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Oh.

When you read that one word, comprises of 2 letters and a full-stop, how did you read it? How did you interpret it? Like every other word that symbolizes emotion in this word, a simple "oh" could have been interpreted in soooo many ways.

Generally, "oh" is understood as an affirmation of something. But the underlying meaning of the affirmation is something debatable.

Depending on the situation. context , the word could mean a lot of thing. So today I want to explore on this little word "oh".

Situation 1
A: Look at that!
B: What?
A: That!

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B: Oh...

Okay, are you looking at the ass or the skirt that screams "hey, i just met you, but this is my number, so call me maybe?" hehe

Anyway, in this case "oh" is probably stating "Oh, I see what you mean. Nice one!"
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The same conversation, may apply to the opposite with a different "oh"

Situation 2

A: Look at that!
B: What?
A: That!

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B: oh!

See? in this "oh" is saying "Damn shit! I see what you mean!"
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Then there's also the "oh" that indicates you remember something.

Situation 3: 
A: It's time!
B: What?
A: Don't tell me you forgot!! It's 

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B: Oh!

This "oh" usually sound excited and affirming something. Sometimes followed by "shit" "shoot" and other things that indicate they almost (or already) in trouble. XD
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There's also "oh" that comes along with a question mark (Oh?)
Like everything that comes with a question mark this "oh" indicates a question. But be careful. Not ALL "oh?" are meant to be answered...

Situation 4:
A: I have NEVER met a guy as coward as you!
B: oh?

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Yep it usually come with one eyebrow raised. Be wary. be VERY wary for these kind of "oh". Cause it would usually comes with an action that is total opposite than you expect. If I were you, I'd run. 
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In many cases "oh" can be correctly be interpreted with the symbols or words that comes before or after it.
But this one, is the most bewildering one.

Situation 5:
What they said:
A: I'm so sorry. I can't make it. I have to help pick up a friend at XY!

What I heard:
A: I can't make it today, I got something more important than you to do. 


B: oh. 

Yep, when I used the word "oh." To me, no matter what the other person is saying, it meant exactly the above. To me, they just have something else more important than me to pay attention to. 

Which is fine. I mean, I also sometimes have other important things rather than them. In these cases, I would've said "ic, it's ok", or "oh, alright, see you next time". And things like that.

But when I reply only those two letters and a full-stop. You can bet that I'm not okay with it at all. It would have meant I was really looking forward or hoping for it. It would have meant, my heart had just been sliced, and is bleeding a bit. That "oh." would mean

"I'm not okay with this"
"Ouch, that hurts!"
"U are breaking my heart"
"You just completely dashed my hopes"
"So I see, I'm not important enough for you, not the way you are to me."

I'm starting to sound a lot like the overly attached girlfriend. lol

Well, I usually return to normal in a while after that. And I would probably soon forget about that incident.
But still, it doesn't lessen the impact it has on me (lol spoken like a real drama queen.)

So anyway, these are just some of the "oh" that crossed my mind. I bet if I "squeeze" more from my brain, I'll get more. But I'm getting lazier to do so.

Tell me, what does "oh" meant for you?

Will write again when I feel like it XD
The Brat,

Lovey Dovey Tuesday: Foreveralone Post

I always taught that the "foreveralone" term is overrated. 

I mean, no one is truly, really forveralone right?
You have your family, your friends, your collegue or perhaps your neighbor, so you are not really alone.

Technically, you're not.

For me, the most terrible foreveralone feeling is not being alone physically, but being with so many people surrounding you, yet still feeling so lonely, isolated, detached, alone...

That feeling of hollowness inside and no matter what you do and how many people you gather around you, the feeling just go deeper that you can feel it making a hole in the pit of your stomach.

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It is especially worst when you look at the wedding/engagement pictures of your closest friends, when you see your friend going somewhere with their partners and having so much fun, when you are in a room with your friend who is on the phone with their significant other, when you called your friends up to meet but they are busy with other plans and every other person you can think of to call and have a chat with, already have someone else that they cherish... The hole just keeps on getting bigger that you feel like if you don't huddle and curl, you are going to be swallowed full by the hole. 

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Yep, that feeling comes and visit me once in a while when I have idle time. I have kept myself busy enough not to think of it too much. But with strings of wedding invitations coming from friends my age, and pictures of their cute children and their holiday with their significant other, how the heck am I going to be able not to think about it??

The worst part is that my dad has started pressuring me to get married. He was saying something like giving me another year and if I don't have anyone, he'll get one of my uncle to find one for me. And also saying "yes" to the first person that ask for my hand. I mean "seriously dad???"

I want to say "I'm not ready!"
I want to say "I want to focus on my career!"
I want to say "I don't have time to think about that!"

And other cock-bull-shit I can come out with.

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But the truth is just that I am a foreveralone girl. 
I don't have a boyfriend, not even a crush or a love interest right now.
Heck, I don't think anyone have set an eye on me at all and actually, vice-versa too.

What is it that I am looking for? 
What the hell is wrong with me? (Well, other than the obvious fact)

It's not like I have never had people interested in me. But somehow, I always manage to not be anything at all with them. Oh yes, I flirted and had flings aplenty, but none was ever serious. None was ever leading to anything.

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And I had god knows how many one sided crushes. None of the guys that I had ever taken fancy on had any fancy at all for me. I have no idea how many times I had been friend-zoned by these guys. But I guess, I learned to live with it shortly after. except for that one time. 

I had a humongous one-sided crush on someone who doesn't like me back - for 4 freaking years!! He stringed me along with no definite answer all those time. Deep down, I must've known he doesn't feel a thing for me, but I kept waiting anyway. And it took me another 3 years to completely get him out of my system which one whole year of it consisting of totally severing contact or connection with him. I lost not only my love, but also my best friend. Now, he is too much out of my system that I don't feel anything at all when it comes to him. Just plain politeness is all. I guess, no matter how much I try, I would never get that best friend I used to have again and the thing is, I never really tried.

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And it's not that there were never any advances made by guys for me. But none of them caught my interest, and some is just too plain creepy. Don't get me wrong, I did try to open up and try to get to know them. But that's just the problem. After getting to know them, I didn't and couldn't like them. Even-though I try to give them chances, I would always stop myself due to the bad taste of having to pretend. And it just would not be fair for both of us. Until that one guy, I decided to take a leap of faith on despite him being somewhere I can't possibly reach (overseas).

I used to have this sort-of a boyfriend. Well, that's what he said I can call him - my boyfriend. He expresses interest, and said "love" so many times I have lost count. Asking me to trust him, and that he would NEVER change his mind. Telling me that he would always love me. But he too disappeared on me. "Kapish" just like that. at first a month of no news, there were apologies and promises that it would not happen again, but then it goes to a couple of month, and again, and now, it has been half a year with no news, no calls, not even a text, or fb msg. NOTHING. Heck, we never even officially broke up. He just, well, disappeared, like he never existed - I guess, he never did. A guy so perfectly and seemingly compliments me (in terms of thoughts and ideals) someone who is blessed with good looks and good background, with a mind that I can respect and who just so happens totally adores me. I guess he can just be a result from my over-reactive imagination.

So I was left with an empty shell hanging from an invisible thread. The best part of it (or the worst) is that I'm actually looking at that shell hanging from my ceiling everyday, from the outside but feeling the hollowness of it inside me.

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Like I said, I  don't have a boyfriend, not even a crush or a love interest right now.
Heck, I don't think anyone have set an eye on me at all and actually, vice-versa too.

Maybe, taking up on my dad's offer is not such a bad idea after all.
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HECK NO!!

lol~ seriously, even if it kills me, I will not be so desperate for men.
Sure, it would be nice to have a significant other, but I have no plan of losing myself while looking for it. And I am quite sure I am doing well enough fending for my self.

And to my I-have-no-idea-if-you-are-still-my-boyfriend-or-not. I am declaring myself single and available now. If you read this and find that you still "love" me, well buddy, you would have a lot of work to do to try and win me back. (Aw shucks. I sound so vindictive. lols. Don't really care) Cause I promised myself this:

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And I'm planning to totally fulfill that promise. and oh yeah,

Seriously, I will. Try me.

Sincerely,
Bratty even when I'm eighty,

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Oh so Drama!

Hello everyone!

How have life been treating you? Me? At first I thought life had been tough. I was tested with all sorts of problems and heartaches to the point that I felt like crying helplessly - but the thing is, being in the situation I was, I could not even afford the luxury of crying.

But throughout that trying times, I thank Allah that He made me realize that I was blessed with great people surrounding me. My friends, my employers, my colleague, my family - having everyone around me that is so supportive and understanding, I was able to brave it through and face my day with smile and laughter. - Yup Brat had to pretend to grow up a bit. heheh~

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When the Brat Meets Three Most Random Guys on Blogosphere~

Okay, that didn't really happen. lol. I just thought I should share this awesome little cartoon made by Aki Borneo. The faces are all Ernest's drawing but the rest is Aki's.

When the not-so-Brats meet - Rendezvous with Ernest & Aki

Last Thursday Brat meets with other brats from the blogosphere. Well, sorta-brat-like.

I met with AKI BORNEO and ERNEST!!! How cool was that!

Ernest: *cough *cough

Brat: Still not well yet?

Ernest: I'm good for two hours. 

Aki: (patting Ernest's back #bromance)

A Merdeka Post by the Brat

Hari ini brat nak buat satu 'post' dalam Bahasa Melayu. Bersempena dengan sambutan kemerdekaan yang ke 53 ni, brat nak memakmurkan Bahasa Kebangsaan kita dalam blog Brat. Mungkin rasa nya berbeza, tapi asasnya tetap sama.

Selama ini, Brat belum pernah menulis dalam Bahasa. Bukan kerana Brat tidak boleh atau tidak bangga menulis dengan Bahasa Kebangsaan kita, tetapi selain daripada tempat Brat meluahkan perasaan, blog ini juga merupakan suatu platform untuk Brat berlatih Bahasa Inggeris Brat. 'Omputeh' kata "practice makes perfect". Tak salah kan?

Mungkin Brat hanyalah sekadar seorang anak muda yang adakalanya nakal dan seolah-olah terlupa akan asal usulnya. Tetapi, sebenarnya Brat ni agak patriotik. Tak percaya? Sungguh. Brat suka nak menghayati sejarah, kadangkala, bila mendengar cerita tentang perjuangan atuk nenek moyang kita dulu bertungkus lumus menentang penjajah, terasa sayu dan sebak. Apatah lagi bila tengok anak-anak muda sekarang, bertungkus-lumus dan berkejaran untuk menjadi seperti penjajah, dan terus mengagungkan mereka.

Cukup bab sedih. Brat nak cerita pasal satu pertandingan reka poster dekat Fakulti Brat. Ada beberapa poster yang sangat menarik perhatian Brat. Maaf kualiti gambar yang agak teruk. Brat cuma ambil gambar dengan kamera di telefon bimbit, jadi kualitinya agak kurang.

Poster yang paling Brat suka,

Karya - Azhani binti Amir

Selain dari itu, beberapa poster lain yang sangat simbolik, bermakna dan cantik pada Brat;

Karya - tak ingat lah. Nanti Brat semak balik ye.

Karya - Emm.. nanti Brat kena semak balik juga.

Karya - Mazlin Aisha binti Zainal Abidin

Karya - Ahmad Fazley Ahmad Suhaimi

Cantik bukan? Banyak lagi karya-karya yang sama menarik di pamerkan di Fakulti Brat. Selain cantik, apa yang Brat suka adalah penghayatan erti kemerdekaan dan konsep 1 Malaysia dalam poster-poster tersebut.

Satu peringatan dari Brat, kita semua tidak kira bangsa, agama, warna kulit dan kepercayaan, adalah rakyat Malaysia. Kita semua berada dalam satu kapal. Andainya kapal ini tenggelam, tiada seorang pun antara kita akan terselamat. Hargailah kemerdekaan yang kita ada. 53 tahun mungkin terasa lama, tapi, jika dibanding dengan beratus-ratus tahun kita dibawah jajahan asing, apakah cukup kebebasan selama 53 tahun itu?

Selamat hari Merdeka, dari Brat,

Randomness of A Bratty Brat

No mood. So, I'm doing a random post extracted from Shreko's blog

20 Random things about the Bratty Brat.

1. I'm such a contradiction that I myself not sure which is me. Example, my personality test shows that I am a free-spirited person that doesn't like to be bound by rules, but I am also a person who follows rules and rarely break it.

2. I don't like mayonnaise, dairy milk, yogurt and cheese. the only cheese I eat is mozzarella that is cooked and dairy milk that I do drink is chocolate flavors

 

Ergh... hate it (eggs are okay though)

3. I love Dark chocolates, and I hate White chocolates (because of point 2)

4. I am a taekwondo -black belt holder (Dan1) but I haven't been practicing for almost 3 years. And I had been in the tournament 5-6 times got 4 medals out of it.

Haiiiyaaa!!