27.07.2007 Zadey & Liana's Big Day!

woke up early today, at 7 just to make sure i had enough time to clean the house and get ready for zadey and liana's akad nikah ceremony (solemnization) at dewan perdana. i was feeling excited for them, after months of hard work preparing for the big day, it's finally here... and i remembered the conversation i had with zadey 3 years ago, "shereen, i'm going to get married before i'm 30!, i'm serious", see dey, i told you insyallah, in due time when you find the one, you'll know it and you'll be able to do so... you've waited for the last 29 years of your life for this right? and now every wish is granted.

we got there at 9:30 a.m. walked in and saw his whole family... i haven't seen his sister didi for almost 1 and a half years! it was great catching up with her and her husband alex. everyone looked excited, the hall was filled of anxious friends and family members, it was a beautiful morning, full of joy and smiles.

then zadey appeared! looking extremely dashing, in his white baju melayu, accompanied by his white samping with silver thread, songkok and not forgetting his bling-bling butang baju melayu. wow, i felt like i was about to get all teary, but don't worry this was happy tears for the both of them...




this was some of the barang hantaran (exchange of gifts) from zadey to liana...

made our way to the hall, was seated with didi and her family, then liana walked into the hall looking extremely stunning in her wedding dress! walking next to her beautiful mom. it was such a nice picture.



then the whole ceremony began with holy versus from the quran, and the taklik was read, and then it was time for zadey to do his part, accepting the offer that was made to him by the tok kadi. he was looking calm as ever, excited yeh dey!!





hehe, he did everything in one lafaz, alhamdulillah. you could see the whole room was filled with happy tears, i felt it to, especially after everything was signed and zadey went around to salam his parents especially his dad. oh gosh, i totally remembered that feeling when i went through it... (still do get tears in my eyes til today every time i think about it)

after all that, food was served, and it was pretty good. they served the usual nasi minyak with its lauk. i was excited to see rini & eleni! sweet baby, my goodness i so wanted to bite her, she's just so adorable trust me on this!! she hardly cries, she's extremely friendly with everyone... she's such a sweety.



congratulations you guys! we love you...

listening to: maroon 5, back at your door.

day 04, last day in jakarta

seriously, i think it was high time that all of us left jakarta, we were tired from the whole trip and we were getting sick! i think my brother had the worse, he was feverish, had headache and bad stomach ache. i think just that weekend he lost close to 3kgs. you go figure! haha, thank goodness we were all alright, my stomach is rough and tough.

anyway, we checked out pretty early just to make sure that we did not have to rush to pack up our stuff. we made our way to senayan city, walked around debenhams, the boys were still looking for their polo stuff (which by the way, i'm totally bored of already!) hehe... i was looking for things to buy for mom, walked around and saw the perfect top for her, it had leopard prints on it, the v neck of the chiffon top was decorated with beads, it was just elegant! i had to get it for her and i did. went round looking for more stuff for myself, but didn't find anything as amusing until i discover a shop by the corner which had the cutest t-shirts!

i got 2 for myself; one says "i'm in control (front)... all the time (back)" and the other one says "PLEASE BE SAFE, do not stand, sit, climb or lean on zoo fences. if you fall, animals could eat you and that might make them sick, thank you". adorable huh?



then waited for cikz, but we assumed that she was busy with meetings today. so we continued and walked around plaza senayan. we had our lunch, had coffee at jco, ate donuts, walked around a little bit more and then we called it a day. made our way back to the hotel and straight to the airport... we didn't want to get stuck in the jam and miss our flight!

all in all our trip was superduper fun! will have to plan another trip soon enough, once we've recovered from the trip, money and health wise!

day 03, in jakarta

yes indeed i'm absolutely late with the continuation of my jakarta trip story, but i have to tell you this week has been rather hectic for a full time housewife! well not that i'm totally tied down to my house work, just everything else around me - weddings, birthdays and etc(will get back to it later!)

for now i'm just going to continue bits and pieces the highlight/s of the trip.

jakarta, we arrived at aston sudirman by 6:00 and checked in, what a relief! we were pretty tired from the whole journey. got ready, to go out again cause chika was picking us up! she arrived about 7:00 or so, then we sat watched tv, chatted, and laughed at each other as usual, you know all the updates and stuff. then we left, headed for kemang for dins at dim sum festival after being absolutely full! we left the place and headed for coffee some where near by, so that malik could get his beer and we could have our coffees. just to make sure we let our stomachs settle the dins. the cafe was pretty nice and chic! love the concept, the menu had loads of spells from harry potter which was rather interesting for us.





we were there for an hour or so, then we headed to public to check out the night scene in jakarta. it's pretty different there in jakarta, its really expensive to get a table to yourself, as some told us that to have your own table in the hip clubs will cost you 5.000.000 and we're talking just a table an one miserable bottle! wow, talk about being expensive... we didn't open any table or what so ever, we just sat down and ordered our drinks, well individually. you the thing is, when i'm in jakarta i feel like i have the 'star-struck' feeling all the time. even if they're not actors or actresses, they look so good! they're all well dressed, beautiful and yes, it made me feel like i look like a maid! doesn't matter how well i put my make up on or what so ever, they had the whole package! the hair (yes, they go to saloon almost every weekend, the body, the skin, the dressing! it was just amazing!



after a couple of hours, we had to call it a night! we were rather tired, and my brother was unwell. cikz also had a wedding she was attending to in bandung, so yeah we did not want to occupy her whole night. rather that she goes home to get her beauty sleep, not like she needed any! hihihi.

we just crashed straight away after we changed into our jammies!

oh yeah the whole trip we were humming the ratu song, lelaki buaya darat. seriously after a while it just gets under your skin, thanks a lot malik!! that really screwed my head up.

day 02, of the weekend

Day 02 - Bandung/Jakarta


"good morning bandung"


this picture was taken out of boredom while waiting for malik! so yeah, the cam whores are always on high alert, ready and perky! *snapping away*

we got up early in the morning as we had planned to have breakfast at the famous kampung daun, we told dadan to pick us up by 8:30 a.m. checked out and made our way there, the ride to kampung daun would be unbearable for some. if you have extremely low tolerant of being in the car and you easily get car sick, this ride is not recommended for you. i was just sitting in the car enjoying the view, love looking at the beautiful fresh flowers, sold by the nurseries there. how i wish i could buy a couple of those plants, but i guess at the end of the day when it gets to the airport i could kiss it good-bye! the air that you breathe in bandung is so different from jakarta, i'm afraid that my plant might get suffocated. anyway, back to the journey... breeze, the hills, the clouds, everything was just pretty! like i said i love enjoying nature at its best.




this picture was taken at the peak of the hill!

finally we had arrived at kampung daun, only to learn that they only open for lunch by 11:00 a.m. we couldn't wait, for one some of us were already hungry, and the other is we had extremely limited time. however, since we were already there we might aswell just check out the area, the ambiance, and the facilities. so yeah, we walked inside... and we were in awe.




'look look, you even have your own private "rumah kampung" - hut'

how unfortunate, we could not eat there. however, that did not stop us, we made our way to another restaurant called 'sapu lidi'. it's just as good i guess...



'yes, the orang bandar had to open their shoes and slippers. we had to "bersila" on the hut to enjoy our lunch'

right after that hearty meal we had, we made our way to jalan riau another factory outlet area. i know i'm suppose to go all crazy and nuts! but however, i wasn't. even i was surprise. SHIT! this is not me, at all. i was tired and falling sick i guess. ah well... there's always the next trip!

by 1:20 p.m we got back to bandung shopping mall, and we walked in to the bakery to get something to munch, as i like to walk and not look where i'm headed, i took a really bad fall! yes, ladies and gents I FELL IN THE MALL! fucken hell. i didn't know which one i should indulge into, either the pain or the humiliation?!? any suggestions? well, should that happen to you, do let me know ok? think my bro and hubs was worried, but at the same time they were trying so hard not to laugh at that incident! think my face was extremely RED!! thank god there was no one that i knew in bandung, except for these 3 boys that i travelled with.

what a way to end the bandung trip. aside from me falling in the mall, the trip there was pretty enjoyable.

then we made our journey back to jakarta, will continue in the next blog. am, a little embarassed with the fell in the mall bit! later!

weekend in bandung

on the way to lcct, i was hoping and praying for our flight, god forbid that it gets delayed! that would just ruin our plans. thank goodness everything went according to schedule, except for the part where we had to go through some stupid turbulence (yes, in my case any sort of it pisses the living hell out of me!). but all in all everything went well.

got to soekarno hatta by 11:00 a.m. anxious to get ourselves to bandung, we headed straight to the ticket counter, only to learn that all the buses headed there was full except for the 2:00 p.m bus. okay fine, beggars can't be choosers! WHATEVER! we took it anyway. we had our first meal at bakso malang cafe, yes indeed some of you might want to translate that malang refers to hapless/unlucky, so i would suggest that you do not, and i repeat DO NOT translate everything you read when you're in indonesia. we enjoyed the first meal, as it was the bakso noodle with some mince chicken and as a side dish they provided the beef-balls in the tasty soup. your meal will have to go hand in hand with the famous teh-botol by sosro! yums!

finally it was 1:45 p.m. and we got on the bus, they're pretty punctual so we were happy. if you're thinking that you're going to enjoy the ride to bandung, by taking pictures of the country side, don't be deceived yeah! it's similar to our country side, the highway is only 2 lanes, and the never-ending amount of cars, ohh my goodness. its crazy! and after 3 hours poof you're in bandung! i have to admit the weather in bandung is just perfecto!





waited for the driver to pick us up, for about 30 minutes, all we wanted was just to check into the hotel, and get our asses straight to the factory outlet areas - dago! and so we did, however due to all the mumbo-jumbo (jam, checking into the hotel, the journey around, we only managed to shop for an hour an a half!) what the hell? so, at the end of the day i just had no mood to shop, maybe for a couple of things... hehe... i was hungry by 9, and i made sure the boys were also on the same boat! hehe, we had dins at this place called nyonya house or something, as we got there i was shocked, he's taking us for dins at a bakery shop? another what the hell? but as we walked into the shop, there was a secret passage, che wah! gila berangan. nah wasn't a secret passage, just a door leading us to this really chilled out place, the ambiance was really nice, relaxing.





we asked dadan, the guy who took us around in bandung, how is the night life there? he looked at us and said, kalo kamu suka dangdut inilah tempat yang paling bagus skali! hehe, cute huh? so for those who is interested in looking for those happening dangdut clubs, please book the next flight out to bandung! anyway after dins, we decided to call it a night, as we were seriously tired, smelly, and sleepy! so yeah basically that's the whole journey for the day.

had to scribble something!

i miss blogging, however i'm still tired and my mind is not working in its full capacity right now. i guess i'll just wait till it gets better (knocking my head now, telling it to wake up, we're in kl time, no longer jakarta time)... i want to be able to construct my words and sentences properly. think after my cup of coffee it should be okay. so yeah, thats all i have to say for now.

on the other team

ooh ohh twice in a row, woke up and had a chat with my girl friend again, but this time round it was pretty juicy! i asked her a couple of questions:

all celebrity related:

1. if you could marry one celebrity who would it be?
2. if you could have an affair with one who would it be?
3. if you could have a lesbian partner who would it be?

i shall not reveal her answers, but i think its pretty sick to be asking each other these questions early in the morning right? ah well, at least its okay for her she could sleep with a smile on her face. when we started talking it was approximately 10:30 p.m. there, in brasil. anyway, while we were talking, she got pretty upset by an article she came across!

it about Wentworth Miller, being GAY or playing for the other team!! are you freaking kidding me? to my dismay, i asked her to pass me the url, and she did! not that i'm trying to disappoint you girls who is oogling over this prison break heart-throb. i guess its a heart-breaking news for some. seriously. don't know how true this is but you can check out the "celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors!" at http://perezhilton.com/?p=194

i emphatize! i really do, its not that uncommon for you to get your hearts broken by the fact that your ideal man (a celebrity) turns gay or is gay, it's just a matter of time til some "funny" paparazzi decides to reveal it. i heart rupert james hector everett, but you know we just have to deal with the fact that he prefers the other team.

boo! i'm off, having lunch with a friend! *sob-sob*

listening to: grace kelly, love today and relax by mika.

the schedule for today

9:00 a.m.
the day started with a conversation i had with my girl friend shakhira who is currently away in brasil (envying you right now babes), and will be away for another 2 months. oh babes, i do do miss you. but am glad we managed to chat this morning!

11:00 a.m.
left for the gym, don't worry i'm not going to bore you with the gym regime! i don't want to be one of those.

1:00 p.m.
had lunch in berjaya-bangsar, yum. had noodle with some yong-tau-foo (don't know if i got the spelling right, but then again the spelling changes in every different shop i enter... so there you have it). izham had rice with the sambal daging, oh gosh that was extremely tempting, control your self shereen... seriously you need to chill! just sit down, shut up and enjoy your noodle soup. hubs waited till we were done with our lunch and then i had my dessert at delicious, he ordered his lunch.

i bumped into my childhood friend noreen, its been ages since i last saw her! maybe almost 10 years? yes we've been around but just unfortunate enough not to run into each other. it was pretty pleasant, she had to tell her boy friend how "naughty" we behaved while we were 12? or 13? haha, yes it goes way back!

walked around BV for a while, thank god i did not indulge... again... but i might have to do a pit stop just before i leave on friday.

6:00 p.m.
coffee with hadi & hani, then as usual the number just keeps on adding up! byron, nana and izham, and andy finally joined us at teh tarik place. for some apparent reason yesterday, the simplest food to cook "maggi" which was ordered by hani took them an hour and a half to prepare. and the rest of us who had ordered roti sardin, half boiled eggs, fried maggi, and nasi lemak - the more complex food came within minutes! poor hani, i reminded each worker twice to check on the maggi. ah well, finally when we were about to leave they sent her maggi and got it wrong, she wanted a plain maggi, without eggs and vegetables they got the eggs right, but still had the veggies in. pretty frustrating! but you got the good stuff home babes, you brought back the 'big apple' donuts. so yeay! right?

8:45 p.m.
left the curve, for some reason as soon as we came out, DAMN THE JAM! it was filled with cars, as usual we love to play the guessing game, so i said there's probably an accident at the end of the road towards the penchala link, hubs said almost the same thing except for the fact that malaysian loves to create their own bottle neck, from 4 lanes to 2 lanes and stuff. so yeah, that made a lot of sense. and finally when we got toward the end of the road, there was a road block! what the F***?? what was the bloody reason for having the road block there? it was creating nothing but havoc! oh gosh, i tell you... it was rather annoying; fortunately i wasn't driving, poor hubs. had to endure the silly jam...

a little progress

morning, i was rather bored so i had to find something to do, i started opening all the cupboards in the study/gym room and i saw that at least 1 of the cupboard was filled with my boxes. okay to be exact my shoe boxes! i could not identify which shoe was in which box. so that irritated me. then i took out each shoe, took pictures and i have decided i'm going to print it out and paste it at the end of the box. (yes, anal!) but i guess its pretty handy, when you're rushing and stuff... right? no? (never mind, it pleases me to see that everything is uniformed in the cupboard!)

after taking pictures, i got ready and headed to the gym. did my cardio for 30 minutes, and i managed to jog for 10 minutes, yeay that is such a great achievement for me. last i attempted to jog i could only do it for 2 minutes, sad huh? well, mind you i'm not trying to compete, i know some of you can do it longer and endure the pain... i'm just happy to see a little progress here. so don't mind me. more leg exercises, machine assisted of course... and a little bit more here and there, and i was done. had to warm down, i did not want to bare the pain after showering/sleeping! (it helps, trust me)

then we had lunch at dome-the curve, bought groceries at tesco and off to bangsar to sign some docs.

by the time i got home i was really exhausted! i needed my nap, even if it was for half an hour.

got up, and got dinner ready, sent hubs to the futsal center and made my way over to my parents. chilled for a while, played around with my fatty bobbins, and made my way to the futsal center again... we headed back home right after futsal. didn't even go for drinks, my comfy bed was already calling for me!

current mood: hyper
listening to: unafraid by oakenfold

told you its all about food!

woke up, felt good bout today. decided to take out all the ingredients to cook lunch. i set aside all the chopped garlic, capsicum, mushrooms, onions, sun-dried tomatoes, peeled the prawns, and cleaned the squid, as i got everything ready... and heated the pot filled with water, a dash of salt and oil, oh-gosh i had forgotten to grab another bag of pasta! damn! well all i could do was just to ask for a favor from my brother, thank goodness he was just sitting and watching tv at the hall. hubs was in the kitchen prepping for the fish that i dread and you can read all about it in my review about the sutchi!

the guys decided to eat first and then work out, so got everything ready and we dug in! however, i was in shock, this time round we had cooked loads of pasta and all but they managed to control their food in-take! impressive guys! cleaned the kitchen and joined the guys (hubs and izham) in the study/gym room. i was so tempted to join their work out routine (NOT!) free weights is at the bottom of the list for me. i'd rather do my cardio and all, but however i can't run away from it, i need to tone my "fatty arms" or best described as "my personal chicken wings!" haha. yes i'm not shy to admit. i just sat and surf the internet for more information on dubai, but this time round i got myself busy with the cars they had to offer in the market, and i kid you not it was a great "eye candy"... therapeutic.

right after i endured the work out session which wasn't even mine to begin with, i got ready for badminton. played badminton for an hour and a half, and we made our way to segambut, i had messaged cikz earlier to find out her dinner plans, she said she'd call me and we'd stick to the original plan of having late dins since she's stuffed with currypuffs and to-die-for CUP CAKES! so i thought why not, i'd probably just send hubs off and watch him play for half an hour or so, 3 minutes away from arriving at the segambut futsal centre, she called and as usual i panicked! haha, i don't like to make people wait. yeah so i stayed for 10 minutes, to watch the super sunday team. "yes, girls if you're interested to watch, this group is worth your time".

left segambut quickly, and i had prayed silently in my heart not to get lost while trying to figure out a way to get home. the last time i had used this way through jalan duta, with hubs asleep by my side i almost got us to ipoh. i could not repeat the same mistake as i had promised to meet cikz at bangsar village (BV) by 845 p.m. i just made sure i was looking at familiar buildings and VOILA i got myself out at hartamas, HOORAY!

okay i had like 20 minutes to shower, pick my outfit, dress up, put very little make up on as though it matters, and make my way there. oh yeah, i had invited hani, nana to join us for dins too! okay finally got there, and walked to marmalade in BV. saw cza standing outside the cafe, asked him if we were having dins there, he said nah we're eating else where cikz is here to buy the cupcakes, oh wait did i mention it earlier the icing was to die for? i think i did.

walked and made our way to alexis, and while we were walking, being typical girls we were talking about non-other than shopping! you know for shoes, and handbags. passed by the vincci, and we saw pretty decent looking things (ok, ignoring the fact that i saw this really dainty pumps, and bling-bling slippers! moving on.

alexis, met 3 of cikz's friends, ordered our food, and talked! as usual everyone was just racing to speak. got our food and waited for hubs and izham to join us, and so they did. they had their dinner and we joked around as usual, i had invited cza to dubai in november since timberland is performing! i sure hope this time round we'd be there for hols! and i can promise you it'd be a great one. "okay cikz and cza??!!" insyallah. let's work towards that okay.

finally dinner was over, and we had made our way to the carpark, kissed each other goodbye... it was sad, but i'm glad we'd be seeing you real soon hun! by friday that is.

then i got a call from cikz again, the conversation was exactly like this, "shereen, kamu di mana sih?? aku lagi ada the cupcakes with me, i bought it for you and hadi. are you in B1, B2 or B3? haha, and the conversation was really fast. they came down to pay for the tickets and she handed me those sinful cupcakes!

it was so sinful, yummy, and delicious that i could not even take a picture of it, we had eaten all of it!! woops, maybe the next time round... i felt so guilty eating it late at night, but not guilty enough to have another round of it the next day! ;)

(smiling sheepishly to myself, and dreaming for the next dessert session, maybe i'd go to bakerzin soon)... like tomorrow or something and obsess over a new dessert.

currently listening to: give it to me by timberland ft. nelly f and justin t! yes, give it to me... i want more of those cup cakesssss!! yummmmyyy!

i think, this weekend is all about food

the message beeped at 8 a.m. it was cikz asking us if we were up yet (how cute, yes we were up just tossing and turning). then we told her to make her way over, and so she did. i was pretty excited, it has been a couple of months since we last saw her, well to be exact it has been 3 1/2 months! right? instead of our usual routine of seeing each other every 2 weeks. we did not go according to the plan. haha. anyway, there was just so much to talk about... conversation went on and on from work to friends to social life to not having any life because you're stuck with work sort of stuff! just catching up.

then we left the house about 1040 a.m. made our way to p.j. picked malik up and made our way to FAM or some might call it subang ria. had brunch. cikz had missed all the malaysian food, she wanted to eat nasi lemak which she had, the list was pretty long, but she didn't in the end. dropped by my parents for a while, and made our way to shah alam, and back to parents. cikz finally met my fatty cat bobbins!



by the time we got back home, it was already 4 p.m. my goodness we were pretty tired so we just crashed. slept for an hour, woke up and made some malay tea cakes. okay they're not called cakes but cucur ikan bilis to munch for tea. then we left the house made our way to bangsar village, met wo, eryll, zaza, then piej and jj joined them for a while. then i made my way to megamall for a quick dins with in-laws.

today i had completed the circle in bangsar itself. haha. it was pretty crazy, finally i just decided to go home, i was pretty tired by 10. thought of going out to meet up with cikz and ceza but we were all on the same boat, we were TIRED!

so i stayed at home, hubs and the boys was out at jarrod and rawlins. i stayed and chilled with my boys "the miami ink" crew. i was just watching tv and i was in awe, they're really gifted, you just gotta love their artistic skills. slept right after.

listening to: trouble sleeping by corrine bailey rae, "the irony"... i did not have any sort of trouble trying to sleep.

limited time filled with activities

this week has been a rather hectic one for me, as i am in front of the laptop i'm busy doing some research for opportunities that dubai has to offer for work, and been sending out my resume to different companies; the position and department varies, from sales - marketing - employee relations - etc. (if you think we're crazy, don't worry we won't hold it against you, in fact a lot of our friends thinks it's really crazy, daring, doing this guns blazing).

i have nothing to say, except for if i don't do it now, i know for sure i'm going to regret this for the rest of my life. by the time i'm 40, i won't be able to do this, move to a different country to work, or raise my family... it would be crazy for me to leave then. so i might as well just take the risks now! :) right? (well, i hope i'm right...)

this week is also filled with birthdays and weddings, just a shout out to a couple of my friends Nadiah, Farouk and Rini "happy birthday darlings!" and to congratulate Athirah Sanusi & hubby, "welcome to the club sweets!".

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back to the daily activity, last night i received an impromtu job offer, as an emcee for an event at darby park, however it was tooo-and i mean really last minute offer, so i had to decline the offer. well that would've gotten me almost easy pocket money, but looking at the circumstances... damn had to let it go.

cooked for my in-laws (fish pie), and then met up with malik for a quick bite at delicious, it was just less than an hour. we had to make sure we were on the same page about the jakarta trip this coming friday! (can't wait)

home, then i messaged hani, dee, and the rest for coffee at teh tarik place, managed to meet up with everyone except for dee. hadi, andy, dd, hana, liana, and byron joined us. byron and my self were updating each other with the juicy details of dubai and abu dhabi. yes yes, in deed i am looking forward for my next trip. sat for about 2 hours or so, then made my way home.

hubs had prepared dins, we had spaghetti and watched tv, we were watching jamie oliver's show, which had a lot of information on his new garden (which i'm interested in, can't have his garden since i live in an apartment), it's not as exciting as his other cooking show - "pffft"!

i'm reading a new book now by Gordon Ramsay "the humble pie" got to say i love his writing style, so blatant about everything! it seems like nothing is edited, so raw full of all sorts of curses under the sun, but there is a reason why he is what he is today. a successful tyrant. :P

current song that i'm listening to: menghapus jejakmu by peterpan

my review on the sutchi

yesterday it was rather difficult for me to decide what to cook for lunch. as some of you would know i've given up on rice! (and proud to say i've been off it for at least 2 months, yes i do miss it) but i noticed that without rice i would be eating a lot lesser. you know malay food, there's just too many dishes (lauk) and its all the yummy ones (gulai lemak, curry, asam pedas, sambal ikan bilis) yumms... who could resist and only resort to one plate of rice for each serving! it was just my weakness. so instead of feeling guilty and bitching about it later, i might as well give it up all together. but mind you, i still do take those yummylicious dishes, but taking it in moderation. yes the things we do, not to put on weight!

anyway back to my dilemma, i decided to cook beef with black bean sauce and black pepper, and the other was fish fillet coated with batter. the fish fillet that we had gotten was sutchi (its called ikan patin in malay) - fresh water fish, which is a rather no no for me. i think it's an acquired taste. but since i'm going to cook it, i might as well eat it. right? wrong...

before i cooked the fish i think i must have washed it for like 15 times, just to get the smell off it, ok i achieved that, so i psyched my self up, maybe just maybe since i've washed the smell off it, the taste might be alright. so i marinated the fish with some lemon, mixed herbs, a dash of paprika, salt and black pepper. then coated it with the batter, and fried it.

waited for hubs, and got the table ready then... it was time to dig in!! so i did, but i started eating the beef first, and took my time with it, sub-consciously i was trying to avoid the fish i guess. then i took my first bite of the fish, hmm... it wasn't that bad... then another bite, cause i cut the fillet to bite pieces, made it easier for me to eat it... hehe, yes i'm such an anal.

i think after the second bite of the sutchi... i was feeling all kinds of nauseous. errghh, this wasn't my first attempt with this fish. i give up! if you can't get pass the fact that its fresh water fish, and you can't appreciate or acquire the taste, you might as well not. i'm not a big fan of "sashimi" but i rather eat those. to that extend! "don't say i didn't try... i really did"...

oh, i do have something to write about... finally

these past few days i've been cracking my head thinking, what in the whole world should i blog about. i'm actually still thinking, i'm just typing for the sake of having a new blog entry (pathetic huh?) can't help it though. i like the fact that i'm just blabbing away, even though i have no aim or objective for this particular blog. i would like to think that i have an author's block! "gila perasan right??" haha... author? nak tulis blog pun dah reconstruct my lines over and over again, if i were to write a book it will take me approximately 15 years i think!! :)

hehe, yes in deed i'm a nut case.


this month is filled with weddings in my calendar, from early july till the end of the month, you know how exhausting it is for us girls/women to decide on our attire. don't even get us started on the hair and all...

say if you had worn one outfit for the wedding you attended earlier this month, it is just forbidden for you to wear the same outfit at the end of the month cause you never know... you might see the same group of friends! GILA RECYCLE! haha, yes call me what ever you want to... "shallow", "gila babi", what ever that tickles your fancy, but that is, in deed the fact of life. and if you (a girl) happens to come across this blog, and disagrees... (who you kidding?) i'm sure you'll be agreeing with my statement.

you know the malay weddings in KL, first is the akad (solemnization) - signing the contract/sealing the deal/some might call it the death contract, "apa-apa lah yeh, it's so not, you don't know what you're missing. then you attend the wedding reception - at the hotel/house/halls/etc then it goes back to the clothes - baju kurung, kebaya, the butterfly tops, will be noticeable by your friends, "eh, isn't this the baju kurung you wore at... this persons wedding?"... then you give that look, you're usually talkative, but this time round, can't catch your tounge! damn... "alamak, malunya!!" so, in my case i like to spice it up a little, mixture of different tops with different (sometimes the batik sarongs don't even have to match the top)... with different accessories and VOILA! hopefully no one notices! haha... mission accomplished, baju re-cycled!

yes you see the dilemma that we women have to go through. and please don't tell me, that no effort is needed. :P i shall give you a long lecture on it! feel free to pass a comment on it... it'll be non-stop-bombardment on your ass!!!

fun-fundraising @ the zoo!

hey boys and girls, i think i have spoken to some of you regarding the project zoo-out! and for those whom i have not spoken to, check out the poster.



THE ZOO-OUT (not zouk-out!) PROJECT
D: 11th August 2007, Saturday
L: Zoo Negara KL
T: 9:00 a.m onwards

Mind you, this project is not only for the a-mi-nals (cause you're paying the entrance fee, etc), but the main purpose is to support the tuition of the Agathians Shelter!
To find out more about this project, log on to:
http://projectzoo-out.blogspot.com

Since i'm going to miss out on this opportunity (as i will be out of town), i thought you shouldn't have to! Cheerios people.

it's alive!

these past few weeks it has been such a drag when it comes to doing laundry, our washing machine just gave up on us. somehow, we managed just fine, parents offered us to send over the laundry. haha, yes gila pemalas but what to do? my parents love me! when i get my laundry all the clothes that needs to be ironed, will be done, everything is in order! but what i find annoying is that, i can't do it myself. hey okay i'm not that lazy la! (seriously, i'm not!! :P) finally, i expressed my frustration to hubs (vice versa). then we called the technician, he came over, took out some stuff, knocked here and there, and boom! ITS ALIVE!! my washing machine was working like a brand new one. hip-hop-hooray!

the next thing that i need to fix... is my microwave, oh wait! maybe it can't be fixed i might just have to buy a new one... (*hint*hint*) anyone?? haha. (yeah pushing my luck, can't hurt to try)

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had dins with hubs and bro at bangsar village @ fish and co. yums! we sat and we started talking about transformers again, i felt like we were 10... we got excited, we spoke about the characters, the producers, and the director - full of enthusiasm. i was glad they made the movie the way they did, not following the cartoon or what so ever, at least it wasn't as corny and cliche (plus point!). then after all that we left.

made our way back to my parents... i really miss mom, thank god she'll be back today and according to her she's got some new goodies for me!! yeay yeay (as i was thinking of her on the way back, she smsed me, such a great feeling).

talked to dad for a while, updated each other on the daily activities and such... i asked him if i could adopt 2 new cats! or even one... from spca, one is belon (male, 3 yrs old - spayed and vaccinated), the other one is ratu (female, 2 yrs old - also spayed and vaccinated). TEMPTED!

met up with d for coffee at coffee hut - the whole group... hadi, wo, piej, zaf, zane, nadiah, and many many more... d said star was coming down today for transit! hehe great timing!! at least we can meet up for a quick coffee yeah? anyhoo... by the time we got home, it was already 2. conversations we had varied from something silly to something serious to some dreamy ones... and the list just goes on and on...

oh ya, piej - thanks for the new shoeee!! woohoo... (me likey!)

just another outing

yesterdays outing was rather impromtu. decided to go to one utama for a movie. got tickets for die hard 4.0. the movie as all other die hard movies is filled with action and its pretty exciting to see how one character (bruce willis) saves the day from all the baddies! so yeah, after all the scene - in the apartment, the chase with the helicopter, the trailer, the f-22... and the lists goes on you can imagine that it was rather crazy right.

after the movie ended my stomach was already growling, got some groceries and then we decided to leave the mall. was suppose to go ss2, but it was stalled for a while... so we decided to head back to damansara, since i wasn't feeling that good. had dins at chef and brew, had the seafood indonesian mee and hubs had the grilled salmon. pretty yums! after dinner my throat was irritating me, got home watched the black donnelys... and took my pills... i didn't even finish one episode of it. hehe!

woke up feeling a lot better, i hate the feeling of almost falling sick... and you have to fight the "blegh" feeling!

yeeea yo!

i spent almost 2 hours in the kitchen today, i know that seems pretty long and all... but honestly its a great feeling! it's extremely therapeutic for me. well first you have to decide what you're going to cook, and then you have to prep before you cook. once you start the ball rolling its just smooth sailing.

we'll be having dins at in-laws place today, we decided to bring seafood pasta, chicken basque and i've decided to bring something extra smoked salmon with salad on pita bread. (shhh, it's a secret... even hubs doesn't know it yet!!) i like doing something extra, just in case... i don't like the feeling of not having enough food to serve all. so yeay, i was happily cooking and then i realized that i've been wanting to use my oven, but somehow since the last time we tried using it... we discovered that the oven is spoilt. BOO HOO! we thought we should get a new one, or call the technician over. but today my gut feeling was pretty strong on the fact that the oven might just work. so i switched it on, turned all the knobs, and waited for 10 minutes. VOILA!! IT WORKED!! woohooo... i was freaking excited.

you know you can do wonders with the oven... then i started thinking of the next up coming menu:
1. leg of lamb
2. roast chicken
3. baked pasta
4. cakes, cookies, creme brulee (which i have been dying to make)
and more...

i was excited, and i just thought i should share.

listening to: play your cards right by common f. bilal

snapping out of it

130-230 p.m.
had lunch at delicious or de-lish which ever tickles your fancy. lunch was good, but my goodness i was getting annoyed with the table next to ours, seriously if you would want to spend quality time with your friends, please keep the story between the two of you. some people are just so oblivious to their surroundings. i don't need to know what you've been doing, who you've been seeing and all. we were slowly losing our appetite having to hear this two ladies speaking to each other! BLUEK!

245 p.m.
had to take a passport photo, which i REALLY HATE, no matter how great the make up is, or how great my hair looks like after going to the saloon, i still look like, "hmmm... orang minyak" that's what i like to call it. i just hate taking passport photos. some people are gifted they're photogenic, they look superbly fabulous. kudos to you! but for me this calls for another BLUEK session. (puke!)

6-8 p.m.
made our way to segambut, hubs had his friendly game (a re-match to be exact). just before the game started, they realized that they had no subs (that can't be good right). the semangatness will definitely disappear! then it started. as usual when i'm watching i don't know why but i get extremely nervous... and for what? i'm not playing, i'm not going to get substituted, i'm not the team manager! but it's every time i tell ya!!

linda sat with me, and we started commenting on the game (mind you, we can't play fulsal as well as they can. but after a while you sit and watch i guess you're able to see who's good, and who's just pretending to be good!) gila poyo.

but as i sat there watching them play (i felt a lot better... as i expressed my heart and soul... oklah maybe not heart and soul but yeah you get the jist that i was pretty down) i was giggling and chatty.

the guys won the game 5-4, they were pretty happy... and then we left.

830-1030 p.m.
arrived in ss2, we were really hungry so we ordered first. dee had arrived right after, then hadi and hani... and lastly my bro. we sat and updated each other with the latest haps! oh gosh, we learned that we were on the same page about an individual. nevermind, not going to repeat it, it'll just make us lose our heads, and hani will start "roaring"! and she'd want to "SNAP" somethings... (i'll leave it to your imagination ok?)

anyway, ordered the food, we ate, and chat, and shared food, and ordered more drinks, and laughed at each other. oh yeah, i did mention that i was going to note down the fumbles again... it's just fun doing so. sorry yeh!

fumbled words:
the actor in the duplex "benzziller" (ben stiller)
can you "paath" (pass) the death note to...

like i said, slowly but surely i just need to get the groove back! thanks abang and dee for the comments! (oh dee, if you're wondering i do talk to my self... pretty frequently! haha but i'm not a nut case... seriously...)

listening to: buat ku tersenyum by sheila on 7

drowning...

been acting strange, i'm not as jovial as i'd like to be. i don't know what is really bugging me. you see the thing is i'm quite a chatty person, and i'm usually happy go-lucky, but i don't know why these past few days i've been feeling down (all is well with hubs, family and friends) i wish i could point towards the main reason or source.

my head is spinning...

i'm all about the smiles and giggles, but today it was rather obvious. i didn't talk as much, i was pretty snappy, i get agitated easily. honestly, i hate this feeling. i need to snap out of it.

while i was driving yesterday, i was trying my very best to ask myself why am i feeling this way... it's still unanswered, maybe i have a lot of uncertaintees in life for now. i long the feeling to belong, stability with work, but not looking for one here...
the environment and almost everything else is just cluttering my thoughts, i no longer can look for my peace and quiet here, i don't feel at ease.

still i don't understand why... i shouldn't indulge into this, it's just not me.
i'm hoping and praying silently...

i will find the answers that i seek...

slowly but surely

listening to: stronger than me by amy winehouse

transformers

oh i left out our movie outing on saturday night, it was fan-effing-tastic. saw transformers. highly recommended to all.

kudos to michael bay!

there goes the weekend

almost every sunday is dim sum day for our family. we'll make excuses to get our selves to klcc to meet at spring garden. mom says she wants to go there to shop in i-setan, dad will say he'll have to pay the bills at citibank and he wants to check out books at kino, my bro will say he doesn't mind checking out the sony shop, hubs likes checking out the sporting goods, and as for me i love walking/window shopping and shopping there... seriously can't give any better excuse!its pretty often that we're there, i think we should buy some shares in the company!

right after, mom and i walked around for a bit, and i had to leave right after... we had malik's lunch with us, now we wouldn't want him to starve now, do we? (hmmm, that's a thought! haha, nah he knows we love him too much)

once we're done with the barter trade, we got home and got ready for badminton. as usual on sundays there's only a few of us, but i still wanted to play since i didn't get to play enough on saturday. when we got there we learned that our bookings were screwed! haha, we just decided to pick a name from the list and take over the slot, the sucky thing is that we only got to play for an hour plus. damn damn damn.
then mom messaged wanted to have dinner together but had a massage session, so she cancelled (last min.)

we sat outside the court, laughing away, and made plans... farouk, zadey and liana wanted to come over to watch f1 and have dins together.

got home, prepped everything and cooked seafood pasta, mushroom soup, and fish with infused chilli. liana brought "rojak buah" yumm. gotta love those crunchy char-kuay! so we indulged! we had fruits for dessert - lychees,oranges and apples.

f1 results: ferrari 1(kimi)/2 (massa), mclaren 3 (hamilton). well some days you win, some days you lose... best at least one of the drivers for mclaren maintains being on the top 3.

this is a test

woke up pretty early today, as i slept at 10 last night :) (totally refreshing, i tell ya). received a message from mom, and i made my way to their place to hang out with them before i make my way to brunch with the guys. my bro jumped into my car, and he got pretty excited with my music selection! YEAH! see abang, i'm not only into rap/hiphop/cheezy music i can appreciate pop/alternative/rock/indie too. you under estimated my taste, and for that i'm going to torture you, i'm not going to pass the songs you like! HAHA, take that!!... (okay, kidding)

brunch at kanaa is always fulfilling, as the food is super yummylicious! well okay, it's a mamak, they serve roti canai/telur/mee/banana leaf rice/with extremely superb fried chicken/fried mackerel and fried squid (or some might call it calamari. its the same thing).

the guys, amir and farid was already there when bro and my self arrived. i was smiling (sheepishly) - yes malulah! we were late by 20 minutes! i'm not usually late as most of you would know. then hubs and zadey arrived... then malik. it was really fun hanging out, all we do is just piss each other off! but that's how we express love towards each other. apparently, the harder you get hit, the more you're loved. and if you get flipped, that means you're loved too! haha, well at least with them.

had to rush off to check some kitchen appliances in ss2, then dropped bro and hung out for 15 minutes, and made my way back home through the god-damn-horrendous-jam! what is wrong with everyone today? why did they have to use LDP? argh, see now i'm stuck on the same road, and i really hate driving here. i get really frustrated/angry/pissed and my mouth would just not stop cursing! TRUST ME!
it's suppose to be really relaxing to drive, enjoy the roads, scenery and the environment... well it doesn't work for me.
(so instead of getting angry, i called hani bani, i wanted updates from her since i left early from o.u. yesterday, so she updated me. i was pretty furious. how dare he? (someone who looks so innocent, yet so deceiving!). well we've heard bits and pieces about this particular individual, and the story behind it really confirmed it, right bani?

after half an hour...

...i got home, finally.