What a great weekend

Had so much fun this weekend. Yesterday, date with my bf. Watched The Simpsons movie!! Great movie!And today, went to KLCC with my parents (mission:my dad was looking for a couple of pants).
Mission not accomplished as my dad is not a KLCC person, more of Sg.Wang kind of person. Haha. Things in KLCC aren't his taste(no size, colour not nice, no promoter to attend to him,too expensive...men can be so picky sometimes).In the end, he only bought a powder and cologne at M&S.
As for me, I bought a bag at Dorothy Perkins(yeah,another one to add to my massive collection of bags at home). Looks nice at the store,but once I got home, it looks like a ghastly shade of silver. Huhu. The bag is futuristic-style, but the more I look at it, the more it looks like a freakish thing from outer space.
Bought a couple of t-shirts too. Now I know why I never wear half of the clothes in my closet. Because they don't look good on me. And why is that so?? Because I never try it on when I bought them. Today, I tried a couple of times the t-shirts I bought and I'm really satisfied with them. After this, I vow not to be lazy anymore and TRY CLOTHES BEFORE BUYING THEM!! Or else they'll end up being shipped to Johor as a part of my charity work (aka giving them to my cousins).
Besides that, bought some stationeries too. It's only the third week of class and I nearly finish one testpad. If I were to get through this semester, I need hundreds of them! Hahaha.
One more thing, I cut my fringe. The hairdresser was surprised that my hair grew so fast(she'd just cut my hair during the hols), so she cut my hair extra short. At first, I was like, whatever. Now I look kinda weird, with my supershort fringe! But I don't really care though. Long fringes might look good but I don't feel comfortable.
I prefer short fringe.
I can see clearly now the fringe is goneeee!!! (sing this like the Jimmy Cliff song).

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday)

Only one class today. DE, 8am. Imagine having to wake up really early in the morning and first thing you have to face is maths,maths,maths. Boring maths.
One more thing to add to my wish list...the Angelica toy that comes free with McDonalds Happy Meal! I love Rugrats. (^_^)

What I'm up to

Another day of looking at rocks & minerals in geology lab.Wanna go shopping so badly. Wish list: new handbag (preferably a metallic large shoulder bag) and new t-shirt.

Bored

A boring day. Only one class in the morning (dynamics) and after that geology group meeting, but postponed to Friday.
Had a brunch with Wani, Safiah, Wani's sister and her friends. Wani's sis asked her friends to guess what race am I, and they were debating about it just now. Hahaha. Wani gave a clue though, "Dia ni mix..."
Went to my room, planned to prepare for DE tutorial tomorrow, but then realized I've forgot all about trigonometric integrals and was too lazy to open the Calculus book.
Then decided to call home, to discuss about me going home this weekend. Mum got irritated when I called, coz she's watching her fav Indonesian sinetron (She has retired, and the show got 200++ episodes, so she's definitely not gonna miss them).
Sad at first,cuz I really wanna go home and no one can fetch me(and they won't let me use the public transport...hmmph!!) Luckily Yasser came to the rescue and said he can send me home.Heehee...

Finally I'm getting involved in activities...

Joined gamelan (a type of Malay traditional music, using percussions). And people always say...those who can't play anything plays the percussion. Is that true?? I guess so. Always do things halfway, all the music lessons that I've taken before, and swimming lesson too! Until now, I still can't swim. =(
Anyway, about gamelan. First practice was last night. We were taught how to read notes (basic ones) and those with a music background has an advantage. I played this instrument, dunno what it's called but looks like keyboard. Parts of the instruments are numbered with 1,2,3,5,6,i...all the other instruments are like that. After hitting a note, you have to hold the plate so it will not vibrate, or else it will create an echo.
After practicing the tempo and stuffs, we progressed to playing the instruments itself, following the music sheets provided. First try and I was amazed by the beautiful sound that came out. Well, not that beautiful. Sometimes the tempo not perfect, and at first I was a bit slow at reading the notes. Huhu. But still, the music I've heard all my life at weddings and events like that, now I'm playing it myself!
And the guy there told me that like guitar, these instruments has to be tuned, by tightening the screws on it.
Practice supposed to be from 8.30pm-9.30pm but we ended up finishing at 11pm. Hehe. My arms ached soo much from playing it nonstop.

Entering third week of class...

Time goes by so slooow these days. It's only the third week of my second year and I still have to wait another 2 and a half years (3 if including this sem) to graduate.
Now I got a longer internet cable, which means I can surf the Internet in the privacy of my own room! Btw, it's no longer a dungeon (but I will still call it dungeon, cool name!). Just now one of my housemates came inside my room and said it's much much cooler than the other room. Well, just my luck that my room is like a cave, shielded from the glaring sunlight. Seriously, sometimes I wake up really late and it's still dark and I thought it's raining or something. Then I went out and urrghh!! The hot sun shining into the living room.
Today was my first surveying lab. In the same group with Wani, Safiah, Kak Syahadah and Nora. Didn't enjoy it that much. Much prefer geology lab. Coz it's indoor and there's aircond and everything.
Have dynamics tutorial at 6pm. Really not in the mood to go, it's cloudy. Huhu. What a day. I don't enjoy surveying, I'm not looking forward to dynamics and DE class makes me worry. What course should I change to next?? Astronomy??Geography?

Good news

I'm so happy. Finally got the Internet settings right for my laptop (without anyone's help.Proudness!). Now I can use Internet anytime I want, not just at home, but at my apartment too! And I can update my blog easily as well.

Cat who lives on my balcony

This is Randy (mum named him after the character in one of her fav Indonesian series). Male, huuuge, bushy tail. Would've looked nice if groomed properly. Wears a black mask over his eyes,like Zoro. Gorgeous green eyes and cute pink nose.Always seen around the neighbourhood, usually around my house area.

Begged my parents so that I can keep him. My parents said no way. This house has room for only one cat. My mum said Randy will pee all over the house, as he is male and old already. I argued that we can always send him to SPCA and get him spayed. Mum said NO.

Since I can't have the real thing, this picture is only thing I have.

P/S: He looks like he's good with cameras,isn't he? ;)

Buka puasa

Seems like Great Eastern mall had replaced KLCC as my second home now. Went there again, this time for buka puasa. The reasons why I love going there-->they always play my favourite songs at Guardian, the salesclerk at TNS is sooo nice, and I just lurrrve the atmosphere at O'Briens,where couples share big bowls of salads...it's so sweet.
Usually my family would go to Bkt Bintang area or KLCC. But nowadays the malls are packed(maybe due to overpopulation of KL...haha I dunno actually).So Great Eastern is the perfect place to go,coz not many people go there.
Anyway,now I'm addicted to Blow Pops(the mini version,without the stick).Now my tongue is blue.

What a funny degree!

The University of Blogging Presents to Liyana An Honorary Bachelor of Self Portraiture Majoring in Survey Science Signed Dr. GoQuiz.com ®

Current mood: hungry!

Am fasting today.
Went to Great Eastern mall. Bought some files at MPH. Then went to Pets Wonderland. Saw this cute pink flea comb. Bought it for Coco.

COCO'S PROFILE

Name: Coco (Malay version:Koko)
Nicknames:Coco Chanel :p, Koko Jelly, Koko Krunch, Coco Cute *barf*, Coconut!
Age:4months I think (human equivalent: 4 years old, has not started kindergarten yet!)
Breed:Siamese
Fur: White,with brown fur on all four legs, ears,face and tail
Eyes:blue

Btw,I love the new & improved me article soo much that I'm gonna post it on my Friendster profile.

Sports Management Class

Another highlight of this week is...SPRB class had started!! (SPRB is Sports & Recreation Management in Workplace). Quite fun. It's like attending a motivational talk. The syllabus covers the topics anatomy & physiology, weight control, fitness and stuffs like that. The grade distribution is like this-->you organize a recreation trip somewhere and make it happen and you'll get 20%, you write a report(1 report for the entire class) you'll get 10%, assignments is 20% and mid term (we get to choose whether we want objective questions or subjective...cool!) is another 20%. Final is the remaining 30%.
And guess what?I've been elected assistant director for the class. Some guys I dunno voted for me. Funny coz I've NEVER been elected for anything before(except for being class monitors during my primary schooldays).And I've never even been a class rep!

LIFE AFTER BEING LEFT(lol...what a title)

THE NEW & IMPROVED NANA!

It was hard at first.Reallyyy tough. I was a bit lost. Hmm...a lot actually. Imagine, attending classes where you don't know a single soul, leaving the familiarity of your former classmates' faces behind,having to start over again.But I managed to get through it (hip hip hooray!!), turn over a new leaf and start a new life.
At the beginning of last sem, I was scared and alone. Gradually, I'm going through this transition phase. I've been doing things I've never got the chance to do before, it feels grrreat! I play tennis during my free time(err once only...but I think sports is a good substitute for karaoke!!), I've decided to join some activites and taken up sports this sem! Hahahaa...most funny thing is I'm elected assistant director for my sports class! These things will never happen if I'm stuck being the old Nana. Hehe, I'm sure my old friends will laugh when they hear this.
Got my life back on track now. The change isn't easy though,quite painful. I'm used to go out everyday,having fun with my friends,or lazying around at home,watching movies on our laptop. Now I realize there's MORE to life than these things.
Plus,I met lots of amazing new people too! Interesting people whom I never get the chance to meet or talk to if I'm still taking EE or stuck with one friend all the time. And I've made a very wise decision of not dropping Intro last sem! The class expands my social circle. And makes me brave too. The subject is tough, if your IQ level is the same as mine...hehe LOW!, plus it's a 4th sem subject and I hardly know anyone. And if can survive that class, I can survive going to any other classes after this (I don't know how long this motivated feeling will last...hahaha).
I'm having fun here. Sure, I'm not singing some stupid nursery-rhyme-like songs about biology, or acting in some rediculous play or flirting with guys who aren't "so sure"(which I think it's really saaad!). I have commitments now, serious ones (and karaoke or enjoying isn't one of them!) and I guess it's time to be an adult now. =)

2nd week of class...

Did I mention about the yellow roses I brought when I first came back to Uniten?In a pathetic attempt to cheer up the Dungeon? Well,those flowers had died and my room stinks. Lucky that I brought a room spray. Isn't it ironic the way roses smell so good at first but when they're all dried up, they smell sooo awful??
Today is only Tuesday and I can't wait to get home. Not a good start of the week though. First thing before I went to class yesterday I had a problem of missing lens. Was in a hurry to go to class and I flicked my contacts off somewhere. Still haven't found it yet.Nevermind, my parents already sent me a new pair last night. But still....it's money gone off just like that!!
Huhu.Homesickness again.Feels a familiar longing for KLCC, Great Eastern mall and all my favourite hang out places back at home *sigh*

Home for the weekend

Went to klcc. Bought some testpad (1 week after classes had started, before this i used the remaining papers from last semester[about 5 pieces], an example of good student[disorganized and unprepared]).

Back to School

Classes had started. I'm taking 19 credit hour so far...Geology & lab, Surveying & lab, dynamics,DE,sports & recreation management and fluid mechanics. But I will drop fluids soon! No way I'm gonna suffer and take 19 credits.
Tried to apply for other rooms, to get out of the Dungeon but no luck so far. But that's ok.

I'm happy

Koko's back. She'd been sick for such a long time, and was admitted to the vet( viral infection--vomitting, diarrhea, loss of appetite etc). She's skin and bones now. But alive. And playful like before. Just a bit weak.
Koko tried eating a dead lizard just now...gross!

Engagement day.
Uncle's fiancee wore this gorgeous green dress.
More relatives came over to my house than yesterday.
Inevitably, when relatives see me, they always ask about exams and studies. Either that or, during engagements and weddings, they'll ask about boyfriend (Yes,that's right,family members only talk to me about exams and boyfriend.No other topics than that.Anyway that's OK. People mentioning Yasser is enough to make me smile :-)
I had to admit, my family weren't behaving that well just now. We were so loud! Hahaha. During the engagement ceremony,me and my aunts were busy talking and cracking jokes and laughing.Kinda rude actually, but fun. My aunt decided to forget her diet for one day and enjoy the food served by the family. I'm not on a strict diet,so I had one helping of briyani, 2 pieces of chicken, poppadoms etc etc.
The family (of Javanese heritage) served this...I dunno what to call it. It's round and flat,almost like a pancake and when I called it UFO, my aunt laughed nonstop.
Sorry no pictures.I've been busy, washing the dishes,exchanging e-mails for Friendster and MySpace with cousins and stuffs like that.
What a tiring day. And tomorrow marks the beginning of year 2, semester 1. Tonight I'm going back to my apartment aka The Dungeon and I can say goodbye to my amazing life right now (glorious food, being able to watch TV and surf the Internet and read magazines without feeling guilty of how much time I've wasted doing nothing, being able to go to the mall 3 times a week etc etc). And I can say hello to the simple life (study, exams, quizzes, instant food...)

Preparation for Uncle's Engagement Part II

Grandma and aunt arrived from Johor.
Durian fever at my house right now.
During family reunions like this, these 3 things happen:
1)Grandma brought some fruits from Muar. House is full of mangosteens (my fav!!!), dragonfruit, rambutans and errk...durians!
2)Dad will eat rice with durians (He seldom eats this, only during times like this when there is ample supply of durians)
3)I will have to listen to grandma reminding me from time to time on how delicious durians are and how unlucky I am for not liking them. (As if not eating durians is the biggest loss ever!)
Frankly, I think there are more scrumptious food besides durian (Refer to my favourite food list).
Today I also checked into my apartment. I'm not being ungrateful, but during my two years of study here, this is my worst room so far.I got the last room,the one at the back of the apartment. It's dark and gloomy and dirty and looks more like a prison.Previously, I've gotten the room near the entrance,usually this kind of room comes with a great view (semester 1:view of the lake, semester 2:view of the opposite apartment). Now the view is the balcony where we'll be hanging our clothes.
The room needs to be decorated. I'm gonna bring in my pink study lamp, coz the lighting's very poor. And maybe some cool posters to cover up the hideous wall. The previous student pasted a Revlon and Sony Vaio ad and I'm gonna take them off, my buletin isn't a billboard ok!
Anyway, nothing to say about the engagement preparation. These days people just buy the trays, the fabrics covering them and the gifts. The fabrics are gorgeous enough, so old ladies won't have to decorate them or anything, they're ready made. Didn't join the ladies arraging the gifts. I just sat on the couch, eat lots and lots of mangosteen(grandma says I better eat it now or else I won't have a chance since I'm going back to Torture Chamber University tomorrow) and sometimes eavesdropping on their gossips.
P/S:Can't stand it. This house smells like durians and when people burp, the smell is stronger than ever!!

Preparation for Uncle's Engagement Part I

Relatives coming over to my house for the weekend coz my uncle's getting engaged this Sunday. Which means only one thing--I have to give my room to others and sleep in the family hall with the mosquitoes.

Six days till new semester begins :-(

My appeal for apartment is successful :-)
First floor :-)
Single sharing, no roomate...neither :-) or :-(
I just can't waaait for the next 3 months holiday again!!!