I go gaga over coffee!

When the shoes are comfy...

2012-02-12T21:18:00.000-08:00

you just have to buy more than 1. Bought these shoes (are they called platforms or wedges?hmm) from Vincci at RM59. I bought the black pair a few months back with 10% discount. They are just too comfy that I can even go shopwalking at 1Utama from morning till late afternoon. Then I decided that I just need to get another pair since it is always so hard to find good and comfy shoes. I can't wear heels nowadays..so I reckon kalau ada yang dah tau comfy baik beli banyakkkk banyakkkk. The good thing about these shoes is that they have rubber layer so when you walk InsyaAllah tak jatuh kat lantai jenic licin. Something that always happen to me..gagaga.. Thinking of buying another black pair for backup..in case yang hitam sekarang ni rosak nanti dah takde kasut yang comfy lagi :( Takut Vincci dah tak jual lepas ni...oh decisions, decisions. Lol..macam masalah dunia je.. :p

Rack/Organiser from Ikea at RM149 (if I'm not mistaken..can't remember). You can also use this to store clothes or stuff at home that needs to be hidden/organised. For me, I use this to keep our shoes. :)

Voila! My all time fave for now. Simple and comfy :) Maybe I should get another extra pair..just in case.

Fig and Olive, Sunway Pyramid

2012-02-12T18:37:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday I went for a sisters' day out with lil sis. Since both of us didn't have breakfast we decided to have an early lunch..brunch that is.I though of just having some roti bakar with coffee first and maybe have lunch a little later. Pyramid is way too big now and they have many kopitiams..Papparich, Georgetown White Coffee and some other place. We went in all 3 tapi tak jadi beli apa-apa. Most kopitiams are more or less the same nowadays..kalau ada Uncle Lim's for sure dah masuk dah. Papparich tak berapa minat sangat after I tried it twice at Sek 13 here. I find the price is a tad expensive but tastewise a bit on the downside. The drinks are yummy but nasi lemak memang fail.

So anyway, jalan punya jalan..we initially wanted to eat at Chicken Rice Shop (I'm quite a fan of this joint) and then changed our minds when we saw this resto called Fig and Olive. Lil sis said she tried the place (she had spaghetti of some sort) before and was quite all right. I was all into the new place sebab nampak macam best.

There was a whole array of food and of course all of them had some form of olive in them..they had lamb something, chicken with rice, seafood platter which looked oh-so-yummy and the list goes on!..but we only ordered 2 mugs of cafe latte at RM5.50 each and a starter (something like triplePlay at Chilis) priced at RM28.90. The starter had brushchettas, baguette with chicken ham slices and cheese, chicken drummets, fish fingers (fresh and no fishy taste) and coleslaw served with mayo and lemon.

One thing that sort of gave me a scary feeling that the place was going to be no good was when I saw the lady making the lattes, threw away one that she had prepared and did a new one. Bad sign..bad sign. Mesti tak sedap latte dia..the lattes came, looked so-so tapi the taste was ok.

Verdict : so-so. Maybe the mains would be better because they all looked so yummy in the menu so can give it a second try.

If you want to give it a try, it's located at the opposite of Chicken Rice Shop, same row as Georgetown White Coffee if I'm not mistaken. Can't remember which floor though.

Clockwise: coleslaw, brushchetta (lazy to google correct spelling..baguette and tomatoes), baguette topped with chicken ham and cheese, chicken drummet, fish fingers.

Spaghetti aglio olio with prawns and veggies

2012-02-08T21:03:00.000-08:00

Yeah...me in the kitchen? Memang amazing..but I have to say I have grown leaps and bounds over the past few months. Budak baru belajar la katakan. I have learned how to make curry walaupun kadang-kadang I felt like there was something off with the taste..masak lemak cili api pun is so-so. For now, I have to abstain from cooking things with santan..less santan, more veggies.

Hubs likes to eat the aglio olio style spaghetti and since he can't eat food with chilli for the time being, jadi terpaksalah masak kurang or no chilli for now. As for me I love babycorns..love it because they are so sweet and nice to eat :) So campak nearly every single sayur that I find in the fridge..Also it's a good menu whenever I am lazy to cook up a storm (storm sangat ke?).

Of course you need the main ingredient - spaghetti :). A dash of EVOO to avoid the spaghetti from sticking together and a good pinch of salt for flavouring.

Diced onions, garlic, capsicum (for the colour and a bit of flavour), prawns, snowpeas, babycorn, diced potatoes, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO made famous by Rachel Ray) and pepper. Bough the pepper grinder from Aino Living at Empire for RM9.90. Cute eh?

The final output. I combined EVOO with normal cooking oil sebab I don't quite like the taste of EVOO. Tapi bila makan kat luar takde pulak bau and rasa olive tu kuat sangat. Anyone can recommend a good brand of EVOO? The snowpeas are really crunchy and sweet..yumms..

How much is too much? Duit hantaran punya pasal..

2012-02-06T02:12:00.000-08:00

Getting married nowadays is not cheap. That is not news. Just over the weekend we went lepakking with our family consisting of cousins, aunties and seorang rose among the thorn because Hubs was the only man around.
Found out a relative was getting married...A boy who is relatively quite young, just graduated and only recently working (read: tak sampai 2 tahun i think) and earning a stable income. The future wife, also relatively young and has been working for a while although still not that long as well.
What came as a shock was how much the girl's family asked for the dowry, duit hantaran masa bertunang. I fully understand that the market rate for girls with a degree and a good job is possibly around RM8k to however much the boy can afford to fork up. Tapi for someone who is not from the city (no offense) and is not that high up yet in her career..mintak hantaran sampai 5 digit tu agak tak logic. And before even asking for this price, takkan ke tak consider keluarga lelaki and bakal husband tu samada mampu atau tidak?
1. mampu untuk come up with the wang hantaran
2.mampu untuk fork up money for the kenduri on their side
3.mampu untuk hidup after marriage..habis tu kalau semua dah habis kat wang hantaran, nak makan ape lepas kawin?

I have no issues with any amount of wang hantaran, tinggi melangit pun takpe..as long as BOTH of them can afford it and can afford the life after marriage. Zaman sekarang, you can't leave everything to the men..we need to participate in generating income for the family as well, kalau nak hidup moderately well.

If the husband to be comes from a well off family and he can reallllly afford berapa banyak pun wang hantaran - then go ahead. Nak mintak emas permata intan berlian sampai ke lengan kaki semua, go ahead. No one would say anything. And now, being placed in this situation..everyone's not at ease with the girl and the girl's family. Zaman sekarang bukan macam dulu-dulu..if the girl knows him well, she should at least tell her family that for example.: RM9000 is the only amount that the hubs to be can afford. Kalau nak jugak RM15000, tak payahla kawin..or tunang jelah sampai 2 tahun. Mana nak cari that much money with 6 months? You tell me. Nikah kahwin ni bukan untuk menyusahkan mana-mana pihak..kena jugak ukur baju di badan sendiri. Kalau cukup duit just for yang wajib saja i.e.: nikah and makan-makan after nikah, so be it. Tak salahpun. When permintaan is melampaui affordability..you just have to rethink, is it even worth to get married in the first place?

Note: an emotional post sebab terasa kesian on behalf of my aunt. Senang-senang carik jelah bunga lain dik..ramai lagi yang tak over the top. Nanti tetiba masa tunang ke nikah ke, dia upkan lagi there and then depan orang ramai without initial warning, siapa yang susah?

Makan activity at Cafe Barbera

2012-01-31T02:04:00.000-08:00

I have never liked going to Sunway Pyramid (masa dating-dating dulu lain because there was no place else near shah alam) only because it is so packed nowadays and it is so hard to find parking. So sometimes, we'll just have dinner at the restos located on the outside so that we can use the jockey parking service (more like park sendiri and pay RM10 for the first 5 hours).

Anyhow, this is about the makan place we went to last Sunday..Yeap, makanla apelagi :) I was first introduced to Cafe Barbera by a colleague. The one she brought me to was the one in Bangsar..ambience wise, the outlet in Bangsar is much nicer.

We searched high and low for CB in Sunway Pyramid..jalan punya jalan..we located the place (thanks to google and no thanks to the location map/info board at SP) which is located at the Ground Floor, outside of Parkson. I don't know how to describe it..basically if you find the perfume counters in Parkson, searched for the entrance (entrance into Sunway Pyramid via Parkson) and you will find CB.

CB in a nutshell serves Italian style food.. you can google for more info. Love the coffee..cuma the SP outlet tak pandai buat air, too sweet for my liking. My fave food would be the cheesy prawn dip served with toasted baguette. Hubs ordered salmon oglio..they grilled the salmon first i think and served the spaghetti with olive oil, chilli and capers..for a person who does not like salmon, i give this dish a thumbs up. Love the capers! :)

Didn't order any desserts because we were full..i tasted one of their desserts before (banana something) and it was super delish. Last time I had beef pepperoni pizza..memang sedap!

Price wise - hmmm...a bit on the expensive side. 2 drinks, 2 main course, 1 appetizer (the cheesy prawn dip) cost us RM97. Can go eat once in a while..selalu -selalu nanti kurus wallet/purse :)

Salmon oglio and cheesy prawn dip. Yums!

Women & clothes

2012-01-25T00:46:00.000-08:00

Finally got myself to sort our clothes out. I don't have a cupboard..we hang our office and outing attires on these racks and place them in the spare room. The room is considered as our walk-in wardrobe.. :)
Actually I need more of these racks because I think they might collapse any time now..

Women.. we can never have too many clothes now can we? We just love to buy clothes right? As for me, I love to collect baju kurung. Don't know why though..It's not as if I have to attend a wedding ceremony every weekend. I have so many kurungs..I have kurungs for work (read: less bling a.k.a less sequins and glittery stuff)..I have kurungs for weddings/kenduris (read: as many blings as I like!). I also have many dresses which I'm wearing lesser and lesser by the day. Maybe I need to pack them up and send them somewhere.

I need to google for tips on how to organise stuff. I can do it, but not exactly as nice I would like it to be.
Okay, till then..toodles!

Super disorganised! His & Hers wardrobe.

Whack them onto the bed. More like exercising my arms..penat!

Finally! Phew! Hasil of my hard work. Now they are colour co-ordinated. For now! Let's see how long this can last. lol...

Touch 'n' Go rebate..bate..bate..bate..

2012-01-18T18:58:00.000-08:00

Why o why didn't I redeem the Touch 'n' Go points all this while??? You see, I have been working in KL for a good 7 years now. So every single day I will have to travel from Shah Alam-KL-Shah Alam. Besides the RM1.10 toll at Batu Tiga, I use NPE on a daily basis as well because I hate the traffic at Federal Highway. So in a month I normally top up the card between RM270 to RM300. More now because I have the RM1.40 Guthrie toll to go in and out of my housing area.. nak ke Shah Alam area lama pun kena bayar toll.

And only yesterday, did I merajinkan diri to claim the toll rebate. You just need to go to the nearest pejabat tol (what do they call it actually?) and go to the designated counter, bagi card to the person. The person will check the rebate amount and if you agree to claim that round, she/he will include the amount immediately into your touch 'n' go card. Voila! Easy peasy!
I was surprised to see that I have RM155 worth of rebate. They do have a maximum period of months for claiming..if tak claim within 6 months (someone told me, too lazy to google and find out) the redemption points will be burned to ashes. Ah! So I have lost so many ka-ching all this while!

Mental note : rajin-rajinla claim rebate toll.. kalau tak diri sendiri yang rugi :p

When you have a car...

2012-01-17T20:26:00.000-08:00

you will need to spend on a whole lot of stuff. Put aside the routine service that's required from time to time, depending on what car you have, on average we have to spend about RM200 to 400 per service (when there are no major changes needed).

So an on annual basis, I know I have to fork out the ka-ching for these three important things:

1. Renewing my driving licence = RM 60 for 2 years + (RM 15 because the next renewal date is made on my birthday) = RM75

2. Renewal of auto insurance. This time I went with Etiqa as it was the nearest branch available. I did go through MyEg but the system was giving me all sorts of problems that I decided to heck with it, baik pergi over the counter terus. = RM 572.44
3. Renewal of roadtax = RM 70 + RM 2 (service charge or something) = RM 72

Number 1 and 3 were done at the local post office. I just can't do it through MyEg..can't take the system that was always trying to test my patience. Sepuluh juta kali masuk info for my auto insurance tak boleh jugak. So to be safe, I opted for OTC service for all 3.

In total, just this month alone I spent RM720 on those 3 things. It's a known fact for all car owners out there, nak drive sana sini mesti ready-readykan the moolahs every year :) I'm glad I drive a small local car. Can't afford a beemer yet. Lol. I would faint at how much I would have to spend if I have one. :)

Wonder how much you guys spend on yours? An annual exercise that does not make me slim, but makes my purse slim(mer) instead.

Toodles!

Yeay! Completed my first hurdle of the year :)

Women & hair

2012-01-17T02:56:00.000-08:00

There is no doubt that women are vain beings. Kalau tak banyak pun, sikit mesti ada. Tipula kalau lalu shopping mall ke, when you go inside a lift and see the mirror that you never check yourself out. I do that..nampak cermin automatic kena tengok. On my part, I would say that I want to make sure that everything is where it should be..no wardrobe malfunctions. Hehe..

Well, hair and I...hmm.. Sometimes my hair is my own enemy. Don't know when I can stop going for treatments. I envy those with straight or less problematic hair :p
I have to do some touch up on my rebond hair twice a year. Yes, I am blessed with frizzy and degil hair..got it from my dad's genes. Sungguhlah time and money and energy consuming. Tapi kalau tak buat..this hair of mine, will be poofy and so hard to care for.

For some women, they go for the routine visit to the stylist either for some hair treatment, the usual wash + cut + blow, perming, colouring etc. We just want to look good..for our own self and/or our partners (read boyfriend or husband) hence it's a norm to be spending just a little bit on our crowning glory. It depends on the needs and wants of each person. For me, dah bukan wants dah..memang its a need to go through this grueling session twice a year.
Here is what I have to go through each and every single time. Dah tak heran dah..siap boleh discuss dengan stylist how best we could get through the session. hehe.. Roughly the whole process will take about 4 to 4.5 hours.

1. wash
2. the stylist will put some cream on the hair. leave it for 10 minutes
3. wash again
4. the stylist (sometimes 2 stylists will do my hair at the same time..rambut tebal!) will use the hot iron to straighten my hair. This takes the LONGEST time. 30 minutes macam tu.
5. apply the cream that neutralises the first cream.
6. Under the hair steamer for 15 minutes
7. wash AGAIN
8. Blowdry
9. Iron one last time. Tapi the recent one that I went to skipped this part sebab ramai customer. Geram betul. So if lepas cuci in a few days tak straight I will go back to them to redo.

So here is a few pictures of step 5 to 8. Didn't take the ironing part because I was shy..nak snap sana sini, segan. :)

After the ironing. Boleh casting horror flick ni.

Erykah Badu lookalike?

They put on some treatment cream before...

....steaming my hair. I like this part. So soothing :)

AND Voila! The 4 hours torture's done. And no, I was too lazy to snap the end result piccie. Straight hair je, nothing extravagant :)

Women & handbags

2012-01-17T02:23:00.000-08:00

Or should I say, Diana and handbags. One of my weakness is seeing those lovely handbags loitering about. Adeke handbags loiter about? D-uh. Anyhoo, I just love handbags..and I love them big ones because I keep a lot of stuff. There wasn't any yummy handbags at JPO (yummy and affordable..kalau nak suruh beli Michael Kors ke Burberry tu, memang takla). I used to be able to afford buying Coach (way back when I was working overseas and didn't have to pay for the house yet)..and I didn't buy them online. Maybe because I have never had the courage to do so. Wonder if there is any 100% trusted online sellers out there? I mean, I'd buy through recommendation, tapi nak surf cari online seller sendiri tu might be a bit hard.

So anyway, I wanted to try online buying for the first time when I saw these. I LOVE them..especially the first one, the CK. Tapi boleh cepat sangat habis..darn it! And she won't be restocking..aah, what luck. Probably my purse said , 'this is my lucky day, tak keluar ka-ching I harini.'

The normal bag style that I'd go for. I can imagine myself fitting a lot of ~~stuff~~ trash in here..pun habis stock. What luck!

The design that I have waited so long for..sob sob sob..someone was way faster than me in getting this.

Liking things and wanting to have them (or any other unimportant stuff..I mean, how many bags should a girl has right?) is all right..As long as we have the money to do the purchase. Membeli secara berhemah. I always try to abstain from using my credit card. Will use the CC if let's say I can pay the full amount in the next few days after the purchase. Tapi kadang-kadang ada jugak terbabas..then the next month tu bayar jelah lebih sikit to make amends for overspending. Note to self: Money does not grow on trees Diana!

So there, that's the end of my bimbo-ish entry for today. Yeah, if I keep doing this much longer, my hair would probably turn blonde. :) Till next time. Toodles!

Women & Shoes

2012-01-16T00:19:00.000-08:00

Gibberish (read: bimbo-ish) post alert. I have nothing else better to do than snapping a picture of a few of my shoes. (I know a friend who follows in Imelda Marcos' footstep.banyak betul kasut dia sampai berpinar mata tengok..whoaaa).
Anyhow, I like shoes. BUT, I am very choosy..maybe because I cannot wear heels nowadays after I had that plantar fascitiis phase. Thank goodness it is gone now (but let's hope it will be gone for good, sebab googled that it might come back). Tapi I still do not like to wear heels.

That pair of black sneakers, I bought them when Syamsul was still working at Carrefour Cheras at a shop called Club 21. Masa pakai terus fell in love..love the designs on the shoes actually.
I only have 1 pair of office shoes..and that's the scholl shoes. If anyone knows how i can get rid of smelly shoes, please tell me. I just have this (yes gross) problem of smelly feet = smelly shoes, especially court shoes (kasut fully bertutup) because my feet berpeluh selalu. Memang problem dari dulu..siap cuci kaki dengan limau nipis lagi ok.

Rest of them are my jalan-jalan shoes. I have a few pairs here and there which is not in the picture..in the car..and I think I have another pair of that Elle sandals in purple..think they are at my in-laws place. I normally do not like sandals that I need to hook when wearing, tapi sandals at Charles and Keith JPO were just calling my name. Hence, I bought 2 of them. Love the bling.

I am looking to buy another pair of that Vincci black pair of wedges but in cream. It's so comfy that I can go shopping wearing 'em. You can't blame a girl for liking shoes..(and bags and clothes....and accessories..). Heck, my hubs is lucky that I do not like gadgets. All the apple stuff and whatnot..I don't have any feeling towards them.

So there, the end of my bimbo-ish entry for today. Lol.

These shoes are made for walkin'...
First time I ever had an animal print pair of sandals.Lol. Shoes, shoes, shoes :)

The lost (and found) memory

2012-01-13T02:41:00.000-08:00

I thought I lost them for good. I could not even find the negatives (yes, back then we received the negatives) so I knew I could not reprint the pictures. One fine day, as I was going through my personal box (1 out of dozens of boxes..haha..bila nak re-organise pun tak tau la), I found my graduation pictures! Finally!

I feel so attached to the pictures because it's proof that, while you may not do good in school, a person may be able to bloom during the Uni years or even during the career period.

To reflect back, I had a tough time in school. I mean, don't get me wrong, I was in one of the best boarding schools (sekolah berasrama penuh) known as Sekolah Seri Puteri, SSP for short. Tapi during my years there..I didn't really feel the connection with the school and you know, how things worked. I hated schedules. I disliked the preparatory classes (every afternoon from 3-4.30pm and from 8pm to 10.30pm). The prep class was supposed to be the time and place for us students to complete our homework and do revisions you see. I didnt like it.

I became such a pemalas. I don't know why. Every year I asked my mum to changed schools and go back to Shah Alam..tapi mum being mum, tak bagilah. PMR trial result was disastrous. Actual result - a shocker. Ingat tak lepas. 7As 1B. Memang tak jangka because I was not a good student back then. English je ok because I loved the subject.

SPM. Trial result telah membuatkan I dipanggil masuk bilik meeting. Face to face with the teachers alongside other students yang 'performed' like me. Kena sound dengan cikgu-cikgu yang were disappointed with us. Not too sure if I was like a lost cause back then. At an SBP..you are expected to perform, that's why you were selected to be there in the first place. Tu yang made me felt so pressured.

Result day - The discipline teacher (who was famous for looking garang and was very stern) came to me and said this sentence that I remember till today ' Tunku, you are a miracle.' Then she walked away. :) From Sijil Am Pelajaran (SAP) aggregate 26 to Grade 1 Aggregate 11..siapa sangka? I really pushed myself the last 3 weeks towards SPM. And I walked away happy and selamat dari kena kejar mummy dengan penyapu.. :)

In University..I guess learning add maths in English and other subjects made it easier for me to comprehend. Gambar ni is very very precious to me because I know I can do wonders. Only 3 of us walked away with the sash on that day. Simpan ni..boleh jadi contoh dekat future children. InsyaAllah. :)

Moral of the story - if you don't do well in school, there will always be a chance to redeem yourself either in Uni or during your working/career period. Don't lose faith. 'Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.' -Denis Waitley-

I wished they had let us keep the sash. Would have paid for it :) 6 semesters of Dean's List and finally Anugerah Naib Canselor (what is it in English..not too sure). This was not without a lot of stressful times, sweat, determination and prayers.

Johor Premium Outlet Trip and Review

2012-01-10T04:02:00.000-08:00

We took a picture here to show the queue at Coach sebenarnya. When we arrived in the morning tak ada Q pun..kekeke..

Hubs in front of the Xmas tree made of plastic bottles at the hotel.

In the car, with not much to do..ambik gambar la apelagi. Mum can't be seen :p

With all the buzz around the new hip and happening place called JPO..we decided to check it out and made it a 2 days 1 night family trip.

Because of our kiasuness..we made a move from Shah Alam..(my sisters and mum bunked in our house so that it is easier to jalan pagi) by 6.30am. We made many (I tell you, MANY) pit-stops along the way. What do you expect when you have 4 ladies in the car. But Hubs was all right with this. Love ya B.

We had breakfast in Seremban..and then after about 4 hours or so, we reached JPO. I think it was about 10.40am. Sampai-sampai terus semua pergi restroom. Mum, well, she saw the foodcourt and decided that she will just stay there for the whole few hours.

So what is there at JPO? Besides Coach yang memang I think ramai orang tunggu-tunggu..there are many many shops available. My sisters and I went in and out of nearly every shop (except for Michael Kors, Coach, Burberry and the likes)..for Guess, they had many handbags cuma tak ada menarik hati. Tapi bila fikir balik (or actually when I compared with Subang Parade)..harga lebih kurang je, takla murah sangat pun.
Nevertheless, Hubs and Kak Ita both bought watches from Guess. Me, I was a good girl. I didn;t buy anything.

For Charles and Keith, this was my fave spot..The bags tak banyak choice maybe sebab dah ramai orang beli yang best-best..tapi the shoes..ooh la la! too die for.. we bought like 6 pairs i think of sandals from there coz they were freaking cheap! One of mine retailed at RM150++ but was RM44.50 when I bought it.. memangla berbaloi.

so we went a bit crazy in Charles & Keith, but other than that..tak berapa sangat. Fossil were selling watches at an affordable price..memang rasa nak beli, tapi sebab ramai sangat orang and that the watches available were similar to what I already have, so tak beli pun.

There were a few shops that I felt like 'kenapa la bukak kedai tapi takde barang menarik ni?membazir space betul'. In a nutshell, you can go there just to see what it is all about..tapi jangan expect too much. I guess also because they are just starting..so a lot of improvement is needed.

Facility wise - silalah tambah restrooms ok. I didnt get a chance to go the second time because towards the afternoon there were TOO MANY PEOPLE! Could not even go into the restroom at all. And also, JPO had this serious case of FLIES when we were there.. my friend said sebab ada kawasan bela ayam somewhere around there, so perhaps all the flies decided to seek (SHOP?) solace at JPO. Nasib baik tak masuk mulut bila menguap.

Anyhoo, also pitied my mum for waiting for us for so long..sorry morry. Your daughters jadi cuckoo bila dilepaskan shopping..mwhahaha..

Around 2, we checked into Le Grandeur Palm Resort Johor which is about 10 minutes from JPO. RM188 per room with no brekkie. It's okay..we had a good hearty breakfast at Mcd (near the Senai Airport) before we left for KL.

All in all.. JPO is so-so.. but the trip with the family was fun, fun ,fun! :)

Gabba Gabba

2012-01-10T03:38:00.000-08:00

Ignore the title..It's just one of those days where it is almost impossible to figure out a smashing-out-of-this-world title for today's post.

It's not news..I've been ignoring the blog for a looooong time now. No reason. Just pure laziness.

So it is 2012 already. And no, I don't have any long or short list of new year's resolutions or any carried forward resolutions from last year's. I just go with the flow. I don't want to stress myself if I don't achieve any of the resolutions..

Anyhoo..food is still my greatest frenemy. I love to eat but all those yummy goodnesss always end up at the wrong places. Boo hoo! Anyway, I think I have ran out of good joints around Shah Alam. Just last night we ate at this place named Ban-J. First - look at the crowd. If there is close to zero crowd then don't eat there. But I ignored this number 1 rule. Then look at the menu - if the menu is like from only 1 to 10..and many cancellations in between..maknanya ada possibility memang tak sedap tempat ni.

I ordered mihun sup while Hubs ordered kuey teow goreng special (la konon!). His tasted like the kuey teow got burnt before it was served.. while mine..let's just say it was inedible. Even Hubs ate a spoonful and decided that it was a no go. So memang la tak sedap langsung.

Verdict - Mental note : tak payahla makan kat Ban-J ni lagi..Memang tak sodap langsung. Air teh ais pun boleh fail.

Japan mari!

2011-09-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

Seriously, eventhough i was there for 5 (plus 2 days travelling = 7 days in total) days.. I didn't have time to explore Osaka..neither did I have much time to shop for stuff. Only brought limited things back, mostly edible stuff..haha.. Fridge magnet pun tak sempat nak beli..Sorry aa Kak Ita, next time. :)

I only bought one piece of clothing from Uniqlo..a hooded sweater/jacket..that's it. And I don't know why I even bought it.. aih, probably because I felt like I was leaving empty handed I guess. But most things are expensive here, because of the currency.. so I guess it was a good choice to abstain from shopping like crazy.

They have the 100 Yen shop here that sells nearly anything and everything under the sun until I got so overwhelmed that I didn't know what to buy. I only bought almond chocolates there.. :p

So these are some of the things that I managed to grab and angkut back here..

I have not tried the cafe latte, but the caramel flavour is really really good! I wish I had bought more of these..

There are 2 packets of the udon noodles in the box. Don't know how exactly I should cook it..will ask my friends how. The ones that I had in Takamatsu were super duper nice.. aaa, drooling just thinking about the big prawn tempuras that came with the udon..yum!

They are only just that cracker thing with nuts (the cracker as the body and the peanut as the head). Normal tasting snacks but I just love the packaging. :)

A token from the host of the event. We worked together with them for the past few ships. The one with the ribbon is a small mirror (yeah, i know, so me right?) and a lip brush. Mikimoto ni I think is a famous Japan designer for jewelleries..cool pressie :)

Glamorous

2011-09-11T20:39:00.000-07:00

Please excuse me, i ran out of a good title...

First attempt to make her smile..result? Auntie je yang senyum lebih-lebih.. :p

Second attempt.. blurghhh..she looks bored with the auntie who won't give up trying to snap her picture.

3rd and final attempt.. Yeay!!! Success! She finally looked at the camera and smiled :) wheeeeee....

Who's cuter??? v(*o*)v

Envy..envious..

2011-09-07T00:33:00.000-07:00

Found a few interesting quotes online. Some are easy to understand while some, you may need some time to decipher what they really mean.

To me, envy is sort of a disease... and am not too sure if it is curable. One has to seek his/her own solution on how to overcome this sometimes infectious disease.

Interesting quotes:

Envy is an insult to oneself.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko
True...very true.. maksudnya, diri sendiri tak bersyukur dengan apa yang the person already have.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Harold Coffin
Again, we have to reflect on ourselves and be grateful with what we already have. What we don't have? Well, fix our own goal and target to achieve or obtain the things that we want to have in future. That is how we can push ourselves further and make ourselves better. The feeling that we get once we achieve something, for instance buying your first car using your own money.. the feeling is priceless!

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

Francis Beaumont
People will always envy the person that has the most or the best...or the prettiest..or the smartest..or the most loved by everyone else. But sometimes we can turn this feeling into something positive. Maksudnya, we will try to change ourselves for the better for example, we will study harder to achieve what that person has achieved. So if we do it right, envy can also be a positive thing. Use that to push ourselves further and to achieve greater and better things.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Buddha
This does not need further elaboration..very straightforward and easy to understand.

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

John Gay
Yes, envy is a praise to the person that we are envious of... If ada orang envy kat kita, remember to say Alhamdulillah and smile :)

Money money money...

2011-09-01T21:48:00.000-07:00

After nearly 7 years, my debts with PTPTN has decreased to a comfortable level. The total loan received during my diploma years was RM15000. However the total debt grew because the interest began as soon as we graduated, eventhough I continued with my degree that did not stop the interest from accumulating throughout the years. The interest (or they call it caj perkhidmatan) accumulated until I began servicing the loan when I started working in 2005. The total debts for the diploma loan became RM16502.. and this is not inclusive of the loan for the degree level. Berpeluh jugakla nak membayar..start sikit-sikit dulu.

I didnt have to repay my degree loan because I was exempted as I obtained good grades during my degree..Alhamdulillah. Cuma kesian my hunny as he has to repay both the diploma and the degree loans. Takpe, usaha tangga kejayaan... surely boleh habis jugak nanti :)

As for me, lagi sikiiiiiiiiiit je lagi nak habis. Tak sabar nak habiskan semua. I have my savings which I can use to repay all at once, but then again, rasa macam bayar installment is better as I also do not want to lose out on my dividends from my savings..sayang.hehe... Insyaallah in 10 months' time I'll be free! Free!!! Freeeeeeeee!!!!!! (Drama queen mode y'all!)

So I wish to those who are servicing your PTPTN loans, good luck and mari kita membayar hutang bersama-sama secara berhemah. Our children and future generations are depending on us to ensure that they too, will have the same education opportunities as we did.

LITTLE munchkins

2011-09-01T07:49:00.000-07:00

Babies are always the main attraction in any family. For mine, my aunt's grandchild is the latest apple of our eyes. Her name is Tisya...celebrated her 2nd birthday recently, bila ikat rambut dua macam tu sebijik macam perangai Boo from monsters inc..hehe.. She is one very well loved child...for this year's raya only dia dah dapat 17 pasang baju from her nenek, nenek saudara, aunties, her mama and etc.. Banyaknyaaaa..boleh last sampai raya tahun depan. Hehe.. this is Tisya..my lovable but sometimes very mischievous niece :)

Okay, it was very hard to take her picture because she didn't want to stay put! :)

On hunny's side of the family, the latest addition would be my SIL's daughter. After 4 sons (phew!) she now has a pwincess :)Yeay! Boleh beli baju pink banyak banyak banyak! The baby is so tembam..putih pulak tu, kalah i..o boy, do i need to start using Fair and Lovely now? hehehe...

I bought her a pair of blouse and seluar, rupanya dah tak muat kot, sebab beli untuk budak 6 months old..Takpe lain kali ada rezeki boleh beli lain.

hehe..sorry baby, snapped a picture while you were sleeping..baby muslimah ke ni? :)

retail therapy..

2011-09-01T04:14:00.000-07:00

Now I am grateful that I participated in the employee share option scheme (esos) when they offered my beginning of 2008. Rupa-rupanya bila berhenti kerja we get all the dividends from all the years that I have accepted the share option scheme. Woo hoo!

Dengan bestnya I was excited to go on a retail therapy session..but of course after setting aside a portion for my own savings. Alhamdulillah, rezeki lebih ni boleh share with my family and family kat kampung during raya...si kenits la confirm enjoy lebih dapat duit raya :)

So what did I get for myself? (Note: wanted to treat hunny as well but he was never in the mood to buy anything for himself until a few days before raya..bought him a sampin, 2 shirts and a shirt for ayah).

For me.. I got these..

O, this is not actually part of my retail therapy but it is actually for my feet yang dah ada rekah-rekah. Kerja keras ke sebab selalu mop lantai ke jadi macam tu? Boo hoo hoo.. hope this thing works. I want to have happy feet! :)

This I got for Raya to wear with my kurungs. RM60 for 3 pieces at the Curve's bazaar tapi lepas tu kat Jalan Tar RM10 je for one. Okay a bit of rugi for me but who knew I would be rajin enough to follow my friends to Jln Tar kan? Kalau tau confirm tak beli dari Curve. Gave 1 piece to my SIL.

Last but not least..my all time fave! Got it at Subang Parade..think it was on 40% discount. Berbaloi-baloi :) This pair, I keep in the grey car while the Marc Jacobs I keep in my myvi. Senang bila keluar mata tidak silau :) yeay!

I also bought 2 pairs of sandals from Charles and Keith (like, like and superlike!).. same design but different colours. I find it hard to find heels that I can wear nowadays, so bila dah betul comfy, baik beli lebih sikit for future use.

And I bought a pair of cute black flats from Scholl for office use. I guess this shopping spree makes up for the next few months since I will be very busy and hunny will have to go to his weekend classes again.

Retail therapy anyone?

The hunt for kurungs..

2011-07-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

Bersempena nak masuk tempat kerja baru.. I went for a shopping spree of baju kurungs (without the other half tagging along :) ). Tapi, tapi, tapi.. I think only 2 are suitable for office wear, while the other 2 may only be suitable for Raya and Kenduris. Okayla tu, Raya nanti pun tak ke mana sangat. Balik kampung pun tak keluar sangat. Eventhough tak keluar, still after tengahari kena tukar baju lain sebab confirm berpeluh2 basah satu baju. Kuala Pilah kan panas.. tak tahan if tak tukar.

Anyhoo..I might still need to buy some more office clothes. And probably masuk office dulu to see what is the norm..nanti beriya-iya beli skirt if tak ramai yang pakai nanti I will stick out like a sore thumb. So I'd better observe first. :)

And perhaps I will go hunting for more kurungs today.. senang when the other half tak ikut. Boleh try baju lama-lama :).

Breakfast..the most important meal of the day?

2011-07-20T18:39:00.000-07:00

What do you guys normally have for breakfast? Yang paling senang and need so little thinking would be just ordering a nasi lemak..and for me, sometimes I order nasi lemak to go so that I can eat it in the office while reading the newspaper or just to have the morning chats with my fellow colleagues. Kalau makan kat restaurant ke mamak ke.. confirm paling senang nasi lemak, takpun roti canai. I don't even want to talk about calories.. that's not what's on my mind when I order my daily breakfast. Nak buat sendiri nasi lemak tu tak dapatla kan.. saya tak teror memasak. Baking still OK!

Sometimes I make breakfast for the both of us, my hubby and I. Toasted sardine sandwich ke..french toast ke, toast and jam paling senang, toast and scrambled eggs. Nasi goreng and other types of nasi belum buat lagi. And I don't know if I ever will. :)

Tak makan brekkie nanti cepat lapar.. masuk meeting nanti perut growling like nobody's business..macam ada tiger in the tummy waiting to be fed. Grrrr... I always have to have breakfast and a cup of coffee..kadang-kadang nescafe. Takde coffee.. i cannot function. Masa puasa? Haha.. minum on weekends masa sahur or after buka je.

Anyway, why am I yacking away.. saja sebab tiba-tiba terfikir that Mcd's breakfast is so expensive now that I don't think it is worth my money to even have my brekkie there (with exception on the weekdays brekkie Rm4 offers). Selain dari tu, big breakfast ke ape ke nak dekat RM10 and the content is so ciput!..It is not value for money anymore. Well maybe not for me.

Whatever your favourite breakfast picks are..have a great start everyday! (walaupun kadang-kadang still mengantuk macam tak jalan je coffee tu..)

Toasted sardine sandwich, plain toasts with jam and nescafecino (nescafe with foam handmade :) )

IBS Kordial akan sampai ke Kampung Parit Kuala Pilah..Yeay!

2011-07-20T18:01:00.000-07:00

At the beginning..saja-saja nak tolong FIL jual kordial ni. Don't really have a target set on how many I should be selling by when. At the moment baru je dapat jual sikit-sikit, and that is to my friends and family. And then my dearest cousin wants to sell the cordials kat kampung. Okayla kan..start small. At the same time dia pun nak jalankan her small business selling facial stuff..memang start small la. Sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit! :) At least it is a start to hopefully bigger and better things.

Excited jugak to see sambutan orang kampung. Lagi-lagi ni nak dekat puasa. Mesti ramai mem'bantai' the weekend before puasa tu. Siapa tak biasa term bantai mesti rasa pelik. I pun taktau nak explain how this term came about. Mum selalu cerita dulu, wan pun selalu cerita..tapi tak ingat. Nak dekat-dekat puasa ni, mesti ramai orang balik Kuala Pilah..busy busy la jalan depan rumah kampung tu nanti.

Can't wait for next weekend. Nak tengok ape hasilnya.Jadi orang Kampung Parit bolehla beramai-ramai datang kampung we all. Nombor rumah pun tak ingat.. adoi.. kena copy paste dari cousin's Fb kejap.

No 22 Batu 23 1/2 Kampung Parit Jalan Seremban Lama 70200 Kuala Pilah, N9
boleh try test rasa air kordial, hasil air tangan Haji Rahim and company.. Haji Rahim a.k.a dad-in-law. Woo woo!

Time to spread my wings...

2011-07-19T03:38:00.000-07:00

...and fly!

I've said my goodbyes to my team. Have worked with them..with the company for a good 5+1 years. Started my stint there as a management trainee, for a whole year. Once done, I went into the Corporate Communications department. Up to point of leaving, I have had 3 bosses.. all cool ladies and great bosses.

I went to Amsterdam while working in ING. I was among the 3 Malaysians chosen to go for the 3-week debut of the ING International Graduate Programme. Met so many people from ING all over the world. Was such an awesome experience.

This was followed by a yearly meet up. I went for the 2nd and 3rd meet ups that were held in Hong Kong. And yes, they also gave me the opportunity to work in Hong Kong.. gained a lot of experience there and made a few good friends. We still contact each other via FB or emails. :)

I have had a good time at ING. Though the new place may not be the same, it is something that I have to undertake now. I've grown too comfortable with the ING environment. I will always remember my good friends, my sistas whom I met while working at ING :) Till we meet again.

TFTZA has left the ING building!

Last picture for the road

My tai ka ches ( okay maybe wrong spelling..)

Left to right: Sham who has left ING to migrate to Australia, Ping and Kengka

Last but not least..my two counsellors and good buddies and tai ka che too!

And surely i will also miss this crazy girl. She will only be back in August so I didn't get to see her before I left. Will miss u babes!

Kordial IBS hasil air tangan dad-in-law :)

2011-07-07T00:52:00.000-07:00

My father in law (FIL) operates a small factory with his other business partners. He makes cordials.. yang kalau nak minum, you just need to add water. The famous ones in the market would be those by F&N, 7 rings etc.. Tapi my FIL's business is a small one, so definitely not a contender to those gigantic cordial producers.

Siapa suka strawberry of lychee, raise your hand!

With this small business, he managed to raise his 4 children.. one of them of course is my hubby. It's really hard work. I think he is probably 64 years old or somewhere thereabouts. But as the main breadwinner of the family (which is actually just my FIL and MIL as the rest are already working or have family of their own), he still manages the factory and oversees the production and operations of the factory. Then again, for a businessman like him.. if he stays home and retire, for sure akan boring. For sure he wants to stay active and work :)

The cordial tastes good..I especially like the strawberry flavoured cordial. Yumm! Orange, lychee, mango, syrup rose, pineapple, blackcurrant, sarsi, rootbeer.. banyak flavour lain. Okay correction, I have two faves..strawberry and syrup rose.

So if anybody's thirsty, you can give this cordial a try :)

Buying a house.. not as easy as ABC

2011-07-05T04:56:00.000-07:00

Buying a house is not an easy-peasy thing.. think again. Phew! We went through a lot of things to finally have everthing finalized. It’s not just about the money. But it is also about making sure that we chase after the completion of documents by all parties.. in our case, Sime Darby, Bank and Sime Darby lawyers and Bank Lawyers.

2008

For us we missed out on the promotion period so we knew we had to pay the MOT (memorandum of transfer) which was about RM14000 if I am not mistaken. First after seeing the house, I secured the booking with a fee of RM5000. This ladies and gentlemen, came out from my duit hantaran which I got in February 2008. Ada baiknya dapat wife yang menyimpan like me :). Masuk bakul angkat sendiri.. yeah!

Then we had to settle the bank loan application process. We requested for 100% loan from the bank. Walaupun it is 100% loan, the peminjam is my hubby and myself and we still had to fork out some cash of our own (hence terpaksa keluarkan duit EPF from mine and his account). Since it is a big sum so both of us have to share the debts, barula aci. And in order to get the loan, we had to buy the MRTA from BSN Prudential. MRTA ni kalau in the event of death of payor, then the insurance will pay off all hutang to the bank and rumah tu takla diambilalih by the bank. This MRTA cost us about RM14000, must be paid in lump sum. We settled this with the help of sis-in-law..kalau tak berpeluh jugak nak cari duit banyak tu within short period of time. Oopss, tapi hunny pulangkan balik duit (walaupun SIL baik hati nak bagi) but he returned back the money.

Then yang paling penting, make sure the bank do not sit on the application. Lagi lambat dia process the disbursement to Sime Darby, lagi banyak interest kita kena bayar. Disbursement dibahagi to a few times according to phase. As soon as we get the letter from Sime, kena cepat2 call bank to check whether they have disbursed the particular portion. Walaupun technically it is the bank’s fault sebab lambat, but we as owner, have to also make sure we chase them to disburse payment sebab property developer won’t take the blame either..part ni pening-pening sikit. Part sign-sign and more signing tu toksah cakapla.. dah jadi macam big boss pulak asyik sign je documents semua. Last-last kena jugak tolak interest about a few thousands, maybe RM2000 taken out from my deposit RM5000 tu if tak silap.. what to do. Malas nak fight.

2009-2010

We got the keys to the house somewhere in August 2009. At this time I was in HK. Dapat kunci terus pasang the grill, buat additional tiles at the back and plaster ceiling for living and dining hall, pasang lampu downlights for living & dining hall, pasang bumbung kat belakang. All cost around RM6700. Luckily at this time I was earning good money. So masa ni senang sikit nak bayar contractor. Alhamdulillah.

2010

I came back from HK. I saved up around RM11000 for the electrical items and other stuff for the house. I did the budget and made sure we stuck to it. The main things we bought were a fridge, TV table, coffee table, curtains, curtain rods, table for the kitchen, kitchen cabinet + sink (minimal only), air-cond, washing machine, sofa. Paid by cash. LEGA! I don’t like using the credit card coz I worry so much over hutang :). We all pun tak hias rumah ala-ala deko bersama Eric tu.. lagi tak banyak barang lagi senang nak kemas. :)

Tapi of course tak dapat nak beli sofa dari Lorenzo ke, Fella design yang dekat gila with my house tu..sebabnya budget tak membenarkan :) Bak kata orang tua-tua, ukur baju di badan sendiri. Then again, I am happy that at least we managed to have the basic necessities for the house :). Walaupun sofa ikea tu nampak cun, still I didn’t buy because they were over my budget.
So we bought this sofa for RM1600. Very basic sofa set.Okayla, tapi quality wise it is not top notch. Nampak macam if duduk more than 3 orang serentak boleh patah kot. Tapi mintak-mintak tahan 3 tahun raya. Eh 3 tahun raya je ke, pastu nak tukar baru?kekeke..
Phew.. am so happy all the hassle is over. Sekarang concentrate nak add on barang-barang for the house if ada extra cash.

So good luck and all the best to those who are going to or in the process of getting a home. Eventhough it feels very tiring at certain times, but it certainly most rewarding. HAVE FUN and BEST OF LUCK!

editted version : upah buat grille, plaster ceiling, pasang downlights, pasang awning, add tiles was RM6700, tak termasuk the purchase of the lights themselves. Lampu-lampu beli sendiri nak dekat RM3000. tupun ada bilik tak pasang lampu lagi. Ada pakai lampu tak berapa mahal, ada pakai yang mahal sikit. But all within budget.. :)

Plain White Tee(shirt)

2011-07-03T04:11:00.000-07:00

Yeay..Sis in law brought something from her trip to Bandung the other day. Nasib muat..phew! I've never had a white t-shirt before. She bought somewhat a matching coloured t-shirt for hunny. Muahaha.. boleh jadi kembar jalan-jalan masa dating nanti..

Okay, most probably I have to wear a bib to cover the t-shirt when I eat or drink. Knowing me.. I am super clumsy for sure boleh tumpah-tumpah atas baju putih ni.. uwaa.. nasib masa kawin makan secara berhemah and did not have any stains on the wedding gown :) Clap clap clap!

Anyhoo..here's the t-shirt. Alhamdulillah rezeki :)

Thanks Kak Liza.. next time boleh bagi lagi...ekekkee...

um-umm.. so GdoubleOD-Good!

2011-07-03T01:35:00.000-07:00

one for dad-in-law

One for me :)

I have moved on from the perfumes sold at cosmetics department. To slightly cheaper ones but they smell o-so-good! Another reason is because the bottle can fit nicely into my make up pouch.

Harga quite okay.. for the small ones you can get for below RM100. I didn't quite like the perfumes sold at the Bodyshop dulu-dulu like what 6 years back? Dewberryla apela dalam botol dulu.. but now they have repackaged and changed to nicer smelling perfumes.

Bought a pressie for Ayah (father-in-law) because he liked the smell of the perfume that hunny wore the other day. While for myself.. i got another one..comel je botol dia. And i love the smell..yummy freshness :)

I'm trying to convince my sisters to switch to Bodyshop.. so probably you guys can give it a try :)

Replica handbags?

2011-06-30T19:46:00.000-07:00

Replica.Tiruan.Tak ori.Fake goods.

I do not like to be tagged by people who sell fake goods on Facebook. I don’t condone purchasing of replica bags no matter what grade they are.. AA double A or A+ whatever. I believe that if I can’t afford to buy expensive handbags, means I won’t be able to have one. With no disrespect to others who actually do buy replicas.

It is just that I feel that there are so many nice things out there costing a few hundred ringgit. Tak kisahla if Elle ke, Guess ke, Charles & Keith ke, Vincci ke..I mean, you can buy this original handbags at the same price of a fake higher notch branded bags like Gucci, Prada,LV..yadda yadda yadaa.. Why do I say no to fake handbags?

1.Because from what I have read, those in the business of creating this fake goods – are in the same line as child trafficking (for prostitution). So in a way, when we buy the fake goods, the income is used to fund their other illegal business.

2. I just don’t use replica bags, purses, sunnies..etc. Kalau ada duit, beli original, takde duit cukup to buy ori, then no need to buy that brand at all. That’s my opinion.

3. Dari spend RM80-150 (thereabouts) for the replicas, you can get an original elle bag at RM120 especially during sales.

4. Fake bags are just not cool :p

Is it worth our hard-earned money to be owning but just a replica bag?

Create FB accounts to comment on own FB account? For real?

2011-06-25T01:51:00.000-07:00

Wow! Sarah Palin created another account so that she can comment on her own account? I mean, this is not news, dah lama jugak keluar. They believe she created this other account (you can read why they think it is hers here - Wonkette). Funny thing is, this other account under the name of Lou, comments on Sarah Palin’s wall (like when she updates status and whatnot).. and sometimes writes on Bristol’s FB wall to show her support and stuff.

Whoa! I think this is a little bit weird. Ada ke orang yang rajin sangat nak buat macam ni? Banyak masa kot, dah tak tau nak buat apa.. or does Sarah Palin feels that tak ramai orang comment on her status and photos hence she needed to do something so that her status updates and all so that she can look/feel popular.

Something must be really wrong right? Macam cakap dengan diri sendiri..biasanya bila cakap dengan diri sendiri orang kata gila..takkan gila kot? I don’t know if there is anybody out there (except for Sarah Palin) who would actually create other accounts (using other names of course) to comment on their own FB account..rajinnya nak buat macam tu! Amazing what people can do to just be (or seen to be) popular. Tsk tsk tsk....

kopiKAT alert! a serial kopiKAT is on the loose!

2011-06-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

I heard this story from a friend. Kind of menakutkan jugakla bila dengar because you never know if it can happen to you.

My friend, (let’s name my friend Miley,bukan nama sebenar :) ) knows this person, let’s name this person Cyrus. (Okay, coz I never know who will be stalking this blog..after hearing Miley’s story..hehe) Miley, my friend is a happy go lucky kind of a person, ramai jugak kawan, quite smart, livelihood – I can say she is doing quite ok for herself. Everyone has FB right, and so does my friend Miley. She maintains a good relationship with her friends on FB and normally people would comment on her status, photos and whatnot. And she frequently updates her status or photos because she has so many things or story to share with her friends.

She told me this story to get my opinion. What happened was.. she realized (when she was able to view Cyrus’ page..now not anymore after Cyrus removed her), Cyrus was copying the captions to her album, some sentences in her status updates..which if sekali dua , Miley wont notice so much. In fact, it’s been too many times. Ada satu ayat tu dia kata terlampau sama.. and Cyrus ni according to Miley, does not have a good command of English so confirm certain words and grammar tu dia tak pandai nak guna/tulis properly. Plus, cara kita bercakap is sometimes reflected on the way we write, so Miley has a different if not unique way of writing.. jadi less the probability of coincidence ayat TERsama dengan Cyrus tu kan?

Miley also discovered that Cyrus created a website that has 60% same name as Miley’s existing site. (With easy access to info nowadays it is so easy to we check on our name and stuff like that to see whether our info/images have been used without our permission). So anyway, she realized that the website name is too similar. Hence she knows that she is not being paranoid, that in fact this Cyrus person is really trying to IMITATE and COPY whatever Miley is doing. Actually ada banyak lagi yang sama but too lazy to type.

Miley also told me that Cyrus hates Miley.. god knows for whatever reason. I jokingly told her that maybe Cyrus tu ada something wrong sikit up there.. hehe..

Jokes aside. My opinion to Miley. Just be careful with this Cyrus person. You can never expect what a person like this will be up to. Siapa yang pernah tengok Single White Female mesti boleh relate that movie to this entry kan? Jangan sampai tiru style rambut and dressing up tu sudahla. Nanti baru betul-betul jadi macam Single White Female tu.. whoaaa, scar-RY! On the bright side, just take it that Cyrus actually adores Miley and wishes to be like Miley.

My advice to sesiapa yang bercita-cita nak jadi macam Cyrus ni.. aiyoo, just put a stop to it la. Just be yourself la.. kenapa nak kena tiru2 ni. Kalau in Uni confirm kena chop plagiarizer, submit research paper confirm tak lepas. Takkan la picture album punya title pun nak tiru? Takkanla FB status updates pun nak tiru? Apeje yang one will get from copying ni? Tak kisahla if tak terror English.. tulis BM ke Chinese ke Japanese ke ape salah.. Nak feel popular like the person you dislike? (kalau orang tu celebrity logic la jugak nak follow follow to the T). I think it’s a bit too late now, especially if you’re not a teenager anymore. Tak takut ke kena chop psycho?

Wonder what people think about this. A serial kopiKAT is on the loose!

love love me DO..

2011-02-22T19:42:00.000-08:00

You know I love you

I'll always be true..

So pleaaaaaaaseeee Love me Do..

wahaaaa.. not too sure if the lines are correct. To kickstart this entry with a nice lil song from the beatles :)

On Sunday 20 Feb, the whole family (hunny's side) went for a family dinner to celebrate MIL's Bday.. it was on SIL's tab.

(o yeah.. i have been on a fasting mode for a few months now.. so instead of always buying for myself.. i bought a bag for someone else for a change. Got this bag for my Mum in Law as a bday gift. Bought one for my mum last year.. but it is way bigger and a different design altogether :) )

Mak hope you enjoyed the dinner and you love the pressie... (the present was given to MIL a few weeks before her birthday so did not manage to take a picture of her with the bag :) )

Since we did not have lunch that day, we decided to stop by this place to eat the savoury crepes. I took beef pepperoni pizza like in the picture below. okayla cuma banyak sangat pepper (that made me sneeze while eating) and chilli. Not too good for the nose..kekeke..

Before the lite snack.. singgah the digital centre to buy baju for the phone ... :)

This bag has a story.. nothing interesting though.. it is just that i love it so much that i use it nearly every single day because i can stuff so many things inside and i just love the parisien feel that it gives.kekeke.. konon. Anyhoo.. it was quite affordable after discount :) Nowadays ELLE has quite a good selection of handbags la.. dulu for me, not so much. But taste among people do differ.. rambut sama hitam, taste lain lain :)

The much awaited present has arrived.. woohoo... We have worked hard for the past few months and i guess this is something that both of us will enjoy eventhough it is mine (all mine!! muahaha).

Hunny has this thing with gadgets so i was thinking of getting a BB for my bday.. instead he said i should get this phone since dia pun dapat merasa pakai jugak :) Hey, sharing is caring right?

See the pink dress it has? Why PINK??? so that hunny segan segan nak pakai in public .. (it is my ultimate evil way to lure him away from my phone..keke..) ..

Thanks for subsidising the payment hunny.. :) Love ME Do!! Muahhhhh!

I think i should do a sign-off... but does that mean i will be a COPYCAT???

Read a blog on the same topic.. will come back with a hot topic later.

Till then..

Response by the Curve Shopping Mall

2011-02-07T04:04:00.000-08:00

Just an update.. It's a good thing that both The Apartment's management and the Curve actually responded to my email.. cepat jugak la bertindak.

The Apartment restaurant chain is owned by Chaswood Resources Sdn Bhd (they have other things under their wing like the Teh Tarik Place, Italiannies and etc).

So after the email, the Executive Director of Chaswood Resource Mr Mar**n called me to apologise and we had a short coversation about the whole thing. Then I just asked him to call the Victim and sort things out because I think that is the best way to solve it.

As for the Curve, their PR dept responded as below :

Dear YM Tunku Faradiana,

Good day to you.

Thank you for your feedback pertaining to the unfortunate incident which took place at The Apartment on 31 Jan 2011.

Please be rest assured that we will investigate the case further and will highlight this matter to The Apartment's Upper Management Team.

The safety of our shoppers and diners at the Curve have always been our No.1 priority and we will ensure that this matter will be tabled out the respective parties for their next course of action.

We thank you once again for you feedback and we will advise for The Apartment's Management Team to be in touch with you soon.

Thank you and Happy Holidays.

happy hour turned sour at the Apartment, The Curve..

2011-02-01T02:06:00.000-08:00

Karen and moi

the poor girl placing ice on the bump on the head..forgot to take a picture of the snooker ball

this was taken a few minutes before the accident happened.

Malas nak rewrite what happened.. so i am just copying the email that i have written and sent to the Apartment restaurant and the Curve shopping mall.

Read on to know what actually took place.....

I am writing this email to inform you of the incident that took place at the Apartment Monday 31 January between 9.30pm to 10pm where the snooker ball fell (on high impact) from the 3^rd floor on Miss Chia’s head while we were having dinner at the ground floor.

We could not comprehend what had happened until one of the waiters happily showed us what had hit Miss Chia’s head. It was a white snooker ball.

The restaurant waiters/staff also did not manage to initiate emergency steps such as bringing an ice pack immediately to lessen (and to actually prevent any blood clot from happening) until I asked for the ice pack.

With this I am writing this email on behalf of Miss Chia as well as my 4 other friends who witnessed the whole incident who may have as well became victims of this horrible incident.

For being such a posh eatery, we cannot comprehend how the Apartment management take the safety of its patron so lightly as the snooker ball would for a fact likely to overshoot its play area - who in the right mind would want to place the game upstairs where fresh players or even bad players would definitely tend to overshoot and hit something and now worse, someone!

Just imagine if the ball actually hit a toddler or a baby. It could have been a fatal accident. In this case, no amount of money will ever compensate for the life of another human being.

Bear in mind the apartment‘s decoration and ambience consist of glass and many fragile (easy to break) items, from glass tables to glass window. It would have been more frightening if it broke some glass and the shards hit all of us in the face!

This is not something that the apartment management should take lightly, same goes for the Curve’s safety/risk and health department (wonder if you even have such department in your management?)

Here we would like to stress that :

The Apartment’s Management

The Apartment should have taken measures to ensure such silly accidents do not happen – for such an established eatery to have the silliest of incidents occurring is so bizarre.
Please note that we were told that this is NOT THE FIRST time that the ball fell from the upper floor; only this time we were told that it had hit a person on the head!
The Apartment Management to contact Miss Chia Yune Une (cc-ed in this email) and understand the concerns that she has regarding this matter
While we requested and insisted for the bill, the Apartment made sure that we did not have to pay for the amount incurred. Again, this is not a matter of settling the bill and let bygones be bygones. We want to make sure that other people’s safety is not taken for granted and that the Apartment must take responsibility on what has happened.

The Curve’s Management

We are calling for the Curve’s management to ensure that the Apartment within this next few days take the necessary action in ensuring that this accident will not happen again.
The Curve management to ensure safety and precautions are met by their tenants – do rounds and checks as such incidents jeopardize the safety and the credibility of this shopping mall

With this, we look forward to hearing the response from the Apartment and the Curve’s management.

Thank you.

Regards

Tunku Faradiana

the happy event that turned sour at the Apartment the Curve

2011-01-31T09:36:00.000-08:00

Us girls were supposed to have had a great time after not being able to spend time together for so long. furthermore one of the girls came back from Japan for the holidays.

Tomorrow, will write on what happened at the Apartment the Curve.

It really spoiled our day. Period.

Luckily no one was badly injured. Well one got injured.. luckily not fatal.

Will update the full story soon.

I will not go to that place ever again.

spring cleaning..and the first complete entry for 2011

2011-01-30T01:55:00.000-08:00

Nak letak jugak 1 gambar to deco this plain entry :)

yeah.. spring cleaning my blog.. boy o boy. Have left this blog unattended for so long. Malas punya pasal.. did not manage to force myself to rajin-rajin update stuff.

Mizzy pun dah tanya tanya bile nak update ni? hehe.. Sorry la babe, the M word was so big that i could not get myself to even open this site.

so this is what i've kept in my file for the past few days.. konon nak update la tapi tak buat buat. Jadi di hari ahad yang hujan memanjang dari pagi sampai ke (nak malam dah pun) petang ni..i pun merajinkan diri to post something.

Let’s rewind and recap the happenings from 2010:

Came back from Hong Kong (and missing that busy place)

Moved into our new home (yeay!)

And did a kenduri plus housewarming after that (double yeay!)

Hunny got a new job with better career growth opportunities, great office facilities and definitely a good change of environment for him.

And he also got to go to Poland for a month soon after he reported to work at the new place. How cool is that?

So that was quite a whirlwind of happenings and events in 2010.. and we are thankful for all of it. It wasn’t easy but you’ve got to start somewhere.

well..hello hello!

2010-08-15T20:54:00.000-07:00

hello there earthlings! i have not been quite disciplined now have i? i've been going MIA recently and there is no reason to it.. only laziness.. with the capital L! :)

a lot have been going on lately.. we've moved into our new home .. (yeay!).. and managed to make it our own comfortable place to stay, bit by bit. You see, we don't have a lot of moolahs to start at a new place, and to even spend on lavish deco, not yet..and this house still in fact belongs to the bank, because we do still owe the bank a BOMB! and we're paying bit by bit.. slowly but surely, we'll get there.

okay, so have been trying to upload the pictures in here for a good few minutes and i dont see it working. this means i would have to resize them which means it is something that i will procrastinate and not do now..haha.. lazy bum me..

anyhow, we'll get to the house pictures sooner if not later :)

till then, have a good puasa month..take care of what you eat :)

And so what did I do on my last weekend here?

2010-02-09T03:59:00.001-08:00

As usual not much. I had ice cream because I had this sudden craving for it. No, one schmall lil scoop won't be enough for me..no, no, no.. I just had to have the big one. Greedy monster me!

Before we start on our ice cream expedition, let me introduce you to Chandler. Err, he really does not look like the oh-so-famous Chandler Bing that we all know and love (let's just stick to know..I prefer Joey's character..hehe).

Gulp! What a catch!

Hey hey..the competitor is just right across the street! Ben & Jerry's, sorry, you don't have a place to sit so I had to go with HD.

My day is not perfect without a cup of coffee, whatmore during a cold Saturday afternoon.

Coffee and vanilla flavoured ice cream. Loved the coffee, so-so on the vanilla. I knew this already but I keep making/ordering the same ol flavour. Why o why???

Ta-daa! The virgin ice cream served in a sweet waffle cone.

All in all it was a pleasant Saturday. After the ice cream and people watching expedition, I went home, relaxed and got myself ready for the farewell dinner. I love Saturdays. Who doesn't?

To sum it all up...

2010-02-08T07:24:00.001-08:00

Pretty pink roses :)

A beautiful bouquet of roses and champagne were presented to all who were in the Annual Dinner committee. The champagne? I gave it to my colleagues.. (psstt.. it would've been better if I had chocolates no?hehehe)

Body cream, and EDP and a shower gel..things that I like! Thank you!

The prezzie, a kit of Crabtree & Evelyn goodness that I got from my friends. Nice huh?

A Singaporean restaurant..the food was just so-so. Name of the place : Shiok!

Food was not super shiok though. Too bad.

This funny sort of inappropriate painting to look at while eating was right in front of our table.. so 'appetizing'

Anniversary lunch with SoSho at a Sichuan restaurant. The Lime soda was delish!

Sichuan vegetarian soup. Spicy just the way we like it! I wonder why I don't like the ones they make in Msia.

A cupcake with fresh (and definitely shweet) strawberries on the side.

Charlie's angels? I think Not!... :)

Something I bought at a very cool price. I am definitely going to miss the affordable cosmetic products here.. :(

A decorative item meant for our house.

This is how it looks like when you stick a picture there.

The things that I did or receive during my last few days here..the pictures are in no particular order.

Goodbye, Goodbye Flying Pumpkin, come again, come again..

2010-02-07T22:07:00.000-08:00

Strike a pose! I love this picture.. :)

Tired, but happy us!
This is Tony's attempt in trying to get all of us in.

Charlie with his two angels. Where's other one?

Oh and that lil one, I think she's a gymnast. I don't know how she did that.

Wheeee.. Happy girls!

Hey, the happy man with his new ties.

You the MAN tony!

Happy people in the house!

Okay, I don't know why I still remember this song. And the funny thing is, I think the only ones who can relate or remember that verse are my elder sister and I. It's from some old tv series or something..I was what, 5? Aiyaiyai.. how time flies.

Back to my story. On Saturday, it was supposed to be a pre-CNY get together dinner with friends. We gathered at this cosy lil Indian restaurant called Guru’s. You see, SoSho has made friends with the owner of this place so we sort of got good rates for the whole dinner thing. The guys brought their own drinks, wine and champagne. Me? Mango lassi.. Though it didn't go down very well with me that night. I tell you, don't order lassi when you know you’ll be eating a lot..hehe..

The guys actually planned the dinner to be a farewell dinner for both Tony and I. How shweet these people are I tell ya. And they even bought me a very nice present… Wheeeehoooo! A heart shaped box of stuff from Crabtree & Evelyn. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Loves it!

Tony received two pairs of ties.. not out of this world but we hope he likes it..hehe.. Now all he has to do is just buy two more shirts to match the ties. Haha.. I like how a woman thinks.

After dinner we headed off to this karaoke place.. Red Box in Wan Chai. The place does not get any thumbs up from me. The list of songs were.errmm.. disappointing. Nevertheless, the crazy friends made up for the lack of song choice. We sang to our hearts’ content.

Thank you people! We shall meet again..

Next date : dinner with Miss M.

Tag and you're it!

2010-02-05T06:56:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged by Shariz :) . Dan jawapannya adalah seperti berikut:

First time jumpa with ur hubby bila n kat mana?
Hmm..can't remember when exactly sebab we were in the same course, same Uni cuma in different classes. I knew more about him than just his name when we were the annual dinner committee, 2nd semester of our diploma course. Strictly as friends!

2. Love at first sight?
Nope! hehe..i dah cerita panjang lebar how we gotta know each other (the entry in conjunction with our 2nd wedding anniversary).

3. Who was he when the first time u meet him?
A stranger? hehe.. betulla, tak kenal pun sangat eventhough I knew he was taking the same course as I was.

4. How long did it take for him to ask u out on a date?
Errrrrrr.. I think we have to revise this question. How long did it take for me to ask him out on a date? Lamalah jugak sebab both of us were very different..he dated other girls, i dated other guys. Oh, and he is/was a shy person..hence, the revision of question above.

5. First dating place?
Hmm.. Guardian pharmacy Mahkota Parade ke (terpaksa la pergi as my excuse of going there was to buy Naz's cough syrup kan? Tak beli nanti buat malu je)? Tak ingat.. tapi yang i ingat, he woke up damn late! Grrr.. buat bengang je..memang suka tidur tau dia ni dari dulu sampai le sekarang..kekeke...

6. How did he propose?
OOOOO, this is a good one! I think he got all this whacky (but nice) ideas dari movies la..I mean, we already decided to get married, dah cari cincin merisik dah. Uncle pun dah kata ok. So one fine Saturday afternoon, he brought me to Italiannies (where our table had been nicely decorated with flowers la, candle la, card la)..and he proposed to me a la the western style (on bended knees i must say, the full package) ! haaaiii.. boleh tahan jugak anak bongsu kepada my parents in law ni..hehehe.. Pandai dia geng dengan manager restaurant tu to makes sure that everything was in place before we reached the place.

Cincin merisik tu pun ada kes. Will be storied-moried in a later date. Yang penting I ada 2 cincin merisik..hehe..ini kes orang tak reti apa-apa punya pasal.

7. Special Date with your hubby?
eh, tak boleh plural ke? it should be 14/2/2002 when we first got together. 31/1/2008 the day we got hitched. 2/2 - hehe..of course my birthday is an important date for the hubby.. betul tak?

8. Changes that he asked u to do?
For me to be more patient...hehe.. that is my ultimate weakness i must say.

9. What is it about him makes you love him so much?
Errr.. because he can withstand me? :)

10. What is it about him that u wish he would change?
Not much. he is getting more matured and very determined every single day :)

11. U will lose ur mind n crack ur head when he?
Aaaaaaaa... ini satu family tau..kekekeke...

12. U will smile through your eyes for the whole day when he?
When he sometimes make the most funniest (and naive) comment about something..

13. Complete this sentence.. 'My love towards my hubby is as big as..?
haaaa? boleh ke bagi analogy for this? I don't know.. I don't have an equipment to measure it by..hehee..

Who's next? Sape nak jawab silakan.. :)

And she turns 1! plus 28 ...

2010-02-02T22:40:00.000-08:00

With the best actor and actresses in Hong Kong..hehe..
Eek! My dress lable can be seen in here.. that thing keeps coming out, it is so stubborn!
By the way, why only ONE candle? I think only because they charge the candle per piece here..hehe..and why spoil the cake with too many candles no?

Again, the roses plus one thorn in action. Again, thank you all for the lovely lunch surprise and yummylicious cake!

Of bulging tummy and a happy (nearly surprised to death)me!

2010-02-01T23:17:00.000-08:00

The culprits
Helen, Angela, Mich, Sonia, Pinky and Tony

The roles
Sonia – as the main coordinator. I’m guessing that she is the one who worked with the rest on this idea.

Tony – the one who should be keeping a surprise as a surprise, but always nearly blowing the cover.

Mich & Helen – the gals who went to buy the cake.

Pinky – another culprit playing her role in the small but sweet event.

The location
My favourite Thai restaurant at Soho – Cafe Siam.

How the culprits played their role.
Nobody wished me happy birthday in the morning. Everyone was busy doing their work.. Mich and Helen were busy packing stuff as they needed to move their workspace to a different location. Boo hoo hoo!

When it was lunchtime, Sonia went with me to get some lunch and she was leading me towards Soho. We ate so much the night before that I did not feel like eating so much today. Sonia wanted to bring me to this Indian restaurant where they offer cheap buffet or something. Mich and Helen were having their own lunch plan.. or so they said.

Sonia and I last-last masuk Cafe Siam. Ape kes? I smelled something funny already and I was so inquisitive asking why were we going into Cafe Siam when she said the Indian restaurant was cheaper?

The first person that I saw was Tony, followed by a big SURPRISE shout out by Angela and Pinky. When I said BIG, it was really big and loud. My jantung went over my head again (like what I felt when I was on the roller coaster ride). NOTE: I don’t recommend Angela’s surprise shout out to people aged 60 and above..haha..

All in all..on top of adding the much needed fat (what? I’ve gotta be kidding!) from eating the nice thai food and yummy chocolate cake, the small get together was a nice and pleasant surprise.

Hugs and kisses to all the sweet culprits! I will forever remember this birthday celebration.

All my life, I have never imagined that I would have the chance to travel, whatmore experiencing a birthday celebration in Hong Kong. Daddy if you’re still around, you’d be very proud of your 3 daughters. Eh? I should not be emotional on my birthday right? I should be happy! I am happy…eventhough I have a bulging tummy! Yikes!

Pictures will be posted soon. I just need to get it from Miss Helen. It was a surprise so I did not bring my SE phone with the better camera. Dang!

When Harry met Sally?

2010-01-31T22:01:00.000-08:00

Whoopss..It should be how Syamsul Met Yana..that’s much better. How it all started? We did not actually bump into each other.. it's none of those love at first sight things. It’s definitely not like how people fall in love.. youknow, like in the movies. Letak phone number atas windscreen ke, pass note at the library to get to know each other ke.. none of these things. I wonder if people really experience this…hehe..

Ours was nothing out of the ordinary. It started from a normal friendship. Really, just a normal friendship of the typical ‘His and Byes’ when we were doing our diploma course. He was not my kind of guy.. and (I think) I was not his kind of girl.He dated other people.. I dated other people. Somehow we got closer during the final semester there where we often texted each other ( yeah, calling using our mobile phones were not cheap ok back then.. text message la murah sikit..hehe).

From thereon we went out together, still not calling it a relationship. And being the brave soul that I am, I was the one who asked him out first! (not on a date, more of going out to run some errands..I think my first excuse was that I needed to buy cough syrup for Naz yang batuk tak elok2...hey, that was true, cuma alasan nak keluar je tak berapa concrete :) ). Also we did balik KL and Melaka sama-sama.. FYI, he took the bus especially for me. :) Tapi tak selalu balik KL pun, sebab we started going out nearing the completion of our course. I remember the bus ride home, I asked Miss Naz if I can sit with Syamsul..hehe.. thank you for being okay to sit alone on the bus, jasamu dikenang Miss Naz. Who would’ve thought for such a small deed, your friends ended up getting married..betul tak?

It became a serious relationship in February 2002 (I think), our final diploma semester, siap bawak bunga lagi cik abang I ni. (Where did he learn all this?). And from thereon, we dated..went to pursue our degree in Shah Alam. Initially we were in different classes. Tak silap during the second year, we enrolled in the same class, macam mane pun tak ingat. We were in the same class in the last few semesters. Some lecturers knew about us, some maybe just could smell it..hehe.. takdela sampai nak duduk together saja. I think we rarely sat together in class and also I was never, or rarely in the same group projects as he.

We graduated, went on working and continued dating. The relationship evolved (macam evolve jadi mutant la pulak…), and we got hitched….. to each other that is! :) It was a mutual understanding that in 2008, we’d be married. And so we did.

To sum it all up, how we met and how we decided to be together is definitely not like in the rom-com, or romance novels.. It’s not out of this world. But I love it! And so, that is how Harry Met Sally/ Syamsul Met Yana…keh,keh,keh..

Hunny, happy anniversary and let’s pray for more happy happy anniversaries to come!

Two!

2010-01-31T01:48:00.000-08:00

Yeay..hooray hooray! Today is the date when we said our 'I Dos'.. well okay, no we didn't. We don't do any of that I Do stuff. hehe.. Today is the date when he had cold sweat running down his face (okay, I am exaggerating) facing the tok qadi to do the akad nikah. Dengan sekali lafaz, witnessed by our family members and friends, we became husband and wife.

We're sort of celebrating our second anniversary in our own way. He went out with the guys, lepak lepak saja on Saturday night while I my friend here asked me out for lunch in celebration of my wedding anniversary. Sweet!

I hope for many more happy anniversaries to come.. Meanwhile, this is another song which we used to to walk down the aisle during our wedding reception. Hugs to my hunnybunch!!

p/s: thanks to Anuar Zain for making great love songs that will forever remind me of my wedding day! Hugs to you too! ( eh, can ah? ...hehe)

Mochaccino anyone?

2010-01-26T04:02:00.000-08:00

I am a big fan of coffee. The blog title says it all. Never been a fan of mocha..probably because the Starb's mocha drinks are not to my liking. Neslo okay je, sedap je minum tapi when it comes to mocha drinks from the coffee places ni macam tak syok pulak.

I have been drinking lattes and cappuccinos, and too many cups for my own good if I can say so. Reason being we have this buy one get one free coupon from Pacific Coffee here. Most of the time my officemate/s are game for coffee..hehe..memang geng. All we need to do is just show the coupon (they just have to see it, they do not keep it for environmental purposes or probably if collect banyak2 dari customers buat menyemak saje..hehe) and we'll get one cuppa free.

Due to the high intake of lattes and cappuccinos the past few weeks.. I became so bored drinking them..nescafe 3 in 1 that I brought from Msia dulu dah abis. Then I just saw this thing called Mochaccino at Pacific Coffee.. gave it a try... and....

the love affair with Pacific Coffee's mochaccino begins!

Sedap gile!!! Why didn't I try this before? Dang.. I only have a few weeks left..have to stock up/drink up as much as I can. I also got my buddies who were here for a visit hooked on the drink too! Yummy yummy.. bulat lagilah tummy...hehehe... Definitely the perfect cup of coffee for me... wheeeeee...

game for some roller coaster ride?

2010-01-24T03:51:00.000-08:00

Image: Travelpod.com

I overheard a few guys talking about the ride. They said it was nothing, they said it was just some kiddies ride compared to the rest. And we believed them, while trying our best to calm ourselves as we stepped closer to our 'kiddies' ride.

The place : Ocean Park Hong Kong

When : On a nice sunny (but cooling) Friday.

The culprit : Yune

The victim : Me ... Miss Sam found a nice spot for a glass of coke and popcorn while witnessing the two silly girls walking towards their doom.

The ride : The Mine Train

What we saw : Just a few loops so it was not supposed to be that bad.

What we experienced:

An out of body experience. My jantung went over my head for a few times. I could not scream due to the level of fright during the ride. ( well, at the same time thinking, 'what if my sunnies fall into the ocean?' (note : the ride was by the ledge and we can see the ocean as we scared ourselves shitless).

Was it worth it?

I seriously do not know. What I know is I shall never, ever go on those type of rides ever again! Happy to have done it but I would not have done so if not for Yune who suddenly added on to my scaredy-catness when she said.. I oso very scared now. What the hey? She was supposed to be the brave one.. apalaaaa!

Was it my first time riding a roller coaster?

Nope. I went to Genting a few years' back and I loved going on the Corkscrew..first time was super scary but I went on for another 2 times and was enjoyed the ride. Did not scream the 2nd and 3rd time.

What's the difference with this ride then?

Besides the fact that it is located at the ledge (the ocean is right down below it).. I guess I am just older now, therefore, I do not need all this heart pumping action thrill-a-majigy anymore. Phew!

I'm going home, to the place where I belong..

2010-01-18T04:39:00.000-08:00

And so I've made it official. I have received the letter from the respective person in charge. I'm coming home hunny, and this time it is for good.

My monthly disposable income will be lower now, but heck, who cares... my heart is with him. I am happier now and the burden has been taken off of my chest. Lompat lompat kesukaan!!

Note: hehe..naz now you know :)

To the Peak and back!

2010-01-17T04:15:00.000-08:00

This is proof that we walked up, all the way.

To take my mind of the challenging walk, I spent some time taking pictures:)

Once upon a Saturday evening, I received a text message asking, "Do you wanna hike up to the Peak tomorrow from Central?". And to this I answered, "Okay, I'm game." This came out without giving much thought of the challenge that lay ahead. I figured, okay it's going to be hard but I don't think it'll kill me.

Boy was I wrong! Miss SoSho were supposed to go with us as well, but I guess the bed was a better choice for her on a Sunday afternoon. And so off we go, the three of us from my apartment all the way up to The Peak. (we stopped by Park n Shop for some supplies..food supplies that is!..hahaha)

Within 15 minutes of the journey, I was already huffing and puffing. At this point we have not reached the pathway specifically to go up. We were just ON the way to the pathway..OMG! Mich kept asking, "are we nearing already?"

And so we kept on walking, and walking, and huffing and puffing.. (and me praying that I do not faint and go tumbling down). Every time I saw a bench ( they prepare benches along the way for people to rest) I felt like I just need to sit down and rest. But I know better not to do that, I know if I did, I would not be able to continue the walk.

After about an hour (with a-taking-our-own-time walking pace), we managed to reach the Peak. Was I happy! I could finally rest my sore feet. We had lunch at one of the restaurants there, Mich had spaghetti while I had seafood pizza. Yummy yummy! Yup, not planning to lose weight today, but hey, I had lots of fun!

All in all, it was a happy day for us. The weather was great, the company was the best :)

phew! what a night..

2010-01-16T06:41:00.000-08:00

Miss M and me. Met her during our first day at the office. sweet, sweet girl she is. I am so chubby..muahaha..

These are the boys from my programme. The joker and James Bond in action :)

With my mentor. And yes, he came as one of the character in Harry Porter.

this is Michael Jackson. Don't have her picture when she was in her element. she's cool!

all the ladies in the house!

With the one but not only Audrey Hepburn.. she even made the ciggie holder (is that what it's called?) herself.

Getting me hair and make up done.

Checking out if I looked too white.

My head felt heavy the whole night (partly because of the big hairdo..haha). I was in the organising committee and we arranged the annual dinner with a hollywoodsy feel to it. The dinner was themed 'A Night with ING Stars'. I didn't manage to get a lot of pictures. But some people really went all out dressing up and stuff. Was really cool to see them.

There was 2 Mike Myers..good jokers they were! Talking about jokers, we also had 2 Heath Ledger version of the Joker. There was an Audrey Hepburn in the house, a minnie mouse (ni macam tak masuk sikit but don't tell her i said this). The funniest one would be Fred Flinstone and Barnie (eh macam mane spell his name?).. gosh, they crack us up. Super funny..and sexy may I add.

The coolest character that night was definitely my very very tall and pretty friend who came as MJ. And she even moved like him.. damn she was cool! She also won the best dressed (female category) award. Way to go, girl! And of course, there were so many James Bond that night..haha..the easiest character to put on I think. There were other great characters but I'm a bit lazy to write them all.

It was a long night no doubt.. ate good food, we played some cool games and then danced until the DJ had to close shop. Funny story, all the while I dealt with the deejay boleh tak tau he was born in KL. He is an Australian indian tapi he can speak Malay, eventhough he said he only knows a lil bit, but can faham lah. What a small world eh?

after some time, I finally made up my mind..

2010-01-12T04:27:00.000-08:00

Image:Juiceonline.. don't think this is the one in Penang though. Decorative purpose only.

that it going to be Hard Rock Hotel Penang! Whooooeeeee.. phew.. Hotel/ Holiday hunting is a serious job. I should get paid doing this.

My short holiday criteria :

1. 3 days 2 nights stay - hunny cannot be on vacay for long

2. if we were to drive - the location should be within 2 hours' drive

3. I prefer to go to good hotels - looking at it as our 2nd year anniversary celebration

4. if it is nearby KL - the costs should not be more than RM 700 to RM800 for 2 nights. Should include breakfast.

5. if it is out of KL- my budget is below RM2000

So, both me and hunny were hotel hunting last night, him in Msia, me in HK. Both on YM to discuss which is a good place for the vacay. My choices according to preference:

1. Avillion PD - i just love this place! Too bad they're fully booked.

2. Frangipani Langkawi - fully booked. sob..sob..sob..

2. Admiral Cove PD - the reviews are not too good, so it's a no.

4. Damai Laut Resort and Spa - hunny said it's probably too far.. i guess he just does not want to waste time on the road. Lagi pulak if we get lost along the way.

3. Kuching, Sarawak - Hilton or Damai Puri. We were supposed to get feedback from our Sarawakian friends tapi we didn't do it since I booked HRH.

And then, after consulting Mizzy today..she just dropped me a By the Way email telling me that.. "Hey, btw, Hard Rock Hotel dah bukak kat Penang"..

And I was like..HUH? why didn't I think of that? I saw some friends uploading HRH pictures on their FB..But it just did not cross my mind.

So finally, I did it. Had to call hunny and texted him from here to tell him the news. Dia pun tak tau..haha.. I am Happy! No more hunting..for now!

Note: the total cost of return flight ticket and accommodation (includes breakfast) is just below RM1300, for the both of us. :)

Is it worth it?

2010-01-11T00:54:00.000-08:00

Okay this entry has no relevance to my previous entry. That entry will be further elaborated in the near future.

Yesterday, I saw a Chanel travel palette. It’s complete with blusher, eyeshadow and (lip gloss if I am not mistaken)..something like the picture above. I don’t know if it’s worth to buy it because :

1. I use make up but not that much. Am also not a professional when it comes to decorating my face. Half the time I don’t even know which colour is suppose to go to which part of the eyelid so that it’ll have that smokey or non-smokey eye effect ( See! I don’t even know what look that I want to go for!)
Plus, when I got married even the make up artist complained that I don't have enough eyelid space ..bila letak warna tak nampak sangat pun..hohoho..jimat colour make artist tu.
2. It is expensive but probably not as expensive as in Malaysia because it’s at a discounted price.
3. I might just end up with using only the mirror! Hahaha.. yelah, dah make up pun tak terror.. what would I be doing with all the colours?

Now on to the more positive stuff:

1. I won’t get it at that price in Malaysia ( I am beginning to sound like that shopaholic character.. err, and I don’t like the sound of it)..haha..
2. Since it is a travel pack, the mirror is bigger than what you get from a compact powder.
3. It is a travel pack. So I may no longer need to carry all other make up stuff when I travel… Okay, not so sure about this one. But it’ll probably help me in becoming a light traveler.

Hmmm… what do you girls think? Should I or should I not? By the way, my make up palette from hantaran kawin haritu dah dua tahun dah tak habis-habis. Dah boleh buang dah because it’s passed its one year deadline.
Note: I heard that we should only keep our make up for a maximum of one year, termasukla lipstick and such.

Update: Jiwa raga tak tahan.. I bought it. And it was the one final, last, paling akhir (am I trying to defend my purchase here?) stock.

Good news is - takdela besar sangat as I imagined. And all the colours i likey, likey..yeah! Can also fit into my handbag..Good!

Life changing decision?

2010-01-08T23:38:00.000-08:00

Let's hope for the best. I am ready to face the music. Some might look at is as me making the biggest mistake in my life and ti may be a silly decision but I know what is important in my life right now. I am grateful for the opportunity. And this does not mean that I am closing the door to other opportunities that may come in the future.

I hope, I pray and I know.. that this is the right decision.

Boleh ke tertinggal passport?

2010-01-02T20:09:00.000-08:00

H- the saviour..hehe..

Bolehke? Can this actually happen to someone who packs her small luggage a few days before she takes off and made sure everything is in order much earlier on? It was the scariest experience I tell you. I was already in the Airport Express, and it was halfway reaching the airport. (This was during the Xmas break when I went home for 4 days).

And then while on the train, my mind started to wander off.. macam tetiba je I had flashbacks of things I did before that day. AND suddenly I had a vision of my hand going into this toiletry bag (where I keep my sewing kit, my plastic multipurpose locks, AND my passport) but I did not take my passport then because I didn' want to keep it in my handbag because it was still a few days before my scheduled flight.

Everything was all packed and ready on the day. Beriya iya turun office awal because I wanted to be early. Until, that flashback came to me ..and I realised that I do not have my passport with me. D-uh!!!! felt like knocking my head on the window tapi I still had extra time. Yang tak bestnya because I had to lug around my luggage (walaupun tak berat) tapi nak balik rumah jalan kaki dari One IFC tu and to come back.. aiyaiyai!

I just texted my H, my colleague to say how silly I was. And that text was not an SOS text. It was just a normal text to tell her I left my passport, that's all. And to my amazement she offered to go back to MY apartment and take it for me. She walked from the office (which is located at One IFC, where the Airport Express station is as well) to my apartment and came to Airport Express to deliver my passport. Thankful. That's all I can say at that time. I took the train back to One IFC and waited for H to come. And she did.. with my passport in her hand.

So thank you H. Serious tak sangka.. :) I am forever grateful.

Of keychains and books and other stuff

2010-01-02T18:55:00.000-08:00

Just had to buy this fridge magnet/frame at Disneyland and also a very pweety mickey and minnie in a wedding attire. Didn't take a picture of the pair in the wedding attire though..that will go as decoration for the house :)

Finished this already. I love it!

Halfway through.. :)

I like reading easy-breezy books. I'm not a fan of heavy literature..also not a fan of serious stuff, you know, those thick books with small fonts. Definitely not my cup of tea.

Got the keychains while trying to find Fa Yuen Street. That street boasts of a massive collection of quite affordable clothes, dresses and macam macam. We found the road signage, tapi kedai-kedainya tak jumpa. Last time I went with my Hongkie friend and I got myself a few dresses and tops. Ini kedai-kedai pun tak nampak.. It was just a bit confusing for both my sis and I..some more dengan bau stinky taufu tu, adeiiiii, tak boleh tahan macam nak muntah. ( apologies to those who like the stinky taufu but we really could not take it).

Before we went home, we bought a 3 keychains. From Coach. Dekat pasar..hahaha..tapi still mahal so I bargained and got them a bit cheaper. I do not encourage buying fake handbags(after reading from someone's blog that those ppl who are in the fake handbag business, use the money from this business for another business line..which is child prostitution) ..tapi I don't know about fake Coach keychains though. What do you think?

do you believe in horoscopes?

2009-12-29T19:44:00.000-08:00

Aquarius: Jan. 20 – Feb.18
You're going through a lot of career changes, thanks to innovative Jupiter. Along the way you could be considering going back to school, moving to a new location, or heading into a new field. Remember to talk things over with your sweetheart.

Got this from http://clovetwo.com/articles/lipstory.asp?file=/2009/12/15/lipstickmystic/20091215174142&sec=lipstickmystic

d-uh.. memang macam kena. what the? Career changes..memang la betul.. moving to a new location..probably in April or early May 2010. But all is very difficult right now. What to do and where to go? What does my heart tell me? Na-da.. bunyi perut adalah menandakan it's time for lunchie munchie..haha..

By the way, yang going back to school tu macam syok je especially seeing hunny registering for his classes and all. He said that those with First Class Degree can apply for Phd straight, they do not have to do Masters (of the Universe..hehe).. tak kisah jurusan ape. Hmm.. that sounds interesting. Aackk! biar betul, beranikah saya ni?.. tak tau la cik abang ni baca dengan betul ke tak. Sometimes he does speedreading and misses important points or agaknya ada clause clause penting yang dia tak nampak. :)

Donna Chang Bodymist vs Flora by Gucci

2009-12-29T18:35:00.000-08:00

Never, ever buy perfumes based on the prettiness of the bottle. That’s what I did. Big mistake. I ended up not liking the smell of Flora by Gucci (FG). I do not like strong smelling perfumes, and this one is kind of strong for my sensitive nose. My sister said,”Don't tell me you bought it because of the bottle?” Well, of course I didn’t! I mean, the big bad bottle helped in brainwashing me brains into buying the perfume (that was on 45% discount so when it is converted to RM it was RM150 for the 50ml bottle). So I though it was a good buy..and I thought I liked the smell...initially. Heck,Gucci did a pretty darn good ad that mesmerized me and made me buy FG! (blame it on Gucci's ad agency!)

However, all is not lost because my sister likes it so I am giving it to her, furthermore she can save her moolahs for something else. Lama tahan perfume tu I rasa, pakai sikit je dah bau kuat.

On a more positive note, the last time I was in Bangkok ( eh, macam pernah pergi banyak kali je padahal baru je sekali), I bought this body mist from Donna Chang. I think it is a local Thai brand. I love the smell very very much and my sis agrees with me as well.
It is not super long lasting like how a perfume is but you can always spray them again probably after lunch or something. The smell is very refreshing and … NICE! Can’t really describe how it is but it is very nice.

I bought a 140ml bottle for RM75 (after 15% discount). And I smell so goooooood! Hehe… darn! Come to think of it, I could have bought another 2 bottles of DC from the RM150 that I spent on FG. Issokay, at least FG is now going to another person..tak membazir.
Here is DC’s website. I don’t think it's avail in Msia though..i have not really surfed their site. http://www.donna-chang.com/

Moral of the story :
1. sometimes cheaper stuff is better than those expensive branded ones.
2. don’t buy perfumes based on the beauty of the bottles. Looks can be deceiving :). Okay, maybe this point only applies to me. I think people out there buy perfumes based on the smell that they like.
3. Elakkan pembaziran, sharing is caring. I was lucky that my sis is in need of a new perfume and that she likes the FG. So she will take it home with her.

Note: must order from Yune 2 or 3 more bottles when she comes to HK.. or bring them home with her when she goes back to Msia.

RM50 for every credit card?what say you?

2009-12-28T18:33:00.000-08:00

http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/cerita.asp?file=/2009/12/29/mstar_berita/20091228211748&sec=mstar_berita

Read in the news that beginning next year service tax will be charged to all credit card holders. RM50 for those with the principal cards and and RM25 to all supplementary cards. I missed out the earlier articles about this topic and the rationale behind charging GSTs on the CCs. Mental note : just google them up later to read and know more about it.

Told hunny about it and apparently he has cards that have been zerorised (and no more in use) but still active. I am now his PA to remind him things..hehe.. he said he needs to remind himself to cancel the card. :)

I cannot make any comments on the news because I have not done enough research on the topic. So no argument(s) on the subject matter for now.

As for me, I have hunny’s supplementary card because last time when I tried to apply from H*B* (hehe, not so subtle now is it?), they rejected my application because they could not find any debt info on me. What the hey? At time of application I only had my car loan under my name and no credit cards.. so I was a CC virgin. And, by doing simple maths, both hunny and I knew that I was eligible for the card. What made me a bit angry was because I was in a rush at the time to fly to Amsterdam for a 3-week course. Manala tau kena pakai duit sendiri in case of emergency ke, bolehla pakai card tu.

In the end, no CC but I survived. Nasib I didn’t need to have extra cash/ credit during the course. Phew!

Story #1 on the GST on CCs memang not so relevant with story #2 on my rejected CC application experience. :)

whoppeedeedoodaaaah

2009-12-21T22:28:00.000-08:00

gibberish entry for today since I am so not in the mood to really work this week. Furthermore with this kind of weather, how can you not wish that you were on leave and tucked cosily in bed???
I am on a happy note this week probably because I'll be heading back to Msia on Thursday night. Yippie! But I am dreading the flight.. I wonder why is that every time I go on flight to just about anywhere, I end up getting a pretty bad migraine once I reach the destination.

Same case as when I reached Bangkok, Yune had to give me Panadols that night because of the headache. It takes at least one day to recover, so if i sampai Msia on Thursday night kenala cepat cepat makan ubat so that Friday I am all fresh and good to go. Go where? takde mana mana.. pergi hang out dengan my mum and sisters je. My mum promised to cook me curry crabs when I go home. Yummmm....

I think I have 2 wedding invites on Saturday. One is right smack in KL while the other is in Bangi.. one, two, jus! Which one should I prioritise? I think maybe the one in Bangi since my very old school friend is getting married though I have not seen her since we finished high school. Punya la lama! I think I should go there a little bit later if we want to take pictures with the pengantin. Datang awal nanti kena balik awal to make way for others who will want to makan2 at the hall.

At night, I have a makan-makan invite at my uncle's place. My auntie and her family flew back from the US and they are here to introduce (i think) Azlina's hubby. Azlina is my auntie's daughter which makes her my cousin. (It would have been easier to just say that Azlina is my cousin but I wanted to create this puzzle-effect).

So basically to sum it all up. My trip this month is just for MAKAN aje!.. oh no.. no wonder I am so puffy now. :)

By the way, please wish me a safe journey home because saya tidak pernah travel home on Xmas Eve which as I have read the papers, ramai orang will be at the airport in HK.. as in reallly ramai! :p

It's that time of the year

2009-12-16T22:15:00.000-08:00

Where people get together with their loves ones, spend quality time, EAT and Be MERRY!

As for me.. huaaaa.. I feel so menyesal not applying for 2 weeks leave sampai end of year. Kalau tak, I would have 2 weeks of pure cuti at home.. L darn, how silly can I get??
I still have 8 more annual leave days in my pocket.. (while knocking my head on the table)..why o why did I not take my leave?

What can I do to make myself feel better? Well, it’s not going to be that bad actually.
Hunny will be coming tomorrow (Friday 18th) and he will fly back on Monday 21st. Funny arrangement we did.. And I, on the other hand, will fly to Malaysia on Xmas Eve (erk!mesti ramai orang kat aiport… gritting teeth). But I won’t be there for long, I will be coming back on Monday 28th, lugging along my kakak yang takut nak datang HK sorang-sorang so dia nak jugak naik flight same as me to come to HK. Hehe..

So I will be working from the 29th to 31st of December..tak tau la kakak ku nak buat apa while I am at work. Takkan dia nak duduk rumah aje kot and play Farmville? Bluek, I think not! Membazir je bayar ticket kapal terbang kalau nak main Farmville.. :)

By the way, ticket MAS is amazingly much cheaper than Air Asia (for the date that my sister booked). And I also compared and contrasted how much more expensive if one way AA and one way MAS would be than just taking AA return or MAS return alone.
So the conclusion is taking AA to KL and then return via MAS to HK is a better deal for me. Cheaper than AA or MAS return.. trust me! RM1000 in total.. okayla, especially during festive seasons prices just go wayyyyy over the top.

C U later alligator: to the unpretty sight of numbers in my CC statement

2009-12-14T07:10:00.000-08:00

for now that is.. yahoo! I am debt free! I am not a big fan of credit cards but I appreciate the existence very much now since I can only book and pay for my flight tickets via my CC. The debt was not much but I would always like to zerorise it every month, cuma it has increased quite a bit due to the travelling. Next target.. my PTPTN diploma loan.. :)

I am one happy lad-eyh! By the way, I forgot that ASB has closed shop for the time being until January 4th for dividend calculation..tsk tsk..January la macam ni. I also make it a must to put aside a percentage and place it in ASB walaupun tak banyak every month.. sediakan payung sebelum it rains.

Erk, that reminds me that my car insurance due next Jan 17th! I should remind myself to remind hunny to help renew the insurance for me.

Note to myself : make a mental note of the reminder to remind hunny. Okeih?

Bangkok in a few snapshots

2009-12-14T05:36:00.000-08:00

Mirror-happy-people!

Yune and..err..I forgot the name. Sorry adik!

Dinner at some local restaurant. See the musician (?) behind me. Nice entertainment for the night.

Cha and moi

This is Cha's creative masterpiece

Bangkok Express

2009-12-14T04:25:00.000-08:00

see the title? Yup, fly in,fly out. That was how fast my holiday ended.. Reached Bkk at about 2am. My host was already asleep at the time. Super tired I tell you. Friday morning we woke up around 10am and went straight to the Platinum shopping mall. My o my, they have so many things there..and so many pretty and cheap dresses. My eyes were so bulat looking at the choices available. And Yune kept on updating me with the latest info..'we are just on the x floor, we have another y floor to go' was what she said to me at every floor.

I think we went back to her place at about 9ish.. which was all right. I just could not believe that we spent a good 6 hours or so at just 1 shopping mall. I did not buy that many clothes, it's just that I got so engrossed with the things they had to offer there. Really nice and cool stuff..

On Saturday, we woke up late.. i was ready to laze around when Yune said,'Get up! You're in Bkk, you should go out girl!' .. and so lazily I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom to take a shower.

Our first stop was Emporium where we had a quick lunch (why do we always have quick lunches? I was on a holiday for goodness sakes!). But that's okay, we had to meet the rest of the volunteers to go to someplace (like a kampung area) to teach a few Thai kids English. Simple English words to be exact.

It is just so funny for me.. I don't know the language but I managed to teach Cha ( the thai kid) some English words. She could not remember all but it was all right. Yang susah for her to remember are words like fingers, window, cloud.. maybe because they are difficult to pronounce.

After the class, both Yune and me went to Siam Paragon to look at a few stuff.. (read: identifying what to buy next) before we headed towards the nail parlour. The price was quite all right. RM100 for foot and hand spa, including mani and pedi.. we wanted to go to the cheaper one but it was full and we didn't want to wait..oh well, probably next time :)

With nails nicely done, we went to have dinner at a place called Fish Cafe (sebijik like Manhattan Fish Shop only yummier) and ordered some nice food. I don't really dig Manhattan Fish Market but this Fish Cafe served quite nice seafood.

We reached home at about 9ish and I packed my stuff for my flight. Woke up around 8am on Sunday and then went for a quick breakie at a nearby coffee place (named Coffee Alley) before making my way to the airport.

Good holiday..also good on the purse. (psstt.. I did not spend all my money! I am sooooo good!)

What's your plan for 2010?

2009-11-27T17:56:00.000-08:00

I know, I know. It's only 28 November and I'm already talking about 2010? Me, I don't have new year's resolution..never had any as far as I can remember. I have goals and ambition but the plan is always subject to change. I follow where the heart leads me. Most of the time I make decisions using my gut instinct and so far, they've been quite all right.

Next year, what's going to happen is:

Hunny's going for his e-MBA class which I think will start in January. Go hunny Go!
That means he won't be able to travel to come and see me. And I may not be able to take off from work that often to go and see him as well.
My move to the second rotation. I want to go to somewhere that is closer to home. Due to reason number one.

If you ask me, what will I do and stuff like that.. I am never sure. I just don't know. Sometimes, it's easier not to worry so much about all the IFs in life.. just have to go along with the flow.

I still have doubts about the path that I have chosen here and I always tell hunny that I feel that way. Who knows, one day I decide to leave the programme and head back to be with my family OR I stick with it to the very end.. Kita tunggu dan lihat!

Meanwhile, to those who draft their new year's resolution.. cepat get your pen and paper out. Ada lagi sebulan je to pen them down :) Good luck!

Update: am about to flip the first page of the book i bought 10 minutes ago and I see this quote on my bookmark - Think BIG. The future of success is yours to create...

hmm..raya haji already?

2009-11-27T17:42:00.000-08:00

heeeee... raya dah rupenya :) I lost track of time as here, mane ade orang celebrate Raya Aji kan? Only when I chatted with hunny last Tuesday barula teringat. Tak sedih sangat sebab at least raya haritu I got to be at home with my family for a whole week.

But this raya, my relatives are at my cousin's place as she and her children (my niece and nephew) are leaving for the UK today at 3p.m. Haiyaa.. mesti menangis la semua tu, especially my aunts who are very close with my niece and nephew. I'm gonna miss those kids too. Mia is super cute.. and she loves drinking fresh milk so much, it's like drinking plain water :) Mesti gigi dia kuat nanti.

Kak sue, I wish you all the best. Take a good care of yourself and of course the kids. You're our PhD holder..InsyaAllah.

My first thick coat..err,or is it a long jacket?

2009-11-15T02:17:00.001-08:00

I love the collar..

The top paired with a pair of tights..

Note the collar. I don't normally wear this style but there is always a first to everything :)

I also love the big buttons

Ta-daa! (lengan tu ada bump because i had another baju inside the the sleeve bergulung2 lupa nak betulkan)

Kakiku bagaikan nak tercabut because my friend and I went to nearly every shop in Mongkok. And no I did not take any pictures because we had too many stuff to carry around and with the volume of people there, it was just not practical to do so. Nanti karang ada bag yang jalan sendiri tanpa tuannya..kekeke..

Kedai baju dia banyak .. too many in fact. But a few of them sell the same stuff.. and jackets or coats dia untuk orang yang tidak mempunyai top and bottom like mine. Like my friend said, your ***** are not Hongkie size..hahahahaha..luckily I found at least ONE long coat. Tapi kena beli lagi satu sebab takkan pakai yang satu ni je for two months. I have to send it to the laundry for sure and I need just one more. A black coat. Which due to my size, was a wee bit hard to find. Yang adapun cost about RM 800 to RM1000 plus which was way beyond my budget. Somemore I'll only wear them probably just this once in my life :)

I also bought a black dress that can be used to go out for dinner as well as for the office. And also a top that goes well with a pair of black tights. All in all I spent RM250..iatu sangat berbaloi berbanding barang2 that are available near my place.

I might go again next week..Yippie! But of course with someone because so many people go there and A) i might get lost or B) I won't be able to find my way to the row of shops again. :) amazingly we walked for a good 4 hours..in and out, in and out..No, no,No..normally,you won't ever get that from me. I get tired so easily from walking too long but just now I sort of got hypnotised by the many choices of clothes there. And of course because my friend had so much energy to walk and walk and walk. I think she's using the Energizer battery..hehe..

All in all.. it's been a great day. Ended it with my legs up on the sofa and a large cup of bubble tea. Pheww.. :)

introducing Sam - short for Syamsul

2009-11-09T21:34:00.000-08:00

hehehe.. me thinks that name is so not him.. SAM, SAM, SAM.. suddenly this reminds me of the Deepavali advert when the granny said 'what SAM, SAM, SAM? What is your real name' (dialogue may have been changed due to my lack of memory).
And the boy answered,'Muthusamy Karuppiah'.. or something like that.

Well since it is quite difficult for people here to pronounce my hunny's name.. he decided to introduce himself as Sam..kekekeke.. nak terguling-guling when I heard him say his new name. :) This is for the sake of making things easier for my friends :) Takdela terbelit-belit lidah they all nak say his name.

That also brings me to this subject of - nama yang panjang. I was trying to book a flight ticket only via Emirates, but since their system tak biasa terima nama panjang2 agaknya, it is making my life difficult to even book one. They say to follow passport but the system does not allow for space.. abis tu takkan jadi TunkuFaradiana kot? pulak tu when I finished entering me daddy's name, it prompt to say that the characters cannot be more than 28.

so then it will become TFaradiana (first name) TZainalAbidin (last name). Aiyoo.. lagi la salah macam ni? how la, how???

And the funny thing is - this is linked to the tab where we have to put our name that is displayed on the credit card .. suka ati diorang je. In the end on the credit card tab for name jadi TFaradiana. Dah salah jugak ni. I tell you.. i so pening kepala la.. I can't cut short my name simply because I'll have so much trouble when checking in nanti. I don't want to take AA because it is more expensive (weird eh?) and then MAS pulak takde flight on the dates that I want.

Kesimpulan of the story.. I have decided to give simple names to my children nanti sebab cik Sam punya nama is also panjang already. Kasihan they all nanti..
For instance, for girls it would be Melissa (initially wanted to have Melissa Airiss tapi dah panjang sangat la pulak), or Airiss or Eleyna.. haaa. senang cerita and senang they all nak buat passport segala bagai..kekeke.. for boys it would be something like .. Aiman, Rayyan, Izhan (took this from my cuzzy's name)..

What say you? I've been through a lot of problems due the length of my name and I do hope that my children will not have to go through the same thing.
Note: Nama di atas dipilih sendiri tanpa persetujuan Sam..hehehe.. and no, I'm not expecting yet.

lampu lampi

2009-11-09T04:38:00.000-08:00

owh i sangat suka dengan lampu depan that hunny chose for to place at the front gate. The contractors have installed all lighting stuff that he bought. Hunny's taste for the house boleh tahan jugak..even without me around. Kudos to you darl!

takde gambar sebab tak ambil, nanti tak surprise.. tak surprise untuk diri sendiri jugak sebenarnya sebab all those lightings are chosen by hunny. so I only know how they look like when I go back.

Tapi lampu neighbour selang dua buah rumah sama sebijik like ours. Siapa beli dulu?kekeke... Macam la the factory only produced one pair of those lamps..tapi yang kelakar tu memang sama sangat. Keciknya dunia.. :)

I also love the bathroom's lighting.. nice choice hunny! And also the lights that hunny chose to be installed (install ke?) into the ceiling.. (is it into the ceiling or inside?). It's square with engravings around it. Hard to imagine? Yeah, even harder for me to desribe how it looks like..hehe.. even tried googling the images but i can't seem to find it. either that or i am googling the wrong things.

A friend of mine has also seen the house with all the lightings done and with the plaster ceiling all ready. He said the house looks really nice. Thanks babe, nanti bila everything dah siap kita buat kenduri and makan2 kat rumah tu okay.

Okay, this makes me even more determined to work hard and not spend so much on things I want but don't need. hehehe.. yeah, lagi sikit je lagi. We can do it. Tinggal the kitchen, master bedroom and living room's furniture and MOT.

Erm, sikit lagi ke tu? tak jugak kan? it's okay.. where there is a will, there is a jalan.. where there is a jalan there is traffic jam.. hehe.. adeke?

IOUs

2009-10-03T04:28:00.000-07:00

saja je nak bagi title catchy sikit.. i've been reading so many newspaper articles talking about PTPTN and orang yang tak bayar the loan eventhough they can afford to do so. Well, I am one of them..(wait for it, wait for it....) yang menerima the loan when I took my diploma and degree. And no I am not in the blacklisted list of names.

What I would like to share is that I started paying my back the loan after I started working with ING. During that time, I have not yet bought a car, not yet married and a whole lot of other not-yets. I paid because I am the type who does not like to be in debt (sekarang hutang rumah yang berrrrrrbukit tu lain cerita la ..hehe..). I didn't even own a credit card until early 2008.

Back to the PT story, I mean hey, who likes to be forking out money to pay something that we can put off till the cow comes home right? Wrong! I always think the scroll (s) that we have is because of the monetary help that we received. No $ help = no scroll(s); simple as that. In a way itu tanggungjawab kita, dah pinjam kena bayar balik.

Reminds me of some people yang berkobar-kobar preaching out loud especially masa time mengundi, kata itu hak kitalah, kena mengundi la, tanggungjawab negaralah.. belakang pusing, submit income tax return pun tak, bayar study loan pun tak. So where is the sense of tanggungjawab there?

The way I see it, it is as simple as this. The more we don't pay, the more we are limiting the chance of future generations (or even the current young ones) to have this assistance to continue their studies. Kalau kena kat anak-anak sendiri one fine day nanti macam mana? Masa tu jangan nak salahkan kerajaan ok?

As for me, I started paying in small amounts when I first started working. Bila gaji naik, I increased my monthly payments and when I receive bonuses, I paid extra. Dulu I thought I'd be 40 by the time I finish paying all my PT debt.. tapi now I think I'd be able to finish it off in 2 1/2 years' time. InsyaAllah.

I am grateful that I received the exemption of repayment for my degree PT loan. This exemption offer (no repayment required for those who achieve First Class honours or 3.7 CGPA) was then retracted for those who signed the agreement after year 2005 if I am not mistaken.

random rants..

2009-10-03T00:27:00.000-07:00

mummy was busy chatting with wan achik..us like little kids started to play around with the camera..

my friend gave this to me, a big piece of chocolat from Paris :)

I managed to change my tiny handbag that i bought dulu. Cannot isi a lot of stuff with the first bag ( my bad, i didn't check the size). Thank you My Closet for letting me change the bag :)

i miss him..

i feel like i want to buy this dress.. should i or should i not?

oh yea, this is how it looks like when i opened the wrapper :)

this is the street in front of my apartment

again, should i or should i not? what makes it a bit off is the lengan of the dress, kembang sangat macam butterfly..

and the slight renovation on the house starts..

2009-09-30T04:28:00.000-07:00

not really a renovation, but I don't know the exact term for this :

additional tiles to the backyard, outside the kitchen
awning at the backyard as well ( hunny wanted the skylight or whatever it is called.. but because that will make the kitchen panas dengan humidity yang terkumpul , we decided on a normal plain awning..lagipun kurang sikit cost)
plaster ceiling for the living room and dining hall.. hunny wanted that circular thing with engravings to place a chandelier.. tapi macam tak sesuai je, so we opted for normal plaster ceiling and lights yang tenggelam dalam ceiling tu. dunno what that is called.
grille for the whole house..

all in all, it initially costed (ada ke such a word as costed? ) us RM7.3k.. which I think is quite all right memandangkan banyak jugak benda that we asked the contractor to do. Tapi masa tu i was being so chatty that I usik usik the guy to give me discount and make it RM6.5k.

hmm, he didnt give me that.. tapi he punched the calculator and showed me RM6.7 k.. okayla tu kan? berjaya ! Berjaya! I just sat there without moving a muscle after i mintak kurang.. lepas tu lama sikit baru dia kasi.. yeahay! boleh tahan..

hunny during that time buat buat jalan jauh nak cari cheque book. rupanya after that meeting, he told me , he gave me space to get the guy to reduce the price. tak sangka mr hubby percaya that I could do that..hehehe..

Lepas ni banyak lagi to do..kena kerja keras kumpul duit. To do list :

kicthen cabinet - which may cost around 5 to 6k depending on the style. I just want a simple one that would not injure me in any way. I ni kan clutz, asyik nak langgar aje any bucu that comes across.
fridge - ini nak kena tengok pintu bukak arah mana, nak sesuaikan dengan the kitchen cabinet layout. budget dalam 1.5k
sofa, katil for master bedroom, furniture lain lain - malas nak fikir dulu. Bujang jela yea..
pest control for anai-anai.. this shd be the first thing in the list sebab rumah baru memang sepatutnya we make sure that we call the pest control people. somemore our place used to be a ladang if i'm not mistaken
etc..
oh yea, MOT belum bayar lagi..that's going to cost us about RM3k.. macam mana ni?

It's okay, we shall start slow. Alhamdulillah yang basic macam grille tu semua dah dapat bayar. Yang lain lain we still have about 2 years to complete.

So peeps, our homecoming , eh bukan, housewarming will be when all of those items have been completed. Lama lagi la nampaknya, memang betul kena tunggu i balik.

Tapi macam mana couples lain yang beli rumah kat situ boleh buat reno habis habis? Macam mana they all kumpul duit cepat sangat? Amazing!

I was rushed to the hospital at 12.30am

2009-09-29T22:34:00.000-07:00

Thank goodness my friends di tingkat atas my apartment were not asleep yet. (this happened on Monday night, lepas sehari bekerja). I was suffering from (what i think was) high fever. I was shivering like nobody's business and didn't stop even when I was at the hospital A & E. Was placed on a bed yang boleh bergerak tu while all of us (my 2+1 friends, one from India, one from Korea with his GF).. what a way to be introduced to a new friend right.

Funnily enough, I cried because I was afraid that I had the swine flu. All the 3 friends came to my rescue had to wear the mask, and me too.

Finally the scary experience ended with me having a 3-day medical leave, medicines and migraine and high fever to counter alone (and thank goodness, no swine flu). My hunny panicked because i called him crying.. you see, I changed my phone and gave him my not-so-old nokia where i forgot to save all my HK friends numbers into the new phone. Lepas tu kelam kabut la telefon hunny yang panic dengar suara i macam nak pengsan je hari tu.. got the number and terus called y friends, my upstairs neighbours.

phew, I'm lucky they were there to help.. memang tak larat. Ini ke challenge duduk jauh jauh ni?.. erk, sini ok lagi, if dah pegi negara lain yang tak de orang who are in the same programme like me, how la?

Btw, Jaewoo's GF cooked rice porridge for me and she explained that everything was vegetables and vegetable based cooking.. how sweet! I really do not know how to repay their kindness.. (furthermore i dont cook, so I can't treat them to my own cooking kan? ).. takkan nak bagi gula macam orang dulu2?? (i have to return the tupperware when she made the porridge for me) any suggestions????

raya and so many other stuff

2009-09-29T20:38:00.000-07:00

Just an update of what went on during my 7 days of raya leave (termasuk weekends) back in Malaysia :

Day before Raya :

Spent half a day (from 9.30am to 3.30pm) doing my hair at the salon. Imij Hair salon is the only place that my sisters and I go to to do our hair. This is especially after Thomas and Guys at SACC ruined my hair.

Around 4pm - went to search for baju raya at Kompleks and SACC - tak dapat.

So went back to my in laws and siap siap untuk hunt for baju kurung at Subang Parade while berbuka sekali at DOME. Finally I got ONE baju kurung at 50% off from Sireh Pinang. Okay la dapat satu. :)

Lepas tu rushed to Shah Alam Mall starbucks to meet up with Mizzy and kids :) Pics are with Hunny, tak download lagi :)

Raya Morning :

4.30am - bertolak balik N9 because I wanted to celebrate my 1st raya kat kampung. Yeahoo!

First day of Raya:

Melawat saudara mara sampaila ke petang.. nasib tak pengsan sebab makan banyak sangat. Actually takla banyak but maybe our perut terkejut because of the variety of food that went in.

Melawat pusara atuk, wan, pak teh.. but I didnt go because...

And my family melawat makam daddy at Makam at Seri Menanti.. and followed by visiting daddy's sister who stayed nearby.

Second day of Raya, Monday :

Visited 2 more houses, my nenek saudara.. and then off we went back to Shah Alam. We reached Shah Alam at about 2pm. Dead tired and slept until 6pm..boleh tak?

I think we went out for dinner malam tu if I'm not mistaken.. tak ingat dah.. oo, we went melawat nenek hunny whose house is also in Sek 17.

3rd day of Raya, Tuesday :

Somehow I don't remember what happened on Tuesday. I remember that hunny and I went to see our house at Denai Alam tapi lepas tu macam blank. But I know it was a busy day..

4th day of Raya , Wednesday :

Ikut PIL balik Melaka to visit their relatives.. from 8 am to about 5pm (5pm was when we reached shah alam). Hunny said there were many more houses to go to but the PIL macam tak larat.

Note : next time we're doing that, let's rent a room for an overnight, tak larat babe. Lagipun the drivers (FIL and hunny) were sleepy while driving. Me? I dah selamat terlentok at the back seat. Siapa suruh tak kejut, I could have driven as well :)

5th day of Raya, Thursday:

Pegi ING Malaysia office - buat keje sikit sikit , accessing my Asia pac email from there. Met my darling colleagues/ friends tapi tak sempat nak minum2 pun.. rushing sangat!

After that I went shopping for a new pair of office pants (kat HK punya dah longgar , me likes! ), got myself a new dress and of course MOST IMPORTANTE! - a new pair of office shoes.

NOTE : in HK, is so damn hard to find shoes that are free from pig-skinned lining.. sangat susah!

6th day, Friday :

Naz and Net came to my PIL's place to beraya :) Pics not with me yet. Thank you guys, i memang tak sempat nak berjalan jumpa kawan :(

Petang nya we went to Denai Alam to choose the designs for some stuff for the house. This is interesting to blog about - will tell you soon. Spent a good 2 hours or so just doing this. Penat!

7th day, Saturday :

masa ni dah takde mood nak buat ape ape because I know I have to go back on Sunday. Sheesh! Went to my mum's place and after that brought her to kak ita's place and we just lepakked there until 6pm.

Lepas tu tak payah cerita because I was in a sad mood that nite.. boo hoo hoo..

Sunday - 4.ooam was sent to LCCT. Bye bye hunnny.. bye bye Malaysia :(

dah tak best dah..

2009-09-29T02:12:00.000-07:00

sebab kena balik HK. Time really goes by when you're having fun. And the flight back was super-terrible, sikit lagi nak muntah. I was super scared.. some lady pun dah siap terjerit ketakutan. Is it AirAsia's plane? Or is the the route itself? Masa naik MAS tak teruk sangat.. maybe it was just our luck that turbulence was soooo bad that day.

i told syamsul about the flight and he said, ooo, biasala tu, i lupa nak cakap. Apparently everytime he comes here memang flight macam tu.. huhu, kesian the hubby..tsk tsk..

I enjoyed my raya this year very much! maybe sebab duduk jauh kot pasal tu la rasa best sangat :) have so many pictures dari camera hunny, ke kamera nadia, to my camera..haha.. posing je. But Nadia and hunny were papparazi berjaya! :) Thanks to them we have so many raya pics this year :)

Pics sekarang tidak ada.. only in FB. Too lazy to download from hunny's camera.

By the way, my laptop is on medical leave back in Malaysia. Terpaksa carry hunny's lappy yang 2.5kg ni.. He'll bring back my bonnie to me when he comes here next month. My laptop asyik tutup sendiri every 2 hours or so, memang dah demam la tu.. Hope she's ok now. Till then, toodles.

Don't you miss your hubby?

2009-09-17T02:28:00.001-07:00

If you ask me how do you feel being apart from your family especially your hubby for a long period of time?
On the forefront I would say ‘I’m fine’ or ‘I’m hanging in there’ or ‘It’s hard but I guess it’s a sacrifice that both of us decided to take’.Well, it is not easy peasy. Sometimes , (well most of the time when I’m stressed at work) I wish I was home and could seek comfort from dear hunny.
Susah, bukan senang. Sometimes bila heartache tu meluap luap, rasa nak give up pun ada.
Imagine, we have a new house now, dah dapat kunci. And he is all alone to look after the house and check if things are in order. I so heartache! Orang lain dah start moving in, and he has to wait for me to come back so that we can do it together.Lagi 1 tahun 8 bulan (if betul betul nak ikut exact duration) that I will be away from my loved ones.
Is this what I really want? Seriously, up till now, I am not sure of the answer. It still is at an experimental stage for me.Can I still endure another fasting month without my family? Can HE still endure another round of fasting month and maybe raya (next year) without me? I don't know.
But I am glad and happy that he has been very supportive, and he surely will be in future.

Nak raya ni mula la nak emo.. tapi nanti if kena campak negara lagi jauh, macam mana? How now brown cow? Nak bawak hunny sekali, expenses management would be an issue (currently we’re splitting the expenses for the house and other investments.. taknak kata debts, investment ok..hehe). I should think of it when I get there..

P.S. to myself : I can’t believe I’m here! From someone who grew up without a dad and had to endure so many challenges in her life.. I think I’m doing all right. Guilty of telling people my sob stories or not, I think that is one of the ways that I managed to reduce my stress and be the sane person that I am today.

Can't wait to fly back to Malaysia!

2009-09-16T07:29:00.000-07:00

Source : Google

Can't wait to go back home because :

I MISS my hunny, my sisters, my family, my friends..my , my ,my
Dah 3 bulan tak balik rumah, and this 1 week leave may help to ease my homesickness level
to get my hands on my handphone raya..yeahay! (ps : at time of entry, i have yet to buy baju raya). Ok, so takde baju raya pun takpe kot tahun ni.. i still have the jubah from mekah/madinah that my in law bought for me. pakai je tshirt and jeans lepas tu sarung jubah, boleh tak agak-agak. The jubah is very jarang.
This is the first time i have ever, ever, spent on a handphone because i am not into tech and/ or gadgets. I am more of a clothes and handbags person. Tapi hunny kata ini tengah offer, so ok, i shall give it a try.
The last time i bought a new phone was 2 years' back.
ada lagi satu benda that is waiting for my return ...

Source : My Closet (online shopping haven)

fruit hand for people back home

2009-09-15T05:01:00.000-07:00

the purses and perfume - not for me

earrings - for me! me , me!

the purse that i bought for kak ita

I really don't know what to buy for the family back home. They sell a lot of souvenirs / trinkets here tapi dari segi kualiti tak dijamin la. I bought a few coin purses for my aunties (but can already see that the zipper they use is flimsy), one perfume for Nadia's bday, a purse for Kak Ita's bday.. tshirts with HK logo infront ada banyak, but somehow the size is a little bit funny. The bigger the size, the longer it gets. Bukan patut lagi besar sideways ke? So, no tshirts. Just small purses.

and maybe a few things for me as well. Have decided that those earrings will be mine..muahahaha..

packed my bags and ready to go

2009-09-13T04:12:00.000-07:00

well,okay. Not 100% ready, i still have a few this and that to place inside the luggage. Initially I didn't want to check in my luggage, but after buying the perfume for nadia, it has to be checked in. Oh well..

It's raining quite heavily at the moment accompanied by thunder and lightning. Sca-ry.

Today is 15 Sept - Tuesday. Two major happenings :

Typhoon signal number 8

I think this is the second or third time since I'm got here. Tapi last night macam susah sikit nak lelap mata maybe because I was a little bit scared of the rain.

Level 8 signal / warning was still on until 10am on Tuesday so masuk kerja lambat sikit. This is because whenever the level is at 8, you're suppose to stay indoors. Kadang kadang if the signal is hoisted while we're at work, depending on HR's info, we get to go home early.

Patrtick Swazey's passing

I think he died on the 14th but I only knew about it today. Funnily enough, I have never watched Dirty Dancing in full. Always a little bit here and there..

I am not a fan of PS but still, he is a famous actor who lost his battle with cancer. What made it more touching (i think) was that his wife was with him till the end. Lama kawin tu, mana nak dapat artis hollywood (or even Malaysia for that matter) yang kawin lama macam tu?

eh, this entry is not so relevant to the title.

My favourite things

2009-09-07T23:42:00.000-07:00

at the moment (in random order) are :

sparkling ribena - dulu takdela minat sangat but I guess after seeing how expensive Esprit drinks are, I settled for Ribena. Sini Esprit is about ..hmm.. RM 15 per bottle. In Malaysia baru RM 7..
Eating at an Indian restaurant - especially the masala dossa (where it is famously known as tosai in Malaysia). It is very yummy and crunchy with potatos on the inside of the folded dossa. Nice!
Wasabi nuts - after eating so much cakes and brownies and ice cream and all the sorts, I am bored with those desserts and tekak saya nak makan dessert melayu (which of course mana nak dapat kat sini kan? ) . So in the end, I bought a very last packet of wasabi nuts! tak relevant sangat but I need some excitement .. hehehe
Going to Sasa to try the nice perfumes they have there and refraining myself from buying any of them since I do not need a new one.

The list is endless actually. And it changes, maybe all the time..hehe.. by the way, I am looking forward to have my hands on a present that i bought for myself at home. Yeahay! Nak balik , nak balik!

i am not a drinker

2009-09-02T05:51:00.000-07:00

and i do not consume alco. Saya baru saja membuat seorang colleague merajuk sebab I actually bailed out on him as he wanted to have drinks with me and another friend (apparently kawan I yang sorang tu pun cancel la pulak). Thing is :

1 - rugi je i pergi minum with them because i only drink juice (not so much into soda nowadays sebab dah biasa tak minum dah) and ice blended perisa buah buahan. nak mintak hot choc or iced choc macam mengarutla pulak kat bar/ pub macam tu kan. And normally I don't enjoy drinking fruit juice sangat. Alang alang minum fresh orange baik I beli je yang in those boxes and minum kat rumah kan..

2 - puasa puasa ni i am super tired after buka.. susahla nak buat orang faham. Bukan nak menolak invitation or not that I am anti-social, tapi penat la wei puasa berejam pastu nak membuka mata melayan borak kosong sambil minum minum. tapi they all tak faham.. takpela, I am an anti-social for the time being. that's fine with me.

3 - bukan nak berkira pasal duit, but instead of me spending on minum air juice yang berpuluh ringgit and overpriced tu, baikla i save my ka-ching for my commitments back home. I have things to pay/ save for and most of them here tak ada.. jadi tak boleh la kata I terlalu jimat.. i just have more commitments.. kereta, rumah, study loan. not showing off but these are the things that I have to prioritise berbanding nak keluar pegi minum minum. If ada teh tarik ke, you all nak pegi minum starbucks ke, tu I tak kisah la, because me likey those things.

I am not super pious, tapi lebih elok mengelak dari terjebak. Betul tak kawan-kawan semua?

Say AYE!!!

The pictures.. as per someone's request

2009-08-30T19:40:00.000-07:00

grey dress..yeah, am turning colourless

grey top with a dash of purple

again, a grey top which hunny bought for me..thanks hun!

finally, the maroon dress that I was talking about

the lil black dress, tak lil sangat, knee length

Okay, and here it is. The collection of dresses and tops that I purchased in the past few weeks. Bukan apa, all the while in Msia office, I am so selamba, sometimes a mix of casual tops with office pants. But here, it is a wee bit different. All are very corporate, so nak tak nak I have to jump into the bandwagon.. chewah. Point to note, they are not the super expensive type, and the maroon dress, I had my CR Head from Amsterdam who came last week, she has the same dress design as mine only in black so luckily I wore mine on Thursday and she wore hers on Friday. So, it is so easy to bump into someone at work, or while going to work who would have/ (or even worse) wear the same dress on the same day.. wahaha..tak kisah la, I'm no fashion addict , asalkan I have enough and proper clothes for work.

I want to add more colour to the collection tapi agak segan because most people wear black/ grey here, so if tiba tiba I wear a purple dress, I may stick out like a sore thumb.. and yes, there is this purple dress that I like, same cutting as the maroon dress. And I also saw a very red dress (same cutting as the black dress) which I think looks nice as well.. but like I said; am not sure if it is proper for office.. but me likey likey..

Anyway, the whole purpose of having these pics in the blog is because 1; i dont want to place them in FB and 2; Yune has been bugging me to see the maroon dress. So yune dearie, I hope you're happy :-)

berpuasa di perantauan

2009-08-29T08:23:00.000-07:00

dah seminggu dah kita puasa and it has been a challenging week for me. Penatla especially when it is very humid and hot here.

Anyway, there is this one newspaper girl, one of the first few strangers in HK I think who actually smile at me since the first day I started working in this country.

She has the nicest and friendliest smile and she has the extra effort to take a few steps towards me everyday so that she can pass the paper to me, which I always end up using it as a fan because of the heat. To the newspaper girl, thank you for giving me the warm smile every morning :) She's my friendly newspaper girl. I think, if ever i fall ill , she would be the first one to notice sebab pagi tak dapat pass the paper to me .. hehe.

Anyhoo, my dear liaison in Malaysia office has resigned. I feel sad because she and her other colleague have really helped me a lot. Aih, why do we lose all the nice and good people? just when you think that you have found one (or two) person (s) that you can count on, tiba tiba GONE! I should not be selfish right. She's going because her future is better elsewhere. I wish you all the luck dear!

okay back to my title up there, rasanya i've lost some weight partly due to the fasting period and also due to the lack of variety of food that is suitable kepada tekakku yang sangat la malaysian ini.

Then again, that's good right? Although, I am currently investing on a new set of wardrobe. What I brought from home dah tak boleh pakai, so currently since I am in between sizes, I buy more dresses compared to pants. Seluar agak confuse sikit, either it's too loose or a bit too tight at certain areas..haha..

As I have promised yune, i shall put a few pictures of my (mostly black) dresses soon. I have 2 black dress, 1 black blouse, 1 grey dress and 1 grey blouse.. what's happening to me man? I used to be so colourful, tapi sini kurang berani sikit..

datang lagi yea..

2009-08-21T06:26:00.000-07:00

want some mangoes?

smile! sempat aje..

Hunny came to visit last week and we had a blast! Could not help ourselves and we bought a few clothes ; a shirt for him and a few of this and that for me . Baju kerja, betul tak tipu..huhuhu..

Went to browse for N97, tapi semua lebih kurang the same price. They are not into price war? ish, ish... tak boleh jadi ni. Look see, look see only, not really planning on buying a new one at the moment. (maybe soon, or maybe when a certain someone wants to sponsor 50% of the cost? hehehe..........)

I however have changed my mine.. not into N97.. tapi i'm looking at a yet-to-be marketed SE Hp in Asia. I guess it's way over the top, the price I mean, because it looks super canggih. I don't think it'll be affordable. Let's see the selling price when it comes to us, hopefully soon

Banyak sangat ni..konon nak save duit for my wet kitchen and my plaster ceiling ni.. how now brown cow? Discipline dear, discipline!

i had a bad day

2009-08-08T05:24:00.000-07:00

... so I had a bad day. Talked to hunny over the phone.. chatted with Mizzy, chatted with my sis.. am feeling better.

Tapi the ubat paling baik issssss......

more clothes! muahahahahaha.. i bought the pink one (as per picture) last week and today I found the green top. Jadi dari susah susah nak cari and try other tops, I took the same design instead. Saves time!

The dress with the funny corak didn't look so nice while it was on the hanger. However, bila pakai it was super yummy. Tak sampai hati nak tinggalkan at the clothes rail, so I brought the dress home with me, to be friends with the green top.

Nyeh, nyeh , nyeh.. that a good enough excuse? Well, it's good enough for moi. :)

That reminds me, I need to tell hunny to bring my green earrings when he comes...hmmm ok mental note.

my adventure at Queen's Road

2009-08-01T23:09:00.001-07:00

Vegetarian Pineapple rice.. not so yummy though!

I didn't know that we can tapau pineapple rice. Btw, the cheese cake is to die for, takde samanya dgn secret recipe yang too commercialised tu.hehehe

No one put a knife to my neck, i bought them on impulse. Urgh, nasib it's comfortable.

Okay, so I think I can kick myself for buying this pair of shoes. Don't ask me how much it cost.. I feel silly tapi nak buat macam mana. Was i voodoo-ed into buying them.. Perhaps not. Next time I should remember not to carry cash when I go window shopping. (yana, it is called window shopping for a REASON!!)

But, then again, I have an extra pair of comfy shoes that I can also use for work. I don't wear heels anymore especially when you have to walk on steep roads here. I wonder how the people here actually do that? Well, dia orang dah biasa agaknya.

Btw, why did I say pineapple rice was not so nice.. it is because, kat sini nasi dia jenis yang lekit sikit. It's kinda hard to find nasi macam kat Malaysia, so tak berapa selera la makan nasi macam tu. Then again, I should not be complaining.. sekurang kurangnya we have food to eat :)

7 days alone?

2009-07-29T04:48:00.000-07:00

If you think you can survive 7 days alone, then I congratulate you.

As for now, I have not met my friends here for the past 3 days.

I eat alone, I work alone. I shop alone.

All because of the darned flu that shall not be named.

Being quarantined may only be fun, if I were in Malaysia.

And no, I do not have the flu (touch wood) and I do not have the symptoms.