my thank yous

these days, i noticed i've been craving a lot. mmg la dari dulu2 lagi cmni, but now ah, always i want this, i want that, i want these, oooohhh, i want those too.

now now, this entry is not about food and that kind of cravings. its about all these material stuff around us. sometimes i wish i'm in somewhere remote so i won't know what's the latest stuff and whatnot, but then when i think again, as if THAT will stop me la kan. n mcm la buleh tahan. staying in alor star for a year only pun rasa mcm nk cabut2 je rambut.

so, skrg aku nk buat list kesyukuran aku, to remind myself all the things i should be thankful for.

1. i'm thankful i'm still alive and well, tanpa penyakit kronik dan cukup anggota.
2. i'm thankful my parents are well and still around whenever i need them
3. i'm thankful my siblings turned out all right
4. i'm thankful that i have a big family yg sgt meriah dan suka mengarut
5. i'm thankful that i already found my soulmate, a husband, a bestest friend and a pair of shoulders to cry on whenever i need them
6. i'm thankful that both my husband and i have jobs and income, cukup makan dan pakai
7. i'm thankful that i know how to operate the stove, so kalo tgh sengkek masih buleh memasak
8. i'm thankful that my husband is taller than me, kalo barang2 kat atas lemari tinggi2 dia buleh tolong amikkan
9. i'm thankful that my skin is fair while my husband's dark, because if its the other way around, tongues will sure wag one
10. i'm thankful i know how to bake chicken that tastes like fried ones to save our blood vessels and tastebuds at the same time
11. i'm thankful that my hips are wide, so my children will have comfortable 'seats' when i carry them around on my side (while they're toddlers at least)
12. i'm thankful that i'm at my height, because tall girls have harder time to find even taller partners
13. i'm thankful that my shortsightedness has allowed me to wear contact lenses of various colours yang berjaya mencantikkan mata
14. i'm thankful to have kening yg lebat, ada sestgh org tu kening jarang sgt sampai kena lukis, aku xpyh hehehe
15. i'm thankful that my husband was the only boyfriend i have had before getting married, maka xde la org dari sejarah2 lampau untuk mengganggu rumahtangga

i'll add on this list from time to time :D

toodles people!

i wish..

masih sakit gigi. the surfacing of the wisdom teeth hasnt made me very wise. no sirrree. it juz made me cranky. one i can stand lah, but two? one on each side, both on the lower row? as if my rollercoaster mood isnt enough as it is.

hopped into farina's blog and saw these beautiful MAS planes. one of the models:


a boeing 747 i think (farina aku curik gambo ;D)

which instantly reminded me of this oh-so-BEAUTIFUL notebook clutch collaboration between HP and Vivienne Tam, a limited edition HP Mini, this i read yesterday in the newspaper.u can view the specs here.

it comes complete with a notebook sleeve and meant to be carried like a clutch, hence the name notebook clutch.

look, isnt it lovely? *meleleh air liur sekejap*

kalo dpt nih, gerenti hilang sakit gigi aku :))

i've read something else again, so?

blk trganu, i was armed with two large books, brisingr (as per one of my posts) and breaking dawn. i know i know, i've read breaking dawn oredi (in about 5 hours!) tp i'm tempted to read it again. never mind why i bother to read the 750page-book again (sbb sedap la kan. duh!) anyway, thats juz in case i finish brisingr early n xde material lain nak baca.

turned out i took about a week to finish brisingr. dah blk kl pun x abis lagi. magic betul! sllu abis je cepat.

i know why. buku tu agak dragging ceritanya. meleret2. made me feel like, heiiiihh bila la nk abis neiiihhh... a third book, the second sequel of eragon by christopher paolini, i think there's only a few main points to highlight, but the author managed to (over)elaborate sampai almost 700pages. rematch between Murtagh and Eragon, Eragon finding out how Galbatorix managed to keep his power expanding these few hundred years, learning more from Oromis and Glaedr, the last remaining dragon and its rider from the days of the Dragonriders, and the fact that Eragon is Brom's son, not Morzan, head of the Forsworn. which made him and Murtagh only half-brothers. its also about Eragon finding his own dragonrider sword named Brisingr after Zar-roc (Morzan's sword given by Brom to Eragon) was snatched away by Murtagh.

the book is made even longer with Roran (Eragon's cousin)'s story. sigh... penat jugak kepala aku baca semua tuh..

this doesnt really make sense, i know, but its been so long since i've read the first and the second book. i didnt make any review about it. n eventhough the preface actually summarises the first book (Eragon) and the second book (Eldest), you still need to read them as the summary didnt really do the books justice.

if u like fantasy books, i suggest u read the first two books before reading brisingr as it needs some getting used to, the storyline, and the writing pattern as well.

the first movie, Eragon, was kinda disappointing, sbb agak kayu watak2nya except for Brom and Saphira's character. Brom was played a well known veteran actor, Jeremy Irons (the handsome Aramis in The Man in The Iron Mask starring Leonardo Dicaprio) and Saphira is a digitalised character (she's the dragon, in case u havent seen the movie) so that doesnt really count. Murtagh mmg hensem in the first movie so i was kinda disappointed dia turned out bad in Eldest and Brisingr. hopefully if there's any movie sequel, it'd be better.

i'm guessing, since the three books covers featuredthe faces of three of the four dragon characters, the last book's cover will feature Shruikan, Galbatorix's black dragon.

Eragon --> Saphira(blue scales)

Murtagh --> Thorn (red scales)

Oromis --> Glaedr (golden scales)

full moon

halu... chak! lama xtulis kat sini. baper draf dah campak dlm tong sampah ntah aku dah lost count. xde mood ah. sakit gigi. dah baper hari dah ni. penat aku amik cuti nak bersuka ria, sakit gigi plk. spoil betul. mcm budak kecik plk, gigi baru nk tumbuh. dua2 belah plk tuh. hhhmmmpppfff!!!

ok, aku utang org review aku tau. dah tgk cerita twilight tuh. lama dah. b4 cuti raya aji lagi. skrg nk tulis dah xde kick. yg aku ingat, aku suka sbb pengarah dia berusaha bersungguh2 utk x tinggal kebykan scene dlm novel as it is. the pace of the movie is somewhat slow in the beginning, but thats how it is in the book anyways so i dont really mind. movies yg ada sequels are always like dat wan, tgk je la die hard, yg no 4 baru btl2 shiok kan. aku jugak suka sbb alice secomel yg aku bygkan dlm novel. n i especially love how they potray the baseball scene better than what i imagined, with the right song to boot! aku juga rasa aku suka the actor who plays emmett, aku rasa dia sgt macho and dont look so pasty like the others.

satu yg aku amat suka, THE edward was played quite well by robert pattinson. how he shows the intenseness of his feelings, about bella's smell in the bio class, his protectiveness towards her, superb!

what i dont like, THE MAKE UP on the guys. girls look okay je to me. i know they're supposed to look pale, but hello... havent the makeup artists check their job? sipi2 je nk jadi aziz sattar dlm seniman bujang lapok. on THE edward tuh lagi lah, kening mamat tuh dihitamkannye lagi, campur dgn muka putih melepak tuh, like, off giler! heiiisshh... nasib baik hensem...

satu lagi. jake. the face, the height. semua off. x kena lah (nk cakap xhensem sebenarnya). baik kawan la push dia yg xcakap pape tuh comel. i wonder how they'd show how jake grow so much taller and ganglier as in the second book, sbb yg ni, ehem ehem, mintak maaf la, kurang sikit ketinggiannya.

what they quite fail to potray is how MUCH the cullens stand out from each other. in the book, bella's truck tu somewhat blend in dgn other kids rides, meaning other ppl pun kete xla canggih sgt, not like in the movie like dia pnya ride yg plg buruk. juz the cullens yg totally stand out, with limited edition mercs and whatnot. oh wait, limited ed merc tu first book ke yg no dua eh? ke no tiga? now i'm confused. oh well, whatever..

what i'm totally hooked with is the OSTs. sedap!!! i especially dig full moon by the black ghosts. sgt bulls eye!

nak balik dah...

travel blk malam ni. risau, sbb en. hariz abis keje pukul 7. by d time abis makan, gerak blk ke umah mesti pukul 9 lebih dah. kena rest dulu. kul 12 cmtu baru blk trganu. time2 cmni aku rasa menyesal ada lesen keta yg xleh diguna. tp bila dah abis travel, my regret bacame only that. regret.

on the other hand, happy jugak. sbb last minute dpt beli kasut raya. bukan apa. kasut aku byk yg dah lunyai. semua sedap pakai, maka semuanya aku pakai bersungguh2 lah (cheh alasan nk beli kasut baru!!) dah sibuk2 redah lautan org di kilang lewre itu, dapat la yg berkenan di hati. tp terkejut jgk. beli yg agak tinggi dan nipis, bukan wedges sperti biasa. 3 inci. woot woot!!! kasut kawen pun tempah yg 2 1/2 inci je hahaha

probably bcoz salah satu heels tu (kantoi plk beli >1) ada sedikit platform di depan, around 1/4 inch cmtu. maka selesa la jugak memakai heels yg setinggi tu. alah, agak2 sakit kaki beli je scholl heel gel kan, xpun foot petals yg kaler pink comel2 itu. setel :D

asal pk nk blk pack brg je, angin malas melanda. angin gemuk pun ada (sbb try baju ada yg xmuat kan). oh well. i can always wear the grey headband telinga gloria to bring the sexy momma back in me! ;)

sexy siot kan? :p

heels or no heels

was heading to work this morning when i listened to fly fm about any fashion trend that should be chucked away. nadia and phabes were spot on about 7 inch stilettos. i've yet to see anyone wearing them in real life, but the thought of having (OMG) 7 inch heels on your feet is enough to make me feel the pain already. u juz might even hear the balls and heels of your feet screaming for mercy. not to mention incident of twisted toes, and in one case i read, the girl, having to wear stilettos for how many days without giving her feet some rest made her toes so numb (from lack of blood circulation) she didnt realise one of her toes turned gangrenous!

i mean, look at these!! we can even see all the spidery veins popping out. this is gwyneth paltrow's feet btw, pictures are from the dailymail uk

granted la, the lace giuseppe zanotti heels (these are gwyn's feet too) tersgt lah lawanye.. but still, why kill ur toes for that?

betul la org ckp, sakit nak cantik nih. tp does it look pretty? for me, it juz looks painful.

see? doesnt it look painful to you? the heels dont even look pretty! (Victoria B's feet, picture taken from dailymail uk)

p/s: the 'how to walk in high heels' book author camilla morton says the best stilettos are 10.5cm high, thats about 41/2inch only! and if u add a bit of platform at the front, say an inch, it'd b like u'll be walking in 3 inch heel. x de la mengerikan sgt.

p/ss: i wonder if the nana may's hand scrub that i hoped to get from “My Women Stuff Christmas Giveaway” can be used for the heels (of my feet)? such heaven if it can! :D

haluuuuu!!!!

dah lama pulak xtulis. writer's block (again)? probably. laziness, more likely.

so, dah lama xcerita kan. on a few topics:

byk mende last2 minute kena amend lah keje aku maka ehhemmm.. sedikit busy. tp sempat lagi jln2 dan shopping2 hehehe.. ye la, christmas sale ada yang dah start. maka my so-called resolution to keep from giving away my cash to the cashiers was once again washed out in the drain. the one i'm currently secretly coveting (since i'm 187% positive that hubster will kill me if i ever so much as THOUGHT of buying it):

azie darl, sgt cantik buat hantaran! (i read somewhere dia ada kat kaunter malaysia!) :D

ouh, pagi td otw dtg tmpat keje, i was wondering why the heck that hitz fm keep playing from one britney's song to another. lepas satu, satu. aku tukar stesen, lepas 5 menet tukar blk ke hitz, britney lagi. turned out it's her birthday today and they're playing 4hours nonstop of her songs.

takpelah, hari ni aku dgr fly dgn sinar je lah.

cuak ni sebenarnya. i have to do a presentation for a national seminar on health morbidity survey this friday. it covers a lot of topics, like almost 20, and each topic has a lot of chapters. mine is a small, teeny weeny chapter in 'health information' topic, for selangor state. ciput jeeee... tp disuruh present. ayam betul. write up paper for my chapter tu siiikkiiittt je, yg national punya paper abt 20+ pages, the extracted data for selangor state that i have to do, write up tinggal 10 page je OK! aku nk citer hape lama2? hmmmmhhhh... risau risau..

tgh risau2 pun sempat nk join contest online, by PB again called “My Women Stuff Christmas Giveaway! this time sgt syiok, ada nana may's face and hand scrub that i've been wanting!!! yeayyyy!!!

friday night we'll be heading back to trganu to celebrate raya aji. ye lah, raya puasa dah kat kedah, mesti la raya aji blk trganu pulak. i'll be staying there for a week until the next saturday / sunday, alang2 isnin dengan khamis cuti, aku amik la cuti 3 hari kan... eeheeehh, khamis cuti birthday sultan selangor eh, state lain x cuti hahaha

lama dok kat trganu nih asek mkn je la aku nmpk gayanya (padahal blk ke mana-mana pun mkn byk jugak ;))

on the back of my mind: cuti di umah PIL lama nih, that should justify my NEED to buy leggings in myriad of colours kan :D

lace and fishnet, perrrggghhh!!