Fireworks!

Woot!! I'm happy. lalalala! so freaking happy right now as in ' dalam hati ader taman bunga' kind of happy. So happy until I'm freaking out and scared that it's just for a fleeting moments. Ahh! nothing last in this life. I better enjoy it as it is. One day at a time, eh?

and the happy song at the moment is :- Fireworks by Katy Perry.

p/s: Sorry for selfish-ness. :P

Terrified [in a kinda sweet & dreamy way]

This is possibly the loveliest, sweetest, cutest, most inspiring song-at-the-moment that I'm crazy about.

"Terrified" ~ Katharine McPhee

You by the light
Is the greatest find
In a world full of wrong you're the thing that's right
Finally made it through the lonely to the other side

You said it again my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark,
And I'm in love and I'm terrified.
For the first time and the last time
In my only life.

This could be good
It's already better than last
And love is worse than knowing
You're holding back
I could be all that you needed
If you let me try

You said it again my hearts in motion
Every word feels like a shooting start
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love and I'm terrified
For the first time in the last time
in my only

I only said it cause i mean it
I only mean it cause it's true
So don't you doubt what i've been dreaming
Cause it fills me up and holds me close
Whenever i'm without you

You said it again my hearts in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
I'm at the edge of my emotions
And I'm in love and I'm terrified
For the first time in the last time
In my only life

My December

Geez, would you forgive me for my lack of blogging lately?

You see, things got a bit hectic. What's with works and also work-related thingy that had gone and eat up some of the weekends too. Arck! I'll write more soon, if and when I manage to instill some orders into this chaos life of mine. Haha!

Enjoy this sunset picture. It's my favourite time of a day.

sunset @ Labuan Harbour

Listen : Terrified - Katherine Mcphee

Trivial Tuesday

Hi Y'all..

I feel such a strong urge to pack my bag and leave. Can't wait til Thursday. In the mean time,

lets enjoy some random pictures of the hotel room where we stayed here at labuan & also KK (last weekend)

these are images of Labuan Warerfront Hotel

A cozy corner. I like.

Sony flat screen. not too shabby, eh?

And these are images of Imperial International Kota Kinabalu

room come wit free sleeping beauty :P that's my friend.

View of Kota Kinabalu Harbour from our room

More pictures coming soon!

Listen : The way you are ~ Bruno Mars

Island Life..is not for me!

Owh! I miss writing here. I miss bloghopping. yes! I miss you! (err.. even if nobody miss reading me here haha)

But anyway, I 'm currently out of the office and have been on Labuan island since last week. All I can say about Island life is : Boringgg! haha. Seriously, for an island this size, nothing much to see and definitely not many places that you can go too! so it's strictly work, work & work for me and the other 2 colleagues of mine. But if you think that I only thought of 'work matter' all the time, then by golly, you don't know me well, my friend.

I made a quick trip by ferry to Kota Kinabalu via (Menumbok port) last Friday with my colleague. We followed a local staff who was going back to KK to visit his family and we spent 2 nights at a hotel in KK for a short shopping trip & managed to met up with old friends there. The ferry ride on Friday night was smooth (it's a huge ferry - one where all sort of vehicles can came on board) and very stable. You didn't even feel the waves the fact that we bought and swallowed seasick pill (Novomin) right before the journey made us laughed! (and drowsy to the point where we fell asleep even before the ferry take off). After 1 and half hour, we reached Menumbok (a very-very small town) and continue the journey by road for 2 hours to reach KK. Luckily our friend is driving a cool and very comfortable car, so I didn't feel the hours at all. By Sunday afternoon, we were back in Labuan. and here I am. Dreading the next few days before I'm off to Peninsular Malaysia again.

p/s: The only comfort being here is that : Prices for (imported) chocolates are dirty cheap! and Liquor & ciggarettes too.

Picture Tuesday

Ladies & gentleman, say hello to Nadine Safiya Sabri. My lovely god daughter. Arrghh..isn't she gorgeous?!

Bad end to a (supposedly) lucky day 10/10/10

I sprained my left ankle.

Sheesh to that stupid pothole! And it hurts like hell. Makes me wanna cry whenever I attempted to drive. Especially when I'm hitting the clutch! oi! that's brutal.

Listen : Soul Sister - Train

What kind of smell is that?

It has been a 'blerghh' day so far. Nothing extraordinary.
And I don't know why suddenly I have this strong urge to smell these perfumes again. I kinda miss to smell them. There are either; perfumes that I had bought/used/wear sometime before or it's my favourites (on other ppl and reminds me of them everytime I smell it anywhere!) or it's a men's perfumes that give me the 'Whoaa! I'm-melted-effect whenever I smell it on a guy. Owh, you know what I mean. So yeah, it could be your favourite too or you could hate them with passion. I don't mind a bit at all. You see, our nose' functions could be same or similar, but we don't necessarily likes the same smell, right?

Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Women - reminds me of my BFF, specifically during our college time. I will smile whenever I remembered her sporty active lifestyle, fun, happening and her positive outlook on life. Such optimist heart & that's why I love her!

Calvin Klein - CK One & Eternity. Also reminds me of college days. Because they are such hit favourites among us girls at that time. and ooh! Eternity for Men is sexy!

Cacharel D' eau Eden - First perfume that I bought with my scholarship money. Reminds me of (of course) crazy college days and (crazier) friends at that time. I still remembered the place, it was at parkson Dept Store at this mall at Kuantan called Kuantan Plaza or to be cool; we call it KUPLA.

Gucci - Rush 2 reminds me of my eldest sister. Sophisticated but ironically, I think this is very youngish & quite girly smell for a forty-something. But then, whatever that rocks your boat man, as they said.

Christian Dior - J'adore reminds me of my second sister. She, of course is very much crazier and much more adventurous than me in our perfume taste and choices. However, whenever I smell of J'adore I'll think of her cause I don't know anybody else who is wearing this one haha!

Chanel Chance - one of the nicest smell perfume that I ever bought. Love it so much.
Hugo Boss - Bottled. Owh! this is one perfume that will surely make my knees weak. I'll buy this for my future husband. Enough said :P

Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue - My one and truly favourite perfume of all time. Can never be tired of this smell. Love it so much. Am even more excited if I smell it on other girls. Yo sis! haha! I think I've used up about 8 bottles of these mojo.

So what's your favourite smells?

Listen : Stuck on You - Sugarland

Never say never..of cheesecake

I've never been much of a fan for cheese cake all these while. Yes, I do eat them, but I don't have sleepless night if I can't get any during some crazy craving bout ( not that I have any) and I had tried many types or flavours in between, but none really left lasting impression. Until last night. My BFF introduced me to a Japanese bakery @ Isetan, Suria KLCC called Miki Ojisan No Mise (Uncle Miki's Shop) and their lovely, marvellous, awesome and super smooth cheese cake I've ever eaten. Ladies & Gentleman, to quote Rachel Zoe; I die.

All pics from the FB page - Fan group of Miki Ojisan No Mise

Today, I woke up smiling especially when remembering the good moments last night. Got to spent an awesome time with some of my best friends. I had dinner @ Madam Kwan's with SRR + MAM and UZA. and later, Karaoke session (minus UZA who has to rush back to office, what?? meeting @ 8PM? :P) and together with Eds. Finally, I also got to meet his fiance, AB. Such a sweet girl and have an excellent voice too! I loike!

Listen : Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott

Post-Eid Celebration

I lost the will to write here and was attacked by a specific lazy-bug that caused serious laziness to update the blog! That’s what happened to me for the last 2 weeks. For a while, I was scared that it might be permanent (gasp!) and after 2 weeks unplanned hiatus, here I am. Back here again.

So, yeah, the long holiday and Eid celebration was fun. I ate a lot of delicious food and went all over my hometown visiting friends’ houses. It was more like a gathering of old friends from school and we’re lucky to have a chance to meet up and updated each other of the latest news concerning ourselves and our other friends (and also gossiping! haha) I even met my long lost friend from my primary school days. And then, we got hold of our favourite teacher who happened to be in town and managed to meet and do some catch up with her. The last time I saw her was in 1989, and that was like, 21 years ago! It was truly a walk down memory lane.

During the long break and beside the eating sessions with friends, I also learnt how to make Chocolate Moist Cake from my sister in law. It’s very simple and the taste is so heavenly! Look at the pictures below.

How about that?

and this is second week now back working. For me, it a'int easy. I'm telling ya'll. Catch up later!

Listen : Run To you - Lady Antebellum

Eid Mubarak

We are approaching the end of Ramadhan month already. Soon, Muslims all over the world will be celebrating Eid or Adilfitri, the 1st day of Syawal month.

On this joyous occasion, I would like to wish all of you Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf zahir batin.

Be safe wherever you are and hope you're having good time this festive season with family and friends.

For those who are driving back for the long holiday, be considerate and don't road-hogging (my pet peeves of Msia drivers!)

Listen : Satu hari di hari raya - M.Nasir here

September is here

Told ya it was going to be a looong weekend, right?

I went to visit my best friend and had an outrageously delicious seafood. I'll let you see the pic of the Chilli Crab - ergh! it's to die for! Then I went back to my hometown and chilled out at home with my nephews & nieces. and that was it. I'm so lazy to upload the pics now.

Anyway, I was tagged by Ms PatinPasta to answer these few questions and here goes;

1. Apakah yang bermain di minda anda sekarang? Budget Raya

2. Apakah nama samaran anda?

Chah is actually what almost all family & friends called me, and Shue - is a my nickname that I used since mIRC time and it kinda stuck.

3. Siapakah 3 orang yang paling kamu sayang?

Seriously hard to answer! if I have to limit to 3 - Mom, Dad & brother

4. Panggilan untuk si dia? Babe

5. Hadiah yang anda impikan daripada seseorang yang istimewa? love & trust

6. Blog mana yang anda selalu lawat?Uiks! Banyak! am a serious blog-hopper.

7. TAG kan kepada 15 blogger? aiyoh..so many? feel free to tag yourself! :P

Listen : Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Long weekend ahead

Hi all.

It's already wednesday. In anticipating the long weekend starting this Friday, I am inundated with so many plans and some errands to do. But then, we'll see if I have the will & strong enough to dive and join the throngs of people doing their shopping for Aidil Fitri festival this weekend.

See, this friday 27/8 is a Public Holiday for Nuzul Quran Day (17th Day of Ramadhan) and next Tuesday 31/8 will be Malaysia's 53rd Independence Day. I just applied for 1 day leave for Monday 30/8 and there, a nice 5 days weekend to enjoy. Kinda neat, eh?

No definite plan yet as of today. But I know I'll be driving back to Hometown for Iftar with family.

If weather permits, I might drive further to coastal area and hit the beach? during fasting days? hmm..not impossible and why not?

Anyway, I'll leave you with this video of lady Antebellum - need you now. This is quite sad song. But at the same time, kinda uplifting. Oh well, you can either like it or hate it, I don't mind a bit.

(Just hit 'pause' button of the mixpod playlist on the right side menu bar, if you want to play this video. thanks & enjoy it love!)

Toothache

Breath..

Feels like..

shouting as loud as possible & cursing this nagging-painful-almost killing-me lower left last molar of mine. Oii! this is truly hurt. And I'm still fasting. Can't wait to see a dentist later tonight or (gulp!) tommorow. Chances are, no dentist still open past 6 or 7 pm, so I'm already prepared with Dyfenamic 250mg - pain killer! I freaking pray it'll works.

God give me strength & patience to fulfill today's fasting until sundown. Erghhh!^&$#*&)&%&!!

www.squidoo.com/Home-Toothache-Remedy

Salt

Right, so we're well into first few days of fasting. Hope all is well with you.

I had recently went to watch the movie ' Salt' . Unless you are a die hard fan of Angelina Jolie and her kick-ass moves, you'll find this a bit of stereotype and almost similar to her previous action flicks (re: Tomb Raider, Mr& Mrs. Smith & Wanted) Having said that, in all fairness the story lines are all different, but seeing her in all too familiar moves and super cool capabilities kind of make you appreciate her more in film like Changeling. In the film, Jolie is Evelyn Salt who is CIA Agent and accused of being a KGB sleeper agent and on the run to clear her name. More can be read here

Ok. Have a great day!

Listen : Bad Romance - lady Gaga

Ramadhan

This is the month to cleanse our soul, do the good deeds as much as possible and seek for Allah's forgiveness. Selamat menjalani ibadah berpuasa di bulan Ramadhan yg mulia ini. Amin.

Listen : Love the way you lie - Eminem ft Rihanna

Slow day like this..

makes me wish that I'm at the Beach..cooling off and lazing the day away. Sipping cool drinks and reading some chick-lit novels. owh! A total bliss. Added bonus with the view like this,

Listen : According to you - Orianthi

Talented Girl

I'm currently crazy about this girl - Pixie Lott! such a talented artist. Her voice goes straight to my heart. especially when I'm listening to Cry Me Out. What an awesome track!

other songs by her are also as good. Like this Mama Do, her 1st single.



And I like this one too!

And how about this?

She's cute, right?

Monday

Hi y'all..

How was your weekend? I'll write more soon. In the mean time, enjoy this clip & song~ so sexy & sweet!

If that's the way things are..

I am so happy for my brother. He has overcome many hurdles to finally be able to marry his girlfriend. But really, am I truly happy? Yes, I am.But I’m not without any regret. Oh well, It’s something unworthy to be worried for. That was just me feeling more and more like a big loser. An elder sister who might be single for the rest of her life. Yep, that’s me. Go on, just be merry and rides into the sun with your bride. In the mean time, let me keep searching for my happiness that seems so elusive and the idea is getting farfetched by days. I am a loser, indeed. sigh.

Listen : la tortura - Shakira & Alejandro Sanz

Mad Men

The cast of Mad Men


Season 4 promo poster

What to say about this tv series. In all it's glory, most elegant, swankiest (and darkside) of 60s - I'm hooked. I know the series debut 2 summers (few years) ago, but then, the downside of living at the other end of the world is that it took some time to reach our shore. And I meant, the DVD box set, not the actual running show on TV - not sure whether Mad Men will ever be running on local channel anytime soon. Anyway, all is well and I got my fix of all 3 seasons somewhere late last year. Season 4 opened last night in US and in the mean time, I'll probably scouring whatever bits and pieces I can get online. What a pity. Did I mention about the leading star? a good looking, talented with ever-brooding expression Jon Hamm. He is delicious. If you haven't heard of Mad Men - read more here, here, here, and here. And how about some glamorous pictures? I love them all.

isn't he yummy?

Listen : The Only exception - Paramour

In-Between

This in-betweens are really getting on my nerve. Lemme clarify. It's the situation where I can't proceed on something (that I'm soo looking forward to) due to something else been pending and to make me feel even worst, it's kind of out of my control. sheesh! don't you just hate it when you're in this kinda spot? I have some faith left that cogs will clear sooner or later and wheels will roll over to the intended destination ( mucho faster indeed!) In the mean time, I want to continue dreaming of these sweet, gorgeous, elegant and some fun colourful living/sitting rooms. See if you like any. All pics from House Beautiful

Jonathan Adler

David Lawrence

Chantal Dussouchaud

Annie Selke

Jacqueline DerreySegura

Listen : Replay - Iyaz

Birthday of This Blog

Owh! I missed the 5th birthday of this blog by a month. The first post dated June 16th, 2005. And although for the next 3 years after that, post and entries were sporadic and inconsistent, I knew somehow that I'll always come back to blogspot and pour (some of) my hearts out here. This is such a special place to me, indeed. Of late, I've been actively blogging here and to tell you the truth, visitors are not totally shun out, but don't expect warm welcome either coz I write mainly just for myself. And of course, all opinions and thoughts belong to me and I don't try to make anybody happy here except myself. Anyway, this is MY feel good space and not yours. Scoff!

The Power Of One

Hello all,

I know the World Cup 2010 is over and all the hypes are now quieting down. But in actual fact, my fascination with African Continent, in particular South Africa has started about 12 years ago. It all began when I borrowed a book from my best friend (it was his brother’s book actually!). Its title is ‘The Power of One’ by Bryce Courtenay. Boy, I was hooked! I was so in love with the story and ended up reread it for like another 10 times. I even gave it to my brother to read and he also likes it so much.
The setting of the story was circa 1940-ish and apartheid is already poisoning and dividing the nation. ‘Peekay’ grew up and truly survived all the hardships he encountered along the way to achieve his dream of becoming the Welterweight Boxing Champion. He was sent as 5 yrs old to a bording school where he is the only English among the Afrikaner and was bullied by students at the hostel led by biggest boy called ‘Judge’. On Peekay’s way to East Transvaal town of Barberton to his new home, he met Hoppie Gronewald (Boxing Champion of South African Railways) on the train and learnt about boxing. He later met and befriended a German Professor whom he called ‘Doc’ who took him under his wing and nurtured and taught him so much from Latin, Botany, Mathematics, chess and also piano. He was awarded scholarship to study at Johannesburg Prince of Wales School and there Peekay met his Jewish friend, Morrie Levy and together they embarked on the interesting journey of education, boxing matches, taking bets and forming ‘the Bank’ for their fellow students at school. Both are also involved in the movement to educate Afrikans (black people) and later were instructed to stop by Police. Nevertheless, that episode left black remark on Peekay’s application for Rhodes scholarship to study in Oxford. He was frustrated and felt that he had let his mother and grandpa down. Heck, even whole Barberton town were frustrated. And that includes his boxing coach and team at the local prison where he trained. Peekay’s name also became more and more famous after he won many matches and excelled as a boxer. However, he surprised everybody when he decided to go and worked in the Copper mines at Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) to save money for his own education. Peekay has grown into a matured man of his own and never waver from his belief instilled by Hoppie that said ‘first with the head, then with the heart’.

Oh well, if you want to read much more about the story, you can check out the much longer and details on the plot at here . Bottom line, go and read the book. I have since scouted Bryce Courtenay books whenever I could. A truly gifted story teller and I love his style of writing. Awesome reads, I think. And yeah, after so many moths holding it (at that time), I finally returned the book to my friend and few years back, I borrowed it back and has since kept it under my care. I even started to read it again few days ago. Hence, this post.

Listen : Dangerous - Akon ft Kardinal Offishall

Gerhana (english : Eclipse)

I finally went to watch the Eclipse. 3rd part of Twilight Saga. And to tell you the truth; It was pretty awesome! I like the facts that they're telling background stories of some vampires in Cullen coven ( Rosalie & Jasper ). Edward (Rob Pattinson) & Bella (Kristin Stewart) are convincing enough but Jacob (Taylor Lautner).. oh wow! he is a hunk! total heart breaker and he got such amazing body. I don't understand why some critics said that 'Eclipse' kind of boring and gave quite bad review, where as I think, if you read all Twilight books and knows the storyline & characters - you will appreciate whatever effort they made to bring the story to life. I know of course that, an adapted film could never be 100% or exact blow by blow as detailed out in the book, but as a fan, you go and just enjoy the movie whole heartedly especially when the characters were saying their dialogues exactly like what was written in the book.

Honey! Bring me some tea..

Right on Dear..and then I'm off to our wonderfully made kitchen to boil some hot water for tea. While there, let me just whip-and-bake some delicious scones or pavlava to go with the piping hot tea.

Ahh..what a dream. I mean, the wonderfully made kitchen, not the whole charade of being almost a servant-like and obidient type of a wife to a husband like that. It's ok to spoil your loved one once in a while, but not to make it a custom. They'll ended up being just that - spoilt spouse. Trust me, I'd seen the prove of it. If I am to be someone's wife one day in future, he would have to take me as I am. Not perfect but continously working on it. and same goes for him. He does not have to be a superbly good looking, but I value more the good personality. Qualities like attentive, open minded, having similar wavelength of thinking and adventurous type of person. And oh! I don't mind a romantic and occasional bouquet of flowers too! Anyway..where were we? Ahh kitchen. No doubt it's an important part of any house and let's continue enjoying some very fabulous kitchen made up by these designers I came accross while browsing the House Beautiful recently.

Jonathan Berger

Gil Schafer

Susan Tully

Kay Douglass

Carol lalli

Ruthie Sommers

and i think this is the most complete and dreamiest kitchen by Joan Schindler. Awesome!

Listen : Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott