Perfect Piece of Forever

Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2 was the best one among all series.

Picking up from part 1, Bella awakened as a vampire. I loved her hair, her make up, oh she's so beautiful. I loved this version of Bella, rather than the clumsy, lip-biting, sulky, stuttering one. Now she's not only beautiful, she's also a strong vampire that's more than capable of taking care of herself.

The fight between Cullens and Volturi was an uphill battle. And when Carlisle got his head cut off, I was like, what the hell! I was going to kill the director. Same thing when it happened to Jasper. I wanted to scream "Carlisle! Jasper!" in the cinema. :p And I almost cried when Seth died. But then there's a surprising twist, I felt such a fool when it just turned out to be Alice's vision. It made me like, phew!

So the whole point of them gathering all the witnesses was to make the Volturi  pause so that they could explain and avoid war and death. But the way they did it as a vision was brilliant and the fight scene was actually pretty awesome, even though I almost screamed there. Alice was amazing. If I were a vampire, I wanna be like her. ^^

The flashback scene of Bella and Edward with the background song by Christina Perri featuring Steve Kazee touched my heart and it was so lovely. I was actually thinking to use the song as my wedding theme. Heeeeee.. :p

Well, it's an epic ending of Twilight. ^_^

We Own the Night

The closer it gets to end of year, the busier I become. It seems like everything demands to happen all at once, then I get exhausted for juggling from one thing to another. But I like it, I love doing things and get busy, even I stress out sometimes. But it's better than nothing, better than monotonous days. Besides, I'm not an indoor type, I can't stand spending the whole week without going out. 

Anyway, I went to prom last Friday night. It's an annual dinner of my faculty, as known as Aims Night, held at Nexus Karambunai Ballroom. The theme of the night was Hollywood Walk of Fame. So I came up with Nichii ruffled black dress, red scarf, glittered clutch and wedges. I'm not sure if it suited the theme but I just wanted to go neat and simple. 

heeee..... ^_^

No one goes to prom alone. Of course, I came with Ifo. ^^

We sat at the same table with my friends; Nelly and her boyfriend (Edone - which is also Ifo's cousin), Fiza, Lizzie, Constance, Izzaz (who turned out to be the Prom King), Voon and Ramesh. Let's just say that our table was so 1 Malaysia and really fun. I had splendid moments sitting and enjoying the meals with them. We talked, laughed and took a lot of pictures. Wicked!

with friends 

the whole batch ^^

The meals were great too. We had crab meat with sweet corn soup, Thai style deep fried fish, roasted chicken, fried prawns with orange salad sauce (my favorite), braised bean curd with broccoli, stir fried tong chow rice, and ice longan tofu delight.

I guess it's the last prom I attended for my degree study in UMS. It's so wonderful to meet everyone who looked so gorgeous, glam and elegant. We owned the night. ^^

hey hey ;)

To Gaza with Love

A Poem for Gaza

by Remi Kanazi

I never knew death until I saw the bombing of a refugee camp

Craters filled with disfigured ankles and splattered torsos

But no sign of a face, the only impression a fading scream

I never understood pain

Until a 7-year-old girl clutched my hand

Stared up at me with soft brown eyes, waiting for answers

But I didn’t have any

I had muted breath and dry pens in my back pocket

That couldn’t fill pages of understanding or resolution

In her other hand she held the key to her grandmother’s house

But I couldn’t unlock the cell that caged her older brothers

They said, we slingshot dreams so the other side will feel our father’s presence

A craftsman

Built homes in areas where no one was building

And when he fell, he was silent

A .50 caliber bullet tore through his neck shredding his vocal cords

Too close to the wall

His hammer must have been a weapon

He must have been a weapon

Encroaching on settlement hills and demographics

So his daughter studies mathematics

7 explosions times 8 bodies

Equals 4 Congressional resolutions

7 Apache helicopters times 8 Palestinian villages

Equals silence and a second Nakba

Our birthrate minus their birthrate

Equals 1 sea and 400 villages re-erected

1 state plus 2 peoples…and she can’t stop crying

Never knew revolution or the proper equation

Tears at the paper with her fingertips

Searching for answers

But only has teachers

Looks up to the sky and see stars of David demolishing squalor with hellfire missiles

She thinks back words and memories of his last hug before he turned and fell

Now she pumps dirty water from wells, while settlements divide and conquer

And her father’s killer sits beachfront with European vernacular

She thinks back words, while they think backwards

Of obscene notions and indigenous confusion

This our land, she said

She’s 7 years old

This our land, she said

And she doesn’t need a history book or a schoolroom teacher

She has these walls, this sky, her refugee camp

She doesn’t know the proper equation

But she sees my dry pens

No longer waiting for my answers

Just holding her grandmother’s key

Searching for ink

Oh Allah, free the Muslims of Gaza, loose their chains, heal their sickness, uncover their torture, and replace their fear with safety. Oh Allah, save them..

Ameen....

Tinggi lagi Sayang sama Kamu

My family and I were having a holiday trip recently at Mesilau Kundasang. We rented a 2 storey house at Kundasang Islamic Training Centre, a place for Islamic programs like seminars, fardhu ain classes, school excursions, etc. We picked the place instead of hotel or chalet because it's cheaper (RM70 per room for 1 night - we got discounts as the principle of the centre is actually my brother's friend) and big enough for my entire family. It's fully furnished and so exquisite and completed with a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, 3 master bedrooms, a single bedroom, and even a barbecue set. 

The only problem was that the water heaters didn't function well. Who would want to take a cold shower when living at cold foggy highland where the temperature's between 10-15 degree Celcius? No one. So the option we had was either boil the water manually or walk to hostels next door to have shower with heater. I did both. :p

welcoming gate

the house

living and dining room

the kitchen

one of the bedrooms

Well the shower problem wasn't a big deal at all because we really had a great time there.

We spent the 1st day of trip going to Desa Cattle Farm and I got to witness the processing of milk from cow milking to packaging of Desa's milk. It's fun to see the cows waiting and queuing up for their turn of milking, it's like they know what to do. The processing seems easy but I know it's not, especially in terms of controlling and assuring quality. Been there, done that. We also bought lots of cartons of chocolate milk at lower price. Have I told you how much I love Desa's chocolate milk?

mooooo...

me and mum buying fresh milk

That 1st night, we had barbecued chickens and seafood at the house for dinner. Thankfully the kitchen was perfect and we brought along foods to be cooked which were enough for 3 days. Otherwise we'd starve because there's no restaurant around and the town's too far.

my brother's barbecuing the chickens

We went to Poring Hot Springs the next day as demanded by the kids. I didn't do much of the soaking, I was busy guarding my niece in the hot tub instead. Besides, it's so crowded and I wasn't really interested in sharing a tub with strangers. I mean, my skin's being sensitive lately, so..

family photo ^^

The best part among all the fun things we had during this trip was the morning view at the Islamic centre. I went out at dawn, walked to mosque and wait there to witness the sunrise. And when the sun was up, there it go, the majestic Mount Kinabalu was standing tall in front me. I could clearly see the peak and hear the sound of waterfalls. It was so amazing. While enjoying the view, I was wondering if I'll ever get to conquer the mountain. Someday perhaps. ^^

tinggi-tinggi Gunung Kinabalu, tinggi lagi sayang sama kamu ^^

The Awesome Bloggers Gathering 2012 - We Made It!

The Awesome Bloggers Gathering 2012 (#TABG2012) is a splendid event held at Party Play, Lintas KK on 10th November 2012. We had Cute Blogger Gathering last year which was a blast. For this year, we had another one with the new name (it's not that we aren't cute anymore, we're just getting awesome :p jk), organized by none other than the famous Arms and Aki.

TABG2012 was a total success as more new faces were coming and it's really nice to meet all of them in person. We had so much fun that night. So I met Arms, Aki, Tom, Chegu Carol, Flo, Nowriz, Beaty, Shery, Wan Lei, and Elwyna once again. Yes, I've met them before and it's so good to have the 2nd meetup. And I finally got to meet Vanessa, Dyana, Anne, Wency, Nathalie, Wendy, Diana and Edith for the first time. They're such wonderful people to hang out with, as wonderful as their writings in blogs.

ladies.......

....and gentlemen

The best thing's we didn't feel awkward at all. Maybe we did, but just a little bit. It's like we've known each other since forever and honestly I felt like meeting my long-lost friends. ^_^

Most of us followed the dress code which was single color from head to toe. I came up with light blue; blue scarf, blue dress, blue pants and oops, brown bag and shoes. Aki's attire was my favorite as he seriously showed up wearing yellow! :p Congratulations to Arms and Chegu Carol for winning the best attires. Just like prom king and queen. Heee.. Anyway, everyone looked gorgeous that night.

We also had gift-exchange session, a tradition of this gathering. I got Hello Kitty's honey strawberry facial masks from Wendy the Vibrant Kitty. Thank you so much, Wendy. I've been thinking to start pampering myself, so I need these masks. ^^

I'm genuinely still happy about the meetups. We made it! I am really looking forward to attend the next gathering and meet them again. It's next year. Time flies, anyway. :) I wish we could see each other anytime, anywhere, without waiting for another year to come. You know, like, bump into one of them somewhere in town so we can have a nice cup of tea? It'd be nice. Heeee.. ^^

And those who were absent that night, I wish you could make it next time. :p 

courtesy of Diana Teo
(From left behind: Dyana, Flo, Beaty, Edith, Anne, Nowriz, Wan Lei, Shery, Elwyna, me, Wendy, Diana, Ifo and Arms. From left front: Nowriz's husband, Tom, Aki, Nathalie, Chegu Carol and Vanessa)

Until we meet again!