Sy Mau Jadi Franky =) Pt 5

So I was going through this blog, trying to find any idea on what to write since I'm once again lagging behind from my resolution of one-entry-per-week, when I remembered something.. yeay!

I never really shared the final outcome of my personal project I did towards the end of last year, didn't I? So here goes..

Closed up view.. with the small Jolly Roger on top missing!

View of port side

View of starboard

As you can see, I suck at putting the stickers properly. In the first picture, the un-smoothness of the sticker drove me crazy enough to re-try.. which just resulted into me ripping the sticker before I quickly re-stuck it, realizing I'm just making it worse.

Even the long sticker around the boat is so buruk here.. as you can see *sigh*

Still, I was very excited with the outcome. My first ever project of this sort. Still need practice but I don't mind hehe..

P/S My 7-year-old brother Irfan saw the ship and asked me if I wanted to give it to him *gulp* Its supposed to be for 14 and above but I guess after some repairing (am gonna use superglue and redo the whole thing) I just might give it to him since he's usually careful with his toys. Gonna have to tell him that this is not exactly a toy, though

Setelah Sekian Lama..

My friends know I love costume jewelry, particularly bracelets..

..well, there's an explanation to that.

Rings: I'd rather wait for the ring FROM someone haha.. (sbnrnye mmg tak bese pun pakai cincin)

Necklace: I'm ticklish.. and I mean VERY ticklish, especially in the neck department. Hmm, sensitive too since I can't watch TV scenes where people are slashed in the neck too. There'd be this feeling that 'something' is going on my neck too. In fact, I used to keep my hand under my hijab coz it felt like something was happening to my tudung-encased neck. I took MONTHS to get used to the necklace my parents gave me on my 21st birthday. I couldn't not wear it since it was a gift from them, but I always took it off before sleeping in the first few months wearing it.

Earring: Simple explanation, I don't have them pierced.. ever! =D

I used to collect these bracelets anytime anywhere. Even friends would give them to me as gifts as the knew I'd certainly wear them. I even bought some over EBay, back when it was still accessible.

Friends and students would always know I'd wear the bracelet suited for the outfit I was wearing. It was my only outlet to some-sort of fashion that I allowed myself to indulge in (since I'm not really a cloths-buying kinda girl.. I'd rather spend money on books hehe..)

However, the past two years have seen me slowing down on purchases. Not much because I couldn't afford them on my measly pay (costume jewelry kot.. murah je kaaannn!) But mostly because I already had a bit too much with all the colours I'd ever wear (and frankly, I got takde-hati about this thing for a long while then..).

Still, the last year was the worst. I ONLY wore these RM5 white-only beads I bought from Sinma. The pressure of what was happening got to me, though not in a small way, but it effected this one passion of mine. I didn't feel like choosing any of the colorful bracelets I had, more less buying new ones. This little joy and self-satisfaction I had had eluded me as I tried to sort out 'things'..

It wasn't until a few weeks ago, when my student (one I taught when she was in form 1 and 2.. now she's form 5!) remarked on the bracelet I was wearing. It was the one given to me by Izati n Iskandar on my birthday. White (too) but with sweet roses in between the beads. This one..

I hadn't given much thought when I had put it on earlier, but when she commented on missing seeing my different bracelets, I realized, hey, I guees I miss that too! =)

So yeah, after that, I started taking my time choosing which ones I wanted to wear, just like before. No one really notices it, duh, its just bracelets.. but I loved this 'little secret' I had.

I was a bit frustrated seeing some bracelets had dulled (since I ignored them, I didn't really take care of them like I used to.. and they're just costume jewelry je pun so of course la kene jaga jugak kann) but most of them were still wearable.

Then a fews days ago while going to UIA's convocation expo, I came across a few bracelets.. and I actually bought a new one! After years of not buying eh hehe.. and am loving it though blum pakai lagi la kan sbb sayang (memandangkan bracelets yg lain dah buruk hahah..)

Tadaa..

Chumel kaannn =) =) =)

Ade yang start beli balik jugak kang lepas ni hehe.. ♥

Sy Mau Jadi Franky =) Pt 4

Yesterday I DID buy the intended whetstone.. and its working J

This is how I used it..

..and this is how its turning out! J

Ok.. can’t really see the difference but I can connect those parts perfectly now.. yeay!

Sadly, I was on a TV-watching spree last night so I didn't continue the ship making then. But just a bit more, ladies.. just a bit more! J

Sy Mau Jadi Franky =) Pt 3

So the 'ship construction' continues.. J

Am feeling a bit frustrated but just a bit je la.. takde la sampai nak ngamuk sume tu. Why? Coz one part of the ship doesn’t seem to wanna fit.. grrr..

At first I thought it was the lack of finger strength (ada ka?!? Haha..) coz as I tried connecting the two parts, they didn’t seem to wanna ‘stick’ to each other. I resorted to using a hammer (Yes, an actual hammer.. the one I bought when doing my DIY coffee table a few years back) but I knew I had to refrain from ketuk dengan segala ketidaksabaran yang ada coz I didn’t wanna break the plastic pieces into.. well, even smaller non-rescue-able pieces.

It was then that I realized, it wasn’t me.. it was IT! The two piece seemed to not have the same sized connectors (Ok, I’m using my own words here since I dunno the actual phrase people use for this) The ‘stick’ part was longer than the ‘hole’ it was supposed to fit in nicely (aaannnnddd, that sounded awkward..!)

Lemme show you..

See the ‘black hole’ there? Well, the part that was supposed to fit in there was taller than the height of the hole itself.. hence, the reason why it didn’t connect nicely. The reason for the black hole? Well, I got this ‘genius’ idea that I should use a heated toothpick (red hot from the fire) and try to melt the plastic hole a bit so it would get a bit deeper.. genius, right?! NOT!! Hahah..

Aside from the fact the toothpick turned into ashes in no time. I found my toothpick just sticking to the plastic surface as it tried to abide to my command.. ye Ayu, awak sangat pandaaaiiiiii.. pfffttt~~

My next option was to hack a tiny bit off the too-tall connection thingey but I didn’t know how to. Instead, I took the nail file from my nail clipper and proceeded to.. err, shred(?!?) the top part to shorten it. I would’ve succeeded (hey, it fit a bit better) if it wasn’t so tiring. Now I’m thinking of buying a whetstone (pengasah pisau?!?) at the pasar malam this afternoon in hopes of doing a better (and less tiring) job at it.. hmm, we’ll see J

In the meantime, THIS is the current finished stage J

Sy Mau Jadi Franky =) Pt 2

Last night, I told myself to be more positive in building my first ship ever. I told myself that this is my first attempt anyway so I shouldn’t be too hard on myself and I reminded myself that this is just for fun. I managed to believe that until..

..the war with the stickers resumed!

Arggghhh.. awat la hangpa ni cenonet sangat aihhhh?!?!

This is one of the smallest piece.. see how conscious I am now of my chubby fingers!

This one is a bit better sbb besaq skiiiiiit je.. dan masih jariku terlalu gemuk to handle stickers sebegini.

After struggling with those miniscule thingeys yang mampu membuat kesabaran ku teruji (hehe..), I proceeded with the actual ‘building’ of the ship that wasn’t as strenuous as I thought it would be. Atau maybe sbb I struggled with mende yng susah dulu (stickers yg microscopic itu) so this was easy peasy lemon squeezy in comparison J Sungguh la tersenyum sensorang bile banyak yang dapat dibuat..

..well, until I saw this!

Haiyaaaa.. tercabut abis la sticker putih kecik nii. Dah la nak lekat pun, ya Rabbi, punye la leceh. And the ‘best’ this is, I lost a few of these tanpa ditemui. The only thing going through my head was to go buy some correction liquid and pi liquid je kat tempat yang dah ilang stickers tu. Grrr..

The finished product before retiring semalam was this..

..kaann, bleh nampak sticker manekah yang ilang itu.. I give up la ngan stickers ni, huh!!

Sy Mau Jadi Franky =) Pt 1

I have a new project J

I recently went to the grocery store near the tuition centre for my nightly Nescafe fix when I noticed something new at the shop. Tadaaa~~

Ok, turned out its a copy la, tp I was still excited hehe..

I was planning on starting the assembly once I finished my classes next Thursday but I couldn’t sleep last night so I thought I’d just give it a start..

..and it was fun! J

Well, fun right until I realized I’ve got too-chubby finger yang sangat tak sesuai for stickers. Hmm, scratch that coz I think I suck at stickers, period!!

Look at this first attempt at sticking those things on the ship.. sangat huduh, I tell you. I was frustrated after finishing this part coz I had imagined a smooth finish. Instead, I got this nampak-sangat-la-amateur kinda look L

I tried to take another approach for the other side of the ship (starting from the middle and moving outward instead of starting from one side to the other) but even if it looked slightly better.. well, the keyword here IS 'slightly' anyway.

The assembly was not as I expected. Being someone who’s used to assembling her own DIY shelves (as well as friends punye jugak which include TV racks and such.. see, I’m independant and don’t need a guy utk pasang those stuff, ok! :p), I thought it would be something like that but I guess I was wrong. A bit more concentration was needed sbb mende alahnye sangat la kecikk.

So this is what I managed before I went to sleep..

.. to be continued!

My Sunday

For the long weekend, I only had ONE totally free day.. SUNDAY! And since my brother Adi was home for hi wedding preparations, I decided to head back to Penang.


First, I needed to go to Abah's since we were meeting there for his wedding discussion. As I was driving, I noticed something hehe.. not important la, but do you guys have these unavoidable dates you just remember. For example, Christmas. You see '25th December' and the only thing that crosses your mind is, well, Christmas. The same was for Sunday. I DON'T celebrate Valentines but can anyone NOT remember the date? I'm sure ALL of you know it, right?


Well, as I was driving, I noticed something on my meter..

Hahaha.. then I realized my mileage was a bit off so I decided to wait a few kilometres before taking this picture plak hehe.. coincidently, I had the same mileage as the date of the day kan ☺

Ye laaa.. not THAT amazing, but I love looking out for numbers (Thats why I can't help remembering some peoples birthdays.. and NOT ALL birthdays are for people I love, the curse of it!)


Then, that night we went to Ferringhi Night Market to find some odds and ends for Adi's hantaran. We didn't find what we were looking for but Adi found the perfect ring case for his hantaran theme: Pirates?!?! Ohhh, tidaaaakkk!~~ Hahaha..


But I also got something I've been searching for long. A Mary Poppins DVD.. okay la, you KNOW la kan that night market jual DVDs camne, but I've tried searching for it for so long so when I found it there, I couldn't help WANTING it! ☺☻☺


And when I went back home, way past midnight, Ikram happily handed me something he knew I'd like..

Videl! Girlfriend si Son Gohan.. yeayyyy! Added to my collection already.. suke okay!


Okay la, wanna sambung my work.. just wanted to make sure my blog tak berabuk here.. have a great week ahead!

Pengisian blog yg berabuk ☺

Okay².. as if the update is much awaited la kan hehe.. tp diri sendiri bukak blog mcm tak bes je takde entry baru. So pk punye pk, ape la nak masuk dlm blog nih?

Actually, if this was a private diary, byk bende I wanna talk about. But since this is kinda open to anyone who knows my URL, can't really write down all that stuff kan.. *sigh*

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Ahad aritu did some spring cleaning of the fridge (Yup, my blog is not the only thing I own that needs some airing hahah..). Found a-week-old cut of salmon I bought at half price in Jusco (dah half price to confirm la yg semalam dia potong kan so actually should've done something with it sooner) and a week old green pepper (or capsicum if you must). Tatau nak wat ape but then thought of the old boring thing to do.. TOMYAM! Hehe..

So headed off to the market (Funny how I can NOT sleep after Subuh whenever my heart sets itself for a trip to the market hehe..) to but some baby corn and tomatoes and mushroom and the result.. tadaaaa..

Okay, I am SO NOT showing off my non-existant cooking skills ye (Read some where about someone being sick of people who show off their cooking.. nape la dia rase camtu ye?) In fact, this is something I would not even make for my worst enemy haha.. and its made by the ADABI paste okay :p

Sorry thing is, sampai malam ni (its Tuesday) still tak abis lagi hahah..

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Then petang tu Arep and Rashid hinted about their cempedak and my promise to goreng for them hahah.. So I did as I promised, though I sure have to polish up my skills in doing these kinda fritters sbb everytime I make them, sure berminyak giler no matter how I drain them *double sigh*

Then when Arep came to take the dish, I was awarded with a suprise yg sgt cute hehe..

Chumel kan? Lembu salt and pepper shakers.. that I WON'T use la kannnn..

TQ Arep!!! :)

Sy tension.. dan tengok lah sy dah buat ape huhu..

Hmm.. hari ni sy rase sedih dan kecewe dan kecik ati.. nape? Takmo citer.. tp sedey la nape org expect bende yang sy tak leh buat.

Ape sy buat?

Sy baru tukor duit kat KM sbb adik KM tu nak duit syiling. Patutnye gi la simpan bank ke dak.. tapi sbb ade duit dlm tangan, sy pun pegi Megamall. Lgpun sy lupe besday sorg student sy (bkn lupe, mmg tatau huhu..)

Tp kan, ade 2 bende yg bg senyum sy sgt la lebar ala Julia Roberts.

Yg 1st.. tadaaa..

Hehe.. yg ni dpt offer! Ghege asal RM59.90, tadi dpt RM39.90. Mule mmg tanak beli sbb nak beli adiah utk student sy je.. tp tak tahan laaaa hehe.. sbb tinggal satu je lagi. Ni pun kire display unit..

(Mati la sy klau Abah tau huhu.. Adi paham le maksud sy ni kan Adi hehe..)

Yg 2nd ialah bende yg sy dah lame tingin.. jeng³

Akhirnye!! Wpun ianye curry ayam sahaje (still kempunan kari daging!) tp MasyaAllah punye sedap! Serius.. rase mcm mak² buat! And kaler nye sgt kuning (maafkan kualiti gambar ye..).. jugak seperti mak² buat dan bukan mcm kedai² jual yg pucat lesi itu..

Dan saiznye sgt la besar.. kenyang sy!

Tu pun, sempat lagi tapau satu lagi set sblm balik dan mak cik yg jual dia food court itu gelak sambil tanye sy, "Kan ke adik ni dah makan tadi?"

Sy senyum tersipu² sahaje hehe..

So skrg sy rase sgt happy!

Penat lum ilang..

Just got back from Kuala Woh and still haven't gotten over being exhausted (alasan je ni!) hehe.. I'll update on that later since Sedim punye update pun lum abis kan but suffice to say I enjoy the Sedim Expedition more..

Anyway, came to school and was greeted by a cute cupcake given by Irnis..

..for the birth of her second son, Ahmad Nizar Rayyan :) Thanx Irnis. I especially love the cute booties there on the cupcake hehe..

Then I went to the bank and stumbled upon a quaint gift shop yg you tak kan perasan kot sbb sgt la kecik and chumel. What did I find?

Tadaaaa..

A CD holder, lembu-style! Heheh.. I likey :)

Ayu mata 'hadiah'an hehe..

*blink* bunyi mate Ayu disaat entri ini ditulis hehe.. :p

Friday

Ain, Fatimah and Atifah were whispering excitedly while I was teaching. not that i'm not used to noisy classes, but they were being mysterious somehow..

Then, when I finished giving them their usual '5-question-exercise' (Rashdev sgt suke perli sy sbb suke bg 5 questions after every subtopic!), I went around checking on their work. It was then that Ain gestured at me to go to her.

I thought she wanted to show me her work when suddenly the three of them shouted, "Happy Teacher's Day"

I regretted saying, "Teachers Day minggu depan laaa.." when I saw their fallen faces. Cepat² nak pujuk, I said thank you and told them they were the first to wish me it. Apparantly, they had gone to buy their Mother's Day gift and I guess they thought it would be a good idea to buy one for me as well hehe..

Thanx korg.. wpun telah diberi amaran supaye JGN BUKAK LAGIK sampai Sabtu depan hehe.. ok!

Aiii, bile la nak dpt adiah Mother's Day pulak kaaaann heheh.. :p

Saturday

Went to As's kenduri with Bart and Misa. will update later once I upload the pics in my pc. What I wanted to show was the gift.. or rather giftS from Misa which she bought when she was in Sabah!

Tadaaa..

Heheh, yeay! Bertambah la my bracelet collection :)

Misa actually bought five bracelets for me and Bart to choose, tp sy sgt teruk and maybe my muke sgt la welfare while choosing between these two that in the end Misa bg sy amik 2-2 hahah..

Aiyak! Sgt malu.. tp malu² pun, amik gak tu 2-2 hahah.. Sian Misa dpt kawan cam sy kan hehe.. tp kan Misa, THANX!! Sy mesti pakai dgn bersungguh² nye ni heheh..

Dan jugak, dpt brooch gantung² from Bart dan dipakse oleh Bart utk pakai wpun dia tau sy tak pandai pakai brooch camtu.. adess! Hehe, but thanx for the belated besday present tau Bart :)

Of 'poyo'ness and 'ciwi'ness.. and "Ayu tanak kawen"?!?!

I came to school early today.. then cabut back home haha.. I've still got tonnes to do regarding the spring cleaning and somehow, I can't just start-->stop! I keep stopping every now and then haha.. sungguh teruk!

Anyway, the room is starting to look like a study now.. to MY eyes la! To other peoples eyes, I don't care haha :p My area, my suka laaaaa :p

I got to buy a bookcase at a shop near my tuition centre. Mahal gilaaaaa.. RM98! Hmm, I think mmg harge dia camtu kot.. Its just that a few years ago, I bought a similar one at Carrefour for RM49.90.. but it WAS on offer la time tu.. *sigh*

Takpe lah, the mahalness of it aside, guess what I put in there.. on the TOP shelf hehe.. (Actually dah not a suprise sgt since I had MMSed the photo to almost everyone ptg tadi hahah..!)

Tadaaa..

Hehe.. suke! I actually nak tayang my Goku tp everyone asyik tanye, "Dah complete ke?" Cehhh.. tengok pun tau lum complete lagi :p~

Takpe².. I ♥!

Among the people yg wajib ku MMS bende alah itu are Misa and Amoi la, my gang pengumpul komik satu zaman dolu. Misa seperti ku agak, akan jeles hehe.. jgn risau Misa, ni sy kumpul balik ni. Sy idak le terre nyimpan collection yg lame time kite kumpul dulu. Udah ilang dibuat dek adik² ku sob²..

Cikgu Amoi plak, sbb dah abis time skolah, rajin la dia melayan my sms. We were talking about our 'dream' dulu nak kumpul all the comics and figurines and make a special place for it in our own libraries. She told me she was lucky since her husband also liked collecting these comics so he didn't mind her buying them.

I told her, I wish I'd find someone like that since I don't wanna throw them all away again.

Tau ape dia reply? (word by word, letter by letter)

"Sy ingat lagi masa sek awak ckp xnak kawin, tp nak bby. Hehe kelakar kan.."

Aiyak! Did I say THAT out loud dulu?!?!

"Ye lah. byk kali plak tu. Sbb tu sy ingat.."

Erkk.. and I thought that was my deepest and darkest secret dulu hahah.. Tp to Misa and Ami (sbb same class with me time F4 and F5) AND Bai+Bart+Illis (kot la time F1~F3 sy dok ckp bende yg same), betoi ke sy ade ckp camtu byk kali kat sumer org? Sungguh konpius! I seriously thought that was my private thought and I never told anyone haha.. Tetibe rase malu! Hahah.. :p

Alaaaa.. mule la nostalgia ingt time sekolah²..

Study room update :p

Huhu.. terase ciwi :p

Last night stayed up again, but this time more to clearing up my bedroom since terdapat sgt byk habuk ditinggalkan oleh rak² di dalam bilik :D Left me sneezing tp padan la muke kan, sape suh sapu je selame ni hehe..

..and uwaaaaaaaaaaaa! Now my bedroom seem so bare, its almost depressing!

My bedroom used to be my safe haven. I had my bed (of course!), my closet, my study desk, my pc desk and my 3 book racks. I could stay locked up in the room without going out and still survive (klau tak makan laaa..).

Last night, after mopping up the room, beating the mat (bamboo one but still need beating sbb somehow it still berabuk) and rearranging my colourful boxes in place of my book rack, I realized my room was almost HALF EMPTY!

Whaaaaa-AAAAA-aaaat?!!?

Seriously, I could even hear echos in the room.. uwaaaaa! I could play football in the room if I wanted sbb giler lapang.. and terase kehilangan when I don't have my books near me :(

Now I'm trying to figure out apekah yg perlu ditambah so my room doesn't seem so.. empty!

A new bed?

Huh! Tidoq sorg pun nak tamak katil besau ke?

A bigger closet?

Baju awak byk sgt ke Ayu?

A..

A..

(senyap sunyi tanpe idea..)

Anyway, as for the room hehe.. Since I haven't bought new book shelves, I just stacked my books up lah dulu. Like this..

..and this!

Ni plak my comic (re)collection update :p

Hehe, was patting myself on the back around 4.30am this morning, happy that I've already moved all the books in my so-called study.

Senyum..

Sengih..

..until I arrived at the living room. Kunun nak wind down tgk CD jap laaa..

I saw another stack of campur² books hidden behind the settee.. AND my Harry Potter collection.. AND my Anne of Green Gables collection.. AND my current tuition referance books! Itu tak termasuk my Conan collection (yg separuhnye ade with my students hehe.. Cikgu apekah Ayu ini ye?)

Aiyakkk! Konpem gonna hafta go buy at least some simple colour boxes this weekend..

*sigh*

P/S

Got this from kak Jah who got them from the Dean, Prof Hamidi who just came back from the project in Makkah :) Semangat kak Jah nak bg different flavours for me to taste hehe..

Nyum², chocolates! Thanx kak Jah :) Nnt sy wat potato salad cam aritu nye utk kak Jah, k

Peanuts anyone?

Yesterday was the 1st phase of turning the backroom into my study. I didn't stop til nearly 5am and by then, I was so tired.. not sleepy, but tired. Took a bath before crashing on the living room settee and only woke up when Leong called.

Anyway, the room is now not as empty as before. Thought of taking out the landlords cupboard but since it won't do to be in any other room (the middle room is a bit full and my room has furniture with wood finishings as opposed to the grey paint of the cupboard) so I decided to leave it in the room but move it nearer to the window. I've stacked some boxes on top of it (boxes that'll help me when I'm moving outta here la kan, so tak leh la buang)

Then I moved my pc desk outta my bedroom and into this room, before transferring my study desk into this room too. I managed to move my one and only proper book shelf in to this room as well as two colour boxes I've used as book racks. Still haven't got enough time and money to go find other book shelves yet.. and it WAS tiring! Had to mop the floor several times sbb bilik tu dah lame tak bercuci kan.. giler tul! The water from ONE mopping bleh buat ink utk my tuition markers (Okay, exagerrating here :p)

Still have a lot to do but I'll update later with picture (Ciwi!)

Anyway, while doing the 'tranferring', I noticed something I've quite forgotten. Its something I used to collect when I was smaller.

You remember the cartoon Peanuts? Or maybe some of you prefer SNOOPY? Hehe..

Sunshine used to sell these Peanuts collectibles and I used to save my pocket money for them (as well as my comics!) I had a whole collection of stationery and others. I even had this Snoopy bag I used for tuition which cost me RM 49.90. Why do I remember the price? Well, on an allowance of RM2 per day (inclusive of bus fare AND lunch tau!), that amount was very large for me. Took me a few months to save up.. budak² skrg, mntk je dpt kan? We used to save up for anything we wanted, right? <--Now I'm sounding matronly like and old lady hahah :p

I was so proud of my collection :)

But when I moved away from home, starting from matriculation, I started losing these.. just as I lost my comics la kan. Aishhh, nak wat camne, I have a whole line of siblings younger than me :p

Still, somehow one year, my brother Adi remembered how crazy I was of Snoopy and his friends (I remember one year I got an A on an art project.. and this is Ayu yg tak pandai melukis ni! We were supposed to draw any holiday celebration and I chose Christmas with the Peanuts gang as the characters.. it must've been the one and only A I got for Seni Lukis haha..)

Back to Adi. On my 19th birthday (I think!), after he realized I was a bit upset seeing my Snoopy thingeys lost, he bought me this..

..no wonder he was looking forward to give me my birthday present that year! :) Thanx! Tengok, I still simpan elok² tau :p

Then another year, I found this @Watsons for a Snoopy promotion they did..

I also realized I still have a Snoopy jewellery box and clock (Just a clock je. Can't use for alarm!)

..and ni paling suke. Went to Popular a few years back and found these. Padehal time tu bukan ade duit, tp sbb takut lain kali dtg dah takde, sanggup ikat perut berminggu haha.. Tak silap they were priced at RM35.90 each and though mase ni I wasn't a school girl with a RM2 daily allowance, I still wasn't in shape to buy anything I wanted, whenever I wanted. Tp beli jugak tuh hehe..

Now I feel 16 again :)

Current projects

..not PhD-wise, may I warn you! Hehe..

1st Project: Kame Hame Haa Project

Actually, even before the movie came out, I'd been planning to re-collect this series.. as well as the Dragon Quest series.. both which are my favourites (along with Misa and Amoi). The three of us used to imagine collecting the whole series along with a few collectibles (We had some figurines back then.. and miniature Dragon Balls too hehe.. tak campur my red Dragon Ball bed sheet Amoi gave me for my 17th birthday!)

However, due to laziness perhaps, and the excuse that those old comic books are kinda hard to find, I kept KIVing that thought. That was until I came across this shop in Jusco Perda which sold all kinds of comis, old and new. Our fav Yuyu Hakusho pun ade.. so konpem la Ayu suke :p

And on my first purchase, I bought these..

Haha.. the boy at the counter cam pelik je kot tgk :p

So now, since the price pun much higher that what it was 12 years ago, kene beli sikit² je la kan, due to availability la jugak. Still, beli skit² pun, I guess dlm RM 50 (I could get around 10 of these) a month boley la kan? Then I'll be able to finish collecting these in a few months (DG 43 issues and DQ 37) :D

Yeay! Hehe.. also planning to buy the figures I saw in SnJ.

P/S Just finished reading one of my fav episodes where Pikor saved Go Han from Bezita.. sgt touching to know he's not a monster :) Hahah.. bleh rase emosi plak time ni, apa raaa Ayu :p Also gelak balik when reading the translator nye translation.. I think it was supposed to be Son Goku Mengamuk but he translated into Son Goku Merajuk.. Merajuk?!?! Heheh.. had a good laugh over this 12 years ago.. and still laughing at it now :)

2nd Project: Mini Library

I've now been living alone for, what? One year?

To tell you the truth, I now prefer living alone. Except for that scare I had at the end of last year when someone came knocking at my bedroom window at 3.30am and the unwanted-four-legged-guest I had a few months ago, I think I'm comfy.

I can do anything I want, cook anything I desire of even not cook at all, don't need to clean much as I don't stay at home much so sampah pun takde la byk sgt cam klau duk reramai kan. I can change the furniture around as much as I want to (not that there's much in the house pun, but I don't have to consider anyone else!), heck, I can go around butt naked if I want to (not that I do!) and no one would care. I could even have a washing day entirely to myself, without queueing up with anyone else to use the washing machine :)

Only one problem: I have TOO much space! Adehhhh!

The house has three comfortable-sized rooms. I've used one room as my bedroom eversince the days I lived with kak Kt and kak Shima so I have another two rooms to spare.

The middle room is now my so-called walk in closet haha.. No! I don't have that much clothes but this is the only room without windows so I can hang clothes without worrying they would fade from the sun. I've put the ironing board and all linen in this room. I've also put a clothes rack for my baju kurungs and blouses, all hanged neatly(?) with hangers..

I've also put my tudung rack here. And all my perfumes (I just realized that I collect a lot of these.. tp bukan la yg mahal² punye :p Just the usual Body Shop and Victoria Secret ones), body lotions, lip gloss (yg cume pakai di pagi hari.. and klau ilang, ilang laaa.. no touch up for me :p) bla bla bla..

.. and just so it doesn't look like I'm taking so much space. I've also put the spare matress here along with an extra towel rack for visitors. I know, why don't I put it in the third room kan? I feel its not only too much of a hassle untuk jage 2 bilik camtu, but also coz the room would seem so bare.. just a matress and towel rack?!

The third room pulak has been bare eversince my last housemate moved back to her hometown. I've always kept the door closed as I hate seeing the empty room actually.. and jugak sbb she left the room without cleaning it up properly AND with a broken cupboard (which is the land lord punye) Sakit ati tul.. The cupboard asalnye in my room but since I had my own furniture, we moved it to the middle room for kak Kt.. and then I moved it to her room when the middle room became empty and I realized she didn't have anything to put her clothes in. I'm pretty sure I gave it to her in a good condition BUT she left with the door tercabut from its hinges.. leceh tul la!

Anyway, not-exactly-recently, I noticed my overflowing books. Now that my book racks in my bedroom pun dah penuh, I've resorted to double-stacking my books in the current racks and also stacking some books on the floor in the living room.. and believe me, those stacks are growing taller every month.

Tambah pulak since now I'm collecting balik my comics.. and I've actually haven't taken the picture of the recent comics I bought last Friday :D So mmg byk la kan (Baru tingt, I also have books from Wanie yg blum bg dia post lagik.. haaaa, tak ke lagi tinggi stack nye nnt)

Pastu pulak, now that its nearly the middle of the year, I also remembered something else. Usually bile dah dekat time pekse, I'll be having students asking for additional private tutoring. Besenye budak form 3 lah ni. I do it for free for them, provided they come to my house la kan. The reason, klau buat additional private tutoring at the tuition centre, the 'boss' nnt suh budak² ni bayar and not all of them can afford additional costs kan.

Anyway, whenever they come, I could only offer the dinning room table for studying. Mmg was thinking of the third room, but I don't have extra tables ke whatsoever..

However, since I'm growing sick of seeing this empty room, I think I'm gonna change it into my mini library and study room.. aci tak? Hahah.. since I'm staying alone pun, I think itu tak jadi masalah, betul tak?

So here's the room..

..and the challenge is to turn the room into something useful! I'm gonna move my pc (yg dah tak berape bergune excpet for men gem jek hehe..) and current study desk in my bedroom here. Gonna have to buy some book shelves jugak la kan. Then maybe nak find those Japanese-kind low tables..

Ideas anyone?

Lembu affair lagikkk.. :p and birthday entry update :)

Seems like evesince I wrote about my lembu affair, ade je bende baru I nak tunjuk hehe..

Yesterday got a few new things but 1st I wanna show this..

..collection of lembu cards. Iyer, sy tau, ade 3 je, ape kes hahah.. One from Ad and the 21 one from Bai. The 'Sorry' one from Wamlah.. chumel kan heheh..

Then this one plak a note/card holder bought @QB. Was walking ngan Bai and saw this. could imagine her rolling her eyes tp dilayankan je Ayu nak benti 'tengok je' before Ayu beli trus. Huh, mesti si Sentot ni kate, "Ayu ni tadak willpower langsung!" Hehe..

Pastu plak, went to Memory Lane, my wajib lawat store hehe.. Bai bought some cards for her anniversary AND friends wedding (Pasal kawen aje..) and I stumbled upon this..

Waaaahhh, suke! Tp konpem tak bg sape pinjam. Its white maaa, nnt kotor camne (Dasar kemut! Abis tu awk beli buat pe, Ayu?!?!) Yesterday dah testing², sangaaaat lembut heheh.. Suke giler!

ALSO! I got another birthday suprise heheh..

Was hungry and Bai belanja me for lunch at Paddingtons! Yeay, dah lame ngidam nak makan sini and I took some pancakes with dory and mashed potatoes.. yummy! Silap la tak amik gambaq coz I was too hungry time ni :"> Len kali lah ekk..

And I got another suprise from Bai and 'adik' Irfan :p

Ape ye?

Tadaaaa.. heheh..

Bertambah la koleksi safari ku dlm kete :p

Thanx Bai.. and thanx 'adik' Irfan yg akan call me 'kak' Ayu until I get married, k (Psttt, Irfan, jgn dengaq ckp Mama klau dia ajaq Irfan panggil 'Aunty' tau :p)

My Lembu love affair updated :)

Saturday saw us picking up Izati from UIA before we went to pick up Adi for his 'meminang' business.

Guess what she gave me? Heheh..

Yeay, tambahan collection for my Lembu hehe.. Though the fridge magnet Lembu wasn't my favourite black-and-white Lembu New Zealand and only a typical brown Lembu Malaysia.. but its the thought that her sister loves Lembu that counts hehe..

Ehhh, Ti.. keychain tu pun cantik jugakkkk :) Thanxxxx! :) :) :)

My Love Affair with Lembu(s)

Not the usual lembu(s) found merate² di sini ye hehe.. You remember the Fern Leaf advertisement? Where they have these black and white cows, the 'Lembu² New Zealand' adevertisement? Haaa, thats the one :p

A few years ago, my brother Iskandar who has a nose for 'orphaned' kitties bought back this black and white kitten. Its body was the whitest of whites with the blackest of blacks spots around its body.. just like the 'lembu² New Zealand' advertisement. I'd never seen such vibrant (though mono) colours on a kitty. We called him, M'bu, naturally!

Sampai ke beso its colour was like that and EVERYONE who saw him would comment the same thing and would laugh knowingly when they got to know his name :)

Then a few years later, when Ikram came back from his short stint in Japan, he bought back this cow plushie which reminded me of M'bu (who was deceased by then). I fell in love with it at sight but Ikram didn't wanna give it to anyone haha.. only Izati got borrowing privilleages!

With my 'love' unreturned, I resumed my life until I saw this..

..in a shop near Farah's house! And I fell in love again, but this time, my love was returned haha..
Then on my next birthday, Ramlah gave me a Lembu card with this Lembu keychain! Chumel.. (actually this is the second one she gave me haha.. the first on ter'patah' ekor nye)

And one day while going out with friends, I found this lone Lembu in the window of a shop.. dan lantas diriku membeli nye :)

..with Ramlah, pitying the Lembu being single, bought this other one to accompany the first one hehe..

For my birthday last year pulok, I got two Lembu mugs. One from kak Win and the other from Dgon. Haven't used them though, sayang oooooo :p

If some of you remember, earlier on the first year students had this bazaar and I had bought a few fridge-magnets-cum-paper-clip. Guess which one I kept for myself :p

Then a few months ago, at SnJ, I found these storage boxes.. and of course bought one for myself. Why?

Hehe.. and here's the back view pulak!

As for another Lembu item in my car.. the newest addition :) Chumel tak?

Izati sent me this in an MMS last week.. and I was excited until she told me she didn't buy it pun.. caitt!! So I can just look at the picture je la kan hehe..

So thats my love affair for now. Hehe, hoping to add more things to my collection nanti :)

Btw, my friend Dgon plak I think dah addicted to the cousin of Lembu.. this from the two gifts she gave me before (one for my konvo and the other for my latest birthday..)

Jugak chumel kan :)