'Hear you me'

24th of December probably means a lot to about almost half of the people on this planet. It's Christmas Eve. Where you go around houses singing Christmas carols and where children leave a plate of cookies and a glass of milk near the Christmas tree; and wait for Santa and its reindeers to come by and leave 'em presents.

Well, I don't celebrate Christmas. But nonetheless, 24th of December has a significant meaning to my life. 

It's the day that my Mama was born. 

 I vaguely remember back in Jakarta when Syamira and I were probably 8 or 9 years old; and it was Mama's birthday. We baked her a cake. With absolutely no baking experience (well, we were in 2nd grade), we mixed up a mixture of Milo, sprinkled some salt, sprinkled some sugar, tossed in some eggs, spread the batter in a pan and stuck it in the oven for probably about 40 minutes. As you can see, we did not use any flour at all.

 So as you would know, it didn't turn out well. It came out salty and..slimy. Haha But I remember that it wasn't the taste or how it looked like that mattered most at that time. It was the face of joy Mama gave me once I presented her the cake. Priceless. Mama actually took a couple of bites out of it, though. 

 Mama, I can bake now. I know now that flour is one of the essential ingredients of making a cake. I could make you a carrot cake, 'cause I know its your favorite. Or I could bake you a chocolate cake with chocolate toppings and sprinkle almonds, and I'd make sure that it has just the right sweetness you like.

 But you're so far away now..So far away that it's impossible for me to even hug you, kiss you on the cheek and say 'Happy Birthday Mommy, I love you'. 

 You're so far away...but yet you're so close. 

Just a little bit out of reach, but not too far so that I can still feel the warmth of your arms around me. 

Happy Birthday, Mommy. 

I love you, always. 

"And if you were with me tonight, I'd sing to you just one more time. A song for a heart so big."

A sense of clarity.

Cinta bukan mengajar kita lemah tetapi membangkitkan kekuatan. Cinta bukan mengajar kita menghinakan diri tetapi menghembuskan kegagahan. Cinta bukan melemahkan semangat tetapi membangkitkan semangat. -Hamka

 I find strength in the lines and bars of a song, a poem, and even in a quote.

 Just when I was starting to lose hope; to feel empty again after such a long time, I opened up the box and these words appeared before my eyes;

'Cinta bukan mengajar kita lemah tetapi membangkitkan kekuatan.'

 I found my clarity, baby. 

 Breaking down is the easy part. The hard part is getting back up again. There's always gonna be something that's gonna tear my soul apart. There's always gonna be something that will tear down my confidence. But to what extent am I gonna let it bother me? Will I walk away? Or will I stand tall by you, and fight along side with you?

The me that I've become to know is so much more stronger than this. And I've known it for the past 3 months, no, make that for the past 4 years; as long as I have you by my side, I'll be standing up fine. As long as I have you by my side. As long as you're by my side. 

'State of Grace'

Okay, I admit. I have been spending too much time on Tumblr. I didn't mean to abandon you, baby *kiss*

So much has happened in the past two months, I don't even know where to begin.

Goodbyes

 As you all know, I went home for summer break. Bonded with my brothers and fell in love a little here and there. This isn't the first time I've gone back for summer break, but it sure did feel different during the goodbyes and hugging session at the airport. One of my brothers (the eldest) is engaged and is getting married next September. I have mixed feelings about this. So does this mean I actually have to share my brother, now? Well, I don't want to..please? Pretty please?
 My eldest brother and I aren't always on the same page. We bicker about so many things, you seriously wouldn't wanna be standing near us. But this time since I was staying at his place, we bonded over so much stuff. At one moment it actually seemed like there weren't any secrets left between us. We shared and laughed. He watched as I cried and crumbled. I watched as he picked me up and mended my bruises and scars. Its sad to know the next time I see him, I might not be able to freely do stuff like watching 2 seasons of How I Met Your Mother straight in one day. Or riding the motorcycle with him just to find that delicious Goreng Pisang stall Papa used to go to. *sigh* But its okay. I know that no matter what happens, I know he'll always have my back; even when he's married.
 One other hard goodbye session had to be with him. Its amazing how spending only two weeks with a person can give such a big impact on you. We didn't talk much on the way to the airport. Actually, we didn't really talk at all. For a moment, it actually felt like we were just letting our hearts speak for us. But it was probably for the best. Words could've possibly ruined that perfect moment we had that night.We never really uttered the words "Goodbye, take care". It was more of a simple "I'll miss you but its okay, 'cause I'll see you soon"; and I believe that's the best goodbye you could ever get.

I'm feeling 22

 I have finally grown a year older. *cringe* Then again, 22's just an age. I still go crazy over Disney movies and I still memorize the full lyrics to Little Mermaid's 'Under The Sea'. Take me to Disneyland I will still be waving like a maniac trying to get Mickey Mouse to wave back at me. Anyways, thank you everybody for the birthday wishes and for the beautiful presents. Don't worry, my cactus is still alive..I think. *cringe*

And to end off with a quote from my current obession;

"You don't know about me, but I bet you want to. Everything will be alright if we just keep dancing like we're 22" -Taylor Swift, 22

Now please, go out and get that new Taylor Swift album. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.

xoxo

27/8

To my person:

Even though we were once torn apart by circumstances we couldn't avoid; in the end something keeps reuniting us together. Fate, maybe? ;)

Thank you for being the best friend that has always stuck by my side for the past 4 years. Even during those times where not a single word was exchanged between us. I knew you were always by my side.

Kanpai to a new beginning for us. We will no longer be haunted by our past, but instead be happy for the present; and we will embrace the future with open arms.

'You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most.'

Oh well, I guess I'm just lucky I'm in love with my best friend. :)

Remember when?

Remember when Facebook was a platform where we could just catch up and spontaneously just say 'Hi, how are you?' on people's walls?

So, just out of curiosity, whatever happened to that?

I woke up today and went on Facebook just to see how my Facebook people are doing and it got really disturbing 'cause as I scrolled down I saw a lot of harsh words, anger, and a lot of slandering involved between a friend of mine and someone she knew. Obviously, they were fighting about something. Being nosy me, I just had to figure out what was going on! It didn't take long, or it wasn't really that hard to begin with considering my friend; lets call her 'A', put up pictures of the other person's; lets call her 'B', Facebook status updates and apparently one of her blog entries. And that, kind of threw me off. I mean, it seemed sassy at first but then it just turned into something so mean I just couldn't comprehend. So apparently B said something on her blog and A thought/thinks it was about her and......everything else is history.

I don't know who is at fault here but I really think A just went overboard.

Please, before you go off and attack someone like that on Facebook without any proof and evidence, just stop to think about it. You're not really making yourself look like the better person here. This hasn't really been the first time I've seen stuff like this on Facebook. Yes, its your own 'space' where you get to write/like/share everything that tickles your fancy. But still, no matter how private you make it to be, it is still a public space. And you showing people your dark side of things by getting pissed off ticked off like that really doesn't make you seem like a person I'd randomly wanna go up to and say 'Hi! How are you?'

Ladies,

 ....and to change the mood, A CERTAIN SOMEONE IS COMING HOME IN A COUPLE OF DAYS!! *fireworks*

CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT?!! 

Miles and miles away.

 

Annnnd here we have on the left side, my awesome father getting excited after knowing that a thing called skype conference call actually existed. "You mean I can talk to you and talk to abang at the same time?!" =.=

Annnnd on the right side, my adorable little brother, Mikhail, perfecting the whole 'Who the hell are you, why are you all up in ma face?' look.  He finds the image of him much more thrilling to look at than to look at me, who is obviously trying really hard to get his attention by swifting side to side and flailingly waving my hands all over the place. Flailingly? Is that even a word, Faten? It should be a word. Mama said Mikahil could do the 'you sing twinkle little star and I'll do the star with my hand' thingy but as soon as I started singing, he started fidgeting around which probably meant 'get me out of here before she starts singing again!' =.=

So since Papa now knows the existence of conference call and its uses, he insisted we skype with Opah tonight considering my brothers are going back to Taiping today. I'm really excited about it, but Abang has been harassing me with skype calls 'cause apparently something's wrong with his skype and he can't video call. So I've been getting calls with a greeting of "Can you see me now?.....How 'bout now?" for the past half hour. By the end he figures out that he might as well on skype through his iPhone since you can vieo call on iPhone. WHICH BY THE WAY, I happened to have informed him of it the first time he called but as usual, he shrugged off every idea I say as useless. And when I say "See, I told you to do that earlier!" And he replies with a simple "I didn't hear it." =.= 

Sigh. I miss my family.

Oh well. For the time being, I'll put on my hot blazing red mask and conquer Spectrochem. 

Nanananana Batman!....?

Conflicted.

Mind: Why not go for it, Faten? What's there left to lose? Why say no??


Heart: Because I say so.

Bazinga.


 *Laughs like Mikhail*
                                                                          

    

'Dare you to move'

Heartbreak?

'I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket, but I've got to get a move on with my life. It's time to be a big girl now, and big girls don't cry.'

                                                                                               -Fergie

'Frick 'n Frack'

To my BSB fan club co-founder (which only consisted of 3 members);

To the person who just always happened to be there during my idiotic moments;

To the person who taught me to swim (by taking me to the deep end of the pool first);

To the only person I'll ever be able to dance in front of;

To the person I know I can always count on no matter how far apart we are (distance is just a number to us);

Well, I'll never be able to sum up 14 years of friendship! So here's a shout-out to my best friend a.k.a the most amazing, kind, beautiful, creative, country-loving hippie,


Syamira, Happy Birthday!

I look forward to many more of our idiotic home videos. Cheers!

I love you and miss you! Xoxo

Behold, the land of gelato.

I miss Italy.

Our trip to Italy didn't go as well planned. We were going to take a route to Venice-Rome-Pisa and then fly off to Paris. Somehow, once we landed in Venice (Treviso Airport to be exact), it somehow seemed different. Where are all the buildings and that big grand canal I've seen from pictures and heard from people's stories all this while?

Then it hit me.

We weren't even near to the grand canal. Apparently, we messed up and ended up booking for a hotel that was actually on the other side of the grand canal. We ended up asking this nice elderly man on the bus for directions to our hotel because like always; we lost our way. We asked how to get to the city and he told us that it was probably about a 40 minute bus ride to the city and the last bus that leaves for the city was at 8 pm. It was already 5 pm when we got to the hotel and we were planned to leave for Rome the next day. So yes; no gondola rides for Faten. Sigh, such bad luck. But like my favorite quote always said; "There's always a rainbow after the rain". We ended up spending the night by eating cereal and Ramen and I hit the bed early with my Eat, Pray, Love. It actually felt good to re-energize ourselves that night although the thought of the gondola rides that were just an hour away from me kept bothering my mind. Sigh, such bad luck.

So we headed our way the next morning to the Venice Mestre train station for our next trip to Rome. It was a long 6 hour train ride and by the time we got to Roma Termini train station I actually think I lost all interest to Rome. As soon as we got to Rome, we were hungry so we went on the hunt for any Halal restaurants and to our surprisingly good luck (only for about 20 minutes; you'll understand why later), we found a Halal restaurant just outside of the train station. We ordered nasi beriyani and curry mutton for take out and it was awesomely delicious. Did I mention that it was only for about 8/9 Euros? So after our hunt for food, we figured it was time to go on the search for our hotel and considering absolutely nobody seemed capable of speaking English (how is this even possible?!), we had absolutely no idea where to go (understand why now?) So we only had one other option. You see, my father has always been the type of person that makes friends easily, so he practically has friends all over the world and has such a wide network. And I have never been more grateful for then the moment as I went to the public phone and started dialing Uncle Rosli's (Papa's friend who is one of the navy officers based in Rome) phone number and managed to swallow down my pride and told him that we were lost and had no idea where to go. He was actually out of town that day, but to our relief he sent his driver to come pick us up and send us to our hotel. Again, I have never been more grateful.

We settled checking in at our hotel and was amazed that we got what seemed like a condo suite to me. We had a huge kitchen completely equipped with everything including a dryer and a washing machine which definitely came of many help to us (finally, clean clothes to wear!). There was a huge TV in the living room, although all we watched was MTV (well at least what we could understand of it), and two bedrooms on the second floor. We were excited, so we didn't go out at all that day and just stayed amazed at how awesome our place was haha

We spent the rest of our trip to Rome riding the hop on hop off bus visiting the Pantheon, Vatican City, the lovely Piazza della Republica, the Colosseum  many more. My favorite had to be the Trevi Fountain. You cannot go to Rome and not see the Trevi Fountain. Okay maybe the movie 'When In Rome' had played a big part of my madness for the Trevi Fountain but it was nonetheless spectacular seen up front. However, it was smaller than I expected it to be but like I said; it still had its own awesome attraction to it. Got to see some people throwing a couple of pennies into the fountain which made me smile and wonder what they wished for. There was tons of gelato shops along the road in front of the Trevi Fountain so we grabbed ourselves some gelato and I believe that was the starting point of our madness for gelato, and the first reason I actually wanted to visit Italy. Once a foodie, always a foodie.

After our time at Rome, we took the train and headed to Florence (Santa Maria Novella Station). I swear, Florence is the capital of leathered goods. Finally got my hands on a leather jacket which I got for a really reasonable price. It was all shopping and no sight seeing in Florence for Faten! Haha Proof that all I could think about was shopping in Florence; this was the only picture I took,

 And I have no idea what Piazza this is =.=" Anyone care to tell me? Please?

Oh and another picture from Florence!

Yes, Faten. Take cam-whoring pictures of you and the group rather than taking pictures of the surrounding environment which you may never see again. Tsk tsk.

Anways, next up was Pisa! To be honest, the only thing I was amazed by Pisa was its Leaning Tower of Pisa. =.=" We took the train from Santa Maria Novella station to Pisa Centrale station and found that we had to walk alllllll the way to the tower. It was a good experience though. The leaning tower was beautiful, and it was fun to act like idiots trying to take pictures in front of the leaning tower. Oh come on, you know what I mean. You knowwwww. Taking and re-taking pictures to get that right angle where you seem like you're pushing the leaning tower and your friend's trying to hold the tower from leaning further? Yes, those cliche tourist pictures. (We were such a set of tourists haha)


And guess what we did on the way back from visiting the leaning tower?

I regret nothing.


(Pictures credit to Pja)

Like crazy. Literally.

 I don't care.

I don't care about the fact that I have 3 assignments to hand in tomorrow.

I don't care about the fact that I have a lab report due this wednesday.

I don't care about the fact that I have my mid terms in a week and I have absolutely no idea what I have been learning for the past 3 weeks.

I don't care.

I need a break.

And I want it now.


I am tired and I know some people have it worse than I do right now, but all I can say is; good luck!

But everything else can wait because I am taking some of my time for a movie because I have had it up to here with all this....stuff.

 

And, yes. Hand me that box of tissues! 

'Remember me as a time of day'

Take a look at yourself in a mirror who do you see looking back? Is it the person you want to be? Or is there someone else you were meant to be the person you were meant to be but fell short of? Is someone telling you you can't or won't? Because you can.

Believe that love is out there.

Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

Sometimes happiness doesn't come from money or fame or power. Sometimes happiness comes from good friends and family and the quiet nobility of leading a good life.

Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

Believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

So take a look in that mirror and remind yourself to be happy because you deserve to be. Believe that.

And believe that dreams come true every day. Because they do.

-One Tree Hill

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming"

I have never been more frustrated with a person in the past 2 years I have been living here, than how I am today. 

Bersabarlah wahai hati. 

 Keep going, Faten.

Lets not get ourselves worked up because of one person, okay?

 

 Take your pick. Beat yourself up about it, or be the better half and just acknowledge the negativity.

"Take it from me."

Run, Faten, RUN!!

Tagging Game.

1. What TV show would you want to work on?

 I don't really have a definite answer, but if this was a life-death decision I'd actually go with Pretty Little Liars. There's just something there about their friendship I've always been fascinated of. Or maybe its connected to the inner side of me which wants to just go back to high school and just re-do everything.

2. If you could say one thing to the person who has hurt you the most, what would you say?

 I never knew you to be such a coward.

3. If you could choose one celebrity to be your best friend, who would it be and why?

 Taylor Swift. I wanna be by her side when she's composing/writing her next hit songs. To be able to see her put all her feelings and soul into a lyrics and to just be able to witness it all would be just out of this world amazing.

4. What song would play at your wedding?

 Ingrid Michaelson's rendition of Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

5. Describe yourself in 10 words.

 Impulsive, ambitious, egoistic, faithful, sensitive, reflective, decisive, determined, selfish, chatty.

6. Tell me something about the person you miss the most in the world right now.

 She was beautiful, talented, brave, and strong. She had the most beautiful smile. She taught me that life doesn't come easy. She taught me that money alone will never be able to make you happy. She taught me that there are people in this world who will be willing to do anything to take you down, but then there are those who will die trying to make you rise from all the defeat. She taught me the importance of education. She's everything I wish I could be. The person I miss most in the world..is my mother.

7. Have you ever betrayed a friend? If so, how and why?

 Yes, and I'll never be able to get over the fact that I hurt her. We were 15, and like ordinary 15 year old's, we had boy trouble. We liked the same guy only that I was willing to do anything to make sure she didn't get him. I wasn't proud of it, and like I said I'll never be able to forgive myself for what happened. In the end, we both didn't get him. He's now happily in love with her best friend; and I couldn't be any more happier for him.

8. Describe your perfect day.

 A sunny day, where I'd go to the bookstore with him, fight over which book to read and end up buying books we both wouldn't like, go to the park and sit under a tree while we immerse ourselves in books.

9. At what point in your life have you been able to look at and say, “That’s when everything changed?”

 2006. I was sixteen and the biggest problem I ever thought I would face was why the boy next door wouldn't call me. Then came April, and my mom passed away. Suddenly, the world didn't revolve around me anymore. Life wasn't about trying to decide what clothes to wear, or planning the next party with friends. It was more than just about me. I had a family to take care of. A dad to support. A brother to raise. I guess, that's when everything changed. I'm glad though. I became a person so much better than the person I was 6 or 7 years ago.

10. What was the last party you went to?

 A birthday party, to be honest. We went to an all-you-can eat cake buffet to celebrate a friend's birthday.

11. One quote that sums up who you are the best:

 “Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.”-Jane Austen

 I fall in love too much; and that might just be my biggest flaw.

Bon Voyage: London

An entry 2 weeks late. Forgive me, for I have not found the courage to honestly say goodbye to what was the best 18 days I've had.

London was awesome. Need I say more? ;)

We kicked off London by taking an early morning stroll through Regent's Park and Hyde Park. Our hostel was based in Bayswater which was just a walking distance from Hyde Park. The parks were...big and clean, which was good enough for me. We had to pick up our tickets for Madame Tussaud's at 10.30 so we took our time and spent the morning just catching up and chattering all away.

I was happy that I got to take a picture with a creepy looking waxed Zac Efron, but the highlight of the tour was when I saw a BEAUTIFULLY looking George Clooney. So you know the expression, 'weak at the knees'? Well, no other words could describe the way I felt at that time than that expression haha

So after our trip to Madame Tussaud's, I believe everybody was too starstruck that we actually...lost our way. Literally. We got lost finding our way to Trafalgar Square, but something good happened along the way! We found a bookshop called 'Daunt Books' and I finally got myself the final book of Hunger Games! Yay! :D So after we finally admitted ourselves that we were lost, we figured we'd go sightseeing first and leave the rest of tomorrow for shopping. So we headed our way to the London Bridge, which surprised me because..London Bridge wasn't as amazing as I expected it to be. Remind me to find out how anybody even came up with the whole 'London Bridge is falling down' crap. But the Tower Bridge was beautiful! The closer we got to the Tower Bridge, the more amazed I was.

By the time we got to Buckingham Palace, it was already night time which kind of sucked. Buckingham Palace would have been so much more beautiful if I had gotten to see the changing of guards in the morning. Oh well, gives me another reason to actually go there again hopefully, maybe one day ;) We spent the rest of the night chowing down Fish and Chips and tucking in early for another day out in the city.

I couldn't sleep well that night considering that the next day we were going to go to a place which I have longed to go to since I was a little girl; the Big Ben.

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Sun was shining brightly the next day. It was the perfect weather. We went first to King's Cross to have our English Breakfast which was awesomely HALAL. I envy all you Muslims living in the UK. You got it right =.=" So we headed our way next to the Big Ben and London Eye. Big Ben was breathtaking as I expected to be. There's just something about that tower clock that just makes you wanna sit down and just look at it all day. Please, don't call me crazy? The London Eye..Well, I'm sorry but to me all ferris wheels are all the same. Kind of like looking at the Eye of Malaysia, no? It had a spectacular view, though.

Our next stop was to Westminster, because I wanted to see Westminster Abbey. Forgive me for being such a royal wedding fan. I grew up adoring Prince William, so it felt right to go to visit the place where he got married, no? Except..Westminster Abbey was on construction and it was a Sunday. Oh well, at least I got to see what was the outside of it; which was enough, really.

The next part of our trip to London, is my favorite part of it all. Oxford Street :) Indeed, a heaven for shopaholics. Luckily, I could control myself. Though I did almost cave in on that black tote bag at River Islands :s and the flowered patterned tote Pija bought at Dorothy Perkins. So my catch at Oxford Street? Jeans from Dorothy Perkins. That was it! *big clap for myself* We spent the rest of the day at Picadilly Circus; which I believe should be seen at night although I hate taking pictures at night 'cause they come out all...fugly, Trafalgar Square; although there was a Russian event or something which just finished by the time we got there so they were clearing out the square so we didn't even get close to it...which was a bummer. What were the odds, huh? =.="

Ended the night by taking the bus back home after a tiring walk to Hamley's, which we mistakened for Harrods. BUT, our silver lining: we had an awesome steak dinner which I can't seem to forget about until now. T.T

We cleared out our stuff from the hostel and headed out to the airport early in the morning for our next voyage; Italy. And boy, do I have a lot to say about Italy ;)

'Desperately, shriekingly, soul-punishingly miserable.'

A little bit of something from Eat, Pray, Love for the day:

'If this is happiness, I suppose (which is really a few months old by now), that gets me to thinking upon my return to Rome that I need to do something about David. That maybe it's time for us to end our story forever. We were already separated, that was official, but there was still a window of hope left open that perhaps someday (maybe after my travels, maybe after a year apart) we could give things another try. We loved each other. That was never the question. It's just that we couldn't figure out how to stop making each other desperately, shriekingly, soul-punishingly miserable.'

'All Tomorrow's Parties'

My 2nd year here has finally come to an end! Woohoo! *fireworks*

Time does fly fast doesn't it? This year, God really tested my patience. For a minute, I thought I had everything I ever needed, and He went and took one thing away from me, and I immediately fell to pieces. It was good to be tested. Makes you remember and realize that you can never really have everything all at once..

So last night we had our Farewell party for all the seniors who are going back to Malaysia for good this March. We had to cook, set everything up, by the gifts; so basically we had to do everything. It was tiring, but the outcome was amazing.

Cake with names of the people we were celebratingNazriq and I. Goes to show I will never be able to get to his height no matter how high my heels are (=.=")

Oh, the theme was purple and blue. Perfect combination of my two favorite colors.


I love this picture. Everybody looks so happy!

*pictures credit to Fatin Rosyadah*

It was fun to see everybody all dressed up and looking all handsome and pretty :p It was one of the best nights here I've had so far, I think. May there be many more memories to come!

"Most of our life is a series of images. They pass us by like towns on the highway. But sometimes a moment stuns us as it happens. And we know that this instant is more than a fleeting image. We know that this moment, every part of it, will live on forever.'"
-One Tree Hill

And if you're lucky..

"You ever heard the expression 'The best things in live are free.' Well, that expression is true. Every once in a while, people step up. They rise above themselves. Sometimes they surprise you and sometimes, they fall short. Life is funny sometimes. It can push pretty hard but if you look close enough, you can find hope in the words of children, in the bars of the song and in the eyes of someone you love. And if you're lucky, if you're the luckiest person on this entire planet, the person you love decides to love you back."
-One Tree Hill

Procrastination to a newer level.

27/1/2012:

• Chemical English

31/1/2012:

• Organic Chemistry 3

1/2/2012:

• Electrochemistry
• Programming (C Language)

6/2/2012:

• Analytical Chemistry 3

7/2/2012:

• Calculus B2

9/2/2012:

• Electromagnetism

10/2/2012:

• Introduction to Chemical Engineering

13/2/2012:

• Crystal Chemistry
  

16/2/2012:

• Physical Chemistry 2

*headdesk*

Exams are around the corner, and I really should have made 'stop procrastinating' my first new year's resolution. Who am I kidding, it wouldn't have even lasted a week.

I really need to start studying.

I REALLY need to stop procrastinating.

Then again...........................

Good luck for finals, everybody! I know I'm gonna need a lot more than pixie dust or luck, for mine! XD

Bring on all the pretenders

I officially declare that winter break is over! (actually, it has been over for 3 days now :P)


Spent my winter break with my lovelies; those that light up my world.

23/12/2011:

Spent the first day of winter break at..the embassy =.=" Dasar Pandang ke Timur has reached its 30th year, and the embassy held a discussion where we were given topics and had to present them in a group. It was..okay, I guess. Met up with so many people that I hadn't seen in a while which felt really good. Ended the night with a Starbucks session with the girls at Shibuya :)

24/12/2011:

Went to Odaiba's Aqua City for Illumination with about 10 (or more) of my friends. I kinda lost count when everybody was together :p Exchanged hugs, smiles, laughs and had much fun despite the fact that the only thing we saw was a so-called Healing Christmas tree or, something like that. Although, the night did light up with fireworks for about 10 minutes near the Rainbow bridge in Tokyo which was spectacular! So that cheered up my night.

The crew with the Rainbow bridge behind us! Not everyone's in the picture because it was friggin cold outside, but then again with good company I was warm enough :) *picture credit to Nazriq*

25/12/2011:

Spent the morning at the guy's house for breakfast (or more like brunch), with Roti Canai and Apple Pie made by Pja :) Then spent the evening at the beach, 'cause Pja insisted on going although it was winter =.= But once we got there, it didn't seem so cold which was good.

Priceless. It got colder as we got closer to the sea, so clearly, I wasn't so excited.
*picture credit to Nazriq*

*picture credit to Nazriq*

Ended the night with approximately 6 hours of Karaoke-ing and good laughs, of course.

26/12/2011:

Friends slept over so we did the usual slumber party madness. Sleeping at 4 am. Saying good night and turning off the lights just to end up talking so much more than before. Baking. Gossiping. Fangirl-ing. Well, you know. The usual stuff :p

Hmm, as I write this I actually realize..that my winter break actually ended long before this. It ended when friends went back home to their places and I was left in Chiba while everybody went of skiing or snowboarding. *sigh* Oh well, it was fun while it lasted :) Great friends. Great company. Great entertainment. The foundation to a great life :)

Long live the walls we crashed through
While the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders, one day we will be remembered
-Taylor Swift, Long Live

#justsaying

Just something I saw on Facebook:

'Treat her right, protect and respect her.'

#justsaying.