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Raya update

Hubby & I spent this Raya with a lot of traveling
The 1st day of Eid, we went to Ipoh to ziarah family on my father in-law’s side
We went to Pak Ngah and Mak Yang’s house
And then to Abu’s place, where he served stag and a horse (!)
I pictured Bambi in my head, so I couldn’t  make myself try some
Haha. But I did taste the kuah later back at home
I guess it was pretty great, cause my mother in-law was going “delicious”2. Hehe.
We made our way back to KL that similar night

And then, on the 2nd day of Eid, we went to Raub to see my grandmother
Kaklong, Ikam and Nawa all came along. Hihi.
How I missed my grandmother’s cooking - thanx to Kaklong for letting us borrow her car!
Mak long invited us for dinner, as she was making fresh steamed fish (YUM!)
But we had to avoid the traffic, so after lunch and playing with Tasnim & Thaqif
We went back to KL that afternoon too *sob*

Early morning of the 3rd day of Raya, my mother & father in-law had to travel back to Kelantan
So the house was already quite by then. Huhu
Thank you Ummi Abah for travelling 12 hours from Kelantan to spend Raya with us ^^

Hope you guys had a memorable Eid also~

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Happy Eid Mubarak!

Yes, its that time of year again
A time of happiness and celebration for some of us, while regret and sadness for others
Regret didn’t make the most of Ramadhan, score more points in the eyes of Him
When I logged into my Google reader, not one of my friends posted any new entries
If it was any other day, I’d get to hear the going-ons in you guys life kan? Haha
Appears like everyones already at their respective kampung
All except me *choke tears*

Well, usually at times like this, at my grandmother’s, everyone would be so busy
Like, the guys would be outside stirring rendang, dodol and making nasi impit
(Or what a baby cousin of mine would call ‘nasi rempit‘)
And the girls would be inside cleaning, mopping, decorating and cooking
The kids, well, they’d busy playing and screaming lah
Haha. Yea, my family’s scary if your not used to it

I remember when we were little girls, on the night of Raya eve
After all the preparations are ready, and all our new New raya clothes are ironed
We would sit down and berinai. Hihi. It was so fun and memorable
Well, now, everyone has grown already, we rarely do it anymore
But God how I miss those times
Uwaa~ I so wish I could be at home right now

*choke some more tears*
Well, Happy Eid everyone ^^

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Homesick

I am homesick

Period.

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Marriage.. and the irony

I have always chewed over the reason why Islam has put a certain hierarchy between husband and wife
And how it has made men today regard it as a ticket to be treated as a king, and women are to confine without question
As a young girl, although I knew there had to be a certain rational grounds for it
I sometimes felt it was unfair

But now, living in the life I used to question, day by day
I have come to see that whilst God has put it down clearly - man as leaders of the family and wife as follower
The Prophet, however, portrayed a loving, considerate and understanding husband
And this has been proved in numerous occasions
Which made me realize that the component of the role as a family leader is to lead the family (wife) with both wisdom and compassion
And is something that men will be held accountable for, not something the husband can perform whenever he favors, or feel like it

“A believer must not hate his wife, and if he is displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with one that is good in her.” (Muslim).

“The most perfect Muslim in the matter of faith is one who has excellent behavior, and the best among you are those who behave best towards their wives.” (Tirmidhi).

All this brings me to the conclusion that these rules, or guidelines that governs our lives
Shouldn’t be exercised by men as an entitlement to lead with an iron fist
As man was given the right to be obeyed because he is the leader, and not because he is superior

The most precious gift God gave humans is reason
And so I believe that man are given a choice to be a better husband, to be the best among men
I believe that men should give their wives the opportunity to develop and grow
Give love and respect, to receive love and respect in return
I also believe that women should be given the space to make mistakes and learn from them
For isn’t marriage and life itself a place to learn and better ourselves

And to primitive and double-standard men out there who think otherwise, I’d like to say: Shame On You
As for me, I’m happy I married someone whose not ^^

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Internship

As everyone has posted about their internship routine, except me
So lemme share with you how, the public-transport-failure, me gets through my industrial training
I usually go out for work at 7.30 am, to catch the 8.11 commuter to Central KL station
From there, I take the PUTRA RapidKL to KLCC station and reach the office at about 9.05am
Then I get off from work at 6.30 pm, and get back on the 7.05 or 7.20pm commuter back to Serdang
And usually take the bus to Jusco Equine in time for dinner with Hubby
Finally reach home at 9 approaching 10 pm for bed
.. And go through the same exhausting circle tomorrow
Thats right, it’s frigging tiring and frustrating sometimes
But the work experience is great and so much fun (most of the time!)

Although I make it through everyday, sometimes with sweat and blood (no, seriously!)
I actually, on most times, even enjoy malaysia’s messed up and deeply depressing  public transportation
Haha. I mean, its kind of refreshing talking to interesting strangers, old people mostly
Not the weird pervy guys you sometimes meet on the buses
Nice and pleasant old people. Hehe.
Like this one time, I met this one indian uncle on the bus, who was a a volunteer at a church
One thing I remember he said was,

You must never respond negatively to teenagers, because we will be needing their energy

Its amazing how many great and amazing people are still out there
And yet its disappointing our country doesn’t give a crap for good values
‘Cause we’re too busy drowning in our political chaos
.. So shame on you!

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Just Thinking Out Loud..

.. No harm in that right..

I’ve just been thinking a lot lately. A lot
And that has made me a bit quiet and restrained
Maybe being married at 21 and dealing with things way beyond my maturity level
Somehow shifted my center of gravity
Even my insights and perspectives has changed

And I mean, changed a lot
Somehow when I start thinking about the future, the environment I want for my children to grow up in, the values I want to teach them, the world I want to show them, the people I want them to become, the person I want to become for them..
Everything else just seems.. Smaller. Or less of importance
Like things that were once necessary, now seems less of significance
And sometimes its weird you know
Like the things I used to think were so big of a deal, now appears smaller
Its like seeing a bigger picture

And the important thing is, that it feels.. nicer and, I duno,
Having a companion, a soul mate
A person who has a taste of your mood swings, crankiness, tempers and nervous breakdown
Every Single Day..
And still sees the good inside you, and still loves you anyway
I know its sounds a bit cliché.. Haha~
But its true.. It makes you feel like - complete
Like having a steady arm to hold on to when you trip
Believe me when I say, you think you love him now
But when you get to live together, share a life and a future together
The certainty of it all scares, and yet frees you
And you’d feel More than just love

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Ironman 2008

Todae, just to kill steam after NET papers, Hubby and I went to see Ironman
(Yes. My Hubby is such a sport. Hehehe~)
Altho there are many more movies coming up this Summer: Hulk in June and The Dark Knight in July
Ironman might even be the best movie of 2008
It even has the highest rated superhero movie of all time - 94%

The movie Ironman is based on one of Stan Lee’s comics - Ironman
Which we all know, is the creator of Spiderman, Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-men and etc
He used to be the chairman of Marvel Comics, which now is a huge multimedia corporation
Well, the film is about billionaire and genius inventor Tony Stark - owner of a weapon manufacturer company called Stark Industries, Virginia “Pepper” Potts - his personal assistant, Lt. Colonel James Rhodes - his trusted friend the jet pilot and Obadiah Stane, or “Obie” - Top executive at Stark Industries and also the super villain, known as the Iron Monger.

Tony Stark’s lab/workshop, the little robot helpers (Haha~) and Especially the 3D simulation system was really impressive
And Tony Stark’s billionaire sense of humor and sarcasm was really funny. Haha~
And the flying effect was flawless! (Unlike in Superman. No offense~) The super sonic effect made it the flying effect more believable.

However, being the critique that I am (Haha~)
Although there were no boring point in the movie
which means the script was marvelously written and played
But the long anticipated Robot vs. Robot was not until two thirds of the movie
And I was like, God! Finally, some action. Haha~
And there were no love story innit, no spice to the movie
Like the ending of Pepper and Tony’s relationship wasn’t revealed
And another thing that made me really wonder was towards the ending of the movie
When Tony’s arc reactor heart was blinking and nearly dieing out after the battle with the Iron Monger
How did he manage to live again? I mean, who changed his ‘heart’? Weren’t there just two of them? And the other one was stolen by Obadiah. And he was the only one who could build the arc reactor.
Hurm. Weird~

Well, fun facts about Ironman;
Tony Stark was elected the Tenth Richest Fictional character by Forbes

1. Scrooge McDuck - Worth $28.8 Billion
2. Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon) - Worth $20.9 Billion
3. Richie Rich - Worth $16.1 Billion
4. Mom (Futurama) - Worth $15.7 Billion
5. Jed Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies) - Worth $11 Billion
6. Montgomery Burns (The Simpsons) - Worth $8.4 billion
7. Carter Pewterschmidt (Family Guy) - Worth $7.2 billion
8. Bruce Wayne aka Batman - Worth $7 billion
9. Thurston Howell III (Gilligan’s Island) - Worth $6.3 billion
10. Tony Stark (Ironman) - Worth $6 billion

And according to BusinessWeek, he came in Third Smartest Superhero

1. Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic (Fantastic 4)
2. Bruce Wayne aka Batman (Batman)
3. Tony Stark aka Ironman (Ironman)

And so, enough with my ramblings.. Haha~
So for anyone who is going to watch Ironman
Don’t forget to stay until after the credits, theres a bonus scene of Ultimate Nick Fury and Tony Spark

“Nick Fury, director of SHEILD. I’m here to talk about the Avenger initiative”

Haha~ Worth Every Penny!

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One down, two to go

Okay, that title actually doesn’t apply to me. Cause, now be prepare to hear me whine. Haha~
Alrite, for the last semester (hopefully) as a Degree student of Computer Science, I have to undertake only 3 papers for my final examinations.

30^th April: SQA
2^nd May: NET
6^th May: SPM

However (unfortunately. For me);

8^th May: Pre-present PSM to Supervisor
10^th May: Moving out of Kuantan, to KL
12^th May: PSM presentation
12^th May – 12^th June: MCAD course
12^th June – 14^th November: Internship

So yeah, no yippee for me. Huhu~ Change of subject, probably out of mercy and compassion for me, looking utterly stressed out and moody. Hubby brought me out for Pizza. Okay, only UMPians know how special Pizza is here. You have to drive 30kms tau. Damn can’t wait till I can just call ‘em to deliver my dinner. Which brings us to the question, would I cook even Less after we move? Haha~ By the way, thanks a zillion Hubby. You make my day! Hehehe~

Okies. About the SQA paper. Dunno lah. I Think I did fine. Tho I think I kinda screwed the last question. Well, I tried my best rite (Okay, I tried as much as I wanted to. Hehe). But God, I can’t wait to end all the srabotness. I am in desperate need of a break right now.

Not too late to say, Goodluck to all UMP students!

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East Coast Mall

Tenants to date:
Padini Concept Store
Brands Outlet
MNG Outlet
Quicksilver
Aussino
Baskin Robbins
Big Apple Donuts & Coffee
Bonia
Focus Point
FOS
Giordano
GNC Livewell
KFC
Ladylike
Living Cabin
Lovely Lace
Memory Lane
Nike
Ogawa
OSIM
Pizza Hut
Poh Kong
Rucini
Sa Sa
Sox World
Starbucks Coffee
Sony Centre
The Body Shop
Wah Chan

Quoted from: East Coast Mall

Today Hubby and I (out of boredom and malas study - me of course)
Decided to checkout the new East coast mall opening at Kuantan
It is said to be the biggest shopping mall in the east coast (so explains the name)
And after that, we did little grocery shopping
So as to now I have no excuses not to masak anymore. Haha~

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Balog ‘08

And finally I have the strength and ideas to write about the class picnic
One word: awesomeness!
I mean, I had a looooong dip in God’s vast pool
Even when both my feet cramped, I refused to get out and hung on to Ain
And the food was awesome, BBQ, ikan baka, sotong baka, kerang, etc
Although some of our friends couldn’t make it to the event
But it was all so much fun

I rode with Mamat, Meri, Wa and Inda to Balok
After breakfast of sandwich telor, we prepared the BBQ place and made lunch
En Aziman arrived with his wife and oh so cute daughter, Nurin
She was quite scared with so many people wooing at her. Hehehe~
So after lunch, En Aziman gave a little speech about future and opportunities for Computer science students like us
And afterwards we played a few games, tho there weren’t much time to play
But there was definitely enough time for the beach
Hehe. So after Maghrib prayer, we all packed our stuff
And squeezed into a roadside kedai makan for dinner (and took most of the tables and chairs)
We even had time to argue about what alphabet shape to arrange the tables into
Hehehe. And the waiter and cook there got quite a handful of orders
And finally, with a full stomach and freakingly tired we all headed home
Thanx Mamat for the ride~
And thank you to Pjoyz as the organizer of this picnic~
And thank you to everyone who made the picnic happen~
I’m sure we all had a great time

And as we all say when we malas nak write a post on an event: Let the pictures tell the story~