PARADA OLYMPICA rocks my socks! oh yes - this is the best cross-country run i've ever had in my entire 17teen years of life. well, that's besides the fact that i was excused for 3 years because of reasons too silly to be shared (ok fine, because the pathetic coach said netballers can't afford risking getting injured during the run, and instead they should be training - WTH!) and the only time i ever ran, it was less than half of the entire course.
but oh no, it was definitely NOT because all the fun house-bonding shit and all, or even because i'm a PHOBOS blablabla, but it was because of the one side-glance that made me go gaga; seriously. okay, you're lost but chillax, i'll explain further.
oh remember the BRUTAL plan i mentioned on saturday's post? HAHA - oh yes, it was a definite success! okay fine, maybe not 100%, but that's not the point. okay the race goes like this: you have the competitors from every house running first, then you have the mascot run, which basically is where you have all those non-competitors running with their house mascot. how surprisingly, you'd realise, that i do not fall under both cases fully.
you see, we girls (nadirah and i) wanted to escape from the run that badly, to the extent that we even brought extra p.e. shirts so that we could disguise ourselves as officials (because all the rest who are non-officials would be wearing their respective house t-shirts). but then somehow, that plan didn't work out. so as the competitors began their run, nadirah and i were literally crying out loud because i swear i thought we really had to do the running. and then suddenly, just before the first house started on their mascot run, both of us were already on the way to the toilet. yes, so now you get the idea how the story goes? but wait, it was on our way to the toilet that rocks shit! our oh-so-hotstuff mama-mia was about to pass by us (as in he was going in the opposite directions since he's one of the competitors completing the race already) and he GLANCED OVER at us!
oh holy! i swear at that moment i wanted to just melt and make him stop running. oh-my-sheesh-kebabs! it was less-than-a-second kind of thing but seriously, you had to be there. by now, we assumed that he had already noticed our oh-so-obvious stares, and for that i got the green light from nadirah to continue trying to be his friend, even though i doubt i'd ever be one. and then of course, being the good friends that we were, we cheered on for the other competitors who we knew. throughout this, we were the outstanding 2 girls in red surrounded by atlas (yellow). oh yes - how oh-so-obvious!
we waited for a few minutes, trying to figure out how to escape more of the run. by now, we had walked about 0.5km out of the 3.3km run. i had a plan of how to escape another 2km at least, which was to stay at a nearby hut. but then we decided not to risk getting caught by the teachers so that plan was cancelled too. then triton (green) passed the toilet, and we were still figuring out what to do next, regretting our stupid decision to not change into the pe shirts and also still not getting over the fact that mama-mia looked over, amongst other people.
then, as miranda (black) past the toilet, we joined the crowd, again! the officials looked at us and we smiled back along with our innocent faces. everyone were running as a house, and here you have two 'lost' souls literally taking a stroll by the beach. you can't blame us, every house that passed us did the exact same thing! they ran for 1 min, and walked for the next 10 mins.
oh here comes the part where we had to prove ourselves worthy of being a drama member! after about 1km of walking after the hide-out at the toilet, we met with our p.e. teacher. here's how the conversation went. {try to imagine my oh-so-pitiful look and double that with nadirah's great acting!}
teacher: eh what are you two doing here?
nadirah: huh? oh teacher, we're lost. because just now, we went to the toilet ah. then we didn't know if Phobos had went on without us or not, so we just walked la.
shafienas: ya, then we can't find them so now, we don't know what to do.
teacher: Phobos haven't gone yet. you play cheat la, the two of you?
nadirah: no teacher, really we are lost. i got stomach ache just now. so now how? we don't know where to go from here.
shafienas: oh Phobos haven't go ah? tsk alamak. . .
teacher: okay nevermind, you just wait here, until your house comes.
nadirah: oh okay, later we'll just join them la. okay thank you teacher.
oh God! that was just hilarious! she really fell for our act! we were both well aware that 3 houses had gone first and that Phobos were on their way. but they were really really really slow! the gap between the first 3 houses were only about 2 min away. so as we wasted more time by walking step by step, finally we heard the noise from behind. we saw a familiar face wondering how we had gotten far ahead of the rest of the house, but oh, that familiar face then just ignored us like we were total strangers! talk about house spirit, yes?
as the 2 of us girls finally blended in with the right kind of colours, we did some running of course. but then, most of the times, we were walking briskly. we saw jannah, and she told us to touch her hands, because of yes, you-know-who-touched-them to get the ticket. (she was standing at the pint where the course turns back like a U-turn.) then as the entire house walks on towards the finishing point, we had talked to many who either went on in front of us, or just drop back to take a break. amongst them, the girl who didn't stop exploring! HAHA - funny encounter there, but i'll save that for another day. just remember, i am shafienas. you can never be too sure if you're talking about what i know, and what i don't. {LOL - i sound like a bitchy gossip girl. yeah yeah go on and hate my guts, see if i'd care.}
at the end of the day, it wasn't the fact that we actually did ran a couple of km, or even all the singing and the smiling, but it was that one side-glance that made it a better day. we were sweating like crazy, but it was definitely NOT because of that stupid run - for me! i was beyond overly-happy, and the day couldn't have been better. it's funny how some things can just brighten up your day, don't you think? and of course, it's funny too how some things just don't fail to not make it a better day. so the three of us (jannah, nadirah and i) were nothing but feeling pure bliss. we just couldn't stop smiling, even as we stink and sweat. we had a really quick drink after the race, did some catching up with what happened and then, next stop:
HOME SWEET HOME
i guess you've read enough of what i deemed as DAY OF THE WEEK.
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and she ran.
It has been a very long, long, long 3 months and 3 days.
It has been a very long, long, long 3 months and 3 days.
It has been a very long, long, long 3 months and 3 days.
you have no idea how much i hate myself right now.
you have no idea how much i really loathe you now.
you really really really have no idea.
Why did it have to be you?
Why was it you?
Why you?
you don't seem to care or bother;
you don't try to ask or wonder;
you and your own world, with or without me.
now i don't know if i know you;
now i don't know what is true;
now i don't know anything.
once upon a time i was falling in love.
now, i'm only falling apart.
what's worse, i fell down real hard.
i can't be bothered anymore if this thing ends tonight.
i won't be bothered anymore to make anything be better.
and YOU, should have told me to stop, when i started.
no matter how far i run, or how high i fly, or how hard i try,
no matter how ignorant you were, or how silly you've been, or if i sigh,
no matter what it was, nothing has changed.
you are forever my best friend, but i'll never be your best friend.
and all of them asked me like i'm 4 year old Ben:
what is the difference, nurulshafienasbintesalleh?
this is the difference -
this different difference is getting different.
do you understand?
A small birthday surprise for our awesome joy-ah, who never fail to bring joy(ah) to the world with her constant laughter and bright smiles. the picture of course captures everyones' not-so-fake smiles and of course, siti's as-per-usual over-the-top expression. oh holy! i'm lazy to upload all the other pictures tonight.
on a lighter note: idk why i'm actually doing this, but i just want to list out the names of those oh-so-big-already 18-ers for the last 2 months and 14 days: SitiKay, Nadirah, Elliot Lucas Marcell (fyi, that's 1 person), Munirah Joy-ah, Azrul Gossip King and Neni Farahin. hope i didn't miss out on anyone. okay now, suddenly i wished i'm 18 too! and to think i haven't even accepted the fact that i'm already 17! somehow, i think i'm still stuck at 16! oh mama mia - shit.
and oh, surprises are good things - i still don't like them if it's for me - no, don't ask why.
but if you're planning one, i'm pretty sure my drama can be of good use.
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she insists on having her mugshot taken.
OH yes, ugly is beauty.
since i am (SO) lazy, i just took this compilation of pictures done by A. because it sums up pretty much the time that we had. notice N's million-dollar expressions - it's actually more like priceless! there's more but i figured you've had enough of them already.
OH then rashidah finally came. God knows how much i miss her and her outbursts of laughter. oh oh and all her stupid, nonsense jokes and whatnot. if you think i'm hilarious, i'm really nothing. you should meet R.
{He, whom I love - I wish to be free.}
Run to me, when you're lonely.
Listen to me and talk to me.
Yes - at least, in my dreams.
on a lighter note: idk why i'm actually doing this, but i just want to list out the names of those oh-so-big-already 18-ers for the last 2 months and 14 days: SitiKay, Nadirah, Elliot Lucas Marcell (fyi, that's 1 person), Munirah Joy-ah, Azrul Gossip King and Neni Farahin. hope i didn't miss out on anyone. okay now, suddenly i wished i'm 18 too! and to think i haven't even accepted the fact that i'm already 17! somehow, i think i'm still stuck at 16! oh mama mia - shit.
the boy really has my heart, but don't ask me how he did it.
Mama mia, here we go again.
I didn't think you'd find me. Why are you here, Oliver?
I didn't think I'd find you. Why are you here, Joanne?