Baru blk dr menjengah blog kak dilla n nurul, setelah lama tak buat cenggitu. Hmmm... rasa teremosi plak.. sbb diorg sumer pun tgh blues... rindu umah... Huhu... dahla tini layan lagu pop 80-an. Ala-ala mendayu2 gitu kan... Terasa sedeynya... (aku pun sedey gak.. walaupun aku kt dlm mesia je) :( sabo la ek, kak dilla n alqas... tak lama lagi boleh balik... boleh kumpul ramai2.. gelak2 sakan macam dolu dolu...
P/S: Teringat zaman kita curik2 masak utk sahur masa kita final yr... sardin, telur goreng... :D

"As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change,
From whatever
We will still be, friends forever"

Test Sijil Utara 2005
Sakit badan ler... Yesterday pergi jadik tenaga penguji utk ujian sijil rendah silat cekak kat USM induk... Seronok!!! tapi, sakit ler kan. Mmg takleh elak aa.. Aduh... budak2 ni kalau menumbuk tester mmg tak kasik chance langsung.. belasah sungguh2, especially bab pemakan.. Kalau kat dlm kelas tu, time practice ngan member tau plak control.. Adeihh.. tak kesian ke ngan tester ni deknon2 sekalian.. kitorg takde ilmu kebal tau... Huhuu... petang ni kena gi urut la, betulkan apa2 yang patut... Heheh..

Pepun, tahniah buat adik2 yang telah berjaya mengharungi ujian tersebut. Bukan semua orang ada keberanian utk duduki ujian tu macam adik2 semua. Tahniah!! :D

p E n I n G ! !
Hahah.. pening pening lalat aa skang ni. Tak tau nak buat apa. :p Bukan takde keje.. byk.. tu yang sampai tatau nak buat apa tu. Masters lagi, persiapan kahwin lagi, keje part time lagi... oo.. which reminds me, i need to update my resume and write a cover letter.. Hehe.. konon2 nak mohon jadik cekgu gstt.. sementara tunggu hujung bln 4 nih... carik duit sampingan, buat belanja kawen.

Ckp pasal mende kawen ni, nak kena siap dr skang, so that tak serabut bila dah ujung2 sok.. Masalahnye, tak tau la nak start kat mana.. Carik cth checklist kat website, byk for omputih weddings je. Mana sama... Huhu.. cane nih.. Nak buat apa skang ni?? Huhuu... kena plan utk dua2 terus.. tunang n wedding.. Aiyarkkkk!!!

Next week aunty ajak mama g dinner nak bincang2 pasal mende nih. Hmm...... kena buat b4 Dan g melbourne la.. kot tak kang, bila plak lagi.. coz afte melbourne, hujung march, maybe dia nak kena g US dah, utk training MD11 aircraft. Most probably, he won't be around for the engagement pun. :( Sedey sket2.. takpela.. engagement je.. Jangan dia buat kena g memana masa nikah sudah. Aku saman transmile. Muahahaaa.... Cause : violation of human rights (the right to get laid, according to Dan.. hahaha).

Where to start???? Help me peopleeee!!!

Hmm.. :) Rasa best siket. Lama tak update both blog and fotopage. Wanted to, tapi haritu fotopage ada problem mende ntah, takleh upload... so, nanti la. :)

Here Comes The Bride.....
Feeling a lot better than the past weeks. Restored kinda thing. Lots of reasons. I'm not as depressed as before about this whole wedding thing. Now, i'm feeling very joyful. I know the stressful moments will come again as the big day approaches, but I'm living my live as it comes. Tomorrow is always a new day, with new challenges. I'll just live today to the fullest and enjoy myself while it's still today. :) In sum, i'm pretty happy la.. my mom is showing more enthusiasm about me getting married, not like the last time.. now she's also giving me her input on what color to wear, the type of fabric and what not. :D Aunty called and said that she can't wait to have me as her menantu, his bro n sis-in-law are excited abt us getting married, my friends are excited, and that really makes me very happy. I'm happy that everyone i care about are happy for me. That matters.

This year will be full of weddings. My family aje, 5 ppl: adik beradik kembar, anak2 nenek su are getting married.. one march one april kot, then kak long in apr or may, then it'll be awin's engagement, followed by mine, then zura's wedding... then its gonna my big day. :D Please pray for me that everything goes well... Sesiapa yang dah ada pengalaman, tolong la bagik tips, khidmat nasihat abt anything tht have to do with wedding, tak kirala apa2 pun... persiapan, tmpt beli barang, hantaran, baju, apa2 lah. Thanks in advance. :)

Hmm... discussed with Dan abt the dates for the engagement and wedding... The next step is to ask mom abt it. :) After the dates are confirmed, i think we can start looking for bridal shops and caterers and make arrangements with them.

Splendid Weekend
A weekend spent alone with hunny bunny really restored me. :) It was really fun... i'd almost forgotten what it feels like to be away from home and just enjoying each other's company. :)

He arrived on Saturday noon, went to pick him up from the hotel and drove around, looking for a nice place for lunch. Hmm.. dah kehabisan idea la nak dine kat penang kat mana.. so, if anyone has an interesting dining place to share, please do tag me where ok? We headed to gurney plaza, but the traffic was so bad coz police blocked one lane of the roundabout.. (r/abt yg b4 gurney drive tu)... so we got detoured towards tg bungah instead. Terpksa la u-turn. Dah u-turn, ada motorcyclist going towards gurney plaza attempted to throw sth at us (dia marah konon we didnt let him go b4 us, padahal dia yg buat kurang ajar) so we avoided that road and masuk blk jln bagan jermal. Hmm.. started to drive around... sampai la the area near midlands one stop, there were this line of restaurants, so we stopped and had lunch at Secret Recipe. It was already 1600 then. Lapaq gila!

After lunch, drove around again, this time heading to Ferringhi... saja nak lepak2 at the beach. Around 1900, reached the beach and lepak sampai maghrib... Hehhe... It would be nicer if we came earlier and brought tikar n food and stuffs... picnic. Mesti bestt... Instead kitorg lepak2 atas batu je.. hehe.. And it would be better if takde bau2 yg tak menyenangkan. :p

After that, we drove to Persiaran Gurney to have dinner at the Roadhouse Grill.. Tak pernah sampai this place, even in KL, so i felt uneasy sbb lantai dia aren't as clear as other restaurants... bukannya tak clear sbb apa.. there were peanut shells under the tables. I took that as dirty. Hehe.. padahal.. mmg style tmpt tu mcm tu.. ala2 cowboyish saloon la. I had chicken parmigiana, which was shaped into a heart... so sweet.. sayang plak nak makan. Hehe.. Dan had the roadhouse burger. Perrhhh.. sedap giler daging dia. Nyummmm!!! It was indeed a supmtuous meal. Price pun not bad... lain kali boleh la kita pergi, ye kawan2?? :D

The next day, Dan had to fly in the morning.. so sempat la keluar jap gi carik V-Day card for him.. and bought him a box of handmade choccies... tasted some kat kedai tu.. Perhh.. sedap seyy... harap2 Dan bukak choccies tu as soon as i gave it to him.. boley mkn sama2.. hehe, kononnyala, niat di hati.. So when he got back, i gave him the card and the choccies... tapi he didnt open the chocolates box coz he was on diet... Huhu.. keciwa tak dpt mkn handmade chocs. Daymmm!

We then had lunch at KBJ, after lunch we headed for the airport. Its time for him to go home. :( I waited til he went into the boarding room. Hmm... so sad. Wish that he didnt have to go back.

Happy valentine's day sayang... Eventhough we're far apart, you know that my heart is with you always.

Lots to say but lack of enthusiasm to say it. Heh.

Effie's wedding
Finally, the day had come... for me to meet up with all of Dan's cousins, and for my mom to meet Dan's parents. I was more nervous abt the latter, quite obviously since i've already gone through meeting up with his relatives in Taiping.. Naturally, meeting up with his other first cuzs that i haven't met wasn't as nerve wrecking as to see the outcome of the parental meeting. Gasp!!

However, things turned out allright. They seemed happy to have meet each other. Aunty siap ajak mom to meet up to discuss abt us pulak tu. Heheh... Sayangnya, they sat quite far apart, so it was quite difficult for them to chat. But i think the meeting went fine. Thank God for that.

As for the wedding... well.. it was allright. The usual ballroom wedding. Dan and i was to help with the registration as well as presenting the bunga telur to the VIPs who were invited for the menepung tawar. Chum n her sis, Adik were the bestman and the bride's maid. The mcs, Taufik latif n sarinah mentioned all of our names with a little note that all of us are getting married soon as well... Hmmphmm.. now that everyone in the hall knows, agak2nya, hafta invite everyone ke? Hehe.. not for me to worry.. it'll be his side's wedding... Let them worry about that.

That aside, the favors for the guests were unusually creative. Instead of the usual bunga telur/candies, guests were given small containers of strawberry jam instead. Freshly brought down from Cameron Highlands, where Effie's family lived. Very nice!

So there.. i've met all his other cuzs... and my mom had met his parents. Everything went well. Shall i breath a sigh of relieve now?? Hmm.. with the engagement and wedding on the way.. i think not. :(

Pre-wedding tension
I never knew that engagements and weddings could be such a torture. I'm so stressed out about the whole thing PLUS this unfinished masters doesnt help!!.. Pening aaahh... Hantaran, jemputan.. yadda..yadda... I thought weddings are supposed to be a joyful occasion, not something the getting-married should be stressed out with.. i guess the only few people who would embrace weddings with joy would be the vendors: caterers, beautician, wedding consultant... Grrrrr.... If only everything can be paid for by dried leaves. Hahahahaaaaa.

Alahaiii.. lama nya cuti. Pungkok pun dah penuh sekerusi.. wahaha.. melambangkan betapa mengembangnya badan bila dapat relax2 kat umah. Nak kata relax sangat, takla.. tapi, bosan.. jadik, terpaksala merelaxkan diri... Asyik tdo je keje... Athirah tdo.. aku pun join.. Kucing tdo, aku pun join jugak.. Ish ish... Seperti biasa, bila lama tak menulis, akan hadirlah kronologi sepanjang aku tak memposting. Kalau nak baca, bacala... takyah pun takpe. Tak penting pun. Kalau boring2, blasah layan je la kan. Hehe.. tau tak pe( phrase baru belajar nih!). ;)

Khamis, 20Jan
Khamis pagi2, aku gi umah CikD, utk mulakan perjalanan balik ke KL.. Iyerla, jumaat dah raya. CikD drive lepak2 je.. bukan nak kejar amende pun. Singgah kat RnR Tapah.. Waw!! The very the nice gitu! Cun lah. Kira baloilah iklan gempak2. Lepas solat, teruskan jln sampai exit Sg Buloh... on the way tu, CikD tersedar lak dia tertinggal jam kat RnR tadik. Hallamakkk! Tanya kat org PLUS Sg Buloh, tepon sini, tepon sana, kabarnya, CikD dah amek balik jam dia masa on the way balik Pbtr haritu. Cayalah PLUS. Seb baik staf dia pun baik2 je, tadek nak marah2 orang. Camtula customer service! Seb baik layan kitorg leklok.. kalau tak, mmg penuh la posting ni ngan sumpah seranah. Muahaha... tahniah PLUS kerana cekap menjalankan tamggungjawab anda!
Petang, lebey kurang kol 4, baru sampai umah. wahh.. penat sungguh!

Raya Haji
Pagi, lepas solat raya, pergi kubur arwah Baba... Dah masuk thn ke-4 dah arwah pergi. Aku kagum ngan kasih mama kat arwah. Tiap2 minggu, tak pernah miss gi ziarah kubur baba. Walaupun mama uzur, mesti dia nak ikut gak.. tp duduk dlm keta je la kan.
Masa tu, dah panas, so kitorg anak beranak masing2 angkut payung. Macam piknik pulak. Cadangnya, lepas balik dr ziarah kubur, nak terus balik kg... Tp, mama cakap thn ni, wan (mak arwah) buat korban kat area kitorg, so decided nak tunggula, just in case wan nak singgah ke. Rupanya, wan tak datang pun.. So after bro blk smayang jumaat, kitorg pun blk ler kg.
Kat kg, nothing much la. Seperti biasa, lauk std. Sesampai, makan dulu.. Hehe.. lapaq sey. Pagi tu bfast awal2.. Sampai kg dah kol 3..maunye tak lapaq. Nenek buat tapai pulut lagi. Best giler. Ingat kawen sok mintak nenek buat tapai manyak2 la... nak kasik tetamu, takmo kasik telur... hehe.. ok tak?
Lepak takde aktiviti sampai Larut petang. Pastu, cuz awin datang, ajak g Alamanda. Bolehla.. drpd terperuk je kat umah takde mende. After asar kitorg pegi. Dua kereta jugakla.. sume budak muda2... aweks ada, mamats pun ada gitu. Cuma yg remaja2 dewasa ni je dah berpunya.. yang lain tu single lagi. ;) Ooo.. b4 gih, awin n afiq n emi bertungkus lumus mengajar aku masukkan contact lens dalam mata. Penuh blk nenek dgn spectators. Makcik2 sumer pakat2 masuk tgk sbb kitorg dok terjerit2, so diorg curious n masuk tgk.. melekat la pulak sbb ralit tgk sumer org bekerja keras nak tlg masukkan contact lens tu dlm mata aku. Yg mata aku ni pulak, asyik nak terkedip2 je kejenye. Setengah jam sey nak kasik menatang tu masuk. Isk.. so, terkelip2 la for the rest of the day. Rasa cam waheeda pulak! ;) Ayat perasan: hmm.. cun jugak! Muahahahaa....
Kt Alamanda, tk shopping apa pun. Jln2 je. Ada kedai ethnic stuffs. Mmg best la kan. Ada collection baju this fashion designer..tak ingat nama dia.. haha.. sorry! Ada kebaya nyonya, fabrik n kerawang dia lebih kurang je dgn aa yg kitorg tgk kat Pesta Penang last yr... harga dia??? TIGA KALI GANDA MAHAL!!!! Gilosssss... sewa kedai kat situ mahal sgt ke??
Tunggu awin beli prezzie utk bf dia, pastu terus balik. B4 that, snap la 2-3 gamba, posing miang2.. wahaha.. Yg cuz2 lelaki ni, pose ala2 Manhunt gitu.. kononnya la kan. :p Sukatilaa.. Jadiknya, kitorg beraya kat alamanda je. Hehe.

Lahai.. kering aa.. kering idea utk cerita2 seterusnya. Lain kali je la.

..S E L A M A T H A R I R A Y A A I D I L A D H A..
Pohon dimaafkan salah silap, yang zahir dan yang batin. Semoga pengorbanan kita dalam apa jua bentuk sekalipun diredhai olehNya. Mudah2an Allah jauhkan penyakit2 hati dari kita semua. Amiinn!~

Kena Marah!!
Pagi2, tgh bersiap2 utk ke school, tiba2 dapat panggilan:
voice: Noreen?
me : oh hi aunty!!
aunty: Baru bgn ke?
me : Tak.. tgh siap nak g school
aunty: Noreen jgnla risau2 about hantaran. Aunty taknak you risau2. Aunty nak simple aje, buat yg wajib je. Cincin, tepak sirih and something else maybe, if you dont mind.
me : Hehe..ok.
aunty: Aunty tak suka la the way orang sekarang buat, macam nak tunjuk2 kat orang. If i want to give you things, i dont have to tell people about it. Betul tak?
me : Hehe..betul, betul! I agree. :)
aunty: so jangan risau2 ya? Take care. Nanti kita tgk2 what to be done when y ou come back.
me : Ok. :)

Muahahaaa... kan dah kena marahhhh!! Nih semua sah2 Dan la ni, gih report kat aunty that i was stressing out about the hantaran thingy. CHEHHHHH!!! I wasnt even stressing out for God's sakes. Hehe.. okla.. maybe just a little.. I told him that i should start looking for a job so that i can make some money to buy him hantaran. Sah2 dia report, and harini i jugak yang kena. Adushhh... Hehe..

Tp, betul la aunty kata. Kekadang, orang sekarang, suka buat mende utk menunjuk2. Typical malay behaviour la. Tp rasa cam again, trapped in the middle. My mom mungkin la tak kisah sgt abt these things.. tp relatives nih problem sket. They want everything to be like everybody else does it... biasala, typical malay mentality. Buat sbb orang. Haiyaaa.. i dunno aaa... As for me pulak, well... i want my engagement/wedding to be simple yet stylish. Tak semestinya hantaran mahal2... tp must be presentable. Tp, apapun, tak kesahla, as long as i get married. Itu yang paling penting!! :D Bagus jugak kalau aunty kata nak hantar 3 hantaran je, senang nak pulang 5 je. Kuih2 semua aunty2 dah cakap nak sponsor.. so, cukupla tu. Just have to prepare money for my baju and sewa dulang2 hantaran je. Wallaweyyy.. banyak save tu! Wedding pun simple2 je, duit lebih bawak g honeymoon laaa! Woohooo! (itupun kalau Dan dpt cuti la kan. :( )

Okeh..takmo pk pasal hantaran dah. :)

EQ Sunday Brunch
Two words to describe the EQ brunch yesterday : SANGAT BESHHHH!!!
We got there at around 1200, and started brunching soon after. There were a really huge selection of foods from malay cuisin to international cuisin, and a wide range of yummy desserts to choose from.

First thing i got on my plate(a little of each): Chinese style fried rice, fried kuay teow, lasagna, seafood au gratin, chicken boxing, steamed tofu.. ermm.. tu je kot. Ate in peace, savoring everything to its very juicy bits, surrounded by the lush nature, plus the sound of pouring water from the man-made waterfall that runs into the swimming pool... Waaaa.. magnificent dining experience. Emptied everything on the plate, sat and chat, then continued... Hehehe...

Next, i went to get myself a warm, made-upon-request waffle. Siap flirting jap ngan orang buat waffle tu. Hehe.. Apa salahnya kan.. berbudi bahasa. ;) That person asked, what do i want to have on my waffle.. I told him that i wanna have loads of ice cream on it.. and i did! 4 full scoops of ice cream (multi flavored), dribbled with chocolate sauce and strawberry molasses, chocolate rice and slices of baked almond. The taste? Heavenly! Hmm.. i could almost feel the fat from the waffle and ice cream encircling my thighs! Daym!

After waffle, lepakkkk lagi.. and when everyone was ready to fill their plates again, i went with them, this time filling mine with desserts.. cakes, pies, mousses, jellies... Sedapnyee!!! tapi, tak habis pun! Hehe.. but the cheese cake was really2 nice. Topped with caramelized almond plak tuh.. Hmm... sangat best!

After that, semua orang dah tersandar kat kerusi. It was only 1.20 pm.. We've got like another 2 hours to go. So we waited before continuing. At 2pm, everyone was ready to have their last fill. I went for the lasagna again. Why? sebab lasagna dia sedap gila!!!! The best i've ever had! Had lasagna with fried chicken fillets. That was the last thing i ate. After that, i took a cup of coffee to end the delightful sunday brunch.

All in all, memang sangat best la! Well, despite the high service tax la kan.. So, we had to pay around rm36.80 nett la for the brunch. Okla, since there was a huge selection of foodies kan. Maybe we should try that again next time huh?

Perjumpaan Tenaga Pengajar
Saturday night, malam perjumpaan ten pengajar cawangan P.Pinang, satu acara tahunan. Apa yang dibuat pada malam tu, serba sedikit latihan memanaskan badan (perhhh..mmg panas sungguh!!), pastu ada sesi dialog, kemudian sekali, sesi makan2. :)

Perhh... sengal2 badan tak habis lagi sampai harini. Pergelangan tgn pun lenguh sbb byk sangat menumbuk. Hehe.. tapi.. semua sangat best!! After sesi dialog, kenduri!!!! Haritu makan roti jala, lawan plak ngan kuah kari best and teh halia. Perhhh! ;) Habis keluar semua angin!

Itu lah suma citer masa weekend. Harini, letih lom habis, rasa nak tdo je.. tp sbb terpaksa get ready utk class esok and siapkan sebyk mende yg possible seblom blk berjoli utk raya, terpaksala abaikan rasa nak tdo sepanjang haritu.

Wokeys... gotta prepare for tekno. Bubbyes!