bowling practice!!! xD


Tuesday, October 31, 2006

so.. last nyte.. after hearing dat i'm going 4 a tournament on 5hb.. my dad suggested me to go practice wif my team mates.. so me ajak laa B-La.. alang2 ajak die sowank, beq ajak sume.. so i invite all my geng.. Syaza n Ain.. but only Ain jek cant go.. no trans.. n +, she's kinda xinterest at ol.. naaarrhh.. xkesah pown.. huhu~

then we went there.. we as in me, b-la, buzz, syaza.. n alifah... she in to0.. after b-la n buzz ajak2 ayam dgn die.. xsgke she'll say 'positive-words'.. huhu~ xpe laa.. team mates.. xkesah..
n owh! soe alifah!! i came late to da bowling centre.. i promised her 3.30pm.. but i were there at 4pm.. my dad laa.. he went to bank 1st.. then bru ameq me.. dh lmbt jadiknyer..
when i arrived.. i saw she came out of her car.. wif a big = ( on her face.. n walking lik feeling angry.. alaa.. tunggu skjap pon xkn xley kot! bknnyer 1jam pon ko tunggu kn.. haihzz...!

i took some photos too.. hehe.. but it still in buzzel's camera.. so i'll give u later k.. i'll pomish!

4 a 1st timer, buzzel was quite okeyh laa.. better than alifah lagi.. she's entered the last tournament wif me rmmbr? so she should be bttr than a beginner.. but she didnt.. not her luck kot.. lgpon.. die emo!
ermm.. me? dunt ask!! i suck! i didnt played it 4 the past 3-4 months... so wat u expect?!

but still.. i didnt really feeling frustrated tho.. cuz my geng make it a blast!! we had so so much fun.. altho losing.. huhu~ cuz we were laughing n laughing n more laughing while playing.. hahahaha~ syiok2!!

but da mood kinda broken by alifah.. cuz she lik "knape neh?!!! asyik senget jek.. masok longkang".. die kn mcm Mrs. Perfect.. kalo bley die nak terel dlm sume bnde.. but since she's suck in bowling(now), she was turning emo! probs yg die alami juge mendorong emonesh die.. she got dis prob.. dunno wat laa.. kalo taw pown, mls nak cite.. xde kne mengena pown.. hohoho~

errmm.. we went home at bout 6.00++pm... alifah, still emo.. we? feeling euphoria! hahaha~
pelik kn? kalah pon ske.. xP

Hepi iZ oUr sTyLe laA~~ xD

teach col me? adoi!!


Monday, October 30, 2006

my class teacher, Cg Salbiah.. suddenly call me few minutes ago.. at 1st i damn2 shocked, when my sish(she's da 1 picked up da fon) said, "adik, cikgu adik.. haiyo0"... i didnt quite believe her tho.. cuz, i think da teacher will nvr eva2 col me.. shocking!! suprising!! i wonder wat she's going to say to me.. adoi~~
here's da dialog.. kindof..

Cg. Salbiah : Alina.. hah.. awk dh bebrape ari xdtg skola neh..
Me : *sengih2*
Cg. Salbiah : ermm.. sy nak btaw awk neh........
Me : (adui!! pe neh.. jgn la die nak warn aku xdtg skola seminggu)
Cg. Salbiah : yg awk masok bowling tuk Karnival RK kat JB 4,5,6 hb neh.. sbb awkkn dlu masok tournament kn.. buleyh?
Me : (fiuuuhh~~~ igtkn pe td) errr2.. buleyh... spe lgi pegi cikgu?
Cg. Salbiah : ermm.. alifah.. balqis.. dan farah izni...
Me : (ow sh*t! sume xngam ngan aku neh.. cari idea cpat!!!!)... hah cikgu!~ nabilah azman terel maen cikgu.. die slalu maen kat mlake.. masokkn die r cikgu...
Cg. Salbiah : o0w.. die terer ek.. hah~ buleyh la.. masokkn die.. awk bgtaw die laa buleyh?
Me : buleyh2.. (yesh2!!!!! kaowtim! setel! de pown geng)
*talking2* -not important stuff.. mind ur own bussiness laa-
Cg. Salbiah : okeyh laa.. sok jmpe sy ek..
Me : okeyh2.. timaseyh cg.. slamat ari raye!!

+++ sentences in da bracket ( ) iz wat i'm saying in my mind..

so dat's how it goes.. haha~ i'm going to JB laa dis friday.. miahaha~ cronok2!! b-la pown dh stuju nak join g sne.. yipeeee~~~

oPen hoUz in My cRib!!!


Thursday, October 26, 2006

itz da 2nd day of raye.. my dad said itz our open houz day.. since i was feeling feverish last nyte, so i invite my fwens to come along today.. sadly, no 1 was home.. there were all bz going to relatives' n blk kg.. herrmm... so my fwens xde la dtg my open houz... cideyhs! = (

it started at noon.. we should get da nasi beriani at 12 toh.. but the (wat to call huh? org yg masak n jual nasi briani tu? pham2 sndiri jek ar..) sent at 'bout 1pm.. o0o0.. he so x punctual!!!! huhu.. i kno la dat i do lik sometimes be like dat? hahaha~ me pown xpunctual.. tp xde ar smpai 1hour kn... tu terok naw!

then.. when it finally arrived.. i looked into the big big giant periuk of nasi.. wooooaaawwhhh!!!! gle manyak ar nasi die.. neh bpe ribu org mkn neh?!! mantap gle arh ckp..i think if u c pown u'll shocked taw..

sepjg2 majlis tu kn.. me byk gak tlg2 taw.. not lik me kecik2 dlu.. huhu~ taw maen ngan kazen2 jek kat ats.. my mom n sish yg pnat2 g uruskn sume.. now me dh besau.. kne la tlg.. kalo xnnti, de org(my sish) complain2 ngan my mom.. ngadew2!!~ >= b
i help a lot la gak.. washed da plates.. served da foods.. bancuh air... pecah2kn ice.. errmm.. pe lagi?? chewah!!~ xD

after the open houz kindof finished.. my dad saw dat the nasi was too2 much wasting.. so he started packing2.. he tapau sume2, ervything.. clean!!! just in a split sec.. erkk.. bohong sgt plak.. in a split hour.. ade ke idioms cmtu?? haha~ balon jek ar.. huhu~ tp yg penting... caya la ayah!!
but ade la save sket 4 da soon-arrived-guest lik Famy sefamily... n us sefamily.. my family pon nak mrase gak nasi briani yg kami tempah... hehe~ but till now, i dunno to whom he gave da nasi briani.. huhuhu~ mls nak ameq kesah.. xP

later.. 'bout 9am.. Famy sefemily dtg... lmbt die dtg.. biase laa.. Pak Lang kne uros2 kn station dlu kn.. lik my dad gak..
he tried my selfmade-kueh raye.. die kate.. "buleyh laa".. huhu~ tp mmg ar.. my kueh raye tu.. luaran die buwok gle.. tp dlman.. fuuhh!! dap taw.. huhu~ ye2 jek.. = b

feeling tired la 2nyte.. cuz seharian tlg menolong di dapor.. fuuuhh~~ gtg~ nyte2~

itz raya tyme!!!


Tuesday, October 24, 2006

today iz raye.. yeay2... xsgke! 30days of fasting iz finally over.. so fast huh?! gonna mish Ramadhan.. =P

uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~ but i'm sick!! i had a fever.. a bad one.. so sad laaa.. i woke up today at 6am.. n find out, my throat iz badly hurt.. my body felt hot.. headache.. n my voice was change!!!! uwwawawawawa~~ help me!!!
i ate 2pills of medicine after telling my mom dat i'm sick.. she gave me those pills.. i then went back to sleep.. n yeay! my fever had become much2 better when i woke up.. weeeeeeeeee~~
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ate raye dish.. (dish yg my mom cook ystrday tuwh) delicious!!! fabulous! huhu~

dad asked to take photos.. but the camera wat hal plak! sengal sggh... no batt.. my bro went n bought the batteries.. he bought Panasonic's.. mne laa tahan!! so he has to go back to the shop n buy the 5x kuase Energizer.. kesian dye..
after all the probs settle..we took photos of family... me n my sish kept argue wif dad bout taking photos using a pro cameraman.. my dad refuse to do so.. cuz he said wasting money.. +, "beli kamera mahal2.. kalo xpkai pe gune.." owh dad~
after dat.. me n my sibs salam mak ayah... minx ampon sume.. n received dwit raye.. at first i got only RM60.. but then i said "knape lgi sket dr taon lpas??".. my dad pown tnye "taon lpas brape?".. so i answer "RM100 laa".. so then, he gave me another RM50.. ahaha~ so, the total are RM110.. yeay2~~

mom said atok iz already in kg.. i'm surprise! cuz dah lme gle2 he didnt go back to his houz.. he stays in Mak Long's.. yeay2 again..!!! dpt pown blk kg.. igtkn taon neh raye kat umah sndiri jek.. muhsan... + jelesh tgk my fwens sume dpt blk kg... hek hek~
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arrived in kg.. after an hour in da slow motion moving car... the traffic was okeyh.. just other cars.. slow gle bwk!! tensyen sggh!!!
we went by 2 cars.. i follow my bro, wif kak Nina skali.. Kak Olin follow dad, wif mom.. dad's car iz so far ahead.. my dad drive so laju woo~ my bro.. hermm.. so.. adeyh! so slow laa.. haiyo0 abg!! i think.. i arrived bout 30minutes after dad.. lmbt2!

kat kg.. de Mak Itam sefamily.. Pak Uteh sefemily.. n atok.. n my other kazens... not many pown.. sedeyhs!

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got back home.. feeling sick again! urghh!!~ +_+"
but after eating the pills.. feeling better.. dats y i'm here.. writing dis blog.. durrhhh~~

just now.. i saw fireworks... so so so so so beautiful!!!! f.y.i, i love to c fireworks.. my head feel kinda better now after watching the 47seconds of firework.. hohoho~

mo tdo cpat mlm neh.. takot dmm melarat.. btw, sok my houz de wat open houz.. jmpotlah dtg! masok percuma.. huhu~ my fwens also wanna come along.. besh nyer!! but my bf, B-La iz not here.. she's in her atok's houz.. so she may not going to make it.. sad~ *sob* = <
but sekurang2 nyer Buzzel will come.. yeay~~ =D

tata~~ hope to feeling better 2morow!! = )

wat kueh raye!! xD


yeay2!!~~ xD
dpt bwat kueh ghaye... hahaha~~ cronok!! igtkn xdpt wat dis year.. dpt jugek akhirnye... hehe~

i woke up earlied than ussual today.. cuz me n my sish, Nina, are planing to make som kueh raye.. i saw her wearing jeans n shirt rite after i took my bath... i thought she's going somwhere wif her frens.. rupe2 nyer, nak ajak me g kdai.. hak hak~ to buy the ingredients for moms cook n our baking-kueh-raye.. ehehe~

we went to 3 dif. shops... 1st, dad's.. as olwez la kn.. then to the Chinese grocery shop.. i dunno wat to call the shop akceli.. hak hak~ but since it is manage by a chinese family, so i call laa it Chinese grocery shop.. haha~we went there in a hope to buy the pelita.. (sok dah nak raye, bru nak beli pelita ek.. hahaha~) but xde plak.. kecewa dong.. so my sish decided to go to Pak Haji shop.. huhu~ the name of the shop iz invented by my mom akceli.. huhu~ it iz bcoz the shop iz manage by a old man, n the shop sell all the kitab2 n stuff(b4 laa).. now he sell ol kind of things.. i mean, lotsa kind.. multi-seller la sng cite... haha~ back to the story.. intially, we saw no pelita hanging outside the shop.. so thought the pelita was sold out o somting.. i just looking 4 comics akceli in there.. then xsgke plak, my sish nmpk de pelita kinda hiding in som place.. so pe lagi! we bought it laaa.. yeay2!!!! dpt pelita~ weeeee~ n we bought also 2comics.. hohoho~

arrived home! baked the kueh.. u probably asking me, wat kind of kueh iz we make rite.. haha~ simple one laa.. so ashmed to tell.. xP
it's only kueh cornflake.. so damn easy to make!! the kueh iz kinda lik my family tradition kueh.. huhu~ cuz since i was so small, i mean real2 small, my mom only baked dis kueh.. no other kueh! yg neh jek ar.. but dis year, my mom xsmpat mo wat.. my sish n i saje nak cobe2 wat sndiri.. surprisingly!!! it was nice + delicious!! haha~ not bad huh?! (tp sbnarnyer de gak yg hangus sket.. hahahaha~)

after dat... my sish n i, helped my mom preparing the laok for raye.. lodeh.. kuah kcg.. daging curry.. errrmm.. dapnyer!!!! huhuhu~

da bad news... i feel lik having a fever laa.. haiyo0~~ pala sudah pening.. tekak juga manyak sakit woo.. adoi2!!! tomorow dah raye.. how?!?!?! +_+"

at nyte.. my sishs decorate som raye cards.. paste 'em on da wall.. lik we used to.. evy year.. annual tradition.. ahaha~ yo la sgt..

pray i'm xgoing to b sick k..!!

break fast in Mak Yam's Crib..


Monday, October 23, 2006

holaa~

me went to Melaka today.. break fast wif sdare(family Mak Yam)
thought going shopping b4 arrived at Mak Yam's houz.. errmm.. but we(my family) boarded late... so x shopping!! then.. thought going shopping after da dinner.. ermm.. but still xshopping!! uwawawawa~~ cideyh!! T_T

met Fahmy there.. i didnt even think he'll b there... haha~ kinda surprise laa..
atok also there.. Pak Cik Hamzah sefemily also there.. of coz lah Mak Yam sefaily iz there.. since it is her houz kn! adeyhs...

otw home.. i feel kinda odd... had a headache.. n feel kinda cold.. hope i dont fall sick.. the raye iz just in 2 days.. bertahan!!!!!!!

my xtvties in a day..


Saturday, October 21, 2006

today.. i finally helped mom to clean up her QueenAnne collection.. after about 4-5times she asking me to do so.. hohoho~ i'm notty at home rmmbr?? xD
i used a som kind of cloth to wipe 'em.. the cloth iz gewd!! i mean real gewd.. it shines up mom Queen Annes in seconds.. kewl~

again.. i'm being notty.. mom asked me to get ready to go to the barber shop.. tok beli mknan.. haha~ sengal! tuk gunting gmbot lerw!! durhh~
i got ready so late till its started raining.. mom is "tgk! ko lmbt sgt siap.. smpai dah ujan dah.. cmne nak turon masok kdai neh?? heiisshzz".. huhu~ but i kno.. deep in her heart.. she still love me.. altho i'm her nottiest children... ahaha~~ xD

so.. then i got my hair cut.. it so short now.. haha~ till i cant make any ponytails more.. hoho~ my bfs sume dah cut their hair shorts.. so its my turn.. akceli dah rimas sgt dah pon ngan long2 hair neh.. bknnyer pndai jage pon.. haha~ kantoi!! tu r.. xmo pkai Pantene mcm 'DATIN'Ct Nurhaliza a.k.a bini Dato' K b'misai... kekeke~~ (c.. i'm being frenetic! karut marot sume)

after getting my hair cut, i thought mom going to drove straight home.. but no she didnt..! n y? cuz her fwens said dat Tjg. Emas de wat bazar kueh raye.. huh?! she want to buy kueh raye again? i thought the cabinet now is FULL of it.. haihsz.. but ackeli, me still want to go.. huhu~ cuz it's not only bazar kueh raye jek ade.. there's expo too.. hehe~ but believe me.. i wont buy anything there without my dad's cash around.. my mom iz stingy.. she keeps saving all the money in the bank.. she love the bank more than us(my family)!! owh mom~~
so i kinda just look2 around to c if there's somting i might b intereting of, its just for me to dream of buying it.. heehh~ dissapointly there none~
only mom, she bought 2 kueh raye.. RM10 each.. her fwen said it RM13 b4 dis.. so the conclusion; the price of the kueh raye is decreasing through times.. in Malay; semakin nak raye, semakin murah la kuih raye ini.. haha~ i told mom.. "mak, nntikn pas raye, ntah RM5 jek die jual.. cuz xlaku".. haha~

at nyte.. i wacthed 2 korean vcds.. 'Happy Day' n '100days wif Mr. Arrogant"..watched wif Olin, my older sish.. she's home since Thursday kot.. if not mistaken.. xP
the movies was great.. xcept "Happy Day", staring Jang Nara.. its not the movie iz not gewd.. it's just bcoz the subtitle iz like sengal!! it's hard to understand! but it think the movie iz still great tho, without ambil berat pesal subtitles tu..

nyte2~~ n_n

I Learned 'Bout True Patience..


Sunday, October 15, 2006

i went to skewl ystrday... so bored.. done noting!~ read sum magazines n comics.. played sudoku.. n watch cd.. guess wat film.. My Heart!! urghh.. lameooo!!!
at first.. my teacher want to play The Incredible(cartoon).. WT*... then 1 of The Serom, Izyan Afifi, asked Cg. Zarina if she can play vcd she bought.. Ghost story if x mistaken.. urgh! WT* again! then the gurlz from my klaz(majority) kept screaming "My heart.. My heart r cikgu"... rupe2 nyer, c Dinie de bwk vcd nyer.. patut laa!!
so the teacher pon, "okeyh2!".. i actually didnt watch it b4.. so i kinda xcited at 1st.. but then, my BF, B-La said "my heart.. cite ni lembab.. buhsan jek.. mls r aku nak tgk lgi".. so i guess her word had control my mind too.. so, i didnt watch it..! durrhh~~


okeyh.. here is the inception of the story that connected to the title.. when me n my BFs waited outside for our ride to go home come, i suddenly start scratching my hands.. n y?? cuz my alerginess is coming back.. i had my alergicness dis morning actually.. but i thought it's going to be okeyh after i taking a few pills when sahur.. but it isnt! damn pills..! so when i got back, it become hell worst!! b4 i got home, my mom sempat lgi singgh bank.. urgh!! dis alergicness is damn killing me mom! plz hurry up...!!! as i got into my room, i looked into the mirror.. n wow! my face bcome red(as expected).. my hand n my legs too.. oowhh great! it just so 'GREAT'.. if i got dis type of alerginecness, i will sure to take the medicine A.S.A.P.. but i'm fasting rmmbr!!!! so i cant do anything else than waiting for magrib to break my fast wif pills.. from here.. i learned the real thing on How To Be Patience..

b4 Magrib, i went to bath.. as the alergicness makes me feel kinda hot too.. n surprisingly.. my alergicness become much2 better.. i dont feel any itchyness at all... ooww God!! thanx!!!! but it doesnt stayed for long.. after i break my fast.. it came back.. so i asked my mom to tell my dad dat i really2 do need a doctor here.. my dad n i then went to Dr. Ming's clinic.. he gave me a shot.. he lied btw.. he said the shot going to be lik an ant bite.. but it wasnt!! siot jek Dr. Ming neh.. but thanx to him too, i recovered from my alergicness.. huhu~ hehe~

so dat nyte.. i slept soundly.. zZzZzZzZz..

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going to KL kjap lgi.. meeting my sibs.. going to break fast wif them.. so got to jet.. mom is yelling(as always).. taaaaaaaaa~~

sad + shocking news eva!


Monday, October 09, 2006

i forget to write bout dis ysterday.. hehe~ so here it is..

yesterday.. while OTW back from Golf Club (in da car), my mom got a msg from an anynomous.. she kept thinking bout it till we got home.. i think its probably her fwen tho... but dats not the point.. continue the story.. the msg appear to be lik dis..

' jgn terkejut.. Zizah Adam meninggal dunia ptg td kemalangan'

so.. my mom iz lik.. 'wat?!!'.. n i kept questioning her, ' wat is in da msg dat u've read? '.. she told me dat her fren, Cg. Zizah, passed away dis evening coz of accident.. died wif her daughter too.. n i was so damn shocked!! her daughter, Nad, is my senior in skewl 2 years ago (b4 she got to move to Simpang Renggam).. they're also Farahin's n Kak Fiza's neighbour f.y.i...

then.. when we arrived home,
my mom started calling her frens.. Cg. Salwa, Sadiq's mom, said.. the accident was terrible.. till the Bomba haf to cut the car out.. they collide wif a LORRY.. imagine dat! but still, Nad's dad iz orite.. alive i mean..
i msged Sadiq too.. he said dat his family is a good fren of Cg. Zizah's family.. Cg. Zizah iz lik his own mother, n Nad iz lik his own sish.. so apparently he's kinda sad.. poor Sadiq..
Cg. Zizah's son, Badrulamin, is in Army College when it happened.. he is same age wif me.. he must be really2 damn shocked when he hears dis news.. pity him.. i felt sory for him.. he has to continue his life without his beloved mom n sish around him.. herrmm... i cant imagine if dat happen to me.................

Inalilah~ AL-FATIHAH~

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went to MP dis evening.. bought some stuff.. 2 t-shirts, a hanfon case(Nightmare b4 X-mas.. love it!!), n a fon chain.. break our fast in Kenny Rogers.. -end-

meeting 2 cute guys in a day.. lucky me!!


Sunday, October 08, 2006

Today, i went to MRSM for Kecenderungan Test(somting lik dat laa..)
Met my old-primary skewl frens.. lik Farhah, Ain Hazeeqa, Atikah Jeffry.. they looked so-not-change.. if i'm not mistaken, Ain n Farhah iz still not growing taller.. huhu~ is not dat i disparage them... it just...... urgh.. forget wat i said..

N i also met(not actually met, just saw) my crush, when i was bout 11.. haha~ gatai! xP
I've met him b4 in camp RK 05.. but dis tyme, he looked more matured n taller.. n ehem~ cuter to0.. haha~ his hair is SPIKE! u kno how much i love spike-hair-guy.. huhu~ <3>dissapointed
a bit at dat tyme.. i hate smoker rmmbr??
~1 CUTE GUY~

So then.. i met Rizal to0.. no actually met, but kinda 'selisih jln'.. i think he didnt even notice me tho.. cuz dat tyme, ppl r bz getting in da hall.. still, i thanx God he didnt notice me.. feeeewwh~ *relieve*

saw some familiar faces.. lik Faiz(boastful boy), Zahin(the *** boy), n etc...

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break my fast in Golf Club wif Uncle Yahya, Aunty Abrizah n his son, Abg Is.. he's cute! haha~ he just got back from oversea, studying for Master, if i'm not mistaken.. he's on 25 tho.. so so educated!! n cute(again).. haha~
~2 CUTE GUY~

chow! taaaaaaaa~

PMR is OVER...!!!


Saturday, October 07, 2006

i start off my blog wif dis post.. i've been bz b4 my PMR.. bz studying.. haha~ i'm x actually into it tho.. my mom keep forcing me to do so.. but nGee~ thanx mom.. bcoz, without u, i can imagine how i'll be in the xm hall.. huhu~


so u ask me my current mood now, i'll sure to giv u the 'happy-joyful' answer.. of coz! who wouldn't be hepy after xm iz over??! only a lunatic person will say dat i think..


now.. bout the xm papers.. urgh!! i nvr thought dat such Q will come out.. the Q iz so so unpredictable.. but some do.. but still, how could Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia do dat to us?! (to me especially).. don't they hav sympathize toward us??! okeyh.. mybe some do can answer those Q without problems.. but i dunt think it even touch 40% of the whole Mlysia PMR candidates.. n y am i saying dat? cuz in Malaysia, u still haf to consider the poor in rural places, lyke the hinterland in Sabah Sarawak.. they only got lesson from skewl, n i kno dats x enuf.. (dats y i go for tuition clazz durh!) i felt pity for them.. herrrrrh.. but wut can i do.. i am only a 15years-old girl living in a small town.. x a 30years-old woman working for politics in goverment n such..


so here is a couple of stuff i'm going to do now..
1. pray 4 da besh..
2. enjoi my freedom..
3. hav fun!!!
4. n pray again.. hehe~


n owh yesh.. i received a.. kinda funny-creative msg.. from Amal.. so i thought i share it wif u, blog..

9.30am.. 6 Oktober 2006.. Tarikh bersejarah yg x tercatat dlm buku teks, bagi semua pelajar tingkatan3.. Bendera Penjajahan PMR diturunkan, bermakna kami telah berjaya memperoleh kebebasan .. Perintah 'Darurat-duduk-rumah-study' dimansuhkan.. Perjuangan bermati-matian Dato Seri "gune nme sndiri" akan sentiasa dihargai.. MERDEKA!!

haha~ creative huh? i wonder who created it.. nice job to him/her..




>>> i'm...
..childlike
..blithe
..jovial
..ethusiast
..ragamuffin
..weirdo
..glutton
..idler
..anachronistic
..lunatic
..neurotic
..provocative
..persona non grata
..extraordinary
.....
..ME!!! Alina..









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