Man! this one is long!!
I have been busy and then ill over the past few days, so I didn’t have time to update. This one is going to be long........
22 February 2006 - My Birthday
Surprisingly excellent!! My mom called a day before, because she didn’t want to forget it again (she forgot last year. Called me at 6 a.m. 2 days later and apologized). So sweet!!! Heheh. Hilmi also called, shortly after my mom. Liza tried to call me that midnight, but I was at the computer cluster room, without my phone. So she wished me happy birthday online, through MSN.
I was a Wednesday, so I only had one hour of class. No one in my class knew it was my birthday. I didn’t want them to know, anyway. Had rehearsal at 3, and it went on until 9. Liz and Dania gave me cards. So sweet!!! Liza’s one has a very deep meaning. I’m riding the wave!! Thank you!! She claimed to have bought me a gift, too. Gimme, gimme!!! Some other people like Farahana, Iedil, and Fizan also wished me happy birthday. But Malaysian Night was one day away, so everyone was busy rehearsing.
In a nutshell, my 21st birthday was great.
23 February 2006 – Malaysian Night.
Woke up quite late, and decided to skip Mahgerefteh’s double Thermodynamics. We were told the day before to be at the Bloomsbury Theatre at 12, so I had to skip Maths too. Went to Sainsbury’s to buy some food for Hazim, Wan and Rizal who will be arriving in the afternoon for the show. Also bought some Paracetamol Plus caplets to help me survive the day. Helped the props people carry the furniture to the theatre. 12.45, only Jiehan and Jia Ying arrived, no sign of everyone else. At around 2, when everyone was there, we finally got to rehearse on stage. The actors had to sneak into the stage in between dance rehearsals to get used to the stage. The pressure was on. I was really nervous.
Hazim arrived at around 3, and I had to give him the directions to get to Bloomsbury from Victoria, because I was stuck in the theatre and couldn’t go and get him there. Luckily, he made it to Bloomsbury, safe and sound. Took him to my room, ran back to the theatre to get ready, and all of a sudden, the show was on!!!
Strangely, I didn’t get stage fright. I actually felt comfortable on the stage, and because Shasa wanted me to always say my lines to the audience, I was always looking at the audience, and I felt comfortable saying my lines to them. But I didn’t enjoy acting, though. I seriously think that I am not good. Well, it’s kinda obvious when you hear people laugh through your serious scenes, and they were pretty much silent throughout the scene which was supposed to be funny. I surrender. I’m a bad actor.
After the show, the foyer of the theatre was crowded with Malaysians doing what we do best – hang around taking photos!!! I stayed until there was hardly anyone left, took Hazim, Rizal and Wan to my room, and found out that they didn’t eat the food that I bought them!! The also told me that they kinda busted me – he-who-must-not-be-named found out that my room was totally empty that night, and he could have stayed with me, the only problem was that I don’t like him, so I won’t let him. Hazim and Rizal were supposed to tell he-who-must-not-be-named that they were staying with me for the night, but they didn’t, and Rizal was supposed to make up stories about why Faisal and Khalis decided to not come, at the very last minute. But they forgot, so I was busted. Thanks a lot, you guys!!! Hehehe. I can’t blame them. It was my mess.
On my way back from Victoria, Keas, Dina and their boyfriends boarded the bus I was in, and saw me. Keas was telling her boyfriend that I was the one who helped her put on the saree she was wearing that nigh, and he kinda gave me a dirty look. Hahahahaha. Relax, man!!! I know your girlfriend is pretty, but I’m not interested!!
24 February 2006 – Hell
I had lab. I can’t remember what happened the rest of the day. Seriously.
25 February 2006 – Call Me Mr Pig.
I was still ill, but I needed some socks, so I went to Oxford Street to get some. Rizal and Wan wanted to got to Harrod’s later in the afternoon, so I went there after a 4-course lunch. We were supposed to go back to Oxford Street to meet Ihab, but I was shivering, due to the effect of my miracle Paracetamol Plus wearing off. So they went ahead, and I went home and took a nap. I was woken up by a call from Liza. She asked me whether I wanted to go eat at Mawar with her and some other people. I was hungry, and I promised myself earlier that week that I would eat out in the weekend to celebrate my birthday, so I went to Mawar. It was packed, so we had to sit in the smoking area, and guess what??!! They also invited he-who-must-not-named!!! Apart from the awkwardness, it was ok.
Marriam was hyper and talkative, like usual. It was fun. So many people were at Mawar that night. Liza was really excited about the singer, who sings there every Saturday. I wonder why we didn’t stay until the end. Well, Marriam and I kinda showed that we didn’t like the singer. Maybe it made the rest feel uncomfortable, or whatever. I don’t know.
On our way to the bus stop, I stopped at Halal and bought a chicken shawarma. Before that, at Mawar, when Liza and Taj wanted to go get some ice-cream, I gave them some money to buy me a candy bar. I decided that night that I ate so much the whole day, I made all the pigs in the world look like they were on a diet.
26 February 2006 – Blur
I remember having breakfast with Wan and Rizal at Victoria that moring, bu I can’t recall anything else I did the whole day.
27 February 2006 – School
I went to my 9-0-clock, and went to the clinic. The stupid doctor just told me to take 6 paracetamols per day. But he gave me a note, so I could skip classes for 2 days. Coolness! I went to Thermodynamics that day, anyway.
I made bubur ayam, and it made me feel a lot better. Chicken breasts are expensive! But they were worth it.
I found out that the Erasmus-Connection party was on that night, and I didn’t want to miss another one, and I really could use a fun night. So I went to the party, and danced until 2 a.m. I was really ill by the time we got home. But it was fun.
28 February 2006
Made some more bubur ayam. Still ill. Thermodynamics was cancelled. Shouldn’t have gone to the party last night. I finished a box of Weetabix Minis.
And, on a totally different subject….
I was lying in my bed trying to sleep, and I wondered how I got through the hard times as a kid. And I remembered how I did not bitch about people. Instead, I used to spend a few minutes before I sleep imagining myself beating up the people that say bad things about me. It used to work really well. So I tried it. I tried to imagine myself having the things that I desperately wanted, but can’t have, and I woke up the next morning smiling, and even though I had a so-so day, I didn’t feel like cutting my wrists or jumping off my window (I’ve never actually thought of these…FYI). What a brilliant idea!!! Oh yeah and do you remember one episode of Desperate Housewives where at the end, the voice-over was saying “Every night before we go to sleep, we lie to ourselves,” bla bla?? It’s exactly like that!! And it works!
So I say “Screw reality. A wild imagination won’t hurt”
22 February 2006 - My Birthday
Surprisingly excellent!! My mom called a day before, because she didn’t want to forget it again (she forgot last year. Called me at 6 a.m. 2 days later and apologized). So sweet!!! Heheh. Hilmi also called, shortly after my mom. Liza tried to call me that midnight, but I was at the computer cluster room, without my phone. So she wished me happy birthday online, through MSN.
I was a Wednesday, so I only had one hour of class. No one in my class knew it was my birthday. I didn’t want them to know, anyway. Had rehearsal at 3, and it went on until 9. Liz and Dania gave me cards. So sweet!!! Liza’s one has a very deep meaning. I’m riding the wave!! Thank you!! She claimed to have bought me a gift, too. Gimme, gimme!!! Some other people like Farahana, Iedil, and Fizan also wished me happy birthday. But Malaysian Night was one day away, so everyone was busy rehearsing.
In a nutshell, my 21st birthday was great.
23 February 2006 – Malaysian Night.
Woke up quite late, and decided to skip Mahgerefteh’s double Thermodynamics. We were told the day before to be at the Bloomsbury Theatre at 12, so I had to skip Maths too. Went to Sainsbury’s to buy some food for Hazim, Wan and Rizal who will be arriving in the afternoon for the show. Also bought some Paracetamol Plus caplets to help me survive the day. Helped the props people carry the furniture to the theatre. 12.45, only Jiehan and Jia Ying arrived, no sign of everyone else. At around 2, when everyone was there, we finally got to rehearse on stage. The actors had to sneak into the stage in between dance rehearsals to get used to the stage. The pressure was on. I was really nervous.
Hazim arrived at around 3, and I had to give him the directions to get to Bloomsbury from Victoria, because I was stuck in the theatre and couldn’t go and get him there. Luckily, he made it to Bloomsbury, safe and sound. Took him to my room, ran back to the theatre to get ready, and all of a sudden, the show was on!!!
Strangely, I didn’t get stage fright. I actually felt comfortable on the stage, and because Shasa wanted me to always say my lines to the audience, I was always looking at the audience, and I felt comfortable saying my lines to them. But I didn’t enjoy acting, though. I seriously think that I am not good. Well, it’s kinda obvious when you hear people laugh through your serious scenes, and they were pretty much silent throughout the scene which was supposed to be funny. I surrender. I’m a bad actor.
After the show, the foyer of the theatre was crowded with Malaysians doing what we do best – hang around taking photos!!! I stayed until there was hardly anyone left, took Hazim, Rizal and Wan to my room, and found out that they didn’t eat the food that I bought them!! The also told me that they kinda busted me – he-who-must-not-be-named found out that my room was totally empty that night, and he could have stayed with me, the only problem was that I don’t like him, so I won’t let him. Hazim and Rizal were supposed to tell he-who-must-not-be-named that they were staying with me for the night, but they didn’t, and Rizal was supposed to make up stories about why Faisal and Khalis decided to not come, at the very last minute. But they forgot, so I was busted. Thanks a lot, you guys!!! Hehehe. I can’t blame them. It was my mess.
On my way back from Victoria, Keas, Dina and their boyfriends boarded the bus I was in, and saw me. Keas was telling her boyfriend that I was the one who helped her put on the saree she was wearing that nigh, and he kinda gave me a dirty look. Hahahahaha. Relax, man!!! I know your girlfriend is pretty, but I’m not interested!!
24 February 2006 – Hell
I had lab. I can’t remember what happened the rest of the day. Seriously.
25 February 2006 – Call Me Mr Pig.
I was still ill, but I needed some socks, so I went to Oxford Street to get some. Rizal and Wan wanted to got to Harrod’s later in the afternoon, so I went there after a 4-course lunch. We were supposed to go back to Oxford Street to meet Ihab, but I was shivering, due to the effect of my miracle Paracetamol Plus wearing off. So they went ahead, and I went home and took a nap. I was woken up by a call from Liza. She asked me whether I wanted to go eat at Mawar with her and some other people. I was hungry, and I promised myself earlier that week that I would eat out in the weekend to celebrate my birthday, so I went to Mawar. It was packed, so we had to sit in the smoking area, and guess what??!! They also invited he-who-must-not-named!!! Apart from the awkwardness, it was ok.
Marriam was hyper and talkative, like usual. It was fun. So many people were at Mawar that night. Liza was really excited about the singer, who sings there every Saturday. I wonder why we didn’t stay until the end. Well, Marriam and I kinda showed that we didn’t like the singer. Maybe it made the rest feel uncomfortable, or whatever. I don’t know.
On our way to the bus stop, I stopped at Halal and bought a chicken shawarma. Before that, at Mawar, when Liza and Taj wanted to go get some ice-cream, I gave them some money to buy me a candy bar. I decided that night that I ate so much the whole day, I made all the pigs in the world look like they were on a diet.
26 February 2006 – Blur
I remember having breakfast with Wan and Rizal at Victoria that moring, bu I can’t recall anything else I did the whole day.
27 February 2006 – School
I went to my 9-0-clock, and went to the clinic. The stupid doctor just told me to take 6 paracetamols per day. But he gave me a note, so I could skip classes for 2 days. Coolness! I went to Thermodynamics that day, anyway.
I made bubur ayam, and it made me feel a lot better. Chicken breasts are expensive! But they were worth it.
I found out that the Erasmus-Connection party was on that night, and I didn’t want to miss another one, and I really could use a fun night. So I went to the party, and danced until 2 a.m. I was really ill by the time we got home. But it was fun.
28 February 2006
Made some more bubur ayam. Still ill. Thermodynamics was cancelled. Shouldn’t have gone to the party last night. I finished a box of Weetabix Minis.
And, on a totally different subject….
I was lying in my bed trying to sleep, and I wondered how I got through the hard times as a kid. And I remembered how I did not bitch about people. Instead, I used to spend a few minutes before I sleep imagining myself beating up the people that say bad things about me. It used to work really well. So I tried it. I tried to imagine myself having the things that I desperately wanted, but can’t have, and I woke up the next morning smiling, and even though I had a so-so day, I didn’t feel like cutting my wrists or jumping off my window (I’ve never actually thought of these…FYI). What a brilliant idea!!! Oh yeah and do you remember one episode of Desperate Housewives where at the end, the voice-over was saying “Every night before we go to sleep, we lie to ourselves,” bla bla?? It’s exactly like that!! And it works!
So I say “Screw reality. A wild imagination won’t hurt”
