Doodle : On Weekend

* I feel like I need to start again on things that I used to have. I need to learn so many things from the start. Sometimes I feel stuck and even how many times I try to repeat, nothing works. I know if I let this for long, I'll never go anywhere. So I need to push myself back again.  Writing has been a perfect getaway for these couple of months. While doodling was a bit of a disaster....

Little Stories 46 : Morning Caffeine

I dozed on the bus, holding the remaining 2/3 of IQ84. The sun shone directly on my face, but I was too sleepy to complain. Waking up so early for a dizzy morning? Maybe it is not a great start after all. It is Friday and I woke at 4am. I stepped off one station ahead for the nearest 7/11 and bought myself a can of Nescafe, "please mild caffeine, make yourself useful today". A can of Nescafe...

Little Stories 45 : Fayyadh

Fayyadh entered standard 1 this year, I hardly see him at the lab like I used to. It's finally school holiday and he stopped by yesterday. He brought a jar of keropok and sat next to me. When he is not influenced by Ariff - *our animator, he is a very nice thoughtful boy. Boys being boys, sometimes they can be a bit annoying. Story 1 : Fayyadh : I hardly see you. Me : Yes, you started to go to...

Little Things 70 : Your Day

The most beautiful moment in a day is early in the morning, when a cold gentle darkness is still around.  When it no longer feels like night time, when we can wait for the sun, for a new day. You can open the window widely and feel the cold air bites your skin, make a nice cup of hot milo and sit silently. The world around you is still sleeping. It will last only for a couple of hours. Before...

App : Water Daily

* The facts stated : 60% of our body is water , 70% of our brain is water, and the lungs are nearly 90% water. So as everyone knows, water plays a huge role in our body. Do you drink water as much as needed? Here is an app I used with a nice minimalist interface design to keep track of my daily water intake : Water Daily by particlemade. 1. Select your water amount : 2500ml (recommended for...

Event : MMU Campusfest 2013

* Hello, I signed up for a booth for next weekend with MMU Cyberjaya. I really hope everyone can come along and bring families, and friends, and partners and everyone possible, and buy all my stickers.  Here is their offical facebook page : MMU Campusfest 2013 This would be my third event for this year, my 15th event since 2010. How can I possibly cut thousands of stickers and...

Little Things 69 : On love

The reason I am here today, is because of you. You don't know how much you taught me how to love. To understand, to accept and to cherish. Of all the people, I am glad the lesson came from you. You will always be my first love. Thank you Ma&nbs...

Little Things 68 : Pencarian

Antara benda paling kelakar adalah cari cermin mata untuk cari cermin mata. Hidup menjadi separa jernih. Cermin mata yang hilang, dan adik yang comel. ...

Food : Cakes De Lemari

Hello ! I used to dislike cupcakes before this year. I hated the colourful icings and spongy cake. But that changed since I tasted 1) Tasya's little cupcakes made for my & aja's birthday , and also 2) cupcakes from Cakes De Lemari, a brand new little cupcake shop in Equine Park.  Without icing, cupcakes taste a lot better ! Sugar, colours and everything sweet?  I suggest...

Little Stories 44 : Glasses, SecretFamily & Awan

Story 1 : Glasses I woke up at 4 am, thinking I should do something productive today. I went to the toilet, washed my face, went to the kitchen to make a hot milo and turned on my laptop. I tried to find my glasses, but there was no where around the room, the kitchen, the living room, the toilet. I hate it when I can't find my glasses. I squinted my eyes while trying to find it, but I can't see...

Little Things 67 : 26 Movie & Book List

For my 2013 goal here , I wrote a geeky goal : This year, I am turning 26.* I want to read another 26 books and watch 26 movies * Those little * asterisks * are little pretend-stars, assuming 5 asterisks as highly recommended by me and 1 asterisk means boring. But, this is only based on my interest, because from what's been told by my siblings, I have a very odd-slow-boring taste of movies...

Little Stories 43 : SPM

On the day my SPM result went out, *that was like 8-9 years ago, I went to my school a bit later than my friends. When I arrived, I saw all my genius classmates with their happy faces. Being surrounded by all straight A's best friends was not really a good feeling.  I went to the desk, uttered my name, and the teacher gave me my SPM slip, Congratulation, you got 5 A's and 6 B's.  I...

Event : A Little Market

Last Saturday, I opened a little booth in A Little Market with Pipit Zakka Store, in conjunction with their Make a Notebook Exhibition. I've never went to their new shop before and that was my first time, for those who are not familiar with Pipit, they are an independent concept store with lots to offer : ranging from arts, crafts, toys, figurines, hand-mades, vintages, etc.  I've joined...

Notice : Google Reader is Shutting Down

Hello ! For those who use Google Reader to subscribe/save your favorite websites/blogs, you should consider to change your platform now ! They are shutting down this July 1st, 2013.  As for me, I don't use Google Reader because I didn't like the interface - so I'm not worried, I am using Bloglovin since the past 2-3 years ago. It's my daily-must-see site, like an addiction, first thing...

Movie : Jack the Giant Slayer

* I felt disturbed by the movie title. The title is Jack the Giant Slayer. Jack is the hero in the movie, acted by Nicholas Hoult that reminded me of Merlin the series. I watched the movie with my family last weekend. In the movie, he only killed at most 3 giants ;  1) in the kitchen scene while rescuing Isabelle & Elmont, he dropped the knife on the giant's back, and the giant killed...

Little Stories 42 : Bless you Wednesday

I pulled out the last RM 50 from my money case, money that will last almost the whole week. I put it along with my Touch & Go card, thinking I need to top-up the card so I can pay for the taxi ride to work with smaller change.  Suddenly I heard the train, I walked faster, swiped the card, and I felt something different, lighter. "Where is the money?". I silently used less obscene curses...

Little Stories 41 : Share Likes on Instagram

Ma : You slept late last night.  Me : I did? How did you know ?  Ma : There were a lot of Instagram's notifications on your Facebook.  Me : There were posted on my wall ?  Ma : Yes, you liked the food's photo, and you liked the Chinese man in front of food photo, and there were several other more.  Me : I did ! That was not a Chinese man, it was 'the' David Choi.  Ma...

Little Things 66 : Showing Vulnerability

I am not sure why showing emotions make you seem weak. Is anything associated with being more human is a sign of weakness? Does emotionless makes human more perfect? Some questions that I've put into account, in finding which is the right way of showing people who you are and what you are. Is there even right or wrong ?  I am being as human as I am, most of the time automatically I will...

Little Things 65 : Adapting

It's amazing how your heart can learn to accept things, after awhile.  Things that seem so extreme 5 years ago, may only trigger a soft thud in your heart. Things that once make you cry in your sleep, may only give you a slight sad smile. Those anger, resentment, sadness, pain, loneliness, anxiety, anything related to bitterness, vaporized into void. You came to a realization that you...

Little Stories 40 : Lord Mazuka

This came into my SPAM mail early this morning : * Lord Mazuka white magic spells. A temple where all kind of problems are solved with the ancient powerful magic. We cast all kinds of spells, and get results without any side effect. Our spells are very fast in action, and lasts forever.  LOVE SPELLS,  BROKEN MARRIAGE SPELLS,  HEALTH SPELLS,  BEAUTY SPELLS,  HAIR...

Inspiration : TED Talks

* On Body Language & Making Changes by Amy Cuddy * The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer  * Future of Learning : The School in the Cloud by Sugata Mitra PS : I really love the idea of the Future of Leaning by Sugata Mitra.  We should make this happen ! ...

Book : The Reader's Voice

I happened to learn about the reader's voice from Cornelia Funke's trilogy : Inkheart.  Mortimer Folchart or Mo, is a book binder.  He got this ability to bring characters from books to the real world. What I loved about Mo other than having a full-time job to treat books everyday is and his powerful reader's voice. The writer beautifully explained how some people have the ability to...

Book : Being Normal from The Winner Stands Alone

This is taken from the current book I am reading by Paulo Coelho : The Winner Stands Alone. I was in the train, on my way to work when I read this two pages of list on what being normal means. A successful rich man asked his bodyguard, and when his bodyguard couldn't give him any satisfying answers, he took out a folded paper that he brings everywhere to : " What does being normal mean ? " " I...

Little Things 65 : Let's Read

I was in the woman's coach in the Komuter this morning. There were more than 70 women, *I counted. Some stared empty at the window, some religiously played their smartphones, some were asleep and some chatted. No one held a book. No one read. * My sister went to the clinic yesterday and she complained that she had to wait for hours doing nothing. By nothing means socially active on the net...

Place : Janda Baik 2

* I am very much aware of textures and little things around me. Yes, I see insects and odd petite things all the time *boo Zara, she calls me insectopedia for a reason huh? I remember seeing thin-legged spider, leech, huge centipede and beetle last time in the forest. Also this. And this. These pictures are little things that I saw and liked while I went to the Janda Baik trip : * When...

Place : Janda Baik, Pahang

Last weekend, our SecretGroup family went to Janda Baik, Pahang for our yearly Rejuvenate 2013 to recap last year's achievements, whether we reached our target or not, to roughly discuss this year's goals, also to improve our bonding and working skills. We went to Suria Hill Resort in Janda Baik after the Friday's prayer. The beauty of our little family is how well-planned we all are in doing...