singapore - day 2, orchard road (night)

[the devil wears PRADA, but not me!]

[adorable]

[chanel]

singapore - day 2 -

[merlion]

[esplanade park]

[the river merchants]

[headless models]

[murtabak sedap!]

[arab street]

singapore - day 1 -

will update photos soon..... =)

road to singapore

i often read the comments written by tourists from various places who came to visit malaysia, expressing their dissatisfaction about the transportation system in this country. the schedule does not turn out to be punctual and the train or bus is forever late. It is something i did not really believe until i experience the matter myself. instead of taking the bus this time, my dad came up with a suggestion to take a train to singapore? guess what happened?

we expected to arrive at our hotel in singapore at about 3pm. beyond our expectation, we arrived at 7pm.

JB...

at about 2pm, abah drove us to JB....

here's what i like most about JB ------ the food!

that night, uncle acher and uncle hamid brought us to this place (yah, how could i forgot to find out the name of the place!) for a nice dinner..

i had kerang bakar, nasi goreng seafood, laichee kang and i tried some fried baby crabs, which was not that amusing.

batu pahat - episode 2

without abah (who was in a meeting, we could not afford to drag him out of it), mum, cik lah and I picked tok mak up at tok teh's house to go for this wedding. urm, can u guys imagine this? a wedding on TUESDAY? n following the johor's tradition, the women n men were seperated into two tents. the male guests on the left tent and the female guests on the right tent. of course we hadnt planned on going this kenduri and we were the only guests wearing jeans to a kenduri- except for mum who luckily bought her jubah.

and i gotta say this, the bride and bridegroom arrived at about 3 pm, which is considered a little too late in other states. i guess this must be another johor tradition, perhaps?

(my mum before leaving the hotel for the kenduri)

at 5pm, we walked a five-minute walk to The Summit to support abah, who took part in bowling..

batu pahat - episode 1

15 Disember.

And so our journey began as soon as we dropped iqbal off his college. Trip 1 – Batu Pahat, Johore. Yay! My dad had to attend a meeting in Katerina Hotel Batu Pahat. Of course it wasn’t exactly as all of us planned but it was urgent and we had to tag along.

Plan A – drive all the way to JB on Tuesday. Spend a night at uncle hamid’s and another night at uncle acher’s. head straight to Singapore on Thursday, stay thr for 3 days and head back home.


Plan A = execution failed

Abah came up with Plan B, which is:

Plan B – spend two nights in batu pahat, drive to JB, spend a night at uncle hamid’s and then on Thursday, go straight to Singapore.

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Batu pahat, here we are.

tok mak did not stay with us. she said that it would bore her bones out because she was not allowed to cook there because she was not allowed to be in the hotel kitchen because the chef would chase her out. so to avoid all that, she went and stay with tok teh, so, that, urrmm....she could cook.

here is a picture of tok mak, cik lah, my mum and me. before tok mak left for tok teh's.

down it goes

internet down, down, down je keje....

freak!

couldnt write

couldnt express

n i couldnt tell...thats my problem!

will write again soon...

p/s precious darlin, take me with you. when r u coming back? miss u already.. =(

haPPy biRtHdaY, iKA MeLLy!

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you...

happy birthday to ika melly.....!

happy birthday to you!

wish you a happy life, a happy smile n a happy face, lil darlin!

p/s i nak insert gambr u sekali, u give me ur cutest pic, nnti i upload all ryte?

love ya-

kaya ball..yuMMy!

pagi. matahari terlalu sunny. langsir yang tebal tak cukup kebal untuk cahaya matahari membolos masuk. lalu mata menjadi segar. bingkas bangun.

boredom hits. tidak ada apa2 yang menarik yg boleh dibuat pagi-pagi mcm nih. nak lawan borak dengan sofi, die pergi sungai congkak dengan teman-temannya pulak. mandi sungai, katanya. iqa rasa mesti dia nak celebrate sbb team die dapat no 4 dlm tournament dodgeball semalam kat segi college. yep. out of 16 teams. yea, thats my boy. =)

turun ke tingkat bawah lepas tgk last episode of yakitate.

mula selongkar laci. oh.ya. iqa memberi impression yg salah pada semua. iqa BUKANlah tikus kelaparan yg mahukan makanan. iqa selongkar laci sbb nak cari buku resipi. hehe.

ok,jumpa! resipi kaya ball. cuba kalian bayangkan, jika kaya ball yang panas berwap dimasukkan ke dalam mulut dan kaya yang mengalir akhirnya cair di dalam mulut lalu menghasilkan satu taste yang MasyaALLAh,......enak nyaaa..... yeyh, itu dia..semangat 'japan' azuma kazuma dah mula memberi impak kpd iqa. xde solar hands pun xpela, asalkan iqa cuba.

bahan2 nya:

2 cawan tepung gandum

1/2 cawan castor sugar

1/2 cawan mentega

1 tea spoon soda bikarbonat

2 tb/spoon susu tepung

2 telur

kaya secukup rasa

erkkk!!!! dah nama kaya ball, kaya pulak tade.. cisdale. malasnya nak kluar. lalu, enjin kereta cepat2 dihidupkan, brooom brooommm....iqa pun pegi kedai.

balik saja dari kedai, iqa pun mulakan operasi membuat kaya ball. mula-mula tuh kene ayak tepung sbb mak iqa kate, kalau kita ayak tepung nanti kita akan dapat kuih yg smooth texture nye. iqa pun ayak la. pastu iqa masukkan sugar ngn mentega dlm mixture smpai betol2 sebati. barulah iqa masukkan telur, pastu tepung,soda dan x lupa susu. dah siap campuran tu, iqa pun bakar la smpai jadik kaya ball...tihiihihiiii.... =)

sedap nya kaya ball, kawan2..... hehe... minggu depan iqa nk try buat cupcakes pulak..eii x sabarnya.. hehe...

my new darlin'

after madagascar, which was superb, coz i was laughing my head off along with fellow strangers on my left n right, i decided to award myself with something wonderful... so, i made my way towards ROXY on the 1st level of MID V, n grin with such pleasure. the picture inside the store was so breathtaking. just like a scenery on a lakeside. haha.

n bought myself a brand new darlin......

freedom: escape to mid V

for what seems like an eternity, exam is finally of my list. glad to get rid of it. i'm not going to do some talking about how i did my exam because i know, n you know, it sucks.

what i did after the last paper was to grab hold of azra's ubat batuk n drink a teaspoon or so just to get me sleepy.. so that i could get some beauty sleep without having to think the horrible answers i wrote down on my answer script.....

saturday.

woke up around eleven. got myself ready, preparing to go out alone. sob sob..sofi called the other night, telling me he couldnt make it to the muvee coz his momma's coming to pay a visit... devastated, but i knew that we would meet up that night and i deeply understand that his 1st priority shuld always be his family. anyway, as i was saying, i made up my mind to go out alone since there was no one else that could go out with me to the muvees ( my friends still have another paper to go ) plus, i severely want to know how it feels like to go the movies alone. haha.

as simple as i could, i was set to go when didi said that she wanted to go out too-- to mid V. she had this small fight with her boyfriend and she wanted to release her anger, her stress, her pain, or whatever she could call it, and she chose the perfect way of releasing it, yeah, u can guess by now, by spending her money on things, or another term -- shopping. so i was like, "yeah...yeah. come along. but i'm not going to do some shopping with ya. i have other plans." so, thats how it went.

we tore into seperate ways as soon as we hit the mall. me - to the muvees. didi to the exhibition hall-- metrojaya grand sale right thr..

"one ticket please." i recalled what i said to the counter boy. "one ticket, madagascar, at 2.45." e announced to confirm with me, as if one-ticket is positively normal. i sighed as i took the ticket from him and started walking to the exhibition hall where i met up with didi again. there were like thousands of people, mostly ladies, pushing their way to make the first grab of things. okay.

i spot some gorgeous nine west shoes which are not only good looking, but also cheap! "there, there, stop iqa," i stopped myself from hurling my hands on those darlings.

it was almost time for my movie, so i said goodbye to didi (who was not ready yet to say goodbye to the exhibition hall) n made my way to the prayer room, smyang zuhur cepat2 n went straight to GSC. bought ONE box of popcorn, ONE coke n gave the guy ONE ticket at the entrance where i could "ENJOY YOUR MOVIE" a.l.o.n.e. i smiled.

i've always wanted to watch this muvee.... so, alone or not, i dun care. =)

laughed, alone. smiled, alone. watched, alone. i did feel happy.

still, wish u were there.

C++ SuCKs

now that its over, i'm gonna burn those scary books with stupid codes.

dont bother stopping me.

not gonna change my word;

not gonna hesitate;

burn, burn, burn.

and then i will smile like i never smiled before.

*i know i'm not gonna have more than a smile left to pitch when my grade goes down the toilet*

exam-us-nation

semua sedang kalut. exam-me-nation, exam-us-nation,.....


exam = prufung (in jerman), mimpi ngeri yang wujud dlm realiti kami, cume monster saje yg tertinggal di alam mimpi....


kawan-kawan yang semua nya budak-budak kimia, di sebalik kekalutan, masih mampu duduk dengan penuh gaya di atas kerusi masing-masing..



DIDI, roomateku sayang-- berbaju tido cookie monster, focus di atas kerusi nya yang bersarang labah (akibat dah lame x duduk)...terbit rase kagumku melihat ketekunannya sbg siswi...takut kulihat kerajinannya, kerana aku sendiri tidak segagah dia. badan yang kecil, dan juga ketinggian yang renek, tidak bererti semangat belajarnya tipis... ayuh, didi!


SYIRA , teman bilik lamaku-- demam, melepak, suhu tinggi, tiada selera makan.. ntah apa yang dilakukan di rumah sedang kami berlumba2 study di kolej. namun, ku letakkan seluruh kepercayaan yang dia juga berlumba dari jauh. bila dah balik kolej pun tidak tentu dapat lihat sendiri dengan mata mcm mana dia belajar. sobb sobb....sbb nya, syira duduk kat floor lain...huwaaaaa! sayu menambat!

kepada syira, muah untuk mu.....

AZRA, teman ku yg plg aktif dan tidak pernah pasif yg sentiasa berkongsi semangat dengan ku untuk belajar-- dia yang paling bergaye skali sewaktu belajar... sexy dek kerana nite gown nya pada waktu mlm, anggun dek kerana shorts bunga2 nya pada waktu siang, dia bagaikan hantu raya yang tak pernah menutup mata. kami tidor pada waktu mlm, die masih bertapak di kerusi nya smbil menghafal rumus yang ntah apa2, pagi kami bangun, dia masih pada posisi yang sama. YA TUHAN, KAMI MEMOHON AGAR KEWARASAN AKAL AZRAHANI DIPELIHARA SAMPAI KE ANAK CUCUNYA...AMIN.

PQA,temanku yang sama-sama denganku mencintai novel -- dia bergaya dengan kereta saga barunya, belajar dlm tu, tidur dlm tu, seolah-olah sebuah caravan...haha. aku bergurau saja. dia steady dengan ilmu2 yang sudah pon dicatitkan ke dlm otak nya yang gebu, sarat dengan fantasia si 'adamaya'....hari2 berbaju pink, warna temanya minggu ni, dtg ke bilikku pura-pura kosong dengan ilmu....chitpoodah! dan, yang paling penting, RAMBUT nye yang lurus kekal lurus di saat2 kusut masai mcm ni....



LINDA NANUWIL, gadis duetku sewaktu menyanyi, saat jiwa masing-masing kepinginkan hiburan dari pelbagai dimensi -- kdg2 dia tidor, smbil memeluk bear nya. nota kimia terselit di antare jemari yang gemalai.. kdg2 die juga sperti azra, belajar tanpa henti...nmpk saja dia kurus, tapi otak nya besar.... begitu juga telinganya, jika dibandingkan dengan telingaku...hehe. otak nya mampu menampung daya ingatan yang hebat... sebutkan nombor telefon nenekmu,pasti dia hafal... no IC semua teman-temanmu, juga die mampu hafal....haaihhh....

LINDA ONN, teman satu kursusku-- die tekun di saat akhir. enough said. =)

AKU ; --- masih tekun menitip kata di blog sendiri....


dan kepada semua rakan2 yang lain,

kpd yang pening kepala;
kpd yang nak hentak kepala;
kpd yang naik kepala;
kpd yang dah pecah kepala;
dan kpd semua kepala yang membaca blog ini;

anda belajar lah rajin2 spt teman2 ku yang indah... semoga sukses!!

us = KAMI, kami meniarap, berbaring, berlari, merangkak untuk menangkap ilmu ...

semata-mata menggapai kejayaan untuk exam-us-nation....berdoalah kami agar terjadi!

anti-makcik cleaner....

noon (around 12.05)

BUZZ!

a small window appeared on my desktop,

glanced over my shoulder, feeling slightly annoyed with the BUZZ sound..

oh.... it was L.N, PM'ing me... "MAkAN tymE!" the message read...

oh, guddy... now, i could relax myself from absorbing too much ridiculous C++....

tukar bju, pap pap pap.....

skipping to and fro L.N's room and mine (her's is just opposite of mine) while waiting for the fabulous queen to get herself ready (azra, of course), i didnt notice that makcik cleaner was there, MOPPING the floor....swish, swish, swish....

i was about to jump from L.Ns room to mine, (jumping the long jump), when makcik stopped right in front of my door which happens to be green in colour.....

uh-oh!

ok, before i dig in even further, lemme tell u some details that u need to know...

1st rule : sila masukkan selipar dan kasut2 anda ke dalam bilik ketika makcik sedang mop lantai

2nd rule : sila pastikan selipar dan kasut2 dimasukkan pada setiap pagi kerana selalunye makcik akan mop lantai pada waktu pagi.... (NOTE THE WORD PAGI.... )

we are SO fine with those simple rules....now,back to the story....

tibe2, makcik cleaner menjerkah dengan suare yang boleh memekakkan telinga yang mendengar, membutakan mata yang celik dan juga membisukan kerongkong yg mampu bersuara....kata nya,

"MAKCIK TAK PERNAH JUMPA ORANG YG DEGIL MCM KORG NIH..... DEGIL BETOL LAH.... MAKCIK DAH KEJA KAT SINI 3 TAHUN, MAKCIK X PENH JUMPA ORANG DEGIL MCM KORG....!!!!!!!!!!! MASUKKAN SELIPAR SEKARANG!!!!!!!!!!!!"

obviously, the freak was shouting right to my ears, referring every word to us, almost ready to pounce her scary body on me and for a brief second i thought she was at her final stage of tansforming into an older version of maya karin in 'THAT' movie.... Cisdale nye makcik...!!!! die kata aku degil??? degil?????

n so, i answered back, "EH MAKCIK.... MAKCIK SEDAR X SEKARANG DAH PUKUL 12....MANE ADE ORG KEJE MOP LANTAI TGHARI BUTA NI, MAKCIK.....ORG KEJE PAGI2....SAYA TGK MAKCIK X MOP LANTAI PAGI TD, SAYA PON X MASUKKAN LA SELIPAR KAT DALAM.... MANE SAYA TAW MAKCIK NAK MOP TGHARI NIH....MAKCIK NIH, X IKUT JADUAL LA... ELEYH MAKCIK NI....SAYA TAW, SMLM PON MAKCIK X MOP LANTAI JUGAK KAN.... JGN INGAT SAYA XTAW YE ,MAKCIK.... LEPAS TUH, HARI2 LAIN TUH, KLAU SAYA MASUKKAN SELIPAR KAT DALAM, BKANNYE MAKCIK MOP PON....

SAYA YANG DEGIL KE, MAKCIK YANG DEGIL NIH?? HAAA ,..BAIK MAKCIK JAWAB... HAAA BR TAW TERKEBIL2....

LEPAS TUH, JANGAN INGAT SAYA X TGK JADUAL KERJA MAKCIK.... MAKCIK PATUTNYE BERSIHKAN TOILET TUH PAGI, TGHARI, PTG.... TP MAKCIK TICK KAT JADUAL TUH, MAKCIK BERSIHKAN TOILET PAGI, TGHARI N PTG YEHH?...WALHAL, YG SBNRNYE MAKCIK BERSIHKAN WAKTU PAGI JE....

MAKCIK NIH SUKE SGT LA BEBEL2....MAKCIK ANTI NGAN KITORG KAN? LAST WEEK PON MARAH KITORG GAK..... MINGGU NIH CKP KITORG DEGIL..... KLAU MAKCIK NAK TAWUU, KITORG LAAAAGI ANTI KAT MAKCIK.... SIAP MAKCIK, SAYA CERITA PASAL MAKCIK KT DLM BLOG SAYA... HAA MAKCIK GI AR TGK KAT POPSIE-IQA-WOPSIE.BLOGSPOT.COM.....G TGK, GI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

tp kan kawan2, mcm biasela.... kata2 di atas hanya bergema dalam sanubari iqa je....x smpai hati nk lepas kan kat makcik tuh.... sian die susah2 payah bersihkan floor kitorg... TAPI, kpd makcik, klau makcik bace blog iqa :

MAKCIK, KITORG ANTI MAKCIK!!

kualintang on air

started off my day early ( The EARLIEST EVER), only becoz i was awakened by azra's voice (the loudest in the group after PQA, of course...), urging me "Iqa....bangun, da pukul 7.30!!" covering my head with lil kenot after realizing that it was only 7.15, 15 mins before the big show, i went back to sleep, nearly driving azra half crazy trying to wake me up.....oh, that early bird... she's the one DRIVING me crazy....



7.28-- grab my toothbrush, toothpaste n covered myself with my big, brown towel.... did a zombie-walk across the corridor finally reached the toilet, eyes-half shutting.... okay, the normal routine....



walked back to room, n ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.......


familiar music in the air caught my attention.... eyes wide open, rushed to the TV set where everyone gathered together.... eyes finally set on TV n there they were, the big show, on air.....

n LIVE too.... n i woke up this early to watch them perform... see, i can be a good supporter....

there was muaz, syafiq nordin, shahrul, khalida n a bunch of guys i dont really talk to, playing KUALINTANG, their first appearance on TV....oh yeah...guddy.....now, i get to comment each n every one off them....

muaz--- i tried hard not to laugh at his expression when the MHI lady went up to him, asking him what other songs they play.....he was taken aback n looked kinda suprise, but managed to mumble a few good answers.... =)

shahrul --- geez, i wish the guy could just focus on his part rather than smiling at the camera, like one sick casanova.... hehe.... i had to laugh at him, because he actually made an effort to wait for the camera lens to focus on him so that he could make an eye contact with the lens and smile his devellish smile....u got us all kurshians sick, dude....

syafiq--- he was the only one who wasnt at all aware of the lens.... (either he pretended to not notice, or he was just focusing on his anklung, i wouldnt have known), but this little guy was shy, obviously...... if only he knew a pair of beauiful eyes were set on him while he performed..... ahah!
way to go, L.N! you know we love you n HIM.... =P

cheers!

Bila Histeria ends....

jam satu pagi, dan iqa masih lagi bersengkang mata...percubaan utk siapkan SAD project hampir membunuh iqa...iqa menjerit histeria....syukur, histeria cuma dilaungkan jauh dalam hati, tidak dizahirkan....yang jelas pada air muka iqa - satu garisan lintang di dahi yg tiada jerawat... kerut, kerut kerana tensi....

cepat siap, iqa.... bila dah siap, x yah la lagi nak susah kan kepala nk fikirkan project ni...boleh focus nak exam..... terdengar bisikan sepi yg membisikkan motivasi....

haihh....terase benar2 spt siswi....

skrg ni, iqa mampu berteriak manje ke bilik hadapan tanpe memikirkan perkare2 yang rumit....bebas rasenye.....komplikasi yg slalu menghimpit, sudah berakhir.... histeria yg berteriak secare zahir tidak kedengaran lagi....pintu hati semakin tenang....project SAD sudah siap! Alhamdulilllah! Jam 7 petang hari ini symbol kemenangan, lalu sejarah tercatit di blog ini....

kpd kawan2, yayyyyyy, iqa dah bebas dari segala mimpi2 ngeri assignment dan project!

kpd iqa: skrg ni exam la plak nk kene fikir.....

*sigh*

MPH warehouse SALE

P/S WE r NOT in This PiC!

all five of us : pqa, linda nanuwil, azra and I, along with anys (pqa's good friend) fastened ourselves up in anys's car and headed to MPH warehouse in PJ.... we've heard of it but we didnt believe it until we saw it ourselves.... cars were parked along the streets, as if incubus had hit the place..people were going and some were leaving, with bags and bags of books in BOTH hands...
"Thats it!!!" I almost lost my cool. The excitement was ready to burst, couldnt held it inside any longer.... "gotta rush, gotta rush! gotta lay my paws on it!" i was half-singing, half-talking, going crazy each minute..

the minute i got There, i heard a loud scream in my head....

there were like zillions of books....

zillion and zillion......

n also, the price was like rm10- rm25 for each book....books that would cost you a fortune would only cost you a few ringgit...yeah, gud news for all book-lovers!! Azra grabbed one of the Charmed Series, n guess how much per one book? RM3! tho i'm not into charmed anymore, but wow, it WAS impressive! n if you love David Beckham, u'r gonna love this :

You can get David Beckham: My Side, The Autobiography for just------ RM15! No kidding.... n there was also Lewis Hamilton autobigraphy.... n it was around rm15-rm25, if i'm not wrong... no bluffs.... =)

chronicles of Narnia : Rm15...yeah, the thick one, folks! i wish i had bought it..... cis, cis, cis!

n if u love cooking, baking, thr are books from rm10...and in good condition also...

cecilia ahern and jodi picoult fans!!! u can get the books for rm20 each...!! at least u could save rm15....ryte, ryte!!

LIST OF BOOKS WHICH I HAD PURCHASED and THE PRICE:

a) Rosie Thomas - Constance RM10, with 450 pages
b) Catherine Ryan Hyde - Chasing Windmills - RM 15, the original price was RM70!!
c) The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory - RM20 , the actual price would be RM35+
d) Jodi Picoult - Keeping Faith - RM20, the price would be RM35++ in bookstores...
e) sudoku books -- RM6 each!
f) pocket Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus --- RM5!!
[mine]

[didi's]

the e) and f) are for Didi though..... but could u imagine u can get the dictionary for rm5 only!!
pqa bought cecilia ahern's latest THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES and some sophie kinsella's books....ask her for more details.... she spent rm170 for the books...

i'm going again, tomorrow!!!

kaMi-- the muvee

this is the day when i finally get to watch kami the muvee... 2 long months felt like 2 long years of depression....AHA! sure, my dad would be like , "whats the point of watching a local muvee when u can watch it over n over again during next year's raye...( because kirana, ria, tv3 is sure gonna play the muvee like 3 times a day n u can watch it while u eat ur breakfast, lunch and also during dinnertime)....bagi free pon abah xnak tgk!" duhhh...... i love my dad for being such a dad....

OK,back to the headline of today's post.... KAMI--- the muvee...there's no bleeding way would i wait for next year's raye for the muvee to be played on TV...

this is the story of friendship,

of love and conflicts, == ali and sofie, vanilla ice and public enemy

of trust and secrets, == the mysterious blogger/writer....







of bad kids = abu (he's not much of a bad boy tho) and boy (his looks made me clear that he's one bad wolf)

and...oh, of music....









me on the left, didi in the middle and azra on the right, - we had been howling with laughter all thru the movie , obviously enjoying it because the story was pretty hilarious..it was not just hilarious, it was real and spontaneous... two thumbs up for Abu(Nas-T) for making the movie so happening...i love his jokes, i love his style.... honestly,the group would be pretty dull without him... he brightens up every scene despite the fact that he still steals stuff after breaking out from the place he was in....okay, plz ask me which part i like most of abu.... "mu ni jate ke tino..pastu kite tekan ento.." hahahahahhahahahah...... n another one is when abu jumps off the fence, (when he was running away from pak din), n he goes , "TADA!" i seriously couldnt stand his funny expression when he did that... abu, u'r the clown!!





ali(syarul ezani) on the other hand, is sort of quiet, deep in thoughts but knows how to have fun...
n he's kinda cute too with that hairstyle..hehe...he has family problems- his parents are divorced and he catches his mum wif another man.... he plays a miserable role and plays it well by making himself look low in spirits... secretly,i think he likes lyn..... but this time, in this muvee, there is not much of expression of love among them (except for the part when sophie giving the signs that she misses ali)....

all in all, this movee is hilarious except for the part when abu died....that part almost brought me close to crying.....

okay,this movie is so five star!

selaMAt HarI raYe!!

1st day raye,umah nenek di shah alam... makanan sume dah siap tersaji kat atas meja.... ade rendang itik, soto,lontong, air bandung.....

the happy faces of everyone....maklumla, rayeee.... *my mum, the one's laughing.... n my dad observing the way Izah ( my cousin) handles her brother's (Izat) kain samping.....

meet my parents..... Hj Mohd Salleh bin Hj Abd Rahman and Hjh Faridah bt Ismail.... they say i look a lot like my mum.... haha.... i dun care how they look, i juz love them.... with all my bones and every drop of my blood....

photographer of the day : ahmad syakir.... my cousin.....

the only girl wearing blue is ME....i hate the fact that most of them are wearing purple..... lari tema plak.... my mum said, "xpe, iqa kan anak angkat..." hahahahha.... cruel, right.... tp iqa bukan anak angkat taw, kawan2!

from left standing: syakir, abg azman, uncle rashid, aunty zizah, aunty norhaya, uncle din, aunty nancy, uncle mat, mohamad and hafiz

Tok mak and zhafir (in yellow)

sitting in the middle: aunty ani, uncle acher, abah,mak, kak lin

the front row: izat, izah, iqa!

* ade yg missing from pics, uncle hamid n family n uncle rahim n family

survery RAYe

1. Berapa pasang baju raya anda taun ni dan kaler apekah?

haha, this question, i LIKE!

1st day raye -


ordinary, baju kurung, so not the type that would catch the eyes of relatives and guests.... thats all rite tho cause i'm not planning to show of....hahaaa....background is
white and the flowers are blue

(WILL SHOW U THE PICS SOON)


2nd day raye -

turqouise kebaye..... i like! =)


3rd day raye-

god, i dunno the type, will show u the pics soon. and its BLUE



4th day raye-

long skirt with blue jacket..... i hope its gonne turn up gorgeous..... =)


how many baju raye for this year? do the math!


2. Apakah makanan raya tradisional kegemaran anda?


mmm, rendang! tok su's famous lemang......cant wait to taste em again!


3. Apakah biskut raya kegemaran anda?

mum's choc chips.... they taste so good cause u can actually feel the chocolate melts in your mouth..... they melt in your mouth, not in your hands! i remember last raye, having some guy friends at my house ( dtg beraye!).... i remmber them finishing off all mum's choc chips.... i mean, FINISH OFF.... guess they are really good.....


4. Bape banyak duit raya anda dapat n spend untuk bagi kat bebudak?

dapat banyak gak, tp spend? NO!


5. Apakah aktiviti malam raya korang?

my cousins and i would gather.....the biggest one would light up mercun and bunge api, n we, little ones would watch....and do the stupid shouting and all.... that was back then, but we still do that now.... =)

how i spend my PuasE days....

this is the 26th day of puase....i couldnt recall how i spend my puase because time passes by like one bolt of lightning, we just dont feel it.... what i remember is that every weekend, after my biology lab, i would run as fast as i could to stop a cab and the same conversation goes like this, "Mid Valley, pakcik." or rather, "Mid Valley, Uncle." either one. and the same routine goes for every friday. Mid Valley- KTM station, and another conversation in my head, "kak, ticket seremban satu."
if azra's there, "kak, seremban satu. serdang satu. OR, if wana's there, "kak, seremban satu. bangi satu."

and then it goes..... the most boring journey in the universe i have to endure every FRIDAY.

why, you wonder, would i ever need to go thru all the trouble EVERY FRIDAY to go back home, and during puase too?


the answer: my mum bakes and sell cookies. and that she needs my help. it's not like she asks me to help her out, but i just couldnt bear to see my fragile mother working alone in the kitchen just to make extra money for hari raye for her 10 kids. OKAY. I EXAGGERATED. My mum's tough,not fragile and she doesnt have 10 kids, it just me n my older sis, n she definitely do not need extra money for raye.

"I ENJOY BAKING COOKIES" thats my mum's favourite dialogue. CAN U IMAGINE THAT? my mum sells cookies FOR FUN? oooookay....... =)

whatever it is, i just couldnt let her work alone despite how much she loves doing all that.....

so, thats how i spend my puase every year..... tadaaa!

how many months?

too busy with work, got no time to sit down n type my fingers off.... its been a while since i last log on to my blogger account.... duhhh.... okay, now i'm serious..... i'm gonna start blogging everyday, for the rest of my life, keeping you updated about whats going on with my boring life..... spend the rest or your boring life, reading about my life!!!!! ahahahahhahaha...... =)

Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa

bahasa jiwa bangsa.... ya, mmg betul ungkapan itu...saya syg bahasa kita, saya tak pernah marah kalau bahasa penjajah dijadikan medium dlm pelajaran masa sekrang... sebab saya sedar bahasa inggeris kini sudah menjadi lingua franca dalam mendapatkan ilmu di merata dunia.... kalau dulu bahasa melayu dijadikan lingua franca semasa zaman kegemilangan melaka, tetapi sekarang sudah terbalik. bahasa inggeris pula yang dijadikan lingua franca untuk kita mencari ilmu...jadi, hendak atau tidak, kita kena ikut dengan arus zaman.... apakah kita tidak malu dikatakan undur ke belakang?

Benar kata pujangga, rosak bahasa, rosaklah bangsa.... memang betul.... tetapi saya tidak boleh terima klau bahasa kita sahaja yang kuat, bangsa pula binasa dan undur ke belakang dek kerana ilmu dunia yang kita tidak usaha untuk kita miliki....kita tidak mencarinya kerana ego kita kerana tidak mahu menggunakan bahasa penjajah....

Anda tertanya kenapa Jepun bisa maju ke hadapan walaupun tidak menggenggam ijazah tertinggi dlm Bahasa Inggeris? Modal mereka banyak untuk melakukan penyelidikan sendiri.... Modal Universiti Harvard yang menjadi salah sebuah universiti terbaik di mata dunia juga banyak untuk membolehkan mereka membuat penyelidikan yang hebat-hebat.... malaysia masih lagi negara yang membangun, tidak cukup untuk megeluarkan modal sendiri untuk menjalankan penyelidikan yang hebat-hebat seperti mereka.... jadi, x salah klau kita menggunakan Bahasa Inggeris untuk mendalami ilmu daripada hasil penyelidikan mereka.... ini penting untuk kemajuan bangsa kita juga... untuk generasi yang bakal lahir.... =)

Anda hendak tahu bagaimana negara kita masih lagi memartabatkan bahasa ibunda kita? saya akan beri satu contoh di mana JPA hanya akan mengambil pelajar-pelajar yang medapat A dalam Bahasa Melayu untuk dihantar ke luar negara untuk belajar. Contohnya, sepupu saya telah mendapat 8A untuk SPM nya yang lepas... A1 untuk kimia, A2 untuk fiziknya, A2 untuk matematik tambahan nya. Tetapi kenapa die tidak terpilih untuk pergi ke luar negara oleh JPA? Jawapannya; kerana Bahasa Melayu nya B4, kawan-kawan! Kerajaan tidak akan hantar pelajar-pelajar ke luar negara kalau bahasa sendiri pun mereka tidak boleh kuasai. Pokoknya di sini, kalau anda fikirkan tiada usaha untuk memartabatkan bahasa kita, ANDA SALAH. Kalau anda fikirkan usaha kerajaan untuk menukar pelajaran ilmu hisab dan ilmu alam ke bahasa penjajah adalah tidak wajar, ANDA JUGA SALAH! Jika anda benar-benar bersikap patriotik untuk menegakkan bangsa anda sendiri,relakan anak-anak sekarang mempelajari bahasa penjajah untuk masa hadapan mereka yang lebih cerah....

saya bukan hendak mengecam komen saudara farouk dalam blognya, tetapi saya berharap saya dapat memberikan satu kesedaran kepadanya.. =) saya tahu saudara farouk telah hanyut dalam sikap patriotik nya yang mungkin terlupa akan kepentingan kemajuan bangsa. Saya pasti bukan saudara farouk sahaja yang berfikiran begitu. Ramai lagi di luar sana yang masih memprotes tindakan kerajaan untuk menukar medium bahasa pelajaran anak-anak sekarang.

Apa yang saya hendak katakan di sini adalah: buangkan rasa ego kita untuk kesejahteraan diri sendiri, agama, anak-anak yang bakal lahir dan juga bangsa MALAYSIA.....=)

Segala salah silap saya, saya meminta maaf. Saya mungkin masih lagi setahun jagung, masih lagi berusia 18 tahun tetapi saya harap pandangan saya mampu memberi manfaat kepada semua.

princess hours

I know its a little too late to write about this korean love drama. But I couldnt help writing about it. I have to confess that I had just finished watching the series while you might have watched it ages ago ( it became the most-watched drama in 2006, for crying out loud, its now 2008!) This almost-cinderella tale was so captivating that I had to watch it non-stop because I was eager to know the ending. It is also known as The Imperial Household or Love In Palace. It is set in the 21st century n the story revolves around the life of the Crown Prince, the last royal family of Korea. He married the not-so-popular-and-headstrong girl, which was actually a request from his deceased-once-king grandfather. Love eventually blossoms between the two of them despite them hating each other since the marriage was politically arranged. some matters are complicated throughout the story. what was charming was that the insensitive prince became sensitive and had done things that are ever so touching and romantic. honestly, i watched because i wanted to see the romantic part. and so, i questioned myself, why men can be so romantic in movies, but not in real life? hehe....

romantic stories have always been a big No-No to boys.... wanna know why? they hate to see how romantic other men can be, and how they couldnt compete with that. they hate romantic stories, esp korean dramas because they couldnt be the perfect boyfriend a girl could wish for. They hate it because korean dramas always make them look bad as a boyfriend. =)

I dont mind that.... because i found myself a great one.... nobody's perfect, thats for sure! =)

anyway, i'm waiting to watch princess hours II.... =)

when i was six...

....I started writing short stories. I still keep a collection of my own stories in a file. You know, the feeling felt so great. Ideas came to me like waves rushing to the beach. My hands, they couldnt stop moving. Filling the empty spaces on the paper, I felt every passion pushing me to write more, n more.



when i was that age, i love watching PINGU AND PINGA. you know that cartoon series, dont you? he's a lovable character.... =) basically, all of my stories are based on the series. after watching it, i somehow came up with the idea to write. n i came up with new ideas.



wanna read one? here's one... =)

PINGU GOES TO SCHOOL

Pingu was in trouble because his mum asked him to go to school. So, he get up and marched up and down in his bedroom. Then he shouted I hate going to school. Mum had an idea. Pingu, you can do painting at school but you got to bring your apron said Mum. Pingu stop marching and look at Mum. Why do little penguins got to go to school? asked Pingu. Because if little penguins dont go to school they will be stupid and not clever. said Mum. Anna, Pinga and Dad were waiting to sent Pingu to school. Then they all sent Pingu to school. Pingu called his teacher, Mr.Wills. Mr. Wills is a kind teacher. Pingu went to his class and read his book , then Mr. Wills told Pingu : You must go out and paint a picture. So Pingu go and paint a picture nicely. Mr Wills thought to himself : I could go to the art class and see if Pingu has done his painting. Mr Wills hurried to the art class. He saw Pingu painting cafully and he had finish it. You can take it home, said Mr Wills. Pingu went home happily. The end.

This was written on the 16th of February 1995. =) although there are a lot of mistakes in grammar and punctuations marks, i still find it to be very pleasing and it was a good start for a very little girl...

I wish I could be the girl I used to be. The girl with great ideas and fantastic writing skills.

I wish I could be that girl again. I've lost some good writing sense, and I miss it so much.

Plz...help me find my light again. Its been years already. Hope I could do that again. Hope I could get back my ideas and do what I enjoy doing. =)

why i start blogging

i'm a good girl; a good daughter, a good sister, and a good student. i dont really break rules unless i am forced to. i live to make others happy,so that they feel proud of me. if u think that i sound boring, go ahead. i dont care.

Sometimes, i find it hard to say things aloud. it terrifies me if people misunderstand me. like i said, i live to make them feel proud of me, not to let them think that i sound stupid. I dont usually make statements. My words, my feelings, any thoughts of mine are only burried inside.

This sort of attitude is unacceptable, I know. =)

When it comes to serious matter or a serious conversation, I lie still like a doll. Or when i meet new people or serious people, i became seriously quiet. i do not wish to make any efforts to make a complete fool of myself. If I were to convey my opinions, I can only do it thru writing. I dont speak much, i juz write.

When it comes to fooling around with friends, I'm actually the different kind of girl. I like fooling around with my friends a lot. I'm able to make a lot of people laugh. I'm good at it.

Basically, I dont talk about serious stuff and I dont talk much to new people....before I embarass myself to death, i prefer not talking. =)

So, blogging is the only way I could pen down my opinions and thoughts in a serious way. get it why i start blogging?

besides, i juz love to wirte..... =)