i think if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

I've been smitten by Maher Zain so much so that I want him to be on top. Maybe I should put it as a sticky eh. :P

Life's running at 110kmph at the moment. Both me and him are super busy, with work and stuff. Too occupied we're having trouble keeping up and making time for the mega Project Life Changing that's coming soon, if god's willing that is. We're too chilled about it it seems, moms are freaking out. Hehe. Oh well, it's insyaAllah. :)

I'm trying reeeeally hard not to talk about the ultimate W-word and the requisites, and not to mention, the migraines that comes with it cause I don't wanna jinx it. *touches wood, zips mouth*.. Oh well, insyaAllah kata si lelaki idamanku Maher Zain..

Anyway peeps, paranoia is really bad for your health, so stop shitting in your pants over someone or something yeah. Haha.. Well that reminds me of someone who once tergincit on my duvet, with the name (literally) still attached to it as testimony. LOL! :P

Alright. On to a more important issue now; what's for lunch?

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i think he is the one

I here pronounce that my love for Anuar Zain is dead and gone. I have found the one; the lelaki beriman, berjaya dan kacak, that is Maher Zain.

*pass barf bags around*

i think you know you've been on your phone too much when..

The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is snatch your BB from the side of your pillow or on the nightstand to check on Twitter and Facebook feeds before you get out of bed.

You're in the office, hunched over your laptop composing an email. You anticipate an auto text would complete a word you're typing and pressing on the space bar would give you a full stop/period.

You're out with your friends, catching up and all. Mouth is talking but eyes are on the phone. Or you keep checking on your phone every 5 minutes, till one of your girlfriend complaints about it and threatens to end the friendship and ask you to start a relationship with your phone if you don't keep your hands off it.

So what happened when the BB service was 'disrupted' for 9 fuggin' hours?

I couldn't bbm or pingchat anyone, so I got back to SMS-ing. I couldn't be arsed to get on my laptop or wimax and surf the net, so I turned on the TV, did some room-keeping.

No funky withdrawal symptoms. I survived. Ha.

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i think i whip it real hard

Super huge girl crush, this one. I'm falling fcuking hard! ;) Some good genes you have, Will. I want your baby. LOL!

Don't let haters keep me off my grind

Keep my head up I know I'll be fine

i think i want her hair!

I am frustrated (frustrated is an understatement) every single time I browse through Corinne Bailey Rae live in Singapore vids on youtube. I should've been there, I got the SGD128 ticket for her show, but due to work commitment I had to forgo the concert and that makes me hate this godforsaken place I work in even more. Sigh, she probably not gonna come back to Asia anytime soon. Sobs..

Sigh.. She's just amazing. I want her hair! Like, seriously. :)

i think i am too busy getting OD-ed on coffee and food to deal with other matter

I am significantly losing weight and I'm getting worried. I weigh the same weight of 40 packets of tepung gandum cap sauh stacked together and that's not funny wey..

What's funny is I hadn't been sexercising at all during Ramadhan. And I was pigging out like crazy every other day especially at Ramadhan buffets.

I blame it on work stress, damn. And surbex. Yeah, if you're overweight, worried about getting obese, hardly exercise and can't stop eating but wanna shed off some, maybe you should take surbex supplement on daily basis. I somehow think that that got me thinner as my metabolism sky-rocketed with surbex.

So yeah, I'm declaring a serious mission to gain back all the lost kilos, and the mission starts now. Bring on the open houses, keep it comin'! :P I'm gonna eat eat eat, not exercise till I get fat.

But I miss running on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the boyfriend because hari-hari hujan. Sigh. Rain, rain, go away..

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i think this is a good Raya afterall..;)

Another unexpected call from an unexpected person. Never thought he would call on Raya after what happened between us, after what I did to him..

It was a pleasant surprise nonetheless, well I'm just stating the obvious but yeah, you've never failed to surprise me. Thank YOU, you made my Raya still a meaningful one, eventhough they took stupid circus show off the TV. :P

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i think i am thankful for the opportunity, humbled by the experience

I received an unexpected phone call last Saturday. It was from Diana, one of the kid at an orphanage that I went to couple of weeks back to share some Ramadhan love. She was calling from a relative's phone so I called her back right away.

The call was truly a pleasant surprise. I mean, I remember leaving feeling like a rockstar with the kids swarming around asking for my 'autograph', but I really didn’t expect them to really call..

I have always loved doing charity work. Volunteering to be exact. It's the least I can do since I don't have all the money in the world to contribute. But never before have I volunteered for orphanage or old folks' home because I.. get emotional easily and I can be such a crybaby am not that strong. -_-

The first ten minutes I got there, I was truly awkward - not knowing what to ask and what not to ask when making conversation. I wanted to know their life story but I couldn’t just ask how they lost their parents, or how did they end up there. I was overwhelmed with sympathy and empathy for these kids aged 4 to 12, I had to scoot to a corner and called SalmonKhan telling him that I might humiliate myself for crying for no reason in front of these kids. He told me not to cry and reminded me that the reason I am there is to make them smile. Felt a lot better after the conversation and with that in mind, things got better afterwards.

I got to know Diana and her group of friends while waiting for buka puasa. Most of them still have brothers and sisters and they are all sent to different homes. They said they will be transferred to another orphanage when they reach 13. They asked me about my mom, my dad, my siblings and how I celebrate Raya. They listened to my story enthusiastically and every single time I finish telling them about my mom, my dad, my siblings and the way I usually celebrate Raya, they went "Wah bestnya.." Then they told me how they wished they could celebrate Raya with their own parents, wearing brand new clothes and eating rendang together with their family, ending it with "Best kan, kak?", I swear I could almost see a longing infused with hopes in their eyes. Tell me that isn’t heart breaking and tears inducing..? :(

We were there for iftar and terawih. Probably the only terawih I did this Ramadhan -_- hahaaa. Didn’t eat much during iftar cause all of us were busy attending to the kids. Tiredness and hunger only sunk in on the way home. But the experience made all energy and time worth spending.

Sigh.. At this point of my life, I think I am ready to let go of the material world (read: quit my job) and become a full time volunteer. I am still waiting for the right opportunity. *wink wink nudge nudge at MAC*

Diana

Ummu & Athirah


Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to you readers.
Maaf Zahir dan Batin. :)