Long time no blog!

Part of the reason being that my laptop died :( and also, its kinda hard trying to write a blog in a public place? As in the computer suites, where the screens are big enough that people who pass by or look over can read what you've written... So no blogs for that reason, oh yeah, we were having exams too! One last one on Monday, medicine MCQ. Oh wait, and the forensics oral on the 31st - if I get picked...

Anyway, we've been a busy busy house over here. Everyone trying to get stuff packed so we can be out of this house by the 30th... Zool's the first one to get everything done, Esther and I are pretty close behind... Sheila and Zaidan finally got their car back :) So they can zoom onwards as well...

So far, I have got:
- 15 medium sized boxes
- 2 large boxes
- 2 duffel bags
- 1 guitar case
- 1 suitcase
- 1 hand luggage bag
- numerous little boxes

And I still have 2 tables, 2 book racks, one shoe rack, and a whole kitchen cupboard full of things to pack... Hopefully all will be sorted and moved by the 30th :D Cos on the 31st - Ang and I are going to Kilkenny! Yayyyy :) We're going for the Cat Laughs Festival :)

But yeah, I'm so sad we don't get to stay with Zool (and our perpetual house guest - Afza) next year... It's been loads of good times - great times actually! Them cooking, me eating! Haha, I don't know how I'd have survived had they not offered me food whenever they cooked. I would probably miss food from home a lot more if they didn't! Also, I think I would have failed certain subjects had they not been here to study with me. I get so relaxed when I study alone sometimes, and I get too lenient with myself so that I end up studying really really slowly, with loads of breaks in between. But seeing them studying, I feel the need to study. And I have that teeny bit of pressure that I need to really concentrate :) I love them so much!

Things do get crazy when we hang out. Random, loud shouts ensue - each person trying to give Afza or Sumi a fright. It works on Afza maybe 50% of the time, but on Sumi? You get a much higher success rate ;) Its fun scaring people. I remember for Sumi's birthday we all hid in her room while she was in the shower, and she came out went into her room and got a little surprise trifle :)

We have some crazy videos too - some taken without them noticing I was taking a video! 2 makcik's talking on my bed, someone trying to turn around in my wheelie chair and falling off it, someone waffle-waffling at someone else's bum bum, someone wearing my bag as a hat and talking like Phua Chu Kang, someone dancing around thinking I was going to take a picture, ALL of us taking turns to "stand" on our heads on Sumi's bed, in Sumi's small room, and Sumi trying to do it - ALL WRONG by the way... HILARIOUS.

Bop-it games. Pretending to sleep whenever anyone entered a room - regardless of what they were doing at the time, for example Afza walking to the toilet and Zool watching a move on his laptop (I enter the room) and Zool looks at me shouts "Sleep! Sleep!" and Afza "falls asleep" standing up leaning against the wall and he does the same wherever he is. It may not sound funny - but it is SO FUNNY. Makes me feel kinda unwanted at times, haha, but it's just funny!

We also cram study for exams together. Those were the times! Playfully telling each other off for making noise (turning a page or moving around).

Random trips to Tesco and the Mediterranean store... I'm gonna miss grocery shopping with them! They taught me how to "not-buy-expensive-things" :) And I now cook more often because I learnt that bringing a lunch to school saves me SO MUCH MONEY - that I learnt from ZooZa :)

What else do we get up to? Oh yeah, we watched Friends! We got to the final episode of the final season, and we all got so emotional - cos we were moving out too! "Appletiser with Friends" is now "Peartiser with Friends"! Peartiser sounds so weird! At least Appletiser sounds like appetiser, Peartiser doesn't! As well, after almost 3 years of Appletiser being the sponsor. Weird!

We watch Heroes together :) And, people get bad dreams together after watching it :P

We also imitate Sumi - especially when she's not around - we do it cos we miss her when she's not! Plus it's fun to do ;) Hehe.. We love you Sumi!

I'm gonna miss staying with you guys so much!

Afza :) There's something proper about her and she's got an old soul - like Sumi said. I think that's pretty true :) She's got a kind of datin-aura around her, you know? Like she is someone big, someone up there, but without being a proud person. She's guarded but when she lets down her guard - you'd be hard pressed to get her to keep something from you :) And she's a brilliant cook! And makes the BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER!

Zool, you are full of surprises! Also a brilliant cook! Zool is the cause of zoolosis - which is difficulty in correctly recalling times and dates :) He has spread this disorder to me :( I'm now a carrier! He's a romantic guy, and I just love seeing him and Afza together. With some couples you feel all icky seeing them together, but not with these guys :)

Like Ang said, "They're Zool and Afza!" You just don't see them being apart :) I love you guys!

Sumi, not so much - cos we're staying together again next year! But I'll write a little tribute to my aunty-like friend as well :) Sumi's great :) She's the kind of med student that's painfully enthusiastic! And so painfully is she enthusiastic! Hehe, no she's not that bad :) She's a hard worker and a very determined person - and I look up to that. Sometimes I wish I could be like that, but I dunno... Maybe one day :) Esther is brilliant at the piano! And a really good harmonizer ;) When I can't find the harmonies to songs - Esther finds them for me :)

I'm so amazed at the way our friendships have grown over the past year and a half - and I really truly am looking forward to a lifetime of it :)