suria melanie

2010-07-29T20:57:00.001+08:00

i have moved to a new blog:

http://suriasuria.blogspot.com/

thank you.

i don't need a parachute

2010-05-31T13:36:00.000+08:00

I don't need a parachute

Baby, if I've got you

I don't need a parachute

You're gonna catch me

You're gonna catch if I fall

Down, down, down

GAHHHHHH

2010-05-30T17:39:00.017+08:00

HOLY CRAP.

HOLY CRAP.

HOLY CRAP.

HOLY CRAP!

remember the post that i did on my KL trip? if you don't then click here .

well if it wasn't because of my roomie's carefree gift box i surely wouldn't have known that the girl i had mistaken for Hunny Madu was actually......

Scha Al-Yahya!!!!!!!

the moment i recall back my rendezvous with her, i feel so embarrassed! what would she think? like, how a famous actress like her had been mistakenly known for some other Malaysian artist.

Gaaaaaarh! *smacks forehead*

and no wonder she looked kinda familiar to me. she starred in Awan Dania and KL drift!!! HOW COULD I POSSIBLY HAD NOT KNOWN???

Gaaaaarh!!! *smacks forehead again*

and this time i'm 101% sure that it is DEFINITELY her because i remember spotting a tiny mole somewhere above her upper lip.

can you see it? can or CANNOT???

I am soo sorry for the mistaken identity Scha :(

will try to improve my artist radar plus trusted identification ~~and not just jump in front of them and ask, "hi are you Hunny Madu?"~~ from now on.

and hey, what are the odds that i had actually found pictures of HUNNY MADU AND SCHA TOGETHER??? DON'T THEY LOOK ALIKE???

*heart break*

GAAAARH!!!

p/s: wanna smack my forehead harder this time but afraid will damage my already tired brain. gotta be kind to the brain for this finals!

tarzan

2010-05-29T11:23:00.000+08:00

Come stop your crying

It will be all right

Just take my hand Hold it tight

I will protect you
from all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry

i is bored

2010-05-28T19:13:00.000+08:00

I is bored.

the call

2010-05-27T01:11:00.006+08:00

the call

2 days ago i received a very mysterious yet hilarious phone call.

man: do not look back! there's a cop following you.....

suria: ah?

man: do not look back. there's a cop following you....

suria: aaaah?

man: *coughs* do not look back. you have a cop following you.....

suria: what? ah?

man: donotlookbackacopisfollowingyou.

suria: *looks back, and sees her clothes hanging in the wardobe*

man's friend: *thailand thailand thailand*

-hangs up-

i looked at the phone in a daze, trying to 'access' the situation. that was my friend Sermphon. he and his buds must have gotten the wrong person.....by thinking that the person in front of them was me! and that person happened to be driving with a cop behind!

aha! case solved.

OMG it was So. Cute. nice try though, for i was instantly nervous for no good reason!!!!

and the last conversation would most likely be:

man: hey man that's NOT her!!! we got the wrong person!!!

HAHA

p/s: you guys made my day :)

happy birthday yam

2010-05-26T15:01:00.006+08:00

on 26 May 2010

the kuih pelita :)

chicken mcDeluxe maniac

the cheese cake fan

the one who used to wake the sleepyhead me for Subuh prayers

how i met your mother!

the one who always bungkus food for me since i was, and still too lazy to walk

the noisy Chadstone

the beautiful sister of a gorgeous brother

daughter of cute parents

the one who promised herself many many times to stay up but ended up sleeping next to her books instead. heh.

the keluang man side kick

the purple baju kurung *coughcoughSairacoughcough*

the one where facebook is a daily supplement :P

cat's worst nightmare :P :P :P

thank you for being my friend. thank you for being you.

all hail...

Maryam Farzanah @ yam @ mori @ ana

Have a happy birthday & all the best in exams!

my not-so-secret getaway

2010-05-25T13:09:00.008+08:00

my not-so-secret getaway

exams exams exams! i've been working my ass of lately for the finals. and honestly i still think that i could have done better for the papers. WAY better.

currently i have so many things in mind. mixed feelings. upset. confused. sad. clownish.

and i bet it's not because of my PMS because if it is, at least i have a reason to light things up a bit by blaming it on the hormones. and the more i think about it, the more upset i am. friends and loved ones have given me the support, but it is always easier said than done kan?

if i have a magic lamp/cawan/mangkuk/teko i would wish for an ability to teleport. i just have to close my eyes and wham! it's Damai resort!!! Holy Crap...

yeap, my not-so-secret getaway. my mom loves it there too. we used to just lepak there without registering as the resort's guest. (shhhh...we sneaked in!) and then my mom will choose to sit by her favorite beach chair and read a novel.

i was free to play around the resort. see hot mat salehs, see hot miss mat salehs, eat fish and chips by the pool bar, swimming, or just stand under the coconut tree with a face that says, "yo, am i or am i cool...?".

when my mom's friend asked her, "aren't you worried that your daughter's all by herself at the pool or beach? what if she gets drowned?".

and my mom just said, "Meh."

i love this spot.

being a lazy bum, i would normally hopped on those huge rocks to get to the lagoon. why waste time and energy to use the staircase i thought?

then it was all about the sea waves. the little holes made by the tiny crabs. soft sand beneath your feet. the salty smell. the wind blowing. old mat saleh couples basking under the sun. kids making sandcastle.

but ever since there's such things like high schools, periods, hiking oil price, resort's renovation and their newly strict entry we've been there for at most once a year! grrrr

oh Damai, i miss you. i love you baby!

Sandy

2010-05-24T00:00:00.000+08:00

hey sandy

no, not this sandy but this Sandy

or rather known as Dracaena Sanderiana. i've posted about my lil plant a while ago. believe it or not, i've just found out its name today (by the price tag that is still attached to it -.-")

i googled it and found out that i actually can make it twist into shapes by rotating it with respect to gravity and directed light sources. by all means, this would surely need some patience and a heck lot of time.

wow

and i was also being informed that Sandy cannot be exposed to direct sunlight. knowing that i quickly dragged Sandy back into my room away from the UTP scorching sun.

then i continued reading. it says there that yellow leaf edges are caused by chlorinated water. tap water should be exposed to the air a day before plant use. uh oh, i thought. no wonder...

man, do i feel guilty.

we gotta fight fight

2010-05-21T13:37:00.000+08:00

Too much of anything can make you sick

Even the good can be a curse

Makes it hard to know which road to go down

Knowing too much can get you hurt

what a downpour...

2010-05-20T21:35:00.002+08:00

what a downpour...

a gift to the UTPians

its light breeze.

light rain droplets by the window.

creating its own music.

the exhilarating sound of lightnings.

the exquisite coolness it gave.

the sweet smell of wet grass.

aahhh such long-awaited moment.

how to have a happy berak

2010-05-19T00:00:00.001+08:00

[achtung! the contents of this post might be disgusting to some people]

i was rather stressed with the coming exams, so i interviewed a couple of friends of a random topic.

Q: klau susah nak berak nak buat ape?

subject A: mkn pisang.. ape punye soklan daa..

subject B: erm. berusaha dgn lbeh gigih? haha

subject C: eeeuwww. cuba position yg lain.

subject D: tibe2 jadi doctor kan. haha. jap pikir. makan pisang byk2. fibre. kot.

subject E: sayur bagi senang digest. or minum teh.

Q: klau masih tak dpt gak?

subject A: xyah la berak.

[jawapan paling tak boleh blah! haha]

subject B: ambik chopstick, sepit dan tarik taik tu kelua. HAHAHAHAHAHA

subject C: ko gelek2 skit. pastu... inhale exhale 5 kali. pastu teran!

subject D: telan julap. or suh gi klinik la...

subject E: pegi klinik. mkn buah betik or pisang.

gee, erm thanks guys! so if you are having problems with beraking, feel free to choose any of the above advices. be it the chopstick or just cancel your berak plans. HAHA.

since we are talking about pooping and tahi all along, you might want to "refresh" your eyes and thoughts a little.

see? pretty pretty CLEAN flower...

stoopid

2010-05-18T10:07:00.004+08:00

i think i am becoming stupid.

yes, stoopid. the more i say it, the weirder it sounded like. how did man created that word i wonder? hmm...

the other day i went to a place to eat satay. i also had to take away for my room mate and anis. so when the waitress asked me what to order, i had around 5 minutes to think and recount for how many ayam and daging i want.

my mind was working at a cacated snail's pace and i even didn't notice that i had left my mouth open with such a stupid sleepy face expression, trying to do the mental maths. fortunately my friends had helped me out. phew...

embarassing, totally! my exam's this week and i can't even count the simple stuff! ahh, must be brain fatigue. study week has left me feeling so stoopid. heh.

but it's okay, cause i'm not the only one stupid in this world. :P

stupidity and beyond!!!

study week

2010-05-15T11:37:00.000+08:00

study week

aigoo...

2010-05-13T00:00:00.000+08:00

aigoo......

my house mates are in Super Junior fever now. they can't stop talking about it!

one of my house mates would even wake up in the middle of the night just to download their latest concert perfomances by not only SuJu, but others too like Girl's Generation. they are the only groups that i know since i am pretty much protected from the "Korean Wave". HAHA

still i am not even interested in any of them. should i feel sad for myself? huhu

is it you, is it you?

2010-05-12T00:00:00.008+08:00

is it you, is it you?

last weekend my boyfriend and i terrorized KL.

keyelll babeyh...

we went makan, shopping, jalan-jalan and watched Ip Man 2. it was absolutely fab. i seriously never thought it was based on a true story - which led to the birth of the legendary Bruce Lee.

sambal sotong. what UP??!!

and theeeen, as i walked into Forever 21, i noticed someone soo familiar. OMG! i thought...it's Hunny Madu!!!

i wanted to make sure so i followed her, while keeping a straight face. i was shocked when she suddenly spinned around. so i pretended to look interested at the clothes by the nearest rack. but to my utter horror i accidentally chose the wrong "cover act" since the rack was stocked with miniskirts, bare backs and all the things you would never see a women with hijabs wear.

fortunately Hunny Madu never seemed to notice. she was busy humming to the current track played by the store while picking out almost 4-6 clothes on her left arm. hmm rich kid. wonder how much being a Vj and Dj had cost her, i mused. what with her beautiful out of saloon locks, make up and Gucci tote.

hookay, she has walked north. walked FASTER suria.

then after a few considerable thoughts, i finally have the guts to confront her.

suria: erm, sekiuss me?

Hunny Madu: *turns with oh so mesmerizing eyes* yes?

suria: are you Hunny Madu?

Hunny Madu: hmm *looks around* no, i'm not her.

suria: really? oh...you look just like her... *wants to be buried underground*

Hunny Madu: *smile*

suria: sorry...

*head down, walked straight out of the store*

Dammit. even if it wasn't her i could have SWORN that i've seen her in tv. who is she then??? she looks like a combination of Hunny Madu and Marion Counter. anyone knows who???

gahhh i felt really dum dum. i've seen a lot of Malaysian artists in KL but never have the guts to approach and take pictures with them. so that explains my sudden go-for-it spirit in Forever 21.

which indeed, failed. buuuuu

anyhoo, thank you so much for putting up with me deng. it melts my heart thinking you'd even want to go KL with me albeit the strict budget you should be having. sorry for the times where i've ignored/yelled/scoffed/rolled eyes/taekwondo(a lil) at you.

all of that just to ease my stupid jadedness.

(please ignore the scary huge eyes sherene :P)

i am one lucky bujat.

love, S.

i don't wanna go hooome.....

2010-05-11T00:00:00.008+08:00

warning: rantings ahead

ahh tak sabar nak balik rumah!!!

cepatla habis test...rindu kat mak/abah/adek/lil ones at home/kucing.

i want to go home

these are some of the popular sentences used by the UTPians. do YOU miss home?

well one thing's for sure, i don't.

believe it or not i'm rather sad to leave utp after the finals. i DON'T wanna go home. because it means i am going to be a 24/7 bibik.

8am: wake up, open the windows, pull the curtains, scrub the toilet, sweep the floor, mop. cook, food for me. food for my brother. food for my grandparents, food for the cat. and oh, food for my brother again.

clean the stove, clean the oven, do the dishes, wipe the sink, wash clothes, hang clothes to dry. drive my grandma around. if not (which is because it is already 3 in the afternoon and i am soo tired from doing the chores), she'll rant on how incompetent i am compared to her adek punya cucu or cousin punya cousin or someone else's daughter.

finally reached home. grandma sees me lying on the couch. thinks i am soo bored so she gave me another housework thinking that i have at least something to ease my boredom and thus going to have a blast doing it. like she was back in the ancient days.

so she made me sew my grandpa's boxers. or her kain batik. or the koyak pillows. buttons. wipe dust from fan. etc.

on particular days, some relatives would come to visit. and they normally bring chains of small children along. serve them food and drinks. grandma yelled into the kitchen, asking where are the drinks? adek, CEPAT la oiiii!!!

served them hot milo, tea, depending on the time and age of guests. oh look, the kids want some more biscuits. add some more biscuits. what? finish again? add some more biscuits. whhha-wahh-what? biskut habis gyk? yikes, no more biscuits left! ahh just give them my grandpa's. the yucky full of fibres type. yuck, who would eat those?

eh, pun habis? zzz...

guests left, clean up living room, wash the dishes.

ahh, i thought. now for some entertainment... *flicks on tv*

ADEK!!! polah milo pake ninek!!!

hookay, make milo. done.

*walks to living room*

ADEK!!! telepon ninek A lok!!!

*suria melanie hesitatingly lets go of tv remote control*

by then my tv programme has started halfway. no mood to watch. bad internet connection cause using dial-up. hmm, might as well call up my bf. hmm, he's busy night shopping/having dinner/help lil sister do homework, or fixing the door knob, or the water pipes, reading comic/chatting with parents/ relatives. it's ok. call him tomorrow.

*prepares to sleep*

grandpa rants on how he finds it difficult to sleep. soo loud. bla di bla di bla...

3 hours later...

grandpa : HADOH, KNAK AKU MASIH SIK DAPAT TIDO TOK??? bla di bla di bla

*finally, an hour later everyone sleeps.*

8am: ADEK BANGUN MASAK OII!!!

and the bibik cycle starts all over again.

*cries*

p/s: please don't get me wrong. i love them but sometimes less house chores and nags are all i ever wish for. hire a housemaid? nah, my grandma has this taboo for them. my friends get to enjoy their holidays. so why can't i?

the chalk guy

2010-05-10T00:00:00.004+08:00

they say...

Chalk guy is back!!!

it's Edgar Mueller, the Super Artist. He paints images, and when viewed from a correct angle they will appear to be 3D images.

AWESOME right?

happy mother's day

2010-05-09T00:00:00.004+08:00

mommy,

happy mother's day!

and you will always be the

Love, adek.

confessions of a broken heart

2010-05-07T00:00:00.008+08:00

confessions of a broken heart

a wise man once told me:

"thank the person that criticized you. for he is trying to point out your mistakes so that you can improve and become a better person."

i tried to hold on to his principle but it's easier said than done. what happens if that person criticized you in front of soo many people? or loud enough to be heard by the ears of your neighbor?

in search for the correct reply you'll notice that people around you have become quiet. leaning in closer to you. eager to hear your response. the moment of truth.

ahh, shall i describe that 'wonderful' moment? you'll stagger for quite a time-depending on how embarrassing the criticism is. some people find it funny, some pretended to be deaf, some just shake their heads, some even joined in.

but at the same time you felt really ashamed by the magnitude of your weak/ugly side being exposed. and my my, are those tears coming? stop stop. not now. aaaah how delightful this is.

and as you are choking back tears, you answer in your most relaxed tone...not wanting to look offended. but deep inside, your mind and heart are both racing. especially if that is the second time you have heard of the same criticism. fine fine, i respect the fact that maybe you just can't stand the way i look/walk/eat. but please...YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD!

i honestly think it is inappropriate to call out others mistake in front of everyone. well, unless you are my lecturer or my boss. try to respect people. i don't go telling people around that their breath stink, or their fashion sense is a bit catastrophic(not that i'm a fashion girl myself), or too fat, or too rude...i don't because that's how you respect people. you tell them their weaknesses one on one, not one to many!

but never mind, there's a lesson to this. to teach us not to make others mistake and prove to yourself that you won't repeat it.

simply because everyone is unique. and we still have so much to learn from this vast universe that He has created.

respect yourself. and others too. do not forget about Karma baby! :)

trix

2010-05-06T00:00:00.000+08:00

trix,

i am very disappointed in you. you used to be so..."irretrixtable". needless to say, you were my everything.

i used to have you in a glass jar next to my bedside table. every morning when i wake up, i instantly thought of you. without even opening my eyelids, i just simply had to exert the appropriate force to lift my left hand and there you were, cold from the air cond but still tasted oh so crispy and mouth watering...

i popped you into my mouth. hmm, this must be banana i guess. and then raspberry, grape and orange. all tiny but each gave away such huge impacts on my taste bud.

but now, i popped one in and i couldn't differentiate which is which. all of you tasted the same. banana=raspberry=grape=orange.

what happened to your specialty and uniqueness? now everyone tastes the same. oh i get it. so 1 trix now la? 1 malaysia pun dah cukup ok.

why oh why...?

what have i done wrong dear trix???

T.T

alamaks!

2010-05-05T00:00:00.000+08:00

alamaks!

terbanjir la pulak...

through the monsoon

2010-05-04T18:46:00.002+08:00

Running through the monsoon

Beyond the world

Til the end of time

Where the rain will turn

Fighting the storm

Into the blue

And when I loose myself I think of you

Together we'll be running so anew

Through the monsoon

Just me and you...

hong se

2010-05-04T00:00:00.003+08:00

Hong se

what screams HOT other than pink??!!

of course la R E D!!!

setuuuupid question.

oooh speaking of that i bought this at PC fair for rm210. 320GB. i have been aiming this since last year, when the price was about 300bucks. its first struck me as, "nice color! me like!" what with the mirror-y surface and all.

the salesgirl did not help at all. she was adding to my dilemma as she tried to promote Transcend and said something about shock resistant laa, more worth buying laa...

so i said, "i like samsung because it's pweeety so nah, i'll take this". and left the place gleefully with a goofy smile, similar to those little girls who just got their latest Barbie Dolls out of the store.

holding it tight to their chests, never to let go.

2010-05-03T00:00:00.002+08:00

every where i ask, no matter who that person is will surely say, "iron man 2 best!". so, i am going to spare all of you that nonsense in which you may have heard too many times already.

but i am not an angel so, IRON MAN 2 BEST!!! haha

getting the ticket wasn't easy. i bought the ticket a day before its showing. and by then more than half the seats were already full, so we ended up with 3 rows from the screen. habis2 tengok muvi kepala pun sakit. aiyoyo

the popcorn queue i tell you...ah no need to tell larh.

the best scene in the movie would be where tony stark plays around with the imagery screen where he simply manipulates the image just by the smooth movement of his arms. especially the one where he enlarged the sexy scarlett johanssen picture from his side table. people in the cinema (excluding me) were like, "whoa...".

oh did i mention? next week we are going to have Fluid Mechanics test and it will be only 30 minutes.

apa? 30 minutes???

the lecturer said it was going to be a piece of cake. just a piece of cake??? i am going nuts here. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

which cake did you mean ah dr maher?

20 random things about me

2010-05-01T00:00:00.004+08:00

20 random things about me

-when i finally have the money to buy what i really want, i tend to re-access its necessity and normally i just ended up not buying it.

-i like listening to emo old songs. crush (jeniffer paige), sleeping child, time after time, from sarah with love. and i actually have an Il-Divo album. i kid you not.

-i hate doing the wash-up routine before going to bed. so i coached/mental-psych by telling myself that if i don't do it i'll wake up in the morning with pimples all over my face.

-although i find it rude, i still talk with my mouth full during meals.

-i have a birth mark on the right side of my head. it's about 1.5cm, tiny, and a bit bulging. that's one of the reason why i'm scared of going to the hairdresser. they have really pointy hair brushes and it hurts when they brush it over my birth mark.

-i love to wear plain white tudungs. have you noticed? hehe

-i have a pregnant middle finger.

-i'm a morning person.

-my bestfriend during kindie was Shamsul. we normally sit and eat our lunch packs together. but there were these 3 fat bullies that always (without failure) snatched away our food and gobbled them up like there's no tomorrow. being very small and afraid, we both surrendered and kept quiet. i once reported to my teacher but the trio got their revenge back in the school bus. huhu.

-i call cats maru maru. ALL cats.

- i'm a sucker for babies. i always dream of having them one day.

-i suck in driving. i can't even park without straying from the white line.

-mosquitos love me. it amazes me and anyone else that i got bitten when they're not. what with my perplexed expression while i scratch myself like an ape.

-people always catch me with an empty stare plastered across my face. or staying adrift in my own world. it just so happens that i daydream-a LOT. it annoys me when it happens during a lecture. the lecturer talks for quite a time, then my mind drifts off and a little while later i'll be like, "what is he talking about? what was i thinking???".

-i luuuuuurve buying clothes, books and facial masks.

-i'm a Suri Cruise stalker. Tom and Katie might not want to know this.

-i'm a home person at heart. sometimes i'd rather sit back, read a novel with my feet up while i enjoy a nice cup of ice cordial drink.

-i watched Twilight for more than 50 times.

-i have the save-the-wildlife kinda conscience. whenever i eat chicken or fish or any forms of meat i feel a sudden gush of guilt (i want to go vegetarian by the age of 40). also even while i'm driving, what with the smoke that's gonna pollute the environment, the amount of plastic bags i have, news on whale meat on the market, people eating turtle eggs, animals undergoing extinction :(

-and if i were to be given a superpower i would want to return back to my childhood days and spend more time with my dad.

gotta live like we're dying

2010-04-30T15:07:00.005+08:00

gotta live like we're dying

my face was in a state so that cover up was necessary

exams over!!!

till the next month :(

but at least i'm finally done with the 3 tests this week. all those sleepless nights, lunch-less days which kept me awake in the afternoons to study are finally overrr! so last night i went to Mcd because double cheeseburger misses Suria Melanie.

i snapped some pictures and then realized how the 3 tests had taken its toll on me. eyebags. blackheads. eek! not to the mention sleepy eyes. eek!

anyhoo...harini cuti, esok cuti, lusa pun cuti. *monkey dance*

aaaand Iron Man 2 dah keluar. can't wait to watch. hehe

today i woke up at 11am, performed my so-much-Qada-Subuh prayer then threw myself back on the bed, pulled the covers, tuned in to mix.fm and laze around for 2 hours. ahh bliss.

but now i'm facing a very huge pile of laundry. anyone care to be my helpful Cinderella? huhu

selamat pagi cikgu!

2010-04-28T00:47:00.004+08:00

selamat pagi cikgu!

i have 3 exams this week. got tonnes to study. so much to do, so little time.

i ought to blame myself for not starting off earlier, but if i do so, then i tend to forget what i've learned. but never mind, i'm not alone am i not? hehe

good luck to anyone of you who is having test this week. semoga berjaya.

and sorry for the crappy update :(

toodles~

love S.

terhangat di pasaran

2010-04-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

terhangat di pasaran

girls dig him

they coo at him

so he's always under the risks of being kidnapped by the girls

he has a gorgeous smile

he has got dimples that are heart-shaped.

he is so sweeet, he'll give you diabetes

now i shall introduce to you...

Mar Mar!!!

aka the ginger bread man

so. cute.

everybody loves Mar Mar

even moi

:) :) :)

of Taj Mahal and hellos

2010-04-26T00:00:00.007+08:00

of Taj Mahal and hellos

i just got off the phone with my mom who's in India now. The food is okay, but it is very dirty & hot there with overcrowded citizens. She also said she has met a lot of Shah Rukh Khans there, where a majority of them looked just like Anis =.="

erm. anggaplah belakang tu Taj Mahal ye...

She even joked and sort of deduced the theory that his grandparents originated from India/Pakistan. And they were lucky enough to have 'escaped' to Malaysia, a country promising wealth and harmony. Sometimes we talked just about that and then we both hung up. so what do you have to say bout this hon? :P

Omigosh is my fate really with a renowned Bollywood sweetheart???

*lagu Jai Ho kian berkumandang*

My brother's favorite verse from Sonnet#18 by Shakespeare:

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate...

HAHA ok gangguan semata-mata

Sometimes i dread the phone calls. The line gets pretty bad at most times. Not to mention the laggings. It's pretty obvious when i say something, i can hear my own voice being repeated, then only a while later will i hear my mom's reply.

And just recently I found the only position and place where my signal bar has at least one red bar - on my bed! and i also have to stand up while talking, fixed to that area of the bed. if i moved a little bit, then the line goes poof.

Sometimes we both have to yell in the phone. people who have got no idea on anything might even thought we are fighting. :S

Sometimes i have to choose the right words to say - the most important ones first since she's always running out of credit. man it's like a competition! we both have to compromise on who has to speak first. sometimes when the call has ended and i have forgotten to tell her something uber importante i would get really frustrated. i can't call her back since i did not subscribe for roaming calls.

but it's actually meaningful you know. you'll appreciate someone more now that she/he is no where near you and all those rare phone calls just makes you jump in excitement, but also a frustrating one when you have actually got to the phone and said HELLO HELLO like a barbaric lad so many times but the call finally had ended only to realize that you forgot to press the 'answer' button.

TAHI BETUL LAH.

A public figure who shall never be forgotten

2010-04-23T00:00:00.003+08:00

A public figure who shall never be forgotten

"If you want to go horse riding, you must learn how to balance yourself. But if you want to run a country, you must learn about money."

Tun Dr Mahathir

I must say that I am impressed with him in person. As our official chancellor, he came today to give a public lecture regarding the 2020 Visionary. The place was pretty occupied that I had to fight for my seat!

It was my first time attending his talk. At the age of 84, he looked good when compared to my grandparents. He's a vegetarian, maybe that explains a lot.

I remember the day he retired from being a PM. I cried. He was such an influential leader with a sharp mind, who could have ever replace him I wonder?

His lecture was awesome. It wasn't boring at all because his words were very interesting, he spoke with such grace and humor. He mentioned that he loved horse riding, so he told us this story of a Turkmenistan PM who gave him a horse from a very good breed. Good to the extend that Napoleon chose only these breeds during any of his wars.

Tun even hired a guy from Turkmenistan just to take care of the horse. However the horse died. So the Turkmen guy told his PM about this. Then the Turkmen PM gave Tun another horse. The horse died again. He told us this in BM and had to lower his voice a bit so the Turkmens here wouldn't tell their PM and send Tun another horse again. But the Turkmen PM meninggal dah larh. HAHA

He even told us how much he HATED doing financial. One thing I learned from him was that no matter how much you dislike a particular matter, it doesn't give you the excuse to do badly in it. Take him for example. During our 1997 financial downturn, despite his lack of interest in financial, our country emerged as the fastest crisis recovery in Asia. How's that?

I love that guy. He spoke with such wisdom that I still think it's a loss that he isn't our PM anymore :(

If you're interested, visit his blog at : http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/

Pucker up!

2010-04-22T00:00:00.006+08:00

Pucker up!

there's one thing where you would never catch me without - lip balms. i have very dry lips and they'll get chapped easily no matter how many gallons of water i gulped down. i wear lip balm at all times, even during my sleep. klau tak, bangun pagi bibir merekah kaler putih bak mayat snow white. zzzz....

so i poured myself a drink today using my house mate's mug which was white in color. after drinking it it left a lip mark as you can see. it very much reminds me of my grandma at home.

whenever you enter the kitchen and see a glass stained with lipstick, you'll know who it belongs to. even the toddlers know this. they just simply look at it in awe first, said "e" and then left it the way it was.

gosh i miss my grandma and her cooking. her chicken curry omaigot... *food orgasm*

important announcement

2010-04-21T07:46:00.004+08:00

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am on a strict diet from now on. please knock me on my head if you see me eating heavy food. your cooperation is highly appreciated.

thank you.

twilight in Sarawak

2010-04-21T00:00:00.001+08:00

twilight in Sarawak

when i said "kuningnya hari!" my friends here would give rather awkward looks at me and then laugh. it happened twice okay.

then i understood. they never use such statement here. however in sarawak it's a rather normal thing to say. even my mum, grandma, aunts, cousins, chinese neighbours...

hmm.

and hey, could you even imagine how it'd be like to translate "twilight" in other languages?

Denmark: Tusmorke

German: Biss

Norway: Evighetens Kyss

Finland: Houkutus

West M'sia: senja / maghrib

then suddenly...

Sarawak: HARI YANG KUNING

oh no.

the journey

2010-04-19T00:00:00.002+08:00

The journey

to get this

and this

we had to endure 45mins of continous grey ribbon stretched ahead of us, the dim lit road, crazy vehicle drivers, the cold wind painfully striking our faces and ah, the smell of fresh taik lembu. All till we see the huge and comforting mcD sign.

But as they say, it is not the result that is important, it is the journey.

and mine was above all...

priceless...

happy birthday liang yi!

2010-04-18T00:00:00.007+08:00

On 18th April 2010...

the fab cook,

the vibrant chic,

the sushi king queen,

the sambal in my nasi lemak,

my efficient gula batu supplier,

my witty companion,

Koh Liang Yi

Happy Birthday!

you are one special babe

And may your wishes come true

*coughcoughNIKEcoughcough*

All the little things...

2010-04-17T00:00:00.001+08:00

All the little things...

i never liked jagung bakar. it creates this uncomfortable feeling when it gets stuck between your teeth after eating. but when my roomie bought it for me the other day (she is still unaware of my distaste for jagung bakar), i was flattered so i ate the whole thing up like an ice cream. and flossed afterwards. aaah my savior. hehe.

well, it's the intention that counts kan?

and do you know that UTP has another way of torturing their students? by having really really sharp furnitures. how slick of them... now i have very colorful knees. oh how i love the feeling of the SHARP PAIN piercing when it hits me. tearing my delicate skin apart. and how joyful it is to watch them turn from bloody red to blue blacks!

oh how i love utp! you bring such happiness to my life!

all i ever wanted

2010-04-16T00:00:00.006+08:00

all i ever wanted

guess the driver...

one lazy evening, i got pretty excited to know that i was finally on the right path to a healthy body & mind - exercise. so i was dressed up in a normal tshirt and sweatpants without a hint of makeup.

to my horror when tidja and awie came to pick me up they looked nothing like those wanting to go for a jog.

turns out that we were going to ipoh for ayam penyet. miscom. HAHA. darn. oh well. how can i resist food? foooooood. oh yummy food...

the place was in Ipoh, at the new buidling just opposite jj which is the utpians typical place of hanging out. it was my first time there, and also my very first time to indulge into this sumptuous traditional Indonesian cuisine:

ayam penyet (smashed crispy fried chicken)

time to activate your taste buds:

it is served with marinated chicken, fried beancurd, tempe, boiled kangkong, rice and sambal belacan. unique thing about the ayam penyet is that the chicken is crispy outside and juicy+tender inside. you can taste the herbs and spices with such exquisite details. the sambal belacan i tell you...was blazing hot! so hooray for spicy lovers!

i almost cried and tidja's lips were so red that she did not need any lipstick. puteri stayed serene thoughout the whole meal. rindukan shafiq nakal la tuhh :P

and then we managed to take a couple of strolls around the new area. thumbs up to "De Closet" boutique! they sell woman garments from top to bottom. bags, heels, blouse, dress, skirts, belts, you name it. i bought a ruffled white top and tidja a very square looking handbag. one and only in Malaysia, the shop owner had claimed. i have no idea.

awie still, stayed calm. i was amazed by how she managed to restrain herself from buying anything there. i couldn't. the dresses were all calling for me. wanting me to stroke them, try them on, exchange them for a few Ringgits, put them in a glossy new plastic bag and then bring them home. aaaaaaaaah sinful temptations!!!

and now i have only rm1 in my wallet. sigh...

but it was fun! would really love to go out with you guys again!

and pls make sure that next time i will not be wearing sweatpants for shopping?

screw merry, it's sushi-go-round!

2010-04-15T00:00:00.003+08:00

screw merry. it's sushi-go-round!

umdao, liang yi and me terrorized sushi king for lunch yesterday. we drove, no no, we literally flew to Ipoh right after our class. both three were hungry mungry i tell you!

now that i am staying at a new residential, i rarely hang out with umdao. so when liang yi asked me out with the fact that our thailand princess is tagging along i thought, "hey why not?". plus sushi king is having a promotion. purple plate whose normal price was rm6 went down to rm2. so yeah, strike the sushi while it's hot!

oh yes, you may salivate now.

it was a full house by the time we reach there. talking about peak hours and cheap food...

then coincidently we met Eddie and his gf at sushi king and made them join us. the more the merrier! when a table was finally made available, we immediately stretched ourselves towards the awesome-est man-made machine ever - the conveyor belt.

so since it was the promotion, we aimed for the purple plates. it was rough. lots of people were waiting by the belt to snatch the yummy ones - the purple colors mostly. you guys should have seen eddie and the gf. they worked in harmony. when the purple plates were approaching the gf would nudge eddie and he will stretch out his very long hands out and get the best ones first.

they are soo made for each other.

and apart from the time constraint, it was the perfect girls day out.

love love love!

i have a name

2010-04-14T09:44:00.005+08:00

hi. my name's Suria.

it irks me that people use "eh" or "hoi" to call out to you.

i have a name okay. it's Suria. or Melanie. get it?

please don't do that again. (you know who you are)

nothing but your tshirt on

2010-04-14T00:00:00.003+08:00

nothing but your tshirt on

anis and i wanted to go for lunch outside. so i waited by the cafe while he went to get the car. as i walked in, several heads turned - (surprisingly!) to me. i looked back, half expecting some other weirdo that would portray an "eek!" till they stopped halfway through their meals just to stare.

but noo... they were actually staring at me. being aware of the 'situation' i chose my steps carefully, awkardly, to a corner table. i tried to ignore the sharp glares. it is pretty horrendous when people cast weird glances at you okay. like an outcast or an alien soo alien that it just oh well you get my point -.-"

no longer later a few girls nodded towards my direction. so i cranned my neck just to see who they were looking at. hmm. i dont see anyone. just trees. so i decided wth, and had a 5-sec staring contest with them. then they stopped giggling and continued eating, one of them got up and went to the sink, with a thin, embarassed smile on her face.

i don't know. was there something on my face? an opened zip? or was it my top? it was one of the hand me downs which my mum's friend gave me. i like its color. and style. sigh...maybe it was just not my day :(

oh what the hell.

paris says

2010-04-13T21:16:00.001+08:00

paris says...

"Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jacka** who pays for everything."

(CLEO April '10 ed)

and i find these lines catchy:

i want to be rich and i want lots of money

i don't care about clever i don't care about funny

i want loads of clothes and fu** loads of diamonds

i heard people die while they are trying to find them

"i don't know" by lily allen

imma be imma be imma imma imma be

2010-04-13T00:20:00.011+08:00

imma be imma be imma imma imma be

how often do you find yourself complaining in a day? and how does it makes us feel better? yes, it can be therapeutic to voice out what you think and feel. but don't you think you might have gone a little overboard when it turns into bitching and mocking laughs? how odd it is to attempt to prop up our esteem by badmouthing others.

on first hearing, you will think, "no no, that's not right..." ego innocently purrs. strange how ego finds making ourselves into a victim so comforting. after all, who likes to admit their faults? i agree, it is much enjoyable to admit other people's defects. but isn't that what life is all about? to be imperfect because that's what make each and everyone of us so special? being humans we love to loathe. we crave for what others have. be it the alluring looks, skinny hot bod, perfect boyfriend/girlfriend, money and every details larh. and since you envy him/her soo badly facebook totally helps no? :P

i once look up to this person so very much, she had almost everything - the perfect family, loving boyfriend, photographic memory, resplendent and cool social circle. albeit her lack of interest in me. i tried to be just like her, even down to the way she walked! but as i got to know her more i thought, i wasn't being me. i was being someone i was not born to be like, how i am going against the nature...a hypocrite to my own body. that is much more pathetic and degrading than wearing the same underwear for a week. (honestly, who would even attempt doing that???)

so, stop this. look at what you have now. look at who you have. don't go craving for something else if it was not intended for you since less is definitely more! forget the past. forget those who backstabbed/bitched or anyone relevant to that. forget those freaks, skumbags, idiots, jerks, dan yang sewaktu dengannya. because it is not worth it * credits to liang yi :) *

for me, i am grateful that i have a fantastic family, splendid bff and friends, awesome boyfriend, nice education and a simple virtue towards life.

hope you do so too.

p/s: you'd better be!!!

:P :P :P

yeap, he's definitely a keeper :)

where did the moolah go?

2010-04-12T00:31:00.003+08:00

honey did you know?

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Ayn Rand

i always find it devastating and guilty to see my wallet empty - only to be filled with the blue bills and rarely used membership cards. then i'll be like, "seriously. where did the moolah go???".

then a little voice in my head whispered that if i felt guilty, maybe i was doing something wrong.

well i'm not the type that keeps track of self expenditures but nor am i ignorant of my spending behaviors. i remember that in primary school, we were given a book where you would jot down your spendings, in accountance of your 'before' and 'after' money.

aah scrap that, i thought. by the end of the day i had just simply wrote down what i could think of in it, not exactly what i had spend. but since my teacher was going to mark and grade it.......

so it happened the other night. i was having a date night with anis (duhh, who else?). had about rm60 with me in the beginning. watched movie, shopped some groceries, had dinner. and that was it. i still could not believe that i had spend so much till rm7 was all i had been left with.

but now that i had listed my expenditures down, it reeeally makes some sense. rm60 isn't that much eh? gosh. i was fooled by my own thoughts of i-had-totally-NOT-spend-THAT-much.

sigh. money flies.

kimbap making

2010-04-11T19:47:00.009+08:00

kimbap making

kimbap is actually a korean food that is made up of steamed white rice and other ingredients, be it salmon, sausages, eggs, etc. it is easy to make, tasty and promises a full stomach.

ingredients:

white rice, dried seaweed, sausages, fried egg, meatloaf, cucumber (cut into long strips), and mayonaisse.

steps:

cook white rice.
smooth a thin layer of cooled white rice on top of the dried seaweed.
lay down the fried sausages, eggs (cut into long strips) or anything according to your liking on top of the rice.
put some mayonaisse on each additions of sausages, etc. it acts like a glue. don't put too much though!
roll the seaweed. press it lightly while doing so as to make it compact.
cut roll starting from the middle. the kimbap is now done. so, have a feast!

baby just say yes

2010-04-09T14:04:00.006+08:00

baby just say yes

thank god it's friday!!! i have like only one hour lecture in the morning and theeeen i'm finally done for the week!

yipee yaya yipee yipee yaa~

it's that time of the week where you're finally looking at two days of freedom, movies movies and err, movies! that is IF you don't have any exams on the following week la. but cmon, it's THA weekend!!!

as for me, i need to catch up on some reading. it felt rather sayu+sad to see my novel and CLEO by the shelves remaining untouched. poor virgins. and are those cobwebs? mummy's been terribly busy. sorry!

a joke for you...

by Dr. Susan Steinberg

One day I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the rest of the family that he had died of a 'massive internal fart.'

hehe

and hey guess what? ain's laundry basket is soo huge that i can squeeze myself in it...with still some space available!

enjoy your weekend!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :)

izzat's birthday

2010-04-08T21:45:00.004+08:00

the very outspoken

fun

unique

interesting

ang mo food lover

nazehah's heartthrob

a good friend

Izzat Fauzi

happy birthday

8th April 2010