Oh no, NEW YEAR is here!

Okay, I'm back! *counting days*
After a week of no update.

Anyway, cheer up guys and gals, it's NEW YEAR! 2010 will arrive in several hours from now, and *sigh* I haven't made up my mind on what will my new year resolutions be.

Have been busy lately, and that's why I failed to update my blog within these days. You know, assignments to do, classes to attend, people to date and so on. Eh, wait! No, no, those are last semester's excuses. Sorry, my bad. So the reality is, clothes to fold, food to cook, dishes to wash, rooms to tidy, brothers and sisters to bully, mum and dad to listen (for their nagging), fish to take care, facebook to surf, laptop to look at, night market to go, town to round, toilet to... okay, you know this. So those are the activities done while I were so 'busy'.

Hurm. Reading through the activities up here, I notice that there's something left out. It's called, "blog to update". Again, my bad.

Okay, let's see the review of the things that happened throughout this week, starting with the most recent ones.

Just now, I was blamed for cooking 'sambal ikan bilis'. Why? Because my mum didn't mention the word 'belacan' when she asked me to prepare it.

This morning I was deliberately attacked by a cat named Lowet. He scratched my wrist and caused me to be accused for trying to commit suicide. Hey, where's my lawyer?

Before that my sister and I went to my little sisters' school to buy their schoolbooks. That was the first time I step into a school after several months. I thought I'll be a teacher someday?

Last night, I watched Kungfu Hustle for the second time. So? Nothing. I just LOVE STEPHEN CHOW! Haha.. Kidding, I'd prefer Daniel Wu much more. So? Nothing.<<<== Crazy girl was here.

Last Tuesday, I asked my sister out to have a 'walk' in the evening. It was great. Totally great.

Last Sunday, my older sister, Nisah, went back to KL after having three 'fun' days home. My little brother (not little actually, he's 181 cm tall) also went to KL, but he made his journey earlier than my sister. So, the house has become a lot more peaceful. Well, not really. We have another 5 of noisy kids (including me) in the house!

I guess that's all. I have something in mind, which I will post in the next entry in this very blog.
Don't forget to revisit!

Need to go, I must set my new year resolutions before midnight!

Wait, before I end this entry, I would love to wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

HAVE A BLAST EVERYONE! LET'S WELCOME 2010 WITH A BIG HEART!

No worries~ ^_^

Actually I did put this video URL in this very blog, but it was only the URL link. This time I embed the creative video clip, which I found very interesting, and surely funny. It creates the "no worries" feeling in me every time I watch it. ^_^

By the way, the reason why I put this video here has nothing to do with the JPP thing. Anak Pak Man, take note please. :P

ENJOY THE VIDEO CLIP! ;D



Hakuna Matata Lyrics

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase

Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy

Hakuna Matata!


Why, when he was a young warthog...

When I was a young wart hog

Very nice

Thanks

He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after every meal

I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
And oh, the shame He was ashamed
Thought of changin' my name What's in a name?
And I got downhearted How did ya feel?
Everytime that I...

Hey! Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!
Oh. Sorry

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna matata!
Hakuna Matata! Hakuna--

It means no worries for the rest of your days

It's our problem-free philosophy
Hakuna Matata!
(Repeats)

I say "Hakuna"

I say "Matata"

Hatred, and conscience

I hate that I hate people.

Yes, I hate that I hate people. Do you get that?

The word 'hate' reminds me of an incident happened to me. I said something unpleasant to someone who admired me (and maybe still admiring), whom I used to admire, long time ago. Now, I still like him, but only as a friend. Well, what did I say to him?

"Do you know the meaning of 'hate'? If you don't, go and search it in the dictionary because I HATE YOU!"

Poor him. He tried to reach me but I avoided him every time I saw him. I still remember the reason why I hated him so much. But sorry, I won't reveal it to you, it's one of my secrets.

Thereafter, I totally avoided him - I ignored all his messages and calls, I looked away every time I accidentally saw him, I walked out whenever he walked in the room I was in, I went another pathway when I knew that he was walking at the same pathway - I totally keep myself away from him. I knew he was upset with my actions, but I went on with my absolute avoidance for about two weeks. We were Form 4 and we were both ALK (Ahli Lembaga Koperasi). We worked together with several other students. Imagine the situation when you had to avoid someone who's technically very close to you.

However, day by day, I felt that my hatred diminished slowly. It faded out just like that.
One day, he approached me when I was doing some photostat work in the Koperasi. Initially I tried to ignore him, but then he managed to make me speak. I can't really remember how the conversation took place, but I can recall some parts of it.

He smiled at me and asked:

"Ada kamus tak? Aku takde kamus nak carik maksud 'hate' tu, kamus aku ada orang pinjam."
(translation: Do you have any dictionary? I don't have one to find the 'hate' meaning, mine is borrowed by someone.)

I replied him with a smile. A forced one. But I hold no hatred to him anymore at that moment and he knew that. He said:

"Tiqah, hang marah kat aku ke? Sorryla, aku minta maaf. Aku takde niat pun nak buat hang marah."
(translation: Tiqah, are you mad with me? Sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad.)

I forgave him and we resumed our friendship which lasts until now.

Do you get what I'm trying to tell you in the real story above?

I realized that I cannot hate anybody for a long time. Because eventually I will forgive those people, no matter how big their mistake are, and how deep the wound they cause in me.

It is a good thing, which is also a bad thing. Good, because I don't have to hold hatred in my soul and that lightens up the burdens I'm having. Bad, because people will definitely take advantage on my very forgiving nature.

There are some other cases in which other people find it hard to give forgiveness, but I forgave easily. I wondered why God created me to be such a forgiving person, that I feel bad when I hate people. The conscience level in me has risen to the level that I think, unpractical.


How I hate myself. Now, I detest some people, and I'm super sure that the hatred will vanish in some time. Why? Because I hate that I hate people.

Have a look!

I have a surprise to those who are stalking me. A good surprise.

Huh??

Aha~
Actually I don't even think that anybody would ever stalk me, especially when I know who I am and I know to what extent would my personality let other people get interested in the story of my life (is this sentence correct?).

I said to myself, "What a humble thought."

But maybe you would rather say, "I think she knows that she does have stalkers, she just know it."

Or maybe "She's crazy. If she does know that she doesn't have any, why does she write so?"

Or maybe you have other things in mind, and whatever they are, let me just continue with the surprise.

I have another blog, written in Malay. Well, not really Malay, it's mixed up with some English words. I just made it yesterday. I think I will update that blog more often than this one (the mystique), because, er... Okay, I just hate to give reasons for everything that I do. Anyway, it doesn't mean that I'll stop writing for this blog.

Have a look, even though you're not a stalker, or you really are one, I don't mind. ^_^

Click here.

1 week ago - Episode five

Wow, fifth episode. But the story took place in one day only, wasn't it?

Whatever. I am the writer, and the writer has the full power of how the story is written. (Sounds angry? Or strict? Both? Whatever.) <== Bad mood, huh?

Frankly said, for the time being, I just cannot write. I have too many things to be written. Too many that I can't even write any. I'm sorry I can't write well this time. I'm totally broken-hearted. Thought that I'll be happy when I did the decision, but it turned out to be the opposite.

Anyway, let's leave it to that and continue with the episode five.

*****

They arrived, parked their cars and went straight to the river. We arrived, parked our cars and joined them. It was man-made river, and that's great because the it wasn't very deep so it's perfect for us to swim in it. As we arrived, they had already set the food and drinks on the mat we brought. Some already swam in the river, and of course we were jealous of them.

We quickly got ourselves ready to jump into the water, and, SPLASH!

Not really, actually we went down the river slowly, very slowly because the water was tremendously cold! But the joy of swimming and all the water-splashing-activities were not interrupted at all. It was cool, and surely fun, that the haunting problem that kept occupying my mind seemed vanished. Well, momentarily.

There were three guys nearby the place we were, and it was around 12 in the noon. It was quite uncomfortable for us to swim around with boys watching us, girls (sure they did watch us, there were 21 of us, so think of the probability of them not even glancing at us). But then, by 12.30, they went off, leaving us all in blissfulness. We played around and swam and played and bathed and played and played and splashed water all around. (how's my vocab, bad huh?)

While happily playing and swimming and whatever-ing, it rained. The coldness of the river water was added to the fullest, and we're freezing inside there. But that's what created more fun, we swam in the freezing water happily, without anybody watching us!

Gambar hiasan: Dalila and Aten


Freezing in there: Athirah, Anis, Fatin, Raja, Jiha, Sazrah, Hanan.

It was 2.30 pm, and we decided stop and get ready to go back. We had spent almost 3 hours in the water, and for me that was just awesome. Another good thing that I can say is, the toilets were plain nice. I have no regret at all having my Friday spent fabulously there. I mean, in Teluk Bahang, not in the toilet there.

I guess I need to finish this story within this episode, because I don't think that I'll have mood to write in the other time, or even when I do have, I will "have no time" (bajet busy) to write.

Okay. That we were ready to move, we snapped several pictures of ourselves. Have a look at one of them.

Camwhoring: Nad, Ekin, me and Kak Dayah

After that, we went to a mosque in the way back. Having our prayers done there, some took photos as 'kenang-kenangan'. One of the photos:

The cuties: Hanan, Lah, Raja, Kak Wani, Fatin and Nad

After performing solah, we went to Padang Kota to eat. Having got our cars parked, we went to the food court (should I call it so?) near the beach. We were frightened by the waiters and waitresses (maybe I can call them a mob) who suddenly came and surrounded us as soon as we sat on the chairs. It was totally uncomfortable but there's nothing we could do to avoid the situation. Food and drinks ordered, and some went to buy pasembur from the stalls nearby. We ate, and took some more pictures. I include only one, and don't ask me why.

Delicious? Okay la..

Well, there were several things took place while we were in Padang Kota. But I want to cut the story a little bit short, so let me continue to the next part of our journey.

We finished our food, paid the bills, and went to Queensbay. There I stumbled upon my ex-classmates while I was in MRSM. Ecah, Fiet and Besah. We had some conversations before I went inside QB. We performed Maghrib prayer, and then we walked around. Not really fun there.

Finally, at 9 pm we went back to the college. It rained heavily and we all got ourselves fully wet. But thank God, we managed to arrive at the college safely. Kak Dayah managed the cars and got them back to USM.

We were extremely tired that night, but fully satisfied by the trip we had.

I don't regret going for the trip.

The end.

A short letter for you

My dearest,

I know you are there, and I know that you have something that you don't tell me.. I just want you to know that I'm terribly hurt when you keep it to yourself and simply ignore me..

I wish you know that I can be very understanding, no matter what the problem you're having is, provided that you tell me about it..

It hurts, it really hurts when you seem to not to trust me, not to believe that no matter how hard it will be, I will always be there for you whenever you need me..

Dear, please do give me chances, a chance to be trusted by you, a chance to love you right, a chance to love you with all my might..

Your faithfully,
Atiqah

1 week ago - Episode four

After a long break (of writing posts)~

Here is the fourth episode!

*****

Once we had ourselves ready, we started the journey of joy and happiness (and not to forget, a little bit anxious). The red Kancil, drove by Ekin lead the others because Ekin is a Penangite, and she knows Penang better than most of us. So Ekin and her gang (I mean, those who were in the red Kancil) moved first, followed by Kak Wani's gang, Izzaty's and Jiha's. As mentioned before, I was in the car drove by Izzaty (just in case you forget or you didn't read the earlier episodes).

As we were moving out from the hostel area, we're stuck at the hilly road between Rambai Block and Gajus Block. The road was so hilly and the car gear was having a problem, and Izzaty was panic. We, the passenger were more panic because the car moved backward suddenly (on that very steep road!). But being supportive passengers, we pretended to be okay and said positive words, although our hearts were praying hard, hoping that the car will move forward rather than backward.

After several panic minutes, the car moved forward and we were all relieved because we could continue with our journey. We went to surau for a while because Aini had to take a cable (I don't know what is was for) and we informed Kak Dayah about the car's problem. Finding that the others were already waiting for us near Gajus Block, we decided to move although the problem hadn't been resolved.

So, Ekin's and Kak Wani's gang moved out from the college (through the entrance near Tesco), leaving my gang, I mean Izzaty's gang and Jiha's gang behind. We asked Jiha to go before us, but she refused and asked us to go first. We refused too, and she refused three. Eh, I mean the argument went on for about one or two minutes, and finally we agreed and moved before Jiha's gang. But then, we were left so far from Kak Wani's car that we lost them. We lost them before we could even pass the Azlani roundabout! We weren't sure which way did they go, so we just turned left (from the road from Tesco), heading towards Gelugor, which was not the right way. We didn't know what to do, so we turned another left, going through Recsam/IPGM Penang main gate while someone called Kak Dayah to tell her that we lost them. The best thing about the collaboration of Izzaty and the car was: as the car was moving fast in a straight line, Izzaty suddenly turned left, causing us to experience a moment of roller-coaster.

The car was driven, again, up a hilly road. The same problem happened; we were stuck at the middle of the steep road. Izzaty managed to handle the steering, and we turned back, meaning that we went down the road, not up the road.

Actually the story is too long to be told, so I guess it is better if I cut the story short (don't worry, this part only). That will save my energy and mood on writing the next episodes which will be on the best parts of our journey. :P

Therefore, to make it short, I think it is okay to say that --- we --- was --- lost--- yeah!

Yes, we were lost in Penang. We're supposed to move towards east (warning: this is not the totally accurate measurement), but we headed to the north! We wanted to go to Teluk Bahang which is located not very far from Batu Feringghi (am I right?), but we arrived at the jetty. (-_-")

Thus, Ekin and her gang had to search for us to change our driver, Izzaty with Kak Dayah, who can handle the car that operates manually in a better way - I mean she is able to cope with the bad condition of the car. To keep the story short, Ekin and her gang found us (we were waiting for them somewhere near the jetty) and the drivers changed places. Kak Dayah drove our (ehem2, rented) car, following Ekin and the gang. The other two cars had already arrived by the time we arrive at the Teluk Bahang (something2, can't remember) car parking space.

They took several photos, and it was disappointing that I wasn't there while they were posing around (chewah~!).

Here, I disappointedly upload their pictures. *muka sedih yang tak boleh blah*

Say cheeeeeeesedale~

Say drinks~ and plastics bags~

Hey, where are you going to?

Mandi air sungai laaa... Wanna follow? Jom!

*****

P/S: Anwar, I have no pictures of you, but I have this one.. XD

SMILE~! ;)

To be continued...

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