my name

I got this from shaz zain .. check it out yo...

What Dora Means

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

betul ker? ada yg betul ada yg tak betul.. hehehe anyways, mondays.. im in the office sbb budak2 mid term break... and tak ramai org kat office.. and rase sunyi tp lega sbb bnyk kerja dapat disiapkan.... yippiee.. will blog more when i have the momentum going

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my penang 'trip' (day 2) - part 2

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
ok , the pic on the right was totally buat2.. my feet weren't in the water.. sbb takut ada katak kat dpn tu.. takut jer bile2 dia melompat.. amek ko! ahahha

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"

yer lah.. woo hoo sgt, half an hour later, while going down the stairs, i slipped ke or tripped ker... bottom line is, i fell down the stairs... gedebuk.. and sprained my right ankle... ouch!


"omigod!!!! ouch ouch ouch.. kaki aku.."
dlm hati : "OMG!!!!!!! patah ker?????"
din & cikyah : do! ko ok ker?
din : cuba ko gerakkan kaki ko?
dora : aduh aduh.. bole bole....

then mcm tersilent sekejap..
dora : mcmne laaa aku ley jatuh.. ahahhaa

yeah.. it was pretty funny though.. i tot it wud be okay... so we continued jln2.. me as the gadis tempang.. hehehe so this is the picture after the mishap.. walaupun view dia lawa.. tp tak berapa dpt nak enjoy the view coz God knows betapa sakitnyer kaki.. tp mase ni tak sakit sgt... so we continued jalan2... hehehehe

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...

and lastly, we bought buah pala and stuff and last last but not least, borong DVDs kat bukit jambul!! gile murah.. mase tu dah 415 so we rushed back home took a quick shower and headed to Sg.Nibong bus station.. keadaan terlalu cemas sampai din tertinggal satu teket bas kat keta cikyah.. PANIC! but cikyah saved the day by bringing (dengan rileknyer) teket tu kat kitorg balik "korang tertinggal dlm keta eh?" alas, selamat pulang dgn kaki yg bengkak dan jalan yg terhencut hencut... hehehe

reached kl at 930... and there it was.................................... dpt MC 3 hari.. hehe.. but it was totally worth it!

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my penang 'trip' (day 2) - part 1

The day started with an alarm at 6am. yes. 6 am. since we had such limited time, we had to wake up early. we showered and waited for subuh. in penang, subuh dia 615am. after we performed our subuh prayers, we hit the roads.. it was almost 650 when we reached USM's hill to watch the sunrise.. and all the while i was singing Norah Jones' Sunrise.. excited. From this picture, it looked more like sunset rite? perhaps. i need an SLR camera kot.. hehe.. well, it was definitely breathtaking and refreshing. many won't do things like we do.. - waking up at 6am.. so kalu nak travel and do stuff kena cari yang sekepala laa.. baru best..

And from this picture, i realized that my 'in2it' 2-way foundation looks good on me.. and my revlon lipstick also blended well with the foundation.. hehe (iklan kejap). here are the three ladies who had a blast in penang. thanks to cikyah who sudi membawa kita jejalan and being our SLR photographer and teaching us a lot about photography.. perhaps, i'll own my own SLR camera gak one day ;)

thanks to din also who sudi menemani me to this trip.. and being there when i need a friend.. always :) gurl you rock.. [ok sesi penghargaan]

we headed off from USM at almost 730 bila matahari dah naik betui betui.. and i managed to snap this gorgeous picture.

later we had char kuey teow at a stall nearby. and it was sedap giler.. really, penang food really ada kick betul..

then, we headed to town at almost 9 kot? cant remember the time.. last time i went to penang, i wanted so much to see P Ramlee's house but couldnt cause apparently they close on Mondays.. so this time, i got what i wished for.. we managed to go in.. yeay! we took a LOT of pictures tapi tak dpt dimasukkan disini.. nnt tak muat pulak.. so i'll keep them as my own memories.. hehe.. there we were in front of the museum.. and i was doing the Pohon yang rimbun scene and the oh kanda! scene right in front of P Ramlee's rumah kelahiran..

yes, i took a photo at the exact spot and wearing the exact pants about 7 months ago when i attended the USM interview. it would be great if i had the opportunity to work in Penang. i've always loved Penang and i don't mind going there again or a matter of fact, work there kot? Despite the jam and everything, i guess there's always something that can compensate the stress... the beach... tapi if i were to work in Penang, i'd like to bring my parents along.. hehe.. anak manje.. bukan apa.. siapa nak jaga diorg if bukan their baby gurl (walaupun dah besar panjang and bole jadi mak orang).. hehehe

tu dia many2 scenes taken from the house. (1) kemanakah kanda? bilakah kanda mau pulang dari germany? (2) scene tepi tangga (3) basuh kaki bila nak masuk rumah.. tapi takde air pun?

here's pak mat the one who takes care of this place.. apparently, his dad and Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee's dad worked at the same place. [ayah PRamlee sebijik muka dia]. so they were staying at the same quarter house.. and he told us that he always accompanied PRamlee whenever he wanted to go anywhere to meet people.. Pak Mat told us a lot of things that we didn't know.. or maybe things that i didn't know.. Tan Sri PRamlee was a very generous man..

"La ni, mana nak cari ganti.. org mcm dia? Kita ada beratuih ratuih artis.. takdak sorang pun mcm dia.. Depa igt depa kaya.. Hangpa tgk Tan Sri PRamlee, dia dulu gaji 7000 ringgit sebulan.. masa dulu 7000 ringgit tu kayaaa.. tapi dia punya pikiq masa depan.. nak bantu orang melayu, dia belanja 500 utk dia saja.. 500 tu la dia nak makan, jalan2, beli barang2 sket.. lagi 6500 dia sedekah kat orang susah, bagi anak yatim.... haaa.. mana nak cari orang lagu tu?"

"kita skrg ni.. taktau apa nak jadi.. pramlee dulu pikiq jauh.. dia takdak ilmu sekolah.. tapi dia bijak.. dia punya cerita semua ada msg.. semua tentang kehidupan dia sikit2.. dia nak naikkan orang melayu.. tapi zaman sekarang ni.. sedih.. takdak sorang pun boleh ganti dia.. orang doq mai jejauh. dari Belanda, Perancis, America.. dok tulih tulis nota tanya pakcik.. dok kaji pasal dia.. dia antarabangsa... tapi la ni, takdak artis sorang pun bole jadi mcm dia.. artis la ni dok kejaq glemer.. tu pun dalam2 sini saja.. takdak yg overseas..."

"pramlee tu dulu, dok jaga sembahyang.. setiap kali lepas sembahyang dia doq zikir ratuih ratuih kali.. haaa.. mana nak dpt lagu tu? amalan dia, takdak sapa nak blajaq.. "

"kalau zaman skrg, gaji beribu ribu, doq beli kereta besaq, rumah besaq.. tapi pramlee masa mati, takdak tinggalkan harta.. satu pun takdak.. pasai dia dah sedekah kat orang2.. harta dia pi kat org2 melayu...harta dia sebenar ada kat seni dia.. itu harta dia sebenaqnya.. lebih berharga... tapi sedih.. pasai dia dah takdak..baru depa nak bg pangkat Tan Sri.. buat apa? dia dah takdak.. dia dah takdak baru orang nak hargai.."

"...La ni mai dekat 20 orang nak claim depa tu Azizah.. Pakcik ckp, depa semua ni bkn azizah betui.. pakcik tanya, kalau betui hangpa ni azizah.. hang tunjuk kat aku surat yang PRamlee ada bagi azizah masa dia nak balik ke Singapore. masa tu bapak azizah suruh depa putuih hubungan. PRamlee ada bagi surat. dia suruh Azizah baca 3 kali, lepas tu dia koyah separuh, dia simpan, separuh lagi Azizah simpan.. dia ckp lagu ni, 'Azizah, kalau kita ada jodoh, kita akan jumpa balik..' haaa pakcik suruh depa tunjuk kat pakcik mana surat tu? takdak sapa yang ada.. Azizah mmg wujud.. dia lawaaa.. muka dia mcm arab.. dia mmg orang arab pun.. tapi lepaih tu, takdak kabar berita dari dia.. taktau apa jadi kat dia.. bapak dia tauke kedai emas.. lepas bapak dia jual kedai emas tu, taktau depa pi mana.. mmg takdak jodoh dgn PRamlee..."

After listening to Pak Mat's story, mmg rase sebak.. how he fought for his bangsa.. and how we are today.. Berkorban apa saja.. that was his tagline.. and indeed.. he sacrificed everything for his nation... i bought my favourite PRamlee movie, Ibu Mertuaku with the hopes that it can help with the maintenance of the gallery.. i hope that even after 100 years, PRamlee will always be remembered for his talents and his contribution... may he rest in peace.. Al-Fatihah..

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my penang trip (day 1)

hey lowww people.. im back from my penang trip.. although hanya 2 hari sahaja but i had a great time!

we bertolak on a transnasional bus at hentian duta. and get this.. the bus tiket
printed out, our bus departs at 12:14 am ok.. But we departed at 12:22.. slight delay.. heh.. din (right) was tired from working all day, she had to complete her work sbb closing on monday.. so nampak terserlah kepenatan di mukanya.. me on the other hand, i took the day off sbb nak setel some stuff.. so, din terus kong lps bas bertolak.. she had her ipod on and i had my zen mp3 also on.. lps din kong, i was struggling to sleep... pusing sana pusing sini.. i didnt feel comfortable to sleep on the bus.. so the moon accompanied me while i listened to korean drama soundtracks and big band and swing (frank sinatra) on my mp3 player...


we reached sg.nibong bus station at exactly 4:57 am.. cikyah was there to pick us up. so we headed to her house for subuh prayers and terus tido atas katil empuk di dalam biliknyer till it was 10am.. heh heh.. cikyah's mom cooked us a super delicious nasi lemak yang membuatkan masing2 tambah average 3 kali kot.. which had sustained us till 4pm! after mandi2 and stuff, first destination, we went to Jeti Jerjak where they shot a scene from Nana Tanjong with Apek and Fasha Sandha. Nice.

If you look at the bottom-right photo, you can see a portion of Pulau Jerjak. Its not that far really. But you need to go by a motor boat. History has it that during the 1940s, they put all the prisoners at Pulau Jerjak. Now they build a resort and usually companies use it for team building and outdoor activities..

Dora

chics who rawk!

Next destination, was War Museum which was totally awesome. It's the largest War Museum in South East Asia.. that had brought us back to the early 1940s. it felt like we were back to the future.. cewah.. we understood more about our nation's history and how difficult it was back then. tiba2 rase semangat nationalisme tu tinggi sket..


Yes, "Malaysia Needs You". the aunty kat reception tu was abit garang. and when she briefed us about the history of our nation, we felt like we were back in form 4 and she was like that fierce history teacher that everybody hates?



it costed us rm15 each to enter, kire bole la.. it was adventurous. ooh yes, and rm2 for each camera that we brought in. we paid rm2 jer for cikyah SLR camera cause it was pretty obvious.. we didn't pay for mine and din's camera coz camera kami kecik2 jer.. hehee but we snapped a lot of pics..

there was an interesting tunnel sorta.. and we ventured in.. really cool stuff inside.. i set my camera to aperture mode.. tu yg gambar din mcm kabur2.. see how cool the pic turned out (bottom left)

this was the original 36 steps way back in the 1930s

top left : "ok.. ni tempat kita menyorok and tgk2 if our enemies dah sampai"
top right: view from where they were menyorok-ing
bottom left: tempat ammunition
bottom left: tempat ammunition gak

Me

A really cool pokok rotan

Our photographer, Ms. Dyanna.. as paparazzi yang mana lense nyer dia terlupa nak bukak.. hehe

After the War Museum trip, we headed home to cikyah's house to have a shower sbb dah berpeluh2 giler.. tak sempat nak jumpa our schoolmates nisa&amet at rasis' wedding. yes, the main mission we went to penang was to attend a wedding.. yg mane kita pergi sekejap jer.. rasis was my classmate, (which i didnot talk much with and haven't been contacting since 10 years ago). he's a doctor now. Dr. Wan Mohd Rasis. he married a doctor too. The theme color was green and din blended well with the theme.. hehe.. we attended the wedding at almost 410 pm and surprisingly ada lagi orang kat situ? hehehe penangites..

After the wedding, we went to see Azren's baby, Aisya. A really cute one.. unfortunately, tak sempat nak amek gambar.. or more like terlupa.. sbb borak punya pasal...

After maghrib, we had mee udang at Salwa's Mee Udang at Teluk Kumbar. Cikyah laughed cause i said Teluk Kumbar.. when all the penangites says it like this Teluk Kumbaq hehe.. the place was really by the sea and ada jambatan panjang sampai ke tengah laut.. tp tak amek gambar juga coz it was dark.. and cikyah parents was around so mcm segan.. walaupun Salwa's Mee Udang gerai was really at the ghetto place of penang, utk mendescribe betapa glemer and sedapnyer mee udang dia, we met wif the gorgeous Ida Nerina and her entourage there.. nak amek gambar jugak, but.. segan.. everybody was looking at her.. unfortunately takde sape yg brani nak approach for a photo or autograph.. i think she was disappointed.. heh...

well, after mee udang, we headed home and i terus kong tidoq.. din and cikyah stayed on and watch this weird malay drama Wani & Watie..

will continue wif (day 2) which was wacko!

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my pacifier

Ok, tadi dalam keadaan membara.. now im okay.. im okay. im cool as the guy walking around the clock kat tepi belah kiri ni <--- hehehe.. what happened actually? well, no need for me to tell here.. have to take out the negative vibes.. orait. some things to be happy about.. i'll be leaving for Penang tomorrow! yippie! just going there for the weekend.. chill out.. see the sun, sea, sand.. and nature.. gonna take some nice pictures and share it here when i get back .. dah tgk2 dah brochures dia.. check it out! mmg mcm foreigner la ni.. (walaupun i just went to Penang last July for an interview.. hehehe)

i've done my homework.. dah photostat Test 1 for the Shah-Alam-ers.. baik tak i.. i bagi diorg pagi tu time off pagi tu so that they can study for the Test 1 at 2pm petang Isnin ni.. Despite diorg nakal2 sket, (biasalaa remaja) i ada jugak empathy, bak kata sesuatu Prof (nama sebenar dirahsiakan). oh yes, to answer mangchik's question, as a student (tanya la Shaz & Sue), i alwaaaaaaaayyys datang lambat dlm kelas.. mmg glemer for that.. tp we were the senyap2 type.. kan Shaz? tak kecoh.. hehehe

well, im cool now.. im cool.. dun worry :)

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my predicament (edited)

German word for the day is 'leider' meaning 'unfortunately'.

see in physics we learned that when you are at a different frequency level, you are bound to have interference. simple concept right? well... apparently its wrong..

what do you mean by different frequency? it's all science.. life is all about science. in life, when you have different frequency, susah nak ada chemistry. so we have a negative statement versus another negative statement. negative charge dgn negative charge akan menolak each other..

see what we have here are a group of people in a same place.. with different frequency.. and somehow because they are trapped in a far far away island, are naturally forced to have chemistry amongst each other.. eventually they managed to have that chemistry..

tp somehow, ada some misunderstanding in between that breaks the bond between them.. the
status, the income, the time, the everything.. the most trivial things.. suddenly became the biggest issue.. all because of some misunderstanding..

ok, so what's the fuss is all about? i dunno, being a Taurean, and i guess being brought up by my wonderful parents, they always tell me to be honest / frank to people.. and jangan talk belakang orang.. and i guess i have it in my genes that you have to be as clear and as vocal as possible to avoid things like these... 'misunderstanding'..

in my opinion, don't just assume.. or have this 'paham-paham sendirilah' punye fahaman.. you know.. because sometimes, what other people think may not be the same thing as what you're thinking.. so to avoid this TRIVIAL MATTER.. it would save everyone all the trouble if everyone would just be frank or be honest about things.. daripada cakap2 kat blkg.. so who's fault izzit if other people can't READ YOUR MIND.. we're not heroes here... if you really don't mind about something.. then don't.. but if there's something bothering you, talk.. say it out loud. or at least do something about it..

my predicament? I CAN'T MIND READ.. so don't blame me for something i didn't do or
did unintentionally because opps sorry, leider (unfortunately), i just can't read your mind.. i don't mind you telling me off.. provided, just jangan burukkan my name.. or my family/friend's name for that matter...

(part yg diedit : OMG don't get me wrong ok.. takde kena mengena dgn org yg blog or memberi comment di blog ni.. seriuslyy.. its just some people at work dats all ... jgn salah faham ya.. )

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my tricks - actually im just bored and hungry so i posted this

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)... ;)

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my moment.. perhaps.. will come.. eventually

almost everybody has some sort of progressed or has gone to another level.. my dear friend, Atika is now in Australia doing her Masters.. last Saturday i chatted with another friend of mine, Emi who's currently in Scotland doing her Phd. my oldest bestfriend, Nadia is married and has gone to Morocco for her honeymoon.. another oldest bestfriend is now preparing for her wedding in April. my closest bestfriend, Adina has been promoted as a Manager in AutoBavaria. my closest schoolmate bestfriend, Sheri, pun is now pregnant with her 2nd baby.

so where does that leave me? i'll be 27 this year. what have i achieved? where have i progressed to? m i still at status quo? perhaps.. my moment will come..

'where do you go when you're lonely
where do you go when you're blue
where do you go when you're lonely, i'll follow you
when the stars go blue'

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my cousin mimi

today's german word of the day is "morgen" meaning tomorrow... so how to construct a sentence using this word? well, i dunno.. but you can say this, "Bis morgen!" meaning "till tomorrow!"
so why ada kadang2 tengah2 ayat german sentence dia ada huruf besar... coz yg huruf besar tu are all for nouns..

[i just changed the color of my blog.. what do u think? i think i kinda like this color.. lagi.. bold.. kan?]

ok.. back to my blogging.. today my cousin mimi gave me this link.
basically dia citer pasal taurus women.. which i soooo don't agree at all.. i mean, mmg la some of the things are true..however, i love this part..

Endearing/positive qualities: logical thinking, strong analytical skills Qualities that can drive you a bit crazy: extremely stubborn, a bit blunt at times but at the same time may take other's rude remarks to heart, may forget your birthday, when you got problems may just offer a “useful” solution instead of listening patiently, certain unexplainable burst of temper.

hahahaha... funny..

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my student talked on the phone while i was teaching

Today's German word :

grundlegend. cara nak sebut mcm ni
"gerun-t = sebut mcm gerun with a t"
"le = li as in li in asli"
"gend = gen as in gendang"

meaning = basically...

As usual mondays. Today i started the class with the HORROR-est chapter of all in statistics, PROBABILITY. i rase mengah kot diorg.. well, c'est la vie.. So during the 2nd half of the class, mase tengah explain pasal conditional probability, suddenly, i saw a student tgh ckp fon.. HANGIN!

So what i did was....

"I dah bgtau ok, no talking on the handphone during my class. Handphones must be off! no silent, no vibrate, OFF TERUS"

then, i purposely berdiri sebelah student yg ckp phone yg kelam kabut nak simpan hp dlm beg dia, and then i said, "ok bcoz of your friend, (i sengaja looked at her lame sket so that the class knows who was the culprit) ckp hp, im going to give the whole class a quiz"

muka dia merah.. and everybody looked at her.. haa nasib la.. siapa suruh? and then diorg bising... "weii siapa yang ckp hp tu... eeeeeeesshhh tak paham2 ke??"

then i added, "let this be a lesson for you ok.. whoever yg ckp hp i assume dah pandai sgt and doesnt bother to listen.. " i didnt say it dgn intonasi marah.. but morelike.. bersahaja.. coz i think i've up to that stage..

and you knw wat, today i didnt bother if they make noise in class... lagi kuat diorg ckp, lagi perlahan my voice.. so the ones yg betul2 nak pay attention will do the shhuhhh-ing for me..

see, thats my way.. i didn't balas dgn marah.. i balas dgn their own actions....

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