A really good day :)

Had a really, really nice time today with the most lovely people in Adelaide!

I love them so much!

:)

Less than a month to go til I am home for good, InshaAllah.

One month to go til my my euro trip starts!

Can't wait to see the snow, the Eiffel tower, Big Ben, Parc de Guell and the Leaning tower of Pisa! ;)

Anddddd! I can't wait to see my cutest nephews and niece!

But I am already missing Adelaide... :(

I have to make the most of my time here for the next 3 and a half weeks. :(

Sad and excited at the same time.

bestttttt

bessstttttt! hihihihihihiiiiii :)))))))))

Anyway, someone told me that my voice sounds like Baizura Kahar. uhukkkkk!

I beg to differ, that person has probably never heard any of Sheila Majid's songs. :PPPP hahahahahahahahaha. :p

No laaa. I don't sound like anyone.
But Salma's voice definitely sounds like me. hahah.

Anywho, I didn't know Baizura Kahar could sing tooo.

Referring to this video, I can assure you that I don't sound anything like this.

Hahahaha. :PPPPP

Selamat Hari Raya! :)

Selamat Hari Raya to all! :D

Maaf Zahir Batin!

Final semester has been reallyyyy kerazeyhhhh. I feel like I have sooo much work to doooo! But soo little time! It's too overwhelminggg. Panciit buat kerjaa.

I wish there was 50 hours per day, and 10 days per week with 5 days of weekend.

Hahahahaha.

Andddddd...

I am officially on mid sem break! :))))

And I have no better plans than to spend the next two weeks right here in Adelaide!

Hehehehehe!

;)

I've realised that December is getting closer and closer.

I've been trying to spend as much time in Adelaide(Tak nak cuti tempat lain dah!) with every of my friends as much as I can... because I know that I'm going to miss everyone and everything so much by the time I am home for good. (With hope that I pass my final year, ngerhh.)

*Sentimental mode* :)

Butttt, I know I'm still gonna have to spend a lot and a lot of time at uni during the break... :(

And I still can't believe my little sister, Salma has already started her studies at King's College.

Super proud of her.

I can't wait to pay her a visit at the end of the year!!! :D

Anywhooo, Shawal is almost over.

Time really flies.

I still haven't got the chance to play any bunga api this month. :(

Nak mainnn!

Of Yeays and smiley faces!

:) I am feeling happyyy and greatttt and awesomee at the same time! Hehe!

Haven't felt like this in the longesssst time!

Anyway, these are some nice songs that are stuck in my head and on my lips.

One Direction's music video on their debut single : What Makes You Beautiful is out! :D

Love it. Liam(the one that sings at the very beginning) and Louis(the one in red pants) are so cute!

Cheerio!

I love, love these

Love, love, love, love, love, love this!

This cover of Next To You is definitely better than its original version by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber.

And love this too! Nak boyfriend pandai main guitar pleaseeee. :)

And Gabe Bondoc is cute! :)

Yayasan Khazanah and the Chocolate Factory

Originally written and posted on Facebook by Farouk Ramli.

"Ms. X Binti Y, (sponsored by) Yayasan Khazanah”. That was the announcement made during a graduation ceremony at a prestigious A-Level school in northern Selangor recently. As per typical graduation ceremony, each graduate is called upon by name to receive their scroll on the stage. So when this one particular girl’s name was called, everybody knew who she was. She was the daughter of a prominent CEO of a government-linked company. Recently, the father was the center of press scrutiny when it was announced that his salary had been doubled to RM1.2m per year. It was further reported that his take-home pay was RM1.8m last year.

I was perplexed as to why a daughter to someone who earns that much in a year could score a scholarship from Yayasan Khazanah? Did the people at Yayasan Khazanah honestly not know who the father was? It can’t be because the name is so obvious. The name could have rung a bell and the very least they could do was to enquire further.

During the graduation, I also noticed few other daughters and sons of famous kapitans of the corporate world up there but they were all privately sponsored, i.e. paid for by the parents. In fact, one of them had insisted on not receiving scholarship because they simply could afford without it. Perhaps the parents felt more proud to pay for their children’s education from their own pockets rather than depending on other means.

I have no doubt that Ms. X Binti Y is an all-rounder excellent student. In fact, that was what I was told. Well, good for her. But if I was the father, I would have more sense of pride if I knew that at least financially, I had helped my daughter to excel and become who she turns out to be. I would feel this great guilt if I knew that I had denied someone who was perhaps equally as good as my daughter academically but not financially the opportunity to further their education at a prestigious school in Malaysia.

I therefore seek concrete explanation from the good people at Yayasan Khazanah for this unfortunate circumstance. I know that on 13 June 2011, Yayasan Khazanah issued a media statement in which it re-iterated its so-called “stringent selection process”. But unless Yayasan Khazanah has a more convincing explanation, this simple yet crystal-clear example validates recent condemnation by a parent in the media that Yayasan Khazanah had not been entirely transparent in selecting its scholarship recipients. I’m sure a lot more equally good but poorer kids applied for that golden opportunity. This is not like the “Golden Ticket” in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It’s young people’s future we are talking about here. Real characters are at stake.

So, Yayasan Khazanah…please explain?

*The writer’s mother earns her income from selling kuih. And yet, the mother helps pay as much as she can for her children’s education from her own pocket. FYI, all of her children have either furthered or are furthering their studies at various universities overseas. Thank you, mak.

Terpele'ot

WARNING: Images may be disturbing.

If you have a crush on me, please close this page. Because you might be disgusted! LOL :P

A few weeks ago was futsal training(girls) at West Terrace, Adelaide. It was also the Adelaide futsal team selection for the NCG 2011. Being so good at futsal (ehek!), I scored two goals during the training (kecoh kecoh kecoh kecohhh). But so did Asilah who was on my team by the way. The other team scored none. hahahaha :PPPP (kecoh kecoh, poyo poyo). It was team effort. (Pfftt, training je punnn, I'm so kecohhh. OMG, sila muntah sekarang!)

Anyway, being so full of myself (!!!), I jumped for joy on the celebration of my second goal of the day! Just as I was landing from my first jump... "plekk".. I freaking fellllll!

HAHAAHHAHAHA.

WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT!

I couldn't get up afterwards. My left ankle hurt! I thought it was a normal sprained. But it just hurt sooo much! My ankle was untouchable! It hurt so bad that I even cried a bit!

Just a bit okay. Not much. :p

As I was crying in painnnn, I saw Adam, Isey and Acis laughing very hard at court side. Tergolek-golek gelak!!

HAHAHA MEAN!!! MEAN PEOPLE!!

But if I were them, I would have done the same thing. HAHA.

Tapi dalam hati, "Ba**!! SAKIIIIIITTTTT!! NAK MAKKK!!!"

Fatin Zahra, Farina and Zetty had to help me get to the car after the game. At home, Zahra piggy-backed 40kg of me for like 60 metres from the carpark next door right to the front of my apartment door. Thank Allah it's on the ground floor. Kalau tak, nayalah anak orang!

A few hours after that, the swolen on my ankle had gotten bigger! So hideous! It looked like there was a golf ball underneath my skin!

1st Day: 7th May

(Excuse the tan-line, it was from snorkelling last summer. Yes, it's still there! haha)

It got worse on the second day! Spent almost an entire day in bed! The pain was horrible!

Unfortunately, Imran was at the Masca Futsal event. So he couldn't help me to get around the house. The kitchen felt like it was a million miles away, s0 I couldn't really make anything for lunch. Ended up having a piece of sandwich which didn't help to ease my hungerrr.

And you could only imagine how hard it was for me to bathe and to do my business. Haha. Getting in the shower itself had me trouble! Getting out was so much more, considering the shower and the 45cm-high bath tub are a combo. That may not sound like it is that high. But it wasss soo high for me then. Dahlah kaki aku ni tak panjang mana! LOL

Anyway, Imran had me a bandage and some Voltaren when he was back. Balutkan lagi tu. And he made dinner! Bagus! Adik yang mithali! Yelah, masa dia tak ada gigi, I was the one who did all the cooking. Fair la kan.

Day 2: The colour started to show a bit. This day was the most painful pain I've ever felt on my ankle.

Day3: I KNOW! U-G-L-Y!!

But honestly, although it looked worse, it definitely felt much better than the second day!

And then a few days after that which I can't remember when, Fatin Azemi sent me a text saying that I made the team. Phewit! I couldn't believe it. Really. Seriously. I know I bragged a lot(I still do haha), but I was only joking every time that I did. All the goals, I believe, were all by chance.:PPP There are a lot of other people who are much, much better than me. I.e. Fatin Azemi power kot, the irreplaceable Noin, Raifana who nampak je ayu dan lemah longlai hehehe when she actually is very skilful, and I don't have to mention how good Nina, Asilah and Zee-zah are. And yang lain pun. Ramai. I think it was hard for whoever it was who had to choose the players who made the team.

As much as I was shocked, flattered and honoured to be chosen and how very, very tempting it was, I had to decline the offer due to financial and health constraints. (Poyo kan) :p. I had participated in the NCG plenty before anyway. Bagi chance lah dekat orang lain yang tak pernah pergi lagi. Tak boleh lah tamak kan...

Day 12: The ankle still couldn't be seen. The swollen colour was only around the outside of the bandage line. I have no idea why. So weird.

Anyway, I couldn't really walk for the first 3 days. Didn't go to class for 2 days. Not too bad, ey? I thought I wasn't going for a week! But I had a submission that I didn't want to postpone, even though I knew I could. I didn't come in to work at SB for 2 weeks though.

I still cannot walk as fast as I want to, what more to run. But the ankle has definitely gotten much better.

Today: Left foot is a biiiiit bigger than than the right. Sikiiiiit lagi nak sama!

Anyway, I am grateful and thankful that nothing worse had happened. Ini baru sikit nikmat berjalan dua kaki ditarik Nya. Sesungguhnya ada orang yang banyak lagi Allah tarik nikmat. With all the fun and jokes, this 'tragedy' has definitely made me realise to be more thankful of Him and of what He has provided me in my life.

Moral of the story: Never jump to celebrate a goal! hehe

Or wear the right shoes for the right sport! (I really think the fell was because of my cheap shoes) HAHA.

Nahhh. Real moral of the story is: Never brag so much of yourself. Distance yourselves from riak and takbur. Hehe. :))