The United States of Raihan: Part Deux

Wednesday, 7th September 2005

What can I say, my dear?

You have excelled at your own wretchedness. Bask in your triumph now, bury your ass in your glory. Even Dumbledore's Army wouldn't stand a chance with your cauldron.

I won't say another word anymore for anyone. I have said I'm taking a backseat and I'm not sliding over now, just because I've been flogged unfairly. And if I would have really said all that that certain someone has said, more people would have been outraged by the words that other someone said about certain other people. Whatever I did say, I had in mind, a good, albeit lost, cause. Whatever that means to whoever.

But I will be here. Not going anywhere at anytime. I know people who know better. And Anons (Old & New), come have your field day. Take your best shot. Lash your best lie. Indulge in your best insult. Hit me, baby, one more time.

If you must know, courage is just well-concealed fear.

And this stewardess used to fear flying.

Heh.

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Being back in Dubai after a whirlwind of a week away and nothing much I wanted done was done. Upon reaching Singapore, I rested well day one, attended my Siti's solemnization day two, went into surgery day three, attended Siti's wedding reception day four, got affected by side-effects of medication day five and wrapped up most of what I could wrap up day six. I couldn't even take the chill pill I planned to take. Sorry, sorry.

Maybe next time. Maybe at a better time.

Maybe, baby.

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Siti, your wedding's up next. After my Karachi, I'll get cracking with the pics and the post. So that Kak Lin can have a looksee. I won't say anything about the wedding (and the most significant and amazing fact of it) yet till the pics are up.

Mad Noor, I regret to say I lost ALL the pics I took at your wedding when I had to totally reboot my laptop a few weeks ago. Since then, I have been contacting people I sighted (and knew previously) at your wedding to see if anyone can offer me any visual aid. Apart from some dodgy mobile phone shots, I couldn't get anything substantial and I'm so sorry. After my last Singapore trip and I still didn't get anything, I've since given up. I couldn't bring myself to put up a post of your wedding without any pictures. Are your own pics ready? Can I have one? Just one good one? Please?

One tagger on my blog mentioned having a picture of the RIA team and I at one event we did at AJC to promote the college's Malay Society drama.

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i was looking thru my old pics...saw u in one of my photos!
taken in 2002...the Ria crew (led by abg burhan) came to my sch AJC to do a promo for our drama production...we all took a grp pic tgr. nice!

# posted by LadyInRed : 23/8/05 5:54 PM
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You did not leave a link so I can't trace you. Could you please e-mail that pic (or pics) to me at raihanrusselland@hotmail.com coz I'd like to have it. Heh. It's me, in RIA, in eternal Malay-speaking mode and at a hefty mass of 60 kilograms. Yes, I was once 60 kilos. Mampat, you!Woo-hoo....e-mail hor?! Thanks.

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Okay, time to get rid of jet lag. Some people get excited over a 30-minute flight to Singapore from daerah-daerah yang sewaktu dengannya. I just came back from a 420-minute flight. You'd think I'd be orgasmic by now. Go figure.

I honestly feel like a recently unpacked Fed-Ex delivery box.

Ho hum.