oh yess!
so dan got her hair cut
and steph, dan and i all found clutches today!!!

and guess what?
dan and i bought dorothy perkins clutches at 50% off for the second one
so it was only $17.25 for each of us!!
(even though we'll be using the same one)
how cheap is that?!!

and i finally sent my dress off for alterations
although now that i think back on the length, it might end up very short...
hmm
but the shop's not open tomorrow
and i'm picking it up on monday...
so i guess i'm screwed! HAHAHA!
gosh prom really stresses people out
but it's only prom what!

heh
anyways
i've got plans for this blog
new song (Sink or Swim by Tyrone Wells)
and i want to make a new skin
and other plans
mmmmmm
not gonna tell yet!

rest day tomorrow!

fin*

okay,
dress- check!
shoes- check!
accessories- check!

hair? dunno...
hotel? clueless!
makeup? possibly settled...
clutch? haven't found one yet!!!

gosh, i'm so ashamed that i've spent so much on prom!!!
shan't say how much- it's too embarrassing!

so today pat dan keed joel jerrald and i went to sentosa!
with the mounds of food that pat and i (and my sis) prepared at my house
we played HSM3 UNO! which pat and i found at toys r' us - zac's so hot!!
and we dunked keed into the sea!

we caught a movie at vivo
after lunch at BK
four christmases
i liked the movie
despite falling asleep near the end during vince vaughn's speech

and then we just... split
we stood around after the movie ended
after everybody'd gone to the toilet
and just split
thought the guys were going to the mrt station
dan pat and i waited around near the escalators of the basement
but we didn't see any of the guys

so we went home via 143 and 963
one hour fifteen minutes?
not too shabby
lots to discuss
school, work, fun, friends...

fin*

p.s. sometimes i just ask: why?
people would say "why not?"
but i don't think that's valid
unjustified

gosh my feet hurt so much!

the good news is that i found a nice black dress at central yesterday
i would have thought black was blah, but it's different in the sense that it has a sort of tuxedo-ish feel due to the cropped jacket, and the ruffled neck
hmm
so at least i'll be unique
stuffy-looking, but unique

bad news is that now there's a mad scramble to find the shoes, clutch and accessories to match!
so today (monday) pat and i trawled through
city link mall, marina square, suntec city,
and every shopping mall between orchard mrt station and dhoby ghaut mrt station
that had anything affordable

and
nearly killed ourselves in the process!
because we just kept walking and walking and walking
in flats that hurt the feet (well, mine, at least)

i found this superbly high peep-toe pumps in burgundy with gold heels at charles and keith
around 10 cm high heels
so so sexy!!
but it totally stretches out and arches my feet to the max
and i could hardly walk because it hurt my thigh and calf muscles to try and control the shoes
egghh so unlucky
i could only totter with small steps slowly

and the only other acceptable looking shoes were at aldo
but IMHO ridiculously expensive at $155
because i won't be wearing the shoes so often

so i'm stuck between paying a high price
or breaking my feet
who knows, maybe (hopefully) i'll find nicer shoes somewhere outside orchard road

so now my feet still hurt after all that shopping
that my big toe is numb!
seriously! even after i've soaked my feet in hot/warm water

shoes shoes shoes! where art thou, perfect shoes?

fin*

with the wretched 'A's over and all, it seems i've had little inclination to blog
hmm
i suppose there's the lack of steam to blow off...

but anyways: 'A's ARE BLOODY OVER!!!!!
YAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!

after the last lit paper yesterday
pat, liying and i met tongni (pat's friend) at orchard
and had lunch at shaw house
before tongni, pat and i headed to far east plaza to prom dress-shop

there was this cute dress that we saw
red satin bust area, with a small bow in front
while below the bust downwards is an argyle-ish fabric of muted red, brown and i-have-no-idea-what-colour
so cute
but guess what the price is...

...$189! really!
even with $200 to blow on a dress, i don't want to spend that much money on just ONE dress
so i let it slide...

then we suddenly found the place where pat was supposed to have her hair appointment
and -voila!- four hours later, pretty hair on pat!
and the colour's so pretty!

and this morning was danielle's hair's turn for some TLC
pat and i met her at the salon
and then met pebbles and torres/ baby gangsta (hahaha!) in their respective enclosures
torres/baby gangsta is so fat!
and pebbles is so small and cute!

which reminds me of an item on ebay for sale
a taxidermy hamster on a small bicycle:
like eww! who would actually buy a dead stuffed hamster??!!
but apparently someone would... boy am i perplexed by the world!

well, after finally tasting chocolate mcflurry (super yum!) at macs with dan and pat
i went to get my hair dyed!!!
and it's reddish!! not really purple, which i now don't mind
but i'm glad my dad didn't freak when he saw how light the red was
phew!
and it's supposed to get lighter after a few washes and rebonding
haha
then i'll be a true blue pai kia! or something!
hahaha

fin*!!!!

just got back from a day out with the fam
and i am so happy with my new l'oreal double extension waterproof mascara!
i tested it as soon as i got home, and wiped water all over my face and especially the eyes
and no smudging happened!
wee!

before this i was using the maybelline xxl one
it was good, but it's my sister's
so i had to shop for a new one
and now i'm happy!
now, if only i could trick my parents into buying me new blusher and foundation...
and maybe even gold eyeliner! and how about purple mascara to match my desired purple hair?
haha
lots to do...

and i managed to find a new book for me to read
cold plague by daniel kalla
sounds interesting, about a conspiracy behind the spreading of a disease
and it's quite recent; only published this year
can't wait to start!
as soon as i'm done with the wretched last paper

which reminds me
that besides the annotating of fasting, feasting that i did at the airport last saturday
i haven't done much else
don't really feel like it
but i've no choice
hopefully i'll start tonight...

see ya'll other poor losers in school tomorrow!
because we're being bloody dragged to school
for something i'm pretty certain will be like other lectures that i didn't learn much from

fin*

post-second-last-paper has been so fun!!!
besides all the going out i did on friday and saturday,
i spent yesterday learning how to use the sewing machine, and making a vest from an old unused long-sleeved tee

and today i went to bugis topone (i think it's called), which is the one i'm used to
with pat, liying, jeremy, zong ze, shauna, bong, rachel tan and eilania
it was so fun!
unlike any other outings i've had before
because this time wasn't focused on the emo
but on the crazy, sugar-high kind,
like britney spears and pussycat dolls
and i finally got to hear shauna, bong and eilania sing!
so far the best group i've been with
haha
which is understandable considering that this time
keed's "staying alive" and "10 little indians" were missing
hahaha

and then we went to watch madagascar which was funny and sad and heartwarming all at once
awww
while eating long john's silver chicken in the dark with pat
and chucking the containers under the seats
(sorry cleaners! yep, it was us!)

after which, we witnessed jeremy in his domain!
the king of bugis arcade!
never losing a game on that 50cent credit he used
so zai (is that the spelling?) he was that he got tired of winning
and just left the game
hahaha

oh man
hope more days like this come up soon!
life really does start after 'a's!

fin*

the past two days have been uber fun!!

on friday, dan, pat and i went to vivo
pizza hut lunch (student meal cheapos!!!), HSM3 movie, and shopping around vivo and plaza sing and cathay
(troy troy troy = hot!)

and today, pat and i totally walked out of mrs tan lecture
granted, we had 15 minutes to go before it started
but mrs tan saw us, and we'd already walked in
however, seeing that there were so few people, we just turned and walked out
hahaha
no remorse
then we called up dan who was at home to go out with us for breakfast
before meeting dan's mum to go prom dress-looking everywhere!

then we separated at esplanade
dan and mum went home, i think
and pat went to meet her mum
and i was trying to make (what i thought was) the 3pm check in time of my mecca-bound relatives at changi

and then when i got there, my mum called and said they were only leaving at 5.30
which left me with 2 and a half hours to burn

so i, equipped with a large coke and 'fasting, feasting', sat in the arrival hall of terminal 1
which is sooooo much more interesting than the departure hall
and people-watched/ studied!
it was kinda fun, just me and my music-blasting earphones
trying to guess what people's occupations were
and covering up my awe of tall stunning stewardesses and dashing pilots

after finally sending my relatives off,
we had dinner at bedok
and went to the singapore flyer
yesss!!!
finally!!
and it was fun! all 26 of us relatives in one capsule

yep, that has been the gist of post-exam life
except for the paranoia of waking up in the warning thinking i still had exams...

fin*

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgoodnessssss!!!!!!
overoveroveroveroverover!!!!!!!

okay, technically not, but i don't care!
yesssssssss


and here's a beautiful dress i simply adore
just because a levels are over for meeeee!!!!!


although,
did you hear about the zoo cleaner who was killed by the three white tigers in the singapore zoo?
really sad
visitors and co-workers had to see him get mauled at 12.15 today
and he wasn't even supposed to be in the tigers' moat!
he supposed to be cleaning another exhibition!
poor guy!
imagine the shock and pain of being mauled by three tigers...

really sad.

presenting aaron smith!
just because ;)




seriously, the song is nice
the voice, however... i shall let speak for itself

and since joel likes brendan james singing "green"
(the song that i first used when i changed the blogskin to this orange one)
here's him singing live!
i love brendan james!
for other brendan james songs, go to his myspace (:



fin*

i went for the movie
and ended up wasting seven and a half irretrievable hours of my life -_-'
it's easy to overlook the fact that time is wasted getting ready, traveling there, queuing up for the free food, traveling back, etc etc...

BUT i did find the movie enjoyable
even though (due to us not being early) we sat so close to the screen - third row - that my eyes hurt

this bond may not have the posh, handsome looks of the past 007s
you might call him ugly, even
but let me tell ya,
he's the sexiest ugly dude i've ever seen!
seriously, this dude is the hottest shit in the world!
he's da bomb! in fact, he's da sexbomb!

haha
okay, i felt my iq drop a few hundred points there

anyways, the 'a' levels aren't the only things that fate is screwing around with
it appears this is the season for messed up events
and arsenal's results are testament to that!
we lost three games before tonight, all against super lousy teams
and just when you'd think that arsenal's doomed since they're facing man utd who are "flying high" right now
they go on and beat those bastards
how gnarly is that?
2-1! we beat man utd 2-1!
and it was actually 2-0 at the 70th minute mark, which was the last time i saw them
and nasri scored both! woohoo!
i love nasri!

something else about arsenal:
we've got the queen of england as our supporter!
and that's not all
you'll never guess who else
but just make one, for fun
obama? no, he's a west ham guy
mccain? no, i have no idea about him
give up?
alright
it's...

osama bin laden!
gosh, that scared me, truly
but now you know never to mess with us...
the queen and the evillest person alive both on our side
mua-ha-ha

(but seriously, osama = eww...)

and to put joel out of his misery,
since he's gone through hell this week because of the 'A's (poor boy)
this is the official pronunciation of my full name, Syarafina binte Abdul Halim:
shah-rah-fee-nah bin-tea ahb-dool haa-lame/leem

it doesn't look that pretty in that form
but waddaheck?

fin*

p.s.
told pat i'd post the youtube vid of this guy who sings horribly
simply, HORRIBLY

i don't have anything against jane austen, but what mark twain said of her books is too funny to keep to myself:

'Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.' — Mark Twain

why does it feel like the 'a' levels are going on only when i'm in the exam hall?
it's so hard for me to concentrate on studies all day, everyday,
when people at home keep interrupting me with this and that
i study better when everybody leaves me alone
at two o'clock in the morning...

and during the day,
life's still going on around me
and let me tell ya, life is interesting!
it feels a shame to have to miss out on it...

like free tickets to watch quantum of solace on saturday!
should i go or not?
it'd be such a waste either way...

i do hope all the freaking out that has been going on is just due to exam stress
because i'd hate for it to be permanent

fin*

(killer... killers!)

just spent the day studying at pat's house
we had lunch at pizzahut and continued post-'a's planning
fun! and we had tim tams!

i kept falling asleep while reading econs on pat's bed
... i'm such a noob ...
haha

(i want a license plate that reads:
SXD 8D
just so i can have two smileys on it!)

my word, i only realised today how stressed joel must be
papers almost everyday of this week
with only a break on wednesday!
and he still has papers next monday through wednesday too
poor him!

which reminds me i need to continue to mug today
nap for one hour now
then study till america's next top model for an hour break
then trudge on with the mugging!
and it's not because i'm extremely hardworking,
it's only because i've been finding it extremely hard to study during the day
so i must make up for it at night!
i must!

fin*


motto: now we must mug like the paper's tomorrow!
so later we can party like there's no tomorrow!



i like this dress!

haha another post so soon

but i'm just so excited by the prospect of an Obama-led america

and i think it's a testament to the great belief that Obama ignites in people's hearts
that not just democrat americans are celebrating his win

but also people all over the world!

and in his speech he addressed the win
as a win for the american people as a whole
he rarely talked about him personally
it was all about a collective american effort
which is exactly how i envision a great president to be

he also addressed those who were overseas and watching the US elections
like us!
which just goes to show how aware he is that america does not stand alone in its actions
and that he, as future president, has a huge responsibility to the citizens of the world

and i started crying when i saw the whole obama family together on stage
because them being the new first family
is just so exciting!!!

don't they look like the perfect first family?!


i'm just so relieved that palin is out!
for america's sake, and for ours!
phew!

fin*

watch the speech if you haven't seen it yet!
it's a superb example of how powerful words can be!

Are You More Qualified than Sarah Palin?
	You are 92% more qualified than Sarah Palin. You're no short-term political stunt, you're the real deal, the VP the American people deserve. I guess your phone was off the hook when John McCain was calling around looking for a running mate... must've been one of those pesky robo-calls.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

obama won!
and his speech was... simply breathtaking and so, so inspiring.

at the time i'm blogging, he's won 338 electoral votes
to mccain's 156
when only 270 are needed for a candidate to win presidency
and they still haven't included a few states like hawaii and indiana!

and kenya is celebrating by announcing that thursday will be a national holiday!!

feels like such a defining moment in history! i'm glad i got to watch it!

fin*

the maths paper was a killer!!!

and i may adore the killers, but this sort i cannot tolerate!

eugghhh...

pat and i took 966 home from school today
but we took it the whole loop!
so it was an hour and a half at least,
due to the blasted traffic jams

it wasn't so bad though
we did get to discuss the not-so-very-distant post-a level future!
weee!
like the sleepovers and movie watching and post-prom -
just the respite i needed after the massacre that was maths

... if anybody found the paper easy, keep it to yourself!
i certainly do not want to hear it!
don't say it!!!!
so demoralising!!! T_T
and don't get you panties in a twist about what i can or cannot tell people on my blog
it's my blog! i'm in control!
me! ME!!!

okay
tension's out.
eh.
maths just sucks.
so does cambridge for screwing us over.
boohoohoo! leave me in peace while i cry out my desolateness!

haha
so melodramatic.
okay then
see ya'll!

fin*

p.s. just to cheer up the womenfolk,
here's eye candy!
he's the guy playing james in twilight
who tries to kill bella
i.e. he's evil!!!
haha

the first is not mine to make. not my loss.

gosh, i just realised where ms k's phrase "hand on my heart" came from!!
it's from celine dion!! in her song "immortality"

there's a line that says "Hand over my heart I'll find my way"
!!!
haha
random...

all the best to everybody for gp tomorrow!
may we get the stellar results we always get for school gp papers ;)

fin*

Today's Fact:

More Than 12,000 Women Are Killed Each Year In Russia As A Result Of Domestic Violence

that's one every 43 minutes. not that i calculated. but it's frequency is so upsetting...

and now, since GP is freakin' tmr (!!!), the last ever of
2 useless facts:

#1- the original story from "tales of 1001 arabian nights" began with "aladdin was a little chinese boy"

haha little chinese boy... how misleading the disney version was!

#2- long ago (i don't know how long... g. washington's time?), paintings were charged based on how many limbs you wanted the painter to include in the portrait, from which came the saying "it will cost you an arm and a leg", cos they were so expensive!

and that concludes the series. thanks for reading ya'll! maybe i should include "useful cold war facts" next...

fin*

p.s. it has come to my attention that one of my very good friends has been scolded for some of the barbs that were part of the more recent posts. now, i don't get why she's being blamed, because my opinions were formulated with myself as a first-person observer, so that scolding was grossly unjustified. i wish for nothing more than a peaceful end to whatever's going on, but right now my mood reads "annoyed as hell", so we'll just have to wait and see.

but really, it is not fina's natural vice to hate. uggh. world peace, man! world peace! (and this can apply to anybody in any tense dealings; just a general rule that usually keeps situations calm) treat people with respect, like how you wish that person would treat you (darn cliched, but that's because it's true), and learn to compromise. then the world will be a better place!

I'm such a laptop noob

cos i'm using my bro's laptop right now

and i'm slow!!!

Today's Fact:

Landmines Kill Or Maim At least One Person Every Hour

which you can use when you're doing an essay on war and stuff like that

2 useless facts:

#1- US dollar bills are made of cotton and linen

wow, really? so you could literally make clothes out of sewn-together dollar bills?

that's so wicked!

#2- in ancient rome, when a man testified in court he swore on his testicles

hahahahahahahahahaha

omg imagine how many people i know that would have lost BOTH testicles by now!

fin*

gosh maths is just killing me...