I've been tagged!

Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you."

I've been tagged by a few people, so here goes...

1. I've always known that I will be a checher one day. I spent my childhood 'marking' books. But some of the things that I did thought of doing along the way were: jual sayur kat pasar (serious!), a rubber tapper (after watching a Malaysian documentary about rubber tapping.. heheh), a dancer, a marketing executive (cos it sounded terribly nice, but I didnt even know what it meant back then!), a make-up counter girl and a photocopying lady. Heheh...

2. I hate the sound of alarm clock. I will make it a point to wake up BEFORE the alarm ring so that I can switch it off before the alarm goes off!

3. I will switch on the water heater no matter how hot the day is. Back @ Tampines, whenever the siblings step into a steamy toilet they will know who was the last person bathing. ME.

4. I had a 2 year love affair with WACKER.... a SIGNBOARD! When I was working @ Punggol, my bus will pass by this industrial building which had this huge, bright WACKER sign. It was so bright against the 6.15am background. It started with me saying things like.." Hi...I'm off to school again.. What a dread.." It progressed to me ASKING him questions like, "I feel like shit today, what about you..?" Soon , I had REAL conversations with him, in my head of course. He was like a companion during those lonely and dreadful journeys to work. Giler kan? Shahreil even gave me a mini WACKER signboard a few years back. Heheheh...

5. I do not like people who are not punctual. It's disrespectful. Paling tak suka kalau tengok wayang, and you have to wait for people. Sorry eh.. I will leave your tickets outside. If you can't be bothered to be on time, I can't be bothered to wait for you either.

6. I'm the eldest but the shortest among my siblings.

8. People have bantal busuk, I have bantal gentel. What do I gentel? The button. And not just any button, ada specific shape ok. I've always said to Shahreil, I will love him extra, if for my birthday he'd gave me a pillow fully covered with the said buttons.

9. Of all the vices, I do not like people who drinks. Macam pointless kan?

10. Shahreil was officially my 5th boyfriend. There was Abang Chan, yang second I don't even remember his name, third was Suffandy and 4th was Fairuz.

11. The first kaset that I bought was Exist. Zaman Untukmu Ibu. Hehhe..

12. My first date was with Ferdauz to watch Dikir Barat competition at SRJC. I was 15 or 16 years old.

13. I am terrified of plane rides!!!!

14. I was Pelajar Terbaik every year when I was at madrasah. My favourite ustazah, Ustazah Suaibah!!

15. I love jagung!!! (Except popcorns.. yucks!)

16. I love earrings. Ever since I stay at Bukit Batok, I can see my collection growing steadily since there is finally a proper place for me to keep them and no more 'borrowing' of earrings or earring 'walking' off by themselves. Heheh...

17. I am a spa addict.

18. I read anything and everything. Books, magazines, blogs, newspapers and sometimes when I have nothing else to read, I'll read pamplets/brochures/labels. My dream is to have a library of my own when I get my own house. (Ikin, buku-buku aku yang tertinggal kat Tampines aku nak balik ehhhhh...)

19. I do not like last minute stuffs. I like to know exactly what I am going to do for the day. Im not like Shahreil who simply go with the flow.

20. I hate waking up later than 9am cos I will have a terrible headache the whole day. Only after marrying Shahreil I've learnt to wake up late since he'll ask me to go back to sleep. Kalau kat Tampines, mampos kena jerit.

21. I like going to the market. I enjoyed the time me and Ikin had to go marketing when we were maid-less. We make such good marketing partners.

22. The ONLY time I slept alone at night was when I was at Kota Tinggi Resort for my NPCC camp. Kalau tak, tak pernah.

23. I like people to play with my hands. My sisters are the best. Kalau Shahreil, he'd expect me to geli2 his back when he play with my hands. Mana ada syiok gitu?! Apa saje..

24. I want to adopt children, if I have the means.

25. I dream of building and running my own orphanage one day. Not here though.. Most probably in Indonesia/ Malaysia.

Itu saja... Malas lah nak tag2 orang. Siapa2 yang takde mende nak buat.. silalah eh..

Tok Aji

We spent the whole day at Tok Aji's house. It was his 84th birthday + 62nd (I think!) wedding anniversary celebration. The whole clan was there except for a few who deserve a knock on their heads. But let's just not talk about them, shall we?

Back to Tok's celebration..
It has been a yearly ritual for as long as I can remember. Every February, we'd either have chalets or kenduris or simple gatherings to mark this joyous occasion. Tok simply love having his 10 kids + 30 (and 1 more on the way!!!) cucus + 3 cicits around him. So, gatherings like is just an excuse for him to see all of us together.

My earliest memory of Tok was saying Fimanillah to him every night before I go to sleep. I assume that means good night in Arabic. I remember Tok eating Mee Rebus every morning for breakfast. I remember Tok fetching me from school every afternoon. I remember Tok buying me double sided tape when I needed it to do my project. I remember Tok teaching me mengaji. I remember Tok teaching me how to read Jawi. I remember Tok making me hafal the Muqaddam. I remember Tok teaching me how to pray. I remember him appearing in front of our door every Sunday morning after his Sembawang trip.

Thinking back, Tok was a huge part of my growing up life. I guess being the eldest grandchild made me have his undivided love and attention back then.
I love him but I just do not know how to tell him that now.
And sometimes when I take a real good look at him, I realise that he is getting to be so frail, when it's the younger and stronger verion of him that's been imprinted in my mind.

I love you, Tok.
I will always pray for your health and happiness.

Day to Love

I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Never have and never will. Shahreil will never agree to celebrating it anyway. Though I'd love for him to give me flowers or presents today (or any other day, for that matter!). But I find it a little silly when I see all those men holding on to those precious bouquets on V day. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of flowers (hint hint) and I celebrate every single momentous occasion, birthdays, first date, matair anniversary, nikah anniversary, sanding anniversary and the list goes on.. But why celebrate a day that doesn't really mean anything personally special for you as a couple? Macam meaningless gitu kan? Oh wells... lain padang lain belalang, ye tak?

But I have to admit, I love getting the prezzies from colleagues at work. This year ada sedih sikit cos being the new girl, I dun have that many kakis yet. Sedih tau! I still remember last year where we had so much fun exchanging presents. The whole gang (me, babe, su, farah, asz, fadli and the one whose name i shall not mention) trooped down to Andersen's at Tampines Mall where we had a ball of a time guessing who bought us the presents. I bought Fad a whole set of Nike items as he is afterall the PE checher. Su bought me an unmentionable game, hehe, since I was still a newly(sort of)wed. Bestnyer!!!

Anyway, everyday is a V day for me as long as I get to spend happy moments with my loved ones. Take for instance, the little Jurong Point trip we had on Thursday evening.


I always look forward to bringing Ryan to new places. I like the fact that he's growing up and getting to be more curious and aware of his surroundings. There's just so many things that I want to show and teach him!

And of course, being with the man that I love every single day is meaningful no matter how irritating he gets at times. (right, I lied... MOST times).

V day also means spending silly times with friends. Like the Karaoke session we had at Cuppage on Friday night.

While waiting for our turn to sing, we became camera whores.

Dah puas melalak, we headed for some late night supper.

So, the point is.. I don't celebrate V day. But to those who does, keep the love going yeah!

KOnsert Rock Power 2009

Malam yang dinanti-nantikan telah pun tiba. Walaupun konsert ni tak boleh mengubat ke-frust-an aku akibat pembatalan konsert Wings di saat-saat akhir, tapi kira ok jer lah.

Ikin & me, being Ikin & me, will not be satisfied with just watching a concert at the back of the hall (think Ungu!), so we bought the VIP tix which set us back $100 each. This entitled us to a makan2 session, meet & greet with the artistes.. the usual stuffs that VIPs @ concerts get.

There were Ali XPDC who I never realised was kinda hot, Awie (!!!), Shamrin Fotograf, Burn Meditasi & Rahmat Mega. These guys looked as great as they were a decade ago. Can you believe that?! Macam mana tu? Apa petuanya?!!

RAhmat Mega has such nice and clear complexion. He was so funny on stage too and was very good at working the crowd. Dalam banyak kumpulan, I think I enjoyed his segment the most cos all four songs that he sang were total hits. The ultimate rock cintan! Kalau gitu, kan senang aku nak sing-a-long!

Lagu Meditasi ni gua tak terrer sangat lah beb.. Sorry brudder!

AWIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.....!!!

To tell you the truth, the main reason I was there, was of course.. to see Awie. Cakaplah apa korang nak cakap..gemuk ke...serabai ke.. ketiak busuk ke.... Aku tetap suka Awie! I've liked him ever since I saw him singing Sejati in Juara Lagu, with his braided hair and Gong Xi Fa Cai red costume. AWWWIIIeeeee!! Can you believe that I was still in primary school at that point of time? After so many years, he is still like that? Oklah..walaupun dah lebar, tapi still as charming as ever!

AWWWWIIIIEEEE!!

So, there we were.. 2 very happy people at Republic Poly!