Currently waiting for Nadia's laptop to finish update.
dah lah, Nadia, kite hantar je eh apa yang kite dah buat so far
Science of Music PC1327 GRRRRRR I have to compose a music FROM SCRATCH as my final assignment. Susah gila please. Nasib baik i have kind friends yang tolong! MUAHH May Allah bless you and your family always.

Assalamualaikum. kot.

Di mana patut disimpannya kenangan
Kerana minda tidak muat dengan semua kenangan
Tidakkah kenangan mempunyai maruah?
Tidakkah kenangan mempunyai harga?

Namun apa gunanya terjerut dengan kenangan
Hidup harus diteruskan
Teruskan membuat kenangan
Kenangan indah bersama keluarga
Bersama teman
Bersama guru
Bersama jiran

Kenangan menolak kenangan
Kenangan mengabai kenangan
Kenangan hanya tinggal kenangan

- Zakiah Mohamed

Received Capitol vouchers from my dear Lifescience friends so that my broken spectacles can be replaced. Also received tons of notes, each with sweet messages from each of them.

Received power bank (such a beautiful white light power bank!) from the boys.

Received Espirit wallet from Liyana. She is such a darling really, tak berkira langsung and selalu ingat orang lain.

Received beautiful and colourful flowers from the Exco.

Received a birthday card and a on the way dress (teehee) from Irah.

Received VJC's P.E t-shirt from Ifah! Woohoo!


May Allah bless my family and friends. May Allah grant us happiness, good health and steadfast in iman, amiin.


<3 <3 <3





It's 2.26 am in the morning and I still have 6 more chapters to go before my exam starts at 9 am.

HELPPPPPPPPP!!




I actually bought a glass jar, to put in pieces of paper written with happy moments that have/will happen to me in the year 2013 but it is still sitting at one corner of my bedroom shelf, with only 2 pieces of paper in it. This was going around tumblr remember? Hahah, i wanted to try it, but i guess i dont have the time to write down every single thing that has happened to me. Or maybe, it's just not the way for me to express/record my happy, memorable moments.

The incident in my previous post brought me here. And it made me realise that actually.. typing things out isnt a bad idea hahha. I THINK ive said this before hahah.

I have TONSSS of happy memories to share and be recorded so i can remember every single detail about them forever, especially my birthday. My birthday celebration this year is sweet, full of surprises and just buckets and buckets of happiness:) I took pictures of my presents but.. hahah something held me from sharing. I dont know, maybe my intention is wrong? So what kind of intention should i have so that I would feel comfortable to share the pictures? A friend said, it could be to express gratitude and share the joy to others for sharing is caring.

Thank you my friends in Lifescience for surprising me with a delicious chocolate cake, sweet, colourful, helpful presents after syamail class. Terperanjat I when my babes and dudes suddenly sang "Allah selamatkan kamu..." once i walked out of the alley beside Masjid Sultan. Really appreciate and love you all :')) <3

Thank you to my lovely lovely sweet darling sisters who decorated a lovely, pretty board of pictures and letters. They were being soooo irritating and annoying before the clock struck 12 to 29th march. They successfully got me to believe that they did not get me anything, putting on guilty faces when i browsed through the presents that my friends gave me. And after the clock finally struck 12, they made me go into the bedroom to take the board and i just...cried. Hahah because it was so unexpected! I loveeee letters and handmade stuffs and that board really took me away :') <3

Thank you to my cedar friends that surprised me with a birthday celebration in MacDonalds. This was really really a surprise, i didnt expect even a SLIGHTEST BIT that they would be celebrating my birthday because it was alrd a few days after my birthday, and periya and dhaky and gaya acted so well! hahha thanks you for the delicious cake and present, my beautiful friends :') <3

Thank you to Liyana darling whom I have known for only less than 6 months for the luxurious cake and presents. They took my breath away, I have never received such expensive gifts from a friend before. I really enjoyed the cake and the presents. Looking forward to working with you for the Laos trip babe;)) <3

And thank you for all the well-wishes from everyone! I cant believe im posting about this hahahhahah but yeah, i really appreciate everything:))

Good night world! (For real)

Assalamualaikum.

I cant continue with my work now, although my brain is actively generating and categorising points for this biodiversity essay.

Some people can be too sweet that it weakens me.

By sweet, i dont mean the cheesy, really sweet romantic lines that will melt me hahha. This one comes from a friend whom I have not talked for a long while, yet she remembers that i call her differently from the rest. I totally didnt know she would be aware of that and remember it until now, cos the difference is quite subtle.

Thank you Allah for this unexpected, 'sweet' moment:) I feel appreciated, remembered.

No mood to continue my essay (in a good way). Good night lovelies!

Assalamualaikum.

I was at Jurong West Public Library during the day for Peringkat Saringan Pesta Pantun 2013, and alhamdulillah the event ran smoothly. Congratulations to the 5 schools that managed to successfully advance to the semi-finals!

Syiok ah dengar diorang berpantun. Para peserta sungguh bersemangat dalam menyampaikan pantun, sampai para penganjur pun kena tempias hehhe. Indahnya seni berpantun:) Soo jual beli pantun ni bermula dengan atiqah yang cute2, she jual i beli annnd we replied each other. Here's the compiled pantun-pantun:

Harum bau bunga kencana,
Dipetik menjadi hiasan diri;
Kalau cik adik belum berpunya,
Sudikah menjadi pendamping di sisi?

Pergi Mak Limah ke kedai emas,
Membeli cincin untuk meminang;
Hati cik adik belum dikebas,
Untuk cik abangku sorang

Seluas lautan India dan Cina,
Mencari puteri, si nakhoda berkemudi;
Hilang sudah hati yang merana
Di depan mata sudah ada yang sudi

Hinggap kumbang di atas bunga,
Mencari madu buat hidangan;
Dinda di sini tidak ke mana,
Tersenyum tersipu menanti kehadiran

Andai sungai boleh bicara,
Pastikan ia merintihkan bulan;
Jika saudari sudah bersuara,
Bolehkah kanda mengiringi jalan?

Kecil tapak tangan, nyiru saya tadahkan.

Annnnd zakiah waves the white flag. Hahah couldnt come up with an appropriate verse to balas atiqah's last pantun xD



The best exchange of love poetry thus far. *meltssss

Assalamualaikum.

Stop whatever you are doing and breathe. Look around. Feel blessed

I thought we are in this together.

I thought we are one.

So... am i actually alone all along?

The least that you can do is appreciate. Just appreciate. That would be enough to make me happy and continue what I'm striving for.

Well, i cannot let emotions get over me. I need to be rational.

Allah knows best. This incident...there must be valuable lessons for me to learn.

Assalamualaikum.

“The strong man is not the one who can wrestle, but it is the one who can control himself when he is angry.” (Bukhari)



How fast time flies! Hehehe i have been trying my best to adapt to the new education environment so yeah, the MIA. I still cant get over the fact that most of my JC teachers said uni would be much better than JC. That Uni would be slackier and easier.WHY LIE? Ive been through 4 weeks of school and I've gotten 9 lecture notes for chem mod, piling readings for my SS mod, 3 heavy-content lecture notes and lab reports for biochem mod, 4 lecture notes and quizzes and lab report for food sci mod, and 73 pages of arab textbook. The lectures for the chem mod are very superficial. We are expected to photocopy from the recommended books i guess. Well, the book is expensive and i heard from seniors that we shouldnt buy the textbook if we are not majoring in it. Haish, im so used to being spoonfed i find all these a struggle:/ Oh here are the courses that im taking:


Memories.

There are just too much of them. They are like videotapes playing in my mind.

I remember how a big, black, hard beetle which had been in my shoe since morning suddenly moved during my P.E class when i was in Pri 4, causing my foot to make a wave. I screamed and cried and threw my shoe in the air. I  can still remember how my P.E teacher acted brave to help me throw the disgusting thing into a bush, 'dancing' at the same time haha. Well, she scolded me for screaming and crying, to divert attention away from her i guess cause i bet she nearly died of embarrassment.

I remember raising the Singapore flag alongside Liyana, another prefect, making sure my flag was always above the school flag. (I remember Liyana being a close friend of mine since Pri 5. Wonder how she's doing now) I remember receiving advice from a tall and plump Music teacher with curly, reddish-brown (like bromine) hair to follow the beat of the music while raising the flag, and to jerk at each movement.

I remember playing with my friend's hair during a Mother Tongue class with Cikgu Zareen (my beloved teacher) when I was Pri 2. We were still using the blackboard with chalks. I was scolded by him for not paying attention. I can still remember his lines vividly: "Zakiah, ini bukan salon awak nak main2 dengan rambut orang", which leads me to another memory that i used to have an ambition of being a hairdresser.

I remember playing at the backyard of Casuarina Primary School (our holding place while Loyang Pri was being renovated) with my malay classmates of Pri 3.3, acting as ghostbusters. Sights, ghost stories were all shared among us to the extent that a girl nearly fainted and i remember me and a group of malay girls surrounded her and recited ayat Kursi (which we happened to learn from our weekly madrasah) to 'wash' the ghost away. I remember I told my friend about seeing a finger coming out of the drain, the finger was straight at first then it bent. Hahah k i still feel its real. Or maybe it was just a stick.

I remember a lot of stuffs. A LOT. Especially since I have been taking long train rides or long taxi rides (which only happens when im late, sighhhh). Those above were just one part. There are more.

Story of my life.

Assalamualaikum

Get back our self-discipline before it's too late

I envy my tutee a lot. I envy her because at such a young age, she has been very active with various kinds of mosque activities. She has been learning life lessons and she has been sharing inspiring/motivating stories about getting ourselves closer to Allah with me. The story was shared by her camp facilitator during the Ramadhan Youth Challenge Camp ( i soooo wanted to go this camp:( ). The story is as follows:


Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah, I'm now officially a student in National University of Singapore(NUS), a school that I've always look up to since young. Here's my matric card:



Which only means.....I'M OLDDD:O I cant wait for school to start but paradoxically (i hope i use this correctly), i dont want it to start. It has been said that school will be like A levels every semester. STRESSSS.

IQRAR social camp jointly organised by NUSMS and PBMUKS was the best camp I've been to in my life! Alhamdulillah, it covered all aspects of life - from socially to spiritually. I hope the bonds that Ive made with my clanmates will last forever, insyaAllah. Looking forward to know more people!

Assalamualaikum.

Protect our hearts from Arrogance, Envy and Greed



I didnt know teaching is this hard. Where goes my passion of sharing knowledges and motivational stories? I would like to teach well, but i just cant seem to do so. It's hard. Maybe it's not that bad, maybe im exaggerating things but im feeling really bad inside. But if you were to ask me how bad is it or what made it bad, you would be staring into a blank face cause...there's no specific incidents to describe my feelings. They are squashed together to produce this bad, sad, frustrated, and depressed feeling:/

Irah, mak and me. Ifah was studying for her mid-year so she couldnt join us, sadly. I'm so OVER that period muahahaha

CUTE BABY HAZIQ!! he's such a sweetie

Cik Mat and Haziq! haha like father like son

I cant believe i just ate a packet of nasi briyani at 11.40pm. When it's almost midnight?! sighhhhh...leading a healthy lifestyle continues to be a dream after all. It's been.. well, almost 1 week without middle-of-the-night snacks (a good improvement alrd hahah) and yeah, i thought i was doing well, replacing chocs with apple etc until... just now. My family received 2 plactic bags of rice and side-dishes (the daging is soooo empuk and yummy!). My sisters and me thought that they could be stored in the fridge for breakfast tmr but  my mum had another plan.

Our neighbour gave us a plate of rendang karipaps (yummmm:p) which she decided would be our breakfast tmr. And so, she was ordering us to finish the nasi briyani since we brought it home (well, the volunteers passed them onto our hands). And I, Zakiah Mohd, finished one packet just by herself (the other packet was shared between one of my sisters and my mum, and yeah, the remaining sister didnt want to eat).

It's like...my stomach has a mind of its own. It can expand and expand, and so i continue to feed it with food when i should just stop. I hate wasting food. The good thing is, with this principle in mind, I always finish my meal. Every grain of rice. The bad thing is, the ever-growing-fats. Even during the Brunei trip last year, I finished my plate of rice when one of the boys (or more) couldnt do so. Seriously, in that kind of situation, i really felt like a freak glutton. Gahhhhh ottoke?? (what should i do in korean hahah)

On another note, i hope i can get into applied food science in NUS, insyaAllah. Please doa for me, amin:)

It's been so long since i write, that i forgot about the nice soothing, relaxing feeling of letting words flow through from my mind to the keyboards. Trust me, ive been wanting to post about a LOT of things. Ive been thinking about a LOT of things lately, especially after Alevels, and ive been wanting to write about them but...hahah k i forgot why i didnt even visit blogger to post about them. I hope, in the next few days, weeks or months even, i will be able to type every single thought.

Gd night!

Assalamualaikum.

As a good individual of the society, make an effort to visit the sick

Is it a syndrome or an attitude problem?

Assalamualaikum.

Treasure your family and friends with all your might

Sometimes i wonder how it feels like to live in a kampong, with chickens, horses, cows, cockroaches(>.<) all around you. I'm sure it's a blissful feeling. Im not so...hmmm how do i put it...I'm more for connecting with people not virtually i guess. I dont know what to post on facebook, i created a twitter account but haha i dont know how to use them. I loooove meeting up with family and friends, talking to them face to face. I went to VJ yesterday with Nisa and Jozie and i was overwhelmed with many kinds of emotions. Relief, Happy, Warmth. The debators this year are all so cute and enthusiastic! I hope VJ will be able to advance beyond quarter finals this year, insyaAllah:)

Come to think of it, it's been a loooooong time since my family had a gathering. When i was small, there used to be weddings here and there, kenduri here and there etc. Like what Kak Fizah said, the next generation of cousin are all growing up and soon, there will be another cycle of weddings, starting with atikah;) hahah.




Thanks for the pretty letter, cute notebook and delicious chocolate Jia ai:)<3 I'm eating the chocolate well hehe, eating them only when im watching 2PM videos haha. Hope to meet you again soon babe!


"Say Alhamdulillah When You Sit With Your Family,
As There Is Someone Somewhere Wishing To Have One.

Say Alhamdulillah When You Go To Work,
As Many People Are Still Looking For A Job.

Say Alhamdulillah Because You Are Healthy,
As The Sick Ones Wish To Buy Health No Matter How High The Price Is.

Say Alhamdulillah Because You Are Still Alive,
As The Dead Would Wish To Come Back To Life To Do Good Deeds.

Say Alhamdulillah Because You Worship ALLAH,
As Others Worship Idols and Money.

O Allah, ALHAMDULILLAH FOR EVERYTHING!"

credits to Daily Reminders at FB. All praises to you, Ya Allah:)

Assalamualaikum.

Bathe ourselves with positivity

Last wednesday, i had a dinner with atiqah at Pastamania. I had always been against that restaurant till i ate with atiqah. Before that, i kept complaining that the pastas are too... Not nice. It's more worth it to eat the $3 nasi ayam/nasi briyani at the mamak shop. Atiqah mentioned that the baked rice was nice and filling. I bought the one with chicken and sausage (i think) and it's yummyliciousssss. K so from now onwards, i will knw what to order in Pastamania. Had a nice catch-up with atiqah:)

On sunday, i met shirin at Mccafe to, of course, catch-up with her. It's been so loong since i get to sit and chat with her. I'm soooo proud of you, may Allah bless you always:) Both of us have always longed to have a career in the healthcare sector. I guess i didnt put in as much effort as her. All the best in achieveing ur dreams babe! After the long talk, i met jia ai and mei tian at their hot shop hahah:)

My family and i visited my grandma just now, together with Cik mat and Cik Lina. Cik mat and Cik lina have been married for 9 years and the way they joke with each other is cute. I cant help posting about it hahah. Here's one:

Both Cik mat and Cik Lina came from opposite ends of Singapore-Cik mat from Pasir Ris, Cik Lina from Boon Lay. We were all in their car, travelling out of downtown east.

Cik Lina: kenapa kener naik utk keluar dari car park? Car park kat sini merepek ah (why must drive up to get out of the car park? This car park is nonsensical)
Cik mat: it was made like that...
Cik Lina: k see? The sensors are still red althought there are cars there. What's this? Tsk
Cik Mat: you dont look dwn on Pasir Ris k

They said all these in playful tones and then they laughed. Haha may Allah bless us all, ameen.

Looking forward to the cycling trip with zul and atiqah this sun!:)

And USS date with sis and nenek tikah;)

Assalamualaikum.

Talk less, Listen more

Sometimes i forget that i also have a sweet and loving father.

Assalamualikum.

Be the best daughter/son you can ever be

My sister and me went for a shopping trip with our dear cousin ( just put cousin lah eh? Haha) Atikah to Bugis last Friday and each of us bought a nice pair of shoes! Plus a few other things. Finallyyyyy, im sure i will be able to keep the shoe properly for a longer period of time. I feel this...strong chemistry with my new pair of shoes, which convinces me that i will wear this shoe more often compared to my previous shoes, till they are totally worn out. After that, we proceed to Orchard. Didnt find any nice things within our budget so we ended up eating desserts at McCafe. I've been wondering.... Whatever has become of this world? I have NEVER seen sooooo many lesbians and gays within such a short period of time (1.5 mths) in my life before. I have seen lesbians from ALL races *shiver*. Astarghfirullahalzim, may Allah provide guidance to all of us.

On Saturday, my family, grandma, aunty, uncle and me went to the Tampines Retail Hub to buy some home organization stuffs at ikea. We ended up buying pillows and some flower pots only. After checking-out at amalina's counter, we bought the soft but tasteless ice cream and walk our way to courts. It was our first time at courts. No one has been there before (not sure about my uncle). Hahahah let me tell u a cute and hilarious story about my nenek (grandma). She was looking for a small kitchen table. We walked through the sofa area to the dining tables area and continue walking and browsing until we reached the end, which was a small cafe. My mum and nenek was leading the group but my grandma didnt see the cafe sign above her.
Nenek: sidah... Meja kat depan tu kecil2 pulak eh? Cantik jugak...*walked briskly to the tables*
Mum: ibu! Tak bu! Ni kedai makan!
Nenek: hah? Kedai makan??

ALL of us burst out laughing, laughing out loud as if we were the only ones there. Even the waiter at the cafe's entrance laughed out loud! Hahah my nenek so cute!

On monday, i went cycling with estee in the morning. Thankfully, the weather was veryyyy nice:) it was estee's third time riding a bicycle so she had to learn balancing herself first before riding stably. She was such a fast learner! After cycling, we had lunch at Burger King and time was 12.30. She suggested that we watched The Hunger Game at i12 katong. I had nooo idea what the story was about so she told me the storyline briefly, based on the trailer. After praying at Siglap Mosque, i met her i12 katong and we watched our movie. It was the first time in my life to cry BUCKETS of tears for an english movie. Before that, i had never poured my tears for any movie (excluding Hindustani movies hahah). The story is freaking awesome, totally awesome. I dont think the feeling is the same if you watch it at the TV though. The movie ended at 4.30. We met eileen and bernice, eileen's friend, at a yoghurt shop in the basement after estee found out that they were in the same mall as us. Ard 5, eileen and her friend went up for their turn to watch The Hunger Games while estee and me made our way home. My wallet drama started here.

When my bus arrived, i reached for my wallet in my beg but it wasnt there! I knew for sure i left it in the theatre. The very theatre which eileen and her friend were watching The Hunger Games! Estee said i need to remain calm. 'it must have fallen under the chair and since the theatre is dark, no one will take it'. I went to the service counter and told them my situation. Two of them went off to get my wallet (that was what i thought) but apparently, my seat was at the center of a row that was totally occupied. They couldnt get it because it would be disrupting the customers' movie watching. They asked me to leave my phone number with them and they would contact me once they found my wallet. My ezlink-card, i/c, nets, money, photos and other essential stuffs were ALL in that wallet, how was i supposed to go home without it? I couldnt even make my way anywhere! I talked to the manager and he said the only choice left was for me to come back at 7, the time at which the movie would end. Luckily i had my phone with me. I didnt dare to call my mum haha i was afraid of how she would react. I was actually planning not to tell her anything about my lost wallet incident because i was confident i would get it at the end of the day. So i called shirin.

Luckily she wasnt having any class. She looked up for a map to the nearest mosque. I had to borrow a pen and a paper from a shop to write down the directions. And so... I walked to Khalid Mosque. I walked passed the Hotel 81, shop&save, a junction and blah blah blah. Finally, i reached the mosque. Alhamdulillah shirin picked up my phone. Alhamdulillah she helped me find my way to a nearest mosque. After praying, my mum called and said, 'Why are you still not home now?'. With a soft and gentle voice, i told her about my wallet. Alhamdulillah she was in a good mood and she was like 'Kalau ada rezeki, kakak jumpa wallet kakak. Kalau tak, tu takdir. Doa banyak2. Mak pun doakan'. I reached i12 katong on time and went straight to the Golden Village. One of the staffs brought me to the theatre to look for my wallet. It was heartwarming to see two other people helping me to look for my wallet. Thank you GV staffs! Buuuuuut, my wallet was nowhere to be found! One guy shone a light under my chair and it was not there. My heart nearly dropped to the floor. And then, a school girl came running in and said 'Is this your wallet?'. Alhamdulillah, I was sooooo grateful and relieved! I thanked her profusely and called my mum and friends, telling them about the happy news. Allah is Great:). Thanks for praying for me Mak<3. I should always tell her my problems, not only my happy moments. Well, "Doa seorang ibu paling makbul";)

i must stop being careless and take better care of my belongings. MUST.

Assalamualaikum.

Make your decisions wisely. Counsel the elders. Seek Allah's help

As promised, pictures from my 3 days stay at my grandaunt's house;)


A very nice and calming view from one of the corridors of the house.

On the first day, after arriving at my grandaunt's house, we didnt do much. More of lepak-ing and chillax-ing and eating nice foods and exploring the house. At night, my family and I followed my grandaunt to pick Farah up. (Farah's my mum's cousin. But she is of the same age as me. I dont know what is my relationship with her. Second cousin? Aunty? hahah) We spent the night catching up with each other:)

Second day:

After shower and breakfast, Kak Raudah and family came! She and her husband did a barbecue for lunch and the chickens and ikan pais were so amazing. We ended up taking pictures at the front porch of the house only haha, cos that's where the swing is;)Here's me with afifah and baby Nashwa!


Then we celebrated the twin's birthday. Happy birthday Najihah and Nashwa! Here's a picture of one of the twins, Najihah. She eats very well, took a few slices of her chocolate cake that day.


She ate her ice cream very well either! She used to be scared of strangers and wasnt as friendly as her other twin, Nashwa. But last weekend, she didnt mind us carrying her etc and she kept flashing her sweet and shy smile at us. Such sweetie!



Time to go out! My sister, Zahirah, with pretty Nashwa and me at the back!


At the swing. Again. Hahah


The last picture before we proceed to our shopping trip!

Before i end this post, let me share with u a moment with Afifah, the clever2 girl. I was tying her hair and was ordering her to stay still

Me: Stay still, afifah
afifah: ok.
me: *comb the left side casuing afifah to move her head to the right. comb the right side causing afifah to move her head to the left*
me: k afifah, stay still
afifah: im staying still
me: *Her hair was so soft that pieces kept falling down from my hand. so i comb again* Stay still afifah.
afifah: im staying still but you are moving me.

I had nothing to say to that! haha in the end, i managed to tie her hair neatly. i love talking to her, she talks like an adult! She offered to help fold the clothes and as we climbed the stairs, she shouted "Anyone wants to help us fold the clothes? Anyone?" Hahaha she's a very sweet 5 year old! Gonna miss her and her sisters:)

Assalamualaikum.

Take thinks positively
new past