27th March

I'm 18 and I'm already starting to feel really old.

Maybe it's the freedom and sense of responsibility that I've gained ever since I got my driving license, maybe it's the prospect of entering uni soon while seeing more and more of my friends enter uni...or maybe it's just the ever-increasing beard-growing region on my chin. Ah well..so if I made anyone older than I am feel old, I'm sorry, but you'll forever be older than I am 0=)

Sorry, twas just a random thought haha. Moving on...

My holidays have been a breeze. But I've yet to have a, what I call a 'lazy day' at home. You know, one of those days where you stay in bed till noon and have a 3 pm lunch followed by a movie marathon that's accompanied by some snacks and a handful of fizzy drinks. I don't think I can even afford a day like that anymore. And yet another reason for me to feel old!

But hey I'm not complaining. It's been a decent, laid-back holiday anyway. A few schoolworks here and there, hours in the gym, a couple of debate meetings, some outings with my girl, one or two wacky moments with my buds, a lil dose of golf and some good family time, all comfortably tailored to fit in within the last 7 days!

Ok I'll stop yapping and move on to something which involves some pictures. Dad and I have been bringing my cousin Hazim to the mini par-3 golf course to get him started. It certainly doesn't hurt that he has a knack of taking pictures and damn he takes awesome pictures, considering his only weapon is a conventional sony digital camera.

I also had a family gathering a few nights ago. Ngah Hj Talip wanted to celebrate his retirement and his children's excellent grades in recent exams. Twas a rather large gathering, well sadang. Lots arent here currently but it's definitely the largest gathering ever since my cousin's wedding mid last year. Had a few good laughs (big ones too) so it was all good (Y).

Bah thats it for now..expect more updates pretty soon though! :D

New Year's Eve BBQ

To me, family gatherings have always brought a unique sense of serenity and peace in mind that anyone would love to have especially after a long year. So it's very fitting that I celebrated my New Year's Eve with my family on my dad's side. A BBQ/Steamboat-whatever gathering lol.

The annoying cousin

We decided that the gathering wouldn't be complete without a a small fireworks show of our own hahaha.

The two fireworks fanatics; Dad and I!

And then it was followed by a golf putting contest to mark the arrival of '09 lol. The kids were given 50c by their Nini (my uncle) everytime they holed a putt, hahaha very cute =p

As competitive as ever =p

Another post coming soon! =D

23rd

It's been a while since I've been to any panggilans or weddings. A golfing mate's son got married last Sunday and I'd feel indebted to him if I hadn't come since he's always been nice to me. When the prayer was being read:


Dad: 'Tlipun mu dapat ambil gambar kan?'

Me: 'Awu, napa?'

Dad: 'Tu *points* ambil gambar ngangah mu tetidur ah'

Me&Dad: 'HAHAHAHAHA'

Ok, its nothing big nor funny. I just don't want my blog to be dead haha. I'll write about something more interesting nanti =)

Running out of....

My fellow earthlings,

This week has been pretty routine for me, well after you minus the fact that my dad's wallet got stolen by a monkey in the golf course (HAHAHA). He got it back though after his friend through a huge chunk of wood at it, otherwise I wouldnt dare to laugh about it lol. Oh and I bumped into Kevin yesterday after not seeing for him almost a year. And he's fat now (at least by his standards lol). But, sigh it's quite surreal to see how 365 days can change a lot of things :/ I miss my ex-classmates! 


I have two more tests next week, the year's last tests! I can't wait to get over them and finally click on the cruise control button. Fine, actually I'm already in cruise control mode, except that it keeps switching on and off haha.



Aint you guys excited that the holidays are coming?
Doh of course you guys are. Oh and Amali and I are planning to join the HSBC Young Entrepeneur thingy, you know we might as well make good use of the holidays. Lagipun, the deadline batah lagi so yeah haha. It won't be easy (spelling the word 'entrepreneur' is hard enough) and itll be a long shot but whatever =p.

Dad told me that he went to watch my Ngah Yassin hang glide somewhere in Tutong this afternoon and that really re-ignited my interest to try it! My uncle keeps bragging about the serene blue skies and the beautiful view down below that he gets to see from up there. I haven't asked my dad nor uncle yet pulang but I'm sure my dad will get all sakai too, mau mau tia kan cuba jua haha. I have this knack for thrill rides and extreme sports (Y). I think I'm gona die young =p



oh btw, thanks Nina =)

18th Oct.

Sorry guys I havent been updating much of late! I've been quite busy due to the exams and yes the raya is mood is still in ze air although it's starting to subside already. I'm kind of short of time here...soo ill make it short and simple aite!

I went out raya-ing on saturday with Izzati and some other friends. Firstly we went to AJ's open house, then to my house and then zoomed off to Zati's house. After the maghrib prayers I went off with Zati and her sisters to Cigu Noraini's open house. I met lots of my ex-teachers and some ex-schoolmates and it was nice catching up with them once again. Such is the essence of Aidilfitri ey? haha. It was quite a long day (I had golf in the morning) and by the end of the day I was so tired that I snoozed off for awhile while listening to Zati and the others karaoke-ing! Yeah it might not seem a lot but I had tonss of fun! It was awesome seeing Zati again =) For a more detailed account of what happened, click here.

Meanwhile somewhere in Kg. Tungku..

My family has this sort of weekly gathering thingy every Saturday night at my grandmother's house where we have mass prayers and dinner together. Obviously I had to skip last week's gathering (and the previous few weeks lol) and my dad told me the next morning that they had a blast viewing some old ancient 'stone-age' pictures of my family. And with a cheeky grin he also told me that...they played loads of fireworks! Of all the nights, it just had to be that night haha. But hey I had a blast myself so I've no regrets ;)

P/S: Pictures were taken from my family's blog. Credits to my cousin Hazim for keeping the blog well and alive! Keep up the good work eh. Nantitah aku tolong kau ah lapas my exams habis aite man =D

Until then guys!

2nd day of Raya

First day of Raya, as usual was spent with family and close relatives. Well the day started off slowly until my cousin Hazim had an open house and yeah, played fireworks and stuff. The fireworks continued until we had another gathering in my grandmother's house that same night. Sorry for the lack of pictures though. Maybe arah Hazim's blog or my family (TheApongs) blog ada some pictures tu.

2nd day of Raya: So after golf in the morning, I went out with Arun in the afternoon. He came just after the friday prayers, sporting a new haircut. After grabbing a few snacks and drinks at my house (nadadeh beraya wah), off we went to...

Cigu Husaini's house! One helluva teacher. Funny as crap haha, not to mention...kuning lol. But really he's a really great teacher. Apparently he's still a die-hard Liverpool fan and since Arun's a Liverpool fan too, I got bullied. But Cigu Husaini was nice enough to cook up some TomYam especially for me and Arun so we were kinda obliged to eat lah. Caught up on a lot of stuffs, twas really nice.

Cikgu Husaini

Let me introduce to you one of my most bangang yet naturally funny friend, Qamaruzzzzzzzaman. Qamarul for short. Marul for shorter. But we usually call him Rul. Even a glimpse of his face makes you giggle. It's hard to explain, but you know almost everything he does is funny in a way. We went to his house to pick him up, tarus beraya. And finally, he shaved lol.

Then we decided to pay Cikgu Rokiah, our Malay Teacher during our Form4 and 5 years, a visit. We actually hesitated to come out of the car when we arrived in her compound since we saw lots of guests. But hey we found out that the visitors were actually our juniors back in PDS haha. So it made everything that much more fun. It was great to see them again!

Oh meet Cuddles. He's this super fluffy cat that acts like a king inside Cikgu Rokiah's house. He's well-kept and just lies on top of the sofa motionless which makes him look like a pillow when seen from the back! Pemalas eh, reminds me of my myself haha. I remember him from last year's Raya, but I thought his name wasn't Cuddles back then. Oh well..We got along quite well last year masa Raya but it tried to scratch me tadi. That's it mate I no friend you anymore.

Then off we went to Lina's open house which was quite close to where Cikgu Rokiah lives so yeah. Thanks Lina for being such a nice and sporty host (I'm serious!). But you didn't have to tell your mom that I was the guy that she *cough* haha..I can just say your mom's very nice too =p

We met Wafiuddin, Jesus and KI there too.

Leenuh, Arun and Marul

For the last stop we went to Hafiz 'Mesra's' house. Well it was a last minute plan pulang. Qamarul gave him a call and it took him 3 minutes just to take in the Simpang number lol. After getting lost in god-knows-where, Arun pulled over, gave Hafiz a call and put it on the loudspeaker.

Arun: 'hey dude its Arun. Mana your house kan? We're in the petrol station in front of Huaho Sengkurong now'

Hafiz: 'Ahh..there? bah you go straight lah'

Arun: 'Straight? Straight where? Straight is Huaho Sengkurong'


It went on for quite a long time lah, until we finally made sense of his directions haha. For some reason, Hafiz kept saying 'straight straight straight' , it was like he was trying to prove his sexual orientation or something haha. We eventually reached his house, thank god. By the time we got there Arun was dying to take a piss.

Arun: 'Fiz mana toilet?'

Hafiz: 'Straight *but he was pointing to the left*'

After sending Qamarul back home and on the way to my house, Arun and I decided to take a slight detour to take a first-hand look at the new form sixth centre in Kg. Katok that everyone's been talking about of late. Here are some (lousy) pictures that I took.

It looked bigger than I thought!