Juventus vs Inter "Ti Odio" Milan

I have no time/resources at the mo to write a long post on this super intense game - all I can say is that this victory was very, very crucial, and if you know me well, you'd know how much I DESPISE the Nerazzurri. Fuck anyone who wears the black and blue jersey... Forza Juventus! Am VERY VERY happy..

ps Dear god please please please please let us win vs Bayern Munich, that's our most important game to date

Cold Acre

Hi folks, am safely back in KL alhamdulillah. There were a few minor glitches on the way to Tullamarine airport, flight was delayed slightly but it went smoothly - the view of the sky was magnificent, and for some reason the only thing I could think of was "air movements/circulation and how that generates rainfall and cold/hot cloud conditions" - something I learned this year in one of my engineering subjects. But it was simply breathtaking, there was the moon, a rainbow, and Bon Iver's "The Wolves" was playing while we were descending, I was completely immersed in nature's beauty for a moment... Oh, but I had a bitchy stewardess :(

Anyhoots, was greeted by Khatijah and mama, went home and the surprised look on Pa's face was well worth it, as well as Khalid's and Salmah's. The whole family had a big muhibbah dinner (yum). Yesterday I followed Salmah to arkib negara, that was interesting - I read a 1904 newspaper, those gigantic ancient yellow coloured papers ... we also used microfilms for other old newspapers and I felt like I was in a movie doing some sort of research hehe. It really was an interesting place. Funnily enough you can't get any newspaper articles regarding May 13th, they're all deemed "rosak" (hmmmmmm....)

Cats are as whiny and cute as ever, my maid is mean to them, my house looks exactly the same - I guess I'll only get to see its new face next year, construction's really slow - I feel happy being able to laze around and just watch telly in my room. Have to come up with an itinerary for the family for Krabi, and am thinking of working for brother while I'm on hols since I have nothing to do and it'd be great to help him out with his first big project, hope all goes well.

Random thought: wtf everyone has their own tv show, "Hey Paula", "Giuliana & Bill" ? Who watches this shit?

Cagliari vs Juventus

THIS IS NOT JUVENTUS, ALL OF YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF THAT JERSEY AND WORK AS JANITORS. HARSH? WELL YOU DESERVED IT MOTHERFUCKERS!

Kelly

Lutfi and I both missed the Eid prayers, something I regret and I knew it was gonna go downhill onwards for that day - neither managed to wake up on time (kinda miss being woken up by ma). Was suffering from another bout of the homesick blues and I stayed in bed until 5pm, until Houngers called and I decided to get up. Houngers came over and we watched the telly, I really appreciated his company, he had no good reason to come but I knew he knew he was doing me a favour and for that I'm very grateful. After a while I decided to get out of the house and therefore left for the after exams party with Daniel, met everyone else and while they were busy dancing the night away I was being a bore and sitting on the couch, I had a relaxing time so that was good.

Stayed in bed still on Saturday (I swear I'm bored shitless in Melbourne now that everyone's gone) and later left for Princess Sarah's party, it had awesome finger food and Sarah's a real doll! I think she had a great time and that's all that mattered. It was raining and I was tired (or maybe being self indulgent) left for home early, chilled, cleaned the house (it was in a post world war state) and left my skins dvd on the telly to accompany me.

Was supposed to make mashed potatoes for Lutfi, woke up relatively early (for my standards anyway) and made my way through the rain to safeway. Picked out all the ingredients including a masher, and at the counter I wanted to pay using my bank card and it was declined. That was rather embarrassing and I checked my bank balance, which was zero - am guessing the money ma sent recently didn't go through due to eid festivities - I was really sleepy, it was raining and I had to walk back empty handed since I had no money at all (therefore couldn't buy a tram ticket) and small things like this can almost make me teary eyed. Reached home, was a bit emo but the sun started to come out and made my way to Lutfi's and apologized profusely. Well not really, but still, everyone was asking where my food was and I felt extremely embarrassed, now strangers know me as the cheapskate/freeloader. Which I probably am. But today was great though, totally made up for my ill spent Eid on Friday, I stuffed myself with so much food, and I mean so, so much - I couldn't stop. We watched the local movie "papadom" in the living room, after half an hour or so I started dozing off on the floor. Woke up, ate some more, did my part by cleaning up a bit and then left for home and now here I am. Was really thankful for the great hospitality, much appreciated.

Now I'm just concentrating on the idea of going back home and spending time with my family, and trying not to think about how much I'm going to miss those who are graduating and those I won't see until March, and least of all how lonely summer's going to be. If there's one thing I hate it's goodbyes, I'm never good at them, but it tugs at my heart like a BITCH.

Alice Practice

Sid, Tony 2x03

Tessellate

Exams are over. I don't think I did well academically and maybe I shouldn't do so but personally I take solace from the fact that I think I did as a matter of fact survive this exam season. I know I shouldn't use last semester as a benchmark seeing that I was a complete and utter mess, but there were moments when I really really wanted to just breakdown over the stupidest of things or resort to unhealthy habits but didn't this time around - and for that, I am really thankful. I couldn't have done it without the support of my family and friends, and ending this exam season without a major mishap is a really big victory for me. So I thank those who stayed close to me and I hope in your time of need, I'll be good to you as you have been to me.

And now, time to go crazy.

Electricity

Something about this moment at 6.15am listening to one of my fav british bands of all time Suede that brings me back to my high school days and making me want to blog mindlessly... WHAT IS UP WITH SALLY?

Better question - what is up with Juventus? Well Trezeguet's out for 30 days so YEAH I won't be seeing DP-Trez combo anytime soon, sigh we Juventini knew having an (almost) full squad at our disposal was too good to be true...

1. I made an attempt at cooking nasi lemak today. True to Salihah style, strange things happened.

The coconut rice itself didn't turn out so well - might've put in too much coconut and too little sugar, had to cook the rice close to 6 times for it to cook properly - in the end it became too soft but let's blame Houngers for that (the boy was nice enough to help to begin with.) GET THIS - I was impatient while the eggs were being boiled so I took it out. Peeled them and they weren't fully boiled so Houngers said we should put em in the microwave. Fair enough, when I took the eggs out they somewhat resembled what... properly boiled eggs would look like.

So, as I was about to dig in my nasi lemak, sambal and egg, I poked at the egg with my spoon and it BLEW UP. I'm not kidding, it made a loud POPing sound and some of the yolk splashed out. Can you imagine, being hungry as ever and I was about to eat that godly meal and THE EGG BLEW. Bloody hell! Well in the end we just laughed about it but still! Damn egg.

2. I am officially addicted to The Big Bang Theory.

It's true. although most people say it'll bore you over the seasons, and maybe the jokes are repetitive, I don't care. The truth is I enjoy the facts Sheldon and Leonard dish out. And I find Leonard weirdly attractive, I just do, and it freaks me out, I like his mannerism, I think it's cute and I really ought to stop here - I love his on screen chemistry with Sheldon, Sheldon's just fantastic, with his twitching and weird laugh (not forgetting that frightful smile of his.) Penny has an annoying bitchy face but a nice body so that's that. Wolowitz is a horny bastard but his colourful choice of clothes always interests me, and Raj is probably the first good looking Indian I've seen on the telly in a Western show (sorry folks.)

3. I am doing summer and am having a fucking panic attack over it.

Need I say more? Things are not going according to plan, even my summer one. GAH. Already booked my flight BACK to this ungodly place I am trying to fit into but can't and won't belong. (drama queen mode on)

4. Oh I don't fucking know, everything's the same with me (I take that as a good thing), my sleeping hours are crazy, I don't know how to prioritize, but nothing no one doesn't know about. Shit, why do I feel so damn restless at 6.40 am? Maybe because it's 6.40 am and I haven't slept. But so what? The nasi lemak is keeping me awake (I realize that contrasts the general consensus that nasi lemak, in fact, makes you sleepy) ... maybe I should sleep on my sofa bed tonight instead of my bedroom.

5. Oh! I just discovered "standby mode" on my laptop.

Amazing, I don't think it uses battery life and I don't feel like my laptop's about to blow out anytime soon for keeping it on for days!

That is all. Ta. Da? Ta? This post is too long for my liking, might delete it. I hate, hate, hate, feeling restless. HATE. What is the cure for this? Ha, I know what mama would say. Oh, god, I'm feeling restless, maybe I should just go to sleep, but - oh shut up and just GO. Mmmmhhh.

6. Oh I've figured it out - pms.

(Which is the abbreviation for perpetual motion society in the big bang theory hee, hee) I like Leslie too, she's funny "oh leonard you wild beast." HAHAHA alright nonsensical gibberish good night ladies and gents.

To Build a Home

Hm, things are not going so well for a very dear friend at the mo and I can't help but feel sad... I can be quite affected if my friends are unhappy, I just hope things will be okay and I'll try to be there as much as I can. Although it must be said it has left me in a pretty reflective mood and pondering if things would've been different had I chosen a different route, I can't say that I didn't regret the fact that I didn't... but no matter, I will only entertain myself with all these thoughts when exams are over. I am very happy I've come to a point where I am able to compartmentalize my thoughts, it's a pretty useful skill! Hehe. Insya Allah all will be well ...