i wanna change my layout.

its that time of the year again. where windows get wiped, floors get scrubbed, plastic flowers get put up (even in some toilets that i know off) and all sorts of makcik knick knacks (from the flowers to the frames to the ayats) come out of the woodwork.

so in line with everybody else, Ops Raya swung into full gear at my place today. some advance prep were already completed last week la (like my previous entry on my uhm.. sticks in a vase) but everything actually started today. i spent like a few hours in the kitchen cutting stuff up, opening kerangs and peeling prawns. then i helped dad make ketupat. then i put up new curtains.

lets see what else is on the list for tomorow. oh yes i hafta clean the bathrooms and mop the house i think.

im supposed to be on leave till the 31st but lo and behold, i got an sms saying im down for duty on the 30th. and i have to book in this wednesday for something. i dont know what but i think its a meeting of sorts. cos well my men got into some trouble. sigh. why do they hafta do what they do sometimes. cant they just behave?

oh well. happy last day of fasting everyone! then its time to pig out and do dosa to each other all over again after this mth of patience and starvation!

We drive tonight, and you are by my side. We're talking about our lives,
Like we've known each other forever and time flies by.
With the sound of your voice, its close to paradise,
with the end surely near

And if I could only stop the car and hold on to you,
and never let go, I'd never let go.
As we round the corner to your house you turn to me and said
I'll be going through withdrawal of you
for this one night we have spent

And I want to speak these words but I guess I'll just bite my tongue
And accept someday somehow, as the words that we'll hang from

And I, I don't wanna speak these words,
cause I, I don't wanna make things any worse
And I, I don't wanna speak these words,
cause I, I don't wanna make things any worse

Why does tonight have to end?
Why don't we hit the start, and pause it at our favorite parts
We'll skip the goodbyes. If I had it my way, I'd turn the car around
And runaway, just you and I.

Matchbook Romance - Tiger Lily

nice song isnt it? i hope i nailed it well. :)

so let me tell you a story i heard in my course. it was told by the training centre RSM.

there was this little bird who was so cold that it fell off the branch it was perched on. so here comes a bull, who shat on the bird. so the bird was covered in shit, but cos shit is warm, it managed to survive. after some time in the warm shit, it felt good enough to sing. so it sang and sang and sang till it stirred the curiousity of a passing cat. the curious cat was wondering why the shit was singing. so it dug and dug and saw the bird. seeing the bird, the cat proceeded to eat it up.

moral of the story?
just because someone shits on u doesnt mean he's your enemy (the bull) and just cos someone gets u out of shit doesnt make him your friend.

so here's my hari raya project. went to air hitam with parents yesterday thinking it was gonna be a dreary and boring trip but noo. its so modern now with aircon and everything. and there were so many ikea crafty things! so i went crazy and told mum to buy some sticks and alien plants to make this! isnt it nice? so yeah. even bebs has a project. i dont know how hers looks like though. whats yours?

i dont wanna book in later but haiyah guess there's no choice rite? oh well.

i think i have the perfect script for a movie. here it goes.

so it starts like this see. the main character, Big R, is going home from camp after a hard day's work. he managed to get quite alot of grocery shopping done including chips and icecream. its about 5pm. after taking the lift to his house and reaching the front door, he rummaged in his bag only to his horror *cue suspenseful music* that he left his keys in camp. so he had to knock on his neighbours door and ask them to help safekeep his stuff, especially his ben and jerry's cookie dough icecream.

then he took the bus and went to the train platform. after waiting for the westbound train for 7 mins *cue shot of train station noticeboard*, he realised that *suspenseful music* he left his locker keys in his bag at his neighbours house. so then the cameraman has to have a close up of his ultra frustrated face. imagine how it is. so he makes his way back to his neighbours and takes his keys and catches a cab.

by the time he reached camp he had enuf time to buka and took a bus home. by the time he got home, it was already 8.

so there you go. a 3hr movie. its as long as titanic isnt it?

*no points for guessing who Big R is*

"The purpose of life is to be happy and to make others happy. There's nothing more to it than that. Leaving the world a better place for our descendants is but a side effect. A good one, perhaps, but not the main point."

-Free Lunch by Nancy Sparling

if only life was that simple. but its a good philosophy to have.

to you: lets hope my plan works. plaaan oreadi.

back! cant tell you where i've been but suffice to say it entails staring for hours at the open sea and patrolling. at least the rest time is good. air conditioned bunks and winning eleven.

so my errands for the day are done. went to make my prescription inserts for my POI glasses, cut my hair, went to the lib, and bought mosquito coil. ok i dont know how i thought i couldnt do all that by today but hah!

browsing thru mike gayle, i saw "my new best friend". i really liked that book when i read it. its about this guy, who's attached, who found a best friend in a girl. well you know how they say guys and girls can never be just friends but he proves otherwise. its just platonic love.

borrowed 3 books. lets hope they can sustain me at for at least a week since we all know how fast i devour books.

i cant wait for gears of war and rainbow six vegas to come out. i've spent hours at saints row but only completed like 20% of it. a looong way to go i see. looks like it'll be able to hold me till november when the 2 games come out.

(i miss you too)