Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts!

Hey, the title is a bit too much, no? LOL

My dearest Hubb bought me an iPod Touch 4gen in January due to my outstanding result, which was 4.00! (Y)

He actually promised an iPhone 4 but due to its unappealing design, (read: IT WAS SO DARN EXPENSIVE) I opted for an iPod instead.

Months after that, my dearest Hubb again, surprised me with another gift, a Blackberry for my birthday!

Both came in packages, iPod was delivered in January while BB was in April.

I was beyond shocked with these gifts. I was as happy as a clam at high tide, until he laid out, THE CONDITION. To cut his long-fatherly-lecture short, he basically forced me to complete my Master's Degree this semester! I had one last subject and a minor thesis (project paper), all to be submitted by the end of June.

It was tough. I even had nightmares at night about not being able to complete everything in time. I was busy tossing and turning instead of resting. I struggled. Not with my one last subject. Not with the thesis.

But..., with the temptation of indulging myself with his gifts.


-____-"


Fast forward, now it's June and Alhamdulillah, I managed. All there is left is to make hardcover for my thesis, which I will do next week (I'm waiting for a pink form from my supervisor).

And after about 5 months, last Tuesday was my first time trying FaceTime with a friend, F.

Please excuse my atrocious Hana Tajima attempt (it was Hubb's blankie LOL). 

I was sick and had to stay in bed for a week. Will share that story later when I'm, ehem, strong enough.

I'm glad everything falls to plan and now I have all the time I need to change by BB ringtones or even change the wallpapers of both gadgets -___-

Freaky Friday!

At this juncture, I'm just swamped in homework! -______-

Friday is no longer the day I'm looking forward to since it indicates how near I am to my deadline.

I haven't even started with my Chapter 4, despite the fact that it's the easiest chapter of all. 

And to add to my long list to do, classes are starting this Monday. Seriously, this Monday??? 

Will I survive? *prays*

-_______-

photo taken from: Adventures of Yesterday

Okay, I Don't Have A Way With Words

I feel like a naked soul, left alone with a painful feeling of humiliation and distress, which was caused by the unconsciousness of my own tongue, making the most embarrassing goof one can ever commit during a class presentation yesterday. 

I said,

"A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts

by an ORGASM ... organism!"

Oh my... Ouch!

I know that words can hurt your feelings (you know, like the song Don't Speak by No Doubt) but in this case, long awkward silent is worst! It broke my heart and left me with dismay... -_- 


and it's true, laughter IS the best medicine!

 

Push To The Limit

 

TIME

is what I really need right now

"Okay, Thank You Class. I'll See You Tomorrow!" (or online?)

It has been such a long time since my last entry here. I know. Many wonderful and not-so-wonderful things have happened since October 2009.

However, it puzzled me too much whenever I log in to this account. Why?

Well, I just couldn't understand why my students came here and left such comments just because of some videos of Britney Spears I uploaded here in MY PERSONAL blog. (see Video 1 and Video 2).

Okay, I apologize for the fact that she was half-naked and oh-so-beautiful that it kills everyone who sees the vid, but why the used of such language? If it's too 18sx for you or if it riled you up so bad, why watch it? You could have just skipped the videos and moved on to the next entries.

(Oh okay, there was no new entry... but You got the point!)

And because of you redneck people out there who have nothing better to do, I am forced to change my comments setting so such vulgar language will not mortify me and other readers/students.

And not just that, I had to permanently delete your comments and rejected some. (not that there were that many)

However, one of the comments managed to get my attention and I'm going to justify it here and not because I have to but because I WANT to.

"Is this what an alumni of IIUM teach?"

CORRECTION:
alumni: Plural
alumnus: Singular/Male
alumna Singular/Female

...
...
...

(speechless)


Excuse me?

1. I'm not teaching anything here.

2. This is MY PERSONAL BLOG in which the manifestation of my inner thoughts and feelings put in a concrete form, to be shared with others.

3. Oh God! I am not an USTAZAH! :-?

4. So now all students (and former students) of IIUM are USTAZ/AH?

5. And if you don't like Britney, Oh well, too bad then.


I have ONE question for you,

WHY ARE YOU HERE?!

As far as I can remember, I didn't, excuse me, I NEVER reveal this blog or even my FB account to any of my student in class. You look me up in Google, fully aware of your action by typing my full name like this,

Am I right? So that explains the figure 18,600...

By uploading such videos makes me a BAD TEACHER? Your heart-rending comments and judgments puzzled me till now...


*sighs*


I just hope my previous/future students will be more liberal, permissive, carefree so that you could understand that I'm just as normal as you guys..

Like HelloOoo..., I'm only 24!
(Okay, 25 this year...)

" We had FUN, right guys?! "

Thank You Baby. Promise You, I'll Study Hard!

I know, I know. It has been a while. Busy. What more can I say?! :(

So, I just wanna share some funny riddles which I had encountered while doing my homework. All these were taken from Journal of Pragmatics, an article entitled A Linguistic Look at Riddles by John M. Dienhart (1999).

Enjoy! ;D

Q: What do you get if you cross a bear and a skunk?
A: Winnie the Pooh.


Q: What did one tonsil say to the other?
A: You'd better get dressed - the doctor's taking us out tonight.


Q: Why did the one-handed man cross the street?
A: To get to the second-hand shop.


Q: Why couldn't the leopard escape from the zoo?
A: Because he was always spotted.


Q: Why did the lobster blush?
A: Because he saw the salad dressing.


Q: Have you ever seen a salad bowl?
A: No, but I've seen a square dance


Q: What colors should you paint the sun and the wind?
A: The sun rose and the wind blew.


Q: What's black and white and red all over?
A: A newspaper.


Q: What did Cinderella say when her photographs were mislaid?
A: Some day my prints will come.


Q: What animal can you never trust?
A: A cheetah.

Q: What's the best cure for water on the brain?
A: A tap on the head.


Q: If a buttercup is yellow what color is a hiccup?
A: Burple.


Q: What do ghosts eat for dinner?
A: Spook-etti.


[and last one. Shapx's favorite,]


Q: What's the difference between a hungry man and a glutton?
A: One longs to eat, the other eats too long.


haha.. Quite funny, right? See, homework is FUN!

Okay2, last one.

Q: Why did I upload a picture of an Apple here?

Once you get the answer, then it will explain the new template and colors of this blog :) haha

Shafiq, you're Obama too!
Thanks