One Million Worth

Tetris

2009-06-06T23:24:00.000+08:00

Before the clock strike 12, Happy Birthday Tetris!

At that age I found out that...

2009-06-04T21:45:00.004+08:00

7 - rabbit breeds like, well, rabbits.
8 - puzzle games are fun
9 - I am smarter than most people
10 - some girls get their period early than other girls
11 - popsicles are actually VERY cheap to make
12 - competitive 12 years olds are a sight to behold
13 - girls can be cruel
14 - life brings you unexpected things
15 - telenovelas aren't that bad
16 - I can get my parents to do and give me whatever I wanted
17 - my sister is actually a really cool girl
18 - driving a manual card is easy
19 - educated men are more attractive
20 - I lead a more... 'comfortable' live than others
21 - my books and comics collection is getting bigger every day
22 - there is no need to rush in doing things

It's spring!

2009-05-29T13:34:00.003+08:00

I did a bit of spring cleaning yesterday and re-arrange my room into a proper order.

I noted that I've placed my copy of the Federal Constitution next to Empress Orchid, a romanticized novel about Empress Dowager Cixi.

Ironic.

Fall on me...

2009-03-20T23:14:00.002+08:00

Went to Delicious for the third time (again) during the month.

The waiter practically recognised me and actually remembered by favourite.

Maybe I should cut down on the brownies intake.

On a random note, I re-found this lyric

You may need me there
To carry all your weight
But you're no burden I assure

You tide me over
With a warmth I'll not forget
But I can only give you love

"Ever The Same" by Rob Thomas.

I almost forgot how amazing his lyrics can be.

herm... not bad

2009-02-22T22:02:00.003+08:00

This is turning out to be one of my favourite quote;

"Pikir masa depan, pikir masa depan"

Still don't get it?

"Betul3x"

Now, this is much much easier.

list 202

2009-01-31T23:30:00.002+08:00

One of the reason why I miss my sister.

Who can teman me to watch all these?

I have missed,

11 Oct Sat 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang pianos

BEETHOVEN Overture: Egmont
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Two Pianos in A flat
BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C minor (Op.68)

RM95 | RM75 | RM55 | RM25

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22 Nov Sat 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar conductor
Cyprien Katsaris piano

HAYDN Symphony No.102 in B flat
MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C (K467)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2 in D (Op.36)

Pre-Concert Event: 7.30pm

RM85 | RM65 | RM40 | RM20

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19 Dec Fri 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Markus Huber conductor
The Young KL Singers
The KL Children's Choir

The Lord of the Rings Symphony:
Six Movements for Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists
Canadian composer Howard Shore has turned his music for the three Lord of the Rings movies into a two-hour symphony which has already taken concert audiences in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and the UK by storm. Hear this dazzling score for the first time in Malaysia and relive the drama of the greatest cinematic epic of the 21st century.

RM180 | RM150 | RM110 | RM60

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Now, to take note,

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28 Feb Sat 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Sergio Tiempo piano

DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture (Op.92)
LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat
RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 in E minor (Op.27)

RM95 | RM75 | RM55 | RM25

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14 Mar Sat 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Kaufman conductor

Symphonic Oscars
From Max Steiner's score for the 1939 classic, Gone with the Wind, to Ennio Morricone's music for the 1987 movie The Untouchables, hear again some of the classic Oscar-nominated movie scores of the last 70 years.

RM95 | RM75 | RM55 | RM25

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17 Mar Tue 8.30pm
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin

BERG Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 in E Flat (Op.55) - "Eroica"

RM220 | RM170 | RM120 | RM60

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2 May Sat 8.30pm
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis conductor

Lat's Window to the World and Chaplin's Modern Times
A pioneering collaboration between the MPO, Malaysia's premier cartoonist Lat, and charismatic conductor and composer Carl Davis brings to DFP three specially-commissioned short animated films featuring the outside world as seen by the popular kampung boy. Along with a screening of Charlie Chaplin's enduringly muddled Modern Times, all will be accompanied by new “live” musical scores by the ever-resourceful Davis.

RM95 | RM75 | RM55 | RM25

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bills bills bills

2009-01-31T23:10:00.002+08:00

I went home today and log in to Maybank2u to pay my phone bill.

I looked at my credit card balance and I got scared, I paid it all off.

2009-01-07T21:19:00.003+08:00

Since I'm so free, I'm doing another meme!

Pick five of your favorite artists/bands and answer the questions.

1. L'Arc~en~Ciel
2. Muse
3. Jay Chou
4. Matchbox Twenty
5. Utada Hikaru

(Damn... Dido tak muat)

What was the first song you heard by 1 (L'Arc~en~Ciel)?
'Fourth Avenue Cafe', which is the Ending Theme for Rurouni Kenshin. If I'm not mistaken the song was aired for only 12 episode (or maybe less), but it left such an impression on me.

What is your favorite album of 2 (Muse)?
Black Holes and Revelation.

What is your favorite lyric that 5 (Utada Hikaru) has sung?
Should be from 'Making Love' because I like how simple these two lines are,

I'm glad that I met you
Even though you're in a city far away, give it your best
.
.
I want you to be happier than anyone else
The sadness in your eyes doesn’t suit you

Notable mention, from 'Passion'

When I remember back far, far
The future was forever shining
Below the pretty blue sky
We were only frightened a little
This window is stained with sorely missed colors

How many times have you seen 4 (Matchbox Twenty) live?
Sadly, none.

What is your favorite song by 3 (Jay Chou)?
Definitely 'Qi Li Xiang'.

What is a good memory you have involving the music of 5 (Utada Hikaru)?
School times?

Is there a song of 2 (Muse) that makes you sad?
'Soldier's Poem' which incidentally is in my favourite album of Muse.

What is your favorite lyric that 1 (L'Arc~en~Ciel) has sung?
The whole of 'Snow Drop' as translated by Megchan at here,

The clear drop is you, the pretty sound of water
The shiny quivering ripple is the hint of spring, the spell of awakening

From behind the crumbling barrier that I'd built up
The old me was laughing

Isn't it strange? That time that has stopped and rusted
Brings morning to even this world
There, please don't close your eyes , just look closely
And you should be able to see the white snow flower which bloomed in the middle of winter

The clouds that couldn't be unloosed from above my head
Tore and quietly colored the frozen earth
The wings of the birds and the singing of people
Begin to echo and burn my heart
Then under the sky of forever, you were there with a tender smile
Blown by the wind in the sunken scenery
By painting the rest of the interrupted rails
A bright tomorrow began to move

Fate is strange, isn't it? That time that has stopped and rusted
Brings morning to even this world
As we start to walk, the warm snow falls on us
As if we were blessed lalalulala lalalulala lalalulala
It was as if you had put on a white veil

What is your favorite song by 4 (Matchbox Twenty)?
'When you're gone'. This is the song that makes me fall in love with the in the first place.

How did you get into 1 (L'Arc~en~Ciel)?
Please refer to the first question answered above.

What was the first song you heard by 2 (Muse)?
I can't remember much, but if I'm not mistaken it's 'Our Time is Running Out'.

What is your favorite song by 5 (Utada Hikaru)?
I'll go with everyone's favourite, 'Passion'. That song is pure epic.

Have you seen 5 (Utada Hikaru) live?
Sadly, no.

What is a good memory you have involving 2 (Muse)?
Singing to their album in my car with my brothers and sister.

Is there a song of 2 (Muse) that makes you happy?
Truthfully, their songs never makes me happy. Will come back and answer this if I find anything.

What is your favorite album of 3 (Jay Chou)
Previously it was 'Fantasy' but now I'm more into 'Yeh Hui Mei'.

What is your favorite lyric that 3 (Jay Chou) has sung?
From my favourite,

The sparrow outside the window is being noisy on the electrical wire
You say that this sentence has a lot of that summer feeling
The pencil in [my] hand, goes back and forth on the paper
I use a few lines to describe who you are to me

- Qi Li Xiang

What is your favorite song of 1 (L'Arc~en~Ciel)?
I love them all the same. Harharharhar.

How many times have you seen 2 (Muse) live?
Never :(

What is your favorite album of 4 (Matchbox Twenty)?
People might disagree with this, but its 'More Than You Think You Are'.

What is a great memory you have considering 1 (L'Arc~en~Ciel)?
Lying on the bed with my sis and watching their live concerts (owh, I know, it's pathetic)

What was the first song you heard by 3 (Jay Chou)?
'Perfectionism'

Resolution no. 2

2009-01-07T21:03:00.002+08:00

Every time I saw any glaring grammar or spelling mistakes made by my (supposed) 'Friends' on Facebook (especially on their status), I'm tempted to point out and write about the mistakes to them.

Have. To. Stop. My. Self.

(The above should be 'Myself' but then it will be less dramatic if done that way)

school bag

2009-01-01T16:20:00.005+08:00

I found out about this logic during my last year of school.

In my school years, especially during Form 4-5, I changed my school bag every 3 months. Not because I feel like it, but every time there must be something wrong with the bag. Broken zipper, holes, broken seams, etc. Maybe I handled it roughly. Maybe because I bought them cheap and because they are flashy.

So during the last year, I called my dad and asked for a (pink) Jansport.

I've been using that bag even now. How long was it?

5 years. It even survived my university years.

Never bought another backpack ever since.

So people, listen up. Don't buy the cheap school bag for your kids.

Yes, they are cheap, they are affordable. The thing is, you will need to replace it every year, which is really a pain during the end of the year.

And I think its a really good idea to teach kids about the value of goods even at their early age.

"This is expensive. I'm only going to buy for you once, so take good care of it."

If I found out about this long time ago, it would save me a lot of money.

Even now, I can't remember the last time my brother change his school bag.

Spend more, sometimes its worth it.

we do this again every year

2008-12-28T22:08:00.003+08:00

My New Year's Resolution

1. To actually save money.

2. Be less snobby.

3. Exercise more, eat less unhealthy food.

4. Recycle.

To be updated

on dvds

2008-12-28T21:02:00.003+08:00

Today I watched,

The Duchess
I have a thing for period pieces.

Burn After Reading
I never really planned to watch this. But two of my favourite actors are in it, so theres no reason not to watch it. Plain to say, every character in this movie annoys me. I mean it. But that doesn't make it less interesting.

Accuracy of Death / Sweet Rain
Or whatever the Japanese and their translators decided to call it. I don't know if its possible for Takeshi Kaneshiro to get any better looking, but he somehow does.

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On the other hand, did anyone see Lee Hom's interview by Tash Aw on today's The Star? It's hard to miss that. Tash Aw, people! Here it is if you somehow missed it.

Listening to: "Heartbeat" by Wang Lee Hom.

Annie Lennox

2008-12-25T11:16:00.004+08:00

The song "Dark Road" by Annie Lennox reminds me of this poem by Izumi Shikibu,

In the dusk the path
You used to come to me
Is overgrown and indistinguishable,
Except for the spider webs
That hang across it
Like threads of sorrow.

It took me a long time to find the translation of that poem, found here. I remember reading it somewhere. While looking for it, I found different translations of my favourite poem by her;

From darkness
On a shadowed path
I must make my way;
Let it faintly shine,
The moon upon the mountain’s edge.

darkness departing
darkness still deeper to walk
shine bright on the way
ahead of me o blessed
upon the mountain rim moon

Until now it still amazes me.

the soloist

2008-12-24T20:00:00.002+08:00

I finished reading The Soloist in 3 and half hour.

Lately I have this thirst on reading stories. I reread some of my favourite books, revisiting my favourite scenes. I read fanfiction, just to get some stories out of familiar characters. I bought books. I read articles. Though I didn't bother with newspaper much. I skipped the news part, I only read the feature articles.

I watched the trailer for the movie, directed by one of my (and my sister's) favourite director, Joe Wright. The was a comentary by him and in the clip, he looks so much like Kudo Kankuro (in my eyes)!

Weird. And a bit funny for me.

Juliet

2008-12-23T22:30:00.003+08:00

Every time I heard the song "Check Yes Juliet" by We The Kings, I always imagined Juliet running around the city with a vintage tulle dress and a black in-season shiny leather booties with Romeo tailing at the back wearing Converse sneakers and washed up jeans.

Maybe it's because the line, 'Lace up your shoes' and the fact that I refuse to imagine the heroine in anything else but high heels.

the day after

2008-12-20T16:12:00.003+08:00

I went to Sogo today (we went for karaoke!) and then before I went home I decided to browse around the handbag section. See whats the fuss about Sogo sales are.

OMG!

Theres a handbag that costs only RM35!

But I can't believe my eyes when theres a fake croc handbag that was priced at RM159.90 with ugly colours (dwicolours, yuck! that make it looks obviously fake) and also with a badly done stitching job.

I can only hope that no one buys that.

Bloody Monday

2008-12-15T00:20:00.003+08:00

I managed to watch 2 episodes of 'Bloody Monday' during the weekend.

Finally! A hacker that actually used a Linux terminal instead of the crappy 3D 'graphic show' (for lack of better words) that we always seen on other shows.

reading list

2008-12-07T10:35:00.002+08:00

During the weekends, I'm determined to catch up with my reading. And my sleeps.

Currently reading;

Tales of Beedle the Bard. I can't just seem to put it down!

You Just Can't Get Enough. Gossip Girl: The Carlyles. Owh well, guilty pleasure. I think I'm attached to this Jack Laurent character. Don't ask.

The Rumi Collection. The other day I read a simple poem by him, I'm hooked.

December's Vogue. Yes, I've started reading Vogue for quite some time now.

to the small black furry ball

2008-11-11T22:04:00.003+08:00

Yesterday my dad rescued a kitten from our house in Nilai.

Somehow it was stuck in the hole/drain in our toilet. Hrmm... I wonder if it is the correct name for that place. Well, it is the hole where you drain the water and everything and usually is was covered.

I have no idea how it managed to slipped there.

My dad when to Nilai on Friday and somehow left his keys (I have no idea what keys) there. So yesterday he went back there to pick it up, only to hear its meowing from inside the house (previously he thought it was coming from outside the house).

So my dad searched for it. And he found it in the toilet.

We don't know how long it was there, but my dad figured it has to be around one week.

Hrmm... I'm not so sure about that, you can clarify it with my dad if you want.

So he has to put his hand inside the hole to rescued that poor kitten.

It was weak on the first few hours after it was rescued. But my dad fed him some bread and by the time they reached home (here), it was moving instead of lying about.

It was still doing okay this morning.

But when I get home today, my brother told me that it passed away this afternoon.

It stopped moving, then my brother went and checked on it and then call my dad. It passed away shortly after my dad reached home.

It was such a sad incident.

It managed to survive one week in the wet hole (as per my dad assumption on the time frame) and then be rescued by my dad, only to passed away a day after.

My dad told me that its mother has been looking for its child from outside our house since last week (I guess thats why he assumed that timeframe).

I wonder if she will still be there next week.

stupid

2008-11-02T16:40:00.003+08:00

Fatwa on yoga?

Are these people has nothing else to do?

How am I going to exercise?

Oh yeah, lets go to the gym and ogle at half naked men doing push up and lifting weights.

Yummy!

Wedding plans

2008-11-01T10:05:00.004+08:00

I've been tagged by Hani, hahaha. Hani, your layout is sooooooo nice.
Never noticed it before because I kept reading blogs using feed, so when I went and try to put up a comment i noticed the very different layout than what she had previously.

So, here goes...

1.How old are you?
22 years old this year.

2. Are you single?
Yes.

3. In what age do you think you’ll get married?
26/27. I think I'll marry late.

4. Do you think you’ll be marrying the person you are with now??
Well, I'm not with anyone.

5. If not, who do you want to marry?
A very very rich guy.

6. Do you want a garden/beach wedding, or the traditional wedding?
I want something quiet that doesn't involve a lot of people, crowds, noisy children (if I have it my way, children under 12 years old, no make it 8, are not allowed to attend. Not that I hate children, mind you. Oh yes, no babies.) and messes on the dining table. If I have a wedding, everything will be done in a civilised manner.

7. Your ideal motif?
white and pastel colours

8. Where do you plan to go on a honeymoon?
Err.. Italy. Anywhere that has a those 'historical' feeling, if you get what I meant. (Yes, I love history)

9. How many guests do you think you’ll invite?
If I had my way, less than 50

10. Do you want an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding?
Er, depends on how much money my future husband has. Hahaha. Very small and extravagant, I guess.

11. Do you want the traditional vows or something you’d make up on your own??
Never cross my mind

12. How many layers of cake do you want to have?
I don't need cakes. How about I give people cupcakes instead? Now that's a nice idea...

13. Do you prefer having your reception at a hotel or at a simple place?
Anywhere but in front of my house. At a hall, a hotel, a garden, a mosque. Anywhere but at my house. It'll be noisy, tiring and such a nuisance to the neighbours.

14. When do you want to get married, evening or morning?
Evening/Night. I don't want to wake up early.

15. You’d rather have your reception outdoors or indoors?
I want to have both. hahahahaha. Can or not?

16. Do you like a grand entrance for your groom/bride?
That is so tacky.

18. Name the song/tune you’d like played at your wedding??
Owh, Sehah and me agree on this. If one day I managed to marry Jay Chou, he'll sing 'Qi Li Xiang' at her wedding. Well, if I marry Jay Chou, he will sing that song on my wedding.

19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Both, I guess. I can work early morning and late nights, but things are slow during the afternoon.

20. Do you want a solemn ceremony or a light one?
I don't care. But who wants solemn? It's not a funeral!

21. What age do you want to get married?
Please refer to the answer above.

22. Describe your ideal husband/wife.
Rich, easy on the eye, educated, with the same mindset as mine.

23. Do you prefer fine dining or just the normal spoon & fork/knife?
Normal lor... But def with fork & spoon. Eating with your hand will be messy (see descriptions above).

24. champagne or red wine?
Evian

25. Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?
I can't believe people even thought of this. I don't care when.

26. Money or household item?
Household items. Hani, I agree with you. Malaysia should have the wedding registers, so I won't receive 3 sets of cookingwares. Not that I'll cook with it. If by the time I get married we still don't have the wedding registers, I'll only accept cash, thank you very much. Unless you want to buy me shoes or handbags. Thats all.

27. Who will pay for the bills?
Depends on how rich my future husband will be.

28. Are you ready for married life?
No. I still can't imagine spending your life with that same person. Forever is a long time.

29. Do u think you will still be a virgin until u get married?
Yes

30. Will u always be true to your wife/husband
Depends on whom I am marrying. Kidding!

31. How many kids do u like?
Max 3

32. A new house for a newly wed or an old one?
Old house. I don't like new houses. They are so... new. I like old houses. But a very well kept and very well maintained old house. There's just something with old houses. They have charms, and they were built with a better foundation, of course. You don't see any cracks on old houses.

33. Will u celebrate silver wedding, gold wedding, or diamond wedding?
Well, I know you all said marriage are forever, so yes.

34. What kind of cuisine would u like for ur wedding?
Hani has the craziest menu. Well, I dunno. Anything that doesn't involve excessing oil, I guess.

35. Will u record ur honeymoon in a cd or dvd?
Even if I don't, my dad will.

36. Whose wedding plans would you like to know next??? choose 5 people
I won't choose, but I want Millie to do this!

On the side note, I can't believe that people actually have this detailed thoughts on their wedding. I'm surprised it didn't ask who will design my wedding dress. (I love Vera Wang, but Khoon Hooi is nice.)

get it all!

2008-10-26T21:15:00.002+08:00

I went for a small CDs shopping spree today.

For the first time in months, I'm catching up with my CD collection.

I bought the new Jay Chou (because it has become a habit to buy one), the new Keane (because I found out that I don't have enough Keane on my iPod) and the new Estranged (because I will experience 71 different kind of guilts to my friend Mizan if I downloaded if off torrent).

The sales lady was actually very helpful to me thought I can't really judge her reaction to me whether she was,

Glad that I spent more than a hundred at one go in her store,
In awe of my impulse buying, or
Just plain impressed with my diverse musical taste.

drinks

2008-10-22T15:38:00.003+08:00

I always bring a packet of Cadburry Hot Chocolate or buy my own coffee at work.

Sometimes people asked me, clients, especially, why I don't just make my own coffee from the pantry.

Frankly, I don't know how to make coffee. Or tea. Or any kind of drinks.

I'm not kidding.

I don't drink tea, coffee, or 'air sirap' at home. So I never make them.

The concept of combining coffee powder, milk and sugar baffles me. How many sugar should I add? Is this the right temperature? Is this powder enough? Won't it be too bitter? Or too sweet?

The only drink that I know how to make is the one that only requires me to add water. Like the Cadburry Hot Chocolate.

I even managed to screw it up yesterday. Today, I managed to get the right combination of the water and the powder.

That's why I stick to Starbucks.

Chuck Bass is a Womanizer (like we didn't know)

2008-10-19T23:39:00.002+08:00

I never thought I would write about Britney Spears and Ed Westwick in a same post, but here it is.

I wonder if anyone watched the new Gossip Girl Promo. Chuck Bass' Womanizer. You can search it on YouTube.

Hearing "That mother Chucker!" again is just awesome.

Capricorn

2008-10-17T22:59:00.001+08:00

Is it me or is Jay's new album is not that good?

Or am I getting way too picky about this kind of things?

List 0.1

2008-10-15T22:21:00.005+08:00

Random stuffs:

I think I wanna buy a new phone. Okay, I'm seriously considering buying a new phone. At first I'm thinking of buying a Motorola RAZR V9 (because it is preeeety) and then my friend Victor introduced me to Nokia E71, which is just so cool. Its costs a few hundred ringgit more than the Motorola and with a much more features. Then I asked him why he did not buy the Nokia but bought the Motorola instead. He wants a flip phone and the V9 is really pretty. I remembered laughing on how vain we both are when it comes to this.
Just today I told Nicky that a rich husband will solve all my worries (which I don't think I have any valid one). He took a moment to digest and conclude that it is actually quite true.
My sister left quite a few of her shoes behind. These are hundred ringgit shoes, or should I call them high heels? And they are in a very good condition. I can't wear them as they are a size bigger than mine. I know they are a solution for this sold in Isetan. You know, that 'thing' we can buy so we can wear a bigger shoes. Or should I sold them on Ebay?
I haven't bought any handbag in a month!
But then last week I went to Gardens and bought some pretty little things.
I've only been to one open house this Syawal.
And I'm not hosting any open house (yes, people, Hazie told me the stories, LoL) nor pot luck. But I've always want to host a pot luck. Harhar. Maybe one day. Then we can lounge around talking crap (I do that everyday) and play Wii.
Talking about Wii, I'm on the last level of Mario Galaxy. Slow, I know. But one more level and I will complete the game!
I'm practically sweating when I played Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Wii.
My dad went to Langkawi last week and bought tons of chocolate. I've been eating 2-3 bars everyday. Most of them were consumed as dinner in office. [sad sad existence....]
This will sound vain, but I looked into the mirror today really like my body!
I really hope that Obama will win the election because Sarah Palin annoys me.
Talking about politics, we had a funny conversation on what if me and my friends rule the country. I can handle the treasury (songlap $$$), Nicky can be Menteri Pengangkutan and our leader can be errr.. Muhaymin. Which doesn't sound very promising.
I'm wondering if I should get the Senheisser or or the iFrogz earphone.
Suddenly I feel like watching The Departed.
And The Duchess because I'm half in love with Ralph Fiennes.
I'm still unsure whether we are in an economic crisis or not. Because life for me still go on as it is. Someone told me that it is during times like this that auditor will be in high demand.
There's this new Japanese drama. The script is written by Kudo Kankuro (my favourite screenwriter ever!) and I will try hard to follow it. Starts tomorrow!
Now I'm off to listen to Jay Chou's new album.

Why I'm glad its Syawal

2008-10-06T20:59:00.005+08:00

Coffee.

I had my first taste of cappuccino in more than a month today.

That bitter taste, and that weird taste of fresh milk.

Owh, I'm also missing milk.

Lets just hope that the machine is not using milk produced in China.

I forgot something

2008-10-05T21:01:00.006+08:00

I was checking my office email this morning.

Why this morning? Because for the whole week I was pretending that the world only revolves around me, my house, my refrigerator and of course, the Pavilion.

So I checked my email this morning and decided to scroll down to trim my inbox.

Something caught my eyes.

Go Audit Assessment : To be completed before 6th October 2008.

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S.H.I.T.

I haven't had the time to even take a look that thing. My friends has completed it since last week so no one talked about it lately (damn them and their Available Time. I've never had the chance to be on AT before!).

I launched it, it took me 15 minutes and 2 tries to get to the Introduction page.

I went downstairs for breakfast and came back to my room after 10 minutes and I haven't even seen the 1st question. Theres 51 of them in total.

Screw it. I'm going to the office.

I went to 15th floor and at the entrance, I noticed a familiar figure in dark green. It was Millie.

Wah... geng!

Here I thought that I'm the only idiot that forgot to complete the thing.

what to do when you're bored

2008-10-03T19:47:00.004+08:00

It was around 2PM when I was done with my facial session.

I was bored, hungry and I don't feel like spending the afternoon in my room.

My own best friend prefers watching Sumolah than hang out with me. (God bless him, I stopped caring long time ago)

Then I remembered Lye Soon told me this morning that there's an open house today. So I called him.

Whose open house was it again? I have no idea. It was someone from school. She joined right after I left for boarding school. So basically I never met her.

I figured that if there is she gets along with Lye Soon and Zaeem, then we'll be just fine.

And we get along just fine.

Its been a while since I followed those guys to open houses hosted by people I never knew. I miss those crazy days.

2008-10-01T06:28:00.000+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin.

Chic vs Tacky

2008-09-27T22:48:00.010+08:00

I was at the Pavilion with my brother a few hours ago for some sushi.

It was 10PM and everyone was queuing up at the autopay and there were two moms in front of me. One with a kid and another was heavily pregnant.

And then there were two 'andartu' (well, it was kinda obvious) behind me.

The line was kinda long, and it was the kid that was inserting the ticket, putting in the money, etc.

Usually it will take a long time. But this kid is kinda okay. She doesn't make any unnecessary annoying noises ("Mama! Mama! I want to! I want to!"), she did it efficiently.

Then I heard the two makciks behind me started complaining about kids and autopay. Chill, auntie!

It was still okay for me. What ticks me off is what happened after that.

The parking fee was RM8. The moms were not expecting that amount and were looking for a small change. It was not because it was expensive or anything, it just that I know that they were expecting it to be at RM 4.50 or around RM6 because that's how much KLCC usually charge for 2 hours parking. Only then that we noticed that on public holiday or after 5 PM, Pavilion charged parking their parking on per-entry basis. Which means, RM8 per entry.

How do I know what they are thinking? Because I'd also expect it to be around RM4-6 and I'm also looking for a RM10 notes since I have no small change.

While the moms was looking for RM10 notes, one of the auntie behind me said, "Helloooo... Mestilah 8 ringgit, ni Pavilion, bukannyer Giant."

I don't know why, but that statement really pisses me off.

What are these two aunties talking about? It is common knowledge that the Pavilion is considered exclusive, unlike Giant. But how can these two aunties think they are above the two moms in front of me is really beyoooooond me.

In front of me were two elegant women, with their discreet designer handbags and Tiffany diamonds on their fingers. And on the other hand, there were two aunties will their badly done dyed-job, fake cheap jewels and tacky clothes. They bought shoes at Vincci for god's sake!

On the way back to my car, I told Anwar about it but he just blankly stared at me.

If Tiah was with me, I bet she'll be the one who said, "Can you believe the nerve of that two makciks?"

This incident led me into thinking how people thought buying designer clothes of following the current trend can be considered fashionable. Well, it is. If done the correct way.

But what they don't know is that in our quest to be fashionable, there is a big thick and very fine line between chic and just plain tacky.

Fashion and trends can be considered subjective at times. What looks nice in one's eye might not look as nice on other's eyes.

People wants to dress head to toe in expensive clothes. But I'm sure you (the people that usually read what I wrote here) might not want to dress head to toe in clothes from Guess.

One item from Guess is tacky enough. But head to toe? Baby tee with Guess logo emblazoned at the front and Guess handbag with it signature monogramme that just trying to hard to emulate Gucci (worse enough that I dont't really like Gucci but for Guess to try to be the high street answer to Gucci?) IS JUST PLAIN BAD IN MY BOOK.

Why can't people just appreciate real leather, cashmere sweater, silk scarves and 'proper' jeans?

This post is too long. I should stop.

Because I feel I need to post something

2008-09-27T17:06:00.003+08:00

I spent my weekends either shopping, eating (buka puasa, of course), and sleeping.

Well, it beats working.

Oh great, now I remember I need to finish something for work.

As a side note, I think my friend Nisa has the potential of becoming a workaholic. The only good thing about it is that at least she'll be saving lives. And earning money.

Countdown to Raya

2008-09-21T00:04:00.003+08:00

1. Berapa pasang baju raya anda taun ni dan kaler apekah?
Tak beli baju raya pun. Or maybe akan beli kasut raya or beg raya? (Nine West suede high heels. Hint. Hint. Hint. RM389) Depends on budget and subsidy dari ayahanda tersayang. Hahaha.

2. Apakah makanan raya tradisional kegemaran anda?
Hmmm... Takdek lar tradisional maner. Tapi, tart nenas! I'm not into ketupat coz dier dalam category 'nasi gumpal'!

3. Apakah biskut raya kegemaran anda?
My mom's Chocolate Corn Flake.

4. Bape banyak duit raya anda dapat n spend untuk bagi kat bebudak?
Braper byk dapat? Macam takkan dpt jer... Tapi hari tuh dah dapat RM50. Tuhjerlar kot. Nak bagi kat bebudak? Bwk makan sushi sudeh... N maybe depend on baper byk small change yg ader dlm purse.

5. Apakah aktiviti malam raya korang?
Duduk di rumah tgk TV sambil baring2x n makan2x. N then naik atas kt bilik berFacebook and online selama beberapa jam dan tidur lebih 10 jam bangun biler org lain dah balik semayang raye. Maybe. Hahahaha. Dah takdek nyer bermain2 di luar bersama saudara mara di KL nih... Or maybe bdk2 kt depan tuh akan ader bunga api.. Boleh join. Or kalau sangap pun... Kuar n makan chicken wings. Really.

New Toy part 2

2008-09-20T23:38:00.007+08:00

I woke up this morning to the sound of my siblings gushing over something.

Apparently my dad bought a video camera. Or should I call it a camcorder?

It's so small, it looks like a toy to me.

Well, it is a toy. Albeit a more expensive one.

I tried the features but I have yet to see the video on my OpenSUSE OS (well, the installation CD obviously only work on Windows) and I need to figure out how to set the video format and how to convert it later (it's 12AM, people!).

But I played around with it camera function, which is really inferior when compared with a normal camera.

You can judge it with the picture of my room that I took using it.

Spring (Summer?) Cleaning

2008-09-07T20:43:00.008+08:00

Remember this post when I gushed about a bag and I have no idea what it is?

I found it!

Its from Cole Haan and it retails at $395 for the small size. The normal one costs about $495. Which means, I can afford it (if I didn't buy anything else)!!!

This is true love people, and I can feel it.

The only downside of it is that the price in KL outlets has been marked up like crazy and I need to fork out more for it.

On the other hand, I just finished cleaning out my closet and in that process, I had disposed around half of my possession in that small furniture. I never knew I had so much junk.

Another lessons I learned today:
- Never buy cheap handbags because I'll never use them and I'll end up throwing it away 2 years later.
- Leather is ALWAYS the best choice.

And because I'm such a dork and have nothing to do, I've took pictures on every single bag that I have.

Last count: I have 43 of them.

Small Steps

2008-09-05T23:36:00.003+08:00

There is this small book called Small Steps given by PwC during our First Experience in PD.

As I was flipping the book, there is a picture of a road in KL.

At the sidewalk of the road, there it was, Jay Chou's ad for Ellesse.

He really is everywhere.

Welcome to the family

2008-09-01T18:12:00.004+08:00

In response to Millie's comment on the previous post;

Ignore my messy room.

No place like KL

2008-08-30T18:10:00.003+08:00

I went to the Pavilion this afternoon.

Walked into Tangs, breathed in the smell of expensive leather.

I'm home.

spot the difference

2008-07-30T23:19:00.001+08:00

between an associate and a VT (oops, we called it interns now).

i have to do it all over again

2008-07-29T22:15:00.005+08:00

I failed my MICPA paper.

Which is what I kinda expected because my answer was like, shit.

Now I have to re-sit for module D again. Can you believe that only 6 out of 39 people manage to pass? It comforts me to know that there are 32 more people that I can emphatise with.

I just spent the last few hours sorting out everything before I flew to Miri this Sunday.

Yes, I'm going to Miri for two weeks for works. (What? You think I can afford a holiday? My bank account is pathetic as it is right now)

I will fly back to KL a day before my workshop begin.

I have no social life.

Nadiah called me at 6 asking me to join her and Joker at Mid Valley.

Are my friends really that free?

why can't we have one like this?

2008-07-21T23:40:00.008+08:00

I have yet to recover with the awesomeness of the finale of CHANGE.

I always thought that a Prime Minister speech is boring and can really put you to sleep, especially when he was talking about the budget.

5% of what? Just summarise the whole thing and post it online.

Lets skip that and focus on Takuya Kimura. God, he really is an awesome actor. He was giving a PM speech and he talked talked and talked for a good 22 minutes and 22 seconds!

Of course I timed it. I wonder how many shots they did to get the whole speech right.

He started giving his speech at 35:31 and did not stop until 57:51.

Furthermore, he started crying at 50:21 until 52:43. Can he really cry on cue like that?

Its basically a typical length for a speech and I did not even tear my eyes away from the screen. Well, the fact that he looks good and was wearing a suit are also a factor.

And he was voted Best Actor for that role. Kudos!

i want one like this

2008-07-21T21:47:00.006+08:00

I'm always searching for the perfect woven (leather, of course) bag.

Something similar to Bottega Veneta, but at a price range that I could afford (if there is one at RM500, I'll take it!).

The thing about woven bag is that the quality of the workmanship is always below acceptable standard. Somehow, it will always look cheap and unskilled to me.

I've been watching CHANGE for a few months now and I've always admired this bag from afar. (And what I meant from afar is that they never showed a close up of the said bag)

They gave me a nice surprise for the show finale! (I wonder if its on purpose)

A close up!

I love this bag.

It's big but not so big that it overwhelms me (Fukatsu Eri carried this bag throughout the drama. On the train, running around in Parliament, you name it. And she's a very tiny woman) and you can see how nicely woven it is. You can also tell that it is a good bag by how neat and sturdy the handles are.

I bet its a Bottega. And that means I can't afford it!!!

I'm tempted to say that once I have that bag I will no longer need any other bag, but we all know that its BS anyway.

dinner

2008-07-21T21:37:00.004+08:00

Tiah and I were having dinner at a restaurant when we realised how unfussy we both can be.

Firstly, the waiter somehow heard the wrong order. He mistook my iced water for iced mocha. When he sent iced mocha to our table, instead of asking him to fetch me iced water, I thought it is actually kinda nice to drink iced mocha. So I told him it's okay, I'll have the mocha.

Then, when he sent Tiah her steak, which is supposed to be well-done, she got a medium instead. We noticed it after a few bites, but its a very good steak. Theres no way we would sent it back and asked the chef to redo the whole thing, and wait 15 minutes for a new one.

And when we paid our bills, the waiter apologize for the medium steak and he also told us that my lamb chop is supposed to be in black pepper. It was mushroom instead. I told him I hardly noticed. (Tiah did, by the way) I was so hungry, I can eat anything he serves me. Well, unless I ordered a Carbonara and he sent me Marinara or something.

Only then I noticed the only order that he managed to get it right was my brother's, Cajun Chicken (is it? I forgot).

i've always want one

2008-07-20T21:10:00.003+08:00

gladiator heels!

a little wisdom perhaps?

2008-07-16T21:48:00.004+08:00

Today, on the way back home from work, it took me a few minutes to find my handphone from my handbag. Let alone trying to find my breath mints.

I remember the saying that you can judge a woman by the content of her handbag.

Which is probably why I shouldn't let anyone take a peek inside.

It sums me very nicely.

Expensive on the outside, very unorganised on the inside.

With a lot of extra baggage.

doopleganger

2008-07-12T23:44:00.008+08:00

We were sitting around when my sister said to me in a serious tone,

"Along.... You know Akmal..."

Now what has my brother done?

She told me that he told her one day that he need to use her laptop, which is kinda normal so I was quite alerted on why she used such a tone when she spoke with me.

Did she caught him watching porn or something? Isn't that, a year early still?

No. Instead she caught him googling Ninomiya Kazunari and Yamada Taro Monogatari. She was speechless for a while.

Since when did this guy watched Yamada Taro? And since when he's a fan of Nino? A major ewww moment if you asked me.

Wait.

This gets even better (and funnier, if you asked me).

He was staring at the pictures for A VERY LONG TIME (according to my sister).

After that he turned around and asked quietly (in a way that only him can muster);

"Angah, did I look like this guy?"

When she told me that line, we spent 10 minutes rolling on the bed and laughing our ass off.

Apparently one of his friend (a girl, obviously, who else would watched Yamada Taro Monogatari?) told him that he looks a lot like Nino.

The thing is, we never noticed it. Never. Now that I think about it, they really look alike! The similarities are there.

So, do you think that my brother (on the left),

looks like this guy?

air con

2008-07-06T00:58:00.004+08:00

Last night they (my dear dear friends) went to watch Air Con at KLPac. Without me.

I decided to go to a team event at Melaka with my colleague at the last minute. Basically, I bailed out on my friends. I know what you are basically thinking. "I can't believe she chose work over friends,"

It does makes me kinda guilty and sad at the same time.

I looked at their pictures, all my close friends together, and somehow I feel left out. Weird, huh?

It's been only one week and I already missed them.

I want to be able to have a long lunch from 2-4PM at an overpriced restaurants and shopping spree at Pavilion afterwards on every single day. I want to be able to sleep until 11. I want to be able to go to bed at 3AM and have no worries on what time I need to wake up.

Sigh... I think I'll miss that freedom.

VEOH

2008-07-02T20:48:00.005+08:00

I'm a little bit late in noticing this.

VEOH is blocked in Malaysia. More like VEOH blocked Malaysian users.

We can't access VEOH in this country. (I want to watch that Takuya Kimura's video!)

I rarely used VEOH so it might not affect me that much and on the other hand we can somehow manage with a (good) proxy, but still. It doesn't make me less pissed off than before.

I googled why they blocked us and this is what I found.

The list of countries blocked by VEOH. It turned out we are not the only one.

1.Afghanistan
2.Albania
3.Algeria
4.Andorra
5.Angola
6.Antigua and Barbuda
7.Argentina
8.Armenia
9.Azerbaijan
10.Bahamas
11.Bahrain
12.Bangladesh
13.Barbados
14.Belarus
15.Belize
16.Benin
17.Bhutan
18.Bolivia
19.Bosnia and Herzegovina
20.Botswana
21.Brazil
22.Brunei
23.Bulgaria
24.Burkina Faso
25.Burundi
26.Cambodia
27.Cameroon
28.Cape Verde
29.Central African Republic
30.Chad
31.Chile
32.Colombia
33.Comoros
34.Congo
35.Costa Rica
36.Côte d'Ivoire
37.Croatia
38.Cuba
39.Cyprus
40.Czech Republic
41.Djibouti
42.Dominica
43.Dominican Republic
44.East Timor (Timor Timur)
45.Ecuador
46.Egypt
47.El Salvador
48.Equatorial Guinea
49.Eritrea
50.Estonia
51.Ethiopia
52.Fiji
53.Gabon
54.Gambia, The
55.Georgia
56.Ghana
57.Grenada
58.Guatemala
59.Guinea
60.Guinea-Bissau
61.Guyana
62.Haiti
63.Honduras
64.Hungary
65.Iceland
66.India
67.Indonesia
68.Iran
69.Iraq
70.Jamaica
71.Jordan
72.Kazakhstan
73.Kenya
74.Kiribati
75.Korea, North
76.Kuwait
77.Kyrgyzstan
78.Laos
79.Latvia
80.Lebanon
81.Lesotho
82.Liberia
83.Libya
84.Liechtenstein
85.Lithuania
86.Luxembourg
87.Macedonia
88.Madagascar
89.Malawi
90.Malaysia
91.Maldives
92.Mali
93.Malta
94.Marshall Islands
95.Mauritania
96.Mauritius
97.Mexico
98.Micronesia
99.Moldova
100.Mongolia
101.Montenegro
102.Morocco
103.Mozambique
104.Myanmar (Burma)
105.Namibia
106.Nauru
107.Nepal
108.Nicaragua
109.Niger
110.Nigeria
111.Oman
112.Pakistan
113.Palau
114.Panama
115.Papua New Guinea
116.Paraguay
117.Peru
118.Qatar
119.Romania
120.Rwanda
121.Saint Kitts and Nevis
122.Saint Lucia
123.Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
124.Samoa
125.San Marino
126.Sao Tome and Principe
127.Saudi Arabia
128.Senegal
129.Serbia
130.Seychelles
131.Sierra Leone
132.Singapore
133.Slovakia
134.Slovenia
135.Solomon Islands
136.Somalia
137.Sri Lanka
138.Sudan
139.Suriname
140.Swaziland
141.Syria
142.Tajikistan
143.Tanzania
144.Thailand
145.Togo
146.Tonga
147.Trinidad and Tobago
148.Tunisia
149.Turkey
150.Turkmenistan
151.Tuvalu
152.Uganda
153.Ukraine
154.United Arab Emirates
155.Uruguay
156.Uzbekistan
157.Vanuatu
158.Vatican City
159.Venezuela
160.Vietnam
161.Western Sahara
162.Yemen
163.Zambia
164.Zimbabwe
165.South Africa

And this is from here,

"Unfortunately Veoh has ended service in your countries due to a low concentration of users. Veoh is maintaining service in countries when we have the highest concentration of viewers.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for using Veoh."

WTF?

What kind of service is this?

bowling, again

2008-06-30T21:42:00.004+08:00

Today is what I called "My Last Day of Total Freedom".

Tomorrow I'll start my work life.

*Grief*

We went bowling at Sunway Pyramid today to mark this special event and to gossip during lunch.

3 frames, 2 teams with 4 member each.

My team that won 3 times (har har har): Me, Amin, Akid and Adlina. (Me, Amin and Akid actually planned to be in the same team. Hehehehehe [evil laugh])

The other team that lost 3 times (har har har): Hazirah, Mizan, Zeety and Izza.

Now I'm waiting for Zeety to upload the picture on Facebook.

Then let's comment together!

movie night

2008-06-30T21:08:00.004+08:00

We are going to watch Batman: The Dark Night on the 18th (Friday) night.

If any of you are interested to join, message me before the 11th (Friday) and we'll sort things out.

Others that are on Facebook, RSVP your invite here!

collection

2008-06-28T22:20:00.004+08:00

I woke up this morning to find my dad arranging all my old magazines into a suitcase.

"I'm throwing it all away," I told him.

"I'm keeping it. We can sell this 20 years later,"

Right. I'm not sure how much my CLEO, Female and Harper's Bazaar will fetch 20 years later. (Harper's Bazaar might get a good price. But CLEO? I somehow doubt it.)

So I took out my stash of Vogue and Vanity Fair.

"Keep this then, this one will definitely fetch a higher price."

Not only that, my dad also keep my collection of comic books. I bet everyone remember that. I have a sizable collection isn't it?

This coming from a guy who used to scoff at me every time I buy a comic book 10 years ago.

new toy

2008-06-28T18:18:00.006+08:00

After years of resistance, I finally cave in. I bought an iPod.

My Zen Neeon is in dying stage (freezing up after an only an hour of playing), so it's time to get a new mp3 player.

None of other model appeal to me (please, I NEED more than 2GB of space. My Jay Chou's discography is more than 1GB already) so I decided to get the classic iPod.

So today, me, my sister and my dad went to the Apple reseller at the Pavilion to get me the iPod. We get a discount but I'm not sure if we can actually get it cheaper somewhere else. But what the three of us agreed is that: better get it from a trusted source.

This is the box... (Hmm... How much does Nelly Furtado's people paid for that?)

And ta-da! (With the silicone protector) I go for white to avoid fingerprints, now that I think about it, maybe I should get the black one.

Syncing with my laptop.

One thing for sure, I hate iTunes.

When I load up iTunes, the whole PC slowed down. It somehow deleted the files that I had previously transfer from gtkpod (the iPod manager for Linux). And what with all these questions? NO, I don't want to register for iTunes store. I'm not using it. NO, I'm not giving you my Paypal details. NO, I don't have a credit card. And how can I rename all my files?

Why must I go for all the tedious stuff? I just want to transfer the files to my iPod!

Screw iTunes.

finally

2008-06-27T22:02:00.011+08:00

After battling it out with the calculator, spreadsheets, countless receipts and forms; I've finally arrived at a figure that does not make me and my dad cringe.

Lesson learned: File your tax return every year!

And it's already 10PM.

And I planned to go to KLCC today.

Well, another day.

On the other hand, I've found out that the rumours that Jake Gyllenhaal will be the Prince in the Prince of Persia movie is actually true.

Another WTF moment here. I mean, he's soo... gay (and I also meant gay as in he's so bright). So Brokeback Mountain. My (my? ehem3x) prince supposed to be tall, dark and deadly. Jake is so... American.

Can you imagine this,

as this?

Hmm... smudge the face, loose the smile, grow more beard, don't sleep for 3 weeks... Who knows?

In my search I also found this picture,

*Major flail!~~~*

plans

2008-06-27T10:46:00.004+08:00

It was yesterday when I noticed that I'm going to start working next Tuesday, on 1st of July. Which means I have less than a week of doing pointless and wasted things.

Should I start panicking? I still have bunch of stuffs to be done. So I laid out my schedule for the remaining days.

Today: Finish up my dad's income tax. Find where is Sheraton Imperial. Go to KLCC.

Sat: Shopping with dad. KLCC or Pavilion? Then if I can make it, go to Shah Alam in the afternoon.

KLCC: Apple Centre, Kinokuniya, Pedder Red
Pavilion: Apple Centre, Brera

Hmm...

Sun: Yoga, visit my brother at Seremban

Mon: Sunway Lagoon? or just wasting time at home? Not yet decided.

Tue: Report for work.

Time to go, I still have 5 more forms to fill up. 5 more Y/As to calculate.

a very long update

2008-06-26T17:41:00.014+08:00

Listening to: "Ophelia" by L'Arc~en~Ciel

Yesterday, after our lunch at the Pavilion, my sister and I decided to take a little walk (as in window shopping. ehehe) and I want to browse at this one store, Brera, which has an amazing collection of leather handbag. I'm eyeing one in calf leather with bulky hardware that is half my weight and more than I could afford (right now).

On the way back we noticed that MNG is having one of their amazing sales where a cardigan is priced at RM39. What a girl to do?

We made up reasons.

Tiah: I'm going to Dublin. I need this.

Me: I'm going to start working. Need new pants that are not jeans!

We spent an amount equivalent to half-month groceries of a middle class family and then moved on to NafNaf which incidentally, was also having one of their sales. I've set my sight on the blueish dress previously and I'm glad that I managed to buy it. I also bought a cardigan, which somehow, was buried under that pile of clothes.

And speaking of groceries, my dad participated in a golf tournament (harhar) and he won fourth place. The prize is a 5kg of rice. Can you believe it? (the prize, and the fact that my dad somehow got fourth place) So, half month of groceries.

That night I went with Hazirah to watch one of my favourite fairy tale story, Beauty and the Beast. I promised to watch P.Ramlee with her on the condition that she watch Beauty with me.

I managed to found the DVD that Tiah burned containing the movie the day before so I had time to re-remembered the plot and characters and most importantly, the songs. Hearing the favourite classic live is really something. People actually gasped when Belle made an entrance with the yellow gown.

Anyone familiar with the Disney's Year of Million Dreams photograph collection taken by Annie Liebovitz? You can see some of the photos here. She is one of my favourite photographer, and it's always my wish to have her shoot one featuring Belle, with the yellow gown, of course.

Then today we watched Wanted, which is actually kinda crappy.

One reason to watch the movie: James McAvoy.

Or if you're a guy: Angelina Jolie.

The first 15 minutes are acceptable. But the moment when Morgan Freeman was saying something like,

"Be one of us,"

"You can do what others can't,"

and the one that sent our eyes rolling, "Fulfilled your destiny".

Is this Star Wars or what? I almost expected him to say, "Embrace The Force".

My sister and I grew up in a family where Star Wars are playing on loop on the VHS player instead of Barney and Friends, so you can almost define us as a Star Wars geek (other than Infernal Affairs maniac).

One MAJOR Star Wars moment (highlight it please, I don't wan't to spoil others);

At the train scene when Cross was saving Wesley's ass, err, life and the ungrateful bastard shot him and Cross said,

"You're my son,"

Isn't it the same as Darth Vader's (insert the sound of an asthmatic guy with trouble breathing here) "I am your father".

It even have the similar dramatic-I'm-falling-of-a-cliff-thingie.

In the end, they both die. (Harharhar)I meant Cross and Darth Vader, of course.

Star Wars' reference aside, at least it's better than Eragon. Which is basically Star Wars set in Middle Earth. Ripping one of my favourite fandom is fine. But ripping of TWO of them?

Listening to: "I'm Feeling Good" by Jennifer Lopez

cake?

2008-06-22T23:26:00.000+08:00

You Are an Ice Cream Cake

Surprising, unique, and high maintenance.

You're one of a kind, and you don't want anyone to forget it.

You're fun in small doses, but it's easy for people to overdose on you!

What Kind of Cake Are You?

FRIM

2008-06-22T21:38:00.007+08:00

Today was spent picnicking with the ex-MRSM KT gang at Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM).

We head there expecting waterfall and rivers that we can actually play in. Imagine our disapointment when we reach there. It was... not a place where grown up will like to play at. But kids (and schoolchildren, yuck) will love it.

So we spent hours sitting around, catching up with old friends and eating as much as we can. And I mean as much as we can. Jalilah brought her famous cakes and for the first time we enjoyed her love for baking.

And what is it about baking that all my friends seems to be into it?

I met my old friend Aimi at Starbucks after dinner today and I forgot how similar we are to each other. Really. Well, in physical appearances we are not alike at all, but on other terms...

Aimi is the one person that I knew spent so much time at KLCC (does it remind you of someone? haha), in fact, it is a fact that she spent her Hari Raya there (we bumped into each other); we have the same taste in books; both of us are close to our sister; we both believe in expensive luxury and incidently, we both are wearing the same flip flop (Ipanema by Gisele Bundchen, white from the first line, no longer available in stores).

And she can recognised me by just looking at my back. Bless her.

(Plus, she can tell that my sister is my sister because she said we both of us have the same style, even though we look nothing alike. Bonus point.)

OpenSUSE 11

2008-06-20T23:19:00.003+08:00

Yesterday I decided to finally install Ubuntu 8.04 in my laptop.

The only problem is that it can't connect to my wireless connection. I tried, tried and tried.

I'm okay if there is a minor glitch here and there because that I can handle. But no internet in my room? That is just unthinkable.

So I thought that this is the perfect opportunity to try out some other OS out there. The sea is big, people. I found out that OpenSUSE has a recent release. How recent? Let's just say that there is just a few how-to and guide on it. I'm in the open sea, and there is no life jacket anywhere.

Somehow, I'm not drowning.

A few tweaks and downloads here and there, I'll be arriving at the dryland.

Excuse me while I pimp my desktop.

The Gusty Garden Galaxy!!!

2008-06-17T16:31:00.004+08:00

Two of my favourite people when it comes to making plans are Zeety and Nije.

Our messages usually consists of something like this.

"Tonight, lepak, after Isya"

"2moro, muvi, cineleisure, 1130"

"I'm coming over"

"I'll pick u up, don't make me wait"

With a reply, "OK". No questions asked.

I'm the kind of person that is not particular when it comes to time, like if people asked "What time will you be coming over?", my answer will usually be something like, "After I wake up," or "As soon as I had my breakfast" or "Sometime in the afternoon,". (Or "After Maghrib"<-- this one has annoyed a whole lot of people. "What does that mean? At 8? 9? or 11?")

Which frustrated a lot of people.

I still don't get it. Why do I need to worry about all the little details anyway?

P.S.: I picked the title on a totally random basis. Anyway, it's my favourite level in Mario Galaxy. And also my favourite in the soundtrack.

I knew I was right

2008-06-17T13:02:00.003+08:00

One main reason why most of the time I prefer eating out rather than cooking you own meal: Cleaning up took up a lot of your time, and energy.

My mom; who's also sick, like me; spent the morning making fried rice for all of us (bless her!) only to threw it up in the toilet afterwards. I woke up to find the kitchen in a mess. After spending a considerable amount of time to return it into a respectable condition, I found out that I have used up all my energy reserves.

She could just woke me up, give me RM10 and asked me to go out and buy her some breakfast, albeit me myself still find it hard to get out of the bed and get rid of this nauseating feeling in my mouth, yuck!

It will save us all the trouble.

Tuesday afternoon and I feel so wasted already.

Phone meme

2008-06-15T06:47:00.003+08:00

1. What's your phone brand?
Sony Ericson W810i

2. What are the last 3 digits in your cell phone number?
047

3. What does the 2nd message in your inbox say?

"Along, suruh mama bli magi goreng.brnd mamee color merah" from my brother.

4. Who is the 1st person under M?

Mahzuan

5. Who was the last person you rang?

Tiah, my sister

6. Who was your last missed call?
Unknown. Someone with a withheld number.

7. Who's the 2nd person under D?
Dzul, Odie's boyfriend.

8. What does the last message in your inbox say?

"Fana.aku ade dkat area digi."

9. Who is the last person under J?

Julia - Cak.

10. Go to your sent items. What does the 10th message say?
There's only 9 messages. I've deleted the rest to make way for incoming messages.

11. Who is the 4th person under S?
Sarah Safeeya

12. Who is your Network provider?
Hotlink, which sucks.

13. How many messages are currently in your inbox?
Three.

14. What do you have as your background?
A flowery thingie pic.

15. Who is the second person under R?
Raman

16. Who do you have on speed dial 3?
No one.

17. If you are on prepaid, how much credit do you have left?
RM11.16

18. Who is the last person under C?
CK Jeans The Curve. LoLx.

19. How many bars of signal do you currently have?
Full bar. 5.

20. What is your main ringtone?
"Stay Gold" by Utada Hikaru

21. Name 5 person whom you want to do this test.
Anyone.

awesomeness

2008-06-15T06:29:00.004+08:00

I have a fever, courtesy of my loving dad. It's Father's Day today, after all.

Which explained why I'm awake at this godly hours. I went to bed early yesterday because my body is burning up and right now, I can't sleep. I'm waiting for the drugs to kick in for me to sleep.

Misery flies out faster when one is asleep.

Well, I'm quite a philosopher, isn't it?

I went to watch Kung Fu Panda the day before and I'm not prepared for the awesomeness. Past experience taught me that Angelina Jolie and any animation movie does not bode well together (think Shark Tale). But this one is awesome!

"There's no charge for awesomeness". LoLx.

What I noticed is that Jackie Chan only has around like, less than 10 lines? Other than a few grunt and moan here and there.

post phuket post

2008-06-13T19:24:00.004+08:00

After 3 long days without internet connection (owh, the suffering), I arrived home to discovered that I have 73 unread e-mails waiting for me.

I sorted them out, read some interesting updates on my feeds, downloaded a new episode of CHANGE, then go to sleep early, like a good girl. I mean, I'm exhausted. My dad came to pick me up at the airport only to tell me that I'm the one who will be driving all the way home.

I woke up late today and spent the whole afternoon watching the whole season 5 of Sex and The City (well, theres only 8 half hour episodes). Now I understand why and how people follow it like a new religion.

Like my friend YiWern put up on her Facebook profile, her religious view is Shoe-ology. Let us all have faith in that. And in good handbag, like one of these.

no subject

2008-06-06T22:15:00.002+08:00

savings

2008-06-05T05:41:00.005+08:00

I bet half of you spent last night queuing at the petrol station.

How long does it take? 1 hour? 2 hours? Some might doing it for saving, but I knew there are some that just stay at home doing nothing. Like me.

Someone wrote (and I forgot where I read it, as always) that he refused to wait in line for 2 hours just to save RM20. He has better things to do. Well, I agree with him, but like me, he must has been driving a compact car or normal sized sedan. Imagine if you are driving an oil-eater humongous king of the road SUV. I bet they are crying all the way to the petrol station. And I bet he is not a person like me, who has nothing to do last night and spent half the night eating donuts while watching the whole spectacle unfold on national TV and spent the other half Googling 'Phuket' and 'island hopping'.

Impending trip

2008-06-05T01:54:00.002+08:00

Our trip to Phuket is less than a week away and we all are trying to determine the most important thing of all.

How much Thai Baht do we need to bring?

Taking a lot of thing into consideration... when it came to the end amount,

"Ehhh???? I don't have enough!!!"

Tropic Thunder

2008-06-04T23:56:00.002+08:00

MTV Movie Award is not something that I really paid attention to, not like the Oscars.

Ignore the endless amount of shameless self promotion during the award show, but this is like the best thing ever.

If the video is not working or no longer available, look for MTV Movie Award, Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, and Ben Stiller on any video uploading site that you could find.

"It'll do, till Dark Knight comes out, then you're screwed,"

"Christian Bale will kick your ass,"

RM 2.70

2008-06-04T19:53:00.002+08:00

So, it's RM2.70, huh?

My first thought was not "That's expensive", but, "Damn, I should have put RM2.68 in the contest!"

Well, there's less than 20 people participate so no one win anyway.

I noticed that this entry has no substance whatsoever.

D-day

2008-06-03T22:11:00.004+08:00

So, tomorrow is what most of us called the D-Day.

The day that we will all find out whether we can actually AFFORD fuel.

Me (or should it be "I"?), a person who gets around town with my car, whom have not set foot in a station (bus, train, whatever) for months should be freaking out.

Well, I'm a believer that a subsidised fuel is not good for our economy as a whole, when it comes to the bigger and general picture, so I should not be complaining.

Tough times ahead, people.

mess

2008-06-03T11:38:00.001+08:00

Last night I spent more than 20 minutes looking for my PDA charger, which I found it in one of my duffel bag. (I wonder how it got there)

Within the 20 minutes, I noticed that I have too many chargers and cables.

I have this divine idea. Someone smart should just invent a universal charger. Something similar to the universal remote. How cool is that idea? There is something similar to it that I've read in The Star once. It's like a dock, where you can charge your cell phone, PDA, mp3 players, Nintendo DS, PSP, camera, etc.

Where can I get it and for how much?

no!

2008-06-02T12:58:00.000+08:00

My TTDS for my Nintendo DS is not working anymore! I can't play with all the pirated/dpwnloaded/homebrew games anymore.

Which means, no DSing for a while so I'm just gonna stick with the Boom Blox on Wii.

I just spent a few hundred on shoes, so I'm short on cash right now. Someone please please finance this.

Update: I spent the whole morning googling the problem and I found out that nothing is wrong with my TTDS. It's the Micro SD, which is a relief coz that means fixing it won't cost that much.

So I wondered what caused the problem in the first place, then I found out that Micro SD card is actually very sensitive. Someone also mention x-rays in airports and such. Then I remember that I bring my handbag with me when I did my x-ray yesterday. And I did it twice!

Lesson learned, people.

Update 2: I received the Micro SD card that I bought from ebay (much cheaper and more convenient than buying it outside. I don't even need to leave my bed! My brother even sent it upstairs to my room), copied all the necessary driver and ROMS and homebrews and it works! Yay!

Now that I have a 2GB SD card, I'm going to find some really cool skins for my TTDS. No more ugly gray user interface.

Yay!

2008-06-01T20:49:00.005+08:00

After practicing yoga for two years, I managed to do the headstand! (Using a wall, of course. I have yet to try without the wall. I love my neck, thank you very much)

That implied that my arms are getting stronger! Is it? It still looks like a boneless twig to me.

But it managed to handle my body weight, which is kinda amazing. With all the blood going to my brain, it makes me really happy. The formula that said working out produces endorphins is really true.

So after class, my happy self stopped by 1920's to buy some pastries (their éclair is the best). I've been stopping by every week lately, and by the time I went there, the waiter just smiled and said,

"There's nothing left, why don't you stop by tomorrow morning?"

Killjoy.

drama

2008-05-29T21:47:00.000+08:00

As what the title implied, this is about drama. Not real life drama. Though I have one story but it is too private to publish in the World Wide Web. (Juicy, huh?)

This is a list of drama that I'm watching. Why I'm listing? Because I have nothing else to do!

Not only that I'm listing it, I'm also categorising it.

Ended their season

House

House is like my favourite drama. Not of all time, because obviously that belongs to something else (hint: something to do with 2 animals), but currently it is at the top of the list. Mainly because I like the character House a lot. He's really something. Do watch the two-part season finale.

Gossip Girl

Before the TV series, Gossip Girl was my guilty pleasure. The books are almost trashy and delicious in a way that only good gossip can provide. I'm a seasoned reader so when the episodes aired, it never crossed my mind that Blair and Chuck (in the book, with his pet monkey. Eww...) could make such a great couple. Now I'm hook. Nate, shoo!

Grey's Anatomy

Like Gossip Girl, Grey's is also a guilty pleasure. What is it about hospitals and doctors and drama that make us hooked? Remember ER? I never missed a single episode (though I have already forgotten most of it). I remember watching Grey's with Hannannah, Eno and Odie during the short semester. Ah... Good old time.
Memorable scene: Bailey is a fellow Star Wars fan! Woohoo!

Ugly Betty

Betty is the underdog within most of us. She's not the prettiest girl in the room, but she has spunk. She's kinda annoying in this season, but I decided to let that slide. Now, the other reason that we all watched this show is it's supporting cast. Where would it be without Wilhemina, Marc and Amanda? They are just awesome!
On the news: There's a rumour about a musical. Will we see Vanessa Williams on stage anytime soon?

Heroes

Who doesn't like Claire and her cheerleader uniform? ("Save the cheerleader, save the world") It's not the most cleverly written show, but it's different that you just have to wonder what will happened Peter? Will he save the world?

Still airing

The Tudors

I like period pieces. I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers. And I like Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn. And I like Henry Cavill. One more episode to go until the end of the season and the beheading of Anne. (Please, that's not a spoiler. It's history)

J-dorama (which changes according to the season. I meant the four season)

CHANGE

Fatma said I'm biased about this show, but I don't care. I like CHANGE a lot. A LOT. I never thought Abe Hiroshi as a good looking guy, but he does look good in this! I like the chemistry between the main cast, they look like they really get along with each other.
Unforgettable scene: The way that Asakura (Takuya Kimura) hurried along with just a cough from his secretary (Fukatsu Eri. She's good!) is priceless. This is about a 35 year old politician-by-chance that will become a young Prime Minister.
No official piccies. Remember JE and their stupid picture rule?

Last Friends

The first time that I heard about Last Friends, I marveled at its cast. It's like a Nodame Cantabile reunion without Tamaki Hiroshi. Replace him with Nikishido Ryo (yuck!). The first 2 episodes are a blah for me. But episode 3 is kinda okay. I'm still downloading but I have not yet watched the new episodes. People on the net are obsessed about it but I failed to see what the fuss is all about. One thing worth mentioning here that the opening song is "Prisoner of Love" by Utada Hikaru, which is one of my favourite song.

Downloaded but not yet watched

Zettai Kareshi

It earned an "OK lar..." by Tiah. Maybe I should watch.

Sex and the City

Season one. I want to know why people make such a big deal about it. Sarah Jessica Parker is still ugly to me.

I'm waiting for a new season...

Entourage

I miss Ari with his sarcastic and nasty comments/outbursts. I miss Vince and his blue eyes. I miss Llyod being bullied by Ari. I just miss that show.
Waiting for: Leighton Meester as Justine Chapine, the virginal singer.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

This is another cleverly written show. Not a lot of people like Curb. Most people I know complained that it is hard to understand. The jokes are mostly in/private jokes that sometimes you really need to listen to understand what it is about. Some of the issues are so... out there and stupid. But that is what makes the show stands out. I LOLed when I saw that promo picture.

Umur yang saya ingin kembali

2008-05-29T00:58:00.003+08:00

Form 3! Form 2 is also quite okay.

Sebab seronok. And I had so much fun. Mas, I miss you!

Duduk sblah Mas, gelak setiap hari ngan Anis. Sapik yang jelous wif Nik. Ili M yang duduk depan tepi Ili Baz (if I'm not mistaken), who's really into Ben Affleck. Aimi yang dah gaduh wif almost everyone. Hahahaha. Lye Soon yang sengal.

Singing at the corridor. Bengongnyer time tuh... Painted the toilet.

And of course, La Usurpadora. Who doesn't watch that show? We even have our own Paula and Paulina in class. Someone is also dying to be Carlos Daniel Bracho, LoL.

I've been tagged by Millie.

Hazie, Hani. Answer this.

when you're gone

2008-05-28T23:02:00.008+08:00

A few weeks ago (or is it months?) there is an interesting discussion at Slashdot regarding access of a deceased person's accounts on the internet such as Google, Livejournal, Facebook and stuff.

It really is an interesting read.

Is it ethical?

How can we get access?

Why do you need access in the first place?

How would you feel if someone accesses to your private accounts when you are no longer around? (hide the gay porns!)

What can we do in case of emergencies?

Google actually has help section about it here.

But how about other websites?

I do think that access is necessary in some circumstances. How many cases of internet bullying that we read lately? I read one just last week. For investigation, there is just no other way. There is also an argument that once a person passed away, all his assets and belongings now belongs to the benefactors/trustees/executors/or-whatever-the-circumstances-made-it. And when they said belongings, that also includes the super secret Gmail account that he used to invest in a Burmese bank.

Sometimes there are people you've never met but interacted daily. Wouldn't you want them informed if something happened to you? One of the board member passed away once and his brother informed us through his Livejournal account. Most of us never met him. What we have is common interest.

Knowing that my sister is such a Google freak with a belief that Google can solve everything, I think that if one day she needs access to my accounts (hopefully she will never need it), she'll somehow manage.

another meme

2008-05-28T21:58:00.006+08:00

I found this from Najia's blog. Since I have soooooooooooo much free time now, I like doing this kind of things. Without feeling guilt. Ever.

5 things found in my handbag

- My white SE phone which I'm dying to trade with my dad so I could have his smartphone which is equipped with Blackberry! (not that I'll use the apps anyway. But how cool is that?)
- My wallet
- Metallic Rose Nintendo DS
- My HP iPAQ ("Daddy? Can we like, trade?")
- My Advanced Financial Reporting notes. (It's still here? *chucks it out*)

5 things found in my wallet

- Receipts receipts and more receipts. This is like the Holy Grail of receipts guys.
- Jusco card, Isetan card, yoga class card
- ATM cards
- The Kinokuniya Anniversary stamping thingie. Whatever it's called. I'm short of one stamp.
- Cash (listed last because I seem to have less and less of it everyday)

5 favourite things in my room

- My bed which is kinda cool actually though I hate the mattress
- Bookcase which is filled with books, beauty care and junks
- My collection of handbags
- CDs and DVDs collection
- My Dell laptop

5 things I've always wanted to do

- Travel!
- Volunteering for UNICEF (me and Sehah always want to do this)
- Work at Kinokuniya
- Drive a racecar. Dunno. It's kinda cool
- Bungee jumping

5 things i'm currently into

- watching movies starring Cate Blanchett
- eat grapes
- Boom Blox! It's really addictive
- Googling any clearance and warehouse sales that is happening in Klang Valley
- CHANGE, a drama starring Takuya Kimura

5 presents i wish for...

- An 80GB iPod
- The green leather handbag from Coach (30% Less! I asked)
- A new mattress (Sultan from IKEA)
- A cool box so that I can keep all my chargers, wires, extensions
- A crocodile handbag (I can't afford it unless I sell my liver.... Mom used to have one though. I wonder where is it? I can sell it at eBay, under vintage huhuhu, and buy another, cooler one for me *prays*)

The person who tagged you is...
No one. Well, I read this from Naj.

5 impressions of her

- Tall
- Getting thinner by walking to class. Are reading this Amalia?
- I can count on her to get things done
- Why so busy lately?
- Loves to read

Most memorable thing she has done to you...

- She helped me with my law cases. Thanks Naj!

If she becomes your lover, you will...

- Hrmm... buy her bouquet of roses? Or she doesn't like roses?

I'm tagging:

- whomever feel like doing it. (ESPECIALLY Millie!)

get slim quick

2008-05-28T21:36:00.003+08:00

My mom came to my room and said, "You are fasting tomorrow."

Erhhh??? Well, I need to replaced all the days I missed during Ramadhan.

To Millie, who complained about her stock of body fat. I presented to you the perfect solution.

So Sooi

2008-05-28T20:55:00.003+08:00

I had this bag since my birthday and I feel like blogging about it because I like it a lot. A LOT. And it's not even made of leather so that is saying something.

I can't claim that it was my find, because actually, it's Nadiah's. We were browsing and looking for bags that she could use for classes when she pointed this one out to me.

Aren't it so cool? It's not exactly glossy but the yellow really stands out. It's big enough for me who usually lug around with so many things in her handbag.

And contrary to Millie's belief, or the general assumption that I only wear my collection of bags no more than three times, I've been using it since 17th of May so that should counts more than three. Ha! Take that.

I'll be using this for a while because I need to show this off to others. *hugs her bag*

exams

2008-05-25T23:05:00.006+08:00

If you observed my behaviour lately, you will noticed that when it comes to preparing for an exam, I will go through these 3 stages, which will happen in this particular order;

Confident, relaxed atmosphere. This involve me doing nothing all day. Shopping. Eating grapes while watching the newest episode of Grey's Anatomy. Blogging a few times a day. Replying to every Facebook messages I received. SMSed things like, "It's too hot, I can't study. Let's go eat ice cream".
Mild studying. Involves occasional reading, occasional notes writing. Texting people asking "Hey, have you start studying yet?". Watching the finale of Gossip Girl with an open textbook. Still replying to Facebook messages. Playing with the Wii for exercises.
Major panicking. Unkempt room. Eating everything in sight and started having odd cravings (like Famous Amos). My SMSes will be something like these, "Aku tak start study lagi!!!!!!", "Chuak seyh!!", "What if I failed?" and "Who the hell invented the concept of deferred tax?". Lots and lots of exclamation marks.

should be studying

2008-05-24T01:36:00.001+08:00

I classified all my Facebook friends details on how I know them. Which can be considered a waste of time.

But it was such a satisfying feeling seeing all my friends in their categories like that.

Nice.

sale part 2

2008-05-23T23:51:00.003+08:00

I only managed to go to KLCC after dinner, which kinda sucks because that means I only have 2 hours until Isetan is closed for the day. One thing about Japanese store (or maybe only Isetan KLCC?) is that they are always on time. And when I said that they are always on time, I meant they are always on time, and literally they are ALWAYS ON TIME.
(Once we, me and Tiah, were browsing around when they are closing and very subtly they informed us that they are closing. We both thought that it was still early!)

As luck would have it, she is not on my side. The traffic was horrible actually, ever since the afternoon. Add that with the rush hour, the rain, and the fact that its Friday Night. By the time we managed to get into Isetan we only have around, 1 hour (and 10 minutes?) to find the perfect perfect shoe. Me and Tiah has perfected the art of maneuvering in crowded spaces, in high heels nonetheless, ages ago so this skill comes in handy in times like this.

3 reasons why sometimes shopping in high heels is good for you:

We all need the practice anyway. Run, kneel, walk, crouch, sit and stand (and sometimes skip). These are the vital skills.
When the lady in front of you is spending a long time in front of the counter that you actually wants to browse, at least you have the advantage of having extra height so you can actually see the goods on display. (Blockage, bye bye! Which sounds like a facial wash advertisement btw)
The extra height is a good ego boost and it will somehow makes you feel superior (to the sales assistant, and of course, to other customer).

3 reasons why you sometimes need a guy with you when you are going shopping (and in my case, my brother):

While we browse, he can queue in line for us. (Very very important reason because the line is very very long.)
Help with the shopping bags.
Err... security?

I only managed to buy a pair of peep-toed pumps and I can already imagined the blister of newly bought shoes. (Argh!) There is this killer gladiator heels that I almost bought but managed to stop myself. (I will never wear it. I will never wear it. I will never wear it. I kept repeating that mantra over and over again. It works!)

So that means I only need to find a pair of really cool brightly coloured flats. Or a gladiator shoes.

The search will go on!

hyde

2008-05-23T10:59:00.002+08:00

Most of the time I like his choice of clothes, but this is definitely cringeworthy.

It's a concert, so it is understandable. I'm literally using the phrase "It looks like my grandmother's curtain" here.

sale

2008-05-23T10:46:00.006+08:00

I planned to go to the Isetan sale early this morning. Spend a few hundreds, pick up the free gifts, go home and continue studying.

Only that I forgot my dad told me that he'll be using the car to pick up my brother today. Which means that I have no transport to go to KLCC. And I'm not going to start taking the train. It'll take up hours. And I don't have hours.

So this means I have to wait until the very late afternoon (bye bye free gifts!), or maybe night, to start shopping.

I need two pairs of shoes. One casual daily flats and a pair of pumps for work. I need to have those by the end of this day. And if I'm lucky, maybe, a handbag.

Which means, for the time being, I'm waiting for the Ugly Betty torrent and continue on Earnings Per Share.

grapes of wrath

2008-05-21T14:34:00.002+08:00

Mom bought some grapes yesterday.

It was really big. Like, really big.

And with really big seeds.

I should be studying.

Nintendo DS: Metallic Rose

2008-05-19T23:58:00.005+08:00

It is in the news that Nintendo will offer Metallic Rose Nintendo DS as a standalone, without bundling it with Nintendogs.

Which kinda surprised me. The US never had Metallic Rose all this time? I had it for like, months now. How cool it is for living in Malaysia sometimes. LoL.

It's a cool colour when we compared it with the horrid pink. And it is also in the news that America Ferrera and Carrie Underwood will be shooting a commercial promoting the Metallic Rose. Should I expect it to pop up in any Ugly Betty episodes anytime soon?

Now people kept asking me why I prefer a DS than a PSP. It has a touch screen. 'Nuff said.

My Metallic Rose featuring my teddy bear, whom I never gave a name to. (I bought it cheap at Carrefour. I just have to save it from the fate of being owned by 8 years old kids. They were eyeing it suspiciously)

It has to wear a plastic casing because it spent more than half of it's time in my handbag. Some of you might know that my handbag is not a safe territory for 'fragile' things.

blackout

2008-05-19T23:27:00.004+08:00

There's a blackout in my area a few hours before. Which is kinda sucks, especially when we consider that this is my third experience in blackouts in a month.

So I did what I always do during a blackout. I'm a seasoned customer when it comes to blackout, after all. I SMSed and bugged the only person I know that is working with TNB.

What else can I do? Dad already called and complained to TNB itself, it turned out that he's the 28th person that called the TNB hotline. It seems that even my neighbours are a bit (if not a lot) pissed off.

After both of that I complained to Nije about global warming and how we all should start recycling and caring for the environment and as I was typing all the preaching messages, the light went on!

Thank God!

Should I treat this as an epiphany that I should take global warming and environmental seriously? Yes, I do take it seriously but I never seems to take effort to contribute more. More like, maybe later, maybe later.

For example, I should start recycling. Theres a pile of past years exam papers and notes piling in the storeroom downstairs that is waiting for me to sort it out. And I know just the right person to give all that stuff to. Hehehe.

And of course, my mom will be happy to see one pile of my unused stuff not taking up her storeroom space.

IKEA Home Stuff

2008-05-19T11:48:00.005+08:00

It has been announced some time ago that EA will release a new expansion pack for The Sims 2 which is The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff. This is much more cooler than the H & M Fashion Stuff which is nothing much, by the way.

Now I can built a perfect miniature of my own room, which is mostly furnished by IKEA. How cool is that?

Music meme

2008-05-18T23:17:00.009+08:00

LE RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer. Even though it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!!!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions. And with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the question

How are you feeling today?
Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
Late for what??
I get it! It's never to late to start studying!

Will you get far in life?
Christina Aguilera - Intro (Back to Basics)
Does this mean that this is the intro to my life? That this is just the beginning? Cool!

How do your friends see you?
Matchbox Twenty - Disease
What the?????? But the lyrics is actually kinda cool and its one of my favourites.

No ones ever turned you over
No ones tried
To ever let you down,
Beautiful girl
Bless your heart

Bless my heart indeed.

Will you get married?
Bow Wow & Omarion - Girlfriend
I don't even like this song. I don't even know this song. Somehow it turned up in my playlist. Well, it seems like he really like his girlfriend. So does that mean that I will somehow get married?

What is your best friend's theme song?
Judy Kuhn - Just Around The Riverbend
A very lifting song from one of Disney's movies. Cookies to those who knows which movie it is.

What is the story of your life?
Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca
I like Rondo Alla Turca a lot. Very cheerful. Does that means happy times ahead?

What is high school like?
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Err... No comment. Well, it does help me in life.

How can you get ahead in life?
Christina Aguilera - Back In The Day
Why must I go back? Reflect on my past sins?

What is the best thing about your friends?
Hujan - Bila Aku Sudah Tiada
Well, I guess I can depend on them remembering me when I'm dead.

What is in store for this weekend?
Christina Aguilera (again???) - Soar
Yeah, good!!! I need to soar and ace my Advanced Financial Reporting!

How is your life going?
KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World
Hmmm... I don't even know what that's mean. Do I want something that is beyond me? This is also one of my favourite lyric.

The fire fades away
Most of everyday is full of tired excuses
But it's to hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world to me

What song will they play at your funeral?
Nickleback - Rockstar
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111one I'm the Rockstar baby! Yeah!

Will you have a happy life?
Nine Inch Nails - 4 Ghost I
Errr... This is an instrumental album and song. No lyric no name. Just the way it is. Does this mean my life will be like that? NOO!!! So, let's cheat

Anuar Zain - Bidadari
Okay. Good enough.

What do your friends really think of you?
Bidadari should come here... LoL...
Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 16
Heh... There is just so many classical music in my playlist.

Do people secretly lust after you?
Jay Chou - Mai Ya Tang (Malt Candy)
I mean, am I that sweet?

How can I make myself happy?
Amy Adams - That's How You Know
Is that it? This makes me thinking about McDreamy. Happy enough. See here.

What should you do with your life?
Nine Inch Nails - The Great Destroyer
Whoa! Should I destroy something? And what is it?

I hope they cannot see
The limitless potential
Living inside of me
To murder everything
I hope they cannot see
I am the great destroyer

Will you ever have children?
Nine Inch Nails - Me, I'm Not
No, I'm not kidding. This is what came up. So, I will get married and be childless.

I don't feel like tagging anyone. Do it if you like to.

Movie meme

2008-05-18T21:45:00.012+08:00

Because I have nothing to do

Ten Favorite Movies (not in particular order. And I'm listing of what I think of):
1. Atonement
2. The Devil Wears Prada
3. The Lord of the Ring trilogy (up to the point that once upon a time, me and my other siblings could re-enact the entire script)
4. Mean Girls
5. Schindler's List
6. Pride and Prejudice (both my sister and I really like Joe Wright's movies)
7. Ocean's 11
8. Spirited Away (I love it so much! Hayao Miyazaki's film always blew me away)
9. Infernal Affairs trilogy (see notes on no. 3)
10. The English Patient
(and many many more...)

Five Favorite Actors:
1. Ralph Fiennes (I don't even know when I start liking him. He's just very convincing in every role I've seen him)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (starting from The Aviator)
3. George Clooney.
4. Tony Leung Chiu Wai
5. Takuya Kimura (I used to be indifferent to him, but after watching Karei Naru Ichizoku and crying buckets and buckets of tears...)

Five Favorite Actresses:
1. Juliette Binoche (whatever role she's in, she'll always deliver)
2. Cate Blanchett (always surprising me, I'm Not There, anyone?)
3. Meryl Streep
4. Zhang Ziyi (even though she can be annoying sometimes)
5. Ueno Juri (I'm impressed with her current projects)

Five Favorite Characters (err... this is hard. More like memorable character):
1. Khatarine Hepburn (The Aviator)
2. Miranda Priestly (Devil Wears Prada)
3. Danny Ocean
4. Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (she's one of a kind!)
5. Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones Diary (I view them as a similar character. Mark Darcy is after all, a product of inspiration from the ever aloof Mr. Darcy)

Five Favorite Directors:
1. Joe Wright
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Peter Jackson
4. Wong Kar Wai
5. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (when they work together)

(and Chen Kaige, Martin Scorsese, Kudo Kankuro, Zhang Yimou, and many others)

Five Movies That Make Me Cry Like a Big Baby:

1. Cinta
2. Lilo and Stitch
3. The English Patient
4.
5.

Five Favorite Animated Movies:
1. Spirited Away
2. Howl Moving Castle
3. Beauty and The Beast (the yellow gown did it for me)
4. Lilo and Stitch ("Ohana means family, family means nobody got left behind, or forgotten." Awww... Stich!)
5. Toy Story (I'll always remember the scene at the lift. "I am your father," "No!!!")

Five Favorite Opening Scenes:

1. Casino Royale (2006). (That was neat)
2. Infernal Affairs. (The first movie. The opening with the lifts and Buddha statues.)
3. Phantom of the Opera (the chandelier is epic)
4. Devil Wears Prada (KT Tunstall song is really catchy and I love looking at the shoes and wardrobes)
5. Chicago (I forgot how it went, but I do remember liking it a lot)

Okay, let me cheat here

6. I love the ending to Blood Diamond

Five Favorite WTF IS THIS RIDICULOUS SHIT Movies:
1. Norbit (a waste of 1 1/2 hour of my life)
2. Fantastic 4 (why the manage to have a sequel is BEYOND me)
3. Wax (Paris Hilton can't act and I can't even remember why I watch it in the first place)
4. Alexander (that bleached hair. Urgh!)
5. Mr Cinderella 2 (pure trash. badly written script)

Five Guilty Pleasures:
1. Mean Girls
2. Bridget Jones Diary (I had thing for Colin Firth and the character Mark Darcy)
3. Initial D (Jay Chou!)
4. Starsky and Hutch (it's funny!!!)
5. Prince Caspian (hehehehehehehehehe)

Five Movies I Should Hate But I Love:
1. Any movie with Keira Knightly. (But she always get the good script and she can actually act! Well, when she is with Joe Wright)
2. The prelude to Star Wars. I love Star Wars. I wanted to hate it but I'm already one big fan.
3. The Last Samurai. (Tom Cruise, blergh!!! But he's kinda good and there's Ken Watanabe...)
4. Memoirs of a Geisha (they butchered it but Gong Li is really something)
5. Troy. (Bad acting. But I always like histories, so...)

Five Underrated Movies I Adore:
1. 2 Days in Paris
2. Mean Girls
3. The Day After Tomorrow
4. Cloverfield
5. A Cheerful Gang Turn the Earth (Jap movie with Matsuda Shota. It's different that what we've used seeing)

Five Most Underrated Actors I Adore:
1. James McAvoy
2. Jack Black
3. Robert Downey Jr (Ironman!)
4. Matsuda Shota
5. Adam Sandler (I like Spanglish and 50 First Dates a lot)

( I should also mention Ryan Gosling)

voldie

2008-05-18T19:59:00.002+08:00

This newly released picture is made of so many levels and kinds of awesomeness!

Crossword DS

2008-05-17T23:04:00.003+08:00

One more thing. I'm addicted to Crosswords DS.

I played it every morning after I wake up, every night before I went to bed and sometimes in the middle of the day.

Prince Caspian

2008-05-17T22:47:00.004+08:00

Behold the subject of our gushing and squealing since 2 days ago,

I'm sure everyone agrees that he is one fine specimen! You should have seen us in the cinema. We squealed and sighed like school kids and Sehah kept grabbing my knee every time he appears ("Caspian! Caspian!"). Didn't blame her though.

I can't even make a review about the movie since I'm definitely biased and kinda infatuated with Ben Barnes. I mean, technically, he's a Disney Prince!

Speaking of Disney Prince, do watched the new episode of Grey's Anatomy (s2.15). Meredith and McDreamy were talking to a patient about Cinderella, fairytale and prince charming. McDreamy was in Disney's Enchanted, after all. *Hint hint*

On the other hand, I have a runny nose and my mom decided to drug me with her meds. All I can think off right now is sleep sleep and sleep.

Off to bed.

grapes

2008-05-14T22:58:00.004+08:00

We bought grapes from the supermarket today and I noticed something.

It's small. Like, small small.

I took a picture, but it looks like this;

I know what you guys will say, "You crazy woman, there is nothing wrong with it!" and starts to think what a diva I am requesting that her grapes should be in a certain size (it should not be too big or too small. And seedless!).

But it really is small! So I tried to find one that is in a normal size that I have not yet eaten. Aha!!

See the comparison? It is small! Which kinda scares me. How are you going to eat it? What if I did not managed to chew it and it somehow went down my throat? <-- Which was pretty irrelevant since it is such a small thing. Who would choke on such a small grapes?

I managed to find one that is way smaller but I had ermm, shoved it down my throat.

tix

2008-05-13T23:30:00.000+08:00

It's confirmed, Hazi and I are going to watch both P Ramlee and Beauty and the Beast the Musical!

There's still 30 minutes left, but Happy Birthday to her!

ice cream

2008-05-13T17:08:00.004+08:00

The weather sure is hot during these last few days! I spent 3 minutes under the sun today and I'm already sweating like crazy.

There's a pint of Haagen-Dazs in the freezer, bought by mom (there is nothing better than expensive ice-cream to endure the heat!). Right after I arrived home, I spent 15 minutes sitting under the fan eating it. I wonder how long it will take for me to finish it alone.

This thing sure tastes good!

console

2008-05-12T22:52:00.000+08:00

So I'm relearning consolidation of company using the worksheet method. What a pain. Why can't I just use the T-account?

Why must they exists so many useless columns that we won't even use?

Why am I doing this again? Oh yes, I'm trying to pass my Advanced Financial Reporting paper.

Listening to: "Snail (wo niu)" by Jay Chou. Yes, climb and climb higher. Nice metaphor for someone who is studying for an exam.

packages

2008-05-09T20:42:00.002+08:00

A Pos Laju guy came by today. My mom was calling me to come downstairs and my first reaction was;

"I didn't buy anything!" (yet)

It turned out that Tiah's luggages (yes, luggageS) are here. Owh.

I thought it was my.. nevermind.

flabs

2008-05-09T00:23:00.004+08:00

I went to yoga class for the first time in weeks.

I'm so out of shape.

Today, after seeing myself in front of the full length mirror in my room, I noticed that I have a flabby stomach. And my last meal was 3 hours ago (incredulous, it wasn't that bad; you might say).

Well, I always thought that sometimes I kinda have a nice stomach (except after meals, of course). It's not like I have a six pack of anything (yuck!) but at least its toned. And not flabby.

It's the pasta, I swear. I ate too much pasta during the exams weeks.

And after further revelation that I'm not fit enough during yoga class, I went to have a quick bite with my friend Nadiah at Sakae Sushi (I held this totally unfounded belief that sushi is not and will not be fattening. I mean, it does explain why the Japanese are so thin). And dessert at 1920's. Dessert only because the kitchen is already closed (I asked. And yes, I asked for pasta). Then Nisa joined us and we had drinks at a Mamak place.

All this happened within 2 hours time. I only went home because I remember that its a weekday and it's already 11.30pm.

Note to self: Lay off the pasta!

Last paper!!!

2008-05-07T23:29:00.004+08:00

Listening to: "Urban Mermaid" by Yuna Ito

I'm back!

Today we sat for our last paper in UiTM after four and half years. I'm free! If I want to get married my parents won't stop me! From now on, I'm not obligated to show up for classes at the dreadful Menara (next week of cram classes with Ms. T doesn't exactly count).

Afterwards the girls went to Pyramid for ice-skating (insert many sounds of people falling on their as.. er... buttocks), which I skipped since I'm not really in the mood for it. I joined them a few hours later for bowling (I'm so out of practice) and then we had dinner at Italiannies, where attractive waiters are abundant and foods are serve in a large portion. I wonder if they recruit people based on how they look. Hrmmm... Maybe I should sent my brother to interview for part-time employment there. Lets people judge whether he is good looking or not. What an ego boost if he's accepted. Well, its not like we have any complaints. The foods are delicious and the service are great.

I would like to post group pictures but lets wait until Millie posts them (then we'll steal it and claim it as ours!). She took A LOT of pictures. Pictures of her and her meal, her eating it, our meals, our drinks, Mock's arms, Sehah's thigh... Let's see if she has one of Izza's braces.

If you are wondering what I'm doing with my left hand, I'm slapping Safwan's hand away. Shoo shoo!

Listening to: "15 Ghost II" by Nine Inch Nails

Wii. Bricked. Damn.

2008-05-03T21:48:00.005+08:00

My brother is one big idiot.

He "semi-bricked" our wii! Somehow he is the only idiot in the family who managed to do the unthinkable (well, not anymore) feat of bricking it. It takes an idiot to brick a wii. Only an idiot (and non Wii owner) would not have known that a Wii is REGION BLOCKED. One does not insert (and update!!) a Japanese game into an US wii.

I'm so pissed off.

I'm so angry I'm thinking of not going to tomorrow's wedding (a cousin getting married. boring). I definitely would not want to spend the rest of my day with him (owh, the trauma!). My cousin (not the one getting married) told me to just shove his head into a paper bag. Problem solved. My mom will be happy that I'll go. I will be happy. And the relatives will be happy that I actually showed up at a family function.

Hmmmm...