let's chat..

..at *insert social web*, that is!!

Assalamualaikum.

KALAU INI SAYA, SILA TEGUR

KALAU INI ANDA, SILA BUAT APA YANG PATUT.

iaitu berubah

dan minum milo ais dan makan nasi lemak bungkus dalam opis.

terbaik.. 

*lunch hour update. whadya expect?

tudungs are from TudungPeople (yang brown and green sarung tu) and the green hoodie from Calaqisya. awesome shawls you can get from them, i promise. =D  

note:

1. ya, i nampak berisi sikit. bila nampak kecut, orang jealous. bila nampak kembang sket, orang mengata. vat iz dis man? i iz normal no matter vat veight i iz! heheee =p juz kidding. 

2. ya, i know this video isn't like what you probably expect. i just thought that maybe we should remind each other to keep more in touch with the reality instead of the cyber world =)

3. please don't jadikan habit all this "u follow me, i follow u back" or "please add me at my *insert social web*!". why are you asking for people to stalk you? it's weird. anyone can stalk you if they want to, don't have to force them to do so. peace. =)

Have a good day!

international look

assalamualaikum wahai green-lovers!

just recently i've been looking through my baby pictures, because, well.. if i might say so myself, imma cute bebeh. hahahaha!! muntah-hijau-pastu-ada-sayur-sayur-sikit-please. =p

my family always talk (present tense sebab we still talk about it) about how i looked chinese as a baby and how i look very different now as an adult. ye la.. dulu mata sepet la gak. kulit putih macam amoi. gigi dua batang besar. cakap pun boleh tahan macam chinese la. hahahahaa! ok tu exaggerate je. tengok pics sebagai supporting evidence.

 abang abang setan yang selalu buli saya . setan pun setan, sayang tetap sayang. =B

 "ni hau maaa?"

"wo ai barney and friends! wahahahahaha!"

do you agree?
i pun tak tau la. all i notice is my cuteness. muntah-brown-ada-coco-pops-sikit-please. =p

now lak, muka i ni boleh pass as pakistani, bangladeshi, chinese mualaf, malay (duhh), arab, dan macam macam lagi. bukan i tipu, ladies and gentleman. i don't even take it as a compliment neither an insult. i just rasa its kelakar.

one time i was at a petrol station and this pakistani helper tu tanya i.

Pakistani helper: awak.. pakistan ka?
saya: ha? you rasa? (senyum senget sebelah tanda curious)
Pakistani helper: pakistan (angguk tanda hipotesis beliau diterima)
saya: mana ada la! saya melayu.
Pakistani helper: ha?! tipu!
saya: ya Allah. tak tipu la! tolong saya isi minyak ya. saya bayar dulu.
Pakistani helper: (pandang saya with the look of disappointment)
saya: (senyum mata tutup, tunjuk gigi, tunjuk peace sebagai tanda "lek la bro")


another time, i was with my friends in JB. a chinese shopkeeper dengan selambanya tanya..

chinese shopkeeper: (tanya kawan tapi tuding jari ke arah saya) she arab ah?
saya: saya ke?
chinese shopkeeper: (tengok saya dengan muka terkejut. boleh nampak kening dia hilang dalam bangs dia) eh? you malay kah?
saya: ya lorrr. aunty ingat saya arab ka?
chinese shopkeeper: ahahaah ahahahh (gelak awkward) sorry ya sorry. 

lagi satu. i was at my office. a supplier came and introduced himself to us. kita dah kenal the company, but this guy was new.

saya: hi, i'm maria.
supplier: maria?
saya: yeah. (senyum)
supplier: you're a convert ke? (tanya perlahan lahan)
saya: ha? why you say that? (curious dan terkejut)
supplier: maria is an indian name, right?
saya: ahahahahahahh! where got laaaaa! ada ramai orang nama maria okaaayyyy~

bukan i tipu, again. dah banyak kali i kena these kinda things. apart from that, ramai gak claimed they saw me at places i never was! ada yang nampak i kat klcc la, kat terengganu la, kat kolej mana entah la padahal i was some place else. muka i international and i rasa i dah lebih 7 pelanduk serupa. beribu riban dah kot. hahaha!!

maybe it is the eyes and the nose.

funny how i was from chinese looking baby to a... apa-apa-bangsa-looking-pun-boleh adult. haha!!

well. kalau orang kata i have pakistani whatever look yang belah2 india, i tak kisah sangat coz i memang ada indian genes. arwah moyang tok is from sri lanka, indian muslim la gitu. and my tokwan is chinese. 

kalau orang kata i muka macam scottish or irish or or.. or japanese, memang i terkejut beruk la! and i akan buat pose beruk kalau orang cakap camtu. true story.

=p

conclusion?

you put it down like new york city,

i never sleep, wild like los angeles,

my fantasy hotter than miami,

i feel the heat,

oh miss international love~

tiba tiba lagu pitbull. =p

i guess how we are as babies can never really guarantee how we turn out as adults, in any aspect. =)

peace.

Girl talk Part 3

Assalamualaikum wahai pembaca dan pengunjung Malaysia di bulan December yang awesome ini =P

ahak ahak ahakk!!

last weekend was my engagement with mr.asfirdaus asri and family. can you believe it?

i'm someone's tunang dah! hahaaha!!

syukur alhamdulillah ='D

on my engagement day, the baju kurung i wore was actually my mother's baju bersanding and it's 28 years old!!! it looks just as new and alhamdulillah i can fit in them. terror kan? so take note girls! make a real decent baju kurung (because it fits any occasion, in my opinion) on your wedding day or any special day so that you can pass it down to your daughters. i'll be wearing my mom's baju nikah on my nikah day as well. ahak! =D
and, subhanAllah, the hantarans.. my mom made them herself! i bought the gifts and she decorated it so beautifully, to the point that some actually thought we hired someone to do it. it's really that gorgeous!!

mom's work of art =')

mom's baju bersanding =)

my cousin, Faressa, did my make up and i loved it. it wasn't heavy and it was just perfect! you can check her out at her blog! i was wearing maysaa cream snood and Calaqisya shawl. have to thank Yana for making them specially for me. =D

as i was getting made up by faressa, and when i saw the watch was showing that it was nearing 3pm, i became ecstatic and restless! terus jadi hyper! kesian my friends, terpaksa layan i. hahaha!

while i was upstairs, preparing and waiting, my family were busy preparing as well to greet asfirdaus's family who some came all the way from melaka and seremban. bless them =')

when they arrived and when i saw satu group pakai purple gelap (their theme colour) terus perut macam buat somersault swimming freestyle flip turn. amboi lah. jadi nervous pulaaakk! hahaha! but it was only momentarily.

after hearing some snippets of balas pantun between my uncle, Babo and Asfirdaus's grandfather, Tok, i was delighted again. they were really funny! i missed the part where they discussed about the wedding dates, hantaran, etc etc but oh well. i was just eager to walk in macam queen towards the pelamin. hahaha! =p

asfirdaus's tok from melaka as his spokesperson =D

the guys in my family clearly entertained by his jokes!

my uncle as my family's spokesperson evidently making everyone laugh (tgk tok as!) hehee! thanks babo!

and so, after everything was agreed and settled, as's mom placed the engagement ring dan secara langsungnya saya menjadi almost-daughter-in-law beliau. teeheee!!!

oh joy ='D

insyallah soon, they will be my in-laws!

all in all, it was a pleasant day. cuma after the whole thing, i didn't mingle much with asfirdaus's family.. i feel bad about it still. i wanted to talk to them but bila dah depan muka, i jadi segan macam entahpape.
i was tongue-tied tak tentu pasal pastu all i did was smile macam kambing mintak penampar and then macam awkward sorang sorang. *facepunch*
i memang ada weakness tak reti nak strike a conversation with aunts/uncles yang tak kenal.. in fact, i memang tak reti nak small talk! if they're above my age group, i jadi gagap.
motif kan? haihhhh.. takpe. i have 1 year to redeem myself!! ahak!

so, all the pics here were taken by Udey and Mukhriz! they made everything look RM1mill worth padahal tak pun! hehe! so do check out their facebook page for more amazing photos and Udey's blog and Mukhriz's blog! strongly recommended!! =D

alhamdulillah, Allah swt had granted a lovely day! everything went well, the food was good, the decorations were amazing, asfirdaus and his family arrived safely to our house and back to theirs, and asfirdaus and myself are now happily engaged!

also, a HUGE thanks to my aunts and uncles, my cousins, my brothers and ultimately

MY PARENTS!

korang memang terbaik!

next:

nikah. a start of a new chapter in our lives. 

before i end this post, here's an AWESOME video which basically summarises the engagement!

Maria Elena Zarul & Asfirdaus Asri Engagement Ceremony from Shafiq Zamri on Vimeo.

thank you all for your amazing support and well wishes!!

i thank you from the bottom of my heart, truly. =')

let's help!

Assalamualaikum to my dear Malaysians.

i saw this video by Health Equity Initiatives and i was moved by it.
how little i know about forced labour and human trafickking of refugees.. they came here, escaping from the sufferings they faced in their country, only to find, they still couldn't get peace..

i don't know what it feels like to be a refugee, but i imagine it must be really tough!

alhamdulillah i'm not and i don't have to be one.. =')

now we've all talked about making changes in the world, kan?
i'm sure you've had those times when you sat with your friends, discussing things about politics or business or lifestyle that kononnya your ideas can make our world a better place. kan?
i'm sure, like me, you want to help when you can. right?
so let's!!!

to help stand up against forced labour and human trafickking, you can go to this link here: http://chn.ge/heimalaysiapetition and sign up the petition.
really easy and insyallah, we'll make a difference!

"small deeds done are better than big deeds planned"

ingenieur life

lately i've been quite stressed out with my life.

i haven't been eating nor sleeping right.
after work, i think about work, when i sleep, i worry about work, when i wake up the next day, i'm afraid to go to work.
all this constant thinking and worrying is because of my projects which i'm leading and i as the youngest engineer to do so, i lack knowledge, experience and sadly respect.

i've been running around the factory, trying to get things done, driving around to places to find parts which are always 'urgent' and at the same time, making sure that everything in the office is under control. nak buat process engineering and being a project leader at the same time is not as easy as i thought..

and to top things up, recently i just learnt something about myself that i'm not proud of.
and i have to thank my cousin for that. =)
we're so aware about the faults of people around us (whether we know them personally or not) but honestly, how aware are we about our own faults?
change is good but never is easy, especially if the change is for the better.

but now my head hurts just thinking about the many changes i have to apply on myself and of course, managing work.

i know i should just chill. but i can't.
i have a dateline to complete my projects, have the technicians to at least respect me enough to listen to me, to come up with a system to make work more manageable, and change.
it's not that i'm unhappy, i'm completely happy! but i'm just wound up with work.

hope it'll be ok soon, once i habiskan projects 5 ketul ni, i nak chill lama-lama and i hope the next time i'm going to lead a project, i'll gain these people's respect. pastu i nak muhasabah diri.
haha!

a wise person once said to me,

'the test gets harder when the reward is better'.

hopefully this is my test, and hopefully i can overcome this phase in my life.
insyallah =)

kepada adik2 saya,
jangan la nak rush rush nak bekerja. earning your own money sounds cool and stuff, but remember, you have to work for it. sabar k? =)

k la. lunch hour dah habis. time to sambung kerja.
assalamualaikum =)

case compare dan complain

assalamualaikum~

i don't really remember where i saw this, but a while ago, i macam ternampak (again i forgot where) a group of girls comparing themselves with random people.
example:
"cantik nya maria selena gomez (pun boleehhh).. untung lah.. dah la boipren asbieber (pun boleeehhhh)"

"untunglah husband hot"

"untunglah dia kaya"

"untunglah ni.. untunglah tu.."

- these are only examples ok! =p

so back then when i saw these kinds of comments, it's like.. men-downkan i.
i lak yang down! padahal diorang duk sibuk nakkan apa orang lain ada. motif kan?
but see, i rasa sedih tu, sebab we shouldn't compare.

rezeki diorang camtu, nak buat camane?
so what if we don't have their rezeki. we're all blessed anyway!!
we can read right? else you won't be reading this.
we can see right?
we can eat, taste, drink, talk, we can do so many things!
whereas there are people who are less fortunate than us. some can't see, some can't hear, some don't even know what internet is!

we are blessed.
we are fortunate enough.

it's time to stop comparing and complaining. i've made a video already about it kan? 'who wins' tu.
and here, i nak relate kan ngan bloggers. (and i'm sorry i bring this up)
a few times some people tag me on their blog posts, and some posts are about the number of followers on blogs. pastu duk compare compare. honestly, i rasa itu tak perlu.

anyway, when you compare, chances are; you'll become competitive for no good reason, you'll forget the rezeki that you already have, you'll become spoil in your own world, wanting and craving for something only you know, and because you can't get it, you'll get depressed. and when depression looms, negativity will become part of you.
when you complain, you're just wasting your time! lagi lagi when you complain and do nothing about it.
you can compare and complain, but there has to be a limit..

and we can't wish we're someone else or live someone else's life because it's not possible.
someone once said to me
"susah tau jadi i.." pastu ada sadface.
and i thought, well, it's never easy for anyone.

Allah swt has given us life, the life we're living, and is it 'nice' of us if we wished we can have another person's life?

be grateful. that's all it takes.
not confidence, not arrogance, not make up, not clothes.
nothing of the sort.

just be grateful.
maybe it's time to stop all this 'untunglah' thing. kita lebihkan 'alhamdulillah'. =)

if you really cannot get through the toughness in your life, you can't stop wanting something you don't have,
then here, let the words from Allah SWT guide you:

Surah Al-Baqarah

taken via phone (instagram)

and so much more =')

life is amazing! we are all amazing!

it'll be a waste if you can't see how amazing it is (because you're too busy comparing and complaining =p)!

if you can, take some time in a day to read the Quran. =)

insyallah you'll learn new things everyday. and together, we share la ya!

حي على الفلاح

"hayya alal falah"

marilah ke arah kejayaan.

ps: sorry if i offended anyone. just want to give a friendly reminder =) sometimes we need that right! ahak!

peace.

Girl talk Part 2

Assalamualaikum!

ahak ahak ahak!!

ahaaaaaaakk!

ok ok. mars, leklu.

last few weeks, ada 2 kereta awesome ni datang rumah.

my parents and i sambut la these awesome guests. =D

these awesome guests are Asfirdaus aka Dato's family!

his mom and dad happy betul! hehe!

so Asfirdaus's family came over to our house and our families met for the first time!

jauh gak their journey to come to our place. =') 

so their purpose is to menjadi perisik. haha! joking joking.

untuk merisik.

heheee!! =p

ni berlakon je ya. =p

fatin and my-toya-looking-self presenting the ring. cantik dulang diorang hiaskan. aspidos claimed he designed it. eceeehh! =3

after discussion between our families, it's sarung cincin timeee!

woohoo!!

tokmak memang suka mencelah dalam gambar. hehehehe!!! comel tul!

after the whole discussion, we proceeded to the dining area and had some food prepared by my dear tokwan. tokwan memang best!

the men talked about serious stuff, while the ladies just talk about almost everything else. my cat ni suka menyibuk and fatin, pantang nampak my camera! hahaa!

my mom and asfirdaus's mom dah best friend too, alhamdulillah!

all in all, alhamdulillah syukur that everything went well. im glad that we're finally taking that step (eventhough this is just one small step) towards, insyallah, marriage.

and i'm sooooo glad that his family can accept me to be part of theirs. ye la, saya ni takde la perfect mana. still a lot to improve on myself. syukur.. =')

i don't think it's common for people to talk about risik time kan. but i'm sharing this part of my life because i truly appreciate your support and prayers for myself and asfirdaus to be together. insyallah, kalau Allah SWT izinkan, kita akan go towards what we prayed for. =)

please dear friends, pray that Allah SWT dapat permudahkan perjalanan kami semua dan sekeluarga.

thank you all so much! 

=D

minggu peliks

allow me to rant my heart out.

after all, this blog is suppose to be about me.

my own perasan bajet bagus ngan muka kekadang mintak penampo blog. tapi takyah la tampar please nanti pipi tembam sebelah, sape nak betulkan? haih. dah start merepek. =p

andyvays, (anyways dalam bahasa igloo) (bahasa igloo doesn't exist, fyi)

to rant, or not to rant?

rant.

so a few days ago, i had a weird day. wait, scratch that. i had a weird week.

it wasn't so weird earlier this week. but tengah tengah tu.. astaghfirullahalazim..

on this one fine day, i kept dropping everything i hold. syndrome butter fingers yang melampau. dah budak mckk, jangan tiba2 perasan ingat i cite pasal band butterfingers tu ya. i know they rock, i love them too, but i'm talking about being clumsy.

best ke maria, type as if you're talking to people?

lantak.

andyvays,

i dropped my phone on numerous occasions. my phone ni agak la precious. bukan agak. memang precious gila la wei. so those times i dropped it, on hard floor, on carpeted floor, on tables, almost in the toilet (fiuhh!!) and on 90degrees elbows, rasa cam time stopped and the sound of the impact cracked my heart open.

melampau kan description?

but because it's precious, it's important and definitely not cheap, rasa sakit kot!

tapi motif jatuhkan phone? memang takde la. dia nak jatuh. aiseyman..

pastu bukan phone je. 

books. 

pens.

even PLC. nasib la PLC tu rosak. kalau tak, mampus nak kena bayar rm10,000++. memang boleh jadi makcik cleaner part time kat company i tu sepuluh tahun to pay back.

ok enough about workplace!

after work, i headed to midvalley kerana mau ketemu rakan-rakan.

it was raining heavily then, and on a slight corner, kereta depan kereta den punya brake lights dinyalakan, maka saya pun tekanlah brake.

pastu suddenly my car started swerving left and right and left and right!!!

woi!! i thought i was going to get into an accident!!!

it was so mighty scary, i cannot explain..

dah la i was driving my kembara!

so swerving left and right was really freaky because i don't want to topple over like an upturned turtle!

eventhough that sounds really cute, but it won't look cute if it was my car that's upturned.. alhamdulillah tak la.

alhamdulillah i managed to control my car. alhamdulillah i did not panic when my car swerved out of control.

alhamdulillah i did not cause any accidents as well.

=')

good thing also, i got a gift from my friend! 

alhamdulillah. rasa ok balik =)

hehee..

the next day lak...

i walked into my office that morning. and i saw my boss and colleague looking at me in a way that, aiyo.. how to describe ek? that mischievous look sort of thing, you know? but i buat dunno je la.

and theeeennnn..

my other colleague ni datang kat i.

dia tanya saya, "apasal u itu macam? saya tada tau!"

i lagi la tak tau. i tanya la dia, apa pasal dia kan.

dia cakap "itu video u punya, kita sume sudah tengok!"

panggeling gelinggg *sound effect kaca pecah*

rupa rupanya, boss pun dah tengok..

apa tak diorang tengok i semacam pagi tu kan. 

jangan cakap la. i memang tak mampu nak tengok bos lepas tu.

bukan merajuk. i was afraid he might not take me seriously. ye la. i'm supposed to be an engineer.. tak serious langsung bila dalam video kan. 

haihh..

so my advise to you young ones.

if you plan to make youtube videos, think about the consequences you might face in future. you think you can stomach your future employers to know and watch your videos? if you insist, make your profile not related to your real name sangat la.. so if they google you, they wont find your 'other life'. ecehhh! hahaha!

but it's up to u.

oh tertinggal pulak. haritu masa tengah jog on the treadmill, i tersadung. yes. i tripped.

and then jatuh atas that board monitor thingy. orang kiri kanan tengok (kot), maka saya terus off-kan treadmill tu, took my bottle and walked away as fast as i could. malu teramat!!

oh well.

despite all the pelik-ness of these few days, i do have a lot to be grateful about.

and one thing's for sure, i have people that cares for me and of course, i thank Allah SWT for the experiences. hopefully i'll learn my lessons, and continue on trying to be a better person.

insyallah~

rasa macam nak makan popia. 

maka saya berchillpopia lah!

place: istana budaya - Secret Life of Nora. memang terbaik!

dress: Poplook

shawl: Calaqisya

outer: Kimono wrap by Calaqisya

belt: Moschino hak milik ibu yang saya kebas. woohoo!

and my favourite photo of recent

place: UTP, Teronoh - 11th Convocation

shawl: Tepi Jalan (bukan nama kedai)

top: Primark

dress: Poplook

bag: CalaMan

my dato' is so handsome! hehehehee!!

and i really can't wait for this weekend =) hope everything will go smoothly, insyallah!

ps: another weird thing.. i've blogged so frequent this week!! pelikssss!!!!!!! okbye.

nak professional kena ada email professional =)

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: APPLYING FOR THE POST OF BLOGENGINEER

I, Maria Elena, am hoping to get a job at your establishment as a Blogengineer. Please see the attached resume for your perusal.

You can contact me at 6789998212 and greenismyfavecolour@gmail.com.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Elena

++++

ok, this is just a mock cover letter! all the details are just made up but if you can draw your attention to the email, sounds silly isn't it?

andddd that's why i want to share this tip!

i know it's convocation season now which means all you fresh grads will or already have started looking for jobs!

that's great!

so about the email~

i pernah had the task to filter resumes to help my boss in my old company.

and a few potential employee he immediately rejects because of the email address. if he finds it too long, too complicated and weird, dia tanak tengok pun the rest. coz well, usually we put our emails at the top kan.

it's first impression.

according to his philosophy, if this person who wants to be employed, can't even have a real email address, how would he know this person is matured enough to work with him?

well, that's his philosophy. whether i agree or not, dia dah boss kot. means dia lagi tau pasal kerja dari saya yang noob ni kan. then, who knows brape ramai lagi yang thinks like him kan?

so that's why, it's really important to have a real email address.

and i strongly recommend myemail because your email address will be based on your name on your MyKad! if you don't understand why, well it's because you have to register with your real name and IC and then your email will have to be authenticated by JPN. ha, amik tu. serious gila!

myemail ni pun actually very good for those yang dah ber-family, working professionals and those yang nak start business because its got unlimited inbox size, dia punya e-billing system is very systematic and safe because they have tracking features that will make sure you receive the bills, save the environment because you're not using papers kan and so much more!!

you can check out other ways to optimise your myemail at Facebook too! =D

in conclusion, get one important thing right, which is your email address! and when you get on to the interview, then that's a different type of first impression!

good luck!!! =D 

kami ada suara =)

*ketibas = ketiak basah

OK!

story concert Suara Kami dah melalut ke laut. gomenasai! and all that dialogues, please don't take it seriously and i hope i didn't offend Yuna (and fans), Faizal Tahir (and fans), Dato' Sri Mohd Najib (and fans) and Datin Seri Rosmah (and fans) in this post! i made it all up and just hantam suka hati i je. muahahaha!

tapi serious, sorry tau kalau terasa.

heee..

anyhoos, Suara Kami Concert was held on 17th September at Stadium Merdeka. although this post is quite basi, but nasib la. muahahahaa! saya selaku mix melayu cina & india (sila percaya), suka gak la the concert sebab masa concert tu, sume bangsa and agama, from performers to audience, had almost the same thought in mind. 

we just wanna chill =)

from the pictures, you boleh nampak la yang i tak duduk ngan crowd kat padang sebab i am too old for this stuff (sape tengok how i met your mother, sila sengih). hehe!!

so yeah~

kami ada suara.

dan kami chill.

salam.

=)

Makeup Story

recently i went to a Maybelline New York Fashion Week Workshop and had the opportunity to meet really awesome people and importantly, i've learnt new looks we can make with makeup!

ahak!!
i know myself well enough that i'm not a makeup person.
i do wear them, but only at special occasions or events.
tu pun depends on my mood.

so at this workshop, i was taken aback with all the makeup, and for the first time in my life, i was actually excited!
ask Nisa and Cik Epal! i was sitting next to Nisa and practically ask her about all of Maybelline's products because.. let's face it. i don't own much makeup.
my basics are foundation, face powder, eyeliner, lip balm.
done.
but at the workshop, i was introduced to many more products which rupanya ada properties yang good for the skin! and from the workshop, tau la sedikit sebanyak techniques to wear them. myehehehe =p

anyway, more about the workshop, you can read them at Nisa's and MadamMondoq's blog on their experience =D

ehem.

few days ago, i had time, see. so i thought it'd be a good opportunity to make a makeup tutorial.
PLEASE PLEEEAAAAAASEEEE know that i'm not a professional make up artist, and i'm really noob at this!
but why am i so daring to share it?
sebab i boleh.
muahahah!
no la. because i thought, well, not all of us know how to wear makeup the right way. and there're so many tutorials out there but i know mine's annoying and full of gedik-buatan.
that counts for something. kot.

whatever.

=p

hope you enjoyed it nonetheless =)

jadi tak berlakon macam Michelle Phan?

=p

Thunder

Assalamualaikum~

it's raining really hard now, and along with the rain, are thunders and lightnings.

because of that, i feel like sharing this:

Surah Ar-Ra'd (Thunder)

13.11 For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah . Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.


13.12 It is He who shows you lightening, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.


13.13 And the thunder exalts [ Allah ] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah ; and He is severe in assault


*Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.
please read the full Surah. i find it really amazing. like how besar kuasa Allah SWT and how everything happens with reasons only Allah SWT knows. =')


let's hope that we can change for the better =)
have a good day people!
and may you find the rain, thunders and lightnings not troublesome. heee..

ambil berkat

i think this is the first time i've attended a nikah of a friend. i felt very honoured to be part of it, more because i was Adriani's bridesmaid and i gave a speech! it was very impromptu and i majorly crapped myself out there. i was doing accents okay, and i don't think that's normal! haaha!! yanny, you asked for it!! =p

i didn't get to see the akad nikah but i was there before that (masa lunch hour tu! sempat!). demi kawan =)

the decorations of the room and her pelamin were simple yet very yanny-ish: they exuded softness and simple-girlishness. buat i rasa nak kawen je. muahahaha!

but oh the reception..

cantik yang amat!!!!

Yanny's dress was made by Jezmine Blossom and it was designed by both Yanny & Jezmine.

when i entered the dressing room, i was immediately taken aback by how beautiful the dress was!

and when Yanny had it on, 

voila!!

a princess was turned into a queen =')

pelamin cantik gila!

bridesmaids gila!

happy gila =')

i am utterly happy for you both and i feel blessed that i had the opportunity to know Yanny before she became a Mrs. hehee!

may Allah SWT bless this newlyweds and may their future be filled with love and happiness.

amin.

should you need to ask me when it'll be my turn?

all i can say, if Allah SWT izinkan, insyallah it'll happen. 

=B

yes, perasaan nak kahwin membuak buak tapi SABAR LAH WEI! hehee!!


all pictures taken with my iPhone and Olympus E-PL1.