what i've been up to

assalamu 'alaikum, semua~

it's been more than a month since i last posted a proper entry.. lots of things have happened, and along the way, i gained new experiences and felt various, well, feelings. yupz.

let's see..


main examinations

all i can say is, sometimes i hate myself. why is it that whenever exam period comes, i would study late at night? why couldnt i prepare for my exams earlier? why, why, why have i not changed?

hmmm.... hamdan lillah, certain papers and questions were quite easy. and some, well, not to say 'not easy'.. rather, i didnt study or memorise those parts.. so, too bad, i lost precious marks there. takpelah, mungkin memang me deserve it..

the paper that i was most afraid of was molecular genetics. i failed my term test, my practical test, and i usually didnt do my tutorial, i knew that my CA percentage was near marginal.. i had really hope i didnt fail my CA component.. anyway, i could say that i studied hard for the main exam, coz i need to get sufficient percentage to ensure that i could pass the subject, never mind if it's a 'just pass'..

bila exam dah selesai tu.. rase lega jugak.. but negativity reigned.

coz i knew i screwed up a lot.
coz i knew i wasted a lot of time and opportunities.
yupz.

the results? a distinction (french ^.^), B+, B, C+ and C.

im definitely not an A student.

and yeah, my gpa dropped.. still a 3.pointer though. alhamdulillah~


RR'07

i was given the opportunity to be part of the organising committee. it's a great experience - got to learn how to organise an event, liaise with outside parties, do admin work, paper work.. plus, new friends =)

dari segi pembangunan diri, hmmm... memang banyak yang dipelajari. tarbiyah dari segi emosi, kepimpinan, keperibadian, spiritual... Ya Allah.. terima kasih di atas segalanya.

klw nak cerita ttg RR'07 kat sini, it'll take forever. heh. since im the sort of person who, after some time, looses the idea and enthusiasm to write and remember.. plus, it's cumbersome to find the right words.


a new camera... which drowned

the camera that we had since 2004 (or is it 2003?) had been showing signs of 'old age'.. so, we bought a new one, pentax 7.1 mega pixel, at a good price, $249. plus, we got free 1Gb memory card.

and then.....

during RR'07 recce, while a bunch of us were in a boat at kallang river, the camera slipped into the water.

yes.

it was gone. forever.

when we realised that the camera was nowhere to be found, i lost my enthusiasm and joy. all the way til the end of the recce, my mind was occupied with 'how to repay the money that my mother had paid for the camera'.. it was her hard-earned money. and i blamed myself for losing it.. although the fact was, someone else lost it. but i couldn't afford to blame or be angry at this person. all i could think of was to forgive him, and to not let him pay for what he had done. even though, at some points, the other me reasoned argued that he should.

but no. i was too busy feeling guilty for not listening to my instinct (i had a feeling prior to going into the boat that leaving the camera with other people+on water was a bad move), and for losing a new thing that belonged to the family.

hmm... ok, me mcm dah serik nak pegang camera sendiri. and aqila sometimes tries to be sarcastic and make me feel guilty. but you know what? i just dont give a damn about the incident anymore. i simply take it as a learning experience. anyway, aqila is insisting, or shall i say demanding?, that we get a new camera before raya. =S oh tidaaakk!!


ramadhan 1428H

alas! i live long enough to welcome this blessed month =) and i got the opportunity to mosque-hop on certain days for tarawih. and qiyam too.. tapi for that, me dapat dua masjid je: alkaff kg melayu and ghufran.

cuma... the last 10 days of ramadhan.. 1st few days dapat ah.. tapi sekarang smpi akhir ramadhan.. gonna miss 'em.. cheer up, wahai diri, pastinya ade hikmah di sebalik ujian ni.

and...

im not looking forward to raya... can we have another month of ramadhan?


iftar events

tahun ni, i didnt get to go to any poly/uni MS iftar.. ade yang clash with RR'07, or other iftar sessions.. oh well, insha Allah, klw ade rezeki, tahun depan me nak nak nak pegi, nak gi NUSMS, NTUMS, NPMSS, and NYPMS iftars..

the ones that i went were iftar with my 5 classmates - dina, fana, nana, rusy and tira, and iftar organised by impian. the latter was a good opportunity to familiarise myself with impian, its people and.. yeah, it felt great to be back in a 'madrasah students' bi'ah...

and... NI iftar! yeah~ it's good to be back, seeing the faces of the alumni, the comm members, and our friends from the different polys. plus, this time, there were also ITE students and few facis from RR'07. although... me tak dapat join the cleaning session, coz got grading. tapi takpe, me still suker, suker, sukerr. heh!


raya preparations

gone to geylang.. gone to arab st.. gone to johore.. the usual needs - clothes, tudung, kuihs - for raya have been fulfilled.. memang bagus klw kite settle benda2 ni awal2 ramadhan kan? jadi bila akhir2 ramadhan, tak usah kelam kabut, and kite boleh concentrate buat kerje2 lain.

in case you're wondering, no, i dont bake any cookies this time. tak kuasa..!

and as usual, the house, esp my room, needs tidying (err.. grammar betul ke?)


and speaking of grammar, someone has just finished taking her psle exams.. i hope she had done well, and that she will not be disappointed when the results come out (late november).. Ya Allah.. berikanlah dia kejayaan.. sesungguhNya Engkau Maha Mengetahui apa yang terbaik buatnya..


okie dokie, i think this is enough for now. untuk post ni je, it took me more than 1 hour to complete.

hingga bertemu lagi di post yang lain...!

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videos for keepsake

Ramadhan Rocks v. Xtreme 1428


Logistics team with their antics
1st day, at CCAC, shortly before noon or afternoon, not sure..




nasheed performance by Saff brothers
morning of the last day




Feature in Berita Suria
22 september 2007, 8pm




feature in Warna Ramadhan
30 september 2007, some time around 6.45pm (the show itself started at 6pm)



cimg4899.avi


feedback by admin head
during post-mortem, 1 october 2007



cimg4923.avi

Iraq..

look at the everyday scene.

look at the families.

look at the houses.

look at the children.

and i wonder if those buildings still stand,
the families still complete,
the children still alive.

اللهم انصر اخواننا فى عراق

target sparring

14.8.2007 - my first training after 3-4 weeks of absence.










there were better ones.. but when i wanted to record a better demo of target sparring, my camera battery went flat. oh well~

pump it! LOUDER!

saw this video during one of the elf meetings. hilarious, i tell you! i was entertained by their antics. indeed.

=)

warning: for those who dont like rap/hip hop songs, n those who dont like to watch crappy videos, please dont bother to watch this. well, there's no porn or vulgarities .. so it's really up to you.

enjoy!

some worries

should sisters be in logistics? coz based on experience from seniors... it's hard to control the situation esp one the event day.

will the concept paper be a strong, persuasive and impressive one? coz we need a good proposal to get sponsors.

how will the budget be covered? will it be covered? again, concept paper~~

how about wet weather programme? seeing the activities lined up, if it rains, it's gonna cause some major delay, or even, change of activities.

will the pax get the message that we want to put across to them? or will they be too tired and exhausted by the end of the day that they just want to sleep in peace? or will they have too much fun that the message just cant get into their heads and hearts?

will i be able to handle the last minute changes, interruptions, problems, dilemmas.. on the event day? will i be able to make a decision that it is needed so suddenly? will i be able to execute quickly yet effectively?


and i have exams to worry about~

national poomsae 2007

the day started off quite bad..... i woke up to the vibration of my handphone - pei yong was calling. and i realised it was 8.40am. the bad news was, i was supposed to be at the toa payoh sports hall at 8.30am. worst, i had 7 missed calls!!

feeling guilty n sleepy, i told pei yong something like 'im going out of my house soon', or was it 'im ironing my clothes'... such a liar!! and it turned out that pei yong had sensed it. heh, since my voice was the typical 'baru-bangun-tido-nye-suare'.

keluar rumah... sempat gi mcdonald's beli breakfast.. huhu.. tapi nasib baik ku beli makanan, coz kat sana takde jual makanan yang halal lagi memuaskan.

and so, the place was quite crowded. at this point of writing, i cant remember whether there were more people during poomsae or during grading. lots of kids, teenagers, adults.. i even saw people from races other than malay, chinese and indian.

yanning and i were in the female single category.
peiyong, yanning and i were in the female group category.

female single category:

i saw few familiar faces.. from the IVP last march. it was straight away the semi-finals as there were only around 12-15 participants (i cant remember exactly how many) vying for the top 8 places in the finals.

i was pretty nervous.. oh, yes! but personally, i thought that single category is much easier to handle since you have yourself to control, to focus on. i cant really describe the feelings when i was there on the blue-yellow mat.. sorry, it was months ago, and i just cant recall.

suprisingly, i was among the top 5 scorers. so was yanning. so both of us managed to get to the finals! alhamdulillah~~~~~~

it was such a looooonggg wait for the final round. i couldnt sit still, or even eat the pizza that we ordered for lunch.

anyway, for tkd poomsae, we need to know 2 pattern. sam-jang and sa-jang.

sam-jang pattern is like this:



click here if you cant view the video.


the sa-jang pattern is like this:



click here if you cant view the video.


of course lah, my sidekick is much worst than the girls' in the video. their frontkicks are impressive too.

the final round --------

again, i cant remember how i felt, what i hoped, but i do remember that the pattern went quite well... until the last part. (oh ya, before i forget: we had to do sa-jang in semi-final, and sam-jang in final).

as i turned to do low block-punch-low block-punch-low block-frontkick-punch-low block-frontkick-punch, i suddenly, utterly did the front kick at the wrong order. (kicking is supposed to be during the last two sub-parts of the last part, not anywhere during the first two) fuh~ rosak, rosak~ n from there, my pattern was not in order.

i was disappointed with my score. if i had not screwed up that last bit, i would have gotten a higher position. i got the 8th place. tapikan, the trophy is the same as the 3rd place's (yanning got 3rd) but a bit shorter.

tapi bila pikir balik... masya Allah~ mudah je Allah nak tarik balik ingatan kita.. betape byk kali kite practise/hafal, dgn sekelip mata, you can forget. hmmm... me pasti, ade hikmah di sebalik ape yang berlaku. takpelah... Allah nak ajar me supaye lebih sabar and tabah dgn unexpected things, n redha dgn keputusan. n mungkin Allah nak balas dosa2 me (now that i think of it, it could be coz of lying to pei yong) dgn cara ni. nasib baik, bukan dgn cara yang lebih buruk.

liyana, nick, daniel, darrel, andre, janice, yanning and gui wen

tiffany, nick, bryan sir, darrel, daniel
grace, janice, gui wen, pei yong, yanning

female group category:

believe it or not, there were only 3 teams competing in this category. TP, meridian JC and a group from a club.

we were the last team to go.. meridian JC team score quite well - 7.something. ok, so we lined up at the side of the mat, walked to our positions (the walking part, i screwed up too, my hand n leg movements werent the same as pei yong's and yanning's -.-"), bowed, and got ready in the start position (the command is 'JOONBE' [june-bee])

and then, something happened.

yanning and i heard the commander saying the pattern name. while pei yong heard him saying 'start'. so, she started to move. yanning was suprised. I, was shocked! yanning quickly recovered and followed pei yong, while I was stunned. it was like, my body refused to move, my mind said "guys~ we should restart!".. but then, i started my pattern, quite rushing (and thus, incomplete moves) since i wanted to catch up with pei yong and yanning. i could hear pei yong saying 'slow down'.. maybe to herself n yanning (so i can catch up) or to me (so i wont go rushing all the way).

man, it was disastrous!!!!!!!!!!! while i was doing the pattern, i remember thinking that "oh no~ our hopes just went down the drain~~"

but we ended the pattern quite in unison.

click here to see the video.

and the most unbelievable thing is, we won the 1st place!! bizarre~ bizarre~ we were only 0.2 points higher than mjc. err... that was what people say ah... but main point is, it was a really close shave.

yeah~ this is one event to remember, dear self! quite amazing.. and to really think about it, we dont deserve the 1st place. for me, this win doesnt reflect our hard work, rather, it shows how a miracle can happen in a quick flash. and fortunately for us, that miracle was on our side.

while waiting for our turn

with the bronze-coloured trophies for single category.. we were waiting for our gold trophies.. heh.

beside yanning is girlene, bryan sir's wife. they got gold for mixed pair category.

yeah, we won something.. ^.^

at the hotel reception

"You have just arrived at the reception desk of a hotel in Marseilles. indicate whether you have a reservation. you need a room for 2 persons witha a double bed and a bathroom with shower and toilet. you want to find out more about your room (price, floor, etc...), the hotel services and the premises. you may want to add value by asking directions to a place of your choice."

above is the guideline for the french speaking test which i took on tuesday, 7.8.07. i must say, me n partner, we did a good job! ^.^ my tutor recorded a bit in her handphone. aiyo~ quite embarrassed ah... she wanted to show, umm.. im not sure who. -.-"

here's the dialogue:

dyana: bonjour, mademoiselle!

liyana: bonjour! bienvenue à l'hotel. je suis liyana, à votre service. vous avex une réservation?

dyana: non, je n'ai pas des réservations. vous avez une chambre pour deux personnes?

liyana: pour combien de nuits?

dyana: pour cinq nuits. je veux une chambre avec un grand lit et salle de bains avec douche et WC.

liyana: attendez mademoiselle....... oui, mademoiselle. nous avons deux chambres pour deux personnes. une chambre près du jardin et une chambre en face du centre commercial.

dyana: c'est combien, la chambre?

liyana: pour cinq nuits, ca fait quatre cents euros.

dyana: est-ce que le petit déjeuner et la service sont compris dans le tarif?

liyana: oui, mademoiselle.

dyana: et quelle heure le petit déjeuner?

liyana: de sept heures à dix heures.

dyana: d'accord. je prends la chambre près du jardin.

liyana: ah bon... comment vous vous appelez?

dyana: je m'appelle Dyana Rahman. voilà mon passeport.

liyana: merci... oh! vous étes singapourienne?

dyana: oui, je suis singapourienne. vous étes française?

liyana: oui, je suis française. je travaille ici, à Paris. mais je suis de Toulouse.

dyana: Toulouse? j'ai une amie à Toulouse. elle dit c'est trés beau.

liyana: oui, c'est super. j'aime Toulouse!

dyana: umm... il y a une station de metro près d'ici?

liyana: oui, c'est près du théâtre, entre la rue St Pierre et la rue Lily.

dyana: près du théâtre? entre la rue St Pierre et la rue Lily?

liyana: oui... voilà votre passeport, et la clé. le numero de la chambre est un un deux (112).

dyana: merci. c'est (à) quel étage, la chambre?

liyana: la chambre au sixiemme étage.

dyana: ah bon! merci beaucoup....... oh, où je peux changer des dollars?

liyana: pour changer des dollar... oh! il y a un magasin au bout de la rue. vous pouvez aller à pied.

dyana: c'est loin?

liyana: non.

dyana: ah bon.. enchantée!

liyana: enchantée aussi. bon séjour, mademoiselle!


want to know what on earth we were talking about???

here are some helping words:

bienvenue - welcome

à, à l', au - to, at

votre - your

vous avez - you have

chambre - room

pour - for

combien - how many

nuits - nights

grand lit - big bed aka double bed

salle de bains - bathroom

douche - shower

WC - toilet

jardin - garden

centre commercial - shopping centre

près - near

en face - opposite

petit déjeuner - small lunch aka breakfast

compris - is/are included

je prends - i take

je travaille - i work

de - of, from

j'ai - i have

amie - friend (female)

dit - say/says

trés - very

entre - between

étage - floor

je peux - i can

magasin - shop

à pied - on foot

enchanté(e) - nice to meet you

bon séjour - have a good stay

what's my major?

i kind of agree with the result. hehe..
maybe i'll take this into consideration. =)

You scored as History/Anthropology/LiberalArts, You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in History, Anthropology, or related majors (e.g., African and African-American Studies, Chinese, Classics, Cultural Studies, Economics, English, French, Geography, German, Greek, Hebrew, International Studies, Philosophy, Sociology, Women's Studies, or other Liberal Arts majors). It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it. Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests. Please post your results in your myspace/blog/journal. History/Anthropology/LiberalArts 69% French/Spanish/OtherLanguage 63% Biology/Chemistry/Geology 63% Accounting/Finance/Marketing 56% English/Journalism/Comm 56% Religion/Theology 50% HR/BusinessManagement 50% Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health 50% Education/Counseling 50% Psychology/Sociology 44% PoliticalScience/Philosophy 38% Mathematics/Statistics 25% Physics/Engineering/Computer 25% Visual&PerformingArts 19% WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU? created with QuizFarm.com

Terima Kasih, Tuhan..

kerana mempertemukanku dengan mereka

ukhwah ini masih bertahan walau beberapa tahun telah berlalu

Terima Kasih, Tuhan..

kerana mendatangkanku kepada mereka

di waktu aku terkapai-kapai dalam hidup yang seolah-olah tidak bermakna

Terima Kasih, Tuhan..

kerana mengingatkanku

peringatan yang Kau sampaikan melalui mereka

Terima Kasih, Tuhan..

kerana menghadiahkanku teman-teman

ikatan persahabatan yang terjalin ketika sama-sama menghafaz KalamMu

Ya Tuhan,

rahmatilah teman-temanku itu

lindungilah mereka

tanamkanlah dalam hati-hati mereka ketabahan dan kesabaran

jadikanlah mereka wanita-wanita solehah.. anak-anak yang solehah

Ameen..

dia itu..

hari ni merupakan hari yang bersejarah buat kau, liyana!

kau tak pernah bermimpi yang kau akan berjumpa empat mata dgn orang tu. well, pernah jumpe ah.. as in, setakat nampak or ternampak je.. kau tak pernah terpikir yang kau akan duduk, berdiri, dgn orang tu kat tempat yang sama. kau tak pernah menduga yang kau akan berada dekat dgn orang tu - less than 2 metres!! 2 jam lebih pulak tu!

ape ke benda yang aku cakapkan nih?! hah, buat panduan kau (bila kau bace balik post ni), cube tgk balik kat diari/calendar 2007 'saturday, 21.7.07' dan kau akan ingat ape yang aku tgh refer to.

klw kau nak tahu, bila kau dgr name orang tu disebut sebagai salah seorang wakil institusi, kau rase.... "hahhhh? dia? alahai~~" hmm.. rase panik sikit pon ade lah. tibe2 kau macam dread gitu untuk berada kat tempat tu. bila orang tu datang, dan akhirnya kau nampak muka orang tu setelah.. mmmm.. let me see, nak dkt setahun..., kau tak rase ape2.. tak berdebar pon. yang kau rase ialah "hmm.. whatever. aku buat keje sendiri diam2.."

baguslah~ nasib baik perasaan kau tu dah lame terpadam. klw tidak, mungkin kau tak boleh duduk diam tadi.

terima kasih Tuhan, kerana memudarkan perasaan kawan aku yang sememangnya tak patut dan membuang masa. terima kasih Tuhan, kerana telah menenangkan hatinya..

cuma, aku harap orang tu tak kenal kau sape ah... or ade ape2 idea, atau hint, tentang kau.. ish~ malu sey kalau orang tu tahu yang kau pernah dotdotdot...

oklah, aku tak nak cakap banyak... seperti yang pernah kau katakan (dlm sms kpd seorg senior kau kat TP): "semoga hati ana tak bergetar disebabkan mana2 lelaki dan semoga tidak ada lelaki yang tergetar hatinya disebabkan ana", aku harap kau akan istiqamah, stay focused dlm mengejar cita2. jaga hati, jaga iman. haa, jaga pandangan jugak, sbb takut terkena panahan syaitan! minta dijauhkan...~

old blog??

eh, i just found an old blog of mine http://www.123freehost.co.uk/sites/khaulahufayrah/default.asp

wah, terperanjat sey...

i was doing a yahoo search for 'nor liyana'. saje je.. http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkjJAB59GUuwA_NBXNyoA?p=nor+liyana&fr=yfp-t-501&fp_ip=SG&rd=r1&meta=vc%3Dsg sekali, nampak the description:


a girl, age 13, muslim, studying in alsagoff arab school....get to ... teens : Nor Liyana. Home. Your Ad Here. The Spoken Word Dies, The Written ... Nor ...

and i thought... eh????? sape ni......??


wow! dah nak masuk 5 tahun sey.. and i dont remember creating an account in 123freehost!

EXTINCTION IS FOREVER.

i find this statement very intense, deep with meaning and seriousness indeed.

of three wishes

did any of you watch Three Wishes today, 10.30am - 11.30am on channel 5?

i did. and it made me ponder about wars, and lives, and sacrifices..

seeing the soldiers being hugged and kissed, simply surrounded by their loved ones at their homecoming event, when the officer said "fall out" and the soldiers broke into smiles of relief and happiness..

oohh~~ i was just so touched.

as much as they're americans, they're also humans. men of families, men of nation who go to war under the order of their country.

and some of them got injured, some of them died, while the lucky ones, truly lucky i'd say, finally got to go home.

mcm sedih gitu. and im not talking about the soldiers featured in the show just now, but soldiers all over the world. hmm... they fight, uncertain about their own safety, whether they were going to be kidnapped, bombed, ambushed, or shot.. only God knows how hard their situation is..

alangkah baiknye klw kat dunia ni tak de peperangan, tak perlu ade peperangan. jadi takde sape2 yang perlu takut, baik keluarge si askar, ataupon mangsa perang, kedua2 saling hidup dgn kebimbangan.. one is afraid to get a phonecall, or a knock on the door, that may suddenly bring heart-breaking news, the other one is afraid of going to the shop, or letting his/her child go out to play, for a tragedy might happen..

memanglah kite kat singapore ni sukar sangat nak empathise, nak bayangkan diri kite dlm keadaan yang serupa dgn mereka2 di luar sane... sbb kite belum tempuh war yang sebenar.. but for me, watching the show was enough to make me realise how peace is important, how family is important, how brotherhood is important. and how disruption of peace and understanding can bring unwanted doom and sadness. and loss.

just to be back home, safe and sound, is very hard and seemingly impossible for the soldiers out there. can you imagine??

i dont care whether they are soldiers or freedom fighters... in the end, they're just humans and they have their own families..




i pray that you will be safe. and ultimately, i pray that you will find the hidayah from Allah.. Ameen~

microtome blade

i feel cut off from my alsagoff friends.

jealous?

yeah, whatever.

a different light

went to ust sakinah's blog just now. seeing her camp explore's pics made me think: hmm.. what a small world indeed!

i mean, i saw lots of familiar faces.. from TP, Nur Ikhwan, Saff Perdaus, fellow madrasah students.. imagine, the people i had known first, now known by ust sakinah herself. wonderful isnt it, how fate gathers us together in the same circle, eventually =)

on thursday, i went to ahlulquranpts usrah.. you know, i think our usrah is a bit different. coz we dont have a permanent naqibah. but that doesnt matter, right? coz most importantly, the content and sharings are there. right?

during the last part, ust sakinah shared about her reactions when she got her exam results. i must say... it made me think (that word, again) how desperate i want A's in my results transcript this semester, how i had felt the sheer disappointment knowing i didnt work hard and thus would definitely not score well in my term tests.

all these lead to me reflecting, why is my motivation the want, the need, to get in the TOP 10% of the cohort? why is my motivation to be on the same parr as the malay girl, who has the same name as me, who is in the top 10 students for 1st year? why..?

and why isnt my motivation based on the desire to please God? why do i feel a bit estranged from the fact that Allah is always there for me? why do i not trust and put all my hopes and prayers in Him?

why everytime i face failure, or even sense failure, i quickly become discouraged? why cant i be stronger, realising that Allah has me in His hands?

why am i so afraid that i wont reach my goal of getting the A's? is it super important that it blinds me from the pure intention of seeking knowledge?

think, my dear self,
think of your primary intention.
the others will come later.
once you set your innermost intention,
sure about it, work within it,
then you dont have to worry.

dear self,
remember what you have written and meant here, ok?
remember the mist of feelings that shrouded you when you wrote this:
inpired, worried, sad, hopeful..
may you perceive things in a better way now.
in a different light.

watch this space for more info..!

i want this. i want that.

sometimes i wonder
what's best for me.




my term tests are over. and i can safely say that the chances of any improvements are somewhat tilted to the no-no land.

ok, im being merepek. just ignoRe.

i would really like to spend time with my friends this term break. hmm... i'd like to see khadijah, kamaliah, aszafirah, mardhiah, liyana, huda ibrahim.. mm.. who else?

and i would like to go rockclimbing!!! sape2 nak gi rockclimbing with me??

and i want to play badminton in the school's sports complex. or jog around the bedok reservoir park.

i dont want to go to cca trainings or meetings. or any project meetings.

i just want to sit and talk and joke (or more likely, listen to jokes) with my friends whom i've long ceased spending time with them, let alone seeing their faces 'live'.

oh!! and i want to see Hazimah and take a tour around RP.

eh, before i forget: the tkd poomsae is indeed next week, 17 june. *lemah sey semangat biler pikir yang aku ni belum practise!*

ok. enough said.

enjoyable read

i believe some of us have our own favourite blogs that we visit each time we have the chance, if not frequently. we would anticipate new posts by the blogger, waiting to be entertained, awed, inspired by the stories shared, or maybe, by the seemingly effortless, interesting way of his or her writing.

as for myself, i especially enjoy reading 3 blogs (so far), owned by people that i know.

aszafirah's blog
i simply like her writings. be it formal or informal, singlish or english, deathnote or not. she always finds the suitable words, font styles (simple things like bold, italic etc) to describe her day, her feelings. simply said, she expresses well in writing.

kak khadijah's blog
her personal entries are always amusing, and at some points, enriching. playing with the font colours and size, her message/ideas/thoughts become well understood, and readers like me can imagine the feelings/moods that she's putting in her posts. and knowing kak khadijah, she is one funny yet insightful gal, and sometimes, quite a drama-mama!

kak hidayati's blog
im impressed by her use of language when describing things, or explaining things. she takes the time to tell one part of the story to another. it's like reading a fiction book sometimes. and seldom do i find grammatical errors in her posts. i guess it shows that she's quite a perfectionist when it comes to details, yes? the contents of her posts are usually good too. i mean, it's not what people call 'rubbish' or 'insignificant extras'. oh, n i think her simple blog layout motivates people to read too. =)


yes, im jealous of their writing talents. but at the same time, i admire their abilities.

well, keep up the great job guys! ^.^

like me! hmmm...

i was bloghopping and one particular blogger post something about birthday calendar and interpretation of names. lucky me, she also posted the link.

so i tried.

wah...~~ i found it interesting. coz of the facts related to my birthdate, and the analysis of character and personality, which is derived from my name only, is quite true. unlike analyses that i've come across so far, this one is the closest to reflect my own character and personality, and also, what i hope to be (in terms of positive character lahh.. not the business thingy).

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BIRTHDAY CALCULATOR

some info that i found interesting/relevant for my own knowledge:

Your date of conception was on or about 9 March 1989 which was a Thursday.
*just so you know, my birthdate is not on 9 march 1989*

You were born on a Thursday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 5.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2447860.5.
The golden number for 1989 is 14.
The epact number for 1989 is 22.
The year 1989 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/6/1989 and ending 1/26/1990.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Snake.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Owl; your plant is Mistletoe.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Menchir, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 2 Kislev 5750.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 3 Kislev 5750.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.16.10.16 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 16 tun 10 uinal 16 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Thursday, 1 Jumadiyu'l-Avval 1410 (1410-5-1).

As of 6/6/2007 12:07:22 PM EDT
You are 17 years old.
You are 211 months old.
You are 914 weeks old.
You are 6,397 days old.
You are 153,540 hours old.
You are 9,212,407 minutes old.
You are 552,744,442 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday: *i picked the names that i've heard of before*

Clay Aiken (1978)
Winston Churchill (1874)
Mark Twain (1835)

There are 177 days till your next birthday...

Your birthstone is Citrine

The Mystical properties of Citrine

Citrine is said to help one connect with Spirit.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Yellow Topaz, Pearl, Diamond

Your birth tree is

Ash Tree, the Ambition

Uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with its fate, can be egoistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over heart, but takes partnership very serious.


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WHAT YOUR NAME MEANS

You entered: Nor Liyana
There are 9 letters in your name.
Those 9 letters total to 46
There are 4 vowels and 5 consonants in your name.

Your number is: 1

The characteristics of #1 are: Initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

The expression or destiny for #1:
A number 1 Expression denotes the skilled executive with keen administrative capabilities. You must develop the capacity to be a fine leader, sales executive, or promoter. You have the tools to become an original person with a creative approach to problem solving, and a penchant for initiating action. Someone may have to follow behind you to handle the details, but you know how to get things going and make things happen. You have a good mind and the ability to use it for your advancement. Because of these factors, you have much potential for achievement and financial rewards. Frequently, this expression belongs to one running a business or striving to achieve a level of accomplishment on ones talents and efforts. You have little need for much supervision, preferring to act on your own with little restraint. You are both ambitious and determined. Self-confident and self-reliant must be yours, as you develop a strong unyielding will and the courage of your convictions.

Although you fear loneliness, you want to be left alone. You fear routine and being in a rut. You often jump the gun because you are afraid of being left behind.

The negative attributes of the 1 Expression are egotism and a self-centered approach to life. This is an aggressive number and if it is over-emphasized it is very hard to live with. You do not have to be overly aggressive to fulfill your destiny. The 1 has a natural instinct to dominate and to be the boss; adhering to the concept of being number One. Again, you do not have to dominate and destroy in order to lead and manage.

Your Soul Urge number is: 8

A Soul Urge number of 8 means:
With an 8 soul urge, you have a natural flair for big business and the challenges imposed by the commercial world. Power, status and success are very important to you. You have strong urges to supervise, organize and lead. Material desires are also very pronounced. You have good executive abilities, and with these, confidence, energy and ambition.

Your mind is analytical and judgment sound; you're a good judge of material values and also human character. Self-controlled, you rarely let emotions cloud judgment. You are somewhat of an organizer at heart, and you like to keep those beneath you organized and on a proper track. This is a personality that wants to lead, not follow. You want to be known for your planning ability and solid judgment.

The negative aspects of the 8 soul urge are the often dominating and exacting attitude. You may have a tendency to be very rigid, sometimes stubborn.

Your Inner Dream number is: 11

An Inner Dream number of 11 means:
You dream of casting the light of illumination; of being the true idealist. You secretly believe there is more to life than we can know or prove, and you would like to be provider of the 'word' from on high.


to those who know me: so, what do you think? in your opinion, is the analysis correct, or mostly correct, about my behaviour/character?

where i had left off..

ok, the continuation on the tkd ivp '07.


since it's been 2 months.. so, my memory and enthusiasm to write have kind of, diminished. but i'll try to complete the story where i had left it..


to cut it short:



the participants sat on a large mat; ee-jang teams in front, sa-jang teams behind. i remembered the ntu tkd coach giving his speech. oh, n he looks more like a netball coach than a tkd coach. -.-"
my team is TP team 2: me, yanning, zai yu and pei yong (reserve).

when TP team 1, consisting of gui wen, catherine, janice and shin rong (reserve), performed, i just couldnt lift up my eyes to see them. ntahlah, mungkin sbb takut nampak mereka buat mistake ke ape ke.... hmmm... i was simply afraid for them.

sementara menunggu tu, me ade jugak ah doa2 untuk tenangkan hati.. berbual2 dgn participants kat sebelah.. (TJC and SRJC, i think).. nervous tu still ada..


akhirnya,


when it was our turn, my mind was set. tak kisah sape2 yg lihat, i just wanted to concentrate. hmm... bila tgh buat pattern tu, in my head, and heart, i sensed that our movements werent the same. and there wasnt enough power. i had the feeling that i was the one who wasnt following the rest. i did try to increase my strength in movement, tapi takut2 dah tak synchronise dgn my team members.

ntahlah, ape nak jadi, jadilah. rasenye pattern tu selesai sekejap sekali. dlm hati, me rase quite puas. that we've done the best that we could, and that we couldnt possibly be the worst team. dalam mase yang sama, me tetap berdoa, that ape pon keputusannye, me tetap tabah and stay calm.

n so... my team failed to go to the next round.

alhamdulillah~ i was suprisingly calm. it was as though i did not care about us not going to the finals..

*ouh, side-track kejap: the first round is automatically called 'the semi finals'. the top 7 or 8 teams will then proceed to the 'final round'.*

sekali lagi, me bersyukur kepada Allah, kerana Dia telah berikan me ketenangan yang sgt2 me harapkan. rase sedih tu ade jugak, tapi pada tahap minimal. yang amat dirasakan time tu ialah rase gembira untuk TP team 1. yeah~ i was happy and proud of them. sbb selama ni, masa trainings, they were like the underdogs. the seniors, even coaches, were kind of pessimistic about them. my team were the so-called 'harapan' untuk menang the competition.

as for my teammates, they were unpleasantly suprised. couldnt quite believe why we got lots of deduction of marks... yang memburukkan keadaan, our instructor/coach pointed out that zai yu was the one who made the obvious, if not most, mistakes. kesian kawan me yang satu tu... kenape mesti diorang point out the mistake cepat2... tak boleh tunggu ke... dah lah time tu tgh sedih sbb tk dpt masuk final, ditambah lagi dgn rase guilty kerana diri sendiri yang menyebabkan kekalahan pasukan.

as for myself, i dont believe that the mistake zai yu made caused our defeat. in my eyes, the two of us (me and yanning) must have also done quite a number of mistakes. plus, i had already seen that some teams performed way better than us. me tak sampai hati ah... that zai yu yang kena blamed..

actually, our performance was recorded in videocam.. tapi sampai sekarang me belum tgk camne performance kite sebenarnye. hmm~

as for the sa-jang teams (both TP teams are guys), TP team 1 got into the finals.

the final result: ee-jang team didnt get any medals. sa-jang team got medals for 4th place. yey!

i dont remember who were the top 3 winners for the two categories. but i know NTU, NP were among them.

anyway, time for pictures!

my team (not in picture: pei yong)

TP team 1 (ee-jang): from left - shin rong, gui wen, janice and catherine

TP team 1 (sa-jang): from left - hafiq, nazrullah (reserve), khidir and thiha

TP team 2 (sa-jang): from left - daniel (reserve), darrel... the other two, i forgot their names *covers face in embarrassment!*

TP team 1. i dont know their pattern name. oh, n they got SILVER!!! woo-hoOo~ from left: si ting, tiffany, kit (reserve) and grace

our coaches: keng boon (pattern), michael ho (main coach) and bryan (sparring)

with michael sir; n pei yong too =) *we're soo short lahh..*

group photo. last day of competition, after prize giving ceremony. with the sparring participants. not all TP tkd people were present. TP got the second place for overall champion. first place? who else if not NTU..

with my parents. hehe.. mereka yang nak ambil gambar.. yelah, bukannye selalu dapat ambil gambar dgn me with my team temasek jacket. ho-ho =p i like this picture~~

for more pictures, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/summit.tptkd

the taekwondo ivp 2007 - my story

note: this piece of incomplete entry was written on 27 march 2007, aroung 12.57pm


i know, i know.. it's been weeks since i wrote 'stay tuned'.. and i apologise if i've kept you readers out there waiting..

the competition was held at NTU sports and recreation center. it was a 3-day event. 1st day - pattern competition. 2nd and 3rd day - sparring competition. the prize giving ceremony was on the last day.

i heard that it is the first time NTU organize this Taekwondo Open.. and i heard other stuff too. from my seniors.. hmm.. su'uz zhon ah... like, how there could've been bias-ness in the judging section. but you know what, i dont really care. maybe im naive of this tkd politics.. but i believe my group's mistakes are the real cause of our loss.

FIRST DAY

i started off the day quite badly. yeah. i was getting nervous by the minute. i asked my parents again and again to pray for me. not just for success, but for calmness, perseverence etc etc.. doa ibu bapa tu mustajab kan?

i was just soo afraid that i might mess things up. if not i, we. or go blank. n then, nak kena ikhlaskan hati.. but mostly, i was nervous coz of the pressure i put to myself. and i actually cried in 969 on the way to school. in broad daylight. *hope that none of the passengers noticed...embarrassing lah!*

even in the coach bus with my tkd friends, i didnt talk. partly because no one sat beside me. another was that i didnt feel like talking. i wanted to just keep quiet. pray. contemplate. think. hope. pray. and my eyes were brimming with tears.

tenangkan lah hati ini, ya Allah~

when we reached the center, straightaway we went to the changing room. fuh~ i like the room! spacious! then, we walked into the waiting area where we saw the teams from other schools - JCs, polys and unis. ade yang pakai school windbreaker.. i like NUS punye colour.. oren and biru.. so refreshing! n NTUnye slogan kt at the back of their windbreaker is 'NTU Spirit' fuyo~~ aku pon naik semangat! *klw gitu, kite pon nak join NTU coz of its sports team, can?*

selalunye, tkde JC yang masuk pattern competition.. but this year, we had TJC, PJC, JJC, SRJC, IJC. ade hwa chong institution jugak. poly - TP, SP, NP. universities - NUS, SMU, NTU, SIM.

n so, tpt waiting area tu crowded ah... available spaces were being used to rehearse the steps.. n occasionally, some institutions shouted their 'lets-put-our-hands-together' cheers.. very the enthusiastic! and loud.

i must say, i was a bit 'jakon' tengok ramai2 org nih... hehe... first time masuk tkd competition lah katekan...

the week before term test

latest update: the tkd pattern poomsae is not on june 17th *huge sigh of relief* it's on 17 july.


here's my term test schedule:

monday 4 june: fundamentals of pathology
tuesday 5 june: molecular genetics
wednesday 6 june: applied immunology
thursday 7 june: csas3
friday 8 june: histological technique



and, would you believe me if i say that some people only have 1 term test paper? yeah, you should. and some people have 6 papers.

it's quite relaxing, this week. coz some subjects got no lecture, no practical... so i can study peacefully. but so far, my progress is very slow..

i really want to do well, but seeing my quiz 1 results (fpath: 17.5/25, htech: 16/25, aimm: 26/30), hmmm... i must work super hard.. haiz~ penat betul bila pikir pasal pelajaran ni..

oh well..



let's talk about something lighter, shall we?

im happy to say that i now know how to use adobephotoshop. heh. =p

it's a big deal to me, ok? sebab dah berzaman me cuba nak fahamkan terms dan tools yang ade kat situ. leceh betul! alhamdulillah... sekarang ni, ade jugak skills.. before adobephotoshop, i used (still using, occasionally) the gimp, another picture-editing programme.

here are some of my 'works':

above is one of my earliest works.. cant remember whether it was from photoshop or the gimp. from the design, nampak sgt yang me ni beginner, ye tak? but i still like this picture..

this one is from the gimp. yep. actually, there's an original one: purple/dark pink background, golden yellow border and letters.

this was from the gimp too, i think. at that stage, dah tahu gunekan two colours for background, rather than one solid colour. and, main2 dgn aligning words..

this is one of my favourites.. from photoshop.

above is one of the two NI namecard samples that i've done so far. it's damn simple, which is not so... professional looking. hmm... got lots to improve. oh! did you notice the brush on the right side of the namecard? it's quite faint..

ok, i guess that's all for now.

i'll be writing another entry soon!

26 & 27 May 2007

typing this.

finished school early today. 2pm plus.. but too bad, cant go home, coz later have ELF meeting at 6pm. alahai~~

anyway, new academic year is here... so there was a recruitment drive (3 days) for all the CCA groups... tkd had to share a booth with the rock-climbers and track&field people... ish! ujian betul... rijal2 melayu.. ergh! at first, i was enthusiastic to 'jaga' our part of the booth ar.. but after the first day.. terus me tk jaga lagi.. tk selesa ah. jenguk2 occasionally je..

elf plak, we got one bench to ourselves.. whee~~ n we won the best booth award! (err.. actually, im not sure of the exact award name ah... i think we won because of best decoration)

the outcome?

tkd - ramai pelajar melayu yg sign up. lelaki lebih ramai... semua beginner. yang perempuan nye... mmm... satu brown black belt, lagi satu black belt (whoOOoo). yg black belt tu kecil je orangnye. sungguh deceiving. heh. the rest are beginners.

elf - ramai jugak budak applied science yang diterima masuk. several classmates and coursemates and ASmates... hmm.. no comment.

oh, n did i mention that i got to interview people?? it was during the last day of ELF interview sessions (3 days) for applicants. mcm best gitu.. see how people react, trying to assess them but at the same time analyse and understand why they react this or that way (yelah~ kite pun pernah diinterview per... takkan nak act bossy/know-it-all/intimidating kan..)

last but not least, i've signed up for tkd pattern poomsae (ntah, i dunno what it means, or how to spell it) in the single category. cheh~ mcm betul je aku nih! and it's on 17 june. LESS THAN A MONTH! wah, die! another friend also signed up. in the same category.. so i guess im not alone. hmmm... doakan ye?

ok, ok... enough of the cca updates!

now, let me brief you about my subjects for this semester:

1. fundamentals of pathology

pathology means the study of disease. this subject is via e-learning. maknenye, takde lecture, takde hands-on practical. only occasional online discussions (msn chat) and face-to-face tutorial. lecture notes are provided online.

but i like the subject. first, coz of the teacher (dr. khin mar mar - PhD you! jgn main2) and the contents =)

kat sini lah kite belajar the terms for diseases... why certain diseases/abnormalities/disorders come about, the mechanism, the morphology/appearance etc etc. the best part for me is when i understand how the infection/problem actually happens, then am able to link it with the hints of symptoms/diseases... interesting!!

2. histological techniques

histology means study of tissues. only +/- 50 students yang belajar subject ni. BMT students. the lecturer is the same dr. khin =) we learn how to fix body tissues so that it wont deteriorate... tapi bukan mummification tau! tu lain.. then, dip the fixed body tissues in alcohol, xylene, wax.. then do a tissue block (a small piece of tissue inside, in the middle of, a small rectangular block of hard wax. then, microtomy (cut the tissue block super thin!) then staining (at the end, the nucleus appears blue, the cytoplasm appears pink)

basically, kite belajar camne nak kekalkan shape and komposisi cell for a long time.. for example, klw orang tu sakit barah, kite check sel barahnye. camne? ambil a tissue sample, do all the above, then baru boleh tgk under the microscope. something like that ah..

3. applied immunology

we learn more in-depth about how our body protect itself. wow! subhanallah~~ mmg amazing ah bile pikir2... punyelah complicated processes yang ade dlm badan kite nih! yang kite tahu cume jatuh sakit, makan ubat, pulih. sekarang me dah boleh imagine ape sebenarnye yg tgh happening bila me sakit, or injured..

4. molecular genetics

ni lagi amazing! tak tahu ape nak cakap!

anyway, we learn about heredity, some principles, genes, DNA, RNA, chromosomes, replication/tanscription/translation, gene expression.... all in-depth! mmg belajar detail2 ni membuatkan kite bertambah faham dan appreciative, tapi bila masuk part exam... aiyo! banyak sgt lahhhh yg kena tahu. boleh jadi pening!

sebenarnye, i have a wishful thinking... to major in genetics one day... tapi tgk ah camne... if my interest still lives 4, 10, 15, 20 years later.

5. communication skills for applied science 3

we learn research skills... especially when it comes to getting the right resources... wah, boleh tahan TP ni! our library + database resources are... well, mcm more than enough gitu. (to me, lah...) then, the usual referencing, plagiarism... at the end of the semester nanti, nak kena buat research report.. but in groups.

6. cross disciplinary subject

my cds this semester is french language and culture.

needless to say,

im loving it! =)

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okay... i think that's all for my school updates.

my social life?

urgh, forget it.

takde update. basically, my life revolves around my school.

mMmMmMMmm...

oh, btw, my tutee failed her arabic exam. im saddened by it.. ntah eh... i need to work harder. find the right channel, mechanism, to impart my knowledge to her.

and i still would like to own a laptop. materialistic me!

je suis présente!

feels good to write here again. though i was a bit reluctant.

i went to fashihah's blog just now.

she withdrew from kuis???

wow.



i wonder where you're studying now, fashihah.... anti tulis kat blog anti yang sekolah anti tu jauuuuhhh nah... mmm jauh sangat ke..? klw gitu, kite tak dapat nak jumpe lagi 2, 3 tahun??


=(

walaupun kite tak rapat, ana sedih jugak ah tak dapat nak jumpe anti... sedangkn kawan2 kt malaysia pon ana tk dapat jumpe bila mereka sedang cuti.


hmmm.... what i've been up to?

nothing much. just go to school, learn something, back home, watch tv, print notes, cca, adobe photohoshop, meetings. yeah. quite mundane.

but, but!

yesterday i got to watch spiderman 3 avec mon frère et ma soeur (with my brother and my sister). wah, wah, wah!! two thumbs up. and tobey looks especially good-looking with his fringe - and black suit. (not the black spidey suit, ok... im talking about the suit he wore when he took gwen to the diner/bar) oops! hehe..

and....

there's an open house event at madrasah al-maarif this saturday... a friend of mine said there will be bazaar and tour around the school. nice!

concurrently, there's qiyamullail at alsagoff, n im happy to say that i'll be helping out. err... as a facilitator?? hmmm... whatever lah.. yang penting, me dapat jumpe ust sakinah and adilah. woo Hoo~~ sape2 lagi yang pegi eh..

btw, if you're wondering, the main picture in this layout: lyrics from the song Vois Sur Ton Chemin, one of the beautiful songs from the french movie Les Choristes (The Choir). i had been wanting to watch the movie ever since it was launched.... bertahun2 yang lalu ah... then, as i was flipping through my french workbook, i saw the 'movie screening' part... and i saw the word 'les choristes'. obviously lah kan, the dvd/vcd is in the school library.

punyelah sukeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr diri nie bila discover that the cd is within my reach! ape lagi...





and so, j'aime Les Choristes =)

afterwards, i borrowed the soundtrack. aiyo~ tak puas2 si liyana nih!

the soloist's voice is just so.. angelic, melodious.. bagai buluh perindu. betul! namanye Jean-Baptiste Maunier. physique nye pon.... subhanallah~ suara ade, wajah ade... *sentence left hanging* there's also one character 'pepinot'... budak yang lakonkan watak tu pon.. cute!

klw nak tahu cerite ni tentang ape, go and google, or yahoo, 'les choristes' yourself. thanks!






this is the real choir group behind Les Choristes. they are from Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc.

click here to listen to another song from the movie, n this time there's a solo part by jean-baptiste.

into my second year

school reopens, and im now a junior. i dont like that term..!! it sounds younger than freshman..

n the best thing is...

i got french for my cross-disciplinary subject!! woo-hoo~~ i hope i'll get A or B for this subject..

timetable, well, im satisfied with it. basically, i have lotttsss of breaks =) oh! but bad news: tuesday to friday, sch starts at 8 in the morning. *rolling on the floor, wailing like mad~~* i missed APEL lesson (a tutorial) yesterday =( it was really demoralizing, sitting in the bus, hands going numb due to super cold aircon, n stuck in the highway jam. so, i expect to get a warning letter soon.

cca, im selected for Quartermaster in ELF. im happy with that position, coz i asked for it :) tkd, we got a malay guy captain. yeah!

n silat is now officially in TP!! too bad im already in tkd, so although i'd like to join the seni part of silat, i dont think i can. oh well~~ in conclusion, i wont be adding another cca into my life.

oh, n i have several new classmates. coz biomed split up already. half goes to biomedical technology (BMT), another half goes to pharmaseutical science and technology (PST). im in BMT. then, BMT students are divided into 2 classes. im in TG02.

ok, got to go now. tutorial at 11am~ bye!!

my pride

Im JuSt So PrOuD tO bE a StUdEnT oF

Madrasah Alsagoff Al-Arabiah

School of Applied Science

Temasek Polytechnic

and i must say, im proud to be a

SINGAPOREAN

~feeling sooOoOoo patriotic!~

50+ more hours to go!!!

oh tidak...!!!!!!!!!

school opens in less than 2 weeks, n i havent even reached 40-hour mark! die, die, die!

Geriatric Nutrition - Nutritional Assessment and Menu Analysis.

alhamdulillah~~ i've finished filling in my share of data summary forms.. but i havent double-checked or standardised the formats... aiyo! nanti je lah.... dah penat hadap microsoft word and excel!

hmmm.... what have i been up to lately, eh? im very much aware that i have not been sharing with you lots of stories n interesting events.. sampai dah naik lupe.. hmm...

here's a summary..:

:: the most recent one was the MIQ 'meta.ilmu.aqal' quiz. represented TP, well, sort of.. err.. illegally. TP didnt get through to the semi-finals. our marks were pathetic, but who cares! =) good news though: 2 members of our team (out of 10 people who took the MIQ test aka the qualifying round) clinched the 2nd and 3rd positions in the top 5 scorers. *beaming* marha~ marha~

:: the ongoing activity now is D-Talk, a 2-day 1-night da'wah camp organised by Nur Ikhwan. for tertiary level students. what does 'D' stand for? go figure it out yourself! im in finance.. so not much work there. but, but.... im SUCH A LOUSY team member. coz i dont put enough effort when doing task! procrastinate, as usual. nak tulis email draft to mendaki pon lambat! in the end, my camp commandant yg gi sane, jumpe officer nye.. (but, hey! i've written and emailed the draft to her and another 2 sisters, ok? i did my job on time! the only problam was the soft copy of proposal tkde kt yahoogroup, n then, kebetulan dia nak gi ke mendaki hari ni... so, nampaknye my email to tk diperlukan lagi. tkpe..tkpe..) oh, n the event is next week, saturday. check out Nur Ikhwan's blog for more details!

:: ELF training with Paul, our senior ELF... that was when i learnt to sit on my harness. oh. my. god. ingatkan senang ke pe?! i was the first to go. he didnt tell what we were supposed to do after we lobster-clawed ourselves up. tapi tk tinggi ah.. around 2 metres gitu.. bila disuruh ' relax, let go of your hands, rest on your harness, straighten your legs.. ' waduh! mcm tk boleh gitu! tapi.... at last, aku berjaya!!! yey! then.. then... i learnt threading/treading also... kena panjat pole tinggi sendiri.. then pasang itu, pasang ini... seram oi! jgn main2! yg me happy and proud of myself was that i managed to sit on my harness, again, tp kali ni kt the near-highest point of the pole. (although my legs kinda wrapped around it) n then, the ELFs had a talk with our SAA advisor, terence, about the next main committee... all of us there applied to be in the main comm..

:: went for Applied Science Orientation Leaders Training Camp. 3-day 2-night. this year, AS school's cheer is dikir-barat style.. some commented that it's a bit soft leh... n i think our cheers would surely be drowned by the other schools' upbeat, loud, deafening cheers. hmmm.. oh! n this year's theme is The Pirates of The Caribbean. (last year was Underworld)

:: watched the movie Sybil at school library. only 1 of the 2 CDs though. kudos to the actress! she really potrayed her different characters stunningly well! believable! should watch! but mind you, there's this part were the guy neighbour went to sybil's apartment n shamelessly undressed himself. yuck!

:: zoo outing with several classmates. lots of walking than really relishing the scenery n displays. but i enjoyed it nevertheless. dah berzaman tk gi sane.. so i was happy to step into the animal world again =)

:: TKD chalet. the malays uruskan the BBQ food. it's a 3-day chalet.. but i only went for the first day.. coz got BBQ... it wasnt a pleasant experience for me. felt out of place.

:: labrador park outing with tahfiz friends, n juniors. HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY ME ^_^ it was great to see kak juwita, afeyah and kak hafizah again!! woOoOoOOOooo~

:: oh! n my cumulative grade point average (cgpa) - combining 1st and 2nd semesters' gpa - is 3.14. alhamdulillah~ no A for me... 1 distinction, 1 C+, and some B+'s and B's.




i need a break, man. seriously.... i want to go out of singapore. gi johor bahru pon jadi lah~ or mane2 kt singapore... tapi nak cari enough leisure time nie susah.... tkde waktu untuk gembirakan diri ni... to get away from tasks, daily routines. cuti sekolah pon, tk dpt nak cuti! i want to go to DQ, can? nak cari ketenangan..


that's all, i guess. enjoy your week, people! byeee~~!

an example

di bawah adalah satu contoh orang yang nak berkenalan dengan orang lain.

"Hey liyana eh boleh bual2 jap im boring kat camp"

kisahnye begini: ade satu hamba Allah nie, dia sms me, asking "Liyana eh".. i replied that i am liyana and asked this person who she/he is..

then, erm.. i couldnt quite remember.. well, turned out that he is my coursemate's brother, n that he got the wrong number, wrong liyana. hah! so i said ok, hope that you will find the correct person's number. then.... the above sms was sent to me.

duh! ape lagi, me pon reply yang me ni 'bukan wanita yang berbual dgn lelaki kt talipon' n i suggested that he talk to his same species friends. i mean, come on lah! mcmlah dia ni tkde kwn2 lelaki... tkkn nak berbual dgn perempuan kot! merepek!

his reply:

"bukan mcm gitulah bebual msg je lahh"

n i replied something like "klw saye ade urusan dgn lelaki, saye sms.. or call klw terpakse. saye tkde urusan dgn awak, bahkan tk kenal pun." and something like, "i hope you respect my principle/decision"..

dia tk reply balik, klw tk silap. so, the end =)


nak kate, i think this is my first time dealing with a total stranger of the opposite sex who wants to start a conversation. n my first impression was, ergh! menyampah nye aku! tapi, mcm nak nasihatkan dia, tegurkan kesilapan dia tu..

hmm.. learnt any lesson, anyone?

^_^

kawan-kawan..

Ya Allah,

betapa aku rindu pada kawan-kawan ku di Alsagoff...










aahh~ i miss you guys soo much. i want to go back. let's go back.
seeing those photos at friendster finally overwhelmed me.


im simply missing the life i had back then. it's just soo different now.


but i cant go back.

Il divo & celine dion - i believe in you

it is one of the truely inspiring songs i've ever heard and fallen in love with =)






Lonely
The path you have chosen
A restless road
No turning back
One day you
Will find you light again
Don't you know
Don't let go
Be strong

Follow you heart
Let you love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you

Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.

Tout seul
Tu t'en iras tout seul
Coeur ouvert
A L'univers
Poursuis ta quete
Sans regarder derriére
N'attends pas
Que le jour
Se léve

Suis ton étoile
Va jusqu'ou ton reve t'emporte
Un jour tu le toucheras
Si tu croix si tu croix si tu croix
En toi
Suis la lumiére
N'eneins pas la flamme que tu portes
Au fonds de toi souviens-toi
Que je croix que je croix que je croix
Que je croix
En toi

Someday I'll find you
Someday you'll find me to (erm.. to? or, too?)
And when I hold you close
I'll know that is true

Follow your heart
Let you love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe in you

Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.