this and thats...

Saw this while walking around the small village reserve...

Hi Bill... I love the place too!

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"Di suatu senja semusim yang lalu.. ketika itu hujan rintik...."

People normally think that women tend to remember anniversary dates and birthdays. I think it is not that the ladies are putting much effort 'to remember' the dates... I kinda believe that it is our innate ability. We ladies (not all) can detect certain 'anniversaries' without knowing/remember the date of events.

The proof - one day, I've been asking myself why the hell I had certain someone appearing in my mind so many times on that same day. I was very sure that I neither dug my dirtpile of memories nor rummaged through old photos. While checking on some other stuff, I accidentally found notes of things that connects to certain place on certain date. laaaaaa..... ulangtahun tak penting macam tu pun otak ni ingat. pftttttttt.... my memory stores loads of rubbish! *sigh*.

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NZ celebrated Guy Fawkes last weekend. Ape lagi, I pun tumpang sekaki buying fireworks while they were on sale. They cut the sales period from about 2 weeks in previous years down to just 4 days this year.


I brought my 'explosives' to my friend's place, kononnya to let her kids have some fun with fireworks. It was the kid in me who was more excited to play. Budak-budak tu lepak aje...

Bahan letupan yang dah tinggal half. Choosing the next one to burn.
I lurve the 50 shots missile!
MamaRock, you were in my thoughts when I bakar these things :)

It was a very windy night, the fountain fireworks ended up like this!

Fireworks show at New Brighton Pier on the following night. It was freezing cold out there on the beach. Beku!! There were raindrops on my camera lens when the show started.

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SPM will start tomorrow. My three nephews, yang dulu I basuhkan berak, salinkan nappies & buatkan susu are now handsome young gentlemens. They will sit for their papers tomorrow. I pulak yang risau lebih... Irsyad, Azahan & Muhaimin, you guys do your best! Makcu will pray for you.

jambangan

I...

love...

...Gerberas!

Thanks to our lovely guests who brought this beautiful bouquet to our flat.

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I had a freaky dream last night. I was chosen to be the first angkasawati! *ROTFL* I swear, at the rocket launching, I was thinking "sape lah yang bodoh sangat pilih aku naik ke bulan ni?" Yes, I love the moon, but picking me as an astronaut? *ROTFL sampai pengsan*

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He came to me when he saw me working in our studio one weekend, he looked concerned and said,


"Eh, tadi Z pinjam motor aku, dia kata nak gi dating kat Perak. Kalau dia gi Perak, kau buat ape kat sini?"

"La.. kalau dia nak gi dating, takkan aku nak ikut"

"Habis tu dia dating dengan siapa? bukan kau ke awek dia?"

"Hishhhhh.. bila masa la aku jadi awek dia, awek dia kat Perak"

"Laaaaa bukan ke?"*tepuk dahi*

That was Sheikh, he had no qualm in lending his big bike to his friends who then own kapcais. (CD, if you're reading this, laki kau pinjam motor dia la pegi bercinta dulu-dulu!) And like others who did not know me well, he thought I was my best buddy's girlfriend.

I did not know Sheikh well, we only exchanged hi and bye and short chats in our Studio 100. I was shocked when a friend informed me, he was that Sheikh who passed away yesterday, he was the astronaut's brother.

Rest in Peace, Sheikh Mustafa. *AlFatihah*.

Condolences to his family.

When the Moon Kisses Town

.moon. syawal.1428.

Move along now, don't look behind
There's nothing to forget, let it lie
Move on now and don't turn around
When the moon kisses town

When the Moon Kisses Town - Fool's Garden

demam

.langit petang. Cashmere.

Finally, after a cold bath, followed with a bag of ice on my head, paracetamols & aspirins, I felt a lot better tonight. Amazingly my appetite was ok, fed myself yesterday's nasi minyak leftovers. Worse colds and fever this time compared to the last time I had flu... luckily after enough dose of analgesics, I managed to pull myself out of bed for some raya do at open houses all around Christchurch on Saturday and in this small rural uni town on Sunday. For yummy food & great company, sakit tak sakit, jalaaaaaannn!!!

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The Springboks won the Webb Ellis Cup again after 12 years. I didn't watch it the whole game, I turned the tv loud enough to be heard from my kitchen while I kacau my beef rendang and tried to remember what Mak put in her special nasi minyak. The next World Cup will be in NZ, but I will not be here anymore. Boleh start booking ticket to NZ from KL in 2011 tak? hehehe

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Ramai yang tanya.. aku marah siapa in the last post. Well.. bukan sesiapa yang ku kenal melalui blog. To cut the story short, aku dah tak marah. Dah tutup buku. Cuma suatu ketika tu aku kecewa lah sangat dengan sikap Dia. Tapi tak payah lah ku ungkit. Akhirnya, di satu majlis lewat minggu lalu, setelah kulihat dengan mata kepala sendiri kehadiran mereka berdua dan aku pasti aku tak rasa sakit apa-apa kat rusuk ke, hati ke, jantung ker, tak der pulak detik jantung aku nak tertinggal satu degupan (skip a beat? boleh gitu? hehehe), aku pasti aku dah tak marah pada Dia... maka kuhulur tangan ini pada si gadis di sebelah (yang dengar ceritanya sangatlah takut nak berjumpa aku, kenapa ya takut? aku ni makan orang agaknya?), kuperkenalkan diri "hi, saya ubi", gadis itu sambut salamku, senyum, angguk-angguk (takde geleng-geleng), sepatah haram pun tak keluar dari mulut dia. Cuma senyum. Hmmm.. tak per lah, terkejut tengok aku agaknya. At least kau tau aku tak makan orang, kan. Gadis itu menepati stereotaip gadis dari negara yang satu itu, lembut, sopan, menurut kata. Aku pasti Dia suka. Kerana dulu asyik Dia yang kena ikut kata aku... ;D

Dan aku sudah bagitahu pada Dia, tak perlu lagi bersembunyi dengan alasan "aku tak mahu menyakiti hatimu, kau akan lebih terluka melihat aku dengannya" (bluwekkkk! ish.. lagi kuat kesan loya bila diterjemah ke bahasa ibunda aku rupanya), pasal aku dah tak de rasa sakit hati kerana Dia... tak der perasaan ok. Sekarang, aku batuk, demam.. memang sakit, tapi bukan kerna Dia.


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Raya & tetamu senja

Eid Prayer at Hagley Park

Salam Raya to everyone. I bet you readers in Malaysia are still feasting on ketupat rendang. Sabar-sabar sikit makan tu ya. My raya was a good two days of meeting friends, eating and lotssssss of eating do. To all friends who jemput me, thanks for all the invitations (and the foods!) and to those who came over to my place, thank you for visiting my humble abode.

To all yang still bercuti.. stay safe on the road, go easy on the food!

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Note: Karangan geram 3 Syawal telah ditarik balik oleh penulis. Hehehe.. well.. after some muhasabah diri (ye lah sangat aku ni bermuhasabah kan...), saya tersedar sesetengah orang kenal watak utama dalam karangan.. maka itu dah masuk kategori mengumpat dengan satu dunia kan.. dan lagi pulak boleh menjatuhkan air muka seorang lelaki. Not that i care pasal air muka dia, tapi nanti nak kena mintak maaf susah lah pulak kan. Karangan semalam di buat pada tahap kegeraman dan kemenyampahan memuncak... when I'm pissed, I can bitch!