Anu Gawai Dayak

With 45 minutes to strike 12 o'clock back home, I would like to wish everyone a

Silamat Anu Gawai 

(which can be said in many native languages)

tara boh tara bohh... oooo haaaa!!!

3rd year of not being home to celebrate it with my family, I hope one day this sacrifice will be worth it. For those who are far away for the Harvest Festival, it is a sacrifice for the future. 

With all my mums siblings officially back for Gawai this year, I guess this is the first ever Gawai together after almost 10 years. I hope you all have fun.

To everyone else, I would like to wish you a great time among friends and family during this festival period, no matter what your background is (because Sarawak is a culturally diverse land where race is not an issue)

So well, have a safe drive back home and be a German when drinking. That means staying away conciuosly from alcohol if you're driving.

Have fun!

They call it Sexist

The long unsolved problem between men and women. It's complicated. Women whine about being misunderstood by men. On the other hand, they themselves do not also understand men. See, both sexes generally do not understand each other quite right.

Think women are complicated? Men are too. They might keep it quiet but their brains are working up a nuclear power plant within. Sometimes the world seems to biased on women. It always potreys it as if we are some kind of mischievous snooping goose, trying to ruin everything when men actually do the same. Owhh.. and how many times do we need to hear that our species is troublesome, annoying, greedy and what not. Go marry your computer if you do not need us.

On the other hand, women tend to be soo overly sensitive about every bitsy issue. I'm sure everyone has heard their mum talking about something as if it's the end of the world for example riding on a terrifying ride in the amusement park. I remembered my mum and her boss talking about it when we kids just watch and snickered. I love you anyway mummy.

The mirror can be quite an example of the two sex.

A lady goes up to the mirror, twist and turn for hours and still find faults in her appearance. I remembered a Pastor talking about how women would stand in front of the mirror and look at every inch of herself. And the question is, why do we need a zip in the back when a zip in front serves the same purpose. LOL

A man goes to the mirror for 30 seconds and be the best looking macho man in the world. Full stop. It doesn't even matter if he knows that there's a hole in his pants.

so true right?

It's amazing how God made men and women to be compatible with each other. We cannot deny how much we need each other right?

Hair.. ee

Unfortunately I'm addicted to hair products. It so happens after my bad hair trauma of having split ends and dry ends.

Fear not, for I have stocked up every help I could get (not something good). I can't get my hands of hair products now. I've just bought hair spray and heat protectant. Adding to bottles of conditioners and what not on my shelve. I'm in for hairstyling now. ngehhh =P

Owhh.. seems like the hair repair for splitends work. I bought it last week. Midst of nothing to do.

I used to be so carefree about my hair. Now I'm overly obsess, thanks to the weather and nutrient content in the water here.

I want my old hair back.

A shade darker

After months of hibernating and turning white, I fried myself under the sun to watch Rugby and Football. Instead of being a player, I became ...

... a Nasi Lemak eater alongside my other mates. (Nasi lemak buat sendiri bungkus sendri). So semangat we made Nasi Lemak at 8am, packed in plastic and newspaper. Things we take forgranted at home cos it's just around the corner and only costs RM1.

Tapi jangan main-main. Our Nasi Lemak RM8 weyhh..

Everyone must be wondering what we were doing watching Rugby and Football under the hot blazing 13°c sun. It sounds like I'm overreacting that 13°c is hot. It turned me to a lobster ok..

Annually we have our German-Malaysian-Students-Society Games aka. RENTAP. No I do not know why it is called RENTAP. Something all Sarawakians will ask right? hmm...

Instead of watching our own boys playing Rugby, we watched this

See how priceless our expressions were. Someone must have been crushed. Macam sakit our expression.

That night was the Champions League finale. At the same time was the Rentap Abend. It's like a dinner cum performance thing. With the sound of GOAL!! above, them football fans ran up to watch the game.
 
Thanks to Inter Milan, we didn't have any cuti peristiwa. T.T

Next day, hari kebangaan GAPP batch 06.

Yes, they won the RENTAP Football Match. Piala pusingan from 2005. 
Penat aku mok cari gambar piala. hmmpphh... lagi penat aku dengar diorang bangga menang. zzzz

That's all to report from Rentap 2010. Hopefully next year they have games we ladies could take part in. Tarik tali pun ok. Penat jadi photographer.

Wishing those who patah gigi, patah kaki, patah bahu, kaki pusing usw. eine Gute Besserung. =)

Penthouse am Bürgemeister-Zlr-Str.

A tiring weekend. Nope I didn't said that I was unhappy about it. In fact, I'm so overwhelmed.

I opened my melon sweet smelling room to four young ladies for the weekend. As happy as I can get, they in return equipped my room, changing it to a saloon.

Say hello to manicures, foot spas and hair styling. My girls know me too well to pamper me enough. I love you girls you know that!!

Living most of the time, actually all the time being the only girl, a visit from girlfriends is always the best therapy. I'll savor every moment of it.

 No one comes close to my pedicure set! =)

Reading belated birthday notes attached to The Purpose Driven Life.

Excuse the view of my room. Gosh. Kalah tongkang pecah. I specially rearrange my room to fit chicky-chicky.

We than talked over char kueh tiaw and nasi lemak. Owhh.. talking about Nasi Lemak, we had a nasi lemak picnic during the rugby match. Bangun 8am tu! semangat Mak Bedah. Will post more in the next post.

So sorry kalau kekurangan. Silalah datang kembali menemai kawanmu ini.

Smell me!

Smell is a sense we are so sensitive about. No one likes smells of sweaty armpits rite? Eww.. but than some people tidak sedar diri dey smell like so. Pfftt..

Recently I've realized that there are more men deodorant adverts compared to lady fragrances or anything in that category. That God there's awareness of men to smell good. *nyumnyum* less on the pheromone side. Pheromone is a chemical used to attract the opposite sex using sense of smell. If you remember in Oceans 13 how Matt Damons character got to those diamonds. In a way, pheromone is found out to be part of mens sweat. -.- Who would pass a chance to hug a sweaty Beckham right?

I'm now in love with these top 3 fragrances. Usually I'm not much of a perfume person, but I'll give way to these three.

This is my number one!

D&G 3 L'imperatrice.
This has been out for quite a while. The advert was of naked people. It had Claudia Schiffer in it. Way before she was pregnant. She's pregnant now isn't she? Cos I saw her on a cover of Vogue pregnant and naked.
The smell of fresh watermelon just makes me excited. It's only available in 100ml bottles. I can like spray my whole room with it.

My number 2

Marc Jacobs Biscotti.
I think this was just out last month. Even the advertisement made me drool. Delicious macaroons. Looks yummy right?
It smells much of fun things like vanilla or some sort of sweet smelling fruits. In short it smells delicious. Than again, it's only sold in 300ml bottles! 300ml? I can spray my room kitchen and everyones room. So often I find things I like in huge amounts. Boleh mandi with this.

Lastly,

Chanel Chance Eau Tandre
I guess this must be of a popular range. I don't know what Eau Tandre means but it also has hair perfume. I was confused staring at its range. It's all Chanel Chance but it has different smells. It smells of flowers with a little spice. I don't really like perfumes which smells of spice, but I guess this has a more decent floral sweet smell.
Due to it's sweet smell, a makcik came to the sample bottle and sprayed her whole body with it. Sprayed as in pusing-pusing badan and spraying. Even her hair. Than she walked away. If la can do that in Sogo kan?

So if anyone is generous enough, feel free to pamper me ok. =D

Barney reports

Hello again to all my friends, I'm glad you came to play. Our fun and learning never ends, this is what we did today.

Some may still recognize those words (or something similar) from days of childhood. I know I do. Barney is still my best friend, though some of his little buddies grew up to show skin in the entertainment world. I love you anyway Barney.

So what have I learned today in my own Barney show?

Hmm..

To drink more herbal tea to detox my body. It's starting to get scary cos when I start to eat fatty things exp: chicken butt my head starts aching. I don't really know what that means but I think it's not a good sign. Started a few weeks ago when I had it during a bbq. Better cut down. As guilty as I get, I went for KFC today. =P

Days are counting to mid year. In a few more weeks people back home are going to be celebrating the harvest festival which means more drinking, eating and dancing all night. One day I think we'll beat Hollywood. Hope things are fun back home especially the preparations. Stock up on the dafha fish strips. It's always gone in the kitchen. Owh last night I dreamt I was back home for 3 weeks. So much for Gawai mood.

Was out today to buy something new. I've always been looking for decent button-down blouses. Which still is hard for me to get cos some parts of me still fails me. A pop-up-see-through int he mid chest is not what I'm fond of. Though I managed to get myself two pieces.

Than I stood in line for quite a while coz this lady in front of me gave back 2 pairs of bikinis and a pair of shoes. Something I don't quite understand is why did they buy it in the first place when they are going to give it back. I've waited in line once for a lady to give back five pieces of blouse to the cashier. And it's not like back home when you want to refund something and they'll ask a million reasons why are you giving it back. Here it's like owh ok, you can have your money back. Please sign here. Thank you. Simple. Not so convenient for the person standing behind you in line.

Bikinis are flooding stores now. Summer will hopefully be here soon. It's still raining daily btw and air spaces are closed due to ashes. Hopefully next month will be better.

Yesterday, Now. Tomorrow~

Walking footsteps of the past may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but once a while it would be my choice of spending time away. Regarding the past, I may have my bad maybe worst part but eventually I’ll have my liking of every occasion. There’s always a cloudy day, but let’s not forget its silver lining.

Through times, I’ll often look back at pictures, of at that moment; I always wished how nice it would be in the future (now). Pictures always have memories to retrieve those days of happiness and joy. Of course it made me feel a lil bit better seeing myself a few pounds downhill. Owhh.. those moments. One day I’ll retrieve it back.

 The best part of going through pictures is seeing faces and smiles that are so long gone. Obviously our younger days were much hyped and less on the worry lane. It makes me miss my family and friends a little more, not forgetting the effort to catch up with them online. The past will always stay the past. It somehow makes the most out of the present.

The future is always a long walk home. Often people plan so much ahead, so much of their present is planning for the future that they forgot to live for today. I may not know what tomorrow holds but I believe I still have people to love me and care for me. That’s one thing I cannot loose. Than I thought of it again. My friends would always ask me what do I have in store for the future. A good job? A better qualification? A good earning? 

My answers are a good family both husband and children. A family where love would never run out. I want to be awake to make breakfast for them, to be able to pick my children up from school and be home to cook dinner. To be the best wife and mother and nurture them at best. I’m not looking at that CEO post nor that BMW German-grad cooperate lady seat (fyi : BMW is presently under a lady). I want to be there when my family needs me. Money will be everywhere. It’s only the question of looking hard enough. So I always have this reaction 0_o

Yes, that’s my cita-cita tinggi.

And still one day, I'll turn to smile at this one sweet day.

I'm hooked!

Help me. Please. I'm hooked.

Now ADAMAYA is my new best friend who invaded space on my computer.

How so maju the technology is that I'm not in my country but still be able to spend time watching home malay dramas online. Terima Kasih TV3. Just that they really have to cut on their advertisements! I'm so salivating watching those KFC adverts that I wish I'm home having KFC. Not there's no KFC here but home is always better. Nasibla internet saya sangat cepat. I watch those adverts lompat-lompat. =P

Back to Adamaya. Buat sakit hati pun ada. Buat geram pun ada. I adore Mayas handbag cos I have the exact one only in a different color. Ngehh~ Just to say, Malaysian Film Industry is so getting much better. The prove is people like me having heartaches after watching each episodes. hahaa..

Ok. I better go before I start clicking a tab for TV3 online. It's study time.

Story of 040510

My birthday, yes, another post and it will be with pictures. Since I'm lazy to upload it on Facebook, I'll upload some pictures here. I didn't have a lot, since nothing much happened. It was more of a sit in front of the computer all day routine.

I baked my own cake on the night of the 3rd. Ok actually I didn't have the mood t do anything but then my friend came back buying things for baking. So then he helped me bake my birthday cake. =) My cakes will always have fruits cos I love cake with fruits (admitting that I suck at cake deco with all the cream). Then again, since I was young, I've always asked for a birthday cake with fruit toppings.

On the day itself, I woke up late, answered wishes (Thank you to all!!) and opened presents. Than I made kolok mee all alone for lunch and twirled my dress for Mummy to see on the webcam =)

A packet from home, full of love. And Changi made that card. She ask me to promote it. =)

Macam gambar hantaran.

My new favorite dress. Lighting in my room was really bad cos it was about to rain and my lights are all dimmed. So there goes the flash of my camera. Boo~~ I only took the pic of this one cos I tried it first.

Say hello to my self-made kolok mee which tasted like foochow mee.
The rest of the day is history. Cos I had period pain =(

8,065 days and counting

As of yesterday, yes, I have turned 22.

First thing I did when I woke up was to thank God for living till today, for the people who made my life possible than I went on to replying all those birthday wishes. The fact that I did not line my birth date up on Facebook, still I have tons of wishes to reply. And why did I not put it on the list? Cos I want to see who really remembers my birthday, instead of a system telling them. But than again, there is still live feed.

So I'm 22, I still tell people I'm 20. I don't know why but I love being 20. haha.. As of a fresh 22 year old, I've done lost of reflection during my free time, before bed, in the toilet and usw. Things have quite drastically changed since the last 5 years, what more to say the past 10 years.

Gone where those useless MTV days which I feed myself so much with, a mentality of acceptance and trying to be cool. Those hours I've spent flipping through entertainment magazines are long gone. I was naive back than. I didn't knew the world or how things work in the world. There was only me and my cita-cita kosong to be famous or look like girls on the runway. 

Now instead of MTV, I've changed to CNN. Entertainment magazines are replaced with Times or Newsweek when I have a chance to get one. Education from Wikipedia have definitely broaden my horizons and Google is my best friend. Not that I don't want to indulge myself everyday on entertainment (apart from FB), but to think of those lost years I've be so uneducated about things in life. Furthermore, I far behind my mates who have grown up watching Discovery and learning about Technology. MTV did not get me anywhere. It won't even get me a job.

Now there's more responsibilities, struggles and such to keep me on my feet and to celebrate life. I've become a more thankful person to respect and cherish sacrifices of people around me. To talk less and listen more, to apply empathy in my daily living. To care more about the problems of others than mine, to cherish every friendship I have. Not forgetting to value the price of life (and value the hard work put in earning). I guess I can say I've started my journey to become a better person and to be a blessing to people around me. There's still a lot more to come.