The Pink Sandals

I joined the school's alumni event recently. Instead of writing about the event or our tasks, I am going to write about my beloved sister's pink colored 1-half inch high heels sandals. Let's get pinky ya.

I was told that we can wear anything, and I wore something usual, with the pink sandals. I didn't know we were going to do hard labour.... and after some time.. I really start to feel pain and discomfort. but work must go on, we had to continue distributing the food to the participants. I even stood barefeet once a while.. cannot tahan di.

Then, I saw one of our member's son sitting at the corner. He is about 20, looking all macho and relaxed; and there's another boy around 11, another member's son, running around and looking so... well, young! :P . They just came back after a short tour around Pisa. Something caught my attention! the 20 year old guy's slippers, wow.... the answer to my pain and agony. Then, I made a bargain.

"can we change shoes... U can take mine... haha.. you can even wear em if u want (trying to be funny), i cannot tahan la walk with this sandals"

I was expecting a horified expression but all he said was "Ok, sure" and gave me his sandals. Yahoooo... saviour!

When we were busy sorting things out, I saw him walking to other direction (washroom maybe)... wearing my sandals.... (Fyi, My feet are large size, so a medium sized guy can easily fit into my sandals). I was like... alamak... maybe emergency sampai don't mind wearing my sandals. its Pink wei...

Then after some time, we had to load a number of boxes of mineral waters into a room nearby, and he helped out... . Was he going to ask for a trade back? No he didn't, without complaining, did the job... and later continue moving around in my sandals.

Ok... I felt super guilty... so finally, I asked for a trade back. I told him my feet are no longer painful so we'd better switch before he has to go through one too :P~
Hahaha.. I don't know why I am making a big deal out of this... I just felt it was cool. Like he did not even complain, and all he said was "Ok" and "No Problem" or just smiled. I think he is Cool... good boy ;-)

For all the trouble, I said to Dr.Ooi that she owes me an insurance for my back :P~ (must be careful what u joke about) Not to be supersitious, but then, I really had come close to need one, as after we had our lunch, I tripped and fell in front of a restaurant. Sakit giler... it was not like the funny-funny fall but a FALL fall... errr...if u get what I mean. It was definitely not a good day for my back. I fell because my heels tripped on the badly maintained pathway. Again... it was the heels :P~

On our way back, Chris advised me not wear so much of high heels, since I am already tall (for Malaysian standard), so don't really need one. (oppss)

So.. after all these thing happening to me yesterday... Where are the pink sandals now?
Hihihi (blushing).... Right under my feet :P~ Huhuhu... bukan degil, but don't have other options just now, left all the flat ones in campus. For comfort, I prefer the flat ones actually, but at times, heels make me feel more err... taller?? :P To stop wearing high heels completely? huhuhu.... i dun think i could :P

Flat heels sandals are just not sexy :-(

Bulan yang mendebarkan

The busiest month of the year (well, at least for me) is approaching - DECEMBER! It's the time of the year, when I usually have list of things to be completed before stepping into another new year, and list of invitations from friends and relatives who are getting married. To top all these, are my assignments as a photographer for some of these events and my preparation to be enrolled as a student (AGAIN) :P


In the list of invitations... most of it comes from my close friends... and I won't be able to attend 2 weddings because I will be at my close relative's wedding which is quite far, in Perlis.

2 days back, Jane called for a small meet up. We were given the invitations cards and some briefing. I can't wait for the ceremony... It will be a big reunion for our batch. We have not had one since 2002 and with slightly less people last year at the alumni dinner. I was briefed on the task description and what-to-wear lists... Uwaaa... I don't have the appropriate attire yet.

Following week, will be Yef and Azah. Both their receptions on the same day. These are the 2 weddings I won't be able to attend... guilt... yes... but I will try my best to attend their groom's receptions respectively. Yef is my friend from secondary, whom I kept in touch regularly and stay close despite parted geographically. Azah was my junior in cbm but also my coursemate during masters, and we were roommates. Huhuh... I feel soo guilty... I really would love to be there on the lafaz nikah moments.

Next in line, is Emme and Nando's wedding. Okie.. they are getting married to each other so it's like 2 in 1 for me. I know Nando from Spanish class in my degree's final year (dat explains his nickname Nando) and Emme through Nando. Haha.. somehow, we cliqued instantly and has become very close thereafter. I am honored to be assigned as one of their photographers. When they gave me the invitation card, I jokingly asked "is this as your friend or a photographer" ehehhe... I hope I can do my best yaaa...

Now...wait... WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR to all these ceremonies???? HELPPP!!!!!! Wardrobe emergency alert....

Over the meet-up the other day, we talked about the "next phase" in life. Getting married?? Hehehe.. I can't stop laughing, thinking of how far we have come from the innocent (and naughty) years in cbm. The topics of our conversation are definitely different. Last time we would be saying "Euwww, why are we discussing this" if we were to talk about marriage. Look at us NOW...

Will it be as challenging as told by some? Will we be able to cope with the journey? After the interesting exchange of thougths, we concluded, it takes Will-Power, Understanding and of course L.O.V.E heheheh *deep

Tips from one of my lecturers, successful and a super-woman:
"Be smart and know how to manage your responsibilities, and most importantly set your priorities. At times, you have to be Strong in defending your priorities"

Wow... deep again.... Ok,  keep that in mind. Can be useful later in your future ;-)

And to my laply friends... who are getting married... soon (mendebarkan sungguh) Aku pulak yang berdebar-debat lebih nie.... huhuuh...

hihihi... I am so excited and happy for you peeps.

Wish you guys my BEST-EST WISHES...

ok now.. back to my problem.... WHAT TO WEAR???? Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

great minds think alike

Insiden #1

Hehehehe…. lepas dah upload the display image… chat2 halfway… kak ilah terperasan yg kitorg ada persamaan begini… ahakss.. Welll, then… enuff said :D~

Insiden #2
insiden nombot dua ini sbnrnya berlaku dulu.. pagi tadi. masa menunggu alisa dtg.. flipping thru some research papers… and found this:

waaarkh…. tidak…. ain lekat stickers kt kertas nie… bulatan atas.. di mana dia lekat then tarik kuar.. so a bit koyak.. bulatan kedua.. cebisan sticker yg dikoyak… dan bulatan ketiga.. sticker tersebut…

going thru some other papers… and i got these two:

warkhhhh…… nehi nehi… meriah nyer research paper ini… colorful sgt… hmmm its tooo cute for me to get angry… in fact i was dok gelak-gelak looking at her “creativity”

i wud have done the same thing if I’m 4… i just love stickerss… like her.. n her mom (who used to start the trend of hobi mengumpul stickers last time kt skolah rendah time tue)

okies… sekian sahaja post saya kali ini….
tuuu oodless :*

the paper boat

8.30am (*I assume). Ehehe.. I was still sleeping when Ain called me :P

“Auntie nina(x3)… I want a boat”

tgh mamai lagi… but I could feel she was placing a small piece of paper on my palm. Half asleep, I took the paper and tried to make it into a boat… then… I doze off.

“Auntie2… my boat” oopss… tertidur…

Actually I didn’t know what I was doing, I was half asleep and it was pitch black (*my room is super-dark), therefore, I followed my childhood instinct and fold the paper with my eyes still closed.

Then… I realized the shape of the paper was not appropriate, we need a square… and again using instinct, tore away the unwanted area. Ain, without fail, came in every now and then to ask if I’ve completed her boat.

I started folding again. dunno how many failed attempt… reopen and doze-offs… but finally, fold and fold and… yeyyyy.. it’s a BOAT!!! Zzzzz

“Aunty… boatt…" I hand her the boat, she shouted happilly and ran out. If I heard her correct, singing in joy "yeahhh I got a boat… I got a boat…” …

I was like “aaaa… I still have the touch for a paper boat.. yippieee”… and…ZZzzzz …..zzz

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Later in the evening… she gave me a piece of paper…

“Aunty Vote“

i wrote an “X“ on the paper… She sulked…

“Aunty… vote laaa“

aaar? what symbol i should draw eh…. “What u want?”

“I want a boat laaa“

oppss… Boat… bukan Vote….

Boat?? hmm boat… why does it sound familiar eh???

Then, the picture of me sleeping in a boat… eh eh.. No… sleeping and making a boat came back to me. “uiksss. Did I really made one or was I dreaming???”

I ask her about the boat…it so happens dat… the boat has taken a voyage… down to my parents room and safely harbored at the back of the TV set…


Ahaks… tadaaaa…. here’s the paper boat…




~ invoke the child in me ~

when is your turn

Summarised/shortened from previous blog

aku teringat kat satu post dalam blog kawanku berkenaan isu ni… ehhehe… cebisan dari post asalnya:

oh ya. i have a question for you guys. more like a survey..... do you have any typical answer for answering question " bila nak kawen?" or "when is your turn?" come on..let's find a good answer that is good enuf which will stop the same person to ask the same question again .

knowledge sharing kt sini… bleh mengembangkan kreativiti anda2 yg melalui situasi yang sama bila asik ditnaya org soklan2 ni…

Aku dan kawan-kawan Miss Bo mbalas di ruang komen.. bagi suggestion

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[H]

mesti ade jawapan yg berbeza mengikut sape yg tanye..
kalo mak/family tanye jawab "mak tlg la cari kan..."

kalo bos tanye jawab "im wanna build my career first"

kalo kawan2 tanye jawab "aku tunggu ko kawin dulu" kalau die dah kawin ckp "aku tunggu ko kawin lagi satu.." kui6...

general answer "insyaallah, sampai jodoh nanti kawin la (jwb dgn senyuman yg manis)"

[R]

my favorite answer is " menjadi bisu and smile only"indirectly ppl know that i'm not interested to talk bout the subject ;)
if kwn2 baik ckp dgn hati yg ikhlas lar kenapa..other than that..heheh senyum jelar tanpa berkata apa2

[F]

i always tell people that "ooo aku kawen cuti sekolah" dgn muka selamba.that normally effectively menutup mulut diorang pun.
im not telling a lie.. i'll get married time cuti sekolah. cuma tahun bila tu jer tak tau lagi =P

[Z]

As for myself, bila orang tanya ahaks, dulu aku jawab "InsyaAllah tahun depan" ... sekarang jawapan terbaru:"InsyaAllah I planned to settle down before 2009" muahahah.Aku telah praktikkan beberapa kali yang pastinya telah membuat mereka speechless .. Bak kata hang, jawab kena confident =)

[my comment]

verbal ones:

positip thinker
"It will happen when it happens"

"InsyaAllah, ada jodoh tak ke mana"

"It will be a surprise"

"Tungguuuuuuu" sambil mulut termuncung kerana panjang dengungnya

diversion
"laa maak, kita nak jaga mak laa" dgn tersenyum manis

"tak stabil lagi...nak kumpul duit dulu"

"nak beli kete lagi 2 bijik dulu"

"oh my god, do u know... the petrol price has just increased... bla... bla.. " Psst.. tukar topik ;)

not so interested
"i'm sorry... it's my personal matter which i prefer not to discuss"

"err.. not interested" dengan gaya poyo dan vogue/bimbo :P so org dah maleh nak tanya

"none of ur business" dengan gaya poyo sama sprti di atas

"hahahahhahahahhahahaaaa" a big fat sarcastic laugh

non-verbal:

senyum separuh, sebelah bibir aje la kiranya

sengih

sengih, kali ni smapai nampak gusi skali

angkat kening cam dgn maksud "ahh-haaa"

angkat kening gaya the rock dgn maksud "ko takde mende lain ke nak tanya"

lambai tangan, dengan gaya kiut dan poyo, dan cpat2 blah dari situ

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So kepada mereka2 yang dah kekeringan idea... bleh la cedok2 :P~ okes... goodluck dengan candangan2 tersebut.. :D

ironically, as much as you may get annoyed when ppl keep asking u the "cepu emas" question... you too can't help urself from asking the same questions to ur friends....
hahahha... Caring Society lah katakan...

So i'm caring... and i'm sharing now... :)) hohohohoo

mulakan dengan Bismillah...

At times when you are busy chasing your dreams, busy climbing up your career or busy with everything else so worldly, you tend to overlook some of the things close to your heart – Iman. i'm gonna touch about Al-Quran.

How often do you read your Quran? You believe in Quran but you seem to have no time to read it. You are not obliged to read it and before you knew it, you start neglecting Quran as a part of your routine. You have the Kitab with you all the time, in your room, placed at the highest shelf… at times it becomes too high for you to reach, what more for you to open and start reciting the wonderful words that not only guide you through life but also shower you with peace and serenity. Or do you only read your Quran when you are facing problems, when every thing else seem to fall apart? InsyaAllah, if you read at crucial times, you will feel at peace while reciting it… and MasyaAllah, if you recite it regularly (especially every day), regardless of your frame of mind... it feels even better.

At times we forget, at times we overlook… but you must always remember that it is never too late. If you are not well versed in Arabic, get the translations and comprehend while you are reciting verses from the holy Quran. Even if you are not so fluent in reciting it or even if you are not fluent at all; it is also never too late to learn or improve. “Malu bertanya sesat jalan” … apatah lagi ilmu agama kita :) Shying away is not the resolution; you have to put away age or status from being the barrier to learn…

Mulakan dengan Bismillah....
:-)

~ just a reminder.. (for u and me)~

Jazakallahukhairank athira
"It is better to try and fail, than not try at all"

:)

No, Uncle... I don’t love you :P

Have u been in situation where u find urslef lost in translation? it happens a lot i guess when ppl talk in languages that u dont master and u really feel lost... especially when u desperately need the information that's passing thru... frequent huh? hmmm... and have u even been in situation where u are "caught" in between translation?

Here is my intepretation of being Caught in translation :P :P

It was last day of convocation festival. I was so busy at the gift shop, helping with the sales so I didn’t have the leisure to go around the convo site. Shops and stalls were supposed to be closed before midnight so I used the few hours left to go around and look for something worth a purchase.

I stopped at the book stall, they were from Saba media. They sell Islamic books and journals and most of them were in English. My original intention was to get a copy of al-Mathurat, but browsing through; I found some page-turning books.

The owner and his staff conversed in Tamil when they speak among themselves. I was going through 3 books when suddenly an elder man whom I guessed would be the boss; he was around 50 years old, condemning his assistant for giving the wrong price to one of the customers beforehand. The younger guy had certainly hit below the margin and he was apologizing for the mistake. It was not a serious argument as a few minutes later they were chatting and laughing over some other matters.

I didn’t mean to eavesdrop but I couldn’t help it, I just understood every single thing. From one look, slalunya people tak bajet yang i can understand or apatah lagi bercakap dalam bahasa lain slain bahasa kebangsaan. but seriously, nowadays mmg takleh bajet sapa bleh cakap bahasa apa kan... sudah rojak maa.

By the way, back to the story, I thought I was being rather mischievous, thinking the information would be pretty handy for me to bargain later, heheh.

The boss was in front of me and upon realizing that I was somehow glued to the books, he approached, speaking in Malay and English “Good books, just choose which one, harga boleh kurang”

I was laughing inside; yes I know can kurang sampai mana. The uncle explained about the books that I was flipping through and finally I made my choice. He stated the price and with the information I had earlier... now, it’s the time to bargain, I decided.

“Tak boleh kurang ka?”

Oh nooo… What I said was fine but my tone was, if I heard myself correct, sounded a bit seductive. Euuuww… didn’t know where that came from… :P

The uncle choked and turned to his assistant, speaking in tamil

“Pochida, kadhal udherangge”Translation: “Alamak, she’s trying to seduce me”…

Ohh tidakkk…. He was about the same age as my father and no way that I would have any intention to be funny with him. Tidakk!! My face turned hot out of embarrassment and disbelief. Usually when ever I caught up in a situation where I understood what people say and it was about me, I just kept quiet. But that night was not one of those, I had to clear my image :P

Therefore, I gathered my courage, cleared my throat and said clearly

“Anthe mari kadhal kadhal la kadiyathe”
Translation: “No such lovey dovey thing going on here”

Hence it was then the uncle’s turn for embarrassment and disbelief. He looked over to his assistant again and that guy was already half way exploding with humongous laugh.

In just a blink, the sheepish man jumped out of the stall and couldn’t hold his own laughter as well. I stood there not making an inch of a move and I was posing a macho stature because I knew I was at the winning side.

After he was somehow composed, he came back in and asked in tamil “speak tamil?” I just nodded a macho nod. He kept apologizing and said he was just joking. I knew it was a joke but I manipulated the situation to make them feel guilty ehehehe… well, with the hope I get extra-extra discount for the book.

I spoke as monotonous as I could sound, and stressed the word uncle so that my intention would not be misinterpreted again. As a result, I came back buying the book with a good discount and feeling very fulfilled, like I won some match or something… Ahaks…

So… what have u learned from this incident?

Don’t judge a book by its cover

1. Marilah kita belajar pelbagai bahasa
2. Control your intonations and gestures when you speak, people can get the wrong ideas okay…
3. Kadhal means Cinta/Love
4. I am seductive after all… hihihihihie

= This story happened back in August 2006 =]

It takes 2 to tango

Gender Issues > Had 2 series of conversations that lead me to write this :D

Can women be good leaders?
Women can be leaders among women, also among both men and women. But more often than not, when one of our friends comes back miserably from work ; and when informed that his/her boss is a ladyy... our immediate response will be “no wonderrrr” or “wrong timing of the month laa :P” or “the tigress has finally attacked” etc. Among women, we get offended when guys don’t trust on our leadership, but we also go against our own species when we comment on a lady-boss :P ironic, huh?

Men, are they better cooks?
In most restaurants, be it 5 star hotels, mamak or tomyam stalls; they are dominated by male cooks. Hmmm I think most of the time, men cook to cater for commercial values whereas women cook to cater for personal values.

Man + Woman = best friends?
A man and a woman can be friends but can they be best friends? Yes definitely, but to a certain extent. You can be best of friends when both are single. But when one of you or both are committed with a special relationship (especially marriage), you should downgrade to being only good friends or just friends. No more the best. I strongly believe your spouse should be your bestest friend ever and not someone else from the opposite gender. Maybe you guys can still reunite with the presence of both spouses, so this brings you to a new level of friendship = being family friends! (ouh, but please don’t make match-make your kids laa, let them have freedom of choice maa kuikuikui)

Women are too emotional, Men are insensitive
Women have to be emotional because this is the ultimate strategy to manipulate men haha… Men have to be insensitive because if you are too sensitive, people will start to speculate that you are gay. So maybe we should just accept this fact and live with it… hmmm… or maybe this is why men and women complete each other :P but do be careful haa… toooo emotional + toooo insensitive = cyclone lah jawabnya!


Women spend too much money on shopping?Women shop to be gorgeous maaa… At times women shop for the household maaa… Lovey-dovey couples don’t face much problem as they tend to compromise or try to compromise a LOAD during this period. But when it is married couple we are taking about, this issue suddenly begins to be very serious and important. Let us try to put it this way then. Comparing to the “few” ringgits men have to forego with the sweats women shed and initiatives that women make in order to get the best stuff with the best price (see, still considerate about money); the few ringgits means nothing actually :P So I think men should go easy on women about shopping ;) (ahaha… gender-biased)

Excerpted from Padayappa :D
“Women who are too emotional or raged and men who are too greedy will never prosper in their lives.”

What I agreed to understand: So women can be greedy, that’s why we are allowed to shop anytime we want!!! Hahhahaa… No lar… seriously… I think the excerption is a good one to be pondered upon.


Issues on gender will never meet an end… there are so many issues that I decided to pick and prick on some of the most talked about issues. As far as all of us are concerned, no matter how many issues we have or we may have in future, we just can’t live without each other. We are dependant on each other and of course complement each other. Long live XX and XY !

aku sekeh kang....

Summarised/shorten from previous blog

aku terstumble upon this page. It was a forum, ada org2 dok citer masalah, then ada satu post dari seorang lelaki, beginilah isinya:

=quote =
baru2 nie masuk club cari kawan dptler kawan dgn 3 awekz nie so skg x tahu nak pilih yg mana satu. nak jadikan cite yg satu nie ok keja pun bagus but muka tak berapa ok n yg nie ler yg kerap contact i. so at this moment i conpius apa yg nak buat.i pun ada buat sembahyang tu sama dgn yg lain2 xda mimpi2 pun tu yg jadi lagi bingung. so my question utk kekawan lelaki ok ke kalau dpt gf yg x lawa nie. coz 4 me kekadang tu rasa ok kekadang rasa x ok.
=unquote=

Helloo!! cantik itu very subjektif tau!


Yang meng-annoy-kan aku adalah orang2 yang obsess dengan mende ni. Bagi aku la, as long as kita dan org sekeliling masih boleh tolerate dengan identity kita sendiri… tak perlulah nak make too much effort to be someone else…

The key to happiness starts with being happy with who you are

Pasal fizikal ni… jgn la nak komplen2 sgt… (bersyukurlah dan always be POSITIVE)

Pasal yang nak cari2 calon ni… jgn la letak kriteria2 yang terlampau fizikal… sbb fizikal ni, satu ari nanti akan deteriorate jugak. Kalu leh, utamakan iman dan akhlak org tu, cantiknya orang tu biarlah dari hati dia.

aku lebih suka kalau orang tu gembira dengan diri dia tanpa terlalu bangga-riak dengan keistimewaan diri dia atau obsess

Cicak yang Durjana

Semalam Emme ajak melepak di persisiran laut Queensbay Mall. Bes la makcik ni, sebab hobi dia makan, dan hobi aku pula makan bila diajak makan. Petang tu mmg indah la, cewah… bukannye wat apa pun, makan kuih2 dan ayaq kat batu-bata tepi laut queensbay tu jer, bersama rakan-rakan lain – nando, kak ilah, rash, dan adikku. Semakin lewat, smakin banyak angin-bayu senja lah tu kot.

Hmm sebenarnya aku pun tatau apa yang aku nak tuleh… haha…

but.. sbnarnya melepak tanpa tujuan selepas sehari bekerja ni mmg bes… sbb merilekskan diri serba sedikit lah. So kami pun bersembang, merepek,ketawa2 dan menyakat sesame sendiri. Bila dah konpem senja… berlari-lari anaklah kitorang ke queensbay mall itu dan menjalankan rukun islam yang kedua. Selepas puas melepak dan memenangi tmpt pertama di racing circuit Daytona, pergilah kami untuk makan malam di gold coast (bayan bay).

Bertapa di pondok feveret, dan waaaa angin pantai dia sunggoh lah bes. Ramai pulak malam itu, rupa2nya budak2 matrik kmpp… waaa ini sudah kira junior cycle ke berapa ntah :) sebelum pulang smpt lah kami interview bdak2 yang melepak bermain pasir pantai berdekatan pondok kami itu. Kelab bowling kata mereka… waduh2 , kmpp sudah ada kelab boling gituh, wuuu… gitu skali.

Setelah di drop kan di skul, daku bawak kete… dan bersama kak ilah dan adikku menuju ke tekun. Rancak aku bersembang dengan kak ilah, tidak ku sedar adikku menyebut “macam bee movie” berkali-kali…

Tiba-tiba aku terlihat cicak durjana muncul di hadapan bonet depan kereta ku, membuatkan aku terjerit kegilaan… kerana aku sememangnya menci dan takut dan menyampah dengan cicak – cicak sedunia.

Mereka berdua pun sudah ke-gabra-an kerana aku masih menjerit2 tanpa memberikan konsentrasi penuh pada pemanduan aku. Mencii!!!! Aku geliiii…. Menulis di sini… mengingat kembali juga buat aku menjadi geli geleman semula… berani itu cicak! Boleh dia memandang muka aku apabila dia sampai ke cermin depan itu.. berani sungguh ya! Akhirnya kerana kekeliruan yang melampau, cicak itu kamikaze lalu melompat dari bonet depan kete tersebut. Namun aku terus juga pull over dan turun untuk memastikan cicak itu betul-betul sudah kamikaze… syukurlah dia dah takdok…. Huuu.. mengggeletar aku dan hamper mau menangis aku di situ…

Sampai ati ko cicak.. hari ku yang indah diakhiri nightmare yang terbawa-bawa sampai ke mimpi selepas ku pulang untuk tidur… tidakk!!! Jgn ganggu idop ku lagi, cicak… !!!!

mesej ini disampaikan khas kepada cicak-cicak sedunia...

~ sekian terima kasih ~