curtin grand ball 2005

The theme for this year's prom was Heaven On Earth. This year, the prom was held at Marriot Hotel on the 22nd October.

Wani and I went to Simon Hair Design to get our hair and make up done instead of the initial plan of going to Amy Hair Studio. We went there at 4.30pm. First time being there. And it wasn't bad either. The people were friendly. The guy there even did my hair twice just so that I could choose which style I wanted it in. Haha. Adeh.. they gave Wani a totally sopisticated look, but they insisted on giving me a cute cute kawai look.

This is what I looked like after they were done with me.


So how? Walking disaster or....? Hehe.. I actually do like this hairstyle although they insisted on me looking cute.

After that, Wani and I rushed over to her place to pick up her dress and all that so that she could bring it over to my place and get changed there. So funny.. Wani almost forgot to take her dress along. We were just about to get into the car when I asked her, "What about your dress?" then you can see Wani scampering off to get her dress. Hehe.

We both went back to my place where I had the dilemma of choosing which dress to wear. You see, I had 2 dresses to choose from. One black one which my cousin lent to me, and another maroon coloured dress which my mother brought me to the tailor to make. Initially, I wasn't planning on even wearing anything new.. just go there wearing one of my old dresses or something.. Haha.. hopeless, aren't I? Then my mom dragged me off to the tailor's at last minute.

In the end, I went with the black dress. As you should probably be able to tell by now. I was supposed to go pick up a friend at 7pm but you know how girls are.. hehehe.. in the end, we picked him up at only 7.30pm. Who is he? Well, he was my last minute date. I was supposed to go single. Anyway, weird, innit? A girl going to pick a boy up? Hehehe. Well, initially he wanted to pick me up, but since I had long ago promised that I would pick Wani up, we decided that I would drive over to his place to pick him up and that he would then drive the rest of the way to Marriot. And ish! So sweet.. he got me a corsage. Wasn't expecting that at all. That's a picture of the corsage on the left. It actually had two roses in it, but one fell out sometime during the night. Too bad. =(

Anyways, when we arrived at Marriot, there were no parking spaces left. So they had to direct the traffic to the football field. Where they had to let the cars park. Okay.. sooo... we parked there.. and now.. let's ponder.. football field.. heels.. football field.. heels.. Haha. Yeah, I had trouble walking across the field in heels. So did Wani. So my date carried my across the field.. teehee. Poor Wani. I was a tad bit embarrassed though. Haha.. but I still enjoyed it. Hehe. What?? It's nice being carried around, no? Makes you feel like a little girl again.

So we walked all the way to the ballroom which was actually situated in a seperate building then we saw a line snaking into the ballroom. Wah! At least we know we weren't the only ones who were late. Hehe. So while standing in line, he helped tie my corsage to my wrist. Heh. But erm.. yeah.. kept having trouble with it.. my fault really. That he had to keep undoing his knots and tying it all over again. Oh, and it didn't just stop there. Haha! Noo.. all throughout the night, he kept having to tie it back on for me. Not that he wasn't any good at tying it on. Just that, you know.. I'm small. So like.. it was loose.. and I kept shifting around so yeah.. Hehe. My bad.


Wani and I. Btw, that arm does belongs to Wani.

Anyway, we finally got in. Outside in the hall, there had a little space where we could go and take photos. They hired photographers from Broadway to do the shooting. And there were tables set up for the buffet later. So then we went into the ballroom to go sit at our tables. Oh yeah, he was sitting at a different table, btw. Cos I was sitting at the CV! table and since he only got his ticket at last minute (luckily too, cos all the tickets were supposed to be sold out) he had to sit at a different table. But luckily not too far away. =) I sat at table 19, be was at table 21. Wani however, sat at a table that was set up at the far corner of the room. Aihh.. pity. Number 35, i think. Or 30 something, at least.

Had the usual lauching.. with performances, and speeches. First off, a performance from the Curtin Music Club. My friends Azie and Desmond performed too. Hurrah for them. Speeches from our student council president, Benet, and also from our dean, Professor Ruth Marquis. Then dinnertime!!


Mamam? Nyam nyam.

The main course wasn't bad. However, the rest of the food.. *shakes head* The buffet was terrible. I was disappointed. =( My date was such a gentleman though. I didn't even have to get out of my seat at all for food that night. Hehe.. cos he kept going out and in to get food for me eventhough he wasn't sitting at the same table as I was. Appetizers and desserts, etc. =) Oh, and he's so sweet. He would walk by my table and ask if I wanted anything from outside, then he would give me a little kiss on my cheek or forehead before leaving.

During dinner, they had a contest for the Prom King and Prom Queen thing. For entertainment, I suppose. During that time, most of us were already done eating and were just sitting around and milling about. People were switching seats.. some had gone outside to take pictures. Genesis, who was sitting next to me left for someplace. I have no idea where. So then, my date came over to sit together with me. Aww. Haha.. held hands, then he asked why I wasn't wearing the corsage he got me. And I was like, "Oh.. uhh.. it was hard to eat with it on? So I uh.. took it off. Eheh.." *sheepish grin* so then he was like, "Oh, you stupid girl." Grrrrrrr...!!! Then he had to tie it on me again. Lol. While tying it on, he was grumbling about how I must be the most difficult date he's ever had and how he's already lost count of the number of times he's had to tie the corsage on for me. Muahaha. I lost count too, actually.


Mark and I.

After all that, Abel and Dennis performed a few songs fo us. Tiang then asked me for a dance. Didn't know whether to accept or not at first.. cos I was still sitting there with my date and then there was that whole episode we had. My date told me to just go, so I did. To be honest, I still wasn't feeling totally comfortable. And dancing with him was sad to say, hard.. or forced. Sigh.

The stupid dancefloor at the place was too small. So when we danced, we kept bumping into other couples on the dancefloor. Haha. So stupid. When the song finished, I went back to sit with my date who when I got back said, "You're dancing with me for the next song." Oookayy.. Haha. Not that I mind. So okay.. the next song, we went up to the dance floor. Oooh.. this time there were more couples up there. We had a hard time just trying to find a space to dance in. Lol. Really lah.. the dancefloor was so stupidly small. Man.. kept knocking into all the other couples out there.

At least before when I was dancing with Tiang, there was still enough space so that there could be some distance between us cos there were less people. This time, no chance. The song ended too soon though.. cos it was only when we found some space that it ended. *rolls eyes* The next song that was performed was a more upbeat song, which we tried dancing to. But failed since of the lack of space. Hahaha. In the end, we just said "Let's just pretend this is a slow song." Haha.


Tearing it up on the dancefloor with Azie and Wani.

When that song ended, he planted a soft kiss on my lips before walking us back to the table. *blush* Then we decided to go out for a walk. Might as well, I was getting tired of carrying my handbag around and I wanted to stash it back in the car anyway. When we walked out into the lobby, we saw that the pictures that we had taken earlier had already been developed! Ooh, that was quick. Earlier I had gone to take three pictures. One with Azie, Gen, Nadia, another with the CV! Gang and a third with just Wani and me. And I look so horrid in the first pic, so I didn't buy it. Haha.. I only bought the picture with the CV! peeps. That was because the third pic I had taken (with Wani) had not yet been developed.


CV! Family go to prom.

So after that, went to walk back to the car with my date. Haha.. he carried me over the grass again. Lol. Complaining that he didn't realise my car was parked that far off. Dropped my stuff there, then walked back to the ballroom. *shakes head* When we got there, I met Reema who passed me Wani's stuff that she was taking care of. She said it was cos she had to go and Wani was still busy dancing. So... alright then... tsk tsk.. walked all the way back to the car again cos I didn't want to carry Wani's stuff around all night. Then Tiang called, telling me to go back to the Ballroom cos he had something for me.. So walked all the way back there again. Good exercise, no? On the way back, Wani called her hp asking where all her stuff were and to come back to the ballroom too. Haha. So yeah, went all the way back there again. Met Tiang who then gave me a rose.

Then Wani told me that our pictures had already been developed. Yay. Bought one. I'll put those pictures in later, after Wani gives them back to me, okie? Also took pictures with my other friends who were milling about at the lobby.


JB and I. Ah, I still think it's a nice pic even if I did close my eyes. Hehe.


Iqbal and I. Was actually looking at another camera in this pic. :P


Mark, Tiang, and I checking out some of the pics taken using Iqbal's camera. Candid shot. :P


Sung Lee and I. One of my mentees during the Degree O-Week.

Went back into the ballroom with my date awhile to take a pic with the banner. Lol. That sounded oh-so-lame. Ah, who was my date?


That's who.

Is he my boyfriend though? Only sort of. It's complicated.

How was did I feel about my first prom? Mixed feelings. Actually, the prom to me was boring. But the night was great..

blue eyes blue

Eric Clapton - Blue Eyes Blue


Artist: Eric Clapton
Title: Blue Eyes Blue
Album: Clapton Chronicles
Year: 1999

I thought that you'd be loving me
I thought you were the one who'd stay forever
But now forever's come and gone
And I'm still here alone

'Cause you were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting, I was never waiting for the tears to start

It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you
Who made the tears fall down
It was you
Who broke my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you
Who made my blue eyes blue

Oh, Never should have trusted you

I thought that I'd be all you need
In your eyes I thought I saw my heaven
And now my heavens gone away
And I'm out in the cold

'Cause you had me believing
You had me believing in a lie
Guess I couldn't see it
Guess I couldn't see it till I saw goodbye

It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you
Who made the tears fall down
It was you
Who broke my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you
Who made my blue eyes blue

Oh, Never should have trusted you

' Cause you were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting
I was never waiting for the tears to start

It was you
Who put the clouds around me
It was you
It was you
Who put those clouds around me
It was you
Who made the tears fall down
Only you
Who broke my heart in pieces
It was you
It was you
Who made my blue eyes blue

Oh, never should have trusted you
Oh, never should have trusted you
Oh, never should have trusted you
Oh, never should have trusted you

Download the song.

prom's this saturday

So.. yeah.. prom's this Saturday. Who's going? Hehehe.. and are you guys bringing a date? *wink wink*

Well, seems like I got the worst luck, eh. Cos now I'm sick. I'm just praying that I'll get well soon. Well, not only me, I'm praying that Azie and Wani would get well soon too. Cos I'm looking forward to watching Azie perform. Yups. And also to seeing her wearing a totally sexy, sizzling number. *winks* And Wani just so that she can enjoy herself that night.

Lol. It would be so totally funny though if we all went there sick, with our runny noses, coughing, sneezing into everyone's laps.. Muahaha. Can you imagine? Haha. I can! Then, if someone actually asked us to dance.. and we're all up on the dance floor, then we're all like, coughing up our phlegm.. sounding like cats who are trying to cough up their hairballs, and then we would all spit our phlegm on the dancefloor. And then! Some other innocent couple who are dancing would accidentally thread on our phlegm and then they would trip. Ewwwww.. I'm sick.

It's still funny if not a tad bit evil. Hehe..

We'd look a total mess too. Tears coming out of our eyes after we've just sneezed, ruining our make up. Our red noses. Our throaty voices. Our hair all messed up from all the countless sneezing we've done. Heheh. But this is assuming they're just about as sick as I am.

I have no idea what to wear yet. Well, I have an idea. But I've no idea if I would be able to pull off that dress. Not the pull off which means taking off the dress, kay?? -_-"

And I guess I'm going solo. Single. No date. No partner. Heheh. And this time, if there's gonna be some couple games, I'm not gonna participate. Haha. Oh sure, I say that now... but considering the fact that I'm rather competitive when it comes to things like these, *shrugs* I might. But I'm not planning to, that's all.

*muse* What else is there to talk about.. Hmm.. Oh yes, oh my gawd! You know, comparing the other girls with my girl friends and I in terms of preparation for prom. Lol. We must be the worst. Ahahaha! I heard that some girls even bought their dresses like, way before the semester even started. Nutters. My mom only brought me to get mine made by a tailor just a week ago. Haha! And that's because I wasn't even planning to really dress up. Like, maybe go wearing one of my old dresses. *blush*

It's just cos I'm quite a thrifty person. I'm not used to spending so much money like this. *covers eyes with hands, blush* Haha. I also borrowed a dress from my cousin, just in case the dress from the tailor doesn't work out quite as well. Wani said she's just gonna go wearing some indian costumes cos she can't afford to get something new either.

Then there's the fact that I am hopeless when it comes to stuff like hair and make up. So Wani and I decided to go look for someplace to get it all done. Hah. A friend suggested a place, but it would cost us like, 100 ringgit. -_-" Oh well. Skali skala, kan?

Okay, that's it for now. Even I'm getting bored writing about this. Lol. Tata!

this is so funny

You guys really gotta try this!

Go to www.google.com and type in the keyword "failure" and click on the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

Hehehehehehehe. Hilarious.

grow cube ver. 0

This is what boredom does to you. Boredom leads you into playing random, totally mindless games. Well, not exactly mindless.. cos you really had to figure out how to work out the puzzle to complete it.

Yeah, was checking out ARainKing's blog the other day and came across one of her old posts. Which I've actually seen before but I wasn't as bored at the time to actually try attempt the puzzle.

But this time I was. How sad of me, eh?

Heheh.. what game is it? It's called Grow Cube Ver. 0. I only did this one version. There were other versions as well which I'm planning to leave for another day.

It's a really cute puzzle game in which you have to select things to place in a particular order which would grow with every turn you make and hopefully, when placed in the right order, you would solve the puzzle which for this version, turns out to be a perpetual motion machine. Hehe.

I really got a kick out of watching the little people at work. Digging holes, carrying stuff about, or just walk. They're so cute. Cute. Cute. Cute.

This is what you're supposed to get when you've completed the whole puzzle. I took a screenshot. ;)


See? I did it myself! *proud*


Heheheh.. can you believe that I was also so bored that I resorted to making an animated gif of the whole puzzle? Yup, I did. Ahahaha!





Yes, I was that bored.

Anyways, try it. ;)

sex education

Just doing my civic duty by educating the masses on a pretty important issue.

Taken from FlickerLab.

Nice, kan?

embers and envelopes

Hello people. Meet Mae. Accidentally stumbled across their music and they're not half bad. Actually, this song here is quite old. But still good. =) And being the kind-hearted person that I am, I decided to share them with you and not hog them all to myself. Hehehe.


Mae - Embers and Envelopes
Artist: Mae
Title: Embers and Envelopes
Album: Destination: Beautiful
Year: 2003

We write to apologize,
We ask to look past life as it goes by,
I know you have sacrificed time, life, love, time to fly,
Please consider all things trite,
forgiveness will be the thing that gets us by,
I know to have something like this broken, is hard to fix.

Embers, we're burning bridges down.
Our envelopes stuffed with feelings found.
To write this down as means to reconcile.

Embers, we're burning bridges down.
Our envelopes stuffed with feelings found.
To write this down as means to reconcile.

We write to patch things up,
maybe not to agree but to proclaim love.
Let's look ahead and then we'll see the one whose glory never ends.
And based on that we'll see,
there'll be room for change, but gradually.
I know to have something like this broken is hard to fix.

X4
Embers, we're burning bridges down.
Our envelopes stuffed with feelings found.
To write this down as means to reconcile.

If all is said and done and over,
if we don't have to, we're not gonna.
Make the change, it's worth the try.
What's broken can be fixed tonight.

Embers, we're burning bridges down.
Our envelopes stuffed with feelings found.
To write this down as means to reconcile.

The song is about making an effort to make things right. To correct whatever problems you once had. To revolve any conflicts that may be going on in your life. To admit that you were wrong. Hmm.. the irony.

Download the song.

the necklace

You asked for it. ;)

The wordings were Tiang's idea! *points at Tiang accusingly* So I'm not being a braggart, okay.

It's just a normal necklace. With a rocking horse styled pendant. They said it was worth close to 300 ringgit. But that's nothing compared to what my friend once won at another LEO dinner. He won a pair of RM650 Christian Dior sunglasses for a joke telling competition. Of couse, the joke he told was some dirty one. Heheh.

Well, there you go. Oklah, hoh? :P

LEO 5th anniversary dinner - 24/9/2005

He may have thought that what he did was fine. But to me, he crossed the line.

All day, he was begging bugging me to be his date for the dinner that night.

I said no. Of course I would. I wasn't comfortable with the idea. I didn't want to lead him on.

He wouldn't take no as an answer. We met sometime during noon at a shopping complex. Where he kept asking me to be his date.

I still said no.

He would then keep following me around. He kept whispering to me to be his date. No, wait, demanding.

I would say no. He would ask why. I would say that I wasn't comfortable with the idea. He still doesn't get it. He would still ask why.

He walked around like a zombie. Kept demanding me to be his date. He invaded my personal space. He pissed me off. I would walk away. And he would follow. Like some crazed stalker.

It just pissed me off more.

Then he went home, and I went off with my cousin. Thank goodness. But he just kept texting me. Sometimes I would reply. Sometimes I would not.

But his messages would keep coming in. And filling up my inbox. Till it was full. Bastard. Annoyed me to no end because I kept having to turn off and switching on my phone again everytime it was full.

Why he hell was he so desperate?? What good would it do? I didn't get it. He said that it would help us to be good friends again. How the hell could something like that help? How???

I knew that if I accepted, it could be only out of pity. And he doesn't need my pity. Plus, I would be very uncomfortable. Very. Very. Sigh. So the answer was still no.

But of course, he still didn't get it. No. Understand? No? Why not? Oh, you wanna know why? Cos I'm uncomfortable. If I'm uncomfortable, I don't know how I would even be able to function that night.

I admire his persistance. But too much of it, is not a good thing. You end up looking like a desperate, sex deprived, maniac with no self control. You gotta know when to quit sometimes.

Later in the evening, we met again at Eastwood Valley. We were all there early because we would be performing and we would like to get in some last minute practices.

When we weren't having our practice, he would always come over, and beg/demand that I be his date for that night.

I got another friend to be my date. Cos he was beginning to scare me. Hoping that I would be able to avoid him. Hoping that he'd finally stop asking.

He didn't. Instead he requested that I danced with him. I would say "maybe" or "we'll see". But he wouldn't give up. He would keep asking, begging, demanding. I said if he stopped asking, I may consider it. But if he doesn't, that's it. The answer would be no.

But does he listen? Of couse not. Being in a car accident the previous night screwed up his hearing. Oh, you think just because he was involved in a car accident that I should've been easier on him?

Nah. I don't think so. Just because someone had a stoke of bad luck, doesn't mean that you have to pity them. Or treat them any different, right? Especially when it comes to things like this.

When we were seated at our dinner table, before the dinner started, he sat down next to me, and tried again. I kept rejecting him. He would keep inching closer. He would keep asking in that hushed but urgent tone of voice. I would still say no. And tell him to stop asking.

He never listened. He kept getting closer. Until I can feel his breath on my face. I didn't like it. This was getting to be too much. Then he touches me. I recoil as if I'm being branded with a hot poker. That's it. I snapped at him not to touch me.

He asks again. And puts his hand on my thigh. I move away and say it again. Don't touch me.

He seems to have gone deaf. He still does it anyway. With his steely eyes looking at me the whole time.

I got up from my seat, and walked out of the room. Hopefully, he won't follow. Decided to go look for my brother. So I started walking around the place. Looking everywhere. And everywhere I went, he followed. Like some fucking psychotic stalker.

Went back into the ballroom, and he still insisted on continuing his little charade. Crap. Put up with it for awhile, and went back outside. He followed again. So I ducked into the restrooms. Sigh. For some much needed break.

Went back inside, sat back down in my seat. He walked by, behind me, whispered to me, "I will dance with you tonight, Kim". Great, now he's a creep.

Luckily, he went to sit at another table that was beside mine. But at least he was still far enough. My date sat at another table too, right behind me. My other friend came to sit beside me and asked if I was alright. Didn't exactly feel like having a breakdown right there and then would be a good thing so I just said that I was fine.

Dinner was alright. The food was fine. Started feeling better because he wasn't there. There was this game. A game for couples. My cousin who's in the LEO club forced me and my "date" to join. So we did.

The game consisted of three rounds. First round was sort of a Q&A thing testing each couple how well we know each other. Before it all started, my date and I were busy memorising each other's details. Lol. We took this game seriously.

In fact, I still remember his IC number and all that. And they actually asked that question. Man. "Okay, girls. What is your partner's IC number?" and I got it right. Oh, thank god!

And guess what, by the end of the round, we were the only couple who got all the questions right. *shock* The MCs were like, you guys must've been together for a long time now. And we're just like, kekeke!! *covers mouth with hand and giggles*

Second round, was an eating competition. The boys eat, the girls had to feed our partners. Before the game started, I was starting to panic. I thought they were gonna make us girls feed our partners using our mouths or something. Luckily, we didn't have to. Phew.

We were the second couple to finish. Luckily. Cos only 2 couples were allowed to advance to the next round.

Third round, they made us go up on stage. And then they tell us... that we gotta slow dance. I'm like.. WHAT??!! Oh gawd, no. But what to do. Fine. They said that by the end of it, whichever couple the crowd applauds for more, would win a prize. Okay.. so we slow danced. The other couple seemed to be doing quite well for themselves. Although later I was told that they couldn't keep to the beat at all.

The song soon ended. Phew. The MCs then asked the audience to cheer for whoever they thought was better. And guess what, we won. ;) Yup, we won! And I really think it was all thanks to all my friends. Wow. Being in CV! gets you a lot of friends. Plus, the fact that I'm mirian my miri friends were there too. So my friends told their friends to cheer for me. My mom's friend who was also there told her friends to cheer for me. No need to say anymore about the CV! people. They're all so very loud. And very supportive. Then there are the people I've had the chance to meet by being in CV! and it's activites. The new students, etc. The difference between the applause for the other couple and my friend, Hiew, and I were apparent. I could even hear one of my friends who was all the way at the back of the room. And it was a huge place. Could hear him shouting and clapping. It was fantastic.

That was so overwhelming.. thanks guys.. we never could've won without your support.

Guess what we won.. a real white gold necklace. Too bad nothing for the guy. Hiew really should've gotten something too. Oh well, at least I asked him if I could have it.. =)

After that, I was just.. walking on cloud nine. That I even hugged that psycho/lunatic/creep that was waiting to be the first to congratulate me after I got down from stage. Oh well. I hugged everyone else who congratulated me too. =)

After that, they started the dancing session.. they played some slow songs. I danced with him eventhough I was so pissed at him earlier that I swear I could've stabbed him with some cutlery or slapped him in his face. Which I almost did when he didn't listen and kept coming closer. Took almost all my will power not to.

Sigh. Danced with him for half a song. Then Hiew cut in. =) So I danced with him again. After that, they started playing all the fast songs. House music. Or whatever you wanna call it.

So more people started coming down to the dance floor. And we all started dancing in a group. Ah. Better. No pressure.

Got tired of dancing after awhile. So went outside. My mom's friend not bad, eh. She was dancing until they stopped playing any music. Walau eh. And my brother and I were following her home. She lives just on the next street, you see. Even her son who was there didn't dance. He doesn't dance anyway. At least, I don't think so. I've never seen him dance before.

So waited outside for my ride to finish dancing. People kept coming up to me to congratulate me. =) What luck.. seriously.. man.. I've never won anything like that, ever. I loved that feeling.

After that night, the next day, I stopped talking to him. I just right off blocked him off MSN. I didn't answer any of his calls or messages. I started feeling uncomfortable. The day before was really traumatising for me.

Never before have I experienced something like that. The way he kept demanding me to be his date. The way he would look at me with those cold, emotionless eyes. Like if I didn't follow what he said, he would kill/rape me. The way he wouldn't respect my personal space. Like a creep. The way he kept following me around. Like some serial killer/stalker.

After that day, I couldn't look at him the same way. The day before, I felt like he was suffocating me. I was uncomfortable. He's now like some serial killer/stalker/rapist/murderer/creep to me.

I needed space. I needed time. He freaked me out, badly. I was now afraid. That he was gonna do something bad to me. So I cut off all contact with him. And I didn't tell him why.

Why should I. I've been telling him all my reasons for not wanting to be his date and did he listen then? No. Would he have listened now? I didn't bother. I was fed up.

I'm still not talking to him. I don't know when I can. Or if I would ever be able to. I've lost all respect I once had for him.

I'm sorry he has to find out this way. But I have to make it known. Why I'm being this way. He has to understand.

Tiang, I'm sorry. But it looks like we can't even be friends. Not as of now anyway. Yes, I used to care about you before. And it may seem that I don't any longer. But after the way you acted, maybe I should just stop caring. That's just what I'm gonna do. Or what I'm gonna try to do.

I'm just gonna do what you said to me the other day. I'm fucking off and I'm leaving you alone.