Raralicious

Ezza dah kahwin!!

2011-09-12T11:50:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah, selamat sudah my darling BFF ezza dinikahkan dengan pasangan beliau Apeh.

selingan gambar pre wedding beliau dan apeh :) Cute sangat tu deduwe nih.

Ezza yang cantik di hari pernikahan beliau. I like the red lips! time ni dah siap2.. getting ready nak ke masjid. Majlis nikah beliau dihadiri oleh Abby, Rafiecca and myself only sebab yang lain2 terpaksa bekerja.

Mak beliau, Ezza and her niece. Depa ni style keturunan segak2! Bertuah apeh.

Alhamdulillah, dengan sekali lafaz, Ezza sah menjadi isteri kepada Apeh terchenta pada 09/09/2011. Tahniah! Sessi menyarung cincin ni.

Rafiecca and I. Time ni majlis dah selesai.. dah nak balik rumah untuk minum petang. Bihun sgt sedap. Siap tambah!

Mlm tu kami bertiga sempatlah keluar makan2 sikit kat Penang ni. Sebenarnya bertujuh termasuk Ayra, Gadap, Tom and Boy. :)

Kalau dah pi dengan Gadap kan, maka termasuklah kami bertiga dalam agenda beliau, open house 4B di Sg Ara! :))

Tp lepas tu sempat jugak kami ke Pdg Kota Lama, makan sotong kangkung dan kerang bakaq. Nasib baik sempatttt :P

Saturday 10/09/11. Majlis resepsi di rumah pengantin perempuan. We olls feeling2 bridesmaids! :)

kami feeling2 movie bridesmaids u olls! :P

love my girls!

sweet sgt tu in purple!

Myself and the other syakirah and aliya. :) Glad to meet her after sooo long!

pengantin lelaki dah sampai. Ezza sangat cantik dirias oleh Jumie.

with pengantin.

Tahniah buat Ezza dan Apeh. Semoga perkahwinan hampa kekal ke akhir hayat. We (the Ks) love youuuuuuuuuu so much! XOXO. Selamat menghadapi alam rumah tangga yang penuh cabaran dan doa kami hang cepat2 dapat baby comel plsssssssssss!!

time ni Ezza macam Nora Elena kan? ok byeeeeeee

Rara says : Who's next?! Lalalalala~

Aidilfitri 2011

2011-08-30T23:40:00.000+08:00

Day one I beraya di office bersama colleagues dan my darling housemate pon same kena bekerja. Sedih mmg sedih tp nak buat mcmana, kerja kan. Tp skrg I dh kat penang, lps keje kul 5 terus gerak balik. Smp2 umah terus berBBQ pulak. Tired but fun!

U olls punya first day raya mcmana? Mesti bestkan?

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Selamat Hari Raya dan Salam Merdeka

2011-08-29T22:13:00.001+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya dan Salam Merdeka buat semua pembaca blog ini.

First time I beraya di ofis! Sobsob.

Parti Bujang Yusuf Taiyoob

2011-08-23T23:23:00.000+08:00

Tujuan sebenar kami berkumpul dan berpurdah kali ni adalah untuk meraikan sahabat kami, ezza yg bakal menamatkan zaman bujang beliau, inshaAllah, minggu kedua raya nanti. "Bachelorette Party" kali ini kami sengaja ubah tema nya ke tema muslimah, kate bulan puasa kan hihi.

Perempuan cantik ini yang dirai!

Ezza, eiz, e.z.z.a, ezzah aziz fauzi, eiz kiddiez ataupon Dr. Marshitah, dan yang terbaru , Diana Danielle

complimentary untuk ezza, dari kami the K

I yang terharu sebab mendapat sejambak bunga setibanya di tempat kejadian

time ni I feeling muka sangat suci murni

darling abby cuba utk menari mengikut rentak lagu arab :)

awwwwwwwww ;)) feeling2 nak pi umrah pls!

all of us at our tent. Love the food, and ambience! and our concept as well!

celebrating ezza the bride to be

bloggers.

housemate since MMU melaka

friends

forever!

Kirah the "cool water"

Betoi ka?

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customized goodie bag for all of us

by OhMaiWedding

We had a great time! and to our dearest Ezza, semoga majlis anda berjalan dengan lancar, Inshaallah. Kita berkumpul lagi nanti :)

ladies in purdah

2011-08-23T01:13:00.000+08:00

mai

abby

aliya

rafiecca

ezza

ienn

rara

;)

how was it? purdah wei bulan2 posa ni, alhamdulillah! :))

Parti bujang yusof taiyoob

2011-08-20T20:13:00.001+08:00

Iftar with my bff @ sahara tent, merangkap bachelorette party utk ezza ;)

Semua org pakai jubah tawww, kelas!

Will update more about this soon.

Btw, feel free to visit my dearest bff blog, http://rafiecca.blogspot.com

She's new to the blogging world, pls support beliau, ataupon beliau akan kecundang ditgh jalan ahaks.

Sambung nnt. Nak makan!

food sangat2 awesome!

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Ayra's 1st birthday

2011-08-02T21:51:00.000+08:00

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Ramadhan 2011 day 2

2011-08-02T14:35:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum!

U olls berbuka makan ape semalam? I makan nasik goreng sajeeeerr.
Baru berangan taknak makan nasik bulan puasa, kononnyer nak diet, haremmmmm!

Malam ni inshaAllah nak pi terawih, i'm all excited! :)

Dah nak puasa!

2011-07-29T12:47:00.001+08:00

Cepatkan masa berlalu. Dah nak puasa dah isnin ni, inshaallah.

I ni keje ikot negara Brunei. So, public holiday pon follow Brunei. Sepatutnya 1st Ramadhan Brunei cuti. Tp malam ni baru dpt result. Sebab diorg tgk anak bulan kat negara diorg, tak sama dgn Msia.

Kalau Sabtu diorang start puasa, maka tak cutilah. Kalau puasa jatuh hari Ahad plak, maknanya hari Isnin cuti lah! Yayyyy :) mintak2 puasa di Brunei jatuh hari Ahad. Ahaks!

Mcmana kami nak tau Brunei puasa hari apa? FB lah jawapnya! Tgk status kwn2 Brunei kami atau msg diorang terus. Huuuu.

Harap2 puasa Brunei jatuh hari Ahad, bolehlah cuti hari Isnin. Nak sahur ahad malam tu and Isnin tu membuta sampai tghari, pastu terus shoot ke rumah family Azroy utk berbuka puasa sama2. Rumah mak bapak I jauh lak kat Penang tu haaaa .

Nasib baik rumah family Azroy dekat, leh la I menumpang kasih especially on the very first day of Ramadhan. Syahdu kalau berbuka sorg!

Selamat berpuasa kepada semua umat Islam di seluruh dunia.

Luvs,
Rara

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Siapa mahu kerja?

2011-07-27T14:13:00.000+08:00

Mahu kerja? Masih mencari pekerjaan yang sesuai utk anda? Or utk anak buah atau kawan?

There are job vancancies at my workplace, Hsbc data processing Malaysia (HDPM). The company is located in Cyberjaya (the intelligent city!), and no worries, transport will be provided!

For those who interested especially to the youngsters who just graduate from college/university, drop ur resume at theshakirah@gmail.com!

The picture shows the complimentary gift from HDPM for its 9th years anniversary celebration yesterday! :)

I guarantee you, it is definitely a best place to work! :))
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Braces no more!

2011-07-22T20:17:00.000+08:00

Dah bukak braces smlm! Finally after 2 years and 2 months.
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Wordless Wednesday : The three A's

2011-07-20T23:40:00.000+08:00

Adam, Aniq, Afiq

Love.

2011-07-18T19:34:00.000+08:00

Latest picture of Azroy and me. This picture was taken last Sunday on his cousin wedding.

Alhamdulillah, our loves grow stronger each day. Tiap hari bertambah sayang. Harap dipermudahkan jalan kami untuk bersamaaaaa.(cewah!) Aminnnnnnnnnnnn :)

Hujung minggu datang lagi

2011-07-15T20:42:00.000+08:00

Salam readers..

Hari ini hari jumaat. Hari ini adalah public holiday untuk I sempena birthday sultan Brunei. Semalam pon I cuti. Tiada tujuan. Saja suka2 sebab cuti tahunan banyak lagi. Hehe.

Dah 2 hari terperap di rumah. Tak keluar langsung. Malam rabu lepas awal2 lagi dah ke pasar borong beli barang basah sebab awal2 lagi dah rancang nak bertapa di rumah ahaks. Seronok kan ke pasar borong? I suka sangat.

Esok sabtu. Azroy ajak pulang ke rumah org tua beliau di sg buloh sebab sepupu diorang kahwin ahad ni. Adik beradik lain semua balik. Segan plak I kalau ramai2 cani. Ye la, siapa la I ni kan, bukan menantu lagi pon. Hanya teman tapi mesra sajerrr! Tp kalau I tak pergi nanti family beliau igt I sombong plaks. Hurmmmm. Pi je la kan.

Minggu dpn blk png! Hazab sgt tawww! Bukan apa, betol2 hujung bln before dpt gaji! Huuu sib baik awal2 bulan dah save duit nak blk utk kenduri Wawan kaedahnya. And the week after next is bulan puasa. How time flies! And esok (15 july) nisfu syaaban kan?

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Hey love.

2011-07-13T12:52:00.001+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Bukan sengaja, tp masa sgt mencemburui. Cewah. Bila lama dah tak menulis mulalah kering idea. Tak tau macamana nak mula. Ayat apa yg sesuai untuk dijadikan pembuka bicara. Heh!

Kadang2 I rasa biarlah I sorg saja yg simpan kenangan2 yg I cipta bersama keluarga, teman2 dan kekasih hati.

Tp kadang2 I rasa perlu I coretkan di blog utk rujukan kenangan di masa akan datang nanti. Disamping itu boleh juga kongsi dengan pengunjung blog yg tak putus2 ziarah blog I hari-hari. Eh ade ke? Haha

Mana satu yg awak pilih?

Ada juga my blog reader yg pvt msg me suruh update blog. Tapi? Masih juga tiada update. I sangat kagum dgn blogger yg bekerja, berkahwin n ada anak yg tak pernah fail update blog. Kudos! Kalau I confirm blog dah bersawang berbulan2.

Till then. You guys can follow me on twitter, or fb! I masih lg aktif kat sana :-) Doakan I rajin update blog ye. Erk!

Bye!
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congratulations to Brunei Hire Purchase team

2011-07-04T20:47:00.002+08:00

The best team so far, Alhamdulillah.

Malas

2011-06-20T12:33:00.000+08:00

Malas nak update blog sendiri. Lawatan ke blog teman2 masih dijalankan walaupon tak seactive dulu.

Bulan june bulan yang busy. Smp ke raya la weekend mesti ada agenda. Penat! Sampai lepas raya pon masih ada agenda kaedahnya. Baju untuk kenduri ezza belom tempah lagi. Opsss!

Bila makin dewasa, makin byk agenda. Haish. Tak tau la kalau dah beranak pinak esok caner. Hurmm.

Wordless Wednesday : Selamat Pengantin Baru Kak Ju

2011-06-15T07:29:00.001+08:00

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Back in penang again.

2011-06-04T01:33:00.001+08:00

Yeah, I am back in penang. Ahad ni akad nikah kakak I. Tp kenduri minggu depan. Kau ado? I pon tak paham kenapa selang satu minggu baru nak kenduri. Bila I tanya kak ju, dia cakap "tah, tanya abah".

Terus diam. Mmg takde jwpn. Kuasa veto abah. Tak ada siapa yang boleh bantah.

Bila balik rumah I tgk diorang sibuk dok touch up hantaran. Hantaran masih kena touch up walaupon hantar kedai upah gubah. Tak puas hati dengan cara kedai ubah kaedahnya. Tp bukan hantar kedai yang rm100 sedulang ye kwn2. Yang budget punya. But still, budget2 pon melayang jugak duit. Upah gubah dah makan beratus2. Jenuh!

Kalau fikirkan kerja2 kawen mmg i igt nak kawen kat pejabat kadi pastu dok rumah senyap2. Penat! Pastu guna duit byk. Eee tak suka!

Rara says : nak kawen kat siam bleh? Pastu leh p honeymoon kat koh samui! Hahahaha
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takut nak kahwin

2011-06-01T12:48:00.000+08:00

I mengaku. I TAKUT nak kahwin. I pernah tweet jugak pasal takut nak kahwin ni. Tapi followers ada 35 ja kaedahnye haha!

Kat blog pon I penah mengomel. Kamu masih igt lagi entry ini? Hehe

So hari ni I baca blog Hannah Johary.

Good one Hannah. Beliau menjawab tentang 3 soalan. Boleh dikatakan soalan2 tu mmg berlegar2 kat kepala I jugak. (atau lebih soalan I dok fikir)

Rara says : InshaAllah kalau berniat baik Allah akan bersama-sama kita. Pray for the best!

On my teenager's life

2011-05-27T12:43:00.000+08:00

Semalam after a great lepak session at Rasta TTDI with my girls, Mai tumpang kereta I masa balik. So macam biasalah, the borak session bersambung dalam kereta plak.

Macam-macam topik termasuklah topik zaman muda mudi di MMU dulu.

Seronok.
Mai and I agreed that we had a really fun time during our varsity years. Puas. Kami tak sia-siakan usia remaja kami. Kami dah buat semua benda yang kami rasa semua remaja patut buat.

Namun tetap bersyukur sebab diri kami masih tidak lupa. Alhamdulillah, kami semua jadi ORANG. Walaupon zaman belajar dulu hanj sangat! haha. :)

Love my girls.

Wordless Wednesday : Azroy caught in action

2011-05-25T21:36:00.000+08:00

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On the first annual leave for 2011

2011-05-24T23:34:00.000+08:00

Hebat sangat kan? dah nak masuk setengah tahun baru nak ambil leave. Itu pon halfday. Sebab demam. Kalau tak demam? Bercintalah nak ambik leave.

Kenapa I tak boleh leave? bukankah setiap pekerja patut ada cuti tahunan?

Boleh. Bukan tak boleh. Cuma I sekarang ni on special project yang memerlukan kehadiran I kat ofis (mcm la penting sangatkan?) sampai lah projek ni berakhir, expected on July, if everything is in order. Harap-harap lah kan. Lepas tu sudah boleh bercuti macam biasa!

Can't wait.

Raya confirm cuti 2 minggu macam last year yippieeeeee *dok terbayang open house*

Balik Penang

2011-05-22T18:58:00.001+08:00

Finally, balik jugak I ke kampung halaman asmara setelah hampir 5 bln lamanya!!

Rumah penang agak tunggang langgang since my sis tgh berkemas2 nak kenduri, pastu dia tengah packing untuk pindah rumah dengan suami dia nanti. So sila bygkan betapa besepahnya.

Satu hari ni I sakit kepala sebab mkn durian semalam! Kepala otak ni rasa bengap, dah tido beberapa kali tp x ok2. Sangat tension.

Ok lah. Nak smbg tido.

Bye2 penang. See u again next 2 weeks!

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Wordless Wednesday : Ikan terbang @ Sari Ratu

2011-05-18T23:07:00.000+08:00

saye sayang sayang saye!

2011-05-15T23:30:00.000+08:00

Petang tadi I kuar dgn Azroy. Tiba2 beliau drive dgn sangat laju.

Rara : Sayang, pasaipa dok drive laju2 ni? Nak pi ke mana?

Azroy : I tengah prektis ni esok u nak bersalin I kena bawak laju camni lah.

Rara : speechless.

<3 u anyway busuk!

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Wordless Wednesday : Kirai

2011-05-11T23:50:00.000+08:00

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In making a big decision

2011-05-08T22:21:00.001+08:00

Maaf sebab dah lama x updet blog. Life is busy. Mcm biasa. Sudah masuk bln 5 skrg ni,cptkan?

My sister is getting married this coming june. Harap2 semua berjln lancar.

Abah awal2 lg dah sound, lepas kenduri kakak ni, kenduri I plak. Ermmmm.

Thn dpn? Thn dpn umur I 28thn. Mmg sesuai sgt dah nak kawen. Duit? Inshaallah duit boleh cari. Kurus? Haaaa yg ni mmg problem paling besar di dunia. Boifren? Azroy la sapa lg.

Dulu mmg tegedik2 nak kawen,sungguh! Tp sekarang? More to risau. I think I'm just being paranoid.

Or maybe I think too much.

Betul ke dia ni laki yg I nak jadikan teman hidup smp mati?
Yang akan ambil alih tempat abah utk menjaga I nanti?
Yang bakal menjadi daddy untuk anak2 I nanti?
Yang akan berada disisi masa susah dan senang, jatuh dan naiknya I.

Life is hard.

Tp I percaya, kalau dah jodoh tak kemana.

Kalau niat kita baik, inshaAllah ditunjukkan jalan.

Rara says : doakan kami yer!

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life is wonderful

2011-05-06T23:47:00.000+08:00

with wonderful girlfriends ;)

more on Oh Mai Wedding

2011-04-25T19:27:00.000+08:00

jum layari http://ohmaiwedding.blogspot.com ! :)

Spread the love! muah.

Oh Mai Wedding

2011-04-24T22:36:00.000+08:00

Hi all!

Kepada bakal-bakal pengantin yang masih keliru tentang goodies utk tetamu, jum kite melawat page Oh Mai Wedding. Mane tau dapat bagi idea utk anda :)

Personalized jam in a jar

Personalized shower cream

Personalized tea bag (it comes with biscuits or cookies)

Personalized notepad

Personalized chunky chocs

and many more!

Very interesting! I like it very much.

Berminat? Catch Oh Mai Wedding on Facebook! ;) I'm sure you won't regret.

Rara says : Tiba-tiba rasa tak sabar nak kawen. Ahaks.

Sabtu.

2011-04-23T10:25:00.000+08:00

Sabtu sudah. Hari ni I ada misi. Takdelah misi sangat. Cuma nak kena cr baju utk comp annual dinner next week. Huu dah dkt 5thn keje ni br first time nak pegi.

Kalau org lain excited when it comes to annual dinner,tp I jd susah hati. Sebab tak nak pegi pastu boss plak paksa pegi huhu.

Sbb utama x nak pegi sbb malas nak cr baju, nak makeup,accesories,sooo not me! Tp thn ni mcm kene pegi sbb dah masuk team baru ni bdk2 baru semua excited nak pegi pastu paksa I join skali. Huuuuu!

Agak2 japgi kalau cr baju tak jumpa haruslah I buat fashion I sendri. Nak sangat I pegi kan?haha!

Tak pon tibe2 I buat magic tak muncul di hari kejadian? Haaa ok gak idea nih. Tp confirm kena sekeh dgn boss nnt. SOS!

Pagi-pagi I dah seret azroy teman. :-)
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The M word

2011-04-16T10:17:00.001+08:00

Ye MALAS!
Huuu

Nak bukak laptop pon dah takde hati. Cuma skali skala biler nak lyn maharaja lawak on youtube. AF? Langsung tak tgk!

Byk cerita nak dikongsi. Tapi.. Tapi tapi?

MALAS. Heh.

Ade lg kisah Mr V yg menyayat hati. Kisah berpesta pora bersama teman sehati sejiwa. Tak lupa jugak kisah cinta I bersama Azroy, ahaaa!

Weekend sgt cpt! Tak sedar dah isnin. Lepas isnin dah weekend blk. Tgk2 dah hujung thn. Haish!

Dah sebln lebih I blk dr brunei. Tp blom blk png! Huuu I akan cr masa blk awal bln 5,inshaAllah.

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Wordless Wednesday : Ex housemates

2011-04-13T21:40:00.001+08:00

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weekend with girlfriends

2011-04-11T21:21:00.001+08:00

Beautiful Ezza and me @ my apartment's parking.

My one and only housemate ;)

makeover ahaaa.

my girls

myself and kat blkg tu tuan rumah. haha! actually ni kat toilet parkson pavilion. cleaner tu cam tak puas hati je kitorang dok amik gamba dlm toilet. Jeles la tu. Takpe I bg beliau femes kat blog I ok?

my girls!

Rara says : Bile dah kuar entry bergambar ni maknanya I malas nak update lah. Tunggu roh rajin meresap dalam badan I k? Muahs!

LIVE from Malaysia

2011-04-04T23:56:00.002+08:00

Hari ni adalah hari pertama team I menggunakan live systems dari Brunei.

One word, cemas.

Haha. Rasa mcm nak resign dengan kadar segera pon ada. ;-p main2 jer. Xde maknenyer resign. I ada bonding dgn hsbc setahun sebab dierg anta I pegi Brunei ari tu huuu. Rasa2 thn dpn mcm bole dpt je trofi singa,hadiah dr hsbc sebb berkhidmat selama 5thn,heh!

Utk teammates kesayangan, remember this, together we win! Semoga team kite BAU on time so that kite leh gi bercuti lama sket pas tu.

Ok?

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Hujung minggu di bulan April

2011-04-03T11:05:00.002+08:00

Apa??April sudah? Huuu cptnya masa berlalu!

I'm watching henry golding on tv and gosh he is damn gorgeous.

Nothing much on this weekend. Done some hijab shopping yesterday with my bestie,just to add up my hijab collections. Bagi semangat sket nak pakai tudung kaedahnya ;-) or is it another reason for me to shop? Alasan! Hehe.

And we went to Bagan Lalang for seafood dinner. The food was awesome,me likey! Yesterday was my 2nd trip in 2 weeks time. Huuuuu

What about today? I'm going for groceries shopping later,wah I'm so excited esp after almost 3months without groceries shopping.I can't wait to do it again..and I'm currently doing a shopping list while watching Wipe Out on tv. Nice.

Hope u guys had a great weekend too!

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Wordless Wednesday : Juling

2011-03-30T13:46:00.001+08:00

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I need a vacation

2011-03-29T13:29:00.000+08:00

Yes, I think I need one. But where to?

I can't take long leave until end of June. Susah betul.

Rasa nak jalan2 tepi pantai2lah.

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Lagi kisah Mr V

2011-03-26T04:01:00.001+08:00

It is almost 4am now and I am still wide awake. Huu cane ni. Esok kena bangun awal, my family already here but they stay in one of the hotels in KL. So esok pg dah nak kene gerak gi sane..

Back to the tajuk post kali ni. Bila dah tak bole tdo ni mula lah berangan mcm2. I teringat kisah kat ofis tadi..tersenyum I sorang2 hihihi

Kalau ada masa terluang atau bila dah bosan training, I suka bagi soalan kuiz pengetahuan am to the new trainees. Saje nak bg diorang tak mengantok huhu padahal I yg pemalas nak ajar kan... Ahaks.

So tadi I tny pasal ibu negeri. I tanya la Mr V, "kota bharu adalah ibu negeri apa?"

Beliau jawab "sabah".

Apa lg. Semua org gelak. Guling2. Especially sorg budak ni,let's just call him Mr A.

I kesian. Walaupon tergelak jugak skit. Ahaks.

So I ckp kat dia.."This is general knowledge..we even learned this in school..it is a very basic knowledge u should know..how come u don't know?"

"I forgot already" he replied.

"then u don't watch tv? Bcos most of the general knowledge u can learn by watching tv actually,provided u choose the correct channel.." I said.

" I seldom watch tv. Normally I will help my parents to sell kuih. I don't have much free time.. I never go out from Seremban(he's from Seremban). My friends used to ejek me because of this,last year,they throw me away from the gang..." Mr V.

Everyone was silent. Don't know how to respond.

"Oklah,takpelah, biarlah kota baru kat Sabah pon.. Sebb niat kau murni nak tlg mak bapak kau.. Ok aku terima kota baru,Sabah" Mr A.

Semua org gelak pecah perut.

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Bersyukurlah

2011-03-24T21:03:00.003+08:00

Hari ni baru I berkesempatan utk berborak2 dengan new trainees.

Soalan pulak berunsurkan salah silah keluarga seperti berapa adik beradik, mak bapak keja apa,anak yg keberapa and etc. (Tiba2 I rasa spt seorg trainer yg kepoh,biaq p)

Smplah kat seorg trainee ni,let's just call him mr V.

Anak sulung dari 5,mak bapak jual kuih tepi jln. Dia kerja sebb nak bantu parents,and nak tolong sara adik2 sekolah.

Jujur budaknya. Kita tanya A,dia jwb A.

Smp I tertny "brp u kasi parents u setiap bln?" (Confirm kepoh)

Dia jwb "1200".
I was shocked.

That's a lot!(Utk gaji dia) Beruntung mak bapak dia ada anak mcm mr V.I ni selama 4thn keja boleh kira dgn jari brp kali I bg duit kat parents I. *sobsob* tiba2 rasa mcm anak tak kenang budi.

Bkn apa,hidup di kl ni kalau gaji fresh grad tu mmg x ckp.Mcm I tgk berita ckp kalau tinggal di KL n gaji rm2.5k jatuh category miskin bandar. It is. Gaji cukup2 mkn,hujung bln pandai2lah fikir mcmana nak survive dgn balance gaji yg ada.High cost of living,minyak mahal,mkn mahal,tol sana sini. Susah. Mmg susah.

Maka bersyukurlah.

Bersyukurlah kerana dpt parents yg masih mampu hidup tanpa mengharapkan duit anak2.

Bersyukurlah kerana dpt parents yg memahami kehidupan anaknya tidak sesenang mana lantas tidak mendambakan duit anak2.

Tapi igt tau kwn2, bila dah senang nnt,atau ada rezeki lebih.. Jgn lupa pd keluarga..especially mak bapak. I pasti mereka akan happy..anak yg dijaga dr kecil smp besar tau menghargai jasa.. Walaupon pemberian tu kecil tp sudah mampu buat mereka gembira..

Bahagiakanlah mereka hingga ke hujung usia..

Peringatan utk diri sendiri juga.....
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Wordless Wednesday : Imej dakwah

2011-03-23T22:40:00.001+08:00

:-) biasalah first time try, mestilah terbalik.
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busy me

2011-03-22T22:34:00.000+08:00

Life is... busy!

Training went well tapi tapi tapi, system down la plaks!
Terbantut training plan kitorang,deng!

I think I started to like my new team mates. I mean the people la..
Kerja belom tau lagi, mungkin ambil masa skit utk sesuaikan diri.

Org BRunei 2org sudah ada di kl,got to entertain them!

Komen tentang tudung

2011-03-16T22:23:00.000+08:00

Sejak I pakai tudung ke ofis ni, byk komen yang I terima. Ada yang positive dan semestinya ada yang negative.

Antara yang negative.

"Ehhh, kenapa pakai tudung?"

"You tak pakai tudung lagi cantiklah"

"You tak sesuailah pakai tudung"

Pengomen dirahsiakan. It's okeyyy. I balas dengan senyuman :)

BTW, antara komen menarik yang bisa buat I tersenyum setiap kali teringat ialah:

"Walawei! Balik Brunei terus bertaubat" -Mas

"Alhamdulillah, pintu taubat dah terbuka" -Hanim.

"Wahhh, baru nampak cahaya keimanan!" -Idora.

"Mesti kepala hang ada accident or something, sebab tu hang cover dengan tudung kan?" -Kacang

So u all tau la kan kenapa I panggil beliau Kacang? Damn yuh!

Rara says : I'm blessed with funny colleagues! :)) XOXO!

Penat tak habis lagi.

2011-03-15T23:18:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah. Selamat sampai ke bumi Malaysia yang terchenta! Azroy datang jemput. Dengan anak buah dia 3orang, Aniq,Afiq and Adam. Mama. Papa. and Anis. Huuuuuuu awat tak angkot satu taman? Tapi I happy, rasa seperti ada keluarga dekat KL. Syukran!

Maka bermulalah episod hidup I yang tak berhenti2 dengan agenda.Kita mulakan dengan Ahad, dating dengan Azroy.

Since Aniq favorite uncle is Azroy, I dengan otomatik menjadi favorite auntie beliau. Kau ado?

Azroy and me.

Azroy ni memang spesis tak tengok kamera. This is myself with blue color contact lenses. Gatai! and yeah I gained weight so what?

Isnin. My first day at work with hijab. Awwwwww. Nervous? tak jugak. Sebab 2 bulan kat Brunei I dah train myself pakai tudung. Alhamdulillah ok, walaupon ada suara-suara sinis yang tak puas hati dengan imej baru I. It's ok, I'll take it as a challenge. Terima kasih kepada manusia yang invent tudung syria. I memang suka tudung syria, sangat senang pakai dan mudah dijaga. Peduli apa sesuai ke tak dengan muka I, asalkan I berjaya menutup rambut sudah :) Tapi I ada jugak belajar pakai selendang(mostly cottons) & tudung ekin (yang ni mudah dipakai tapi payah nak jaga awning).

First day classroom training with 7 new staffs, 4 girls and 3 boys. Alhamdulillah, staff baru ni semua cerdik2 belaka. Sekali ajar dah faham. I loike. Jangan dok bengap sangat pls! hahahaha

After work, I terus pegi Alamanda. Huuu sangat rindu shopping di Malaysia, Alamanda pon jadilah tempat cuci mata, since yang tu je paling dekat dengan opis pun. Bayangkan kalau I kerja kat Damansara, jenuh nak tawaf OU, the Curve lagi, Ikea lagi. Hoihhh :p

Selasa (tadi lah). Continue with classroom training. Everything went well. Even there were hiccups here and there, but I thing we did it pretty well. I rasa mereka faham. Takpe. Jumaat ni kita buat kuiz.

Lepas kerja terus ke Klinik Gigi An-Nur, Bangi for monthly braces check up. Tak de maknanya monthly since 2 bulan dah tak pegi , sebab kat Brunei kan.. Dr. Roslan cakap bulan 5 sudah boleh bukak.. huuuuuuuuu. rasa macam nak extend sampai bulan 7. Boleh? sebab lepas bukak braces kena pakai retainer. Tak suke! Tu la sapa suruh gatai tanya tadi bila nak bukak!

Pastu sessi melawat Jusco :p

Rara says : I haven't unpack my luggage yet. SOS!

Final entry from Brunei.

2011-03-12T07:36:00.000+08:00

63 days finally!! How time flies..

Our project manager, Rhyme asked us what do we will remember the most about Brunei...

I terkesima.. I don't know what and how to answer..

Luke dengan pantas menjawab "Angry Birds!" Boleh dia jawab cam tu.hehe.Because he's been playing with our colleagues' i phone and he loves Angry Birds so much,it seems like everyone knows it..But this is not the answer, obviously..

Lawrence answered "Peaceful". Indeed. Yang ni confirm I setuju. You cannot get this peaceful life in KL..

and then when it comes to my turn..

I said " The people" .

Seriously..they are ALL very nice...

The team mates in Brunei. Walaupon baru 2 bulan bekerja bersama tapi sudah rasa sangat rapat. Hampir menangis I di saat memberikan ucapan terakhir semalam di opis. Sedih. Terharu. Gembira.

Sedih dah nak balik sebab 2 bulan banyak meninggalkan kenangan manis antara kami semua. Bertambah sedih bila process yang kami bawa pulang ke Malaysia goes LIVE, team ini akan dibubarkan dengan segera... What can we say...We have to follow the business needs..We just doing our job..We are the employees who have been given the responsibility to make this migration process a successful one, InshaAllah.

Terharu dengan sokongan yang diberikan. Even knowing that they are going to be redeployed very soon. Terharu dengan semangat mereka untuk berkongsi segala ilmu yang ada kepada kami.. Terharu sebab mereka semua adalah host yang terbaik. Bawa kami makan di tempat yang best, jalan-jalan pusing Brunei, belanja makan, and on the final day they organized a small party at the office.They handed us one big frame of our photos together and a Mont Blanc pen for each of us.Thank u.I nak ambil gambar & letak kat dalam blog..tapi sudah simpan dalam luggage, susah nak keluarkan pulak.

Gembira sebab sepanjang 2 bulan kami sudah mendapat kawan baru yang semuanya baik-baik belaka. Tidak kira agama dan bangsa. Syukur Alhamdulillah. Gembira juga sebab berjaya menjalankan tanggungjawab yang diberikan oleh boss di Malaysia dengan sempurna.

and to the others, terima kasih daun keladi. Panjang umur kita jumpa lagi. Datang KL jgn lupa call kami.

Rara says : Holla Malaysia! :)

Jum kasi gegar!!

2011-03-09T22:43:00.000+08:00

Airil dah buat entry pasal kisah photogedix kitorang hari tu. Pi lah tengok blog beliau kalau rajin. Over tawww. Haha! I rasa macam sudah kenal lama dengan beliau. Tak tau kenapa.

Minggu ni minggu busy. Setiap malam ada dinner free. Semua orang nak belanja kami dinner di saat2 akhir. Best betul. Semalam makan di Restoran Sri Kemayan, best sangat sebab ada udang besar. Tadi pergi makan sini.

Tandoor.com. Food sangat marvelous! I love it.

Thanks to Siti Mai and Rina sebab belanja. Diorang dari team CCR. Siapa-siapa kerja bank mungkin tahu apa tu CCR. Siapa-siapa tak tahu duduk senyap2 ok?

This is Rara and Aliya. Saat-saat Aliya nak berlepas pulang ke KL.

Kita jumpa Isnin ni yer. Wow wee. Isnin depan sudah kerja di Cyberjaya!

To Aliya, tolong staple mulut Mark jap, I tau dia akan jerit nama I nanti, especially bila I datang kerja dengan imej baru. Nak kena budak nih!

Rara says : What? 2 days more?! I haven't pack my bag yet!! SOS!

Happy Women’s Day

2011-03-08T22:10:00.000+08:00

Happy Women's Day to all the ladies. Tadi kat ofis perempuan pakai purple. Tapi I tak pakai. Sebab takde baju purple. Baju kurung ada la tapi malas nak iron kaedahnya. Sempena Hari Wanita ni I reward myself with this!

Thanks to Tref sebab tolong order. I ♥ u lah!

Rara says : 3 days more to go, I am so excited!

Siapa cakap...

2011-03-07T23:21:00.000+08:00

Tak rindu?

Mestilah rindu. It has been 2 months. 63 days. Lama tu. Sebelum ni paling lama tak jumpa Azroy pun sebulan. So sekarang dah pecah rekod. Hebat!

I selalu ingatkan diri sendiri, kalau pasangan lain boleh berjauhan, kenapa tidak kami?

Ada suami isteri yang berjauhan sampai 3,4 bulan atau lebih.. lagi syahdu kalau si isteri tu tengah pregnant. Kan? Kami ni apalah sangat. Baru setahun jagung bercinta. Kahwin pun belom.

Hati kecil I berbisik, masa single ni lah nak kerja jauh-jauh. Cari duit lebih. Timba pengalaman. Duduk tempat orang. Jumpa banyak kawan baru. Seronok tuu.

I beruntung dapat Azroy yang memahami dan sporting. Beliau sangat memahami I seorang yang suka berkawan. Tak kira lelaki atau perempuan. Suka jalan-jalan. Bukan jenis I duduk diam-diam di rumah. Suka makan. Dan suka shopping. Eh. salah topik.

Namun, I masih menghormati beliau. Segala benda yang I buat, ke mana saja I pergi, siapa kawan baru yang I kenal, I akan bercerita. Sebab I percaya communication is very important in a relationship. Kalau tak bercerita, beliau takkan tahu. So baik bercerita. Seperti pepatah Inggeris, Honesty is the best policy. Berlaku jujur, InshaAllah pasangan akan percaya pada kita.

Azroy bilang I boleh kawan dengan siapa-siapa saja yang I suka, asalkan I pandai jaga diri dan sedar diri yang I sudah berpunya ~~eh?~~. Ambil gambar berdua dengan lelaki? Takda masalah! Ambillah seberapa banyak pon beliau tidak kisah. Tapi dengan satu syarat; tidak boleh bersentuhan. (sentuh sikit2 bulih dak?erk)

OK boss! :)

Rara says : 4 hari lagiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii wohoo!

On the final Sunday night in Brunei

2011-03-06T23:03:00.002+08:00

Ingat lagi tak kisah I feeling2 Angelina Jolie dekat sini? Ahaks. So I finally jumpa jugak dengan my Bruneian blogger friend, Airil.

Tadaaaa! This is Airil.

My first Ambuyat (and might be the last) hihiks

We had a great time with this aksi belakang tiang :)

We had a great time part two. (edit sket.)

Sempat lagi feeling-feeling iklan.

layankan ajaa bahh! -airil

Memang kena dengan I yang pantang nampak camera.

We love to take photos!

feeling-feeling pre-wedding photography kaedahnya haha!

Airil, myself and Din,the official photographer of the day. Thanks!

Rara says : I'll see u guys in Malaysia this coming May, yayyy!

Ahad yang terakhir.

2011-03-06T15:50:00.000+08:00

Yessss. Today is my last Sunday in Brunei. Wohoo! Sangat excited sudah mau pulang ke Malaysia. Dah terbayang-bayang kat pala otak I apa yang I akan buat on next Sunday. Oh semestinya dating bersama Azroy! Kat mana dan nak beli apa itu belom pasti lagi. Yang pastinya nak jumpa beliau dulu. He's going to fetch me at the airport. Maybe with his two nephews. Tapi tak sure lagi. I takot tak muat sebab luggage I besar, tau la bonet myvi mana muat nak letak luggage besar.

Tadi gi wedding orang Brunei. Lebih kurang wedding orang Melayu kita, tapi tempat duduk diasingkan lelaki dan perempuan. So I duduk dengan my HSBC colleagues. Nasib baik ada gang, fuh! :p Tapi panas gilaaa berpeluh abis dah la baju ada lining. Pastu diorang ni konsep tunggu semua orang datang dulu baru makan sama-sama. Kalau kat hotel tak pa la kan nak tunggu, ni kat bawah khemah. Hazab! But the food was awesome!

Rara says : Yey tak sabar nak balik :)

Kisah baju raya 2011

2011-03-05T13:37:00.000+08:00

Baju raya, baju kenduri kawen & baju pi opis semua sudah siap!

Baju ni lipat-lipat sebab nak hantar laundry. Konsep perabih duit company yang tolong bayar duit laundry. Best sebab wangi, siap tolong iron dan lipat, senang keje I nak kemas luggage nanti. Hihiks. Sampai Malaysia terus gantung dalam almari :p

Total 6 pasang. Tu kira OK tak sampai 10 pasang. Azroy dah sound I, dia cakap I tamak. Mau tak tamak. Upah tempah baju kurung biasa BND13, baju kurung malaysia (mcm kurung pahang tp sini panggil kurung malaysia) BND15, kurung moden (ada zip kat belakang) BND25 .Itu harga without lining. Kalau dengan lining BND35 and harga depends on material jugak. Kalau agak2 kain tu payah nak jahit tinggilah harga upahnya. Anyway for me harga upah sini tetap lagi murah compare dengan upah menjahit di Malaysia. Yang penting kena rajin survey tailor yang offer harga murah and most importantly jahitan nya kemas. Tailor yang high class pon ada, tp haruslah I cari yang murah asalkan kemas :)

Tailor i hantar ni ok laaa. Not to say very good, tapi I puas hati. Padan dengan harga. Aliya pon sempat upah sehelai baju raya. Hihiks. Nanti I bawak balik! Yeye. Tak sabar.

Rara says : Nampak gayanya color tema raya I thn ni purple. Tak plan pon, dah beli baru perasan ada 2 purple.

Aliya in Brunei

2011-02-28T22:50:00.000+08:00

Beliau datang jugak akhirnya! Sebelum I datang sini lagi beliau dah cakap awal-awal nak datang visit I kat Brunei. Kecil tapak tangan, nyiru I tadahkan :)

Taaaaaaapi! (mesti kena ada tapi nih)

After few weeks in Brunei, Lawrence & I decided to tell Aliya not to come. Why? Because there's nothing much in Brunei.

"Brunei ni kalau Aliya rasa tak nak datang pon tak pa, there's nothing much to see here in Brunei"

Tapi beliau nak datang jugak!

"You are most welcome!"

Dapat free hotel room, breakfast free, transport free, thanks to the company. Hehe! at least she can share some of the benefits that I got here in Brunei.

On the night she arrived we straight away brought her to the famous Pasar Malam Gadong.

and we bought this! This is only for myself, Aliya and Lawrence. I kan dah jadi ayam daging sekarang ni. Too much of chicken, agaknya kalau sembilih I ni yang keluar darah ayam.

So three of us lepak in my room sambil makan-makan. Tak habis ok. Buang je makanan, huu sangat rugi. Anyway, we had fun lepaking and catching up stories that night. Banyak sangat cerita, gossip dari Malaysia lah, gossip Brunei lagi, tak sedar berborak sampai pukul 1 pagi. Then tido sebab esok (sabtu lepas) keje. Huuu tak bestnyer.

Disebabkan I kerja separuh hari Sabtu lepas, I sempat la bawak Aliya melawat kawasan tempat I training sekarang. Site visit kaedahnya...

Training Centre in Jerudong.

We then had lunch at one of my favourite restaurant in Brunei,Seaworld Neptune Restaurant dekat Pantai Jerudong.

Us and Julie

Fried squid with salted egg. Extremely delicious! Yang ni cuma BND5.00.

Aliya enjoying the Butter Prawn. Sedap jugak. U can find this menu everywhere in Brunei.

The entire HP department in Brunei. Sangat sporting semua join makan lunch sama2.

bye bye Neptune. Till we meet again. Sesungguhnya Brunei adalah sangat panas dan kering. Fakta ini telah disahkan oleh Aliya yang terus sakit tekak bila beliau sampai sini. Kesian beliau.

Thanks to Tref bawak kami to the main city of Brunei, Bandar Sri Begawan :)

I heart this photo. Kenangan Aliya and I kat Brunei. Tempat ni adalah tempat yang wajib pergi kalau datang Brunei. Sangat cantik.

Great colleagues! I am very lucky to have u guys as my colleagues.

lompat lagi! hehehe. look at Julie, sangat funny. Macam hantu cina lompat, wops! Lompatan I kalah di sini sebab Michael (he's from HSBC Hong Kong) telah mengalahkan I, darnnnn. :p

Gambar cantik tapi muka kitorang gelap, sebab cahaya belakang terang sangat kot.. Dah jadi Dayang Senandung dah ni, baru I berangan nak jadi Dayangku Shakirah Pengiran Illias haha!

Bagi chance sat yours truly nak posing blakang tiang. Bagus bawak si Lawrence dia suka melayan camwhore mcm I :)

The girls. Look at my happy face. Memang happy pon Aliya datang sini.

Paling penting kena bawak Aliya naik water taxi! Boat yang tak pakai life jacket. Kau ado?

I really hope u enjoy the trip, Aliya.

Rara says : Rasanya macam ada part two. Kite tunggu sama-sama k? Heeee kalau rajin adalah kot.

Thank you

2011-02-27T00:29:00.000+08:00

Thank you to my darling gf Aliya for coming to Brunei all the way from Malaysia!

Excellent kan lompatan I? I heart this photo!

Nanti sambung k?

Single or Married?

2011-02-24T21:26:00.000+08:00

I percaya semua wanita kat dunia ni ada impian nak berkahwin, ada anak yang comel dan suami yang penyayang. Samalah dengan I nih, suka berangan kehidupan masa depan I dengan suami dan anak-anak. Berangan nak adakan kenduri kahwin yang meriah, baju kahwin yang cantik, siap dah fikir color tema yang tak tahan tu...Tapi kadang-kadang sebab terlalu banyak berangan sampai dah jadi kelaut kaedahnya, color tema kenduri kahwin dah tukar sampai 10kali, nama anak tak payah cerita la, dah lebih 20 senarai kot? Haha.

Gambar kahwin tak nak kalah.

Tapi!

Pada masa yang sama I berangan jugak nak single lama sikit.. mungkin sampai umur 30. Best jugak. Sebab boleh build my career... Kerja puas-puas dulu sebelum ada famili yang nak kena jaga..

Best kan?

Lagi satu I fikir benda yang I nak buat before berkahwin ialah.. travel! Bukan tak boleh travel bila dah bekeluarga nanti, tapi rasanya sangat lain dari travel waktu masih bujang ni..ehem.

Syioknyerrrrrr!

So, yang mana satu jalan yang anda pilih? Dua-dua pon ada pros and cons.

Rara says : Tepuk dada tanya selera.

*all images googled

On the sixth weekend in Brunei

2011-02-22T23:35:00.003+08:00

Edisi gambar. Tapi 4 keping gambar saja. Boleh tak? Buat bagi boleh jugakkk! Haha

They call this chill out session @ Tref's place.But I call it TGIF, thank God it's Friday hehe! It was held on last Friday night after work and we had a fabulous steamboat session at her place. I actually like the steamboat idea. Senang! Buat I rasa nak beli steamboat cooker, letak sebijik kat rumah. Pastu ajak kawan-kawan datang lepak pastu campak sosej, fishball, fishcake, sayor sikit, udang and crabstick dalam cooker pastu tadaaaaa! Siap tanpa menyusahkan sesiapa dan semua orang boleh enjoy makan. Idea yang bernas untuk orang yang ~~malas~~ tak teror masak macam I.

On the next day, we were invited to Siti + Rhyme's daughter 7th birthday party at their parents' place. Thank you for inviting us, makanan semua nyamannnnnn :) Orang Brunei cakap makanan sedap as Nyaman. Hihi.

Happy Birthday Yasmin! This litle girl loves to watch ANTM, just like me!

anak teruna bongsu mereka! very the cute. I love his curly hair. Tapi dia tak nak kat I,ouh sangat geram!

Btw Happy National Day to all the Bruneian. Esok cuti! I feel good nenenenenenene!

Rara says : Tido awal sebab esok nak bangun kul 5.30pagi.

this time for Africa.

2011-02-21T19:26:00.000+08:00

Antara gambar-gambar lawak Afrika kat sini yang paling lawak bagi I adalah ini!

Gelak guling2!

Color contact lenses

2011-02-20T01:32:00.000+08:00

I started wearing spectacles when I was 10 and that was on 1994. I notis I rabun bila I tak nampak tulisan kat kalendar sekolah. My first spectacle was damn big weih! I guess semua orang yang start pakai spec zaman early 90s akan ada experience pakai bingkai spec besar tuh, because last time mana ada spec yang stylo macam sekarang. I mean seriously, I've known few friends who used to wear the same big specs like me. That was funny :p but yeah... I didn't feel anything wrong at that time.. too bad I couldn't find the photos of that specs on the internet.. but I guess u guys can imagine it..

And yeah.. I continue wearing specs until I finish my secondary school, in SGGS and then Tipenang.. So I was well known as the specky girl back then in the high school.. I kinda like it anyway..at that time I love specs and I changed specs once a year.. frame or frameless u name it.It was like a trend back then..

I then went to MMU Melaka for one year foundation in management before I proceed with BBA in MMU Cyberjaya..At that time I was introduced by my sister to contact lenses,that was on 2002.My elder brother, sisters and cousins are the ones who encourage me to buy the contact lenses, so I bought my very first contact lenses and it was brown in color.Yes, my first contact lenses is color lenses! Taknak kalah kaedahnya..

I still remember that I cried when I first time put the contact lenses in. I had a stressful moment when I need to wake up really early in the morning just to put the contact lenses in before I go to my 8am class. I took almost 2 hours to do it, and sometimes I failed to put the lenses in so I ended up not going to class and tido kat rumah sebab bengang dengan diri sendiri! But yeah, if there's a will, there's a way..it takes all of us time to get good at it. So I keep on practicing and few days later (or few weeks?) I became more comfortable with the lenses...

At that time the color lenses was so expensive, it was like RM180 per pair but it last for one year.. Ok la... I started to wear the normal (colorless) contact lenses only when I started working.. So I can tell here that throughout my university years I was well known as the girl with the brown eyes.Mata celup pon jadi lah kan?

Myself with brown color lenses with my friend Abby..Zaman MMU.

I guess most of the girls out there are wearing color lenses even they didn't have any vision problem. For them color contact lenses are just like fashion accessories. But definitely not for me! I rabun weiiii so memang pakai lense sebab rabun dan semua contact lenses I color2! I loike.

my new color lenses.

I purchased these from the internet.

Dolly Eye-Grey. Pegi beli cepat kalau berminat :p

Saja I beliakkan mata nak bagi clear. Ahaks.

Contact lenses work better than any eye make up, it makes the eyes truly stunning. So if u haven't try I strongly recommend it! Plus banyak sangat orang jual, murah plak tu..

I really love contact lenses especially the color ones but if I got the ~~money~~ chance to do LASIK eye laser treatment I will definitely go for it..

Rara says : Read more about contact lenses tips here! :)

Cooking and me

2011-02-19T12:19:00.001+08:00

Rara and cooking? Cooking is just not my cup of tea. Not to say that I can't cook at all, but my interest towards cooking is not as high as my interest towards eating. Erk. It sounds so unfair.

Tapi betul. Sungguh.

Makan adalah benda yang paling best di dunia (selain tidur). Ahaks. Tapi selalunya orang yang suka makan ni mesti suka masak.

Tapi I?

Kalau pergi rumah Azroy I akan tolong emak beliau masak, tapi tolong potong-potong ja. Pastu set dalam kepala otak supaya jangan segan bertanya kalau tak tau. Biasalah orang tua, sangat particular especially bab potong memotong ni. Kadang-kadang nak potong sayur tu panjang sikit, lebar sikit ke or halus-halus depends on nak masak apa. So sebagai amatur dalam bidang masakan I tidak segan bertanya. Memang nampak sangat ketara nak masuk dapur sebulan sekali pon payah, tapi nasib baik emak beliau sangat memahami. Tugas I potong-potong ja, tugas memasak semua orang lain buat.

Fuh selamat! Hahaha

Kalau I kat dapur rumah Azroy beliau akan jeling-jeling dari ruang tamu sambil perli, "haihh reti ka tuuu?"

Kojaq!

Balik Penang nak masak? jangan haraplahhhhhhhh. Semua makanan dah tersedia. Kalau tak de orang masak pon I akan rela hati gi tapau nasik kandaq sorang sebungkus lagi sedap daripada I masak pastu semua orang takut nak makan!

Rara says : Waaa lapaq nasik kandaq plak dah.

On the special project

2011-02-19T01:28:00.001+08:00

Ada lagi 3 minggu tapi kerja masih banyak tak siap. Kalau depa nak tangguh I lagi sebulan dua kat sini pon I sanggup, cewah. Tapi kena balik Malaysia sat kot nak settle few things. Berangan je la. Takkan tangguh punya.

Minggu ni jadual agak padat. Minggu depan pun sama. This coming Wednesday is Brunei National Day, so cuti lagi. But we'll be working on the next Saturday. Sekurang-kurangnya ada lebih masa untuk belajar pasal kerja.

Rara says : Wish me luck!

Wordless Wednesday : Double Happines!

2011-02-16T21:01:00.000+08:00

Hammer Toes

2011-02-14T21:58:00.001+08:00

Pernah dengar tak? I'm having this toe problem right now. Or shall I say years ago?. Mungkin kawan yang rapat dengan I pernah tengok la jari kaki I yang cacat neh. Huu.. Sedih. Susah betul jadi manusia berkaki gajah ni.

Read more about hammer toes in foothealthfacts

I pon cuba-cuba la cari kat internet camna nak rawat hammer toe. Ada dua cara, Non Surgical Treatment and Surgical Treatment. Nak suruh I pi operate pebetoi tulang jari kaki ka? Tidakkkkkkk!

Huuu takotnyaaaa tengok!

So I decided for non surgical treatment.

I think I saw this in Hua Ho Hypermarket in front of my hotel and the price was BND36.90..I didn't buy it..still wondering is it really work? But I guess no harm trying...

and I might try this one as well..

Rara says : Syukurlah, jari kaki cacat tapi masih boleh berjalan.

*all images googled.

CNY in Brunei

2011-02-13T22:59:00.003+08:00

Esok adelah hari Valentines. Tapi I tak sambut. Boifren pon jauh uhuk uhuk sedih. Actually Azroy plan nak datang visit I kat Brunei, tapi I cakap tak payah lah, tak de apa yang best pon kat sini. Kalau dia datang pon I tak tau nak bawak dia jalan-jalan mana. Lagipon dua bulan bukan lama. Sekarang pon tinggal lebih kurang 28 days more to go.

Cepat sangat masa berlalu. Belum puas I duduk sini. I like this country. Sangat aman dan damai. Tidak ada istilah kesesakan lalu lintas yang hebat. Kalau jem pon mesti sebab eksiden. Tapi sangat-sangat jarang. Hon adalah sangat jarang digunakan di sini. Siapa yang hon itu dianggap biadap. Huhhh. Me and Lawrence selalu suruh our colleagues hon bila diorang driving. Hehe. Nak tengok apa reaksi orang sekeliling kaedahnya. Tapi diorang tak nak. Dan I rasa memang tak akan ada istilah orang mati kena langgar kereta di sini sebab the drivers will stop when they see people crossing the road. Sooo not like Malaysian drivers! Sangat bagus dan I sangat respect.

Brunei adalah negara yang aman. Jenayah adalah sangat kurang. Orangnya sangat baik-baik. Tak tahulah. I cakap berdasarkan pengalaman I berkawan dengan teman-teman sekerja di HSBC. Kebanyakan mereka hidup dalam kemewahan. Kereta mewah, rumah besar, designer handbags, hp canggih and whatnot. Malam di sini adalah sunyi, tapi masih ada restaurant yang bukak sampai pukul 12malam contoh Yappy Kopitiam, sebelah hotel I jer! So fakta yang mengatakan kedai semua tutup pukul 8malam adalah salah sama sekali hehe.

CNY @ Brunei Processing Ctr

My expectation towards Bruneian was totally wrong. I ingatkan mereka semuanya alim and kita kena beradap bila berborak dengan diorang, I mean no dirty jokes or something like that. Tapi diorang ok. Open minded. Kebanyakan mereka belajar di luar negara so they are very open minded and easy going. Kepala otak gila-gila. Sama macam I, Luke and Lawrence. Sangat baik hati jugak suka bawak kami jalan-jalan. Tu yang paling suka.

One of my colleague.

@ Rena's crib for CNY open house.

the food was faboulous!

next, CNY open house @ Tref's

yee sang!

Kalaulah diberi peluang untuk bekerja di Brunei, I pasti mauuuuuuuuu! :) Siapa tak mau? A peaceful country, no traffic jam, very less crime, the car price in Brunei is damn cheap weii, low cost of living and matawang sama seperti Singapore. I sometimes receive balance in SGD. So I simpan all the SGD notes I received, mana tau ada rezeki tahun ni terbang ke Singapore lagi! :)

Rara says : Jum ke Universal Studios Singapore!

Caught in action

2011-02-13T01:49:00.000+08:00

Selain dari makan, benda yang I suka buat bila duduk sini ialah mandi. Best sangat! Kalau kat KL before tidur memang nak kena cuci kaki dulu tapi kat sini siap mandi segala. Huuu syiok. I like the hotel bed but I am still missing my bed in KL..especially the bolster and bantal busuk.

Rara caught in action.

"ayam daging in the making"

Rara says : Coming soon, update on CNY open house. Tengok la kalau rajin (wops!)

together we win

2011-02-10T22:19:00.001+08:00

the team

Rara says : Sorry for the lack of updates. My life is currently busy. CNY open houses are everywhere! Note: Makan lagi. Goshhhhhh.

The power of love.

2011-02-07T00:36:00.000+08:00

We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn

Of the power of love..

Cause I'm your lady.. and you are my man..

Rara says : Darn,I miss my man.

Karaoke in Brunei

2011-02-06T01:43:00.000+08:00

Ada karaoke ~~jamban~~ kotak je kat sini.It is called K Box and it is located in The Mall, Gadong. Belasah je la, janji boleh karaoke ahaks. Anyway, we had fun though......

That was me smiling! Happy sangat dapat jumpa karaoke kat sini ahaks.

Siti Nora tengah nyanyi. Look at Luke, tersenyum2!

Siti Nora and me, duet. But I can't remember what song we sang.

Next, my duet partner was luke. Nyanyi lagu Doa buat kekasih by Ramli Sarip & Khatijah Ibrahim. Not bad huh?

I tak sangka Luke sangat suka lagu nih. I haruslah tersangat suka! :)

The guys.

Rara says : Sebulan sudah :)

Policy

2011-02-05T00:59:00.001+08:00

Luke the boss adalah sangat skema. Beliau tidak membenarkan I pergi mana sorang-sorang. Even nak pergi tandas sebelum masuk tengok movie pon dia nak ikot. I ni plak memang dah biasa pergi sorang... Azroy selamba je masuk dulu dan I memang tak kisah..

Merasalah Luke and Lawrence tunggu I berjam-jam depan kedai kain masa I shopping kain. Sapa suruh nak ikot kan?

Lawrence pon sama, I nak pergi sorang-sorang even hypermarket depan hotel pun dia nak ikot. Azroy lagi suka I pergi sorang kot? Azroy memang malas nak teman I pi shopping sebab beliau kata I nak beli satu barang pon dekat 8 jam... hihi.

It is like our "policy". And everyone knows about it. We'll be together everywhere and any where we go. The 3 of us. If u want to bring Lawrence out, u have to bring me and Luke as well. We come in package, we're happy meal yeah! :)

Anyway, terima kasih to both of them kerana menjaga diri ini ibarat menatang minyak yang penuh.

Me and Lukey lukey :)

Rara says : Have a great weekend everyone!

CNY sales

2011-02-03T18:17:00.002+08:00

It's a public holiday here in Brunei so we decided to go out for shopping...

I bought some fridge magnets for family and friends.. Nanti nak kena beli t-shirt Brunei plak kat nieces and nephews since they have been asking for that...

I bought shoes from U.R.S at Times Square and Charles & Keith at The Mall, Gadong. They are having 20% discount until Feb 6th.. Price quite ok, even if I convert BND to MYR the price will be quite similar..

and I bought one perfume for him (Azroy nak yang tu so I beli je la) and Heiress by Paris Hilton. Tiba-tiba Paris Hilton? I pun tak tau, ahaks. I'm not really into perfume actually, I am more to body splash like Victoria Secret (I love Romantic Wish the most!) and just recently before I fly I bought one body spray from BLOOP. To make it worst, I don't even know how much is the retail price for fragrances in Malaysia...But I did some research via the internet before I purchase these items..It cost me BND87.80 for the Hugo Energise and BND58.50 for Heiress, both are big bottles. Ok la kot no? Belasah pi la.. Orang beli I pon nak beli jugak.. Luke bought 3 bottles for himself...Lawrence bought one for his gf.. takkan I nak tengok saja..Terketaq kot tengok orang shopping..

I am still thinking to get DKNY Delicious Night since they are having promotion for that perfume, 100 ml for BND71.90, that is sooo cheap. Even I don't really like the smell, I still feel like buying it..susah kan jadi perempuan, tak berapa suka pon nak beli sebab harga murah. huhu..

What do you think about this perfume?

I actually wanted to get Ralph Lauren Blue or Ralph Lauren Romance or DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom or Anna Sui Forbidden Affair (aik mcm byk ja) but the price sama macam Malaysia.Around BND120, if u convert to MYR it will be around RM280+.. baik beli kat Malaysia kan.. kalau beli kat sini nak kena fikir camna nak bawak balik lagi..takot extra luggage jenuh nak membayar nanti..

Lawrence lagi hebat kena fikir camna nak bawak balik printer haha! He got this printer as a free gift sebab dia baru beli digicam Canon. Alhamdulillah, I berjaya untuk tidak beli digicam, lepas Lawrence bayar jer I ajak diorang semua balik. Bukan boleh duduk lama-lama kat kedai tu..Tempting! Satgi ada yang terbeli plak, haish!

Rara says : Again,it's not easy to be a woman. Nafsu ada 9, nafsu shopping ja 8!

Happy Chinese New Year 2011

2011-02-03T09:28:00.000+08:00

People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. Rabbit people seldom lose their temper. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract. They would make good gamblers for they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing. However, they seldom gamble, as they are conservative and wise. They are most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog.

May the year of Rabbit brings you and family abundance of joy, good health and best wishes!

Rara says : Where's my ang pow?

on the third weekend in Brunei

2011-02-01T22:53:00.001+08:00

We have been scheduled to work on 3 Saturdays for our 2 months business visit in Brunei. The first Saturday was done last weekend. Seronok. Boleh pakai casual on Saturdays. I ni dah lah tak banyak baju formal, kate opis I kat Cyberjaya pakai casual jer.. Jeans pon bole.. Kat sini merasalah pakai seluar dan kemeja yang sama dua tiga kali. Opsie! Baju kurung baru skali pakai gi kerja sebab malas nak iron kaedahnya...

We finished work at 12.30pm and we then shoot to The Mall, Gadong.

Lunch at Hot Point with colleagues.

Lawrence and Luke with their chicken dance! Haha.

the ladies.

Lepas pusing-pusing The Mall yang ala-ala ~~mini~~ One Utama (old wing saja ok) tu, our HSBC colleagues bawa gi jalan-jalan kat The Empire Hotel & Country Club. Cantik! Disebabkan I pemalas nak buat review, you all baca la sendiri review kat Tripadvisor. :) Kalau ada rezeki dan masa yang sesuai, InshaAllah nak try check in sini sambil feeling2 pantai dan buffet dinner yang feeling. Pendek kata feeling-feeling orang kaya! Ahaks. Bila lagi nak datang Brunei kan...I should grab this opportunity while I'm still here..

The ladies on the escalator.

Walking to the beach..

Pelancong asing.

Angin sangat kuat, I loike.

Salam 1 Malaysia dari kami di Brunei!

Khairin, Nina and Kak Yan yang baik hati. Thanks for the company!

Empire Hotel, hang dok situ sampai aku mai.

Sunday plak, another colleague of ours, Treffany pm me on FB ajak keluar. Beliau siap offer untuk jadi official driver for the day. Baik hati sungguh orang-orang Brunei ni. Tref brought us to Times Square... another ~~small~~ shopping mall in Brunei.

in front of the hotel waiting for Luke to come down.

Myself enjoying the ride. Tref was a fast driver. F1 experience katenyer hehe.

Rara and Tref. Thanks for being so nice to us!

Harman joined us later for a cup of yummy bubble milk tea :)

Rara says : Entering the fourth week in Brunei, huuuuuuu cepatnyaaaa!

KL

2011-01-30T11:45:00.001+08:00

Khamis(Jan 27th) lepas kami pergi KL! Btw it's Kuala Lurah not Kuala Lumpur tapi Bruneian mmg call it as KL. Kuala Lurah ialah sempadan Sarawak - Brunei, and it took around 20mins driving from our office in Jerudong to Kuala Lurah. Cuma jalan jammed sikit masa nak masuk Kastam Brunei dan Kastam Malaysia. Colleague I cakap, dekat Kastam selalu jammed especially on the weekend and sekarang dah nak Chinese New Year so jalan bertambah jammed sebab most of them nak beli alcohol kat sane for the CNY celebration. Alcohol consumption in public is banned and there is no sale of alcohol in Brunei. Read more about alcohol advisory in Brunei.

All of us.

Luke , yours truly and Julie enjoying the food.

Pari bakar with sambal. SEDAP GILA.

Creamy butter prawn with chillies. Yummylicious!

Yang paling best hp dapat connect to Maxis setelah hampir 3 minggu dok guna roaming BruDST.

Rara says : 3 minggu dah? Time really flies so fast!

Wordless Wednesday : Dream Cones

2011-01-26T22:08:00.002+08:00

HSBC Brunei Annual Dinner 2011

2011-01-25T23:03:00.004+08:00

The day we touched down Brunei we have been told that we were invited to the HSBC annual dinner on 22nd Jan. I was excited! Seronok sebab time ni lah nak jumpa budak-budak HSBC yang lain kan. Kalau tak salah I, kat Brunei saja ada 12 HSBC branches. That's a lot! The theme was Grease but my Bruneian colleagues in my department cakap they all jarang follow the theme code, pakai casual sudah. So yeah, I pakai jer what ever baju I brought from Malaysia, plus sini nak shopping baju pon tak tau kat mana and mahal kalau ada pon..

Hi! This is me :)

The ballroom.

Tak besar sangat, I think dalam 400 orang yang datang malam tu..

But actually ramai jugak yang pakai according to the theme...especially the youngsters..

Just like this! Hehe.

Bruneians memang cool I tell you. I was surprised!

10 course meal by Royal Brunei Catering

The menu. Sorry la gambar gegar, dont blame me, blame the camera hehe

one of my favorite dishes of the night.

the cool photo booth

My lovely Bruneian colleagues.

the guys.

There were 120 lucky prizes given on that night. Banyak kotttt? The grand prizes were LED TV, Iphone4 (the guy sitting in front of me at the office got this, I'm jealous), Ipad, Canon digicam, OSIM mesin urut and motorbike kot. I tak pasti. Yang pastinya kalau I dapat Iphone4 pon dah seronok kot! But unfortunately we were excluded from the lucky draw...Tak best. Huuu.

BTW, it was a fun experience. Tengok performances dari setiap team, they were not bad at all. I wonder where they learn all the dance moves...maybe from the tv ? The performance from the senior managers was cool as well! Diorang berlakon and dancing macam cita GLEE. Happening weiii. Haha! Luke, Lawrence and I were so proud when Tareq Mahmood (beliau sangat hensem, sekian) the CEO of HSBC Brunei announced that there were guests from Malaysia attending the annual dinner. Seems like everybody knows us already, cewah!

Sana sini orang hensem dan cantik-cantik. I cuci mata :) Terkejut bila announce nama Haji bla bla yang keluar semua pak aji muda. Awwwwww.

Rara says : That's including the guy who sitting in front of me (who won the iphone4). Nampak macam cool jer..pak aji rupanyer.. ehem! :p

How to stop cough in 5 minutes

2011-01-23T23:50:00.001+08:00

I baru je baik daripada batuk yang panjang, I rasa sebulan lebih kot.. Sampai di Brunei pon I masih batuk sampai my Bruneian colleagues kesian tengok I, diorang ingat I mula batuk bila kat Brunei. Ahaks. Actually masa hari I terbang ke Brunei I sempat pergi klinik sebelum pergi airport and I sebenarnya demam 37degrees. Huu Azroy dah risau time tu tapi nak buat camna I still need to go kan.

Nah ubat.

When I arrived in Brunei, my cough became worst. I think maybe because of the weather.. Pagi ujan, afternoon panas terik gilaaaaaa, and suddenly malam hujan lebat! Tekak I macam bengkak gila but I was lucky because I can still swallow my food and saliva. Fuh! Kalau tak confirm nangis! Sakittt.

Sampai lah satu malam ni I batuk teruk sampai sakit dada rasa macam sesak nafas pon ada .Terus tak boleh tido and I then straight away google How to stop coughing and I found this page. Interesting!

"This is a must try...We have all been kept awake by our own or someone else's cough. Try this and pass it on. The tip and not the cough. ANYTHING is better than antibiotics. Even babies could benefit from this and the parents wouldn't worry about the safety of their child. And of course, it is harmless and free from any type of side-effects. WOW! I was raised, and raised my kids with Vicks. How come I never knew this? I can't wait for my next cough. Amazing!READ IT ALL. It works 100 percent of the time, although the scientists at the Canada Research council (who discovered it) aren't sure why.

Treatment:To stop night time coughing in a child (or an adult, as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapor Rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime and then cover with socks.Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about five minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. This works 100 percent of the time, and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

I heard the head of the Canada Research Council describe these findings on the part of their scientists when they were investigating the effectiveness and usage of prescription cough medicines in children, as compared to alternative therapies like acupressure. I just happened to tune in to a.m. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs, so I listened. It was a surprising finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, and in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago, and it worked 100 percent! She said it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her. The coughing stopped in a few minutes, and believe me this was a deep (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds, uncontrollable cough and she slept cough-free for hours every night she used it. If you have children or grandchildren, pass it on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed."

and it worked! at least it worked for me! :) but please take note that not everything will work for everybody. Furthermore, the technique used here is external, so, honestly, no harm trying.

I also practice some other home remedies for cough and sore throat such as salt water gargle, take one spoon of pure honey twice a day;morning and night before sleep (I'm still doing this till now), drink plenty of water, and I only drink hot lemon tea every time we dine outside sampai Lawrence menyampah. Haha.

I'm not sure whether this honey king is pure honey or not. That's the best I can find in Brunei, and it cost me BND10 only. I checked the label, tengok2 honey tu mai dari Aloq Staq jugak. hehe.

A hot tea and honey mix can work wonders for any type of affected sore throat. I also take Strepsils the sore throat experts, and I think Strepsils is the best medicine to sooth and gets instant relief from sore throat.

Rara says : What are the other effective home remedies? Mind sharing? I nak try! :)

the note.

2011-01-23T03:07:00.002+08:00

Sebelum I datang ke Brunei, I blog hopping few bloggers from Brunei, mana lah tau boleh buat kawan kan.. So I jumpa sorang namanya Airil. Kitorang ada chat kat FB dan dia ada bagi his phone number tapi I memang terlupa nak ambil.

Dia tau I dah ada kat Brunei, tapi dia pun tak ada number I so cane nak contact kan? But he knows that I'm staying in Kiulap Plaza Hotel. Yesterday when I was waiting for Luke and Lawrence at the lobby, one of the front desk officers came to me with one note in his hand.

"Miss Shakirah, you have a note"

"What note?"

He passed to me the note and I then read.I was a bit blur at first, I thought it was my laundry bill or something. But when I see his name then only I realised that's Airil, my Bruneian blogger friend! Oh gosh. Why he did not tell me that he's coming to my place? Or at least he can ask the front desk officer to call my room extension kan?

"When did he pass this note?" I asked the officer.

"It was last night, miss"

"Oh ok thank you."

I feel bad straight away after that. I should give him my number at the first place.

Airil, do contact me via email or fb if you read my entry. I owe u a treat.

Rara says : Tiba-tiba feeling Angelina Jolie dalam cerita The Tourist. Sebab dapat note dari hotel semasa sedang asyik melepak di lobby. Hahahaha kau ado?

2011-01-22T10:05:00.000+08:00

Bangun pagi ni tiba-tiba mood syahdu I datang. eee sebab tu tak suka bangun awal! darn.

aku ingin engkau selalu

hadir dan temani aku

disetiap langkah yang meyakiniku..

ok rindu dah.

Julie's birthday dinner.

2011-01-22T01:41:00.003+08:00

So yesterday (Friday 21st) was Julie's birthday. Yang ke berapa I tak tau, I pun baru kenal dia like 2 weeks ago, dan tak berani nak tanya haha! Julie is from HSBC Malaysia, dia pon macam kitorang datang Brunei for two months,but she came one week earlier than us. Kitorang jumpe die kat hotel and we clicked since then.

Since it's Julie's birthday, Siti Nora and her husband, Rhyme brought us to Senja Lounge Grill Room. It's located in Riverview Hotel, and it was like 10 minutes driving from our hotel. This restaurant serves Western cuisine.

Part of the menu. I ♥ lamb!

This is my gang for the night, without Lawrence the cameraman.

all of us. They are all great friends! :)

This is Siti Nora and Julie, they are my best girlfriends in Brunei! Siapa lagi kann? :p

I ordered Grill Prime Rack of Lamb, with side order chips and salad. It's been quite a long time since I last eat lamb because of my health condition was not very good for the past two months. Lamb kan panas, so I tak makan because I struggled with sore throat, cough and fever at the same time. Since I feel better already (Alhamdulillah) , I then opted for lamb and it was awesome! I just love lamb, sedappp :)

Rhyme and his wife. They are really nice. I mean really. They always bring us jalan-jalan and makan-makan. Last Thurday Siti Nora brought us to Serusop to shop for kain, and I bought some kains but still thinking to go there again. Serusop is like Jalan TAR la kalau kat Malaysia. There are like 5,6 or maybe more textile shops over there.

Julie and her birthday cake. Make a wish before u blow the candles...

the 3 ladies!

My hang out buddies in Brunei ♥

Rara says : and thanks Julie for the treat!

water taxi experience

2011-01-18T23:28:00.005+08:00

Teksiiiiiiii! Hehe tapi kali ni bukan teksi atas jalan raya ye ,ini air punya teksi!

teksiiiiiiii! sini mari!

Water Taxi Stop - Station Kiulap! :p

First thing first, ambik gamba! I suruh abang driver boat amik gamba.

pastu I ambil gambar abang driver boat plak :p he was a nice person!

feeling-feeling marilyn monroe naik boat! hahaha kau ado?

Japgi lalu bawah jambatan plak. Can u see the clouds? it's been raining like everyday here in Brunei. Huu.

This is Balai Bomba Air! Cool huh?

Sudah boleh nampak itu Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien from the boat on our way to Bandar Station!

So because of the kindness of the boat driver, he offered to bring us to visit Water Village on the next day which was last Sunday. So yeah, why not? It was only BND5 per head and it took us around 1 hour 20 minutes to visit the whole Water Village areas! It's really worth it or can I say cheap? We had a very great experience! Boat driver brought us to see his relative houses and he showed us his house as well.

Don't be surprise because in Water village there are few nice houses with fully air conditioned, just like this!

and I can say most of their houses are fully air conditioned, walaupon rumah buruk aircond tetap ade ok! and one more thing I noticed, most of the houses in the Water Village subscribe to Astro,because I can see the Astro satellites were everywhere!

the Primary school in Water Viilage or Kampong Ayer. They have like 5 or 6 schools I'm not very sure the exact figure but one thing for sure, they have their own Primary and Secondary schools.

Ini masjid bahhh. :)

police station

and last but not least, the SHELL petrol station. Cool aite?!

It seems like water taxi gonna be our official public transport in Brunei. The cab here is damn expensive, because most of the Bruneians have their own transport and the demand of public cab is very low and that makes the price go high. Like Siti Nora(my Bruneian colleague) said, If you walk that's mean you are a foreigner.

The thing is, we actually walked from Gadong to Kiulap last Sunday. It took us approximately 15minutes and it was raining all the wayyyyyy, and everyone was looking at us, especially myself la because at that time I was walking with 4 Indian guys. Pelik ke? Indian population here is very less, and most of the Indians here are Indian nationality so akuuuuu? I am Satu Malaysia laaaaa :)

So they know already la that I'm actually a foreigner? darnnnn :p By the way, tadi nak renew professional visa pass kan the immigration people tulis nama I as Dayang Shakirah Bte Illias. I feel like Bruneian already!

Rara says : Gatai! :P

Makan-makan in Brunei

2011-01-14T23:55:00.001+08:00

Makanan kat sini semua best! and I'm very sure that I'm gonna gain few kgs here. Huuu agak menakutkan tapi time ni la nak merasa makanan kat tempat orang kan? ahaks! Dasar pemakan tegar. As for now we never go to to the same restaurant more than one time, except for Le Taj Restaurant. Banyak lagi yang belum try nih! I will definitely save some space in my stomach for their famous Escapade Sushi, oh I can't waitttttttttttt! :)

My Bruneians colleagues are all very kind. Selain dari berbincang pasal kerja, our favourite topic kat opis ialah makan. Ahaks. Diorang bermurah hati nak bawak kitorang pergi makan kat sana lah, pergi restaurant sini lah. Sangat best. and one more thing, dekat our area (kiulap plaza hotel) memang banyak gila restaurant, walking distance jer, memang kebetulan nak bagi I jadi gemok la kan? But anyway, I think makan is the only thing we can do to make ourselves happy here in Brunei. Nasib baik Lawrence and Luke are also a good eater same like me! Hihiks.

Talking about price, I rasa harga makanan di Brunei ok, dan sometimes murah. But please do not convert to MYR. Thank God I received my overseas allowance in BND, kalau tak confirm makan maggi hari-hari :P. Harga nasi goreng ayam selalunya BND3.50, so kira murah la kot no? Carbonated drink selalu BND1.00. Murah kan? Kebanyakan restaurant yang I pergi serve big portion, sampai I paksa Lawrence untuk habiskan. I jenis tak boleh tengok kalau makanan yang tak habis, I rasa berdosa huuu. Makanan mesti kena habis, kalau tak nasik tu nangihhh, berdosa plak tu, so Lawrence sila habiskan! :P

My most favourite restaurant at the moment is Neptune Seafood Restaurant in Pantai Jerudong. Sangat sedap and very affordable price as well. Confirm pegi lagi nanti! :) Luke, jom!

and most of the times I forgot to bring my camera. Ampunnn!

Rara says : Happy weekend everyone!

Wordless Wednesday : my fav guys

2011-01-12T21:58:00.001+08:00

(at least for another 59 days :p)

That's Lawrence the evil, the so not ready me, and Luke the joker.

2nd day.

2011-01-11T22:59:00.001+08:00

Today marked my second day working at HSBC Jerudong. I sudah mula berborak-borak dengan my Bruneian colleagues. So ini pendapat I tentang orang Brunei (for this time being lah) :

1. Orang Brunei semua baik-baik, selalu senyum dan peramah. Mungkin diorang pelik tengok I seorang gadis melayu, berjalan dengan 2 lelaki India. Ahaks!

2. I rasa slang bahasa melayu diorang more like Sabahan, because they normally use "bah" di penghujung ayat.

3.We use English more than Bahasa Melayu to communicate with each other, sebab lebih faham. Their English is not bad, dengan slang bagai, sometimes they sound like philiphinos. Cool huh?

4. They look more like Chinese.

5. Their car number plates are damn big!

6. In Brunei, with BND 1500 basic salary u can own a Toyota Alphard.

7. They are paid to study.

8. The Brunei Dollar has the same value as the Singapore Dollar

9. Satu keluarga selalunya mempunyai 4 kereta.

10. Orang Brunei suka tukar kereta bila hari raya. So sales akan mendadak bila raya.

11. Diorang suka makan ayam! Everywhere is ayam ayam ayam!

12. Peaceful.

13. All Bruneian big shots and Gov Ministers drive fast Turbo Porsches, Mercedes, BMWs, and Jaguars.

14. Kalau boleh semua nak translate dalam bahasa Jawi. Ahaks. Ini kelakar.

15. Chocolates adalah murah!

16. They love KL. They love Bukit Bintang, KLCC, Pavilion and Midvalley.I think they love all the crowded places in KL. Ahaks. and Genting Highland jugak. :p

Rara says : Duduk sini asyik makan, makan dan makan. Haish!

First day

2011-01-10T21:52:00.002+08:00

So tadi pagi van hotel bawak Lawrence, Luke and myself to HSBC Training Ctr in Jerudong. It was like 15 minutes driving. Tiada kesesakan lalu lintas. Their working hours start at 8.30am to 5.30pm, lunch at 12pm until 1pm. So today,we were introduced to the Hire Purchase team in Brunei and in the evening Rhyme brought us to HSBC Finance in Beribi. They actually have two HSBC Finance in Brunei, another one in Kuala Belait.

Basically I'm here to learn about the Hire Purchase loan, I need to master all the procedures, rules and everything before we bring back the process to Malaysia.

So, let's pray this new migration process is a successful one!

We met our colleagues from HSBC Hyderabad and HSBC Malaysia as well. They are also here for 2 months training and the best thing is we are staying at the same hotel, same floor.

Rara says : Brunei is a really peaceful country. Even orang berniaga pasar malam pon senyap-senyap.

Selamat Jalan

2011-01-10T21:27:00.001+08:00

@ the KLIA car park. Apa khabar MR K? Amacam mak angkat? Ada ok kah? hihi

excited.

Macam biasalah, dok buat kalut.

Dah nak check in.

Terima kasih kawan-kawan kesayangan!

dan juga boipren kesayangan yang dirinduiiiiiii

the place I stay.

2011-01-09T13:06:00.002+08:00

My colleagues and I are staying in Kiulap Plaza Hotel in Kiulap, Brunei and will be staying here for another 63 days, InshaAllah if everything ok.

Room no 332. Welcome!

A mini bar.

living room

LCD TV in the living room

hallway to the bed room. Pintu sebelah kiri tu toilet.

katil tempat bermanja selama 2 bulan.

computer table. That's Lawrence. I capture this photo from Lawrence's room.

another LCD TV in the bedroom. Cool huh? And a dvd player.
Boleh beli dvd cetak rompak. According to Rhyme, kat Brunei memang femes dvd cetak rompak, 1 dvd u can get for BND2.50 only. That's cheap!

Hallway to the living room.

The toilet.

Takde bath tub. Shower je. I baru feeling-feeling berendam 2 jam dalam bath tub!

So what u guys think? Ok tak? for me.. OK Laaaaaa :)

Rara says : Japgi nak tgk movie, The tourist! :)

safely arrived

2011-01-09T01:56:00.001+08:00

Alhamdulillah, sudah selamat sampai di Brunei. Disambut oleh our colleagues from HSBC Brunei dan sebuah van hotel. Eh esok sambung boleh tak? Penat.

The Indian guy in this photo is my new boss, Luke. Dia datang sekali dengan I . Yang baju putih plak Rhyme and his wife, Siti Nora. Both working in HSBC Brunei, branch je beza. Ok depa semua pakai iphone4, aku simpan henpon free kesayangan hadiah dari maxis kat dalam beg senyap2.

Rara says : Nasib baik internet laju, fuh!

Today is the day.

2011-01-08T01:19:00.002+08:00

I tak sangka I akan menangis masa last day working @ SGH PLOC PIL. Oh, sangat touching. I've been with the team for almost 4 years, mestilah sedih kan? Masa nak salam dengan diorang tu I was so touched and suddenly my tears dropped. I was actually sad. And afraid at the same time.

I'm afraid that my new team won't be as great as SGH PLOC PIL team. I'm afraid that I won't be happy working with my new team. I'm afraid I can't get along with the new processes and procedures and whatnot. But life goes on. I dah pilih jalan ini so I mesti teruskan. This is a new challenge for me, so I need to deal with it. and I'm so ready for that. (well actually I have to!hehe)

Kami makan-makan secara besar-besaran on my last day last Thursday. I sangat happy. I feel appreciated. Thanks to those bosses yang bagi I peluang untuk I kembangkan karier.Syukur. Alhamdulillah.

I'll be leaving today. Seronok. Memang seronok. Rasa macam pergi bercuti secara percuma. Semuanya ditanggung oleh company. Tapi sebenarnya? Sila tunggu I balik nanti sure kepala otak ni pecah, thanks!

Tadi Emma masak nasi beriani. I'm very LUCKY because I have GREAT circle of friends, GIRL FRIENDS!:)

Rara says : Wish me luck!

dinner with girlfriends.

2011-01-03T23:47:00.000+08:00

Saje gfs I ajak dating before I berangkat. Gatai kan.. Mase semua kat KL nak jumpa sebulan sekali pon payah hehe. Fiecca cancel last minute sebab balik Ipoh..

apeh n ezza

Rara.

Beautiful Ezza and Abby.

Photo terakhir sebelum battery digicam I mampos.

Hehe.

Rara says : Gonna miss my girls! :( sob sob.

happy new year.

2010-12-31T18:49:00.000+08:00

Hari terakhir dalam tahun 2010. And I'm here in Penang spending my last day in 2010 with my family. Haven't plan anything for the eve , maybe will go out later with sisters for a movie.

For me, 2010 tahun yang agak baik, walaupon tidak lah byk mana progress dalam kehidupan, tapi ada juga peningkatan. Alhamdulillah.

Dari segi pekerjaan, pada awal tahun 2010 tiada perkembangan langsung (betul tak tipu) tapi Alhamdulillah, I received one good news on the very last month of the year, December.

My relationship with Azroy pon getting better day by day. Task number one completed. Hehe sudah jumpa dengan family beliaulah, apa lagi kan? Itu sebenarnya perkara yang paling I takot skali, but alhamdulillah everything went well. My love towards him is growing each day and now I tengah takot how am I going to survive without him around in Brunei soon. So jangan lupa nantikan kisah cinta jarak jauh selama 2 bulan kami sebab I am very sure entry sawan akan berkumandang di dalam blog ni dalam tempoh tersebut. Sekian! :p

Kesihatan bertambah baik, tiada lagi sakit2 seperti tahun 2009. Cuma on December, I have been feeling unwell for the whole month. Sakit tekak, batuk, flu dan light fever. Even now I masih batuk2. Harap sangat dapat recover soon. Rimas dengan keadaan cani.

Hubungan dengan kawan-kawan masih lagi seperti dulu. Sangat happy setiap kali menerima khabar berita gembira dari mereka. Setakat ini, setiap tahun mesti ada yang tamatkan zaman bujang. Kite tunggu tahun depan siapa plak yerrr ehem. But definitely not me. Haha.

I am soo looking forward for more great great things to happen in 2011, insha Allah.

Happy new year everyone. Have a great one!

Wordless Wednesday

2010-12-29T20:27:00.004+08:00

Dinner in a seafood restaurant with his family to celebrate his sister 24th birthday.

What is Wordless Wednesday?

Rara says : Sepatutnya wordless tapi nak tulis jugak sikit! :p

perut bunting.

2010-12-27T23:49:00.000+08:00

click to enlarge.

Ade sape-sape yang boleh explain tak kenapa pencarian PERUT BUNTING masuk kat page I secara banyak, siap mengatasi keywords yang lain.

Pelik tapi benar. Atau ada makna lain di sebalik "perut bunting" tersebut? hurmmmmmmm :p

Rara says : Haha. Lawak!

di mana kan ku cari ganti?

2010-12-26T21:26:00.000+08:00

Rara says : I had a tiring weekend, banyak jalan dan banyak makan!

tak puas hati?

2010-12-23T22:24:00.000+08:00

Tahun lepas dapat xmas gift chocs dr fidani tapi sikit. Ingat lagi entry chocs sikit nih? ahaks.

agaknya tahun ni Santa Claus Hsbc dengar komplen I last year kot. Tak pon beliau baca blog I? Heh!

Sebab tahun ni Santa Claus bagi dua tingkat Chocs dari Fidani , lagiiiii! wohoooo.

I like lah! :)

Ni yang rasa nak bersara kat HSBC ni haha! Buat terukkkkkkk.

Rara says : Merry Xmas to those who celebrate. Xmas sales buat I jadi gilak!

bowling

2010-12-21T23:59:00.000+08:00

Ahad lepas main bowling.

I sendiri pun tak leh recall biler last I main bowling.

3 tahun atau 5 tahun?

Yang pasti, memang dah lama.

so, RATU LONGKANG lah jawabnya.

Kemain suker si Azroy tu gelakkan I.

huuuuuu sangat tak best.

rasa mcm nak prektis bowling sampai terer pastu ajak dia lawan.

hahaha

Rara says : Konon nak polish skill yang dah berkarat, cehhhh!

Champion

2010-12-20T22:07:00.001+08:00

OH YEAHH! team.

Ahaks. Champion ok.

Antara game yang ada pada hari tersebut :

-isi air dalam botol

-lari dalam guni

-brick walk. main susun2 bata ni lah membuatkan kaki I cramp sampai skarang!

-lari sambil tutup mata. memang main belasah lari ja

-main pusing2 10 round pastu kena masukkan benang dalam jarum. I muntah sebab game ni!

-3 legged race, my partner was dayang, sangat excellent dan laju! boleh jadi juara dunia 3 legged race utk kategori wanita hahaha

-cari gula-gula dalam tepung

dan ada banyak lagi tapi tak igt!

game yang final tu ala-ala survivor sebab kena buat puzzle. I likeee!

Rara says : First time dalam seumur hidup dapat gold medal untuk acara SUKANeka. :p

GSCM sukaneka 2010

2010-12-17T22:03:00.000+08:00

Agak-agak dah berapa abad tak main sukaneka nih?

tiop belon sampai pecah

lari dalam guni

egg toss

Caterpillar walk

*photos by Google

dan banyak lagi!!!

Me and and my gang (12 of us!) will be joining GSCM Sukaneka at Cyberjaya Sports Arena tomorrow! Hahaha. You guys can come and support for OH YEAHH!! team!! There will be 10 teams all together. Ouch, saingan sangat sengit! Tapi tak pe yang penting kite enjoyyyyyyy :)

Rara says : Sedang memikirkan strategy untuk menang. Haha :p

on chocolate fondue and hot staff award

2010-12-16T23:17:00.004+08:00

Di saat selsema dan batuk, tiba-tiba mengidam nak makan yang ini.

*photo by Google

arghhhhhh sangat tempting~

and I received HOT STAFF award at my workplace today.

Wohooo!

Rara says : Another December good news I would say :)

GAP casting call

2010-12-15T21:27:00.000+08:00

Hi kamu!

Ingat lagi tak budak cute ini?

Kalau kamu rasa beliau comel sila vote beliau ok. I sudah vote sebab beliau memang sumpah hensem!

Sila klik button LIKE kat GAP Casting Call , kemudian pilih Malaysia.

Dan cari nama Nik Farhat Abraqi Nik Faidrul.

Thanks!

December good news.

2010-12-14T23:18:00.005+08:00

Ya. Di entry kali ini I akan bercerita tentang berita baik di bulan December. Yang baik-baik saja tau! :)

December 8th - It's my birthday. I took half day leave on that day. Teman-teman seofis nyanyi birthday song sangat kuat on the floor! I was so happy at that time. Happy that I have such a lovely colleagues like them all. And I received a special birthday card from them. Kenapa special? Sebab ade record suara Mark cakap, "Happy Birthday Shakirah Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah". Haha! I went back home at 1pm and then headed to TTDI straight. Fetched Azroy at his office and went to One Utama to claim my birthday gift from him. Thank u sayang :). Pastu makan-makan and terus shoot to Azroy's place in Sg Buloh, and I received a gift from his mom. Thank u... I feel so bless.

December 9th - Buffet dinner with colleagues at Sunway Tower Hotel. Diorang cakap nak celebrate birthday I skali, so I received another loud birthday song there. Malu sebab orang tengok tapi happy! and I got cabutan bertuah pada hari tersebut. I likeee.

Me, Dayang and Farah tengah berebut sushi :)

December 11th - Kak Ju's birthday and beliau dirisik di hari lahir beliau. Awww. Another good news to me and my family. Dan hari ini jugak I spend time dengan kawan-kawan SAWAN I utk celebrate bday hehehe. Please refer to previous entry.

December 12th - Jalan-jalan and nonton wayang (Ngangkung) with his mom at Cineleisure, Damansara.

Rara and Azroy's mom.

Emak Azroy sangat peramah dan senang diajak berbual. Hobi beliau adalah berjalan dan melihat tempat orang. Hampir setiap hujung minggu beliau diisi dengan pelbagai acara seperti beriadah di air terjun, mendengar ceramah agama mahupun kesihatan, membuat lawatan ke rumah anak-anak beliau yang sudah berkahwin (atas alasan ingin melihat cucu), melawat tempat-tempat bersejarah dan macam-macam lagi. Azroy bilang emak beliau seperti seorang wakil rakyat.

I setuju.

Sebab? Baru sebulan I jumpa beliau macam-macam aktiviti sudah dirancang. Hehe. Tapi takpe, memang satu kapal dengan I yang pantang duduk rumah!

December 13th - Sheilla, the manager has announced that Lawrence and I will be be going to HSBC Brunei for 2 months training. Alhamdulillah. I texted Abah and he was so happy that I was selected. Syukran. InshaAllah I akan terbang ke Brunei Januari next year. The exact date has not yet confirmed, I promise to update more about this later once it's confirmed. Tahukah anda macamana rasa bila dapat buat orang tua gembira? Speechless.

And I jugak dapat hadiah birthday berupa tudung dan selendang daripada my gfs Ienn and Didie. Thanks a lot girls. Muahs!

Rara says : Thank You December for all these good news. Hopefully there are more great news coming up soon :)

26th birthday

2010-12-13T23:19:00.001+08:00

I had a blast birthday this year. Alhamdulillah. I bersyukur sangat-sangat dikelilingi oleh orang-orang yang best dan yang penting menyayangi diri ini. Cewah!

Tahun ini I sambut birthday dengan my beloved gfs secara sederhana saja. Karaoke kat Kota Damansara pastu terus makan kat Full House Sunway Giza. Tak ramai orang, senang je dapat meja. I like!

I was not feeling well on that day.. Rasa macam nak demam, dan suara tak berapa ada.

Tu tengah beratur nak pilih lagu ahaa

my girls.

eight of us

semua dah lapar mau makan2.

surprise! Ice cream cake from Baskin Robin , I like.

Besday girls katenyer :)

Serang! masing2 macam orang kebuluran ahaks!

Huuuuuuu tak puaih hati kek cepat sgt abissssss!

Love u girls a lot. Muahs!

Masa on the way back hari tu Fiecca tanya I,

"Agak-agak kite kawan sawan bila? Sampai tua tak?"

*edited : kawan sawan pon sama jugak hahaha! nampak sangat aku yg sawan.

Rara says : InshaAllah! XOXO.