Raya is finally in my system!

Hello people! As I said, I was gonna upload some pictures kan. So, there you go.. Enjoy..

This picture was taken during 'malam pukul' or Raya eve. It was well spent at Casino Towers at Ka DK's place with takbir Raya as well. Di saluti dengan main bunga api. Courtesy of Ka Syahmun. Siapa2 kan membali bunga api, di Coles keh. And sorry, nada bunga api cap Kucing. Tapi trust me, same effect jua lah. Yang di Coles ani makes you happy longer. So atu effect nya. Huhu ;p

I think you've seen this picture at RA.com. Nope, I'm not Maria Lopez. Huhu ;p

Our 4th day of Raya (yesterday) was practically my 1st day Raya. I didn't get to celebrate Raya at all on the 1st day but I'm happy enough. I don't wanna complain. Last night was sooo fun! Bnyk beibun pun. Huhu ;p

Raya at Ka Syahmun (the one behind me). Thanks Ka Syahmun for the invitation!

Ah ah, apa lagi tu, Ren? Hehe..

Yes, Ka DK.. It's chocolate and Ka Ramlah, uhuh.. It's chocolate. And BJ, nangiskueeeee. Poser!! ;p

The happy faces

Wowww.. Ramai punn!

Too tired to smile for the camera kah? But Ka DK is always up for it ;p

More pictures will be uploaded next week. This Sunday ada open house at BJ's! YAYY!! Ertinya more pictures!

Gone kuukuu..

No, I'm not the one who's gone 'kuukuu'. It's the clock in this lab (yup, I'm in the lab now). Eh salah, all clocks in this building had gone kuukuu. Yesterday and the day before that was set half an hour in advance! Mengapa?! Walaupun thesis submission inda lagi batah. That's not the way to rush us students up.

Note: This building is a science building. So I guess it's true. Scientists do crazy stuff.

Anyway, I might be 'jahat' to assume that it's actually the the course convenor or or the lecturers (or maybe my supervisor..?) who did all this time resetting but banar.. It's driving me mad. I thought I was late for uni and yesterday as I was running my gel, I thought I passed through the time, rupanya baru 5 minit. Ok, kalau kamu inda paham.. Lain kali saja mengexplain keh.

And oh, I'm sorry I haven't been blogging. I've been busy with my project and my thesis. It's due on Tuesday and I hope I'll be back blogging the week after. Huhu. I need that 1 week rest bahh.. Huhu. Kidding!!! I might put up some pictures on Raya eve or 'Malam Pukul' and others and others. Butt let just see if that's gonna happen. Huhu.

One more thing, kamu tau apa 'Malam Pukul' ani kah? A friend mentioned it to me and I started using that. It's actually meant for 'Raya Eve'. I thought we're saying it this way 'Malam pukul raya' of 'Raya malam pukul' or Ren said it 'Raya malam pukul Raya'. Dua kali pliss 'Raya' nya.. hehe.. Majal tu nyuruh urang beraya. And then I did asked my mum. She said it's just plain 'Malam Pukul'. Reason being: *in my mum's tone* "Lagindaulu kan, urang di kampung2 berabis ba tu Lai memukul ah masa malam raya. Macam baduk. Sama tah tu ya". And then I said "Bo, urang sungaki baduk jua". And then my Mom said "Tapinya kalau Raya, berabis Lai. Inda beranti".. Mannn, sangal tangan tu ehh.. So yeah, there you go.. You learn another word? phrase? Whatever you call it.. Bah enough rambling. I see you neck week ;)

Have a good weekend! And selamat hari raya! ;)

First day if Syawal with 'Syawal'

My first day of Syawal was well spent in uni. Hmph. I reckon I need it anyway to keep my thoughts away from my family. It's not that I don't wanna think of them. I do. Mann, I really do. It's just that it hurts to think that everyone back home was actually enjoying the day and of course enjoying the food. Sia sia pun. Dari kemarin pulang be-sia-sia-pun saja ni.

After uni, I decided to treat myself with KFC. Uhuh! I know sad but biar tia k. Atu ganya yang available. I dragged BJ along with me to Sunnybank and we both had fun with KFC. We're happy enough. Cemana tah jua I spent 8 hours in the lab and I didn't feel hungry at all. Udah keluar malam tia. So yeah.. I didn't wanna complain. Plus plus, we were given free sauces!! Selalunya 25cent bah tu sebuting! In total we got 6 sauces. Eh salah.. 6 FREE sauces! Raya gift kali. Hehe. So yeah, my first Syawal meal was KFC and I had it with 'Syawal'! :)

Salam Aidilfitri

Dear Readers,

Nad's text at 18.40, Monday (23.10.2006): Eid Mubarak. ICQ & Qld Imams Board announces that the hilal is sighted. Eid-Ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday 24 Oct inshalah...

Slajur main lagu.. "Dalam angin subuh, hatiku.." (Lagu Sudirman) in my head. Sedih ku, sedih.. Didn't cry at all last night when we had the takbir but we were really laughing our heads off instead, bukan pasal takbir eh. Ada tah tu.. Huhu ;p Nadawah, pasal kami beibun inda beranti.. And then.. this morning, Mum called me. We didn't talk much. We were crying throughout the "phone conversation". She passed the phone to Dad. Dad just calmed me down. Mann.. Sedih kuuu.. And right now, I'm in uni!! Woohooo!!

Anyway, please erase all my wrongdoings yang masih melakat di hati, di kepala (utak), di parut, di jari dan sebagainya. Erase them successfully, k. Jangan di simpan di hati langsung. Semuanya inda sengaja. Including tekasar bahasa dlm blog ani or yang tersindir atu. Minta ampun, minta maaf dari ujung rambut ke ujung kaki :)

Oh oh!! I had Kek Batik last night in courtesy of Selly Welly. Nyaman, Sel.. Kuih tart atu pun nyaman..

Once again, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir & Batin..

Love, Marha

Raya fever!!

And so, I just had the last-get-together-sungkai with the GUs/Emerald (both ex and current). Now I have to say that I finally can feel the Raya vibe. A lil bit lah. At least they were planning to do something on the Raya's eve and I've been invited to 2 open houses so far. Not bad, huh? I really thought that there will be nothing going on but yeah, will see how it goes. It was a good get-together. Oh how I miss hanging out, chit-chatting and stuff. I haven't been going out that much or should I say.. at all! I keep on telling myself that it's gonna be worth it. I'll go crazy when I finish everything.. and that's in 2 weeks!! Excited tapi scarry pun.

On the other note, you know that for Bruneian it's a tradition to have or get something new for Raya right? Ok, so I did my part for being a typical Bruneian. Huhu. I bought myself a new quilt cover!! Hehe. Jangan inda bahh. Huhu. At least ada something new for Raya kan. Pasalnyakan, my Mum always tell us to to change our bedsheet cover/duvet/sebagainya just before Raya. Hehe. So, there you go Bo, new quilt cover! Hehe. As for other stuff.. umm.. let see.. Well I bought two shoes two months ago and I haven't worn them yet. Consider kah tu? Consider saja keh! Napa I haven't worn them? Sebabnya lama udah inda bejln bah. Dat y! I love them both pun. Mudahan saja durang (the shoes) inda bekulat dlm kutak ah. I better check them later. Hang on, I was playing with them yesterday. Huhu. Main dress up bah.. Mengapakan?! I was actually showing them to Mammat and Mirul. Kesian ahh.. Well, you can't blame me. I'm staying with guys.. And oh, I just remembered my Mum sent me baju Raya pun which I think that I won't be able to wear them. Again, will see lah how k..

Ok, so Brunei is celebrating Raya on Tuesday.. What about us? Most of us predicted or wanted it to fall on Wednesday. For me, I really don't mind. It won't have any effect on me anyway. I still have to go to the bloody lab. Hmph. Anyway, since I just (accidently) mentioned work, I have to continue with my writing now. For those of you who's celebrating Raya tomorrow (Monday) especially to my fellow friends and cousins in the UK (especially my cousin, Rina and a good friend, Rozie): Salam Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin. Love you all *hugs* :)

Skipping beats, blushing cheeks...

It's almost the end of Ramadhan.

Wonder of the day: Kenapa Saudi Arabia, UK, etc liat bulan last night, Brunei karang malam and us here in Australia tomorrow??? Why? Tell m why? Why? Membari musykil jua tu. But I judt have to deal with it kann. It's like Saudi Arabia is celebrating Eid on Monday and then Brunei is celebrating theirs on Tuesday and us.. maybe on Wednesday. I have a feeling on Wednesday pulang. But it won't have any effect on me anyway *sighhh* Raya outside Brunei sucks big time!

I was on the fone with Mum last night and she was telling me about the preparations that has been going on at home. Looks like my Mum is pretty much done with all the cakes and oh, my sister (the eldest) will be arriving later from KL. In case you don't know, my sister's married to a Malaysian and this year's our turn to have her and her family for Raya. Too bad I'm the only one who's absent. Hmph. Siukk ehh. I miss my nephew's talkative-ness the most. I might wanna make full use of that at the moment. Beguna banar tu since di sini ani sunyi. Oh well, come to think of it.. I'm left with 9 weeks until I breathe in the Brunei's air again, InsyaAllah. I can't wait but at the same time, I don't wanna leave this place. But the most important thing is I wanna leave this place with joy and success. Amin Amin.

I realised that my previous posts were too serious and the one before this was really 'unneccessary'. Hehe. I guess, I've becoming a serious person. Who to blame? Or should I say 'what' to blame? Of courselah my work!! My current full concentration is on my thesis and my project now. It's scarry that mu honours year is coming to an end. I have to say I went through a lot of difficulties but at the same time had gain a lot throughout the year. From lab skills to writing skills. With me, I'm not really good in writing assignments since during my Bachelor's years we didn't do that much writing assessments. More on quizes, lab work and exams. Exams pun short answers and short essays. Knowing it's a Science course, they (examiner, lecturer, tutor) they prefer it simple. Therefore they came up with KISS: Keep It Short and Simple or Keep It Simple, Stupid. Ai ai ai, again.. I'm being serious. I guess I have to stop. InsyaAllah, I'll get back to my real self after the thesis submission. At least the burden will be lessen by then.

Tag replies:

Fidah168: Thanks for dropping-by *hugs* Yeah, bri ijap ahhh! Nauzubillah. Hehe. Take care!

Din: Inda papa tu keh!

Chin chai rul & Ren: I hope pasal drama kuria atu success!!! Hehe ;p

It's FRIDAYYYY!!

*checking status*

Whereabouts: Maguire's Lab, Griffith Uni. Awo, masih lagi di lab. Sungkai inda lagi batah pun. I got caught up with work. Sighhhh.

Body temperature: >37 degrees celcius

Why? Air-con nya sini ani full blast. Maybe they're trying to preserve us for the future untuk durang punya guinea pig (for test experiments bah) and I don't have my labcoats on me. Hmph.

Hunger level? Highest. Inda lagi batah sungkai (YAYY!!) My tummy is churning its own walls. Mannn.. over tia! Huhu.

Stress level? Not as high as before. Since my gel didn't really wanna cooperate with me. Now ok udah.

Oh no, krg lagi mencheck status k. I don't wanna be late for my bus. Last bus lagi..

So laters beautiful people ;)

Backfire..? or frontwater? ;p

Okay, so here I am waiting for the sound of my supervisor's bicycle. (Yup, he rides to uni) You know the sound of the tyre.. He was supposed to help me with an experiment today but...

*knock on the door*
Me: Come in *looked at the door* (Dalam ati "eh, bekunci panya") *opened the door*
It was Leigh, the head of admin for the School of BBS. I was surprised to see her. For a second there, I thought I was in deep sh*t.
Leigh: Marha.. Dave's away for today. He rang me and told me to tell you that he's at home, marking. He forgot to rang you and he's deeply sorry about it.
Me: Oh, that's ok.. Thanks anyway, Leigh

Hmphh! Ok, so how dis? I guess I'm officially got backfired by my supervisor. You think? Nauzubillah. I wanna take this as 'ketulahan' but I don't wanna put it that way. Looking on the bright side, I can just focus on my writing which I've been doing since I came in. Oh well, tomorrow, tomorrow lah.. Meantime, writing saja keh!

Anyway..

10 things I fear the most:

1. When I woke up in the morning and I found out that my eyes were wayyy apart 'cos that's what I always notice in some people and I do believe in Karma. Nauzubillah. But I found that some people with those kind of eyes.. lawa! Walaupun macam ikan usulnya. For example, Brandy. Pokoknya, I don't want, keh! One time, I even asked a friend if my eyes had drifted apart pasalnya masa atu I was on the fone with Mum and I was looking at my reflection at the same time for like 10 seconds (nope, not admiring myself keh. Just to check out how I looked like. I've forgotten bah. Refreshing my memory.. macam revision. Sama tah tu. Potaytoes potartoes). And I said to myself *dalam ati* "eh, begarak mata ani..?". I was paranoid and I texted a friend. And ya ckp "inda". Phew! Apakan. Macam tah ya nampak jua. I guess ya menyaman kan ati saja. Hehe. At the end of the day, I realised that I can't do two things at a time i.e. on the fone and checking out my reflection.. That's why!!

2. *Ani serious ni and the common one* Losing my family and friends. Broad pulang tu but yeah, enough said. You get the picture kan?

3. *Another serious one* Losing my eyesights. Nauzubillah. So, misti banyak-banyak makan carrot, inda bulih expose to sunlight batah (apakan.. menjaga kulit kah mata ni) and inda bulih banyak menangis. Karang macam Kassim Selamat. Antah banar kah inda tu. But I take it as a precaution. And you should do too ;)

4. Snake(s) encounter. Nauzubillah. Thanks Bo, for passing the gene to me. Sigh. Now I'm stuck with ophidiophobia. I always imagine that when I was about to go to sleep and then bila buka my duvet, ada tia bendalah ah. Mann.. me and my thoughts. Nauzubillah. Nauzubillah.

5. Losing my religion. Nauzubillah. I'm happy to be born as a muslim, brought up as a muslim, living in a country that practise muslim very well and hopefully, InsyaAllah, will breathe the last air as a muslim. Amin.

6. I'm scarred of getting fat. My definition of fat is fat as in fat fat bah. You know fat obese. Bariijap. Nauzubillah. It's not just because of the image, but the consequences of health conditions. Nauzubillah. Kalau bulih I can still do push-ups and sit-ups sampai bila-bila. I wanna be as fit as I was when I was still in training. Wishfull thinking ahh. Oh, I miss those trainings. I can't wait to get back to the gym again *kira pakai jari brapa minggu lagi tinggal* Hmphh.. batah lagiii :(

7. Losing my S&Bs. Mann.. menangis tuuuu mun ilang. Nauzubillah (How many times have I said this. Hehe)

8. Amnesia. The memories that I've got stored in this brain are just too irreplaceable. Once again.. Nauzubillah.. Oh and also I don't wanna get Alzheimer's. Since category nya sama. I might as well just add it here. Huhu.

9. Trapped in a coffin-kinda-feeling. You know, patang and sampit. Macam Kill Bill 2 ah. Subahaaanallahhh.. Bari ijap. I'm also claustrophobic. I guess this is the first phobia that I discovered. I first knew that I have claustrophobia was when I was young. Masa main hide and seek. Not my kinda game. Main carah duduk saja k.

10. Last one: when I found myself all alone in this world. As in ALONE!! Langsung nada urang. Binatang pun nada. I guess I don't like being lonely, huh? Apatah salahnya membuat "being alone" or "being lonely". Hehe. But that one lagi bari ijap. ALONE as in NO ONE's around bah. Majal tu. Get the picture kah? Hehe.

Okeh dat's it.. Happy mid-of-the-week people! ;)

Sweet Tired Cat

Check this out, peeps! So cute and oh I've finally found my Dad's soulmate! Hehe.

My visions of Raya preparations

I've been neglecting the fact that Raya is just around the corner. More like ignoring that it's coming. It's hurt brabis 'cos I won't be able to celebrate it 'properly' for the second time. Hmphh.. So how dis? I need Raya songs mannn.. I don't wanna start listening to them on the day itself. Iatah parah tu. I remember when I had 'those perfect Rayas' few years ago, by this time.. Raya songs inda beranti main tu di radio. As a matter of fact, sebulan bulan puasa atu udah kana mainkan lagu Raya. My mum alum lagi start membuat kuih ni 'cos she would be busy planning (baru tah kan planning) which kueh kan di buat. She would start approximating the number of eggs needed and of course she loves shopping for the ingredients di Muafakat! Mau jua Babu ah. Apa tah salahnya di Siakok. Ampir. But I reckon she likes it there because sometimes she couldn't find some ingredients that she needed. I remember I was accompanying my mum to Muafakat 'cos she told me to drive her there. Mann.. masa atu lagi baru pandai driving (4 years back keh). Imagine saja. I'm talking about the Muafakat di Lambak. Dapan Supa Save ahh (lurus kah?). So yeah, I was really struggling. Yea yea.. woman driver. Screw you! ;p

As for my sister, K-nah.. Umm.. behapa ya ah selalunya time2 ani? Oh she would make those biscuits such as Kueh Mor, Kueh Tart, Biskut Buah Kana (lurus kah?) dan sebaginya lah. And ia tukang buat Kuih Batik!! Nyummm.. Masa ani ia start udah buat Kek Tapak Kuda start dari the last 2 years kali with the supervision of Ka Irlen.

My dad.. this guy kan.. paling rilek sekali time kan Raya. Pasalnya ia suka last minute. Favouritenya! So the only time my dad would do some work is masa malam Raya where he would sacrifice his sleep and my dad would be sweet enough to help my Mum putung daging for next day's first morning meal. Oh, and I think my dad smells at his best during pagi Raya. I can smell him now. You know the olfactory nerves are doing their job *tears* One of my favoourite scents. Awu, minyak atar nya pulang ganya but there's something about it.. I just love smelling the scent. Especially when we do our get together (family) as soon as he got back from the surau where I tend to get teary and emotional unlike my other siblings (sometimes I wish I was that strong). Sighhhh, don't you just love the feeling of pagi Raya.. Too bad I'm missing that again. Nothing can compete to that feeling, mannn *sighhhh*

Anyway, melarat.. as for me.. around this time, I would be vacumming, tukar cover cushion, polishing.. pokoknya my cawangan was 'hiasan dalam'. Apakan! ;p I'm not a big fan of the kitchen work back then. I don't know nanti ahh.. I'm older now and I offically missed four Raya preparations. yeah, FOUR!! AMPAT KALI!! So, I guess that would change? You reckon? Hehe.. We'll see..

Jeeah? Umm.. I can't really recall her doing any work apart from helping bits and pieces of our work. Kira ia ani on call lah. Haha. Seriously, I can't remember.. Imagine saja, back then she was only 12?? Damnn.. Basar udah adiku ani. Muda sudah. Haha.

My brother.. I think more to cucul and tukar bulbs cawangan! Hehe. Oh mann.. this is bad. My visions of Raya preparation are getting so bad. I need to 'polish' them. Ertinya, I really need to spend my next Raya in Brunei. Misti misti misti must musti mustard ;p

Too bad another Raya di Perantauan for me, for most of us. Kepada sahabat handai yang senasib, especially those of you in Australia, I would like to say 'Selamat Hari Exam Aidilfitri' dengan ucapan 'Good Luck'. Bawa beselawat kan menjawap exam atu keh! The lousiest Eid greetings ever! Bulih lagi exam! Or or bulih lagi time thesis due!

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To: Jeeah

I was just reading your blog and I couldn't help but laugh over the TV issue. Haha! TV damit atu plis bepakai. Basar lagi TV Kaka tu Jee.. See! Basar kan. Hehe.. And yup I was watching OC when I took picture of it. Huhu.

On the other note:

I would like to present you.. Mammat's creativity:-

Before

After

Hahahaha! Pacah pacahhh!! Guinea pig of this experiment was Mirul! Hehe. Siapa tah nyuruh posing cematu!

Happy Sunday everyone! ;)

I guess, this isn't a proper post huh? Oh well, nanti lagi mempost bisai2 bila ke post office. Huhu. Brapa sen stamp nya tu? ;p

TAG dramas

YAYY! I fixed my tag! Tepaksa tukar yang lain. Apparently everyone's having a problem with it. Oh well, it's time for a change I guess. But yeah, I'm happy now. Inda lagi ada keluar pop-ups betanya password.

Proper post later ;) Happy Sunday!

Truffle

Mann, it's been a while yawww.. *that hand gesture* Ya' know wat I'm sayin'? It's like "Ya know dat song, ON the fightin' temptation. Y'all gon' check dat out?... It's Summertime y'all!" Ehh, inda kamu tau kah line atu? Beyonce bah tu masa concertnya di Wimbley, 2005.. I think or 2004. Or or.. "Yaww ma! Wer the food at?" Hehe.. This one taken from the movie Take the Lead. Oh well, some of you may have lost interest in reading my blog at this particular time right? I'm just voicing out my thoughts. Hehe. Apakan. Actually, I'm a bit high from the smell of 'the dungeon'. The dungeon is a small fridge in the lab where all the poisonous, toxic reagents are stored. I had to look for 15 different reagents earlier and I only couldn't find 2 of them. Salah satu daripadanya.. low-fat milk powder! Harry was laughing when I told him this. Yup, somehow I need it to make a buffer. Hehe. Kalau inda karang saja ke Coles membali! Huhu..

What's been going on lately? Mostly uni commitments and during the spare time that I've got, I've been spending it with watching OC. Awu bah, lama sudah.. Mengapakan?!! It's better late than never. I've finished.. eh managed to finish watching the first season yesterday! I cried when I was watching the season finale. Kesiannn.. Though I know Ryan would come back.. but I was too emotional I guess. Plus it was Thursday! My Thursdays has officially been cursed! I noticed that I tend to get really emotional on Thursdays. Anyhow...

Oh oh. I finally made my Fruit Truffle. Been asking around for the recipe to make the 'kuah' of the truffle. Hmph. I tried my sister - inda hasil, my mum - sibuk ya membuat kuih lain (sia sia pun), Sel - she didn't even know what truffle is and Ren - "*giggle* inda ku tau" nya. The last attempt was of course my aunt - HASIL! Went through thicks and thins, ups and downs with this truffle. Texted my aunt several times, last last tepaksa jua suruh ya melipun. Inda asi be-SMS atu bah. My IDD minutes abis lagi udah. Hmph. So yeah, I got the hang of it. Though awal2 membuat custard atu banyak complications. Had to seek help from Mirul. He did help lah.. And apa nah.. rupanya cara-cara membuat 'kuah' truffle atu or the custard sauce, ada di belakang kutak custard powder atu!!! kayyyyy~~~ Sabar saja. Mengalih saja ask around. Hmph. But is oklah. Come to think of it. I need to seek advise from the experts jua kan. (Kes nyaman kan ati lah tu) Huhu ;p And apanah.. I made the truffle yesterday after sungkai and I wanted to have it during sahur since it needs to be chilled.. sekali.. I'd totally forgotten about it! Sudah kan ke uni baru ingat.. Udah urang puasa. Dugaan #: 509! Ertinya, moral of the story: Makan saja on the spot! Time custard saucenya masih lagi licak ahh! Huhu.. Anyhow, I'm gonna have it later. Time sungkai! Yayyy!! (Sungkai countdown: 2 hrs 20 mins)

Ok, I gotta go now.. I sambung again later when I in the home safely.

ADDED AFTER SUNGKAI:

I had a great time during sungkai as well as preparing it. As usual, being the noisy-est tenant in the house, I turned the kitchen from a dead-dull place to a meriah-lively centre! Hehe. I don't know why I'm such in a good vibe, I actually had a rough phase in the lab. I reckon it's Friday! What d'you reckon?

I had my homemade Fruit Truffle. I was kinda excited 'cos it was my first time making it. As I was cutting portions for my housemates, Mammat wanted the first cut-piece whereas Mirul shotguned the middle part and I was left with 3rd portion which was similar to Mammat's. I didn't complain 'cos when I checked mine, the custard was... WOWWW.. very thick! Hehe. Mirul was kinda dissapointed with his pasalnya portionnya sikit saja custardnya. Haha! Siapa tah nyuruh awal2 buking yang tangah2. Hehe. I had a good laugh with Mammat 'cos we had the thick-custard-portion. Sorry, Mirul ah.. *peace* Hehe ;p

gloom gloom gloomy monday ay ay

Happy Monday everyone!

First and foremost I would like to thank Mr Saturday and Mr Sunday for giving me such a good weekend. Nope, I didn't go out. I stayed at home! Siukk ehh stay di rumah ahhh.. Mann.. I've forgotten how it feels like. Nyamann rupanya. Huhu.

I just got back from uni though. It was all good but I had to say my sorrys to my cells that I'd been neglecting over the weekend. I just need the break. That's all.. But hey, good thing I didn't go to uni yesterday. Mr Migraine was paying his visit yesterday. I guess he hasn't been in my head for quite a while. So to actually layan him, I had to rest and sleep from noon till he went home. Inda menjadi plan kan memasak meriah. Oh well.. I guess he misses me afterall. But Mr Migraine, if you're reading this, please come in in the next 200 years, kay ;) I promise you with a much better head. Deal?? Huhu.

Oh oh.. I found out something last night that kept me giggling till I fell asleep. Actually I couldn't really go to sleep last night thinking about it. Hehe. I remember talking with Sel over the fone months back and at that time I was using my handsfree. And Sel went "Kau pakai tangan percuma kah?" Haha. Handsfree = Tangan Percuma! And then I figured, what about head set? (I used the headset hours before that 'cos I had video conversation with my sisters) Head is kepala.. set is..? So I went through my MSN contact list and I know who to turn when it comes to this kinda thing. BJ wasn't there (huhu) so I tagured Nadeya (the closest one from BJ). But she was away. Finally, I turned to Nina. Phewwww.. She was there! So I asked her what's set in malay. She checked on Kamus Bahasa. She got it! She found it! Hahaha.. Apanah headset in malay (caution: direct translation ni ah).. ALAT KEPALA. Haha. Pacah pacah. I know it's lame but I sure did had a good 5 minutes laugh 'cos I imagined the 'Alat Kepala' to be like a gadget-y-ish yang macam dalam Back to the Future movie. Yang the mad scientist pakai ahh. And I imagined people using that for video conversation-ing! Hehe. Barat kepala tu. Sangal juaaa. Hehe.. The alat kepala thing went on in my head until I finally fell asleep. Huhu.

Okay, it's already 4pm. I better get the stuff ready for sungkai. Selamat sungkai or selamat berbuka puasa or Happy breakfast! or Happy open fasting ;p

Tali kasut

We're halfway through Ramadhan, people! Inda terasa. I think "time flies so fast" applies here. Aii, I didn't know that there's a type of flies (lalat), namanya 'TIME'. Inda paham. Anyway, I guess it's still not to late to wish you "Ramadhan al-Mubarak" or "Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa". It's already halfway through, so people, make full use of it.

Aarrgghh.. It's already Sunday. It has been a rough week for me. Couldn't go to uni on Friday under certain considerate circumstances. I was supposed to do my presentation on that day but I just couldn't go to uni. Inda dapat reveal, k. I feel guilty pulang.. to my cells. But hmphh, there are just some things that can't be avoided kannn?? But my Saturday was well spent. Woke up late. Yayyy!! Finally, I slept in. And then I cooked something different for sungkai. Teehee ;) and oh, my housemates, apanah.. bangun pukul 5.30pm (or later) plisss.. I envy them but inda jua. Iatah bagi paning kepala tu.

As in today, my plan is to cook a bit earlier for sungkai. Mirul promised that we're going for groceries at 3pm. Let's just see if that's gonna happen.

Ok then, I'll leave you with the pictures (coutersy of Mammat). It's actually pictures from the new Sneaker store, Laced, located in Adelaide street. I think it was opened sometime last two weeks. I'm not really sure though. But I'm pretty sure it's new 'cos kadainya ni masih lagi bau baru! ;p I really like the interior. I went there last week to check it out and fell in love with the place, bukan barang-barang keh! Hehe.. I love it!

The view dari bawah

Awu, tangga. Kalau kemari ikut saja tangga nya ni, keh!

Lawaaa kannn..

Oh, I was just reading Jeeah's blog. I hate her. I hate her. I hate her. She had katam masak kicap pliss. Next time Jeeah, if you're having those kind of dishes, inda payah say it out loud dalam blog, ok! Time puasa lagi. Katam di sini inda fresh unless if you go to a very mahal restaurant. Or kalau teseliur pun makan crab stick ganya.. atu pun bukan di buat daripada crab! Penipu urang membuat "crab"-stick atu ehh. Hmphh. So, once again Jeeah ah.. please DON'T!!!

Jenis-jenis kambing ;p

I woke up to the sound.. eh salah.. let me rephrase that: I woke up this morning to the noise of people doing construction works just next door! I only slept for 3 hrs and I even had difficulty sleeping after sahur. Then I had an appointment at 8.30am but I just had to cancel it. The noise was just intolerable. Ada bunyi urang mendrill, lakap lagur, bunyi urang becakap, bunyi GAJAH pun ada! Antah kan membuat zoo kali sebalah ah! Hmph. Kusuuuttt ulihnya. Deep deep deep deep deep down inside punya inside punya inside punya inside ani menyumpah udah. Pakal saja puasa bah. I had to sumbat my ears with lagus from my iPod. It didn't really help 'cos my mind was singing along to most of the songs. Hmphh. Lain kali jangan tah di apalkan lyrics atu, k. After like 5-8 songs.. I finally fell asleep. The next thing I knew, it was already 9am! Snooze punya snooze punya snooze.. 9.20am tia. Mannnn.. I had no choice but rushed. That was how my morning went. Very very unpleasant.

Yesterday I had sungkai with the others (Sel, Ren, Mammat, Mirul, Nawi, Rizal & Adi) at Satay Club. After that me and the girls headed towards Starbucks and that was when we had a serious discussion.. Huhu. We discussed about the difference between goat, sheep, lamb, mutton and ewe. I have to say I learned something yesterday. We even had to text my Aunt to actually know the answer. Awu! Sanggup! Mun inda mental tu mikirkan. Ren tried googling before but it didn't really help. Nah kann.. so might as well.. Pebuat kraja uni inda hasil tu. PEACE! Well, think about it.. this one is way way way more intersting kan. Sanggup jua tu meng-invest effort (bepikir), duit (texting), time dan lain-lain. Kan kan kan?

The difference:
- goat is kambing kampung yang bejanggut
- mutton is once when the goat kana sembalih.. betukar slajur jadi mutton. Mcm tukar agama jadi mutton. Apakan ;p
- sheep is bapa kepada lamb
- ewe is the mama kepada lamb pun
- so lamb, anak sheep + ewe

Yang ketani makan.. lamb! Sheep inda brapa kana makan 'cos not really nice. Sama ada caranya memasak sheep atu. Difference between daging goat and daging lamb, lantuh lagi goat's daging. Bah bah.. Adangg.. atu saja k. Oh, so now you know (for those yang inda tau atu).

My aunt even thought that kami kan bekorban! Haha ;p Bekurban pliss.. Walaupun ari raya aji di sini. Sibuk-sibuk tia kan bekorban. Hehe ;p

28 more days *gulp*

I have a thought..

Hang on 2 thoughts actually..

Oh, it's coming again.. 4 thoughts in total..

Hehe. Apakan ;p

Ignore my nonsense. Huhu.

I just went to see my course convenor, trust me she's so good in recognising her students. I had her during my Bachelor several times but I wouldn't think that she would know me. She can even pronounce my name PROPERLY. Bisai bunyinya. Jarang kali tu ah. We discussed about my special consideration for my thesis. After all, I figured that I don't need it. InsyaAllah, I'll be fine. I don't want it to be a hassle so she gave me an extension of 6 days. Ok jua tu kan. InsyaAllah a week before the deadline, there won't be anymore labworks. Amin. People, please pray for me that I'll get through this honours thingy smoothly, ok. Thanks :) I don't care if I won't be able to celebrate Raya, as long as my honours thesis and seminar will go well. Big sacrifice udah ni. So guys, please.. inspire me, motivate me, push me and be there for me.. Thankies!

BRB, TYT, GTG, TTYL. Peace!

ADDED at 1.05pm:

I think I've gone mental *mental icon* I couldn't log in into MSN. I'm in the lab though but then.. why... why now I just couldn't log in into it? Huh? Hmph. I kept on trying for hours now.. Mannn.. Later peeps :(

THE SALE!!

Sorry guys, it's been a while. Sibuk bah, abiskan my GA series and yup, finally.. ABIS!! I love Grey's to the maxi taxi. A friend checked the ratings on tv.com, pun very tinggi. What do you expect from Grey's anyway? Highly recommended. Satisfaction guranteed. So baik tah membali boxsetnya keh! Jangan tah download atu. Huhu ;p

Anypants, I need to stick to my title. Inda bulih menyeleweng ni. So here goes..

It was a lovely sunny Thursday, 28th September morning in Brisbane. Bila jua inda sunny di Brisbane ani. My alarm was doing its job in waking me up. Nope.. not for uni. But for the SALE. The biggest SALE in my 4-years life in Brisbane or should I say the biggest in my whole life? Me and the girls planned for it a month plus ago for this sale. Been saving up for it as well. Hehe. Sanggup tu ;p And we came up with strategies. Hehe.. That one cannot reveal. Maluuu!!

The sale started at 11am at City Hall. I left the house at quarter to nine in order to make it for the bus. I met Nina in the bus and we arrived in the city around 10.20am. I could still remember vividly (eseh) what song was played on my iPod. Kira bagi semangat lagi. And I could still remember what each and everyone of us were wearing. Semuanya strategy pun. Hehe. Anyway, inda bulih carried away kan.. So, we waited for Ren and off we went towards the City Hall. When we got there, there was already a line! Uhuh! Kami sampai pukul 10.45am. Ada line udah. The line looked pretty much like this. It was already a U-shaped queue.

As we waited, makin ramai urang datang and we were in our best mood. Nadeya and Atoi came a little late. I think pukul 11am kali. With the heat striking at its best, and ramai sekali bini-bini in the world.. the stylish ones pun ada, so sorang-sorang dangan ulahnya lah but we were patient enough with the heat and lambat start lagi. Hmph. And this picture shows the people blakang kami:

Uhuh!! Panjang kann.. I think the queue went on sampai the stairs. I think lah. I'm not sure!

At 11.30am, FINALLY.. we were allowed to go in. But only at a very small amount. Apakan, macam me-measure reagent. Huhu. I spend too much time in the lab bah. What do you expect?! Okay so.. nya urang Brunei incit-incit. 20 urang, 20 urang lah.. We were the lucky 5th batch to go in.

We were so eager and excited. I think adrenaline rush pun. We were basically waiting for the man in blue shirt to go out 'cos he was the one who would let us in and count us.

Nah kan.. almost there.. Our hearts.. begagar pun big time. I was kinda nervous jua. Hehe.

*gulp* *iski* INDA LAGI LAMA...

Finally.. we got in around 11.45am. 1 hour queue-ing didn't turn our spirit down. When we got in, that was when each and every one of us was struck with bangang-ness. The lady said "Please form 2 lines, so that you can alternate with your friends to sit down". In my mind: Eh, duduk di lantai? Why are we sitting down again? Pokoknya, membari bangang. It took us a while to figure out that, that was their strategy. Hehe. Durang pun ada strategy bah ;p Supaya they can maximise the amount of people dalam the hall and sitting down, supaya inda mengalih bah.

We were ushered to a room full with chairs and the room usulnya macam graduation-church-ish room. Or maybe tampat urang perform opera! Hehe.. Just look at the people. Mann.. ramaiii.. Nina was I guess, sibuk betasbih, Ren was taking picture (hehe) and Atoi was surprised by looking at the queue.

While waiting in the hall, this was when our jobless conversations came out. We came up with different theories, napa ya cematu or napa ya cemani. Hehe. As usual Nadeya, Ren and I were in our best lembap mood. Haha. We just couldn't stop laughing and laughing. Barangkali pasal the atmosfera macam bentuk sfera. Hehe. Atoi even caught Entourage's Pilot on my iPod. Hehe.

The most interesting thing that triggered us was this sign:

Hehe.. Majority of us (eseh, mcm ramai saja) thought that.. Siapa yang ada left ear, inda di benarkan masuk. Hehe. Or siapa ada telinga, not allowed pun. I came up with "My case is even worse, I've got 2 of them!". Hehe. I can't remember either Ren or Nad thought that it was something to do with disabled people, particularly hearing disability. "Too much sound in the room iatah no gud for deaf people pasal inda pedah jua tu, mcm tah drg dpt dangar jua" Hehe. I don't wanna quote that. Sorry ahh.. no offense people. I guess we were tired and jobless and excited, k.. Combine together iatah jadinya tu. So sorry :(

Rupanya that sign means "Hearing aid is available". Sel told Nad, Nad told me. But the thing is.. Napa ada cross sign? Hmph.

After an hour wait.. finally as in FINALLY, we went in. The security asked if we were wearing any of the goodies. (I haven't told you kan.. sale nya sale apa.. you'll find out soon). None of us were wearing any of the goodies. One of our strategic plans. Hehe ;) As we went in, we had to find our way through the stairs until we finally found the ACTUAL room. It was madness! Inda beusul bilik atu. Too much jeans, too much shirts, too much... SASS&BIDE!!!!! Yeahhh mann.. sass&bide!!! Can you hear me? SASS&BIDE bahhh!!!!

They divided the jeans according to their sizes. And gosh, it was hot and soo many people in there. Baik jua inda claustrophobic. I guess inda lagi tepikir tu. When we got in, semua kami bepacah and said our lucks to each other. At first I couldn't find any jeans.. sikit lagi hampa.. BUT last last ada jua. Went to the 'fitting room' with Atoi. The 'fitting room' was double the madness. Hehe ;p I wasn't really happy with the one that I picked 'cos it was one size bigger. And then, I saw the same style laying on the floor, maybe someone tried it on and left it there, and when I checked the size.. it was the right one. So, I tried it on.. PURRR-FECCTTTTT!!!! Basically all jeans went down from 50-70%! sass&bide kali ahhhh.. Ren found hers first, tried it on and paid straight away. Kesiann.. Kepanasan ya. Me and Atoi found ours and decided to go for 2nd round but I was just too dizzy. So I went to the cashier. We had to again queue for one last time... It wasssss WORTH IT! The 2hrs of queue-ing in total and another hour in the madness room.. was all worthwhile. We practically bought 2 sass&bide jeans for the price of one!

It was one hell of an experience. We had fun. We were satisfied from the long wait (sebulan setangah kaliah kami tunggu ni). We were knackered at the end of the day. But all in all.. it was worth it. Lapas ani inda lagi mau meliat any sass&bide jeans. But I can't wait to own another Standaside. Huhu. Can you blame me?

sass&bide

Founded by an enchanting duo where their like minds think alike. sass, taken from Sarah-Jane Clarke whereas bide from Heidi Middleton. The label started in London and rose up to fashion heights and now well-known with their jeans collection variations. The label then expanded throughout South East Asia, USA, Europe as well as the Middle East and of course it started from the land downunder, Australia specifically in Sydney in the year 2001.

sass&bide also is good for those women who appreciate elegancy and those who love sexy-styles - the more contradicting, the better! Haha ;p Their main moto is 'don't look too pretty', imperfection can be much more stylish than looking overly-polished and coordinated. There you go girls.. tips tips tips.