Monday, December 31, 2012

Pictures of 2012


January 2012

Izzah's Engagement


February 2012

Nadia's Mini Birthday Celebration


Class Photo, Year 1, Semester 2


March 2012

Yana's Engagement


April 2012

Ica & Hazim's Wedding


Dolls' Dinner at Sakura International Buffet


May 2012

Department of Theatre - Gala Night (Crew Members)


Mom's Birthday Celebration at Seoul Garden


June 2012

NAFA Orientation Leaders Camp 2012


July 2012

Universal Studios Singapore with the Dolls


NAFA Freshmen Welcome Orientation Week 2012


August 2012

Dolls' Annual Iftar 2012 at Netty's Place


Dolls' Annual Hari Raya Celebration 2012


September 2012

Universal Studios Singapore with the NAFA Orientation Leaders


October 2012

Azieera's Engagement


Universal Studios Singapore's Horror Nights 2 with the Dolls


November 2012

Inter-PEI Workshop between NAFA, LaSalle, TMC, PSB and SIM


December 2012

Dolls' Annual Christmas Party 2012



2012 -  it has been a crazy and hectic year for me. It's an emotional roller-coaster ride for me. There has been too many ups and too many downs that I'm just emotionally tired. I'm just trying to be at a better place in my life for the sake of my own sanity. I know I will get there, it's just a matter of when.


Sunday, December 30, 2012

Fifty Two weeks later...



It was a crazy week this past week. Honestly speaking, I had the most fun this past few days compared to any of the days within this year. It was tiring fun all the way from Monday till Saturday. From preparing for the Christmas Party to the Slumber Party over at Netty's house.

On Monday evening, I went off to collect the so-called official Dolls' t-shirts which is totally super cute. After that, I met up with Syima to do some super last minute Christmas' decorations shopping since Alif at the very last minute decided that he was unable to make it at all. Note to self: Never to go out to town on the eve of Christmas. The human traffic was seriously bad. It was packed everywhere and just pissing the shit out of me. To top it off, I had to entertain Syima and help her find her Christmas gift and dresses. We literally walked from Bugis all the way to Orchard. I was like a fucking crazy bitch carrying paper bags, plastic bags and my bagpack. 


Come Christmas Day, it was super crazy good fun. We literally went all out with our Christmas Party. Fairul booked a Suite at Oasia Hotel and bought red velvet cupcakes which was super nice. Najib and Syima bought two Turkeys, a bottle of campagne and a bottle of vodka. The Turkey was really delicious and so good that I was constantly asking for more. Ayun and Khairul bought 4 Large Pizzas and a few side dishes. As usual, we will usually eat it throughout the whole night while just chilling and talking. Arini bought goodie bags for each and everyone of us which was super cute. Azman, Netty and me split the money to pay for the official Dolls' t-shirts. Abang Wan and Kak Lenny paid for the drinks which we surprisingly didn't finished it up.

We literally dressed-up as if we were getting ready to go clubbing. All of us look gorgeous in our own way, with our outfits and make-ups. We exchanged gifts with one another and hands down, Khairul's gift is by far the most epic of them all. He actually bought two hamsters along with their cage and food supplies. All of us were just speechless about it. After exchanging the gifts, we all took photos in our official Doll's t-shirt which really looks good on all of us. Most of our pictures that night were really super gorgeous and really cute.

To end the night off, we played Charades. It was the girls, Syima, Netty and Arini vs the boys, Najib, Fairul and me with Azman being the judge. We were the only ones who slept over since the rest had work the next morning. It was super competitive and a really close fight. In the end, the boys won after more than 3 hours of playing Charades. After that most of us stay up all the way until 7am just talking and catching up. Since Netty, Syima, Najib and Arini were sleeping inside the room, Fairul, Azman and me slept in the living room. It was really nice having a real heart-to-heart conversation with both of them after so long. 

It was by far the best Christmas Party I have ever had. My loved ones were there with me.


After a wonderful Christmas party, some of us went over to Netty's house for a slumber party. The first night only Netty, Syima, Khairul and me slept-over. Netty, Syima and me had a Gossip Girl marathon all the way till 5plus in the morning. The next night, I went back home while Netty, Syima, Khairul and Najib slept-over. On Friday, I came over after accompanying Nazron to town and he bought me a pair of Pedro shoes as a birthday present. Friday night over at Netty's place, we had a rematch of Charades. It was Netty, Syima, Arini and Zarrin vs Najib, Fairul, Khairul and me. For a first timer, Khairul did surprisingly well but sadly, we lost by one point. It was crazy and competitive fun. We had too many hilarious and candid moments.

The next afternoon, we cooked brunched together. Najib set the table while Netty and Khairul cook and I just help them out. Fairul and Syima as usual, still asleep. It's sort of a tradition for us to cook as a group whenever we have a sleepover and one of our houses. We cooked Creamy Mushroom Soup, Mac & Cheese, Chicken Cabonara, Honey Chicken and Yellow Rice with Half-Spring Chicken from the previous night's dinner's leftover. It was so filling and we continued with our Gossip Girl marathon. Later for dinner, we ordered Chilli's and Ayun joined us. Khairul went off for dinner with his family at Lau Pa Sat while Najib went to visit his cousin at the hospital who just gave birthed. 

Wrapping up the whole week with the Dolls' was perfect. There was excellent food and perfect company, nothing could go wrong. Surprisingly, this time round, there was no drama at all. I love my Dolls.


Monday, December 17, 2012

Fifty weeks later...

In two weeks' time, it's going to be 2013. Time really passes by so fast when you are enjoying what you are doing. I'm just super thankful for everything so far.

Anyway, I received my results last Monday. I'm thankful that I got a 3.0 GPA but I know that I could have done better. I'm just disappointed that I got a C for my Principles of Marketing. Honestly speaking, I thought I was on the right track for that module. Personally, I think I did quite well for all my tutorial assignments and for both class tests. During exam, the questions were surprisingly straightforward. I was able to elaborate on each points really quite well. I truly have no idea where did I go wrong to deserve a C for it. Too bad, things happened and I just have to suck it up and move on. No point dwelling over something that can't be undone. 

Now I just need to concentrate on the next semester. Our class schedule is out and it is quite ridiculous. I'm pretty much speechless. 

Monday -  Dance Production (12pm - 2pm), Stage Management II (4pm - 6pm)
Tuesday - Organisational Communication Skills (4pm - 6pm)
Wednesday - Concert Management (7pm - 9pm)
Thursday - Contract Law, Lecture (9am - 11am), Business Finance (6.30pm - 9.30pm)
Friday - Contract Law, Tutorial (9am - 10.30am)

I have two days where my classes end after 9pm and I have one day where I got 7 and half hours worth of break. As much as I want to complain about it, I realized that I actually can't be bothered with silly things like this. My main objective is to study, graduate with a Diploma in Merit and then continue with my Degree. It is better for me to focus all my energy onto my studies and figure out how to avoid getting any more Cs or Ds. 

On a side note, I have decided to pull out from the Students' Council between SIM Global, TMC Academy, PSB Academy, LaSalle and NAFA. I was supposed to attend the first official meeting between the representatives but since it was raining super heavily, I decided that my sleep was much more important. Well, apparently they have already voted all the members and their respective roles. Out of professionalism, they dropped me an email with the minutes of the meeting. Let's just say I have no idea what is the whole objective of the Council. All I did know was that there would be another meeting this coming Tuesday and we are supposed to do something for CNY. Truth be told, are these people really that free or do they really manage their time like super well? I don't mean to be a bitch but I could tell that I won't be able to work well with certain people. What do you expect when you throw a bunch of overachievers with huge egos from different private schools into one room? Don't be surprise if I was the first one to stab someone else in that room.


My birthday went really well. I was actually more excited about my own shopping spree more than anything else. I went and bought myself a 2013 turquoise organizer, a Marvel comic and the first 5 books of "A Song of Ice and Fire". I was majorly disappointed that I didn't get to buy the "Avengers Vs X-Men" 12-series comics because I sort of accidentally overspent on other stuffs. Overall, I was just happy that I was able to buy books after so long. 

Some of the Dolls managed to surprise me with a really super nice birthday cake. Nazron, Netty, Fairul, Syima and Najib came over to my house to surprise me. It was really super cute and super nice of them to do it. I truly am so grateful to them. The birthday cake is really the best cake that I have ever had so far. It's so perfect. It's red velvet cake covered in baby pink and baby blue mint ice-cream with m&ms, gummy bears, hot fudge and whip cream as toppings. It was super nice! I totally love it! Then after that we just chilled under the void deck until 3plus in the morning. It wasn't much but the cake and the company was perfect.

At last, I got a MacBook Pro as a birthday gift from my Dad. Ever since I started NAFA almost 1 and half years ago, he kept saying that he would buy it for me but never did. Part of me has so-called given up hoping for it. I'm super thankful that he actually got it for me and to top it off, he got me a 1TB harddrive to go along with it. I love my Dad. Now I'm updating my blog using my MacBook Pro. 

This is by far the best birthday I have ever had because of the company and the presents. Even though there was no party, the thoughts behind the surprise and the presents are more than enough and it's perfect to me in every way. Syukur-Alhamdulillah.