helooo there...

i just finished my 2-day Customer Appreciation Day last week. Deymmm..it was a good exposure, seriously.. Like, who in the blue hell lah can get me familiarize with all those issues in just 2 days. Just 2 demm days. Maaann... There were so many unhappy people in this company. My heart and sympathy went to those unlucky lot who were mostly depressed and extremely demotivated about their future progression. Whateva issue that I could answer and solve right there and then, have already been done. Some needed further follow-ups. But seriously.. I was quite taken aback by some of the issues raised by them. I mean, banyak nye kelemahan-kelemahan yang agak ketara yang rase-rase nye, if any means of prevention wasn't taken, soon many ppl will be leaving and those who stayed would stay depressed. I am sure that the management would have their own explanation and reasons on this but retaining the most important resource of all which is manpower is far more critical.


the nicest good luck charm that someone could get to start a big day ahead =)

anyways, on a lighter note, i did many socially-interesting things the past few days. movies, hanging out, makan2 (more like melantak), kenduri kahwins, wedding receptions, meeting old friends etc etc.. full okk social calendar! and im on leave next week. Wuhooo!! Indah indah..I am mentally planning what I wanna do nantik. tak sabar okk!! Mrs.Boss will be missing me so dem much! Muahahahahaha.....

..........

oooh-la-la

Yep we did go to Rock The World 7! Yeeaaahh!! I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the whole rock-thing. We arrived a bit late, around 4.30-ish. By that time the concert has already started and swarmed by kazillions of ppl. Raaaaammaaaaiiii gile manusia okkk!!! Most of them were youngsters/teens/kids/whateva, high school leavers I reckon. Me and Sharil looked like we were almost out of place since most concert-goers had black t-shirts on. That emo-punk-rock kinda thing. Well, you know la what I mean kan. Kids nowadays... *geleng kepala* (Haha..) There were 3 stages ; the Main Stage, Indie Stage and last but not least the Discovery Stage. The weather was hoooot i tell you. I particularly was drenched in sweat. Since the sun was freaking hot & burning, everyone was practically sweating and smelly. Hoho. Don't wanna go into details abt BO here but I'm sure you can use your imagination (something like being stuck in a sardine-ed lrt on your way back from office...ring any bells??) Anyhou, the performance were awesome y'all!!!! We constantly went back & forth between the Main and Discovery stage. Main Stage was where the major rock acts performed. Namely Pop Shuvit, Love Me Butch, One Buck Short, LO, Koffin Kanser etc etc. The crowd was massive! And wild!!! But I'd say that the Discovery Stage was much more entertaining. Personally i think, what they had there was super-duper-absofuckinglutely-fantabolouss!! Bands like Brainhead, Isaac Entry, They Will Kill Us All, to name a few, and of course Reza Salleh, were just goooood!!! I assumed tht I'd be going home early coz of the hot weather and band mase ptg tu pun so-so jek.. But then, after Maghrib break, it was getting better!

So anyways, picturessss.....!!!


i think this was Isaac Entry.


band yg best tapi x ingat nama


with a lead singer who very much looked like Creed's Scott Stapp. (tp jurukamera dengkiiiiiiii saje amik gamba gelap!!!!!)


drenched in sweaaaaaattttttt...


reza salleh!!!!! *drool drool* =P (but seriously this guy was good! check out his gig schedule or go visit his personal site.

So yeah ppl, I had a helluva fun last Saturday! Thanks to you! =)

i'm-sooo-gonna-have-fun-tomorrow-wuhoooo!!!-post

Sooo.... tomorrow i'll be seeing my babe in Permata after not seeing him for 2 weeks!! *seronoknye yg tidak dapat digambarkan dgn kate2 macam nak tarik2 rambut ni haa* Haha.. ni baru 2 bulan ok! kalau 2 bulan, 2 tahun ke?? Argghh!! Kalau dia kena pegi off-shore ke? (Manela tau kaaan...)Like, kena pegi sebulan dua pastuh baru jejak kaki kat darat ni haa.. Kalau tetibe kena transfer pegi Kertih ke, lagi haruk macam Bintulu ke Miri ke Labuan ke? Camne? Camne?? Hooowww?? *cemas, cemas..toloong!* I just freaking hope not! (At least for now..) Anyhou...Sebagai menggembirakan dan memeriahkan lagi janji temu pada esok hari, kami bercadang hendak ke Rock the World 7 itu. Selebih masa akan digunakan utk gazing into each others' eyes (1,2,3....Aooowwwww..), gelak2 over silly jokes yg selalunya dibawa oleh yours truly, menjadi belangkas, mengada2 seeking for his attention (I LOIKEEE!!), gelak2 lagi dan sambung bergumbira tanpa henti dan had. Aaaahh.. Indah indah.. *radius senyuman melampau*

So ppl, havva jolly good weekend!!!!
Mwwaaaahhhhss!!!

"Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should strike, sisters are there. Defending you against all comers " - Pam Brown -


Happy 11th!!

sweet sweet memories..

once upon a time when birthday bash is a must!


3 Monkeys


yes, we're nerds.. So what?!..

nostalgic me

My eyes hurt like hell today. (Must be the aftermath of crying last night). Several hours are enough to make them sore, red and painful tahap dewa. The eye-bags? Getting worse than ever. Talking about eye bags, I guess my eyes will never be the same again. Like you know, where once upon a time, I used to have a pair of big sparkling (I'm exaggerating) eye-bag free eyes, without any trace dark circle under them. And now! There are these nasty bags under me eyes! Hate it and hope it will go away someday. Having them just makes me look like some crazy old lady (with a hip collection of shoes and heels)…or like I was dragged in by an angry stray cat. On another note, how was everyone's weekend? Mine was so-so. Having your boyfriend away in some hulu place for a month plus was definitely taxing (yes, I'm insanely missing you ok! =( Come back soon..) But it was a positive change of air I must say and not that bad really. Now that I'm literally single temporarily (ahemm..) this is the time for me to splurge on non-stop window-shopping, real shopping, coffee with my girlfriends, lunch with my PIPE friends, movie with Sha (my bagaikan belangkas officemate. Plus Ajlaa, we are the triplets! Hoo-Yeaaah!!Haha..). Like today, I had lunch with Huda and Kimah and was later joined by Mapen and Hasfuan. It was great. We had so many things to talk about. Just like the good old days when we shared all kinds of gossips. It reminded me of the times when Kimah and Huda were housemates and I stayed just a floor below them. I still remember when our own antique but definitely useful little green car had a flat tyre when we were at Toowong celebrating Kimah’s birthday at Sizzler. Left with no choice, the 3 of us, Kimah, Baya and me walked home. Maka menapaklah kami dr Toowong ke St Lucia. It wasn't that near but we made it a fun 20-30 minutes journey to walk through. Dahla dah malam. Our neighbourhood was quite ok as generally the Aussie community was the mind-your-own-business type but friendly and helpful. Ragut-free and samun-free (during my time there laa, at least). Just beware of the stok-stok pemabuk yang akan lupa diri and also the homeless or those who looked like them. The kutu-kutu jalanan. I was harassed once at Indoroopilly Mall when waiting for the bus. Unlucky me, I was alone at that time. There was this one shabby guy who came out of nowhere. He came up to me up front and yelled something like, "Go back to your f***ing Arab country!" Ok first I was soo damned shocked. Tak terkata apa. Rupa dahla garang. I just managed to keep quiet and rushed off from where I was standing to a safer place, which was inside the mall itself. I noticed that angry, scruffy guy was still eyeing me as I walked. Thank God he didn't follow me ke hape or continue menjerit2 tak tentu arah at me. But still I could hear him mumbling words of harassment at me. And most importantly I was really grateful that at least he wasn't being physical like pulling my tudung or pushing me etc. And at the same time I saw a few policemen nearby. Pheww! Arab country? Ikut suka hati je. Ingat perempuan Arab je pakai tudung dalam dunia ni? Pakai tudung je Arab. Huh! Obviously I didn’t look Arab-ish at all. Not even a bit. Pure Melayu. Uncivilized lot!!

Anyways, I suddenly miss Brisbane, its people, the precious memories (countless!), my fellow friends; some of them are still there and some of them have graduated and embarked on their own paths. I miss my old room waaay back in Campus Lodge. I miss the booming music at Cromwell College and the loud partygoers during their so-called welcoming bunkers. I miss walking all the way the peaceful path heading to the IT Comp Lab. I miss hating those difficult practicals in one of the comp labs and secretly wished that session was cancelled or the system down or the lab was burnt down. I miss having a cute male Aussie tutor in my Business tutorials. I miss stopping by the small-wheeled-coffee-stall and ordered "One hot vanilla latte with skimmed milk!". I miss listening to the live bands playing just outside the Uni cafeteria (Sometimes they had students break dancing!) on Thursday afternoons. I miss the Wednesday Market where they had variety of knick-knacks, vintage clothing, cheap second-hand books and of course the funky badges. I miss having Sushi, Kebab or the freshly handmade pizzas for lunch. I miss the evening walks through the jogging path by the Brisbane River. I miss watching movies at the super-enormous Southbank cinema. I miss wandering in the Brisbane city alone, window-shopping at Valley Girl, had a Yam Milk Tea Bubble Tea and then took the citycat home. I miss having waffles with caramel with iced choc at the Pancake Manor's. I miss hanging out with a bunch of girlfriends late at night at the cool Three Monkeys. I miss Soiree. I miss Ekka. I miss Sexpo (Hahaha..). I miss Chinatown with its small stalls selling cool vintage stuff. I miss saying thank you while getting off the bus and had the bus driver replied,"No worries!". I miss a lot more things that are too many to be listed here. I wish that one day I could return back to Brisbane and do all these, again.

Friday is just a few hours away

Okay i cant wait for tomorrow to come. Coz i have a few fun things coming up. besides the fact that Friday has always been my favourite day. will be having a Briefing Session on Customer Appreciation Day tomorrow in the morning, which will take almost half of my working day. Lesser working hours left. Yeayy!! Then lunch, which I'm planning to go sauna at TTFC (Haha.. I am vain now ppl!!) Nooooo, not vain but it's called self-indulgence. Sometimes a girl just need to pamper herself and do a lil' bit of taking-care-of-my-body stuf. I loike!! Then in the evening, will be going to this Steps class with Naj and Nikki at Fitness First. Thank you for the free pass darlings! More sauna afer that.. I am looking forward going to this class since I really wanna spend quality time with my much-loved GFs (and also to drench in sweat ;p).

They were like, "So I heard ur laling is away for a month for Orientation. So r u singing "lonely...i'm so lonely....there's nobody to call my own ooohhhhh" Hahaha.. Then, "It's a date laa tomorrow. No confirm confirm later aaaa.."(referring to our gym class tomorrow)

Hahaha.. Because it's been a while since I last attended a lepak session with everybody there. They complained that it was a bit hard to get hold of me since I was a bit occupied lately with, ahem, dating. Heheh.. Of course maa. My 'laling' is going away for 1 mth so I need to optimize whateva time that is left. Now that my 'laling' is already enjoying himself to the max tahap tak hengat dunia with nutin to do but having fun 24/7 (hehe), I'm all yours!

Then later after gym, I am accompanying my sist to watch a movie. Not just any normal movie. But a Hindi movie. Gosh! What have I got myself into? (its ok najwa, you'll be fine. Just inhale deeply.....Now exhaleeee..) Hope it's a good movie. Or else I'll just force myselff to doze off for that 3 long hours of watching the carefully and beautifully selected panoramic views as the background off pretty actresses and hunky actors dancing and miming songs.

Cepatlaa Friday!!!

the art of claiming

No matter how advance the technology is, an eye for details is still of great importance. terbukti sitem yang canggih yang hanya memerlukan jari untuk menekan beberapa butang penting, tidak dapat dipercayai sepenuhnya jika penglihatan yang tajam untuk penelitian tiada. or is our SAP system yang mengong? (bad najwa baadd..no blaming pls on a Tuesday morning) Fine fine.. if not, maybe i-Perintis isn't playing its function (Duuh! This is like, a truth well-known to all even without me blaming or ppl pointing fingers). Isn't a system of a certain technology should be well-equipped, time and cost-saving and most importantly, hassle-free? If the system isn't fulfilling these criteria baik pakai manual jer sumer. Huh!! That old makcik certainly has got a point in this. No wonder she's still using the ol' school way of checking & double-checking every single thing. Anyhow, I kept sending and resending my electronic claim form to the much-dislike mrs.boss. It was a HASSLE doing this coz I got tonnes of much more important work to be done and also I need the money. Setakat 10, 2o hinggit tu boleh laa pejam sebelah mata je. Ni beratus ok! It wasn't her money pun yang will deducted in the first place if she approves my claim. Ntahla. I just don't see why she was making such a big fuss over a tiny-miny thing like this. And it didn't affect her credibility or whateva sh*t pun as a superior. And it wasn't hard at all to click the "Approve" button and let the system do the rest. Geez... Sungguh dengki.

I am impressed by..

..a healthy dose of self-confidence that simply radiates beauty and grace. Because to me, nothing's more natural than that ..

Have a good weekend ppl!
(i know i'm gonna have one *wink*)

clicking wasn't so easy

My life was peaceful these past 3 days. Reason no.1 being mrs.boss was away, out-station sumwhere. it wasnt only me who was breathing easily and enjoying working throughout the day, but the rest of my colleagues too! but tomorrow she'll be back, ruining our mood and making our lives miserable again. Reason no.2 being, EDC was over. the preparation of the package was damn meticulous. not even a single mis-spelled was allowed. since my dept was short of hands (and legs and eyes and brains too) i really felt the pressure to make sure everything was perfect. It wasn't an easy job being a consolidator. Esp when it was your first time doing it. Talked about multi-tasking here. I had to "menghonggoh" everyone in my dept to submit everything early who in turn went "menghonggoh" their OPUs that they were in charge of, in which sometimes these OPUs still failed to respond to being "dihonggoh".The reaction chain. Trust me, it was far from being trouble-free. Straightforward didn't exist in this chain. In the end, the person who "menghonggoh" it all would always be the one who people looove to point fingers at. You might be thinking, but what about the but-i-am-new-to-all-these excuse? Hmph! In an environment that allows almost no mistake to be done, plus a boss who is.. oh well you know..malas nak eleborate lagi, it was hard i tell ya'.. Mrs boss always win no matter how the situation is. Coz mrs.boss always had someone to put all the blame on. Anyways, during the EDC Meeting tht day, since I was the consolidator, i had to be the click-click girl as well in which I had to, you know, click. It might be easy to some, click je lah mouse tu, and make sure you didn't go too fast or worse, slow. BUT, when you were in a room surrounded by all the big guns, VP for HR, the MD/CEOs, CEOs, GMs, SGMs segala..then you'd know how it felt. Maan, I had butterflies the size of super-giants in my tummy.There was this one time when all those big shots were in a very heated argument and the VP was looking rather displeased with all the fuss, out of nowhere, the VP asked me, "Siapa nama you?" "Najwa" "Ok Najwa..You faham tak ape yg they're discussing about?" "Errr..Faham.." "Ok I nak you jot down ye and calculate balik the numbers.." I didn't think I sounded like myself. I didn't think that I look like I understand it all at that time. Ok I was seriously flabbergasted. Because I actually had a conversation with THE VP. Hahaha.. Boleh tak?

Nothing like a gerbera on an early Saturday morning

I have always marvelled at how surprises could stun me and made me went aaaooowww-ing esp when I was at my office immersed in my work, when suddenly someone came by and gave me that!

the return of how to cook a super birthday

So last Friday my personal rockstar turned 23 (now you HAVE to accept the fact that we share the same age). I wanted to do something special for him. Unlucky me, I was doomed to be super busy the whole week that I didn’t have enough time to properly plan his so-called big birthday bash. Kenapalah secara tiba-tiba sahaja mrs.boss harus menganugerahkan kerja-kerja saat terakhir yang tidak sepatutnya saya lakukan. Saya cumalah benih picisan (seeding) yang tidak beberapa mahir lagi dan memerlukan banyak lagi tunjuk ajar yang jarang-jarang diberikan. Dang mrs.boss!!

anyhouuu....in the midst of crazy deadlines, I was also busy outlining the plans for his birthday. Not laa that I was doing something super-extravaganza like having strippers coming over or a marilyn Monroe look-alike to pop out of a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to him. I just wanted it to be special. And special it turned out to be. To him, at least :)

A few days before his birthday, we went window-shopping at KLCC’s Philosophy Men. Browsed through the range of accessories that they have in store. He displayed keen interest in one of the leather wrist band. It was nice. Suited him perfectly. I was praying hard that he wouldn’t buy it at that time. And he did not! Yeayy!! Meaning, I knew what I was gonna get him for his birthday.

So here's the list of things (okkk..i can hear you guys yawning already.Hahaha..) that I did on the big day:

To start it all nicely, I put a birthday card, plus Toblerone, on his desk, as a pre-birthday surprise before he reached his office.
Lunch hour: Went to buy the gift. Wanted to have it wrapped there but they didn't have that kind of service (WTF???). So I rushed to Memory Lane and asked for a custom-made silver box to put it in. And time time ni laaaa, si pembuat kotak itu boleh nak take his own sweet time to do everything. Dgn org2 ramai lining up. Ramailah pulaaaak yang celebrate birthday hari tu.I was like hellooooooo, cepat sikit boleh tak dik? Ntah hape-hape lah nasib dengan customer service hari tuuh..
Remaining time during lunch hour: Called up TGV, and several cafes to have a quick bite coz u know lah kan how all these outlets were always packed with people on a Friday evening.Called Gloria Jean's(wanted to book tht one particular special sofa where everything started. heh.but couldn't coz it was only the 2 of us.Dang!!), Dome(it had just been renovated. looked pretty with all those cozy sofas..)
after lunch hour,back to office:busy with his gift, adding some last minute touch to it.haha.. at the same time being interrupted by makcik-makcik itu yang gemar menyibuk.Pweeehh...
at approx. 5 pm: out of the office.i'd better be before mrs.boss "unintentionally" asked me to stay back to do stuff for her. went straight to Gloria's hoping that I could get hold of that special sofa. BUT to no avail.That sofa was always occupied. Dang!! I wonder why..... Ended up going to Dome's and yeayy managed to get a pretty nice seat. (i dunno why, but seats are always important to me).

.....finally,i waited for him to come with a birthday pressie nicely wrapped and a big smile on my face. The rest of the nite went well... Glad you liked it! And you're 23 now!!! *lol*

"Usually, the greatest men are born in this month"



Happy Birthday to you, my favourite :)

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i know i haven't been around lately.
since it has been quite a while from the last time i put up a hello-world-i-am-down entry so today i decided to say that im freaking depressed.
because of everything and nothing.
so freaking depressed that it dawned on me that i couldn't do anything right at this point of time.
i couldn't even type a simple email to asking for updates from OPU who havent responded back with the requested info.
i couldnt simply just eat junk food and let the artificial colours and flavours work their magic on boosting my mood.
i couldn't eat my breakfast in peace as usual coz this is my fave time everyday before the demanding schedule started to get in (yeah ppl, it's true my schedule is hectic. some of you might start rolling your eyes at me now)
i couldn't even figure out why i was feeling what i felt now.
sigh.
im seriously depressed......

pre-raya mood

in the spirit of raya, i feel totally unmotivated to do work today. holiday will start tomorrow - yeay!im like, counting every second now before i can go off today.but heck, im working next monday since the GM said he needs at least someone (or two) in the office. to what??to do work? (definitely no).to receive and return calls?(helloooo..?? majority of the population in both towers is already enjoying themselves in their respective kampungs).to plan the agenda after raya? (my brain is so dead now that i cant even do simple math calculation). But being the newest in the dept and to avoid knowing smiles and annoying friendly arguments among my colleagues about who should stay on Monday,hence i volunteered to work on tht day.Alaaa..tak cakap nak keja pun, i know the victim will always be the newbies like me.Hmph!A bit like, kebengangan ketika itu buuuut thinking that since i dont balik kampung coz i dont have one, apalah salahnya mengalah sekali-sekala...kaaan?All in the name of raya.Well,Sharil is already in Penang that day(and for the next 7 days or so.*sad*).So,I'll be left alone.Arrgghh..Bosan giler okk!!! Planning to do stuff unrelated to work next Monday (like; to finish up sewing beads on my kebaya perhaps.Hohoho..) BUT the GM will also be working on that day(why laa...whyy???).Never mind then,i'll just pretend to look like busy.

Anyways, have you watched the latest Petronas tv commercial for Hari Raya and Deepavali?Do watch it if you havent.Esp the Hari Raya ad.Its good. So good and touching that i even dropped a tear or two while being immersed watching it on telly.And of course, there was always the morale behind it like any other Petronas commercials.

More updates. My father's aunt (so who can figure out whts my relationship with her is called?) is celebrating her 60th birthday on the 4th Hari Raya.So, being a super wealthy, successful and generous (err..still didnt know what the relationship is but i usually called her Wan Annie) businesswoman, she invited all her relatives, families and close friends to celebrate her birthday at PJ Hilton.And the best part is everyone must wear anything that looks 60s-ish.Celebrate 60th bday,dinner theme pun 60s.Nicely planned.But the catch is, how lah im gonna find 60s stuff to wear which is actually appropriate for a family gathering?This is when i need my creative wits back.

Another joyful story.The whole HRM division is organizing a dinner.Theme:70s. Pulak laah... Cant imagine what all the big shots like the GMs and the SGMs are gonna wear.Hmmm.....

On a lighter note,tomorrow will be a big day out for me and my siblings sempena raya.Planning to do some last minute shopping (I can see you roll your eyes already mr.bf!Haha..) at Sogo, Jalan TAR and the Masjid Jamek Areas. And theres a buka puasa cum mini gathering of PIPE 5 at Marriott later this evening. Oh im so looking forward to that.My tummy is already making funny noises thinking of the delicious and mouth-watering food that im gonna feast on sat lagi.Aaahhh....

So, what are you having for buka puasa today?

picture in a frame

what is far more intoxicatingly sweeter, blissfully flattering and definitely most incredible magical moment that takes your breathe away, than a dozen roses and a box of Ferrero Rochers?

answer: a picture of him and me in a nice frame given to me early in the morning (sampaikan sanggup keluar rumah awal and rushing to the office just so he could get to my cubicle before me and put the frame there as a little surprise) But I got there before him though.Hehe.. (I'm sorry babe.Somehow, I always beat you in this).



Life has been marvellous so far (brownie points). I have been confirmed as a permanent staff (just waiting for that letter.Hoo-yeaah!), I am spending Ramadhan in Malaysia (with all its glorious bazaars and tempting Raya sales.Aaahh..), I am enjoying the fact that I can finally shop for my baju raya (luv it to the max.im baju-raya hunting at Jln TAR this weekend y'all!!!), soon I'll be celebrating Raya with all my beloved ones, surrounded by families, close and good friends and of course my adoring and adorable boyfriend.

So what more can I ask for?

Selamat berbuka everyone!!!

i-wanted-to-write-but-i-am-in-a-rush post

I put a spell on you
Cause you're mine
You better stop the things you do
I ain't lyin'

No I ain't lyin'
You know I can't stand it
You're runnin' around
You know better daddy
I can't stand it cause you put me down
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You're mine

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you anyhow
And I don't care
if you don't want me
I'm yours right now

You hear me
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine


I PUT A SPELL ON YOU - Nina Simone

sexy, sexy song....i love it...

gone going

i was feeling a bit weary these past few days.not that there wasnt any office work to do.there were zillions of them being queued up waiting to be completed.hence that explained the exhaustion.plus it was the fasting month.(macam x biasa je.selama ni boleh pulak.hmph!) there were too many things to think about.and i'd lose the capacity to think at times coz my mind was just too tired.even as i wrote this, i wasnt sure whatever i was thinking of was the one to be thinking of coz thinking just made me go all cranky and i think i hate to think. (geddit? heck, i wasnt sure i did).anyhou, i'll be going off for my first outstation trip to Miri tonight.but don't worry, to those who miss me.i won't be gone for too long.friday nite im back in kl.anyone with whatsoeva plan this coming weekend (be it shopping, buka puasa, bummering around, lepak etc etc), PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW..Nak ikut!

gone going
gone everything
gone give a damn
gone be the birds when they dont want to sing
gone people all awkward with their things
gone you see yourself in the mirror
and you ...feel safe cause it looks familiar
but you're ...afraid to open up your soul
cause you ...dont really know, dont really know who is
the person thats deep within

bye darlings!

jalan-jalan cari makan (for buka puasa)

Masjid India and Jln TAR have never failed to amuse me when it came to raya-shopping.everything that they had in store were fantabolous.Be it baju raya, kasut raya, tudung raya, kuih raya and every existence asociated with the raya word.Impressive variety.Colourful crowds.Festive sense of environment.So considering all these factors in mind, me and younger sist went for our pre-raya shopping spree to 'usha-usha' the raya stuff tht they have.Rambang mata ni haa!!Realized that it had been 2-3 years since the last time that I did my raya shopping.That explained the excitement.Thrills thrills thrills! Yeaaahh!! Soon after our adventurous stall-hopping,we went to Sogo.Tu lagi la.Ultimate shopping spree.The shoes there i tell you, tempting and more importantly, they were cheaper!!Bought a pair for my sist.Thinking of getting a pair (or two) for myself, but nnt dulu laa.There are far more important things in my must-buy list.Anyways,tak cara laa went home dgn tangan kosong kan? So i managed to get my self a new Momoe Polkadot purse (i like i like i like.Dahla it was the last piece available) and several pearl bracelets.Total satisfaction :) The next day I went to the same place again with mr.bf. As usual, our weekend outings were always interesting and so far never disappointed me.Was planning to buy that pretty baju raya tapi time didnt permit as we had to rush to Naan's Corner for our proper buka puasa after that.Since, we ony buka puasa with a few cucuk lidis (as i'd like to call it) and the super nice Ice Calypso coffee (nih mmg coffee terbaik coming from a van bergerak.Saingan sengit for Coffee Bean!Dahla murah ok.) In short, my weekend was great.Looking forward for my next raya-shopping outing!

shoes, ramadhan and I

it has been, what, 3 years or so that i didn't get to go for my regular visits to pasar ramadhan.Studying abroad did cut you off from that privillege.Yeah, yeah i know the Brisbane(ers) had this Bazaar Ramadhan ala-ala pasar juadah kat Msia last year but STILL..tak sama laa kan..Mane lah nak dapat kuih onde2 di salut real kelapa.Or keropok lekor. Or goreng pisang nangka or pisang awak yg lembut dan manis.Dan macam2 lagi.But it was really fun though.Malaysian students helping each other out to prepare, cook and set up stalls. Some even sold kuih raya.Meriah in its own way. It was like we knew each other in our not-so-big community.Sweet sweet memories.Anyways, going to Pasar Juadah nearby my place is going to be my favourite time every single day,this Holy month.I was like a kid in a candy store with lotsa food on the menu.Rambang mata! Almost all of my favourite food is there.Thinking of setting my own list of menu of what to buy for each day.To avoid food and money waste.

Theres a saying that shoes tell a lot about a person.I am not really sure how valid this statement is but all i know is wearing nice shoes really make me feel more confident in many different ways.Its like your acting the characteristics that the shoes carry with it.This is not about me not being myself or faking it or whatever.I dont know how to express this but shoes do play a big role in my life.Which explains the boxes and many pairs of shoes that I own.Some I havent even worn yet.You should have looked at my mom's face everytime I went home carrying a(might be more than one :P) new box of shoes.Shoes are definitely addictive.As well as a personal rockstar.Heheh..Mind you, not everyone can afford a personal rockstar who effortlessly play your favourite songs with the guitar and all, over the phone without the slightest hesitation.Aaahh..Life is beautiful indeed.(Thank you, rockstar!)