Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Assignments Assignments Assignments...

One down..TWO TO GO...this month..eheh

technically i'm not done yet with my auditing assignment. but i'm still at 1232 words as opposed to the 2000 maximum word limit that my lecturer require us to do. But she didn't say anything about the minimum word limit..soooo I suppose the safest course of action for me to do is just write a couple more hundred words and I'll be done...my aim is above 1500, even if i do go above 1500 i won't mind..since the maximum is 2000 and i doubt i'll have enough materials and information without having to repeat myself over and over. so yea...i'll be done soon. and yea i spent 12hours doing it...not exactly..but i went to the IC at around 7pm last night...and i suppose i can be done by 7am this morning! and it's only 5.30am now. so...got plenty of time to put that 300+ more words..

i wish i can do my essay and the flow of the words is as easy as writing this post..hehehe well i think i gotta go back to squeezing my brain cells to write that last few hundred words! BANZAIIII!!!



Banzai!
xxx!
Lufias!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Something I do when...

...I CAN'T SLEEP!

Easter holidays are over. In fact it's been over for almost a week already. The second half of the semester started on Monday and from then on we've been waking up super early in the morning (compared to when we're on holiday). Hehehe waking up at 7 or 8 in the morning is considered to be very early for me. SERIOUSLY...

And tonight, considering that tomorrow is the weekend, I CAN'T SLEEP. I mean I kinda want to stock up on my sleep since I won't be getting much of it next week and the week after. But also I'm suspecting that I'm kinda worried on so many things at the moment.

First and foremost is my studies. I think April will be a killer month. Since I have sorta 3 assignments due this month. The first is due next week. It's my Auditing module. So far it's straight forward nothing to worry about, I've got the content and enough information to get it right. However I can't get it started. I've got 6 days to do it. Heck! I've done assignments in less time than this (hahah). Still, I've got to get it done, PREFERABLY THIS WEEKEND and hand it early, on MONDAY?..hehhe I'll try! BANZAIiIII!

The second assignment is kinda okay. I haven't prepared for it. It's a test and constitute around 25% of the course. This is tax. I'm not too worried about it too...but there's always the question of time and trying to understand and remember the facts.

The third assignment is worrisome. Even after the tutorial that was supposed to help me and the rest to understand it and give us guidance on how to approach I can't seem to understand it. I just nod and smile and put this all knowing look this morning!. The lecturer weren't helpful either, though he did put a lot of effort. *sigh*....But I think I'll get it done.

Apart from studies...I'm actually not really worried about anything else. Everyone back home is alright. Except for my grandparents, they were kinda not feeling well and my grandpa was hospitalized for a few nights. The last time I called my mum and grandma (on her cellphone! wah!! techno-granny hehehe), they assured me everyone is fine. So yeah...everything is fine.

I JUST CAN'T SLEEP. Maybe the cadbury chocolate bar I ate that's keeping me up!. I'm listening to various music and songs at the moment - mostly not so new songs, some of it are malay, some Japanese, a couple of English songs, some indonesians...only those that i deem worthy to be heard by me (HAHHAHA). Let's talk about my music preference. I have no music(al) preferences whatsoever. But I just can't bring myself to listen to the current era of English and some Malays/Asian songs anymore. I think they lack the art content and basically they're crappier than they used to be (sorry for the generalization...it's just not good anymore). OR I'm getting older. BUT BASICALLY I THINK THEY'RE CRAPPIER than it used be (sorry :D)! There are some exceptions to some current singers but not all and only a few that catches the attention of my supersonic ears. :D once again no offence. I was listening to a medley performed by Siti Nurhaliza and Fazli Zainal, it's actually a cover of old songs - the titles were Itulah Sayang (That's Love), Semalam ku bermimpi (I Dreamt) and Saat Bahagia (Joyous Moments??!). Well the translations are kinda direct but I think you get my drift. After listening to this medley, the lyrics really meant something to the lyricists or the ones who thought of it. The meaning were there. It's an easy listen. I can feel that they were really into it. And it's true, I've watched documentaries about how the artists back in the old days dedicated their lives to entertaining and not in it for the fame or the money!. I think comparing the olden days and now is not fair - since I agree MONEY is everything. But I still like the idea of not being governed by money or motivated by money.

Hehhe...there's my two piece about music. It's been a long time I haven't let out my real feelings here. I've been bottling some serious thoughts.

Like I can be a billionaire but I just haven't got enough zeros in my account to make that amount.

Like I wanna complain a lot. BUT I don't want to complain a lot. I think I'd rather figure the 'why' first and not blame others for it. After all the source might be myself. Furthermore, I'll end up becoming a whiner! Which will be hypocritical of me..cos I HATE WHINERS! La la la la hahaha I still dislike hypocrites. But overgeneralising is bad. Not all hypocrites are bad..they just need to accept who they are and realise what they're doing either by self-enlightenment or being told by people that they are a hypocrite.

Plus I wanna hang out with the old crowd again. Like I miss the touch of the warmth of the sun in Brunei on my skin.

Like I can't wait to go back home and how much I miss my room and my bed. OH yea..on the bed thingy...I think i'm cursed with bed, i mean the mattresses here in the UK. My current mattress is so springy! Not good springy but BAD SPRINGY!..I CAN FEEL THE DAMN SPRINGS POKING MY BACK...well i got no right to complain though, cause I can easily ask the landlord to replace it. But what the heck only a few months left and I can't be bothered to ask. But I do like my bed in the Plaza Athenee even though I slept on it for two nights only :D

Oh! I miss Paris so much. The experience was great. Oh let's talk about Paris in BRIEF...

I spent 4 nights there and 4 days? We visited 'THE' must to visit in Paris. Well not all...but the main ones. We went to the Louvre - well I think I'm not that much of an art person or at least I'm not into those paintings depicting angels, naked babies suckling on their mothers' 'you-know-whats' and semi nude male paintings..come to think of it, i was there just to see the Monalisa. It's quite okay. Well, you heard so much about it and seen it on TV and I think it's worth it.

We also went to Disneyland...well the weather was REALLY COLD! I suggest if you want a comfortable visit to Paris DO IT IN SUMMER! At least it's hot and not FREEZING COLD!...But Disneyland was fun...I get to see all the Disney characters that most kids my age back in the late 80's and early 90's are familiar with.

Also we went to go and see Arc De Triomphe. HUGE ARCH!! That's all I can say ehhehe

And the pinnacle of my trip to Paris was climbing the stairs of Eiffel Tower. But I seriously suggest if you wanna go up the Eiffel Tower in SUMMER to just take the lift. YOU DONT WANT TO BE SWEATING A LIKE pig. If you wanna take the stairs then do it in Easter...cos i think the weather is cold enough so that you won't be perspiring so much.


there's my bed!!! eheheh it's so huge and ultra comfortable! I think you can't really tell the size of that bed but believe me it's huge! and one other thing. I took it with self timer ahahha


The room...ahhh I miss it! ahahah



The bathroom! Exquisite...ahaha



I think you can read that sign...:D It'll be redundant if typed it. ;)


Inside the Louvre..


Inside the Louvre


Disneyland...

Well that's it...I am not sleepy yet...but i think that's enough blogging for me today. And for you...well thanks for reading it :D



xxx
Lufias

Sunday, April 06, 2008

I...

I don't want to pretend to know everything in this world.
That's why in life, I choose to live and learn.

I don't want to pretend to know all the ups and downs in this world.
That's why I have to live and learn through all the ups and downs there are in this world.

I don't want to pretend to be what I don't want to be in this world.
That's why I have to live as what I wanna be in this world and learn the ups and downs of what i wanna be in this world.

I don't want to pretend that I'm wise.
That's why I try to live my age and learn from mistakes and from those who are much wiser from me.

I don't want to pretend I have seen everything and experience most things.
That's why I chose to live a life full of curiosity and experimentation and learn to differentiate which is which. Good or bad. Or decide that it's just part of life that you have to accept.

I don't want to pretend.
That's why
I
Live
and
Learn

xxx
lufias



Friday, April 04, 2008

Take me away.


Take me away
by
Lifehouse





(acoustic version)


lyrics
this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
this time you burned me with your eyes
you see past all the lies
you take it all away
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
I try to make my way to you
but still I feel so lost
I don't know what else I can do
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
don't give up on me yet
don't forget who I am
I know I'm not there yet
but don't let me stay here alone
this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Oh la la...Paris..

Assalamualaikum! :D

will be updating soon...with loads of pictures.

for now...I just came back from London and Paris. It's good to be back home and have my laptop to play games! eheh

anyways...the time has changed. I think it's got to do with the daylight savings thingy. So we're adding 1 hour to our time here (as of 30th April). So this means...instead of 2 am here it'll be 3 am...and the time difference between Brunei and UK will be 7 hours (plus minus)...:D


so, i gotta go now and sleep! IN MY BED! ehehe

see ya soon

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Live from Paris

Assalamualaikum,

hehhee reporting live from Paris!!! ehehehee

today is kinda the first day me and Miz, fish, lei n beng hui.

still trying to get used to how to get our way around...so far it is easy and the atmosphere is quite friendly...

eheheheh

anyways it is kinda late now, need to get rest...

schedule for tomorrow..

wake up early then take the metro

then check in to plaza athénee.

then go to the louvre..

then we go to anywhere we want to go.

pictures will be posted after the trip, insyaAllah.

and i need to stop typing now since the keyboard here is NOT qwerty type... heheheh

hehe bonsoir!

take care, love from Paris
lufias265

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Just...

a hello from me to everyone :D

hahahaha

yesterday i got my exam results and i PASSED everything...It was a relief...A huge relief!

Apart from that easter holidays start tomorrow! yeay!! ahahha

apologies for the non-active blogging so far.

and sorry for the fragmented sentences

hahha


Lately i haven't the mood to write and blog about just anything!

Let me at least recap my days so far..

Last week i went to London. Apart from visiting my best friend there, I also went to Imperial College to attend the Brunei Student's Society Brunei Night 2008. It was good! I had fun though I had to help out here and there..and i didn't win any lucky draw this year. Oh well! ahhaha

and the next day i was supposed to go back to Sheffield (this was last sunday) but then i changed my mind BECAUSE ehehe i got tempted to go to another cultural kind of show at Imperial College, this time it's the Singapore Student Society - Singapore Night. It was a good show! all in all my weekend last week was a mixture of fun and me being tired...but it was good kind of tired! ahaha. It helps me to unwind and just have fun!

:D

i think that's it for this post. I gotta go and have fun some more.!!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Salvaged photos

A few days ago, I was checking out my facebook and then biasalah, I just went through with all the requests as well as invitation (which I ignore all! eheh) and checking out who's been busy facebook-ing. Some photos caught my eyes - pictures from my trip to Prague back in December 2006. I thought all those pictures were lost because due to unforeseen well ehhe accident the hard drive that contained all those pictures fell and kinda broke down. And sadly we 'thought' those pictures were gone forever.

However, Vi posted those pictures (and I think she and Mirul managed to fix and repair the hard drive)...















as for what I'm doing at the moment?
well i'm just lazying around the house, I wanted to go to the Information Commons to do a bit of studying and research but I think I'll just do those at home...and tomorrow I might go to the Information Commons. (at least i've done a bit on my next Auditing tutorial...ehhe)

The guys are out to their class and probably hang out somewhere and INDA BAWA AKU! (probably they know I'm gonna say no) hehehhe seriously at this point I don't mind not being invited ahahha But it does feel good to be 'in-vi-ted' right? :D

The girls are out too, but they were out since yesterday - they had their sorta ritual/weekly sleep overs at Rush's place. They'll be back later...

So I am home, ALONE! ehehhe and watching Spongebob on TV and probably do a lil bit of reading later. Oh...and I can't wait to go to London again - I think I'm going there alone, since no one from Sheffield that I know of is (are??) going albeit my invitations and information, OH well at least I gave the info and invited everyone ahhaha :D

wah! i think i've been rambling. So I think that's enuff for the time being.



take care and see ya around







Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Earthquake in England

"The biggest earthquake for nearly 20 years has been felt across large parts of England."
-quoted from BBC,
Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 02:34 GMT
read more here

I felt the tremor, but apparently it was an earthquake! I didn't quite notice it at first because I was deep in slumber. (I had an early day! - had class from 9 am - 10am and from 1pm - 4pm). By the time I got home was hungry and TIRED..ahhah so straight away after cooking dinner (without eating ehhehe) I crawl into my bed to rest and sleep..Zzzz


but around 1am ( approximately 1 hour and 45minutes ago), I was woken up by this real-life-like feeling of tremor and I thought it was just a dream and also I thought it was just a strong gale of winds. But apparently I am not the only one who felt it...all of my housemates felt it too. After that we just sort of sleep it off (well my housemates are sleeping now) and I am apparently wide awake. I slept from 7 till 1 so i guess I'm well rested (I was super tired ahahah).

After that mini-event (not so mini), I brushed my teeth and couldn't go back to sleep (and I'm not particularly sleepy). After that I went online and check my emails and read Bleach manga. About 2.30am, my phone vibrated - checked the number but it was withheld - so I just picked it and heard my mum's voice on the other side. Well it's nice to hear her voice and she sounded frantic! She said there was an earthquake in England...and she's in BRUNEI. I mean WOW - news do travel fast - super fast indeed..

After hearing that I am fine, she somehow calmed down a bit. And 15 minutes after that I had a video call from my grandparents - my grandma was crying! (so sweet!) she told me my mum called them and told what happened. I got to see my grandma and grandpa and my youngest aunty and her husband and my lil' cousin Zuka..I talked to them for a few minutes and both my mum and grandparents advised to sembahyang hajat and pray - and hope everything will be alright. I love my family! and miss them so much...I miss having people who cares so much about me around me (in other words who spoiled me - heheh just kidding).

(it got me thinking tho, I'm feeling calm here as if nothing happened - maybe it was the lull after the tiredness-slumber, people across the globe are worried, then I should be worried to, at least be prepared to what's gonna happen next...so since I just had a nice rest and peaceful sleep, i think I'm not gonna go back to sleep and keep being awake for a few hours or so)

"The biggest earthquake for nearly 25 years has been felt across large parts of England"
-quoted from BBC,
Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 02:56 GMT

well that's my update
BE VIGILANT! :D

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