Things I am particularly loathsome to right now:DotAunreliabilityindecisionWas supposed to go and buy little brother's school uniform today. Yesterday it was agreed that we'd go early in the morning. So I woke up early, showered, got ready, did some chores. Then its announced we will go in the afternoon, at five. But at five our designated driver is dead asleep, and only wakes up at 7. We'll see if we are going tomorrow. All of this (buying the camera and school supplies/uniform) was actually supposed to be done on Thursday.Meanwhile me and my si ...
Back to square one
Went out yesterday to buy a new camera since our old one got stolen. My dad had already picked one out, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3, which was almost similar to our old one, but still different.My older brother told me to research other cameras as well. So I did and ended up with several options, the most promising one was the Canon Powershot A580. Both of the cameras were for RM799.00. Finally got out of the house at 3.30pm, and went off to Times Square to park. My brother wanted to go to Low Yat but I preferred looking around in Times Square Firs ...
three out of eight
...managed to do 3/8 of the things on my to-do on Saturday list.First went to KLCC Convention Center with my older brother to the Post grad Asia fair. Not much there really. Then helped my little brother with his gift shopping. Then went to KLPAC to fetch my sister, and while we were there we hung around for a bit.Let me tell you something about KLue Urbanscapes that maybe the starry-eyed failed to notice, just didn't care about, or closed one eye to.There were loads of people. Many of them were smoking. You’re thinking, big deal, yeah? Well not ...
Choices
Watched "The Incredible Hulk" today, at the insistence of my brothers, coupled with the refusal of my sister to sit through "Kung-Fu Panda" and the lack of anything else to watch. The movie was LOUD. Had to stick my fingers in my ears more than several times. The only saving grace was Edward Norton, who I like anyway. Liv Tyler, oh my god, breathy voice is annoying!Tomorrow I have so many things/places/events lined up that I need to choose from:UrbanscapesRA FlashMobButterfly Park with Nada and SumeyraWatch "Wanted" with AzizaGo Out with Ayesha ( ...
Electronic Orchestra
This is just mind-boggling. How this guy got all his old electronics to perform in a kind of orchestra is amazing. Song played by these parts in Radiohead's "Nude".You have to listen to the whole thing, the first minute is kind of werid and boring but after that its just pure genius. it adds up to the experience!This is what the guy had to say:"Radiohead held an online contest to remix "Nude" from their album - "In Rainbows" This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that's played i ...
A Story
There once was an iceberg. It was a small iceberg, and it floated around happily in the cold ocean, making friends with bigger icegergs, and enjoying life, relatively. Sometimes polar bears would stop by and doze off on it, and sometimes even seals. Penguins liked the iceberg as well, as it was small enough to jump up on for the young ones. But one day, a peice of the iceberg broke off. It was a small piece, not anything to worry much about. But it kept on happening. The water became warmer, and the iceberg was breaking apart quicker than ev ...
Splash n dash
Just a quickie post -Was researching about Jalan Masjid India and Chinatown and came across this travel blog, its quite funny reading a tourist's view of KL.Here's the link:My First LeapTotally unrelated though - a really fun link. It converts your bitmaps into vectorVector Magic
Exploration and Discovery
I think in my previous entry I mentioned how I was done with my exams. Today however, my Intro to Built Environment class had an assignment to do, Urban Trail, which brought us to Petaling Street and Jalan Masjid India. It was my first time in Petaling Street, much to the surprise of our senior who was acting as our guide.Let’s just say the day was full of discoveries, not necessarily related to the assignment itself. Actually, not related to the assignment at all. This much I’ll say, innocence can be deceiving - and I should know. On the flips ...
Reverse Graffiti
Reverse GraffitiAmazing reverse graffiti on walls and cars Very cool.
Bye Bye Birdie…
I had my last exam today, it was Land Surveying. I read through everything a zillion times, paying close attention to engineering and construction surveying and GPS. The first two parts of the paper were easy peasy, i finished it in less than 20 minutes.but then i turn the page and read question # 3, and all my hopes of an A start flying away....doesn;t help that i think question 4 was faulty, but when i tried to ask sj he said it was right. ok then...anyways i'm done with my exams,buti still have homework can you believe, even when the semester ...
The should be’s of life…
I should be cleaning up my room, and the house.Cats should be allowed in our household. Then I won't have to spend hours staring out the window at my neighbor's cute cats.People who play computer games loudly while other people are trying to study should be more considerate.My sister should be cooking more than just fried fish. And she should cook more. She's not doing her fair share of chores.The Land Surveying Notes should be online, but not all of them are. My exam is on Wednesday.I should be studying and not editing my blog layout.
The Hamzah house menu
my parents are away for umrah so its just us kids at home. so we've had to cook :O So far this is what we've had...(its mostly dinners since we have lunch on campus)Day 1 - omelette courtesy of Maryamok i was so lazy-tired and i had a midterm the next day. no one else would step up, so...Day 2 - Ayam masak Kunyit (Turmeric Chicken) courtesy of Muhsin and HaneefDay 3 - Fried fish courtesy of MuniraDay 4 - Ayam Masak Merah ( i think it would literally be Red chicken but i dunno...) courtesy of Maryam and MuhsinDay 5 - Baked Fish courtesy of Maryam ...
TAGGED – and apparently i’m doing the chicken dance :P
So I've been tagged by my sister, this should be interesting... Google FTW!!!Rule: Go to Google and search the phrase. Tag friends. Please use your REAL 1st name.Use the first thing that comes up that makes sense.(don't forget to use the " " )Q: Type in " needs" in the Google search:A: Maryam needs surgery to heal wounds she suffered during the multiple attacks on ...Q: Type in " looks like" in Google search:A: Maryam looks like she is really happy to be around her cousin. How cute is that. And I love the slings and the color and pattern, very ni ...
Role reversal
So in our household there is somewhat of an oddity at works. My brothers love to cook (ok, one of them loves to, the others like it more than I do), and I am particularly averse to standing anywhere near the kitchen stove. On the other hand, I am quite enamored with any kind of hardware/tool. Screwdriver. Compass. Spirit level. Power drill. Yum!Our house seems to have a doorknob demon; so far 4 doorknobs have messed up. Twice in my brothers room, once my parents, and most recently (just now) our doorknob refused to open. My brothers' room was rea ...
queasy
why kimi, why? i wouldn't have minded (as much) if you just lost it on your own but to ruin poor sutil's race...leaves me a lot of explaining to do...obviously tricky conditions and all, but still, sutil would've had his moment...better luck next time
In a land far, far away…..
T watched the second installment of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince caspian, today. it was ok..some parts were good, some ok, some...cliched, it was after all a disney movie. i was given the feeling it was meant to be an emotional journey for the characters, but the only part in which they really succeeded in thoroughly portraying these emotions was their sense of desperate longing for narnia, how they missed it and their sadness in knowing that it was all temporary. The Brazilian word 'saudades' is described as "it is a deep feeling of longing ...
3rd times a charm…
It's Shakira's birthday tomorrow so we all went out, me, Sumeyra, Hiba, Nada, and Shakira, to Sunway pyramid. the whole journey alone took an hour and a half - but we were on a mission. Today, we would go ice skating!!! YEA!!!! hehe last time i skated was when i was 7, my god how embarassing for a canadian, only skated twice in her life. Today marked the third time i was on the ice. Nada didn't want to at first, after seeing the people on the rink as well as Sumeyra's unhelpful gore story of how someone's fingers were sliced off by the blades. bu ...
Damn you, Murphy!!!
As in, Murphy's Law. let me tell you two stories1. the other night, i was really thirsty so i went downstairs to get a bottle of water from the fridge. but when i opened the fridge, a cicak (small house gecko thing) scampered in and hid somewhere around the vegetable crisper box. now i really hate cicaks, they really gross me out (because of a certain incident) anyway i pulled the vegetable box out, but it wasnt there. i thjought, ok maybe i imagined it. but when i put in back in, the cicak was on the fridge floor, kinda injured i guess from bein ...
the movie marathon-ing
So far in the holidays i have watched:The Spiderwick Chronicles - better than i expected from a nickelodeon movieThe Jane Austen Book Club - hmmm....it was interesting i guess27 Dresses - james marsden!! - what more can i say?Win a Date with Tad hamilton - topher!!!Becoming Jane - did not live up to my expectations. it was just okIn America - loved this movie!!Catch Me If You Can - it was based on a true story, mustve been some kinda life!The Kite Runner - Great Great movieAnna and The King - lotsa malay actors in this movie. th ...
The changing of fickle minds
soooo port dickson bottomed out, because of certain and numerous complications. we ended up crashing ayesha's house instead (kesian her brother, had to lock himself in his room for 2 days:P) but in the end, i think we all had a great time! ala didn't know about her surprise party, she thought we were just heading to ayesha's for lunch. we decorated the place with whatever we had, namely colorful scarves and those belly dancing things you tie around your waist, she has tons of them. we even made a paper plate 'banner' which was deemed 'so childish ...