Placentas and a Whole Loads of Kleenex

Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.
- Al Pacino


As I’m writing this, my pet cat, which is also named Cici, is licking away at her two newborn kittens. And there’s more to come considering how huge her tummy is! Mom’s busy spring cleaning, do we have spring here? Anyway, she said that we are making a fuss out of this and that we'd better let Mother Nature do her job. Well, if there’s a Mother Nature, she must be on a cruise somewhere in the Bahamas! Apparently Cici’s having a birth difficulty. Luckily I’d done some research about cats’ in labor, I guess Cici’s kittens are over nourish, you should have seen the way that cat eat and the amount too!

Dad and I did a caesarean operation on her first kitten. Actually Dad removed the placenta and wiped the mucus around the kitten’s nose. It’s my idea though, I’d read about it during my research. Then Dad tied a thread around the tube that connected the kitten and the mother as a way to get nourishment, well I can’t remember what it’s called. After securing the knot, Dad cut the tube to make it shorter. Pheww…it’s tiring and disgusting although Dad did much of the work and I did most of the screaming and jumping. Other than that, I’d provided the Kleenex used!

I’m totally going to call Kat (cat) to tell her about this! Way to go Cici! Oops…here come another one!


Medically challenged,
Cianna

Stuffed Atheist

What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere? “Hold my purse.”
- François Morency


Selamat Hari Raya! I bet all of you must have been so stuffed with foods that you all had to cancel your duit raya trip. Anyway, wish every one of you an enjoyable and prosperous Hari Raya. Not only that the Chinese wanted ong or wealth, even the Malay needed rezeki right? How about Indian, a blessed life I guess. Well, as a matter of fact I don’t celebrate Aidilfitri but I did visit a few houses today. Makan-makan lah! What else?

My day started with a marvelous breakfast with Mom and Dad. We had rice and this herbal soup. I was so full that my tummy hurt, my stomach had never really accustomed to having any foods this early in the morning. I usually had a glass of water and vitamins. Not that I don’t want to eat, it’s just that I’ll have a stomachache if I consume foods in the morning, that’s why. And Mom did something very lame-o, she actually opened the lid of a typical chewing gum container to get the gum. Duh…they made the container so that you can slide the gum from the outside? If it’s too hard to imagine, just go and get a chewing gum youself, it’s good for your jaws and facials exercise and it helps produce saliva and prevent bad breathe…

I’m an atheist. My Mom’s a Christian and my Dad’s a Buddhist. Talk about universal or weird, something strange happened today. I was following Dad to grandma’s cause Dad have some business to attend to at the local temple, he’s one of the committees. I was so glad after days of being alone, finally I’ll have the chance to meet my cousins and have that manicure that I’d hope for so long. Apparently, my cousins love to watch these beauty shows so they’d pick up a few tricks from an episode or two.

However they’re not at home, not even one soul, just like someone had just evicted them all out of the house. And so I was unfortunately stuck with Dad at the temple. You know what? Dad insisted that I pray to the various deities that he claimed were our ancestors. So there I was with incense in hands and a silver cross necklace on my neck I prayed. I hope I don’t offend anyone or any higher forces than us mortals. Sorry. I simply believe in faith as in an abstract form like air, you know it’s there but you can't touch it, rather than in the form of a person, in the form of a God.

I also did a double trip to the dumpster today. No, not because Mom’s a scatterbrain. It’s simply because there’s a lot of rubbish in our house. I SMS Hanson today. He’s this chubby guy in our class who’s quite okay but he makes me feel happy and good about myself. This is one crush that won’t go away that fast. Like me he’s boring too. I’m thinking of him right now. I know I’m a silly teenage girl. Whatever! I think that’s it,
ta-ta! Duit raya?

Stuffs I leant today:
1) Ketupat and rendang are soooo delicious!
2) Haven’t talk to Kat for a few days now, I’m dying to tell her about my new crush. I missed her and I think she missed me too.
3) I missed Alexis too.


Endlessly burping,
Cianna

Grossed Out

People want to know why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have a heart of a small boy – and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
- Stephen King


Sorry. I know I can give lots of excuses for why I didn’t make any entry for yesterday but I think you guys will know that I’m actually lying because I’d succumbed to laziness. Well, this kind of attitude was very typical of me. So, I’ll include some events from yesterday in today’s post, okay? To be frank, yesterday was indeed a boring day as well. Holidays really make me appreciate schooldays and vice versa. We went out to a restaurant for dinner last night, you know Mom’s busy. She ran a boutique from home, have I told you that? As we all know Hari Raya is coming, in fact it’s tomorrow, that’s why Mom had a lot of order for baju melayu, kebaya, baju kurung, jubah and many more. Until this very moment, there are still a few unfinished garments! I hope she’ll make it, go Mom!
Anyway, at this restaurant we had a place next to a huge family who are having a family gathering dinner, there’s the grandpa who brought wine, impressive huh? Until Dad told us that the wine can be bought in any supermarket and will just cost you about RM40 to RM60. Well, Dad’s turning into a wine connoisseur from all of the functions he attended. Then this uncle from the family decided that it’s the most appropriate time to lecture his nephews which was totally annoying considering how loud he’s talking. You want the whole world to know that you’re a goody-goody uncle? He seemed to be bragging at the same time as well, what with the talk of trips to Shang Hai and Hong Kong. It’s really irritating! On the way back Dad told us that if he’s with his friends and this uncle happened to be there, they’ll surely punched him! Talk about violence these days.
I went to the grocer twice today, because Mom’s a scatterbrain and she blamed it on me, again. I walked on both trips, I like to walk along the back alley of our housing estate, you know between the backsides of two houses? There’s where you really need to go if you want to understand your neighbors. Some were franticly making cakes and biscuits for Hari Raya; some were on the ladder trying to put on their new drapes for Hari Raya also. If you’re lucky, you might just know what they had for buka puasa yesterday, the satay sticks and nasi lemak wrappers in their dustbin were obviously hinting of the banquet they had yesterday. No, I’m not a busybody. Let’s just say I like to know my neighbors well.
Mom’s never cook lunch, even if she’s not busy and I always had lunch at grandma’s. So, being her only daughter, I cooked lunch today. I cooked Marguerite Noodles with Authentic Thai Pottage. Just kidding, in plain English and with the fancy words aside, I cooked both of us a bowl of Tom Yam Maggi Mee. I also helped prepared dinner, cause Mom’s still busy. I cleaned the squids which were really gross and chopped them into tiny pieces! Dad helped me out with the fishes, I never gutted a fish before and you expect me to do it without any coaching? There are only three fishes and Dad gutted them all by showing me three different ways to gut a fish. Now that I know it, don’t expect me to do it either, it’s so nasty that I nearly vomited. I know I’m being over dramatic here.
Lastly, I wish all of you out there Selamat Hari Raya and maaf zahir dan batin!


Stuffs I learnt today:
1) How to gut a fish.
2) The way of differentiating a two-toed tree sloth and a three-toed tree sloth.
3) Brief history of the French in Pondicherry, which now is a part of India.


Disgusted in everyway,
Cianna

Third and Still Going

Those who believed that beauty is in the inside are those who actually already have it on the outside.
- Scabby Abby’s Mom


It was day three of bathing in the dark. Yup, the bathroom light was still not fix. Dad‘s quite busy, he’d been to a funeral procession today, whose? I have not the slightest idea. Come to think off it, today was also day three since I started blogging. I never thought I and it would have lasted this long, what with me being, well, lacking of determination. Sometimes we do surprise ourselves, don’t we? Today was a pretty normal day, and normal was just a little before the border of boring, if you get what I mean.
There seemed to be nothing interesting on telly, so I rummaged through our collections of VCDs and DVDs, mind you most of them were pirated. What? Don’t tell me you guys spent extra money just to get the original? I can see that your nose is getting longer by the minutes. Well, I found something to watch. It’s a Rob Schneider movie, The Hot Chick? Heard of it? Well it’s funny and touching and there’s this really cute guy in the movie! His name is Billy and the actor who played him is Matthew Lawrence, anyway he’s totally a hottie alert!
Other than that, I had a home spa today, here’s a beauty tip: diluted lemon juice can help prevent blackheads! I got it from this show called Ambush Makeover, better trust the expert. But still follow at your own risk, who knows if you have extra sensitive skin, right? I also help with some household chores today, not that I never done any.
Tomorrow is officially the holiday; I better start doing my folio on composite materials for Chemistry and another one for Moral. Haven’t I told you guys that I’m going to bake something this holiday? Well, I’m looking for the recipe book; ever wonder why most things tend to go missing when you really needed them? I think dinner is ready, I better go, I have a double date with Matthew Fox and Ian Somerhalder at nine thirty tonight (I’m watching LOST..duhh). Happy Diwali and Happy Halloween to all of you guys who celebrate it.


Stuffs I learnt today:
1) If you think you are beautiful, then you are beautiful, at least to yourself.
2) You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
3) Matthew Lawrence is engaged! But I still want him…hehe…


Feeling like a million dollars,
Cianna

All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.
- James Joyce


All of you people out there are so lucky, you guys know that? Why? Because you guys don’t have a Mom like mine, that’s way! Well, to tell you all the truth my Mom and I are not exactly like the Gilmore Girls, is such relationship possible? Not that we hate each other just that she’s not so good on the listening side. I think most parents are like the older version of a teenager; they are rebellious as we are and they will not budge even if their opinions are totally bad, bad, BAD! For instance, she’s been trying to get me to do all sorts of stuffs to my face, put ice, put tomatoes, and put aloe vera….hello? It’s my face? Not a salad dish. And once she accepted a favor from the neighbor to write a speech for the husband, so I was extremely busy with my homework and she expected me to do it when she’s the one who accepted it? The neighbor was not helping at all when she poked her head across the fence and said she needed it by tonight. WHAT? I was so furious and Mom was like “Why are you so stubborn? Just do it.” Oh, help me! But still I love Mom very much and sometimes we did do fun things together, I guess it’s just a case of compromising. How’s your Mom?
Okay enough of Mom. Today was boring; maybe that’s why Sunday was a school day here. I’m reading The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and suddenly I realize it’s was finishing quick so I stopped reading so that I’ll have some to read tomorrow. Like saving the last bit of the sandwich or whatever for supper. It’s a typical chick book, lots of love and break ups. The book makes me laugh and cry today, the power of words and imaginations. Without the book there’s nothing else to do, well, I played with my cat for a while. Have I mention she’s expecting? Then I remember I haven’t see the jokes on the Reader’s Digest mag. Some were really funny, but there’s a few that I don’t really get. After that there’s really nothing to do. The weather was so hot that I decide to take a shower and then I found out that the bathroom light was busted, it kept blinking like a disco light. So I turned it off and take my shower in the dark, not really dark but dimly lit. at first it was creepy, but the I felt like I’m some kind of a Greek goddess bathing under the moonlight and guess what? I did my silly impersonation of a belly dancer under the shower! A cross between a Greek goddess and a belly dancer?
I must have slept for a long time, because when I woke up I was so disoriented. It was dinnertime and I’m taking a bath in the dark again. What luck! Then something even worse happened, I felt a sharp pain on my lower abdomen. Damn! It was the end of the month and it was here. If you guys understand what I’m saying. I nearly fainted because of the pain plus I was dizzy at the same time. However, I’m a strong girl and I managed to get through it not without a lot of tears and sweats that is. I’m okay now, don’t worry. I think I’ll call Kat later.

Stuffs I learnt today:
1) Be ready for it!
2) Only napping is allowed in the afternoon.


Already out of tears,
Cianna

Holiday Plans and Calculations

“Always plan what you are going to do. Make it systematic. Calculates, it’s always a good idea to calculate.” - Dad


I can still remember when Dad said these words to me; I was so frustrated because the wooden chest that I was making as a school project and for extra credits for a very important exam was so messed up that it didn’t looked like a chest anymore. And in case you guys don’t know, I like to bang stuffs when I’m frustrated or worst I’ll fell so helpless that I’ll cry. Stupid me! Well, Dad being the wise man was always there to help and will always be there for his bratty daughter. So, after waking up today, I decided to follow Dad’s advice and pushed the start button of my computer as thousands of thoughts float in my mind. Now, with the black cursor blinking on and off on the white screen and while Gavin DeGraw’s Chariot is blasting on the speakers, I’ll calculate and plan what I’m going to do this holiday.

Holiday Plans:
1) Get rid of the zits! Kill ‘em all!

2) Revise this year’s studies so that I’ll have a strong basic when school reopens next year and I’ll be able to kickass in that dreaded exam!

3) Finish reading all those books that I bought on impulse! I had a thing with books! Come to mummy…

4) Grow my hair long! School rules sucks…now that it’s the holiday I can grow my hair again and maybe I’ll get a new haircut! My hair’s so short I looked like a boy!

5) Baby-sit the litter of kittens my pet cat is expecting. They are coming any minutes now! Am I the midwife too?

6) Get fit! Tuck and trim those flabby muscles! Do yoga, perhaps? Jogging too tiring…huh…huh…

7) Paint. I’m taking art for next year’s exam and well, I just love to paint!

8) Bake something! A pie? Cookies? Cheese cakes with extra frosting? Yummy…

9) Learn something new?

10) Keep on blogging of course!

*Thanks to Alex for your comment! Your blog’s cool too!


Halfway through the day,
Cianna

My Fairytales

Once upon a time...lived happily ever after.
- Hans Christian Anderson & The Grimm Brothers


Once upon a time, a time not so long ago, there was a girl named Cianna. And the girl is me. Unlike any normal fairytales where the characters lived happy and carefree lives, I on the other hand, hated my life, at least for now I guess. I hated how I have to wake up every morning and go over the same routine of going to school and getting messed up in everything I do over and over again. Like I’m a blind hamster who keeps running in the spinning wheel without knowing where I’m going or when I’ll reach my destination, that is if I can see it in the first place. I also hate my body. Well, it may be my vain, puberty- stricken mind speaking. I don’t like my zitty face or the stretch marks on my tummy that will appear and disappear at the wrong moment or how huge my calves and butt are or the way my veins will sometimes show up under the skin of my hands making them looked like men’s hands…ughh!

Call me a crybaby if you want, but I’m not all a whiner. I love all my friends especially Katrina and Alexis who are total fashion freak and controversial gossiper respectively. We are like the threesome of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, minus the Pants that is. Besides, I like the fact that I’m 5 feet 8 inches which qualified me to be a model one day, have I told you that I’m a supermodel wannabe? Well, I am. But the thing that I love the most is all those cute boys out there! Nobody knows this, not even Kat and Allie that I’m suffering from the Easily Crushable Syndrome. Seriously how many crushes can a girl like me have in one day is mind boggling.
Yet, all these crushes never last because there’s always a cuter guy around the block, don’t you guys think so? Being my optimistic self I really hope that someday, someday soon, my life will get better and those crushes might just get a little serious. For now there’s the two months holiday to look forward to which will start next Monday, but mine started yesterday. There’s an announcement at school saying that the attendance is closed and all students will be counted as already in school for the whole term, which means no demerits if you skip school. So what’s the point of going to school then? Duh…even the teachers are not teaching anymore.

So, between bananas and tooth sticking Yaki Sushi Nori, I decided to start this blog as a holiday diary and maybe I’ll stick to it next year, who knows for sure right? So let’s the adventure begins!

Stuffs I learnt today:
1) Everybody deserves to live a fairytale but sometimes you have to struggle for your fairytale and you might just, well, lived happily ever after!
2) Never eat Yaki(yucky) Sushi Nori which is roasted seaweed without the sushi.
3) Acnes can be cured!


Ready to take off,
Cianna