there she goes

sungguh dalam blank mode. tade idea nak blogging apa. tade cerita sangat. tade isu jugak.
oh ya, untuk piknik weekend ni kiterang bawak samada nasi goreng cina atau lasagna spesel italia. mana sempat eh. jin, kiterang tumpang ko le ye, seperti yang kita diskas semalam hehehe. environmental friendly sket.

She dreams a champagne dream
Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper
Lavender and cream
Fields of butterfliess, reality escapes her
She says that love is for fools that fall behind
And I'm somewhere in between

layan sangat sampai melekat dalam kepala aku nih ish ish

maa: aaqilah, why are you being so cranky? get up
aaqilah: i know u took a lot of my pics. where are the others?uwaaaa
maa: (dlm hati nak kena pikk budak ni,act kewl) it's only partial uploads. my quota already full. now can u please behave like a clever girl and wait until next month,pleaassee

this trip was planned less than 2 weeks, with the cheapest tickets and accomodations we managed to get. actually it's the hubby who managed to grab these last minit deals. aiyo rasa nak pecah kepala aku mencarinya.

with the cheapest tiket we arrived at paris in the morning of Bastille day or Fete National or French National day. Yang tak best, banyak bas services off. The best part was we got the free entrance to Musee du Louvre. When we're so kindhearted to pay Euro9 and it's such a mini celebration when we're told it's free. ye, visitors memang ramai sangat tapi tak payah queue nak beli tiket ok dah tu. louvre now can be crossed off my list.

ada apa dengan louvre?
the home to priceless-famous-ori paintings, sculptures, historic monuments and a national symbol. the femes glass pyramid is located at the centre of the museum and is easily recognizable. like everyone else, we also wished to see da vinci's monalisa and it's quite arduous walk to get to it's exhibition hall. adoii, naik tangga turun tangga dan louvre ni bapakla enormous. my parents were slowly trailing us from behind while at the same time we'd to deal with the hyperactive aaqilah as she's so amused with stairs. tak mainla laa pegang-pegang saya punya tangan. banyak nude patung. banyak kristian-influenced paintings. pening kepala dan mata huhuhu. islamic exhibitions is coming in 2009. if i had more time i wish i could see all.
hint: it's free on bastille day, close every tuesday

world's femes monalisa, how can i sneak to the front row?









the other best thing
who would like to have a cup of mint tea in the heart of paris, to be precise at the mosque of paris's cafe? i do!
completed in 1920s, nowadays it's more like an exhibition place where people can come freely. still, there's a forbidden area for non-muslims where people perform solat. we met a mesian couple here and gave us a very suprising info, kfc in france are halal. terus aku telupa niat nak minum tea. if you've a little doubt about the halalness, just ask and they are happy to show the halal cert. can't believe that i also miss kfc a lot.









what else
paris' la vallee outlet is surprisingly more expensive than bicester village. minus 1 point. most of things in paris are more expensive than uk, another point deducted. french language susah =(. paris is awesomely beautiful, strongly agreed. toilets are not really convinient dan mahal giler dan hancengs di metro station dan pedestrian walk, potong lagi. me craves for french pastries, sedapnya. i've read somewhere that there're many flea markets in paris but not even one i could find. end of june to early august is a summer sale season in paris, i think it's the best time to shopping spree especially if you're hunting for haute couture. i think living in paris is quite gud idea kekekeke berangan mode. with open arms i welcome another trip to other part in france =)

orang kata tak kenal maka tak cinta. tho love is a too strong word to use here, i think for the second time finally paris got me. merci beaucoup..

entry(s) is/are coming soon =) i'm pretty sure here will update with all the details and photos. for time being, have fun viewing these 2 first eh hehehehe

wenever i mention about i should do more exercise, i usually get popular responds like bukan ko kurus or something like nak kurus lagi ke?

playing sports or going to the gym or exercise is basically you lead a healthy lifestyle. getting slimmer is not attainable with exercising alone. a healthy, well-balanced diet with self dicipline plus exercise will help you tru that. liposuction is another more extreme method to get an instant result. or a broken heart will do that as well.

the mentality should be changed first. we should be more encouraging those who wish to exercise more. i think dat includes myself too la. besides of healty lifestyles, u'll be more productive, more fit, more positive and got nice figure as the end result. if you can't be slim as u hope, at least u are healthy and glowing.

some articles that i've read before was about how healthy do u think skinny people are. some skinny people are suffering from high cholesterol or high blood pressure. doesn't mean if u're skinny outside that u're skinny inside. the fat inside your body most likely to gather around your vital organs if they're not going underneath your skin. lemak-lemak itu yang menyelimuti jantung atau hati atau buah pinggang anda adalah tidak mustahil untuk dinyahkan dengan senaman.

btw, i used to give a speech about any topic in my english class during diploma (rasanya la) which was something i forgot until the class started. i only came up with this topic instantly and managed to impress only with the beginning part. the rest was a total disaster.

mari bersenam!!

Sebenarnya dah lama nak update dengan bday aaqilah secepat kilat itu hari. Kenapa secepat kilat? masak dekat 2-3 jam tapi majlis makannya tak sampai 1/2 jam dah abis ahahaha. terima kasih pada ayah aaqilah yang tolong bekemas sebelum dan sesudah. terima kasih jugak kat makteh yang tolong masak dan tolong kemas.

sebab siangnya dah sakan bejalan dan cuba juga nak sampai rumah not too late. yela apa pon tak buat lagi. hatta lasagna sauce masih daging beku. cupcake pon dalam bentuk tepung lagi.

menu for the makan-makan are as the following; lasagna as requested by makteh, escalope chicken wif tomato salsa n mozzarella by gordon ramsay (i watched it on tv) and bday cupcakes (tak punya masa nak buat kek cokelat).

sori le ye entry sangat outdated =)


aaqilah getting ready
Originally uploaded by budakbijak

aaqilahnye lasagna
Originally uploaded by budakbijak

escalope chicken wif tomato salsa n mozzarella
Originally uploaded by budakbijak

mango passion fruit
Originally uploaded by budakbijak

by: aaqilah a.i

hiii. rasa agak lama tak klua muka saya. maa selalu cakap dia tersangatla jarang punya kesempatan untuk upload gamba, tak seperti ayah. saya rasa maa tengah not in the mood kut, sebab penat agaknya. memang laa tak nampak fizikalnya penat tapi mentallynya tak bape fresh tuu. lagipon saya suka mengacau once saya nampak maa duduk kat depan pc dia. ayah tengah ngadap pc, maa juga nak ngadap pc takkan saya dibiarkan main sorang kat bawah. not fair. mesti kat atas meja dan facing to pc adalah jauh lebih seronok dari main blocks atau main conteng-conteng kertas kat bawah. saya sangat suka main conteng-conteng atau baca buku bila maa or ayah ada sama. saya juga suka main masak-masak. saya sangat suka duduk atas kaunter bila maa masak. walopon maa kata aaqilah, bahaya tapi saya suka tengok maa masak. maa ada ajar saya memasak. dia pon cerita bahan-bahan bila dia masak, berapa lama kena tunggu, dont's and do's bila masak. saya rasa cooking ni seronok. jadi saya points to apa-apa yang saya nampak menarik. selalu maa akan kasi sudip dan mangkuk jadi saya bole pretend masak-masak. kalau mood saya baik saya suka. kalau tak, saya tunjuk-tunjuk lagi supaya maa bole terus cari apa saya nak, saya pon tak perlu turun dari kaunter. sebenanya maa tak berapa suka saya duduk atas kaunter sebabnya saya ni suka nak usik semua benda.

saya suka buat mess juga sikit-sikit. ayah selalu bising-bising sebab aaqilah suka sepah-sepah. tapi sekarang saya dah pandai buang rubbish dalam bin. cuma ayah kata kena tengok sebab aaqilah suka buang benda, kang ntah2 apa semua habis masuk bin.

jadi itu laa lebih kurang cerita saya. saya dah lama tak klua rumah ari tu sebab ayah chicken pox. maa kata aaqilah kena stay jugak takut menyebarkan virus pada orang lain. bosannya duduk dalam rumah tak klua jalan-jalan. tapi sekarang dah ok, alhamdulillah.

maa kata nak send saya ke sekolah lepas ni. camne agaknya sekolah. seronok tak? tapi saya rasa seronok kut sebab ada ramai kawan-kawan. tapi tunggu green light dari ayah dulu. atau kalau ayah back to work dan maa juga working saya kena laa pergi sekolah.

oh macam-macam saya nak cerita lagi tapi maa kata it's enuff for today laa aaqilah. nanti saya cerita lagi laa ye.

bye-bye

is it true; daydreamers are always left behind when the realists seize every opportunity in front?

personally i think daydreaming in a positive sense can be turned into hopes and goals. hopes push you to work things out in order to achieve something which at the beginning only part of dreams. dreams make life sweeter and merrier. dreams enhance your creativity. my mak always said, "mimpi tak perlu duit" fair enuff

speaking of dreams, who doesn't have even one? it's becoz we don't have everything, we only own something or little things. i just managed not to fall asleep from chatting with a dear sis. we talked a lot about dreams and daydreaming. fun eh hehehehee kalu tak agaknya dah klua air liur basi atas meja eeiiiii

i dream of mini cooper or one series. i dream of many designer handbags. i dream of tiffany&co. i dream of a day visit to spa. i dream of holiday trips. i dream of scuba diving. i dream of watching futbal live at the stadio delle alpi or san siro. i dream of a nice home at bukit jelutong. i dream of krispy kreme (ni bole makan sat lagi hehe). i dream of french open or wimbledon. i dream of bungee jumping. i dream of owning a cafe. i dream of jeannie who grants watever i dream for ahahahaha

you can dream about anything and almost everything. go ahead and try about 5 minits and it reduces your blood pressure, probably ahahahaahaaa. it's similar to playing sims when you cheat everything. sure bosan aaa sapa main sims camtu. what makes it challenging and exciting is how you turn your dream into goal(s) and go for it

job hunting mode. the hubby's been so encouraging and suggested to find a new job. it'd be better if i could land a permanent job. more secure and at least we are now most definately gonna stay here for another few years.

this one friendly pakcik engineer bid farewell last monday. as usual i greeted morning to him and then suddenly he replied bye-bye. i was quite suprised. seeing me puzzled he then explained it was his last day. after that i saw him busy packing his stuffs. i guess i should give a go at new job. who knows wat will i get. maybe like winning a lottery or plain jane. rezeki Allah sapa yang tahu..

the same afternoon we went to view 2 apartments in the city centre area. to be precise both are close to ocean village/townquay/tepi laut. new buildings with modern equipments and design. tadela besa sangat tapi nice-nice laa kata orang. 2 first things that normally catch my eyes, kitchen and bathroom. by the way, normally houses here are equipped with almost complete kitchen such as stove or electrical hobs, fridge, oven, washing machine + dryer even if they're advertised as unfurnished. and if you're lucky enuff you might get dishwasher as well. if you have extra budjet, get a dryer. conviniently speaking worth to buy for career lady/housewives and musim hujan.

not until september since we are under contract with uni.

or we might have to move somewhere else..

agak lama jugak rasanya tak blogging. before the family came i was so in the mood of blog updating. tade citer pon rajin jugak mau citer. kita kasi tambah-tambah so nampak macam drama hehehe. tadela, aku tade nak tipu. probably there's some hidden facts here and there tapi tadela tipu ye.

so bila derang datang, selain busy menjadi tuan rumah busy jugak berjalan. pc aku dah macam ada queue sapa nak guna. jadi aku duduk menumpang kat the hubby's lak. tak silap around that time aku pon agak busy kat ofis. tengok blog cam tak meriah bila tade gamba aku rasa kurang semangat lak. nak-nak bila the hubby dengan photos then cerita bejalan dia.

idea tade sangat, cerita bes pon tade. malas je yang ada hehe. jangankan blog, flikr pon dah nak nangis sebab aku lama tak visit. alaa relax aa flikr, ko pon ada kuota bape banyak bole upload gamba ahahahaa. biasalaa bila kita nak menda-menda free ni. fotopages pon aku dah lama gile tak upload. the reasons are as the following,
1. ada orang discovered that fotopages is originally from israel;
2. photo quality not really good sebab compression;
3. the web itself dah membosankan
4. malas nak manage banyak-banyak dalam 1 masa
5. mau keep it simple and low profile whehehehee

dengan berakhirnya euro2008 semalam, squadra italia only managed to the quarter. sorry to see donadoni got to go. my congratulations goes to de la roja for clinching the european glory after 40++ years. also aku nak congratulate bijakgenius for overpowering the liga kawan-kawan. previously known as teambijak, adakah nama di situ memainkan peranan? tambah genius bole jadi futbal pundit jugak dah, jadi bole berdiri side by side dengan lancapregu yang proved his wit and intelligence strategi during world cup last time. congrats jugak kepada lancapregu kerana menjadikan liga semakin sengit dan sensasi sewaktu final. tak lupa congrats untuk sting benitez yang menunjukkan ke-superior-an di peringkat awal. komen dr aini taib aka manager lancapregu, macam mana nak pike straight di saat saya demam campak. i would rather seeing italia thru to the semi than beating everyone. well, can i get both then if italia tru, can't i? selain the bragging rights, aku jugak pegang the pundit holder until the next championship le kut kekekeekekee

wat else? terasa macam nak carik keje baru je

it's chicken pox season
doakan cepat sembuh
many thanks
=(

(mungkin aku akan busy dan tak punya masa untuk update dalam 2-3 hari akan datang)

2 tahun lepas, masa yang lebih kurang sama, dengan kesibukan tak menentu the hubby mengejar 9 months viva dan kemeriahan world cup. the baby's due was like another 2 weeks away. liga kengkawan of world cup fantasy league tengah rancak. masing-masing tengah sibuk dengan strategi, taktik dan percaturan tak mau kalah. if i could remember i was in the middle of the table. the same day which saw italy drew with usa resulted from own goal.

in 2 days after last 2 years, the little missy's turning 2.

masih dengan kemeriahan salah satu kejohanan terbesar dunia. lil missy skarang dah pandai cheer. woooaaaaaaa katanya. the hubby skarang nak relax sket lepas sleepless nites rituals dan otak terbeban. liga fantasi walopon ada 3 orang je tapi seronok dan agak rancak juga. italy survived to quarter final. sebenanya i owed myself the jersey sebab aku cakap bebaru ni, kalu lepas then i'll buy myself one. memang cantek dan price pon bapak cantek jugak. alasan alasan

sedar tak sedar 2 tahun dah berlalu. rasa macam semalam kiterang counting days to come.

auguri bambina mia =) love love

ari ni blood pressure/heartache probably/sakit kepala nampaknya inevitable. waktu aku menyuarakan yang sakit kepala aku makin menjadi-jadi bebaru ni, komen the hubby ialah aku mengada-ngada, eleh, saje je.

football ain't an entertainment anymore. only applies to die-hard fan atau konon fan mati-matian. padahal secara nationaliti atau bangsa langsung irrelevant. jadi betul jugakla komen the hubby, penyakit sakit kepala awak ni tak signifikan mahupon relevan langsung. susah nak cakap, aku pon tatau camne sakit tak pasal-pasal ni melanda dengan hebat jugak laa.

to my suprise, my sisters still strongly remembered del piero especially the one who was former roomie. waktu layan bola baru-baru ni,

sis: tu alessandro del piero kan. ada lagi ye?
me : eh kenal?
sis: dah along tampal poster besar-besar tu apa dia..
hubby: ek eleh, geli..
me : huhuhuhu

alaa itu kan cerita waktu budak-budak dulu.

jadi dinner malam ni depends pada progress italia hehehe

aku mostly enjoy watching the game, and sometimes involves dalam heat arguments with the hubby. punya intention nak main futsal, even self-proclaimed cam del piero(sebab aku main kiri dan suka position tu hehehe) tapi tidaklah aktif pon. aku lagi suka manage dari in action. agaknya sebab tu juga cuma main championship manager dari pro-evo dan sewaktu dengannya.

a bit frustrating jugak dengan player selection yang kasi banyak duka dari suka. reasoning dia senang je as i confessed to the hubby, "saya bias". banyak favouritism, bahaya ni as a manager huhuhu. stupid mistake minggu ni (tapi still aku pray for miraculous luck) ialah aku pegi letak 2 players yang main position sama. dem dem

lantaklaa malas nak pike. you guys enjoy the beautiful or the contrary game of futball. seperti world cup once in 4 yrs, begitu juga kejohanan eropah.

aku nerves dan takut tapi still hopeful. forza azzurri e il capitano weheheheheee

pic credits to www.figc.it

italia,italia,italia,italia..
italia,italia,italia,italia..

almost certain that we're moving out of uni house.

the contract's gonna end in september and we've been offered a uni house informally few months ago. besar oo, 2 tingkat with 3 bedrooms. frens of ours who live there said that the rental they're paying not more than 600 hundreds. of course we thought it's brilliant.

jadi formal offer pon sampai bebaru ni. beyond our expectation house rental alone went up to 750 per month exluding all the bills. huish tak larat tuu.

the hubby came up with 2 plans.

PLAN A carik rumah in southampton macam biasa. he finishes his study and if we're not going back yet we move to other place later depends on where we gonna work.

PLAN B he suggested that i start looking for permanent job and we'll be moving depends on where i work. miaw miaw

how i miss blogging.

lama tak lama laa kan, itchy gak terasa jari jemari ni nak menaip. nak update cerita pon bole tahan banyak. alhamdulillah maklang, harizah and ipah dah selamat sampai kat klia. seronok je balik, kiterang envy gak tapi nak buat camne, duit tak bape cuns je nak balik lagi tahun ni huhu. aku tau betapa the hubby hopes nak balik bercuti tahun ni..

cerita no 1. macam haram sket, blogspot got blocked at office. aduh, nampaknya source utama aku membuang masa dah makin kurang. dem dem. probably aku mungkin bole lagi update, tapi tak dapat le nak view. tak try pon lagi, masa tade sangat last time.

cerita no 2. nampaknya aku akan lepak sorang je laa since julie resigned last 2 weeks. in the future derang akan hire temp kalau ada release besar-besaran. otherwise sapa lagi tu akan cover, aku le tuu. hal-hal secreterial akan dimanage oleh other sekretari.

cerita jalan-jalan. akan lebih coverage harapnya dalam next entries hehehehe. banyak tempat managed to cover laa this time, clarks village, bath, durdle door, london (wajib nampaknya untuk first timers), portsmouth, brighton, swindon, bicester village, dan tak lupa southampton. walaupon tak jadi nak visit cornwall tapi puas hati dan senang hati jugak dapat bawak rombongan cik kiah ni jalan merata.

sungguh malas untuk masuk opis lepas seminggu lebih off. ingatkan this week dapat laa pergi dalam 1-2 hari tapi alang-alang off terus laa. aku ada cakap kat aja bila dia tanya tape ke aku tak gi keje, "kerja kena pergi hari-hari tapi keluarga datang hanya 10 hari setahun"

top of the list. krisis harga minyak kat mesia. walopon tak mengalami tapi tempiasnya kiterang terasa. aku cuba put ourselves in their shoes, dan aku cuba kira-kira kalu life kat mesia skarang ni. makin sakit agaknya financially. kat mana nak tinggal tu. depan opis? commuting? atau spend je macam biasa? nilai ringgit kita makin kecik dan kecik dan kecik..

ja ne.. more updates to come

tensennya aku semalam kena sakit perut. aku rasa sebabnya ialah cili bihun sup yang aku makan petang semalam lepas balik kerja. tapi yang peliknya the hubby relax katak je, cuma dia ada pegi toilet dan itu memang routine dia lepas makan. aaqilah pon ok je sebab mestilah tade cili dalam mee dia. tak lama lepas tu, aku rasa semacam awal-awal gastrik, ah sudah masuk angin ke. jadi hari ni aku akan berusaha bersungguh untuk to refuse coffee's temptation. angin naik sampai ke kepala tuu..

tapi waktu tengah sakit perut semalam berjaya jugak aku mengabiskan buku citer. lama rasanya since the last book. rasanya nak layan buku citer skarang ni pon kena curi-curi masa yang tak seberapa ada tu. btw, aku tak penah layan sophie kinsella sebelum ni despite the facts yang orang cakap memang bes. dia ni tekenal dengan shopaholics series. tade menda yang serius pasal this particular book, comedy-romantic saje. bahasa pon tak susah nak paham. sebenanya dah lama aku mula baca tapi berapa pages sangatla yang dapat sewaktu tunggu bas. tapi semalam tetiba sampai ke part yang mula nak klimaks dan layan dan layan dan layan. itu pasal laa sakit perut aku tak menghalang untuk terus tersenyum dan syok sendiri hehehehehe

fairytale-like story. cuma hidupnya tidaklah indah dan pada dia disastrous saja. watak lelaki tu mengingatkan aku yang romance sebenanya tidaklah mati. kadang-kadang bila kita dah rasanya tua begini, kita take almost everything too serius. aku rasa aku ni cepat je nak marah-marah dan hangin tak tentu pasal. and i'm pretty sure that each one of us got at least one litle secret dat we keep only to ourselves. do i?

sesuai untuk di masa lapang..

trying to be a hero and caused a little mayhem as a result. more headache je.

this morning the assigned person came to see me. namanya stephen. takut jugak aku because i knew i did something major.

he's doing his stuffs. i was eyeing him doing his stuffs. orang besalah kan. until this one part when he checked one path and noticed something funny about it.

s: who did this?
h: err i did
s: why?
h: err bla bla bla

aku ingat kata-kata terakhir "never ever do that"

=(

aku got headache, now i'm giving to other people as well

kebanyakan musim sudah habis atau dah nak abis dah. serie a, epl, bundesliga, dan lain-lain dah pon berakhir. spanish league aku tak bape sure sangat plak, dah jugak kut, lagipon euro 2008 akan bermula in 3 weeks time. satu demam akan melanda.

nba playoff pon nak masuk final round dah. game tidak lagi every nights kan bby. nampaknya french open tahun kena kena compete sket dgn euro, tapi depends pada player jugak. kalu the battle of nadal-federer aku rasa tetap dapat coverage yang meluas. adakah nadal akan dapat retain the title, atau federer akhirnya dapat conquer claycourt?

kenapa aku ni gila sport. dulu lagi gila kut, lately dah slow down sebab ada banyak lagi menda lain menuntut priority. time budak-budak tade pike menda lain sangat kan. sekolah dan sports. sports dan sekolah. aku penah citer, dulu waktu sekolah sangat bercita-cita untuk menjadi tennis player. lepas tu berangan nak jadi engineer sukan permotoran plak jadi bole lepak dengan valentino rossi. atau sports photographer jadi bole amik gamba footballers in actions muahahahaa. nampaknya tade satu pon yang jadi. parents pernah menyatakan kerisauan a bit, kata mereka how come the girl yang lebih layan sports especially bola dan sukan bermotor more than the brothers.

the hubby has this dream to develop kids interest particularly boys into basketball. aku tadela harapkan apa sangat, cuma berangan gak nak anta aaqilah to tennis training from early age. bukannya apa, sukan baik untuk kesihatan. lagipon bole prevent dari aktiviti yang tak berfaedah, harapnya. lagipon nampak aaqilah ni kemain aktif hehehe (nampak sangat anak-anak penyambung minat tak sampai maa ayah)

last nite for the first time ever aku layan brokeback mountain. i've been warned before that some scenes i might find disturbing, thanks for that. memang betul aku tak sanggup tengok, in fact i had to flip channels so that aaqilah won't see it too. nampaknya kena citer di lain entry kut, a few things to ponder.

ni le yang aku benci bila layan citer sebegini, aku akan termimpi-mimpi dan teringat-ingat. go away ennis del mar, far far away *shucks*