Quantum of Solace

How time flies!! There are still another 14 days before our wedding and God, I still have plenty of things to do! I got so many things in my hands other than the wedding itself thus making me having serious panic attack right now. We have moved.... ML and I are going to live with my Mom after the wedding but the house that we were living then was not very suitable for the three of us, thus we had to move out . After much wandering di taman-taman perumahan , we finally found our so-called perfect home. But the chore did not stop there. By the time we found the house, I was really busy with this annual event that I could not spare the time to do the packing. Thus immediately after the event, I took a 3-days leave and started packing for the whole house!! Finally, we managed to move on August 30th. Yes, in the fasting month! Sangatlah penat even as we had a few extra helping hands from the neighbours. But it was worth it. We really like the house and it's surrounding. And I guess b...

In a battle for land, gold, wealth and dignity, We fight with our own hands, With sweat, strength and blood, But in a battle for majority, power and influence, Our battle and fate is actually in other people's hands. I'm not quite sure which one is the hardest, But "Everybody wants to win THE battle," he said, "And that's what a battle is all about- WINNING," I said. So we waited, For me it was an 8-hours of waiting, For him it seemed like a life-time of waiting, But for her it was something worth a life to wait for, What ever it is- waiting is torturous. But in whatever battle that we are in, The long and painful waiting time, There will be no dearth of people saying "It's worth it" Especially when we win, And the taste of victory is always sweet, "Success is a two-bladed golden sword; it knights one and stabs one at the same time" - Mae West P/S : To everybody involved, Congratulations!

I have a confession to make – even at this age, I still love watching cartoons. I’m not referring to Manga here or any of the canggih type - but the ol’ school one. I admit of being in front of the TV watching Sponge Bob Square Pants (Patrick adalah makhluk dengan personaliti yang sangat interesting!), Chibi Maruko Chan (version manusia pun ada gak kat 8TV dulu, tapi now dah takde dah ), Pingu, Bob The Builder (kenapa agaknya kartun suka guna nama Bob?) And of course kartun yang mature sket – Futurama. Dulu-dulu TV3 used to view this show. I used to follow “Afterworld” – however I’m not really sure whether it can be considered as a cartoon, coz the series are so damn serious and deep- just my type. Unlike the usual cartoon that depends so much on the action, Afterworld wasn’t so much of the action – in fact most of the time they used still photos – but the strength lies in voice talents as it was a narrative type of story. But I haven’t seen if for quite sometimes now, so dah los...

Finally I bought my first SK-II set - it was only from the Discovery range, but I love the size-suitable for travelling. I got it quite sometimes ago in SOGO, Taiwan. Hope it's going to work just as it promised! Actually I don't really want to blog about it, But since I hadn't update my blog for sooo long, so I guess this is better than nothing!

This picture was taken from my office window at about 6 p.m. It was nice to see something as beautiful as this despite all the chaos here in the office. SubahanAllah... It reminded me of the song from Sudirman "Pelangi Petang" . Lagu yang feeling untuk petang yang feeling juga....

I have a confession to make – even at this age; I still get excited whenever I received kad raya. Actually makin lama makin excited because now it is quite hard to get this kind of greeting anymore, even during birthday. So my colleagues at work have to bear with me every time I exclaim in joy upon receiving one. After reading it, dengan poyo nyer I will stick the card on my partition. And this is how my ‘wall of fame’ sangatlah perasan statement nie -------> ini looks like on the 25rd day of Ramadhan... Takler banyak pun kad tu, apatah lagi nak dibandingkan dengan kengkawan lain (yang sangat famous macam Famous Amos tu . Lagipun, most of the cards were from our business associates aje , which were very formal - but I still got the nice feeling all over me. Talk about kad raya my bestie HA had done the nicest thing - she sent me a card all the way from Japan. And that's not all, as she couldn't find any Kad Raya there, what she did was sending me a blank greeting ...

I blame it all on the gloomy weather and a plan that was cancelled at the eleventh hour. As the result, I ended with this psychedelic-colored blouse and a matching pair of high heels. And the blouse got this sort of balloon-y sleeves, very retro! Didn’t really quite sure what was I thinking at that time and on second thought these attire might be over for the office-but guess what, I already wore it to the office and it sure had brought some colors to my otherwise gloomy day at work!

I came across an article on the Internet yesterday about this trick to save money - by just collecting (and not spending of course!) all the $5 bills that we get. The good news is that this method has been proven to be a success – it is reported that a woman that practices this has managed to accumulate $12,000 within 3 years! Well, perhaps it’s not so much of money (for some people that is, but not for me!) but it’s better than nothing at all, right? When I came to think about it, RM5 or any smaller notes for that matter is not so much of value especially, nOWadays. And sometimes too much of the small notes is quite a nuisance to the wallet-that been overstuffed with lots of other things than money-credit card, loyalty card, membership card and what not! What’s more is that most people usually don’t think much of spending the small notes. I would easily spend a few ringgits on sweets, chocolates and all those sweet-sugary things that only manage to make my wallet lighter, but defini...

Let's take a break from the chaotic-stressful world outside and share a laugh with me.. the credit goes to Dayah. Questions to ask ourselves … Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat? Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Are there specially reserved parking spaces for 'normal' people at the Paralympic? Did you ever stop and wonder...... Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer? Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is? If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster? Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Now stop singing and read on....... Who was the f...

I guess everybody love watching investigation series. From series like NYPD Blue, sampailah Gerak Khas or even Roda-roda Kota Raya (featuring A.Galak a.k.a. Abg Misai yg sangat famous before Datuk K-Siti came into picture) all have their own followers. While CSI is my favorite among them all, I also love watching Law & Order as it is more realistic than the former yang kadang-kadang sangat poyo because the characters seem to know everything-sort like all the data in the chemical text books have been installed in their heads, so that they can blurt out the complex scientific info effortlessly, without hardly having to think even for one nano second. Menyampah jugak, tapi tengok juga citer tu! Well, the reason I’m telling you guys about this is to relate it with my recent experience on the law and order. I couldn’t reveal the details, but I can say that it includes me trying to make sense of the judiciary system through a very hands on approach. This was in conjunction with my n...

Shouldn’t we be happy upon hearing friends getting hitch, getting babies, got promoted, or anything great for that matter? However, I’ve learned (the hard way) that a good news for you doesn’t mean that it is something good for other people to hear as well. So starting from now, I resolved to continue celebrating other people good news, but I’ll be mindful to share mine with others. However, I trust myself to share this little thing that I recently got with you guys here.. =) BTW, I've uploaded some of other photos at my Fotopages.

I bought my first real jewellery last Sunday. It wasn’t really expensive, but the fact that I got it using my own money, the satisfaction is priceless!! Just like in the bank ad. Even if I love accessorizing, I’m not really a fan of this real jewellery thing as I think it portrays the image of a much 'mature' woman, especially those thick golden bracelet, necklace dan yang seumpama dengannya . Another factor that I don’t really fancy those as much is due to my clumsy nature (or I would call it a gold curse). I’m prone of losing the real jewellery, so far I’d lost a gold anklet, ring, earring and only God know how many times I’d been panicking over the misplaced stuff. It was not stolen, I just lost it. So this resulted in my hands being ‘bare’ and my Mom always had to ask me to wear some of hers for weddings, so that err… actually why do women are sort of expected to wear their finest jewelllery during wedding? It’s somewhat an unwritten rule, which I suspected not for a good...

I was feeling very bored and too lazy even to pick up a pen. So I ended up doing lots of quizzes, even yang mengarut tu, but this one is rather interesting, so try out to figure out what's yours here: http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/ What Nadeema Means You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get al...

I consider myself as a relatively brave person. I’m not afraid of snake, cockroach and at home I’m the one who do all the ‘dirty and cruel stuff’ - mengemas tempat-tempat yang susceptible to have those scary little creatures with expertise in membunuh lipas, lipan dan haiwan yang sewaktu dengannya. I’m also not afraid of flying (I happened to know someone who is so macho and garang outside, tapi…..hehehe ) and not so afraid of height –(to those who still remember the way I did my repelling during BTN and Bomba, FYI, I wasn’t really afraid, berhati-hati jer! =)) Occasionally I would challenge myself by watching horror movie, just to know whether it can scare me. BTW, I’ve concluded that none of the omputih horror movies (so far) could scare me. In fact, it was kinda funny to see how hard they tried to make the scene frightening. Why didn’t the filmmaker just apply the concept of “less is more” in such movies as well? Didn’t they know that scary/ghost movies don’t need the red-eyed-...

I’m one of those people who never have trouble sleeping. Once I hit the pillow, I could almost immediately drift into dreamland. I can sleep literally anywhere – and this was proven when I went for my army training course where there was this night when we had to stay in the jungle for ambush. Armed with the peluru kapur -loaded M16, we had to stay still in this meniarap position for a couple of hours until the ‘enemy’ appears. We were not allowed to make any noise and move. Time seemed to move slower when you had nothing to do!! “ Kalau macam nie punya boring + gelap, bukan setakat mati kutu, gajah pun boleh mati!! ” Just after a few minutes of pandang keliling and kekecewaan because I didn’t see anything ‘paranormal’ – I put my head on the hard-cold metal (M16- mind you!) and dozed off almost immediately! It was somewhat amazing that I could sleep so soundly on the hard-swamped ground with endless possibilities of those slimy creatures would crawl up to my body! If I’m really slee...