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holiday buying guide~

2009-12-06T12:47:00.002+08:00

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.

Here in Malaysia, we are already entering the third week of year end school holidays. The time is radically moving fast. Megat's extra classes started even on the Saturday (first day) itself. The schedule has been arranged as such because Hari Raya Haji (Eid Adha) fell on the following Friday. Take note that Megat is schooling in a local Chinese primary school. He totally skipped the second week's classes, as he already followed his Wan Chik (auntie) back to KL on last Sunday. While as for me here, of course there's more stories to come soon.

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"paragon of fashion"

2009-12-05T05:02:00.003+08:00

i have been called as "paragon of fashion" by harjinder, a junior of my school. it started when i saw this on a canadian fb friend's status:

WANNA SEE WHO DOES THIS... Let's see how honest FB friends are. Leave a 1 word comment that you think best describes her. It can only be 1 word. No more than 1 word. Then copy & paste this post on your wall so she can leave a word about you. This should be interesting... Wonder if she has 20 brave friends who will do this~

so after i typed a word about heather, i copy and paste the above on my fb status. i was kinda eager too to see of what people would say about me. it was an honour for me though to find out that there are some people who secretly adore me for my fashion. i just dunno what to say but that's me! i guess harjinder could see it from our school days till now. basically i lurve to dress up according to the occasions, functions or events i am attending. i dunno about you, but for me i would definitely feel odd if i don't wear according to the theme...

like recently when i attended a chinese wedding, i wore cheongsam (i know i know i didn't blog about this YET)! guest were kinda impressed seeing me. even most of the chinese people themselves don't wear their traditional clothes during functions like that :(

and i wonder if you could still remember about an indian wedding that i posted some time early this year. i chose to wear lehnga. ayuuuuu... you could read it here, plus more close-up pics of their wedding traditions.

i also owned áo dài, a vietnam traditonal clothes that my dad bought it tailor-made for me during his vietnam trip many years ago.

besides lehnga, i have wore saree too at a company dinner some time ago. it was a bollywood theme. i chose to wear saree to create something different from other people. i wanted to show them that malay girls can wear saree too... then voila!

well, all the above pics were part of the other clothes that i wore apart from the normal baju kurung or kebaya. and now, i am in the mid of thinking of what to wear for a christmas line dance party that i am going to attend next week. any idea people? ;P

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2009-11-26T05:29:00.000+08:00

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Incendia Health. All opinions are 100% mine.

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quickie!!!

2009-11-22T04:31:00.005+08:00

yes!!!... this is a very quick one~

i went to penang the whole day yesterday for 2009 penang international line dance carnival people! it was no doubt a very great one, truly organized well enough for an international event. but only one thing that i would like to complaint about it. well i guess i will wait for an another blog post before i tell you, that i will type specially for the event.

i started my sunday early because i am going to ipoh in a few hours with some line dancing friends to learn 1malaysia line dance fuhhh... what a sunday to start it early huh?!! anyhow if you follow me on twitter here, i am sure that you already knew by now that i have been active with line dancing events here and there. yes... i guess i mentioned this before— although i seldom blog nowadays, twitter (which is also known as mini-blog) helps a lot. in fact i have so many thingy to blog actually, yet i had so lil' time to do it huhuu...

so at the meantime, i will leave you people with some beautiful *glurp* pics of my trip to penang by ferry. i think the last time i took the ferry was during my school days hehee... that's why i decided to take the ferry instead. ok okie... more story-mory later...

penang bridge of course!

camwhore is a must for a blogger like me!

and at this point, the ferry staff already asked me to get back to the car for us to unboard(?) the ferry.

talking about health...

2009-11-16T05:17:00.006+08:00

i had to ask puteri to record this video late last night as per my lil' sis request. its for some work-related surveys that she has to do~

btw please take note that milk contains calcium and not protein as i mentioned walaweiii... i was kinda nervous i guess. also maybe cuz i knew that its for my sis' work related stuff :))

if you would like to help to answer the above questionnaires too, kindly leave your answers in the comment box. thank you so much in advance for your great help *peace*

cafè world

2009-11-11T23:38:00.005+08:00

my oh my... i should have posted this last friday as mentioned in the earlier blog post; but never mind lor as long as i still remember lol...

so as you could see cafè world is one of zynga's most played online games nowadays. i wanted to share a couple tips in cafè world that i read about and trying that will work well for you and get you advanced thru the levels faster. instead of using a cheat that can make you banned, you should play with these simple cafè world tips and tricks to gain xp points and earn money fast:

first thing is, i would make sure that i have as simple cafè as ever but its still looks nice and neat. i don't like fancy stuff much in my real life anyway. you could see in my two examples above and below of 6 november and tonight respectively.

see... i do not have much things in the cafè. i only go for simple items like ming chair to match my ciao table and ming timbers flooring. even my stoves are those of simple one too. these things don't cost much. and if you realized it my doors were actually free. the orange roses were gifts from 'neighbours'. like i said earlier, the most important thing is of how to reach the levels faster.

setup your counters so your waiters will be blocked in (look at mine as an example), but make sure the cook can still reach them to place food on them from the stoves. what this does is save time for the food to be served. instead of waiting for waiters to walk around serving food and clearing dishes. they can magically do it all behind the counters if they can't get to the tables. and serving is so much faster, so customers won't walk out because they waited too long.

don't let food get spoiled. i had to look this up and found out that food from your stoves will spoil after the same period of time it takes to cook them. plan what you want to cook and when you can be back to check on it and place them on the counters. for example, cooking cheeseburgers takes 5 minutes. if you let it set after its done, they will spoil 5 minutes after they finish cooking. the same goes for every dish.

add more doors to get more costumers get in.

how to close the cafè, so you can cook up lots of food to fill up your counters~ i love this one because i get annoyed trying to keep up getting food on the counters. and if customers don't get food, they walk out and you lose on your buzz rating. if i run out or get low, the trick is to click on the cogs and go into customize mode and move a chair in front of the door, or put the door back in inventory. in other words, don’t leave your cafè open with no dishes to serve. put the doors back when the dishes are ready. in this way, you will keep your buzz rating up.

time pot roasts, chicken and other dishes that take a day or two to all finish at about the same approximate time that you know you can be around. that way you have 100's, if not thousands of servings ready to go.

tables and chairs: try and keep up with as many available chairs and tables as you can fit for more customers. they need a place to sit and eat so you can make money. if they can't, they leave and your buzz rating goes down. i maybe bought a few too many, but at least i'm not running out of tables and having customers walk out.

send gifts to your friends so you can get some back. visit your friends daily and leave tips for them so they would be glad to tip you too. besides that invite more people to be your neighbours on cafè world. the more neighbours you have, the more money you would get from the daily bonus.

i'll find more tips and share them. hope this helps.

knows our way online...

2009-11-08T16:04:00.011+08:00

warning: this blog post is certainly not to bring down anyone or anything. but it is thoroughly meant to remind everyone of the consequences in their action online. so do think wisely before you do any sort of things~

i was reading my twitter live feed earlier, when i clicked a link that was referring to local celebrities gossips by @amir_izwan just for the fun of it. and to my surprised, the website's favicon image is owned by Social Spark!

blogging & law conference have said it all. although not everyone had the chance to attend it, but to steal other people's stuff are certainly not kewl...

so to whoever the site owner, its good that you replace it with other of your own asap. or worst come to worst don't use any for the time being until you create one of yours! where it will indicate your true identity... jmtc.

*more to come: my line dancing activities...

kuE' note:
group pic above has been taken at a line dance party in ipoh last night, courtesy of a new line dancing friend kenny :))

he won!...

2009-11-06T10:13:00.006+08:00

i was busy with kiddos this morning, getting ready for school; when i heard the MHI (a local morning show) host read the headlines~ he won! yahoo!!!... so i quickly tweet about it. i was very sure that malaysians would be damn happy as well—

Manohara ingkar

Oleh Mohamed Farid Noh
mfarid@bharian.com.my

Anakanda Sultan Kelantan menang kes saman fitnah RM105 juta

KUALA LUMPUR: Tengku Temenggong Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra, menang dalam kes saman fitnah RM105 juta yang dikemukakan terhadap isterinya, Manohara Odelia Pinot dan ibu mentuanya, Daisy Fajarina selepas memperoleh perintah penghakiman ingkar, semalam.

Mahkamah Tinggi di sini, mengeluarkan perintah penghakiman ingkar itu selepas Manohara dan Daisy masih gagal melantik peguam untuk menjawab saman berkenaan, yang difailkan anakanda Sultan Kelantan itu pada 20 Julai lalu. read more here.

and here's more from other local dailys:

Prince granted judgment in default against wife

Manohara perlu bayar

i am not into elaborating more about this. i feel that only He knows of who is right or wrong. but wth "udah nggak cinta" when you were actually trying to make used of people... blerk! don't ler try to create story-mory :P i heard many bad things about this lady and let it be ler... you and all your blo*dy indons, always wanna make us malaysians down. i don't want to place lotsa rubbish here in my lovely blog. go and ask mr google if you people wanna know more about her life.

*coming up: simple and easy plus great tips on playing cafè world game, specially brought to you by kuE.

of twitter @replies, mentions & RT...

2009-10-29T19:39:00.002+08:00

seeing a tweet by a local twitter friend @SpicyGuy and a reply by @TheBackpackr (appendix 1; click on the pic for a larger view) earlier today, makes me wonder that maybe some twitterer still dunno much of how twitter works. you don't have to copy and paste the whole tweet and RT (retweet) it ler dude...

appendix 1

all tweets containing @username are collected for you, accessible by a link in your sidebar (see appendix 2; number 1 in blue). click on your user name to see all replies made to you, and mentions of your user name.

replies and mentions must use the user name in order to appear in the original person's replies tab. all replies and mentions will appear excepting replies from people you've blocked.

please note:

✓ people will only see replies in their home time line if they are following both the sender and recipient of the update.

✓ people with protected accounts cannot send replies to people who aren't following them, and mentions won't be seen by non-followers either.

appendix 2

so as you could see in my own example above (appendix 2), i clicked @Reply to @SpicyGuy instead of mentioning him. then i just tweet my reply. this way, @SpicyGuy's tweet can be seen under 'in reply to SpicyGuy' (number 1 in red). whilst when you scroll over there, you could see the direct link http://twitter.com/SpicyGuy/status/5254028410 (see number 2 in red).

and when you click number 1 in red, you will be brought to this page (appendix 3) where @SpicyGuy's tweet can be viewed individually:

appendix 3

if you find this interesting enough, go here to learn more about this.

RT or retweet, essentially forwarding another person’s tweet (normally an interesting one) on to your twitter friends.

to link to a tweet, click below the tweet on the date/time it was tweeted. this will take you to an individual page with that tweet only. you can then shorten the link and post it in your tweets. otherwise you can just copy paste the tweet and add the prefix RT @whoever. go here to find out more about this.

charter on demand...

2009-10-29T00:59:00.000+08:00

If you’re using Charter digital in the United States then you’ll surely love this post. Not many of you know but having Charter digital means that you also have Charter on Demand. And the thing is that you don’t have to pay extra for it because it’s free.

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This is also great for parents. Children probably don’t understand TV schedules or just don’t have the patience to wait for their favourite cartoon to come on and start screaming, crying and so on. With Charter on Demand you can easily do your chores while your children are on the TV enjoying their cartoons no matter what day or time it is.

You can learn more at charter.net/ondemand and you can also get updates and fun extras on Charter’s Facebook page.

*this is a sponsored post

shu la jin...

2009-10-28T21:21:00.001+08:00

this blog post has actually been sitting in the draft folder for more than 3 weeks! *phew* and since its kinda an interesting one, i must say that its better i post this good information for everyone no matter what.

shu la jin is a form of exercise that has been founded by madam chin sau ying. eventually i knew that my line dance group has been doing it almost everyday as a form of warming up before our line dance routine. i didn't join them anyway as i normally opt and prefer for a breeze walk up and down the resident's hill near my former secondary school. then only walked down to laman budaya to join them for line dancing.

i only became more aware of this kind of exercise when madam chin dropped-by recently to introduce and promote it to kualè people.

madam chin brought a lady who looked so healthy; that no one could ever imagined she used to be a stroke victim if she didn't tell us of her past story. she practiced shu la jin and look at her...

they showed us some newspaper cut-outs written about the exercise.

rules and regulations of shu la jin exercise:

only madam chin sau ying, being the founder and master of shu la jin, shall have the sole right to appoint her assistant instructors.

appointed assistant instructors shall fully understand the objective of shu la jin.

learner are expected to co-operate by helping each other to enjoy good health and love and to perform charity.

learner shall not be selfish or greedy and shall instead devote themselves voluntarily to promote the exercise of shu la jin.

learner shall seek permission from madam chin sau ying prior to carrying out any plans or activities concerning shu la jin.

learner shall not conduct any private business or activities within the compound where shu la jin exercise is held.

nobody is allowed to collect money in the name of shu la jin unless the collection is meant for charity donation and such collection is approved by madam chin sau ying.

it was just so happened i brought my oly along that morning. more over i guess an introduction of this shu la jin exercise via a video that i managed to capture would be much helpful~

shu la jin from ku E on Vimeo.

if you like this blog post and are interested to know more about shu la jin, do email me or leave your comment in the comment box; and i would be much glad to get my friend to pass madam chin's contacts to you.

where will you be going for your holiday?

2009-10-28T11:03:00.001+08:00

I understand that the spring season will be there not too long from now in another part of the globe. While here in the country, year end school break is about to start in a few weeks time.

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hiatus, no more?...

2009-10-23T00:49:00.000+08:00

nah... i can't promise. and i dunno. i am blaming maxis broadband for all this trouble. their connections speed were damn bad for the past 2 weeks or so. no need lar for me to explain all in details here. the thing was that i almost lost a good paid post earlier today. just imagine people it took me about 9 hours to try to submit the blog entry. that's how bad it is you see. i understand that i qualified for more such post. thus maxis will get it from me if ever i lost these opportunities (again)!

i have indeed quite a number of blog entries in line. but since i faced this problem, i had no mood at all to blog. even this screen now looked half dead... blerk! need i say more?

the truth about infant formula...

2009-10-17T06:24:00.000+08:00

I remember that I wrote about the ever great benefits of breast milk depending with infant formula sometime this month (read my October 2009 archives). I am so lucky to be one of the many mothers in the globe who breastfed their children, even though I am petite *big grin*

I believe that no infant formula can substitute breast milk. Infant formula is a safe alternative to breast milk, but more people need to know the truth behind this breast milk substitute, especially when coping with guilt.

I don't condone those mothers that opt to use infant formula. They have different reasons for doing so. Most mothers that tend to use formula buy the more expensive brands thinking that they're giving their babies most of the benefits of breast milk. Infant formulas are all actually the same whether it is the most expensive brand or the store brand formula.

According to Dr. Barbara Levine from Weill Cornell Medical College, buying a heavily marketed, expensive, brand-name infant formula from a big pharmaceutical company does not get your baby any closer to human breast milk than a store brand formula. She also said that mothers can choose to supplement their breast milk with any formula because all formulas are regulated by FDA and nutritionally equivalent.

This message is set to become even more important for many mothers in the United States because of changes in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program with effective 1 October 2009. For those who don't know WIC is a food and nutrition program to help pregnant women and families with young children. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC provides nutrition education, nutritious foods, breastfeeding support and information. The foods provided through WIC are a good source of essential nutrients. WIC improves the health of it's participants and promotes lifestyle changes. WIC participants have longer healthier pregnancies and fewer premature births. WIC is a short-term program designed to help families in the US build healthy eating and living habits that will last a lifetime!

A new WIC initiative aimed at increasing breastfeeding rates among families reallocates funding for all currently provided foods, including infant formula, baby foods, juices, and fresh fruits and vegetables. This program could mean a reduction of up to 20 percent in infant formula subsidies; parents who previously had most of their formula paid for by WIC may now have to purchase formula on their own.

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"Indulge in the Uniquely Singapore experience"

2009-10-11T10:52:00.002+08:00

Holidays. Now tell me of who doesn't lurve holidays these days right. It really can take us all out of our stressful, hectic mind. What if it can be entirely born of and you do not have to worry a single cents about it at all hah! Blissful...

To those of you who dunno, I have just came back from KL two nights ago for Mamat Khalid's up and coming 'Estet' movie function. Now can I just don't have to unload my luggage and think about of what I should bring to Singapore!!!...

Ya... I guess I have mentioned this many times before. Since I missed the chance to attend IZEAFest 2009, now I really hope that I have more chances at Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards! And the best thingy is that I can visit Singapore too; a not strange place for me during my childhood life. That means I have never been there for such a looooong time.

My father used to be an estate manager with UniRoyal in Johor, like Kluang and Simpang Renggam when I was small. So as you could see, he brought us all to Singapore almost every weekends! And most of our relatives and friends didn't surprise at all when they saw us wearing well-known brand clothes. Obviously those were all bought from Tangs...

and Isetan. These are the two places that I am not gonna miss if ever I am lucky to go to the lion country.

Other than that I am afraid I am not really sure of other unique places in Singapore that I should visit. It's really been years for me since the last time I went there. I know Singapore has changed a lot. Anyhow from what I heard Sentosa Island is part of the good places to wind down there. I understand that it was once a fishing village known as Pulau Blakang Mati. It later became a British military fortress until 1967 and was handed back to the newly independent Singapore Government. And today, Sentosa is Singapore's premier island resort getaway with multi-faceted appeal, teeming with events all year round. Great!

Next in the list maybe the world's largest ferris wheel, the Singapore Flyer. From my research on Singapore, I learned that it made its first spin on Monday, 11 February last year. It offered passengers a bird's eye view of the city-state as well as parts of neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia *phew* Well, can I just go there once during the day and another at night. Then this way, I can have simultaneously a different kind of view everytime. I could also be proud of myself to witness the very nice and unforgettable view of Singapore and the surrounding areas from up there.

A hometown friend Razak who is now residing in JB did point out to me about Little India. Ya I think I remember that. Then there's also Arab Street. He told me that the highlight of this trip would be a meal at the Singapore Zam Zam Restaurant (purple shop in the pic below), home of the best "murtabak" in Singapore. This landmark Indian-Muslim restaurant opposite Sultan Mosque has been serving nasi beryani, murtabak, roti prata and other dishes for over 100 years. Wow!!!... kewlness! ;)

Thank you so much Razak for the great information. Unfortunately Razak can't provide me much about Singapore even though he goes there almost fortnightly. He eventually went there for business matters only. Nevertheless he can't never miss the murtabak place hehee...

So far I am already very excited enough thinking about having a holiday in Singapore. But I still do not have much idea in mind yet. What ever it is, I have a valid Malaysian passport to travel anytime...

On top of that, my bum is really like steaming hot now... See... I can't wait to start my wonderful journey to Singapore!

C'mon Nuffnang, count me in please, pretty pleaseeeee...

p/s Take note that all the Singapore pics above are linked to its individual sites. So if ever I get to go, I will definitely take pics of the beautiful city myself!

“Indulge in the Uniquely Singapore experience”

my show & tell of "estet" video clips & book launching...

2009-10-10T17:26:00.005+08:00

it was a simple, fun and great event indeed. no doubt about it. so i thought its best to get on with a show and tell...

upon guest arrival, we were greeted by these 2 pieces indian music instrumental... i am so in lurve with it, sooooo soothing and relaxing. click on the pic to watch the video of it that i recorded.

so while i was waiting for my blogger friend to join me, i snapped here and there as usual...

see... even the beautiful high ceiling also! *glurp*

and finally here's my guest, ayuuuuu!!!

the guy on white behind ayu is a poet i think, but i can't seems to be remembered his name ler plak... ayuuuuu!!!... oh you know why i shouted for ayu. that's because she's very good in spotting celebrities in a split second; oh my... i.e. we were chatting then suddenly she was like, "awie!" then not too long after that, "eizlan yusuf!". wahhh... mak oiii... ;~)

p/s tu ler, the other day when i asked in my fb/twitter of who wanna follow me to istana budaya; no one seems to be interested! haa... so i guess it was definitely ayu's day. sampai sanggup anto i balik to my place after that i tell you... :~)

among the guest, obviously

kak jib, executive producer of naga vxs. when kak jib was at the shooting set in kualè, she was sweating like hell, working hard. but that evening she looked sooooo ayu ler plak... ;)

"estet" book has been officially launched in a simple event...

abang mamat presented his speech

launching of the movie's video clips. both of the video clips entitled 'ayuh kawan' and 'cahaya kemenangan' will be aired on tv soon. so they hope that by the time the movie will be screened at the cinemas in december, movie goers could sing along to the tunes in the cinema too! oh btw that's awie in red cap.

then they introduced us to all the cast starting with awie. dah macam in a classroom plak when they had to stand up once they were being called hehee...

with ayu

spoilt ler... cuz of all the flashes from other cameras too. but anyhow i just wanna placed it here too to show you people of how fun this "estet" team.

more... check-out the chinese guy (bottom right) who looked exactly like smashpop! at first i thought why ler he don't wanna talk to me lol... tup tup he's actually one of the supporting actors hehee...

this one is ayu's "photography" work lol... it's of farid kamil's red nike shoes.

with the hero farid kamil

and jasmine michael, the heroin

with both of them

checking out the book, or just acted for the camera hehee... the book will be sold at RM25 each starting next week, at all major bookstores nationwide i.e. mph, kinokuniya. aiyaa! why ler i forgot to ask abang mamat and ajami to autograph it. then maybe i should have create a contest on my blog kan kan.

with kak jib, who radically thought that no one wanna take pic with her. don't be like that ler kak jib. ayu and i are bloggers and we lurve to camwhoreeeee... ;)

soru time!!! and they have tosè you... best! but the gravy was damnnnnn hot i tell you. sorry for the left hand; simply wanna show-off my jade bangle from beijing hiks! *winks*

soru² ler... but ayu still busy taking pics

SM was so lucky that day to win the lucky draw's grand prize of nikon coolpix s230 digital camera. he was so lucky ler... abang mamat was just teasing him, tup tup its SM' number that came up! lol...

with some of the supporting actors. see kak jib, i can snap pics with anyone! :)

press conference. i called this as a 'koboi' style pc *glurp* hehee...

and finally, with the man himself, mamat khalid

so please everyone, support local film industries. i only go for the good one of course. what when the shooting was done entirely in kualè hah! ohhh... i really can't wait to watch the movie then.

i would also like to thank ayu for being there with me. and for helping me to snap lotsa pics that day. don't forget dear, block your calendar for the premiere screening occay? ape² belakang cakap ar? hehee...

a place for mom...

2009-10-10T05:57:00.002+08:00

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The agency provide in-home services for a fee. Services may include meal preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, errand services, grocery shopping, transportation, recreational activities, grooming and dressing supervision.

I see what a great services there they are providing. So now don't you people think that A Place For Mom can be like a benchmark for us especially some local companies or individuals to start a good and inspiring services something like this.

*this is a sponsored post

"estet" launching of video clips and book...

2009-10-09T09:41:00.011+08:00

i am so tensed with the broadband speed here rather than my place back in kualè aiyooo!!!... somebody purrrleaseeeee...

alright. mamat khalid himself invited me to this event yesterday~ launching of video clips and book of his up and coming movie "estet". thank you so much abang mamat. and i think there's many more to come kan kan...

so i thought i will leave you people with this video of a live indian music instrumental first; while i get on with the uploading of pics and whats not correctly. deepavali is coming soon anyway. btw fyi i recorded this video while i was waiting for a blogger friend to join me. so wait for my next blog entry for you to find out more on this. you know... a true blogger always need some pics along with his/her blog post to make it more presentable. so at the meantime, do enjoy the music as much as i do! i find it sooooo soothing and relax...

"Estet" from ku E on Vimeo.

now i wonder of who can guide me to convert the above video to a mp3 music. i wished to upload the music to my n76 so that i could just listen to it whenever i wanna. and if some of you people realized it, i tweet about this immediately there and then. see... how deep is my lurve towards this music ;)

kuE in china press!...

2009-10-07T21:27:00.007+08:00

i mentioned here that the lantern festival celebration i attended in kampung station approximately 2 weeks ago, has been featured in china press newspaper on monday. finally i got it today from my friend ms tung. and since i can't take no for an answer, i tried my very best to search for it online too. then to my surprise... tadaa!!!... get the link here. but i placed it in this post as well just in case the link disappeared. besides that, this is just for my record. whilst i don't even understand a single word mind you ;)

更新: September 27, 2009 18:16

打擊爆竊案．解奇難雜症
江沙火車頭設服務中心

江沙火車頭今年舉辦的提燈游行非常成功，吸引逾千人出席。

（江沙27日訊）針對早前江沙火車頭（Kg Station）治安不靖，爆竊案頻傳問題，首相署（司法及國會事務）部長拿督斯里納茲里決定在江沙火車頭成立服務中心，以解決居民大小事務。

這個服務中心是一個貨櫃，將會在近期內運抵江沙火車頭，納茲里也會安排專員為民服務。

一週7爆竊案

有鑑于此，納茲里請求當地居民善用這項便利，一旦有投訴，或面對難題，可向專員求助，倘若專員解決不了，他將會挺身而出。

治安向來不賴的江沙火車頭在今年4月分常常發生罪案，且曾試過一週內發生至少7宗爆竊，爆發該村50年來最嚴重的爆竊案！

儘管這裡有睦鄰計劃與志願警衛團為了治安輪流巡邏，但是猖獗的竊賊仿佛洞悉這些志願隊體的運作，總是在他們休息后，才活躍干案，叫人防不勝防。

納茲里（左2）與黃秀娟（左）派“紅包”給12歲以下的孩童。

居民擔心隨時會成為竊賊的下一個目標，惶惶不可終日，甚至一些居民已在家中準備武器，例如巴冷刀、木棍，以備不之需。

納茲里說，一些竊徒毫無人性，甚至連阿婆的棺材本也偷光，害得阿婆以淚洗臉。

“警方接到投訴后，有加強該區的巡邏，但是居民不能完全靠警方，反之應該打醒十二分精神，充當警方耳目。”

納茲里昨晚為江沙火車頭區慈善會舉辦的提燈籠晚宴主持開幕致詞時，這么指出。

他說，若在火車頭多了一個服務中心，那么，居民面對任何“奇難雜症”，可第一時間前往櫃台找專員協助解決。

不再投訴無門
★火車頭慈善社主席黃秀娟

家長護著孩子準備提燈游行囉！

有了這個服務中心，居民面對問題時，不再投訴無門，多了一個投訴空間。

希望居民可以善用服務中心，因為是他們極力向納茲里爭取的。

部長關心居民
★火車頭睦鄰計劃副主席鄧國榮

感激納茲里設立服務中心，這證明部長關注火車頭的居民，也說明部長做到首相要求的“一個大馬”計劃，因為火車頭居民主要以華裔居主，其次是印裔。

千人出席提燈盛會
3大民族同歡共慶

華巫一起大跳馬來舞蹈，象徵一個馬來西亞。

納茲里出席江沙火車頭慈善社舉行的中秋提燈宴會，並拿起燈籠游火車頭一圈，這項盛會吸引逾千人，包括3大民族出席，場面熱鬧。

納茲里為這項盛會主持開幕前致詞提到兒時記趣，指中秋節也是他童年最美麗的回憶之一。

當年，還是小孩的他和華裔朋友一起玩燈籠點蠟燭，那個時候燈籠有龍型、兔子、水果等等，令他非常興奮。

他說，中秋節並非只屬小孩，老人也非常享受中秋，因為這是其中一個跟家人團聚的日子，這種良好文化應該傳承下去。

是晚，除了提燈嚐食外，當局還安排三大民族文化表演，包括中華文化的舞獅，扇舞，馬來同胞呈獻馬來舞蹈及街舞及印裔同胞的傳統舞蹈，皆贏得大家好評，納茲里也看得連連點首。

大家最期待的還是幸運抽獎，納茲里除了撥出1萬令吉辦這項盛會，也報效4份大獎，結果巨獎（雪柜）落在年輕居民吳汶捷身上。

出席者包括硝山馬華區會主席吳有敬、硝山馬華區會婦女組主席關鳳珠及江沙馬華區會婦女組主席洪淑金等。

the big day & 100th' blog post...

2009-10-07T06:16:00.006+08:00

the title said it all. so let me start the day with~

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(bismi-llāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīmi)
[translation: "In the name of Allah (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful"]

this is being:

my darling puteri will be sitting for her pmr exams with effective today.

someone approached me yesterday for a business proposal on my cupcakes :)

this is obviously my ~~100th'~~ 1,000th' blog post! wohooo...

i am so blessed with all the above and hope that everything will go on smoothly as planned; amin...

kuE' update at 9.26 am:
this blog post is eventually my 1,000th nos and NOT 100th like mentioned earlier *glurp* walaweiii!!!... what ler i was thinking lol ;)

GOOD COFFEE DAY!

2009-10-06T19:57:00.006+08:00

starbucks good coffee day is here! they are giving away free starbucks freshly brewed coffee.

when
7 october 2009, from 10am—12pm only

where
all starbucks coffee stores in malaysia

why
it's a way for them to say THANK YOU for their customer's fantastic support towards starbucks coffee.

terms and conditions:
*limited to one cup per customer.
*not exchangeable for cash or other products.
*valid at all starbucks coffee stores in malaysia.

so what are you waiting for people. gather all your friends/colleagues/family members and make sure you head on to your nearest starbucks store tomorrow from 10am—12pm for a tall freshly brewed coffee, absolutely FREE!

unfortunately i won't be joining because i am in the mid of 6 days fasting during the month of syawal (it was my second day today). i am not gonna ruin my intention in fasting just because of this anyway. probably its not my rezeki this time. so for those who are planning to go for good coffee day, enjoy! ;)

to my beloved darling puteri...

2009-10-06T09:18:00.008+08:00

mama would like to wish you all the best in the pmr exams that will be started tomorrow. may you succeed with flying colours and achieved all your dreams... amin.

XOXOXO
mama!

kuE' note:
pic credit to my cousin niena and shamir. it was indeed has been taken at our well-known green room *winks*

the most talk bloggers' event of the blogosphere...

2009-10-04T05:36:00.011+08:00

i mentioned here that there are currently some most talk bloggers' event of the blogosphere. i bet you IZEAFest is on top of the list now~

see what i mean? you people don't know of how i really wished to be there in seaworld orlando right now, with the rest of the bloggers. i felt so lucky anyway when i got the chance to watch some of the speakers last night liz strauss and brett bumeter, streaming live online courtesy of ustream. the talks were very good and informative.

and believe me people! this pic below will melt your heart. thanks to ben spark. he upload the pic from the venue straight to his flickr album via flickr mobile huhuu... more live pic uploaded by other bloggers/twitterers can be viewed here =)

if only i can get corporate companies or individuals (ehem...) to grant my wish for the same event next year fuhhh! i would be on cloud 9 i tell you guaranteed!!!... but who knows right people. with all of the hardwork and all... wish me luck ok :)

and here's why i am so excited about joining IZEAFest: i have been with them for quite some time already... kaching! kaching!

first i joined payperpost some time in january last year. followed by socialspark in may, same year. then recently i hooked up with sponsored tweets about 3 months ago. they are all under izea. not just that, i also has been selected as one of their TEDHead's! crew. the group was formed as a way to share the excitement of the new izea insider's program which began in january 2009. i am glad that i joined these bunch of people. they are all very nice and helpful. this has been proven that even though i may not known locally, but i am well received there. well if you haven't already, you better do it now people. do get more info about it in my blog, or email me for further queries and clarifications and i will try my very best to help you as far as i could :~)

alright then, since i was not able to make it to IZEAFest; my only hope now is for nuffnang asia-pacific blog awards! i doubt that its one of the most talk bloggers' event of the blogosphere as well especially in the asia-pacific, mainly malaysia, singapore, australia and phillippines. i have already submitted my first blog post to get an invite to the event. my second one is coming up very soon. so see you all there!...

the day i really wished that i am there at IZEAFest now...

2009-10-03T22:31:00.002+08:00

hey people, i will explain to you all later of how i wished that i could joined IZEAFest!

i am watching liz strauss on stream live online right now here:

Online TV Shows by Ustream

lantern festival celebration

2009-10-02T20:53:00.021+08:00

according to wikipedia: the lantern festival 元宵节 is a chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the chinese calendar. it is not to be confused with the mid-autumn festival, which is also sometimes known as the "lantern festival" in locations such as singapore, malaysia. during the lantern festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns 兔子灯 and solve riddles on the lanterns 猜灯谜. it officially ends the chinese new year. read more here.

kuE' note: this blog post supposed to be posted a week already. but i don't care ler... its better late than nothing or never hor? i updated my twitter anyway :)

ever since i joined my line dance group, my life kinda hectic with other activities too. sometimes i was asked to perform with them in functions or events here. i remembered that my first experience was for a mother & father's day celebration organized by a chinese community. it has been attended by local umno leaders. so i had to do a zapin number and some other line dances to english tunes erm... layan je ler. to tell you the truth, of course i lurve english numbers more especially all those fast tracks.

then there was this function organized by umno people quite some time ago. it was radically damnnnnn delayed i tell you. i stressed out the word damn because it was really late by 2 hours!!! blerk!... pity the kids who followed us. we don't have choice but to stay as we had to do some performances. if you could see my chinese friends, they were all crazy like mad. what to do. anyhow you can view one of my performances that has been recorded by megat here.

so basically my performances last saturday was obviously my third one! it was for a lantern festival celebration held here in kualè. unfortunately i didn't manage to take lotsa pics as usual though as my oly was running out of battery huhuu... now i dunno whether to blame myself for not charging my oly's battery beforehand; or my friend-cum-translator ms tung who didn't explain to me about the function properly. never mind lor... ms tung, no sweat ok?

lesson learned: every night before bedtime, i will ensure that i fully charged my oly's battery before the next day turned up, no matter whether i have anything going on or not! ;)

the function started with everyone singing the national song; as soon as the guest of honour, minister in the prime minister's department datuk seri mohamed nazri abdul aziz arrived.

there were variety of music and drums and of course the chinese lion dances and firecrackers.

children carry their lanterns around the village and families come together to eat sweet rice balls for good fortune and family unity. chinese lanterns were traditionally made of silk, paper and even glass. although the most common is the typical red balloon lantern, nowadays chinese Lanterns come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. there are lanterns in shapes of boxes, lotus flowers, dragons, butterflies and all sorts of animals. they range from the small lanterns carried by hand made of paper by school children to gigantic floats shaped in the chinese zodiac animal for that year made by teams of craftsmen. lion dances came to the main stage then along with these group of people. i knew that they have some kind stories and meaning behind the lion dance performances.

towards the end of the performance, both "the lions" tried to peel out the mandarin oranges skin. they then presented the oranges to datuk nazri, who is also the mp of padang rengas.

i tell you what people. i could say that the function that night was really celebrated with 1malaysia spirit although it was meant for a chinese festivity. there were dance performances of all sorts of cultures like malay, chinese and indian, not forgetting shuffle dance by kualè youth itself.

my performance was the first one. i didn't get to ask anyone to capture a video of it though. none of our kids followed anyway as the function was at night, and we afraid that it would be dragged till late. i should have asked bebudak shuffle tu to record a video of mine kan kan... :)

the function wrapped up with lucky draws. looks like people were already looking forward with it from the beginning, as prizes offered were not bad i.e. hampers, bicycles, electrical items like blender, stand fans, and tvs too! but we didn't wait till the function ended though, as we knew it that there must be jammed if everyone were to go back together. from what i understood, since the function happened to be during syawal, datuk nazri also gave away raya money packets to all children who came that night.

and before i sign off this blog post, i am so glad to present you part of the performances held during that night... enjoy!

lantern festival celebration from kuE on vimeo

so how's the lantern festival at your places celebrated. care to share them with me?

see... when i blog, i really blog away *phew*

coming up: more delayed blog post and sponsored blog post.

coming up as well: the most bloggers' events talk of the blogosphere! can you guess of what is it? tungguuuuuuuuu... (wait) *winks*

besides that, i am also waiting for ms tung to pass me a china press newspaper cut-out about the function. they actually have a pic of me there you know. i wonder whether any of you people realized it ;)

kuE