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9 years into the second millennium...

Happy New Year 2009!

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I called home yesterday and was delighted to know that my niece Waddah got 9As for her PMR. She's in sekolah agama, so the extra subject is Arabic.

I asked her what would she like as a gift from me.

Makcu bawak Waddah naik flight, buleh? Pegi mana pung dak ape.

I guess that's an easy one. I just need to find the time.




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growing OLD

...growing up is not the absence of dreaming
it's being able to understand the difference
between the ones you can hold
and the ones that you've been sold
dreaming is a good thing cause it brings new things to life
pretending is an ending that perpetuates a lie
forgetting what you are
seeing for what you've been told...

Goodbye Alice In Wonderland - Jewel

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It was close to midnight on Thursday, I was sitting on a sofa, with a bowl on my lap, licking my fingers and nibbling on yesterday's leftover chicken when I noticed that D & J left the front door open. I called out to J to close the door or else Jack-the-rabbit would hop out, that was when they came in, with a guitar and a ukulele, with a few other friends and sang me a birthday song. I was very comot, mulut tangan berminyak semua cukup. Thank God no one brought a camera!

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yummeh!

Ice cream cake at lunchtime in a mall, in the midst of the crazy boxing day shopping. I actually spoiled their 'surprise plan'. They wanted to have my birthday lunch at a proper cafe, pamper me with good coffee and wanted surprise me with that birthday cake. Instead, I changed their timing & dragged everyone to a cheapo foodcourt with nasi mentah & bad curry. Silly me! (haiyaaa.. these people don't know how to say no to what I say-lah!)

Thank you girls, I had a great time...

and thank you all for the wishes through blog, FB, txt messages & calls.

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Happy Hijrah New Year to everyone. Don't forget your year-end & new year du'a tomorrow evening, ok.

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apa silapnya?

At a party we had earlier tonight, in a short chat with a N0rth K0rean guy.


How old are you, by the way?

I'll be 32 in about... 32 hours.

Are you married?

No, not yet.

What's wrong with you?

What?

Yeah, you're over 30 and you're not married. What's wrong with you?


??? (*What the...*)





Nasib baik dia tetamu D, kalau tak aku debik jugak mamat ni karang.

So what's wrong with me? I don't have the answer, really. I wished I know.

Salah ke?

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final week

I went to K-Mart to get some candy canes but the ones that H said were on sale are sold out already. So, I bought 2 butterflies to add to D's xmas tree in the living room. I need to go find something for D the next time I go out. This will be her first time celebrating christmas away from home. She misses home now that all her close friends have balik kampung. I need to put a smile on her face on this quiet summer celebration.

Just in case I don't get back here to write another post before the year ends, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it.

When it comes to music, the only thing I'm good at is listening to it. I should never attempt anything more than that. D was strumming on her guitar when I told her that I adore people who plays the guitar well and instantly she was very keen on giving me guitar lessons. She asked me to start with a little ukulele. She taught me a few notes and I failed miserably in getting into the right tunes but D is not giving up on me. At least not yet.

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People are leaving for holidays and now I'm collecting car keys, none of them are mine. I need to keep an eye on the cars. So dah banyak kereta ni nak naik kereta ke nak naik bas? Naik kereta is easier but naik bas, can cuci mata! Oh, lupa, I didn't write a post on it. Story is... the other day, I terjatuh cinta when I took a bus ride to city. Ok, not cinta lah, a crush, quite a major one because until today I still can vividly recall the stranger's face. Iyer, I had a crush on a stranger who boarded the no.81 bus. He is a much better version of Wentw0rth M1ller, *nod* I said BETTER and botak too! and... to add to his hensemness... as he took his seat, he opened his bag and took out a novel. He reads!!! hati saya tiba-tiba terpaut bila melihat dia membuka dan menyelak helaian mukasurat, khusyuk dengan bacaannya ( ayat!!) [ Ya tuan-tuan, pesanan khidmat masyarakat: membaca itu meningkatkan daya penarik anda. Tetapi tuan-tuan, membaca majalah yang kandungannya hanyalah gambar kaum hawa yang kurang berpakaian tidak termasuk dalam kategori membaca, that's ogling!] .

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Today is the final Friday. Come next Friday, I'll have another number added to my age *sigh*.




ubi: ya, saya gerascophobic.



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can we skip monday?

sugar with your coffee?

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