When life gives you lemon, well, make lemonade!

I vowed not to dwell in sorrow and think how unfortunate I am yadda yadda so as the saying above goes, when life gives you lemon, make lemonade! Turn something sour into something great. I had to go back to Batu Pahat earlier this week for meetings and whatnot. Looking at the shabby room of mine *memalukan* I decided to revamp it and make it as comfortable as it could so that I would be one happy lady whenever I'm in my room.

I've compromised my comfort for the longest time ever, well, actually, since I got posted to BP, knowing that I am not going to stay there forever and it would be a hassle to move with boxes of stuff. But I guess I had enough. Boleh tak, selama ini, aku tidor atas tilam aje, refused to buy a proper bed sebab malas pikir nak meng-pack etc (selama tinggal kat BP, I moved to 3 different houses ;-p). Tapi oleh sebab rase I won't be moving to other houses anymore sampaila dapat pindah keluar dari BP for good, maka rasanye the time has come to get me one.

Berjaya beli katil yang comel. Yay.
Dan meja untuk buat kerja.
I also rearranged the stuff in my room so it is now looking way better than before.
Guess I could live with that until my transfer. Hee.

Next year I'll be teaching the form 1s and the form 2s because I've pointed out the fact that I would probably get my transfer in June and it would be troublesome should I teach the PMR classes. My Ketua Panitia gave a thought about that and found it to be a valid reason. So I'll be teaching one good class (I am the form teacher too. Hmmps), one mediocre class and another three 'weak' classes. They are not weak actually, they just have lower achievement in their academics. Human beings are born with different capabilities.

Teaching these classes however would require you to be slightly fiercer than your average self. I found it to be handy as these type of students would usually pay more attention to you when you are fierce. Nevertheless, it would be rather tiresome to play MDM FIERCE all the time but you gotta do what you gotta do. Rotan pun harus dibawa all the time. Muka pun kena bebengis, mesti korang kalo tengok muke aku bengis korang rase eh kene rasuk puake ape perempuan nih. Sumpah agak menakutkan. Suara pun nak kene lontar jauh. Ape ingat AF aje belajar lontar lontar suara? Jadik cikgu pun kene juge T_T. Tapi suara skarang tengah rock sebab batuk belum fully gone maka mungkin lepas nih kene standby dequadin dalam handbag supaya bila jerit nanti satu blok gegar >:-P

Oh btw ade sorang cikgu laki nih tekujat dengar aku mengamuk time buat kelas tambahan intensif untuk bebudak PMR earlier this year. Hihi. Lepas tu this another English teacher kate, "Oh you maksudkan dD ke, I tak terkejut sangat la sebab I saw her blew her top one day kat library." Time tuh aku campak kusi library kat student yang kurang berajar. Woh woh. Harap lepas ni garang, tapi sabar. Hmmm. Camno tu.

wrapping this year up :-)

I don't always get what I want and that could be really painful to think. At times. Therefore, I made a promise to myself not to think about what I don't have. The what-ifs. Because I rather not dwelling in sadness when I could spend the rest of time with joy and calmness. Despite the whirlwind about my transfer, there were happier times that I am grateful for. Alhamdulillah.

1. My husband (he was my bf during that time) managed to go through several eye treatments and his condition has been getting on well from that point. The eye treatments (laser + injection to the eyes) were covered by his company's insurance and that was a huge relief because we otherwise might not be able to afford them.

2. Relationship wise, we were able to go through the merisik, bertunang and berkahwin stage all in a year. When we looked back at those times, it felt rather magical because it seemed like they happened on their own. Almost. Things just fall into the right places and what more could we say than praised be to Allah for letting them happened smoothly.

3. Economy wise, we are still struggling but the condition is better than last year's. We got better pay, I got to mark for English PMR (and I have bought a new handphone using the money I got from marking :-D), he got to buy his car and inshaAllah we will be going for our major honeymoon next March. We have paid for the tix and are now planning for the itinerary. Can't wait :-) Hopefully, this too will be a smooth sailing. It is my dream destination and to be able to go there for our honeymoon is like a dream come true, as corny as it sounds :-D

4. Our family grew larger with this marriage as well as our circle of friends. Can't help but too fall in love with each individual that I get to know and it is a relief for I did not find a hard time blending in. Neither does he. I thank God for being able to marry a man whose kampung is minutes away from mine as it gives a great advantage to us, especially in our circumstances where my mom is a single mom and his father is not really in the perks of his health. Being able to visit both during weekend is great :-)

There are many more things that I am grateful for but these are all that I could type as of now. I am rushing to pack my stuff because I had to go back to Batu Pahat next week for the school's meeting.

Have a great end-of-year everyone. I wish that all of you will wrap this year with contentment in your heart and hopefully next year will bring much joy and happiness to each of us. Ameen.



Take care :-)

rock band

I first laid my hands on the rock band set back in May 2008. I was in the States, visiting my then bf. Kat living room rumah dia, satu malam lepas kami keluar, ternampak his juniors playing rock band. I was very curious. Hee. I once caught an episode in Gossip Girl where Serena played Guitar Hero and thought that it was pretty awesome. Sekarang ini, wahhh dah ade depan mata. He nudged me and asked "nak main gi la join" tapi being a loyal gf who missed her bf (yang dah tak jumpa for nearly 2 years, *gile lama kan*) mestilah nak berkepit kalo buleh 24/7. Kan. So I just politely said no and went on accompanying him packing his stuff (he was leaving the States for good and coming back to M'sia).



Another night, jeng jeng jeng, he was packing his stuff downstairs and I saw the rock band set looking all pretty and lonely. Takde sape sape main dengan dia. Alalala keshian. Sket demi sket pergi dekat the drum set. He turned on the whole thing and dapatla I played with the drum set. Sorang sorang aje main. Layan. Rasenye main sampaila masa for me to go to this three kind girls' house untuk tumpang tido.

Itu dah addicted tu. Sampai da habis main pun lagu lagu dia terngiang2.

Next, I joined his juniors playing the whole set. Wah, lagik best. Memang dah rase macam rock band sungguh ni. Tapi I suck in playing the guitar set. Drum jugak yang best :-) Konon konon harituh tanak main la kan, tengok, sekali dah main, addicted u. :-p

I can't remember the last time I played it tapi thanks to the rock band set, I got hooked with Paramore sebab masa tu suka main drum lagu Crush crush crush. Balik aje M'sia dah jadik peminat tegar Paramore (sembil perasan jadik Hayley - ape hal?) dan simpan impian that one day, I'm gonna buy that thing! Tak kisahla da not in the in thing pun tak ape, I solemnly swear that I would play them precious beings at least once a week :-p

Sampai sekarang pun belum beli lagik hehe. Maybe lepas dah ade rumah sendiri. Nanti buleh selalu main rock band dengan suami :-)

3 months :-)

It has been 3 wonderful months and not a day of regret. If God wills it, I would like to be with you every single day because nothing beats laying beside you and it gives me a great unbeatable sense of satisfaction when I get to prepare your lunch to be eaten at work as well as to see you eating your dinner prepared by me. Catering you has never been a chore :-) I love you and your whole family too. Here's to many years to come, inshaAllah :-)



Scrapbooking Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

Ooh la la! Awas!

Sekarang ni kumpulan ape yang femes kat Mlesia nih ek. Bunkface kot. Students aku ramai pilih nak nyanyi lagu bunkface time aku suruh derang pilih a song and sing in front of me. Sebutan hujung pangkal banyak aje yang silap, lirik pun ntah mane rembat nak tegolek aku bace tapi jadikla,, at least effort tuh ade :-)

mude gila kot muke masing masing hihi

Teringat time memuda dulu (waktu sekolah rendah to be exact), kumpulan yang femes adelah KRU. Waktu tu aku tak paham kenape name derang KRU. Kazen aku cakap itu stands for "Kumpulan Rap Utama" lah. Rupa rupanya dia tipu T_T

4U2C fun femes gak time tuh, tapi KRU lagik lame ke-femesan dia tuh sebab banyak gila singles yang meletop.

Dan naturally, mestilah aku ade favourite dalam tiga orang tuh. Mine was yusry heheh.

Punyalah minat yusry sampai berangan angan kawen dengan dia. Waktu tu rase yusry hensem tahap menggegar jiwa. Lama lama ke-obsesan tuh hilang. Minat celebrity lain pulak.

Lagu lagu KRU nih catchy sangat. Paling minat lagu Ooh La La. Paling suka dalam lagu nih bila part "oOoh jelita, hatiku telah kau curi dan ku rela~" sungguh sungguh aku nyanyi, suara pun jadik halus macam yusry. Nak tiru.

Tak sangka, betapa minat mendalamnye aku kat KRU dulu, skang nih kalo pegi karaoke buleh nyanyi part yang rapping tuh! homaigod sangat.

Tapi makin lama KRU pun makin ilang taring kan. Lepas derang jadik tyco (animated version of KRU), lepas tu derang makin tenggelam~ makin sibuk dengan biznes kot. Peminat peminat pun da besar dan tak gilakan muzik lagik da.

Hats off to them really, for having such a great talent and showing perseverance in striving to make a scene in Malaysian entertainment industry. Boleh cakap dengan konfiden skang nih yang KRU is one the legends kat Mesia, kan.

sick bug~

I feel like this..
aww~



It's because my husband is not feeling well right now. It has been so for the past three days. To top it off, I too am not feeling too good. I have been feverish when night comes for about a week now. I try to maintain my composure and beat this whatever-sick-bug that is bugging me to ensure that I could take good care of my husband.

Get well soon, suami.

Hai Peng Kopitiam, Kemaman

Yay, makan lagi!

Siapalah manusia tanpa pemakanan yang memuaskan hati. Oleh sebab itu, kami pun pergi ke Hai Peng Kopitiam. Hari pertama kat Kemaman, lepas google, kami asek asek nampak blog yang sebut Tong Juan dan Hai Peng Kopitiam. Tak buleh jadik, biadap sungguh rasenye kalau kami tak pergi ke kedua dua tempat tersebut sedangkan kami dah kat Kemaman.

So we decided to have our breakfast at Hai Peng Kopitiam. We spent our night a day before, salivating over the drinks and food that we would have on the next morning.

Hai Peng Kopitiam nih terletak kat Jalan Sulaimani. Kalo Tong Juan restoran tuh dekat hujung jalan nih, Hai Peng pulak kat permulaan Jalan Sulaimani, sebelah kiri. There's an ample parking space at a carpark opposite this cafe.

Jalan dari carpark ke kopitiam. Nampak kedai tuh macam ada cahaya cahaya dari langit (OK, I'm exaggerating but I'm a food enthusiast, I have an excuse).

Omigosh, tons of people! *cemas*

But...we got our seats alright without having to wait. Yeah, sukses!

The drinks, they have modern up-to-date fancy shmancy blended drinks as well as the old school kopi O :-)

This is the table where you can pick your breakfast from. They have nasi dagang, nasi lemak, bihun goreng, kuih and the likes.

The ambience in the cafe

Nasi dagang

Nasi lemak

This bun got me hooked! We initially ordered a set (two buns) and ordered another set because we can't have enough of em good stuff!

Slathered with kaya and butter, mmmm good goood love :-)

Please order this drink if you are into chocolate. It is heavenly. The name is chocolate lava

Makanan dia okey, tapi paling ooomph adelah roti bakar dia. Yang macam bun tuh. Dia wat sendiri kot roti tuh, sedaaaap sangat dan mengenyangkan. Kami order another set tu sebab nafsu, bukan sebab lapar :-p

Stuffed Crab at Tong Juan, Kemaman.

We googled "good place to eat in Kemaman" upon reaching Terengganu and the search returned with a number of blogs suggesting to eat at Tong Juan which serves stuffed crab. I have honestly never heard of a stuffed crab before while my husband heard about it from a colleague who recalled his father always bringing back home stuffed crab when he was in Kemaman.

We decided to give it a go.

It is located right smack in the middle of the town, at Jalan Sulaimani. We googled the destination after failing to search for it using the GPS navigator and it is not hard to locate, really. I reckon you could go there just by using the most ancient method ever that is; stop and ask for direction. Just ask how to get to Jalan Sulaimani and the restaurant is at the end of the road, opposite the big river.

my husband is pulling the crab pose.

A number of people from all walks of life.

The menu. Pity they don't mention the price along with the menu, though.

We were so hungry, we ended up looking like this!

This is how I look like when I'm famished.

And we got our meals about 20 mins later. Seafood fried rice, chicken fried rice, stuffed crab (of course!) and asparagus fried in oyster sauce.

The stuffed crabs

What's inside it

Our bill was RM 40. The stuffed crab is RM 8 each. We ordered chilled chinese tea to go with the food and that helped us to save a little. Quite expensive for a lunch for two but the experience was well worth it. Now we can proudly say that "HEY I'VE TASTED STUFFED CRAB!"

The fried rice was tasty and we were bloated upon walking out from there. If you are not too hungry, a plate of fried rice would do for two people.

I'm hot

No I'm not blowing my own trumpet and I do realise that it's a far cry of me being hot. Heho. I'm literally hot. The weather that is. Right at this moment. Gulp after gulp of water and they still fail to saturate me. And when I'm feeling hot..., it makes me want to:

1. Drink super cool ribena mobile. I have this recently developed obsession towards Ribena Mobile, particularly on Ribena + Peach flavour. Sedap, nikmat, sensasi. Time minum buleh buat iklan.

2. Dive into a pool of ice. Nekkid. Eeks. hehe.

3. Go to Mt Ruapehu again where we went skiing and my cheek turned blue upon reaching the peak of the mountain.

4. Go crazy on a box of ice cream.

5. Lepak lepak dengan yuni, izza ngan zab kat bilik fesal @ railway station sambil tengok muvie yang di download secara haram lepas tu kaki kebas sebab sejuk, bilik dia ada tingkap yang suuuuuper besar. Railway station tu nama tempat tinggal students by the way.

6. Hire tukang peng-spray air kat badan sambil baring atas lantai marmar. Job scope dia : spray air kat badan aku every 3 minutes.

7. Minum coconut shake kat klebang sambil buat muka keji kat orang yang beratur paaanjang gila untuk takeaways. Klebang coconut shake is da bomb!

8. Buat buat terperangkap dalam fridge tapi pastikan ade tempat untuk bolehkan oksigen kat luar masuk. Bila orang tanye eey apo ko buek dalam ni? Buleh la jawab,: Ya Allah, panas sangat, pengsan terus dalam fridge tadi bila carik susu nak buat milo ais.

9. Pegi shopping mall pastuh gelak gelak tengok peel orang yang memacam. Ade yang nak jadik kewl, ade yang rase dia super stylo, ade yang rase like omigosh everyone is looking at me I'm such a superstar. Bes gelak (dalam hati) lepas tu lupe dah kat luar upenye tengah panas.

10. Makan cheesy wedges KFC. Oh yang ni tak ade kaitan dengan cuaca. Ini dambaan selera semata mata.

11. Dulu pernah bace dalam komik doraemon, ade satu alat nih yang macam botol susu, bila minum seteguk, kita cakap panas, kita akan rase sejuk. Setiap kali cakap tu the temperature will drop by a few degrees. Kalau la dapat menatang tuh sekarang nih! Akan cakap panas panas panas 10x!

Phew. I'm hot.