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I am gonna make a confession here. I’ve been hooked to this postcards exchange projects named Postcrossing. When I first joined last October, I didn’t really pay much attention on it. I got to send a postcards to 5 people, and it took me ages to finally put the postcards into the mailbox. Just that. But a few weeks later, I started getting some postcards from ’strangers’ in far away countries like USA, Germany and Netherlands. It got me excited and I knew that I would spend more time on this new hobby: exchanging and collecting postcards one bonus point: many of the postcrossers are total friendly and I just enjoy the forum. In fact, I’ve never been an active user in ANY online forum before, as long as I can remember. But Postcrossing community is just different. It feels like I’ve just found the place where people there, more or less, share the similar passion with me. And it’s just great.Last night I wrote to Sonia. I’m gonna buy a Xmas card for her tomorrow, well yeah I have to buy some to other people also. I guess I have to make a list this year:
1-Christy
2-Sonia
3-Kelly
4-Allison
5-Sarah
6-Verbi
7-Claire
8-Kadi
9-Andrea
10-Anais 

I am supposed to write to Allison, Tejashree and Claire one of these days too. Haven’t got time though. And I have to buy some souvenir to Anais which I promised long time ago ^_^; can’t think of what I’m gonna get her, maybe a songket purse like I bought in KB, if I can find any in the Central Market here.

I still have to buy postcards for people at Postcrossing. Again a list?
1-Marybell in USA (MY-118)
2-Carmen in Spain (private swap)
3-Anette in Germany (thank you postcard)
4-Tina in USA (thank you postcard)
5-A boy in Uzbekistan I cant remember the name (private swap)

I have to find a small Malaysian flag for Sonia. Maybe a small sticker with the picture is ok too. And a tom yam seasoning packet. I’m teaching her to prepare Malay food now I have to buy some CD-R too. OMG I don’t have enough money at the moment. Bought Discrete Maths textbook this afternoon. Wicked RM75.

I’m still waiting for random postcard to arrive now. And there’s supposed to be postcard from someone in Nepal arriving soon. Also from Carmen. I’m expecting letters from Nada, Carlien, Eri and Sarah also. But I just received a bad news from Irfah at home: it’s been flooded at home area now, and the most awaited Mr. Postman will never come these days

Mama is in KL now for a meeting. Stanford (?) Hotel near Chow Kit. Great. I’m going there tomorrow with Izzati. Maybe overnight there. Must be cool.

I’m still having a problem with the color and themes and layout and stuffs for this blog page. It seems easy but it is not. I feel like changing everything into plain white now. Ugh.

Yes, I really do. Still have no clue why these people are blogging, and yet I am doing this, too. In fact this is my *counting* 3rd or 4th blog, beginning with one at mydiary.org, Blurty, a self-made website calling itself a blog, and now bravenet journal. The previous ones have always gone without updates, besides of my tendency to delete the posts a few days after I read them again. Why? Because I never agree with this thing. Why do I have to write this? Why do I have to let people read the crappy tales they’ll never be interested about? Hang on, I am not letting people take a look at this blog. Not for this time around. This doesn’t seem like a good idea. But why am I here again? Alright, I was just passing by one Guestmap of a member at Postcrossing, which happened to be one of the feature of Bravenet, which I found quite cool, which got me hooked in there a few hours browsing, and ended up registering. Lucky, I have got my name ilyani for my Bravenet. Is this a good sign?

-changed the theme picture. it’s Pucca, now that i’m in pucca mood. and not gonna change it anemore, at least till i turn into other mood, like garu or pocahontas, or Alex James, or perhaps bugs again (but i dont think so), or whoever i’ll come up with, but i guess i just dont want anything but Pucca in the first place, so it’s got to be Pucca. that tiny box looks comfortable  too.

-this is previous theme – puzzle with bugs – if u happen to miss it.

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Mood OK | Music none. i want to sleep. goodnite

-changed the banner picture again. now it’s greyscale dark.. and i call it ‘darkness’.. aww, sounds scary. esp that cloudy thing. i put something like a ghost at first (to make it scarier, as if) but ghost turned out to be funny (i just draw it manually with brush: white paint) and it’s pointless so i put clouds/smokes whatever u see it looks like. alright, looks OK now, but it doesnt suit the multicolor puzzle-with-bug theme at the side, i think. hmm.. whatever.

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Mood sleepy | Music Francesca Peters – Aku Hanya Pendatang (oh i’m really into 80s stuffs these days. or at least, today.) typical malay songs have always had very poetic lyrics.

“ku mencari kembali pohon hijau nan rendang
di situlah kita berteduh
dan sungainya bertali arus air mengalir
bagai takkan berakhir
dijadikan perlambangan
tanda setianya percintaan dua insan..

perjalanan di tanah gersang
tanpa sungai dan pohon rendang
kau dan aku demikian diibaratkan”

-i bought this Garu soft toy 3 years back and he’s been hanging at my backpack ever since i can remember. i think he’s cute and since my backpack is red in color it looks nice so he stays there. only recently i had his thread hook broken and i cant attach him to the backpack anemore, at least till i find some time to do something about the hook. and he’s got  very dirty, cuz u know, he goes everywhere my backpack goes. and i washed him once, but i think i messed him cuz the fabric color somehow has gone with the dirt and down his eyes. i should have got him dry-cleaned instead.

-and i’ve just got Pucca past 2 months.. and she’s about half time cheaper than his boyfriend *lol* (RM2 and I had Garu for RM5).

and now that i’ve got Garu and his girlfriend with him (though i dont think he ever sees Pucca as his gf aneway but nevermind) so i thought i could take a pic of them together. *say cheese!* and here it goes..

-Pucca my idol – she’s a true lover, very loyal and romantic gal, and very optimist too. i think i just wanna be like her (haha). but i dont think i’d like a boyfriend like Garu (though he’s cute), he doesnt seem to like Pucca, well he doesnt seem to care much about girls in the first place. cuz he’s a real ninja, what can i say. um, do ninjas know nothing about love? that’s something to think about…

-OK, it’s official: i’m going home on tuesday. yippie!!!!!!!!!!

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Mood nice but had a lil headache | Music Brothers – Man Ana
Lunch fried rice + fried chicken | Night meal tuna sandwich
Mama’s calls 1

Your Results:
 June

 Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills(?) Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

-hmm.. i dont like to believe in this stuff but, what do u think? damn they got it right aneway.. (75%) :D I got it from here.

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Mood dizzy | Mama’s calls 1. i told her im going home on wednesday, not tuesday (got a spare bus at last). and my aunt isnt going.

-i think i’ve turned into an owl. yeah, an OWL. but thanks goodness my eyes didnt become that big like Mr.Owl’s. aneway, i just cant sleep at night. completely. and will be dozing off for hours in daytime. i’ve heard from isuma she’s always had the problem too (aneway, that’s not really a prob to her, that’s just the way she is) but though, this is not the way i am. that’s the way an owl is. i want a normal sleep like usual, but i dunno, once i stayed up at night (when i have to) it’d continue to next few nights where i am not able to feel sleepy at all. put it like this, one night has made my sleep schedule twisted sort of like. and to put it back to normal is not easy, cuz i cant resist it when my body and mind want me to sleep during the day. i’m aware that’s the main reason i dont feel sleepy at night. but again, thats not my fault, and there’s nothing else to blame. all i know i hate it and i guess i have to wait for a few days till i manage to make things back to normal.

-and i guess i’m missing someone, but i’m not sure who.

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Mood sickly bored | Music Amy Mastura – Meniti Hari
Night meal nasi lemak
Mama’s calls 1. asking if im going home this CNY. and i am.
Just read How To Be Good (Nick Hornby)

1) Which Disney Character Are You? click to get quiz

Your Results:
Pocahontas

You love to explore. You want to find friends and you love animals. You are shy most of the time though.

2) What Disney Princess Are You? click to get quiz

Your Results:
Pocahontas

A free spirit of sorts. You’re so brave!

-hey see i’ve got Pocahontas twice! but me love animals? lol! shy most of the time? hahaha… ahahaha ha ha…… um, maybe :P ________________________________________________________________

Mood Pocahontas spirited | Music Butterfingers – Daulat Tuanku (lol, the longest song i ever heard- 9:56 minutes). well this is Butterfingers.. once they have had a malay album out (finally), it sounds VERY MALAY, what can i say. could be one of the coolest malay albums ever produced, who knows? and love the lyrics.

“ku akan cuba lagi sampai mati….
.. OK, jumpa lagi di lain hari..
….. ku akan kembali..barangkali”  

-these few days i started having tea instead of my regular coffee. how regular was my coffee? twice a day. morning and noon or evening. instant one, of course. (i’m talking about me living in hostel, cuz when im at home i have everything served by my mum- be it coffee or tea or whatever). i live to think that coffee is something crucial, which i wouldnt be able to be sitting like i am now without having cuppa coffee everyday. i used to take three back then, but i read somewhere that ur bodys only able to adopt as much caffeine as two espresso per day. and i skip one. my mum says it’s still too much and i’m addicted, but i tell her it’s my routine, like my other meal im taking everyday. and nothing crime about it anyway. and when i take tea sometimes (no creamer, just sugar) it unexpectedly feels nicer than coffee. unlike the hard and proud taste of coffee, tea somehow tastes something like relief, uncomplicated sweet, putting u to shut up and dream (yeah, i feel like wanna sleep now. and very sleepy, nothing to do with tea though :P just lacked of it last night). alright, all i wanted to say is tea is nice too afterall.

-about today’s DSt exam, it made me wanna laugh. cuz none of my answers i had confidence of. haha. watever.

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Mood nice but a little sleepy | Music Shizuka – We Believe
Dinner nasi goreng kampung + ayam masak halia
Mama’s calls 0. hmm.. she’ll ring tonight, im sure.