dreaming out loud. . .

Sunday, April 29, 2007

28 April 2007* // thanks Rad ! :)

met up with some of my BFFs yesterday. how i miss them loads ! Nad, Nisha and Zack were M.I.A and gosh do i miss them many-many too ! hopefully can meet up with them soon.

Mus, Shev and i ate at Toon Seng (is that it ? i can never remember the name of the place no matter how many times i go there. -_-) while waiting for Lut and Rad. had loads of laugh about the big-eyed dude sitting two tables in front of us. HAHA.

soon after meeting Lut and Rad, went to take 2 sets of neoprints (note: we are still young at heart and neoprints are still the IN-thing for us. :D) and as usual, totally unprepared pose-wise and ended up spoiling the photos. hahahah. but it was loads of fun and some photos.. well, pecah perut, i tell you ! HEHEHE !

(the more/most decent neoprint)

went to IKEA after that (even though it was ard 8+ close to 9pm) and walked around with the initial intention of buying somebody something but ended up buying nothing at all. hehe. and i was practically dragging my feet around the place cos i was so freaking tired as i was straight from work.

though it was a short trip, i'm glad i get to meet my BFFs !! Spiderman 3 NEXT !

and can somebody else plan the next outing cos i'm so a failure at organising group outings. thank you ! :)

29 April 2007*

went to Masjid Kassim for Islamic Lifestyle Month Carnival which Sulala took part in.

there, we watched this movie called Le Grand Voyage. anyone heard of it ?

before today, i've seen it once advertised on a newspaper, or was it a magazine ? erk, couldn't remember. but i know i wanted to watch it.

it's actually a French movie about a teenage boy who was forced to drive his dad to Mecca for his holy pilgrimage (his dad didn't want to take the plane. for some not-so-understandable reason) after his brother got drunk and had his license suspended. he's a rebellious kid who knows nothing about the peaceful religion, Islam. and the value of family.

it's a very meaningful movie. apart from some religious knowledge, you also learn about how the relationship between father and son blossoms from being on a different wavelength altogether to understanding the importance of maintaining a healthy and respectful father-son relationship.

honestly, the way the teenage boy was potrayed in this movie, i felt like slapping his Goddamn face, sey. at one point of the movie, that was quite shocking was when he shouted to his dad for forgiveness and said, "didn't they teach you forgiveness in your religion ?!"

SLAP.

how mean was that ? imagine a son talking to a father in a raised voice and saying something as hurtful as that. however, he's still quite sweet and cares about his father in this movie. no matter how hot-headed he can be.

his dad, in this movie, was shown as a very calm and collected man, the way all Muslims are supposed to be. even when facing adversities. :)

didn't manage to finish watching the show though cos met up with an old friend of mine soon after. Din told me the father died in the movie. awwwwh ! i really want to watch that show ! anybody has the DVD ? oh and i just realised something. the teenage boy looks like a cross of Josh Harnett and Iker Casillas. haha. seriously, now then i realise k !

anywaaaays, my friend picked me up outside the mosque and we ate at KFC after finding out that Toon Seng (again, correct me if i'm wrong) was closed for the day. -_-

went to play pool after that, though i can't play pool for nuts. but since he promised to teach me then, what the hey, right ?

and yessa ! now i can play bloody pool, people ! HAHA. challenge ? well, bring it on, baby ! HAHA.

ok i was kidding. yes, i now know how to play. and hold the cue stick properly. and actually hit the ball instead of air. but i have so much more to improve on. hehe.

anyhoos, my friend is a very intimidating teacher. scary ! but if the end-result means that i can play a decent pool game then anyone would be lucky to have a teacher like him. hehe !

the outing was short as he had some other appointments to attend to. but it's alright. i had fun though now i can barely move my left arm due to strenous pool training. yes, i play pool with my left hand. not surprising since i'm a lefty. but might be surprising if i tell you that i only use my left hand for writing and not anything else like badminton or bowling (which i totally suck at). for those, i use my right hand as i consider my left hand to be the "weak one". heh. ok, redundant information. moving on..

for my two darlings, Mus and Lut, who told me to be careful.. well not to worry. i'm not falling back again. not anytime soon. as i said, keeping my options open. and i don't like smokers. you guys, of all people, should know. though he's a really nice person and i'm glad to have him as a friend again. :)

i'm still looking for someone who fits most of my Male Ideal criteria (CEYBAH !) but unfortunately, they are already taken. or too young. BOO. or possibly gay. GROSS ALERT. and we all know that we can't always have what we want.

but hey, i'm still young. and i'm here for the ride. :D

//edited// ohyeaaaa i forgot to add.. when i was leaving my house.. i saw a WOLF ! ok, maybe not a wolf. but, remember the old movie we used to watch when we were kids ? the show called, White Fang ? i think that's the one. well, there was one freaking big White Fang-ly dog right outside my freaking house !~ near the staircase, i mean.

i was happily leaving (and was late) when i saw half of the dog's body (the bottom half as the front half was hidden behind a pillar) ! he was standing and looked as though he was eating something delicious behind the pillar sia ! i was so freaking scared that i practically moonwalked back to the house, very.. very quietly !~ i entered the house and started shouting to my brother that there was a freaking wolf outside our house !

then my brother and i checked it out again (again.. very, very quietly) and there he was sitting, staring at us with his tongue wagging ! OH SO CUTE !! really ! i was scared, but gosh, he was so adorable !~ if my religion permits my touching it, i would have hugged it. i was peering at him from behind the wall, looking at him. when i caught him looking at me, i hid. HAHAH.

and i managed to take a few pictures of him once we found out he's actually somebody's pet and that he had a leash on.

now don't tell me that's NOT cute !

YAY ! we've got a new pet on the block ! :D

Friday, April 27, 2007

Hold the Wheel and Drive.*

i failed my driving test.

yep.

i failed ! baaaaaaaaaah !!

i was really looking forward to buying a weekend car and drive my family around (note: building sandcastles in the air) but i failed !

and i was so freaking nervous before the test that i actually chewed my nails (a bad habit i stopped a long, long time ago) while waiting for the test to start.

when i entered the room, i was like the only girl there sia. there was this chinese-looking Malay guy who looks strangely familiar. like a memory from a memory. you know ? somewhere lodged way inside this brain of mine. but i didn't have to time to refresh my memory cos my heart was practically thumping out of my chest just waiting for my name to be called.

oh, by the way.. i was the last to take the test. imagine my exhilaration (yes, i was eager to take the test) and my nervousness (yet, i didn't want to take it)

ok, here's where i screwed up:

1. turn steering whilst vehicle is stationary (2 demerit each mistake): i accumulated 4 points.
2. require additional reverse manoeuvre/attempt (2 demerits each): 2 points.
3. emergency stop: slow response/early clutching, 2 points.
4. fail to release handbrake (2 demerits): 2 points.
- the officer sabo-ed me. he applied the handbrake without me realizing ! and when i was about to move off, he said, "release handbrake". i was like, since when sia i applied the handbrake ? of course, that was my alter-ego speaking.
5. insufficient acceleration (2 demerits each): 6 points.
- this i gladly plead guilty to. i'm a scaredy cat la. i think pedestrians would be lucky to have a driver like me on the roads. not so much for other drivers, though. =X
6. fail to use appropriate gear (2 demerits): 2 points.
7. incorrect braking technique (2 demerits each): 6 points.
i braked a lil too late. heh ?
8. the one that i really CANNOT, simple CANNOT accept is - striking the kerb during Directional Change.
- which cost me 10 FREAKING POINTS. ok, the reason i simply cannot accept is the fact that i NEVER, NEVER hit the kerb before ! even during S-Course, Crank-course (said to be one of the most difficult roads to manuovre) or Directional Change and during the test, i did. bloody, freaking hell !! Directional Change ! one of the things that i'm super confident about.

bleargh.

however, the irony. the day before the test was the 1st time i entered circuit throughout my learning process. i know, suicide right ?! but, besides the freaking Directional Change thingy, i think i accumulated more points while driving through my test route. -_-"

i got route 2, by the way. one of the easiest routes in Ubi. though, i don't think we went that route cos the one i took was so freaking different from the map i saw. =X

oh well. and i got a quite-nice officer. i forgive him sabo-ing me.

yep, say it. i totally blew my chance. even my driving instructor was like, ''why you fail ? you're quite a good driver, what ? why you hit the kerb ?''

gee, i don't know. i turned too early, i guess ? -_-''

another irony, albeit disappointed at my failure to finally get a Driver's License, i'm quite happy with myself.

why ?

BECAUSE MY PARALLEL PARKING WAS PURRR-FECTO ! hehehehehe !! ok, so i turned the steering while stationary (i don't know why it's considered wrong cos i was just trying to get the wheel to straigthen. -_-") but i didn't hit the pole like so many times before ! and parallel parking was one test i fear the most ! and i nailed it ! yahoooo !

and i managed to drive through S-/Crank-course without striking/mounting the kerb ! and i never did these two courses before up until the day before the test. and i nailed the slope ! the car didn't roll back ! HAHAHAHAH ! seriously, i scare myself just by feeling happy right now.

so i got 32 points in all. for those in the dark, you have to get below 20 points to pass. but what the heck, right ? i actually pictured myself failing, but i didn't expect myself to get a that low ! yes, 32 points is considered low to me k. and i was surprised at how calm i was during the test. i'm usually a nervous wreck when it comes to tests. believe me, ask anybody.

and before the test, apart from praying hard to Allah that i pass, i actually asked Him to do one thing for me. i actually prayed, ''Dear God, if i'm to harm anybody in the near future if i pass my test, then fail me this time until i'm more confident in my driving.''

and that came true. :)

insyaAllah, i'll pass the next time.

ohya, ohyaaaaaa.. my parking was great ! HAH !

P.S: thanks to those who wished me luck ! sweet of you guys to remember :) and thanks to those who consoled me after my failure. hehe. i'll try my best the next time round. i promise ! :D

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Life is Full-Circle*

it's been a very interesting week, i must say.

there were less people on Monday and overwhelming number patients on the next. weird. usually the first day of the week is Hell Day. the following days were quite alright. morning was hectic, but slacked nearing the end. :)

well maybe the rain was the reason for the slacking. it's funny, everytime we hear thunder, all of us (in unison) exclaimed: YAY ! *claps hands*

cos more rain = less patients. :D

anywaaaays, i'm here to blog about some colourful events during work. i swear, these are some of the few things that kept me going to work. HAHA.

me: uncle, ini ah. obat kencing manis punya. [uncle, this is for diabetes]
uncle: ah. wa tau, wa tau. [i know, i know]
me: ah. ini ah. perut kosong makan ok ? makan satu biji, pagi punya. [eat this one on an empty stomach ok ? in the morning]
uncle: *oh-so-cute-70+year-old-face* eh, ni wa ada la. wa tak mau. [eh, i have la this one. i don't want]
me: oh rumah ada banyak, eh ? [oh at home have alot ?]
uncle: adaaaa. ni wa takda makan nya. wa sudah baik. takda darah manis lagi. [got. i never eat this one. i'm cured already. no more sweet blood] (yes, i'm literally translating what he said]
me: *laughing* mana boleh baik kalau uncle tak makan obat ? [how can you be cured if you don't eat the medicine]
uncle: eh, takda pasal la. wa tau wa sudah baik, wa pegi itu doktor ah. doktor maseh kasi ini obat ah. wa sudah cakap sama dia, wa sudah baik. takda dengar la. [eh, never mind la. i know i'm cured. i told the doctor already but he still give me this one. he never listen la]
me: makan aje la uncle, nanti lagi baik. [eat only la uncle, later get even better] (me trying to psycho him to continue eating it]
uncle: eh. takda pasal la. wa ada banyak. [eh, never mind la. i still have alot]
me: *reluctantly* ok la, uncle. saya tolak ini untuk uncle k. [ok, i minus this one for you k]

amazing. diabetes can be cured ! oh ya, the cutest part was when he said: "eh. takda pasal la" with his act gangster but very fragile look. HAHAH. CUTENESS !

Xue Yin: oh my God, Fiz.. the baby so cute !
me: yahhh. cute sia.. so small !
Xue Yin: yahhh. look at the BUTT.

HAHAHAHAH. i love that, man. so psychotic, can ! hehe ! :P

me: ni eye oitment untuk mater eh. ni eh, letak 1-cm of the medicine tempat mater la. 3 kali sehari k. *puts the oitment in a bag* [this one for the eye. put 1-cm into the eye 3 times a day]
cute bespectacled-guy: eh, tu macam mane nak anuh ? [eh, how to put ?]
me: oh. squeeze 1-cm je ah. tempat yang sakit. [oh just squeeze 1-cm into the affected eye]
bespectacled-guy: oh. squeeze eh. *looks all surprised*
me: err, ye la. dier macam tube gitu ah. [yah, it's like a tube]
bespectacled-guy: oh, ok.
me: you know right ? which one yang sakit ? upstairs ke downstairs ? [which one is sore ? upstairs or downstairs ?] (I KNOW, my conversational english suck. i was meaning to say, upper eyelid or lower eyelid. but upstairs and downstairs are my usual conversational words. i so can't help it, can)
bespectacled-guy: *looking all confused* huh ?
me: i mean, upper eyelid or lower eyelid ?
bespectacled-guy: *confused* entah ? *shrugs* [don't know]
me: *laughs* huh ? mane lei tak tau ? mane yang sakit ? [how come you don't know ? which one is painful ?]
bespectacled-guy: entah. *shrugs again* yang sebelah kanan. [don't know. the right eye]
me: *too lazy to ask him whether it's the upper or lower eyelid* errr, ok la. just anuh la 1-cm k. [errr, ok just put 1-cm into the eye k]
bespectacled-guy: *smiles* ok.
me: ok, this one another eye medicine la. eye drop. just use after 5-mins of the oitment k. after opening, keep in the fridge for one month k. lepas tu kene buang. [after that must throw]
bespectacled-guy: atas ke bawah ? [upstairs or downstairs ?]
me: *blur and laughs* ape yang atas ke bawah ? [what upstairs or downstairs ?]
bespectacled-guy: yang fridge tu. [the fridge]
me: *laughs* bawah laaaa. takkan atas. [below la. cannot be upstairs, what]
bespectacled-guy: *laughs and gives me the most charming smile i've ever seen* (HEH) ok, thanks.

ok, whoever puts eye drops in the FREEZER ? DENGS !

me: ini eye drop for the eye la eh. satu titik 3 kali.
Yayin (who's beside me): *starts laughing*
(i think she remembered the incident about her saying the word "drop", which when translated to Malay might sound a bit obscene if mispronounced. HAHA)
me: *starts laughing, while IN FRONT of the cute-1988-guy*
Yayin: *continues laughing*
me: *smacks yayin* oi, stop it la. *continues to laugh*
cute-1988-guy: *looked at us, half-smiling* (properly wondering what the hell was so freaking funny)
me: after opening, keep in the fridge for 1 month. after that, throw. (i was saying all these while laughing cos Yayin was still laughing ! i don't know if that dude understood what i said. HAHA)

ohya, Yayin laughed till she cried. HAHAHA. and this incident so reminds me of the Cristiano Ronaldo incident ! HEHE ! good old times, yea Xue Yin ? hahaha.

by the way, i haven't seen Subutex Guy for quite long already. 3 weeks ? or more ? miss him, sia. HAHAHAAH.

ok, there's another dude who's allergic to Subutex. a 40+ Filipino dude. doesn't look like an addict to me. neither does the younger Subutex Guy.

hmmmmmm.

ok. TV TIME !

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Life is Wonderful*

ok. finally updating.

my friends at work kept saying i'm a funny and comical person. -_-"

ok i know why they say that. here's the truth: i make stupid comments and do silly things. and i'm actually a 12 year-old kid stuck in a soon-to-be 21 year-old body. uh-huh, that's me~ :D i'm not kidding. i can be so childish that i scare myself sometimes. freaky, right ?

anyways, not sure if i'm unhappy or proud to be "funny and comical" but well, if it makes people laugh (at my stupidity and endless goofiness) then what the hey, right ? :D

but yea, we have come to a conclusion that boys don't like funny girls. girls simply adore funny boys. not too sure if it works the other way round. -_0

oh well. that's life right ?

anywaaaays, the last few weeks have been really hectic at work. doctors were really snail-slow and patients just kept pouring in from nowhere ! seriously, you don't know how big the population in Singapore is until you actually work at Jurong Polyclinic. i can swear to you that sometimes i think that every little being in Singapore comes to our polyclinic to seek medical attention.

people, please. i'm begging you. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

and not to mention some polyclinics actually shoo-ed our patients away when they went there to see the doctors. (not mentioning any names but it's damn close to our clinic. *coughs coughs*)

"Jurong Polyclinic open already. you can go there and take your medicine."

like what the hell ? where's the gold-and-silver customer service, freaks ? and our patients were really obedient. they actually came all the way back to our polyclinic just as told. -_-" ! if i were them, i'd complain to that particular polyclinic. not that i'm planning to be a difficult customer. can you imagine travelling to this particular polyclinic only to be shoo-ed away to another ?

bloody freaks.

anyhoooos, enough about work. last Good Friday, went out with Xue Yin and Shima to Vivocity. again. only this time, for lunch and hanging out instead of watching a movie. i must say we're quite proud of ourselves cos we were able to find our way around the mall, unlike last time when we got lost just finding the damn theatre (thanks to the ever-so-confusing signs). and i think we spent 1/3rd of the time, fiddling with cameras at Best Denki. HAH. i say if the cameras we fiddled with are still in good condition, then Best Denki is very lucky. hehe. we were taking pictures (as though they're ours) trying to see which one has the best features. HEH. oh and the salesman there was really kind to print us 2 copies of our photos even though we possibly might have damaged their cameras. HAHA.

the Trios :D

and we totally fell in love with Sony T50. crap.

touch screen. TOUCH SCREEN.

sighs.

but i guess we won't be buying that after all. not only does it cost close to 700 bucks (more than half our pay), the touch screen thingy might not be a good feature after all (though it's DAMN COOL, LA.)

crap. i hate money. why must you be so freaking frustrating ?

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Rock Revival*

have you guys heard the new Linkin Park song ?

wooo~ it's awesome, right ?!

well, actually it's.. o.. k.. to me. but hey, they're back !! whoop-dee-doo !

when i first heard the song and saw the vid on MTV, i was expecting Mike to rap somewhere between the chorus rather than the "na na na" part at the end -_-"

but oh well, LINKIN PARK ROCKS, CAN.

for those who knew me since secondary school, you might remember me being all crazy on the bassist a.k.a Dave "Phoenix" Farrell.

this dude over here:

well, he got married. that broke my heart. :(

HAHA.

he's still my favourite member of the band. well, besides Chazzy Chester Chaz, Mike, Brad (he's grown far too much hair, i must say. shave Brad, SHAVE.), Robb and who could forget the ever-so-cool Mr Hahn. that's basically everyone, right. heh.

oh and for those who thought Linkin Park broke up.. NO, k. Fort Minor was just a "side project". besides, they weren't making much waves. i didn't really like Fort Minor much. they were.. o.. k.. la. heh. i think Mike + Chester is a better combination than Mike + a bunch of rappers. Chester's voice damn power, can !

oh, and Chester looks so much better now !

i've got the song up on this blog ! and i'm so getting the album ! :D