another friend's wedding

school holiday is here again!! not i'm celebrating or having holiday anyway :P but, as usual, school holiday, end of the year, meaning there are wedding event everywhere! today, we went to Mia's wedding in Bandar Manjalara, Kepong. Mia is actually bb's friend at Astro, after she quits there, she joined CIMB and become my friend too. life is a circle right? talk less, let's see pictures! as usual, wedding is a perfect place for reunion. so, here i am, reunited with my CIMB colleagues. how i miss them. too bad, not all of my team from CIMB were there :(

M, fara and i: my pretty friends

bb and i, with the newlyweds! *ambil berkat*

some sneak peek at the wedding.

i love the food (well, bb loves them more as he ate twice! -_-), too bad yesterday i just tightening my braces, so, i ate less :( i really really really love the dais. so pretty...i want one too!! the event also neat and not too crowded. decorations are simple yet comfortable. it's a beautiful wedding i must say. well, why am i making so many comments? i'm just observing and getting some ideas for my own later :P i do this at other weddings too these days lol.

we went home quite late because bb wants to wait for his Astro friends. i told you, when there is wedding, there's a reunion too. my CIMB friends came earlier while Astro friends came later. so, we have to wait there about 2 hours. first hour to spend with CIMB people and another hour for Astro gangs :P went home about 3.30pm like that!

to newlyweds, congratulations. you guys look stunningly beautiful today and i can see beautiful babies coming up soon! cheers!

Sparkling Apple is back!

sparkling apple edt is finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just got back from Subang Parade. as The Body Shop member, i already received their notification message informing that they'll be having a sale until 30th October. but, i can't bring myself to any of their outlet because i am broke! however, today i just can't resist myself from buying this. i really love love love this sparkling apple smell. i love it like when i had my showered, i sprayed some. when i feel depressed, i open the cap and smell them.

they haven't got this for awhile. been searching for it at different stores but they said it's already out of stock. it's about more than a year i think of my effort trying to get these. finally, tonight, i found them!!!!! although i don't have money, still i bought 2 bottles, with 30% off. i already planned i wanted to buy about 3-4 bottles to make stock but, i have to budget and limit my spending :( 2 bottles are enough for me, well, for now. i hope they still have this when i get my next salary!

hurmm....do i smell like apples? :P

rain & cold

it's raining and i'm craving for this. anyone care to buy one? pretty please?? hihi

evening love

blissful evening. off working hours.

crappy crap

welcome to my weekly update! hihi. well.........these days my life is quite errmm...i won't say miserable, but maybe a little bit disorganize? i'm still adjusting myself to suit with new routine. new work is so challenging. too heavy and burdening but good thing is, you have to work with your own pace. no more KPI yeah! yeah.......of course my work now is much more serious compared to my last job which is quite simple i must say :P but, i feel less tired these days as i don't need to switch train, my workplace is just 2 stations away, shorter walking distance, and sometimes (most of times actually), bb would send me home. my spending is lesser these days, as my office is surrounded by only factories not like last time where it's located in the middle of KL city. so, i managed to spend some pennies. how good life is? but, there's always a dark side of it which make me all gloomy the whole week last week. it's so painful and still hard to digest till today. but, i take it to positive way though i did cry one or two because of it. dahh. i shall not reveal it. would ruin my good mood.

i actually have nothing to update really. i don't know what to write but i feel like writing :B and i feel like uploading my cat's photos, Tikidi here:


that's all. thanks for reading this crap! haha. *seriously i have nothing better to do*

i'm one year older!

hello all! yesterday was my birthday. yes!!!!! i am one year older and i don't quite like it!! haha. as usual, i don't celebrate my birthday that much. no cakes no nothing. but i am touched there's so many friends texted and posted on my facebook wall to wish me a happy birthday. OMG. i never knew people would wish me one since i seldomly wish people's birthday on Facebook. not that i do not want to wish them but because i usually use my phone to surf internet and there's no birthday notification on my phone..boooo!

some of the birthday wishes. thank you thank you thank you

anyway, yesterday i had to work half day and later bb and i (yes, i work at the same place as bb) went to The Curve to meet our friend, Kecik there. Kecik works at Dome and bb claimed that kecik has tweeted him that he wanted to give us a treat for our birthday (because our birthday is 2 days difference!). so, here we go. this is what i ate:

it's spicy chicken pasta something something. yeah, it tasted sooo good but quite fully cause it's sooo creamy.

later that night, i went out with my best buddies, Intan and Pia. we went somewhere in Kelana Jaya (can't recall where the place is :P) and spent our splendid time there having the fabulous girls' session. we ate and chatted and updating each other and of course, gossiping too! it such a wonderful time for me as i loveeeee spending time with them. but, time flies so fast :( as every year tradition, they still give me presents! i was happy but i felt a little embarassed to receive them because they never miss to give me presents but i seldomly give them one because i don't know how to deliver them. i'm such a bad friend :( :( :( :( :(

this is where we had our late dinner. somewhere in Kelana Jaya. it's like a food court where they got about 10 varieties of stalls there. there are Italian, Arab, Thailand, Western and more. i think it's quite a good place to dine at. i have to double check with intan the exact place :P

the view

and these are what we have ordered:

mine: chicken satay. chicken is tender and well marinated but i don't quite fancy the gravy.

pia's: seafood olio spaghetti. not bad. i love the cheese powder dusted on top

intan's: deep fried crispy Bawal. yummmmms!!

enough with the food, so..these are the presents that i received. sincerely thoughtful and with love from my dearest friends:

cute popcakes!!!! it's a cat shape because they know i love cats!! well, and they call my name as Meow anyway :P

aren't it adorable??? i haven't eat them yet. sayang kot!!!

these are the gifts. popcakes from intan and on the right side is from Pia. it contains various chocolates & my favourite snacks, Cottage Fries. it's a bliss to have friends like them!! love you guys!

and...not forgetting an advance birthday card from my youngest sister. aren't they cute???

there goes my Birthday story. i feel blessed to be surrounded by thoughtful loveable friends and family that remember this date. thanks so much!! i know, i can't thank enough. i love you all! :)

Westlife Live in KL 2011

yes.....you read me right, it's Westlife lads back in KL!!!!!!! when i first knew that Westlife gonna do their concert in Malaysia, my reactions were mixed. i was shocked, happy and worried. shocked because i thought they're giving up on tour, happy because they're back after so long and worried if they not as good as before. i bought the tickets quite early and another surprised, when i called ticketpro asking for the ticket status, the expensive ones were sold out already! woah, never thought that Westlife still got so many loyal fans in Malaysia. Bb and i scored for the cheapest tickets though. yes, i did enter Mix Fm contest to win Westlife tickets but i wasn't lucky enough though. such a waste when some of the callers didn't know the answer to the question given.

we arrived at the venue quite early, around 7pm or so. yes, this time i didn't bring my SLR in because i was afraid that the same thing gonna happen like the last Maroon 5 concert. tickets that i bought this time were for free seating which means, if you're early, you'll get the best seat and if you're late, well, you just sit wherever is empty. we were quite lucky because we got the front seat (the upper level of course) which surprisingly got the better view compared to Maroon 5 concert last time though the tickets then were more pricey (=.=).

the concert is delayed a bit from what was scheduled. it supposed to start at 8.30pm but it was delayed until 9pm which made me and other fans quite disappointed. but, they appeared anyway and started the concert with song titled 'When You're Looking Like That'. i can't believe myself that i still can sing along to this song after years not listen to it. it's reminding me of their concert in 2001 which i attended because they started their concert then with the same song! i still can remember their danced to this though. haha.

overall, i think their performance were quite ok. it's upset me somehow because they didn't sing their old hits since i bet most of the attendees came to walk down their memory lanes reminiscing the high school days where Westlife was a hit then. i understand why they sang most of their new songs because this concert is called "Gravity Tour" which they wanted to promote their new album. but, it's more upsetting when they did a medley of other celebrities' popular tunes as a highlight to their show. they sang cover of Coldplay, Rihanna, Lady Gaga & Black Eyed Peas. it was enjoyable and of course people would sing along because they're popular hits but mind you, we came to Westlife concert to listen to Westlife's songs not to watch Westlife singing other people songs! yes..i know that they're love to do cover songs but that medley aren't featured in any of their albums anyway. it's like watching a singing reality tv shows when they did that.

it would've been great if they do a medley of their popular songs (especially from the earliest album) which i bet would make the crowd happier since they came back after 9 years! yes, we are all miss you boys that's why we (maybe just me?) felt like we were being betrayed! ok, maybe i'm a bit exaggerate on the betrayal part but that's what i feel anyway. on the vocals, Mark & Shane conquer it all, their voice is beautiful as always. what i love about them is that, they really appreciate their fans by keep on saying how they glad to be back in Malaysia and continuously thanking us for still supporting them :') oh yeah, being typical boy band which depending highly on their looks & appearance (though not as cute as before :P ), i think they changed their clothes about 5 times that night which i thought not necessary (=.=)'

anyway, i still love them and yes, being there watching them live again, really remind me of my good old days when i was young and madly crazily over them. i miss those days and now, i miss the lads too. you can read how i was head over heels with them here.

here are the some pictures of that night. taken with my hp camera though so the quality is quite bad.

yeah...it's Westlife baby!

my young days heartthrob! he's a gay now. what a waste

trying to hide the excitement. too ugly to be revealed

can't you tell how excited am i???!! yeah, my boyfriend was bored to death as he was torturing himself to listen to Westlife :P he was once happy when Westlife sang Coldplay's Viva La Vida :P

people started to fill the space

from where i was sitting..

it's Mark Feehily!!

yeah..it's over

last but not least, this is the one of the videos i recorded! ignore the scream ok? :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWcxFC_XPb0

footnote 1:
from the bottom of my heart, i feel proud of them because i grew up with them and seeing their achievement for being a husband to someone and happy Daddy, make me even prouder :')

footnote 2:
i still prefer Maroon 5, best show ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goodbye

yeah, another entry coming up! well..this is quite a sensitive & personal post for me. yeah, every entry in this blog is personal, but this one, some of the thoughts are from my very own perspective and my personal opinion on them. so, i really hope people who read this not misjudge either me or the organization of what i'm about to tell in this post. like i mentioned, it's very personal :)

yes, for after one year working at CIMB, i finally decided, it's time for me to leave this place. not that this place treat me badly or whatnot, but i thought, it's finally the time. one year is enough for me to do this job. yeah, frankly speaking, i am bored of what i'm doing. everyday is the same routine and i didn't learn much or broaden my knowledge. it's a good job anyway for those who just graduated to fill in their time before land on real job. it's a good place really because this place rewards its employees very well. i don't worry much on changing jobs because i've read somewhere in Reader's Digest i think that one person will change their job at least 5 times in their life. another reason why i left are, i felt tired to go back and forth to my workplace, getting home late, long walking distance, waiting for train, cramping ass to ass in a long journey and yada yada. and...i just suddenly felt, this is the time for me to make a change and nothing gonna change my mind. tell you, i've never been that confident in my decision before.

so..last week was my last week at CIMB where i've already submitted my resignation letter on Tuesday. so, on Friday, my teammates threw me a small farewell party. err..not party actually, but some kind of get together for the last time before i'm leaving. yeah....it was a sad moment for us as we're so close together. there'd be no more morning talks, juicy gossips, hanging out that much anymore with them. yes. it is sad. till now i'm still kind of miss that moment, but i don't think i want to repeat the tiring routine anymore. i mean, not the hanging out part, but the part of working, the journey and such.

so, anyway, these are the pictures from my humble farewell get together. thanks a lot guys. it was so thoughtful & sincerely said, i am touched.

yeah..i got this. cute kitty. they know i'm crazy bout cats and have 1 in white.

perfume

the best carrot cake i've ever tasted in my life. i'm not a big fan of carrot cake, but this one is totally blown me away. soooo gooooood together with the cheese cream frosting.

yeah...my id card before i return it

my last Masjid Jamek nasi lemak for breakfast

yes...i'm gonna miss all of these too:

my department

my spacious table: it looks plain because i already took off the decorations :P

notes i always refer to

pantry where i reheat my food & make drinks

the lounge where we have our lunch from tapau somewhere

but i always bear in mind, to be success, u need to go out and explore and i hope this is my first step in exploring and to gain new knowledge in different areas. yes, working here did taught me something. i know i'm a different person now which i guess, i'm better than what i used to be before working here. Thanks so much for the opportunity given, yes i do learnt a lot! maybe i'll be back soon, but in different department definitely, insyaAllah :P

Raya story - outdated story

ok..i may have skipped September in this blog and missed a lot of things. so, i'll try to put the pieces together little by little. so...let's start with my Aidilfitri story. as usual, the routines are the same like previous Aidilfitri and i bet it would not change for another years coming. toooo bad that i have to work one day before Raya and for sure, i work with no heart in it :P the fact that the next day is Raya is so tempting for me to focus on my work..hehe. but, lucky us that we were released one hour earlier than usual. instead of going straight back to hometown, my colleague and i went to Jalan TAR to do some last minute shopping! it was as expected, cramped with people but not as pack as previous week. maybe they are all gone to their hometown already. scored a pair of kebaya for myself and sister.

after done with shopping, i went straight to my hometown, Lenggeng, Negri Sembilan by KTM Komuter. yeah, you read me, by a train. it's easier that way as my parent do not have to wait for me to return to work before heading to kampung as traffic gonna be massive on Raya's eve definitely. talk less and see more, so, here goes my Raya pictures:


another thing happened which make this Raya a bit gloomy is that, my neighbour passed away on second day of Raya. He died on first Raya actually, but the funeral is held on the next day. He wasn't just a neighbour, he's actually a friend of my grandfather where they used to work together when my grandfather stayed at PJ long time ago. He also babysit my sisters and i when we were younger. so, i was sad of this news because i didn't meet him a day before Raya as i was working on that day. Hopefully, his soul is blessed by Allah swt, insyaAllah.

yes, i didn't get leaves for this Raya, luckily we are all entitled to get 3 days of public holiday this year with conjunction of Indipendence Day, yippe! so, on Friday, i went to work again while everybody is still enjoying their long holiday. luckily it was early of month, so, there's no so much of works to be done and what more, on Friday, my company releasing the staffs one hour earlier. i continued my Raya holiday on Monday & Tuesday of the following week.

this year, my parent hadn't organize any open houses at our house since there's not enough of manpower. hehe. yeah, with me is now working, so mother doesn't have enough hand to help her though. but, it's Raya, so just come anytime, the door is always open. the differences were, the food portion is smaller and the variety is limited :P and i did go to some of relatives & friends open houses. one of them was at Intan's. she never missed to organize one every year and i always dropped to hers every year too :P the food prepared were marvelous as ever and we had a good time. Thanks again Intan!


although we didn't make any open houses this year, i did prepare about six trays of lasagne to be freezed in the refrigerator as stocks for people coming to beraya. we just have to put them in microwave for a while and voila, it's ready to be served! yeah, good thing, they were all finished. i was thinking to sell frozen lasagne as suggested by friends and family. so, what do you think of that? yay or nay?

on the last week of Raya, i went out with my ex-schoolmates and beraya with them at Dengkil. it's been ages i didn't set my foot there and it's kind of walking down the memory lane hanging out with them there. too bad, there weren't to many houses we could go as the time is too short and it's inappropriate to go to people's houses that late. but, Alhamdulillah as i managed to go to my best buddies' houses, Beeb, Manisah & Masyuni. later that night, Mas dropped me at ERL Putrajaya for me to be back home. thanks sugar!

so...i guess, that's all for my Raya story. it's kinda boring i know. hehe. hopefully, with Allah's will, all of us will get to see next Aidilfitri again, insyaAllah.