Malay Cultural Night

There was a Malay Cultural Week going on in IMU and they had a play for the closing. Miza & Ida were acting in it, so off I went to watch it and offer support. =)

They were good. Very good.

The actors and actresses played their roles well; you could feel Ida's aura as 'The Biatch' while Miza was.. very perempuan melayu terakhir. So not like their usual selves at all. I was impressed. =) And their costumes! Cool. They managed to get a bridal shop lend them some costumes (wedding attire) for the play! Very nice. =D

Here we are before the play; me, Saira the makeup artist, Chung Wei the photographer, Ida as The Concubine, & Miza as The Village Girl. Miza hasn't changed into her more glamourous costume... yet.

Speaking about makeup, there was this actress, who had the role of a granny. OMG when she came out, she looked so old! I mean, the makeup was very very believable! And she was a great actress too; she sounded, acted and moved like an old lady. Provided us with some comic relief too. =p Kudos to you, gal!

This is after the play, where sudden, prolonged massive, free-for-all camwhoring melee ensued. If you had a camera and were pointing it somewhere, you'd bet there would be people jumping in front of it. I made the mistake of getting too near. =.="

Ida & Miza 'fighting' over Bikash, me being used as his shield, and Saira who is not in character as the other jealous 'wife'.

Me being disappointed in my 'husband' while apparently the other three 'wives' have made up.

See Miza in different clothes? It was part of the bridal costume she wore. =) She took off the veil, I think. =) Anyways, it was a cool play and all the people involved in it should be proud.

Congratulations on a job excellently accomplished! =D

Books

For the lack of stuff to write here...

Lookie at the books I bought the other day when I was back in Malacca!!! WHOOOOHOOO!

I got them all, except for Garth Nix's Superior Saturday, at a sale! About RM16 for each; I catapulted to the seventh heaven, man. And all in one day! TvT

Of course I've devoured them all; I only brought 3 back with me to KL. I love Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton. =D I think Lothor is too smexy =P ... & Keleios should be thankful, that dratted, lucky woman. >=(

Dune; House Harkonnen was slow in the beginning... but I was patient, and it paid off. All the seemingly seperate stories ended up so interwoven with each other, leading to quite a satisfying end. =)

The Mark of Ran, The Beasts of Barakhai and Flightless Falcon were okay, I guess. Not much to gripe or scream about. But the sequel to The Beasts of Barakhai should be worth checking out, though the book was a little slow... but I've read worse.

And I went to Midvalley last Saturday, and could almost break the wall with my head, I tell you... I saw 3 books that I was waiting for (for like almost 2 years) in paperback and saw another new one I was really really interested in... and I didn't have enough money! T_T I'm such a spoilt brat.. =_=" But I don't spend on much, and only books are my poison. So I guess that's kinda justified in my case (to go ballistic over books)?

So I only got the latter and it turned out pretty good, actually. ^_^ I'm gonna go back to MPH and get the other 3 soon. I KNOW. >:D So just you wait, Drizzt and Wolfcry; I'll be back.

And I wanna add another rant here. I've actually never been to those cafe which specialize in coffees, like Starbucks and what not. I went to Coffee Bean to kill time that Saturday and, wanting to save money for more guilty pleasures-coughcoughbookscough-, I chose the least expensive drink they offered : Espresso, single. It was RM5. So there I was, waiting for my drink, when the guy placed a saucer on the counter and a reeeally tiny cup. You know, the ones we played masak-masak with when we were younger but this was made of glass with the Coffee Bean logo. That BLOODY tiny. And I thought it was empty, but no, I peeked in, and saw it was only HALF-BLOODY-FULL. WTFF?

So there I was, sitting at the lonely table with my spit of coffee while all the other ppl had like jumbo jets of coffee at theirs. =_=" And I had to make mine last for like 3 hours. WTH. What was I to do? Lick at it? =_="

Oh jeez. Longest 3 hours with a cuppa ever.

Sleep Travelling

Meet my sister, Denise.

Yes, we do stuff her in the car boot when there's no space for her to seat. What..? She's happy.

She likes to do weird stuff. Like putting her head outta car windows-

Sorry wrong picture; this is my dog Shadow. She used to be a cute shaggy doggie. Now she's a cute shaggy lazy bear. =_=

Okay this is Denise. Probably the shortest prefect in her school.


Denise has a well let's say, unique habit. This is why I don't sleep with her on the same bed; I surrendered the whole thing to her after several nights; How do you stand it, Beatrix??? D:<



She so does not look like this asleep.

Denise 'goes round the world' when she sleeps. She will travel from her pillows to the end of the bed, to the other end and back again. Heck, once she scared my aunt who was sleeping with her on the floor (on mattresses) by pulling a disappearing trick; rolling under the bed. Still asleep. My aunt woke up to find her gone, and had to drag her back out after finally spotting her under the bed. So dun play-play with her awesome 'sleep-travelling' abilities. =_="

On the other hand, if I'm not sleeping with her and having to fend off her flailing arms & legs, she, when asleep, can offer some interesting sights/poses. She does it all herself, mind you. No arranging limbs or anything on my part.

Closeup. She looks real comfy eh?

I'm sorry for the blurriness; I was laughing. This pose took place a few minutes after the first one.

Damn stylish sleeping pose there...

HAH. This is proof of her 'travelling' abilities. Note the faraway pillow...

There was another funny pose but I didn't snap a shot of it. It looked like she was worshippping some god for something... or like an upright, curled up prawn. =_=

Anyways, I will stand clear and in awe of her abilities. I wonder sometimes 'where' does she 'go' in her dreams that inspire such poses?

1st pose : modelling for a photoshoot? =_="

2nd pose : the ruler of some land? sitting on her throne?? on Narnia's?!? O.O looks like an evil monarch though...

3rd pose : ... your guess is as good as mine...

All I can say is; sleeping with a Sleep Traveller is never boring. =)

The Bestest Day of Every Year

29th June 2008....


It's my birthday today!

*dance dance* *dance dance*

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If you really look back and think, actually Life is a gift, the greatest and highest gift our parents gave us. No matter if it ain't perfect; so what if you're not-so-tall and you're never reaching your ideal weight... Life is great and I plan to keep it that way!

So, so long teenager! I'm gonna step forward into another phase of Life; while crossing my fingers hoping that'll Life be kind to me. =) Well, I hope I can 'grow up'... me, who scored near 90++% in the peterpan-complex section in a quiz before... but that just means I haven't lost my imaginivity, right??? Is there such a word..?

Face the future with a grin and open arms; loads are waiting for me! Mistakes and stumbles galore, but many other nice things too! (Yep, I'm very cheerful today...)

Like Master Wu Guai said -and I love this quote-

" The past is history, and the future a mystery, but today... today is a gift. That's why they call it the present."

=D

So omedetto, you crazy-half-past-three homo sapien. You've survived another year. Here's to many more to come!!! =D

* BIG SHOUTOUT TO ALL OTHER HOMOSAPIENS -AHEM AHEM WENDY AHEM- WHO ARE BORN ON THIS DAY TOO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Broken

Go away broken heart there's no more space for your anger, no longer

Go away endless tears I've no patience for your sadness, I couldn't care less

Go away far from here take all your belongings

Run as fast as you can, you won't see me crying

Go away loneliness please stop yelling my name out loud, you're not allowed

Go away wasted dreams you're never welcomed in my head, my mind's set

Go away far from here can't stand you beside me

Run as fast as you can and don't look back at me

After all those times, breathing for him

After all those lies, coming from him

After all those nights, unbelieving

After all those why's, why didn't I see?

He's not meant for me

Go away desperation now's the time to leave me alone on my own

Go away all regrets I never want to see you again, it's your end

Go away far from here and back to where you come from

Run as fast as you can away from my home

After all those times, breathing for him

After all those lies, coming from him

After all those nights, unbelieving

After all those why's, why did I fall?

Why couldn't I know?

Why didn't I see?

Why of why did I love him?

After all those times, now I feel better

After all those lies, I've no more anger

After all those nights, I've stopped to wonder

After all those why's, I've learnt to let go

I have let him go

Anggun - Go

Do you know the feeling? The confidence and hope bubbling in your chest when you walk in, that still remains after you put down your pen. The hope and belief that you've finally made it, that you did it!

All drains away... like the warmth fading away from a corpse.

Then you just feel... lost.