Taranaki for 2 weeks...

Sad that I have to leave to Taranaki tomorrow for 2 weeks (well 12 days exactly, no need to prolonged it, haha) and leaving my cinta hati behind...I promise I'll take care of myself and I'll write love letters as much as I can k, pumpkin?...


I hope I won't be sobbing in tears tomorrow at the airport (haha i doubt)...the last time i remember being so sad being apart was going to ECC but i was so keeping it together, acting all macho in front of Ami and Aini...haha that was painful...I hope it won't be that painful this time tho...


Sayang already planning to drive up this coming weekend, which of course i don't want him to (and I'm being sincere, don't suprised me k, its just 2 weeks)...


So till then...I need to pack and make sure everything fits and angkat-able since I'm leaving my muscle man/extra storage man behind...hik hik...

I wonder how many times can you bounce back until you stop bouncing back?

Our Saturday...

We were supposed to drive up to Hamilton this weekend but for some inevitable circumstances, we couldn't...So last night we were being couch potato as always watching ANTM (which saye dh tgk sampai abis), American Idol and Project Runaway...and thats pretty much it...


This morning, woke up watch Survivor Tocantins, cook brunch (sausage+onion+lettuce+vogel) and headed to Lower Hutt to pick my new spectacles...and guess what I drove (ye, I drive now, well more of polishing my rustic driving skill)...baby is worried if i had to go to Hutt or Kenepuru hospital and he can't send me (yela kan skang dh lain group)...he is so determined to make me able to drive again, that a couple of nights this week, I had to drive...So driving to Hutt just now was kinda a big deal (the last time i drove, i think, was like 5 years ago, haha never had the reason to drive), with the motorway and Hutt is famous for its gazillion small-medium roundabout (every 100m i tell u), so a bit of cuakness la jugak....but yes the fact that i am writing in my blog right now is soo suggestive that we are still in one piece (at least in the outside haha)...and nie pn baru balik from my intensive course on taking-a-roundabout-without-making-your-fiance-turns-blue...ok nuff about driving!


Anyway at Hutt, fiance for some weird reason have all sort of food craving (seriously kalah org mengandung)...tetibe die craving indian food but since xde indian food yg halal at queensgate, we decide to just head back to temptation restaurant...however jam teruk again on the motorway and its 2.00pm...kat sini most restaurant open for lunch to 2.30pmj er...so dh cuak x sempat sampai, so we decided to call for takeaway...nasib baikla call because they actually closed today...so decided to go to the little india...masuk-masuk city tgk cuba st closed and barula teringat its cuba st carnival...fiance teringat last year they have malaysian foods as well, so excitedla si food craver nie...


The carnival was awesome, they have stalls selling food (mainly), cloths, henna-wearing and couples of band playing...Lame tul x pegi this kinda event, last was in La Rambla in Barcelona...So it was mainly a food hunting sessions and it wasn't me yang beria (haha nampak sgt selalu saye yg suke makan)...Ya Allah banyak giler fiance nak...mule2 mkn nasi+naan+curry pastu beli roti canai pastu beli corn bakar pastu beli 10 mini donut pastu beli 4 sate, pastu beli 2 cendol and lastly beli nasi lemak and nasi beriani for dinner...and sume nie beli berturut2 ok with interval of 3 atm withdrawal (ramai can't except eftpos)...Balik tu baru die realized "eh saye pakse awak makan eh, lupe awak diet"...cis, sudah terlambat...hahaha

I didn't take any pictures which is a ashamed because it was beautiful with all the deco and weird looking costumes but we'll be going back tomorrow to get lunch...perhaps i might snap a few picture but don't count on it...heheh


So thats pretty much our weekend (well esok ader lg) but it was to be a more of a studying-type of weekend but it turn out to be more fun that i thought...thanks LOVE!


p/s: I bought a new bean bag with black and white stripe...owh sungguh suke!

He was there...everytime wihout failed...

Yesterday I had one of those 'why me?' day...it was so severe that I have a very puffy face this morning due to crying-sampai-sedu type late last night...nasib baik fiance was at my place playing dota with the boys...he just let me cry sampai puas while holding me...


After 30 minutes of crying non stop, I finally stop and he knew I need a fresh air...so he walk me to the car (wearing pyjama+blanky+pillow) and headed to the beach...he lowered my seat and put a blanket over...he stop to get my favourite coffee while i wait in the car *not saying a word*...


Parked at our favourite spot and ask me to relax and go to sleep...he open the window and switched off the engine...it was really quiet...just the sounds of waves...he knew that makes me calm...


This has been his routine every time i get sad and I love him so much for just knowing what to do every time...I always said to him that I don't know what I'll do without you and I know its a cliche but I literally mean it...I don't think I'll be where I am if he was not here with me...he was always there...


1st year - He was there (physically and emotionally) when my mum passed away...I remember watching a pigeon sitting at my window (never have i've seen before any birds that sit on my window) looking at us, as if blessing us together...

2nd year - He was there making sure i eat, drink and sleep when I wasn't eating or drinking or sleeping for 3 whole days, just lying in bed staring at the ceiling...

3rd year - He was there when I couldn't even stay in the lecture on anything relating to my mum's illness...Knowing every time "Ingat mama ke?.. lets just bail the class" and we'll walked out...

4th year - He was virtually there when I had to reseat one of my module...he couldn't be physically there so he gave me several cards with the exact time to open it...Each of the card was so well and thoughtfully written that I really think that he was there with me physically...

And in couple of months, we'll be together for 5 years...and I couldn't be happier to have him in my life...the true meaning of 'patah tumbuh hilang berganti' (See I do know Malay phrase)

Traffic jam Conversation (Filler post, eceh hari2 tulis pun nk ader filler post)

Remember when I talked about our manje-gedks scene/conversation during traffic jam yesterday...I realized that i tend to do stupid random thing during traffic jam...x kire la dgn sape2...another scene took place in a car with my big bro during traffic jam in KL...owh to tell this story you have to know that my dad used to be (as in dh retire) agriculture research officer, so basically his work is to 'stare' at leaves (and other part of plants, of course) and somehow deduce a scientific conclusion about the plant (haha, i soo hope he doesnt read my blog or confirm kene pancung)...anyway back to the topic, which is the traffic jam scene

Moi: Ishh, teruk nyer jam...

Moi: Bosan giler (setelah abis usha sumer abg2 kete sebelah)
Moi: xde bende ker bleh buat kat dalam kete nie? (Sambil mengeledah segala compartment dlm kete)
Bro: Dah jam nak wat aper lagi? Woi ko buat aper tu?
Moi: Hah aper nie? (sambil membelek2 kertas2 A4 berprintkan nama segala jenis pokok in 72 Tahoma font yg saye xleh imagine rupa bentuknyer kerana tidak pernah amik tahu)
Bro: Ayah punye la tu, untuk label pokok2 die
Moi: Duh *as in la i don't know, sape lg yang suke pokok*

Tertiba saye terjumpe kertas bertulis 'ubi gendut' dan idea tertibe menjelma...

Moi: Bro, aper kate aku tempek kertas nie kat tingkap tunjuk kat bro kat sebelah tu, mesti die hot kan kene panggil ubi gendut... (sambil gelak)
Bro: Ko jangan buat klakar qish, aku tinggal ko kat tepi jln nie kang!
Moi: (sambil buat2 x dgr) Tak pun, klu ko bengang ngan sesape, ko tempek jer kertas nie, panasss jer org tu nanti...gilerla ko mesti the only person that drive well-prepared with 'cursing' statement...kire cintakan bahasa what...ohh ubi gendut... (sambil gelak lagi)

*gelak guling2 atas lantai atau name glamer shortformnye ROFL*


Well i know its a stupid joke, perhaps you didn't even laugh..but hey, you weren't there...its you-have-to be-there kinda joke...haha...ok enuff I'm bored, hence the entry..



p/s: Harini misi mencari frozen cili padi...for some weird reason sumer asian groceries dh abis (5 total k, abis satu wellington nie saye pusing)...and its gonna be a while for the stock to arrive, I am so gonna die...like last time stock petai and durian peket (saye simpan buat tempoyak) sungguh la lame xde, skang diorg dh ader, cili lak xde (I can live without those two but not the cili padi)...baby lets tanam cili jom, but not like the potato ye sayang (adeke die campak potato dh berakar umbi tu depan umah saye and highly hoping and having faith it will grow)...owh my pumpkin!

Another entry...but an educative one for those wanting to travel...

Ok I'm on a blog roll for some weird reason, so bear with me...Nanti I MIA again, you'll miss me, haha (I can clearly hear, 'owh pliss')...

So harini aper nk citer eh...owh since i'm still excited with travelling plan but i can't say anything yet sampai its finalised, I feel like talking about travel plus this sunday ader Travel Expo again menyebabkan I teringat about my Europe trip...So I'll story-mory about my last Euro trip Summer 07/08 (yes kami summer end of the year)...


Ok I've been eyeing the Round-the-world ticket since ages but everytime I plan the route it is always too expensive...So one fine day, in Feb 2007, we (saye dan fiancee) went to Flight Centre Travel Expo...Initially the plan was just to browse around...Then at the MAS booth we saw this deal to Europe less than NZ2000 with a stop over in Malaysia, which is really great since we want to go home as well..The deal is really cheap since NZ-Malaysia is about NZ1500, so with an additional NZ500, we get to go to europe...Thus, right there and then we decided to go but we didn't wanna go just the two of us...it will be fun and more exciting if we go in a group...


So we decided to tell all of our friends asking who would want to come...Initially there 4 of our friends who were keen but finally only Ami and Aini whom decided to tag along (sian fiancee, the only guy)


The ticket only allows travel period of a maximum of 3 months, so we were playing with the dates to see how many days we can be travelling without going broke...Budget wise, we could travel for 3 weeks but after consulting the travel agent, we can only either travel for 18 days or 33 days...So kenela amik yg 18 days sahaja and fit what we can in that time period...Fiancee and I didn't want to stay few days in Malaysia on the way, we just wanted to transit a few hours in KLIA and fly straight to London but the girls wanted tog o home first then meet up in Barcelona...(poyo jer ayat 'we'll just meet up in Barcelona jer k, haha')


So, we decided on this,

So we had to decide on how to fit as much as the cities that we wanted to go in 18 days, and its a real challenge...the route changes so many times and finally we reach a decision after fitting in the transportation cost (train+cheap flights) and travel periods...the route was

London-Barcelona-Nice-Milan-Athens-Rome-Pisa-Florence-Venice-Innsbruck-Zurich-Frankfurt-Brussels-Amsterdam-Paris-London

Transportation wise, we chose both flights and rails...those mark with red are journey with flights and the blue are journey with the train...It does look giler serabut but it actually turns really2 good...bought cheap flight online from easyjet and ryanair whereas for the train, we bought eurail pass for 18 countries...


So onced the flight was confirmed and we received train schedule, we form the detailed itinerary, as below...its like super crowded bit it works really good as we never even had any missed flight/train (thats is everyday we rechecked the time for departure)...giler packed kan but its soo worth it...

Then, accomodation...we booked everything online and paid deposits...some require full payment but mostly just deposits...senang dh booked since at least we know we have a place to stay and we can do a budget on how much money to brings...so the overall budget were as below...

I think we planned the trip really thorough, which is good because we wanted to just enjoyed once we're there, which we did...


Entry gamba2 yg beribu2 di sana akan dibuat di lain hari...saye dh malas!


p/s:- Owh our end of the year travelling plans telah berkurangan *bummer* but i guess you won't miss what u don't know...eh cam lain jer ayat nie, ker 'you don't know what u'll be missing'...tp dh maksud lain...ok2 mereps

My Skin Care Regime

Kan dah kate, xle tido lg...tertido jup td lepas balik Queensgate (2 hours je ye kawan2)...so skang terkebil2 x tau nk wat...jadi marila dgr saye wat review brg2 Clinique...Oh tadi x beli pape kat Queensgate, penat tunggu optometrists dan eye exam yg sangat lame (die check mate saye 40 minit+kene kutuk cheapskate pakai contact lense monthly, bak kate die nz x perscribe monthly, hanye fortnightly and Acuvue 2 tu dh lapuk, cis! *mumbling, bukannye aku nk beli contact lense pun, nk wat spec jer, sbb kedai ko jual murah jer aku ader kat sini, cepatla check!*) dan lapar dan hujan dan menyesal balik waktu hujan+5.00pm = traffic jam giler teruk dan malas masak = makan lauk leftovers...hmmm cam takde continuity jer ayat tu, ok nampak sgt dh mereps...so here goes..


Earlier (awal tahun lepas kire earlier ker?, haha) someone ask about my skin care...so I'll just do an entry on it...I've been using Clinique for more than 2 years now...been wanting to use it since high school lagi, but manela mampu waktu tu...I don't have a huge range of its product, I only have the essentials...I used the 3 steps (facial wash+toner+lotion) twice a day and I love this 3 steps product...pagi-pagi lepas basuh muke with the liquid facial soap mesti rase cam 'terbangun' (haha if there's such word)...I also like the pump feature because senang nak amik and everytime I squirt the same amount of soap yg keluar (just enough for my face, takdela terlebih ker terkurang)

Next step is exfoliating with its Clarifying Lotion/toner...yang nie I like sebab everytime wipe with cotton wool mesti ader dirt, rase cam 'wah! sumer kekotoran hilang' *exxagerating, i know*...but you do get my point, no?



Next is moisturizing with the Dramatically Different Lotion...yang nie pulak I like because of it does not make your face rase oily and once again the pump feature...


Ok basically those 3 products are the only thing I used in the morning, skin care wise...Usually pi skola I don't use make up that much, just loose powder, mascara and lip gloss...and compact powder for touching up during the day (which is so not often sebab malas)


At night, after wiping off the what's left makeup on my face I'll repeat the 3 steps mentioned above...Then after the 3rd step, I'll use another lotion, total turnaround visible skin renewer...Owh I soo love this product because after several usage I really can feel my skin smoother...



Then I use the Intensive Eye Cream...This cream works wonder!...I remember when we went to Europe, we had like 36 hours of travelling from Wellington to Barcelona and for sure I was not up-to my skin care regime...so sampai Barcelona, eye bag giler horror...after 2 appliances of the cream, terus hilang...hebat sungguh! And I prefer cream than gel because I hate using gel due to it leaving skin feeling sticky...rimas!


Other than that I use its Turnaround 15-Minute Facial for face mask once a week...
I just recently bought its Thermal-active pore minimizer to help reduce the pore hence the blackheads...


So thats basically it...xdela muke giler licin berseri2 but bolela, haha *abaikan, kepala weng x tido* Sekian Titik noktah


p/s: semalam main dota, berjaye bunuh 17 heroes, terase diri semakin mantap haha, kene teruskan berlatih supaya bleh berlawan dgn budak lelaki aka fiance kerana fiance sangat cocky mengatakan ' hmm klu lawan awak, saye bunuh awak jerla, xyah bunuh heroes lain', dan saye balas 'ey jahat' sambil menumbuk manje di lengan nyer (sile muntah if mahu) dan menarik muke masam sambil mengcross tangan, lalu balas fiance 'takkan nk dtg kat awak, ahhh, bunuhla' dengan suara, ala2 soft (sile jgn mengimagine ba'am begitu)...lalu kami ketawa berdekah2 <- conversation yg berlaku tatkala traffic jam teruk td, nampak sgt dh abis topik...

Oh Insomnia!

Yes, I have problem sleeping! I've always had such a problem but its getting worse. For the pass 72hrs, i've only slept 7 hours in total! 2 jam tido and tetibe terjage...everytime without fail...sampai nangis la sakit pale yg xleh tido tu...Fiance makes chamomile tea to help and it works a little...So i have more not-sleeping time, hence the more blogging post...I look like crap but at least eye bag not so visible, thanx to my Clinique Intensive Eye Cream...this cream works wonder!

On a happier note, we're going home end of this year with several *cough* travel plans which I'm not gonna revealed yet...I guess you just have to wait anxiously+excitedly like I am (ceh cam ader jer yg nk anxious and excited, haha)...So I'm glad to have something to look forward to and so excited doing all the planning, YEAY! Saye mmg suke planning. It won't be an extravagant euro trip in 2007 but saye still SUKE!

Ok, if I still am not sleeping tonight, I'll blog more...for now, I need to go to Westfield Queesgate to do a new spectacle...powerku naik lagi!...



p/s: Saye still sedih tak dapat beli Dior Addict 2 (sebab dh abis) kat Kirkaldies and Stains haritu, 100dollar jer with lotion and a cute Dior bag! *hint baby hint* ;)

A 'kinda' very long entry...

*WARNING: A Very Long Entry (hey I've been AWOL for months, what do you expect)*

So its been months since i last blog...well actually I've been missing for months, ie no communication at all with other human beings...haha except certain people la kan (those who GENUINELY care)...I just don't feel like talking or seeing anyone...well not that anyone noticepun *self-pitying*...haha nolah of course some notice...

konon trying to disconnect with everyone including bestie...and it turn out to be a big mistake...straight away i receive a screaming phone call (oh yes, she screamed and very LOUDLY i must add) and another 20 minutes of nagging from bestie because i didnt reply her frenster msg and phone txt (but she claims heaps of email, msgs and txts)...Sayang, thank you for screaming and yelling k, it does feel like you were there beside me like the old good times eventhough you are miles away in Padang...and D i know u care as well but you are really2 busy with the new job + *wink* and knows that Naza will report back to you about everything...haha...and yes i can't go back for you *wink* and i'm still kicking my self for that...demmit!


So what have I been doing this past months......i did think of going home (cause dad always pay everything kan, ahaks) but somehow didn't feel like it...i felt like just lazying around at home and not go anywhere but come to think about it I think it has been a quite productive 'lazying around'...

Let see,

• Shopping is a mustla kan but i didn't do much i think...just one sass and bide jean and a scarf from kirkaldie and stein, clinique 3 steps, Esprit work belt and coin purse.... for 3 months that is a little of shopping plus with all the sales going on...proud of myself..*self-pat on the back* ;)

• Spring cleaning of the house and did some re arranging of the furniture...bought a drawer/dressing table (finally!) and did some home craft a little bit...well more of storage boxes...i did some gardening as well (sampai melecet2 jari i)...haha...

• Polishing my baking skills...owh fiancela yg paling happy with this...everyday ader new dessert: chocolate cake, cheesecake, cream puff, banana cake, cookies, apricot danish, tuna puff etc...(owh saye tak kuase nak tangkap pic for every dish)
  

• Reading novels again (its been ages since i last read a novel)...so i was reading the whole shopaholic series again (just in time before the movie premier) and also all the other Sophie kinsella's book...and currently thinking of buying the twilight set...

• Renting dvd every week from Video ezy terchenta plus re-watching SATC, gilmore girls and the O.C for the who-knows-how-many-times-already...Finally was able to download the whole 4 seasons of The Hills (telah mengupgrade ke 40gb, so super downloading all cerite under the sun)...haha

• Addicted to Dota..haha blame the fiance! But I'm getting really good, I mean really good...Killing up to 12 heroes without mati...*Perasan hebat sedangkan satu hero jer reti gune*

Ok I think thats pretty much it...ceh ingat cam banyak nk tulis, poyo jer...Anyway I'm too lazy to upload pictures...So till then, toodles!