Christy already...
:( sob sob... Michelle smsed me this morning sayin' the lil princess cried in class and wanted to come back to 717. Poor baby... First day jitters...
But she'll come tomorrow afternoon to visit... weee.....

Bills bills and more bills to pay.
Thank god im working....

I bought a brand new pair of kicks... Like almost 2 weeks ago.
Hee ...been a while i bought sneakers.....
NIKE COURT...in....PINK & WHITE.
Hans idea. I wil never wear such a colour for shoes...somehow whenever he suggest something to try, i'll hate it at first, but will love it sooner...So, yeah, i did.
SO cute lar....
:)
Wore them to 65Hope at PlayDen... Good Stuff i must say... Salutes to FreakyZ and the other performers who made it happen.... :)

Oh! Majalah Perkahwinan July dah keluar...must but must buy.

Sick.....& At Work.... How horrid

2007-06-09T09:27:00.000+08:00

This is the first time im posting at such an hour of the day.... MORNING!
That's only cos im too sick to go online after work for the past few days, i really need to rest.
Despite having a terrible sore throat, scratchy voice, congested nose and all the trimmings of URTI, (thats Upper Respiratory Tract Infection)...Im at work on a fine and beautiful Saturday morning..Just got the toys out to sun an hour ago. Sunny day today, the pool next door is calling me.....Damn i really need to exercise

I would like to express my sadness....cos my 'lil Princess' Christine is leaving by July 2nd. Never i thought she'd go first before me, cos i almost wanted to quit and leave my babies behind.
Im SO SAD> How can i not have the usual charm and sparkle of sunshine....and a lil bit of drama and tears in my class every day? She's almost become like my own. Of course its inevitable. They grow up, and change school to meet their needs.

I really don't know what to say to Michelle. After i briefly said that I heard she was leaving already. I told her i gonna miss her daughter loads. She gave a faint smile as if knowing how sad i was gonna be. As she was the one who told me not to leave my job cos the kids love me and she likes how i care for Chris.

It was a lil different with Rasmus ( the-all-Singaporean-at-heart German Cutie)
I ALMOST cried when Fenna and Ingo came to pick him up on his last day. Fenna was nice enough to put him in 3 more days cos i was going to miss him more if he left any earlier. And they were going back to Germany. Even they didn't want to. Cos their life was here in Singapore. Sometimes i feel the sadness of parting these expats have.
......................... :(
........................
Well.......
I still have a lil over 3 weeks with the Lil' (Ruff & Tumble) Princess now...
Cherish that.

.............slow and lazy month of June.........

2007-06-04T14:43:00.001+08:00

It's been a while since i last updated. Seems thats all i can afford right now is to update like once or twice a month :P
Been suffering a pretty bad stomach flu since last weekend. And i still have not much appetite to eat like i used to. I mean the pain and what not is gone, and so is the appetite. I've been eating pretty bland foods for a week, and only Fri did i start eating real foods. It was Hani's engagement last Sat, so i stayed over Fri night to help with her preparations. It was fun, mingled with all their family members. I helped her with her gubahan and room decor, bit here & there. Slept pretty late. Han was busy taking pics of us and the whole enchilada.
Sat morning got up early, woke up with a weird feelin...."Where am i? My room's not pink!" then i looked around, i was in Hani's room. All her cousins were asleep including her big bro Han. Oh well, I got up, showered and everything and mama asked to help make some tea for the kids while she and the other makciks go buy some more things needed for Hani's engagement pressies.
Very creative ideas i must say, i especially liked the cherries and wine glass gubahan, and of course the fruit basket which me, Syafurah and Hani decide to give a lil makeover! :)
So i went back home by noon, and got dressed in my royal blue baju kurung, since Han is wearing blue too :P. Came back to their house with my mom, and few min later, the guy's side came. It was pretty lovely. Han was at one corner of the living room taking vids, i was at the other corner taking pics, then when the pihak lelaki say, Hani & Syam ikat for 2 yrs, both me & Han just looked at each other and gasped. ( That means, we're getting married in the same year as lil sis Hani & Syam) Good luck Mama & Papa. Everyone took pics and say their congrats to the lucky girl. She was pretty. Makeup was perfect, dress was beautiful, and everyone had a good feast & get together.
Their family was big. And fun to be with, i must say, they were very happy to have finally met me, the fiance. And grateful that we're finally going to tie the knot after 9 long years of courting. Both of us were really happy for Hani. Happier still that we'll be doing our preparations and wedding in the same year. How exciting, but stressful too :P
Im hoping to complete all my planning and have everything done, andaman, baju, photography/ videography, catering, hantaran etc, by Dec 2008 at least. So that'll leave me and dearie Han some months to breathe before the big day. Its doesn't seem very far away actually, since its already mid 2007. OMG, how fast the year really flies. It's scary.

The BESTEST Birthday Ever

2007-04-24T21:33:00.001+08:00

Its been 5 days since April 19th, when i turned 25yrs old. AND it also marks the most memorable event in my life. I got the best birthday present ever, a SURPRISE ENGAGEMENT. I cant express this in words how ecstatic i was and what a tremendously surprising birthday gathering it was. It wasnt big. But it was perfect. I never thought how Han couldve pulled this off and I didnt even know or caught any hints, cos apparently he planned it a month ago. He kept saying he cant have anything for my birthday this year cos his finances were very tight. I was upset but i thought the least we could do was take a day off from work so we could spend time for a day. Which we did. Started the day early an 9am. Ran some errands then off to have a nice breakfast at McDonalds. Ok lah the bagel was good enough. Then i bought us some steak to cook at his place for lunch, and we rented a DVD. Uncle, Mama, Papa then Hani came home. Obviously surprised at my presence! And as i knew it they would ask why im not working. Its my bday. I said. Oh! Then came the wishes. :)
After lunch and movie, i sat talking to mama....then i had to head home cos my mom asked to be back by 6 since my cousins and relatives are coming for my BIRTHDAY. We both headed to Causeway Point to look at rings and things, totally random idea, trust me. As for the BIRTHDAY, that was what i was told a day before, which i think was really unneccessary cos im turning 25. NOT 16, NOT 18 or 21. So it was very embarrassing for me.
Then came evening. Almost everyone was there except my aunt & family. Cos she had more food to bring. So 740pm sharp, i went down to pick up the food and we were going up together when i heard some more people behind them. Guess who? Han & family. First thing i said, "Hey apa you buat kat sini? Apasal you datang!?!?" And what did he do? Smile. All the way into my house. So did Mama and Hani and Papa and Uncle. They kept smiling when all i did was kept asking...Frantically. Not cos i knew what was going on...( I NEVER EXPECTED) but it was cos i was worried that food wont be enough and i didnt invited them.
Well, never did i expect, my sis pulled me to my room. I started going nuts cos i was still clueless and very very worried, then mom and aunt came in, placed a lovely bangle on my wrist and shouted............"SURPRISE!!! Han datang nak masuk meminang! Happy Birthday!"
I swear it was sooooooooo loud everyone could have heard it! Well, the next thing i did???
I cried. Then hyperventilated a while then cried again and not untill my sis started telling me to start getting dressed, did i realize, OMG< This is FOR real.
Got dressed. Wiped my tears away and waited while both parents talked. Then suddenly dad asked me to come and sit with them. OMG......... So they talked while i sat and still trying to digest this sudden shock, then out came the ring. Of course i accepted. It was so lovely. It was almost what i wanted, a simple wedding band with a perfect cut, Rosella diamond.
( note: WEDDING band, not ENGAGEMENT ring) So, somehow, Han knew what i liked. That was perfect. It was white gold with a tinted band over it.I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Plus? It was engraved with FARSHA (both our names) and 19 04 2007.
I cant say how much we talked and discuss that night, cos it was still a shock for me. But one thing for sure, we're having our big day within 2 years or earlier. We had a very delicious feast. And 2 cakes. :) Had a good get together. And lot of things to mengeratkan lagi sirratulrahim. Then a little bit of photo taking and and some presents. Which was perfect. What can i say?
Im still in blissful mode. My colleagues said im so lucky and Han was so very sweet for such an idea planned ahead. I love him. LOADS. MORE than ever. This was definitely a well planned secret that i could never ever imagined.

...just another day........

2007-04-16T16:56:00.000+08:00

ok so what's been happening lately...ive been laying off so many things..that now i think i might have forgotten what im supposed to be doing. Here i am in the resource room making my portfolio....then V brings Lars in. He's having a fever, so she says. So im doing my work and you passing me a sick child. Argh. Now he is eyeing on my laptop, while i just sat him next to me. He decides to sit on my lap instead. Ok Lars, let's watch some TV. I switched on the dvd and on goes Richard Scarry. He stopped. Looked up, then picks at my laptop while im trying to type this out. Hey, not the power button! Argh...NO................................................................................

........................am i back on?? Yeah..haha. Ok this kid is too cute i cant get mad at him. Sheesh. So Lars what am i supposed to do with you now. I think i better stop here. He's having way too much fun typing away and im having way too much trouble trying to focus. OK kiddo, we're outta here. Let's get you some toys.

*out*

WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

2007-03-20T22:14:00.000+08:00

Hi hi. So, its been THAT long. Where do i even start man. Ok ....Danceworks.
Went OK> First time for the other girls. I think we did OK. Didn't win but i think we had fun. They wanna join next years' one. But duh, i cant. Age capped! (too old) But, its not the last of me you will see. Im gonna join in many other comps when they start popping up soon. :)
Miss them. Miss practicing.

Oh well...Work has ben good though...SO FAR.

Few weeks ago, had a good nite out at Attica with Nurul, Dil and Hans. He drove. Then we watched Arin & Crew do their thang. Pretty good stuff i might say. Go Arin!! Woo woo woo woo woo woo. Met Maria and Sally there too. Too cute :) Oh yeah and i still couldnt believe Dad let me go out LATE night with my friends and Han to a club!! WOO....And i was actually honest about it. He was like, "Ok, but what time will you be home? 4am?" I was like, "Er yeah." Then he's like "Ok. Make sure not too late, and Han drives carefully" Then Im like "Yeah sure, duh he is a careful driver man. Thanks Dad!"
The day ended...at 4am... with me, him, Nurul and Dil having our late supper at Ali's, Prata prata.... despite Nurul having to work the next day...(hee) Did i say i still cant get over how my Dad was so cool about me going out late? hee....( oh yeah, I did) So that was that.

My last review at NUH was fun. Can you believe it? Physio was actually FUN. My physiotherapist was a lady. A nice one i might say. She was like " So what and how it happened?" So i yada, yada yada. Then she was like "Do you do any sports or activities before or still doing?" I paused for a while before saying "Yeah. Karate. Running. Swimming. Dancing.. And sorry i can't live without being physically active." Then SHE paused, sighed and said " Im afraid you can't do all that anymore, well, for the time being. Prob months or a year or two, till your muscles around your ligament are strong enough " I was like "DAMN!" she smiled. Before continuing, " Do you wear heels?" "Yes, occasionally, sometimes for a few days for work" I said. "Sorry you can't wear that too." And she held my shoulder gave me that ' Im-a-woman-too-and -i-understand-how-you-feel' look. Argh!... like all that was easy for me to swallow in 10 min of meeting her! So then i started the exercise. I stood on this thingy like a see-saw ( a small one) then i just moved my ankles and did that for like 30 times. That is to strengthen the muscles around my bad ankle. Then I had this rubber band thingy which was like a metre or so long and had it stretched over my feet and i had to twist and rotate my ankles. That was fun too, but a tiny bit painful. Then i had to do this "soccer warm up" like stretching my hamstrings and calves. Seriously WHO knew that all that can help me walk better??!??! Wow. That was cool and EXPENSIVE. $75 a pop for and 1 1/2 hr session. Then the physiotherapist was like "Ok, you should come every week, best twice a week so you can heal faster and strengthen and condition your muscles." I thought to myself "Damn what the heck did i get myself into!?!? I already spent hundreds on the first month of injury. Now ive got more to spend!!? Koyak pocket!" So that was that, and im still going.

Oh oh oh....Me and Nurul and Rin went for dinner at Al Majlis last Thursday night. Ana was supposed to join us, but she couldn't, cos she has loads of work to do, despite our efforts to belanja her. It was a WAITING day for all three of us. Seriously. Nurul waited for Rin at MRT, while they wait for me, I had to wait for the kids' parents to pick them up, thus i had to leave past 7pm, then finally i arrived at Starbucks Bugis to meet them. Sorry man. Then we walked to the bloody place, waited for a long time to get our drinks, which was ONLY A BIG BOTTLE OF MINERAL WATER, then waited much more for our food, mine came last when it was only a beef wrap and Rin's came first which was Bukhari Rice with all the trimmings! Like duh, which takes more time to make, hello?!?! We all weren't at all happy with the service. Then ate and chatted and talked some more. Daym, so many things popping up suddenly :) Then we decided to call it a day, asked for the bill, then waited for another 20min! HALO?? ARFGH geram. Then we almost decided to leave the money on the table and leave, but we just stayed and walked up to the counter ourselves, ONLY to realise they knew all along which table we sat at! WTF?!?? We chatted more and at the same time grumbled about how bad a place it was. Funny how women can be so fiesty and mild at the same time! Hahahahahahaha..... I must say, in that short 3 hours we spent, it was not enough cos we had SO much to catch up on. One more meeting day why not?!?!

So guess when it was, IMPROMPTU, the next day.... hahaha...this time we spontaneously planned for a movie since three of us were free. I die2 wanna watch "Stomp The Yard" cos i know it's opening and so did Nurul. Then Rin couldn't make it cos Is wanted to meet her, then Nurul had to meet Arin and won't be free till after 9pm. And I was about to meet Hans. Apa nie...Makan into our girl time. But all was not lost, eventhough Rin couldnt come, and cos i cancelled on Hans, then Nurul and me decided, oh what the heck let's just go watch it! 945pm. That was our movie time. My verdict "Some parts of the movie were lame and corny, but the overall was great!" Me and Nurul got great seats. We had our late hot snack kindly passed down the line from the server to the viewers to us...hee...then dug in our sweet popcorn and ate the fries and nuggets. Yum...yelah dah lapar sebat je! We laughed and kept saying how HOT the guys look like. Daym me and her, we both like black guys! Wee.................But seriously, one can only drool and pick up their jaws if you see their physiques in REAL LIFE! Hee....So, then we contemplated on going for LATE supper...(again) sorry. Which i finally decided, OK lah! Walked and talked some more...(now it seems like its all we ever do...hahahahahaha) to Al Ameen. Order some drinks to chill out. Chatted more aka continue from last night's. :) Past 1am. Think we should call it a day. Walked the journey back. Dark, cold and a lil scary, but it went ok. The movie was good. The girl time was great too. Thanks.

So today. Well i love my kids as usual. Christine said she wanted to bring me home. Then Jared's mummy said he kept calling for me before he went to bed last night. Nico said, "My Aisha. Not yours" Then Ethan kept calling my name "A-sha". Gabriel came for a hug..many times. And so did Adam. :) Thats all worth it. Thanks my babies. :) So after work, Nurul sms.
N : "Kat mane?"
Me : "Otw home. Why? "
N: "Ingat nk mt nk makan KFC. Tkpe lah. U penat tak? Tkpela. Kecian u."
Me: "Alah nak tak? Let me know but i will reach arnd 8 ish :("
N: "Me baru sampai rumah..U bole smp wad tyme? Now u kt mana?"
Me : "In the train. Leaving Raffles Place int. Hari hari penat. haha..can if you wanna wait though."
N: " O ok. Dat means u mite reach at 815 or 830. U cn tak? Tkpelah sha.. i fl bad ar.. cian u."
Me: " Girl, When i say CAN, i CAN. Don't feel bad. Unless i say i cant but u bug me lah, duh. see you."
N: " Haha. K k. Msg me when u reach yishun"
Aiyah...some people ah....Nurul, nurul so funny. Want but don't want. Apadah.
dah gitu sampai KFC tak tau nak makan apa. Seriously we both a bit kooky. Well, as much as i don't like KFC, i very much enjoyed the Zinger meal i bought. Short time we spent but it was good. Looks like we'll meet up more often...even when it means a short meal together! I miss my girlfriends!...... Ely...oh Ely...mana kau..... Shout out to :
------ ELY
------MARIA
-------ANA
------RIN
------NURUL
------DANI
------HUDA
The SB Cheerbabes!!!

Today

2007-02-11T22:55:00.000+08:00

Hey hello..... long time no update. OK so the week past. Been OK i guess. I can walk LOADS better now at least I can put my two feet together rather than limping. But still have to have my ankle brace on for the next 6 months. Lil cuz Wani slept over last night. I surprised myself i can still remember how to do her sec 2 maths. We had fun, then dad made us his version of milo just before we went to bed. Yummy.
We followed him to Swee Lee today, just after our GOOD brakfast at LJS. Hee got lost cos trying to avoid the really bad traffic on the CTE.Well, sat in the car for 45min at least. And after 9 years of asking my dad for a drum kit, he finally bought one. In fact he was the one who was so enthusiastic about buying it. It was the pre CNY sale at 50 % off! He kept asking and asking if i really wanted it. I mean, it would be cool to have one. Then after much thought, i say ok, why not. Even if i forgot how to play it, my bro is such a great musician. So we bought it. Ka-ching! He passed $450 and had the guys there to help us load it in the car. COOLIE!
It was a weird feeling but it felt good. Was so excited to try it out at home but me & wani knew we had dance training to go for.
Well, come dance training......IT was a blast. The girls tried their hardest and we managed to go through the next few but very fast dance sequence.. Im so proud of them! Great job. Cant wait for the next training days :) Its past 11pm now I gtg sleep already cos i hardly get any since Fri nite. And i have to get up at 6 am tomorrow. ARRRRRRRRGHHHHHH. Wanna go back to school. Dont wanna work anymore...... (but no work means no money no hp no psp no shoes no bags no clothes no gifts no food no transport NO FUN etc....well, guess not)
Nitey!

OUCH!!!!!!!!!

2007-01-23T15:22:00.000+08:00

Midnight of 22nd Jan 2007.
After closing, Maz and I left for our journey home. Dad was already going to pick me up at LT Taxi Stand. Then Maz and I went off in opposite directions, she towards MRT, while i was about to cross over to LT. There i was, peering at the road side on the curb, when i somehow just slipped. As flexible as I was, i knew my right ankle just turned in WAY too far. Then i just lay there by the road side, anguishing in pain. This sudden rush of nauseating feeling and cold sweat just ran through my veins and up to my brain. I felt so weak, i almost fainted and puked. Like duh, it was midnight but there were people. And true enough, nobody helped. They all walked and looked, but nobody help. DAMMIT SG! I just laid there like a "freakin' drunkard" when i was actually in immense pain for like 5 min. Then i thought,"Oh fuck it, i can get up" So i did. I stood up, only to fall down again. Then it came down on me,"I could have broken something in there!" So there i crawling my way to safety, so buses and cabs wont knock me down. I got close to the ground near the thai embassy and just laid there. "How am i supposed to get over to LT and Dad didnt even answer my call!!!?" SO i sent him an SOS sms. He finally found me at the bus stop, walking like a trampled deer. Then all i could do was plonk myself on the back seat and try to compose myself. The min i got home, i tried to shower, in pain, then i just got to bed. In my dreams, haha, i was walking and i was doing my dance routine like we had that Sun afternoon, only to get up and slap myslef that im looking at my screwed up ankle. So grandma walked in. Took some ointment and said a little prayer and started massaging the area a little. Well, it was a little but i was already crying my eyes out cos it was so freakin painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So i showered then, in pain, again, then had a little breakfast so i wouldnt puke if the doc would press on it. Then i headed to the clinic. After an hour plus, in i went, he took one look, "Oh thats really bad, let's see how the other foot moves." So he made me rotate and twist my good one, then the bad one." Ok so its a torn ligament. Nothing fractured. It's a bad tear though. Will take a few days, but it will heal by itself, as long as you don't walk too much. Elevate and rest a lot. MC - 2 days" (What the@?@ MC 2 days only?!)
So there he taught me how to bandage it. Nothing else given but pain killers. Got home, too some lunch and watched some TV till i slept. Oh gosh to sit for hours is BORING.
Look im in pain and i can hardly walk properly let alone dance. I had to tell the girls. This Sat training will be a little diff though. I might not be able to train them. Yas would have to do it for me. She agreed. This is sad. Full recovery would take me 6 months. So the day passed and gone.

Its Tues afternoon now, 340pm. Just propped my leg up on the com desk while typing this at the same time. See? I AM flexible. That's why im so sad that my ankle could have gone in way too far. Called Bibik this morning, and asked her what can i do to further help myslef. A masters in nursing and a certified surgeon, she is the only one who can really help. No massaging, no exerting, no warm foot baths. Just cold compress, light conditioning exercise and up my intake of fruits and vege. That would help in healing and building up the collagen to support the tear :) otherwise, there is nothing else i can do :( bummer. Going to the doc later to review my ankle and extend my MC. I don't give a damn. How can i care for the kids if i can't walk let alone balance myself?!?
I miss the kids. I miss Chris, they miss me! How sweet. Oh well, gotta go get ready now. Sorry girls i can't train you guys to dance for a while. But i know you'll do great. Not bad for the first day :)

Family Day Fun/ Birthday Bash

2007-01-10T21:00:00.000+08:00

Ok let's back track a little bit. Gonna be a long entry so here goes. Been tired to go online these days cos........i had a fab fab fab family day over the weekend, and body's aching from all that running around. Ok so Fri i took leave from work and won't be back till only yesterday, (thank god) then i stayed home and prepared some stuff for our Annual DFD. That's Din Family Day. ( Din is the name of my late grandfather) :( So yeah it was so exciting cos we never had it for the past 3 years since late grandma got really sick, then she passed on, then grandpa too, then he passed on too. So this would be a good start to a fresh good year with everyone. We had our monthly kenduri, special that night, cos it was atuk's 2 years since he left. That was pretty sad. Then we gathered everyone and had a good dinner, then off to the chalet. No fair, when dad and i reached the place, we got sabo-ed with durian cream cake. YUCK> I Hate durians! That was awful i had to shower and wash my hair again! That first night was mostly prep work for the morning games and activities we would have. Thanks to me, shasha, addiq, didi, bro, and abg shazli. We had a good first night, all of us played our first game, Scrabble, and stayed up till 4am, talking and stuff. Then morning came, almost everyone was there except for a few others who had to work in the morning. I was on the Orange team. It was great, everyone was decked in their team colours, Orange, Gray, Red and Black, along with accessories, like bandannas, shiny wigs, head band and mini pom poms. Team names were unique too! Haha :) Apparently, like we already predicted, every team would be 2-3 man down. Reason? ...pregnant, work, can't make it back to Singapore, or injury. Oh well, head start anyway. TO THE GAMES>>> 815am, We started out with Boggle, then Jenga which was really funny and "gan-chiong-ing" (i know there isnt such a word but im trying to say how the game was ;) , then outdoors for our relay races, then our friendly Volley match, with makeshift poles and badminton netting, which i must say was really impressive. We played...really competitively. Park goers looked on like thinking which organisation were we from :) Cos there were loads of us. 35 members in the morning already. More on the way. It was really funny cos of all the kecoh-ness that was happening. Then we had the semi, then finals. Anyway, for volley, my team was last. Dad was in the red team. They were second, then mom's team, gray, was the champs. :(
Somehow, the high spirits everyone was on, kept us going for our next game. Amazing Race. My goodness it WAS amazing. Shasha and friends had apparently made flags and clues for this all around the park and chalet! That got everyone started on the first clue to fix a puzzle. Then somehow, 1 group got it first, then someone else saw, then everyone started running! It was like a scene from a MAJOR SALES CROWD> It was hilarious. We were all running in one direction laughing and screaming, then ALL of us ran to the left to go onwards our next clue destination. Well, what can i say, the game kept everyone on their toes and their throats too, one member from each team was supposed to crunch up some fried mealworms and gulp down grasswater. Thank god it wasn't me. EEuu. What can i say, the clues were really challenging, the adrenaline was good, and so was the team spirit. After that game, oh dear, was it awful. Everyone ached and tried to breathe and some had shoes that broke, (mine), and slippers that were utterly useless. So the sun started beaming. WAS WAY TOO HOT, so we all stayed in to rest. Planned to go back out for Rounders and Quiz Game by 1pm, but by then some already started dozing off in the warm afternoon sun. Oh well, why not, after all that running around. Then the others started coming...(the MIA ones in the am). So we made some food prep for Shasha's 21st birthday bash which we were gonna have at 6pm. After 3hrs and 30min, by 430pm, the weather cooled down. We had our Quiz Game on the porch first. Hey nobody took my History Category! Everyone took Family, Fun or Food categories. Pah! Its ok, next time i put only 2 choices...wahahahah....Then that over, out we go again. Yeah great weather, not too hot. Breeze is good. So Rounders was on. Looking at the scoresheet from our first games till then, everyone tengah bising sebab scores tak tally lah, apa, lah macam2 kerenah. Wow, its really getting competitive here :) Then rounders went on. It was a good game, despite some bad strikes and pitching from the usual few. Haha. I did pretty good. Bro was such a goofball throughout all games we had. So, who won this one? Red. Pah! Game over, then it began lookin a little cloudy. Then it drizzled on us. We packed up headed back to our chalet cos it looked like it was going to rain even more despite the sun still shining. As i turned around to pick up some stuff, i looked over at the sea, and there i saw a BEAUTIFUL rainbow. It was really vivid. Like as if it came out from the big ship that was at it's end. Somehow, some park goers got their hp and cameras out and took pictures.
So back at the chalet, some of us who didnt play, started to prep. and bbq the foods for Shasha's guests who will be arriving in no time. Smells really good. Had loads of chicken, stingray, mackerel, satay, salad, noodles, rice....wow....divine. It was a family teamwork now. Teamwork on the field and off. haha...By 730pm, the food was ready and the guests have arrived....The little ones (our nephews below 1yr old) were charming everyone with their beautiful eyes and smiles and giggles. Then the kids were running around and playing on their scooters and balloons. Then the teenagers were yapping away, on their guitars, playing a fool on each other, teasing their moms and everyone else. Hmph, teens! So the itenary for the party would start off with a costume parade. Well, that was interesting. Half of us participated. There were all sorts of characters , i couldn't believe myself, that we could be sooooo into it. There was Jack-Jack (the baby from the Incredibles), Cikgu Bedah, Chef Guy and Chef Gay, Scary Movie ghost, Gothic Chicken, Morticia Addams, Goth Girl, Powerpuff Girls and Professor X, Mat Thailand, Lil Japanese Girl, Lil Puteri Gunung Ledang, Prata-Man, Boy Meets Woman, Nenek Kebayan, Wizard Boy of Germany, Surfer dude/Red Indian Hybrid, Weird Couple, Bunny Lady, Crab Woman, X-Dresser High School "Girl" and Tissue Box Head. It was hilarious, we sashayed on the little path we had all to ourselves and the people from the chalets around us looked on and smiled along. It was great fun! Within 45min, all of us couldnt take the heat anymore and we changed. I left my "moustache" on by accident and some of my cousins loved their wigs they had on for the night. We all then had a little "Auction" session. Everyone who came including us, had paper money Shasha and Co, printed for us. We a "bidded" on the silliest items on outrageously high prices, thats cos we all got too excited that we wanted to outdo everyone else. All the items (which were concealed in a brown paper bag!!) started off as 5 "bucks" then Daus raised 125 everytime someone else bidded 25 and above. So funny. So obviously, some of them ended wasting 450"bucks" on a pacifier, marshmallow, an empty box, and a balloon which was earlier used as boobs for the costume party. My cousins and i put our money together and we bidded the same price, we got Sony Earphones, then a big bar of chocolate. Woo.... Better right? It go really noisy and everyone was laughing and all. Then we were done with it and got the cake out. Sang some songs, hugs and kisses for the dear girl, then gifts galore. Lookin at that, I wish i was 21 again! :) Everyone had cake, and some on their faces.... :)
The whole night was fun. It was great in fact. After all that eating, small talk and gift giving, some said their goodbyes and left. some of us stayed for the last night. Which i did. We cleaned up the place together. Felt so crappy eating so many kinds of foods, i took out TWISTER< Hey let's have a great game k? It was already past midnite. So we played on. Got tangled, twisting and turning. Then holding on for dear "balance" so as not to lose in the game. That was a good workout too. Me, Addiq and some of us were sweating cos we laughed so hard while keeping our balance and looking for available spots :) Well, yeah so we didn't sleep till almost 5am. So Sunday morning was spent cleaning up and leaving together. At home we spent it snoozing.... Birthday girl was happy. Everyone was tired but we had lots of fun and was happy most of the time. We'll see each other in a month's time ok? As always...................

Happy New Year, People..........

2007-01-03T22:31:00.000+08:00

Hey, it's a wee bit late huh. Yeah have not been updating cos had too many on my mind. Anyways...........eve of NY was great. Went rock climbing with dear ol Anna, met some new friends but didnt really want to cos they were all guys, but we chatted with one of the guy's kid sister. Liyana. She's nice. And pretty good too. So the day started pretty good. Nervous but it went well. 10-5pm of climbing lessons AND theory was so fun. Was my first time really climbing such a wall, it was ....GREAT. Tu lah, never go Karate training anymore, so i realised my fitness was going down...But the whole feeling of your body aching and all that stretching and climbing. But it's all worth it. Then some more Anna dearest ajak gi shopping and jalan2 after that. OMG. Ok since she's going back to Germany this month, and i won't see her for the next god knows how many years :( , why not. We had fun. Talked and window shopped all the great brands. Then we had pretty good food at Cedele....OOOOOOOO....Well, what can i say, halfway into dinner, we both felt our bodies starting to ache. Then we laughed it off. We went around some more to look for gifts, then decided, it's been a LONG day. Headed home, now my shoulder and arms are already killing me. Seriously you could feel your whole body toning up. It's GREAT, sorry i keep saying GREAT but it IS! Why didn't i do this ages ago?!!?! I love the pain of sports! Like they say, no pain, no gain. Im going again tomorrow!!!!!!!!! Can't wait.
So today school started, but the kids didn't come in yet. Except adorable Tatum with her cute mini and top. She is so cute. I love that girl. Then Nico came an hour later. He started singing and talking to himself, then somehow Tatum sang Happy Birthday......to nobody :) She gave me lotsa hugs and asked to be carried a lot, so there goes my aching back. So nothin much at work today. Bore, really. We just put some stuff down from the walls for Fri. But Fri im on leave till Mon---->cos it's the annual Din Family Day...So those at work, good luck people :) I'd rather enjoy myself with my family and WHOLE lotta relatives and cousins for Shuzzy's 21st bday. I bet it's gonna be very ,very cool. Oh gosh, i have not made out our game list and her present! DIE> ok ok i gotta go. Don't have much time left whooops....Oh. Happy 2007. May i achieve my goals/ resolutions that i set YEARS ago. Pah!

A very merry Xmas?

2006-12-26T10:54:00.000+08:00

Oh hi...its been a while i updated. Let's see what's been going on. Eve of Xmas day. Went out with Hans. Spent some Q time with him. Then off to work at 2pm i went, supposedly lah, but upon reaching on a cold and drizzly Sun noon, Big Brudder Hao, said, "Hey sista!You never read my sms huh? I wanted you to come at 5 or 6, haha. Cos today we close at 230am, instead of midnight." I was like " Ha!?!? OMG. Then what am i supp to do for the next 4 hours?Sorry ah never hear my phone..." Then, sadly i walked off to the teeny tiny office under the escalator, i stared at the pc. Wondering what to do. Then so i thought, why not i start filling in forms and particulars of my dancers...to kill time, perhaps. Then took my trusty self, walked around LIDO, then decided, maybe i could take a trip around downstairs, "enjoy" the crazy pre-xmas crowd. So i did. Knowing what the crowd will be like, i had to get out of that office, cos im gonna be there again for the next few hours till dawn! Oh well, of course, tons of people in town, can't stand it. Its crazy, like shoulder to shoulder kinda crowd. What the heck!? Looked at some stuff, did some people watching, went to Popular, then walked back to Lido, all in 1.5 hours. OMG, Tommy Girl having a bloody sale! Agnes B., Ferragamo, POLO! All down 70%!!! How can i resist!?!?! Too bad whats left in my bank account is enough for 3 ezlink top up and 2 meals at BK! Haha. Still got 2.5 hours left to punch in. Hao was already smiling his way cos i was sooooo bored. No point going back home right? Chilled..by myself, then ate...by myself then used his iBook to surf some stuff. Then Ta-da! 545pm. Ok can go change now. Then i changed, got ready for work. Time to face the stupid customers, psycho them into buying and increase my sale, heehee. Went well. Had fun. Slam like 3 times. OMG you have no idea how much i miss slams, like crazy, bar and frap was clogged. Hehe. Oh, it brought back the good ol' times. End of day, checked sales, OOOOOOOOOOO great job, me! Pat on me back, then. Closed everything, partners left, i ended my work, like 415am!!! Yes i ended at THAT time, went to LT...ah...my "home" to chill.
Met Rin, chatted with her. Saw Wawa, gave her a big surprise hug from the back, she didnt see me coming heehee. Missed her. Then had fun with Ophie, Don, Farid, Muhd, Dean, Daryl, Khai....Basically chatted and fooled around behind the pastry case. Took pics and silly videos with my new plaything- my k8ooi.. :) Then i blamed EVERYONE cos they didnt inform me of the Xmas Party they had! HOW CAN U FORGET ME??!?! UPSET MAN! Apparently SOMEONE was supposed to inform everyone, but that they thought i would have known about it already. HMPH! :(Word up to Muhd and Farid, great job staying the night for graveyard shift, eh?Orang kuat, woo hoo...
Sat with Rin and friend, talked and laughed, then i got hungry and bought myself a Nissin Chilli Crab. By 5am, we were getting sleepy. Oh well, its ok, company of great pals, why not, stay the night till the first train. Checked on Faz cos i heard he was around and he went to MOS. Apparently he wanted to come and chill and go back with us, but within 15min, he smsed back saying he can hardly walk straight. haahaa. OBVIOUSLY i know what that is.
........Looked around the street....Funny tho cos the're arent as many people as there were LAST year. It was getting a lil cold.Thank god it didnt rain. We talked some more, then i went in took some more silly pics, chatted with the guys a little. Then i realised it wasn't as fun as we had few years back. EVERYONE stayed, we had our usual little suppers in store then told creepy stories, then scared ourselves, then slept on the couch, or some would chill outdoors all in the name of fun and great company. By 645am the openers would have arrived, then realised, "OMG you guys till here?" Haha. That was then. I missed all that.
Finally, it was 620am, me and my girl was getting a little too sleepy, so we decided to head home. Damn we must be really tired cos once we sat in the train, we talked a while, then we slept. Got home at 730am. Im glad Dad is great. He smsed me earlier at midnight to tell me to take care that im ending work late. He called while i was in the train. "Yeah, im heading home, dad"
Seemed like it's been a while since i had such a late night. I didnt even bother to have anything else to eat i just showered and got to bed. Planned to meet Hans again at noon, but i got up at 530pm! There, my day was gone. That was my Xmas. haahaa. Well, at least i spent some Qtime with my little kitty. He must have missed me. Swear he's like a puppy, wherever i went, he followed. :) Even when i read the papers on the floor, he'd sit smack in the middle of it.
Night came, got a bad news from Abg. He called to say sis is in hopsital. Oh dear, my kakak. What now. He said she's had a really bad fever. And cos she was also asthmatic, was still under observation at the e-ward.......Looks like i gotta get urgent leave from work. Well, i did.
And now on a cold and wet, very wet, BOXING DAY, im off from work, i gotta go make myself some hot lunch, then head to SGH to visit my darling sister. Hope all's well.

Pissed

2006-12-22T21:18:00.000+08:00

Im so freakin pissed that people are making their own decisions then not telling the plans and whatever till the very last minute. What the hell were they thinking? No other people in this world is it? Then they pretend like nothing ever happened. Like "Dippity-Doodah"...swear i think she is a little stupid. She is. OMFG. Dunno where her EQ and common sense is anyway. Then "Chinny Chin Chin" is making things up like she's a bloody trustworthy person. What biasness crap was she ever talkin about anyway, when it seems that SHE is the freakin bias one. When all she ever was and has been is a HAS BEEN and a freakin two faced skink. OMFG.
Im gonna miss Anna. And Luc. Im gonna go if things get heated up. My word on it. I think it might.
Anyway, Luc loves her new bag. I knew she would. And the cake was good too. Well, when Anna goes on her last week next week, then thats the end of our SAGA partnership, a good one indeed. Dunno how its gonna be with me and that "Dippity-Doodah"! OMFG she IS dumb. If not for the kids I truly love, and its just me and her, thats a wrap. Go survive on your freakin fairytale, broken english philosphy. Up yours!

Apparently Sophie's friends are still on their Winter Holidays... :( all gone back to their hometown....they've been away for 2 weeks already, and wont be back till first week of Jan. They wont be able to make it! I know they'd love to!!! Yikes..then....where are my dancers!?!?!?! No time already... *stress* stress*

Cold and Cozy

2006-12-18T20:20:00.000+08:00

Raining cats & dogs...(who really came up with this anyway?!?!?)
Well ...well... how nice it is to be snuggling up to someone right now.....Hmmmm...
Today was a good day. So cold at work. ..it felt like the bungalow's roof was about to be blown off! Yikes. The kids slept well, of course. Then somehow, nice ol me decided not to wake them up and let them snooze in their warm beds and cool air-conditioned room for another hour, but NOOOO, lil Isa and Hiko decided to have fun and get up and started prancing towards the toy chest! Then they screamed my name over & over. Then Fai came in, he's so adorable i wanna take him home. Then, everyone got up except of course, Adam. He can sleep even if the roof really came off! Fai gave me a nice big kiss and a warm hug. OMG now i really wanna bring him home. :)
Got home really early though. 545. Thats a record. Showered and everything, then i realized my relatives, and mom and dad should be home by now. They are still shopping and stuff in KL! Mom called and said she bought me a GUESS bag. Love ya mummy. I miss that vacation cos i can't take leave. Sucks.
Hey its already 830.pm. And im a lil worried they're late. Hope its just a jam. I hate their highways. They already encountered a horrid accident at Simpang Renggam, aka, the Death Highway, thank god nothing happened. God loves them still.
Getting hungry. Gramps not cooking. Think i'll settle for some soup in a can while waiting for mummy & daddy dearest to arrive.

New new new

2006-12-17T23:17:00.000+08:00

Weeeeeeeee...........got a new phone. Wah after soooooooooooo damn long, i finally decided on a Sony Ericsson K800i. Had a LG Choc white in my hand to match my PSP, but then i think im way too rough for that phone..... Anyway, now i can be on a vid/pic taking frenzy....I like....
Now thinking if i should upgrade my psp to pink. Hmm.....
Then i got Stella McCartney's Zalika......weeeeeeeeee...Thanks Li!!!
Should i get the bag too....

Anyway, still recruiting dancers for 07 DW.
Wonder how's Sophie's helping me out then.....
hmm......

Went out with Nini today for her bday shopping...then she started talking of things that were bothering her.... She reminds me of myself when i was 13.
Being the middle child and not getting enough attention, feeling like everyone is unfair, then you end up with so much angst and keep thinking of things like how come you are always wrong and everyone blames you.... Poor kid.
Anyway, that little conversation we had was touching.She cried. I told her my side of the story of what i did when i was 14, to see if my parents even loved me. Well, prob shouldnt have shared that one cos i made her cry even more! GOSH. Then we BOTH cried. Wow.

So we decided to cheer ourselves out by shopping. Still owe her 13th bday present, but she still couldnt decide what she wanted. We had lunch then shopped, browsed then had cake at Cedele. Monster Choc for her, Hazelnut for mine......YUMMMMMMMMMM
What a nice way to end the day.
Hope all's well for the child. Have always been like a little sis to me...while im missing my big sis. All married and having her own place and all :(

Blah

2006-12-14T22:29:00.000+08:00

Hey...just been thinking about how and when im ever gonna settle down. Coming to terms that im going to be...heck...TWENTY FIVE in the next 4months and five days...and feelin like im still a damn teenager when most of the people i know, are ...planning....engaged... married...having kids..buying houses.....buying cars......migrating...flying....making money..(loads of it!)....
......While all im doing is working a lot...a lot. And spending a lot of time at home, where i actually hardly ever do in my younger days!..... then i realised that my cat misses me being at home. Or i just chill out somewhere with some friends...that is IF and WHEN i am NOT that exhausted.

Sometimes i wish i could just go back to being a teenager. I was young, didnt have to work for money( imagine having $500 monthly allowance?!?!....at thirteen!?!), and i could get my hands on anything i want, looking forward to every single day's happening, sleepovers, being with tons of friends, getting into some mischief, doing all the sports and activities you can, performing on stage, spending at the arcades, shopping ALL the time-----> shop. Not shoplift. And the only things you really worry about are keeping friends and having good grades.

And now im 24, and REALLY working full time, watching my once FIT dad, getting ill with his headaches and such, and my grandparents aging, and my brother doing what i did when i was young, is kinda killing me. I do scream at the bugger but then i'd think again, he is just enjoying his youth, and mine is going to come to an end. It hurts, when i think of the day when Dad retires. Whats going to happen? Will i be able to help? Are we gonna move? Will his health and physique deteriorate? What will my brother do?
Oh dear... is this retribution for spending all my parents' hard earned money?
Do i have to work like this like FOREVER??!!? ............I AM SOOOOO SORRY!
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.....damn....i miss my youth.

Today............

2006-12-12T23:08:00.000+08:00

Where can i even start...Hmmm....Past few months have been bloody taxing.... Past few weeks been hell. Past few days have been pretty OK. Not good, just ok.... this is my second blog....I forgot the id and password of the first. Well, that's smart isnt it. Been having too many things to think about.
Work. Life. Money.
Work...Not sure if this is what i wanna do for the rest of my life.
Life....i need more LIFE> im not born rich. To be working 25-28 days consecutively non stop for a month flat....Im dying out here. Naturally my metabolism rate is always on a record high, but at this rate im living....im just way to exhausted to be doing anything else but catch up on sleep and rest whenever i can....train, bus, cab....and that means even at the bus stop/ mrt stat if i could!
Money....simply said. No work, no money, no life.

.Out.