The (Mis)Adventures of Nana

On Tuesday morning (I mean, REALLY early in the morning),my dad woke me up. That's the day--off to
JB, my beloved kampung. Not only I was getting ready in a rush, my dad couldn't send me and my mum
to KL sentral coz he's in a hurry to go to work. Nevermind, called a cab. No cab could come--it was
peak hour, people rushing to go to work, plus it was RAINING. So Dad sent us instead. He drove to the Raja Chulan monorail station, and accompanied us till we arrive at KL Sentral. I
really wish I could spend my hols sleeping til afternoon(I have morning classes everyday in Uniten).
Instead, there I was, walking around town early in the morning, carrying my grandma's heavy bags.
This isn't my idea of fun.Arrived in JB. Lots of relatives. Noisy. Brought along my sports notes but CAN'T STUDY at all. Two
days wasted, just like that. I can't be hanging around at my grandma's place with nothing to do
while back home I got reports to do and I need to figure out that Surfer8 thingy too.The only great thing that happened was that on the second and last day, which was YESTERDAY, I went
to City Square with my mum. Bought some really cool stuffs, which includes this awesome
shirtdress,flip flops,the Body Shop Peppermint Cooling Foot Rescue Treatment and a fake Anya
Hindmarch bag. Had Caesar salad for lunch with my aunt at Coffee Bean. Aunt said that Coffee Bean
makes the best Caesar salad, I kind of agree with her.Finally, in the evening, went to airport. Flight at 8.50pm. Arrived in KLIA and that's when the REAL
adventure started. There was a looong queue for taxi so we decided to take the ERL to KL Sentral.
Upon arriving in Sentral, we discovered that the taxi service wasn't available. Tough luck. Took the
Putra to Jelatek instead. What a nightmare. The station is PACKED with people wanting to celebrate
Merdeka (can't they just stay at home???). In the train, ended up sitting next to these noisy mak
ciks...Arrrgh...headache2.Arrived at Jelatek station, we knew that there's no way we can take the shuttle bus, it's already
LATE. So walked to the main road, tagging along those heavy bags (my parents carried bags with
wheels, I had to carry the luggage WITHOUT the wheels). Waited for ages, and NO taxi would want to
stop and take us home. There's no other option--we walked.Yes!We walked! For,like,10kms??Or more I think.All the way from Jelatek,to Jln Ampang and
home.Really test my rectus femoris and tibialis and soleus and whatever muscle it is that we use to
walk (practically all the leg muscles,I assume) and I carried two bags on my shoulders. My shoulders
were KILLING me.I was wearing a 3-inch heels and luckily the flip flops I bought earlier saved the
day. Halfway home Dad asked if we wanted to stay at a taxi stand while he walked home alone and get
the car and fetch us. I was kinda pissed off already, and said no way, we'd walk, we've come a long
way already. So we walk, and walk and walk and it seemed like FOREVER till we finally got home. I had to thank Uniten for my good endurance level, coz during my foundation orientation week we had
to walk a lot(like from coit to our apartment) and when classes started, I got used to all the
walking (I walk to coe, BA, BD, KMC,I walk practically EVERYWHERE except to coit of course).I walked really fast, and was sweating like MAD but I didn't feel tired at all UNTIL I got home. My
parents were waaay behind me, like 10m away, but I don't care, I wanna get home FAST. It's kinda
scary though, walking alone, especially with guys on motorcycles hooting at me and stuffs. They
probably thought I'm a problemed teenager who had run away from home.Whatever it is, I'm happy and grateful that now me & my parents are home safely. And now I'm
thinking negative stuffs and what-ifs. What if some drunk driver drive off the road and hit us? What
if we stepped on a snake while walking through some brushes? Scaryyy right? We arrived home at
12.30am!P/S: I really did the right thing buying that Body Shop foot cream, considering what I had gone
through ;)

Glooomy day...

Grey skies,dark clouds,atmosphere of GLOOM hanging over me coz tomorrow I'm going to JB! A routine that has been going on ALL MY LIFE. I really really wish that I can go through at least ONE YEAR without going back to JB,or at least spent ONE RAYA in KL. But I know that's not possible as long as ma beloved granny is still alive. All this fuss about going to JB is allright if I'm 12 or 13 years old but at my age now, it's just no longer convenient. I only have ONE WEEK holiday(with 3 days already wasted coz i got flu)and minus the trip to JB I have,like,3 days left only!! At this point, I can't afford to go grandma's place and watched tv or laze around on the front porch or things like that. I got reports to do, mid terms to study for etc etc. Anyway, sad stuffs aside, today I went out wif my bf. first we went to the curve and then to sunway pyramid. I wish I can spend every single day like this.

I forgot to mention this in the last entry...

One more to add to the week's summary...it's mating time for Coco! It's kinda gross, she's always rolling on the floor, like she thinks it's sexy or something, and points her genitals to everyone. Errkk--makes me sick. She's supersensitive even to the slightest touch and can even turn on when people CALL HER NAME. How bad is that?

A week's summary

It's been a while since I last updated my blog. I've been busy, and had some laptop problems as well.Now I've got it fixed and is good as new =)
This week is the last week before mid term break, and the busiest, most tiring and stressful week!
Had dynamics and geology tests on Monday. Didn't study dynamics at all(was more concerned about geology) and all the three questions that came out was about pulley. Serves me right for not studying.
Geology paper was a disaster too. 3 questions too, about rock cycle, Bowen series and geologic time. I have NO CLUE what to answer.
This week we did contouring for surveying. Takes up the entire 3 hours of the lab session. That's when I started to get tired all the time. Every night I only sleep for 6 hours (average human being need 8hours, I need 10!)
On Thursday evening, I had geology lab test for 4 hours! I've never taken any exam which takes 4 hours to complete! There were around 40++ mineral and rock samples that we had to memorize.
The next day, which is Friday, went to an engineering company in Setapak with my geology group regarding our project.
The next day,which is today, I'm lying sick in bed with a fever and cough =(
Isn't life great?

Uncle's wedding

Planned to wake up at 8am, coz I have to study geology. However,I hit the snooze button many times and woke up at 11am instead.
Also planned on not going to uncle's wedding. Geology is the reason too. But my cousin Jaja managed to pursuade me to go and then I agreed.
Then went home, I said, this time, I'm serious, I wanna study geo. But I ended up talking and taking pics with my cousins. Then Jaja & Lina went to De Palma Hotel, where they're staying and that's WHEN I started studying.
OK, that's it for today. I wanna study geo. FOR REAL.

DE test 1

Dragged myself out of bed, and then off to DE lecture. Learning about boring equations first thing in the morning isn't my idea of fun.
And then, more equations in dynamics class. And even MORE problems during the DE replacement tutorial. Then I have,like,3 hours to study DE and then at 5.30pm....test 1!!!
Hmm..level of difficulty--moderate. But I've made one mistake, after checking wif Wani. That's just ONE question, I dunno about the other three. *Sigh*
After the test, had dinner wif my bf. Wanted to go to place where there's not many people we know, so decided to go to this restaurant in Bangi. Our first time. The food's quite good. I ordered fusilli mushroom (creamy sauce--errrkkk...fattening, but I don't really care now). Just our luck, the waiter there happened to be his classmate. So much for privacy.
Then went to Baskin Robins had my favourite ice cream, rainbow sherbet.
After that, I went home. Full house. Since it's my uncle's wedding today, there's aunts and cousins at home. More to come tomorrow. Huhu. I'm sleeping in my parents bedroom.

What a day

Today I:
i) didn't draw the minor contour lines for the survey test.
ii)realized that my group had made a huuuge mistake in the surveying practical last week.
iii)realized I forgot to print the Autocad diagram I draw for the lab report.
iv)made lotsa other stupid mistakes which I've lost count of.

Came home, stressed and instead of studying DE for the test this Friday, I decided to have a loong, girly chat with my housemates, complaining about life and things like that. Feels great, coz I wasn't in the mood to solve DE tonight, I just need to TALK to someone. They're good listeners, and listened to me babbling nonstop and shared their experiences about how bad life can get. After,like, 4 hours of talking and talking, we finally stopped and I felt relieved a bit, being able to let go. It's been a long time since I've had this kind of chat with a female friend.
I'm so tired now,I wanna go to bed. Toodles!

Got my first quiz back!

Home for the weekend as usual. Nice to see my room just the way it was when I left it. And Koko is still the same little monster she'd always been, biting people's hands and stuffs like that.
Got back my first disastrous dynamic quiz. Sat at the back of the class, so was among the last to receive my paper. Was mortified, wondered how many people had seen my quiz. How embarassing. Thought I would get zero, coz I got the formula wrong to begin with. Suprisingly I got 5/10...but the worst part is I got the answer correct at first, then canceled it off and wrote the wrong answer!

The beginning of a stressful life

I'm starting to get busy now. Have 5 tests coming up! Surveying and DE next week, and dynamics geology the following week, on the same day!!! Geology lab test comes after dynamics & geo.Then there's the geology project, dynamics project, with assignments. Wish I have superpower or something.Tried studying but I can't. Either the subject is too boring or tough.These days I need caffeine to function, a sure fire sign that I'm stressed and tired!!!

It's August already

Things that happened in the month of August:
-Malaysia's national day
-my dad's birthday(he's 48 this year)
-season of Test 1s

Bad day. Dynamics pop quiz first thing in the morning. Really messed it up. I hate pop quizzes. Was sulking like a lil kid, but then I met my bf and cheered up a little bit ;)
Went to Sg.Wang. Bought a 3/4 pants and thighs. Bought a packet of fruits too(the one that goes with a sweet n sour sauce). Then went home and discovered that I had spilled the sauce on the pants coz I put the packet in the same bag!What was I thinking??
I've found a temporary solution for a bad fringe...wear a hat!