will you think of me?

Back in warm sunny NZ!
Two tones darker, thanks to the scorching hot few months back home and my "buy-only-never-use" sunscreen. Seven kgs heavier. Nah.. I'm not talking about my hand luggage on the flight. It's me, I am 7 kg heavier now, thanks to yummy fatty oily food I feasted on when I was home, finally putting me into normal BMI zone, my greatest achievement in my weight management! Yeayyyy!! You there, now you can't say that I weigh less than 3 magpies! That will not last long though... I foresee that I'm gonna lose a few kgs in days without having to run/jump/sweat or ingest slimming pills.

I've moved into a room in a fully furnished 4-bedroom flat. Getting two nice younger ladies as flatmates, the fourth room is still empty. Nice flat but I have one problem. I have things/junks that can fit into the whole flat, and not into just one room. How larrrr.... I hate unpacking!

Besides that, so much thing to settle: visa renewal, car registration, my registration, insurance, paying this paying that.. oh I'm so gonna be broke in less than a month.

My apology to friends that I said I'd meet/call/text but end up not doing any of that. I'm sorry. Even to those I got to meet, my apology for not saying goodbye properly. We'll meet again, next time, ok.. Insya Allah.

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Someone asked me why do I like to put music videos on my blog, the answer is because I like these videos/songs. It is mainly for my own entertainment so I don't have to go searching on youtube everytime I wanna watch listen to it! In May last year I put up Dixie's "I'm not ready to make nice" (yes, that grammy song of the year!) video and I end up watching it on my own blog for like 20 times in a day! :)

Now here's another one that I know I'm gonna play over and over again.

*Someday I'm gonna run across your mind

Don't worry coz I'll be fine

I'm gonna be alright*

Ubi: I luv you Keith!

gave in to temptation...

If you know that you could not take such and such food when you were a kid, don't ever assume that you can actually take it now when you're OLD.

I just made that mistake.

I'm all red... fried prawn red.. itchy all over.. dizzy.. tummy ache + diarrhea.

Just because I'm so gatal to try that super pedas tomyam kung @ S3cret R3cipe.

I can't eat king prawn.

My stupid mistake... *bang head.. scratch .. scratch*

you are my sunshine

Afiqah & Adibah

On the phone:

makcu.. Ibah dengan Ikah nak cakap dengan makcu
ha... nak cakap apa.. cakap lah..
bukan macam ni.. Ibah dengan Ikah nak cakap dengan makcu depan makcu.. kat rumah tok! makcu balik lahhh...


Girls, I miss you all too! so very much.....


*Please sedekah Al-Fatehah to the twin's grandpa (my bro-in-law's dad). He passed away peacefully yesterday morning.

valentine... I'm in love! (yeah, riteeeee! :P)

I’ve never celebrated Valentine’s day with anyone from the opposite sex. I celebrated it with girls. No, I’m not a lesbian lah! I only started to know that they have this thing called Valentine’s Day when I was in form1, in an all-girl-boarding-school. Ye la kan, I orang kampung.. mana tau valentine-valentine ni kan.. kat TV pun takde valentine promo masa tu..

Valentine's Day was almost like a whole school celebration back then, well at least in our hostel. We had love song dedication on our PA system, class/club reps selling cookies & chocs & roses to the girls to send to their loved ones; i.e. to the pet-sis, toeng, bestfriends, etc. from girls to girls! We also had ‘singing telegram’ where the school’s songbirds were sent to your dorm/room door to sing the dedicated love tunes to you. Those are the only 5 years I did write something on valentine cards, most of the time my own handmade cards. To me, valentine was about friendship. I don’t remember buying/making/writing/getting any Val’s card ever after I left school (smses/e-cards don't count ;)

Although I'm not celebrating it, to those celebrating love on Valentine’s Day.. enjoy the day!..

photo from flickr

or if you’re anti-valentine..(oh you sourgrapes!).. this one is for u!

hehehe....

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Finally, a special dedication to a long-lost dear friend of mine – TING!
I’m so glad I found you again!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear!
Can’t wait to see you! *Hugs & kisses*

Ubi: hmmm.. chocs and roses would be nice.. *dream on*

Night on a bus.

We are in visit Malaysia year, right? So we want to attract tourists, rite??? Riteeee!

Come see how our public transports perform.

At ticket counter I asked how many stops the bus would make. It was a journey from JB to Alor Star, too many stops would take ages. I was told that the bus would only stop twice for meals/toilet breaks and at Butterworth and Sg. Petani. The lady @ the counter specifically told me that the bus would not enter KL city. So I thought, ok. Save sometime there.

I said ok. Go ahead, one ticket for me. She said RM60 please. I paid. Few seconds later they give me the printed ticket. Written there the fare is RM56. I asked, why here is rm56? Memang harga dia rm60 kak. I asked twice and received the same answer. I was damn tired…not in the mood to argue. I thought I might call up their main office later and ask why. (I didn’t have my phone with me then!).

The bus was scheduled to depart at 8.30pm. ‘You should be on the bus 10 minutes before departure time’ written on the bus ticket,.

I was waiting at the platform 18 as I was told 15 minutes before 8.30pm. The bus was still at the parking lot. Not at the platform they told me to wait at.

8.38pm. The bus drove a little closer to platform, but not at the platform. Had to walk in the rain to get to the bus. The driver opened the door for me to board..

Got on the bus, gave one half of the ticket to the bus driver.

Found my seat. Tried to make myself comfortable.

15 minutes passed.

The bus was still on the same spot.

After twenty minutes, the driver turned the VCD on. there’s an LCD display right infront of me. But the position only allowed me to see shadows. It was an 80’s Malay comedy starring mr.Os that I could not find anything laughable.

Bored.

After half an hour. The LCD display went blank.

The bus was still on the same spot.

5 minutes later, some images popped on the screen again.

It was the ‘Night at the Museum’, obviously from a pirated VCD, with hilarious malay subtitles.

Museum is losing money
Muzium akan menghilangkan wang

Very cool!
Sangat sejuk

Hey, it’s me, so.. I got a job
Hey.. ini ialah saya. Supaya… saya dapat satu kerja.

You’ll be fine
Anda akan denda..

I guess that’s another reason why you should not watch pirated VCD/DVD and if your kids depend on subtitles to understand the movie, never let them watch it. They’ll get terribly confused!

That went on an on for 15 minutes. And again, the screen went black. I guessed the drivers were on show-them-15-mins-of-everything-mood.

Radio turned on. It was hot fm.

Checked my watch. It was 10.00pm.

The bus was still on the same spot!

One and a half hour of waiting.

The bus finally depart at 10.03pm

9 minutes later…. I thought it was supposed to be a smooth non-stop journey, they stopped to fill up the fuel. (Whattttt? Aren’t you supposed to fill up before you pick up your passengers?). Nope, they were not filling up the tank, the driver stopped to get his ciggie pack! Oh yes, tobacco co should take them to be spokesperson.

1.35am
Liar liar!
The bus did get to KL city and stopped at Puduraya. Although it took only a few minutes, they still get into KL city and stopped!

"Good" service, ain’t it?

illegal

scarred

It’s ok if there’s no one there to catch your fall,
Just get up slowly, take your time
Clean your own bruises and cuts,
They will heal… soon they will..
Just be strong, dear heart.

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I always luv Shakira's songs, be it the hip & butt shaking type or love ballads like this one. Oh, while at it, please take note of the message, guys: it is illegal!

Who would have thought
That you could hurt me
The way you've done it
So deliberate, so determined

~It should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart~

Ubi: arghhh... tummy ache!!

Girls

Music Video Codes

Girl - Destiny's Child

Take A Minute Girl Come Sit Down
And Tell Us What's Been Happening
In Your Face I Can See The Pain
Don't You Try To Convince Us That You're Happy (Yeah)
We've Seen This All Before
But He's Taking Advantage Of Your Passion
Because We've Come Too Far
For You To Feel Alone
You Don't Let Him Walk Over Your Heart
I'm Telling You

Girl, I Can Tell You've Been Crying
And You Needing Someone To Talk To
Girl, I Can Tell He's Been Lying
And Pretending That He's Faithful And He Loves You
Girl, You Don't Have To Be Hiding
Don't You Be Ashamed To Say He Hurt You
I'm Your Girl, You're My Girl, We're You're Girls
Want You To Know That We Love You

See What You All Don't Know About Him
Is I Can't Let Him Go Because He Needs Me
It Ain't Really Him It's Stress From His Job
And I Ain't Making It Easy
I Know You See Him Bugging On Me Sometimes
But I Know He Be Tired He Don't Mean It
It Gets Hard Sometimes
But I Need My Man
I Don't Think Ya'll Understand
I'm Telling You

Girl, Take A Good Look At Yourself
He Got You Going Through Hell
We Ain't Never Seen You Down Like This
What You Mean You Don't Need Our Help?
We Known Each Other Too Well

*Ubi - Girl, if you need to talk, you know my number.