me & FF - starting out

Somewhere in January. inline with my b/f new year resolutions, i decided to accomplish at least one of it; which is to lose weight. so, on that friday me n rakan2 ofis (just 3 of us) went to FF. there we met the membership consultant (he’s quite cute and very good in persuading ppl). after explaining mcm2 about the club, he brought us for a tour at the club. At the end, after not that much consideration, i decided to give it a try. so akhirnye i became the club member. overall i paid around RM256 for admin fee and bodyfirst pack. This bodyfirst pack come with 3 session with Personal Trainer and a set of books (exercising+eating+bodyjournal).beside that i also received a backpack+face towel+drinking bottle. soo excited to start!

what make me choose FF?

- the facilities is good

- good accessibility to public transport n shopping mall

- nearby my office

- based on review by the ex-members/members

what to do before joining a fitness club?

- survey the location/branch

- survey the price

- budget for monthly expenses

- search for cheaper option; membership transfer can always offers u cheaper monthly subscription fee

- come out with a time shedule

- think whether r u ready for that kind of commitment

#qepoh get-together day . .

asalnye, cume luncheon wif #qepoh-ians. (fyi: #qepoh terdiri drpd ex-v3es, batch jan 2000, and terdiri dr berbilang course) asalnye jugak, tak sangka hampir sume dpt menghadirkan diri, except for mawar, rina n pdah (keja jauh n lunch time tak lame) dan asalnye nk makan di food court klcc tu je. tp tak bestlaa utk kitorg mkn lame2 borak lame2 amik2 gamba n gelak kuat2(oopss) so, kuasa veto umumkan makan kat nandos. yg nie mmg menarik. b4 this cam susah gle nak g nandos (xde geng+ xde masa), tp tetibe melimpah aktiviti mkn kat nandos laa plak(iftar,luncheon, belanje dll). syukur!

aspa picked me up at home sumwhere around 11 while i was busy dressed up and make up. reached there 11++, had short window shopping trip at vincci. around 12 @ nandos waiting for the arrival of the rest of the attendees. by 2pm(after dah setel makan+2 rounds of refill for the bottomless ice lemon tea) the final member arrived. surprise surprise, she introduced us to her ehem ehem (nmpknye #qepoh akan tambah ahli baru lg nnt) tak sempat nak borak lame, as dah duk kat nandos for 3 hrs and nak elak jam, kami beransur pas sume kira2 disetelkan. btw, sblm luncheon bersurai, aspa make adhoc invitation to her house@ batu arang for another round makan2 mlm tu. so, kami yg bujang dan duduk berdekatan nie pun say "YES" laa.

mlm tu, plan asal bertolak lepas maghrib. tp atas sbb2 yg tk dpt dielakkan, kami bertolak dr selayang lepas isyak.(konfem miss Nur Kasih). 5 org dlm satu myvi. 10 minit perjalanan menghala rawang, kitorg trap dlm kesesakan yg tak sepatutnye berlaku.(dh lebih 20 tahun aku lalu jln rawang nie balik utp/kg, keadaannye still same, jln sempit, berlobang2, tadek perubahan besar) slps melepasi jln jam, kami melalui pekan rawang, hutan2, bandar tasik puteri, hutan2, dan sempat sesat sekejap sblm tiba ke umah aspa. seriously, pegi mlm n pegi siang, sgt2 berbeza. seb baik kitorg ber5! bertolak 8.45mlm smp 10.10 kot. smp je, kami mmg dah sgt lapar. mengadap nasi + ayam goreng + sayur campur + masak lemak cili padi udang + kek lapis oreo dan kerepek seaweed baram (hahaha) sambil layan herbie fully loaded smp kul 12 mlm. pergghhh..2nd time aku beraya balik pas kul 12. the 1st time; mase 2001 konvoi raya ex-semesta (dr tghari smp ke 1++ pagi).. dr batu arang ke selayang another 50 min. sbnrnye, aku mmg ade skit goosebumps laa..balik umah after 12, lalu plak utan2, bandar sunyi2. seb baik keta penuh, kalo tak, aku rela tdo kat umah aspa jek. (dan rela dilecture dgn mak sendri keesokkan harinye) ;p

special thanx to aspa for the transportation pegi n balik luncheon. pada cik nor transportation pegi n balik dr mkn2 kat batu arang. pada aspa lg for makan2 yg sedap n sudi menerime tetamu walau dh after 10. pada #qepoh-ian yg dpt dtg memeriahkan majlis. :)

sekali lagi?

Perancangan awal tu dah bermule since April. Tp asyik ditangguhkan sbb tgh peak period at office. As usual audit for year end 31st Dec 2008. then, slowly suasana kat ofis dah berubah. It wasn’t anybody’s fault. Everybody esp the boss had their own right to throw tantrum and mengamuk at the office whenever they want or like though it wasn’t anybody’s fault at the 1st place. However, having to go thru that almost every day was such nightmare to me. then, one day I decided that I had enough. I handed in the letter. N now I’m an auditor with 3 years exp, finalist of ACCA is jobless, and looking for new opportunities. As much I had enough with audit (esp the travel to kawasan pendalaman yg tatau ceruk mane), n pray hard for position in commercial sector, I know that in this recession time, the choices might be abundant, so do the competition, thus cannot be too picky. It is fun to browse thru recruitment section in the Star, it is enjoyable sending out resume thru email, hate the interview part, most of all hate the 1st week at a new place. But then, it is the only option that I have, to work for my dreams. Yeah..officially jobless again for the 2nd time in 4 years..

ceriteraya episod 2

pas solat raya, aku masih busy kat dapur. isi kuih dlm balang. potong nasi impit. buat sambal bilis. sediakan sarapan. pasang langsir. aku tatau kul bape sume tu setel. tp yg pasti, tahun nie salam2 raya sgt sempoi. siap ade part2 lagi.mungkin sbb aku tak sempat beli baju raya so aku tak beria2 sgt nk join sesi salam2 di pagi tu. pagi2 adik2 aku dah beraya ngan mak aku. aku beraya petang skit. sbb still bujang lagi, mak aku bg duit raya. sbb aku tak malu. aku terime laa dgn sengih2. :) tghari tu aku melayan 3 round budak2 beraya. sume pakat masuk umah. membantai kuih raya. ptg tu aku buat kunjungan balas kat jiran sblh yg dtg beraya tgh td. raya ke 2, aku n mak bergotong royong buat bihun sup tulang. harinie mmg sgt ramai org dtg. keluarga mak ngah, keluarga anak die, keluarga mentua adik aku dan mlmnye kawan2 adik aku. mmg gamat gile bile keluarga mak ngah aku dtg. almaklumlaa, the three lil adorable rascals tu pun ikut skali. dh lame tak jumpe diorg, makin kiut dan ganas anak2 kazen aku nie. paling best, time diorg beratur amik duit raya. mcm tau2 je kena beratur ikut seniority. hahaha. papehal pun aku mmg dah spt nak patah tulang belakang hari tu, mane taknye byk gile b*#& pinggan2 n gelas2 aku kena basuh sorang2. hepi tu ttp hepi. sakit tu ttp sakit. aku tido tak sedar selama 12 jam mlm tu.

esoknye, mak aku masak laksa. aku tak bape mkn laksa. so mak aku tk bising sgtlaa, aku tak tolong sgt. seb baik adik aku ade. harinie, rina, azhar n si kenit comel, Fatin dtg sini. fatin makan kek coklat je. mama n ayah die makan laksa n ratah ayam. hopefully diorg enjoy makan haritu. pastu aku cam tak igt sgtlaa ade org dtg lg ke tak. sbb aku dah tak bape ade mood. sbb esoknye dah kena keja. mak aku plak masak nasi ayam hari raya ke empat tu. n after that, sume back to rutin mknn spt biasa. on that friday, pas keja aku jumpe ayah aku, yg dah setahun setengah aku tk jumpe. mmg puas laa kena sekolah ngan ayah aku. tp puas hati gak laa, dah setel satu hal. on sunday haritu, aku buat makan2 skit utk close fren, too bad rina kat kg, kalo tak, dpt laa die join skali. for the first time, aku cube buat nasi lemak n kari ayam. kari ayam tu buat peneman roti jala yg dingidamkan si ella. (sbb dah tau buat sendri kan? soo, apelaa salahnye tolong member)

raya aku tahun nie sgt sempoi. tadek baju raya, kasut raya or beg raya. tp aku tak rase benda tu penting sgt pun, sbb tahun nie aku dpt something yg jauh lebih bermakna, my niece, Nur Kasih Ariessa. :)

Ceriteraya episod 1

(aku ske laa buat part2 nie..tp kang..tggu 2-3 minggu baru sambung)

asalnye, my raya holiday was supposed from 18/9 - 27/9. however, since my sis terberanak awal, terpaksa awalkan cuti. so jdnye my raya holiday started on 14/9 - 22/9. 14/9 tu half day. pas je kuar ofis, my destination was chow kit. mission: to find lapik meja plastik n acuan for cupcake. so, jumpe 1st house deco shop, dah nmpk byk lapik plastik lawa2 n murah. so i bought 2m @ rm15. next, aim for the 'bake with yen' shop. mak aih, ramainye kaum2 hawa tgh beli brg2 buat kuih raya! kaum adam pun ramai gak. ramai tggu kat luar n tepi kaunter cashier. ade gak 2-3 org kaum adam tgh beli barang tp beli sambil on hp, tanye si bini laa tu. actually nak beli paper cup cake je, tp akhirnye aku beli kotak kek, lapik kek, kotak cup cake, paper cup for cookies. tak abis byk pun kat sini, dlm rm30 je.

dr sane, aku ke sogo. beli susu skit. n then mengabiskan 2 jam kat level baju baby. cari booties, mittens dan pape barang keperluan Kasih. sumenye on mak long die laa. sbb tgh mode bulan pose, so aku tak belanje byk pun, dlm rm100.

Proses membuat kuihnye bermula 3 hari sebelum raya. Proses mengemas rumah dah bermula secara perlahan2 seminggu sebelum raya. Memandangkan my mum dah beli ketuhar baru, stand mixer baru n mcm2 laa barangan buat kek, I had no choice but to increase the production of the kueh raya. For the start, I baked buttermint cookies with choc. Followed by all time favourite cornflakes honey and cornflakes cookies. The best thing with the new oven is that, I didn’t have to move around. I can be statutory seat in front of the tv with the oven besides me. Nice!

Besides the homemade kueh raya, mom also bought must have kueh tunjuk; London almond, pineapple tart and hazelnut and almond cookies. 2 days before raya, me and mum having a raya spree at the bintang hypermarket. Tahun nie, hanya kami berdua yg membeli barang2 basah dan kering utk dimasak mase raya. In 45 minutes kami Berjaya memenuhkan hamper 2 troli dan mengabiskan almost rm300. itupun sebab my mum yg sibuk memborong periuk n kuali baru.

Btw, did u noticed that zakat fitrah tahun nie is RM7 seorang compared to RM5++ last year? Obviusly keadaan ekonomi skang, esp the inflation masih lagi tak dpt di kawal dgn sewajarnye, so menyebabkan zakat tu naik mendadak. Hopefully golongan2 yg sepatutnye dah dpt manfaat drpd zakat2 dan dermaan sempena raya dan pada masa2 akan datang.

3 hari b4 raya, aku sempat mencelahkan satu iftar ngan kawan lepak mase kat utp dulu; sue. pasal buka pose nie, aku selit dlm iftar sana sini part 2 nnt.

Sehari before raya, adelah hari yg paling aku tak ske. Nape? Sbb kena pegi pasar borong selayang. Walaupun setahun hanya skali aku memijakkan kaki ke pasar basah tu, aku mmg tak ske nak pg pasar basah tu! Tp terpaksalaa pegi, mak dah tak larat nak meredah pasar. Tp yg menambahkan rase tak best tu, kerahan kerja ke pasar tu dh tggl 2 org je drp 3 org. sbb kerahan yg satu lg tgh berpantang. Tp adil laa kan? Die pun bukannye dpt makan ape yg kitorg beli tu. Sbb kitorg nie selamanye amatur, utk membeli brg2 dlm senarai yg tak bape panjang tu je dh memakan masa hampir 3 jam. Kalo tak kerana kami menggunakan kelebihan kami, mungkin lebih lame kot. Haha..ngorat2 laa skit, cepat skit dpt barang. :p

Malam sblm raya, aku layan tv sambil buat kek coklat. Diikuti, sapu lantai, mop lantai dapur dan ruang tamu. Then, membasuh balang2 kueh raya dan gelas2 khas utk raya. Last but not least, cuci bilik air.(agak malang skit tahun nie, boleh plak terkena turn aku cuci bilik air masa raya). Pastu aku tido mati. Aku sedar je mak aku tgh bising2 kejutkan adik2 aku g solat raya. Aku? Sah2 laa tak pi.mmg tak dpt nak bangun.

Cite pas solat raya? Tggu part 2..

ifTar sana Sini part 01

1. Kenny rogers with mum

Nie lebih kurang upah sebab tolong basuh dapur umah la. Mak dan aku sebenarnye kepenatan lepas memunggah, lepas tu mencuci and then menyusun balik. Jadinye, mak aku ajak makan kat luar je hari tu. Memandangkan tukang cuci lagi satu ade dating, jd aku jelaa tukang temannye. Sampai kat krr, kami reserve tempat n order makanan. Pastu jalan2 kat maju junction tu. Pada awalnye aku dah berjanji pada diri sendiri supaya tak beli apa2. tp lepas masuk nichi. Aku terpaksalaa abaikan dulu. Pas pilih2, kami pegi berbuka dulu. Aku makan ayam dgn side dishes yg biasa aku amik, ubi kentang, coleslaw dan baked beans. Mak aku plak nak makan spageti. Sumenye RM44. terime kasih mak sbb belanja

2. Kak Eita Steamboat - Semestarian 2000

Aku dah tak ingat bile kali terakhir aku join dak2 sekolah aku nie berkumpul. Mungkin konvoi raya 7 tahun lepas kot. Bile ketua rombongan anta sms jemputan, tetibe aku rase nak pegi plak. Tp aku ragu2 gak. Takut kalo diorg nie balik lewat malam. Camne plak dgn aku? Jd aku pun bgtau aku confirm tp bersyarat, kena ade org amik kat lrt wangsa maju. Kalo balik lambat kena anta sampai umah. Ketua rombongan kate ok. Aku pun ok. Petang tu aku dah berkobar nak jumpe geng2 lama. Alih2 ade dua org je dak pompuan yg dtg iaitu aku dan wiwi. Hurm. Aku yg baik dan jarang bersosial ngan dak laki nie jd rasa bosan skitla. Tatau nak borak ape. Kami makan steamboat buffet. Harga rm29++ tp akhirnye bayar dekat rm37 sorang. Hasil daripada budak2 nie yg hepi je dok order air fresh oren n tembikai utk bape kali pun aku tak ingat. Lame borak2, diorg decide nak tukar tempat. Mmg aku dah jangka. Memandangkan tukang anta balik pun still tak puas borak lagi. Aku redha jelaa ikut. Tp aku dgn tegas bgtau limit aku pukul 1 pagi. Diorg ok. Aku pun ok la. Lepak di oldtown sri rampai. Order kopi n borak sampai kena halau balik. :p thanx to manaf and shafiq for the transport.

3. Taman wilayah selayang wif Family

Bersempena dgn anak menantu yg nak balik umah, dr hari ahad, mak aku dah plan nak masak ape. Haha. Excited nak menjamu cucu dlm perut tu sebenarnye. Pas puas merangka, akhirnye mak aku masak siakap kukus kuah kicap, sambal udang, cucur udang dan mee sua. Pencuci mulut agar2 merah dan gula Melaka santan. Biasanya kalo masak nasi utk buka, kami akan masak lebih utk sahur skali. Mak aku suh masak 2 pot setengah je, sbb aku dan mak aku tak makan nasi sgt. Tp aku kate masak 3 pot bumbun laa. Mmg tepat tekaan aku. Kami berempat abiskan around 2 pot lebih. Tggl cukup2 je utk sahur. Memang berselera sume. Mak aku pun sama. Sbb ramai org kot, so jd lebih selera sampai bertambah2. pas buka, adik aku mengadap kuih raya. Dan sempatlaa memberi arahan utk bungkus itu dan ini utk die bawak balik. Ikutkan jelaa, kang kempunan tk dpt makan kalo bersalin b4 raya.

younger man vs older man . .

Am I destined to be with younger man? Like my mum? Why did I wonder? Past few months, I’d been meeting/being introduced to guys who are younger than me. So, what’s wrong with it? Being with younger guy will make u look younger. Being with younger guy will also make u feel restless. Restless when other people started to ask how old are you? How come you got to know to each other? It will be much more restless when it comes to his parents, especially the mother. Not a conservative. But most of the parents nowadays are still under the spell of “my son should be marrying someone that I approve”, “my son should be marrying someone same as his age”, “my son should be marrying someone who is either as wealthy as us or wealthier than us”. So, when the son still proceeds, than the Ibu Mertuaku modern version will emerge. Those who are smart and brave enough will manage to outdo the “ibu mertua ku” act. Those who aren’t, remained trapped and finally ended at the divorce paper. I think too much. But I can’t stop from thinking. This is not simply a coincidence anymore. I wish it is as simple as what one the guys had told me “Age is just a number”. I wish it is simple enough to contain this budding love.

PTD exam!

I woke up slightly earlier than usual. Dressed up in tunic and long pants. Make a final check – to ensure that I didn’t forget the letter and mykad. Boarded a cab to masjid jamek. Bought the ticket to pandan indah. Reached at pandan indah some where around 8.00. Looked around, unable to locate the nearby cab stand. Now, I started to panic. A makcik told me there’s a cab stand, but have to walk for about 5 min to the main road. There’s another candidate with me too, but she was assigned to diff. location. Managed to get a cab, she suggested we board the cab together. Soon, halfway to my exam centre, the girl started to complain that she will be late. Then, the greedy cab driver dropped me somewhere but not the exam centre and left me wandering around, searching for direction. It was 8.30 am - I was supposed to be at the exam centre already as per required and stated in the letter! But I’m still walking and thinking. I was thinking of giving up. I was so mad and had started to sweat. Thanks to the helpful residents of Pandan Jaya , finally I managed to locate the exam. Found the exam hall. It was free seating. Secured a place right under the fan. I was relieved and glad that I didn’t gave up.

PTD exams started on 9 am and ended at 4.30 pm with 5 sections. General knowledge/maths and penyelesaian masalah/essay comprehension/ English essay and malay essay. The exams was not that tough. But having all being held on the same day, it was soo tiring. Got to know Kak Wan. She sat in front of me. Very friendly, offered me the biscuits that she brought and she even offered to drop me at the monorail station later after the exam. Alhamdulillah.

padah bile tak dgr cakap..

what u get when u ate mc muffin+hash brown in the morning, followed by fried mee with 1/2 cooked sunny egg for lunch, choc pretzel stix for tea and laksa asam+ mee rebus + sup tulang for dinner + buah mata kucing and marigold hl for dinner? well you got urself mc on friday , and stay at home for the whole weekend!

the food inspector might be saying "i told you so" when he read this. my trainer would say " melampau betul" my frens would say "lapa sgt ke?". hehe..but my justification was that it was a mystery why on that specific day i was having the biggest appetite ever. (this would be the last time i ate sooo many kind of food on the same day..it was really a lesson learnt)

to cut short..the diarrhea started on friday morning which was too painful for me to bear untill i'd decided to cancel the trip to client's place n the office though i was halfway there. reached home n slept all day. my stomach in great pain and body temp was damn high. but as there was nobody at home n i didnt have the strength to walk, i just waited for mum n bro to reach home to send me to clinic and to buy something for me to eat. the next two days was recovery process which allowed me to do nothing except kuar masuk toilet, sleeping, eating porridge and watching tv. the 1st two days were very challenging, as it was very hot= fever + sore throat + headache, i loss my appetite. and alhamdulillah by sunday evening i started to feel better.

p/s: lesson learnt

1. cannot eat fast food

2. cannot eat fried food

3. cannot eat carb after 6 pm

4. listen to the trainer and the food inspector

5. never eat at mamak again

last on mr.x . .

did u noticed it? it had been quite sometimes i talked about mr.x. but at the same time..there's no other mr. appearing in my blog. yeah, finally i got the courage to send the last sms and return the ring. hurm, i know the ring is mine, but i cant keep it anymore as it reminds me of him. i cant sell the ring bcoz theoretically is not mine (would fake silver ring cost as much as pure gold ring?) so, the best thing to do is to return it back and let him give it to anybody that he think deserve to have it. my point is that ppl who did not knew how to appreciate others doesnt deserved to be loved by me. maybe i'm the one who had try / think too much. but enough is enough.

1st month without the ring. still feeling contented and glad that i'd make that decision..:)

pengakuan seorg penagih pembeli belah..

The initial plan was to do cardio and followed by a shopping trip at primavera and the vincci..but then the plan took a big turn when I woke up feeling drowsy and with sore throat. As mum wasn’t at home n rest of my adik2 had already out for dating, I did the spring cleaning at the house..started with my bedroom, then the living room, kitchen and bathroom. I was feeling sick but I managed to clean up everything. And soon enough, I was feeling sooo tired that I slept thru the afternoon. Woke up feeling very2 hungry but not in the mood of cooking, so I went to selayang mall and tapau bihun tomyam and brownies at secret recipe plus the original dvd of confession of shopaholic. Lately, I had developed a new habit of purchasing dvd of movies instead of Korean drama series. Yup, I’m trying to view life and relationship at a much2 more realistic perspectives.

Overall, the movie was up to my expectation. Had mixed of everything. Isla Fisher was indeed the right person to potray the shophaholic Rebecca. I love the scene where she was seduced to buy the green scarf. It was exactly what I felt when I was in dilemma whether I should buy that thing or not. I’ll start imagining how do I look when I wear that shoes. So funny and stupid too! Next best scene was the scene where she paid the long awaited outstanding to Derek Smeath (the debt collector) in form of pennies instead of bills. That was so padan muka to the debt collector who had be constanctly harassing her in the most possible way that he could. He really sounded like Ah Long!. Hugh Dancy had he’s own persona, and I’ll be looking forward to see more of him should there be sequels for this movie. A good movie to watch if you want something less complicated and less adventure.

gath + kenduri + shopping = makan3

2^nd weekend of June started with the mini-gathering #qepohian at food court klcc eve of the weekend. The attendees were; fidah(host), shon(secretary kot), me, nor, rina & azhar, and yus. Though a bit kelam kabut as not so many ppl able to confirm their attendance, the gath went on great(though there were two awkward moments happened on that nite) the main purpose; to pass the special (fidah’s) wedding invitation card (mmg special n agak sukar utk dipost as the card was a bit thicker than the normal card). Beside that, we had our gossiping session too (as we are the #qepohian) while eating the waffle/popiah and drinking the coconut drink, (credit to fidah for belanje air kelapa). And extra credit to reedu n nor for hantarkan aku balik ke umah on that nite.

Next, on sat, me n nor meredah ujan lebat to bangi. Our mission; to attend waida’s brothers’ wedding. Though the trip took almost an hour. We managed to reach the house and find a good parking spot. We met waida who looks pretty in the blue kebaya (she rarely dressed up kind of person..ske pakai sempoi2) and terus makan as we were sooo hungry. The caterer was UBE catering and the nasi minyak plus the varieties of the lauks were simply delicious. (if only I was not in diet mode, I would have tambah nasi and lauk) but the most unforgettable dish was the dadih kelapa. Very unique and soothing for the throat. Unfortunately, there’s only 1 left at the dessert table or else I would have tapau extra dgn muke selambe. But I managed to tapau tapai pulut for my mum (and as expected the tapai pulut was nice too)

On Sunday, after been postponing the the agenda for a while, finally me and my mum able to go to jalan tar and sogo for a shopping trip. Our target; kain for baju raya in maroon colour. And guess what? After jalan2 kuar masuk almost 10 textile shop, we ended up buying nothing. Seriously, tadek satu pun yg memikat hati. Penat berjalan, we stop at a mamak, have a tea break. Then, we headed to gulati’s and maya. I fall in love at the first sight with one fabrics at the gulatis. But I was broken hearted when I found out that it was priced almost rm100 per meter. (for a baju kurung, I have to buy 4 meters). So, I gave up. We headed to sogo. My mum splurged on new comforter set, few pairs of shoes, clothes and on me too. (so, r u still wondering, where I got this shophaholic habit?) my mum belanje dresses for me. Yeay! Will melaram with the new dress soon. Though, sgt penat (sbb berjalan dr pagi sampai ptg) but we were satisfied with our purchases on that day.

p/s: mum planning for another shopping session at klcc. Must tag along nie.

F8 Audit & Assurance

Disclaimer: I self study for this paper. I didn’t attend classes or even the revision classes. I’m getting ready for the exam solely based on my audit notes+textbook+prior year question+2 ½ years of audit experience. (bukan berlagak pandai, but more to nak save duit dan masa)

The truth: Last minute study. I kinda took the paper for granted as I thought I could rely on my audit experience. But look at the bright side, shud I had follow the right guide of auditing, I would be ok.

The paper was 3hrs and 15 minutes. It was fully essay paper. ACCA exam would never fail to give me a neck+head+back pain after submitting the answer booklet, nevertheless the level of difficulties of the paper.

If I managed to answer all question with an extra 20 minutes to tidy up my answer booklet (underlining the main issues, making a box, draw a line and others) is it consider that i:

- know everything; or

- just simply wrote crappy stuff; or

- know nothing; or

- I’m still good at goreng2; or

- I tak cukup menggoreng; or

- I want to usha one hot guy who is taking the same exam too?

Frankly speaking, I’d good feeling after the exam. Feeling of passing the paper. Fyi, in ACCA, what counts is whether u pass or not. It was not about marks, unless u aiming to be best student in the world/Malaysia or highest score for paper, it will be another issue. Nway, sbb dah perah otak seabis2nye, what’s left is to berdoa kepada Allah.

p/s: 6 more to go . . (sempat kawin n ade anak nie)

Training Session At Redbox Ria

Wah, ape sudah jadi nie. Sepatutnye work out session kat gym. Nie dah buat kat redbox plak dah. Haha. Actually, sumwhere in March, I promised my trainer, if his lungs test come out positive (which means that he’s free from the pneumonia), I’ll treat him a karaoke session. so, last Saturday, we met at the redbox ria. Nway, there was not only two of us. I pujuk my junior to join us (nasib baik nuu sporting) so, we got 3 hour melalak session for RM50..

For the first hour, my trainer still malu2 lagi. Tp die dah enqueue playlist for me. His choices of song was not bad and quite challenging for me:

- adibah noor terlalu istimewa (he said: I pass)

- ning baizura awan yang terpilu (he said: I pass)

- misha omar bunga2 cinta (he said: I fail)

- Mariah carey through the rain (he said : so so)

The rest was my must sing song – I’m yours+terbaik untukmu+beauty and the beast+bleeding love+cinta dalam hati+ etc..

The next 2 hours, dah tak malu2 dah..eventually he sang quite a lot of song. And surprisingly he didn’t sang any Chinese song at all. While my junior, nampak je diam n kecik comel, tp her choices of song, mmg dasat, most of her choices of song ade element of rock. Not bad2..

Owh, btw, before we dismissed, he came out with 2 dares for me:

- to enter the karaoke contest

- if I manage to lose another 10kg, he’ll treat me the next karaoke session

p/s: thinking..and wishin and hoping . .

Makan lagi?

Another great sat for the month. Thanks to the last minute plan trip to Ayuthaya. The day started after the training session ended. Met rina+azhar+lil fatin at the lrt session. Initially, fatin was seated beside me in the baby for a few minutes, i noticed that Fatin asyik usha je (kinda trying to register my face with her limited memory) soo, when she failed to identify me, she started to cry, so terpakselaa pas kat mama nye (yeah, fatin is 8 months alr, she already develop the abilities to recognize ppl who spend most time with her). But then when she was with her mum, buat2 mesra plak, laughing with me as I played the cak2 game while we on the way to the curve. We had our lunch at vivo pizza. It was our 1^st time visit and we enjoyed the food there. The Caesar salad was well flavored and the croutons were really crispy. The baked meatball spagethi was fulfilling and yummy too. The price? I could say that the dishes there were fairly priced. Definitely, I’ll be coming back to the pizzeria.

We take a stroll at the stalls. There were varieties of stuff being sold over there. As usual, the shoes and clothes was my main target, but fortunately I didn’t find anything that I fall in love at the first sight as the thing I’d been looking for was at the vincci. I finally gave up with the temptation to buy another flat. It cost me rm39 (macamlaa 20 pasang kasut yg sedia ada nie aku dah pakai semua kan? arghh!! I’m soo addicted to shoes!)

In the car, as we headed to Sri Ayuthaya for dinner, we had another try with fatin. But still fail, she started to cry few minutes after unable to identify me (walhal sakan die gelak2 ngan aunty n kat luar) Nvm, akan cube lagi di masa akan dtg. Sesampainye di Sri Ayuthaya, kami disambut dgn sawadikap dan diusher naik ke atas. Woah, kalo layan skit punye baik camnie..i bet the price of the food pun mesti baik punye laa gak kan? Pas datin mawar n dato ikhwan sampai, than we started to order. Initially I thought rm30++ per pax shud be enough. Pas order2, n tgk bill, mmg laa jd rm50++. We ordered:

- kerabu mangga (sedap)

- tomyam seafood (sedap..tp tak sesedap kedai nearby my h

- kerabu suhun (sedap gak but rase masam cam tak bape masuk dgn suhun)

- green curry beef (I like! Though agak sgt pedas, rasenye mmg masyuk, maybe sbb ade santan kot? Oopppsss)

- assam ikan siakap steamed (ikan siakap masak pape pun sedap, but I just tried out a bit only, tak ske benda bertulang2 nie)

- spicy squid (act, pn rina nak makan sotong goring tepung, maybe due to a miscommunication, jd sotong berkuah plak…tibai jelaa..nasib baik tak mengecewakan)

makan sampai kenyang n sampai dr fatin tak tido>dah tido>dah bangun balik. Overall i gave 3.75/5 sedap+selesa+cepat+qood customer service. Pastu baliklaa..once in a while, dpt kumpul with rina n mawar mmg seronok. As soo many things to be discussed/gossiped/planned. Next, makan kat mane plak?

p/s: tadek gamba. Biasalaa tanpa puan ella, mmglaa kami ske lepas makan baru sedar tadek gamba mknn b4 dibaham.

Study Leaves . .

It was another great two weeks study leaves (but not so great as mum was out station) Indeed, I’d fully utilize my study leaves by doing quite a lot of useful activities. That includes:

1^st week

Monday – work out at fitness first and surfing the net (I just flipped the prior year question today)

Tuesday – work out session with trainer. I’d purposely left the notes at home. As I know I won’t be reading the notes. Went to the hair salon for a hair cut (the last time I cut my hair was 5 months ago) and the stylist over there suggested a scalp treatment which I declined as I could do it by myself at home. Love the new hair cut. But mum was a bit furious as my hair had become much2 shorter than before.

Wednesday – start a serious study session. Manage to finish reading the whole set of note by nite.

Thursday – Surfing the internet and playing this Farm Town thingy (almost addicted to it, but thank god I managed to refrain myself from over-indulging into this game). Had an appointment with the insurance agent. (Frankly speaking, I don’t like the idea of not knowing who had give my phone number as the insurance agent refused to disclose the person name) but as I had been thinking of getting myself an insurance, it would be a good opportunity for me in getting more info on insurance. The supposedly 15 minutes meeting had extended to 1 hour borak2 session which made me rushed to home. I cooked a proper dinner today (seriously I couldn’t recall when was the last time I cooked a proper meal for dinner) but the rice turned out to be a bit too lembik. Haha, my brother teased me “camnelaa nak kawin, masak nasi pun lembik” . fyi, it was the 1^st time the rice turned out to be halfway porridge. To go along with the nasi; sambal tofu telur+fried chicken+kubis panjang with anchovies+telur dadar.

Friday - went to the gym with the notes. Revised a few section. Next, date with the qepohians at klcc food court. The initial plan, was me n shon, but as I expected that will be more. Waida and khuzai (a surprise appearance, as she is working at KK) tag along. So, we had a fun power lunch. Catching up while commenting on the food and wondering how I know the food court much better than them (I’m just the regular KLCC patron, whilst they’re the permanent occupant of the KLCC..hehe they worked at petronas) The luncheon on Friday ended after the trip to Kinokuniya.

2^nd week

Monday – stayed at home. Seriously focusing on prior year question. (yeah..another last minute thingy)

Tuesday – the 29^th training session. Study .. study..

As june 09 study leaves had ended, now I’m anxiously waiting for dec’09 study leaves.

Pre-Exam Outing

last sat was the best sat for me this month. as usual, after the training session (exercising and 'gaduh' session with my personal trainer), me n my frens get ready for our next plan; hanging out at klcc..1st mission - purchase tickets for night at the museum 2 (i'd booked earlier, soo didnt have to go through the long queues) next, while looking for a restaurant/cafe to lepak2 and snacking, we'd bumped into an ex utpians; suzy wif her fren. It turned out they just got back from registering to Ask Cleo online at the starbucks and in return they received a cLEo goodies paper bag consisting of; the latest l'oreal paris elvive re-nutrition night serum, conditioner, and shampoo(i've been aiming to try out this new products, but as it quite costly compared to sunsilk damage reconstruction, so i deferred the plan), starbucks voucher (which i dunno whether i shud use it or not), Cleo's stuff..not bad, huh? soo we tried our luck hoping that the booth still open and alhamdulillah, they're still there, so instead of splurging on new hair care products, i managed to get it all for free..

p/s: they will be at sunway pyramid this coming weekend. the registration is for first 50 readers. so head up to starbucks on this coming sat if u want free goodies.

next, we had our tea break at dome. this shud be my 3rd time at dome since the last visit with rina,mawar&azhar (and 1st time for my fren). i was surprised with the pricing for the foods and beverages (which i found a bit overpriced). but lantaklaa as it was only once in a month we splurge a bit on good food. i ordered cherrylicious with chicken sausage pastry with the tasty tomato chutney dipping (that cost me RM31) while she ordered tuna sandwich and caramel nut crunch(shud be around RM44) though we had to wait for around 10-15 minutes, we are satisfied with the food quality and portion (byk sampai my fren tak terabis pun that tuna sandwich). while snacking, as usual some gossiping while browsing thru magazine.

p/s: planning for another snacking session at california pizza kitchen@cpk next month..

next stop was the tGv. as usual, malaysians wont be a malaysian if they wont make some unnecessary noise, havoc, chit chatting in the cinema. huh, as one of the malaysians who had used to this scenario, what we can do is just to be patient and pusing belakang sambil buat muke yg annoying with their noise. takut plak nak sound lebih2..jenuh plak kalo diorg bawak geng..:P btw night at the museum 2 was fun, hillarious, and educational. the characters that i found amusing are; the cupids who make good rapping version of 'more than a women', the capuchin monkeys with the tablets..but the cons side is it was a bit draggy though.

p/s:transformer , harry potter next . .

last stop: primavera..i tried on a shoes worth rM149..and the shoes really fit me but the money was not..it was 3 inch high heel and i was really head over heels for this shoes..for sure i'll buy this shoe using this month salary! if u wondered how the shoes looks like, it was something like this(different color, different high and slight different in design)

p/s: so..shud i buy the shoes or not??

marriage . .

We’re almost at end of April 2009. Didn’t time fly that fast rite now, did they? And till to date I’d attended like 4 weddings alr. (not incl. weddings that I had to forgo due to my appointment and weddings that I purposely skipped) first at melaka (mawar’s fren) 2nd was kimi’s (he is the cyber fren back at utp) 3rd was adam’s (a mualaf who used to be my primary classmate) and finally the recently held was yuni’s (my housemate back at utp). I didn’t want to comment on their wedding ceremony as for me all was done at their best and within their own budget. But it was what's next that made me think.

Recently me and my mom was watching a tvb drama where there is this scene showing the wife finally found out about the husband extra marital affair after they had been together for more than 25 years. The wife demanded divorce while the children and even the niece (charmaine sheh) asked her to reconsider the decision. As usual, as the audience me n my mom started to act as the series was directed by us. I was on the wife side, though I’m still single, I knew that it was so devastating to find out that the husband has another one. I kept saying ‘ Cerai jelah, melampau laki tu’ then my mum blurted out sumthing that starting quite a heated conversation (act I feel trapped with this kind of conversation; as if I opt to say nothing I’m sure mom will not satisfied, but if I continue, I might end up saying sumthing that could hurt her feeling..but I was glad that the conversation ended up well though agak tergantung)

Mum: nape mak tgk org2 skang senang2 je cakap pasal cerai. Macam perkahwinan tu tadek maksud pape. Kalau org dulu, tanak langsung cakap pasal cerai, biarlah sampai mati,

Me: orang dulu lain, org skang lain. Pompuan dulu, hidup bergantung pada lelaki. Kalo keja pun, diorg still sgt dependent kat laki, so kalo cerai, susahla idup.

Mum: tp zaman2 mak, ramai je pompuan dah keja gaji byk.

Me: mmglah zaman mak tu dah start pompuan keja. Tp still ade lagi rase kalo cerai tu susahkan diri n paling penting takut org sekeliling duk berkata2. mak tau2 jelaa waktu tu kalo org dah start cakap2 payahlaa nak idup.

Mum: abistu perkahwinan tu tadek mane laa skang?

Me: mane ade tadek makne. Maybe ade org anggap kawin tu semate2 nak halalkan ape yg haram je. Tp kalo nad, kawin tu kalo boleh nak kongsi idup nie sebaik mungkin sampai mati. Tp mak tgklaa zaman skang, bape byk sgt laki boleh harap. Kalo zaman mak tu, boleh lagilaa kalo kite tgk luar laki tu baik, percentage dalaman die pun baik tu tinggi. Tp skang nie laki mcm2 perangai; ade yg kaki kikis, ade yg baran, ade yg gay. Dahlah tu kekadang pas kawin je br nmpk perangai sebenar. Dr dok tahan bertahun2, asik tambah anak baik cerai awal dr ade anak byk2 tp tak dpt nak tanggung(atau bayar nafkah) dan last2 anak yg jd mangsa.

Mum: (senyap je, tp tadek tande tak puas hati atau terase.)

The conversation ended there.

Being married in this millennium is a big challenge. With all the no boundaries technologies that had evolved, they did make the whole thing much harder. I respected those managed to survive each other till to date, I dared those that trying to survive herself from the other to start to take some action now and I wished all the best to those who still trying to survive each other till to date.

P/s: I’m not anti marriage as I am a Muslim. I viewed marriage as a sacred relationship that requires trust, toleration, faith, sweats, love and money in order to remain it as it is. In fact, I’m seriously looking for the not so mr-right for me now. I know the search is not that easy, might hurt me a bit here n there. But I will persevere in order to fulfill this obligation.

P/s 2: sometimes it makes me wonder, why I can easily win contests that I entered, or get all the things that I want but when it comes to this love thingy it seems that all my lucky streaks had been sucked up. It is either the guy is alr with sumone else or he’s a gay or he’s just not that into me? Well, this will always keeps me wonder. . .

when the lights go out . .

i'm soo relieved that i had iron all the clothes for the week. so when suddenly taman wilayah went out of electricity due to the ribut kecil i was not that panic..but i dont have matching headscarf to go with the baju kurung, n luckilly there's a beige headscarf that i'd wore once and w/o any reason i decided to hang it in the closet 1st..the headscarf had saved me..though not too ideal with my blue baju kurung, kire oklaa!..next, i forgot to remove the contact lens b4 sleeping, so during the night, the contact lens removed itself from my eyes and that 5.30 am, i'm like a blind frantically search for it as that was the last pair i had(must buy new pairs today!) alhamdulillah, i managed to find the thing..soaked the thing in the solution and took my bath and started to siap2(1st time in the year, i went to office with very minimal make-up: baby powder only)then had another round of searching for things to be pack in my exercise bag..what a morning!

mystery of the missing frying pan - Solved!

Last monday, my mum sent me a sms asking the whereabouts of her frying pan..of course i'm being unknown of the whereabouts of the thing just simply replied " i dunno"..soo..the next thing happened when i was back at home..my mother asked me to search for the pan as she already asked my bro n sis..n both of them also said dunno..but deep in my heart..me n my mum had already knew what happened to the pan..soo..we just wait for the "pesalah" to confess..n then yesterday..my bro admitted that he had threw the frying pan..bcoz of the burnt fried egg that had left kerak hangus which he could not remove..hahaha..that's why i always told my mum..whenever things are missing and me n my sis both said " i dunno" that means we really dont know..so the only person left is my bro and most probably he would helped us in solving the mystery of the missing things..:P

p/s: poor my mum..she had been using the pan since the last15 years..