BUSY BEE.

As you can see above,this is an illustration of me attempting to

study :)

Unfortunately,truth be told. I was on facebook :]

la la la la la.

As Quoted by: Monty Burns

"Monday morning. Time to pay for your two

days of debauchery,you hungover drones."

Summer Part I

It has been a good 3 months since i left Philips Academy Andover Massachusetts . It is amazing how fast time passes by especially when we are having fun or shall i say having the time of our lives. I must admit, this is a good year for me,alhamdulillah. I have got a loving family, great friends and awesome summer buddies.I am used to being around with people i know and it is going to be a difficult transition for me. I have always been a reserved person especially to new people. It's not that i am snobbish,which i am often mistaken as but i am in reality afraid and quite timid.

That was why i decided to go for summer school. Oh how it was the Best Summer Ever! I wanted to experience boarding life to prepare for next year. The friends i met were more than great. They regarded me as their own siblings. I miss doing our laundry together,ordering chinese food and then eating it down at the quad, and yes i do miss 'finding a 17 th century coin 5 feet under' ;). Those memories cannot be re-lived but i am sure i will cherish it forever. It was a new and exciting experience. It was in a way,quite of a culture shock. I have been living in Malaysia all my life and all of a sudden im in the States. A more liberated country,it was a place of free expression. In Malaysia,it is impossible for me to dress up in mini skirts and tube tops. It dosent not neccesarily mean that i dress up like that there,but as a girl i feel more safe. I don't get the feeling that im constantly being watched.

For the fist time, i met people my age from a a wide range of backgounds with diverse cultures.

It was intimidating at first but i decided that im only going to live once and will make the best of it. I was actually 3 days late for the session. I remember that it took me 45 minutes to find my house, 'Bancroft'. When i did find it eventually,i realised that i did not have a key and so i waited and waited for someone to rescue me out of my dilema. That's when i saw an American Chinese girl entering the house. And from a far,i screamed out of my lungs,"Hi excuse me,please wait! Im new and i havent got a key!" while i dragged my two big black monsterous luggages into the house! To my delight,it was a four story house in which i had to carry by bags. I swear, it was the most heaviest bag i have attempted to carry. That is until a security guard so kindly carried it up for me!

Each room was identified with our names written on it. Then i found a room with an A4 sized paper,turned horizonally which said,"Nurul Alyaa Jamaludin". I held the door knob and realised it was unlocked. My room mate must have left it like that to ensure that i could enter. I looked at my room,it was reasobly with a single bed,a desk,a closet and a few shelves. As i started to unpack my bags. I heard a commotion. When i opened my door,i was suprised to see the faces of five thrilled gilrls. All of whom were roughly my age. They introduced themselves as, 'Chia,Sofia,Katherine,Guilia and Stephanie'. They were from Hong Kong,Italy,American,Germany and Taipei. They said that they heard of a 'new girl' and so rushed to find out who it was. It was a funny introduction with those hyper girls. After i unpacked they gave me a tour around the school. Showing my the 'Commons' which was the dining hall, The Gelb Scince Center, The Theare/Auditorim,the Gym, The Pool,The Arts building and finally the George Washington Hall which was where our mails were sent. We had our own personal mail box. Unfortunately i did not know how to open my mailbox. We had to twist the knob according to the instructions and until this day i am still unable to do it! My freinds would always have to help me! How embarassing!

That night i met my room-mate finally. Her name was Christine Alpasan and she was an American Chinese. We were really close althought we had different intersts and different group of friends. She was different form everyone else. She was ecentric and artistic not in a Picasso way but in an Andy Warhol way. Who said i didnt meet any boys? Okay,reality check. There were so many guys. Don't even get me started because i wont stop talking. The first guy i met was Alan. Alan Juliano. He was an American but had lived in Japan all his life. I love him so much. He is so fun to be around with and you can tell him everything and he would just listen. How cool is that!? I loved to hear him speak Japanese,especially with the thought of him being an American. He was just so funny! Once he even asked me if i could teach him to walk on fire! That was it,i laughed and could not stop! Then there was Michael, a Lebanese living in Paris. He cracked me up that guy. Okay,so he could not speak proper English but i loved the fact that he tried to express his feelings! "Sushi is so Beautiful." haha! And then finallu there was Victor Malek,another Lebanse but living in Monaco. Okay,he was just a an absolute darling. Except for the fact that it took him about a week to remember my name! He would always annoy us in the Library at night! And he would take my stick notes and put them on his face like a peacock!!

My first night there,alone. I felt home sick and i cried. I terribly missed my family. But i told myself to be strong, to keep my head up high and most importantly to be brave to give myself the chance to experience a chance of a lifetime.

This was just the Beginning.

SITCOM JUNKIE.

I have been addicted to sitcom's lately.

I've been watching Friends,Grey's Anatomy and Gillmore Girls!

It started ever since i dicsovered a new website: http://www.aaluc.org/ Thanks to by Summer Buddy 'Katherine' (who is all the way across the world in seatle) Yeah,finally found a replacement after http://www.tv-links.co.uk/ was shut down. The guy got arrested for gods sake. Oh well.

FRIENDS: Don't even get me started. It's my all time favourite stand up comedy. Oh God,it seriously cracks be up till my tummy hurts.

Grey's Anatomy: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I LOVE MCDREAMY :] I mean,its just so good. COME ONE. ADMIT IT ;) With the irresistable doctors,amazing surgeries and scandalous relationships,what's not to love?

Gillmore Girls: I just started watching it and im loving it the more i watch it. I mean,it's considered the 'mother' of all sitcoms. :) Oh,i absolutely enjoy every episode! It has the mother-daughter thing going on. Hilarious and Sweet.

And Dhessy, has been constantly bugging be to watch 'Veronica Mars'. Which i will Dhessy! That is,when Danny Boy lends me his box set. =/

Basically,i dont have a life. No love/hate relationships and no high school drama's. PHEW. Thank God for that. :)

I've illustrated a few for you : )

Ciao Love.

P.S my picture is abit messed up. I dont know how to put it side by side,it spent 15 minutes trying to move it.

Bye Donkeys. ;)

Three Summer's Ago.

I woke up at 5 am in the morning and ate roti-canai for my sahur. YUM. I could hardly stay awake while eating,my eyes were half open and i almost stumbled down my stairs. T. T I still ate, even though i cant fast :( . But it's going to be my last Sahur until next year! It's the Eve Of Raya and im getting really excited. After which i slept till like 9am! Then i went to do henna on both my hands to celebrate the festive season! But,knowing me i got it all smudged after just five minutes. GREAT. Then me and adilla went to get our hair done :) My hair is all 'curly-wurly' now ;)



Then we went to the airport to fetch my mama!! YAY! She just got back from Russia! woohoo.
She was away for about 8 days i think. It felt extremely long,i think it was because we were fasting so it just made things worse. My DAD on the other hand isn't even going to be here with us during Raya. huh? Raya without abah? That's no fun. Not at all. :( Im just so bummed right now. I just got off the phone with him and he told me that he would only be back on Sunday,second day of Raya. That's okay i guess,but im so sad that he's not going to be here. But he's the head of the family and it's just not right for him to me missing out on this special ocassion.So im just really groggy and moody now because of that. "But better late than never right?"
I guess so. This is just one of the few things my family has to sacrifice for my dad'a job.

I just realised something.
I haven't celebrated Hari Raya with my whole family in Five Years.
First my sister left,then my brother and now my abah isn't here.
And next year it's my turn.
When will we all be a complete family again?
I really miss that. It's a sad fact,but it's my life.
It's just going to be me,adilla and my mummy.

The last we were all together as a family.
Three Summer's ago.

WRITERS BLOCK.

So im having a Writer's Block.
What could possibly worse than that when you're suppose to write an essay?

8am in the morning and we started off with English. I love writing essays. It's just that today we had to write either on 'Football Fans' or 'Fifteen minutes of Fame'.
Me? Football? You have to be joking. Me and Footy? We just dont click. I havent watched a single FULL football match ever and you expect me to write an essay about it? I dont think so darling. However,i did watch one football match it was the Final's during the World Cup. Why? Well because i love Italy and France thats why. The next match i'll be watching will be during the next world cup,that's like 3 years away. So Yes. Im pretty much useless when it comes to footy.

So,my Best Friend Dhessy,convinced me to write about 'Fifteen minutes of Fame'. So i agreed. It seemed to be simpler and it has NOTHING to do with footy. So it's all good. :) Im using 'Cayote Ugly' the movie as my inspiration and drive to write my essay. Hopelly it'll work out.
Unfortunately,i have come acrossed a silly WRITERS BLOCK. GREAT. *sarcastic voice* ahem.

So Far, this is what i have written (out of 400 words)
"Living a lie was something . . . . . . . . . . . "

So if anyone would be so kind to lend me a lend with my problem. I would really appreciate it.


Sincerely,
Alyaa a.k.a Rotten Apple.

WRITERS BLOCK.

Purification of the Mind,Body,Heart & Soul

Assakamualaikum,

It's finally the month or Ramadhan :) Alhamdulillah & Praise Be to Allah S.W.T
This month,is considered the Holy month. When the Satan is locked up in chains.
This is the month,where Muslims fast and practice abstinence. It is a time of reflection at ourselves. I hope to be a better person during this month and after,insya'allah. May Allah S.W.T Bless my Loved ones. Family and Friends.

The fast is intended to be an \ act of deep personal worship in which Muslims seek a level of closeness to God. It's purpose is to to cleanse the inner soul and free it from harm. It also allows Muslims to practice self-discipline, sacrifice, as well as sympathy for those who are less fortunate, intending to make Muslims more generous and charitable.

It is in a way,the purification of the mind,body,soul & heart.

Much Loves,alyaa.

Summer BBQ!

Oh. What a way to end the summer!

Hosting a BBQ ofcourse! ;)

So my parents decided to host a BBQ in conjunction with the Merdeka Celebrations. I wasn't to excited about it because i was so tired after coming back from Melbourne. My mum,on the other hand was SUPER DUPER EXCITED about it. She was like "Yaya,invite your friends to come over! We're going to have lots of food,i dont want it to go to waste". At the beginning i didn't want to(sorry). It was because i thought it was too far to go. And i knew some of you guys would not be able to make it. It was held at our Putrajaya House. Then my mum,said that some of my friends could hitch a ride with me. So i started to think twice about inviting my friends knowing that they had transportation. To make life ecen easier my mum decided that i coukd have a Sleep-Over so we wouldn't have to travel back to KL at night. To Be Safe :)

So i decided to invite my LOVELIESS: Dhessy,Alisa,Lanii,Farisha,Shartina,Sanam,Amirah,Hannah and Aween! With Dilla,my ADIK ofcourse =) It was a very last minute thing,if you know what i mean. My BBQ was at 7pm and I only invited my friends at like 2pm that day. hehe. Sorry Darlings. :(Everyone else had their own ride. Whereas Alisa,Dhessy & Lanii hitched a ride with me :)

What we did? Well. A LOT.
The first thing we all did was EAT. yum. haha ;) The Food was so Delicious. I LOVED THE PRAWNS. I had like 2 Big Ones. Then i had like a mouth-watering desert! Which consisted of me gobbling up a few pieces of carrot cake,orange cake and a Pastery thing! ;)
While waiting for the Merdeka Fire Works. We all played Hide & Seek. Just getting in touch with the child inside of us! hehe. It was AWESOME i tell you! I even hid under my sink(to that extent). Silly Me,i got water splashed all over me. Bleh. Talk about hiding. :( So yea. It was fun. We were like running around all over the house while the mama's & papa's sang Karouke!(Did i spell it right?oops) Then Sanam & Alisa decided to take a walk in my garden. In the process theu met a couple of snails(more like 6 or more). Alisa and Sanam(The Partners in Crime) decided to gather all the snails and put them on top of each other!! MY POOR SNAILS. I have Proof:

Above: My Poor,Poor Snails. :( Above: You can see the Evil

in their eyes. In an attempt to

rape my snails. :'(

As the night went on,we walked around the lake by my House. The scenery was just spectacular. With all the buildings lighted up for Merdeka. Suddenly Adilla got an allergic reaction to the dust. I wanted to take her home but my Aween said she would go with adilla back home. She said that had to follow my other friends to ensure that they woulnt get lost :(.

I felt absolutely TERRIBLE for not accompanying my Sister :(. I hope you forgive me adik.

So Yea,we walked quite a distance that night. It was FUN FUN FUN while it lasted! wooohoo!

Then we all went up to the balcony to enjoy the fireworks! Honestly,it wanst all that GREAT. It was better last year. Last Year the fire works were right over our heads. This time it was way far on the other side. =(

Then came our SLEEP-OVER. ahaha!! IT WAS SO FUN! Like 10 of us cramped up in one room with matresses all over the floor!! At first we played this game. Something Similar to Truth or Dare. Each Person had to say something they didnt do. Then Everyone else who didnt do what they did had to drink this DISGUSTING DRINK THAT I MADE. It made Farisha & Sanam Puke. Im so so so SORRY hunnies! :( It was a combination of Milk,Orange Juice,Maple Syrup & PEPPER. eww. I'm never ever ever going to make a mixture like that again. PERIOD.

It was really FUNNY thought. It was thee most RANDOM game i have ever played/encountered.

Then me & dhessssy started to sing Paolo Nutini's Songs out loud while listening to her IPOD. I guess everyone got annoyed of us! We sang like 5 songs! haha. HILARIOUS.

Then i eventually dozed off! The first person to fall asleep. Ironically was ALISA. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT. Everybody was scared to sleep before she did. Because we knew she always had some pranks up her sleeve. As usual! haha :)

Then as usual. Lanii & Dhessy started speaking 'INDIE LANGUAGE'=Kings of Leon,The Strokes,Arctic Monkeys,JULIAN CASABLANCA(sexy oh la la) etc. ;) Everyone else was just LOST.

Eventually everyone fell asleep. EXCEPT for Lani & Farisha who kept fighting & pushing each on the the bed. =)

SWEET DREAMS,i say :)

Thats Pretty MUCH IT.

Love YOU all :)

xoxo -alyaa

NOKIA 7390

I Finally Lost My Handphone :'( NOKIA 7390

I feel unbelievably lost without it. My days are now full of sorrow and grief. Is this a punishment from the God? I'm truly sorry.

I need my phone. I actually want my number =( I had it for 7 years.

012-372-5372.

The BEST number i could ever ask for.

I'm no giving up. I am determined to find it. At least i think i am.

Please.I hope find it.

Your Truly,

alyaa :(

Philips Acdemy,Andover :: Summer '07 ::

Philips Academy Andover~Summer 2007~

Okay,So i went to a Summer School over the Summer. Need i say more?

Enrolling into a Summer School wasn't really my idea. I was actualy against it. Knowing that i was a very shy and reserved person towards new things, i knew it would not be such a great idea for me. It was all my parents idea. They wanted me to do sometime 'PRODUCTIVE' over the summer. My mama, did not want me bumming at home or according to her 'Lepak-ing' around KLCC. So YES. I had to pick one out of the 3 schools that my Parents found for me. Which i eventually did. I actually picked 2 Schools one in Andover and the other one in Exeter. I applied for both. Unfortunately i only got a letter of acceptance from Andover. I never received one from Exeter. My application must have gotten lost in the mail. It was that or Exeter must have had something against me. OH WELL. What's done is done.

My Summer School lasted for approxiamately 6 weeks. And during that six weeks it would be just like an ordinary school. The only difference was that i would be in a different environment,meeting new people from various backgrounds and will have the the opportunity of experiencing 'dormitory life'. AWAY FROM THE FOLKS. Yes.It was my forst time being away from home. I was quite excited but at the same time I absolutely dreaded it.

During the Summer,i had the option of choosing 2 Classes (a major & a minor) and 1 activity. There were a range of classes to choose from! There were so many thet i was so intimidated by it. There was Phsycology,Dynamic Body,Drama,French,Arabic,Archaeology,History,Physics etc.

I decided to take up Archaeology since i JUST LOVE LEARNING HISTORY. :) Plus,it would give me a hands-one experience to work hand in hand with Professional Archaeologists. I chose Introduction to Arabic and 'Social Dance' as my activity. YES,go ahead and laugh! Alyaa took up Dancing!!! =( But knowing me such a 'SILLY BILLY'. I didn't know that the Archaeology course was an EXTENDED MAJOR. Which meant that i would have to sacrifice my minor class and activity. How Stupid could i get. It was written on my acceptance letter but i was to BLURR to realise it. And so,it was to late to change. But i wasnt too upset about it. I was doing something i LOVED during the summer. Like i always say 'Everything happens for a reason'.

I was actually 2 days late for my Summer Sessions. This was due to my Exams in Mutiara which was held the same time as my Summer Session. The first person i met was 'Dave'. He's the guy in the office who handled all the student matters.He gave me this package with my Personal Details,Dormitory name and Letters about Trips that i could sign up for. The first thing i did was finfing my House. My House was called called 'BANCROFT'. It was named after one of the principals of Philips Academy.(He's dead) Poor guy. My mum and I had a hard time time finding Bancroft. And when we finally did. We realised that we couldnt enter without a key. So when i saw a girl entering the House. I screamed from a far!!! I shoutesd, " HI! Excuse me! Please whole the door for me! I'm new and I'm late!!!! Please! Thank YOU!". She did. Her name was Susan,she was from Taiwan but lived in the states. There was also a security guard,he saw me carrying my 2 BIG SUITCASES and kindly offered to carry it up for me. My room was all the way on the LAST FLOOR. I would have died tragically if i carried it on my own without help. :( BLEH.

Many people in KL thought that Summer Schools were for FAT PEOPLE. As in FAT CAMP! Well it's not :(

To Be Continued. . . . . . . . .

The Land Of Down Under!

I just recently came back from Melbourne,Australia.
I was in Melbourne for about a week. My little sister,adilla and I decided to go there to 'unwind' ourselves before starting school. We had just one more week left of summer,so we made the best out of it. We travelled alone,therefore we were considered as 'Underage Passengers'. It wasn't really me. It was actually because my sister was 12 years old. According to the law,I am old enough to travel on my own. :) And so, it was a 7+ hour flight. It wasnt't to bad compared to an 18 hour flight from Boston. It was terrible. =( Ask Farisha and Sanam, they would understand.

Oh Well. So we stayed at my older sisters 2 Bedroom Cosy Apartment. It wa just the 3 of us! Her Boyfriend, came by over the weekend. He is Hilarious and incredibly Sweet. He LOVES her and she LOVES him. I think they're Perfect together ;) Oh how i wish i met someone like that. Anyone? =)

What did we do there?
Well. We ATE like pigs. I am so much fatter now,its unbelieveable. My sister, she just wont STOP feeding us. She is such a wonderful Cook,just like my mum. She would make Pasta,Butter Chicken with Rice,Raviolli and Cookies! Plus,the food in Melbourne is absoulutely YUMMY.YUM YUM.
Unfortunately,my sistr had her Exams coming up. So she could not really bring us around a lot. :'( We had to go ourselves. Which we did. We often walked to town and on the rare occasions when had coins we would take the Tram down town.

Australia was definately NOT in Summer. It was Winter there, because Australia is located on the Southern Hemisphere. So when USA & Europe is enjoying Summer, while Australia is dreading the COLD. It's the complete opposite! And coming from a warm country like Malaysia,which is practically summer all year round, it was FREEZING for me in Aussie. :( I would wear like 2 pairs of socks and i'd look retarded. :( But i'm cool like that. hehe. ;)
We obviously went shopping! hehe. Whenver we called him to the cashier he would say " What's the BIG DAMAGE?"
There is also this Juice Bar in Australia which i am addicted to! It's called 'BOOST'. I love it. It rocks. My all time favourite smoothie would be the 'Mango Magic'! I would drink it twice a day and sometimes 3 times a day! I'm hard core i tell you! :p

I also decided to take up dance lessons. Well,actually Kakak Anis forced me. She told me to go for her class. She couldn't go because she had to study. Adilla on the other hand,refused to take part in any form of activity. So i was the victim. I was so NERVOUS. My dance teacher was a guy. He's name was 'DINO' . :) How cute! He thought be how to dance the SAMBA. Latin Dancing Baby. I manage to learn and remember the whole routine in one hour! It was pretty easy,but i hated 'TURING' I couldnt balance my self well and I kept falling over. It wasn't funny & when i twirled into him,i kept banging into his chest. I felt so bad and embarassed! My hands were everywhere! I wasn't used to dancing with a partner! He thought it was funny and i could see adilla lughing at me at the corner. :( By the end of the lesson,i managed to do my whole routine without doing any mistakes! I was so happy! I loved it. I'm thinking of taking dance lessons in KL? Anyone willing to join me? :) Please!

Most of the time,adilla and I would watch Grey's Anatomy on Tv-Links. Ever since i made her watch the first episode on the plane. She got hooked.
Kakak Anis, also brought us to Victoria Market! I absolutely love that Place. Tou can get anything there. YOU NAME IT :) We would also go to the CREPERIE for desert almost every night! :)

We were so sad,when we had to leave. I miss Kakak Anis So much. I didn't want to leave.
After she dropped us off at the airport, I realised that i had her Handphone in my bad! I'm such a SILLY BILLY. But that wasnt it! I had to forget to put the shampoo in my luggage bad! We couldnt bring any liquids in the plane! It had to be checked in! IM SO STUPID! So i passed the shampoo and handphone to my dad's friend so he could pass it to my sister. So yes. That's me. :(
This trip wouldn't be perfect without any problems!

This trip was the PERFECT way,to say Goodbye to my Summer :)

My First BLOG Ever. :)

Yes,this is my FIRST ever Blog. Can you believe that?

:: Well first of all, I was never really a 'Blog' Person. I didn't like the idea of telling the 'Whole World' about my life. Honestly,i didnt want people to think that i was bragging about my life. I thought people would think of me as a so-called 'show-off'. But after weeks of contemplating i decided to prove myself wrong. That instead of being a show off, i would just imagine this as being my Diary. :) Where i can express my feelings and to reminisce about the 'good old days'. I hope that many of my Blogs that i will come write in the future wont be criticised by people. That is my only fear. Come to think of it,i'm actually enjoying writing this blog write now. ::

And who might have encouraged me to create my FIRST ever Blog?

:: Well, Dhessy ofcourse! My Best Friend! As quoted by her ' My Ultimate Half' .
Yes,it was Dhessy who knocked some sense into me. She said that having blogs does not necessarily mean that you are 'showing off' or 'bragging'. So yea,i decided to create a blog finally. :) I hope what i'm writing is considered a blog. hehe. I'm still trying to get used to this idea. I'm a beginner at this. While the rest of you are experts at this! I'm hope you're proud of me! I am finally opening up to the world;) ::

Much Loves, alyaa.
xoxo