Counting down to the final hours of 2009

This is the final day of 2009. The clock is ticking away to the midnite of 2010.

I'd like to take this opportunity to give my farewell to 2009. It has been a blast! I'll miss you like any other years that past. But life has to go on (macam ada yang past away saja!) and I'm welcoming 2010 with hope and gratitude towards the future.

2009...I'm afraid, we shall NEVER meet again.

So let me just say HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 to all my friends and family, near and far, new and old.

Have a great new year celebration no matter where you are. Remember to drive safely. Let the 1st of January 2010 be a good day to start with.

2 days and counting

First and foremost......the new year countdown....
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2 more days til 2010

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Hubs and I went out yesterday late afternoon. Hairan, Serusop area wasn't as jammed as we imagined. Well, except for simpang masuk to Bismi bookstore. Biasa la, kan buka skulah...parents menyerang kadai buku sebelum kehabisan stok. And yang paling menarik, inda panjang queue pun di ATM Taib. Haaairan...

We only went out for a short while in Serusop, though. Not sure how it was like in Kiulap & Gadong. Stopped by Mestari Jaya Serusop & Excapade for sushi take away, bought a few dvds & we're home.

Watched this thrilling korean movie 'The Chaser' before bed last night. And ughhh...all that gruesome murder and chasing here and there left us kabak-kabak!

I mean, let me tell ya...it was gruesome alright if the killer uses chisel and hammer to kill his victims!

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I shall stop at Bodyshop later as they're offering 20 and 25% discount for one-day-only Holiday Special. Hope I don't get too carried away besides getting myself make-up brushes.

Today's 28th December... Yes, people. Today is the day that roads will be jammed with shoppers and shopping centres swarmed with flowing customers. Bookstores may definitely be extra busy too!

I certainly am pretty excited too. Tapi inda apa la, tunggu tah beberapa hari lagi, just so that I don't get caught in a traffic jam sana-sini, or disappointment coz ATM machine kehabisan stock duit.



I do feel the urge and cravings to go shopping knowing that bonus kan keluar. Yeah, naturally, that's me. In spite of that, shopping isn't just the thing that comes to my mind.

Bonus to me is....something I wanna share with mom and dad. It's time for another family gathering. It's also an opportunity to set aside for advance bill payments.

Apart from all that, yeah, it's time for retail therapy. Hours and hours and hours of it too. That reminds me, my car single-cd player says it's time to get a new one. Pandai tia rusak, limpas 5 tahun memakai. Nevermind la. Kinda old fashioned looking jua sudah. I mean, c'mon....a single-cd player! They have touch-screen today, or at least cd-changer. It needs serious pimping, but nevertheless, I can settle with a minor-not-too-sophisticated-looking-to-impress kinda cd player.

So, whatever it is that you planned on spending your couple of grands on, lets be sure that it is what you need, yeah.

By the way, 3 days left for 2010! Woohoooo....

Music in the background...

I'm currently at work, sitting at my desk in the office. The music is playing on my computer.

These are the things that has been playing in my head this week........

*I'm quite excited for Friday and Saturday, coz us sisters decided to check in at Centrepoint hotel, bringing along the troops, the kids and mom & dad.

**Bonus is coming...right around the corner. Woot, woot!!

***It would be Christmas eve tonight. Mudahan rancangan siuk2 di astro malam ani.

****Chinese New Year falls exactly on 14th February (Sunday) next year, which only means we get a day off on Monday. Planning on spending it with families in KK. And a lil bit of shopping perhaps, kalau kadai inda tutup.

*****Oh, btw, been wondering bila masuk akaun duit mengawas & merait kertas PSR ah???

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Oh, I soooo love the mellow songs by Keyshia Cole: I Remember; I Should Have Cheated; We Could Be; You've Changed.

If I was in my twenties right now and (**reel back time**) in a heartbroken state, I would play them over and over and over again....till I have no more tears left....till I throw up just listening to them! LOL~

Back in the days, I'd play Usher, Justin Timberlake, TLC, Craig David, Another Level......just to name a few.

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OMG. Looking through totes by Coach gives me craving right now!

If you haven't noticed, I personally think that the break up of Anang & Krisdayanti's marriage has everything to do with $$$$$$.
First, there were gossips, then followed by news on tabloids, media that they're getting divorced.

Soon after that, Anang's heartbreaking song that he related to his personal life with ex-wife.
And now......a song by ex-wife Krisdayanti. Check out the lyric!!



KAMU DI HATIKU SELAMANYA -- Krisdayanti

Betapa hancur hatiku meninggalkan dirimu
Tetapi itu bukanlah gundahku
Kita memang tlah berbeda
Tak pernah satu kata
Tak baik untuk diteruskan
Tapi ku tak sangka secepat ini
harus berakhir cerita cinta kita

Reff:
Ku akan selalu mencintaimu
Walau kita tak mungkin bersama
Meski berat melepasmu
Tapi kamu akan selalu dihatiku selamanya
Betapa hancur hatiku meninggalkan dirimu
Tetapi itu bukanlah gundahku
Kita memang tlah berbeda
Tak pernah satu kata
Tak baik untuk diteruskan
Tapi ku tak sangka secepat ini
harus berakhir cerita cinta kita

Back to Reff: 2x

I have yet to pay a visit to my usual tailor. Need to make baju uniform for a cousin's wedding due on first week of January next year.

With two more weeks to new year, I know I should come up with the design by now so I can get them sent to the tailor.

I'm so done with searching through beautiful designs in the internet, mostly inspired by the mini and maxi dresses. **sigh**

If I could just decide whether to make a baju kurung or baju fesyen.....

Baju kurung = comfortable.... But, baju fesyen could look stunning....

Decision, decision!

It's the time of season again~

It's the time of the year again where I'll be occupied with my own project. That is typing and arranging scheme of work for subjects I'll be teaching next year. But most of all, I'll be looking forward to do my own 'self-designed-and-laminated' cover for the lesson plan.

I'll be sitting in front of the computer and search for my favourite image to be used in the background of my name. And to find the perfect image would be oh-so-endless as I would be looking through all the colourful, beautiful images in websites.

When I did finally find one that I like, I'd paste my name, personal file, school etc. (Anything that's paste-worthy for the cover. Of course, it's up to you wat-so-ever to be shown in the cover, yea.)

That reminds me, our boss requested on showing the school's motto, vision & mission in the front cover. And I forgot what they were!

[Note to self: jot down motto, vision and mission from the staff room Monday next week.]

Believe me, I'd be spending so much time on this....experimenting with colours, fonts, size, etc etc. When I'm done with that, it would be printed out in a piece of paper.

[Below is a sample of my 2009 lesson plan's label.]

The next step is to find the most attractive wrapping paper in town! And I'd go just about anywhere to find it. When the search is done, I'd cut 2-pieces in the size of A4 paper. Get a laminating film and put it into the laminating machine. Not forgetting, the front cover has to have my printed name (that I bragged so much about earlier!).

Finally, punched both front-&-back-laminated covers with a binding machine. Lastly, print out the scheme of work, time-tables, class list etc etc aaaand I'm done.
[I'll show you my 2009 LP here on this post....after I take a snapshot of it, ait.]

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>>>>>As I promised, here are samples of my LP cover....from 2007, 2008 and 2009.

This piece is taken from 2009 LP........

This one's taken from 2008, last year....and....

This is taken from a 2007 cover...a century ago.

Notice how my interests in design, colours and pattern changed from time to time?? It's exhausting to be ME!

Temburong = peace

We're here in Temburong, taking a few days break from the hectic and shopping-craveness at BSB.
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It's past 9 p.m. and I'm typing away while TV3 is at the background. Hubs is already in bed, exhausted after the long drive from bandar. I'll definitely gonna crash early tonite. Nothing much to do here except for tv and getting online. The Telbru frequency via broadband is terribly low and slowwww here, btw.
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Soooo....We're here to check out what's instore tomorrow at Bangar town....probably some bazaar-selling event opened only on Friday and Sundays during this holiday. Apart from that, we're here to relaaaaxxxx.....
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It's Wednesday afternoon...
It's quiet here at our home... All alone... Finished with the laundry by 1-ish...
Hubs is away, probably occupied with loads of work at the mo'... Can't text him coz he left his phone here...
What am I to do? I thinking of leaving the house for a regular visit at the salon, but I'm hesitating.
I shall wait till hubs comes home.
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I watched an earlier episode of Lipstick Jungle last night. Oh, was it good to watch Nico & Victory on the screen again! I missed them. Nico just started getting to know her young boyfriend and Victory just started getting hitched with rich boyfriend, Joe.

I ♥ LJ

A good Monday

It's a good Monday. Starting with submission of postgraduate application forms for 2011. I wish to continue my study. Mudahan dimakbulkan. Amiin....

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Finally, I'm done with the application forms. Finished with photocopying forms, certificates, develpoing extra copies of passport-sized photos (which actually weren't recent photos of me!). Gosh, I'm embarassed to even take short glimpse of myself taken in 2006 or sumthin'. My face was wider...I look plump!

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By 11-ish this morning, hubs and I went out window shopping and shopping, literally. Hehehe... Bought some new picture frames for his graduation photos.

I didn't realize that we were out that long till I got home at 4.30 p.m. It was fun and tiring at the same time...just go out and about without a plan.

We were hopping from one store to the other....Soon Lee Batu Satu....Hua Ho Tanjung Bunut....Cutepack Kiulap....and back home.

I didn't get myself anything except for a 2010 personal diary....and a full tummy. Hehehe.

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Between application forms & due date

Most of the time you need to sacrifice time, sweat and brainsss to go the extra mile.......

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My proposal is still on its way. 95% under construction...., still needs to be polished.

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I've started since Monday....filling in the forms, photocopying what's required, academic certificates, etc etc.

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I'll be on holiday mode on the 7th (next Monday). Until then, there's so much to be done in a short period of time.

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A very good friend dropped by to deliver her wedding invitation. Her wedding is on 20th. **Marks on calendar in E61i**

Gosh....this past few days my head's been thinking nothing but the application forms & my proposal. Even in my sleep! Honest.

Today's the very laaaaaaaaaaaaast day of schoooooooooool.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY...Here I come!!

Thank God for Aidiladha that falls on Friday (tomorrow), and we could start school holiday early. So yeah, Saturday is absolutely a break for us.

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Unfortunately, surat jawapan untuk permohonan cutiku balum sampai. It's an approval either my cuti is granted or not. Otherwise, I may need to turn up for work during the holidays. I hope I get them real soon.

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I haven't been planning so much for December YET! Since we're not going (or flying) anywhere this year, we'd probably take it easy and settle for Miri or KK trip, so to speak.

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During this time of year, I'd reminisce on Korea and miss the Christmas melodies........

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Can anybody explain....why do I have this particular song playing in my head since I got out of bed. It's been playing over and over again like it's on repeat or sumthin'. The unique thing about the whole thing is it's a dakwah song! Why a dakwah song is playing in my head. What did I do while I was sleeping last nite? Weird!!!
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Alhamdulillah, everything went well today regarding Majlis Penyampaian Hadiah Murid Cemerlang 2009.

I could feel my body and mind is slowly sensing the tiredness after all the work, stress and making sure everything's done as planned.
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*sigh* I need my afternoon nap. Perhaps I'll upload sumthin' on today's event. Perhaps...maybe....
**munching and enjoying the sweetness of Fox's Creams - Jam rings with raspberry jam.**
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Give me a break~

Hari kemuncak, tomorrow. Acara penutup sekolah, majlis penyampaian hadiah Murid Cemerlang 2009.

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I've been so busy lately that I just realised lama sudah inda jenguk Sabrina & Irfan...more than a week inda lawat my family. What's with surveying and pembelian hadiah-hadiah murid, guru-guru dan kakitangan warga sekolah. And this afternoon, meeting bersama ketua.

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Seriously, when it's all over and done, I'm gonna headed to the spa or sumthin'....get a good massage....spend some or more time with the kids....give myself that self-awarded facial that I post-poned for weeks.....get some quality time with hubs. We've been both soooo into our own work and commitment that it's been a long while since our last dine out at Misato.

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Can't wait for the school holidays. And how I wish we could go to Korea again.

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Recovering...Alhamdulillah

Just a short update on what's going on tonite.

I feel a little better. My health is improving, so did my appetite.
Although, sometimes when I get hungry and start munching on food, inda jua brapa nyaman rasanya. Sounds ridiculous, I know. I guess I'm not 100% there yet.

I went on a shopping spree later in the evening. Bought a trophy....food as teachers' gifts. Eeeeeeverything is due on this Wednesday. All the hadiah murid, hadiah guru, hadiah kakitangan.... And I still need time to recover from my headache.

Tomorrow we shall start wrapping the gifts. Another loooong Monday for some of us. Lucky us.

Gosh! It's been so long since my last posting.

Updates...here we go...

I missed watching Nur Kasih for 3 consecutive weeks!! Unbelievable!! I still am UPSET & DISAPPOINTED with myself. I woke up in the middle of the nite when I realized what I missed. Apa buleh buat. Bukan lagi nasi sudah jadi bubur....at this point, it's BANGAS! There!!

But I heard that the show will be aired every weekdays soon. How soon? Which weekday?? I've no idea. So don't ask me any further. Unless if I work for TV3, maybe I would share something with you.

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I'm actually not well, still recovering from a fever. I started having it on a nice Thursday morning. However, I can still tolerate after popping panadol & a good aerobic. I was reasonably okay until night time. I started to lose my appetite. Hubs brought home something nice to eat but I rejected them.

Next day (Friday) it got even worse. I didn't eat and only had little to drink. I threw up once and felt better after that. My head felt lighter, thank goodness. Suddenly I felt the urge to eat and didn't hesitate on that.

Then again, the dizziness came and I started to reject on food.

This morning, I know I wasn't ready to go to work. I was given permission to go home and rest. I know if I don't I'd probably throw up, or even pass out. I didn't get enough sleep nor eat the day before.

Tonite, alhamdulillah, my appetite is slowly improving. I hope I'm well enough by tomorrow, coz I need to do some errands for school. And time is very limited at this point.

Hubs decided to hold on to his graduation gown just for another week.

And so, I sit and wonder..........when shall we go for another shot at the studio........

The last time we did was on a Friday, two weeks back. Nevertheless, not happy with the result. I certainly want a perfect portrait picture of us in our gowns hanging on our living room wall. Wasn't that happy when I saw the condition of my tudung. That Photoplus photographer just took a snapshot without even checking everything. So, screw that!!

Another Friday last week, our family went for another photoshoot at this nice Universal photostudio in Kiulap. Really like their service!

So, hubs and I decide to take another shot there......pretty soon.

Alhamdulillah....

The PSR result this year is better than last year's dengan ada sedikit peningkatan dalam peratus lulus. Syukur jua.

Dibandingkan dengan keputusan dalam subjek Bahasa Melayu tahun lepas, cuma 4 orang murid saja yang belurih gred A. This year, syukur alhamdulillah, menyangkut 9 orang.

Yang bari hairannya, seorang murid kami ani, GP -A, Science -B, tapi yang lain (termasuk subjek BM) gred C. Subjek ku tah plg yang teturun.

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Apa pun result kamu, wahai murid-murid ku, Cikgu doakan kamu sentiasa beroleh kejayaan di dunia dan akhirat. Amiin...

Selamat menempuh alam persekolahan yang baru tahun depan. Jangan lupa pesanan guru-guru kamu di sini.

Good luck!

PSR results are out

TODAY!!

But I can't get my hands on the results just yet. Have to wait till tomorrow!!!

Envy over you.

I adore the exquisite designs of Chopard rings. They all look gorgeous. Here are some of my personal favourite.

Clearly this isn't by Chopard....That's by Tiffany & Co.

By Coach....

Ready, steady, SNAP!!

Bila ku kenang-kenang......aaaaargggghhh....Frust coz I missed 'Nur Kasih' last night.

Supposed to watch it in the comfort of the currently-empty-living-room-haven't-carry-the-sofas-out-from-their-hiding-place.

But, instead we had dinner of thai food at Serusop and disappointingly (not even sure if 'disappointingly' is vocabulary correct!) they don't have channel 103 -TV3 in their station.

Hmmm.... Tantu plg inda be-tv langsung tu macam K.N.Y. Kitchen di Kiarong.

The plan for tonite is... photoshoot-ing with the husband's family. Then, there shall also be soto-ing going on too. Maybe I should bring along the D60.

Oh well.... It will be a loooooooooong nite.

It's never too late to congratulate the graduated fellas this year.....

I have no regrets going up the hill to ICC just for the sake of sharing the glorious moments. Congratulations you guys!!

This was taken during dinner at JPCC for the 'Book Prize' presentation which was held on Monday night.

Need I say more???

You may ask why....what happened.....

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Well, once upon a night, dengan iskinya kami ke kadai gambar yang terletak di kawasan Gadong. Tujuan kan meliat gambar-gambar konvo & dinner di JPCC. (Inda payah la kan bercerita panjang-panjang).

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It's disappointing enough that they only took ONE snapshot on the stage. Kan membali [burn ke CD] gambar atu (untuk simpanan sendiri di kemudian hari) puuuun INDA IA MEMBAGI!

Since kami kurang puas hati with the image, kami minta cucikan 4R which she clearly said $1.00. When we came back to pick up the photos.....apologized tia yang 4R atu inda dapat dicuci, MESTI 8R -- $10 sekaping.

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Ok la....nevermind that. Then we realized that they developed the WRONG photo! Walaupun sudah kami clearly wrote the number code. Atu pun buleh salah... atu pun buleh cuai.

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Customer : Eh, I already wrote the number code here. U developed the wrong number. Why, U can't read my handwriting??

Lady : I'm sorry, sirrr.

Customer : One more thing ah. Just now you said you can develop 4R sized photo. You said it's $1.00. Now, you said cannot. WHY?

Lady : Sorry, sirrr. I forgot.

Customer : FORGOT, FORGOT!

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Nah, bangang tah ko lagi! Lain kali ambil perhatian. Sudahpun menyusahkan customer...service inda bagus... MAHAL hantap. Pekerja cuai, inda cekap.

Kadai gambar yang sebuah lagi hanya menawarkan harga $8 untuk 8R. Ia tah saja harapan ni. Hopefully hasilnya lebih memuaskan, walaupun tepaksa menunggu hari Jumaat baru ia mengeluarkan semua gambar-gambar konvo for viewing.

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The bottom line is....bari jaraaaaa. Inda ku nyanyat ke sana.
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Baik lagi tu....... Ada tia lagi gambar graduan 'in a very odd position' as she held her green folder hujung-hujung jari....both arms opened and looked as if she's retarded. (No offence on that last statement) But seriously, I was taken aback.

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If it was ME in the picture, I'd be PIST!!! Bukan lagi pissed...ertinya labih dari pissed tah sudah tu.

Sebuting atu saja lagi gambarnya tu. Kesiaaaan.

LOL~ Ada jua yang macam Hunchback of Notre Dame!! KAH KAH KAH.... Urang-urangnya saja tau tu! (Jan marah, San! Hehehe...)

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I miss Korea.... I miss the winter season....

Still frustrated when I think about the previous episode of Nur Kasih....

We had a wonderful time at JPCC last night! **sigh**

Hubs & I will be attending an appreciation dinner for selective graduates who are presented with Hadiah Buku by organised by UBD tonight at Polo Club Restaurant.

This will be a major thing and will definitely be the highlight of his convocation. I am super happy for him and of course, grateful for Allah the Almighty to be given the chance of witnessing and sharing the special moments with him.

A lot has happened these past few weeks. As a matter of fact, when I typed in my MSN status ‘A hectic week for most of us’, it does mean for me and hubs. We tried to hold back the tiring effect despite busy schedules.

A relaxing time spent after staying a nite at Mangrove Paradise Resort has to be one of the best thing aside from all of that…. A small celebration as a token of my appreciation for his great achievement before the actual graduation date the next day.

October is surely a hectic month. His 3-days of rehearsals which started last Monday has been tiring, what’s with getting up early and left home at 5.30 a.m., work in the afternoon and came home after 6 p.m.

Saturday was the most awaited day for most UBDians…a day celebrated with smiles, laughters, flashes of camera and rolls of videos. I’m glad to be able to share their moments (eventho’ my sister & I were only there as invited guests). But we were both grateful to be there and witnessed our sister, Lainy, my husband and her boyfriend’s graduation.

We watched them as they (the bf, our sister and hubs respectively) walked gracefully with pride on the red carpet and made their entrance to the big hall.

Those are the most memorable moments. And I reminisced once in a while in my own seat, remembering the day I graduated.

And now I sit and wonder....siapa lagi keluarga terdekat kami akan graduate lapas ani....

Khatam Al-Quran @ UBD

Alhamdulillah and congratulations.....

to my sister, Lainy....

and hubs....

Majlis Khatam Al-Quran sempena Konvokesyen ke-21.

I only managed to take these shots with my E61i.

Manakan inda...rupanya the D60 I had with me the whole time NADA MEMORY CARD. Konon kan menggambar for both of them. Ahirnya jadi penonton sepi saja.

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Shots taken while dining on a sunny Saturday afternoon @ Au Lait Cafe, Kiulap.

Perhaps Sabrina's one of the youngest customer dining in at the cafe that day.

They don't cater kid's meal nor drinks. I ended up buying a can of soya bean from an outside store.

Random snapshots

Just some random images taken sometime ago (which are apparently way past due).....

Acara khatam Al-Quran sesama keluarga


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A family gathering recently held in October this year. Dinner @Aminah Arif, Batu Besurat (courtesy of Ngangah Nuani).

P/s: Thanks for belanja, Ngah. Jangan jara. Huhuuu....

Frust over Nur Kasih....

Just last week, hubs & I were sitting in the living room catching another episode of Nur Kasih. I have to say that I was and still am disappointed with Nur in the story. Disappointed pasal ia sanggup menyuruh Adam tidur sama 2nd wifenya! I mean, how could she?! Errgghhhh…. Frust ku meliat! Sedangkan c-Adam pun tekajut c-Nur buleh menyuruh ia cematu. Of course, by right he has to do so, but to be told so by his own beloved wife!

And the next day (in the story masih ni ah!), Nur decided to accept Katrina (her ‘madu’) as family. OMG!! How far can I tolerate next week’s episode, I stil dunno.

Sorry, but I am totally feeling the story now. Normally, I would be anxious thinking how the next episode would be like.But after last Friday, I’m like….what the heck, Nur will have to share her husband with Kat from now on. How great is that?!!! I can’t bear watching her cry over her own jealousy….and knowing that she has to deal with it by herself from then on.

Yetah, inda pedah aku pun makan ati meliat.

Samseng selangkir~

These black birds with red eyes are really a nuisance and plain evil. Why?? Coz I witnessed it attacking my innocent cat the other day! Mind you, bukan sekali but numerous times okay.

Jahat eh selangkir ah! I dunno if they naturally attack cats (manatau ada masalah keturunan yang turun temurun sampai ke generasi burung selangkir di abad ke-20!) or they do it for the sake of fun of bullying other furry animals.

Damn those birds! Sudah pun menumpang ia besarang di bumbung rumah...bejurit segala rumput karing ulihnya mengangkut ke sana kemari....pastu banyak tia biji macam kacang tanah (WTH ever are those I also dunno) di keliling halaman rumah.....atu balum lagi ia membuang taienya tu.....

One of these days....membuat trap ku....pasang pukat bisai....mun ku dapat, ku bagi kamu rah kucingku!!! That'll teach you selangkir being so taiming!

It's damn frustrating.
This broadband has 49% signal strength, but it's as slow as a snail's ass!!

Bari sasak. Batah membuka segala2nya.

Anyway, who's going to Limbang or Miri anytime this week ah? Kan bekirim majalah Nona bulan Oktober. Been drooling over its advert in another magazine.....with Nasha Aziz in the front cover......sporting bright red lipstick looking oh-so-glam.

She's looks super sexy in red and making it irresistable. Just got to have it while stocks last.

Oooh wow! My signal strength has gone up to 93%! Banar kah jua laju ni...antah2 angin.

Bayar lain hari pun boleeee...

Hubs and I were out in a DVD store located in Muara town the other night.
The salesperson, an Indian was very cheerful towards us, the only customer during that time.
So cheerful that somehow sounded 'memajal' to us.


Hubs: DVD baru2 ada?

Salesperson: Aji, ini baru2 DVD sini.

Hubs: Bah, ok.

Salesperson: Kaka, ini cerita Korea baru2. Semua baru sana. Bagus punya cerita.

Me: (Angguk2)
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A while later....

Salesperson: Ini juga cerita Indo bagus2. Ini cerita 'Bohsia' baru.

Hubs: Inda payah eh. Ada sudah di rumah. (which is untrue. Rasa bah kan mengelak offer).

Me: Aweh. Yang sini saja kami mau liat.

Salesperson: Sini DVD terang2 punya....

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Just as I took out my purse to pay....

Salesperson: (Gesturing at CDs on his counter) CD baru2 kaka...ini bagus punya cerita...Indon...Malaysia.

Me: Tida apa, ini saja saya mau bali.

Salesperson: (Sambil senyum2) Lain hari bayar pun bole juga, aji.

Me: Ishhh....bali CD pun buleh lain hari jua kah.

Salesperson: Bole kaka.

Me: Inda payah eh. Baik ku membayar tarus.
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When we got in our car.....

Hubs: Atu MAJAL!!

LOL~
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Cemana tah kan untung bisnes mun customer digalakkannya membayar lain hari. Mun tekana customer jujur baik jua. Mun inda kana bayar.....appraaaaa....

And quite frankly I'm half pissed when he said I could pay up next time.

Baik jua nada urang lain di kadai atu. Sounded like I can't afford paying DVDs that I purchase. I mean, COME ON!

Do I look like I can't afford it. Please!!

You probably have encountered it before once in a while. I mean, that kinda offer.

I don't know about you, but I find it offensive despite their kind intention. Intention baik tia karang kan menyuruh diri beutang tia plg.

Kalau yang kan diutang ani ribu2 harganya, barangkali jua. Ani harga bepuluh jua ganya.


I'm not saying that everyone can afford paying up in cash regardless its amount. But rather, liat2 la urang keliling.

Inda kan customer pakai bag LV or GUCCI di'offer' cematu. (Not saying I have such authentic bags either!) Unless, they themselves yang minta beutang.
Apraaaa . . . . . . .

Plainly over-rated

I just love playing Restaurant City. If I were to have my own restaurant, I'd manage just fine (I think!) *Shrug shoulders*

But yeah, I'm really kicking in to the game itself. And I love their upgrades. Recently, I hired a new employee which makes it all 9 of them. 9 employees instead of 8!

Plus, they had also added new furnitures for purchase. I always look forward to that.

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So yeah, like I said before, I have been playing Restaurant City for quite a long while. And I remember very well that my rating had stayed at 3.0-sumthin' for so long, that I just decided not to bother with rates as long as my 'business' keeps going.

But yesterday I found this.......

And I simply can't explain how it had gone that high.......in just overnight, I suppose.

All I'm saying is honestly, my restaurant is over-rated. Thus, I have no idea who's responsible for it. I rest my case.

On normal days...

Check in at work..... sit for awhile....catch my breath

Take out my Acer-Mini....plug-in it's charger and switch it on....

Plug-in my broadband....get online....click on Facebook....and I start to....
GAME ON!!!


Banyak sudah game di Facebook ani, macam2 sudah dicuba. Yetah membarinya menyangkut dapan computer saja......
Even so, I only keep my Restaurant City, Country Story and Island Paradise.
Only once in a while I'd visit Farmville.

But yesterday afternoon, I've only started playing this one new game - Home Inn.

And I immediately got hooked.

Maybe there's a syndrome going on coz I'm constantly spending way too much time on the internet, and facebook in particular.

Yang inda bisainya pakai broadband ani, malar disconnect. Balik2 'disconnect'nya. Yetah inda smooth main game. Sucks!

Eid & food festivity ~

Our whole school just had its Aidilfitri celebration today.

The classes were decorated. Food were laid out on arranged tables right in the centre of the room…. The kids wore their best outfits, all pretty and colourful.
The atmosphere was extra cheerful today.

We started moving from one class to the other, children waited in each room welcoming us teachers, shook our hands and ask for forgiveness zahir & batin. There were about 12 classes that we visited.

The last agenda was....acara makan! Everyone was in their best mood and all smiles.
Hey, I don't see why not with all the food and jokes of tapau-ing session! LOL~

Too bad I didn't bring my cammy with me.

Beutang tidur ni....

Sunday.........got up as early as 6-ish. My eyes were still pretty much sleepy after yesterday, like they still need their long, good rest.

Was already in the hall around 7.30, thinking maybe I could get my yesterday's bundle of papers done before everyone in our group comes. Turned out our papers weren't there yet.

But the good thing was we only need to finish up 22 papers today.

So yeah, we pretty much finished everything today, settled and submitted our forms.

The marking process was really tiring. I was so exhausted yesterday and realized I was driving home at 6pm! Biji mata pun rasanya macam kan tekeluar lapas merait inda beranti berjam-jam. Kan juling rasanya. Saat-saat ahir atu pun macam begimbar sudah tulisan kanak-kanak.

Hmmm, but I need the experience.
I would do it again next year, insya-Allah.

*Gasp* I haven't type my LP yet!! Tomorrow's MONDAY!

Marking papers starts today morning.

But we have other plans at home in the afternoon. I hope to be given a permission for not attending later. Can't cancel on our guests'. The show HAS to go on!

Thank goodness, it's OVER!

The PSR exam is finally OVER. Whewww!

But the next thing is even worse...... MARKING the papers!

Mind you, it is my first time. And I hope I'm getting all the experience and real good tips from the veterans on how to mark super-turbo-fast tomorrow.

It shall be a tiring process as the work starts early morning (then, a short break at midday) till late afternoon. And yeah, we need to come on Friday & Sunday too.

Good luck to me!

I'm spending the whole Sunday alone just sitting at home....
Probably be going to an open house invitation later in the afternoon.
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Tomorrow's the big day....the long awaited day by all Year 6 students of Brunei Darussalam.
Yes, their final year examination -- PSR.

It starts tomorrow Monday, 5th October until the 8th (Thursday).

This year, I'll be invigilating the exam at S.R. Tanah Jambu.

I hope everything goes well tomorrow. And I would very much like to wish all of the 36 students of Year 6 (who will be sitting for the exam next week) the best of luck. May you all succeed with flying colours! Amiin ya rabbal alamin.....

Today's 11 Syawal 1430 Hijrah, which means that it's now the 11th day of Raya.

For me, the best thing about raya and one of the things that I most waited for are the TV commercials brought by Petronas.

My favourite is entitled Aku Ingin Pulang

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And, have you ever heard of this particular EON's version of Raya song.... really famous on TV3 back in the 90's.

Hari raya hari yang mulia
penuh bererti kepada kita

tua muda miskin dan kaya
menyambutnya dengan gembira

Berhati-hati di jalanraya
semoga anda selamat tiba

Ucapan selamat hari raya
dari EON untuk semua...

(Iklan Hari Raya EON - Jamal Abdillah ft Raja Ema)

My, oh my, oh my.... Exactly 10 days left to PSR exam!

Today's the 5th day of Aidilfitri. Two more days of holiday bliss, then it'll be back to work/school!

Haven't even started typing my LP just yet.
I have however, worn all my new raya clothes...except for one which is still hanging safely & quietly in the closet.....since raya last year (to be exact)!!

It rained today, rather heavily, in the afternoon. Visited 5 houses right after Friday prayer. Two of them were 'open house' invitations.

At the moment, I am actually waiting for Nur Kasih which will start any minute now on TV3.

Happy teacher's day to all my fellow colleagues and teacher-friends.
It sure is a bliss to be celebrating teacher's day & spending 3rd Syawal this year all together.
Just got back from a relative's open house. No idea of where we're going after this.

Salam syahdu Aidilfitri 2009

Walaupun Ramadhan sudah berlalu, namun setentunya aku akan merindui bulan puasa yang banyak menguji kesabaranku.

Bulan Syawal yang dinanti-nantikan kini tiba lagi.....

Di kesempatan ini, saya ucapkan selamat menyambut Aidilfitri.

Mohon ampun dan maaf seikhlasnya kepada suamiku, semua kaum keluargaku, sahabat handai serta saudara-mara yang jauh di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah mahupun yang dekat.

Semoga kalian semua dalam keadaan sihat walafiat, sentiasa dilindungi-Nya dan diberi keberkatan dan rahmat oleh Allah SWT. Amiin.....

To Siti Munirah, take care in UK. We're all sad to see you leave again especially in Syawal.

Ngam jua hari tani berkumpul esok and inda sampat bersuka-suka sama keluarga on first Raya. Yetah pengorbanan namanya tu. But, we shall meet again for sure, don't worry. Beraya tah ko sama Nina ke rumah-rumah urang putih ah! Mun ia betanya, Halloween hari raya, ja! LOL~

Raya falls on Monday, people!

O-Em-Gee!! Check out this vid from youtube of a cat drinking from a faucet!

I was like...Aaargghhh!! Kurang ajar kucing ani! LOL~ Abis tia baasaah ulihnya minum aying paip. Balik2 lagi tu dibuatnya. Grigitan ku meliat, banar tah!! LOL~ Sulnya lagi tu macam inda bedusa....adorable jua, bari grigitan jua meliat.

I was actually going thru tutorial vids on applying liquid eyeliner, which I found loads off costtt.
I really like this particular daytime make-up tutorial vid by shimmers54. A very pleasant presentation and very soft-spoken. She made it all look oh-so simple and easy peasy for any first-timer or learner.

"...like they're supposed to be sisters and not twins..." -- she was implying on her non-identical eyebrows. True and cute.
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What did I do today?
Got up early to send our cars for polish at Gadong Tyremart. Hubs was pretty excited to see the result. Coz he's been meaning to get rid of garit-garit made by our precious, lovely, adorable bastard of a cat! Naik atas kreta saja krajanya, balik2 dah dimarahi.

3.30pm - Made my way to Hua Ho Kiulap for my 4 o'clock facial appointment at Sari Ayu. Mind you, first time ku buat facial di kadai, selalunya di salon. Or at least in a proper room. Hmmm, never mind the small space, but the noises made by customers walking/passing along the counter and the loud Raya music in the loud speaker. *Sigh*

By 5-ish, I was done. Hubs had already took our cars home. Half past 5, I fetched my parents and went our way to i-Lotus for sungkai.
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We had our sungkai dine-out over at i-Lotus, like wise.
Each year we would book one last family sungkai anywhere, and we would sit+eat....take more food...sit+eat....make another round....so forth, so forth...and wait for the moon sighting announcement in the loud speaker.


Anyway.... So you've heard that Aidilfitri falls on Monday, the 21st of September, yea. That means, one more day to fast.... Aaaand, more chances to do last minute shopping/errands for most of us!! I for one, am still thinking of getting a foot scrub tomorrow. Tee-heee....