aneez 101

2011-09-13T01:55:00.002+08:00

i cannot sleep.

finished reading two book in two weeks;

2010-03-29T10:53:00.001+08:00

i 've finished reading two book in two weeks;

1. the gun seller by hugh laurie - written by hugh laurie before he got the part of gregory house. oh the sarcasm, somehow i feel like thomas lang's lines could have been uttered by dr house himself. house as secret agent, how cool is that?

2. the lovely bones by alice sebold - this is a very sad, excellent book. would heath ledger is still alive, he could have nailed the part of susie's father spot-on.

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2009-01-06T16:47:00.001+08:00

so little time, so much to do....hence, the long wait for new update.

sorry folks if my writing is a bit rusty after the long pause.

2008 has left us, personally it is a year that is full of challenges for me, i've shed so many tears over the past year.

i mentioned about polyp in my last entry, and some concerned individuals did take the time to contact and comfort me personally.

thank you so much for your concern, you have a special place in my heart.

my polyp has been removed and thankfully there is nothing to worry about, my pap smear also came back negative.

in other development, we have moved to our own house last christmas, and on awal muharram we had a simple feast for close family and friends as a thankful gesture for if not for His blessing, we won't achieve what we have today.

but i am about to lose something very dear to my heart soon, that is my beloved myvi.

we need to get another car to accomodate our growing family.

but that is life, you are bound to change and move from one position and possession to another,.

when you stop changing and stop moving, that is the day you die.

2008-09-15T13:21:00.000+08:00

i have cervical polyp.

it is non cancerous, but i still need to get it removed.

i have also been prescribed some multi-vitamins by my doc, she said it is due to fatigue and stress.

it serves as a gentle reminder, i guess, especially during this holy month of ramadhan.

your health, or any other privilege awarded to you, could be taken away any time as He likes it in order to test your faith.

2008-07-29T12:54:00.000+08:00

i've just finished reading ayat-ayat cinta,and i watched the movie version after that.

the book is good, while i don't see it as being ground-breaking in terms of bringing new ideas, maybe it seems fresh because the presentation is different compared to other love story.

i believe that one feature of a good book is one that manages to make you care about the characters, well this one does.

the movie is a disappoinment though.

since it is an adaptation of course you don't have to stay true to the printed version, however the filmaker failed to justify the need to change the course of the story.

to be blunt, read the book, but pass on the movie.

2008-07-29T12:30:00.000+08:00

it's just disgusting.

life is geting harder and harder for most of us, yet these politicians are only interested in getting more or holding on to whatever left of their power.

makes me want to be an anarchist.

2008-07-24T14:24:00.000+08:00

I’ve been in my new office for the last 1 and a half month.

Pros:

Sensible workload
Reliable system
Good health benefit
Islamic environment

Cons:

Unstrategic location
No Internet access

Not having access to Internet is quite a big problem, however since so far the pros still outweigh the cons, I think I’ll stay here for a while.

2008-05-08T12:12:00.000+08:00

i am currently addicted to Typeracer.

combined with an angry / agitated/ tensed facial expression, this is a great way to pretend that you have a lot of paperwork to do !

2008-05-07T10:56:00.000+08:00

happy second anniversary my hubby.

the reason i'm attaching my picture for the first time in this site is because i so DO NOT look like that in real life, so no fear of being stalked, hehehe....

2008-05-05T14:50:00.000+08:00

i have tendered my resignation. in 1 month i will be working in a new company.

2008-03-10T16:26:00.000+08:00

no updates for 2 last weeks, here's why:

i suffered from a case of allergic reaction, my face was swollen, my body was covered in rashes, dr had to gave me mc for one whole week since i looked like a monster.
returned to the office last monday, greeted with one huge pile of paperwork, spent the whole week struggling to process them, i definitely looked and act like a monster.

2008-02-21T11:28:00.000+08:00

it is bound to happen. my office has finally blocked meebo. so now i'm using flickIM.

2008-02-20T10:48:00.000+08:00

i'm a cute green pegasus ! check out yours here.

You are Green Pegasus, who tends to give an impression of being proud and difficult person to get to know.
But you can be really friendly and affectionate to those people you trust.
You are quick minded and can act audaciously.
You are a person who would follow ideals with passion.
You possess sensitivity and flashes.
You can make calm calculation and come up with objective theory.
You are also tactful negotiator.
You can be rather strong headed, but really, you are naturally a good person and natured.
You can flirt to attract men to you.
You are woman of both brains and beauty.
You enjoy the process of creating things.
You will concentrate hard and will put great effort while tackling it, but once finished you can easily lose interest.
You hand over your accomplishments to others, and then start creating new one again.
Although you can be argumentative, you dislike complicated matters.
Therefore you tend to dispose a matter easily.
You dislike ordinary things, and will end up doing things that surprise people.
You will not turn out an ordinary housewife.
You should stay working in an environment where you can enjoy your freedom.
Your down-to-earth type of character attracts lots of men.
But because you have high ideals, you tend to lose the opportunity, and get passed the marriage age.

2008-02-15T14:43:00.000+08:00

watched jumper yesterday. what a waste of time. the movie is stylish on the surface yet empty on the inside.

just like an mtv video, or natasha hudson for that matter.

should have made the 'jump' for dunia baru the movie instead.

2008-02-11T15:25:00.000+08:00

gulp....my review of faisal tehrani's bila tuhan berbicara apparently got picked up to be displayed on the writer's official blog under the title kempen pilihanrayabuku. click here .

2008-02-06T17:33:00.000+08:00

alya and haiqal turned one last sunday.

since a lot of you asked what they are capable of doing now,

alya thinks she can fly;

while haiqal aspires to be a male supermodel, hehehe....

2008-01-29T12:18:00.001+08:00

since blogger is blocked at my workplace i usually post new entry from google docs. i find it easier and faster compared to blogger itself, especially if you want to attach images in your post. however i have just encountered zoho, and this entry is written and posted using zoho writer, since i just want to to see how it works.

2008-01-28T17:39:00.000+08:00

i really enjoyed reading faisal tehrani's bila tuhan berbicara since it successfully blends serious issues with humour all the way to the end. the non-conventional format of the book, as stated on the cover, a novel-drama, really adds to its quirkiness. a highly-recommended first read for those who is not yet familiar with the works of faisal tehrani.

i can't help agreeing with zyda's latest entry, about her dissatisfaction on the appeal of ahadiat akashah's works. i don't want to sound like a snob, but until when would you keep restricting yourselves with lighweight, effortless books like those written by him? you cannot claim to be a serious reader if you keep reading the same fairy-tale theme over and over again, but if you claim that you read just to have fun and release tension, then too bad la, because there are a lot of interesting books out there with different,fresh ideas waiting to be discovered. that's the main problem of our people, when it comes to books, movies, or music, sampai bila nak fikir seronok je, tak nak ke guna otak sikit?

2008-01-28T14:12:00.000+08:00

is it just me or does anybody else think that dato' siti's outfit on last night's juara lagu looks like a raincoat?

the rest of the show was ok only, with the compulsory but absolutely unnecessary backup dancers accompanying most the performances.

i like estranged's itu kamu, and i also like kaer's izinku pergi, so i have no complaint on last night's result.

the only regret was kaer being unable to sing the song himself.

takpelah, ku izinkan kau pergi hehehe....

2008-01-25T15:36:00.000+08:00

the ironic thing about faizal tahir being banned is that he is being condemned for being 'over-enthusiastic' while some can get away with their half-hearted performances. since when was it wrong to be over-enthusiastic in doing your job? yes, maybe he went a little bit off-course, but personally i think the punishment is a bit too harsh. a stern warning should suffice, not total restriction for the man from his bread-and-butter.

there was no act or law in the first place as a guide on what u can or cannot do as a performer, so this whole thing looks more like a reactive measure than a proactive one, being implemented only after some segment voice out their dissatisfaction with the incident.

2008-01-24T12:25:00.000+08:00

i miss writing. i have so much to tell, so much to share that i don't know where to begin. but my life is in a bit of a mess at the moment. so little time, so much to do. please bear with me folks (read: sabar la Titi, tau la u dh update blog!)

2007-11-07T14:47:00.000+08:00

a few weeks ago maya karin challenged all professionals to go and watch shuhaimi baba's 1957: hati malaya on the big screen.

being professionals (thehehe...), my husband and decided to take up the challenge, took a leave and went to see it last monday.

the verdict? mesmerizing.....

just like zyda, i was moved to tears by scenes depicting the hardship that our forefathers had to endure in order to gain independence. all the big names delivered good performances, but the highest accolade must be presented to the virtually unknown actors who played datuk onn jaafar and tunku abd rahman (zaefrul and kamarulzaman if i'm not mistaken).

being filmed on a limited budget, of course you can't compare this film with hollywood epics, but there is just something about this movie that makes you root for it. i know some people are ashamed to watch or admit that they have watched malay movies, but when it comes to 1957: hati malaya, i assure you there's nothing to be ashamed about.

2007-11-06T16:43:00.000+08:00

raya was a blast. spent the first few days of raya in melaka, bringing along the twins to be 'presented' for the first time to the relatives there. they were a hit of course, despite being in the 'i-don't-want-anybody-else-i-want-mommy' phase, almost give me a prolapsed disc, hehehe.....

2007-09-24T17:38:00.000+08:00

there were not a dry eyes in the house as we watched the news last friday.
al fatihah buat adik nurin jazlin jazimin, pergi menemui sang pencipta di bulan yang mulia, dikebumikan pula di hari yg mulia, sesungguhnya dialah yang terlebih dahulu dapat mencium bau syurga....

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There's always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there
So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There's vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there
You're in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

(Angel by Sarah McLachlan)

2007-09-21T14:13:00.000+08:00

my sister introduced me to the music of the cult band joy division by lending me their compilation album, substance.

now i understand why they are considered cult.

2007-09-17T07:55:00.000+08:00

this ramadhan, and insya allah this coming syawal, marks another milestone for me, since this is the first time i 'll be celebrating them as a mother.
my two children are still recuperating from fever and diarrhea, they have lost some noticeable amount of weight, which saddened me so much since they are not as chubby as they used to be.
but as long as they are healthy, alhamdulillah, because i just cannot stand to watch them cry in agony.
some friends of my husband and also myself have been planning for a buka puasa event, and obviously they want us to come and bring the twins along as well. i dont know la, i really want to meet up with you guys, introduce the twins to their uncles and aunties, chatting about the latest gossips, hahaha, but with two babies, pheww, i think that is too many variables to deal with.
i guess we need to wait and see first la, i can't commit at this time.
in the meantime, here's alya and haiqal, now at 7 months old....

2007-08-29T08:01:00.000+08:00

when you are in a conflict with only one person, it's possible that the problem is actually caused by that other person.
however, when it seems that you are in a conflict with almost everybody, then the root of the problem most likely is caused by you, by your attitude.
think about it, mate, cubalah muhasabah diri.

2007-08-23T13:02:00.001+08:00

my husband got the best birthday present ever...
he has just been offered job at another company with better perks and salaries...!
alhamdulillah, rezeki anak-anak....
congrats sayang, i know you deserve it.....

2007-08-08T12:56:00.000+08:00

good news all around...
congrats to elly on her recent engagement, dgr citer siap pakai songket, hehehe....ok la tu.
congrats to sarah, finally after numerous attempts, she got her dream job as a ptd, slamat jd orang gomen.
congrats to bayah, from the ultrasound it is confirmed that she's expecting a baby boy.
last but not least, congrats to kak ina, who is about to become a mother herself.

and yours truly?
tgh pening ni, my husband's birthday is coming next week, but so far i have no idea what to give him. any ideas?

2007-07-18T15:04:00.000+08:00

"You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms."

- neal a. maxwell

2007-07-18T14:33:00.000+08:00

becoming a mother to a set of twins is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me, but i can't deny that i really miss my pre-pregnancy body, hehehe ... i gained more than 30 kg during my term, and at the moment i'm still struggling to lose the last 10.
however recently i've discovered the way to banish the excess weight, in fact more weight than you could ever imagined, and the best thing is you can do it too !

just follow the picture below:

tadaaa.....now i'm lighter than nicole richie !

2007-07-13T15:14:00.000+08:00

hey, i'm back y'all !

i know it's been a while, almost 6 months actually, since i last posted anything.
a lot of things prevented me from updating this blog, like becoming a mother, my pc broke down, being denied access to blogger at my workplace....
in the meantime i've created another venue for me to write at wordpress, go here if you want to have a view of my twins, but i miss my old blog, ye la, tempat jatuh lagikan dikenang, hehehe, it's just not the same at wordpress.

by the way, i've added 2 new features to the site. first, if you notice at the end of this entry i've attached my online signature, just to make it more personal. you can have it too, just go to my live signature and they will assist you to create your own. neat !
second, at the sidebar, scroll down and you should be able to see a widget from urban dictionary, that is a collection of new terms on an online dictionary whose definitions are written by users like you and me. it is updated daily, so evry day you'll get to know a different word, so you will always stay cool / hip /dope. double neat !

so hopefully after this there'll be no more disruptions that keep me from updating this blog.
really miss u guys, muahhhsss !!!

2007-01-23T15:21:00.000+08:00

at last, the news i've been waiting for all these while.....

Rage Against The Machine To Reunite For Coachella Festival

2007-01-15T16:40:00.000+08:00

This is so funny, i just had to share it with u guys. It is written by the guy who directed Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore. To read the letter in its original context, click here .
For more on Moore, click here .

Dear Mr. President:

Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) ...from Michael Moore
1/10/07

Dear Mr. President,

Thanks for your address to the nation. It's good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November.

Listen, can I be frank? Sending in 20,000 more troops just ain't gonna do the job. That will only bring the troop level back up to what it was last year. And we were losing the war last year! We've already had over a million troops serve some time in Iraq since 2003. Another few thousand is simply not enough to find those weapons of mass destruction! Er, I mean... bringing those responsible for 9/11 to justice! Um, scratch that. Try this -- BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE MIDDLE EAST! YES!!!

You've got to show some courage, dude! You've got to win this one! C'mon, you got Saddam! You hung 'im high! I loved watching the video of that -- just like the old wild west! The bad guy wore black! The hangmen were as crazy as the hangee! Lynch mobs rule!!!Look, I have to admit I feel very sorry for the predicament you're in. As Ricky Bobby said, "If you're not first, you're last." And you being humiliated in front of the whole world does NONE of us Americans any good.

Sir, listen to me. You have to send in MILLIONS of troops to Iraq, not thousands! The only way to lick this thing now is to flood Iraq with millions of us! I know that you're out of combat-ready soldiers -- so you have to look elsewhere! The only way you are going to beat a nation of 27 million -- Iraq -- is to send in at least 28 million! Here's how it would work:The first 27 million Americans go in and kill one Iraqi each. That will quickly take care of any insurgency. The other one million of us will stay and rebuild the country. Simple.

Now, I know you're saying, where will I find 28 million Americans to go to Iraq? Here are some suggestions:

1. More than 62,000,000 Americans voted for you in the last election (the one that took place a year and half into a war we already knew we were losing). I am confident that at least a third of them would want to put their body where there vote was and sign up to volunteer. I know many of these people and, while we may disagree politically, I know that they don't believe someone else should have to go and fight their fight for them -- while they hide here in America.

2. Start a "Kill an Iraqi" Meet-Up group in cities across the country. I know this idea is so early-21st century, but I once went to a Lou Dobbs Meet-Up and, I swear, some of the best ideas happen after the third mojito. I'm sure you'll get another five million or so enlistees from this effort.

3. Send over all members of the mainstream media. After all, they were your collaborators in bringing us this war -- and many of them are already trained from having been "embedded!" If that doesn't bring the total to 28 million, then draft all viewers of the FOX News channel.

Mr. Bush, do not give up! Now is not the time to pull your punch! Don't be a weenie by sending in a few over-tired troops. Get your people behind you and YOU lead them in like a true commander in chief! Leave no conservative behind! Full speed ahead!
We promise to write. Go get 'em W!

Yours,
Michael Moore

2006-12-18T16:19:00.000+08:00

i'm half javanese, so i find this as quite interesting. you can find out the intepretation of your birthday according to javanese calendar here. below is what it says about mine, by the way, i was born on pon thursday.

If you were born on Pon Thursday, you are generally thought to have high ideals and honorable goals, which you work hard to advance. You have a clever, questing mind, and love to learn new things that expand your awareness of the world. However, with your tendency to think and act on a large scale, your pride and confidence in your material possessions or your intellect could easily be your undoing at some stage of the game. You're not a socialite, nor are you interested in what is really other people's business. You seem content to rely on your own ability to understand a situation and avoid being influenced by the opinions of others.

2006-12-18T15:43:00.000+08:00

some people would gladly attest that i have the inclination to become a whistleblower, i should have become an auditor, don't u think?

You Are Very Honest

You tell it like it is, no matter what.
Even if the truth hurts, you'll dish it out.
And while some may get hurt by your honesty...
At least everyone knows where you stand!

How Honest Are You?

2006-12-15T14:18:00.000+08:00

I know, I know it has been quite some time since I last updated this blog. What to do, couldn’t find the time, the energy, and the inspiration to just start typing on the screen, hehehe……
I’ve been receiving a lot of enquiries regarding the babies, so far both are fine, mak nye je yg makin letih melayan diorang, it seems that they can’t stop moving in there, aktif betul ! It was kind of geli at the beginning when it started, now it can be quite painful, but honestly I’m so happy and relieved when I can sense their movement, it’s like they are reassuring me that everything’s ok and that they are enjoying themselves playing in my womb.
My expected due date is in February, but since mine is a twin pregnancy my gynae has warned me of the high probability of early delivery, so bolehlah you guys start planning on buying my babies gifts now, what’s with the year end sale around the corner, hahaha ! As for my husband and I, we haven’t shopped for anything yet, much to the concern of our parents. Yup, we are a couple of procrastinator that’s for sure, we are so meant for each other ahaks….
by the way, we are still searching for the babies' name, and no huddin i don't think i can name my boy the same as yours, because that name is uniquely yours...hehehe....so, if you guys have suggestion, feel free to leave it here !

2006-11-13T09:42:00.000+08:00

for two weeks now since raya we spent the weekends fufilling invitations to raya open houses, from relatives and friends, from klang to seremban. had to endure gasps of disbelief at my ballooning physical state, not to mention my consistent chewing and munching of food at most of the time. however, i do not have to face this all by myself as my husband also had his fair share of the comments, most of them is "ni sape yg ada kembar ni?" , hehehehe.....
meeting friends back from my uni days was the most fun, catching up with each others' current development and sometimes reminisce about the past.....
by the way, had my latest checkup last tuesday, the dr has confirmed once again that the twins are a pair, that is one boy and one girl, so far everything's ok, alhamdulillah....
on friday i had to take a leave, both my legs are cramped, adoi la, mcmana nk pg keje, getting up and down the stairs in my house pun dh merana.....but i'm fine now, don't worry.....

2006-11-01T15:09:00.000+08:00

i'm avoiding somebody at work. have decided to only speak to her only when some work-related issues arise. i know some of u would say, tak baik marah/benci kat someone bila pregnant, takut anak terkenan, well, i'm not mad at her, i just can no longer stand her acid tongue and stupid remarks about others' personal matters. before i lose my temper and retaliate by giving her sarcastic remarks ( i have save some in my mind right now), better avoid the conflict by keeping mum.

2006-10-30T12:07:00.000+08:00

hari raya went on smoothly for me and my hubby, our first raya as husband and wife. spent the last few days of ramadhan and first day of syawal at melaka, then we picked up my brother in cheras and drove back to kedah on the second day of raya. i think my parents are quite content this year since for the first time in 5 years, my brother could spent raya together, despite only for 2 days. he had to rush back to kl on the 4th day of raya to resume his work. so at last, our relatives in kedah could finally see cucu kesayangan arwah pak ali, my grandfather.
of course the subject of my twin pregnancy was a hot topic among our relatives. i was so touched by everybody's support, and their understanding on why i just had to have the 5th serving of ketupat and rendang is highly appreciated, hehehe.....

2006-10-05T09:09:00.000+08:00

a few days ago a former classmate sent me an email, informing that she is planning to get married next year. she came to my wedding last may, and she wanted to know how did i plan for the reception, specifically in terms of the budget.
well, honestly i have to tell her, i've forgotten about much of the details. i find it peculiar myself, prior to the wedding i was constantly worrying about the whole thing (though some people claimed that i was expresionless and seemed devoid of any feeling throughout the ordeal), and once it's over, poof, just like that, gone with the wind, heheheheheh.....
what i can say with certainty is, apart from the deposit for the catering, the money from the duit hantaran was enough to cover for the whole thing. let's see.

the catering cost = RM8 /pax,
the canopy +- Rm 1k,
mak andam RM300 for two makeup sessions only,
photographer RM300,
the dj RM 150
...

err, that's all i can remember. however i believe we managed to save a lot of money due to the fact that my mom made both my baju nikah and baju sanding herself, and we made our own bunga telur, bunga pahar, pelamin, hantaran, segala mak nenek yg lain tu lah. one word of advice la to those who are planning to get married, in fact this advice was given to me by another friend of mine (new mom liyana!), never plan to do it during school holiday, jenuh berebut dgn org ! and please, please, ukur baju di badan sendiri, please do not try to imitate or outdo other's wedding and glamorize the whole thing, be reminded that you are about to embark on a new journey as husband and wife hopefully for the rest of your life, so do not spend everything just for a one day event.

to kak m, congrats for your upcoming wedding, please be patient with all the headaches and heartaches coming your way ( there are plenty, i assure you), and all the best preparing for the most important day of your life !

2006-09-27T15:43:00.000+08:00

"I wanted to know the best of one who holds today undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind ... I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the great life."

Mahatma Ghandhi on Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h.

2006-09-27T08:39:00.000+08:00

i don't know about you, but i am pissed whenever i received forwarded e-mails that supposedly expose the practice of using haram ingredients or unhygienic preparations in producing certain foods/household products. the latest being the e-mail relating to sate kajang hj samuri.well, i believe the sender's initial intention was good, to inform/warn about this matter, however what makes me so damn angry with these kind of e-mails is that they are often based on hearsay, no prove whatsoever, usually it was only based on somebody's claim that they know it through their own experience. question is, how do you validate their experience? what is the prove? in court this sort of statement is unacceptable because it is not accompanied with solid evidence or witness. how can we be certain that this kind of e-mails are not intended to badmouth a competitor? apart from anger, this matter is also making me sad because from what i observe, we muslims also fell into this trap, have we forgotten that accusing without prove, memfitnah, is a great sin?

2006-09-07T16:35:00.000+08:00

a colleague of mine has just converted to islam. alhamdulillah...
what makes me uneasy is the notion raised by some quarters that she did it because she wanted to marry her muslim boyfriend. come on la, shouldn't now be the time that we trully welcome and embrace her as our sister, saudara seagama, to make her feel accepted instead of questioning her motive for conversion?

meanwhile another colleague of mine had just had a miscarriage. the tragic thing is she just tested positive using her home pregnancy test, and on the next day she had already bled. belum sempat nak celebrate. too bad for her. please be patient kak, belum rezeki lagi.

2006-08-28T11:52:00.000+08:00

q : between siti and datuk k or mawi and ina, who would you watch tonight?
a : neither. my hubby and i would rather watch house .

2006-08-21T09:34:00.000+08:00

* more info about the twins ; they are fraternal, not identical, and no, we still do not know of their gender, dr said we can only determine them at the 5th or 6th month *

dr : besar baby you ni, macam dh 16 minggu. ha, u all nampak tak baby tu?
me : err, nampak tapi tak brape jelas la dr...tak nampak sgt shape dia.
dr : sekarang cuba tengok lagi..nampak tak? ada dua.....
hubby: dua ?
dr: you all dapat kembar...congrats !

2006-08-11T12:23:00.000+08:00

been bz for quite some time now, however some new developments include:
my office's shift back to our previous building in jln tar...best best, boleh gi maju junction,sogo,etc....
had my first appointment with the doc to check my pregnancy, on the 19th we have scheduled an appoinment for a scan session...gee, x sabarnya nk tgk baby, my baby.....

2006-07-27T08:35:00.000+08:00

i was never a fan of akademi fantasia so i never bothered to watch the show. but yesterday when surfing the channel i accidentally saw the rerun of their last saturdays's concert, right when one contestant was about to sing nirvana's smells like teen spirit, yep, THE smells like teen spirit. i had the shock of my life, both my husband and i was stunned. the kid did pull it off that night since the crowd obviously enjoyed his performance.....but now i don't think i can separate the image of some makciks, clapping and hopping along excitedly during the performance, from the classic song that is supposed to symbolize teenagers' rebellion....!

2006-07-26T08:31:00.000+08:00

after the initial shock upon hearing about hani mohsin's sudden demise yesterday, our collective concern at the office was "did he has a policy with us?"
should i be ashamed of my reaction?

2006-07-24T15:54:00.000+08:00

wishlist org mengidam:

1. ayam golek lima bintang kat pantai dalam, the best ayam golek recipe i have ever tasted!
2. kuetiow tomyam kat soto seksyen 8 shah alam
3. burger ayam campur cheese kat gerai tepi aida tomyam, pun kt seksyen 8 shah alam
4. assam laksa kat mark's assam laksa, the weld, kl
5. sizzling chicken kat chop n steak , kg baru
6. bihun sup utara kat medan selera tepi medan mara ( masalahnya kat situ tgh buat construction building baru, mana pg gerai2 medan selera tue ??!!)
7. roti syawarma kt gerai tepi kamdar, jln tar (eh ye ke tepi kamdar? tp yg sure jln tar !)
8. lasagna kat signatures, klcc
9. sizzling mee kat jusco bukit raja, klang (kalau nk tahu, inilah makanan ruji kitorang masa berdating dulu hehehe...)
10. bihun tomyam kat bangkok expresso, the weld, kl

2006-07-24T08:38:00.000+08:00

one of my favorite songs from my schooldays...no rain by blind melon. the lyrics sort of reflect what most hormone-fuelled teenagers would feel most of the time, at least that's what i thought when i first heard it like, ages ago....

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view
But it's not sane,
It's not sane
I just want some one to say to me
I'll always be there when you wake
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape escape......escape......escape......
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain ya don't like my point of view ya think I'm insane
Its not sane......it's not sane

2006-07-17T08:56:00.000+08:00

punyalah lama mengidam nak makan kt soto seksyen 8, hari sabtu lepas my dear husband and i finally went there for lunch....best giler melantak kerabu huhuhuhu.......

2006-07-12T09:34:00.000+08:00

i just bought pearl jam's latest. can't wait to listen to the whole album.

2006-07-10T12:23:00.000+08:00

* of course this post has everything to do with world cup, and then some....

italy may have earned the reputation as playing the most boring type of football in the world due to their defensive method, but the azzuri team will always have a special place in my heart. world cup 1994 in usa has kickstarted my interest in football, and honestly, the main reason could be attributed to the fact that i had my first crush then, on italian player roberto baggio, hehehe.... he was known as the divine ponytail, the fact that he's a buddhist in a country of devout catholics only add to his persona....

beckham doesn't look this good......

initially i only knew baggio, then the whole italian team, then further extended to players from other teams as well. i started to develop an interest in the game itself, not just the players.

why do i say that the italian team will always have a special place in my heart?

the main reason is not because of baggio, but because of paolo maldini, another player from the azzuri team. my husband confessed that he started to be interested in me after hearing me mention maldini's name in a conversation about football between us. he was impressed, since according to him, most girls only know beckham or other players from mu and epl, nobody knows a defender by the name of paolo maldini who played for ac milan in serie a. the conversation took place in 2000, we became a couple a year later, and it all started just because i mentioned maldini's name.

thank you maldini....

for this year's tournament i never expected italy to win, i was actually rooting for argentina since i believed that they could go far for they have a bunch of very talented players like messi, tevez, cambiasso and crespo. their performance against serbia & montenegro solidified my confidence of their abilities. tp dah kalah nk buat mcm mana....

2006-06-29T14:50:00.000+08:00

it seems as if i am out of sync with the rest of the world for the last few days....morning sickness starts to kick in, fortunately not as serious as what i've heard others had to endure....kesian my hubby, he has been so patient in dealing with me throwing temper tantrums nowadays.....
nothing interesting at work, still have to deal with bullshit from either bank officers or colleagues, but that's life, you have deal with bullshit everyday.....
i'm not in the best of mood obviously, so a nice diversion from my boring cubicle would do me good.....

...........like wentworth miller from prison break, hehehehehe..........

2006-06-19T17:30:00.000+08:00

hellooooo.....just because i seem unaffected by the current world cup craze doesn't mean i have no idea what you are talking about. what a poser, just because you know beckham and a few players from ENGLAND only you are not that much of an expert to give football commentaries....if you don't even know who lothar mattheus is than shut the hell up !

2006-06-19T16:42:00.000+08:00

i've added two slight enhancements, emmm they are not enhancements actually, they are just some additional buttons to make this blog seems more interesting, at least interesting to me la hehehehehe....
the first one you should notice is the library thing, and you if you scroll down further there is the link to the meebo site.
library thing is a site that links up the database of some of the major libraries in the world along with the online bookstore, amazon.com , which provides a cool way of listing and reviewing all the books that you have purchased or read, the only downside is that there are not that many malay books that you can find in the network, and if you do find them, usually the book cover is not available.
as for meebo, what can i say, this site has done a magnificent job in enabling me to chat with friends despite the fact that ym, and access to other im service has been blocked at my office, hehehehe....

2006-06-15T12:49:00.000+08:00

i'm pregnant.

2006-06-13T10:27:00.000+08:00

last sunday marks another milestone in my life. my husband and i finally moved out of my parents' house into our own, albeit a rented one, takpelah, baru nak mula hidup sendiri.

2006-06-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

arrrghhhh...... i can't take this anymore...!!!
i know that now is the world cup season, tp iklan sabun basuh pun nk kena amik ronaldinho ke ??? tak cukup kaya lagi ke mamat tu dgn iklan nike ????? sapa la agen dia ni....tak sesuai langsung bg client dia iklan ni....!!!!

2006-06-09T17:07:00.000+08:00

it has been more than a month since i officially bergelar isteri org...phewww...so many things that i have to attend to for the last few weeks....due to my 2 weeks marriage leave my work has definitely piled up at the office, thus i need to catch up with things....rasa mcm blur kejap bila blk office hari tu.....
received a lot of enquiry about my honeymoon.....err, what honeymoon? both of us don't have the time (nor the money, hehehe) to retreat to some exotic location and spend time together-gether without any interference....nowadays weekends are spent by visiting relatives from both side of the family, yelah , kenalah get acquainted with the whole clan, nanti org kata pengantin baru sombong plak....
insya allah this weekend we are moving out from my parent's house into the house that we rent....my parents are a bit reluctant to let us out...they figure we can still live in their house, their rationale is that it's not like we take out too much space, balik rumah pun utk tido je....however my husband and i feel that we need a place of our own so that we could learn to be independent, learn to manage things by ourselves, not forgetting we also need to have some privacy of our own.
life is definitely a bit hectic for me nowadays. honestly if you asked how does it feel to become someody's wife i don't have the slightest idea, since the both of us have spent most of our time together since the last 5 years...not much difference in that area...in fact i think i haven't really sink in into all those 'wifey roles' such as cooking or cleaning etc etc...but since we are moving i guess i will start doing those things soon....

by the way....lai sin u better leave a comment here....after all u asked for an update...!

2006-05-21T21:48:00.000+08:00

almost a month since my last post. in between the gap, alhamdulillah, on may 5th 2006, at 10.00 pm, dengan sekali lafaz, in a blink of an eye, i was officially solemnised as somebody's wife. the kenduri or the feast was held on the next day, while on the 13th of may, another feast was held at my husband's hometown.

the invitation card

initially i wanted to write about the wedding and being married, you know all the stuff about how my life has changed and so on and so forth, but somehow i find it hard rather hard to find the right words to say...thus, just feast your eyes on the lovely pictures as taken by my friends , amru and dayat at their respective sites. thanks to all who attended the wedding, your well-wishes and your presents, both my husband and i really appreciate them (cewahhh, my husband and i, that sure sounds good doesn't it!)

2006-04-25T17:41:00.000+08:00

two work-related events happen to me today. first, i have finally receive my underwriting authority limit, so now i can approve cases up to RM300k. secondly, our salary has been revised, so now i have a taste of my first salary increment. alhamdulillah.....

2006-04-24T11:00:00.000+08:00

current favorite song of mine; put your records on by corrine bailey rae......

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same.
Oh, don't you hesitate.

girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans,
I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sombre and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the road side,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Gotta love that afro hairdo.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans,
I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Just more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake,
I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer.
Do what you want to.

girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans,
I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow...

2006-04-21T16:38:00.000+08:00

i don't think we would encounter any trouble imagining it.....
the poster sure looks promising....
go here for more info about the movie....

2006-04-19T16:34:00.000+08:00

i hate it when i'm forced to eat veggies as a kid. i just hate the way they taste(less). however since i got older and (hopefully) wiser,after being bombarded every day with infos relating to their health benefit,not forgetting constant nagging from family and friends, i'm more willing to try and sometimes coerced myself to consume them. and voila, i actually have develop a taste for some of them, such as cauliflower, carrots, and ulam-ulam such as daun selom, pucuk ubi, and ulam raja, cicah pulak dgn sambal belacan, phewww, best ! although i've not turned vegetarian, i've accepted vegetables in my diet, i've become tolerant to them.
the way i see it, that's the thing with tolerance.
in order to develop a tolerance towards something, first you have to confront it, learn it's attributes, before you can make up your mind to accept it.
tolerance should transcend the mere act of acknowledging the existence of something, and later consciously or subconsciously, choose to treat it with indifference or apathy.
not unlike the inter-racial, inter-faith, relationship in this country, in fact, in the whole world.

2006-04-19T13:41:00.000+08:00

my fiance and i have been together for 5 years, and yet only yesterday i found out that he also bought alanis morrisette's jagged little pill when it was released while the both of us were still at school !! surprise surprise !!! how snobbish of me to think that between the both us, i'm the one with the better taste in music, hehehe.....

2006-04-14T08:36:00.000+08:00

i've been planning to buy catcher in the rye by j.d salinger ever since i found a few copies of it in a bookstore in kl sentral. but i keep procrastinating, thinking i would buy it later. i've been eyeing the book for a few months now, and true enough, when i've finally decided to make the purchase, the books are no longer there... !!! damn...!!!

2006-04-13T14:51:00.000+08:00

due to my impending marriage i've been receiving a lot of enquiries containing the same sort questions which i have to answer over and over again. so, in order to ease everybody, here it is, the faqs pertaining to my wedding:

bila nak langsung?

if u have received the invitation card u should know the answer. insya allah the nikah ceremony will be on the 5th of may, the kenduri on the next day.sebelah lelaki plak buat kenduri on 13th may, pandai kan kitorang pilih date? hehehe.....tragic betul.... btw, sape yg x dpt kad lg inform ye, xyah la segan2, maybe aku tertinggal nama korang.....

macam mana preparation?

since my mom is the wedding planner, she's the one yg tgh bz and kelam kabut skit ...aku blk keje smpai rumah tido hehehe...

apa kaler tema?

emm, takde....sesuka hati kitorang je....actually i don't really agree with the notion that u have to stick to a particular color theme for your wedding, cthnya kalau pengantin pakai baju purple then the rest of the family pun pakai purple....rasa mcm x best, nanti dlm gamba pengantin x outstanding, aku ni kan gila glamer, biarlah aku sorang je jd centre of attention....

baju ko kaler ape?

baju nikah kaler krim, baju sanding kaler hijau. kat melaka plak pakai songket maroon bunga emas penuh.

bape duit hantaran?

emm, benda ni sensitif skit, rasa x manis aku ckp kat sini, nnti masa kenduri la korang tau sendiri.....

pas kawin korang nak stay kat mana?

sementara waktu duduk la dulu rumah parents, nnti pandai2 la cari rumah lain....

2006-04-11T08:08:00.000+08:00

i used to hate country music. despite paving the way for some performers to venture to other genre esp. rock n roll, to me, country music was always associated with rednecks, overload of sequinnes, annoying southern twang, dolly parton, or in the words of my mom, "...lagu orang putih tua", literally means old,white man's song.
but that was before i listened to man in black by johnny cash.
i was captivated by the politically-charged lyrics that is still relevant today, the fact that it was accompanied by all the common elements of country music arrangement awed me more, since i never thought that that kind of song could emerge from the country music scene. man in black change my perception of country music, although not entirely. and i was more intrigued with the man who wrote tho song, johnny cash.

thus with great anticipation i watched the movie walk the line, a biopic about the late mr. cash. the movie successfully provided us an insight into the life of the man in black himself, from his traumatic childhood to the struggle and tribulations in his adulthood, from his first audition to his first concert, from his failed first marriage to finally finding his real true love, but nothing excites me more than the opportunity provided by the movie to hear other songs created by johnny cash. joaquin phoenix is so believable as johnny cash, his singing voice is simply amazing. in conclusion, walk the line i did !

2006-04-09T19:16:00.000+08:00

who says geography is boring ? just check out this poem....

Berahi Pada Angin

Sesudah puas bercumbu
dengan angin yang jinak
di petala awan kumulus
embun mencapai klimaks
terpancut pundi airnya
menitik satu-satu
di atas daun-daun
sebelum tiris
ke tanah gersang.

Bila digoda suria
dengan nafsu membakar
embun di tanah teruja lagi
tegang meruap ke atas
mengulangi kitar asmara
dengan berahi yang sama.

Bayangkan
jika embun tiba-tiba mati pucuk
enggan bersenggama lagi?

to read the poem in its original context, go here .....

2006-04-09T13:10:00.000+08:00

omg, i'm such an idiot!!!
some of u have left your comments to some of my earlier posts, but i forgot to moderate those comments thus they remained undisplayed until i checked them yesterday...!!!
some of you have left their thought for the following posts, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here . I'm so sorry u guys, thank you very much for your point of view, really appreciate them.

2006-04-07T10:03:00.000+08:00

heard on fly fm this morning, from the ever articulate fly guy:
skin flicks = wayang kulit.
theehehehe.....

2006-04-05T14:10:00.000+08:00

[09:17] har_niece: x keje ke?
[09:22] x3142: keje jab lagi
[09:25] har_niece: ok
[09:25] har_niece: best keje kt situ?
[09:25] x3142: boleh lah .. aku suka sebab gaji ..
[09:25] har_niece: hehehe
[09:25] har_niece: ok la tu
[09:26] har_niece: aku dh boring la kt sini
[09:26] x3142: sambung master lah
[09:26] x3142: jadi lect.
[09:27] x3142: biar suami ko kerja dulu ..
[09:27] x3142: :)
[09:27] x3142: h0ehe0hye
[09:28] har_niece: u think so?
[09:29] har_niece: sapelah aku nk mengajar org
[09:29] x3142: i think so....

2006-04-04T14:35:00.000+08:00

LONDON (Reuters) - A former goat herder and male stripper has sold twice as many records as Madonna in recent weeks to become the first Arab to top the British pop singles chart since records began 44 years ago.
"Mashallah (Thank God) - it's beyond dreams. To know that I'm the first Arab to do that, it's a very proud moment," Chico told Reuters in an interview.
His debut single, "It's Chico Time", is enjoying its second week in the top spot.
Born in Wales of Moroccan parentage, 34-year-old Chico came to prominence on prime-time British television talent show, "X-Factor", where his personality, dance routines and cheeky grin compensated for his singing.
"I've been trying for fifteen years, been knocking on doors, and nothing's ever happened. Then suddenly this!" said Chico, whose real name is Yousseph Slimani.
Of all the artists he would most like to sing with, it is Madonna he chooses, referring to her as a "living legend".
"I wouldn't mind dueting with Madonna, so I can say, 'Sorry for knocking you off the top spot'," said Chico, after dethroning the Queen of Pop. Madonna's "Sorry" was her 12th number one, but major music retailer HMV said Chico outsold her by a margin of two to one to peak the charts.
Chico was raised in Morocco by his grandparents until the age of 13. During his childhood he worked as a goat herder before leaving for Britain.
"I lived with my grandparents in Aroubia, in the mountains, and was a goat herder. What a life -- I was brought up on a thousand-year tradition."
In Britain he worked as a "exotic male dancer" to pay the medical bills for his grandmother after she suffered a stroke and wished to travel for healing to the Islamic holy city of Mecca.
"God works in mysterious ways - I ended up saving enough money and sending my grandparents to Mecca," said Chico.

continue reading the article and more about chico

hmm,interesting....teringat plak satu statement ni: " world world jugak, akhirat jgn lupa....."

2006-04-03T11:55:00.000+08:00

go here to give your opinion regarding my attributes and view those already submitted by others....
http://kevan.org/johari?name=aneez

2006-03-30T10:33:00.000+08:00

one of my favorite writer, faisal tehrani, has hit the bullseye...hehehe....go here

2006-03-26T00:15:00.000+08:00

ordinary people by john legend, a song which reminds us that we all are, well, ordinary people, who are bound to undergo ups and downs in our relationship.....so rileks la brader, everything will turn out allright.... (u know who u are :P )

Girl i'm in love with you
This ain't the honeymoon
Past the infatuation phase
Right in the thick of love
At times we get sick of love
It seems like we argue everyday

I know i misbehaved
And you made your mistakes
And we both got room left to grow
And though love sometimes hurts
I still put you first
And we'll make this thing work
But I think we should take it slow

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
Cuz we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow

This ain't a movie no
No fairy tale conclusion ya'll
It gets more confusing everyday
Sometimes it's heaven sent
We head back to hell again
We kiss and we make up on the way

I hang up you call
We rise and we fall
And we feel just like walking away
But as our love advances
We take second chances
Though it's not a fantasy I
Still want you to stay

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
Cuz we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow

Take it slow
Maybe we'll live and learn
Maybe we'll crash and burn
Maybe you'll stay, maybe you'll leave, maybe you'll return
Maybe you'll never find
Maybe we won't survive
But maybe we'll grow
You never know baby you and I

We're just ordinary people
We don't know which way to go
Cuz we're ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we'll take it slow

2006-03-22T13:16:00.000+08:00

did anyone catch myteam last night at tv3?
it's a reality show with the aim of assembling a select team of amateur players to fight the national team.....a challenge to FAM due to our national team's dismal performance in the international arena....
most probably i will get bashed for saying this, but i think kj has actually scored with this project of his.....how can it not be a winner? the show is about a bunch of ordinary guys, with different family,racial,and career backgrounds, trying to prove themselves, whose abilities and vulnerabilities are about to be shown on national tv? do they, ehem,excuse the pun, have the balls for it?ordinary people, the golongan marhaen, men especially,obviously can connect with them.....last night was the first episode, and it has managed to grab my interest, enough to ensure me to tune in next week.....and the best thing about the show is ....NO SMS !!!!! so mawi x boleh menang la kat sini,hehehe.....

2006-03-20T14:56:00.000+08:00

hahahahahahahuhuhuhuhuhu..........
i think i've caused quite a stir at the office today........
apparently i've stood up to a prominent figure in my office, a manager from the marketing dept, who's notorious for tai-chi-ing his work to other people.........i've pointed out the err in his judgment,in a subtle way i assure you,and now i think he is seriously finding a way to get back at me......
i guess now i have to wait and see la what will happen next....

2006-03-16T15:44:00.000+08:00

i've finally watched brokeback mountain...
the highlight of this movie is the heart wrenching perfomances by both heath ledger and michelle williams....especially heath, his potrayal as ennis del mar is bound to make you sympathise with his misery....
however i can't help noticing the lack of chemistry between him and jack gylenhaal....they are not that believable as lovers.....which is a shame since gylenhaal performed considerably well in his role.... i'm not saying that in order to make it more believable the movie must include more love scenes, manifestation of love should surpass physical contact...it's just that the chemistry between the two was just not there.....the same thing occured with our very own puteri gunung ledang.....
so is this a good movie?
yeah, i think it is, although i do think that it is sometimes being overrated.....those gay and lesbian groups sure are good at PR.....
do i like this movie?
yes, and no...because this movie is not easy to watch...i had the same feeling watching boys don't cry, i was captivated by the storytelling and the performance of the actors, but at the same time i felt so sad and angry with what i saw....in this case, it is just hard for me to look at heath's expression of the character......
and you guys, just because i watch brokeback mountain and liked it doesn't mean that i condone homosexuality okay? yg haram tetap haram.... contrary to what was usually written about this movie, it is not a gay-cowboy love story, it's a love story....and this type of love so tragic where the relationship has to undergo multitutes of hindrance could happen to anybody, gay or straight......

2006-03-14T12:34:00.000+08:00

i think i'm gonna do a Rob* today....so here it is, my top 5 songs with the name of actual place in its title.....

london calling by the clash - first heard on the movie billy elliot. excellent movie, excellent soundtrack,excellent example of using of a song to accompany a scene..... in this case, a classic punk anthem to accompany a riot scene....how apt is that?
if you're going to san francisco by neil young - it was in the soundtrack of forrest gump. in the movie it was playing for only 5 seconds or so, but the chorus was so haunting i can't get it out of my head for the whole day....
philadelphia by bruce springsteen - another song from the movie, this time it's philadelphia starring tom hanks...i remember then i was thinking of wanting a boyfriend who has a a voice like the boss, hehehe....
california dreamin' by the mamas and papas - can't remember when i first listened to it....i thinks it's included in forrest gump's soundtrack as well.....
hotel california by the eagles - how can u not include this song? it has been in the airwaves for such a long time i can't remember when i first heard it....

in case u r wondering, "doing a Rob" is the act of following what the character Rob Fleming, from nick hornby's high fidelity, always do...that is creating a list of top 5 or top 10 for anything.....the term was actually created by the ever narcisist me hahaha.....

2006-03-10T12:26:00.000+08:00

my wedding cards are ready. picked them up last saturday. i'll start distributing them to friends and families in april. skarang awal lagi kot, nanti org kata tak sabar-sabar lak, ahaks....

2006-03-02T10:58:00.000+08:00

received an email yesterday regarding two celebrities who are evidently very much in love....
the content of the e-mail was extracted from a local entertainment magazine who interviewed these two lovebirds who posed as bride and groom...so it's definitely not a baseless gossip....
since the theme is obviously about wedding, the couple was asked about their own wedding preparation....here's the interesting part: the groom planned to give his wife-to-be a whopping RM222,222.22 as duit hantaran. RM222,222.22 !!! he said they came up with the figure because, apparently, his girlfriend likes the number 2.
i mentioned this matter to my fiance when we were having dinner last night.
after pondering at it for a while, this is what he said:

"nape pompuan tu suka nombor sikit sgt? suka la nombor 9 terus !!! "

2006-03-01T17:17:00.000+08:00

when i first blog about james blunt (actually i just paste the lyrics of you're beautiful, hehe...), he was not as well-known as he is today.....
here's the reason why i think he is so damn popular now.....
he's an ex-army officer with the gift of writing beautiful melodies with insightful lyrics and sings them using his beautiful voice......
ex-army officer = strong
songwriter/ singer= sensitive
thus;
strong

+
sensitive
+
shirtless appearance in music video
+
a bit of a dishevelled hairdo to indicate some bad boy image

= a complete chick* magnet !

*chick here does not imply the same species that swoon over somebody like, say, paul walker

2006-03-01T09:13:00.000+08:00

i consider myself as a true kl-ite.....i was born in kl, raised in kl, 7-8 years ago me and my family moved to selangor, but my home can be considered situated in the border of kl-selangor, and everybody in my family works in kl...
as a kl-ite i'm used to taking all sorts of public transport.....dr bas mini kaler pink kecoklatan sbb kena asap, smpailah to the latest addition, the monorel....so i understand why people resolve not to take them to commute.....they are usually uncomfortable, unreliable and their route is not extensive enough.......thus when pak lah said that the decrease of subsidized petrol would be used to improve public transportation, i'm relieved......because i feel, although a bit late, but at last, SOMEBODY does acknowledge the root of the problem.....the hike in petrol prices would not affect us too much if we have a good public transport system to rely on....i believe during the previous administration, improving public transport was kinda hard to implement since the undisclosed policy was for more people to buy national car.....u know, mahathir,proton etc..... thus people are forced to buy their own cars....thus more cars on the road, more traffic jams, more pollution, more accidents, neverending road expansions etc etc .....
now since pak lah has acknowledge this matter, i hope that his administration would come up with the plan, fast, on how to improve the public transportation....because identifying the problem is one thing, finding and executing the solution is another....

2006-02-23T16:19:00.000+08:00

perhaps the topic is rather out-of-date,but i found an interesting article in response to the case of the women-led prayer last year which i feel i just have to publish here(yes, this is another attempt of mine to look intelligent in the eyes of others,ha! but seriously, this is one good article.....)

Woman's Reflection on Leading Prayer
by Yasmin Mogahed

On March 18, 2005 Amina Wadud led the first female-led Jumuah (Friday) prayer. On that day women took a huge step towards being more like men.
But, did we come closer to actualizing our God-given liberation?
I don't think so.
What we so often forget is that God has honored the woman by giving her value in relation to God-not in relation to men. But as western feminism erases God from the scene, there is no standard left-but men. As a result the western feminist is forced to find her value in relation to a man. And in so doing she has accepted a faulty assumption. She has accepted that man is the standard, and thus a woman can never be a full human being until she becomes just like a man-the standard.
When a man cut his hair short, she wanted to cut her hair short. When a man joined the army, she wanted to join the army. She wanted these things for no other reason than because the "standard" had it.
What she didn't recognize was that God dignifies both men and women in their distinctiveness--not their sameness. And on March 18, Muslim women made the very same mistake.
For 1400 years there has been a consensus of the scholars that men are to lead prayer. As a Muslim woman, why does this matter? The one who leads prayer is not spiritually superior in any way. Something is not better just because a man does it. And leading prayer is not better, just because it's leading. Had it been the role of women or had it been more divine, why wouldn't the Prophet have asked Ayesha or Khadija, or Fatima-the greatest women of all time-to lead? These women were promised heaven-and yet they never lead prayer.
But now for the first time in 1400 years, we look at a man leading prayer and we think, "That's not fair." We think so although God has given no special privilege to the one who leads. The imam is no higher in the eyes of God than the one who prays behind.
On the other hand, only a woman can be a mother. And God has given special privilege to a mother. The Prophet taught us that heaven lies at the feet of mothers. But no matter what a man does he can never be a mother. So why is that not unfair?
When asked who is most deserving of our kind treatment? The Prophet replied 'your mother' three times before saying 'your father' only once.
Isn't that sexist? No matter what a man does he will never be able to have the status of a mother.
And yet even when God honors us with something uniquely feminine, we are too busy trying to find our worth in reference to men, to value it-or even notice. We too have accepted men as the standard; so anything uniquely feminine is, by definition, inferior. Being sensitive is an insult, becoming a mother-a degradation. In the battle between stoic rationality (considered masculine) and self-less compassion (considered feminine), rationality reigns supreme.
As soon as we accept that everything a man has and does is better, all that follows is just a knee jerk reaction: if men have it-we want it too. If men pray in the front rows, we assume this is better, so we want to pray in the front rows too. If men lead prayer, we assume the imam is closer to God, so we want to lead prayer too. Somewhere along the line we've accepted the notion that having a position of worldly leadership is some indication of one's position with God.
A Muslim woman does not need to degrade herself in this way. She has God as a standard. She has God to give her value; she doesn't need a man.
In fact, in our crusade to follow men, we, as women, never even stopped to examine the possibility that what we have is better for us. In some cases we even gave up what was higher only to be like men.
Fifty years ago, society told us that men were superior because they left the home to work in factories. We were mothers. And yet, we were told that it was women's liberation to abandon the raising of another human being in order to work on a machine. We accepted that working in a factory was superior to raising the foundation of society-just because a man did it.
Then after working, we were expected to be superhuman-the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect homemaker-and have the perfect career. And while there is nothing wrong, by definition, with a woman having a career, we soon came to realize what we had sacrificed by blindly mimicking men. We watched as our children became strangers and soon recognized the privilege we'd given up.
And so only now-given the choice-women in the West are choosing to stay home to raise their children. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, only 31 percent of mothers with babies, and 18 percent of mothers with two or more children, are working full-time. And of those working mothers, a survey conducted by Parenting Magazine in 2000, found that 93% of them say they would rather be home with their kids, but are compelled to work due to 'financial obligations'. These 'obligations' are imposed on women by the gender sameness of the modern West, and removed from women by the gender distinctiveness of Islam.
It took women in the West almost a century of experimentation to realize a privilege given to Muslim women 1400 years ago.
Given my privilege as a woman, I only degrade myself by trying to be something I'm not--and in all honesty--don't want to be: a man. As women, we will never reach true liberation until we stop trying to mimic men, and value the beauty in our own God-given distinctiveness.
If given a choice between stoic justice and compassion, I choose compassion. And if given a choice between worldly leadership and heaven at my feet-I choose heaven.

There were several responses that disagreed with the article above, especially from those who identified themselves as muslim-feminists, like this, however i think that their disagreement deviated from the point the article above pointed out, that is women should stop to be like men. lelaki dan wanita dijadikan tuhan untuk saling melengkapi, bukannya untuk bersaing sesama sendiri.....yes, in some parts of the muslim world, women are still treated as second class citizens, but this is not due to islamic teachings, but rather due to the lack of comprehension of it.....to those so-called muslim feminists, we are muslims first, women second......

2006-02-23T10:53:00.000+08:00

song of the day: fast as you can by fiona apple, from the album when the pawn.....bought the album a few years back...listened to it again this morning. the song was chosen since it reflects my mood at the time i'm writing this.....pissed-off with somebody at work. works well if u are having PMS as well....

I let the beast in too soon, I don't know how to live
Without my hand on his throat; I fight him always and still
Oh darling, it's so sweet, you think you know how crazy
How crazy I am
You say you don't spook easy, you won't go, but I know
And I pray that you will
Fast as you can, baby runfree yourself of me
Fast as you can
I may be soft in your palm but I'll soon grow
Hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win
My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will
Disprove your faith in man
So if you catch me trying to find my way into your
Heart from under your skin
Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself
Fast as you can
Sometimes my mind don't shake and shift
But most of the time, it does
And I get to the place where I'm begging for a lift
Or I'll drown in the wonders and the was
And I'll be your girl, if you say it's a gift
And you give me some more of your drugs
Yeah, I'll be your pet, if you just tell me it's a gift
'Cause I'm tired of whys, choking on whys,
Just need a little because, because
I let the beast in and then;
I even tried forgiving him, but it's too soon
So I'll fight again, again, again, again, again.
And for a little while more,
I'll soar the uneven wind, complain and blame
The sterile land
But if you're getting any bright ideas, quiet dear
I'm blooming within
Fast as you can, baby wait watch me, I'll be out
Fast as I can, maybe late but at least about
Fast as you can leave me, let this thing run its route
Fast as you can
Fast as you can
Fast as you can
Fast as you can

2006-02-22T11:52:00.000+08:00

ym is blocked in my office ( but of course the IT people and their cronies are allowed access to it....), but thanks a lot to kak ina who revealed to us about meebo , now i have more things to do being so far away from my boss... ahaks :P

2006-02-21T12:46:00.000+08:00

congrats to both kak ennd and yana who are expecting their second and first child respectively.....kak ennd kalau dtg kenduri saya mesti bawak si filzah yg comel tu tau.....

2006-02-20T09:51:00.000+08:00

sabtu ahad pegi kursus kahwin kat lppkn......alhamdullillah, dh settle satu benda....
on our way back abang asked, from the two days spent, what have i learned from the lectures, apart from the endless double meaning jokes from the lecturers.....hehehe.....well i guess what i realized the most is that now both of us are entering a new phase in our lives.....where for most of the times, the word "I" will be replaced with the word "WE"......to ensure your marriage's happiness and well-being, the key word is "COMMUNICATION".......you have to communicate between yourselves, of course in order for the communication process to be successful, you have to ensure the purpose of the communication process i.e. the message, you have to use the right communication channel, you have to ensure that there is no disturbances during the process, then only you can be almost certain that the transmission from the sender to the recipient is successful....i said almost because sometimes the message was sent successfully but recipient's perception deviates from what you intended in the first place......pheww, rasa mcm blaja networking balik hehehee......kak di asked how i feel now that the wedding date is getting nearer......well it is kind of overwhelming, and sometimes i feel like i'm going through the denial stage where i try not to think so much of the upcoming wedding, or where i brush aside the notion that it will change my life forever......but now i've realized that you can't run away from it.....hmmm, i think the best way to desribe my feelings right now is that i'm scared about the changes, the headaches, and the heartaches thay may come my way, but at the same time i'm excited and relieved and hopeful that i'm going to go through all that with the love of my life......(somebody say awwwwww.....the others say menyampah aku,jiwang karat.... !)

2006-02-13T14:28:00.000+08:00

my wedding date has been fixed on 6th May, 2006......a day before my 25th birthday.....

Ikan di laut asam di darat
Dalam kuali bertemu jua
Hati terpaut janji diikat
Atas pelamin bertemu jua

insyaAllah.......

2006-02-07T10:12:00.000+08:00

i didn't catch the whole show, but i think ning should have won best performance for her touching rendition of awan yang terpilu as opposed to mawi....gemilang is a good song, but jac did overdo it that night....screaming instead of singing.....

2006-02-07T09:57:00.000+08:00

the muslims have a right to react angrily towards the insulting caricature of prophet muhammad....but violent retaliation will only confirm and strengthen the preconceived notion that equates islam to violence....

2006-02-07T09:39:00.000+08:00

bored as hell.....came back to work yesterday to be greeted by piles of paperwork on my desk....

2006-01-27T15:33:00.000+08:00

Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking

You aren't afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal.
You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk.

You should major in:

Philosophy
Music
Theology
Art
History
Foreign language

What Should You Major In?

pretty close to what i have in mind right now...i've always wanted to learn all those things....never considered myself as an IT student......

2006-01-24T17:27:00.000+08:00

received my copy of surat-surat perempuan johor last wednesday.....didn't expect for it to arrive so quick....nice work ujana ilmu!

i've finished reading it, and i find it to contain the recurring themes in all the recent works of faisal tehrani,especially in 1515, that are the re-evaluation of history and the struggle to uphold back islamic teachings in our daily lives...and just like 1515, the protagonist here is also a woman,which indicates the author's belief in the importance of the role played by women.....a good book i must say....

i have only this to say about the malaysian(esp. malay) book industry.....please improve your marketing skills....one simple aspect, the publisher should pay more attention to the design of the cover...the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" can no longer be applied in today's world....most of the malay books' covers are not as attractive as books in english...heck, tak yah nak compare jauh-jauh,even indonesian books have better cover than ours....avid readers won't mind, but if you want to attract more people towards buying your books, you can't deny that looks play a part, esp. those yuppies poseurs, i doubt they would even blink an eye towards hizairi othman's jukstaposisi....

2006-01-18T12:09:00.000+08:00

take a look at these pictures.......then look again very carefully.....

advertising at its best, don't u think?
now i wonder where can i buy them.......

2006-01-17T15:48:00.000+08:00

today i made my first online purchase....i bought a book, called surat-surat perempuan johor by faisal tehrani, from this website called ujana ilmu . the site is nicely designed, its features are user friendly enough,with a very novel idea, that's actually working i think, of promoting the site as the place to cater for both writers and literary fans (ujana by the way means taman in malay or garden in english).
feel so proud and accomplished today due to that purchase i made....retail therapy always works for me.....especially when it's online and i'm using my fiance's credit card..... hehehehe :P

i also made another discovery a few days back....stumbled upon this site called project guttenburg. it's a site where you can download thousands, yes thousands, of e-books for FREE!
mind you however that the books available are only those published before the copyright law came into practice,which is somewhere in 1920's.... so you won't find the latest harry potter release here la....anyway i think it's just great that i'm able to download all those good books which i've always wanted to buy but was hindered by my unwillingness to part with my hard-earned money,hehehehe....stingy, i know.....so far i've downloaded the original version of leo tolstoy's war and peace,all 1466 pages of it.....and 3 books by oscar wilde; the importance of being earnest, an ideal husband, and the picture of dorian gray. currently i'm reading pride and prejudice by jane austen, also downloaded from the same site......even kamasutra,yes THE kamasutra, is available for downloading,but i think that's the french version.....x tau la ada illustration ke, x try tengok lagi,ehemm.....

2006-01-16T16:39:00.000+08:00

that's it.....i'm tired......i've tried,maybe not hard enough i admit, but i'm just plain tired+ bored + annoyed of trying to be somebody i'm not......i'm not talkative,i'm the quiet one with the pathetic communication skill,always afraid of opening out my mouth for fear of saying the wrong things at the wrong people at the wrong times.....i'm not popular,i always was and always will be the wallflower.......i'm not hip,i'm not cool,i'm the most unhappening person u'll ever meet......i'm just a sad soul with the low self esteem who always find fault with herself......