UM's 11th College Dinner

Everyone knows I'm not staying at my hostel in UM since I have Summer (my car) and UM is only 15 minutes drive (without traffic) from home. But as I still have a room there in 11th College which I've never stepped in after orientation week, I still have to pay for the fees and such. The fees includes a dinner since this semester is coming to an end. I dreaded to go because well, I don't have any friends there in 11th college as I don't spend my time there. Okay, maybe a few friends but we barely see each other. So I decided not to go. I'd rather burn RM130 than going alone looking all pathetic by myself.

And then Siti texted me one day, asking if I have any table for that dinner. Of course! I forgot I have my lovely friends there, it's just that we haven't met in a while so I forgot that they are in the same residential college as me! After thinking it over, I decided to go. And last night was the night! Frankly, I wasn't excited for this dinner because there was nothing to look forward to. Except the fact that I can doll myself up for a night, and of course, I get to see and spend time with my friends.

Everything was pretty much haywire yesterday because my condominium's organisers decided to organise a family day on the same day as my dinner. So in the morning, I had to go down to the lobby to help Mom with the registration, the games and all. I lost track of time and it was almost 5 when I was taking care of the kids that took part for a colouring contest. My salon appointment was at 5!! So I ran up and showered before going to the salon. I had to put on my make up as fast as I can after that.

I arrived at a hotel in Mines, Palace of the Golden Horses, greeted by Siti and Nikki. We had to sit at a table with 4 strangers. They're guys, I might add. At first, I was all, 'nooo, we won't be able to laugh out loud and be ourselves and we have to be all proper mannered' as they're our seniors. And boy, was I wrong. Looking at them, I thought they'd be boring but lesson learnt (yet again), don't judge the book by it's cover! They really were funny and made us all laugh that night. After the event wrapped up, we just roamed around the ballroom to find people we know just so we could take pictures together.


I seriously had fun though this dinner wasn't really something I was looking forward to go. But thanks to everyone at my table, especially Nikki and Siti, last night was great :)

How to make money

Who doesn't love money? Everyone does. Everyone needs money to survive. When someone says, money isn't everything, they are lying. What are you going to wear if you don't have money? What are you going to use to shelter your family without money? Yes, money isn't everything but can you actually own the essentials and needs in life if you don't have money? Doesn't matter if you own a lot of money or a little, you still need money, regardless of the amount. I once read somewhere, that if someone says money can't buy you happiness, then they sure don't know where to shop, or something like that. And I couldn't agree more! Being me, an 'almost-shopaholic' (Almost because I sometimes know when to save my money. SOMETIMES), of course I love money and money can definitely make me happy by buying whatever I want but whenever I spend my money too much, I started to regret. Now, this is not a healthy way of life, I must say. But I couldn't help it!

This semester, it's compulsory for my whole class to take an Entrepreneur subject where we learn how to make business. On Tuesday, there was a talk on 'How To Make Money', as a part of the subject. As lazy as I was, because trust me, as much as I love money and shopping, I'm not really interested on how to make them. My way of making money is to save my allowance and when it's enough, I'll go shopping. Whenever I need extra money to buy something more expensive than my allowance, I will save up and not eat outside for the rest of the week. Simple as that. So I was dreading to go to the 4 hours of talk. But turned out, I enjoyed the whole talk! I'm always sleepy when I go to talks but this time, I'm wide awake!

Y. Bhg. Senator Dato' Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, the owner of a well-known real estate consultancy company, Rahim & Co. and Y. Bhg. Dato' Ghazali B. Dato' Yusoff, a graduate from UM himself were there to deliver the talk. Dato' Rahim's first sentence was, " if you want to make money, then Estate Management is the way". Of course, being one of Estate Management student among all other courses in the hall made me proud. Dato' Rahim also said that most of the millionaires in the world came from Real Estate background. By the time he said that, I was imagining myself being a millionaire 6 years from now, shopping the whole Pavillion. A girl can dream right?? :p

But what attracted me the most on that day was Dato' Ghazali's charming personality. He started as a musician playing in small bars and now who would've thought, he is the Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Nusantara Technology Sdn Bhd. His talk definitely opened my eyes to the outside world and how we have to think and work hard for money.

Oh and Noor was there at the talk because she's taking the subject too. So after the talk, we couldn't help but to take pictures together as it's been so long since we last see each other.

The day we turned 3

Some of you might know Zahir and I celebrated our 3rd year anniversary last Friday. I was looking forward to that day and when it came, I was excited but nervous at the same time. I had everything planned out months before. I even seek for help and ideas from some friends and ended up making a scrapbook/journal for him and decided to make pancakes for him for breakfast!

I started the journal a month before and yet I still had to complete it last minute due to my hectic life, though I don't really know what I filled my time with. I didn't study and I haven't even completed my assignments. And I had to skip class the day before just so I could finish the journal in time. I locked myself in my room the whole day. I didn't even get up to eat and every part of my body were aching but I was determine to finish up the journal that day since I have a lot more to do after that. Looking up how to make Chocolate Chip pancakes on YouTube, making the photo collage board.. Thursday was really, and I mean, REALLY hectic day for me. I started the journal from early morning and finished up by dusk. There were just too many pages and too much to write and too many photos to put up!!

I wanted to do the scrapbook by my own bare hands.. until I saw this.

This journal is just so adorable, I couldn't resist! So I decided to buy it though I was worried Zahir will think I'm getting lazier for these kind of things because I used to make handmade cards for him a lot. Reena suggested to make the cover different so that it will show my effort that I put in to make this journal. Brilliant! :D

It became like this! I don't know about you, but I just love the bling letterings! I was so satisfied that I had to resist patting my own back :p I know it does look a little bit off here and there, but that's the point. That shows how hard and how much effort I put in to make this. Of course, there's a lot more inside, but I'm not going to let you puke by looking at all the romantic side of me. What with all the photos and the speech I wrote in there.. *blush*

After the journal, I made the photo collage. Thank God it wasn't hard to make. It took only 10 minutes to do it. I went to the kitchen straight away to start on my ice cream cake. The cake turned out pretty good, I must say. Sadly I didn't have any photos of it :( After the ice cream cake, I prepared the ingredients for my Chocolate Chip pancakes to cook the next morning and went to sleep. Or you might as well call it a nap. Because I swear, it felt as if like only slept for 2 hours! When my alarm woke me up, I saw the clock and realised that I didn't sleep for 2 hours. It was 3 hours. But like it or not, I had to get up and start on my pancakes because Zahir's fetching me up at 6.30am for our Hot Air Balloon in Putrajaya. The pancakes turned out pretty well too, Alhamdulillah.

Fara and Nazrin tagged along too the next morning to the Hot Air Balloon. We went out of the house wishing we could be all romantic flying up together in the basket-thing, but we were late, tickets were sold out :(

That night, Zahir invited me to his house for dinner (with his family around, of course). I had the shock of my life that night!! After 3 years of being together, I just found out Zahir has a hidden talent : Cooking. I had the hardest time to accept the fact that my boyfriend is a better cook than me. He cooked Fetuccini Carbonara and the best brownies I ever tasted for dessert. If you're a big fan of desserts like I am, you'll be begging on your knees, asking Zahir the recipe of his brownies. As for me, I couldn't be bothered by the recipe because I'm too lazy to bake and I know I can just call Zahir to bake one for me :p

That night ended perfectly, with a hand made card from him.

And my favorite part of the card is the messages that can be pull out from the green compartments!

That day was so magical!!!! But I woke up the next day with a sore throat, runny nose and a fever -___-

Little Hellion

Ika, Noor and I made a pre-loved blogshop when we were in our Foundation year, which was nearly 2 years ago. But because we were too young and too busy with our assignments (actually we were lazy too update the blogshop), that blog has been deleted. We figured that we didn't have the time to organise things and take photos to put up on the blog.

But a month ago, I don't know why, I don't know how but my feeling to get back into business just came. Maybe because I need cash really bad at that time. Or maybe because I just love selling my things (with good condition, of course), so I can buy new ones? I'm sure it's more to the latter. So there I was, creating a new email, a new Facebook and a new blog to start back my small business. And it's called Little Hellion.

The thing about me is, I'm not really good at promoting things. But now, a month had passed and Alhamdulillah, I've had customers and I really appreciate my customers. They are such sweethearts! So thank you to all who support Little Hellion and I :)


Although everything is pre-loved, but most of the items have no defects and almost everything is from well-known brand. A Topshop t-shirt for RM15? MNG for RM7? Zara for RM20?? Where can you get that kind of prices??? Well, Little Hellion of course! Okay I know I sound so much like the annoying ads on tv but I can't help it :p

From dresses, to tunics, to tops to skirts.

I know it's not big and professional enough but hey, baby steps, you guys!

Add us on Facebook : Little Hellion
Blogspot : Little Hellion

Thanks again to the girls that gave me their supports from the first I started Little Hellion. Now LH is one month down the road, and insyaAllah, with God's will, we'll be better :)

Birthday Album

Last month, February 23rd to be precise, one of my high school closest friend, Lola turned 20. I know this is so late, but forgive me. I'm so busy lately.

Lola and I had been friends since.. God knows how long. Despite us being super close for long, we have never argued. Not even once. Now that is what that makes Lola special. She's not the typical high school girl you always see. She's so matured even when she's only 15. I guess that's why teachers always rely on her and made her class monitor every year. Because she's so responsible and can handle everything. Her report card is also one of the many reasons why the whole school knows her. She has the brain AND the right attitude. Who wouldn't love her??

Among all of us, she's the first to go to London to do her ACCA. Obviously! So this year is the first year she's not here with us to celebrate. We all miss her bossiness, the way she takes care of all of us in the class. She's just a great friend that everyone can never have the courage to hate her even if they tried. She has such bubbly personality that we all love so much! Seeing how we all miss her too much but can't really take a plane and fly to London spontaneously, we decided to prepare a little something for her, on her birthday. That was when my creativity bloomed out :p I came up with an idea of making a photo album for her. I love doing all these photo albums/journals/hand made cards kind of things, so I volunteered to get the photo album done by myself. With helping hands of the others here and there too, of course! I managed to get the photo album done just in time, but now, delivery!

We had the most complicated situation when it comes to the delivery. I was so busy with assignments, presentations and whatnot that particular week, so I ended up delivering it later than we planned, which was on her birthday. Not just that, but okay, don't laugh.. but that was my first time queuing up at the shipping lane. *hides face* Although my blogshop offers shipping(Malaysia only), customers never ask for shipping. They always prefer to meet up. So yeah, you have no idea how clueless I was in the post office but thank God Zahir was with me, so he was the one who handled everything for me. I just provided him with the address and the other details that we had to fill in the paper. All I did during the shipping process was wrap the album in a brown paper because the post office won't accept the pretty wrapper I wrapped the album with.



Then, last weekend, Lola received the package and I was so excited because she loved it but mainly because my first attempt on delivery succeeded (okay fine, it was Zahir's attempt but whatever).

But in all seriousness, I'm glad the package was delivered without any complications(pheww!) and she liked it so much that she posted photos of the album in her Facebook and tagged all of us :) Okay now that she had received it, let's see if she will board on a plane to Malaysia somewhere this week just because she misses us too much by looking at the album.

Nightmares

Do you like nightmares? I know I don't. And I don't mean the ghost kind of nightmares. Nightmares as in, it involves your loved ones and you sure don't want it to happen in real life. I had one of those nightmares last night. I thought the dream was real.

Then I woke up with tears on my cheeks.

I just don't like these dreams because when I wake up, I will think that it's going to happen for real. So I'll be so insecure and doubting everyone. Not to mention, I'll be as grumpy as an old man the whole day. Till the next day, probably. So you can guess my mood the whole day today. And the fact that I had to wake up crying because of those dreams.. ugh.

I can get very angry sometimes just because I dream something bad. I've had so many bad dreams but the worst got to be the one where I dreamt of Zahir leaving me because of another girl. I always have the same dream and the girl he leaves me for in the dreams is the same girl. And I happen to know her in real life. Imagine how hard can it be for me.

I know I'm only 20 and there's still a very long way to go. There are a lot of new people I'm going to meet. Anything can happen in a few years time. Yes yes, I've heard all of that before. But though I'm 20, doesn't mean my relationship is a joking matter. I take relationships seriously and be it 20 or not, my relationship is serious. I know Zahir and I started our relationship in high school but our relationship is not like those typical high school love. We were/are serious. So I can't imagine if my dreams come true.

So, what's your worst nightmare?

Beastly

It's been awhile since we last went out like this. Since my brothers (both elder and younger) went to other places for studies, our family has become pretty quiet. With Abang thousands of miles away in the US, we couldn't really see him that much. Our only saviour is of course, Skype. Skype is everyone's saviour, right?? My little brother on the other hand, can't Skype with us. So it's either through texts or calls.

School holidays are here for 9 good days (can you believe it?!) and so little brother came home last weekend. We had a lot of plans when he's back since he pretty much lives like a prisoner in his school. But I was the only one who thinks that way, even little brother himself said it's not too bad.

No McDonald's?? No shopping malls?? No cinemas??

I'd die before orientation starts.

But little brother is a tough boy even though he's the youngest in the family. He has been there since January and now it's middle of March. He seems to enjoy his time there though he came back with a few shades darker than he was before. So today, we all went out to entertain him with cinemas, popcorns and buy him books and a few other things that he won't get in Pekan, Pahang where his school is.

I drove them to Cineleisure after my class today. I was so excited because we were going to watch Beastly. Some of you might know how much I love Mary-Kate Olsen. Though her scenes weren't much but I didn't mind. As long as she's in it because I've always preferred her than her twin sister since I was little. We had a good laugh in the car, feels like old time. But this kind of moment reminds me so much of Abang..



We're meeting Dad there as Dad had something to settle in the office. We arrived first and went straight to collect the tickets that I booked. Our seats were released because we were late(like always), so we had to split up in the movie. We didn't mind though because Mom and Dad took the seats behind us :)

Before going in for the movie, Dad and little brother were complaining how hungry they were. So we went to the nearest restaurant possible to the cinema so we won't be rushing when it's time. We settled in an Indonesian Restaurant. At first I doubted the restaurant. Forgive me by judging the book by it's cover, I just couldn't help it. Hehe. But as I ate some of Dad's Mee Jawa, I regretted judging. Their Mee Jawa is so nice!! I looked through the menu and they have Pecel Lele and Es Teller too! If you've been to Indonesia, you'll know what I'm talking about :)

We had to eat in a rush since we were going to be late for the movie. And we sure appreciate the never ending ads before the movie starts at times like this. But we curse the ads when we're the first to arrive in the cinema hall. Always.

A lot of people said Mary-Kate looks ugly in Beastly and I never let those remarks get to me because I know in whatever condition Mary-Kate is, she is always pretty. And yes, I know she looks kind of scary looking as a witch in Beastly but she was not ugly! In fact, she looks stunning to me.

After the movie, we went to Ikea for dinner. I had their meatballs, of course! We were all so hungry and threw our heads in the meals straight away.



Actually only little brother and I jumped into our foods. The rest just looked at us with such amazement and jaw dropping to the floor because we ate like it's no body's business.

It was such a great day with the family because we barely can go out like this on normal days. It usually just us girls and Dad since both brothers are away from home. Next mission, a day out with the whole family, with Abang too. I don't know how we're going to bring Abang along but I'll come up with something..

In-line skating

Can you believe I actually braved myself to wear those ridiculous looking roller skates???

Every time my little brother comes back home from his boarding school, we always bring him to the skate park in Shah Alam so he can let out his skate board-longing (MRSM should really build a skating park in their campus). So last weekend, we all went to the skate park, along with our cousins, aunt and uncle. Usually, we girls will just sit by a corner and watch the guys stroll around the park. I don't know what had gotten into me, but I said yes when Dad offered me his roller skates. Maybe I was starting to miss my pink Barbie roller skates I had when I was little by looking at those who roller skated that night. So I quickly slipped on those heavy pair of shoes with rollers underneath before I change my mind. And who would have thought I could rock them skates??! I started to go round and round the park without anything to hold on to.

But of course, don't you just expect I can do all those stunts and grinds. No. For me, being able to walk in that kind of shoes is good enough :p

After I sweat myself being over excited over the roller skates, we all made a circle by the corner to play a card game. We were laughing so hard till I realised something. Everyone (except us, duh) were crowding the ramp. Being so curious, Mom and I went over and took a peek inside the huge hole. I regretted looking right away because there was a guy, lying down in his own pool of blood..

I swear I wanted to cry, not because I feel so freaked out by all the blood, but because I felt sorry for the guy. He fell from his BMX and I don't know, maybe he crashed his head or something. I couldn't wait and just see him lie there. We couldn't help much either because we couldn't move him or anything since his head probably was cracked and it might just get worse if we move him or anything. But I was relieved to know that the Ambulance was coming.

Looking at that incident, made me realise everything can happen to ourselves. Any time and anywhere, it's just the matter of time. God has everything planned out for us. We just don't know what awaits us in the future. So, don't take our lives for granted.

Natural Disasters

If you don't know about the Earthquake and Tsunami hitting Japan last night, you must be living in a cave. But I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it since it has become the number 1 topic on Twitter and of course, everyone is on Twitter these days. That was how I found out about it actually.

My parents, sister and I were on our way to Kuantan, Pahang to fetch my little brother from his boarding school as the school holidays is starting. I was in the car, checking my timeline and I saw everyone freaking out! I automatically freaked out without knowing what actually happened. So I read through all the tweets and found out that something happened to Japan. Even Disneyland got hit!! :( I also saw warnings for Malaysians to stay safe and far from beaches. Though they mainly warned the ones in Sabah and Sarawak, I couldn't help but panicked since Malaysia means here. Right here where I'm at, where my families are and where my friends are. To make things worse, I was on my way to Kuantan, where the beach is!! I was freaking out in the car, I swear my sister and I almost cry. We were scared the whole way but I was glad that we were on our way to fetch my brother. I mean, imagine if it isn't school holidays and he's far away from us. I'd rather face anything with my family than being safe without them. While freaking ourselves out, someone had to post something about the sun hadn't come out since morning and it's a Friday. All Muslims know that the end of the world (Kiamat) happens on a Friday. I read the tweet out loud so my family knows about it. As much as I was worried about Japan, I couldn't help being a little selfish and think about Malaysia.

On the way, I tried to keep my mind positive but with the weather, rain pouring since dawn and the news I heard on the radio to keep updated about the disaster in Japan, I was literally shaking. To add salt to the wound, we passed a lot of accidents along the way. Cars turned 360 degrees, people lying on the road.. How was I suppose to be calm??? I could feel the tears coming out and I wonder, 'what's happening to the world?'. I didn't want to keep thinking too much, so I tried sleeping. Though I kept waking up every few minutes, I forced myself to shut my eyes. Alhamdulillah, we arrived safely and Zahir kept WhatsApp-ing me to come back as fast as I can and he advised us to not stay the night there since the beach is so near. But we had to consider my Dad too. He had been driving for 3 hours straight in the rain, the least we could do is to let him sleep in a proper bed before we go back.

We had dinner there in Kuantan and Dad decided to stay the night. Unfortunately, every decent hotel was fully booked and we were searching for a hotel until midnight. Dad decided to just go back since there wasn't any rooms available. I was worried of course. Dad was tired, I could tell from his eyes and it was past midnight! I kept asking him if he was tired but he insisted he was okay. We arrived safe and sound in Subang. As soon as we reached home, we tuned in CNN and watched the disaster. It was really scary.

It really hit me that we human tend to take this earth for granted. We should really appreciate and start taking care of this earth as much as we can. I hope it's not too late..
So here's my condolences to those who have lost families and friends in Japan. My hearts goes to every single one of you. Stay strong.




*photo from :
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2011/03/12/quake_tsunami_ravage_japan/

Chocolates!

Both my parents really want their daughters to get fatter than we already are. They went to Langkawi last weekend and came back with a whole lorry of chocolates. Not that I'm complaining.. I love chocolates and I get so excited when I have chocolates in my refrigerator at all times so I can munch them any time I want, as much as I pleased. But as if it isn't obvious, chocolates do fatten people up. That's what I've been worrying about since last Sunday when Mom opened up her luggage full of chocolates. Mostly were Hershey's Kisses.

I said to myself that I will control myself from all these temptations. Not that I'm on a diet or anything but chocolates everyday? I don't think so. But then I saw these..

I was like, whaatttt?!! How can I resist these things?? They are my favourites and Mom knows it. Especially those Reese's peanut butter cups! I love them so much and Mom bought two packets of those. I straight away opened up the packages, forget all about 'I won't let chocolates win over me' and stuff my face with them.

The next day, Mom asked me to try a chocolate bar. I was so caught up with Reese's and Mars that I pay no attention to other chocolates Mom brought back. So I tried this Almond Gold bar and..

I'm in love!!!!! I've been eating this bar every single day. I just couldn't resist!

So, be ready to see me on Bigger's Loser Asia next season! :p

Frozen Yoghurt

Living in Malaysia means we don't get to indulge on all the delicious desserts like Ben & Jerry or Tutti Frutti. I wasn't familiar with the term frozen yoghurt because back when I was little, we didn't have Tutti Frutti in Malaysia(or was it because I never explore when I was little?). Since I was a kid, I love to read. I once read about froyo in a book. I pretended to understand what 'froyo' means and kept reading. There was this one time, I read somewhere that froyo stands for frozen yoghurt. I was so proud that I know what froyo means. I thought I was the smartest one but what people didn't know is that I know froyo is a short form for frozen yoghurt but I have no idea what frozen yoghurt is! I started imagining things. Is it like when you buy a Nestle yoghurt from Tesco, you go back and placed them in the freezer until it froze? I was so confused why Americans love froyo so much that they always talk about it in the books. It wasn't special, what's so great about a freezer-froze yoghurt??

A few years back, I saw a store that caught my eyes. It had 'Tutti Frutti' and 'Frozen yoghurt' written on the sign. I was so shock! I was weird because how are they going to sell frozen yoghurt? Will they give you the same Nestle's bottles but they will freeze it for you?

"Even I can do it myself at home", I said to myself.

So I went back home and determined that I can make froyo myself, I put a bottle of Strawberry yoghurt in the freezer and waited patiently for it. The next day, I took out the bottle and opened the seal, hoping it will taste good. I took a spoonful of it and yes! I did it. It tasted so good! I was so proud that I bought a whole bunch of yoghurts and placed them in the freezer. Mom was confused why I did that.

Mom : Adik, why did you put all these yoghurts in the freezer??

Me : Because you don't know what froyo means. DUH *rolls eyes*

Mom : Froyo????

Me : See, I told you. You don't know what froyo means. It stands for FROzen YOghurt, get it?

Mom walked away, not impressed like I thought she would be. Seriously, I thought I was a genius for finding out what froyo means and by making it myself!

I ate my so called home-made froyo for days till I got bored with it. So I decided to give Tutti Frutti a try. I was very sure it can't beat my home-made froyo! I was pretty blur about how do I put it in a cup since it's self service. With Zahir's help, I managed to solve it out. I was kind of surprise it didn't come in bottles. It comes out from a machine instead. You know, like the ice cream machine thing they have at McDonald's? Yes, it's like that. And when it comes out, I was more surprised because it looked like ice cream! But when I tasted it, I was speechless.

"Okay, this is so much better than my RM1.90 Nestle yoghurt that I froze myself", I said to myself, embarrassed for being so full of myself for making froyo.

Since then, I've become a regular customer of Tutti Frutti. But sometimes when I'm broke but crave for froyo, I still buy the Nestles and put them in the freezer. It tastes nice, especially when you pour some Cornflakes in it, but seriously, it's nothing compared to Tutti Frutti. Even Zahir knows when I'm PMS-ing or not in the mood, it only takes a cup of Tutti Frutti to cheer me up.

My personal favourite flavours are Blueberry, Strawberry Banana and Red Velvet. And I can never eat the froyo without the rainbow Quaker's cereals!

For those of you who haven't try (why??), you should. It's worth it. Some of my friends complained why I liked it so much and some of them said that it's expensive. It costs you RM5.30 every 100 grams. It sounds cheap but you don't know how much are you pouring in since the prices vary according to the weight. Sometimes people even pay RM 40 for a cup! That's when I told them the trick. You should know how to predict the price by the amount of froyo you pour in your cups! That means, you have to go regularly so that you can get use to the weight and predict the price yourself. I've never paid above RM 20 for a cup, except for the first time I went.

I paid (okay fine, Zahir paid) only RM 18++ for this much!! Told you, it's not expensive if you know the trick. Oh and one more thing, don't take too many fruits as fruits can be quite heavy.

I always aim for RM 15 to RM 20 every time I go to Tutti Frutti. And you should too because buying below RM 15 will be such a waste as Tutti Frutti will give you a card when you purchase above RM 15. They will stamped your card every time you purchase above RM 15, and even if you buy RM 30 in a single receipt, two stamps will be given. You have to fill in 9 stamps and by the 10th circle, you'll get 50% off! That's when you go crazy and pour in as much as you want!

Don't worry, froyo is a healthy dessert and it won't make you fat(or at least, I think so). Okay, I really don't know if that's true. I was just trying to make myself feel better because I eat Tutti Frutti too much...

Presentation

Do you like to present in front of people? I know I don't. Doesn't matter how small the audience is, I just don't like it. My level of confidence is average but when I go in front to present, my self esteem goes down as low as the ground. But what is weird is that it actually depends on my mood. I'm taking Presentation Skills this semester so of course, there are a lot of presentations I have to go through. A few weeks back, I had to present an introduction of any topic I chose. I was confident in front of the class that I shocked myself. I'm always nervous while presenting. So who was that standing in front of my class, presenting like she knows everything?

I'm now preparing for a presentation tomorrow. And only God knows how I hate preparing for a presentation. Let alone present in front of people. I know this is not good for my future as presentations are crucial. I guess this is why Presentation Skills is mandatory for Uni students. They want people like me to build up their confidences. But what if we can't and what if we don't want to build up our confidence? I always get so embarrass of my English. Being a Malaysian, running from speaking Manglish is quite impossible. I can't judge my own English but I'm scared I sound like a typical Malaysian English. I think that's one of the reason why I don't like presenting. Because people will know my English level. What if I pronounce a word wrong? How if I stumbled a wrong grammar? How??? That would be so embarrassing!

Despite the fact that I hate presenting and how I get so self conscious standing and talking in front of people, I wish I am good at this. I hope in the near future, I will be able to present spontaneously. I always respect people who can just go and present without preparing for it the night before. I always have to practise in front of the mirror with my flash cards in hand and I will time myself talking to the mirrored me. After practising a thousand times in front of the mirror, my hands still shake when I present the next day.

I always wonder, how do I get that confidence to be able to talk in front of people without stuttering and shaking? Any ideas?

Found the one!

I've been trying different brands and products for my face but I can't seem to find the right one. The one that's suitable for my skin. Every time I try a new product, it'll be too dry for my skin or gives me rashes. I settled with Body Shop's Seaweed range last couple of years. It dries my skin so much that my skin always peals off but I couldn't be bothered to try other brands. I've become lazy to search for the perfect one. It's so hard to find the one that suits your skin without burning your wallet too much. I've tried going for New York Skin Care once but there wasn't any difference. Maybe it's just my skin. Who knows, maybe it works well for others.

Some of you might know I worked at Benefit Cosmetics for a while last year and this year. I never thought of their skin care since they are known for their make ups, not skin care. I use their blusher and foundation(Coralista and Some Kind A Gorgeous) which are so good! Their powder blushers have the best shades! So is their liquid blusher, Benetint. If my skin is a few shades lighter, I would so use Benetint. Anyway, I always focus on the make up products that I forgot Benefit has skin cares!

My Body Shop moisturiser finished and I wasn't sure whether I should change to a different brand. I was just too lazy to go around the mall searching for a moisturiser that suits my skin. When I was working at Benefit in Sunway, one of my friend came by and asked about Benefit's skin care. Customers barely ask about skin cares at Benefit. So I didn't know what to say to her. I just explained the basics to her and she tried the Dear John moisturiser. She was so interested because according to her, the moisturiser is the best one she found so far. I was so puzzled. People usually prefers SK-II or Clinique when it comes to skin care. After my friend reminded me that Benefit actually do sell skin cares, I started to try out the testers while there were no customers(shhh, don't tell my manager!).

Dear John is a moisturiser that helps to smooth your skin. It's so great, you should try it! And the price isn't so bad either. Looking at it's size, RM 143 is worth it!

I also tried Honey Snap Out Of It Scrub. You'll have to use it only twice a week, which is so convenient because you don't have to burden yourself to wash your face multiple times a day. When I applied the scrub on my face, the first thing came to mind is that it smells bad! But despite the smell, it does wonders to your pores and blackheads! After I applied it to my face, I left it for about 10 minutes and rinse it off with water. I felt so fresh and I can't even feel my blackheads sticking out on my nose! I fell in love with that scrub right away! Another must try! ;)

I didn't make this post because I worked at Benefit and this post won't bring me any money. Just thought of sharing something worth a try for your skin. And it won't cost a bomb compared to the other brands. So, if you see Benefit, don't just ask for Benetint or Hello Flawless!, ask for the toner, moisturiser, eye con or scrub too!

Finally, an official date!

After so long, Zahir brought me out for a date on Thursday. It wasn't like I didn't see him. In fact, I see his face almost every single day. But it's either at my place, just hanging out with my family or his place. That doesn't count as a date, in case you're wondering. What about the cinemas, the dinner, the walk around the mall? When did we become such a boring couple?? I think my Tok at my home town is more happening than I am these days! Wednesday night, I realised how boring Zahir and I have become. So I updated my Twitter saying it's been so long since we last went out for a real date. Knowing Zahir, of course he would make my wish come true!!

The next day, I finished my class at noon and Zahir had the whole day planned out for us. Can you imagine how excited I was? It felt like we were going for our first date again! I went home and changed to something nicer than my leggings and my baseball jacket. I even put extra effort and curled my hair! Zahir brought me to OU and I watched No Strings Attached for the second time(things I do for Ashton Kutcher) since Zahir hadn't watch it. And the best part was we got the tickets for free because we had coupons. Unfortunately I had to sit next to this woman who loves to shake her legs. As if being super uncomfortable sitting next to a stranger wasn't enough, I got to sit next to 'Leg Shaker'. Can you imagine my level of annoyance at that time?! I mean, come on, you're a woman! It's not nice to do that, especially in a cinema where everyone can feel the seats shaking because of you. I thought it was earthquake or something, I even prepared to run, just in case. Despite my annoyance, I still had some patience in me and went through the movie with lots of shifting and turning. Someone lost his patience and I had to stop Zahir from saying things to that woman.

Zahir bought me a chiffon top from Dorothy Perkins. How nice is he!

After movie, we went to Ikea for dinner. This is something we used to do a lot. We would drive all the way to Ikea just to have dinner. I don't know why we stopped doing that. Things are a lot easier when we were younger. Not saying we're old, but we have a lot more to do now that we're turning the big 20 this year. Gasp!

Look at him, he was so hungry that he ate like he had not seen food for 30 years :p

I was jubilant the whole day. Thanks to Zahir :) I think we should do this more often, when we have the time of course, and no, I'm not saying that because I want more tops from Dorothy Perkins. But because it feels so nice to spend the whole day with him :)

Cleaning up!

I managed to get some 'me' time this morning. Both my parents left for Langkawi for the weekend and they left early in the morning. My sister went to school. So I woke up and thought it was a perfect time for me to organise my things. Seriously, my room is getting dusty and messy! So then it began..

For a moment, I didn't know what to do with all these things!

Then I started with my accessories.

Took me about an hour to decide on which compartment to put my rings, my necklaces, my earrings, bracelets..

And the hardest dilemma was to decide whether I should just throw away the old chunks. I know I won't wear them any more but it's either I bought it with my own money or I used to wear it a whole lot! And of course, a few other reasons to convince myself not to throw them away. I managed to toughen up and bid farewell to some of my accessories because it's not worth the space if I know I won't even wear them. After so many goodbyes, I managed to keep only the ones I need and will wear.

Deciding on whether I still need those nail polishes is another thing. I used to love colouring my nails with soft pink or purple during my period every month(since Muslims can't perform their prayers if they have polishes on their nails). But as I grow, I barely touch those colourful bottles. So I thought, maybe I should just let them go too.

Since my sister is still a fan of colourful nails, I passed them to her. Luckily, giving away my nail polishes wasn't as hard as giving away my accessories.

As I was deciding which box should I put my shades and which box should I put my hair products, I saw my cat trying to help me decide.

Apparently, he loves boxes too much. He jumped into one after another. I bet he thought he was in heaven since all these pretty boxes were all around him! I was distracted for a little while because of Ginger.

The whole process of cleaning up took the whole day but it was all worth it. I never felt so good! And getting rid of my old stuffs was such a relief. YES of course it was hard but I'll get over it when I go shopping :p I found a lot of memories, here and there. And that's the greatest part of cleaning up. I found hundreds of books tucked at the back of my closet. I used to collect the Olsens' twins and Lizzie McGuire's books. I loved them so much that the last time I cleaned my room, I didn't have the heart to throw them away. But today I set them up in a big box and placed it safely in the back room. That way I can always visit the back room whenever I miss those books. I also found all my medals when I was still in school. I was shocked to see how active I was in school compared to me now. I used to participate in netball, handball, high jump, long distance run. You name it , I've participated. I know, I know, I can almost see your 'Are you serious?!' look already!

I'm surprised I'm not in a Sports course right now in college! Despite how I've become now, I do miss my days back then. I used to jog almost everyday and I will go to school for netball practise even if the sun is directly above my head. And the feeling when my name was called in front of the assembly for the prize giving. Ahh priceless!

After spending hours cleaning up, I finally finished up by vacuuming my room.

After throwing away all the stuffs that I don't need, I realised that I need more rings, earrings and necklaces.

All the jackets, chiffons and traditional clothes that I love are hanged since they're my priorities.
Not that I don't love the others, but you get me right?

Again, OBVIOUSLY I need more tops and pants. Duhh!
Tried to do the whole colour coordinated thing but since I don't have enough tops in my closet after throwing away 4 plastic bags worth of clothes, I failed. Miserably. Have I told you I need new tops??

I changed the frames on my bed side table and placed the rose that Zahir gave me beside the photo of him and me :)

Pheww who would have thought cleaning up your room means making life changing decisions? Should I throw away that ring? Should I just donate this top? Would Nina take care of this dress if I pass it down to her? There were a whole lot more than that in my head, you have no idea.