a package from Singapore =)

My parents were away for Singapore 2 weeks back to attend a close friend's wedding reception. Whilst they were there, they decided to go visit the newly open Singapore Universal Studio~! which is located at the infamous Sentosa Island. I saw the pictures that they took whilst they were there and the place looks dreamy~ According to them, most of the rides were still under developed, as it was just open on February during Chinese New Year.. Nevertheless, They had a wonderful time sight seeing and shopping over there..

When they got back, my mum surprised me with a little tiny black box with a lovely pink ribbon wrapped around it. I didn't expect any gifts from her, and so I was super excited!! She's always been so thoughtful!!And guess what's inside?? A lovely Anne Klein Goldtone Charm Watch .. I love it to bits!! Its chunky just like how i love it... The design is a little vintage and yet modern in its own way.. I'm loving every detail of it.




Hurmm suddenly, Gold is the new Silver?

Anyways. thanks mama for this baby.. The last time i got a watch was a couple of years back which is gift from my dad for my birthday. I'd say the old baby has fulfilled its duty in keeping me on time and looking lovely.. I'd keep it with the rest of the old babies in my very very special watch box.

signing off,
a very happy daughter =)

lets celebrate... WORLD MILK'S DAY!

This year will be the 3rd year Dutch Lady celebrating World Milk Day and in support of The World Milk's Day, dutch Lady is having Malaysia Book of Records attempt breaking for "The Biggest Milk-Drinking Event Ever" in this coming Sunday @ Pavilion KL.

Besides the attempt breaking part which take place in the morning (make sure you come before 10.30am for the registration ya!), you can come and enjoy a full day of activities there! Catch up with supermodels Amber Chia & Syakella, Alif Satar of "One in a Million" & Dayana "Idola Kecil", Cai Lin (Malaysia Olympic Swimmer), Reshmonu, YAWA-ECO-DRUM, Najwa and many many more celebrities. I hear that there are very limited goodies bag to be given away, packed with really great stuff for those who join the record attempt breaking.

For more info, join the FB page at http://www.facebook.com/spread.the.goodness.of.milk
and keep track on all the updates leading towards 30th May event and the follow up from the event!

get yourself a pair of floral jean

YAY! im getting my pay today and i cant wait to go shopping!!Ive always wanted to get a good pair of jeans and well, where else is better to shop for jeans then Levis right?
Whoever created skinny jeans is a genius.. !! Im serious.I love how it hugs my legs tightly, and how it accentuate my curves, and i can wear them with almost anything and still look cute.
wanna go for smart casual? I'll put on a black fitted jacket and a long necklace. going prim and proper to visit some relative?i'll wear a kebaya top over it..
going clubbing? any sexy top will be great with skinny jeand a pair of stilettos.It a must have for everyone who has great pair of long legs. NOT THAT IM SAYING MINE IS. But, somehow, it give the illusion of my legs being long and skinny.OH, and to add some funkiness, grab a pair with studs on the side pockets and you're all set for a funky do.

Here's one that i really like.





421™ Skinny - Black AlbumStyle #11904
$78.00
Now $39.90


i want!!!

These are pair of funky floral design jean that i found outline. They are quiet trendy if you know how to work the look. But i think it could be a big fashion NO NO if you pair it with more prints. During lunch last Friday, i went to Pavillion and saw these on the racks @ Topshop.. I thought i looked great! Although, some that i found online was a bit shabby and looked more like a pyjama..

"So a great tip is to pick something that fits you and your top well.."



Topshop's Floral Print Skinny
$90.
Topshop.com

It's a Topshop skinny and guaranteed to fit well.the material is a softer version of denim, thus, very comfortable! and the floral print appears subtle, thanks to the wash. So its absolutely fabulous!

Hmmm, but i really dont know about this one tho...



Celebrity Pink
$59.
CelebPink.com

im going to Pavillion again this Sunday for the dutch lady promo , hope to find more that i like..

till then..

back to the creator

In going through depression, one may ask "Oh God, why are you punishing me with all of this?? Why do YOU test me with this disaster?This horrible feeling, this chaos?? I cannot bear this life anymore if you keep testing me.."
Always remember, “God will never place a burden on a soul that it can not bear”.. Even when the unthinkable happends, and it shakens your faith in him.. Just Remember That it is a test or a reminder to be good in the future and to be reminded of the mistaken past.

Life is one difficulty after another. One task after another, one issue after another. However, it is important to know that while life tests us, there is ease after hardship. There is the ease of death after the hardship of life, there is ease of sleep after the hardships of the day, there is ease of retirement after the hardship of a career, and everything has a high and a low. What goes up, must come down, likewise, Tough times only mean, the times of ease are near. The Quran teaches, "The morning light after the stillness of darknesswhen its dark everything seems still as if it will never go away. The fact is nothing remains forever and nothing remains the same. So, after every time of difficulty there is ease. The Quran teaches, “There is ease after hardship, Indeed there is ease after hardship
and so,when we go through difficult times, when we have a financial loss, when we lose a loved one, when we struck by bad times, it brings out the real humanness in us, and we begin to ask the very questions that are most fundamental to us, “Why are we here?”, “why me????”, “What happened to all my plans and dreams???" We learn the frailty of our humanness.
and thus, the Prophet told us to lat the ones who are less fortunate then you, not at the ones are more fortunate then you.

Sometimes, we cry a little and say you are not in control, so how are you going to fix this...?You feel helpless and in pain. You fell angry and ashamed..A feeling that we are not in controla and so, you should embrace that you are not in control at the moment. You should embrace your lack of control over your situation.
Perhaps, it’s a good time to turn to the One Who does control everything. All we ask is you is to, try this… pray to God, even if you don’t believe in God, pray to Him, talk to Him, and you will feel so comforted in your heart. Tell God that you know He is in control. Cry to him. We are taught that by turning to God, we restore ourselves like a dying plant becomes green with water. As an experiment, do this on blind faith and see if it works, say, “All admiration belongs to you, if good comes to me its from you, and if some trouble comes to me its from you, I submit to you, and this situation to you.” Say this even if you do not believe in God, and see how you feel in the inside.

Lastly, TAKE SOME ACTIONS. DONT JUST SIT THERE!

a choice is like putting a seed in the ground that may bare fruit. You put the seed, and the unseen forces bring the rain. Work on what you can do, you can sow the seed, you can make the right choices, and you can start to work in a direction that you want to move in.

As long as one believes in a loving God, one has a reason to be optimistic. Belief can give you the ability to handle all sorts of difficult situations. It can give a person the ability to see the positive in the overwhelmingly negative situation.

i wanna be ...

once upon a time when i was just a little child i wanted to be a....

most kids would probably answer the most common answers there are. For example a doctor,lawyer,architect, models,singer,actress.. and things like that. yeah, so i think i was just like that...
I remember when i was just 8 and i really wanted to be a singer. I do! i cant remember why exactly... but i just love performing. well that's one thing most people don't know about me.

But try to think of it, it was really my dad who influenced and cultivated the love and interest for music that is in me. My dad. hmm he is a very complicated person to describe. But his taste for music is incredible. When my little brother was born, like most babies, he had trouble sleeping at night.. and so what my dad would usually told me or my older brother to go back to our backyard and pick a few daun sirih and put some minyak angin and paste it to his tummy. Then, he would play a nice soothing classic keroncong music and a little less then 10 minutes later, my baby brother will fall soundly asleep. And i think it was then that i really started to love classical songs.

and talk about music, my dad didn't even stop there... i mean other then playing the classics, like ABBA and the Beatles, John Lennon, Janis whats her name again?, hmm Janis Joplin, yeah. and well many others.. he can,once upon a time ago played the organ and the piano. Once when i was little and we went to Johore for a vacation, he stopped at this musical instrument store and bought an ANGKLONG! Do you know what that is? the easiest way i could describe it, is that it is made from bamboo sticks and it made a klong klong klong sound. heheh. i used to love playing it at home. i mean its just like the piano, whereby the sounds are different based on the normal do re mi notes. But its just smaller and much more easier to play with.

So when i grew a little older, he introduced me to other singers like Mariah Carey and Celine Dion and even Lucianno Pavarotti who sings at the opera. hmm but i didn't like all the screaming and so i just stick to Mariah and Celine. AHA.
so after school when there was no one else at home except for my younger brother and the maid, i would go up to my parents' room, put on a mariah tape on the radio, and plugged the mic and i went singing in front of the closet mirror like a mad little person. one song after the other and even tho my vocals was super bad, i still went singing. i would imagine being on a stage with audience listening and with bands playing at back and someone would climb on the stage and pass me flowers and stuff... LOL. YEAH.. i was quiet the performer in my own world back then. I REALLY DID LOVE SINGING.

and then, one day, i went to school and i heard that they needed singers for the children's day performances. And as quickly as i can, i look for a phone booth, dialled up my dad's number at the office and asked him if i could join the show. and he said "sure, why not". And when i came home, i went straight to the Mariah collections and picked a song. and i remember the exact song that i picked. it was "My All"...Oh what an awesome song that is. at the end of the week, i was all prepared vocally and the best thing is that my mum even went to toys r us and bought me a princess dress for the performance. At school, i walked proudly with my princess dress and my tape. My buddy Geetha was also taking part and shes singing a Madonna's song called Frozen. so we waited next to the stage quietly and nervously and held each other's hand. When it was my turn, i got on stage and looked at the waiting crowd. It wasn't an auditorium or anything. It was just a crummy school hall with teachers and students as my audience. And so i opened my mouth, started singing. at the end of my performance i got a big clap and i just felt GREAT!!! i loved performing.. loved it.

suddenly, by the end of my primary school days, i think i was performing quiet allot. There was the "Bagaikan puteri" show.. where i became a princess and was singing bagaikan puteri and at the end of the song my fellow classmate went down on his knee and gave me a rose.. HAHAH that was nice.. and there was the Seniman P-Ramlee week when we performed "Aci Achi Buka Pintu" a true classic based on the p-ramlee film: Nasib Si Labu Labi and i had to wear a purple fancy Saree.. and there were 5 ghosts at the back played my other classmates and P-ramlee was played by my long time friend now, Azaad Muhammad. Oh boy! trying to think of it... arh rindu!!!!

Then, when the boy band era arrived..oh boy!! we had so much fun practising cool dancing moves after school. everybody had their favourite boy band. Mine was Nsync. and i heearrttt Justin Timberlake. Either it was his blond curly hair or his heart melting smile, or the fact that he dated Britney Spears.. I WAS JUST SO INTO HIM. hehehhe and I'm sure back then everyone or every girl had a crush on some guy from a boy band.

oh my god, don't i love music back then.. it was like a phenomenon. there must be a column in the "Biodata Book" which was quiet popular back then that says "MY FAVOURITE BAND" OR "MY FAVOURITE SINGER" OR "MY FAVOURITE ARTIST". whatever u call it, everyone had it in school. Pop artist was the in trend back then. And i don't know if kids these days still does it, i mean the whole being fanatic about something thing lah... but im sure they do. I saw the other day in my 11 year old niece's room pictures and posters of MileY Cyrus, Selena Gomez and i don't know who else.. oh oh the current favourite i think is Justin Bieber. ahhaha when my niece talked about him to me.. i just cant help thinking of my good old Justin Timberlake days... awwwee...

oh well,nowadays i think my musical interest are little bit more universal compare to those days.. back then i was the classics, then pop, then punk rock through out high school (oh i lovvvveee Green Day n No Doubt n Incubus back then..) and now.. its just normal easy to hear songs.. I think i just got lame and too busy to carry on with my musical interest any longer... Universal is the way to go.

Hopefully I'll regain my interest soon when i have the time and resources and by that i mean (money!!!) to go out and buy Cd's and stuff.. Hey, any interest don't go cheap ya? hahahha till then, Rock On!

welcome!!!!!

hello and good evening to all. before i start, let me just try and describe myself in a few words and probably the reason of the existence of this very blog.

First of all it probably has something to do with expressing myself. I found out years back that i have a real serious problem of shyness and awkwardness whenever I'm around people. well, as i was thinking of ways to improve myself, i accidentally came across a really funny blog which belongs to a beautiful Muslim, hijab wearing, entrepreneur,photographer, mom and beloved wife. Not that i know her and not that i haven't met any successful person as herself in my lifetime, but really, she inspired me to write.

My blog will probably be all jumbled up and not as organized or anywhere near Fancy schmancy as hers. But, Ive got to start somewhere and i think this is it.

I'll try and make it as entertaining and as personal as i could get.
thus, this is my REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR.
enjoy