Princess Lilue

Not bad huh? We created a 1Malaysia signage board in our department as part of the Merdeka deco competition.. which btw, they still havent announced the winner yet..

As usual, it was a last minute effort, coz the supposedly focal was away on medical leave.. leaving us totally in the dark. She was briefed, like 2 weeks ago, but told the rest of us nothing.. not even who was the rest of the team members. So, what the heck.. me and my partner-in-crime took over & completed the whole deco thingy in 1 day, using the theme of malaysian festival (plus logos of past hari kemerdekaan & various malaysian icons by state).. of course, we almost had a heart attack coz the other girl who was supposed to do the Deepavali portion only arrived abt 10am on the judging day itself.. giving us abt 10mins to do.. ughh.. and we managed to forgot to take out the tissue, covering the food on display.. duh..

Anyway, we managed to complete it in time, plus i think the judges (and our big boss) was pretty impressed with the results.. i hope.. haha..

P/s: Just got the results today (1st Sept)... we didnt won.. :( sob..sob.. the HR team from the next building won.. darn.. knew should have checked them out beforehand..

Where i work, parking is an issue.. and i guess that goes for quite a number of people, especially those who work in the heart of Kay Ell.. and since i do not have a dedicated parking (not unless i'm prepared to pay through the nose that is), i made the choice to come early to office. it's a hassle really, but i rather do this than going round and round searching for a parking or squeezing somewhere and then end up worrying abt it for the rest of the day..

Today, as usually i left the house at 5.30am, going via Federal Highway.. at 5.30, it is still empty as compared to not moving at all once you've hit 7am.. i think i didnt go as fast as i could have.. a fast car, out of nowhere came up behind me.. i would have moved out of the way if not for the car on my left.. it's too close for me to go behind him, so i was going to cut the left car, to give way for the fast car.. then, unexpectedly the car behind me, tried to bypass me.. and there is absolutely no.. i repeat, there's absolutely no space on my right!!!

so the car hit the divider and end up hitting me.. duh! i was soooo scared, for me and for my car.. it totally didnt cross my mind to look at his plate number etc.. i was just trying to hold on to my car, trying to see if my car can continue moving.. i didnt dare to stop coz it was barely 6 in the morning.. and we're in the middle of highway for god's sake.. so i kept on moving and crying over the phone with my mum.. i drove straight to office and only then did i stop to check the damages..

Alhamdullillah, it didnt looked like i had any major dent & surprisingly my bumper is still intact.. i thot that's just it for my car.. :( only my back door was badly scratched that i can see.. and Alhamdullillah, i was okay, although i was shaking all the way to office.. the aftershock of the event..

So for you gals out there, be careful when you drive out in the morning (or even late at night, that is).. there's lots of madmen out there.. ;(

• Harry Potter (and re-reading them all the time)
• Twillight saga
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Three Sister's Island and other Nora Roberts trilogies
• Vampire Academy (still waiting for the next book)
• House of Night
• The Gatekeeper Series by Anthony Horowitz
• The mediator by Meg Cabot (have not managed to get hold of the series yet, only reading at random now :p )
• Sabriel series by Garth Nix
• Dragonlance Chronicles
  

I just met (or rather finally talked) to the new manager in my department yesterday..He looked pretty interesting alright.. kinda bubly and quite the joker as well.. He was of course, "complaining" that our department is a little too quiet for his taste.. hehe.. but hey, we dont mind if he's planning to liven things up.. with my current boss leaving for another department, my team has lost our noise factor.. sob sob..

But the interesting thing abt that new manager was, he said that I looked familiar to him.. huh? i realised that he is not that much older than me after talking to him, but i'm certain that i've never met the guy before..

Also, what made that fact so weird was, he was not the only person who has said that to me.. my other colleague, said the same thing when he met me.. which at first i thought that we might have met somewhere in UK, where we both studied.. that is, until i realised that he graduated way, way earlier than me..

of course, the last guy who said that to me, was just using it as a pickup line.. haha..

So... since when have i became this popular face ? Am i that common ? I've never thought of myself as being common before, even my real name is a rare one.. hmm.. weird...

So there's this girl who came up to me right after lunch..

She wanted to promote & collect orders for her kuih raya..

And she looked at me with disbelieve when i told her that i dont want to place any orders coz we make our own kuih raya..


Why la..You dont have to make a face you know.. I'm not that great a cook i admit, but i can & have made my own kuih raya before.. and my mum's biscuits are greatly awaited & demanded for, okay.. sheesh..

So if I never get married, I have a chance of becoming an angel, a beautiful one at that ,right ? hehe.. kena cari ah buku nih.. *wink*..

"Wahai, wanita-wanita yang hingga usia tiga puluh, empat puluh, atau lebih dari itu, tapi belum juga menikah (mungkin kerana kekurangan fizikal, tidak ada kesempatan, atau tidak pernah 'terpilih' di dunia yang amat keterlaluan mencintai harta dan penampilan wajah.) Yakinlah, wanita-wanita solehah yang sendiri, namun tetap mengisi hidupnya dengan indah, bersedekah dan berkongsi, berbuat baik dan bersyukur. Kelak di hari akhir sungguh akan menjadi bidadari-bidadari syurga. Dan khabar baik itu pastilah benar, bidadari syurga parasnya cantik luar biasa. (Bidadari-Bidadari Syurga)"
- Tere Liye

Magnet Rezeki Dengan Solat Duha by Muhammad Mokhtar

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Solat Dhuha adalah antara solat-solat sunat yang amat jarang dibicarakan, walaupun ia adalah antara solat sunat yang paling baik untuk diamalkan.

Buku ini menceritakan bagaimana menyatukan keperluan duniawi and spiritual melalui ibadat solat dan doa meminta rezeki yg diberkati Allah. Buku ini juga menghuraikan makna "rezeki" dalam kehidupan kita, iaitu bukan setakat dari segi material atau kewangan semata-mata.


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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about movies …How do you react to movies made of your favourite books (or even not-so-favourite books)? Do you look forward to seeing them, or avoid them? Do you like to have read the book before seeing the movie?

I do look forward to see the books i've read being made into movies.. However, i sometimes have to remind myself not to judge the movie too harshly for not following the book.. coz sometimes it's just too disappointing to see a good book, especially if one of my favourite turned out less than expected.. but at the same time, i like to see how other people interpret the book & present it in the big screen. whether it matches to my imagination..

I prefer to have read the book before i see the movie, although not always the case..
But sometimes i do get pleasantly surprised with a movie, for example Inkheart. I only read the book after i watched the movie and i have to say that i prefer the movie to the book.. which is a rare one really.. but i think the movie presented the story in a much more fluid way and the actions are much more fast-paced. The book, although pretty good, was a little long-winded at times.. But then, watching an interesting movie such as Inkheart, for one thing, does makes me want to find and read the book for myself..

Some of the books-made-into-movies that i've seen:

• The Notebook - (read first) the movie was also quite good
• Twilight - (read first) Rob is so not like Edward, but he did okay
• The Da Vinci Code - (read first) Tom Hanks so do not fit into the character and the movie, well, not that great
• Harry Potter - (read first) some of the movies was okay but still not up to expectation, especially with Half-blood Prince..
• Memoirs of a Geisha - (read first) the movie was good, but so different than the book.
• Stardust - (read first) i liked the movie even though it was different than the book.

and others that i can't think of right now...

p/s: hmm.. i really should go read My Sister's Keeper before the movie comes out..

Also, i wanted to see what's all that hype about Sienna Miller. I've never seen any of her movies before. I think. Oklah, nothing to shout about though. And that Wayan guy, i really dont like his-kind of comedy ("White Chicks" and other similar movies which i cant be bothered to remember), but he was pretty good in this movie. He still have his funny punch-lines etc, but much more tastefully done.

Out of the bunch, i really liked Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow. Both of them were so cool, their moves & their history, even Storm Shadow's arrogance was impressive.

I was surprise to see Brandon Fraser making a cameo appearance in the movie. Wasnt expecting that. On the other hand, i was quite surprised to know who Joseph Gordon-Levitt was playing. He was still so young when he played 10 Things i hate about you with Heath Ledger. And this really shown how much he has grown since then.

Overall, not a bad movie to watch. The nano-weapon thingy was quite impressive as you can see from the trailer, where it "ate" Eiffel Tower.

Have you heard Akon's latest song, "Be with you"? I dont know if it's just me reading the lyrics weirdly, or.. hmm...

I know they wanna come and separate us but they can't do us nothin
Your the one i want and i'm a continue lovin
Cause your considered wify and
i'm considered husband

If she's only "considered wify"... meaning she's not the wife, right?

I dont get it really.. you're either married or you're not.. If you're that sure that you're going to be with her, so what are you waiting for..? just get married.. it's that simple to me.. haha..

I re-watched Mamma Mia over the weekend (& that movie is so watch-able over & over again.. hehe) and i still dont get why the bride & groom didnt just get it done with.. they were going to travel the world together anyway.. duh..

anyway, whatever la.. i know non-Islam-wise & other-cultural-wise, you people think being together & being married is the same thing. But i really dont think so...