hey people.. this is my wedding montage.. we decided to put the pictures of the akad. credits to my cousin, Alif Abu Bakar, the photographer, my cousin Kak Mimi and her husband A. Amir who did a fabulous job :) kudos!
German word of the day is Anmelden, means, Sign In.
Yes, i figured it out here cause everthing is in German. The google.com.de instead of google.com.my, the keyboard (I am still having a hard time finding the DEL, CTRL and SHIFT key and sometimes confuse the Y and the Z and they have this ß, ö, ä, ü). I had a hard time installing JAVA cause everything was in german.. It took me awhile to take out $ from the ATM machine cause Ikhwan had to assist me, the tv channels are all in German except CNN.. even the instructions to the curry powder are in german :) hehe I laughed and thought gosh, Guten Tag, Danke and bitte schön are just nanobytes of the German language.. and I really wanna learn more now :) it's exciting!
It's amazing. Living in a foreign land, with a foreign language and everything else is foreign except your other half who understands what your saying.. I still sometimes pinch myself (literally). Alhamdulillah..
We still have a bit of jet lagged, and sometimes the occassional homesick kicks in. But thanks to Ikhwan's Voipstunt, I call home on average 2 times a day to check on Mama Papa and sometimes ask Mama on how to cook curry or to manage kitchen things (which I am learning very hard now). No complaints from Ikhwan so far. And knowing him, he doesn't complain. Now that I am staying with him and understanding his life over here, I learned why he doesn't complain. This experience opened my eyes on how we should really be thankful with what we have. And Alhamdulillah.. Things could be worse.. But Allah is generous to bless us with what we have now. I am not just saying it because he is my husband and the bunga bunga cinta talk, I know him for how many years, though through very distant but we talk a lot and we understand and trust each other. People who know him knows that he doesn't complain. That's just Ikhwan. One of the many reasons why I love him.
Yes, married life in a foreign land. I am still coping and learning. Sometimes I feel like it's orientation when he shows me how to use the coffee machine, how to do the laundry, or showing me around places or what to do when what happens. Hehe. There are times that I feel like a freaking Asean tourist (which I am apparently) with 1 DSLR camera and a very good compact camera with 2 batteries (yes I know I am a freak). I get that occassional weird look which I am starting to get used to. I am loving every German thing and I will say, 'Omigod, that is sooooo German!!!' and of course he will roll his eyes and shake his head.. hehehe..
People will ask me, 'how's married life?' (usually the ones who are married) and me being naive will tell them what I feel. Some will give advices, some will just grin and give me they 'yeah this is only the beginning' look. It's hard to comprehend what people have in their minds when they throw me those questions. Are they just waiting to rub it in to my face ? Are they genuinely happy for me ? Are they waiting for me to give them an answer that they really wanna hear ? Honestly, I think that people should not ask someone on how's their marriage life is like. Because in Islam, and to me, personally, I feel that it's very personal. And I believe that whatever a person share with their other half is only between the two of them.
So yes, it's been a few weeks. And I don't know much about this new life but give me a chance to explore and learn and experience. And I think the best of people to give advice to us are our parents. Because they raised us from day one. They are the ones who know us, our actions, the way we think and the way we handle any situation. and the best part is.. They have never asked us 'how's married life?' because I know at every prayer, they pray for us.. Thanks Mama, Papa, Mak and Ayah :)
I know I promised a lot of pictures but give me time to edit it first ok.. Cikyah shared with me a very interesting lesson in photography she learned from Sifu Foo, 'there's always a story to be told in every picture. You must concentrate and think very hard on what story you want to tell and click with your heart'
Dora's back people :) I am blogging from Ikhwan's house in Mannheim, Germany.
Yes, alhamdulillah we are now married after 3 and a half years of long-distant relationship.
Thanks to the Al-mighty Allah, my husband, Ikhwan lafaz his akad with one lafaz at 1104am on 13th June 2009. And after that, it rained for abit at Masjid Ar-Rahman, Kg Tunku. Hujan rahmat :)
The walimah too was a success thanks to my family, especially Mama & Papa and of course my wedding planner, KakWar who did a superb job! May Allah bless my family and everyone who helped..
So this is marriage life. Sharing, caring, loving and everything. The past is the past and the present is where we are. And for me, personally, I want to focus on the present and plan for the future, insha Allah.
I think that is enough for now.. The flight was a bit bumpy and I slipped and fell right before boarding the plane (yes, that's me, clumsy dora hehehe). I think I'm gonna rest forabit more. We're gonna go grocery shopping later to stock up food for us to cook.
I'm thinking that I will write less and post more pictures.. since pictures can tell you a thousand words :)
Yes, you can be sure there will be loadsssssssssss of pictures :) Salam
FASM (Faculty of Applied Sciences and Mathematics) is now known as FAculty Suka Meeting.. Or in BM is FSGM (Fakulti Sains Gunaan dan Matematik) = Fakulti Sangat Gemar Meeting. Hehe~
Yes, meeting meeting and meeting. Bila meeting sometimes ada makan, sometimes takde makan.
Tomorrow we will be meeting the new intake for May08/09 semester. As usual, saya sebagai photographer kehormat perlu lah bertugas..
Every new semester will mark a new chapter, a new beginning, azam baru, to be a better lecturer and stuff.. Only this new semester, Ms.D won't be around.
Yesterday i saw MSO for the first time this year..
the feeling is unbelievable...
sukar nak diungkapkan..
After 9 months plus of being continents apart, I finally get to see his face again in person..
Jatuh cinta untuk kali kedua.. ;)
(blush)
I turned 18 on 6th may 2009.
my family did a surprise celebration for me together with mother's day.
It was a nice surprise.
Im happy, people say I dont look my age (ye saya tak tipu)
Alhamdulillah I feel younger. Hopefully this feeling will last for quite some time.
I have a lot of things in my mind.
A lot of things to blog about.
But i cant blog about it. I have my reasons. I am now learning to be a private person. That's one of my resolutions.
But maybe blog more when Im less busy. Coz I love to blog :)
Here's to you kid, You turn 18 :)
Happy Birthday Dora!
counting days..
I like this pic because of the effectAs promised, here are some of the pictures of the International Students' Society Cultural Night held on 10th April 2009 at UNISEL Bestari Jaya.
It was fascinating and definitely a night to remember.. I enjoyed myself a whole lot and it really felt like being in a middle eastern country..
Having a Blast
This is what happens when two Yemen guys meet at Cultural Night
This is a Somalian Flag and some Somalian students
A really cute Sudanese Dance with a very funky song
Mathematicians and Statisticians with three Sudanese
me and my student Ayman. He is wearing a Jalabya and on his head is called Imama.. I am holding a sword used to kill people in wars. Hayul Al Jihad! Allahuakbar!
A candid picture of me wearing a Sudanese hat
me blending in with my beloved studentsTanpa disedari, today is already pay day.. Woohoo! dat would mean, pay bills, reload touch and go card, give $ to mom and dad, do minor shoppings, do major shoppings, save some for rainy day, save some for sunny day etc etc..
Tanpa disedari juga, (after not checking my pay slip for quite some time) today I realized that my income tax telah pun dipotong dengan banyak sekali! Damn it tol. I would be very much pissed with this income tax issue. [hmm, malas la nak citer pjg..]
Anyways, I'm glad I am still able to have pay days.. Thinking about those who got laid off by their companies due to the economic slowdown, I'm thankful I am in this industry and still have a steady job to go to despite having to wake up at 530 every morning and leaving the house when most people are still in deep slumber.. siap bole tido balik lepas solat subuh.. and now subuh masuk 610.. (takpe takpe.. saya pergi mencari rezeki... early bird catches the worm.. heheh) I hope that our economy will recover soon.. merisaukan lah.. and don't get me started on politics.. yikes!
Ye, kepala saya bengong la semenjak dua menjak nih (that's why this post ada banyak bahasa Melayu.. coz it's better to write in BM when you're in that state.. or at least, that's me lah). I've been very much absent minded and sometimes just.. absent. I'm there but I'm just not there, get it? So many things in my head at this moment I need to put every detail into a proper folder and rename each file (macam dalam computer jugak). I have about 3- 4 notebooks (as in, buku nota kecil, bukan notebook laptop) that I jot everything or anything that comes into mind. I bring those everywhere I go. Unlike MSO, I am not much of a PDA person, I like writing and scribbling.. like the old school style.. In the book, sometimes you may see formulas scribbled at the sides, unsolved integration problems, sketches of funny faces when I'm bored, signatures and notes, receipt numbers, quotes, thoughts, reminders, numbers, car plate numbers.. weird stuff.. that's me for ya..
And dikala masa ini, tiba - tiba rasa teringin sangat nak pergi on a holiday. I'll be going to Kuantan in early April for Michelle's wedding. We're gonna stay at a fancy hotel by the beach and treat ourselves lavishly macam orang kaya (konon) macam dalam citer Gossip Girl, Laguna Beach, The OC or One Tree Hill and worry about our credit card bills later :p . Wait, One Tree Hill citer orang kaya ke? I'm gonna do some serious photography session there ditambah dengan model - model yang sangat rajin bergambar.. It's gonna be fun in the sun!
oh, the meeting on friday was cool (in shah alam, of course).
Prof SK whispered to me nicely, "makan guna tangan kanan.. itu sunnah.."
WPM and I looked at each other and I said, "saya kidal Prof"..
he replied "sunnah Nabi tu makan pakai tangan kanan"...
so I smiled weakly and said slowly to WPM when Prof SK was not looking "but I've been using left hand bila pakai sudu since at least 20 years ago"
WPM said "you pandai lukis tak ? lukis cantik2 ? slalunya orang kidal ni artistic"
for 2 seconds I thought for a while. I know the answer is a big NO but I didn't wanna sound like such a loser so I said this, "erm.. I can play Music..? does that counts?"
WPM comforted me , "haaa see!"
He He.
oh ye, when I was busy doing my final exam questions, House called me to the office and said this,
"I like the slide presentation you did... You pandai la buat.. Betul, I really like it"
Suddenly, just like an eclipse, those negative vibes about House hilang buat seketika...
Sigh, camne?
** MQA coming next week. Wish me luck, wish us all luck. We're gonna need loads of those **
Funny from Desperate Housewives episode yesterday
Edie's Husband : You need at least an engineering degree to do that..
Mrs. McKlumsky : Oh yeah ? you got one of those?
Googling a place to go for a holiday. I know I want to feel the sandy beach in my feet and swim the deep blue ocean and take pictures of sunrise and sunset (note to self: need to buy an extra memory card and extra batteries for my SLR), drink fancy drinks with little umbrellas by the side of the glass, wear pareos and flip flops with my aviator sunglasses.
So these are my final options :-
Krabi (Phi Phi Island macam cerita The Beach.. Fabulous)
Pangkor
Redang
Or if I decide to be more adventurous, I'll add in Cambodia (gile adventurous).
Any other suggestions ?
*Mama watching Isteri Untuk Suamiku.. Cerita yang asik asik menangis dan muka terkejut yang kesian~~ tak larat..
I'm back from my 1 week trip. I will blog about my trip later..
Mission : Accomplished
Items : You're gonna have to wait next year :)
Photogs : Improved a lot. Lucky I had a lot of practise. The pictures turned out real nice (hehe for me lah)
Summary: SUPERB AND FANTASTIC AND FABULOUS. FANTABULOUSUPERB.
Opps sorry.. I had to do a private viewing thingy. YM me at lyricaldj alias yahoo dot com or email me at ikhwan dot dora alias gmail dot com if u wanna check out the pics..
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I was browsing through some pictures inside facebook.com earlier today. I noticed something about some female friends' pictures and wonndered...
"kenapa bila bergambar kena tundukkan kepada sedikit,dan sengetkan ke kiri atau kanan, mata dibulatkan dan memandang ke atas (camera), senyum tertutup atau kalau terbukak dicontrolkan dengan merapatkan gigi dan bibir dekat2 dan bersandar pada seseorang (if not alone) ? "
i'm a newbie in this photography thingy.. especially portrait pictures.. but it kinda looks planned and not carefree... perhaps i might have some of those shots as well.. tanpa disedari kot.. izzit some girl thingy ?
don't you think so ? have a look at some of your friends' pictures... seriously...
my new toy
my dad's only toy
Yup. First State University.
I have some really juicy news tapi tak bole nak disclose lagi.
I love this pic.
tangan si kecil mencari makanan dikala bilik yang gelap bertemankan cahaya yang sedikit
cupcakes yg kakfarah buat
joy yg sedang njoy minum air teh bunga or krisentimum tea yg susah nak sebut
ok so sambung to part 2.. why am i soo bersemangat nak tulis this? hehe you'll see why.. at the end of this post..
ok, so after PRamlee's gallery and stuff, we decided to go somewhere yg mcm nature like.. so it was either the beach or spice garden.. and i tell you.. if you go to penang, you really HAVE TO go to spice garden.. eh, tolong laa.. its soo heavenly and very peaceful.. (only if you're the adventurous type.. there i was in front of tropical spice garden.. nak masuk kena bayar RM13 which was totally worth it.. dia akan bagi some insect repellent nak bubuh kat badan so that insects won't bite you.. mmg boleh buat yoga kat situ.. and ada that what do u call that? hammock izzit? yeah.. ada hammock yg membuaikan kita utk tidoq.. hehehe
you know those birds that's chirping sounds.. and then ada this type of bird yg bunyi mcm "eooowooohooo" that makes u feel mcm wow im in a jungle.. its like another whole world.. mcm bunyik2 org yg horn mase tgh jam tu dah takde.. suddenly you feel soo at ease...
Air dia pun jernih.. ok gambar ni tak brapa clear coz i set it to aperture mode so mcm tangan din bergetar sket sbb dlm hutan kan.. this pic is supposed to be mcm air tu jatuh from my palm.. konon simbolik laa.. hehehe but the water was crystal clear .. and cold too.. ada ikan kat dlm tu!
This was one of the stairs yg kat dlm tu.. you see, dia mcm abit like a maze kinda..
Ok, this is the fun part when din & i did this yoga nescafe advertisement kinda... din dapat bertahan lame dgn posisi tu.. (she does yoga quite often) so mcm dah terer nak stabilize.. heheeh
Alright now this is the peak of this post rasenyer.. berdebar2 nak tulis ni.. you see, we were having a blast.. posing sana posing sini.. making funny faces and laughing all the way (maklumlah ketiga2 stress kerja - see, cikyah is an engineer in motorola.. yeah.. motorola penang.. dia buat bhgn walkie talkie and currently undergoing some big project.. din is a Sales Manager kat Autobavaria glenmarie.. so mase tu dah nak month end closing.. imagine the stress.. me? well, im a statistics lecturer yg tak seberapa hebatnyer.. whose teaching 20 credit hours a week and always keeping myself busy with endless assignments from almost 200 students.. yeah, pretty stressful) so Penang was more like a break from all the work and stress.. or a breakaway or getaway or something like that.. look at me jumping so high and happy.... and while i was jumping i was like "wooooooohooooooooooooooooooo"
"omigod!!!! ouch ouch ouch.. kaki aku.."
we headed off to miami bay and miami beach.. (nama jer) to have our laksa and rojak yg best!
Snapped some pictures by the beach...
3 barefooted gals who painted Penang red
on the way back, we singgah kat masjid terapung to take some pictures...
This is nothing really.. i just thought that this picture is cool coz baby Fahim's face is in the round thingy.. and it's really hard to get a still picture of Fahim since he's VERY active and can't stay still most of the time..
This is when i was waiting for both of my sister in laws to get ready before we hit off to AVON last saturday.. was playing around with my camera and suddenly dapat idea nak amek gambar mcm ni.. konon2 mcm gambar card or something.. (wud've looked better if the flower was real roses..)
Ni takde bende.. i just thought i looked nice in this picture.. hahaha.. this was when we photographed for 1000wajah.com hehehe nantikan kemunculan dora (on the right)... ;)
In my previous post, i was blogging about 'The Secret'. I actually wanted to write longer but tiba2 mama asked me to buy tepung jagung and french bread cause mama is cooking beef stew today and needed those. Yes, I know, I am supposed to be cooking tp I wasn't feeling well today. So my 2008's resolution tak dilaksanakan on the 2nd week of 2008. Takpe.. I'll try to cover for next week. So coming back from Giant, I saw 2 cats acting weird. I know, it may sound abit vulgar. Tp this is what I managed to capture which I think is pretty cool.. hehhehehe
If you can see there are 2 cats satu warna orange belang2 putih on the left of the tiang, and hitam belang2 putih & kelabu on the right side of the tiang hitam tu.. see?
Perhaps you can see clearly here right beside the bushes, the hitam belang2 putih kelabu was looking around to see if there was anyone watching.. completely not aware of me standing right there capturing them.. hahaha..
So the black belang2 putih kelabu cat masuk into the bushes and the orange belang2 putih saw the sign and ready to follow..
See, tu dia dah sampai...
Ahahahah.. don't take this personally... they're probably just playing around with each other.. saje je nak buat cerita.. jahatnyer i nih...
Hey hey, check it out.. this is what i did when i was feeling abit feverish and tak larat.. so i main2 wif my camera.. and i discovered this...
See the difference? cool huh? well, maybe most of u dah discover bende ni dah lame, but im a newbie.. just wait till i get my hands on one of those SLR cameras.. habis laa...
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