Monday, November 29, 2004
HOORAY-HOORAY HARI RAYA

*waves white flag*

ok saya surrender. no more jalan raya to rumah sedara. raya dah masuk 2 minggu, tapi masih jalan hari-hari! weekend ke, weekday ke, pakaliao!! semalam saya sempat beraya kat johor; the penat cannot tahan, dahlah banjir... this is what happens if your dad has 14 siblings and your mum has 7 (plus fil's 12 and mil's 11). bleh pingsan worrrr...

my favourite part of raya is the food (abuhden?). every ramadan i'll surely lose 1-2 kg, so raya is payback time. i *believe* i have gained back whatever i've lost (with an extra paunchy tummy to boot) and i'm not complaining. orang kata pipi dah tembam sikit. hehe. saya memang miss saya punya yusni jaapar look. dulu time saya sec 4, saya memang tembam teramat. kalau tak caya, satu hari saya tunjuk kat sini ok. sekarang saya malas nak korek itu gambar vintage.

sekarang semenjak saya dah wave white flag, bolehlah saya kembali memblog. yeayness.

sekarang saya nak comment pasal benda lain pulak. saya nak comment pasal boipren saya.

nanti hari wednesday ni, jangan lupa support boipren saya k. saya feeling sangat nak pegi indoor stadium nak tengok dia beraksi, tapi apakan daya, hasburn saya tak kasi. hasburn saya tu memang, dia jeleees nah... tapi memang patotlah dia jeles, pasal boipren saya tu hemsem dan talented! suara dia lunak dan lemak berkrim (and hana says "berzat"!) macam susu cap junjung. saya dah pon mendonate beribu-ribu ringgit kat mediacorps supaya boipren saya tu bleh menang tiap-tiap episod. bukan saya tak suka si bonjobi wannabe tu, tapi dia asyik senyum-senget-sambil-memointing je... jelak pulak. suara dia oklah, saya rasa lagu awie pon dia boleh bawak, tapi tulah... lagu rock je dia boleh nyanyi! boipren saya plak versatile menyertile you! semua rentak dia boleh carry. cuma lagu melayu tradisional je saya belom dengar. tapi takpe, tahun depan, suria mesti ajak dia masuk citer hari raya. bleh kita nampak boipren kita tu menyanyi pakai samping eh? ooh, what an excellent opportunity to masuk meminang him!! *marks calendar*

akibat terlalu disappointed kerana dihalang hasburn, saya dan minah lagi satu ni (khabarnya dia pun gilakan boipren saya, tapi saya tak pasal) dah mula nak buat rancangan sendiri. ah ah, kita berura-ura nak buat party idola singapura kat rumah sendiri! best jugak eh, kalau pe'el burok mana sekalipon, tetap tak masuk tv. selenge mana pon, jamin tak paiseh. saya mesti buat mana-mana yang patot jadi boipren saya tu tak akan menolak pinangan saya next raya. heh.

"... my favourite idol is torh-fit..."

while i echo your sentiments, it's TAUFIK, my dear nyonya. ta wau fa ya kaf. geddit right.

ok next:

where else can one find super adorable kids? :)

:: RAYA AT KAK NINA'S AND RAHYAN'S ::


with the hostess and her incredible-ly cute kid


"hostess"


"incredibly cute kid" (minus the mask)


hostess' huge house


hostess ajar kita buat bukan-bukan


garden gnomes


kita-kita kat rumah kak nina


double trouble at rahyan's


guess which is which!


tak sia-sia oreng2 tu bangon pukul 3 pagi kopek taugeh eh...


saya pon nak macam yan punya... tapi satu dulu! hehe

kelmarin tu saya pon ada beraya dengan sabs and ism (i.e. kengkawan dari zaman polis pakai seluar pendek).


one of the three stooges is preggers, yo! cannot believe it seh. macam baru semalam kita main masak-masak togeder-geder...

wah, i'm gonna become a godmother again. exciting times ahead. :D

december is in 2 days' time. and boy do i have a whole bag of plans for december! lagi-lagi project MMD. apa itu MMD? aah... tunggu dan lihat ye!

:: rouge @ 9:39 am :: ::


Tuesday, November 16, 2004
RAYA 2004

beberapa hari ni, saya tak sempat nak membalas tagging kengkawan sekelian, jadi maaplah ye. tima kasihlah di atas semua emel, sms, dan tagging-menagging kengkawan sumer. yang sempat dibalas, saya balas. saya harap hari raya kengkawan sumer meriah-meriah belaka ye! saya pon, walaupon mula-mula takde mood nak beraya (sampai baju pon tak dibuat sepasang dengan hubster), bila dah start berjalan tu, rasa seronok pon datang! seronok, GEREK dan semua perasaan yang sewaktu dengannyalah! first time beraya as a wifey, you know!! :)

oklah, saya tak nak membebel lagi. nah gambar!

:: first day ::




ni nak mintak maaf ke, nak mintak apa??


with parents-in-law


at my grandparents' place


with 11-year-old dilsbedils, who's fast catching up with me!


my favourite nieces, the ritzaudin girls


dah masuk 6 rumah, muka pon dah start penat


kalau dah penat, burok...


tapi raya tetap best, betol tak syaqir?


betol auntie!!


ok last pose, i promise. alah, hari raya mesti pose dengan bunga raya ape...


:: second day ::


2nd day pakai purple karer


macam nak pegi nikah lagi je...


calling-calling the mil... "come down in 10 mins, mama!"


mil and her sis. off we go!


gambar bawah block dengan wak yah


nak amik gambar sendiri tapi tak pass


selamat hari raya from Kecik and me! maaf zahir dan batin :)

:: rouge @ 1:49 pm :: ::


Friday, November 12, 2004
WHISK ME TO THE KITCHEN


click

two housewives wanted to give each other moral support in the department of kuih-making (cos for raya:2004, motivation=0) so they got together and busied themselves in the kitchen... and whipped up their first batch of goodies.

verdict: EDIBLE.

now one of the housewives is motivated enough to *conjure* more raya delicacies on her own! rainbow nutella cake, anyone?

:: rouge @ 2:14 pm :: ::


Thursday, November 11, 2004
HAPPY DEEPAVALI

amaciam? nari holiday bestkan? tulah feeling saya hari-hari. kwakwakwa.

i got fed-up waiting for my photobucket's bandwidth to reset itself. i wait like the fruit neber fall you know. i thought of signing up with another free image hosting account, but the thought of losing all my previous pictures for good filled me with dread. so the very sayang. so i did the next best thing. i signed up for photobucket's premium account. kena bayarlah tuuu... but now i have unlimited space AND bandwidth!! now everything's hunky-dory, which is good, cos i have a backlog of entries to clear! bayar pon bayarlah...

with regards to the previous post, wah... i didn't expect so many kind souls to offer me advice (through email too!). thank you many-many. really appreciate it. i've already started taking the folic acid which the hubster had kindly bought for me. yes, i believe God has better plans for me. maybe He wants me to get a job first. heh. being pregnant now *could* interfere with my chance of securing a job. you know how things are here in singapore. and they say false alarms are a sign that you're getting closer to the real thing, but i've convinced myself not to get worked up over the next barrage of symptoms, should i get any after this. serik.

last week i paid my ex-colleagues a visit at *that* school. missed them like mad (but not the job babes!), so i happily dragged my two huge studio albums to tampines mall where my kamchenghoes were having lunch before we proceeded to the school (for more ex-colleagues!). they said - in envy - i looked happy. happy tai-tai. i told them tai-tai my ass. but i still offered them my smuggest smile. *chuckles*


fizzyfizh and zethrop hamming it up for the camera


the kids at school thought we were sisters. so we played along. :p


dear fizzyfish became preggers right after my wedding. and she's showing! now who's the enviable one?


at my old cubicle, now occupied by a newbie.

suddenly i miss working.

i'm looking forward to the release of the 'n' levels results soon; that'd mean a reunion with my form class. now i can make them call me mrs nazri! no more mini rini. hmph.

and before i forget...



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:: rouge @ 2:33 pm :: ::


Tuesday, November 02, 2004
OH NO

it's a false alarm. :(

maybe all the symptoms (i still have them) are due to my low blood pressure in the fasting month. even the lateness. low blood cos i'm underweight ~ the doc told me last time. he also advised me to put on more weight... i tried what!!

neymind, try again. rezeki belom ada. tapi tadi time subuh, kita "tersedih" sekejap.

hey, i'm only human.

:: rouge @ 1:37 pm :: ::


Monday, November 01, 2004
WONDERWOMAN

i'm thinking a lot of things.

i'm wondering when the renovation in my kitchen would stop. the dust is choking me and clouding my already cloudy vision. plus i'd like to start flushing again, thank you.

i'm wondering why i bothered reading the banal and insipid contents of FEMALE magazine (free subscription - not by choice). it's like fodder for lobotomy recipients. puke, gag, faint.

i'm glad i picked up reading again after a four-year hiatus. it's not like i didn't read at all during those black hole years, but daily scrutinizing of highly flawed english compositions hardly counts as a fulfilling read. my first post-hiatus novel by khaled hosseini was a long awaited treasure about life in afghanistan. suddenly my world opened up again.

i'm silently dreading the thought of not being able to find a job soon. i blame myself for not putting in more effort in the resume sending. but no, i DON'T regret quitting teaching.

i'm moved by the plight of the missing huang na girl. i'm secretly wishing it's not her body that they've found. but what are the chances that it's not her? poor study mama.

i'm wondering why i'm not as excited as i should be for the coming raya, seeing that this will be the first time i'm celebrating it as a smug-married. is it my unemployed state? most probably. "tai-tai"ing (if you can call it that) is great, but having your own job gives you a sense of identity and worth somewhat. right now i believe i feel lost. not to mention broke. hah.

i'm wondering whether i should see a doctor. i wonder whether all the signs and symptoms are credible, because they're confusing the hell out of me. but seeing that i'm late... i wonder whether it's just a false alarm. i wonder whether keeping my expectations low is worth it.

:: rouge @ 1:39 pm :: ::