Park Royal hotel.

Out of all the hotels i've stayed at at Batu Feringghi, this has got to be one of my favourite, if not the favourite. I love the pools (there's a kids pool with a slide 8D but of course I didn't use it la xD), a pool with a deep end, greaat for swimming. Shady trees for us locals that aren't looking for a tan, and the beach is so close and cleaan. It's also super near restaurants so it was easy to look for food, and the night market is right in front. If i'm not mistaken, you can also play snooker and ps2 there. The place is just loveleh.

So anyway, I had to stay here cause my dad had to go for some sort of USM bengkel. Went there Saturday afternoon, and Adilla texted me to ask if I wanted to follow her and Ashley to the night market that night. I agreed cause my mum wanted to stay and relax in the room :D haha had fun that night. That creepy black guy that kept bothering Ashley's sister xD he gave her his name card. Apparently he's a director and his name is Chibiko. Lololololol.

So we walked around. Ashley and her sis bought some cd's and all of them bought this cute pen thingy with a diff little animal on the end. I didn't buy anything yet cause I'm very picky and I didn't want to make them wait while I layan my indecisive side xD After we finished shopping, we went to the lobby lounge and Ashley's sis wanted to take pics next to the grand piano. The pianist saw and let her take pictures with the piano lol. We stayed for a song, some Australian couple was having their anniversary that night so they requested the song 'Endless Love' which I only recognize because of Glee xD

After that we all went back. I rested in the room for a while but after that I went back down to the night market with my mummah cause I wanted flip flops. I bought this cute green froggy flip flops 8D childish but I like it.

So the next day I ajak'd everyone else to come if they were free, but turns out they weren't. It's okay la, I spent the whole day with my mum haha. We went swimming in the morning cause there weren't many old amohs then (the sun wasn't very bright yet, not good for tanning) so the pool was practically empty. I think the tourists liked the kain batik I was wearing haha. They were also surprised that it was an actual square instead of the easy-to-tie ones the stores sold. Then we went to walk on the beach for a while, got some lunch, ran into Adilla's mom and her two bros on the beach. Sembang summore all the way till 2 pm. Took a nap, I went swimming again, walked on the beach again cause the sun was about to set.

Gorgeous sight, seriously. I was going to go jet skiing that day but since Sabs couldn't make it, I canceled xD next time la.

Had dinner, then went back to the room. That night we went to the night market AGAIN cause I was still hunting for a new bag and an Anna Sui knock-off purse. I found one I loved.

RM20 only cause the guy was busy reading a camera manual xD if I had bought it the night before when his wife was jaga'ing the store, it would've been like RM30. Didn't manage to find a bag I love. Like I said, i'm very picky. I have to really fall in love with it before buying it. ): not many Anna Sui or South China Sea handbags.

Next day we had to leave already. My parents left me in the room that morning cause both of them had work. So I went swimming alone. Haha all the old wrinkly hairy amoh couples were there in the morning with their freshly boiled lobster skin. It rained afterwards so I just stayed in the room. Didn't get to go sit at the beach ):

Got free lunch at the hotel cause lots of dad's co-workers went back already. Omg. The dessert there. Crepes with a scoop of vanilla and raspberry swirl ice cream, dollops of whipped cream, covered with thick blueberry sauce, and drenched with sweet strawberry sauce on top. Some sliced bananas on the side. I probably gained back all the calories I lost from swimming but it was so worth it.

We stopped by Gurney plaza afterwards cause mum needed to buy some stuff. Turns out we got lots of vouchers and dad cashed in his bonuslink points, so we had like RM200+ worth of voucher. xD I hunted down for a new bag, because my old one is tearing and I bought it like 3 years ago D: Still didn't find anything I loved, until...

I ran into this piece of amazing. I remember seeing this bag last year in KL and I was already smitten by it. It was exactly what I wanted maaaan. Rose fabric, love it. I was a bit hesitant to buy it cause of the price 8| not gonna say how much it is, but the vouchers didn't cover it xD my parents told me to get it anyway because I still have my SPM money, and I've clearly found a bag I wanted after 4 trips xD

So now I has it. I love it so much, I took a nap with it. Haters be hatin'.

SPM results.

Most of you who read this blog should already know what I got. I can't say i'm surprised, cause well- it really reflected the amount of effort I put into SPM xD . Can't say I have any regrets, either. You reap what you sow, lie in the bed that you made etc. etc.

So now scholarships are almost out of the question. Still going to try to apply for some. I doubt any will take me, but here's hoping xD like Miss K. said - "Apply for everything".

Now that leaves me with two choices:

1) Matrikulasi
2) IPTA with Asasi. (which is basically UiTM, UIA or UM)

Colleges are, yes, out of the question. Too expensive. If I have the advantage of being bumiputera i'm going to milk it to the last drop ~_~ haters be hatin'. Besides, average results equals to an average education =| Goodbye the glory days of being in a *cough* prestigious *cough* school.

Anyway, courses I'm thinking of taking are:

1) Architecture.
2) Anthropology & Social Studies.
3) Culinary arts.

After filling in my IPTA online form, I've put down architecture as my pilihan 1. So I might have to go for an interview at UTM (if I get it). Just checked out the website, quite promising. But i'm dreading the one year in Matrikulasi. It's like high school all over again, and i'm going to have to study subjects I don't want to/don't need. But if I want to go to UTM or USM (lol), I'll have to go through Matriks D:

Other than that, I can either go for Form 6 (ch'yeah as if) or apply at one of 3 uni's mentioned earlier. UIA is a no-no for me. UiTM...no. UM is not bad, one of my bro's friends is there. It offers asasi for architecture so that means I won't have to go for matriks >D not waste time and all that.

Blargh. I'm still deciding. Tempted to go to UM for Bachelor of Anthropology & Social Studies. I'm scared i'll get bored of it though lolol.

OH and i've pased both my bike and car driving test 8D woooot.

Three disappointing Thursdays in a row?

My mind feels like a ball of dust with bits and pieces sticking to it right now. Y'know, dry and dusty but with so many things tangled to it that you just can't bother figuring out.

I don't think I can handle having three bad Thursdays in a row. Last week, on the 25th of February, after actually having fun at driving school, I found out that my grandmother passed away. I still haven't gotten over her death, I kinda just pushed it to the back of my mind. But whenever I close my eyes and fall asleep it comes back in the form of nightmares. I'll talk about this later, going to make a special post specially for her.

Today, 4th of March, I finally picked up the courage to go back for another lesson. I felt off today, distracted. Which of course resulted in bad driving. Really bad driving. That coupled with today being my first pre-test, it's safe to say I had a shitty day.

Idk maybe i'm just being too sensitive. But I really patah semangat after today's lesson. I didn't get my usual instructor, Ramesh. He's super nice. For pre tests I have to drive with a Melati school instructor. I got the same guy who gave the 3 hour speech. This Malay man who likes to wear a kopiah. The moment I got into the car I was already nervous as hell considering I wasn't wearing a tudung, and my hair is freshly dyed ._. but ch'yeah. Anyway.

Even turning out of the driving school was horrendous. I had no courage to drive out with all those cars and trucks passing by. He was expecting me to selit somewhere in between the gas-carrying lorries D: I was waiting for a HUGE GAP. Yeah so anyway, gear change was horrible. Couldn't control my speed. One minute he says i'm too far from the car in front and the next he says i'm too close. I made the engine die a gazillion times too, because I couldn't control the clutch and gas pedals properly (like I said, felt off today). It died everywhere you can possibly imagine. He kept pointing out to me how 5 other people drove the car before me and none of them made the engine die even once. ~_~ "Ni mai drive, asyik mati ja. Apa kena ni? Drive camana ni?"

At one point it died right before the traffic light turned red again lol. I missed the green light. So he goes "Mati lagi. Ni bila hampa turn nak masuk jalan satgi, enjin mesti mati lagi skali. Hampa tengokla, mesti mati punya. Pasal asyik salah tekan. Tengokla" Oh God he totally killed my confidence. The engine didn't die, but obv. my confidence did. |:

Was so glad when it was over and done with. Before I attempted to leave the car to run for my life, he goes "test minggu depan, camana nak pass ni? Bawak pun tak betul. Haih, mesti kandas nanti". Duuuuude. Way to demotivate me and kill my hopes of passing.

*le sigh* maybe if he wasn't talking so much I could've actually concentrated on driving instead of trying to listen to what he was saying. Or maybe I am just that bad of a driver xD I just felt like shouting back at him; "MY GRANDMOTHER FREAKING DIED LAST WEEK, TU YANG TAK KENA. ORANG DUK SEDIH TAU TAK? SEDIH!"

Ranting postt. blablabla.

So yeah, that's two disappointing Thursdays down. Today I found out that our SPM results are coming out on 11th March, which is next Thursday.

Oh Dear God.