I Now Have A Home

I Now Have A Home

i don't normally do a "today-i-did-this-then-that-then-this" kindda blog. but this weekend was di atas normal.

it started out with having a pretty normal friday morning at work. some time around 1155hrs, dr fever called to say he was downstairs with dr lips. so we headed for lunch at salma where i had my usual teh si peng, a slice of french loaf and one putri salad. the itemised menu may seem trivial, but as i walked back to office, i felt funny feelings in my tummy.

reached home at about 1745hrs where the movers said they were gonna send the boxes for awak to pack his stuff. so i packed and packed. till about 1945hrs. then awak came home and we had dinner, me a plate of one scoop of rice, a serving of cauliflower+broccoli and a drumstick.
funny feelings in my tummy still feeling funny here.

awak maybe contracted the mad cow disease during the meal, for immediately after that he insisted that we go to our place. to see the cupboard that was delivered that afternoon. just to SEE it. what's with men and visuals? amidst my funny feeling tummy, i marched him to his room and introduced the visual stimuli of his uber messy room and said, "why don't we SEE this instead?" *sigh*...packed and packed and packed till 2330hrs.

at that point of time, i could not think of any activity that i loathed more in the universe than packing.

at bedtime, the funny feeling in my tummy was not so funny anymore. by then, it had grown into a flown blown gripping pain that felt as if my insides were being gripped every 3 minutes. awak rubbed some vicks on my tummy (don't look at me, go figure.) saying it'll be better. well, it did help. the vicks vapourub scent was comforting a lil bit, but it didn't help my tummy zilch.

i tossed and turned more than a salad that night. imagine sleeping on a mattress with no bedsheets (coz they're all packed) and the fan off and funny feelin in tummy....at exactly 6am we woke up and i told awak we're going to doctor helena. now.

so we went, where to my suprise, it wasn't doctor helena. instead it was this sweet young thing who prodded and poke my tummy with her finger for a grand total of nine times and declared i had colic. funny feeling in tummy is air.

so instantly i was accused of "hah, see lah! don't eat some more!" / "tu lah, khairiyah selalu tak makan siang" etc. absurd. of all things i've ever been accused of, dieting is never one of them. so the movers came at 1600hrs and there was the whole process of moving stuff. after maghrib ,

we went to see atok bedok who was at mak eton's house recovering from something ular thing, kindda like rashes and move around your skin like a snake? hence the name?

poor atok. he's getting older and cuter. i love his sense of humour. he asked where father was at least 7 times in 15 mins. he asked me what time did we leave singapore and how much were the bus fares nowadays. he also asked awak where he stayed during the japanese occupation. when i poured him his teh susu, he said "ah terima kasih. tulis buku eh?"

i dreaded sunday coz awak is working from 0900 to 2200hrs today...and if earlier i said there's nothing more i hate than packing, well...famous last words! i hate UNPACKING even more!

*groan.....*

so now, alhamdulillah...i have a house and slowly awak and i will turn it into a home. i have two toaster ovens, a sandwich make and a rice pot. i don't have an ironing board, a hot water pot (the kind that boils your water in 3 minutes that type) and a microwave oven. oh yes and i have tonnes of cleaning to do. and the unpacking is still finished.

god i sound so grown up.

Hari Raya Bila?

*sigh*...you know the local journalism standard is in the pits when articles like this gets published.

flip to page 12 of today's Today. tell me what's wrong with the story "Kg Glam to Light Up" by Zul Othman.

I Cried Last Night!...Well, Almost

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

vote for Hady Mirza on Singapore Idol. SMS 6 to 43657.

really. vote. please. i'll pay you back the $0.60. *sneezeCHEAPO!*

I Am Having A Baby

I Am Having A Baby

not...

gotcha there! ..*heheheheee*

N O T !!!
gotcha there...*hehehe*..

well...apparently they want people to procreate more. so the baby bonus wasn't enough, so they are gonna throw in more incentives to get people to get married, get down and get preggers.

coz they said the birth rate is down...and that we need more babies. got example some more. case in study, the fertility rate of the average cher-yer-nun-alip woman was seven point something a few years ago and now it's gone down to one point something.

haiyah...just say it lah...the truth is: they don't need more babies.

they need cher-yer-nun-alip babies.

Yesterday I Cried

was in the car yesterday and there was nothing good on era so i switched to CD mode. i started to tear when the first melodies wafted through the speakers. soon, my vision was blurred and as i blinked, the moist drew streaks down my cheeks.

why so emo.....

download the song from My Music at Multiply...and hear it for your own ears.

"another summer day
has come and gone away
in paris and rome
but i wanna go home
mmmmmmmm

maybe surrounded by
a million people i
still feel all alone
i just wanna go home
babe i miss you, you know

and i've been keeping all the letters that i wrote to you
each one a line or two
"i'm fine baby, how are you?"
well i would send them but i know that it's just not enough
my words were cold and flat
and you deserve more than that

another aeroplane
another sunny place
i'm lucky i know
but i wanna go home
mmmm, i’ve got to go home

let me go home
'cause i'm just too far
from where you are
i wanna come home

and i feel just like i'm living someone else's life
it's like i just stepped outsidewhen everything was going right
and i know just why you could not come along with me
that this is not your dream
but you always believed in me

another winter day has come and gone away in
even paris and rome
and i wanna go home
let me go home

and i'm surrounded by
a million people i
still feel all alone
oh, let me go home
oh, i miss you, you know

let me go home
i've had my run
baby, i'm done
i gotta go home

let me go home
it will all be all right
i'll be home tonight
i'll coming back home..."

I Will Slap You Silly...

talk about people going nuts.

i was walking past that chocolate dip shop in esplanade with a friend and she remarked would it be heaven to be able to have chocolate fondue with everything that we eat.

so i said that would indeed be heavenly. so she said "hey maybe we can try tt one of these days?"

so i said of coz we must, but maybe we don't go to that particular shop coz it's not halal and god knows what's in their chocolate.

"but then," she cried in alarm, "how to eat chocolate liddat?"

so i said "haiyah, XX got fondue set at home wat...we make at her house lah!!"

so she said, "ahhh....ok onz!"

so i forgot i ever had this banal discussion until one day Ariel's voice singing Sally Sendiri wafted through the din of the Banquet where i was having lunch so i answered, "hello?"

"hello? is that khai?! eh, who are you to go around telling people that the chocolate fondue is not halal? eh kau jangan sembarang spread stories tau! chocolate is chocolate, wat...unless kau makan babi chocolate then lain ah! kau buat panic jer tau!"

...i asked, "who is this?"

"ni aku lah...WW. eh aku selalu makan kat kedai tu. tak ada aper aper pun. are you like one of those people who like to set fatwas lah or cakap nie halal, tu haram. eh,

What Makes You Happy

musik: sedang ingin bercinta - dewa19 ("setiap ada kamu...otak ku berpikir bagaimana caranya untuk berdua bersama kamu")
music: wanting to love - dewa19 ("everytime there's you...my brain schemes how to be alone with you")

*takes a deep breath*...... l e t i t g o .

this week crawled by me. funny why time just passes you by when you don't want it to, but cheerfully crawls along when you need it to pass quickly, eh?

awak is away on reservist and he'll be back on monday. then there's a billion things to do for the house, since hdb will be returning the keys to us within the week. it's about darn time, too. i hate living out of plastic/luggage/paper bags. and for once in my life, i did not have a real home to go back to. especially after the big test, i was desperate to have a place where i can cry and mope and sulk.

i wasn't feeling at home at awak's place, and the lovely chaotic mess at mak's place...well...it didn't feel like my house anymore, since sister and mamat moved in, they seemed to have moved on without me. even father is around more often. has he...*gasp* turned into the doting atok?

i want so much for the world to be ok again. so really life goes on and there's no use rehashing the past. just learn from the mistakes and move forward lah. there's only so much you can cry. think back on the things that make you happy.

thank God for farmpride chicken nuggets, macadamia nut brittle and ruffles sour cream and cheddar chips.

what makes you happy?

ps: *frowns* strange how all my happy items are food...

Back From Near Death

so He didn't return me to Him after all...

"Oh Allah keep me alive so long as it is beneficial for me..."

i'm really sorry to all who have asked about me this past few weeks. and as i told you i was facing a great test from Him, possibly the greatest test in my life so far. And i pray everyday that this is the last test of this magnitude that He sends my way...i just don't know if i'll ever survive another test this big. on hindsight, i guess He really wanted to see what i was made of, and He really wanted to test my faith in Him.

"Allah is sufficient for me and what an excellent patron He is."

the darkest days of my life. the past seven months, my emotions and well-being have been as unrecognizable as a shipwreck. some days i was strong, up and about, some days i just want to curl up and die. most of the time i was in denial. i jolly well knew why this was happening to me, but my ego and nafs consumed me from inside. instead of praying and supplicating, i would sob and moan. my soul would simply disintegrate and i felt that life has no meaning.

other days were better, i guess. i got up, went to work, went out with friends, met peterpan and gang, got married, bought a house...basically went through the motions, trying to live a semblance of a normal life. like normal people do. it was the single most toughest things that i have ever had to do.

"Oh Allah an easy task is only one which You make easy and whenever You will, difficulties are reduced to easy things..."

how eh? how do i share with you this utmost despair? how can you help me with this intense depression? how can you see my desperate worries?

"Oh Allah I seek Your protection from sever trials, undue feelings of frustrations over Your decrees..."

awak was the only lifeline keeping me alive. one night i woke up crying, and i looked at him sleeping peacefully. through the torrents of tears i asked that He remove me from his life, stop giving him these problems that was me-induced. just married...it should be blissful, chocolates, roses and sunsets right? instead, awak had to put up with an emotionally-not-there wife who doesn't see the point of living anymore. the nights that i would sob till dawn, the tears would be free-flowing, but i'd end up with a migraine the next morning from silencing my cries and stuffing my face with the pillow to prevent myself from crying out loud.

"Oh Allah...make my death a refuge against all troubles..."

it was not easy to pray for death. i am so not ready to meet Him, but stuck between a rock and a hard place, i'd rather be under His banner any day. i felt like, "God, just take me away, take me now so i become less of a burden to anyone."

not only was I feeling generally in the neighborhood of rotten, i made a lot of people feel rotten. i know i worried some of you insane. and i am sorry that i could not share with you anything. because this was my test, you see. i knew He needed me to go through this and if i make it, insya Allah He will love me again.

"Oh Allah...keep me alive so long as it is in my best interest...and grant me death when it is my best interest..."

so i'm better now. all praises be to Him, the Great Lord of the Throne of Honour. He was true to His word, from start till end. there was no going against His decrees. he sent me the trial and He was also the only one who could deliver me from it.

and that He did.

and I am a changed person.

funny how it takes a catastrophe to open my eyes.

He also showed me, through His mercy, that there are those of His creations that He has sent to bring relief and comfort to me. and to you, only He can repay you with the kindness and grace that you have shown me. i pray He relieves you of your worries and showers upon you blessings from the Heavens. there are no thanks that would suffice...the doas that you have uttered from have been answered.

all i ask from you now is please...when we meet, can please don't ask me "what is wrong, wanna talk about what happened, etc"?

i am just barely holding myself together and if you ask, i'm going to fall to pieces all over again. i have a lot of answering to do to Him, so i'll save my answer for The Later Day.

"Oh Allah...so long as You keep me alive, save me from such trying situations as are likely to cause me to go astray..."
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ps: and you...the one who finds these doas familiar? when i read your email and opened your attachment, i cried. right there and then, in the office. the doas were spot on. it was exactly what i have been doa-ing for the past seven months. especially the death parts. i pray that you have never and would never have to makes these doas for yourself. kau lah sohabah dunia akhirat.

It's Not Suicide, Is It?

if i pray to Him very hard that death comes to me today, is that considered suicide?

Get Out

get out!

get out of my head! get out of my mind! get out of my life!!!!

i hate you, remember? we can't stand to face each other. the last time we met, you could barely look at me!!!!!! i get worked up just when somebody mentions your name!!!! go away!

why are you back? do you wanna start another human crisis? haven't you learnt your lesson? that "us" will never happen? that "we" never existed.

i hate you. really. you hurt me. in so many ways. in ways you won't even begin to understand.

go away please...*sob* *sob*...please...go away...i beg you...leave now before i fall again...

Seven Things

mood: hungry ah...
music: ku katakan dengan indah (Live!HRCSingapore) - peterpan (i'm just listening to man's guitar solos all over again and again and again...)


randoms facts about me

1) i can't stand ants
2) i suck at numbers
3) a good book and a bar of kinder bueno under the covers on a rainy day is bliss for me
4) i wanna learn how to cut hair so i can cut awak's hair
5) i harbour thoughts of quitting my dayjob and opening a cafe
6) i have short hair (which awak described as sexy...)
7) i chew my inner lips a lot...

7 things tat scare me

1) running barking dogs
2) flying cockroaches
3) the dark and when my imagination runs wild
4) whenever i do something that's really bad
5) when awak doesn't call when he says he will
6) driving
7) thinking about death and akhirat

7 randoms music at the moment

1) hidupku kan damaikan hatimu - caffeine
2) sandaran hati - letto
3) never forget - take that
4) itu aku - sheila on 7
5) langit ketujuh - sharifah zarina
6) keajaiban (unplugged) - peterpan
7) nostalgia curang rock and roll - the times

7 things i like the most

1) my faith
2) hagen daaz's macadamia nut brittle
3) cadbury's fruit and nuts chocalates
4) people who are punctual
5) the way peterpan makes me feel (upset then happy then upset then happy again..)
6) mamat's muker busok/muker nangis and the other mukas i'm gonna teach him how to make
7) the state of pseudo slumber when i try to go back to sleep 10 mins after the alarms goes off

7 things i say the most

1) "la illaha il allah muhammad rasul allah salallahualaihi wassalam!"
2) "r..i..g..h..t..."
3) "really?"
4) "no shit, sherlock."
5) "oh mak kau meletop!"
6) "i'm sorry, i don't eat seafood."
7) "awaaaaaaaaaak!!!"


7 people to do this

1) erm...i dun have seven people. i want all who's reading this to do it.
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thanks bac2bac...this was fun!

awak's hamster died.

let's give the guy a moment.

Honeymoon

Our Sabah Sarawak Adventure

Day One - 27 May 2006

We started our adventure the night before by departing from Boon Lay Shopping Centre in a super cool and super fast bus ride to KL Pudu Raya. Having learnt my lesson from my previous LCCT brouhaha, we arrived at KLIA LCCT at the disgustingly early time of 5am. hello...our flight's at 9.30am. *grr*....we landed in Kota Kinabalu at 12.30pm, officially missing the jetty to Gayana Island and had to wait some more till 3.30pm when the next ferry departed.

The journey was well worth it. The ferry ride was very scenic. It being a Saturday and all, i was very surprised to see that there was hardly anybody around.





The 20-min ride brought us to Gayana Island Ecoresort. The view from out chalet was simply breathtaking...



Awak and i were dead tired from all that travelling from the night before, so we had an early dinner at the resort's seafood restaurant.



bathed by the approaching rain, we spent dinner reminiscing about our past, his BH 90210 hair days and my naughty years at CCKSS.

Day Two - 28 May 2006

Awak saved a life today! We were on our way to snorkelling just after breakfast when i spied a lil black bird swimming in the water.

Me: "Eh awak! See! That bird swimming!"
Awak: "Swimming ker haper. Dia jatuhlah."
Me: "HA?! Then he drowning? Dear YOU MUST SAVE HIM!"

so my dearest heroic awak, ever the lifesaver, took off his sandals right there along the boardwalk and jumped into the water to rescue Bird Bird


that little speck of black is Bird Bird struggling in the water.


awak to the rescue!


so brave, right? the water's filled with sea urchins y'know...


getting rid of the salt water on Bird Bird


then drying Bird Bird


hey the tissue didn't work...

So only after we made sure Bird Bird was safe and dry, we went to Hornbill Beach. The ferry driver left us all by ourselves at the jetty and said, "I'll be back in 2 hours."

The sun was out and the waters were clear. Awak had bought 3 packs of stale Gardenia bread to feed the fish. As soon as one piece hit the water, it was a free game feeding frenzy! Once, awak even saw a bigger fish eat up a smaller fish who was distracted in trying to get a bite of the bread.

As i held the bread in my fingers, fishes would swim up and take a bite. i guess they could not tell bread from hand; they kept biting me instead. and my toes weren't spared either. i kept swallowing salt water and i'd go "ouch!" "oww!" underwater.


fed fish from my feet

we made our way back to our room to wash up after the boatman fetched us back. it was only about 1.30pm and we thought we had plenty of time for lunch. RIGHT. the moment we finished our prayers, it started raining. and it poured. and it rained. it rained cats and dogs and bears and lions. so in the end we couldn't go out for lunch.

so awak and i stayed in, curled up on the sofa watching the lightning streak across the skies and the rain coming from all directions (yeah, even upwards from the water). cocooned in that uber-comfy state, i dozed off.

my stomach growled me out of sleep. having missed lunch, we were terribly hungry. so imagine the shock at looking at the clock to see that it was nearly midnight! wah lau we slept till so late! and there was no food...save for two packs of Mamee Cup Noodles we sneaked in from the mainland. so we had to make do with that and a packed of haw flakes.

Day 3 - 29 May 2006

I could kill awak. he tickled me out of bed today to make sure we got up before the sun did.


the boardwalk outside our room





We packed up and left Gayana Island Ecoresort feeling good about what lies ahead.


bubbyes Gayana!



We took the ferry back to Kota Kinabalu town and checked in our hotel for the night, the Kinabalu Daya Hotel. We dropped by a cybercafé to download pics into awak's thumbdrive and after lunch, we explored the pasar for gifts. The pasar was hot and stuffy but it sold a billion and ten items from knick-knacks to household items to sun-dried fish.

That night, we walked along Jln Haji Saman for dinner and we came across this huge field of food stalls! there must have been at least 100 different stalls selling local fare...*yum*...there was even this makcik selling sea grapes! awak got a whole BBQed fish for himself and i got my BBQ chicken wings. with steaming fried rice to go with that and hot teh tarik to wash it down with, we returned to our room for dinner.


awak eating sea grapes. (anggur laut, the makcik called it.)

Day 4 - 30 May 2006
After breakfast we headed to the airport to catch our MAS shuttle to Kuching. The plane transited at Bintulu and an hour later, we arrived in Kuching. At the airport, we caught a taxi to Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort. Awak had chosen this place and according to him, it was so secluded that the resort was self-sufficient and had their own in-house activities.

The 50 mins taxi ride was the most bumpiest and rough ride i've ever been on. seeing everyone pass by in their 4WDs and large stable MPV suddenly made a lot of sense on the Kuching-Damai terrain. the only soothing part of the ride was having awak holding the barf bag to my mouth and rubbing my back. oh yes...that and of course the breathtaking views of Putri Santubong and Putri Sejinjang helped with the motion-sickness too.





I LOVE OUR ROOM! we had a chalet that faced the vast beauty of the South China sea to the right and the heights of Mount Santubong to the left.











Awak and i spent the afternoon exploring the grounds and making a stop at the cyber station. It started drizzling after maghrib, so we ordered room service and stayed in for the night.

Day 5 - 31 May 2006

After breakfast awak and i rented bicycles to explore the neighbouring resorts and Damai village.

Remember the uber-rough taxi ride getting into the resort? Well, if a four-wheeled vehicle was akin to a roller coaster ride, imagine how it was like on a flimsy 8-speed piece of metal disguised as a mountain bike. *groan*

The trailed we covered along the foot of Mt Santubong was roughly (and i do mean that literally) 3 kilometres.







Exhausted, we returned to the resort for a quick shower and lunch before heading to the beach.

Awak's bright idea: to rotate 15 mins each at the jacuzzi-steambath-sauna stations routine. TWICE! the jacuzzi was good for soothing my tired body from the rough ride back and the sauna was relaxing for my sweaty body. but for some reason, i could not take the steam bath. the head went straight to my head, u felt woozy and dizzy all at the same time and at one point, awak had to help me out of the pool. i then insisted that we go to the beach like normal people and swam till sunset.


Day 6 - 1 June 2006

After breakfast awak and i took the shuttle to Kuching town and we were dropped off at Holiday Inn Kuching. After depositing our luggage, we set off to explore Kuching town.

We walked along Sungai Kuching and bought a gazillion things along the way. Tired and ready to be declared bankrupts, we headed to the airport, wondering what Kuala Lumpur will bring.

Hotel Malaya's main door opens right smack into Petaling Street! When we arrived that night, we had dinner at the nearby "kedai mamak" as they called it there.
Awak has his mee goreng pedas while i wanted some murtabak. when it came, i was pleasantly surprised!



the crust was tissue-paper thin! it was soooooo yummy and i've never come across murtabak with crust this thin and delicious. but check out the onions...



Day 7 - 2 June 2006

We didn't have much time today, coz awak had Friday prayers, so we headed out after breakfast to see KL early in the morning.





I met awak at the LRT station after zuhr and we headed down to KLCC to catch X-Men.

I've always wanted to eat at Nando's. The peri-peri chicken is reputed to be excellent so we had lunch there. Mistakenly ordered the platter.


the ever-ready fireman preparing for the fire...


as the waitress put it, "wow...boleh kenduri!"


the aftermath...

I only noticed that it was for 3-4 persons after the meal. the hot is HOT man! my eyes and nose watered, and if my ears produced liquid, they would have watered too.

That night we went into Shah Alam to meet mak usu, pak usu, mak lang, mak itam and the kids. Hee hee...lost our way but found a good makan place that served our food within 10 mins! not bad for a seafood restaurant. Awak tucked into the fish with vigour...poor baby...tak best eat seafood alone, so awak has had to abstain from seafood when we eat. i keep telling him, "eat lah whatever ever u want. very easy. chicken for me."

Day 8 - 3 June 2006

Awak and i started packing after breakfast and we checked out, heading towards the Ancasa Hotel where we were going to catch our coach back to Singapore. I saw an A&W across Pudu and immediately determined that we were going to have our last meal in KL at A&W.










And so our Sabah & Sarawak adventure ends. That's it. : )

For the full photographic account, please click on the Multiplying Omnichups link and view the four albums.

Because We Are More Than Just A Fan Club

BECAUSE WE ARE MORE THAN JUST A FANCLUB

The earthquake that struck Jogyakarta has left thousands homeless and in need of basic food, shelter and healhcare supplies.

Because we are more than just a fan club that supports Peterpan and their musical journey, AlamPeterpan seeks your kind generosity in extending relief to those in need.

The best kind of contribution would be in monetary terms, but these items are very much welcomed.

List of Needed Goods:
1. Medication and Health Supplies
2. Tinned Milk/ Baby's Milk Formula
3. Generator Set
4. Clothes
5. Drinking Water
6. Sanitary Napkins
7. Blankets
8. Sleeping Bags

Please contact Nurul at berriesngum@hotmail.com or Khai at omnichups@yahoo.com to coordinate your contributions.

Collection of donations will be done by the AlamPeterpan committee members in Singapore.

Donations will be in the care of Andika Naliputra, peterpan's keyboardist. Peterpan will be transporting the contributions back to Indonesia themselves after their 17th June showcase in Singapore.

And Back Again

HELLO MY BELOVED PEEPS!

i'm back...yes! it feels good and strange in a weird way to be back... : ) pics and updates will be up soon...

but first i wanna thank EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ON OF YOU for dropping by my page and keeping in alive and defending me and oh...*sob*...this is all so touching.... *lol*

be back in a jiffy!

Far Far Away

we'll be right back after we ...

Pasang Paip

everybody thought that somebody will take pictures.

in the end, nobody did.

so if you have pics from saturday, post 'em up, will ya? my photog is still hard at work.

Sloganize Your Name

this is blardy funny

i churned out these names...and see wat i got?

i tried a coupla other names. with hilarious results.

"Chups - It Looks Good On You"

"How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To The Centre Of An Uki?"

"Once You Pop, You Can't Stop Kautsar"

"Nazril With The Less Fattening Centres"

"Let's Face The Music and Boril"

"Your Bagong, Right Away"

"Four Out Of Five Dentists Recommend Andika"

"Loekman Comes To Those Who Wait"

"Strong Enough For A Man, Made For An Indra"

"Reza Tested, Mother Approved"

"You Can't Top An Alampeterpan"

go to http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi now to sloganize your name...then please share with me the yields...*lolrotf*

yeah yeah my washing machine is still on strike.

Alarm Bells A-Ringin'

my washing machine broke down iwanttodie.

The Sisterhood Of The Magnetic Chains

mood: feelin' chainy
music: the hardest thing - 98 degrees. ("and you will never know. cause there can be no happy ending")

thank you, my dearest sohabahs. for being there thru the thick and thin. thru the sun and the rain. thru the smiles and the tears. thru the jokes and the fears.

*getting sappy alert!* i'll share this with the rest of you...i'm sure you have come across this before in forwarded emails.

"A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.

"Don't forget your girlfriends," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass.

"They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you'll have, you are still going to need girlfriends. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. And remember that girlfriends are not you’re your friends, but your sisters, our daughters, and other relatives too. You'll need other women. Women always do."

'What a funny piece of advice,' the young woman thought. 'Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake, a grown-up, not a young girl who needs girlfriends! Surely my husband and the family we'll start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!'

But she listened to her Mother.

She kept contact with her girlfriends and made more each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, girlfriends are the mainstays of her life.

After 50 years of living in this world, here is what she learned:

Times passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up. Love waxes and wanes. Hearts break. Careers end. Jobs come and go. Parents die. Colleagues forget favors. Men don't call when they say they will.

BUT…girlfriends are there. No matter how much time and how many miles are between you.

A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it for yourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out.

The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called life, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still."

anyway...here are highlights of the The Inagural Meeting Of The Sisterhood Of The Magnetic Chains.


nak posing ker nak main pool?


*burp*


ben & jerry's fossil fuel


chilliz's snipe!


hey...didya know i berak berak that night? *gross!*


chilliz: "ouw...make her stop!"


The Sohabah's Sumpah

for more pics, check out my Multiplying OmniChups link.

and oh yes...chilliz dear, there is a word "snipe" in www.dictionary.com. you get to keep the points. : )

snipe:
a. Any of various lon-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common widely distributed species G.gallinago or C.gallinago.
b. Any of various similar or related birds.

The Inagural Meeting Of The Sisterhood Of The Magnetic Chains was brought to you by the letter M, the movie The Maid and the word "ouch!"