samrtphones

one of my wish-lists for the year 2009 is a smartphone. have been wishing for one for quite sometime. tapi biasalah... kita ni minat barang branded tapi at the same time agak kedekut untuk menghabiskan duit untuk benda2 yang diklasifikasikan sebagai 'luxury' rather than necessity. i'm a simple person and very practical. most of the time guna phone pun hanya utk telephone, sms and buat reminder, camera pun jarang2 pakai sbb digital camera lagi cantik.

but during last raya, membuak2 rasa nak beli smartphone bila tengok my sisters' nokia e71 and blackberry. can get connected to the net, emails and gps, besides being a pda. elly nak g tesco yang dekat tu pun siap cari shortcut from gps nak lari dari traffic jam, masuk jalan kampung. ishh melampau nak show-off! kalu cari jalan kat kl tu logic gak (jealous sebenarnya!). alasan balik kb sekali-sekala bolehlah diterima.

so, during the last weekend, i have been wasting my time, feasting my eyes, browsing the net for smartphones. so these are the best at the moments:

1. samsung omnia

samsung omnia

2. sony experia x-1

sony ericsson xperia x1

3. Apple iphone 3G

apple iphone 3G

4. HTC series

htc diamond

ada few other models that caught my interest, including the nokia models such as E71, E63, E90 and N96. but i think so far samsung and htc are the leading in designing thin, slim smartphones. samsung and htc are also the best in application of windows mobile 6.1 so far. but apple iphone 3G ada banyak kelebihannya, cuma dia pakai MacOSX.

it wouldn't be fair for me to comment on the best model since i haven't own one. you can always read its review on the net. what is more important to me to consider before buying any gadget (infact, anything), is the value for the money i would spent. would you be using all the functions made availabe on the gadget? if you do, then go for it. kalau setakat nak nampak bergaya, forget it. all these smartphones are quite pricey. omnia would cost around RM2799, sony experia is more than RM3K. tepuk dada, tanya selera. tapi sudah tentu, satisfaction is also important.

by the way, for those who are thinking of buying any of the above for my birthday, you are most welcome. it would be somewhere in september. any takers?

lonesome..

today my dear hubbyby left us for a business trip to guangzhou, china. his flight to guangzhou will be around 5.45 am tomorrow morning.

it is not even a day, and already i feel so lonesome... makes me want to cry. need to watch winter sonata tonite after the children sleep. winter sonata never failed to make me cry. i usually feel better after a good cry!

lonesome

its not that we have never parted. kalau duk rumah pun jumpa berapa jam saja sehari, but still you feel close to each other. it's different because usually its me who did the travelling and i usually look forward to something new and different, tak delah rasa missing sangat. but whenever his turn comes, memang beginilah i rasa, walaupun kena tinggal satu hari. banyak sangat business tripnya since 2009 ni, almost every week mesti ada satu dua hari kena tinggal... sob sob :(

he has sacrificed a lot for me and its my turn to give him the moral support. tak boleh nak mengada2. must be sensible and strong! to think positively, this is the time for him to widen his horizon, to venture into new fields to build-up his business further. yelah... kita masih baru bertatih, banyak lagi ranjau perjalanannya. kena banyak sabar dan usaha. he has been doing quite well since we started the business 2 years ago, hope it will prosper further.

i miss you darling!

being tagged

i was tagged by my niece, edd. let's do it.

1. i am a....

dreamer!

2. i want to go here....

the holy city - makkah

3. my favourite place....

the kitchen!

4. my favourite color...

blue... and black!

5. my favourite food ...

tom yam kung

6. my favourite drink...

hot black coffee

7. my school...

mrsm kuantan

8. my favourite story...

kisah nabi-nabi

9. i was born in....

kota bharu, kelantan

10. my hobby....

read, read, read!

11. i live in ....

the awesome earth, which is somewhere in space.

12. i wish for a ....

all listed above - 10 muwasafat tarbiyah

i can only tag nuha, since edd and dhuha have already been tagged. i don't know anyone else who follow my blog who has their own blog.

orite, till the next post... bye!

se7en

se7en was actually a great movie, starred by brad pitt, morgan freeman and gwyneth paltrow . i watched it many years back. it was about two cops, one new and one about to retire, after a serial killer using the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. at the end of it, brad pitt got to look for a box. what was inside the box? his wife's head! (if i'm not mistaken - dah ingat2 lupa). it was a great story.

but what i'm gonna write today has nothing related to the movie. it is just some facts related to se7en.

se7en facts you may not know about me when i was 7 years old:

1. i cried on my first day at school. my eldest sister accompanied me to school, and i cried when she left me in the class. my classteacher, puan kalsom came to the rescue and started story telling.

2. i tried to run away from home... i was always a mangsa bully to my sisters and mudah merajuk. i put some clothes into my schoolbag and carried the bag keliling the football-field near my house. but i returned home at last because i have nowhere to go. the irony is, nobody was looking for me, and this story became a family joke till now.

3. i screamed-out-loud in class and cried when my classmate tan ai nee brought yeap yeok cheng to me and told me " nita, she is H.A.N.T.U". i was really scared and screamed till a teacher came into the class.

4. i slept on three wooden small chairs in the teacher's room and was found by my headmistress. actually i had a stomach-ache and puan zainab asked me to sleep in the teacher's room. suprisingly, the headmistress didn't scold me. instead, she took me to lie-down on the sofa next to her room. a few prefects was called to accompany me and make sure i was ok.

5. i was punished to stand in front of the class because i didn't bring 100 toothpicks for the maths class. luckily i was not the only one. this time i didn't cry.

6. i sengaja suka nak langgar beg this particular girl kuat-kuat everytime i walk to class every morning. why? because she liked to nag around. i will always langgar beg dia n buat2 tak tahu. then she will look around and marah everyone. she was bigger than me, but i like to menyakat her. satu kepuasan tengok dia marah2 n membebel.

7. it hurts me when my mother gave birth and i found out that the baby was a girl. why? because i was the youngest girl in the house before she was born. after that, all the attention went to her. to my dearest elly, no hard feellings please. you know i love you.

se7en things that scare me:

1. losing my faith

2. losing my children, the jewels of my life.

3. losing my dear hubbyby.

4. public speaking. i have a terrible stage fright, till now. luckily it would only be for the first few minutes. once i got well tuned, it would be ok.

5. cats and mice. hee... geli! everytime balik rumah my in laws, my adik2 ipar mesti boring sebab they must be alert to keep all the cats away from me, esp. time makan. i'm scared of dogs too!

6. i cannot sleep alone in the dark. if i were to sleep alone, i need some amount of light on and make sure the tv or the radio is switched-on too.

7. being cheated.

se7en songs that i like the most:

1. where do i begin - shirley bassey

2. every breath you take - the police, sting

3. everything i do, i'll do it for you - bryan adams

4. all for love - sting, bryan adams and rod stewart

5. when you say nothing at all - ronan keating

6. armageddon theme songs - leaving on a jet plane (chantal kreviazuk, john denver) and i don't want to miss a thing (aerosmith)

7. my heart will go on - celine dion

hee... all the songs are from my student days or time mula2 kerja. nowadays dah jarang listen to radio, kecuali dlm kereta. i do like a lot of malay/indonesian songs, but since i listen to litefm or hitzfm, i selalunya tak tahu title n singer of the malay songs that i like kecuali yang sangat2 popularlah.

i tag my nieces, dhuha n edd. you need to do the same in ur blogs.

edd, i had difficulty entering ur site n blog "euphoric nightmare" few days back. just noticed this morning that u tagged me. will do it later.

i actually wanted to put on ronan keating's music video here but had difficulty doing so. it's easier with facebook. so, anyone who would like to watch ronan keating's when u say nothing at all video can go to my facebook. i also added all for love video but it didn't turn out well.

Love Story

Where Do I Begin to tell the story
of how great a love can be,
The sweet love story that is older than the sea,
The simple truth about the love he brings to me ?
Where do I start ?

With his first hello he gave a meaning
to this empty world of mine;
There'd never be another love, another time;
He came into my life and made the living fine.

He fills my heart...

He fills my heart with every special things,
with angel songs, with wild imaginings.
He fills my soul with so much love
that anywhere I go, I'm never lonely.
With him along, who could be lonely ?
I reach for his hand, it's always there.

How long does it last ?
Can love be measured by the hours in a day ?
I have no answers now, but this much I can say:
I know I'll need him till the stars all burn away
and he'll be there...

childhood bliss

today i had a good time watching the children play... seronoknya jadi kanak-kanak. no responsibility, no pressing dateline, no assignment. boleh main... aje. nak apa2 mintak ngan parents, kita pulak sangatlah baik as compared to parents dulu2.

i had a wonderful childhood days. terkenang2 zaman kejaguhan n kenakalanku. when i was small... kita kuat main. siap ada geng lagi masa sekolah rendah... kat rumah geng kita nama 'the eagles', kat sekolah geng kita nama 'the ZAS force' - zas tu stands for zack, apollo and starbuck - our favourite characters dlm citer battlestar galactica. dlm geng tu kita siap ada nickname - kalau kat rumah nama kita 'buddy', n kat sekolah nama kita 'zack/johnny' sebab masa tu kita minat sgt2 ngan john stamos.

the eagles are made up by me and my best friends eza and ning. we are neighbours. but i think i spent most of my time with eza more than ning coz ning's parents are very strict, susah sikit dia nak kluar rumah. rumah eza belakang my house, and ning's house is next to eza. kiranya pagar rumah kami semua bertemulah. selalunya tempat berkumpul is my house since my parents sgt baik. parents eza baik juga tapi dia macam kaya sikit, seganlah. walaupun rumah belakang-depan, kami kalau nak ckp mesti guna telefon, sebab takut nak gi ketuk pintu rumah orang. mak2 kami pun bisinglah sbb byk pakai phone. so, utk mengatasi masalah tu kami create satu cara utk memanggil satu sama lain. camana tu? kami ketuk botol kosong. setiap kami mesti ada dua botol kosong kat belakang rumah masing2 n sapa2 memerlukan kami akan ketuk botol... alah, macam dlm cerita p.ramlee tu. calling method ni really establish sampai our family members dah tahu kalau ada bunyi tu, maksudnya ada call, dan bertemulah kami di blkg rumah masing2.

tapi jumpa kat belakang rumah ni susahlah sebab pintu pagar rumah kat depan, so jauhlah nak pusing. to overcome that problem, kita buat project. ahli projek tu was me, eza, my sister ei, and eza's sister eda. kami bukak pagar dawai chain-linked tu. sungguh berusaha satu2 dawai tu kami buka sampai jadi lubang agak besar yang boleh kami lalui. sekali bapak eza nampak terus kena marah. tapi lubang tu terus digunakan, not only by us but by other family members as jalan pintas. sekarang semuanya dah tak de sebab kita dah buat pagar tembok, dah tak de lagi chain-linked fence. rugilah tak ambil gambar dulu2.

time main pula, kami suka berlakon. eza mesti jadi permpuan cantik2 coz rambut dia panjang n i mesti jadi budak laki sebab i ni lasak sikit, rambut pun sentiasa pendek. pas tu kami suka nyanyi. tiap2 hari mesti nak practice buat show. nak show kat mana entahlah... tapi kami memang nyanyi siap ngan showmanshipnya. berangan betul dulu (nasib baik rupa tak cantik, kalau tak mesti dah jadi artis!). kdg2 penontonnya are my brother n his friends, kdg2 depa ikut berlakon ngan kami sekali. kadang2 main tembak2 ngan depa. habis keliling rumah my mother tu kita berlari, buat kubu, buat bangsal, panjat pokok. nasib baik rumah my mom compound luas, seronok betul menghidupkan suasana.

rumah kami juga jadi tumpuan main badminton. my father org kuat badminton assoc. and was once the state coach. jadi kita ada bekalan shuttlecock yg berkualiti tak putus2. kami, the whole family boleh dikatakan 'terror'lah main badminton compared ngan budak2 lain. so zaman kegemilangan tu, i kalu main badminton mesti main ngan budak laki je sebab main ngan pompuan tak best, cepat sangat menang. budak laki pun suka nak dtg rumah kita sbb nak lawan ngan kita... heh perasan! memanglah gitu sbb rumah kita mana ada budak laki selain adik i yg sorang tu. kita pun terror main netball. walaupun kita kecik tapi kita kuat melompat and melayang2 je tangkap bola sebab badan kita ringan.

kat taman guru dulu2 selalu ada sukan tahunan dan kita selalu buat perlawanan netball, bola, volleyball. ada sukaneka and acara trek lagi. best betul dulu2. sebelum start sukan kami akan berarak mengikut rumah sukan masing2 n keliling taman guru. pastu kita ada khemah ikut rumah masing2. games bukan utk budak2 je tapi ada acara utk bapa2 n ibu2. habis semua acara, petang tu mestilah ada penyampaian hadiah. hadiahnya biasa2 je, tapi seronoknya terkenang sampai ke sekarang.

kat taman tu ada playground juga, main sampai tak ingat dunia. paling suka main buai. siap boleh berdiri lagi atas buai, then buai laju2 sampai buai tu tinggi n terjun ke tanah. then kita tgk sape boleh buat paling laju. yg ni mesti main sekali ngan dura, ije, ina n wati. kami memang conquer benda2 kat playground tu, org lain selalunya boleh main bila kita dah abis main. kelakar juga bila ingat, dulu kita memang anti habis budak2 dari kampung sebelah, kononnya depa tu jahat n pengotor. kalau depa dtg playground kita mesti jeling semacam je nak suruh depa beredar. camanalah dulu boleh ada mentaliti cam gitu... teruk betul!

satu lagi kami suka main rollerskate. paling terror mestilah i ngan eza. nasib je court volleyball tu pendek, kalau simen court tu panjang mesti lagi best kami main. paling tak leh lupa lepas habis periksa darjah lima (=ngan upsr), balik rumah tukar baju terus gi main roller skate tengah2 panas tu sorang2. kira lepas perasaanlah, tapi memang time tulah yang paling best main sebab satu court volleyball tu kita conquer sorang2, buat laju2 n boleh pusing berkali2 sampai lembik. rugi tak de gambar.

dulu2 balik skolah, buat homework then lepas asar n minum tea terus kluar main, balik elok2 bila org start ngaji kat masjid. sampai rumah biasalah... kena bebel jap, berebut bilik air, mandi n solat n ngaji ngan my mom. selalunya ngaji time berita, bila berita best je mesti lari dari bilik my mom pergi dgr berita. lepas makan nasi, tengok tv. kita adik beradik memang kaki tv. bila entah baca buku... adalah kut baca buku masa time nak periksa. tapi kita maintain top 10 kat skolah.

sekarang bila dah jadi mak... semua benda anak nak buat, ada je kita nak larang. kesian anak2 sekarang... tak merasa keseronokan jadi budak2. balik2 tgk tv, main computer, main playstation. i pun dah berjaya pujuk my hubbyby to agree to buy PS3 for my son if he performs well in school this year (hehe... sebenarnya mak dia nak main!). sekarang ni pukul 6 i bagilah anak i main ngan kwn2 kat luar. alhamdulillah neighbourhood kat sini ok. depa main pun depan rumah je. i want my children to enjoy their childhood days as much as i do.

pirates and captain jack sparrow

last friday night, i got the night to myself. my hubbyby was not at home, and my children slept early. and again, i got to watch pirates of the carribean - the curse of the black pearl. but this time, i was able to watch it undisturbed. enjoyed it as always.

what is so great about pirates of the carribean? ehmm... its entertaining and funny. and we have johnny depp as captain jack sparrow and orlando bloom as will turner. both are handsome guys and brilliant actors. and the sweet keira knightley as elizabeth swan.

i'm a fan of johnny depp since his appearance in 21 jump street in the eighties. tapi bila tengok balik cerita tu and the pictures from that series rasa kelakar sgt2. buruknya fashion n style zaman 80'an - remorse jambul kat depan and seluar ketat kaki kecik.

zaman dulu2, kita minat johnny depp sebab dia handsome, cute face. but now, not anymore. now i get to admire people when they have outstanding character. depp has matured with experience. dari zaman edward scissorhands till the pirates, and sweeny todd, i think he had been a brilliant actor. and his character as captain jack sparrow is what i like most - a smart pirate and a little crazy. depp also admitted that he loves that character and would agree to play it again if called for the 4th sequel of the pirates. why? being a pirate is part of any children's dream, and you know you wouldn't be one. so, when you got to act it out, its fun, it's like your dreams come true. and you were given the freedom to shape the character to your liking depending on the script. i just love creative people, they make life interesting and lively!
out of the silver screen, depp also has transformed into a responsible hubby and father. his marriage to his current wife and his children has changed his life. the first child was the turning point. he is now more focused in life, and knows what he wants. he loves and enjoys his acting career which he described as "we actors are essentially telling lies for a living" - which is true, exactly.

i haven't seen much of orlando bloom. he is still young and handsome too. his role in pirates biasa2 je. but both depp and bloom had sexy hairdo, don't you think so? mat salleh ni kalau rambut panjang nampak macho je, tapi kalau org kita rambut panjang... tak menarik pulak.

eh... macam serupa pulak depp n bloom in the above pictures. look at their eyes... wow! deep seated eyes are sexy-looking tapi susah nak buat cataract op! dahlah sharp nose... need to do temporal approach kalau nak op.


but depp doesnt look as good without his misai n janggut. but he looks clean without it. it reminds me of a friend who kept telling us that men with misai cannot be trusted, macam dato' k, siti nurhaliza tu. hehe... nak tergelak juga coz my hubby ada misai and tak pernah tak de misai since we got married. bila tengok gambar dia tak de misai rasa kelakar... tak macho langsung!

seronok tgk movies ni because kita boleh ikut sama n rasa macam hidup dalam movie to. nasib baiklah kt ni tak de tgv or gsc, kalau tidak banyak juga godaannya... tak pelah... tgk dvd pun bolehlah walaupun sound systemnya wouldn't be as good.

happy birthday, mother!

2nd February - Happy 70th Birthday, my dear mom.

My mom was born as Safiah @ Siti Meriah binti Haji Abdul Rahman. The only daughter of three children. Being the only girl in the family, she was quite pampered especially by her step-grandmother and aunties. we call her "che".

How would i describe her? dia adalah orang yang paling baik dan berhati mulia, penyabar, amanah, bersangka baik and always positive. when i was small, i didn't really fancy her. i always thought my father was great and she always come second to him. but as i grew, i slowly realized her sacrifices, her inner strength and the depth of her love.

i have to admit that i'm not very close to her. our relationship is really mother&daughter and never as friends. but i love her, no doubt. cuma kadang2 kasih sayang itu tak dapat diluahkan dgn kata2. she was not an expressive person, she kept her feelings to herself. and as a working mother, a teacher, her time was quite full. so, i spent most of my time with my siblings.

nevertheless, she is a great mom! sesibuk mana bekerja, we never left home without breakfast, and it will be roti bakarnya yang sangat sedap bcoz she letak banyak gula over the margarine, sometimes roti kukus. no wonder till now, i still found roti paling sesuai for me as breakfast. she would cook fresh lunch after school and never forget to prepare some kueh for our evening tea, and her tea is the best. a family dinner is a must. we always dine together, and i think that brought the family together! during weekend she will cook something special - roti canai, my favourite nasi lemak n nasi kerabu, nasi dagang. the smell of her nasi goreng will always woke me-up in zest, her fried meehoon semuanya sedap. and kami adik-beradik akan makan berulang2 dari pagi sampai tengahari.

mom will always do the cooking, but we were trained to do the cleaning dari kecik. we have duty rosters (siapa2 paling senior yang ada kat rumah will be the boss) for each day and a different one for the weekend. daily roster would concentrate on cleaning the kitchen, where as weekend roster will be on cleaning of the house. since 8 or 9 years old, she would train us to do our own laundry and iron our own clothes. lipat kain tu kerja routine time tgk tv. tapi yang penting she never deprive us from pergi main ngan kawan2 or tgk tv.

she is a wonderful wife. she never argue with dad, at least not infront of us. tak pernah bergaduh. and she is the traditional kelantan woman yang sangat2 mengutamakan the men in all things, sampai kadang2 buat kami (the modern ladies) rimas!!! dia paling mengutamakan tetamu, and kami kalau balik, akan sentiasa rasa dirai, the tea and meal would always be ready. no wonder all the menantus suka balik kb.

now, at 70, mom and dad tinggal berdua aje in that big house. none of us stays in kb or kelantan. maybe sesekali rasa sunyi bila anak cucu kembali ke rumah masing2 after cuti, but i think they are happy that way. they have activities to keep them busy, and our neighbourhood pun sangat bagus. as one of the nearest to them, i make sure that i balik kb at least once a month, and i can see the happiness in their eyes whenever we come home.

Mom, your birthday means so much to me;
To have you in my life another year,
The time I spent enfolded in your love,
Each day, each moment with you is so dear.

I cherish the very special bond we have.
You lift my spirit in so many ways.
I celebrate your life; I honor you,
And send to you my love and care and praise.

I love you, mother!