one step ahead

Will it be a waste of my time?
We will have to find out tomorrow!

FYI

If anybody would want to talk about karma, I can confidently say that I am a strong believer. Life has taught me that what goes around would somehow, someway find its way back. I thought it was a little unfair to be reminding me that karma is indeed a bitch.

Bear in mind that everything happens for a reason. I have my own and as far as I am concerned, I am well understood by those who have been keeping up with the situation. Of course it is likewise on the otherside, and I think the flaw in this case is that people have only heard either side of it.

I don't think there is a right or wrong person here and I don't think it is fair to be making assumptions about the opposition. What I don't know won't hurt me and what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

cherry on top

It was a long afternoon for me as I had to make a lot of decisions on what looks appropriate when I want to make a good impression to a certain party. My head nearly exploded trying to pick the right things but I guess I was lucky I didn't have to face the challenge all alone.

I knew I was going to be knackered after the 5 hour walk around the mall but I had a movie date at night. So I dragged myself out looking like a zombie and realised that I was forty-five minutes early for the film. At last, I have finally found the perfect moment to indulge myself with Bakerzin's sinful desserts.

In fact, I was only supposed get some coffee to make sure that I stay awake during the film. But those yummy looking cakes were calling out for me. I couldn't resist so I decided to get the Cookies and Cream Cheesecake.

Holy shmolly. The cheesecake was it. The icing on top of my cake. The cherry on top of my ice cream. Something which was actually beyond perfection. Is rated O.

The night was wonderful and the film was ace.

the end

I finally know the end of the Harry Potter story. It's definitely old news now, but I am alright with finding out the conclusion when everyone else has known it for about 2 months now. I have to admit I am a really slow reader. The thing is, I like to take my time reading books and also do other things at the same time.

You can never imagine how much I was tortured during my times reading this final book. Spoilers were everywhere - on the local newspapers, on the internet, and also from friends who have finished reading it. They have made people very mean to me, threatening to reveal who dies and who lives. It also made me become too aggressive and I remember saying, "I'll kill you if you speak to me about Harry Potter" to a poor colleague. Too much influence from Lord Voldemort.

Now, nobody can bully me about Harry Potter no more!

new addition

This is not as exciting as having a new addition in the family as such having a new nephew or niece.

Last Tuesday, my little sister decided to follow my footsteps of having fishes as pets. With her own two ringgit, she bought a pair of moon fish, slightly bigger than mine and have orange and black tails. She was so excited about them and wanted to have a separate fish bowl just for her two brand new fishes.

I left and came back an hour after my sister brought back these 2 new lives into our home and I couldn't help but check them out. Instead of swimming up right like how fishes normally do, hers were swimming sideways. I knew it wasn't right so I quickly transferred them into my bowl of fishes. Moments after I did, these 2 new fishes went berserk. One actually sank onto the base of the bowl and hang about there. The next moment it decided to move, it laid on the floating leaf in the bowl. I knew that was it. The real nyawa-nyawa ikan. And it died not more than 2 hours in its new home. Poor fish.

Thankfully the other fish is still alive and kicking. A bit to agressive for my liking because my four fishes are not as crazy as this newbie. And by the way, they're a week old now! I am actually capable of taking care of pets.

pink is my favourite colour

This picture was taken more than 2 years ago in Barcelona, the oh-so-wonderful holiday of the world. If I'm not mistaken, this was the first time I noticed the dragon fruits probably because of their weird physique and striking colour.

And only today, I tried tasting it. I'm afraid it is now my current favourite thing. If it wasn't because of my former school teacher who sold the dragon fruits for a very attractive price, my father wouldn't have had bought 6 kilos of them and made me curious about their taste. The texture of the fruit is just like that of kiwi, except dragon fruits are not sour like kiwis. And the best bit of eating these fruits is when the little seeds are being bitten.

I have heard from many sources that if you eat too much of the dragon fruits, your waste will also be as bright as the fruit. For me, the opportunity to experience it has not risen yet so I think I will have to put more effort to it.

Another Big Day

My brother suddenly said to me, "I can't wait to see them kiss." I snapped at him and said this was a Malay wedding (an engagement actually) and it's not in our culture for the newly-engaged couple to kiss. That was pretty weird coming from my little brother.

What I had in mind before I left for the ceremony was to show my face and have some lovely food to eat. But I was nicely approached by my aunt and was requested to help carry one of the eight hantarans from the bride-to-be to the groom-to-be. It was funny because I was wearing yellow and so did most of the hantaran girls.

Thankfully I have had experience in this area (hehe) so I wasn't nervous at all. Plus, I had to carry cupcakes to the groom's family - was that a sign or what? Of course their cupcakes were nicer than mine. I mean, everyone's cupcakes are nicer than my fairy cakes. I have to admit.

Anyway, it was a lovely event. Most of my uncles and aunts were there and it was wonderful that many of my cousins turned up too. We catched up and joked around about who's getting hitched next. And somehow I think being chosen as a hantaran girl was an indirect way to 'sell' the gift carrier girls to the eligible men out there. Pretty obvious right? It's very rare for a married woman to be selected to do the honourable job.

Fishy update: All Harry, Ron and Hermoine are very well healthy even when they live with the fatty evil Voldemort. Their home now is full with plants and I am very happy that they survived their first day under my care :)