More.Than.That.

Assalamualaikum my dear readers,

It is before 1am and I am already snuggled up in bed. That's a working progress. Well I am tired. Just got back from my new born niece's doa selamat in Bunut. In the morning woke up early after sleeping late. My dad knocked on the door at 9am because my niece is throwing a tantrum early that morning. Later after she cooled down, I was forced to watch 'toon' aka cartoon. So early in the morning besides catching up on my sleep or doing something rather productive, I was watching Animal Mechanical, Mickey Mouse and Handy Manny.

By noon, we head up to the office to do some work. That afternoon I was supposed to spend some quality time with my Darling, NJ7, by watching a DvD together, but last minute change of plans, my dad needs to go to the bank on an urgent matter. I long for some time with NJ7, so he came along with us. We did get to spend 15 minutes of 'us' time at our favourite coffee place in Bandar. I must say it was a 15 minutes bliss. Then my dad shows up and we were off to our next destination where we spent more than 2 hours there. I am not going to mention where though hehehe but my dad and NJ7 for sure enjoyed it! Sikit lagi tu sayang aaaaah... if nda terdapat urg atu 'ehem ehem' baru kan pakai ke UBD hehehehe I didn't enjoyed it much cause the 'ehem' that I wanted nada lagi.. so I was just 'tiring' myself waiting around for the two iski boys.

When we got back home, I received a text message from one my dear best loves PiPs988 or Bengers congratulating NJ7 in getting into UBD. I think it was a 3 page text. She was so happy of the news, maybe happier than me hehehe And she did include some personal details of the past which touched me. It refreshes my memories how she has been there through my hard times. She has been supportive, my shoulder to complain and cry on, easy to talk to, understands me well and she has been more like a sister to me. In her I can see all the positive things. She's not the jealous type, pemarah (she claims she is but she has never shown her anger infront of us) nor judgmental. I can say she's a people please-er. In our circle, she's the neutral one. We had this conversation once over late night 'indomee with mata lembu' and 'roti john with cheese' where we characterized our circle to the cast of 'Sex and the City'. Hehehe I am not going into details of the characters, since I say she's the 'neutral' one, you might get the hint which one she is in the series. Hehehe Fun times.

So who is which? :)

Dedicating the clip below to Ms.Bengers
May or may not mean something but any hoos Enjoy!!!


Night peeps! Hugs you!

The.Journey.Has.Just Begun

Assalamualaikum my readers,

It's 3.22am, and I am up. I so want to change my sleeping pattern as of new year's. But I think it's going to take a hell lot of tiredness to get me to sleep early. Before, I mean years ago, I used to take a sip of benadryll before going to sleep. Don't get me wrong, I had thyroid problems and it was from the hospital. It soothes my throat and helps my sleep a lot. But then I realized I began to sip it on a daily basis. I was afraid of getting addicted, I think I was a little bit, so I stopped right then and there, and until now I haven't had any.

Help me! I tried warm milk, drinking herbal teas.. what else? Prescription? That will be my last option. Do drop in any home remedies to help me to sleep yea... :)

As probably some of you might know. I am crazy movie goer. I love watching movies, especially in the comfort of my own bed, owwwh loving it. There's this one particular song, which is also in the list of 'work out' songs in my ipod, well I heard this song in a few movies soundtracks, namely the Ugly Truth, the Hangover and recently Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel (which I am yet to watch). Click on the link to find out -->

So yea peeps, I am going to end my post till here. I am so blanked right now. Couldn't think of something useful or informative to share with you readers, sleepyness just kicked in. Maybe tomorrow I could share something interesting with you lots!

Oh yes! Before I end, I would to give a warm hug to my dear Darling, NJ7, congratulating him in getting to UBD! His 'former' classmates will be throwing a farewell lunch for him later. He announced his last day in Business school last Monday to his classmates, oh boy were they sad to see him go. But it is his dreams to go to Uni..and I am proud of you my love! This Saturday is the orientation! I know he's nervous!!

The man I am truly proud of
Congratulations Darling!
'tie your shoes up, your journey has just begun' -E!

Night peeps! Hugs you!

2010

Assalamualaikum All!!

First of all, I would like to start off my first post of 2010 with Surah Al-Fatihah, 'semoga tahun kita semua diberkati of Allah S.W.T - Amin Ya Rabil Ala Min'

Wow! We are already in the first week of 2010..and once again wowiee! 2010...2010? 2010!!!!! It took about..well a few days for me to absorb the change in the digits of the year, but I have finally accepted the reality.

I started this blog almost one and a half year ago, can you believe it? I can't believe it. It has been that long. I wonder how many readers do I have. Anyhoos sorry for the lack of updates in the past months. I was, well, much occupied with 'happy' activities with my loved ones. Haven't seen the Ladies in quite a while. Like I said before, time goes by, people change, well not entirely changed, what I mean is 'adapting to new situations', and that is all to the better! Hope to see them soon :)

And me? I could not have been happier than this. My relationship has been healthy and happy. Family population is growing bigger, and so are my DvD collections. All I can say Life so far has been a great 'gift' and Insha-allah, I hope it will stay that way.

So what's your new year's resolution? My new year's resolution is to get last year's resolution done! One of it is with the weight management! I tell ya, with not the right discipline it could be really hard. And with my 'condition' it makes it even harder, like my doctor said, not impossible, but harder. Hormones. Sigh. But any hoos, I am grateful. Conditions like mine, especially in weight management, it could be frustrating not seeing 'huge' drops in the Kgs, but I know everything happens for a reason, and the more I begin to accept it the more I realize my situation is not that bad. I realized it really well when I stood next to a woman who is 3x, or 4x 5x my size, and the woman is wearing tight tank tops and mini skirts. Not that I am judging the woman, I just admire the confidence she got for being her and does not care of what people think. So I thought, 'stop whining! workout, eat better with proper supplements and do it no matter how long it takes!' ..... Victoria Beckham has the same condition as mine and she's thin and sexy! There's still hope heheheh oh well enough about that.

A lot has happened in 2009. There was the H1N1, the blackout that hit the whole country (except for my area alhamdulilah for that), the flood and landslides, the Padi Laila, the Al-Gharimin or Zakat thingy, BRIDEX, the SPN21.. and that is just to name a few. It has been a heck of year, and alhamdulilah it all ended with peace and prosperity to the country.

The Great Flood in January 2009

The Blackout in October 2009

Sorry peeps I have to end my entry short this time. I'm going to end my post with recaps of my 2009. Enjoy peeps!

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Hari Raya 2009

Miri Trip @ Secret Recipe
Ramadhan 2009


My 25th Bday @ Dynasty


Genting Highland in October 2009


Cable Car Genting
(that's Mummy behind us hehe)


Mum's Bday November 2009
(earlier was at Mangrove)


Zakiah's Engagement June 2009


Ayien's Nikah August 2009


Ayien's Wedding August 2009


Ayien's Wedding Pt2


Taken on Dinih's engagement
November 2009


Taken during Nurul's engagement
November 2009


NJ7's Livewire Prize Presentation
December 2009


OR BootCamp in Kota Kinabalu
December 2009


Few shots from our vaykay in
Kota Kinabalu December 2009


My bro's bday at Mangrove
December 2009



Few shots of Shasya in 2009
At times she looks like this


At other times...


My fav photo of NJ7 & Shasya
in KK December 2009

Hello!!!

Assalamualaikum my dear readers,

Wowwwieeee, it has been a heck of a time since I last updated this blog. And of course, cliche reasons would be 'been busy', but I haven't really been that busy. Let's just say, I found another purpose to fill in my void.

So what have I been doing for the past few months - as of today my office work has been up to date. No more piling up of the work. Been doing my work as soon as it comes and I found out this way I have more free-er days in the week with out feeling guilty or freaked out when my dad calls me. Been busting my ass in my 'home gym', yessss I have a, well, I can say a complete home gym now, thanks to my dad that is. The treadmill, the stationary bike, the lat, the bench, the lazy bike, the dumb bells and weights, etc etc Kinda cool! I don't have to pack up my stuff and drive all the way to gym anymore. Though the Darling and I have a whole workout plan for the month of December. As he would say it, 'tinggal di gym tani'. Haha

Haven't seen the girls in months. I assume everyone is busy with their own thing now. The good thing to know is everyone is happy. Kiah's wedding will be in December. I hope we will be around during that time cause the mommy is planning on a holiday. We'll see :)

Last night, was over at the Darling's to help him out with his presentation. After hours of brushing up on the presentation, we went out for a while to have dinner. We decided to go this place not far from his house, since we're on a time constraint, and it was raining, so yea. This place was ok, but it's the type of restaurant that, well, how can I put this, if I had to list out all the eatery in Brunei that place would be number.. I can't even put a number to it! haha We were there ONCE last year..minum saja kali.. It was a different atmosphere for us but surprisingly the food was delicious.. This restaurant has a lot of branches, and I used to 'tapau' the one near to my place..it has good food yes..but at this particular branch..ntah ah..maybe the crowd atu kali..barijab..banyak ganster heheh But anyhoos, while we were waiting for our food, watching Naked Gun on the TV and observing the people around us, the Darling suddenly popped out an interesting statement of how we were always together. And slowly we were recapping the past times, and how he was in denial. Had a good laugh about it. And it suddenly made me think. I had never been so comfortable with a man this much. He said that as well vice versa. And I believed, back in the days when we were friends, it was that level of comfort that made me drawn to him in the first place. It made me realize how that comfort level made all my neurotic judgement and constant annoyance came down to a very settling feeling. And it has been until today. And I feel so blessed. Alhamdulilah. Not only that, a little birdie told me that this person that I was seeing before pulled a 'chris brown' and worse. Wow.. listening to that news and enjoying the love that I have now ... it felt like a blessing .. alhamdulilah ... And this reminds me, ''allah sentiasa menyayangi umat nya yang bersikap sabar"" .... :)

Tomorrow is the Darling's big presentation at Livewire. The business plan that he'll be presenting will be the plan that we have always been talking about. Been helping him out with the presentation and rehearsing for the past few nights. I know you can do it. All of the schools and institution that has participated, only 5 were selected nationwide. And the Darling is one of em! Three from his school that is. I assume they must be that good cause out of the 5 that were selected, none of it were from UBD. All the best baby! Don't knock em dead - you knock em alive!

Gotta hit the sack now peeps! Early morning cardio baby!! Burn you calories!! Burrrn!!

Enjoy the video peeps! Check out his other videos as well - it'll sure brighten up your day!

Boom Boom Pow My Version

Silent.Treatment.

Assalamualaikum my dear readers,

Wooowiee..it has been such a darn while since I updated this blog. It is so out-dated that I haven't even changed the movie picture of the Orphan and even my 'word of the day'. I will find a suitable time to keep this blog updated insha-allah. Before anything, how was your puasa so far? Mine has been so great and I have to thank Allah S.W.T for his blessings. My life has been so happy. Work has been, well, I do it in my own time a.k.a late night or when boring-boring masa patang but everything has been submitted as to date. It has been a while since my dad screamed at me for not membuat tuntutan or suppliers not yet been paid. Hehehe. Now payments are being paid smoothly, my dad's happy so I'm happy. No more 'paning babah cara alai berkeraja ani eh'. Just as long I submit everything before its due date that is mid and end of the month, suppliers and worker's salary being paid - my job is done! :)

For the Love life, people may say 'I've heard this before' - but yea..it has been great and being with the Darling has been the greatest experince for me. Everyday is a new day for smiles and laughter and I am just so ecstaticly happy.

There's too many events and occurings happened during this holy month of Ramadhan, and alhamdulilah it has been great. The Darling has already retreated from his 2-weeks of berdagang at the Stadium Parking Lot for the Gerai Ramadhan, and now relieving the start of a 2 week school/hari raya holiday.

Anyhoos..I would like to share this post that I got from strictlybeautiful. I have always been a huge supporter of the nature i.e. trees, water, animals and pollution and insha-allah by posting this post I may have done a small part of my contribution to make the earth go green and the greens go greener!!

Be a Proud Owner of one or more TREES today…

• Enroll with the ISB Badas 50,000 Trees Project.
  
• B$5.00 per tree open to all “go green” enthusiasts.
• Planting Ceremony to be held on an advised date in October 2009
• To donate, visit any BIBD Branch.
• Donation commences 22nd July 2009 till 30th September 2009.

Simply deposit your donation to the following BIBD Account Number:

“BIBD FUND FOR BADAS TREES PROJECT”

00 – 001 – 01 – 003816 – 6

For both account and non-account holders, simply deposit cash over the counter or through a cash deposit machine. Standing instruction is available for BIBD Account holders. Payment transfers through ATM is also available for ATM Card holders.

also peeps, good to note that:
Dari Qasim rahmatullah 'alaih menceritakan bahawa, satu ketika diDamsyik seorang telah berlalu dihadapan Hadzrat Abu Darda. Ketika Abu Darba sedang menanam tanam-tanaman. Beliau berkata kepada Abu Darba; Adakah tuan juga bekerja (ketika d dunia), sedangkan tuan adalah sahabat Nabi? Abu Darba berkata;Jangan terlalu cepat mencela ku. Daku mendengar Rasulullah bersabda: Barangsiapa menanam pokok, kemudian dimakan oleh manusia atau mahluk-mahluk Allah yang lain, maka bagi orang yang menanam pokok itu akan mendapat ganjaran pahala sedekah. (HR Musnah Ahmad)

Dari Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah saw bersabda: Barangsiapa menanam pokok, kemudian pokok itu berbuah, sebagaimana banyaknya bilangan buah-buah yang dihasilkan , sebanyak itulah ganjaran akan dituliskan bagi orang yang menanamnya. (HR Mushad Ahmad)

PLEASE HELP ME RE-POST THIS!!! lets help make Brunei greener :)

Salam peeps..selamat berpuasa :)

Ramadhan.Ya.Marhaban.

Assalamualaikum my dear readers,

Alhamdulilah..it is confirmed that 1st Day of Puasa will start on Saturday 22nd August 2009. Either today or Saturday I seriously don't mind because it is Ramadhan..a holy month. I am always welcoming its arrival, and alhamdulilah now it is finally here. Syukur.

Well today (Thursday), we're suppose to have a dinner outing with the Ladies and respective partners at Capers. I had to cancel on the last minute due to a family dinner outing. I hope the Ladies had fun. Still need updates on the outing dinner from them.

So yea, I had dinner with the Family, with the Darling and Amlir at "Cottage Grill", and of course most of us had the most recommended dish, the "marble" meat. Dinner was superb. Loves it. After dinner we went to watch the movie that I had been so wanting to watch - "Orphan" and I must rate it a verdict A!!!!! It is a seriously crazy teeth grinding bari garam hati movie which just clearly shows how good it was. The entire theatre had such a huge effect on it. It was slow at first but the mid part to the ending was soooooooooo .. you just have to watch it for yourself and you'll know what I mean. Lucky me the movies I have been watching lately was really good..happy me :)

Any hooters, Selamat Menunaikan Ibadah Puasa to all my Muslim readers, and with this I would like to take the opportunity to ask forgiveness for any wrong doings or sayings, yang sengaja atu tidak di sengajakan.. Salam semua :)

Drop by Gerai No. B11 @ Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah
*Nasi Lemak is the bomb - just a hint ;)

Books.

Assalamualaikum my dear readers,

Am just sipping on my Ice Tea Latte Double Vanilla (though the ice hancur sudah) after doing my monthly account statement updates for the month of July. I am a spendthrift, somehow, though mostly are spent on indulging delicious food, but I do keep myself on track with my spending. I am a receipt keeper no doubt and thanks to i-banking I am able to keep track of everything. Seeing all these numbers, my mind is subtlely finding ways to minimize unnescessary spending and create some space in my bank account for savings for more 'important' occasions, and alhamdulilah for the past few months.

I have mentioned about a book that I bought last month, 'Desert Royal' by Jean Sasson, well it was just two days ago I had started to read it and I must say I am very fond of it. I am going one chapter a day, I love to read at night cause it is when I find it to be most peaceful. I was shocked to find out the insides of a country that by common knowledge is known to be religious and sacred. The facts I had known about the country went from richer to richest and I have watched E! Channel's Most Richest but I have to compliment this country's wealth is EXTRAVAGANT! I remember vividly one of the sentences from the book 'Kareem (the husband) had sent a trusted Lebanese employee on ONE of our PRIVATE PLANES to PARIS for the sole purpose of acquiring a special gift for me. The TEN-TIERED DIAMOND CHOKER was now fastened around my neck'. I was like 'whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? For real???!!!!' What fascinated me most is it is a TRUE STORY! The stories came in 3s that is 'Princess' and 'Daughters of Arabia'. When I read it I imaigined to be Jean Sasson doing the interviews for the book- yeah I have a very fertile imagination hehe ok now let's stop at that. Whenever I finish a chapter I would relay it to the Darling and he has been a very good audience listening to my imagination version of the book. Loves him!

I think that's the whole beauty of reading. It makes you use your imagination and let you be creative with the stories. It's like you're the director of a movie. I used to read a lot in my teenage days, books like Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal, and that was a huge hit back then. I found my SVH book collections in the store room few months back and I couldn't believe how much of them I got. I remember my dad used to book his daily newspaper at the book store at the airport. Yang di ujung dulu and now it's...apa ah..jadi entrance kan ke Airport Restaurant. So in the evenings we would pick it up and I was always looking forward to it sal nya I can get to pick a new book every now and then. Siuk dulu di airport atu eh. And the books are always the up-to-date ones.

I remember reading 'Sweet Valley University - The House Of Death'. I read it when I was 11 or 12 and it took me quite a while to finish it cause it had all those big words that I couldn't understand, so payah jua kan imagine tu. Everytime I come across one of the big words I would refer it back to the dictionary and it took quite a while. Balum abis high school udah tah membaca university punya hehehe. But I did get to finish reading in about a month's time. Hmmmm siuk lah dulu atu. Debt free..all you need to do is go to school..buat homework..boring-boring baca buku. Now ni kalau boring boring..jalan..keluar lagi duit tu. But alhamdulilah atas segala yang diberikan :)

The 'Orphan' will be in the cinemas this Thursday!! Looking forward to watch it!! At last!!

Ok then peeps! Salaaaaaaaaaaam :)

The book that took my reading
to another level hehehe