Growan In Life

Moved

2011-04-17T21:19:00.001-07:00

http://shutterspeech.net/levlie/

Shopping List

2010-08-10T08:18:00.000-07:00

It has been 3 years since I last celebrated Hari Raya in Brunei.

I know it's too early. But it's quite the excitement. I've forgotten about the baju kurungs to make, the tudongs and shoes to match them with. Sigh. No wonder people say the community thinks too much about Hari Raya instead of Ramadhan. The past three years I only had to worry about making at least 2 outfits to bring to UK.

Oh and my birthday is in this holy month as well! Hopefully di berkati. So anyway, I have had a whole list of things to buy this month or the ones to come. Items listed in priority:

1. Red chiffon kain
2. Tudong - tudongan
3. Brooches
4. Fancy heels
5. Clutch?
6. A ticket to Perth
7. A new camera - DSLR or ones mentioned it previous post.
8. iPhone 3GS or 4. OR iPod Touch?
9. iPad
10. New supply of stationery for my room
11. A facial
12. A COOK BOOK.
13. Not turning another year older.
14. Coastal Scents Eyeshadow Palette
15. Black wardrobe
16. Another Marc Jacob's Daisy

List will be updated as days past by. This shall be my reference from now on.
(UPADATED!)

Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa!

Ramadhan al-Kareem

2010-08-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

The time of the year is here again.

Starting Terawikh on Wednesday! It'd be nice to see familiar faces at the mosque, praying together as umat Allah swt. Have you seen the renovation on the Masjid Bolkiah, Kg Serusop? I'm guessing they're hoping to get it done for the comfort of the massive amount Muslims coming to pray for Ramadhan. How exciting!

What The Heart Desires

2010-07-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

Sony NEX-3

Lumix Compact DMC-LX5

I love how they are now designing a stylish digital camera that is based on the old film one. For now, these are two new cameras that are in my checklist. Basically looking for a camera that has a classic design. Will compare the functions and specifications after exams!

Brunei four days! Hope everyone is happy as me. Salaam.

Bruneians Can Be...

2010-07-22T01:01:00.000-07:00

Quite direct.

Or blunt more like.

Chritina Aguilera's Bionic

2010-07-19T23:30:00.000-07:00

How do you guys deal with pressure?

Apart from talking to someone when my mind is clouded, I cope by either eating or shopping. Today's meal included KFC's chicken wrap, indomee jawa with half a bottle of coke and a bar of Maltesers icecream. Oh yeah baby. All the adipose tissue came back to my bum now.

So I went to town yesterday and finally bought Christina Aguilera's new album - Bionic.

A Decade of Hits and Bionic

I've always been her fan since I can remember. Iatah one of my cita-cita ni. Unlike her, Joss Stone or say Gloria Gaynor, I am not gifted with a rich soul voice. I am not sure if practice is the solution to it. So anyway, the first few tracks on the album are say... quite naughty and raunchy - Not Myself Tonight, Woohoo, Elastic Love, Dennudate and Sex For Breakfast with my personal favourite intro for it, Morning Dessert!

There are other beautiful songs such as My Heart, I am and You Lost Me. ALTHOUGH Vanity is slowly becoming my favourite right now due to the funny cocky lyrics. HAHAH.

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the flyest b****h of all? Never mind I am. ... If I were her I would kiss me"

Ooh and I actually bought the Deluxe Edition so there's this fun cute song called Monday Morning. Wish I could've bought it on Sunday instead so I could've listened to it yesterday! Maybe on the day of my exam =o)

This is album is more fun and modern I would say. A lot of people may say that she keeps changing the style(?) of each of her albums. But c'mon, most of her songs are written by her, and so they should reflect on her life. First album was sort of forced for her to sing, Stripped exposed who she really was and her real personality. In Back to Basics she has found her true love, on the way to being a mother and now in Bionic she'll all happy and settled down in an amazing house, of course she has the rights to create a fun album! Of course not to forget one of her Latin album Mi Reflejo which displayed her roots.

My favourite album still continues to be Back to Basics though. I have all of her major albums but one - the first. I guess I could get it if murah rezeki in the future. For now, there are other important things to think about.

Anyway, this post is TOO LONG. I don't think anyone will even read this! But in any case, it's to show my luurrve for dear Christina. I look up to her. Plus I love her wardrobe of shoes!!

Shoe wardrobe, in her house ie ex-house of the Osbourne family.

New Housemates

2010-07-15T02:13:00.001-07:00

22 Linton, Cardiff and Opal

King's

Appreciated!

Guess Who Popped Over to Visit?

2010-07-15T01:59:00.000-07:00

House of Parliament and Big Ben, London

Only the most amazing man ever.

Lonely. Haha.

2010-07-06T04:11:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wish I'm not such a people person.

Hahaha. Here me out first. My life pretty much revolves around everyone else other than me even if I'm super self-centered. Meaning I want to constantly be in contact with my huge family, my awesome friends and the love of my life. (Except when I'm shopping of course, going solo is my way). But sometimes when they're suddenly not there, life can be so empty. Suddenly so dull, monotonous, colourless.

I noticed that I can deal with any sort of dismay or catastrophe that is directed to just me. I don't cry. I'm the one who usually give advice to friends or family that are in need. But when it happens to me, I... don't know what to do. Haha. Say the rational side of me usually take place, and I advice myself.

Talking gibberish again. Excuseme.

So for some people who have no one to talk to they may turn to Twitter, Facebook, or Blogs to express what they feel. So sorry if I keep complaining here. I know someone somewhere will read this. Hopefully! Haha. Anyways, the thing is, appreciate people when they're there. Luahkan tah perasaan when you're comfortable before it's too late. And also, even if you can't give advice, lending an ear sometimes can be enough for a person to let out to.

I miss talking to people I love. Let's get this over with. Cmon studies, let's pummel this exam away.

Results

2010-06-23T16:09:00.000-07:00

Results out tomorrow. Too anxious.

Please pray for me.

This Week.

2010-06-20T17:25:00.000-07:00

RESULTS coming out this Thursday.

Ethics week from Monday until Friday, 9am-4pm.

....

Special person arriving in 7 hours.
So close. Yet so far...

6 months of waiting is finally over in 20 hours!

Happy, nervous, excited, touched, anticipated, impatient.
A handful of emotions, but which one to pick?

.....
...............

CHEEZY, but you'll understand what I mean if you go through what I'm going through now. Hahahaha. Sleepy time. Happy Father's Day to my amazing daddy who has went through ups and downs to raise me for the person I am today. Let's just hope I can go through this 5 years to be what I wanna be for my parents.

Wassalam.

Interests

2010-05-22T04:45:00.000-07:00

It's great to see people are blogging again.

Obvious reason: procrastination on revision. Or most probably just cause they want to let off some post-exam steam.

Me, I really want to finish reading all the books that I've bought for the past year. Taking this course doesn't really help my indulgence in my hobbies. I used to love to read. In my room, on the bed, on the floor, in the classroom, in the car - be it morning or night. HAHA I remember I used to light up my book with my phone or even move my novel here and there to catch the passing light from the lamp posts!

Here is one interesting book I haven't finish reading - Trust Me, I'm a Junior Doctor. Pretty much an insight to a life I would go through insyaAllah in 5 years time..

I've been into QI since forever and have not been investing much into it. I love interesting facts. So I would probably buy these books after exams! Just cause.

Also, being in this course, together with the internet and the new series I can see online is SO NOT helping my artistic side. Mubies had a really famous painting for his Mac the other day:

A Sunday Afternoon on The Island of La Grande Jatte - Geroges Seurat

Back then I would've know the name of this painting and I would've know the artist who painted it. Sighh... I miss art. Hahahaha. Emo. But that's okay. Exams are ending on the 9th of June. Then chill. Then spend time with a special someone. Then hardcore studying again. Then a loooonng holiday!

Goals for holidays: invest in hobbies - paint / draw and read novels, learn playing the piano and get better Korean.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAYAAH AND AFIQ =o)

One week and one day till ESAs!!!!!

Revision Season

2010-05-17T08:32:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I fell asleep in the midst of my revision.

I guess it wasn't really surprising considering this is the dullest and most boring module for me - Membrane and Receptors. This module reminded me of Molecules, Genes and Diseases in the first semester. (Yeap, pretty much slept every end of the lectures).

I would've preferred studying in the silent library in my own world of iTunes + cells. But it was after I came home that I knew Faipoo and Boobies (bukan nama sebenar) were at the library. So where the only other two Bruneian medics in Leicester are studying intently the third one is struggling to concentrate on her workbook. Sigh.

Pretty much everyone's status on Facebook and Twitter are about revision or exams in one way or another. All I can think about is revision revision. When I eat, I think of what I'm going to study afterward, when I'm about to sleep I think of what I'm going to revise the next day. When I'm in lectures, I think of what I had just revised. IT'S CRAZYYYY. I guess at the back of my mind I really do not want to fail. I guess my fear is to not be a doctor at all and the embarrassment of failing. I've felt it once, and I promise I WILL NEVER fail again. InsyaAllah.

Anyhoos. Happy Birthday to Mr Awkward Man, Zimin!

14 Days till ESAs. Arghhh.

Medical Appliances

2010-05-12T16:23:00.000-07:00

Weehee.

Stethoscope finally arrived into my hands today! I have finally now able to listen to heart beats (auscultation) properly without having to struggle with the painful university ones.

I shall be having fun practicing Blood Pressure with my voluntary friends soon. Meanwhile revision is progressing well with my reflective essay done. Alhamdulillahh.

Sphygmomanometer

Littmann's Classic II S.E Sthetoscope

Signatured by yours truly!

EIGHTEEN DAYS till ESAs

2010-05-08T14:09:00.001-07:00

Okay seriously

Even if I don't show that I'm pissed off or hurt or jauh hati, I hate it when people take advantage of that. It just hurts.

Maybe I should be selfish once in a while. Like properly selfish.

Ya Allah, berikan ku kesabaran...

Still 23 Days Till ESAs.

A Different Profession

2010-05-08T12:34:00.001-07:00

I offered to cut two of my friends' hair today.

A chair was set in the middle of the living room, surrounded by newspapers on the floor. Armed with new sets of styling scissors, I wrapped up my clients with a towel and started off.

It turned out... to be... well not bad. Hahaha. It was okay for me, but people's comments weren't that amazing. Hahaha baie =op Although, Adam did look like he was before and Qidah just had a shorter fringe. So basically, I just trimmed their hair.

Um so you be the judge. HAHA.

23 Days till ESAs.

Essay

2010-05-05T15:40:00.000-07:00

"Thinking of what you are doing while you are doing it"

(Schon DA, 1987)

Currently trying very very hard on making a Reflective Essay for this Inter-Proffesional Education. We need to explain what happen, analyze why it happens and it's relationships so that we can understand and then applying this to the future if needed.

EXPERIENCE -> REFLECTION -> CHALLENGE PAST LEARNING ->TAKE FORWARD YOUR THINKING

It's not that I don't know what to say. I have TOO MANY things to say, and don't know where to position them. It doesn't make it easy when you're missing someone too.

One thing's for sure. Team work is essential if you want to work as a Health Care Worker.

Not easy being a medical student. In fact, it's not easy being a student at all. Hahaha. We just have to do our best at what we're interested in.

26 days till ESAs (End of Semester Assessments)

Maybe Back Again

2010-05-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

Salam

Hi guys. I think it is very obvious that I have not blogged in ages!! I was trying to find a nice blog skin / template or what ever you might want to call it. Hehe. Sucks finding the perfect one, yet it still doesn't match what you desire. Yeapp, human's are selfish.

Makes me want to be a geek and learn to do this html, xml shit. I don't even know what that means. You guys who know, you are AWESOME. So I'll take my time making this blog look nice=o)

I have been quite busy these days. Just got back from Brunei last week, had a test today having an afternoon class in addition to a morning one tomorrow. So haha.

An idea had dawned upon me of making this blog as an update of what I learn in my course. It may be just one interesting fact of the day, or of the week. We'll see how it goes.

I'm saying that cause I know of how much of a "hangat hangat tahi ayam" I can be. Hahah.

Laters.

Visiting Mulah Nini =o)

2009-10-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

Finally got to visit my mulah Nini Silat after a long while. It's awesome how there are sooo many people going to the kubur during puasa time. We used to go every other Friday to mulah Nini Hj Momin, but there were barely any other people. Ani macam, public place tarus wah. I quite like it though. Feels nice banyak urang.

Money money

We also went to another place near the that Atirah Plaza. Better view though.

You can see my brother Sinadam taking his awesome pictures.

Picture On Anak Brunei!

2009-10-02T17:17:00.000-07:00

Hi!!

I've started my Med course in University of Leicester now. It's quite awesome, settled in well and met the other freshers this evening. But will blog about that soon. Want to show off my house too anyway. Hehe.

THE IMPORTANT THING. Aku sakai saja wah ni. Jangan judge okayyyy. I have my photo on anakbrunei!!! Gila awesommme. Heehee.

Sama Nora, her parents and Fidz

Kay, that's all.

Wassalam.

The Feeling of Nafsu

2009-09-09T10:42:00.001-07:00

WE had a Sungkai Outing the other night at Pines Restaurant. Had assorted meats for grilling, 3 portions of Dolsot Bibimbap (rice with fresh veggies, to be mixed egg yolk. served in a stone bowl) and 5 servings of Sushi. Loads of sushi. The experience was gooood. Even Soon and Chern changed their minds about the place. Personally I think they were with cooler, funner and awesomer people this time. Haha.

Then we went off to eat ice cream at Snow House. FINALLY. After much hearing about the place from everyone, I have finally gotten the privilege to locate it and actually go in it to eat. Had this Mango Ice thing. Amaaazzinnnnng~~~ [high pitch style]

Managed to get some gay ass geeks lurking arond the area. =op

Emoshizz Geek

Weirdo Tunggul Geek. Hehe.

and then he found a friend. oppostie in every way ......except for the weird part.

No offence intended. Only pure playfulness. I love you guys =o) Au, especially you twinnnnn.

Wassalam

The Memories

2009-09-09T04:00:00.000-07:00

Main entrance to Nini's House in Kampor Sungkai Kedayan 'A'

MY mom asked me to accompany her to Kampong this morning to get the Roti Cornflake thing from a family friend. (you know, yang padas2 ah.) This was my first time driving to Kampong and my first time parking on the side of the road. Nothing hard, apart from the huge chuncks of potholes on the side of the road for the parking area and the fact that the road is next to the Brunei River. Hahaha. [thumb up]

We stared going all "awhhhh~", "aaaaaiiiii" and "siiiigghhh~" as soon as we arrived. By the time mummy started to reminisce about the past with my Nini Limah and her daughter, she was in tears. Aigooo. It is kinda sad though. I grew up in the damn huge and wide house. The memories in it are priceless. "Time may continue but it will never erase those memories".

So anyway, we took some pictures. Well, more like my mum pushed me on taking one.

The jalan tu Kadai Hj Salleh
...okay I need to loose weight.

Increase in Domestic Potentials

2009-09-07T21:15:00.000-07:00

I HAVE never been so domestic in my life. Then again, it is the Puasa season. In the afternoon, I help in the kitchen from about 4pm? Then Sungkai, then Terawikh. Followed by having tea in Serusop. And then assisting my mom again in the kitchen. That's preeettty much how my plan of the day is. Well at least now there are penyungkaians held by my uncles and aunties to look forward too. And I have a Sungkai out later with the girls.

So I've been cooking. Learning to cook because of living abroad I guess is pretty much part of growing up. This season is the best time to learn cooking man. And learn the legacy my mummy has been bestowing upon me. I've been cooking thing's like Buttermilk Chicken (easy I know), Blackpepper Crab, Ikan masak merah, Udang masak merah and even simple things like Lauk Berabus merah and putih. The taste? ........Tolerable I might say?? Haha.

I pretty much have a lot of pressure on me now. Cause lots of people are expecting me to be quite a good cook. Tell you a secret. I'm not really. =op Ah well, we'll just have to wait for them to find out when we arrive in UK.

I made some Kek Batik the other day. The modern style. Verdicts: Nyaman but manis. Haha.

ps: I'm flying off the night pf "Meliat Anak Bulan". Hoping so much it can't be seen. Too much burden there. Sigh.

Wassalam

The Feeling of Pity

2009-09-01T07:27:00.000-07:00

I WOKE UP to a moody weather decorated with a mushy grey sky. My new alarm ring tone of Maria Maria by Santana rang enthusiastically. This was a bad choice considering I kept pressing on the “stop” button for every 15 minute alarm interval I have set the night before.

I was obliged to accompany my mom and my sister-in-law out for the late afternoon. Driving through the rain. Horrah. While walking along the Teguh Raya area, I saw one of the workers patiently trying to shoo a little orange brown kitten. I was instantly glued to my feet, eyebrows rising and my heart feeling sorry for the little thing. The rain was pouring, the baby was wet, hungry and alone. [cries] It hurts to see how other people aren’t giving it any attention, not giving any pity to the thing. How I wish I could have become the kitten’s hero. I would’ve scooped it up right away and kept it as a pet if it wasn’t for my mom’s hatred/fear of smelly furry little animals. All I could do was stare at it with feeling of regret. Huhu.

Imagine how the cat was feeling from its point of view…

Hmmm. That was some good fish.

Mommy had brought us to the “magic supplier building”. The place was marvelous! Colourful plastic bags everywhere filled with every imaginable thing. We walked around sniffing them until Mommy called us out to her. I could already smell the sweet scent of fish. Yummm!!

After much cleaning up with our cute little tongues, my siblings and I went to play around the alley. Mommy told us to be very careful. It was going to rain soon. We asked her not to worry. We were invincible! Mommy just laughed but kept a good look at us.

We were playing hide and seek superheroes style when I noticed a little movement behind a trash can. My natural senses were tingling. Hmmm. Maybe I should take a look. I stalked stealthily towards it and just caught a little glimpse of a brown tail. Heehee. I was filled with sudden glee. A mouse!! Just wait till Mommy finds out what I’ll achieve today! With slow agile movements I try to trace its footsteps. When I thought the moment was right, I pounced dangerously onto it. Oh no! It slipped away! But suddenly the rain came down as if someone poured water on the clouds and squeezed them straight away. I noticed there were more cars on this side of the area. Movements of huge human beings could be seen everywhere. I realized that I was not on familiar grounds.

Where am I?

I was cold and wet. I had to find a shelter. Looking around with what my vision could provide me; I saw a stationary car and ran towards it. Oh yaye! Thank you God. I tried to lick myself dry and clean. It was no use; the wind blew little sprays of water underneath the car. All I could do was cuddle up and wish that the rain will go away. I grew scared and tried to calm myself down, singing a lullaby that Mommy always sings to us. Mommy...

It felt like ages before I opened my eyes. I couldn’t tell what time it was because of the weather, but I was hungry again. It must be late afternoon. It was still raining but less hard. I put up with the little courage I had and walked out from under the car. I arrived in front of a huge space with even more colourful bags and people going in and out of it. There were songs playing about this ‘Hari Raya’ thing and constant ring keeps coming out from a machine where people seem to queue up. I wonder if there is any food in there. Suddenly a dark hand pushes me away from my destination. “Shoo, shoo!” Oh, but I just want to have a looksy. I won’t bother anyone sir. Please sir.

But of course, all the man could hear was my pitiful meows. I persisted on trying to go in, but he finally won. I saw a girl in a long head scarf staring at me, her eyes wide open, with obvious feeling of sorry for me. Yes, please come and help me. I saw her look at her mother and made an apologetic face. As if she wanted to help but couldn’t. That’s okay Miss. I think I can take care of myself. She walked away with regret.

My concentration shifted to the aromatic smell of chicken coming from somewhere and followed it. I headed towards the end of the long building. Every time someone opened the door of the entrance, I kept having a whiff of the enchanting aroma. Oh how I wish I could have some. But still no one came to my rescue.

Oh. What was that?

A pile of unclean chicken bones are placed on the side of the building. But they were too close to the rain. I might get wet… At this instant my angry hungry stomach grumbled at me. Fine.

As soon as I arrived there, a low growling noise came from the back alley. It was another big dusty white cat. With ugly eyes. Oh no. It wants the food. At the moment when I noticed that the big cat was actually angry, I decided that this must be his food and he think I’m stealing it. I started to walk slowly away when it came to attack me. But mister, I didn’t even touch it! He was too furious too listen. I tried to defend myself with what strength my little body could provide. It was a good thing I was quite fast compared to him so I could dodge as much of his attacks as possible.

Suddenly I was caught in a corner. Mr Ugly looked quite happy at that fact. He was about to pounce on me when another cat pushed it away. It was Mommy!! And Uncle Ned with my siblings as well! Mr Ugly was outnumbered. He was forced to leave his precious food.

Oh Mommy! I was so scared!

“It’s okay honey. Mommy’s here. I’m here to protect you now.”

The world can be so cruel when you are alone and there is no one to shelter you from it. People can be so ignorant to you when you are different even though deep down inside, helping you was the right thing to do.

Holy Month

2009-08-31T02:11:00.000-07:00

ISABELLA could hear the impatient honks from the car downstairs.

“Kaka Bell!! Hurry up!”

“Yes yess…” she replied hurriedly trying to concentrate on locking the main door. It was 5 minutes to Isya by the time Isabella got in the car. The usual religious songs were playing on the radio while she and her brother sang along to them.

“Whoaahh… talk about second day of Terawikh man!” Cars were overflowing from the compound of the mosque. Even from the shopping complex opposite it.

“Nahh… who told you to be late? I’m not even sure if we can find any space to park the car,” replied my dad. It’s amazing how semangat people are when Ramadhan had just arrived. It’s nice to see a lot of people walking around the compound of the mosque. Men with their Cara Melayu or Kain Sarong while women with their telekungs. You only get to walk around in telekungs in Mekkah. I tell you that.

It was Isabella’s first season of puasa here in Brunei after missing it for two years of “celebrating” it in UK instead. The difference is quite obvious especially the atmosphere. Here the government allows shorter office and school hours. Not to forget holiday on the first day of fasting and the never ending adverts on discounts in every imaginable stores.

---

Isabella was walking slowly out of the mosque, in a daze thinking about the food at the Pasar Malam and the Stadium. Suddenly a finger poked her hips. She barely had any reaction since she was immune to these attacks. She turns and sees a familiar face. Hazel shaped eyes, a cute little nose and that mischievous smile that has never changed since they were in Form 2.

“Laina! Ohmigosh! I haven’t seen you since you went to Phillipines. How are you?”

“Hey bebs. Doing okay. Back now for about a month. Going to uni soon. You?”

“Same here. Too bad I’m leaving right before Hari Raya celebrations man.”

“Awwhh. That’s too bad. Hey, you know what? I miss those times when we debate about stuff.”

Laina and Isabella used to spend hours discussing about random topics. Things like the society, the tree, about our life in this world and even about the reason people pick their nose during driving!

“Now that you mentioned it, I was going to say something about Terawikh. You know what? I think it is actually like a form of exercise!”

“What are you taaaalking about??”

“Think about it. You know how Terawikh is uber long, 20 rakaats? Imagine the fact that you fast the whole day, you metabolism becomes low. Then some people might eat their hearts out during sungkai and just sit or lie down after that. I presume Allah advices we should not just sit around like that… C’mon it Ramadhan. Lebih baik beribadah.”

“Hahahaha. You sound like those iklan on RTB about puasa”

“… I know right! ‘Inda bah kita aniiii. Aku ani kan becerita ganya nyaintaaaaaa~’”

By this time both of these two enthusiasts were making their way to the parking lot.

“But I get what you mean Isabella. There’s so much stretching, sitting down and standing up. I guess we can call it relaxed exercise. Like yoga or tai chi or something.”

“Especially good for the elderlies.”

“And it’s totally beneficial. Your body is moving and you’re also doing ibadah to Allah.”

“Ahh… but there’s also the fact that people do only 8 rakaats. What do you think are the reasons?”

“Well… there are a few. Firstly they might have other obligations and they still want to do this optional task, so this is an decision they can choose. After all, we want to make as much Pahala as possible. Secondly,”

“Isabella! Hurry up; it’s time to go,” the voice of Isabella’s mom was heard from their car of which she vaguely remembered its position. She looked around the dim-lit parking area and found her ride home.

“Mann… I gotta go Laina. Sorry. How shall I contact you? Same phone number?”

“Haha don’t worry. My parents are waiting for me too,” she points to a nearby car already occupied by her parents, “yes, same number.” She turned to leave but stopped. “Ooooh, facebook me!”

“Ooh great idea. Facebook is the penultimate socializing site man!”

Both of them giggled. It’s fun to be silly girls once in a while. Isabella skipped to her awaiting family and entered the car. She started her routine on changing from her telekung into her head scarf as they were going out to have a drink. Yet again.

Isabella took in the view of the traffic around the mosque. “Why do I have to suffer from going home late just cause of this minum, and then cook for sahur?” She started weighing out the reasons and consequences of the situation on the short ride to the usual café they go to.

Old Stories Told

2009-08-10T21:57:00.000-07:00

I had just spent my morning eating bubur with my grandmother and my mom. It's this place in around Pulaie. That bangunan that has a lot of stalls and opposite it ada urang jual chicken. There was this one time when my late grandfather wanted to send me to school and he was like
"bah, lakastah singgah sekajap makan bubur."

"....mmmmm bahhh..." unsure of wanting to go as I was afraid to be late for school. I wasn't and still am not much of a fan of bubur anyway.

So we had some bubur. AND IT WAS QUITE AWESOME. Haha. I think this is the only bubur that I actually will like. When we arrived at the school, there were barely even anyone there! Imagine how uber early I left the house. AND how early I woke up.

So the the grandmother, mother and grandaugther had a few journeys here and there. Mama bali ipin, aku bali Easikad for nini, hantar ujian papers to be photocopied... etc etc. All these while, my nini keeps talking in the car. She talks about how her credit, finished all in one go, talks about her children and talks about my brothers! My mom repeats again and again with the same reply to each statement but in different ways. Haha usually these situations answers my question why my mom is such a nagger =op But of course I still love my mummeh. Think this is what they mean by like mother like daughter. Think I inherited this trait as well -.- So don't blame me. Here are some of the things she mentioned about my brothers.

Bang Piq
Nini: Si Sapiq masa damit atu, kana sayangi tu oleh nini nya. Inda buleh di marahi tuu. Si Ammat (bukan nama sebenar. hehe.) kan marahi pun inda kana suruh. Cucu pertama kali tu ah.
Mimi: Apeehh, indakan
Mama: Astaah, masa di KL lagi, nini mu batanya si Apiq, inda kau memmmbali baaaju laaai (dengan nini2 urang tua accent). Nya abang mu inda payah nii.
And apparently mulah nini gave him like RM100 to buy a baju
Mimi: Auah, tu abang masih pakai numbur nini Silat bagi ah.

Bang Wi
Nini: Si Awi atu lagi tia, pelawan tu. Inda mau mau kan membali Aeroplane. Yang basar lagi tu. 5ringgit 10ringgit pulang ganya. Tapinya dulu atu bukannya kan beduiit. Duiii lillaaahh. Ada lagi mengambil ia surat khabar, membuat tia kapal trabang ah, nggiuuuung, ngggiiiuuuung.
Mama: Hahahaha. Au si Awi atuu. Ani ia pulang membawa kapal terabang!

Bang Wan
Mama: Ih, si wan atu lagi damit putih tu ma ah, lampuh lagi.
Mimi: Hahahahahahaha. Masa ani opposite berabis. Hitam and kurus.
Nini: Tapi bagus tu si Wan atu, pendiam sikit.

I think this all started when my nini saw a baby picture of me in the car. Saying how huge my eyes were, and how huge and fat i was. (THAAANKS niiii. haha.) Then they started talking about how much I liked to eat back then and pretty much how my body is currently evolving back to when I was a baby. (weight-wise of course) Well, at least this will add up to the piles of intriguing stories about my siblings when they were younger.

My youngest brother Anih is turning 16 tomorrow! Horra!

Babies In The Family

2009-07-21T09:01:00.000-07:00

WELL. If you think they're not cute, think again.

..apakan. Anyway.

Alai Faaruq.

Currently my favourite. He usually makes weird and questioning faces everytime you try to make him laugh. It's as if he's saying "...are you...okay?" Hahaha. Love everybit of him apart from the constant drool. Last time he got excited with the power sockets. KIUT JUA TU!! I would think he'll turn out to be a very handsome boy. Turns out he can say "apaa~? apaa??"

Zainul

Our very own Michael Jackson =op I have a video of him dancing to Beat It. I think. Will check again later. Anywhere there's music he can just shake his cute lil body to the beat! When you say "tangan Jenul, tangan!" He would put up his arm up to his head, and start shaking that too. Pintar lagi tu, if you ask him to close the door, he will. Basically he now understand mostly what people are saying lah.

Balqis

She's really smart. She's......well I dunno how old she is. But she knows how to talk properly now. As in her pronounciation is quite good. Usually if you play with her, she'd react. Kadang2 mengusut. Haha last time in Rizqun, I went "hi Balqiiiis." Suddenly, out of nowhere, she replied with he cute voice, "hai Kaka Mimi..."Awhhhhh. She said my name!

There's another baby called Ashraf. He slept in my arms the other day=o) He used to be afraid of other people. Kept clinging on he mommy. BUT HE KNOWS ME NOWWW. Mwahahahaha.

Don't worry guys, I'm not even thinking of having my own baby yet. Haha yes, I'm safe. Will not take desperate measures. I have like...30+ cousins? Banyak lagi masih kanak2. So I have unlimited supply of kids to play with. Hahaha.

Malas ku usai malay to italics.

Wassalam =oD

Sigh

2009-07-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

SUCKS WHEN I watch a sappy movie about couples in love I get that feeling like my heart is being squeezed like someone's juicing a lemon. Then the past memories come hunting by. Mostly memories when I was hurt so bad, the scenes are still vivid in my head. Call me sad, I don't care. It's just a thing that I've gotten since forever. I can easily imagine things in my head. This is one of the reasons why I can't watch horror / ghost stories. The images from the movies are outlined so well, I get goosebumps every time I do it. Only last night, after sending Ka Mala off and an unplanned return to my house alone, which can be reached only after a series of hills, dark and winding roads. Kept reciting the surahs and preventing myself from looking anywhere else except the main road in front of me. Heehee.

Sigh... I got majorly thrown away twice. There was once I my heart ached so hard, I could literally feel as if it was crushed into tiny particles. (eseh, sciency. oh no, hilang tia moment) During the few months my mind was in a state of haze eventhough it looked like I was all okay with it. When people started talking about relationships I tried to keep quite or tried to change topics. When people ask me about my past relationships I just smile and shrugged, saying, "ah? haha entah..." I couldn't even watch stupid love movies and read the novels. Duii lillahh. If it were a few weeks before the incident I'd say to the person, "OH COME ONN. There has GOT to be something else you can think about". But since I myself had felt it, turns out it wasn't so easy at all. Guess it's normal for people to be in this phase? I don't know.

Buuut, I'm super okay now. There's somebody who can make me smile. Although, at times a feel I feel really guilty due to the fact that I'm just not ready yet. Sucks. Guess it's denial, guess it's just fear. Of getting hurt. I start to care for people so easily that next thing you know, my friend tells me how the other person talks behind my back. My friends hate the bit of me not minding and melayan people that they don't like =op I hate it too. [shrugs] What to do?

Anyway! I've shared and blabbered wayy to much! Not everyone's goina read this whole thing anyway.

MOMMY's BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!! I'll post about that later. Gotta wake up early tomorrow. Doa kesyukuran thing in Rizqun tomorrow night. Horra horra.

My First Youtube Video!!

2009-07-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Heehee.

Wassalam

Here Comes the Bride and Groom

2009-07-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

IT'S OFFICIAL!

On the 10th of July at 4.49pm, my brother Syazwan got married to Kaka Mala in the acara bernikah in Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien =oD Bang Wan got the sentence thingy in one go. Semangat wah tu, bini nya yang tersangat lawa dapan nya. Heehee. May their marriage akan berkekalan and happy-happy selalu.

Love you guys!

Since there's a gathering in my house every night from the day I arrived, I've been sleeping around... 4 am?? I didn't even feel tired and had to listen to something to go to sleep. Haha. I think it's the jet lag pulang sebenarnya. I was a major karaoke girl when the day I came back. The karaoke has been going on everynight this week and stops at around 12 o'clock in the morning! I thought to myself, if I were the neighbour, I'd be like "baie kali, bising wah". It's a good thing my family's voices are quite awesome =op

Bersanding tomorrow! Gotta have a good night sleep.

Wassalam.

My Mommy

2009-07-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

MY MOM IS SO HAPPY I'M HOME, she was singing the Malay song "Isabella" with her own lyrics. Haha kiut. It went like

"Hasba Villa adalah, cantuman nama suami isteri.
Anak cuma lima, tapi ada seorang puuuuteri"

And it went on and on about the house, her house work, etc etc.

Right. I'm off to cleaning up my room now before the girls come over. With their masks. I tell you, the level of scared-ness towards swine flu in this country is suuper up there. I've blogged too much...better get on the life I have before I lose it, macam urang main Sims =op

Wassalam.

just take it easy

2009-07-08T11:29:00.000-07:00

DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SLEEP for the two days before I flew back

did so much packing

luggage was overweight. thank god Faai and Nadia was there to help.

too tired, had to sleep on the flight from London to Dubai. (usually I only sleep on the second flight to adjust jet lag)

program for the tv thing on the plane DIDN'T WORK. (????*^&%$#@@!!!)

thanks to the overweight luggage, I brought my Learn Korean thing and actually learned a LOT.

couldn't sleep at all during the flight from Dubai to BSB. good thing by this time the tv works.

hahahaha aku liat cerita Hindustan, starrng Shah Rukh Khan.

arrived and had a stomach ache - everytime I fly, I get indigestion. also, the pressure causes... well... certain gases to expand. =op

slept the whole afternoon.

spent the night having cousins around. karaoke, guitar heroes competition, Loto (lotto?) and food~~

baju kurung for Bang Wan's birthday salah sleeves nya. so thinking of someone to help me arah Mrs Co/Koh ( I still dunno to this day how to spell her actual name)

wassalam.

Wash You Hands Too

2009-07-07T22:17:00.000-07:00

CHECK IT OUT

=oD

New Hair Galore!

2009-07-02T02:29:00.000-07:00

ZAZ JUST GOT HER HAIR CUT TWO DAYS AGO! Hahaha kiut ah. There are comments that say she looks like a little boy (geraldine) and others say she looks super 70s. Macam wonder girls ah. Last night we went out for dinner in Strada. Was quite awesome. Got back, and had a 'slumber party'. Only difference was... we'll just sleep in our own rooms at the end of the day. We did some girly stuff last night - doing each other's hair and watching ling dance =op (no, it's now what your dirty mind is thinking okay)

Haha Ling and Zaz. Apologise for my lack of professionalism in censoring. Heehee panas wahh. Sorry Zaz=o)

There was also arm waxing. Shin and Geraldine.

And hairstyling.

=oDDD first time ku ada fringe cemani. Sorry ah posing. Gali pulang ku benarnya kan this picture. [shivers]

got my hair permed

2009-06-30T03:42:00.000-07:00

Been ages since I wanted a wavy hair. FINALLY HAVE IT.

The process is basically, putting my hair into four sections, and in these four sections, they use the colourful foam rods (a long sponge thing with a wire inside) to curl my hair around them. At this point, I looked like a moose with colourful tanduk.

Then they put this ammonia smelling chemical on my hair, to break the bonds. After a quarter of an hour, she washes my hair and added the neutraliser which will make new bonds in my hair in the position it is in. And WALAH~ curly hair made. To be honest, when the rollers were removed, and my hair was still wet, I thought I looked like a poodle. Gila bida. Haha but now its satifactory=o) Not amazing pulang. Haha.

Wassalam.

Thorpe Park Adventure

2009-06-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

WE SPENT LAST WEDNESDAY, 29th JUNE waking up to an amazing weather, filled with laughter and adrenaline. Oh, and inorganic material commonly known as food.

And of course, the team was filled with thrill seekers of Chelt ladies, most of whom did not know what to expect from this amusement park.

Behold, the Lap Group, with their SHHHHHHH! t-shirt

(I tell you now. Hahaha. I've never had much of a liking of wearing the same shirt as everybody else. Especially if it's just soooo obvious. You see, HAHA I'm one of those people who despise and practically ucap2 them. So they should know how MUCH I love them to do this=op). We kept having people shushing us when the four of us were walking together. Most of the time we go like "wth, what did I do??" and barutah sadar baju kami ani SHHHHHH! Haha paluii.

The Elizabeth girls

And not to forget Beale and Cambray!!

Obviously there was so much waiting. It's good to be with friends, so that we can chit chat and share stupid lame jokes.

Of course, even though we were happy, actually we feel like this inside.

And there are people who just can't wait that long. Ling.... it's not a zoo...

But then came the rides..

And the food...

After lunch, we broke into groups. All in all the day was quite amazing eventhough Geraldine and I didn't go on much rides. I tell you now, si Zaz and Shin are TOTAL THRILL SEEKERS MAN. Haha I think they went on like, SIX roller coasters?? There was this really cool one which was a backward roller coaster in THE DARK. Haha I actually wanted to try that, tapikan, scardy-cat wahh (? cana kan tu spelling nya).

Ah well, so now we know that there are people who prefer to have that adrenaline rush and others don't. It's your preferance in life. You can't force that person feel what you feel. Unless you've never actually been on one, then you should give it a try juuust incase you're actually a crazy thrill-filled person. Me? I've been on a few shocking rides, and that's enough for me to imagine the feeling of pressure everytime you're pulled up, down and sides to sides even by just looking. I wonder if this is a sense of emphaty as well? Hmmm...

Looky what pictures I've got with people wearing my red/"orange" shades! Some I couldn't get on photos though...

Those are supposed to be lips btw. Hahaha.

Wassalam.

Japanese Grandpa - Awesome.

2009-06-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

CHECK THIS OUT.

This is a short post. As usual, my dad sends me all these random e-mails. Not to forget my uncles and aunties as well. Haha. This is one of the coolest videos I encountered. [thumb up]

The Amazing Apple

2009-06-05T04:44:00.000-07:00

Ah, also, I had an amazing apple which reminded me of Fujii Apple - my favourite apple!! (Wow, I don't think I remember typing the word apple so many times in one sentence) The apple was crunchy, not sweet, and the skin was just right. HAHA.

Gone down to London

2009-06-05T03:24:00.000-07:00

Hi=o)

JUST GOT BACK FROM LONDON yesterday - went down last Wednesday to Slough. There was a change in Reading to there though. Cheh, no direct train. Haha brought some past papers with me. That didn't work. Half way in doing a paper, I either got distracted by the TV (this was also the problem when we stayed at the hotel) or by my phone. Bang Wi and I went to a Halal Nando's in Slough... a WHOLE CHICKEN accompanied by chips. I ate 3/4 only. OKAYY?? No, it wasn't because I 'control', but more like... I don't like isi ayam (the breast bit etc) Heck, I don't even like chicken. Haha. If you're surprised by that then what you need to know is that I loooove fish, then comes lamb then beef then chicken. Sigh, I miss Mummy's Ikan Masak Merah and Masak Tau-chu (?). Obviously Bang Wi was tired, so he slept like around 6.30 pm? I was bored like hell plus I had no mood to study, so I went to check my email and opened up my subscriptions from ASOS and Topshop hence ended up looking at clothes and accessories to buy. However, this is the embarassing bit... Went to onemanga.com and read Ouran High School. Since I haven't read it for more than a year, I read till I finished the whole thing! (Like I said, when I start on a series, it's really hard to navigate away from it) This was from 7pm till 12.3oam okay. HAHA. I can't believe I did that!

And Bang Wi was sleeping so soundly. In the middle of the night I got super hungry and I was like "hellloooo? you're sister's hungryyy" hahaha but I didnt dare wake him up. He was tired kan. Anyway, at least helps to diet [thumb up]. THIS IS BAD BY THE WAY. DO NOT MAKE ME AN EXAMPLE.

Next day went shopping in Oxford Street. I got the YSL Radient Touch Highlighter in colour No.3. Wanted to get the green cream eyeshadow too! But my sain self kept nagging me and made me consider about how much it cost=op. Bought a cardi and a vintage looking sling bag from Urban Outfitters. I also got the kantongs, white dress and keropok udang from Mummy. Being the silly forgetful me, I came down with a small bag. So my journey back involved bringing one bag on each shoulder and one kantong on each hand.

OMG, I just remembered!! I wanted to take a picture with Bang Wi before balik! Damn.

Bang Wi's not the type to talk that much. Haha and he mumbles too. Our typical conversation goes:
Bang Wi: "Semmbrk boh nya?"
Mimi: "hah? what?"
Bang Wi: "Semrbak bau nya?"
Mimi: "Seme what?"
Bang Wi: "Semerbak bau nya?"
Then I realised there was a keling lady (no offense is intended here) standing next to me (I was sitting in a bus) and her armpit was next to me. HAHAHAHA. Palui wah abang ah.
Mimi: "Au sadang, now that you mentioned it-.-"
Enden ada lagi tu urang pasang earphone and lagu kaling kedengaran berabis. Had to stop myself from shaking my head to the beat =op Ah well. I love my brothers. who are each different. Us siblings show our love in a weird way. But that's another story.

I was greeted by my beloved friends when I arrived. Hahaha. Kiut. Apparently Geraldine had withdrawal symptoms. Kept pushing my door open and went "MIMIIII~!!" and I wasn't there. And Shin was all giddy and Zaz kept talking to me about The Science Festival -which is this week. I missed the Blood and Guts talk! Sigh.

Am back now, and ready to study. ...Since I have something to munch on now. Woohoo.

Wassalam.

What I've found

2009-06-02T03:32:00.000-07:00

GRAND WINNER OF THE ANIBOOM AWARDS 2008 - Sebastian's Voodoo by Joaquin Baldwin. It is just AMAZING. A little voodoo doll has to sacrifice himself to save his friend. Sedih ku. Actually found this video out from one of Ka Rina's blog =o) Thought I might share.

Sniff.

It's touching how even a voodoo doll that doesn't have a heart and a soul to actually think about sacrificing himself for others. Especially someone who he just met. How about us humans? We have what it doesn't have. And sometimes we are just so selfish to give up even the slightest thing. I've been trying to give up my time or things for others, but it kinda hurts when the person isn't appreciating what you've done. However the reason why we give up things isn't to expect something else in return (well, haha most of the time depending on the situation). It's all about being sincere. Even this sometimes people think I'm a bitch in disguise, or "ugh whatever, cheese much". Hahaha. Well anyway, whatever it is you're trying to give up, jangan ragu2 and menyasal.
.... I don't even know what I'm talking about. Let's just say, try to feel what the little voodoo kid up there is feeling. With no regrets=o)

Wassalam.

Found A Place

2009-05-30T15:33:00.000-07:00

LAST THURSDAY I WENT OFF TO LEICESTER with Mubin (accompanied by Izzati) in search for a house during our education in Leicester University insyallah. (Aaaamiin) We went to about... five houses? Fell in loove with this amazing house, which is actually quite far away. It has seven bedrooms, each with a fire place. Each with it's own wall colour. Bright happy yellow, relaxing green, eye-opening green, weiiird orange, the freaky dark attic room and etc etc. Siigh, I shall say now that I was really in deep deep looove. But then reality slapped me when we found out that the place was 420pounds for 7 people.. That's 80pounds for 5 people! I guess that's reasonable for some people, but we found cheaper places. Heehee. And we certainly wouldn't want to live with 7 people in one roof. Kind of too much to deal with for me. Hahaha. I have this thing with being a clean/organised freak at times.

So we ended up choosing this place for 50pounds per week per person. That's 200pounds per month!! The place? Haha well, that's a secret. I'm just looking forward to usai the place and make it look better when we invade the place. Haha. Biasaaa [thumb up] And then we started to think about setting up Sky, PS3, BILLS.

That gave me a thought.... Oh my goodness, we are so totally (iyeah, girly berabis) growing up! In a few months, I'll be starting university. I know I've already started depending on myself since I got here and etc, but this is a whole new world. Next thing I know, I'm already looking at houses and thinking about bills! Siigh... And we're quite lucky to find this uber-cheap house =o) Thanks Mr.House-introducer-man! Of course I'm thinking about how much everything will cost. Haha I don't come from a well off family, and I don't want to depend on my parents on money. I'm already feeling guilty everytime daddy buys the ticket back home and the things they have to buy me everytime I go to UK. Haha. Love you mummy and daddy.

2009-05-24T11:21:00.001-07:00

YEZZZAAAAAA. Right now I'm staying at this studio aparment place thing called The Big Sleep. We were afraid that the place didn't have certain things we needed, but turns out, nearly everything is here =oD Ada kettle, fridge, a pot and pan, towels etc. Basically it's a really big room, complete with the TV area, dining area, sleeping area and a separate ensuite toilet [thumbs up] The toilet's quite huge too accompanied with a wide mirror! Haha sakai daaannng.

The dining area. Ignore the mess on the table, studying hard here =op

The open up kitchen cardboard. Awesommmmme.

Sleepy sleep area

TV areaaa. Haha "wide screen tv" kecil ah.

Oh right, forgot to mention why I'm here. So as to get some revision=o) Instead of going to London. So yeahhhr. Hahahha.

Wassalam.

The birthday people!

2009-05-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A SHOUT OUT for one of my dearest best friends Hayaah and Qidah. Whose birthday is on the 22nd and 14th of May respectively. Haha. Miss spending time with themm. I think the best time when I go back to Brunei is when I spend time with my girlfriends. Hahahahaha cause we'll talk super loud and everyone just talk shit and about random stuff. Ketawa lagi inda bedinding tu. (i dunno what the real peribahasa is. HAHA) huhuhu. I totally miss those dayssss. Ayayayaiiii...

Anyway, semoga panjang umur and murah rezeki guyysss. They were having a great time eating their ass off in Capers this afternoon probably. HAHAHA AUAH, aku jeles kaliah. Sometimes it sucks being here without my really close friends. Lajutah kemariii. Hahaha.

Left to right: Green Lantern, Hayaah, The Flash. Stolen from your facebook=op

Hayaah can be very blunt sometimes. Haha but don't worry. This is one of the things that makes her really funny sometimes. She's talented in art, and is really precise - that's why she's planning to do architecture. (masih lagi kah? hehehe) And she looks super cool with her tshirt and jeans. Wish I have her body, cause it's just right. Hehe. But I'd still keep these boobies though =op heehee love you hayaah!! And even though we weren't that close before, we're so much cooler now, since kami sama class GP masatu, and we can go out more!! Mwahahaha. And I miss her tooo!

Qidah is totally different though. Haha. She can be quiet at times... but when you get to know her, BOH, start tah tu. Hahaha even her laughter is sooo addictive! Hahaha. Sekali when she swears she like "ohfuckshithell" semua keluar aniwah. HAHAHA. She's super smart tooo. Oh and I still remember those days when we go out to do our school project, and end up doing nothing in the end=op Ooh, and her braces are off too=op

Nabila and Qidah

LOVE YOU BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTHHH!!

Oh and this is a shout out to Afiq too. Happy birthday you=oD Adang2 beulah. HAHA. Kidding.

Have an awesome year guys =oDDDDD

Happy Anniversary to The Exclusives!

2009-05-18T07:41:00.000-07:00

All photos in this post are properties of Mr Syaf

LOOOVE IS IN THE AIIIR~
Haha. My brother and sister in law met a few years ago, not knowing that they're perfect for each other and will be spending their whole lives together. Pejam celik pejam celik, it's their second year anniversary! YAYYYYYYEE. [throws confetti]

I'm really happy that my brother found the perfect amazing wife for himself. Haven't seen my brother willing to give up lots of things for someone (karit sikit wah =op. kidding!! but kan, there was one point dulu kami sengaja minta lanja arah bang piq infront of ka julie, so that success is higher. haha. probability decreased after they got marriied). and ka Julie is an awesome sister in law! Kami Leos, so kinda click together [five!]. Since I never had a sister, so she was like my first real family-sister. Haha apakan! And guess whaaat? It's going to be out first raya together this year! Horraaaa. Hahahahahhaha. Sigh, it's great that you get to find your soulmate yeah? Abang sehat now, heehee, pasal happy wah tu. Looky at my brother when he just met Ka Julie!

Heeheehee. I just saw this picture from his multiply, so aku grab lah =op LOVE YOU BANG. Hot kaliah [thumb up].

The journey of your life together since you first met (ehem2 I know where, cannot tell kaliaaah) till today is so full of adventures with ups and downs. However you made every jumps and turns together and here you guys are today, one of the lovey-dovey, coolness couples I know, Mr and Mrs Exclusives =o)

Love you!!!

This is dedicated to the two of you. Semoga Bang Piq and Ka Julie kekal karar hingga ke akhir waktu, panjang umur and murah rezekii =o)

ps: bang! I just read your blog dari multiply yang aaaagess ago, when I had just left for UK. Homigosssh, I dinno thaaat! Haha kan nangis ku tadi. O.O

Wassalammm.

Giving up my room O.O

2009-05-17T10:35:00.000-07:00

SO HERE'S THE JIZZZZ. I've given up my room for Bang Wan and Ka Mala. Been considering about it for ages. Haha for one, I have that wall that I've been working on since ages ago. But we have to make sacrifices at (/in?) one point in our lives, especially for people who you care right? However I really don't mind though, just incase you think I'm not being ikhlas or anything. Just wanted to share =oD Plus you know, married couple. Heehee. And we wouldn't want to waste daddy's money to make a new room downstairs.

So right now I'm thinking about what colour I want for the new room. I'm thinking olive green Macam ada "zen". What? Oh, MESTILAH GREEN. Warna apa lagi??? Hahaha. Horra. This is actually a plus for me. Heehee. I get a new room. (I'm getting Bang Piq's old room ie Anih's room now. and my lil bro will get Bang Wan's room) Haha only problem is the toilet. Cause the toilet outside is a bit... well. How should I say, a guy's toilet?? Haha no comment. Geli wah ku sikit. Ah well, I'll just deal with that when I get back. (haha I still remember how my brothers usually use my toilet to do their "business". The windowwide openn to release the smell. [tutup hidung] ) Sigghh... ONE MONTH plus to go!! HORRRAAAAAA. And I will officially graduate on the 4th July. [thumbs up] Heehee. And get to puasa in Brunei and enjoy's mummy's cooking=oD
=oD

=oDDDDD

I'm just so happy. Oh! Need to send off the baju design for bang wan's wedding and also the room plan. Aigoo.

Mwahhh.

I SWEAR, I think I'm going bald

2009-05-08T15:29:00.000-07:00

HAVE YOU GUYS EVER FELT YOUR BALDING?? I think my hair started to fall off more when I first came here. Symptoms:

1. Every time I comb through my hair when shampooing, more than 20 strands of hair get washed off. (and I think 20 is even an understatement)
2. Hairdying my hair - they fall of too!
3. Combing through my hair at some random point in a day with my fingers- some get combed away!!
4. Taking off my hair tie, ada strands jua sana.

WHY god, whyy~~???? [kills self] I know more hair grows on the spot where the old one was, but it's still amazing how I actually still have hair!! Hahahahahha. Ah, but still, I notice my hair's a bit thinner than before I came here. I still remember when my hair panjang, it looked super nipis man. Aigooooo~ Hence which is why I've shorten it. And now.....entah, menyasal jua sikit. Cause my hair just looks like "hair". Yagetmedauggg?? Nada UMPHHH [buat macam expression si Sim] Hahahaha.

( I dunno why but I suddenely thought about si Zimin punya blog about tahi hidung is good for health. HAHAHA.)

You may think I'm being over-dramatic. But let's look at it this way. I am a not-so-ideal-more-like-wobbly-teenager who's in here 1* year in life, in an all girls school and has forgotten to bring most of her nice shirts here. NOW I'm going ballld. Nada ku mau lampuh+no hair! Cmonnn... siapa mau jadi gundul before turning 20? Haha. Even Britney Spears gundul when she was 20ish saja!!

So I've decided not to hairdry my hair that often. Shampooing my hair is like washing a precious frail kitten now. Hmmm.. thinking of what kind of hair I want now. Apa baik ah? Anyhooo... This is a random rant. HAHAHA good job reading till this far [thumbs up] Suckers =op

LOVE YOU ALLL.

Wassalam.

Happy Monkey

2009-05-06T05:27:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MONKEY ACAI AND POMAGRENATE drink is the awesomest drink I've ever had. Hahaha. (well there's Qoo Green Grape and Heaven and Earth Jasmine tea too) I used to pronounce acai as 'achai' but turned out you pronounce it as 'ah-sai-ee'. I first encountered this amazing thing in my first year in Chelt ladies at Waitrose. (waitrose is a grocery store that where we can undergo therapy cause it's just that awesome. hahaha basar and putih wah the place. just imaginnne Supa Save Beribi I guess). Being the weirdo I am possessed with at times, I saw this cute "Happy Monkey" drink to give it a try. Back at home, poured the purple liquid over chunks of ice and "aaahhhhhhhh~~~".

Well actually that's a lie. I went "hurrrggkkhhhh!!" masam! (ie sour) enden barutah "aaahhh~~" nyaman jua tu ah" hahahaha. so my face would have to look like this first:
but ofcourse hot lagi aku lah=op mwahahahahah.

Then later in my life (iyeah, macam batah saja udah ku hidup lapas minum ah) I saw this advertisement on facebook that acai berry can actually help you lose weight. [looks at self] Exen mu tu eh. Hahahaha. Anyway, I stopped drinking it for a while - since the drink costs pretty much. But these days I feel like splurging and macam taisliur. Think maybe it's a Spring thing.

Here's what I found from the happymonkeydrinks.com's fact about acai berry:

Açai is quite simply one of the healthiest and tastiest things you can drink.

It's a little purple berry from the Brazilian Amazon that's exceptionally good for you. Açai is a natural nutritional powerhouse, which when mixed into a fruit juice tastes like a blend of exotic berries with just a hint of chocolate. And it gets the thumbs-up from environmental groups as it promotes sustainability in the Amazon rainforest where it grows and is harvested.

So what are you waiting for? It's delicious, healthy and like nothing you've ever had before.

So yeahr. Next time you see this, give it a try [thumbs up]

Wassalam =oD

Faiq's Air-drumming to BEP - Let's Get It Started.

2009-04-27T06:01:00.000-07:00

Si anih in the background taking the video and making gay comments. HAHA. Tapi I think ani cool. Horra.
Thanks to bang wan's upload on youtube and his video cam!

Mwah.

Look what I've found!

2009-04-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Hi=oD assalmualaikumm. (chewah)

Just got back from a birthday dinner untuk si Khairi and Qawi (Qawie? Nazirul lah saja ah? Hehe) They're the boys from Dean Close School. It's basically another school in Cheltenham. Tapi ofkos cool lagi kami lah. Mwahahahaaa.

Dean Close School. Picture courtesy of cheltenham4u.co.uk

Iatahkan, so we had dinner ramai2 at the Dragon Fly - now known as D-Fly. Think it was closed for renovation and now mcm bar and restaurant jadinya. Iyeahhh, kira 'make-over' lah tu. Kan jadi cool. "d-fly". Like "you AJ!! fo shizzle ma nizzle the bizzle in the chizzle" Turns out his name Ahmad Junaib or something like that. (entah aku inda pandai becali wah eh). Hahahaha and durang bising gila. Hehh, cali juniors ku ani. Meriah. Also tadi when durang kan ""suprisekan"" the birthday boys, (yes, berabis asterisk) obvious berabis =op kiut eh.

ANYWAY. About the title. My dad usually sends all these random chain emails (together with my uncles and aunties. haha.), some religous, some funny and others are actually interesting. Not saying the religious ones are uninteresting that is. Haha. So a I think more than a week ago, he sent me this email about a B&B in Junjongan(?) I think. MACAM COOOOOL. Ada rupanya benda cani di Brunei!!

It's about 20 minutes ride from the gadong area. It has about three rooms which can accomodate single, couple (ehem2) and groups. Plus these rooms have their own themes. Nama nya lagi unik tu. Heehee. And ada activity lagi tu!! You can go cycling, fishing, hiking, going for a paddy field tour and etc. Rugged ah. Baie aku mau eh. Nanti tah, kalau ku kan cari inspiration. Esehmennn. Think we should go there for fun guys! (And I think they should pay me for this free ad)

Pictures courtesy of junjongbnb.blogspot.com

However, note that I don't know when this place started and whether it's still ongoing. So if you're interested, give it a try!

Contact:

Phone: +6738786507
Email: junjongbnb@yahoo.com

And if you'd like to find more, just check out their blog at http://junjongbnb.blogspot.com/.So yeahr, if you'd like to go for a relaxing, captivating holiday, away from worries about time, remember about this place=o)

You have any interesting place you'd like to share??

Bah, aku tidur ah. (sadang, exen ku wah ni.)
Homework homework. Been relaxing too much lately.
2 months, 1 week and 4 days till i fly back home! Hopefully.

Night=oDDDD
Wassalamm.

Perwira and Penjahat. Iyeah..

2009-04-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

MUFTI DAY STRIKES YET AGAIN. Cool ah tadi. For those who hasn't been informed, a mufti day is a day where the students get to dress up for charity. So the night before the mufti day, we pay a pound each lah, for the charities that we signed up for. This time, the theme for sixth form is Heroes and Villains! Arrrssseeoooommme. Hahaha. Ada the Lower College, Disney characters and I think Upper College kana suruh red carpet kah apa kah. [shrugs] But too bad not all were super excited to dress up. Probably people have forgotten all about this due to the looong holiday. (Eseh, inda jua berapa batah wah. For me maybe yeah. BALIK BRUNEI KALIAH. Woohooo)

Here are some more funkeh photos from today! Wira and Penjahat. Haha..

So cheers to those people who have worked really hard to make their AMAZING costumes. Salute mannnn. Sigh, I'm so tired. Just got back from coll. We had this Collywood thing, basically it's a talent show. Mann, this school has so many talents. They had singing (ada harmonising! horrra) and dancing - Jai Ho, Jabba Copiezzz, Ballet, Jazzy dances (?). Kira banyak varieties laah. Not just the typical solo singing apa atu. So anyway, pengsan ku karang. HAHA.

Baie aku malas sekulah isok. Chem prac lagi isok patang. Sighh. What to do? REVISION REVISION.

Wassalam.
Night niiight =oD

Did you see the new BADS production????

2009-04-20T14:53:00.000-07:00

From Left: Hamiz, Anih, Mimi, Zuliana, Mr Syaf, A'aqiil, Faiq

BADS - Brunei Amateurs Dramatic Society - returned with an astounding performance in The D'Anggerek Ladies Guild Dramatic Society Production of Macbeth. (Man, that's a mouthful) Not long after the tickets started to sell, they were really on demand that the Saturday tickets were actually sold out! Arsseeesooommme.

The action was performed in The D'Anggerek Hotel in (?) three show times:
April 17, 2009 - 8.00pm
April 18, 2009 - 4.00pm
April 18, 2009 - 8.00pm

Where students only had to pay $5 while normal tickets were $10. Privileged berabis jua students aniah.. Oh but as usual, food wasn't provided, iatah murah atu. Heehee. However they did have food being sold outside the hall so that's a plus. The fizzy drinks were cold too so that's worth the money. [thumbs up]

Well anyway, since I had to leave on Saturday to UK (huhuhu, aku home sick lah) my cousins - namely A'aqil, Faiq, Hamiz, my brother Anih and I went to watch the show on Friday night. Given that it was their first time perfoming this act infront of the audience, it was great =oD

Although I was quite confused of what was happening first, I slowly started to understand what was going on as the show proceded. Bengang kali ku ah, Ka Julie lagi pakai crutches. Haha I really thought she broke her leg! The booklet even had little section where they provided a little summary on Macbeth for the two acts to help remind us about the story. So anyway, the act consisted about 10 or less (?) actors doing different roles. They were mostly quite good in these roles... especially the laughters of the witches. HOMYGAWD, aku suka durang ketawa. Macam nyaman aniwahhh. Hahaha.

The production received a lot of good responses (good job guys!) and even went to the newspapers!! Horra! Congratulations to you guys. Keep it upp. I'm not sure if there are any bad comments about the show though. Ooh ooh, but I do know this, the place was quite warm.. some people were flapping the papers held in their hand ah. (macam arah panggilan. haha.) Think it was because the main aircond made noise, so it had to be switched off. HOWEVER, this didn't give that much effect to the audience, and we still had an effing great time [thumbs up] Haha.

Search for BADS on Facebook and you can find news on BADS from shutterspeech as well.

All in all, LOVED the show. So the next time you get the chance to go, why not give it a try?

Wassalam=o)

ps: hahaha cali jua my previous post. first email i sent to the wrong mail, so had to forward it. now it turned out funny. anyway, can try it again next time :p

Testing

2009-04-20T14:51:00.000-07:00

Syamimi Bakar

Begin forwarded message:

From: Levlie <levlie@gmail.com>
Date: April 21, 2009 5:32:03 AM SST
To: "levlie.growaninlife@blogspot.com" <levlie.growaninlife@blogspot.com>
Subject: Testing

I've just realised that I can post by email! Guess what? My phone can send emails whenever O want. Why? Because I have 3G. Mwahahahaha. Sucks how I think that I can't use this phone in Brunei and that my other phone takder 3G.

So anyway, now I can post anythingI want everytime I have something random to in mind! Horrra=oD Well they've got to be short posts though.... it's kinda tiring typing here-.-

Wassalam
Syamimi Bakar

The Most Unproductive flight everrrrrrrrrr.

2009-03-24T02:57:00.000-07:00

O.O

My flight from London to Brunei was the MOST UNPRODUCTIVE journey ever. Kalau ada awards for my flights wah, this would totally win man. Well I did watch Slumdog Millionaire pulang, atu siok. Movie lain - either aku udah liat or not appealing to me at all O.O

Movies nya: Twilight (i donnn like si edward pattinson acting as edward), Night At The Museum, Secret Garden, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Happy-Go-Lucky (ani annoying bini2 nya. BANAR.) and entah I don't remember that much. Paham-paham lah memory ku ani.

So all I did was, dengar lagu while playing Sudoku for about 20minutes (?), then makan sambil liat Slumdog (120 minutes? Not a real hindustan movie that will take 3 hours. Haha. Maybe I'll watch those next flight to pass the time) then TIDUR. After I got woken up, KAN MAKAN LAGI. HELLO? Lampuh kaliah udah. Annnyways, I wasn't supposta tidur in the first flight. Cause I wanted to sleep in the second one supaya try to ngamkan the body clock so that I won't get that jetlagged udah sampai Brunei. In between those sessions I go to the toilet to brush my teeth. (Ooooh yeah, DO I have a thing about brushing my teehth) The chair lagi inda nyaman tu! Siggghhh... ended up with jubur yang sangal. Dui malaiii~~

Wassalam

So Why The Gay Title?

2009-03-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

You know the times when you sit around with your friends, making lame jokes and fooling around? It is just SO easy to spit out random things and come up with silly ideas. ALTHOUGH sometimes these silly ideas are actually interesting, right...? Then when it comes to that one specific time when you actually want to name something, inspiration just won't shine on you. Annoying much.

But i guess maybe that's because we want the name to be so special that you don't want a mere name that's ordinary. You'd want it to be remembered, unique, meaningful, catchy or etc. That, or we just get really retarded / super genius around our friends.

So that was my problem when I decided to make a new blog arah blogspot (pasal 'cool' wah). Reason? Entah. I guess this would make it easier for me to blog from my phone maybe? We'll see lah if I'd be active in the time to come. Haha. Another reason is that sometimes when my friends kan read my site arah multiply (especially bestfriends ku kan) they can't leave a comment or even access it. So yah, guess I'll give this a try.

So came the time when I actually had to think about the name of the blog. I wanted to name it by something that I'm SUPER DUPER interested in - which made me decided on the colour green in the end. ..Sometimes people ask me why I reeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllyyy like green - LOVE it more like. My answer would usually be "...........I dunno. Lawa kaliah man." Entah ah, I think every time I see green, be it a really nice bag or just panties, the colour just gets my attention. Eternal love like that. Mwahahahaha. Entah. (i say 'entah' a lot. one of my top words. so IGNORE.) Sekali macam boring jua if I just put "green something something". HENCE I went to google (iyeaaaah, gooogle. i looooove google. sanang buat hw. heehee.) the word 'green' and found out that it is possibly closely related to the Old English word 'growan', meaning 'to grow'. It's a word used to describe plants and oceans apparently. Then again, I found this from Wikipedia. So I'm not sure how accurate this information is XoD. But whatever, it's an interesting discover anyway. Sama weird.

Then when I wanted to register it as "growan.blogspot.com" ADA TIA URANG UDAH BUAT THAT NAME. I mean, okaylah, rupanya ada jua urang genius macam aku but the annoying thing was THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE BLOG. No posts, calendars, links, NOOOOOTHINNNNG. Iatah, baik pulang ia bagi aku tu. So I had to come up with something else - which is where you are noww. =o)

[calming down]

Well yeah, growan in life. I guess that's interesting enough (-ish. tapi macam masih gay bunyinya.) since I'm still a young girl, trying to cope up with thing in life - family, friends, studies, guys, life dramas, studiesssss. Haha. ESPECIALLY that I'm applying for medicine as a course for uni man. A whoooooooole new life a head of me, a loooooong one filled with never ending education. And in that journey pursuing to be a doctor, I KNOW that a LOT of these things will happen. We'll just how interesting it would be - not just some cliche drama macam dalam tv I hope =o) (although i think my whole life seem to be like a movie)

OR shall we make this blog pasal porn? I dunno you choose.

Haha just kidding.