I was working and simultaneously studying for my fluids finals tomorrow about two minutes ago when somebody, actually a faculty member of the U, came over to ask for some sort of an explanation why his payroll deduction membership is cancelled.. so I went through all the eligibility jargon [bla.. bla.. bla..] and I gave him some contact number so that he can call and ask for more details and stuff.. then just before he left he looked at the cheat sheet full of formulas and the text book next to it and he said 'What's that?"[pointing at my cheat sheet]
"Oh, that's the cheat sheet that I can bring to the finals tomorrow", I said.
"Wow..Do you understand all that stuff.. looks like hieroglyphics to me!"
I thought it was hillarious, I had to laugh.. he chuckled and left..
I bet he doesn't use formula's in his profession.. must be an art kinda person.. maybe a language guy.. well don't show me all that latin stuff, I might not be able to differentiate that between hieroglyphics too!!

Location : My bedroom.
Wish I could be : done with all this exams
Feeling : Nervous
Weather : Sunny but cold.
Quote of the day: EID MUBARAK
Recently Ate : Nasi impit with rendang, (with the addition of lemang at Aerni'e house last night) a tonne of kueh raya and other traditional dishes.
Drank : A&W Ice Cream soda (a recent favorite since the last iftar last Wednesday at Ford 207)
Wearing : Blue and brown checkered GUESS shirt, blue Calvin Klein jeans, socks.
Perfume : Bath & Body Works ' Refreshing Garden Mint'.
Latest outing : With Kak Ijah visiting the Como and Elmwood houses on the 1st of Syawal yesterday (all 7 houses all together)
Listening to: The Corrs 'In Blue'.
Recently Read: 'A Short Guide To a Happy Life' by Anna Quindlen.
Latest Movie: Ocean's 11.

It's been a long time since I last stretched my fingers on this keyboard to jot something down for this blog.. I must admit I have been rather busy with the last few assignments and preparing for the dreaded finals..These last few weeks have really challenged me, eating up chunks of the time that I've set aside for socializing and those shut eyes.. I hope it will all pay off handsomely.. I've decided to switch on my creative persona just for a moment to rest my mind from all this studying.. I'm turning into a nervous wreck just thinking about the finals tomorrow..I've been spending almost all of today studying at HarMar mall's Barnes and Noble along with a tonne of other U students getting ready for the finals.. the atmosphere there is very encouraging.. so I stayed there and study Quantum Mechanics..
The maghrib of Saturday night marks the end of Ramadhan.. everyone went to kak Jali's house to break our last Ramadhan fast of the year, it was a rather cheerful gathering as everyone was happy to meet each other... then yesterday everyone went to the Eid prayers and celebrated the beginning of Syawal visiting each other. My Syawal celebration started rather late in the evening cause I was waiting for my roommate to finish her final programming project that's due the next day..she said that she didn't feel like celebrating until her work is safely done.. people were calling inviting us to their houses all afternoon, but I really don't wanna leave my roommate all alone on the first day of Syawal and celebrate on my own, so I stayed, studied and kept her company. It turns out to be a productive morning, so it wasn't really that bad. Somehow I felt very emotional that morning, I talked to everyone in the family, even my 85 year old grandma.. then after an hour on the phone I chatted with my cousin online and asked around about their celebration. It made me really homesick, I miss them all very much...
At around 4 kak Ijah was done with her assignment and so we took the next bus to visit the apartments in Elmwood and Como, we managed to visit 7 apartments all together.. we ate til were bloated and full.. Zam had an open house at 9 pm, so we met more people then.. We missed Amilin's, Pyan's and Rafique's house cause they had an open house earlier that day.. but I guess we could always go for a small Eid visit someday.. We shall be having our open house on the noon of the 25th of December, we still haven't decided what to cook, though I am considering having a simple small gathering for those who are leaving earlier [Mizie will be going back for good tomorrow at 2.30pm]..My last final exam will be on the 22nd, then I'm planning to go to the Eid Gala , maybe later that night I'll have a little thing at my house, still it's not confirmed yet.. I have to work on the 23rd.. then I have 24 and 25th off due to the X-mas celebration, then it's back to work on the 26th.. Thank God I have the Florida trip to look forward to..[I'll be going to Madison on the 2nd for a day before I'll be splashing in the Orlando sun on the 3rd.. that should give me enough time to visit my friends in Madison, I'll be gone until the 9th].. otherwise it's all work and no play...it won't be too bad though, cause this year I have planned out what I want to do to make my break more productive... I have a new hobby that will be make my work time more productive.. [Otherwise I'd be going to work without doing anything .. so this is something I can do during the boring 8 hours of work ..] Won't spill the beans just yet, you'll find out soon enough though..
Sasha will be moving in on the first, and will stay here while I'm gone.. Kak Ijah will be busy packing her stuff to ship it back home...
I'm really looking forward to the new year.. but for now I guess I have to strive for the last bitter test of the semester.. wish me luck everyone.. try your best!

Don't you think that something is upside down
that you should be more natural
more friendly
more humble
and you need to understand
that you are too important
to be enslaved
by the things that limit you
make you blind
and not see yourself
and to realise that peace
and wisdom
are within you

Tell me
aren't you tired of
hypocrasy
egoism
envy
and arrogance?

Aren't you fed up
with worries
sorrow
neurosis
stress
and emptiness?

Anyway,

SELAMAT HARI RAYA...

I have less than an hour left in this little cubicle before I can have my weekend freedom.. I've printed out a couple of graphs for my thermo homework and can't be bothered to continue wrecking my brains with more problem solving exercises... [I wonder if anybody else is spending their Saturday mornings doing homework..]..
Yesterday's MatSci exam was ok except for this one question which was taken from the homework assignments which I paid no attention to while studying.. [no regrets.. I hate myself though].. Jin reminded me to go through last weeks homework assignment and I was so sure that Chelikowsky wouldn't ask the tedious question on the 50 mol %-50 mol% Al2O3-MgO question.. but just when you least expect it.. there it is.. a 20 point question!!well there's always the finals.. hope there's bonus points.

Feeling like the last day of the finals I put away my book for the night and did nothing but chat on the msn with my dear friends [while occasionally chatting on he phone too at the same time] while downloading malay songs from Rapik's collection all the way up to midnight. [I was downloading malay songs from kak ija's mp3 collection the night before, when Alif came over and told me that Siti Nurhaliza has a new CD out just before he came over.. sadly I can't borrow it cause he has it downloaded somewhere in his laptop].. Even while I was in Malaysia.. I never really listen to Malay songs.. so I am really lacking malay music knowledge.. [some, or should I say most, songs are too mushy] so before downloading each song I decided to listen to it first to see if I want to take it or trash it.. I also introduced the Buttercup Baby song to a few people too.. wanna hear it too? ask me sometime..

We had another meeting with the MSD Chicago officers last night.. I think the main reason they came was to ask us Minnesotans to host the Midwest Games and Embassidor's Award Night 2002.. I want to.. I always have, but there seems to be mixed reactions my the others last night.. I donno.. We broke our fast and prayed tarawih together.. then after that kak Ijah and I went to Chipotle cause she has never tried the Mexican store before.. we shared a Fajitas Burrito cause I know that I wouldn't be able to finish it alone.. then we went to Farah's place to pick up Mizie's CD.. a couple of people were there eating Roti Jala.. My roommate and I was too full to stuff anything else in.. so we just sat there making small chit chats.. we walked back home after a while .. it's cold and icy outside...