Phil's-osophy

Dance until your feet hurt.

Sing until your lungs hurt.

Act until you're William Hurt.

He's just...HILARIOUS! LOL!

The Psychopath Test

"Maybe it was the trying so hard to be normal that was making everyone so afraid they were going crazy."

Whoaaa...dark & deep, huh? Thought this book was gonna cheer me up during my lonely flight back to Dubai (the intro was witty enough and when I flipped through the pages I saw a chapter on Scientology. Psychopathology and Scientology? I was intrigued hehe), but turned out I was wrong hahah! Next time, go with chick lit Rina - you will never go wrong with chick lit =p. 

But it's quite an interesting book - kinda reminds me of all those psychology classes I took in college. And it will teach you how to spot psychopaths around you or maybe evaluate yourself hoho! But don't worry, "if you're beginning to feel worried that you may be a psychopath, if you recognize some of the traits in yourself, if you're feeling a creeping anxiety about it, that means you are not one." Coz if you are one, you won't be having all these feelings at all jeng jeng jeng hehe.

I Hate Goodbyes

Said too many goodbyes for the past days - to our home, family, friends in Msia and friends in Dubai who are leaving for good pulak. Personally, I think this is what sucks the most about living abroad. You're happy & excited to live this carefree life abroad but at the same time your heart breaks when you have to leave and say goodbye to your loved ones back home. As I said many times before, you win some, you lose some.   

These mixed emotions will usually leave you feeling confused and moody and overwhelmed - all in all, not a good feeling lah. And it usually takes about a month or so for me to sort of 'stabilize' my emotions back after balik from Msia. But oh well, as The Beatles said, Oh bladi oh blada, life goes on braaa, Laa laa how the life goes onnn...

I'm beyond happy to be reunited with dear SRB after almost 3 weeks apart but I'm also beyond sad to leave this cheeky little darling after spending 1 month constantly playing with her...

But on another cheery note, it's now time to catch up with all the new fall series yeayyy! HIMYM, The Big Bang gang, the Modern Family, hope you guys don't disappoint this season!

Teman Pengganti

This song is just soo heartbreaking, it makes me literally want to cry in the car whenever I hear it on Hot.FM or Era. Maybe because I imagine all those rumors about Malique's poor state of health (some said he's now very thin sebab kena buatan orang, some said brain cancer ngeeee) are actually true and this is his way of confirming them and saying goodbye, like, for good isk isk isk! 

Bilik dah ku kemas, katil dah ku rapi

Cincin, kunci, dompet dalam laci

Ada sikit wang, itu saja baki

Moga-moga cukup untuk majlis itu nanti

What more can I say except...HUWAAAAAA!!!

In-house Param

Achievement so far 

Yeah, I know, I know...most of them are of the goreng2 kind - not so healthy. But these are the easiest and most-likely-to-menjadi ones thehehe. That's why I made them first. In a way, it motivates and gives me courage to try making the other more complicated kuih tradisional. Sort of like, if I can do this, certainly I can do THAT. Know what I mean? 

So after this, perhaps it's time for me to attempt to make kuih yg manis2 plak. But most of my favorite kuih manis kena buat guna steamer - ngaaaa...high chances for the kuih to turn out lembiks di situ tidaakk! I'm also having a hard time finding daun pandan here in Dubai. So, that kinda limits my options for recipes that I can try coz apparently, like coconut milk, pandan juice is an essential ingredient in almost all kuih melayu.

Oh well, wish me luck! 

P/S: I did manage to buat murtabak, but murtabak segeralaa hehe. Coz kulit buat pakai the frozen kulit popia. Who knew we can make murtabak using that?! *Jakuunn*

Ramadhan 2012

The holy month of Ramadhan starts tomorrow (Friday) here in Dubai. Nasib baik dah buat groceries today, so I am all stocked up and fully prepared to do some creative cooking for berbuka for at least a week. My goal this year is to learn to make at least 1 kuih tradisional every other day (nak buat everyday macam ambitious sangat laa pulak kan hehe). Kuih apa nak buat  tu belum research lagilah hehe, but if by end of this year's Ramadhan I managed to successfully buat murtabak from scratch, that'd be AWESOME! 

Subuh is around 4AM this year so gotta get up by 3AM the latest to prepare sahur meals. Usually I'd cook nasi and lauk before I go to sleep and then just reheat everything before sahur, so by waking up at 3AM, memang sempatlah sepatutnya utk makan dgn tenang and tak terkejar2 before habis waktu. And as per every year, my hope and goal this year is, again, not to miss sahur. Didn't manage to do that last year, so this time around I'll try harder not to ignore my alarm clock.

There are also some other goals but I want to keep those private - nanti niat dah salahlah pulak kan if semua benda nak publish heh. Nevertheless, let us all pray that Allah grants us ease & patience to perform more ibadah and may Allah accept all our ibadah & good deeds in this blessed month of Ramadhan, Insya Allah Amiinnn...

Ramadhan Mubarak everyone!

Serenade

Just posted pics of our recent trip to Venice in FB. So now tgh jiwang, reminiscing about the good times we had strolling along the long, narrow streets (sampai sesat tak jumpe jalan pulang while kaki dah rase nak tercabut), eating pizza or pasta almost 3 times a day (deliciousss but arghh gemoks!) and of course the best of all - the romantic gondola ride on the small canals of Venice. I want to live in Venice just for the gondola rides!

Anyway, here's a video of a gondola ride with serenade (which we did not take because no.1 it's crazy expensive and no.2 we prefer the slow and quiet ride - I think it's more romantic that way). I found both the song and singer very cute heheh!

Italy or Spain?

Bloody hell, Italy vs Spain in Euro 2012 final?! Ngaaa...I'm torn! 

I know I said I've switched team and am supposedly supporting Spain now. But I didn't expect Italy to go this far hahah! Yes, I was turned off after reading about the match-fixing scandal in the team and yes, Gigi Buffon now nampak macam samseng jalanan who has anger management issues to my eyes (ape daa captain macam gangster), but I also can't help but think, "Awww...Cannavaro must be very proud of the team now." And that thought makes me wanna go back to being an Italy fan again heheh!

Plus, I had a GREAT time in Rome & Venice recently - even sempat tengok match Italy vs Ireland (Italy won 2-0) at an Italian version of kedai mamak in Venice (hohoh very surreal to be among the real Italian fans - see video below), so I dunno, maybe I should be supporting Italy all the way?

Oh well, who cares which team I support anyway. It's not like I give millions of dollars to these teams pun =p. I'll just be happy whichever team wins coz both are my top 2 choices from the start ngehehe...

Update: Spain deserved to win coz they played beautifully. Italy, IMHO, did not put up a good fight at all. What happened there Azzuri? *sigh*

I Love Us

No clever or cheeky sayings this year. Just a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time, because you are one of my favorite persons in life...

Happy Anniversary, babe! Thanks for THE BEST anniversary getaway ever =D

Venezia

Venice...I'm in love