i spotted "it" !

this happened yesterday morning, when a friend and i just parked the car for us to go to the mpkk building. i saw something familiar when we were just about to enter the paking area.

can't figure just yet? well click on the (above) pic for a bigger view on my flickr album; or let's just see a close-up view of it~

haaa... there you go! an "ai read redmummy.com" car sticker spotted here in kuale... =D

my friend was eventually wondering of why i wanna snapped such view. so this blog post for sure answers her inquiry and my tweet yesterday!

dear, sorry to confuse you; as i am in kuale right now. and the word "mo" is a short for 'moment'. ☮

of my way of gift giving etiquette and more...

i have just send megat to his classmate-cum-best friend nazmi's place. they invited him for iftar. its kinda first time for megat too to receive such an invite. he was sooooo damn excited since few days ago i tell you. even this morning when i was in parit buntar, megat kept calling and sms-ing me to discuss about it i.e. when to send him there, what suitable clothes to wear blah³...

5.30 PM SHARP nazmi already called megat of why he was not there yet ahh... kids! now megat was so worried.

alright, for me its ok to be about 5 minutes late or so. clocks are usually set between 5 minutes slow and 5 minutes fast, so arriving 5 minutes late should get you there "fashionably late!" being early to someone's house is rude (unless you're going out immediately after your arrival-then be there right on time). some people wait until the last minute to finish preparations for guests. giving your host(ess) that extra few minutes is usually appreciated. being more than 5 minutes late is rude. food may get cold, time with other guests may be interrupted, and/or the host(ess) may worry you're not coming or got lost.

but for megat's case, i guess its terribly ok cuz he was there for iftar. and his friend and his brother wanted him to be there early so that they could play together first. i opt to drop-by the local supermarket to get some chocolates for nazmi's family. thanks to grandma, luckily she reminded us about bringing some sweet gift.

since i was kinda busy, so no cupcakes this time like how i used to do! i.e. i baked some last week to bring them to kl. the most importantly, for redmummy and family who was terribly down since her son was a confirmed h1n1 victim. i made a quick visit at her place as soon as i reached kl that day. i would like to take this opportunity to thank ayu and rose for helping me! anyhow even if i won't make it to kl, i will still make an arrangement for my cupcakes to be delivered to redmummy as a gesture of thoughtfulness from me.

this pic is courtesy of redmummy

besides redmummy, i also made some extras for my cousin yaya because she accompanied me during the iftar session with nuffnang. plus some others... (you know who you are) including a good school friend of mine whom we didn't meet for obviously 20 years! alright alright... i'll type a separate blog post for this one soon cuz she's so special to me ;)

for me, gifts are part and parcel of my culture and are not only for birthdays and special occasions. gifts may be given to someone who has provided a favour, to someone returning from a trip overseas, or simply out of want. the cost of the gift is not nearly as important as what it represents — friendship.

so for nazmi's family, we just grabbed a cadbury classic collection 1930's - 1960's pack. i was not satisfied yet that time because no ribbon meh... so we made an another stop to buy a ribbon to be stick to the box *phew* by that time its already almost 6pm. you could see megat's sour face lol... but it was just for a while though...

and on the way to nazmi's place, i reminded megat of the do's and dont's while he's there:

• to greet all the members of the family especially the elders first by shake and kiss their hands; it is best to see if a hand is extended or not first.


• wait to be told of where to sit.


• table manners are continental.


• you will be expected to try all foods at the table.


• expect to be urged to take second or even third helpings. it is best to eat less on your first helping so that a second helping is possible. this shows your host you are enjoying the food and are being taken care of.

congratulations to the winner of a sony 32″ lcd tv!...

nuffnang has already announced the winning entry for the best post event blog post on nuffnang friso family day out (go here to read my blog post).

and the winner is... *drum roll*

RED MUMMY!!!

congratulations again! let me be the first blogger to congratulate you for winning this hmm... now i realized that i still owe a blog post for the event potluck with redmummy ler... duh!... *glurp* btw you people can read her winning entry here.

*links related to this post: pelangi khamis

the day "potluck with redmummy" featured in kosmo!

wahhh... its been almost 3 weeks since i joined "potluck with redmummy". its already been even featured in today's kosmo! (click on the above pic to get to kosmo!' site)... but i myself still haven't blog about it. shame on me! hey... anyhow i have load my collection of pics in my facebook's photo album though. ok ler tu... kan? well, i just thought that i wanna wait for this saturday, and post it under the title— "what i did today, last 3 weeks..." can i? alright, so i'll do it this saturday then insya Allah *big grin*

*pic courtesy of kosmo!

potluck with redmummy!!!...

howdie!!! people... fyi i am blogging from kuala lumpur. it's hard to get blogging here unless from places with wifi facilities, as my sis' new place in denai alam got no internet access wargghhh!!!... now you people know actually of how so many things for me to blog, but yet there are so little time for me to blog :(

whatever it is, let me spread this out first—

• what? potluck with redmummy
  
• when? 27 december 2008 (saturday), at 4—6pm
  
• where? taman putra perdana presint 1, putrajaya
  
• fees? no fees, but all attendees are required to bring a dish of food to be shared among the group.

and this is the map to the venue—

so for those of you people who are interested to join the above event, do send in your details i.e. name, blog url, nickname (if you are not redmummy' silent readers), type of food that you gonna bring, number of pax coming and your mobile number to potluck.redmummy@gmail.com; or better still, click on any of the above images for more details.

i have submitted my details myself although i am not sure yet. the thing is i can come insya allah… but NO cupcakes ler… wargghhh!!!!!… cuz my sis’ new place in denai alam got no oven and what’s not for baking yet huhuu... btw that’s the only thing that i’m good at, at the moment hehee… but anyhow i will try my very best to fit this in to my schedule this saturday, insya allah...