selamat Hari Raya 2011

This picture was sent in today by PetPlayground since it was 1st Syawal for Malaysia.

However, Brunei will be joining the celebration on 31st Aug. And with that, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir Batin. May this Syawal makes us to be grateful of our life.

I'm glad for being able to celebrate Raya this time with my family members. The fact that a few people that i know have left to meet Him this year, i cannot imagine how tough this Syawal will be for their families. My prayers are with all of you. May their families remain strong and united to go through this tough time.

otherwise, this marks my last Syawal before embarking on the Housemanship. I'm getting closer to the starting line!

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Pet Playground, KL - Review

"Hi Hanani,

Betty's very very vocal! Greeting everyone who comes in but hisses at all other cats. Haha! Is she on heat?

She didn't eat yesterday but ate half her food today. Guess she should fully adapt by tomorrow :)"

The above e-mail was sent by Joanne, one of the Pet Playground's owners. I came across this place via Groupon. It offers cageless pet hotel; your pet will be allowed to leave the cage during specific times in order for her to play and to stretch out! At least Your pet will not be bound in the cage 24/7. The fact that Groupon offers RM15 per night with combined Groupons allowed, i know this will be the best hotel for my Betty Diva!

It has been Betty's day 1 of stay but to date, i am very impressed with the service! I hope my Betty does not hurt other cats over there!

Fireworks

I notice that I can be a pretty pessimist. I like to thing of the worst case scenario in order to make me prepare mentally. In a way, i think i inherit this gift from my parents.

Since i am starting housemanship really soon, i have already made my mindset that i will be undergoing 2 years of shitty life, facing challenging patients as well as working with difficult colleagues. I am expecting to be running around and only to have meals by the end of the days.

My parents think that i think and worry too much. But i think i can already expect how my life will be considering the fact that i have been spending 3 years in hospitals for my clinical trainings. I've seen the tired face of the housemen. we are all humans; to put up an energetic face after working for 24 hours in a busy hospital seems a little absurd to me.

I know there will definitely be ups and downs. I hope i remain strong and always pray hard to God to ensure i never lose my faith in this career. May there be lights, at the end of the tunnels. I guess, i need to sing "Fireworks" by Katy Perry for motivations!

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Harap Balas

I was in my room the other day and i saw a Bubblegummers Box on my bookshelf. I havent actually been using the area for years and eurghh, the whole place was dusty! Thick enough to be a grey lipstick i guess.

Anyway, it was such a memorable surprise to see that i kept all my penpals' letters inside the box. Those are priceless! I spent hours reading through all the letters.

How often do you see kids write letter nowadays? Do they ever experience passing the letters via messengers sinply because they cannot afford to go to the postoffice? I am glad to say i have been in one!

Well, as early as in primary School, i had my first penpal. She was my class teacher's daughter. We seldom met but i think we managed to keep it going about 3 years letter. She was a pretty girl and i was touched that she rwgarded me as her teman sejati. I wonder where, what, who and why with her. We've lost contact for almost a decade now. The last time about her, something bad had happened to her which involved family matters. I hope you remains strong Anisah!

Then, i also had penpals from Miri and Pahang. They got my address because i submitted my info in "Anak-Anak Sidek" comics. There were all girls. I too have lost contacts with them.

In Secondary School, some of MS girls wanted to get to know me. I never ask why did they do the move but im glad they did. Cause that was how i meet Farhana, one my closest girlfriends. We remain friends until now! We usually wrote about relationships and education. She would also call me up to share her whines and complaints about her problems. We only bumped into each other for a few times for 5 years And finally, We got to be classmates back in ALevel. I think our friendship has been going on for almost a decade now!

Other than letters, there were also greeting cards such as birthdays and hari raya. I was quite surprised the fact that i still kept those which were sent by one of my exes. My current BF doesnt mind Bout them and i am thinking to just keep them for some childhood memories.

I think once i have my own children, i'll encourage them to do the same. Perhaps, i would submit their address to comics and magazines to initiate them. Now, i really feel that i have a blessed childhood.

Ramadhan tradition

When i was a child, we never forget to play firecrackers. The excitement plus the adrenaline rush waiting for the explosive sound made the whole Ramadhan enjoyable.

Zit It away!!

Throughout my teenage years, (well, im already 23 this year!), i suffered from oily and pimply face. Whenever i got a big acne on my face, i had a feeling everyone would be staring at it instead focusing on me when we talked.

Even through my uni's years, the problem did not stop. However, this time my BF made me to have initiatives to irradicate it for instance, by going to facial. God knows how expensive and excruciating it can be to get ride of them. Extraction process, man, i would get the same commenets alll the time; i have many blackheads and open pores.

Thankfully however, my BF's mom gave me the cream below! It works like heaven. Though i am not fully zit free, but nowadays, i have less acnes. I also did my own facial; toning, extraction, mask and conditioner. Well, u definitely need some effort for that skin!

Online Contest

My BF recently posted a link of my FB wall on a Cat Picture Contest.

Though i know my Betty can give better pictures than some of the other contestants, i just dont like that the winners will be based on the number of "likes".

The thing about this is that the winners will be biased. I've seen a contest which required the participants to come out with fancy quotes. Some really had creative and catchy words but too bad, the winner was a girl who wrote a phrase which i think even a primary School kid can think of. but since she had hundreds of friends, she won it.

Otherwise, i think this contest gives the host the opportunity to promote his FB page.

back to this contest, I am still uncertain whether to join it. If i do, then i have to scroll through numerous betty's porn and choose one which is not corny. And then, i have to link it on my page and persuade Betty's lover to LIKE IT.

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Tech Nuisance

Almost everyone nowadays own a gadget. It can either be laptops, handphones and PDAs. Sure, it helps us to communicate fast and update with the world agenda. But how many really use these things appropriately and meaningful?

Today i just witnessed a family at a restaurant for their dinner. There were about 6 of them; young parents with 4 children. Each one owns a handphone except for the youngest boy. Well, the table was quiet since they didnt even talk to each other. Every one had phones in their hands, concentrating clicking on the buttons. I could tell the youngest was bored since he had noone to talk to or to entertain him.

This scene made me realise how different and challenging will it be to have proper conversation in a family in my generation. I guess i should be strict with my family on 'no-gadgets-at-family-meals' rules next time.

Other common scenario is that partners prefer to text to each other instead of talking on the phones. Perhaps, texting is cheaper but through phonecalls, we can share a lot more in a minute. We can appreciate the emotions expressed as well as learnin on the tone language. The thing is Some people do not have soft skills.

Email is of course another great invention but in my opinions it lacks human touch. I still remember how i would decorate my letters to either penpals or friends. Sadly email has pretty limited function on this.

I can give more examples but it frustrates me to do it. I am not saying i do not do all those. in fact i am sad about it. But i guess living in this era, this is the price to be paid. We have to adapt to this change but at the same time we need to ensure we do not lose the soft skills in communication.

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