soliloquy.

hola!

sorry for the really long hiatus, i was tied down with plenty of stuff which were enough to keep my mind busy. and i was beginning to question as to whether anyone even realized the hiatus. nonetheless, school-related stuff took up almost three quarters of my brain capacity and the annual new year resolution of NO PROCRASTINATING (the resolution had been running for at least 5 years now, mind you!) will never sink in. so, as usual, i was rushing through to complete projects and assignments at the eleventh hour and by the time i was liberated from those, i had a mere three days to prepare for my first paper. BUT now, since the end of my final paper, i came across the best word in english - HOLIDAYS, that is! and even though i felt that i screwed up all my papers, im going to push aside those feelings and pretend i aced through every one of them till results are out, at least.

in the midsts of all the chaos, i made another resolution (which by now you should know that my capability of sticking to them is near zilch!) to work out intensively at least three times a week prior to our new zealand "backpacking" trip. and my efforts have been sub-zero. so just a few weeks ago, i purchased a top from lovebonito at size s, seeing that both their models are a uk size 6/8. it turned out to be so tight, i had to go through the hassle of exchanging it to a larger size! that sparked of a realization of my new bigger body size. so while i was clearing my wadrobe, i came across my jc uniform and decided to put it on just for fun - i couldnt zip the skirt. that was the ultimate confirmation.

speaking of our new zealand "backpacking" trip, it had been the main source of distraction from focusing during my exam preparations. the only "backpacking" thing we're going to do is stay at hostels - other than that, we are not going to even carry backpacks! we had to pre-book the flight, transportation and accommodation for all 14 days and it was not easy, especially when we're spending christmas and new year's there, as well as the period we're visiting is the peak of their summer holidays. im really looking forward to this trip (which is less than a month's time!), getting to spend time with syazana, syairah and syahir, revisit one of our favourite places and experience those adrenaline rush activities.

on the 20 november 2011, we celebrated syairah's much awaited 21st birthday celebration @ straits kitchen, grand hyatt. syazana and i worked on the mini scrapbook package the entire day and found out that we could not finish it in time for the dinner. we were prepared to get shouted at (which we did, and it did not end even while we were in the car). when i thought the day could not get any worse, the traffic to town was horrible and we could not find a parking lot at grand hyatt.

but it was worth it. (:


kak lini and abang rizal's wedding during the last weekend was a simplistic affair. held at kampong ubi community centre, the nikah was held in the morning, followed by the sanding. and after almost 19 years, our relatives from port dickson came down to celebrate the joyous occasion with us. we were told that they had to pay around RM300 to make/renew their passports, which is so expensive as compared to singapore! we were very happy to have them here and they even came by to our place after the wedding ceremony. to end their visit here, bapak decided to treat them to dinner at sakura.


for now, im going to take my time to get out of bed and enjoy the holidays. till next time!