My Interpretation on Life

Koeteow Kerang Iman

2010-08-13T12:26:00.001+08:00

Aku x penah eja kuey teow camni, tapi sebab kedai nie letak die nye signboard camni so ikut je la kan. Kedai die, kannye kedai aku pon.

I was my first introduced to koeteow kerang iman nie masa majlis bertandang ke rumah pengantin lelaki waaaaayyyyy baaaccckkk in July 2008. Tengah hari tu kenduri and malam tu En Husband bawak me, parents and adek bradik sme dinner kat cni. Marvellous and fabulous koeteow die.

Seperti dalam gambar di atas tuh, ader dua kedai in the same row that bears the signboard Koeteow Iman. Walaupon ader dua kedai, tp sebenarnye…jeng…jeng…jeng…

…semua customer either makan kat luar or dekat kaki lima kedai tu, as seen dlm gambar directly atas ayat nie. Walaupon mase tu like baru je waktu derang bukak kedai, tapi dah ramai orang dah…

Tukang masak die pon masak kat luar. hehehe~ panas kot kalau masak kat dalam.

In total, aku penah makan kat sini sebanyak 3 kali. First, seperti yang telah diceritakan diatas. Second, masa lepak ngn Abshar. Third time ialah mase gambar nie diambil. Mase nie tapau je and mase nie jugak la the first time aku pegi mase waktu siang around pkol 6.30 pm rasenye. En Husband kate kedai nie bukak like around 5.00 pm and sampai la ke malam2 hari.

Menu aku kt kedai nie either koeteow udang telor atas or koeteow kerang telor atas (walaupon aku x ske kerang, tp aku ske koeteow kerang, tp kerang tu aku tak makan la letak tepi je). Ader macam-macam menu keoteow ader kat sini. Tak caye?? See below. Harga pon ader disitu so boleh la bajet brape ringgit nak bawak. So nnti takde lah x cukup duit. Aku rase kedai nie x terima credit card.

Kalau tetiba korang teringin nak makan Koeteow Kerang Iman nie siler lah ke Alor Star, Kedah. Aku bace blog orang laen derang kate kedai nie terletak kt Jalan Sultanah (aku x tau kedai nie kat mane sbb selama nie husband je yang bawak)

Oh, by the way aku rase koeteow iman nie best eaten kt kedai die je, kalau tapau die ader rase sket off (maybe sbb dah sejuk kot).

Selamat Berpuasa :)

Duit itu macam…

2010-07-27T15:06:00.001+08:00

…kentut. sori kalau korang rase macam x senonoh giler, tp mmg btol pon. Sebab walaupon ader byk duit, tp biler dah start belanje laju je abess. Kadang2 ader la bau yang linger for a while, kadang2 bau pon xde.

Alhamdulillah, since March 2007 aku dah dapat keje and bulan2 dapat lah gaji sendiri. Tapi bapak payah giler nak save duet2 nie sbb every once in a while ader je mende besar yg berlaku yg kna nak kuar duet banyak. Inilah milestone2 yang membuatkan duitku kuar secara besar2an…

2007 March	: Start keje!! (tp x bermaksud start dibayar)
2007 May	: Paycheck yang pertama!!
2007 Oct	: Engagement. Ye, kenduri-kendara nie mmg banyak pakai duit. Walaupon ibu ayah xdelah minta duit aku, tp kalau dah keje takkan tannak hulur2kan sedikit sebanyak kat derang. Dah la majlis sendiri. (kalau x hulur2 tu seres aku cakap x tau malu btol)
2008 July	: Gap almost setahun, tapi kenduri kahwin lagi la besar cost nye. Plus the honeymoon. Travelling will continue to be my biggest spendings.
2009 February	: Process membeli rumah. Downpayment + segala bagai lawyer fees itu telah menjangkau over RM10 k. Sekian (sebbaek share ngn husband dan juga tq ayah kerana telah membantu sket…haha~) siler lah amek tau walaupon loan umah anda ialah 100%, tp duet anda yg perlu kuar pon agak byk jugak…
2009 February	: In the same month, kami telah pegi ke Melbourne. Between us, we spent about Rm 7k, excluding ticket plane (sbb redeem points)
2009 April	: Dalam kesesakan, aku still beli laptop baru (kesian en husband aku asyik usung die nye lappie je biler pegi travel). Sbb xde cash, aku amik easy payment scheme yg 12 months tu. Alhamdulillah dah settle.
2009 December	: In the height of planning for our next big trip, aku pegi beli handphone idaman (apparently, yg chose to go bonkers already!!)
2010 May	: US Trip. Saving for this trip start from balek dari Melbourne. I really2 like travelling tapi costnye mmg menggunung. (ader hati lagi nak pegi KK, pastu Singapore, pastu Turki, in that order..hoho~)
2010 July	: Baru sejenak lega bernafas and tot can finally start saving BIG, datanglah sepucuk surat yang kate rumah kami dah siap. Alhamdulillah. Problem is, aku ngn husband nie X PERNAH dok umah sewa ke ape, so mmg TV sendiri pon xde. So, paham2 lah…
2011 Early	: InsyaAllah, en/cik muffin that is baking inside me akan lihat the world for the first time around this time. Those cute mittens, bottles, strollers and segala bagai dont exactly come free :)

Dan in between all these ader la gatal2 pegi capai baju-bajan (erk??), kasut2 and handbag. Kelemahan aku nie ialah kalau dah suke mmg aku x peduli harga. Tp nie salah sendiri. Yang list kt atas tu like almost keperluan, except travelling2 tu la kot, but all those travelling open your eyes to the world. Hah, alasan, tp kami ader alasan yg kukuh utk travel :)

Tapi sempat la jugak setiap bulan tu, duit gaji tu barang seposen dua aku dah asingkan siap2 masuk dlm saving and insurance (ini pesan ibu)

Mama pon pesan jugak, rajin2lah duit tu derma kat orang, tak yah nak kedekut and berkira2 sgt. Die kate ikut pengalaman die lah, kalau buat camni insyaAllah biler sesak2 nnti, ader la source2 duit tu tetiba je datang kat kite (bonus ke, hutang lama baru org nak bayar ke, tax return ke). Camtu la.

Ibu pesan lagi, dapat gaji jangan luper bagi kat parents walaupon parents tu bekerja and x nak pon duit korang tu. Point is, alah bisa tegal biasa. Biler dah biasa bagi, akan terus bagi. X kan nak jadi cam dalam news tu sampai parents nak sue anak die sbb tak bagi duit walhal parents die tolong jaga anak die lagi tu.

As always, pesan ayah paling bess. Kalau ada duit beli, kalau xde buat bodoh (buat bodoh ialah xyah beli langsung, bukannye pegi buat credit card baru)

Ibu used to say “Duit tu macam air”, but kentut brings the point home (better, I think).

Betulkan Jam Anda

2010-07-15T16:34:00.000+08:00

Ader orang suke cepatkan jam 5 mins la, 10 mins la. Kalau kat umah ibu, xde satu pon jam yang waktu die same kot. I think ini ialah dgn harapan sme org akan siap nak pegi mana2 (skolah ke, kenduri ke) cepat sket sbb sebenarnye tak tau exactly pkol berape.

So kalau korang nak tau sebenarnye kt Malaysia nie skrang pkol brape, silerlah ke website SIRIM Malaysian Standard Time.

Kat situ die tunjuk la pkol berape skrang and berape accuracy die :) hehe~

Biler aku teringat, aku calibrate la jam kt PC tu to reflect Malaysian Standard Time. Tgklah kat dlm gambar diatas tu, same kan?? :)

Hari nie saye malas…

2010-07-13T11:22:00.001+08:00

…nak keje.

saye dtg opis td saye trus pg scan document2 yg patut discan sejak berdekad-dekad yg lalu utk diupload ke system.

pastu saye selongkar laci sendiri and organize sket document2 tu. dah berzaman2 tak buat.

pastu saye pegi makan buah (opis saye tiap2 hari bekerja around 10.30pm ader buah)

pastu saye pg turun ke parking mgmt office utk mintak season parking. dah dua minggu kot husband soh pegi tanye. ader stock tp saye takde cash la plak, so dtg balik esok. ohh…saye tak based in KLCC, parking kt building saye keje nie slalunye available. Kalau waiting list pon ader harapan. KLCC parking kalau saye letak nama skrang, saye pencen blom tentu lg dapat season parking kot (rumor has it that KLCC Parking mgmt tak bagi letak name kat waiting list pon sbb dah panjang sgt kot)

in between all these, saya balas e-mail and hantar e-mail ape2 yg patut. Tak baek buat org tertunggu2 :) hehe~

skrang dah pkol 11.16 am. kejap lg lunch. ptg nie ader discussion

saye baru nk bukak organizer nak tengok what exactly saye patut buat hari nie…

camni la saye kalau saye malas nak buat keje saye yg sepatutnye…

Nenek and Me…

2010-06-08T10:25:00.001+08:00

Nenek sleepover kat umah my parents last week sbb die tengah redo lantai kat umah die.

Aku baru balik keje masa tu, and skali nampak nenek ader kat dapur. I was like, ehh…nenek ader kat cni. Aku pon pg lah salam nenek and soh husband pg jumpe nenek skali. Pastu aku pegi lah tolong ibu kt dapur. Sambil2 tu en husband borak2 lah ngn nenek.

Like 5 mins after that aku pon jenguk la ape la yg husband borakkan ngn nenek tuh. Skali mase aku jenguk je, husband aku baru je blah dr duduk with nenek and nenek pon cakap la to me…

Nenek : Buatlah air utk faiz tu, die baru je balik keje…

Me : (In auto response mode) Saye pon baru balik keje nek.

Ngeh. Aku mmg mcm tu. Dlm kepala aku ader lg mcm2 response (one of them includes takde sape pon buat air utk saye). Tapi seb baek simpan je that thought dlm kepala.

Truth is, I see it this way, I just got back from work, he just got back from work, kalau nak air marilah kite buat same2 and minum same2.

Nenek came from the ice age where women stayed home and men worked. So fair la kalau en husband balik nak hidang air ke ape.

And the reality is that Ibu dah siap buat hot tea pon. Hah~

Tagged!

2010-04-22T10:41:00.001+08:00

I took this dari Soraya nye blog. Die kate “This tag is open for everyone”, so because i’m so excited yang keje2 kat ofis nie makin nampak way forwardnye and more manageable (selagi En Ben tak kaco aku la kot, die nampak excited semacam hari nie, maksudnye sat lagi die kaco aku la tu), so aku pon buat la!!

Here Goes!

ARAHAN :
+BOLD the statements that ARE true to you.
+ITALICIZE the statements that you WISH were true.
+Leave the fibs alone.
+Then, tag 5 people to do the same test. (Tak yah la nie)

•170cm tall.
•I don’t know what I want at the moment.
•I’m not happy.
•I hate my friends.
•I hate my life.
•I hate my grades.
•I can drive.
•I’m bored of driving.
•I love dancing.
•I go clubbing every week.
•Shopping is bullshit.
•I have a tattoo of a star.
•I got my navel pierced.
•I have friends that take drugs.
•90% of my friends smoke.
•I still hang out with my ex, even though our break up was rather nasty.
•I'm studying Fashion.
•I have a business running.
•I hate cartoons.
•I hate someone.
•I have 10 Lollipops handbags.
•I buy CLEO every month.
•My parents don’t know about my blog.
•I have an iPod.
•I don’t have faith in the current “one”.
•My school mates know about my FB.
•I wanted to be a fashion designer.
•I love rock emo bands.
•I hate it when people cancel last minute meet ups.
•My parents have faith in me.
•I’ve bought shoes this month.
•A blogger bitched about me before.
•I hate sports.
•I heart Italian food.
•I hate meeting new people.
•I hate nail polish.
•The mother bear gives me hugs.
•People should start appreciating me.
•High school was the worst time of my life.
•I have red hair.
•One Utama is my second home.
•I’m a guy.
•I’m scared of my Biology result exam which I’m going to face someday tomorrow.
•I hate vacations.
•We’ll last :)
•I believe in long distance relationships.
•I’m going to get high and smoke weed one day soon.
•I’ve robbed an old lady.
•I’m starting to like applying make-up.
•I was a tomboy.
•At times I think I still am a tomboy.
•I love bitching about people behind their backs
•I still have a best friend.
•I have a cat.
•I hate surprise parties.
•I hate planning parties.
•I’m hot
•I’m a sinner.
•I’ve got a DS light.
•I have a Wii.
•I cant live without music.
•Video games are a waste of time.
•I miss the father bear.
•I love being in love.
•I know how to cook.
•Boys are assholes.
•I hate Math.
•I’m happy with what I have.
•I love horror films.
•I slept in my parents’ room for 3 days after watching Scream when I was a kid.
•My old friends keep in touch with me.
•I don't read newspapers.
•The news is such a waste of time.
•Blogging is a waste of time.
•I hate animals.
•I can't live without make-up
•I curse like a pirate.
•I’m happy with my 11 year old car.
•I hate people that are smart.
•I love Orange juice.
•I can’t drink for nuts.
•I believe that everyone in their teens have lost their virginity.
•I’ve got a new phone.
•I’m going to get a new pair of shoes by the end of this month.
•I love swimming.
•I haven’t worked out since March.
•I think I’m fat
•I love my friends and family

Try la if you have nothing to do too!

Flabby Arms No More

2010-04-16T22:09:00.001+08:00

Size 25 pants, check. Size S tops, check. Oops, tp ader masalah sket lah with my size S tops tu, sbb slalu ketat kat lengan. I dont know why, tp kalau badan aku naek sket, mesti kt lengan yg naek dulu.

Skali tadi mase tgh surfing on Shine from Yahoo! (aku subscribe to this site sbb byk sgt mende yg menarik minat aku) skali jumpe plak video nie, 5 tips to celebrity arms.

One of the reason aku letak video nie kat sini, sbb aku berusaha nak cube have more toned and scupltured arms without the bulky factor. For a while now, aku ader gak terpk2 bwk dumbbell pg office. Hahaha~ bersemangat x??

I’m wishing myself good luck utk try exercise nie and kalau ader results nnti aku share. Kalau xde, I sit quiet2 la ek. Hahhaa~ Sape2 nak try pon siler lah. Nnti bley la kite sharing2.

2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

2010-03-20T23:33:00.001+08:00

We missed the first one last year, so this year mase first2 iklan die kuar in January, aku dah soh husband letak reminder dalam handphone so that kitorg tak lupe. Actually, terlupe jugak sampai la ternampak iklan die again earlier this week.

The 2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is from 18 March – 21 March 2010 at Precint 2, Putrajaya. Kalau nak tau kat mane, nie kat area government offices tu, and as of petang tadi mmg la sgt teruk traffic nye and tersangat ramailah orang disitu.

Ramai ke tak orang?

Kitorang (husband, myself and nur) bertolak dari Kajang around 5.10 pm camtu la, sampai kt precint tu siap ngn parking keta skali pkol 6.00 pm tau! Sgt la tak tau nak parking kat mane, at least they allow to park at road side to takde la susah sgt nak park.

Mase otw, a friend of mine, si Jie tu, message and bgtau die baru je blah dari tgk belon nie and ckp sgt lah ramai orang and mase die nak blah tu baru ader satu je belon tu pon baru je nak naek. Luckily, when we were there all the balloons dah start berterbangan. I was like soo excited, x tau cane nak kate. So, dapatlah amek gambar2 hot air balloon yg tgh terbang and baru nak naik.

So, to those yg plan nak pegi esok, either pegi early in the morning around 8.00 am or in the afternoon around 5.30pm. Kalau lambat sgt nnti takde balloon nak tgk plak, kalau pegi tgh hari balloon tu dok kt darat je plak. Anyway, ape2 pon check their official website first. Tp kalau datang xde balloon, ader banyak activity laen and ader booth utk dilawati (but then, org pegi nak tgk hot air balloon la kot, kalau stakat nak pg booth2 je, kat aku nye convo dulu pon ader byk booth).

To mereka yg ske amek gambar plak, mmg sgt bess nak amek pics kot. Siler lah bwk kamera2 besar anda itu :). My pics above amek pakai camera hp Sony Ericsson C903 5 megapixel aku je. Ehe~

Insyaallah, esok pegi Pesta Buku kat PWTC plak.

p/s: kt dalam newspaper tunjuk ader hot air balloon bentuk Darth Vader, tp td kitorg pegi xde pon :(

Latest Addition To My Collection

2010-03-12T21:44:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer sket. Mmg my collection buku2 fiction sgt besar and always bertambah-tambah, tp I buy because I enjoy reading bukannye sbb saje2 nak buat collection. Hahaha~

So, last month mase cuti CNY, husband and me telah decide utk balek ke alor star. So, as most of you already know, Alor Star nie mcm agak jauh jugak la dari KL. At least 5 hours. So, sbb aku nie mmg x ske kalau x tau ape nak buat, so I paid a visit to Kinokuniya the afternoon before kami berangkat so that dlm perjalanan ke Kedah nnti ader la buku nak bace. Turns out that sampai hari nie pon x abess2 lagi baca. Ehe~ Btw, kalau korg keje kat tmpt aku keje, Kinokuniya KLCC nie la tmpt yg paling convenient nak beli buku :)

So hasil nye ialah…

Nanny Returns!! Sambungan kepada The Nanny Diaries yg telah dipublish quite a few years back. The Nanny Diaries jugak telah diturn into a movie of the same name starring the beautiful Scarlett Johanssen. But as always is the case, buku is definitely better than the movie.

But in the book buying madness, I’ve overlooked and it turned out that…

Ngeh!! buku tu rosak la plak. Drama queen sket. Actually, aku x kesah pon. Buku kalau lagi buruk ngn lunyai lagi I appreciate. Seriously, tak taulah knape perasaan aku camtu.

I also bought the book by Daniyal Mueenuddin entitled “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” Yang nie blom bace lagi sbb skrang still tgh baca Nanny Returns.

p/a: Sejak-dua menjak dah in the mid twenties nie, speed membaca pon dah semakin slow. When I was a teenager, it’s typical for me to read a book overnight. And I dont speed read. Like ever! Biler I read a book overnight it means slalunye mmg x tido pon malam tu…

2.05 in 2015

2010-03-11T21:19:00.001+08:00

Aku nie jarang baca paper or tgk news. Tp of all days, hari2 yg aku terdengar berita kt radio or terbaca newspaper la ader news that caught my attention.

I first heard about this kt radio pagi tadi. Derang soh caller call bagi pendapat on this issue. And I read it biler petang tadi, kt tmpt aku tapau tom yam, aku baca newspaper umum yg kedai tu letak je utk bacaan customer.

The news is “Kadar Kesuburan Wanita Malaysia Dijangka Turun 2015” Ehh…what. Bukannye malaysian woman nie makin tak sihat and cannot have babies or something like that. Apparently, Malaysian woman chose not to have kids. Yang kawen muda, anak x ramai sbb keje. Yang dok layan keje x ingat, kawen lambat and then umur x sesuai to have babies. And those women yang decide langsung tannak kawen for like EVER lagi. And ader lagi la macam2 sebab ini berlaku.

So kalau ikut this news, in 2015 kadar kesuburan wanita malaysia ialah 2.05. Meaning a malaysian lady, most probably akan ader 2 orang anak je. And technically, ini x menambahkan jumlah rakyat Malaysia sbb if a woman ada 2 org anak je, that means anak2 die hanya akan replace die and husband je bukannye tambah the number of Malaysian.

If you ask me, ye la, skrang sme org dapat blaja tinggi2. Pastu kalau dah blaja tinggi2, x kan nak dok umah je jd housewife. So mesti la nak keja. Biler dah keje, dapat gaji bess2, payah la jugak nak berhenti kot. Ehe~ bess woo dapat duet sendiri, kalau nak beli handbag Gucci pon xde sape nak marah kot. Ehe~

And if you ask me again, blaja tinggi2 mane pon and gaji menggunung mane pon takkan weekend nak dok opis. So, I think most people believe that having two kids is manageable, dgn the lifestyle and not having to miss out on having a family. Tp kalau aku, ader rezeki, I want more than 2 kids. Ye la, aku ader 4 adik and since kecik2 kitorg like satu geng. Tak yah pk2 jiran nak kawan ke x, nak maen ape2 pon cukup korum. Dah tua bangka skrang pon we still do lotsa things together (like shopping, tgk movie and mengarut. Kelas2 tuition free and session2 membuat project skolah utk adik2 jangan lah citer, lg banyak). And I dont want my kids to miss out on that. Because that is priceless, regardless of how much your earn per month.

Promote Blog Lagi Satu…

2010-03-08T12:09:00.001+08:00

Ramai orang pon dah tau (sbb aku minah kecoh kot) that we’ve (we = husband + me) bought a house. Kami sangatlah excited about everything about the house especially bab2 menghias.

Sememangnye, for as long as i can remember, i love decorating. Kecik2 mase still share bilik ngn adik2 and mase tu still dok kt cheras, i start with decorating my desk. Pastu biler dah dapat bilik sendiri, lagi la menjadi2. Kt UTP pon same, mase tu tgh giler pink, so all pink la! Skrang dah ader permanent roommate (for life!), terpaksa tone down sket my taste because my permanent roommate is a “simplistic” person rupenye.

Encik permanent roommate plak, I seriously tak tau yg die into decorating at all. Ever since the first day I met him sampailer before kitorg beli rumah, there is no impression at all that he cared about decor. Skali tup tup aje, setelah confirm beli rumah and I started talking about decorating, byk betul idea die (yg bertentangan with my ideas). Haha~

Tapi, we have the same view on one thing. We’d like to SHARE! and document our ideas, journey, pokok2, kedai-kedai and barang-barang yg interesting that we stumbled upon in the course of making a once-random-just-a-house, our home.

Just click here to go to KAMI NAK PINDAH!! Baru ader satu entry je pon, but more will come!!

Enjoy!

Hello Body, I’m Bloating

2010-02-11T21:52:00.001+08:00

Pagi selasa aku demam, pg doktor, and doctor tu pon bg la MC. Tgh hari tu baru la makan ubat sbb dah x tahan sgt demamnye (aku x ske makan ubat, selagi bley tahan, aku tahan).

Hari rabu, aku pg keje. Actually demam tak baek lagi tp giler bosan dok umah sorang2. Pagi2 lagi dah tak tahan demam tu, so makan ler ubat demam yg doktor bagi (actually panadol tp brand laen je). Tgh hari tu makan ubat lagi, dgn harapan demam tu akan baek terus la. Skali side effect ubat tu pon dtg la. Mulut rase payau giler pastu perut rase cam bloating and cam nak kna gastrik. Pkol 7 dah dinner sbb tak tahan giler tahap kemasukan angin ke dalam perut.

Hari nie, celik mata je seblom sempat my brain kicks in, perut telah sent a message, “Hello body, I’m bloating!!”

So, sambil siap2 nak pegi keje tu, aku pon devise a plan. Dah la secara natural nye, aku nie kna makan 3 meals a day (dlm amount yg small for most people), and slalunye i have something in between meals, nie hari perut terasa nak gastrik terlebey plak, so haruslah plan extra power sket!!!

Roughly, ape aku plan telah terlaksana. Inilah schedule pemakananku for today. Taraa…

6.58 am : ERL sampai kat stesen Salak Tinggi. Duduk je dalam tren, aku makan pisang. Sorrylah kepada passenger laen, I cannot tahan.

8.10 am : Sampai office dah siap beli bfast. Before pegi workstation, pegi pantry dulu, buat teh o panas (my fave!!) and makan nasik goreng and telur goreng (fave also!!)

12.00 noon : Lunch & learn session. Pizza Papa John free!!! Aku makan 2 slices and minum teh tarik (dari mesin nestle kt pantri. Aku tak pandai buat teh tarik sbb tak elok minum susu pekat byk2, so I’m glad i don’t know how, kalau x cabaran nye besar sket)

2.30 pm: Makan lagi half a slice pizza, leftover from lunch.

5.30 pm : Perut dah buat bunyi pelik2 lagi, dah la orang nak balik nie. Before die buat hal dalam tren, baek seround teh tarik lagi and biskut sultana selai. ahaha~

7.00 pm : Dinner trus kt KL Sentral. Perut ku content (for a few hours)

9.50 pm (now) : Perut is way better that it was this morning, tp perut telah decide “Aku nak pisang lagi,”. Ha!!

Trun pegi dapur jap amek pisang.

Little MooMoo

2010-02-09T22:31:00.000+08:00

In November, I introduced CekKu and CekPu. Now, let’s us welcome CekKu and CekPu little brother, MooMoo.

We named him MooMoo, sbb mase die baru lahir, die nye bulu nampak macam lembu, putih and tompok2 brown. Mase tu bulu die pon cam pendek je, so it looks like macam kulit die yg kaler putih ader tompok2. Biler dah besar, tompok2 tu pon cam jadi kuning2, orange camtu, but the name sticks anyway. Mata die sgt cantik, biru gitu.

Sangat ske maen and berlari2 oke!! sooo cute. And die ader abang2 yg ske main and jaga die. Sgt responsible.

MooMoo is cat number seven for our family. :)

Our little MooMoo maen dengan penyapu. Kalau bley tolong menyapu kan bagus :)

Selangor Says NO to Plastic!!!

2010-02-07T22:14:00.000+08:00

I know that it is like old news, but now every Saturday beginning Jan 2010, is no plastic bag day in Selangor (tolong jangan confuse kat mana Selangor and kt mana KL). Ader jugak shops kt KL yg implement this, mcm Cold Storage at KLCC yang telah declare bahawa their outlet will not give plastic bags on Thursday (kalau x salah) and Saturday (definitely) unless you want to pay 20 sen per plastic bag.

Actually, I was not aware at all pon about this, skali tu pg Jusco on 9 Jan 2010 (that happens to be a Saturday) skali nampak la poster di atas neh. I was so excited, cam wahhhh tak sangka ader campaign like this. Tapi sebab kitorg tak tau, so terpaksa la beli barang2 kat supermarket tu, letak sme dlm trolley and then bawak trolley pg kt parking, letak plak dlm keta cenggitu je. Selekeh giler.

The second time, we bring our own bag (actually pau ibu nye shopping bag, ehe~). So proudly masa bayar, aku letak all my purchase dlm bag sendiri. Kesian ader these guys ahead of us in the queue yg x bawak plastic bag sendiri, that day kalau korg tak bawak plastic bag, bayar 20 sen pon die x nak bagi. Unless, beli the supermarket nye shopping bag. This company cam cube buat extra profit la plak out of a good cause. Pastu guys nie dah la beli ikan sme, so cam yucks la plak kalau nak angkat takde plastic. So derang pon beli la.

So, to those in the know, after this kalau shopping kt Selangor on Saturday, bawak lah shopping bag sendiri ye. Yang baru tahu, well now you know :) Alahai, bawak je plastic bag bese banyak2, simpan dalam poket. Lagipon skrang nie byk kedai yg fancy2 bagi carrier bag yg cam kaen tu. That one is sooooo sesuai dan bley digunakan berulang kali.

Tapi aku rase hanye big shops and supermarket je yg buat kot. I think kedai mamak kat sungai kantan tu buat cam bese je. Hrmm…tp x tau la. Anyway, kalau ader shops tak implement pon, bawak je la shopping bag sendiri and letak sme kat dlm. Kalau lama2 terbiasa la. After all, practice makes perfect :)

b’yyu spa

2010-01-04T22:51:00.001+08:00

On 31 December 2009 hari tu, myself and Miss Eil decided to treat ourselves to a spa day!! (actually, a 2 hours ++ spa je pon, xde la sampai sehari). We were introduced to b’yyu spa by our office mate, si Sarah itu. She was like, spa nie bess die ader cam longkang kecik2 and ader air. So, we all pon google la this place, called the place and set up an appointment for two.

b’yyu spa nie ader dua cawangan, satu kt Sri Hartamas and the other one at Shah Alam. Me and Eil went to the one kt Shah Alam (sbb Sarah pegi this one and die suggest yg nie la), and yang kat Shah Alam nie dipanggil Villamay.

We were both on leave on the 31 tu (ye lah, nak mengabesskan cuti, cuti yg seciput tu pon payah nak abess, siap carry forward lagi). Aku bertolak dari Kajang around pkol 10.40 am, pegi amik Miss Eil kt Wangsa Maju and then straight to Shah Alam. Our appointment was at 1.00 pm. Aku tak tau cane nak pg umah Eil, so die lukiskan lah map. Eil mmg ske lukis map kot, nie map yg kedua die lukiskan utk aku. Selain drpd itu aku slalu jugak nampak die lukis map utk org laen (dan dirinye sendiri). Ehe~

Kitorg sampai Shah Alam like 3 – 4 mins before 1.00 pm. Bapak jam hari tu!! Jangan tensi2, spa is supposed to be relaxing~

Sampai2 je, me and Eil was like wahhhhhh~ at the Villamay. Deco nye mmg sgt cantik and calming. The pics below are of the reception area

Sampai2 je, receptionist tu bg us a welcome drink (which is teh gandum), eil ske rasenye tp aku x ske sgt. After that, derang confirmkan treatment yg we wanted to do that day which is Body Scrub (RM 215) and Back Massage (RM 45). So total is RM 260 la, tp they have promotion which is 25% for all treatment so kitorg dapat la RM 195 per person. Ok lah tuh sbb aku and eil dah bajet maksimum RM 200 per person. Promotion nie sampai 3 Jan 2010 je sempena Y.E.S la kot.

We both chose avocado scrub for our Body Scrub Treatment and Eil pilih lavender oil utk massage, foot bath and flower bath while I picked citrus oil. Org tuh bgtau lavender ialah utk relaxing and most ppl pakai lavender akan tidur mase treatment while citrus ialah like menyegarkan (padahal bagus nye aku zzz mase treatment tu).

Aku and Eil both thought that we will be in the same room, rupenye tidak. Kami telah dibawa ke bilik yg berasingan. And I have this indonesian lady, called Ribut yg akan membuat treatment for me. Aku tanye die kenapa nama die Ribut, die cakap “Ya cik dira, nama saya agak pelik” or something like that. Eil lupe nak tanye nama org yg bg die treatment.

Treatment nye bermula dgn foot bath. Pastu steam bath (i’m not sure for how long, tp die kate kalau tak tahan bley kuar anytime but obviously aku tahan sbb cik Ribut yg panggil aku kuar, ehe~). After that die buat body scrub, pastu die soh shower bersihkan scrub tu, then die soh mandi bunga dlm tub and last2 die urut. Camnilah turutannye.

Inilah suasananye dalam treatment room tu. Mmg sgt bess sbb shower, bath sme ialah utk diri sendiri je tak yah share2. Sgt bess!

Villamay nie jugak ada surau which make it easy for org yg dtg jauh2 dr kajang cam aku nie nak solat. Takde lah pastu rushing2 nak singgah sumwhere utk solat.

Even deco dalam bathroom nye is to die for. Sgt cantik!

Pengalaman kami here mmg priceless. Service die best, treatment die lagi best and yg paling best is the environment. It relaxes you. It is a bit pricey, tp you definitely know and get what you are paying for.

Definitely going again (biler tu ialah biler ader duet yg terlebey2). Ehe~

VILLAMAY SPA

22, Jalan Baiduri 7/1B,

Seksyen 7, Shah Alam,

40000 Selangor

Tel : (03) 5510 4433 or (03) 5519 3899

Website: www.beautyunlimited.com.my

Facebook: B’yyu Spa

Enter 2010

2010-01-02T14:41:00.001+08:00

There were many, many celebrations great and small to welcome the new year. Huh~ does it needs welcoming? Xyah celebrate ape2 pon, even kalau di halau2 pon tahun baru akan tetap akan datang secara naturally whether you like it or not and tak kire la kalendar ape yg korang guna utk menghitung hari.

But the new year is a good milestone to sit back and look back at who you were and who you have become. And for those yg actually ader resolutions, bley la tgk whether you have achieved your resolutions or not. Sape yg azam nye to quit smoking and does quit, tahniah. Sape yg target nak dapat dean list and dapat, tahniah juga. Nie contoh2 je, maybe resolutions korg lain kot.

Basically, I believe mende resolutions nie ialah us trying to be a better person and we are using the new year as a milestone. Ye lah, kalau kite buat azam like “ohh…in 7 months nak lose 7 kgs la!!” pastu in 7 months kite was like “ohhh….dah 7 bulan rupenye, x pasan pon, bertambah 7 kg ader la” kan baek kalau buat azam “by new year 2010, i’m losing 7 kgs!!!” gerenti tak miss nye la sbb sme org heboh and kecoh pasal tahun baru nie.

I quit doing new year resolutions since high school and what I do is that I do my best and work at making myself a better person everyday. Jadi lebey penyabar (ye, aku mmg x sabar) and kurang cranky (kalau lapar & ngantuk lagi xtra cranky), insyaAllah. Disebabkan I dont have resolutions, I have NADDIE MUST BUYS list instead!!! Nie stuff that I have to absolutely spend on that year whatever happens. Korg bley nampak list nie kat side bar at the left of this blog. So, memandangkan dah tahun baru 2010, let’s check out the NADDIE MUST BUYS 2009 list and see what has happened!!!

N A D D I E M U S T B U Y S I N 2 0 0 9

1. ~~Laptop - xde preference lagi, nak yang colour2 la tapi.~~ - beli sudaa!! Dell Studio 14" in Red, I named her Ms.Jolie (kna eja exactly camni tau!)

2. ~~HP - impian adalah Sony Ericsson Experia X1, tp skrang seres aku dah malas nak layan. Tp kna beli gak, phone aku skrang nie dah outdated btol, i wanna surf the net with hp oke!! –~~ akhirnye dah beli jugak, Sony Ericsson C903 in Glamour Red. I’ve been using the same hp for the last 5 years and skrang baru ader penggantinye. Ohhh tu pon susah nak decide tau sbb bukannye mudah untukku jatuh cinta (walaupon dgn handphone sahaja)

3. ~~Pair of Eye-Glasses - kerana aku sudah semakin buta & silau.~~ - doktor tak advise. die kate power sket sgt, kalau pakai spec nnti lg teruk. die kate kalau rase cam rabun2 sket tu pg rehatkan mata by napping for 10 mins atau tgk mende2 ijau~

4. ~~Ganti tayar keta MyVi Gold itu yg supposed to expire by Sept 09. Ini bukan kemahuan tapi keperluan. Mau RM 1k abess tu~~ - rupenye RM 850 sahaja termasuk alignment, ganti brake disk, etc, etc. Tu pon share half2 with hubby. Oke la tu~

Alhamdulillah, sme mende2 yg ditarget to spend on telah dibeli. List untuk year 2010 is coming soon, budget la byk mende2 utk masuk rumah baru (ye lah, selama nie tak penah dok umah sendiri, langsung takde barang sendiri) and perhaps a designer handbag (read Gucci yg aku nampak kt KLCC tu, leather in light brown)

With this I welcome 2010…

Are You Sleepy???

2009-11-25T11:12:00.001+08:00

Pitya e-mailed me an article bout “WHAT REALLY KILLED RANJAN DAS ( 42 ), FORMER CEO OF SAP INDIA?”. Apparently, from this article, this guy is very health conscious tp die died of heart attack. Why ya?? Article nie explain, perhaps because lack of sleep.

I am not going to dwell about Mr Ranjan Das but I’m gonna ask instead, are we getting enough sleep??

That same article mentioned about Epworth Sleepiness Scale. So, I googled it up, clicked the first result and tadaaa~ I got this!!

So friends, take this test and assess whether you are sleeping enough. Kalau tak cukup, tambah je la your sleeping hours itu. After all, tidur itu kan bess…

EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE

Measure yourself on the situation below based on the scale provided. Based on recent times tau and kalau recently cam x penah in this situation, bayangkanlah kalau you are in that situation and how you will react.

SITUATION	CHANCE OF DOZING
Sitting and Reading
Watching TV
Sitting inactive in a public place (e.g a theater or a meeting)
As a passenger in a car for an hour without a break
Lying down to rest in the afternoon when circumstances permit
Sitting and talking to someone
Sitting quietly after a lunch without alcohol
In a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic

Scale nye plak ialah seperti dibawah…

0	No chance of dozing
1	Slight chance of dozing
2	Moderate chance of dozing
3	High chance of dozing

Kemudian add up your score, your total score defines whether korg zzz enough or not. Compare your score with the table di bawah,

0-6	You are getting enough sleep!!! Yeay
7-9	Average
9 and above	Seek sleep specialist advice without delay

My score is 6. Yeay!!! aku mmg rase aku zzz cukup pon. What’s yours??

I take this from http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/epworth.html

Tengok lah gambar kt atas neh. Si Lolly tdo tak ingat punye la. Bagus jadi kucen nie, kalau die tak merayap or makan, die layan zzzz.

Introducing...CekKu dan CekPu

2009-11-24T22:00:00.000+08:00

I think this is the first time I'm blogging about these two cuties. They are CekKu dan CekPu and video nie ialah aksi2 derang main yg super duper cute i like!! I've posted this at my Facebook page tp nak post je lagi!!!

They came over (and obviously stayed over) at my parents house. Mak die dulu pon masa kecik2 dtg makan free kt umah kitorg jugak, biler die dah beranak die bwk skali anak2 die dtg. Kadang2 husband die (or not) pon dtg curik2 makan free kt umah kitorg jugak tp husband die cam takut2 sket. Kitorg tak halau sbb kesian. And I think mak die sudah bunting lagi and ayah cam nak buang mak die and I was like kesian oke!!! Biar je la, die jaga anak2 die sendiri pon. Tp x tau la...they do make a mess and do need cleaning after if not looking after.

Vid nie was taken masa aildilfitri hari tu. Now, derang dah besar sket and makin pandai maen and makin makan byk and dah pakai loceng. Very adorable!!! Derang nie stok2 tak takut org, kalau nampak ader org lalu derang kejar. Ehe~

p/s: Nur panggil derang nie Crouch and Torres after football players tu. Tp aku confuse which one is which one so to me they are CekKu dan CekPu. :) ohh...and they are jantan, aku mule2 ingat betina...hahaha~

Orthopaedic

2009-11-23T20:31:00.000+08:00

Wahhh~ almost a month tak write non sense. I’ve a lot to write about, movies i’ve watched, books, cita2 ku nak blaja men guitar. Tp start ngn my experience pg jumpe orthopaedic la.

Kalau dalam http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu, orthopaedic tu maknenye;

“the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints”

Dan ini ialah kali ke-3 aku jumpe orthopaedic nie. Chronology nye ialah seperti dibawah;

Dr Pasupathy @ TTMC – nie mase aku nye blakang saket sangat. Dia amek X-Ray and mmg nampak tulang blakang aku kt lower back itu agak senget sket and himpit urat2. That’s why saket. Mase die jumpe aku die soh la angkat tangan, tunduk sket, pusing kiri & kanan. Camni la ceritenye kalau pg jumpe orthopaedic nie. Mmg die soh buat aksi2 akrobatik sket.
Dr Chin @ Gleneagles – Saje mintak second opinion on my back. Doctor nie pon soh buat aksi2 acrobatik jugak. Die pon diagnose the same thing and advise the same thing. Anyway, skrang my back is way better thanks to the treatments, minimal high heels, good posture when lifting heavy stuff and sometimes avoiding lifting heavy stuff at all (by suruh orang lain angkatkan for me :))
Dr Yong @ Prince Court – Jumpe dr nie sbb sakit tengkuk. Dah annoying sgt sbb aku tak bley duduk lame2 kat opis and kadang2 tu kna pg baring jap to relieve my neck. Die pon soh aku buat aksi akrobatik yg involve pergerakan tangan. Angkat naik atas, lawan tangan die la and macam2 lagi la. Rupenye2, die kate the problem is with my shoulder, bukan neck pon. Sbb ader urat kat shoulder blade aku nie macam sudah tak kuat and thus lazy to angkat my hand, maka neck muscles aku lah yg kna angkat tangan. Biler neck muscle nie kna buat xtra load, die pon saket la.

Just to be sure, Dr Yong nie pon soh la aku buat MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) sbb die kate nnti bley nampak la exactly kat mane yg ader masalah tu. Actually, kadang2 aku rase doktor nie ske je soh buat macam2 so hospital die untung banyak sket. Tp since insurance company that I am working with cover all these procedures and since aku pon tak penah buat MRI, oke aje. Dr Yong nie jugak set up appointment utk aku buat physiotherapy (nie kite citer ngn lebey lanjut dalam post yang lain la), which I expected, as this was the case with my back pain too.

Inilah mesin MRI yg aku masuk tu. Agak scary jugak especially org yg phobia ngn small space. Sbb biler die masukkan kite dalam mesin nie, die akan naikkan katil tu sampai muke ko like 1 inch je dr bumbung mesin tu. Pastu mase die tgh scan, bunyi die woooooonnngggg, woooonnnnggg cam tu la. Giler bising. Supposedly ader radio, tp rosak la plak. Seb baik aku nak scan bahu je, so masuk sampei pinggang je la and then mase procedure tu aku layan zzzz. Standard la aku.

Aku jumpe Dr Yong nie on Friday (30 Oct 2009) and die set up my appointments for MRI on 2 November 2009 at 10.00 am. After the MRI, die nak jumpa aku balik to discuss the results on the same day at 11.00 am. And as die dah bajet aku mmg kna buat physiotherapy, die juga dah set up appointment for me on the same day at 2.30 pm. Wohh~ maka aku pon cuti ler hari isnin tu.

Before aku blah dari appointment aku ngn Dr Yong hari Jumaat, 30 Oct 2009 tu doctor tu kate as die akan jumpe aku lagi hari isnin, die x nak prescribe any medication for me yet except for painkiller if I want it. Actual script nye ialah seperti dibawah

Dr Yong: You nak some ubat tahan sakit tak?

Me: Doctor, I tak makan ubat tahan sakit. I tahan sakit (dlm tone yg macam hello! I dont do painkillers oke!)

Dr Yong pandang aku cam pelik and kate, “Okay then, see you monday”.

Ehehehehehe…

p/s: sincerely, aku tak tau la how much all these treatments cost. Sincerely, aku rase cam mahal je. Next time nak tanye la…

Ikan Tenggiri Kuah Lada

2009-10-30T12:13:00.001+08:00

Hari ahad hari tu, I cooked this for lunch (and thus dinner). Aku nie jenis yg masak tgh hari makan sampai malam oke. Sbb masak itu leceh, oily and messy. I get into cooking because SKRANG IDUP DIRUMAH SENDIRI TANPA IBU UTK MASAKKAN FOOD2 YG BESS AND I LIKE AND I DUNNO NAK MAKAN APE AT KEDAI ANYMORE.

Ibu cakap lauk nie nama die kuah lada or kuah berlada. Tp sincerely i dont know where the name came from because dalam recipe takde sehelai pon cili or even sebutir pon lada itam or even lada putih diletakkan didalam masakan ini. Tapi takpelah. Resipi ini ialah mudah dan sedap (sbb aku suke kari. Kenapa ader citer kari plak dalam masakan nie? Continue reading to find out.)

BAHAN-BAHAN

1 ulas garlic
3 biji shallots
Sedikit halia (ideally, tp aku x letak because i’m out halia so basically xde pon xpe)
1 sudu besar bawang besar yg telah diblend
2 sudu besar serbuk kari
1 biji tomato (potong 6)
Air asam secukup rase (ibu kate x payah tp i letak jugak because i like!!)
Garam secukup rasa
Air
2 keping ikan tenggiri (yg telah dibersihkan – pau dr umah ibu, hoho~)
2 batang daun kari

METHODOLOGY

Mula2, panaskan minyak (standed).
Pastu, tumiskan shallot & garlic sampai naik bau.
Pastu masukkan bawang besar yg telah diblend and serbuk kari. Kalau ader halia, masukkan skali. Campak juga daun kari kedalam. Biar sampai garing.
Setelah garing, masukkan air. Aku tunggu sampai cam dah simmer baru masukkan ikan & tomato (supaya masam2 tomato tu rase la, that’s why letak awal2).
And then biarkan die sampai agak2 ikan tu dah masak. Kalau tak sure biler ikan tu nak masak, make sure pasang api kecik je and biar sampai menggelegak. Kalau in doubt jugak, potong je la ikan tu tgk dah masak ke tak kat dalam. hoho~
Sambil2 tunggu die masak tu, masukkanlah garam & air asam secukup rase. Kalau dah terlebeh rase campur air balik. Kalau nak pekat, biar la die thickens jap. Kalau tak, once die menggelegak, kire masak sudah la tu.

Sekian Thank You. Siler lah cube. I loike kari2 jenis camni :)

p/s: kitorg makan nie ngn nasik putih, sup bayam and telur bungkus. ergghhh…buat aku rase lapar juga…

Warung Kita – KL Sentral

2009-10-25T16:57:00.001+08:00

Last Thursday (jumaat tu cuti deepavali), husband and myself pg dinner kt Warung Kita @ KL Sentral. Dah lame dah nampak kedai tu, so mase aku tgh membebel2 nak makan cni la, sana la, skali husband cakap, “Ader satu kedai nie, u cakap ngn i, u nak makan kat situ. Jom la makan ctu.” tp aku dah luper kedai ape. Berbagai2 nama kedai aku teka tp sme nye salah. Biler husband cakap Warung Kita kt KL Sentral tu, baru aku teringat. Happy sgt sampai melompat2 kt suria KLCC tu. Hoho~

Aku order nasi lemak ayam kampung and husband order nasi lemak daging rendang. Rase die takde lah exceptional tp xde la tak sedap. Kalau ajak pegi lagi aku pegi la. Die nye nasi lemak jenis yg ader kangkung goreng (aku ske!!). Ader org x bese makan nasi lemak camni.

Menu2 lain include kueh-mueh melayu, ader mee kari and segala bagai mee juga. Lain2 aku tak pasan la plak…

Harga…pricey sket la kot utk nasi lemak tp standed kot utk harga area KL neh.

Dalam banyak2 movie…

2009-10-12T22:39:00.001+08:00

Aku nak tengok citer nie!!!

Iye. Aku nampak jugak kt poster tu die tulis this September. Well, “THIS SEPTEMBER” tu means movie nie kluar pada bulan September di negara-negara orang putih. In my country where most people berkulit sawo matang, die kluar 15 October oke.

Just now aku surf the net and baru la tertahu yang movie nie ialah an adaption from the book of the same name. Aci x aku nak baca buku neh, walaupon kat wikipedia cakap “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett” Note the word children and illustrated. Hoho~ tak kesah la.

Cover of the book. Cute kan? Remind me of childhood.

p/s: dulu masa kecik2 ader satu buku citer nie die ader gambar rainbow and sampai skrang aku teringatkan rainbow tu sbb lukisan die cantik sangat.

Apsal McD plak??

2009-10-10T22:11:00.001+08:00

This picture is from Google Map. Other than the frame and color of the picture, I didnt touch anything else in this picture.

The Tesco in that picture is Tesco Kajang which is located almost right in front my house (or my parents house, actually). So, my house must be in this map right?? It is actually. My house is the place marked as Mcdonald’s in this picture (and thus in google map). What the!!!

Feels like someone cam nak kenakan aku je. But, the most IT savvy person I know (which is my hubby) said that it’s not like anyone can edit the google map happily, freely or crazily. It’s as if my house has been registered as Mcdonald’s.

Agaknye sbb slalu sgt delivery sampai umah jadi McD (tapi slalu delivery pizza je). Or slalu sgt makan McD sampai umah pon kna mark as McD. But seriously, I dont like it. Macam labelling the family living here (which is MINE!!!) as makan McD 24/7 je.

If anyone have any idea how to remove this, please share. Rase humiliated la…

Farm Engineer!!!

2009-10-07T12:59:00.001+08:00

Inilah jadinye biler engineer dah mula berladang!!

Yup, aku n some of my opismate skrang sme dah giler FarmVille. Not trying to promote the game or anything but we are crazy about it.

Sampai kan, Cik Eil (position sebenar, Structural Engineer) came out with this list (on the left), tanaman ape yg paling menguntungkan untuk di tanam dalam sehari assuming that u’ll monitor ur farm 24 hours a day and takde masa yg ilang utk menuai, plow and tanam semula.

As of right now, Cik Eil tgh mengupdate list nie utk consider assumption2 yg lebey realistic setelah berbincang dengan farm engineer yg lain.

Semangat x??

Nie gambar kt ladang aku mase first batch potato hari tu. Hahaha!!!

p/s: seres klaka because giler sgt men mende nie. Hahahaha~ aku pon bley tergelakkan diri sendiri. Tp main still main :)

A Spot of Bother – Mark Haddon

2009-09-30T22:30:00.001+08:00

It has been a while since I commented on a book that I’ve read.

That does not mean that I’ve stopped reading. Aku membaca like always, always with a book.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME was the first book by Mark Haddon that I’ve read. Obviously, this is novel number two by Mr Haddon read by me. Apparently, this is only the second adult novel by Mark Haddon, after THE CURIOUS INCIDENT.

The title A SPOT OF BOTHER ialah very related to the first source of worry in this story. George, a 61 year old retiree noticed that he has a spot on his body (x ingat kat ne) and was certain that it was cancer. This little spot really bugged him and drove him up the wall. With his daughter getting married for the second time to a man that George didn’t like, his son being gay and him finding out that his wife is having an affair (the hard way, believe me), life is not easy for George. He made it harder for himself by keeping it all bottled up in his head and taking drastic actions without talking to anyone.

If you read this book, then you’ll understand that George went really crazy just because of a spot and worries about things that he shouldn’t.

The ending turns out to be very beautiful. Like always, everything eventually will turn out fine. Though not in the best possible way that you would prefer but not the end of the world either. His daughter’s new husband turns out to be a good man at heart. George’s son is gay, but your son can be anything and he’s still your son. And George told his wife that he knows about the affair, and she realized at once that although the affair was very exciting for her, in the end, it’s her husband feelings that mattered the most rather that her boyfriend.

A SPOT OF BOTHER makes me think that love, when it first started was very exciting and like everything else it needs working at. When things get boring, you look elsewhere for excitement but when it’s getting late, it’s home that you return to. So why not work at making home an excitement. And please, share your thoughts with someone because two heads can be better than one.

Over Congested

2009-09-29T13:49:00.001+08:00

Picture from The Sun, Tuesday, 29 Sept 2010 (newspaper free yg ader berlambak2 kat LRT tuh)

Semalam, of all days, husband and I terkandas di dalam heavy traffic yg ditunjukkan dlm gambar di atas tuh. Dah ler maseh mood raye lagi, lagi mau jam plak. Kalau familiar ngn area nie, this is jalan dr Taman Connaught masuk into Federal Highway, lalu depan Mid Valley sme. Toll tu ialah toll RM 0.50.

Usually, husband and I lalu jalan cheras and then straight to Jalan Loke Yew to get to work. Skali smalam tgk kt depan Plaza Phoenix tu pon dah jam dasat, so we decided nak lalu SMART la. So, exit dari jalan cheras tu pg lalu kt taman connaught. At least mase kami lalu, takde la jam sampai kt toll neh. We were stucked I think about 2 or 3 km ahead after the toll for around 45 minutes. It was around 7.30 a.m at that time.

Dalam masa 45 mins tu, ader la bergerak like 2 km kot. Ini tak bley jadi. The first exit we saw were the exit pegi Toll Sungai Besi. Tak kesah la, patah balik pon, patah balik la. Kami masuk Highway Sg Besi itu and then masuk ke jalan yg lalu depan Kompleks Sukan Bukit Jalil (x tau nama highway die ape) and then masuk MEX (Maju Expressway, previously known as KLP – Kuala Lumpur Putrajaya Highway).

Sampai ofis pkol 9.00 am. Duh~ Cerita orang keje kat KL.

p/s: nie yg buat aku rase cam nak keje kt Kerteh. Mase stuck dlm jam nie smalam, aku sempat cakap kt husband, “jom pindah Melaka”. Pastu aku cakap plak, “kite EL je la hari nie”. Hahaha~

Cerita Beraya

2009-09-28T21:41:00.001+08:00

Picture by Camera Nikon Mia. Photographer x tau sape, sbb camera asyik bertukar tangan.

Aku mmg ske beraya. Beraya tu as in pegi menziarah umah2 family & rakan la and layan tetamu kat umah. Bess tau jalan2 raye. :)

Nie la kesah aku sepanjang cuti raye aku tahun nie…

Hari Jumaat (18 / 9)	- Balik alor star (kg husband). Bertolak pkol 7.00 am pkol 12.30 pm sampai.
Hari Ahad (20 / 9)	- 1 Syawal. Pegi solat raye pastu salam2 kt umah and then balik umah nenek husband ku di baling. sampai malam berada disitu, visit sedara mara kat sana. Byk giler makan ketupat daun palas, kt Kajang and Melaka payah nak jumpe nie wooo~
Hari Isnin (21 /9)	- Kt alor star sudaa. Pegi umah kawan husband. Hari nie relax aje.
Hari Selasa (22 / 9)	- Bertolak ke KL dari Alor Star around 9.00 am. Sampai Kajang dlm pkol 2 lebey. Lunch nasi beriani by ayah & ibu (terbess ever!!) and layan2 tetamu yg dtg umah. Pkol 4pm blah ke Melaka (umah nenek aku) before ader ramai org dtg umah lagi. Sampai melaka around 6pm, malam tu jalan2 pegi umah Auntie Pah & Mak Mena.
Hari Rabu (23 / 9)	- Beraya sambil bfast kt umah Mak Bai. And then pegi umah sedara2 yg dekat. Lunch special by Auntie Yot kt umah nenek. Balik Kajang pkol 2pm. Sampai umah, ader tetamu sampei ke malam.
Hari Khamis (24 /9)	- Jalan raye!! Pegi umah Mak Long Jumi kt B.B.Bangi and then pegi umah auntie Noreen kt Bukit Damansara and Nek Ngal kt Kg Baru, KL. Malam tu plak, jiran2 dekat2 datang umah.
Hari Jumaat (25 /9)	- Pagi aku pg Jusco jap beli hadiah wedding utk Farah. Ptg tu pegi Shah Alam, umah Pak Long Yat. The message was that ader family meeting plus open house. Sme org ingat Nadiah nak kawen. hoho~ salah2. Malam tu Uncle Mael dtg umah.
Hari Sabtu (26 / 9)	- Pegi wedding Farah kat Bandar Baru Bangi. Petang tu tetiba Ita msg kate die kat Balakong. Aku ajak die datang beraya :)Malam tu pegi jalan2 umah cousin2 ayah kat kajang. Hoho~ Pak Lang Atan mmg klaka.
Hari Ahad (27 / 9)	- Hari nie couplivessary aku & husband yg ke-6. Hari nie pg kenduri Jeego kt Tampin. Ptg tu, uncle Sahar dtg umah. Ibu ajak pg umah Tok Yak around waktu maghrib, aku surrender. Sok keje sudaa, tak mau jalan lagi. Hoho~
Hari Isnin (28 / 9)	- Hari nie keje. Haha~ Weekend nie ader 2 open house :)

Note: Couplivessary ialah anniversary aku & husband couple. Hoho~

Salam Aidilfitri

2009-09-19T23:06:00.001+08:00

Kami sekeluarga yg berada jauh di perantauan di Sg. Kantan, Kajang ingin mengucapkan Salam Aidilfitri kepada saudara mara yg berada di Malaysia dan mereka yg mengenali kami. Semoga aidilfitri ini mengeratkan lagi silaturrahim antara kita.

Maaf Zahir & Batin atas semua salah dan silap, sengaja atau tidak disengajakan. Sesungguhnya, nobody is perfect.

Kepada yg masih layak utk mengumpul duet raya, siler lah btolkan niat beraya anda which is bukan utk mengumpul duet tetapi utk berjumpa, update2 and kenal2 sanak saudara and saudara muslim yg lain. (aku dah x layak kumpul duet raya lagi…sob…sob..)

Salam Aidilfitri~

Tak Menang Tangan…

2009-09-17T09:15:00.001+08:00

According to pengiraan aku, this is week no 6 yg aku busy teramat la sgt.

Especially bulan ramadhan nie sbb kadang2 dpt invitation berbuka. Walaupon keje 8am – 4pm ader hari2 yg aku tak bergerak dr workstation pon. Pastu fulfill la plak invitation2. Ader yg gathering ngn geng2 so ok la. Ader yg makan free so haruslah tannak tolak. Tp pastu sampei umah lambat.

Smalam n hari neh kepala aku pening giler pasal x cukup zzzz. Sampai ofis keje melambak (kalo x, bley la catch up on sleep jugak kan?)

Minggu nie everyday ader meeting. Meeting2 nie plak bukan jenis yg aku bley dok dgr buat tak tau (and terdoze off) je, nie aku kna join berpk bersama2, ader yg aku kna present, ader yg aku kna chair, ader yg pastu aku kna review action. Arrgghhh! Ader plak satu team nie nak review their work ngn aku + senior, buat meeting pkol 2-4pm. Hari tu derang tanye aku, aku suggest Rabu pagi. Skali hari nie la plak, ptg plak tu. Sengal.

Pastu tetibe plak hari isnin, aku kna buat 2 reports. Kna siap before aku pg bercuti. Satu report tu mmg salah aku la, patutnye start buat last week, tp aku totally lupe sbb mmg packed giler lately. Satu lagi tetibe boss aku anta e-mail ckp, nad to do. Owwhhh. Takpe2, satu report dah siap smalam. Satu lg draft dah totally siap, aku tgh arrange and refine bg beautiful.

Ohhh…senior aku dah dtg la plak, baru nak lari pg zzz.

Nak sedapkan hati sendiri dikala busy dan agak tertekan aku ckp lah aku nie high in demand. Tp kalau camni gayanye, x high in demand pon xpe.

Seperti dlm citer Devil wears Prada itu, “I love my job, i love my job”

Udang Masak Sweet Sour

2009-09-13T15:08:00.001+08:00

Ingredients

4 Ulas Garlic (nie each ulas size die besar2 tau) – kalau nak proper hiris la tp aku ketuk pakai pisau je. Kate rajin. hoho~ ohhh..aku nie penggemar bawang putih kalo tak ske sgt kurangkan la ye. The original recipe calls for 2 ulas garlic je.
1 biji bawang merah - Dihiris
1 biji tomato – Potong enam
250 gram udang (nie ader la dlm 10 ekor)
1 tablespoon cili boh
1 tablespoon gula
Sedikit air asam jawa
Sedikit sos tomato
Sedikit air
Kunyit dan garam utk menggoreng udang
Sedikit minyak

Methodology (hoho…cam lab chemistry plak)

Mula-mula skali bersihkan lah udang tu. Buang kepala and buang la ape2 lagi yg korang rase patut dibuang. Jangan kopek kulit, kurang ummphhh (lgpon nnti udang tu nampak kecik sgt)
Pastu lumurkan (hoho~) udang2 tuh ngn kunyit and garam. Agak2 lah brape byk. Takyah byk2 sgt.
Pastu goreng! Aku goreng tanpa minyak (healthy sket la kononnye)
Biler nampak udang td yg kalernye kelabu skrang dah jadi orange kemerahan, sudah masak la itu. Angkat and set aside.
Panaskan minyak (dlm 2-3 tablespoon je kot). Biler dah panas, masukkan garlic & bawang besar.
Biarkan sampei naik bau. Bau nye mmg sedap :)
Biler dah naik bau, masukkan cili boh. Godek2 sket campuran tersebut and then masukkan air asam jawa. Air asam jawa nie pon masukkan sket je. Kalau rase nak tambah lagi, tambah later. Sbbnye nnti takut terover masam la plak.
Pastu letak sos tomato secukup rase (dlm 2 – 3 dollop je) and then letak gula dalam satu tablespoon (tak yah penuh2 sgt dlm satu sudu tu).
Pastu letak tomato didalam (aku letak 4 slices je out of the 6, 6 cam byk sgt).
And then rase la!! Smalam masa aku masak, mmg sebijik2 resipi yg aku tulis nie la and rasenye mmg seswai with my tastebud so xdelah tambah ape2 lagi. Tp kalo korg tak berpuas hari, tambahlah ape2 yg patut.
Kalau rasenye OK, biarlah mixture nie thicken sebentar. Then masukkan udang. Kaco2 biar sebati sket and then tadaaa~ sudah siap.
Taburkan daun bawang utk tambah ummpphh lagi (and nampak fab sket la udang kite tu) :)

Notes

Aku rase masak nie amik masa like 20 mins je kot. Nak kopek udang tu ader la dlm 10 mins. So, lebey kurang 30 mins la nak masak neh. :)

Selamat mencuba!!

p/s: Hafizd, mana resipi ko? hoho~

Menu Berbuka – 12 Sept 2009

2009-09-12T20:15:00.001+08:00

Today is Saturday, so ader masa utk masak. So, this is our menu for berbuka today;

Baked Macaroni tu saje test buat, tp kureng masin la. Ehe~

Nasi tu actually nasi planta, tp sbb aku pakai Daisy, xkan nak panggil nasi daisy plak. So, nasi marjerin je la.

Udang sweet sour tu menjadi la plak hari nie. Nnti aku share recipe :)

Oohh…air sirap + sunkist tu kitorg (me + siblings + ibu) panggil air darah nyamuk. Hehe~

Yahoo!!!

2009-09-10T12:19:00.001+08:00

Sme org ckp aku apply cuti lambat.

Tp aku tak risau, sbb kalau bos tak approve pon aku cuti jugak. Itu la beauty nye biler bos yg approve cuti kau ialah orang lain dan bos yg ko buat keje with ialah org lain. Cuti2 nie sme didictate oleh bos that you work with (yg mmg takde hal la kalau mintak cuti, janji keje x affected), bos yg approve cuti tu die approve je. Meaning, kalau aku apply cuti dlm system tu maksudnye dah green light la cuti aku from bos yg aku keje with.

So, yeay!!! Aku cuti from 18 Sept 2009 – 27 Sept 2009 (aku amik annual leave 4 hari je, tp dpt cuti seminggu lebey). Lama nie. Besh!!!

Ganti Tayar Keta MyVi

2009-08-30T22:56:00.008+08:00

Hari jumaat lepas, before balik Alor Star (kampung husband, i am a kajang bred through and through) I met ayah at his office. Die tanye "dah service keta", I said "dah", die tanye, "dah ganti tayar ke?", I said "Blom", die kate, "gantilah before balik alor star", I said, "mane sempat. kt alor star la orang ganti."

So, tgh hari ahad hari tu, pg ler bawak keta MyVi ku yg sudah almost 3-year old itu pg tukar tayar. Sejak dapat in September 2006, x penah tukar tayar lagi nie.

Nie lah tayar nye. Goodyear GT3 (kalau tak salahlah, me too lazy to check). Harganye RM 160 each (harga special utk loyal customer je..hehe~).

Skali biler org tu dah cabut all four tyres, die kate brake disc dah nipis la plak. So, ganti je la. Seperti yg bley dilihat on my "NADDIE MUST BUYS IN 2009", mengganti tayar nie dah termasuk dlm bajet tahunan ku. Aku pon telah membajet RM 1000 utk mende2 nie sme.

Sambil org tuh godek2 my MyVi, aku pon usha2 lah keta itu. Skali nampak punyelah byk small dents. ehehe~ sbbnye...hmm...sebabnye aku mmg malas nak layan luaran keta ini. Janji dlm bersih, engine baek punye, servis tak miss and bley bergerak dgn cemerlang, i dont mind :)

Last2 skali buat balancing & alignment. Pastu tauke tu pon kire la. Tambah special customer nye discount (nie kedai yg my abah mertua frequent, die la yg loyal customer tu, bukannye meself or hubby), dpt free gift and segala bagai yg diservice and ganti, total harga RM850. (actually RM855 tp jadi RM850, senang kira kan.)

Alhamdulillah, aku telah bajet lebey rupenye. Pastu husband kate die bayar half. Ohhh...lagi la marvellous. Duit lebey tu bley la dihalakan kearah lain (niat jahat: shopping complex, niat baik: account tabung haji)

p/s: about 10 mins lagi berbuka, selamat berbuka.

The Lawn - KLCC

2009-08-26T19:15:00.001+08:00

Last Monday (mase tuh blom Ramadhan lagi oke), hubby and i pg makan kat The Lawn KLCC. Mulanye, ingat nak pg Secret Recipe, tp hari tu Secret Recipe is open for buying cakes for take-away only. As I feel like eating Spaghetti Carbonara, maka kami pon head to The Lawn (last2 aku tak makan spaghetti carbonara pon :p)

The Lawn is located at Second Floor, Ramlee Mall. Kalau nak senang, masuk KLCC kat ground floor tuh ikut pintu yg dekat ngn Louis Vuitton. Pastu naik escalator sampai second floor, The Lawn nie mmg btol2 depan escalator tuh. Kalau dari tempat lain, ialah seperti dalam map dibawah. The Lawn tu dekat star yg tersenyum.

Biler sampai and telah duduk, waitress tu pon amik lah order kami. Setelah amik order die pon letak la this thing atas our table (along with the bill). I think this is very cute and green.

Our orders are…

Spaghetti carbonara for husband (my apologies for the blurry pic) and…

Salmon sandwich for me. I think nie la first time I ate salmon and baru lah aku tau rasenye ialah good la jugak. Rase cam ayam.

Harga for our meals nie? Sorry, I forgotten, lgpon husband yg blanje so lagi lah no reason for me to remember. Ohhh…masa nie kitorg minum air mineral je, so xde lah gambar because air mineral is so common.

p/s: lagi about 15 mins to berbuka. Selamat berbuka to all muslim friends.

I Loike to Shop!!!

2009-08-24T23:10:00.001+08:00

My employer is sungguh baek hati because they allow us to go back at 4.00 pm in Ramadhan. KL nie kan very the heavy traffic you know. Kalau bulan ramadhan nie, stok2 sme org nak balik umah 5.00 pm on the dot, kalo balik pkol 5.00 pm tu mmg jam la. Balik pkol 4.00 pm ialah dgn syarat masuk keje an hour early or work through lunch. Camne company nak check? Sendiri mau amanah la~

So, sbb balik pkol 4.00 pm, I pon decided la utk pg shopping items yg telah dilistkan sejak about 2 weeks ago. Dan hari nie telah decide utk menggunakan CASH TERM ONLY dan tidak menggunakan MAGIC CARD (as Nur put it or others would call it credit card) yang magic nye hanya effective pada bulan ini sahaja kerana apabila bill nye dtg bulan depan magicnye pon ilang.

I pon went lah for a shopping free menggunakan cash and telah bought the following things (in this order)

Bobbi Brown Face Powder at ISetan (I have member card, so walaupon tak de discount, I got points!! Nanti2 ISetan bg la voucher, ehe)

T-Shirt utk kazen mazen. This ader 50% discount, so dua2 is RM 64, also kat Isetan.

Blusher Brush kt Body Shop. Damm mahal tp kadang2 aku malas nak pk. I’m using Body Shop nye Foundation Brush, oke aje, so pakai la Blusher Brush die plak :)

Purple blouse nie dah try since Jumaat lepas but tak sempat beli. Skali ader stock lagi la plak. So, masuk je G2000, amik size 34 and bayar. Done!

Splashproof Lash Mascara from M.A.C. Mascara nie pon already tested by me. I like it very much because die x clump, die adalah waterproof and die curl & lengthen lashes very effectively without being overdramatic. The last one tahan almost 2 years baru abess, so berbaloi la RM 52 aku.

In total, I’ve spent exactly RM 333.00. Kalau x caye, siler lah kire sendiri.

p/s: Esok sahur makan ikan masak kicap + sayur bayam goreng with bawang putih, bilis and carrot + sambal bilis (favret). Selamat berpuase~

The Day I Turned 25

2009-08-22T19:30:00.003+08:00

21 August 2009 is the day i turned 25. It's a friday in a very hectic working week for me and it's the day before ramadhan.

6.15 am: Wake up and get ready for work
7.00 am: Get into car and saw surprise present from my love. Very funny & meaningful as always.
8.20 am: Arrived at workstation. Sampei lambat sbb tunggu my love unload barang from MyVi at KLCC. Boss ajak satu pojek team baca hadis, and then Ita bwk breakfast utk sme org that is nasi yg aku x tau namanye, kari kambing (aku makan kari die je, sbb tak makan kambing) and papedum.
9.30 am: Start doing real work.
1.30 pm: Nap kejap. Sgt la mengantuk oke.
2.20 pm: Bgn dari nap. Cuci2 muke sket. Skip lunch sbb dah bfast heavy and ptg ader meeting yg gerenti ader food.
2.30 pm: Start prepare utk pg meeting at Tower 1.
2.45 pm: Jalan pg KLCC
3.05 pm: Sampai kt Meeting Room 4006, PETT 1, KLCC. Ader marble cake and tea. Dah lapar, makan aje la ape yg ader. Still ngantuk lg, tp kna present plak tu. Layan ye la ape2 pon.
5.00 pm: Meeting abess. Yeay~ Seb baik right on the spot. Aku sudah sgt penat.
5.20 pm: Husband kate die blom siap nak balik lg. So haruslah visit Suria KLCC dulu. Pg amik fruit tartlets kat DeliFrance, masuk NafNaf (ader sweater cantik kaler pink & purple yg cantik disitu, price RM149) and masuk G2000 Women (ader blouse kaler purple yg cantik di situ, price RM 50).
6.00 pm: Kat dalam fitting room G2000 skali husband call daa lalu tak sempat membeli blause kaler purple yg berharga RM50 itu. Damm. Dah la tinggal sehelai je, gerenti kalau revisit on monday abess sudaa~
6.15 pm: In the car, heading back to Kajang
7.30 pm: Sampai rumah
8.15 pm: Dinner
9.30 pm: Pick mia up at KL Sentral
11.30 pm: Sampai rumah
1.00 am: tdo

That what happens on my bessday. Very tiring. But I feel younger and very content with my life! Thanks everybody for the wishes, thoughts and for being there throughout these years. Let's have a great year ahead! :)

Handmade Card – 3 presents on haphazard pink and black background.

2009-08-15T22:48:00.001+08:00

I made this card for my ofis mate + project mate + Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Din (or if he spelled it in english it’s Dean). Din wanted to give this card to someone and we he saw the handmade card I made for Siti, he asked me to make one for him. He told me that the person getting it “ske pink, if that helps”. It does help indeed.

My initial ideas was to have a picture of a cake with lotsa candles on the front. Then I cancelled that, get some ideas by surfing the net and come out with this.

I used black, thick (i’m not sure of the weight) A4 paper. Used pink glitter A4 paper for the stripes background and I pasted the pink stripes haphazardly. I used coloured paper in solid red, glitter brown and solid orange for the present boxes. I outlined the present boxes using black Sharpie. Then I pasted gold and silver ribbons onto the present boxes and wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ on the lower right side. That is my handwriting!! :) I only pasted a red coloured paper inside the card and left it empty so Din can write anything he wants.

I should start taking orders, perhaps? Hehe..

Bye –Bye Dato’ CT

2009-07-30T22:11:00.001+08:00

Our dearest Bokor DCC, Siti, said goodbye to our project on Bokor. Bukan sebarang Siti oke, she is Dato’ CT to us. Even though she is with the project for x sampei setahun, I believe true friends are made in no time. Die adalah sgt klaka, sgt helpful dan juga mempunyai byk opinion if you need any views on anything. Walaupon kadang2 jiwanye bergelora (hoho…jgn mare ye Dato’), kat luar sentiasa aje senyum walaupon keje melambak2.

So hari selasa hari tu, kami held a farewell makan2 for her. Sbb tgh hari on the same day ader makan free (due to monthly meeting, after every monthly meeting lunch free), kitorg decided utk buat farewell makan2 waktu breakfast (dlm pkol 9 am).

Menu2 nye ialah;

Dan orang2 yang hadir ialah mereka2 yg dijemput hadir…

We had a great time but a lil bit sedey sbb CT chose to go. Dah la girls kat cni sket, ko plak lagi mengurangkan populasi kitorg. Hehe~

Anyway, best wishes in your every future undertakings and berbahagia la selalu. Seperti kate ko, this is a small industry, satu hari nnti mesti kite jumpe lagi. Padahal dah tau kau dok kt ne, singgah je la kan? Hehe~

Muahhhxx!!

p/s: skrang kalo jalan pg toilet/pantry x bley nak singgah2 lg kt tmpt ko…

Doodling

2009-07-26T11:26:00.001+08:00

I read in Reader’s Digest that doodling helps you focus in a presentation or a class. Of course it’s best if you are able to give fullest attention, but if you can’t, doodle.

So that was exactly what I did. Actually, I really like to doodle. All I really need is a pencil and any surface. Table top was on of my favorite surface to doodle. Hoho~ (ye…aku lah antara org2 yg menvandalismakan meja2 disekolah dulu, ngn pencil and liquid paper).

Last friday, I was in a meeting. Dont get me wrong, I really liked that meeting cause it was short and straight to the point, and it’s about something that I do and really understand. But you just cant get my 100% attention for 1.5 hrs, so this happened…

Hahaha!! I conteng2lah. The blurred part is my actual notes, dont pay attention to that, they are not interesting to you. The clear parts are my doodles. The one I coloured with highlighter is my favorite, that’s why after the meeting I went to my desk and touched it up.

Then I scanned it and edit it a little bit and get the best result (see from top to bottom, in that order). My plan today is to ‘realize’ this doodle, put it as a header picture for my blog, turn this design into a card or maybe i can make a cross-stich out of it.

I’ll share the results later (if I actually rajin enough to do it la). :)

My other doodle is here.

Update

The sketch above translated into a card for my dear friend CT.

I am an Emotional Roller Coaster Wreck…

2009-07-21T21:45:00.001+08:00

…I go round and round and upside down and then I break.

Random Ramblings 20 July 09

2009-07-20T21:40:00.001+08:00

Teringat dulu masa skola, cikgu english ske soh tulis logbook. Ala2 cam diary la. The objective is so that student2nya akan blaja menulis dlm english secara free style dengan harapan menulis in english will come to them secara natural and takde la lagi problem grammar and translation yg ikut ske hati. Malangnye, cikgu english aku x tau aku nie ske menulis. Sbb nye biler mulut dah penat nak membebel tp otak masih tak stop berpusing2 lagi, aku perlukan sebuah sink dimana aku bley mencampakkan idea2 disitu. Mase skola dulu aku nye sink ialah logbook, diary, collection poems and stories and aku nye keje menampal2 kolaj yg kononnye artistic la. Banyakkan sink aku masa skolah dulu? Pklah skrang hanye husband sajalah sink aku most of the time. Hahaha~ kesian die. Kalo aku rajin, aku letak la dlm blog nie, yg merupakan sink aku jugak. See, biler aku x filter ape yg kuar dr otak aku, aku bley type satu perenggan sepanjang ini ngn freeflow nye. Which I loike. :)

Aku nye point ialah, blog nie pon cam aku nye logbook mase skolah dulu2 la. Kadang2 nak ngarut je pon.

Naturally, aku mmg ske mengarut. Hari nie nak ngarut dlm blog plak.

Aku nak list mende2 random yg takde kaitan antara satu sama lain and takde sbb pon aku nak letak kat blog nie, seresly random;

After office hour td aku pg CIMB kat KLCC tuh nak deposit kan cash, mase tu la plak derang nak kutip duit dari mesin cash deposit tuh. Nanti aku pg mase office hour tak berhati mulia la plak kan. So aku tunggu je la kejap…
Aku lunch kat wisma KFC ngn Pejol n Azami tp tak makan KFC pon. Instead makan ikan berlada, sayur kacang goreng n asam pedas. Nasi, minimal, still sticking to my diet.
Toyol kt citer e-toyol.com tgh men game sambil baring2 in between kanak2. sengal.
Td chat ngn Si Aay, evil twin aku. Teringat masa aku rumet ngn die kt UTP, ader satu malam tu kitorg ngumpat bout this girl yg kitorg tak ske sampai dah pkol 3 am, lampu dah tutup, mulut tak tutup2 lagi. Skali esok terponteng kelas sbb lambat bgn. Bukti yg mengumpat tu tak baik utk kesihatan.
Kasut flat itam aku dah tak level lg heelsnye. Aku xde mood nak pakai kasut len right now, and i’m yet to fall in love with any black shoes yg on sale. Am looking for the perfect black pair tho.
Pagi td bgn lambat 10 mins. Still nak siram pokok lagi (hello, kalau x mati la oke). Sampai tren station, die tunjuk yg tren akan sampai in 0 mins. Berlari terkedek2 and aku mmg dah bajet sempat catch nye la tren tu. Adrenalin rush yg tinggi, i loike. Tp waktu pagi kan, at next station aku dah doze off already.
Hari nie cik eil present masa Safety Meeting. Die tulis note panjang, tp die cakap sket je. Ehe~ takpe cik eil, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Seperti hari2 keje yg len, hari nie aku lebey productive di waktu ptg.
Toyol tgh minum air mirinda strawberry.

Dah la tuh. Cukup byk sudaa. Sebab ini ialah a random entry, gambar pun random la jugak.

Caption utk gambar ini ialah “Curiosity Kills the Cat” atau in Malay “Jangan Jaga Tepi Kain Org”. Hoho~

A kilogram above limit...

2009-07-16T20:09:00.002+08:00

has made me gone mad.

Cik erin nye entri lately plak asyik citer pasal obsession with weight. Yeah...i'm obsessed with GAINING weight. Ever since I found out that my body has the ability to weigh less than 50 kg and the doctor who did my medical check up about 2 years ago told me that I should not weigh any more than 50 kg, I have become obsessed.

Skali about last 2 weeks, I weigh myself kt mesin yg bising giler dok announce your height and weight to everybody and mesin tu told me that "Your height is 158 cm. Your weight is 51 kg. You are OK" Ok?? Banyak la mesin tu nye ok. Aku have been averaging 49 kg for 2 years and suddenly aku naik 2 kg. What the &%*# !!!

This call for quick remedial action! Kalau nak tunggu naik 10 kg baru nak diet & exercise, sme baju n sluar dah x muat la. Aku dah throw out sme baju2 besar zaman2 comel and bulat dulu. Yeah, dulu aku pakai jeans size 28, skrang 25. Dulu aku average size M/L, skrang aku carik size S ngn XS je. Sbb biler pas abess blaja kt UTP dulu , magically berat aku turut. I simply ride on that by practicing healthier diet and more exercise. My most optimum weight ialah masa my wedding. I can go down to 47 kg! Tp aku rase cam x elok sgt la plak so I maintain around 49 kg to 50 kg and vow to never weigh above 50 kg again (except mase pregnant la).

Skali 51 kg. Sengal. I blame chocolates and the sudden kemalasan utk pg jog. So, aku pon go on a much stricter diet and exercise. Tolong jgn salah paham, walaupon diet, aku still makan puas tau. Sbb aku gastrik & low blood pressure, I cant just cut food intake sesuka hati, mau jadi pening n sakit perut jadinye. So this is what I did

Increase my metabolism

By eating smaller portion of food and smaller interval. Like dlm train nak pg keje aku dah minum susu ke, makan youghurt. Then pkol 10 aku makan roti ke. Then lunch. Pas lunch dlm pkol 4 aku makan something lg. Then dinner yg aku try not to take beyond 9 pm.

Eating healthier

No chocolates and junk food whatsoever. Aku seresly dah x ingat biler kali last aku makan cheezels or twisties. Try to take food in its most natural and freshest form. Aku avoid nasi (aku baru makan nasi sekali je in 4 days) but instead find replacement. Aku ske roti, so aku makan la roti. Tp tak makan byk gak. And makan la buah ke, salad ke sgt banyak2 before big meals supaya makan mende lain sket. Hahaha~ trick sket perut tu. Dahaga, minum air masak. Carbonated drinks? Big No-No.

Exercise

And nothing beats the old style way of losing weight by exercising. Aku jog on weekends mostly and tgh implement a new aerobic routine for 3 days a week. Exercise sgt bagus because it keeps you fit, helps you sleep better and of course helps you lose weight and keep you looking great!

Tp aku blom lagi weigh myself. Harap2 dah ilanglah extra weigh itu...

Day 3 without Missy...

2009-07-06T08:52:00.003+08:00

is really no different from other days.

She was an easy cat, unlike the others who makes a lot of noise if the are the least bit uncomfortable.

Missy was most noisy at 5.00 am if she's sleeping in the house because she wanted fresh food or her cat litter to do her business. Other than that, she's one happy cat, sleeping the day away.

But that doesnt mean that I dont miss her~

Missy is Having Cat Fever

2009-07-03T12:33:00.001+08:00

Nie Missy mase kecik2

Si Missy nie demam la plak. Sme org takde kat umah la plak die demam.

Dah pg klinik petang Selasa hari tu, doktor confirm die demam. Doktor bg ubat utk bg baik demam n bg vitamin utk tambah selera makan sbb die tak makan. Aku pegi Mesra Pet Shop utk check Si Missy nie.

Aku ader 4 ekor kucen kat umah and i know that kalau kucen demam die x makan. Sbbnye (nie doktor la yg bgtau), idung die tersumbat and die tak dapat bau makanan die, so x yah makan la.

So malam td aku pon kna la force feed si Missy nie. Bg die makan n minum skali. Pagi td before pegi keje pon bg makan lagi. Sebab I think smalam satu hari die tak makan langsung, jalan pon cam shaky2 sket. Mase die tdo smalam ader cam wheezing jugak sket, mebbe sakit tekak and selsema jugak la kot.

Pagi tadi mase aku nak bg die makan, die panggil. Skali suare pon serak. Sian die. Aku tau die pagi2 bising nak makan. Letak makanan kat depan die, die tgk je pastu blah. Biler force feed, happy je ngap. Masa aku nak pg keje tadi, die tgh carik port nak zzz. Nampak breathing pon dah oke, x der wheezing2 lagi. Jalan pon stabil sket. Tdo nampak selesa sket, smalam die melepek aje.

X tau la siang nie die makan ke x. Malam kang force feed lagi.

Esok, kalau still camni pg vet skali lagi.

Tp biler aku pk balik, si Missy nie kalau sehat pon die x makan sgt pastu melepek aje. Hrrmmm…

Getting to and out of KL by train

2009-07-02T12:04:00.000+08:00

I have to attend a supplementary course as planned out in my Individual Coaching Plan (ICP) so that I can close the gaps identified in my Accelerated Capability Development (ACD) gap assessment. This training is to be held at Legend Hotel KL. I was googling for this hotel, and then I realized, hey! actually I’ve been there for a training back in 2007 (I think). This hotel is near The Mall and if you are taking the train, you can get on the star lrt line to get there.

Actually, this entry is really not about my training, rather it is about the train system around KL. To me, this system is a very-confusing-tangled-up-bunch-of-railways. Especially to those using it for the first time. The different names are already a messing-up-my-brain bunch of names. In KL, we have LRT (putra and star, star splits into two lines), monorail, komuter (komuter has 2 different service lines) and ERL (Err…I didn’t miss anything right?). If you asked me (obviously nobody asked me but I want to give my 2 cents anyway, or 3 or 4 cents at that), these different names are really unnecessary.

Obviously, these names are to mark the different operators and the different lines of service. But to a layman like me, errrr I couldn’t care less!! Why can’t there be only one company who takes care of the customer services for these train operators, so the customers like us don’t have to watch out for different customer care line for each operators? Hahaha~ I am lazy, I know that and this is not a strong argument. If this is to be done, then I bet the main issue will be “Who’s gonna pay this customer services company” then somebody will say “let’s split evenly between all train operators” then someone will remarks “Errkk…but we are not the biggest operator. we have to split according to the company’s size” the another someone will respond “no…no..no…we have to split according to the largest usage per day” “no…no…no by track length” blah…blah…yada…yada… waste of time.

The different names though is another thing. I do wish that we have simple name like Seremban Line, KLIA Line, Ampang Line and drop the monorail, putra, star and the rest. Simply because I don’t want to know. Maybe the whole lot can be call KL train system (or something else) – Ampang Line. Simple. (to me)

However, if you are prepared beforehand, it is really not that hard. The info are all over the internet including the maps for these train, its station and interchange stations. I get the map below from this web site and I’ve been using it for a few times mainly to find out where I have to stop in order to change to another train service / line.

Hope that this map can help someone to survive the madness of KL train jungle. :)

p/s: I’ve checked that this map is not copyrighted. However, if this is not the case, please do contact me and I’ll be glad to remove this map from my blog. I’ll then draw my own map on the KL train system and get it copyrighted. hoho~

Karnival Keluarga PETRONAS 2009 (KKP 2009)

2009-06-28T22:33:00.001+08:00

Smalam, nearly the whole day, my husband and I were at PERMATA in Bangi. Why? For the KKP 2009!! KKP nie is held every year. Die bermula dengan acara2 sukan such as Badminton, Chess, Golf, Futsal, Netball dan berbagai2 lagi yg diadakan among the various business units in PETRONAS. For this year, EXPRO is the winner for KKP!!! I belong to this business unit la. So bley la kata camni, Yeay!! Team aku menang!! (padahal x main ape2 pon. hari tu ingat nak try out for badminton, skali terlambat bgn la plak…hehe~ cakap aje x guna kan?? hoho~)

That morning, around 9.00 am lagi kitorg dah ader kat PERMATA. The event yang I was very keen to tengok ialah KKP Superstar, dimana two of my friends were among the five finalists.

Kawan2 aku tu ialah yg pakai baju ala2 punjabi ngn selendang tuh, EE dan the only girl in the top 5, Jieha. They finished at second and third place respectively. Dua2 mmg suara sgt bess and kalau nyanyi lagu ape2 pon mmg jadi lagu derang sendiri la. Seb baik they make it to the Top 5, sbb I missed the last 2 concerts and kalau derang terkeluar mase tu, sedey la sket. Hehe~ EE gediks hari tu tak confident nak masuk Superstar, skali dapat second place. :)

Banyak jugak other things kat PERMATA yesterday. Ader street soccer, arts booths (sand arts, face painting, etc. etc), Paintball, pastu bola besar that you can masuk inside and pusing2 (x tau nama sebenarnye), FOOD!! (of course!) and berbagai2 lagi la acara for the family. Tp the thing in the picture kat bawah nie mmg get my attention la.

HOT AIR BALLOON!!! Aku sangat kagum because it is SOOO BIG!! Macam budak kecik je kan? I was not really interested nak naik, just that sgt ske tgk sbb this thing is like sooo overwhelming and out of this world. Mase kitorg blah dari PERMATA around 12.00 pm tu dah xde dah mende nie, so kejap je derang pasang.

After that kitorg pg menguruskan hal2 umah sewa SIL (sister in law) kat Seri Kembangan cause ader new tenant nak masuk. Aku mmg ske pegi usha2 umah nie, so I took a look at the apartment. Die nye living room is kinda small, tp sbb die xde partition between living room, dining area and kitchen so that makes these three area looks ok la. Takde la sempit sgt. Tp the three rooms are huge utk standard apartment. Yang menyedihkan sket ialah, kat living room and dining room ialah lantai marble ok!! (which is so fab!!) tp sbb umah sewa kan, tenant mana kesah marble ke, cement ke, so cam dah rosak sket la marble flooring tuh. (ohhh…terpanjang la plak perenggan selingan nie)

Actually nak cakap that kitorg sampai rumah around 3.00 pm and malam tu kitorg pegi PERMATA balik for the GRAND FINALE!! You have to pay RM10 for the ticket that has to be bought beforehand sbb die tak jual mase the event. Once inside, ada booths food yang sgt banyak yg provide FREE FLOW OF FOOD. Ader segala bagai nasi goreng, nasi lemak, air tebu, keropok lekor, tortilla and macam2 lagi la. Yang pentingnye FREE FLOW oke!! Durian pon ader tp durian cam special sket la sbb kan beli kupon dulu. Aku pon x minat durian so I’m good.

Masa kitorg sampai, it was a lil bit past 8.00 pm and sudah sgt ramai org. So aku n husband redah segala bagai manusia tu, and bentangkan tikar kitorg like sgt dekat to the stage sbb kitorg datang was not for the food, but the performance. Husband for Shila OIAM and aku for Faizal Tahir (yg dari OIAM jugak la sebenarnye).

GRAND FINALE malam tu was hosted by Zizan and Johan, which makes it sgt2 lah hilarious. Kalau tak knal derang nie, nie la mereka yg sgt spontaneous and berbakat dlm membuat lawak.

Kitorg sat together with Mai n her husband. And because kitorg nie sgt lah dekat ngn stage, Jozan berdua nie pon turun dari stage datang kat tmpt kitorg n buat2 lawak pasal kitorg nie dok berkelah tepi pantai la and derang adalah free willy. Sengal! Aku tergamam sekejap masa tu. Hoho~

Pastu start la performance. Before artist2 jemputan kluar ader show dari KKP Superstar Winner and Runner Up (Kawan ku si EE tu) and then ader performance dr PPAG. Nampak la mak andeh and pak pandir yg hari tu mase musical jadi org kampung dulu2 skrang dah jadi org dari 60’s dok nyanyi lagu Pesta Muda Mudi tuh. (Ohhh…nak buat entri pasal Musical Pak Pandir la plak pasneh).

Pastu artist jemputan pon kluar la. Firstly, Shila duet ngn adik die. Then Shila nyanyi solo aje. Tannak letak gambar Shila sbb aku x minat sgt. Hahaha~ Then Faizal Tahir plak!! Yeay!! Exciter terlebey oke! Sgt ske lagu die and suara die. He performed 5 songs; Mahakarya Cinta, Cuba, Gemuruh (duet ngn si Jozan), Sampai Syurga and Bencinta. Sme aku record except Bencinta sbb aku x ske lagu tuh. Mmg ramai giler org datang depan stage masa Faizal Tahir perform sbb rupe2nye die nie klaka la jugak. So, enjoy la.

This is how close we were to the stage. Happening giler!! And after that ader Ramli Sarip and he performed with my unimate Aziah, sebagai wakil dari PETRONAS la. But aku x masuk sgt la ngn bunyi2 gitar electric yg over. Dengar mmg cam bess tp sakit telinga. Aku lagi ske Faizal Tahir. Pastu last2 ader closing ceremony and smenye berakhir and show bunga api yg sgt cantik!!! Aku x amik gambar / video bunga api tu sbb sgt leka mendongak and tengok bunga api.

So, that was how i spend my day yesterday. Hari nie apart from Fira datang umah, pegi jogging ptg nie (seresly rase fat n tak fit) and buat cross stich, xde la ape2 activity hari nie other than melepak. Kate weekend. :)

p/s: yup, aku mmg sgt excited ngn HOT AIR BALLOON tuh.

Real Girl

2009-06-25T10:21:00.002+08:00

Real Girl by Mutya Buena

One of the many songs that I love. Ske lagu2 yg bg semangat nie. Listen to the lyrics closely :) music arrangement die pon bess.

Letter to 16-year-old me

2009-06-24T10:59:00.001+08:00

I was tagged by my cousin si Arelynn itu. Tag nie menarik la plak because it’s not about answering random questions about random things but instead writing a letter to 16-year-old you.

16 years old me, that is like 9 years ago. 16 years old me is a Form 4 student at SMKA Maahad Hamidiah Kajang. This is like being reminded and reliving that year when I was 16 (when it was sweet).

Here goes…

Dear Naddie @ 16 years old,

I bet you watched the F1 race last weekend right. Yeah2…your favourite driver tu bukannye menang pon kan? But die mesti looking handsome as ever. Eddie Irvine tu mmg sgt hot!!! Mesti ko ngn geng2 ko crazy giler la citer pasal F1 mase lunch. Rajin giler stayback, tp aku rase korg stayback asyik citer F1 la, Channel [V] la, bola la, study group sejarah je sket je. Sengal btol.

Good luck ye blaja Bahasa Arab Tinggi tuh. Kalau malas sgt, blaja cukup2 utk pass je cukup. Takyah la nak dpt A ke ape, janji tahu cukup. Tp jgn luper plak, ayah ko soh target masuk kelas 1 mase form 5 nanti. Hahaha~ Good luck la ye.

Ohhh…jangan lupe kumpul duit tau. Album baru Matchbox 20 dah nak kuar!!!

p/s: Makin bertambah2 koleksi kasut kau ye. Baru Form 4 je pon. Ko nak pegi mane ader kasut banyak2 tuh? hehe~

Chiao…

Naddie @ 2 months short of 25

Mase aku 16 mmg kalau aku tulis email ke notes ke aku ske ckp “Chiao”
Pastu mmg giler2 sgt bout F1. Meja kat skola ader pembalut plastic yg clear tu. Kat bwh plastic tu ader points for every race, every team and every driver. Pastu ader group picture of F1 drivers mase 1st race of that season kt melbourne. Pastu of course ader byk scribble aku kt ctu. aku mmg ske conteng2.
This yr jugaklah aku start ske kasut and beli byk giler kasut.
Ohhh…aku xde boyfriend mase high school. Aku rase sbb obsessed sgt ngn F1 drivers & boy band dr oversea kot. Hahaha~
Aku ngn geng2 aku (Izzat, Wan, Ayun, C-lah, Nad kecik) slalu giler lepak after school (lepak kt skolah je pon) and citer F1. Kitorg buat study group sejarah, ader termasuk Justin Timberlake la n berbagai2 lagi boyband dalam sejarah dunia version kitorg. Haha~
This is the year aku wakil skolah dlm Choral Speaking.

Aku xde nak tag sape2. Buat la, bess~ :)

KL Sogo

2009-06-21T11:17:00.005+08:00

I think, most people knows about Sogo KL, the shopping mall yang kalau sale mmg tak hengat nye la.

And as Sogo KL nie dekat Jalan TAR (dimana terdapat byk kedai2 menjual kain2 utk dibuat baju raya ke, baju kawen ke, mahal ader, murah pon ader, pastu slalu nye ader je promotion, tu x citer tudung2 lagi, brooches and kedai2 wedding preparations), maka bertambah2 lah lagi kemeriahan (or keramaian?) orang dictu.

Mase I was doing my wedding preparations about a year ago (wow! dah bukan pengantin baru lagi rupanye aku nie, rase cam baru je kawen), I was almost always shopping at Jalan TAR especially in the last few months before wedding. I went there with Ibu or my tunang at that time (which is my hubby now) and I bought kain utk baju nikah there, baju kenduri, baju bertandang, tempah cadar, tempah langsir, beli segala bagai labuci, manik, sprinkles utk buat bunga telur. Point is, i went there a lot.

When it's prayer time, kami slalunye solat kat Surau Sogo tu yg located at the topmost level of the parking lot. Suraunye kecik and as area tu asyik byk sale je, suraunye slalulah penuh. As far as i remember, setiap kali I went there mesti penuh nye la.

At a highly congested place, kecurian pon senanglah nak berlaku. Mase zaman2 I was shopping for my wedding preparations ngn ibu, ibu telah witness satu kecurian. Actually, ibu x perasan la wallet that girl kna curik just that mase wallet die ilang that girl tu tanye kat ibu "Kak, ader x nampak wallet saye tak". I'm not sure ape jawapan ibu, but that is Kecurian # 1 yang happens mase kami solat kat ctu.

Kecurian # 2 berlaku last saturday mase I was shopping with krina utk baju raye. Seb baik la krina tolong pegangkan my bag (dah la hari sabtu hari tu I used my big beach bag, kate nak sopping kan??). My thinking was bawak beg besar senang nak sumbat sme, and senang jugak la orang nak capai wallet. hehe~

I noticed this girl even before die sedar beg die ilang lagi. Muke die cam org jepun, so i tot die org jepun la. Skali tetibe mase aku nak solat, die nangis2 carik beg die. Kesian die sbb all her things were in her handbag including her hp. After that, ader la sorg kakak tu yg keje kat ctu and slalu solat kat surau sogo tu ckp kalau weekend mmg byk kes kecurian kat surau ladies tu.

So, biler pg solat kat surau sogo tu watchout la sket je ngn belongings sendiri. Mmg la ader org ckp "Alahai, aku kannye ader byk cash pon", tetapi dlm handbag / wallet tu ader IC and other official documents. Tu la yg sgt lecehnye.

Niat kite nak pg solat tu baik, tp niat org len kite tak tau. So just be careful. :)

Up and Down and Again

2009-06-19T13:42:00.005+08:00

I took this video in my room on the work barge while I was offshore doing some installation work earlier this year.

I'm sorry if I dissapoint you but this is not a scary video about a haunted room, where the ghost is super annoying and move your empty mineral water bottle around the room in bright light. At least wait la until it's dark kalau nak move things around pon right? Hehe~

You won't jump out of your seat by watching this video because there will be no random-screaming-creepy-looking-creature at the end of an almost silent and calming video.

The empty bottle moved because the barge was swayed by big waves. I just wanted to remember how bad it was on the barge. I have some more videos, but i don't know if you can rotate a video because if I upload those other video you will have to view it sideways.

Mee Sanggul Goreng

2009-06-17T12:01:00.001+08:00

Hari ahad hari tu, i’ve cooked mee sanggul goreng. Actually, same je cam mee goreng biase, tp guna mee sanggul. Ibu kate mee sanggul tu mcm mee telur. Aku pon x tau la ape bezanya, but for those yg nak tau kt bawah nie ialah gambar mee sanggul yg i used for the mee sanggul goreng hari tu.

Aku dapat resipi nie dari kakak ipar, tp aku dah alter ikut ske hati aku n husband.

Bahan-bahan (nie adalah utk dua orang makan je tau)

3 pieces of mee sanggul (satu paket ader 5)
udang (dlm 15 ekor, aku buang kulit udang neh)
bawang putih (aku guna 3 ulas tp aku rase tak cukup, so i suggest byk lg la but then aku ske rase bwg putih)
sos tiram, air asam jawa, garam, gula (ini adalah sme ikut secukup rase)
1.5 sudu besar cili boh (pedas nye ngam2 je, nice)
1 cili merah (dihiris)
sket kobis n carrot (so ader la lauk pauk sket mee tuh, resipi kakak ipar call for sawi n taugeh but husband ske sayur ‘omputih’ so aku tukar je la, bess je)

Cara-Cara

Celur mee sanggul itu ngn air yg baru lepas mendidih. Kat paket tulis for 3 mins, tp aku buat lama sket. Jgn bagi lembut sgt sbb nnti nak goreng letak air lg, takut over lembik plak.
Letak sket minyak dlm kuali, tumis bawang sampai die caramelized (golden la tu, naik bau kate org)
Masukkan cili boh, biar sampai garing (jgn hangit sudaa)
Pastu masukkan udang ngn carrot. Gaul2 sket then masukkan air and air asam jawa (sket je tau, kalau nak lagi tambah later).
Biler udang tu cam dah masak, masukkan mee.
Gaul2 dan tibalah masa utk masukkan sos tiram, garam and gula secukup rasa (nie part dlm memasak yg paling aku x ske sbb aku x pandai rase)
Biler dah berpuas hati, last skali masukkan kobis ngn cili. Gaul2kan sket supaya serata and walla! dinner is ready!!

p/s: nie pon byk utk kitorg ber2. aku bwk bekal pg ofis esok hari nye :)

Tertipuke?

2009-06-10T14:30:00.001+08:00

When I am at the office, then most probably I’ll be logged on to my YM all day.

When there’s a new mail, I’ll get a notification.

Usually, I take no notice of the e-mails as they are mostly spams. Suddenly today I decided to open one friendster blog update e-mail because as I happen to be in the mood to blog-hop.

I clicked on the link, and yes I was directed to the blog but it was last updated in August 2008. What the *$#% !!!

Mmg derang nie saje nak spam kot. I tot they e-mailed when there are really updates from your friends, rupenye men tenyeh je e-mail. Or is this a one time mistake?? Hrmm…

p/s : apeka bising2 hon kat bawah tu. apeka bising2 cakap kuat2 kt ofis nie (hahaha~ slalunye aku la tu, tp dak2 nie xde la plak so senyap sket)

Pet Shop & Vet

2009-06-09T13:16:00.003+08:00

This entry is for mereka yang tinggal di area kajang & kawasan yg sewaktu dengannye dan juga mempunyai kucing (atau binatang peliharaan yang lain).

Actually, kazen aku si Alin tu yang tanye hari tu, tp aku luper plak nk buat entri nie. Skrang baru teringat. Tp nama kedai aku tak ingat. Nx time balik kajang, nnti i’ll have a look at their names and update.

Dr Pet (Depan PKNS, Bandar Baru Bangi)

Kalau x salah aku, itulah namanye. Kedai nie dekat dengan PKNS Bangi. Services die include boarding, ader doktor disitu, juga service2 kesihatan pet (e.g – injection) and jual pet stuff seperti food, syampu, collar and segala bagai.

Nama kedai tak ingat la plak (Jalan Reko, Kajang)

Sori lah, nama kedai tak ingat. Kalau nnti lalu situ, i’ll update here. Die across PETRONAS station kat Jalan Reko, lepas flyover yg dekat Plaza Metro Kajang tuh. Services include boarding ngn pet stuff seperti yg telah dimention di atas.

St. Angel, kalau x salah (Jalan Sg Chua, Kajang)

Kedai nie dekat Jalan Sg Chua tuh, dekat jalan kecik dekat ngn ex Hugo. Kalau lalu Jalan Sg Chua tu mmg bley nampak sbb die btol2 tepi jalan, just before flyover nak ke town Kajang. Services die include boarding, ader doktor disitu, juga service2 kesihatan pet (e.g – injection) and jual pet stuff seperti food, syampu, collar and segala bagai. Dulu aku pegi ader sorg doktor, adik aku ckp muka cam husband aku, patut ler aku rase doktor tu hensem. Tp tak tau la skrang keje situ lagi ke tak. :)

Mesra Pet Shop (Saujana Impian, Kajang)

Dulu ini ialah salah satu cawangan Dr Pet, tp dah tutup. Skali tup2 tgk dah ader kedai baru plak. Aku tak penah pegi anta pet kat cni, so tak tau lah ape services yang dioffer. If you know, then tell me ya!

Hari ahad lalu kat depan kedai nie sempena pg usha rumah kami yg masih under construction itu. So I found out that kt sini ader doktor everyday (itu yg iklan die kate la) dan no phone nye ialah 03-87340121

Kalau aku rajin, aku dapatkan exact address and no phone skali. I know ader jugak government nye vet dekat Bukit Mewah, Kajang tp tak tau exactly kt mana sbb Ibu yg penah anta kucen2 kami kat ctu (mase tu Lolly selsema, kesian die). Pastu kat Jalan Cheras tu ader Pusat Perkhidmatan Veterinar. Walaupon kawan aku ayah die keje kat cni, tp aku x tau la plak Pusat Perkhidmatan Veterinar nie open to public or not.

Kalau x nampak map tuh, siler lah click for bigger picture ye. :)

Mereka ini jahat!!!

2009-06-03T12:27:00.005+08:00

Fast Food (especially fries & cheesy fries yg aku ske sgt!!!)
Doughnuts
Chocolate
Ice Cream
Brownies and Cakes
Kueh Mueh Melayu (yg walaupon nampak kecik tp menggemukkan)

Soalan: Kenapa Mereka nie Jahat??

Jawapan: Sbb mereka nie buat jeans saye jadi tight!! (and baju too, especially kat lengan)

So, saye telah berjanji dgn diri saye sendiri that I will avoid eating these food for the rest of June (except fast food la, sbb aku nampak ader harapan weekend nie makan McD with the family mase anta ayah pg airport nnti. It’s like a tradition la kot, kalau anta ayah kt airport je mesti makan McD or Burger King. Tp aku x akan makan fries langsung!)

And aku allow diri aku to eat roti canai once every two weeks sbb kat office aku ader bfast free hari jumaat and menunye ialah roti canai. Kalau every week pon x makan, cam anti-sosial la plak x bfast ngn officemate (oohh…ini ialah alasan. sebab sebenarnye ialah kari mamak tu sgt sedap!!)

Yg len maintain cam bese. 3 meals a day. Biler lapar in between minum susu / milo, makan yoghurt and fruits. Selama nie maintain camnie je, badan ngam aje. Skali tetibe syok plak makan brownies la, kek la, chocolate (dgn banyaknye) la, langsung bertambah lemak.

Dan kena stick to jogging, at least on weekends.

Good luck to me!!!

Below is a few calories content and exercise required to lose those calories from some of my fave food (I get this from Yahoo! Fresh Picks by Sarah Fuss. If by any chance Ms Sarah Fuss is reading this and want me to remove this info for whatever reason, please do e-mail / contact me.)

DONUT
Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Frosted Donut (230 calories)
59 minutes of walking (3 mph).

BREAKFAST SANDWICH
McDonald's Egg McMuffin (300 calories)
32 minutes of running (5 mph).

CINNAMON ROLL
Starbucks Cinnamon Roll (500 calories, varies by location)
85 minutes of dancing.

HAMBURGER
Burger King Original Whopper With Cheese (770 calories)
94 minutes of swimming (slow to moderate laps).

FRIES
Wendy's Large French Fries (540 calories)
77 minutes of biking (10-11.9 mph).

ICE CREAM
Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream (0.5 cup; 270 calories)
29 minutes of running (5 mph).

Broken Promises (as of 17 June 2009)

This is to keep track on the times when I swayed away from this diet.

Last two weeks makan a peanut butter cookie & a bite of cupcake.
Kueh mueh melayu disana sini (adalah dalam 3 bijik total as of 16 June 2009).
Smalam bday Kak Yati (manager aku), so telah makan a slice of choc cake plus 3 small pieces biler aku tgk kek tu cam byk lagi. ehe~ sedap giler kek tuh.

Balik Kampung!!!

2009-06-02T09:04:00.001+08:00

Perjalanan Jauh tak kurasa…

Sebab husband yg drive kereta :)

Hehehe~ Spent the weekend + monday at husband’s hometown of Alor Star (or Setar, mane2 la, aku pon x keep track).

And husband yg drive kereta…hehehe~

Go the Distance

2009-05-28T11:59:00.000+08:00

Although I don’t like the movie ‘Hercules’ very much, “Go the Distance” is one of my favoritest Disney song. I only like the original version by Michael Bolton, his deep voice goes well with the song’s theme of not giving up, achieving your dreams and being a true hero. Other versions just don’t work for me.

As it’s very difficult to find this video, I’m posting the video on my blog so I’ll always remember this song. Until today, I have forgotten of how much I love “Go the Distance” until I heard it while was shopping for yogurt at Cold Storage this morning. My thank yous go to the person in charge of playlist-of-the-day at Cold Storage, Suria KLCC.

‘Reflection’, performed by Christina Aguilera in ‘Mulan’ is another song in a Disney movie that I loved. ‘Mulan’ is a great movie too!

p/s: This entry is dedicated to Hafizd as he introduced me to Microsoft Live Writer and this is my first entry using this software :)

Pelamin

2009-05-27T11:30:00.000+08:00

My Pelamin

Sudah semakin dekat musim cuti skolah skrang neh and aku pon dah dapat like 5 invitations untuk weekend 30 & 31 Mei alone! Tu blom kire lagi weekend mase Hari Keputeraan Yang DiPertuan Agong lagi.

Musim orang getting hitched nie always reminds me of my own wedding (that was like over 10 months ago, sudah bukan pengantin baru lagi rupenye aku neh). Sebab aku sgt berpuas hati with the works of my wedding consultants (ehe...consultant ke?), I'd like to share them with those looking for ideas for their wedding (or sister's wedding, daughter's wedding, etc.)

I've shared some pointers on my hantaran, and now this is on My pelamin. Aku nye pelamin dulu was designed so that it can serve the following purposes:

As a stage untuk khatam al-quran.

Obviously, utk menepung tawar pengantin for malam berinai & bersanding.

Most importantly, pelamin aku nie mesti sesuai & masuk ngn sme tema2 baju for 4 different occasions (khatam - peach & pink, nikah - cream & gold, berinai - red, bersanding - apple green). So that dalam gambar nanti xdelah nampak pelik. Ehe~

Yup, byk sungguh event nye. Sbbnye ialah aku nie anak & cucu sulung from my mother side. And ibu ku mempunyai sungguh byk idea dan macam2 lah utk wedding aku hari tu. Seb baik aku x agree ngn sessi pakai baju jepun / jawa / omputih n macam2 lagi la. Die nak jugak suruh buat event tuh, tp aku mmg btol2 x minat. :)

Kembali kepada cerita pelamin, this was designed by mak andam aku la. Pakai fresh flower because aku nye believe is 'small things make all the difference'. Kalau nak save budget, pakai lah bunga plastic pon ok je. Tp fresh flower nie die sengal sket, die cepat je nak layu. Haha~ obviously. Aku nye pelamin nie dipasang pada hari khamis, and mase nak kenduri hari sabtu tu dah kna ganti bunganye.

Aku nye pelamin nie dibuat oleh Kimie Sri Andaman yg juga buat aku nye baju (baju nikah, sanding ngn bertandang), dah en kimie juga yg mengandam aku. Kimie ialah sgt berbakat make up kan org yg kulit gelap cam aku neh, xde la nampak putih melepak. Ehe~ Siler visit website Kimie Sri Andaman nie di sini. Kalau nak contact number die, tinggalkan komen nnti aku e-mail kt korg :)

p/s: Kimie penah kena panggilan hangit kat Hot FM. Kesian die, tp aku rase panggilan tu x jadi sgt kot sbb kimie nie cam tak cepat panik :)

The Associate - John Grisham

2009-05-21T23:04:00.004+08:00

The author's picture is on the back cover. Such blue eyes~

As a Grisham fan, I'm proud to declare that Grisham is back!!

There was a few law books by Grisham not long ago that wasn't very captivating for me, then there was fictions and one non-fiction (proof that Grisham can write on things other that law stuff) and then there was The Appeal. Now, there is The Associate.

Similar to The Appeal, this book glued you to its pages and pulls you to the next page and suddenly you realized, eh, I'm nearly finished already. The ending, although not dissapointing, it's definitely unexpected. Try reading this book the you'll be like "Aaahhh, I know how this is gonna end," but believe me, when you do read that last page it's something else.

A very short synopsis on The Appeal;

Kyle McAvoy just finished studying law. His future is very promising and he's more interested in helping people rather than working in big firms, earning big bucks. The situation changes when Kyle was blackmailed into working with a big firm, because of a past incident that he wasn't even sure whether he was a part of. Thinking of those invloved in that incident, Kyle chose to work with the law firm, but being blackmail, he has to transfer confidential information from the firm he is now working with to a group of people, that Kyle thinks, can do anything and has unlimited resources.

I'm not giving any spoilers, so just read the book ya!!

p/s: Am now reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I have to have a book to read all the time, if not, i'll be bored.

~d.r.a.m.a~

2009-05-19T10:01:00.006+08:00

Click on the picture for a bigger view

This is not the real story.

Actually, Lulu (kucen yg kat bawah tu), x heran pon nak naik atas rak tuh. Yang die heran ialah, Makku (kucen yg berada diatas) tu bergerak2. Lulu nak keja Makku. Itu lah pasal die cbok perhatikan Makku diatas rak, sbb die nak kja, tp die x pandai lompat tinggi2. Kesian. So die tgk je la dari bawah.

Mase Makku lompat turun dari rak tu, trus Lulu kejar. Sengal~

Ohh...cerita2 kucen. Sape yg rase lonely, belalah kucen sekor dua. Bley jadi kawan derang neh :)

Hot Cats on a Hot Day

2009-05-18T08:27:00.007+08:00

I believe this is my beloved pets first appearance on my blog.

Since I was in primary school, I have come to the conclusion that most sundays will be sunny and hot. The logic in my theory is that the word SUN makes up half of the word Sunday.

Malaysia is currently under a hot spell that is predicted to last right through September. Lately, it rained in the late afternoon, most of time right through the nite and sometimes lasted until the next morning. The rain does'nt have any effect on the temperature during the day. It is still hot when the sun is up!

I pity my cats in these hot days. Most of the time they laze around in front of the tv and sleep. It's like they don't know what to do or where to go because it's soo hot!! (2 of my cats are always kept indoors because they lack the capability to return home if let loose and these two also did nothing but sleep through out the day! Lulu used to be so active!!!)

Cats are a lazy species, i know. But the heat is making them ever lazier!! Need prove?? This is my felines activities yesterday afternoon~

Makku, the most senior cat at home. Sleeping the hot afternoon away.

Lolly, makku's daughter. Mmg die nie bijak sket. Apehal tdo kat atas carpet kat depan tv? Haruslah carik bilik n tdo atas katil. Baru standed.

This is Missy and this is her chair. Missy mmg tdo dlm position nie most of the time. Bersopan sket.

Lulu. Die nie the very definition of "curiosity kills the cat". Ske dok tepi pintu sbb sibok nk tgk ape jadi kt luar. Die tgh tdo tp biler org nak amik gambar je smpt bukak mate (kate penyibok).

Angels and Demons

2009-05-17T13:52:00.006+08:00

This movie is based on the book of the same title. I've read the book especially for the movie and I hate the book. Read here to know why.

I would like to retype that this movie is based on the book of the same title. Being based on the book means that the movie can be tailored to appeal to those going to the cinema and watching the movie without the added advantage of having read the book. Having read the book (which i turned out to hate), i really appreciate that the movie is only based on the book but does'nt totally depend on it in a kind of oh-i-cant-live-without-you-way. I hereby declare that Angels and Demons (the movie) is so good and i like it waaaaayyyyy better that Da Vinci Code, although I hate Angels and Demons (the book).

The storyline is the same for both book and the movie. The pope died, the college of cardinals need to pick a new pope but the four prefereti (preferred cardinals) was kidnapped. Robert Langdon was called in because a group called illuminati (which was founded way back when) is believed to be behind this.

As always, for the synopsis, google it up or better yet just go and watch it. The movie running time is just a little bit over 2-hours, and it is a very fast paced, running-around-solving-riddles kinda movie, that I bet no one can be bored by watching this.

However, there are major differences between the movie and the book. I just like to highlight a few here, so that those has watched the movie but not read the book know about it. It doesnt change the plot much, but if these were in the movie, i think the movie will have a stronger (but complicated) storyline. Here goes;

Vittoria Vetra worked with her father Leonardo Vetra on the antimatter project but in the movie she was working with a partner (forgot his name already, hoho)

Robert Langdon seems to have more policemen at his disposal in the movie. In the book, mostly it's him and Vittoria solving the riddles before the policemen get into the picture.

Maximilian Kohler (the director of CERN, where the antimatter facility is located) doesn't exist in the movie but plays an important role in the book. Kohler was the person who summoned Langdon into the case, he was the person who realized that the camerlengo was the bad guy.

All four prefereti was murdered in the book and the leader of the conclave was chosen to be the next Pope. In the movie, Cardinal Baggia, one of the prefereti, survived from drowning and was chosen as the new Pope.

In the book Vittoria Vetra's father, Leonardo Vetra was murdered and branded with the ambigram Illuminati. In the movie, her working partner was murdered and he was not branded.

In the book, Langdon followed the Camerlengo into the helicopter to let the antimatter explode high in the sky. In the movie, the camerlengo did this alone.

Apart from some name differences from the book, these are the major differences that I've noticed and still remembered. If I watched the movie again maybe I'll find some more. But I'm glad that the movie is a little bit different from the book, because I think this is the first movie-based-on-a-book that I like.

p/s: yeah, i'm obsessed with reading & books. Thank you.

All is Fair in Love

2009-05-12T08:35:00.006+08:00

I'm going to write this is english, totally. If I must mention something in my native language, i'll provide the best translation that I'm capable of. Today, I feel that I should be considerate to those who can't read malay (hehehe)

I was thinking about this when I was making a cup of tea for myself last night. The container with the word "SUGAR" is almost empty and this reminded me of one time when this container was actually empty and my husband wanted to make a cup of tea for himself.

"Sayang, gula dah abess la" ("Love, we are out of sugar")

I went to the kitchen, looked inside the cabinet, took out a new packet of sugar and poured it into the container. Problem solved :). I wondered why husband can't find the sugar himself (i know that he'll say i'm the one who organize the kitchen or something like that)

Then there was this one situation. It was after a meal and I've just cleaned the kitchen. Everything was up to my expectation of cleanliness level (which is quite high, i'm proud to say) except that the garbage bin is overloaded. Absolute yuckiness, with all those food waste and all. So, I said

"Sayang, sampah dah penuh la. Buang ek" ("Love, throw the garbage out, its overloaded")

Without a word, he opened the front door, walked into the kitchen, tied the garbage plastic bag, pull out the plastic bag with the garbage bin's pail like thingy so that the garbage wont drip (yucks!), took the whole lot out, put the garbage in collection bin and cleaned the pail like thingy. Problem solved. I don't know what he was thinking about though.

In the end, love is fair after all. If you think that it is not, that some people is getting this but you are not, remind yourself that although you might not be getting the same thing that another person get, most probably you are getting something else.

Who are we to decide whether love, or life, is fair or not, anyway. In one way or another, we will lean heavier to one side, sometimes for no reason at all.

Seating Arrangement

2009-05-04T17:00:00.010+08:00

Husband and I spent the long weekend in his hometown in Alor Star. We chose to take a flight rather than drive. While waiting for Gate 2 at Lapangan Terbang Sultan Abdul Halim to open for our flight back to KL, I had the idea to write this entry.

I've travelled extensively (for my standard) since i've been attached to Bokor Project. Although I only travelled locally for my job, it is enough air travelling to know that a) I no longer like to sit in a window seat, b) I don't want to sit near the emergency exit and c) I don't want to sit in the last row because I've experienced these seats. My favorite is now the aisle seat that is not near the emergency exit and not in the last row. Other than these criteria, I really don't mind. Ohh...I also don't mind if i'm upgraded to business class or first class. :)

When I was younger and when air travelling to me was a REALLY HUGE DEAL, i really, really heart the window seat. I get to see the scenery outside while the plane is dashing across the tarmac for take-off, I lose myself while watching the clouds during the day and I get excited seeing city lights at night. I really like looking outside the window at that time. But after a zillion times on a plane, the scene outside never really change and you get bored. Plus, the restroom is a place that I visit a lot, seating in a window seat makes going to the rest room a challenge.

Now, FYI (at least for the domestic MAS flights that I've took) the last row and the three rows near the emergency exit (row 12 to 14 if i'm not mistaken) are non-reclinable. I really like sleeping in a moving transportaion, so non-reclining seats are not helping at all. So, I avoid these seats too.

So, under normal circumtances when I'm checking in, I'll say "Aisle seat please". Usually, when you specify your preference, the person behind the counter will get all chatty and say something like this "is 17C ok?". Knowing that 17 is not the last row and confirming that it is nowhere near the emergency exit, I'll respond "OK" with a smile.

Under abnormal circumstances, I'll ask the person behind the counter "seat mane lagi yg available ek?" for no reason at all. Then I'll be like "depan lagi boleh tak" and make a huge deal out of selecting a seat. Ohh believe me, if you put on a smile and talk in a chirpy-i'm-a-happy-person tone, the person behind the counter will treat your requests (no matter how silly) in a very nice way. This method is formulated and tested by me :)

Also, under abnormal circumstances, when the person behind the counter informed me that my seat is 17C, I'll be like "OK". This is me not in a mood at all (Naddie ialah xde perasaan, malas nak layan).

Like always, I know what I want right down to the seat I prefer. This help me get through the 2-hour-plus-ride-to-miri-or-labuan (am always going to these places for my job) solitary air travelling that I always had to endure, as most of the times I have to travel alone.

Travelling by air used to be big deal for me as I didn't get to do it that often. Now that it is just another mean of transportation, I missed these things;

When we were younger, if we are going somewhere by plane, we'll be all excited and wearing our best outfits cause it is a big deal. Now, I get on the plane with my most comfy outfit (jeans, t-shirt, most comfy pair of sandals - kadang2 selipar je, yg fancy sket la sbb naturally aku xde la selekeh sgt).
The adrenaline rush when the plane is speeding for take-off. I am trying very hard to feel that again, but no. Perasaan itu sudah menjadi biasa saje. Damm~

p/s: Those two picture are taken by me before take off from Labuan to KLIA. I was travelling alone at that time and the camera becomes my friend. Ohhh....that's the trip to Labuan when I bought prawns for the first time from Labuan to KL and the salesman cube nak ngorat aku. Siap sms tu coz his shop took my number as they send the prawns directly to the airport, which is a good service actually. But the salesman behaviour is not. Kinda funny tho, i'm beyond the age where I entertain random flirting texts from stranger. I'm married, duh~

High Heels and Holes

2009-04-30T11:04:00.003+08:00

updates on special post: the first draft is yet to complete. Maybe over the long weekend.

Some times back, I was in a lift with a girl whose heels got stuck at the floor of the lift while she was getting in. It took some time for her to pull it out and everybody in the lift was watching her. If you ask me, that was a humiliating moment and in my head, I was like "You should've watched where you were going. With heels like that, you should know that, the lift is one of the places where it will get stuck"

Little did I know that today I'll be that girl.

My situation was a little bit better than hers though. It happened outside the doors of Tower 1 at 7.50 am where people are either walking quickly into the building to make it into office before 8.00 am or getting out of the office to get breakfast rather than at the door of the lift where all the people in the lift got nothing better to do than watch you.

Point is, when you are wearing high heels, walking like you are working it on a catwalk, my advice is just watch where you are going. You don't want your heels to get stuck anywhere while you are looking all glamorous. Me, I don't really mind it because I am a walking klutz. I pretty much tripped, hit things, walk into puddles and the likes just because I'm walking.

The shoes I wore on my solemnization and reception. Very glamorous (right?), very comfortable (thus practical) and not so high heels (high enough for me to have a nice walk but not too high). Although I'm not a graceful person, I don't want my heels to get stuck on my wedding day.

Busy Bee

2009-04-27T18:21:00.005+08:00

Hari nie entry ialah dalam bahasa ibunda (maybe campur aduk buat cam rojak mee sket, sbb that is naturally me).

Minggu ini ialah sangat busy for me and husband. Walaupon nie baru hari isnin, dah bley anticipate kesibukkannye especially biler memandangkan yg jumaat nie and jumaat depan adalah public holiday. Meaning, for this week and next week, which jumlah harinye ialah 14 hari, hari bekerja hanyalah 8 hari sahaja.

Dan aku ialah tidak sabar utk mengpublishkan entry yg telah dibulatkan in red dibawah, tetapi that specific entry masih dlm draft lagi kerana sgt byk yg ingin diperkatakan dalam entry tersebut dan aku sedang mencuba utk meet husband nye writing standard. Sbb tak sabar and excited sgt itulah, kna promote dulu entry nie to make sure that aku siapkan entry nie.

Berbalik kepada kesibukan minggu neh, setiap kali biler keje agak tough and demanding sket aku slalu ingat kat movie "The devil wears Prada" biler 1st assistant devil tu cakap "I love my job, I love my job". Tp masalahnye aku mmg love my job. So biler the going gets tough, aku ialah mmg nak the going gets tough. Kalau tak apeka keje aku bosan.

Kesimpulannye, kalau buat keje yang kite ske, datanglah segala badai ribut taufan hujan petir, still keje kite lah paling bess dan kite still akan do our best to see it completes. Kalau keje kite adalah something yg kite benci, bg lah RM sejuta pon, sampai bebiler aku tannak buat (aku ialah tidak berapa money driven).

p/s: Walaupon bz, tag sempat buat kot. So kazen mazen ku ina (aku x de nickname baru utk kau lg), nnti aku buat tag ko. To kazen mazen nuha, jikalau click gambar diatas, internet explorer yg paling kanan itu ialah your blog. Haha~ baca kat ofis sbg selingan kerja tau!! Kepada colleague2 ku, i hope you love your job and love working with the company. Kepada colleague2 yg sama SKG ngn aku, i hope you love your job and love working with the company walaupon x dapat allowance sebanyak yg diinginkan. :)

Love Actually

2009-04-24T13:05:00.004+08:00

Mari kite buat tag!! (Sorry, the title is a little bit misleading)

[01] Are you currently in a relationship?
Yup :)

[02] Have you ever been given a rose?
A rose and many roses. From my love and from many people. :)

[03] What is your all-time favorite love story movie?
I like movies, so I'm not sure if this is my all-time fave love stroy movie but at I really, really love the movie "Love Actually" because love actually is all around. Between son and dad, between strangers and even between a loyal wife and his cheating husband. Tak caye, tgk la citer nie.

[04] Are you in love ryte now?
Yup

[05] Do you believe that everyone has a soulmate?
If you look you'll find, if you don't look you'll find, things happen and things dont happen. :)

[06] What's your current problem?
I'm a person who doesn't like problems. So even if i do have a problem, most of the time i'll forget it by tomorrow and the problem turn into just another highlight of my day.

[07] Have you ever had your heart broken?
If broken means rejected by someone you like or love in a relationship that is meant to be intimate, then no. If broken means someone being very angry, raise their voice or being very rude to you without good reasons, then yes. Yeah, I really don't like angry people.

[08] Your thoughts on online or long distance relationships?
Online, long distance, short distance, no distance. To me they are all the same. That relationship is still between two persons who choose to be in a relationship and thus choose to survive or not to.

I bet people will say, easy for you to say you get to see your husband everyday. I bet there are people who is like, I cant survive seeing my husband everyday. Distance make the heart grow fonder sometimes.

[09] Have you ever seen a friend as more than a friend?
More than a friend as in best friend? Haha~ of course.
More than a friend as in special someone? Haha~

[10] The person you're with right now?
I'm with as in, in an intimate relationship is my husband (who like to buli me, ignore me, be with me, and lotsa other things that's both crazy and loving without reasons)
I'm with as in who's next to me, nobody cause it's lunch hour (I like to stay in the office during friday lunch hour coz it's long and quiet)

[11] I tag:
As usual, nobodies :)

Apple Crumble

2009-04-22T07:58:00.004+08:00

I seriously don't like to cook because cooking to me is messy, sweaty and complicated. And i dont even eat that much anyway. These days, the main reason I do cook is because I can experiment with my food (macam main masak2 la kan, masa kecik2 kan ske main masak2 sbb main itu bess and the real thing is not so). I like baking though (note that i like baking, not love baking or passionate or mad about baking) as most of the time I can get it right just by following the recipe. So after work on Monday, I made apple crumble!!

As it is with me and cooking, I've combined three different recipes for this apple crumble experiment. Two recipes are from the same cooking book and one is from the net. The note in orange is the pointers I've got from my first time baking apple crumble and if you want to try this, I would suggest for you to follow the note. Keep in mind that these notes are my preference, so if you are a good cook, you can pretty much estimate for yourself. If you dont mind, then my preference can be your preference too!!

Ohh, and i like cinnamon!!!

The recipe;

For the filling

6 cooking apples *note: Ibu said that this is too much apple, so next time use 5. There are varieties of cooking apples, but I used granny smith
187.5 g soft light brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon *note: This is not enough for me. I call for more cinnamon!!

For the crumble topping

62.5 g soft light brown sugar
100 g self raising flour
100 g plain wholemeal flour *note: Cant find this so i used plain flour instead. I read somewhere that the difference between these two is that the wholemeal version is more nutrious while the plain white has been ripped of any nutritional value
150 g unsalted butter *note: Can be reduced and switched to margerine instead so x rase lemak sangat

Methodology (macam chem lab la plak)

Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees celcius
Peel, core and cut the apples into chunks (i cut the apple into 6 and then cut each 1/6 section of the apple into 3. The apples turned out perfect this way.)
Put the apple chunks into a baking dish and add sugar and cinnamon. Mix them up!! *note: if you use a big baking dish, then your crumble layer will be thinner (like mine) so use a good size baking dish. agak2 la, as long as the apple mixture is not so thick.
Sift self raising flour into a big bowl and add in the plain flour.
Add butter and then rub in with fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. (rub in is a technique where you take the mixture using your fingers and rub in your thumb over them. Jangan uli plak)
Add sugar add rub in some more.
Spread the crumble over the apple mixture.
Bake for about 40-45 mins or until crumble is golden brown.
Eat while it's hot with vanilla ice cream

Next time, I'll bake this in a small cup / very small baking dish for ease of eating. The pictures are in husband's hp so I'll post 'em later.

p/s: Husband and I went jogging at the KLCC park yesterday. Husband, out of his health consciousness and me, out of fear of fatness. This reminds me that I need a new pair of running shoes.

Of A Tree

2009-04-16T17:49:00.003+08:00

I like to doodle, especially in long boring meeting (or during my days as a student, during boring classes). This little masterpiece was created in a meeting sometimes end of 2008. That page is still in my organizer, that's why i can still remember. There's a date at the top right hand side of the page, but I dont think that's the date I created this. This is 'Of A Tree'.

Ohhh...I'm waiting for husband to be done with work already!!! Not that I mind him working late, anyway. I dont mind waiting for him either because while waiting for him I can work, shop and today I work a little and then I blog!!

It's 6 p.m. I love the office at times like this (other times like this include lunch hour on friday). A proof that an office can actually be a peaceful place to be (erk...because everybody else went home already!!)

Husband told me he'll call when he's done. I'm done with this entry so I think I'll continue with my work. But, I've met my KPI for today so I think I'll start with the stuff I planned to do tomorrow. Let us all be one hell of a fab employee :)

p/s: more doodles on the way. I've scanned three today~

d.o.u.g.h.n.u.t

2009-04-15T16:30:00.002+08:00

There’s no need to promote Dunkin Donuts just because I crave doughnuts. And I don’t have to be growing a mini me / mini husband inside my tummy just because I crave for something. I crave for food all the time and there are times when I don’t even feel like eating anything. All in balance :)

I'm craving for doughnut. I just want one sugar raised doughnut. Nothing glamorous like strawberry-filled-sugar-coated or chocolate-coated-with-some-more-chocolate-thingy-sprinkled-on-top doughnut. I just want a simple sugar raised!!! I wanted this yesterday morning!!

Yesterday morning, all the bakeries on the way from KLCC LRT Station to Rohas Perkasa building (3 bakeries in KLCC + 1 kedai runcit selling pastries at Rohas) either didn’t make / sell them or yet to bake them or yet to open for the day. RotiBoy = didn’t have; Cold Storage = still closed; Dunkin Donuts = yet to display, kedai runcit@Rohas = didn’t have. Is it so hard to get the most simplest form of doughnut there is? Dunkin Donuts were already selling other type of doughnuts but not the one I want.

However, today, after lunch, I walked past Dunkin Donuts and saw the sugar raised ones sitting there golden and sparkling, seeming to be waiting especially for me to buy ‘em. Tp aku kalau dah kenyang mmg xde perasaan kat food sangat. So, I promise myself that I will buy one after work today. Hopefully, my tummy has done processing my lunch so that I’m a little bit hungry and in the mood for food again.

I like it when I crave for something so badly and I can’t have it at that time, pronto because when I do get to eat it, waaahhhh~ heavenly :)

p/s: teringin gak nak makan waffles kt Haagen Dazs depan Toys’R’Us kat Suria KLCC. I think it’s waffles anyway. Actually, I don’t really know what it is because what I really want at Haagen Dazs is the aroma of something that I always smell when I walked by the stall. I want that aroma. Bley tak pegi situ cakap, “Saya nak order bau tu. Tak tau la ape, but I want that cause it smells so good!!” All I hope is for the taste of that something will match its scent :)

Alkisah Tangisan Diri Sendiri

2009-04-14T08:31:00.005+08:00

Adakah anda seorang yang emo?

Yup. Aku adalah seorang yang emo and I have no problem showing my emotional side off to people.

Selalu menangis?

Bese2 aje. But as I'm contstantly on emotional roller coaster, I dont need reason to cry. Biler aku nak nangis, nangis je la.

Adakah anda menangis apabila menonton/baca cerita sedih?

Yup. All the time :)

Kali terakhir anda menangis sekuat hati?
Tak ingat la biler. Ohh...masa kat miri kot, mase tu baru balik offshore and esoknye nak naik flight balik KL. Mase tu cuti CNY. Walaupon aku x dpt cuti CNY yg panjang, kalau pg offshore dpt unrecorded leave. hehe~

Kenapa anda menangis waktu itu?
Hahaha...

Apa yg anda lakukan sewaktu itu?
Pas nangis, makan nasi goreng kampung ngn telur goreng (room service tau, makan pkol 10pm, abess diet), sambil tgk transformer.

Adakah anda rasa anda patut menangis ketika itu?
Crying is a good way to make you feel better. So go ahead and cry, baby!

Pernah ke menenangkan kawan yg sedang menangis?
Ntah...

Kalau anda menangis, adakah di depan seseorang or sorangsorang?
Seperti biasa, ikut ske mood masa tu la. Ehe~

Adakah anda menelefon seseorang ketika menangis untuk meluahkan masalah?
If I remember correctly, I called my bf (skrang dah jadi husband) lepas langgar satu motor dekat simpang empat. Keta waja mmg remuk kt belah passenger kt depan. Padahal mase tu dah settle sme. Penunggang motor tu x mintak ganti rugi pon, just die soh anta n bayar die nye treatment kat klinik. Tu pon duit aku tak cukup, last2 penunggang motor tu byr sendiri. hahaha~ Biler dah abess sme tuh, baru lah plak rase nak nangis dasat2...

Pernahkah anda menangis ketika sedang sms dengan seseorang?
Ohhh...I must be one emotional wreck if this happens to me.

Kenapa?
X nangis la mase sms

Adakah dia tahu anda menangis ketika itu?
X nangis la mase sms

Anda rasa bilakah anda akan menangis lagi?
Ohhh...kalau aku tau biler aku akan menangis lagi, maka aku ader bakat utk jadi fortune teller.

I tag:
Nobodies~

I got this from the cap of an orange juice bottle

2009-04-09T15:37:00.006+08:00

Enough said :)

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

2009-04-07T15:56:00.008+08:00

This is the third Dan Brown book that I've read, after Da Vinci's Code and Digital Fortress. I have to say that I like the first two books that I've read better. My husband loves this book tho, he's already started reading this book for the second time.

The main character of Angels and Demon, Robert Langdon (yeah, the same Robert Langdon as in Da Vinci's Code) and his female counterpart in this novel, Vittoria Vetra, has to go through a kind of like a riddle to find old churches, in order to save four cardinals. The rest of the novel evolves around them sorting out the riddles.

The novel was nearly 600 pages, and almost all describe the happenings of one night! Imagine that. The novel started when Langdon was awakened by a phone call very early in the morning and end at the same night except for the last few pages.

The movie is coming out in May, and i doubt that the movie will be able to outdo the book, but i'm looking forward to it anyway! I finished the book especially for the movie, so that I can compare :)

Nobody tagged me but i want to do this anyway!!

2009-04-06T14:46:00.004+08:00

These are from Nuha's blog. She did'nt tag anyone and i feel like doing it! Yeay~

5 things in my bag:

Purse
Handphone
Office ID (ada 3 tau, one is for the Twin Towers; one for lift at Rohas; one for Bokor Project Office Access)
Compact Powder with mirror
Touch & Go and ERL Card

5 things in my wallet

Dokumen pengenalan diri (IC & Driving License)
Cards (credit card - sgt penting, atm card, I-Setan member card - hoho, my blood type card)
Gambar husband
Miscellaneous receipt (especially credit card nye)
And obviously money!

5 favourite things in my bedroom

Mirror, not full length but if I stand back it becomes one :)
Comforter (hadiah kawen dr d_r)
My make-up
My wardrobe that needs updating
Husband (bley kire as things ke?)

5 things I wish to do

Paid vacation (but i really loves my work)
Ease to go to work and to go back home. No traffic and no delay in train.
Can work out more (hoho~ teringin sgt nak swimming)
Watch movies at the cinema and eat popcorn!!
This one is surprisingly difficult, am i content with my life?? wahh~

5 things I’m doing now

Chatting with next cubicle neighbour
Doing a presentation
Doing this tag
Try to access my friend's e-mail
Supposed to listen to mp3s, but i've put my headphone down ;)

5 people I would like to tag

Five nobodies. Do this at your will :) (or will not)

Naddie = Moody

2009-04-02T09:36:00.009+08:00

I can be very moody sometimes, especially when it's the time of the month. Some people like my mom can hide their moodiness well. But i choose not to bother. That or when i'm too moody i can't think straight. And these past two days have been too moody-ful for me. It started yesterday...

when i get my back pain while sitting at my workstation. I immediately blame my PC positioning. I move the monitor and CPU here and there and back here again. In short, i moved my CPU and monitor THREE times just because i was uncomfortable sitting in my chair. My neighbour from the next workstation asked "Ko nak pindah ke Nad?"

And continued today...

when the LRT is a little bit delayed. It gets worst when I get sweaty. And I was hungry. So when we get to KLCC station I asked my husband to walk me to my office, out of spite because of my moodiness. He's got patience alright, so he did walk with me, even tho only halfway and that lifted my mood a lil bit. I felt completely healed when I took my breakfast of sandwich and hot tea. Ahh~ my cup of tea always make my day (and night).

My husband once told me that, I am moody mostly because I lack patience. I have to admit that plus I dont like to think before I do things. Instead of attending to my moods, I should have stop! and take a deep breath instead. I would have felt better and not waste time moving my PC around only to put it back at its original place and not waste my husband time walking me to my office just because I feel like blaming someone for the LRT delay.

If anyone think being moody can be used to my advantage, think again. It only makes you feel helpless and out of control.

The Best Things in Life are... (Part 1)

2009-03-31T13:53:00.014+08:00

definitely not free. At least not all of them. Yeah, there are good things that are free like love, happy memories, a stray cat that hangs around your house, etc, etc...but the best things i know has at least to cost something.

Hmm...when I really think about it even love is not free of charge. It costs you feeling. And time. And of course the phone bills, chocolate, presents, dinners, lunches, brunches, etc, etc. But it gives you a sense of belonging, the feeling being loved and the pleasure of sharing your love. Still love will cost you something, and that is my point exactly.

However, that is not my point totally. Actually, during a recent reorganization activities at rumah nenek, a few old photos were discovered by my aunt and one of them is the picture below. This is a picture of my ibu with her siblings minus my youngest aunt (who is the person who found this picture).

Now, my point is that The Best Things in Life Might Cost You Something, but They Make You Feel Good and Giddy. And Excited. And Happy!

~ In this picture, from standing from left is Mama (my aunt), Aunty Pah, Arwah Uncle Yeh. Sitting from left is Ibu (my mother), Uncle Mail and Uncle Yak~

To relate this picture to my point, when my aunt found this picture, being our family CNN that she is, she told all her siblings and close relatives. She showed this picture to those who went back to my kampung in Melaka.

Old memories started to flow. There are happy ones and there are sad ones. But every one of them is memorable. It costs you feelings, good and bad. Feelings that was way back and you thought disappeared, resurfaces. Feelings that you think are foolish now but matter most at that time. Now that the old memories came back, you shared them with your loved one and laughed at them together, all because your youngest sister found an old picture. Now, that is one of the best things in life :)

And this picture proves that I do look like my mother :) (In the picture she is in the lower left hand side)

Tomato Pesto Chicken Macaroni

2009-03-27T11:22:00.016+08:00

Resipi ini adalah ciptaan sendiri. Purely for experimental purposes, not meant to satisfy anybody's tastebud

Semua bahan2 dibawah adalah readily available dlm peti sejuk kat umah. Sebenarnye, nak abesskan pesto tu sbb die tahan 10 hari je after opening. And ayam pon nak abesskan gak. Macaroni plak lebey daripada last 2 weeks buat macaroni goreng. Btw, nie serves 2 person aje, sbb aku ngn husband berdua je. Ehe~

140 gram tomato pesto
400 gram ayam (potong kecik2 supaya senang nak masak)
4 big cloves of garlic, ditumbuk (adalah byk utk some ppl, tp aku ske garlic)
1 biji tomato (diced)
1/4 kiub ayam
~140 gram macaroni
Sedikit minyak

Cara-cara

Rebus macaroni dlm air yg ader minyak sket and garam sehingga al dente kate orang Itali :) Sambil nak tunggu macaroni, kite bley lah proceed ke buat sosnye.
Masukkan minyak dlm kuali. Biler dah panas masukkan garlic. Biar sampai naik baulah orang kate (aku ske bau die, btw).
And then masukkan tomato. Kaco2 sket and then masukkan ayam. Masukkan air like 3/4 cawan, kacau2. Letak kiub ayam (hancur-hancurkan masa nak masukkan tu), kacau sket lagi and then tutup. Biar ler ayam tu masak.
Jenguk2 la ayam tu. Masa nie the whole thing kelihatan macam sup yg sgt sedap n thick. Biler ayam tu dah almost masak, masukkan tomato pesto. Based on your preference of the thickness of the sauce, tambah lah air secukup rase.
Disebabkan ramuan2 nye mainly adalah masam, so aku tambah la satu table spoon of sos cili. Tp kalau ader black pepper lagi ngam. Tp kat umah kitorg blom wujud black pepper lagi sbb baru move in.
Biar die boil kejap and then hidang with macaroni. Kalau letak Parmesan kat atas lagi sedap, tp ini jugak tidak wujud didalam rumah kami.

~ Inilah Hasilnye ~

~ Inilah hasilnye biler dok dlm pingganku ~

p/s: lagi sedap kalau ader cendawan and kalau ayam tu adalah minced :). satu lagi tips yang aku terbaca adalah masukkan air rebusan pasta tu rather than air. dan terima kaseh to husband kerana membiarkan i mengarut with my cooking. Husband pon ske mengarut ngn food jugak~

Tomato Pesto

2009-03-27T11:03:00.009+08:00

Aku x ske masak (bukan x tahu tau, tapi tak suke & kna admit la x pandai sgt). Tetapi aku ngn husband ske experiment mende2 mengarut ngn masakan kami.

Proses kemengarutan ini include mencari2 resipi2 dan combine 2/3 recipe yg berkaitan menjadi satu dan akhirnye buat lah ikut sesedap hati dan rasa juga. The deal with my husband is that die x ske membazir, so walaupon kureng rasa experiment kami tu, x kire kna abesskan jugak. So experiment kami tu kna lah edible jugak to a certain extent.

Dlm kemengarutan inilah aku terjumpe ngn Tomato Pesto. Ia adalah sejenis sos dari Italy yg ingredientnye mainly adalah tomato yg dicampur ngn olive oil dan segala bagai rempah ratus. Resipi utk membuatnye ader berlambak-lambak kat tenet nie, just google je la. Kat supermarket pon ader jual tp aku tak rase kat sme supermarket ader. Disebabkan hari tu nak pakai immediately, so aku cariklah kat I-Setan. The one i was looking for is sun-dried tomato pesto yg ader basil kat dalam. Kat I-setan ader like 3 jenis of tomato pesto, tp yg aku nak nie tinggal satu botol je. So aku amik je. Quite expensive tho, around RM18 for a bottle weighing 185g. Nanti upload gambar botol tomato pesto tu.

Stakat nie husband & i dah test dua kegunaan pesto di dalam recipe experiment kami;

Marinade utk chicken and then grill. Campur pesto nie ngn sket stok ayam, gaulkan ngn ayam n grill. Yum!!
Makan ngn pasta. Yang nie citer die kat sini, sbb lenghthy sket.

Dan yang aku tau die juga sedap dimakan ngn toast. Pasni aku nak explore lagi kegunaan Tomato Pesto. Sbb die mudah n sedap. And because die kinda expensive kat sini, aku nak test buat pesto sendiri. Buat banyak2 and simpan. Pastu tiap2 hari balik keje bley dinner pesto something (like nasi goreng tomato pesto ke). Ehe~

Lights Off!!

2009-03-26T09:57:00.006+08:00

(Click above for bigger picture)

Twin Towers to go dark this Saturday, 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm in support of Earth Hour 2009.

Tower 1 embraced this spirit long time back by turning off the aircond and non-essential lights during lunch hour and also by doing the same at around 5.30 pm daily (i think la. Sape yg keje kat Tower 1 can confirmkan. Aku kadang2 je ader kt ctu sampai ptg) Staff who are staying late must request for power so that they dont have to work in the dark!!

Once, I had a meeting that dragged well after 5.30pm, suddenly the light was turned off. We had to move to a meeting area by the window so that we have some light and work efficiently so that we can finish before it's too dark to work. Some people might say it's not efficient for the working environment to have restricted working hour because the lights will be switched off at certain time. I say, work effectively during the time frame you have, because you can really complete your work in this period IF you put your head and body into it.

Putrajaya also will be turning off the lights at its famous landmark! Husband, jom kite pegi join!! Last week dah x dapat tgk hot air balloon~

Go here for more Pleadges and Support for Earth Hour 2009 from Malaysia!!

Earth Hour 2009

2009-03-13T10:06:00.006+08:00

Let's support Earth Hour 2009. Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, and this is the first time that Malaysia (and Malaysians) are joining. So let's us start by turning off our lights for 1 Hour on 28 March 2009, 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, so lets start with this small step and go bigger from here!! :)

You can get more info from the official Malaysia Earth Hour 2009 website, where you can pledge your support or if you are more ambitious, you can get your school / group / company to join in too!!

Melbourne (22.02.09 - 28.02.09)

2009-03-06T17:38:00.151+08:00

We were in Melbourne for exactly one week.

To a good extent, my husband is an avid photographer and myself, a self absorbed person and likes to take pictures of myself, thus by the end of this trip we have accumulated almost 3 GB worth of pictures and short videos in the SD cards (dua SD card ye) of our camera.

As a picture can sometimes describes things better than words ever can (that, or a picture allows each person who sees it to personally intrepret whatever they want from that particular picture), I've decided to post max pictures of our trip and write min of my two cent (or non-sense).

My favourite picture from each activities we did in Melbourne, every day we were there!

DAY 1: ARRIVAL

-- At Tullamarine Airport, baru sampai so macam blurr sket --

-- Husband with a tram in the background. Mase nie confuse on how tram works, so last2 jalan kaki je la--

-- Our crib for a week. A studio apartment, ader pantry gitu --

DAY 2: MELBOURNE ZOO & MELBOURNE MUSEUM

I really love melbourne zoo & museum because of the display theme. Effort yg sgt besar for each display, ader theme tersendiri that make you involved in the display. Example kat melbourne zoo, die nye tmpt gajah the theme is ala2 thai, indon & msia sket (i think sbb gajah2 derang datang dr cni kot). Then tmpt kangaroo die buat cam the australian outback. Tanah merah & kering. So, really interesting.

-- Pagi pegi melbourne zoo! --

-- And then, the museum --

DAY 3: GREAT OCEAN ROAD

A road trip along the Great Ocean Road. Kerana kami x bley drive, so kami joined a tour. Very beautiful but the day of the tour was cold...

-- Bells Beach --

-- Great Ocean Road Memorial Arch. Monumen kat blakang husband tu ialah org2 yg balik from WW1 yg bekerja utk buat Great Ocean Road --

-- Ini adalah koala liar. Bukan kat zoo. Die ske lepak kt area nie kot, sbb aku nampak 2 ekor koala tdo kat atas pokok mase stop kat cni --

-- Maits Rest Rainforest Walk. Nama die Maits Rest sbb Mr Mait (polis of some sort la) ske berenti kat cni mase die on his watch masa zaman dulu2 --

-- Twelve Apostles --

-- Loch Ard Gorge. Tmpt nie byk sample2 batu yg digemari oleh ahli batu (aku bukan ahli batu, tho dulu blaja la sgt sket masa kat uni) --

-- A small town called Colac, bout 2 hours from Melbourne. Singgah cni to get something for dinner on the way back --

DAY 4: MELBOURNE AQUARIUM, YARRA RIVER, SKYDECK & FEDERATION SQUARE

-- Melbourne Aquarium. Btol2 kat CBD --

-- Yarra River Cruise. Tgk the city from river --

-- Lepas cruise tu, we walked along Yarra River. Lalu la kat garden2 yg cantik, Birrarung Marr sme nampak la and then back to hotel --

-- That afternoon, we enjoyed the sunset from Eureka Skydeck and stayed there till nearly 9.00 pm. This is the view of the city at night from the Skydeck --

-- After Skydeck, kami pg dinner and then lepak jap kat Federation Square. Sgt la sejuk so mmg kejap je dok ctu. Mase nie dah 10.30 pm something --

DAY 5: TRAIN & TRAM HOPPING OUTSIDE MELBOURNE

-- Naik train dari Southern Cross Station sampai ke last stop at that line which is Frankston. Bout 1 hour naik train from Melbourne. Nak pegi beach tp cam makan mase je at that time sbb ptg tu nak sopping. Hoho~ --

-- At Frankston. Nie jalan nak pegi mall kat ctu --

-- Lepas Frankston, naik train and tukar train at South Yarra station to go to Prahran. From Prahran Station we walked (quite far!!) utk pegi ke Malaysia Hall. Pastu naik tram kt depan Malaysia Hall je, dah x kuase nak jalan!! --

-- Sampai Melbourne like 5.00 pm singgah jap kat Direct Factory Outlet. Sempat tgk2 je sbb hari Jumaat die tutup pkol 6.00 pm. Sengal --

DAY 6: SHOPPING & ST KILDA

-- Hari yg didecicatedkan utk explore Queen Victoria Market and segala shopping mall kat segala ceruk. Start the day with good bfast at the park!! --

-- Setelah penat menyopping (and hv a quick nap at the hotel), let's go to the pantai!! Nie kat st kilda. Beautiful :) --

-- After the beach and dinner, we went to Luna Park. Kecik je park nie, ride die pon x banyak. Tp bess :) Pkol 10.30 pm baru bertolak balik ke hotel. Sbb malam tu jumaat malam sabtu, mase naik tram nak balik hotel, terserempak ramai org yg baru nak kuar. Giler havoc dlm tram!! --

DAY 7: SOUTH MELBOURNE, PARKS & HOME

-- Flight dr Melbourne ke Singapore adalah waktu malam, so pg tu, kami melawat ke South Melbourne --

-- And singgah jap kat garden on our way back to CBD --

-- Faiz & Nadirah --

-- Dlm flight ke Singapore. Mase die baru served dinner, aku cbok amik gambar food tuh. Stewardess tu kesian tgk kot, so die offer la nak amikkan gambar. Haruslah aku ok je!! :) --

-- Sampai Changi Airport around 1.00 am, and our flight to KL was at 08.55 am. Tdo kat airport jap mase tu --

Banyak lagi gambar2 ader kat sini dan juga kat sini. Tapi of-courselah this is not the total of 3 GB worth (which translates to around 500 pictures).

I had a good time while I was in Melbourne. Love the city, love the fact that derang clean-up after makan at public places (kutip sampah sendiri & buang, pinggan letak kat satu tmpt) and paling love ialah the public transport. Paling tak love ader 2 main things; 1. Derang xde cili sos and 2. The temperamental weather. Alhamdulillah, kt msia evryday pon i've got sunshine (kecuali hari ujan).

Before Melbourne

2009-03-06T13:59:00.018+08:00

It has been a while since i last updated my blog. Why ya?? Why ya?? Why ya??

Because aku cuti panjang la!!! Yeeehaaa~~ Maybe tak cukup panjang bagi some people but oklah for me. Went on leave from 21 Feb 2009 to 2 March 2009 and by 2 March tu husband said to me, "Bosan lah cuti, dah x tau nak buat pe." hahaha...cukup panjanglah cuti kami tu maknanye.

We planned for this cuti panjang since April 2008, and husband wanted a vacation in a city. So we chose Melbourne! Definitely quite different from KL and my husband love it soooo much for its public transport system.

As our flight to Melbourne departed from Changi Airport, Singapore, we decided to have a good transit in Singapore (meaning: cukup la at least nak jalan2 kejap). We flown Air Asia flight AK 129 from LCCT to Changi Airport at 12.45 pm and were in Singapore 50 minutes later. Lessons Learned: We forgot to check MAS flights to Singapore on the same date and time. It turned out to be cheaper!!!

Us jalan-jalan in Singapore

From Changi Airport, we boarded flight EK 404 bound to Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport at 10.15 pm. The flight took a lil bit over 7 hours and we arrived in Melbourne just before 9.00am, 22 February 2009, Melbourne Time.

Almost in Melbourne

Next up: While in Melbourne :)

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2009-03-06T13:54:00.002+08:00

Not so smart tunnel

2009-02-20T17:45:00.003+08:00

We (husband and me) woke up late (6.25 am) this morning, so we used the Smart Tunnel on the way to office to avoid some expected bad traffic from Jalan Loke Yew heading into Jalan Tun Razak.

Based on my experience travelling along Jalan Loke Yew heading into Jalan Tun Razak at around 8.00 am, our decision to use the smart tunnel was a very smart decision indeed. We left home around 7.15 am and parked my car in the parking lot in front of my office, i think around 8.25 am.

What not so smart about the smart tunnel is that it's CONGESTED!!! I estimated that only 30% of our journey inside the smart tunnel was smooth.

Such an engineering feat was not supposed to get congested that soon!! It was only opened in April 2007, yet to celebrate it's 2 years old birthday!!

My intention is not to nag about morning traffic, but to think about the best solution for traffic problems in KL. Nearly everyday I have this disccussion with someone. This reminded me of a subject I took during my final year, called "Engineers in Society". One of the final exam question was something like this: Problems getting into the city due to heavy traffic. Would you rather add lanes to the highway or built a mass speed train system. Adding lanes to the highway WAS not the preferred solution, at least in this class. So this bring me to my...

Solution No. One: Improve our LRT system (and bus system at that, or even better, all public transport) , so there will be less dependancy on personal transportation. Tp haruslah ada system yg bley dipercayai dulu, baru lah orang nak pakai kan??

Solution Two: Promote (or make a law) on car-pool in the hope of decreasing the number of cars entering the city.

Solution Three: Move half the city altogether, to another location (not viable, i know, but then this is me!!)

Any more ideas out there??

p/s: nak balik & menghadapi very bad traffic in KL city center on Friday evenings. Mana saje la sme org nak pegi nie...

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory

2009-02-13T10:18:00.007+08:00

I put reading Angels & Demons on hold when I bought this book. I want to read this novel first. The first impression I get when I read the synopsis at the back cover of this book was that this is going to be a fast paced novel, old fashioned english (because the novel is set in the 16th century), and chick literature (even though it is 1500-ish chick lit). It has the elements that I love. Especially the old-fashioned part, I dont know why but I like the big skirts that the ladies wore way back when.

Well, as usual, I dont like to give synopsis, I'd rather give my views on this novel instead. For the review, please visit the author's website or as I always put it, just google it!

The Other Boleyn Girl is like a dramatized history based on the lives of 16th century aristocrats at the English Court as seen by Mary Boleyn. As these people actually exists way back when, some critics said that some of the things that happened or mentioned in the novel are not historically correct. But who cares! I like the novel :)

The chick lit part of this novel is the fact that Mary and her sister Anne are rival in an old fashioned way. By old fashioned i mean "I hate you, but I'm gonna act as if i love you so much and i am so gonna get back at you, when you and other people dont realize it. Or if they do, they gonna see it as if I am doing a good thing for you when actually I'm gonna get my revenge." Haha~ Throughout the novel, this pattern is apparent. Everybody is doing everything to move themselves or their family closer to the throne without appearing to be doing so, with always a sweet smile and sweet words to hide the mean things that they actually do to get their desires.

The other thing that is very prominent in this novel is that the King Henry desperately wanted a son and is willing to go to extreme ends in order to get one (that and a new wife)! This is really frustating when a daughter can be just as good (or sometimes even better).

In a way, this novel ader la buat aku sket rase geram because it seems that during the 16th century, women importance and sole purpose in this life is to conceive a baby, carry it full term and make sure a son comes out after 9 months. What the *#^@ !!!!

Well anyway, there is a movie produced based on this novel (starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman), and my next move is to check this movie out. It has been out since Feb 08 but I am yet to see it. I'd like to see if the history is twisted more in the movie. Hihi~

I started reading The Other Boleyn Girl on 28 January 2009

I finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl on 12 February 2009

p/s: nak sambung balik Angels & Demons before the movie is out in May 09 (kalau x salah).

Naddie - Tak IT Savvy

2009-02-13T08:55:00.018+08:00

Aku cucuk thumbdrive kat USB kat PC kat ofis.

"Nenonenoneno...Caution a virus has been detected". Sengal...

So i clicked "move to chest" and maka senyap lah bunyi nenonenoneno tuh.

And then i accessed my thumbdrive. I have satu system yang menarik for my thumbdrive (and my folders in my pc). I dont like to see files. So, i always try my best to group these files and put them in related folders. So biler aku access my thumdrive, most of the time i see 4 folders. Tp, in this case i saw 4 folders and one file. Adakah ini the damm virus that was detected by my anti-virus program?? Ahh...x pedulik lah. Even though i am not IT savvy and i might turned out to be wrong and that file is not the virus after all, aku nak delete jugak file nie. As naddie always do, naddie seldom thinks before naddie do most things, so naddie pon delete la this file yang naddie dah classify as DANGEROUS!!!!

Tak de hal pon! ehe~ Dah delete, yeay!!! After that naddie yg x berapa IT savvy nie try la access thumbdrive tersebut. X bley la plak!!! Busuk nye virus!!! So i scanned the thumbdrive using my anti-virus program and the program found nothing. Ok la kot agaknye. NOPE!!! When i click my thumbdrive again, this thing pop up...

Ehh...i think that is the file that i have deleted earlier. Alamak!!! Janganlah macam nie wey!!! Ader keje nak buat neh and the files ader dalam thumbdrive je, blom copy kat tmpt lain. Then, i tried right-clicking on my thumbdrive and explore the thumbdrive (yang aku namakan sbg naddie, ehe). Bley la plak. Tp i never liked to use explore to open my files. Rase cam x bess je biler explore utk carik files.

Dengan niat yang jahat which is to menunjukkan bakatlah kepada diri sendiri (dan yang pentingnye kepada husband yang sangat IT savvy) so i google this dengan harapan after this I can access my thumbdrive whithout using the explore function. Tetapi too bad...google returned this to me instead -> YOUR SEARCH DID NOT MATCH ANY DOCUMENTS. Hancur lah harapanku...

Ok. Maka aku malas nak layan dah. I give up (cepat sangat kan?). So i copied all the files in my thumdrive to my desktop and i (who is not very IT savvy or patience in the first place) did as shown in the pictures below. In that order and after COPYING all my files in the thumbdrive...

- UNO -

- DOS -

- TRES -

Yeay. So masalah pon selesai lah. I just copied all my files from my desktop back into my thimbdrive and yeay!! everything is back to the way it should be :D senyum lebar sket!!!

Even though tak pat nak berlagak tapi tak per lah. Janji masalah selesai. This is the best solution for people like me (who dont have the patience and passion) to solve computer related problem. Just as long as you have identify the related risk (in this case, biler format sme file pon akan ilang) and mitigate it correctly (in this case, i copied all the files to desktop before formatting). Janji sme orang pon happy (in this case, aku la!)

Offshore Ep 2 - Check into Floating Hotel

2009-01-26T23:01:00.007+08:00

My destination - Bokor Field. The facilities here are unmanned facilities, thus no living quarters (xde tmpt mau tdo la...) so, if you have so much to do at the platform and have to sleep overnight (or many, many nights), what do you do??

You called into location, a floating, temporary hotel facility!!! Yeay!! Problem solved :) Big smile on everyone's faces!! Except that, without complete anchoring (which is the case with this thing now, as it is not exactly on the desired location and anchoring business can be quite tedious), this thing tend to 'go with the flow' a.k.a rolling with the waves. Can be quite dizzying even on a good weather day.

To check into this hotel, you have to do this! Boat transfer! The smaller boat take you from the jetty and transport you to the floating hotel. This is the same when you want to go to the platforms from the floating hotel. Actually, if you want to go to the floating hotel or you want to go to any other places from the floating hotel, you have to do this. Simple really, when you are comfy with the distance and height of both ends of the boat transfer, grab the rope tight with both hands and jump!! Yeay!! The key is CONFIDENCE. If you feel you can do it, DO IT. If you dont, dont. If it takes 30 mins for you to do this, then take your time. If you think that you will never have the confidence to do this, then maybe offshore is not your thing.

After checking in, after doing some work and after 5 boat transfers, I hang out on the top deck of our hotel. And this is the beautiful sunset i saw offshore, near Bokor. The captain told us that red sunset means good weather, red sunrise means bad weather. Well, the weather was good for the next 2 days...

Offshore Ep 1 - Pre-Offshore

2009-01-26T22:48:00.007+08:00

This is Miri. A day before I was scheduled to go offshore. Hujan aje all day.

Jauh nun disana adalah offshore, tempat yang dituju. Hmm...at this time, seems like this is not a good / nice place to go to...

-- Happy Bday Ibu --

2009-01-18T11:33:00.001+08:00

Ibu's bday is 10 January. Selalu terlupe because it's the start of a new year (alasan~). This year i planned to make her a cross-stich of something (coz she's been asking me to make one for her since FOREVER!!) but i didnt have the time. So I decided to surprise her with cute & adorable cuppies, specially made for her!! It's not an original idea tho, i get the idea when an office mate of mine get a surprise!! delivery of cupcakes from his wife.

You can google up cupcakes, malaysia and get lotsa results. Most are online transaction and offers delivery so u dont have to move your ass at all, just ur fingers.

I picked hey! cupcakes for this mission of mine. I fell in love with Azura's (the owner) Bold Sugarpaste letters and cupcakes with filling. So i ordered.

~ My design ~

Hey! Cupcakes website is very informative; the price & menu, ordering instructions are all there. Hey! Cupcakes will want minimal specs of your order (colour scheme, size, filling or any special instructions) but not neccessarily a softcopy of your design. But me being me, of course i send Hey! Cupcakes a copy of my design. Very basic design though, i left most of the details for Hey! Cupcakes. I don't think i'm very creative (or very good at baking) that's i've outsourced this mission.

~ The end results. Cute eh?? ~

Hey! Cupcakes did everything you can see in the picture. Boxed it up and put up the ribbons. There's a package for this type of finishing, or you can opt to pick up your goods in a simple, normal box. I did it this way because it is the birthday present for ibu. Cute sangat kan? The theme i was going for is 'pastel & sweet, girlish love'. That's why the cupcakes look like it is meant for a five year old!

~ Yummy!! ~

The outcome of the birthday surprise for ibu? Yeay! Sumer orang pon happy lah!! The cupcakes are cuteness, and sumer orang pon sayang nak makan. But then, it is meant for eating, do we have any other choice? NOOOO!!! So makan ajelah. Nyum, nyum, nyum. After that, everybody is happier than before because of high level of sugar!!! Jumping, jumping.

But anyway, Happy Bessday to Ibu. No birthday presents, no words, no nothing can ever express our love and our many, many thanks to not only a mother but also a friend (and a shopping partner and one too many times, an enemy). And also no amount of arguments, misunderstandings and many other naughty things that we did (or will do) will make us love you any less. And we know, regardless of how much we think and believe we love you, ibu always love us much more. Walaupon aku dah kawen, aku masih anak ibu. Ehe~

And we will always enjoy our time together, and we will always be...

~ K.A.M.I ~

Genocide

2009-01-15T09:32:00.010+08:00

Genocide. Bunyi cam bess je this word. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary (that is always readily available at my workstation), defines genocide (noun) as;

the deliberate killing of a very large number of people

from a particular ethnic group or nation

I was surfing through wikipedia when I bumped into this word. This word was linked from the article on Holocaust. Camne plak tetibe i am interested to search through wikipedia plak neh? Actually, i was educating myself on the current situation in Gaza. I wanted to know how it all started (from waaaaaayyyyy back from what i've read), who are involved and why (this is where I bumped into Holocaust).

Barulah skrang aku tau that there is thing called the British Mandate of Palestine and then the United Nations Partition Plan which is to divide Palestine into a Jewish & Arab State.

And you can say that the rest is history. Or the rest is horrifically bad history.

Damn! We are rich!

2009-01-13T15:37:00.006+08:00

In this receipt, that is. Why would anyone in a correct state of mind would like to pay for a meal that cost RM 36.25 with RM 10 000 CASH!

Who carry that amount of cash anyway?

Obviously, this is a silly mistake. But i seriously wont mind it if they give me the change of RM 9964.05. But then, from this receipt, this transaction can be in any currency! Hoho :)

Going Offshore Miri? - Not Possible

2009-01-13T12:20:00.006+08:00

For much more seeable picture, click here.

I'm leading an installation works offshore Miri (at Bokor Field) and planned to mobilize this Saturday (17 Jan 2009). It seems that my plan is going bust due to things I cant control. There are things in life that are beyond our control & sometimes imagination even, but these things used to be able to be predicted. But not anymore.

The weather is so bad offshore Miri that all offshore works at Bokor Field are currently on hold. Wave height is predicted between 4.5m - 5.5m, classified as dangerous for oil platform activities. Even in the news, we can see that it has been raining heavily & floods all over Sarawak and Sabah.

Hmmm...unpredicted weather. I'm rephrasing that, unpredicted bad weather. Global warming perhaps?

Us girls watched Mamma Mia! the musical!!!

2009-01-05T22:57:00.017+08:00

Yeay! We get to watch it. Thanks to the additional four shows on 3 & 4 January 2009, we get the tickets to Mamma Mia! The Musical. Yeay!!! Our show was on 3 Jan 09, 3.00 pm.

My ticket showing my seat F 36 - yeah of course i get the cheapest ticket, i have to semi-sponsor a sister & give an indefinite ticket loan to another.

Mamma Mia! indeed!!

Before the curtain is lifted - This is as close as we can get to taking pictures of show. Strictly no picture during the show. Of course we know, we were warned by the patrol person!! Haha~ what do they expect, we love to take pics!! (of things & of course ourselves)

The show is over people...

Digging the Dancing Queen! - Nana, Nur & Mia doing our best impression as Donna

Abess sudah - so balik lah!!

Tp before balik haruslah makan!!! Yummy :)

We really enjoyed this show. Enjoy singing along to Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia! of course. :) it was seriously like watching ABBA concert, in a live music video.

p/s: our PM also watched it on the same day we did! hmmm~

Bedtime Stories

2009-01-05T18:03:00.008+08:00

Naddie pointers for Bedtime Stories:

A classic Adam Sandler movie (funny, silly & dirty jokes - you'll laugh like crazy, he'll get a pretty girl at the end, things will work out for him tho not in the way he expected)
The kids are really cute (i love their hair color - of all things).
There are some parts in the movie when it seems that the characters were not so convincing, especially the part(s) when they were trying to save the school from being demolished. It's like "Ooohh our kids will have no place to study, but it's okay Adam Sandler is in this movie!! yeay~"
The movie is flat except for the times when the children & their Uncle Skeeter were making up cRazY bedtime stories together & livin' their bedtime stories.
Lesson: you can make up and imagine great achievements for yourself, but nothing will happen unless you start to take actions. Everything begins with you! Yeay!!

Graphic evidence that my husband and i watched the movie :)

Yes Man

2009-01-02T10:07:00.005+08:00

Huh! I just realized that I have not give any comments on the movies that i've watched in this blog. I did this in my old blog, and this is one of the things that i loved writing (or commenting) about.

I always commented on movies in point form, so here goes;

I group Yes Man as a 'tak payah pikir' (no thinking required) movie.
It's funny, i think mainly because Jim Carrey is the leading star of the movie. Definitely not his best funny movie.
The message is good tho - give yourself opportunity by saying yes rather than saying no & avoiding everything. The outcome might not always be good, but the experience is.
I like Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (unrelated, i know)

I would not suggest you to watch it at the cinema, it's best enjoyed at home while you are getting comfy on your couch.

p/s - i dont rate anything. ratings are very difficult. i dont rate, i comment (and usually i have lots of them), so you can make your own conclusions.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards

2008-11-21T12:29:00.011+08:00

The last book that I've read was The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. I hate secrets and this book is all about keeping a big secret.

Naddie's View on The Memory Keeper's Daughter

This is a very good book. Not a very fast paced but it glued you to its pages until the end because you just dont know what's going to happen next.

It's about Dr David Henry and his decision to separate his own twins (a boy & a girl) at birth because the baby girl has down sindrome. He did this with no one's knowledge except his nurse, to whom he gave the baby girl to send to an orphanage. However, the nurse later decided to keep the baby girl. And the rest of the book develop on the effects of Dr Henry's decision to himself & his family (his wife & his son) and also on the lives of the nurse and Dr Henry's separated daughter.

It can be easily understood why Dr Henry did what he did. His little sister was also sick and died. He was saving his wife from the pain of seeing their sick daughter. Plus, this story was set in the 60's, which i believe people have issues of acceptance imperfection.

All in all, this book shows that how one's decision can affect many people and how sharing your problems with other people will not only help you but other people too.

p/s: This book has also been turned into a made for TV movie.

-- I donated 350 ml of my blood --

2008-11-19T11:34:00.012+08:00

This happened yesterday. DD Health Day. There were talks, health screening and lotsa other health related stuff, but of course i was only interested in the blood donation :)

I've been doing this once a year, every year since 2004. it started as a group activity. Other people like to hang out, see a movie, bowling etc etc. We (the lords) like doing that too, but we donated blood when we get a chance. If one of us knows that there'll be a blood donation drive, then she'll get the whole group excited about it and make our boyfriends excited bout it too. hoho~

I remembered my high school biology teacher told me that it's good to donate blood, so that your body will generate new blood cells. And it keeps you thin :) I dont know how true this is, i have never been interested in biology, but it's good and it keeps you thin. So i'm in!!! :)

There's nothing much to it really. First you have to fill in a form. Basically they want to know if you are fit to donate. Then they checked you blood pressure to make sure that ur BP is ok, not high not low and then they take ur blood sample to know your blood type (I'm a B!!!)

Then you wait for your turn to donate.

When it's your turn, you lie down on the chair and the nurse will give you a round thingy (see below) for you to hold. I think this is so that the nurse can easily identify and see your blood vessels. It helps if you have a "preferred hand side" either your left hand or your right where the blood vessel is easier to be seen. Then wait summore....

Then the nurse come back to you to insert a kinda big needle into the 'chosen' blood vessel. Usually, i turned away at this time. The pain is very minimal at you feel it only when the needle is inserted. After that full stream blood flow!!!!

I think it took about 30 minutes for my 350 ml pint to be completely filled up. It varies between people. Some people never get it filled up. I've seen two occasions when nurse just take the pint (barely full) and told the donater "that's all". Maybe there is a time limit or something...

Then you'll get this!!! Tarraaa~

After that, the needle will be removed and you are given a few minutes to rest (so that you body can adjust to the blood loss i guess). Cause some people might feel dizzy, or feel like they are fainting. Then they'll give you something to eat :)

Then i'll walk away from the blood donation drive place feeling good & proud that i have give something back to the human race and with a small scar on my hands where the needle has been. hoho~

-- Make that call already!!!! --

2008-11-06T10:10:00.004+08:00

I hate making phone calls. Official phone calls, phone calls to family member i'm not close with, phone calls to landlords in search of my future apartment. Hmm...

I postponed a work related phone call that i was supposed to make yesterday to this morning for reasons that even i am not sure why. After an e-mail from my boss asking for updates, with a heavy heart i made that call.

Blah...blah...blah...In just over 2 minutes the call was over and we get the kickstart of a discussion. And suddenly i am enthusiastic to do the job again. I met people, discuss and get profiles to do a preliminary analysis to generate Facilities Options Case 1.04 for Bokor Phase 3 Optimized EOR Scheme.

I'm still pretty much alive n kickin after that call. So what's with the initial hesitation to make that call? Lack of confidence? Or i'm just not in the mood? Hmm...

-- Why I'm Not a Doctor --

2008-11-06T09:32:00.007+08:00

Because...

I dont like knowing what's inside my body.

I figure out if you dont know that u r not well, u'll feel good. Sometime u r not sick, u r just sick in ur mind.

I like things like this!!!! A feat of engineering!!!!

-- Bored & Energetic Today --

2008-11-04T10:11:00.007+08:00

Dah lame sangat2 x update this. Why? Because that's me. That's all i can say~ Tapi disebabkan boredom yang teramat sangat, so i change my blog a bit la. Tukar layout, tukar colour. Just to keep me occupied a bit. Lala~ Hopefully after this, lagi la bersemangat nak blabber and write non-sense kat cni.

Lagi pun, suddenly yesterday my significant other (that's my husband) cakap "update2 la blog you tu". hoho~ sebenarnye die pon malas nak update blog sendiri. kes kes kes. sayang, jgn marah ek, coz u know u love me! hahahaha~

To spice thing up a lil bit, below is my current wallpaper for my PC at office. my fave family picture from my reception yang telah diedit (or di mess-upkan) oleh diriku sendiri. Cam filem dolu2 la plak. Ehe~

Naddie-licious signing out!!

-- Harga Minyak Turun Lagi --

2008-10-15T13:24:00.004+08:00

Well, harga runcit petrol was further reduced from RM 2.45/liter to RM 2.30/liter (RM 0.15/liter reduction). Heard the good news this morning on the radio and i am happy (who's not??).

What i wish to happen next is that the price of all the goods (example: groceries & staple everyday stuff) is to go down too. Because the reason given to the general public when they increase their price is because the fuel price is going up. Not anymore!!! hahaha~