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(this was copied and pasted from a blog of mine. this was written on April 26, 2009)

well, two nights ago (o4.24.o9)..rayhana and i were chatting. we talked about how boring the vacation is and how sickening and tiring is it to go to malls here all the time.

rayhana: hey, why don't we go outt for lunch tomorrow at chillis or ikea?
daniah: look, i'm not allowed to go out without an adult with us UNLESS i tell my parents that i'm gonna have lunch at your place then we'd secretly go to eitherr chillis or ikea. so. ok. i get to your place at 2:30pm so i'd have to wake up a lil bit early. then i'll tell them to pick me up at 7pm. so at 3pm we leave to whereverr we're going to have lunch at. we gett back to your place at around 5pm which is 2 hours early. then chill at your place and do stuff. then, when 7pm comes, i'll be taken safe and sound. what do you think?
rayhana: oh my goodness! i didn't know that you have a criminal side!:)) you think good!
daniah: well, i am a certified pasaway. haha!:)) the worst crime i commited was bringing "toot" to "taat". (that info kinda confidential. yuhh. it was a very crazy crime. haha!:))) remember?
rayhana: oh yea! i totally forgott about that! yea yeaa. thatt will always be top one. haha!
daniah: wait! i haven't asked my parents yet. they're out. so, i'll just ask later. oh i hope they'll say yes.

so we talked aboutt more stuff and ended the chat.

it was already 3am and i absolutely couldn't sleep! deymm. then at 3:43am i started crying. well, i haven't cried for more than a month. haha! the reason, again, is confidential. haha!:)) so i cried and it ended at 3:51am. i lett my feelings out to my one and only kulangs/PC alyssa mae arenas castro. i left offline messages and all. i then felt sleepy at 4am. but i MUST NOT sleep yet! i don't want to wake up with puffy eyes yuhh know. so, i hadd to wait till 5am for the sake of my eyes. i don't want to go to either chillis or ikea with swelled up/puffy eyes. HELL NO!:))=)) going back. i went to sleep at 5am.

..o4.25.o9.. (day starts)

next, at 9:29am, my phone's message tone rang "(piano intro) you would always ask me, those words i say la la la". so i opened the message and it was from effat university. however, it was written in arabic so i thought to myself, "bahh. i'll just let my dad read it and have it translated to me. lemme go back to sleep". so i fell asleep again. then, at 9:36am, "i'll never go" rang again! and i told myself, "ooh. who's going to text me at this time of the morning? i'm sleeping forr crying out loud! haha!:))". then again, the message came from effat university. this time, the english version. "dear student, thank you for competing in the effat scholarship contest. we regret to inform you that you did not pass the first stage. thank you". then i told myself, "bahh. whatever. i just want to go back to sleep". THEN, at 9:50am, i received another text! who from?! again! the effat university! this is whatt they told me, "sorry we sent you the wrong message. dear student, congratulations! call effat university for an interview, for more information, please call us at: [numbers]". i thought to myself again, "wait a second. i thought i didn't make it?! ok? so i passed. congrats to me. yey!:)) time to finally sleep!". UNFORTUNATELY, i received another text message at 9:55am. and yes, it was the same message as the previous one, the only difference is that it's written in arabic. i kinda got upset. why?! I CAN'T SLEEP ANYMORE! it's done for! my sleep was too disturbed by the i'll never go ringtone caused by their continuous text messaging! i should've put my phone on silent mode. haha. my fault. :))

ok. so almost 5 hours of sleep?! that's bad. BUT HEY!:))=)) i have THE REASON to get myself allowed to go to "rayhana's place"! i passed the scholarship exam for crying out loud! yeaa! time to put my "criminal planning" on the go! HAHA!:))=))

so, my mom woke up and i told her about everything. of course, like any other parent, my mom was happy and proud. yeaa!:) she told me to call for the interview details and so i did.

daniah: hello. good afternoon. umm. i passed the scholarship exam and i was instructed to call this number regarding the interview.

ms. woman: ok. what's your name?
daniah: i'm daniah a. adam.
ms. woman: didn't you call already? i told you the interview would be on sunday?
daniah: umm. i justt called now. i didn't call earlier.
ms. woman: ok. justt wait.
ms. woman: well, your interview is tomorrow. sunday. at 12 o clock noon. i'm sure you called. or, someone called you on your behalf. i'm really sure of about that.
daniah: oh really? well, maybe. i really don't know. (giggle) thank you very much. bye.

so i put down the phone then called my dad up. i told him about my being a effat scholarship exam passer and he said, "i know that. and you have an interview tomorrow at 12 noon and you're supposed to wear formal attire (that partt i wasn't told about):)) congratulations!". NOW I KNOW! my dad was the one who called the university ON MY BEHALF! haha!:)) thanks dad. :P. "so, can i go to rayhana's house today?" i asked. and he said yes. YEAA!:))

things went out pretty late. i left the house at 3pm. i was kinda late coz jexinne sent me a text message thatt zarina wanted me to go online. so i did go online for a while. a kinda long while. haha! well, zarina's no one ordinary to me. i can't just ditch her you know. she's my best friend for crying out loud. no bailing on friends. especially on the best ones. i reached at rayhana's at 3:15pm. we decided to have lunch at chillis coz ikea's food is kinda repetitive. haha!:)) we then tried calling to sarah to come along. unfortunately, no response from both her cellphone and landline. so we left at 4:15pm. meaning we would be back at rayhana's place at 6pm. I WISH!:)) so we arrived at chillis at 4:45pm?:)) talked and ate until we were picked up at 6:30pm. SOO LATE! I'M TOTALLY GONNA BE DEAD! i have to be there in 30 minutes. OH NO!:)) the traffic jam was SO HIGH! therefore we reached at rayhana's place at around 7:05pm. but guess what? no calls yet from my parents! cool! haha!:)) then we chilled and had green tea with turkish mint while watching "joyride" but then we knew the story so we switched to the movie "2 days in paris". that movie is soo ughh! i mean! defining while..HAHA! watch it on your own and you'd understand. :))

it's 8pm and my mom called me up to get ready coz she'll be picking me up in a few minutes. so, i finally got fetched at 8:15pm. and guess what?! OPERATION TAKAS BAHAY IS DECLARED SUCCESSFUL! haha! look. i do my crazy stuff once in a while. lemme do it. i don't do it all the time yuhh know. actually this is the 3rd crazy thing i did in my whole life. i bett you even did more, or not. haha. we all do our stuff. so please don't give me this's and that's. i know my limitations. keii? don't worry.

so. we picked up my sister's friend and my mom told me that we'd be going to eat at la parilla coz there's some dinner thing going on. i told myself, "WHAT?! I'M STUFFED! one whole mug of green tea. lots of food at chillis! oh no! haha!:))". we reached at la parilla and i ate 1/4 plate of fried rice. that's enough. hehe! afterr everything. i went home. i changed. wrote this blog for it to be copied and pasted for me to put on my blogs here in multiply.

and now. it's 1:11am. i have to sleep. i have to be fetched up at 11:15am to go to effat university tomorrow morning (o4.26.o9). it's far. i'll write down my experiences tomorrow. keii? right now. SLEEP IS ESSENTIAL! haha! thanks for taking your precious time to read this. part two will be continued. take care. God bless. muaa!:)

PART TWO!:) (o4.26.o9)

well. i set the alarm last night to ring at 9:30am. i kinda woke up at 9am. so i told myselff that 30 minutes of sleep is still essential. my alarm tone is kinda alarming and disturbing so i'll wake up. well, the next thing i knew my mom woke me up at 10:39am! and yes, I AM SOO LATE!:))=)) so i rushed to the bathroom. took a bath. well, my stomach was badly aching while i was taking my bath. i don't even know why but when i got out of the bathroom, the pain just faded away. hehe. so, i got out at 11am. ughh! 15 minutes till i'm gonna be fetched and my hair is so wet! i then rushed to blow-dry my hair. i looked so haggard so i put powderr on my face (as if that helped.:))) and the driver buzzed the gate bell and told me to go down. deymm! i wasn't even wearing my abaya yet! i haven't eaten a thing! i didn't even had time to fix my bed! so left with only drinking half a glass of milk. haha!:))

we reached at the effat university at 11:45am. so, that's 15 minutes before the interview starts. we were told to go to the student affairs building. some of the passers came. one lady asked my name and checked on her paper. then we were guided to go to the admissions building for the interview at 1:00pm! yuhh. AN HOUR LATE! then i think we were 15 girls there. an i was, ughh, the seventh one to be called. :)). so i went in. i greeted them a good afternoon then they told me to sit in the middle chair. the room looked like a conference room. you know, the ones in the movies where managers have their meetings with the round table and all. yeaa. thatt one. :)). there were around 9 people there to screen my interview.

ms. american lady: so, your from a filipino school?
daniah: yeaa.
ms. american: so, tell us aboutt yourself.
daniah: well, obviously you all know my name. i'm daniah a. adam. i graduated from high school last march 25 so i'm having my summer vacation which definitely is boring coz the only place we have here in saudi arabia are malls malls malls. i also took three entrance exams in three universities in the philippines namely the mapua institute of technology, the university of santo thomas, and the university of the philippines or UP. fortunately, i passed them all.
ms. filipino lady: oh?! you passed the UPCAT?!
daniah: yes, i did. i also took the sat exam here at effat university and i passed it too.
ms. american lady: so, how many years do you have in the filipino school?
daniah: well, we have 3 pre-elementary years which are nursery, kindergarten one and kindergarten two. then, we have 6 years in the elementary level then 4 years in high school.
ms. filipino lady: so, is studying in the philippines an option for you?
daniah: yes, it is.
ms. foreign lady: coz you see, you still have to go through two more years coz the system here is until grade 12. the ministry won't accept your case therefore we can't accept you as a student here so it would be good if you study in the philippines for two years then come back here as a transfer student.
ms. american lady: we should follow the system.
daniah: oh really? i see. yeaa. thatt would be a good option.
jointt forces: ok then. thank you very muchh. you may go.
daniah: ok then. thanks! have a nice day. bye-bye. :D

of course, THAT'S GOOD!:))=)) i'm gettin' outta here!:))=)) and why study in the philippines for two years then come backk?! finish the whole thing there then work! yeaa! so i was glad with the news i received. nyaha. i then got out of the room and waited for my friend to finish then went home at 3:45. SEE HOW LATE?! haha! eniweii. just wanted to share my experiences with you the past two days and today. thanks again for taking your awfully precious time to read this blog. muaa. :)