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Fairytales

2008-08-20T14:58:00.002+08:00

I heart Sara Bareilles so much!The video clip of her Fairytale single is so cute!!!!There's another video clip which is the original one but I love this current one better.Ever since last semester,her CD,Little Voice has been constantly played in the car whenever I drove myself back and forth from my parent's house.Her lyrics are so witty and funny and some of them are sad too.The meaning of this particular song is that relationships are not all about fairytales and whenever I listen to the song I would laugh because of the messed up/quirky fairytale characters described in the lyric.My old blog post of her album can be read here.

Fairytales by Sara Bareilles

Cinderella's on her bedroom floor
She's got a crush on the guy at the liquor store
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
And she forgets why she came here
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood
For shame she says
None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming

I don't care for your fairytales
You're so worried 'bout the maiden though you know
She's only waiting on the next best thing
Next best thing, yeah

Snow White is doing dishes again cause
What else can you do
With seven itty-bitty men?
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
Says will you meet me at midnight? Oh, oh,
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows

I don't care for you fairytales
You're so worried 'bout the maiden though you know
She's only waiting on the next best thing
Next best thing, yeah

Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
But I don't want the next best thing
So I sing, I hold my head down and I break these walls round me
Can't take no more of your fairytale love

I don't care for you fairytales
You're so worried bout the maiden though you know she's only waiting
Spent her whole life being graded on the sanctity of patience
And a dumb appreciation
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
Cause I don't want the next best thing
No no I don't want the next best thing

Overgeneralizing

2008-08-20T14:57:00.001+08:00

I have been meaning to blog about recent events that has been happening to my uni,the 'famous' UiTM...Unless you have been living under a rock or in a cave,you must have heard the news that more than 5000 thousand UiTM students went to the Selangor MB office to protest over his remarks that 10% of the place in UiTM should be given to non-Bumiputera students.My friends and I saw the notice being put up at our faculty on the morning of the day before,the protest.Initially, when I read the notice,I felt,along with my other friends,that what Khalid was proposing, wasn't right.That as they say,UiTM is the last bastion for the Malays and Bumiputeras.But I have to say after some deep thinking,personally,I have mixed feelings over it.I wonder how the people of other races must feel seeing more than 5000 students fighting to NOT let them in their university.It must have hurt their feelings, but on the other hand,I understand the feelings of the students who went to protest.Although on this blog(click here),the blogger seems to think that the UiTM students were forced to protest.Some of my friends went to protest and they did it because of their love for the university so don't judge them because of it.

But what really irks me is that the overgeneralization of some people and political figures on UiTM students.They say that the reason why they want to bring in non-bumiputeras student to UiTM is because we don't know how to mingle with people of other races and what pisses me off the most is when this one 'infamous' political figure said that 'Kita tak nak pelajar Melayu yang bodoh'(as shown on the news of his speech)..Bodohkah semua pelajar UiTM?Why the heck most of UiTM students are able to get jobs in just a couple of months after they graduate?And UiTM students have many accolades from debates to interior design to fashion,we have won many awards and yet,they say that UiTM students are stupid.Where is the sense in that?Just because there are a few bad apples,they overgeneralize things.That just blows!

I have good friends from other races that I do keep in touch until today.My Scrabble teammates Puvanah and Suresh who with me, help my school become the 1st Scrabble champion of Negeri Sembilan,beating TKC students as well! When I live in Penang,it was very 'muhibbah' there.All of us spoke Malay with a Penang accent.Which I find so cool to listen to my Chinese and Indian friends talking that way.My old friends,Vinothini (who never fails to invite me to her house during Deepavali and stuffing myself with yummy Indian sweets especially the bright pink coconut candy...yummm!),Dharmini and Sharon who blurred the racial lines between us by speaking in a language that all of us could communicate in which brings me to what irks me a lot...Non-Bumiputeras who doesn't know how to speak BM at all,like at all and yet they call themselves Malaysian?Sorry to people who feels offended but if you are born and bred in Malaysia but you can't speak the Malay language then what is up with that?

On a brighter note,do read the current NUR magazine because my mum's friend/former employer's daughter,Nurul Huda, is on the front cover and she's a UiTM graduate.And a month after she graduated,she was accepted to work at Hijjas Kasturi Assoc.Sdn.Bhd and now she's the Interior Designer for them!

Every cloud has a silver lining

2008-08-19T12:17:00.001+08:00

Initially I wanted to blog about the 3 days that was spent at the Pidato Kemerdekaan comp but since Aimi has done a day by day blog on it..it's better for you guys to read it there..

Ms.Salliza told me and Hanna about the Pidato thing and that she needed 6 runners altogether during MeKar closing nite and intially,Hanna & the others were suppose to help me..but a day after that they realize that they'll be busy with moving out and stuff so I manage to ask help from some friends(thanks to Acad,Azri,Aimi,Chip,Moja & Tajul!).During those 3 days I met an old debate friend,Izzy and someone from my debate past that was freaking annoying!hahaha.If you read Aimi's blog you'll know who he is...

Yupzz..my life has been busy lately..But thank God Feskem will be given to Intec to do and Mapra(malam pra-graduan) will be given to SMPP since PMFP has bust our ass off for MeKar,Pn.Hajah says that we should not be the only ones doing everything...huhu.So since I have free time,I have been working..and I'm getting paid good money.My job is to tutor high school kids and I spend 6 hours with them,3 days a week.Need to save money for new sport rim for my car..huhu.

And things has start to look up in the family/grandma situation.After my mum has taken care of my grandma for a few days,my aunts took her back to her house and take care of her..And,they are taking my dad's advice in doing acupuncture for my grandma...Yeay!!!All is well.Like they said,'Blood is thicker than water" rite?My mum told me all the perils when she was taking care of my grandma & some of them made me LOL...hehehe.All I can say,is that,my mum has so much patience & she's a trooper!!!

Can't wait for my cousin's gig at Laundry Bar..wooottt!Support cousin gue deh!!!Gonna go there with my cousins & brother.Can't wait for shopping trip with the parents soon..giler dah lamer xkuar with them..huhu.Lunch is ready so gtg!!!Toodlesss!

Thank you

2008-08-18T16:39:00.002+08:00

Today I got an e-mail that just made me feel so much better.Thanks so much to that angel!
Thank you,thank you,thank you!!!!!

Si Luncai

2008-08-17T01:13:00.004+08:00

Tetibe teringat ayat nih

"Si luncai terjun dengan labu-labunya?Biarkannn..."(To Moja..this line is from the P.Ramlee movie titled,'Bujang Lapok'..haha.Watch it cos I know you haven't!)
LOL....

Have to wake super early tomorrow to pick up Ms.Sal and go to De Palma...huhu.

Malas nak 'membelog'(gaya perkataan Hanis Zulaikha..hehe)..Tapi nk bgtau d'cni..Acad hotstuff semenjak dua hari ini...tak ku sangka kau akan begitu laris...muahaha.Dari yang memakai sparkly pink nail polish to yang pakai kerawang mawang di kepala..sume minat kat ko nokkk!kui2...

Cool quotes

2008-08-16T00:09:00.004+08:00

A good friend gave me this quote today..Thanks babe!:

"If you spend time judging others, you will never have the time to love them."

And I love these quotes too....

"True love is, when everything in the world is going wrong,
all you have to do is look at that special person and,
suddenly, everything in the world is right again. "

"If you love someone, tell them...
for hearts are often broken
by words left unspoken."

"Trying to forget someone you love,is like trying to remember someone you never even knew.

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." -- Bernard Meltzer.

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. -- Fr. Jerome Cummings

"Usually our criticism of others is not because they have faults, but because their faults are different than ours." Roger Eastman

"Some of us are inclined to look to the weaknesses and shortcomings of others in order to expand our own comfort zone."

Marvin J. Ashton (Ensign, May 1988, page 63)

Just a thought

2008-08-15T15:40:00.003+08:00

I love sharing my thoughts with people I know who can shed some light to it and make things clear for me or have the ability to banter and discuss about various things in life.Today I made a conclusion from our healthy little debate on a particular topic...There are still people out there who are only able to accept their own definition of a certain thing,anything for that matter.Although this world is filled with millions of people with millions of different definitions and interpretations,still,there are people who seems to think that everything should be in a certain way and they can't possibly fathom others who are different than them.I am blessed to have met people from all walks of life and know for a fact that everybody is different and unique in their own way.Not one is the same as the other.We might have some similarities but deep down,everybody is different from one to another.And for that,we can't force anybody to be how we want them to be.Suddenly the song by The Beatles,'Let it be',is in my head...:)

Family matters

2008-08-15T01:07:00.006+08:00

Okay,this post is regarding my family so I don't expect all of you to understand but I'm just angry at some unbelievably selfish people and need to vent it here before I can fully focus myself on studying for tomorrow's test..

Sometimes it puzzles me..where is the humanity?How can you don't want to take care of your own mother?As you all know,my only grandmother left in this world is bedridden because of her broken hip & she can't do surgery because of her stroke.But that doesn't mean she has to stay in bed all the time..She needs to do physiotherapy like the doctor ordered but some stupid people doesn't want to do anything(they'd rather my grandma just stay sick & lay on the bed like a vegetable) so,they dump my grandma unto my mother's shoulder.

My mother,who has 2 children still in school(excluding me & my other brother) and a husband to take care off and she does everything on her own,without the help of a maid whatsoever,now have to also take care of my sick grandmother.Today,both of my lovely and benevolent parents--my dad had a very IMPORTANT meeting today but he had to take a leave in order to go to HUKM along with my mum & my 3 brothers so that both of my parents can learn how to do physiotherapy.According to JAIS(my mum called them & ask for advice),in my family's current situation the order of who should take care of my grandma is as follows:
1)The son
2)The unmarried son or daughter
3)The married daughter

Number 1 is out of question because one of my grandma's son is in Alor Setar while the other 2 are busy with their lives.BTW,my grandma has 9 children okay!NINE!

My problem is with the number 2.My 2 inconsiderate aunts,both who are UNMARRIED doesn't want to take care of my grandma....How kurang ajar is that?I have been keeping this pent up anger for days now...Only telling this to Hanna,Napz & Hani.I'm just beyond mad!

Firstly,both of them are unmarried.Secondly,one of them has a car!.Thirdly,one of them has retired.Fourthly,they have no 'tanggungan' pon!My mother,can't even drive & has no car of her own and she lives in Puncak Alam..Now my grandma is living with my family there.What if something happens to my grandma?It is like 30 mins drive from Shah Alam!Aq bengang giler la!Mak sendri pon tak nak jage?And you expect me to take care of you when you get older(my mom have told me dulu2 to take care of my aunts when my parents are not around)???Boleh blah laaa!And one of them had the nerve to sound2 my mum!!!(sape yang akan masok neraka sekarang????..I know it's between them & God but seriously la,they don't want to take care of their own mother..for crying out loud!)

Thank god I have my bouncer looking brother who stand up for my mum.I love my mum so very very much for her tenacity and the fact that she's willing to take care of my grandma and that it'll affect her side business that she's doing.I have to go back after the whole Pidato thing & help my mum out.It's funny because I usually watch these family not wanting to take care of their mother thing is Cerekarama but now it's happening to my own family.And I can't believe that my 2 aunts whose been living with my grandma when she WASN'T sick are not willing to take of her when she IS sick!!!

Lucky me!

2008-08-14T00:37:00.003+08:00

Today I went to Mr.Ashton's house..heheh.Took a pic while he was laying down & watching the E! channel with me ;)..But couldn't put the pic up laaa....eheheh.He makes a mean blackcurrant drink too & he's just the cutest thing ever!!!!!

Droolsss

2008-08-14T00:03:00.006+08:00

Yesterday I baked some chocolate chip cookies for the great peeps(Tajul,Niza,Aimi,Furkhan,Fred,Fazirul,Hanna,Hani,Napz,Hisyam,Akma,Izlin,Hafriz,Nazri&Firhan) who helped me out during MeKar and creampuffs for Yaya(he birthday was during last week & she has been asking for it..hehehe).Below are the pic of the batter,the cookies,the puff and the custard.
Went for lunch at KFC Tesco cos' Napz said that the cheezy wedges there is different?hehe.Fazirul wanted to go too so he hopped in my car and joined us.We had a big lunch...burpp...Here are some of the pics..hehe

MeKar

2008-08-10T17:31:00.001+08:00

MeKar,the brainchild of Fazirul,which was planned since last semester,has ended last night.3 days of jam packed activities,waking up early and staying up late,lugging stuff for the Jumbo Lelong( during MeKar itself,I couldn't help Adilah,my boss for Pendaftaran MeKar since I'm also in charge for Jumbo Lelong during the 3 days & glad that the high comm & Adilah herself knows how busy I was..huhu..capek deh!!!)... in my car and Aimi's,selling stuff for charity,supporting friends who performed in Voice Talent,and other things...In my posts to follows,I'll culminate the 3 days of MeKar and the day before it...

The Day Before(Wednesday)

In the morning,I went to KL with Hanna.We went out around 8.30 am to pick up stuff for MeKar.I slept in the car while Hanna drove the car.Stop at IJN,pick up the stuff,went back to the faculty,went to class.After class,I helped the MeKar peeps with some stuff,pick some stuff that Pn.Maf donated93 big box of books!) for the Jumbo Lelong,helped Jasmine send the VIP invitations,and then going to Giant with Hanna,Furkhan & Jasmine to buy the ingredients for the meehoon that Furkhan's cooking for the people who's coming to help the gotong-royong.Jasmine & me made fun of Hanna & Furkhan saying that they're our mama & papa while they find the ingredients...haha...Then went home to pack stuff for sleeping over at Hanna's place..Picked up Jasmine around 7 pm since we were waiting for Furkhan to finish cooking his meehoon.Hanna followed us too.Went to his house but out came Kucai instead saying that it's still not ready so had to go and buy mineral water and ice cubes first to make the rose syrup drink for tonight.Came back and picked up the meehoon with the help of Kucai and Nik(who pretended that he was the one who cooked the whole thing...LOL..u should have seen his antics that night).

Before the whole 1st MeKar Gotong-Royong started,Izza called me while I was hanging out at TESL square with the MeKar peeps,I turn the phone to loudspeaker so that Hanna,Niza,Nazri,Tajul,Jeng,Azri could hear both Izza's & Mak's voices.Izza even manage to throw a few jokes to Niza & Tajul...huhuh.Mak was talking about their shopping spree at Supre'..humph..hahah.And she even manage to talk about Safa's bad habit & mata keranjang eyes(Mak was worried the fact that Summer will come soon and the chicks will be wearing bikini's)...hehehe.

Gotong,gotong and then royong,royong until 3 something in the morning...I never realize how peaceful it was walking along the faculty at 2 am in the morning!huhu.Because we decorated the place around the new library as well so I manage to walk around the faculty with the MeKar peeps...We went 'ting-tong' sometime that night and I sang the 'Ayah dan Ibu' song to Furkhan & Hanna..LOL...Many other funny incidents followed and with bleary eyes,and stinky shirts..we went for Teh Tarik and roti canai with Fazirul & Anuar Zain(hahaha..he's a student from the Music Faculty and has been a big help to the boys of MeKar..and girls too!) and slept at 5am!...

The 1st day!!!(Thursday)

Woke up at 9.30...Bathe..yada2,went to the faculty,pick some more stuff for the Jumbo Lelong from Dr.Aziah,Madam Azura & Ms.Afni.Set up the booth with the help of the Skuad Elit,Nazri,Firhan,Niza,Tajul & Aimi...Made almost rm200 even before the opening ceremony started...huhu.Congrats to everyone who helped!The gimmick of the opening ceremony was a surprised to me eventhough Hanna have told me about it beforehand but hearing the siren and watching Furkhan,Hanna&Fazirul being escorted in the car was beyond cool..haha.Ooh,it rained heavily in the afternoon until evening but it's good cos' it's 'hujan rahmat'..huhu.Saw the appearance of the faymes deep-fried burger...ooohh....Had a bite from Aimi's burger and then at night had a bite from Napisah & Hani's burger..haha.

The 2nd day(Friday)
I came quite early and set up the placeMy crew for the morning was 4 part 3 students who consist of Shafira and her friends...And then Aimi,Tajul & Niza helped me out because they couldn't find any parking space for their debat thing..LOL..Suddenly I wasn't feeling well...felt really cold and Hani took some paracetamol for me.And I could feel my face was burning up and the peeps was telling me that I looked really pale but I didn't want to go to the clinic and Niza send me to Hanna's house, using Aimi's car(Fazirul was using my car), to rest (I seriously hate being sick during a very busy time for MeKar!!!).I vomit my breakfast as soon as I went to the bathroom,wore Napisah's socks & Hanna's jacket and slept with a blanket with the fan off but I still was shivering and shaking..Napisah was scared..huhu.She made me some blackcurrant glucose and I drink it and went to sleep.Hanna called me while I was sleeping and I picked up groggily..She said I shouldn't come back to help out with the booth(cos I told Aimi to pick me up around 12.30 or so..)and just concentrate on getting better(she got the play by play from Napisah) but I insisted that I'll be fine...Woke up around 12 something and I was sweating which was a good sign!The glucose helped a lot!I have no idea what made me sick in the first place...lack of sugar(cos maybe the glucose help) or lack of sleep or because of the rain yesterday??I'm still puzzled over it...huhu.

Aimi picked me up with Niza & Tajul.They still insist that I looked pale and sick but I refused to go to the clinic..huhu.Cos' I have to take care of the booth!haha.I was so hungry when I went to the PMFP booth & thankfully Izlin,her bestfriend Sabriza& Emy was there, so I manage to finally 'tawaf' the other booths with Napisah & Hani and bought the deep fried burger!!!woohooo!!!And the strawberry dadih..yumm!I love a good dadih cos back in Form 3,this guy sell it for rm3 for one dadih outside of SMK Seksyen 9(I don't know if he's still there)&I will always buy the honeydew & blueberry flavor...Ate a little bit of the lunch that the pmfp crews got and then went straight to attack my burger!!I was yapping like crazy with Napz & Hani during lunch and that's a sign that whatever 'bug' I got in the morning was gone...haha.Watch the fashion show and the lecturers kids was soo cute!!!!Especially Tasnim.Pn.Hamimah's only daughter & child.Islamic Fashion Show was next and Izlin was sort of nervous so I reassured her that she'll do fine(Hafriz was busy at home practicing for VT that night).And she did!

After that,went home to Hanna's while Hafriz took over at the booth(thanks so much dude!!).Got ready for the night and then went to watch Voice Talent...It was a blast!Screamed like mad!!And of course I support Hafriz..huhu.Even asked Aimi to take Fazirul's bouquet of flowers at the PMFP booth to give to Izlin so that she can give it to him...heheh.You rock dude!!!He won 2nd place!But I was kinda sad that Wawan didn't even get the 3rd place!!!DAMN!!!He has a very stop the time kind of singing voice...hehehe.After the VT,the peeps helped me clean up the booth and then went to the MeKar Post-Mortem for the day meeting and was sooo sleepy that Nazri drove my car home while Firhan followed from behind with his motorbike.Thanks soo much you guys!It was sweet that they were worried because they saw how sleepy I looked..haha.

I'll blog about the last day tomorrow aite??I'm still sleepy because this morning we had another gotong-royong( to clean up the 'residue' of MeKar)...It was fun because there were soo many extra buns & drinks from last night and Taufiq gave all of us Nasi Lemak from the Career Day thing that he organize..huhu.Fazirul wore a red cape(don't ask where he got it) and became the Suparman of the day..haha.And then we had an 'air oren' fight(like water balloon fight but using orange drinks in packets from yesterday's dinner instead).It was a great stress reliever...Throwing the plastic packets filled with orange drink around was so much fun!!!haha.Nazri got soak by the boys...hahaha.Hani & Napz was avoiding the scene of crime while Hanna was busy taking pictures..huhuh.I'm in Puncak Alam now,home sweet home!

Tagged by Aimi!

2008-08-07T20:16:00.002+08:00

~RULES~The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answer. So now, on to the questions...

1) What were you doing 5 years ago?
I was 16 years old and it was the 'honeymoon' time...haha.I moved back to Seremban with my family and fell in love with a great guy a few months after that..hahah.

2) What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?
a)Do laundry
b)Sleep!
c)Try to study
d)Organize the stuff for MeKar
e)Pack my stuff!

3) What are 5 snacks you enjoy?
a)Fruits-mangosteens & bite-size sugarcane(my mum have this whenever I'm home!)
b)Marshmallow
c)Oreos
d)Honey almonds
e)Rice krispies

4) What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
a)Open my own restaurant/boutique/bakery.
b)Buy out a mall!
c)Buy a huge house.
d)Buy my dream car
e)Travel the world with my whole family!

5) What are five jobs you've had?
a)Personal assistant
b)Kindergarten teacher
c)Babysitter
d)Staedtler(going to school with Ad)
e)......

TIRED!!!

2008-08-07T20:10:00.002+08:00

Fuuh penat!!!Yesterday,finish the gotong royong for MeKar at about 3.45 am!!No kidding!Had 'breakfast' with the 3 girls,Fazirul& his housemate & went to bed at 5 am!!!Woke up at 9.30 a.m for the big day.Considering the fact that the stuff the we sold at the PMFP booth are stuff that were donated by many lecturers(Pn.MaF,Azura,Dr.Aziah..&etc) and it's in the name of charity(non of the profits are for PMFP,it will go straight to En.Mahadi for his needs),I'm glad that we manage to hit the RM250++ mark today!Woohoo.Although our booth were a bit messy because of the rain,it was a good start & hopefully tomorrow will be another great day!

Are you kidding me?

2008-08-05T00:09:00.002+08:00

Fuuh I've been busy with MeKar,PMFP...being in charge with 2 things for ONE event is not easy but hey,FESKEM is getting near so I better be working my ass off for this...huhu.Or else Hanna will kick my ass...hahaha.

My head is in the clouds lately with everything zooming past me so fast that I haven't gotten a chance to take a breather and today,something happened that caught me off guard,after I pondered about it for a long time...Yeah,I'm a thinker so at first,inside,I was like..'Are you kidding me?','Is this a prank or a joke?'...I couldn't grasp it at first but now since I've had the chance to sit down and relax..I can't help but feel that I have so much to say about this..So I'll try to fit everything that I want to say into this post....

The thing that I'm talking about is about some hurtful words that was written on some of Ethos posters that my colleagues saw today...

I have been studying at this beloved faculty of mine for 3 years and in 3 years time,I haven't met people who has the audacity to vandalize the posters of a legitimate and a contributing society..ever!It's unbelievably idiotic to do so.What's your point anyway??

That's why I don't like people who have no idea about what's really going on to go about and make their own assumptions about it.It really really makes you look incredibly unintelligent(see I'm using 'nice' words here..no swearing!).What those people wrote on those posters are incredibly untrue.

I haven't been active in Ethos this year as I was last year...(PMFP calling...huhu)but I know for a fact that the people behind Ethos Society works hard in running it.People like Tatie,Syud & Freaky and all the other committee members of Ethos Society work together in order to create exciting activities and events for students at the faculty and not just the TESL students,contrary to other people's belief.And they do this out of their OWN FREE WILL.They're not being paid,they're not force to do anything and it's not like someone are pointing a gun to their heads and forcing them to be welcoming to anybody who needs their help,their doing this because they CARE.And it's SAD that some people choose to not see that.

I still remember like it was yesterday when I was in Pre-TESL where my former seniors,helped us with our drama and they came almost everynight to Cemara,coaching us and to help us practice our drama.Syameer & Ad who were there for us without asking for anything in return.They were there because they wanted to help.Heck,even I did a drama workshop for my juniors early last year.And I still remember the time when I interviewed Syed Husni for a class project and he told me this one piece of advice that I still remember until today.."When you leave the faculty,make sure that you leave a mark"(It goes something like that,I didn't remember the exact word).Unfortunately,some people choose to leave a 'mark' in a wrong way.hah.

I heart food blogs!

2008-08-01T18:27:00.009+08:00

I love reading food blogs...I don't know why but I just do.Maybe because I am such a big foodie and I love to cook and bake..My close friends knows that I bake the best chocolate chip cookies!!Read the past blog entry of it here...haha.It's amazing that I am not the size of a moose..yet!LOL.

I love reading about the blogger eating experiences at various restaurants,cafes and whatnots and the recipes that they try or what they eat on a daily basis.The food blogs(floggers) that I linked to my page are all good but there are others that I love as well.I think my love for food blogs started with this one Australian woman blog named Ladylunchalot but then she didn't update her blog for months.So I started to look around for other cool food blogs to read.But now she's back!!!.I love the information that I get on various kind of foods and it's good to know that even in San Francisco,there's a Malaysian restaurant.I love trying the recipes and it's great because the blogger has already tried the recipe first and showing the step by step and the end product of the recipe like on the blog Chowtimes.I have tried some of the recipes with much success like one of the chocolate fudge cake recipe.I love the blog Chowtimes because it's not only about food,it's about their vacations and where they eat when they're on vacation and the blog is run by a husband and wife team.

The blog A Passion for Food is amazing because she always explore all the bakeries in New York and being a sweet tooth,I can only hope that I'll be able to go to some of the bakeries there someday...Chubbypanda is a great blog too and I have been reading his blog for more almost 2 years now & I can't believe that today when I browse his link of blogs(because there are pretty cool blogs there too!),I saw MY blog being link there!How cool is that??Thank you Chubbypanda!!

Today I found a cool food blog,The Food Pornographer through the link on Chubbypanda's blog.Do look at the cute bento lunches that she makes!!How cute right???I have also added other food blogs that I read but haven't gotten to link them yet.So check them out because you won't be sorry or you might be hungry!Oh,yeah I have only one Malaysian food blog which is Masak-Masak because to be truthful,there's not that many truly good Malaysian food blog out there..but if any of you find them,feel free to show it to me okay?

Don't you just wish?

2008-08-01T01:26:00.003+08:00

Everybody at some point of their life have wished for something ridiculous.I have too..many times..Wishes that probably will never come true but it still feels good to know that you can say it to yourself and cling to that hope that someday it'll probably will...

I had one today.I wished that I could control my heart.So that it won't ache everytime I'm reminded of him.I should take a hint,take a hike.Hey,me..wake up?You probably will never get your happy ending so why bother to wait for it right?But why oh why does my heart refuses to follow??Why??I hate this.Sometimes I wish that my heart doesn't open itself up easily to things that could heart it big time.I really really do.

Menangis kerana Izza!!!!

2008-07-31T15:49:00.004+08:00

Izza called me today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 hour worth of long distance conversation that clarified everything between both of our lives.
I told her everything that happened here and she told me everything that happened there.
Menangis aku bercakap dengan die...huhu
Menceritakan masalah2 hidup yang menyebabkan dia berkata.."What??"..hahaha.
Dan dia terkejut jua..takpe laa Izza,jangan risau eks???I'll be fine!!
IMY sooo bloody much!!Thanks so berry2 much for calling....
Macam tau2 jer that I really need to talk to you...:(
I'm sure that gypsy lecturer looks cool..take a picture of her for me kays??
And the Keanu Reeves lookalike classmate of yours!!hahaha...
Remember that you're 'exotic' so nab him laaa!!!hahah.
Weii aku nak lavender from your garden there!!!!jelesssssssssssssssssss dgn garden ko tuh...

Time management

2008-07-31T00:14:00.005+08:00

Today was a jam packed day for me...pheww.Tiring but fun...I manage to hangout with good friends that I haven't hang out in awhile and friends that I haven't really hang out outside of the faculty...And I'm glad that I did today because I've realize how I miss it all this while.

I'm awfully sorry..especially to Hanna,Hani & Napisah for kind off neglecting you guys since the semester starts..huhuh.It's funny how we manage to become good friends despite the fact that about 2 years ago,we started on the wrong foot.And now we understand each other so well and they are no bull kind of people..if they want to 'tegur' me they do it up front..Like a few days ago,I got an earful from Hanna for not stepping up to the plate...huhuh.I always get the straight up no holds barred from them kind of friendship...Akibatnya...hari ini Hanna telah menyentap aku dengan panah yang tajam dan berkata"Lepas ni lupa kiteorang lagi la tuh"..oucchhh...Sori babe!!Aku tidak bermaksud begitu...huhu...Hanna,aku dah ingat apa yang kau kata aku patut ingat tentang janji aku pada korang tuh...hehehe.Nanti aku bagitau kat kau eks?Napisah,start planning now!!!hehe

After class today,I had lunch with Napisah & Hanna.And since during breakfast Nazri describe the best Nasi Goreng Kampung that he had in Shah Alam,and he described it pretty enthusiastically,I was craving for it so off we went to the place to eat.Afterwards,Napisah wanted to find a birthday card for her mother and I saw this book that completely caught me off guard and I told Hanna & Napz that I want it because I'll be using it during my next semester but I didn't bring enough money for it....uwaaaaa!!!But I was like nevermind..I'll be getting some more birthday money soon...hehehe.So I can buy the book later days..But I was really afraid that there will be no copy of the book left since there were only 2 copies left....

Then we picked up Syatila at the faculty and went to main campus to get the stuffs for MeKar.Went to Unit Kebudayaan for the costumes and such and then went to VC's building to get the souvenirs stuff.Izlin & Aimi were texting me saying that they're already waiting for me at the faculty to go and watch Sex and the City...wooohooo!So off we went to drop Syatila at her house then to Hanna & Napz's house...and suddenly,Hanna took something out from her big bag...And gave me the book that I wanted to buy just now as a birthday gift!!!uwaaaaa.Turns out,when Napisah was trying on some shoes and I followed her,Hanna went to buy the book on the sly..hehe.Hanna,I love you!!!hahaha.Below is a picture of the book that Hanna bought for me...heeeee

After that,went to the fac,meet up with Aimi & Izlin and Aimi said that we should all just go in her car and so I drop my car at Hanna's place and went off with them.

Sex and the City was the bomb!!!Total chick flick but it was worth it.It was worth they way Aimi drove her car to make sure that we made it for the 5.30 show and even manage to buy snacks...hahaha.Aimi and I were gushing over the shoes,the clothes and the bags throughout the movie that I'm sure some people in the cinema were annoyed with us..but who cares!!haha.Aimi,you're a girl after my own heart with your knowledge on fashion.I was like..'Oohh that's a Prada clutch(I notice it when Charlotte hold it) '..'Oooh look at that shoe'..Look at that cupcake purse(cutie pie Lily wore it)'...'That's an ostrich leather bag'--my knowledge from reading all those InStyle magazines and fashion blogs are useful after all because some people who watch that movie might not notice that Charlotte wore a DVF dress during pregnancy or that Samantha was wearing a pair of bamboo hoops earrings(I have one in silver!!) or that Carrie wore the same studded belt 4 times in the movie(which Aimi and me keep pointing it out everytime it appears in a scene)..'...See,I knew that Aimi and I will get along just fine when she can pronounce Christian Lacroix correctly..hehehe.Or when Carrie brought out the wedding dress that she wanted to wear,Aimi turned to me and was like..."Is she for real?" and I was agreeing with her...hahaha.

The movie was great!!!I would definitely get the dvd and hope that they won't censore it like what happened in the cinema..Potong sana,potong sini that it kinda ruined the movie a tiny bit..There were some funny moments and not so funny moments in the movie.I applaud Samantha for her very strong will power...Dante is smokin hot!!!huhu.Charlotte's 'poughkeepsied' moment was so funny!!!hahaha.And the forest joke..ewww.The part when Big unveils the closet that he had remodeled for Carrie...we were like..gushing over it and was in complete awe..I want the exact same closet space too!!!huhu.And everytime Lily's in the picture we'll be like...'awwww'..hehe.She's so effing cute!!!All in all,it's a movie for every fashionista out there,though there were some fashion choices that we weren't so keen about like Carrie's big silk coat with the puff sleeves and with the big purple roses on them.

After the movie we went window shopping and we were kind off confused at some point because we wanted to go row by row so that we won't miss any store but we manage to go to all of them.ALL!!!hehe.They never get tired or hungry(okay we were kind off hungry but we pushed it aside for the sake of shopping!)of going from store to store and looking at all the clothes and stuff!hehe.See the advantage of having fashionistas as friends?Aimi and I even gave our secret fashion tips to Izlin(hushh kay babe??hehehe).Saw a few things( the cutest tee & the most beautiful dress!!) that I like and so did they,but since we didn't bring enough money to truly shop,we are going to come back in a few days to buy them and we manage to keep the name of the stores that we'll go back to in our head.....glad that I will get some more birthday money from my aunt...hey,you don't turn 21 every year okay?As we lost track of time window shopping,we realize that the place was going to close soon so we had to eat outside of the mall...huhu..All of us had dim sum and nasi goreng pattaya at my favorite mamak in Subang and it was Izlin's first time eating dim sum(and it was good right??).Was so full and then went back home,pick up my car and Aimi teman-ed me with her car from the back since we were going the same way.
Babes,I had a great time...let's do this again!!!hehehe.

Korean kids are cute!!

2008-07-29T19:23:00.004+08:00

Since Aimi has made a blog post about this..I feel so lazy to do it so just read it from her blog aite?

Aimi's blog

Saje jerrr

2008-07-28T22:45:00.004+08:00

Inspirasi untuk kelas koko sastera(literature appreciation)....

Saya tak suka,
orang yang tak faham tapi buat-buat faham.

Saya tak suka,
orang yang tak tahu hujung pangkal tapi main teka-teki.

Saya tak suka,
orang yang tak tahu segalanya,tapi nak menghakimi.

Siapalah aku?
Siapalah engkau?
Engkau tidak tahu semuanya...
Diam-diam ubi berisi..
Biarlah hanya aku dan dia yang tahu.
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Santapan hari ini...

Bila kita marah pada seseorang,adakah kita akan terus menyerangnya?
Tentu tidak kerana kita orang yang bijak bukan?
Kerana sesuatu yang telah diluahkan dengan kemarahan,tidak boleh ditarik balik.
Kata-kata kadangkala boleh membunuh.Ingat itu.

Jadi,daripada menyimpan di dalam hati,seseorang itu akan meluahkan pada orang lain.
Dengan harapan,orang itu dapat mendengar dan memberi nasihat.
Bukan menceritakan kepada orang lain dan memburukkan mereka yang terlibat.

Lumrah dalam persahabatan,tiada yang sempurna.
Aku,engkau,dia dan mereka..semua tidak sempurna.
Persahabatan yang utuh akan ada perselisihan,sesuatu yang tidak ramai orang fahami.
Tidak semuanya indah bak sang suria.
Itulah yang menguatkan sesebuah persahabatan.

Funny!!

2008-07-28T19:59:00.004+08:00

Today something funny happened and of course I laugh my ass off...hahaha..I still think it's hilarious(to the person whom I shared it with just now...)

And a saying to that wise friend of mine....

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Theodor Seuss Geisel

And to those who seem to think that they understand when really,you have no idea of the whole truth baby!..here's something for you...hahaha.

"Never make an assumption.Because when you do,you make an ASS out of U and ME."

Comfort zone

2008-07-26T13:33:00.005+08:00

Everybody has one of those bad days.One of those days where all you want to do is scream out loud or curl up into a ball and cry your heart out.Sometimes I get into a bad place...emotionally.It's nobody's fault really..it's just the way things goes sometimes..Part and parcel of life??My bad place is a place where I get very sensitive or moody or the tendency to be really mean with no apparent reason...haih...Nobody's perfect right?

But there are always things that you can do to make you feel better when you're in a bad place.So I tend to turn to things that brings me comfort.I love watching television shows like Gilmore Girls,Friends and The Martha Stewart Show.Watching these shows,weirdly,lifts my mood a lot.I have watch both Friends and Gilmore Girls so many times that I practically remember what happened in each and every episode.Thanks to the dvd that I have of each season..hehe.And I love watching the Martha Stewart Show before I go to bed (because I can't watch the show in the morning due to classes)...And movies that comforts my soul are Lemony Snicket: A series of unfortunate events,Simply Irresistible,Mary Poppins,The Goonies,Parent Trap, Yours,mine & ours and the Nancy Drew movie(the movie is not that good but I love Nancy Drew!).I have watched these movies countless of times that it's amazing the dvd still tak rosak.

Books that comfort my soul has to be my collection of living in Italy books that are written by Frances Mayes & Annie Hawes.I have all the books written by them although some of them,like Frances Mayes's 'A year in the world',is not just about travelling in Italy..I have read that book countless of times that the pages is in disarray.Oh,back when my laptop was still 'alive' I love playing The Nancy Drew games...something that I shared with one of my seniors,Kak Nani..in fact,she was the one who lend me the games at first and then I got addicted and bought them for myself.

Food-wise...I don't know what are my comfort foods actually...But when I get really,really down..which rarely happens...I make myself a big mug of frroozzeennn chocolate.It's my own recipe and it's full of chocolatey goodness and full cream milk and lots of ice....It's soo good but definitely not for someone on a diet..I think by drinking it,it's a meal on it's own.Oooh,I also love fluffy white marshmallows...I can eat a bag without realizing it..so I have to make sure that I only take like 5 and put it in a bowl or mesti habis punye!And Oreos....yummahh..yeah..I have a big sweet tooth..What else...???hurm....Oooh,cakes!!I love cakes...especially Secret Recipe's Caramel Cream Cheese & Cheese Choc...yum!!!Last week I had a slice of Caramel Cream Cheese courtesy of Joe...Or Baskin's Pralines & Cream,Winter White Chocolate or Cherries Jubilee ice cream...Or Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream(in form 3,I eat this almost every week!haha).And I love J.Co's glazy doughnut...gile sedap!!!On the not sweet side of...,I love BBQ Nachos or any good sour-cream & onion potato chips(Ruffles is the best!!)..Damn..I'm getting hungry writing this...huhu

Izzaize

2008-07-25T18:44:00.003+08:00

I still remember the day clearly..It was the 1st of February of 2008..we were at DE,having tea..Suddenly amid all the jokes & gossiping...she became all serious like...I think it goes something like this..

Izza:"Liyana,I have something to tell you(with a mighty serious face)"..

Me:"What??Is it about *&#@%??"

Izza:"No..It's something to do with me..But you must promise that you won't tell anyone!Because I haven't told my parents yet either"

Me:Are you pregnant???I told you to take birth control pills!(okay this is fake!hahaha)

Continued...

Me:What???You're scaring me!

Izza:I'm going to Adelaide next semester..

Me:WHAT???????????????????No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Izza:(laughing her ass off)I know you would react like this!LOL...That's why I didn't tell you at the fac just now..(because she knows I will scream at Tesl sq,then everybody will knw!)

And then Izza proceed to tell me about UNISA & everything..And the weeks to come I helped her search for her IELTS book...and such...
Yeah..so..me being the blabbermouth that I am..had to keep myself quiet for a month & a half last semester... before the news leaked itself due to the lecturers at the faculty...not my fault!!But I was dying to tell someone about the good news & I was glad that Hanna knows it from Safa (cos he left for UNISA as well) so both of us commiserate together when we found out that both of them will be leaving...

Initially,I didn't plan on blogging about Izza because so many people has done it & it seems so cliche'...hahaha.Plus,our more than 3 years of friendship speaks volume and blogging about the fun and not so fun times we had is quite frankly,a bit painful to me now because she's not here.... T_T....

But Izza send me a postcard a few days ago [which is also addressed to all of our girlfriends and it is now almost 'lunyai' because I passed it to almost everybody I know,even the guys(who's name wasn't on the postcard but I'm sure it's because Izza couldn't fit everyone's name on it...)]& I manage to YM with her and I told her that many people blog about her 'pemergian' but I haven't done it because I think it's cliche' and I wanted to wait and do the bestest post on her among the others...(cehhh...)hahaha.But she said to go ahead and blog about it so that she have something to read...muahaha

I will make this post something on the bright side of things instead of being all sappy and wishing that she didn't leave me here alone to rot...muahaha.Kidding!Thanks to my friends like Tatie,Syud,Hanna,Napz,Hani,Hafriz,Hani,Moja,Acad,Wawa,Wan,Hafriz,Niza,Tajul & so many more who keep me company ever since she left town..haha.

*Izza Bt Izelan Bin Basar(her real name),Izzaize(frm Hafiedz),Izza the bimbz(frm Herbert),Izza the crazy gelabah(frm acad),The Royal Crapster,Ms.Chan(lololololllll),Mrs.Daljit(lololololllll)...and so many more nick name too....She likes to create nicknames for others too(karma dpt nick name byk2!)...Some of the nicks that she gave me throughout these years were Li,Kojap(Korea+Japan),Leeanne(the most glamorous said Napz), and so on.She also created nicknames for Napisah which was Napster,Nappy & Napz.I knew that this friendship will last when she came to my house in Puncak Alam..and taught my 2 little brothers how to use the sign language...hahaha

*She also likes to create new words or over used some words because she has so much free time on her hand...muahaha.Some of the words that was created and coined by Izza was 'What the fish?'(which KAMI rip off her since she's been using that sentence since 2005 kot!),'Cut the crap','Wow,massive!(lololololllll)','Wowee mama mia!',the word 'Super'(pronounce as Tsuuperr) and so many more..actually she did create a whole language which was endorsed by me & Syameer during Dielle and the language involve us speaking everything in half..Like "Ape cerite" becomes "Ape cer"...LOL..

*She likes to eat at Al-Awaal(her favorite mamak which I sooo don't get!) and order her Nasi Goreng Kampung..There's a funny story that happened when she went to another mamak place that wasn't Al-Awaal..she wanted the nasi goreng kampung but she remembered that the last time she went there,they cooked it not to her liking so she pointedly told the mamak that she wanted her nasi goreng to be off specific color and such...and get this...when I wanted to order,the mamak gave me a sort of form to fill myself...giler insulted!She also like the ayam cheese burger from the mom & pops stall in front of our faculty...And last sem,when the BBQ Meltz came out,she ate it every week!No kidding!

*There has been many great memories that I had with Izza.And there were some very kesedihan memories too...Once,both of us was in PJ and we were dead broke..like DEAD BROKE..we manage to scrounge up some coins & I still remember her buying rm1 of keropok lekor & I bought 2 kuih vadai & we ate in the car..the full incident of the whole thing & how we end up there,shall remain a mystery..hahaha.

There's many more great memories that we've shared together that there won't be any space to write it down here..so I'll stop myself here before I get too carried away...

I'm glad that although she's thousand miles away in OZ,she doesn't forget her friends here(for now laa...hahaha)...especially me..I'm super glad that despite some turbulence that we had in our friendship before..some of it were my fault,some were hers,some were because of others...she still stood by my side through the good and bad times...Izza,your such a great person & don't you ever,ever forget that!I miss you heaps(especially in class because during pairwork..hahaha...)& can't wait for you to come back home safely..Lots of hugs & kisses & hope that you love this post!!!

Family that you choose

2008-07-25T15:05:00.005+08:00

The family that you choose..that's what friends are..I have been blessed with many great friends.And I value their friendship very very much.To me, once the bond of friendship have been sealed between one person to another,the loyalty and trust should not be taken lightly.And for that matter,there are some friends whom have violated the trust that I gave them,who choose to sit and do nothing when their friend is being bad mouth about,have been distanced from my life.

This week has been a week of many reunions with my old friends.I met my old schoolmates from SRK Sek9,Aisyah Zaini,Amal & Fathia on Monday and had lunch with them.It was great being able to meet them after all these years.Aisyah is studying in Melbourne and she went back the night after we met...while Amal & Fathia studies in Shah Alam like me.

I met Akim on the same night while going to watch Dark Knight.Akim played the character Buru in Dielle The Musical which was produce by my faculty.Although Akim doesn't study at my faculty,we became good friends from Dielle but since the past few semesters,we've been busy and it's great to catch up again.He's such a 'sempoi' guy and I'm glad that he's in my life again..

Today,I met my old highschool mate at the faculty and her name is Shafira.The moment she came up to me,I was shrieking & screaming with glee & we hugged each other so tightly.I was so happy that she's finally here.Because I heard that she's suppose to be studying in the same faculty as I am because she's from Maktab and they're suppose to be linked here but during my 3rd semester,I didn't see her among the others.Turns out she's the junior batch and now she's in the 3rd semester while I'm in my 5th semester now (To Acad&Moja & other part 3 TESLians..be nice to Shafira kays??She's a great girl!!!).I was ecstatic and can't wait to show her around & help her with her drama!!!!

I need you

2008-07-24T18:53:00.004+08:00

I always pride myself as being a strong person,inside.When something upsets me or when I get sad,I cry a little,and then it's done.I don't need a boyfriend to have fun either.I can have fun on my own with my friends and family.How else did I manage to stay single all these years?

Today,I had a conversation with 2 of my friends at a restaurant.One,just broke up with her boyfriend.Another,have been single for 7 months.And they find it hard not being in a relationship and both of them want to be in one again.I told them that hey,you guys should find me a boyfriend because I haven't been in a relationship in a long time compared to both of you.And then they said that for you,being single is something that is normal but for us,it's hard not being in a relationship.I guess that's true.I've had this conversation with my bestfriend..What will happen when we do actually have a boyfriend?Because we are so used to being single...

After the conversation,I had a phone call that made me cried.My guy friend who have never seen me cry in front of him,quickly paid the bill.The phone call was from my mother.She asked me to not come back home(home in Shah Alam means my grandma's house) late because my dad will be coming to help carry my grandma into the house.I was like,wait a minute,nenek is out of the hospital(I was all blur because tomorrow I was supposed to pick up my mum from Puncak Alam & send her to HUKM so that she can take care of my grandma)??

My mum told me that the reason why my grandma was acting all insane-like(that for the past few days the doctor wanted to put her in the 'wad gila') is because she had a minor stroke which resulted with one of the fuse in her brain to be off...so that explains why she was deemed crazy by the hospital staff.So because of that,they can't operate her because she'll either die or be in a coma.They can't do anything anymore rather than just let her out of the hospital and go home.And my mum said that at home she will be bedridden and that means she has to wear diapers and that her time maybe soon because there's nothing left to do...

I am a strong person..I know that..But when I heard that,something inside of me just broke down.And I couldn't picture myself seeing my grandma waits for her time to come.It's too painful.And suddenly I felt the ache, and then I realize,that yeah,this is one of those moments where I wish,I really,really wish that I had a boyfriend to hug me and let me cry on his shoulder.Because really,that's what I want to do now.

Thanks a lot for my friends who were there to hear me tell the sad news to them and comfort me in my tears...Thanks so much to Tatie,Hanna,Napz&Syud.Izza,these are one of those times where I wish you weren't so far away...: (

UPDATES....9.32PM
My grandma is back here....My aunt's bought a wheelchair for her so that she can move around freely...My dad is here as well which makes me feel a whole lot better and not as sad!Because I tend to be a big emotional ball and likes to cry when it comes to things about my family because I love all of them so much...Sikit2 jer mesti senang menangis and tersentuh...(blame the meaning of my full name...huk2).My dad wants to bring my grandma to see an acupuncturist (like Pete in Private Practice)...I'm hoping for the best....