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.

The Dodo's Way It Went

My mobile just went the way of the Dodo. For no rhyme or reason (none that I could tell, anyway) the phone just went beserk. The buttons on the top part of the slider suddenly refused to work. At first it was just the scrolling buttons of up, down left and right, thereby making reading and sending sms-es a living hell for me. (but at least I could use the side scroller)

Then, similiarly out of the blue, all the buttons stopped working and the phone was as good as kaput. My phone had always had the "any button answer" turned off in case I was sms-ing and then a call came through so now I couldn't even answer the phone when it rang. I couldn't read my smses either and worst this morning when my alarm rang, I couldn't turn it off. *sigh* I so wanted to throw it against the wall in frustration but my level-headed Don urged me to send it for repair instead since it was still under warranty.

I'm sending it in today to the mobile hospital. Let's hope they give me a replacement Samsung phone as the only ones I have at home are Nokia ones and well.. Nokia and I are not really on friendly terms .....hee hee

So meanwhile I am mobile-less and incommunicado. Thank god for web-smses.

A Day To Remember...

Tomorrow 17th June 2006 is the day I turn 16 oops! I mean 26. I usually celebrate my birthday with much pomp and fanfare with cakes, huge bouquets of flowers, presents and usually a little special something from my Darling Don. Since we've been married, we either get the poshest hotel room we can afford (without robbing the bank) to stay the weekend or thats the day he gives me free reign to pick out anything I want. (thats the only day he will accompany me shopping and not groan)

But as the years go by, I have begun to realise that your birthday is not so much a day for you to celebrate. After all what did you do on that day except make your way into this world, got a smack on the butt and wailed your lungs out? Our mothers, on the other hand, went through hell and highwater to expunge us out of her systems. Assisted or not, it was a near life-or-death moment for her and if anybody should be celebrating, shouldn't it be her? Or better still, we should celebrate the day with our mom to show her our appreciation at having borne us, suffering for the 40 weeks (or more), our constant kicking in the middle of the night and God knows whatever else we did while inside her womb.

So I think this year, I will make a change. Instead of the day being about me, it shall be about my Umi... and what she went through to bring me into this world.




But I think I'll allow myself this one bit ....

Can You See The Similiarity?

But I must say out of the 7 this week, he has the nicest voice. But can somebody pls sponsor him a haircut pls????????

The Movie Worth Waiting For

Have you ever wondered what goes in the mind of a suicide bomber? Have you wondered if they had 2nd thoughts before they pulled that cord in their bomb? Are they even really volunteers? Or coerced to do it? If you have ever wondered, "Paradise Now" is a movie you would really enjoy watching.


It tells the story of two Palestinian childhood friends who are called to volunteer themselves for the Intifada cause. Laced with humour at the most unexpected times the story is a heart-wrenching one. You'd never expect to sypathise with suicide bombers but the story gives a human face to them and as we see their struggles and doubts we understand why they do what they do although we do not necessarily support them. And to top it all off, the two lead actors are so handsome they make your heart fly. Kak Liza & I left the cinema with this guy's face and eyes forever etched in our memory.

Girls' Night Out

We had a wonderful time on Friday at Swensen's PS. Anyone looking at us would think we have been friends for years but truth be told it was the first time some of us were meeting. To say we "clicked" would be a gross understatement. We gelled, rather.
We brought the whole Swensen's down with our racuous laughter. We even managed to "terrorize" a few waiters. Hehe Can't wait for the next girls' night out.

To Lisa .....

Hope you enjoyed the bithday dinner and like the gift we got you.

Many more years of friendship ahead, Insyallah.

10 Life's Simple Pleasure

I kena tagged lah by my neighbour & good fren LizaNoor So here goes....

Being in a shopping centre with my husband and he says "Buy anything you want today."

When my mother kisses me in the mornings before I go to work and tells me Thank you for being a wonderful daughter.

Waking up early on a Saturday morning and realising I can sleep in coz it's SATURDAY!!!!

Looking at my childhood photos and realising how lucky I am to have such great childhood memories

Opening my eyes in the morning to find Him looking at me sleep.

Checking my mail to find my best friend has sent me an e-card.

Looking through my treasure box and re-reading love letters & cards of yesteryears.

Lying on my king sized bed with crispy sheets after a long trip away from home.

Sitting in a cafe giggling away with my best friend as we reminisce our school days, oblivious to stares from nearby patrons.

Watching tv with my husband while he rests on my lap.

Ps: I forgot to tag lah...
ok here are the 5 ppl who have been tagged

LISA

KYNNE

LYNN

MAYA

NAZ

Mother's Day Celebration

This year, we celebrated Mother's day with a difference. Usually we will choose a fancy smancy restaurant, bring both our moms and then bring on the cake and presents. This year, since we had guests over at our place (my newly wed cousin & hubby), we decided to hold the celebrations at our house instead. We bought a portable grill from Carrefour, 250 raw satay from the owner of our fav stall at Lau Pa Sat (stall No 3 & 4) 4kg of chicken wings & 2kg of drumlets which I marinated with honey & other seasonings, cooked fried bihun, invited my in-laws and had a helluva time.

The Don and my cousin's hubby, Hakim, took turns bbq-ing while the womenfolk yakked and yakked the day away. (what else right?) After Maghrib, we brought out the cake and the gifts and the smiles on our moms' faces were to die for!!! They especially liked the gifts The Don and I picked out for them, small tokens of our appreciation for being the absolute best mothers we could ask for and our gratitude for their sacrifices all our lives.

Here are some pics we snapped. More coming up soon....

Three Girls & A Guy

We left for an inpromptu trip last Saturday to Malacca & Kl. The Don wanted to bring me shopping in KL. (Am I lucky or what??) Then I suggested we stopped mid way at Umbai, Malacca for some seafood. I roped in my two girl friends, Lisa & M and they were both game to join us for a short holiday. So off we went....

The food in Umbai was as delicious as always. Anybody who has been to Malacca and hasn't been here, you really don't know what you have been missing! We choose our own fresh seafood, tell the guy how you want it cooked and VOILA!!! Since it was only the 4 of us, the Don and I chose one large seabass, 1/2 a kilo of prawns, quarter kilo of squids and some veg. The seafood is to be eaten with small packets of Nasi Lemak and Otak Otak which is provided on the tables and topped up when neccesary. Try not to drool on your keyboard ok....(photos courtesy of Lisa)

Lelong!!! Lelong!!! There were shellfish too but we were not fans so we skipped them.

This pic is a bit blur. I think Lisa is holding her digicam with one hand while the other hand she is busy trying to kopek the Otak-otak. hehe

I think she forgot to take the pic before we devoured the fish so here you only see the skin left. Oooh no evidence of our buruk-makan-ness!!

Krak Kruk Krak Kruk!!! Very crispy indeed!!

See the sambal cicah? Power gedemak!!!!

Immediately after the meal, we continued our journey to Kl to spent the night and start shopping the next day. We didn't actually get much shopping done. We only went to Midvalley & One Utama. But I think we all got what we came to Kl to get. One thing for sure, we had lots and lots to eat.

I actually wanted to eat crabs but in Umbai the stall we went to ran out of them. So when we were in KL the next night, The Don brought us to Good Evening Bangkok restaurant at One Utama.

The ambience was great, the service was tip top and the Tom Yum seafood was the kind you'd only get in Bangkok. A small sip sent your nostrils flaring, bells ringing deep in your ears and a tingle in your throat that you could remedy only by having more!!! I asked for black pepper crabs but the waiter said they didn't have crabs that night. But when he came to send the tom yum, I spotted a small crab leg in my bowl. He must have heard me exclaim because he explained that usually they use big crabs for the black pepper dish but if I didn't mind, they could make an exception for me and use these tiny crabs instead. A crab is a crab is a crab. Of course I said YES!!!!!! Such great service is definitely a rarity. I'd definitely recommend the place to anyone who is in need of authentic Thai food with great service.




For more pics, go check out Lisa's blog.