another girl in her own world..

been busy. obviously. too busy to even post about my birthday! so lets seeeeeeee…

28th April (monday): pretty mundane day. just busy with work. realised that the mid-year exam is next week. so had a minor panic attack then went into action mode. preparing lessons for the days to come.

29th April (tuesday): woken up by B. at 00.15am. he did his yearly Happy Birthday song. this year, its in the most bawd-iest voice i’ve ever heard. he’s so sweet, my man.. :p and so, from that moment on, my phone didn’t stop ringing until late in the night. i feel so loved thank you so much, my dalengs.. your messages (sometimes halfway around the world ) were so full of love.. *hugs* i went home around 2pm. and spent the rest of the day with my little brother. a much needed retail therapy was conducted on this day. hehehehe.

fast forward to 2nd May (friday): 6 years and 7 months. thats how long me and B have been together “officially”. btw, i find it weird how bruneian teens get together. they have to ‘propose’ lagi. i remember mocking it yet expected it when a guy was ‘courting’ me. ok. that a whole other post right there. hehe!! anyways, since we were both kinda busy on my day itself, we decided to celebrate it on our anniversary. we actually had a few thing planned but due to unavoidable circumstances, they had to be changed. fortunately, it was memorable either way. first, we watched ‘ironman’. siiiiiiiok!! granted, it wasn’t was fun as transformers, but still!! robert downey jr did some fine acting.. theeeeeen, had lunch with B’s family with my little brother. i didnt take any pictures. heh. but yea. after lunch, me and B had the rest of the day to ourselves. being with the one you love who is pampering you. who could ask for more? :p B bought me perfume for my birthday. proof that he does listen when i talk. and his sibling’s gave me a bag. awwwww.. sweet, no? i didn’t see it coming. (note to self: don’t forget THEIR birthday!! hehehhe.)

that was almost a week ago so i dont really remember the full details. but what i do remember was how i felt. happy. and loved. and grateful. it has been a dramatic and sometimes chaotic couple of years. so i’m grareful that this year was peaceful and drama free.

i feel loved.

  a friend forwarded this to me.

OH. MY. GOD. could i look more geekier??? hehehehehe.. i’m pretty sure this photo is candid. i don’t even remember taking this photo. but it sure looked like i was happy.

btw, as if you needed help, i’m the one with the glasses..

B : “you are not the most beautiful woman in the world..”

me : *hurt* “???”

B : “you are the most beautiful woman in the universe !!!!”

i gotta admit, it did made my day..

today is the day that the reason for my being (literally) was born.

my mother was born 50 years ago today. may ALLAH bless you in everything you do.

the brats and and i celebrated it with umi, paul and B. at charcoal. as it is extremely late, i will give more detais soon.

 taaaa~

 updated:

ok, i’ve been trying to upload photos of the birthday lunch for 2 hours now and still inda mau.

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*sigh* oh well.. at least those who mattered knew we had a satisfying day..

OH. MY. GOD.

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……….I just finished teaching one of my new classes. i feel harrassed.

god give me strength…

i did it. i finally did it. i mentioned a while ago about a certain movie that i was cautiously excited to see. i LOVE the book (can’t stress enough on how much i love the book), explaining the excited part but as commonly known, book-turn-films movies rarely work out. hence, the cautious part. i didn’t want to ruin the book by watching the movie. but yesterday, i finally did it.

p/s: i love you has been playing for …a couple of weeks? and somehow, i had already made up my mind to not watch the movie. eventhough Gerard Butler was in it. *drool* however, after the rnB breakfast at Dynasty, gdg, me and War had nothing to do. (we had already walked around the mall.) we decided to watch Horton’s but we missed the show. and somehow, just for the heck of it. we decided to go to Empire Cinema. Ps: i love you was playing in an hour. so,to pass time, we decided to play guitar hero. for visual evidence, check out war’s blog. i sucked btw..

so, while waiting for the movie to start, me and war had this sinking feeling that the movie was gonna suck big time. i just knew  it was gonna be bad.

i was wrong.

i mentioned that while reading the book,i had to put the book down to control myself. i literally sobbed. during the movies, i cried my eyes out. the 3 pieces of tissue paper that i brought, were soaked and reduced to bundled up tears and snot. the fact that i kinda forgot most of the story line helped. i couldn’t really compare but i do know that there are a lot of differences which i think worked in the movie. like, in the book, Holly is Irish but in the movie, she’s American. so there’s this whole new part on how Holly and Gerry met. it was so.. *sappy sigh* sweet & touching & how you’d imagine you would meet your true love. *sappy-er sigh*

its more of a couples’ movie rather than a chick flick. the intimate moments that Holly and Gerry had definately made made you appreciate your partner. i know that if i were watching it with B, i’d be hugging him the whole time. (oh, note: not exactly for kids below the age of 12)

overall, i think the movie was great if not brilliant. i truly felt the love and sadness. “you are my entire story but i am just a chapter in your life..”

ho-kaaay, getting waay too sentimental for my taste. conclusion, i LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOVE  it. its been awhile since i cried that hard that had nothing to do with my issues. it felt good. again, for physical proof, go to war’s blog. go watch it, people. i think its worth it.

p/s: Gerard Butlet was sexy on a whole another level.

ok, so, it has been a very hectic past few days. i knew i had my work cut out for me as soon as the school holidays were over. i was suppose to prepare questions for the upcoming test my students are going to go through one week after coming back. i was supposed to revise with them AND i had an induction to go to on the very day we came back. yes, i was going to be suoer busy but i was all “BRING IT ON!! \m/ YEA!!”

….i went too far..

so anyway, on the first day back, i had prepared the question papers, collected from the others, got it approved and made sure it on its way to the printing room. i also revised with all on my classes that day AND prepared lessons for the next two weeks. (impressed?) but then.. in the afternoon during the induction, i went through my first WTF?? shock of the year. the induction was all about our posting. it is official. we are no longer unemployed/ just a releif teacher. we are now Education Officers. eseh… i feel proud saying that..

stranger: “are you a teacher?”

me: “no. i’m an education officer.” *puffs out chest* belabih..

there were 3 speakers and it was the 2nd speaker who provided the WTF?? moment: we were starting the very next day. for once, the neurons worked! faster even! sal i woked up as soon as i heard. “..??? esuk?? tomorrow??” fortunately, since i have been teaching for the past couple o months, i wasn’t as nervous. however, it was the fact that i was posted to the polar opposite (in every imaginable way) that got me all “INDA!! NO!! u can’t make me!!” *guling2 di lantai*

oh, man. the first day i reported fot duty on my new school, i was downright scared. i acted like i just knew i was going to be mugged, holding my bag against my chest. (Bruneians shopping overseas, you know what i mean.. )but by teh end of the second day, i felt myself relax. the fact that i didn’t have anything to do and spent almost the entire time in the air-conditioned staffroom helped. i even finished reading Sophie Kinsella’s remember me? (note: never do anything that has the potential to make you cry in front of strangers your new collegues on the second day. they might think you’re a weirdo/ an emo and its waay to early for them to know that)

ayah was helpful. being a very experienced teacher (he was a teacher even before i was born) he imparted some of his wisdom. he was a discipline teacher. i remember how most of the student body respected (feared? hehehe..) him yet the students he taught never feared him. in fact, they actually got along.. even until now his ex-students would tagur him after graduating for so long. he definately helped calmed down some nerves.

which brings us today, the third day. i’ve programmed myself to stop comparing and accept it all. the sooner i do, the sooner i can enjoy. with that in mind,  i was a bit iski. i finally have my own table. so i decided to make it more.. me. :p

 soo.. what do ya think? today was a bit more productive. i usai-ed my table. i gathered some notes, observed a class and attended an adobe photoshop workshop, which will be added in to my 1oo hours.. (still murky on that one. care to explain someone?)

guess atu saja for now. till next time.

-fauz

ps: oh! oh! oh! NKOTB are back!! dunno why i’m this excited.. they’re more of kakalong’s generation.. :p (i love you, kalong..)

 then          

  now. they got hot.. -er.. think that’s why.. hehehe.. bah. atu sja.. i’ve got some youtube-ing to do.

i’m home!!! hehehe.. i guess i should’ve gave a hint or something, huh? i’ve been away for the past few days. i only told a handful of people. pasalnyakan, everytime i get excited about something,it didn’t panned out the way i thought it would. hence the ’secrecy’. so here it is: SINGAPORE!!!! i went there with eyan, my two cousins (kaka long and dedeq) & dedeq’s girlfriend. we kinda planned this trip since december. but again, i didnt really wanna think much about it. hehehehe…

24th march:

• woke up around 5.00 am at the request of abang along (kaka long’s husband). we wanted to check in as early as possible because from experience, it was better that way. kami bertolak dari rumah around 6.15 am. our flight was at 8.00am. after everything was secured (checked in the cargo and all.) we had breakfast at the airport restaurant. ayah came by to see us off also. btw, me and eyan shared a suitcase. in it was a few clothes to last the 3 day trip and 3 other bags. didnt want to waste our money buying extra bags. smart, no? :p
• arrived safely at changi airport around 9.50am. rather than pick up our cargo, we kinda shopped around dulu. hahaha. that is why when we finally came around to pick it up, at was waiting on the side of the conveyer belt. which was an hour after we had landed.
• after that, abang long and kaka siti picked us up in their spankin’ brand new car. we had to bali minyak before checking in. when i heard the total amount for a tank full of gas in singapore, i flipped. seriously. I.FREAKED. OUT. $100.33????? for a tankful?? mine cost $25!! DAY-UM!! sure, my tank is proly smaller but still! :shocked:  the car that drove us around. a bit annoying,tho. abang long bought a gps map that kept going “in 300 meters, turn left.” every 5 secs. @$@%@#!#$@#@
• we then checked in at our hotel. we stayed at Grand Central Hotel along orchard road. we pretty much just checked in, dumped our bags, freshen up (i.e.: peed) and went out again. around noon, abang long and ka siti, took us to vivo city. we had lunch at Chicken Rice Store. apparently, its from malaysia. we flew all the way to Sinagpore to eat Malaysian food. hahahahha. after lunch, we kinda spread out. dedeq went with his girlfriend while me, eyan and kalong went in the other direction. i forgot what happened to abang long and kaka siti. :p luan iski kan shopping.. hehehe. we gave up more than 5 hours later. maaaaan, my feet hurts from all that walking. but i gotta say, it was worth it.  eyan and kaka long resting.  the $50++ jellybeans kakalong bought.
• before dinner, we went to Queens way shopping centre. *secret smile* then stopped by at Ikea’s. this was around 8.02 pm. by this time i felt like my back was gonna break into 2. payah wah org tunggi ani. i jokingly asked abg long to carry me. hahaha. mau ya jua. tempted, tho. :p lestuuuuuuuu, we had dinner at bilal’s. NYAMAN!! to tell you the truth, i was abit skeptic when my cousins said the food there was great but in the end, yeaaa.. i was hooked. the best crabs are sold there.

  while waiting for the food.. oatmeal prawns.. *slurps*

   more food. hehehehe

  crab before  crab after.

• you would think after a hearty meal, we’d be too tired, right? wrong!! hahaha. we made a last pit stop at mustafa centre. the stuff you want at its lowest price are sold there. went back to hotel around 12am. ehehe. cute story, kakalong didnt come along with us to mustafa, she had a tummy ache (too much jellybeans, i say. hehehe.) it was fairose’s birthday(dedeq’s gf) on 25th. so by the time we got back kakalong was already sleeping and when dedeq surprised her with a cake, we had to whisper happy birthday. kiut…

25th march:

• set my alarm for 7am sal i wanted to be the first one to use the bathroom. but as usual, i stalled and fairose got it first. hahaha. turns out i wasn’t the only one. dedeq took his time too. he’s worst than dd!! we finally left for breakfast at 9.30am.

  had breakfast at McD’s. nyaman pancakes nya!! how come we don’t have these in Brunei??

• from there we went to suntec city. we had the cutest ‘uncle’ for a taxi driver. he told us that tower 1 is usually for exhibitions only while tower 2 (where we were heading) has the greatest shopping outlets. so friendly, that uncle.
• we met up with abang long and ka siti aroun 3++pm who then brought us to marina square. shopping some more.
• 7.00pm -  break. went to hotel freshen up. 7.45pm - far east plaza. yet again, more shoppping. aroun 10pm -  dinner. the food there is great, i tell youuuuu.. abg long and ka ct had to ciao after dinner sal abg had to go to work at …1am? (abg long’s a pilot).
• ooooh!! i almost forgot! congrats to abg long and ka siti, who are expecting their first child!! :D 

(out of respect for the elders, i decided to pull down the baby photos.. ) 

 ok. i stopped jotting down things i did after this day. i got caught up with all the pretty shiny things. however, to tell you the truth, the things i bought are mostly books. even kaka siti said: “bookworm lah die nie..” or something like that. hahaha. i think thats all for now. will update soon.

but before that, thank you to abg long and kaka siti for showing us around.

 *hugs*

btw, its good to be home.

finally!! its the last day of school! oh happy daaaay~ for the next 2 weeks, i plan to wake up (catch up on what i lost since i started working) and just enjoy my bed! hehehe.. iski  saya.. so anyway, on the last day, my school decided to hold a sport selection where basically, whoever is interested in representing their house, today was the day. we pick the best three. i was responsible on recoring for the best girl runners in 100m & 200m. awal2 pagi lagi tu. so i was done after an hour. then i spent the rest of the event wandering aimlessly around the field, finding shade. it was a freaking hot day!!

some pics:

 my view of the field, under the shade. it was peaceful. windy.

 the girls running the 400m. kiut drang belari!! hahaha..

 the boys.. i think they’re in form 1? 2?

 my first attempt of taking the boys running. hahahah.. you can only see a leg.. laju wah drang ah..

aites, thats it for now. let the relaxation begin..

it was one year ago when you made your first appearence in the world (14/3). i witnessed your first poop. it was not a pretty sight. then i took this photo:

i seriously thought that you had your father’s sepet eyes. but you proved me wrong. hehehe. it got rounder and rounder.   you turned out to be a very girly girl. you love everythink pink and flowery.hehe. ure so cute and cuddly. oh, and you are very much attached to your mother and very manja with your dad. you also know how to make your really cute in front of the camera.

its your birthday, Darwisya Leong. may Allah bless you and may you have a long and happy life ahead.

 *squeezes lingling’s cheeks and smothers her with kisses*