My Polystyrene Hat

no, you are not "running late", you are rude and selfish

2012-01-10T21:54:00.003+08:00

if there's one thing that i am deeply ashamed about myself is the fact i am not a punctual person..which can be pretty annoying to one of my best friend is super duper punctual..

so this year, im making a supreme effort to be punctual...

reading this article below made me realise how badly i behaved and frankly i am surprised that my best friend forgives me still despite being late all the time! she must love me lots hehehe

anyway, if you are only making one resolution this new year, lets do this one, ok?

taken from HERE

This post may offend some readers. But only because it’s going to cut close to the bone for many.

And I don’t care if I sound old-fashioned, because actually it’s nothing to do with ‘fashion’ or ‘generation’. It’s got everything to do with basic good manners and respect for other people.

So here goes… How did it get to be “OK” for people to be late for everything?

Because as far as I am concerned, it’s not OK.

In recent years it seems that a meeting set to start at 9 am, for some people means in the general vicinity of any time which starts with the numeral ‘9’. Like 9.30 for example.

People drift in at 9.10 or 9.20, or even later. And they smile warmly at the waiting group, as they unwrap their bacon sandwich, apparently totally unconcerned that others have been there since five to nine, prepared and ready to start.

10 people kept waiting in a meeting for 20 minutes, while some selfish pratt who idles his way via the coffee shop, is actually 20 minutes times 10, which is 200 minutes wasted – while you keep us waiting because you did not catch the earlier bus. That is over 3 hours wasted. By you! How much has that cost the business? Shall I send you an invoice?

And an arrangement to meet someone for a business meeting at a coffee shop at 3 pm, more often than not means at 3.10 you get a text saying ‘I am five minutes away’ which inevitably means 10 minutes, and so you wait for 15 or 20 minutes, kicking your heels in frustration.

And often these ‘latecomers’ are people who have requested the meeting in the first place, are asking for your help, or are selling something. Fat chance mate!

And it’s not only business.

Why do people, invited for a dinner party at 7.30, think its cool to arrive at 8.30? It’s rude. It’s inconsiderate. And it’s selfish, as I witnessed in a coffee shop near my home one weekend. Three “ladies who lunch” (a species not confined to, but heavily represented on, the lower North Shore of Sydney) were chatting loudly at the table next to me. One inquired what time the ‘drinks do’ was that night. The reply for all the world to hear was ‘Oh 7.30, but we won’t get there till 9 because by then it will have warmed up and all the interesting people will have arrived’. Nice. Imagine if everyone took that view. Cocktail parties would start at 3 am eventually.

Or a dinner at a restaurant where I was meeting two other couples. My wife was away, so I was flying solo. I arrived at two minutes to eight for an eight o’clock booking. At 8.20, I was into my second glass of Pinot and at half-past I got a text saying ‘on the way’. We finally were all seated at 8.45. There were not even attempted excuses from either of the two couples, who seemed oblivious to the fact I might actually have got there at the agreed time. Meanwhile I had put a huge dent in the bottle of Pinot, and was ready to go home.

And it is not that we lead ‘busy lives’. That’s a given, we all do, and it’s a cop out to use that as an excuse. It’s simply that some people no longer even pretend that they think your time is as important as theirs. And technology makes it worse. It seems texting or emailing that you are late somehow means you are no longer late.

Rubbish.

You are rude. And inconsiderate.

And I act on it to. My dentist kept me waiting 50 minutes not long ago. I walked out, past a literally open-mouthed receptionist who had never seen a patient act on their frustration, only to get a frantic call from the dentist herself as I got into my car.

Sure she was “busy”, another patient took longer than she expected, blah blah.

But hold on, I am busy too! I would not keep her waiting 45 minutes if she came to see me as a candidate. And yet I am HER customer. I told her I have been coming to you for 15 years but don’t take me for granted. See fewer patients in a day if you have to, but see me on time or close to it. She has never kept me waiting again.

Me? Am I ever late? Sure, sometimes. That’s inevitable even with the best intentions. But I never plan to be late. I never ‘let time slide’ because my stuff is more important than yours.

I am not talking about the odd occasion of lateness. I am talking about people who are routinely late. In fact, never on time. You know who I am talking about!

And certainly I consider serial lateness a character flaw which I take into account when working out who to promote, who to hire and who to count amongst my real friends.

It’s that important.

3 Reasons to Travel While You’re Young

2011-12-13T14:20:00.001+08:00

Taken from/Credits to : http://goinswriter.com/travel-young/

The other night, I had a conversation with a young woman who had a number of decisions ahead of her, one of which is whether she would go to grad school or travel the world.

I told her to travel. Hands down. No excuse. Just go.

She sighed.

“Yeah, but…”

Never were more fatal words spoken.

Yeah, but… what about debt?

Yeah, but… what about my job?

Yeah, but… what about my boyfriend (or dog or car or whatever)?

“Yeah, but…” is pernicious. Because it makes it sound like we have the best of intentions when really we are just too scared to do what we should.

It allows us to be cowards, while sounding noble.

Most people I know who waited to travel the world never did. Conversely, plenty of people who waited for grad school or a steady job and traveled still did those things — eventually.

Be careful of the yeah-but. The yeah-but will kill your dreams.

I was so stirred by this conversation that I shared it with a group of about thirty young adults last night, many of which are asking these very questions.

The life you’ve always wanted.

When you get older, life seems to just sort of happen to you. Your youth is a time of total empowerment.

You get to do what you want. As you mature and gain new responsibilities, you have to be very intentional about making sure you don’t lose sight of what’s important.

So if you still have a reasonable amount of control over your circumstances, you should do what really matters.

Because life won’t always be just about you.

(the rest of the article is available on the link above)

You won’t always be young. And life won’t always be just about you. So travel. Experience the world for all it’s worth. Become a person of culture, adventure, and compassion.
“What if I’m not young?”
Travel, anyway. It may not be easy to do, but find a way to get out of your comfort zone. It’s really never too late.
But if you haven’t gotten sucked into the routine of life yet, I implore you — travel. It will never be easier than it is right now for you to do that which really matters.

i was reading the article above and it strikes me to be so true!

but to add my own two cents, it is certainly as easy to travel when yr single and young and when yr with a family - if you set your mind to it :)

my family has always been big on traveling, we try to made it a point to go somewhere together at least once a year...my parents have been almost everywhere and done everything, i think that's the travel gene from my late grand-grandfather who was sea captain :)

but being a HUGE family, with 9 adults and 6 kids, its certainly not easy!

i remember when i was getting information on my trip to new york last year and at this age and era on internet and google where everything is available on line and yet we three single girls still struggled to get info on where to stay what to do etc, and i marveled how my dad did it, almost 17 years ago, and he planned and took the entire family of 2 adults and 5 kids to los angeles and did it so flawlessly?? i mean that trip was still one the best trips we've ever had! 17 years ago! and there were no handphones and hardly any internet then!! amazing huh?

anyway, point of the post is..

ok, actually, the point of the above article is you must travel when you're young...

my point is, is you must travel. full stop.

young or old, go for it!

like one my best friend always said, when it comes to traveling;

money - you can always find and get more,
experiences and memories - once in a lifetime!

(^_^)

its been 3 years!

2011-11-21T22:13:00.002+08:00

happy anniversary to us!

cant believe we survived the long distance relationship!

come to think of it, i dont think we've ever had any major problems about being long distance, kan kan kan?? :) :)

here's to many more years to come! Amin :)

kenapa nak menipu dalam berbusiness??

2011-11-17T15:26:00.007+08:00

translating the title - why the need to lie/cheat in doing business????

ive had my share of being cheated when it comes to doing business with non corporation people, like for example, on line business (ordered a 5 hijabs but came only two and claimed will return the money but i never got it), friends who just started making cakes (like ordered an ice cream cake that supposedly uses haagen daaz but taste like nestle ice cream and smells funny) and all sorts of stories but nothing, nothing comes close to what happened this week...

i have a friend, lets call her Anne, who will be engaged this saturday, and we decided to sponsor one of her hantarans (dowries) and we decided to order macaroons tower from another friend, lets call her Fashi, whom we know makes macaroons and sells them. she just started this business, and we are pretty good friends too and so as to help a friend who just started a business, hence we order from her.

ok, so dats the background story.

yesterday we found out..

Fashi DID not make the macaroons, but ORDERED it instead from someone else, but CLAIMS that she makes it and MARKS UP the price to sell to us!!! so here we are thinking to help a friend's business and admire the effort for her to learn to make the macaroons and had the courage so open a business selling it, instead all these while she's been passing off other people's work as her own! and the original person is selling it at RM240 where as this Fashi, markes it up to RM280 to us!!

!!!!!!!!!

another friend of ours accidentally discovered it as its so happens she is ordering some macaroons for her daughter's party from the same person! when she told us, of course we were royally pissed and more importantly we felt CHEATED and have been LIED to by someone who we thought is our good friend but are willing to do this in the name of BUSINESS!!!

but of course, considering we have been friends for quite a while, the nice people that we are, we decided to not to confront her, to just let it go and just note it for future events, since to cancel its kinda late anyway, so despite being super angry, we kept quiet and continued on as if nothing is wrong, but we did one thing tho, we delayed the payment a bit to this Fashi, and little did we know, there's a silver lining or hikmah in doing what we did.

Fashi's fiance posted this on her FB today..

wah2 sedap nye mulut nak memaki orang mcm tu kan??

yes my dear readers, her fiance decided to BUTT IN and started cursing us on her fb!! obviously pissed about the fact that we have yet to pay her but doing it in such a lame cavemen type of method, simple in malay, mcm orang kampung tak pergi sekolah setakat tau those few words and thought habis hebat la tu!

on top of that, this Fashi actually called Anne (the girl getting engaged who has no idea what is going on as obviously we didnt tell her) and cried while whining that we did a background check on her, she's so oh-so-sad cos why people dont trust her and she is making the macaroons BUT she's making with that person together2!!

hello?? come on la;

first of all, that person clearly said Fashi "ordered" from her, not make together2

second of all, if you think we are wrong or watever, why do u call Anne instead of us? we are the ones who ordered, u shud explain to us, why should u go and get sympathy from Anne?

and lastly, if you are not wrong and guilty,why do you suddenly remove us from yr fb and block us? u didnt think that we have other friends who are also yr fb frends and able to tell us about your fiance's post??

so anyway, so now we know she knows we know..

to cut this long story short, ended up she cancelled the order with just a simple msg

"i ada hal esok.xdpt buat.sory.thx"

haihhh ni dah melampau la kannnnnnnnnnn

this message was sent today, thursday, at 4pm and the engagement ceremony is this saturday morning!! so last minute right??? we sent her a nasty message in return BUT luckily, we were able to find another baker to do the macaroons for us, so that is ok.

but on this thing, seriously what do you guys think??

is it really necessary to lie to people when u do business like this? of course i know not everyone does this but it seems like if u dont, yr business mcm slow and lambat nak maju and worse still, will kena tipu with orang pun ade jugak, like for example one of my best friends does baking business too and she's ever so honest and accomodating but her story pulak dia yang kena tipu sebab org curi recipe dia and pass it of their own, but dats another story all together huhu but that kinda like goes to show right, that person is willing to steal another person's recipe or use other people's creation and pass it of as their own and claim, hey, its not personal, its business!!

business my a**!!!

london - tip #1 air tickets

2011-11-15T23:42:00.003+08:00

i love it when people ask me about travel advices! mcm terrer la sgt kan but i think ive travel quite extensively and i think boleh lah nak impart some wisdom or two hehe

so three people (totally random people pulak tu) have asked me about london, or UK, about tickets and where to go and stuff so i thought, i could write a series of tips here in this blog for people to refer to, actually been meaning to write this first post dah bape hari dah tapi tak tersempat, but since a friend asked quite desperately via email today, i wrote her a quick reply and posted on my fb to my another friend and might as well post here as the first post!

ok, gila panjang intro! hehe

allritey, tip no 1, air tickets..

if you are one of the unlucky peeps like me who does not travel anywhere under the company where u work where u can accumulate thousands of mileage points or your credit card expenditure is hardly enough to convert to get tickets from kl to putrajaya (not dat they hv flights but u get my meaning :p) fret not, here's another solution!

ok basically for me, i love air asia x :) say what u wanna say about air asia, i still love them simply because they have THE CHEAPEST tickets to london and for that reason alone, i will always defend them loyally whenever anyone diss about them :p they always have good bargains at all times, like last month, its was only 1.5k return! so you must always browse their site! i just bought my tickets last month for next march and i got it at 2k return and that is including (at the risk of sounding like an air asia advertisement);

1. most front seat with lots of leg room which is like rm100 per one way

2. 30kg luggage!! bear in mind all other airlines only give u up to 20kg only unless its 1st class/business class seats and you cant upgrade the luggage space but with air asia u can up to 30kg at much much cheaper cost! so if you are crazy about shopping like me, this is heaven sent!

3. food!

for other airlines, ive only bought them during matta fair. check out itihad air or qatar air or emirates which can pretty cheap. singapore airlines also can get pretty cheap (but i kinda hated it cos its full drunken people as the alcohol is free flow and somehow singa-pore-ans (no offense but personal experience) can get pretty kiasu about this and kept drinking during the entire 14 hours flight until the air stinks of alcohol yucks), but the cheapest ive got is still around 2.8 - 3 k return.

summer is pretty hot in london so even though the days are longer, nak jalan2 tu mcm panas la sikit. bear in mind they have olympics end of july and hari tu i tgk, tikets around dat time mahal gila sebab diorang tau ramai nak pi masa tu kan sebab nak tgk olympics, so if u can, try pegi masa sept or oct, the days are still long, its slightly cooler and end of olympics so tikets shud be cheaper AND plus tak ramai sgt org kat sana cos nanti london gila ramai org on normal time, imagine masa olympic, mesti sangat2 sesak nk buat ape pun tak boleh mesti line panjang gila kalau nk tgk tourist places ke kan.

i hope that helps for now, nanti ada masa i update more for the next tips ok!

and apologies for my english reading frends, i took this directly from my email so its mixed language and im too lazy to translate it sorry!

im loyal like that

2011-11-12T15:39:00.000+08:00

im off to london (yes again! to those rolling your eyes haha) in march..

this time i need to divide my time between three peeps..

one is my sister, who will be nottingham as she followed her husband there who's doing his phd, not much plans to go anywhere when there, probably just spend a few days playing with my nieces and nephew, probably take them to blackpool if weather permits, or legoland! hmm we'll see about this later...

second is my bestie, olyn, who's doing her masters in liverpool, we plan to rent a car and drove around uk, covering as many places as possibly can in like, 4-5 days? originally planned to travel europe but i think road trips are fun-ner plus there's so many places in uk ive yet to cover, so i think this is a better idea..

thirdly, lastly and most importantly, is mr other half aka mr sun of course! although technically he's not even sure if he will still be in uk at dat time but if he is then we are planning to go somewhere too but this one can only be confirmed after dec :)

so dats the three peeps!

and then, places i wanna go to;
1. lake district
2. wales/cardiff
3. stratford upon avon
4. swindon - for shopping
5. bicester village and london - for more shopping!
6. plymouth - to take olyn around to see my uni and see my other besties there cos i miss them and the lovely plymouth!

dats the current list..

wonder if the minack theater is opened in march? it will be lovely to catch a play..

hmmm...

maximum laziness

2011-11-11T15:15:00.000+08:00

lately ive been feeling so under the weather and blue..

which resulted in seriously ultimate laziness ever huhu

i used to wear pants and shirts or tops to work..now im super lazy and have started wearing baju kurung instead, no ironing required and its super comfy too as most of my baju kurungs are huge, way too big for me and yet im still super lazy to make new ones that would fit me better..

i used to buy those instant oats to have for breakfast so that at least my breakfast would be a healthy meal, but now i only drink coffee for breakfast, although lately now its just plain hot water cos im too lazy to go down to the cafeteria to buy my coffee, dont even start of trying to even attempt to make my own coffee, im too lazy..

i used to go out for lunch since the food around my office sucks big time, but now i actually do eat around my office area, its either ive gotten used to the taste and im just too plain lazy to care, anything beats getting out in the hot sun...

i have no motivation at work, so many things to do before year end closes but i just dont give a damn anymore, but this lack of motivation is probably due to the fact im waiting for the result of my new role interview and until that is out im simply do not have heart to put in any extra effort instead just meeting the target only...

i wanted to diligently start dieting and exercising so that i can lose some weight before the wedding (although no idea when dat's gonna be confirmed but at least im prepared right??) but after every stint on the treadmill or the cycle machine i cough so bad and my asthma got worse so i gave up and now hv only given up eating which is fine by me cos im too lazy to eat anyway.. so dat resulted in some weight loss but im soo tired and lethargic and yes, the ultimate result - ive becomed sooooooooo lazy...

sigh...

tis a nasty nasty cycle..

a packet of prawn cocktail crisps later...

2011-11-11T12:43:00.004+08:00

discovery

found out that i hv english speaking only followers! one of whom also recently emailed to ask me to translate the things i said in malay to english :)

which means i hv to write mainly in english OR do the translation diligently!

but there's something "deeply satisfactory" in venting out in malay, which is hard explain :)

especially if you are venting out about the people around you! hehe

but ok ok, i will try my best, :)

ps : am also surprised on the increment of followers despite not writing for so long!

zumba

2011-11-10T23:20:00.000+08:00

looks like fun!

anyone done it before?

wonder where to find the class here in KL..hmm...

anticipation

2011-11-09T23:15:00.002+08:00

im extremely bored with things in my life now..

desperately need some changes...

but what?

i hv two things currently waiting to happened, and until these two 'happens' i cant make any major decisions..

im dying to go back to UK and pursue my PhD but i cant because of these two things..

have to reply to Mara on the scholarship acceptance/or not by end of the month and i want to ask for an extension to next year but even then i cant confirm if im able to make it :(

this sucks!

:(

im off to penang!

2011-10-21T14:55:00.000+08:00

i will be at shangri la rasa sayang for the weekend :) :)

the secret life of nora

2011-10-17T14:52:00.001+08:00

tiara was super hot!

and she can sing so well too! i was so amazed!

and ryan silverman was a dream...sigh..

its worth to watch but not a must watch, if u get what i mean :)

its extended to 22nd October!

im off to hong kong!!

2011-10-17T12:37:00.002+08:00

will be there during the Christmas Holidays!

my first time yeah! :)

actually ikut kan, i dont really feel like going to those part of the world sangat. lots of reasons but mainly personal. but then again, i made a vow to self to try something new this year + its cool during xmas (and i wanted to get away from the hot weather here) + its only four hours flight!!

but after purchasing the tickets and book the hotels....im already regretting it!

1. the ticket cost the same as my ticket to london next march
2. the hotel is damn expensive and they charge you for everything!! a four nights trip is gonna cost me Rm1k!! ive spend 6 nights in various parts of europe with that amount!
3. halal food is crazy expensive and hard to get! my sis who went before me said a plate of simple nasi goreng will cost me RM50 per person!!

damn kan?

i know im kinda biased towards UK/Europe and US but i mean seriously, if this the cost to travel to that part of the world, then no thanks, I WILL STICK TO UK/EUROPE AND US.

but one good thing is, well, three actually, is THREE of my bestest friends will be my travel partners so i am looking forward to definete good times with them :) :)

i am looking forward to HK Disney tho and H&M..so there's another two things!

and xmas decorations in HK is said to be pretty gorgeous :)

so here's hoping! :)

this is it

2011-08-25T14:52:00.002+08:00

feels weird updating blog after months of silence...

hmmm...

tadi idea mencurah2 but now im staring at the screen blankly..

another few more sentences of randomness like this and tadaaa, new post!

hahaha giler betul :p

how can someone who writes like a minah rempit and doesn't even know the difference of "there" and "their" can earn hundreds in nuffnang monthly? how?? how??

wonders will never cease!

and that ends my first post in months!

haha

and u guys actually read till the end.

ishk...

now, go, get a life!

introducing....

2011-06-11T13:04:00.001+08:00

this is the latest addition to our clan..she's 4 months old and she looks japanese. i swear her parents are both muka melayu habis. so we dont know where her looks comes from. :p

wowee!!

2011-06-10T12:45:00.002+08:00

lama tak update blog, tetiba update about birthday pulak hehe

just wanted to capture this moment so that i will remember it always...

its the first time he sent flowers delivery for my birthday!!!

was super surprised of course, and even more surprised when i got two flowers!!

(^_^)

happy birthday to me! (^_^)

barely breathing..

2011-04-20T16:47:00.003+08:00

sangat sangat busy!

my lunch today was 3 sticks of choki choki eaten at my desk while crunching out refinery economics numbers huhu

so pathetic right!

on top of that, i miss my jogging partner aka one of BFF :(

she (the lucky woman!) is on holiday in Cape Town, SA and will be offshore for the next five weeks!!!! just in time of my birthday! she better bring me back something shiny and pretty for my birthday :p

so...

i dont have time for my daily jog at the Kiara Park..

i havent eaten a decent lunch in a proper restaurant or even at home in weeks....

i am double hatting 2.5 roles at the same time which means as of today my inbox mail is equal to 2043 unread emails...

my request to take just one freaking day off have been rejected 5 times!!! while other peeps happily take a week off!!argghhhh!!!!

i need a long break.................................................

preferably somewhere cold.

:(

sekian dan terima kasih kerana sudi membaca tentang kehidupan saya yang sangat sedih ini.

ps : the 30 day blog challenge will have to be postponed until further notice!

Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased

2011-04-17T09:48:00.000+08:00

Walker's Crisps!! Prawn Cocktail!! found these in Cold Storage Subang Parade last night, check out the price for a packet of 6! looks like these have finally found their way to our shores! that's it, that's the last reason i could think of why i should go to UK! eh..forgot :p forgot about encik itu di sana hihihi :p :p

Day 8 – Your dream wedding

2011-04-16T23:52:00.000+08:00

It is ironic and fate and karma..that i am writing this on my closest cousin's wedding day and i am literally putting the finishing touches to the decorations at the hall :)

i have a lot of ideas of how my dream wedding should be but i think, the biggest dream i have is to have my wedding here....

or here...im not picky :p :p

(^_^)

Day 7 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet

2011-04-15T09:22:00.000+08:00

arent they adorable! i would have to be super rich to have them as pets though but who knows, maybe one day!

wonder if they have like a "Adopt-A-Dolphin" programme or something, sign me up! :p

Day 6 – A song to match your mood

2011-04-14T09:18:00.000+08:00

ok actually, i dont know how to post that you tube page straight away that u just click that play button here :p :p im so malas to learn also :p

anyway, this works as well, just click down here okey :) :)

Have a Nice Day - Stereophonics

tomorrow's Friday and im on leave ya'all, wuhoooo!!

gorgeous sunshiny day in Sidmouth, UK!

Day 5 – What makes you different from everyone else?

2011-04-13T09:30:00.001+08:00

im not.

different from everyone else.

i think :p

everyone wants to be unique to the point its now normal to be different.

ok let's see....

i love to drive fast. like super super fast. my ex boss used to own a Ferrari and he used to let me drive from KL to Singapore when we have our meetings. and we get there in 1.5 hrs. yes i was dat crazy back then. now mcm dah insaf sikit but i still love to drive fast.

i am a perfectionist to the point of annoying, especially when it comes to work.

i LOVE organizing events. and im damn good at it too!

i am bagaholic - actually not dat different that most women i know :)

i love old movies especially from Jane Austen - i.e. like Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park. Others like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Casablanca and of course the whole of P Ramlee movies, all my favourites!

im crazy about traveling. i must MUST MUST travel to one location outside the country at least once a year. i try to cover places ive never been. my target is to be at least on every single continent before im 40 :p

ok lah, enough la nie :p

wa dulu ada gang racing..kereta bmw special edition!

Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend

2011-04-12T09:10:00.001+08:00

i think im very lucky to have some of the funniest, craziest, nicest and most wonderful group of best friends anyone could ever wish for (^_^)

ours is a matured friendship that not only we are together at all the good and bad times, we can annoy each other, get on each others' nerves, fight and make up all in the same day and yet feel safe that we still love each other enough to know these are just the way we are, the way women are :)

i decided to put single pictures of them instead of all of us together in a group to show their unique individuality and i think these are the pictures that best capture them :) :)

love you guys loads! (^_^)

Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date

2011-04-11T11:16:00.001+08:00

it started with a lovely breakfast at the local stalls shop, you know, where there are many different stalls inside one restaurant? that's my favourite kind of breakfast place as there's so many food to choose from and you get to try everything! :) over breakfast would be the initial conversations, work, family education and the kind of person he is dealing with crowd, lots of people, if he is adventurous with food, does he let you try his food :p

then it moved on to the one of the best bazaar in town or flea market, i absolutely adores flea markets, which is why i love going to car boots so much while in Plymouth :) the smell of salty french fries and malt vinegar greeting you when you walked in, books at 50p each, glasses and pots and pans at a quid each, weird and sometimes gorgeous lamps at bargain prices, new and used toys, and so many other things, rest assured you need only to spend 5 pounds and can happily walk home with a load of stuff, while munching on heavenly sugary doughnuts!

i digress :p anyway, in these kind of places, is where you can walk and talk and discover more about likes and dislikes and sharing of stories and experiences :) a bazaar is a wonderful place to gauge someone's attitude towards different things - like how he felt about buying second hand items or is he a snob and would never go near them, his bargaining skills, does he have the charms to get that discount or is he rude and huffingly walk away?

after this would be a crucial point of the date, if things went well, you might go to lunch together, if not, hey at least you got all those nice stuff from the bazaar hehe

i dont really like having first dates at night, the pressure is too much and you tend to have all these stigma of those dates in the movies on how its suppose to be and when it wasnt like that you get disappointed which is totally not the guy's fault, he obviously did not grow up watching romantic chick flick all his life :) plus, going to candlelight restaurants, driving around together at night with a guy you just met? not such a good idea :)

Day 2 - Your Favourite Movie

2011-04-10T09:00:00.000+08:00

Ops, did this just last month!

no need to write it again la kan since its gonna be the same anyway hehe tak kira cheating kan kan sebab i still write this post kan kan kan :p :p

so please click HERE kay :) :)

Day 1 - Your Favourite Song

2011-04-09T10:38:00.000+08:00

Terbang

its a tough one to choose, since i loved so many songs but this one i especially love because it reminds me of road trips and driving with your best friends with the window open and singing on top of your lungs. reminds me of a time where life was simpler and less complicated and we were so young and naive and ambitious, wanting to do everything and go "terbang" everywhere :)

The 30 Days Blog Post Challenge!

2011-04-08T23:25:00.003+08:00

Thanks to Miss Zue Sarin for this :)

the 30 day challenge is a 30 day blog post challenge of the following...

Day 1 — Your favorite song
Day 2 — Your favorite movie
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – What makes you different from everyone else?
Day 6 – A song to match your mood.
Day 7 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 8 – Your dream wedding.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – A picture of your favorite memory
Day 12 – Your current relationship, if single discuss how single life is.
Day 13 – A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Short term goals for this month and why
Day 17 – How you hope your future will be like.
Day 18 – 5 things that irritate ME about opposite/same sex
Day 19 – A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – Who are you?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you want to go.
Day 27 – What kind of person attracts you?
Day 28 – In this past month, what have you learned?
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

its gonna be interesting to do, especially since i have never ever ever ever blog for 30 days straight :p but why not, its looks like fun plus it will be a fantastic excuse to distract me from my misery :p

when one door closes....

2011-04-05T22:14:00.003+08:00

i havent written anything serious in my blog for quite a while now.

there are many things i want to share, especially on the frustration of my phd journey.

however i have been postponing these serious posts. not really sure why but i feel if i avoid putting them in black and white, it wouldnt hurt so bad. or at least, it wouldnt make it so real.

when i started writing this post, i thought its time to share. especially since i received another dissapointing news today.

but again, i suddenly felt defeated and decided not too.

sigh..

Bicester Village yg berhantu!

2011-04-05T09:32:00.000+08:00

two years i was studying there, never once i stepped foot on Bicester Village, mainly because people always say tempat tu berhantu! kenapa berhantu? sebab kalau pergi, macamana takde duit pun MESTI akan terbeli jugak sesuatu!! and then bila balik rumah, akan tertanya2 sendiri, eh betul ke beli nie?? what was i thinking?? i cant afford this gorgeous Gucci bag! mesti tadi kat Bicester kena rasuk and made me buy this!!

hehe...

ok lah, betul la berhantu tu, so dats why masa student tak pernah pergi, nanti terguna duit rent, jadi homeless pulak nanti :p :p

so when i went there last winter, baru la ada berani sikit nak pergi, itu pun credit card bawak satu jer, bahaya oooo!!

muka sangat sangat sangat excited untuk memula kan peng-shopping-an :p :p

this was on the 28th December, there were so many people there! even bumped into some "local politician and celebrities" there, shopping sebelah2 lagi :p

the pathways are super icy see! and it was freezing cold! but it certainly did not stopped anybody from shopping to their heart's content!

our loot! sikit jer :) and saja ambik gambar depan Gucci but didnt buy anything there, can u believe when we arrive just an hour after it opens, the shop is almost empty! the shelves are bare! they said almost all the sale items are already sold, we were late! tsk tsk...

but i got what i wanted and managed to shop for some cool stuff for everyone back home and they are all happy with their gifts, semua tu kira birthday present dua tahun hehe :p :p

Washington DC enroute (the train ride)

2011-04-05T09:07:00.000+08:00

continue from the New York trip last year hehe i know i know sangat lama nak update kan! but better late than never :p :p

sebelum the main pictures of the town itself, here are some pics i took on the train :)

nak tunjuk skill amik gambar while in a moving train, not bad right?? hehe ok la puji diri sendiri hehe :p :p

next post - Washington DC

miracle monday #6

2011-04-04T09:00:00.000+08:00

i am @ Avillion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson
checked in here today! staying for one night :)
will review more later k :p
have a good week ahead everyone!

jalan-jalan tepi marina di plymouth

2011-04-03T23:17:00.004+08:00

missing plymouth so badly :(

i know i know, i have an obsession with that place :p

here are some pictures taken from my visit few months ago during New Year :)

where we are going?

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here!

beli kicap cap kipas udang manis :p owner dia M'sian and students dapat discount, so ok la jugak nak jalan jauh2 tu kan :)

miracle monday #5

2011-03-28T09:39:00.000+08:00

i am grateful i have a friend who who tell me every single detail about her experience of giving birth naturally!no epidural for this amazing mother! it was scary and funny and poignant and she loved every moment of it!

and me, at first i didnt wanna hear any of it, was scared shit of course! was soooooooo not grateful at first hahaha but in the end, guess it was ok and we women, we need to hear these things eventually right? so im glad it was her who told me, cos i think, coming from anyone else, i would have run out of the room faster than you can say 'diaper'!

to Wawa, congratulations on the arrival of your baby girl, Zahra!

to Zahra, may you grow to be as pretty, as graceful, as kind, as gentle and as an amazing friend as your mother (^_^)

gold digger

2011-03-27T19:47:00.002+08:00

remember my earlier post on the two handbags and which one im gonna purchase from the bonus im getting?

well anyway, in the end i did the grown up thing instead.

i bought gold.

(^_^)

yep.

gold man!

can you believe it!!

its an amazing investment and i was stupid not to have done it earlier when the price was lower.

anyway, better late than never :)

ask me privately if you wanna know more k :)

huk aloh weh lok!

2011-03-23T23:03:00.003+08:00

Ingak nok blog dale klate se'tar. Buke gapo, ingak nok buat laing sikit dari oghe laing. Dok blog dale oghe putih jah, bose weh.

Pahtu, nok blog dale bahso melayu, kawe aku ghoyak baco blog aku mache oghe tulih skrip ko Kuasatek. Nate bewok, nasib baik dio kawe aku partner-in-crime. Doh mitok maah sapa tahung 2006 doh. Takpo bia demo nok kutuk, aku pung buleh kutuk demo.

Dulu aku ghoyak kawe aku: Mek, aku nok blaja kecek klate lah. Dia ghoyak kakku, buleh. Masa'alohnyo, aku buleh kiro so sapa sepulo jah. Hong laing aku fel. Kalu aku kecek klate, confirm sta lagi ado laa oghe hok gelok kakku. Nate bewok gletik glenyar. Demo dok ghoyak, aku kecek klate mace oghe sie kecek klate. Bughuk do'oh. Tapi kalu blog, takpo dok, takdok gapo-gapo denga doh takdok sogho hok tubik dih. Lagipung ni blog aku, suko ati aku la nok blog bahso gapo pung, dih?

Semangak do'oh nok blog dale bahso klate nih, sapa tok ingat pulok nok kecek pasa gapo.

Hmm..

Haa, ingak doh! Mung tau dok, aku suko betu make makane oghe2 klate nih. Actuallynya, aku suko make makane gapo2 pung, doh makane oghe klate sedap2 ke. Aku suko make nasi tupe, nasi dage, lakse (sedak nih!). Aku suka khopok segero hok pedah2 tu, Ferst time aku try makane klate ni maso aku 18 tahung, maso tuh kawe sekolej aku, Sheli jeput maghi ghumoh dio. Dia wi make lakse. Aku ingak aku sapa make dua pingge male tu hehe. Pahtu, maso Sheli tu kawing, (ni tahung 1999 kalu tok silak), aku gi koto baghu. Arwah mok Jeling (aku nupe ghumoh Jeling kat KB) bagi make mache-mache. Dale satu wikeng tuh, dio masok nasik dage, wi make nasi tupe, nasi khabu ike (oh sedak weh!), make khopok lekor, jepput dughuye.... aloh laaa, mache nok pecoh peghut male tu, make mache2. Doh pulok tu, maso bekwoh Sheli, ado nasik bghiyani pulok, ado kuih akok, cumo sedih skit, takdok lakse maso tuh. Tapi takpo... make mache-mache doh.

Cumo hok nok ghoyak nih, lakse sedak, tapi lakso Johor lagi sedak hehe. Tapi lakso Johor tok seghupo lakso Pehe. Ingak tuh.

blog author's note :

Disclaimer;

i did not write this, this amazingly funny makes-me-laugh-now-got-stomach-ache comes from this wonderful blogger Leen Ashburn, whom i found through Miss Pugs (or Pretty Ugly but she doesnt blog anymore). i hope she doesnt mind i copied pasted this post of hers into here but i just found it to be to so funny! ive always wanted to write in kelantanese but could never found the right spelling!!! hehehe so hope you enjoyed it, and ALL credits are due to Miss Leen Ashburn! Her blog and other posts and this particular post was taken from her blog - The Blog of the Not-So Little People in Leen Nation.

love will keep us together

2011-03-21T12:20:00.002+08:00

CLICK ON THIS

Love, love will keep us together
Think of me babe whenever
Some sweet talkin' girl comes along, singin' a song
Don't mess around, you just gotta be strong

Just stop, 'cause I really love you
Stop, I been thinkin' of you
Look in my heart and let love keep us together

You (you, do do do) you belong to me now (do, do do do)
Ain't gonna set ya free now (do do do)
When those girls start hangin' around, talkin' me down
Hear with your heart and ya won't hear a sound

Just stop (stop, stop) cause I really love you (really love you)
Stop (stop, stop) I been thinkin' of you (been thinkin' of you)
Look in my heart and let love keep us together, whatever

Young and beautiful, but someday your looks'll be gone
When the others turn you off, who'll be turnin' you on
I will, I will, I will, I will be there to share forever
Love will keep us together
I said it before and I'll say it again
While others pretend
I need ya now and I need ya then

Just stop (stop) cause I really love you (really love you)
Stop (stop) I been thinkin' of you (been thinkin' of you)
Look in my heart and let love keep us together
Whatever (a-ba-da whatever)
I will (ever), I will (ever), I will (ever), I will (ahh)

miracle monday #4

2011-03-21T12:18:00.003+08:00

today i am sick and on medical leave..

but i am grateful that its just normal sickness due to flu and fever, i am glad that generally im still healthy and happy :p

have a good week everyone!

miracle monday #3

2011-03-14T09:09:00.000+08:00

i am grateful that i can afford to buy that 'gorgeous' bag yesterday (^_^)

weeee!

hihi

:p

perlu ke?

2011-03-10T13:52:00.002+08:00

perlu ke..

kalau berjaya proof that you are right and i am wrong, nak email sampai ke level chairman that yes, you are right that the savings is actually RM1000, instead of RM995 as per my reporting?? takda masa nak kut nak calculate beria that small amount when i deal with 8.4million usd monthly!!

perlu ke...

kalau dah berjaya menguruskan badan dengan banyak nye terus pakai baju ketat gile and tudung pun berubah fashion kalau dulu tutup dada but now selagi boleh nak nampak kan tulang kat bahu yg baru timbul tu?

perlu ke...

kalau asal orang cakap bulan ni nak dapat bonus, terus terlompat2 gedik suruh belanja lah, buat ayat2 perli seperti "ala, bonus ribu riban takkan pakai beg vincci jer kut" atau lebih annoying terus sok sek sok sek paksa orang gi online shopping shawl terbaru kat kedai dia dan bila tak beli terus mengumpat ckp "hutang dia tu banyak keliling pinggang sebab tu duit bonus habis kat situ jer" like WTF??

perlu ke....

announce kat satu dunia yang duit ASN/ASB dia ada RM100,000 - siap tunjuk statement lagik tu!! tak kesah la duit banyak mane pung ape kes nak tunjuk statement kat orang pastu tanye how much do you have?

perlu ke...

sikit2 nak kecik hati ngan kawan sendiri, benda2 kecik pulak tu, setakat tak ajak makan sama or tak ajak keluar sama, takkan nak ajak SEMUA orang everysingle time setakat nak pi mamak jer kan, pastu yg dia buat the same kat orang lain tak sedar, kalau ajak pun tak pernah nye kata ok, kalau ok pun tetiba last minute cancel, nak gi rumah in law la, nak gi ikut husband main golf la, orang pun malas la nak ajak kalau dah selalu sangat buat perangai mcm ni kan...

perlu ke...

dalam meeting nak dengar suara dia jerrrr, sikit2 "this doesnt make sense" apa kes, lepas bila tanye apa yang make sense, tak jawab pulak, pastu dia ngan anak2 buah dia semua gi meeting jenis nak bully orang, asal org tak jawab sikit mula la "this doesnt make sense" dia tu, pegi meeting ngan dia mcm pegi berperang, ni tempat kerja ke battlefield ni? this kind of examination questions and bullying, baik masuk high school balik!

the host

2011-03-10T11:45:00.000+08:00

whenever i want to read a book by a new author, i usually try to either borrow it from my office's library (yes we do have library, and its quite good and well stocked too!) or i rent it (the usual shop i go is in Ampang Point, very very well stocked and updated) mainly because i do not want to waste money to purchased it and the discovered that its horrible. especially since new books here is so expensive! which is why i loved loved big bad wolf book sales :) - free advert :p

anyway, i thoroughly enjoyed reading Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, did not love it enough to purchase the set though, cos i usually only buy books that i know im going to read it over and over again, and the twilight series are the kind that i would only read once..

which is why i was so pleasantly surprised when this book, The Host was so damn good! when i took this book out to borrow the other day from the library i didnt expect much, well, i expected i would be entertained and that it will fulfill my must-read-something-before-sleeping routine, something light and simple..BUT it turns out to be so engrossing that i ended staying up the whole night finishing the book!

ok, quick synopsis of the book;

Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining "wild" humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Wanderer probes Melanie's thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer's mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

you can read more about this in here where this is taken from...

why i love this book? well, when i read the synopsis above, the first thing that came to my mind was, another book about aliens? i knew how that is going to end, right? but i decided to give her the benefit of the doubt because she made me read about vampires which is something i never ever would read about otherwise, same goes with books about aliens, so i thought its worth a shot. she's brilliant like that, writing from a different angle, a different perspective, and even though its about aliens invading earth, its also about love, friendship and family. the writing is simple and thoughtful and i really love the way the alien-Melanie tried to defend herself while surrounded by humans, which i think sometimes its battle for everyone even non-alien folks, trying to please others so that they like you, trying to fight others so that you can stand up to what you believe in, trying to find love, then fighting it because you didnt think you'd deserve it, simply, trying to survive in the world as best as you can.

well, anyway, do try read it if you can and hoped you enjoyed it as much as i did :)

happy reading!

12 friends every woman deserves...

2011-03-09T11:28:00.000+08:00

Saw this article in a magazine a long time ago :)

12 friends every woman deserves;

1. The friend who won’t let you be less than your best, even if you sometimes want to kick her.

2. The friend who’s spent the holidays with your parents, gotten drunk with your brother and the dog-spaying incident of ‘92. She’s family. (okay, maybe not drunk and dog-spaying what? but note the family part :))

3. The personal comedian, so hilarious that you dare not call her while driving!

4. The friend who’s a little bit evil - so entertaining!

5. A rich friend who will always buy you dinner.

6. A poor friend who’ll let you buy hers.

7. The work friend - listener, knower of backstory, saver of sanity.

8. The friend you can’t wait to be Golden Girls with!

9. The neighbour who’ll lend you her drill - or a pair of red stilletos :p

10. The friend who drags out of you all the sexual details you’re secretly dying to share!

11. The friend who rafts the Amazon, gets a pet snake and does speed dating - so you don’t have to!

12. The friend who, instead of asking how she can help, just shows up and does.

except for no.10 - which havent happened yet *blush*blush* im so happy to note i do have all the above friends! weeeee!!

what a woman want..

2011-03-08T11:25:00.000+08:00

*rummaging through old stuff and saw this and had to post it again! :p :p

What a woman want…in a boyfriend of course;

1. We want him to listen to our problems like a therapist-this just involves saying ’so how do you feel about that?’ every now and again, then offering us to cuddles/ice-creams/chocolates on the side. We don’t want opinions, and certainly don’t want sensible solutions.

2. He needs to have a dark childhood issues that only we can fix. Any past dark problem will do. Basically, behind his handsome, cool persona, he never really had a reason to live until he mets us.

3. Ideally, he’d have at least one really really beautiful ex-girlfriend. we like to think we’re batting in that leaque. But he has to say he hates her because she has NO personality whatsoever.

5. He has to ring us at least three times a day and reply to our texts like his life depends on it. But he also should go AWOL for a couple of days at least once every three months to keep us on our toes.

6. His bookshelf should make us think he’s deeper than we are, and the same goes for his music selection. If he doesn’t read Bukowski and listen to Radiohead, how the hell are we going to discover them?

7. He should be in a band. In fact, be lead singer in a band. Or at least be on drums. Go on then, percussions - as long as he’s on stage. Oh all right, as long as he can play that cheap acoustic guitar and we can pretend our boyfriend is a hot rock star.

8. He should make us feel delicate, like a little feminine butterfly fluttering in his life, one that he would protect his life with. And he should know at the same time that if he EVER cheats, we will beat the crap out of him.

9. He should have the words "I love you.You’re beautiful", as a default setting.

Now to my male friends out there, was that tooo much to ask? hehe

bagaholic anonymous

2011-03-07T21:52:00.004+08:00

hi, my name is nique and im a bagaholic.

every woman has their vices and mine, mine is handbags..

i cant help it!

i love the smell of a brand new handbag with their lovely dustbag and crisp packaging and chic paperbag, and using it for the first time proudly just makes you feel like everything is going to be alright in this world and nothing can bring you down...sigh...

and so with that, which one do you think i should get to be purchased from the "bonus" i got for being "uninitiative" and "lack ownership" despite the 12 hours per day 25 days per month i put it in this "amazing" and "fantastic" company?

this one?

or this one?
both are so lovely right? i know, i cant choose either huhu

i might just get them both, haha!

note to mr bf : ye2 i know, save save save :p

the holiday

2011-03-07T14:00:00.000+08:00

was reading Chic's blog on the her favourite movie, Love Actually and got me thinking of my current favourite movie..

so yeah ok, its a pretty old movie, i think it was released during Christmas 2007, cos i remembered walking through the cold winter night from our house to the cinema in plymouth which in itself is still an amazing experience for me, there you kinda can walk everywhere, cinemas, bowling, the bank, the post office, to my classes, the bookshop, the keysmith, to the shopping mall, to the beach, to the best halal fried chicken....everywhere is fantastically a walk away! and i love the weather there, its never too hot to walk, tho it does sometimes gets too cold, which i really dont mind, i prefer the cold compared to being hot, ive always thought I was been born in the wrong country hehe

anyway, i digress...

the movie was starring cameron diaz and kate winslet, with the ever so handsome jude law, and the ever so charmingly (sometimes weird) funny jack black, and its about two women who just got their hearts broken and wanted to get away from it all, you know, move to another country, get a makeover, shoot somebody, make a movie, any life changing event will do kind of get-away-from-it-all, but decided to go on a holiday instead, where they switched houses!

so amanda (cameron diaz) who lives in sunny L.A, switched with iris (kate winslet) who lives in cold snowy london the movie itself, was of course really great, i mean the line up itself makes it a guaranteed hit, but the best thing i like about the movie was the kate winslet character, who is in love with a man, who never actually loves her back, but cant live without her, thus not allowing her to let him go..which is selfish and unfair of him..

guess we all have been there, falling in love with someone whom you knew would never love you back, but at the same time you just seems never could let him go, and sometimes, well, actually most of the time, is because he does not let you..

anyway, the movie was beautiful, it seems natural to be nodding away in understanding at watever that iris or amanda did, gasping in amazement that someone understood you and made a movie out of your life! saying repeatedly over and over again ‘yes! that’s exactly how i feel!’ and ‘oh, i know, ive been there/done that before!’ and reaching for the tissue at the end of the movie feeling thoroughly satisfied that even someone as gorgeous as cameron diaz and kate winslet goes through the same problems as you do and restored your faith in men, and having hope that one day, maybe one day you’ll find a man with jude law’s devastating good looks and jack black’s charms :p

the movie Chic was talking about, Love Actually is also actually one of my absolutely favourite too. when days are particularly hard and you just wanna curl up with a good movie and watch it with a box of chocolates under your duvet, here are some of my personal recommendations;

1. Emma - the one with Gwyneth Paltrow in it

2. While You Were Sleeping - Sandra Bullock at her best!

3. French Kiss - Meg Ryan super cute in this..

4. Pride And Prejudice - the one with Colin Firth in it, BBC version..not the lame Keira Knightly one..

5. My Best Friend's Wedding

five enough for now :) :)

ps : i still havent found the kuch kuch hota kai dvd, will someone help please!

miracle monday #2

2011-03-07T09:00:00.000+08:00

good morning folks!

i am SO GRATEFUL that i have a good maid that can cook yummilicous kuew tiaw goreng (okey i cant spell this, teaw? tuew?) and she cooked it early enough i could eat it for breakfast before going to work and its so good i actually ate two helpings of it!

yummy!

have a good week everyone :)

sometimes you have to say it twice...

2011-03-06T00:45:00.003+08:00

recently i found myself being tangled in a spider web, walked right into the trap and getting more and more tangled everyday... what im rambling about, you may ask, its difficult to explain, partly because i do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings and partly because i hoped by not acknowledging it, eventually i would just untangle myself and be free..but it seems not to be the case…

there’s the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to friendship, but here’s my lessons learned when it comes to the bad and the ugly..

its difficult to maintain true friendship if you are overly sensitive about everything, newsflash; not everyone is talking about you, and if we are not talking to you, it certainly doesnt mean that we are talking about you, the world does not revolve around you!

its tiring when your friendship is measured with that they have with one person and another, why cant we all just be friends without those measurement, without judgement and just be cool and honest about it?

its not friendship when you feel that you’re walking on eggshells all the time and have to always always be cautious of what you say and how you say it and when you say it..

its tiring when everything you do and everything you say is judged and measured and criticized and questioned and analyzed..

its extremely exhausting when you have to play referee when people you care about dont care about each other, its the worse feeling in the world being stuck in the middle..

i refuse to believe that people can be that selfish, and i refuse to not to believe that somewhere inside every person lies a quality that would that person a worthy friend to have in the end, given enough chance, so i think dats why i never learn..isnt the world crazy enough already without me going through life being suspicious of everyone..

one of my best friend said to me the other day that she's so glad she has us, our group have been the best of friends for almost a decade and she seriously thinks that's it, she does not need any more new friends, cos she kept getting hurt in the process. at first i did not agree with her, i thought hey, you meet new people everyday, one of them will surely be worth the effort, but now i think she's right..

friendship isnt suppose to be this hard..

where to eat in Plymouth?

2011-03-05T20:51:00.000+08:00

i lived in a small little town called Plymouth when i was studying in UK few years back. not many people have heard about it and yet many people have been there. hehe confused yet?

xpe2 slow2 :p

plymouth is prounounced plee-meth...lebeh kurang gitu la, asal kan jgn pronounce plai-muth sudah like i did zaman tak tau bende dulu okey! :p

so aaanneewayyss, when i was back there for a quick visit last christmas, i tried TWO new restaurants that ive never been too! yep! ingat kan bandar kecik boleh tawaf and try semua benda dlm masa dua tahun? semesti nya tidak! so here are the two places :)

LA TASCA

la tasca ni franchise, so mmg ada banyak tempat kat all over uk, food is spanish tapas, and the best thing about this place is it has the all-you-can-eat deal, so for students like us, its totally worth it!! mula2 kena register dulu dlm website dia, and then bebila dia ada offer all you can eat tu, cepat2 print and call the place to make a reservation ok :) oh, the all-you-can-eat is ten pounds only! murah kan!

ni rupa coupon dia, everyone must have one, print it out and show to the waitress kay :) gambar seterusnye di bawah tidak mengikut turutan tapi tidak sesama sekali meng-effect kesedapan makanan di situ :p :p

salad ni serious sedap!! its slices of pears with spinach, basil, tomatoes and cucumber and i think the dressing ada olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon, simple jer tapi sedap sangat!

haha mmg tak ikut turutan, tetiba gambar dessert plak, this is black and white brownies, nampak tak gambar separuh tu, tangan rakan semeja tgh genggam garpu tak sabar nak dig in but i wanna take pictures first :p

mula2 tgk gambar pinggan yg dah licin...kemudian........

tada! of course we only ordered seafood la kan, so there's fried calamari, prawns and fish, vegetarian paella, garlic mushrooms, omellete and lots of salad!

the decorations in the restaurant, pretty spanish kan?

so anyway, the deal here is per order you can order up to three dishes per person per round, so kira if there's 4 of you, you can order up to 12 dishes per round, then dah habis yang tu, order the next round and the next and so on and so forth until you are so full you hardly can walk home :) :)

okey, next place :)

THE PLATTERS

ade orang kata, south west i.e. devon cornwall onwards is where you can get the most authentic real british style fish and chips! orang kata la, im not so sure myself, tapi emang nya fish and chips di plymouth mmg terbaik! just be careful to check the batter tu diorang tak letak beer cos traditional cooking diorang mmg letak beer nak bagi fish tu nice and crispy tapi kat platters nie, owner dia muslim orang morroco (eh owner ke sangkut paut gitu la) dia pun tau la halal haram kan, which is a good thing cos this place nye food is super yummy!

we ordered a few stuff to share but my favourite has got to be this fisherman's pie, sedap macam nak nangis okey! seriously!!!!!! we went there twice and also tried the grilled fish platter, the creamy seafood pasta and of course the fish and chips and all of it is super delish! im not sure if this restaurant ade franchise ke tak kat tempat lain BUT if not, if you are planning to come to plymouth, harus pegi kedai ni makan tau!

oh lupa nak cakap;

LA TASCA - is in town centre, walking distance from the main high street near the ice skating rink.

THE PLATTERS - is at the Barbican, near the marina, next to the Mayflower theater.

ps : im writing this based on memory, kalau ade tersilap (cos i know ade org plymouth baca my blog hehe) sila correct me okies :)

stuck like glue

2011-03-04T10:00:00.000+08:00

perbualan biasa hari2:

time - 9am kl, 2am uk

him : sayang, i nak tido dah, watcha doing? can you wake me up later please?

me : *whisper*whisper* ok me in the office tgh meeting, okwillwakeyouupusualtimekaybye! miss u muahs!

time - 3pm kl, 6am uk

me : sayang morning! bangun, subuh..

him : mmm hmm *mumble*mumble*

time - 11pm kl, 4pm uk

me : sayang, i wanna sleep d, gnite...

him : ok, bye gnite, will call you tomorrow, missumuahsstakecaregottagoamin class/workshop/in the middle of presentation.

OR

him : hi sayang, nak tido dah ke?

me : yeah hm *yawn*yawn* zzzzzzz......

such is the quality of our daily conversations! so stimulating!

i looked forward to the weekends where we can finally have good quality chat like the latest gossip, or places we go and food we eat for the week, or latest sale - u know, dat kind of stuff hehehe :p :p

to answer those who have been asking me about long distance relationships - yes, we talk to each other at least twice a day. that's the way we are. different people/couples have different way of keeping in touch. but for us, simple things like the above makes us feel like the other person is right there, next to you :)

ke bandung lagik gue!

2011-03-03T10:00:00.001+08:00

my mom and her sisters and me and my sisters are going to bandung!

yes, again!

this will make the 5th (or was it the 6th?) time i am there!

hehe

xpe lah, my mom wanted to treat her sisters and we sisters also wanted to treat our mum and aunties :p :p

am looking around for a 3 bedroom apartment in bandung, anyone have any idea where a good place to stay?

semua perempuan nie, 8 orang, rombongan cik kiah wehhh! :0 :0

the meat & wine co

2011-03-02T21:54:00.006+08:00

we checked out the Westfield Mall when i was in london last christmas, we actually wanted to eat at Jamie's Italian but as it was two days after xmas, the restaurant did not have any fresh seafood and all that was available was meat! so okey, since we have to eat meat we must find a halal one right?

so off we went to the Meat & Wine Co...

this pic is courtesy of google!

when they say meat, they really meant it! all kinds of MEAT is available! from kangaroo to springbrok (actually i dunno wat that is haha) and crocodile! weird! and um tak halal la! so we asked the waiter.. and he gave us this...

tadaaa!! they have a halal menu you'alls!! best kan!!

wahh so ape lagi, mula la dengan khusyuk nye study menu and punye la lama nak decide makan ape hehe

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boleh tak excited punye pasal, i FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE FOOD!! can you believe it!!

sure you guys rasa tertipu dengan entry nie kan! me too! penat tau karang ni and then discovered that there are no pictures of the food!!

so pk2 jugak tadik nak update ke tak nak update ke tak cos nasib baik my frend got it on his camera tapi i still didnt get it from him till today, so nak tunggu memang la boleh tapi ni dah siap type and all kan? so xpe lah, i post this one first boley? nanti i will update with the food pics okey! hehe

BUT i remembered that the food was pretty good! not fantastic all around, ade la yg miss-ed sikit tapi in general not bad not bad.. hehe citer pun no point sure u guys tak puas hati kan tak dpt tgk gambar food tu huhu :p :p

the price pun ok la reasonable jugak, a bit on the pricey side but expected for this kind of place :)

oh location;

The Meat & Wine Co

Westfield Shopping Centre

Shepherds Bush

London

miracle monday - #1 (lambat gilers!)

2011-03-02T12:57:00.002+08:00

terlupa nak buat entry on monday about miracle monday!!!

teruk betul kan, dia yang beria start dia yang lambat hahaha

tapi xpe, the whole point is you dedicate one day out of your busy daily life to sit and reflect on things you are grateful about :p :p (alasan baikkkkkkkkkk punya haha)

so for this week,

I AM GRATEFUL - that i have a car that i can anywhere i want to go. i am glad i dont have to be in the hot sun or the pouring rain waiting for buses or taxis or trains. even though i will get stuck in the traffic jam, i am grateful the car has air condition and good radio, so i will use that time as ME time :)

miss u too!

2011-02-24T12:26:00.002+08:00

"miss u...miss u..miss u....miss u..miss u....miss u...selalu...always miss u..."

message from him at 1.18am this morning :)

9.18am our time :p

made me smile all day (^_^)

miracle monday - first edition

2011-02-21T16:47:00.002+08:00

since everyone is jumping on the wordless wednesday bandwagon, i thought i'd start a miracle monday series..

simple jer, basically every monday you post your blog with something that you are grateful for.

it could be anything from;

im grateful that i managed to find a parking today.

im grateful that my breakfast was so yummy!

you get the idea :) :)

so lets be thankful and start your monday with happy thoughts!

i want!

2011-02-21T16:44:00.002+08:00

olympics 2012

2011-02-20T21:33:00.000+08:00

apparently the tickets for the olympics 2012 in london is on sale now!

i want one for the opening ceremony (^_^)

alang2 im gonna be there anyway :p

insyAllah, Amin :)

the Secret said you must do things as if you already have them now.

positive energy attracts positive energy :)

so ehem2...can "you" get US the tickets pretty please please *blink*blink*

(*_*)

chicken pasta

2011-02-19T10:00:00.000+08:00

miss v was asking me for the recipe for my chicken pasta with tomato sauce.

here it is :)

you need the following basic ingredients to make chicken pasta;

1 large yellow onion diced
3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
2 tablespoon of dry oregano, basil and thyme
3 tablespoon of olive oil
2 portions of chicken breasts sliced or diced (up to u)
1 can of tomato paste
1 can of button mushroom - sliced
1 packet of pasta - any that u like

here are my methods to make them;

first step - after u have diced the garlic, place them in the pan with the olive oil BUT do not start the gas YET. let it soak in the olive oil for a couple of minutes. trust me this makes ALL the difference!

second step - after a few minutes of soaking the garlic, fry it up and add it in the onions and next important step, add in the oregano ans basil. add the thyme if yr cooking chicken, otherwise no need the thyme k.

after the whole house smells absolutely yummy from the lovely herbs, add in the chicken :)

third step - after the chicken brown lightly, add in the sliced mushroom

fourth step - decant the tomato paste into the pot. add hot water. then add salt and pepper to taste and a bit more oregano or basil if you like. if the sauce is too watery you can thicken it with cream or corn flour.

some people thinks its easier to buy the ready made tomato sauce, which i think if yr making lasagna or baked pasta is fine as its easier to cook from scratch, but if yr making the sauce for eating like this, best go with the from scratch method, i mean seriously its hardly any hard work right?

cos seriously, that's it! yr done!

a few notes;
1. if your making bolognese sauce, make the beef is properly browned before adding the tomato paste, for chicken, u can skip the browning process
2. the longer you simmer the sauce, the better it taste
3. if u like, add in extra fresh tomatoes as an additional veggie and also for extra taste

tadaaaaaaaa! (oh note - all pictures including the pic of the pasta here is courtesy of google, i didnt manage to take any pictures when i was making them last week :p)

for finishing, add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top :)

ps : i absolutely hate it when people put those frozen veggies in the sauce, like euuwwww! its horrible and taste fake and yucky! grate some carrots and diced some capsicum and put that it instead okey :) it taste better and healthier too!

kuch kuch hota hai and vitamins

2011-02-18T16:14:00.003+08:00

a study was done somewhere sometime by someone that in order for something to become a habit, you have to do it straight for 28 days, then automatically becomes a habit.

like i have to shower before sleeping - a habit i picked up during my uni years, not really good especially if the shower is late at night but if u cant sleep if u did not shower than u have no choice but u have to! and especially bad during those cold winter nights too..ishk ishk.

but as i go through my habits it seems like all dat i picked up are unhealthy ones!

not good not good..

so i am currently working on three items at the moment for the next 28 days;

1. eat my vitamins - can u believe how forgetful i am about doing this?? like seriously, i buy the most nutritious vitamins supplements in the world and i take them diligently for the next 5 days and then i forgot one day and then next day and the next and ended i forgot for an entire year then i get sick and i read somewhere i shud taking these vitamins and i went out and buy some and come home happily and put the vitamins on my dressing table so that i see them and remember to take them only to realise there tucked hidden that bottle of unused perfume is the exact same bottle of the very vitamins i just bought, a year old and gathering dust!
current status : 7 days straight and counting

2. drink a glass of warm water in the morning - so ok, if you read those get slim tips this has to be the one dat tops the list, and best of all, its sunnah nabi too! yup2 :) so its great and we should all do it right? sounds simple isnt it? u get up in the morning and drink a glass of water that you have left by your bed the night before. surprisingly its harder than it looks! i even goes as far as buying large bottles of mineral water and put them in a basket next to my bed so i have access to the abudant supply of water all the time and for sure i wont missed it since its like right next to my bed!! but morning comes and i get up and groggily by passed the crate of water and showered and get dressed and walked out of the room all the while actually managed to ignore the crate of water in the room! its amazing really! and its not like the vitamins when u forget it in the morning u can just take it later at night, this is like if u missed that window of oppurtunity, its like gone forever. its not like u can go back to sleep right? huhu
current status - did it for 5 days straight, forgot for about three, now back to square one, and its um, day two. eh, did i do it this morning? oh shoot! damn, so yeah ok, back to day one.

lastly..

3. stop (okey okey, REDUCE) drinking ice water - this one, enough said la right. everyone know this.
current status - day three. course it helps that i was sick for the last three days hehe. but hey, small steps people, small steps :)

so ok, once i got all the above three, i will work on more.

so here's to making good healthy life changing habits!

eh lupa, wats d above got to do with kuch kuch hota hai?

nothing really.

i just really wanna see this movie again but cant seems to find the dvd anywhere!!

anyone has it? can i borrow? pretty please? :p :p

fine, i will play this game your way

2011-02-18T12:28:00.002+08:00

as expected, my end of year review was pretty bad.

in fact, it was lower than bad, it was downright insulting actually.

i was actually laughing when my boss told me my score, because to me it was just so plain nonsense. he was, i think, a bit offended that i did not burst into tears or at least show some mortification or some humility in my horribly bad score.

instead i was amused.

i knew i was getting a bad one mainly because of an incident which i actually i blogged about but which i deleted cos i know some peeps from the office reads my blog.

so anyway, im actually pretty cool with the low scores.

i know for a fact that i have done all i can.

but if they wanna make it a political and a personal game, then fine, bring it on.

dungun, terengganu

2011-02-18T10:00:00.001+08:00

another post about my favourite place :)

after tanjung jara in dungun, watch out for a place on your right, its on top of a hill and looks down to a wonderfully gorgeous beach...one of the local activities on that hill is the villages dried their catch - to make "ikan masin" or "keropok keping" but its been a while since ive seen it so maybe they dont anymore..

anyway, here are some of the pictures...

stuffed crab kemaman ganu

2011-02-17T21:00:00.000+08:00

after a crazily hectic month in the hustle bustle of kl, sometimes u need to get out of the city and take a quick break and to me, the best place to go to is and has always will be, kemaman terengganu.. ive always blogged about this but i think ive never blogged about one of the best food ever ever in kemaman..

here it is...

its mega expensive ok, about RM8 per piece but its damn well worth it! usually we only have about two pieces each of it, but my recent trip we decided to have a proper seafood lunch as well - steamed fish, butter prawns and kangkung belacan together with stuffed crab of course!

directions to get to tong juan - when you reach kemaman town, after the store, there's a traffic light where hai peng is on your right, turn right at the traffic light, straight on and on, after the fruit stalls on your left, keep right and you will find the restaurant on your right. there's another restaurant called restaurant malaysia right next to it that sells the same thing, but that one tak halal okies :)

so next time you are in kemaman terengganu, be sure to try this kemaman's best kept secret!

love/hate relationships

2011-02-13T16:52:00.003+08:00

the best things about long distance relationships;

1. you only have to juggle between work, friends and family - with minimal guilty feeling about spending too much time with one particular group. cos admit it, when he's around, one of those three will get neglected, if not all :p

2. you learn to do things yourself - not that you dont already know, but it does goes straight out of yur head when he's there to do it for you.

3. no one can talk you out of buying something like that dress that looks exactly similar to the one you are already wearing

4. so with that, no one to give you a long lecture on the importance of savings and minimising your spendings so you wont feel guilty about buying that dress

5. you can go online and see what you like and ask him to buy it for you there cos obviously its cheaper where he is, and they always got nice things there anyway, or when he knows your favourite shops and what you like and buy them for you and keep u updated especially if ITS ON SALE and then the best part is receiving those packages by post!

the downside part of a long distance relationships;

1. when you are excited about something and dying to tell him, u picked up the phone to call him only to realise its 5 am where he is, so you kinda either get (a) get a long lecture or (b) he reacted with a mumble and a yawn. either way, yr exciting news suddenly doesnt sound so exciting anymore huhu

2. when yr dying to watch a movie or eat something or go somewhere and all your girlfriends or siblings already have other plans and there's no one to go with you, you know he would if he's around and of course he wouldnt let you do anything alone :p :p

3. when yr so exhausted and tired after a long hard day at work and need some pampering, he's not around to tell you to leave your car at work, he will come and pick u up, feed you, send you home and the next morning, will pick u up just to send you to work.

4. when its so difficult to make future plans cos his holidays are different than yours! so frustating! :(

5. when you miss him so much it hurts and how u wish that he's just an hour or two away by plane instead of 14hours huhu :(

screwed

2011-02-11T22:24:00.004+08:00

in preparation of the kpi discussion with my boss next week, i sat down today and listed down all the projects ive been assigned to this year.

and i calculated the hours it will take me for each single project.

i then listed down my every day/monthly responsibilities and kpi that are actually listed in the job description.

i calculated the hours for that too.

then i added them up.

i then looked at the math.

in a year, there 365 days, 52 weeks and 8765 hours.

generally people work 20 days a month, 8 hours per day, so that's 1920 hours. that's not even considering the public holidays etc.

this year, im suppose to put in;

3,755 hours!

that's almost DOUBLE what normal people do!

to achieve this, i basically either need to work;

25 days a month at 12 hours per day

OR

30 days a month at 10 hours per day

and even then im still short 155 hours!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

basically, im screwed.

there goes my life this year huhu.

apology note

2011-02-10T12:54:00.003+08:00

i have deleted my previous post - "susah sangat ke"

even though i realised the impact of the post to my friends, which i take full responsibility, i still did it anyway. i dont know why. guess people do stupid things sometimes.

i know im not perfect. i am the kind of person who would never never never even consider to hurt someone's feelings intentionally. will always take other people's needs into consideration, even though sometimes i have to bend over backwards just to do it. guess i slipped this time.

cos lately the stress of it all is getting to me.

no matter how nice i am too people, no matter how i consider everything i do and how it would affect them, no matter how much i try to please them, at the end of the day, i ended up becoming hurt and sad and being taken for granted yet again. i guess im just tired.

BUT, my mistake was, i took it out on the wrong people.

i took it out on my best friends who have always been there for me. and i hurt them bad :(

just because i know that they will understand and they will always be there for me. they have been nothing but super, and i, safe in the knowledge that they will always forgive me no matter how badly i behaved or how badly i screwed or how horrible my words are, took it out on them.

i guess the very thing i try not to do to other people, i did it to them instead.

not very nice friend i am huh :( not just not nice, pretty awful actually huhu

and with that, i am really sorry.

really really sorry.

super date

2011-02-09T23:26:00.005+08:00

was watching How I Met Your Mother season 5 , the one with jennifer lopez in it and the super date and am gushing about how romantic it was..sigh..

sometimes we just need a little appreciation from our loved ones, a gesture that tells us that yes, you are special and we do this because we love u and u deserve it. when u know someone long enough, we tend take each other for granted. like when we make plans to meet, either for dinner or lunch, then watch movie etc, its all so mechanical and expected, the element of surprise is just no longer there.

sometimes isnt it wonderful to have someone who knows exactly what u like or purposely plan a day of which is a total surprise to you and basically swept you of your feet and overwhelmed you? it doesnt have to be your partner or family, even from a friend is already something quite rare these days. doesnt matter if its cliche or gushy or watever, its just human nature to be pampered once in a while :)

the super date in this episode with the carriage ride, dinner, ice skating, opera and a fireworks ending maybe a little bit far fetched and pretty hard to organise :p

someone once surprised me with a day trip to genting highlands, picked me up in the morning, had a leisure breakfast at my favourite place, then we decided to go for a drive, ended up in genting (which was actually planned all along :p) went on all the rides and played all the games and finished it off with a lovely dinner before driving back down to kl, happy and exhausted :p

which, as far as super dates goes, that's pretty way up there :)

what's yr idea of a super date?

tell me straight to my face

2011-02-09T22:56:00.002+08:00

mood masa belum pulih.

ade notice lately ni ada someone who mcm tak puas hati with me.

tak tau lah wat i did wrong.

dah la havent spoken to that person in ages!!

maybe dats why??? hmmm.

but...u have my number just as i have yours, and the telephone works both ways ya know. email ade. snail mail pun ade. as far as i know tiada breakdown di situ. bukan mcm kat mesir.

waiting for me to make the first move? i will! if and when i hv something to say la kan. bukan nya sebab ego, sebab busy melampau kut sekarang nie. and like i said, these things works both ways.

cant u just tell me straight to my face? perlu ka nak hint hint bagai?

who's immature one here, u or me?

dah la. malas nak layan.

dining at harrods

2011-02-03T16:31:00.005+08:00

last week we decided to try out the restaurant at harrods klcc. we loved the macaroons there (its RM15 for 6 pieces ya'll) and the sticky toffee pudding.

its suppose to be a fine dining restaurant with simple meals like fish and chips at RM48 and pasta at RM120 and tiny sliver of chocolate marquis-something-somethin at RM38 (dont order it! it doesnt taste nice and SO NOT WORTH the RM38 price tag ok!)

seriously expensive!

but the place is gorgeous and private, worth checking out if you want to go for a valentine's dinner.

that drink that looks like air ulam pegaga (haha) is actually virgin mojito. i didnt try it but Saza said its nice! i was more interested in the macaroons! looks at those vivid colors!

Han with her roast beef and yorshire pudding. this is RM68! but super yummy!! beef and veggies and the yorkshire pudding was perfectly cook! but is it worth the high price tag? u can get this meal at 7 pounds in a normal pub all over uk. but of course susah nak carik a place where the beef is halal la right. so if u wanna try how the brits eat it and u dont mind the cost, this is the place to try it.

my blueberry macaroons!

and because i couldnt resist - here it is again via instagram! gorgeous! it looks as good as it tastes!

forgot, tuan punye blog :p

btw, dats my first time trying the whole shawl-inner style thingy, what do you think?

dalam hati ada cinta

2011-02-02T20:34:00.003+08:00

do you remember this tv series?

it was playing for quite a while and it was such a looooooooooooooooong series! it was about this guy (ako) who fell in love with this girl (umi) but for some reason i cant remember they couldnt be together cos she's adopted and then the stepmom wanted to matchmake her stepsister to ako and she really cared about her stepsister so she gave in or smething like that. it was a really long winded and typical malay series where matters of the heart takes a step back over sense of duty and respect to the eldery. something you would definetely not hear of in mat salleh countries :p.

my mom and i followed it quite avidly for a while, mom cos she likes umi aida, me, well cos i like this guy :p

i never saw the ending of the series, apparently it spiralled off into season 2 where fazura and fahrin played the respective love interest, how can anyone compare fahrin to ako?? like hello right?? hehe :p :p

so neways, finally saw the ending yesterday! cliche' la obviously, they managed to get together in the end, and it ended with a romantic adegan kejar mengejar and proposal by the car! :) :)

but my favourite part..

when all goes well and even though u know its a sure thing and all, the guy knows that a formal (preferrably over the top romantic) proposal is still required :p

u still need to ask the "question". its simple things like that makes all the difference!

(^_^)

ps : how come he doesnt act much nowadays ek?

instagram

2011-01-28T14:19:00.006+08:00

there's this apps in my iphone3 called instagram.. i love playing with it! modifying pictures in my phone to give it a vintage look (^_^) here are some examples!

even tho i had my iphone for 6 months plus now, im still slowly learning how to use it and add more apps :) okey la tu kan, slowly but surely hehe

what's your fav apps in your iphone? (^_^)

so what if i believe in unicorns?

2011-01-28T11:09:00.003+08:00

yes i do..

ok, i know technically they dont exist and i accept that the bf actually laughed his head off and got a stomach ache from laughing too much when i said i thought unicorns were real animals, pfftt!

but in my defense, how can it not be real??

after all, there are other equally weird animals out there that is so unimaginable but it exists!

like the Leafy Sea Dragon! hah, u think im making it up? go and google it! its gold and and green and orange, gorgeous vibrant colours and looked like a seaweed!

or the Komondor Dog, its a dog with dreadlock hair!

or The Pink Fairy Armadillo - doesnt it have the cutest name!! and its super cute too!

or the Blobfish!! the name itself will make u laugh out loud, wait till u see how it looks like!!

all of the above animals is REAL.

so okey, fine, i accept the fact there isnt any unicorns in this world...for now.

i think we just havent discovered it yet :p

i shall leave you with a picture of the THE EMPEROR TAMARIN;

bored of being normal

2011-01-26T16:38:00.001+08:00

im so restless!!!!!

wat to do..wat to do..

ape nak buat ni ek?

huhu

mcm ni cara org kita buat bisnes??

2011-01-25T20:00:00.002+08:00

my cousin just got married, masa christmas hari tu, i didnt attend as i was away in london, so mom told me some stuff that happened during the wedding, macam2 hal berlaku, my cousin ni pulak, and family dia semua jenis yang let go jer, so senang la kena pijak ishk..

cerita pertama - my cousin tempah pelamin nye set pasang kat rumah, so lengkap la with arches, and the chairs, bunga etc bagai, kat arch tu, ade tempat or soket for the lights kan, but diorang tak pasang lampu tu, which kalau tak pasang, the whole pelamin looks gelap la kan, mmg la ade main lampu rumah kat siling tu, but lampu at the pelamin will light up the deco more kan? so my mom ckp la, pasang la lampu tu, org pelamin tu boleh ckp "lampu tu takde, bulb dah rosak" so, kalau rosak bulb beli la baru ganti kan? my mom insist jugak nak, co dah kata bayar ribu riban for the pelamin mesti lah nak perfect kan?? so in the end they put in the lampu and they actually charge my cousin for the extra bulbs!!??? boleh tak? padahal its part of the pelamin package la kan? then boleh lepas tu pegi ckp kat my auntie (my mom's sister) yang "makcik tu bising la banyak komplen" and pointed to my mom!! my mom punye la nak mengamuk but sabar jer la cos its org lain punye majlis kan. so ok fine, next...

cerita kedua - my cousin ordered 200 chairs with the covers (so jadi la mcm kat hotel2 tu, ngan reben kat belakang). agreed cost was rm1 per cover, so okey la. turns out, diorang tak cukup 50 covers, so org kerusi tu kena gi amik kat tempat lain. ok fine. dah habis majlis semua, they told my cousin for the balance 50 tu, diorang nak charge rm3 per cover!! ape kes kan?? kata nye sebab kena amik kat tempat lain! so, its not our problem right? kan dah agree rm1 per cover for 200 chairs, takkan u didnt know how many covers u actually have right?? and u know wat, sebab dah end of the majlis, my cousin bayar jer la sebab tak nak gaduh2.

cerita ketiga (and last ye :p) - my cousin hired a professional photographer. konon famous la and in high demand, siap kena gi dari kedah ke singapore ke kl amik gambar bagai, harga pun boleh tahan jugak la kan. so my cousin hire dia untuk tiga event, malam akad nikah, then sanding belah bride, then the next day sanding belah groom. lepas sanding belah bride, they went to take an outdoor shoot tepi pantai (which last nampak gambar atas batu2 jer pantai langsung tak nampak ntah pape nye photographer), after that, boleh plak si photographer ni kata dia nak balik kl terus mlm tu, ada kerja kat melaka. padahal my cousin already paid for the three events!!! tak sempat nak argue ape2 mamat tu trus balik lepas outdoor shoot tu, so masa sanding belah groom, they didnt have a professional photographer!!

i can imagine the stress that my cousin and family went through but they shouldnt let these people walk all over them, terima aje org nak buat ape. memang agak sial cara2 diorang ni berbisnes, macamana nak maju?? pastu kalau kita hire bangsa lain to arrange, ckp kita ni tak tolong bangsa sendiri, bangsa sendiri perangai mcm haram nak tolong bende nye kan??

but lesson learned from this - i will get a trusted person to make the arrangements for the above for me, kalau semua nak handle sendiri (ni kes my cousin jugak, kalau ngan family jer mintak la tolong kan, that's wat we are here for) mau pengsan nanti. mcm kes photographer tu kan, padahal adik beradik my cousin ni semua camera dslr bagai tu, semua terrer IT, semua gang2 kelab photography, takkan tak boleh tolong adik sendiri cari kan professional photographer yg reliable kan? or yg buat part time pun kadang2 lawa jugak they work right?

so nway, itu jer cerita utk hari ini, sekian terima kaseh :p

dalam dilema

2011-01-25T19:54:00.003+08:00

i have a decision to make..there's someone i need to tell something to, but im not sure if i should or not..

technically there's no need, but i think as a courtesy sake, i should..it would make things at both ends easier in the future..

hmm...i have to think about this, luckily i dont have to do it so soon, still got time to think about it huhu

anyway, wats yr plans for the long cny break? :)

im working as usual but its ok, i want to kumpul my leave banyak cos i foresee im gonna need lots of it towards end of the year :)

i want to update about my recent break to london, my first true proper boxing day in london!! yes! got the pics and such tapi tak upload lagi, but i will nanti k :p

i have a craving for Ben & Jerry's vanilla toffee crunch la :( tak jumpe lg kat msia ni ade ke dok huhu

airheads and bimbos

2011-01-24T23:45:00.003+08:00

i have no mood to update my blog..

nowadays life have become a bore..

i go to work at 7am, home by 8pm, spend an hr with the family and was in bed by 10..

it is indeed quite sad..

havent made any plans at all for this year, especially travel plans, which is quite a surprise for me, i usually mapped out my travel plans by 1st week of jan.

but nothing is certain until certain someone makes a decision in june..so until then, im just going with the flow....

oh fyi - work also have become terribly annoying lately..its like im dealing more and more with airheads and bimbos, male female alike, asking stupid annoying questions like;

im intern, can i get a handphone? - duhhhhhhhh!!!

this place yr arranging for company dinner, is it halal? cos otherwise i wont go - no, my dear, i purposely want to serve sweet and sour pork to u, u idiott!!

one particular bimbo was out of this world;

1. we arranged for a surprise baby shower for a colleague, the idiot couldnt make it, went to the mother to be and said "im sorry i couldnt make it to your surprise baby shower" - obviously the mother to be was like, huh, wat?? which part of surprise u didnt get la right??

2. had a lunch meeting with a very important clients, boss decided to invited all the admin staff along to show diversity and inclusiveness crap-watever, so fine. she ordered seafood tomato pasta. the general manager of the client ordered carbonara. the waitress somehow mixed the order and send her the carbonara and she happily ate it, not even questioning why (1) there's no bloody seafood in carbonara and (2) where's the tomato sauce??. the general manager had to settle for the seafood pasta she ordered!! boleh?!! and this is very very important client okehhh!!

another annoying this is, im like suddenly the unspoken admin support suddenly in the office. it all started when i became the IT focal point for the department. yes u can go ahead and laugh. it is ironically hilarious. so when new staff comes in im suppose to get them their access to accounts and laptops and such but suddenly im like one stop information centre/admin/kuli la plak, and get these kind of shit;

can u introduce this person around the department - waddahell rite, hr la buat kan or the respective boss!!

can u arrange welcome/farewell lunch dinner bfast for this and that person - like i dont have anything better to do!!

can u arrange flowers/gift basket for this person who just gave birth/sick in the hospital/cat-gave-birth/passed-driver's license - seriously??!! seriously??!!!

do you know how to arrange to buy a printer/stationeries/projector/food deliveries/a ship/a plane/the wheels where the hamsters goes round and round - yes, im the hamster!

do u know if this place is nice? how far is it? how to get there? - helllooooooo, that's what google is foorrrrrr!!

im surrounded by idiots, airheads and bimbos!!

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!

life shouldnt be that hard :(

2011-01-16T16:47:00.002+08:00

my brother just came back from the hospital, visiting a friend of his who attempted to commit suicide.

his tale is - he was born in a priviliged family and got everything he wanted. unfortunately the father passed away when he was in his teens and his mother remarried another man. a very very rich man with a title as the fourth wife. he lost his balance when the father died and when he saw how his stepfather abuses the mom, and how the mom has one affair after another with foreign men whom she brought into the house shamelessly in front of her children. he got into deep depression mode and not having a strong person/friend/family to turn to. in his suicide note, his line, he wrote how he hoped Allah s.w.t will forgive him and all that he has done.

my brother came back from the hospital just now with his other friends, and they were sitting around having tea talking to my dad and mom to get their advices, and to my sister, to get proffesional medical opinion. they were very regretful that they did not pay too much attention to their friend. everyone is so busy and everyone has many thing going on in their lives that they forgot they have a friend in need. a friend that could have died aimlessly. he drifted apart futher and further and they let him be, when they should have known better. they knew he needed help, they didnt think it would get that bad, but who knew right?

i wondered how many people out there who thinks about commiting suicides everyday, and what made them stop from doing it?

God? friends? family?

makes you realise that you are indeed very very very very very very very LUCKY to have all three.

two thousand eleven - wishes and resolutions

2011-01-04T10:26:00.001+08:00

this is taken from http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/12/60-tips-for-a-stunningly-great-life/ - credits accordingly...

1. Exercise daily.
2. Get serious about gratitude.
3. See your work as a craft.
4. Expect the best and prepare for the worst.
5. Keep a journal.
6. Read “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”.
7. Plan a schedule for your week.
8. Know the 5 highest priorities of your life.
9. Say no to distractions.
10. Drink a lot of water.
11. Improve your work every single day.
12. Get a mentor.
13. Hire a coach.
14. Get up at 5 am each day.
15. Eat less food.
16. Find more heroes.
17. Be a hero to someone.
18. Smile at strangers.
19. Be the most ethical person you know.
20. Don’t settle for anything less than excellence.
21. Savor life’s simplest pleasures.
22. Save 10% of your income each month.
23. Spend time at art galleries.
24. Walk in the woods.
25. Write thank you letters to those who’ve helped you.
26. Forgive those who’ve wronged you.
27. Remember that leadership is about influence and impact, not title and accolades.
28. Create unforgettable moments with those you love.
29. Have 5 great friends.
30. Become stunningly polite.
31. Unplug your TV.
32. Sell your TV.
33. Read daily.
34. Avoid the news.
35. Be content with what you have.
36. Pursue your dreams.
37. Be authentic.
38. Be passionate.
39. Say sorry when you know you should.
40. Never miss a moment to celebrate another.
41. Have a vision for your life.
42. Know your strengths.
43. Focus your mind on the good versus the lack.
44. Be patient.
45. Don’t give up.
46. Clean up your messes.
47. Use impeccable words.
48. Travel more.
49. Read “As You Think”.
50. Honor your parents.
51. Tip taxi drivers well.
52. Be a great teammate.
53. Give no energy to critics.
54. Spent time in the mountains.
55. Know your top 5 values.
56. Shift from being busy to achieving results.
57. Innovate and iterate.
58. Speak less. Listen more.
59. Be the best person you know.
60. Make your life matter.

Happy New Year 2011 (^_^)

snowy nye!!

2010-12-20T05:34:00.001+08:00

my arrival in london was greeted by a negative 7 temp, icy road and a pristine white blanket of fluffy snow everywhere!

went to clarks village today!

will update with pictures later kay!

searching for a decent melody...

2010-12-09T21:47:00.002+08:00

republish..

last nite i was browsing through my mp3 list, cleaning it up and updating it..cant believe some of the ‘junk’ that i have in my mp3, songs that have no business mixing together, like sm salim (downloaded these when we were looking for songs for my boss for the company’s annual dinner, yikes, delete, delete!), ace of base (wadda?? where did this one come from?) and horror of all horrors, the last and worst of the backstreet boys album (downloaded these when i was compiling a mix cd as a besday prez for my 18 year old cousin, really! honestly!)

its amazing how certain songs just brings back a fresh load of memories that hits you right smack in the face and made you sit back and think back of who you were and who you were with and the things that you have done.. some of the songs that i have not heard for quite awhile now, specially dedicated to loadylot, my uni roomate for 5 years, you would appreciate this list more than anyone :)

1. my kind of scene - powderfingers

2. walking after you - foo fighters

3. question everything - s stops seven

4. view from the other side - duncan sheik

5. if you could only see - tonic

6. shimmer - fuel

7. stuck in a moment - u2

8. time of your life - greenday

9. drops of jupiter - train

10. hopelessly - train

11. halo - orleander

and all the songs from the american pie 2 album, remember pheobe cates - fenix tx, and fat lip - sum 41 and allll the songs ever played by our fav DJ Kevin :p (wonder wat happened to him..)

i think of all the songs that i remember the most, would be those songs that we listened to in my car, my previous car that is, a dark green 20 year old proton saga, with excellent handling, fantastic pick up and always, always the best songs collection playing from its old tape player (these were the days when we couldnt even think of getting a cd player for the car), sigh, we went everywhere in that car…

woah, im digressing, sides’ the ‘car’ deserves an entry of its own, i bet each and everyone of my seven best friends can provide their own personal entry on that car, such was its impact on our lives :)

so anyway, after all being listened and judged and went through extreme and ruthless scanning process, and some panic ‘accidentally delete’ attack, im left with a much more manageable compilation of songs that signifies every important and memorable events throughout my life, i like to think of it as my own personal soundtrack :p even tho some of the songs are a little bit too painful to listened to, i still keep them, u have to keep both the good ones and the bad ones, just to remind you of how far you have been :p

but im happy to know the list will grow longer and longer, as i go through life, borrowing the lines from the ever wise Bono, continuing my search for a decent melody...

Niagara Falls

2010-12-08T23:15:00.007+08:00

one of the places we knew we must must must go on this new york trip is Niagara Falls. its not that near actually, about 9 hours drive but of course only an hour plus by plane. in view of the short time we have, we decided to take a flight there via Jet Blue (US equivalent to Air Asia but so so so much better!). the flight and hotel costs us about USD120 per person, not bad right?

ive been trying to get the pictures in the correct order but it kept disappearing and i had to upload it again! so i gave up :p but the order is in no way would deprive you of the pleasure of seeing the gorgeous beautiful pictures of one of the seven wonders of the world :)

the boat that we will be using, its called Maid of the Mist - about USD 14 per person (i think, cant remember, go google for exact price ok) the boat does not run every day throughout the year, in fact, the week we were there was the last week it will run for the year, it ends in late october, guess then it will be too freezing cold or too windy..

we were each given a blue rain coveralls, its so funny when we were all wearing it, we couldnt find each other, everyone looks the same! like a big blue bear hehe :p

its freezing cold there! and be prepared to get wet, despite the rain coats, and for those who wears a scarf, bring an extra, mine got thoroughly soaked!

the boat!

we look comel kan kan kan :p :p

gambar berterabur! this is actually the first picture i took, at the jetty while waiting for the boat :)

the first glimpse of the magnificent falls!

after the boat trip which takes about 20 minutes, we took picture around the park as the late evening sun descent...

the gorgeous view of the falls will really really takes your breath away. for a while i was literally speechless of the wonderness of it all and it makes you think, makes you humble and makes you feel small and insignificant but happy and great at the same time. its a weird feeling, your heart just kinda of overwhelmed with the beauty and greatness of the it all.

seriously, dont just read my words for it, go there.

other bits and pieces of this place;
1. we took the flight to Buffalo International Airport, there is a shuttle bus that goes to the falls directly about 6-7 times a day, and it will return to the airport as well. the timing is available if you google buffalo airport. the cost is about USD3 dollars only return (very cheap!) and it takes about 45 minutes
2. a day trip to the falls is sufficient if you do not want to stay overnight in Buffalo, about half day in the falls is more than sufficient
3. Buffalo city itself is not much, we went around a little bit but there's no major attraction to do
4. if you are like us, who had a day to spare, go and checkout the Niagara Falls Fashion Outlet, its like Woodbury Factory Outlet but its in a really large building instead of a large village. to get there, use the same shuttle bus from the airport and it will make a stop at the outlet, same way to return. note; some shops like Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors - are BIGGER and BETTER than woodbury outlet, so if you have plans to go there, its worth the time.
5. if u can, time the boat ride to be in the late afternoon, because there are less people, so the boat is not so crowded, otherwise there will be a push to get the best spot to take pictures.
6. there is a food court in a nearby building and there's is one indian shop that has halal food. otherwise, there's always pizza and such.

so that the Niagara Falls Trip! i only have Washington DC to upload, better do it before the yr ends hehehe :p

wishlist a.k.a hinthinthint* :p :p

2010-12-08T16:48:00.000+08:00

the happiest baby in the world!

2010-12-05T16:47:00.007+08:00

my little niece was recently admitted into the hospital because of a lump on her neck. she was naturally a really happy baby, loves to dance, she could walk before she could crawl, laughs when she falls instead of crying, really, easily amused (just like her aunty hehe), always grinning or smiling when she sees her favourite peeps (me, of course!) so when she was admitted, i thought i wud get her balloons to cheer her up, im sure she's be crying and sad and moody (i know i wud be!)

these are her pictures two hours after her surgery, see, so happy! she really is the happiest baby in the world! (^_^)

Oprah's Guide To Men

2010-12-04T23:11:00.003+08:00

i posted this in my other blog a while back, its a good reminder :)

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.

If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.

Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.

Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be.

Slower is better.

Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you can’t "be friends".

A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.

Don’t settle.

If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.

If something bothers you, speak up.

Never let a man know everything.

He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man’s behavior.

Change comes from within.

Don’t EVER make him feel he is more important than you are… even if he has more education or in a better job.

Do not make him into a quasi-god.

He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

Never let a man define who you are.

Never borrow someone else’s man.

A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.

You need time to heal between relationships…there is nothing cute about baggage… deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.

You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you…a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals…look for someone complimentary…not supplementary.

Dating is fun…even if he doesn’t turn out to be Mr. Right.

Make him miss you sometimes…when a man always know where you are, and you’re always readily available to him - he takes it for granted.

tudung pink kegemaran saya :)

2010-12-04T22:02:00.006+08:00

i have this pink tudung (scarf) that i wear all the time, like really, ALL THE TIME.

especially when i travel :p

my bf hates it to the point he even threatened to burn it or throw it away BUT cos he loves me too much he has learn to accept it hehe :p :p

its not cheapo scarf okeyy, its a classic from Tie Rack and its really really expensive, and because its made from such good quality material, even after several years of wear and wash, the color still looks as good as new! ive have it for like um, 5 years plus, and many scarfs has come and gone since but this is still my favourite :)

why is it my favourite?

1. no ironing needed so perfect for travelling coz not everywhere you have access to iron right?

2. it will sit and form the exactly how i want it everytime i wear it

3. its a nice shade of pink and light beige goes well with my complexion (ahaks :p)

4. whenever i wear it i think it makes me feel that maybe i dont look that bad and maybe a little bit pretty even :p

5. you know how everyone must have that one little outfit or something u wear on feel-fat days to make you feel better? this scarf is it for me :p

so to a show you how much i really wear this scarf, here are some snapshots of where its been!

Germany - cant remember exact location hehe :p

Kulai Johor Bharu, Malaysia

Plymouth, UK

Sidmouth, UK

Munich, Germany

Colloseum, Rome, Italy

Niagara Falls Park, Buffalo USA

Ha Long Bay Vietnam

Swindon, UK

Rome, Italy

Barcelona, Spain

Dungun, Terengganu

see, i told this scarf has been everywhere! hehe

facebook is crazy!!

2010-12-04T17:25:00.005+08:00

so ok, i dont know how or when it happened but i just realised that somehow, some of my friends in my facebook list are suddenly being deleted or blocked without me knowing it!

this is not the first time it happen sadly, last time it did, i nearly had a huge fight with a friend who thought i did it deliberately because it just so happens we kinda had a disagreement a few days before, such a coincidence right??!! and then another time, a friend wanted to send me his wedding card but found that im not in his friend list, called me up and was all sad about me deleting him in my friend list (such an emo guy but ok2 my bad hehe) but it turns out, i didnt, it just got deleted somehow!

today, i wanted to wish a cousin of mine a belated happy birthday wish, was wondering why facebook didnt do the usual notification, actually got it from friendster instead, but i soon found that she's not even in my frends list!!

ok, ok there is of course the possibility that she deleted me which then i cannot say anything lah hehehe but i will give her and myself, the benefit of the doubt because of the damn facebook huhu

methinks, it will get deleted or blocked if there's more than a few months of non communication or activities between friends, so facebook just shuts it down..my theory la haha i dunno :p

i opened my friendster today, walawei, cant believe how boring it is compared to facebook :p was contemplating to shut it down but i loved my blog in there, anyone know if we can transport it into blogger here?

talkin' bout shoes!

2010-12-01T22:38:00.001+08:00

Although I am never particulary very much into fashion, always believed that the best i could do is make sure everything matches and pants look like pants and skirts look like skirts, not half-skirt-half-handbag-but-can-double-as-a-hat as well kinda do, im allright..

Occasionally under the influence of my best friend (whose life’s is simply devoted to them, but since she’s an amazingly cool person, i wont hold it against her :p) i would venture out of my usual norm and actually browse through the higher end of fashion world and get one really really really really good item and spend the rest of the month eating maggie for breakfast, lunch and dinner..

But shoes, shoes are totally different story..shoes and handbags..ask any of my friends, and they tell you how much i spend on shoes and handbags..and i have them all, all types and all designs for every occasion ever..actually, i dont think any of my friends actually know how many handbags and how many shoes i actually have, simply because even i cant keep track of them, i still have shoes and handbags that i have never used and still in their respective boxes and carrier bags, not to mention stuff that i bought on my trip to Indonesia, the bags and leather sandals i bought in Bangkok (all 4 times that ive been there) and oh, this gorgeous beaded bag i bought in Cambodia (wonder where i put it, hmm) and the lovely and pretty shoes that i got from various parts of the world that is arranged color coordinated in a big shoe box in my room at home next to a big bag box filled with my gorgeous bags.. (oh how i miss my shoes and my bags (sigh))

anyway, here are something for those who loves shoes and handbags as much as i do (adapted from Ms Keyes novel);

How to justify buying as many shoes as you want in five easy-to-follow steps :

1. The economy is slowing down, so we’ve got to keep spending in order to avoid a recession.

2. As my mother always says, if you’re doing a job, do it properly. If you’ve gone to the trouble of going out shopping, make it worth your while - never take the lazy way out by buying just one pair.

3. Your current ones might be stolen by a rabid inner-city fox, so it’s vital to have a back-up pair. Several, actually.

4. Everyone needs a hobby.

5. You need to match your new bag. You cant go out in last season’s ones. Honestly, do they want you to be a public laughing-stock?

And, AS IF you ever need a reason, here are my top five reasons to buy even more handbags;

1. You need to match your new shoes. You cant go out in last season’s ones. Honestly, do they want you to be a public laughing-stock?

2. What else are you going to carry your stuff in?

3. A second hobby is always nice..

4. That rabid inner-city fox could strike again and it mightn’t be shoes this time..

5. Beautiful bags are works of art. Its culture, innit?

So there you go, happy shopping!

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! (^_^)

2010-12-01T22:22:00.004+08:00

exactly 4 years ago today, i wrote this entry in my big yellow taxi blog (twas in friendster, those were the good ol days hehe)..

and for the two years i was there, it didnt snow once!

but info from the trusted weather man confirms that the chances are very high that it will be white christmas in plymouth this year! wuhooo!

am i excited? damn right i am!!

here are the entry, republish! (my style of writing was so different 4 yrs ago kan?)

1st Dec 2006

there are a few things that i expected to see or experience when i come to uk to study, first, i expected to meet david beckham when i visited the old trafford stadium in manchester (but i didnt, someone kindly pointed out that he’s in real madrid now, like watever, he’s still british aint he? he shud be standing guard in front of the stadium, waiting for me to come and sign my autgraph and take a picture with me huhu, i know i know, ovverrrrr!) and i have to see the queen (perhaps by some weird miracle that she actually wanna have tea, scones with cream and strawberry jam (which is my latest english craze) with me, and discussing the british weather, actually had a dream about this once, altho it was not d queen, it was prince william, of course! hehe) and another main thing ive always wanted to experience, is to have a snowy winter.

i soooooooooo wished that it would snow here in plymouth but unfortunately (or fortunately, i cant decide) i have picked the warmest part of the uk to live in. here in plymouth so far, the lowest that it ever went to is -1 celcius, and let me tell you now, -1, its not really really really that cold, sure its freezing and all and but not as cold as i imagined it would be, i define my coldness based on how many layers of clothing i have to wear, at -1, its just a thsirt, a sweater and jacket, and u need gloves and scarfs. for it to be really really cold by my definition will be actually wearing the long johns i brought from home, 2 tshirts, a sweater, and a jacket. and according to those who have lived in plymouth, the lowest it ever gets here is -2!!

so some of the people here in plymouth tells me that it is unlikely that it’ll be a white winter this year, but winter aint over yet, so im holding my breath and keep on wishing desperately that it will snow :p

on another note,

i am now officially on my 3 weeks christmas break, next term only starting on the 8th january next year, so from now till then, i have 3 full weeks of doing absolutely..nothing!! maybe i shud go out and find a part time job or sumting, and i do have some work to do as we are required to submit a couple pages of our dissertation the first week we got back, and i havent even make a dent on my reading list…but for now im just enjoying the novelty of being on a break! so here’s a list of things that i plan to do in 3 weeks;

1. visit the plymouth national aquarium, apparently its one of the best ones in uk, and seing the pictures that my friends has, i think its worth to dedicate a whole day to it hehe - never did this yet! two yrs i was there never went once haha

2. visit the national and art history museums in plymouth, the building itself is a gorgeous work of art and of historical significant! - stepped inside for like 10 mins to get out from the hail, im so uncultured :p

3. explore the tiny exquisite shops around the barbican, who knows i might find something really interesting or a cool bargain plus sister dearest wants me to buy the bone china plate set, so need to look for that! - this i did! knew all shops by heart! and bought my sis and me mom the plates too! shopping la, it figures i wud! :p

4. take a bus and go to exeter for the day, never been there yet, its another city about an hour away from plymouth - we rented a car there instead, they have the best briyani ever! we went every chance we got actually hehe

5. go down to the barbican and check out the fish market and the shipping area there, my lecturer has been urging us to try to find a part time job closer to wat we are studying, so working in a shipping company might be fun! (and educational of course of course :p) - fish market, check! part time job in a shipping company? err, i ended up at royal mail instead haha

6. go to london on christmas day with the motley crews from plymouth, and will wait for the boxing day shopping in london, huhu there goes my savings :p - went! but didnt buy anything :( so cant wait for this next one :p

7. go up to leeds to dear aunt and uncle’s place for raya haji and new year, where there will be lots and lots of delicious food and my fav cousins around for entertainment, and my brother who will be down from germany too, yay! - went! and had a super lovely time! :)

and then in between the sight seeings;

1. finished unpacking my stuff in my new room

2. settle all the change of address correspondences

3. set up the direct debit account with hsbc

4. finish at least 10 of the things to read on my reading list

5. complete the 5 pages of dissertation proposal

hmm, looking at my list, looks like i need more than 3 weeks break! hehehe but i think i can manage it

so keep reading my blog, while i keep you updated after each of the above is completed, till then, merry christmas and have a good holiday everyone!

New York - Part Three

2010-11-27T18:32:00.007+08:00

we saved the visit to statue of liberty on the last day we were in nyc, mainly because the queue was super long during the weekends, like seriously close to a mile long! so we decided to get the tickets and go during the week day instead, so here are pics!

i did wish for a better camera when we were there, but i think the pics turned out quite well :)

of course, how can i blog about my trip to nyc without a mention abou woodbury common? :p wc is one of the many designer village outlets dotted around the country and we went to nearest one in ny which is about an hr away in new jersey. we took the bus and its about 42 bucks return.

the place is HUGE! seriously tiring to walk from one shop to another, for example, to get from the Fossil shop to Coach takes a good 10 minutes walk, so you can imagine how huge this place is. it has about 200 plus shops and we did not manage to even make a dent into it. the minute we get there, we were given a map, and we decided which shops to go too, and make like a route for it and stick to that, otherwise, it just gets too overwhelming!

word of advice, either bring an empty suitcase with you to carry all yr purchases in or make plans to buy one there cos you will be bogged down with the carrier bags. samsonite outlet there gives a really good discount like really damn great discounts, so buy there! :)

me with my new red samsonite!

the damage after just two hours! two hours! and we were there from 9am to 8pm!! yes!! that long! hehe i need not go into details of my purchases, suffice to say, its really worth it!

that ends the nyc trip!

next post - Washington DC and Niagara Falls (^_^)

New York - Part Two

2010-11-27T17:52:00.005+08:00

a trip to new york city is not complete without watching theater at Broadway. we chose to watch Mary Poppins at New Amsterdam Theatre and it was the best decision we've ever made!

the show was the most amazing theater productions ive ever seen in my life! the cast was flawless, well, as they should be as they do perform this almost everyday since the past year (i think) but what makes it amazing is their level of energy! we had so much fun and thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of the show! needless to say we spent the rest of the trip singing, "a spoonfull of sugarrrr makes the medicine go down, the medicine go downn, the medicine go downnn!" and "im practically perfect, in every wayyyyy, practically perfectttt!" and our favourite, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atroscious! If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious"!! so seriously folks, if you go to new york, please please please please make time to catch at least one of the many productions on Broadway, its WORTH IT!!!

next are some snapshots of shopping places around new york!

Dior is actually under construction, isnt this a lovely way to hide it!! classic!

for last minute shopping, do drop by century 21, its near the world trade centre. here you can get amazing discounted stuff for juicy coutures, ralph lauren, tommy hilfiger, nine west, calvin klein. they have everything a department store has so u can find literary everything from wallets to sunglasses to socks to clothes, baby and kids stuff, lingerie, handbags, perfumes, cosmetics and godiva chocs! at super crazy bargain price! if u cant make it to woodbury common, here's where u shud go!

of course a trip to new york would not be complete without a shopping trip to Tiffany! its an every girl's dream! its a few storeys high and inside are trays and trays and trays of gorgeous jeweleries that would make you absolutely go crazy! we manage to calm ourselves after a while and decided to pick one of the signatures item, we each got one to sort of commemorate our visit to new york (^_^)

inside the lovely tiffany! the lady taking of us was super nice! i love tiffany! i wanna go back!! hehehe

next up : Woodbury Common and Statue of Liberty!

New York - Part One

2010-11-27T15:30:00.011+08:00

the first thing that came to our mind when we stepped out of the JFK airport was, damn, its freezing cold! and twas suppose to be autumn! unlike europe where autumn is the perfect weather to walk around with just a light jacket and a scarf, here in nyc due to higher wind chill factor, you need the full nine yards of extra sweater, scarfs, gloves and warm boots! which obviously none of us were prepared for! luckily, this is only mainly required during the rainy days, on bright sunshiny day, its more tolerable :p

we arrived late afternoon, and after a drop of at the hotel to check in and freshen up after the long almost 24 hrs flight, we decided to immediately hit the town!

we stayed at queens area, about 40 mins subway ride into the city, the subway was easy peasy enough to figure out, but one downside is that because the subway is so old, some does not have escalators so you kind need to walk up at least 3-4 storeys high stairs AND also, because they kinda 'add-on' to the existing subways, sometimes a simple thing such as to go on the otherside of the track, to go in opposite direction, u need to walk back out into street level and find the entrance to other side! and mind u, the entrances to the subway can be easily missed! some so hidden and obscure we kinda really need to know the street address!

and yes, the street addresses was kinda confusing at first, east and west, and the numbers, but like all other big cities, once you get the system, the rest will fall into place :)

we stayed at a hotel called Ramada Queens, and like i said, its 40mins into manhattan, some people do think its kinda far, but i guess to us, the distance is not a problem as we only need to make one trip out and one trip back, and since we all are early risers anyway, seriously no problem with the extra time and the cost its saves us rather than staying in the city.

okey, moving on with the pictures!

this is Times Square! and the first sight that greeted us the minute we stepped out of the subway! the place was bright and alive with vibrant lights and for a moment we were speechless with the aliveness of the place and it was at first like being in a movie, it was so surreal! it took us a couple of minutes to gather ourselves and we were like grinning to each other and like ohmygod ohmygod, we are in NEW YORK! like OHMYGOD!!! and then excitedly and with much glee, we took out the good ol camera and started snapping photos away :)

almost on every building is HUGE HUGE screens where from everything and anything is on, advertisements mainly obviously! Times Square is where you can find Hard Rock Cafe, the biggest Toys R Us in the world, they even have ferris wheels inside! you can also find as you walk down the street, a huge M&M's shop and a Hershey's shop, each a couple of storeys high and just filled with candy and candy and lotsa of candy! Times Square is also where Madam Tussaude is and of course, where most of the theaters are too! you can either book your theater tickets online or take a queue at the bottom of the red stairs at times square, there are also theater adverts peeps who walked around promoting the tickets, an egyptian to promote priscilla, people wearing animal headdress promoting lion king, there's also people promoting comedy acts and shows and live bands, there's so many activities going on around you, u will really get your head spinning trying to absorb as much as u can!

Times Square is also the start of the hop on hop off buses, and our advice, get the one operated by grey line, as they cover both updown and downtown routes and its 54 bucks with 48 hrs validity. the best part about this hop on hop off is their on the bus tour guides! they ranges from seriously funny to seriously weird but ALL very knowledgeable about all that you need to know about nyc, and they give fantastic advices about where to go what to do when to do it and its really a great start to your nyc trip!

one of the best advice we got, was to check out the view on the Top of The Rock, which is located on top of Rockerfeller Center. most people will go on top of Empire State Building but logically, if you do that then you wont get a gorgeous view of the Empire State Building, get it? hehe but actually we only had time for one climb up a building so decided on top of the rock, but if you have the time, go on both! try to work out the timing so that you are on top when its both light and at night, they said the view was super gorgeous at night, but since we are pressed with time, we make do with just the day view, and even then, it was enough to blow our mind! i will save the night view for a romantic trip later hehe

view of the central park from Top of the Rock!

the famous wall street bull!

the above building is the Flatiron building, isnt it gorgeous? as you go nearer and passing by it, the building suddenly will look like its totally flat! super cool!

the Empire State Building!

the Fashion District, where they shot project runaway at a nearby building..

Times Square on daylight, some people commented its prettier at night, and i agree! at night the place becomes a wonderfully amazing place! at day, its just another big city :)

the first few days we were kinda intimidated with the fast fashionable crowd of the new yorkers, they walk fast, even a simple thing like crossing at the lights! hehe yes, we were that silly! but after a few times, we became attuned to how the city works and we tut tutted when folks were slow when crossing, "tourists"! we muttered as we rolled our eyes at them :p another interesting thing we noted was that we actually had some trouble understanding the Americans! i mean, we practically grew up listening and watching american tv and had all the slangs and accents picked up from them, who would have thought we would have actual problems when in real life?!! i think its because they speak quite fast but still, my theory is, i dont speak American, i only speak England. :p :p.

next post, Statue of Liberty, Mary Poppins and shopping at Tiffany's! (^_^) stay tuned!

KATE SPADE and COACH - FOR SALE !!!!

2010-11-15T13:32:00.001+08:00

masa kat US hari tu, i bought a lovely MUSTARD coloured purse from KATE SPADE at such a bargain price and only realising later when dah sampai MALAYSIA, that its PIG SKIN LEATHER!!

SO SADDDDDD!!! :( :( :(

sampai sekarang i still rasa SO STUPID and SO SILLY that i didnt check properly!!! dah la it wasnt even the lining or anything inside BUT OUTSIDE, clear view lagik!!! but the damn three spots were so close to each other sampai memang tak perasan langsung!!!! yes, yes, i was THAT silly :(

sedih sangat!!!

so nak tak nak, terpaksa jual sob sob sob :(

so if anyone interested, here are the pictures; PRICE RM680

there's also a COACH HANDBAG for sale at RM650; ni bukan pig skin :)

lemme know if you are interested ok! email me at nique_naq@yahoo.com

new york new york!

2010-11-05T16:18:00.001+08:00

a snap shot of the old lady :p

iye2, saya akan update soonest!! promise!!

(^_^)

if i am

2010-11-05T15:18:00.003+08:00

today is a public holiday here.

and im in the office, working as usual.

some things never change while others moved too fast that i cant catch up.

its been a while since i last update on my phd progress. yes the dream is still there, and am trying harder than ever now.

a few weeks ago, i got a horrible asthma attack, it has been quite a while, ive always been asthmatic but usually i avoid things that i know would trigger it. so it was kinda of a surprise when i got hit so bad, that i had to go for the nebuliser for 15 minutes at the office clinic and rest there for a while. the doctor confirmed it was due to stress and too much work that trigger it. go figure. i text my boss while i was literally breathing through a machine that i am sick and thus would not be able to make it to the presentation due in 15 minutes. everything is completed and i have briefed him on it, so i asked if he could do it instead.

his response was to delay the presentation for an hour so that i can come back up to present it after i am able to breathe normally again.

how sick is that?

how selfish and inconsiderate and thoroughly sick is that?

and what is even more sickening is that i actually did it. i actually went back up to my office and did the presentation and continued to work until 9pm.

despite actually getting a week's medical leave from the doctor who was very worried about my unusually low blood pressure and bloodshot eyes.

so yes, the phd dream is still there. i know i have to work just as hard to get the doctorate, i know the stress level is high too and i know all the up and downs it. im fully aware how lonely and frustating and even more terrifying as you are on scholarship where extensions and failures are not an option.

but at least the end result is your dream coming true.

the end result is your own satisfaction.

the end result will make you happy and it will benefit you endlessly.

the end result is all about you.

and that is a good enough reason.

to buy or not to buy?

2010-11-03T17:21:00.002+08:00

while in new york, dah alang2 kat situ, i decided to get some shopping done at the famous woodbury outlet (i will update on the details later k), not only for myself but also for some other people, and i especially took orders from those yang getting married soon, who wanted a branded hadbags/watches for their "hantaran" at a bargain price.

i myself are purchasing same items for the same purpose so it took some time and skill and discretion to ensure that the items are different for different people, obviously you wanted your things to be unique etc, tak best la kan if let say if you are related and same people will go to your wedding and your cousin's wedding, and the barang2 hantaran macam sama warna design and all kan?

but naturally, since you are the one doing the purchases, and knowing your budget and all, surely you will tend to choose the best for yourself right?

ok contoh nye;

this person gives me 200USD to buy a Coach handbag right.

so, i look for something that is within her budget, tapi of course i akan pilih the most lawa of the lot kan.

but for myself, kata lah i put my budget at 200USD also, but masa kat sana, the one i liked is slightly more expensive and of course, slightly more "lawa" than the one i chose for the other person, so naturally, i do my maths and since i can afford the extra 100 (let's say) i will make the purchase for me. kire u get what u paid for la kan.

or, kata kan lah, my budget is also 200usd, and there's two bags of that price, but one is more lawa than the other, so isnt it common sense for me to naturally pick the more lawa one for myself la, right?

i mean, why should i give in so that the other person gets nicer and better things, when im the one who does the purchases for her right?

its not like the stuff i bought for her not even nice, its just that mine, is, well, "nicer".

and, takkan i nak beli the same stuff la plak kan!!

i dah cukup baik untuk beli bag for people pun dah cukup bagus right? lagi nak berkira and compare la kan? kalau nak the choices, then pergi beli sendiri la kan, baru puas hati. and actually, at first memang i did not want to show the other person my purchases, nak simpan la kan nanti baru tunjuk, but unfortunately due to cannot-explain-here circumstances, i had to show that person my things, which i thoroughly resented but terpaksa :(

so tak pasal2 jadi masalah tak puas hati nie...

sometimes women can get really weird when it comes to this kind of stuff, so dunno lah, malas nak layan orang2 macam nie huhu

what do you guys think?

sunny side up

2010-10-29T16:29:00.003+08:00

im back!

i know i shud update the blog on my recent nyc-washington-niagara trip but work has been crazy and have been working non stop since i returned with hardly no room to breath!

a quick update - the trip was fabolous (^_^)

but wud i go again?

to new york, maybe not.

but i would love to go to other places, like chicago/illinois (can visit my cousin) or florida (can go disneyworld).

its gonna be a busy november, and then in dec, another trip to the other side of the world. but this one is purely a relaxing trip, i'll be working too, doing the year end closing there, so no jalan2, plus im so broke too! :p

how was the adam lambert and paramore concert the other day? was bummed i missed it :(

off me goes...

2010-10-14T19:43:00.002+08:00

ive finished packing in under two hrs! wuhoo! record breaking for me..

well, to be fair, my maid did all the folding and ironing :p

reminder to self : get her a nice gift frm new york :p preferably something not alone the lines off "my employer's daughter went to new york and all i got is this lousy t shirt"

double checks everything..

money, check! passport, check! credit cards, check! phone and charger, check!

that's all i need!

oh, clothes ..um..

oh well, can always buy there :p

rightyho..am off!

X Y Z

2010-10-14T10:40:00.002+08:00

i ran into an ex yesterday.

was in monte's bsc waiting for someone when there was a tap on my shoulder.

i turned and there he was, asking "you're nik, right?".

to be honest for a split second i didnt recognise him haha. teruk betul :p he was taller and bigger than i remembered. all my exes are tall, 6ft and above, so dia ni mcm dah grow lg and he was a rugby player, so memang type yg besar dan tinggi, mcm body builder tu, which i totally hate, cos i found body builders' bodies gross euww.

he offered to teman me for a while i waited. he was already sitting at the bar actually when i came in but he was building up courage to come and say hi. weird.

anyway, we had the usual updates.

relationship - him divorced apparently, no kids. married for like a year je. hmm..fickle fickle.
work - he's a pilot now. i remembered when we broke up he was studying to become a pilot, he already had a degree in petroleum engineering but that's what the dad wanted, so once he got his degree, the dad allowed him to pursue his interest. yeah, some people are spoiled that way. if we all could be so lucky.

he mostly talked about himself a lot. he's always been like that.

somehow the conversation veered towards our breakup. he was the one who ended it with me because he couldnt cope with my work life, going away most of the month to offshore or singapore or ports. he wants a gf that is around him 24/7 at his beck and call. he gets really annoyed when i cancelled plans because of work emergencies. we went out for like 3 months before he finally ended it.

he then dated and married this another girl who is constantly demanding attention from him, and expected him to be around her all the time until he couldnt take it anymore and divorced her.

karma, i told him. he agreed.

actually if he didnt break it off with me, i would have.

his low points;
he asks me to "bukak tudung" when he came to visit me in singapore once so that we can go clubbing.
instead of ensure we do our solats when we go out, he said stuff like "ala, kat rumah boleh jamak" or "i malas nak kena basah2 nie, tak suka"
one time i texted him asking wats he's doing, he replied "i tgh tgk porn, u want to watch with me?"
he drove a brand new car and proudly announced "jgn terkejut, i beli kereta ni cash tau" pffft. it was a wira je. and it was his dad's money, not his.
he said "i rasa kalau i kawin nanti i still pegi kut club2 nie sebab ini memang my lifestyle. kita kan orang kl" eh, hello, awak tu orang kuantan born and raised k. kl konon.

so, adakah ini someone you consider as bakal suami????? like seriously! fair enough masa tu tak fikir nak kawin pun but aiyoo! apa punye mentality mamat ni.

i think there's a reason why when i was in a relationship with him, i was the opposite of my usual-in-a-relationship self. im usually the type that is very very 'manja' and needs constant affection and attention (hehe my current bf will testify to this, baru tak dengar suara dua hari dah tak keruan :p) but with him, i didnt call him, i ignored his messages if im busy with work. i happily answered any work calls even tho i out with him. i get irritated when he calls and keeps asking me where i am and when im coming back. i hated it when he wants to hold my hand. actually i dont even know why i went out with him in the first place.

oh wait, i do. i was heartbroken over another guy who didnt like me back, thats why. ok2, i think i can excuse it as temporary insanity haha.

anyway, he left me his card as i saw my appointment approaching. and said "i know yr in a long distance relationship, but there's no harm in having a fling, what he doesnt know wont hurt him" with a wink.

euwww.

when i left the restaurant, i left his card on the table with a note "if yr horny, call this man for free service" next to his hp number.

like i said, karma.

travel schmavel

2010-10-13T16:08:00.002+08:00

travel habits (1)
extra luggage
a.must. seriously. especially europe, uk, indonesia, vietnam, thailand, cambodia. ha wait, that's all the countries ive been to, and seriously, bring extra luggage. just chuck that foldable bag in your suitcase.

travel habits (2)
extra handphone
i always carry an extra handphone when i travel. one is my international roaming one. and the other i will use to purchase a prepaid card from that country. if they both use the same charger and battery, even the better. this is most useful if your other half actually lives in that country yr visiting and you need to contact him 24/7 and in case of emergencies i.e. "sayang, can u come to ladies changing room i wanna show you my outfit" you know, that kind of emergencies :p i usually only use the international roaming hp for work related calls, so secured that the company will pay for the extorbitant cost.

travel habits (3)
asam manis
oh, a travel must! i must must travel with some asam (pickled fruits). it tends to calm me down when i get anxious and a great remedy for nausea or headache in the long flights or long road trips!

travel habits (4)
medical stuff
panadols, clarinese, strepsils, tiger balm and pain killers. oh, handyplast. one time i got a horrible flu in hanoi and had to bravely go to their pharmacy to get a flu medicine and i was given a selection of unidentified names and the pharmacist didnt look too convincing and i ended up recovering my flu based on the fear of unknown medicine alone, such is the power of the mind :p

travel habits (5)
electrical stuff
hairdryer - the kind that brushes yr hair while its drying it. travelling iron - ladies that wears veils, unfortunately must have this everywhere they go, nanti tudung senget benget and kedut seribu. and international adaptor, of course.

sweet

2010-10-12T20:02:00.003+08:00

i had fun reading my frend's blog today on how she met her hubby..you can read it here

it was a very sweet story, something im sure she would like to remember and mesti bercerita to anak cucu cicit hehe

maybe i shud write my story here too..

:p

tgk la nanti macamana :p kena ingat balik hehe :p

ps : im off to nyc in two days! wuhoo!

berkira nya....

2010-10-12T14:01:00.004+08:00

perlu ke buat comparison kerja siapa lagi banyak? kerja mana lagi penting?

kalau nak ikut kan, kerja doctor tu lagi banyak..selamat kan nyawa lagi...

kalau nak ikut kan, kerja cikgu itu lebih penting..didik kanak2..

our companies are competitors but essential buat kerja yang sama jer..

bukan nak kata kerja yg kite buat ni tak penting, tak banyak, tapi tak perlu lah nak compare, siapa tidur lagi lambat, siapa balik office lagi lambat, siapa kena kerja weekend lagi banyak...

if this is a contest, man, its one contest i do not want to win.

i have a life!

if money grows on trees...

2010-10-08T14:10:00.004+08:00

i was with a friend at bangsar village ii yesterday, having coffee and window shopping..the new dortperks shop was soo boring, its bigger but i expected it to be more interesting..it being in the notorious bangsar village area yada yada..

newaysss...we went into one of those crazily expensive clothing shop to check out a winter coat (am looking for one since im off to uk in dec, but the price is 1.5k! gile lah) and while we were there, there was a lady, malay, about mid fifties, blond hair, LV bag, gucci sunglasses - u get the picture, was loudly complaining at the customer service area..

she was holding what looks like an ordinary tshirt, and was demanding her money back because there was a tiny tear at one side of the t shirt..

the sales person was not accommodating her because he insisted they cant give refunds or exchanges for items already worn and plus, the tear happens after she has already worn the tshirt, well yeah, fair, enough all shops are like that right? i mean, at the point we were thinking "apelah perempuan nie, takkan itu pun tak tau kan?"..

note - we were sibuk-ly browse dekat2 situ to hear the rest of the story hahaha

so they were arguing left and right and center and FINALLY i got the full picture of why she is so pissed and demanded the money back..

the tshirt is made of quite a flimsy material, some organic stuff, almost like see through material like, but its still just a simple short sleeve t shirt, no blings or anything, its a bit gathered on both sides, but thats it..the lady wore it once that very morning, she purchased it the day before, and when she put the tshirt on, the gathered cloth at the side unravelled and a tiny tear occured - ok i dont know how it happened but that her story..

the reason she demanded a refund or at least, an exchange, is because the tshirt cost is..
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where was i?
oh the price..
its a whopping RM955!! close to a thousand buckaroos!!
SERIOUSLY!!

no wonder she is so pissed! i would be too! baru nak pakai dah koyak..and plus, if it tears when she was putting it on, to me it mean the needle work of the tshirt is bad and definetely i will blame the shop for it, but wud i go back to the shop and demand a refund if it happens? and would i get it? i probably would not go back and try to fix it on my own, especially if i tore out the tag already - note, that's why u shud always try it again at home (to parade in front of yr sisters usually haha) without taking of the tag, in case of anything happen BUT just dont forget to cut it before u go out..

but in this case, when you already spend so much on it, what do you do if its spoiled before you can even enjoy it?

so i cant help but wonder, there should be a warranty for purchases that high right? i mean, nowadays, even a simple 200 bucks mp3 player comes with a one year warranty! so items like clothing and handbags (i think some handbags do hv right?) shud also comes with warranties!

i mean you spent gazzilion of dollars for a top, and it got torn, you should be able to replace it with a new one, or at least free repairs service!

then again, i suppose there's a reason really really expensive clothes always always stresses on the cutting, the make, the needle work and when you purchase, you know you are getting a damn good quality stuff that is suppose to last forever and to pass on to yr kids and their kids...

so lesson learned? dont buy flimsy tshirt that will cost u a thousand bucks when u can get a pasar malam for 3 sepuluh ringgit :p

what do you think?

ps : oh, we didnt stick around long enough to find out if she got her refund back or not, the sales lady got suspicious when we start giggling quite uncontrollably so decided to get out before they called security. but in all fairness, i think she's entitled :p

eat pray love - the movie

2010-10-07T17:36:00.004+08:00

there's something about julia roberts that makes you fall in love with her in every movie she makes..and how she would somehow someway made a movie watchable by her gestures and mannerism and it would just mesmerise you and made you stay put and watch the movie till the end...

even if the movie was two hours and a half long and i was kinda sleepy and it was kinda slow...

such is the case of eat love pray - the movie

ok pros;

i love the setting of the movie, the location of it, italy has always been gorgeous and so is bali, never been to india but the book will surely make u wanna go (notice i said the book, not the movie), julia roberts is gorgeous and funny and heartwarming and so cute and lovelyand perfect for this role, felipe - WOW. enough said haha. there are moments in the movie actually made us cry, when richard told liz his story, when she tried to make sense of her sadness, beautifully done, there are some wonderful moments when she met ketut, when she tried to pray but wasnt able to concentrate, when she flawlessly ordered in italian. these moments makes the movie worth watching :)

cons;

the first part wasnt clearly defined. it showed liz as a self centered person suddenly whining to get a divorce, but no clear indication of why. and this was clear in the book. one of the part that i thought they shud include was the part when liz was very sad that her husband refuses to sign the divorce papers, and she was talking to her friend in the car about it, and they suddenly started a petition to God about it, and started to get everyone including imaginary people like oprah and michael jackson to sign it. and by the next day, the husband did. and i think this scene was crucially important to show how she started to have faith in the powers of prayers and such. another thing is the scenes in italy, i love love love rome. but the movie somehow did not play up the gorgeous sceneries in rome. yeah, it was there, but to me not enough to potray italy. they did it quite well for bali. and also, not enough on the "EAT" part of the movie. one pasta and a pizza and ice cream scene each, dats it? the friendship with wayan wasnt also clearly given. she met her twice and suddenly she started a donation thing for her? why? the emotional connection, the love and the friendship they had should have been given more thought. there are other parts that i was looking foward to see in the movie but it didnt happen as well, but i guess that's expected, they couldnt show everything right, but there are somethings that MAKES the book that should have been there so that it can MAKE the movie..u know what i mean?

okey, the above are in short, my two cents worth. you should go see the movie. with your girlfriends. leave the boys at home :)

as for me, final words,

i love this movie because i love the book..

and i love julia roberts..

hehehe

ps : i miss my honey. he is in poland. he better get me a gorgeous snow globe. (^_^)

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