random things lately

adik said "belanja kite potong rambut pleaseeeee"

ok. but 1 on my condition. 

i pay so i get to choose the hairsyle.

"ok"

he screamed when i asked the guy to shave his sides with number 1 shaver! LOL!!!

dinner with H's family at South Sea Seafood Restaurant, Subang

birthday boy!

sister all grown up! spm this year!

evacuation notice on H's house fence. there are 2 cards! one yellow, another in red!

INMAGINE did it again this year! their annual books always amaze me. this year's theme is Go Green! they even give us the grass!

Dinner Gone Wrong

Im in the mood of blogging. Maybe because so many things happened during the weekend, i just have a lot in mind i want to share with... Um, friends, strangers and stalkers? Lol.

Last night...

*Dup.. Dup.. Dup..* sound effect kena ada.

I went to dinner. With H's family. To celebrate his younger brother, Emir, birthday.

It's very 'standard' for us to gather and go out for dinner whenever there's a birthday in the family. Benda biasa la tu. Normally H's mother will text her family members reminding them of a date they have confirmed to celebrate it so that everyone wil make do and clear their schedule (it's very hard to see all at once due to everyone's hectic schedule and all, now that they have grown up). Im sure u guys do the same too with ur families, to gather when there's a special occassion not because of the food, but to catch up with each other, right? If not, then ure pathetic.

Ok back to the story. H told me a week ago, casually, "b, next sunday birthday emir. Kita gi makan seafood with my family". Oh ok. No prob! Just pick me up and we'll go together then. Simple as that.

H and his family came to my house n pick me up, then off we go to the seafood place. 7 of us in 1 car. Haha. Nasib baik muat. H said naik satu kereta je la. Senang. Ok, im fine with it.

But then in the car, i wondered why h's big brother came along without his fiance. Then i thought, maybe she's working on a sunday night shift (she's a houseman doctor in hospital selayang). Knowing so well the way shift people work, i understand if she had to work during the weekend because mmg norm kan kala weekends the priority always be given to the old married ones, those who have kids at home.

Arriving at the seafood restaurant in subang, we had our dinner, chatted about whats happening recently and whats going to happen... Ala all those standard stuff. Then while i w as talking to h's brother, i told him that my mom wants to give him a holiday voucher as a wedding gift. So i asked him whether he wants to go to langkawi or bali? He said he needed to call his fiance and ask her about it first. Oh ok, sure. And then he left the table.

He came back and said, Langkawi.

Cool.

But then, he turned to his mother..



And asked "mummy, kenapa mummy tak ajak ika dinner sekali?"

With all seriousness on his face.


Knowing this should be a private matter, i tried to divert my attention to h's sister on my left and chatted with her about something else.

But the awkwardness was too much. I could hear h's mother (who sat just next to h sister) replied him that she already asked him to invite his fiance but he was the one who said that his fiance will be busy.

The argument began. The brother said no mom didnt ask him, his fiance is not working today, y didnt u just invite her anyway, blaming the mother.

And i sat there. Uncomfortable with all this. I should give them some privacy so i excused myself to go to the toilet.

And took a fucking long time in there pretending my bladder was full with a 50-gallon water in it.


The longest kencing ever.


Came back to the table and saw everyone's back on a different better topic. I pretended nothing happened and continued my cheerie goodself to kill the awkward feeling inside.

We finished the good dinner afterwards and went back home.

Instead of sending me back the way they picked me up, ive decided to just go to their house and asked h to send me off later. So i lepak-ed at his house chatting with his mom for another hour before deciding to go back, since it's late and i have to work in the morning.


In the car, h brought up the topic again. About what happened when i went to the toilet pretending to pee.

The mother scolded his brother for asking those questions in front of me. It was disrespectful and made me feel uncomfortable. He shoulve asked that when theyre back home. In a way, he also spoiled his younger brother's birthday dinner. His mother was really pissed at the way his brother behaved. I second his mother that he shouldve asked it at home, its a private matter. But im sure that the brother whom i see a bit naive, didnt think when he spoke of that.

It was all just a big misunderstanding. His brother thought HIS MOM invited me directly, when the truth was that his mom just told h about the dinner and H WAS THE ONE who wanted to bring me along to dinner, like "ok mummy nanti i bawak lydia". Simple as that. Then when his brother went to make a call to his fiance, apparently his fiance didnt know i was coming along too and surprised that i was there chatting with him, and so... Merajuk.

Amendeeee laaaaa. H and i were laughing about it because, ok...thing is, his brother n fiance have dated for 7 years already. She has been going to their family dinner and all sorts of other occassions for years before i came into picture. Logically, when u think about it la kan, she is already used to it, to their ways. Sooo i dont see a point y u wouldnt feel like ure invited or, just invite urself if ure already apart of the family. By right this is not an issue at all. Yang abang nya pun patutnya bawak je la dia terus. Busy or not, just invite her. Whether she can come or not, at least she got the invitation.




Case not closed.




So todayyyyy, we all got a text from h's mom.


"salam family, ika's birthday is on the 28th jan. We'll be going back to the seafood restaurant for dinner to celebrate her birthday on the 27th"

Omg.

H immediately call me and talk about it. We were both shocked. Was the merajuk really that bad? Sampai kena ada dinner replacement AT THE SAME PLACE again?

I told h that i am not comfortable with all this. I think im gonna back down. Let her steal the spotlight. Let her get the attention because after all, its her birthday. And i have no prob with it. Im not saying that she wants attention. I just feel that its her day. Let her enjoy it. But h wont let me. He said i should go. But he's not even sure if he'll get an off day on that fate. So it all depends later. To me, i prefer not going. But if h insist, i have to go no matter what.


Awkward. I better shut my mouth during that dinner. Its so obvious his mother enjoys talking to me more. Maybe because we have the same interests. Lol.

Calcium

believe me, it's better to start early. i drink it every day. every day!

Mystery Trip

Company sent an email to all of us to cancel all meeting/appointments for a day as we’ll be going out of office to god-knows-where. Just 2 hints – there will be a bus, wear casual.

7am motherfucker. Ive never woken up so early like that for ages and u expect me to be at office by 7? Crazyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

But I did anyway. Lol. I was all up by 6 and got to office lobby on time. It felt like i’m having a massive hangover + stoned. Bus arrived just as promised, and off we go to don’t know where. They wont tell. We started taking bets and all hoping that one of it hits the right destination.

Janda baik.

Team building.

What the hell? U could’ve just told us, right? Haha. The bosses really wanted us to get away from the city and work to the point that they informed the management to NOT GIVE ANY OF US THE WIFI PASSWORD! Because the 3G was so poor, everyone was fucked up.

Which is good I guess.

And fun.

But we still have to work. They gave us a few assignments and we have to develop ad campaigns based on the task given. And at the end of the session, there was a final panel discussion whereby every team has to send 1 rep to join an open topic discussion.

They pushed me.

Even though I held the bean bags so hard I really don’t want to let it go.

But they succeed.

And so I went in front and talk shit and manipulate the topic the best I could as I always do.

If u don’t know how to convince them, confuse them.

 

Ayu's Bridal Shower

Ayu is getting married soon. Like really really soon. She just got engaged last month and during the discussion, both families agreed to speed up the marriage and right away set the date for her nikah – which is end of this month!

No shit.

So we had to do a real last min prep for her bachelorette! Knowing the girls aren’t easy when it comes to last min date, we’ve decided to do it over lunch. It was exhausting chasing everyone’s confirmation. I actually thought that throwing her a bridal shower this last min is impossible!  But with S help, i think we pulled off a really good bridal shower for her. I settled the venue, she settled the attendance.

 as it was a last min thing, there was no theme for the party, only that we all gotta bring presents for each and everyone in the group for the goodie bags.  I’ve decided not to let one person collect the money and buy the goodies for everyone since I’ve learned my lesson when we do that, people start to complain about the worth of the goods with the money that they paid for. So, to avoid that, we give a budget and everyone has to buy something for everyone else within that budget. We have to wrap it, and when we all meet up, we combine all the gifts into separate bags so that everyone gets the same amount of gifts without knowing what’s inside it.

Venue – it was kinda hard for me to pick a venue because Im a smoker, they are not. I need to find a place that we all can eat, gossip, play games but at the same time, im allowed to smoke. I tried to avoid indoor places because if I gotta smoke, I have to go outside. And we planned to spend the time at the place for at least 3 hours! I also tried to avoid busy places because I figured everyone will make a lot of noises during the party and we don’t want other people to feel uncomfortable or getting our ass kicked out of the place. Eventually I managed to shortlist marmalade publika, palate palette and souled-out ampang. Ive never been to marmalade publika, so I was kinda 50-50 on that. S wanted to try palate palette so she just made my decision making easier and faster. I just booked the place right away!

We all carpooled to the place. Ayu came slightly later and azielah joined us after she finished working. We started with ordering food, opening up gifts, gossiping about random stuff and end it with a few table games. It was hilarious and fun! I was the host so I didn’t play the games. I conduct and judge and pick the winners. I think what I like the most is the What’s in Your Purse? Game. I pick random item in my head and they have to dig their purses to see if they have it. The person with the most items win. Surprisingly it was azielah. She basically have everything in her bag!

Ayu, the bride to be!

Goodies that we get from everyone:

Left top clock-wise: Mirror (me), Push Pop & Red lipstick (z), Ring (s), necklace (w)

merah mak ngah haaa

my usual crime partners that i love the most!

What's in Your Bag? - Z

What's in Your Bag? - A (winner!)

What's in Your Bag? - Bride

What's in Your Bag? - S

my purrrtyyyyy girrrrrlssss

Stupid

I cant upload photos from this app. Quite stupid.

Lol

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DIY

Happy Sunday!!

Im actually trying the new blogger app that allows me to blog from my tablet instead of using my laptop for the first time. By doing so, i think i'll blog more (since people said my blog asyik berhabuk je takde update). Here goes my first try!

Today i woke up as usual and had my shower and all and while i was getting ready to use my usual toiletries, i noticed that my hair spray bottle is already empty and dry. And im like... Shittttttttttttt!! I forgot to buy a new one!

Well, im not sure about u girls out there but i dont wash my hair everyday. I wash it on alternate days, meaning if i already washed it yesterday, i normally wont wash my hair today (unless it gets very oily today or if ive been using too many styling products on my hair yesterday). Reason why is because i have a very light and thin hair. Each strand is so light it can break very easily. If i wash it daily, my hair will break, gets frizzy, becomes very very dry and the amount of hair fall is enough to make my jaw drop and ridiculous thoughts keep coming in like, do i have a cancer? Yes, i am very the paranoid like that. Lol.

Like today, i didnt wash my hair. I put it up in a bun when showering so that it doesnt get wet. But the thing about not washing your hair is that your hair would be flat and sometimes it can smell like it's just got out of the bed. I dont want that. When i let my hair down just now, it was so nice, perfect volume and easy to manage. My daily routine is to spray some hair spritzer on it to make my hair feels fresh, nice smell and so that it wont detangles and easily managed.

But the bottle is empty shit.

Even though i could skip the spritzer and apply the leave on conditioner, it just feels weird. Not right. Something's missing. Just like how you feel when you forgot to use your deodorant everyday.

So ive decided not to let it go. I dont have time to run to the store and buy a new spritzer. In fact, when to think about it again, i've been spending a lot on hair products every month. It costs a lot for a bottle of water. Why not just look up for alternative method, or better yet if it's something i can make my own, right?
Then i did what everyone does all the time when they needed something. Google it.

Voila! Simple, easy and cost efficient! DIY hair spritzer! I just need a bottle, water and conditioner. Some of the sites show that it's better if you use coconut oil or any essential oil. I hate coconut oil's smell. It'll make my hair smells like pariah women. But no doubt it's good for hair. I thought about using my hair treatment droplets. But i ran out of it too. Some put sugar in it and alcohol too. Im just too lazy to google the damage it'll do to my hair so i passed that. There are other things they recommend to use like lemon, honey, etc. I dont have time to find those thing in my housr. I wont even find it if i tried. So im gonna stick to the first 3.
You can see all the hair products i use below. Besides normal hair spray (i hate wax because it's too sticky),  i have another spray Lucidol Hair Curl Lotion that i use before blow dry my hair with a hair dryer or using a curling thong. It protects the hair from direct heat. Very useful.

I carry that sunsilk leave on conditioner in my bag everywhere i go because sometimes with the upredictable heat in kl, the direct sun over exposure to my hair makes it very dry and i can really feel my head burning from the heat!

The other best hair care i found that beats the shit out of expensive brands is that Himalaya hair protein. If you think that you're balding, use this. It kinda speed up the growth of my hair. So fast that i found it hard to believe at first.

tak masuk lagi yang berpuluh2 dalam toilet..

always in the bag

no shit this thing helps to speed up hair growth!

bottle, water, conditioner

using back the old bottle

preeeettttttttttt!! squeeeezeeee! but not too much or it'll get greasy.

it looks kinda cool eh?

done! spritz!

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New Year, New Hair

i permed my hairrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

and loving it!