Friday, July 28, 2006

Guests......

My cousins are coming today from KL. Yay! Just last weekend my uncle and his entourage came from Kuantan as he was invited to make a ceramah at Sultan Mosque and now my cousins are here. My friends seem to think that The Don and I have an endless barrage of visitors but we love it! Its part of the Arab culture, I guess. We don't think its an inconvenience at all.

It's a far cry from the attitude of the young today. I hear many stories of newly married couples who have their own house but do not welcome visitors because they "want their privacy". Its almost like they live in fear if anybody should say they wanna come over. As if people have nothing else better to do.

I come from a family where guests are welcome anytime and no effort is spared when entertaining guests. If you had seen the way my Umi cooked for my Uncle and his 2 companions last week, you'd think we were preparing for a buffet. And we Arabs love family gatherings. Thats why the Don and I dun mind travelling 6-7 hours to Pahang /KL /Kuantan just to attend any function our relatives have or merely just to catch up and spend a night or two. I'm thankful that despite not marrying an Arab, the Don has assimilated himself into my culture and he enjoys receiving guests just as much as I do. In fact, if I may say so, he is more atuned to my guests and take greater effort to make them comfortable than I do. Alhamdulillah.

It's been some time since my cousins came to Singapore so today I'm gonna scoot off early from work and bring them SHOPPING!!!!! hehehe

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The Countdown Tag....

This must be a conspiracy. Everybody seems to be tagging me so that I will update my blog. Ok ok since I dun actually have much to write about anyway, I'll amuse you with my answers to this very long tag.

10 Favourites : -
Favourite colour : Blue, Black, Maroon all 3 can?
Favourite food : Chicken Rice, Laksa
Favourite song : Power of Love - Celine Dion
Favourite movie : The Godfather trilogy definitely!!
Favourite sport : Does shopping count?
Favourite day of the week : Saturdays!!!!!
Favourite ice cream flavour : Anything chocolaty is very goody!!
Favourite car model : Pagani Zonda F
Favourite subject in school : Literature
Favourite snacks : Twistees
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9 Current : -
Current mood : Upbeat & Great
Current taste : All I wanna eat right now is Roti Jala & Kari Ayam. Yumm...!!!
Current clothes : Blue pantsuit with light blue tudung.
Current desktop : P4 2.4Ghz 80GB 512MB CD-RW 15" LCD
Current toenail colour : Au naturel
Current time : 2.29pm
Current surroundings : My file-infested table. Urrgghh!!!
Current annoyance(s) : This tag, obviously!
Current thoughts : Is my baby a boy or a girl? Quick I wanna know so I can go shopping!!!!

8 First(s) : -
First best friend : Jessica, in primary 1.
First crush : In Primary 6.
First movie : Bigfoot at Cathay cinema with my mom and dad.
First piercing : At a jewellery shop somewhere. And I didn't make a peep.
First lie : Let's see... Faked a stomachache to escape ngaji. hehehe
First music : Gurindam Jiwa - the song my mother used to sing me to sleep as a child.
First car : What his is mine right? A 1991 red Mitsubishi Lancer that I picked out.
First real date venue : Bintang Timur restaurant at Far East Plaza

7 Last(s) : -
Last drink : Plain water. I have to drink 7 cups of water daily!!!!!
Last car ride : My much-loved Lancerlot
Last "movie crush" : Let's see..."Said" in "Paradise Now"
Last phone call : Darling Don
Last song played : Il Divo "Unbreak my heart"
Last food ate : Crunchy chocolate Bar
Last thing I do before I go to sleep : Snuggle snuggle kiss kiss censored censored!!

6 Have You Ever(s) : -
Have you ever dated one of your best friends : Nahhh
Have you ever broken the law : Jaywalking counts?
Have you ever been arrested : Not yet...
Have you ever skinned dipped : hhhmmm......
Have you ever been on TV : When I was 8, being interviewed by Mr Wong Kan Seng.
Have you ever kissed someone you didn't know : HHmmm....

5 Things You Are Wearing : -
top, bottom, shoe, tudung & my sanity.

4 Things You've Done Today : -
  • Chatted online
  • Send a myriad of sms-es
  • Read
  • This stupid tag

    3 Things You Can Hear Right Now : -
  • The irritating humming of the office server
  • The vibration of my hp - somebody's calling
  • Voices in my head asking me whay I bother asnwering this tag.

    2 Things You Can't Live Without : -
    hhmmm I think despite the materialistic girl I am, I can live w/o things but I can't live w/o my 2 pillars of strength
  • My Umi
  • My Don

    1 Thing You Do When You Are Bored : -
    Bug the Don!!!

    5 Beautiful Peeps To Carry On The Game : -
    Naz (Payback Time!!!)
    Maya
    Musang
    LizaNoor
    Lynn
  • Wednesday, July 05, 2006

    Do You Really Wanna Know?

    I have been tagged by Naz (I think she has seen the dearth of activity in here and purposely tagged me.) And so today finally I'm gonna get my butt off the lazy chair and do it.

    24 Useless Facts About Me

    1) I hate the colour purple. Dun know why. I just do.

    2) I had a HUGE crush on Fandi Ahmad when I was 12. When I say huge, I mean
    HUMONGOUSLY HUGE!!! I would cut out every picture of him and attend every event he was at.

    3) I was super gullible as a child and was always bullied by my male cousins. Once they tricked me we were going to the beach and asked me to sit quietly at the back of my uncle's parked station wagon. I sat there for a full 20 mins sweating like a pig while my 2 cousins were sitting in the cool comfort of the house watching tv.

    4) I am a "Climacophobia" - I have a phobia of steep stairs, the overhead bridge kind and stairs with crevices underneath. And I have a recurring dream of tumbling down the stairs.

    5) I loathe folding clothes. Give me the ironing, mopping, cooking n any other household task anytime but no folding please!!!! That's why I have a 12-foot cupboard so I can hang everything on hangers.

    6) I loooorve prawns. I'll eat anything** with prawns in it!!!! (**anything here excludes no 8)

    7) The Don and I call each other 10 times a day and that's the absolute minimum. Our smses are uncountable. My girlfriends can't stand it and they always sigh and roll their eyes whenever I'm with them and my phone rings!!!

    8) Mushrooms and beansprouts are two things I will never, never eat, not even at gunpoint.

    9) Words tend to bypass my brain and leave my mouth. And leave a stinging wound to the people who are hit.

    10) I had asthma as a child and will do anything within my power never to see another being suffer the way I did.

    11) I have never been hospitalised and when I was young I used to fantasize what it felt like. I don't tink I wanna know now!!

    12) I hate watching horror movies. I feel so cheated at the end of every movie I see. Like I paid someone ten bucks to gimme a slap.

    13) I'm stupid with my hands. Creativity is something that is just not in my genes.

    14) Water is to plants as shopping is to me. I'd wither and die without it.

    15) I have only ever had one boyfriend in my life and he is now my husband. And no, I do not wish I had more. (boyfriends, that is, not husbands! hehehe)

    16) I have very few people in my life I consider friends and these few are very precious to me. And no, I do not wish I had more too.

    17) I can't drive and I really, really don't think I was wired to, despite The Don's attempts to sign me up for driving classes.

    18) I am a worrier but I realised it is exactly this trait that has made me the well-prepared person that I am.

    19) I have a bithmark the shape of a paw on my right upper arm.

    20) I have a mole in my left ear, on my lips and 8 others on my face. Its not so obvious as to be immediately visible. But it's definitly there.

    21) My third finger on both hands are a bit curved in. I never knew why.

    22) I finally figured my heritage. I'm 50% Arab, 25% Indian & 25% Malay. Rough estimation. Exact percentage still unknown.

    23) Patience is a virtue I have yet to acquire. I hope I will acquire it someday. Soon.

    24) I'm PREGNANT! and we will be expecting our first-born sometime in Dec.