27 Jan -30 Jan

this is going to be a super long post cos i have not had the time to blog for the past week. work has made me ridiculously tired and mother seems to be piling on the chores for me to do.

well anyways, 

the 2 packages i ordered online from dinair and sigma finally arrived. i was ecstatic until i realised i ordered the wrong colours. i tend to buy things on impulse after i have finished clicking things into the cart and the 2 colours that came along with my dinair were definitely impulse buys. i thought the shades looked nice and so it ended up in my shopping cart with the other stuff.

Happy 20th, Sister!

you've grown a year older, hoping that you'll grow wiser as well but you're still a pain in the ass, my pain in the ass.

i still love you, don't you worry about that. heh

to my best friend and the best sister i could have asked for, hope you have a blessed year ahead.

Happy 48th Dad!

2011 Aidilfitri. 

through the years growing up we did not always agree, especially during my early teen years but you were always there. always there as my hero, my best friend and the best dad i am privileged to be a daughter to.

you taught me alot, though sometimes through discipline. i understand that now those lesson were necessary.

i would never want you to go away. you and mom keep me grounded and i'm grateful to have understanding parents who let me grow as i am but still correct my actions when needed. i'd like to think our father /daughter bond grew even more since Grandma's passing and i shall fulfill your request when the time comes.

I love you Dad, forever and always. i also hope that i can find someone as bighearted and as understanding as you are in the near future.

to my Hero, my Best Friend and most of all my AWESOME Dad. :)

Zura's Engagement

on the 15th of January 2012, another one of my girlfriends' got engaged.

congratulations, zurabudakcutegilernakmampos ;)

the princess for the day :)

purchases and plans

i online shopped from 3 stores yesterday, Dinair, Sigmabeauty and Karmaloop. i bought makeup stuffs and babybro's stuff.

am looking forward to the delivery of the packages but not my credit card bill. so much for wanting to stop purchasing using my credit card.

i have only about 4 months left to save for the L.A trip and if i don't I'll be very, very sad 'cos I've been looking forward to it since babysis started planning. she did say her boyfriend is paying for my flight, and hopefully accommodation as well 'cos they owe me money from the Australia trip last year 'cos i forked out alot for their flight as well.

i have to save up for 2 different currencies this time and neither are cheap. this is because we will be transiting in Tokyo, Japan for about 6 hours tops.

maybe i need to ask Mother to hide my credit card. a little extreme but i do not want to risk buying something, in the next 4 months, that i will regret.

the purchases from the above websites are needed, mostly to replenish some products and 'cos i wanted to buy babybro his stuff for a change. I'm a good sister like that. :)

next month we will be buying the flight tickets and will be booking our hotel and that is why i seriously cannot splurge on my credit card anymore. on top of that, after my trip i plan to go for my lasik surgery. found out the estimated amount of money i need to save for the surgery and its no small amount.

basically this year will be the year i spend a lot of money on things. like the abovementioned.

babysis did say that she wants to go to Goldcoast, end of this year. just us siblings and for that i need to save a whole lot more as well 'cos babybro won't be able to save up the amount needed for the flight and hotel, just for his own expenses only.

here's to the plans succeeding. cheers!

Manhattan Fish Market

i finally went to Manhattan Fish Market (cwp branch) with my colleagues. i promised one of them, like forever, to treat her there 'cos she helped me with something. 

i must say that it was an okay experience. the food was great. i like the side dish menu very much. i had a seafood marinara pasta - forgot the name of the dish. the pasta itself tasted great but after awhile the sauce sort of became overwhelmed by the seafood. and it started to taste rather fishy. 

i would recommend, very much, the cheese fries and the deep fried mushroom side dish. again, i forgot the name of the dish. jeez, I'll never be able to review things properly like this. 

anyways,

the service was okay. lack of communication between servers and the kitchen. we initially wanted the pasta to be fettuccine but it came out spaghetti instead. but in the end it was all sorted out. apparently they ran out of fettuccine and kitchen did not inform the front staff but the person who served us apologised and everything turned out okay. 

i think they need to work on their communication skills. 

other than that I'll definitely make a return trip, probably with my family. birthdays are coming and that seems like a good enough reason. :) 

May Allah s.w.t Bless your soul, Grandma

My mom and my Late grandmother, taken during Aidilfitri.
Hajjah Einun binte Haji Lanit (1934-03/01/2012).

Happy New Year :)

Happy New Year everyone. hope ya'll had a blessed 2011 and hope that 2012 will be the same.

i didn't do much just went to watch the fireworks at MBS Docks, near Avalon, with my colleagues. it was an okay event. just the waiting was terrible.

not that many pictures 'cos my picture taking skills are sadly lacking. so i'll let my colleagues do the uploading on facebook.

the fireworks display was incredible.

there'll be a video at the end and these are the few more decent pictures that were taken. :)