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Friday, November 13, 2009

what blog?

haven't you heard?
manade orang update blog sekarang..
tak main la blog... semua orang tweet tweet or facebooking je..

heh.
*sarcastic*

i'm very nervous now actually.

ada apa dengan beg?

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

10 to 30.

10 wishes
(this was a tag from cik marvic, but i'm not tagging anyone tho. i've promised her i'd list out the wishes when my you-know-what is around the corner. so, here you go...)

delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.
delete.

i've listed out my wishes tadi. but tiba-tiba i find it rather cliche la wishes tu semua.. i might have listed them straying somewhere in between my older posts... so i pressed delete. 10 times.

what do you really wish in your life? hmm well.. i'm not saying that i have it all, tipu sangat la kan. entah. of course, i always hope that my life would be all pretty and full of sunshine but dah kata pon manusia biasa... mestilah tak lari dari dugaan dan cabaran hidup.

i'm not going to wish for anything funny or impossible. it's enough if i am bless with good health and sentiasa dilindungi olehNya. i'm just grateful to have great people surround me, my dear husband, my dear family & friends. i'm just grateful to breathe every single day and i'm so grateful for everything that ever happened in my entire life. thank you Allah.

you can't be wishing for sunshine all the time tho' because occasional rain won't hurt as it brings out beautiful rainbow...

my little ♥ sunshine. the one with the real teeth, of course.

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Friday, November 06, 2009

15 to 30.

when i was 15, my dear opah passed away just few weeks before i sat for my pmr examination. i was saddened by it because we were very close. in fact she was very close with all her other grandchildren too. but maybe she had 1 or 2 favourite ones among us all.. owh.. opah is grandmother in english btw.

we stayed with her for quite some time in the same house. every morning, she'd asked me to go to the nearest kedai runcit to buy some veggies or poultry to be cooked for lunch. she'd prepared the list of what to buy and passed it with some money. and i, as an obedient cucu, would go to the kedai with my bmx. nak jalan kaki pon boleh, tapi pegi kedai naik basikal lagi senang kan.. takdelah susah nak bawak barang.

but, there were times, when i'd find excuses not to go to the kedai or simply ignored it. and if that happened, she'd gave me the silent treatment for the whole day. pastu ended up, she won't cook at all. (masa tu mister mama masih bekerja, so, she'd only cook when she got back from work and during the weekend) and at the same time, she also babysat my other cousins. tapi disebabkan i sorang je yang boleh diharap serta sangat berdikari, berani, mesra, cepat dan betul, maka i je lah orang yang paling tepat untuk pergi ke pasar despite my age (i think i started pergi kedai sorang-sorang at the age of 10 la kot) masa zaman i (ceh terasa tua) penjenayah-peragut-perogol gila seks ni sume tak berapa nak wujud sangat la. bila keluar dari rumah, takde nak rasa takut sangat. serious! setakat nak jalan-jalan kat lorong sunyi tu, memang takde hal punyalah. bukan nak riak, but seriously dulu we were free to go out and play with other kids without having to worry much..

opah trusted me so much when it comes to membeli bahan basah untuk memasak. dia tau i tau membeli ikan yang dia nak, ulaman yang dia nak, brand sanitary pad.. eh.. tak. itu untuk mister mama. not opah. ngee..

mestilah orang tua tu percaya kat i sebab tiap hujung minggu je, pagi ahad, bila dia siap sedia awal pagi, tu mesti nak pergi pasar atau paling best pon chow kit la, mesti i dah terpacak kat luar rumah, tepi kereta nak ikut sekali. owh, fyi, masa tu, hypermarkets didn't exist ok! if you want to shop for groceries, you'd either go to chow kit or pasar borong selayang or supermarket di hankyu jaya (o wow!) or chujitsu (double wow!) or kimisawa (wow! wow! wow!) or just the neighbourhood supermarket near your precinct. kalau kais pagi, makan pagi, sila tunggu apek naik pick up muncul bawak bahan basah/kering di lorong depan rumah.

so, setiap kali ke pasar, i'd know the names of the fishes, daging batang pinang untuk apa, veggies and what not la. *sampai tahap yang lu takleh temberang dengan gua tapi till now masih tidak pandai memasak.. haha. hot & sensitive topic. move it! move it!*

arwah opah juga suka memasak. mister mama pon banyak belajar masak resepi rahsia dari dia. walaupon mister mama wasn't her favourite daughter in law, tapi mister mama gigih belajar masakan-masakan dari dia and i can bet you my last penny that mister mama can cook better... err.. nevermind.

apart from that, our tea time pon kadang-kadang arwah opah akan buat kuih seri muka la, bubur pulut hitam la. when hari raya, her signature wajik and kuih bangkit would definitely be in the wajib-ada list!

her favourite cucu would definitely be my sis#1. sebab dia pon cucu pertama in the family kan.. you could hardly see arwah opah marah kat dia. and i'd be the less favourite. maybe because i was not in the attractive-looking cucu category la kot (i sorang je tersesat hitam legam sebab cucu-cucu lain semua fair-skinned and hot belaka)

akan tetapi, walaupon begitu, arwah opah takde la kejam sampai buat i macam cucu tiri ke hape. dia selalu cakap that i ni la cucu dia yang paling kemas. buatla rambut macamana pon, rambut pendek ke, panjang ke, nak ikat ke tak ikat ke, to her eyes, i'm the most not selekeh-looking cucu of hers. *i think if she's still alive, mesti dia sedih tengok i yang paling selekeh sekali antara cucu-cucu dia yang lain.. uhuhuhuuu*

and when she was fated to meet the Almighty on the 7th of september 1994 (ye cik foxx. tanggal birthday kamu), i was the saddest person on earth! what happened was, weeks before that, she was already admitted to sjmc. frankly, i didn't remember dia sakit apa tapi almost every other day i'd go and visit her at the hospital. and the last time i visited her, i lost my beloved wallet! and i knew something bad would happened but i just kept it to myself.

the next day, after school, i didn't get the chance to visit her. so was the day after. and the next next day tu, when i suddenly remembered that i didn't go to the hospital for couple of days, i made the effort to go. itupon sebab my uncle had asked a favour from me to pass some records to his friend yang keja kat one of the music shop kat subang parade. masa naik bas from usj, bas tu lalu sjmc first then only subang parade kan.. but then i told myself that i'd go subang parade first then can spend more time kat hospital.

after i met my uncle's friend, i went straight to the hospital. jalan kaki 10-15 minit je from subang parade. sampai je hospital, my other uncle was there and he broke the bad news as i came out from the elevator. i quickly rushed to her room only to find her cold and stiff. she's gone. i was few minutes too late.

i regretted and blamed my uncle's records myself for not stopping at the hospital at the very first place. i cried, went out of the hospital and hailed down a cab to fetch bills and two other cousins from school. when i told them about her death, they said i was lying. gila apa nak tipu pasal death?

and so, the rest was history. masa tu sis#1 kelam kabut balik eventho dia baru sampai singapore few days before. i cried and cried pastu tiba-tiba teringat pulak bila dia suruh pegi kedai i buat-buat tak dengar dan buat-buat tido pulak tu.. isk. bad cucu i am.

i don't think i have a picture of my beloved arwah opah with me rite now. i shall check my photos collection and scan and upload later ok. meanwhile, sila la tengok gambar ini...

this pic was taken during the eid mubaraq tapi tak ingat which year. tah kenapa, asal nak amik gambar raya bersama saudara mara je mesti nak pegang bunga. omg sungguh! owh, that's cousin miya di sebelah i and yang macam jepun sesat dua orang tu, from left: the vvip & bills. kecik-kecik dorang sume ni dah ada ciri-ciri hot & smokin'! i, smokin' legam... hahahaa..

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bersiar-siar ke klcc naik lrt bersama zaes si jin notty.

before anybody says,

isk. rasa nak tampar je pompuan ni. balik-balik muka dia. balik-balik muka dia. saja je la nak biar entry fotogedik lama-lama kat sini ingat dia glam sangat ke pon wtfjefgjlkfdmlk...

... let's move on to another update.

i've got lots of things to babble about, tapi since i'm short of time, yada, yada, yada.. same ol' same ol' excuses... ok. ok. let's just move on will ya?

last saturday (kenapa lately update sentiasa start dengan perkara yang dibuat minggu lepas, bukan paling latest? dan patutkah ianya dipanggil update?) *hoi diam kau hati kecil!*

anyway, last you-know-what day, dengan nekadnya, i had successfully membawa lil zaes naik pengangkutan awam iaitu lrt untuk bersiar-siar ke klcc. went there with mister mama as it was another indie-weekend sans b. so, pagi-pagi dah bangun, b sent us to the kj lrt station before shooting off to gombak for a solemnization. err.. orang lain punya, not his. pfft!

eventho the sky was cloudy & drizzling, we went on with the plan since there was no sign that the rain would get any heavier. armed with mister mama by my side and the orange stroller, zaes was all excited to experience his 1st riding-the-lrt moment.

and disebabkan i ni memang sangap (dan lrt tu pon on time pulak), kat DALAM lrt baru teringat nak amik gambar dia..

mommey, dah sampai ke?
itu je yang dia tanya whenever the train stopped at different stations.

curiosity wrapped his mind...

looking out of the window..
he was pretty amazed with the sights i guess..


another snap with the telekom building.

at this point i had to put the pacifier back into his mouth sebab without it he'd asked and asked like a lost tourist! tourist guide pon boleh jadi fed up if dapat traveler like him.. LOL!

but the pacifier trick didn't last long.

upon entering the tunnel just after the central market stop, he looked stunned. maybe dia ingat dah malam la kot. haha.

pity mister mama because i dragged her early in the morning to go jalan-jalan with me & lil zaes.. yelah.. if not sure boring i jalan sorang-sorang..

masuk klcc, we went straight to o'briens for breakfast. that was the chicken & turkey bacon triple decker toosties. my personal fav.

and a pot of earl grey.. i was turned off when i saw the cracks on the pot. malas nak membebel punya pasal, all i can do was just to snap this piece...

... and a closer view. i mean.. i love the sandwich there, and they're pretty expensive but still reasonable considering the big portion but don't you think they should've immediately throw this very pot and serve the tea with a descent looking ones since we also pay for the comfort of pouring the tea from a crack-free pot yang tak buat orang turn off? friggin' rm7++! encik o'briens, please look into this.

zaes: ok tok mama! let's go to the playground!

sebelum tu dia nampak the public pool, he wanted to go there but i somehow convinced him that the playground was a better choice. nasib baik he was in his best public behaviour that day..

he's lovin' it!

lama jugak kat buaian ni. siap main kira-kira sampai sepuluh. it was priceless to see him laughing and enjoying the swing...

he was playing alone sebab most of the kids dah pegi to the public pool.

i had to change his tees & bermuda because he was sweating and melekit. and he fell asleep during lunch. luckily he had his milk just before.

while waiting for b to fetch us, mister mama & i jalan-jalan like nobody's business sampai naik boring. it's like kitorang tawaf the whole klcc tu jugak la.. and the only thing we bought adalah something from guardian & cold storage. and bila zaes dah bangun, kitorang lepak kat centre court kat concourse tu for about an hour sebab penat jalan. zaes jadi entertainer kejap sebab ada this one family pon tengah lepak tunggu bapak dorang (kot) dok sibuk-sibuk main-main dengan zaes.

for the record, we were there for almost 8 hours. haha.
(ok la kot after almost a year tak pegi klcc...)

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

glam fashion hits schmitz.

as promised, here's another event i attended last wednesday. this time, i went there with bills the bilis.

BUT.. before that happened, something else happened.

few days prior to that, the pr babe emailed and asked me if i can join the makeover session (alongside 2 other associates) they're planning (and have it published in the newspaper as an advertorial thingey la ni..) in order to promote the company's new range of makeup. the makeover is going to be done by this one famous makeup artist, encik z. upon hearing this, i was excited and accepted the offer. ceh. offer.

so, when the day came, after the intro session with encik z and the newspaper's photographer & journalist, the makeover session began. i was wearing a knee-length jacket over a sleeveless just-below-the-knee songket-like-but-it-was-actually-a-thai-silk dress when the lady photographer asked me to posed in front of the mobile photo wall (bunting was more like it) without the jacket - for the before makeover photo. i'm a lil awkward to do so, sebab tidak pernah berbaju sebegitu di hadapan para associates yang lain kan, tapi sebab dah kena suruh, maka terpaksa la jugak. (tapi kalau kat luar, i'm ok pulak.. tah apesal tah. heh)

so, during the makeover (which was done in a small room btw), encik z was commenting on my skin condition (pipi sebelah kanan je yang penuh dengan pimples scars..) and was explaining to the journalist at the same time on how he'd covered them up without having to use the concealer. and yada yada yada.

after the makeup, he curled my hair using a hair straightener. weird but it worked wonders as the curls stayed sampai esok pagi. and he didn't even use a hairspray. double weird! and voila! dah siap pon.. and again, amik gambar sampai nak muntah kat depan the photo wall. after that i went out to make way for the 2nd girl.

as i stepped out of the room, my other colleagues dah tersenyum sumbing semua and complemented me. (dorang tu mesti nak gelakkan i sebenarnya tu, but they don't have the heart..) haha. maybe the curly hair. maybe the makeup. or maybe both. i don't know. in the picture, the makeup looked good, but i'd definitely stick to straight hair. DEFINITELY! haha. i'd looked almost like a doll if i were to have golden blonde hair. tee hee hee..

so, billa came to my office to get her makeup done by me and off we went to the event @ the gardens midvalley. owh, it's the fashion hits presents glam odyssey, a cocktail party hosted by the glam magazine, btw.

as we reached the gardens' concourse, it was already filled with socialites and conglomerates and what not. all of a sudden i felt akward. but because we're already there, and jaja (the junior from my previous eh! entry) saw me already, i signed the guest book and told myself that i'm gonna die of boredom again. haha.

as we entered the guest-only area, it's like we're in another world. huish. quite pathetic i must say. everyone was so comfortable with themselves and the surrounding except us. or maybe it was just me cuz when i looked at bills, she seemed like she fits in that world.

after a sip at my orange juice, a man came up to us and introduced himself. bills and i were giggling away at the sight of this sebab that man was obviously looked a lil drunk. cuak pon ada. but luckily after some exchanging of views on the market tradings (bills knew better cuz she's in that line) he just went to another girl without excusing himself from us. haha. he was rather rude there but it was a relief when he did that.

again, since they're waiting for the celebs to filled up the vip area, the fashion show started one and a half hour later. just before that, bills' friends joined us and masa tu baru la tak rasa awkward sangat sebab her friends were friendly bunch.

dah la. tengok jela gambar-gambar muka tak sudah i ni. takpe. masih boleh gelak sakan jika mahu. i redha. T_T

bills & i.

another i don't know where the camera is pose. poyo.
(see? i brought along the jacket sebab masih rasa segan berpakaian sleeveless di tempat awam & kalau-kalau la tiba-tiba je rasa nak pakai kan..)

bills' makeup by yours truly, yours truly makeup by encik z & nyna mohsen (bills' friend).

and their other friend, ili. sweet girls they were.

camera angle matters. heh.

the gorgeous celebs catwalk.

and just before the fashion show hit the runway, i can feel my feet aching terribly and quickly ajak bills to make a move. (bills had another kopitiam launch event somewhere in kota damansara btw, but when we reached home, she bailed out and retired to bed early. sama macam my lil zaes yang dah lena pon. and it was only 9.30pm at that time..)

anyway, as i said before, i guess i just don't fit in that world.

that glitzy lil world.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

you are lucky in a special way...

special shoutout to my dear friend, baizurah abdullah.
(in response to her latest entry)

i received this email from cik jiran sebelah yesterday morning and i guess i should share some of them with you, you and you. especially you.


Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It' OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

everything happens for a reason. and it could be a blessing in disguise.
so, babe.. cheer up ok! you take care now!

=)

good ol' jda days...

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Friday, October 30, 2009

makeup junkie : magic, mirth & mischief!

the new m.a.c holiday collection 2009 is now available at the local m.a.c stores near you.

i'm gonna check 'em out later this afternoon! tapi, check je la.. heh.
won't be buying anything kot cuz my bank account say so. hahahaa..

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

last weekend woot woot!

attended an event last saturday with my colleague & cousin. it was funny cuz we didn't get the chance to fully enjoy the whole event but instead we were camwhoring with every single celebs we could stop. since i am too poor to own a digital compact camera (even lil zaes owns a compact camera you know..), i was relying on my colleague to do the snappings & clickings.

bumped into jaja (anuar). she was my junior during varsity years and so happened that she's working at one of the most glamourous local magazine, err.. glam as a writer. she was there to support the other magazine yang organised the event (eh! & glam is under one roof). owh. had my hair trimmed & treated that afternoon. tu yang nampak rambut sangat behave.. heh.

apart from waiting for all the celebs to enter the club, sipping pepsi, inhaling tobacco-polluted air & camwhoring, we didn't give much attention to the happenings at the stage (except when them celebs were being tortured by the emcees to dance with the lucky readers) as the event started an hour late. i guess they were waiting for the celebs to filled up the vip section dulu kot.. (hell yeah! some of the celebs were VERY late.. agaknya that's normal kot..)

my cousin & i decided to called it a nite at around 9-ish (the event or should i rephrase that, party, sepatutnya habis at 10 but looking at the whole situation, i doubt that it's going to end that early.. and sebab perut agak lapar pon ye. kenyang sangat la minum pepsi satu gelas tu..) you see, i can never stand a club scene. itupon rasa macam lama sangat kat dalam tu. memang bukan clubber la gua ni.. heh.

malas nak tulis panjang-panjang lagi, just enjoy them piccas ok.

miya & i, camwhoring @the photo wall.

the 3 of us. (i'm just not good when it comes to posing..)

and i always wear the same smile.. haha.

actually miya's top wasn't that sheer. bila kena flash from the camera je yang nampak macam tu...

kesian. amik gambar sendiri. haha.

it's black.. it's white.. hahaha!

they're fans of her.. =)


she was friendly and pregnant.

the emcees of the nite. they're from suria fm, the co-organiser.

she's a BIG fan of this classic lady.

the young & talented big-haired fashion designer, nik erwan roseli. all these while, i just communicated with him thru smses and phone for wardrobe sponsors for our model shoot and that nite, when i met him for the first time, he was so friendly and stopped when i called him, eventho i didn't introduce myself yet. i was awed.



it's time to torture the celebs & their fans!

tengku azura & i. another friendly, down-to-earth supermodel. and she's like, supertall! i looked like a midget.. (nampak macam i was leaning against her you-know-what, but i wasn't ok! we were hugging each other at that time. maybe because of the obvious height difference hence the outcome of this photo.. LOL!)

and i admit, i memang poyo, selenga, jakun dan semua yang sama waktu dengannya apabila bergambar dengan para celebs. sila kutuk jika mahu dan i akan redha. tapi i masih sedar diri yang i ni dah ada hubby & ingat anak kat rumah lantas pulang awal sambil memanjat kesyukuran kerana mister mama baik hati untuk menjaga ek ek & incek suami membenarkan i keluar bersosial dalam keadaan berhemah, untuk seketika. itu yang penting.

will be back with another cameo appearance on another event. (sila menyampah!)

ciao bella!

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