the joy and the crucial

I just finished watching Gossip Girl! Oh boy, that was a good episode! I've always try to find a favourite character whenever I watch a show. Apparently, it was not until these few weeks that I know who is my favourite character in this show. No, it's not Ms Gossip Girl. I actually love Chuck Bass! Damn I think he's hot. haha, probably right now u r going all "ewww" but yeah, I love his character, and I might as well love Ed Westwick who is playing that character. I hate the way he dresses on the show (his style was supposed to be all classy and regal), but his bad-boy character really caught my *heart*. Having said that..., no, I'm not into bad-a** boys. Just this time, it's a special case. He proves to be very naughty n devil-ish (Ms Gossip Girl called him so), but he has his romantic and sensitive side which I kinda like. Lolz. Kuddos to him for acting it so well :)
Oh, as for the female character, I love Serena. Love her style, her hair, clothes (inspired by Kate Moss), handbags etc etc basically everything bout her. huh. And I want Serena to get back together with Dan! shish! <--my new kinda thing.

Enuf with the d.r.a.m.a I actually gotta study this weekend. As much as I hate it, I have to start getting serious. I was talking to Andrew today and he made me realise how much thinking and consideration I have to make as I enter 4th year. The worst part is, I gotta start NOW! For one thing I know, I have to find a prof to become my mentor. This is for my thesis. As of now, I'm still clueless as to what I wanna do for my thesis. I thought of doing sedimentary, but Andrew said it's like too much core logging interpretations, not so much of the seismic interpretation which I love. I do have an interest in what Neil is doing. He is one hell of bright prof. He is researching on the first life on Earth could "born" at hydrothemal vents. Interesting, but Neil is a bit strict. However, I like his style. He pushes people to do work and sometimes extra work, which I like. So, I don't mind at all although I still have to think about spending time studying since I will be in my 4th year. I have to start thinking and decide fast! Oh, where r u going for winter break? i have few interesting idea. Izzy is going to Edmonton and Vancouver. I still have decide if I wanna follow her. shish. I'm always indecisive....whatevs, I will figure this one out soon.

Since I bore u with my story yg serious tu. Thought wanna show u some pics from my Thanksgiving weekend.

Not in favour of a smooooch from me ehh

TD Waterhouse Stadium. UWO Mustangs rocks this field all the time :)

blowing kisses to that player...whoever he is...


haha. in the starting position to dive in

i'm flying.....saket kaki pas ni

ouhh, tangan berdrama

peek a boo donnggg...

i can see the white lightt....

gotta run..

where i've been living for the past 2 years.

love the flowers, love me

mari2 mari2 pulangg...

selamat datang ke suite kami (#442)

takde apa2 laaa

seriously, why do i even bother to change my layout. it's just messy now. i lost most of my link, i have to find a picture, then i lost my quote of the day link which i cant seem to be able to add it ever since.


right now, i have no idea at all what to write. i'm just getting worse at this. i know i want to write bout so many things, but when i finally got the time to sit down and type....i just find my story is boring and lame. so takde lahh cerite


so sorry guys, no story to tell.
bunyi sedeh je. tp for the sake of updating my blog on a regular basis, i post this lamest of all post to tell u i got nothing for u. lame to the max, i know but i couldnt care less

What U missed over these couple of weeks...

This past couple of weeks has been damn crazy, and I bet it is happening on every one of us. We got our midterms coming up, hari raya, assignments....open house raya :) I know I've been too busy to update my blog and that left me with a lot of stories to tell. Somehow, I'll just cut it short eh.

Before anything, I want to ask u, have u ever stalk somebody before in your life? Be it on facebook, friendster, blog pages etc.... and I want to be honest here by saying, I do "stalk" people. Sounds way creepy eh.... Yea, I used this modern technology to find people and get to know things about them. And most of the time, I found out some things more than I should know....but that helps to clear out some of my doubts. Here comes the issue of privacy. I kinda break people's privacy in doing so. However, it is not that wrong because they put their life on display on such sites. But what I would not AND should not do is to tell him/her that I know. I normally just keep it to myself. I mean, u stalked somebody, and u want him/her to know...? com'on, that's creepy. Well, I brought this up for some reasons. I don't know if I've been stalked whatsoever, but I know some people are. So, could it be my blog has been used by some people as the source for this crime (haha)?? For so long, I thought my blog appeals only to my own circle, meaning the audience is only my friends...apparently, I was wrong. I'm pretty sure u can do some simple link to what I'm saying here. I do not want to make it too clear for, again, some reasons. that's all on that. U know, if my blog becomes private....sounds good too eh? what do u think?

I had an outdoor lab yesterday. I was not that excited for that outdoor lab, as a matter of fact I was never excited for the labs for that course. We have to meet up by Medway Creek cause we're going to measure the stream flow.....(I seriously DO NOT see how this link to Geology)...and Ranjeet (cikgu) asked for a volunteer, a girl and a boy, to wear the wet suit and these 2 people will be IN THE COLD WATER to measure the stream flow. Nobody wants to volunteer...cause it was 9.30am and it's freezing! Soon enough, one dude volunteered...and no girl want to volunteer. I told Izzy n Lilliana....there's no way I'm going in, although in my heart I was actually excited to go in, but the thought of getting wet and freeze myself in the water....gave me second thoughts. Suddenly, a girl volunteered, I said to myself "shish, now I have no chance". U see, u gotta grab the opportunity while it's there. Damn it! So she tried to get herself in that suit...sekali she said, I can't fit in this suit, it's too small and she checked the boot size for the suit and it's freaking size 5. And I think Ranjeet immediately looked at me, and I have no choice but to say, I'll do it. But it's not a forced decision, I want to do it by heart~ SO I had to walk in the stream....dalam the rapids, almost tripped myself in the stream and the flow was quite fast....I got pushed quite a bit. Shish habes! But at least I contributed :) Ranjeet was like, "look at this brave girl"...and "Farisa, are u ok?"...."Don't fall ok"...yea, damn right he has to be concerned.. huhu. I'm like the smallest girl there...and I have to "battle" the strong flow just to get data. Nevertheless, it was fun cause I got to do it and others just get the honour to watch it by the river banks. hehe. Oh yea, the water temperature was 12C. It was ok...tp sejuk juge if I had my hands in the water for too long.

Fine, now it's my hari raya story :) Weeeee!
The craziness starts with hari raya kedua after we got home from Kak Unda's place....as u can see, both of us had our lovely baju kurung which so happened to be of the same colour. This is totally unplanned! SO, see for urself. As always, I will provide with laporan bergambar.

So, it started with some simple raya pics in our living room. The title

for this pic is, "nak rasa kuih raya? kami buat ni"...

We gave the some of them to Kak Azia, and it was a big hit at Eid prayer :)

and brought the kuih to Toronto too to give them to Aunty Rahidah

Starting to warm the vain poses...

This is still consider acceptable

Haha...korup pics. This picture has a title: Rolling pin drives me crazeee.

Yea, I had the psycho face on the last pic~

I chose to stop here and continue with my pics from Toronto Eid Celebration. hehe, those pics are too darn vain n "corrupted" to be displayed. This rolling pin picture can give u a general idea what poses we will have after that..... (hint: korup tahap tak tahaaannnn~!!!!!!!!!)

Well, we've received an invitation from MASAT to attend their first ever event a.k.a Eid Celebration. So, we went there. Seronok juge... I get to meet old friends, and juniors too. Ramai gels juniors, sampai tak sempat nak kenal semua.

Nathan Phillip Square. We were hanging out with Ashley at this time.

Here is where Toronto Fashion Week is held, if I'm not mistaken.

Some statue somewhere along the way to U of T


Where Mbn lives, reminded me of Med-Syd - my residence in 1st year.
It looks somewhat like this....just less greener. haha



Ah, breakfast! Mbn belanja gune meal plan card. hehe.
All u can eat breakfast tuhhh AND they serve HALAL food here! damn it...
jeles syallll


makan breakfast ngan Linda! This place has a Harry Potter feel to it...woooo

Ah! Raya MASAT! Taylorians reunited after 2 years!! I can't believe

Mr. Joy came! I was very delighted to see him :) There are plenty of Malay food!

Including air bandung which I brought back to London makk aihhh.

Makan ape ek? Oh, we had nasi minyak, ayam masak merah, sate,

dalca, etc...dah lupa.

Linda, Me, Omar~

Sekampung. Kalau laa raya di kampung kannn...

On the way to Aunty's house~!!

It was cold, mine u.

Shafiqah, me and Khadijah yg comel. It seemed like I'm getting attach to kids now.

Oh dear, what happened..haha. bukan kahhh I'm not good with kids? Now I can even

baby sit kids. oh WOOWWWW! that's major to me....

oh, makanan dekat rumah Aunty: rendang, nasi impit, LONTONG (which I've been craving for so longggggggggggggg, thanks Aunty!), sate goreng, ayam merah, tonnes of kuih, air macam2...

the backyard shot.

too small for u to see, sorry...

tak nampak kann...aishh!

After leaving Aunty's house, I went straight to Ashley house. We kinda promised to stay there for the night. AND we're going to NUIT BLANCHE (aka white night in english) where they displayed contemporary art all over downtown toronto! It's just for a night from 7am to 7pm. Guess what? I went out at 1am! It was cold, no doubt bout that...I even had my winter gloves on. It was a one of a kind experience. The only flopside is MY CAMERA IS NOT THAT GOOD FOR NIGHT SHOT. so, I couldnt shoot many interesting things...cos it will be either too bright (due to flash) or underexpose...sigh! I totally recommend this to u, but just make sure u get enough sleep beforehand...I didnt sleep well for 2 nights before that, so I got pretty cranky...haha. sorry Ashley! Here are the 2 shots that I edited to make it look good.....

This doesnt count actually, cause it's a window display at Umbra :P but I like it.

Here's my fave! I've been eyeing this eversince I got the book that shows all the art display.

I ranked this as No 1 MUST SEE~!! It's actually thousands of books stacked to make this.

Using the colour of the book's binder, the artiste create a picture actually, of a sunset by the beach...and this is suppose to represent a hut (I guess).... and ruined hut...

Ok, that's all for now. I'm just staying in for the Thanksgiving holiday. Mbn, Linda, Nasri and I initially planned to go hiking....but that does not work out hehe

Later.

Saya bukan Kim Possible...

haaa, for those u r curious bout kenaikan elaun petronas. here's a brief copy+paste conversation i had with En. Aznan. En Aznan tegur nak tanye pasal dah settle belom pasal tiket MAS yang korup tuh. Pastu, selam laa air sekali ngan soalan2 elaun since he walked on me the last time i did! This time, he had to answer :P Sometimes I wonder why I have to do all this haha... despite of course la kene bebel ngan En. Aznan by the end of this conversation. Tapi let me bear that, so I'm not gonna post the bebel part cos I'm sure u don't wanna read bout it~

Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:40 AM): pastu en aznan...
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:42 AM): saye nak tanye...
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:16:48 AM): buleh ke
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:16:59 AM): psal elaun naik
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:03 AM): naik?
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:17:10 AM): wahhh tepat sekali!!
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:17:15 AM): haah, nak tahu...naik ke tak?
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:22 AM): isyallah
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:17:49 AM): naik tu dah gerenti la
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:23 AM): buku naik
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:18:32 AM): ic nice nice
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:41 AM): 60/40 pun naik
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:18:56 AM): semua naik la
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:19:00 AM): 60/40 naik...meaning?
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:19:58 AM): sekarang 60% is 396
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:20:25 AM): 40% is 264
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:20:55 AM): yes.
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:21:32 AM): mudahan kita tak perlu tunggu lama
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:21:44 AM): tapi kita tetap kena bersabar
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:21:58 AM): ooo, so bila akan naik tu tak tahu lagi laa ye
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:22:44 AM): I do not think its gonna take long
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:10 AM): nice. tah kenape semua orang tanye saye bile elaun akan naik
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:12 AM): hehe
Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:23:15 AM): bersabar la wahai anak-anak ku
Farisa Zaffa (9/4/2008 10:23:24 AM): sabar2....


Aznan Saad (9/4/2008 10:25:13 AM): nak tanya satu, are you "kim possible" ? <--- paling tak tahannnn. Lawak dowhh

k guys, kanak2 petronas...minta bersabar n doa laa byk2 supaya by january dah naik. and janglahh pegi gedix spend what's left at the thought that elaun akan naik. Sekian laporan Cik Glammm

western, i love u

Feels like writing in Bahasa Melayu for a change.
Dah seminggu dah smpai London. Tapi, to tell u the truth, tak rasa macam dah settle down pon. Banyak lagi barang tak unpack! Our kitchen masih tak berasap, makanan pon takde. SO, for the past 7 days, kitorang makan kat rumah Kak Azia for the most part. Dah makan, tido lagi rumah die, then sahur pulak! Oh gosh! Ade 2 hari je makan kat rumah sendiri, tu pon 1 hari die bekalkan bekalan utk berbuka n sahur. Darn, I felt so bad cos being too dependent on people.

Dah seminggu ni...kelass pon ok. Most of my classmates macam sama je ngan tahun lepas. Tapi this year, takde klas pon ngan KF! ape kess! Baru teringat die different program, tp what the heck...haha, Izzy must be laughing at this! hah. sorry guys, this is totally an inside thing.....
This year, I will be a bit more active with my social life. IISA-klab bdak2 Indonesia- ade macam2 things planned out and since I'm the secretary..I have to be active AND I think I might change few things...for example, devote one day for a Malaysian Day :P And, I intend to be an active member of Outcrop Club too. Walaupon dah miss one activity hari tu iaitu Geopub..hah, time for some ethanol lerr (the way Megan put it).

Fine, lets not bore u anymore with my "amazing" first week....
n just skip to the pictures.
Ni pictures on the way to Canada. We flew from KL-NY-Toronto. And amik shuttle to London!

KLIA, as u might already know. Over skit ye baju tuh, siap dgn rantai!

Semua2 tuh baru tuh...

Boeing 777. This is one freaking huge aeroplane. 2 tingkat, I think this is the plane they usually use to fly to London, UK. NY plane is usually smaller than this. 1 tingkat je ...

First meal in the plane. Omelette with sausage.

Note: tu jam tangan baru

This is my breakfast. Sedap laa juga. Better than Izzy's Nasi Lemak. huhuhu

Nasi Lemak Izzy yang ok lerrr rase die... but cant beat my omelette!

Snack yang dimakan after baru bangun tido donggg

Gamba 2 Si comel. U know, we had one very similar picture we took in our first year.

That was on a flight to London....

Expected kann, kami takde keje lain on this 13 hours flight to Stockholm...

Makan lagi..Lunch this time. It's rice with steamed veggies and lemon fish

yang tak sedap! the lemon fish is a bit too sour for my liking

Makanan Izzy yang lagi sedap than mine.

cesss, chicken bbq with potatoes and veggies

hehehehe...

Stockholm, Arlando International Airport. Love the floor... We stopped here for 1 hr 30 mins,

and the custom check semua went ok and not that long, so ok lahhh.

Object of attention here is the hot European guy at the back! hahaha, me and Izzy

are always on cute boys hunt :P J is always welcome to join.

Kasut kami pada hari itu. Dua2 pon baru!

Cincin2 kami pada hari itu. That ring on my ring finger was given to me by my late grandmom.

She bought it in Mekkah. Yang middle finger tu, cincin baru....ibu belikan

Chicken Sandwich with 2 jenis air. Satu susu and satu air best...

and it's not apple juice....

Got milk? hehe

somehow stewardess itu rase klakar that we asked for milk and she keeps bugging us with

"sedap ke susu tu?" weirdo...but i know kombinasi air yg dipilih sgt pelikkkk... boo hooo

Cheers, susu... and that's Miley Cyrus on the cover of Cleo...

Cheers, air sedap! dah nak habes dahhhh... Gile pointless dowh duduk dlm plane lama2

Air2 kami yang pelik pada hari tu....

Dinner yang sedap! Black peppe chicken with rice and steamed veggies

Newark Liberty Airport....yeah! kami dah smpai NY after 20 hours flight...rasa lapar lagi! so kami makan lahh di food court die yg best laa juge. ade kedai asian cafe ke ape, situ ade mamat malaysian keje...die tegur kami almost everytime kami di sana....(3 kali dah). ni pizza cheese sodap...

and kami habeskan makanan kami dgn air ini! share je :P

ini perlu cos kami nak stay up seluruh malam sebab takde orang plak nak jage beg.

Since we have to stay up the whole night, we decided to watch some TV shows, luckily, I have the first episode of the new season of OTH. best dong tgk...tak peduli pon pasang speaker kuat2. hehehe. NY airport ade ramai laa juge orang walaupon dah pagi2 buta. but still, barang kene jaga, now kann byk kess orang letak dadah dlm ur bag. and after that, we kinda just take a look at pictures and start to remisnisce...termasuklahh gamba2 kitorang first year dulu. we look kinda dorky back then. haha, but this year....kitorang ade misi yang sgt banyak. tp misi tu semua berthemakan "all out", so go figure!

SO by 4am, kami lapar balek! maka, kene laa sahur bagi yang berpuasa...

inilahh makanan kami.

geez thanks, we know that already :P

dalam ni bukan coffee dong.... :P

haaa, ni sahur saye. agak lame ye name perisa tuhh...

thought might try this one out cos of the dorky flavour.

hehehe....sedap laa gak mee cup nihh. dah lapar, semua pon makan...

waiting for my flight to YYZ (toronto)

Now that I'm back in London, I felt so relieved from all the travel I had to do just to get here. My jetlag this year was pretty bad. After 3 days, I still have jetlags...which is uncommon to me cos my jetlag is normally just 1 day. But it's ok, i just cherish myself with all the much needed sleep. Now pon dah bulan puasa. We have so many plans for this month. One of them pastinye pegi makan wonder sushi yang sedap. Ade laa gak some parties yang mcm nak attend cos kawan2 yang buat. Then dah nak raya.... nak buat open house. dah ajak dah few people...suruh mereka buat some room utk dtg london...hehehe.

pengumuman: kepada kanak2 petronas, elaun kite akan naik! haha. ni bukan fantasy, tp benar. saye pegi chat ngan en aznan hari tu. just that, bile elaun akan naik adelah ragu2 lagi tp die kate pretty soon lah. and saye fikir akan berlaku this january. tp janganlah korang pegi spend all ur money laks...just at the thought die akan naik...tunggu laa dah confirm aite!

k lahh, saye ni rase sgt macam nak shopping yang macam2. sebab duit summer yg banyak. saye ade mcm2 dlm wish list saye... nak tahu ape ke? hehe, saye pon rase nak ckp sbb mana tahu ade orang rase generous pas bace sini and nak belikan saye perkara itu, i will feel very happy bout that. saye mahu: seluar jeans baru, boots baru - mahu suede and flat, bootie from la senza, a lot of sleepwear yang kiut, sunnies baru, clutch lagi utk tambah dlm collection, and ape lagi ek....high heels yg ala2 gladiator-the newest trend yg any girl will fall for it. hari tu kan, nmpak satu budak western ni kat kedai buku, die pakai cardi with a fancy top and high waisted super short shorts, and paired that outfit with a gladiotar sandals AND an oversized handbag....lolz, i was laughing sikit2 dlm hati. alamak, ni semua hot new trends in one go. ape donng, take it easy laa sikit. And pls take note, high waisted pants/shorts/skirts/jeans are not for everyone... tp that's the nature here at Western, everybody nak pakai new trends tu, konon nak jadi trendsetter lerr tuh kat sini. I dont care pon, cos i enjoy ppl watching :) plus budak2 western kann hot, be it laki or perempuan. U might think I'm just full of myself dgn statement itu, tp dtg laa sendiri n tgk.... mmg ONLY IN UWO :)

k guys n girls, ciao dulu yerr...mcm nak buat groceries je nihh! nak gi pasar tau. first time ni nak gi pasar...and nak gi kedai cina skali...

tired but rewarding

Pardon me for neglecting my dear blog for quite awhile, almost 1 month I must say. That's the longest time ever going on without posting anything. Well, I'm sure you are all very well aware that I've be freaking busy...With what? Duh-uh! Packing of course and shopping too! This time my shopping trip is more like buying people presents and food items yg segera and stationaries etc. No clothes, shoes or jewelleries for that matter. Hehe....percaya ke? lolz, I was hoping u wont. Hahaha. Yeah, I did buy A SHIRT, A PAIR OF FLATS and 2 NECKLACES! but that's it, nothing more. That shirt is to be worn on the day I left Malaysia i.e dlm flight lahhh cos I have to look all very dressed up and glam. hehe. And the flats n necklace would also be included in my flying-to-canada-wardrobe. Hah. I didn't even find any handbags of my taste, which is a huge dissapoinment. Well, bukan takde...tapi mahal. haha. I was aiming for Guess or UCB but, biasalahhh....if you dont have RM300-ish, don't bother yourself. So, to give myself a lil comfort, I thought of buying a bag at Aldo. haha.

Anyways, enough bout that nonsense. lolz. hush, don't tell the rest of the dateenz that I said talking bout fashion n shopping are nonsense, they will freak out! *grin*
As of now, I put on hold my packing duties and focus more on getting a ticket back to Toronto. This u might not know yet, unless u've been talking to me this past few days. Guess what? Our award winning airline, MAS that is, decided to cancel my flight to NY...OMFG huh! and they rescheduled me on Saturday. This is soo unacceptable, not if I got to know about it 2 days before flying. I'm a messed yesterday trying to figure out how the hell am I gonna get my compensation from MAS because I have to pay penalties if I want to change my connecting flight from NY to Toronto. Damn it! However, I have to give myself credit for fighting for my rights (ni EN Aznan cadang)...because MAS decided to pay for the penalties! YESS! I'm all very excited yesterday. Now I'm all very calmed, but I still have to inform SO MANY PEOPLE about this change of date. This is very tiring..... and expensive on the phone bills too!

So, I'm only concentrating on going back right now. I feel a slight feeling of euphoria this time...I just don't know why. All I know, Izzy and I have decided to go shopping for our back to school wardrobe. haha. Mesti ade sale yg best! OK, peace out for now.