aisyah's engagement

Went to Aisyah's engagement today. Congratssss babe!!!

Like we said, 99 more steps to the marriage/wedding.
As in Sally's words, "sabar menunggu"...whatever that means, according to istilah masing-masing ;)

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Just as I left home, my mum asked me where I was going.
So I told her Aisyah's house, and she was trying to recall who Aisyah is. I told her nevermind, she's one of my social work mates.
Then she asked, going to her house for what?
So I told her it's for Aisyah's engagement ceremony.
Then, in that particular tone of voice, she said, "Aisyah is getting engaged???"

I quickly got out of the house.


When I got home, she asked the usual question, like who's Aisyah's guy and all.
And later asked my sister and I, when are we getting engaged. (note: when, not to whom)

Which I recalled, that my mother once said that getting engaged was a waste of time and money.

Hmmmm...so the comment was weird.

And I replied, "any time also can!"


Dread awkward conversations with mum.

plans

i am so very very happy for a friend!
wheeeeee~

hmmm, that means some plans need to be moved forward. but i'm very excited, nonetheless!

interview

my colleague got featured in the chinese newspaper on 26/11/2008! basically it's a section on features of various occupations and my colleague was being interviewed about being a social worker!

so cool...i got another colleague to translate it sentence by sentence. i thought it was quite a good article and really showed what we social workers do.
(see this)

and this reminded me of the interview my friends and i did for detik in conjunction with our very first social workers' day.

haha...omg...those days when my malay was horrid. imagine doing a tv interview in malay.
eeks.

anyway i remembered saying something like how my attachment serves as a stepping stone for my carer. and surprised myself by saying "batu loncatan". like wow...hahaha so lame.

anyway there were other lame things we had to do.
walk her walk there.
talk here talk there.
laugh here laugh there.
write her write there.

gosh.

oh well, no matter how embarrassing it was, i must admit it was quite a good and interesting experience. what goes on behind the scenes of a tv interview.

which reminds me, i don't have a recording of the show :(

wii!

went to fiza's house to play wii! it's damn fun...quite addictive too. omg i can't imagine myself buying one. cost aside, but i'll just be addicted and obsessed by it. playing it day and night. well for one, the wii fit can help with exercise. and it'll be damn fun if there's the wii sports. woohoo!

i thought fiza's drum and guitar set was cool...and cute too! haha...can live in the fantasy of being in a rock band. and "being able to play" the guitar and drum. macam betul aje!

oh yeah, and we screamed and screeched a lot while playing the balance games, esp the foot ball one. cos you have to avoid flying football boots and panda head! fiza, invite us over again! hehe...maybe during one of the public holidays so we can spend a full day at your house :))

i stumbled upon something

stumbled upon a list of adventures in Europe. looking at it makes me laugh out loud. haha!

1) a'dilah's torn pants
2) "wundabar"
3) singa/kucing
4) missing train from frankfurt to cologne
5) moving house...or kena evicted?
6) taxibus incident...no buses after 9:30pm, so we took T81 which is NOT a taxibus. had to wait for Mutter to fetch us in the cold night.
7) picking and pressing flowers (as our Mutter made us)
8) a'dilah's internet cafe scandal
9) Mutter and her famous hug
10)UNO party and gossip session at Jugendherberge
11)mistook bus 61 for 16...and it took us to the farm area instead of home
12)kena cheated by the Taxibus driver
13)cycling adventure - falling twice (along a slope and at the kerb of the road) and slipper slipping behind
14)missed the last bus home, so practically ran to the next bus stop which was freaking far away
15)Aasee screaming adventure on the boat and natalie falling half body into the lake
16)the shakey canoe and the dog at the horse farm
17)Louvre inside, walked on the outside and didn't even see it!
18)excess baggage charge from paris to barcelona $$$$
19)birks dropping into train track at barcelona airport
20)flipping spanish phrasebook at cafe near la sagrada familia

oh well, you might not know what exactly happened then. haha...just typing it for fun ;)

back in Muenster...

on 10 may, exactly one year ago, i was on the flight to Europe! so exciting!

and exactly one year ago on this date, i would have been already in Muenster, getting adjusted to the life and to speaking German :))

sigh, great memories of Germany...fun, laughter, nonsense, excitement, thrills and adventures.


the beautiful streets of Muenster.



the three stooges and their nonsense.



cycling...and not forgetting when i fell by the roadside while trying to turn.



Mutter! must remember to send her some things. i think my Christmas package did not reach her, as confirmed by nurul :(

fun fun fun

despite being extremely stressed at work these past 2 weeks, glad that i've been able to destress it during the weekends.

cycling at east coast with akrox

omg abu looks like pocong/chinese ghost that jumps around.


only we know what was the photo before this! damn funny can?!


dinner at swensen's with skags

kawaii poses: 1, 2, 4. and bibik's ring is really bling bling!


earthquake!

social workers' day 2008

HAPPY SOCIAL WORKERS' DAY!!!

photos for you to see...

i finally got to take a photo with Dr Nair!!! my favourite lecturer!!! ok, but no time to take individual photo cos other pple also wanna take photo with her.

anyway...it was quite glamorous to have the president attend our event. with his bodyguard. like wow...haha...and reporters and cameramen all over the place. well, other photos are everywhere else with my friends. i think my camera like not so good. the pictures didn't turn out as nice as i would like it to be, leh.

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decisions, decisions, decisions

conversation in deciding whether i should go to bkk:

me: eh my friends asked me to go bkk with them.

bimbo 1: really? go lah! shiok wat!

me: sigh, im still considering...cos like i just went hk. and then spend more money to go bkk. i keep thinking, i save then spend, then save then spend. like this how to get married?

bimbo 1: ohh...

me: ya lor. i know i can save at least $XXXX in the next 3 months before the trip. but then...

bimbo 1: ok wat. eh june will have bonus!

me: oh ya, totally forgot about the bonus!

bimbo 1: you go lah, while you're still young and single. even if you get married, at least will take 1 year. don't tell me when you get married it will be an emergency one?

me: of course not lah!

bimbo 1: ya, if it's really an emergency one then i'll slap you out of it.

me: ya la...my mother will also slap me. ya! make sure you slap me hard if it ever happens. then i'll be forever grateful to you!

bimbo 1: hahahah! sure, no problem!

i am tempted to go bangkok

met suzanne on the way home.

i'm tempted to go bangkok and join suzanne, yin yee and siti on their grad trip! cos shopping in bangkok is like heaven!

apparently they calculated and estimated costs would be about $800sgd including shopping. unless you spend more, that is...they plan to fly in june. im so so so tempted la!

hmmm...i can save like $1000 in the next 2 months la. but my concern is, should i just spend the money that i have saved, or should i continue accumulating the savings then spend it? most of my savings are being locked-in. haha...sigh...let me check whether i can actually take leave on that period...

ashraf's wedding

photos kopped from shera's brother's wedding!

yes, i was stuck between 2 poles of bunga mangga in the bus on the way to the bride's house.

omg, we so look like makciks kaypoh peering into the house to witness the solemnisation ceremony...heh!