Early January

I have this habit in blogging I've developed since about 2 years ago. I only blog when I feel lonely (thus the need to have something to do) or when I'm runing away from things I actually have to do (ie:studying during exams) or when there's the hormonal streak that happens every once in awhile (not that often though, thank god!).

That pretty much explains the previous posts (or lack thereof) and this post is a sudden, out of the blue urge to write something.

I've been back home since about 3 weeks ago, and it's been great. Been eating quite a lot and gaining a bit of weight as well, which I think is good and bad at the same time? The first day I was back, right after the flight landed, my mom wanted to have breakfast at this place called Jaring which apparently is her new favourite place. At first I wanted to just stay home and sleep after an 8 hour flight, but changed my mind and went along. Thank god I did, bacause the food was superb. (Bile nak pegi bfast kat situ lagi eh?)

I joined a bazaar the weekend before last, and there's another bazaar this coming weekend at Asia Cafe, SS15. Drop by if you're around Subang, okay?

Cousins are coming this weekend as well, the whole lot. Can't wait!

Thats it for now. Couldnt think of anything more to write. Expect another post in a months time, maybe? Ciao!

What She'd Say

Sisterly Love

I was born as the third child out of 6 siblings. The first 5 are girls, and I have one little brother who happen to be the last child (apparently mama and abah was trying to get a boy, and finally succeded?) Being born in a large family does have its perks and drawbacks, like most things do. All of my siblings were born quite close to each other. My first and second sister were born just 1 year apart, and 2 years after that came me. Then there was a 3 year grace period (not that long, mind you) and mama churned out another 3 babies 3 years in a row (shocking, I know. how did she do it I wonder?).

Because of the 3 year gap between me and my little sister, I was closer to my elder sisters. My little sisters and brother were still babies back then. We used to play barbie and main masak-masak and play doctor together, the three of us, as all other little girls our age. My mom was pretty strict when we were kids, we didnt get to go out and play with the other kids at the playground. The main reason why was because she didnt want us to get kidnapped or something like that. So I didnt have any other 'friends' before kindergarten except for my sisters.

Being the youngest out of the 3, I was the one who always got bullied (nangis jap). Me and my 2nd sister hated, no, loathed each other when we were little, and my 1st sister played the part as the 'leader' (hmphhh). She was the one who decided what we would be playing that day. If we played doctor, she would decide who was the patient and who would be the doctor. If we played barbie, she would also pick what character each barbie would be. I remembered this one time, my mom came home with a set of 10 barbie clothes for us, so the package came with pajamas, summer dresses, gowns and well, you get the picture right? So the three of us fighted for the prettiest clothes of them all. So me being the smallest, was easily pushed aside and was left with pajamas.  I started crying (KAH KAH) and finally mom came and settled the brawl, and let me choose first.  Haaa padan muke korang, sape suruh buli adik lagi.

As most normal siblings (normal la kot?) we used to fight all the time. My dad used to take home videos of us , until I was about 3 years old. I was told that one day the video camera got stolen, so no more videos after that. The funniest video I could remember, was this one when I was about 1 year old, and I was sitting with my 1st sister who was then 4 years old. She was reading a book (atleast, pretending to read) about Hansel and Gretel, and I was just staring at the pictures in the book. As she was reading.... "Pada suatu hari, Hansel dan Gretel....." then she suddenly tore the book apart. Yes, she did. And my dad  kept on recording without doing anything. Thats not the end of it though. After destroying the book, she ran towards the kitchen, screaming, "Mama, epa koyakkan buku!". I mean, WHAT? Ofcourse I was only one and was defenseless at the time. So pandai je nak salahkan her innocent, cute lil sister (HAHA!).

My 2nd sister and I, when we were small, we couldnt be physically near to each other at all. We wouldnt even sit next to each other, that was how much we hated each other. I have no idea how it started, and why, but that was just the way it was. It was not until I was in form 1 if I remember correctly, when we finally made up and become close. Right now, she's the sister Im closest to. I guess thats just how things go. As we grow up, we got closer and closer, and that goes the same to all my other sisters. We used to fight a lot, and we still fight sometimes, but we are closer to each other now than when we were kids.

My siblings and I have this kinda like a love-hate relationship. Our normal conversations would go like this;

Yep. We call each other stupid and bodoh all the time. And we entertain ourselves by making fun of each other. That is what we always do. But we never fight about that. Tak pernah ambik hati pon if we call each other stupid, coz that is whats normal to us. It is kinda weird though, because we're all girls but we're quite rough towards each other. It just feels weird if we suddenly go lovey dovey and crap. When we fight, it doesnt take long for us to make up usually. After a few hours (or a few days la kalau gado besar) we would pretend as if nothing happened and talk normally. Another thing about us girls, we are almost the same size (I'll stress again, ALMOST) so we wear each other's stuff a lot. My stuff la yang usually kene balun, especially because I'm not home. So pandai-pandai je korang buat harta ehh my shoes and my bags and my clothes. Hmphhh. Even kaki tak sama size pon hentam jugakk.

I always have fun just hanging out with my sisters, making fun of each other as usual and talking about stuff. I miss that sometimes, and here, now, Im admitting that to the world (yes you can laugh all you want, angah). I'm gonna tell you this, and I might never say this again or ever admit this to your face, ever, but I love all you guys to death. Along, Angah, Irah and Bella, you guys are the only sisters Ill ever have (although back then I did wish that I was the last child and my 2 little sister and brother were never  born ) and even with all the fights, and whatever it is that we always do to each other, I will always love you guys as my sister.

Sharifah Lina Mastura (Along)

Sharifah Nur Izzati (Angah)

p/s: I just HAD to upload this photo of you. I just had to

Sharifah Hazirah (Irah) and Sharifah Nabilah (Bella)

Them with Syed M Aiman (Aiman)

Ok, wait. Why am I writing this post? Am I homesick?

An Evening at Robe Terrace

Sunday, 1/11/09, 5.24pm

Me: Sleeping sound. Penat walaupon tak buat pape haritu.

Then the phone rang. Dalam hati, 'sape la nih. kacau aku tido'.

Me: Hello? (suara cover baru bangun tido)

Acis: Weh, korang g Robe Terrace tak petang ni?

Me: Huh? Urm. Ntah, taktau lagi. Nape?

Acis: Oh, kalau camtuh takpe ah weh. (suara sedih gile. kesian dgr)

Me: Huh? Nape ni cakap ah.

Acis: Oh takde. Aku and Munir nak g main rugby, tapi kete kitorang rosak. Ingat kalau korang g nak tumpang sekali.

Me: Kete korang rosak?

Acis: Ha ah pagi tadi...

Me: Oh okay. Jap aku tanye housemate jap. Nanti aku call balik.

Me: Korang, nak pegi Robe Terrace tak petang ni?

Emy: Ntah, taktau. (tengah khusyuk study)

Asi: Taktau ah weh. Kalau ko pegi, aku pegi gak (tengah khusyuk study jgak).

Me: Oh okay. (Jerit satu rumah) Ade sesape nak pegi Robe Terrace tak?

Amirah: Ha? G mane? Nak ikut. Aku bosan duduk rumah!

Fizah: Oh, boleh gak. Nak main tennis!

Fara: Korang smua pegi ke? Ok ah ikut gak ah.

Me: Ok siap sekarang! Kete kite muat 8 orang so no hal lah.

Me: (Calling Acis) Weh, kitorang pegi Robe Terrace. Jap lagi ktrg amik korang.

Acis: (Dengan muka berbunga2 I suppose) Betul ke ni? Ok.

So that was how we end up at Robe Terrace that evening. Remember my last post about being spontaneous and making last minute plans? Its really working! Haha.

I went just to take a few shots of them bootboys ♥ having their usual rugby game. And the rest would be playing tennis. I myself dont own a tennis racquet and petang tu macam panas sangat so malas. Plus, my camera needs some excercise since it hasnt been used since raya. So I start taking a few shots while they start playing, then some soccer guys came as well. So took a few shots of them too, and not forgetting them tennis players

More pictures here!

Did get some good shots of rugby players that day. Click on the link to check them out okay? Malas nak edit semua. But couldnt get too close to those playing soccer sebab bola die tendang merata-rata and was kind of dangerous for me to go too near? Siap kene bola lagi at the start, thanks to Haikal. Haha. But thats okay. Too bad the maximum zoom for my humble kit lens is just 55mm. If not I wouldve had more good shots I think. Sape nak belanje beli lens baru?

All in all, I had fun just watching from afar, my camera got it's much needed practice, and my Sunday evening did not go to waste with me just sleeping in. Lepas ni, bosan-bosan je g Robe Tce lagi eh? Takpe kan?

p/s: Some of the dialogues were modified to suit the situation. Tak ingatlaa exactly what you guys said.

Being Bold

I've always been somebody who doesnt like change. I like to stay where I am, in my comfort zone and just be there. If there is a sudden change in my routines, I won't be liking it. As long as Im comfortable with what I have, what I do and who I am, I won't try to change anything.

But these few weeks, or months, there have been a few changes in my life, some minor and some that are major. I am no longer comfortable in my comfort zone, and with that comes a few changes that had to be done. I am now trying to be bolder, more spontaneous with life.

These are some minor changes I did recently. Prepare yourselves to be amazed. HAHA.

Okay so 2 weeks ago, I went to Coles to buy some juice. Usually I would buy apple juice, nothing else because I like apple juice and Im scared that any other juices wont taste as nice as apple juice. Hahaha. But that one time, I decided to try something new and bought Coconut and Pineapple juice! Haaa pelik tak combination tu? Tapi rasa not bad laa, although apple juice is still the best. Another story about juice, just 2 days ago I was at Woolies, buying juice again. Walked through the aisle where all the juices are, and looked around. Saw apple juice, and walked straight past (cewah). I looked for the oddest combination there is, something Ive never tried before. And saw Apple and Mango juice! Ok I cheated a bit coz there was still apple in the juice, but with mango? Haha. Apple and mango juice tu pon bole tahan la rasa die. Tapi tak sesedap apple juice jugak. Hmm.

And yesterday, I had lunch at Swinging Bowl. Guess what I had? DUCK! Yes itik. Somebody told me a few days ago that abang Azam suddenly did the duck dish, and when I went I decided to try it. Ive never had duck before this, and when I saw it, terus rasa nak makan. Rasa itik not bad la, macam ayam yang liat. Itik banyak muscle kot?

I've been trying to be more spontaneous these few days. Making last minute plans (nasib baik jadi). Right now, ajak la nak pegi mane pon (yang fun la, kalau ajak pegi kutip sampah tkmau la) I'll sure say yes. But there is an execption, kalau Munir ajak pegi bungee jumping dekat New Zealand still tkmau ah. Hahaha.

It's a nice feeling, to be able to do things that are unfamiliar to me. The feeling that I can do anything, achieve whatever I want. So I think Ill stay this way, at least for a few more days :)