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Oversharing with the Internet since 2007

Monday, December 31, 2007

Last post for this year

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

1.Limit weighing myself to once a week.
Current rate is twice a day.

2.Stop squeezing out spots!
Leaves blemishes on my face and I'll have to use concealer.Bummer.

3.Stop reading crap fashion magazines
They're all written by old people, at least 30 years old, cynically manipulating my tender emotions (by giving the idea that if you don't like this celeb or that celeb, you're not beautiful and then I turn to the next page, it says that we should all be happy with who we are coz we're all gorgeous. CRAP, I tell you). Plus, I don't need to know the latest trends (I can always window shop) or have people telling me what's cool and what's not , and I certainly don't give a damn who's expecting a baby or who's breaking off, who got drunk and end up in jail. MORE crap.

4.Study hard
I made this resolution every year and then did not stick to it. *Sigh*

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Estranged!

Wanted to capture the pelamin and the lights at the same time w/out getting up from my seat, but then...my stupid phone camera can't zoom! My mum said this is an ugly pic. Offended that she criticized my work, even though it IS ugly.
The Estranged dude is wearing black...
...and he has longish hair and keeps his head down most of the time.

Went to a cousin's wedding today. Well, I'll save the boring details about the wedding and just write about the important highlights...

ESTRANGED PERFORMED AT THE WEDDING!!!

At first, only my second cousin Aidil and the Estranged guitarist (who happens to be another cousin of mine) performed. It's a self-composed song, "Best I Ever Had" (not the Vertical Horizon song ok!), dedicated to the bride and groom. It's a beautiful song.

Then Estranged came up onstage and I was so shocked I didn't even had the strength to move up front and take pics of them!!! Argghhh!! I just sat there in my sit miserably watching them performed.

Those crappy pics are the only thing I've got, thanks to the lousy Cybershot camera. From now on, I'll make sure I bring my Nikon everywhere with me, especially at weddings!!! Coz you'll never know who'll show up and what's gonna happen!

Friday, December 28, 2007

Day out wif friends!

Lunch at Pizza Hut, Tesco Ampang. Then off to Jusco, window shopping for clothes. Nothing interesting so came home with a pink document holder(duh!) and a bag of mandarin oranges.

Btw, watched this documentary on how they build KLCC. Apparently the engineers have towork at 3am!! No way I'm gonna become a civil engineer! I need my beauty sleep!

Thursday, December 27, 2007

I wonder...

Do I have the words "Seniors' Lab Report" tattooed on my forehead??

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Tattoo

I'm so in love with Jordin Sparks' song, Tattoo!

Monday, December 24, 2007


This morning, I weighed myself and I'm 48.4kg :)
I lost 1kg,thanks to a diet of sushi and light dinner.
Got zits on my face, hate it, hate it, hate it.

The thought of going to class tomorrow makes me feel sad and depressed. Even though I'll be in Uniten for 2 days these week. I wonder, if I can't hang on for two days there, how am I going to survive a whole week?? Or another 2 years??

PS I Love You

My bf agreed to watch the PS I Love You movie with me. Well, the main reason he's up for it is because one of James Blunt's songs is on the soundtrack, not because of the movie itself. But who cares right? It's hard to get your bf to watch a romantic flick with you. I still can't believe he's willing :)
Btw, got the cleansing milk back from my mum :D. Gave her the lip gloss instead. Heehee.

Obsession: Bags





I shouldn't have browsed through the Dorothy Perkins website. Now I want them all.

I love Clinique!

Clinique lollypops taken with macro shot.


Went to KLCC. I'm obssessed with my skin and makeup now.

Shopping spree at Clinique. Bought an eye concealer, lippie (shade: peach blossom) and Turnaround 15'' Facial (finally!), plus free handbag, free lip gloss,free sunblock and free cleansing milk.

The Clinique lady also gave me a "prescription" on how my skin care regime is supposed to be. Guess what?? IT HAS 7 STEPS!!

1.Remove makeup
2.Cleanse
3.15'' facial
4.Toner
5.Serum
6.Moisturize
7.Sunblock first thing in the morning.

There...the steps on How to Have Great Skin. I think if you do this every night, you're skin will look as smooth as a mannequin's. No way I'll cope with this with my busy schedule. But I might change my mind though. Who knows, if suddenly I feel like I want a new skin w/out plastic surgery, I might go through all the trouble and start the 3-step skincare system.

After blewing my 1 month allowance at Clinique, planned to check out if there's a sale at Nine West, but then felt guilty about spending too much. After all, I already got a Clinique bag. Everywhere is on sale. Christmas. I wanted to buy the entire mall! And Goddd, I hate people who walks at snail pace at the crowded ground floor!

I made the mistake by offering my mum the Clinique cleansing milk. She took it. And then just when I was about to give it to her, I noticed the instruction : Apply to face, then cleanse with water or tissue off. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A TISSUE-OFF CLEANSER!! Sometimes I'm so busy and tired that removing makeup at night is an ordeal. But what to do? I can't be buruk siku, taking back the things that I've given away. But I'll make a mental note to myself, if ever I'm looking for a makeup remover, BUY CLINIQUE'S CLEANSING MILK!!!

Check out those orange-flavoured Clinique Happy lollypops. Adoreable. I feel like keeping them forever as decoration and not eating them.

Hmm...between Clinique and Benefit, I prefer Clinique. Benefit's products are awesome, with cute packaging, but even though Clinique's packaging are a bit dull, but at least you can get lots of free stuffs and samples from them. One rule of satisfying shopping spree at Clinique: don't just buy one item, try to get the free gifts.

Learnt a couple of useful beauty tips today.

1)The lady at Himalaya said that dandruff shampoo is to be used as a treatment, when needed. Don't use it all the time coz your scalp with get used to it, and when you stop, the dandruff will come back. Which is why when I bought the protein shampoo, she gave me a small bottle of dandruff shampoo to be used when needed. I also got a free but hideous toiletries bag. But who cares? We all love free stuffs.

2)Pink-based concealer doesn't conceal your dark circles that well, instead, makes your eyes look puffier. TRUE. Own experience.

3)Wearing powder with SPF isn't enough, you still need to wear a sunblock!

Got 3 RM10 shopping vouchers at I Setan. Gave it to my dad, he deserves it more and he rarely shopped (I'm being very generous today. Clinique Cleansing Milk to mum, and shopping vouchers to dad). I thought my dad would decline my offer, but instead he took it gratefully and headed straight to the ISetan men's section. And surprisingly, he bought whatever I think is nice! So weird, he never agreed on MY choice,he's always picky. But today, he went for everything that I picked. I picked modern, trendy, up-to-date collared t-shirts, instead of boring, old polo shirts. Or maybe my taste in men's fashion has improved ever since I got a boyfriend?

Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Alvin & the Chipmunks DVD I bought in JB? Well, it's in Cantonese :(

Saturday, December 22, 2007

-the gloomy Senai Airport-

-the Kinder Bueno cat...cute!-
Went back to JB.
On the way to KLIA, tried the new KLP highway. No difference, still took us plus minus 40minutes to get there, just that there's no jam.
At the airport, went to the chocolate shop and spotted this cute cat soft toy that comes with a packet of Kinder Bueno Schoko-Bons, so I bought it. I love collecting soft toys.Hee hee.
After a 30 minutes flight, arrived in wet and windy JB. Even though I've just shampooed my hair the other day, it's oily and flat. I dunno what is it with the air in JB, but everytime I go there, my hair is oilier than fried chicken.
One more thing I don't like about going back to JB is the food there. Ohmygod, there's briyani, laksa, soto, nasi tomato, lontong, ketupat, sambal kacang...The weather doesn't helps either, it's rainy and I feel hungry all the time. But when I was binging on the briyani, I found a dead fly. Gross. That instantly killed my appetite.
On Friday, went to City Square. The cab driver complained about how there are many cabs in JB but not many people wanna ride them. He said the govenment should do something about this, like do a research on taxi demand or something. I agree, coz in KL lots of people depend on taxis but they're always unavailable. Taxi drivers here can be so picky, especially during peak hours.
Anyway, bought some DVDs, 2 necklaces (which I don't know WHEN I'll be wearing them, I only wear 1/4 of my wardrobe), hairclips, ZA eyeshadow, and the Cecelia Ahern novel(finally!). Hmm about the novel, it's the same as Marian Keyes' Anybody Out There, about a woman coping with the death of her husband. But frankly I think Anybody Out There is miles better than P.S.I Love You. In Anybody Out There, I can't get through a chapter without bawling my eyes out. Haha.
City Square was crowded that day, I could barely walk.
Was bored to death in JB. My dad sleeps 24-7, and my mom was always busy chatting with my grandmother or her maid. Either that or she's yakking on her mobile phone. She has her mobile phone permanently glued to her ear. At home, I'm starting to get irritated whenever the phone rings.
On Friday evening, went to my late maternal grandmother's house. My diabetic uncle has swollen toe. Diabetic sucks. You can't afford to get wounded, or get blisters on your feet, coz it's hard to heal. Or maybe it won't heal at all. I dunno. You can't eat rice, can't eat almost everything. Prevention is better than cure! It's better that we control our diet at early age than suffer when we're old.
Anyway, my uncle isn't on a strict diet. He still eats tarts and all. He even force fed me some sort of cake with red beans filling (I hate red beans). Didn't eat it, asked my mum what it was. She said "Kuih Jepun from Muar." Whatever that is.
I'm as fat as a baby whale right now. Got a date tomorrow. Tried on my lovely Dorothy Perkins LBD, I can't button it on at the stomach! And one button even popped out! God, I'm so depressed. I HAVE to lose weight. Thankfully my favourite brown dress still fits me, but as I'm putting it on, I heard a rip at the seams. =( I WANNA BE THIN!!
Seriously I think my family should go back to JB less. The more we go there, the more boring it gets. If we only go back once in a while, then I'd be looking forward to it.
Ooh one more highlight! On the flight back to KL...
the stewardess gave me a bag of postcards and junk food, which are meant for kids!!
I wonder, do I look like a 7-year-old??
But I just stared at those goodies blankly and said "Thank you." If she gives me a colouring book and crayons, I'd be speechless.
By the way, I think the pic of the aiport looks like a scene from a horror movie.Hahaa. And I've just realized that my "excellent" Cybershot phone can't zoom! The Walkman phone is miles better.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

7 things

7 Known Things About You
1. I'm short
2. I took second sem subjects when I'm in my fourth sem
3. I remember a lot of useless things
4. I like sushi
5. My favourite pastime is shopping
6. I worry a lot
7. I love makeup

7 Lesser Known Things About You
1. I live alone, coz when I'm in, my housemates are out and vice versa.
2. When I'm bored I like to squeeze out my blackheads. Gross, I know.
3. I'm a hypochondriac.
4. I have no respect for people who got Deans List but ask others to sign attendance for them.
5. I hate my computer...it's so slow.
6. I am not photogenic.I have to take pictures 100x just to get one right picture.
7. I daydream a lot.

7 Wishes
1. That one day my boyfriend will tell me that LOTR sucks, and he really mean it.
2. That Sushi King will open a branch near my house.
3. To be taller.
4. To be smarter.
5. To be prettier.
6. To graduate a.s.a.p!
7. To get married and have a bunch of beautiful kids.

7 Things You Like About Yourself
1. People have no clue what race I am when they first met me.
2. I'm v determined.
3. I'm friendly.(Just a bit shy sometimes :p)
4. I'm ambitious (is it a good thing??)
5. I'm a loyal friend...n gf :p
6. I can be funny sometimes...if u get my joke...haha
7. I get to travel a lot.

7 Things You Dont Like About Yourself
1. My body.
2. My lower set of teeth.
3. My mood swings.
4. The fact that I did not switch to civil eng during my foundation!
5. I can't speak French/Spanish/German/Japanese/Korean fluently
6. I have no musical talents whatsoever
7. I'm a bad driver.

7 Things On Your Mind Right Now.
1. When is the next Nine West sale?
2. Trip to Johor tomorrow...sooo not looking forward
3. My sick bf
4. Can the lecturers finish all the syllabus this sem, since there's a lot of holidays?
5. Date this Sunday
6. Sudoku...I wanna play sudoku. Downloaded the game into my phone and now I'm hooked.
7. The pen drive containing South Park season 2 that I forgot to bring home

7 Things You Hope To Accomplish Soon
1. Pass MOM (with good grade) so that I can take Structure I next sem.
2. Pass Fluid (with good grade) so that I can take Hydrology next sem.
3. Pass Project Management, so I can take up EIS during the special sem n waste no time.
4. Pass Islamic I so I can take Islamic II.
5. Lose weight a bit.
6. Read P.S.I Love You coz practically everyone in the world has read it and I don't wanna be left out.
7. I just wanna get through this sem and the following sem smoothly, without any problem.

Today, at 2pm, I will be going back to JB...my second least favourite place in the world, after Uniten. How am I going to survive there for three days?? I can't update my blog there coz I'm still blur about mobile blogging, seems like I got the settings wrong or something, coz I can't blog from my phone! My bf is hard to contact too :(

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

My first fluid lab

Today is my first fluid mechanics lab. Made some new friends. Most of them thought I failed the class, so I had to repeat it. I've lost count of how many times I've said , "No no no, I haven't taken this subject. Which is why I'm taking it this sem." Duh! I'm totally cool with it I guess. I have to admit, at first glance, I do look like a bimbo. So I don't blame them for thinking that I'm repeating the subject.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Monday blues...

Depressed, lonely coz I'm alone at home. But I'm enjoying Islamic class though.
Hee this is sooo much fun, more holidays coming up in the coming weeks! This week, I'm having another break again starting from Thursday til next Tuesday! And the following week, from Friday til Tuesday! Awesome.
I just can't wait to graduate. Another 2 years! Grrr...
Anyway, was reading this magazine the other day and came across this article that gives the best ever advice I've ever heard for long-lasting relationship.
Don't heat up old sins for supper, exercise selective amnesia.
But well, it's kind of hard to me to fake amnesia sometimes, especially when I'm hormonally unstable, I just HAVE to bring up old sins. =(

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Me..then and now

Ten Years Ago I was:
The year was 1997, age 10. Standard four at SK Tmn Maluri. School prefect. My best friend was Yasmin. I was an extrovert. Whenever teachers asked question, my hand was always the first to shoot up and answer. It was always me, no one else. The teacher was like "Asyik dia ni je,takde orang lain ke nak jawab??" But still no one volunteered to answer, so I continued to raise hand every single day. At the beginning of the year, I was sort of cute.Clear,fair skin with soft silky-straight hair. And then by the end of the year, I became darker and my hair was getting coarser and all my cuteness just dissappeared.
5 years ago I was :
I was 15 years old, year 2002. Best friend was Lynn. I became DARKER, chubbier and I got zits on my face. I was into rock music and rock bands and the rock chick look. My idol was Avril Lavigne. I wore combats, wallet chains and I love anything to do with the skater-punk look. I listened to her album over and over again and thought that her songwriting is the best thing ever, and why couldn't I come up with such brilliant songs like that? My best friend was against these whole Avril-wannabe thingy. "Insaflah,Li," she said. I didn't listen to her. That year I was sitting for PMR and was so stressed that I got lots of pimples on my skin. They were not pimples, more like white-coloured pustules. Gross! Thanks to the skin specialist at Ampang Puteri, my skin were cured and now became fairer and clearer. Everyone was amazed. That year also, I wanted so badly to become a gymnast. Whenever there's gymnastics during gym class, I was excited. But gymnasts start at young age, and I was already 15 so my body is as stiff as a piece of wood.
1 year ago I was:
Age 19, at university.I've lost some of the baby fat, my skin condition got better too. Hair doesn't improve much, as I got highlights and perm and then my hair was ruined. Taste in clothes improved too. Dorky glasses replaced with contacts.Started my first semester in civil engineering. Took CE materials, drafting & autocad, malay language and environmental engineering. I had one close friend that time and we switched from electrical to civil engineering together. We only had 1 lab together (sieve analysis for aggregates, I remember) and then she left. We didn't even make concrete mix together. So much for friends forever. It was shitty time for me, having to get through a new course alone, with new people. But I'm glad I had my bf with me that time.
Yesterday I was:
20 years old, second year. I got a layered haircut with a bad fringe. Worrying about whether or not people wanna be in the same lab group with me. Been together with my bf for about 1 1/2 year now. I live with a neurotic cat named Koko, she is such a monster. I'm a bit bloated, and is obsessed with drinking 8 glasses of water per day.

Why oh why

Why is it that everyone look great wearing red lipstick while I look so skanky??

30 Random Facts About Me

1.My self-esteem could have rivaled the Dead Sea as the lowest point on Earth.
I have low confidence on my looks!
2.I loathe sci-fi,fantasy, not-in-the-real world movies
E.g Harry Potter, Narnia, Star Wards, Lord of the Rings or any movies in which the characters have magical powers or deformed faces.
3.I can't never walk out of Dorothy Perkins without having to buy something
I can always find something I want in there. A top, handbag or purse...
4.One of my "talents" is speed reading.
Sometimes I try to read a book real slow, coz if I finish it one day, I feel like I've wasted my money in just a blink of an eye.
5.My #1 weakness--bags!
If I spot a cute bag(which happens most of the time), I had to have it!
6.Sensors at the aiport baggage scan scares the hell out of me
I just hate it when it bleeps. Two words: body search.
7.I'm not celeb-crazy
Sure, I read Top of the Pops, TV Hits and Smash Hits(whatever happen to this mag??Still exist?) as a teen, but now at 20, I just couldn't care less. But I still adore Lindsay Lohan though.
8.I hate amphibians and reptiles
They're so slimy and fugly.
9.I'm allergic to cats
But I love them!
10.I hate it when people talk while they're eating
I can't stand the sound they make. Chomp, chomp, chomp...
11.I'd like to be taller
I feel bad when people coo over my "cute" size.
12. I'm born with high heels
I never wear flats. Refer to #11.
13.I watch almost every season of ANTM but didn't follow long enough to see who wins the show
I NEVER know who are the winners of ANTM.
14. I don't like it when I own the same thing as other people do
Be it a dress, a handphone or a bag...I like to be different.
15.My favourite colour is green
People think it's pink coz I always end up with pink stuffs and wear pink clothes.
16.As a kid, I was a tomboy
But I grew up to be girlish.
17. I eat my burger without ketchup/chilli sauce
I like it plain.
18.I love photography
But I can't take a nice,decent picture to save my soul.
19.I'm a good listener
Try me =)
20.I talk real fast
Especially when I'm excited.
21.I walk really fast too
Burn more calories! Haha...no.Actually that's just the way I am.
22. I have a pretty good stamina but weak strength
Once I walked about 10km from Jelatek putra station to my house and I wasn't THAT tired but I can't carry a laptop case long enough without feeling like breaking my shoulder.
23.I love compliments
Who doesn't?
24. I have a bad general knowledge
Seriously
25.I never understand dynamics
And I never understand why I got B+ for the subject either.
26.I've never had a hairstyle that I really like.
Or if I really do love it, it won't last. Like the time when I perm my hair, I think it last for a less than a week. And I spent ages at the hairdresser!
27.I used to think that Emily the Strange is cute
But when I see lots of people having her stuff, naaah...
28.I don't like durians.
The taste...the smell...urghh!!!
29.I love London so much
I go there practically every year.
30.I started to get homesick not during my first year in university, but after I had spent two years there=(

Siamese cat up for sale!

Female. Age 10 months. Brown-white fur, blue eyes. Brown tail, paws and face. Trianglular face. Skinny and long body. Extremely mischievous. She will scratch and ruin all your furnitures and will break all the glasses and porcelain at your house,especially the nice, expensive, hard-to-find ones with sentimental values. Not a big eater, favourite food is Science Plan. Be extra careful when she's around as she will pounce on you out of nowhere, scratch you, bite you, pull your hair and hit you at any chance she can get. One of her hobbies are climbing up high places and then expect you to rescue her and help her come back down. In summary, she's a waste of money and time,and a nuisance. Price starts from RM800, can be negotiated. Any takers?

Happy Birthday Yasser!

Today is my bf's bday and we celebrated at Sunway Pyramid. Had a great time.

I love you Yasser!

By the way, now I can blog from my phone. Apparently, Blogger Mobile is built into some Sony Ericsson cameraphones (and luckily my phone happens to have Blogger Mobile too) so I can merge my mobile blog with this blog. Cool!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Why do other ppl have great hair except me?

It's impossible to diet when I'm home coz my mum always keep a stock of potato chips, cakes, munchkins and other junk food around the house.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

i'm fat

ok i think i'll stop writing this countdown thingy...it's kinda stupid. i mean, if i'm so looking forward to the mid term break, i'll still have to go through tests and quizzes and all da hardship.
frankly i think the features of cybershot cameras are so overrated. it's not that great anyway. makes u look yellow and even the slightest shake of the hand can cause in an extremely blurred image.one more thing, i really need to lose some weight. took some pics with my nikon just now and i looked like a baloon. why do cameras hate me these days??

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Countdown to mid term break: 63 days

great things that happened to me today:
1. The m.o.m lecturer changed the Friday class to Thursday.
2.I managed to join section 1 for project management.
3.Which means I have no class on Friday.
4.Which means I have long weekend.
5.I got an e-mail from the Islamic lecturer, saying that there'll be no night classes at the mosque until further notice.
6.No CE subjects offered for Islamic extra classes.
7.I got a new housemate and she seems nice.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Countdown to mid term break: 65 Days

From now on, if I'm going to post a new blog, I will put the countdown to midterm break as the title. At least I have something to look forward to this semester.

First day of class

Today marks the beginning of my second semester, year 2.
Tried updating this blog last night but Internet connection was very poor. Arrived in Uniten last night and I've met one of my housemates and she seems quite nice.
Anyway I'm glad I didn't sell of my old phone coz it has such a good camera and walkman. This new phone, the camera is kinda crappy. I've always hated Cybershot cameras, since my schooldays. We took a class photo using Cybershot camera and I thought I look OK but when I saw the pic, I look dreadful.
Anyway, about my first day...it's awful. First thing in the morning, I heard the sound of a lizard. Uh-oh, not good. Afraid that it'll be lurking somewhere in my room.
Then went to my first class, which is a lab. No lab.
Fine. Added project management and Islamic I and then went to my second class. Full of first year students and I was Betty-No-Mates, sitting at the back alone, feeling pathetic.
I can't wait till weekend.
I WANNA GO HOME!

Sunday, December 2, 2007

I didn't even celebrate with my bf our results =(

New phone fever!! All I did today was sms people. Hmm...this new phone, even though its camera is quite terrible, but the radio is great! Better than my old phone's. So aside from texting people, what I did today was lay on my bed miserably, listening to depressing songs on the radio.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

New phone n first visit to Pavillion

Today is a bright sunny day--my favourite day. Just like the weather in California (I've never been there but I'm sure this is how it's like over there, bright and sunny and happy). But I'm not so happy after all coz there's clouds of gloom hanging over my head...I'll be going back to Uniten in 2 days!! =( Wish I could freeze time like what Eric Cartman did in Southpark when he wanted the Nintendo Wii so badly but couldn't wait 2 weeks for it. Well, I just can't stand waiting and studying for another 2 1/2 years to get my degree.
3 weeks is not enough for a holiday. I borrowed some textbooks for next sem,hoping that I could read them during this holiday and prepare ahead, but guess what? I didn't even TOUCH them.
Anyway, gloominess aside, I'm quite happy today coz I got my new phone!! It's a Sony Ericsson cybershot phone. Not the latest one, but the older version, the camera is 2mp only and it makes me look horrible. I prefer my old phone's camera.
And today, I finally went to Pavillion! Like the Gardens, it's full of branded stores. LOTS of brands, you just name it, it's there. But unlike the Gardens, there's a crowd there. Probably coz Pavillion has 'normal' stores like Watsons and newstands n KFC n Nandos. At the Gardens, the restaurants are classy Thai and Japanese restaurants you've never heard of. One more thing, Pavillion has a huge foodcourt, the Food Republic. Lots of variety of food, but mostly Asian--Korean,Japanese,Vietnamese etc. I've lost count of sushi restaurants there. And I think there's more than one Korean restaurants too. Ate at this restaurant called Pastamania! where I ordered arrabiata, spicy blend of chillies and tomatoes. But at Pastamania! it's superspicy! They used cili padi and there were chilli seeds in the gravy. Duh!