up my sleeves

it's been an appealing few weeks closing in to the year end. to be honest, it's possibly the one month this year i've had (close) to nothing to grouse about. even on a spiritual/noncognitive level i'm content! that, coming from me, is major.
maybe, as stated in my earlier post, tis (is) the season to be jolly...
lots of celebrations too. in the past few weeks i've:

- attended my step sister's birthday - i got her a Man Utd jersey. she's 7 and already a fanatic. kids these days.

- attended manja's wedding - by far one of the more interesting weddings i've had the chance to attend this year, since there has been seriously way too many, to put it mildly, 'substandard' weddings i've had to endure.

- celebrated my 1st year with cupcakes (euphemism for boyfriend). oh, how far we've come and even further i've fallen (in a good way). i know comparing is a huge no-no, but if thought i loved before it was all in vain. i got the most gorgeously and thoughtful (i love lillies!) bouquet of flowers ever which included red & pink roses, purple & white lillies and white & purple baby's breath. so beautiful. never took him for a flower giving sorta guy. we went for a lovely dinner too @ cava, bangsar and ended the night by watching tristan & isolde (an epic love story). i couldn't ask for more.

- caught up with sash and hunny - finally. 3 of us together at one spot, having tea at 12am @ mezza notte. everyone's so busy with their schedules and that's created a brimming hole in my social life. i miss my girls. all i see are boys these days (baby, if u're reading this, this is in no way an attempt to complain about having to hang out your friends :) really. they're the nicest bunch of boys i've ever met). hariz managed to join us for abit after his flight arrived from perth.

- celebrated raya haji - we committed our usual routine: grandma's hse, visited my late grandad & cousin's graveyards, 7-11...which didn't have those mini cornettos so we headed to giant, back to grandmas, eat nasi tomato, gossip with cousins, eat kuih, take pictures, eat laksa johor, listening to aunties do their usual round of 'ahh...reem, bila nak khawin...dah boleh khawin nii...ada boyfriend tak', eat roti jala, play with the little cousins, eat more kuih, take more family photos, eat ice cream.

- dyed my hair while sash got her bangs done @ some couture hair salon at the gardens. i like the my new shade,it's darker. more catherine zeta than say, mischa barton. it was a safe choice.

the next few days are gonna be joy-filled too. i'm attending iva + raja's wedding on the 29th, since a 'beyond-my-control-circumstance-which-had-pretty-much-everything-to-do-with-my-
much-loved-equestrian' episode made me miss their akad nikah at the masjid literally 'down the street' from my house last weekend. and then i'm off to singapore on the 30th for new year's and hopefully new shoes!
needless to say, i'm glad 2007 is coming to an end. it wasn't a memorable one to say the least. BUT, i have this rosy inkling that 2008's gonna be superrific.