I am never, ever, EVER going to wear a starched business shirt without a singlet EVER AGAIN.
Who bloody knew that cotton would be so abusive to sensitive skin!? My effing nipples hurt so much yesterday that I thought I was going to die. I had to press my shirt against my chest the whole day to try and stop the chafing.
Oh the pain, the terrible pain.
I Googled "sore nipples" and all I got was info for woman who had satanic kids and had cracked bloody nipples and that was just so disturbing so I texted my friend Omar (SEE I MENTIONED YOU LOL) and he said:
"Maybe you're just lactating and need to be milked."
I'm going to the Gold Coast in 13 days, my one-month plan to lose 10 kilos failed miserably (Abs Diet book collecting dust on my new shelf), I'm still bald (hair grows slower than I thought) and I still haven't told my dad that I'm going.
Joy!
Still have half a mind to ditch all my friends and not go. But for stupid reasons. Mainly the clubbing issue. I don't want to go clubbing in Queensland! LOL! Can't we all just be young and naive and "boring" and stay home and be completely anti-social? I am seriously hardly clubbing material. I hardly listen to music, I can only dance when I'm in Sayed's movie room on his hot red couch, alcohol and skanky girls really are not part of my life, so I dunno! I just don't think I will enjoy it.
Unfortunately, due to the magnetic pull of peer-pressure, most likely I will succumb and be dragged to a night out of red-faced "fun". If I come out alive I'll do a little dance. Just for the irony of course.
Well, looking on the bright side, there's so many fun things we will do in the daylight hours! Like theme parks, pristine white sandy beaches and snorkelling and funnel cake (OH MAN I hope there's funnel cake. I've only seen it in documentaries. It's SO American!)
Me and the school mates had a BBQ/beach-trip yesterday. It was a lot of fun. We left really early in the morning because they wanted to see the sunrise. It was so beautiful. Surreal. It was so nice to hang out with the guys again and totally go nuts without a care in the world. I felt like such a kid again, going wild in the sand.
And they really liked my smoked salmon sandwiches too!
LOL no silly children, this post was intentionally blank, not glitched to pure nothingness. I'm waiting for internets to get uncapped so I can get the photos from Facebook and DANCE around them in words for ya'll to enjoy.
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Ok, internet back to normal again.
Anyway, last Friday, I got dragged to a karaoke place by my uni friends and turns out it was SO MUCH FUN!! LOL! And the skank uploaded all the pictures to facebook and so the whole internet is flooded with our photos LOLOL.
[Note: Videos might not work yet. Be warned, the videos are of seriously crappy quality. I used my phone! But still, better than nothing ;D]
After uni on Friday I went with my friends to Circular Quay (Sydney Harbour basically) and we danced around and had heaps of fun. Here's a panorama-ish shot I took of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge with my phone's cool panorama function. I think it looks quite pretty:
After that we went to Sticky! The world's COOLEST CANDY SHOP!! They make THE most awesome lollies ever. They look so cool and taste oh so good. And the best part is that everything is hand-made, and they make it in front of your face! I stood there for an hour watching the guy make them. And now I can share it with you! YAY. Looky-look!
They are so pretty. Little designs of sugar. I was thinking, "HOW THE HELL DO THEY DO THIS?" and then the guy (his name is David) popped out and was like, "I'll give you a demonstration in 10 minutes." Cool! We danced around and talked to the people for a while (David used to be a lawyer but dumped it to be a candy man. LOL!) and then it finally started.
First he got out a humongous vat of super hot BOILING sugar syrup at 160 degrees celsius and poured it on to a metal bench in front of him (turns out it was a water-cooled metal thing). His assistant (Lily; she has cool hair) helped him get all the bits out:
Then Lily got out some colours and added them into the sugar and started mixing. Normally, I'm not much of an anti-artificial-stuff kinda person, like I'm ok with food colouring and stuff, but some of these colours freaked me out a bit! For example, to make the sugar syrup white (like opaque white) he added this weird white stuff. I asked David what it was and he said it was titanium dioxide. I WAS LIKE LOL WTF? He told me it was biologically inert and I was like, "Umm. Oh ok. Fair enough!" but still slightly creeped out. Anyway, here's a pic of the blue:
Here's a video!
It was cool how David worked on one side and Lily on the other side. You could tell they were a really good team. Here's the creepy titanium dioxide stuff. Didn't stop me from eating it though:
The just-a-moment-ago boiling sugar cooled pretty quick because the table was cool (LOL PUN!) and so then they slid off the metal guiding things, leaving a funky weird pliable sugar mass to work with. They started cutting it into sections (to separate the colours) and then kneaded it:
Here's a video of them folding the sugar around:
After some kneading (using heavy insulating gloves, of course) this is what we were left with on Lily's side of the cool-table. A blue blob!
Unfortunately, old titanium-white had to be a bit weird, and so kneading it was not enough! To make it really pretty and have a nice sheen, the white sugar mass had to be pulled. Literally! The point of it is to incorporate air. Kinda like a meringue. Anyway, David used a hook and some cool technique to do it:
Pull, pull, PULL!!
Magically, a creamy looking mass remained:
Then we were left with 3 blobs of cool sugar syrup:
Now the three blobs of sugar are ready to be worked with. They were making a candy that spelt "AUSTRALIA". David had to slowly make all the letters in a long 3D kinda way so that when u cut it the cross-section spelt "Australia". Pretty cool, eh? Here's Lily fixing them up:
It's then rolled into a big giant cylinder and wrapped in another layer of sugar for decorative purposes. And extra flavour, I think. Video:
NOW FOR THE AMAZING PART! The huge barrel-looking sugar mass is then stretched out into a skinny tube, which is then sliced up into the lollies! Isn't that SO amazing?? You end up with miniature versions of the big thing!! AWESOME.
Stretching it....
And then chopping them up!
I think Lily does most of the chopping. She's really pro. She uses a tool that's kinda like that teppenyaki sort of thing. She's make an awesome teppenyaki chef!! She puts the candy rods on a mini anvil and then chops away, packs them into jars, and sells them for a ridiculous profit!!
LOL had a cracker of a time at Luna Park on Saturday for Ahmed's birthday. The actual place is really not that great (read: quite shitty) and there are only one or 2 good rides, but we make our own fun wherever we go, spreading wacky teenage havok everywhere. I'm on the left posing with Luna-Bob (totally the craziest one out of the lot *LOL*):
Ok. It's 2:30 in the morning, the couch behind me is looking really comfy, and I just made a billion posts, after not making any posts for years, so this is the final one. Ok? Promise!?
I went to the pools with my friends the other day, that is Omar/Ejje and Sayed/Kak (put into romantic pairings for your yaoi convenience). We went to Homebush Olympic Park pools. Kewl place I suppose. Haven't been there in ages.
Anyway, nothing much to look at, it was same old. EXCEPT THE FREAKIN BIKER DOOD. Omg. It was so perverse. There were this shower things in the pool that gave out a pretty strongly pressured water flow. This biker looking guy, white, fat (as in HUGE belly) and long hair but really receding hair-line, was under the water thing looking like he was freakin having fantasies under the water it was SO GROSS. He was flicking his hair and doing all these weird things (almost exactly like that Herbal Essences ad) and I just turned the other way.
I really can't be bothered doing this. I'm SO tired. My thighs are aching, my head hurts and I have bruises running down my side. FUN!! Right?? Well, comparatively anyway. Compared to the other peeps. Jaysus. One guy had so many bleeding welts running up and down his back he looked diseased.
Nothing much to talk about if you think about it. Just boys running around shooting each other with little balls of paint feeling all great about it. And screaming JIHAD. Got to meet up with some people I haven't seen in ages. That was nice.
There was this photo-montage thing on the wall of the paintball place showing pictures of people's injuries. It was quite gross. But if you looked closer here and there you'd see pictures of some weird paintball orgy. SERIOUSLY. There was this guy holding a gun and a hooker and OK NVM.
OMG. My total UMAT score was 198. That makes me like, officially, a GENIUS! Woohoo!! [Actually the genius cut-off is 200, but who gives a crap!! I'm close enough!!] Too bad I didn't apply for UNSW Medicine...
That's me latest quandary. Whether to continue with this CO-OP thing and do finance, or stuff it all and do medicine. Damn it. Too many choices! It's such a curse. [Yes, I am aware that right now I sound like a self-absorbed arrogant skank, but this is MY blog after all...]
Taraweeh prayer sucks major balls. I really hate going. Especially when it's raining and you walk to the mosque in flip-flops and your toes get all wet and squishy. Nasty.
Check out this new Blogger program; it's called BloggerPlay. It just shows you pictures that are being uploaded at that point in time, frame after frame. It sounds lame, but it's really amazing! You can't stop watching! It's totally vouyeristic, perving into other people's lives HEHE. [I'm not like that ok!! It's really late at night and I'm starting to say weird things. Like HEMAPHRODITE. Ok. Moving along...]
I couldn't be bothered blogging about yesterday's events yesterday night, I think I was being SUPER-emo, [as usual. *Snigger*] so I'll fill you in on both days at once:
DAY FIVE & SIX
Where: [Day FIVE] - ThaiHutt:
This was it, the long awaited iftar, the one I really looked forward too. Do I sound depressed already? It was really good actually [NOT!]; Asem, Sayed and Kak came to pick me up from my house, but I was at the station [DAMN!Yes, things like that annoy me greatly.] Anyway, they came eventually, and I did the hi ho heidi ho thing [normal people refer to this as greeting your friends], and sat in the car. We drove off, and Asem drove like a nut, and Kak egged him on, and Sayed and I looked at each other and laughed at the silly imbeciles. We got to the restaurant, after picking up Fahs, and Salah and Ahmed were standing on the corner like cheap hookers. Etcetra, ETCETRA...
We sat down, ordered and ate. I had an entree of 'Sexy Girls' (yes, honestly, that's what they're called, weird prawn things. I'm trying to get a picture of them from Google Images but I'm being flooded by porn...) and had a main of chicken Hokkien noodles. YUM. It was quite fun actually, I was having good table conversation with everyone. At some point I played footsies with Asem, no idea why.
We went to bowling after that. [These people and their weirdness! Bowling!! After a huge-ass meal!] It was surprisingly good. I got 2 strikes, right at the end. Woohoo. Salah and Kak had a competition with each other [and everyone else got ignored. D/w I cheered for Salah ;P]. Not surprisingly Kak beat everyone, stupid sports freak. We went for a drive after that, typical Arab boys past-time [I'm totally integrated don't you worry] speeding around, playing music really loud. Except that it was mostly 'Destination Unknown', and not 50 Cent. At one point the speakers blasted out: IT'S BRITNEY BITCH!! [and then I started singing and dancing in the backseat, getting weird looks from my friends. What!? It was 'Gimme MORE'!!].
Driving around ['Cruising?' Eurgh...] is fun. We evetually went to Kak's house, and dropped him off, and then everyone parted, but me and Salah went to Ahmed's house for a game of pool. Funsies!!
[Day SIX] - Homesies:
If home is where the heart is, then where the f*ck is all the damn loving?? Sorry, home's actually pretty good, I'm just really emo about all the freakin' above.
What: Damn. I forgot about this section. Anyway, for yesterday's foodies, look up and see my sexy girls. *Cough*. And my long juicy Hokkien noodle. LMAO. Not an innuendo I'd be very proud of. Ahem. Today, I had more free-trade food: Chocolate! Again from Oxfam, except this time is was chocolate from Ghana. It was SO good! Also, more curry-puffs and stuff. A little bit of cheesecake too...
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I have officially graduated from High-School!
FINALLY, after 12 years in the same school, Malek Fahd Islamic School, it was graduation time. I cannot properly describe the emotions going through my mind on that day. I'm still a bit confused. I'm so happy, so sad, so nostalgic, so remorseful, excited, scared...
I'm gonna miss everyone so much!!
Graduation was SO awesome. Seriously this was the best graduation our school has EVER had. Usually they just hold them during the day and its quite uneventful, but this year it was at night, in the school hall. It was a completely official event, tickets handed out to parents, security, professional photography, the lot. It was SO awesome!!!
First I went to the school to pick up my robes. I put them on, and then I went with Hamjaneeh to get the professional photos done. And then, it was INSANITY time!! I went NUTS taking photos! I've never been much of a photogenic person, but I WAS NOT about to let my GRADUATION go unrecorded. Total cam-whore time!
I was so HAPPY! I was ecstatic, elated, drunk with joy, WHATEVER metaphor/saying you can think, I was just so excited. There's nothing quite like a high-school graduation with all your friends. It makes me slightly sad...
Well. At least I recorded it all HAHA. When we were waiting at the back, I was jumping on everyone and taking photos with EVERYONE MySpace style. I never knew it was so much fun!
Here's Ahmed and Ahmad, respectively. Yes, me on the right, and one of me bestest bestest friends on the left. I asked someone to take a photo but we weren't ready so it turned out funny. I love these candid shots! Watch for more of Ahmed's pics later. TOTAL natural cam-whore! He has the BEST poses!!
Here's me on the left with Kak. I LOVE this photo!! It's so cute. I look insanely happy. Like I'm on crack. LOL! Happy times are good. We have a such a strange history, but he's a super cool guy! Will miss him heaps!! Is it just me or does it look like we both have perfect teeth? He had braces!! I'm just naturally hot ;D
I'm totally creeping up on Wassim here. I look slightly disturbing, but I really like this pic! I can't put a finger on it. On maybe it's three fingers. Three fingers bent on Wassim's shoulder. In super creepy pedophile sort of way. Righto...
First photo I'm not in! Hamzah and Sayed doing CREEPO poses!! SCARY!
Dudeee. We're like totally too bored to even be here mannn. *Snort*.
Yay! A nice pic! Me and Fatih!
Haha, Karnib is SO tall and skinny it's SCARY. Gotta love that guy ;)
I was so busy cam-whoring outside that I didn't even realise that we were waiting for something to happen. The teachers opened the back door to the school hall, and then everyone started moving in. I was going WTF? and just followed the crowd. Turns out we were walking into the hall which was already full of parents, and this was like some kinda opening ceremony. ZOMG I had no idea!
IT WAS SO KEWL!!
We had the whole ceremony. First it started off with us being called up one by one onto the stage to receive our certificates and our gifts. It was so kewl. I was taking pictures of people (duh.) I got some good ones:
Here's Nahyan getting his certificate. WOOHOO GO NAHYAN!!
ZOMG. EVIL PRINCIPAL!!
Then the school captains did their speeches! I was a bit upset over that whole issue but I'm SO over it now. Go Kak! His speech was SO good!! I was so surprised that he did it so well! Hehe. It's a traditional thing where you say a little thing about everyone, and reminisce over the old times. It's really funny!
Then he got to the part when he said (in front of ALL the parents) that I (ME! Innocent 'ole ME!!) was a sneaky deceptive person who put all my intelligence to sneaky bad uses. HAHAHA. It was SO hilarious! And absolutely true mind you. Except that now all my friend's parents don't trust me anymore. Ah well. Schools out anyway. *Sob*.
Anyway after that we had food. It was really nice actually!! Heaps of chicken and pasta, creamy garlic sauce, beef; lots of Lebanese style food. It was SO good. And then they took out the cake!! YUM! Graduation cake! One bite and your shackles are BROKEN!
FREEDOM!!
Then I went and sucked on the helium tank and took more photos:
Here's my class, sitting down (quite a rare event) happily posing for my camera. I LOVE my class so much. We have very good dynamics with each other, most of the time anyway, and everyone's personalities are usually cancelled out. Harmony. NOT. Mind you, the girls outnumber us like 20 to 1.
LMFAO! Ahmed is such a POSER!! HAHAHA!
Looky look! Most of our class!!
Me and Sufyan!! My BFF!! *Dies at lame tween-girl reference*. Seriously though, total best friends forever, I've been his friend since Year One. That means TWELVE FRIKKIN' YEARS OK. DON'T MESS!!
Omar!! YAY! This is a really nice photo!
He wanted a personal photo with me and I very willingly obliged! All these photos turned out SO good! I discovered the secret!! Take at least 200 photos, and you'll get at least 100 good ones!!
Then Satan possessed Omar. I lost all hope.
Group photo with the Crew! Too bad my FREAKIN' EYES ARE CLOSED!!
Me and Rai!! Did I mention that she poured coke on me?
Dom and Anna!! Smirking at the camera AGAIN! Hehe :P
My music teacher, Mr Oblikov. He really doesn't fit into the school because he's such a nice guy. Really different. I wonder how he tolerates the insanity. Must be the music. He plays the cello beautifully. I used to come early in the mornings to hear him play.
Aha! Ms Mahmic!! English teacher who DOESN'T FRIGGIN' AGE. She looks exactly the same as 10 years ago, no joke!! Don't know how she does it...
I'd love to post more pictures but I REALLY can't be bothered. After we took all the photos, it was really late so we had to go home. I managed to convince my mum to let me go to Hamzah's place!! And Sufyan did too! So we all ended up at Hamzah's place at grad night. FUN!
I had a killer headache to I wasn't about to do anything insane, and it was really late too. Hamzah got out the beds and we stayed up till LATE attacking each other in his room LoL. That was one of the most fun days of my life!!
I went to the APEC protest yesterday at Hyde Park. It was PURE insanity. The sheer volume of police there was just amazing/disgusting/shocking. Not to mention a BLOODY waste of money! Me, Daher and Nahyan went (the rest of my aquaintances friends utterly dogged me). At first it was really peaceful, we were just walking around. We met some interesting people, like sex-workers united against George Bush, and a few nice women from North Africa:
No comment.
Why are my eyes closed?
But nothing would be more obvious on that day then the huge INSANE AMOUNT OF POLICE there! You cannot describe it in words! Numbers maybe, but not words heh. Here's a few pics of the police there:
This was my first view of them. Teaser trailer...
Then the cops-on-bikes came along, looking all evil.
They made a wall around the whole place. The right-most guy SEARCHED ME. THE BLOODY SKANK. I was taking pics and he came to us and grabbed our bags and started searching us. What a tool. These people get paid so little they need their little power-trips.
AND THEN the arrests started. We were JUST leaving, and then Daher turns back and notices that people were running towards somewhere, so we started BOLTING towards the action. I got right to the front and I saw that the police grabbed a protestor and were dragging him away. It was insane! They also grabbed a woman and she was screaming her head off as they dragged her away. The police were so brutal!! They were bashing heads on the floor, kneeing people, attacking, it was sick:
"Fools rush in where angels dare to tread." LOL.
Here the cops are dragging a guy away.
News crews!! REPORT THIS INSANITY!!
Too late. The police bashed this guy to the ground.
Me! Posing in the middle of the action! LMAO.
I took a video of the police grabbing on the other guys and wrestling him to the ground. It's not the best quality, but its RAW!! Blogger-Video is playing up so I'll use YouTube. Same company anyway. We all heart Google. LoL:
This protest was such an experience man. Once in a lifetime crap. I cannot believe more people didn't come! Such fools! And it's not like I came just for action. It was for a good cause. I was protesting against the US governments actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australia's non-ending support for it. I don't for a second think that I actually understand the whole thing, but I don't like lies and deceit, and I ABSOLUTELY hate cops having powertrips.
I am never, ever, EVER going to wear a starched business shirt without a singlet EVER AGAIN.
