the end of March~

final post for dis month...huhu...

as a final dedication of march to my mother
this is a song for you ma~



thnx for all the advices u have ever given to me...
sorry if at those moments, i responded badly...but i took in evryword u've said n digested them well enough!
n through all ur advices i know u love me...:D
i love u too ma!
n i really hope u enjoyed 2010's march!
_______________________________________

s to why i chose to write down these memorable advices...
because i always forget how important it is to have sumbody always reminding me-
of course, those 30 advices or so weren't the only things mama has taught me...mama's advices are countless!
but ma...even now am already 21...(i know i still look like a kid...haha)...plz dun stop advising me!!!
May Allah grant you a blissful life mama!
(dun forget to pray for ur parents evrytime u hear the 'azan'!)

*boys, korg plan ap ntuk mama esok?...it's been four yrs am not home for tomorrow's celebration...so dis yr i'll celebrate for you through my blog-tak pe kn ma?...jz another 2 yrs hopefully~

and also i wanna convey my utmost gratitude to evryone who has ever given me even a single word of advice or teachings, or even to jz brighten my day...may Allah bless your life here and There!

*i consider people dat advices me cares for me...meaning, they love me...LOL...love you guys too!
so...tegurla kalau saye silap...nk tegur saje2 pon boley...hehe

HAPPY MAMA'S MONTH!!!!
-sedeyh jugak march da nk abes...~
*n ma...pray for me dat i study well...please...i never fail to feel anxious n unease b4 any exam..huhu

day before the closing post

wow...i really didn't expect i'd b dis consistent in posting my mother's advice evry single day in march...but alhamdulillah, sumhow, i did manage...:D

today's advice wud b the last one b4 the final post tomorrow...uhuh~
an advice...
that i personally witness...
which can change...
a very cool gurl into a "giddy' one...LOL
an advice i can't object to say dat people fall into giggles and smiles....ehem...
the one dat gurls my age...of course wud b talking n definitely thinkin about...hahaha
this advice...if u got it, it will definitely b really hard to forget!

well, it's obvious "about what" it is by now ryte?

hmm...dis was about 3 and 1/2 yrs ago plus minus 2-3 months...i was at the airport...wif all my families...n of course dear friends...most of the gen6 to b exact (some of us flew first)...we were due to depart to egypt...:D

wif all the cryings and goodbye sobs...i hugged all my family members...jz by the escalator down to the passport site...n on my mother's turn (the last one)...hugged me n held my shoulder...mama said-

"eh! liyana kalau nk kawen nnt bg tau mama dulu tau!"

....

.....

..........

huh???

for a moment there i tot...huh???

"hehe...takkanla x bg tau mama!"...
honestly, i didn't see dis advice coming...LOL...
but...
reaching my fourth yr here in cairo...i understood why mama gave me dis advice!...:D

dun worry mama...if i do have the intentions, u'll b the first person to know!
(owh mimi, of course u too!...but after my mum k!)

this life is really filled with loves~

baca doa tolak bala

today's advice came very recently, jz last yr during the swine flu pandemic


i received an email from my mum, attached to it-

urm...great...amalkn!
but sorry mama, i didnt...forgot about it once i've saved it...but, when i went home last yr n evrybody "knows" to read it after maghrib together...i tend to remember it-


thnx mama!


wondering, does dis work on seasonal flu?~
may evryone stay healthy especially nk exam nie...hehe...ameen!

dun b too direct!

hmmm...

well, i dunno about my personality...honestly it really depends on individual judgement...but i came to realize dis one particular habit of mine - straight to the point! (or in other words...too direct n i'll get people responding like dis- "slambe je cakap macam tu!"...erk~)...LOL

#or sumbody literally did respond to me like dis "lynne, dat really isn't a compliment!"...huhu...i really do apologize for my misuse of proper description, honestly, no offense!

well, i never thought that it was a bad thing until-

one evening, while we were heading back from a book fair or a pc fair from PWTC (if am not mistaken), well, u know KL~...so "zahmah" as egyptian says (crowded):p...my parents and i were stuck in KL's traffic jam...n we were due to pick up my youngest brother from school but mama thought dat we cudn't make it, so-

"liyana, tolong call ona...cakap kat dy, mama n ayah stuck kat KL...rasenye dlm 2 jam lagi nie...x sempat nk sampai shah alam jemput amat...boleh x mintak tolong ona jemputkn amat dari skolah."

"ok!"...n i absentmindedly dialed ona's number and she picked up-

"hello, ona...ni..mama mintak tolong amekkn amat kat skolah-..."

"isyh!...bukan cakap macam tu!!!...explainla dulu...we are trapped in traffic jam! haisyh!!! bak sini handphone tu biar mama cakap!"

huh???

i was blurrrr...was it wrong???..."manners dear...manners!...nk mintak tolong orang kene berlapik sikit, baru org x rase berat nk tolong kite"

ooo...(huhu...leceh la, stret to d'point kn senang- i tot to myself...however we say it, it still means the same)

n i never really gave another thought on this subject

not until i started living independently and have to deal wif many kinds of people around the world.


yup!...manners is important - to keep the friendship going on...to keep the bonds among our colleagues n peers and doctors and patients and of course most importantly on asking people for help! (people are variable...mind u!...- n of course, they includes me...LOL)
hadn't mama exposed me to such condition, i'd be ignoring this trivial but proves to be crucial act-

i apologize if i unintentionally being so direct to any one of you..mayb it's my nature (huhu)...but i can't deny, we need to learn the art of communication~
*haha, funny to think of that we still have 4 communication skill classes to finish...

urgh!!!...crowded!!!

now dat am out of school n i definitely remember one night when i was 9 years old...we had a family gathering in the living room wif my grandma, aunts n uncles n mama said-

"kalo da habis skolah, x kire la umor brape...i will let u guys go out wif your frens to wherever u like! but for now, one of us kene ade skali."

i was looking forward to that moment-
so, right after i ended my SPM, i tested...n alhamdulillah mama n ayah let me go...i dunno if u guys remembered dat night or not...hehe...jz dat...u sent n took me by car dat first tyme...

but now, i am absolutely free to go wherever i want...:D
thnx mama!
not dat i dun like staying wif you, but exploring this world is fun too!
n evrytime u drop me off at the comuter station u'd say -
"liyana jgn pegi tempat yg crowded sngt!...ikut jalan yg sume org gune n dun go out of the building!"
hehe, yes ma!

after studying community medicine, i see how important this advice is for my physical well being =P

but i can't avoid crowdedness in egypt-

huhu...

owh, n ma...ayah...we're going to have an end round exam in another 2 weeks...smayang hajat for us k!:D
luv ya!

responsibility

dis story was about one of the first job assigned to me after i finished school (i never really had the chance to be responsible in sumthing yet while am in my school ages)

my aunty, she is an english teacher...she wanted me to help her typing sumthing out since i was so free at that tyme. "ok!" i said. she said she'd give me the material to be typed out on friday and my mom heard all these conversation going out.

by friday, i forgot all about our agreement and went to visit school wif my frens...so, that evening, as my mum and dad picked me up from school, mama asked-

"bukan yana janji ngan aunty bariah nk type out her school works ke?"
dang!...huhu..."ooppss, i forgot!"...
"hmm...mane boley macam nie!...da cakap kene buat!...u have to apologise!"
erk...(am embarrased now)...hehe
at last, mama called aunty bariah and explained dat i was at school and didn't get the chance to finish up her work...phew!...

hehe... thnx mama!

but after dat i got a very long lecture about responsibility and following datelines throughout our journey back home from gombak...huhu

luckily my mum was around explainin' all my careless mistakes...but i dun get her to cover up for me around here much...huhu...well, dat really isn't my point, hehe...:p
i mean,we can't always expect there are simple solutions to our problems...i shud've faced it straight-face n called aunt bariah myself...

but dat day really taught me sumthing important-
take responsibility to wut u have said...hurm~
and also - admit u've made a mistake

(haha, teringat ayah bengang once when i dun wanna admit i didnt look at the side mirror mase nk kluar dari roundabout atas stadium...i did look honestly!...but i jz didnt have the reflex to turn my steering away dat night...sorry la ayah~) - still x admit jugak...:p

doa yg makbul

dis was 6 years ago...around october, when i was about to face my finals. 12 subjects to me at the tyme was impossible! n i called mama always to ease the pressure...and mind u, any outing will b spent at home!

so one of those days when i was at home, mama said...
"berusaha tu berusaha jugak, tp doa jgn lupa!...hmm..cube yana bace yassin, n stop kat 7 tempat nie...n doa kat situ. ade org ni bgtau mama mase mama kat jabal rahmah...dy kate kalo doa kat 7 tempat dlm surah yassin ni makbul!"

hurm...okay~

hehe...it didn't actually releases my tension at that moment...i was still worried...but one morning, b4 PQS's (pendidikan quran sunnah) exam, i tried...after subuh, b4 breakfast...i read yassin, stopped at those 7 places n i prayed - "ya Allah, bglah dy tanye soalan tajuk yang ak akan revise pagi ni b4 exam!"

after breakfast, i went to school (2 minit je jalan kaki pon..haha)...there was an assembly (we have 'em everyday infact), and unfortunately the assembly was too looooonnnnngggggggg!!!!...now i became anxious...huhu...i havn't read the last topics yet (tokoh2 islam - i always save dis for the last...owh y???)...

after the assembly. we have 15 minutes to line up in front of the exam hall...huhu, i rushed into class to grab my stationaries n flipped open the text book for a swift look..."huhu...nk bace yg mane ni???"...i read the one which was propped opened (sorry i forgot whom he was)...

"lynn cepat!!!, sume org da turun!" my fren called, i was the only one left...so i closed the book 'bismillahitawakkaltu3allallah'...n went.

in the xm hall...flipping thru all the questions first, my eyes caught the section where they asked about "tokoh2 islam"..."berikan **** yg dikeluarkan oleh****"...

wut???...jz the one i read in those swift flipping pages this morn!

Alhamdulillah!!!...

thnx mama for this piece of information!
i never doubt Allah's help after that!...n living in egypt proves that even more!

*owh, n the seven sites where we stopped to ask for are those verses that ends with the word "mubin"
(verse 12, 17, 24, 47, 60, 69 n 77)

jz a few weeks ago, mama messaged me to recite the first 9 verses of surah yassin everytime before going out - y? i asked...doa pelindung...my mum answered...hee...am fne mama!...thnx!

follow how the chinese studies

this advice came with one of my mum's long lectures during dinner...

no malas-malas ok!!!

i dun precisely remember word by word (as i was kind of absorbed with my dinner in a sense...hehe) but "mafhum"nya...(which means, "it means") sumthing like dis-

"tgk care chinese ajar anak dy, balik rumah terus buat kerje skolah...n den tusyen...x de duduk depan tv x gerak2...kalo maen, maen betul2!...kalo x siap kerje rumah kene rotan!...baru boleh pandai!...nnt nk cari kerje susah...org dah x tgk straight A's nie...kene lebeh!...tp stret A's tu kene ade jugak!...kerje nnt pon kene cepat!...jgn nk tunggu org suruh baru nk buat! hantar kerje on time!"...n follows...

these are mayb 1/10th of the talks...hehe...well, mama was working with chinese back then, but i can't deny most of them are consistent workers! thankfully, they do motivate me...i just never had the chance to study in a mixed school yet since primary.

"blajarlah hingga ke negeri china!"

well, in conclusion...i found out wut mama meant was, if u wanna do sumthing...do it as best as you could!...

*yesterday's lecture - cud an otorhinolaryngologist prevented WWI???
*tody's report - found my specs!!!...finally~ (alhamdulillah!)

wake up!!!!

dis is the result of staying in boarding school!...haha
i used to be irritated whenever people told me to go to sleep (as if they dun wanna let me into the fun...huhu), but after experiencing life in boarding school...i can't deny, getting sleep is precious!!!


i dunno if u have been ask dis same question...but most of my friends who havn't stayed in boarding school always wonders wut make 'us' sleep in class...hehe...jz passion of sleep dears~


and so came the episodes where my mum have to wake me up for subuh prayers every morning-

"liyana!!! wake up!!! x elok bgn matehari da tinggi...hilang rezeki nanti, burung2 sume da bangun da cari rezeki!"


burung???...hehe...i can't forget that morning...first tyme i heard my mum using a metaphor~...LOL, wut came to my mind that morn was..."since when did mama became superstitious?"...huhu...little dat i know after telling this story to my aunt she replied- "ade dalam hadith la yana!"


n, wonderfully...last yr, my arabic teaher, ust ibrahim told me this hadith during one of our learning session-

Rasulullah saw telah bersabda:

لو انكم تتوكلون على الله حق توكله لرزقكم كما يرزق الطير نغدوا خماصا وتروح بطانا

“Seandainya kamu semua bertawakkal kepada Allah dan berserah diri sepenuhnya, maka kamu akan mendapat rezki sepertimana burung-burung mendapatkannya, keluar di waktu awal pagi dalam keadaan lapar dan kembali pada waktu petang dalam keadaan perut kenyang”. (HR. Imam Tirmizi)

n ust ibrahim explained that the word 'taghdu' means 'takhruj fi as-sobah' (going out in the morning)

so, people...there is always a reason why Allah created certain things as it is...n the nature that we need to wake up in the morn and sleep at night is one of them...(now teringt blajar CNS mase 2nd yr)

let's start our day in His blessings!

n thnx mama!...ur advices always in stores wonderful meanings~

sweep under the mat!

no no no!!!...not like dis!
still on the same day...my first day in boarding school...mama was sweeping the dorm (erk?) n the she puts a plastic map on the floor beside my bed...

"ni so dat kklg tak sejuk duduk atas lantai...but sapu hari2 tau! n jgn lupe sapu bawah tikar nie skali...bukan sapu atas je!"

not sweeping all the dust to under the rug!...:p

wut i got from my mother's advice here is - do ur work till the end!...well, not only about sweeping the floor...if mama asked me to dust the cabinets or do the dishes...yeah u wash the dishes crystal clear, but dun forget to keep the sink clean n dry too, not jz the dishes...n so many more daily house chores examples...

finish wut u started pronto!
huhu...n i find it so difficult nowadays...i really appreciate those who gave a hand for me all this while...:D

smelly???(pinching nose)

haha
dis advice i got when i was 13 yrs old...first tyme into boarding school~

among the numerous advices my mum gave as she was folding my clothes into my locker, dis one was really unforgettable...she said-

"kklg, u must wash ur clothes everyday okay! lepas mandi tu terus basuh baju yg da pakai, basuh dlm bilik mandi tu...gosok2 sikit...senang jer... so x susah kumpul banyak2...n dun be smelly! malu mama nnt!"

hehe...thnx for dis advice mama~

but i really can't stop smelling sweat after finishing a basketball game or running the whole Nile river (macam la lari jauh sngt...haha)

100 souls

hav u ever heard the story of a man who killed a hundred soul?
(it was the topic discussed in one of BPI's program last Thursday)

in d'end, he consulted d'one who have knowledge n was advised by dat man to go to a place where the people are benevolent...

skip the story...if u wish to know about it kindly ask~

my point is...see how important a person's environment is for him/her to change...especially from bad to good!
this is where my mum's role came in...i was tremendously glad dat she n my dad took really great care with whom i befriend~

remembering my days when i was in form 1 where dey purposely made a family trip to PD so just i dun go hangout wif my friends (well, not hangout like in mall, it was a trip to sumwhere...i forgot where~)...thnx a million mama n ayah!!!

i know it's not really nice to judge people n stuff, but choosing a good fren is actually crucial in our early stage of life to shape us like who we are now

and am really grateful now to be dumped wif a bunch of 'the most magnificent group of people i ever met in this world' here in egypt!...thnx for being around evrybody!

*BPI - Biro Pembangunan Insan

exercise!

there are many types of exercise...physical, mental, social, aerobic, anaerobic, stretch...etc...
y do we need to do them?
frankly speaking...in my opinion- to be healthy!:D

well, my mother's advice today is not about those stretch, aerobic or any other physical exercise, today is about-

exercise books

i was introduced to these kinds of exercise at the end of yr school holiday standard 3...

"nex year yana da nak start blajar subject science, bace dulu buku beforehand time cuti nie, n wat latihan...so u can catch up nex yr!"...my mum said sumting like dis to me...(x ingt her exact words)

urm...well, u know...as i was growing up, i began to take serious wutever my mum advices me s they usually turns out to b true (like the specs n brooch case...tho i found it out way later in life)...so i did them...not all for sure!...only in d'first week of holiday...hehe

but now...in meds school...especially when we r being left to decide for ourselves to study or not...doing exercise is real damn IMPORTANT!...(whoa...now am telling people sumting i shud b doing myself...pray dat i'll do dem please~)

thnx for dis early exposure mama!

but of course...no matter how much u strive for an 'A', remember that fate is in the hands of Allah...once u've strive, u leave the rest...n insyaAllah He will give u the best!
(org yg di uji lebih disayangi olehNya)

owh...n also to promote my batch's aim - "100% Mumtaz" - all the best evrybody!
(bukan bujang sifar k...haha)

spectacles

once u've read the title, u'd expect my mom's advice that i wud like to talk about today is-
"jgn duduk dekat sngt ngan TV!!!...rosak mate tu nnt!"

hehe...
well, i did get dat advice-
but about 3 times only...i wasn't dat stubborn u know...(kan mama kan?)

the most frequent one i got wud b-

evrytyme my mom wanna watch TV, n she didn't hav her glasses by her~

"kklg, tolong amekkn spec mama"
n so i went to fetch it, just dat...i can't help my self to not wear it on the way to give it back to her!...wut does it feel to look behind these round glasses?...haha...
n if mama caught me wearing them-
"liyana, jgn pakai spec mama!!!...rosak mate tu nnt, power mama tinggi!!!"
n of course, i dun believe dat- then...huhu

but now, after studying the physiology of eyes...n about to start my ophthalmology round nex sunday...(cepatnye~)...i can't deny d'fact my mom gave anymore~...

dis one looks like mine...(x penah terfikir nk amek gmbr spec b4 dy hilang...huhu)

*i need to wear em since my third yr in meds school...i often misplace it, but usually found it back...jz, dis tyme i can't find it anywhere anymore...uhuk...kene buat baru~ (bile ntah-)...where r u Mr specky???

debate smalam...POI = "please! dun brake my heart!"...gud one ayu!...:D

a basket of fruits~

-written on a very blissful day-

reminiscent of memoirs from my primary school, i'll never forget dis one for sure~
i was in standard 3 primary school, n s usual...before an art exam, we would be given a list of required paintings or arts for a one hour exam the next day...so i brought mine back, my mum told us (my brother n i) to study for the exam...study for arts???...it sounds funny to me at the tyme, we were busy watching doremon as usual...LOL

i swerved, not in the mood to join my brother's n my mother's study group...but then, their drawings caught my eyes...n i was suddenly very interested in learning how to draw that-

- draw a basket of fruits -

so my mum taught us, first...draw a big huge 'S' in the middle of ur drawing-

nex, draw the basket below the 'S'...two slightly narrowed down vertical lines n a slightly curved base to complete it-

then complete it wif a handle...n upside down 'U' like dis-

nex fill it up wif fruits-

and finally, decorate it as u like~

done!jadi x mama?...i practiced dis whenever i got the free tyme...hehe, but i dun get the chance to color it up yet...huhu

one great lesson!...thnx mama!...it's been my inspiration! i really luv drawings~

final cultural day report-
i didn't notice dat cultural day was a really valuable experience until shae pointed it out-

"alah lynn, ni baru layan org sehat, nnt kite nak kene layan org saket...lagi penat!"

a memorable experience describing "malaysia" n its traditional games (am so gud in congkak by now - in explaining part...lol) to the outsiders!...my brain was so clogged wif translating stuff into arabic...God!, it's a real relieve once dey said dey speak english...:D
(the booth was full...imagine if it was an ER...wud dey ask nicely?...is my upcoming yrs' gonna b worst?)

congratz to all involved!...it's been wonderful!

ENT td...get to chat wif dr Aly elGarem about Guillotine...really interesting! ophthal comes early...erk!

tidy room

evrytime...oops, no no no...most of the time i wanna walk out of the house, it's kind of a routine to make sure the room is tidy...(well, not exactly very clean, just pleasant to b looked at once u return home)...

it sometimes reminds me how my mom used to tell us to clean up our room...

"liyana...safwan...gi kemas bilik!"...LOL

it didn't occur to me then how very crucial dis act is for my psychological well being until i've started living independently-

how so, because...a tidy place calms us down when we return home from a hectic day!
n calm minds usually r proactive~(ehem*)

so...tidy up ur rooms b4 u go out!...

*huhu...ma, da lame x dpt advice from u...

*jom tgk persembahan cultural day on closing ceremony after class today!

ka-ching!

i dun usually hav a specific music genre's fav, it really depends on my interest at dat moment...n today, it's about "ka-ching!" by shania twain...

coz, in a way...it reminds me of this event-

just a few days before i started my primary school, my mom called me to come into her room n learn something...learn how to use *MONEY* (*blink2*)

now, money is another thing am really interested in investigating...LOL

so, my first introduction to money was to remember these-

owh...easy...haha
nex...
we mock-played as a customer and a seller...my mom was the seller, n i was the customer (obviously)...

"ok, kalau kklg nk beli air harge 30 sen, which one will you give the cashier?"...my mom asked...

i pointed to these...(hehe da budget kene kire2)

"hurm, if u dun have these...if u only have this...kklg kene buat camane?"

hurm...i need to change it into those smaller values first then...dunno~

"kalau kklg x de duit yg nilai dy kecik, org kedai tu kene bagi baki la...from 50 cent, tolak 30cent air td how much shud you get?" my mom taught me-

"20!" i replied..."okay, yg mane satu?"she asked-
"yg ni!"...i pointed

n so on...we carried on wif diffrent ways n values of using the money...(x ingt details...it was a millennium ago~)...n sumhow, i realized it became like some sort of ritual to my sibs n me whenever any one of us is about to enter primary school, my mum will call us over to her room n teach us one by one....

thnx mama...being independent here  n getting the chance to hold *big* money (RM 10 was a big amount to me once...LOL)...i realized how crucial it was for you to teach me dat lesson 14 yrs ago-

*tho being busy is tiresome, but free time kills you!
*cultural day report - i can't believe myself dat i never knew anything about kazakhstan!!!! preposterous!...i knew dat these "-stans" ending countries do exist, but how on earth have i never thought of finding out about their culture, people n country??? (i jz knew where they are situated in the world's map yesterday...can u believe dat?)...since yesterday's crowd was unbelievably copious, i'll hav to find out more about them tomorrow~ :D

a place for everything, and everything...must be in place!!!

"....if i've said it once i've said it,
at least a thousand times before that
you're too old to act this way,
it must be, your father's DNA!
look at me when i am talking,
stand up straighter when you walk,
a place for everything,
and everything must be in place, 
stop crying or i'll give you something real to cry about,
oh!"

i purposely copied the lyrics of the video on the left bar...
because...it strongly, n remarkably accurately reminds me of my mom!

(it's just too many times that my mom have to say "brape kali mama nk cakap???...da amek letak balik kat tmpat dy!!!")

for example,i took a jar of 'coco crunch' to in front of the TV as snacks and how interestingly forgettable i cud b to leave it der and get the same sentence of -"brape kali mama nk cakap???...da amek letak balik kat tempat dy!!!"- the moment my mum saw d'jar of 'coco crunch'~

or if i took out some mugs for a drink and left it on the dining table (d excuse was always, i just used it once..huhu), or a stack of newspaper (dis one ayah yg slalu kene...hehe) or,...so many more~

and dat's why, every time i look at the mess on my table now (ecece...nk specific kat meja je plak)...ok fine...in my room...i am always reminded dat...if only i put things from where i got them dis mess wudn't b here...hehe~

-tidiness is more preferable as a muslim-

*alf syukran to everybody involved in yesterday's international day! i had a million joys!:D... (iqa baby face???)
cultural day on the move!
*happy bday kinah kamil!!! - go n call ur momsss~

socks n shoes~

my mom is really particular with our footwear
sandals = no socks
shoes = SOCKS!!!

and, change ur socks everyday! (erk~)

so, eventually it's really hard to forget dis message s u go out wearing shoes evryday...unless u purposely dun wanna wear 'em...hehe
(jz curious...does anybody wear shoes without socks?...raise up ur hands plz!)

k, nex...wanna promote dis series...i've been watchin' it last winter holiday but coincidently it has sumthing to do wif foot diseases-

*international day n cultural day Cairo U~

car ride~

i heard a story once in one of the motivational camps we used to have during high school...the motivator said-

"i was driving the car, wif my dad behind me and my mum beside him...they were already old at the moment n i was keen to spend s much of my time wif them...suddenly, my dad was kicking the back of my seat vigorously...'wut's happen dad?' i asked...'nothin' he answered...'then why are you kickin?'...'owh!...i've been dying to do dis for ages! so now u know now how i feel evrytime i drive n sumbody kept kickin' even tho i said no!...hahaha'"

LOL...got it?...the father was having fun revenging...

the moment i heard dis story, i am always reminded to b silent in a car...and particularly after i took my driving liscence's test...hehe

y...

cause my mom always says
'senyap sikit dlm kreter!...ayah kene focus kat jalan raye!'
['be quiet in the car!...dad needs to focus on the road!']

LOL~

#safe trip evrybody!...(hope the three of u speak chinese bile da balik nnt!)

body posture

dis is one of my mother's continuous advice-
sit straight!...don't hunch!

i was never aware of how am sitting tho...so it's really a fuss to b reminding myself dat i am not sitting straight...
but alas!, i found out sitting straight is actually good for ur health- respiration in praticular, so dat we get enough oxygen n can concentrate more...
plus...during meals...sitting up straight helps ur food digest properly

a proper way how to sit-

a sweet table manners introduction...jz so innocent ...lol-

pengorbanan ayah

today's advice end up with a tragic sacrifice by my dad-

we were on a trip, and we stayed in a cabin (or mayb a camp...i cant specifically rmmbr the place)...n in dat cabin/camp was dis-

 -a nice short stand fan standing low on one of the cabinet

at home, we dun have dis kind of fan...we jz have the traditional ceiling ones...so we were kind of excited to meet dis other species of fans (ehem...i was around 5 yrs old okay!)...n my mum introduced us to this fan

"ni kipas!...kalau tekan butang nnt dy pusing, n angin dy kuar macam kipas kat atas tu...cume yg atas tu gune suis"

"ooo"...i mouthed...n s usual, i started to investigate the function of dis thing, i pushed the button n a gush of air blew at me...i was so intrigued...i went closer and...

"eh jgn dekat2!...kalo termasuk jari kat dlm tu nanti luke...yg pusing2 tu tajam tu!"...my mum warned

remember i said i wasn't convince if the warning was jz explained...(hehe)

i guess my dad still saw the curiosity in my face or sumthing because the nex thing happened was -

"tengok nie ayah letak jari dlm kipas!" my dad said in front of the spinning fan...he put in his finger n...

"OUCH!!!"...my dad pulled away his bleeding finger...erk!...n my mum came fussing n said..."la...yg gi letak jari tu betol2 dlm kipas tu kenape???"

huhu...i seriously never came nearer a stand fan except to push the start button on after dat...LOL...

thnx ayah...hehe-

no brooch!...but ~

today's post is a very nostalgic one..:D

it's about my fondness of this tiny, sweet, cute little things -

i started liking these cute shiny brooches when i was jz 5-6 years old...it was my mum's
she looked so cool pinning them on her scarfs n i really wanted to try 'em on, but she never let me...
y?...
"tak boleh!!!nanti tercucuk dlm leher...berdarah...susah nnt!"..
[no!!! u might get pricked in ur neck...it'll bleed...it's not gonna b nice!"]

huhu...i seriously dun believe dat...those brooches are tiny!...how dangerous can they be?...so, as an immature child, i gave out my tantrums wif the reason dat i hav to wear scarfs (yeah ryte...while frankly i aimed for the brooches...LOL)

so my mum gave out a solution...

coz i wanted so much to wear those scarfs...she sew one for me so i dun need to use the brooch...huh???

well, i get to wear the scarf alright plus, made me late for school n made my dad late for class too...huhu...i wasn't satisfied, i'll try nex time wif another excuse...LOL

the next opportunity came...dis tyme we were on a trip, and for sure my mum didn't bring her sewing machines along...LOL...i made the same excuse again!...

and dis tyme, my mum came out wif another solution-

"tak boleh pakai pin!...bahaya!!!...mari sini mama ikat, kita ikat naek atas...jadi cam rabbit!...haa...kan comel macam rabbit...ayah tgk...comel x yana???"
[no, u can't wear those pins!...very dangerous!!!...come here i tie 'em, we tie 'em up...like a rabbit!...see...isn't  it cute like a rabbit...ayah, come n see...isn't yana cute???]

rabbit????...haha...staying stubborn i said no!...it's not cute at all!!...i dun like it!!!
huhu...sorry ma...but frankly, i actually like d'idea at dat moment...jz frustrated i dun get to wear those brooches on my scarfs ( n i wanted dem specifically on the neck part...hehe)

thnx for not allowing me to use 'em tho...it was pretty dangerous, come to think of it-

now, evrytime i recall the incident i can't stop smiling!...how funny it was~

so dat's how i came to have dis weird fondness of brooches-..but only the small shiny cute ones...:D

let's bowl!!!

hehe...today was meant for another advice, but yesterday's event changed it...LOL

yesterday i went bowling wif some of gen6 girls...i wasn't meant to b in the crowd tho but it was damn fun!!! (sorry kacau sc bhah n sc kinah~)

wut made me wanna go?...LOL

well, i did go bowling b4 dis a couple of tymes, it's jz dat it never worked out well...n so i asked for tips from my dad...but, ahmad came n said-

"kaklong, mama maen aritu dr spuluh, tujuh strike!"
[sis, mum played b4 n she got 7 strike out of 10!]

wut???...really???

so i quickly nagged my mum for tips, n she said-

"mama pun x tau...mama pegi kat situ, aim ikut arrow dy, letak bola n tolak-"
[i dunno how, i jz went der, aim on the arrow, put the ball down n pushed-]

uhuh?(raisin my eyebrow)...dat easy?...

after dat i was dying to try it out~

wut happened yesterday?...LOL...wut i can jz say is - sabar gile jela n iqa ajar ak~

well, one thing is for sure - bowling will never b my profession!,
but it's a really gud way for me to get frustrated n crazily happy (even tho satu pin je yg jatuh...haha)
at least, yana was the best player~...ley tumpang x yana?...since bday kite same???

*ma...i wasn't dat lucky...huhu~

bloody knife

dun get frightened...i purposely chose dis title because i used it to google up pictures...hehe

the event in question passed through me so fast n silent i might not even noticed it had occurred...like any other accident i absolutely have forgotten! except, of course sumthing else keep on reminding me about it-

sharp objects! (especially if u need to get an injection)

it was about 15-16 yrs ago...when it is just isn't enough if people explain "don't" to me...i jz can't believe it until it really happened...lol

my mom never let me hold a knife...n i really want to get the "feeling" of cutting something with a knife...it's a must!...(u know when u get dis feeling, it's really hard to forget about it)

we had an "open-house"... and finally my shining chance appeared!...my mom n dad was too busy wif guests n der was a "comb" of banana in the living room with a nice, sharp, long knife beside it...wow! my dream came true...(haha, x ley bla!)

i snatched the knife n hold on to it strongly as if afraid my mom wud grab it straight away...i checked out if the coast was clear...(mom n dad was busy chatting)...wif a determined mind (i must do dis!!!)...i hold the bunch if bananas in my left hand n the sharp knife in my right...n pushed the sharp edge of the knife onto the banana trunk -

huh?...nothing happened!, the banana's trunk (the one the red arrow was pointing) just had a slight scratch...

erm...mayb it needs mor force (my little mind calculated dat simple math)

so, with the next determination of giving all out to detach dis banana way from its fellow, i firmed my left hand's grasp on the banana n pushed the knife with my whole heart...but still!...it wont go thru!...

i recalled watching men working wif saw, they slide it back n forth...mmm...dat might do the trick!

again, with all the forces left in me added wif my new theory (SAW...LOL)...i gave my third try...

and finallly~

OUCH!!!

dat DID the trick!...

unfortunately...i again, failed to detach the banana but succeeded on bleeding my index finger! (a VERY deep cut!...mind you, the scar is still present now!)...the feeling of sharp pain!...i never, EVER forget the stinging pain!...but i jz can't recall wut happened next...

i might had went howling to my mum complainin of the bleeding finger or just kept quiet to myself (of course embarrassed especially many people were present at the moment), afraid of crossing my mother's instruction of "DO NOT TOUCH THE KNIFE!!!"

LOL...i definitely can't forget this lesson

- dun argue wif the explanation of "don't" when ur mom gave em!...but i jz have to feel it for myself...oh y???...haha

dun cough at the table

today's advice i rmmbred when we had our community medicine round and most of us were not remotely in our best health...

a lot of flu n cough that early winter...

my mom always reminds us not to cough at the table (infront of somebody) especially if der's food...if u wanna cough, face sumwhere nobody is der or simply close ur nose n mouth...[droplet infection]

dis might look like a trivial issue but how many of us really actually care about dis?

yg da blajar 'commed' shud've really understood the importance of trivial measures dat finally end up preventing major chaos! [need to start revising 'untouched' commed now...huhu]

mom alway's know the best!...:D

# surgery was nice today!

dining etiquette

my mom used to tell us, once we've finished our meal...to put our fork n spoon close together...( usually done when we were eating outside, if at home...take ur plates to the sink n wash them!...:D)

like dis-

i never really took great notice about dis until..

we had a proper lesson about dining etiquette during my prep classes in intec...
we did dis in intecma resort wif actual dining (terus practical, x de theory pon n it was one of the funniest event i enjoyed in intec)...

the lecturer/tutor/prof said dat, when we finish dining, put the fork n spoon together...dis act indicates dat u hav finished n the waitress wil come n collect ur plate!

owh...it hardly reminds me of wut my mom used to tell us...but really, it's not widely practice if u go dining around egypt restaurants (that we can actually afford...lol)

dat's all for today-

*million thnx to evrybody last night!...it was splendid!!! (sc gabungan)

 from the outside it's tea...in the inside...LOL

ich sing fuer mama

today's post coincide wif reason no. 3 y i chose dis month s My Mama's Month...:D


3. on 4th march is my birthday!


about 21 yrs ago...it was a bright morning i suppose...(no idea, i simply can't recall a thing wut had happened at the moment...so, dis is wut i thought had happened)...an exhausted women was waiting in a labor room...a man stood beside her, holding her hands...


"dis must really hurts!" thought the man to himself s his hands were almost crushed by her strong clutch (dis one my dad told me about it...:p)


at 8.30 a.m., in the morn of march 4th 1989...
finally, bless God!...a 'very cute' tiny baby came peeking out into dis amazing world~


of course dis 'cute' creature never knew what will she face in the coming tymes...(sory terbajet cute...lol)


but s she arrived on her 21st yr, she realized one wrong thing (many actually but dis is definitely a crucial mistake)...


evry time 4th march arrived those 20 yrs ago, she expected to b celebrated...congratulated...(not actually self conscious, but nobody purposely forgot d'day dey were born even tho they dun like celebrating dem - dis is my self defense...lol...bare wif me for a little while)


but dis yr, she tot to herself after countless of miracles n discoveries she plucked out of dis magnificent world...y?...y am i celebrating the day that mark another yr closer to death?...another few months, or weeks infact mayb even days from the after world?...


so, alright...i'll celebrate dis day s my renovation day!...dis yr shud b better than last yr...(of course it shud- insyaAllah - tlg ameenkn)


but then again, dis is still a mistake...am not the one supposed to b celebrated today...it doesn't cost me any difficulty peeping into dis world the first tyme...not even a single sweat...no hospital fees to b paid, no new clothes n new attire to be prepared, not even efforts to push myself out...


21 yrs ago, on 4th march (sebut bnyk2 kali so u guys wont forget it...lol)...a woman an a man struggled their efforts n savings for the joy of having this grown up 'girl' (am still a girl i dun care!) alive n able to roam around this wide humongous world~


so, 


i regard over everybody's wishes for me today to my beloved mom who sacrificed her life trying to carry me all those months in her womb n delivering me safely into this universe n taking care of me for all those 21 yrs dat has passed untill i became someone like i am now~...n thnx also to my dad who shaped my mind n taught me evrything he knew-


wish them! okay peeps-


and also, on this 'precious' day, i dedicate this song to the one responsible for my being alive



[his face cam adeeq mase kecik kn mama...:p]


a german song entitled 'i sing for mama'


thnx for bringing me into this world mama!...i can't imagine not being able to be alive...i luv exploring this world n feeling all the emotions n experiences in stored-


n so i will always 'sing' for u n ayah!


#when i was in 3rd yr secondary school, my school principal (ke principle?...k, my english teacher will kill me for forgetting dis again!) gave us a very touching advice dat i never forget till today...
"your parents are your life here (dis world) as long as u r not married (i was in an all girls school), so evrytime you here the 'azan', say the azan's prayer n combine it wif a prayer for ur mom n dad (the most common one, of course u know it) so dat you will never forget to pray for them evryday!"


practice dat okay evrybody~


* today's post came in late s i finished my class late - a fabulous lecture from dr asyraf fayek the one info i jz can't help but to share it coz i felt it really last yr-


-dun feel for 'laryngeal click' on ur own body! please! or not evryone of you will think that you have post-cricoid carcinoma n dis is true!...dis obsession happens to all of us and by the end of the year you end up having 120 diseases-


nice typing today! n thnx for reading till d end~

mind ur neighbours

nex table manners advice~
mind ur neighbours!


we used to have evry meal together, n if the table is small, my sibs n i always argue about our territory...lol
imagine sitting like dis-

we wud argue about chairs, about elbows hitting each other, about even food...not dat der's no space or anything...i tink we jz love annoying each other...until my mum got fed up and finally said-
" cube simpan siku tu tyme mkn! jgn bg kene org...org x gaduh depan mknn!...x murah rezeki nnt!"
"do tuck ur elbows to urself during meals! so dat u won't hit others...people dun fight in front of the food!...(x tau nk tanslate ni camne)"


oopss...da kene marah~...lol


well, during our primary school yrs...we jz luv fighting each other, never really meant to annoy my sibs...jz pure jokes...lol, but dis advice (simpan siku) always made me think about the comfort of other people in my vicinity s long s i am der...i became kind of cautious if i ever made others annoyed or irritated of course excpt my sibs....lol, can't really help it when u get the chance to nudge dem...sorry guys! (tho actually most of the time i was the victim...huhu)


well...dat's today's advice...


a little info for my dear classmates,
jz now i stayed back to ask why we treat acute otitis media wif warm nasal drops...


the book explains so dat warmth can increase vascularity...


hurm...y do we need to do so s the inflammation itself is increase in vascularity?, 


n dr sherrif answered to increase more body defense to the rescue...we r treating the cause...not the symptom!

no breathing while drinkin

we'll start wif table etiquettes as i got most of 'em during my kindergarten years...hehe

advice no.1: how to drink...:D

(i recall advices dat follow events which leaves mark in my inner mind~)

i got dis advice when i was around 3-4 yrs old...

either dat day was a very hot day or i was impossibly active...i came into the kitchen panting

me: (panting) ma nk air!!! 

[ma, i want drink!]

mama: nah! 

[here]

me: gulp!gulp!gulp!

mama: no sayang...minum air bukan macam tu!...meh sini mama ajar care minum air 

[no dear, we don't drink like that!...come here i'll teach you]

mama: mula2 duduk, pastu tarik nafas...minum sikit...teguk tiga kali...jauhkn cawan dari mulut...hembus nafas...n minum lagi skali macam tadi...faham?...k, yana cube plak-

[first, sit down, take a breath...drink a bit n swallow 3 times...pull the cup away from your mouth...exhale...and drink again like just now...got it?...k, now u try it]

dun breathe in the cup...minum pelan2...

[dun breathe in the cup...drink slowly]

and so i tried...n dat's been my way of drinking since...lol (tipu sngt...but most of the time yes!)...of course it's difficult to maintain drinking slowly when u r extremely thirsty n jz finished a 7 km marathon...huhu...

so...drink your water slowly...wut's d'benefit btw?...never crossed my mind to think about it...hurm...

i guess, it makes us look polite~...lol

well, 

﴾ كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ﴿ 

(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind) ﴿3:110

so it won't hurt to act like one ryte?...thnx for dis advice mama! 

*kagum ngan ketabahan ami...may Allah always be with you dear!