Seventeen forever

Therapeutic chain of events

2012-02-07T22:08:00.003+04:00

Guess who’s back? Back again? Shaleen’s back, tell a friend! (That sounded so much cooler in my head). If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, you can proceed here. I didn’t explicitly mention when I’ll be back blogging so for those of you who have been checking back during my indefinite hiatus, sorry to have kept you waiting!

Anyway, my mocks/ prelimns are over (hooray!) but unfortunately, I still have essays and reports to complete throughout the whole of this month. But fret not, I’ll update as often as I can. Well, at least more often than during my exam period. I went for some retail therapy after the exams and Hewtung, Nadhila and I went to a French restaurant for lunch over the weekend.

I was wearing heels since I thought we wouldn’t be shopping afterwards but...we did. So I bought flip flops the first thing I did at the mall cause I didn’t want to spend any second more in the 5” heels. It was so embarrassing and that would be the first and last time I’d wear flip flops at a mall. I’m one who believes that flip flops do not belong anywhere besides the beach and the market.

Me: I still can’t believe I’m wearing flip flops at the mall
Hewtung: It’s okay, there’s always a first time for everything
Me: *sigh*
Nadhila: There’s always a first time for everything
Me: She just said that....

On another note, lots of things happened since the last time I blogged; from being back stabbed by a teacher ~~which lead to unnecessary drama blown out of proportion~~ to getting a new phone! I am in love with my new phone, the Blackberry Bold 9900 in WHITE. Add me on BBM if you haven’t (2904BED8) and if you already have but are still pending for a request, then re-add me cause I haven’t received any from you. I’ve also got whatsapp so just holla at me!

+ I got stationeries which I needed from Singapore (Thanks Nadie + Nattasha!). And dad got me this when he came back from Singapore during his business trip:

(x)
How cute is the bottle?! I absolutely love the scent and have been using it every day since I got it. Unfortunately it doesn’t stay for too long and I couldn’t bear bringing it along with me everywhere cause I’m afraid the bottle might break or something.

So just a few days ago.........my parents got me one of the best things ever:

A functioning gramophone!!

So I decided to further research on PATD vinyls (if you have been following me on Twitter you would have noticed my burgeoning obsession of that band). Much to my dismay, there aren't any more vinyls of my favourite album from that band + it's OOP = overpriced :(

On a music related note, I'll end off this post with a song from the much loathed/ loved singer, Lana Del Rey. If you haven't heard of her, then you must be living under a rock. I love practically every song on the album, I highly encourage you guys to check it out!

I'm developing a fever and I have a match tomorrow. Should probably sleep soon. Goodnight readers! :-)

I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Away, away

2012-01-12T21:35:00.000+04:00

My second favourite class, my Math class. Full attendance for only once this term, ha ha. Yup, my math class is awesome cause there's only 8 people :-)

I mentioned in my previous post that I won't be updating often anymore due to my upcoming exams. They were initially supposed to start on the 15th and end on the 26th of this month but we only got to know just now (because the KHDA wanted to check how the grade 13 classes as well) that the exams were postponed to the week after. I had mixed feelings about the postponement of the exams cause that will mean that the deadlines for Extended Essay, Business IA and World Lit would collide with the exams but fortunately some of them have been postponed too. And that would also mean more time to study for the exams.

On an academically related note, the Nov 2011 IB exams were out a few days ago and 29 out of the 454 students in ACS (I) got perfect scores. That's 29 from Singapore alone. There were 26 perfect scorers from the whole of Australia and only 1 from the entire US. I think it's cause most of the students in the UK and US do the May exam. If you think those results were amazing, 78.2% of the students got 40 or more points and the average score was 41.36. Unbelievable.

I also found out recently that my favourite Chinese boy has been enlisted for the army in May, which means I might not be able to see him when I go back to Singapore in August. Which also means that I won't get to see him ever again if the world ends. Sad case.

Anyway, this is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. The little girls (when I say little I mean Grade 4 and 5 girls) are crushing on Matthieu (Grade 13) and they decided to write him a letter. They were giggling when he was walking to the school bus.

Matthieu reads the letter aloud after finding it
"Dear Mathew, wrong spelling, you're a cutie pie we girls love you so much marry us. From all of your girls fram, wrong spelling, your class, which is only Shaleen. xxxxxxxxxxx kiss kiss crazy boy. Moshi monsters?!"
Funny stuff, really.

I think I should get going soon. Didn't do anything today cause I'm shagged as hell! Till next time xx kiss kiss hahaha ;-)

If I catch it comin' back my wayI'm gonna serve it to you
And that ain't what you want to hear but that's what I'll do

400

2012-01-06T13:41:00.000+04:00

Thank God the weekends are finally here! The two-day week was enough to drain me since my body clock got screwed over the Winter break. School has been alright, I guess. It was somewhat nice to see (almost) the entire grade again. Anyway, I spent New Year's Eve with Sharin, Kyle and Monsour at my place playing cards, piano, netball, eating, watching the fireworks on the roof, going crazy, running around the house and chasing each other, getting married (ha ha) and just having fun.

Stupid face, ha ha. Sometimes I think the 4 of us are such an odd combination. Sharin's the craziest, I'm the loudest (you shouldn't be surprised), Kyle's the one who talks the most and Monsour's the quietest. Nevertheless, we still manage to gel together.

Playing 400. We also played Blackjack and Poker.

Doing Math: Calculating the probability of winning if...I KID. We were just tabulating our scores for 400
Rape in progress, you wouldn't wanna know why.

And soon enough, they got married. "I now pronounce you husband and wife". Monsour browses through my book and starts reading "DNA Replication...Proteins are...."

Love this girl <3
So Sharin and Kyle claim that whenever Monsour and I take a picture we look like this

American Gothic. But I didn't know what they were talking about at that time, so I just did a stupid face

And then when I found out how they actually wanted me to look like, I decided to edit the picture and personified it

I have such amazing editing skills, no? Ha ha, I just drew it in Paint. I'm still clueless about Photoshop. So here is a decent picture of us to make up for the not so appealing ones

Sleepover!

I didn't snap any pictures of the fireworks cause my bro was recording it and I'll upload it one fine day after the exams if time permits. While we were playing cards my iPod which was on shuffle started playing "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye,

Everyone suddenly bursts into smiles
Kyle: Ohmygod, we're all in the same TOK class!
Sharin: What?! We're all in the same class? None of us are in the same class.
Me: NO! We're not! The two of you (points to Kyle and Sharin) are in the same class. Monsour and I are in the same class.
Kyle: OH!
We all start laughing.

Kyle was confused because all of our TOK teachers showed us the music video to that song during TOK. It was funny how one person thought we were all in the same class while the other one thought none of us were in the same class. Oh blondes. Kidding ;-)

During Geography, Rod pointed out that my nails were painted black and yellow when they were in fact black and gold. I actually painted my nails black and gold cause at that time the song "Black and Gold" by Sam Sparro was looping in my head.

Embedding of the music video was disabled so here's the lyrics video instead. This song was such a hit back in '08! (Besides Flo-rida's "Low")

It's 1:15AM in Dubai as I type this so I think I should be turning in soon. Won't be updating often over the next few days cause my exams are just around the corner. Good night and have a great weekend guys!

I am who I am and I can't be no one else
You got nothing left to say- keep your comments to yourself

No relapse

2012-01-02T18:00:00.000+04:00

Happy new year everyone! Hope you guys had an amazing time on New Year's Eve. Last year I did a post on my New Year's Resolutions for 2011. Here's the list to look at whether I managed to fulfill any of them or not.

"This is kinda late but here are my new year's resolution for this year:

1. 50kg (max.) by 2012 (No)
I've never been called fat/ round before and if someone says it then I have to do something about it.

2. Top in math (Eff no but I was 2nd does that count)
My parents will reward me with a Nintendo DS 8)

3. Top in geog (YES!!)
Only 4 other kids taking geog = less competition

4. Learn 7 new songs on the piano (The Saltwater Room, Unfaithful, Love the way you lie, Interlude Pt 1....ok that’s it I think so NO)
I don't have piano lessons so I don't think I have time to learn a lot more songs

5. Learn 2 songs on the guitar (Wonderwall, Anyone else but you – HAHA can’t believe I actually achieved this YESS!!!)
A failure at this instrument but I still think it's possible

6. Do something for portfolio (um, I applied for prefect and sports capt but didn’t get both. BUT I’m in prom committee so.....not too bad right LOL so YES!!!)
Still not sure what I wanna do exactly, probably run for prefect (laugh at me cos I've never wanted to be one - this is how desperate I am to get a nice portfolio), volunteer for an organisation or attachment

7. Get a friend to come to Dubai in Dec (YES!!! - Heeqmah! Haha)
I'd love for some SG company and it'd be even better if you could stay for 2012's countdown with me 8)

8. Add 1K songs into iPod (Added 871 songs in a year because it was really time consuming to make sure that there was an album artwork for every song. So, NO)
I need more music. Heh.

9. Use the internet max. 7 hours a week (LOL NO)
I was never addicted to the internet until this year, esp after I left SG cos I'm always contacting my friends

10. Another year w/out unhealthy fastfood (YES!!!)
I managed to last a year, another year shouldn't be too bad, right? :)

11. Have a better idea at what I wanna major in Uni (YES but I wanna do architecture but my parents won’t allow me so business + finance/ accounts it is!)
I've managed to narrow down my choices to 2 - business or architecture - so hopefully I'll be able to decide what I wanna major in by end of the year

A rather long list, but if I'm disciplined enough I hope I can fulfill it."

I managed to complete 6 out of the 11 resolutions. Not bad, right? I'm pretty proud of myself, ha ha. I've got last-minute stuff to settle right now, hope you guys make use of the last few hours/ days of the holiday wisely! I'll leave you with a song that's been ringing in my head for the past few days:

It can creep up inside you and consume you
A disease of the mind it can control you

Rewind: 2011

2011-12-31T01:26:00.000+04:00

2011 was both a good and bad year. Here's a recap of the highlights of my 2011 in chronological order.

(This is probably one of the most un-glam pictures of myself)
Singapore Carnival, January. Also my first time experiencing rain in Dubai.

IB Retreat, January

Dinner with neighbors, February. Good times.

Sports Day 2011, 14 February. (aka Valentine's Day)

Netball tournament, February

Visit back to Singapore, March. I also wanted to add in Taste of Dubai but I realized that all my pictures are in my other hard disk, which can only be opened in Macbooks, unfortunately.

International Day, March

Sharin eating sushi! This was definitely a highlight cause she was dying!!

First time at Atlantis, April

First time eating at Tribes (refer to this post), June

Getting an award for being top in Geography. Woohoo!!

Going up on stage again for getting our netball medals (undeafeated!), June

Last day of school, almost the entire cohort, June.

As you can probably tell, I don’t have any interesting thing in May because we were all studying for our exams. Also, the days after exams seemed to be the happier days.

Trip to Mecca + Madinah, June-July

PLANKING WTF HAHAHA

Universal Studios Singapore!

My eyes are not small here ha ha

Me and Sadrina spamming Fir’s and Dan’s iPhones with pictures of ourselves and setting it as their wallpapers (y)

Eid <3

Koi bubble tea (what I'm currently craving for)

Summer in general

My birthday (LOL yes that is Hafeez Glamour, a famous Malay DJ in Singapore)

First time cooking with my friends (WITHOUT ANY ADULT SUPERVISION OKAY yes now you can marry me HAHAHA I kid)

First time at Jumeira Beach Hotel for Mum's birthday (I just realized I look like a poser...)

Geog IA trip because it's probably the first and last time I'll hang out with these peepz outta school

UAE National Day cause of the food mm. And Rod tis the season to feel cherished! OK pardon my incoherence but I chose this pic because it's the only one which I look decent in :p

MAC Makeup Makeover cause it's not everyday that I get to experience it

In all honesty, I don't really know where to begin. I think I'm slightly influenced by the academic year, which is why the fact that a year has gone by hasn't hit me yet. Back when I was in Singapore, the academic year was Jan-Oct/Nov, so when the new year begins it's also a new academic year. Here in Dubai, the academic year is Sept-May/June, so I'll still be in IB2 even in 2012.

The beginning of the year wasn't a really good time for me, be it in the entire year or my life in general. I was constantly swaying in and out of homesickness and didn't really have friends because I didn't want to open myself to others. I always thought that I could only find joy in my friends back in Singapore so I only talked to a few people.

As the year progressed, I started talking to more people and realized that there are people out there who are just as nice as the friends I have. This was when I started hanging out with them etc. Then in March, my parents decided to go back for a few days in conjunction with my Grandma's birthday. I treasured every single moment there and tried to meet up with as many people given the limited time.

Life started to get better and coincidentally, the weather too. I hated Winter and was looking forward to every glimpse of Spring/ Summer. This was when I got closer to a bunch of people who are the ones who make the IB slightly more bearable. I was so much happier after the finals too.

Then there was Summer. What more can I say than IT WAS AWESOME. Met up with (almost) everyone I wanted to and just enjoyed the blissfulness of not having to study. Spending time with my (best) friends, staying over at my cousin's and staying up till 5 o'clock in the morning ~~conversation got boring~~ and waking up at 91 in the afternoon.

I have to admit, I was kinda excited for IB2 except for the workload, of course. I missed some of my friends. We were all in a new form class and fortunately, I was in the same class as one of my close friends. This was also when I started talking to some people and was introduced to one of the best card games ever: 400. I played it with a group of people every.single.day. No kidding.

This is where it ends, where I realize that 2011 wasn't too bad after all. This year's flashback is different from the previous years (yes, I have been blogging since April '07, just on different blogging platforms), in a sense that I don't have a dedication for the people who have made a huge impact in my life. Why? Because I'm going to do one at the end of IB2. So please don't have the impression that I don't appreciate you guys because I really do.

Singapore
Blood: Biskutz
Best friends: Anisa, Rui Yu, Aki
Tribe: Divya, Cherie, Ange, Shuang, Aisyah, Glo

Dubai

♥: Nadhila, Sharin, Mahtab, Areum, Hewtung, Anam, Mariah (foodie mate)

Cardz4lyfe: Sharin, Kyle, Monsour
Netballers: Clara, Liyo, Aarti, Fatima, Nicole, Prerna, Orla
Geographers: (yes, I actually like my Geog class the best. It's just that some people choose to annoy me at the wrong time of the month, making it seem like I'm hostile) Clara, Rod, Junhua, Nikhil, Tony

I took almost 3 hours composing this post and I think I should turn in soon. Am dead tired after a day of shopping. I'm actually looking forward to New Year's Eve, even though it won't be as "magical" as your Coldplay/ Armin Van Buuren concert/ party/ clubbing/ fireworks. I know that it'll be much better than last year's. Here's to a better year, 2012! xx

/Edit: This list includes people who have affected me in one way or another THIS year. Zenith, 2e1'08, TKGirls and YMC will forever be in my heart :')

Baby it's a new age, you like my new craze
Let's get together maybe we can start a new phase

Happy ho ho holidays!

2011-12-26T21:46:00.000+04:00

It's the last few days of 2011, what's everyone up to? Other than eating like there's no tomorrow and studying for the exams ~~but not really~~, I've been trying to get one of my many new year's resolutions done just so I can say that I've achieved something. I know it sounds mildly pathetic but better than nothing, right? So my family and I went over to the neighbour's the other day for dinner. "We should have a BBQ every week", couldn't agree any more.

In other news, my Nokia has decided to fail on me just one month short of the date I planned to change it. So right now, I'm using my old Sony Ericsson which I stopped using since I got the Nokia in Sept 2009. I got used to the SE real quick, and I can safely say I miss using it.

If you guys haven't already noticed, I've removed the music/ playlist sidebar from my blog a few weeks ago because I think it was rather annoying. Instead, I'll try to include a track in a post every once in a while so you guys won't get too bored of plain text/ pictures. Here's a relaxing tune for all you people who celebrate Christmas, I know it's a little late but I hope you guys like it! I thought Justin Beiber's 'Mistletoe' was a bit over rated so this is something you don't hear on the radio.

Hope all's been well for everyone of you. Have a happy holiday! :-)

I can tell you want something to love
That's why you hold on to everything that pass you by

Trying on new faces

2011-12-23T22:58:00.001+04:00

Waddup guyz. Seems like it's 2 more days to Christmas! This post is gonna be a short one (boohoo) cause I just got back from shopping. Went to Mall of the Emirates yesterday with Sharin and Nadhila to get someone's present. Went to the same place again just now to shop with Hewtung and Anam, and Hewtung convinced me into trying on some prom dresses. So much for wanting to design my own prom dress, ha.

Anyway, I really wanna watch this movie but none of my friends want to (mega sigh). Apparently half of the movie is based in Dubai ^^

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Anyone still up for it, feel free to contact me. Okay now I sound desperate, meh. So I received this email from The Body Shop (Singapore) because I'm a member:

Why is it that the sales are always when I'm not in Singapore. Why oh why. That aside, I think I'm turning in soon. Am keeping my fingers crossed that new year's eve won't be as horrible as last year. Good night!

All I got is one shot to fix this
And you know I'm going to make it right

She's got me like nobody

2011-12-20T20:24:00.004+04:00

It's been a while since I last posted. The Winter Break has been treating me well. I've been able to catch up on much needed sleep and rest. Went to Ibn Battuta Mall the other day and snapped a few photos.

Yes, I have an affinity towards Sanrio characters, especially Hello Kitty :B

Highlights of the past few days include:

Poker Night @ Monsour's
Getting stuck in the toilet of a mansion and causing a commotion, leading to Kyle labeling me as "melodramatic"
Spending half an hour in the vicinity of Emirates Hills in search of Monsour's house
Sharin + I winning poker even though it was our first time playing it
Sharin + I winning in a round of pool
Meeting Heeqmah and collected TeenVogue mag + cue cards from Singapore
Screaming and getting a sore throat while playing Fikir-Fikir (a Malay version of Taboo)
Gossip/ Bio session with Hewtung, Anam and Mariah

I seem to prefer putting everything in point form, like how Howarth likes using Google Earth (inside joke). I honestly thought today was Monday and being a bad blogger I shall end my post with a song that has been ringing in my head the past few days.

Best Coast - Our Deal from sssnake on Vimeo.
You can even view the video on your iPad and iPhone! See how nice I am :p I nearly cried while watching this (yeap, even more evidence to support that I'm "melodramatic". But c'mon, let's be open and admit that it's a pretty sad story. Don't tell me you didn't wish for a different ending).

Enjoy your December holidays, I'll try to post more often! :-)

We grow apart from one another like the movies

So let's just live our lives and we can both be happy

It's weekend time!

2011-12-15T20:27:00.004+04:00

The winter break has finally arrived! I've been looking forward to this day since the beginning of the week. There was a ton of deadlines (and some unforgettable drama) this week but it ended off really well.

Here are a few pictures of the Geog field trip last month, some of which were taken with Howarth's camera.

Kite beach

Howarth with a dead jellyfish

Crystal clear water at the beach beneath the Palm

And to end off here is a 'funny face' picture

As Rod would call it, "Our IB2".
I'm not posting the pictures of us working cause it'd be boring and you can find it on my FB if you really wanna see what we did.

Anyway, today went quite well for me.

Had my favourite cheese mana'eesh in school while playing 400 with Sharin, Kyle and Monsour.
School ended at 12 cause it was the last day of the term.
The question I wanted to do for the second Math IA garnered the most votes. Was so ecstatic and I'm actually excited to work on it :B #mathgeek
Went for Jap + Korean lunch with Hewtung, Nadhila and Areum = finally satisfying my craving for raw salmon.
Bought a pretty nail polish color.
Got Arabic notes + books from Akashah since Zaid is here
Also got Dance Central 2 from Singapore since the game in Dubai isn't compatible with the Xbox from Singapore

All of the above made up for the fact that I brought my camera without the memory card and also that I sprained my finger while typing. Yes, you didn't misread it, while typing. I was typing out some notes from a paper and when I picked up the paper I accidentally bent my finger at an odd angle. Which explained why I didn't play for basketball. I honestly felt really bad for not playing. Sigh.

On a lighter note, I foresee a fun-filled weekend ahead. Gonna re-paint my nails and then finally catch up on some much needed sleep later. Adios amigos!

I almost forgot to say something else
And if I can't fit it in I'll keep it all to myself

Islands

2011-12-12T09:35:00.002+04:00

This post is gonna be a real short one cause I have a free period right now. Anyway, I wanted to share a video with you guys since 2 weeks back but it kept slipping my mind. Now that I remembered it, I won't bother to post the video "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye since a couple of people have blogged about it and I don't want to seem like a 'copycat' or someone who has no originality. So here's a video I hope not many of you have seen. You have to watch the entire thing in order to understand it :-)

I guess that's about it for now, cause I have to get back to completing all my essays and reports which are due Wed and Thurs. 4 more days of school to the Winter break, hang in there everyone!

Meet me on your best behavior, meet me at your worst
For there will be no stone unturned or bubble left to burst

Ace of hearts

2011-12-08T23:05:00.004+04:00

Brr, boy is it getting cold in here! There's only one word to describe the weather right now - perfect. Every morning I'm greeted by the cool breeze against my face accompanied by the warmth of the glorious sun. Couldn't get any better. Well it could. Add a hot chocolate to begin the day. Mm!

I've been sick the past few days, hence the lack of posts. I still didn't skip school because my mock/ prelimn exams are in 36 days and the syllabus for some subjects aren't taught yet! The past few days were spent running around avoiding pollen at all costs on Aisha's birthday since she got a bouquet of flowers. And idky there was an even larger bouquet in the library. Played 400 every day at the 'gambling den' LOL I think I am addicted to this game.

Skyped with Divya for 2++ hours yesterday. We print screened more pictures but I think they weren't saved properly so this was all that I managed to salvage. School today was alright. I bought 7 Mana'eesh for my Math class and it attracted stares from people while I was walking back to class. Showed Clara the magic behind the Blogger stats heh. Recently my Islamic teacher has been picking on me for God knows what reason.

So many things to do in so little time that idek what to start on! All I can say is that I won't be posting as often as usual unless by some miraculous chance I get my Extended Essay, Business IA Draft 2 and English World Literature Draft 3 done by Thursday on top of the homework. But I'll still be tweeting regularly (unless I run out of credits on my prepaid). To make it up here is a hilarious video I want to share with you guys.

Hope you guys liked it cause I couldn't stop laughing while watching it. That's it for now, good night everyone!

We think we need so many useless things
When all we really need is time to breathe

Glitter & Ice

2011-12-04T22:02:00.003+04:00

My friends and I went to Mall of the Emirates over the long weekend for MAC's Glitter & Ice Make up event. I didn't take any before shots though. These pictures were basically taken during dinner since I've compiled the videos of Sharin, Mahtab and Nadhila's makeover process. I was the first one to finish so no one recorded me :P

@Chilli's

Here's the video which I've compiled. Please watch it! It's my first time editing/ compiling videos for leisure AND not using Windows Movie Maker (yup this girl won't get a MacBook till after High School cause she doesn't want it to be filled with high school trash). I know it's really ameteur stuff but I enjoyed editing it nonetheless :-)

I spent 2+ hours compiling it altogether and editing it last night. I hope it made up for me not blogging as often!

On another note, today was pretty O-K. Played 400 - I swear I'm addicted to this game - with Kyle, Monsour & Stefan during lunch and Sharin joined in after she helped her friend with schoolwork. I have never seen anyone as passionate about anime as Kyle...

The conversation during the bus ride after school was epic. I can't remember how it started but Shashank and I ended up arguing about *wait for it* BJs. Not gonna go in depth about it but it was insane and Matthieu kept laughing at us with the I-don't-know-what-to-say-you-both-are-ridiculous face. Haha.

Alright fine, I feel guilty for not updating earlier so I'll end with an epic conversation which I just recalled:

Some time before the Geog field trip to the beaches...

Clara: What are we gonna use as the floater [to measure long shore drift]?
Me: Can we use a beach ball as a floater? I can bring it
Nikhil: Yea that'd be good so we can play.
Howarth: Nah, that'd be too big. We need something smaller. It's okay, I have a few smaller balls we can use.
(Clara starts laughing)
(I start laughing)
(Rod, Junhua & Tony start laughing)
(Howarth shakes his head in disbelief)
Nikhil: what....?
Rod: I like how you girls thought about it first before the guys.

I hope that entertained you/ made you laugh. Because if it didn't, then I am compelled to say that you don't have a sense of humor. Have a great week ahead everyone!

Show me how you want it to be
Tell me baby cause I need to know now

Not our deal

2011-11-29T19:58:00.004+04:00

I've been entertaining myself by playing Shoot Shag Marry these past few days with Sharin and a few other people on different occasions. It's only recently that I've started paying this game with guys. Goes to show I'm widening my comfort zone. Never knew that some guys think so differently from each other... Haha.

Other than that, my school celebrated UAE's 40th National Day just now. Very few of the seniors came, which wasn't a surprise. The first half of the morning was spent watching videos of the UAE, one of which was National Geographic's Mega-structures on Dubai Mall. It was rather enlightening and if I'm not wrong, some of the architects were Singaporeans.

The rest of the time in school was spent roaming around.

Featuring Rod my Geography buddy (hi Rod feel special haha)

Gorgeous Aisha in her gorgeous dress

More QTs in their dresses

And with Shaan the head boy #Pakipride

This year's celebrations were way better than last year's, probably cause it was the 40th birthday. I was contemplating on whether to go to school or not when I woke up but I didn't regret my decision. There was a lot more food, that's for sure.

If you think this cake is huge, wait till you see this...

OK fine it doesn't look so big, but wait till you see this picture...

Source: x
Notice how TWO tables were needed to put the cake. Yes, it was damn bloody humongous. I think it was big enough to feed the whole school.

So I guess that's about it for now. More pictures of the celebrations are up on my Facebook. For once, I uploaded the pictures on the same day I took them. *Proud of self* 1 more day of school to the weekend since Thursday is a public holiday. Hang in there guys!

P/S: Rod, I know you're reading this, so all the best for your Math IA and hope your right elbow recovers soon! :)

Making every kind of silence, it takes a lot to realize
Its worse to finish then to start all over and never let it lie

Vamos a la playa

2011-11-26T20:09:00.005+04:00

Whadya know, the weekends are drawing close to an end already! I'll try to make the best out of the remaining few hours of it. Anyway, my family and I went to Jumeira Beach Hotel to celebrate my Mom's birthday a couple of weekends back and here are a few shots of that day.

My dad surprised her with the people singing a somewhat country-like version of 'Happy Birthday'

The hotel behind me

Behind me is Burj Al Arab, which is also seen on Owl City's Ocean Eyes album artwork. Can you spot the Heli-pad at the top?

Source: x
One day I want to marry a rich man and stay there. I kid. So after that we went to my Mom's friend's place.

While my brother and their kid were gaming I just sat with the adults and listened to their stories of their experiences during the Kuwait war when they were staying there which was really intriguing. I tried to imagine myself in their position and the only thing that came to my mind was that I'd die of fright instead of being killed.

Anyway, there are 2 things I forgot to mention in my previous post. Firstly, I'd like to apologize to the people who got agitated by my unintentional cachination on Tuesday. I swear I couldn't stop myself, it was as though someone or something inside of me was controlling me (that sounded creepier when typed out).

The second thing I forgot to mention was why I liked the wedding scene of Breaking Dawn Part 1 the most. It was cause Iron & Wine's 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' was the wedding song! When it started playing during the scene I ecstatically said "OMG THEY PLAYED THIS IN TWILIGHT!". I then found out that there are 2 versions of the song.

This was the one in Twilight during the prom scene.

And this is the one during the wedding scene in Breaking Dawn. I absolutely love both versions and will play this during my wedding :p Both scenes were so romantic, I hope I find someone like that when I get older :')

I guess that is about it for now. I am also considering of removing the whole music/ playlist from my blog. Shall think about it again though. As for now, hope you guys enjoyed your weekend!

Now possibilities I'd never considered,
Are occurring the likes of which I'd never heard

Camisado

2011-11-23T18:13:00.005+04:00

Just 1 more day to the weekends, yay! I seem to get excited on Wednesdays cause it seems as though Thursdays aren't so overwhelming. Today, all the English SL students (which was a lot, btw) had a mini party to celebrate the end of our IOCs. My English teacher was nice enough to let us do whatever we wanted to after that (read: play 400). She also gave us a pack of mini Smarties after our IOC :-)

(Took this with my Nokia)

Anyway, Sharin and I watched Breaking Dawn on Monday and it was slightly disappointing - probably due to the cliff hanger - but I liked the wedding scene. The dress had divinity written all over it. Sharin was freaking out during the birth scene, spouting "nasty" and "I can't watch this!" throughout, causing the people next to her to stare at her. I only found out that a lot of scenes were cut out today. Wasted DHS35 wtf. I really couldn't take it when Jacob (Taylor Lautner) was crying ;___;

I managed to immerse in a really good book, The Outsiders, and I really don't know how I'm gonna watch the movie when I was about to tear up when I read the book. That's about it for now, gotta get some work done tonight!

I'm in the bedroom, with tissues and when,
I know you're outside banging then I won't let you in

Moment 4 life

2011-11-20T16:42:00.003+04:00

I'm just a day away to my English IOC and after that I will indulge in a good read. Can't believe that Murakami's 1Q84 is still not in Dubai. Anyway, here are some pictures from the most recent netball match. I decided to play even though I sprained my muscle at my neck cause I felt guilty for not playing + I would do anything for netball.

The fact that I didn't get to go for the Versace x H&M launch has been haunting me, it's practically everywhere! During Geog, I was reminded by my classmates. I just go to the Teen Vogue website and it's there. And during Business, Greenbank mentioned it OMG HOW DEPRESSING CAN IT GET?! Prices of the clothes have been skyrocketed on eBay. Sigh.

I am really tired cause I slept late last night - studying for a test, the usual - so I'll get some shut eye before studying for my English IOC. One more day to partial freedom, I can't wait to watch Breaking Dawn!!

It's like I've waited my whole life for this one night
It's gonna be me you and the dance floor

Move along

2011-11-17T22:08:00.004+04:00

Thank God the weekends are here. This week wasn't too bad except towards the end, where I found out that I didn't get House Capt. Not only was I disappointed but it practically was a slap in the face. I mean c'mon, I'm in netball and basketball (before my knee got worse) PLUS I am so into sports, I take it seriously. And the girl who got it isn't even in any sports activity wtf how is it even fair.

Today was supposed to be a good day since I got to skip the entire day of school for Geog IA field trip. BUT VERSACE X H&M WAS TODAY GDI. When I thought it couldn't get any worse, I had my heaviest day (girls you'll get it) when we were at 3 beaches the whole day, 2 of which didn't have toilets. Mega uncomfortable due to leakage. So no pictures of the trip, sorry guys! But fret not, I have 2 more albums to post so expect a possible visual-heavy post coming up soon :-)

Here's to a good 4 hour ~~nap~~ sleep I had in the afternoon and to another at least 8 hours of sleep.

Source: Brashy Couture x Frassy Rags

Hope her pretty face gets you your house points. Peace x

Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed

Eid Break

2011-11-14T16:55:00.004+04:00

Unfortunately, 9 days without school went by in a blur. All I know is that I managed to get a lot of school work done and slacked a lot. Haha how is that possible. Anyway, during Eid, my family and I went for Takbir Raya and visiting. So much good food mmm. A pity I didn't take any pictures of the food but here are a few pictures I took that should suffice:

Check out Burj Khalifa (tallest building in the world!)

Skyping with relatives on Eid Adha

Prerna was there on Eid too!

School has been okay so far. Believe it or not, I didn't have any homework to do yesterday and went to bed at 9.30pm. I practically did nothing yesterday except for watching Katy Perry's latest MV, "The One That Got Away".

Please watch it, it's actually really sad :'( If this happened to me, I doubt I'll be able to live with myself.

Just baked some cupcakes mmm it's no wonder I've been gaining weight. Sigh, I can't seem to control my bad eating habits. So we're now divided into new classes for TOK.

Nadhila: Pernecillici sounds like an Italian sausage
Me: HAHAHAHA OMG this is so going on my blog.
Nadhila: I bet you don't even know how to spell his name.

LOL trudat idek if I spelt his name right. Thursday (17 Nov) is approaching and I am feeling all the more devastated that I can't go for the Versace x H&M launch. I guess that's about it for now. Gonna have dinner soon, see you on the flip side!

I'll take you in pieces we can take it all apart
I've suffered shipwrecks right from the start

Versace x HM

2011-11-09T21:02:00.003+04:00

The Eid break has been treating me well - I've been getting more than enough sleep whoops! Anyway, I only found out last week that I won't be able to skip school on the 17th Nov for the Versace x H&M collection (I know, how depressing is that considering I've been counting down since news broke that Versace was doing a collection for H&M).

Me: So the Geog IA is on the 17 Nov?
Howarth: Yes
Me: And I cannot skip it. At all?
Howarth: You can't or else you won't be able to collect any data, now wouldn't you?
Me: Aw cos I have something on that day.
Clara: What is it?
Me: The Versace for H&M collection will be out on that day and if I don't go it will be sold out.
Clara: Don't worry, nothing sells out in Dubai.
Junhua: Look sir, she wants to skip school to go shopping.

Junhua you do not understand my fetish for such things. Clara is just too cute lemme explain why I HAVE TO go on the day itself. Everything in the designer collection is Limited Edition i.e. once it's sold out they won't restock it and there are not many pieces of it in the world. Watch this video to see the chaos during last year's Lanvin for H&M collection:

"Everything's gone in 10 minutes"
"The shoes, which sold in-store for DHS499 are available in e-bay for DHS1200. The last bid on the popular yellow dress was DHS1087"

Apparently the first person to queue was at 6am when doors opened at 8am. 6am CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! SHE WAITED FOR ONLY 2 HOURS TO BE FIRST IN LINE!! Some of you might think it's really long but compared to just the opening of H&M in Singapore, the first person started queuing at 2pm the day before when it opened at 11am the next day and by 9pm the day before there were 300 people.

What I'm trying to say is that I should take advantage of the fact that the people in Dubai aren't as kiasu (Google it) as Singaporeans and I won't have to wait as long as if I was in Singapore. Moreover the H&M in Singapore is the only one in South-East Asia that will be selling the Versace for H&M collection. So I'm anticipating that people will start queuing way earlier than in Dubai.

Source: x

Source: x

The dresses and the jacket were the first things that I was drawn to when I saw the sneaks. Now that the whole collection is out I'm in total awe. There is actually a section in the website titled 'How to Shop'. How hilarious us that?!

This is the ad for the Versace x H&M collection.

I think that's about it for now. I must have bore some of you out with all the obsession. Unfortunately this predicament of not being able to go for the launch has been bestowed upon me. Sigh, story of my life. Alright then I think I should get back to doing some homework. Or maybe a little 90210/ ANTM to perk me up ;-)

Every minute's like an hour, every hour's like a day, every day lasts forever,
But what else am i gonna do, I'd wait forever and a day for you

What's cookin

2011-11-05T21:50:00.002+04:00

The long awaited Eid break has finally arrived! No more worrying about having to complete my homework by tomorrow, haha. Yesterday, Nadhila, Mahtab and I went over to Sharin's for lunch. We cooked our own lunch and surprisingly we did a pretty decent job ;)

Mahtab and I were in charge of the breaded chicken, Nadhila was in charge of the mashed potato and Sharin was in charge of the rice. When we were almost done I suddenly thought of baking cheese over some of the mashed potato so Sharin got to work immediately cos she wanted it so badly. Now for the end product,

(Lady Gaga's Marry the Night is playing on Virgin Radio)
Nadhila: That's so weird, why would she want to marry the night?
Sharin: It's night with a 'k' yknow, k n i g h t?
Nadhila: Oh! I thought it was the day, night.
Me: No it's n i g h t.

LOL.

Pardon all the shitty photography. After all the cooking we ended up having our lunch at 4 wtf but t'was worth every single effort like fo' real (I'm not saying this just cause we cooked it ourselves but I even had seconds and thirds whoops). We chilled for a while before having ice cream mmm

I was so full by then I hardly ate anything for dinner. We even came to a consensus that we could live together hehe. It'd be crazy if we were room mates. Sharin has A LOT of clothes btw.

And look at her baby sister's room I love it sfm ;___;

I've practically been slacking away and enjoying myself the past few days which feels so good. I seriously can't wait to graduate from high school and go back to Singapore cause this place will be boring when everyone else is in Uni and I'm taking a gap year. I guess that's it for tonight, ending this post with a picture of us satisfied with our own cooking-

I just realized a lot of the pictures are OOF so sorry I think it was all on manual focus so...yea. Goodnight everyone!

I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through
I've never been perfect and neither have you

Do the panic

2011-11-02T20:52:00.005+04:00

As cliche as this may sound, WOW. It's November already?! This week has been alright except that I had my Math IA due today. I skipped the Senior-Junior BBQ yesterday just to complete my Math IA and ended up sleeping at 4.30am... Which meant that I only had 1.5 hours of sleep last night. I'm the kind who sleeps 6-8hours on weekdays so I was shagged the whole day.

You might think that I put it on myself to work on the IA at the eleventh hour. I honestly wanted to complete it last weekend but my hard disk wouldn't open in any of my computers! And EVERYTHING is in there. Thank goodness it could open on Clara's Macbook or else I think I would have just died doing the IA from scratch.

My bro turned 14 on Monday so we got him a cake from Baskin Robbins. It was my first time trying their ice cream cake but it was a bit of a disappointment. It was way too sweet for even my liking - yes I absolutely love sugar and sometimes I think I might die of diabetes.

It's just 1 more day to the week-long Eid break. Really looking forward to it so badly, am foreseeing myself having 10hours of sleep everyday, heh. It felt like a Thursday (end of the week here) today and I was already in the 'holiday' mood so after waking up from my 2+hour long nap I've practically been slacking on the comp the whole night. Feels good to be able to catch up on TV shows and read BLOGS (iloveblogs@hotmail.com hahaha inside joke). I think I'm gonna slack a while more before calling it a night. Ciao!

Take me above your light, carry me through the night
Hold me secure in flight, sing me to sleep tonight

Love don't let me down

2011-10-28T11:57:00.003+04:00

Thank God the week is over! I've been looking forward to the end of the week since Saturday (just goes to show how much of a life us IB kids have haha). I had something on every single day after school and yesterday was the only day I went home at 3. I'm fortunate enough that the Bio CAT is postponed to Sunday!

Got this from Shuang's Tumblr. I really have to learn how to make GIFs using Photoshop. Am considering of getting a Tumblr, which will make me a hypocrite because I am against the idea of re-posting others' ideas but some things on the web inspire me and I can't possibly save each and every one of them unless I get a Tumblr. Meh, maybe I'll make one over the Eid break.

Anyway, my dad got my bro and I a Kinect + 4 games last night \o/ I was already 70% dead but I still tried out 2 of the games cos my dad said he'll get it if I do well for my CATs hehe. It feels good to do well but it's even better if you exceed your own expectations. Totally made the week worthwhile.

It's been an overall good week and I'm going out soon for a shopping spree :) Have a great weekend guys!

I get lost sometimes; another year flies by but I know if I try
Memories of the light in your eyes can take me back in time

Feel closer to you

2011-10-21T12:16:00.005+04:00

It's been a busy week and I don't know if I'm supposed to be relieved that it's the weekends. A couple of things that my teachers said stood out.

"Don't be in a physical relationship now. You'll get affected emotionally and it will affect your studies". - Ms Haider.

I'm not even in a relationship and I'm emotionally vulnerable. Cons of being a teenager, sigh. Here's another one.

"Girls have hips for one reason: basketball." - Mr Lim.

It sounded funny when he said it. I kinda like this mentality ha ha. Basketball match on Sunday! This coming week will probably be the most packed week since the school term started. I've got a Continual Assessment Task (CAT) almost every day!

Sat: Group 4 project in school (yes, we have to go to school on a weekend dammit)
Sun: Math CAT, Basketball match
Mon: Netball match (idk if there's Basketball training)
Tues: Arabic CAT Paper 1
Wed: Arabic CAT Paper 2, TOK CAT due, Basketball match
Thurs: Bio CAT

To make this post less wordy, here are a few pictures when I was still in Singapore and went out with Wheel and Rach.

Yummy Pastamania

Frolicks4life. I love my favourite frozen yoghurt with gummy bears. Mmm, mouth watering.

Rach and I in the Neoprint booth!

Decorating our neoprints was so much fun! I think the last time I even took neoprints was back in March 2010 zzz.

Here's the strip I cut out. Now for non-neoprints:

I miss you guys! I can't wait to spend time with you guys again. Happy times :-) I should get back to work now. Have a great weekend everyone!

If only you were here, things would be more magical
If I was there, right now would be more radical

Time and again

2011-10-16T21:34:00.002+04:00

I found something which caught my eye while reading Shuang's blog the other day and I'd like to share with you guys. No cheating!

The first 3 words I saw were bad, fat and sad. I agree with the latter 2 but how am I a bad person?! This thing isn't so accurate after all, heh. But it scares me at how accurate the other 2 answers are. I've been rather ~~sad~~ depressed these past few days, most probably it's my home sickness kicking in again.

I'm the kind of person who gets emotionally attached to people and things pretty easily and it really sucks when there isn't anyone here whom I can turn to when I need to talk. Even when TA was overwhelming I still had my best friends I meet after school or even rant out to the tribe. But this, this discomfort and loneliness that's constantly been building up inside of me is wearing me out. I don't know how long I can keep up to this.

Tomorrow: Basketball training after school, netball match in the evening. It's gonna be a long and tiring day...

If I should tumble if I should fall,
Would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls
There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls

Lift you up

2011-10-12T21:03:00.006+04:00

I usually don't give up halfway while studying for Math but since Math IA 1 is due on Sunday then I'm going to work on that now. Anyway, I wanted Rod to upload these designs but Ms Haider said that white base is not allowed at all. Like WTH I don't see what's wrong with white. It's not as if we're asking for pink polo tee right.

I went for basketball training but just sat and watched everyone train because I couldn't lift my right arm any higher than my shoulder :( I felt so useless. First match next Tuesday!

I guess school was pretty alright today. Geog wasn't as (inserts most apt word here) as usual. Everyone's excited about the jacket and polo tee. I'm in a dilemma as to what to have as my name on the jacket. Shaleen, Shaleen Z, Shaleen Zara or Shaleen la?! Lots of people are having their nicknames on but I don't really have one here.

Bio teacher: What do you think of when you see the word 'imprinting'?
Anam: You think of vampires.

Really made my day ha ha :-) Alright, gonna get back to work. Looking forward to tomorrow, psyched! x

When the weekend comes I know I feel alive
You will be the last thing on my mind

Calculating ferocity

2011-10-11T23:00:00.011+04:00

Because I am a complain queen. Warning: Read only if you really have nothing better to do.

This week didn't start of too well. I had 2 tests on Sunday . I also re-did my final TOK presentation after school on Monday and after that went home, managed to rest for a bit before the netball match at night. It was probably the WORST match I've ever played.

I think those of you who watch matches/ games would know how it feels when the referee/ umpire is biased and your team keeps getting called for. But it's even more frustrating when you're the team that's being constantly called for. I'm not seeing it from just my POV but I honestly feel that the umpires for last night's match were the most biased ones I've had in my whole 7+ years of playing netball. Even when we didn't hit the other team they called for contact. And when the damn GK kicked my knee they didn't even call for it. They had so many replay balls and they weren't even called for. U-N-F-A-I-R.

I don't get why some people intentionally annoy the living hell out of me especially when I'm volatile. I have my reasons for doing things. Like during Geog on Sunday Rod just had to announce "You're not supposed to be eating gum in school Shaleen". Which lead to Howarth forcing me to spit it out and labeling my behavior as 'abysmal' just cos I didn't complete my homework (if I didn't have the book how dyou expect me to do it?) and chewing gum in class. And the only reason I was chewing on gum was cause I was gonna puke. Thanks a lot Rod, just because you're a prefect doesn't mean you keep picking on what others do.

I'm so physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. Yet I'm obliged to go for basketball training tomorrow. On a lighter note, just 2 more days to the end of the week!

Sticks and stones may break my bones
Your words they surely kill, they surely kill

The ice inside

2011-10-08T18:27:00.003+04:00

The weekend passed by too quickly. It's already 7.30 on a Saturday evening. I wasted my entire Thursday after school by eating, slacking and then sleeping at 8. I thought of waking up at 10 to do get some work done but ended up crashing all the way till the day after. Whoops!

I think my posts mainly revolve around school since that's basically my life these days. I can't wait till the end of 21st May, when my last paper officially ends \o/ And then in June I'll have the one and only Prom I'll ever have in my entire life (did I mention I'm in the Prom Committee too? I actually think I'm killing myself, taking part in multiple things even tho I'm in my final year).

So true but I always have such high expectations, especially of myself. Hate disappointments the most, they kill me all the way to the inside. Anyway, Clara gave me my belated birthday presents and card. Thanks so much Clara! (if you're reading this). One of the presents was my favourite candy OF ALL TIME: Everlasting Gobstoppers!! It's only been 3 days and I'm almost done with the entire box...

Whenever I go through my Facebook newsfeed or my Twitter timeline, I see my friends back in Singapore who are enjoying themselves since their exams are over. And TJC had the annual sports carnival which is the best thing ever. Who cares if you spend 8 hours out in the sun and get tanner? As long as you're playing sports and having fun with your friends then it outweighs everything else. Sigh, I envy them.

Right now I'm praying really hard that my finger will recover in time for the next netball match on Monday. At least I can type with it now even though it feels a bit weird. Fingers crossed! I should get going now. Business awaits!

I miss my other best friend. Yup, the only girl who would spend time with me even though her Promotional exams were 10 days away.

She said she'd won the world at a carnival
But she could never win me

17 - Part 1.5

2011-10-04T00:14:00.013+04:00

This is another part of my birthday post cos I don't want it to be a mega long-ass post since I doubt anyone will end up reading that. Anyway, I forgot to mention that my previous maid who worked for my family when we were staying in Singapore called me in the morning just to wish me happy birthday :') How touching is that?! I still can't believe that she remembered my birthday. Oh and check out my virtual birthday gift/ card from Shuang!

It's so awesome, I fell in love with it at first sight and I'm gonna print it some time this week when there's paper in my house.

Anyway, school (more like IB2) is really taking a toll on me. There is really so much to do on top of the tests and homework that we have. I wish I started working on my Extended Essay over the summer break. I regret not listening to the teachers' advice :-( My dad was thinking of taking me out of the basketball team cos he thinks that I won't be able to cope. I can't blame him since I didn't do well for my most recent Bio test. I seriously gotta buck up and constantly drill the fact into my mind that this is my final year of school. I'm so disgusted at how unmotivated I am this year.

On to a happier note, we won the netball match yesterday! *does happy dance* I think the score was 23-19, if I'm not wrong. I was so unlucky cos my defenders were HUGE. Like really huge. One of them was way taller and bigger than me (I'm not saying I'm thin, I know I'm not) so I couldn't really see. Ha ha. Another unlucky part was that towards the end of the game, I twisted my pointer finger on my left hand. What happened was that the GK and I were trying to grab the loose ball and when I caught the ball she smacked my finger against the ball so it got twisted. Thank goodness it's my left hand. If it were my right hand I wouldn't be able to write! I won't be able to go for basketball tomorrow tho since I can't put any pressure on the finger.

Anyway, I had this weird dream while I was sleeping in the afternoon just now. I dreamed that one of my friends who was in the same pri and sec school as me told me how much I've changed and that this cute guy from MJ (don't ask) told her that he used to like me when I was thin (that was 3 years ago I think) and now that I'm fat he doesn't like me anymore. Then we went to this factory and Junhua was there and he was a fire fighter ha ha. Idk how he appeared in the picture but he was saving lives. When I was about to fall to my death he saved me LOL like that will happen in a million years. I bet he'd just run away and let me die if I actually fell.

I think that's all for now. I should get some work done tonight. And I miss this girl

This was the first teenage birthday I spent without her. Sigh.

Just shoot for the stars if it feels right
And aim for my heart if you feel like

17 - Part 1

2011-09-29T14:16:00.010+04:00

(I posted this on 1st Oct, idky it says 29th Sept)

A-ha! What did I tell ya, this week practically zoomed by! I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted. I got caught for my jeans by some fat faggot the other day (they weren't even jeans, they were slim fits). I've been bombarded with so much school work and IB is sucking the life out of me.

Anyway, I spent Thursday and Friday celebrating my seventeenth and it was awesome!! On Thursday my friends and I celebrated my birthday after school by going to a Japanese restaurant at Le Meridien called Kiku. Hewtung especially booked the Tatami room for us.

Just so you know, those aren't books and we weren't studying. Those are the menus. After taking 12 minutes to figure out what we wanted (I took only a minute okay ha ha), we ordered our food and drinks and this was what I got

After dinner I wanted to have vanilla ice cream for dessert so while waiting for the waitress to come, one of the waiters suddenly turned off the lights in the room and a waitress entered holding a cake and everyone started singing Happy Birthday. I really didn't expect it at all and I was so surprised!

The best part is that there were only 5 candles, which is my fav. number.

After dinner we walked around the hotel for a while before going back to Hewtung's house to get our stuff and then heading home. Reached home at close to 11.30pm that night whoah. My friends got me amaaaazing presents (like fo' real). Nadhila, Shireen and Mahtab got me a Guess wallet. Freaking ostrich skin *faints* They also made me a lovely card <3

Hewtung got me a Body Shop set and a pretty shawl. Areum made me a book and she and the rest went around asking people to write in that book for me. So touched :') Here are a few pages from the book (it was half-filled!)

From Areum and Nadhila (super love Areum's color-coded message)

I like Shaan's one cos it's so cute ha ha. Trying to add some singlish and convincing me that my Paki side is the best. And yes, I did have a magical time turning seventeen, Anam :-)

Yea thanks Rod I'm 15 now -_-" Ha ha but your message made me laugh anyway so all's good.

Aarti's, my 2nd fav. one. Look at what she drew isn't it the cutest?! And look what these 2 wrote. Nikhil wrote it first and then Junhua copied him.

Thanks Junhua, no love to you too. And now for my fav. one, which was the last one. Thanks guys you really saved the best for the last :-)

My current fav. teacher (Hurtado was my fav. but since he left Howarth's my fav. one who's teaching me now). Love it! I almost teared when I finished reading the card and the book. I'm sincerely touched cos I was so surprised :') You guys don't know how much this means to me. It's one of the best things ever cos I can just take it out anytime, hold it in my hands and read it over and over again. Even when I'm older I can still re-read it, unlike those virtual wishes.

When I got home on Thursday, I Skyped with Fir who didn't sleep the whole night cos he had a paper at 8 in the morning (crazy!).

First person from Singapore to wish me on Twitter and then on Skype. I'm not posting the print screen of my Skype with Divya cos I look horrible.

Anyway, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank ~~God, my mom, my dad~~ whoops sorry wrong speech! Ha ha. I'd like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes, be it via Facebook, Twitter, MSN, texts, calls, Skype, the book and even in real life! It all means so much to me!

On another note, we won the netball match on Monday, 19-7! So proud of the team, I honestly think everyone played exceptionally well. I hope I can keep up to that standard! Aarti was saying that we played well cause we were all venting out our stress accumulated from our workload from IB. Ha ha. Speaking about netball, guess what my parents got me for my 17th birthday...

A FREAKING NETBALL POLE AND A NETBALL BITCHEZ!!! You can't imagine how elated I was when it arrived this morning. Have been putting up shots every few hours ha ha. Alright, I guess that's all for now. I have to study for my Arabic tests, work on my Math IA, my TOK presentation and Extended Essay over the next week on top of all the homework we have. Good luck to me!

Make me your radio; turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you, just sing along to my stereo

Second thoughts

2011-09-24T20:54:00.005+04:00

I can't believe this week passed by so quickly. From getting high during English to making a fool of myself during the basketball trials to catching up with a friend who dropped out of school. Those are just some of the things which I did this past week. Not a very productive week in terms of studies, but I'll try to get the hang of it in a while. The fact that I'm in my final year of IB still hasn't sunk in yet.

Yesterday was spent watching 90210 season 4 (I finally managed to find a website which streams HQ videos!) and attending an open house. I don't know what got into me but I was exceptionally uncomfortable and only talked to people who initiated a conversation. I even turned down the opportunity to be on TV (if you know me very well, I am NOT camera shy and I am probably one of the loudest and enthusiastic person. Ever). All I wanted to do was sit on my bed at home, plug in my iPod and think.

Which brings me to the title of this post. Recently I've had second thoughts about my future. I've been planning to take a gap year after graduating from high school but for the past couple of weeks I've been having second thoughts. I guess it's cause of peer pressure since everyone I know is not taking a gap year. People are getting their predicted grades, filling up application forms and attending university talks. As for me, I'm just chilling since I won't be applying for any university anytime soon.

Anyway, it's 6 more days to my seventeenth and I am anticipating that this week will pass by real fast. Basketball trainings on Mon, Wed and Thurs, Netball matches on Mon night and a whole load of ~~shit~~ homework to do. And boy do I miss a lot of people :(

I notice my recent posts are more... personal? It's okay I guess since not many people read this space anyhow. Time for me to pack my stuff for school tomorrow (sigh). But before that, I shall entertain myself with some Youtube videos by my fav. Youtubers, Nigahiga, KevJumba and RayWilliamJohnson :-)

Anything that's worth having, is sure enough worth fighting for
Quitting's out of the question- when it gets tough gotta fight some more

Change is the only constant

2011-09-22T18:10:00.006+04:00

I've finally decided to change my blog skin. It looks so much better now without the annoying diamonds. I don't know how you guys can read while looking at that. I hope this one's more appealing to the eyes even tho it's quite simple. I guess it's about time that I grow up considering that I'm turning seventeen soon! (But I'm still not sure of how I wanna celebrate my birthday). No more stupid GIF backgrounds and smileys will only be used in more personal things such as texts/ emails/ instant messaging.

Anyway, I stumbled across this quote which really hit me hard while reading eletheowl.

You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place, like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you’ll never be this way ever again.

I realize that I can only be my true self only when I go back to SG. Whenever I'm back in Dubai, I tend to show part of my actual self and put a mask on just so I can be 'accepted' by society. It's a subconscious thing I do which I'm not sure if I should carry on or not. I guess it's something to ponder on.

On to a much lighter note, it's finally the weekends!! The guy sitting behind be on the school bus kept screaming "IT'S THE WEEKENDS!!" (yes, he was screaming). He even made us say it with him. I don't know how I managed to submit myself to that. I highly doubt he was sober. Either that or he was just high.

And I've got great news to share with all of you; I GOT INTO THE BASKETBALL TEAM!! Believe it or not, I actually did. So proud of myself because I was only half-expecting it since I made a complete fool of myself during the trials. The only kind of basketball I've ever played was street basketball so I had no idea what 'zoning' was and basically I just didn't know the rules. (Except for maybe traveling and contact)

They spelled my name wrongly but whatever, bottom line is that I got in *does happy dance* All
the rest who got in had basketball experience before and I'm the only noobcake in the team.

I guess that's all for now. This is a very messy and ~~wirdy~~ wordy post and I think I'll go through a few of my fav. reads before having dinner. In the meantime, happy Thursday everyone!

When I am miles away, will you still check on me?
Tell me things will be alright, just tell me we will be

Heart is so jet lagged

2011-09-19T16:47:00.002+04:00

This post isn't going to be as visual heavy as the previous ones cos I give up on trying to create a GIF on Photoshop.
Seems like Photoshop and I don't get along very much. I am gonna learn how to use it...some day.
Anyway, I managed to catch up with 2 of my TKGS 2E1'08 friends (wow that's 3 years ago!) a few weeks ago when I was still in SG.
We ate at my fav. Jap outlet - Sakae Sushi - and took some pictures.

I love these girlz :D
We hung out and caught up with each other. It's been a while since I saw these girls.
T'was great to see them again. I guess some things never change and it's best kept that way :)
(Told you this one's not gonna be visual-heavy)

I've finally changed the playlist at the sidebar and here are the new songs:

When I Grow Up - Mayday Parade
In the Dark - Dev Feat. 50 Cent
Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez
Next to You - Chris Brown Feat. Justin Bieber
Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars

I totally forgot that I have a match later on until I came home from sch and my Mom reminded me.
So drained even tho it's only the second day of sch idk what is wrong with me.
I wanted to go for the basketball trials just now but decided on going for the one on Wed only to find out that the one on Wed is for the shortlisted ones...
Guess I'll try to convince the teacher in charge! Am rlly interested in some of the after sch activities but I don't have the time.

Some of my friends have been asking so I guess sch has been alright so far. Tiring but still manageable :)
I had the time to Skype Fir on Saturday night and I totally forgot that I had sch the next day so I was so sleepy when I woke up in the morning.

We were both unglam hence the smileys ha ha.

I'm currently into the Punk Goes Pop albums so if you guys have the time I think it's worth checking out!
A unique twist to the ordinary pop songs :) Match in an hour's time, I better get some work done! Have a great week ahead guys!

I wish you would tell me how you really feel
But you never tell me, cause that's not our deal

Back in Dubai!

2011-09-15T18:53:00.007+04:00

First post from Dubai ever since I got back! :) Basically time just passed by so quickly even tho I have sch. Kinda forgot how much of a drag sch is.
I have to admit that even tho I went to sch for only 3 days this week, it was a rather tiring one. Maybe it was cos I'm sick.
Anyway, here are the pictures taken during the TJC Teacher's Day Celebrations a few weeks back while I was still in SG:

I know I'm damn extra but Mr Lim insisted that I join in their class photo ha ha.

Aisyah was braiding my hair at the assembly ground and while Mr Lim was taking the attendance he saw me and went up to me

Me: Hi Mr Lim, I hope you don't mind me joining your class for today
Mr Lim: Yes sure sure! Of course you can come and crash anytime you want! *smiley face*

He's such a nice teacher! He even offered me the roti prata which I didn't pay for during the class party.

After the class party everyone headed to the hall for the celebrations:

This is how crowded the hall was.

Here are the line up of events. First up was the Chinese Orchestra:

And then there was the skit by the drama club which was quite boring imo (no offense!)

So instead of watching it and laughing along like everyone else, Aisyah and I decided to camwhore just a little

And then they showed a video and played a game where the students had to guess which teacher it was by showing certain body parts (that sounded even more wrong when said).
For example,

The emcees went around and whoever who answered correctly got a free....wait for it...KIT KAT -.-
So when this

appeared, Divya got so excited so Aisyah and I screamed for the emcee to come over.

Emcee: So who's the one who knows the answer?
Me: Here! *points at Divya*
Emcee: *walks over to Divya* Tell us your name, class and the answer.
Divya: Andy Lim. It's Andy Lim right?
*everyone laughs*
Emcee: So Ms Andy, your class and answer?
Divya: I'm Divya from 30/11. It's Andy Lim.

She didn't even say Mr Andy Lim. So cute. After the games were performances by the dancers (me likey!)

I know this is random but I think Chengcheng looked cute on stage that day ha ha. Sorry for the blur shot!
After the dance there was a medley performed by TJ'c very own rock band of which I cannot rmb their name.

After that was my fav. performance of the day: Teacher's Skit!
It was kind of "The Noose" concept which I only found out about from my friends since I don't watch that show.

Russell Tan! Because I am biased like that heh. Why didn't he teach us LA?! If he did I wouldn't dread LA lessons :P
The whole thing ended with the ultimate MASS DANCE!! Just what I wanted :D So ultra excited when they announced it.
Took some pictures before the mass dance with da TA kidz:

Jasmine y u sad :o

Look at how excited everyone is! Valerie welcoming us and Sabrina running towards...idk who ha ha.

I think I danced to 5 songs, some of which I haven't learned their dances but who cares? All I wanted to do was have fun and do the things I may never be able to do again: MASS DANCE WITH THE J1s!
The videos are taking forever to be uploaded so I guess I'll upload them another time then.
Here's a pic of sweaty me after the mass dances

I dragged Aisyah and Cherie to Bedok Point just so I could get my Gongcha fix which I was craving for since I landed in SG.
They wanted to walk even in the hot sun (it was 11+ damn it) but I didn't want to be the only one taking the bus so I had to walk too.

At least I got my bubble tea! :) Man do I miss bubble tea. Apparently they sell it here too but it's bloody overpriced >:[
We followed Cherie get her baking supplies afterwards and idky Aisyah took pictures at the supermarket. But t'was fun anyway!

Cat eyes! :B

With the tarts

And ice cream

Milk (I was bored okay! Ha ha)

On the travelator

Exercising on the travelator

Even in the mirror.
And best of all, Cherie tells us what's bad for us:

So instead, she recommends us:

and

and

Okay, maybe not the Seventeen magazine with qtpie Emma Watson but still... He he.
I think that sums it all up for our "grocery shopping adventures" :P

On Mon, I landed in Dubai at ~4.30pm (SG time = 8.30pm) and went home to rest and have dinner before going for the netball match at 9.30pm.
"Who does that?!" - Mariah
Moreover I was sick but I still played throughout the entire match (even played GA in the 3rd quarter okay!).
But since I haven't trained and played since March/ April, I was so psyched for the match. I think it was not bad even tho we lost cos our opponents were mostly super fit adults like WOAH.
Great experience and this match just proves how much I need to train. Meh. At least I got to shoot in 7 out of the 8 attempts considering I didn't get to train with them in the afternoon :)

Photo of us before the match. Credits to Aarti.

Past few days of sch have been alright I guess. Manageable but quite tiring. It's only been 3 days. Wow.
125 days of sch left before the end of high sch. Idk if I'm supposed to be looking forward or freak out cos there's so little time left (for exams).
I guess I'll end this off here. Can't believe I actually spent a lot of time composing this post :/ Enjoy the weekends guys! :D

P/S: I'm going on Skype since my MSN keeps crashing on me so add me on Skype if you wanna webcam (you know who you guys are ^^)

Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you

I'm not good at goodbyes

2011-09-11T13:53:00.003+04:00

This is probably my last blog entry before flying back to Dubai :'( I can't believe time just flies by so quickly.
I hardly have any work done and I wasn't able to catch up with everyone that I wanted to. The next time I'm coming back here will be...in 12 months' time.
Enough of my depressing situation, here are some photos taken during the TA Language Arts Night:

"I don't camwhore in toilets. Only losers do that" The only reason I did this is for Cherie la k. Ha ha.
Met the clique at Secret Recipe just cause there aren't any in Dubai. Had cake and then walked around and went for dinner at Pastamania.
Ideky we (more like Aisyah, Ange, Cherie) were taking pictures while we were eating.

Stupid face cos I was chewing my food LMAO

Shuang busy editing the USS video which turned out to be super cute ha ha.

Look at Aisyah's eyes, they're HUGE!!
We headed to TJ after dinner for Lang Arts Night which was quite a disappointment imo :/ At least I got to see my TA friends and my fav senior he he :)
My friends camwhored in the sch toilet too -.-

I think this pic is cute cos the toilet looks clean and big :P

One of the plays

Us in the Auditorium

Idky my friends like Rilakuma so much. We helped ourselves to the food during the intermission and the whole event ended of on an O-K note I guess.
I voted for the film cos I didn't know what the last play was about and the others were just so-so to me. Still preferred last year's.
This is the pic of the post!

Everyone looks genuinely happy. I miss that :')

I've been going out too much till I'm sick. Just great. I have a match tmr night URGH. I hope I recover soon enough.
I finally got my tablet back a couple of days ago but only used it today so you can definitely expect more frequent updates!
I'm such a bad blogger, I know :/ I actually feel bad for not updating often, is that supposed to be a good thing? Ha ha.

Went to Orchard with Wheel and Rach on Wed, breakfast with Saufi + mugging with Anisa + Karaoke & Dinner with relatives on Thurs, outing with clique + Anisa's open house on Fri, attended 4 open house(s) ytd and I'm here visiting my grandparents + relatives today.
Shall pack the rest of my things when I get back later. Less than 16 hours and I'll be out of this country :O

I better get some rest before packing my stuff. Will have more detailed posts on my outings when I 'm back in Dubai.
I think I'll probably change the playlist and the blogskin once I have the time.
As for now, enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone! :)

I hate that I let you down, and I feel so bad about it
I guess karma comes back around cause now I'm the one that's hurting

Hari Raya 2011

2011-09-06T14:32:00.002+04:00

Here's a quick update before I meet my friends for supper later. Been going out A LOT and my body is beyond tired.
The only reason I don't bother to recuperate is because I just found out that my family will be going back to Dubai on Mon instead of Thurs :/
I know it's just a few days but I actually had plans and moreover I wanted to sit in for Aisyah's Lit tutorial to see (inserts name here). Heh ;)
Anyway, here are some pictures from the first day of Eid celebrations:

Family portrait

Some of my female cousins (Mom's side)

Candid photo

Some of the guys (candid because I am sexist like that HA HA)

(Part of) dad's side

Even in 14cm heels, I'm not even close to his towering height of 193cm :O

I think this pic is sufficient to explain why I want to lose weight. Look at how skinny the girls on the right are!!! And some of you call me a stick... RIDICULOUS!

My Paki siiiiiiide! :D

Look at the toddler on the right. Super kawaii ^^

Love her purple lenses! <3 Can you spot my dark brown ones?

Love these girls (inserts a million hearts)

The pictures above pretty much sum up the first day of Eid celebrations. I still have a lot more but I'll post them up another time.
If you wanna see the rest of the first day pictures, they're up on my Facebook page.
Indulged myself in all the delicious food and played taidee. I miss that game so much cos none of my friends in Dubai play it.
We kept on playing and got addicted till one of my cousins bought another stack of cards LMAO.

I went visiting again over the weekend and went to mug Arabic at Woodlands Library & Coffee Bean at Causeway Point.
My friend arrived at the library at 10.10 and couldn't get a seat even tho the library opens at 10. So Singaporean.
80% of the people at Coffee Bean were mugging so I felt ultra motivated! Quite productive hehe \o/

On another note, I love how even my non-Muslim friends here in SG text me to wish me Selamat Hari Raya (Eid Mubarak) on the day itself.
So touched :') Some of them even post it as their FB status. #racialharmonyinSingapore
I guess I better get going now. Food awaits! :P Have a great week ahead everyone!

Looking at your photograph, thinking how you make me laugh
You put a sparkle in my eyes, and give me crazy butterflies

This is deja vu

2011-09-02T20:39:00.004+04:00

I am back! :) I'm currently using my Mom's newly bought laptop to update this so you can expect this to be the first proper post since USS!
Here are some pictures of my outing with Sadrina, Fir and Danish taken from a few weeks ago because I couldn't upload them.
We break-fasted at Pastamania and while waiting for the food,

Me: I need to get a calculator for my GC (Graphing Calculator).
Sadrina: Huh?
Danish: A GC is a calculator.
*2 seconds later*
Me: Oh! I mean I need to get batteries for my GC! HAHAHAHAHA.

I think I was too hungry to be thinking straight :P
After that we walked along the streets of Orchard and ended up going on the rooftop of Orchard Central:

Super fail pic taken by Fir ha ha

"Scandalous" photo which Dan took of them. Heh.

I have to admit it was quite exhilarating for me to go up the really long escalators up cos they were on the outside of the building and I kept looking down.
After the gazing and appreciation of the view of Orchard from the rooftop, we checked out some of the shops which were still open at that time.
(Fun fact: Shops in SG close at 9+,10 but shops in Dubai close at midnight)

A pretty pic of Dan and Sadrina :)

Fir tryna be a model :P

I just snipped my hair the day before when this pic was taken!
Danish took a few artsy pics which you can check out on my Facebook if you're interested. Here's one of them:

Check out dem skillz.

After that we walked to Plaza Sing (Orchard all the way to Dhoby Ghaut. That's 2 MRT stations! #proudofself) and got Starbucks.
Fir was playing with my camera otw there but his shots were all blur so... I should make a mental note of putting the cam on auto-focus whenever he's using it :P
Sadrina and I took pictures of ourselves using Dan's and Fir's iPhones and set it as their wallpapers. Ha ha.

Here's us taking a pic on Dan's phone

And here's us changing Fir's wallpaper
Chilled there for a while and I felt guilty when they were planning their mugging sessions. Mega sigh.
Used their twitter accounts to tweet something which I forgot and took more pictures.

Dan: You look 21 and he looks 23.
THANKS AH BRO. I forgive you now. Ha ha. But I think this pic should make up for our aging looks:

Funny face! Ok,I don't think that helps a lot. At least took off 2 years, maybe? LMAO.

I'll end off this post with this pic Dan took:

Those people at the back damn extra, ikr. LOL.

Anyway, I've been going out every single day ever since the fasting month ended!
Went visiting on Tues, LA Night on Wed, TJ + Anisa's place on Thurs, went out with Rui Yu ytd and I'll be going visiting again later on (it's 2.05am on Saturday as I type this right now).
Super drained so I better sleep soon. More updates coming your way! :D

Don't care what they say, all the games they play
Nothing is enough till they handle love

I've got Twitter!

2011-08-29T17:32:00.004+04:00

Since I still don't have a proper computer to update my blog, I've resorted to creating a Twitter account. I'm using my dad's iPad to update this and I really have issues with touch screen things so this post is gonna be the shortest and most untidy one. I'll leave you guys with twitter account: http://twitter.com/Shaleen_Zara . Follow me if you want to, I actually update often :P if you guys have been following me since highonfive, you would know that I'm anti-twitter. The only reason I created an account is so that I can update you guys on what's happening etc w/out having to use a laptop. I'll end of with Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim readers :) xx

Our deal

2011-08-26T01:58:00.004+04:00

It's 6 in the morning as I type this. Staying at Nadie's house at AMK. It's pouring heavily outside and everyone's asleep.

I'm using the desktop at her house to post this because I haven't bought a new laptop yet/ try to get my Fujitsu tablet fixed.

Am contemplating on getting either a HP or Macbook.

The past few days have been spent watching MTV, specifically Disaster Date, Teen Cribs, Pimp My Ride, MTV Hits and Hip Hop.
Disaster Date is by far the most hilariously entertaining show on MTV. Hope they have it on the MTV in Dubai cos I don't rlly watch TV there since I have so many un-watched movies on my HDD.
Looking forward for Awkward to premier on the 4th Sept!

Dad's coming to SG this afternoon, can't wait! And in a few days time it'll be Hari Raya woohoo super psyched for next week :D
I didn't wake up to eat before fasting ytd so I was daaaaamn hungry and binged on my Sakae Sushi buffet :(
The money was well spent I guess but I still feel guilty about it. Huge sigh.

Anyway, I came across this supervideo a few days back and I love it but I don't exactly prefer the ending.

It's directed by Drew Barrymore.

Get More: MTV Supervideo, Music, Best Coast

That's all for now cos I need to get back to sleep and I'm not using my own laptop so, till next time! :)

P/S: I'll promise to update the music playlist on the sidebar soon!

Wish we were older

2011-08-20T19:06:00.010+04:00

This time I actually have a pretty good excuse why I haven't been updating this space conscientiously. My laptop died and can't be charged at all.
Damn depressing but at least I got to back up almost all of my files on my HDD (lesson learnt).
So on national day, I went out with Anisa and Aki to Orchard to break fast. They followed me to get my bag strap fixed but both shops were closed on public holidays -.-
We went window shopping and bought super cute accessories for ourselves. After that we headed to Sakura Thai Restaurant to break fast.

I had 4 ulcers and a horrible toothache so the right side of my face was slightly swollen. It was extremely uncomfortable before I got to drink some water so this was all that I could manage before breaking fast:

We headed to ION Orchard for Dunkin Donuts after which was an utter disappointment :( Not as delish as the one in Dubai.
Since I had a few Frolicks vouchers (courtesy of Hazman of whom I will address later on in this post), we got Frolicks and lepaked at *scape.

The weather was breezy and surprisingly it wasn't packed at all so we took loads of pix.

Apparently I look different in this pic...

And my fav. funny pic of the day:

I suddenly thought of taking Lookbook-worthy pix which kinda failed ha ha (and yea I'm considering of creating a Lookbook account soon).

It was great to see the girls again, having h2h talks and talking about anything and everything under the sun.
Like how I wished I could stay at the penthouse of one of the condos in Orchard. And how Aki too didn't know that Metro Station disbanded.

Me: Yknow Anisa is so cute, she didn't know that Metro Station disbanded until I told her.
Aki: What? Metro Station disbanded?!

Epic convo LMAO. Anyway a couple of weeks back I attended another talent show called Rafusicul and that's when I got Hazman to go on-stage and answer the question so that he could get the Frolicks voucher (what a cheapskate ha ha ha).
Since he didn't eat Frolicks (HOW COULD YOU?) he gave me all 5 Frolicks vouchers which he got :P
Met Aki, Aliah and Alyssa there (triple A LOL) and took pix with Aki and Aliah cos Alyssa was busy since she was one of the organizers.

In other news, I haven't been going back to TJ ever since... the first day I went back. It's not v.convinient + there's no point in going since I'm fasting.

The other day I went to MJC to mug for 2+ hours with Anisa and OMG that school is perfect *.*
It has gazebos/ cabanas and resort style seats (some even with cushions) surrounding the pond.

The vending machines even have the best snacks (think Pocky, gummy bears, skittles etc) AND THEY EVEN HAVE OVALTEENIES!! I thought those were alr extinct ha ha!

It was so conducive to study there too. The outdoor places have fans practically everywhere!!
I wish I went there/ could go there. Dream sch LOL (in my dreams. I'm graduating from high sch in 10 months).

I'm currently staying at my uncle's place at Eunos and am using his wife's laptop to update while listening to songs by Oasis.
I'm still not sure what laptop to get because I was still satisfied with my Fujitsu tablet so idk what I even want.
I've done a bit of research and am considering between HP Pavillion/ Pro or Apple Macbook Pro/ Lite.
I rlly need to buy it ASAP cos I need to get started on my Business IA + Extended Essay. I've completed both Geog reports *proud of self*.

Alright I guess that's about it for now. I'll update as soon as I get my new laptop! :)
There's still so much more I need to update on cos I've been having so much fun this summer break!
It's the last 10 days of the fasting month and I'm looking forward to Hari Raya where everyone can meet up and all (Y) Selamat berpuasa to my Malay readers! ^^

Boy you played through my mind like a symphony
There's no way to describe what you do to me

Universal Studios Singapore

2011-08-10T17:47:00.010+04:00

I didn't realize it's been more than a week since I last posted. Have been busy enjoying myself. Whoops! :P
As promised, this post is gonna be full of visuals. Went to Universal Studios Singapore with the tribe 2 weekends ago:

At the entrance

Check out our e-tickets!

We arrived at 10:15am and even tho it opened at 10am, look at how crowded it was

this was just outside btw, it was even more crowded when we entered.
We took pictures with the pretty vintage cars

We continued on our journey in Hollywood and role-played

As usual, Aisyah was being the "king", just like how she sat on the throne...

And this was my fav. hat

Don't mind the pose, Cherie was telling me to 'pose' because all I did was just sit and smile
After that we took more pictures and these 3 took the crazy shit 14 storey high roller coaster

At first they only took the red one (Human) which didn't seem as scary as the blue one (Cylon) cos the people's legs were dangling in the air the entire time.
After waiting for them for 50mins, we went to Far Far Away for lunch. Took a picture with this buff lord otw there:

Look at the castle *princess moment*
We decided to grab a bite instead of having lunch so I had B&J's (which is a total rip-off compared to Baskin Robbins)

Cherie was posing with the boxes of Coffee Bean pastries because she (along with Aisyah and Ange) were so thankful that someone gave them to us for free since they were having an event and had extra.

After that we watched Donkey Life! which was actually just a screen #cheatmyfeelings

Shuang joined us for lunch after that cos she had to attend College Day. These penguins from Madagascar are so cute

Took the merry-go-round

Of course typical me chose to sit on the giraffe

After all the funking around with animals, we ventured along the alleys of New York

We spent a long time camwhoring there

Everyone was just posing with the background until...

I decided to use the cage and everyone else started following me :P

After all that, Aisyah and Ange were inspired by this person

to plank

I never knew the female Woody Woodpecker existed until that day

We then watched Monsters (live performance) before heading for dinner at the coolest diner ever.
Black and white tiled floors, yellow lighting, neon lights and

jukeboxes added up to the most retro feel I've ever had. Perfect dinner (food was amaaaaazing) with a perfect ambiance.

After dinner Aisyah decides to plank yet again

but this time she decides to plank on a vintage car

while Shuang and I decide to take a more mainstream pose.

And look, Shrek's castle looks even better at night :')

Now, for the photo of the day
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Planking in Universal Studios.
Shuang and I were rlly reluctant but the other 3 managed to convince us to do it.
"The Hollywood Plank" - Aisyah
"Best shit ever" - Ange
"Best and worst agonizing few seconds of my life" - Cherie
I was telling Shuang to save me the whole time I was on the floor waiting for the person to take this pic. Public humiliation at it's best.

Now for the pretty films we took:

Much more pictures up on my Facebook. The SGD72 was well-spent cos we took pictures with every character we wanted.
The opening hours was 1000-2100 and we spent almost 11 hours there :O Still amazed how I didn't get sunburned.
I rlly don't mind going there again, especially with great company (Y) *someone bring me there again pls hinthint*

Alright I guess that's about it. This is probably one of the longest posts I've ever done in my life.
It should make up for my blogging absence :P Will update more soon. Goodnight! :)

I've been keeping busy all the time
Just to try to keep you off my mind

Meridian's Talent Night 2011

2011-08-02T16:33:00.011+04:00

The past few days have been fun/ awesome/ tiring/ draining/ refreshing (in a way).
Meridian's Talent Night concert last Friday was no doubt entertaining! Bumped into some of my old friends, especially TKGians! :)
Met Rui Yu for dinner at Qi Ji at Century Square before rushing to get a popcorn combo which we munched on during the concert.
We thought of getting popiah at first but it would be so weird if the performers saw us eating it while they're singing or whatever so we settled for popcorn.

Here are just a handful of the pictures which were taken on that night. The rest are up on Facebook!

She's the main reason I went cos she took part in the talent contest!

#tk4lyfe

It was held at the rooftop, which was definitely an almost-perfect location

Hands down the most entertaining performance (Y)

Went there with these girls

Spent Saturday at Universal Studios Singapore (USS) with the tribe but I'll blog about that another time just cos it's sooo blog-worthy ;)
Fell sick again on Sunday cos I've been going out every. single. day. ever since I came to Singapore. Typical.
Went to Grandma's place ytd and now I'm back at my cousin's place. I should really start on some work.
Tried doing the Geog report but I just... couldn't. Either my brain is dysfunctional or I've really changed ~~for the worse.~~

I've finally updated the playlist on the iPod at the sidebar on the left after a month (woah). Tracks are:

Backseat - New Boyz Ft. The Cataracs and Dev
One (Your name) - Swedish House Mafia
Somebody to love - Leighton Meester Ft. Robin Thicke
Those who slay together, stay together - Chiodos
Summer's not hot - Selena Gomez

Of course, they're on shuffle/ loop.

Alright, it's 12.25am right now and I think I should hit the sack. Gotta wake up early to eat before fasting, which, by the way, hasn't been going too well when I break fast because I tend to shove down almost anything edible in sight and end up feeling like puking an hour later :(
Exciting post with heavy visuals coming up next, stay tuned! :)

Don't say a word just turn around and let me see
Girl you got somethin' special, somethin' special for me

Friday is forever

2011-07-29T10:18:00.004+04:00

I doubt I'll be able to update as often as I used to until the fasting month starts cos I've been going out every single day this week!
I'm still drained now and trying to recover from slight fever + flu I caught yesterday.
Am going out to spend time with the family soon before my Dad leaves for Dubai this Sunday morning.
Meeting Rui Yu later in the evening to watch the concert at MJC.

Some of my relatives came over on Tuesday and I also went out with my cousin in the evening.
Didn't take pictures because I left the camera charger at Sengkang while I was staying at Aranda Country Club.

Went back to TJC on Wednesday and I sat in for Geog and Math lecture. I'm glad I didn't get caught trespassing!
Finally got to experience the life of a JC1 (another strike off my to-do list!)

Ange's hair is too short so she can't put it to the side like me :P
In case some of the international readers don't know, we have to tie up our hair if it's below our chin.

Idky some people cannot fathom that the reason I go to school is to see my friends.
I don't see what's wrong with it. It's not as if I'm going to school everyday or something.
And I'm trying to get into the 'studying' mood since I haven't started on my Geog reports, Extended Essay, Business IA etc at all :O FML gah!

Slacked around and caught up with some of my friends in between lessons. Boy do I miss the food at Good News Cafe.
Still can't believe the school I'm studying in Dubai doesn't have a Cafe and a decent canteen :/
After school, I went for Karaoke with my relatives which was so much fun! Danced, jumped and sang our hearts out :)

Yesterday, I went out with Hazman in the day where we caught Captain America. We watched the first show at 11.40 and there were only 12 people in the entire cinema (excluding ourselves).
Had my fav. fro-yo Yoguru and bubble tea opposite TKG before heading to Parkway to meet Anisa for dinner.
It was the first time meeting my best friend ever since I got back to Singapore so you could imagine how thrilled I was!

What we had for dinner @ Swensens + ice cream (not in the picture)

Get the pun?

The balloon which Hazman bought for me which I had to embarrassingly bring it with me even on the bus and trains (public humiliation).

Will upload the rest on Facebook when I have the time.
Alright I gotta go now, have a great weekend everyone! :)

Do you feel it in your veins the poison rushing through?
But can't you see that in your heart, I'm still there for you

Back in Singapore!

2011-07-25T12:34:00.005+04:00

Apologies for the lack of updates, I've been so tired the past few days! Went to celebrate Shuang's birthday with the clique on Friday night and took some nice pictures WHICH I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED ;___; I felt like the dumbest person on earth cos I was meddling with my camera and I accidentally changed the format and EVERY SINGLE PHOTO got deleted. All my photos from last 2 months which I didn't upload got deleted. SAD LIFE :( I felt so guilty (never cried that badly before) and I will never forgive myself for this (even my pictures from Saudi Arabia are GONE4EVA OMG FML)

These are some the few pictures I managed to salvage from my granddad's 89th birthday we celebrated on Saturday:

These are just a quarter of my cousins. Too bad the rest weren't there.

I didn't manage to sleep on the entire night flight here cos the people around us were chatting so noisily. Pfft.
My body clock is still partially Dubai time cos I only managed to sleep at 5am 2 nights ago. Ha ha that would be 1am Dubai time.
Sunday was spent watching Jab We Met. I haven't watched a Hindi movie ever since I moved to Dubai cos they don't have Eng subs.
Felt so good to watch Asian movies in a while. Managed to satisfy my bubble tea craving after 4 months!

Currently staying at a place which has this:

view. Wild ~~Wadi~~ Wild Wet. Whoops.

Today I had the best Pizza I've ever eaten for lunch:

So soft and they just made it so it melted in my mouth. Mmm. It feels so good to be indulging in delicious food again.

We also Bowled just now and I watched 2 episodes of SYTYCD Season 6.
Wanted to cycle in the morning but I totally forgot that Singapore's weather is highly unpredictable. There were dark clouds with thunder.
"Singapore now also the weather like PMS. Sometimes hot sometimes cold" - Angelique. LMAO.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the weather tmr will be fine. I reaaaally wanna cycle.

Also hoping that it'll be fine at night cos I'm having a BBQ with the clique. But then again, I'm suddenly not in the mood to BBQ cos of all the prep and cleaning. Urgh but I don't wanna disappoint them after stupidly deleting all the photos we took on Shuang's birthday. Sigh. How? I hope I regain the mood to BBQ when I wake up tmr!

It's hard to find a mate when you're gone before he wakes
They say it's hard to achieve but can't a girl believe?

Paranoia and its deadline

2011-07-20T23:43:00.003+04:00

This is probably my last post before flying back to SG. Just got back less than an hour ago and I am drained! Went to JBR for the first time and played billiard with the other kids before doing a bit of last minute shopping for da peepz. Since I didn't bring my camera along, I only managed to snap this with my phone (it's a Nokia with only 3.2 megapixels okay, so don't hate):

A pink and black (top) Porsche. Totally made my day.

Oh yea and look what I found online which is so applicable to teens

And the one thing I've been lusting over ever since I set my eyes on it

Jeffrey Campbell Litas (image source: x)
CAN I HAVE THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY PRETTY PLEASE? *puppy eyes*

That's all for now. I'll definitely post something more relevant (?) soon.
Gonna continue on my last bit of packing. See you on the other side! :)

I will be home in a while, you don't have to say a word
I can't wait to see you smile, wouldn't miss it for the world

Twenty five and alive

2011-07-18T23:41:00.004+04:00

I always thought there are lots of things I can do over the summer break in Dubai. I guess I'm wrong cos it seems that the only thing I've been doing are shop and slack at home since it's way too humid to be going outdoors :(

Okay, here are some pictures of me trying out the Photobooth on my dad's iPad 2:

Normal effect (with a stupid face LOL)

Negative effect

With bro *blinking eyes*

Thermal effect

Thermal effect up-close

I'll post more effects soon... My hair damn long right?! Ha ha okay enough of that :P
Here's the comic strip of the day:

#sotrue

I've ever had a dream where I was doing a Math test and when I woke up the same question in my dream came out in the Math test. Freaky, no?

Anyway, I might be following my mom to her friend's house in JBR this Wednesday afternoon.
ANYONE OF YOU STAYING THERE? I'm so bored, maybe we can catch up/ chill etc? PM me or something :)
Sorry for the short post, imma continue packing my stuff now. Nightz gaiz have a gr8 week ahead! xx

Close up camera two cause the hero dies in this scene
Your inspiration is the loss of absolutely everything

Petarded

2011-07-16T14:08:00.003+04:00

Spent the past few days getting little gifts for ma peepz back in Singapore. It's only 6 more days, I can't wait!
If I were a time bomb I would have exploded before the timer went off cause I was unable to contain my excitement.
Yup, that's pretty much how psyched I am to go back that I've been having insomnia these past few days :B

I managed to squeeze in Eagle Eye in the midst of all the shopping and spring cleaning. Such a great movie.
It reminded me of the time I watched it with M in the cinemas back in '08. Kinda miss that boy :/
Besides that, I'm more than glad to end every day with a couple or more episodes of Family Guy.
This is by far my favourite episode of Season 4:

I ROFLOLMFAOMG-ed throughout the entire episode. It's only 20 mins long YOU GOTTA WATCH IT!!
See, I'm even nice enough to find a working link and post the video here for you guys to watch it.
It loads really quickly (unless you're using dial-up or have some effed up Internet connection)!
I'm off to continue on cleaning my study area. So press play, sit back, relax and enjoy! :)

You can skyrocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy

Miss my laughter?

2011-07-14T23:01:00.004+04:00

Spent today with Nadhila and Shireen at Mall of the Emirates. We had lunch at T.G.I.Fridays (which, btw, isn't Halal in Singapore).

Food arrives

This was what I had, a pasta with something between cream and spicy tomato sauce.
I settled with this because I felt like having fish but they didn't have any and my second option was pasta.

Me: I think I'm getting the sausage and chicken one. Shireen, can you eat the sausages cos I don't like sausages.
Shireen: I don't like sausages either.
Nadhila: Then why are you getting the sausage one?
Me: Cause there's no fish.
*They both proceed to laugh hysterically*
Nadhila: This is so going on Facebook!
(I honestly don't see why this is funny)

Nadhila looking all happy

We then went window shopping where I couldn't resist buying... a pack of sweets. I love love love candy :P
Nadhila felt like having fro-yo (this was at least after an hour of window shopping, so don't get the idea that she can eat more at one go than I can) so we headed to Pinkberry.

Since it's the Harry Potter craze, Nadhila tries her shot at magic

Shireen and I in a candy stick fight (I forgot what they were called. All I know is that only Nadhila would buy them :P)

After chilling there we continued on with our window shopping adventures and ended up at Borders.
Shireen had to get stuff for her Mom so we accompanied her to Carrefour before all of us parted ways and headed home.
And now, photo (or shall I say photos?) of the day:

As you can probably tell, Nadhila is full of expressions

I've just watched at least 5 episodes of Family Guy back to back with my brother before this and my eyeballs feel like they are gonna pop out of their sockets! No kidding.
Probably turning in soon even though it's only 11.45pm on a (school) holiday night. Gonna read some fashion blogs first ;-)

I've got envy, I've got greed, anything that you need
And I'm not above having to beg

Friday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

2011-07-11T16:14:00.002+04:00

The past weekend was spent celebrating my dad's belated birthday and we had lunch at Tony Roma's.
Here are a few pictures since some of my readers (*cough* Rod *cough* Clara ha ha) want me to post pictures:

Went to Dubai Festival City and Dubai Outlet Mall which was disappointing in terms of sales so we shopped at Mercato instead.

Other than that, I've been trying to make myself useful at home. Cleaned my room the other day :)
Have been making my bed and vacuuming my room every day since the maid left for her break.
So proud of myself. Ha ha. At least I don't feel like a spoiled kid anymore.

I've been lacking the motivation to do anything at all ever since I got back.
I don't have the mood to do my holiday homework, neither do I have the mood to lose weight.
Seems like my to-do list is just collecting dust in the corner. Sigh. SOS I need some motivation!!

On a less serious note, I'm finally done with Gossip Girl Season 3! :D I don't regret watching it.
Now the only series that I'm watching are SYTYCD Season 6 and The World According To Paris.
I've decided to watch Season 4 of Gossip Girl on a weekly basis so that I'll have enough episodes to last me till the next season which premiers in September.
Am also anticipating ANTM Cycle 17 to air as well as 90210 Season 4 (only if my fav. casts are still in the show).

Boy am I wasting my time/ life away. I should do something more productive... soon :P

So just grab something cool and jump in your ride
Pick up everybody, I'll be waiting outside

Lily Cole

2011-07-07T21:21:00.004+04:00

5 reasons why I admire her:

She's US Size 4 (yup, that's only EU Size 34!) and very tall (179cm!)
She has supported various charities such as WWF. A person who gives back to society. *respect*
She's be-you-tee-full. Porcelain skin, red-hair and blue eyes? Just wow.
She's a supermodel. Featured in Vogue, advertising campaigns of LV, Chanel, Hermes, Alexander McQueen and many more.
She was awarded first-class honours (otherwise known as double firsts) at the University of Cambridge. That's the highest award you can ever get at the top university in the world. And she used to get straight As back in high school. Can you imagine juggling your modelling and acting career with studies?! *salutes*

Lily Cole is definitely my role model (pun intended). Ha ha.
OK that's all for now. Look at what boredom has brought me to... Off to sleep, nights! :)

You may feel alone when you’re falling asleep
And every time tears roll down your cheeks
But I know your heart belongs to someone you’ve yet to meet

Future Love

2011-07-06T21:16:00.004+04:00

As far as I know, most people lose weight when they're sick because they lose their appetite and don't eat.
I, however, am one of the rare exceptions who gain weight since I still eat a lot when I'm sick and since I'm sick, I can't exercise to burn the calories.
Since I've been banned from watching anything on the net (which I think is a good thing cos I think I'm more than hooked), I decided to try to learn how to play this:

Without the different positions she was playing of course ;) Ha ha. I liked her hair like this, before she shaved it bald :( It was for a good cause (cancer awareness) so I guess thumbs up!

Anyway, I've changed the songs on the iPod/playlist on my blog. I think I'll list the songs on the playlist whenever I change them:

Crimewave - Crystal Castles Vs. Health
Nothing In This World - Paris Hilton
Sexin' On The Dancefloor - Cash Cash
Take Over Control - Afrojack Ft. Eva Simons
Alors On Danse (DJ Pohema Remix) - Stromae

On a non-music related note, I was attracted to this note which my friend posted on Facebook:

Feedback to the College
by Keyff Kitsunei Tong on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 12:02am

1) Could we have extended library hours? Closing at 5pm leaves many students stranded in the hot Singapore weather wondering where to go; and JC2s have A levels this year.. PLUS the librarian shouldn't turn off the aircon an hour before closing time, it makes the library highly uncomfortable and not condusive for study.

2) 2 of the 4 fans at the Arts Hub has been broken for quite some months and the school has not done anything about it yet, can you please pressure the admin to have them fixed soon?

3) Could posters and/or warning please be put up telling students not to sit on the floor during break periods. This problem is especially prevalent around the Good News Cafe, and while understandably there may not be enough space during break-time or lunch, seeing students laze on the floor in a lackadaisical manner is not only a highly abhorrent reflection of the lack of social awareness they possess, it's also downright ugly. Think of what visitors to the campus will think.

If you can't already tell, this is a feedback to Temasek Junior College (the school I was previously in).
The reason I posted this is cause I'd agree with him on the first and second point.
If you don't live in Singapore then I don't think you'd know that students in Singapore study in libraries/ fast food outlets e.g. Macs, KFC, Burger King/ cafes e.g. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Starbucks/ airport (because it's quiet and conducive, especially at night) and anywhere else possible.

Back to my point, I think it is irrational that the librarian turns off the air-con an hour before closing time.
What's the point of the library being open if the air-con isn't turned on, anyway? -_-
But every year there will definitely be a batch of JC2s doing A levels... um okay no comments on that. Just saying.
And ohmygod, Singapore's weather isn't that hot that it's unbearable! It peaks at only 33degrees! Please, Dubai's weather is at least 35degrees in Summer.
Arts Hub is another conducive place for students to study. I can't imagine not having half the fans working :O

However, I just can't agree with the third point. Of course it's quite unsightly to see students sitting on the floor.
But if there's no other space for the students to eat if all the seats/ tables at the cafe and nearby areas, where dyou expect them to sit?
The canteen is also always crowded and we're not allowed to bring food to the classroom block, so where dyou suggest?
If visitors see students sitting on the floor then they'll know that the school is over-crowded. No offense. 1500+ people. No kidding.

All in all, I still think that the problems which my friend has brought up definitely require immediate attention.
Thumbs up to Keith if you're reading this! (Y)
I didn't comment on the note because I wasn't tagged in it and others would think I'm such an extra since I'm not even in the school.
Alright, I think I'm going to head to bed soon. Updated my iPod with 155 songs today. Happy girl! :) Goodnight!

I don't care what people say
The rush is worth the price I pay

Happy birthday America!

2011-07-04T21:55:00.003+04:00

I'm back in Dubai as of yesterday. The trip to Saudi Arabia was a different experience, and my family and I went for a lot of sightseeing.
As most of you would know, Saudi Arabia is a v.conservative Muslim country so I had to put on the headscarf and since I don't look flattering in it I won't post any pictures of the trip.
Except for maybe just this one:

Can you believe this is my mom's photography because I still can't... :P

Anyway, while on my flight back to Dubai, I didn't feel like watching a movie so I was deciding between The Simpsons and Family Guy but Gossip Girl Season 3 caught my eye.
So I decided, hey why not? and gave it a shot.

Source: X

I know I sound like a hypocrite because I really don't like the show.
I used to watch Season 1 about a year ago since most of my friends tell me that it's good.
Liked it and continued on with Season 2 but I stopped halfway throughout the season cause it started to get boring.
But Season 3 has been great so far and I hope it won't disappoint. Fingers crossed! :)
I've spent the past couple of days watching this and... eating. Will start making myself useful soon.
But for now, have a great week ahead everyone! Off to watch my new obsession ;)

Cold as fire baby, hot as ice
If you've ever been to heaven this is twice as nice

I am a Chilli

2011-07-02T12:10:00.003+04:00

Because it's the summer break, and I have nothing else better to do. Got this off Facebook. Try it!

[x] – You like cheese.
[x] – You hate peanuts.
[x] – You agree that this quiz is random.
[ ] – You have farted today.
[x] – You have choked on something.
[ ] – You are a writer.
[ ] – You smoke.
[ ]– You like to swim.
[ ] – You have farted more than once today.
[x] – You like ice cream.
TOTAL SO FAR = 05

[x] – You have lied more than 10 times.
[ ] – You are an only child.
[ ] – You have more than 3 pets.
[x] – You prefer water to other drinks.
[ ] – You are an alcoholic.
[x] – You are under 20 years old.
[ ] – You are over 25 years old.
[ ] – You have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
[x] – You like jewellery.
[ ] – Your favorite music genre is rock.
TOTAL SO FAR = 09

[ ] – You weigh more than 140 lbs
[ ] – You like pirates.
[x] – You are a fangirl/fanboy of something.
[ ] – You take a prescription drug every day.
[ ] – You have a job.
[x] – You live with your parents.
[ ] – You like to eat eggs.
[x] – You have a religion.
[ ] – You dress stranger than other people.
TOTAL SO FAR = 12

[ ] – You have had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks.
[ ] – You have eaten something odd before.
[ ] – You are bad at math.
[ ] – You love electronics.
[x] – Someone/something has pissed you off in the past week.
[ ] – You cuss a lot.
[ ] – You believe in aliens.
[x] – You play video games.
[x] – You have low self-esteem.
[ ] – You carry a purse.
TOTAL SO FAR = 15

[ ] – You like fire.
[ ] – You have fainted or passed out before.
[ ] – You have a high school diploma.
[ ] – You live in America.
[ ] – You use hand sanitizer a lot.
[ ] – You consider yourself a nerd.
[ ] – You have tried chewing tobacco.
[ ] – You are a conspiracy theorist.
[ ] – You sleep in the nude.
[ ] – You will tag people to do this.
TOTAL SO FAR = 15

[x] – You have imagined yourself being famous.
[x] – You own a stuffed animal.
[ ] – You like watermelon.
[ ] – You live in Europe.
[x] – You have a fetish for something
[x] – You fidget a lot.
[x] – You agree that this quiz has nothing to do with anything.
[ ] – You won’t re-post this quiz.
[x] – You have your own personal computer and don’t share one.
[x] – You have a brother.
TOTAL SO FAR = 22

[ ] – You can cook well.
[x] – You like to party.
[x] – You are a bad dancer.
[ ] – You are a professional dancer.
[x] – You have crossed paths with a black cat.
[x] – You have a friend that you think is crazy.
[ ] – You have under 10 good, close friends.
[ ] – You are anticipating your answer to this quiz.
[x] – You have run away from something.
[ ] – You have watched the movie: “X Men 3″
TOTAL SO FAR = 27

[ ] – You like to mix soft drinks together.
[x] – You have done an odd experiment.
[x] – People have stared at you oddly in public.
[x] – Your grandmothers are still alive.
[ ] – You have a step-mom or dad.
[ ] – You hate to be tagged.
[ ] – You have been a member to dA for under 3 months.
[ ] – You have a dA subscription.
[x] – Your hair is kinda brown and black. Natural color.
[x] – You love to eat candy
TOTAL SO FAR = 31

[x] – You have dressed up for Halloween.
[ ] – You love cats.
[ ] – You got this survey from www.FunQuizNotes.com
[x] – You have a quirky personality.
[ ] – You are a coffee addict.
[x] – You live near a body of water.
[x] – You have had a toothache.
[ ] – You currently need to go to the bathroom.
[x] – You use the term: “Epic Fail".
GRAND TOTAL = 35
Add up your total score and post a status like this: “I’m a (Write your answer here)”

0-25 = A spaceship.
26 = Corn.
27 = The Chosen One.
28 = A donkey.
29 = Flashlight.
30 = Weed.
31 = Stalker.
32 = Poodle.
33 = A turd.
34 = Pacifier.
35 = Chili.
36 = A continent.
37 = Bamboo.
38 = A Nissan Skyline.
39 = Pedophile.
40 = A rather large and smelly fish.
41 = Parachute.
42 = Mob of angry sheep.
43 = A clone of yourself.
44 = A mortified chocolate deer antler.
45 = Pincushion.
46 = Toilet seat.
47 = Ninja.
48 = Psycho passion fruit.
49 = Yellow snow.
50 = Flammable.
51 = A poison Easter basket.
52 = A dirty diaper.
53 = Mammary gland.
54 = A moose humping a guardrail.
55 = An illegal immigrant
56 = Tofu.
57 = Microscopic testicle fuzz.
58 = Staple gun.
59 = Tail feather.
60 = A white rapper.
61 = A shotgun shell.
62 = Sexy as hell.
63 = A popcorn fart.
64 = A rusty, herpes infected needle.
65 = Fortune cookie.
66 = Barack Obama.
67 = Chinchilla.
68 = Weapon of mass destruction.
69 = An epic failure at everything.
70 = A semi-proportionate and anonymous fish scale.
71 = Naughty nymphomaniac.
72 = Bicycle tire.
73 = Sweat.
74 = The Bubonic Plague.
75 = Turkey.
76 = Amoeba.
77 = A lice-infected hobo.
78 = The ruler of all evil.
79 = Horny toad.
80 = Fairy Godmother.
81 = Tuba.
82 = Anorexic llama capillary.
83 = Moldy snot.
84 = Miley Cyrus wannabe.
85 = Doppelganger.
86 = Future porn star.
87 = Unnatural disaster.
88 = Statistical database.
89 = Genital lice.
90 = Rocket launcher.
91 = Ruby vomit.
92 = Maggot.
93 = Selfish antagonistic poofing cat.
94 = Pudding.
95 = A gravy train.
96 = Santa Claus.
97 = Paris Hilton’s big toe.
98 = Decaying insect corpse.
99 = Blood bank.
100 = Freak of nature and humanity

Beginning of summer break

2011-06-28T23:56:00.004+04:00

Hey guys! I'm currently in Saudi Arabia and I'm not sure when will be the next time I get access to the internet, so here's a video which Ida made of the grade last week.
Spot me if you can!

A little update over the past few days, I'm in the city of Madinah staying at Hilton and the weather here is great even though it's summer.
It's much less hot and humid than Dubai and it's rather cooling at night too. Will update more the next time I go online.
Have a nice summer break everyone and to those back in Singapore, jiayou for the Mid Year Exams! :)

All this money can't buy me a time machine
No, can't replace you with a million rings

Last days of IB1

2011-06-25T13:04:00.007+04:00

It's Saturday already?! That was fast. The summer break has finally arrived :D
I've been too drained the past few days to update my blog. So here are some pictures taken during the last few days of IB1:

Bio class party: Our last lesson with our much loved Bio teacher. Can't believe she's leaving :'(

The person who took this photo messed up the ISO. Grr. But I still love these girls <3

The card I made on behalf of the class for our Geography teacher. I intentionally made it look like a Kindergarten's work so that he'll remember us as kids :P

Because Shireen eats practically every junk food you give her.

The only other girl in my Geog class

The best Geography teacher ever making his speech :'(

Academic achievement awards for Grade 12. Notice how all the recipients are GIRLS 8) If you're wondering, I got the highest achievement for Geography.

Netballers receiving our medals.

Champs for our league and we were undefeated throughout the season :D

Bus buddies :)

Cohort pictures! Class of 2012.

We had class parties for almost every lesson on the last 2 days of school. Thank God I didn't fall sick from all the chips and fizzy drinks.
I'm glad I didn't tear up when I was making the speech for my Geog teacher. Still can't believe he's leaving.
Went for the End of Year party for the grade at Aarti's place on Thursday night and everyone who went looked gorgeousss!

"Leaving so soon?"
"Yeah, I'm gonna f*ck some bitches"
First time I heard someone say it in a literal sense. Ha ha.

It was such a pity most of my friends couldn't make it. Shireen would have loved it, especially the songs the DJ was playing.
Left the place a bit after 12 and I immediately fell asleep the moment I collapsed on my bed.

Mom and Dad treated me to a pair of pants each from Zara and Mango yesterday so I didn't spend on anything at all this weekend.
So proud of myself cos I think I'm an impulsive shopper. In a desperate need to make money. Anyone willing to hire me?
But then again, I don't think I have time, considering the traveling and IAs/ TOK work that I'll be doing over the summer break...

Some people never get beyond their stupid pride
But you can see the real me inside

Blend the colours

2011-06-20T20:27:00.003+04:00

So this was what I was up to over the weekend:

Baking multi-colored muffins

A different flavor for each color. I'll try out new colors another time :)

Other than that, life has been pretty much slack and mundane lately since school is drawing close to an end.
I still cannot believe that it's only three more days to the end of IB1! Time flies so fast, it scares me.
Not that I'm not looking forward to the summer break, it just felt like a few weeks ago that I moved to Dubai...

I skipped school yesterday to shop for presents for the teachers who are leaving the school.
It's rather depressing to know that ALL my higher level teachers and my English teacher are leaving :(
Am keeping my fingers crossed that the new teachers will be just as good or even better (which is highly unlikely).

I realize that I've been watching a lot of shows lately, which explains my lack of enthusiasm to get off the chair and exercise.
SYTYCD Season 6 has been v.interesting to watch so far. So is The World According To Paris.
Only 3 episodes have been aired but my perception of her has changed a little. For the better :)

This isn't so personal but I guess some people just can't keep their freaking mouth shut.
Told something to A just now and someone else knew about it in less than 2 hours. Should've known her.
That's another name to add in my mental list of people I can't trust. Yes, I do have trust issues.
On a lighter note, 32 MORE DAYS TO SINGAPORE!! :D

No one cares when you're out on the street
Picking up the pieces to make ends meet

The Lunar Eclipse

2011-06-16T23:14:00.007+04:00

I stayed up on Wednesday night with the neighbors to catch the lunar eclipse which left me awestruck! Here are some pictures taken over a period of ~2hours.

I made it into a collage because I don't know how to use Photoshop :( Will learn how to use it soon.
And how cool is that?! The moon turned red at 11:23pm and apparently the next lunar eclipse will only occur in... 2141.
I was lucky enough to look through my neighbor's telescope while moon watching :D
We climbed up to the roof for a while but it was too humid so we went down instead.

A picture of Victoria and I on the roof.

This was the view from the roof. You can see the tallest building in the world from my house :B

On another note, the people who went for the Borneo trip have been back since Wednesday.
The canteen has become a lot more crowded and noisy ever since. Geog lessons were also much more peaceful before.
I watched Scream 2 a few days ago which isn't as funny as Scream. Quite disappointing.
We watched Family Guy during Arabic since the teacher wasn't around (Y)
Am almost done with the movie Jumper since I'm watching it in parts with the French kid in school + on the bus :)

I spent a really long time changing the music for the blog last night cos I couldn't find the right version of the songs.
Anyhow, I hope you guys like the uploaded songs! I try to have more than 1 genre out of the 5 songs.
Shireen and I have been obsessed with the song Sweat (Snoop Dogg Ft. David Guetta) so we keep listening to/ singing it in school \o/

I just completed my research proposal for the Business Internal Assessment (IA) and decided to watch The World According to Paris.
It's so full of drama and I wanna watch the next episode. But first I gotta clean my room + desk since there's a Singaporean family coming over tomorrow.
Have a great weekend everyone! ♥

Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes

To kill time

2011-06-13T21:00:00.005+04:00

I decided to skip school today since it would have been a waste of time. Sleeping in was definitely a good choice :-)
Woke up at 11+ and finished reading New Moon. I know I couldn't get past the first 50 pages of Twilight in '08 but I managed to finish both Twilight and New Moon in less than 2 weeks!
That is really something for me cause I'm not a fan of reading. So proud of myself. Ha ha.
I slightly burnt my finger just now when taking out the cake from the oven cause I forgot to put on a glove... What a retard.

Anyway, I watched Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) yesterday and it was by far the scariest Hollywood flick I've ever watched!
It was mentally exhausting as well since you can't really tell whether it was in their dream or reality.
I'm also done with Beastly since I watch it in parts with my friend in school. Don't really like the movie.

Another thing which I did over the weekend was catching up with some of my TA friends online.
It was refreshing to talk to them after a while since my hiatus and comforting to know that there are people who do miss me :')

Oh and these are a few pictures from Jumeira College's Awards evening last week.

Students on stage receiving the awards

My brother got an award for Science. So proud of him :D

Victoria got the most prestigious award! So happy for her :B

So I guess that's all for now. Need to turn in soon since I'm going to school tomorrow. Ciao!

Whatever doesn't kill me, doesn't make me stronger
But I'm not gonna give up yet

An African experience

2011-06-10T13:25:00.005+04:00

My family and I went to Tribes, an African restaurant at the Mall of the Emirates a few weeks back. It was my first time there and it was definitely a whole new experience! The waiters broke into a dance and performance every 20-30 minutes and you could really feel the vibe :)

This was what my brother had.

This was what I had. It was grilled salmon and I had it with the African peri-peri sauce which was deeeelicious!

I absolutely love the architecture of the mall

Even though I've been to the mall a lot of times, I didn't know this fountain existed so I decided to take a picture with it. It's so beautiful :)

Just got back from Ibn Battuta Mall where I did some shopping. Retail therapy never fails to cheer me up.
Anyway, the past couple of days of school have been rather unproductive.
The TOK presentation on Wednesday wasn't too bad. The teacher said he liked it and it was interesting.
I also got some movies + shows from Ida which I am going to start watching soon.
It's past 12 and I'm so drained so I'm gonna turn in now. Goodnight!

Can you get me up like I'm late for my first class
So I can give it to you rough like a first draft

The epiphany

2011-06-07T21:12:00.003+04:00

"Wow, that's healthy. Are you on a diet?"
"Yeah, I don't wanna eat junk food, it's not good for the body. I don't eat cooked food either - I'll only eat raw food from now on"
"I don't eat fast food. I'm planning to start on a diet soon."
"That's good."
"I want to be 50kg. I want to be skinny."
"Yeah, you should just go ahead. I want to be 44kg."
"You know you're the first person to tell me that it's okay for me to want to be 50kg. Other people are like "OMG you're thin enough" or "you're a stick" and they tell me to just eat whatever I want."
"Next year's the last year of high school. You should do whatever you want. Don't care about what others say."

This suddenly sparked my motivation to work hard and lose weight and ignore what people say :-)
So I got my papers for Arabic which I had expected wasn't good and Islamic studies which I had expected but wasn't too bad.
I'm currently freaking out about my TOK final presentation which is tomorrow while waiting for my partner to send me his part. Wish me luck!

I can't find the words to say when I'm confused
I'd traveled half the world to say, you are my muse

Sunday morning

2011-06-05T21:29:00.004+04:00

I had to post this cause every single time I look at it - which is every day - it reminds me of the good times I had with my friends in Singapore :')

Today was the first day back in school after the exams. Yea in case some of you don't know the weekdays in UAE are Sundays to Thursdays.
20+ people went for the trip to Borneo and half of the remaining people in the grade was absent.
So I watched Scream with the sexually anorexic kid (inside joke) during Business since the teacher wasn't even in school -_-"
Got back Bio and Eng results which were what I had expected.
Also got back half of my Geog results, hopefully getting back the rest tmr :)

Spent the weekend partially fulfilling my to-do list and watched Taken which sort of changed my thoughts of going to Paris w/ my girlfriends after IB.
Never knew such things existed... It just opened up my mind about the real world.
I guess the next few days will be spent slacking + working on my TOK presentation. Till then!

Here we go again, I kinda wanna be more than friends
So take it easy on me I'm afraid you're never satisfied

Miguel's birthday pool party

2011-06-02T22:21:00.007+04:00

Went to Miguel's party which was a week before my exams.

The cupcakes were so nicely decorated by Victoria! Not only were they good to look at, they tasted so good too :-) Just looking at the pictures make me drool :P

I may be uploading the rest of the pictures on Facebook soon.

So I spent today at the gym (boy did I miss the gym during my month long break) + watching SYTYCD & Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. It's so hilarious and the best part is there's Lindsay Lohan + Megan Fox = A MUST WATCH! :D

The weather in Dubai soared to 44degrees just now. When I opened the window my entire room became wet cos the water due to high humidity condensed on literally everything... Even the floor -_-

My eyeliner runs in constellations, for you dear
If only I could reboot my mechanical heart; I'd think clear

First post!

2011-06-01T20:28:00.009+04:00

I've decided to switch to blogger cos I'm more comfortable with blogger as a blogging platform. Moreover there's v.limited livejournal skins. It's also refreshing to start on a tabula rasa :)

I made a list of things to do after the exams:

1. LOSE WEIGHT (diet + exercise)

2. Buy souvenirs for friends in Singapore

3. Watch So You Think You Can Dance Season 6

4. Get goodbye gifts for teachers leaving the school

5. Start reading TIME/ The Guardian/ New York Times again (haven't been doing this ever since I came to Dubai. No wonder I'm so dumb)

6. Paint on canvas

7. Learn new songs on the piano/ guitar

8. Try out rock-climbing (it seems so cool but idek if I'll make it halfway...)

9. Learn how to bake a rainbow cake

10. Final Destination/ Scream movie marathon (anyone?)

I hope I can accomplish all these over the summer holidays. Pretty excited ^^

Anyway today was spent shopping at Dubai Mall. While enjoying my retail therapy I bumped into Jasmine at New Look. Am dead tired right now and I'll turn in soon. Goodnight! :)

You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth