Good Reads and Birthday Party
October 11, 2009 at 10:21 pm | In Birthdays, Family | Leave a Comment
Today, I went to my cousins’ birthday party – a pair of loving sisters who, despite being born on different years, share close dates with each other.
So this morning, with the bad habit of buying gifts at the very last minute (most of the times), went down to White Sands in search of the birthday gifts. Oh my God, looking for two gifts for a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old who are sisters is no easy task man.
Factors I had to take into consideration were:
- Size of gift must be the same with each other (otherwise one sister will be wondering ‘How come my gift is smaller than my other sister?’, then she will hate me forever.
- What they like
- Buying something that they will not throw everywhere
- Costs about the same for each
Of course, I am Ikhlas in buying those gifts. I just didn’t expect it would be this challenging. Hah. After an hour in Popular Bookstore, I got what-to-me-seemed-like-a-perfect-gift for both girls. Heehee. Damn impressed with myself.
After which I decided to drop by the library one level below, because it had been AGES since I stepped into that place. And I ended up with two awesome books. Malay books.
Haha. For someone whose Malay language is deteriorating, I am surprised as to how I even ended up at the Malay section in the first place.
AND AND, I went home with a Cup Walker in my right hand. *grins at Farha* I even did a mini-promotion to my Uncle who came from JB and he said it tasted so nice, knowing that he shouldn’t be drinking those things in the first place. But I made him. Hahahaa, evil me.
Anyways, I went to my cousins’ birthday party in the afternoon and I didn’t take much pictures because:
1) There were many people in the house.
2) The battery was going flat. *stares at Tok*
3) The birthday girls were running everywhere! (That I only managed to take a photo of one. -_-”)
But at least it was a great place to be at because it gave us a chance to catch up with my paternal relatives and meeting new people. =)
With that, Happy Birthday to Aufa and Ain Nur, study hard and be good always!
Height Issues
October 1, 2009 at 2:08 pm | In Family, Random Thoughts | Leave a CommentI wanted to blog about one of my cousins who has grown up way too fast that now he’s as tall my my brother and he’s only 17.
Then…. I realized that I am shorter than almost everybody around me. Pffft.
Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2009
September 21, 2009 at 2:18 pm | In Family, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to my family, relatives and Muslim friends! Finally my brain felt like churning out a blog entry, so here I am.
Hope everybody’s Hari Raya has been great. I am happy enough that some people still give me them duit raya… *muka tak tahu malu* My cousin who gave me duit raya said that I still qualify, because I’m not married yet. Soooo… kalau gitu, I don’t want to get married la. Can? Haha.
Well, let me tell you, initially the mood for raya was nowhere near me nor was it even in me, on the eve of raya. I didn’t even know how I became a klutz lately, that on the eve of raya, I knocked my knee real bad against the edge of a table, that it developed a bump. Sakit oi.
Then morning of raya came… Did the necessary stuffs and off we went to my paternal grandparents’ place. I fell in love with this marble cake (picture will be uploaded in FB) – even my brother fell in love with it. Macam nak pergi balik sane sekarang nak makan lagi. Haha. *Muka tak tahu malu again*
After that we departed for JB. With the kampung scent, the natural environment…. best nye… But the mosquitoes ALWAYS have to spoil that syiok feeling. Speaking of which, I woke up this morning with swollen eyelids because the nyamoks bit them. I guess they ran out of other options, because I was well-covered by the blanket, that only my face was exposed. But seriously, find someone else! Asyik aku je yang kena. Pffft.
I also had a memorable moment, which was to drive around in my cousin’s car, from one kampung to another! Kereta auto beb, kereta cute pulak tu… nak drive lagi!!!
And after a day and a night in JB, here I am, back home… with still-swollen eyes, runny nose, and sore throat, souvenirs from JB. Photos will be uploaded in FB soon, sabar je la ye.
In the meantime, SELAMAT HARI RAYA, Maaf Zahir dan Batin!
So I should participate in RYC because…
September 4, 2009 at 5:12 pm | In Family | Leave a CommentBro: KAK!!!! Join RYC laa! Why you don’t want to join RYC?
Me: Why should I?
Bro: Because…. there’s meeee…..
Me: *rolls eyes* And then….?
Bro: Then there’s meeee….
Me: And then?
Bro: Then there’s meeee….
Me: And then?
Bro: Then there’s youuuuuu…
Haha… trust me to even layan him in the first place. But it ended up with a good laugh and fun though. It is was one of those wasteyourtimebutallingoodfun type of conversation. =)
He’ll be off to Tekong in less than a month’s time. =(
Beginner’s Lesson
August 23, 2009 at 5:09 pm | In Family, New stuffs | Leave a Comment
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It’s the second day of fasting, the 3rd day of Ramadhan, and I feel that there’s a hikmah behind having the first day of fasting to fall on a Saturday.
I say so because it is the weekends that I am available at home, and it has given me the opportunity to cook a few dishes for breaking fast, if not just helping my mum with the cooking.
Today’s menu is barbequed chicken and my mum took the chance to teach me how to slaughter the chicken. (All this while, I only cut chicken fillet into smaller pieces, never chopping a whole chicken into smaller parts, so imagine my anxiety, I was praying so hard inside that I wouldn’t vomit.)
I already felt pity for the chicken when my mum showed me the first step – chopping off its head. I couldn’t even look at it, even though it was already dead. Then she showed me the subsequent steps.
I was not eeked out by the trans-fats, because I was more than happy to get rid of them. I was not eeked out by the blood that oozed out when you accidentally cut through the bones, when actually you were aiming for the joints. I was not eeked out by the small heart that was dangling inside (but eventually it fell off). I was not eeked out by the fact that we have to massage the chicken inside out (I treated it as a thankful gesture for letting us humans eat it, heh).
BUT…
I was eeked out when my mum oozed out something she called ‘oil’ from the chicken’s backside. I didn’t know chicken backside stored oil! Now for that part, I almost wanted to vomit and give up. Seriously!!! It looked like you are bursting a pimple, except that the chicken backside actually oozed out a lot more of that yellowish stuff… EEEEEEEW.
It was really difficult for me to believe that it’s oil, simply because it came out from a backside! But at the same time, I didn’t want to allow myself to think that it’s shit, otherwise I would ban chicken from my diet altogether. (Now I know why my brother has the similar mindset towards prawns.)
And that was only a demo from my mum. In fact, she bought two chickens, so that I could have my own hands-on for the second chicken. Everything was ok, until I had to do the backside. *shudders*
I had no choice but to overcome the fear because she said sooner or later I am going to have to do it myself. Buying a pack of ready chicken parts is much more expensive, than buying a whole chicken and cut it into smaller pieces ourselves.
Thankfully, I did not faint in the process. I think I would do it again, when my family feels like eating chicken. Haha.
Selamat berbuka semua! 
Me and My ‘Nutritionist’
August 10, 2009 at 7:46 pm | In Family, Love | Leave a Comment
My conversation with Jamie-Liyeh (Jamaliah aka J)…
J: By the way, do you know that only 1% of the water you consume comes out as urine?
Me: SERIOUSLY?! Then where does the 99% go to?
J: To your body la! Then what, evaporate is it?
Lol! I have funny friends. It’s either that, or I have wonderful friends who tolerate my nonsense. =)
And again…
August 7, 2009 at 6:50 pm | In Family | Leave a CommentMy brother and I had a silly conversation last night while watching tv. He was talking about this pair of shorts, which I can’t seem to remember what it’s called now, so let’s just use a temporary name – VUB (stands for Very Ugly Bottoms. You’ll know why later, if you have the same taste as me. Haha).
Bro: Kak, what do you think of VUB?
Me: Huh? What the hell is a VUB?
Bro: You don’t know what a VUB is? Tsk. It’s like a pair of shorts, made out of denim, but only guys wear it. (See? Ugly right?)
Me: SERIOUS?!
Bro: Yeah. You haven’t seen one?
Me: No! Why? You wear one is it? Omg, you’re gay!
Bro: No la! But I have seen one…
Me: Omg! You look at guys who wear VUB? You’re gay!
Hahahaha… Come one guys, my brother’s not gay. I just love making him roll his eyes at me (his sign of being irritated). Haha.
Why you…
July 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm | In Family | 1 CommentLast night when my brother and I was walking to Simei MRT from Changi Hospital…
Brother: It’s strange eh, how we are siblings, but we do not have any resemblance. Like my friends, they have resemblance with their other siblings.
Me: Of course we don’t have any resemblance. I’m much better looking.
*He pretended to puke.*
*Me rolled eyes.*
After we literally ran UP to the MRT platform, so that we wouldn’t have to wait for another torturing 6 minutes for the next train… We succeeded in catching the train.
Me: *running out of air*Oh my God… I almost died running ok!
Brother: Why didn’t you?
-_-”
A Movie Night Out with the Brother
July 10, 2009 at 10:39 pm | In Family | Leave a CommentLast Thursday night, my brother and I went to watch Ice Age 3 at EHub… After that….
That’s only going out for a movie, mind you. Thank God, I have a family member who loves cam-whoring as much as I do. Unfortunately, last year’s hari raya, we did not own a digicam (all the photos above were taken using the newly digicam our dad bought for our mum’s birthday… lol, spot the irony?), otherwise if we choose to print them all out at a photo shop, I think the printing machine in that shop all tak boleh angz.
So as you can see, we ended the whole day off by taking a photo which looks as if I was stealing a bicycle. Actually, the bicycle belongs to my neighbour.
HAHAHAHAHAH. Ade basikal sendiri, ambik gambar dengan basikal orang lain. Sort dot betol.
Oh well, the hilarious thing was that we were trying to control our laughter as hard as possible (because we already laughing macam orang giler in the lift up) and I tried to pose macam orang nak curi basikal… which I guess, the pose wasn’t convincing enough eh?
I doubt my neighbour reads my blog (because she’s an old auntie, her children seem like the career-minded sort, and her grandchildren are still toddlers). But if she DOES - Auntie ah, sorry ah… I just play play only. My bicycle nicer than your one. I don’t want to steal your bicycle. Sorry ah.
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