Movie Time!!!

It's been so long I've waited the sequel to F&F and finally when F5 is here, I wasn't able to watch it because my daughter is not allowed in. School holiday's started & she went over to my mom's place. First thing in my agenda... to watch F5!!!

Car crazy, speed crazy, action crazier... Love it. Unfortunately, I totally forgot to stay behind & watch the trailer for FF6. Wanna watch it again. Join me?

Happy Mother's Day!!

I love you mom. You are my life, my love, my everything. You are my pillar of strength and you have been with me in every ups and downs in my life. Although I might not say it often, but I love you, I'm so grateful to you. Whatever situation I'm in, you are always there for me. Mom, you are my angel, my idol. I've always hoped that I would have even an inch of your qualities in me when I face motherhood myself.

19 years passed since my firstborn. I couldn't be more proud of him as any mother would be. I don't know what deed I have done to be blessed by such a remarkable bundle of joy. I thank Allah s.w.t in every breath that I take for Him to loan this miracle to me. I can only pray that I live long enough to be there in every moment of his ups and downs as my mother did for me. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to become a mother.

12 years after him again I was blessed with a pretty princess. Realizing both my babies were born in the Chinese Year of Monkey, I know that I'll be facing another whirlwind of mischievous, bright, loving, chatter world. She is my mirror. However, I just hope that she will only mirror the best side of me. Whatever I missed while raising my son, I try to make sure that I did not miss it with her. Although both of them suffers the same fate of having to live with a single parent, she is luckier as she has a loving brother whom she adores to pieces.

To both of my children, you make my life complete. I do not need anything else in this world other than your hugs & kisses. I love both of you, always and forever.

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Okay... this post was taken from MY Baby Store FB that was shared by my sister on her wall. After reading it, I decided to post in my blog... as I feel it is close to the heart. I tried to translate it to English but alas, my words are not as poetic as I wanted it to be. So I'm keeping it in Bahasa Malaysia.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila seorang perempuan jatuh cinta,

lelaki itu tidak semestinya punya segalanya

tetapi lelaki itu adalah segalanya di hatinya.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila seorang perempuan itu mengalirkan air mata,

itu bukan bermakna dia lemah,

tetapi dia sedang mencari kekuatan

untuk terus tabah menyintai lelaki itu.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila seorang perempuan marah,

memang dia tak mampu mengawal perasaannya

tapi percayalah, itulah maknanya

dia sangat mengambil berta dan menyayangi lelaki itu.

Lihat saja pasangan yang baru bercinta, mereka jarang bergaduh.

Tetapi percayalah semakin bertambah sayang mereka pada seseorang,

semakin banyak pula pertelingkahan yang berlaku.

Andainya lelaki tahu ...

Apabila perempuan bercakap banyak,

dia tak pernah bermaksud untuk membuat anda rimas,

tetapi dia mahu lelaki mengenalinya dengan lebih dekat.

Andainya lelaki tahu ....

Apabila perempuan berkata dia mahu anda berubah,

itu bukan bermakna dia tidak mahu menerima anda seadanya,

tetapi dia mahu menjadikan anda lebih baik,

bukan untuk dirinya,

tetapi untuk masa depan anda.

Andainya lelaki tahu ...

Apabila perempuan cemburu dan tidak percayakan anda,

bukan bermakna dia tidak sayang,

tetapi dia terlalu sayangkan anda

dan masih menganggap anda anak kecil

yang masih memerlukan sepenuh perhatian.

Kadang kadang dia terlalu risau sekiranya terlalu percaya,

anda akan mengkhianati kepercayaan yang di beri.

Naluri keibuannya sangat kuat.

Dia hanya mahukan yang terbaik buat anda.

Andainya lelaki tahu ...

Apabila perempuan merajuk,

jangan kata dia mengada-ngada.

Dia bukan mahu di pujuk dengan wang ringgit

atau hadiah sedozen,

tetapi cukup dengan perhatian

yang boleh buat perempuan rasa di hargai.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila perempuan jarang mengatakan 'i love you',

itu tidak bermaksud dia tidak menyintai

tetapi dia mahu lelaki itu rasa sendiri cintanya,

bukan hanya hadir dari kata-kata

tetapi jugak melalui bahasa tubuhnya.

Andainya lelaki tahu ...

Apabila perempuan kata dia rindu pada anda,

dia benar-benar maksudkannya.

Apabila berjauhan, bayanganmu akan sentiasa bermain di mata.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila perempuan kata lelaki lain itu lebih baik dari anda,

jangan percaya kata-katanya

kerana dia hanya mahu menguji anda.

Dia mahu melihat sejauh mana anda sanggup menjadi yang terbaik di matanya.

Walaupun sebenarnya andalah yang terbaik di hatinya.

Seladi dia dengan anda, percayalah,

walaupun perempuan menganggap masih ramai lagi yang lebih baik di matanya

tetapi di hatinya, anda tetap yang terbaik.

Andainya lelaki tahu...

Apabila perempuan menjadi degil,

dia bukan brmaksud untuk menjadi degil

tetapi dia mahu melihat

sejauh mana lelaki itu mampu bersabar dengan kerenahnya.

Percayalah, hati perempuan sangat lembut.

Andai kena caranya,

jangan terkejut kalau akhirnya dia tukar fikiran dalam masa sesaat.

Andai lelaki tahu...

Ada perempuan berkata.

"tolong tinggalkan saya!",

dia tidak bermaksud menyuruh anda pergi selamanya.

Dia hanya mahu menenangkan fikirannya sebentar saja.

Apabila dia kembali tenang,

percayalah dia akan mencari anda semula.

Itu tandanya dia benar-benar menyintai anda.

Prerempuan sukar mengawal perasaan.

Dia terlalu emosional.

Tapi dialah yang paling menyayangi anda

dan sangat sesnsitif dengan perubahan yang ada pada diri anda.

Andainya lelaki tahu....

Sememangnya Allah menciptakan lelaki dan perempuan itu

dengan perbezaannya tersendiri.

Tetapi sekiranya mereka saling memahami,

mereka akan saling melengkapi dan menyempurnakan.

Perempuan itu diciptakan oleh Allah S.W.T indah sekali.

Di sebalik airmatanya,

tersimpan seribu kekuatan

yang bakal menjadikan seorang lelaki itu merasa selamat bersamanya.

Biarpun zahirnya perempuan itu tampak lemah

tapi dia punya kekuatan tersendiri

yang bisa menggoncang dunia

dan mungkin bisa membuat lelaki lemah kerananya.

Jadi hargailah kehadiran seorang perempuan dalam hidup anda

kerana dia didatangkan bukan dengan kelemahan sahaja

tetapi dia juga ada kekuatan untuk menyokong anda

dan membuatkan hidup anda lebih sempurna.

Dialah bakal menjadi perempuan bekerjaya, isteri juga ibu

yang terbaik untuk anak anak anda.

I wish to add a few more things to this.. but let's save it for another time. Cheers!! :)

Horray!! Finals Done!

As per the title, my finals over. Actually, it was over on the 8th April but my schedule was tight, only tonight I have the chance to update you, my dearest bloggers.

New movies watched....

HOP

Bunny hopping extraordinary cuteness. Story is young EB who refuse to become an Easter Bunny. He went to Hollywood trying to pursue his drean as a drummer. Met with a ahuman, Fred O'Hare, turned Fred's life upside down ending with Fred being taken to Easter after he was mistakenly accused for killing EB.

EB, on the other hand, was supposed to have a live show with David Hasselhoff, feeling guilty about his friend Fred, EB went back to Easter Island, saving it from Chick Carlos, who wanted to become the Easter Chick.

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RIO

It is about a blue macaw, Blu, the last of his kind, brought over to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to mate. Problem is, Jewel, his mate is only interested in escaping the shelter. Shelter was raided and both Blu and Jewel was captured. Linda, Blu's owner, together with Tulio, Jewel's caretaker searched high and low for Blu and Jewel. They had help from Fernando, who originally was the one captured Blu and Jewel in the first place.

When trying to escape, Jewel found out that Blu can't fly. They enlisted help from Rafael, a toucan to find a way to cut the chain binding them. Together with Luis a bulldog, Pedro a Red-crested Cardinal and Nico a canary, they embarked on a journey to freedom only this time Jewel was caught again.

Blu, now the lovesick macaw, still cannot fly tries to find a way to rescue Jewel. Was he successful? Would Blu ever find the courage to fly? Were Blu and Jewel ever return to Linda and Tulio? Find out more in .... RIO.

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CUN

Luna (Maya Karin) is a popular reality TV host for a show called "Meletops" who runs away after finding out that the boyfriend was cheating on her. Feeling heartbroken, Luna and her assistant Tom set off to a rural village in Kedah where she meets Atan (Remy Ishak), a handsome and kind villager / During her stay in the village, Luna starts to fall in love with the serene and peaceful lifestyle as well as gaining approval from Atan's family. However, a complication that happened forced Luna to choose between the village life or return to her fabulous lifestyle back in the city .

Thumbs up!!! A really light-hearted romantic comedy most likely to charm any one who watches it.

Movie Time!!!

I was a big fan of movies till I was tied down in a certain institution whereby whenever I feel like going for a movie, I will have to consider others. Obviously, financial wise will be on me and cost of going for a movie tripled. So I stopped going.

But now, I feel that going for movies is the only time I break free from my crazy daily schedule and no point catching it on DVDs because I would not have time otherwise to watch it. So, I have been succumbing to my daughter's wishes to each time she mentions movie. And this month, we set a new record of the most movie time in the month.

It started with Rango, a household pet goes on an adventure to find true self. Starring the voice of Johnny Depp, Rango is a lizard. Funny character who was accidently tossed out from his human car and end up in a desert.

Next, we went to a local production, KRU Motion Pictures, a historical movie called Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. According to Wiki, HMM is an ancient Malay literature that chronicles the bloodline of Merong Mahawangsa and the foundation of Kedah, a state in Malaysia. This epic action adventure is directed by Yusry A. Halim. Although there is quite an improvement in Yusry's CGI work, certain scenes could be better especially the war scenes looks empty.

And whoever wrote the script should have done more research on the language used in the film. I highly doubt that the word "TUDUNG SAJI" was used during Merong Mahawangsa times.

Lots of talk with regards to the way Merong talks, but if we consider that he has been away and not speaking in Malay for a long time, to me it was understandable. Nevertheless, the Nanny character was hilarious and I commend her for her acting.

Then we went to see Sucker Punch. Well, actually my daughter wanted to see Mars Needs Mom but the show is airing a bit too late that night so I decided to watch Sucker Punch instead.

Sucker Punch is an action epic fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl, Baby Doll, whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. She has been locked in an asylum against her will by her step father who was after her and her sister's inheritance. Although locked in, she did not lose her will to survive.

Lots of action, sexy girls fight scenes in her attempt to free herself and fellow inmates. But at the end, she gave up her chance of being free to free her comrade, Sweet Pea. No regrets there. After the lack of action in Merong, Sucker Punch gave me my adrenalin boost. But I just can't get over the whiteness of Baby Doll.

And today, we have just came back from watching Mars Needs Moms. It's on 3D and we had fun trying to catch small items that was "thrown out" from the screen. The cinema was practically empty, just me & my daughter and another family of 5.

Nine year old Milo finds out how much he needed his mom after she was nabbed by Martians who planned to steal her mom-ness for their own young.

Overall, it was good and my daughter just cemented the fact that there is no living without me being around. She actually clung on to me till we got home, even holding my hand while I drove.

The ending showed scenes from the making and it was interesting how similar the character to the actual actor / actress and how cute the "monkey dance".

I can foresee many more movie dates with my daughter from on as Hop, Kung Fu Panda2, Paul, Never Say Never - JB, Red Riding Hood as well as local movies like Karak and Cun are coming up soon.

Till then bloggers.... Ciou!

Extraordinary Fun!!!

Good bright and shining morning bloggies!

It was a fun-tastic day today. Took break from work to accompany my daughter to her school carnival. As I sat here I realized, I have not been at a school PTA carnival that was so organised, exciting, plenty of things to do and food to eat. Sitting at the canteen, watching the children and their parents going around, enjoying themselves made me miss my eldest son. He would have enjoyed these kinds of carnival but every time his former school arranged a PTA carnival, normally it feels like it was done half heartedly, no excitement and poor participation from vendors. It feels more like teachers having a profit making day because almost all the teachers will have a booth of sorts, including selling high-priced tasteless food and drinks. But here, I know, if he was here he would have enjoyed this carnival so much. My daughter is lucky.

As I step in to my daughter's carnival, the feeling was very different. The event is from 8am-5pm and at 8.15am when we arrived, majority of the stalls are opened, food abundance and had my fill of breakfast with the second best tasting Singapore Fried Bee-hoon I've ever tasted. (Mom's no 1). The food here are crazy, mouth-watering, finger-licking, enticing, diet-busting, mind-blowing temptations. My jaws dropped seeing a plate of warm melted chocolate-coated marshmallow sticks placed on the table by a student in front of me, each bite so juicy and chocolatey, such a tempting sight only to be reminded by my stinging tooth that is crying for me to go to the dentist.

As I typed my journal, the entertainment section came on with a beautiful presentation of Ngajat fusion, a Sarawak cultural dance by the students and some students singing latest popular song. I understand that there will be some local artiste including the popular nasyid group Hijjaz. Stalls, other than food includes, publisher of Ana Muslim, a popular Islamic girls magazine (which I hope to cultivate my daughter's interest in it rather than boys version such as Upin & Ipin and Ben 10), pony riding with 3 beautiful brown ponies!!, a huge inflatable castle of bouncing fun, a mini go-cycle track that looks like go-kart but you'll be cycling with paddles about the same level as your body and rows of booths of carnival funfair-like games that reminds me of my late stepmother and how she enjoys the fun fairs.

I wished I could post photos of the carnival but unfortunately the camera button on my hand phone is out of order (giving me one more good reason to buy a new hand phone). So I hope that my journal is descriptive enough for you dear bloggers to imagine. Meanwhile, work is calling! Take care and see you again soon!

Critical Writing...

Hola Bloggies!

Today is Mid Exam Day!!! Was I ready for it??? HELL NO!!

Everything was in a mess the whole week. The more I reminded myself that exam is coming up, the more other things crop up till I couldn't find the time to even look at the schedule, what more doing revision. Everything else needed my immediate attention. Work pressing. Heart caring. Health warning. Overall, stressful week.

But things turned worse and out of hand yesterday, I feel like walking out and just leave everything. I started my day at 6am, was scheduled for work at 9am. My lines are one after another page, like close to 70% of the script and have been that way for the last 2 days. The translated script were like &$#@!!! I have to amend and add almost every line for every character until I almost blow up at the technician. Not to mention my own weakness and a new technician. Finally, it took me 2 1/2 hours to complete 1 episode.

Looking at my watch, I know I could not complete the other episode in time so I left to pick up my daughter. Coming back, the Madam was still dubbing and she was fussing about a word I used. The problem is that word was an issue before, and when I used the corrected word, she claims that it was out of context and keep blaming me because since I have used that word, she used it as well and we had to re-dub the lines. Not enough with the fussing, Madam went on to make some harsh remarks which was intended to me to some other dubbers when I was still there!! I was trying so hard to keep cool and left without even dubbing when it's time to collect my daughter back from school as she was still stuck in the studio.

Went back, had early dinner, I planned to go back to studio after Maghrib prayers. My mistake, while waiting for the Azan, I lie awhile & stretched myself... Next thing I know, it was almost 1 am. No calls received as my handphone battery went dead. Rushed out from the house only to realize that I have left my bag with fresh change of clothes and pencil case behind. Went to the studio, fearing the wrath of Madam as she might tried to call me. Charged the phone and was surprised that nobody called!!! Wow! That's a first. Usually Madam will call or send a message if she wants me at the studio but couldn't get me or if I haven't finish. I kept quiet, spent another 3 hours on dubbing of 1 episode, ending at 4 am.

Once I finished, Madam told me that I have to help her with urgent translation. The key word here is HAVE TO! Ha ha ha! No wonder there were no calls or nasty remarks about my disappearing act! Hah! Turn a sweet face when you want something right??? Blah!

Anyway, I went back to my mom's place, did my revision while doing laundry. My mom... my angel... my idol, its her utmost happiness when I told her that I am studying again, so nicely made me breakfast :) I take it as her showing her support for me taking exam today.

Finished hanging laundry at 8.15 am. Stop by at Petronas looking for 2B pencil. NO PENCIL! Looked at the time then, oh no! Time to FLY to P.J for exam at 9 am. Luckily, Rosma was my savior for the day. She borrowed me her pencil. I felt like in primary school again. Ha ha ha!

So now, I am waiting for another paper. Writing this as part of my Critical Writing subject. I pushed away work aside for now because at this moment... I AM A STUDENT!