Mirth and Melancholy

I just discovered now that I had a blank draft in here. So I'm gonna fill it up. This week we're going to a different city for a convention. I'm rather excited, but it means I'll miss the local fashion show. I registered but had to drop out after the first audition when I realized the show would take place on the 26th. The convention lasts over three or four days, always during the Christmas break. The last time we went was four years ago. I enjoy it every time. This year, though, I'm gonna make sure I don't do anything stupid. It's been four years. What could go wrong? Okay, okay, I'll tell you what went wrong last time. So since I didn't want to listen to the lectures, I went to the babysitting for 12-14 year olds. (yes they have babysitting for preteens and teens awright now don't ask) So like, I went in there, all quiet and shy and ugly and not participating in much activities (ok tbh I actually wasn't very shy there 'cuz everyone...

A couple weeks back I was digging my foot into the fake hardwood floor of our apartment room (don't ask me, I'll never tell), and I felt a sharp pain digging into my big toe. It was a tiny, tiny, tiny shard of glass. Since Ummi always takes shards of glass out of our feet (or my feet, rather, because I always get myself injured in every situation), I waited for her to be done with her work so I could tell her to take it out. But she didn't have time for me. "Google how to take glass out of your foot." Well, Google it I did. I found a source that told me to put glue on the disaster area and wait for the glue to dry, and then peel off the glue which will bring the glass shard with it. I was too lazy to sterilize a pair of tweezers, so I grabbed a glue bottle and slathered it over my toe. The glue took forever to dry and ran down my toe to the other toes and it just wasn't working, man. So eventually I washed the glue off, limped to Ummi's room to get t...

Okey anyways Hai I should probably hide behind a rock and be like "sorry I haven't written anything" and then y'all gonna come after me and growl and then I gonna hide UNDER the rock and be like "ok ok chill" Nah that probably wouldn't happen because this blog is lame. Nevertheless I still update it. ANYWHOOZE, the rainy weather is really getting to me. I have looked at the forecast for this whole week and only a few days will be sunny (yeah, cue the crying faces). BUT THIS IS THE PERFECT WEATHER FOR CAKE WARM CAKE MMMM YUMMY HOT MILK CAKE PERHAPS? YAAAS I don't even know what happened during the whole month of October except that I attended a wedding, went out for froyo, and went to my friend's house. Oh, and I turned seventeen. But that isn't important. Oh yeah, and I stopped babysitting. The mama discreetly fired me. (more crying faces) I started my English class on the the 21st. I might be going to college. Waa...

I was just on Facebook watching this makeup tutorial. Guys, makeup is so weird. First you try to make your whole face one color. Then you want to mess that up by adding light and dark spots. Then you want to nearly POKE your eyes out while applying eyeliner to the waterline (makes me CRINGE!) and possibly pull out your eyelashes while curling them. What does it feel like to have makeup on your face? I don't think it would work for me, guys. Also since I sweat a lot, the makeup would run. I'll stick to my lipbalm and face lotion. Since it was Columbus Day yesterday, I didn't have babysitting. So I spent most of the day talking to my BFF (who sadly does not live in the same city or state as I) who didn't have school and was babysitting some kids. She sends me a bunch of voice messages which I always find myself laughing at even though half the time I don't understand what she's saying or what's going on. KEEP IT UP, MAR! And unfortunately, she is now at sc...

NOTE TO SELF: We need more baking butter and baking powder. Hello guys! I made a lot of epic fails yesterday! In the morning, I stressed over a writing assignment that isn't even part of my curriculum. I had to write 500 words about two friends who came together during or after a difficult time. It was due at 11:59 pm, and I had NO IDEAS. I don't know why I always say I'm creative. I'm not. Every story I write has to be fantasy or real-life fiction. I can't make things up. Though I must admit, my fantasy is pretty awesome. But my fantasy is always about talking animals. It's hard for me to write fake stories about PEOPLE. It's always gotta be fake stories about fake things. Anyway, I completed the assignment and submitted it, suspecting that the peers who had to critique it were gonna judge me. Then, I showered too close to my babysitting time and didn't tell Dad ahead of time that I had to babysit today, leading to a lot of fails. Mama got mad a...

HOORAY FOR OCTOBER!!! 🍁🍂🎃 My Michaels' class days are over, and honestly, the class I benefited from mostly was the arm knitting. It can be done with any thickness of yarn, but I prefer the fat yarn because it fills up the scarf more. And now that I know how to arm knit, I can probably figure out how to knit with the needles, too. Here's the cowl/infinity scarf we made in arm knitting class. Also, I've been drawing a lot of pictures lately, mostly chalk pastel art (with Z). My sketchbook is probably half-filled now.  Here's what I've been doing... (If you follow me on Pinterest or you're my friend on FB, you've probably already seen these. But if you haven't, enjoy) Okey, erm. My birthday was three days ago. I'm three years to twenty! Thank you to all the luvvable buddies who sent me birthday wishes!  On Friday, I went to jumuah prayer. I bought my two friends SA and MA ice cream at the masjid bookstore. I bought one for S too, and Sour Patch Ki...

[Wednesday, 23 September 2015] I thought of getting an unofficial manicure since Eid is on the way, but my nails just don't work with cosmetics like nail polish, so I'm going to remove my nail polish today and decorate my hands with bracelets instead. Nail polish stinks anyway. No, I didn't go to a nail salon. Why waste cash on that? No offense to the girlies who do go to nail salons!! I've come to the conclusion that I am a girly girl, but I'm too lazy to do stuff like make up and hairdos. The only make up I ever wear is lipstick. I do have a face routine, but it's just moisturizing my face. And I just don't have much experience with hair. Anyway, I went to drawing class at Michael's yesterday. The experience in five words: Dude teachers are extremely immature. I had another dude teacher of 19 years teach drawing class yesterday. When I found the teacher while looking for the classroom, I asked if he was the drawing teacher even though I already...

I feel like I have rheumatism. That's what happens when you play tennis and take karate class in one day. Alright, perhaps it wouldn't hurt if I didn't pull off my amazing moves during tennis and take karate seriously. But I can't help it!!!! I feel like I wanna play tennis again now. Or basketball. Or rollerblade. I can't rollerblade, though, because I don't have a brake on one of them. And judging from my history of things on wheels, I really need a brake. ;) Pun intended, of course!! There's a really funny story behind that. I was probably under the age of nine (that's when Z was born) because I don't recall Z being there. And probably, if Z was there, this never would have happened. Or maybe something even more embarrassing would have happened. ANYWAY. So it was a normal day at the park. S, H, and I were riding bikes through the beautiful bike trail where green-leafed walls stood tall. Mom and Dad were behind us, and I don't remember ...

If you're happy and you know it say hooray! Or hurray if you prefer. It's almost Eid people! What are y'all wearing? I'll tell you what I'm wearing. They're called clothes. And um... I got paid for babysitting on Thursday, I bought a candy bar from a vending machine on Friday, and I ate a banana at the masjid on Saturday. Oops I gave away my secret about buying candy... well no worries. Mum doesn't read this blog because she doesn't know where to get the link.  So, uh, I fasted on Thursday and I was all weak and stuff at M and Y's house. Weaker than usual, I mean. *cracks up* They really liked the stroller walk from the previous day... :OOOO OMG!! I didn't talk about my jewelry class!!! Do you guys mind if I zip back to September 15? No? Okay, here we go. TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 Right after a laborious afternoon of babysitting, Dad took me to Michael's for my jewelry class. A cake class was in progress at one of the classrooms, ...

Hello! Today I babysat two children. First I cut two pears for them, and then we went upstairs to read books. We read a few books until one of the children got restless and he started to hit and kick me. I was like,"No! No hitting! No kicking!" And I grabbed his hands and his feet to make him stop. Then he began crying and I was like o mer gerd. So I grabbed him and patted his back while he sobbed on my shoulder. I talked to the girl child while I calmed the crying kid down. THEN we read another book after the child calmed down. Then we went downstairs because their mama was cooking good smelling food on the stove. Then, um. Their mama told me to go do my Asr prayer. So while I prayed, the two children, M and Y, walked in on me. Y played with the exercising machine across the room, and M prayed behind me. I know this because I felt her head behind my feet. After a while she left though. Then when I was done praying, I piggybacked M upstairs and hid from Y. Then I alternated f...

I've never felt so uncomfortable while shopping. Does this happen in ALL clothing stores? No? Okay, it's only Malaysia. AAARGGHHHH!!! Clothes shopping in Malaysia is so annoying!!!! Outdoor markets. Most of the time you're gonna want to buy cold drinks... Scrafs SCRAF. Sorry, but I think it's spelled scarf. Might as well put "hijab." I'm sorry, these are all the pictures I have of shopping. But that's fine, because I have more stories than I do pictures. Mom told us that the Malaysian word for 'stare' is 'jeling.' When we stopped in highway jams in Malaysia, the people in their cars besides us always stared. We called them "jelingers." Ughhhh so annoying!!! Hey, I mentioned this in a previous Malaysian Adventure post. The fact that people like to stare. I can't help being so goshdarn beautiful doe!!! ;3 Alright, just imagine a normal day when you're going clothes shopping. You walk in the store....

Hey guyzzzz!! I wanna know who reads this blog. If you read this blog, don't be all creepy and quiet and hiding. You can comment. Your comment doesn't even have to be RELEVANT to the post. That's right!! For example. "Your blog sucks." YEAH. I'll accept that! "The template design is messed up." Yeah, probably. Thanks for the feedback!! "Why don't you write about useful things?" Not possible. Like it? Drew it today!!! #werewolves Okay, my little bro Z came to me and said, "Ummi said if you aren't doing school then come to her room and help with the puzzle." As if it's important pulak!! (my malay is kickin' in) We're having a three way conversation... well, two-way. Z's delivering the messages from me to mum and mum to me. Tbh, I need to go pee but I'm lazy to get up. Heh. As you can tell, this post isn't very organized. 'Pologies. Until next time! :)

I just want to make sure everybody sees this. !!! PSA !!! Okay, everyone's got the idea. So let's get to the point. Anyone to whom I don't send messages or talk anymore, it's not because I don't like you anymore. If I don't talk to you anymore, don't worry b'cuz we're still FRAAANDS!!! <3 I still think about y'aa erryday, even though you probably don't do the same. Not to be prideful or anything. Just saying. And go ahead and send me stuff. I'm not ignoring you. Okay, done. !!! END of PSA !!! What made me write that was the fact that my name can be written with the abbreviations of three chemicals. Anyway, yeah, I'm sorry about these random posts!! I'm still going to post that Malaysian shopping adventure!! It's school season, y'know!! Wait, I'll tell you a story. [When we were in Malaysia this year,] My grandma invited us kids to her place for a sleepover. A couple days before, I'd asked her...

I doodle Muslimah animes all the time in my notebooks that aren't supposed to be for doodling. But they are pretty good, sometimes. ;P The many faces of a Muslimah #MuslimahStyle Love the one on the left. Such religious You got da world on yo head #cool Reflects my personality. Cats are also Muslims. Listen to her. Tried to draw a werewolf... Sorry, I'm kinda lazy to rotate. Tried to draw a possible protagonist for one of my stories Random comic using my old comic characters... I was trying to draw a chimp and then I practiced drawing arms and hands... Best so far. Was actually just practicing my signature. Until next time! :)

Hi. I was reading through my old blog AGAIN. I miss tussling with all them little kids in my old home. I can't believe a kid once asked me if I took karate classes after he tried fighting me. Blahaha. This was posted September 8th, 2013 on my blog Just Remember. ~ Last night we had the halaqa at the masjid. We discussed death and watched death videos and a few people were crying. Then we ate swiss rolls made by S and disgusting cupcakes made by me. Then some kids wanted to fight me. One of them asked me if I took karate classes. The nerve of him. XD ~ ;-; Yes, child, now I take karate classes.  Let me find some more... August 5th, 2013 ~ Last night, we went for iftar at the masjid. As soon as the athan was over, I ate a date and drank all my lemonade. Then I prayed. Then I feasted. The beef was veddy goot. So was the salad. As for dessert - pooh! I had two donuts and remained content. Then Halima Bean said she wanted to fight with me. So in the musall...

Hey y'all, I am recovering from my severe illness, and I would like to thank all of you for the prayers and support. If you gave any, that is. Here is the next series of photos. We went to my great-uncle's place for a visit. Great-Uncle Win has a lot of cats around his area, and most of them aren't even his own. This here kitten is flea-infested, however not surprising considering the state of the place. And nothing in Malaysia is ever totally clean, anyway. Malaysians don't use toilet paper or towels. They only use towels for showering. But I was bothered by how they don't use towels to dry themselves after making wudu. Just an American-Muslim thing... ~ I loved this kitty especially because it slept on my lap as people chattered around it. H told me to put this cat down since it had fleas and that the disease would spread to me. But I told him I didn't care. And then S said something wise and amazing which wasn't wise enough because I don't re...