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Thanks Jeeb for the meme I shall call...

Tag Bahasa Melayu yang mencabar minda~
haha.

TAG 1

1. Bekas kekasih saya adalah : seseorang yang tidak tahu erti persahabatan.
2. Saya sedang mendengar : Alia membebel kerana saya tidak larat untuk menonton DVD dengan dia.
   
3. Mungkin saya patut: tidur. Akan tetapi, saya perlu menunggu Azzura datang kerana saya perlu memulangkan buku-bukunya, dan mengambil DVD Grey's Anatomy.
   
4. Saya suka : makan, tidur, membeli belah, membaca (tidak semestinya di turutan yang diberikan)
   
5. Sahabat-sahabat baik saya : adalah mereka yang tahu keburukan saya, tetapi masih setia bersama saya. whee~
   
6. Saya tak paham : kenapa saya ketagihan Pet Society.
   
7. Saya kehilangan : masa yang boleh saya gunakan untuk bermain Pet Society.
8. Ramai yang berkata : yang muka saya tidak menyerupai arwah mama saya. Memang betul pun.
   
9. Makna nama saya : ialah Puteri dalam bahasa Arab.
10. Cinta itu adalah : suami saya, si bengot yang bernama Hafiez.
11. Di suatu tempat, seseorang sedang : membuat keputusan sama ada mahu berjumpa sahabatnya atau tidak untuk mengambil buku dan memberi DVD Grey's Anatomy musim yang keempat.
12. Saya akan cuba : untuk menjadi isteri yang lebih baik (huuu jiwang!)
13. Ayat SELAMANYA membawa maksud : forever di dalam bahasa Inggeris. Ia juga merupakan tajuk lagu dari kumpulan Innuendo. Saya suka lagu tu!
    
14. Telefon bimbit saya : berjenama Sony Ericsson.
    
15. Bila saya terjaga dari tidur : saya akan bangun dengan berat hati (dan badan) untuk mandi.
16. Saya paling meluat apabila : orang yang saya tidak suka bercakap tanpa henti dan menyangka saya ambil kisah dengan apa yang dikatakan olehnya.
17. Pesta/Parti adalah : sesuatu yang mahu saya adakan untuk harijadi suami saya Julai nanti.
18. Haiwan yang paling comel yang saya pernah temui ialah : kucing saya, Zoey.
19. Peringkat umur yang paling menyeronokkan bagi saya ialah : di sekolah menengah, di mana saya berjumpa dengan ramai sahabat baik saya.
20. Hari ini : sudah berakhir.
21. Malam ini saya akan : tidur, selepas berjumpa Azzura (dia sudah menghubungi saya dan akan tiba sebentar lagi!)
22. Esok pula saya akan : bekerja :(
    
23. Saya betul-betul inginkan : komputer riba milik saya sendiri.
24. Ketika anda lihat wajah anda di hadapan cermin pagi ini : saya dapati bahawa muka saya masih seperti biasa, Alhamdullilah.
25. Pusat membeli-belah atau arked permainan : Pusat membeli-belah. Arked permainan tidak ada menjual baju jenama Dorothy Perkins.
26. Makanan Barat atau Jepun : kedua-duanya sekali.
27. Bilik yang terang atau gelap: terpulang pada keadaan.
    
28. Makanan segera adalah : makanan yang cepat untuk disiapkan. Khasiatnya masih dipertikai.
29. Ayat terakhir yang anda katakan pada seseorang? Pandu kereta dengan hati-hati (tetapi di dalam bahasa Inggeris)

TAG2

1. Apakah perasaan anda sekarang? Bercampur-aduk di antara gembira, sedih, menyampah dan sebagainya.
   
2. Saya nak makan? Ketam, tapi tak tahu bila.
   
3. Saya tak suka? Orang yang suka mempersendakan orang lain, tapi tak dapat menerima apabila dirinya menjadi bahan lawak. Sengal kan?
   
4. Impian saya? Untuk mempunyai perniagaan sendiri, dan pada yang sama menjadi penulis cereka fiksyen yang sukses. haha.
5. Haiwan yang saya tak suka? Tikus!
6. Saya harapkan? Yang terbaik untuk saya dan suami, serta keluarga.
7. Jika boleh putarkan masa? Saya tidak mahu fikirkan kemungkinan itu, kerana saya tidak mahu merosakkan peluang saya untuk berjumpa suami saya.
8. Saya pada 10 tahun akan datang? Akan tetap dengan pendirian saya, insya Allah.
9. Handphone saya adalah sebuah? Sony Ericsson Z610i berwarna biru.
10. Saya pernah bercinta sebanyak? beberapa kali; dengan keluarga, teman-teman, lelaki yang tidak layak pun pernah juga.
11. Kawan-kawan saya? kebanyakannya sengal belaka.
12. Pernah dikhianati? Ya.
13. Apa yang hendak anda lakukan terhadap orang yang mengkhianati anda? hmm. Entah. Yang pasti, saya gembira kerana tiada pengkhianat di dalam hidup saya sekarang ini (Agaknya lah)
    
14. Siapa yang anda nak Tag? Kusa, Azzura (kalau dia masih ber'blog'), Lyana, Nik, Charles (haha!), Deepa, Arnie, Alia, Ikin, Saddiq dan sebagainya.
    

I can do better than this. But so malas to fix!

The Three

Note to Najeeb: I'll do the memes you tagged me once I have more time k?

Three Names I go by
1. Elmira
2. El
3. Mira

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Body Shop's product advisor
2. Admin Asst at UPM's graduate school
3. Writer

Three Places I have lived
1. Serdang
2. Bandar Tun Razak
3. Shah Alam

Three TV Shows that I watch [well, let's make it Three TV Shows that I would watch if time permits!]
1. Project Runway
2. Greys Anatomy
3. Pushing Daisies

Three Favorite Places I have been
1. Bali, Indonesia
2. Langkawi, Malaysia la duh
3. Kedai buku

People that e-mail me regularly
1. My bosses
2. Colleagues
3. Facebook haha.

Three of my favorite foods
1. Fish
2. Chocolate
3. Crab and Prawn

Three things I would like to do
1. Cook more
2. Watch TV
3. Bring peace to the world with a flick of my fingers


Things I am looking forward to
1. US trip. Wednesday, come soon!
2. July.
3. Make babies haha

Three people that would respond to this and do it
1. Nana
2. My babes
3. Najeeb + Soul
(Okay more than three but what the hell.)

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A lot of these answers reminds me of what little time I have to do the little things, like spending time in a bookstore, or watch TV. Simple pleasures in life that we take for granted.

I'm sleepy. And yet I'm blogging, and I'm on Facebook. Hubby is probably snoring away in the room. hmm. Time to join him, I guess.

I was tagged part deux

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
I don't think so.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Yesterday. Seven Pounds made me cry like a little girl.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
haha no!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAL?
Good food. haha. It depends, really.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Yes. Her name is Zoe. She's fat, and she's gray. And yes, she's a cat.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yup! I'd probably tell me to get serious about losing weight tho.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
No lah I use soap.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
haha not really, no.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Honey gold and Quakers' wheat squares thingy.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
I don't wear shoes with strings in the first place.

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
At the moment, its chocolate and mint.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Their eyes.

15. RED OR PINK?
Red ftw!

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORlTE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My lack of will to get on the treadmill.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
Mama.

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?
Its up to them really.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
No shoes, pink and white stripey pants. Yes I'm in my pajamas.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
The Brilliant Green - Angel Song

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE
Red la duh.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Estee Lauder's Pleasures and Pure White Linen Breeze, Annick Goutal's Petite Cherie, fresh lilies. And any rose scents, either fresh or perfume; reminds me of my mother and The Body Shop's Tea Rose perfume she used to wear.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Kak Fara, last night.

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
Several people tagged me, and I like them all very much! <3

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Football when with hubby, and paintball when hubby is playing.

27. HAIR COLOR?
Dark brown.

28. EYE COLOR?
Dark brown.

DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No. I don't have to :D

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
Malay, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Mexican. I love food la basically. But am currently craving for Las Carretas' jalapeno poppers.

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
Happy endings! I'm a sucker like that.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Seven Pounds with Azzura :)

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Salmon haha.

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Both!

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
Hugs AND kisses.

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND to this note?
The people of Sup Cendawan Anjung.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND to this note?
uhm. My husband.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns.

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Mouse la duh.

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
Bourne Ultimatum.

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S).
Kusa's snore (when its gentle and not too loud that I can't sleep)

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Both?

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
Europe baby!

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I can move my ears :)

46 WHERE WERE U BORN?
KL.

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
Everyone's!

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?
IRC. Yup it started out as an internet relationship. Yanti introduced us. Thanks Yanti! (Or is it "Dang it, Yanti, look what you got me into!" ;) hahaha. Just kidding!)

I was tagged

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag twenty people.

Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real, nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name : Mira

2. A four Letter Word : More

3. A boy's Name : Michael

4. A girl's Name : Marissa

5. An occupation : Marskman

6. A colour : Maroon

7. Something you'll wear : Maxi skirt

9. A food : Mee Maggi

10. Something found in the bathroom: Mirror

11. A place : Museum

12. A reason for being late: Makan! haha.

13. Something you'd shout : Mangkuk ayun! (a tribute to Najeeb :P)

14. A movie title : Memoirs of a Geisha

15. Something you drink : Milkshake

16. A musical group : My Chemical Romance

17. An animal : Mink

18. A street name : Maharajalela, Jalan

19. A type of car : Mitsubishi

20. The title of a song : Mary had a Little Lamb haha.

I'm supposed to be resting.

Rules: 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. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I am from the Jamalullail clan of the Syed lineage. My second name, Elmira, when combined with the clan name, means 'princess of the beautiful night'.

2. Also on my name, I used to carry two ICs around before MyKad was introduced. One is the regular one with only my name, the other one with my full name [inclusive of my dad's name]. In case you're wondering, its Syarifah Elmira Afzan binti Syed Nor Azlan. A mouthful, eh? haha. I love my name!

3. I love love love spicy food. Although I have to take em with jugs full of water.

4. I had this weird thing that kinda stopped, where whatever cookies, candies of chocolate pieces I eat must be in even numbers. It only applied to countable food items like the ones I mention... not rice or noodles.

5. I studied Performing Arts in a UiTM for a year. Was the pioneering batch. Something screwed up, and then I didn't pursue it. Oh well.

6. Chocolate and lemon tastes weird together. But separately, they're heaven-sent.

7. My babe and I couldn't pinpoint an exact date when we got together. We didn't exactly do the whole "Will you be my girl/boy?" routine. We just decided one day - over the net, nonetheless - to go with the flow. The flow is still going.

8. Made some very close friends online, in IRC, in a little channel called #backroomkl. But most of them moved on to other things. One I married to. And one girl I'm still close to is in Japan.

9. Also on friends, some of my best friends are the ones from school. This either shows that I don't socialize much, or that I am very loyal that way.

10. I can't get angry for too long. Especially with friends and my sisters. So even when a friend screws up and then comes back, I'd accept her/him back without much questions.

11. I am currently swooning over a French toddler that goes by the name Capucine.

12. My late mother is my ultimate hero. She is wise, patient, calm, non-judgmental, and would even help those who dissed her in the past. I don't think I can be like her.

13. I'm not very funny. [Unlike Hadi, I am dead serious!]

14. I aspire to own a makeup artistry business by the time I'm 33.

15. I want to write a fiction novel. No deadline for that yet, though.

16. I wanted to be a radio DJ. I swear to God, I put that down in school whenever they ask students to write down our ambitions.

17. My husband is the only person who can get away with tickling me. He suffers in the process though. I am very ticklish, up to a point where I loathed being tickled at. I may laugh when I am tickled, but I cry inside. And sometimes, afterward. But Kusa is persistent. Its good though... its not like I want him to stop.

18. Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom are the best albums of all time, in my list.

19. I forgive, but forgetting is harder. I won't say that I don't, but can't say that I do either. It depends. So save the trouble and don't mess with me k?

20. I am surrounded with graphically creative people: my husband, his brother, his best friend, my best friend. But I am not.

21. I have sensitive teeth due to the stupidity of a dentist.

22. I fidget. Its a habit that's hard to break.

23. I hate the kind of cherries that people put on a cake. But give me real ones anytime, baby. yum!

24. I am the tallest among my siblings. And I'm the youngest.

25. I am amazed how my Sayang can make me get over my sulking mode with just a single look or one line to make me laugh again. I may still be angry, but I laugh anyways. And on how he finds different ways to annoy me on a daily basis. Every day. Even after 7 years and six months. He is so annoying, its endearing. :)

By the way, I'm tagging EVERYONE.

i wonder how long this post is going to be?

haha I just realized that I was supposed to list three things that I love and nominate other bloggers I deemed worthy of the Kreativ Blogger award. My bad!

My list is as below:

a) I love the people I have around me; my great family, my best girls, my good friends, and my Baby Boo, definitely :)
b) I love cats (our Zoey Schmoey especially!)! I adore anything cat-related! Except for cat poo.
c) I love good food. Sometimes too much. heh :D

And for the award, I shall nominate:

a) Azzura - http://wickedrossored.blogspot.com/
b) Moqh - http://blog.mukhrizlatif.com/
c) Ili fm - uhh, what's your blog address?
d) Suffianr - And what's yours?

I'd name Najeeb, Kusa, Ikin and Saddiq as well, but they have all already been nominated at some point for the same award, so I don't want to be redundant.

Okay so let's move on.

You may realize from the date of my blog and the time, that I am blogging from the office right now, which is somewhat of a rarity. If you didn't, then you should already know since I just typed it out haha. The reason for this such rare, privileged occasion is...

THERE IS NO IFN NEWSLETTER FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! woohoo~

There's no real reason to celebrate here, coz it's not like I won't have anything to do until January comes. But hell, I won't have to go back home late for the next two weeks, so I'm psyched about that. There's still reports to be written, and possibly people to interview, but I'd like to know how it feels to have a lil bit of a work-less Friday.

I hope my bosses won't kill me, if ever they found out :D

Especially since I'm kinda promoted, effective from January onwards :)

haha yup. No more Editorial Executive, hello Senior Writer! It's not really a promotion, coz we didn't have that position in IFN before (although there is a Senior Writer in IFA, another one of REDmoney's publication). Its more like a new position for me, with more work. And a bit more money.

Uhh. I think I just described a promotion. But anyways.

Azzura and I decided to meet up today for lunch to kind of celebrate my new appointment. And in a way to make it up to her for not being able to join the gurls yesterday, when they went shopping for bridesmaids' material for Noran's wedding. Azzura asked Noran, Animz and Along to come as well, but they're busy so nevermind. We'll have fun anyways.

Had a somewhat good lunch at Chakri Palace in KLCC; I say somewhat coz I had better Phad Thai in The Gardens. Bitched for a bit, walked and oogle over shoes and handbags and makeups for a while (while bitching duh), then settled at Starbucks for a bit for coffee (juice for Zura; no coffee! gila unlikely for her ok?!) and cake. And yes more bitching.

Of course, its great to hang out and just lepak with her, even for a couple of hours. Would love to lepak with her longer, but I still needed to drag my lazy bum to the office.

And oh, my office had the Xmas dinner on Tuesday, and my secret santa (Shashi, my copy editor. Gila terer hide it from me!) gave me A Thousand Splendid Suns! yeaayyyy~! I was the santa for Raphael, my editor, and I got him Philips' earphones. He told me he love them. Hopefully he told me the truth :P

And the dinner was great. It was held at The C Club in Pavilion, a jewelry boutique -cum-fine dining restaurant, owned by The Carat Club. The ambience was nice... We had the terrace all to ourselves! The food... well, it depends. Personally I find that there's nothing special about the mushroom soup, but the fish for main course was amazing. Took only a bite of the brownie ala mode, coz by then I was already too full.

And some of you may know how much I like watching people act silly... And I had a ball of a time that night! haha I dunno why, watching drunk people making little sense amuses me.

Okay I'm done. Only 45 minutes to go before I head to Kelana Jaya. Will be going out for a date with my Sayang later... We're having Bubba Gumps. :)

i crave for some meat.

Its not too bad spending time alone at home on a Sunday. Well okay that's a lie; I'm kinda bored, but it's only for a few hours. I'm not exactly alone, actually... the girls [i.e the maids] are downstairs.

Why am I alone? My Babe and his bro, Chik, were invited to a friend's BBQ party. I didn't want to go coz I don't know anyone there, and I know there's a big chance that I'll just stick around my Sayang and socialize very minimally. So why not just let him do his own thing for a change and let them boys bond over a little game called WOW? That's how they know each other anyway.

Furthermore, I don't want to be like one of those people who insist on having their significant other do everything with them, and I feared that I was already becoming one. I know that weekends are our only real 'us' time together, but we'll get many more chances. :)

I got myself an award from Najeeb about two weeks ago. He thinks that I'm creative enough to be considered a Kreativ Blogger. Honestly, I don't know if I deserve to be called creative, coz to be honest, I don't have a single creative, artisitic bone in me! But I try to be in my writings, and Insya Allah I'll be able to channel it better in the future. So thanks Jeeb for thinking of me, and I am really really really happy! yeay! Its my first ever!

So anyways. The award.


As a rule, the recipient has to lis three things that he/she loves, and my list is as the following:

- I love my dad, my sisters and my little devils. I've said it before and I'll say it again; I am nothing without them. They have been with me through thick and thin, and they know for the person I am.
- I love my girls to tiny bits and pieces. Azzura, Animz, Noran, Along, Adik, Lyana and Ikin. You girls are my rock.
- My baby boo. My Sayang. My Husband. And Insya Allah, father of my child. wah gila babi corny haha~

Ikin also tagged me to post seven random things about myself. I'm pretty sure I did it before, but for the life of me I couldn't find it in my archive. I'm just gonna try find it one more time, and will do the tag if that doesn't work out as well.

Hmm. Almost 2pm. I think I'll watch a movie.

tagged by ikin. fun.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

I love spicy food, but I can't really stand the heat.
I always ask for extra chili, and you can bet that I love any Malay dish with the word sambal in it. When eating out at TGIF or Uno or anything similar, Tabasco sauce is a must. So is a glass of plain water. Well, a jugful is more like it.

I also love the taste of petai, but I hate eating it on its own!
I like it as it adds additional taste. It's not like I hate petai because of the smell my body would emit [and we all know how gross that can be], but I just hate the taste of the veggie.

My Sayang and I have NO IDEA the exact date we got together.
Seriously. We know that it's sometime at the end of May, or early June 2001, but we just can't pinpoint the exact date. So we did the next best thing: celebrate on the 31st of May.

I can't stand the taste of chocolate combined with lemon or lime, though separately, I can't live without them.
Hmm. Another one on food. I wonder what that says?

I fidget. A lot.
Nothing new here.

I haven't bought my own phone since the Nokia 3310 model back in 2002.
Thanks to My Baby's hand-me-downs whee~

I am accident-prone.
Occasionally, I get bumps and bruises that I just can't remember where they come from.

The seven people I'm tagging are:
Azzura
Noran
Adik
Along
Anim
Saddiq
Najeeb
(Noran, Adik, Along, buat kat supcendawan k? hehe)

That's all. I kind of had to really think about them, so that sucked. haha.

dejavu

So I was doing the questionnaire that Ikin tagged me to do, and then I got to question number 20, and it said "Do you make up your own word?" My answer of course was YES... and then I thought, hey... this is WAY too familiar. Checked my blog for a little bit under the tag 'random stuff', and sure enough I answered the same questionnaire on December 24th last year. haha.

So if you're curious, read it here.

On another note, things are happening that made me question a lot of things, and though I have made my decision of what my next course of action will be, the necessary measures to implement it has yet to be taken. But I'm getting there. Thanks to my Babe, Ikin, Lyana, Azzura, Animz, and a few other people for lending me an ear, a shoulder, and a little spot in your heart for me. I feel so blessed.

I am so blessed.

Okay I should be writing a longer post, I know. And I will! hehe :D

omg six more months.

1. Was 2007 a good year for you?
It was fine. The last quarter was especially good for me.

2. What was your favorite moment of the year?
There's a few. Graduation, engagement, Ikin's wedding, Kusa's shop opening... I'm fickle, so don't ask me to choose!

3. What was your least favorite moment of the year?
There's a few of that also. I don't want to elaborate.

4. What are your plans for 2008?
Work, get enough money to get married HAHA.

5. What countries did you visit?
haha NONE. Which reminds me... my passport expired last September.

6. What date in 2007 will remain etched in your memory?
21st October 2007, duh.

7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
FINALLY graduated woohoo~

8. What was your biggest failure?
Not learning how to make a Subway. :D

9. Did you suffer any illness or injury?
Nay, nothing serious.

10. What was the best thing you bought?
hmm. Nothing extraordinary worth mentioning.

11. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
A certain person who was supposed to be a friend. But when she stop making effort to contact me, I guess I should stop calling her a friend already.

12. Where did most of your money go?
Transportation. And the occasional shoe-indulging activity. And food.

13. What did you get really really really excited about?
My engagement yeay!

14. What songs will always remind you of 2007?
Umbrella haha, and Hey There Delilah.

15. Compared to this time last year are you:
a) Fatter or thinner? Pretty much the same. I should be thinner. sigh.
b) Happier or sadder? HAPPY YEAY!
c) Richer or poorer? I earn my own money now, no longer depending on welfare :P But that does NOT mean I have money to burn!

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Lose weight. Play bowling with my Sayang. More sisterly-bonding with the other Syarifahs within the family.

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Whine. haha.

18. How will you be spending Christmas?
uhm sleeping. I don't know.

19. Which LJ/MySpace users did you meet for the first time?
I don't use LJ, and my Myspace is messed up.

20. Did you fall in love in 2007?
YES! Bobby's purring makes my knees go jelly~

21. How many one night stands?
Nyet none.

22. What was your favourite TV show?
Entourage, House, Grey's. I'm a TV junkie.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Such a strong word... but no.

24. What was/were the best books you read?
I wish I read more books last year... :(

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Eisley! Ingrid Michaelson!

26. What did you want and get?
To be graduated.

27. What did you want and not get?
A no-yelling relationship with my dad.

28. What was your favourite film this year?
American Gangster, Transformers.

29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Class till 7 p.m, then dinner with my Babe at Chili's, One Utama. It was my 26th, and I'll be 27 in 17 more days yeay!

30. What one thing would have made your year more satisfying?
To be able to graduate with honors boo >:(

1. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
A cross between ultra feminine and "beggars-can't-be-choosers" chic. haha.

32. What kept you sane?
Freaksters and my sisters. Why not my Sayang? Or Ikin? Coz they drive me CRAZY.

33. Which celebrity did you fancy the most?
Daniel Wu. He is delish~

34. Which political issue stirred you the most?
blergh. Not because I'm not interested, but... blergh.

35. Who did you miss?
My Mama. And oh, Azzura. But now she's back!

36. Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?
Hmm. I don't think so. If someone begs to differ, please let me know :D

37. Did somebody treat you badly in 2007?
Yes.

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
When a friend decides to no longer be a friend, just let the person be and forget about him or her. You can fret and whine all you want, but what's the point when they don't feel the same way?

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year..
So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health in good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life.

-- Good Riddance, Green Day

been a while since i did one of these.

1. Name of a person who made you laugh last night?
Puteri Nur Irdina

2. What were you doing at 0800?
In the car, on the way to the Komuter station

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Typing a letter.

4. What happened to you in 2006?
Faidhi Ilham was born. Well that didn't happen to me personally hehe.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
"OW!" hehe. the balls of my feet are kind of hurting at the moment.

6. How many beverages did you have today?
2; iced nescafe and mineral water.

7. What colour is your hairbrush?
Brown, and I rarely use it.

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Breakfast; a half serving of nasi lemak with nescafe and a piece of bread.

9. Where were you last night?
At home, watching X-Men 2.

10. What colour is your front door?
Dark brown.

11. Where do you keep your change?
In my wallet.

12. What's the weather like today?
So far, it's been nice and sunny. I like.

13. What's the best ice-cream flavour?
I'm still deciding.

14. What excites you?
Shoes, bags, felines, making desserts.

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Yes, just a trim. I'm getting split ends, again.

16. Are you over the age of 25?
Very much so.

17. Do you talk a lot?
YES. And pretty loudly, too.

18. Do you watch the O.C?
Nope. Teenage love triangle doesn't give me any high.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yes. In fact, I know 2 Stevens!

20. Do you make up your own words?
BENGOT!

21. Are you a jealous person?
I'm not sure. But I can be.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter 'A'
Azzura

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter 'K'.
Kusa baby!

24. Who's the first person on your received call list?
My Sayang.

25. What does the last text message you received say?
There's a message from my brother, but I rather not reveal the content.

26. Do you chew on your straw?
A very bad habit, but I do!

27. Do you have curly hair?
Wavy~

28. Where's the next place you're going to?
My Sayang's store.

29. Who's the rudest person in your life?
Uhm. Haziq and Andhar and Dina, I guess. They're kids. I usually avoid grown-ups with attitude problems.

30. What was the last thing you ate?
A slice of toasted bread.

31. Will you get married in the future?
End of June / early July, 2008.

32. What's the best movie you've seen in the past 2 weeks?
American Gangster, though my Sayang went ahead and watch it first without me.

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
I like many people~

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
Last night.

35. Are you currently depressed?
haha far from it.

36. Did you cry today?
Nay.

37. Why did you answer and post this?
Because I like nothing better but to waste my time and do silly questionnaires. And because Zura tagged me.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Not 5 people, just YOU.

history!

Click here. Look at the picture. I know it's small, but I think you should still be able to see quite clearly each of the men and women that was featured in this old photograph. Now, focus your attention to the man standing on the far right side of the second row. See him?

That's my dad, y'all.

But no, my father was not a teacher at MCKK. He was actually an administrative staff... A clerk, if I am not mistaken. But still, that's my dad! And dang it, although it's probably just by chance that my dad was standing among teachers in an article obviously about those in the teaching profession, his face and name was featured in yesterday's New Straits Times!

It's probably silly to be proud over something like this, but I am. :)

happy birthday, Ma.

If my mommy is still around, she would be turning 59 today.

I can't sleep. It's probably due to the fact that I am thinking too much about college; three assignments due by the end of next week, none is done. I'm doing badly in my Sales Management class... I don't want to elaborate now. I'm thinking about Mama too. Nothing bad, nothing sad... I just think too much when I'm supposed to be snoring and sleeping and dreaming and hugging my Sayang.

So what does a girl do? Blog about something worthless! Was tagged by Saddique [twice!], so here it is.

TAG #1: 4 Things You Won't Leave Behind

Okay, so this tag is actually kinda vague. Won't leave behind when I'm going out? Won't leave behind when I wanna go to the toilet [don't make any smartass remark, Diqque... I don't leave my toiletries in the bathroom]? Won't leave behind when I go travel? What? So I decided to answer this tag by assuming that the 4 things are the things I hold on to most dearly in my life. Well, 4 of them, at least.

+ my optimism and sense of humor [because the world is fucked up, and we all could use a little positive thinking once in a while]
+ my Sayang [well I need love!]
+ my friends and family
+ my handbag [which contains my keys, makeup pouch, wallet, handphone, organizer etc. Yes I'm a cheat.]

TAG #2: 6 Weird Things About Yourself

I pondered a while if I want to do this, so I finally decided, "Why the hell not?" Some things here I reveal for the first time, some I made up. haha no la.

+ Ikin knows this; when i eat peanuts, chips, cookies, almost anything accountable, I eat them in even numbers. I don't know why, but this started since I don't remember when. I do not wish to dwell further into this!
+ I sometimes read the ending of a book first before I decide whether to read them from the beginning or not to read at all. No, they don't provide any good clues about the story, but it's practically habit. I don't remember the last time I do that though.
+ I am lousy when it comes to playing games, whatever type it may be. That's why I always tell my Sayang to get me puzzle games on his PSP, DS Lite, etc... they're the only thing I'm good at.
+ I have 6 lesung pipit at the corners of my mouth, 3 on each side. They're not really weird, but I rarely meet people with lesung pipit right at the corner of the mouth, and even more rare is to have 6 of them! By the way, anyone knows what lesung pipit is in English? Help me out!
+ I am not an anti-social, but sometimes the best way for me to chill is to lock myself inside my room, and just hang out alone. Sometimes I read, sometimes I write, sometimes I daydream, mostly I just sleep. haha.
+ I can't take really spicy food, but I LOVE EATING THEM. Tomyam or my dad's sambal tempoyak, for example... I need gallons of water by my side whenever I eat them. I'll drink in between spoonfuls, and my nose will be all runny and red... but I just can't get enough of it.

So. There you go. I'm tagging the Freaks, and my college friends, and anyone who's reading this. Including you, Arnie. And Nana. I'd tag Ikin and my Baby too, but Saddique beat me to it.

Why am I not sleepy yet?!

tagged~

I'm at my bengot of a boyfriend's home, supposedly doing a research for my Biology assignment. Kind of tired right now... I actually slept while my lecturer was talking in front of the class during my Sales Management class this evening... I haven't done that since high school! Reason for tiredness is unknown... but I figure that I'm gonna be a lot more tired come this weekend, with 2 assignments due and a quiz on Monday.

My Sayang tagged me on his blog [which he updated twice in 24 hours! yeay baby!], and so here goes:

I change my handbag depending on what I wear on a particular day, but these are the things that's in my handbag right now:

+ small wallet [cash, IC, college ID, ATM card, receipts and ticket stubs that should be trashed]
+ handphone
+ make-up bag [comprises of Body Shop's two-way powder, Body Shop's lip gloss, Bath and Body Works' lip shine, Revlon lipstick, Lancome blusher, In2It eyebrow definer, Maybelline mascara, L'oreal eyeliner, Clean and Clear facial blotter]
+ Contradiction perfume vial
+ a mirror
+ a lace fan from Belgium
+ house keys
+ a pepper spray [which I hope I don't ever have to use!]
+ an extra hair band and clip
+ Sunnies

And I'm tagging you, dear reader, to list down whatever shit you have in your bag and post it in your blog, if you have any.

Okay gotta go. Mosquitoes are hovering around me right now. I'm off to get myself a shower.

Assignments? Ughh.