Imagining myself doing this..

If only i have the talent and the gene..i know my sis are laughing their lung out reading this..

but seriously my heart flutters a bit thinking about how fun it is to be doing this while sitting on a comfy fluffy English armchair.. I know someone who can do this just from online lessons, but i still doubt my own 'tangan tak berseni'..

Maybe one day...

Each Year I Fall In Love Again With You

When I first (erkk, wasn't totally the first time) met you all those years ago,
I fell in love so fast, I knew right then,
You were the one and only one for me;
I'd never have to look for love again (seriously!!).

Each anniversary finds us happier;
You are my light--my moon, my star, my sun.
You show me what real love is all about,
You fill my life with pleasure, joy and fun.

As time goes by, our love grows stronger still.
You're the most amazing man I ever knew.
Each year I fall in love again with you.

By Joanna Fuchs

Angin malam..

omg!! saya tengah sepenuh perasaan melayan lagu-lagu broery!!

lagi haru sebab tak dapat terus nak share dengan aisya and balqis sebab dua-dua sibuk nak exam..

saya ni org dah abis exam..kikiki..

arrghhh nak duet ngan mereka sekarang jugak!!! 

lagu yang paling saya terbuai adelah lagu 'angin malam'..

tapi tk jumpe la pulak nk download kat mane yang tak perlu register.. 

saya bercadang nak dengar lagu-lagu broery la mase jalan-jalan kat Italy nanti..

feeling skit :p

Jane Austen Land

seumur hidup saya, walaupon sering mendapat peluang membaca tulisan Jane Austen, saya tak pernah terpanggil untuk membacanya..mungkin kerana terlalu banyak perbincangan mengenainya menyebabkan saya merasakan ia adalah bacaan serius dan takut tak bersesuaian dengan jiwa saya...

satu-satunya Jane Austen-related story yang perch saya baca adelah 'I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend' hasil karya Cora Harrison. Sesungguhnya saya memang amat meminati buku tersebut kerana saya memang amat menggemari setting klasik hasil tulisan zaman moden seperti karya Julia Quinn. buku ini membuat saya sering tergelak seorang diri dan saya tidak dapat meletakkan buku itu sehingga ke mukasurat terakhir (unsur exagerasi sedikit di situ sebenarnya).

sejak dari itu saya menyimpan azam untuk memiliki novel kedua hasil karya penulis yang sama yang amat rapat persamaannya dengan buku pertama tersebut, namun belum pernah ketemu. tidaklah saya sampai mencari di Amazon pon kerana bagi saya jika ia hadir di hadapan saya, saya anggap ia adalah Jodoh... jodoh bukan untuk dicari, namun untuk ditemui... itu pendapat saya, pegangan saya secara amnya.. ia seperti kehidupan saya...tidak perlu terlalu menginginkan sesuatu, ia akan datang jika ia milik kita. tapi tidaklah bermaksud tidak bole bermimpi tinggi ke awan, tapi lebih selamat jika tenang begitu. oh sudah kisah kehidupan lain pula. 

so inilah buku kedua kesinambungan dari buku tadi, 'Jane Austen Stole My Boyfriend'. melihatkan tajuk sahaja pun sudah memadai membuatkan saya melompat di dalam hati...insyaAllah, suatu hari.

 selain dari itu, tidak pernah terlintas untuk mempunyai koleksi Jane Austen yang sebenar.

tapi pada suatu hari, saya ke British Library Gift Shop. terdapat satu ruang khas untuk Jane Austen's Collection. bukan, bukan buku-bukunya dijual di situ...yang terdapat disitu adalah collector's item untuk peminat  tegar Jane Austen..terdapat buku-buku seperti 'Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life Dilemma', 'The Jane Austen Handbook' dan sebagainya.. terdapat satu rak penuh dengan barang-barang bertemakan penulis tersebut seperti 'ipad cover', jewellery boxes etc.. pada masa itu saya dapat bayangkan bahawasanya Jane Austen sudah tentu memberi impak besar kepada para pembaca hasil-hasilnya. 

lantas saya terfikir, kenapa tidak saya cuba?

sambil menunggu bus 56 di Angel Station, saya singgah sebentar di The Book Warehouse, sebuah kedai buku yang sering saya kunjungi. wah terdapat promosi buku-buku klasik... 3 bijik £5.99 sahaja.. terus sahaja saya mengambil peluang tersebut sebagai motivasi menanti tamatnya peperiksaan..

sejurus selepas peperiksaan, saya menonton sebuah filem 'The Jane Austen Book Club' untuk mendapatkan mood yang sesuai sebelum memulakan pembacaan saya.. sekadar mendapatkan mood dan emosi yang sesuai..

benar seperti dijangka, filem ini membuatkan saya tertanya-tanya apakah kisah dalam novel-novel asalnya..

cube tengok trailer ini,  antara anda amat menyukainya atau langsung tidak berminat.. ia adalah bersifat 'all-or-nothing'.. filem ini bukanlah adaptasi novel-novel Jane Austen secara terus.. ia mengisahkan 5 wanita menghadapi liku-liku kehidupan namun bersatu melalui 'book-club' mereka...sudah tentu la lelaki sorang tu menjadi perhatian saya :p

banyak lagi dalam perancangan saya...setelah menghabiskan tiga novel ini, saya bercadang mau mendapatkan 3 bijik yang lain pula... kemudian mula satu persatu menonton filem adaptasi novel-novel tersebut pula.. selepas itu saya akan cube membuat koleksi hasil-hasil adaptasi karya Jane Austen yang ditulis oleh penulis lain.. yang santai-santai je la mcm Cora Harrison punye tadi tu.. banyak rupanya..contohnya 'Mr. Darcy's Daugters', 'Little Miss Austen',  'Young Mr Darcy In Love' and etc..

ok, sehingga ketemu lagi..

saya ingin meneruskan pembacaan...

selamat malam..

Loveless Century..

so we've just watched this movie

'My Future Boyfriend'

it's about a CUTE guy *cough-cough* from the future,

from the year 3127 to be exact!

he found a box full of currencies dated 2012 with a novel,

a love story..

he was perplexed by the book, by the words he haven't heard before..

it seems like there'll be no more LOVE, PASSION, LUST in their century

as it was described as some kind of virus that make people act strangely and in illogical way..

they believed that it is the root cause of all the sufferings in this world

*it may be true, right?*

therefore, the word LOVE was erased from their world

so out of curiosity, this guy traveled back to 2012 to meet the book writer

this time-travel was initially solely scientific journey with the purpose of finding out what is LOVE and why is it so dangerous..

yes this movie is beyond logic, but i like the essence of it

the whole story is like trying to define LOVE

which is something to be experienced..indescribable..

oh actually i don't intent to write a review or anything

just wanna keep few of my favourite quotes from the movie

this is how she tried to explain what is love..

It's something that happens when you meet someone that you feel deeply connected to. And, it's not like that connection is a product of anything, intentional, but rather, something outside, of yourself. Something that you can't fight. Something that was, just, meant to be. Something that makes you wish you could live forever so you would never have to be without it.

Something that you can't fight; something that was just meant to be; 
something that makes you wish you could live forever so you would 
never have to be without it..

i was thinking.. what if we really live in a loveless century?

what if people stop needing love?

what if worldly longings replace the need for a pure passion?

what if people never care about it anymore?

how lost the world would be..

how lucky we are to be in love..

Alhamdulillah...

*this wintery weather does make people excessively sentimental*

^_^

I found this cake on fb (credit to whom it may concern) :p 

Sarah : Sayang, saya save gambar cake ni dalam iPhone saye tau.. Nanti balik Malaysia bile birthday saya, awak senyap-senyap cari balik gambar ni dalam phone saye tu and tunjuk kat tukang kek ek? Kire seprais laa..

Paih : haa???tanak!!  Ikut saya la nak pilih cake camane nanti.. 

Now, i'm sooo sad... Sad.. Sad... 

LoveS and London..

Tidak pernah bosan untuk berjalan mengambil angin bercinta di pinggiran Thames.. Walaupon keramaian orang dan pelancong sedikit sebanyak mengurangkan suasana sentimentalnya.. Tapi inilah impianku.. 

Lagi indah jika insan-insan tersayang lain dapat turut bersama.. 

Lagi-lagi indah kalau Paih berjaya membeli kamera DSLR baru untuk menggantikan yang lamanya..kikiki..

Autumn

When I rarely updated my blogs, there's only 2 possible explanations; it's either life is too stressful/demanding or life has been too good... i noticed my pattern of blogging now.. i tend to blog (sometimes can be several entries per day) if life is boring and mundane.. but today, i'm neither boring nor jobless..i just wanted to make sure i have something to look into someday..

it's supposed to be Autumn now, but it was like my Winter in Melbourne..it gets dark at 4pm and intermittently wet.. therefore we have limited time and place to hang out and date..we tried to at least go the park once a week over the weekend though.. i think we've missed the yellow leaves (but we do have a photo with the yellows at the square next to our apartment.. all the parks are brown now.. 

i will never get bored talking about the seasons and how it relates to my feeling.. i've always associate them with movies/songs and i will bore Paih with my stories of how the songs relate to me in the past. so far, i sang Amy Mastura's Kasih Kita and Nora's Hadirlah kekasih as we strolled down the Green Park.. can't wait to play Winter Sonata soon in coming few months..

Judge A Book by Its Cover

this is one of the topic that i searched on YouTube because i think visual learning is easier than textbook reading (plus the fact that the time is running out, exam is next week).. and this video was the first on the search result for 'Comparative Genomic Hybridisation'.. as u can see, the video was not impressive enough, therefore i've tried other videos first... but then, as i read the review for this video, i might need to give it a try..a lot positive comments saying his explanation is very clear and structured.. 

as i try to concentrate on the topic, i can't help but thinking about why does he need to use the big headphones like that..cant he just use small mic attached to his video cam or whatever.. seriously i can't focus! but it seems that he made a lot of biological videos with good reviews.. 

**lol-ing dalam hati**

The Main Quad

so this is the main building of my uni (this view is taken from Paih's phone while waiting for my class to finish), and it's on the uni's logo..the name of our online student portal is also originally related to this building, Portico. which i Googled, means ..

A portico (from Italian) is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. - Wikipedia

i am, obviously, so excited with all this old building as my Monash building was totally different from these classic 1800s building...  wait till i take more pictures of the Cruciform building, which is now our library..and again, it is totally something to be excited about since it is a 24-hour operating library, yeayy!! (not that i will be there day and night, but the idea of unlimited access to books and knowledge somehow excites me)..

i am yet to take couple pic with Paih in front of these wonderful building! will wait till the crowd is less on campus..

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."

Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

That was on the first slide today during our intro week.. a lot to share, honestly..but still a little bit overwhelmed with this whole room/studio searching thoughts.. 

the thought about 'is this the right decision?' kept lingering my mind every time our search failed. i kept thinking about the comfort zone we were in back in our own country, with good pay checks, reasonable power of purchase..suddenly, we became like 'err..that'll cost us 1pound extra!'.. so yeah, until we've found a good place to stay, i think i will keep on worrying about our decision..not that i regret this path, but..doubting our ability to stay strong.. 

leaving everything behind.. we sacrificed.. hopefully for a better future...insyaAllah..

hopefully i can soon say, 'apart from the hassles of house-hunting, London is great' like other bloggers (including balqis's fav blogger) had mentioned hundreds of times before.. i'm not alone, every newcomers found this house hunting very depressing (unless you have unlimited financial source)... 

Packing is hard..so many things to keep, yet so little space to take..

Patut ke tak bawak bear-bear ni?

Patut ke tak bawak bedsheets?

Patut ke tak bawak iron sendiri?

Patut ke tak bawak A4 paper?

It wasnt this hard last time.. Tapi siapa kata jalan ini mudah kan? 

Bercampur pula tenaga sekarang tak sebanyak tenaga ketika remaja dulu.. I'm aging! 

Wishing us all the luck in this world...

My new 4 apps! Excited la jugak sikit-sikit kan.. Risau sebab takut setahun tak cukup masa nak live my dreamlife.. 

Saya berangan nak dating-dating kat park sambil study..

Saya berangan nak visit all the famous places with Paih...

Saya berangan nak capture the moments  dalam susah senang kami mencapai cita-cita..

Dan akhir sekali harapan kami menggunung untuk bergambar bersama dengan graduation robe and hat.. InsyaAllah.. 

Jalan ini tidak mudah...

Tangga-tangga kejayaan..

All these paperworks does not include the academic activities at all! 

Continuously stressed out for almost 7 months! 

I need to write a memoir about this bumpy road later, once everything has settled..

Not my fault!!

Ohmaigod.. Brape ribu photos dalam fon ini untuk di delete.. Ini terjadi setelah Numa mendapat monopod.. Kadang2 die pegang monopod je then pakcik die pegang shutter and clicked repeatedly for  zillions of times.. Kadang2 die letak monopod atas meja and die sendiri pegang shutter.. 

Seriously i tak ajar Numa buat #duckface ponnn bile selfie.. i guess that's primate's instinct laa.. So takle nak blame all the girls yang selfie with #duckface and #bajetkiut itu, it's coded! 

So who wanna take the job of screening these photos and delete the unwanted? But in most of them, Numa's expression is so priceless.. Every smirk,every smile..

Eid..

Tahun ni 2 hari pinjam baju Mummy! Bukan baju baru pon..tapi at least I batu pakai..hihi.. Mummy dah pencen kan, nanti kene bayar zakat plak baju banyak sangat tak pakai..oleh yang demikian, marilah anak-anak menantu Mummy tolong pakaikan.. 

Suami saya laa kesian..baju raya sepasang je..shirts biasa pon tak beli.. So tak matchy-matchy la kite.. Takpela Sayang, esok la ye kite matchy-matchy time nikah Ah-ah..

Oh i like this pic..jari gebu mengorek hidung.. Cume I tak snap je gambar lagi best iaitu ciklalalala Umar buli die untuk korekkan hidung ciklalalala.. Umar budak yang taat dan patuh, dikoreknya hidung ciklalalala siap dengan pusingkan jari tu.. Kikiki.. Can u imagine that?

What will your Raya feels like?

few more days to find out..

balik kampung? of course day settle! now day third day di kampung.. 

baju raya saya? tatahu nasib tahun ni bole beraya dengan baju raya ke tak sebab lambat hantar kat tailor and malam raya sahaja dapat tahu akan siap ke tak..

baju raya paih? beli yang dah siap aje..bli Zizang punye je.. 

kuih raya? settled sebab Su Ti tokey!

duit raya? tahun nih kite bajet sikit...too many things going on in our life.. 

takde dah gambar lain yang berkaitan raya setakat ini..

Nak renew passport je ponnn.. Tp harus la touch up skit kan..hihihi, gambar yang nak dilihat selama 5 tahun kannn.. 

Sayang dengan passport sekarang sebab passport tu 5 tahun lepas pegi buat dengan Paih..and nombor passport kami masa tu berturut.. Tapi Paih dah buat passport baru 2 kali dh lepas tu.. 

Sampai sini pukul 11, nombor giliran dapat 1249.. Current number mase tu 1077!!! 

Umar tido dengan Ayah Ih dalam bilik penyusuan.. 

Blushing Bear

Hijacked Mummy's IPad wallpaper :) 

Tengah fefeeling sebab Paih outstation and I tengah re-compile may old playlist (maklumlaaa Macbook baru..hihihi)

Ashita,kyou yori mo suki ni nareru..

(Tomorrow I'll love you even more than today..)

The 'us' in the pic was more than 4 years ago..so i guess with every new days since then, my love is soo soo much more la kan.. 

Owh itu belum I kupas lirik lagu zaman-zaman Alleycats..aisya pasti tak tahan..

Too cute to be true!

What do u think of this phone cover? Soo cute !! But i guess it wont last long in my handling..the colour will be worn out in no time! 

Dah tukar wallpaper cenggini baru la feeling nak gune Macbook ni.. Tapi sebenarnya tengah struggle lagi nak gune Pages tu..nak save tak reti.. 

Tuffah

Our 5-year-old notebook decided to die on us last month..u never know what u've got till it's gone..we felt helpless without it eventhough we rarely used it nowadays.. 

To heal the broken heart..we've decided! I'm extremely over the moon (as usual)! 

My Humble Kitchen

So while waiting for Paih to finish working, i went to this newly-opened market, Hero at Bandar Sri Damansara.. I was so excited because this tiny store has almost everything. Everything, means u name it either oriental or western, u got it! And the was pretty cheap i guess, looking at the kangkung priced RM0.35 per ikat. I bought some raw materials for a week supply since Paih MAY be around. If not, all the vegies will just dry up in the fridge.. So here are few of this week's dinner! 

This is the modified malay-version of grilled salmon.. I sprinkled garlic+ginger, salt and mixed herbs.. I have neither oven nor non-stick pan, therefore i literally put them on the stove.. I did not make the white sauce because i served it with my Udang Sambal Petai..

And i found a pack of peeled-petai!! So i guess i'll be having petai everyday (reminding myself to drink plenty of fluids to be kind to my kidneys). And the nasi was as simple as throwing in some butter,mushroom and mixed vegies (my student-years fav!).. The sambal wasnt 'red' enough because the dried chili already turned brown (explains how infrequent i cook).

I called this ayam-ala-thai,because i just put together all the usual thai ingredients..i stir-fried shallots, garlics, cilipadi, ginger, lengkuas, serai, daun limau purut. But i dont have sos-ikan-cap-sotong-thai, it's not complete! For the vegies, i actually intended to make kangkung-goreng-belacan..but the babycorn overshadowed it hehehe..the kangkung shrunk! 

But tonight, i'm not cooking because we are eating out with Paih's big sis.. And yes, i'm not a superwife, most of the time i could not bring myself up from the fluffy-fluffy pillows in front of the TV afterwork.. I love my sacred place.. 

This is where i need to be dragged to bed eeeevery day.. I sometimes hold my pee because i was too lazy to move.. (My plants were all unhealthy, so i moved the table slightly away from the window because i think direct sunlight is too much for them - i'll write another entry about them) 

What's your choice?

I was about to throw the pink and green Vaselines, then i realised i should commemorate them somewhere since they are families :) a cute one! 

Ok we start with the Green..i totally totally fall in love with it since Summer 2007.. I remembered sneaking Beya's Vaseline into my luggage for my Japan Trip, and i was hooked! The smell, the memories and everything!

The Yellow appeared previously in the entry about things in my scrub pocket.. The smell is nice, but ok la, handy but otherwise nothing much to say.. But i really appreciate it when it's there after repeated usage of antiseptics-handrub all day long at work. 

And i would say the Pink one is out of my list now.. I bought few of them the other day because i cant resist miniature packagings at the Watson's checkout counter.. To my frustration, the smell was too strong and medicated..erk, cannot tahan! The only reason the whole tube is being used was because i left it in the car and Paih used it for his scar on his hand..

The girl who did our pedicure and manicure last week said that the real Vaseline (the petroleum jelly) is the best of all for moisturising and repair of dry skin.. It's just that the texture is slightly messy for daily use but i guess applying them on the foot as prebedtime routine wouldnt be so bad..then i can save from needing any foot treatment, hopefully! 

Eye Candy

Thanks Aisya for your voucher, i felt bad that u dont have anything to buy from the bookshop..but i promise to grant your wish anytime for anything! 

I havent read any of Mariah Stewart's before this, so i'm quite anxious if her writings arent for me.. 

And why Nora Roberts? I guess she's famous for a reason.. The last time i read her book was 2 weeks ago.. I couldnt put it down and my heart beats with every page-turn.. It was Book One in the Bride Quartet..

So automatically the other three in the quartet will be in my wishlist, however the Popular's list wasnt exhaustive enough.. I've only managed to find Book Three with different printing version.. 

I wont be bored for this whole year kot! 

#Bfftjfirdausi

A lots of foods involved this whole labour day (apart from lots of loves and laughs).. So in love with Paih over and over again for being this accomodative (being able to blend in with our crazy crowd might not be easy hihi).. 

We had a brunch at Big Brother Kota Damansara for a starter.. I love the Bruchetta! Paih's pasta is ok, but Effah's was too spicy for me.. 

No real shopping involved on that day, quite dissapointing because i hoped i could at least grab a pair or two of blouses/dresses (but found none!)

Then we got ourselves caiffeinated to prepare for the upcoming day ahead! It was so nice after soo long.. Couldnt help ourself from going back down our Melbourne memory lane.. 

The next stop, The Italiannies with the addition of Saffi, Kerri and Adah (and my new monopod,uhuks).. The food? The salmon was gooood... The gossips? As juicy as usual! 

As for the desserts, we went to Paddingtons House of Pancakes after maghrib.. Had sugar-rush for few hours at least! I love the bowl of mini pancakes and fruits with chocolate fondue! Didnt have the chance to snap the foods, rugi!! 

Oh btw, wondering what's bfftjfirdausi really mean? BFF till jannatulfirdausi! Lol