Quiz time!

Hello all..

It's been a while since I last did any fun quiz, so here goes..

You Are Picky When it Counts

Like most sane women, you want a great guy who will treat you well. But you're also willing to put up with a few flaws in your Mr. Right You should congratulate yourself on having a realistic approach to dating. You probably have quite a few great guys you can date!

Are You Too Picky When It Comes To Men?

Aidiladha

*Aidiladha this year..come and go just like any other day.

*I just hang out at home with family eating Nasi Dagang.

*I pray for all people performing Hajj in Makkah. Be safe & welcome back home soon!

*My heartfelt condolence & prayers for all people affected by the landslide tragedy at Bukit Antarabangsa on Saturday 6/11/08

*I was tired from the long drive from Port Dickson on Saturday evening.

*Had a fun time at PD with officemates!

*I'll write more soon. Pwomise.

*Ok bye.

*Love. Chah



Listen: What's Up - 4 Non Blondes

November rain..

Hullo all,

Hah! the title means nothing actually. For the lack of any ideas to put as the entry title, and since I was at a place without much rain last month, I kinda missed glorious Malaysian downpour with its thunder storm. Anyway,

What would you expect to find at a country you’ve never been to? How do you think your reaction would be? Well, Papua New Guinea hit me smacked-full in face! I could never imagine the place prior to my visit and obviously, one can only imagined so much. If anyone asked me to describe the country then my answer would be; It’s culturally unique, people are mostly friendly and most of all; it made me cherished and be thankful of what we have here, in our country.

I started the long journey at early hours of Saturday (15/11) on board of the flight to Brisbane via Sydney. Imagine the long hours we’ve to endure and by the time we landed and claimed our luggage, I was so not in the mood to see that my bag has lost one of its wheels. We checked in at Rendezvous Hotel, Brisbane CBD and then walked around few blocks, camera whoring and checked out the night life. Err..more like checking out people who are enjoying their night life there. Next morning, we hit the road by 7.30 am bright & early to the airport again. The flight to Port Moresby was smooth and we landed there around 1.30 pm. That night I was so bone tired and crashed to sleep by 11.30 pm but not before a scrumptious dinner at Port Moresby Yatch Club courtesy of our host.

Everyday, we were chauffeur driven to work and back by the staff. Not because we demanded such treatment, but it is simply unsafe for foreigner to walk around the Port Moresby (or the country) on our own. Foreigners catching the public transportation are almost unheard of. But bear in mind, what I meant here are foreigners who are first timer in the country. If you’ve gotten used to the country and being there for quite sometimes, by all means, go around freely on your own accord. Basic safety rules applied, of course. (i.e take care of your damn self & belongings)

After few days there, my body has already adjusted to the local time and when it’s time to leave, I felt kinda sad. Apparently the place kinda grown on me and I vow to myself that somedays in future, I might came back to PNG. Who knows eh?

Well, It's already December and am back in the office now. Tomorrow, whole department will be in Guoman, Port Dickson for our teambonding thingy. Looking forward to be at the beach.

Taa. okbai.

listen: Busy being fabulous - Eagles

Some pictures..finally!

Today, I feel like posting some pictures here. so here goes;


Raudhah & Rafidzi in their favourite Power Ranger mask.

Raudhah with her cousin, A'en (son of my brother) & the suffering leopard name Mandy

No particular reason why I put this picture up. Obviously it's the Sun, in its fully glory. Alhamdulillah..

Okeh, that'll be all for now. Babai.







Listen : into some old rock kapak songs now, Cinta Kain Putih - Putra

Post Ramadan Rant

Well, hello you.

First of all, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! How was your holiday? Mine was hectic and fun. Not so much on going from house to house visiting relatives and whatnots, but a cousin decided to get married this holiday season and me & my sister were super busy to make the preparation as we are her appointed Mak Andam for the 2 days events.

First of, the Akad Nikah was held on Friday night (3/10/08), luckily it was held at the mosque (as the house was still quite in chaos, stuff strewn all over the place) but that night, rain poured so heavily, oh my! like a burst pipe or something! And to make matter worse, the ground surrounding bride’s house have turned squashy and muddy. Big puddles are everywhere. We debated on where to put the main table for Bride & Groom to dine after their Bersanding the next day. And as luck would have it, the tarmac road leading to the house was minimally affected and they simply moved the canopy onto the tarmac road. Anyway, I almost hyperventilating to see the bride’s shoes was streaked with mud and the red earth. Erghh! Oh well, me-the-cleaner got into actions immediately after she took it off and all is well after that. Haha! I thought so, until the next day unfolded in some mini drama as well.

It was Saturday (4/10/08) and me, Angah and Odah sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to my niece, Jijie while waking him up. It was his 4th birthday and he proudly announced that to his Atuk and Nenek while showing his 4 fingers. Aiyoh! Cutie pie! I love you Jijie and hope you’ll grow up to be a smart boy and continues to love your Mummy and this favourite auntie of yours! Haha. I was taking things easy that morning, as it was still early and only Mak intended to be early at my cousin’s place for a Khatam Quran event and Bapak sent her over. But when my aunty kept calling us and asked us to come early, I was quite irritated and passed the phone to my sister. Angah who has bersiap (get dressed), had left before me. At almost 11 am, I started the car and 500 metres later, lo and behold, my car dies. Of all the days, my car decided to dies on my way to an important event. Granted, it’s just a cousin’s wedding but I was suppose to be the (all-important) assistant today and panic attack has shot up and I was on border of became ballistic at that moment by the road. Called my brother at home and asked him to go and find any mechanic /workshop which are open that day. I waited for almost an hour and luckily, my brother found an open workshop and hauled the taukey himself to check on my car. After dropping me off at nearby junction leading to cousin’s house, brother took the Taukey back to his shop with promise that he’ll come back with replacement parts and whatnots. I passed my car key to the taukey and ran to my cousin’s house. Oh well, turns out that I was not that late, Angah has just started the make up and and I went straight to my usual role. You guess it right, an all-important assistant. After whole event thingy had quite turned down and settled, I made few phone calls and it turned out that I have to go and fetched the Taukey from his workshop because he have no transport. I was like, huh? No car at his disposal? Tak kan la takde keta at all. Quite far fetching, but whatever lah. Me and Angah then bought a birthday cake with ultraman decorations and went to the workshop to fetch the mechanic. He immediately get to the job and ask about the timing belt which never been replaced and seems in need of a new one (like I didn’t know that eh?). I agreed and arranged to go and take my car at his place the next day. Money spent aside, I am thankful that the car did not break down in the middle of nowhere or on my way back to KL.

We celebrated Jiji’s 4th birthday with lots of kicking and jumping around the house because I bought 4 masks of Power Ranger characters for Jiji, Odah, Aen and Jijah. They really bring the house down. Atuk and nenek were lost for words, and their mothers were tired of cautioning, reminding and yelling to their kids. Haha! and their favourite aunty (me!) found it very hard to pack things and drive back to KL. I was getting sleepy at the wheel again but this time, I can stop for drink and eat fruits at the Stop-area@Lanchang along the LPT. 3 hours later and after numerous expletives shouted to the erratic drivers who kept hogging the road in front of me, I made it back here safely. On the other note, I am getting another new niece or nephew somewhere next year, my brother is adding up his brood quite efficiently, I’d say.

Taa.

p/s: the above mentioned brother got admitted to ward @ hospital Manjung few days after raya. Aiyoh, get well soon, Yeh!

Listen : Still in raya mood.. so I loike the ‘Suasana Hari Raya’ – Anuar/Elina

End of weekdays

Hello all.

It's Friday!Yeay!..seriously, am not in the mode to do any work whatsoever. I will drive back to hometown tomorrow morning though. Have a safe journey and great holidays, y'all.

Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri, Maaf Zahir Batin.

Taa..



Listen : Satu Hari Di Hari Raya - M.Nasir

Crank up your speaker

..cause I just put up one of my favourite C.Underwood song here. The title is Start with Goodbye from her 'Some Heart' album. Hope you like it.

Random # 1
Am happy and can't stop smiling since I got 'the bag' on Saturday haha!

Random # 2
Am secretly having a crush on a friend. but I'm not telling who is it to anybody. In fact just forget it that I wrote it here.

Random # 3
Pissed off that Manutd just managed to draw with whatsthatteamnameagain..Come on Red Devil!

Random # 4
Crashed at friend's place again last Saturday, and had a good laugh when I browsed R' albums - and found so many pictures that reminding me of the old memories. Make me feels old. Haiyah!

Random # 5
Met my former housemate since her wedding in August. Miss you too, Adik!

Taa

Listen : Duh!

Travel story

Hello..

Some things did not go my way and today, I'm kinda pissed..I wish things are differently, but apparently this universe does not revolved around me alone. Crude but the truth lah kan. Anyway, I believe things happened for reason(s), be it good or bad and certainly not always favourable to me. This travel story was typed much earlier and only now ready to be post here. Actually I forgot where I keep the pics from the trip haha!

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It has been almost 6 months since my trip to Bangkok. Back in March, the situation was not so bad, no big demonstrations going on and whole city feels normal and people there were busy mourning the demise of King’s sister. The hustle and bustle was as expected but the weather was so damn hot! Oh my god! At one point, I promised to myself not to whine again and be thankful when I’m back in KL and even if it’s raining for days, it doesn’t matter as compared to being in a hot-brain frying-stuffy heat condition like that.
I would consider myself quite a trooper and doesn’t mind to do any spontaneous things during travel but the heat was so major turn off and I relished the time when we’re back in the cool hotel rooms and had a short nap before venture off to discover the Bangkok streets again. I went there with my 2 other officemates J & Kak L.

1st Day
Arrived at Suvarnabumi Airport with Air Asia. My first impression of the airport is that it’s huge but no so convenience to walk around. Took a cab (make sure you take the reputable cab company, one with proper counter and ticket/voucher purchase before hand) and we proceeded to our hotel. It is called Bel-Aire Princess Hotel at the ever famous Sukhumvit Road. We checked in and prepare to sleep straight away because it’s almost 11 pm and we reminded ourselves that tomorrow will be hectic if we are to follow our planned itinerary.

2nd Day
We woke up and ready for breakfast by 7.30 a.m but outside, the sun is already shining bright. The breakfast spread was good and later we walked about 10 minutes to the nearest BTS station (Nana) and had our first collide with the Bangkok morning crowd on the BTS. It’s a public holiday in Malaysia, but here people were all busy going to work, school and of course there were also tourist like us. We got off at the last station, walked a bit and took a boat ride on the famous Chao Phraya river. We snap few pictures and decided to start the tour at the Wat Pho, temple of reclining Buddha. The place was beautiful. To be honest this is my first time visiting a Buddha’s Wat and I am not sure what to expect. According the information that I googled before we came, it says…

” At 20 acres large, it is the largest Wat in Bangkok, and is technically the oldest too, as it was built around 200 years before Bangkok became Thailand's capital. However, today the Wat today bears virtually no resemblance to that originally constructed, as it was almost entirely rebuilt by Rama I when the capital was moved to Bangkok. It holds the dual honors of having both Thailand's largest reclining Buddha image and the most number of Buddha images in Thailand. The highly impressive gold plated reclining Buddha is 46 meters long and 15 meters high, and is designed to illustrate the passing of the Buddha into nirvana. The feet and the eyes are engraved with mother-of-pearl decoration, and the feet also show the 108 auspicious characteristics of the true Buddha “ http://www.into-asia.com/bangkok/attractions/watpho.php

It was indeed a huge statue and I got heady and bit suffocated from the smell of burning incense everywhere. We then walked around the vast ground, snapped few pictures and do some people watching while drinking our fast-depleted bottle waters. From Wat Pho area, we took our first Tuk Tuk ride and got conned into visiting our first (of many) Gem/Handicrafts/Souvenirs shop. After spent about an hour wandering around that huge shop, we were driven by our TukTuk guy to the Grand Palace. Unfortunately for us, there was a praying ceremony for the sister of King who had recently passed away. We only managed to take pictures outside of the Palace, as there are so many humans cramming around the area and we don’t want to be in their way, so off we go with another TukTuk to find our lunch and that killer tomyam that we hoped for. To cut a long story short, we found a seafood restaurant, had a good seafood tomyam and rice but boy! Communication was hard, as the waitress doesn’t speak much English and we ended up laughing at how silly we must looked, what with hand signal and all. Before we left, we’d decided to head to MBK Center (MahBoonKrong) but then, the ever conniving TukTuk driver drove us to another Gem/Handicrafts/Souvenirs shop. As we were getting more annoyed, we did try to ask him what the deal is. He later explained that for every guests/tourists group they send to the shops, they were given petrol chit/vouchers for their TukTuk. No wonder.

3rd Day
We woke up early and ready for our next day of adventure in Bangkok. We took TukTuk and instructed the driver to bring us to shop selling Thai Silk. Wah! The boutique was good. (don’t ask me where, can’t recall the place’ name) Lots and lots of fabulous Thai silks and watching palette of colours for few hours enough to made me drooling and 5 pairs later, they have to drag me out from there. Aiyoh! Tak bley tahan. We also went to Jim Thompson House & Museum. I love this place! There are schedule tours around the complex of houses and the guide explains about the history of the place and who is the guy – Mr Jim Thompson. Well, he was an American who came to Bangkok after World War II and was responsible to revive the Thai Silk production and recognized for his success to rebranding the industry. However, a tragedy has befallen the man in 1967, He had disappeared while holidaying at, get this – Cameron Highlands, Malaysia! An extensive search failed to reveal any clues of his whereabouts. By then, Thompson had been in Thailand for nearly 22 years. His house was fantastic! I can see that he was such an ardent collector (be it paintings, potteries, gems & accessories, etc) and It was great to know the legacy that he left is now protected and preserved as part of Thai rich culture heritage. If you’re in Bangkok, this is a must see place! (at least for me). That night, after an early dinner we took BTS train (Nana to Asoke) and then interchanged for subway ride to Thailand Cultural Centre Station. From there, we catches a free shuttle which then brought us to a special show ‘Siam Niramit – Journey to the Enchanted Kingdom of Siam’ Wowee! The show was so extravaganza and fabulous! We were so mesmerised and entertained by the show and personally, I think it’s worth the money spent.

4th Day
Whole morning of our fourth day was spent at Chatuchak Market. With rows and rows of shops if felt like you’re walking in a big giant maze. We were separated, got lost and regrouped back at our hotel. After checked out from hotel, we went to few shopping complexes around Sukhumvit Road and killing time while waiting for our flight to go back home. We were bone tired but I’m so happy. I finally managed to explore Bangkok albeit just a short trip and I’m not sure when I’ll be there again. The political situation is worrying and honestly, I’m thankful nothing untowards had happened during our stay there.

Chio

p/s: Pics will be upload later, so lazy aa fasting today..

Listen : Suatu Hari Di Hari Raya - M. Nasir

Random Ramadhan Rants

I slept Sunday away. Ow! that was bad. I even missed my sahur. My eyes won't open, my body felf kinda ached all over, I thought I was hit by fever or something, but luckily I'm not. So it's just pure tiredness and lazy bones I had. Heh! like I didn't recognize it lah kan.

Friday was fun. Met few friends for Berbuka puasa at Madam Kwan @ Pavillion, Bukit Bintang. Then drove around town aimlessly with R**. We chatted and she updated me with latest gossips about people we knew (its fun!) and I ended up crashed for the night at her place. Her toddler is getting bigger (since we last met) and so brilliantly cute! I love all my friends' kids. I do.

Saturday evening makan2 was with another group of friends at Cozy @ Great Eastern Mall. It was my first time there. Yeah, i know the mall was opened like 5 years ago, but I didn't make a point to go and visit every newly opened mall in KL, so you see, until I had any chance or reason to actually go there, I won't. Well, the opportunity came yesterday and I think GE Mall is nice and not too crowded. Shops are abundant and variety is the order of the day.

We (me and R**) also stumbled into an old friend from college. Funny how I recognized her voice even before actually sees her. Actually, she 's talking to her son and we were separated by racks of goods in the Pet shop, but I heard her voice loud and clear and I knew it's K*fi! She looks fine but a bit on skinny side. Probably from all the chasing her boy around, eh K*fi? and yes, her boy is also a cutie pie. I just love kids. Damn! why must the maternal instinct kicking up so bad now.

Off to my sahur now. Taa

listen: Bleeding love - Leona Lewis

Mid week rambles

Hi y'all..

It’s Wednesday. Only mid week and I’m having a mild Wednesday Blues. If you thought that there’s only Monday blues, boy, you’re wrong. It could be Tuesday blues and Thursday blues too. But never on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Why you ask me? It’s weekend, dear. And nobody’s feeling blue on weekend (except Chelsea fan, of course!). And if you do, well you better sit and analyze on what went so wrong that you can’t find things or places that could cheer you up even on weekends? I love Saturday most. Waking up and knowing that you don’t have to get ready for work is quite bliss. The next sensible thing that my mind can conjure up is of course to continue my slumber. How about you?

On a separate note, I ate the Pais Ikan Tilapia last saturday. Yeay! Here’s the proof. Let me know if you want the receipe.

Listen : I'm yours - Jason Mraz

Ramadhan this year

it's 4th day of Ramadhan and iftar by myself is soo not fun. at all.

Might dash off to hometown tommorow after work and plan to have a feast for buka puasa with my folks. Hmm, I wonder if Mak wouldn't mind to cook my favourite dish - Pais Ikan Tilapia. ergh! thinking of it enough to make my mouth watered..I generally know how to prepare the dish, but then it's not the same as my Mom's and she knows best, so take for granted a bit lah! Anyway, the reason for some guilty-feeling to ask her to cook for me is because she had an eye operation recently and since then, cooking (as in heat from frying etc) is a big no as cautioned by the doctor. but we'll see about it, perhaps my sister could be the chef and I'll be the host. You know, when you see a cooking show on tv, there is a chef who sweat it out and showing the skills and then, there's the host who rattled off nearby and only do the simplest task and taste the food. Haha! that's me.

oh by the way, I went to Avril concert with Ly*x and it was awesome!

listen : Everything back but you - Avril Lavigne

Good Bye & Good Luck

Last weekend was an absolute memorable and bittersweet days for me. My dear baby sister got married to his lovely fiancé and I was so happy for them! But somehow it felt like a mixed feeling too. Knowing that she will no longer be around and not be able spending our time together like we used to. Oh, how I’m going to miss that! First of all we are not related by blood at all, me and her. Since we first met, we just clicked and our friendship just took off from there. That was back in 2004, I think. We rented rooms in a same apartment and when I moved to my own place, she tagged along and stayed with me until recently. Since I don’t have baby sister of my own, I treat her just like a sibling does and we shared a lot. We helped each other all the times whenever any one of us needed help and I’m sure going to miss her superb driving skills especially when I was late to airport to catch my plane. Haha!

Adik, I wish you all the happiness in this world, be a good wife to AH and don’t forget to remember me. Adieu. and Good Luck!

Listen : How you remind me - nickelback

Birthday wishes

Right, I know there are quite number of people who was born in the month of July. I wish them well, have a good year ahead and live your life to the fullest!

This shout out goes to July babies:

Ja*il - my nephew 18/7
Hu*na - my niece, Ja*il's sister 24/7 (both of them now are teenagers. Man! still can recall how tiny they were not so long ago!)

An*e - friend from college 21/7

Eiz*y - friend from college
Aj*m - friend from college
Ib*il - friend from college days
Riz*zz - frind from college days (all 4 of them on 24/7)

Vij*y - former officemate 23/7

Jennifer Lopez - Jen who?you know, as in Jenny from the Block 24/7

Taa.



listen : Just a Dream - C. Underwood

Helllllooooo!!

Hi.

I hope things are well. And you're in good health. As always.

Me? same old, same old lah.

Honestly, It kinda feels weird to write here, again. But then, we'll see, I probably find rattling here could be something good to off load what I have in mind these days. I supposed, that's must be among the reasons why I created this blog in the first place. Even though, I stop writing and updating for quite sometimes now, well, doesn't mean my life stop or takes any break, you see.

So yeah, I would love to chat, let you know of any news (good or bad) and more importantly, put down in writing (whatever I'm feeling at the moment, so I can laugh at myself when I read it again) whatever I feels like.

Take care.

Chah


listen : Don't forget to remember me - Carrie Underwood