Showing posts with label activity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activity. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Hi-speed wedding preparation

Technically I have 5-6 months before my wedding, but practically I don't really have that much time to spend on the preparation. So last Aug/Sep when I was home for Raya and my engagement, I managed to cross out most of the major things on my wedding checklist. 

I had the most hectic weekend of the year on the Merdeka weekend. I spent 3 days in Penang (Tue-Thu), drove back to Ipoh on Friday midnight, met with the photographer cum videographer on Friday morning, wedding planner (sort of) for Ipoh's reception on the evening, went around Ipoh to look for outdoor photoshoot venue, took a bus to KL at 6 pm, arrived in Puchong at 9 pm. The next day, we drove to Melaka for a wedding, rushed back to KL at 3 to meet the designer at 5 but of course we didn't  factor in traffic jam when we estimated what time we should leave Melaka. There was a massive traffic jam at Tol Sg Besi, so we made a U-turn 100 m from the toll booth and took Bangi exit and continued our journey to Bangsar. In the end I had to make a call to the designer to move the appointment to 6, but was told that the boutique closes at 6.30 on Saturday. It was 6 and we were somewhere in Puchong. Both of us were silent, a lot was going through my head because that was the only weekend I'd be in KL, so I thought there was no way I could make my wedding dress with the designer. Harris was also silent, maybe in his head he was thinking he better not say anything, afraid that I would end up in tears if he asked me whether I'm okay or not. We reached the area at 6.15 pm, I got off the car, called the girls who were already waiting for me at Pappa Rich while Harris went around looking for parking. Met the designer, discussed about the dress, and she asked to come again the next day to see the sketch and also to take measurement. (pheww that was a long one).

Then from there Harris left me with the girls because we were having our sleepover that night. Went straight to Jakel to buy kain for them, then off to Kekngah's house. Nope, the day was still long after that. In the car we were busy planning for Kekny's surprise birthday celebration. Me and Kekya in one car. Kekny and Kekngah in another car while Kekna was in the other. We arrived at Kekngah's place still with no solid plan. Golek-golek a bit, gossip a bit, then it was already 12 am. We haven't had dinner yet because from 8 pm we couldn't decide whether to eat out or call in delivery. And, still no solid plan on Kekny's birthday surprise. With eyes half opened, we went to Williams Danau Kota, finally came up with a plan, and ate and talked like nobody's business. Went back home at 2 ish, continued catching up till 3 ish before everybody dozed off. 

The next morning, I had another wedding to attend in Bangi and this time we actually left early to drive to Bangsar and even arrived earlier than the appointment time, we couldn't see the designer right away. Had Tutti Frutti just opposite the boutique and slowly taking our time walking up the stairs when it was time. After the appointment, went back to Harris's place to get ready to take the bus back to Ipoh at 6. Reached Ipoh at 9, and poor Harris he had to continue his journey back to Penang. 

And that was by far, the busiest weekend in my life. Everything was crammed to that weekend because it was my last weekend in Malaysia. I was a bit sad because Kekwa couldn't join us for the sleepover. It could be our last sleepover :(

But Alhamdulillah all the major things are now done, just waiting for the results (nervous!!). Hope everything turn out okay :)





Thursday, November 17, 2011

Twiathlon.

Salam,

So my friends and I had this crazy idea after seeing an ad at the cinema last month. They are having special screening for Twilight movie(s).

It was a good bargain, so we decided, 'Why not?'

The only downside to that is that we have to 'berkampung' at the cinema for 8 hours plus. Krazy, I know. But for experience sake..LOL.

So today is the day.


 Tiket wayang kat sini macam resit je pffffttt sgt


Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn Part 1

Starting at 4.45 pm
(I shall update the finish time later ;P)

Image from IMDb


Happy watching, guys!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Homies.


Reminder: Super heavy with pictures entry.

This post is a reminder, to me, and to you girls, to show how far our friendship has gone. 

10 years and counting.

 

Last 16 months were great, amazing, awesome, wonderful, memorable, cheerful, beautiful and [insert any positive adjectives you could think of] because of these people. We did so many new things together. Out of 10 years of friendship, I must say, those 16 months were the best. I am blessed, Alhamdulillah.


October 2010- First roadtrip to Melaka


December 2010 - Bike riding @ Taman Botani Putrajaya



December 2010 - Our first IKEA meatball 

I swear it was a different white top, just the same shawl ;P

January 2011 - Izral's birthday @ Look Out Point, Ampang


Ni je yang ada semua. Blur pun bantailah.

January 2011 - Aizat's concert @ Bentley Music, Damansara

Our first time @ Wondermilk Cafe.


March 2011 - First musical theater; Terima Kasih Cinta @ Istana Budaya


March 2011 - Karaoke session till wee hours @ Wangsa Walk


March 2011 - Breakfast @ Levain


April 2011 - Second musical theater; Lat Kampung Boy @ Istana Budaya


April 2011 - Bee's Bachelorette Party


April 2011 - 12 hours roadtrip to Melaka (we just love Melaka ;P)




May 2011 - Kota Kinabalu, just the two of us :P

 


May 2011 - Bee's Wedding



June 2011 - My surprise birthday celebration @ Chili's KLCC



We were supposed to go to Penang in July, but everyone was busy :( Then came Ramadhan and Syawal. InsyALLAH we'll go to Penang someday.

September 2011 - Yuna's DFP Spotlight @ Dewan Filharmonik Orkestra


Malas beratur amik gambar dgn Yuna, dgn Sharifah Amani pun jadilah.

Last but not least,

September 2011 - My surprise farewell picnic @ City Park Seremban 2






 *

You girls are too kind.
I can never repay whatever you did to me.
I cherish our friendship so much.
Till death do us part.
Thank you mucho!
xoxo

p/s: I miss you all :(





Thursday, June 30, 2011

Dread to great.


Salam,


*mood nak blog in Bahasa*

Khamis lepas, pergi Kursus BTN (Biro Tatanegara) dekat Ulu Sepri, Rembau Negeri Sembilan. Pergghh sebelum pergi tu sumpah malas gila, dah la kena beli baju sekolah putih tak pasal-pasal. Cari merata-Carrefour, Parkson, Mydin semua takde. Pelik gak, bile bukan musim masuk sekolah, diorang tak jual, habis tu kalau tengah-tengah tahun baju sume da koyak rabak, parents nak beli kat mane?? Nasib la jumpa satu kedai kat Precinct 15 jual baju sekolah, tu pon RM28.90 sehelai. Kayap beli 3 helai, untuk pakai 5 hari je. Anak sapa tak cukup baju meh sini nak jual half price. Nasib skirt hitam ada cukup 3 helai tak payah beli.

So berlepas la ke US pagi Khamis. Dalam hati, Tuhan je yang tahu. Biasalah, kaki complain huhu. Mula-mula dalam surat tulis 'Penggunaan telefon bimbit adalah dilarang'. Dah redha dah. Sekali masa first day, jurulatih cakap phone bole je gune, tapi bukan time ceramah. Yelah, yang datang tu mak mak bapak bapak orang, sure la nak guna phone tanya khabar anak kat rumah. Dah seronok boleh guna phone, sekali jurulatih cakap Maxis memang takde lain langsung. Uwaaaa pasrah. Celcom je yang ade, tu pun sebab dulu ade Kursus Perdana buat kt US, CEO Celcom join kursus tu. Sekali dia tengok Celcom takde line, habis kursus terus naik menara Celcom kat situ. Good job Mr. CEO. Bertindak pantas! 

Jadi, bermulalah kembara seorang budak sekolah 'wannabe' tanpa komunikasi dengan dunia luar selama 5 hari.

OK malas nak cerita panjang-panjang pasal BTN. Ringkasannya, BTN kali ni (last time pergi time 2007, sebelum fly ke US), memang lenient gila. Boleh kata 60% je ikut jadual asal. Patut ada senaman pagi petang, ade la 3 kali je kot daripada patutnya 8 kali tu. Aktiviti utama ialah MAKAN. 6 meals per day, memang menggemukkan. Ceramah 2 jam, makan. Sambung ceramah, pastu makan balik. Tapi biasalah kan, nama pun sleepyhead, selalu gak la terlelap time ceramah. Even masa discussion dalam kumpulan kecil pun, boleh tersengguk. Sah-sah fasi tu nampak, nasib lulus gak. Alhamdulillah.

Yang seronok, dapat tengok kerenah dan telatah orang-orang yang lebih senior pergi kursus. Dulu masa 2007, pergi dgn budak-budak nak sambung degree, so perangai lebih kurang sama. Ini ada yang dah jadi medical doctor, nak sambung buat sub-specialist dalam oncology la, pediatrics la. Mostly semua kat situ lecturers dari local unis, nak sambung Master or PhD. So umur dalam lingkungan 30s-40s la. Geli hati gak tengok perangai diorang. Dah ada anak berderet pun tapi bila pergi kursus perangai revert jadi macam budak-budak sekolah balik. Seronok sebab dapat buat networking; yelah diorang tu semua somebody in their own fields, so dapat la input sikit-sikit pasal different fields. And in the future kalau perlu bantuan pape, dah ade orang nak contact. Tapi what amazed me was that bila tanya akak-akak ni nak sambung buat ape, mostly cakap Engineering. Akak-akak ye, bukan abang-abang. Aku je kot yang jakun tengok banyak engineers perempuan. Macam kagum pun ada, aku rasa 'engineering' tu satu benda yang amat complex untuk belajar and rasa lelaki je yang is built for this job, tapi still ada ramai perempuan dalam bidang ni. Flower power hoyeah!

Pictures time!! *Gambar tak banyak, sebab malas bawak kamera sendiri. Ni pun harap orang tag huhu*

Group 3 :)

Makan dalam group okay. Baca doa sama-sama.
 Pastu kena basuh tray and cawan sendiri. LOL

Last night dekat BTN. Ada pertandingan lagu patriotik. 
Muka cuak tak hafal lirik hehe

Bukti tak hafal lirik - bawak lirik naik pentas. Kat atas tu dah cuak sgt, lirik pun tak ingt, nak tengok pn kelam kabut, last nye main bantai je. Oh, kena nyanyi lagu Malaysia Baru. Sumpah tak pernah dengar before this. Rupanya lagu Saloma. Sekali menang no. 3 seh. Padahal mmg beterabur gila (me, at least). Agaknya sebab lagu tu best kot. Fasi cakap lagu tu mmg salu menang.

Oh, masa first day, recognized dua orang ni, rasa macam kenal. Sekali mmg betul, seniors kat Bainun dulu. Main orkestra sama. Abg Elly and Kak Fatim, seniors Form 5 and Form 3 masa Form 1 dulu. What a small world.

Last day, ada Kembara. Masuk hutan, daki bukit, turun bukit, trekking untuk ke Empangan Ulu Sepri. Semput seh, lama tak exercise.
Pic with Kak Fi and Juju. Kak Fi sehati sejiwa, timing pergi tandas selalu je sama. Haha. Pasni ade geng dah kat Penang yahoo!

Inilah empangan terbabit. Kitorang sampai kat atas tu lepas jungle trekking 30 mins camtu, pastu amik-amik gambar kat atas tu, pastu turun. Perrghh turun seyes mencabar lutut. Siap ada yang abseiling.


Apa dapat pergi BTN ni? 

Well, thanks to BTN, now dah ingat balik cerita sejarah kemerdekaan dan sejarah Malaysia. Biasalah, manusia cepat lupa, kena selalu diingatkan. Harapnya negara kita ni aman damailah ye sehingga ke hujungnya. Kepada pengkhianat bangsa dan negara tu, kalau rasa nak hidup macam kat Palestine, Iraq dan Afghanistan, hidup dalam peperangan, darah sana sini, teruskan lah buat what you do best.    Paham, korang jadi macam tu sebab lack of knowledge tentang sejarah kita, selalu dok ikut orang je, nampak rusuhan and demonstrasi tu mcm the 'in' thing, so ikut je la. *tetibe emo* Sedih ok tengok video anak bangsa sendiri merusuh, baling baling batu kat kereta polis, tak hormat Sultan. Pastu bayangkan pulak daripada baling-baling batu tu, terjadi peperangan macam kat Palestine semua tu, menangis beb tengok video tu. Korang hati batu maybe tak rasa la kot. Tah tah seronok sebab tengok muka korang tengah baling batu kat orang dalam video tu. *masih emo* Kesimpulannye, apa yang korang nak buat pun, kalau taknak fikir diri sendiri, fikir la generasi akan datang, anak-anak korang. Kita kat sini sekarang, atas tindak tanduk orang-orang terdahulu yang berjuangkan kemerdekaan. Kita berterima kasih kat diorang. Tapi nanti bila turn anak-anak korang, tah tah korang kena maki, hidup sia-sia gaduh sana gaduh sini, anak-anak korang yang hidup masa akan datang tu hidup merempat. Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal *emo tamat*

 Ada dua benda yang lekat kat kepala lepas tamat BTN haritu. Ni more kepada life values la.

Orang yang berjaya, mesti cepat adapt dan adjust dengan keadaan sekeliling.
Ni introduction fasi Group 3 mase discussion pertama. En. Hambali cakap mesti ramai yang meronta-ronta *exaggerate* taknak pergi BTN. Tapi nak buat macamana, menangis air mata darah sekali pun (ni ayat Mama suka guna), memang kena pergi BTN kalau nak fly. Jadi daripada kita dok buang masa sedih, monyok, marah, emo pasal kene g BTN, pasal katil tak empuk, makan tak sedap, tandas tak bole flush, just terima hakikat tu dan adjust dengan benda-benda tu. Orang yang buang masa fikirkan apa yang dia tak dapat dan apa yang dia patut dapat, bukanlah seorang yang berjaya.

Orang yang 'happy', adalah orang yang sentiasa berterima kasih, yakni bersyukur.
Apa maksud 'happiness'? Setiap kali lepas habis exam, happy. Kalau dapat A, happy; kalau fail, monyok. Bila masa akan dapat 'ultimate happiness' kalau lepas setiap kali happy, pastu mesti ada benda yang buat kita tak happy. En.Hambali share dengan Group 3, punca kebahagiaan yang sebenar ialah apabila kita sentiasa berterima kasih, bila kita bersyukur pada Allah dalam setiap perkara. Bila kita acknowledge suatu perkara yang berlaku tu, and kita berterima kasih sebab ianya terjadi, nescaya kita akan rasa happy dan contented. 

Jom kita amalkan dua benda ni?

OK sumpah panjang gila dah ni. Let me finish it up with a teka-teki. Sape rajin jawab, drop your answers kat comment.

Teka-teki ni untuk teka bilangan adik-beradik korang. Kira termasuk diri sendiri k.

Jumlah adik-beradik lelaki (ingat kira diri sendiri kalau korang lelaki) + 1 = a
a X 2 = b
b + 1 = c
c X 5 = d
d + Jumlah adik-beradik perempuan (tambah diri sendiri kalau korang perempuan) = e


Beritahu number yang korang dapat untuk 'e', then I can tell how many siblings you have :P






p/s: Thanks for reading :)