Reasons Why I May Have No Food

aka Day 4 – Your favourite photograph of your best friend(s).



All of those bears belonged to Yaya the 10-year-old grandma except the cube Ultraman (a 15th birthday gift from Kameelah), Naruto (a 16th birthday gift from Fatimah) and the blue Ultraman Gaia (an RM8.90 self-gift for scoring 9A's in PMR).

If you can make out the stack of books at the far back, that's my collection of hardback Harry Potter series.

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Actually, my favourite photograph of Timah is one taken during my 7th birtday party; a picture of me, her, Kak Dijah, Kak A'isyah and Naim. And of Milah is a picture when we were in 6th grade.

Those were the proofs that I was tall one time ago. Now those giants are pretty much way taller or somewhat of my height, screw you growth hormone!

I am not being selective of the reality I accept, but the preferable word here is vertically-challenged. Thus my Napolean complex.

p/s: This is a 2007 picture, I think. The bears are scattered around our Lundang home because the gang is taking advantage of me being physically absent.

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Jebat main FB

Kak Bid,

Sebab dia kelihatan mahu bergerak, maka saya letak dia dan Suri di luar.

Jebat mula mengorak langkah menuju laptop, meninggalkan Suri yang cenderung untuk tidur hari ini.

Dan dia panjat! Haha caya lah Jebat!

Tak sampai hati nak alih, risau juga andai dia membuang air tapi percaya bahawa musim sejuk maka sistem perkumuhan kurang sikit.

Suri kekal di tapak asalnya.

Jebat belajar mengenali Facebook hari ini.

Tertarik dengan status Hamizah Zainal.

Seterusnya Jebat mengensot ke arah bekas makanan dan mula memamah salad. Tahniah.

Diorang ni sangat berbeza dengan Yuuno. Kalau Yuuno yang sering segan dan enggan bergerak bila ada orang berdekatan, mereka berdua ni selamba je malah berusaha mengembangkan jaringan perhubungan.

Bermula dengan menyapa tuan mereka, hehe.

p/s: Kacau study orang haha.

Jebat and Suri

Kak Bid beloved gave them to me on the last 10th January. Much loved, I am forever in her debt.

She's Dr. Nor Bidayah Supardy now, graduated from Ain Shams yesterday with flying colours :) I am a much spoiled junior.

The male is called Hang Jebat while the female is Mahsuri. Judging by the length of tail, the right one should be Suri.

Najib is still doing fine. I'm delighted by his ability to play by himself in his aquarium, plus I can always skip feeding him and he wouldn't (couldn't?) whine at all, haha. Such a nice fish.

I miss Sondos

How To Make A Basic Crepe

(4 servings)

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 eggs

1/2 cup low-fat milk

1/2 cup water

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons melted butter

Whisk the flour and the eggs together in a large mixing bowl. Slowly stir in the milk and the water. Add the salt and butter, and beat the mixture until smooth.

Fillings:

Whatever you want, just stir-fry them. Or go nuts with anything sweet.

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I always wondered why people consider omelette (telur dadar) as not a main dish. Life could give me a simple omelette of egg, salt and maybe some shallot or chili eaten with the humble plain white rice and I could be the happiest girl alive.

Goodbye, Chigu

Chigu
11 August 2010 - 8 Jan 2011

He was a month old in that picture. Fitted nicely in my palm, should have smuggled him back to Egypt then.
Then..

Mom said because of the cold. Kelantan is raining now.

FYI, Chigu is the most dearest rabbit to me :) I've written about him here, here, and the latest here, just a week ago. Also, please click on the link inside each post (if there is).

Maybe that's why mom worried for me when she first told me about him on Facebook, plus the fusses some people are giving me. Yaya even consoled me, reminding "Kita masih ada Atuk".

Am I really that pathetic? But I'm cool, yea. I'm cool.

p/s: I should write my 2010 review, reminding myself of the lessons learnt then. To keep things especially emotions in check.

Iklan rumah [bakal] kosong di Mounira

Di sini ada iklan rumah (bakal) kosong di Mounira, sori xde gambar (lagi).

Mane: Tingkat 2, atas Restoren Bashandy (atas rumah Presiden Husaini)

Bila kosong: Bulan Mac 2011

Sekarang sape duduk: 4 orang abang2 senior tahun akhir Cairo (Ariff Sudin, Aslam Fariz, Shuib Khairudin) dan Ain Shams (Ariffudin)

Sebab ape kosong: Diorang dah balik Malaysia~

Keadaan rumah: Berperabot, empat bilik, dekat dengan U

Sewa sekarang: LE1500 (but MAYBE tuan rumah nak naikkan pas abang2 ni keluar)

Eh saya berminat la! Sila contact Abang Aslam di talian
011-8725634

Ini cuma pengecopan untuk duduk di rumah ni, kalian still kene deal dengan tuan rumah ni apabila abang-abang ni dah keluar.

Rumah ni bakal kosong dan lokasinya yang memang strategik, kalau ada orang nak, bagitahu la Abang Aslam. Kalau takde, no problem whatsoever.

Btw they've got another 6 exams to go, prayers for them and senior-senior Ain Shams yang menunggu result.

b/p
Abang Aslam Fariz bin Selamat
Cairo Gen 4
(batch abgFaizal)

Bossy

This is a draft written on 26th January 2008.


"Hakim, tolong ambil ke mama oren satu."

"Hakim ade kerja!" Hakim ran from the dining room towards the telly room.

A few minutes later, Mama emerged from the dining room and walked towards Hakim tilting back his kiddy chair carelessly, biting an earphone socket while watching the television attentively.

"Hakim kata ada kerja!" Mama exclaimed, grabbed herself an orange and pinched the brat's chubby cheek lightly.

"Hakim ada kerja la ni!"

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"Hazim! Nak air cold!"

Twelve-year-old Hazim stared at the television, ignoring the yowling four-year-old kid.

"Hazim! Cepat la! Nak air cold! Nak air cold!"

Hazim grinned at Hakim's reddening face.

"Hazim! Nak air cold! Cepat la cepat la cepat la!"

Hazim laid on the floor, totally ignoring the dictator's order.

"Hazim cepat la!" Receiving no answer after a minute of yelling, drastic measures has to be taken for results to emerge.

Hakim stood up and grabbed the nearest toy car. "Hazim! Nak air cold!" Held high above the head, the toy car was ready for blast off.

"Okay la okay!" Hazim surrendered and was on his heels towards the fridge.


... and the 18-year-old kakak tengok saja sambil gelakkan adik-adik dia, ini la namanya kuasa sejati.

Kalam taujihat dari Umair

yang penuh kasih sayang di lubuk hati nurani.

"Lawa la baju kau. Buat ke?"

"Terima kasih, haah. Mak aku pilih kain."

"Mak kau memang style. Kau je tak reti-reti nak jadi feminin."

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"Dalam henset aku ada banyak gambar kau."

"Kau dah send (Bluetooth) ke aku dah kan. Delete r."

"Takpe, kalau delete nanti teringat pulak."

"Ecece Umair~"

"Nanti aku nak mengutuk kau, mesti la tengok muka kau."

"Adeh."

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Atiqah: noprob, pape bagitau la eh
Atiqah: sian kamu, beta tiada di sisi
Atiqah: tatap lah wajahku [sambil nyumpah2]

Umair: ahahaha
Umair: sengal
Umair: aku tengah bayangkan muka kau tadi (sambil tumbuk2 lantai sebab rasa nak tumbuk kau)

Hati mana tak terkenang

Mak saya kata Chigu sekarang kurang bergerak dan lebih banyak menghabiskan masanya dalam bekas makanan.


Kemungkinan disebabkan saiznya yang semakin besar, berat dan dengan kaki kanannya yang dikerat vet membuatkan pergerakannya terbatas. Meskipun dialih dan diletak nun jauh di hujung reban, Chigu tetap kembali masuk dalam bekas makanan.

Mungkin dia ada masalah lain. Tekanan dari rakan sebaya? Dipulaukan ekoran kakinya tiada? Beta cadangkan dia lebih menghabiskan masa di luar reban, berkejaran bersama rama-rama di taman. Fisioterapi penting bagi mengoptimakan fizikal pasca pembedahan.


Bulu juga sudah serabai, ape ni masa kecik punya la bersemangat serta comel, jangan kata kamu rindukan saya.

Tapi ye, manusia berubah, inikan pula arnab.

Sekarang Chigu anak Boo (batch pertama, DOB 1st Ramadhan 1431H) bukan lagi satu-satunya arnab bulu coklat di reban itu.

Perkenalkan, ini Chi. Yang lagi cun, argh, Chigu dah tewas.


Chi anak Junno (batch keberapa entah, dia seekor je terselamat daripada adik-beradik lain yang mati sebab negligence) lebih kurang sebulan usianya. Iras-iras wajah Junno, budak ni bermuka bulat dan berbulu gebu.

Comel gile rasa nak baling-baling, adeh mengapa Lundang tidak sedekat London?


Agak membanggakan kerana Hakim berani untuk memeluk arnab-arnab ini. Mungkin sebab masih kecil, baik dan mendengar kata maka tidak lah bercakaran sana sini. Serta Hakim juga makin berani, tahniah budak tahun 1 Ali SRI Aman.

Meskipun Junno seekor gangster yang ganas serta suka melarikan diri ke rumah jiran, pandai pulang ke reban namun bengap dalam penjagaan anak, alhamdulillah sikap keji mengada nak kene lempang serta dimasak rendang ini tidak diwarisi Chi.

Erm, sekurang-kurangnya belum lagi.

p/s: Mama rajin hantar MMS maka perlu disetempatkan semuanya bagi memudahkan urusan mengadap andai teringat.

Idea of Fun

Let's just do something fun and informally impersonal, like:

1- Go for a walk and see the world; after all,

It is He Who created and perfected all things
Surah Al-'A'la, verse 2

2- Sit down and banter

3- Coffee and talk

4- By any tree and read

5- Throw in some punches in between

6- Maybe an ice-cream or two

7- But I'm a carnivore, I need meat

8- You read/study while I play with Bebah

Happy :)

aka Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.

Yaya adik Atiqah [the Great]

Ada budak kecik senget mahu jadi wartawan meniru kakak dia yang hebat hoho mari gelakkan dia beramai-ramai XD

Yo, nanti Ika balik kita suruh Along belanja Kenny Roger's, jom. Tak pun membedal buku di Popular.

p/s: Families are forever. Be smart, start one ;)

Previously in 2010

January

I ended 2009 and started 2010 on a falsely-perceived good note. Taught me to be wiser in dealing with people. We perceive things differently and that differences could easily mess up a lot of relationships if treaded recklessly.

Was the Promotion and Registration Committee for PERUBATAN Bahariya Explorer 2010. Had fun meeting people from all over Egypt and learned to be diplomatic, to ask for favours, that people are actually nice creatures and I have really cool seniors. Plus I realized my intolerance to unsupportive leader who wouldn’t back us (me) up.

Also was the Preparation and Multimedia Committee for PERUBATAN Graduation Appreciation Ceremony (MAG) 2010 along with the neighbour. Was in the meeting with a whole room of seniors and I was exceptionally delighted :D

Opah passed away on the 16th. I wasn’t as tough as I expected, we all have our moments.

Found an older ‘brother’ on the 22nd and that kept me in high spirit for the rest of the month.

Midyear exams commenced on the 24th and I opened a Twitter account for my personal quote bank.

Two juniors from my high school returned back to Malaysia at the end of the month and I realized I haven’t been a really good senior to them.

February

Finished the midyear exams on 3rd and was aghast with the prospect of winter break which was not a break at all. Watched the final match for LiQa while interviewing one of the seniors for MAG.

Gen08 had a get-together which I forgo in favour of MAG meeting at ARMA. Plus I had already missed the batch’s SC Gabungan on the day I departed for London thus I started to doubt my loyalty to our batch, haha.

PERUBATAN 6th Annual Meeting (MAT) on the 6th in which I went as a representative and reporter for mP. It was HOT and the issues presented were more than what we could handle. Plus we had MAG on the next day and darn my part had yet to be done with. On this very day also, an issue arose on my commitment to our cause.

On the 7th we had MAG! Actually I remember writing an account on this but I deleted it later out of reasons I forgot. It was etched upon my soul though and I shall not coat this memory with the dust of forgetfulness.

That very night we had our Bahariya briefing for we were departing on the very next day. Three consecutive programs resulted in my deviated focus; my duty with mP was thus forgotten.

Bahariya from 8th to 10th was superb :) Mansurah people rocked my socks and I swore to never come near ish baladi ever.

On 16th we had PERUBATAN Medisal Cup 2010 and I played futsal on the Cairo II team with six first year students against Cairo I team of my peers. I remembered posting about this on Facebook, asking for tips and Abang Ayep kindly advised me to sujud upon scoring and of Surah Ibrahim verse 7. We lost to a team from Azhar though (they had a coach, ouch!) but the fun was endless.

That night we had our final meeting for MAG plus a party with food to feed a small town. The seniors were very much supportive and helpful I succumbed to embarrassment :”> Let it be known, Gen04 will always be my most favouritest. Plus some of the Gen06, haha yeah I am biased.

On the 20th, our webmaster proclaimed his disappointment with the non-functioning News Department. It was a very pitiful moment for us, especially to me since disappointing people was death to me. It started since MAT; then it was me and Saifullah with Abang Hafiz helping us out; Safwan resigned earlier this semester and the new head and vice head were, I don’t know, missing?

I decided not to become PERUBATAN program’s committee member as long as I am still with mP (it is hard to write up any news when you have to help run any program within the same time frame), except for MAG maybe.

27th came and marked my succumb to abandonment; the biggest challenge for 2010.

March

There rest of the year went downfall. Not worth finishing this post. Reviewing the year made me depressed. 

Erti Kesengalan

After mediaPERUBATAN was unofficially renamed Biro Pusat Pemulihan due to the extensive sengal-ness of its members (no, the big bosses were safe from this infection), I felt the need for a serious self-searching.

I hope you can help me by answering this poll. Thank you and have a nice day.

Bad in a Good Way

aka Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.


I don't like chocolate that much. I brought Mocha 3-in-1 from Malaysia and I resort to it whenever I've maxed my daily Nescafe intake yet still the day hasn't ended. And it tastes funny; the chocolate part of it doesn't go well with my palate.

But not all that is distasteful is bad for you, and not all that is palatable is good for you either. Like that Allah said in Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 216.

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you.
But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you;
and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you.
And Allah Knows, while you know not.

And just because I don't go well with chocolate, doesn't mean it doesn't go well with the rest of Earthlings. People perceive things differently, that's what makes them amusing :) Let's celebrate uniqueness and our differences with understanding and a smile.

And no, that doesn't mean I don't accept chocolates as gifts. Keep them coming!