B.R.E.A.T.H.E.

I can't think to write my own post.. so here goes a song I like.

ANNA NALICK -"Breathe (2 AM)"

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,

"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,

I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"

Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes

Like they have any right at all to criticize,

Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button, girl.

So cradle your head in your hands

And breathe... just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss

"Just today" he said down to the flask in his fist,

"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."

Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,

But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,

Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.

No one can find the rewind button, boys,

So cradle your head in your hands,

And breathe... just breathe,Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,

You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out

And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again

If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song

If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,

Threatening the life it belongs to

And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd

Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud

And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table

No one can find the rewind button now

Sing it if you understand.and breathe, just breathe

woah breathe, just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe,

Oh breathe, just breathe.

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Ubi- I'm a danger to myself...

Saturday ramblings

I usually do my grocery shopping late at night on weekdays, less crowd and I don't have to 'drive' the trolley carefully to avoid trolley accidents. I went out earlier today, not so much for grocery shopping but to due to my rice craving. I didn't get a single grain of rice for more than a week already and I don't have rice in my food shelf. So I went off to the Hub at Hornby, to have rice and curry at Mediterranean something- I forgot the full name of that outlet.

I think I should start to do my shopping more on Saturdays. Saturday male shoppers are yummier- young & hemsemmmm. You get the sweet smiles and thank yous when you give way for their trolleys to pass. That one particular kiwi I met at Pak n Save today was really sweet... as sweet as 'ceklat nissang'.

I was standing in line at the check out counter when I saw a very old lady pushing her trolley out of the supermart. She could barely walk, I could see her shaking and the trolley actually helped to support herself. I found myself praying "Dear God, IF I'm destined to remain single and if I ever to live up to her age, old and weak, please make my nieces and nephews love me. Please don't let me live alone and do my own shopping."

Oh, I need to call my nieces & nephews after this!

Starting tomorrow I can watch Fifa WC matches LIVE! yeeeehaaaaa!! but I'm sad coz South Korea didn't make it to the second round. Sob.. sob.. bubbye Ahn!

So I read the market is still good in Johor: 66,185 to 32,117? That's about 2:1... Wait, they should make another survey - how many of those in 66,185 are gay?

I know a thing or two on how to escape from prison now that I've completed "Prison Break" Season 1 marathon. Watched an Indon movie while putting my files in order. I found myself in tears when seeing the couple in the movie being so happily in love. Ironic... but that's just me nursing my pms.

I've been doubling my doses of red meat, pasta, potatoes, chocs and junk food in my attempt to gain weight. It did not work! Just one week without rice and I lost 1.5kg. Kalau dah perut melayu tu.. melayu jugak!

Listening For The Weather

Weather Forecast for today - MetService


Listening For The Weather - Bic Runga

So I'm listening for the weather to predict the coming day
Leave all thought of expectation to the weather man
No it doesn't really matter what it is he has to say
'Cause tomorrows keep on blowing in from somewhere
All the people that I know in the apartments down below
Busy with their starring roles in their own tragedies
Sunlight sends you on your way
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
Never be afraid of change
I'll call you on the phone
I hate to leave you on your own
But I'm coming home today
And this busy inner city
Has got nothing much to say
And I know how much you're hanging round the letterbox
And I'm sure that as I'm writing
You'll be somewhere on your way
In a supermarket checkout or the restaurant
I've been doing what I'm told
I've been busy growing old
And the days are getting cold but that's alright with me
Sunlight sends you on your way
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
Never be afraid of change

Ubi- it ain't snowing today.. and I'm not coming home

Dinner?

It's getting colder.. I need more fat!

Mild, non-chronic WC withdrawal syndrome

Can someone please tell me when exactly I should be launching 'Emirates MatchCast on Yahoo'? as in how many hours before a game starts? I keep getting 'server was busy, please click the button to reconnect' everytime I do it. Don't ask me how many times I've been pushing button. That happens everyday and I had to resort to 'minute match info'... sgt hampeh!

Ubi- sick of not getting live telecast... is that why I keep getting headache these days? perhaps I should only stick to the WC I have at home.. the Water Closet

Hari Ayah

Happy Father's Day
to all fathers out there.

Moon & charity auction

Winter moon in Canterbury . 12062006 . 1842hrs

Again.. my obsession with the satellite up there.

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Just a little announcement, a charity auction is on at pu1pu3 . Go make your bid for charity.

and the day after...

yesterday...

Some friends said to me.. laaa.. snow turun sikit pun dah nak tutup uni ke? Those living in 4-season countries wayyyyy up north perhaps have snow on most days.. you can also get that if you live on the mountains here or way down to southern tip of this island. In Christchurch & North Canterbury however, the most you can get is 1-2 days of snow per year (based on a conversation with my landlady). This one came suddenly when people were unprepared. It even sneaked under the MetService radar. So, farmers were affected, roads were blocked and the city became ghost town. They even claimed it as the deepest snowfalls for more than 30 years. I can't verify that, I was not here before 2004.

Anyway, jakuns like me who came from no-snow world always look forward to the snowy days! I went around taking piccies so I can show my anak buah and they'll go bestnye Makcu!! nok gi etek.. and their Makcu will say, besttt sangattt... but the real thing is I didn't like to be frozen! I could not speak properly yesterday because my lips froze. I forgot to wear the right shoes that that my socks went wet after a few minutes of walking, my feet numbed. Yet, I am grateful to be able to experience this. To be able see the seasons change. Alhamdulillah. Watching the snow falling was hypnotizing.. or was it just because I was sleepy?

So today things are back to normal. The grass is green, the sky is blue... the air is... still cold.

This was yesterday...


And today... it looks like this.

Oh by the way...

a good note: I no longer have to run to catch my last bus home. I bought a car yesterday amidst the freezing weather. Yeayyy!

the other side of it: since I already poked a hole in my pocket, I have to live on a strict budget, no more yummy fresh veggies (they cost more in winter). Only cheap instants... :(

hukarere

I checked the metservice before I went to sleep at almost 4. It was supposed to rain today but you can't always rely on the forecast. I woke up at 7, and everything's white! I really want to stay in bed.

Can someone please tell me that the uni is closed. NO? Not closed? ARGHHHH!!!

*hukarere- snow

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update at 8.50am

taken from Uni website

"Due to adverse weather conditions, University will be closed today, Monday June 12th"

Yeeeehaaaaa!! Oh my.. I sound like a 12 yr-old yg malas pi skolah

ramblings, stories, etc.

1

So everyone's ready for Werld Cuppa? Poor me don't have the chance to watch that. This rugby nation is not showing football on free NZTV, only on SKY pay-TV. I did asked my landlady if we could get SKY, she said "yes, but wait till I win a lottery". Yeah right, when is your lucky day sweet lady? Mid July? I don't need SKY by then. Nah, I can't afford my own SKY, m too broke right now. Thanks to ever-so-convenient-swiping EFTP0S, I lost track of my spending. The bank statement came in yesterday, and for last month only, I spent twice the amount of my monthly allowance. Have to ikat perut la like this.

2

Donno why I'm so absent minded these days. I had my BCB online account blocked after giving wrong answers thrice to the verifying question for a money transfer. I really thought I gave the right answers... dah nyanyuk agaknye! Note to self- must take ginkgo tomorrow!

3

I went straight home after after getting my account blocked at the office internet. Once I got in my room, I quickly took off my clothes, changed to bathrobe and went for a hot shower. When done, I took my shower creme bottle (with dispenser) out of the shower and put it on the vanity next to the shower cubicle. With my right hand busy towel-drying myself, my left took a bottle of lotion (also with dispenser) from the lower shelf and put it on the vanity top. Ok, dry.. yeah.. now time for moisturising. Squirted some 'lotion' and applied it on my shoulder, elbows, chest and back, massaging them in.. after a few sec, the 'lotion' is still visible on the skin, forming white circle patterns all over, not absorbed....then only I noticed the smell, Arghhhh!!!

I actually applied shower creme, and not body lotion! Dang!!

Another round in the shower.

4
Goss File
From reliable sources, I learnt that CT finally tied the knot with her 'yang tersayang' on Wednesday night in Kepong. No media representative or paparazzi were present. She had her private kenduri kahwin the next day on Thursday and her now lawfully wedded husband is... jeng jeng jengg... non other than my lil bro! NO, I'm not talking about CT Nurhaliz@ la.. hehehe... I'm talking about another Cik Siti who is now my sis-in-law.

Selamat Pengantin Baru to CT & lil Bro... may they have a blissful married life together.

*So people.. any of you living around Chch, with SKY TV and don't mind me hanging around your living room from 4am-9am, contact me, ok :)

**Why do I keep getting "temporary unavailable" notice everytime I want to post an update these days? Do you guys get it too?

things that can make money

Cartoon by Trem@in, The Pre5s C@rtoon Gallery

Here in Nu Zeelen people don't really idolize their Nu Zeelen Idol and they don't have AF but people can go really crazy over anything that has connection with rugby.

Last week Chris M@soe punched a patron at a Christchurch bar after he tripped over the patron's feet. Teammate T@na Um@ga grabbed a woman handbag nearby and hit M@soe on the head with the bag to stop further assault.

Now the R0xy handbag used by Um@ga to smack M@soe is famous! The owner, a 22-year-old lady has put the bag on Nu Zeelen auction site Tr@de Me. The R0xy bag usually costs less than NZD50. By the time I publish this post, there had been 58 bids, the highest at NZD3,000. A cellphone in the bag that was broken during the bar incident will also be given to the highest bidder.

Good eh?

Now for us Malaysians, I don't think anyone would put a high bid for some 'artefact' that has to do with any incident involving our sportsmen/women... but if you want to make money, go follow where M@wi is going. Probably you can find something that you can put on auction. Go find the fishing rod that M@wi used when he went fishing with Di@na. You never know how much his die hard fans wanna pay for that. Now go!

UPDATE!

The bag was finally sold at NZD22, 750!

A Vict0ria University psychology lecturer said people's desire to buy the bag were undoubtedly varied but probably included allowing the owner to live vicariously through the rugby star.

"By having the bag to hold and rub and take to bed with you, you are able to live some of that out."

The fact that macho Um@ga's weapon of choice was a ladies' purse also upped the oddity and interest, he said.

-Sunday Star Times, 4 June 06-

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I want to go to a course in Scotland but I can't afford it. Hmmm... perhaps I should start going to bars where these rugby players go and offer my handbag whenever they need to whack their teammates. I need to find ways to make money now.