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decisions! decisions! decisions! the stuff you have to make in life

ABOUT ME

A simple person who loves travelling, music and movies. Occasionally rambling about her life, her opinions, and things that might not be relevant to you... ;)

CONTACT ME

abx

The place where I belong

What City Do You Belong In?
London


A little old fashioned, and a little modern.
A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock.
A unique woman like you needs a city that offers everything.
No wonder you and London will get along so well.




Do I really belong in London? Hmmmm... let's see.

I was in London two years back and I do find London as interesting as Paris. Although the weather was a bit chilly (and sometimes as rainy as KL) for me, but it's really nice (except when it rains lah!) for a stroll in the Regeant Park or along the...what's that street's name again, with all those shopping outlets e.g. M&S, Debenhams... I'm confusing it with Singapore's Orchard Road. Nevermind. I think you know what I'm trying to say. The wind in your hair... And I belive you won't sweat as much after walking 5km or even more!

What else do I like about London? Apart from the usual Tourist's hotspot...

Food? They were ok although a pricey (after converting it to RM). Being a Muslim, it's not hard to find food there. The place where we stayed (Marble Arch), there were lots of Arabs. So, Halal food can be easily found. But, as I said, expensive. We bought a set of fish and chips and shared it amongst the 3 of us (me, Cik Lee, & Greect). I only wished I had tried original London's food, if there were such thing as that. Oh well...

The traffic? They were not as bad as KL's. No cars honking, and no cutting queue. People were quite polite. Their driving, I mean.

Not that I'm saying the people themselves are not polite. I don't know. I didn't have the chance to actually interact with any of them directly. I was either too busy snapping pictures or too busy window shopping.

Food. Traffic. People.

Transport. My friend once told me that London has the most well-planned public transportation infrastructure in the world. I didn't believe her until I was there myself. True. Going from one place to another was a piece of cake. You only need to buy one ticket for both the Bus and the Underground trains as long as they are in the same Zones. Although when you're Underground, you might find yourself lost trying to figure out which channel leads to which platform that takes you to the route you're heading to. Now, I'm lost trying to explain it to you... ??? But honestly, taking public transportations in London is the best way to commute between places there.


The park. I love the parks there! In the morning, you see people rushing of to work but by 3 or 4pm, they were already in the park. Makes you think do people even work? It's just not the same here. Over there, you could see people lepaking around, just relaxing, lying on the green green grass and enjoying the scenery with their loved ones, which could also be their pets! They do walk their dogs there and, Malaysians please take note of this, they pick after their pets. You know, their pet's poo, doo-doo, shit, whatever names you call it! Anyway... they have this service where people can rent a section of the park to have a book reading session with other people, or just rent the chairs to rest in the park. We didn't have time for that since we were only there for about 3 days. There were lot of places to cover and things to do in those 3 days.

I guess what I'm really saying is, Yeah, I do like being in London.

Honestly, I like being anywhere where I don't have to work! Hahahaha!!!

But, do i belong there? Do I belong anywhere?

PS: I kept all souvenirs e.g tikets to Madame Tussaud's and rides around London, and the city's Map too hoping to make a scrap book about my trip to London. But, up til today, laziness got the best of me!

PPS: News on INXS!

while i was bored... i did all these quizzes!

My Name is....
Hawaiian Name : Lana Nalani
Irish Name : Zoe Flynn
French Name : Destinee Marin
Outrageous Name : Ivana P. Now
Japanese Name : Nanami Shigenoi
Band Name : The Supersized Nuns
1920's Name : Violette George
Pimp Name : Sweetness Big Spenda
Sexy Brazilian Name : Nathalia Torres
Superhero Name : The Lightning Paladin
Your Superpower is Radiation
Your Weakness is Booty
Your Weapon is Your Turbo Boomerang
Your Mode of Transportation is Stilts
Monster Name : Evil Vampire
You Feast On: Fingernails
You Lurk Around In: The Alamo
You Especially Like to Torment: Priests




My Sense of Style...

Your Fashion Style is Trendy
You love fashion and live to shop. And keeping up with the lastet trends is what you love best. You know what's in, out, about to be in, and about to be out. You love to dress your friends and would make a killer celebrity stylist.

Your Celebrity Style Twin is Gwen Stefani
Trendsetting, unique, and stylish.

You Are a Skin Deep Sweetheart
You may be supermodel gorgeous or a plain Jane. It really doesn't matter, because you're confident and secure. You don't go out looking like a slob, but you are low maintenance. You have better things to worry about than whether your nails are the right shade!

Your Black Outfit says that...
You're a sophisticated woman with big city taste. You have a strong creative force - even if you don't wear the boldest clothes. You tend to intimidate people. But the right guy won't be intimidated by you! Designer match: Dolce & Gabbana. Signature accessory: Gold framed sunglasses

Red Color Nail Polish Best Fits You
How you're unique: You have an incredible eye for style and art. Why your style rocks: You are classic and classy - and that's hot! What this color says about you: "I'm smart, sassy, and sexy. And I know it."

What Retro Girl Are You? 1970s Disco Diva

You Are Skinny Heel Boots
You always look great - from your styled hair to your sleek boots.

Your Hat Personality Is A Fedora

You Are Midtown-er
You love so many things, you don't fit into any one label. Your city girl persona goes to a fancy restaurant one night and a dive bar the next.

You are normal right?

Try it......you will be suprised






Here's something that you may enjoy:

Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal or different?? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out at the end!! Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge. Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can. Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them...really. Now, scroll down (but not too fast,you might miss something)........





What is:


















1+5

























2+4



























3+3



















4+2

























5+1























Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can for 15 seconds.

Then scroll down.



























































































































QUICK!!! THINK OF A VEGETABLE!

Then scroll down.

























Keep going.



































You're thinking of carrot, right?

If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think of something else.

98% of people will answer with carrot when given this exercise.

Freaky, huh?

Keep this message going.

Forward it to people you know and see if they can see if they are normal or not.

SWITCH


Listen to INXS new album Switch on VH1.com

facts or fibs?

Cancer info...
Be careful about the lipstick you use. This is truly good to know. Be sure to pass this info on.

Your lipsticks might cause you health problem.

Brands don't mean everything. Lead is a chemical which causes cancer.

Recently a brand called, "Red Earth" decreased their prices from $67 to $9.99. It contained lead (plomo).

The Brands which contain Lead are:

1. Christian Dior
2. LANCOME
3. CLINIQUE
4. Y.S.L
5. ESTEE LAUDER
6. SHISEIDO
7. RED EARTH (Lip Gloss)
8. CHANEL (Lip Conditioner)
9. Market America - Motives lipstick

The higher the lead content, the greater the chance of causing Cancer.

After doing a test on lipsticks, it was found that the Y.S.L. lipstick contained the most amount of lead Watch out for those lipsticks which are supposed to stay longer. If your Lipstick stays longer, it is because of the higher content of lead.

Here is the test you can do yourself:

1. Put some lipstick on your hand,
2. Use a 24k-14k Gold ring to scratch on the lipstick. (how the heck are we supposed to know if it's 24K-14K or not?)
3. If the lipstick color changes to black then you know the lipstick contains lead.

* Please send this information to all your girl friends*

Pretty Vegas on Fly!

They've started playing "Pretty Vegas" on radio! On Fly.fm.

I'm not sure how long it has been aired but I first heard it on my way to the office, about 2 weeks before Raya.

And last weekend, MTV (or was it Channel V , can't remember) aired INXS "Pretty Vegas" video clip!

Lots of JD!!!

Pretty Vegas
INXS

Falling asleep at the wheel again baby
You're drifting over the line
Your hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreaming of the other side
Save your tears and laughter
Because it doesn't matter what you find

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty lady leaves you
With no place to go
If you think you need it
Here's the place to feed it
But it ain't pretty

With everything that you do is wrong
And you fell like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And screaming like you're back from hell
Save your dreams and occupations
'Cause it doesn't matter what you sell

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty lady leaves you
With no place to go
If you think you want it
Here's the place to get it
But it ain't pretty

The party's over and the road is long
The party's over and we're moving on
The party's over and the road is long

So if you think you want it
Then just come out and say it
It aint pretty

Falling asleep at the wheel again baby
You're drifting over the line
You're hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreaming like you're outta control
Save your tears and laughter
Because this is the ride
And this is the show

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty lady leaves you
With no place to go
So if you think you want it
Just come in and get it
It ain't pretty

Finally!

Macam waiting for royalty couples to show up pulak!

Brad and Angelina at The Muhammad Ali Center's Grand Opening Gala.
Pix Courtesy of : ETOnline.com

But I liiiiiiiiiike!!!

'Most Beautiful' or 'Most Bitchy-ful'???

There's a reality show on TV last nite for the search of Malaysia's Most Beautiful.

When it started I was expecting for those Perempuan Melayu (or in this case) Malaysia Terakhir type of ladies. But what I saw last night was really disappointing i.e. the-big-spotlight-and-big-bumper Jessy and I-am-a-sprinter-so-i-can't-jog Zehra, with the exceptions of few i.e. Faridah.

There were lots of schoolgirls-like bitchings and cat-fights. Beautiful!!!

Nevertheless, I think I'm that stupid to be watching it again next week...

nak beli tiket! yeay yeay!




Newsflash! : Managed to buy tickets to Harry Potter : Goblet Of Fire (or as my friend put it : "Harry Potter dan Periuk Api", which apparently is the title for the Malay version of the book. Hahaha! But isn't Periuk api = landmines? hancur!) movie for this Friday! Bought 7 tickets at GSC Midvalley. Still lots of places for Friday Nite's shows if any of you want. But don't you even think of making reservations online!

valuable sentiments

It's true.
You'll treasure your belongings more if it has sentimental value to you.

For examples:-
  • You received a family heirloom from your i.e. late arwah grandmother that everyone else have been eyeing

  • You finally managed to buy that very-pretty-and-fit-oh-so-well pair of jeans you've been dying to buy (since forever!) after saving enough money by skipping meals and/or not going to the cinemas for months

  • You spend you well-earned bonus on that sexy-and-delish-looking stiletto after working your ass off the whole year-round as a special treat for yourself!
These are the things that only a few amongst us are familiar with.

When you guard these treasures whole-heartedly only to find it suddenly gone missing, and what more when you found out someone took it without your permission, surely there's hell to pay!

Sisters

Does anyone remember the TV series 'SISTERS' which was shown some time during the mid 90's? Do you guys remember?

Well, if you don't, here's a refresher...

"'SISTERS" follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family - Alex, Georgie, Teddy and Frankie - living in Winnetka, Illinois. Beatrice, the mother of the four Reed sisters must consider selling the family home, a step which she's totally unprepared for, and one which affects her excessive attraction to alcohol. Alex, the oldest, is a wealthy, slightly snobbish, WASP wife of a plastic surgeon. Georgie a typical suburban housewife trying to keep the family together must deal with her unemployed husband who spends all his time in his bathrobe, perfecting his lounge act. Teddy, a free-spirited, artist/drifter seeking to find her place in life and who left town three years ago after a failed marriage to Mitch, is back to reclaim what's hers. She's surprised to find out that her baby sister, Frankie, an overachieving, businesswoman trying to make it big in the world, now has him. The four women put their own problems aside, however, when their mother, is involved in a car accident. Together they join forces to help their mother accept the loss of her husband and deal with her alcoholism.
They were my favorites!!! I watched them religiously until TV3 stopped airing them mid season - like all the rest of the TV stations used to do back then. It was during the courtship (nobody uses this word anymore except me - Aiyo!) between Teddy (Sela Ward) and Falconer (George Clooney).

Sela's the reason I watched 'SISTERS'. Not sure why, but maybe it has something to do with her (Teddy) strong and resilient character. And I like her with Falconer.

But ever since 'SISTERS' stopped airing, I rarely see Sela on TV/Movies. I have always wondered what had happened to her. But recently she resurfaced! She was in 'Day After Tomorrow' as Jake Gyllenhaal's mother.

And yesterday, I read somewhere that she'll be guest starring in 'House', another one of my favorite TV-series. She was in 2 episodes during the first season, and she'll be in another seven episodes in Season 2! Yeay!

Sela is Dr. Stacy Warner, "who reveals a possible crack in the acerbic armour of Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician with an appalling bedside manner". "Her presence disturbs feelings House thought he'd securely buried." Sounds interesting, aye?

Unfortunately, Dr Stacy Warner is married. So, not much chance for House.

But, still, interesting! Can't wait!

Maybe I'll go and buy the DVD in Sungai Wang this weekend.

tag! I'm it???

I have just logged out of my Blogspot account when I realized that I have been tagged by Yann.

I've been blogging for a couple of years now, and to dig my 23rd post is no easy tasks. I have 484 posts in my blog for god's sake. And that's a lot to me!

Honestly, I don't actually have to do it (seeming how I came SECOND in the list!!!!) but knowing that I will get nagged by Yann for it, might as well do so. And to think that only mothers nag!

Yann, you had better reward me for this! Oh! And you still owe me my birthday present! Hahahahah!!!

1. Delve into your blog archive.
2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to)
3. Find the 5th sentence (or closest to)
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. Ponder it for meaning, subtext or hidden agendas. (I am not gonna ponder on it! I'll just re-post it. You ponder on it, if u want to and if u don't have better things to do!)
5. Tag five people to do the same.


So, here's my 23rd post for your reading pleasure... i must have predicted i'll be tagged one day, hence, the post!

Muahahahahahahhahahahaha!!!

all those whining!!!!

so, who's next?

1. everyone of my mccians bloggers.
2. everyone of my i-knew-you-online bloggers.
3. everyone who doesn't know me but read my blog.
4. everyone who knows me and read my blog secretly.
5. everyone...

buat lah! buat lah!!! no matter how extremely easy and boring this thing is!

movie review anyone?

Watched the new Malay movie 'Salon' yesterday.



It was ok. Although I'm not quite sure what the whole story was actually about... ???

Likes:-
  • Pierre Andre - noticed he has problem pronouncing the letter 's'. a bit of a short-tongued has he? But, that doesn't stop him from giving a not-so-bad performance.

  • Chelsia Ng - her acting was waaayyy better than raja farah's, who is by the way supposed to be the lead actress.

  • All the scenes that involves the character Ezra (Pierre) and Emma (Ng).
  • The scene where Ho Yu Hang's character begged Ezra to let him use Ezra's apartment overnight coz he was thrown out by his wife. Damn funny lah!!!

  • Ezra wearing Luna's green tiny T after she spilt coffee on his t-shirt. He looked exactly like his mum (minus the manly facial hair, of course)!

  • The whole idea of doing a Malaysian look-like-Indonesian-Teen-story movie (instead of your typical yusof's or prof razak's filmsssss).


Dislikes:-

  • Raja Farah and her character, Luna - the character's weak. "I'm a kissing fish. No, I'm an anaconda. Kissing fish. Anaconda. An-assing-conda-fish."

  • Zach and his character Daniel - Daniel is sooo mat bunga. I get goosebumps everytime he speaks what more sings! and what's with the "we're the next Nirvana" statement man? Who wrote the script? (whisper : Wan Hasliza Wan Zainuddin). To me, you sounded more like the next "Boboi" group! Get your facts right, dude...

  • All scenes with Luna and Daniel. Who did the casting la... so not-the-right-actors la wey... achoh cho....
  • Ezra not getting his 99% girl, Emma whom I think is 200% better than Luna.

  • Malay Mail's review of the film - saying that it's "A unique teen romance similar to Tentang Dia" is so far fetched and misguiding. Obviously, the reviewer lost focused and fell asleep while reviewing Salon.


boggle-minded about:-
  • dancing scene between zora and luna

  • purpose for shany's character. and what!?! fat people eats whatever that is edible, is it? teruklah. not funny ok?

  • luna accusing ezra of probably thinking she's an "anak gampang" when he didn't even say a word about it or her depicting that she is a cheapo...

  • the fruits-stall taukeh keep making face when Luna took her time selecting the fruits which she buys from him day in, day out.

So for the entire film, I'm giving it 2 out 5 la...or 4 out of 10... or 25%...or 0.25 out of 1...

Kira ok je la... good effort though.

but whatever it is, 2 thumbs + 2 toes up for Ho Yu Hang!!!

ps: talking about salon, my favourite is Fusion in KLCC. And here's Ryan the most sought after hairstylist there and, who happens to be Tini's fav! heheheh... like tini, my cousin also thinks he's cute.


ryan the Fusion hairstylist. not to be confused with Yu hang the funnyman.

tick, tock, tick, tock!

Hung Up
By Madonna

Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly

Every little thing that you say or do
I'm hung up
I'm hung up on you
Waiting for your call
Baby night and day
I'm fed up
I'm tired of waiting on you

Time goes by so slowly for those who wait
No time to hesitate
Those who run seem to have all the fun
I'm caught up
I don't know what to do

Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
I don't know what to do


Ring ring ring goes the telephone
The lights are on but there's no-one home
Tick tick tock it's a quarter to two
And I'm done
I'm hanging up on you

I can't keep on waiting for you
I know that you're still hesitating
Don't cry for me
'cause I'll find my way
you'll wake up one day
but it'll be too late


Every little thing
Every little thing

I'm hung up
I'm hung up on you

Waiting for your call
Waiting for your call

I'm fed up
I'm tired of waiting on you

Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly
Time goes by so slowly

So slowly...

I don't know what too do

I'm fed up
I'm tired of waiting on you.

fresh start?

Welcome back to the office!

(yeah, right!)

RAYA was the usual for me...

the many foods; rendang, ketupat, kuih (yummy tart nenas!), lontong, mama's delicious serunding kelapa & sambal sotong, mummy's yummy ayam ros, and gallons of cool carbonated drinks!

speaking of food, might be doing a bbq party with cousins this weekend. but have to wait and see if there's enough people to share the expenses with...

also visited some of the relatives. had to miss alya's (yan's daughter) first birthday party.

no baju raya for me. wore those i bought for this year's annual dinner and weddings.
but did buy handbag raya! hehehehe... never did i buy a more expensive handbag in my entire 10 years (note : years not including those which i was under FAMA sponsorship!). also bought an office shoe from eclipse; pretty sexy for me but damn sakit to wear! me = fashion victim!

why no baju raya? hate having to go in-and-out of the changing rooms to try out all those pretty-but-does-not-fit-me-and-did-i-mention-expensive clothes!




 
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