It was my first time going to an Islamic Court, or even a court in general. I found it to be entertaining especially because I had a wonderful diarrhea this morning from food poisoning. I bet you had never heard anyone describing diarrhea as wonderful before. LOL.
At the entrance of the court, there were policemen, who enjoyed yelling at me for not covering all my hair. Boo like I care. I was there as a witness, so my mom could get a certificate(Sijil Faraid) that divides my dad's properties among her and my siblings. Well I found out the real purpose of us going there after the hearing. Which made the story even more fun.
I went into the court room, sat in the witness stand. "I, Syazrah bla bla bla bla will tell the truth and nothing but the truth so help me god". Everything was spoken in Malay which made it so awkward.
Judge: Do you know why your mom is here today?
Me: To get a letter that gives her power over my dad's property.
(My mom made a funny face which told me that that was the wrong answer)
In my mind I was going oh sh*t, why are we here?
Me: Mmmmmmm. Mmmmm
Still trying to remember if my mom had told me why we were there. I knew the general purpose but not the exact goal of us being there. I felt like the whole court room was waiting for my answer.
Me: We're here to divide what my dad left behind.
CORRECTO!! I was thinking in English and had to translate this into formal Malay. Came out sounding so dumb.
Judge: Did your dad and his wife from the first marriage got a divorce?
He used a technical term that was in Malay. It was "bercerai hidup" which means getting a divorce while both parties are still alive instead of being divorced by death. Whoaa, didn't know that dying was considered a divorce at all. Of course I found this out after the hearing.
Me: What does "bercerai hidup" mean???
*Judge looked like he was gonna slap me*
Tee hee. Stupid court and stupid judge. I present to you, my stupid answers. That's what you get for making me wait more than an hour.
not so extreme makeover
I got a new full length mirror and a book shelf for my room. This morning my cousins came to take my old desk. They would definitely benefit from it more than I do.
So now my room's a mess. I will put together the book shelf tomorrow and clean up my room again. I will post pictures once it's clean. Yay
So now my room's a mess. I will put together the book shelf tomorrow and clean up my room again. I will post pictures once it's clean. Yay
$25 of dissapointment
I just finished the book 'The Girl Who Played with Fire" which is the sequel to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". If you know me well, you should know how much I like the first book. I was anticipating the sequel for months and when it came out, I had contemplated on buying it coz it was $25. However, when I was leaving the States, I decided to spend the money and get the book for me to read on the flight.
On the flight, I found movies that I was more interested to watch than reading the book. The movies were dumb. I saw "Night at the Museum 2" and "The Proposal". And now, almost a month after I bought the book, I finally finished it. I was busy with the holiday and all but if it were an awesome book, I'm pretty sure I would've finished it even before Eid.
So basically I was really disappointed in the book. The mystery wasn't as interesting as the first one. There were too many characters and because it was translated from Swedish, all the characters had Swedish names. This confused me a lot.
I can't believe the people at Border's were so excited about this sequel even after they read it. I highly recommend "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" but you should only read the sequel if you can get it for free and you really don't know what to do with your time.
I'm still trying to decide what I should read next. I think it's time to raid my sister's book collection *kick aside all the Harry Potter books*
On the flight, I found movies that I was more interested to watch than reading the book. The movies were dumb. I saw "Night at the Museum 2" and "The Proposal". And now, almost a month after I bought the book, I finally finished it. I was busy with the holiday and all but if it were an awesome book, I'm pretty sure I would've finished it even before Eid.
So basically I was really disappointed in the book. The mystery wasn't as interesting as the first one. There were too many characters and because it was translated from Swedish, all the characters had Swedish names. This confused me a lot.
I can't believe the people at Border's were so excited about this sequel even after they read it. I highly recommend "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" but you should only read the sequel if you can get it for free and you really don't know what to do with your time.
I'm still trying to decide what I should read next. I think it's time to raid my sister's book collection *kick aside all the Harry Potter books*
Family time
Infinity sign. Fail!!
Danish Chasing MeA couple of nights ago, Liyana and her family came to my house. After a few rounds of DDR, we decided to play with the sparklers that we had. I was trying to get a picture of me doing the infinity sign but it didn't come out right. That was before my nephew got so excited and chased me around with his sparkler.
Goodbye Ann Arbor
I'll be leaving AA in a couple of hours. It's the worst feeling ever, to be leaving a place that I've called home for the past 4 years.
Here are some of the things /people that I'll be missing when I'm in Malaysia:
1)My friends especially Chris, Hongy and Wendy and my sweet baby Jamaine of course.
2)Michigan Hockey and also the Red Wings. FYI, they don't really show NHL in Malaysia. sigh
3) AA public library. My source of free dvd rentals and awesome books.
4)My gym. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
5)The animal shelter. I'm going to miss the grand opening of the new building and that makes me really sad.
6) The awesome parks we have here where I jog with my baby and walk my little doggie.
7) Cheap clothes that are very trendy and also cheap makeup.
8) Nachos and burritos
Here are the things I wish I had done while I was here:
1) going to NYC. I kept putting it off thinking I'll get a job here and live here the rest of my life.
Don't worry. I'll make it there one day.
2)Vegas!!
3) See Kevin James doing his stand up.
4)Going to Ellen Degenere's show.
5) Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and all those touristy places.
Don't worry USA, I'll be back for more sweet memories.
I've picked my "bahan bacaan"(reading material) for the flight. It'll be "The Girl Who Played with Fire". It's by the same author who wrote "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I've updated the music on my ipod. Most of it will be music from Jamaine's computer. Hopefully listening to my ipod won't make me to sad coz it'll remind me of him.
Goodbye Ann Arbor, Goodbye USA, Goodbye friends!
Here are some of the things /people that I'll be missing when I'm in Malaysia:
1)My friends especially Chris, Hongy and Wendy and my sweet baby Jamaine of course.
2)Michigan Hockey and also the Red Wings. FYI, they don't really show NHL in Malaysia. sigh
3) AA public library. My source of free dvd rentals and awesome books.
4)My gym. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
5)The animal shelter. I'm going to miss the grand opening of the new building and that makes me really sad.
6) The awesome parks we have here where I jog with my baby and walk my little doggie.
7) Cheap clothes that are very trendy and also cheap makeup.
8) Nachos and burritos
Here are the things I wish I had done while I was here:
1) going to NYC. I kept putting it off thinking I'll get a job here and live here the rest of my life.
Don't worry. I'll make it there one day.
2)Vegas!!
3) See Kevin James doing his stand up.
4)Going to Ellen Degenere's show.
5) Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and all those touristy places.
Don't worry USA, I'll be back for more sweet memories.
I've picked my "bahan bacaan"(reading material) for the flight. It'll be "The Girl Who Played with Fire". It's by the same author who wrote "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I've updated the music on my ipod. Most of it will be music from Jamaine's computer. Hopefully listening to my ipod won't make me to sad coz it'll remind me of him.
Goodbye Ann Arbor, Goodbye USA, Goodbye friends!
Why didn't we have...
Ellen Degeneres give our commencement speech?? She's so awesome. Watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JccudODwwY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JccudODwwY
Mackinac Island
Last Tuesday Jamaine and I went to Mackinac Island for vacation. The island is about 4 and a half hours away from Ann Arbor. A little island with no cars allowed, except for fire trucks, police car and ambulance. So everyone either had to ride the horse carriages or bicycles.
The island is famous for it's fudge. I'm not a big fan of fudge so each of us got only 1/4 lb of fudge and finished it while we were still on the island. I feel like my teeth were rotting from all the sweets.
So the first night we were there, we ate at a restaurant called Seabiscuit. Just like the movie, or the horse. Guess what movie they keep playing at the restaurant? SEABISCUIT of course.
On the second day, Jamaine and I wanted to jog around the island. Thank god I didn't have to fast that day coz otherwise I would just chill in the hotel. We saw the Arch Rock which was on a hill. Both Jamaine and I were scared of height but we made it up there anyway. After that, we took a trail that I believed would take us back to the main road. But it didn't. A couple of miles later, we saw some people biking on the trail and we asked them for directions. The people had maps, unlike us. We got back on the trail and walked back to the hotel. Altogether, I think we hiked/ jogged for more than 8 miles.
After a long nap that day, we rented a tandem, you know the two bikes attached together like siamese twins. We biked around the island which was about 7 miles. The view was gorgeous. We left the next day. I got a minor tan which seemed almost impossible in Ann Arbor now.
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