Waznah Ali chaque jour…

wah.. it’s been ages since i blogged i think. MIA here. i’ve been blogging here at Friendster for like 7 months or so rite? well, i opened up an account in Multiply so my blog, photo album, calendar events are all there. it’s not much yet but since i’ll be going through major changes in life, new year, new things to happen - thought i might start new. so if u have time:  http://waznah.multiply.com

thanks! see u when i see u. season’s greetings. have a merry christmas to those celebrating and happy new year! hope u all made new year’s resolutions ‘cos i haven’t done mine yet. hehe.

the date is the 5th of december.  on the agenda:  morning?  bowling.  afternoon? sera’s bday party! =)  i was up late the night before chatting on MSN hehe, so had to force myself to get of bed at 0630 hrs.  mama insisted that we be at the bowling alley as soon as utama bowling opens.  what?!  and what time does utama bowling open?  0900 hrs - ehehe…so i had to call up everybody and tell them that we’d be leaving at 0845 hrs from the house.  wakey-wakey everybody!

safwan and mirul very semangat one - wide awake as soon as i called.  mira and edah were still k.o and nurul baru bangun…

at 0845 hrs, we dropped by Wartel to remind everybody.  unfortunately, The Driver, abg khairul belum sampai so i told them, we go first.  perfect timing, we arrived at Utama Bowling at 0900 hrs on the dot but we chilled in the car for a while.  at around 0915 we entered, got our bowling shoes on and started a game.

there are several techniques to bowl rite?  i mean, there are certain manoeuvres dat allow the ball to spin and go a certain direction rite?  of course, we played bowling our own way…

Behold… the techniques used by the members of the Pg Hj Ali family:

Zafirah:  the youngest and the most stubborn with an average score of 100… *dodging zaf’s kick* hey, what?! …uses an elegant "breathe-release-pose" move that gets her the strikes.  a little rusty at first but she led 2 out of the 3 games we played

Waznah: the most lawa… *everyone goes into coughing fit* …oh fine then, the most emotional who led the first game with a score of 84… *everyone holds head back and laughs*  …uses the same "breathe-release-pose" but tends to lunge forward so it’s not a surprise if the ball decides to change course and prefer the gutter.  hey FYI, i had 2 strikes and several spares at the end of the 3 games u know…

Mama:  the light of my life, my inspiration, the one that conquers but apparently not in the bowling alley hehe.  mama does a hippity-hop before she releases the ball - relax mama!

Babah: the favourite! i don’t know if it’s babah’s first time to bowl but his technique is quite queer - everyone sure to laugh one.  it has a ganas touch to it - he releases with such force and he then slides to the side. 

at around 1000 hrs, the whole motley crew arrived- nurul, wardah, abang khairul, safwan, mirul, mira, edah.  we weren’t dat noisy *innocent smile* i mean, imagine 11 people who celebrate each other regardless whether it was a gutterball or strike (well more gutterballs than strikes)….cheering and clapping as well as the raise hands consecutively like in baseball games?  hehe, the ppl next to our lane were really good and we were like gutterball after gutterball - beri malu tebanar!

thank u mama for paying for all of us - i lap u! =)

i took a nap in zaf’s room when we got home from bowling (how in da world do we fit in one single bed ah zaf?)  5 minutes before 1400 hrs, left da house for sera’s house!

i very much enjoyed sera’s bday.  she had good food, she was an excellent hostess as well - thanks for the hospitality.  we had an express lesson in neurolinguistics as well:  ~ when someone looks right, he is trying to remember something and left if he is fabricating something ~  musa handsome!  apparently, it only works if one recalls subconsciously.  sera’s bday cakes were scrumptous, yum yum!  she had oreo ice-cream cake (i found out it was not oreo cheesecake erk!) as well as blackforest cake.  went home at 1600 hrs.  thank u to khai and shafiq B (da one with da camera hehe - u wanna try my camera next time shafiq?) for walking me to the door.  and thank u to sera and sera’s mom for walking me to the front front (eh?!)

PMB results also came out today.  congrats to mira!~~ u told him first?  i thought we were family *sob* *sob*  and what did u get for ur IRK?  wat the hey…~~

later on dat evening, mira and edah came over.  as usual we talked about the day’s events again.  there was a bit of gossiping but i assure u, it’s not about u. it’s about abang khairul haha.  pandai abang khairul ani mencari eh… laku udah? which girl?  i so wanna hear mirul’s and safwan’s side of the story…

the date is 4th December.  ugh!  another day of waking up early but today was gonna be worth it ‘cos today the family is gonna go to OGDC!  hehe, road trip baby~~  during the school year, the prefects as well as my GP class have planned to visit the Oil & Gas Discovery Centre in seria  but the dream never materialized so i was glad dat i’d get to go. 

meeting point was at babu mas’s house.  while waiting for everyone to get ready, mama, zaf, nurul, wardah and i stared into the fish pond at babu mas.  hehe, weird but i find it very fascinating apart from the fact the bridge was broken in half.  we later learned dat qayyum (daling!) walks into the pond at times - FYI, he looked really cute, sunglasses and his shirt was hot!  *cheeky smile*  eventually, babu mas got ready (datin hehe)  and we did the attendence.

Toyota Rav 4:  mama, babah (pilot hehe), zaf and moi (co-pilot - wat?! i needed to be next to the cd player desperately)  =)

Toyota Kijang: babu muda (pilot), abg ichat (co-pilot) and iffah

Toyota Lucida: uncle kahar (pilot), babu mas (co-pilot), safwan, qayyum (daling), nurul, wardah

babu muda was gonna pick up kaka dian so we would meet them at aminah harith in jerudong first for breakfast.  there, we met mira and mirul (kena buang ke sana kamu? hehe)  so had breakfast and off we went.  i left my sound speakers with safwan ‘cos he wanted to connect it to his I-pod shuffle (he has an ipod shuffle??!!)  so new attendence was dat da toyota kijang carried: babu muda as pilot, abang ichat as co-pilot, safwan, wardah, mirul and iffah.  and kaka dian was an addition in the toyota lucida. 

so we spent 3 hours at the centre.  played with the blocks; made up the pyramid with zaf; shaked in the earthquake house; struggled with the cuffs with zaf and mira; holding back sickness while watching safwan, mira, nurul and iffah go on the watcha-call-it spinning round thingy-magicky (ok ok, i was suppose to be observant and see wat it’s called but i forgot *innocent smile*); spy on ppl using the periscope sort-of; close ears while nurul, zaf and wardah make bad music on the pipes; played the soccer game and put our faces into the pics regardless if we played or not in the highest score sheet; stayed in the vortex column thinking it was timed but nurul deliberately made me stay there for a long time grrrr!; do ju-on scenes with the vacuum; see zaf and mira spin on the pirouette contraption; and lie on the bed of nails… phew!

had a sort-of lunch at Ideal.  me and zaf shared the Belgian waffle yum-yum!  then, we stole nurul’s fries as well hehe.  after that, we wanted to stay for a movie but we had to go home.  at least zaf got to play on the swings =)  we wanted to get home so we could be in time to sembahyang zuhur at home. also, there was a makan2 mama and babah had to go to

on the ride back home, the heat was getting to everybody.  zaf k.o in the first 30 mins of the ride and i was getting restless but i didn’t wanna go to sleep ‘cos i thought it might make babah sleep too so i ceta2 with mama dulu.  i changed cd after cd finding the right upbeat song but to no avail.  babah kept on removing his glasses and rubbing his eyes and mama insisted on taking over driving, i told babah it was probably best he handed the wheel to mama.  rupanya, the whaddya-call-it dat rests on ur nose is missing on babah’s glasses so it kept poking the side of the nose so it was annoying - toink! my eyelids were getting heavy so i talked with babah and mama decided so babah inda ke-boring-an, put on his favourite cd which consisted of all the oldie hits.  that kept babah up quite a bit ‘cos he was singing along.  we reached jerudong area and i passed out hehe, couldn’t keep awake…

i continued sleep as soon as we got home.  wah..it felt great to lie down =)

around 1630 hrs, mama and babah brought me on a little field trip.  destination?  sera’s house, we had to find sera’s house before going to her party the next day.  hehe, so got to see another part of brunei-muara i’ve never been to - salambigar.  dat took us a while ‘cos we didn’t know it would be quite far hehe - eventually we found the place.  thanks for the directions sera! =)

on the way home, we stopped by Hua Ho Manggis.  my first time to set foot there - it’s quite big, nice stuff too!  i saw bazilah and her sis!

the date is the 3rd of December.  i woke up just a teensy-weensy bit late ‘cos i didn’t want to have bags under my eyes.  guess what?  it’s photo-taking day di gadong!  ya-hay!  the photoshoot was for prefects and AJK involved in Orientation Night 2005.  khai and i decided on black hehe…

arrived at gadong a little after 10.  met tina and shidah first.  ETA sounds way cooler wah tina… 

we hung around the photo shop until everyone got there.  it was good to see some of them since we left school.  it’s a pity some of them couldn’t make it - if only we could adobe photoshop u ppl into the photo nanti hehe.  so after the photographers arranged us (aliyah! kami minta maaf arah dorang nanti ah!  merry christmas is a time of forgiving jua haha), we took 6 formal shots and 4 informal.  i got to pose between nora and tina in the formal (don’t worry tina, photo become more lawa if we stand next to each other haha) ; and for the informal, i was between khai and hjh zana.   it was much delight to be posing - esp. the dunhill pose.  the term "dunhill pose" made up by hazim - the waznah likes!  =)  after dat, there was a formal shot of all the stpri prefects.

i’m sure photos will turn out great.  inform me if u guys pick up yours k?

i thought dat mama and babah were gonna bring me home straight after but we decided to have lunch at the food court at the mall terus wait for steph to return my geography file.  so ate mee rebus and drank teh tarik for lunch.  met up with the girls and guys a little later.  mama, babah and i chilled there until 1315 hrs sipping on teh tarik (i totalled 3 hehe) and munching on popcorn (mama tu…).  steph was looking for a parking spot so i got the file from her while she was in the loooong line of cars =) thanks steph.  lucky u can drive steph, hi to aaron as well! 

dat afternoon, the gang came over as usual to play volleyball.  volleyball tia karang!~~  *cheeky grin*  most of the time, zaf, edah and mira sat down and gossiped.  i assure you it’s harmless gossip and it’s not about you, believe me.  then we got hungry after seeing the pizza hut delivery man stop at the neighbour’s place.  hehe, so we called and had pizza while watching the anime, Blue Seed

the date is 2nd December.  it felt like old schooldays… (old?  hehe, it’s not even been a month since school was out)…still, it felt horrible having to wake up so early.  it’s been three days in a row dat i’ve had to wake up early.  i felt the bags under my eyes.  so it was a koinkidink dat DJ airil on Pelangi Network was talking about his secret to relieving eyebags.  he says he uses toothpaste - not alot lah, just a dab of it on a tissue and place under both eyes for several minutes.  haha, mint and flouride?

in front of the closed MS gate, i met the other students who made it through - aimi, myself, fadhli, majdi, bo jun, haziq, hamiz, dk fitri and rohirda.  when the bus arrived, off we went to seria.  ~~the wheels on the bus go round and round..lalala~~

the driver was doing 80 so it took an hour plus plus to get to seria.  i sat next to rohirda and we talked, got to know her a li’l better; and we had a good laugh when she had the thought of me dancing in the bus.  haha, is dat thought really funny?  anyways, come to think of it, i don’t think it was my first time to go to belait ‘cos i remember visiting TOTAL oil so technically, it was my second time.  rohirda, dk fitri and i were seeing who could spot the first road worker and claim whose friend it was…hehe, weird but it helped time pass.  the guys at the back were playing cards and one of them (i think it was bo jun, not sure) was showing card tricks.

once we got to the office, we were impressed to see the cars in the parking lot were all in reverse parking!  hehe, sakai sikit, so consistent.  we signed in, got the visitor passess and went thru’ the barriers just like the ones on the London Underground haha cool~~  there are rules ascending and descending the stairs at the office.  on ascending, we stick to the left and holding the rails.  on descending, on the right.  safety reasons i guess…

at the conference room, met mr yin fah, mr jaafar and two other men (saya lupa nama mereka *innnocent smile*).  they welcomed us to shell and congratulated us on coming this far.  mr jaafar and mr yin fah briefed us on the petroleum engineering course which we would take, if we chose to accept, at UNSW.  the course layout is actually very interesting.

this is the course description i got from the handbook of UNSW –>  http://www.petrol.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate_study.htm

Petroleum Engineering is a specialised engineering discipline which prepares graduates for careers in the oil and gas industries.  Its related operations apply physical, mathematical and engineering principles to identify and solve problems associated with exploration, exploitation, drilling, production and all the related economic and management problems associated with the recovery of hydrocarbons and alternative sources of energy from deep beneath the earth’s surface. 

then we had a tour of office - met the petrophysicist (woah! look at the maths involved), the reservoir engineer (she said not to be afraid of the physics); and the geologist (cool colours to represent the wells hehe).  the fun thing about it is dat everyone works together so u never have to feel alone and deadlines are never at the end of the day (not like school!) - looks like a cool job.  we had lunch at the club and after the guys came back from sembahyang jumaat, we headed back to MS.

the ride back home was a quiet one.  each of us had one week to decide.  *sigh* the decision dat could change my life - i felt i was at a crossroad.  a crossroad between medicine and engineering, two different fields each with its advantages and setbacks.  rohirda and dk fitri who were next to me managed to get a bit of shut-eye but i couldn’t.  i knew the decision was not going to be easy and i had to make it myself. 

we arrived at MS at around 1530hrs.  i sat on the steps with aimi and fadhli while waiting for mama and babah to pick me up.  i told aimi that i wanted to take the course ‘cos it was so interesting and challenging and dat’s why i thought i could do it.  but other issues like the future and the job after dat started popping up.  *sigh*  a hard decision…

as soon as i arrived home, my head started to spin.  hehe, i had the same feeling one gets when one gets off a plane…. you feel like you are still in the air.  i thought it was the heat as well.  mama and babu muda (and iffah tagged along as well) brought me to the tailor so i could replace the shoulder pads on one of my baju kurung as well as re-do the whole shoulder area ‘cos they were too big.  after that was done, iffah convinced us to stop by at the mall to buy crepe.  it was my first time to try the crepe there - it was nothing compared to the ones i tried in france but no reason to be picky eh? 

"pinch, punch for the first day of the month"  steph, where are u to pinch and punch me?

the date is the 1st of December.  i got the call!  shell is considering me…  wah! so happy! they called really early though.  i thought i would get an answer or no answer in 2 weeks.  hjh zainab told me the good news and she said i should wait for a call for further instructions.  i woke up late so i got up and went downstairs to sit by the phone.  i don’t have an explanation for my actions but i didn’t even bother to take a bath first or eat breakfast at the table.  i waited near the house phone on my left and my handphone on my right.  talk about weirdness…  i still had not recieved the call at noon and i was beginning to feel gross and queasy not having bathed.  babah giling2 kepala and was threatening to drag me to the bathroom if i didn’t take a bath.  so i took my bath…

at around 3, i got a call from masyati hehe.  a bus would pick us up at 0700 hrs the next day at MS and take us to seria to the BSP office.  there, we would be briefed by mr jaafar again.  i was excited when i hung up - syukur alhamdulillah.  told some of my friends and cousins the good news

Herewith, our anniversary is on the first day of the month ;)  i’m very happy you have come along…

i went straight to sleep after the dinner last nite.  woke up early, a little worried… i didn’t know wat to be prepared for so i just decided i’d be spontaneous and natural (duh! i mean they’re trained for this so of course they would know u’re pretending rite?)  i had a light breakfast of sunny side-up eggs and at 0630 hrs, zoom to the Centrepoint.  it was cool outside and i arrived first! wohoo! 

the next one to arrive was rohirda.  we helped ourselves to fruits and tea.  hirda told me da reception desk informed her dat i was already upstairs.  woosh, they actually noticed me! *kambang* (apakan?! big achievement?)

the BSP assessment consists of 3 tasks:  the group discussion, the in-tray exercise and the proposal exercise.  there are 6 assessors and we rotate so each assessor gets a chance to observe us hence eliminating bias. 

The Group Discussion - this is done in groups of 3.  we each take a role in an organization and we pretend to be negotiating for a share of a budget.  we have some 25 mins to prepare beforehand and then we bring the negotiations in front of the assessors for 30 mins.  at da end of the 30 mins, we have to eventually come to an agreement.  my group consisted of dk fitri and fatiha and we finished in record time (15 mins!)  whoops! hehe

In-tray exercise - in this task, i am supposedly to take the role of managing director of a company and i’m supposed to sort an in-tray of letters according how important they are and explain why to the assessors.  i was given 30 mins to prepare beforehand, 5 mins to present to the assessors and 20 mins of feedback.  i was kept up the longest erk! 

then we had a lunch at Dynasty.  the food was delicious.  apparently, stpri teachers were having lunch there too.  honestly, i wasn’t ducking but they were sitting at the other end of the restaurant so i didn’t wanna disturb - i met cikgu adi and cikgu mas coming out the men’s toilet *innocent smile*  went to the 7th floor to sembahyang zuhur and i was the only one on dat floor!  being in da toilet was not so terrifying but if u watched Ju-on, i’d think twice but i survived!

had time to spare with azri and hirda before it was our turn to prepare for da proposal exercise.  we talked about loads of things from current affairs (mainly just football hehe) to who we knew from each other schools to school subjects and teachers.

Proposal Exercise - in this task, there are a choice of 4 topics and i was advised to choose a neutral topic and not one dat was close to heart.  i had some 25 mins to prepare beforehand, 5 mins to present and 20 mins of feedback.  ok, i’d have to admit dat the topic i chose was kinda TOO neutral (if dat’s even possible) ‘cos i wasn’t very sure about it.  but i went thru with it and i think i did ok.  i got to ask the assessors about working at Shell as well in the end.  i managed to have tea while masyati de-briefed us with some closing remarks and we were released.

the time it was over was around 1600 hrs.  i finally got to see the sunshine outside after being cooped up in the hotel for almost half the day.  i felt really exhausted and my head was spinning.  but nothing was going stop me ‘cos dat nite, babah, mama, zaf and i were gonna watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire FINALLY!

that night:  after maghrib, we were off to the mall.  but we made a stop arah Euro-classic ‘cos zaf wanted to buy a new pencil case - bigger, newer and better eh?  we went to the cineplex and waited around till it was time for the show.  i was halfway thru my popcorn just watching the trailers on the screen hehe.  the movie was great!  seriously, daniell radcliffe and rupert grint need a haircut, the twins look better and emma watson was dazzling as usual.  abang, i still don’t see why you’re so crazy about cho chang?  hmm…  they cut off alot of parts from the book - dat’s why i still prefer reading the book but for a 2 hour plus plus movie, it was good =)

then before going home, zaf had to use the toilet.  i was staring at the floor as i talked with zaf when see elbowed me.  i looked up and guess who were there?  haha.. Khai and Zizi!  zaf told me she’d go to the toilet so i chatted with khai and zizi for a while, musa was also there.  totally psychic musa!  brilliant!

i went home with good thoughts dat nite.  wat a nice ending to a day…

alhamdulillah i got called for BSP assessment centre based on my mock exam results so i would have dinner on the nite of the 29th and have the assessment on the 30th.  i would be the only one from stpri on the 30th - bad news or good news?  err…

the night before (29/11):  i knew it was a dinner just to mingle with the students but i was so nervous, i was squeezing zaf’s arm like it was some plush toy all day.  she kept saying to me: "kaka, u just have to eat, wat’s wrong with dat?"  true plang but i’m not good at meeting new ppl - i get all shy and stuff but i guess it’s part of training for the future eh?  so, the students involved were supposed to meet at the Centrepoint.  as i reached the Centrepoint, i met dk dhiya from MD, she was real nice and we waited for the rest of her schoolmates.  at 7 on the dot, met the rest of the team for the assessment:  rohirda(MS), dk fitri MS), fadli(MS), ak azri(MD), zetty(MD), hajijah(MD), fatiha(MD). 

we were then introduced to student’s affairs advisors or facilitators, kak masyati and hjh zaitun (i think dat was her name erk!)  and also hjh zainab, one of the assessors.  after the briefing room was opened, we were briefed on wat was gonna happen tomorrow.  my name on the nametag was spelled wrong - waznan.  grr! totally understandable i guess so never mind….  we were reminded dat we were chosen to catch the australian uni course which starts in feb for petroleum engineering.  the assessment centre was to determine whether we were qualified to work for shell and hence be sponsored under the scholarship.  three tasks to test brains, body and heart.  kak masyati also assured us dat there are no failures in the assessment and if we didn’t get it, it doesn’t mean our future is doomed but just short of the expectations for the bsp scholarship.

then all of us went downstairs ‘cos we would enjoy dinner at Season’s.  the food was good dat night.  i got to know the other students better and hjh zainab started an enthusiastic conversation about her life and how if she could have turned back time, she would have loved to do petroleum engineering.  she assured us dat at Shell, the sky is the limit, if we work hard.  u could tell dat she was trying to convince us that if we made it, we wouldn’t regret working for Shell.  she also went on to make a lecture on "How To Be An Effective Person" short.  i think it’s almost the same as the book i read - "the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens".  i read it but i only practise like only one of them but according to hjh zainab, she actually feels more happy.  so i might as well list them out:

1. Be Proactive : "Whether i fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own.  I am the force" - Elaine Maxwell.  so proactive ppl focus on the things they can control, they stop worrying about things they can’t control, they turn setbacks into triumphs

2. Begin with the End in Mind : Have a goal, have a dream and work for it. It’s important ‘cos at critical crossroads in life wat u choose can affect u forever; and if u don’t control ur destiny, someone else will

3. Put First Things First : learn to prioritize, planning is essential in life…basically effective time management but also coming out of ur comfort zone and overcoming fears.  we win when we rise each time we fall

4. Think Win-Win : to have an everyone-can-win attitude ‘cos u can gain something out of the next man too

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood : listen to ppl sincerely.  if u want to be understood, learn to understand the other person first

6. Synergize : the importance of teamwork, work together to achieve more

7. Sharpen the Saw : take care of urself, do new things to sharpen mind, body and soul

one of the other assessors, mr jaafar also joined us.  he also told us about his exciting experience in shell - 17 yrs if i’m not mistaken.  after dessert (brownies, cake and ice cream yum yum) the time was almost 2200hrs, we decided to call it a night ‘cos an early start tomorrow.

phew! just finished revising for my bio option paper.  hehe, big achievement eh? *roll eyes*

did u know that Pre-Menstrual Tension or better known as PMS has over 150 symptoms (both physical and emotional symptoms) and affects 70% of all menstruating women?!  the cause is actually horomonal in origin.  it’s because of decline of oestrogen and progesterone at different rates further exacerbated by stress and nutritional deficiencies.  the symptoms include cramps, headaches, craving for sweet food, stress, depression, disinterest in sex and irritabality among many others.  AND u know wat else they should add?  disinterest in study!  yeah…ish, it really took a lot of effort to try and study today, macam every half an hour, jump into bed and read comic.  eh, bagus waznah ani…

oh goodness, i shouldn’t bore u with such details ‘cos dat is not all that happened today uh-huh…i had a little outing this morning.  yup yup, iffah (congrats to her by the way on achieving 5 A’s for PSR) decided to bring me to help her choose an organ (not a body part but the musical instrument) - as her present.  so early start this morning, we (mama & babah, babu mas and babu muda) were gonna have breakfast arah aneka rasa kiulap first.  so 0830 hrs, zoom ke kiulap but wat tickled me was da fact dat all of them - iffah, edah, mira, safwan and qayyum (daling! hehe) all had sleepy eyes still  *giggles*  so we had breakfast and then this man (i think he was a marine guy ‘cos he had this  body like a body-builder and his cap said "perry" ??)  was busy cerita-ing sama babah dat he liked this cat outside - siamese with one eye blue-coloured and the other was yellow.  i later learned dat it’s actually a deficiency caused by genetic predisposition affecting one in ten cats.  so yeah…learn something new everyday eh? (slow aku ani…)

so qayyum, edah, mira, iffah and safwan all rushed outside to pet it.  the man went to the shop opposite to take a discarded box and he put the cat inside and instead of going into the restaurant having breakfast which was supposedly planned - he took the cat and went home!  haha… wow, ia takut org will own up to the cat kali…

after breakfast, we went to yayasan and looked around at the different organs (do u call it organ or keyboard?) and surveyed the prices but it was nearly 1130 hrs so we decided to let it go and see arah the contessa shop di gadong lagi.  so we parted from babu muda’s group and went home.  and it was back to studying…

then it comes to my favourite part of the day.  two nights ago, after having dinner out di aminah arif, i finally lived up to my dream and bought a volleyball!  finally!  ‘cos i used to play in germany and i think this was one of the games my PE teacher didn’t "bench" me in…yeah, i AM a lousy sportsperson.   hehe, so ever since yesterday afternoon before being interrupted by Mr. Rain (grr!) , we played.  we used the badminton net, i know the height of the net is supposed to be higher but who cares?! 

this afternoon, it was "men’s playing field" ‘cos edah, iffah and mira couldn’t make it, i think they jalan-jalan.  yup, so it was me and zafirah and loads of my male cousins.  even abang bagol’s children from next door came over to play.  it was fun fun fun.  the boys pun baru pernah main so it took a lot of tries before they could even serve it across.  good laugh lah…*giggles*  then, datang tia babah and then he started showing me how to volley it properly.  he was rite u know *blush*, no wonder it was so painful ‘cos i always volley below the wrist.  "yes coach" - and it is harder than it looks ‘cos looking at the ball and getting ur hand out so u can volley back at the right spot (above wrist) is not an easy task.  so we started the game all over again and oh yeah, we did much better.  it felt so good laughing out loud - esp at zafirah ‘cos when she malas to hit da ball, she just watches it bounce inches from her foot and when she catches the ball… hahaha- classic eh….she does this pose.  she plays on the opposite team so my team - safwan and mimie always imitate her when she’s about to serve just to intimidate her.  hahaha =D

abang khairul pun dropped by hehe, he is very ganas (must be a male thing huh?) so everytime he serves, everyone on my team runs away ‘cos they all takut…ish!  his last o-level exam is on tuesday so haha, i’m not da only one who has to wait till movies and bowling ah abang khairul?!

so now, i’ve got a bit of a bruise on both my wrists. on one side, it’s gone purple and got red dots - internal bleeding?  hehe.  looks i have to put playing volleyball on hold just for a while.  =)

COUNTDOWN(S): (ada countdown lagi tu…)

till next exam:   3 days

till FREEDOM (whoopee but not yet!): 4 days

till "november ends": 12 days

1. i didn’t potong any new baju raya this year so i’m using last year’s wardrobe (hehe, nothing new)

2. da cucul at my house sings Christmas carols (mama & babah bought from Germany hehe)

3. i was da one who finished the "popiah bedil" and was going to pin da blame on zafirah if anyone noticed (no one noticed yet haha but i am craving for it now erk!)

4.  the cheesecake meant to be served to guests? yup, i am guilty ‘cos it’s not in da fridge anymore (but zafirah helped! mama knew it was me anyways..haiya!)

5. on the 8th november, i was online for more than an hour.  someone kept track… which mysteriously became the topic of discussion at our family gathering - sheesh!(safwan told babu mas and so on and so forth)

6.  i now blank out alot and start staring into the abyss (a growing concern as zaf is usually da one who snaps me back to reality - "wat r u thinking kaka?" "why r u smiling kaka?")

7.  i was doing something else on the internet when i was supposed to be researching for GP (wat’s there to research for GP?)

8.  i DON’T want to study (can i please do something else? can’t i just place my hand on the book and it leaches into my bloodstream and then somehow transferred to my nervous system and form synapses in my memory? or maybe i should just wave the wand -"let-o info masuk-o" sorry, i’m a harry potter fan but do any of da books teach us dat?)

hehe, sorry i don’t know why da heck i decided to do this but i’m bored so…yeah. my day was ok if anyone is asking.  woke up late as usual (hehe) then straight to studying.  we finally found the basketballs so i got to shoot hoops with zaf and edah before maghrib tadi so i kinda feel more active and happy now after some exercise.  lepas sembahyang maghrib more studying i guess.  very frustrating but only 4 more papers so arggh!

COUNTDOWN(S):

till next exam:  2 days

till FREEDOM (whoopee but not yet!): 9 days

till "november ends": 17 days