soliloquy.

quick bites.
i have not been updating this space because i did not see anything interesting for me to share and truth to be told, i dont know anyone who would be interested in knowing about what is going on in my life. then, i realised that i was writing, not to tell others of my experiences, but to remind myself of these wonderful memories in which i should be grateful for.

robes and scrolls.
6th of july 2011 saw each of us graduating. alhamdulillah.

and these beautiful girls were the ones who made my two years amazingly wonderful. ♥

and i hate to imagine having to go through 4 semesters without them. i know it is going to be extremely difficult.it was something i wanted, worked and prayed for, but knowing that i had to do it for 2 more years, without my pillars of strength, i am torn.


bookshelf.
the complete list of books i recently purchased and read from bookdepository.com:
1) shadow of the wind by carlos ruiz zafon
2) love in a headscarf by shelina zahra janmohamed
3) book thief by markus zusak
4) water for elephants by sara gruen
5) kite runner by khaled hosseini
6) a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini

while i enjoyed reading every single one of them, (kite runner was bought because i fell in love with the novel after reading it in 2006, i had to own it) i thought that a thousand splendid suns was the best book i have read. although of a different genre, i enjoyed reading it more than that of one of my favourite authors, sidney sheldon. a thousand splendid suns ended with a lasting impact, in which i thought was really powerful.

rainbow stripes.
sunday with rachel for our bimonthly meet ups. while we planned for a relaxing, kite-flying, monopoly dealing picnic at marina barrage, we ended up flying the kite at the rooftop of her bukit timah penthouse instead - which was way better, without the worry of the string getting caught in another's, without having to fight for mat space.

within minutes of the kite-flying, we felt pelts of rain and had to go indoors. she presented my extremely early birthday present.

an engraved keychain, 3 tubes of hand lotion by crabtree and evelyn, as well as a lovely diamond pendant from goldheart.

while what i got for her birthday have not been as extravagant as what she had gotten me these past 10 years, she seemed pleased with all of them. right now, i have to start cracking my brain to think of what to get for her birthday. what do you get for that someone, within your means, who has almost everything?