I wonder if Flynn's mind works in such terribly confused ways that she feels... no so much depressed, as restless & maybe even nostalgic... & not when it's cloudy or raining, mind you, but when the sky's a perfect Aussie-summer-blue, with only a hint of those white, fairy-floss-fluffy clouds.
Did I mention that I've come down with a VERY weirdly confusing illness? Haven't stopped feeling dizzy & light-headed since last night... can't eat without feeling like I need to chuck it all up again, so I haven't eaten since yesterday arvo (hmmm- maybe you lot didn't need to know that).
So, Miss Brainiac, unless I'm better by tomorrow morning, I can't promise that I'll show up for O-week. Sorry... don't worry, I'll let Deniz know sometime Wednesday.
PS- the new look? I felt like a change, but for some reason- the stupid sidebar is aaaaalll the way at the end of the page. Any ideas as to how I can fix it? Or is it just my dizziness confusing me?? Am I the only one seeing things??
Gotta buzz seeing as I'm a very busy bee today (spring cleaning... in the middle of summer).
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Is it all in the Name??!?
OY MY JOLLY JAMS!! You lot will NOT believe what I'm about to tell you.
Was just checking my hotmail, when I find this email from someone named Nadia or Nadine or Natalie... or something (and scarily enough, it's not in my junk), and the horrible message goes something like this:
Hi ******* (insert my name), I was looking for someone like you. I think you're a really hot guy!
LOL!! ROFL!! AAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
**wiping tears from eyes**
I swear- this is the EXACT wording of the email.
I don't get it... what about me says that I'm a guy?? It can't possibly be the name, Flynn.... can it?!
Soooooo hilarious!!
Anyway- onto the news of the week. Been very busy. Monday- went to Usyd with Ishi & Rabz, got our IDs & enrolment stuff sorted. Speaking of IDs- does anyone else have absolutely horrid ID photos?? In my Uni ID card, my face looks as though it's been well pumped with helium- it's swelled to enormous proportions!! :S And in my USydUnion card, I look like a Death Eater, fresh out of Death Camp... deadly (I'm ready to kill) looks & all included. YUUUUUCK!!
Moving onto Tuesday: Spent most of the day at Ishi's (with Emu). The train ride there was uneventful, but the train ride back: OMG!! Can you say FREAKY?! I get the shudders every time I think about Tuesday arvo on the train from Livo to Flynnsville (where I live).
I came across the oldest tricks in the FOB book on how to pick up a chick with a PR or Citizenship. Lord help me- he (didn't get his name, but let's call him jerk/leech/moron/freak/ etc) took out a photo of his "wife". BUT:
1) it was a black & white printout on an A4 sheet of paper... (I wasn't supposed to fall for it, was I??)
2) the photo was soooooo obviously from a random website (the little copyright sign was on it...lol!)- like DUH! How thick can you get?? (Unless of course, he married a BD saree model?).
3) He was SO obviously trying to weasel as much info out of me, as he could (mostly, I turned up my MP3 player, then asked him to repeat & gave a reply along the lines of "I don't know"). Lol- at one point, he asked (in Bangla) where I live & my reply: "I really don't know". And all he did was nod & say "Accha, accha"... I was sooo tempted to laugh in his face & then get up & go, but I was stuck in my seat because a funky smelling old man had fallen asleep beside me.
The most unbelievable thing was, at one point, he even tried to cajole my Dad's name out of me. Apparently, he & my Dad had "run into each other a few times" [errrrrr- no!], and according to him, he'd seen me in somewheresville before [eeerrrrrrrrr- double NO!!]. Moreover, he claimed that we'd meet again, undoubtedly & that he'd inform my Dad that we'd met.
The scariest thing was that this man is like a hundred & one years old!! He could almost be my Grandad!! (slight exaggeration there).
Seriously, what was WRONG with him?? I was TOTALLY ignoring him (my MP3 was on so loud, I bet he could hear it) and every time he asked a question & looked at me for an answer, I was like: "Sorry? what was the question??" & then ... "Oh, I have no idea."
Maybe I should've left my seat, but hey! I GOT THERE FIRST!! I was sooooo ticked off at the MORON of the century that I alternated between raising one eyebrow at him, glaring & turning my whole body around to look out the window. But I was NOT vacating my seat because of some insolent leech who refused to take the million & one hints that I was giving him to bloody get lost!!!
Maybe I should have said: "Can you like, not talk to me?!" or something more along the lines of "I'm like, totally going to spew if you don't shut your filthy mouth!!"
Seriously- I came this close to saying something along those lines, when Emu FINALLY got the SMS I sent her & gave me a call. UGH! The whole scenario was such a disaster!! I didn't even have enough credit on my phone to prank Emu!!
But I have now learnt my lesson- if ever I come across one of their species, EVER again- I'm going to turn into nasty Flynn & tell them to shove off or I'd spew in their face!
Ahem... sorry about that, folks. I was all riled up from just thinking about it.
Wenesday: went to UNSW with a traitor of a friend who transfered there from USyd. Went around with her pretending to be a UNSW student...got all the free chocolate & iced green tea (YUM) & fairy floss & loads of other stuff.
Thursday: was sooooooo exhausted that I did little work & too much of nothing-but-sitting-around.
Finally, today: Shall be heading to Central to pick Ash up from her bus stop. But before that I MUST remember to get the newspaper thing that Nira Apu asked me to get.
& now: it's a hot day- no sign of the winter to come...
Was just checking my hotmail, when I find this email from someone named Nadia or Nadine or Natalie... or something (and scarily enough, it's not in my junk), and the horrible message goes something like this:
Hi ******* (insert my name), I was looking for someone like you. I think you're a really hot guy!
LOL!! ROFL!! AAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
**wiping tears from eyes**
I swear- this is the EXACT wording of the email.
I don't get it... what about me says that I'm a guy?? It can't possibly be the name, Flynn.... can it?!
Soooooo hilarious!!
Anyway- onto the news of the week. Been very busy. Monday- went to Usyd with Ishi & Rabz, got our IDs & enrolment stuff sorted. Speaking of IDs- does anyone else have absolutely horrid ID photos?? In my Uni ID card, my face looks as though it's been well pumped with helium- it's swelled to enormous proportions!! :S And in my USydUnion card, I look like a Death Eater, fresh out of Death Camp... deadly (I'm ready to kill) looks & all included. YUUUUUCK!!
Moving onto Tuesday: Spent most of the day at Ishi's (with Emu). The train ride there was uneventful, but the train ride back: OMG!! Can you say FREAKY?! I get the shudders every time I think about Tuesday arvo on the train from Livo to Flynnsville (where I live).
I came across the oldest tricks in the FOB book on how to pick up a chick with a PR or Citizenship. Lord help me- he (didn't get his name, but let's call him jerk/leech/moron/freak/ etc) took out a photo of his "wife". BUT:
1) it was a black & white printout on an A4 sheet of paper... (I wasn't supposed to fall for it, was I??)
2) the photo was soooooo obviously from a random website (the little copyright sign was on it...lol!)- like DUH! How thick can you get?? (Unless of course, he married a BD saree model?).
3) He was SO obviously trying to weasel as much info out of me, as he could (mostly, I turned up my MP3 player, then asked him to repeat & gave a reply along the lines of "I don't know"). Lol- at one point, he asked (in Bangla) where I live & my reply: "I really don't know". And all he did was nod & say "Accha, accha"... I was sooo tempted to laugh in his face & then get up & go, but I was stuck in my seat because a funky smelling old man had fallen asleep beside me.
The most unbelievable thing was, at one point, he even tried to cajole my Dad's name out of me. Apparently, he & my Dad had "run into each other a few times" [errrrrr- no!], and according to him, he'd seen me in somewheresville before [eeerrrrrrrrr- double NO!!]. Moreover, he claimed that we'd meet again, undoubtedly & that he'd inform my Dad that we'd met.
The scariest thing was that this man is like a hundred & one years old!! He could almost be my Grandad!! (slight exaggeration there).
Seriously, what was WRONG with him?? I was TOTALLY ignoring him (my MP3 was on so loud, I bet he could hear it) and every time he asked a question & looked at me for an answer, I was like: "Sorry? what was the question??" & then ... "Oh, I have no idea."
Maybe I should've left my seat, but hey! I GOT THERE FIRST!! I was sooooo ticked off at the MORON of the century that I alternated between raising one eyebrow at him, glaring & turning my whole body around to look out the window. But I was NOT vacating my seat because of some insolent leech who refused to take the million & one hints that I was giving him to bloody get lost!!!
Maybe I should have said: "Can you like, not talk to me?!" or something more along the lines of "I'm like, totally going to spew if you don't shut your filthy mouth!!"
Seriously- I came this close to saying something along those lines, when Emu FINALLY got the SMS I sent her & gave me a call. UGH! The whole scenario was such a disaster!! I didn't even have enough credit on my phone to prank Emu!!
But I have now learnt my lesson- if ever I come across one of their species, EVER again- I'm going to turn into nasty Flynn & tell them to shove off or I'd spew in their face!
Ahem... sorry about that, folks. I was all riled up from just thinking about it.
Wenesday: went to UNSW with a traitor of a friend who transfered there from USyd. Went around with her pretending to be a UNSW student...got all the free chocolate & iced green tea (YUM) & fairy floss & loads of other stuff.
Thursday: was sooooooo exhausted that I did little work & too much of nothing-but-sitting-around.
Finally, today: Shall be heading to Central to pick Ash up from her bus stop. But before that I MUST remember to get the newspaper thing that Nira Apu asked me to get.
& now: it's a hot day- no sign of the winter to come...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Tragedy, I'm told, is beautiful... in its own way.
But there seems to be no "beautiful" way to put this...
Today, I found out that my Grandma (my Dad's Mum) died.
I don't know what to say or think...
What I do know is that I'd never met her, but perhaps I will... so now, I hold out hope that she & I may meet in Heaven someday, Allah willing.
Please make Du'a for my Dadi, a lady who suffered her share of tragidies in this dunya, but now has been called back to her Lord. Pray that she is forgiven her sins & does not suffer in the next life.
But there seems to be no "beautiful" way to put this...
Today, I found out that my Grandma (my Dad's Mum) died.
I don't know what to say or think...
What I do know is that I'd never met her, but perhaps I will... so now, I hold out hope that she & I may meet in Heaven someday, Allah willing.
Please make Du'a for my Dadi, a lady who suffered her share of tragidies in this dunya, but now has been called back to her Lord. Pray that she is forgiven her sins & does not suffer in the next life.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Again- the Suggestion?!?!
Let me make the previous announcement of mine clearer:
I, as in Flynn, would like to edit the unedited version of the DVD taken in BD.
BUT- in order to edit, I need suggestions on things like background songs, any parts/footage that holds special meaning to those who were there, anything you lot (ie- the lot who was there) DON'T want to have included in the edited version.
PS, BSE- I was thinking of sending the finished copy to you, but little birdies have been telling me that you're off to Egypt. Does that mean, you're not going to be able to watch it??
:S
And Ash, I guess I'll have to wait until you're here next weekend to have you harass me about which parts I should or should not include... no doubt you'll be reminding me that Hasbi Rabbi & Mu'allim MUST be included in the final copy.
Has the whole world gone & died... or are people just ignoring me??
:S
I, as in Flynn, would like to edit the unedited version of the DVD taken in BD.
BUT- in order to edit, I need suggestions on things like background songs, any parts/footage that holds special meaning to those who were there, anything you lot (ie- the lot who was there) DON'T want to have included in the edited version.
PS, BSE- I was thinking of sending the finished copy to you, but little birdies have been telling me that you're off to Egypt. Does that mean, you're not going to be able to watch it??
:S
And Ash, I guess I'll have to wait until you're here next weekend to have you harass me about which parts I should or should not include... no doubt you'll be reminding me that Hasbi Rabbi & Mu'allim MUST be included in the final copy.
Has the whole world gone & died... or are people just ignoring me??
:S
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Fake Lakes, but that's old news
I know I was supposed to write up something about the fake lakes in Canberra about 3 days ago, but- honestly- I haven't had time... I've really just been too busy. AND, now that Mum's back & always at home with me, she keeps a hawklike watch on me & what I do.
I'm fuessig I have about 10mins before she comes rushing in here to tell me to get off the computer & do something constructive with my time... not to waste my life (or something along those lines)... Yes, Mum- I'll get to that in a minute. First I have something more important to share.
Let me just tell tell you now that Canberra= less people, but more (and bigger) insects- including flying spiders (YIPES!!)- BUT it's also too planned. This is where the fake lakes come in. See- Canberra's like the center for all embasies & where the PM & hid parliament people hang out & that... so the whole city is planned, with a capital P! The lakes were artiicially made (some with a teeny little island in the middle (nicely decorated with trees & flowers & maybe even some fake birds... who knows). There are sooooo many round-abouts that Mum complained of getting dizzy instead of lost in the city.
Well- it was a nice place- and to demonstrate, here's the view from Ash's (new & temporary) room:
I'm fuessig I have about 10mins before she comes rushing in here to tell me to get off the computer & do something constructive with my time... not to waste my life (or something along those lines)... Yes, Mum- I'll get to that in a minute. First I have something more important to share.
Let me just tell tell you now that Canberra= less people, but more (and bigger) insects- including flying spiders (YIPES!!)- BUT it's also too planned. This is where the fake lakes come in. See- Canberra's like the center for all embasies & where the PM & hid parliament people hang out & that... so the whole city is planned, with a capital P! The lakes were artiicially made (some with a teeny little island in the middle (nicely decorated with trees & flowers & maybe even some fake birds... who knows). There are sooooo many round-abouts that Mum complained of getting dizzy instead of lost in the city.
Well- it was a nice place- and to demonstrate, here's the view from Ash's (new & temporary) room:
And here's a glimpse of her room... and the rest of the house she's living in (which is not actually her house, but she's just living with a mate of my Mum's):
that's her table & chari...oh-wait- that's not her chair- that's the borrowed one (anyway... not important)
One of the doors that lead to the backyard... nice isn't it??
The dining room... dont ask about the mess on the top of it- it wasn't me- I swear!!
The frontyard looks like a dream, especially after it's been sprikler-ed... all shimmery & sparkly...
On more important news- news that concerns Flynn's extended family, esp those in UK... hint, hint BSE- I need help & suggestions:
Monkey Uncle & Aunty (from the U.S.) has sent us (finally) all hte footage from the "Reunion" (as I refer to it) in BD. So, I've decided to get started straght away on the editing & hopefully I'll be able to finish it off before Uni starts (5th March, if I recall correctly)- or at least by the end of the first week of Uni.
Anyway- I need HEAPS of suggestion for songs (think reunion/family themes... and maybe just sings that sound nice in general). ALso, if anyone (*ahem* Ash, Snowy, BSE) has any little moments that they think MUST be included in the edited "Trip to BD/ Reunion-Thing", then speak now or forever hold your peace.
:D
PS- EMu, if u get a chance to call before nxt Tuesday, pls do... hopefully I'll be at home. & Ishi- you were supposed to call by now... what happenind?? And what's happening with our plans to get Uni official thing done & out of the way??
This is one happy Flynn, signing out :D
Friday, February 10, 2006
NO NET!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Dear God!! How on earth did prehistoric people survive??!!
I was STARVED without the net (for over 8 days)!!
BUT- had a GREAT mini-holiday in Canberra... looking after Ash, who shall tell you all about ANU, Med-student life & all the rest... oh-yeah... I had LOADS of fun, typed up some blog entries on Ash's laptop (my life-saver). I'll post those later, when I have time & when I get some sleep.
Fake Lakes, people! (That'll be my next blog)...
Btw- I missed blogging & the mini-blogger-nation here SOOO much!!
laterzzz....
I was STARVED without the net (for over 8 days)!!
BUT- had a GREAT mini-holiday in Canberra... looking after Ash, who shall tell you all about ANU, Med-student life & all the rest... oh-yeah... I had LOADS of fun, typed up some blog entries on Ash's laptop (my life-saver). I'll post those later, when I have time & when I get some sleep.
Fake Lakes, people! (That'll be my next blog)...
Btw- I missed blogging & the mini-blogger-nation here SOOO much!!
laterzzz....
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