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:: Layout. :: Thursday, June 8, 2006
Oh dear, how do I put this across to you in a rather placid way? Heck, let me just be frank. I do not do layouts for others, except for Nurul's blog. Time has always been a factor, see.
Thank you for understanding, hor.
And I am sorry.
I really am.
@ 08:20 p.m.
:: Maybe Baby? :: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Ok, so many of you have emailed me to cross-examine me. Many thanks to that recent picture which I put up. You know, that picture with me wearing black? Ahhh that.
I look pregnant, you say?
Interesting.
Question is, am I?
I shall not say no, I shall not say yes either. There is no reason to hide or flaunt it, really. Let's just wait and see. Its a matter of time. After all, I have always been fond of wearing them babydoll tops. So, to wear a babydoll top and look pregnant in it is really not a big deal altogether. Besides, I have insisted time and again in my entries that I have gained weight, yes? So the extra tummy you are seeing might just be my blubber, no? Oh well.
For now, please stop emailing me to ask me this and that. I mean, its bad enough that I look pregnant. (read: fat) Sit back and relax. There might just be more pictures of me coming up for you to scrutinize with your microscopes, telescopes and whathaveyous. Hmpff.
Patience is all it takes, loves.
@ 12:56 p.m.
:: Twinkle, twinkle little star.. :: Sunday, June 4, 2006
We finally met the little star. Just like the mummy, at the point of our visit, she was super friendly, super gorgeous, super giggly, and of course, a superstar. Prior to the visit, the mummy had informed me. "If she thinks you are good looking, she will be really friendly."
I took the mummy's words seriously. Honest! I dressed up. Well, I tried to. I bathed myself with my perfume. I brushed my hair for the first time ever and tied it up neatly. (for the first time ever too.) I wanted to look good. Not for Tatek. Not for Nura's hubby, Esman. (lol!!!) Never for Ian. But for Nyla, a one year old kiddo.
Upon our arrival, we were greeted very warmly by Nura and Nyla. Esman was on his way back from work. Nura looked extremely good, as usual. She smelled good too. Nyla looked shocked, but she certainly did not put up much resistance when Nurul pulled her away from her mummy's tight clutch. Nyla smiled. She giggled. She clapped her hands in joy. She crawled to and fro like a battery operated toy car. What did I do? I snapped pictures. I jumped. I shrieked like a mad hyena. And that was when Nyla finally started to cringe a bit. So Nurul let her go.
So anyway, the purpose of the visit was to pass Nyla her belated birthday gifts. We missed her birthday party, see.
I tried to compress the caterpillar, make it smaller or slimmer. It was not made of rubber, hence not flexible. I tried to wrap it decently. The wrapping paper tore. Nothing worked. The colourful fat caterpillar was just too fat and big, so I gave up and dumped it inside the gift bag.
Amirin, Nurul's nephew, proudly named the caterpillar 'Semut Bulat Telinga Sebelah.' (Round Ant with one ear.) Funny. Maybe he thought the caterpillar had one ear because of that one green leaf on the caterpillar's head.
Oh, did I mention the food was great too? Thank you Nura, Esman and Nyla for hosting our visit with much love. You guys are definitely my picture of a perfect family.
A picture perfect family, no less.
@ 04:03 p.m.
:: I've been tagged!! :: Friday, June 2, 2006
Nura, since you tagged me, the entry about our visit to your kingdom would have to wait. Serves you right.
But I am not protesting. I love being tagged. I so love it. I feel so, wanted and loved. And this is the only time I can blow my own horn, actually.
3 schools I went to: Sure you want 3 schools only?
Tampines Primary School (where I was a big drip.)
Greenview Sec (where I was ehemm..the top Malay student for GCE 'O' Levels)
Tampines J.C (where I realized my dreams to play truant)
3 things in my handbag:
My wallet.
My handphone.
My Halls mentho lyptus
3 things I do when I am stressed:
I cry like a baby.
I sleep like a pig.
I eat like a boar.
3 places I go on a daily basis:
From Pasir Ris to Hougang, then back to Pasir Ris.
3 favourite fruits:
Mango. Orange. Honeydew.
3 names I go by:
Cua. B. Nona Diah. ( I also go by Cuak, Etrangle, Mdm Diah, Aunty Diah, Cula, and of course the very famous MASTURA!)
3 of my favourite food:
Chicken cutlet rice from Pasir Ris Central.
Teriyaki chicken pasta from Swensens.
Curly fries from MacD.
3 things I am wearing right now:
A sleeping gown.
My engagement ring on my right finger.
My wedding ring on my left finger.
Who is in the house with me?(You mean 3 people, right?)
Tatek. (who is sleeping)
Mak. (who is sleeping too)
Ju the maid. (who is sweeping the floor)
Who am I thinking of right now? (Again, you mean 3 people right?)
Myself.
Tatek.
Mak.
Who did I last talk to on the phone?
Nurul.
Who do I sit with during my 5th period in class?
I always sit alone because I am the teacher.
Who was the last person I uttered 'love' to?
Tatek.
Who do I wish I am with right now?
Myself. Sometimes I feel like I've lost touch with the real me.
Who gets on my nerves most in school?
The pupils la.
Where is my phone?
On my computer table.
Where do I sleep?
On my bed in my bedroom.
Where is the place I took a ride to?
Nura's place yesterday evening.
What was the last thing I ate?
Fried macaroni.
What colour shirt am I wearing?
Don't you get it? I am wearing my sleeping gown, which is white with little red flowers.
What is the closest item to me that is blue?
Tatek's underwear. Ho ho ho.
What do I like most about school?
The very fact that it is the school holidays right now.
What is my favourite colour?
Bright yellow.(if I were to colour or paint something)
Black. (if I were to wear something)
What do I wear most often, jeans or shorts?
Jeans.
What was the last movie I watched?
X-Men
When did I start school?
Hmm.. 1986?
When did I last go to the mall?
Yesterday evening. Bukit Timah Plaza.
When did I last burn something?
Last two months.
3 bloggers to do this:
Oh well, I choose Mizzy, Bollyqueen and Sangylicious simply because they are VERY LAZY bloggers. Nurul dear, the reason why I am not choosing you is because you have been chosen. By Nura.
Next up, is our visit to Nura's!
Wait. (long long)
@ 04:40 p.m.
:: I (not) Slim. :: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
I do miss hanging out with them la. Ili and Aan. They often make me laugh till I cry. And not everyone has that great an impact on me, hokay?
On another note, I cannot wait for Thursday. Someone, I heard, is going to prepare a SPECIAL dish for me, us. I know! Maybe, just maybe, she would put a drop of I-Slim in the dish, to make fat people like me slim all over again. Let's just hope whatever she is going to prepare for me, us, is edible.
And most importantly, I cannot wait to see Little Miss Kecik. Sorry we missed your birthday party the other day, but we WILL make it up to you this Thursday, orite? We will bring along our little friends too. Don't worry, they are not dark or scary looking. You would not have to pat your chest in great fear, hokay?
Ho ho ho.
@ 11:54 p.m.
:: What's inside my bag? :: Saturday, May 27, 2006
Not fair. Nobody has tagged me at all to ask me what exactly is inside my bag. I mean, don't you want to know? Nevermind. I have decided to shamelessly tag myself instead. Problem solved. No need at all for the begging games.
But honestly, I've been dying to show you what's inside my bag since I practically dump everything inside all the time. The bigger the bag, the more trash there would be inside. Tatek calls me the junk collector. Well, that makes him the junk collector's hubby then. Ho ho ho.
I breathlessly threw out everything out of my medium black bag for this entry, hokay? If you must know, my mood would actually determine where my makeup would get to be in. If the mood is good, in my special gold makeup bag the makeup would go. If the mood is not so good, in the bag, together with the rest of the trash, is where the makeup would be.
So anyway, the things inside my bag are..
1. HALLS mint- For bad breath days which is everyday actually.
2. MY Handphone- For my daily dosage of SMSes from the important people in my life like Tatek and Nurul namely.
3. My hair serum-For days when my hair looks like Oprah Winfrey.
4. Clean & Clear Oil Control Pack-To let me have a good look at the amount of oil my face collects after teaching for one whole afternoon. Occasionally, I would collect the oil from my face and fry an egg with it.
5. My teaching pass-To assure myself each time that I am indeed a trained teacher.
6. My wallet-Just to make me feel rich. Matter of fact is, I rarely have cash in my wallet. Discount coupons, aplenty!
7. My hair brush-Just to feel like a woman. Matter of fact is, I rarely brush my hair.
8. My Gucci Envy Me perfume-To make sure I do not reek of a carcass and err, make people like you envy me?
9. My Mac compact-To basically cover my face with powder. The whiter, the better. :o
10. My Mac lipstick-To make my already pale lips paler with the nude lipstick colour.
11. My Clinique eyeliner- To scare away the kids with my big eyes.
12. My Revlon liquid eyeliner- Same as above.
13. My Clinique mascara- To give people the impression that I have very long eyelashes. Indeed, looks can be deceiving.
14. My Maybelline concealer- To hide my ugly friends like the eyebag and the acne scar(s) at times when I do not really feel like introducing them to people.
15. My Elizabeth Arden lipgloss- Honestly I do not know why it is in my bag. I don't use it at all. Really, I don't. Can anyone please tell me why it is inside my bag?
16. My Loreal blusher- To make me look like the joker I am.
So there you go. I feel much, much better now.
Nurul, your turn now to tell us, or me rather, what's inside your bag. Boolit excluded, please. That fat cat seems to be everywhere.
Hmpff.
@ 10:03 p.m.
:: What about Cinta Kilat? :: Friday, May 26, 2006
It's almost like deja vu. No, its more like a recurrence. I would never forget putting up this kind of entry weeks after my wedding.
And now, I am doing it again, all thanks to my special SHINING appearance in Manja. I have people emailing me to ask about my in-house dais and my void deck dais. Oh, some even asked about my room decoration just because I mentioned doing up my room all by myself.
Ok here you go. I hope this is the last time I would ever have to duplicate my entries. It gets pretty much wishy-washy and rather insipid, if you must know.
In house dais during my solemnization.
In house dais the morning after my solemnization.
Ok, credits to Don from 'My Wedding Regalia'. Contact him at 90095125.
Next, the void deck dais.
Credits to Kak Norita from 'Khaj Wedding'. Contact her at 97655203 or 97620709. Alternatively, you might want to check out her multiply here!
Lastly, the room deco. Ah, this one is a bit of a problem. I wanted to show you exactly how my room looked like, but in the midst of decorating it and being all so proud of it, I forgot to even take a proper picture of my decorated room. What a bummer.
I hope this picture gives you a rough idea of how exactly my room looked like on my wedding day. This is the best I could find.
And before I end this entry, I would like to show you a picture which Nurul took of me after we did something QUITE immoral on the night of my solemnization. See, right after the Mak Andam left, Nurul and myself rummaged the Mak Andam's baggage desperately, and this was what I did.
I shamelessly donned my outfit for my sanding, posed with it like a second-rate model and got Nurul to snap pictures of me! Look, since my outfit was a brand new outfit, I had to see for myself how I would look in it. I was just an anxious bride to be at that moment in time. Now, this picture would have turned out nicer had I remembered to close my wardrobe! Can you see all my kebayas? My empty hangers? My hair spray? Chet.
So embarassing.
Ok, I hope I have answered all your questions.
Have I?
Or do you simply LOVE emailing me? Ho ho.
Awww shucks, I love you too!
@ 12:43 p.m.
:: Cinta Kilat. :: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Yes, I get it. I am in Manja. Tatek is in Manja. We are in Manja this month. However, do keep the emails coming. I simply love them compliments. Ho ho ho.
Cinta Kilat.
It took me about a day to finally comprehend why they call our wedding "Cinta Kilat."
See, we only took about two days to get serious with each other. As fast as lightning, our courting game really was. We did not want to play hard to get. So both of us played very easy to get. Forget the shame. Forget the pride. Forget them all.
Look at us today. Happily married. And very much still in love, if you must know.
Hmpff. Initially I thought our wedding was called "Cinta Kilat" because of our oily faces on our wedding day. See, 'Kilat' has two meanings. One is, shining. Another is, lightning.
:o
Which definition fits our wedding better, you think?
Oily love?
Lightning love?
Or both?
@ 10:16 p.m.
:: The cutest thing ever. :: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
To a very gorgeous little Miss Kecik, Nyla Esman, who happens to be the daughter of a gorgeous friend of mine, Nura Esman.
Happy 1st year birthday, baby!
Time to seek your mummy's permission, grow your hair long, and plait it in two.
And oh Miss Kecik, please ask your mummy to list down your birthday wishlist?
Say, more watermelons for you, maybe?
@ 12:10 p.m.
:: Sick & Sickening :: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Yesterday, the flu bug decided to pay my body a visit. It has not left me ever since. Fever, cold, headache and cough. All-in-one. My body might be coping, but not me. I hate the feeling of the cough mixture. It tastes like poison. No la, I've never tasted poison before, but I have always imagined poison to taste somewhat like the cough mixture. I hate the taste of pills. I dread them big pills especially. Its almost like swallowing bombs. Believe me or not, I would normally spend about 5 minutes to just build up my guts to put a panadol in my mouth, and another 5 minutes to swallow that darned panadol.
Just a while ago, I was struggling to swallow 2 panadols, a yellow pill, and a tablespoon of cough mixture. I spent about 30 minutes in all. I survived.
Yucks.
Anyway. I cannot wait for Friday. Yet another long weekend. One day off in lieu, many thanks to it. Everything else has been pretty haphazard by far, what with my attempts to complete the topics to be tested for the mock exam next week, revision with the kids, preparations for the puppetry show next Friday, and getting the books and files ready for checking.
And its definitely not helping that I am not doing too well health wise. As a result, I've been especially tetchy to practically all those very close and dear to me. Sorry, loves.
