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Instructions:
1) Go to this link: http://mct421.deviantart.com/art/Question-Meme-Generator-69266481
2) Fill it out as asked.
3) Copy each question and answer them.
1. Describe Asyraf in one word. - Lovely :)
2. If Alia played in a movie, what kind of character would they play?
- The fairy godmother
3. What do you think of Marena?
- Better than a best friend
4. Have you dreamt of Nadirah before?
- Ofcourse!
5. What is or would be a good nickname for Jannah?
- Diva!
6. Who is Fahriyah's best friend?
- I don't know 0_o
7. What is one thing Merhan isn't exactly made for?
- Uhrm.. Ballet?
8. Would you love to read Nisa's very personal diary?
- She would kill me.
9. What is or would be a good nickname for Aisha?
- Hrm.. Goldilocks
10. Would you marry Mizie?
- Hahaha No!
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| recurring dreams.. |
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August 4th, 2009 ï 4:38pm
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I keep dreaming about it.
It's a cycle of 4 dreams.
The bus.
The room.
The song.
The joy.
And when I wake up, I stare at the ceiling, wondering what I did to deserve such a cornucopia of painful reminders of what I don't have anymore?
The songs have been stuck in my head and when I open my mouth to sing, it's a wild concoction of the same few songs I kept hearing, that we kept singing, that we kept learning.
It was just 4, 5 days of pure torture for nothing, but strong friendship with many who've failed along with me.
It was just 4, 5 days of getting to know what life would be like, only to be, once again strewn across the cold floor like soiled meat.
It was just 4, 5 days of reminding me how I've failed not once, not twice but three times.
It was just 4, 5 days that have long passed and shall stay in my memory until the tube airs it for all to see.
All too see how I've failed. If it would even be shown.
But I'm glad, somehow.
I'm glad I'm home.
I'm glad I don't have to go through more of the torture only to be dropped from a higher floor.
I'm glad I've forged friendships with people who'll impact my life.
I'm glad I got to know her better, eventhough it was she who was up next to me at that very last day.
I'm just glad.
Glad I still have a will to carry on, that now I have ways.
But I'm not glad about the dreams.
I need to forget the pain, remember the happy moments.
I never expected it to be so hard to get over.
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| cherry on top of the whole bad month! |
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July 25th, 2009 ï 10:21pm
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First it was that.
Now, my nose is itchy and a lil drippy.. and my throat is scratchy.
GAWD i'm better off at lodi camp with my horribly red, awfully painful and swollen tonsils that totally stole my voice.
FUCKING CHERRY ON TOP OF THE BAD MONTH LA SERIOUSLY. WADAHECK
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| Chin up. Heads held up high.. Smile. |
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July 20th, 2009 ï 5:08pm
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Like every human being, I need to grieve. Whether for a loss of a friend, family or even a dream.
I've let myself bleed, wither and shrivel up.
And thanks to wonderful family and friends, I'm back.
I've licked my wounds, they've scabbed up.
I've rejunevated.
and I'm alive again.
Thank you for all your well wishes. I know that it was only temporary and that it's a dream I'll either have to keep chasing or give up altogether. And you KNOW the latter isn't an option for me.
I did my best and I was proud that I made it that far, eventhough I was ill most of the days.
I'm proud that I made no mistakes and barely erred.
I'm proud of my family for being able to stand tall for me and be there by my side.
Proud of my boyfriend for being supportive and trusting.
I am happy that I've made friends that are worth the long run.
I'm happy. Happy to have been even given the chance.
Here's to a better year ahead...
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| Gone too soon.. Too much speculation.. Not enough truth.. :( RIP MICHAEL |
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Michael Jackson 'had nose rebuilt after plastic surgery left him unable to breathe'Michael Jackson had to have his nose rebuilt after extensive plastic surgery left him unable to breathe properly, his doctor Arnold Klein has claimed. By Aislinn Simpson
Published: 9:00AM BST 10 Jul 2009 Dermatologist Dr Klein also insisted the star was "very proud" to be black and was only the colour he became because of the medical condition vitiligo, which alters the skin pigmentation. He said he last saw the King of Pop three days before his death, when they were trying to get him ready for a series of concerts at London's O2 centre. Dr Klein said he had intervened to stop Jackson from having further surgery and then began rebuilding his nose and cheeks using fillers last year. “I thought he had a nice-looking nose... but it got to the point where it was far too thin. It didn’t look natural to me,” the doctor told the CNN programme Larry King Live. “I rebuilt it, using fillers. He was beginning to look like the nose was normal again. And that’s all I wanted – and to regain the breathing passages of his nose, because there was a total collapse of the cartilage.” He said that Jackson was still blighted by acne and scarring from his years of plastic surgery, which he had been trying to treat in the days leading up to his death. “I just was trying to get him ready to do the concert, because in the way he looked in his face he wanted it to be absolutely as perfect as it could be,” he said. Dr Klein met Jackson nearly 25 years ago and a former nurse at his Beverley Hills clinic, Debbie Rowe, would go on to become the star's wife and the mother of two of his children. The doctor diagnosed the star, who died of a heart attack two weeks ago, with lupus, which sees the immune system attack the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. He said Jackson also suffered from vitiligo, another auto-immune disorder that affects the pigmentation of the skin, and insisted he had not lightened his complexion to appear whiter but had been forced to use creams to even out a "totally speckled look" he had all over his body. “Michael was black. He was very proud of his black heritage. He changed the world for black people,” he said. He said the umbrella Jackson habitually carried was to guard his sensitive skin, and the hats he would frequently wear were often to protect a bald patch he developed after his hair caught fire during filming for a Pepsi advertisement in 1984. The doctor also broached the thorny subject of the paternity of Jackson's children Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11, with Rowe. He said he believed the pair had consummated their marriage and that Jackson could be the father, but also refused to rule out being the father himself, saying that he had once donated sperm to a sperm bank. “To the best of my knowledge, I’m not the father,” he said. “I want to tell you that this discussion, however, is between Michael, his children and this person. It’s not to be discussed who the father is over national television.” He told King that on learning of Jackson's death, he had called Rowe and told her: "I want you to get active and be the mother.” “My greatest concern was what was going to happen to the children,” he said. “I told her that I didn’t want to see in three years the children doing the next version of the Jackson 3.” |
| Bill O'reilley SERIOUSLY Needs to Just Drop Dead. |
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July 9th, 2009 ï 10:42pm
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FOX news n Bill O'Reilley find the wierdest, most controversial, and sometimes menial things to air -- all for viewership ratings.
it's disgusting.
he's dead, the memorial's over.
stop making a big deal about his race, his memory or his mistakes.
THE MAN IS DEAD.
Bill O'reilley, is a media whore, and he knows it. Retire already!
URGH
I PERSONALLY take offence for what he said regarding Michael, as the man is already dead. He deserves some degree of respect.
Even PSYCHO MURDERERS don't get such coverage and remarks after their execution.
Where's FOX News' ethics?
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| Strangers.. |
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April 23rd, 2009 ï 9:56pm
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So much has gone on since I last updated and I just don't know where to start.
Basically, I've learnt alot about myself from a 3rd-person standpoint, as well as intrinsically - well there's no need to explain anything here.
I've had the holidays start before the SMU peeps, felt insecure all over again, gone to the gym more than often, start with Muay Thai, started recording videos again and singing, and lots more.
I just realized how much change people go through within a span of 6 months or so - true colours surface and characters change.
I've spent so much time with the T Junx, I feel like a part of a family, especially with those who were there when I first got to know the T Junx - Izzat, Iylia, Adzfar, Kopi, Hafiz, Ameer, Alia, Liyana, Aisyah and Atiqah - and every one of them has changed significantly through the 6 months in my eyes.
The "group" has grown so big, we're no more just T Junx - we've expanded into T Junx Co. (and I'm not making this up! - there's probably more than 15-20 of us now, inclusive of the NUS and NTU and MDIS peeps!)
I've gotten to know my wonderful classmates - Fahr, Ann Nee, Jun Mo, Fiona, Ahmad, and the rest of the gang (too many names!!).. We've also grown into a wonderful family, one that'll be there by each others' sides when we need each other most - especially during exams and assignments. Yes, let me hear those moans of displeasure. Haha!
I also got to thinking about the girls from poly and secondary school - Nisa, Sab, Fathiah, Nad, Yaya.. We've been contacting each other once in a while, and wow - I miss em!
Oh and the diploma girls - Ema, Hema, Mira, Sharon, Shikin, Jing Ying.. and the rest?
Gah - I've so many people to catch up with! I miss everyone so much.
Ok i don't know why I updated.. i just miss ya'all so much.
*shrugs*
shit. i need to write a new proper blog soon.
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| April's Fool.. |
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April 1st, 2009 ï 9:41pm
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AMEER sends RESSA to the MRT and headed back to his school.
8:51PM, AMEER: Where are you? :)
8:58PM, RESSA: Dunno! I overslept and I'm now at Bedok interchange!! Am waiting for a bus home now.
8:59PM, AMEER: Baby!!! Ksian you!!! :( [translated: ksian you - you poor thing!]
9:00PM, RESSA: Ya. That's why.. I was so sleepy :(
9:03PM, AMEER: Haix, go home quick ya baby ksian you haix [translated: ksian you - you poor thing!]
9:04PM, RESSA's sister calls AMEER, "Asyraf, where is Maressa? Why isn't she picking up my calls? Do you know what the time is now?" AMEER panics, and starts explaining the situation.
9:06PM, RESSA's sister keeps nagging, and in a few seconds, AMEER hears RESSA's voice going, "APRIL FOOLS'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
9:08PM AMEER: I will NEVER forgive you, sayang...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
April fools', baby!
I'm sorry you had to be tricked. I just needed something funny to end off my day.
I love you! hehehe
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| being ahead of time |
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April 1st, 2009 ï 5:25pm
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"if you must falter, be wise - your mind is in disturbia!"
I always thought that procrastination was a bad thing - but then it has suddenly become something I wish I'd adhere to as my life-long principal to doing assignments. -_-"'
Being ahead of time, knowing that you're only waiting and waiting and waiting for more work to fall into your lap is definitely worse than having stuff already in your lap, that you KNOW you have to do, that you have PLANNED to do and you already know WHAT it is.
Oh well, lucky for me, I'm not much of a brooder.
Saturday afternoon, I finally submitted my report and that load's off my back.. baby brought me breakfast and was with me all day..
Monday evening, I was invited to Ameer's mom's birthday dinner (I bought her the nice shawl i saw.. ameer bought her a nice brooch and we bought a cake for her too!) and today, I'm looking through my presentation slides that looks pretty much finished except for some finishing touches.
A few articles still due.. but they're not that urgent, so I figure I should take some time on them..
Here's a pretty peektur! :) --> more on my FB!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=87053&id=544485848
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| Another Case of Animal Abuse.. AT ITS WORST! |
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 HARDENED police officers have been shocked by the horrifying torture, mutilation and brutal slaying of a seven-month-old fox terrier pup "PEANUT" at Moranbah.
Jonathon (Jon) Connor Blake, 20, and Trent William Cunniffe 24, (the accused) did not apply for bail.
Police have obtained video footage from a mobile phone that shows graphic images of the puppy yelping and howling in terrible pain as it is hacked to pieces.
Animal rights experts have described the case as one of the worst and most horrific in Australian history. Police allege that a pair of garden shears and a pocket knife were used to torture and kill the little puppy.
Moranbah police said the dog was a family pet and the owners were too distressed and upset to talk to anyone about it.
The pup's nose was cut off, its front right leg and rear left leg were cut off and it was decapitated. His stomach was cut open from neck to tail.
Police will say the dog was stolen from a residence in Railway Parade in Moranbah and was taken to a lookout in the town. Congealed blood and dog hairs were found on picnic tables at the lookout.
A three-part video series on a mobile phone shows the dog being tortured. The final stages of the video show the dog's mutilated body parts. The dog's body was found about 3.50am on Monday near the town's campdraft ground. It was dumped beside a road.
Police were attending a car accident when they discovered the dog's body. After seizing the mobile phone, police recovered a set of garden shears which had dog hair and blood on them. Police also took possession of the clothes worn by two men in the car, for scientific testing.
"Senior police officers were visibly shaken after viewing the footage. Police and the RSPCA say that if the allegations are true this could well be the worst case of animal cruelty ever brought before the courts in Australia," RSPCA's Queensland Chief Inspector Michael Pecic said.
"This is very, very disturbing," Mr Pecic said.
"For legal reasons this is really all I can say at the moment. But when you talk to senior police officers who have seen a lot of carnage in their time and they say it shocked even them, then you begin to get the picture."
Footage from the attack has been suppressed by police until the outcome of the court case.
The maximum penalty under the Animal Care and Protection Act for such an offence is $75,000 or two years in jail; however, the maximum penalty ever handed out has been a four-month jail term.
Both men were charged in the Mackay Magistrate's Court with stealing a dog, wilfully and unlawfully killing it, wilfully damaging a gate, and unlawful possession of marijuana, all at Moranbah on Monday.
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Updates from ASPCA's Website:
I have been told by another concerned animal lover this little dog tried to escape on the bloodied stumps away from these people who slaughtered it in the end.
THESE SADISTIC LOSERS ARE TRYING TO PLEAD MENTAL ILLNESS TO REDUCE THE SENTENCE!
One the monsters, Trent Cunniffe has just been admitted to the Mackay Base Hospital's mental health unit, the Magistrate's Court was told yesterday." Daily Mercury .
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The initial court case has gone ahead with a great turn out of around 150 people and very positive support from the community. Cars drove by the court sounding their horns, cheering for the demonstrators and thanking them.
Channel 7 and ABC were there (hopefully we will see some coverage on the news tonight) and the police were a wonderful help closing off the footpath for the rally.
Unfortunately the court case has been re-scheduled for the 15th December 2008... keep signing the petition and try to get to Mackay for the next rally on Monday 15th.
A massive thank you to all the caring people who travelled from afar, to take a stand for Peanut outside the court. The rally was peaceful and everyone sends their sincere appreciation for all the dedicated animal lovers who supported our cause.
The town is buzzing and the court/magistrate saw the concern and outrage by our protesters today. Todays contribution will go along way in getting the maximum penalty for these two monsters!
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The second court case went ahead on the 15th of December and has again been adjorned.
Around 20 people rallied outside the court and the public support from people travelling by the court was overwhelming. ABC, Channel 7 and The Daily Mercury covered the story.
New dates; Blake being heard on 30th January 2009 Cunniffe being heard around 16th February 2009.
Currently neither of them have entered pleas, no reading of statement of facts and still very early in the process! Please keep up your support.
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30th January 2009
K. Nielsen went to the court case on Friday. Very disappointing, Jonathan Blake has been remanded until the 29th May where he will enter a plea at the new court date. Hopefully we will get results then but now have to wait until May.
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Seriously.
Disgusting behaviour.
Everyone and anyone who has the heart to let any live creature suffer deserve the same treatment!
Killing is one thing - to make it suffer is another!
I'm so shaken up by this.
Humans = Worst creatures on Earth.
God didn't give us the liberty to be on Earth to torture others.
God created us to be the most noble, respectable creatures to roam Earth, and yet there are some who turn out to be as sick as the thought of Satan himself.
Ya Allah..
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| KARA DIOGUARDI'S FREUDIAN SLIP |
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March 28th, 2009 ï 12:08am
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I was just watching the Top 10 performances this morning, after my brother teevo-ed it on Starhub's Digital Set top Box..
I was happy and disappointed and just damn dumb founded.
Let's just say that my favourite for the night was definitely Adam Lambert's SURPRISING and AMAZING performance!
It was so good that the newest female judge, Kara DioGuardi went totally stupid, and made me laugh! I had to rewind and replay that part twice to make sure that I wasn't just imagining the error.
But yep, there it was - crystal clear!
Let's not forget, Kara is no newbie in the music industry - having worked with the likes of Celine Dion, David Archuletta, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and even Paula Abdul. She's a singer-songwriter who was semi-responsible for the song "Temporary" by Nick Lachey, coming off his "Coming up for Air" album.
According the Wikipedia:
" DioGuardi co-owns Arthouse Entertainment, a publishing company that is a resource business for record companies and other music entities seeking compositions, productions, artists, and related music services. Arthouse has been a part of many chart-topping hits including Cassie's "Me & U" (written and produced by Ryan Leslie), Jim Jones' "We Fly High" (written and produced by Zukhan Bey), Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me," David Archuleta's single "Crush" (written and produced by Eman Kiriakou), Mika's "Grace Kelly" and also OneRepublic's "Apologize" and "Stop and Stare" (all produced by Greg Wells), Faith Hill's "Lost" (written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and Mitch Allan) and "Pieces of Me" by Ashlee Simpson. "
He was so good, that she was left saying,
" I have six words for you: ‘one of the best performances of the night.' "
By golly!
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| looks and sounds like an actress! |
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March 25th, 2009 ï 11:03pm
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fahr. says:
go listen breathe slow by alesha dixon she looks like an actress, this singer ♥ maressa zahirah says: really? well i don't know about that.. but she sure sounds like one.. mickey mouse's voice actor, that is heh
i really crack myself up sometimes!
anyhoos, am busy with the FINAL RUN with our GP report, and fahr and I missed our class chalet and are feeling like shit.
i hope they're not gonna be that mad at us..
we're gonna be staying up all night to finish up everything..
after tomorrow, it's gonna be our run towards the presentation on the 7th April..
i'm happy with my website, poster, and cards!
hopefully, i'll be able to pull it off, and possibly get an A+? heh.
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| relationships! |
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March 25th, 2009 ï 1:33pm
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My Relationship
| | Security | | Avoidance | | Ambivalence | | Worry | | Merger | |
| You have great security in your relationships and receive good comfort from being around the people you love. This helps you to cope with life and to be strong in other situations.
You do not have any commitment issues and find it easy to commit emotionally to relationships, both new and existing. People find it easy to get close to you and draw great satisfaction from relationships with you.
You have good self confidence and do not spend overly much time worrying about the success or failure of your relationships. This attitude allows you to be more relaxed in a relationship and is of great benefit.You are moderately worried about being abandoned in your relationships, and do spend some time worrying if your partner, family or friends still love you. However generally you are able to overcome these feelings. You are not at all clingy in relationships and have a healthy attitude towards how close a relationship needs to be.
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| perfect imperfection |
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March 22nd, 2009 ï 1:29am
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Our close friends, and our family would be the best to ask if we're ever that perfect, which we're not. We quarrel, have our own little insecurities and unresolved issues, but we've stuck together for 6 years, coming onto 7.. And our love for each other grows with the numbers..
Maybe all those little imperfections are what makes us "perfect"?
I don't know..
But i'm really happy about how many people we've touched.. :)
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| another hypocrite |
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March 19th, 2009 ï 1:16pm
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introvert
thought you were a friend. but all these while, you were bitching behind my back.
if you're reading this, might I say, every shit that falls in your lap?
you fucking deserve it.
wanna know why I'm saying this out of the blue? you fucking ask me straight.
I have enough maturity not to embarass you with your childish indulgence.
i just expect an apology.
or i swear to God, and all his creatures,
i will never forgive you.
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| total abuse. |
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March 18th, 2009 ï 11:03pm
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I have two wonderful cats.
Cats that people tell me are happy, well-fed and very spoilt!
I've always loved cats, as like my whole family -- and that's basically the reason why we'd keep a cat, much less two!
But why would anyone in the right mind, or anyone on this Earth, for that matter, keep an animal he/she cannot stand and cannot love?
Why would you keep the cat in your house? Why would you put a bell around its neck? Why would you share breathing space with it?
Singaporeans must've heard of the cat abusers, cat mutilators and cat killers who've made headlines - but most were never found. All that was left was cat carcasses - either burried in a mass-grave, or left behind in the middle of no where, for someone to find.
But oh-my-God. What this cat is subjected to in these videos, (I can't begin to imagine every other day that is not recorded) is unfathomable, and cannot, for God's sake, be stomached by the level-headed people with religion and any hint of sanity.
The poor cat's voice - mewing for help. Poor darling Dusty.
The smacking. The punching. The dunking in cold water.
Ya Allah..
Why was this cat being kept? Why... Why dis they want the cat in the house, if all they were doing to it is abuse?
Thank God..
The two cats are okay and are going to a new home soon.. after the two kids were brought to court in February..
If you'd like to see what I'm talking about, visit http://www.kenny-glenn.net/
The videos have to be downloaded - and I must remind you, these are GRAPHIC.
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| Beautiful Nightmare |
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March 17th, 2009 ï 6:36pm
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Every night I rush to my bed
With hopes that maybe I'll get a chance to see you when I close my eyes
I'm going outta my head
Lost in a fairytale
Can you hold my hands and be my guide?
Clouds filled with stars cover your skies
And I hope it rains
You're the perfect lullaby
What kind of dream is this?
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I, don't wanna wake up from you
Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Somebody pinch me, your love's too good to be true
My guilty pleasure, I ain't goin nowhere
Baby, long as you're here
I'll be floating on air cause you're my, you're my....
You can be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I, don't wanna wake up from you
I mention you when I say my prayers
I wrap you around all of my thoughts
Boy, you're my temporary high
I wish that when I wake up you're there
To wrap your arms around me for real and tell me you'll stay by side
Clouds filled with stars cover the skies
And I hope it rains
You're the perfect lullaby
What kind of dream is this?
Tattoo your name across my heart
So it will remain....
Not even death can make us part
What kind of dream is this?
Either way, I don't wanna wake up from you...
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I love you.
No matter what.
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| Mom's Birthday.. |
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March 16th, 2009 ï 1:13am
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Mom's 50th came and went..
We celebrated it the best we could..
Didi bought her ear rings..
Dad drove us to the restaurant..
I made her a card..
Baby bro gave her a HUGE hug..
Ameer bought her flowers...
And we had a wonderful time with our lovely mom..
The most capable, amazing, wonderful, forgiving, loving, patient, kind, sweetest mother in the whole entire world..
and she's mine..
HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY, Mama!
I LOVE YOU <3
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| the last few weeks |
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March 14th, 2009 ï 3:15pm
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Wooh!
I've been staying up for the past few weeks to finish up my draft for the Grad Proj, and I've been pooped.
When it comes to indulging myself in entertainment, the only source has unfortunately been the internet - I'm starting to feel like one of those "Asian Nerds" that the Americans like to portray all Asian undergraduates, ala William Hung.
Yesterday was one of those days when I was able to release all the pent up energy I've had from the lack-of-sleep-oversleep see saw my body has been on.
The T Juncs invited me to join them in the culling of zombies that have been infecting their students for weeks, forming a legion that would take over the whole campus, if they weren't stopped.
We prepared, and we knew we were ready to win over the campus.
We screamed, we ran.. and some of us were even turned.
Ultimately, the zombies were wiped out...
and as for me?
I survived, barely...
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| of perceptions |
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February 22nd, 2009 ï 9:47pm
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She had shapely legs, hugged by a tight pair of jeans that showed off her cute little butt that bounced ever-so-slightly with every step she took. She strutted in shoes that were 4-inches high and white. She wore a tight long-sleeved top that stopped short of her belt buckle. Her slender hands clutching tightly on her book bag - knuckles turning white, as she hastily makes her way across the road and up the steps to school.
I just described to you a Muslim girl who chose to wear a "tudung" or a shroud who I had seen just a couple of days ago.
You see, I've always wondered why anyone would want to wear the shroud if they were not going to cover up - and I mean REALLY cover up - not wear body-hugging attires that show off your every asset - otherwise, what's the whole purpose, right?
I've even seen a few Muslim girls who wear the shroud with short-sleeved t-shirts. And at these times I wonder, why in the world are they even wearing the shroud?
Sure, I'm not one to talk, since I still wear skirts and I barely don the shroud, unless it is for a religious class, or gathering. But at least I'm not hypocritical about it. I know that I do not wear the shroud because if i do, and I act wrongly in public, I'm displaying the wrong behavior of a Muslim girl.
You see, ultimately, we are living in a modern world, where unfortunately, many have chosen to for-go the shroud that covers our head due to many different reasons and purposes - be it work, social status, or like me, we're not religious enough and do not feel that we deserve the shroud.
But these girls are walking around in tight-fitting attire, sometimes even butt-crack or navel-baring, and portraying the wrong perception of a pious Muslim woman. I've seen these girls hugging and kissing their boyfriends in public, (and some of these girls look young enough to still be in secondary school!) some of them are seen blatantly smoking, swearing in as many languages as they know, and behaving worse than even I would, if i can say so myself! (At least I do my prayers - even though not all 5 sometimes - without being told to. With or without a friend)
Yes, not all shrouded girls (or Minah Tudung, or Minah Ferring -- as the Mats would call them) are that way, but there are still a handful of them who need to either change their ways now, or change out of that tudung until they are able to change their ways.
The worst part of it all, is that I know many narrow-minded and orthodox parents who receive the ill-informed notion that these shrouded girls are the "good" girls in society, especially when choosing favourites amongst their daughter's friends - and I've been through alot of friends' mothers to know this. (Don't worry, most of them realize I'm no threat nor a bad influence after meeting me the first time :))
Is this a case of misconception on those parents' side, or is it these girls' acting abilities?
Either way, it's becoming absolutely disturbing on SO many levels.
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Sometimes, people can bring the hilarity out of depression, and my boyfriend is the best at that.
We've been together long enough for either of us to realize how much the other is dreading their work/situation. So today, when he was complaining about the amount of work that he has to go through, I told him bluntly, "Don't you dare talk to me about deadlines. I have one every two weeks and it's pulling all the stuffing out of me. If you're gonna complain, complain about how the statistics questions are killers, or how your homework is piling up, or how you're tired of the same module for months. But DON'T you dare talk to me about deadlines. I'll KILL you."
He stared at me blankly, then matter-of-factly said,
"But baby, I was just gonna tell you... I'm sick of studying so hard! When I was in NS, my brain was useless, it was practically dead... Now i'm in University, I'm working my brain so hard, it is practically dying."
Needless to say, in all the exam stress, I almost died laughing.
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do you need to feel motivated?
oh my God.
he's uh-may-zing.
even till today, no one has yet to impress me as much in their speech, the way he has.
RIP, Martin Luther King Jr!
Your leadership has brought the blacks to FREEDOM.
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