Bali dancing

assalamualaikum!


dah 2 bulan kahwin, ni baru je pergi honeymoon =)
we planned it a long time ago actually and were supposed to go in january, but things got busy, so we just biarkan.

to be honest, it wasn't that we want to be honeymoony (if that's a word. i mean, being all siamese twins during honeymoon. pipi melekat to each others'.), we just needed a break.
it was so hectic for us last year.
i was spinning in a hurricane of work, studying, wedding stuff, and all other things.

so i was really looking forward to a break.
so was he.

but tu la. ok! back to our holiday trip to bali!

it was really nice and simple =)
we got our hotel package at groupon. beli 4days 3nights package, dapat duduk hotel yang ada pool villa for a really reasonable price and then our flight tickets pun dapat promo price.
alhamdulillah =)

people in bali are super nice! friendly and sangat beradab!
most of them are hindu though. agak tak biasa la tengok orang indonesian greeting us hindu style instead of "assalamualaikum". heee..

shopping there are ok la. boleh dapat souvenirs merata rata tempat.
tapi hubs and i went to Krishna (or something spelt like that) and get the souvenirs there mostly. sebab senang. sume ada in one place. and cheaper too.

our supir was so nice! eventhough dia hindu, tapi bila kita mintak dia bawak gi tempat solat, dia bawak dari tempat parking, tanya orang area tu and bawak kita on foot sampai ke satu madrasah ni.
baik gila la!
and tunggu sampai kita habis solat lak tu!

so in summary, places yang (for me) best gi tengok:
1. Uluwatu - watch kecak dance sambil tengok sunset.

kalau tak pakai seluar panjang kena pakai sarung purple. kalau tutup aurat macam saya, pakai ribbon kuning je keliling pinggang.

view from the uluwatu cliff. cool gila kayhhh!!!! ada beruks lak tu!!

ni la kecak dancers. it's kinda cool how they made sounds that collectively becomes music.

c'est interessant, really =)

2. Ubud, Tanah Lot - tengok temples on the cliffs. cool jugak sebab building building kat bali kan macam very artistic. they mix the kayu and batu elements together.

situ ada kecak dance gak but it's not as good as uluwatu's (so they said).

ni satu

ni lagi satu. kitorang tak sompek nak naik temple cliff tu sobab air pasang. 

ni before mat salleh tu sibuk enterframe (pic in previous post).

ihik! 

feeling titanic sketttt pleasseeee =p

3. Beaches. to all beach bummers, beach mereka agak best. surfers everywhere! (sebab tengah high tide).

and it was kinda interesting to see white people in their 2-piece taking pics of beruks yang agaknya teringin nak surf gak. ahak! =p

amboi cheq! kat pantai tapi tak swim swim. agak kemalasan ketika ini kerana terlalu ramai orang.

dan sebab saya pakai crocs & stokin. ehek ehek! 

sebab malas nak bukak kasut bagai, kitorang just duduk tepi tepi beach and watch people (one of my favourite pastime =p)

dalam 15 min, kitorang chow. haha! sebab nak sambung jalan.

basically itu je i can share when it comes to sight-seeing in Bali. we went to a lot of other places. but sini i just list apa i rasa MUST-GO gitu.

we didn't do any water-sport stuff coz we didn't have that much time, though we really wanted to.

maybe next time in sha Allah.

to all Hard Rock collectors, pi la Hard Rock cafe. hehe!

dalam hujan.

heeeeeee..

amaran!!

ok kat bali ni agak susah in terms of pemakanan. because majority of them are hindu, so most places tak halal.

alhamdulillah though, tempat kita stay which is in kuta, ada halal food restaurants nearby. so we can just walk from the hotel to the restaurant.

tapi some halal restaurants pun ada jual liquor.. so.. macam agak musykil di sana.

best advice: google for halal tours in bali or bring your own food like canned tuna, instant food, etc.

=)

kalau pasal tour2 ni, masa kat airport, ambil la all the brochures and pamphlets. and then sampai bilik hotel, study ramai2 and chose which suits your taste best.

=)

hmmmm... i guess that's it!

itu je boleh share from my experience in bali.

anyone pergi sana soon, all the best and have fun!

salam.

kelas kau maria

assalamualaikum bloggerism!

so it's the start of a new semester.
it's a bit of a struggle to get back into studying mood after a nice long holiday. hehhehehe! tapi best la gak boleh start belajar balik. new stories to share with my hubs too. heeeeee =B

you know, when students suddenly get noisy and restless, all heads are not at the lecturer but facing friends sebelah, atas or bawah (bawah level kalau kat lecture room ler), and then lecturer calls out for attention yet no one paid any, there must be a 'ssssshhh'-er.
the one who goes "sssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" which made semua orang consciously cari the 'ssshh'-er and settles down and then, Allahualam.

i kekadang kesian the 'sshh'-er.

semakin besar kelas, semakin kuat 'ssshh' dia.

semakin kuat 'ssshhh' dia, semakin banyak air liur bertakung di pipi and kalau tak pro enough, ter-spray la air liur tu.

hehehe!!

my suggestion, instead of going 'ssshhh', why not go for less air-liur-spilling method which is, "ehem!".

but best, is of course "ahak!!".

confirm orang terus pandang depan sambil senyum.
ok just kidding.

=p

supposed to be a cute pic of us on our honeymoon until mamat ni menyibuk..

ceit.

peace!

cubaan baru

assalamualaikum warga dunia!

earthlings and catlings,
i can't sing.

one of the rarest things i did the other day was karaoke-ing. with, le hubbeyh.

it was so random!
we just wanted to go out and buy burger ramly, tapi tersasar and went karok instead. gahaha!

it was much more fun too! sebab it was with my husband kan, bukan ngan orang lain so i memang tak hold back la =p

i tried to sing nicely, but.. hahaha! thinking about how i sounded pun buat i rasa nak tergelak. yes, i laugh at myself a lot! pihihii =p

we sang alicia keys nya song while laughing at the lyrics, and also adele's set fire to the rain!
and we did rapping songs a lot sebab it's easier for our throats.
challenging though, but it was fun =)

after all that karaoke-ing session, i still don't like karaoke.
tapi boleh la sekali sekala demi menghiburkan suami =)
i love making him laugh. ihik!

so anyway, another story to add on this beautiful friday,
not much of a story, but just news? i guess?

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..




awkward maria is always awkward.

i'm trying to get myself back into this youtube thing. to be honest, i dah tak se-excited dulu. i have ideas, but with the laptop thing, and now with the new comp nak biasakan with the new editting software, and the time and blablablaaa..
i just don't know how to restart again.

and i sorta don't know if i should even restart.

let's just be frank here, everyone (including me) find there are so many other vloggers yang doing so much better at delivering good messages.
which led me to feel "why should i then?"

but just when i decided to retire from making videos, more people kept asking me about it. i have people interviewing me about it even when i told them that i don't make videos anymore.
and yang paling pelik to me, is how many adults (parents-aged) i've met told me that they want me to keep on making videos.

serious wa kata sama wa, wa sangat peliks. sebab wa tak rasa wa layak.
asked hubs about it and he said i'm probably not feeling secured about myself.
ye la kot =p

so here it is.

all i wanna do is spread goodness, share goodness, and be goodness. haha!
i told myself that if i wanna see the good in the world, i have to be good.

and here i am =)

me, trying to fight back all my insecurities and i'm determined to win!
all dengan izin Allah =)

and my silly lil' video.
and me, being myself, as myself as i can get when im in front of a camera =p

love myself,
me.

*eh jap. i buat post ni to myself ke about myself?
hahaha!

pape la.

peace.

*let me know if you have any suggestions! will take them into consideration =)

lyrics logic

i am not a 9gagger but hubby is. 

and he likes to share some funny ones with me. (padahal tak mintak pun..)

and trust 9gag to reveal the ridiculousness of a song's lyrics!

kitorang selalu gelak bila dengar adele's set fire to the rain song, and now, it's alicia key's new song!

hehehhehehee!!

sorry if i ruined the song for you =p

aikol u jap lagi ok?

prof maria. 

amboih!

this was long time ago, before i got married (sekarang nak describe time, wedding is the penentu. before getting married means long time ago, after getting married means baru baru ni. aneh kau maria.) i participated in this client counseling session for law students in UIA.

it's really weird for me to be part of this.

firstly, saya engineer ketika itu. secondly, saya tak tau kebende la client counseling tu. thirdly, saya pemalas nak tukar baju lepas keje. fourthly, saya bukan lawyer.

fifthly, saya maria.

motip.

anyways, it was kinda coincidental. i was supposed to have a class that day lepas keje. so mula mula memang nak tolak la the invitation. until my lecturer said the class was cancelled. so apa lagi. 

cakap "i onz!" je la =p

then masa kat sana, i agak blur blur la sebab tak tau apa nak buat, and part of me macam penat from work and stuff so jadi takleh nak digest sangat info2 the committees bagi.

kesian prof mars ni.

hahahaa!!

but it was so fun! first time i dapat belakon jadi mak datin over as a client to two competing teams!

i think this was the part where the dude kneeling, the acting husband, pleading to have me back. oh, i as the datin mintak bercerai kot. and nak all harta back.

oh and the custody of the children.

and i think i said something like "mestilah i nak the children! syurga diorang under my tapak kaki you know!"

kahahahahakahakahahaa!!

i haven't acted for so long.

last i remembered was in uni.

coincidentally, asfirdaus, masa tu yang tak pernah nak pergi tengok theater kat uni, went with his roomate. just because.

and that was the first time he saw me. 

and kids, that was how i met your mother. the end.

eh eh ehhhhh!! salah cite.

=p

oh wait. cinta vlog tu ada la buat appearance. tapi that 5seconds of appearance don't count as acting la. more to menyibuk. enterframe. passerby.

so, not counted la.

hehehe!!

ha tudiaaa! si muka pucat di AIKOL!

sweet sis Taqiah =)

professor professor dan lawyer lawyer berjaya dunia akhirat, insha Allah =)

2 of my best friends are lawyers, and being part of the client counseling competition showed me a small portion of what they do for a living.

and this part of life is what i love most.

being able to experience and see different types of people and learn from them =)

peace!

melatah

assalamualaikum~

watashiwa maria desssss!!

kombawaaaaa!

oh cuba la saya nak meng-cutekan diri dengan menggunakan bahasa jepun bajet anime (mata besau dah ada...), namun hakikatnya saya tak cute macam "cute" tapi cute versi pipi tejojol.

i just uploaded this picture on instagram yesterday, and mashaAllah..
ramainya kata watashiwa dah tembam des.

and ada juga yang ingat saya dah pregnant....
sob sob.. nanes kua hinus..

i think since i've become a Mrs., all people are anxious about hearing next is the "baby news".
and every happiness of mine, for some, means i'm pregnant, therefore i am happy. padahal i makan nasi putih, ayam goreng dan kicap pun boleh buat i happy..

i'm not pregnant yet.

and if asking if i am pregnant is a polite way of telling me that i'm fatter now, then.. ok, i kurangkan makan nasi putih, ayam goreng dan kicap. hehehehe! =p


secondly, (kalau ikut formal letter format, tak perlu state no.1) i ni boleh tahan kuat melatah la. i'm a bit jumpy for some reason. ok, not a bit la. more than a bit. a little bit more. pun boleh. =p
i don't remember how it all began.
but lantaklah. i melatah and that's that.

it used to be a lot worse before. i used to melatah bahasa entahpape with gaya. and if someone surprised me with "wah!!", i will melatah "wahh!!" dengan gaya ikut apa badan nak buat. i was that spontaneous..

now i've trained myself to melatah positively. most of the time i melatah "ya Allah!!".
but equally most of the time juga, i melatah "opocot mak kau!"

dulu kat uni pernah la ramai gak la kawan jawab balik, "apa? mak aku apa?", and so i tried stopping myself from melatah that way again.. but it's really hard..

what more kalau bila terkejut bertubi tubi.

the other day i went to watch a horror movie, Mama, with my sis-in-law, Fatin Liyana (the super famous doctor blogger ihikkk!!) and my mom-in-law. mak aih.. it's like any other ghost movie. not particularly scary, but the element of surprise tu, memang surprising lah!!

first terkejut "ya Allah!!"
second "opocot mak kau!"
third "opocot bontot!"
fourth "aiyoyo!!"
fifth "hocococohh!!"

semakin banyak terkejut bertubi tubi, semakin merepek.

astaghfirullahalazim..

i think this pic best show how selebet we can be when we couldn't be bothered.

orang kata kena basahkan lidah dengan zikrullah sentiasa so that the beautiful names of Allah SWT will meresap masuk jiwa kita dan insha Allah, Allah SWT akan sentiasa in our hearts and minds. 

and orang kata kalau nak a new habit to stay, practise for 21 days, and in sha Allah the brain will accept it as a new habit.

so now, i need someone to terkejutkan i everyday for 21days and make sure all those times i melatah dengan zikir zikir seperti "Allahu akbar!", "subhanallah!", "alhamdulillah!" dan sebagainya.

.... husband?

(memang tak lah. kalau dia buat, i rasa i yang merajuk after 2nd day. gahahannenabhaha gelak terabur)

salam!

awak

assalamualaikum~~


you know that sound we make when we're agreeing or acknowledging something another person says?

like for me, i would go "oh ye?" or "ooohh.." or "ha ah ek" or "kan.." and i think there're more tapi malas nak fikir. ngehehe...

and there are people that say "saya".

X: kalau dah tau benda tu tak elok, buat apa nak buat kan? bila dah kena balik, nak salah kan sape?

Y: saya..


ihikkkkkk!!
=p