fine, leave me here. hmph!

there's something about this month..

a lot of people i know and care about are leaving our beloved country to either pursue their career or their studies.

apahal korang?

malaysia not good enough for you???

haahaha!!

JUST KIDDING!

to all of you who are already in a foreign country, are now a foreigner, are missing malaysian cuisine, are missing nasi ganja, are wishing you're in a country where manglish (malay + english) is the first language, etc etc..

well, just suck it up, because you've got what a lot of people would love to do! (and yes, i'm one of them..)

my foot have been itching a lot and kata orang, kalau tapak kaki gatal, orang tu gi jauh. tapi ada gak orang kata, kalau tapak kaki gatal means orang tu nak terajang someone..

whichever it is, i rather hope for the former. heee! tanak terajang orangggggg!!

bukan apa, i nak gi jauh jauh pun because i want to collect experience. be away from my comfort zone. learn new things, meet new people, learn different culture and if possible, new language.

it's my dream which i hope i can make come true.

doa doa kan gak la ya =)

to those who happen to read this, and you're overseas, i wish you all the best in everything and ENJOY YOURSELF OK!!! to those who will be going soon, worry not, sad not, because if others can do it, SO CAN YOU! make most of your experiences and chill yaawwww!!

oh oh! take pictures, post them up on Facebook and make me jealous ok?

so that i will 

1. visit you someday for a holiday

2. get the drive to pursue whatever it is overseas too

haha! entahpape je kan?

oh well. =)

nah! ChillPopia~

i wore this to work the other day. 

top from Promod (sale item ok~), shawl murah tepi jalan, mama's skirt, necklace from Aldo (sale item~) and flats from Cotton On (sale item too~)

conclusion of the day, i love sale.

the end.

ps: posing maut juga adaaaaaa~~~ 
pps: i didn't win the black and white contest. =( oh well, better luck next time! heee..

OMG, that's sooo Chictopia!

so i'm not Maria Ozawa (tiba tiba)

and neither am i a fashionista!

honestly, i love clothes. i love shoes. i love bags. i love accessories.
heck, i love fashion! but i can't afford to be fashionable and i don't think i can pull off most looks i adore. also, i have high metabolisme, see. which makes it uncomfortable for me to wear layers. oh! and my brothers too: they crash mah style yowww! haha!

we all know Chictopia and Lookbook kan.. i can drool myself to sleep looking at them peeps wearing them clothes like they're the shnitzel. and oh how i wish i can have their wardrobe!!
but alas, i'm just a girl with regular wardrobe yang filled with average amount of girly clothes and mountains of hand-me-downs. hey hey, i'm not complaining! i make do with what i have! =D

so anyway, i thought, we've seen many blogs with many trendy bloggers strutting their fashionism, and i thought i can too! but my clothes memang hello, sangat normal.

ini la cara pemakaian perempuan biasa! haha!! (yang tak biasa tu, luar biasa. =D)

and i call my fashionism ChillPopia. boleh?
sebab i like chilling and i like popia. especially the ones yang rangup. yum!

so here's my first ode to ChillPopia!

jubah mama beli, selendang RM10 tepi jalan, special belt coz it's from Dorothy Perkins.

omgadaahh, pose macam nak kena lempang. 

oh well.

peace out!

Full of Belacan Raya

1st day of raya morning was how it had always been:

the men goes to the mosque while my mother and i prepare the food and lay out the table.
after eating, we take pictures and then we salam salam, ask for forgiveness and thank for everything.

Arief looked messy and unkempt that day and it was really annoying my mama. she kept on pestering my brothers to take him to a barber and get his hair cut, but in the end, tak dapat pun. we were so busy going around beraya at relatives' houses in KL area, in the end my brothers tak sempat bawak dia potong rambut.

on the way to Muar that afternoon, mama said "Arief, you're so belacan la!"

Arief is not so good in Malay see. so he asked "What is belacan?"

"SHRIMP PASTE!!" answered mama.

teehee!

it sounded funny when it's translated in english kan?

Have a good Raya everyone!

perspektif orang yang tak bertudung pastu pakai tudung

Assalamualaikum Ustazah!

bismillahirahman nirrahim.. (anda sambung la ya baca Al-fatihah)

dulu ni cara kita greet Ustazah masa kelas agama bila kat skolah. dulu kelas agama kena gi surau. girls kena pakai tudung.

dulu slalu menyampah pakai tudung sebab pakai yang kain licin tu. bila tengah cakap or baca doa or buat pafa, tudung ke depan, rambut rambut pun terkeluar. pastu kena tarik tarik dari belakang.

buat malu ok?

macam noob kot.

anyway! sebagai pompuan yang nak ber-image wanita bertudung, kena la buat several changes kan. so ni sedikit sebanyak the changes i have to make. teehee!

1. lifestyle.

i used to hug my friends when i see them. i'm sorry if this sounds inappropriate, tapi itu lah cara orang Damansara. orang KL, i tak tau camane. it's just a harmless gesture, a way we all dah familiar with as a gesture of appreciating the friendship ties that has never been forgotten. itu la orang orang saya. sesama lelaki dan perempuan.

skang takleh la kan. salam je and sengih sengih sebab rasa awkward bila ngan laki. ngan pompuan, peluk je. wo ai ni. haha!! 

2. dressing.

biasanya nak keluar buat errands, pakai baju rumah and sarung je jeans. ala nak lawa lawa pahal? ingat ada paparazzi ke? setakat gi hantar kunci or amik adik debab, who cares kan? tapi now kena pakai cardigan, jeans tu pasti, and then sarung tudung.
kalau gi family outing or dating, lama gak la belek baju. jeans sume nak skinny, baju sume nak short sleeve. haih.. kena improvise!! BAJET YUNA! 
oh yes.

3. belit tudung.
Astaghfirullah.. nak lilit shawl ni bukan senang.. i takmo beli apa-nama-spesis-tudung-yang-sarung-je-siap-ada-oning-lagi sebab mahal. can only afford to buy shawls and selendangs at the moment. hidup bujang kan. heee.. haritu almost kena tinggal family, alamat lilit shawl lama sangat. seluar pun tak pakai lagi..
respect la korang korang yang belit shawl macam benda tu senang like amik resit dari cashier. kagum..

4. gelak.
i ni kuat gelak. bukan setakat volume je, gaya pun nak hebat. skang sebab ada shawl, bila gelak tu control sikit. dah image ayu, perangai kena ayu gak la kan.
padahal sebenarnya pin cocok double chin bila gelak besar..

5. kena terima pandangan orang lain.
pandangan, i mean by orang yang tengok i. i tak tau la i perasan ke apa kan. bila free hair kan (kih kih!), orang tengok i macam i ni a bitch ke apentah. and i know a lot of people nye first impression of me is that i'm sombong. haprak la korang. i cool kot! kan? malu..
tapi bila ada scarf ni, orang tengok i cam i ni rainbow or something magical. Mrs Potter kah? ahaha!!
ada a few people tegur i, ingat kan i ni orang arab. ya habibi, do i look arabian to u?
je m'appelle maria! je ne parle pas arab! hahaha!! tak biasa la orang tengok i macam i ni rainbow. =p (tak biasa tapi suka!)

so all of you yang tanya "is it permanent?"

for now, it isn't. but i'll wear it as long as i can.

i've had a taste of what it's like to wear tudung and i although i like it (honest, i do!), tapi i think bukan sekarang la. nak jadi permanent, i mean.

atas sebab tertentu which i hope people can respect by not asking.

kalau ada yang tak puas hati, mahu lecture i, silakan. tapi my grave is my grave.
but thank you for all of your support! akan ku pakai tudung selama Bulan yang Suci ini, tapi after this, jangan "eik, aritu pakai, skang tak pakai?" kalau nampak i tak pakai la. again, it's not permanent, but i will wear it as long as i can.

don't say i didn't warn you.

=)

so itulah perspektif saya, yang sebelum ni tak pakai tudung (or shawl), pastu skang pakai.
 =D