Sambutlah sayang, salam cintaku ini. Untukmu sayang, demi kasihku ini. Kasih dan sayang terus bersemi.

Currently listening to Amy Mastura's Jawapan Kasih

So yesterday I finally found a compilation of Disney's songs from the movies. Not remakes, or pop versions. And I actually asked my dad to play it in the car. 

Hah. those songs. They just took us back to the good ol' days. 

And we realised how different it was, as compared to our brothers. Our story is different. As it sets out at other place, different crowd, different silly adventures. 

I am blessed to have two different childhood, the one before we moved to Bangi, and the one when we were here for good. To talk about it would take time, and I think I talked about some of them in different2 posts. Check out the tags Childhood or BFFY stories if you'd like to. So yeah, not gonna talk about it now :P

Alhamdulillah :)

p/s: I downloaded the first two albums of Amy Mastura. amik kau!

Just like a song in my heart, Just like oil on my hands, Oh.. I do love you.

Currently listening to Corinne Bailey Rae's Just Like a Star

My sleeping pattern has gone haywire again. It'll be like, 2-3 hrs of (interrupted) sleep, then working full swing the next day. So what I'll do is to try to sleep a little bit early the next day - just to gain back the energy. Lately I have been "like walking on clouds" - I feel like floating. So I know I am losing a lot of my energy, and blood. Plus, I just can't stay awake if I don't have enough sleep the day before.

So there's this one night I wanted to do work, but the brain has decided to stop working, I figured it's time for me to at least get some rest. I told Firdaus to let me nap, and wake me up at midnight. I didn't lie down on my back as I thought this is just going to be a nap, and sitting may help me to wake up easily.

While I was napping Adam got back and not knowing of the situation, he was trying to wake me up. I remember telling (or pleading?) him to let me sleep as I haven't got enough of it at the night before. Then I realized he put something on my small breakfast in bed laptop table (actually it's Firdaus'), so while telling him to stop waking me up, I opened my eyes, and I saw that thing.

 I recognized it straight away, and that made me grin from ear to ear. Then I heard Adam mumbled, then I just continued sleeping.

The next day, I went to him and showed to him that thing he gave me -

FM: Me
AA: Adam

FM: Abang, is this for me?
AA: I had a few already, but yeah you can have it. Isn't that what you really want before? You know, during the war dulu-dulu...
FM: HAHAHAHAH. Yes! oh.. wait, so am I dying soon?
AA: Farah, we're both going to die remember. They're both dead in the end.
FM: heee *grinning* Thank you Abang!

Then I went away happily.

Well, what he gave was this

To those who love Studio Ghibli movies may recognize this candy & the significance of it. Because we were referring to this movie

 

Grave of the Fireflies

A movie about an abandoned brother & little sister who were trying hard to survive during the war in Japan.

You gotta watch it if you havent.

Whatever it is, I am still surprised on how I can still recognize the box. I think the last time I watched that movie was  in... 2008?

Anyhoo, I think my brother can be awesome...sometimes :P Hah, my BFFY ;)

BFFY

Everyone sure has their BFFY right. Here's mine:

That's him alright. I've known him for as long as I can remember. Well, this is not a "BFFY photo moment". Apparently I was at the side, and my dad snapped me in half. I wonder why. That wasn't cute at all. But at least I can see myself smiling there. So that's good.

Well its a post for my BFFY. So it should be more about him, than about me. Although I am actually so into myself, so it feels a bit uneasy when I look at this kind of picture.

Okay before we moved on with other pictures. I just want to point out something - he always know what he wants. And that is how much he loves Batman. I think it is not bad for a kid to start drawing, and it's even better for a kid to use a computer programme, which I think that's paint, to draw. Salute lah ;)

Maybe I discovered mine too; to always be in a picture. Camwhore freak. Or maybe that was a gift; to be able to sense the camera.

Eh, this post should not be about me. Damn. Moving on...

Okay these two are more "BFFY photo moment" type. And yeah I think when I was small, I have a thing for rabbits. Back when we're small, my parents love to bring us to that plaster of paris shop and there's one time when I chose to paint a rabbit. I think my mom finished it nicely (I am the less artistic one in the house :P) and I loved it a lot! Apparently I think plaster of paris stuffs are like dolls; so I carry that rabbit around, and sadly on the same day, I accidentally dropped it on the floor, and that thing was broken into two; the head and the body. If I am not mistaken my dad manage to take a photo before I dropped it on the floor, but I couldn't find that picture. sobs.

But now I think I am over rabbits. They're less friendly and they love to make babies, so I don't find them as cute as cats. So my "accessory" for photo sessions has changed to:

A cat and it's alive! That's preans by the way. I think he's just several months old at that time. That's why he looked so small. 1999. That was 10 years ago! What a coincidence!

Okay I shouldn't talk about me. Ugh I just can't help it. So sorry.

Back to our topics.

Look at my BFFY. He's soo slim, and always smiling! A happy kid eh? He always told me that his best years were the first 3 years of his life. I beg to differ. See him smiling? I bet its because I'm around with him. We were the dynamic duo back then. If he's in trouble, then so am I. We did almost everything together, like sunbathing on the rooftop while waiting for pakcik watermelon, playing lego, TMNT figurines, Mickey Mouse computer games, picit2 berudu, shaving Luqman's head to make it look like a football, watching him play other computer games (prince of persia and paper boy especially), and more. I got so bored if he's at his pre-school, so my parents' solution was to enrol myself into the same pre-school. So I got in so early. Haha. Oh, less stuff about me. sheesh. I can't seem to bear that in mind.

And he got older. Look at his glasses! Classic! According to Husna she also has the same glasses. Probably that was the fashion back then. I can't help myself but to laugh everytime I saw this photo. And this time, he was not very happy. He smiled in pictures less. I think I am gonna blame the specs - I think they are making him sad. He tried to deny that he's short sighted. I remembered that we figured about his sight problems when we were at Zoo Melaka, cuz he can't read signs which is just a few feet away from him. Tuhla baca dalam gelap lagi. Oh he likes to read. A lot. And he likes to read before he goes to bed. So that explains why.

Or probably he thinks that's the new pose. A more serious style. Well, it kinda worked.

Well, this is him now:

p/s: oi firdaus kacau je buat muka sedih dalam gamba ni. pfft.

So this is him now. All grown up, big (like, literally), and always happy. These pics somehow summarize what he likes to do; playing his game, eating (everything. well almost everything), making jokes, and pose for the camera. I think vain-ess and camwhore-ness are in our blood.

I am glad that he has chosen his path, by doing what he loves to do. Although he is a pain in the ass, most of the times annoying and behaving like a mentally ill kid, I still love him no matter what. I am jealous of him of course, because he's so talented, and he can make others feel so happy when he's around them.

Like these boys:

Not the boy in blue. We don't even know him. See how happy the two boys are. They look up to him as if he's their idol. Serious. I bet one of the many reasons why they both loovee Upin and Ipin its because of him.

And today, my BFFY turns 24. And this post is to celebrate the day that he's getting older. Haha. Okay, you're 24.

To my BFFY Adam,

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY!

May you have a blast celebrating your special day.

May Allah bless you always.

Love,

Farah

Hope you'll like this post Abang. Hadiah tu, nanti2 la ye. hehe.

Oh in case you all don't know what BFFY stands for. It's "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Y'ALL!"


That's our so-called BFF nickname for each other. lol.