rawr.

sarandamusic is a thing again

2011-08-20T02:15:00.004+08:00

SILT #13

If you type "sarandam" into the YouTube search bar, it autocorrects to "sarandamusic". WHATTTT?! Aww yeah.

Sara and I recorded for the first time in a while.

Lotsa fun times. Everytime we get together to record, we end up laughing really hard at boogers or something. It's a good time.

We're looking to record a couple more times before I leave.

Which will be fun. :)

It's been a long week.

I'm looking forward to a good lie down tonight.

Hope you're well.

it's the most wonderful time of the year

2011-08-01T23:41:00.003+08:00

SILT #12

I still know how to swim.

us talking about a patient she saw.

rach

"Don't be hating on Santa Claus, his work is finally catching up to him."

"Actually, he is kinda like Santa Claus. He's very well read."

"You think Santa Claus is well read?!"

"Uh...yeah."

She knows Santa better than I do. Lookathat.

Hope you're all well.

this is how most of our conversations go

2011-08-01T00:56:00.003+08:00

SILT #11

I memorised the password to our temporary internet source which is a seemingly random string of numbers and letters.

I am turning into my father.

me.

cheryl.

"I still believe you."

"Thanks. Your faith in me is inspiring."

"Moving mountains."

"More revolutionary than the wheel."

"Healing diseases."

"It's like discovering fire all over again."

"Or electricity. Cause I'm modern."

"Electricity wasn't really "discovered" though.

We should go swimming regularly."

"YOU KNOW WHAT.

Yes. Absolutely."

"Splendid."

"Delightful."

"A real treat."

"A blessing in disguise."

"Wonderful."

"Magnificent."

"Marvellous."

"Brilliant."

"Fantastic."

"Excellent!"

"Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious."

"Terrific."

"Cool beans."

"Bien."

"COOL LEGUMES."

"THAT'S THE SAME THING."

"I know, but Candace from Phineas and Ferb said that once and I almost spit out the food in my mouth."

"Nope. Regardless of the source, it remains unacceptable."

"Does that mean you win?"

"Yes. Indubitably."

"Dangit."

Hope you're well.

God is pretty darn cool

2011-07-19T17:24:00.001+08:00

SILT#10
I really like potatoes.

--

Alright.
So today has been pretty uneventful event-wise, but I cool things have happened to me.

I'm ungrateful.
I'm really ungrateful when I want to be. Mostly, the ungratefulness stems from my inability to see past a moment in time. I selfishly think about myself and how I feel, blinding me to the bigger picture.

Sometimes, I'm super grudging when it comes to walking Jazz. Don't get me wrong, I love that dog to bits, but it's really uncomfortable in the humidity. Ants and other bugs like biting, and sometimes I get scratched up by branches that have fallen from the trees.

Some of you may know that I've been struggling with some lower body joint pain which makes getting in and out of chairs kind of annoying. I've been using my arms mostly to manoeuvre myself.

Today, it was blazing hot. From the minute I woke up, I started sweating and have been complaining all day about how gross I feel and my headache.

Tuesday is Adam has music class day.
I was dreading going to help mum with him because of the weather. It's been smouldering outside.

But I went anyway.

As I got into the car, I was informed we needed to stop by the park to get a stick for part of Adam's Zulu tribe costume for International Day at his school tomorrow.

*groan*

I took them to the place where I knew branches fell and got out of the car, picked up a huge stick, broke it down to size and then ripped all the small branches still attached.
Then I got back into the car.
The whole process took two minutes.

Which is when I realised some things.
1. If I didn't walk Jazz a lot, I wouldn't have known where to find big branches
2. If I hadn't been lifting my body out of chairs with my arms, I would have struggled a lot more
3. If it wasn't that hot, the wood wouldn't have been brittle and come apart as easily
4. And if I wasn't there with them, my mother would have had to struggle with that.

I'm putting this up so I don't forget.
We're so limited by our human perspective. Certain things happen for a reason. God doesn't shoot His will at you willy nilly.

This is fantastic.
Not that that stick was a life changing thing that happened. But it did open my eyes to the fact that I shouldn't be so quick to run my mouth.

There is more.
There is always more.

Hope you're well.

:)

can't stand the rain by the rescues

2011-07-17T00:32:00.002+08:00

SILT #9

How to cook bacon in the microwave.

(Contact me personally if you want details.)

So today, I spent three hours napping on various surfaces in my house.

Which is nice, because that's something you can't do in college. The last time I was falling asleep on surfaces was in my Centrality of Media class.

Haha.

It wasn't a bad class. It was just too early.

Nose is on a plane home tonight.

(Too soon. :s)

And now I don't know what to do with myself. Not because she's gone or anything. Just because it's late and I need to be up tomorrow really early, but I don't want to sleep.

I just wanna stay up all night.

But I've promised people that I'm going to take care tonight.

So tonight I will take care and go to bed in a bit. :)

So yes.

That is all.

Hope you're all well.

Goodnight.

starbucks - again

2011-07-12T17:26:00.002+08:00

Okay, so the internet is out in my house still.

-.-

But, I do recognise that there are worse things in this world, and that I shouldn't be lamenting the loss of internet because I have so much more to be grateful for.

It's silly how we can whine and complain about something so trivial, isn't it?

"Oh no, my life is so hard. I have to go to starbucks to get internet."

Seriously, the train of thought was this last week. That's what ran through my mind. Now it's been missing for a couple days (it hasn't even been really missing, just in the day when dad's not home for us to use his phone as a modem), I've started to understand better why small things shouldn't bother me.

It's fitting that this is what we're talking about as part of our family project.

"i was only supposed to eat soup, i swear!"

2011-07-08T12:21:00.002+08:00

SILT#8

A grande Caramel Macchiato at Starbucks costs RM13 without tax.

So the internet is busted in my house.

In Starbucks again (a different one). I also added stuff to my sketchbook today while mum was using my computer to do important mail things. The internet being out in the house means that I won't have that many things to waste time on tonight, but it also means that I can work more on music and picture making.

It's a nice day outside.

Woke up early-ish for the first time in a while.

Earlier, when I was leaving Starbucks the first time (yes, I am back now), I cleared the table we were using. I chucked the drinks in the trash and handed the tray to them over the counter. The barista seemed quite relieved it was one less table to clean.

People here are a little inconsiderate.

BAH.

But I digress.

AFIFAH IS HOME I AM SITTING ACROSS FROM HER NOW WHEEEEE. :D

Hope you are having a wonderful day.

gnomeo and juliet

2011-07-07T23:55:00.003+08:00

SILT#7

HELP is reusing the Lit books my intake used for this intake.

Watched Gnomeo and Juliet today with Rach.

Cute movie. Again, animation was fantastic. I want, for once, to be involved with a project like that. It would be so cool to see something you make come to life like that.

So. Cool.

It's been an interesting day.

It's rained harder than it has ever rained since I've been home.

It was fantastic.

Hope you're well.

doodle discrepancy

2011-07-06T11:56:00.002+08:00

SILT#6

The guitar riff for the song Lord, I Need You.

A conversation about beer in Spanish. Mostly.

me: CERVEZA (BEER)

me: nom nom nom (nom nom nom)

cheryl: ew (ew)

cheryl: no me gusta cerveza (i don't like beer)

cheryl: es mal (it's bad)

me: es delicioso (it's delicious)

*beat*

me: i only know that word because Dora's backpack taught it to me

haha.

Good old Dora the explorer and her animate belongings.

Also, the other day I was looking at the doodle wall at one of Adam's drawings of football players.

They don't really look like people though they have distinguishable arms and legs and helmets. Looking at his drawings and then at mind of cartoons that look like the actual things they represent would lead one to say that my drawings are better than his.

But think about it. The only reason one would say that is because we are told that things are supposed to look a certain way and that a good drawing is one that captures that.

We are conditioned to think that way.

Adam's art on the wall is no less representative than mine.

But is more imaginative.

I'm glad he was brought into my life at the time that he was.

I learn from him everyday.

Hope you're well.

no hobo

2011-07-05T23:17:00.001+08:00

SILT#5
If I don't consistently drink water throughout the day, I get massive headaches.
(It wasn't this bad before I left.)

--

I was in the IKANO area today with my mahm. Adam had three music classes at Bentley today spread out over a three hour time period. She wanted company, I had nothing to do; it seemed a no brainer.

Sitting in Starbucks was good for my creative juices (I'm maybe half a hipster) and also was lovely and cooling. It was nice being out of the house.
This lady gave me a weird look for singing Heartless to myself.

It's okay lady, I don't like Kanye much either.

Taking the fact that I was out for a long(ish) period of time today, you'd think I'd be presentable and not dressed like a hobo.

But I was.

It's just one of those days on which comfort comes before everything else.

So I'm wearing my tye dyed t-shirt, old P.E. shorts and multicolored flip flops.
And I couldn't be happier.

Hope you're well.

:)

doubt?!

2011-07-04T11:43:00.000+08:00

SILT#4

Slush drinks have a higher mass than the soda/ice combination in the same sized cups.

I got my new denture today!

After losing the initial one to a greedy bathtub, I'm thinking that my extra dental parts don't like being in the bathroom much.

First, I lost my retainer to the toilet.

Then my denture to a tub.

I cringe to think what will happen to me when I am much older and need more dental work. MAYBE I WILL JUST HAVE NO TEETH FOREVER.

In other news, Doubt was a weird movie.

When it came out, there was lotsa hype about the story it told and the acting. I agree with only one and a half of those sentiments.

The acting was phenomenal.

But the story was all over the place and did not conclude anything.

(Which is what it's supposed to do, I'm sure. It was just incredibly frustrating because I wanted more context to what was going on.)

If you don't know, the premise of the show is that there is a priest who is suspected to be doing something he really shouldn't do while the head nun tries to force him to confess to it.

It just felt kind of roundabout and I didn't know what I was supposed to get from it.

Which is not what I expected.

*shrug*

Hope you're all well.

home

2011-07-03T22:55:00.003+08:00

SILT#3

"Na otto kae?" means "What should I do?" in Korean. Cool beans.

(thanks Callie)

I've had an exhausting Sunday; but it's nothing my post pasar malam, pre dinner nap didn't fix. :)

Being home has really made me appreciate everything I have.

It's awesome.

Hope you're well.

poop makes everything better

2011-07-01T03:26:00.003+08:00

SILT#2

Avril Lavigne is 26 years old.

rach: I felt so tired. The convo was boring.

me: haha.

me: It's because you didn't talk about poop.

me: poop makes everything better.

Hope you're well.

something i learned today (SILT)

2011-06-29T23:31:00.002+08:00

SILT#1:

Fruit Ninja is pretty awesome.

Today I went out with Rach to go watch Kung Fu Panda 2 (again, for me).

Again, I was stunned by the graphics and voice acting. It's cool that people can emote so much with just their voices. Pretty darn incredible.

Most people agree that the movie is 'okay'.

I liked it more than that.

It was pretty fantastic.

It's making me think about looking into working with animation/cartoons.

MAYBE.

Don't get too excited yet.

It's just a thought.

Hope all is well.

home after away

2011-06-27T00:57:00.003+08:00

Adam had a guitar recital today and was still all dressed up when we walked into IKANO for dinner. I had this conversation with him:

adam: I'm so ina-inap-inapplopliately dressed...

me: No man, you look good.

adam: But it's like, too foh-mal.

me: Dude. Look at it this way. Because you're dressed so nicely, all these other people are now underdressed.

adam: *stares at me* *smiles* Oh okay.

ee!

Being home for summer has taught me lots of things about myself that I did not know previously. For example, I now know the origin or the time when I stopped wanting to wear dresses. It was in the Philippines when I was going to Brent. I had a teacher named Ms. Veracruz who never wore dresses.

And it was from then on that I didn't want to wear dresses anymore.

No two ways about it.

I also learned that I make funny faces when I play the guitar.

Huh.

Hope you're all well.

this is joey.

2011-06-25T14:51:00.004+08:00

joey: WE WE WE SO EXCITEDDDD
me: fun fun fun fun
me: that's my favourite part of the song
joey: HAHAHAH
joey: LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEKENNNNNNNNNND
me: partyin partyin
joey: YEAH
joey: HAHAHA
me: brb. i gotta get my bowl
me: gotta have cereal
joey: im late
joey: ticking on and on everybody's rushing gotta get down to the bus stop.
joey: HAHAHA
joey: WE SO LAME

me: no joey
me: we so excited
joey: my life is changed forever

Today is a good Saturday.

(And Sunday comes afterwards)

we have the same brain :O

2011-06-25T02:26:00.002+08:00

shaun: I should check out a glee club or something

me: right

me: yes

me: or a chorale

me: as gay as that sounds

shaun: But the closest thing here I think is the Gay Mens chorus

Haha.

I miss him.

Hope you're all well.

i won't even start

2011-06-24T00:02:00.003+08:00

I've been drawing again and my hands are happy.

But it's getting a little late and my lines aren't as steady as they should be, so I'm taking a break. Being on summer break and having the luxury to stay up and wander the halls of YouTube or discover new facets on Tumblr reminds me of when I was back in elc and would stay up to do the same.

The only difference was that I had to get up for school the next day.

Like any other teenager, I would grumble about how little sleep I got the night before when I saw my friends. I'd shake my head and say that the assignments we were given were too long. I'd say that I was too busy to deal with stuff.

We don't like to take responsibility for the irresponsible things we do.

Yeah, my homework kept me up.

But that's because I spent four hours playing on the internet before I started doing it.

I've gotten much better at keeping my inner child under control.

That's because I let her out to play whenever I can.

It's not unhealthy.

It keeps me happy. :D

In other news, my best friend is on a plane home right now.

Yei.

Hope you're well.

hiccups

2011-01-30T13:07:00.002+08:00

OKAY

2011-01-20T15:57:00.005+08:00

I'm sitting in the suite waiting for the bathroom heater to get a little toastier before I shower to get ready for bed. And I thought I'd drop a note here about the DISGUSTING FILTHY SWINE-MONKEYS that inhabit the gizmo at night.

This is what they look like:

Note the stumpy little jelly feet they use that render them incapable of walking to the bins to throw their garbage away, and their short piggy arms that make it impossible for them not to make a mess.

AND THEIR PIGGY FACES THAT WON'T STOP WANTING TO BE FED.

They make gross messes.

I wish they would stop coming in.

That is all.

Goodnight.

Hope all is well.

hi

2011-01-19T03:49:00.003+08:00

Okay.

So I was thinking.

Maybe we should give this another shot.

working at the gizmo is too much fun

2010-11-11T15:54:00.003+08:00

Morgan is my friend who lives in the basement.

She is tall and thin, has an afro and long, spindly arms.

me: *struggling to reach over the sub bar to wipe it clean*

morgan: *walks by with a bucket*

me: MORGAN. HELP MEEEE.

morgan: *looks over at me*

me: Come save me, spider woman! (this is a reference to her spider-like, spindly arms)

*beat*

morgan: You know, just for saying that, I'm not going to help you and let you struggle with your stubby little arms.

2010-10-13T13:32:00.000+08:00

and before i left

2010-10-06T10:08:00.001+08:00

Someone said to me:

"Have a safe journey, stay close to God and continue to touch peoples' lives. Because you know what? I think you have that gift. You've been such a blessing."

Hope you're all doing well.

gizmo makes us crazy

2010-10-01T14:54:00.002+08:00

A kindle is a electronic book reader thing that amazon makes.

See more here.

me: *leans over kindle* What are you reading?

emily: *looks at me blankly*

me: What are you reading?

emily: Sense and Sensibility.

me: *makes a disgusted face*

emily: You know I do it to make you vomit, right?

me: I wouldn't put it past you.

Hope all is well.

we refurnished

2010-09-29T09:19:00.003+08:00

and our suite looks really cool.

But for some reason, I can't post pictures today. When I figure it out, I'll have them up for you.

Fo' sho'.

Also, colour is spazzing and I can't make that happen either. :s

In other news, I've got a lot of homework and am sitting in semi darkness eating Scooby Doo fruit snacks which are muy delicioso.

And I have to get back to it because it's important for my future and all that stuff.

Hope you're doing well.

fall weather makes pretty things

2010-09-28T15:00:00.003+08:00

And marshmallow toes. :)

Hope you're all well.

look what i put on today

2010-09-26T12:31:00.004+08:00

Fall is here!

I'm wearing jeans for the first time ever, and FLUFFY SOCKS! :D

Hope you're all well.

i have met the nicest people

2010-09-25T11:48:00.002+08:00

this is my brain

2010-09-16T06:13:00.003+08:00

this is the crazy person i am now living with

2010-09-13T09:08:00.006+08:00

She's actually a space gremlin and lives in the cage under my bed,

but people still call us roommates.

Haha.

It's been really good here.

The food is a lot better than I expected it to be (though I have started to miss some of the spices that I have grown to be used to) and the weather is great almost everyday.

My professors are cool and the people I've met all seem to be crazy, just how I like them, and my room is as messy as my one at home. :D

There will be more news to come, I assure you.

And now that I have an iPod touch to take HD photos for you, there'll probably be more of those too.

Hope you are all well.

edit: For some reason, blogger isn't letting me use colour. :(

i should start doing this again

2010-09-11T13:46:00.002+08:00

hi.

Now that I have very comfortably settled in, I no longer have an excuse to not do this.

first stop: taipei, taiwan

2010-09-01T22:04:00.004+08:00

"HMPH. AIRPORTS MAKE ME LOOK DISHEVELED."

*oh no people are staring, try to look normal*

Haha.

I've landed safely.

Next leg starts in about an hour and a half. That's gonna be a 13 hour plane ride.

Wheee.

Hope you're all well.

edit: Rach thinks I look like a poser in the 'normal' shot. I suppose that's why people are still staring. :P

sam 'scrumptious' schmidt shiew

2010-08-30T17:19:00.004+08:00

There is a new addition to the family.

His job is to replace me when I go.

His name is Sam.

But we all call him Scrumptious.

No, he is not for eating.

meet jeffrey

2010-08-27T15:02:00.003+08:00

Guys, this is Jeffrey.

He is freaking awesome.

I stole him from my dad.

He's happier with me.

I HAVE NEW TEETH

2010-08-27T14:40:00.002+08:00

This is the post in which I am going to blatantly ignore the fact that I have not blogged in more than a week.

Oh wait..

..whoops.

IN OTHER NEWS:

I HAVE NEW TEETH.

Or rather, just a new tooth.

I'd take a picture of it, but I'm actually sitting in The Coffee Bean and popping out my denture at the table, taking a photo of it, and popping it back in would be, as my mother would say, quite unbecoming.

So instead I'll just tell you about it and how awesome it is to talk with my mouth wide open to show it off.

Though it's done so well no one actually notices it.

Hmph.

That is all.

Hope you're well.

calamity magnet parts iii and iv

2010-08-19T20:22:00.005+08:00

I have rashes.

They go from my face to my knees and they tingle with the intensity of a million ants running all over.

And on Sunday, I threw up a caterpillar.

I think he was living in my caesar salad. He made me real sick before I spewed him. I was too sick to take an actual photo of him, so please accept this poorly drawn cartoon of him as a substitute.

So yeah. Hope you're well.

P.S. It's hard to take yourself seriously when you're frowning like that at the camera for long enough for photobooth to take the shot.

THE GREAT TOOTH EXTRACTION

2010-08-13T17:50:00.003+08:00

[WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL AND IS NOT SUITED FOR THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACHS. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.]

Hello.

Here is the post that you have been (or at least SHOULD have been) looking forward to:

The morning was uneventful because I was sleeping it away. My appointment was at two, and I got out of bed at half past twelve. Heh.

I spent my time in the waiting room chatting it up with with the receptionist and my gramma who was there to pick up her new dentures.

But that's not what you want to know.

What you want to know happened in the dentist's chair.

Now, I'd never met this dentist before. My usual dentist, Dr. Ling, in this clinic is on maternity leave so she left me with another dentist. Dr. Amy. Dr. Amy was very nice and we had a quick little chat about the whole procedure and what was gonna happen and then she started getting ready.

And of course she was getting ready behind me.

So I tried to see.

And mahm was outside parking and thought that it would be a good idea to start texting me repeatedly during this very stressful time.

I try to stay calm during dental procedures, but my brain betrays me and makes my palms clammy and my face wince involuntarily.

Normal extractions usually require two numbing injections.

But not mine.

NOPE.

I needed four straight up.

And then another three as the procedure went on.

Dr. Amy said it's because the tooth had been chronically inflamed for so long.

For those of you who don't know of the root canal tooth, it's kind of a legend. I had it done when I was thirteen and then it was maintained for five years. It was a weak tooth, undoubtedly, but it was strong enough to act normally for the longest time.

And then it cracked.

No, I was not chewing on rocks. I don't know what it was. It just cracked. And it cracked down the middle. So it HAD to be taken out.

The top came off easy.

The crown. The part you can see.

But the root?

It was as stubborn as I am.

What the dentist eventually had to do is drill/crush it to small pieces and then fish the pieces out with a pair of tweezers.

It took an hour.

And was a ridiculous experience.

But now extractions can never make me nervous again.

And here is a photo of the remains of that traumatic day.

Hope you're well.

i am in pain

2010-08-10T23:55:00.002+08:00

Will do the nice post with pictures and details tomorrow.

Right now, I just wanna sit here.

Goodnight.

calamity magnet part ii

2010-08-09T23:11:00.002+08:00

When I was thirteen, we discovered that I had faulty tooth that refused to complete it's growth. I had a root canal procedure done. Over the years, the tooth was repeatedly opened and sealed again, each time being filled with calcium to encourage growth so that there would be no more risk of infection and the tooth could be sealed permanently. And other than the fact that it needed all that attention, it did not actually present any problems.

A month ago, it finally closed up.

In two weeks from now, I was supposed to go in and have it sealed just in time for my departure.

Last week, the tooth cracked down the middle.

Tomorrow, I'm going to have it removed.

*sigh*

Hope ya'll are well.

comedy gold

2010-08-08T23:27:00.001+08:00

Husna Qureshi: hey have you heard the name tamsin?

Amanda Shiew: nooo

Husna Qureshi: huh

Husna Qureshi: me neither

Amanda Shiew: is it made up?

Husna Qureshi: no i saw it twice today

Amanda Shiew: where?

Amanda Shiew: in different places?

Husna Qureshi: two actresses

Husna Qureshi: both acted in jane austen films

Husna Qureshi: coincidence?

Amanda Shiew: NO

Amanda Shiew: THEY ARE ALIENS

Husna Qureshi: maybe it's a popular british name

Amanda Shiew: hahah

Amanda Shiew: always the logical one, aren't ya?

Husna Qureshi: nah

Husna Qureshi: they probably are aliens

Hope you're all well.

common curtesy

2010-08-07T21:33:00.005+08:00

In the car on the way to dinner, we were complaining about how a woman was just sitting in her van in the parking lot without any indication of whether she was going to drive out or just continue sitting there.

I was going on about how it was a 'common curtesy' and Alex was talking over me about 'common curtesy' and Adam who was in the backseat and felt excluded decided to include himself.

Yes, he does this all the time

And then Alex and I had an idiom fight.

me: A rolling stone gathers no moss.

*long pause*

him: Uh...sharks have more teeth than you!

me: What?! That's not an idiom!

*loud burst of laughter*

mahm: Yeah, it's an idiot.

Haha. Win.

Hope you're all well.

calamity magnet

2010-08-06T22:47:00.004+08:00

Hello.

You may have noticed that I have not been writing here as often as I usually do.

That's attributed to two things.

One:

I was busy. :)

Two:

On the last day in Perth, I closed the car door on the ring finger of my right hand.

This is kinda how it went down.

I was sleeping in the car on the way to Woolworths because I was recovering from a short night of rest.

Groggily, I got out of the car when we pulled into the parking lot.

And then

DISASTER STRUCK.

And of course everyone wanted to know what happened.

But I was in too much pain to talk.

So we rushed over to the pharmacy to go see if they had instant ice packs.

Which they did.

But none of them would work.

So I had no choice but to hang out in a cup-o-ice and water.

And my day was kind of ruined.

But then I got home and was given a tiger print plaster to keep my finger protected.

And then my day was better.

My finger is healing. Slowly. I'm going to go re-dress it right after I post this.

And I'm fine. It's just just slightly inconvenient to write and type and play the piano.

Heh.

Hope you're all well.

figure it out

2010-08-05T23:30:00.002+08:00

Tonight, Alex and I spent a bonding session in front of the television.

And as we contemplated ordering McDonald's and leaving the tv stuck on Nickelodeon, we decided to revisit some classic Nick and opened up the laptop to see if there were any Figure it Out episodes up there.

We adored that show.

I would look forward to it, so much so that I'd arrange my schedule around the times I knew it was gonna show.

Watching it today was a different story.

Let's just say that I can understand why our parents weren't too pleased when they caught us watching reruns of the episodes we had seen.

It's...not that great a show.

The host fumbles over her lines a lot, the kids 'talents' aren't that interesting, and the prizes kind of suck. I don't know whether I feel this way because new game shows that have elevated my expectations, but it was extremely disappointing.

In a weird way, I guess I still love it.

The way you come to love anything that defined a part of your life, if even only for a little while.

So if you asked me to watch it with you, I would without a second thought.

Hope you're well.

the beginning of an end

2010-08-02T22:36:00.005+08:00

The sun is going down on our time here in Perth.

It's been a great week. The weather's a welcome change and the clarity of the sky is something I will sorely miss. We've had too much sugar, ice cream and alcohol, which is what probably made it such a good time. :)

The family we've been staying with has been wonderful to us, and I can't think of a way to pay them back properly.

But as much as I'm enjoying myself in the land down under, I think it's about time we get going. We're at that perfect point in time between being comfortable here and too clouded to see anything that's severely wrong with it.

This will leave us with a kind of perfect memory of this place.

And that's perfectly fine with me.

Wishing you well.

alex

2010-08-02T21:53:00.002+08:00

We were walking through Perth city when we walked past a couple and this happened:

(Note the way I spell things. It's important to the story.)

random woman: -and the pooblic reelayseeons-

me: and the pooblic reelaysions...she's Spanish.

alex: and the pooblic reelaysions and taaacos.

me: Dude. That's so wrong. Plus, they eat those in Mexico. *beat* Well I suppose they DO speak Spanish in Mexico...

alex: Yeah, so I'm not wrong to say that. It's safe to assume that she's from there. TECHNICALLY, I'm not wrong.

me: Yeah, but I bet most people there couldn't afford a holiday to here. Plus, she didn't look Mexican. She looked Spanish.

alex: Yeah.

*beat*

I just don't know what Spanish people eat.

Haha.

today, i ate too much food

2010-08-01T22:25:00.000+08:00

Which is why I'm going to bed early.

Goodnight.

new norcia

2010-07-31T23:20:00.006+08:00

Today, we visited New Norcia; a monastic town about an hour and a bit's drive away.

It's a place of fat cats,

ancient petrol pumps,

pretty skies

and naked trees.

In one word?

Breathtaking.

I had a great time.

Hope y'all are well.

chewy caramel tim tams

2010-07-30T21:04:00.004+08:00

are the bomb.

And tonight's company.

Today was spent in the city, the block of the newly opened Apple store.

In what seemed to be an endless line of people all waiting for the new iPhone that was released today.

We got in the line at eight.

We got the phones at three.

Only Apple could generate this kind of hype. The line was ridiculously long. It's funny, though. The guys standing behind us in line were complaining a lot (as were we) about the ridiculousness of the wait.

Yet none of us actually were ballsy enough to give it up and get out of the line.

I overheard more than one person postponing meetings/presentations to continue standing in the line.

Yes, that was a very interesting and informative experience.

But unless someone wants to pay me for it, I'm not going to be doing that again anytime soon.

Hope you're all well.

perth: day three

2010-07-29T21:42:00.015+08:00

This is going to be another picture post because I'm watching TV and don't really have that much to talk about. :)

This is my day in pictures.

We started it off by visiting the Wildlife Park.

This kangaroo is really comfortable with in his natural habitat, eh?

bunny.

baby goats!

And then continued along the road to the Margaret River Chocolate Factory.

Where we ate as much free chocolate as we could.

That came from these MASSIVE bowls.

We also visited a winery and drank a bunch of different wines and ate yummo cheeses. :)

I'm having a good time.

Hope ya'll are well.

Cheryl, here is your mention.

MENTION.

And here's Harold the wombat for good measure:

PERTH

2010-07-28T21:43:00.002+08:00

HAI GUYS.

We've got a steady supply of internet now, and I've got a bunch of cool posts lined up.

Problem is, they're all still in my head. SO.

You'll have to be patient for a bit. It won't take too long, I don't think. :)

Oh.

And I had to get rid of the cbox. The spammers found me.

All comments are to be directed to the ACTUAL comment button.

(Sorry Fifa.)

HOPE YOU'RE ALL WELL.

macaroons

2010-07-26T23:04:00.003+08:00

Look like this.

Cheryl and I had a full discussion about how we imagined macaroons to look differently than they actually do. And how it ruined the romanticism a bit. So I decided to show you so no one else would have to deal with this horrible universe implosion.

We're leaving for Perth tomorrow morning and gonna be staying there for a week. Apparently we don't actually have a confirmed place to stay or any schedule of sorts so it's gonna be quite the adventure.

Because we don't know where we are staying, I cannot say that there will be consistent posts this upcoming week.

I hope there will be.

Because, contrary to popular belief, I find blogging very enjoyable. :)

(Yes, I did make up that popular belief. DON'T JUGDE ME.)

So yeah.

Expect sporadic posts.

That is all I really have to say about today.

Oh. And that my suitcase is muy awesome looking. :)

Goodnight.

Take good care of yourselves.

interweb

2010-07-25T23:26:00.000+08:00

Recently, my internet has not been very cooperative.

It's moody and only works when it feels like it wants to. This is irritating when I'm stuck at home, with nothing else but the computer for company.

OH WELL.

No one's died yet.

the shenanigans we get up to

2010-07-24T23:42:00.003+08:00

We were talking about people on the internet stealing my identity because my Skype profile picture disappeared for a bit. This conversation happened just a bit after it came back. We were already in the middle of planning our sneak attack.

Husna Qureshi: they must've read this conversation and gotten scared off

Amanda Shiew: yes

Amanda Shiew: that must be it

Amanda Shiew: spy mission completion

Husna Qureshi: and succesfully

Amanda Shiew: yeah!

Husna Qureshi: pity we didnt get outta the house though

Amanda Shiew: oh well

Amanda Shiew: we're lazy people

Husna Qureshi: that we are

Amanda Shiew: it's just super fitting this is the way it happened

Husna Qureshi: that is true

Husna Qureshi: movies dont get EVERYTHING right

Husna Qureshi: real life is a lot more understated

Husna Qureshi: just like us

Amanda Shiew: that is profound

Husna Qureshi: "strokesimaginarymustache"

Husna Qureshi: INDEED

Husna Qureshi: did i just cancel out my profoundness?

Husna Qureshi: profundity?

Husna Qureshi: profuseness?

Amanda Shiew: well, you didn't

Amanda Shiew: then you did

Amazingness.

Hope you're all well.

today i

2010-07-23T23:33:00.005+08:00

woke up at ten to the sound of my alarm only to find a text from my dad telling me that pilates was off because mahm was sick and to get up and watch the kids.

accidentally fell asleep again.

got up and rushed everything to get downstairs asap.

was bombarded with tasks.

drank coffee.

taught a hyperactive seven year old about commas and how to use them.

cleaned up the various messes around the house.

showered.

drank more coffee.

ikuted Rach and Emi on a dress hunt.

ate a sundae.

and then drew a lot of pictures to help me tell you about my day.

the end.

Hope you're all well.

the wall nose what you will never

2010-07-22T21:48:00.004+08:00

Today, I was perved on in the changing room.

So I'm in there, trying clothes on like a normal person, assuming it's a NORMAL changing room. When I notice something out of the ordinary.

That's a nose.

The wall was perving on me.

Let me help those of you who are a bit challenged in the imagination department.

THASSANOSE!

Yeah.

This is how RIDICULOUS my life has become.

Hope you're all well.

adventchaaaa

2010-07-21T23:16:00.002+08:00

I went on an adventcha with my dad today.

Mahm wanted me to follow him on a work related day trip to Malacca to make sure he stayed awake the whole time.

So I did.

The ride there was uneventful.

I napped in the back of the car while my dad was talking to the professor and one of his employees. They had the job of keeping him awake.

I was prepared for the journey. I had a fully charged phone, two iPods, two books and a hoodie.

We stopped at Pantai Hospital so the professor could make his presentation.

It was cool. Everyone was totally into it. I learned a couple of new things too. Skin regeneration will always fascinate, I think.

Hah.

Once that was over, we headed over to Jonker Street to makan chicken rice balls and cendol and rambutans. (Dad totally shared the rambutans with random people because we had too many. :D) And though it was furnace hot outside and I had to run a marathon to find a bathroom near the Red Square, it was nice being back.

Home.

It was all happy, fuzzy, (kinda sweaty) feelings right up until it was time to get back in the car. Let me set the scene for you:

It's an open car park we are walking to. I am mentally prepared to sit in an air conditioned car from this point onwards. Dad unlocks the car and puts the key in the ignition. I open the door and get in the passenger seat. Dad turns the key.

The. car. does. not. start.

AHHHHHHHHHHH.

So we sweated it out in the hot Malacca sun, trying to make it work. It wasn't a battery problem. There was something wrong with the prindle.

(Prindle (PRND2L): Park, Reverse, Neutral, Drive, 2nd Gear [omitted], Low)

Yeah.

Thank goodness Razali (awesome taxi man we met when we still lived in Malacca) showed up to help us out. He didn't know how to fix it either, but he was smart and figured it out. He be cool.

That took half an hour.

We sent the other two off on their way (to Johor) and made the slow drive home.

By this time, it was five thirty.

I told dad that mahm didn't want him to stop for anything, and he was all, "What about petrol?" and I was all, "Fine, you can have petrol."

So on we went, squinting at all the signs that we passed on the highway.

I thought we were done for when we missed the first petrol station. We saw the sign for it a kilometer back, but were still on the fast lane. As we passed it, dad said calmly:

"Oh, is that it?"

I took one look out the window and saw the station. I sighed.

"Yes, that's it."

Thank goodness there was another one a short bit up ahead.

And when we stopped, I bought coffee for dad and made him drink it. Which is just as well because I ended up falling asleep when we got back to KL.

I don't know how that happened.

It was a mistake.

IT WAS A MISTAKE.

And then we got home alive.

Like. Flippin'. Heroes.

Hope you're all well.

inception

2010-07-20T22:56:00.001+08:00

Okay, this movie is crazy good.

I watched it for the first time yesterday and again today.

If you've heard anything of the movie, you'll know that it messes with your mind a bit. The second time round, it messes with your mind MORE.

And now I am both terrified and uncontrollably excited about going to sleep.

i won the cinnamon challenge

2010-07-19T19:35:00.002+08:00

The cinnamon challenge is something you challenge your friend to not with the intention to win, but with the intention to watch them squirm in discomfort.

What you do is heap cinnamon powder on a spoon (one per player), count to three and then shove it in your mouth.

Person who can hold it the longest wins.

Alex and I have already done this. We recorded the ordeal, but it wasn't as fun because we both kept it down.

Tonight, he challenged me again.

Upon spooning the stuff into my mouth, I immediately made a face. That did NOT taste like cinnamon. Determined to win, however, I just tried to swallow it as quickly as I could.

Alex threw up in the sink.

I win.

But did have slight tummy discomfort after.

Verdict: Just don't do it.

Hope you're all well.

of thieves and buttocks

2010-07-18T22:44:00.005+08:00

Hello again.

Today was another one of those days made up of weird, unrelated things happening one after the other. And I didn't have a nap like I usually do on Sundays. So I feel like I've been awake for two days. I'm not tired. Just time unconscious.

After church this morning, I joined a couple of elc bandits. They had already had lunch and were planning to watch a movie that I have already seen but I thought I'd go see them anyway.

We ended up NOT watching a movie.

But I did arrive to meet someone new.

Jayshan stole it from the counter, Cassie stole it from Jayshan.

And although this looks like a lighthearted, playful shot, they are actually fighting over it.

Cassie won.

I got to see Shanaz! It was supposed to be a surprise but Cass accidentally blurted it out to me over the phone. Haha. Fail.

And then back home to babysit. Both parents out to dinner tonight and Gramma on her way back to uncle's house. And Alex is asleep because he is tender and needs his beauty rest. (*gag*)

So I'm up alone on the couch.

But not before witnessing Adam getting attacked by a plastic stool.

Yeah.

Goodnight.

abandoned

2010-07-17T23:30:00.002+08:00

Today, my family abandoned me to go to the mall and attend parties and watch movies.

I stayed at home and watched reruns of Bones while eating mushroom soup fresh out of the can. (Seriously, if you have to do this, I highly recommend adding bacon bits and extra hot tabasco.)

It was a productive day, though. Did you know that your capacity to sing at the top of your voice increases greatly upon an empty house? You should try it out. Kick your family out and have a whack. Great fun indeed. :)

OH.

And yesterday, my mother dragged me along to her pilates class. After getting over the grog of being awake at the unholy hour of 10:00 am (stop judging me), it was quite hilarious. During one of the exercises, Ken (the instructor) stopped midsentence to tell me to do it more gracefully.

It was like Christmas came early for my mother.

Hmph.

But yeah. Laughed a lot. Sweated more.

This morning I woke up, and I was in absolute agony.

That's the way to do it right.

Heh.

Hope you're all well.

Goodnight.

tea time tempura

2010-07-16T21:14:00.004+08:00

My Grandma is awesome and made tempura for me.

The initial plan was to make it for dinner time, but because we decided to eat dinner out of the house, she made it for tea time instead.

TEA TIME.

You may not know this about me, but no matter what kind of diet I'm on, how sick I am, or what I feel like, if my Gramma cooks something, I WILL EAT IT.

You see two plates in the picture. I ate most of what was on those plates.

Note: I took the picture halfway through my meal. There was more of it.

I plonked my behind down in front of the computer and watched cartoons and slowly ate piece after piece. It was great.

GREAT. :D

In other news, Shanaz posted some old pictures of the elc gang from Year Seven. Check it:

Haha.

Hope you're all well.

friends in high places

2010-07-15T23:42:00.004+08:00

If you've ever been with me in a car while driving past the security guards who watch my taman, you'll notice that I usually wave quite enthusiastically at them.

And depending on how much they are used to me, they too will wave back.

It is also important to note that guards around my area get rotated a fair bit.

And now I will proceed with my story.

Rach was around the area at lunchtime and though I had already had a fill of AMAZING BANANA LEAF RICE, I went to lunch with her.

She decided on Organic Recipe which is really nearby my house. Like, if you stand in front of my bedroom window and point straight, you will be pointing at it.

The thing about Organic Recipe is that it's located in this building (I think it's an apartment thingy) that requires to to pay RM5 upon entry. It's not the normal

'take ticket'

'pay at autopay'

'put ticket in machine upon leaving' system.

It's

'put a ridiculous amount of money into the machine'

'here's your ticket'.

The restaurant DOES cover the cost of the ticket if you eat there, though. After you eat, you show them your ticket, and they give you five bucks off the meal.

But we didn't have to do that.

As we pulled into the parking lot, the security guard came over and peered in the window and I got ridiculously excited because it was cool guard man who used to guard the second entrance to my taman. I yelled 'HAI' and waved so hard I might've dislocated my wrist.

And then the coolest. thing. happened.

He held is hand up and told Rach not to pay. He then walked over to the barrier and took a key out and opened the barrier for us. It was like nothing I have ever seen or experienced.

IT WAS AWESOME.

And after lunch, he let us out.

Proves that being friendly does have its benefits.

COOLNESS.

Hope you're all well.

princess lala

2010-07-14T16:52:00.002+08:00

This is Princess Lala, Cheryl's My Little Pony pony.

She's quite the diva.

my mother loves me very much

2010-07-13T19:32:00.002+08:00

mahm: Since you're sleeping downstairs, make sure the alarm is on.

me: Yeah. And if I forget, it's okay. I shall attack them with my amazing ability to sleep through whatever they're doing.

*beat*

mahm: *chuckle*

me: What?!

mahm: Or you can just scare them away by waking up and showing them your face.

Hope you're well.

on whether to watch the world cup final or not

2010-07-12T23:03:00.003+08:00

All day Sunday:

Nope. Ima stay up as usual, but then sleep when I get tired. Watching football is stupid.

10:00pm:

Alex is ordering McDs later. I'll stay up for that.

12:00am:

I am the only awake person in this house.

2:00am:

Hm. I am strangely still completely awake. I want McDs.

2.30am:

Alex just went into the den. Oh, I better go ask him if he's gonna call for food.

2:32am:

He is not going to call. Hey, look, the match is on. Maybe I'll watch five minutes.

3:00am:

Well, I'm here already. I'll watch till halftime.

3:20am:

Hey, this show that Dad switched to looks interesting.

3:40am:

Oh look, the match is back on. Agh, five minutes more. Gee, those are a lot of yellow cards.

4:15am:

I can't believe I've been here for the whole thing. WHY WON'T ANYBODY SCORE?!?! Okay, they are going to go into extra time. I have to watch. Someone is going to win and I've already started wasting my life on this game.

4:50am:

OMG, YOU GUYS. INIESTA SCORED. I DON'T BELIEVE MY BLOODSHOT EYES. HE SCOREDDDDDDD.

4:57am:

It is over.

5:00am:

bai.

Hope you're all well.

there is a pimple that would very much like to live on my face

2010-07-11T22:38:00.000+08:00

And I want it to go away.

It made me eat four eggs for lunch.

Because the eggs were half boiled and not fried.

If I ate anything fried, I wouldn't have a face.

Just a giant pimple head.

That is all.

Goodnight.

who can refuse a japanese buffet?

2010-07-10T22:38:00.002+08:00

Tonight, my aunt took us all out to a Japanese buffet.

I would show you pictures. Except I didn't take any. Because I was too busy running around and stuffing my face with anything that would hold still for long enough.

I'm kidding of course.

Well, not about the 'no pictures' part.

Because I still don't have them.

There was this one point at dinner were I was getting back to the table with three, crispy, golden tempura prawns. As I set the plate down onto the table, my mother asked me to go get dessert for my grandma.

So obviously I set them down and went to go get the food.

I laid the waffles and ice cream down on their side of the table and happily skipped over to my side, excited about the meal waiting for me and

THE PRAWNS WERE GONE.

Because it was a BUFFET, all these servers were going around cleaning tables and what not and took my plate before I had touched anything on the plate.

I hadn't even touched it with cutlery.

hmph.

Getting more wasn't the problem.

I just felt stolen from.

Moral of the story: Never EVER leave an unfinished plate unattended at a buffet. EVER.

Also, take a look at my epic win at the petrol station:

Hope you're all well.

vasco

2010-07-09T23:21:00.003+08:00

is the name of the turtle Cheryl and I discovered in the car park at school.

I woke up this morning and went straight to brunch with my mother. Three magic words, people:

Banana. Leaf. Rice.

Gee.

Never has grains and curry served on chopped tree parts tasted so good.

And never have I bragged about breakfast so many times in a day.

I just really had a simple, pleasant day.

Plus, I got to see Ammy before she leaves tomorrow as well as John who's back for the summer. Which was a nice kind of surprise.

Amanda Shiew: the cangkul at the end

Amanda Shiew: i know it's a spade

Amanda Shiew: it's just funnier to call it a cangkul

Husna Qureshi: very true

Husna Qureshi: i liked the contract thing

Husna Qureshi: and yes when i saw it, the word cangkul came to my mind first

Husna Qureshi: it is funnier

Amanda Shiew: it is

Amanda Shiew: and spades are for kids at the breach

Amanda Shiew: *beach

Amanda Shiew: i said breach because you said contract

Husna Qureshi: hahaha

Husna Qureshi: i'm in your head dude

Amanda Shiew: SHHHH

Husna Qureshi: *concentratesonsendingvibes* give. sna. the. mac.

Amanda Shiew: not happening

Amanda Shiew: nice try, though

Husna Qureshi: thanks

In other news, my air cond is leaking.

Hope you are all well.

Goodnight. :)

bruno

2010-07-08T23:25:00.002+08:00

Bruno is the name of the world's best behaved dog.

I had a good today.

Much good food and much much good company.

Life is good.

I cannot complain.

Always grateful.

stewsday

2010-07-07T21:43:00.002+08:00

Tonight, Mahm made not one, but TWO kinds of stew.

And so I asked her,

"Mahm, do you know what day it is?"

"Uh. Wednesday?"

"Nope!"

"Then?"

"It'ssss STEWSDAY."

Broke into the Science Museum today with Rach and Reyna.

(Okay, no we didn't. They just didn't charge us admission.)

It rained a lot too.

Good day.

Yes.

I'm hungry.

Keep well.

GOODNIGHT!

an almost midnight adventure

2010-07-06T23:30:00.002+08:00

It is ten thirty and I'm sitting with my brother in front of the television. Of course, neither of us are actually watching the television.

I was writing the shower post and Alex was playing football on his PSP.

All of a sudden, he pipes up,

"I feel like roti tisu,"

Which is where the adventure started.

We rolled dad out of bed and as we were waiting, I went through the drying laundry to find a pair of shorts to wear. Alex went through the same pile to find underwear. He didn't find any. And I ended up having to put a pair of his pants on.

Dad appeared and we were off.

Alex was asking dad whether he got cravings or not and dad got all high and mighty and said:

"Oily, sugary carbs are not advisable at night. But you're growing, so I suppose it's okay."

Alex looked at me.

"He just took all the fun out of this, huh?"

"Uh huh."

And so we spent a part of our tonight at Kayu eating those oily, sugary carbs and it was awesome.

On the way back, we even managed to have an argument about sales. Yes, SALES. We're not nerds at all.

Haha.

Hope things are still moving smoothly for you.

not very clever

2010-07-06T21:35:00.004+08:00

A bit of the backstory you need to know:

We just got a new maid and she's been doing a fantastic job cleaning the house in places that she is not instructed to clean.

When I was showering tonight, I was thinking:

"Huh, this is a great shower. This is awesome. Cleanliness is awesome."

But of course, with this great shower came a better surprise.

After squeezing all the water I could from my hair, I stepped out onto the bath mat to go outside to get the towel I intended to use aaaaaaand,

IT WASN'T THERE.

Of course. Why not?!

I had three towels out last night and none of them were there. I managed to find a large towel in my closet, but the surprise from being butt naked and sopping wet in the middle of a freezing room kinda took away from the awesomeness of the shower.

OH WELL.

Those towels needed a wash anyway.

Also, I should learn to check for towels before getting into the shower.

P.S. Alex needs to stop pretending he is a ninja. He's starting to break things.

Hope you're all well.

raw chicken

2010-07-05T23:40:00.002+08:00

Today, I was talking about how I have encountered chicken that was so raw it didn't bleed. After thinking about this for a second, you may have to facepalm for me.

I did not hear the end of it.

Hope you are well.

today is a sick day

2010-07-04T23:00:00.002+08:00

I woke up today feeling great.

And as the day went on, I got progressively snifflier and colder and achier and TIREDER and now I want to go to sleep.

So that is what I am going to do.

I hope you feel better.

2010-07-03T15:18:00.002+08:00

"And in this world of hate and bitterness, I take a look around me and realise that I am surrounded by beautiful people."

snake by d.h. lawrence

2010-07-03T04:41:00.003+08:00

Because sometimes, I too question the purpose of our 'accursed human education'.

Many things happened today.

There was a bagel, coffee and a morning nap,

Bejeweled, some homework and a pot-o-noodles,

Doughnuts, swimming and curry chicken,

A shower, thank you, hello, goodbye.

And with this, I bid you farewell.

"I've never had someone this constant in my life."

remember

2010-06-30T23:45:00.001+08:00

MY SUMMER PROJECT

2010-06-29T22:40:00.003+08:00

My mother has lost her marbles and has given me permission to draw on the wall.

Just one wall.

But a wall nonetheless.

Look:

More updates as this progresses.

Hope you're all well.

back to the past

2010-06-28T23:07:00.001+08:00

William, Hema and I went back to elc today to see who we could.

We're all leaving soon and haven't been back since we graduated. So we thought it would be nice to pop by and update them as well as check out how it's been since.

I'll admit that I thought it would have just been another part of my day.

But after meeting the teachers that are still there and walking the familiar grounds again, I found that it was something that I needed to do.

Just as closure.

And I'm really glad I got to share it with those two.

toy story 3

2010-06-27T22:33:00.004+08:00

Was so heartwrenchingly apt for right now.

Hope you are all well.

Goodnight.

this is cranberry juice in a buzz lightyear cup

2010-06-26T22:45:00.001+08:00

wiener

2010-06-25T23:18:00.002+08:00

Amanda Shiew: and he's a wilted wiener

Husna Qureshi: yeah pretty much

Amanda Shiew: i think i spelled weiner wrong

Amanda Shiew: actually

Amanda Shiew: i don't know

Amanda Shiew: actually

Amanda Shiew: i don't care.

Husna Qureshi: wiener

Amanda Shiew: oh

Amanda Shiew: well

Amanda Shiew: there we go

Husna Qureshi: weiner

Amanda Shiew: oh

Amanda Shiew: i get it

Amanda Shiew: go on then

Husna Qureshi: i dunno either actually

Amanda Shiew: oh

Amanda Shiew: well

Amanda Shiew: what a conclusion

Husna Qureshi: we are clever

The. Exams. Are. Over.

Good grief.

It felt like this day would never ever ever come. BUT IT HAS.

I remember watching the second hand on the clock tick during the last minute. Well, not so much tick as sweep. It was one of those non ticky second hands.

I don't like them as much.

But it did the job and saved us from that horrible room.

And we are all now freeeeee.

Except Afifah. Who is doing her last paper on Monday.

GOOD LUCK, FACE. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. WHY ARE YOU READING MY BLOG WHEN YOU SHOULD BE READING ABOUT MOLES?

So yeah.

It's been a quiet day.

The odd thing is, that I've been doing all the things I used to do in between studying time but it's not as fun anymore. I suppose beating your high score in Bejeweled really has less of a kick to it when you don't have more important things to do.

Oh well.

I'm very content just vegetating here for a while.

Yeah.

That sounds really nice.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Hope y'all are well.

last two papers and

2010-06-24T18:55:00.000+08:00

eggs

2010-06-24T16:14:00.002+08:00

Amanda Shiew: NOM EGGS

raelenetym: i have this friend who HATES eggs

Amanda Shiew: WHYYY?

raelenetym: i don't know

raelenetym: ahhaha

Amanda Shiew: that's odd

raelenetym: ahah i know right?

raelenetym: and then i have this other friend who hates mushrooms

raelenetym: and another one who hates cheese

Amanda Shiew: WHAT?

Amanda Shiew: ALL THOSE THINGS IN A PAN COULD MAKE AN EPIC OMELETTE

LEGO

2010-06-22T22:25:00.002+08:00

I saw this today and it reminded me of the LEGO millipede incident that happened back in 2005.

Some people got together and decided that they wanted to build the longest millipede out of LEGO ever. So they picked IKANO as the location and dumped what seemed like all the LEGO in the world right in the main display bit and then threw a bunch of instruction booklets there on how to assemble the pieces to look like millipede body sections so that anyone who wanted to could be a part of the project.

So that was up for a while.

And then it was on display for a while.

It was in the newspaper quite a fair bit too, I think.

But that's not where the fun part is. The fun part is when its tenure was up and they were disassembling it.

For this purpose, they retained their 'free for all' mentality and anyone who wanted could come in and smash it up to help them along.

And of course, this happened on the day Alex and I went to IKANO with mahm. The second we saw it, we jumped at the opportunity. Smashing things?

Hello, speciality.

It was awesome.

Then, I think it was me that had the brilliant idea of jumping into the huge pile of LEGO that had collected.

Hello, mistake.

We both jumped right as far as we could into the sea of plastic only to discover that LEGO isn't as cushy as we had initially thought. The pieces did not part like the red sea and fall away like sand. They stayed put and stabbed us in whatever body part they could reach.

Stab stab stab.

We wanted out.

And the only way out was to wade slowly and painfully out of the pile.

By then, mahm was standing there looking smug at her idiot children looking slightly worse for the wear. We were all scratched up and bruised, but that didn't take away from the fact that we had had a good time.

I don't regret it one bit.

We left with stupid grins on our faces and two stolen LEGO pieces feeling like we had conquered the world.

Hope you're all well.

this car has testicles

2010-06-21T23:23:00.003+08:00

Don't see them?

Have a closer look:

the exams need to die

2010-06-20T22:55:00.002+08:00

Because if they don't, I will.

Hope you are all well.

to change a lightbulb

2010-06-19T22:58:00.004+08:00

Today, I decided was going to be the day I got off my lazy bum and change all the fused lightbulbs in my room.

There were six.

Six bulbs to change out of the EIGHT that exist in my room.

It is shameful.

I've been living with three functioning lightbulbs for at least half a year. My my, what I have done to my eyesight.

(Three because one of them fused just last night, so I included it in the number of working lightbulbs.)

And now all eight are working perfectly.

While I remain a bit dusty, sweaty and sneezy;

It had to be done.

The main light fixture in my room is ridonkulously difficult to manoeuvre and I can't reach the bathroom lights without a ladder, but despite the inconvenience of moving the ladder both up and down the stairs TWICE, I am happy that I chose to change the lightbulbs.

Myself.

The lame part comes in the fact that I could not think of anything else the entire time except 'how many [...] does it take to change a lightbulb' jokes.

Which makes me stupid.

OH WELL.

Hope you are all having a nice weekend.

delirious

2010-06-18T23:38:00.002+08:00

Today, I fell asleep in the waiting room while waiting for my dentist to show up.

(Which reminds me that I have to blog about the dentist metaphor soon.)

So when I got home, after epically failing to study, I fell asleep on my bed.

Which is where I proceeded to have the most horrifyingly distressing nightmare I have had in a long time. It was a mixture of the world turning against me succeeded by the end of the world.

It's funny, what happened is that the world ends in a giant oily flood.

Yes.

The water. Had. Oil innit.

Go figure.

But yeah. It sounds funny now, but at the time I was forseriously horrified. Horrified like you would never understand.

There was a point in the dream where I was woken up, which is why I thought it was real.

Oh so real.

Cept for the fact that the water was blue and clear (bar the oil) which is not what the water surrounding this country is like.

When I did eventually wake up, I was overcome with a rush of relief that it was just a dream as well as shock with everything that had happened.

And I had a splitting headache.

I think it may have been a migraine.

All I wanted to do was stick my head into a bucket of ice cold water.

Or chop it off.

I had to call Rach to diffuse the situation. I was hysterical.

Like, hys.te.ri.cal.

Moral of the story:

Please drink water on a hot day. Dehydration makes you mental.

exam stress makes us all crazy: part ii

2010-06-17T22:53:00.002+08:00

On the way back from the Law paper this evening, I was reminding Cheryl about the time she advised me about safe driving WHILE speeding and holding the wheel with one hand.

The funny bit lies in the part where she was instructing me to do exactly the opposite.

As I was recalling all of this, Cheryl was laughing hysterically.

But as she was doing this, she started choking. CHOKING.

Choking and spluttering and still laughing.

I was staring at her in horror, hoping she wasn't going to kill us by driving us into the divider.

And between the random sounds I heard three words.

"Hahahahatoohehehahahhackhackmuchhahahahahpffffhahahappinessheheheahahaha."

TOO MUCH HAPPINESS?

WHAT?!?!!

And then I thought about it and realised I felt the same way.

hi

2010-06-16T23:27:00.002+08:00

today, i was sitting at the coffee table with my law notes

and i took a look around

and a deep breath

and realised that i've got so many things going for me

and that i am happy.

hope you are too.

good morning, sunshine

2010-06-15T22:47:00.003+08:00

riiiiing riiiiing

riiiiing riiiiing

"Hello?"

"Hi. Were you the one that killed the cactus?"

*sigh*

"Yes."

I'm bad with plants. Judge me.

This is basically a summary of my day:

Yeah, that's it.

Hope you're all well.

exam stress makes us all crazy

2010-06-14T23:10:00.002+08:00

Amanda Shiew: now i am drinking water

Husna Qureshi: hey snap

Amanda Shiew: SNAP

Husna Qureshi: well, i said it first so i win

Amanda Shiew: snap WHAT?

Husna Qureshi: snap i'm drinking water too

Amanda Shiew: OH.

Amanda Shiew: say, lah

Husna Qureshi: havent you ever played snap?

Amanda Shiew: yes

Husna Qureshi: ITS ASSUMED

Amanda Shiew: but i don't randomly go around SNAPPING things

Amanda Shiew: IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

Husna Qureshi: BUT PPL DO THIS

Amanda Shiew: WELL "PPL" NEED TO GET LIVES

Husna Qureshi: its like when someone happens to be doing or have the same thing you are you say snap

Amanda Shiew: right

Amanda Shiew: because that's real life.

Husna Qureshi: IT HAPPENS

Amanda Shiew: NO IT DOESN'T.

Husna Qureshi: I SWEAR I"M NOT IMAGINING IT

Amanda Shiew: YES. YOU ARE.

Husna Qureshi: I AM NOT

Amanda Shiew: YOU ARE.

Husna Qureshi: AM NOT

Amanda Shiew: ARE TOO.

Husna Qureshi: MY COUSIN SAYS IT

Amanda Shiew: YOUR COUSIN DOESN'T COUNT

Amanda Shiew: MY COUSIN THINKS HE IS FIRE

Husna Qureshi: AND I SAW IT ON TV

Amanda Shiew: DOES THAT MAKE IT REAL?

Amanda Shiew: NO!!

Husna Qureshi: IT IS REAL

Amanda Shiew: NEVAH

Husna Qureshi: it might be a british thing come to think of it

Husna Qureshi: BUT IT IS REAL

Amanda Shiew: whatever

Amanda Shiew: i have delusional friends

Amanda Shiew: YOU INCLUDED

The longer I think about this, the more it makes sense. But I still feel justified in being confused.

Hope you're all well.

osteomalacia

2010-06-13T22:20:00.004+08:00

Long day, I'm pooped.

Leaving you guys with a slice of cool I stumbled upon today.

Hope you're all well.

P.S. I'm really really hungry. :S

today i

2010-06-12T23:45:00.006+08:00

had an impossible conversation with Mahm because of the heavy rain:

hung out with Alex:

almost died of eating too much at dinner:

and met a beetle.

I named him Ringo.

Get it?

nom monster

2010-06-11T23:28:00.002+08:00

I told Iqa she was a nom monster.

And then I told her she wouldn't understand what I meant until I drew it for her.

Which I did.

Hope you are all well.

alright

2010-06-09T16:04:00.007+08:00

A monster has been unleashed in my house.
Don't get me wrong. When it first showed up, it was cute and fuzzy and fun to have around.

But as the weeks have gone by, this thing has been fed and watered and is getting to be slightly out of control.

This monster goes by one name:

Alright.

Now, the idea is if someone was to say 'what?' or 'huh?' as a result of not hearing a question, the person they are talking to should punish them by saying the word 'alright' instead.
This had the good intention of stopping a rude habit from developing further.

Right?

Wrong.

Because the monster has reared it's ugly monster-head and has become a trap.

Both Alex and Adam have started luring people into saying those words in order to use the monster.

You probably can't understand why this is a sport in my house and in order to understand it, you must understand how it is said.

It is not said like this:

Rather, it is said like this:

Note the double chin and flailing arms.

--
Here is an instance where it happened today:

Alex: *is talking to me*

Adam: "Kor."

Alex: *keeps talking*

Adam: "Kor. Kor. Kor. Kor. Kor. Ko-"

Alex: "WHAT?!?!?!"

Mahm: *claps* That was classic, Adam. Well done.

The monster has eaten my family.

I AM VERY STRESSED

2010-06-08T20:49:00.002+08:00

Mostly because for the first time ever, I actually want to spend my day studying.

And I can't.

Because of external factors.

And then, I got accused of not studying at all. Which was kind of understandable but not very nice to hear all the same.

Getting yelled at is not very fun.

This is magnified because I've been running on an empty tank these past few days as a result of last week.

I am very, very tired.

Me. Cheryl.

"Do you know how caffeine works?"

"It goes into your body and assumes the shape of unicorns, then gallops around emitting sparkles of joy."

*beat*

"Yeah. That sounds about right."

Hope you are all well.

gah

2010-06-07T22:10:00.002+08:00

If Mahm came home one day later, I would have died.

Hope you're all well.