Anyhow, I know that Eid is so last season, but here are some pictures.

Remember I said I wasn’t looking forward to Eid at all? Well, surprisingly, it turned out pretty good this year! :) For those who don’t know (and I’m quite sure many don’t), in the pictures I’m wearing the traditional costume of my ethnicity. When it’s Eid, you will get to see groups of Malays trouping around in these costumes.

Anyway, moving on, I’m having my very first university examinations in about 2 weeks’ time! Arghaigsidcdscdbaci! I have started to read up on my notes and stuff, but I still have about 575746 more readings to do. BAH. I have absolutely no life at all. The amount social activity that I engage in right now is about as high as that of a strawberry yogurt. It’s been weeks - no, months - since I last caught a movie in the cinemas.

On a lighter side, right now I’m typing away on my brand spanking new Fujitsu Lifebook! Well, it’s not exactly new, really. I got it about a month ago. I was contemplating between the Lifebook or MacBook, but finally decided on the former. It’s really spiffy! But sometimes I do get the “Shit, I should’ve gotten a Mac instead!” thoughts. Sigh. There’s just something about Apple products that makes you go all gaga. Well, at least that’s the case for me, lol.

Anyway, I think I’ve just lost a whole load of visitors, thanks to my inactivity. Sad, but true. Gah. My inbox is right now full of affiliate, advertising and hosting applications. I’m gonna get to them right now! And, if possible, return some comments. Till then!

Anyway, just the other night I joined some friends for breaking fast at Arab Street. Yeah, I live in Singapore, but we have an Arab Street, a Little India, a Penang Road, a Chinatown, a Holland Village, and the list goes on. lol. Anyway, I had kebabs (skewered chunks of meat or fish cooked over charcoal) for dinner that night, and boy was it yummy.

Is anyone as pissed off as I am that Warner Brothers decided to push back the release date of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? Gah!

So just when I am feeling all bleah and ugh for the day, I received a comment from Joon that I won 3rd for StarMonkey Designs‘ Mega Advertising Contest. So I went to Laura’s site and boy, was I surprised. Because I entered the contest for the fun of it and I really didn’t expect anything.

So yes, despite a third placing, it really made my day. Thank you Laura! =)

I think the worst thing about death is the sense of helplessness that you feel. That there is really nothing else you can do but to hope that the deceased will be happy wherever he/she is. You could cry all you want, you could shed tears of blood, you could grief and moan and think about him/her all day long, but the fact remains- that he/she is gone, and nothing will or can ever change that. You know the one thing that we truly wish we can salvage, and yet it’s truly irreversible.

I don’t want to lose him. Not now, please dear God.

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Last night his sister contacted me. She told me that he is still depending on life support and that nobody, not even his family members, is allowed to visit him. She also told me that he was actually conscious on the first day. But all he could mutter were the words “Mom” and “Dee”. He slipped into an unconscious state hours after.

Dee. That was what he used to call me whenever we joked around in the past. I miss him. He used to sing for me whenever I told him I felt down. He wrote a song for me just last week and said he’d let me hear during the weekends. I wish there is something that I can do. But I feel so helpless. If you could spare a moment or two, could you please pray for his well-being? I would really appreciate it.

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So I finally got my butt into adding some visitor’s content. It’s not much, but check it out, mmkay? I am trying to refrain myself from using too many celebrity pics (even though sometimes I admit I can’t help it), so it’s really quite a challenge. I also have some new affies! Do check them out here.

School assignments are starting to pile up slowly. I have 2 assignments due next week, 3 projects waiting in line and 1 term paper to hand up. I have so many readings to do, most of them are so lengthy. Bah. It’s so… sad to hit the library on a cool Wednesday afternoon and stare into pages and pages of words in miniscule font. Some readings are almost unfathomable (or perhaps it was just the cool sleepy afternoon weather that was slowly but surely increasing the weight on my eyelids hence preventing my brain cells from making logical meaning out of the many sentences).

On a lighter note, I just placed in an order for a Fujitsu Lifebook! I will have to wait for it to be shipped to my house, though. I was told by the vendor it would take a couple of weeks to get it all settled. Considering the fact that it’s packed with loads of pre-installed softwares (including Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium arrgghgagaga!), I got it at a heavily discounted price. All thanks to the Notebook Ownership Scheme made by the university.

That aside, does anybody ever go to Explosm.net?

Roflmao. What a stress-reliever.

So, okay, I have some major updates on my life. First and foremost, it’s the month of Ramadan already! So happy fasting to all the Muslims out there. May this month be a blessing for you and you loved ones.

Besides that, school has already started for me. It’s been about 5 weeks already and I still have difficulty in believing the fact that I am a college student. I’m in the Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences, though I have yet to declare my major. But so far, I have to say that my favourite module has to be Sociology. I find that it really makes you think about issues that are so fundamental, yet funnily enough we rarely ponder over them. I had my first Sociology tutorial last week and I left the class still deep in thought, I almost crashed into the bin.

That aside, my drama production also ended last August. Well actually that’s what been keeping me so busy all this while. It was a great success, and I received a bunch of compliments that made all the sweat and blood from the hectic training schedules disappear. :) Photos are under the cut.

Dance training sessions.

The one on the right was taken a few hours before the real show.

This was during the show itself. I swear the goosebumps were getting out of control at that point of time.

This was taken after the show. My family came to give their support, even my grandmother! <3

Oh and they also gave me a birthday surprise. The cake they got me was absolutely delightful. Well, give me chocolates of any sort and I’ll be a very happy girl indeed. :D

I also appeared on national TV! It’s in Malay though, so I doubt most of you can understand. It doesn’t matter, just watch that bit from 0:22 up till 0:36. See that yellow girl with about 10 tonnes of make-up on?

There goes my 2 seconds of fame, lmao.

I guess that is all for now. Have a great week ahead! :)

But don’t worry, I will be back soon. I just need get some things settled. I’ll still be around in boards, and I will still be checking my email frequently, so you know where to get me. :)

Love, Dyana

I wonder how college life is going to be like. Just in case you guys don’t know, I have been studying in ordinary uniform-ed schools since I was 5. That’s almost 15 darn years of uniforms and ponytails and canvas sneakers. There were always the strict rules to abide by, the discipline master to answer to, the teachers to depend on. Entering university will be like entering an entirely different world - new people, new problems, new system. It is scary, but I am actually very excited.

I am also currently busy with 2 offline projects. One of them is a drama production that will be staged this August. I am acting as one of the female lead roles and this is perhaps the most challenging character I have ever had to play. In short, my character is a bitch. A real, scheming, green-eyed, spiteful bitch. It’s really stressful, to have to be someone that people are bound to hate. On the other hand, it’s a pretty fun role to play! It’s not everyday that you get to pretend to be a stuck-up and vengeful little monster, you know? rofl.

Pfft. What a boring post. So to spice things up (HAHA), I shall end with this animation of yours truly:

I swear Mandee.com is the best retail eye-candy ever. Can someone please sponsor me about 500USD please? -insert my pathetic face here-

Have a wonderful week ahead everyone!

Unbelievable Fact #2 I actually own a domain! Goodness golly! It’s just too good to be true. Okay, I know that loads of you probably register about 8 domains every year, so it may no longer be such a big deal. But for me, after having been in this online world since 2002 (!!!) and having dreamed of getting a domain for about 123 decades already, it is a huge deal. I don’t know, I just thought I wasn’t deserving enough for one. I had this perception that only the more experienced in webdesign should own a domain. Plus, I didn’t want to buy a domain using my parents’ money. So, okay, to cut a long story short, I am very happy.

Unbelievable Fact #3 It rained today.

Unbelievable Fact #4 I broke my Motorola RAZR into 2. I was flipping it open as per usual and it just decided to break on me. :(

I kind of have mixed feelings about this layout. I mean, I have always had this liking for colorful layouts and CSS. But I have a feeling that this one is lacking something. I’d probably edit the header slightly when I have the time later.