A girls thoughts of the ups and down, pinks and blues and the circles and squares of life
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
wonderland
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes?
Why don'tthey make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
25 random things
i was tagged by my dear dear fren justina
You have to type your 25 random things and tag 25 people
1. My body is so intolerant to caffeine even drinking tea makes me xbole tdo
2. i suck d sugar coating off smarties den let d chocolate melt on my toungue..wen im done w a box o it, d inside o my mouth will be raw but i still do it every time.
3. i have 6 materials dat i wan to make baju kurung, 6 of them is pink
4. i am trying to resist buying shoes but the sales are not helping one bit
5. I love driving a 4WD eventho I can barely b seen over the dashboard
6. I can window shop online for hour’s n not buy anything but I cannot come back from the mall empty handed
7. I can’t wait to give him d present I got him!!!
8. Sabrina can talk. Her vocab consists o d word ‘I’ which sounds more like ‘aaaaiii!!’ wen she’s trying to get peoples attention.
9. 25 is a really big number
10. Heck 10 is a really big number!
11. I’m looking to buy a new purse but d only one I like at d moment costs about 1000 here n my current purse does not agree w me. Boooo..
12. My mom is really grumpy dis morning
13. My cat Sheeba is missing his 2 upper fangs
14. I love d damp smell after d rain
15. I think sneezing in closed spaces i.e. d car is wrong. Coz d germs will fill d air in d little space n infect us all w unknown bacteria. Disgusting. Bukak tingkap ok.
16. I’ve never been to dentist all my life. Dey scare d life out o me
17. I tink Nicole kidman is d purddiest thing ever!
18. I wore out my flats while on holiday so even tho Im on a shoe shopping sabbatical, I have to make n exception on dis *grins*
19. I so miss reading
20. My skull is triangular in shape
21. I wish I can do my masters in Australia
22. My car needs a good cleaning but I cant b bothered to bring it 2 d car wash, malas nk tunggu, much less wash it myself.
23. I get asthma attacks wen I laugh too hard, which is every other day now
24. Omg I’m almost done!
25. Im gona b nats bridesmaid in march coz lina wont b here. Were gona miss u lina!
Yeay finish!!
And now I tag
-Lina
-Era
-Raje
and YOU ok!
Ok 2 jer sbab xcukup frens who blog..or frens at all!!hahahaa! So loser…
Monday, February 2, 2009
Super Ayam
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
An ode to tok..
We were sleep deprived, having not have slept a wink d nite before. my dad fell asleep behind d wheel countless times resorting to me 'tepuk-ing' and 'tumbuk-ing' his back to keep him awake, even while doing thet he dozed off a couple o times. takut sgt.
We arrived at 5am. we had another prayer for her and she was buried at 10am. we held a tahlil for her that nite. the following day, most o d family returned to kl.
I sat in the kitchen reminiscing the memories i had as a child. running in and out o this kitchen as the adults were busy cooking. watching tok manning d 'dapur arang' dat she takes out on raya. and wen i was older, getting scolded for eating openly wen i was not fasting during dat time o month. i can picture it so clearly, her rounded figure sitting on d chair at d kitchen door, stooped over d kuali, 'kacau-ing' d dish she's preparing ever so lightly for fear it would 'pecah' or 'hancur'. giving instructions and orders to all those arnd her.
I remember once she was staying with us and d mamak roti came by, we ran to tok asking for money to buy sweets n snacks n she gave us a 50 ringgit note to buy snacks at d mamak dat would probly cost 1 ringgit 4 us both! we tot we were in rotiman heaven!
but i am glad we went to c her d nite b4 she passed. it was d last time i saw her lucid tho barely so. she was restless n kept asking to be proped up on her bed (she was bedridden by dis time), only to ask to lie down d next minute. this went on a couple o times n after midnite, she was back in d hospital.
raya will not b same without our matriarch from now on. n there wont b anymore trips to visit her on weekends. she will be sorely missed. here is a pic of her in her younger days with my youngest aunty
In loving memory of tok,
1st February 1929- 25th January 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
if only i had longer legs
stopped by nat's 2 get d kain im suppose to tempah 4 my bridesmaid baju for her wedding pastu tok su dier ajak masuk rumah we politely declined ' xpe tok su, nk jogging nih (bear in mind it was raining at d time, nmpak sgt menipu!) all d while we were on d phone w nat herself. pastu tibe2 natira bengong ckp. 'eh korg, baju i dah smpai tau, my mom dah amek'. giler i nk balik xtgk baju dier dulu???
maka dgn muka yang teramatlah tebal, i rang d doorbell again n tersipu-sipu malu-malu kucing said to tok su , 'tok su...bole xkitorg nk tgk baju nat kejap..?marah x?? ajak la kitorg masuk lg skali...' hahaha!! drop my water face u!
anyways! her baju is beautiful! unfortunately i cant tell u anything bout it lest nat strangle me with her bony fingers!
pas2 we pg lah jugak park tuh...smpai2 jer (dahla park btul2 tepi gate park tuh) we headed straight 4 d jenny hong lorry to get our wajib fix o a bowl o tau foo fah and soya bean drink each. but oh so sedih! tau foo fah habis!! oh d horror!! we settled 4 d drink and malaiko cake instead. btw malaiko cake sgt sedap ok but no pics sorry, terlalu intent on eating d cake and lari dari monyet yg suka curi makanan org. takut.
we den brought our food n sat on d steps by d lake. xjog pon ok. surprise surprise. haha! duduk kejap den tgk sumer org arnd us burning off calories. felt our own calories rise like d sun in japan. kecik ati tgk org lain so we pon jln lah...we jln ok..not even breeze walk..jalan smbil ketawa n habiskn d rest o d cake..den we saw a newly constructed bridge that goes over d creek dah leads to d lake n we were looking at d fries(baby fishes) n pikir cemane nk tangkap (or rather i was) wen it started to rain again. so we were lke..ok..kene jln cepat2...tp tetap terkedek2 ketawe2 lagi..tibe2! ujan lebat sgt2!!! i ran like veronica campbell brown at d olympics (ceh-or so i tot) terjejut calories yg baru masuk td...masuk kete ketawe lg sbab kt traffic light dis lady next to our car was waving wildly trying to get our attention n i was thinking..eh kenal ke? rupe2 nyer dlm hujan lebat nk mati tuh, di tgh2 jln, dier nk mintak directions. so i had 2 wind down d window to tell her which way 2 go, n in d process got wet. penat berlari mcm world runner td, last last basah jgak.
oh well, least i got a bit o workout done didnt i?
btw, dis is nenah, my darling buddy since std 1! d minah gonjeng who always makes me laugh smpai semput2!

jalan jalan end of 2008
each transit was about an hour n a half. pastu finaaaaaly smpai la jgak..we stayed at d southern sun cape sun hotel (so manny suns..). smpai2 je we checked in den papa cepat2 nk beli pie coz he was afraid d kedai tutup awal sbab xmas eve. janna being janna cannot tgk supermarket without going waaaaaauuuuu over every little choclate snowman and marshmallow tree. i got d roasted chicken. sgt sdap n tender w crispy skin. xtremely unhealthy but who cares, im on holiday! tp xde gamba sbab both of our hands were covered with greasy goodness. pas dh kenyang we took d hotel shuttle to d water front. sgt gorgeous! i went to capetown once wen i was 9. my dad was posted thr for 4 months m we used to go down to d water front everyday. now it looks so diff!all new n shiny! n malls!!lots n lots o malls!mostly restaurants but still pretty 2 look at.d next day we went on tour w dis lady named soraya who was really chatty n so funny! she curses like a truck driver but is really very alim! she's a cape malay. its easy to get halal food around sbab kt sini ramai muslims. yeay 4 me! i can pengsan klu xmkn meat everyday.
haih..penat la...klu nk citer activity everyday esok pon xabes write. to summarize it all. i saw penguins, seals, dolphins (tp jauh la), ostriches, biawaks, seladang like animals (all wild ones mind u). n i ate n ate n ate. xshop coz it was cuti.xmas pas2 new year, plus d things were quite xpensive. but i did buy a pair o gap leather flats. which turned out to have pig skin lining. crap. siap dah pkai jln2 kt sana. tp pig skin 2 kecik je! wateva la kn. n one o d stwards was mugged at jo'berg. he was held at gunpoint on his was 2 d mall which is only about 7 mins from d hotel. scary x?? pas2 kitorg trus takut nk pg...tp pg jgak..mkn kebab n big mac..kempunan tgk adverts. n ice cream!!
overall! i think south africe is truly a very beautiful place. it was beautiful before, its even more beautiful now! but d gov needs 2 do something bout d crime rate. its crazy n seriously scary. we never ever went out after dark as advised by d locals. as for buenos aires. i didnt like it much thr. firstly! finding halal meat was near impossible! i had kebab which i chose 2 believe was halal tho my dad said it was questionable! i xwas-was k!! the crime rate wasnt as bad as in africa whr dey were really aggresive. but here theres alot o pick pockets. many a time, my dad went back 2 d hotel n discovered his bag was unzipped. menyesal org tuh. dlm bag only got mineral water n lingham chilli sauce!hahaha gatal sgt bukak bag org!papa swears by linghams! n the country is quite dirty. a lot o litters n ramai sgt beggars. kesian. tp takut. thrs dis gang o pick poket-ers called d mustard gang. their modus operandi is 2 (accidently) spill paint all over d victim (mostly tourists) n pretend to help u wipe it off. b4 u know it, they're gone, as is ur wallet, cred cards, handphones n sumtimes even passport. takut.
byk nyer dh tulis. mesti ader org dah tertido. ok b4 i go i show u sum pics ok.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
papa's sick day.. :(
in the chaos, everyone forgot the cordless phone was disconnected. in a trance, i rushed back to my room and threw everything off my bed looking for my handphone. i called 999 and while waiting to get connected went back to c my dad was still unconcious. at dat moment, i was so afraid of wat could and might happened. my mom was sobbing and my sister was panicking, the baby was crying, it was truly a nightmare. i was giving my address to the operator wen my dad came to. mom said to cancel the ambulance, that we would take him ourselves.
my mom kept asking him if he was ok, he moved his arm and muttered incoherantly for a few seconds before he asked, wat happened?? my mom explained that he fell wen he got up to turn off the alarm clock and fainted. he was quiet for a while then he looked up at all of us and asked again..wat happened? this went on for about 15 minutes in which time he repeatedly asked wat happened.
he could not remember wat happened the day before. he couldnt recall who he had dinner with, or dat he just got back from amsterdam, or dat tok is in the hospital or anything in the past few days. after a while he stood up and walked around for a bit. at this point, we were glancing at each other hoping against hope he was going to b fine. he spent the next hour trying to recall wat actually happen.
in the morning, mom took him to d hospital whr, after a brainscan, the neurologist confirmed that the reason he fell was because of his low BP. he blacked out for a second and as he was still groggy, couldnt find his balance and fell backwards right on his back, hitting his head on the floor causing him to have a concusion hence the failure to recall events of the previous day. he fell so hard it triggered our house alarm.
i just want to say how grateful and thankful i am that he is fine. he's got a bit of a fever and a raging headache but otherwise its nothing serious. alhamdulillah. not much in the mood to write fun stuff. but for some reason, he remembered that he bought me smarties at amsterdam. is it inappropriate dat i think it sweet dat he did?
p/s: the smarties sedap sgt..tp byk colouring, msia now got 'with non-artificial colours' punye which is really good for people like me who can down 3 boxes in a day. but d choc in d shell is really good..rase mcm dark choc.. i love u pa..so many!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
super trooper!!

Had this lastnite...oh sungguh sedap! happy chinese new year!