La La La La La~

Misdirected

2010-03-29T08:53:00.004+08:00

I went to Tutong yesterday to get to know my way round to my new office - yup people, i'm finally getting transferred out of HQ to the Tutong office. I'm rather glad and a bit deflated all at the same time, the previous due to the fact that Tutong is not as far as KB and Temburong and so will not strain my wallet commuting everyday and the latter because I was rather looking forward to Temburong for its beautiful greenery and less burdensome work compared to the rest of the districts~

So of course, me being ME, I managed to get misdirected a few times heheheh. But having found myself nowhere near my target destination i.e. Kompleks Bangunan-Bangunan Kerajaan Daerah Tutong, I tried to make the best of the situation - which is why I found myself...

...here...
Tasek Merimbun - which is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy off the route I'm supposed to take...

This is actually a more breath-taking view than what my mobile camera can come up with,

the feeling of looking at that beautiful piece of nature's art is just awesome...

....and here...
Pantai Seri Kenangan - its a lovely place to spend your free time with your loved ones....

.... this is the other side of the spit, Sungai Tutong, damn scary with its deep waters....

....finally here! I found the office building at last and on the way a couple of routes I can take to get there. I did some shopping at HuaHo Petani Mall Tutong seeing as I was already there.

And so it has been an eventful half-day trip for me. Moral of the story: It's okay to take a few detours/be misdirected in your journey, otherwise you could have never discovered the few lovely surprises the straight and direct path would never have shown you~

P.S. For those who didn't know me well, "Misdirected = Lost", but I prefer the the previous~

Hanging Out with The Gang

2010-03-14T14:29:00.005+08:00

Hahaha~ the title seems ominous - rather like a meet up of a mafia mob~ But that's what we called our association of close friends since high school. Its really hard to meet up with the whole gang, usually we can only gather up to just the 4 of us. Nas is the most elusive one of all of us - I used to be one of them but now that I have my own transport, its easier to meet up. So here's some of the pics that I've decided to post for the sake of Sha who unfortunately can't access Facebook due to the crappy law of that communist country she's at currently~

While I'm at it, here's one of pics I've taken with my Instax Mini 25. It's not high quality, after all what could you expect of a camera based on the classic Polaroid which captures images based on the amount of light it manages to reflect... and at this point I already expect you guys to just jump straight to the pics rather than read the technical aspect of photography the old way~

My bro and his ex-girlfriend~
who is currently his wife heheheh~

There's actually a bunch of other pics of the previous hang out I've taken using my Mini 25 but Nas has them at the moment since she's supposed to scan them and send the images later. But I've yet to hear from her on that. I'll give her a few days more before hounding her ass~

And to wrap it all up, check out the Drama Beans link I've put up on the right sidebar. It's where I get all my info on the latest Korean entertainment new including the latest have-to-watch drama.

Atoooo batah!~~

2010-03-10T16:13:00.004+08:00

Salam sejahtera bagi smua yang berkesempatan membaca blog ani~ Heheheh its been a while since i've last updated. Not busy exactly, more like no mood to write anything. A few things happened while I was away from blogging:

My 3rd oldest brother got married~ Now I officially have another sister~ Yay~

I passed all of my four civil service exams! Another Yay for me! Soon I'll be dropping the 'T' on my position title - wohoo! (I never did have a liking for that 'T')

I've celebrated my Silver Jubilee last month - not sure about that one. Am I happy? Yes I am, but somehow it doesn't feel like I've achieved anything major in of my life yet and I'm already a quarter of a century old... Hmm, I guess I need to work on that~

I... have... in... my... posession... a 'Samsung Corby Pro'!!!!! Finally!! I had to wait for the second shipment to come since I was being so wishy washy about whether to buy one for over a month that they ran out of stock. But I'm glad I've waited since I got to have the white one which I've always wanted rather than the red that they only had in stock then. See - good things come to those who wait~

I also have a new camera!! Its Fujifilm Instax Mini 25 - which is so much cooler than the 7S model which I had been eyeing since I saw it on the Korean drama 'You're Beautiful' - which I must add is a total fluff goodness for those who wanted to just sit back and enjoy rather than go through the emotional wringer of the usual tear-jerker that most Koreans directors are serving nowadays. I also recommend 'Wishing Upon a Star' - the first couple of episodes didn't really get me interested but I guarantee the rest will get you hooked!

The Mini 25 - a more compact and cuter version

The 7S model

I was supposed to be in my third month in another Department/Ministry but I guess them bosses love us so much it was decided that we newbies are to extend our attachment in our own Department for another three month~

And so now that y'all are up to speed on the latest news, I just wanna wish you people

heheheh it's a bit late, I know but I forgot to post it during the actual day and since I went and got this made already, why not?~

What I Want is You~

2009-11-11T20:40:00.003+08:00

Things that I think I want now but probably wont later~

ATH-ON300 (Yummy!)

Samsung Corby - pretty nifty but the specs are too low-range for me. I'm waiting for another version of this one...

Samsung Corby PRO! Why the Corby? you ask - well 'coz I saw it on a Korean Drama! Heheheh~ I'm a sucker for product placement marketing especially Korean and Japanese ones - their stuff are just so cute! Just take a look at the cartoon UI! It's the first of its kind that I know of. Can't wait for the revolution of UIs after this~

Another gadget I've been eyeing is a new Sony VAIO laptop since mine has started to make funny sounds. But that's a need rather than a want, also I haven't decided which one I want yet~

Fuu fuu fuu~

2009-11-09T09:34:00.003+08:00

Salam to all~ It's been a while (friggin' two months) since my last update. It's been hectic what with Hari Raya and all. But for those who have me as a friend in FaceBook, all my activities are updated there as either statuses or picture uploads. At the moment, aku ani between tasks - so I have sometime to relax for a bit lah. Soon I'll be swamped with revisions for the GO, FR, Law and Constitution Civil Exams as well as undergoing training for the roll out of the GEMS phase 2. Abangku lagi kan kawin, and mcm biasa org yg nda kawin plg sibuk ani wah. Since I have nothing to update on, enjoy ler my collection of frog stuff~

It's a bit late but what the heck...

2009-09-03T09:04:00.008+08:00

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT RAMADHAN~ to all my Muslim friends and to the non-muslims, enjoy the food feast as per the usual during this fasting month~

Picture courtesy of muslimworker.com

I have successfully completed my attachment at two sections under my department and is now currently serving the third one. I've been here since the start of September and I've not been assigned to do anything... yet. With my luck, I'll be given two to three tasks at the same time and due close to each other - it happened before so I think I'm a bit prepared now. My work colleagues with the same job title as me didn't get to handle a lot of stuff but somehow when I transferred in, suddenly there's something that needs to be done. On one hand, it seems that I've got rotten luck to be swamped with work as soon as I stepped in, but on the other hand, I've an advantage over the others since I get to handle stuff they didn't get to do and so I've more experience than them. I'm taking things as they come and try to see the positive side of it, if not I'll go crazy thinking how on earth am I gonna finish everything on time.

Taken and edited using my camera phone. Oh and a bit of tweaking using PhotoFiltre. It's me holding a B$1000.00 note. You don't get to do this often so I took a pic to commemorate the moment~ heheh~

The Ramadhan month is a blessing, since work starts a bit late at 0800 and ends early at 1400. So I get to be up a little later and go home sooner~ heheh~ I also like the fact that the banks closes at 1600 so now I don't have to wait until Friday to go out to handle my banking matters. I don't go out during office hours as some people tend to do since it's something that can wait, and I think it interferes with my work. But I don't begrudge people who do so as it cannot be helped and office time is the only time they have available. Since Pay Day was only a few days ago, the bank is still crowded with people so I think I'll wait until mid-month to do my business. But not so late lah, since the next Pay Day is on the 17th to acomodate Raya spending.

As per requested by Sheila, transferring videos to your brand new iPod Nano is easy peasy. Just add the file to your Movies list in iTunes and then sync it to your iPod. Tada! Finished in a few minutes depending on the size of the file.

On a side note, apparently I turn into an apparition whenever I get into the elevator. This is my reflection on the elevator walls and it seems I have lost my feet, head and only a blurry part of my torso is visible. And so begins the haunting of the elevators....

My new baby

2009-08-17T09:16:00.007+08:00

As promised, this is (one of) the newest addition to my family~

The actual colour is a shiny chrome-like purple but apa jua camera digital, this is the best shot I have of it. I love the fact that it can play videos although the first time ku cuba upload nda mau. Thank goodness for Google, all I did was follow the instructions and voila! it works like a charm~ So to test the video capability, I downloaded Twilight (heheheh saja kan menjeleskan kamu2 yang minat this vampire movie) and uploaded it to my new baby - it was better than I expected and I could see the detail clearly as if I'm watching at the cinema. The screen was small (duh!) but for me it was the right size since it allows me to discreetly watch a video while I'm uh... in 'official capacity'~ heheheh~

I watched Wanted again just because of its a cool movie to watch while I'm queuing in the bank while waiting for my turn. Since its fast paced it feels like time is flying by so by the time my number was called, instead of being relieved, i got annoyed at being cut off~ hahaha~

This is actually the colour that I want for my baby. But its supposed to have a more greenish tint to it which didn't show in the pic. Apple should have that option of having the iPod colour customised - sure it ould cost more but I bet there are people out there who are willing to pay.

Speaking of payments, I think I will apply for a Baiduri Visa Debit card next month so I'll be able to shop online since my HSBC debit card only have a few pounds left~ There are so many books I've yet to sample! So tunggu next month, I'll go crazy shopping online~ Muahahahaha~

Ooppss~ gotta go~ lunch is calling me~

Life's Good~

2009-08-10T08:42:00.002+08:00

Hiya all~ although i know i don't have a big following but knowing that there are people reading this crappy piece of journalistic endeavor i call a blog somewhat makes me happy~

I don't have anything to update actually, life is the same as always - wake up, go to work, go home, eat, sleep. I'm kinda settled in already with this routine, which on some days are fine by me but on others I get a little sick of it. Biasalah, humans~ nda pandai satisfied all the time~ heheheh~ But all in all, as the title says: "Life's Good" heheh~ sorry LG, copyright sikit~

I managed to save a bit of my income in various banks, but the amount is still not what I have in mind - well, not if I wanted to be a millionnaire by the time I'm 30. But at least adalah jua sikit masuk bank dari nada kan? It's all due to the fact that now I have to loan out another car for my sister on top of having incurred extra expenses from shelling out for a new air-conditioner (alang2 mbli, baik tah yang high end rite?) and dispensing machine for the upcoming raya. Of course, add in the 1/3 for my parents (wajib ni, wajib!! for those yg nda mbagi, baik tah start - not only it helps them out financially, it also makes you feel good to finally do something in return for all those years they spent on melayan karenah kami dari damit sampai ke basar). So in all, I have about less than 1/4 of my net gaji to spend on me for this month and the next. Tolak lagi duit minyak... aduhai~ cukup2 lah pakai makan hari2~ Nasib lah puasa nda lagi batah, so ada jua lah sikit for entertainment purposes (keluar hang out with my peeps, tengok wayang, bli kain~).

One thing i noticed is that since I'm in the working generation, I keep spending on buying kain. I'm not really a fashionista yang suka berfesyen with kain baju kurung, you know the type that tukar2 trend - this month kain kipas and baju kisi, next kain payung and baju manik2 -kinda girl. But lately, most of my misc expenses lari ke kain. Baru terasa yang baju yg dlm closet atu nda banyak, balik2 makai nda jua best. Dulu time raya kanya baru kan motong baru but now, every month udah mbeli and motong~ Huhuhu~ I think I have to moderate lah my kain spending - kan roboh udah my closet atu nda cukup space~

So now, I'm waiting for October to roll around and finally have those pesky extra expenses to shove away and spend more on stuff that i wanted. Not that I have anything in mind right now - I've just bought the new iPod nano 4G in purple since that's the only colour that caught my eye, I would've prefered it in bright #004466 (google it if you wanna know) - its the the colour of a pair of my shoes which I will post up soon since i'm in my office and i don't have it with me. My previous iPod got drowned in Temburong~ I forgot I have it in my pants pocket when we went for floating lessons and it got submerged for two hours~ It was just as well, since I've been eyeing the new iPod 4G for sometime now but am too karit to buy it when i have a perfectly working mp3 player. So most probably now, I'll be stocking up my shopping list with iPod accessories since the previous accessories doesn't fit anymore -larger screen and different scroll positon, not to mention slimmer body.

For my peeps: I think I'm free this Sunday 16/08, so just contact me if udah ada confirmed plan to go for soto and/or ambuyat~ I'm also free weekday evenings after keraja, as long as nda akhir balik (marah krg mama~).

Serius serius serius~

2009-07-18T10:35:00.006+08:00

Yay! Akhirnya I've completed my one month plus course! And I got two sijil to prove it too~ Aside from the feeling of accomplishment of completing such a long course, there's also a bit of sadness at leaving all my course comrades to go back to the working world. We have sweated, got thrown overboard the kayak, jogged in the early hours, built camps after midnight, went through a fire drill, got bored and distracted throughout the numerous briefings and presentations, joked, laughed and cried together for the better part of June and July - its like going through the rigorous regiment that armies and polices went through and then going out as a band of brothers thingie.

Dinner at Nyonya restaurant in Serusop with almost everyone present. This was the 'normal' pose, the rest comprised of pose 'mengasak', dunhill, 'focus arah seorang' and etc.

And now all of us have to say goodbye to everyone and the fun (and not so fun) moments we had. We had a dinner cum certificate presentation on the last day and had fun camwhoring, but I went back early since I was driving and didn't want to meet any Casper on my way home, you never know... anyways, I heard that it got emotional towards the end when everybody was saying their goodbyes. I thank God I was not there to witness it since I would pretty much start blubbering and trust me, that is not a pretty sight at all.

And now I'm back working albeit in a different unit as my group is to be rotated within our first six months of employment. After that, I'm take the exams to be permanently appointed and then who knows where I'll be 'kena humban'. I've received my first task in my new unit yesterday's yesterday, it was nothing heavy like the one I got in my previous one and my superior was quite accomodating and gave me a few days to acclimate myself to the new environment. All in all, I would say life's good... for now~

As for those of you who wanted to take a look at my car... sori ler~ I don't wanna post a pic of it here since aku takut kena recognise on the road and whenever I deviate from the law, some may know me from the pics I've posted and then one thing will lead to another and I'll end up with a broken something. Heheheh, as you can surmise from that, I am not a really good driver. Anyone who have seen me drive knows that - fact is, I barely managed to pass my driving test some 4 years ago and that was I think because the instructure gave up on me and pass kan aku saja for the sake of 'nda ku mliat mua anak ani lagi eh'. Well that's my theory lah~

If you guys really wanna know the type of driver I am, you have to conduct a long term study - because I am not consistent. There are days when I totally follow all the rules and drive within the limit but as much as days when I totally say 'to heck with it all' and drove zigzagging through the traffic without as much as a signal light on. I have to say though I've somewhat improved and my driving is smoother now than when I first started, although my sister complained that I've always taken a corner with too much speed than she thought was safe. Che, what does she know? The by-the-book newbie driver....

Wow! Batah panya nda berupdate...

2009-06-24T19:05:00.002+08:00

Hohoho~ I didn't notice it was almost three weeks since the last update. It felt like it was just yesterday I posted my last entry. This can all be blamed on the compulsory course that I had to take in the last three weeks and is still ongoing just until before the Sultan's birthday. I had to go on a three day two nights Outwards Bound trip to Temburong which was both a great and hellish adventure for me whose roughest adventure was touring London all alone by my loneself~

I finally experienced how to float (which was a miracle since I tend to sink like a rock in water), went Kayaking (for four friggin' hours!), how to set up a tent (I held the torchlight, which was very very important :P), went camping outdoors (I found out that camp = sauna) and made new friends. The camping experience was actually kinda pathetic since we didn't really rough it out in the wild but just based our camping site a bit off from our sleeping quarter (something like a chicken coop just bigger) and the shower and toilet building. The rest of the course was sometimes okay and sometimes it was just all I can do not to fall of my seat trying to stay awake. So I guess its going pretty well since I did not actually fall asleep~ heheheheh~

With the volatile weather we're having lately, I became one of the victims of the changing temperatures like many others. I fell sick with the climax of having a fever of around 38.4 degrees Celcius. It started with the usual suspects of dry throat, then coughing, then phlegm got into the equation together with a blocked nose. I managed to get by in Temburong which included an episode of lost voice for a day. All my symptoms then looked like they were disappearing at the end of the one week I've had them, I was left with minor coughing for a few days after that. Then BAM! My temperature just spiked last Thursday and all I wanted to do was lie in bed all day and sleep - Mom brought me to a private clinic and I was prescribed a list of assorted pills and capsules and a bottle of cough syrup. I'm all okay now, with the slight cough now and then but well on my road to recovery~

I guess thats all thats happening in my life currently. I haven't been able to meet up with my peeps for as long as the course had been going on, a few of our plans got cancelled or I can't make it so the only one I've been able to meet so far is Zat over lunch a couple of times last week. We did talk but its always more fun when the whole group is there for a few hours of chatfest. Just call me guys! I'm free this weekend!

I think....

And before I sign off~ a bit of good news~ My Da relented and finally I got the car I wanted on the first week of July! Yesssssss! I still got some issues regarding the loan period to iron out but that small small matter meh~ Bottom line: I got my car!~

I'll worry about the payments tomorrow...

Stuff

2009-06-05T18:20:00.007+08:00

N.B. I wrote this post a few days after my last one so there may be some parts that will seem ketinggalan:

I've picked up a new drama series the other day. It's been around for a while but has just caught my eye recently since it's been hyped up in the entertainment news. It's called FRINGE - referring to fringe science that just borders on the supernatural. It's like a blend of Medium and CSI, with an almost X-Files feel to it. The show consists of a few FBI agents, a couple of geniuses - one level-headed (kinda) and the other a mad scientist, a big bad corporation (aren't there always~), an underground lab, a different freakshow every episode and a bovine by the name of Jean... or Gem... or Gemma... I forget. Whatever. I've watched the first three episodes and I have to say it's very good at surprising you since you don't know whats coming every episode - it's unlike anything I've ever watched before (unless you're a government conspiracy theorist). And I like the protagonist's voice. Yes, I said voice. Something about the timbre of it caught me and hasn't let go since.

[New post: Huhuhu (T_T) I broke my HDD with all my latest Supernatural, Medium, Bones episodes, together with all my pics and movies inside... Sh*te. At least I have Fringe up until episode 7 in my thumbdrive but a new HDD is in order to store all latest acquisitions of series and movies. Let us have a moment of silence at this tragic loss...]

Other than TV shows, I've also caught up on my reading. Nothing work related, although I should start soon if I wanna keep my job. Most of my current reads are YA (Young Adult) fiction since I've missed out on them during my actual YA years - I was too busy then immersing myself in Romance novels and later *cough*18-SX*cough* materials in my attempt to learn about the bird and the bees and stuff that happens in between. We don't have sex ed classes back then, and I was a curious child so why not make the learning process enjoyable while I'm at it, non?

My current reads. I tried to mosaic the sticker I put on my shelf, just cause I wanna keep myself a bit mysterious but for those who know me it's quite obvious what it covers~And since all of the readers that I know of are all my peeps... there goes that mystery angle I was hoping for~

Let's get back to the topic at hand though - the last book that I've finished (as in 10 minutes ago) was one titled 'Beastly' by Alex Flinn. I liked it although there were parts that I thought seemed too similar to works on which the story was based - 'Beauty and the Beast'. This version was told from the Beast perspective which was interesting and gave a background account as to the reasons for the transformation without it seeming to be ridiculous and too far out, especially since it's set in contemporary New York. As usual, just Google it if you want to know more. It piqued me enough to buy it online. Partly because the original (Disney version rather than Grimms') is my favourite of all the fairytales - something about the Beast has my oestrogen level surging, probably due to the epitome of alpha male he portrays~

I've also read one Neil Gaiman book so far, 'The Graveyard Book', since I love the movie version of his other work 'StarDust'. Am told the book was even better but have yet to scourge for it, later when I have the time. The story was not bad, and full of the magic and dark...humour? undertones? I don't know exactly what it is but it has that dark something that's always associated with his stories. I found it dragging in some parts which I initially thought was unnecessary and made me want to skip them and rush forward to where the climatic scene starts. Turns out the draggy bits were sorta important but it didn't make it less so. I probably can dig it better if Tim Burton could translate this into his famous stop motion works.

There are others that I want to review on but I'll post them later since I don't feel like it now. It feels better to let out my thoughts on these works since I used to do so when I actually meet my friends and swapped reviews, but everyone's busy these days and so I have you guys to torture with my incessant chattering on stuff that nobody wants to know but I still want to bore you with.

Shut up and Put up.

(Cracks whip)

***

That brings me to the end of that post. Now in current time...

Am currently reading Book One of The Mortal Instruments series: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - I'm about three quarters through it and it is satisfying so far. Probably will talk on this one on the next post along with a couple of books by Vivian Vande Velde (how's that for a name~). I will probably pick up a couple of romance later just to keep up to speed on my favourite authors' works, namely Linda Howard (something Angel, I didn't quite catch it) and Johanna Lindsey (something Seduction, I think), which I spied on the shelves this morning when I was browsing through the aisle at the bookstore. I didn't pick them up coz at the moment I'm quite broke and ruthfully it's the first time I ever felt so destitute.

Usually I have cash stashed somewhere or other but due to the long unemployment phase I went on a long shopping spree just cause I was bored out of my mind. I did relieve my boredom, but along the way it appears I also managed to relieve my senses and my money. So right now I only have the depositing balance left in all of my bank accounts, and only enough money in my wallet to cover my expenses until the end of this month providing I limit my entertainment to watching movies played in video stores' screen. Which leaves me the option of breaking poor froggy's head open below...

The sacrifice to be offered to the uber empty pockets of its owner

Hopefully I won't have to do that... yet.

WTF did I get myself into....

2009-05-23T11:16:00.003+08:00

Shiiiiiiiii*******t*****eeee! was running through my mind when I went in to report on my first day at work. I was thinking that it was a kacang job with all I have to do is manage simple administrative tasks but it has been bestowed upon me by my superiors that my job involves wayyyy more than that - I have to know all aspects of management of all departments on top of having to take 4 exams by the end of the year (a mandatory order is what one of them said) in order to be a full pledged officer. And then I will be sent to wherever on earth they want me to and I have to obey if I want the money. Ahh~ the money~ I'll just have to think about the money~~~

Moving on, I was frustrated when I found out NBC has cancelled 'Medium', but luckily it has been picked up by CBS. I wasn't in any way actually devastated by the cancellation as the story has progressed well passed the 'public outrage of psychic use in criminal cases' phase which I think was the biggest obstacle that the show has to overcome, and the main character is happily married with kids so the 'finding the other half' phase has been fulfilled. Actually I thought the show has ended during the 3rd season (or was it 4th?) when she got back her job and everyone has to accept the fact that she sees dead people.

I went and watched 'Wolverine', 'Star Trek' and 'Night at the Museum 2' in the last couple of weeks - love the first two and the last was okay. The testosterone overload in 'Wolverine' made it for me (not to mention the funny responses - this one guy was saying something to the effect that Logan has an obligation to serve his country and he replied, "I'm Canadian." And don't get me started on Wade - funny as hell). While in 'Star Trek', it was Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as James Kirk and Spock respectively, 'nuff said. 'Night at the Museum 2' was as I said okay, mostly cuz its a family oriented movie so it didn't have any of the subtle crude jokes and sarcastic undertone that I like in my entertainment viewing - the rest of moviegoers seem to enjoy it more though. Hmm.. maybe it was the guy sitting next to me who was ruining it for me - he kept yapping to his friends commenting on all the scenes in a way that just made me want to shut his trap. I'll remember to bring duct tape next time....

Since I have nothing else to blab about, I'll end my post here.

P.S. I will be one of those in power to govern this country. Be afraid... be very afraid... (insert evil laughter here)

Pacah Parut (>u<)

2009-05-16T15:45:00.004+08:00

Not literally, that would be disgusting and not to mention how that would traumatised me for life. Dum dum dum! ~ For your viewing pleasure~ :

The Original 'Gee' by Girls Generation

Infinity Challenge Parody

You guys should check out other Infinity Challenge's parody, they're so funny! Just check out the originals if you're not familiar with the parody version. They make me happy and all is well with the world again~

P.S. The books I ordered via The Book Depository arrived - in less than a week! which is so fast considering the location of this country. I recommend~ But hold that thought, heheh, 'coz I haven't actually went and picked them up from the Post Office yet so I don't know the condition they're in. Will go next week so I can combine with my other order from Amazon and save myself the second trip.

Paperbacks and Money

2009-05-10T22:14:00.004+08:00

My two favourite types of paper above all else~ I recently bought a few books off the internet having a rather hard time trying to find the titles I wanted in bookstores. Rather than wait for them to stock up (since they never seem to order the ones I wanted), I decided to take matters into my own hands. But ugh, I hate having to buy stuff online now based on the fact that it never gets delivered to my doorstep and I have to go all the way to the main post office to get them. And there I have to go through procedures before I get my stuff, they even had me ripped open the package in front of them just to make sure I wasn't ordering TNT. It makes for very uncomfortable moments when I have paperbacks with the lurid covers on them. Why can't they just deliver them straight to the recipients? Certainly not very servicable of them pssh~ Sigh~ I miss UK and its postal services (not to mention the cute delivery guy I get once in a while)~

I also have to consider the shipping and handling costs and taking into account that the country is located on an island somewhat off the radar of big shipping companies - it all amounts to a very, very expensive bill that can get me to cry a lot better than any of the tear jerking movies out there. I usually frequent eBay for stuff, but since my account got on the black list (that's another story for another day) I just head to Amazon (the website, not the jungle in Brazil - just to clarify). I prefer The Book Depository the best 'coz not only most of their books are cheaper than Amazon, they also have free shipping worldwide! I love you!

However, a few weeks ago my card didn't make it through their authorization system which I thought was because I had changed address to my current residence and didn't notify the card people. So I amended all my details and went back to my orders, but the card still got rejected. I figured that it's no longer valid for online transactions since I no longer reside in the country where I had it made. Out of desperation, I had to use Amazon instead since I really, really wanted them titles, spending way more on shipping than on my stuff - which made me cry a bit whenever I see the receipt (I had it shredded in glee when it came with the books).

So imagine my shock when, on a whim, I decided to order a few books from the site via the same procedures and voila - it came through and I ended up with more cash spent on a trilogy that I don't know if I would like or not (but here's hoping that its money well spent since they really got glowing reviews). And I was not joking when I said shocked - I could have thrown my laptop to the wall in frustration thinking about if I had just waited for a bit I could have saved a bit of money on shipping costs!

I feel better now after all that ranting and complaining. Probably more to come soon based on recent subtle tense undertone exchange of words on the choices of cars I've had with everybody, yes everybody in the household people, since they think what I drive is up to them to decide. They seem to forget that its MY MONEY that's gonna be spent. Ugh, here comes the waterworks again.

Excuse me while I lament on the state of my depleting resource of happiness...

In case you're wonderin', I meant money.

Later

Fate has spoken....

2009-05-06T22:09:00.002+08:00

Yup~ it seems i'm destined to buy a car sooner than the later I had hoped for. Dang it! Now I have to settle for a second-rate cheap car instead of saving up to buy the Hummer I've always wanted (~_~) Bleh~

The first sign was when Mum started mentioning about how we need another car since the my sister's gonna start a new semester in a new college later this year. I make dumb and pretend not to understand human language.

Then Pop started talking about tendering license plate numbers. I blanked out and let my mind wander to my happy place.

The final warning that had all my alarms clanging and blaring was when my trusty ol' Verada died on me on Tuesday. Making dumb didn't make the car start, and wandering to my happy place still had me stuck in the same situation. The only good thing was that I was parked instead of cruising on the road, but still the death-trap that is my car had to be towed to the mechanics for who knows how long.

And so only one conclusion can be made from these signs/signals/warnings/hints from the power that be - I am to be forced to buy a car and resign myself to letting half of my paycheck go towards financing it~ (T.T)

My moneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....................

Nothing much

2009-04-26T01:11:00.005+08:00

After all the excitement of finally getting a job settled down, life pretty much continued on in the same vein. My 2nd eldest brother got around to buying me and the youngest in the family sushi at Escapade last Friday, don't know what got into him but I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. As someone else was paying, one should not waste his generosity and therefore one should endeavour to select the more expensive choice~ this is somewhat one of the many motto in my life that I go by and it should be everybody elses' too~ My little brother has a pretty much unadventurous palate and so went by his usual fare of tamago (che, what a waste). I had the chicken terayaki bento set and also tried the salmon and mayo sushi... it's an acquired taste is all I can say (ugh, I still can't believe I put an uncooked piece of fish into my mouth).

Let's see... what else happened. Oh yeah, Zat arranged a gathering of our usual bunch of high school mates but sadly only the two of us made it. The rest were either busy with exams coming up or tired from all the strenuos daily confrontation with hormonal teenagers at work. I don't know how teachers do it, having to put up with kids who are not even related to them - which is why I am not in the education profession that caters to below 18 years old. The way I see it, all those in teaching must belong to a secret organisation where they are sworn to a blood pact and then experimented to give them superpowers that can withstand any sh*t from puberty stricken beings called teenagers with their powers ranging from being psychic (knowing when notes are passed in class, or when somebody did something they weren't supposed to, etc) to creating illusions of authority that with a single look can instill fear and obedience. Of course these powers don't always work, as they are facing against entities that are unstable, unpredictable, and have pretty much almost always develop new strains of resistance for every measures taken against them. When all's said and done, I salute both sides, all that drama made my schooling years quite interesting if not enjoyable~

Hmmm... how the heck did I get off track from a meet with Zat to spewing stuff on kids and teaching? I have no idea but it's just one of those innate abilities that seems to be bestowed more on females - jumping from topic to topic that are totally unrelated. This comes in handy when you wanna distract someone from the fact that you just scraped the side of the car leaving yellow paint transfer that totally looked out of place on silver - that is not to say I have done so~. Let's just ignore that tidbit and go back to what I was supposed to be yapping on.

We had lunch, Zat and I, and as usual when we get together, a gossip session followed through in which I gleaned useless bits of info that I somehow managed to store in my head (how come I can never remember names? |||~_~) and we watched the movie 'He's just not that into you'. Truthfully, I have my doubts whether or not I wanna watch this one, the trailer was not very enticing even though I've heard great reviews on it and the multitude of main characters was not something I look forward to (I forget names remember~). However I found myself enjoying the movie, it was different from my usual fare of slapstick humour and action fantasy adventures, but it was fresh and enjoyable and I like how the ending tied up all the conflicts, managing to show how the characters have developed and matured and everybody gets what they just deserts without that unrealistic faiytale ending of HEA.

On top of that, I finally watched 'Superhero Movie', the one that spoofed 'Spiderman'. Although I generally find recent spoofs quite boringly dependant of gags that are overdone and basically run out of its course - this one was not as bad as I thought it would be. There were some really funny scenes which managed to overcome all the bad ones. It got me thinking, with the phenomenal success of the Twilight movie, how come I haven't heard of anything in regards to a parody being made of it? Although it would result in not a few toes being stepped on (there are some who are quite fanatical on the book and movie who would just kill anybody who dares to sacrilege the original) but if it was done tastefully - think of 'The Princess Bride' and 'Robinhood: Men in Tights' rather than the latest three installments of Scary Movie, the Date Movie and the Epic Movie - I would love to watch an uncool but still adorable Edward and an accident-prone Bella on screen. Hopefully that will come to fruition.

Well people, I've got to go. Toodaloo!~

(Seriously, that big glass of Ribena I've had is wrecking it's revenge on me now~)

Happy Happy Happy~~~

2009-04-14T22:46:00.004+08:00

Yes people~ I am currently in my happy mode - which for those who don't know me well enough, is quite a scary sight to behold~

The reason for this is... drum roll please!

I FINALLY GOT A JOB! Well, a paying one that is since I'm currently a non-paid chauffeur/homesitter/entertainment provider/foods and beverages (of the snacking kind) supplier and a babysitter - which while on the whole I think is impressive, is not so on paper. I went through the usual medical check today after receiving the offer letter yesterday and will get the results a month from now which is so not good 'coz I have to inform my employers of my acceptance together with my bill of health within 4 weeks - I already lost one week due to the literally snail mail procedures. I guess I'll have to go and see them bosses soon to explain for the delay.

Although I'm really happy being finally able to get off my ass and do some real money making, there's a bit of doubt as to my capabilities in handling serious stuff. I'm not known as a loon without a reason - it's my powers of suppressing all the bad things I don't wanna deal with that makes me appear laid-back and able to do crazy stunts like doing a 200 on the highway with traffic left and right~. I guess I'll just go with the flow and see where this route will take me - if it didn't turn out as I want it to be as you know, sh*t happens, then I'll try make the best of the situation. If that fails, I will always have reasons to go shopping for retail therapy~ heheheh~

I got my hair cut again but just the front part since my bangs keep poking me in the eyes and I wanna show off my ear piercings. Let me tell you - if you have fine straight hair, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, try to cut your bangs at a level above your eyebrows and then proceed to have the hair framing your face cut in shorter layers just above your ears... the result... I now have shaggy hair due to the fact that my hair type is fine and so it's shortness makes it go all over the place without the length to weigh it down to its supposed style. Thank goodness for the vanity of the male half of the population though - I can easily obtain a styling gel that allows me to shape it whatever mood I'm in and being me, I have to go all out and buy the hair creams, conditioner and shampoo as well.

For my peeps, I'll be in isolation and out of contact until I grow my hair back to my liking...

ciao~

Introducing....

2009-04-08T15:34:00.004+08:00

the newest addition to the family~ Mohammad Eshmat NorAiman~ currently one week, 5 days old

On another note, the rainy weather has literally put a damper on things. My dad did sumthing with the roof over part of my room in his quest to rid of the rodents that decided to become roomies - however it made that part of the roof vulnerable to the force of nature. So now I'm spendin' rainy days mopping up the leaks and watching rainwater fall into buckets. It's not bad though, at least I'm not swimming in my own room as what i saw on TV during the flood season a couple months back. And now I have something to do rather than sit on my butt all day watching grass grow~

Speaking of butts, I landed on mine a few days ago. I kinda forgot that it had rained the night before and that I had the floor wiped afterward. Good thing I didn't knock my head or I would have had a seriously major headache by now. Well, at least it didn't leave a bruise although I'm feeling the effects.

This had me thinking - am I clumsy? I've been getting into near mishaps for all my life and even had some not so near ones. When I was a kid, around 5-6, I accidentally cut my wrist with a pair of scissors - no, I was not suicidal - it was more of a running with scissors type of situation and it was more of a 'gouged out' rather than cut. I remembered seeing my own bleeding wrist with a small part of my flesh visible and feeling a bit faint from sight of blood. Until now I still can't stomach the sight of my own blood, I'm okay with everybody else's though~

Let's see, what other calamities did I went throughout my life: I cut my foot when I was playing gymnastics and crashed into the corner of the mirror (almost sliced it - that would make wearing open sandals a no-no which would make me very upset indeed); I bumped my skull open onto a pipe while washing my hair and boy, did that make my head spin for a few hours but it was nothing a few bandages couldn't fix (p.s. let me tell u, it was tough removing all those plasters from hair and a lot of them too) (p.p.s. I must have a hard head 'coz I managed to live until now without any serious aftereffects - like internal bleeding and all the stuff u see on CSI); I fell off a tree; I fell down a flight of stairs; I was attacked by a rooster (which make eating all those chicken dishes my own personal sweet pleasure of revenge); I sprained my ankle while taking a small step (and it was really a small one that gets me from the hallway into the kitchen); and I sometimes trip over even surfaces that has no obstruction whatsoever. So, does that make me a klutz?

My conclusion is ... no, it doesn't. And I'm not in denial either (really, I'm not). I am merely unaware of my surroundings and I have a habit of 'mata tempat lain' - roughly translated into 'eyes elsewhere', meaning I don't pay attention to whats in front of me. So I think that if I fix this bad habit of mine, I believe that I will be in much less dangerous circumstances.

Well, good luck with that.

For my Twilight peeps out there... u know who u are~ (^0^)

2009-04-05T18:59:00.006+08:00

I have nothing else to blab about today so I'll just post something I picked up from the E! channel for my friends who are fans of the film. Just a sneak peek of the sequel, 'New Moon', set~~~

Just click on the link: New Moon set

While browsing the site, I've only found out that apparently there have been rumors of a rabu-rabu (love as pronounced by Japanese~) in the set: R.P. is supposedly have a thing for K.S. but the latter is still involved in a relationship which was said to be on the rocks. However K.S. and her boyfriend have denied of having trouble in paradise. Dun dun dun ~ ~ ~ ah well, that's as far as I heard but it made me curious enough to watch the movie again and youtubed clips between the two to gauge the chemistry between them as well as download the draft copy of 'Midnight Sun' from the author's site. Hahaha~ this is what u get for having nothing else to do~

I leave you with a video of Super Junior's newest MV "Sorry Sorry" - love the beat!~

Baby~

2009-03-30T14:07:00.004+08:00

Woohoo~ I got a new baby boy! He was born last Friday just before Maghrib - not sure yet of his exact name, something along the lines of Erwan NorIman I think. I had a little episode of sulking just because I wasn't informed of his birth that day~ hahah~ I had just came back from watching "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (it's a feel good movie with quite a few laughs) with my peeps at the Mall, and somehow had the feeling that I should take the Jerudong highway as the route back home. Usually I just go via Jangsak and Sengkurong but that day I felt like going the other way, I even spent half an hour at a store in Jerudong. Turns out during that time the baby was already borned in JPMC which is just along my way home that day!

Imagine my frustrations when I finally made it home just to be told that the new baby had arrived and I just missed him by a few minutes~ Hahaha~ but I wasn't sulking alone, my sister was pouting 'coz she was also left out - my parents had just dropped her off at her dorm and was on the way home when they received a call about the baby. Hahah~ my mom told my sister-in-law: "Now I got two of them mad at me" after the both of us called her to complain of being left out one after the other~

So I went to visit the new arrival and mommy at JPMC on Saturday. The baby was very tiny, his big toe is the size of my pinky and I have quite small and thin fingers (well duh~ If I have fat fingers that would totally be out of proportion with the rest of my body which everyone knows is quite skinny). He has his eyes covered because he was under some kinda ray theraphy as he was a bit jaundiced. But he's okay now - he has large eyes, I'm hoping this one would take after our side of the family in looks this time around~

So being at JPMC I couldn't pass up the chance to go the beach! It's such a long time since I went... would have been better if I had my friends/family with me but I'll take my chances where I can get 'em.

This would have been better if there hadn't been that bibik with her charge at the back...

It was about 3pm so the sun was casting a loooong shadow

Hahahaha~ senget 'coz I don't exactly know where the camera was pointing

Time to go home so I left my mark...~

5.2.0. Conversations...

2009-03-16T14:17:00.012+08:00

Browsing the Billboard 100 charts online...

Me: Eh, Eminem ada kluar lagu baru sama 50 cent dan entahsapakan (Hey, apparently Eminem has a new single out with 50 cents and whatsisname)

Bro: Iakah? Apa namanya? (Really? What's it called?) *actually not that interested but still melayan*

Me: Crack a Bottle, nda pernah pun ku dangar main d radio (Crack a Bottle, never heard it played on the radio though)

Bro: *continues watching TV, not really listening*

Me: *still talking as if anyones listening* Tau ku ni klo kena main gerenti bunyinya - toot, toot, tooooot, toot~ (I know that if this ever plays on the airwaves, it's guaranteed to sound like this - bleep, bleep, bleeeeep, bleep~)

Bro: *looks over questioningly*

Me: Hahaha~ sbb luan banyak kan di censored~ (Hahaha~ 'coz the lyrics have to be censored~)

Bro: ...

*****

Watching Wheels of Fortune Malaysian version. The words were:

P _ R _ G _ W _ T I / T _ R _ _ _ _ _

Me: Hmmm, I know the first one is Peragawati (Model), but what can be associated with that?

Sis: Usually what they model right? Like clothes or car or accessories

Me: It doesn't fit

Sis: *takes a drink*

Me: *Not really thinking at all, but spouting whatever comes to mind* I know! Peragawati Terencat (Retarded Model)!

Sis, Bro and other Bro: ... *looked at me speechlessly*

Sis: *shakes head in amazement as if wondering how the heck we were related*

Bros: *laughed their head off*

.... the answer was actually PERAGAWATI TERKENAL....

*****

Was driving a friend home from a night out at the movies - after denting my mom's car on the way...

Peep: You sure seem comfortable driving around places, how'd you get so confident?

Me: Just start driving to familiar places everyday. Once you're confident about driving there, you can venture out to drive farther - maybe you can drive along the highway during off peak hours, I find that relaxing

Peep: Oh~ *nods head then changes topic* Is this your first accident?

Me: ... *silent for a while*

Me: Wellll... If you count this as on the road... then yes... *smiles in assurance~*

Peep: ... *hand tightens on seatbelt*

....

Just wanna tell you...

2009-03-07T17:19:00.004+08:00

Nothin' new to update but don't wanna let the site rot so I'll just let you guys in on a lil' tidbit:

For my birthday, I bought a pair of shoes as well as got my ears pierced so now i've got 4 piercings~ The last one will probably, no scratch that, will make my parents blow their top off~ ah, but some risk are worth taking~

Ciao for now~

Ape-ape je...

2009-03-05T15:34:00.003+08:00

Hahaha~ It's been a long time since my last update. Wanted to but my lazy disease got the better of me. Quite a few of my peeps are moving forward with their career and lives - some are going to Singapore~ soooo jealous~ Ah well, good for them - jan lupa ole2 ah~ heheheh, just kiddin'. I actually forgot what it was that I wanna talk about so I'll just write whatever it is on my mind at the moment. Here goes...

I had my 24th birthday last month! Yay!~

My birthday cake that my mom especially ordered for me. It's a chocolate cake with Nestum. It's so gooey and rich that even I, with my love of chocolate, had to have a drink with every bite but it was worth it~. The photo above, if you didn't already figure it out, was edited by moi cuz it looked a lil' bit on the plain side~

Heheh, as you can see, I suck at decoration~

Finally got a chance to meet up with Sha~ Actually Mas was supposed to be there too but she got too busy what with her teaching job as well as the national day practice that she got roped into. Sha is currently in her gap year, just taking a break after graduating from Uni. Nas as usual is late, I swear she has no sense of the flow of time - it seems to move at a different pace for her. As for Zat, congratulations! She got the job she applied for (well duh..)!

Makan-makan and minum-minum

I went for a free check up at Hua Ho. I didn't actually went for the whole shebang but just enough to know my health status. My bodyfat, visceral fat and BMI are all normal but my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) was a bit messed up. It seems that I'm not eating enough to maintain my energy level. Hah! I eat more than my fair share but I don't know where the heck it all went. There's one good thing though, I'm no longer underweight! Hahah~ it might be misleading though, 'coz I was carrying my keys, chains so that I won't lose my keys (which I repeatedly did - so not cool) and various stuff on my person which I forgot to unload, and I had just polished off a plate of oil soaked junk that's sure to grease my heart valve~ So my weight at that time was a bit above my typical range.

I also got involved with my mom's dzikir activities for the upcoming Maulud Nabi celebration. It was fun plus we got to eat nyaman every night for more than week! Who says there ain't any such thing as free lunch?

Shtoopid Longkang...

2009-02-14T16:23:00.007+08:00

The RTB carvinal officially began on Thursday, 12th Feb which coincided with one of my sister's driving lesson. So we went there just to have a look around. It was so-so~ but one thing did stand out - the drainage system of the stadium, across of where the above event was held. Not wanting to go round and round in search of a parking space, we decided to park at the nearest empty lot - which is the stadium's parking area - and walk up the hill to the convention centre. Between the pathway and the parking area was this seemingly harmless drain. So dengan biasanya kami pun kan melangkah over the drain...

"Just jump over lah, no need to go round it."

"It's probably nothing, probably shallow one lor."

Then, we just had looked down... Wargh! Opocot! Mak engkau!~ It was one of the deepest drain we ever had to jump over, measuring probably 1m in depth. It didn't register until after we were just about to skip over it nonchalantly.... Yup~ always look before you jump, otherwise you'll end up at the 8 o'clock news... (yes, the country is so small that this bit of accident will make it on the national news).

I had soto yesterday~ Yum!~

Tada!~

2009-02-10T14:33:00.005+08:00

My uncle and aunts' (who lives next door to us) sunflowers. They're pretty. That's all.

I changed my background image again~ ...duh~ I got annoyed with my previous layout - it was cute for a while but as I kept going on to the website, it began to look crowded with all that mishmash of patterns. So I decided to keep it simple with a relaxing pink Japanese pine trees body background and basic white wrapper~ Heheh, had to touch up on some CSS skills as I've forgotten most of what I've taught myself last year. I kept the basic Blogger template but tweaked with the background and some borders. The background is courtesy of PatternCooler, they got a lot of amazing patterns available that you can download for free.

The above pics are a couple of things I stumbled upon during my web trawls. I got them from templettes.blogspot.com, it's a cool site that offers free templates of labels and stuff. The owners are somewhat anti-valentine and made this flyer in the spirit of the silliness of the upcoming V day~ I especially find "no hablo ingles" (I don't speak English) and "depends... who's buying?" hilarious!~

Pink Panther 2 premiered last Thursday and went to watched it with the guys on Friday. If you liked the first one, this one is for you. It's the usual combination of Inspector Closseou clumsiness that sparks off laughter and his circumstantial knowledge (wit?) that unexpectedly saves the day. This is the type of movie that I watch with a certain group of friends - that have the same level of humour as me. I have two levels of humour, one that laughs at slapstick jokes and one that laughs at subtle, between the lines innuendos that are funny to those with a corrupted (dirty) mind. For the first type of movie, I mostly went with my high school buddies since our sense of what is humourous initiated at pretty much at the same time during our puberty and they get the funnies of what I'm laughin' at no matter how immature it seems. For the second one, my university pals are my usual accompaniments since my span of humour expanded along with theirs and these people sometimes view at my first level of humour with a cringe (as illustrated by one of them: 'The House Bunny' cracks me up, but not so my friend, "I got out of the cinema dumber.") - not that I blame them, the jokes are pretty immature and predictable laugh switches but as long as I enjoy them, I don't care~

My trusty red notebook has run it's course... ahhh~ the year we spent together notetaking, doodling and sketching are now over. Goodbye my friend... Rest in Peace...

My previous two notebooks were from WHSmith - I like the elastic band that keeps the pages together, but they don't carry that brand here.

Now for the good part: Shopping for a new one! I'm the type that depends on the written word to remind me of stuff I got to do and places I got to go. A planner seems sufficient but I don't really like the rigidity of the structure - I like to randomly doodle and draw stuff and in a planner that would have messed up the 'Got To Do' stuff I've written down in the small space provided. I could've gotten a bigger planner, but I don't like to lug around a notebook that won't fit my handbags.

I went and browsed the Net just for the heck of finding out the types of planner/diary/organiser people carry - turns out that brand names such as Moleskine and Filofax have their own obsessive followers who worshipped them as they would rock stars. These brands are not just that, but are a lifestyle for these fans (stalkers? they would be if these planners are actually rock stars) - you can google the brands and countless web sites have been established all around the world pertaining as to how you can improve and individualised them. It's rather fascinating, so mush so that I almost got sucked into the world of Moleskine. But reality interrupted in the form of my lack of funds (it's quite expensive for just a few pages of blank paper) and how irritating the customs office is at inspecting everything personal bought overseas (they tell you to rip open the package in front of them, and inspect the contents - like I would be purchasing something detrimental to myself. Me? the ever lazy gal who would walk rather than run, and would stay seated than walk - of course I would rather stay in bed all day long). Of course, it's still engrossing the way people all over have transformed such a simple concept of notebook into works of art. Just Google it, and you have a few hours of boredom relieved~

This is the 'two-taste' (roughly translated) icecream only available here in this country, that I know of. It's a combination of Banana and Chocolate, and is fantabulous~ Quite cheap too, only 40 cents (used to be 30 but inflation ya know).

For an end note, let's check out "Tuts My Barreh" on Youtube as suggested by Nonoi~ Sorry eh, am not a racist, it's just sooo funny~~

It's February~

2009-02-03T22:15:00.005+08:00

Yup~ it's now the second month of 2009 already. How time flew by so fast, i barely felt January past by what with all the sameness of my days in and out. Such is the life of an unemployed (~.~). There has been lots of cases of flash floods and loose soils all over the country - which put quite a damper on my driving expedition plans. I was planning on driving all the way to Tutong and Belait just to get myself acquainted with the areas, seeing as to how small Brunei is (making the drive to and from destinations within the country quite short relative to the long, seemingly endless hours spent in coaches and trains when I was in UK, blergh) and how little I know of those places except for a drive through on the way to and from Miri.

In responce to this unavoidable circumstance, I now spent most of my time on wheels in front of my laptop surfing the web and luckily its the season for my favourite tv shows to be aired again, some after a long break (Bones, Supernatural and Pushing Daisies) and some starting off a new season (Medium). However, after a long waiting period, one of the shows - namely Pushing Daisies - was cut off after only a measely 2 season of 13 episodes - and to top it off, the last 3 episodes of it's last season were not aired during their scheduled time! WT*! After telling the fans that its gonna be cut, now they have the audacity to hold back the closing episodes! Che! Why do they hook us up with the show in the first place if they're not gonna deliver? I can only grouch and stick my tongue out to the executives of that TV station in protest to this tragedy... :P

Moving on to a happier note, I'm gonna have another baby Boi! Yay! Everybody was sure its gonna a baby Gal (me, cause I had a dream that I was cradling the new baby to sleep, and my sister, cause she thought the round shape of the tummy was indicative of a female) - but what the heck, the new babe's gonna be another cutie based on his two older siblings. Hopefully this one's gonna take after my bro in looks but after my sis-in-law in her fair skin. The previous ones both totally took after my sis-in-law as per the pictures below will illustrate:

Effan n Babah posing not looking into the camera, I forgot whats that called~

Vina belabih kan main badminton, pakai kasut babunya lagi tu labuk2 dapan rumah.

In my boredom, I am now taking up photography as a new hobby. The subjects? - various things in my own frontyard for now. There were a lot of empty birds' nests nestled between the flowers and shrubs. I would have liked to shoot (as in a picture, not a gun~) them with the birds eggs or lil' baby birdies within them though. I guess it's not the season for them to mate yet, and with the constant rain, most are probably flying somewhere cozier - much like how the birds in colder climates flew south. Wedding celebrations also seemed to come to a halt, and after a number being held during December with some days overlapping with invitations, it was quite a nice feeling to lay back and relax on Fridays and Sundays (hahaha~ macam c-Tai* aku ah, nda jua kraja hari2 yg lain, mau jua kan relax hari cuti) - I guess Bruneians' mating season is also in tandem with the birds~ (^u^)

These are one of the orchids species we have. At first I thought they were plastics due to their sheen but on a closer inspection, they were the real McCoy. Being as corrupted as I am, they kinda remind me of the female reproductive anatomy...

Heheheh~ I leave you with that image in mind~

Ciao!

Kesah budak yang menangis....

2009-01-28T22:02:00.006+08:00

I was reading through an article in a magazine a few years back about the curse of the crying boy - it was said that whoever owns a piece of a painting depicting a crying boy will have bad fortune befallen on them, in the form of a fire burning their away their precious belongings. It was not a specific crying boy, but rather any picture of a crying kid. Eerily, my grandparents used to own one of these painting and I have no idea of the hows and the why since the myth of the crying boy curse originated in Britain, when a group of firemen were bewildered by a string of fires that somehow involved the victims owning a painting of a crying boy... Dan Dan Dan (creepy suspense sfx)... Below is the copy that my grandparents owned, although I don't know what happened to it - probably demolished along with my grandparents' place... hmm I wonder if the curse had anything to do with that... just kidding - I don't believe in curses, just coincidences (shrugs)

Speaking of crying boys, I had watched a Korean movie called 'Baby and I' starring this cute guy and a cuter baby. The poster does no justice to the cuteness of the baby, you have to watch the kid in action to fully gush of his adorableness (sapa mau? I have a copy of the movie in my HDD)~ Look at those large round eyes and that soft fine hair~ Awww~ He's half-Korean and half-Canadian which I guess attributes towards his looks, his name's Mason Moon btw. The boy's gonna break quite a number of hearts once he grows up~

Just click on the image to look at a larger size of the pic

However, my baby's still the cutest in my heart~

Looking at him, my baby looks more Korean that lil' Mason~ Currently, my Cupan (nickname we gave him) is crawling and learning how to walk~

Why is it mixed kids look totally gorgeous even if their parents are not? You just have to turn on Indonesian channels and you'll find a lot of these halfies on screen. I don't get it, they play characters that are totally Indonesian but they don't even look remotely like one - most of them look Eurasian or Caucasian with no features of an Asian except for their dark hair and eyes. That said, I don't have anything against them - they're fantastic eye candy~

Moving onto my personal life - same old, same old. Nothings change - still bored out of my mind and my shoes collection is increasing. Just bought three pair of shoes the other day just to relieve my boredom. Also went to watch InkHeart with Zat and Nas on Chinese New Year - sorry guys no pics of that time uploaded since it didn't turn out well (meaning I didn't look my best in the shot ^0^) Heheheh~ There goes my resolution of not spending any more money~ For an unemployed, I sure got lots of cash to waste~ Ahh, thank goodness for all those penny pinching years~ Di simpan batah2 apa jua gunanya, the value of money is decreasing, you can buy less goods with the same amount, so why not blow it off on stuff you like now rather than regret on missing out on the opportunity?~ That was a rhetorical question btw (~_~)

My latest job interview went well and hopefully they'll contact me later with a happy news!~

With that I end my post for today~

I'm.... Psychic?

2009-01-14T23:15:00.008+08:00

Guys, guys, know what? Well, I'll tell you anyways even if don't wanna know - I think I have a slight ESP power!~ Heheheh~ Well, either that or people I know are picking up on my signals. You see, I came to this conclusion from the accumulation of a couple of things that happened recently:

1) I was craving for chicken and more specifically, nasi lemak dengan ayam, and didn't know the best place for one. So I settled for just ordering pizza hut chicken wings and eating it with rice. Skalinya when I ordered, they don't have any in stock! WT*! Ada ayam pun mesti berorder nunggu stock, and it's not like the place was out of chicken for the day - it was for a whole week! Aish, nda ku paham eh cemana durang ani berbisnes. Siasiapun saja ku menalan aing liur~ And then... Dun dun dun (lagu suspen untuk menaikkan shiok)... when I woke up this afternoon there was nasi lemak with ayam and an extra bonus of telor mashin on the dining table!~ Not only that, there was also nasi ayam~ Huahahahah~ Somehow my mom's radar picked up on my craving (I didn't breathe a word about it to her, I swear~) and bought them for me and my siblings. There was nasi katok also but my bro polished that off.

Nasi lemak for Lunch and Nasi Ayam for dinner~

2) I was preparing for my interview for an administrative post and decided to pull out my management notes from my uni days. Somehow I ended up reminiscing of the time my lecturer was showing us a video on the fall of Enron and there's this one part which showed a botched attempt at interviewing John Mayo, one of the perpretator of the whole scam. That led me to the name we stuck on one of my Havelockian housemates, I forgot who it was we tacked the name on or why we invented it in the first place - 'Joanna Mayo'. And then... Dun dun dun (heheh saja)... when I checked my shoutbox, on the right side of this blog, today - there was this message from Nonoi, an ex-housemate, telling me that Joanna Mayo couldn't make it to a get together she planned for us. How freakily coincidental was that?!

Fuyoo~ thus was how I ended up being psychic~ Hahahahahah~

Thank you for for putting up with my ramblings~

With that, I'm goin' to bed even though it's already the next day now (I started at 11.30pm Wed nite and now it's 12.10am Thurs morn~)

Last Week

2009-01-12T20:43:00.005+08:00

Let's see what happened last week... hmmm... as usual tido akhir bangun akhir, hahah ada sekali atu bangun pkl 6.30 pm padahal tido awal udah tu around 3.00 am (for me thats quite an early time to tuck in), should have woken up at 11.00 am cuz my sleep period is 8 hours to the dot usually. Entah lelah banar tah kali usulnya tido ~15 jam either that or I'm cutting short my life according to this email I got forwarded that extending sleep time over the prescribed 8 hours can shorten one's life :P

Actually nothing much happened. The only highlights were my babies datang melawat yesterday and I rocked baby boy to sleep; and the hang out I had with Zat. We talked a storm about our life and since nothing happening to me most of the chat was focussed on Zat. Nas was supposed to join us tapi belacan banar anak atu, tertido ia padahal she's the one yang plan the get together on Sat ptg. Hahaha~ well you gotta roll with the situation and I think Zat and I made the best of it even though it was only the two of us. Heheh Zat still has her fringe clipped on since she claimed she made a mess of cutting it (she didn't let me see it in all its short glory ^u^) and she looked adorable in her black jacket and her whole look is quite 'Twilight'ish even though she had been cultivating her look far back before the movie came out. I think you'll blend right in Zat with the cast and that's a compliment in case you're wondering~

My niece had her first day in Kindergarten on Tuesday~ Hahaha her mum said she looked macam tong when she first tried out her school uniform~ Iatah kena tambah ribbon bajunya to distract from her bunalness~ She's an adorable darling, that one, and she made us laugh too when her mom related the story of how she dengan bangganya greeted "Wazyoname" (What's your name) to her Lambak grandparents, showing off what she learnt on her first day of school~ Ahaks! Lawak budak atu~

So to compensate the lack of content, here's a bunch of pics for your viewing pleasure:

The niece and the uncle playing together~

Baby Boi majal babahnya kan naik basikal

Oh yeah... I did go to the cinema to watch Bedtime Stories with my sis on Wednesday. Good thing it was only $4 (ertinya sadang2 enjoyment factor nya), the movie was okay and I got a few laughs out of it. Lupa lagi ku tu aku meliat ngan my sis, I was like "eh, mliat kamu udah ceta Bedtime Stories?" and she stared at me for a few seconds before replying "Ia jua dangan ku mliat ah"~ Hahahah makin tua tah banar~

And these are the few of Batiks my mom are selling like hotcakes. Hahah buang boring ku nada gambar lain kan di post~

I love this pattern, but my mom already claimed it~

Ntah nda ku tau apa patut jadi title nya

2009-01-06T19:09:00.006+08:00

I've just read my friend's blogs... sigh~ so jealous eh of them with their careers while I'm still watching the grass grow~ I was hoping to get a stable career by the end of last year but the new year has come and gone with me still doing nothing that adds to my own income. I still have a bit of money left from my savings but I don't wanna spend anymore than I already did. My own fault plang tu sbb luan betebiat kan apply kaja, apa2 pun hopefully ada reply soon from all those interviews and written tests I did last year.

Heheh speaking of my friend's blog, Nonoi has a candid view of life posted on her blog. Hahah seems like she's been doing some growing up and thinking of her future nowadays - sampai2 angan2 udah tua nanti kan jadi tauke taugeh (try saying that repeatedly without pause ^o^) Hahah sori lah tu Noi, definitely bukan ko punya consumer tah ku tu jadinya. And thanks for the advice of 8% investment of $735.62 monthly in order to be a Millionaire by the time I retire~ Hahah rasanya I can't start on that in my current situation but hopefully soon~

She also posted some stuff about Twilight and knowing her penchant for Macho guys, I know the movie ain't her taste. In contrast, Zat is still mooning about Edward Cullen to the point of obsession (-_-''') and I don't blame her, the guy playing him is seriously cute~ Hahah kira Menkui tah aku ni. That's a japanese word literally meaning 'face-eater' - translation: liking people for their looks. Hahah, atu baru shallow berabis aku ah. Tapi pedah jua mua lawa klo perangai macam setan, so ppl be careful of all the setans yang bertopengkan manusia mua lawa~ Bagi yang perasan diri lawa atu jangan ambil hati, I didn't mean kamu atu setan tapi only some yang take advantage of their own looks atu yang mesti kamu cautious tu~ Apakan aku ah... jauh lari topik ku - how the heck did I get here from talking about a movie?

To another friend of mine, Amal - welcome to my blog. Here you will find snippets of my life as well as my family's. And also of various topics yang merapu lagi merapik only understood by those who knows me well. Aiii~ aku mau gathering smua geng2 ku on one of these days and hang out somewhere where kami smua bleh bergila. Havelockians~ bila lagi kitani kan jumpa?!

Text me ppl and let's minum2~

Pics

2008-12-31T20:09:00.003+08:00

Finally got around to uploading my pics from my camera:

My darling Effan 1st bday on 1st Muharram~

Makan d Escapade

Zat and Rab

Me and Mas, awww~ doesn't she look cute~

Nyum nyum~ klo makan share dapat jua save duit

Miri:

Di kadai kacamata, Mom and Pops buat kacamata baru. I tested my eyes just for the heck of it, found out that I got slight rabun jauh. Hahah~ tunggu sampai mcm kan buta kanya rasanya barutah ku mbuat specs.

We got a pool table~

Yoohooo~

2008-12-29T19:13:00.005+08:00

Uwaaah~ I've lots of stuff happenin' tapi i'll just update on a few of them and the rest biarlah rahsia~ Hahaha, more like too embarrassed to be told, just let a few of my close friends know the truth.

My bro's engagement ceremony went by without a hitch. The baju fesyen is okay but either the tailor made it a bit big or the fabric is just the type that stretches, it came out a bit big on me and didn't give a nice fit for me. So here it is, a pic of the three of us in our baju setusut and lil' Vina:

Went to watch Twilight on Christmas eve with Zat, Rab and Mas. Something happened on the way but I survived, and then we went to Escapade for dinner. The food's good but the price is increasing and somehow the rice is getting stickier and more squishy. Maybe they changed the cook or we got a serving of an early cooked batch that got more licak as time passes by. Entahlah. The movie is okay by me since I'm a fan of dark romance type but I guess for those thats not, you may want to avoid this one - you may find it a bit angsty for your taste. I read the synopsis for the rest of the series after Twilight and found it to be too dramatic for me -well its just the summaries on wikipedia anyway, who knows I might like it if I actually read the book.

I went to Miri on Saturday with my bro and his wife together with pops and mom. We went to the three 'always gotta go there' malls of Miri - Boulevard, Bintang and Parksons (not necessarily in that order). Spent most of the time with Mom and Pops rather than shopping for myself - part of my 'lay low' project to redeem myself due to the 'thing' that happened on Christmas eve, heheh~

Finished one of my craft projects - decorating my plain t-shirts with beads and hand sewn designs. It's not bad, I could add more colour but cepat keboringan aku ani so just let it as it is. I'll add more colours the next time I get bored.

Macam2 point of views

2008-12-20T01:56:00.005+08:00

Heh, it's been a busy week for me with my interview and my brother's engagement event coming up this Sunday. Nda plang sibuk banar tapi rasanya sibuk lah dari biasa in comparison to my usual of melayah dapan TV sambil munching on snacks~ I wanted to post sometime mid-week, usually Wednesday, but my modem was hogged by my brother and I didn't wanna get distracted by web-surfing in doing my preps, so now I got my interview outta the way and had a day of just doing nothing and de-stressing.

My interview didn't go well but that was my own fault for being soooo pessimistic and unprepared for the whole thing even though I got one week to prepare for it. I guess I went through a self-fulfilling prophecy of failing before I even went through the whole process, in addition of being freaked out after hearing the other interviewees chatting about the horrible experiences they had of being interviewed. But I did get something out of it - experience and ways to improve myself for the better next time. The guy who interviewed me was actually very accommodating and helpful so I thank him and the other lady for the valuable experience even though I have no idea who you guys were (and I hope I don't have the honor of meeting you guys face to face anytime soon or that you'll be able to recognize me if we ever meet again (>o<) No hard feelings 'kay~).

I got a response from a post I did on "Horror Stories" by some guy (I think it's a guy) who wanted me to contact him and gave me his e-mail addy and blogspot site - it turns out the guy was running a site on ghost stories with his blog being appropriately titled "Aku Suka Antu". So Bonedage if you're reading this I give you full blessings to cut and paste whatever it is you need from that post as long as you credited things to moi. I don't really wanna hand out my email to anyone since I only have one email addy for just my friends and business purposes. So hopefully you're reading this...

On another topic, my friend Sha has just returned to Brunei after completing her studies in Down-Under, yayy~ But she left for China this Wednesday for I don't know what business. But apa2 pun I wish her the best of luck with whatever she's pursuing, and don't forget to contact me if you want some yummy korean dramas~

My sis is currently going through her driving test course with little or no help from anybody at all~ heh heh~ Kes malas bangun pagi iatah paksa blajar sendiri --> that referring to me, her big sister yang kena suruh ajar her the basic driving skills. I think she went through her regulations test last night but not sure as to how she fared. She was studying for it the day before and seemed to me to be doing okay, no signs of stress. In fact she even had time to chat with my brother who was in another room:

Sis: Eh, mengapa display pic mu atu? Tukar jantina? (referring to my bro's display pic of a female korean entertainer of who he is a fan of)

Bro: ...

Bro: Blajar saja sana diam2

Heheh~ my family is a hoot~ If you guys are ever around you'll hear all sorts of spontaneous conversation that are funny as hell~ Entah dari mana datang nya phrase yang terkeluar dari mulut2 kami ani. I guess that's why when I'm with my friends I tend to tease them (kuat mengatil lah tu) just to see their reaction. They're quite a serious-faced bunch of people, reserved lah katakan - batah kan panas enjin iatah siuk kan mengacau. It's because I'm comfortable with them that I'm able to be a bit crazy. Thanks guys, without you I'll probably pop off my lid in one loud, big bang and ending up with my head rolling off my shoulders~

For those who don't know me, first impression are mostly (this being told to me by friends): Serious, Pemarah, Mature (huahaha, that cracked me up), Smart (lagi tia pacah parut ku), Intelligent (paham2 lah kamu tu reaction ku tu~)... and others of these nature. Frankly, I know I'm not stupid but I'm not as smart as people think I am - I get by on pure luck of knowing the right things at the right times (not always) and I actually am sanang kan di bawa ketawa, in fact I have a booming laugh that embarasses my sister when we're in public (^o^) ~

On that note of impressions, I came across this funny email forwarded to me of a girl's point of view on Bruneian relationships. I'll just post up some of the funnier things this girl has to say on the subject:

1. King & Queen control, semua tah kan di control nya. Baik tah bali kan kereta control. Kan control pun sadang2 la.

6. Partner gauk2 tawa2 kan be cali kana signal2. Kana cakapi "Bisai2 deh ulah atu!" aww sandi.

14. Mengusut kan mati. Barang damit pun kan di kusut kan.. air liur kucing melakat arah baju pun kan menangis.

21. Klayi dalam keta, drive laju2. Mesti di takan minyak tu! Pastu break ngajut. Plancit air liur rah cramin dapan. Cian. Sawan tia bnr.

23. Inda iklas melayan pasal hari hari jumpa. Baus bah mliat dh. Makin panjang bulu idung.

... dan lain-lain. Banyak plang lagi dicakapinya and you guys have to keep an open mind that this is only one girl's point of view, so jangan mudah terasa lah with some of her comments. I find it quite a refreshing perspective on relationships as opposed to the lovey-dovey types that I mostly observed of the people around me. If sapa2 wants the whole copy of the email, I still have it in my folder~

Apparently, most Koreans believe in the "blood-type myth" in looking for compatibility in their relationships. It is said that different blood types represent different personality, such as type B being stereotyped as players and should be avoided if you're looking for long-term relationship. This believe is so widespread that there's even a movie based on it and matchmaking agencies are even listing blood types as a category that clients should state in their profile and/or want in their list of characteristics they're looking for. If you guys want more info on what personality represent which blood type, just google it up. Heheh~ I lost the link of the site on blood type personalities, and I'm too lazy to google it for you~ Remember to check up on the funny comic strips on blood types (done by a Korean artist and translated by a couple of fans) while you're at it, they're hilarious takes on blood types personalities~

And with that, I'm signing off for the day~

Ntah hapa2 ntah...

2008-12-14T00:15:00.007+08:00

I have no idea what to post this time but I think somehow it'll turn out to be a long one. That's a habit of mine, I tend to waffle a lot~ even about nothing~ Which is why in exams my essays are 3-5 pages long with only about 2 pages of real content. Hahahaha~ kesian my tutors terpaksa wade through all the useless crap to get to the main points. And somehow I've never been failed yet~ heheh jangan jeles~

Speaking of habits, I have this weird one of growling whenever I feel unhappy or rather unsatisfied with how things turn out. I have no idea when it started or why it started in the first place. I'm weird that way I guess. Hmmm.... maybe it started during my preternatural phase of vampires, werewolves, dragons, etc. Heheh, am still in that phase looking at the pile of paranormal based books I have and there are still a number I've bought but haven't yet read. Why is it when I have a lot of time in my hands I can never get things done? Like during these 6 months of graping, I still haven't finished reading those pile of books but when I'm pressed for time, I can easily finished 3 books of within a range of 300 - 500 pages in a day when I'm supposed to do something important first? Heheh~ there's an easy answer for that: PROCRASTINATOR~ huahuahua~

I'm addicted to korean shows lately, not just the dramas but the tv shows. 'Two days and One night' is my current favourite - the six hosts are just hilarious together and the way they interact with each other is refreshing, there's no script and they just say whatever they feel at the moment without having to resort to obscene expressions. The show is about six celebs of various fame (singer, host, comedian) put together and went to various locations for a 2 days and 1 night stay. They are given various challenges and the winning group (they are divided into two groups of three usually, but there are times when they are tested individually) get privileges such as staying in a room with a heater as opposed to the losing group's staying in a tent outside in the freezing temperature. Of course there are grumbles by the losing team but they are good-natured about it. The challenges are pretty far out and this is what makes the show fun, in one episode the hosts were asked to choose which one of the six fish-shaped buns actually contains raw fish filling instead of the usual red-bean paste and thay had to eat it in order to find out! Hahah~ pacah parut ketawa mliat muka org termakan roti bun berisi ikan mentah (on a side note: Ewwwww~)

I used to watch 'X-Man' on YouTube but it's hard to find ones with good subs and the new format is just not as funny as the previous one. Me and my mates, when we were in UK, were hooked at one period of time on 'X-Man' and I was the one who introduced them to the show, which I discovered... heheh... when I was supposed to research for materials for an assignment~ For those with Astro, you can catch 2D1N on Wed 11.20pm, ch303. Another one that I recommend is 'Star Golden Bell Challenge' on the same channel on Friday, at 10.30pm I think - not sure, just wait around from 10.00pm till 11.30pm, it'll sure start sometime within that time-frame~

Dang! Nyaman usulnya.... heheh sorry, I'm watching org makan kimbab (korean sushi) on TV at the moment and as per me, I'm writing whatever I think at the moment~ I do that a lot too, especially time mbuat assignment tapi at the same time mliat drama - slalu tertaip what I felt instead of the essay I'm supposed to complete~ Hahaha, iatah klo terbaca apa yg ku tulis before any edit kena buat, the end result is probably full of gibberish and nonsense yang langsung nda kena mengena dengan topik (^o^).

Dangit! Arghhhh! I'm changing the channel, gila nyaman berabis usulnya and I have nothing to eat to fill in the hunger.... makanan habis udah seeing as to now it's 1.00am Brunei time and I don't wanna stuff my face with light snacks. Paksa tah ku memasak mbuat late night/early morning snack ni... kurang asam punya TV programme...

Bah, got to go - heheheh nda dapat di tahan ni nyanyian perut ah. I leave you guys with a link to one of the sarciest (most sarcastic) and funny blogs I've ever come across of a guy who lived for more than 10 years (I think) in Osaka and has no problem making fun of the people, the culture, and well, almost everything (probably everything, no almost about it) of the land of the rising sun:

An Englishman in Osaka

See you later, alligators~

Oh, p.s. thanx Col for the 'Miss No Good' recommendation, am now downloading all available subbed episodes but still alum mliat satu pun~ heheh tunggu abis smua baru ku liat or tunggu time ku sibuk kaja baru tah ku sibuk kan mliat drama plg~

(^u^)

Wonder Girls, fashion, babies, etc~

2008-12-07T18:00:00.013+08:00

Wonder Girls (WG) is a girl band group from Korea, and most of their songs are upbeat and catchy. And I especially enjoyed their funny music videos. This is their latest one, featuring JYP (Jin Young Park) the creator of WG:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQ4k64TAco

Another one of WG's cute song - So Hot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUKzg8VCN-g

They're so addictive and lift up my mood~ If you catch me driving on the roads, you'll probably be seeing me singing to the song with the bass turned up high~ I got the songs in mp3 format if anyone wants them~ together with TVXQ's latest album, MIROTIC~ but I only liked the song Mirotic, the rest entahlah, probably I need to listen to them a few times to get the feel~...

I also got the Korean Drama: "Painter of the Wind" but not completed yet. It's about a girl that has to live as a boy in order to paint in ancient Korea (entah era yang mana, pokoknya tahun lama2 ala2 Jewel in the Palace atu lah). The story was initially luan dramatic for me at first coz the girl was so annoyingly hotheaded, making trouble where it could be avoided - but udah akhir2 ani makin shiok cetanya. I also got "Gokusen II", the rest of "How to Meet a Perfect Neighbour" dari episode brapa nda ku ingat tapi complete udah for those yg menculik cetaku dari dulu~ and I'm starting "Innocent Love" starring Horikita Maki, who starred in "Hana Kimi" as the main character. Eh banyak eh, ku list saja lah:

Korean Movie: "Baby and I" pasal org gangster yg suddenly saddled with a baby

Korean Movie: "My Mighty Princess" on a girl yg terlalu power payah cari boyfriend

HK Movie: "Shaolin Girl" on a girl that can do Shaolin... huahahaha~ duh!

Taiwan Drama: "Miss No Good" only random episodes - alum ku liat, mun lawa baru ku download lagi

Japan Drama: "Guren Onna" gila-gila cetanya, ntah aku pun nda paham

Japan Drama: "Shingehoshi" an embalmer with great abilities to restore the dead to their former physical form no matter how gruesome they died (Warning: Ada sikit 18SX)

Japan Drama: "Oh! My Girl!" a guy suddenly being a guardian for his niece who is a big star

US: "Supernatural" latest eps (currently on break, returns 15th Jan)

US: "Bones" latest eps (currently on break, returns 15th Jan)

US: "True Blood" season 01 complete

US: "Pushing Daisies" latest eps

dll... nada wah, saja bazirkan bullets~

I was busy at my bro's at Muara taking care of the babies that I didn't get the time to post. So this post will probably the dumping ground of the rest of this week's happenings~

My nephew, Effan, got a teething fever on Thursday and kept everyone awake the whole night. He was so clingy that I couldn't get him to lay him on his mattress and had, at one time, to sleep holding him. Alhamdulillah~ fever nya reda lepas sehari tapi kesian keluar red spots at some parts of his body - ala2 jerawat baru tumbuh~ My mom said its the aftereffects of the fever with the body trying to get rid of the heat.

Kecian my widdle pumpkin~

On Friday went to a tailor with my mum and sis to make a set of three baju fesyen to be worn on my brother's engagement event next next sunday, 21st Dec. It was a last minute decision brought about by my sister wanting us to look setusut (satu suit - roughly meaning uniformed). She wanted to use a pink and this yellowish-brown (I don't know what else to call it) fabric but somehow the colour combination just didn't seem right to me. Dare I say it?... It's just... just... Ugly! Pheewww~ got that out of my chest... (jangan marah sis~) Finally we settled on a black and grey chiffon fabric with dark pink flowers, coupled with shiny kain. It's my first baju fesyen, so I don't know how it'll look on me~ I'll post up a pic later~

I was supposed to go to the job centre in Bandar with Zat, Mas and Rab this Sat. But due to several complications, they couldn't make it and had to cancel last minute. So I went by myself, and memandangkan aku ani nda brapa kenal area bandar tersesat ku sekajap salah masuk simpang ke Kota Batu plang ku. Jauh jalan ku baru ku terjumpa kadai untuk buat U-turn. Kuang kuang kuang~ Parking ku jauh sikit, belakang the red temple since aku nda brapa terer parking sideways depan tamu kianggeh atu heheheh... So, pigilah ku arah the centre, and asked for a form. Skalinya.... I didn't bring some of the necessary documents, kuang kuang kuang lagi skali on me~ which means that I have to go back there next week~

Since alang2 aku udah d bandar, I decided to take a look around. I went to the pusat perdagangan to see apa ada. Turns out mostly stuff that you see at small booths outside big stores like tudongs, bags and jewelries.

Most of the bags were tacky fakes and the tops extra large. Boring~

Antah nda ku tau apa... traditional stuff lah usulnya

Then I went to drop off some stuff at a friend's house and having nothing else to do, went for a drive around. Last2 sampai ke Manggis and stopped at Hua Ho there for a breather from all that driving. Lucky me, I got a spot just outside the entrance door at the lower basement~

Whew~ from Batong to Mulaut to Bandar to Mentiri to Manggis to Telanai to Masin and lastly to Batong again~ Heheheh~

Next time: Tutong! Hahahahaha~ buang boring~

Randomness~

2008-12-03T14:57:00.008+08:00

Huahahahaha~ I've just found out that my blog reading level is : high school level~

Apa punya standard~ Tapi nda apa lah since I intended this blog to be light reading of my random thoughts. I've checked my alumni blog : BBA year 4 - Genius Level ler yo~

It seems that quite a few of my friends found out that I kept a blog... Heheheh kedapatan jua akhirnya. Sedikit embarrassed ku banarnya kan market blog ku ani since the contents are quite messy and follow no particular structure. But since you guys found out anyways, please enjoy reading until I grow tired of it~ Heheh~

Since I got nothing else better to do, I'll post up pictures of my venture to my uncle's place during the electricity blackout the other day (my house was the only one affected since the cause of the blackout was our own switch box):

The culprit

Gelapnye....

Logging the start of my venture... (look! look! I got a haircut)

... which nda jua jauh - sebalah jua kanya~
melintasi garage...

...down the steps...

...and across my uncle's lawn...

Skalinya nada jua ada org d rumah. Actually my aunt yang house-sit the house for my uncle, her brother, who was at that time working in Jakarta, Indonesia. My aunt apparently was away at my grandpa's and terpaksalah ku sama bro ku (yang jadi model of the above pics) berhijrah mencari other relative yg d kampung. Last2 we went to my aunt's yang baru pindah to her new home 50m from the main road away from us. Kes malas~ start engine keta.... heheheh...

With that I end my post with a funny outlook on friends by a friend of mine, Nonoi:

"Setiap orang di dunia ini mempunyai kawan kerana menurut cikgu saya, sesiapa yang tidak mempunyai kawan diibaratkan ‘ambuk tunggal’. Oleh kerana saya tidak mahu digelar ambuk, saya juga mempunyai kawan. Ada sesetengah orang berkata mempunyai beberapa orang kawan yang sentiasa bersama kita di kala sedih dan gembira itu lebih baik daripada mempunyai ramai kawan yang hanya bersama kita apabila kita senang tetapi saya tidak bersetuju. Sekurang-kurangnya kita mempunyai kawan apabila kita gembira dan itu ada lah lebih baik daripada langsung tiada berkawan. Dan kita kembali semula kepada topik menjadi ambuk."

(http://nonoi-ionon.blog.friendster.com, 2008)

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P.S. Actually, it's not the end. Here's a link to Dynas Mokhtar's (who is a Malaysian actress) blog which also doubles as a website for her DnA line for you guys yang suka liat2 fashion: http://dynasmokhtar.blogspot.com/ and don't forget to checkout JabbaWockeeZ on youTube - they're an awesome dance crew that my bro showcased on his blog~

Well, that's all folks~

Hangin'

2008-12-01T20:45:00.004+08:00

As the title implies, I'm still hangin' - no job replies other than a few written tests, and I've also been hanging out with my friends. The studio photo was finally developed and the end result:

As you can see, there have been a few adjustments made. Tapi biasa ler, the photo studio ppl almost always do this - whiten the skin and removed all noticeable physical flaws. Klo ada jerawat, gerenti dengan magic nya muka anda akan jadi smooth, ala2 iklan before and after for beauty products kat TV gitu~ And for those who knows Masilah, notice the huge height difference - she's as tall as Zat! Huahahahaha~ Actually she's standing atop a block of wood in order to balance the picture~

Below are the pics taken from our latest rendezvous. We were actually gonna go to the labour department to register ourselves for jobs, but because of me n Nas mcm biasa betebiat so we arrived quite late at the office. But then, we found out that the office had been moved to Bandar and by the time we got there, the place was closed. Of course we could have made it since it was 1600 hrs and government offices were supposed to close at 1630 hrs. But org Brunei~ awal tah jua durang balik~ chiss~ (sori ah, bukan mengucap semua org Brunei, kanya most of us has this attitude).

Zat trying out shoes at Charles & Keith

Nas malas kan try on anything walaupun kena pajal. Not her thing ler~

Mas posing~

Unfortunately this was the only set of photos taken of our meet since it was quite a short one and most of the time was spent in the car. Since I got nothing else to blab about, I'll end my post here~

Horror Stories...

2008-11-25T15:03:00.007+08:00

I wanted to post up a blog these last few days but due to the volatility of the karan here (heheh kes tutup karan balik2 due to old age of the switch box) malas tah ku kan online. Nada mood jua bah, manakan tido siuk ada air-con tapi udah bangun berpeluh kepanasan bawah selimut. This unstable condition lasted for three days, and finally the org karan was called and he did his thingie and the electricity is now back on~ Hopefully~

The above is not what this post is about although having no electricity is a horror story by itself - imagine no TV! No internet! No AIR-CON! I shiver in memory of those days.... This post is actually about a story I heard from my sis-in-law, the type of story that is 'I heard from my friend who heard from her uncle who heard...', so I can't vouch for it's truthfulness but it makes a good horror story. The telling of this was started off cause I brought my niece and nephew to Giant, the superstore just off the Tungku Link Road on Thursday, 20th Nov, and my niece badly wanted to play at the indoors playground they set up for kids. I wanted to let her play but my sis-in-law's amah told me that my sis-in-law strictly forbids her kids playing there. I was thinking "poor kid, just let her have a little fun" but a voice in my head told me not to - and I listened coz it's always right (but that does not mean I listen to it all the time ^u^ ~). So we went home after much pulling and tugging on my niece's hand, almost had to bodily get her away from the place~

We were having a sembahyang berjemaah at home to pray for my brother's safe journey to Vietnam on a naval duty, so there were lots of relatives around and when everyone else went to pray, there was me and my sis-in-law minding the kids among others. So I told her about the Giant trip and how my niece was really stubborn about the playground. My sis-in-law then told me the real story about why she doesn't let her kids play there: There was a story of how once a kid was hidden by jins at the Giant playground...why? coz the parents mistakenly took one of the jin's kid home as it was resembling (not resembled but resembling its own face after) their own kid. This new kid was different than the real one, it did not eat and was quiet all the time - the mom was worried and somehow something moved her to call an ustaz. One look at the kid and the ustaz knew it's not human, so they went back to the store and convinced the security guard to open up the place. Inside one of the play area they finally found the real one huddle up and the jin's kid just disappeared... The lost kid then told his parents that there were lots of creatures milling about the place and how none of them gave him anything to eat.

Just after she finished off telling the story, immediately I said loudly, "Nda tah ku ke Giant lagi lapas ani for a long, long time", and that night malam Jumaat lagi tu, and ada ceta seram kat TV3 - Puaka Niang Rapik - yang hantunya ada every other second of screen (scream?) time. Hahah penakut jua ku tu. People say the area where the store was based is actually karas and a kid once drowned there when it was once a lake. I don't think I'll be bringing the kids there ever again, arah kadai kaling depan simpang rumah durang tah saja mun kan shopping~

Speaking of TV3 Seram shows, I really like the previous one: Kekasihku Seru, about a pair of lovers who were cruelly separated with the death of the guy at the gal's father's hand. The gal then brought him back to life with some mantera and after a while realises that the thing she brought back was not her lover. It spans several decades with her descendants bearing her mistakes and finally vanquishing the evil being. But I didn't like the way it ended though - a crazy aunt was so in love with the creature she brought it back and the story was left hanging there... Boo! Kesian the hero and heroine, nda tah sanang idup lapas atu. The new series of Seram's plot was not as siuk as KS but it has enough juice to tweak my inborn curiousity, and the hantu-hantu was not that scary once you've seen them twice. Still mbagi tekajut jua bila tiba2 melompat keluar out of nowhere~

I have never experienced myself of any otherworldly beings, but there are always stories abound because of the abundance of superstition and ingrained belief due to religion and culture in this country. I believe in them myself but would never want to encounter them~ heheh~ Although nda pernah terjumpa but there was this one time when I myself was thought to be a ghost!

It happened when I was staying in Brunei Hall, London during my last weeks in UK. I had just came up from the laundry room in the basement and was on my floor heading back to my room. Out the elevator and I was pushing the connecting door leading to the rooms. There stood this one girl holding a plastic bag of food, waiting for her friends I guess, at the other end of the corridor. One look at me and she started banging on her friend's door and her voice was quite frantic even though I couldn't make out what she was saying. I was stumped, holding my laundry bag staring at her through my bangs, "Gila kali anak ani" was the only thought in my mind. I ignored her and didn't think much about it until the next day. It finally dawned on me that morning that she may have mistook me for a hantu coz of my long hair (just brushed haphazardly after my shower, no one to impress anyway) and the way I was cradling my laundry bag (white plastic bag from some store), but if she looked closely she may have noticed that I was wearing 3/4 shorts and a t-shirt, and was quite alive (unless she thought I was a hantu of a recently deceased modern day girl). Kureng asam~ Ada aku yang bisai2 ani diucap hantu gentayangan... chiss!

Hahahaha~ looking back it was quite funny the way she started to bang the door. Belagur2 bah tambah lagi sama suaranya yang macam kan menangis bunyinya tu. And aku dengan selambanya mbuka pintu bilik ku pakai key card and ignoring her after the first few seconds of kebangangan~ Probably by the time aku sampai udah balik ke sini, a new legend of the-nonchalant-hantu-with-a-keycard is borned~

Huahuahuahuahahahaha ~

Walk~walk

2008-11-19T23:28:00.005+08:00

Macam biasa buang boring bawa jalan2 round Brunei. I went to the Mall after my civil service test on Tuesday just to see how it was at 10.30 am - turns out banyak kadai alum buka. What time is it slalunya kan kadai ani buka? So round2 lah ku and noticed that some of the shops are putting up christmas trees to celebrate the oncoming festive season, even Grand Utama is selling christmas ornaments. I guess christmas is just no longer exclusively a one religion thing seeing now that its celebrated almost globally whatever the religion with Santa Claus being the main mascot.

This handsome specimen was seen loitering around in front of iWalk. Apparently he was trying to catch the eye of a pretty in pink next door at the iTop (which i think the store name was~).

"Hey there suga mama~ I saw your bling2 and couldn't help noticing how it makes your leaves curl sexily~"

"My, my~ such a sweet talker you are soulja~ I don't mind me being on Santa's naughty list this year with such a hot thing like you around"

*I leave the rest to your imagination. Suffice to say, Pretty in Pink certainly got on~ the naughty list I mean (-o^)*

So back to my walk-walk, there was nothing much out of the ordinary that day. I did meet Ihsan though, she was taking her two sisters out just to relieve them of the post-exam blues. We chatted for a while, and she told me she applied for a post in UBD as a lecturer but didn't get a reply yet. It seems to me a lot of people I know applied to UBD for a teaching post - I doubt I can do it since I'm such a pemarah and all. Heheh~ my younger siblings can attest to that, they've been on the other end of my temper when I once tutored them on their homework (and that was the end of my career as a teacher to them~).

Today I went to Bandar just for a change of scenery, I'm getting rather sick of the Mall Gadong - probably just gonna go there to watch a movie or just to see if the latest manga arrived yet after this. It was hot and luckily I wore a short sleeve tee (jangan marah Ma & Bah~ hopefully u never discover this blog of mine), and pretended to be an Asian tourist with no knowledge of Malay~ buang tebiat~

Heheh siuk jua, andangnya tourist season kali, asal ku masuk kadai kena bawa speaking omputeh: "These earrings ah you buy 1 for B$3, 4 for B$10 and get one free on top of that ah~ buy lah, so pretty right?" said this one Chinese taukeh to me when I just barely stepped into his store. I wanted to look around Tamu Kianggeh but since I was already lapar and didn't bring my camera with me (ada buleh tertinggal atas meja?! Udah ku recharge the battery the night before...), I went back home - my tummy always win over my curiousity. Iatah klo kamu nda mau ku betanya pasal secret2 kamu, blanja ku makan~

Before I end my post for today, I'll leave you with a picture I took today with my mobile phone tof a man caught with his pants down and proud of it!

Hahahaha~ Sori ku meliatkan kamu gambar ani~ jangan mengigau malam ah~. Ku terjumpa masa ku round di Milimewah arah Teck Guan Plaza. Antah apa kah kebendanya, it was the only one of its kind and placed at the figurines shelf. Why they didn't just remove him already just for being downright ugly (on top of being offensive), I don't know - after all who the heck would buy this anyway?

P.S. I cut my hair~ pendek sampai bawah telinga~

Layout Change!..... Again~

2008-11-17T15:19:00.009+08:00

Heheh~ I changed the layout as you can see. The previous one atu payah kan di modify dan colournya oren atu bukannya feveret ku banarnya. So I used the provided template 'Minima' and messed around to give it some colour. Main background sama main-wrapper background ku ani ku culik dari PatternCooler but I screwed around with an image editor programme and changed the raindrop from a somewhat crowded look to a simple basic one since the main body udah ada crowded backdrop:

Yang original, lawa plang but it has too many raindrops menyasakkan the page. I think I'll use it again later in its original form udah ku boring ngan my current design.

This image is supposed to be repeated throughout the background but it's too complicated to create a repeated template - the image keeps over lapping. This is my third attempt and though it didn't go quite the way I want it, it's not shabby either.

Header atu actually I wanted to use a simple abstract cloud image but couldn't find any and since I'm too malas to create the exact one I have in my head, I just typed in 'Clouds' in google and Tada!~ this one pops out~so why not, it's cute in addition to having clouds.

That's all for today folks~

Btw, I wanna get a haircut.

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Things I bought recently - Part Deux~

2008-11-17T14:10:00.010+08:00

Kes buang boring, nada kan di post so I brought to you Part II of the Purchasing Chronicles (this part must be said in a booming voice)~

Sis-n-law ku said that she saw this coin-bank sold for B$13
I bought mine for B$5~ Heheh lucky me

(Model: Froggy the Frog Bank, Location: Atop Han2's bookshelf)

My current shades are for ornamental purposes only, so I
had to buy REAL ones that does the job as well as make me
look good~ Mission accomplished!

(Model: A pair of Hersheys Bars - which unfortunately was consumed due to the their seductively tempting curves, Location: On Han2's desk)

Also bought several hair clips that I just could not resist~ So cute~
Since nada model yg willing to pose with them I had to force Diego the Bat to wear them for me. Sorry Diego, they do not make you look gay, I swear!

Angel Wings

Devil Horns

Rabbit Ears

(Model: Diego the Bat, Location: On the Bed)

I rarely use the study desk my dad bought me since its so crowded with my stuff and there's hardly any space left. I'm thinking of buying a small dining table for my I-don't-know-when-it's-gonna-be-completed own room as a study table where I can bersepah all I want~ So I'm currently using a small foldable table and bought these two pillows/cushions for my backside. Sakit kali ah duduk berjam2 ani - I think my ass has developed calluses from all those times I've not been cushioning 'em (>O<)

(Model: The Floor, Location: Also The Floor)

And Finally,

I

unveil

to

you

my

greatest

splurge

ever...

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Jeng Jeng Jeng!~

Ahaks~ I did say that I've nothing better to do~

Cute folder icons~

2008-11-14T12:40:00.009+08:00

I was going to post about 'things I recently bought part II' but the pics are still stored within my camera's internal memory and said camera is with my brother. He borrowed it yesterday and is probably wanting to upload his pics to his own blog - which has not been updated in a while so I'm letting him hold on to the camera for a while. Speaking of cameras, I've been itching to get a new one since my current cybershot doesn't take a nice zoom in pic - it gets all blurry and the object still appears far, which is a bummer if I wanted to take pics of subjects that I cannot physically get closer to. This happened when I wanted to get a pic of Prince Charles on stage at Nas' convo, and ended up with a stick figure instead (which is why I didn't upload it).

Ok~ I got off track as usual~ as per the heading, here's a link to cute folder icons some of which I use myself just to make my day when I open up my file: Pixel Girl Presents

Hahah~ As you can see, I usually have more than 1 program running whenever I'm on my computer which has caused some major slowdown of the system. Manakan, I'm running Windows XP OS with usually 5 programs open on a 512 MB RAM. My internal storage capacity is only 80 GB HDD - so ancient compared to current PCs and Laptops punya in the market (there's been times when the computer gives out signal that I'm out of memory~ malas bah kan transfer ke portable HDD, I prefer to watch my shows yg kena store dlm internal memory lagi laju uploading). I think I'm gonna get a new one when I start working depending on my current workload - klo nda banyak computer stuff I'm gonna stick with my Vaio baby sampai ujung nyawanya~ Hahah~ Sounds like a marriage vow - in sickness and in health....

Just so you guys know, aku masih mengusahakan kebun anggur ku~ probably gonna start a craft project just so I don't get out of my mind....

Btw check out Zat's post on Wed, 12th Nov (just click arah Venus910 on the Blog links)~ Lawak banar anak atu~

Hanging Out with Friends

2008-11-10T15:36:00.011+08:00

Yesterday, Sunday 9th Nov - Zat, Nas, Mas, Rab and I went to PhotoPlus in Gadong to have a studio photo taken of us who had graduated this year. However, Nas couldn't extend the rental period of her graduation gown so it was down to only three of us: me, Zat and Mas.

The plan was to meet up at the studio at 10, but macam biasa~ aku betebiat~:

7.30 -
Woke up due to a message on my mobile. Replied then proceeded to Dreamland again

8.30 -
Woke up, stared at the ceiling for a few minutes feeling disoriented

9.00 -
Ready to go... waitaminute! Robe ku abis kumuh... kurang asam~

9.30 -
Robe ironed: check, camera: check, breakfast: no can do as I was running late, start engine... drat! my shades... (a few minutes later)... jam tangan ku lagi!.... eh! wallet ku mana?!

9.50 -
Arrived at Nas'... Astaga~ panya lagi tia betebiat~

10.20 -
Went and picked up Rab

10.50 -
Arrived at the studio

Kesian cZat and Mas, they had to wait for over an hour since they arrived well before 10.00. But they're good sports and we all went had breakfast at Ahan Thai first before the photo session. The session itself was pretty hilarious - Nas and Rab were asked to sit while the rest was standing behind them when the photographer guy realised Nas was not wearing proper shoes with her baju kurung: ia pakai kasut casual yang unisex (ala2 kasut sport)~

Hahahahaha~ Atu bising the whole studio with cNas and the guy bickering the whole time~ Baru ku pernah seumur hidup bergambar d studio riuh cemani~

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to get pictures of us getting ready for our shot since I was panicking about my robe - heheh biasa ler robe nya atu barat payah lagi tu kan dipinkan. I'll post up a pic of the studio photo once its done, but... only if it turns out well~

Afterwards we went to Escapade across the street to have lunch:

Before Escapade, pigi kadai cina - Nas choosing which tablecloth is to her taste

Seriously contemplating... apa kan dimakan~

Oooiii~ we're ready to order~

Nas is actually enjoying her soup...

The After Picture~ Kanyang~:

Of course, after lunch you gotta relax and let the food digest happily in your tummy, so we went to Rab's house to watch a movie since there was nothing of interest playing in the cinemas. We browsed through Rab's dvd collection - made a comment on some of the movies' plot along the way: "eh, buruk ni jan tah di liat" "membazir masa ku saja mendownload" "ani siuk, aku recommend" - and finally settled on My Sassy Girl (US version) after some shoving and scuffling (nada wah~).

The story closely follows the Korean version but somehow it didn't have quite the impact the Koreans did with theirs. I guess it was because as Jackie Chan said: "When I made English movie, it's strictly for US audience and when I made Chinese movie, it's mainly for chinese audience." meaning that the west and the east have different frequencies on what they understand on humour, action and all those stuff that makes a good movie.

Since the rest of my day went typically routine after all of us went home, I'll end my post here. Bubbye~

Things I Bought Recently - Part I

2008-11-06T22:36:00.011+08:00

I tweaked with the layout a bit since I didn't like the way the page was stretched with the old one. Blardy CSS, ngalih ku main pakai trial and error sampai at last I got it to my satisfaction:

The old look

The new one

Not much difference - I just compressed the page so that there's a column of space on each side, removed the right sidebar and added an orange dotted outline. It should be simple but nooooo~ (said with a mulut munjung), this blog site made it so that I have to search for the codes to adjust in a jumble of words that I don't even know what they mean.

Still don't, by the way.

Since I still got nothing better to do, I brought you the list of stuff I purchased recently (not all, since I think you guys don't wanna hear about brapa liter minyak ku bali or my stocking up on pads - not the ones you write on, I assure you... >.<)

I bought a new phone - SE W910i
coz I need a 3G phone since the reception at my place is horrible
and just because I want a new phone~

Now that I have a cool phone,
I need to have a cool dangling thingie to go with it~
Hahahaha~ that can mean sooooo many things
(If kamu corrupted macam aku, paham2 tah tu~)

I got this one for my other phone -
it's a cute apple shaped jade-like mineral

Ooooh, and I have a story to go with this: I handed over my two choices of phone charms and the nice chinese store attendant lady took them.... and put them in a golden bowl. Without warning, she clanged a pestle against the bowl making this huge ringing sound. Aku apa lagi, bangang tah meliat - and I think my mouth was hanging open kekejutan - while she was praying away with her hand clasped in front of her. Hahaha~ kan terlompat kanya ku lagi masa ia tiba2 melatuk pestle atu~ Gerenti blur usulnya aku masa atu masa membayar and when I walked away I was thinking: "WHAT the blardy (insert bad word here) just happened?!"

On to the next item:

A simple pair of black sandals which every girl should have - they work
well with casual as well as semi-formal.
This one is actually similar to Djah's and I liked hers
so much that I bought the same brand but different design and colour
(Mana bleh sama~ kena ucap nda original tia karang)

Also, I got myself a new wallet since my old one is kesian udah.
The one on the right is the new one. I could've bought
a cheaper one tapi nda mau2 jua yg satu ani. Apa bleh buat,
psshheng~ nya panah cupid love at first sight tarus~

Oooo... detachable section~ ahaks sakai~

With that I bring you to the end... for now. I'll continue later sebab klo ku taruskan abis tia material ku kan di blog kan~ Hahahah mbari kesian bunyinya.

Recent News

2008-11-04T18:54:00.008+08:00

Last weekend was quite a hectic one for me:

Friday, 31/10: My friend, Far, had a majlis kesyukuran for her achievement of the Silver Medal and Book Prize as well as obtaining 1st class on her bachelors degree. Congrats Far~ After that, another friend of mine, Erny, had a Raya open house (haha baru ya, kan abis kanya lagi Syawal). Udah balik hujan labat lagi tu, can barely see the road in front of me and had to drive super slow, ngalih eh.

Saturday, 01/11: Birthday Izyan, but couldn't reach her - either ia tukar nombor mobile nya atau sibuk brabis since I heard she got a job. Been a long time since I've heard from her (Izyan~ where are youuuu youuu youu --> ada echo~). C-Nas and Haime had a graduation ceremony with Prince Charles as the guest of honour - soooo jeles eh~ I want one in Brunei too, dapat jua ku bergambar with my parents. Nda apa lah since already did the studio photo with them (^U^). Oh, and kami kena blanja makan oleh famili cNas, makan free sama yg nda mau~

Nas on her big day~ macam kan kawin saja bunyinya~

Her relatives sibuk mengusai2 robe dan topinya, abis bercucuk sana sini

Masilah trying on topi cNas, mau jua~

Only me n Mas can make it, yang lain ada acara sendiri
(berkilat wah muka ku jadinya pasal spotlight
basar kana pasang ah - kurang asam)

Hahaha~ bahagia cNas ah

Ada jari org atu interframe~

Heheheh~ macam tangga... (jangan marah Mas~)

Sunday, 02/11: Nonoi, Col, Far, Djah, Bilah n Me had a non-formal photo session in UBD just to commemorate our graduation (and banarnya kan merasa exchange graduation robes~ I don't have any pics but I'll post up a link of them later - curi dari website kawanku~). Hahaha~ we went crazy with our poses and to top it off masa atu ada org kahwin d Chancellor Hall tapi kami buat derk saja bergambar gila2 depan the wedding family. Tapi udah atu cabut when guests start arriving and sambung the session d FBEPS plang~

Monday, 03/11: I've went through the written test for a job I applied for. I got lots of tips on what the subject might be - ranging from the various functions of the different ministries to the General Orders of 1961 to the awards and honours bestowed by His Majesty. Hahaha~ skalinya the test was far simpler, not gonna go in-depth of what it was about coz I think there was a rule against informing others of the subject. Suffice to say, it was quite general and in context of Brunei of course.

Now that all those stuff out of the way, I'm getting bored again menanam anggur ani. Hopefully jadi plan cZat kan bergambar ramai di studio this coming Sunday, hahahahaha alum puas bergambar~ Haven't even had the full BruSheff students studio photo session yet - usulnya mcm nda jadi since everyone have started their jobs now...aiii.... oh well, at least we have our Sheffield graduation photos.

Raya with friends~

2008-10-28T18:25:00.006+08:00

Di luar rumah cNas (bisai lighting nya~):

At my house, watching SpongeBob~

At Zat's home, hmmm... focus luan jauh:

At Zat's friends open house:

At Nas' relative's house - cNas buang tebiat malas pakai baju kurung:

Aiiiii~ Looking back, we sure missed a lot of photo taking opportunities~ Drat!

Buncha' pics for your viewing pleasure~

2008-10-28T16:08:00.012+08:00

Without further ado, I present to you the pics of raya~:

Candid shots of mostly Bunda and Vina~

Hahaha~ Sketsa "minta duit raya"

Can you tell that these three are related?

At my aunt's home in Kiarong

Happy grandpa

Since I couldn't find any of my grad pics in my laptop files, I just took a shot of my studio pic instead. It was weird how this pic totally does not look like me - I'm not white and I have a small birthmark that somehow magically disappeared the moment this pic was taken~ Ahhh~ The wonders of PhotoShop.

It's ok I guess but gives people the wrong idea on how I actually look like. I mean if this was the old days where parents still arrange their kids marriage all the time and I was a dude - I would look at this pic and think: "Not bad~". But then when we actually meet I'll be like: "WTF!~ I didn't sign up for THAT!" See what I mean?!.... Hahahah, sorry about that - I tend to get carried away in my thoughts (all my friends can vouch for that~).

Changes

2008-10-28T15:53:00.006+08:00

I've changed the pictures for the post of my cutesies (click here)- the previous ones look crappy and didn't show their kawaiiness the way I wanted them to be. The new ones looked better (if you wanted to see the old ones go to my bro's blog at this link: Nono-sama). Oh and I swapped the first pic from my bro's (another one) photoblog, which can be accessed from the links at the sidebar.

Obviously I've done some photo-editting to edit out the unwanted elements from the pic~ Heheheh~

Graduation

2008-10-28T06:20:00.003+08:00

It's been three months since my graduation day and most of my friends have gotten jobs at various well-established firms (hint: blanja~). Since I got nothing better to do I'm gonna post a few of our graduation pics:

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..which can be accessed via the following link: www.sprinklerain.blogspot.com --> It's my friend's blog and since we go to the same Uni and had the same graduation ceremony, might as well use her pics. (Hahah~ ^_^ kes malas banarnya). But just to show u I'm not totally lazy, here's a pic of me with my ever present rockers pose:

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Uhh... It seems like I misplaced it (--")...

Heheheh~

See ya! (Runs off~)

New Layout

2008-10-28T06:09:00.004+08:00

Hahaha~ I finally made it. It was supposed to be easy to change the blog skin but I guess I was terluan pandai that I made a 5 min work turn to two hours. It was all the blardy tweaking with the code (which I had no prior know-how in) that made the whole thing took so long. Of course I could have copy and paste the whole thing but my natural inquisitiveness (translate: kaypoh - which has killed the cat on numerous occasions) made me go and learn the few basic things of coding. And so, I present to you the new layout~

Lawak Puasa~

2008-09-10T19:37:00.003+08:00

I heard this one from the radio, forgot which channel it was:

Ada sepasang suami isteri, baru jua berkahwin, menjalani puasa first time as a couple. Hendak dijadikan ceta, mereka ni pun bergaduh ntah pasal apa.

Si suami pun ngan merajuk nya bagi cold shoulder kat si isteri ngan nda mau becakap dengan bininya. Jadi malam harinya ia pun menulis note untuk si isteri: "Sahur nanti bangunkan abang" dan di simpan dekat dengan tempat tidur isterinya.

Apabila si laki ni bangun, hari sudah pun siang dan dia mendapati ada sekeping nota dengan tulisan bini dia: "Bang, bangun bang, makan sahur." Kuang kuang kuang~

I Love the Whole World~

2008-09-09T00:31:00.005+08:00

I just love the song in the new Discovery Channel ad. Boom-de-yada, Boom-de-yada~

Be sure to catch it on TV. In case you guys don't wanna wait for it, check it out at YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNk5QGov6ws

My lovelies

2008-08-31T19:57:00.004+08:00

My eldest bro kids: Vina & Effan

Have you ever seen such cuteness~
They're the cutest, lovable, scrumptious, etc. etc
(I better stop or I'll start sounding like a paedophile =_=") ...pair of angels~

Hahaha~ Just wait till the third one comes along...

Night Rain

2008-08-31T19:42:00.004+08:00

Its been raining lately and I've noticed his gave my mom's flowers a nice fresh effect. Hahah~ baik jua nda tergambar benda yang semacam atu...

Ada org bertunang krg lapas raya ani...

2008-08-31T19:15:00.006+08:00

These are pics from my second bro's engagement ceremony. My mom said that there's a high chance that my third bro gonna hold his after the Raya celebrations.

Happy B-day~ Mantenmaruuuuuu~

2008-08-31T18:57:00.005+08:00

He didn't want anything fancy, just pizza. So we ordered a large one from Pizz* Hu* (the asterisk is for copyright anonymity - in this day and age, u can get sued for just about everything~ but it doesn't take a genius to guess the place ^U^).

And this is a picture of a frog in front of the kitchen door midnight. I was intending to raid the fridge for a late snack - and there was this creature hopping about like it was nobody's business. I thought it was interesting so I took a picture of froggie here and then went about my business.

Gambar my lil' bro of the previous post

2008-08-31T18:52:00.002+08:00

Jalan2 bareng dengan adek gue~

2008-08-17T12:24:00.000+08:00

Buang2 boring nada kan di buat iatah jalan2 sama adikku yang bongsu saja...