tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209067822024-03-27T15:49:51.231+08:00The Relative Awakeningwanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.comBlogger1250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-58056233581024627652015-03-24T20:20:00.000+08:002015-03-24T20:20:02.462+08:00Hello!I am so busy with everything GST-related since I got back from Jakarta so I kinda forgot that I only wrote just one part of my Jakarta trip hehehehehehehehe. I'm travelling again tomorrow so here's to hoping that my ass won't be as lazy to write as before.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-1544105907892554722015-02-22T20:57:00.001+08:002015-02-22T23:31:24.442+08:00Hipster trip part numero unoI have long believed that we Malaysians have always been fed with mediocrity and we fork an outrageously absurd amount of money to pay for that mediocrity. Over the time, that mediocrity has integrated so much into our lifestyles that we have accepted that as something akin to a norm. Most people are more taken with the hype surrounding a new thing instead of weighing in its quality. How many of us have stopped batting an eye when it comes to paying for an RM18 latte that is so average that even my clueless ass can come up with? Outrageous I tell you.<br>
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My recent trip to Jakarta reaffirmed that. Here's an obligatory gambar awan from tingkap kapal terbang.<br>
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Before I start, let me tell you something about me. I like coffee, but not take-lots-of-photos-and-post-them-on-Instagram kinda like coffee. I drink at least 4 or 5 cups of coffee everyday because I need lots of caffeine to get me through the day. I'm not a coffee snob, I never was choosy about my coffee, although I avoid certain brands and 3-in-1s sometimes. I like my coffee a bit bitter than most Malaysians do, but that's it. I like going to cafes in Klang Valley just to try things out, but due to the distance of my home and most cafes, and yes, my laziness, I never got to cafe-hop as much as I'd like to.<br>
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I did that in Jakarta, the cafe-hopping and oh God, it was an eye-opener. After my first sip of coffee in our first stop, <b>Koultoura Coffee</b>, I felt like I've been drinking liquefied turd in most cafes in Klang Valley. The difference was striking, even to someone as clueless as me. I'm making a list of all the cafes we went to in no particular order and I will try to write as much as I can about each cafe, so here we go.<br>
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We went to Koultoura straight from the airport and we managed to get there before the lunch crowd. Of all the cafes, I personally rank Koultoura the highest because; i) taro latte, which I discovered is my favouritest latte in the universe ii) friendly baristas, iii) free coffees because I'm a Malaysian, and Malaysians and free stuff ibarat isi dengan kuku.<br>
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That taro latte was mine, Filzah ordered cappuccino and espresso, and we shared that delicious egg on beef and potato thing. I'm not good at waxing lyrical descriptions about food and beverages so you have to bear with me hahah. After that, we ordered piccolo and another espresso I think but I forgot to take a photo of them. Everything was soooo goooood but that taro latte was so exceptional, I dreamt about it sometimes. In case you coffee snobs want to know, Koultoura was using beans from <a href="http://www.dutchcolony.sg/">Dutch Colony</a> and house blend I don't know from which roaster. If you're going to Singapore, please please please buy some Dutch Colony beans for me. I can't stop thinking about those beans.<br>
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I'll stop here and tell you about the coffee appreciation class I went to after this because I'm getting lazy.<br>
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<br>wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-3837526827688853832015-02-08T00:32:00.001+08:002015-02-08T00:32:49.197+08:00Make that Work. Work. I planned to write about my trip today but I had to go to work and only arrived home around 5pm. I was too tired to do anything after that but I couldn't sleep so I finally got around to watching Fargo while willing myself to get some shut-eye. I don't know if it was because I was too tired that I couldn't sleep (fucking jet-lag is messing up with me) or Fargo is thaaaat good but I got hooked after a few minutes so I'm currently binge-watching Fargo, oh and I'm meeting a friend tomorrow so yeah the 2,3 kerat of you will have to wait longer for my posts.<br />
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<br />wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-24804354031621053242015-01-29T23:37:00.001+08:002015-01-30T16:56:40.853+08:00An Announcement, if You PleaseI'm embarking on a ~hipster~ journey this Saturday, so please wait for un-funny pretentious posts after I come back.<br />
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Here's a hipster photo of my make-up bag as a teaser chewahhh poyo.<br />
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So that you can see my MUFE HD foundation and powder, my Tarte primer, and my Sephora eyeshadow and blusher because ~hipster~ . Am I doing this right? Hipsters like to brag, am I correct? That's why I didn't mention my RM20.90 NYX lipstick that you can clearly see in the photo in the previous sentence.<br />
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Ahahahah even the photo just screams "HIPSTER!", you know, only the focus of the attention is clear and everything else is blurry? No? What do you mean, "no"?<br />
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Damn being hipster is hard.<br />
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Anywayyy, since ~hipsters~ only read critically-acclaimed, hard-to-understand books (it pains me to type that because I really love Hilary Mantel's books actually) so I was thinking of bringing these books with me. But after 2 minutes of entertaining that thought, I said screw this and then I saved a few Nora Roberts' and Neil Gaiman's e-books on my phone just because I felt like it.<br />
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Oh and then I tried to find a few obscure music acts to listen to while I'm there but after a while I caught myself saving all the songs from One Directions' album Four. Seriously, I didn't even notice I was doing that! It just happened. My playlist has this song though.<br />
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.....and all songs from So Long, See You Tomorrow because it's awesome.<br />
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And because I think I'm being a ~hipster~<br />
<br />wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-23653126125999077332015-01-11T01:50:00.002+08:002015-01-11T01:50:43.554+08:00It's getting betterI read Ateem's blog from time to time because I'm missing her. The only reason why I haven't deactivated my Facebook account is because everytime I think of her, I go through her photos and her posts. I hope everything goes well for her on the other side. <br />
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I really, really miss her.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-82525977746621815782015-01-11T01:38:00.000+08:002015-01-11T01:38:21.409+08:00KuahMy Mom likes to talk. A lot. She smiles at and greets everyone who crosses her path. She doesn't like it when things get too quiet so she usually initiates the conversation in almost every situation. She gets her stories mixed up sometimes and forgets all sorts of shits, but hey, everyone does.<br />
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Like i said, my Mom is a talker and she has a habit of telling people pointless things just to fill up the silence. She is always conscious that people will make a comment on every action she takes, and as someone who doesn't give a lot of shit to other people, I do believe that she's just imagining things. Because she takes what people think of her quite seriously, she also has a habit of explaining things unnecessarily.<br />
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If you're my friend, you've heard of this story numerous times. My family and I went to Ipoh late last year and planned to have nasi ganja for lunch. Each of us had a big breakfast so the 7 of us shared 3 plates just to have a taste of what was it about this nasi that everyone was raving about it. While we were ordering, my Mom had to tell the mapley who took our order that we only wanted 3 plates because "pagi tadi masing-masing dah makan nasi lemak dengan roti bakar" because she was afraid that the mapley would think badly of us because we didn't had much. That mapley just looked at her strangely as if thinking, "<a href="https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=google%20translate">இந்த பெண் என்ன பிரச்னை?</a>"<br />
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Another example is when she buys a large amount of food, be it nasi lemak or tom yam or kailan ikan masin, etc etc everytime my relatives from kampung come to our house. She always tells people things like," Kakak saya tengah ada kat rumah ni dengan anak-anak dia itu yang saya beli 25 nasi lemak ni". I always told her that people don't care but yeah, you know lah like mom like daughter degil nak mati.<br />
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So anyway, I had to go to the office today (today is Saturday btw) and I bought 10 pieces of roti canai for my colleagues. When I was about to pay, I told the mapley who manned the cash counter, "oh saya masuk kerja hari ni jadi belikan untuk kawan kerja sekali". That mapley looked at me strangely and then just smiled.<br />
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Today I realised that I'm turning into my mother. wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-64817819128508699742014-12-23T23:03:00.003+08:002014-12-24T20:13:26.584+08:00A fitting farewellI still remember the first time I watched Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring like it was only yesterday, not 13 years ago. I went to watch the movie with a school friend at TGV KLCC and we waited in line for more than an hour. The queue was so long that it went around the escalator. I remember that the first showing was during the Christmas week. And I remember that I paid RM9 for the movie ticket.<br />
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I paid RM28.50 for The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies last Friday.<br />
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I went to see the movie in IMAX, because I figured for the final instalment for the series of movies that have a huge influence in my life, it deserved to be seen in IMAX chewah poyo. And to me, that RM28.50 was totally worth it (which is a huge deal coming from a cheapskate like me). Yes I was pissed at the pacing of the movie and at every Tauriel scene but watching the movie made me so emotional that I teared up a bit at (<b>SPOILER ALERT!</b>) Thorin's death scene. And then I teared up again during the credit because I felt like I was saying goodbye to a friend that I've known for half of my life. Yes, I know. I'm a hypocritical, pretentious prick, you don't have to spell it for me.<br />
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Anyway, it's hard to reconcile the love I feel towards the movie series with the intense dislike I have towards the books. I'm so grateful for the creation of the Middle Earth and I <i>somewhat</i> like The Hobbit because it's only about 300 pages long but I fucking hate the Lord of the Rings series. I still can't believe that J.R.R Tolkien made me read a description of a tree.....in 11 pages. Why the hell would you describe a tree in 11 fucking pages? Good Lord I'm still mad about that. Even after all these years, I still don't like reading anything too descriptive because I feel like it's ruining the charm of a story (translation: I don't have the patience).<br />
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Anyway, that's only me. Don't let my stupid opinions influence your preference. <br />
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Back to the Battle of the Five Armies, I loved the movie. I loved every part of it, all of its weaknesses and all of the negative reviews, but even I believe that the movie would be 14000% better if Tauriel wasn't in it. Goddamn I was so pissed at her it almost took away my enjoyment from watching the movie.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-35426930405323787132014-12-14T02:54:00.002+08:002014-12-14T12:23:49.996+08:00Horror Story: A Nutella Edition About half an hour ago, I needed to munch something but I was too lazy to cook. And since I need to get rid a few kilograms, most notably on my thighs, usually I avoid putting anything into my mouth after midnight. Emphasis on the word "usually".<br />
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So anywayyyy, back to my brilliant idea. So I was thinking to myself, heyyyy why don't I make a Nutella drink, something like hot chocolate, without the milk and without the 'cooking on the stove' parts because, you know, I'm too layyyy-zeeeee. So I just scooped a big scoop of Nutella out of the jar because my ass was greedy and added hot water into my mug. I took a sip and welllll.........<br />
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Because it's been ingrained in me from the early age to finish everything on my plate (or mug, for that matter), I took a loooong breath and gulped everything down in one gulp. I don't think I can eat anything Nutella-related for some time after this<br />
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Now I'm hoping that I don't get diarrhoea or some shit tomorrow.<br />
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Because I'm feeling charitable since it's the Christmas season and all, I googled <a href="http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2014/11/nutella-hot-chocolate.html">Nutella hot chocolate</a> for all of you Nutella sickos.</div>
wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-82145446962755546482014-11-10T00:27:00.001+08:002014-11-10T00:27:12.181+08:00I can't take it anymoreI asked more than 10 friends what they thought of Interstellar and all of them gave stellar reviews. I wanted to ask 30 more but then I realised that I have very few friends in real life and fewer that I still contact. So yeah screw having lots of friends. Socially inept people unite!<br />
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So back to my story. I didn't like Interstellar. Personally, I thought it was a bewildered, convoluted mess. (SPOILER ALERT). At the beginning of the movie, it showed that the Earth was facing a catastrophe. Why that catastrophe happened, it was never explained. Actually come to think of it, most of what happened in the movie were never explained.<br />
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Everyone in Interstellar mentioned Einstein's theories of relativity over and over again but it was never explained why they mattered or how they were applied. Maybe I'm just too stupid and theories of relativity are something that's considered as general knowledge nowadays hence my difficulties in connecting the dots or maybe I was just being my usual asshole nitpicker but explain to me why and how dammit! And I won't even tell about that illogical flying at the horizon of the wormhole because you can google it yourself and I'm too angry (read: lazy) to link it for you. However, I can link you <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation">this</a> though because I think it's very interesting and I wish the movie explored this further instead of just showing it just to fill in the time. But maybe that's just me.<br />
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Talking about things that weren't explored, I think that the movie put too much stock in the actors to give out raw emotions instead of exploring the topic of relationships. I don't know, the fear of never again seeing a family member should affect you <i>more</i> than what this movie conveyed. That's another thing I felt about this movie. Most of the things were mere fillers and they felt draggy, like Anne Hathaway (seriously I still don't understand what that bitch was supposed to be) and her talks about love transcends all and Dr Mann's scenes when he tried to kill Cooper and all that jazz. Despite all the fillers and the running time of almost 3 hours, some parts of the movie seemed hurried like the part when Cooper and Brand got back to Endurance after the disaster in Miller's planet or all the scenes towards the end of the movie. It's like Nolan himself couldn't wait to end his own fucking movie and thus only gave us a half-assed ending.<br />
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I'm so pissed at Interstellar that I'm still typing this even though the Swansea v Arsenal game has already started.<br />
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To me, Interstellar is part a poor man's Gravity and part a poor man's 2001: A Space Odyssey. And I'm also bothered by the fact that I think the best movie in history about finding life in a new planet is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E">this animation</a>. After all these years and even though movies nowadays cost more, nothing can top this.<br />
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P/s: I'm too lazy to find pictures to post.<br />
wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-17411402217783033082014-10-23T21:28:00.001+08:002014-10-23T21:28:56.941+08:00No titleToo many self-entitled pricks in Malaysia.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-61739703423486804772014-10-15T23:45:00.001+08:002014-10-15T23:45:58.071+08:00I can'tI can't stop watching this video. Can't stop singing the song too.<br />
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Malaysian hijabsters must be kicking themselves for not coming up with this idea first.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-55552887652455014572014-10-14T23:39:00.001+08:002014-10-14T23:41:37.871+08:00Who are you?One of the few perks of my current job is that I always get to go home early. It's very rare to see me stay at the office after 6pm. One of those rare times was when my home internet was being a bitch and I stayed to download the last 2 episodes of Season 2 of Arrow because I couldn't wait ahahahahaha a big middle finger to you TM yo I was in the middle of an Arrow marathon at that time. The other time was Thursday last week.<br />
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I needed to submit a report that day so I stayed until after 7pm. Before going home, I went to the washroom first because I've experienced a few situations where I needed to pee so badly but I was stuck in the traffic congestion so the only thing I could do was holding it in until I reached home. Senak perut ya Tuhaaaannn.<br />
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Anyway, back to my story. So I went to the washroom. Besides me, there was another girl in there and she was facing the wall. The wall. A wall with no windows. Most of you who know me must have thought that I thought to myself "oh wow she must be fucking bored to literally watch the paint dry" when I saw her because I was always aware of my surroundings (a.k.a a busybody) but sadly, nooooo. Too many weird people work in my company that I rarely give a shit about one more weird person. Welllll, unless that weird person is hot, then I will gladly give all of my shits to him. Or her.<br />
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So anywaaaayyy, back to the girl who was facing the wall. I always use the farthest cubicle from the door because it's the cleanest but the girl was standing right next to the cubicle so I used the one next to it. To get what I'm saying, kindly refer to my exquisite drawing skillz that can rival Raphael's <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Raffaello,_pala_baglioni,_deposizione.jpg">The Deposition</a> thanks to MS Paint.<br />
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So I finished my business and when I came out, I noticed that the girl didn't move an inch from where she was before I went in. I washed my hands at the sink and looked at the girl from the mirror. I noticed that she was wearing all black, she has very long hair-the tip of her hair covered her butt and from what I could see from her hands, she had very fair skin. Note that it was starting to get dark at that time and I suddenly felt uneasy, you know, like a cold air just blew only at me and pshewww goosebumps all over.<br />
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I quickly went out of the washroom and went back to my desk to get my handbag. I told a colleague who was still there about the girl in the washroom and because I didn't want to walk alone to my car, I waited for her to finish up so that I could walk with her because to get to the car park, I had to walk past the washroom. I think I waited for her for about half an hour or so. And being the stupid bitch that I was (am?), when we walked past the washroom, even though I was so scared, I couldn't resist a peek through the washroom door, you know, to know whether the girl was still there.<br />
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And she fucking was. She still stared at the fucking wall when I peeked.<br />
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My colleague and I ran all the way to our cars.<br />
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If it wasn't what I thought it was and someone played a prank just to capture a stranger's reactions on a video somewhere like all those shitty gag TV programmes, I'm gonna be very pissed.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-45835498851395664162014-09-22T22:42:00.002+08:002014-09-24T19:54:01.457+08:00Get downCame across this<a href="http://www.stereogum.com/983191/the-20-best-k-pop-videos/franchises/listomania/"> link</a> and fuck me if I didn't click play on some of the videos.<br />
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Okay lah I lied. I clicked play on all of the videos. And I might or might not have downloaded some of the songs. To think that I knew that SNSD and Girls' Generations were one and the same only a couple years ago, I've come a long way <i>sniffff</i><br />
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Yes I know this is an old post because I know Missing You and Falling in Love came out after I am the Best! Look at me talking about 2NE1 like I'm a BlackJack or something chewahhhh.<br />
<i><br /></i>Now please excuse me while I go find some obscure pre-indie music to listen to. I need to keep my hipsterish, macho reputation intact wey.<br />
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IMPORTANT EDIT:<br />
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My new favourite K-pop song.<br />
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Don't worry, I'll drench myself with the sound of Andrew Bird and Jack + Eliza after this. I need to keep the street cred alive yo.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-43128869218837467022014-09-21T02:04:00.003+08:002014-09-21T17:20:00.270+08:00All over againSo most major radio stations are offering money nowadays and a DJ asked a lucky winner what is she going to do with her newly-won cash and the winner said," I'm gonna save it for rainy days I guess. I don't know" and the DJ exclaimed,"why do you want to do that! You should go shopping!" and the winner reluctantly replied,"Mmmmm maybe I'll do that too....."<br />
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Hahahahah wtf gila. This is the same DJ who said that to be a DJ, you don't need to be highly educated because she's only goofing around and faking it everyday. I really, really, really don't like her and some of her colleagues, and as a result I don't like the radio station too. I think they genuinely believe they are being cool and funny and all that but ummmm no. They just sound like a bunch of brainless, ignorant messes to me.<br />
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Haha purposely not mentioning the name of the radio station because their followers are fucking rabid.<br />
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Oh and by the way, one afternoon last week, BFM was having a discussion about why locals don't visit Malaysia and holy goodness, the callers are fucking obnoxious. One caller said that she "can only be herself when she's overseas". When she was asked why, she said that she "can't simply wear skimpy bikinis here". I don't know woman, I've seen people wear bikinis at Sunway Lagoon and nobody batted an eye except for a few Makcik bising like my ex-colleagues. Oh and another said that he "wants to experience different cultures when travelling to other countries" and he's only been to the US and Singapore ahahahahahaha wtf and he only went to Ipoh for the first time in his life a few months ago and found the experience to be lacking but he couldn't give a reason why.<br />
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You know, I get that Malaysia have lots of drawbacks (issues of public transports, road conditions and lack of public amenities in some places come to mind) but I think these people are just nitpicking and giving excuses instead of contributing ideas to the discussion. So you don't like your own country, so be it but don't give out bullshit reasons.<br />
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Seriously, I really don't understand people.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-30983218602386609002014-09-06T00:13:00.002+08:002014-09-06T00:13:32.305+08:00WhyEverytime I see/hear/read a Muslim making fun of a ritual of another religion, I'd tell myself that this is why non-Muslims have little respect for us Muslims and our rituals.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-33220734766043821462014-09-01T18:29:00.001+08:002014-09-02T04:23:33.951+08:00Don't hate me!This is my first attempt at writing something related to beauty routines. Yes, I know, hearing me talk about beauty routines is like hearing most Malaysians talk about economics. Things do not compute. But anyway, bear with me, alright?<br />
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I always have problems with what I thought were blackheads and whiteheads, but actually are <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=sebaceous+filaments&safe=off&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7DEEVKnCOITkuQTrwoCoCQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=615">sebaceous filaments</a> (NSFL because gross). In case you need more clarification, these are the shits that came out when you slapped pore packs on your nose (I slapped those on my chin in several occasions too, it was that bad). I know SFs are quite normal and all, but that doesn't make me want to reduce them any less.<br />
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I used to over-cleanse, over-scrub, over-use my toner and bypass any moisturiser because I thought SFs appeared due to the excess oil of my skin until it got to the point that <a href="http://beauty.about.com/od/skinflaws/qt/overcleanse.htm">my skin got so dry and flaky</a> that even acnes appeared all of a sudden. Things went from bad to worse. That was when my dumb brain finally realised that I was doing things wrong.<br />
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To make things right, I browsed through beauty forums, subbed to<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/"> /r/SkincareAddiction</a> and read a lot on <a href="http://www.paulaschoice.com/expert-advice/skin-care-advice/">Paula's Choice's expert advice </a> and one thing I noticed was that most of the topics on SFs mentioned <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/1a1cj3/everything_you_wanted_to_know_about_ocm_the_oil/">Oil Cleansing Method </a> and I thought to myself, oh what the hell, might as well try this. Before OCM, I knew that some brands sold beauty oils but those were waaaaay out of my budget and I knew that BHA was more effective but, hmmmmmm, I don't have an excuse for not using BHA but let's use the 'I'm broke" excuse too.<br />
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I used cocoa butter oil that had been sitting in my closet for God knows how many years as a trial and after years of having a tight feeling to my face everytime I cleansed, I didn't like the oily feeling at first. I got used to it after a few times. After I ran out of the cocoa butter oil, I used Bio-Oil that had been sitting on my Mom's make-up table since God knows how long and after I ran out of that, I used Johnson's baby oil that had been sitting in my closet for God knows how long too. Yeap, it was a really dark period for me as I was totally broke at that time. But hey, good skin finally yeayyyy!<br />
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As my confidence grew, I tried to become more adventurous and tried my hand on using other oils and I came across <a href="http://www.lemongreen2u.com/">this site</a> when I searched for oils to purchase. It's a bit pricey (to a cheapskate like me at least as I spent RM0 when I started) oh well being beautiful doesn't come cheap I guess. Look at their toners too btw, they're awesome.<br />
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Here's my routine before and after OCM.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">Before </span>(I used Body Shop's Vit E and Vit C range alternately)<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
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<b>AM</b><br />
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Cleanser<br />
Toner<br />
Serum<br />
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<b>PM</b><br />
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Scrub<br />
Toner<br />
Moisturiser (anytime the mood struck me)<br />
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I used pore pack (no specific brand) every 3 days and clay mask (no specific brand) every weekend<br />
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<b>AM</b><br />
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Cleanser ( Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Daily Face Cleanser)<br />
Toner (Neutrogena Deep Clean Blackhead Eliminating Toner-<b>yes I know. </b>I'm going to try a Thayers toner after this)<br />
Moisturiser (I use Olay Total Effects and Clinique Superdefense Daily Defense Moisturiser alternately)<br />
Sunscreen (Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF50)<br />
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<b>PM</b><br />
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I wipe my makeup with Johnson's baby oil before I take a shower everyday<br />
OCM (currently mixing castor and sweet almond oils. I want to try coconut and hemp seed oils after this)<br />
Sometimes I use cleanser after OCM, sometimes I don't<br />
Moisturiser (sweet almond oil)<br />
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I use Body Shop Clay Mask every weekend.<br />
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My new routine is not perfect but it's working for me .The routine is also missing the BHA exfoliating part and I'm thinking of getting <a href="http://www.paulaschoice.com/shop/skin-care-categories/aha-and-bha-exfoliants/_/Skin-Perfecting-Two-Percent-BHA-Liquid-Exfoliant/">this</a> but sighh maybe next month. I also think that maybe I should start using serum but sighh maybe later. Mahal tau tak nak jadi cantik ni.<br />
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This has got to be the gayest post I've ever written in my entire blogging history. You can erase this post from your mind after you have finished reading. I will write about unimportant and inane topics after this.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-28629853765593382412014-08-27T20:13:00.001+08:002014-08-27T21:33:10.369+08:00I don't get itMaybe it's because I no longer give a shit what others do as long as they leave me alone and not making my life harder, but I don't think that the nude sports event in Penang and the semi-nude photoshoot in Ipoh and the decision made by the 3 Malaysian women to prostitute themselves to ISIS members (IF the report were to be believed) are that big of an issue. Nobody was forcing them to do anything they didn't want to do. If they want to be whores and shameless hussies, then so be it lah. They harm nobody, except you sensitive lot's sensibilities. Who are we to judge or mock them? Seriously, I'd rather those ISIS bastards slake their lusts on whores than hear them raping children and babies on a daily basis.<br />
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I say let them be, unless innocent parties and children and babies are involved. If it is, then I pray for all of them to die a horrible death, more horrible than the death I'm hoping to befall on them now.<br />
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And why the hell are Malaysian media give a shit about this? Give the spotlight to more deserving parties and issues laaaaahhhh.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-65442181794298169052014-08-24T13:50:00.002+08:002014-08-24T13:50:31.842+08:00Humans<b>"How else would the world know I was there and caring and being human and all that shit?" </b><br />
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I really don't understand why some people have this need to document everything they see, no matter how insensitive or disrespectful that thing is. Are we, as humans, that hard-up for bragging rights for being there to experience it all when nobody else does? What?wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-47930513405228109222014-08-09T11:53:00.000+08:002014-08-09T11:53:04.385+08:00A virusI've been wondering for some time if Malaysians' hatred for anything-Jew/anything-Israel stems from a person's hatred.<br />
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I don't know how to put this into words but thanks to my faulty memory which seems to remember everything inane and unimportant, this line by Cobb in Inception conveys my thoughts almost perfectly.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">"I'm going to improvise. Listen, there's something you should know about me... about inception. An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span>wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-28504530285257275852014-08-06T23:58:00.000+08:002014-08-06T23:58:02.358+08:00HipsterSaw this comment floating around.<br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">A friend of mine once said: You know what the problem is with being an economist? Everyone has an opinion about the economy. No body goes up to a geologist and says, 'Igneous rocks are fucking bullshit.'
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And then some people pointed out that plenty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism">Young Earth Creationists</a> engage in geology denialism therefore that analogy is terrible.<br />
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Ahahahahah nobody can win an argument these days. Since I never met a geologist in my entire life, I absolutely love that analogy. <br />
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<br />wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-26247998447288395352014-07-30T12:55:00.002+08:002014-08-01T03:21:15.321+08:00I Need a Clarification Just a few things<br />
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<li>I think it's funny when somebody makes a comment about something and then adds "nampak sangat tak tahu sejarah" when 90% of the time, that person gets the history mixed up. </li>
<li>If we can believe that in a war, one party can so heartlessly kill innocent lives, what makes you think that the other party can't do the same?</li>
<li>And if we can claim that one party is spinning PR tales to make them look good to the outside world, what makes you think the other party is not doing the same?</li>
<li>I don't think people get that the reason why the number for casualties of civilians on the Israeli side is so little is not because of Hamas having a compassionate side and only target the military forces, but because of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome">this</a>. I think it's one of the reasons why Israeli military actions seem excessive too, although they should tone their military actions the hell down anyway. </li>
<li>And I don't think most people understand that US vetoed against the UN inquiry into Gaza assault is because US makes it a point to vote against any and everything that puts Israel in jeopardy. If you take religions out of the equation and see things from a military point of view, it's quite understandable. ........I think. And no, I don't take AIPAC out of the equation. </li>
<li>I don't get why people are so hung up on the US vote when they do it every damn time since God knows when but nobody is print screening and posting photos of the voting board when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia's_role_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War">Russia and China vetoed the shit out of that UN resolution to condemn and sanction Assad's government in Syria</a>. </li>
<li>And this might come as a surprise to you, but Israel is self-sustainable now. Even without the $3 billion military aid from US, they are self-sustainable. </li>
<li>I'm trying to be a neutral and not to take sides. I also don't believe that things are as black and white as it seems (I've been saying this for years!). It's difficult to find a source that is unbiased and objective though, especially when Israel is bombing hospitals and schools and power stations and killing 4 children playing football on the beach or when Hamas are hiding in the public areas and launching rockets out of schools and hospitals instead of taking the fight in open spaces when they know Israel would have no qualms bombing the shit out of those places, civilians be damned. </li>
<li>I was mocked when I said that both Hamas and IDF deserve to be treated as war criminals but hey, that's only my opinion. Kindly correct me if I'm wrong in any way. Really, I don't mind people correcting me when I'm wrong.</li>
<li>One party is more hell-bent on<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Covenant"> </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Covenant">destroying <u>the other party</u></a> instead of bringing to an end to its people's suffering while the other party is headed by a government which uses top-of-the-art weaponries to wipe out the other party. Both of them don't want peace and the people who are caught in between are paying the price.</li>
<li>There's no innocent party in this war except for the civilians and while we're arguing about semantics, the number of civilian deaths is climbing up. </li>
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That is all.</div>
wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-64994707070915174492014-07-26T01:31:00.000+08:002014-07-26T01:31:16.051+08:00Yes, I'm dumbI was in no mood to work for the whole day so I went merayap to the other finance departments (there are 3 finance departments in my current company). As in most finance departments across the world, this department comprises of 60% of people above 35 and 30% of people below 25. The other 10% quota is filled by people of my age range. What I'm trying to say is that finance departments are usually filled with Akak-Akak.<br />
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So anyway, back to my story. I went merayap to the other finance department and one of the Akaks was enthusiastically recounting what she heard during ceramah before terawih last night. She said that the ustaz giving the ceramah told the crowd that "Allah is so omnipotent that even the astronauts on Mars could clearly see the shape of Kaabah from the planet without using any device".<br />
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Since I'm a known party-pooper and I don't know how to keep my mouth shut sometimes, I said this,<br />
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"Tapi kan Kak, mana ada manusia yang pernah jejak kaki kat Marikh".<br />
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I think that Akak hates me now.<br />
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p/s: Please note that I'm not denying that Allah is omnipotent.<br />
<br />wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-19703050256945670742014-07-19T22:44:00.001+08:002014-07-19T22:47:31.820+08:00GoodbyeI started to write about Ateem so many times but I stopped halfway everytime. Sometimes I couldn't find the right words, sometimes I couldn't help but cry. Maybe when the bitter sadness that I'm feeling right now fade away, then maybe I can write something to remember her by.<br />
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Goodbye, Ateem. May you rest in peace. Only God knows how much I miss you.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-39479446311860022902014-07-14T02:54:00.002+08:002014-07-14T02:54:34.606+08:00An announcementAs someone who can't even remember what she did 2 seconds ago but can still remember World Cup 1994 in vivid clarity, I really hope people who just started watching football during this World Cup to stop talking to me about football. Please be humble about your football knowledge and stop giving opinions about each and every player and game. It's annoying and I really wish you'd stay away from me.<br />
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Thank you.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20906782.post-37264196515729177802014-07-13T14:05:00.000+08:002014-07-13T23:50:10.208+08:00An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blindIt's easy to root for the weak and the underdogs. This is a bad analogy, but so many people were rooting for Costa Rica even when they were playing anti-football was because they were the underdogs. For the record, in 2010 and even in Euro 2012 and in this World Cup, Spain and in some games, Netherlands were playing anti-football too. They defended and defended for 87 minutes and the other 3 minutes were spent on trying to score when fatigue started to kick in (Netherlands were lucky they had Arjen Robben, who I think displayed one of his best performances even though bitch fell like a damned feather some of the times). Spain and Netherlands were heavily criticised for being anti-football, but you don't see Costa Rica getting the same treatment.<br />
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That's one bad example, but you get what I mean. I think sometimes that we humans are programmed to go for the underdogs and the weak even when they're in the wrong.<br />
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This is what I feel is happening to Palestine and Israel. No, I'm not saying that Israel is not evil and Palestinians are not suffering right now, but I believe in a war, things are more complicated and not as black and white as it seems, especially when you take into accounts all the political relationships Hamas and IDF have with each other and with other countries AND their financial positions. Since 2011, IDF are experiencing budget cuts and hundreds of people, if not thousands, are facing terminations but after the newest attack started, IDF received USD2 billion from an undisclosed source. The same happened to Hamas. It is widely known that Hamas can't even afford to pay its own staff and are now desperate for funding (which I personally believe what this latest abomination is all about). And that's not even scratching the surface of the issue.<br />
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To me, this is not about religions anymore. Actually it has ceased to be about religions decades ago. It's more about land borders, political ties, funding, and a lot more complicated shits that my stupid brain cannot grasp about.<br />
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I hate IDF for targeting the houses of Hamas' leaders in the West Bank and killed civilians in the process but I hate Hamas more for offering monetary incentives to young kids to get involved in something that can never be won and for dragging innocent people down with them and for making them endure untold suffering. Then I will go back to hating IDF because Hamas and the Palestinians only occupy a small part of the West Bank, so why go after them anyway? What about the rest of it? And why go after Gaza?<br />
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And I hate people for spouting all sorts of unsubstantiated nonsense and saying shits like "Kau ni taktau sejarah tamadun Islam" or "I hope Hitler comes back" (Fucking really? You want someone who had a hand in killing almost 20 million of the world's population to come back?) and for not understanding the roles of UN and for cheering when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam_Brigades">al-Qassam</a> killed innocent Israelis and said that it was done in the name of my holy religion.<br />
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But the thing I hate the most is that these atrocities are happening in my lifetime and there's no ending in sight for this.<br />
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Some of the peace organisations are pushing for a two-state solution, and as much as it sounds attainable, I don't think it will materialise in the near future because nobody wants to let go of Jerusalem.<br />
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Please correct me if I'm wrong in any way. This is only my opinion.wanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282589534210461305noreply@blogger.com0