WWF - Do Our Part

for quite some time, i've been searching for my niche in this world

i want to do something good

something not related to my paid job, something not directly related to Ibadah as a Muslim 

(even though everything is ibadah)

and yesterday a guy approached me in the clinic..

i usually sweep away any reps coming during clinic hour as our time is so precious

but when he introduced himself as the WWF representative, 

i knew it there and then, i want this

i want to do this

i am yet to explore how i can get involved

but i signed up for he monthly donation.

but to begin with, how i live my life makes a difference.

In Your Home

• Buy energy-efficient household appliances you can afford.
• Recycle your paper, glass, plastics and other waste.
• Save water: turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.
• Turn off your televisions, computers and stereos when not in use. That little red standby light means they're still using power - and that means a contribution to global warming.

Out & About

• Bring your own bags to the shops to carry home your groceries and shopping. 
• Help reduce the world's rubbish - avoid "throw-away" products like paper plates and napkins, plastic knives, forks, and cups. Stop using Styrofoam products – bring your own container to food stalls and restaurants for takeaways.
• Make sustainable seafood choices when ordering your dish, refer to the S.O.S Guide.
• Report Wildlife Crimes to 019-356 4194
• Choose wisely and help stop illegal wildlife trade!​
  • *Do not buy products made from endangered species, such as "tortoiseshell jewellery" (Hawksbill turtle shell) or ivory. 
  • *Do not buy medicines which claim to contain parts of endangered species, such as pangolin scales, tiger bone or bear bile.
  • *Do not eat dishes that include parts of endangered species, such as sharks fin soup or turtle eggs

In the Garden

• Collect rainwater to water your flowers.
• Never pick plants or pick flowers from the wild.
• Plant more trees.

visit www.wwf.org.my

The Sun Shines..

oh tidak

ini bukanlah iklan pencuci pinggan

ini hanyalah pemandangan indah pada mata saya

cahaya matahari pagi, indah.

serta freshly done dishes.

pagi hujung minggu tiada yang lebih indah bangun di rumah sendiri dan rehat.

rehatkan minda

rehatkan badan

waking up on weekends, not working, not oncall, is a luxury that we can't afford to get very often.

One More Happy Ending

 i haven't cried watching Korean dramas for years..

i thought i've grown strong and became cold-hearted..

but i found myself sobbing away watching this. 

it's not a totally romantic comedy series, it's about a circle of friends with their own struggle.

and Baek Da-Jung's breast cancer touched me the most.

the part when her ex-husband found out about it.

and he could only look from afar.

i cried. 

i think they'll get back together.

they will.

Weekend Carwash

#candid

#bookworm

Aroma Penambah Rasa Memikat Selera

What is the best part of cooking that you like the most?

the part when the onions, garlic and ginger start to caramelise..

my olfactory bulbs sparked!

whatever dish it was, the menuumis  part had always been my favourite.

if you know me well, I can easily get emotionally-attached to the things.. even anything.. 

i once had a dream to have a 'Dish Journal', telling personal stories about every dish i've learned, every dish i've cooked, every dish i've tasted.

each one of them unfolds memories of its own.

Home Sweet Home

it's December..

i've always had something memorable in Decembers of the past years..

2016, we welcome you guys to our new home sweet home..

it may not be perfect.

but it's home.

Between that and that...

you know my obsessions on books (or more accurately : books lining up on the shelves)..

but i did not dismiss the idea of having a Kindle

i enjoy the feeling of having everything related to books..

so now in my bulky tote bag, i will have one book and a Kindle.

it concerns me that they will loose their good shape when i brought them everywhere, but not having them also worries me.

btw, the Kindle isn't mine pun :p

it's Paih's

TIPS KEDIAMAN PERTAMA : Memilih Cat dan Tona Warna

saya tahu saya jenis membosankan

apa yang saya pilih hanyalah warna selamat sahaja

tapi nak warna selamat tu pun takut..

colour palettes nya sangat-sangat banyak

rona kuning air/cream yang saya nak pun ada nak dekat beratus-ratus pilihan..

orang kata warna katalog dan warna sebenar di dinding akan berbeza..

dalam ketidakpastian, kami memilih Coconut..

rungsing di hati kalau-kalau terang pula nanti bila sudah di dinding kami..

namun, kami tawakkal..

 

Alhamdulillah, hasilnya exactly seperti yang saya mahukan..

contohnya ini..

dalam katalog warnanya kelihatan biru muda yang lebih terang..

dalam komputer pula kekelabuan.. tapi mungkin juga 'screen brightness' komputer itu berbeza..

dan sekali lagi, it turned out well on our walls.

dan saya amat jakun..melihat warna dibancuh sendiri depan mata..

saya rasa semua warna tersebut masih 'warna selamat'.. boleh dipadankan dengan apa jua warna lembut lain.. so takdela saya kene cari barang yang kene betul-betul of the same shades..

Happy just by looking at it..

niat di hati nak beli few of bathroom mats..

weekend ni nak mask rumah kan..

survey puny survey takde yang berkenan yang affordable..

this one is the best i found

soo fluffy and soft

but, it's RM 59.90 each!!

 and i have 5 bathrooms..

each need at least 3..

you do the maths!

#wishlist

#starttabungbaru

Do The Next Best Thing

 

life reflections.. 

i've always wanted to write on how i felt about things around me in life..

something like a diary.. and that was why i started this blog (yearssss ago), as a diary..

but saying out loud, with permanent evidence of what is inside my head would be too scary for me..

but reading great things people write about their life made me feel like writing, again.

critically observing our surroundings are enriching.

i feel satisfied.

sometimes this my be mistaken as 'being judgemental'.

but that's what life requires us to do - to judge your decisions and options.

as long as you don't go and personally bash other people's decision, i think you are allowed to think AND JUDGE as you wish.

for the past year and a half, we have been through a lot..

start from the time we decided to give the 'life diversion' a try.

we had good times. and bad times. 

during those times, one thing i kept in mind.. be thankful..

be thankful.

other people had it worse.

be thankful.

things can be worse.

be thankful.

we had what we had.

be thankful.

more is coming.

and we passed through the years, together.

 take one thing at a time.

i was thinking, time will pass by regardless of how you take it.

so be present.

'do what you have to do, and see how it goes'

LACE DRAPE FROM SPOTLIGHT ^_^

can't wait to see how it will turn out to be

i'm so overwhelmed to be in SPOTLIGHT!

and so glad will have something 'Australian' in our kitchen

(but of course obviously it's Made in China)

Pastel Batik

Kenapa gambar macamni je? 

Sebab... 

Sebab kain tirus lipat kipas depan macamni hanya cantik untuk gadis kurus tinggi.. huhuhu..

Jadi bayangkan saya yang dompok ini memakainya 🙈🙈🙈🙈

When a man loves a woman - Percy Sledge

This, i heard over the radio..

yes, i'm this kind..

the kind who enjoys old songs..

the kind who will be laughed at, for being too sentimental..

When a man loves a woman

Can't keep his mind on nothing else

He'll trade the world 

For the good thing he's found

If she's bad he can't see it 

She can do no wrong

Turn his back on his best friend 

If he put her down 

When a man loves a woman

Spend his very last dime

Trying to hold on to what he needs

He'd give up all his comfort

Sleep out in the rain

If she said that's the way it ought to be 

Well, this man loves a woman

I gave you everything I had

Trying to hold on to your precious love

Baby, please don't treat me bad 

When a man loves a woman

Down deep in his soul

She can bring him such misery

If she plays him for a fool

He's the last one to know

Loving eyes can't ever see 

When a man loves a woman

He can do no wrong

He can never own some other girl

Yes when a man loves a woman

I know exactly how he feels

'Cause baby, baby, baby, you're my world

When a man loves a woman

(recent photo from Kak's wedding)

Lalalalala~~~~

TIPS KEDIAMAN PERTAMA - Belajar dari pengalaman PLASTER CEILING, GRILL, PAINT grrrrrrr

baru sekali mungkin saya update pasal rumah kami

almost setiap hujung minggu pasti kami ke sana

namun progress sangat perlahan

kerana beberapa faktor logistik

dan banyak sangat kekecewaan kami dengan kontraktor-kontraktor renovate 

(bukanlah kami renovate mane sangat pun)

progress so far:

1) plaster ceiling on 1st floor - pada hari penyerahan kunci, ade beberapa contractor dating offer macam-macam... one of them adalah untuk buat plaster ceiling di level 1.. ini kerana hanya level tu takde plaster ceiling, hanya concrete ceiling..memandangkan contractor tersebut adalah subcontractor ceiling developer perumahan tu, kami pun setuju..bahkan harga yang ditawarkan agak memberangsangkan... katanya boleh siap pasang dalam 2-3 hari sahaja kalau bahan dah sampai... kemudian bila saya visit on weekends tu mcm tak siap-siap jugak... rupanya dia kata dia hanya buat plaster siling itu... bahagian cat2 tu kita sendiri.. OMGGGGG!! sakit hatinyaa!!

ada ke kite tempah siling pastu bertampung-tampung? kalau ye die akan biarkan tak di cat, die kene bagitau kite awal-awal supaya kite tahu harga die tu tak full lg kannn...lepas tu bila kita cari quotation2 tukang cat memang harga cekik darah la semuanya.. untuk satu family area dan 2 bedrooms ada yg mintak up to RM3700 okeh!! cat putih je kott... katanya sebab siling kene banyak layer.. so whatever la kan!!

so kesudahannya kami cat sendiri.. beli cat Nippon Paint sealer and Glo total RM400 lebih je yang tong bear 15L and 18L tu (quite a good deal, lupa nama kedai tapi dekat Bangi la).. then 2 weekends Paih cat dengan Abang.. hasil pun memuaskan... ramai yang takut-takutkan di blog 'cat siling susah etc'.. tp Alhamdulillah jimat RM3K..

2) kami pasang cornice skirting kat semua ruang bawah dan family area level 1.. contractor tu kata 'sekarang bukan trend pakai cornice lg dah... bla bla bla'.. tak kisah la mister, saya tak kira trend.. memang saya nampak rumah dari zaman dulu-dulu pun dah ade cornice.. tapi saya nak jugak.. bagi saya cornice penambah seri.. kerana saya bukan peminat contemporary.. 

3) later on dinding main area ni nak re-paint jugak.. belum decide on the colour lagi.. most likely very light yellow/cream... yang kali ni kami nak upah tukang indonesian yang keje dengan developer ni.. die part-time senyap-senyap ambik upah odd jobs macam ni... upah pun tak mahal.. kita beli cat, die cat malam-malam.. takde 'orang tengah' makan duit atas angin yang menyebabkan semua benda mahal..

and the cornice will remain white untuk contrast... and later on nak cari wainscoting.. tp tu semua later..

4) Grill kami ambik dengan T***** M**** sebab bengkel belakang tu je.. harga grill generally semua lebih kurang je mana-mana kontraktor pun..tapi sebab bengkel ni dekat, so kami pilih je yang ini.. mula-mula kami dapat good impression mengenai kerja-kerja mereka sebab orang tu pandai mulut manis.. but later on kami sedar bahawa dia mulut je manis, dan pada masa yang sama suka kutuk org lain punya bisnes.. tapi sebab dah tempah kan, so tahan je la.. tapi kerja mereka tak kemas.. tak tahu la kalau diorang sengaja cincai sebab geram kami tak upah diorang untuk cat etc.. tapi taukey tu memang macam jenis berdendam la..sebab masa die cerita-cerita kutuk-kutuk bisnes orang lain tu kami dah sense yang 'we have to be careful with him'.. so kami tak complain-complain sangat benda-benda kecik yang diorang buat tak kemas.. malas nak gaduh kecoh-kecoh.. tapi kami tengok lebih 10 rumah di baris kami tempah dengan dia jugak..maybe semua pun terpedaya macam kami.. 

contoh ketidakkemasan kerja mereka adalah - diorang cat putih keliling grill kat main front door tu sampai terkena door frame yg berwarna kelabu.. nampak conteng2..tak straight line.. lepas tu ade nampak kesan hitam hangus welding dkt dinding rumah yang diorg drill and welding wall plug... lps tu ade kesan kemek grill kat bilik bawah kesan dia ketuk... lepas ni kita cat balik je la semua.. tak guna gaduh, bahaya..

5) and paling last kami dah buat adalah pasang lampu kipas etc.. ni hanya yang main lights je la.. decorative lights etc belum pasang.. pertamanya kerana faktor budget, tapi keduanya adalah belum ketemu yang menggamit hati.. so sekarang asalkan boleh masuk rumah tak bergelap cukupla kan.. kipas dan lampu kami beli di kedai yang famous kat puchong tu.. sebenarnya tak compare harga kat kedai lain pun..sebab susah nak compare one to one sebab bukan exact same brand kan.. tp kipas semua KDK aje..tkde kipas fancy-fancy sebab dah belajar dari pengalaman rumah WCY, kipas yang fancy tak menjamin kesejukan angin..hahaha..  

berbeza dengan kerja-kerja lain, kami sangat sangat berpuas hati dengan contractor electric kami.. kerja kemas.. takde nak hitam-hitam tangan tu pergi sentuh siling or dinding kami.. takde tinggalkan sampah.. takde tinggalkan habuk yang diorang korek siling..takde tinggal habuk diorg korek dinding.. wahhh legaaa rasanya...

Akhirnya weekend seterusnya boleh basuh dan bersihkan rumah!!!!! memang excited tapi pasti menyumpah dalam hati sepanjang basuh rumah tu sebab banyak sangat kene sental perkara-perkara yang ditinggalkan oleh tukang renovation..sebab masa dapat kunci tu rumah dah bersih semua dah.. tapi datang setiap tukang sana sini tu comot sana comot sini.. buang puntung rokok dalam sink kami.. tangan hitam sentuh siling putih... sentuh dinding-dinding.. apa diorang ingat rumah kami ni masih construction site ke ape.. grrrrrr..... *headache*

Blog is where you upload stuffs that you want to share, 

but too shy to be shared on the instagram

p/s: wearing my dream Siti Khadijah Harmoni.

akhirnya saya beli juga, tapi sebagai hadiah untuk Mummy.

kerana boleh pinjam balik lepas tu :p

Good things are coming our way!

Eh baru perasan straw kat Petronas convenience store tu warna mint green 

(it looks cooler in real life).. 

picisan sangat kan benda-benda yang boleh buat kita bahagia.

be thankful.

maybe this is third decade life crisis talking...

Dalam perjalanan pulang dari kerja, terdetik hati untuk singgah ke Perpustakaan Hospital Sungai Buloh.. saja-saja, kut2 ada yang berkenan (walaupun sudah ada beberapa novel menunggu turn untuk dibaca).. memang terdapat kepuasan yang teramat luarbiasa setiap kali membeli buku, tak kiralah buku apa sekalipon, namun tak dapat dinafikan, meminjam buku di perpustakaan juga ada perasaan yang tidak kurang enaknya..the feeling of getting unlimited numbers of books FOR FREE!!! and they can be displayed on you bookshelf for at least 1 month! Mungkin ini sesuatu yang pelik, tapi saya juga mendapat satu kepuasan melihat susunan buku di rak buku..terasa puas hati...

Ketika di kaunter peminjaman, terlintas di fikiran saya, 'i wonder how it feels like to be a librarian..surrounded by books all day long'.. kerja yang tenang tidak perlu berlari-lari.. adakah ini normal? sering kali berdepan dengan orang lain yang sedang bekerja saya akan terfikir untuk 'best jug ye kalau kerja mcm ni...'... adakah ini bermakna saya tersilap memilih kerjaya?

tidak, tidak sekalipun saya menyesal dengan cita-cita saya ini...namun saya harus akui, ia bukanlah gayahidup ideal yang saya idamkan... jauh sekali saya ingin kufur nikmat yang Allah bagi..saya bersyukur... cuma saya berharap saya dapat lalui hidup yang saya inginkan.. 

maybe this is third decade life crisis talking...

Two of my favourites : mint green and Superman!! 

Superman was (one of) my first love! 

I was eleven. No internet. No Google. I used to collect newspaper cuttings on Clark Kent back then. 

Now I have my own Superman. 

😍😍😍😍😍😍

Towel Obsessions!

I think i've shared few years ago about my obsessions for nicely folded newly-washed fluffy towels.. Last week, one of my patients surprised me with this custom-made couple towels.. I think she asked around about my husband's name, luckily she got it right ^_^ 

I dont think i've done anything extraordinary to her during her labour, but we dont know when we touched people's heart..in 100 patients we attend, Alhamdulillah 1 patient will appreciate us.. Labour process is not a fun thing, with all the screaming and all.. 

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

Halfway through this book.. Saya tengah berkira-kira nak beli Me Before You and After You by the same author.. Tapi saya dah bace sinopsis dia dan saya takut saya tak suka  dying stories.. Saya suke life stories tapi jika saya tahu ade kesudahan yang adil.. Apa yang saya suka pada cerita ini adalah watak utamanya bukanlah seorang yang sempurna tapi mempunyai pemikiran besar.. Satu pertiga kisahnya adalah dalam perjalanan dari London ke upnorth Aberdeen.. setiap town yang disinggahi mereka menyebabkan rindu pada roadtrip di UK... 

Saya kini struggling untuk memupuk kembali fokus membaca seperti zaman remaja dahulu. Jika kanak-kanak yang terdedah kepada skrin terlalu lama dikatakan akan mengalami masalah fokus dan attention span, agak-agaknya saya pun mengalami perkara yang sama? 

Sejak masuk uni, saya rasa dah spend masa 2/3 hari di hadapan skrin, tak kiralah menonton atau melakukan kerja. dan sangat obvious kini saya tidak bole fokus pada pembacaan lebih 30minit. berbanding zaman remaja dahulu yang mampu tidak tidur malam untuk habiskan sebuah novel overnight. 

I have to change! I have to re-train myself. Limit my screen exposure. But I'm addicted! Saya takkan dapat lelap mata jika tak mendengar drama berkumandang disisi terutamnya sejak tidur sendirian sekarang. Okeh jom buat research pasal ni!!

RUMAH KEDIAMAN PERTAMA ANDA TIPS DAN PANDUAN

tajuk entry sangat poyo

i've been reading blog posts on moving into new house, the do's and don'ts and all

the chronology is:

JULY 2014 - kami beli rumah ni! kami jumpa di Expo Hartanah di midvalley

22 July, we signed the agreement

construction baru mula

estimated akan siap in 2 years

JULY 2014 - JULY 2016 - 2 tahun kami berangan pasal rumah tu

tapi tak sempat savings langsung untuk nak renovate bila masuk disebabkan kami telah bercuti tanpa gaji selama setahun September 2014-September 2015 demi sebuah cita-cita dan ilmu

- but along the way kami ade jenguk2 construction sites

21 JULY 2016 - dapat kunci!!! banyak plan kami untuk rumah tu..

tapi kami janji dengan diri kami untuk bersabar dan buat perlahan-lahan

komitmen lain masih banyak

mula-mula masuk:

-cek semua benda yang tak puas hati - tanda dan email kepada developer

- so far sangat puts hate dungeon the floor plan

TAPI SANGAT KECEWA DENGAN TILING JOBS

-firstly mmg tak kemas - i mmg sgt particular melihat tiling lines

-susah nak suruh dia baiki balik sbb it's generally tk kemas

-mane-mane yang sgt obvious senget atau nampak simen mmg saya tanda untuk diorg tukar

-secondly, pemilihan tiles di bathroom and kitchen tak berape menyejukkan hati saya

tapi itu sahajalah ketidakpuasan hati saya

selain itu saya sangat bersyukur dikurniakan rezeki ini

the next job is kami tempah plaster ceiling untuk first floor

floor lain semua dah ready 

tatahu kenapa first floor je takde plaster ceiling

so kami tempah dengan subcontractor yang buat dengan developer tu

simple sahaja kami buat

plain with cornice skirting

cornice tu pon yang paling simple dan basic

i cuma nak ade lekuk sikit je 

i think they offered us a good price 

i memang takde survey lain

tp sebab paling senang dengan subcontractor ni sebab dia dah tahu semua pasal project tu

my main advice untuk sebuah rumah adalah:

decide on the concept that suits you

lepas tu takdela masalah nak deco camane2

because u kind of know what theme you are looking for

lepas tu takdela caca merba susah nak fit in the sofa and curtain etc

especially untuk kami yang hanya memang akan mampu buat satu persatu je

walaupon beli satu satu dan lambat-lambat, in the end they will come together because we have agreed on the concept and theme

and there is no ONE concept yang cantik untuk semua orang

apa yang sejuk di mata anda, itulah yang sesuai

later on, i might sound judgmental and harsh on the selection of things and colours, but please don't take it personally

it's just that i have really strong opinion on my things, but doesn't mean i personally judge u if u don't agree with me

Saya takkan pernah melupakanmu, my Whisper

setiap perkara baru berlaku dalam hidup saya, saya akan terfikir

'hmm nak cerita dalam blog la'..

tp sebab tk convenient nak buat entry dari mobile app, jadi tertangguh-tangguh..

guns laptop almost everyday, tapi gambar-gambar banyak dal am phone plan kan..

another dilemma is,

'am i sharing too much of my feeling?'

'what if random people judge me? people who don't really know me'

tapi, saya memang jenis full of emotions and expressions

sometimes my head is too heavy with things to think and say

sampai adik-adik kata 'u nih semua bende pon ade nak komen'

no i'm not a complainer,

but i have something to say about everything

if i like something, i will go on and on positively about it

the same goes if i find something not to my likings, i will go on and on criticising it

so, can my blog be the place where i put down all my feelings and thinkings?

you have been with me for a decade

a decade full of love

Nasi Dagang Terengganu Lemak Manis

Sebagai anak kacukan Kelantan-Terengganu, seringkali sukar membuat pilihan (okeh, maaf poyo di situ, kacukan konon!) Contoh pilihan sukar tu adalah 'nasi dagang terengganu ke nasi dagang kelantan lagi sedap?'.. Memang takde obligation untuk pilih punn sebenarnya.. 

Okeh untuk nasi dagang sebenarnya saya memang totally into nasi dagang Terengganu, ia lagi berlemak manis, tidak muak..gulainya juga jenis boleh tambah tambah takkan rase loya.. (Hanyalah pendapat peribadi saya)

Minggu lepas saya memang teringinnn sangat nak nasi dagang..kalau duk Terengganu memang senang la, take-away saje lah! Namun di sini susah kott nak cari yang best..jadi terpaksa buat sendiri.. Resepi nya saya tulis disini agar suatu hari nanti tak perlu lagi saya nak call Mummy setiap kali nak buat nasi dagang..mind you that this recipe is a my mun's modified version by combining tips from several different people..

Pertama sekali saya telah membeli pengukus baru..tidaklah cap buaya pon, sekadat cap kucing yg dijual di kedai serbaneka.. RM49 sahaja okeh! 

NASI

Beras pulut : beras biasa = 1:5

Rendam beras sekurang-kurangnya 8 hours (so start rendam the night before)

Kukus campuran beras selama 1jam (alas pengukus dengan kain Muslin)

Kemudian beras tadi pindah masuk bowl besar untuk di-arung dengan air panas mendidih.. 'Arung' bermaksud sedikit demi sedikit tambah liquid sambil kacau sambil tengok beras menyerap liquid tersebut.. 

Pindah beras yg di-arung tadi kembali ke dalam pengukus, kukus selama 15 minit seterusnya. Masa ni saya tambah halba. 

Pindah balik ke dalam bowl. Kali ini arung dengan campuran santan pekat. 

SANTAN PEKAT ini bercampur hirisan bawang merah dan hirisan halia dan garam dan gula (garam kene masin purit supaya apabila campur nasi nanti ade rase masin manis lemak).

Lepas arung tu kemas-kemaskan nasi tu tutup dengan daun pisang.

Senang sahaja sebenarnya kan! 

Gulainya plak saya takle nak share resipi la sbb saya pun main hentam sahaja.. 

 Takde kain muslin, terpaksa guna tudung bawal ekslusif 😂😂😂 

Ini setelah di-arung dengan santan sebelum tutup dengan daun pisang.

Gulai ikan tongkol,wajib ade cili api berenang-renang..kalau nak best mak kata kene letak belimbing, confirm saya takde.

Alhamdulillah inilah hasilnya, sempena harijadi Paih yang ke-32 mengikut tahun Hijrah, 5 Ramadhan. 

My fav sight (handwashed 2-weeks worth of tudung kerja).. Camnilaa bile tangguh2 kerja...

Selamat Ulang Tahun Sayang

i have googled around to look for the best 'birthday speech for husband', but i realised that what comes out from my own mind might mean more to you... I will crack my head every year to think of the annual surprise for your birthday as i believed that it should be something you made on your own and not something that you can give on any other days..

i can't remember the birthday project i made for him on our first year, 2008..hmmm what was it? and i  stitched a meticulous cross-stitch project for him in 2009..2010 i made him a recipe scrapbook, compiling all his favourite foods with pictures of my attempts in making them..  2011, i was a mess! just started my horsemanship, so did nothing.. 2012 - i made a special cake for him in addition to my craftwork bedsheets project.. 2013 onwards, i can't remember, hmmmm...

so for this year, i've prepared just a simple surprise, waiting for him to come back on Friday (i haven't updated about our long-distance relationship yet).. and i'm planning for a healthy option of birthday cake.. can't wait to see how it turns out soon!!

and my mum were confused and asked 'ni birthday tahun ape ni? tahun cina ke tahun india?' because we had quite a few milestones to celebrate each year, birthday hijrah la birthday mash la, anniversary bercinta la, anniversary bertunang la, anniversary kawin la, anniversary jumpa la etc.. we are just looking for reasons to celebrate kot..

Being-there friends

Brownies reunited..memang sangat susah untuk dapat mengumpulkan the whole Brownies di satu tempat pada masa yang sama..kali nih tak lengkap tanpa Asma'.. But this is the best number we could gather.. Why Brownies? Sebenarnya nama jalan rumah diorg Brown's Road..saya ahli rumah tumpangan je hehehe.. Memang we call people based on their street name pun dulu kat Melbourne.. *sigh*those-were-the-days*again* .. 

2 of the Brownies have kids..another 3 Brownies are in line..2 are struggling with subfertility and another 1 is waiting for Mr.Right ^_^. 

I am forever thankful for friends like them.. Friends who are 'just there for u'..