...jogja insights...

...Barbie in jilbab...

...pasar sore Malioboro...

...Beebee and me at textile store...

...Beringharjo market...
...Beebee, me & Hasanul at Malioboro Street...
...Beebee - Cantik tak?...
...Hasanul and Beebee inside Beringharjo market...
...Itu bisa kurang nggak?...
...Afiq and me before crossing to the other side...

...me & Afiq inside Malioboro Mall...

...Jogjakarta street performers...

...arrival & departure moments...

...at KLIA before boarding...

...Adisutjipto Airport, Jogjakarta...
...calculating my total spending: Rp 2,020,000++...
...bye bye Jogja (with the Indonesian flag)...

...going home...
...a small plane - MH876...

...my jogja story...

hey...it's been a while...
so much to share and so little time...
i'll let the many, many pictures tell the stories,okay!
Note: Kudos to Afiq, Beebee and John :)

the wisatas: me, Beebee, JayC & John, Afiq and Hasanul...

9 January 2009
flight from KLIA: MH 845
time of departure: 915am Malaysian time
time of arrival: 1050am Indonesian time

11 January 2009
flight from Adisutjipto Airport: MH 876
time of departure: 1145am Indonesian time (delayed for 30mins++)
time of arrival: 335pm Malaysian time
p/s: thanks to Boy (Beebee's cousin - our driver for return trip KL - KLIA)

our hotel: Hotel Ibis Malioboro
tour guide: Pak Irwan
driver: Pak Noor
Keraton tour guide: Bu Rini
Borobudur tour guide: Pak Ako

places we've visited:
1. Keraton (Jogjakarta Royal Palace cum museum)
2. Taman Sari Water Palace with a connected hiding tunnel
3. Borobudur Temple
4. Dieng Plateau highlands (Arjuna small temple, hot spring crater, Colour Lake)

makan places:
1. Pesta Perak (Silver Party) - Jogjakarta town
2. Mie Nusantara - inside Malioboro Mall
3. Dieng Restaurant - Wonosobo province
4. Nyaman Djaya Restaurant - inside Malioboro Mall
5. Malioboro Mall McDonald's

shopping places:
1. Gemah Ripah Sdn Bhd - Jogja oleh-oleh (pisang sale, bakpia pathok)
2. Al-Fath store (along Malioboro street) - embroidered telekung
3. along Malioboro street - kaos dagadu (T-shirts), obral (blouse), kerajinan (handicrafts)
4. Beringharjo Market - embroidered textile, batiks, strawberries, snakefruit
5. Pasar Sore Malioboro
6. Malioboro Mall

total i spent: Rp 2,020,000++

...love story...

we were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes and the flashback starts

I'm standing there on a balcony of summer air

see the lights see the party the ball gowns

see you make your way through the crowd and say hello

little did I know
that you were Romeo

you were throwing pebbles

and my daddy said

stay away from Juliet

and I was crying on the staircase

begging you please, don't go

and I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting

all there's left to do is run

you'll be the Prince and I'll be the Princess

it's a LOVE story

Baby, just say yes

so I sneak out to the garden to see you

we keep quiet

because we're dead if they knew

so close your eyes

escape this town for a little while

Oh, oh

cause you were Romeo

and I was Scarlet letter

and my daddy said

stay away from Juliet

but you were everything to me

I was begging you please, don't go

and I said

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting
all there's left to do is run
you'll be the Prince and I'll be the Princess
it's a LOVE story
Baby, just say yes

Romeo, save me

don't try to tell me how to feel

this LOVE is difficult

but it's real

don't be afraid

we'll make it out of this mess

it's a LOVE story

Baby, just say yes

Oh, oh

I got tired of waiting

wondering if you were ever coming around

my faith in you was fading

when I met you on the outskirts of town

and I said
Romeo, save me

I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you but you never come

is this in my head

I don't know what to think

he knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

and said
marry me, Juliet

you'll never have to be alone

I love you

and that's all I really know

I talked to your dad

go pick out a white dress

it's a LOVE story

Baby, just say yes

oh,oh yes

we were both young when I first saw you

...boycott tag...

here's what we should do. it's simple:
list down 5 of the products from the list below that you are boycotting,
and then list down 5 of the products that you will try your best to boycott,
and finally list another 5 of the products that you find it hard to boycott,
and tag 5 others.

this tag is to get everyone to read the list below carefully and identify which products affects your life and the lives of the Palestinians most! You can also compare your list with your friends and see: if they can boycott one product that you haven't been boycotting, why can't you start to boycott the product too?

5 products i'm boycotting :

1. Arsenal Football Club - MU rules!!!yeay...glory...glory...
2. Perrier, Evian, Volvic - i drink Spritzer...
3. IBM - my Rose: NEC Versa E6210...
4. Australian, UK & US newspapers - not applicable...
5. Home Depot Villager's Hardware, Georgia Lighting, EXPO Design Centres - same as above...

5 products i will start to boycott:

1. Marks & Spencer - no need to go to its KLCC outlet (never bought anything anyway)...
2. Buitoni - i prefer St Remo...
3. Victoria's Secret - Triumph is fine...
4. Motorola, Siemens - mine is Nokia...
5. Barbie - not applicable anymore...

5 products that i find hard to boycott

1. Nokia - will not boycott laa...
2. McDonald's, Maggi, Nescafe - also unavoidable...
3. Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, Ralph Lauren - adores my perfumes: Dreaming, Be Delicious, Blue...
4. Johnson & Johnson, Kotex - just can't change to other brands...
5. Carrefour - convenient place for me to shop...

I tag :
1. Azwa
2. Harni
3. Zarith
4. Faiz
5. Shue

Boycott List by Brand - View the Labels to boycott

* AOL Time Warner Time Life magazine, CNN, ICQ
* Apax Partners Jonny Rockets, Sunglass Hut.
* Arsenal Football Club
* Coca-Cola Fruitopia, Fanta, Kia Orange, Lilt, Sprite, Sunkist..
* Caterpillar
* Danone HP foods, Evian, Volvic, Jacob
* Delta Galil Hema, Barbie, Carrefour, Auchan, Tchibo, Victoria's Secret, GAP, Banana Republic, Structure, J-Crew, JC Penny, Pryca, Lindex, DIM, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Playtex, cK, Hugo Boss, M&S
* Disney
* Emblaze
* Estée Lauder Aramis, Clinique, DKNY, Prescriptives, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Tommy Hilfiger, Jane, Donna Karan, Aveda, Stila, Jo Malone, Bumble & Bumble, Kate Spade
* Home Depot Villager's Hardware, Georgia Lighting, Apex Supply, EXPO Design Centres
* IBM
* Intel
* Johnson & Johnson
* Kimberly-Clark Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, Andrex
* Lewis Trust Group River Island, Isrotel hotels, Britannia Pacific
* The Limited Inc Express stores, Lerner New York, Structure, New York & Company, Mast Industries, Intimate Brands, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, White Barn Candle Company, Henri Bendel
* L'Oreal Giorgio Armani, Redken 5th Avenue, Lancome Paris, Vichy, Cacharel, La Roche-Posay, Garnier, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren, Carson
* Marks & Spencer M&S, St.Michaels
* McDonald's
* Motorola
* Nestle Nescafé, Perrier, Vittel, Pure Life, Carnation, Libby's, Milkmaid, Nesquik, Maggi, Buitoni, Cross & Blackwell, KitKat, Milkybar, Quality Street, Smarties, After Eight, Aero, Polo, Lion, Felix cat food, L'Oréal
* News Corporation TV: Fox, Sky, Star, Phoenix, Granada, CNBC. UK newspapers: Standard Newspaper, News of the World, The Sun, The Times. Australian Newspapers: The Telegraph , Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald Sun, Independent, Sunday Mail. US newspapers: New York Post. Publishers: Harper Collins Ragan, Zondervan, National Geographical. Nursery World, Rawkus, NDS, Mushroom Records, ChinaByte.com, Festival Records
* Nokia
* Revlon New World Entertainment, Forbes
* Sara Lee Hanes, Playtex, Champion, Leggs, Douwe Egberts, Bryan, DIM, Ambi Pur, Bali, Superior Coffee, Just My Size, Kiwi, Maison Cafe, Nur die, Pilao, Lovable, Outer Banks, Wonderbra, Sanex, Pickwick, Gossard, Body Mist, Brylcreem, Aqua Velva, Radox
* Siemens
* Selfridges
* Starbucks Seattle Coffee, Pasqua, Hear Music, TazoTimberland

...my precious...

...rosegar...

last monday, I was supposed to have a lecture by an external lecturer…it turned out that the class was canceled at the very last moment…yeay…I got one long day…

so, to spare the time I went to Kim Yap Hair Dressing Saloon in Tronoh together with Aini and Intan right after our lunch at TG Corner in Taman Maju…all three of us got a new hairdo…yeay…it costs me RM7…ooh…I soo love this saloon…now I feel more lighter in the head…I still keep my hair at shoulder length though…

later that evening, I was craving for Satay Bota…it used to be 20 cents per stick….but now, the price went up to 25 cents…still cheaper than anywhere else…hence, they maintain their crowd-puller strategy I guess…

unfortunately, it was raining heavily...as Satay Bota is a weater-dependent business (they grilled the satays in the open areas), the stall was closed for the day...

we then opt to go straight ahead and stopped by Roti Segar Bakery & Cafe (Rosegar)...we bought some breads to take home and Aini treated us with the Caramel Pudding...we had it inside Ryan in the pouring rain...hahaha...




it was raining so heavily that we decided to have our dinner there and then as well…so, off we went back again to the café…since it was almost 630pm already, I got to watch SpaQ2…yeay…

we ordered different kinds of meals so that we can share among us…we had Penang Laksa, Soup Beehoon and Chicken Rice…Aini and me had an Apple Juice while Intan ordered a Hot Milo…





surprisingly, the price was way sooo cheap…I only had to pay RM4…my Penang Laksa and Apple Juice had costs me equally RM2 each…the taste?!!hurmmm…3 stars…

we were safely back to UTP at around 8pm and I struggled through the night preparing a 30-pages minimum group project report as well as rehearsing the slides for group presentation due on Tuesday morning…jeez…

...jazz ja...

happy new year 2009!

i'm truly grateful for all the sweet memories and real life experiences encountered in the year 2008 which eventually shaped me into who i am as of today...i considered myself more matured and rationale emotionally in many ways...i'm physically healthy (still on medication until the end of february)...i love and being loved...i'm blessed and very thankful for that...

welcome 2009 and i'm hoping for a wholesome great times ahead...

for a 1st day of the year 2009, nothing much has happened...

early this morning, when i went out for breakfast with my parents, mama who is sitting at the back gleefully informed me and abah that she's following the new road safety regulation...hahaha...passengers at the back need to put on the rear seat belt starting from 1st january 2009...hahaha...hahaha...

i think there's just some insensible logic in the implementation of this new regulation...and i found this is amusing...cars which have rear seat belts and having rear passengers who don't obey the rule will be penalized...however, if the car don't have rear seat belts (surely the rear passengers won't obey the rule), the rule suddenly become inapplicable...on top of that, car owners are being given 3 years time period to get the rear seat belts to be installed...

hahaha...what a lousy regulation...in my case, shinchan doesn't have rear seat belts installed yet...let's say i go and get them installed...then, it so happens that my rear passengers don't want to wear them and a traffic officer stopped me...i will get a ticket...on the other hand, let's say i procrastinate to get the damn thing installed and i encounter the same situation...this time, the reason would be - i still have 3 years lorr...enough said...

then,there was a thing about 7 citizen being banned from entering sarawak...malaysia is suppose to be a free country what...or so i thought...malaysian political scenes are just hilarious to the extreme...i never knew that there's a term of opposition states (in true fact, the opposition at those states are the losing party)...

in 2009, there will be lots more of hanky panky going ons....yeay...since it is the season of small election, hopefully the petrol price will reduce a little bit more...insyaAllah...

hurmm...ohh yaa...today 01 01 2009 - i'm not marrying anybody...hahaha...i just realized something important though...due to my lifestyle, i feel that i'm better happily single if i couldn't meet an affluent lover...definitely i wouldn't lower my standard unnecessarily...and i really mean it...wish me luck, peeps!

i'll end this 1st entry of 2009 with a tag from mama mizah:

Tag ini bertajuk 16 Perkara Rawak

Syarat dan peraturan:
1. Apabila telah terpilih dengan malangnya, silalah menulis 16 perkara paling rawak sama ada tentang fakta, perangai tak senonoh ataupun hala tuju hidup anda.
- 16 random points about me coming up, okay...

2. Silalah hasut 16 orang lain untuk melakukan perkara ini.
- i choose to tag any 16 people who feels like doing...you are most welcome...

3. Sila tanda manusia yang telah menanda anda di peringkat awal.
- again...anyone?!!i don't mind...

4. Ketahuilah, jika anda terpilih ia adalah kerana anda juga manusia biasa yang perlukan perhatian dan kasih sayang yang secukupnya ketika bayi.
- mizah, i am flattered... :P

here goes:
1. my diet starts today (my girlfriends, please support me)...i need to lose 7kg minimum in 3 months time...

2. in 2008, i've read 43 books...(targeting 50 books this year)

3. i eat chocolate everyday...(at least 2 small pieces)

4. i buy original CDs...

5. i feed ryan with Shell Super unleaded petrol...(made to move further - proven)

6. i'm an avid environmentalist...

7. i still collect stamps...

8. i owned 2 cars - shinchan and ryan...

9. i wear real gold jewelleries...(white gold is white gold - no silver accessories)

10. i can't roll my tongue...

11. my right eye contact lens require a higher power than my left eye...

12. i'm scared of cats...

13. i write my small letter i with a heart symbol as the dot...

14. my phone language is Bahasa Melayu...

15. i'm scared to ride on a motorcycle...(i don't feel safe)

16. i can't swim...(planning to enroll in swimming lessons)

-the end-