Hello everybody! (LONG POST KALAU YOUR ATTENTION SPAN SUCKS GIVE UP SUDAH)
Farewell Alma Mater or largely known as FAM this year was a blast(: it’s soo my kind of thing getting dressed up, face and hair done, accessorizing, looking all prettypretty (or not, kamu decide!). and the gazillion and one photos - haha YAY! i could not have had a nicer FAM. okay to be honest, it would have been better without the pressure to get ready so fast prior to FAM and the nail polish all getting screwed up and them overfeeding us and the ballroom being so small, it was hard to navigate my way through the crowd and nicer/more gifts and souvenirs.
But then again, im easily contented so okay ah, puas. EH MY FAM BEAR STILL AT LENNY’S PLACE HAIYAH.
The night prior to FAM, i had the hugest amount of inertia to overcome in order to get my pantat moving and start packing. since i had prefam + fam + sleepover + perbayu farewell + training to pack for, it wasn’t something i was overly-excited about doing. tambahan pula, somebody offered a very attractive idea to me and that was to sleep late, then wake up late then can last FAM night longer which at that point of time made complete sense to me (it still does actually). yup, so i only started packing at like midnight. as you can tell, im not an ardent fan of procrastination (rrriiiggghhhttt).
Before my kotak fikiran went away to LaLa Land, i received a text from a lovely friend yang bernama Dur Niyanah and we made plans to meet at Yishun MRT at 9.40am so that we can reach Harah Fani’s at around 10, just as we had planned.
However, the next morning i woke up, put on my glasses, checked the time and i realised it was 9am. wah how to sampai yishun by 9.40 /: lantas, saya mengirim pesanan ringkas (sms) kepada Dur Niyanah untuk memberitahunya bahawa i was gonna be late ah. i went to cepat-cepat mandi, and just as i was heading out at 9.40am, i received a pesanan ringkas from her. and it goes something like this, “dude, i just woke up”. then i was like !$!%^&$!%!%!^% i rushed for nothing (rushed considering the circumstances kay, totally justified). then i thought to myself “ama, keep your cool. it’s very melayu to not be punctual” so i replied, “what time do we meet now?” and with that i received a reply “i’ll need about half hour to get ready heh. 10.20?”. with that, i left my house at the right time, to reach Yishun on time(:
At about 10.10am, i called Dur Niyanah and told her i baharu berangkat dari YCK. and i was greeted with a surprised Dur Niyanah who responded “ah! siangnya! i belum habis siap!”. and because i angkut like 2.5 bags due to the insane amount of things i needed to pack, i told her just meet at Woodlands pasal i tak nak angkut my berat bag in and out of the train.
Tunggu di Woodlands macam buat tak jatuh (eh did i use it correctly). sampai Woodlands at 10.30am, Dur Niyanah sampai at 11! wah make my darah go upstairs. SIGHZ ORANG MELAYU.
Reached Farah’s and totally lepak in her room. Unveiled each others’ outfits cos we still haven’t seen each others’ outfits, they helped me choose mine because i kinda had two dresses ? HEH, curse of the fickle-minded(: then diy showed us again her CRAZY HEELS and i seriously mean CRAZY.
OMG TTM (“how does the air feel up there?”)
Harah Fani showed us her gorgeous heels and then Dur Niyanah and her decided they should practice walking around in their new shoes. as for me, i wasn’t gonna wear new shoes hence the tak payah-ness to practice(:
Then we got hungry (cheh konon practice bertubi-tubi ah tu). so off to Causeway Point Banquet! dah puas makan, then time for Last Minute Shopping (yay thrilling kankankan!). we were walking around then got this auntie ask “where precious tots?”. sebenarnya, kita tak tahu ah tu pasal stone kejap. then we just pointed in the direction we thought was correct but actually salah, so we pointed another way which was possibly correct but we still didn’t know. the auntie went up the escalator and we takut we salah again so we ran off. HAHA KENTALAN.
We headed into ILT which had amazing discounts on things so i bought red leggings + proper bra (teehee) + ear rings (im not an impulse shopper!) then diy went to Chameleon (sp?) to buy super pretty shiny red nail polish (wah in love with them!). then we realised we were behind time! panic mode started to sink in because only have 4 hours to siap (i know right!) then we walked home but it was raining gajahs and badaks makkau.
Haha but ‘twas fun getting caught in the rain. deprived children who tak selalau dapat main hujan. then while walking back to F’s place there was this huge sungai which we had to cross OMG.
The sungai Woodlands yang mengalir dengan begitu deras ttm! seperti biasa, we are girls so we started screaming as we “crossed” it. F was especially high maybe because she was wet ? then lompat-lompat around and one of her slipper tertinggal. COMPARISON: Cinderella and her glass shoe. but F was less glam la hehz. her slipper got swept away into the drain and BYEBYE it went. A managed to save one slipper, so for the rest of the journey A and F shared three slippers (we have four feet together).
We decided to walk back in the rain although there was shelter because we were like “might as well sia” :D
Sampai rumah F, we were entirely drenched so we each went to different bathrooms to conduct an extremely essential daily ritual - MANDI TIME! dah mandi + solat + Adrot & L’s arrival then gedebak gedebuk sikit then time to get ready ya’ll. F’s room was in a state of mayhem, tunggang-tebalik ttm. with three or more people crowding around the mirror at one time, the smell of nail polish and remover lingering in the air, hair curling/straightening station at one corner and everything else everywhere literally. our plan was to make our way at 5.30pm. 5.45pm A was still curling D’s hair, adri’s adik was puffing L’s hair, adri was pinning A’s dress and F’s mum was screaming to hurry us up. PIE got jam some more. STRESS OR WHAT SIA. 6pm finally we bertolak and we’re supposed to be seated by 6.40pm. OMG PANIC OR WHAT SIA. Adri, F and L took F’s mum’s car. A and D cabbed down to Hilton Singapore and we reached there first haha.
Remind me to pay you back for the cab fare. upon arrival, we just let out huge sighs of relief because we made in time (omg this is such an ANTM go-see challenge-ish moment!). we could already hear cheerful, girly chatter from the lobby so it wasn’t all that difficult to find the ballroom unless you’re pekak badak. outside the ballroom, rgs girls in pretty dresses, dunnohowmany inch stilletos, extensive hairspray & lengthy false lashies swarmed the entire area. squeals were heard frequently as everyone finds themselves pleasantly surprised to see each other in something besides the dark blue pinafore. immediately, the photo frenzy started!
This sounds lame but it felt surreal that i was at my graduation night.
Anyway, the first thing we did after registration and photo frenzy part 1 was to solat maghrib in Mr A’s hotel room. MAK AWKWARD MUCH. we simpan wuduk, it was such an accomplishment i tell you.
and of course we sempat camwhore while waiting for the lift teehee. and then i temporarily misplaced my camera but all that was solved in a jiffy(: went back down to the ballroom and found my table! koh + wan jing + tisha + aishu + elam + cheryl + azira + ankita + nina + wen yun(: yay table 35 power ah! the view of the stage from our table kinda sucked, but as i mentioned earlier A is easily contented so can ah, can(:
came back to watch some beatboxers perform (boring) until the dude starting doing popping. wah guys who can pop = excited A. then rj streets performed and the FAM Pageant began!
Tisha was our Miss 408 woots! Soon after our first course came. i must say the food was dabombz!
First course was satay! best ah! then they gave us sop ayam and sweet & sour fish. then for the main course it was nasi goreng + ayam kurma + this veggie thing. but i was too full for anything so i ate a bit of rice only. didnt even taste the ayam kurma which apparently was damn good. haiyah. dessert was mango pudding! although i wasn’t hungry or rather i was stuffed, i sat down and finished it anyway because no matter how full i am, i always have room for dessert. i think that can be like one of my life principles sia. it was delicious anyway so yay! throughout the entire dunnohowmany course meal, the pageant talent component and Q&A session were going on. it was a shame how people were more caught up in the photo frenzy to pay attention to the programme because the contestants really put in a lot of effort. OH WELLZ.
Cheryl who was tisha’s temporary boyfriend, put up an Indian dance performance alongside Tisha and it was the coolest shizz ever hahaha. other memorable performances included Charloo’s Our Song (wah love this song man), Brenda’s teh tarik stunts and Trisha’s dunnowhatshewasthinkingbutitwasdamnentertaininganyway dance-ish thing. Brenda won the Miss FAM title in the end, well-deserved i feel. her teh tarik stunts were impeccable. Tisha got Miss Glamorous!
i was super sedih when i didnt win the Lucky Draw which was an Ipod Touch by the way. lucky bitch sia whoever won. *pouts*
Once all were somewhat done, everybody started hunting down each other to take that oh-so valuable shot together(: KAK AME IF YOU NAK TENGOK ALL YOU MUST GET FACEBOOK HAHA. biggest OMG that night was ckoh and Jaslyn! haha. Yan Lin was some gorgeous babe i was in a state of disbelief and so was JessChan. Wan Jing had never-ending legs, Qiqi was super classy and i love Amelia’s dress!!(: haiyah want to say all also wait i tired ah xD
Prischew & Soviet(: 
elam & aishu(:
koh(: loves you bigg
Liqi(: one of the few OMGs of the night (ahh fringe!!)
Jiaa(:
MORE PHOTOS SOON I GUESS. for people like kak ame who takda facebook haha.
By the end of the night, we were all dead tired. amazing how a pair of heels could do so much harm to the body xD D, F, L and i were in the lobby waiting for adrot we started camwhoring teehee. L’s dad came to fetch us home and adrot totally strut down the streets of Orchard barefooted because the pain from those crazy heels were killing her. D who was still trying to maintain, was walking like tortoise while grabbing tight to my arm because of her CRAZY HEELS.
Overall, it was one helluva night(:
Reached F’s place and had like 0.00000001 minutes to pack everything. it was immense packing because we left in a state of mayhem and now we have to pack EVERYTHING in a limited amount of time because L’s dad was downstairs waiting for us. another stress moment for me because packing is super tak my forte ah. we did a group - KBz for life - hug and D, L and i went back down lugging our heavy bags haha. you see we made a compromise since both F and L were not allowed to sleepover, we decided preFAM should be at F’s and postFAM should be at L’s(:
Reached L’s place (thank god both of them tinggal at Woodlands) at around 12-ish and started packing properly + remove nail polish + remove makeup + mandi + solat. it all took minimum one hour and it was an exhausting process. we lied down on L’s bed after all that talking, laughing and occasionally wrestling heh. and we eventually fell asleep simultaneously at around 2ish. tired ttm.
Woke up at 9ish and mandi time! D and i repacked for the gazillionth time and once we were ready we headed out to have breakfast which was sandwiches + mee + pulut + milo. what an elaborate breakfast xD at my house, there’s milo, roti, spreads, cereal, milk, juice all available at wherever they belong so you help yourself and make your own breakfast xD left L’s place at 10.30 to meet F and adrot at the mrt station to head for Perbayu Farewell in school which i will blog about in a different post.
FAMTASTIC(:
