Scenes from Back Home

I snatched these photos illegally from my cousin Mimah's blog (or more known to her friends as Mimi). hehehe (Cuz..if you're reading this...sorry Lai Mim, ambil the pics without prior permission ehehhe). These photos reminded me of the many many functions that we had back at home...usually at my Grandparents house..Nini Aji and Nini Hajah.

These photos were taken during a bedikir and doa selamat function at my Grandparents' house in Mata-Mata.


Alai Zuka...playing with the phone
(my mum's youngest sister's son)


clockwise from front left
Alai Didi (my cousin), Alai Zuka (my cousin), Mami (my aunt) , Uda Nor (my aunt) , My Mum, Asai Nani (my aunt) and Bu Mil (my aunt)...probably preparing the cakes or kuihs for the dikir


alai Mimah (the owner of the pics) with three of the baby cousins - Alai Zuka, Alai Zawanah and Alai Mumtazah - PEACE!


and the wrapped and well-organised food..LOOKS SO NYAMAN!!
i want ALL...sia-sia pun!


Traditional Kuih also served...I wish I was home. ONLY THREE MONTHS LEFT!! YEAY!!


That's all the pictures that I can 'steal' ehehhe I didn't see my lil bro's pic and the rest of the family tho...but it's good to see them and hear them doing well

Miss You Guys A Lot. Having lots of family members mean you can always count on one or all of them...and you know they will support you no matter what...The wrongs will definitely be frowned upon but not gone unforgiven. The pride will be shared and glory to all.

I think the last paragraph, I went on a lil on the rambling side..eheh

anyways I GOTTA SLEEP..it's LATE ALREADY!

see ya around
LUFIAS!

Personal DNA..

Your True Self Revealed...


Hehehe...I took this test and found it interesting, and here's my result

This is how the website interpret me...

about you
You are a Creator

Your imagination, confidence, willingness to explore, and appreciation of beauty make you a CREATOR.

You are independent, and you enjoy your self-sufficiency.

Defying convention, you are very innovative, and you have a vivid imagination.

The look of things is important to you, and you have a keen eye for aesthetic beauty in multiple arenas.

You have a strong interest in what is new and exciting—and that includes forging ahead with new ideas, not simply discovering what is already out there.

Your eagerness to seek new and varied experiences leads you into many different situations.

You're not set on one way of doing things, and you are creative when it comes to finding novel solutions to complex problems.

You trust yourself to be innovative and resourceful.

Your confidence allows you to take your general awareness and channel it into creativity.

You're not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you're generally considerate of others' feelings as well.

You tend to do things on the spur of the moment, not sticking to a set schedule.

You have a strong sense of style and value your personal presentation - friends may even seek your style advice from time to time.

You tend to believe that things happen for a reason, and that not everything is under our control.

and this is how the website tell me how i relate with others

how you relate to others
You are Attentive

Because you like spending time with others, understand their feelings, and often know what is best for them, you are ATTENTIVE.

Some people are merely concerned about others, but you take action, helping people when you have the opportunity.

Although you care about others, you are hesitant to trust them to act in the best way on their own.

You don't let your concerns with people go unnoticed: if someone has hurt your feelings, that person will hear about it.

People energize and excite you—you are able to have fun and be yourself when you're around others.

You also learn a lot about yourself by talking things out with people, even if you don't always share things that are important to you.

You have a strong sense of right and wrong, and you're not hesitant to express yourself.

Understanding the dynamics of a situation is an important skill that you have, and you often intervene to clarify things for others.

Well...I'm not sure whether this is true of me but...some are :D heheh


xxx
Lufias!

Weekend to weekend

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Hmm...I've been neglecting my duty to my blog for quite a while now. :D

No reasons what-so-ever for the lack of posts. Hahaha Do I need to have a reason? I don't think so Hehehe

The title says 'Weekend to weekend', so I'm gonna summarise whatever things that I've been up from weekend to weekend ahahah

and the last post is about my assignments - guess what?!..All of them are DONE! and last week was a hell of a week. Excruciatingly cramped with assignments. The week before last week, I had one assignment (as per the last post)...and 2 assignments waited after I finished that one - The Tax assignment (actually it was a test) and the second one was Case Studies in Accounting assignment (which I completely don't know what to write and have absolutely no idea what it was - until the guys told me what it was) ahhaha

but then in between the three assignments, i got to have a bit of a getaway weekend. AHAHHA! :D

It was supposed to be just a Manchester Getaway. You see, last last weekend (19th - 20th April) I went to Manchester, to see the BruManch Society Badminton Tournament. I'm not much of sport person this year - and well I've never been much of sports person anyway..hahah. So yea, I went to Manchester after a light nudge from Vi...she said Fadz and her sister were taking part in that tourney. So! Being a good friend that I was, I straightaway agreed and planned that I will be going to Manchester that weekend to support 'Cess Fadz and 'Cess Azemah, as well as the Sheffield Team (Azi and Zur) as well as Rashid and Quddus.

Come Saturday 19th..I went to Sheffield Station and bought a Saver Return ticket to Manchester. Boarded the train and arrived in Manchester...BUT i didn't know where it took place. HAhaha...So I called Steph, one of my bestfriend who practically live/study in Manchester, however she was not in Manchester, she was on her way from London with Vi to Manchester. Called her, ask the directions then by pure luck and my good instinct (ehehhe) I located the place safely (just under half an hour - more like 20mins +) ehhehe.

Spotted Rashid and Quddus first and then spotted 'Cess Azemah and 'Cess Fadz. Went over to their spot and said my hi's and everything. then I spotted Azi and Zur...chatted and watched them play...then Vi and Steph arrived. Then we all just watched how the tourney progressed. In the end - 'Cess Fadz and 'Cess Azemah won the women's doubles whilst Azi and Zur won the third place (but seriously i expected Azi and Zur to be first or second - oh well that's the rule of games...:D). Rashid and Quddus had to settle for fourth place in the men's double. All in all it was a good and fun tournament!.

After that, we went to this Italian restaurant...kinda posh...but since we didn't make a reservation beforehand, the manager's service was extremely POOR! ahhaha...who cares we're customers we should be allowed to eat right...and when we asked when did he expect the reserved customers to come, he said at SEVEN pm!! It was a good two hour before these customers arrived. He should be happy to 'layan' us right? I mean, they were 17 of us who are gonna eat there, he should be happy to receive us. Oh well...ehhe in the end we managed to spend 2 hours there just to spite that guy! eheheh

I was planning to crash at Steph's apartment with Vi and Steph. But after a considerable nudge by 'Cess Azemah, the three of us changed plans and bumped at 'Cess Azemah's place, somewhere in Coventry. But before that we went to Birmingham to have dinner at 'Cess Fadz's friend. It took 1hour and half..but felt like forever to go there! ehehhe and after a very nice dinner we proceeded to head back and chill at Cess Azemah's place.

On the way there, Steph introduced a very interesting game "This is a game of clicks" eheheh an interesting game. ehhehe We played in the car from Birmingham till we arrive to the house in Coventry...ahahha and then we just chill....BUT THERE...i fell in love with 'Cess Azemah's three pure-bred Bengal cats! they were so cute! ahahha LEO, LIBRA and OREO...ehhehe

We played with them and then they sorta got bored of us and leave us alone hehe then we just talked and talked and talked and talked till 5 am! ehhehe

Leo or Libra...cos both of 'em got the same spots, except that Leo was bigger and a male :D
Look at the cat...it's got that smoldering look..and the spots are just exotic ahahah
I WANT ONE!


Vi and Leo


Me and Oreo, eheh spying on a FAT pigeon outside

and we slept till late...well, i didn't really sleep that much, by eight am...i was already wide awake and couldn't sleep anymore, so i went to the toilet and just 'lepak' in the living/tv room. By 12 o'clock everyone was awake...then we had a 'total pig out day!' ehehhe we just sat there chatting and continue to chat and chat and chat till 5. hehehe IT WAS FUN! I should call it the three city weekend getaway...HAHAHA...lama sudah inda hang out with them properly and catch up with old friends and reminisce sweet ol' times..eheheh

And the funny thing was, I only planned to stay in Manchester and then by some odd luck and pure chance I get to veer off from my plans..this happened quite a lot of times lately..ehehe

An example...whenever I go to London for a visit of two or three days, i will highly likely extend my stay a day or two/three days..heheheh...always without fail :D

I kinda like it. I mean I kinda like the spontaneity...ehehhe planned things are sometimes stressful..

I wanna write more...but somehow my creative juices are used up already..:D


I leave you guys with this

~I had a dream we went away,
left the city for a day
you took me South on a plane
showed me Spain or somewhere
In reality you're not so keen to show me anything
and I thought you like me...~
'Fill my little world' by The Feeling

alrighty then,
BANZAI!!!
Lufias!!

Assignments Assignments Assignments...

One down..TWO TO GO...this month..eheh

technically i'm not done yet with my auditing assignment. but i'm still at 1232 words as opposed to the 2000 maximum word limit that my lecturer require us to do. But she didn't say anything about the minimum word limit..soooo I suppose the safest course of action for me to do is just write a couple more hundred words and I'll be done...my aim is above 1500, even if i do go above 1500 i won't mind..since the maximum is 2000 and i doubt i'll have enough materials and information without having to repeat myself over and over. so yea...i'll be done soon. and yea i spent 12hours doing it...not exactly..but i went to the IC at around 7pm last night...and i suppose i can be done by 7am this morning! and it's only 5.30am now. so...got plenty of time to put that 300+ more words..

i wish i can do my essay and the flow of the words is as easy as writing this post..hehehe well i think i gotta go back to squeezing my brain cells to write that last few hundred words! BANZAIIII!!!

Banzai!
xxx!
Lufias!

Something I do when...

...I CAN'T SLEEP!

Easter holidays are over. In fact it's been over for almost a week already. The second half of the semester started on Monday and from then on we've been waking up super early in the morning (compared to when we're on holiday). Hehehe waking up at 7 or 8 in the morning is considered to be very early for me. SERIOUSLY...

And tonight, considering that tomorrow is the weekend, I CAN'T SLEEP. I mean I kinda want to stock up on my sleep since I won't be getting much of it next week and the week after. But also I'm suspecting that I'm kinda worried on so many things at the moment.

First and foremost is my studies. I think April will be a killer month. Since I have sorta 3 assignments due this month. The first is due next week. It's my Auditing module. So far it's straight forward nothing to worry about, I've got the content and enough information to get it right. However I can't get it started. I've got 6 days to do it. Heck! I've done assignments in less time than this (hahah). Still, I've got to get it done, PREFERABLY THIS WEEKEND and hand it early, on MONDAY?..hehhe I'll try! BANZAIiIII!

The second assignment is kinda okay. I haven't prepared for it. It's a test and constitute around 25% of the course. This is tax. I'm not too worried about it too...but there's always the question of time and trying to understand and remember the facts.

The third assignment is worrisome. Even after the tutorial that was supposed to help me and the rest to understand it and give us guidance on how to approach I can't seem to understand it. I just nod and smile and put this all knowing look this morning!. The lecturer weren't helpful either, though he did put a lot of effort. *sigh*....But I think I'll get it done.

Apart from studies...I'm actually not really worried about anything else. Everyone back home is alright. Except for my grandparents, they were kinda not feeling well and my grandpa was hospitalized for a few nights. The last time I called my mum and grandma (on her cellphone! wah!! techno-granny hehehe), they assured me everyone is fine. So yeah...everything is fine.

I JUST CAN'T SLEEP. Maybe the cadbury chocolate bar I ate that's keeping me up!. I'm listening to various music and songs at the moment - mostly not so new songs, some of it are malay, some Japanese, a couple of English songs, some indonesians...only those that i deem worthy to be heard by me (HAHHAHA). Let's talk about my music preference. I have no music(al) preferences whatsoever. But I just can't bring myself to listen to the current era of English and some Malays/Asian songs anymore. I think they lack the art content and basically they're crappier than they used to be (sorry for the generalization...it's just not good anymore). OR I'm getting older. BUT BASICALLY I THINK THEY'RE CRAPPIER than it used be (sorry :D)! There are some exceptions to some current singers but not all and only a few that catches the attention of my supersonic ears. :D once again no offence. I was listening to a medley performed by Siti Nurhaliza and Fazli Zainal, it's actually a cover of old songs - the titles were Itulah Sayang (That's Love), Semalam ku bermimpi (I Dreamt) and Saat Bahagia (Joyous Moments??!). Well the translations are kinda direct but I think you get my drift. After listening to this medley, the lyrics really meant something to the lyricists or the ones who thought of it. The meaning were there. It's an easy listen. I can feel that they were really into it. And it's true, I've watched documentaries about how the artists back in the old days dedicated their lives to entertaining and not in it for the fame or the money!. I think comparing the olden days and now is not fair - since I agree MONEY is everything. But I still like the idea of not being governed by money or motivated by money.

Hehhe...there's my two piece about music. It's been a long time I haven't let out my real feelings here. I've been bottling some serious thoughts.

Like I can be a billionaire but I just haven't got enough zeros in my account to make that amount.

Like I wanna complain a lot. BUT I don't want to complain a lot. I think I'd rather figure the 'why' first and not blame others for it. After all the source might be myself. Furthermore, I'll end up becoming a whiner! Which will be hypocritical of me..cos I HATE WHINERS! La la la la hahaha I still dislike hypocrites. But overgeneralising is bad. Not all hypocrites are bad..they just need to accept who they are and realise what they're doing either by self-enlightenment or being told by people that they are a hypocrite.

Plus I wanna hang out with the old crowd again. Like I miss the touch of the warmth of the sun in Brunei on my skin.

Like I can't wait to go back home and how much I miss my room and my bed. OH yea..on the bed thingy...I think i'm cursed with bed, i mean the mattresses here in the UK. My current mattress is so springy! Not good springy but BAD SPRINGY!..I CAN FEEL THE DAMN SPRINGS POKING MY BACK...well i got no right to complain though, cause I can easily ask the landlord to replace it. But what the heck only a few months left and I can't be bothered to ask. But I do like my bed in the Plaza Athenee even though I slept on it for two nights only :D

Oh! I miss Paris so much. The experience was great. Oh let's talk about Paris in BRIEF...

I spent 4 nights there and 4 days? We visited 'THE' must to visit in Paris. Well not all...but the main ones. We went to the Louvre - well I think I'm not that much of an art person or at least I'm not into those paintings depicting angels, naked babies suckling on their mothers' 'you-know-whats' and semi nude male paintings..come to think of it, i was there just to see the Monalisa. It's quite okay. Well, you heard so much about it and seen it on TV and I think it's worth it.

We also went to Disneyland...well the weather was REALLY COLD! I suggest if you want a comfortable visit to Paris DO IT IN SUMMER! At least it's hot and not FREEZING COLD!...But Disneyland was fun...I get to see all the Disney characters that most kids my age back in the late 80's and early 90's are familiar with.

Also we went to go and see Arc De Triomphe. HUGE ARCH!! That's all I can say ehhehe

And the pinnacle of my trip to Paris was climbing the stairs of Eiffel Tower. But I seriously suggest if you wanna go up the Eiffel Tower in SUMMER to just take the lift. YOU DONT WANT TO BE SWEATING A LIKE pig. If you wanna take the stairs then do it in Easter...cos i think the weather is cold enough so that you won't be perspiring so much.

there's my bed!!! eheheh it's so huge and ultra comfortable! I think you can't really tell the size of that bed but believe me it's huge! and one other thing. I took it with self timer ahahha


The room...ahhh I miss it! ahahah



The bathroom! Exquisite...ahaha

I think you can read that sign...:D It'll be redundant if typed it. ;)


Inside the Louvre..


Inside the Louvre


Disneyland...

Well that's it...I am not sleepy yet...but i think that's enough blogging for me today. And for you...well thanks for reading it :D

xxx
Lufias

I...

I don't want to pretend to know everything in this world.
That's why in life, I choose to live and learn.

I don't want to pretend to know all the ups and downs in this world.
That's why I have to live and learn through all the ups and downs there are in this world.

I don't want to pretend to be what I don't want to be in this world.
That's why I have to live as what I wanna be in this world and learn the ups and downs of what i wanna be in this world.

I don't want to pretend that I'm wise.
That's why I try to live my age and learn from mistakes and from those who are much wiser from me.

I don't want to pretend I have seen everything and experience most things.
That's why I chose to live a life full of curiosity and experimentation and learn to differentiate which is which. Good or bad. Or decide that it's just part of life that you have to accept.

I don't want to pretend.
That's why
I
Live
and
Learn

xxx
lufias

Take me away.

Take me away
by
Lifehouse





(acoustic version)


lyrics

this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
this time you burned me with your eyes
you see past all the lies
you take it all away
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
I try to make my way to you
but still I feel so lost
I don't know what else I can do
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
don't give up on me yet
don't forget who I am
I know I'm not there yet
but don't let me stay here alone
this time all I want is you
there is no one else
who can take your place
I've seen it all and it's never enough
it keeps leaving me needing you
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away
take me away
take me away
I've got nothing left to say
just take me away