He came to my place so that we could settle some preparations over here
I haven’t received my greens yet so, I was 100% funded by my future husband
We were always out of the house because we didn’t want to disturb the wedding preparation of that person at the house but in the end, I found out that he/she spread that we overshadowed things. * I was like WHAT?!!
Well, forget about that ungrateful person.
So, I made full use of the 4 days to show him around SP but of course our favourite spots were the malls
Basically, we ate, walked, discussed and rushed here and there. When we were back at home, we helped the people (basically they were only my mum and kak da) at home to prepare the goodies. We couldn’t bear to see them struggling by themselves.
The next day (Wednesday) , we had our pre-wed photoshoot. My stepbrother and his wife were so supportive and brought us to various spots so that we could take pictures with different sceneries. Unfortunately, as I was not that photogenic so most pictures didn’t turn out well. *Sorry, fiance!
Nevertheless, here were some of the shots that worth to be embedded in this blog. 
And on the last day before he went back, we went to Sunway Carnival earlier just to unwind ourselves. Surprise…surprise…we ended up entering this outlet and he said that he wanted to give me the winter coat and the boots as an early birthday present as it would be another couple of weeks before I would fly to UK. I was beyond excited but at the same time feeling guilty. But, I just could not say no to such tempting offer.
Dad expected us to depart a bit later to the airport but somehow, I decided to go earlier. Some were questioning me why didn’t I go to the person’s solemnation. Well, since no one could send my fiancé so, I was the only one responsible for him. Thus, we left SP but with a little body guard accompanying us. We had three hours before boarding time and since I had checked him in earlier, so we took the opportunity to spend some time at Queensbay Mall. Our stop was the restaurant and DAISO…my favourite shop!
After sending him to the airport, and experiencing a minor hiccup finding way back to Penang Bridge, the little bodyguard and I were finally on our way back to SP. I was told that the solemnation only started at the same time as my fiancé boarded (So, luckily I trusted my instinct and didn’t waste time waiting for nothing). Indeed, holidays in March were meaningful and it made my UK trip worth every penny!
That’s all for now. Maybe in the next post I’ll talk about UK trip or maybe other things that come up in my life. Au revoir!
p/s: Please pray that everything goes well for my upcoming wedding and life after that
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Ha-ha we are still in the process of cleaning the house..—talk about last minute pressure mode!
The worst part is to handle the dusty boxes of ill brother’s.
Oh My….I started to sneeze and have watery eyes.
Seriously, am not dust-proof.
Should have eaten mum’s allergic pill and wore the face mask.
My day was quite fulfilling.
I was out and about with dearest Ira and her cute and adorable niece, Wawa today.
The lil girl was quite shy at first.
Our choice of movie to watch was decided by her (trying to maintain her good mood)---> Johnny English but due to language barrier and the dissimilarity of the storyline with Mr.Bean, the cute girl started to get cranky. Orange juice & one big sausage managed to hold her to stay put for an hour but after that, we had to get out of the cinema. I didn’t mind, really. Because she’s very cute and the storyline of the movie was quite slow too. So, nothing much that I missed.
We strolled around and looked for Wawa’s bag or purse : fancy choices were between Angry Bird, Hello Kitty and Strawberry. I tried to make conversation with her and it was flattering that she began to imitate me “Na.. ada banyak lagi sana!” Then, she smiled at me and I found her to be even more adorable!
Ira was so patient with her niece’s unexpected behaviours. I learned a lot today. I wish I could be as loving, smart and able to console kids like her. Haha I’ve a big wall to tear down in order to accomplish this.
I was so happy that the shy lil girl finally opened up to me right after lunch. We talked and she no longer worried of grabbing my hands to lead me to her aunty. Greatest satisfaction was when she willingly kissed and hugged me. Awww that was a huge achievement, man! Never thought kids would get used to me that fast. 
The outing made me feel like I have to prepare better if I would want to have kids soon. A lot of patience, efforts, love & ability to commit. My, my, a realisation within me---> something that I want but I’m scared to have it too. We’ll see how. Besides, it’s still a long way to go.
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I previously decided (after a long chat with Vane) that I would wear my old black heels for my graduation day. They are peep toe- type so I feel a bit reluctant to wear them as it was stated in the guideline ---> court shoes with at least 1.5 inches so my heels are a bit off of the expected dressing guideline.
As I’ve decided already what to wear on that special day (really hope that it won’t rain..touch wood!), mummy said that my shoes are not proper. But what can I do, I’m jobless and buying shoes is the last thing that I’m capable of doing at the moment. (yes, i sedar diri ni berabis)
Today, we went out again, the both of us mum & daughter to Segama & Wisma Merdeka. We were supposed to look for things for the house but Mummy suddenly changed her GPS and headed to a number of shoe stores. We found two shortlisted pairs and I chose the ones that would promise better comfort to these fragile feet of mine (as advised by mum because to her, the look doesn’t matter if at the end of the day, you’ll suffer yourself.) Then again, I couldn’t guarantee that on the very day I won’t hurt my feet at any point because today, I just gave an unreliable hypothesis based on the try outs.
They are Marie Claire’s. And I just discovered that you can also order through online at Bata.com.my.
By the way, my deepest gratitude to my mum for her generosity but I’ll keep in mind that these are just loans. I promise to pay you back when I’m officially hired. (Bila la tuh?! grrr…)
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Tatkala menjelangnya Hari Lebaran, tidak lengkap rasanya tanpa persediaan juadah tradisi yang menjadi kemestian saban tahun. Well, I’m talking about my mum’s specialty—> Ketupat Palas…wrapped glutinous rice which is cooked with coconut milk. Lain negeri, lain ketupat. Ada buat ketupat dengan daun kelapa@ nyiur dan kalau kawasan utara ni biasanya pakai daun palas dan guna beras pulut. So, demi masa hadapan, ibu telah melatih diriku agar membuat ‘latih tubi’ dengan bersungguh-sungguh…
Tapi diri ku yang memang slow, separuh mati juga la buat benda alah tu. Finally, siap juga after 3 hours (kalau lone ranger ni, mau sehari suntuk ape…*_*)
Masa nak proses membalut ketupat tu, ibu terchenta dah beri peringatan, “Akak jangan buat ketupat betina tau, make sure jadi ketupat jantan.” Okay, if 10 years ago, I would say, “What?!!! Which is which?” Tapi kini tidak lagi….saya tau sudah ni 
: These are the attached pictures to show you the difference between the “Ketupat Jantan and Betina” (pelik namanya kan?
but ni demo je, belum berisi pulut lagi..heee)
Ni ketupat betina
Ni ketupat jantan
So, apakah perbezaan kedua-dua ketupat ni? Basically, if tersalah teknik membalut tu pulut, selalunya jadilah ketupat betina (the one yang ada bucu ketiga di bawah tu) tapi if you do it correctly, you will have the expected ketupat jantan. Lepas dah balut sampai jadi ketupat jantan tu, tangkai daun tu disimpulkan untuk mengelakkan air masuk.
It’s very important to get the wrapping right tau…sebab ketupat betina memang akan masuk air apabila kita masak dia and jadi lembik plus tak sedap! Then, ditanaklah ketupat2 tersebut sampai masak...
p/s: Sorry for not being able to include pictures lagi sebab tangan occupied.
I’ve been eyeing the durian stalls at some spots at KK such as under the bridge at Segama and along the Tuaran bypass. Unfortunately, the price of the durians is too expensive and you can’t be sure of the quality…
But today, rezeki datang bergolek….It was such a pleasure being treated to a delicious breaking-fast dinner at Rasa Nyonya Restaurant, Kota Kinabalu. Food were superb but service 1/5…huhu sayang kan?
Then, we had our dessert at Vedableu, Citymall. Reminded me of the first time I went there 
And my craving for durian was finally fulfilled as they do offer fresh ice-cream with the exotic fruit at a limited time…sukenye aku! Had two scoops of mixed flavours ( ferrero rocher and durian) .
I was totally bloated once I finished everything, my diet went down the drain but people said, “Rezki jangan ditolak” makanya I would strive to continue eating well again tomorrow..hehe
Somehow I managed to find the urge to clean up my full-with-unnecessary-stuffs cupboard. I still remember in one of Oprah’s shows that you have to get rid of things that you rarely use for more than 6 months…and my things were like just stuffs with lots of memories. The house is très small so, keeping those sorts of garbage stuffs would not make things any easier.
The momentum of my clearing process was inconsistent because I tended to just flip through the cards, letters and diaries to see what the old me had written or received from other people. It was amusing to me that there were a lot of amazing things that I went through but somehow they did not stick in my mind. Well, life was kind of occupied as my goal before was quite focused on trying to fulfil my mum’s desire and expectations.
Coming back to the clearing process, I had a final good laugh, embarrassment and tears seeing the old things that I had but as it was time to let go, I only kept some
) Anyhow, my glorious stuffs did have one of the things that caught my interests ---> the introduction part of my year-2000 diary. I was a big fan of Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys and still am but it was funny that I did submit to one of the fanatic fans’ features, eg: having the stickers all over the place, not limited to the sticker album that I had. Regarding my old ambition, I was shocked that I wrote that I wanted to be an engineer because I now realised I’ve no interest in that field at all. But I am so glad that the part that I wanted to enrol in a university had been fulfilled. Yey for me! I hope that I can fulfil the second part of the goal too. 
Despite of my lack of interest to have any ambition or clear goals these days, I find that it is indeed worthy for us to have written about them in any part of our life because when we managed to look back at what we had have in mind before, it can be a good weightage of seeing how much we have changed. Seeing my old stuffs were undeniably exhilarating and liberating. This reminds me of an essay that I wrote in 2005 , if I was not mistaken was entitled “What will I be in the next 10 years”. The essay was/is with our ex-tutor, not sure if he still keep it. I could not remember what I had written but I’m sure am curious about it…
Went to 1 Borneo today with mummy…
We went out late (had to watch our fav series) and hoped that dad would not call while we were having our gala time (he doesn’t like us going out after 6p.m).
Mummy said we should appreciate the outing before daddy comes back to KK because we would rarely be able to enjoy our time if he’s around soon.
So, we bought some stuffs and windowed-shopping for good. Savouring the pleasure of seeing the things displayed in every section without any pressure.
I love to hangout with mum…
My favourite part is when she recommends cool outfits for both of us and we would share the same fitting room and laughing together in it.
Having to try and exchange the clothes together is definitely exciting and this helps to strengthen our relationship.
I’m just glad that mum is super cool with me these days.
Unfortunately, daddy’s return is a bit depressing to me. Not that I don’t like having him around but I just like to be able to dress freely at home and lepak sukahati without any restriction.
So, good luck N3. You have another week to enjoy life.
As you all know, I have been trying to constantly drink at least 2 litres of water in a day.
It went well for the past 9 days and in fact, yesterday I made it by drinking an extra 1 litre…haha
Unfortunately, this morning I was awaken by something hurtful….
I got this stupid ULCER
I wonder what went wrong…? When I rarely drink enough water as suggested, I never had ulcer’s attack. And the worst thing about it is that the thing is
the place of the ulcer is too ‘strategic’…di antara rahang and at the deepest corner la pun?!
p/s: pls ignore the hideous drawing…
Currently, I tried drinking chrysanthemum tea, 3 Litres of plain water, putting some salt on the infected spot and tonight, I might want to try taking the panadol. So, wish me luck of fighting this misery…
When I was little, my mother rarely bought any kinds of sweets or chocolate for us
I couldn’t remember the exact time but somehow I got to know Skittles
It was so delicious and I love it so much
As my daily pocket money was only rm1.50 and 50sen had to be kept aside for the bus’ ticket fee, it was quite difficult for me to save…lapar ba if xeat during recess 
Besides, I could only find it then at places like Tong Hing.
So, Skittles had been classified as one of the expensive favourite food for me just like Cadbury Chocolate….I thought I would be satisfied by trying to compensate it with Mentos (the colourful one)…but of course, it didn’t taste the same…
But, now, I can purchase it without feeling that it’s too expensive like before.
What makes me more happy is that Mr Munchkin always ask if I want Skittles ( now, mentos rainbow is also included). I tend to munch things and there were a couple of times that I wanted sweets to help me focus.
Unfortunately, since my disastrous facial breakouts, I’ve to avoid sugar-based and dairy-based foods. So, no more Skittles or Cadbury or Mentos for me for the time being.
Craving for Skittles
And today, my journey of a long drive to Kota Belud had finally been realized.
I have always wanted to drive on my own on such a long trip with my friends and sharing stories and gossips along the way. However, as my boyfriend is a more competent driver as compared to me, I can only be the co-pilot, sitting by his side and try hard not to fall asleep.
Before this, I was not able to join my friends’ recent trip to Simpang Mengayau and Kundasang due to my thesis and final assignment’s issue. So, I have decided to seize my final days to travel and just do something out of my ordinary life.
I drove to my friends’ wedding ceremonies in KK and Putatan, which also required me to go to Indah Permai and later, made me decide to contact my student to fetch her to my home to take my kitten and hold it all the way back and to accomplish that I’ve to drive all the way into Kg. Labau, Menggatal (quite far, mind you) and back to Likas and Menggatal again. It was quite tiring but I got to see a beautiful village. Awesome!
I’ve driven to Eleen’s bro’s wedding in Kota Belud. I found it to be quite a fun & thrilling trip because with all the waiting, the slow traffic and the miscommunication, I got to do naughty things which were witnessed by Taufik and Mi Chan. Having to do those things, I felt like I surpassed my own boundaries and restrictions. Well, I am indeed sorry and feel guilty because some of the acts were…maybe….a bit… dangerous ;p But with the two supporters by my side, I felt nothing was impossible….hehe
Basically, I just want to say that I love driving and road trips. Can’t wait to explore the roads in Sarawak. Ngehehe ^_^ And of course, I wish I have Mr. Munchkin too but it’s okay lah….
We were in the car and we had a small talk as I drove back to Anis’ place. I shared about the reason as to why I want to be with Mr Munchkin as soon as possible. The reason is simply because I rather not spend my money on things that I can actually share with him such as toothpaste and the kitchen utensils. *though I might not be spending to0 much time in the kitchen later 
The toothpaste part was greatly inspired by the cute loving couple dale & kas when I stayed at their place before..hehe
Anis said that she wishes to have that kind of feeling. To her, it is another level of feeling of sharing with someone who is not a friend or a family to her. It was kind of funny when I think about it because all this while, I am awed by her ability to be so nice and loving towards her little siblings, which I know she would do splendidly in her own personal relationship and yet, she felt my ability to want to share with a stranger was quite an exciting feeling. Basically, I’ve had this kind of feeling since the first time I met him. I didn’t see it as a big of a deal. However, Anis made me see it in another point of view which made me appreciate the feeling that I considered as trifle.
Seriously, I really appreciate my small talks with inspiring people like Anis and Vanessa. They gave me so many advice and shared experiences that made me able to see life differently. Then, when it comes to married couples, I would like to be as happy as my married friends, Kas & Dale and Syafiq & Zai, when I get married later. They were able to go through thick and thin together without much hassle. Owh dear, I’ve rambled so much which clearly showed that my mind is quite occupied with marriage thingy and my personal confidence and negativity issues.
Then again, be positive Xierra! You can do it!
In the struggle of generating ideas for my assignments,
I somehow managed to find the time to bake another set of cookies
I just want to ration something that I like…
Then again, the sight of him popped into my mind and my hands automatically worked their ways into this…--->
I know you miss me. Hope this can compensate some of it.
p/s: yes, they did not look perfect…give some credit to this amateur k…
