I've been watching a lot of movies on my laptop nowadays because Zahir just taught me how to download a movie. Before you can judge me, I better admit. Yes, I am naive when it comes to IT or gadgets or anything related to that. The thing is, I've never been interested to learn about it. All I know about owning a laptop is that as long as I know where to click for Internet, where to click to view photos and all the basic stuffs, then it's enough. So when Zahir introduced me to all these Torrents and stuffs, I started to download movies non stop. Okay you can say I'm a little bit obsess.
One of the movie I downloaded was Blue Valentine. I watched it last night and it got me all teared up :(
I was just so mad at the girl because her husband was being so nice and loving but all she did was throw their marriage out the window. Okay maybe he did some mistakes but everyone deserves a chance. He didn't cheat on her, he didn't hit her, he treats their daughter good. What more did she want? Its just not fair. I cried when he left :(
To whoever who haven't watch this, you should! Unless you hate sad endings as much as I do, then you better not.
Since I'm plead guilty for ignoring my blog, I'm making up for it now by updating two posts in a row. See, I still love my blog!
I've started my second semester in University of Malaya and so far, I haven't been studying nor have I been focusing in class. I don't know why but I'm just not in the mood for that. Yet. I hope I will snap into reality and start to work my arse off in my studies. So anyway, if you didn't know, Reena and Miejah are in the same course as me and of course, we're in the same classes. But as for Noor, we had Law and English together last semester but this semester we don't have any class together except for one class. But that class is on Friday evenings. If you know me well, you ought to know that I'm a lazy girl. Especially on Friday. ESPECIALLY on Friday EVENINGS. This only mean one thing, I always skip that Friday class. So you do the math yourself. We barely get to see Noor this semester and we've missed her! We made a date, the four of us and I decided to take them to The Upstairs Cafe to stuff our faces with good foods!
I love my lecturer more when he canceled the class on Thursday. We went to Sunway Pyramid to waste time as Upstairs opens at 3pm. We wanted to watch a movie but there wasn't any movies on the screen that appealed to us. We decided to window shop instead. I didn't notice how pricey the stuffs are compared to Bandung and Beijing! I actually wanted to find a descent black sheer top for work during the Chinese New Year but seeing the ridiculous price tags(and they don't even have brands or labels!), I decided to keep my money than to waste it. After going around the mall, we didn't know what else we can do, so we left Sunway Pyramid earlier.
We arrived at Upstairs Cafe and the girls looked so excited choosing the main dishes and desserts! I had my favorites, Spaghetti Carbonara and a glass of Chocolate Chip Cream Frap. I wanted Creme Brule but settled for Tiramisu for dessert because I've never tasted their Tiramisu before. Reena was so excited because she saw her favorite dessert, Red Velvet cupcake.
And I don't blame her. Upstair's Red Velvet cupcake is the best! It's one of my favorites too :)
I had some of Miejah's cheese cake and boy, was it good! Seriously, the dessert at Upstairs Cafe have got to be the best I've tasted so far.
I've never tasted their Chicken Sandwich either and it tasted so good too!
Miejah didn't join our sleepover that night at my place because she had a dinner to go to. Reena, Noor and I had so much fun that night though and the day after that we even skipped the Friday class. Again. We went for a morning swim, breakfast by the pool, followed by the sauna. I fell asleep while watching Black Swan with them after swimming as I was so tired from all those guffaws. We even planned our next month outing trip. It's gonna be the Sunway Lagoon in February! Can't wait :)
I know I've been neglecting my blog. Yet, once again. But don't blame me. I've started my second semester of the first year. In fact, I'm now already on 4th week. Okay, I'm kidding. My classes don't affect my social life or my time on the Internet. At least, not yet. Truth be told, I'm always on the Internet nowadays. It's just I've been ignoring the Blogger symbol thats on my bookmarks bar. I'm always on Twitter or Tumblr. Not so much on Facebook but I still logged in sometimes to stalk people.
The reason why I'm more on Twitter and Tumblr than my blog is because I've got my white Blackberry that I wanted! Thanks to Zahir, I can now crossed off another thing on my wish list. He wanted to keep it a secret because he wanted to surprise me but like always, I was being such a spoiled girlfriend and forced him to spill the beans. I won't tell you why he showed me the receipt before he even got the phone because it's too embarrassing but eventually, I knew it a few days before. So of course I couldn't wait for it!
Though I knew the surprise way before the day he actually wanted to surprise me, I was surprised nonetheless. I screamed in the car when he gave me the phone. He never fails to make me happy. And I'm not saying this in terms of the gifts he got me, but also the love, the protection, the way he treats me, the times and endless efforts he puts in this relationship. He's just one of a kind and I'm so lucky :)
I know it's kind of too late for my Bandung post but I promised this post, so here goes..
I boarded the plane to Bandung in the morning on December 27th. Like always, Zahir sent me to KLIA but this time he couldn't wait for me to check in because he had to rush to his class. My family and I were late to check in, so we didn't really had the time to eat breakfast. And if you didn't already know, breakfast is the most vital meal for me. I love breakfasts and to not eat breakfast just made me grumpy. So I was nagging and ranting to Mom the whole time in KLIA, insisting we get some Sausage McMuffin with egg at McDonald's. Unfortunately we didn't have much time to even stop for breakfast in the airport, so I had to bare with my empty stomach till I get on to the plane to have my breakfast.
I've never liked a plane without a tv screen in front of my seat but since the flight to Bandung only takes a couple of hours, I didn't mind. I was planning to sleep the whole way anyway because I had to wake up so early to get ready that morning. As soon as I got on to the plane, the only thing that was on my mind was, "when are they going to serve the food????" Like the stewards could read my mind, they served our lunch right after the plane took off. Thank God..
I chose briyani rice with fish but they were finished, so I had no choice but to take the turkey ham with veges. Like it or not, my stomach was grumbling! As expected, I didn't finish the turkey but not because it didn't taste good but because I was full. I only finished the veges and left a few slices of hams. And my most favorite part of the meal on Malaysia Airlines is of course, Ferrero Roche :) I was being clumsy the whole way on the plane. I don't know what had gotten into me but I knocked down my drink, TWICE. I had to change my seat because my seat was getting soaked. Guess I was over excited. Harrr
When we touched down, I was kind of shocked to see how tiny the airport was. They didn't even have the tunnel that connects to the plane doors to the airport. So we had to got off the plane through the portable stairs and walked(yes, walk as in using our own legs!) from the plane to the airport. And don't get me started on how tiny the immigration counters and stuffs. The immigration counters were combined with the baggage claim and yet it will still be smaller than a classroom in my primary school.
When we found all of our luggages, we walked out to find our driver, Pak Otang. He was standing right in front of the arrivals gate holding a sign that says "Mr. Abd Kadir", which was my dad. He drove us straight to our apartment hotel in Ciumbuleuit.
We didn't have to check in because a guy already helped us to check in before we even got there, so the only thing we had to do was.. nothing. We just waited for our luggages to be sent by the bellboy and that was it. The service was fabulous! After we freshen ourselves up, we asked Pak Otang to drive us to any factory outlet as Bandung is well known for it's factory outlets. Pak Otang drove us to our first outlet, Grande. I had to admit, I forgot about my family once I saw everything in that outlet and that was only our first outlet! :p The greatest thing about these outlets are that everything is original, not imitation! However Dad reminded me not to buy too many things as we had so many outlets more to go. I only settled for a Zara top and boyfriend blazers, which I had the hardest time to choose between navy blue and grey. So I persuaded Dad to buy me both :p After spending what felt like 4hours in that first outlet, we wanted to chill our mouths with some ice creams. We saw "Es Durian" somewhere along the road and being the biggest Durian fans, we asked Pak Otang to stop. I finally realised it was worth it to walk from the plane to the airport earlier because we didn't have to get out from the car to buy the Es Durian(s). The seller came to our car himself. I told you, the service in Bandung is fabulous!!
The Es Durian tasted so good! They put chocolate syrup on top and pulut hitam(which I gave to Mom since I'm not a fan of pulut). Pak Otang drove us to Toko Tiga next, a denim heaven. Sadly I don't really like the brands. But if you like Levi's, Lee or Wrangler, you're in heaven if you visit Toko Tiga. We didn't waste much time as we were not interested in anything there. We went straight to our first dinner in Bandung. Pak Otang brought us to a restaurant with really nice ambiance. We ate so fast as to not waste our shopping hours. Haha after dinner, I asked Pak Otang to bring us to Rumah Mode as my cousin said Rumah Mode sells Juicy Couture stuffs at very low prices despite it being original. If I said I forgot my family when I stepped into Grande earlier, I think I forgot almost everything when I stepped in Rumah Mode. I pushed myself through the throngs of people and managed to score a few stuffs. Juicy Couture tracksuit was sold at RM50 for the sweater and only RM35 for the matching sweatpants. I managed to get the sweater but only big sizes were left for the pants. The lingeries were all Victoria Secret's and I wanted to fall and die when everything that was left on the racks were all big sizes. Though I kind of expected that since it's an outlet. Outlets are always out of sizes. I bought a Topshop pink leopard printed pajamas though! :) Everything was so cheap, we ended up buying 5 shopping bags there. It was already 10pm when we left Rumah Mode, so the outlets and stores were all closed.
The next day, I woke up the earliest because I was so psyched for our next shopping spree. But Dad had something else in mind : Jungle trekking. I had no clue that we were LITERALLY going into the jungle and climb the mud and rocks. So I wore something inappropriate for the occasion. My Forever21 leopard/zebra printed off-shoulder, tucked in my high waisted jeans and my Topshop baseball jacket on top. The worst part was, I wore my new Vincci black sandals that I love so much. I wanted to cry and run back home when I stepped into too much mud :( But the whole journey of almost 5km in the forest was worth it. The place was named Tangkuban Perahu or some sort. Lucky the weather was so cold, so I didn't produce a single sweat.
I've never liked something adventurous but this time, though I couldn't wait for the whole walking and climbing to be over, I have to admit, I enjoyed it. My favorite part was when we arrived at the bottom of the forest, where the volcano's lava was formerly at, we had the chance to soak our feet in the sulphur. I even got my legs massaged using the sulphur! (Y) I didn't want the massage at first since everyone knows how sensitive I am when it comes to my feet. But I figured, when will I get this chance again? Probably never, so I just went for it :)
After soaking our feet, we stopped at a Hotspring to have our lunch for a little while. We went back to the city of Bandung to resume our shopping spree. The journey to Bandung from Tangkuban Perahu took 2hours, all of us fell asleep in the car. Pak Otang brought us to a bags/shoes outlet but we weren't so happy about the place because it was kind of expensive compared to other outlets. We left with nothing and went on to the next outlets. There were a lot of outlets, so it's impossible for me to type everything. But the best place was definitely Rumah Mode and the second was Pasar Baru! We spent the whole day at Pasar Baru on our second last day. It was worth it because Dad bought 3 Juicy bags for me :p And I had the most delicious Coconut Ice ever in my life! Not to mention the Durian Ice and the Fried Bebek(duck) rice! Mmmm, just typing it makes me hungry..
I was so sad to leave the next day and ranted why Dad didn't decide to stay longer. But Dad insisted we will visit Bandung again soon. For Raya shopping, probably. Can't wait! :D
PS : I'm sleepy at the moment, so excuse any grammar errors or whatever :)
I watched Gulliver's Travels yesterday with the family and it was definitely worth watching. I didn't stop laughing, literally. Jack Black is brilliant, as always. He always has that charm in him and the fact that he looked more clean and handsome is definitely a plus.
However, it's not him that I eyed throughout the whole movie. My eye candy in the movie was definitely Jason Segel. I mean, look at him! I liked him when I saw how sweet he was to Lily in How I Met Your Mother and totally drooled over him in I Love You Man and now? He's a total sweetheart! My favorite part was when he was talking to Emily Blunt and he started dancing. It was so funny and yet so cute at the same time. 
Definitely going to watch it again some time soon!
My friends and I had been waiting for our finals' results since last week and I came to a point where I gave up and chose not to care what my results will be. But of course, I still prayed that I will get above 3. Through my one year of Foundation in Built Environment in UM, I have never achieved anything above 3. I got a 2.66 during my first semester and 2.77 during the second or you might say the last semester of the Foundation program. I always dreamed of getting at least 3.0 GPA, just so I can feel the happiness and joy when I excel in my exams. But tough luck, Chemistry, Physics and Trigonometry always chase my dream of getting a 3.0 away from me. I'm no genius in Maths nor Science, I'm more-to-the-facts kind of student. But when I got through my Degree doing Property Management, which consists of mostly facts subjects, my hopes went high.
I was so eager to know how I did in my finals because I really wanted to know is Property management a good choice for me. I checked my results later than my friends despite I was the one who was so eager to know the results. But only because I was on a plane, on my way back to Malaysia from Bandung. I just had the most amazing shopping experience in Bandung and when I was about to board the plane, a text message made me from excited to nervous. I expected it to be Zahir as he was the one who will be waiting for me at the KL International Airport but it turned out to be Reena. She told me that the results were out and suddenly, my good mood turned to nervous. My heart was thumping 290458340398509 times per milisecond when I got on the plane. I wanted to know my results right there and then but since the plane was about to fly off, I had no other choice but to wait till I reach Malaysia. Thank God Indonesia isn't that far and it only took less than a couple of hours to reach Malaysia. As soon as the plane touched down, I quickly grabbed my things and walked so fast to get into the airport so I can get wireless connection. And you know what? My results were shocking. According to my previous CGPAs, I thought as high as I can get is a 3.10 or something. My jaw dropped to the floor and my eyes nearly popped out of its' sockets when I saw this..
3.63??!! I have no intention to brag but I've never been good in my exams since I was in high school, so getting above than 3.5 when I only expected to get 3.0 just made me happy. I thanked Allah non stop when I saw my results because without Allah, I'm nothing. I really appreciate everything Allah has given me. Though I'm not really satisfied with my English result but Alhamdulillah, I finally made it. I finally achieved above 3.0 and that's more than enough for me. Reena, Miejah and Noor achieved above 3 too and I'm proud of my girls. So, congratulations to my girls and to all my classmates. I hope my second semester will be as good as the first, if not, better :)
