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Dear Diary,

I was supposed to blog about last Sunday. It was a happy event for me but Ayah was down with a bad stomach ache and was admitted to the hospital and I just couldn't bring myself to blog about the happy moments. But he is so much better now and will be discharged tomorrow. Syukur Alhamdulilah. So let's rewind to last Sunday, 20 March 2016...

I woke up as early as 0800 hours to do my groceries shopping and marketing ALONE since I haven't buy any ingredients yet and it was the day that D send his family to come over to ask for my hand-in-marriage. I had a few dishes in mind to whip up and my bestfriends were running late to help me out in the kitchen, so by the time when D family came, all I had was just Roti Kirai.

 

The first few attempt was a failure, it became pancake instead of roti kirai. And I still remember how Mama tried to make them too, it was a failure for the first few and after a few rounds, thennnnnn...it'll come out right. Well, SOMEHOW right for me.

Still room for improvement. It was kinda paiseh thingy to make D's parents and aunt + uncle into eating my cooking because I am not a very good cook. But well, at least I tried. =X

So technically though it's not official but hey, I am somehow 1/2 chope by D. Counting down the number of days to our Engagement. Till here.

XOXO,

Princess Azie Anni ♥

Late.

Dear Diary,

I have been very exhausted these few days. Ayah is admitted in the hospital and we know when this happens, my energy level deteriorate faster than usual because it'll be like hospital -> work -> hospital -> housework.

I am not complaining, I mean I'm okay doing/being like this, it's just that juggling these, I tend to jeopardize one thing or another. Like for example, not having enough rest = not enough sleep. So technically, I have been working straight without ample rest too, since there is a shortage of manpower at work. So guess what time I reach work today? 1 1/2 hour later! Yes, I freaking OVERSLEPT. I set my alarm to 0630 hours, instead of pressing the set button, I fall asleep with the phone unlock. Great.

I even couldn't grab a car today too and I shouldn't be explaining how embarrassing I got myself into just to get myself a cab. 1/2 freaking hour of wait, still no cab. So I just took the public to work with much guilt. Yes, trust me. I feel so guilty! I feel so bad. Haizzz! Till here, I'll continue again later. Got to make myself some coffee or else, I'll end up sleeping while doing work. Toodles.

XOXO,

Princess Azie Anni ♥

KL Trip Day 4 - 11th March 2016

Dear Diary,

Sorry for the long wait to update my last day trip in KL. I have been busy with appointments after appointments this week. Anyway,

11th March 2016

We all had difficulties waking up in the morning since we all slept late the night before, busy packing and figuring out how to squeeze all our things inside the bag and most importantly, my makcik keropok bag.

We were told to check-out from the hotel by 12pm but the owner of the house was kind enough to allow 30 minutes grace for us. Hajar & I were awake at 1000am and we waited for Hernie & Zam to wake up because we gotta use the transparent toilet to shower. By the time they wake up it was around 11am and I wanted to have my last bubble bath in the toilet. Sadly, I couldn't make it long enough because the rest gotta shower too. So I managed to squeeze in a 10 minutes bubble bath and get myself all ready to go home.

We Grabcar ourselves to Sunway Pyramid, since our bus pick-up point was also at there mall.

Sunway Pyramid

I like this place since it has everythinggggggg. Nothing differ much here in KL than in Singapore. They basically have what we have too in Singapore but the only difference, here practically the food is mostly Halal whereas in Singapore, not really. And another good thing, they had LOCKERS. Cool right?! So we managed to put our heavy loots in the locker before going for shopping, lunch etc.

We settled for Ice-cream at Baskin Robin first before lunch. My first time trying. Definitely loving the Bubble Gum flavour or is it Candy Floss? Lol!

And then had lunch at ''The Chicken Rice Shop'. I have been to the one in Singapore with Hernie & family but she keep telling me the one in KL is so much nicer. So, I had my verdict when I tried the one in KL. Yessssss! It was wayyyy nicer can?!?!

And I couldn't thank Hajar so much because she treated all of us lunch because by then, we are all out of cash or rather out of RM/Ringgits except for her because she didn't really spend much, not until we headed to find her Yankee Candles in Sunway Pyramid.

I have much settled everything that I bought for my family except for Ayah, Adik & my brother. So I was really hoping that the shopping mall there allow me to use my credit card and I wanted to get them something locally Malaysia/KL. Not in Sephora, not in Sasa where you can find them in Singapore. And then, lucky me! Aeon was the answer!

Bought Ayah 2 tops, one for work and one for casual. And then bought Adik some baby stuff and bought Muhammad = food. Yes, food. Because he loves food and I his baju size is usually the most difficult thing to find.

So here come the FUNNY part of all thing. Aeon has more than 2 storeys, the shirt and baby stuff I bought for Adik and Ayah was at the 1st storey and I was doing the shopping with Hajar since she got her dad a t-shirt too, while Hernie was with Zam doing their own shopping. When we wanted to get food, tidbits etc, Hajar and I headed to the Basement floor. Mind you, we were just hand carrying everything and it was sooooo many things in our hand. We headed to the counter on the basement floor to made payment for everything, when the cashier just shouted across at both Hajar and I telling us that "Baby stuff bayar dekat Baby stuff k. Bukan counter sini! Sini counter untuk bayar benda yang beli dekat tempat sini je!" I was trying to keep my cool. (Yes, I have a problem with anger management, whatever!)

I grabbed 2 red baskets that was RIGHT under her counter and separated the shirt+baby stuff and the food into 2 different baskets. When Hajar and I were on our way to head up back to the1st storey, I bumped into Hernie & Zam, they were on their way to make payment for their food and they had no idea that Aeon payment was that way. I passed them my food basket and told them to queue and hold on to it first. Hajar and I quickly made our payment and we rushed back to the basement floor. And then, we bumped into Zam who was carrying our basket and putting it away. Got me shocked and so I asked him,

Azie: Eh, kenapa? Tak queue? Lupa barang ke?
Zam: Tak lahhh. Tadi aku nak bayar barang korang, then sekali kakak kat counter tu cakap dengan aku, bakul ni bakul babi, dia tk boleh pegang.

I was like WHAT THE CRAP is that supposed to mean?!!!  Bakul Babi?!!!!!! I don't even see anywhere in place of that basket has a sign of a pig's face or even for the record when we enter, I didn't even see how they try to actually separate between a Halal and Non-Halal basket. I'm a foreigner in their country, even though as a Muslim I do agree that it is a good way to have such separation in their country but Singapore doesn't have such rules, so please enlightened me and not be so rude?! Zzz! Hernie on the other hand was queueing up at waiting for Zam to exchange the basket, and when we all headed back to the counter, it was the same woman that told me off about the payment. MY GOSH!  I calm myself down and just tell myself "Nevermind, it's YOUR country. So it's YOUR way."

It was just nice, by the time we finished shopping we were left 10 minutes more before our bus arrived. The feeling to head home was good but I still had Masjid India at the back of my mind. That place is reallyyyyyy awesome. Hernie bought this Ice-cream for us to try out. Yes! 2 Ice-creams in a day. Lol!

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We took Aeroline back home too but this time the TV was a goner big time. It kept hanging and shutting down by itself, so I gave up watching and listen to my iTouch instead. The moment when Hajar and I got onto the bus, we fall asleep. And we woke up together the same time, prolly 30 minutes later and we realised, everyone HAD food except the 2 of us. HAHA! So we kinda "complain" to Hernie about it and she just went to the Cabin Crew and said "Dia dua belum dapat makan." And Hajar and I looked at each other and thought, he might have think we were some kind of glutton people or what. HAHA!

 

Our food.

Sadly, if only the "TV" worked, I could have enjoyed myself.

7 hours in the bus before we finally reached Malaysia Custom and then to Singapore Custom where I had trouble carrying my baggage because of my own makcik "keropok" bag. Tsk! I was carrying my bagpack, my hand carry bag and Hajar's luggage which I put my makcik "keropok" bag on top of it, so I could carry roll both bags easily. Half-way through the gateway for my biometric passport scan, I realised that the luggage and my big makcik "keropok" bag couldn't pass through the gate, so the ICA officer there told me to carry both bags on the luggage roller thingy, which clearly, I had trouble carrying it because it was too heavy. Thank God Hajar helped me up and when I wanted to scan my passport, that's when I realised that thingy doesn't have a conveyer belt, so my bag was stuck on top there and the ICA officers were trying to reach out for my bag to pass through.  Okay seriously Azie, what a scene.  I had trouble carrying it down when the baggage roll when I tried to carry them. Hahaha! Well, they all had a good laugh at me because of my clumsiness but I don't care also.

After clearing the checkpoint, I text D that I am already home and update him a bit on my "act of foolishness" at the immigration check-point, which he too, had a good laugh. Tsk! We text for a little while before I left him to get back to his work because he was on night shift that day. Furthermore, we were going to meet each other the next day for IT Fair, so I could catch-up of those days of missing him badly the next day. Hehe!

Till here. Look at my loots!

For Ayah

 

For Adik & Ressal

AND

For Muhammad

For my colleagues at work

For  D and Family

 

And here is my loots!

And this is how I end up sleeping the next day with my things unpack. Lol!

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17th March 2016

 

I am feeling so so so upset right now! So angry as well too that only God knows what. I feel like screaming. I feel like shouting at the top of my voice! If I utter all the vulgarities in the world, I would! And if I could punch you in the face right now, I would definitely do it too! This is how much anger I have inside of me. But Subhanallah, I'm going to calm myself down. It's all not worth it. I'm not going to let people's "____FILL IN THE BLANKS*(#@&$(&#*$&*(@**!@*#___" behaviour take control over my emotions. Breathe in. Breathe out. Bye!

 

XOXO,

Princess Azie Anni ♥

KL Trip Day 2 & 3 - 09th and 10th March 2016

Dear Diary,

Day 2 - 09th March 2016

My alarm rang at 0600 hours, the usual timing I would wake up for Fajr. The girls and woke up in the morning and went back to sleep and we woke up again and went back to sleep, when we all finally woke up at around 10.30am in the morning.

While, the rest can at least brush their teeth & wash their face, after which continue doing other things like cooking, watching TV, packing stuff etc etc etc. I couldn't. This is the part whereby we learn so much about each other. Like people always tell me, "It is only when you live with someone, then you will learn about them. Their habits and etc." So, the moment I woke up, I will head first to shower. Since our toilet is the transparent toilet and it was only that transparent toilet has a shower head, everyone had to leave the room once someone is inside showering. Hehe.

To save money, we decided to cook all breakfast in the apartment instead, which is of course cheaper. And it was a 2-in-1 thing for me because over the trip I learn to cook some new dishes. Hehe! As for today, it was Carbonara Chilli Spaghetti.

Nice ehhh.

1 Utama Shopping Centre

We rest for a while and then cabbed down to 1 Utama Shopping Centre. When we entered the Shopping Centre, we saw a long queue in the atrium of the shopping centre and decided to check it out. It was a Name-Your-Nutella queue. Basically, instead of Nutella appearing at your Nutella bottle, it's your name instead. Lol! So all of us queue and made one for ourselves/family. I made two. One for myself and the other one of course for D. I told him, once the Nutella finish to return back the Nutella bottle back to me. HAHAHAHA!  I don't want him to throw it away because I want to bring it to our future home next time. Hehehehe!

Hajar wanted to try this particular Halal Korean restaurant, which is only available in Kuala Lumpur. And so we had lunch cum dinner there.

If you're a fan of Korean food, then of course you'll enjoy it. I'm rather neutral when it comes to either both Korean and Japanese food. Not my favourite and not that I would not want to eat either. Hehe! But the chicken, it's really niceeee. Remind me of Nene Chicken.

After eating, we continued shopping. I went to Brands Outlet and grabbed some top for myself and few T-shirts for D. Just to add on to his t-shirt collections since it's always the same few t-shirt that he wore over and over again when we go out. Hehehe!

Pasar Malam (Night market) Downtown Cheras

Our next plan was to finish shopping at 1 Utama by 8pm and cab back home first, rest for a while and head down to the Night market. Since the night market starts only at 10pm BUT, by the time I finish the shopping etc, it was already 10pm. So with our big shopping bags, we decided to not waste time going back home and to just head down to the night market.

Loving the night market. I could get long-sleeve tops that I usually bought online in Singapore almost half the price there !! So I end up shopping for even more tops for myself. Hehehe! By then it was almost 12midnight and we were already feeling quite lethargic. Waited for Zam to finish his haircut and we did grabcar back home to our apartment. This is what I learn, it's so much better to do the 'grabcar' apps rather than hailing a cab. I don't know what's wrong with their cab fare meter, apparently, the price always get hike up so expensive. So next time, just get a Malaysia prepaid card number with mobile data and do 'grabcar'. Trust me, it's so much cheaper.

Got home and Hernie made us a drink before bed. Hehe! She really "mother" us. Hehehehe! I was complaining that I needed White Coffee too, to stay awake the next time so that we could do late night shopping or to sleep late for chit-chatting in our apartment BECAUSE my eyes could not hold any longer after 12midnight since I always sleep slightly before that. So I always end up sleeping while Hernie & Hajar talked. LOL! Their eyes is soooo powderful.

Hernie got Zam to buy White Coffee at a nearby kedai runcit (provision shop) and tadaaaa.

I stayed awake the 2nd night. Hernie came to Hajar & my room, and we talked about sooooooo many things. The days when we were in Secondary school and the days we grew slightly apart when we enter Poly/ITE days and then we became closer again than before after Hernie got married and I got a job. I love the idea of having just us around together. Can we get a house nearby each other pleaseeee next timeeeee!!! Lol! It makes me feel like...I don't mind not getting married but live with my bestfriend just 5 of us in one house. HAHAHA! Okay, but no....I love D.

After the talking, I managed to catch 2 episodes of Vampire Diaries and went to bed. Hehehe!

Day 3 - 10th March 2016

Woke up slightly later than yesterday since we really slept quite late the night before. And usual, the in-house cook we did. Today, I learn how to make Ayam Masak Merah. Wow weeee! Hehehe! We did a more lazing around in the apartment today and only left for shopping at around 3pm in the afternoon.

After lunch, Hajar and I gave Hernie a surprise Belated Birthday celebration. Glad she was surprised and speechless when she saw us bringing the cake over to her with candles to blow. HEHEHE!

Jalan Masjid India

This place is definitely awesomeeee. Right even until now, I keep thinking of going back here. I used to not favourite this place when my family went here and I wonder why Mama used to love this place so much before, but now as I think I grew "younger", I fancy this place so much. The tudung, the kain is soooo cheap and affordable and you can really bargain for some good price when you buy a lot.

So I bought one kain for my D's mom. Ermm...my Future-Mother-In-Law? (FMIL). Hehe! And 3 more sets of kain for my future bridesmaid. Weeee! I really couldn't decide what colour my bridesmaid should wear on my wedding day but finally, it's decided! Like on the spot decision. Hahaha!

Side track:- And please don't have the idea that I'm trying to win sides just because I buy stuff for D's family. I am not that kind. I don't buy things to win people's heart, to please people or even to make people think I'm "good". I buy souvenirs for my loved ones BECAUSE this is how my parents has brought us up as a family since young. It's just IN us. I used to buy things for A's side too when we were once together, Mama would always remind me to and she has never stopped me if I want to buy many things for his family or etc. Mama too would buy things for both Ressal and A's side before. It's just I don't know, basic manners and courtesy? It's just IN us, like I said. Maybe other families do not practice such things BUT my family does. Don't believe? The same thing applies to my siblings, IF they travel out of the country, I can assure you 100% each of us get some thing back without you having to worry about anything. Just like Birthdays, we too, make an effort every single year to celebrate each other's Birthdays no matter how small it is. It's just IN us family and for that I am proud to say. =')

There's just so many things to buy here but by then I realised I am running short of cash. Because I spend quite a bit the night before at the night market, plus I bought 4 sets of kain here, sum up to almost $100+++ and I'm left like a few over dollars. And saw this pretty baju which I thought I wanted to wear it for my engagement. It cost 350RM but I managed to bargain it for 200RM, but in the end, I didn't buy it because I wanted one size smaller (I wanted my baju to be tight-fitting. Okay you can roll your eyes on me.) but the one size smaller was slightly in lighter shade of Royal Blue and I would look off from D's baju since his baju is Dark Blue. So I decided to give it a miss but with a super super heavy heart, God knows! I just tawakkal and left the place, maybe Allah SWT has a better plan for me or even better baju, who knows.

Hernie too suddenly had a bad stomach ache and so, we decided to stop shopping. Settle down for dinner at A&W. Yeahsss! You no longer get this in Singapore. I didn't feel like eating since I felt a bit down that I'm running out of cash and the baju I didn't get to buy. I was being emotional that I almost cried. Hahaha! So Hajar treated me dinner. I just wanted the Root Beer float, so she had the meal and I had the Root Beer float and some fries. Hehe!

Got home and I slightly got over the baju. I don't want to spoil the holiday atmosphere. I just wanted to look beautiful on 'My Day' but it seems like little things like this here and there, keep making me feel less-pretty, less-beautiful about myself. Tsk! (Oh, this is PMS talking) And I remember what D told me, "Awak, why do you let what others think affect you? It doesn't matter what people think. You will always look beautiful to me, in my eyes, and that is what's most important." =')

It was time we started packing our stuff since we're going back home the next day. I spent few minutes almost an hour staring at my loots and figuring it how to pack all the stuff back home because I bought so many things. Zzz! And Hernie as usual, being so sweet to me. I'll get to be the Princess as usual. Hahaha! She packed my stuff for me. Muahahaha! And she even did my laundry for me. Muahahahaha!! After packing, we chit-chat for a bit and I catch up 3 episodes of my Vampire Diaries. Heee!

XOXO,

Princess Azie Anni ♥