Shing's Surprise Birthday!

The mastermind behind the plan was Pei and Cass. Last night, we grouped outside Caicai's convenience store before 7 to go over the plan. Once everyone had arrived, we tiptoed (haha, no lah), we walked towards Cass and Shing's place with the food, cake and balloons. It was cold last night, but not as cold as has been expected. The theme last night was "All black" so we were wearing black attires. As we neared the place, we kept shushing each other to keep quiet (hahaha, cali!), as we walked slowly near the bushes at one end of their building. On the quiet night, attired in black, we do look macam pencuri tah jua, hahaha, diam2 lagi tu.. We stopped for a while to light up the candles on the cake then made our way up the stairs. After Pei gave Shing a missed call, we slowly opened the door to the apartment and sang "Happy Birthday to youu~~ Happy Birthday to you~~ Happy Birthday to Shinggg!!! ~~~...." (you get the drift, hehehe) to a surprised Shing who was in the living room. The plan worked! :)

We sang the birthday song, then Shing made a wish before blowing the candles out. She looked overwhelmed and really surprised! Siuk eh, hehehe.. We then started the party with food and chit chatted till 10pm di sana.

Shing's birthday cake. Cheesecake that Cass baked. Alaii.. :)

The surprised Shing with her tiara! :p

With the birthday girl

Shing and Syimsyim

Shing and Nabnab

Shing and Yunyun

Shing and Sa'dy

Shing and Fathmee

Group photo. Stolen from Pei's facebook pic, haha

I didnt take many photos though. More photos can be checked out from Pei's facebook, hehe :)

When the washing machine's gone all wonky

Yesterday, I went to the 10am physiology tutorial. I thought that I was on time, but when I arrived, the room was jammed packed that no seats were left. So joining the other late comers, I sat on the floor, hahaha.. I don't feel like standing for the next hour or so, jadi duduk tah ku. Barutah ku pernah duduk di lantai masa tute tu, ish ish ish.. At least the floor's carpeted, hehe.. nda apa lah. The tutor's quite good in his explanation though I wasn't really listening attentively in my discomfort, ijap kaki tercramp, hehe. Suka tu org ia atu, selalunya siuk lah tutorial nya.

I stayed for an hour, then sama Syimsyim, we went to the library before heading to Coles in Hawken Drive. Then, we went to our respective homes. In the afternoon, I was doing some laundry kan. Our washing machine's quite old, that it usually took 2 hours to complete all the rinsing, draining, etc. as opposed to the usual 30 mins or so. So I was just coming out of my room, when I heard this really weird sound macam pipe kana pusing untuk dibuka from the laundry room. Hmm, heran jua ku since I'm the only one home during that afternoon. Skalinya, I got a surprise when I saw the floor wet! Ada water leaking from the washing machine! Tarus ku tutup the machine and mopped up the mess. Hmm, cemana bleh tu.. I tried to switch on and the machine worked without any leakage, as if nothing has happened! Hmmm.. I left the machine to finish its job, then at the end checked it again. It was supposed to be done since the dial udah dihujung but then there was still water inside! I tried to drain and dry lagi semula but to no avail. Aduii, beulah tia washing machine ani. Usulnya ada problem with the drainage. At the end, I had to dry my clothes diluar, still dripping with water, ish ish ish..

So today, the house agent came to inspect the machine as well as the "hole" in our toilet. That "hole" sebenarnya batah udah tu. At the end of last year, ada water leakage arah garage orang di bawah kami ani. So the source could be from us since kami arah the top floor or orang yg tinggal arah floor di bawah kami. The repairmen had to come and open up the wood or beam kah tu which menutup our pipes in the toilet to inspect the source of leakage. In the end, it turned out that the leakage datang from org bawah kami. The repairmen atu nya promised to repair the "hole" in the wood that they made but sampai ani nda jua beusai. We called udah to inform the agent pasal atu, nya awu nya kan diusai, tapi nda jua datang-datang nya. We're lucky that nothing has come creeping into our apartment dari "hole" atu, hahaha.. Baik jua nda basar lubangnya ke luar atu, ish ish ish.. and we're glad that we're on the top floor, so nda papa lah. This time, the response was prompt, org baru kali, and the agent promised to send someone over in the next few days. Ada2 saja, hehehe..

Happy Birthday Shing!

30/07/2008: Happy Birthday Shing! :) Have a blast today! Take care..

A misunderstanding

Just an email

An Illinois man left the snowballed streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail.

Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her e-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory. Unfortunately, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor dead.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,

Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

Your Loving Husband.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

From:the-jokes.com :)

Psychiatric joke

Psychiatric Hotline

Hello, welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline. Please listen to our menu carefully, as our options may have changed.

1) If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.

2) If you are co-dependant, please ask someone to press 2. If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4,5 and 6.

3) If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want, so please stay on the line so we can trace the call.

4) If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press.

5) If you are manic-depressive, it doesn’t matter which number you press, no one will answer.

6) If you are anxious, just start pressing numbers at random.

7) If you are phobic, don’t press anything.

8)If you are anal-retentive, please hold.

Redneck medical dictionary

Artery: The study of paintings.
Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria.
Barium: What doctors do when patients die.
Benign: What you be after you be eight.
Catscan: Searching for Kitty.
Cauterize: Made eye contact with her.
Cesarean Section: A neighborhood in Rome.
Colic: A sheep dog.
Coma: A punctuation mark.
D&C: Where Washington is.
Dilate: To live long.
Enema: Not a friend.
Fester: Quicker than someone else.
Fibula: A small lie.
Genital: Non-Jewish person.
G.I.Series: World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail: What you hang your coat on.
Impotent: Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain: Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff: A Doctor’s cane.
Morbid: A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates.
Node: I knew it.
Outpatient: A person who has fainted.
Ovaries: You get to try again. (from wj1001250)
Pap Smear: A fatherhood test.
Pelvis: Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative: A letter carrier.
Recovery Room: Place to do upholstery.
Rectum: Pretty near killed him.
Secretion: Hiding something.
Seizure: Roman emperor.
Tablet: A small table.
Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport.
Tumor: More than one.
Urine: Opposite of you’re out.
Varicose: Near by/close by.

From: funnyandjokes.com

Cold winter nights

Ekka Festival 2006

I am so looking forward to the Ekka Festival, which will be taking place from 7-16 August 2008. This is an annual event, held at the RNA showgrounds. Macam-macam adaaa.. Kirakan macam funfair lah tu. What I'm looking forward to the most are the showbags! :) This year, the concession tickets will be $16. If I'm not mistaken, to get there, macam biasa, ambil bus from stop 23 at Adelaide Street using buses 370, 375, 379. Hey, I did my research early! Semangat, hehe.. better recheck lah lagi, mana tau not accurate.

To browse the contents of the showbags this year, click here

Today, kuat banar anginnya atu. It is reported in the news, that it'll get much colder this week, to as low as zero degree in brisbane. I hope there'll be snow! Angan2 saja tu, nda ku pernah nampak snow sini ani. According to the news, ada some parts of Queensland turun snow today. Eseyman.. nda ku pernah mengenggam snow ani.. air batu (ais) pernah lah, jadi tah tu ah, hahaha..

I had PBL this morning, where I presented last week's mechanism summary. It went well, I think since I got clapping in the end, hehehe.. kambang kampis ku skajap hahaha.. I'm quite pleased with how the summary turned out after all my hard work on saturday. This week, we started on a new case of Leukemia which is quite interesting. After PBL, I went to the library skajap to minjam books for my new FQ, before heading home. Had Indo mee and talur mata lembu for lunch. At a quarter to 2, I walked back to uni for the 2 hour afternoon lectures.

Lapas lecture, we went to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place skajap to minjam DVD before going to Caicai's convenience shop to get snacks. Tais liurku kan cuba the korean seafood ramen (noodles), membali tah ku. Balik rumah, jamur my laundry, then had dinner. Spent the night doing my FQ, which is almost done now. Nyaman jua hati, I'll do the editing tomorrow lah saja.

Gd night! :)

Flavours of the week

This weekend was pretty much work and play. The weekend's weather? Sajuk! I have to say. This applies esp night time and subuh2. Here I am bundled up in my thick jacket and long socks and craving for a hot milo drink. Hmmm, better get that kettle starting! hehe..

1 minute later...

Okay, kettle's ready to boil. So what have I been up to this weekend? Well, on Saturday, I went to uni at 9am for a tutorial with Hsn regarding last week's case of Down Syndrome. We also discussed the essay that we have prepared on the ethical and legal issues of abortion, which is a rather broad and controversial issue. Thanks Hsn for your guidance in this practice essay! :) After tute, I went to the library to start working on this week's mechanism summary for my PBL group. My turn tia jua this week. I stayed there until 4pm, then headed home.

At 5pm, I went jogging arah the usual path, but this time I made a pit stop at the uq beach volleyball courts to see some Bruneians playing sana, including c Fathmee and Rhmat. As I made my way around the netball courts, I saw some Bruneians playing as well, including Azm. Lalu mcquarie street ku, then headed back home. Showered then prepared my dinner of bbq chicken and fries. I spent the night siapkan my summary, so esuknya siuk jua dpt free day, hehe..

Today, Yunyun, Syimsyim, Nabnab and I went to Stones Corner. We took the 174 bus from city and sampai di sana at 12pm. If you are hunting down vintage items or factory-outlet bargain items, this is your place. It's actually a stretch of small shops on the two sides of the road, usulnya beumur plang the place ani. Masa kami ke sana tu, nda plang usulnya banyak barang baru and nda brapa banyak sale items jua.

Stones Corner, when we arrived, as viewed from the bus

Some of the shops on one side of the road

Stones Corner Plaza

Syimsyim and Nabnab

In one of the shops

Meliat kasut

Lapas keluar masuk kadai, kami jalan on the hunt for some Baskin and Robbins ice cream. Tau udah sajuk, mau jua makan ice cream masih! haha.. Tapi rugi jua kalau inda singgah, hehe.

Baskin Robbins..There it is! :p

In front of the heavenly ice cream shop

Enjoying the ice cream! :)

Syimsyim

Yunyun

Me

Chocolate chip cookie dough and strawberry cheesecake ice cream! sedappp.. :p

After enjoying the fabulously delicious ice cream, we went back to the city. Yunyun and I went to Coles di Toowong to get some maggi chilli. Abis stok dirumah, hehe. Since kami malas masak today, we just take away kebab tadi arah c Abra. Balik rumah and buat kraja sendiri2..

Gd night! :)

LadyJ and the case of the missing phone (ala Nancy Drew :p)

A miracle happens today! What is that, you may ask. Let's put it this way.. If you have been reading my previous posts, you may still remember that I have encountered an unfortunate event almost 2 weeks ago. I lost my mobile phone 2 Saturdays ago, and have tried my best in trying to track it down by reporting to the lost property section and making several calls.

So this morning, I woke up quite early since I have to get ready early for my clinical coaching in the hospital. My usual coaching time is usually on Wednesdays but to accommodate the substitute tutor's time, we have to change the time to Friday. We were quite miffed about that, since we are used to having a free day on friday (early weekend!) if you plan on not attending the afternoon lectures on fridays, hehe.. So back to my story (I tend to get side tracked at times, haha :p), I was checking my school email this morning, when one email caught my attention.

Subject: MOBILE PHONE

Hmmm, what could that be, I say.. By this time, I have actually forgotten about my phone and given up hope for its return. I mean, it's been almost 2 weeks! So I clicked on that email, and marak tarus mataku membaca the mail. Mind you, I've just woken up, so mata pun masih sipit kana glue tai mata, haha (gali org, hey normal kali tu ahhh :p) The email brought undescribable joy to my heart! (adehh, dramatic much! haha... nahh, I'm just pulling your leg there) I actually made a happy squeal! The email mentioned that Mr X, whom Yunyun and I have interviewed for our Life course assignment has found my mobile phone! Alhamdulliah.. yippee!! I have actually called him twice before to ask him whether my phone ada tinggal arah rumah or krita nya, tapi nada nya. Maybe yesterday atu, baru ia cleaning his car kali. He asked me to contact him to arrange a way to meet him to get my phone atu.

I tried to contact him this morning but to no avail. I guess he was out. So I just went through my morning rituals; shower and brekkie. Then I walked to uni to meet up with Alx who offered to drive us to the hospital. We went to pick up Ailn at toowong, then were on our way. Our CC was held at the new UQCC building, and thanks to Syimsyim's directions, we managed to get there without getting lost, hehe. Macam2 jua the new building atu, kan naik elevator to the 7th level where our CC will be conducted pun misti pakai swipe card! Since we are new there and our swipe cards have not been encoded, we went to the reception area, and someone from the desk helped us to get to our floor pakai swipe cardnya.

The substitute tutor was quite good and he was rather systematic in his approach. We managed to finished 1 hour early since we only had history taking for the Musculoskeletal system this week. We then went to the ground floor to get our cards encoded for easy access the next time. Alx dropped us off at our respective homes after CC. I went home and tried calling Mr X again. This time, he was in, and we made an arrangement to meet up at the station in Corinda. I was asking him where he actually found my phone atu. Skalinya di mana nah? Apparently, it was sitting under the seat of his car all this time! Asteee.. Kesian ku pulang when he balik2 apologise yang ia nda realise rupanya phone atu tegugur ke sana. I told him, that it's okay. Kirakan partly my fault plang jua tu, nda simpan bisai2, but we never know that this things may occur kan. Lagipun ia tua jua udah, jadi understandable lah tu. I told him that I'm just relieved and grateful that ada ia tejumpa. As long as it's not sitting somewhere on the train or being stolen by someone else kan.

Then I went to Toowong station and made my way to Corinda. Yunyun offered to dangani, but nyangku jangantah, wasting saja karang tiket ia bali jauh2 atu. When I arrived at Corinda station, Mr X was already waiting near the stairs then handed me my phone. Then he told me to get into the train in the platform nearby which is heading to the city, which kelurusan datang at the same time as the train that I just got off from. Nya nda jua payah ku tunggu batah2 lagi for the next one to come. So I boarded that train, and tanya to make sure lurus kah train yang ku naiki atu. Just before the doors slide close, I shouted, "Thank you! Thank you!" He just smiled and waved as he ascended the stairs of the platform.. hehe

Baik jua nda ramai orang dalam train ku naik atu, haha.. I would love to have a chat skajap tapi apa bleh buat, dlm telefon sudah plang tadi. Hehehe.. When I arrived at Toowong station, singgah ku ke Coles to buy minuman. Tarus ku mengangkut Pepsi 2 botol, murah yoo, 2 of the 2L Pepsi for just $3. Kan bali lagi nda jua ku teangkat, hehe. On the way to the bus stop, I met a Bruneian 4th yr jua tadi. Cerita2 and rupanya she used to live at the building that I'm currently staying at, but on the lower floor. She was telling me that rupanya dpn apartment building kami ani ada pokok limau kasturi! Baruku tau tu, hehe.. She used to ambil the limau kasturi when she lives here since nada org putih beguna. D Brisbane mana ada bejual limau kasturi, so we have to make do with lemons. Tapinya, bemusim nya, usually bebuah during summer time. Patut tah kami nda pernah notice, since we usually go back to brunei during summer time. This time, I'll keep my eyes open for that! hehehe.. nantitah esuk lusa ku menyubuk2 arah pokok2 damit dapan rumah atu (kalau nda hujan lah tu :p).

Arrived home, then rehat2. Yunyun and I cooked dinner of spaghetti and fried chicken. We headed to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place and buat our ethics essay di sana. At the same time, meliat Princess Diaries 2 which was playing on channel 7 as well. We stayed there until 11pm before heading home..

Oh btw, have a mentioned how cold it is tonight? Freezinggg..

Gd night! :)

The Dark (K)Night

The rain keeps on pouring on and on... It has been gloomy and wet the whole day. Woke up at 9am today. Hazzie came over this morning; we had brekkie while Yunyun went out early for her PBL. I did a bit of read through for my SP recording later before heading to uni for my 12pm PBL. The road infront of the apartment building was sleek and the rain was pouring. I was wearing my formal clothes; blouse and black pants for the hospital rendezvous later, that I was busy protecting my self from the rain, karang nda tia bisai abis basah kuyup arah video recording, hehehe..

I have no FQs to present in the PBL this week so I was just there listening to the presentations of this week's case of benign prostate hyperplasia. At least that's one less thing to worry about, hehe. After the 2-hour PBL, while I was on my way to the toilet, I met my former tutor, c Suz. She has always been penaguran and was asking how I am and introduced me to c Nat from her new PBL group. I've seen c Nat in the lectures plang, tau muka tapi nda pernah really betagur. I was telling c Suz that I'm having my video recording session that afternoon. Turns out that c Nat pun ada recording session in the same hospital as well, so she offered to give me a lift tarus. Ikut tah ku ia, that saves me some travelling time, hehe.. She turns out to be really nice and kuat becerita, hehe.

On the way to the hospital, there was a traffic jam, maybe jua pasal hujan atu.. We managed to get to the hospital ahead of the scheduled recording time. Sampai jua ku ke hospital with minimal evidence of rain splattered clothes, haha.. We went to the library then went our separate ways, since c Nat has an earlier recording session than me. I was getting hungry by that time, so I went to the cafeteria on the first floor. When it was close to my session time, barutah ku ke tingkat 5. Nervous brabis ku eh.. For SP recording ani, we'll be doing history taking/consultations with actors belakun jadi patient, with random cases. My actor/patient atu ada presenting complaint of ear ache with sore throat and a cough. I think my recording turned out okay, ntah lah, though I think that my first recording dulu atu is better than this second recording, hehehe.. We'll just see lah nanti during the review session with the tutor.

After that session, legaaa rasaku, haha.. That's another hurdle done and over with. I took a bus to the city and met Syimsyim, Nabnab and Yunyun at the King George Square busway. Syimsyim and Yunyun had their recording awaler than me tadi while Nabnab did hers yesterday. We were planning to go to Indroo to celebrate habis Lifecourse assignment and SP recording. But in the end, nda kami jadi. Instead, we went to Makan House restaurant, which is owned by a Malaysian, at West End. Hari atu tutup, nda sampai makan sana. But luck was on our side today. I had the mee goreng combination while the others had nasi lemak. It was a bit spicy for my liking, tapi nyaman lah jua, hehe. Kami notice arah menunya ada roti canai! Wasehhh.... payah belurih roti canai sini ani.. tapi arah gambar mcm Prata saja usulnya, hehehe.. we wouldn't know that unless di order kannn, hehe.. Nya durang, ada mamak India di dapur atu, iatah nya durang, iatah kali yang membuat roti canai atu! haha, ada2 saja durang ani.. atu baru roti canai ORI tu kalau banar :p

After dinner, we decided to watch a movie at the Southbank cinemas, so from West End, naik bus 199 tah lagi to get to Southbank, which is quite a short distance away. We managed to grab the few remaining tickets for the 6:25pm showing of the Dark Knight. Siuk jua lah ceritanya atu, though it's not really my kind of movie, hehe. Definitely, a guy flick. The movie was long, 2 jam stangah. Sanggal jua badan batah duduk atu, haha. Heath ledger's performance di sana was really great and the funniest through out the movie. I'd rate the movie a 7.5/10.


The rain was still pouring when we made our way to the city cat terminal. We reached home at 10pm. Surprisingly, despite the long day, nda ku brapa rasa ngalih, ntah ngapa kah, hehe..

Gd night! :)

Gooey and Chewy

Yesterday was "ambuyat" day. We don't have any classes or practical with an exception of the 8 o'clock, 1 hour lecture in the morning which I'm pretty sure that no one was willing to attend, hehe. So, I spent the day at home, feeling quite bored. In the afternoon, Syimsyim and Nabnab came over, and we cooked together again, with our main meal being the gooey, drool worthy "ambuyat", hehe.. with that we had tempoyak and binjai as the cacah.. along with a feast of lemon chicken, barbequed beef, telur masak merah and sayur campur.. kanyang jua parut, haha.. perut kenyang, hati pun senang! :p

After dinner, we watched several movies that included 2 Chinese movies yang nda ku ingat namanya and Saving Private Ryan. Barutah ku pernah meliat movie SPR atu. Sadis rupanya tapi lawa plang jalan ceritanya. Nya Yunyun, this movie manang 5 academy awards dulu. Ada jua saat-saat menyedihkan and ada jua membari garam ati, haha.. Faham tah ku why ia dpt awards atu, though I'm no expert in this kind of stuff.

Today, there was only that one lecture in the morning, which I slept through. Malas tah orang datang, since alang2 satu lecture saja kan di attend for the whole day. This week's timetable is very ringan. It's probably due to the fact that people are busy with the standardised patient (SP) interview recordings. Mine will be taking place tomorrow, and so I'm hoping for the best!

I made some brownies again this afternoon. Skalinya on a brownies baking frenzy, haha. I've started fasting to bayar my Ramadhan puasa masa yesterday and today. I figured since aku nada classes, might as well ku bayar puasa.

Brownies ku, hehe.. Improved jua from my first attempt. This is much more chewy with a crispy upper crust. Nyum! :)

Akhir ptg, we cooked dinner awal since masa sungkai maghrib di sini awal, dlm 5:15pm, iatah siuk puasa time-time ani, awal sungkainya. After dinner, I did some preparation for the SP interview recording tomorrow and practiced with Yunyun jua tadi. Lapas atu, I made some changes to my blog, tukar game and add some stuff in, hehe..

Bah, atu saja for now. Wish me luck for tomorrow! :p

Gd night! :)

All the World's a Stage

All the World's a Stage by William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

The 'G' Language

Do u guys remember the 'g' language? Some may also speak the 'f' language. I remember learning this language in the 1990s, waseh macam lama bunyinya, haha.. I think this language trend started in 1998 after Puteri Impian 2 played on the big screen. Wah, that's 10 years ago! The 'f' language is a bit difficult to follow, though the concept is still the same as the 'g' language. Payah sikit menyabut, apa ni nya orang, bekuluk-kuluk rasanya mulut, haha.. Ingat ku dulu, belajar 'g' language ani masa skulah di MS. Iatah, macam dalam filem puteri impian atu, kana pakai kalau ada cerita perkara 'rahsia' or kalau kan mengumpat orang kah jua, hahaha.. Astee.. It's actually mostly for fun lah saja, saja kan confuse kan orang, hehehe :p

Let's revise the 'g' language together, shall we? hehe.. to those who has not grasp the concept yet, bah lajutah belajar lagi, hehe..

Okeh, usually nya kan, 'g' language ani, cemani.. (ehem, ehem, *clears throat*) hehe:

We insert the letter "g" after each vowels; a, e, i, o, u.

A simple example would be: laju
In 'g' language, that would be: "lagajugu".. Get it? :p

Another example: gigi
In 'g' language, that would be: "gigigigi" haha

Now, another long example: tungking ayam
In 'g' language, that would be: "tugungkiging agayagam"

Bah, sekarang tani cuba pakai sentence plang: ambuk gauk atu membubut ayam turki atu
In 'g' language: agambuguk gagauguk agatugu megembugubugut agayagam tugurkigi agatugu!

Nda paning? hahaha.. Try saying it faster and nyaring-nyaring, cali tu! haha.. Kalau org nda biasa, ada jua bunyinya mcm bahasa monyet jua tu, tegagagugu, hehehe :p


Apatah lagi kalau 'f' language, terfafafufu tah tu, tapi payah sikit lah rasaku. Sama jua caranya macam 'g' language, tapi instead of adding 'g', you have to add in 'f', hehe.. Ingindaga pagapaga tugu, baganyagak kagan sagajaga begelatigih bagarugutagah nagantigi hagandagal, hagahagaha!! :p Bagah, agatugu sagajagatagah dagahagalugu, engenjogoy! :D

Bah, cuba tah interpret ni:
Dagayagang Jogoyagah begerjagalagan kegecigitigi. Sagampagai iagiaga kege tagamagan bungugaga. "Wagah!! Sungguguguh cagantigik tagamagan iginigi! Bungugaga begerkegembagang, bugurugung begerkigicagauagan, agangigin segepogoi-pogoi!! ". Tigipaga-tigipaga, hugujagan tugurugun degengagan legebagat nyaga! Tagarugus dagayagang jogoyagah begetagapuguk digibagawagah pogokogok pigisagang dagan degengagan tigidagak digisagangkaga, mengenyaganyigi tigiaga lagagugu higindugustagan, sigiagap degengagan gegelegek pegenagarigi dagangdugut lagagigitugu!

Segelagamagat magalagam! :D

Monday blues

Such an early day today. Woke up at 7am, which can be considered quite late so I had to rush through my morning rituals and walked to uni at 5 minutes to 8. I arrived 10 minutes past 8 to my PBL, but thankfully the new tutor was not there yet. We had an Indian doctor for our new PBL tutor. She has a different approach to PBL compared to our previous tutors, banyak tanya soalan and she shares lots of info and her experiences with us. I was the scriber for today's case and had no FQs to do since it is Cass and my turn to do the case summary. After PBL, I went to the library to try get some studying done. Nda plang berapa banyak belurih, lain plang di buat, hehehe..

I made some brownies this afternoon. First time ku try buat, tais liurku tadi atu, hehe. Menjadi lah jua though I think I may have overcooked it a bit, hehehe.. Di rumah saja kami today. We had spaghetti and fried chicken for dinner, then we watched P.S. I Love You on DVD. Siuk the story line, really moving and funny at some parts. I'd rate it 9.5/10. :)

Sa'dy came over tonight and we hung out. We watched some tv as well. The finale for the Oz Big Brother was tonight. I havent really been following the show since I got back, macam batah running nya prasanku, hehe. This 8th running of Big Brother will be the last season, so no new season will be shown next year. Now I'm looking forward to watch Australian Idol which I think would be starting soon. Bah, nada banyak kan ku ceritakan lagi today, hehe.

Terri, 52, Big Brother 2008 winner

Gd night! :)

He/She who must not be named

What a busy weekend it has been! Hence the lack of updates this past 2 days, hehehe.. On Friday morning, I went to Toowong to see the peeps at vodafone regarding my missing phone. Sadly, I have not heard any news from the lost property folks from the toowong shopping centre and the train station. I was in uncommunicato mode for almost a week, and I feel rather bare without my phone, which you could say is a big part of my life. That is one of the most essential things that I have to have with me whenever I go out, not to forget my watch, keys and wallet! Just imagine if you were to get lost somewhere, in the middle of nowhere; at least with some cash and your phone, you could survive and call for help. Now back to my story (hehe), I went to see the peeps at vodafone regarding my situation. The lady who attended to me, suggested that I get a new SIM card but I would still be able to use the same phone number that I was using before. My old SIM card was then inactivated so that whoever that might be using it nda dapat pakai. The cool thing is that, the remaining credits that I still had from my old SIM card can be transferred to my new one! When I checked, I still have $13 worth of credit left! Asikkk.. hehe.. So now, I'm communicable with the same number as before minus my motorola phone. Baik jua my old phone ndaku tinggalkan di brunei, kalau nda payah tah ku lagi tu. Nada tah bejodoh kan memakai tepun baru usulnya. Esuk lusa tah lagi ku call to puaskan hati...

Anyhu, after toowong, I went to city to meet up with Yunyun after her CC. We went to Chinatown to restock our chicken and beef supply. From there, we took the train from Brunswick station at Chinatown to Toowong station. We went to Coles for some groceries and met Rahmat, also doing some grocery shopping di sana. Went back home, cook dinner, then started doing our Lifecourse assignment. Yunyun and I paired up for the assignment, in which we have to interview an elderly person (which we did a week ago), then do a write up on his/her lifecourse and medical history in a 3000 word essay. We split up the job and spent the night doing that.

On Saturday, we went to uni for a tutorial with Hsn and Frh at one of the PBL rooms at 9am. We reviewed the cases of the last 2 weeks regarding "infertility" and "pregnancy". It was an informative session as usual and lasted for over 2 hours. Yunyun and I then walked home. After resting skajap, we continued on with the lifecourse assignment write up until evening, when we eventually finished editing and referencing, etc. What a relief! Lega rasanya siap udah assignment, hehehe.. We had dinner while watching an old Malay movie. Abg Supri came over to our place and we caught up with the going ons in each other's lives. After Abg Supri left, Yunyun and I went to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place for post-assignment-movie-session. We had a sleep over at their place last night. Siuk! :p

Today, we woke up pretty early considering our late night last night atu. Syimsyim and Nabnab prepared a delicious breakfast of spagetti, cucur udang and teh tarik. Thanx guys! :) We watched a Chinese movie while having breakfast. Yunyun and I left around noon, still in our night clothes, (haha! baik jua nda ramai org tadi :p) to get ready for our outing to the city later. Yunyun and I met with Syimsyim at the bus stop later on, and then we were on our way to the city. Nabnab nda ikut since she had some stuff to do.

Kami jalan2 arah city till 4pm. I bought a new Guess wallet tadi, just to replace my worn old one, hehe.. Then, we decided to have dinner at Curry Connection at Hawken Drive (nyangku, nyanyat kan! heheh), where Nabnab will be joining us. Singgah ke Coles skajap, then we had dinner. After dinner, we walked home and Syimsyim and Nabnab singgah ke rumah, where we watched Indonesian and Chinese movies. They left around 10pm tadi..

A kangaroo statue in the city

At one of the bus stop at Adelaide Street

Syimsyim and Yunyun, while waiting for the 412 bus to St Lucia

At Curry Connection

Yunyun and Nabnab :)

Syimsyim and me :)

One of the beautiful paintings at the restaurant

Tomorrow we'll be having a new tutor for the PBL group. I havent got a clue as to who might be replacing c J who was our previous tutor atu. I hope kami dpt yg OK, bukan yg KO.. hehe


Gd night! :)

Our little restaurant incident

I have no morning lectures today. How blissful it is to snuggle in and to wake up later than usual especially during these winter times. I wish everyday would be like this.. haha.. yeah right, hidup tidak selalunya senang... kan kan kann.. Hari ani nda brapa sajuk, ke uni pun ku jacketless, well maybe that's due to the fact that aku pakai baju belapis hari ani. Anyhuu, to continue on with my story, I went to uni for my noon PBL session today. Before atu, singgah ku ke printing shop to print out my FQ for presentation arah PBL. My printer di rumah is flashing a red flag.. "Your printer is running low on ink.." or something like that.. Laaa, menyuruh mengeluarkan usin ia lagi ni, hahaha.. bila ku print out, warna kuning keluar instead of hitam, ish ish ish.. nanti tah ku singgah ke kadai membali refillnya.

Eh, terside track tah ku pulang nah.. so from there, I went to my PBL group session. Our tutor was MIA for the day, so we were on our own. It was supposed to be the current tutor's last session with us, since there will again be a change in tutor for PBL starting next week. We wanted to present him with a card and an appreciation gift tadi but oh well, hari lain tah saja tu. Durang macam nda brapa bemood jua tadi atu, so we went through the presentations faster than usual and we managed to finish half an hour early, which I may say is quite a record, hehe.. We usually went over time, and lately, the sessions are becoming skajap and skajap. Baik jua tu, hehe.. I'm not complaining though.. :p

I received a note earlier from Yunyun to meet up at the biological science library after my PBL. I went to the 3rd floor and saw Yunyun, Syimsyim and Rahmat in one of the group rooms, lambai-lambai, haha.. We spent 3 hours there before heading off to c Mustar's 1001 nights for early dinner. Durang batah plang lagitu udah since they had an earlier PBL session than me. Syimsyim, Yunyun and I walked to Hawken Drive and went to Coles to browse while waiting for Nabnab to arrive from her coaching. Then we had our dinner arah c Mustar and spent quite some time there. Jenny, the friendly Indonesian waitress is no longer working there, we noticed. Selalunya, kalau ia ada, kuat menagur and becerita. Instead, ada orang lain usulnya mereplace ia. Baik jua c Mustar atu, he gave us some free dates (kurma! bukan "date" date, hahaha) jua.

So we were just finishing our meal when Syimsyim noticed a dog not far, 2 restaurants down from where we were. Macam nada owner lagi tu and it was without a leash! Jalan2 lagi kuyuk atu masuk ke restaurant ampir atu, and makin ampir to where we were sitting lagitu. Kami makin bising becerita and menyubuk2 kuyuk atu, sampai sorang2 naikkan batis ke kerusi just in case takut kuyuk atu makin ampir, hahaha.. (you should have seen us there, 4 girls with their legs folded atas kerusi, cali cali, haha). Orang makan arah restaurant hampir atu mcm cangang meliat ulah kami atu, haha.. Karang pikir durang atu cara orang brunei makan, hahaha.. It was actually a small doggie, white with brown spots on it and it seems to be quite hyperactive jua, takut kami, hahaha.. Kalau kucing lain lah cerita..

So nda tantu rasa ni sorang2, since the doggie was getting nearer and nearer. C Mustar ani at the same time, gtau kami that ia kan ke Coles sebarang atu skajap, so we were the only ones tinggal di restaurant atu. Kami subuk2 bawah meja jua and I was ready to bolt out of my seat. Kalo ada, tantu ku laritu! Ijap jua kami karang c Mustar fikir kami eat and run! hahaha.. Kuyuk atu jalan tia ke restaurant sebalah, apa lagi, bediriku and tarus ku masuk ke dalam (we were eating arah meja diluar) restaurant. Syimsyim and Yunyun followed suit and kami diri2 menyubuk from the small window ke luar.. Nabnab ganya cool ani, masih lagitu ia duduk diluar, tapi batis atas kerusi, haha.. Skali, dtg tia c Mustar from Coles and heran ia meliat kami diri2 atu. We told him that there's a small dog on the loose next door. Senyum2 ia saja. Katanya, the dog's harmless tu.. Dalam hati kami, hmmm, mazhab lain kali c Mustar ani, hehehe.. tau jua ia org Islam nda dpt pigang kuyuk..

Baik jua kami habis makan sudah, so we took our bags laju2 dari luar and paid for our meals. Lapas atu, tarus kami cabut and menyebarang jalan, as far away from the doggie as possible! hahaha.. We walked back home to our respective places.

No morning lectures for me tomorrow, so I plan to sleep in.. wah, seronok nyee!!

Gd night! :)

It rained again today

The weather has somehow improved these past few days, nda lagi brapa sajuk rasaku. I dont know how it's going to be the next few days ah. It rained though this morning. There was supposed to be just 1 lecture this morning, but I did not bother going, pukul 8 lagitu! I slept through that time and woke up at 9am.. hehehe.. So this morning, I had a read through again of my clinical coaching handbook and practiced on taking blood pressure on Yunyun. At a quarter past 1pm, I went to the bus stop to catch a bus to Toowong, where I boarded the Shorncliffe train to get to Auchenflower.

Thank goodness the rain had stopped while I was on my way there. The train was sparsely occupied, and it only took a few minutes to reach my destination. Sengaja ku awal jalan for my clinical coaching since it was my first time to have a CC summative exam at the Wesley hospital. In case aku sasat mencari buildingnya, there would still be plenty of time, hehe.. So there I was, looking for the right place, with a post it note containing the address, stuck on my handbook cover. I asked this nice lady about the place and she kindly helped me to get to the right building of the hospital. There are two buildings which are joined via a walkway on the 3rd floor, so mencaritah ku clinic of my invigilating tutor yg should be arah tingkat 3 atu. Balik2 ku dari hujung ke hujung of the two buildings, but I still couldn't find the right clinic. Rupanya, kirakan kalo yang the first building atu, I'm on the 3rd floor, but on the other building I'm on the 2nd floor! Patut tah ku paning mencari, ish ish ish, hehehe.. Ia arah kawasan bukit jua, apa nda.. Eventually I got to the right floor and found the clinic, and still had 30 minutes to spare.

While waiting, dtg tia my CC mates. We went to the clinic but were then told that our tutor still had patients to see, so we went to find the refectory instead. We went back half an hour later and then started our summative exam at 3pm. Tutor kami atu baik jua quite lenient and in the end announced that everyone passed the exam. Alhamdulillah.. hehe.. After the exam, I went back to the station to catch the train back to toowong. I went jalan2 skajap arah Kmart to get detergent and bali Boost juice, tais liur ku.

At the bus stop in Toowong, I met Sabrina and Haida, also a newcomer to brisbane lps durang shopping. At the same time, tejumpa jua Husma and Yati on the way kan ke kadai jua. The first bus yg sampai atu panuh, so we have to wait for the next bus to come. Reached home at 5:40pm. There was actually a tutorial at 5 but I decided against going, macam alang2 rasaku kan datang, so instead rehat saja ku di rumah.

There was actually a Brunei gathering for his majesty's birthday celebration and a meeting with the brunei high comm representative this afternoon, but I couln't go tadi. Oh well.. I called my family di Brunei tadi and siuk jua batah nda becerita, ada sejam labih ku hogging the phone tadi, haha.. I'm in such a good mood now after talking to them.. alum kalat mata ku ani.. bah atu saja tah for now..

Gd night! :)

Happy Birthday Nisa!!

16/07/2008: This post is dedicated to my 2nd cousin.. Happy Birthday, Nisa! Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahi rezeki and bahagia selalu, hehe.. Smoga menjadi cikgu yg baik.. :)

And the crown goes to...

Today is the Sultan of Brunei's 62nd Birthday. That means lots of celebrations, fireworks and "cucul" on the roads and near the palace. And you know what else? The much anticipated "padang keramaian" which I would truly miss in going. I know it's pretty much the same each year, tapi siuk jua, sometimes you see something nice that you would want to get, and don't forget all the good cheap food that you could buy, like sotong tutuk which jarang kan tejumpa and all the "mata kucing" that the vendors would promote, shouting out the prices, in competition with each other, "Bah, $3, $3 sekilo! Bali-bali, banyak murah!" hehehe.. Inda plang ku ingat brapa sekilo, well, hypothetically lah tu.. Baruku notice, usually, waktu waktu keramaian macam ani tah yg banyak bejual mata kucing ah..hmm.. I'm not really a fan plang, hehe.. Banyak tah bejual all these toys untuk kanak2, especially yang paling popular, are those glowing things, mcm kana jadikan bangles tia apa.. you know what I mean, hehe..

Kalau masa ku damit-damit dulu, selalu tu kana bawa main ke padang sir muda di bandar, main bula tia, sama my boy cousins..hehe.. Ani dui ma, basar2 udah ani, nada ku tekabir kan belusir2 haha and nda jua lagi sais kan ikut bemain, hahaha.. This year since our holidays were only 3 weeks and unfortunately, it did not coincide with the Sultan's birthday celebration, miss tah ku nda ikut celebrate di brunei. Last year, sampat lagi tu ke sana with my family and friends. The thing with going to the padang keramaian, is the fact that you could watch some interesting characters, and selalunya iatah tampat betamunya dengan orang2 or saudara2 yg jarang dijumpai, while at the same time quenching your taste buds with all the good food like satay and ketupat (sia2 pun!).

And don't forget the fireworks! Masa damit, iatah excited banar ni kan meliat. Tapi macam banar, kalau usulnya ampir bunga api atu, takut tia jua, haha.. Atu masa dulu lah, ani udah basar panjang ani (pendek in my case, hehehe), nda plang lagi takut, hahaha..

Bah, enough with the reminiscing already! Tapi kadang2, siuk jua mengenangkan kenangan2 dulu atu, hehe.. Bah, bhapa saja ku since yesterday? Well, seperti biasa, bangun awal for my PBL. Ahir ku dtg sikit, sengajaku plang tu, haha.. After PBL, I went to Toowong, kan tanya2 sal my phone atu tapi still no news. I called the Lost property section untuk train services jua, and alum durang tejumpa jua. I gave them my details, and nanti kan ku call lagi esuk lusa, to check if it will turn up. Oh well, I'm still hoping..

Then I went to Coles for some groceries before heading home. I didn't go to the afternoon lectures, ndaku bemood, so instead I started on my FQ. The other 3 gals pun nda masuk lecture since nda brapa siuk topicnya. Yunyun and I went to S&N's place where we spent time doing our FQs and discussing a bit on this week's case. We had dinner together then watched Miss Universe 2008 arah channel 7 at 10:30pm. One of the host is a Spice Girl, Mel B. I was a bit surprised with that. We were rooting for Miss Colombia to win the title but eventually Miss Venezuela was crowned as the 2008 Miss Universe. Well, based on the last round of Q & A, we think that she does deserve to win after all, hehe. Yang kesian nya is Miss USA, who actually fell during the ball gown competition, but she bravely stood back and smiled to the crowd despite the embarrassment. Nda salahku ada arah youtube kana show ia gugur atu. Ada2 saja, hehe..



Here's a youtube video when the winner was announced last night



Today, I went to the morning lecture.. and menyasal ku dtg. Most of the stuff ada arah lecture notes udah. Then went to my histo practical with Yunyun, Syimsyim and Nabnab. After prac, we went to the physio refectory to get something to eat before heading to the library. At 1pm, Nabnab and I went to the anatomy prac. Sejam kami saja di sana, lapas atu cabut! haha.. I went to the library and stayed there sampai 5pm, before heading home.

Well then, that's enough rambling for tonight..

Gd night! :)

Happy Birthday Pei!!

14/07/2008: Happy Birthday to Pei Pei! :) Stay rajin and gd luck with all the upcoming assignments, etc etc, hehehe..

Fifth time's the charm

Today, Yunyun, Syimsyim, Nabnab and I decided to watch a movie at the Southbank cinemas. We janji to meet up at Guyatt Park for the 3:35pm citycat. It's a good thing that we managed to grab some seats for Mamma Mia! showing at 4:10pm since there were only a few seats left. Siukkk ceritanya and funny too! Since it is based on a musical, there's a lot of singing and dancing involved that you almost feel like moving your booty along with the music, haha.. I love all the music used in the movie. I'd give it a 9/10! :)

Mamma mia!

After the movie, we met up with Sa'dy and Sabrina. We decided to have dinner together at the new Malaysian restaurant, Makan House, in West End. We got into the 199 bus and then walked to the restaurant. To our dismay, rupanya the restaurant is closed on Sundays.. Laa, sia2 pun kan cuba makan sana. Arah internet, ckp buka, I guess alum beupdate tia kali info arah internet atu. So our other option untuk restaurant halal arah West End would be Nandos or Indian Kitchen. Malas kami ke Nandos, so we decided to eat arah Indian Kitchen. We walked the short distance to the restaurant, tapi ramai orang, panuh lagitu berqueue, so we decided to skip sana and try out this Indonesian restaurant also in West End. We had to take another 199 bus since it is further away. Awalnya kan jalan kaki, tapi berijap usulnya, sunyi and gelap.. Bini-bini saja lagi kami semua, jauh palis, hehehe.. We didnt have to wait long for the bus to come. The bus ride was only for a few minutes, then we turun the bus once we spotted the Indon restaurant, known as Makanan Indonesia. First time kami kan cuba makan di sana. It was situated along a stretch of restaurants.. Ramai lagi org tu di sana ah. When we arrived, we saw a lot of diners and it seemed like the place is jammed packed as well. When we talked to the waitress, we were informed that there were no empty tables left, and kalau mau tunggu, pukul 8:30pm baru tah ada tu.. That would be in 1 hr labih.. what luck! hahaha.. ramai orang rupanya makan diluar sunday nights ani.. Lapar tu kami udah seorang2.. Nda kami tetunggu, so we decided to just balik ke St Lucia and makan arah 1001 nights arah c Mustar. To get there, we have to get into another 199 bus which took us to the West End citycat terminal. We boarded on the citycat to UQ, then walked to the bus stop. Atu pun batah kami tunggu, nda jua ada sampai busnya ani, so then we decided to walk to Hawken Drive saja mengaga restaurant c Mustar. Once there, it was already 8:30pm by this time, we discovered that 1001 nights pun tutup! Hahaha, what luck for us today.. so the only halal option arah Hawken Drive would be Salt and Battery or Curry Connection. Since neither of us have tried Curry Connection (baru kami tau halal), makan sana tah kami. This time, the restaurant buka and nda ramai.. Wahhh, this is the fifth restaurant that we walked into, barutah belurih makan, haha.. baru ia, menahan lapar for more than 2 hours.. Iatah kami panggil our little adventure atu, "jalan-jalan cari makan". hehehe.. The restaurant is kinda pricey but it was worth it. Nyaman.. I tried the Briyani with chicken and Sweet Lassi.. Though the service was a bit slow, but in the end, nyanyat jua kami kan ke sana lagi.. hehe

At one of the bus stop at West end

Arah Curry Connection, Hawken Drive, Nabnab, Sa'dy and Sabrina

Yunyun, Syimsyim and me

Sweet Lassi

Briyani with chicken

Kaut, kaut..

We finished dinner by 9:30pm. Usulnya nada bus, so we decided to walk back home. On the way back, we were talking while jalan2 along the field area atu, ada tia this car zoming past us with its window open. Suddenly we heard this random guy shouting arah kami, "Show us your t*ts!!" Gilaaa, tekajut kami atu! Misti mabuk ni kali.. Baik jua ia nda beranti or anything, ish ish ish, jauh palis! We went back to our respective homes. It was a rather great evening, walaupun jauh perjalanan, haha.. apa ni nya org, fifth time's the charm!

Gd night! :)