hmmmmmphhhhh... baru tau harry potter n half blood prince postpone to july 09. hampessss... penat tunggu.

xpe la. tunggu twilight pun jadi. janji vampire nye ensem kuikuikui

btw tgk pathology x? bosan ah aku. harap si milo tu je ensem. disebabkan download aje citer nye, maka buleh la fowed2 sesuka ati. cm x bersemangat langsung tgk citer.

layan katun lagi best.

Consumer cut in spending the most since 1980

WASHINGTON – Scared and out of money, Americans stopped buying everything from cars to corn flakes in the July-September quarter, ratcheting back spending by the largest amount in 28 years and jolting the national economy into what could be the most painful recession in decades.

With retailers bracing for a grim holiday buying season, the economy isn't just slowing; it's actually shrinking, the government confirmed Thursday. It reported that the nation's gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the year's third quarter and consumers' disposable income took its biggest drop on record.

In simpler words, "The train went off the tracks," said Brian Bethune, economist at IHS global Insight.

Wall Street took comfort in the fact that it wasn't even worse. The Dow Jones industrials rose 190 points.

But economists say tougher times are still ahead. Believing consumers are cutting back even more right now, they predict a much larger economic decline — anywhere from a 1 to 2 percent rate — during the current October-December period. That would meet a classic definition of a recession — two straight quarters of shrinking GDP.

read more here. sources from yahoo news.

to think that u have to stop to buy even cereals that u've been eating everyday for breakfast as a result of economic recession is downright scary. n yet mastercard and visa reported that they saw higher use of them credit cards during the previous malaysia megasale as compared to last year's!

hmm... malaysia market yg x tergugat dgn ekonomi org lain ke org malaysia yg xpenah sedar dan tetap berbelanja seperti biasa?

i think i vouch for the latter, on my behalf.

do u girls notice that us asians can have freckles as well? no, not the kind thats on the face but on the body?

Well, i have some, on the back of my hands. Other ppl won’t notice, yet, but i do. Hehehe.. shows to u the extent of my vanity.

I’ve had it since school. But its getting more noticeable since i work here. Then i juz had to nag about it to my sis.

Tgk la niiiiii... freckles bykkkk... nnti nmpk cm tompok itam. Jadi cm tgn abah.

My sis went:

Hah, tu freckles ka? Laaa... org pun ada. Org ingat daki ka hapa. Patut la xmo keluaq.

Hahahahaha.... patutla mandi berjam2! Tonyoh freckles xkeluar2 rupanya!

Lesson for the day:

Those of u yg mandi lama2, yg nk berus gigi n ambik air smayang utk subuh pun 30minit, pls check if ur scrubbing dirt or freckles!

Toodles!

saiko

smlm kan.. aku kuarkan minced meat dari freezer.. konon2 nk buat beef patties.. sementara nk tunggu defrost tu aku cincang la bawang.. boh dlm mangkuk.. tinggal la tepi sink tuh..

pastu kan, aku rasa2 mcm lama lagi daging tu nak defrost, aku mandi la dulu.. siap syampu rambut nyanyi sumer siap.
pastu aku p la nk smbung prepare tuh.. tgk2 ada dua tiga ekor semut dlm mangkuk tuh.. aku buat la mcm bunyi bising, hariz pun tnye...

apsal tuh...

xde pe.. semut..

mana2?

dia terus dtg dgn senjata baru dia. ala... ridsect yg ada muncung haluuuussss tuh. aku pun ckp:

xnak la sembur skrg... nnti2 blh x..

pastu dia tah ke mana2 dok sembur2 jgk. seb baik jauh dari tmpt masak. tp busuk la kan. dh la umah tu kecik cenonit..

aku mula la hangin, time2 ni la nk sembur menatang tuh.. aku dh la x suka bau dia..

dh siap, aku pun buat la burger daging tu.. dalam ati tgh marah lg.. marah ape lagi pun xtau dah. tp tau nk marah. nasib baik x hangus burger.

dah abis goreng, kuarkan daun salad n tomato, potong2. pastu aku p smayang maghrib. dlm ati stil lagi distraught ntah apsal. tgh2 smayang tetiba nangis.. basah telekung.

hariz dah abis smayang maghrib dtg kat aku,

ni apsal menangis plk nih..

aku jawab la xtau.

sedih, sbb sllu marah2. kengkadang tu mende kecik je, tp marah jgk. abg pun satuuuu!!!

nasib baik dia paham. siap pujuk baik2, buat lawak2. dia tau,

aku tgh saiko skrg.

pastu mkn beef patties kepit dgn wholewheat bread. pastu aku ok, walaupun mata sembab dan pedih. happy blk, smbil mkn aiskrim potong kacang merah.

ke sebenarnya aku lapar yg menyebabkan ke'saiko'an aku?

there goes my money again!

tp x kira, nak beli jgk buleh? (dah beli dah pun)

went to SACC Mall td and who else yg tgh sale (lagi!) but MPH? saw this book and i juz have to have it. ada byk short stories, most of them are the ones i have read out of children's encyclopedia masa kecik2 dulu (yep, dari kecik saya ialah budak pelik yg suka baca encyclopedia dan dictionary kanak2). excited ok! :)

what i did these days

had a terrific cuti. connection breakdown at home made it impossible to update during the weekend. so, a lil' bit of everything:

saturday

janji dgn hariz nak p MPH distributors sale tu seawal mungkin. tp alih-alih pukul 8 jgk baru nk mengeliat2 bgn dari katil (tu pun mak amazed (she called from saudi that morning), ai, awal bgn! - hahaha, kantoi!) iron baju, goreng kropok lekor, buat air, mandi2, siap2, have breakfast... pukul 9.30 baru jalan. sampai pkl 10, dah susah gila carik parking, since there zara and mausimo dutti pnye warehouse sale juz across the street.

dah tgk the ad in the star since 22hb, tp forgot all about it and went to buy BREAKING DAWN at full price of RM50! after i bought it only hariz asked me why didnt i wait for the sale. aiyoh, lupaaa!!! imagine my horror looking at it at the warehouse at only RM32!!! keciwa!!

tp xpe. i managed to bag quite a few. the highlights:


contemplated to buy this as its stil a tad pricey ( i could've bought THREE books for the price of this one!) tp hariz pointed out that i wd be looking for it later anyway and it retails for RM90, so, into the basket it went. soft cover, RM55, hard cover RM58. no price for guessing which version that i bought ;)
this one was a mystery for the MPH staff to solve. i saw it inside the warehouse at RM32, so decided not to buy. but then saw it again, outside. at RM15. fab grab!

i dunno what made me buy this one, but it was sitting there so prettily and it reminded me of the old days so i went ahead and bought it. bagus utk di pass ke anak cucu di hari tua!

masa all the hoopla that this book was given, i didnt really care to check it out. dah selesai movie pun keluar dah, baru sebok nak baca. :) stumbled upon both small paperback version and hardcover version at the SAME PRICE! in the end bought the small version as the big one x dijilid elok2.

sunday

pagi, went to tg karang for a friend's engagement ceremony. lmbat skt gerak sbb hariz kena p hospital prepare chemo, ada dr yg 'baik' sgt order four day course throughout the cuti. nasib baik sampai ngam2 pkl 12, rombongan lelaki baru nak bertolak.

ptg pkl 3, bertolak dr tg karang to farina's open house. lasagna sedap!!! and apple crumble yg aku request pun ada. yeay! dah brp kali mintak resipi, tp x tulis. then x buat2 plk tu kan, harus la lupa. peon dgn baik ati bagi kertas dan pen utk aku tulis resipi. lps ni x lupa dah! ;) thanks farina, ur a fab host!

blk umah, dah lps maghrib, baca novel 2-3 page, terus tergolek tido. aku golek2 kat luar, hariz golek2 kat dalam. pkl 10 terjaga, masuk bilik sambung golek2 bersama2. penat!!

monday

went to ampang to visit hariz's cousin yg baru deliver baby girl. cumeeelll sgtttt!! tp x dpt nk dukung. asek tido je si kecik tuh. congrats yah! ur an aunt! :)

then anto my sis back to her hostel in shah alam. b4 that, lunch kat subang. yep, all this while my sis ada with me kat umah, tp dia ikut ke mana2 pun sbb puasa. kesian aku tinggal dia sorg2 tp nak buat cne, karang terliur plk p umah org kan.

ko tgk, brp byk tmpat dlm selangor aku cover dlm 3 hari?

kepong - pj - kepong - tg karang - pj - kepong - ampang - subang - shah alam - kepong.

lps tu wonder why rumah asek bersawang. go figure lah.

hooked, again!

went to my sis's hostel room and saw a novel that got me reminiscing on the good ol' days in SSP. it's not the novel itself but the writer that got me going, heeee, teringat zaman skolah dulu....

masa skolah dulu sgt suka baca books by this author, as it swept me off my feet with its dazzling and dashing dukes and earls and their share of equally beautiful (and virgin) wives, with their swishing 19th century ballgowns, living in their larger than life mansion.. errr.. u get what i mean..

yep, dulu sgt suka berangan (actually sampai skrg pun..)

judith mcnaught, in one way or another, has taught me quite a bit about relationships n its ups and downs, albeit century old kind of love.

wonderful indeed!

farina ckp ada baaannyyyaaakk buku judith mcnaught di MPH Distributors Sale itu. haruslah kene pegi kan! :D