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• contest ends on 30 april 2009. no late submissions will be accepted.


• contest prizes:
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• winner will be chosen at random from entries. 2nd prize winner will be chosen based on most creative tweet.

there are the three simple ways to enter this contest—

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SocialSpark is neat!...

well people... i've been hanging out over at SocialSpark for almost a year now (mid of april) and i've found it to be a real neat place! i love that i have the opportunity to make a little extra money by posting about the different topics offered by the advertisers. along with all the great "jobs" available, there is also a chance to visit new blogs and meet new bloggers. i've come across several blogs that i just love and i'm pretty sure i would not have even found these blogs if we both were not part of SocialSpark.

i also like the design of the profiles at SocialSpark. they are easy to navigate and and are chocked full of information about the blogger and his/her blog. even though i can check my stats through my host, i go to my SocialSpark profile because it's quick and easy. because i'm such a glory hog, here's my SocialSpark profile... check it out and leave me props and comments pretty please!

even though i really like SocialSpark, there is one thing that i would like to see changed in the future. when i got a notification for a post to write, i would like to have a link to that "job" so i could easily click the link and find out the specific details i need to complete that job. right now i have to sign-in and search for the job, but it would be nice to just be able to click through... it would save time!

if you have not visited SocialSpark, you really need to do so... i think you'll find it a neat place too!

go here to request for an invitation. when you have sign up, make sure you claim your blog. once you have done so, please let me know :)

do not feel hesitate to contact me for further queries and clarifications. i would be much glad and happy to help you as much as i could.

satë night...

we brought megat to his taekwondo class only when the class was about half way started. it supposed to start from 8pm to 9.30 pm. but i have to be firm and make sure that megat completed all his school homework first before anything else. i knew that he normally would be sleepy and tired by the time he comes back. i am proud that i did so.

the private taekwondo class lead by a chinese muslim instructor, is located at jalan raja chulan along a bhp station.

its been quite some time since the last time we had satë (satay)! so tonight was a satë night for both puteri and i. there are quite a number of food stalls infront of the shop houses building that housed the taekwondo class, in one of the units. we opted to have some satë at stall number 12, for us to kill the time while waiting for megat tonight. it was +/- 45 minutes so its not worth it for us to go back, unless if we send him before 8pm.

the satë there looks very tempting, what when the seller only cook them upon order! we ordered chicken satë only as per puteri's request. its RM0.40 each.

wanna order the famous and best pau?

mcoba's obw 2009 is about 17 days away, but yut loy' already started taking orders for their famous ever pau including mama's—

the morning i put on the wrong footwear...

it was only after megat got down from the car, i realized that something was not right. what's more when i wanted to move my right foot from the break to oil paddle hmm... no wonder ler... cuz i felt that both my feet were so light waakakakaaaaa... so i quickly drove back home to change my shoes from this—

to this—

grr... what's wrong with me this morning huh?!! well unless it would be a good sign then it should be ok for me hehee... :D

for those who dunno, i normally go for my physical exercises i.e. morning walk and line dance, after i send the kids to school. i believe that we don't have to come up with a big sum to exercise at the gym or something. sometimes their fees are too much! do correct me if i am wrong.

you people can just go for walking/strolling will do. for the timing, it depends on the individual. for me, i prefer to go in the morning for the cool fresh air. read on about the benefits of walking here.

earth hour 2009: my view

half of my sunday was kinda packed with my daily morning exercises to start it out. then followed by a closing session of my former secondary school's 3D/2N PMR academic camp. puteri was involved actually. and now only i could post some updates on how i spend my earth hour 2009 as mentioned earlier.

we went to ipoh to visit an auntie, then it was dragged to earth hour. to sum it up, i don't think DBI was into the earth hour thingy. i didn't see most of their buildings switched off the lights. not even starbucks outlet! anyhow i dunno what has been happening back in kuale...

first things first: ensure all the lights were off before we went out!
"good job gurl..." ;)

pre-event dinner at aunt hap's place

pic of megat taken at 8.35 pm and a minute later, with flash on and without one respectively

self-taken pic at 8.41 pm, without the flash light

unfortunately most of the shops at first garden were not that aware of earth hour!

pics around ipoh city, clockwise from top left: (1) ipoh... no earth hour meh?; (2) jalan raja di hilir; (3) further up along jalan raja di hilir and (4) thumbs up to shell! this was taken at jalan sultan azlan shah. i parked the car by the road side for a while with the hazard lights on, to take this pic :)

kinta city said NO-NO to earth hour, but only certain outlets participated i supposed including this coffee bean. i saw the MID and lights were off, except some lights at the counter.

it was sad when we passed thru ipoh parade earlier, we could see that the starbucks outlet there were happily operated with the lights on! walaweiiii... what has been happening to its ipoh outlet? i thought starbucks have proudly said that they were joining the event. gosh! i should have dropped-by there and ask instead lol...

whatever it is... believe it or not i am so happy to get myself this skirt at RM7.50 ONLY (after a 70% discounts) at jaya jusco... aiyooo!!! bestnyeeeee... and it matched the shoes that i was wearing ;)

we reached home just before midnight, and it was dark...

so what have you people been doing during earth hour. care to share it with me?

earth hour 2009 in KLCC...

haiya people... i have just arrived home from ipoh about an hour ago. so how did you spend the earth hour 2009? i will blog about mine soon. at the meantime do enjoy this great video of the event at petronas twin towers in klcc, as recorded by acefarren—

and here's another by LessThanPerfect—

while this is a video when the tallest building in malaysia turns on its lights after earth hour, thanks to natalie of hitz.fm—

please email me if you wanna share your links about earth hour 2009, no matter where you are in the world!

restoran kak bitah

guess who ate +/- 2.5 pieces of roti canai this morning?

me! hehee...

we dropped-by this local restaurant, restoran kak bitah after we had our usual morning workout today. that's actually one of our selected place for roti canai. we lurve to eat roti canai there because it will be served hot, crispy and importantly tasty! hmm... yummy!!!... its only RM0.80 each. the secret was that they kept the ready-made one in a vacuum container, not like most of other places where we could see that the roti canai were left opened on the work table. so to KNizam: that's another malay's roti canai that you could find in kuale.

this restaurant is located along jalan taiping, right opposite an indian temple.

24 hours to go!!!...

just a reminder that tomorrow night is EARTH HOUR!

i think its great for awareness of global warming. sure, an hour isn't going to save the planet, but it will make some difference. my lights will be off for sure!

mama asked me to bring her to ipoh to visit a sick aunt tomorrow, so i will probably be there till earth hour. maybe we can drop-by starbucks if we are up to it. i understand that they are giving 20% discounts on beverage items during that period liao! weee...

before we go out, we are going to switch EVERYTHING off (probably at the mains maybe to save going round switching clock etc... off) and then keep some candles in the car, as well as some more candles around the house.

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what will you be doing tomorrow night?

what will you be switching off?

how to place floating image icon on your blog...

i remember sometime early this year i recommended 'floating icon' that i learned via AdiWidget.

guess what people. the thingy is actually called "floating image icon". i have found out of an easy way to do it from here. eventually the html code provided on the site is for floating 'top-of-page' icon. but i altered it a bit to fix my requirements.

so today i will show you how to add floating image icon with direct url at the right side of your blog. you can see this button at right side of my blog. this hack useful if you wanna promote something from a specific links. it always maintains the same position. if you click on it, it will take you to the url you wanna your readers to read i.e. in my case, i placed the links about earth hour 2009 and nuffnang music bash 2009. this saves your visitors from an unnecessary hassle of searching it.

1. login in to Blogger dashboard


2. go to Layout


3. click on Edit HTML


4. under Edit Template, tick on Expand Widget Templates




5. copy and paste the below code in above opened editor before /body code. replace the texts in red with yours... then voila! you did it!

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'copy & paste' fb status(?)...

i was happily awoke as usual in the morning, still in my room, i first checked stuff on my dell. i clicked my fb' news feed when i saw this from someone on my list—

then i was like walaweiii!!!... that's sooooo me. suddenly the smart me remembered that, "heyyy... i wrote that last night before i went to bed"—

i really dunno of what to say here. i doubt that its a co-incidence thingy. as far as i could remember he's actually the one who requested me to be on his friend's list on fb although i can't figure out of who he was. i found out that he knows one of my (young) uncles. so probably he saw my uncle and i interacted in fb blerk!...

p/s people on fb dunno that i blog except puteri, kay and most bloggers i know like tim, robb, johnny ong and marcus and also some others. in fact, this revolves real people in my whole life. you could see of what i meant here. and the main point i started to blog was that i could still write my journal online without the worries of people reading my written journal instead.

so what say you people?

the day kuE' twitting all the way...

tweet! tweet! tweet!...

hey people!... especially to my blog readers: did you all realize that i don't blog frequently lately. but anyway some how or rather you could still look for some updates on me via my twitter accounts here. it can also be found on the left side bar of this blog. the screenshot of my twitter page below showed some of the latest updates—

so what is twitter? why do you use it?

i felt like one of the last people to start using twitter, even though i know there are so many people who still don’t know about it. most of my friends and family have a myspace account though. i don’t have a myspace account and they don’t have a twitter account, because they don’t really know about twitter (or don’t understand it) and i don’t really care for myspace. for me, myspace is for children... hah!

since i’ve had a twitter account, i started to understand what it can be used for. i don’t have a lot of followers, but i don’t feel that i need a lot of followers. although, that may say “hey! i’m popular!”, but that’s not why i use twitter.

i first started to use twitter to see what all the buzz was about and then realized i could follow the same people who blog that i subscribe to in my rss reader. then, i found out i could also use twitter to update whenever i published a new post on my blog, possibly grabbing more interested readers (i don’t get a lot of traffic through twitter this way, but it’s still worth a try).

twitter is also a great way to get help for anything like bloggers, computer problems, etc. i kind of think twitter could possibly take the place of rss feeds, because you can also hear about things in the news and a lot of bloggers use it to announce when they’ve published a new post on their blog.

check out this video that explains what twitter is. video by leelefever.

i think twitter is what you want it to be.

now it’s your turn. why do you use twitter and has it helped you in anyway?

links related to this blog post:
• 10 Ways to Build Your Blog Community with Twitter

too good to be true...

i didn't blog at all yesterday but when i checked my blog's statistics, i found out that i still have visitors coming to my blog—

isn't it too good to be true people...

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the day 7 more days to go...

as you could see people i have switched off most of my profile pics for earth hour on march 28. get ready here!

i would like to take this opportunity to urge everyone to support earth hour 2009— that's 7 more days to go people!... nothing to loose just by switching off the lights for an hour at 8.30pm :~)

of disobeying the rules...

i hate it so much when i happily found a parking spot, but eventually when i was about to park there and then i saw a motorcycle or two in between the parking lines :( so this was what happened a while ago when i brought mama to the pasar tani—

i had to park the car a bit off-set though. earlier there was a motorcycle next to it. i thought that i would have the above pic as a proved if whoever wanna questioned me hah! and guess what people... the owner of the motorcycle was an indian policeman walawei... haluuu... either you are a police or not, you still have to follow the rules for others good sakes occay?!!...

alrighto people, i am gonna get ready to attend a wedding in ipoh in a short while. see ya!

the day julie got married!...

i accompanied cousin sarah to her friend from primary school, julie's akad nikah (solemnisation). we just got into the car when suddenly sarah remembered that she forgot to bring her camera. then when i was about to tell her that i always have my camera with me... she already said, "i know... chor never leaves home without her camera no matter what!" hah! and yes thanks to me, we managed to capture some pics for her —

well in fact we went to study at the same school actually. we knew julie's twin sisters as well, who are my senior of one year. besides that their mother was also a teacher in our school... kewl huh?!!...

to julie, i just would like to say this— "some love lasts a lifetime. true love lasts forever."

"i'm a musicon celebrity thanks to maxis broadband"

have you ever been stopped by a stranger on the street who asked you 'hey, aren't you that actor in that movie about...?' have you ever wondered if you look like a particular celebrity? well, now is your chance to find out!

you can use 'MyHeritage' to automatically determine which celebrities look most similar to the person in a photo that you submit. it does this by using advanced facial recognition technology.

it seems i look most like either beyoncé knowles (83%), vanessa marcil (80%), kristin davis (75%), toni braxton (74%), peta wilson (73%), ciara (72%), camilla belle (71%) and last but not least siti nurhaliza (71%) hah! —

MyHeritage: Family Tree — Genealogy — Celeb

and i adore the idea of my musician celebrity look-alike as beyoncé, that's so right to go along with the theme for nuffnang music bash 2009! but there's only one thing to come up as beyoncé... i have cut my hair short early this year hmm... well i guess that won't be a problem for me as i shall put a trick to my hair something like this—

what say you people?

and for being like one, i shall also zoom in to maison, jalan yap ah shak, kl in my own ferrari(?) —

owh how i wish ya... life would be so good as such. what when i would be greeted along the red carpet just like a truth celebrity. people started asking for picture takings here and there, autograph signing and what's not plus many more...

let's see whether i will get a pair of invite for the above event, so that i will turn myself to a beyoncé look-alike! besides that they are quite a number of prizes up for grabs i.e. Nokia XpressMusic 5800, iPod touch, sony ps3, zara voucher(s) and many more...

at the meantime people let's enjoy this lovely song—

if i were a boy songs
download free music | download free mp3

more later...

i have just arrived from penang about 3 hours ago. so i guess more updates shall be up very soon...

at the meantime, i would like to thank KNizam for placing me here. "teman terharu sungguh ler mike..." i thought that i am just a humble blogger, no one would ever wanna noticed my blog until that way. yati! you are in as well ler...

on another note, a cousin passed away yesterday. i didn't ever make it a point to go back. was it a sin or not, only He knows of what was it all about. maybe more later then... as for now let me breathe first *phew*

of blogging & law—

i was so lucky enough to get the chance to attend the "blogging & law" conference held this morning by eLawyer at auditorium tun mohd suffian, university malaya's (official website here) faculty of law. i could say that its such an interesting one that no bloggers should missed this. i really gained a lot of knowledge about blogging and its law here in our country.

and look who i met:

with julian hopkins* (who i first met during the nuffnang sharing session in october last year) and kruel74 (i eventually recognized him from his posts on nuffnang's innit; and me being the real kuE, just approached him without any doubts)

*julian is doing some surveys for all malaysian bloggers and everyone who reads malaysian blogs for a PhD in monash university sunway campus. it will only take you 10-15 minutes and, to thank you for your time, you get a chance to win a pair of platinum movie suite tickets (or similar service in a cinema near you). have your say now here or click on the above banner. take note that this will remain open until 10 april 2009.

so back to the conference, for those who were not there, here's something that we bloggers and blog readers should know [i hope that i don't miss anything :) ] —

eLawyer:
• founder: mr eddie law
• established in 2007, first of a kind law portal in malaysia
• law firm can advertise jobs with them
• sell law books by lawyers/students
• first law blog forum
• law resources i.e. legal fees calculator, online law dictionaries etc.
• esolutions for law firm
• legal Q&A for public
• service for searching lawyers


topic 1:
blogging & intellectual property
by mr foong cheng leong, a lawyer and a blogger

• trade marks
• patents
• copyright
• industrial designs
• trade secret

1. main intellectual property is concerning blogs:
   
   • trade marks
     
   • copyright
     
   
   
   
2. trade marks:
   
   • rule of thumb:
     • don't sell counterfeit products
     • don't use trade marks as your domain name i.e. Scoobydoo.co.uk, Shell.de, Veronica.org
     
   
   
   
3. what is copyright?
   
   • exclusive right to make copies
     
   
   
   
4. law relating to copyright:
   
   • act 1987
     
   • applications to other countries regulations 1990
     
   • berne convention
     
   
   
   
5. what works eligible for copyright?
   
   • literary works
     
   • musical works
     
   • artistic works
     
   • films
     
   • sound recordings
     
   • broadcasts
     
   
   
   
6. who owns copyright?
   
   • author
     
   • employer
     
   • person who commissioned the work (sec. 26, 1997)
     
   
   
   
7. powers of copyright owner:
   
   • reproduction in any material form
     
   • communication to the public
     
   • performance to public
     
   • distribution— sale and other transfer of ownership
     
   • communication rental
     
   
   
   
8. durations of copyright: 50 years
   
   
9. blogging and copyright law
   — priciples of law are about the same with normal websites
   
   
10. copyright infringement
    examples of what amounts to copyright infringement:
    • posting pics, articles or videos belonging to someone else without consent
    • hosting BitTorrent files i.e. the pirate bay
    
    
11. hotlinking:
    
    • is the use of linked object, often an image, from one site to a web page belonging to a site-linking to other people's sites
      
    • is it infringing?
      
    
    
    
12. framing:
    
    • allows the viewer screen to split into multiple independently scrollable sections which may contain text, images or other frames
      
    • is it infringing?
      
    
    
    
13. defence:
    
    • no knowledge is not a defence
      
    • fair dealing (sec. 13(2) of copyright act 1987):
      *acts for purposes of:
      • non-profit research
      • private study
      • criticism
      • review; or
      • reporting of current events
      *what is fair dealing?
      
    
    
    
14. repercussions— civil action in court:
    
    • injunction
      
    • damages
      
    • legal cost
      
    
    
    
15. what do you do (infringing):
    
    • immediate removal
      
    • don't admit liability
      
    • negotiate for settlement/ignore the threat :)
      
    
    
    
16. conclusion:
    
    • to use or not to use
      
    • give due credit to author or owner
      

topic 2:
blogging & defamation law
by en nizam bashir, a malacca lawyer and a blogger

overview (1)
• malaysia— +/- 14.9m internet users in 2007

overview (2)
• fact
• apt to ask:

1. what can bloggers be liable for?
   
   • a number of things:
     — defamation
     — sedition
     — ISA
     — communication and multimedia act (CMA)
     
   
   
   
2. what defences can bloggers put forward?
   bloggers still have a number of rights:
   
   1. federal constitution
      
   2. defences to defamation law:
      — can't injure someone's reputations
      
   3. defences under sedition act:
      — 1948— prior to independence
      — what can be blogged and commented:
      • can point out mistakes made by ruler
      • errors or defects by government
      •
      
   4. defences against ISA
      
   5. defences under the CMA
      

so if you are interested to learn more about the above, take note that official recordings will be distributed at a special price of RM20 (normal price: RM25).

"there is freedom but there must also be responsibility"

links related to this blog post:
• click here for the report by NST
• a big wow to law conference 2009
• blogging and law
• eLawyer conference - be informed!
• blogging and law, a conference by eLawyer.com.my : a report
• report on eLawyer law conference 2009 - blogging & law
• elawyer law conference 2009 @ um

kuE' note:
all this while i made it a practice to just load my own pics here in my blog, unless otherwise stated i.e. movie posters. and after what i have learned today, i will ensure that these will be carried on insya Allah. it certainly won't be a problem for me if i blog without pics what...

to nuffnangers: make sure you all nang! me ya... :P thank you so much!

american breakfast @ 'palast'...

good morning everyone!... i just had a very nice and tasty american breakfast in the comfort of my room. i really lurve it to the bits! o ya... do you think i look like a thai? i asked because the room service guy thought so hah!...

while i had a lovely italian cuisine last night during my appointment. i can't seems to remember the name of the restaurant though, maybe later... or might be any one of you klites know it from this teaser pic—

like i said earlier, the food was marvelous. what when non-malaysians said the same thing... thumbs up! i will try my very best to write some reviews when i have the time :~)

alright then... i gotta go...

'palast'

i am already here in the city centre for two nights. i got is a non-smoking room, fully equipped with wifi facilities unfortunately its chargeable. i will let you all know the rates later then. at the meantime i wanna doze-off for a while. to sum it up, although this is my first time here everything seems to be so fantastic. i have an appointment to attend to in the evening. i guess i do not have to put it here of what is it about. some things are just not easily to be revealed in the blog :)

so for those who are going to the "blogging & law" conference especially you nuffnangers, i'll see you when i see you tomorrow, insya Allah...

the importance of PTA

i was at puteri's school (also my school) earlier for its PTA's annual general meeting (AGM). guess what i have been selected as one of the committee members (again?) for the financial year of 2009/10.

it seems as if this year is just zipping by and for many of you parents, i am sure it is time to form your nominating committee at your child's school as well. i hope that the respond won't be as bad as here. i have stressed out the same thing last year. most people don't bother about this important day at all. i do not know of why is it so hard for them to at least take 1/2 day leave just for this occasion. its actually for the benefits of our own child.

as each new school year begins, new goals are set by all. for school-age children, the goal is to work hard and become better students. for us parents, the goal is to love and support our children so they can become good students now and good citizens tomorrow. we accomplish our goals through daily actions and by being involved in our school. if a student is to get the most out of their school years and build a solid foundation for their life, the student's parent or parents must be involved in some manner. for this solutions PTA offers many ways in which parents can help the school and their student reach goals.

PTA is an organization made up of all parents and teachers of a school. by enrolling your children in school, parents automatically become members of the PTA.

the PTA’s main objective is to enhance the educational environment and learning experience for our children. the PTA supposed to supports the whole school community through the following: coordinating volunteers for activities that support school programmes, organising social activities, setting up support/communication networks, and raising funds to finance PTA activities that support school development. you can be involved in the PTA in many ways.

you may be asking, “why should i join the PTA?”

• you will be able to stay connected with your child’s school.
• the opportunities to meet new parents and share your ideas, concerns, and experiences.
• the opportunity to volunteer and/or joining a committee to help with school events.
• offering ideas on how to improve your child’s school.
• participation in fund raising events that will help purchase needed educational materials.
• be a role model for your child. you are showing your child the importance you place on education.
• the membership fee will be used to contribute to school funds.

remember, with your help via PTA the school can make a better learning environment for your children.

the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

what we did yesterday—

it was a public holiday, for prophet muhammad's birthday (maulidur rasul). get the updates of the nations' celebrations here

i slept like a sleeping beauty, woke up late, so no morning walks for me. well maybe it was still not too late but i prefer to go early in the morning while its still dark duh!...

we didn't do anything actually. we just opt to wind down by jalan-jalan in kinta city. we reached there just on time for a simple lunch at mcD as requested by megat. then i was so damn happy when kay called a little while later after lunch. only He knows of how excited we were since its been quite some time we didn't really meet up for a chat and coffee or something.

after some window shopping, we decided to stop at big apple (official website here) for some coffee and donuts.

each of us got a plain donut each for our beverages. but megat and i got an extra each of the alien and choreo donuts respectively hehee... tell me of who doesn't lurve oreo right? ;)

+/- 31 years and still going...

besides kay and i missing each other, we also have some small business talk to do. well i guess i will blog about it once everything is owh-kay... :~)

so how did you people spend your long weekend? care to share with me? ;)

p/s i know that i accepted quite a number of sponsored post' recently, and i bet there are many more to come! please bear with me ya... as these are all the matter of getting some extras to keep going with the bad economics down turn :( so have you people seen dolphin blow bubbles? make sure you check it out here ya...

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the sleeping beauty it is...

i was right about the 'sleeping beauty' thingy, that i really slept like one... believe it or not i had just awoke hence i won't go for my morning walks, as its kinda late already! wtf :P blame it on the body shop's quiet night soothing shower cream... hah! i guess it's true. so it didn't happened once like this, but many times before too. now you know that if i wanna pamper myself DIY way, that's one of the product i used.

i had a really nice and warm shower last night, lathered myself with the product... lovely! i felt so good... even i was already dz when i was typing my last blog post for yesterday... and i doze off there and then with my dell next to me right after i published it! *glurp*

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the day we celebrated boo's birthday...

i just had a nice warm shower lathered with the body shop's quiet night soothing shower cream; ahh!!!... so blissful. for sure i'll sleep like a sleeping beauty tonight... hah!

by the way, i had just arrived home from ipoh a while ago to celebrate my lil' cousin boo's 3rd birthday—

how time flies so damn fast huh?!!... it was like only recently we saw boo's baby pic here in this blog. and now... look at how cute and beautiful of her, just like her mommy! and on last 30th january, oyeen had another lil' girl joined them, sara jasmine.

we had a wonderful time at the party although its just a small and simple one, which was held at oyeen's family place. it was fantastic! all of the kids and adults alike had a blast. it was super fun. boo loves to see her cousins, so she was ecstatic, as well! :o)

i love to go to birthday parties. this is a wonderful opportunity to meet family and friends that we seldom meet.

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of physical exercise...

i have just came back from my morning routines. normally i do that during weekends (both saturday and sunday) only. but now i decided to do it daily with effective yesterday. owh... how i feel so good and refreshing... i also joined a group of ladies for line dance at the tepi sungei, after my walks at the bukit residen. well i found out that they actually meet everyday except sunday.

when i was walking up the hills today, i walked by a nyonya (old chinese lady) with bicycle. i greeted her. the nyonya smiled and asked, "lu jalan solang saja ka? (you walked alone only?)". i nodded. doing my exercises alone is really not a big deal for me. i saw some ladies especially malays who went with friends, but they seems to gossip more than doing their exercises. what's up with that?

in some occasions, people would quoted me: "dah slim pun, nak slim lagik?". walaweiii... its not the matter of wanting to be slim or not occay?!!... i wanna lead myself to a healthy life... that's the most important thing... blerk!

i started doing this kind of exercises myself seriously on the first weekends of this year. then recently i thought its better for me to do it everyday instead. the hardest part of an exercise routine is getting started. once you've established a regular pattern of exercise, you'll find yourself following it. so, how do you get started? well, first of all, consult your doctor. your doctor can recommend the specific kinds of exercise for your own individual needs. generally, however, these guidelines should get you going. pssttt... i didn't get any advice from any doctor :)

first of all, exercise will only become a habit if it's fun! pick something you will enjoy doing. if you like being with a group of people, try a team sport like basketball or soccer. you don't have to be a super athlete. anyone can exercise. social activities like dancing and mall-walking are also good. if you're more of a loner, try bicycling or swimming.

don't kid yourself. be honest about what you realistically think you can do. if you have always hated to climb stairs, step aerobics probably isn't for you. maybe a walk around the neighborhood would be more pleasant. many people today are walking toward fitness.

consider your current state of physical fitness. if you haven't exercised in years, you'll definitely want to start with some modest activities. as you get adjusted, you can increase your activity.

consider your schedule. are you a morning person? then plan to exercise in the morning. if you're addicted to your snooze button, plan to exercise in the evening. start with just a small block of time, maybe fifteen minutes. as you get into your routine, you probably won't mind increasing to twenty, and then thirty minutes. for me, i did 6 rounds of walks up and down the bukit residen for about an hour non-stop. in order to be effective, you'll need to repeat your exercise routine 3 or 4 times per week.

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movies like this actually make me look forward to getting older. being wiser. more experienced. i feel like i am starting to get there now [i definitely look older (?)], but i like the idea of a time when you can forget about the rules, but still struggle with them a bit, and just be impulsive. if you were not breaking some obnoxious rules, it would not be as exciting. but because you are older, you understand the importance of living for the moment, with no regrets. this is a dope movie… one of my favorites.

starring one of the hottest ever, helena bonham carter, and now one of the coolest… aaron eckhart.

*thank you so much to my good-long-time-online-friend ken, all the way in l.a. for recommending this to me.

**with that, i am so in lurve with the movie soundtrack now although i do not understand a single word, j'en connais by carla burni.

J'en connais des qui charment,
Des qui me laissent femme,
J'en connais qui me pment...
J'en connais des jolis,
Des qui roulent comme des filles,
Des qui me piquent mes bodys...

J'en connais tant tellement a me prend tout mon temps,
Et mme ma maman qui m'adore tendrement,
Elle me dit : "C'est pas bien, ce n'est pas bon tout ce rien,
Reprends ton droit chemin..."

J'en connais des superbes,
Des bien-mrs, des acerbes,
Des velus, des imberbes,
J'en connais des sublimes,
Des mendiants, des richissimes,
Des que la vie abme...

J'en connais mme tellement a me prend trop de temps,
Et ma pauvre maman se dit en soupirant,
"Qu'ais-je fait pour cela ? Est-ce de ma faute moi,
Si ma fille est comme a ?" {x2}

J'en connais dans chaque port,
Dans chaque Sud, dans chaque Nord,
J'en connais sans efforts,
J'en connais qui vont dire,
Que je suis bonne maudire,
Et moi a me fait sourire...

the history of 'egg steak' at yut loy...

my two aunties and a cousin from kl came over earlier in the afternoon. they were craving for yut loy's. so all of us headed there after i fetched puteri from school. well i dunno of how many times i went there myself this few days. megat and i had 'roti kahwin' for breakfast on saturday after our walks. a day before that, a foreign friend dropped over on his way back to kl from penang. and ya... our hang-out place for lunch was none other than... yut loy! ivo really love the place than those high-class one. according to him, yut loy's the right place to wind down, surrounded with friendly kuale people weee...

i know i know... i have been blogging about yut loy like sooooo many times. but here's something that i think i don't see this anywhere else—

egg steak!!!

so have you people heard or tried egg steak before? i had that during lunch today. normally i will ask for buttered toast of traditional bread, to be dipped in to the steak's gravy and voila! its very nice i tell you... i like!

initially yut loy's started to serve egg steak as per budak koleq's request wayyyyy back during the old days. i was told that they can't afford to pay for beef steak then. so someone was asking ah meng whether he can cook for them beef steak' gravy but to substitute the beef with eggs instead. what a good idea huh?!! then the price was very affordable to them... hah! i dunno how much was the cost then, now is RM7.

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I am excited and deliriously happy, but oh what I would do to relocate to Scottsdale right now! — buy a luxurious vacation home at Eagle's Pass Luxury Condo and spend the entire day lounging at the resort styled pool and spa. That is the ideal life!

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"pasar minggu" in kuale...

this entry is specially dedicated for lina. she posted about her 'pasar malam' (night market) trip nearby her place somewhere in klang valley about 1+ weeks ago. i told her that 'pasar minggu' (sunday market) in kuale is the best mainly because its located by the 'tepi sungei' (river side)... ahhh!... so blissful... besides that i guess its the huge one i have ever know. it has lotsa stalls selling many things like fabs, ready-made clothes, food stuff, ready-made food and many more.

pasar minggu won't be an excuse for me at all to skip my weekend mornings routine— 6 rounds walk up and down the hill of 'bukit residen' (resident's hill) for about an hour non-stop. the only thing is we will normally go for it a bit late on sunday if we wanna go to the pasar minggu because if we were there too early then we won't join the crowd to feel the environment hehee... owh... you know what i mean? so since we wanted to go to the pasar minggu right after our walks, we just parked the car there, by the tepi sungei. its easier then. if not by the time we finished our walks it would not be easy to get one.

caution: this post is with lots of pictures. its somehow or rather just like a show and tell kind of thingy, so enjoy!...

'pasar minggu' in the making...

this is one of the old shop houses lot in town, still stands as its original. if i am not mistaken an artist painted this one for a postcard. nonetheless some of them have been renovated to modern types of shop houses.

so since we have already parked the car at the pasar minggu area, we walked thru this bridge to get to the other side.

we had to pass along the children's playground...

and walked on to the other side of the road for us to start our usual walk at the 'bukit residen' (resident's hill).

this pic has been taken on my 6th rounds, at around 8.15 am. owh... how can i resist of not taking at least one or two pics of my beloved school.

well if you could see clearly from the above pic, there are 4 dates written on some of the steps. its to show the dates of the most critical flood levels that happened to kuale then. i am afraid that i am not sure of the levels. maybe i can find out for you, and for my general knowledge too :~)

fyi these were the dates, from number 1 being the highest—
1) 30 december 1926
2) 28 december 1897
3) 7 december 1931
4) 15 december 1947

so after we completed the walk, this time we walked thru 'laman budaya' to go back to the pasar minggu area.

we used the other bridge instead...

see people... i told you... if we don't park here in the first place, i am sure it was hard to find a parking space then.

i think 'pasar minggu' in kuale is the best than any other place *winks*
actually people its not really a matter for us whether we go there to buy something or not. its a pleasure for us to just stroll and have a wonderful time there... i like!

sometimes we dropped by this shop for a good breakfast yummyyy!!!... i wallop everything in my curry mee bowl lol... :) its located at the tepi sungei along the pasar minggu road.

like i said earlier since the pasar minggu is huge, we make it a practice that only three or four stalls are a must for us. if we are to cover all of them, i guess it will take hours i tell you...

one of the stalls that we must drop-by is this indian lady' who sells antique stuff, old coins and anything old. we didn't buy anything here though, just browsing the stuff that she has and chit-chatting with her ;)

we also buy sunday papers (lots of them, except chinese and indian papers of course). take note that we don't buy any on other days.

this apam balik stall is a must too. we won't buy apam balik at any other place, except for this one as its THE best i tell you...

take note that i snapped the above pic when we were already at the 'jam besor' (big clock tower) on our way back home.

"ma... you are driving but still can take pictures!", megat was mumbling at me hehee...

so i told him, "ya... this last bit is to complete my pasar minggu picture album, specially for my online friends hehee... to show them of how really big kuale's pasar minggu is *winks*"