Above 18

For the past few months, I've been spending my weekends either with my family or the boyfriend. Let me tell you, this is very very unhealthy. It's not that I don't want to chillax with my dearest girlfriends, but everyone is so busy with their life. Plus, some of them live far far away from the city ie; Kedah, Penang, Perlis, Shah Alam... Well, not that Shah Alam is 100km away from my place but my girlfriend is still studying so I prefer not to disturb her studies.


On Friday evening, I received a call from my ex-schoolmate in Convent Kajang. After a few minutes, we decided to meet up on Saturday. Whoa! That's easy! It just takes a phone call to gather your girlfriends and go for a drink or a movie.


So yesterday we went to Alamanda and decided to watch 'Immortals'. We bought the tickets at the counter and the cashier reminded us that this movie is rated 18PL (while looking at me suspiciously). Yeah yeah. We just nodded our heads saying "We're 24" and smiled at her. I bet she's younger than me.






Then, we headed to the entrance. As I handed the cinema guy mine and my friends' tickets, he stopped me and asked for my ID.



Never, I repeat NEVER have I been questioned about my age upon entering the cinema for an XXX rated movie. Yesterday happened to be my lucky day. Well, the conversation went like this..



Cinema guy: This movie is for 18 above, miss. (Looks at me disbelievingly)


Me: Yeah, I know. (smile sweetly)


Cinema guy: Can I see your ID please?


Me: I'm sorry? (Muka tak percaya)


Cinema guy: I need to see your ID.


Me: Why? I'm above 18. Don't I look like someone above 18 years old? (I still refuse to hand him my ID)


Cinema guy: (smiles a little) As I said before, this movie is for 18 above. So, can I see your ID?


Me: What? I swear I am above 18. (hand him my ID) Look, it states there 87. I was born on 1987. That makes me 24 this year. (my fingers cannot seem to stop stabbing it)


Cinema guy: (looking back and forth at me and the ID) Oh okay okay. Enjoy your movie, miss.




Ahh..some women might be flattered but not me. I was really pissed off with the guy, I felt like yelling "Hello! Open you eyes and look at me properly!". I certainly do NOT look like someone who is under the age of 18. I didn't think I dressed like a school girl either. I wore a tank top with a cardigan and flats along with jeans and scarf. What's wrong with my outfits? Oh..and I carried my handbag. School girls don't carry handbags.



The incident sort of spoilt my mood for the movie. My girlfriends on the other hand, kept teasing me with questions that earned them a deathly glare every time they asked "How old are you again?", "Are you a secondary or primary school kid?". Yeah, funny.


When I think about yesterday's incident, there must be a few reasons of why the cashier and the cinema guy thought that I was an under-age girl. One, it might be because of my youthful looks. Hehe. I also want to perasan muda. Second, it could be because of my size as compared to my girlfriends. You see, my two girlfriends, they have quite a generous shape. (Nadhi and Nisah, if you happen to read this, no offense girlfriends!). Perhaps, those guys thought that I was their little sister?? Hahahahaha. Kelakar gila!


Still, I was quite offended and embarrassed seeing that there was a long queue behind us. Maluuuuuu. They might be thinking "Ah...nak curik-curik masuk le teww, padahal kecik lagi...dah la pendek, tak cukup umor pulak tuh..Kantoiii...". I was thinking of shielding my face with my handbag!... but that would be childish kan?


And....thank goodness, the movie was awesome! Freida Pinto is just beautiful as ever and Theseus...Oh..I really want/need a husband like him! He looks so urghh...with his hard-as-rock abs, curly dark hair, beautiful eyes, tall and lean body... He even looks yummy when he runs! If I were to be with him, we would definitely look like Kim K and Kris Humhpries. How cute. :D

Hello, Theseus.

Whoa! I feel safe by just looking at this photo.

Oh Emma!

What I love about Emma.

Broga Hill

Salam.


Whoa!! It's been ages since I last burnt my calories. yuppie yupsie, that was in June when I did senam seni with the kiddos for sports day.


This time, I decided to go for a hike. Well, konon macam hiking but you guys know la.. I mana larat nak bawa backpack 5kilo ke hape kan..So, ini je I mampu buat..naik Broga Hill. heeee

Huh, can someone tell me the purpose of wearing a dress while hiking? Kawan-kawan, please wear something appropriate for this activity. Satgi jatuh tergolek gedebuk dah terkangkang 'shame shame tak malu' pulak. :')

Pekena rokok sattt.

Hmm..the lalangs. A must pose.

Worn out. -.-

Sekodeng

Sunrise

Going down. Turun ramai-ramai, dah rasa macam ikut rombongan mendaki.

Parking among oil palm trees.

It was certainly fun! Balik pekena roti canai, tosai and maggi goreng. T___T

Dear abah,

Daddy's girl at heart.

You are my hero, my muse, my abah. :)

p/s: Hana, nad cilok gambar. :D

LDR

Adapt: to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation.

Edisi khas LDR:

This is the third time he went offshore. And I miss him like crazy. If I remember correctly, we never really had a close-distance relationship except for those three months, earlier this year.


Like any other couples, we have our very own problem which is to constantly adapt to a new situation. When I was in the UK, we communicated through video calls every day. We also talked to each other on the phone before I went to sleep which made him wake up early in the morning just to bid me goodnight. Huhu. Time difference. Quite a challenge as we fought almost every day because I, being myself would force him to stay awake and make him repeat what I had just said to make sure that he listened to my every word. Jahatnya!!


When I came back for good, he was in the south while I remained in KL. Well, things became difficult as I expected more from him. As usual, "we kiss, we make up". Currently, he is based in the east coast and I...where else do you think I would be? Teaching urban kids good English.



To make this LDR more challenging than ever is the fact that he has to go offshore twice a month. Worse, they cannot use handphones and there is only a satellite phone that they have to share among them. Everyone gets a 5-minute conversation with their loved ones and they have to fill in some form to 'cop' their time. haha. An oil-rig or a platform can accommodate 100-something people kot. But hello!!! 5 minutes is not enough laaaa.. I'm so stressed coz I have to talk to him in a rush.


"You know what happened today...bla bla bla..."


suddenly, "I have to go, the next person is already waiting. Talk to you later. Bye."


"But I haven't finished my story! Waitt!!!" tutt...tuttt...tuttt.



Seriously, are you not stressed? -___-



That happens during the good-day line. On bad days..hmm you just keep waiting till good-day line returns. Despite all this, we still have internet. Thank you technology! at least, we get to send each other emails and update about our life. Tapiiiiiii...tak sama dengan cakap on the phone. Oiii cik kak, be grateful to God la deyyy!! huhu.



We are still new to this kind of LDR. kwang3. We learn to be patient when the line goes weng2. We learn to be honest and trust each other. We learn to be tolerant. We learn to appreciate our time together. Whenever we are free, we can just go and grab a quick lunch. Sometimes, I pity him because he makes effort to see me though it is only a one hour date every two or three week, then he has to dash off back to the east.




Well, I'm adjusting myself to the so-called new situation. It's been two months. Haha. Not that new, but to us this is just the beginning. Struggling a little bit here and there but definitely adapting. Learn to adapt. Do not complaint too much cause you'll get tired of it. :)





p/s: Lepas merengek2 nak mandi, mandi jugak aku. Paling best sebab sampai sekarang, rambut yang keras jegang sentiasa lembut sahaja. My bro and sis terus nak lumur asam jawa kat rambut pulak. Hehe. Perhaps those who dream of having a smooth and soft hair can try to put asam jawa on their hair. :)

Dilarang mandi

Salam and hi!



Uh-oh. I'm sooooo stressed! Tahu tak kenapa?



Hurm..Since thursday arituh, dah demam panas. You know my parents and opah..diorang tak kasi mandi okay! langsung!!! OMG! Dah la tiap-tiap hari mandi 3 kali. Just imagine tak mandi for three days!! How do you feel? Stress takk? Stress tak? Stress takkkkk? Okay, serius stress. Bila hari Sabtu pun tak boleh mandi, aku redah je la pi ikut family aku dinner kat luar. Nak pegi Jusco tapi jammeddddd so tukar laluan ke Tesco je.


Hari ni pon DILARANG mandi! Aku rasa badan aku dah tak panas tapi bak kata orang dengarlah cakap orang tua2. Maka, tidak mandilah aku walaupun sudah boleh bersuka ria. Mandi tak mandi tolak tepi, yang penting aku keluar jugak ikut my family pukul 5 pagi pegi airport hantar my sis balik nz. Then, balik rumah tak boleh duduk diam. Lepas kemas rumah, around 10 am pi Tesco dgn my mum and sis. Then balik masak2. Lepas zohor, pegi JJ pulak. Korang pernah tak buat macam nih?? Huhuhu. Loser sungguh kalau aku sorang je yang pernah buat keje ni. T___T



Aku rasa hari ni aku dah tanya soalan "Opah/Mummy/Abah, dira dah boleh mandi ke tak?" mau dekat 50 kali. Daddyji pon macam dah tension muka tegang je bila aku tanya dia. So, aku tak tanya dia dah. Pegi tanya opah dengan mummy je. My mom's answer was simple, ask your opah. Hamboiii, opah kenet aku tu dah la garang. -___- Bila dah penat tak boleh mandi, aku kasi alasan...



"Hmm, dira esok kan nak pegi sekolah opah. Petang ni jugak kena mandi sebab rambut dah tiga hari lumur bunga raya dengan asam jawa. So, kena shampoo pastu sabun badan bersih2. Rambut tu dah la keras. euwww~ geli tauuu."


Tahu tak apa opah jawab?




"Dah tu, esok pegi je la sekolah. gosok gigi je. tak payah mandi."







WHATTTTTTT??????






I'm sooo not going to school tomorrow, I swear! Sanggup MC dari pegi sekolah tak mandi. Huwaaaaaa!!! Stressnya tak boleh mandiiiiiii!!~






Ya ALLAH, tolonglah hambaMu ini. .__.

Bersyukurkah kita?

Salam and Hi.

I hope it is still not too late to wish everyone "Selamat berpuasa". Ahlan wasahlan Ya Ramadhan.

Hari ni dah 13 hari umat Islam berpuasa. Semalam, terperasan seluar jeans dah longgar. Eh, unbelievable betul! Terkejut because I thought I was gaining weight. Bila sampai rumah, terus bagitahu abah and mummy show off tahap 'kelonggaran' jeans. Then, mummy bising cakap badan tinggal tulang. And yes Manja, I know you are saying things behind my back like "kepala kak dira lagi besar dari badan". Gotcha!! Huh.

Humans and self-satisfaction. Bila kita gemuk, kita sibuk diet nak kurus. Sanggup tak makan nasi 5 bulan, tiap-tiap hari makan buah je. Bila kita terkurus pulak, sibuk mengadu sakit bahu la, dada la, tulang rusuk sakit la. terus beli weight gain. Bila muka kita ada jerawat walaupun sebutir, kepoh satu kampung nak pi watson cari oxy 6 la, tea 3 la tempek satu muka taknak kasi jerawat keluar. Waktu tu if a date dengan kawan or bf sanggup cancel sebab tak nak kasi orang ramai tengok jerawat. Kadang-kadang sampai stress pikir kenapa jerawat tersembul kat pipi tuh.

Tapi, apa kata kita berhenti sekejap fikir pasal kepuasan diri kita yang tak pernah habis. Sekarang tutup mata anda dan tarik nafas. Tarik....hembus...tarik....hembus...Okay, cukup. Buka mata anda. Lihat sekeliling anda dan fikir. Pernah tak kita terfikir keadaan orang yang sakit?

Hmm....mesti dorang jarang fikir pasal jerawat ke, bentuk tubuh badan ke, rambut rosak ke. Yang ada dalam kepala mereka ialah doa supaya cepat sembuh, dihilangkan segala kesakitan dan dipanjangkan umur. Tak sempat nak fikir 'aku dah kurus ke?', 'berapa inci love handles aku?' 'rambut aku dah bercabang, oh no!!!'. Nope. They have many other important things to think about rather than just physical appearance.

There's a teacher in my school. She suffers from leukemia. Sometimes, aku malu dengan dia. Sebab aku sedar yang aku suka merungut. Pasal kerja, pasal kurus ke gemuk ke. Yes, common things which are unimportant. Such a childish act. Bila aku pandang dia, aku kagum. Sebab dia tabah, dia jarang merungut, dia kuat semangat. Jika aku kat tempat dia, mesti aku dah terlantar kat atas katil hospital. Sebab aku taklah sekuat mana. Lembik. Mengada-ngada. Gemuk sikit dah kecoh nak kurus. Bila dah kurus, pening kepala nak kasi gemuk balik.

Apa yang aku nak sampaikan kat sini, kita kena menjadi hambaNya yang bersyukur. Kita tak pernah puas, betul tak? Cuba bayangkan jika selama kita sihat kita asyik tak puas hati tentang macam-macam. Tapi, jika dengan izin ALLAH kita jatuh sakit, masa tu kita takkan fikir tentang benda lain kecuali ALLAH dan kesihatan diri kita. Masa tu lah kita insaf nak bertaubat. YA ALLAH, berilah kesempatan untuk aku bertaubat sebelum nyawaku ditarik kembali. Aku amat takut jika aku mati sebelum sempat bertaubat. Selain bertaubat, kita akan sibuk minta ALLAH sembuhkan sakit kita. Macam keadaan kakak tu, seingat aku, tak sampai sepuluh kali aku nampak dia makan dekat sekolah dalam masa hampir 6 bulan aku mengajar. Kita yang sihat ni tak nak makan sebab nak kurus tapi kakak tu tak nak makan bukan sebab nak kurus tapi sebab sakit itu membuatkan dia hilang selera makan. Hilang nikmat makan. Korang tak sedih? Mustahil tak sedih.

Bersyukur. Perkara paling penting sebab dalam Al-Quran sendiri cakap, sangat kurang golongan umat Muhammad yang besyukur (nanti aku check surah apa). Tak salah jika kita gemuk and nak jadi kurus. Atas faktor kesihatan, it is a must. Tapi bukan kurus sampai jadi aneroxic okay? Jika ALLAH dah beri kulit kita berjerawat, tak salah beli macam-macam produk untuk hilangkan jerawat. Cuma, kita sangat banyak rungutan tentang itu dan ini. Cuba kita kurangkan merungut tetapi banyakkan bersyukur. 'Alhamdulillah, aku masih sihat, walaupun ada jerawat kat dalam hidung'. 'Alhamdulillah aku masih cergas walaupun berat badan aku dah naik sikit'.

Kan lebih bagus begitu? Kurangkan rungutan, banyakkan bersyukur. Peringatan untuk diri sendiri yang suka merungut jugak. Azam sempena Ramadhan kali ini nak kurangkan merungut dan banyakkan bersyukur. Tak nak azam banyak2, takut tak tercapai pulak.

Setakat itu sahaja, see you in the next post! Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa! Banyakkan ibadah ye kawan-kawan!

Nisfu Sya'ban

Salam dan hi semua.



Malam ni malam Nisfu Sya'ban. Cepat sungguh masa berlalu. Sedar tak sedar, dah setahun umur buku amalan kita. Hmm..tak tahu la berat belah mana satu. Kalau ikut rasa hati, nak berat belah kanan. Tapi jikafikir guna otak, rasa macam berat sikit ke kiri. huuu..entah2 berat banyak! Waaaaaaa!! Minta dijauhkan. Simpang malaikat 44x44!



Mummy selalu pesan, bila amik wuduk kita kena niat bila kita basuh satu-satu anggota. Paling dia ingatkan bila basuh tangan. Dia selalu pesan, bila basuh tangan kanan jangan lupa doa minta dengan Tuhan jika diizinkan, terima buku amalan dengan tangan kanan di sana nanti. Waaaaaaaaa lagi sekali sebab selalu terlupa nak niat camtuh. T___T.



Untuk anggota-anggota lain bukan takde tapi kita tak ingat. Nantilah kita tanya mak kita balik. Huhu. Nampak sangat tak praktikkan. -.-




Jadi kawan-kawan, jom kita tambah pahala. Kurangkan buat dosa sebab kalau nak cakap jangan buat dosa macam tak logik sebab takde manusia pon yang maksum kecuali Rasulullah saw kan? Cermin balik diri kita setahun yang lepas, tengok balik apa yang kurang. Adatlah, bila kurang kita kena la tambahkan baru mencapai tahap optimum ke tahap beriman ke. Okay, kita nak pesan tu je. Selamat puasa semua! Banyak pahala tauuu! :D

memory lane

I desperately need to go somewhere peaceful to rest my mind and just forget about work. College days are more fun than working life.

exercising

leisure time

celebrating birthdays

1 Murid 1 Sukan

mam-mam time

strawberry picking

Malaysian fest

Art & Science class

Musical theater

Stranded at the airport for 7 hours

travelling

Saying goodbye is no fun. -__-

p/s: I miss you girls and Em!

Quick update

Salam and Hi, readers.



I have so many things to write. Believe me. I just couldn't find the right time to write. When I arrive home usually around 5 pm, all I want to do is lie down and take a short nap. Heee.. I feel so malas to switch on the laptop and surf the net. So boring that I rather spend every second of my leisure time reading books. Ahh...books are much more entertaining than the internet. :)


Anyway, just a quick update.


1) School
My school is a busy school. I don't know why I am so busy since February till present. Haha. Macam kerja CEO pulak. I spent 3 Saturdays in a row in school. :( and have been selected as one of the facis for english in-camp in Kuala Selangor (this week) and kem motivasi in PD (next week) by jabatan. Waaaa, kesian anak2 kita cikgu dia takde. Dah la sekolah cuti kita kena pi meeting. :( To be honest, I prefer to stay in school coz my children are going to sit for their UP3 in mid-July. But, GOD has other plans for me. I hope they are going to be alright. Do your best, children! Remember what miss has taught you!




2) Family
Had a family outing during the school holidays. We went to Cameron Highland, reminiscing our childhood. During our first seven years in TI, we used to go to CH at least once a year. We would visit the farms, buy veges at Kea's market and have a picnic by the river. When we moved to Kajang and then moved back to TI, we stopped going there. Don't know why. So, I asked my father to take us there. Well, CH is a lot warmer compared to before. I found people wearing gloves, snowcap and bubble jacket there. Ha ha ha. Funny. Imagine if there's snow in our country. :P



3) Me?
Well, I am learning/doing my very best to be a good teacher, an obedient daughter and a pious Muslim. My colleagues always laugh at me when I tell them that I am a 'garang' teacher. Ceh, sabar je la. Takpe takpe, nanti nak letak video dalam kelas, pastu nak show off kegarangan kita. Hikhikhik.



Oh, I have something to share with you. Once, I asked my father why he susah-payah attend every event held inside or outside the college, why he busy-busy follow his students and staff to camping, rafting, hiking, trekking, sports event etc. I felt that his staff are too manja, ngada-ngada because they would say "If encik Man tak pi, kami pun taknak pi sama". Amboiii! Kita pon tak berani nak habaq lagu tu kat GB or GPKs kita u olls. Kalau kita pi masuk hutan, kita la yang susah-payah jaga budak dalam hutan nun. You want to know what my father said?

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"Kita ni sebagai cikgu tak kira la bila kita jadi ketua ke, pegang jawatan besar ke dekat satu tempat tu, yang penting kita ikhlas dan terus memberi yang terbaik buat anak-anak murid kita. Tak kira la diorang tu pandai ke kurang ke. Jangan pernah bezakan mereka. Abah buat semua ni sebab aktiviti-aktiviti macam tu lah yang motivate budak2 yang tak berapa nak jadi dalam bidang akdemik. Metaliti diaorang ni lain. Kita nak ajak dorg pi buat aktiviti menarik macam ni pun susah. Bila kita pon ada sama kat sana, it shows that we actually care for them. Diorang rasa terpinggir sebab diorang tahu they are not academically-inclined. So, penting kita ni to be there untuk sama2 buat aktiviti tuh supaya diorang dapat tengok yang kita memang nak dorang berjaya. Anak-anak abah alhamdulillah 5 dah lepas masuk U. Bila abah tengok dorang tak semangat, jadi kita rasa sedih. Why don't abah berkorban sikit sebab abah pun nak tengok dorang berjaya mcam korang. Bila kita dah berjaya, jangan buat kerja sambil lewa. When you are in the classroom, teach well. Tanam azam yang jika kita boleh terbang tinggi, anak-anak murid kita pon boleh."

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......Silence (we were in the car).......

So readers, renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal!