another girl in her own world..

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.

that is how i feel about posting lately. it feels like everytime i wanna blog an event, it turned out it happened weeks ago where most, if not all (hey, brunei IS small) people knew about it already. my posts are not only old news, they’re considered classic. hahaha.. ok, over. but yea.

there’s only one word that can pretty much sum up my life right now: tiring. hahaha. i know. i’ve said it once,i’l say it again! i’m TAIYOOOD!! honestly, i don’t feel it most of the time. i actually like going around the room explaining to my students eventhough the speed is constant, the velocity is changing (circular motion). i feel immensely satisfied seeing them going from *toink* *toink,toink* to “ahhhhhh.. i geddit!!”  its afterwards that i feel drained. especially after teaching one particular class who does not wanna learn. more than once was i tempted to just not care. i mean, they’re the ones who’s going to fail. not me.  sapa suruh inda mau pay attention?  but… then i’d feel guilty. my job is to make them understand, no matter how boring. or maybe its just karma. i wasn’t exactly the perfect student myself.

i knew it was gonna come around and bite me in the ass..

more old news: my batch was called in last week for an interview regarding a more permanent job. i think because i knew the interview was almost the same as the one i did for my current job, i was not as nervous as i should be. i was focusing more on trying not to kusut. i actually had fever the day before. you know the kusut feeling? the one where everything just feels so wrong?? you don’t know what but you just know. everything is either too hot or too cold? and since you can’t do anything about it, you have this huge tendency to kusut/whine? ….yea. i was going through that. it was not fun. thankfully, the interview went well. Alhamdulillah.

other agenda that keeps reminding me that i’m getting older, is my friend, Mala, who got engaged last nite.  so,

CONGRATULATIONS TO

SITI NORMALA HAJI AWANG DAMIT & MD. SYAZWAN HAJI ABU BAKAR

who got engaged last night. May Allah bless you both and sampai ke jinjang pelamin.

there are pictures, but i cant seem to find ’em right now. heh. sorry. will most them when i have the time. gots to go now. have lessons to plan.

salaam, pujiah..

last weekend has been one very tiring and busy. the very opposite if what the weekend before had been.

2 weekends ago:

• woke up late. (noon-ish..?)
• stayed in bed eventhough i was already awake.
• went out to get my photos from mizi. (3pm)
• decided to go to fundonuts. it has been receiving rave reviews. so i decided to check it out. me and eyan (lil sis) arrived around 3.45pm. and there was a line! a freakin long one!! at a freakin doughnut shop!! i was about to walk away when eyan said “what else do we have to do today?” …point taken. so we decided to stay in line and bitch about the service at the same time. everything was finally done and paid for about 2 hours later. yes, TWO hours. AAAANNDDD we bought $26 worth of doughnuts. after that long wait, you can bet your @$$ we’re gonna make it worth our money and time. anyway, we bought 2 boxes of these:

 nyaman usulnya kan??? oh, and apparently, there was some drama going on. i was, apparently, oblivious to the whole thing. well, i caught snippets of it at the end but thats pretty much it. (man, i am in my own world..). so anyway, there’s this lady in front of eyan and me. all she sed was “aku mau 3 kutak.” (”i want 3 boxes”). the person in charge was a bit slow and maybe blank. then again, it was kinda hectic. but in her defense, there are two types of boxes (6’s & 12’s). and just because of that, lady customer called her “babal.” (”idiot”.) pms, much? sheesh.. dont you know, you’re ordering food from her ?? she could spit in ‘em lady!!  and as it turns out, she was waiting for one more doughnut but rather than giving it to lady customer, she gave it to us.. MWAHAHAHAHAHA.. oh, when she was finally done, she tired to walk out in a huff, all pissed off but she was called back sal she still owed then about $5. d’oh! *slaps forehead* (yan, good game.. good game.. )

• then relaxed the rest of the day.. 

last weekend:

• woke up around 8am. (mother wanted us to be early for the 11am second cousin’s wedding reception)
• 10.30am: finally on the way to the mall. wedding reception was held @ Rizqun. (which explains the slightly less grumblings)
• before going up to the ballroom, i had to help a dear uncle find parking space in the basement area. it was hilarious in a knocks-head-against-wall kinda way. i mean, i was trying to help him find the easiest (and nearest) space but ia mcm main tabak saja. hehehe.
• i actually had fun until my uncles decided to bully on me. and my ‘gitau nene karang!’ attempt fell on deaf ears.
• went home about 2pm. thot had time to freshen’ up but Surya (my bride friend for the next 2 weeks) requested us to come earlier. so dropped my mom and eyan off, then tarus pick up Bo.
• stayed at Sur’s until 6.30pm. spent most of the time daydreaming of MY wedding.. :p

 we somehow showed up with the same colour theme. hehehe.

 Sur getting ready         me with the bride to be

then went home, picked up eyan and drove her straight to the airport. paul’s came home from KL yesterday. but his flight was kinda delayed so i stayed until ….8.30pm?

• finally around 10pm, i was home, clean and snoring

so yeaaa.. very tired.. oh, n this week pun mcm banyak events to go to.. the rest of Sur’s wedding ceremony.. my frineds are getting married lerrr… :s honestly, i’m 50-50 when it comes to marriage. i am at the stage where i can’t wait to build my life with B but also at the stage where i wanna enjoy my independence.. hmmmm.. alum jua ku beduit kan kawin wah… hheehehe. iski banar.. :p

neways, taiyod. taaaaaaa~

i am soo freakin tired. i’ve been waking up at the break of dawn and hitting the pillow before midnight for the past month. i didn’t think it would be this tiring. i mean, i thought, it was something like get up, teach, rest when you’re not teaching and go home at 12.30pm. Yeah, right!! somehow, i managed to not include the fact that teachers also have to set up the papers, notes, homeworks. check the notes and homeworks. mark the notes and homeworks. lesson plans have to be prepared at least a week before. not to mention making the lesson as simple as possible so that your students can understand what the heck i’m talking about. understanding is far better than memorising.

….orite, getting out of hand. anyway, since working i rarely have time to hang out with my friends. so i was a tad iski when i met up with mizi and atul last night. Mizi wanted to try out his new studio so we had a photoshoot where i was the model. (woohooo~) my ‘next top model’ exprience was by far the most relaxed i have been since i started reliefing. it was also kinda hard to pose with a straight face with atul in the background, heckling. *roll eyes* i admit, there are times during the shoot i felt very prasan (wahey. i look goood..) but mostly i had fun. i made Mizi took a picture of me jumping. hehehe..

will post the photos when i get the chance. …suddenly, very iski.. hehe. in fact, i’m gonna go and message him now! , fauz.

edit: some of the photos..

hehehehe.. i had fun being the photographer’s muse. :p btw, the photographer is none other than my good friend mizi. check out his website here if you like his photos.

i am bleepin’ tired.. gone were the days where i slept at 3am and woke up a noon. i am usually out by midnight (earlier if i finished my work) and up the wee morning of 6am. its been 3 weeks since i first started my job. i think my body is starting to get used to it. i admit there are times when i can feel the stress of the job gaining on me but i’m alright now. (yea!! i kicked YOUR butt!!! hehehe.. apakan..?)

i know i’m strong. as i mentioned before, i’m working at my old school. so paham2 saja tah. its kinda hard but yea. *brave smile*

anyway, changing the topic, tadi i just passed by the new doughnut shop!! *drool* it was closed plang. but at least now i know where it is! (Qlap) someone told me there’s another branch in Yayasan. woooooohooo~ it’s been a while since i had a good doughnut (assuming this place sell some :p )

ok. tired. taaaa~

sigh. finally, a moment of peace. i haven’t been able to blog lately. suddenly, my boring/peaceful life was brought to a halt becaaaaaause (drumroll please..)

I GOT A JOB!! :D!! YAY!! ….Alhamdulillah..

i got the relief teaching job. i am now a physics teacher at my old alma mater. i’m still unsure how i feel about that due to obvious reasons but i am grateful that i am now earning $$. woohoo~ the first step of my future is well on its way. i know teaching can be stressful, especially if your heart is not into it,i think i have my moments. the only thing that is bringing me down is my laziness. i have this huge tendency to procrastinate and end up doing my work at the last possible minute which in turn, would result in a poor teaching job :s that has happened in more that one occasion durng my teaching practice. :p

actually, the more recent example would’ve been yesterday. i just spent the whole friday relaxing. the plan was to catch up on my lesson plans but instead, i caught up on my reading and not to mention sleep. i know. not exactly the best time but i did it anyway. since day one there has been loads of changes like, my sleeping schedule. i can no longer afford to be nocturnal. i mean, i have to be in school before 7.15am. ugh.

and B. the one good thing that came out of being unemployed is that i get to spend the time with my boyfriend. anytime, morning, afternoon and nights, 7 days a week at any time of the day AND night. sigh. but since i started work, i only saw him twice this week. however, i’m mollified for now. just spent about 5 hours with him today. hehehehehehe.

 i will obviously keep blogging because well,if everyone is too busy to hear me talk, at least they can read me.

ciao~ xoxo

i just realised today that in a deadly boring circumstance, your siblings can ease your pain by being the source of entertainment. umi drove her three barely awake and a tad pissed off children to the dentist today. i slept around 3am and was woken up approximately 4 hours later. so tell me, would you not be just a ‘tad’ pissed off if your mother did that to you? hmph. so yea, there we were, disgruntled, trying not to be brats (my mother raised us better then that :p ) when we suddenly had a burst of energy and everything was funny. ok, i may have exaggrated on the ’sudden’ part. it was an hour and a half later. it all started when the guy in front of us turned out to be the most annoying guy in the whole wide world. like his propose in life was to annoy us, me especially. ugh. dont you just hate that?? you’re moody and somehow, the bongok-est person IN THE WHOLE WORLD decided to sit in front of you. :look of death: i muttered something which made eyan laughed and next thing we knew, we were all giggly. i mean, when i think back inda plang cali banar; it wasnt that funny, but we were laughing our heads off. hehehe. oh, and eyan commented that most of the kids today wear grown up clothes. which i agree. tadi ada this 4 year old girl who was wearing the kind of skirt i  would wear. *shrug* oh, and didi had to go to the baby doctor since he was 15 years old. hehehehe.

next big story of the day, we decided to bawa kaer watch the chipmunk movie. his first movie. i can imagine him laughing, shrieking over how cute the cartoons are, a picture of a happy child.

what a bust that turned out to be. *sniff*

the entire time,i kept looking over to him with an expectant look only to be met with a look of boredom. *rolling eyes* AAAAAND he fell asleep before the movie ended!! FELL ASLEEP!! sigh… paidah.

when we arrived home, we saw dedeq. and eyan’s drumming kit. hehehehe. that girl was estatic. kept pajal-ing to go home so they could assemble it. iski banar.. i think they managed to do it in less than half hour.

 them bertungkus lumus setting up the drums. hehe.

 eyan, frantically usai-ing the wires.

hehe. unfortunately, they couldn’t play it yet as they did not have the headphones which are, appparently, essential. :p hahahahahahahhaha. kesian, iski dah sorang2.

now, its 10.07 pm. think i’m gonna finish my dark and white chocolate covered almonds then procceed to watch grey’s anatomy. taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

MOVIE MARATHON!!

that’s what me and my beloved did today(13/12). we watched three movies in one whole day.. fun! a bit tiring, tho. :p anyway, we watched the above movies in those order.

first, warlords. had no idea what the movie was about. just saw the preview and i was all “ooooooooh… lets watch..” i dunno if it was based on a real story but it seem historically correct. its about 3 strangers (i think), in the 1800s, who made a blood oath to be brothers and protect each other. if you wanna know the full details, click here.

next, we watched i am legend. at first, i wasn’t all that. i mean, sure, wil smith is hot and all (and i mean H-A-W-T), but eeh.. so he was the man on earth, who cares?? but i was mistaken. it turns out to be one heck of a cool movie.. siiiiiiok!! and i didn’t think there would be as much action as there were seriously. it was worth it. would probably watch it again if ada dangan. hehehe.

lastly, CHIPMUNKS!!!!!!! ~bow-chica-wow-wow-chica-wow-wow~  hehehe.. the ‘munks are soooooo very cuuuuuute!! and ohmigod! the voices??? eeeeeeeeeeee.. “i still have baby fat!” alright,from my bimbo comments, its very obvious i loved the movie. i’m gonna watch it again. infact, i think im going to find a way to watch it with kaer.

speaking of kaer, tadi i went to visit him,

me: “elo kaaaaeer..” *waves*

kaer: “no. ukan kaer” *holds his arms up* “ani, KAMPUNG BOY!!”

me: ???!?!?! kiiiiiut kan? seriously, he has a way of making me miss him but then when i do see him, he makes me wanna go home ASAP. :p

…….ok. thats it. for now. see ya, dalengs…

umi (mother) decided it was high time we organized our room. “sakit kepala umi meliat bilik kamu ani. samak!!” i’ll let you be the judge of it.

I’M ok with it. been able to live, eat and breathe peacefully since we moved here. to each his own i suppose. hehehe. :D so umi decided to but some cabinets for ‘easy storage’. so thats what we did yesterday. me and the family set out on this wonderful quest around 11.30am where we decided to first, get breakfast. we ate at Akbar ria in qlap. then off to find the perfect-to-hold-all-my-junk cabinet. first place was thompsons in jalan tutong(?). i forgot.. :p

ok, everytime i go out fruniture shopping, i always imagine how i would decorate my future home. money was no object ’cause i’ll be rich. i mean if i can afford to buy a house, you can be sure i can afford furniture. i’m not to those flashy kind of chairs. you know, yang labih usulnya. mahal saja but inda jua comfy. i prefer couches that are cozy and snug. (B, *wink,wink* :p) my and the brats actually found some that we really like but unfortunate waaay over budget. we found one that was okay enough. actually, umi did and decided to get it for all of us. hehe. but as it turns out, the was only one left.

……tired suddenly, will edit soon..

(changed my mind. hehe. can’t really remember how the day went. i knew i was very tired, tho. hehe..)