i have bought the tickets to watch Puteri Gunung Ledang the movie!!! so, the show is at One Utama at 11.50 am. to my frens who were asking around whether we will be watching together or not, i am soooo sorry cause suddenly my parents want to go and so we are going as a family event, before i leave msia..
i am so sick of packing. stressed with what i should and should not bring. and packing is actually something i enjoy very much! this is the outcome of taking home all my things. urghhh.. so i'll be starting my fourth year in london with things as little as i had during my first year. why do they limit the luggage to only 30 kg? it is very unfair. those who are crossing pacific ocean gets 60kg!! they can bring 5kgs of rice if they want! as for me, i only get to pick my 2 best shoes and my 2 best bags and some of the best tops only.. i have to shop all over again in london! not that it is not entertaining but costly!
ok.. enough babbling.. would like to wish my PNB mate a hearty congratulations on her wedding. to Sal and Hafiz, may both of you be cherished with laughter, happiness and blessings till the end. sorry i couldnt make it to the wedding.. so, whose next? anybody?
while listening to the lecture by this UKM professor yesterday, he mentioned that a country faces the classic macroeconomic trilemma. she can only achieves 2 out of 3 goals in economics, an independent monetary policy, free capital movement and a fixed exchange rate. it is impossible for a country to achieve all three simultaneously..
this got me thinking to another instant where by i heard somebody said, a person can only achieve 2 out of 3 things at a moment; great job, great apartment and great relationship. no one can actually have it all, they said..
is this true? at this time, when i try to think of some names in my head, some got it all, some has some of it and also, some have it none. to me, all these rules are just myths... they can become a reality when somebody believes in it, but they can also be something that is just a barrier that can be pulled down by those people with strong will and mindset.
i think, everything is really up to us. forget the theories, the unstated rules of life, the sad stories we always hear just to make us feel down. instead, we can do whatever we want.. we can achieve the very best and insya Allah, we can have the best things for ourselves if we keep on working and pray hard to Allah.. instead of believing the myth, lets create our own legend.
how do you introduce that 'someone' to your parents??? especially when all these while you've been trying to hide every single evidence available.. and also, when is the right time? plus, what is the proper way?
for me, this kind of situation needs the tele-conferencing between me, and my two elder sisters..calls are made back and forth, to discuss the unpredictability of our parents and the most possible thing to do.. phone bills are ignored, so long as we come up with the ultimate solution.
having 4 daughters, my parents are one of the most protective parents on earth. before graduated, i have the unstated rule of curfew.. which is before maghrib. like ????????? It was damn frustrating when you were 18 and you have to be home by 7 when all your frens can have teh tarik and lepak in hartamas or uptown at midnight. only now i am allowed to go out at nights and definitely have to make a phone call to tell them that i am safe and will be back soon. when msia was hit with the kenny ong case, i was constantly told to not drive at night. up till now, they still would not let me drive anywhere far.. sometimes even KL the town scares them.. what more if I told them i want to drive to Pahang for my fren's wedding? definitely a no no..
so after all these protection and safety net, how would they react if one day i told them, 'mom, dad, this is ...., my very close friend' is it safe? will i still be allowed to go out after that eventful day? furthermore, will that close friend of mine be leaving my house alive? i dare not to think..
all these questions need to be discussed and that is when the 4 sisters need to sit and think together. after all, i am 23 already.. sooner or later, i have to do this anyway..
it seems ages since i have last updated.. been in my own world lately, doing things that only matters to me and the people that revolves closely around me.. i havent even watched the olympics! been very 'katak under the tempurung'..
anyways, to those who still dont know.. Insya Allah i will be going back to London early september to continue my ACCA. at the moment, the only thing (i hope) that is still a bit blur is my visa application. i hope there is no problem with it so that i can confirm my flight ticket. and also, i did not start my work with PNB as said before because suddenly, they told me... they want me to rest.. (yeah right) i think they actually feel that it is less hassle not to let me work for only a week. after all the medical check up i had to go through! but it's fine with me. i need the holidays anyway!
so, jutch and hizam and man and k min and fina and the rest of the leftovers, i will be joining u there insya Allah.. to everyone else, please pray for me! i need all your prayers to go through this one and a half year..
it had been a long weekend that started officially on friday. a whole bunch of us met for gossip session and then headed to KLCC to meet the rest and watch Catwoman, which is crap by the way. somebody slept halfway through the movie.. to express the crapness of it. and then, longing for tom yam and daging masak merah, we went all the way to NZ in keramat (though I actually wanted to go to Juara Tom Yam in Kg Baru!!) for late night supper.. and suprise suprise.. even at midnight the road was jammed.. KL...
so on Saturday, i had a sort of Graduation party.. or makan-makan at my place. Thanks a lot to those who came... all the way from seremban, penang, Oxford... and many more. really appreciate it although i would have thought you guys would've eaten more! i still have some leftovers in the freezer!
and last night was THE night i guess.. the highlight of Akademi Fantasia... the final concert.. and i am sooo glad that Zahid won first.. it was expected anyways.. although I am only doing AFLIUR.. haha...
and today was the KMYS convoy.. 'balik kolej' they call it. the usual things.. AGM, university talk and sports.. for me, the best part would be the uni talk and the sports cause that's when the actual gathering takes place. somehow going back to KMYS brings back the memories.. those nights at the cafe, the pathways we always walk on, the chalet i used to live in..God, those were the good old days and I never regret a second i was there..
all in all.. been busy as a bee.. tiring but fulfilling.. satisfying!
Received THE phone call today..
'Cik Nurhalini ye? saya L**** dari Permodalan Nasional Berhad. Boleh tak cik Nurhalini report to PNB tingkat * pada hari Isnin, jam 8.30?'
'err... Ok...'
so that's it. that's my holiday killer.. i have to report duty to be the slave to my beloved PNB for 8 years starting next week.. argghhhhh...
on one hand, I am quite excited and looking forward to start working.. after all, it is a new life, new challenge and new excitement. I will have responsibilities, my own income.. and definitely a good reason to moan about life ... 'work is darn..' or 'work is killing me' plus, my holiday has started to suck when more and more of my frens have started working. though i am on holiday, without frens to chill out with, holiday is not really a holiday.. i have to find things to do to kill time.
but, I am going to be working for the rest of my life! I shouldnt be too excited. it's a death trap. after this, there is no more mid term holidays for a month but only a few days away from work and that is IF you boss approves the holiday application. no more going to Mid Valley or KLCC when everybody is at work so you can roam the malls freely, but have to fight your ways to the shops on weekends and public holidays.
maybe it is time to grow up and face reality. now it is going to be a different world. 'The Rat Race' begins!! wish me luck folks!
just came back from sarawak... tired, sleepy and exhausted.. cannot think properly.. everything becomes a mess.. will need a long sleep to recover..
Tomorrow i am leaving for sarawak insya Allah. My flight is at 7.45 am.. so have to be in KLIA by 6.45 am. means that have to leave home by 6.15 am the latest. means that have to wake up at 5.45 am.. hmmm.. do-able? hopefully!!
cant wait to meet my everdearest Adam Afiq whose already learning ABC.. no wonder ppl say that mother's love is forever.. this is only an auntie's love and I love him to bits!
King Arthur the movie : quite a nice movie. very good for those who are into the ancient history of romans and england. educational. might not be as good as Troy or LOTR but worth the money I paid for.
at the moment, cant wait for the movie Puteri Gunung Ledang. Finally, a movie that we can all be proud of. truly made in malaysia, by malaysians. heard that it costs about RM15m. but looking at the publicity.. i can understand why. the website is good too. close to an international standard movie. applause to Tiara Jacqueline.. and may there be more to come. but as i was trying to remember the legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang, I cant help noticing how many girls the sultan wants during the reign of Hang Tuah. So far, if I am not mistaken, when Tuah was the Laksamana, the sultan wants Tun Fatimah, Puteri Hang Lipur and now.. it is Puteri Gunung Ledang. and in all occasions, Hang Tuah also fell in love with them.. all! so, can we trust Malay men? as strong as Hang Tuah, they do fall in love so many times in the hands of many women. and this is the Laksamana we all salute all these while..
I am a sucker for history.. be it Malaysian or England, or Romans, or any other nations. but sometimes, we can analyse them in different ways, cant we?
ever since i have started this page, i have quite forgotten about the existence of friendster. and so when i opened the page just now, i remembered all those testimonials that i should be writing while i am on holiday. goshh... so many things to do!!! to make a mental note to myself, here is a list of things i have to do asap
1. organize all my files in this laptop cause i am having it reformat!
2. burn all my important things to cd such as my pics
3. deal some things with my sponsor as soon as possible
4. organize my graduation party.. lets get loud.. lets get loud!!
5. pack! cause i am leaving on a jet plane... lalala
6. call up the shipping company to ask.. where the hell are my boxes???
7. reorganize my webbie because there are so many unfinished items and wrong url addresses
8. maybe i have run out of things to do.. but referring to no 3, it is endless
by the way, am going to klcc tomorrow.. yahoo!!! anybody going there tomorrow? can meet up for ice cream or waffle! yummy..
oh yeah.. i am starting to think that the mosquito population in msia has been increasing rapidly.. i am being bitten all over! yikess
the mega sale had been going on for a week but yesterday was actually my starting point and i cant really see the end of it. :-) went to OU today and since it was the start of the month, everyone has gotten their pay.. so it was quite crammed with thousand of people.. but it didnt deter my shopping spirit at all! and i went home definitely not empty handed but maybe empty walleted.
started the day wonderfully with Raju's roti canai. yummy... really ppl.. those who are in klang valley, that place is worth a try. and then i had to tidy up my room since i have been home exactly a week. put most of my old clothes to be sent to charity.. and to give space for my clothes from england, which has not yet arrived! what's taking them so long?? so all in all, i like my room now! and if i am to stay in msia for good, will be getting a closet make over! yeay..
tomorrow is another day out. need to do a lot of shopping for my sis before leaving for sarawak on wednesday. really looking forward! cant write much.. have to do something official for the sponsor.. ciao
btw, jet lag has officially ended last night.. no more london time, i am truly malaysian now!
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