Wrap My World Around You

16 August 2009

What I want to say

Yes, I am still alive and well, haha. It has been quite a while since my last post. Baru jua seminggu plang tu nada new posts haha, berijap bunyinya. Hmm, I have been quite busy these past few weeks, especially starting this week lah since right now I have a temporary job. The temporary job is actually only for less than 2 months lah. I had training for 2 weeks before really really starting the job this week, so I have been pretty busy and tired all week long. Even Fridays and Saturdays ku kraja, so my only off day right now is Sunday. Hehehe. Nevertheless, I have enjoyed my job so far and my work colleagues are a nice bunch. So I am grateful hehe.

To tell you the truth, this is my first ever job after all years of studying and studying haha. When I calculated the time I spent studying, from my kindergarten years (starting 1990) to my University years (finished 2008), I have spent 19 years of my life just schooling and studying! Kalau masukkan nursery years lagi arah Sunshine School jua, ada jua 20 tahun sudah ku sekolah! Wow! Haha. I am a nerd, haha. Okay, I love going to school, hehe, walaupun sometimes ada masa malas2 atu, tapi atu biasa lah ah, hahaha. Now I am 23, well going to be 24 in a few days hehe. So this is a new phase in my life, the working phase and living life in general.

I would love to continue studying lagi, but maybe sometime in the future lah nanti. Since some things did not work out as I have planned, I have moved on with life and try to accept the fact that maybe some better things are out there for me, who knows kan. Although sometimes bila ingat balik sedih lah jua, hehe. But I have discovered that I am a strong and optimistic person. I did not get to fulfil my dream to continue studying medicine to become a doctor but who knows. All we can do is pray and hope for the best. I believe I have not mentioned any of this to my readers in my blog di sini dulu, sampai ada yang tanya-tanya mengapa tarus-tarus ada farewell dinner masa di brisbane dulu and macam batah ku di Brunei masa ani. So I told them, I am back in brunei for good udah. Since dulu atu, nada ku rasa bemood kan share this di sini. I was so disappointed with myself and there were so many 'what if' scenarios going on in my head. What if I do that better or what if I do this differently, and so on. But ani banyak plang my friends tau sudah jua since I have accepted that fact sometime ago jua hehe. People kept telling me, 'it is not the end of the world' when they were advising me and I really appreciated that. Studying medicine is tough since every week ada new cases to research, understand and present and so on, so we have to keep up to date but fun lah jua, and I have enjoyed what I have studied so far. Maybe ia fast paced atu jua pasal it's a post graduate entry course for 4 years saja iatah kana compressed sikit atu kali walaupun ia kana consider as an undergraduate course. Memang lah jua tough kan pasal ani kes nyawa orang kan, hehe. Since I can't repeat due to stricter rules sudah masa ani, so I have to return back to Brunei. At least I have my degree to fall back to, and for that I am fortunate. Wah, sesi luahan hati tah plang nah haha.

Since I am in a reminiscing mood jua kan masa ani, hehe. Sigh.. becoming a doctor was my ultimate ambition since high school and sudah masuk Med after going through so much of schooling to reach that goal felt good since the end was becoming nearer and nearer. But we can't really predict life, I mean we make plans and we try to do the best we can but if it is not destined for you, terserah tah pada takdir kan. I didn't do as well as I hope in the end year written exams last year. I have never failed anything in my life before this and that was such a huge blow to me. Nda lagi langsung dapat repeat the year tu eh, if other courses dapat, ish ish ish. At first ku rasa nda fair plang since it wasn't the case macam orang dulu2 but new rules are new rules. Sudah nasib sorang-sorang kan. As I said, we just hope for the best through prayers and usaha. So right now, I am planning to work dulu and maybe continue studies nanti, hehe, rehat2kan minda tah dulu lapas 20 tahun belajar non-stop. So yes, as you may have read from my previous blog entries, I am happy now and moving forward, with my family by my side now in Brunei although I miss Brisbane and my Brisbane friends especially since I left rather unexpectedly, hehe. Hearing about other people's stories who have been in the same position before makes me more positive and optimistic.

Bah, sampai ke sana ku plang nah, haha. Sometimes I like to reminisce on things as you can see, hehe. Brapa bulan kah sudah tu hal atu hehe. Hmm, baik jua lah masa ani ada temporary job to focus on while waiting for any govt job since I got back in Brunei in February. Ani macam makin kerasahan lah jua batah menunggu and jobless, sigh. But nya org, time2 masa ani andang selalunya batah menunggu kraja ani, hehe, so sabar saja tah dulu, hehe. Wah, panjang ceritaku ani haha, sometimes it feels good to say what is in your heart jua kan. Awalnya kan bercerita pasal my new temporary job haha, sekali sampai atu. My close friends tau plang udah pasal ani but some may still nda tau so I thought baik tah ku blog to clear the air pasal ani haha, and now you know! hehe, walaupun bebulan-bulan sudah haha, sorry about that. I hope you understand. :) Now, it's not good to reminisce about the bad times in my life lagi haha, so a note to myself: Think happy thoughts saja! hehe. To my friends yang masih berjuang dalam medicine atu, semoga sukses and akan ku sentiasa doakan semoga kamu berjaya menjadi doktor suatu hari kelak, amin! :)

xoxo

jannah (^_^)

♥ Life is short ♥

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Life is short by Butterfly Boucher

When it doesn't rain it snows,
Yeah the cookie crumbles but in who's hand?
All things said and all things done
Life is short

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Waited long to seize the day
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The floor is filthy
But the couch is clean
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10 August 2009

Another Sunday Wedding

Last Sunday, we attended another wedding, which was our neighbour's across the street, hehe. Congratulations to the happy couple! :) I did not manage to capture the picture of the groom who was on his way to the bride's residence. Anyway, here are some pics from the wedding. :)

My neighbour friend, Ardiah & Me :)

Bapa :)

Our neighbours, Uncle Hj Mat Zainin, Uncle Zainal, Uncle Hj Adam & Dad :)

Our neighbours Auntie Ros, Auntie Zainab, Mom and Auntie Hjh Norisah :)

The wedding

The view from my room

Potato pun ada baju

I tried making jacket potato last night with tuna mayonnaise and onions filling. It turned out great! Hehehe. Next time, I would like to try using buttered mushrooms and cheese filling. The thing about cooking this is that it takes almost an hour to cook although it is easy to make! But the result was worth it, hehe.

09 August 2009

Fathma's Visit to Brunei

My good friend Fathma is visiting Brunei for a few days before heading back to the Philippines. She was one of our coursemates back in UBD and a fellow friend back in Brisbane. She graduated in UQ in July and so congratulations Fathmee! :) Last night, Rahmat, Tiyah and myself spent some time with Fathma. We had dinner at Pizza Hut Mall. We had pasta and shared a large pizza, half Honey Garlic Chicken and half Meat Lovers. The pasta was very good and while the pizza was good, it was a bit dry.

After stuffing our tummy with good food, we decided to go to the arcade for karaoke at the K-box and to try out some of the machines there. We also tried out the photo booth and had fun choosing different backgrounds and so on, hehe, sakai kami tarus haha. This is a bit different from the neoprint stickers yang dulu famous atu haha. We had 4 copies of the photos with different backgrounds each untuk kenang-kenangan, hahaha. After that, we went to the k-box for our karaoke session. We sang English songs mostly, and apa lagi, video clipsnya cawie-cawie and lama and sometimes langsung nada kaitan with the songs, haha, nyaman kami ketawa meliat hahaha. And we had a really nice surprise! While singing Kryptonite hantam2 haha, we noticed that the video was shot at di mana nah... at UQ!! :D Patut mcm familiar the surroundings, hahaha. Many good memories masa belajar di UQ. How I miss the student life! hehe.

Pizza Hut

Pizza, nyum nyum. Before makan.. :)

Lapas makan.. haha

Fathmee & Me :)

Tiyah & Fathmee :)

Rahmat & Fathmee :)

The photo booth! :D

At the arcade, while waiting for our photos to be printed out

Tiyah & Rahmat :) in the K-box

Me & Fathmee :) in the K-box

UQ!! :D Haha, excited.

After karaoke, banyak tia kadai tutup, so we decided to check out what is playing in the cinema. We managed to get the last few tickets for the 10pm showing of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra! And to tell you the truth, I don't really know much pasal GI Joe ani, the only thing yang ku tau is that they have the action figures of GI Joe and dulu ada cartoonsnya, hehe. The movie actually is better than what I expected. It was rather long, about 2 hours. But it was so action-packed and cool and awesome! There were also some funny bits. I likeee.. hehe. I'd rate the movie 8.5/10! :)

GI Joe: The rise of Cobra
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Overall, it was a fun night outing. Fathmee will be going back next week and we'll never know when we'll be able to see each other lagi. All the best for your future Fathmee! :)

I'll post more photos on facebook soon! :)

07 August 2009

Annual tahlil

Today, we had the annual family tahlil at my Amit's residence in Lambak, my dad's side. Here are the piccies! Too tired to elaborate much, hehe. :)

Liza & Mun :)

With Kaka Ijah and Siti :)

After tahlil

Mom, hehe

Bapa, hehe

Me with my cousins Kaka Ijah and Siti :)

The newlyweds, Abg Roslan and Wani :)

Amin, so cute! My cousin's son :)

Roslan & Norzhuanie's Wedding: Bersanding

Hey all!

I've been busy this past 2 weeks, hence the lack of updates, hehe. My apologies for that. So anyway, last Sunday was Abg Roslan's Bersanding day to Nurzhuanie. My sister and I became two of the penyambut tetamu-s during that day, hehe. Here are the pics from the day. :)

With my sister and cousins :)

The male side

Mun :)

Female side

The groom, Abg. Roslan :)

After berziarah

Amit bini and Bu hjh Tangah from Mom's side also in attendance

Part of the groom's entourage

In the bus, before heading to the bride's residence

Once we arrived at the bride's residence. Waiting for the groom

Mom with her work colleague, Babu Salmah and daughters, at the bride's residence :)

On arrival..

Meeting the bride..

Candle carriers. My cousin's sons :)

The newlyweds :)

The happy couple :D

With some cousins and aunts! :)

02 August 2009

Roslan's Wedding: Malam Berbedak

Saturday night was Abg Roslan's Malam Berbedak in Katok. After the Berbedak ceremony, there were karaoke, lucky draws and games for both the young and old. The fun thing was seeing the 'older' generation participating in games such as musical chairs, much to the youths and kids' amusement, haha. We stayed till midnight before heading back home. It was a great night of mingling and family fun.

I started playing with a photo editing program late this afternoon, so here are some of the edited photos from the Berbedak ceremony! Iski ku main2 tadi, haha. :) Just click on the images to enlarge.