so 'n double-o b' noob

noob. (n)

- newbie. a person who acts like a newbie at a task. you can say 'bimbo' but 'noob' sounds less offensive.

taken from the minds of Maria Elena. 

ok i suka hati je create the meaning. noob is actually originated from the gaming world. dunno what game coz i pun tak main. but whatever la.

noob is noob. =p

anyway, i've been quite noob lately. here's why.

1. i was looking everywhere for my car keys one morning before heading out of my house to work. i searched everywhere! i even went in the toilet and checked in the washing machine (in fear i washed it with my jeans).

but tak jumpaaaa. punya panic. like where the heck can my keys be! camane nak gi keje!!!! then i scratched my head. pastu sedar.

the keys. in. my. hand.

sekian.

2. i had an eye infection the other day so i had to wear my glasses to work. i dah tak biasa sangat pakai specs ni and i never quite liked it because i don't like the feeling of my sight being restricted within the lenses. nak jeling pun susah. blur je nampak. mana syok! so i took it off la masa kat office tu. after a while i macam dah penat asyik squint squint tengok computer screen, i reached out for my glasses. it wasn't on my table. punya i cari kat my table tu. depan belakang laptop i check. on the floor. no specs there. aneh! i thought i placed it right next to my notebook.. then i scratched my head.

the specs. my glasses. on. my. head.

sekian.

3. i always have my phone near me when working. why? because sometimes some supplier or client and sometimes my bosses call me at unexpected times. so have to prepare la kan. anyway, when working kan have to be focused. one time i wanted to change the P&ID on autocad urgently sebab boss mintak. masa tu laaaa my mouse don't work!! punya i gerak gerak kan my mouse, then wonder why the cursor tak gerak. maki maki i kat the poor mouse. rosak ke apa?? tengok je mouse.. oh. patutlah.

i was holding my phone. not the mouse. 

sekian.

4. now ni kisah years ago, when i was still in UTP. i think this is the ultimate noob la.

dato's hair was quite long then. ala ala indie but he's not indie at all. he's just pemalas nak kisah. haha! anyway, he had a haircut one morning and i went with him. teman la kan. kata awek. haha! anyway, i was with him, i saw his haircut and ok la. habis cerita itu haircut. that night, we wanted to have dinner together. he came to my block to pick me up. as i walked to his car, i waved, buat muka entahpape, i pun tak ingat. when i climbed in the car, i turned to look at him then i terkejut melompat kot!! salah kete!! i felt embarrassed and i wanted to go out immediately, but then i realised; memang dato' la! i was in his car but i thought i wasn't coz i didn't recognise him. ya Allah. imagine, i forgot how my own boyfriend looked like after a haircut PADAHAL I IKUT DIA KOTTTTT!!!

sekian.

Wordless Wednesday

*wordless wednesday sounds kinda cool.




ps: it may not be islamic, but it's general.
there are no such things as 'bad' or sekutu dengannya. only lack of 'good'.

i don't get sick, i get awesome

when you're not feeling well,

you need rest.

but sometimes, rest can be really boring!

i was quite sick the other day, and i told myself to have a good rest.. but i got annoyed at just laying in bed doing nothing.

so i made a shawl tutorial.

ngeeeheheheeeeeee!!

and did these!

Scarf: Pastelina

*the "Bodybuilder without muscles" pose*

Top: Topshop (on sale!!!)

*the "Is it going to rain?" pose*

Wedges: Angel-boutique.blogspot.com

*the "Praying Mantis kungfu tau foo fa" pose*

memang takde rupa orang sakit. hahahaha!

thing is, the more i want to have fun, the better i felt!

i made myself go to the Muslim Exhibition with Shea, and met lovely Ashfi and i went to see my darling Hunny Madu at her showcase! Hunny's music is really really awesome! she's truly an inspiration who shows that you don't have to be just one thing in your life. she's now not just a dj, but an artist. coolness!

after i'm done with the activities, as exhausted as i felt, the rest afterwards was exactly the rest i need. the type yang tido takde mimpi tu. bessttttt! haha! i felt contented. =D

no wonder i hardly HARDLY ever get sick.

=p

oh!

here's the tutorial!

hope you find it useful.. simple je styles nya. huhu.. =B

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ps: the title of the post is adopted from Barney Stinson's (How I Met Your Mother)

"When i get sad, i stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story."

so thanks Barney! for making me feel awesome =D

Maria Sr.

Dear Mom/Mama/Ibu/Mother/Mowmeeyyyhhh,

so it was your birthday and i did not buy you any presents because i simply cannot find anything that you would like. let's face it ma, you've gotzz itzz allzzzzz!
a house, otw.
handbags berlambak sampai almari jatuh.
boys yang besar macam giants.
a hubby yang kuat tido.
a daughter yang sebijik macam father dia. kuat tido. tapi workaholic. dan awesome.
..
dan annoying.

for the past 23years plus of my life, i know i've been a happy child. but at the same time, i know i annoy the hell out of you.
i likez to cubitz your pipiz.
i like to sing out loud in the car with my sengaja-dibuatkan-suara-buruk-gila to annoy everyone.
i like to make faces at you when you're trying to be serious. to annoy you, of course.
i like to answer "tanak" when you ask "ena boleh tolong.." laju laju before you finish your sentence. to annoy you, of course. but i always do it anyway kan maaaaaa! =B
i like to gigit gigit your arms while making sounds yang pelik pelik.
annnnnnnnnnnnddddddddd ssssssssoooooooooooooo much more.
you know lah kan.

heheee..

i wanted to give a toast at dinner yesterday (bajet american style la kan) but i just can't. i know if i start talking serious, i would either cry, or make stupid faces to immediately change the mood.
so i write this out for you ok?

mother, i know i've been the least helpful at home. i've been living far from home since after school up till today.
but now that i'm not that far from you, i often go home on weekends to be with you and the family because i dearly miss that. what i miss most about home, is you =)
when i come home and you're not there, i always thought "lebih baik tak balik. cis." but i stayed anyway sebab rumah ada astro. hehe!
i enjoy talking to you, and sharing stories with you. you're my only girrrpreeennn at home!

ma, remember when we were in Portobello road? i was separated from you and the family. i can't call out because i don't have roaming. it was raining hard then too. i remember how scared i was. ye lah, how can i go back? how to find all of you in a sea of crowd? i was completely clueless! then i just called you out in my heart. i prayed that i will see you.
and i did.
i saw you.
i always have this ESP thingy with you. =)

you always listen to the boys and me complain about our lives and we hardly ever hear yours.
i remember i used to complain about how studying is so difficult. and you just kept giving me advices and encouraging me that "it's normal to feel like that. memang susah apa you tengah buat."
now that i'm working, i realised that studying is like eleeeehhh! small matter je stress dia!
working is a whole load of stress. tension. eye straining looking at the computer screen wondering how to solve a problem.
baru i tau..

how hard it must had been for you to raise us while you were working, to pick us up from school and feed us with good food everyday, to suppress your hopes and dreams for the sake of raising us, your setan kids.
how hard it must (still) be for you to clean our rooms, wash our clothes, iron and fold them, and feed us everyday..

and yet, you don't complain.

you do make remarks about us being lazy and 'anak tak guna', but you still do what you do. you support us, you listen and you make us feel loved. you accept us the way we are, even when we're at our 'bad' phase. you always tell us to know our limits without ever telling us what the limits were.
but somehow rather, we know it anyway.

you've done so much for us.
and i wish i know how to repay you.
insyallah ma, in future, i will do what's necessary for you and abah.
and that will be my gift to you. for all the years you've sacrificed for us. =)

you're the best, mom.  you're my inspiration. you're my strength.

i love you so much, mother. i always pray that i can make you proud.
i hope along the way, i have.

Happy Birthday

=)

Love,
Ena da Lena.

dual redundant CPU

ini ialah muka hadapan magazine.

Aquila Asia namanya. (Facebook page HERE)

nampak "HIJABISTAS OF THE REGION"?

haaaa~

before that, here are some of the contents of the magazine! cool kan? this is the spread for Wardah by Dian Pelangi. memang awesome lah! =D

here, they talked about the islamic side of China, an eye opener for someone like me, who only thinks Great Wall of China when mention 'China'. hahahha! noob.

and so, here we come to the spread of 'Hijabistas' of Malaysia =p
Sue Anna Joe was interviewed for this article, and i have to say, she did us all justice in describing us. thanks Kak Anna!

jeng jeng jeeennnnggggg!!

need i say more?

hahahahaa!

memang i terkejut beruk bila Suri told me there's a huge picture of myself. bukak je magazine tu, ha amik! hahahaa! poyo tul saya ni. ampun ya =p

all pictures in this article are credited to Sue Anna Joe =D 

i've never heard of this magazine before, but now i strongly recommend muslimahs to get this magazine instead of you know.. mangga, URTV and the likes. this magazine is very informative and their fashion influence, is very cool! ohh! there's this article about a lady whose a non-muslim and an African American, went undercover as a muslim by wearing the hijab. the story is so cool, you have to read it =) i forgot to take a picture of it. heeee.. you can buy it at News cafe, MPH, i think popular pun should have.  =B

so yeah. a new magazine i'd like to share with you all. and the moral of the story is:

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR GUMMY BEARS/WORMS/BEANS ETC IN THE CAR WHEN IT'S HOT OR IT'LL BECOME GUMMY JUICE. motip? nak makan camane dah skang? tell me?
noob.

ps: title has nothing to do with this post. just something yang very stressful at work sampai terbawak2 everywhere. hahaha haha hah ha... noob lagi.

pps: want to have YOUR face in a magazine?

come and join me here! click on the poster for more info!! =D

haaaa~ dah ada opportunity, jangan buat dek je. seize it bebeh! 

Nora Elena and Maria Elena

since i've started working, i hardly follow series/drama. 

nak download malas, nak tengok lak tak sempat.

if ada time pun nak tengok tv, i watch movies or series on starworld.

but lately ni, alot of people have been talking about Nora Elena.

a series on TV3, pasal cinta cinton based on a novel called Kasih Yang Suci.

yang buat i perasan kewujudan series ni is because of these tweets:

(click to see larger view bebeh)

*all tweets are not in order*

yang lasssssst tweet tu memang terbaik la! hahahaha! tu housemate i skang =p

ok so i tak tau la Nora Elena punya producer/director/script writer chose the name 'Elena' based on my name. i pun malas nak gi kat diorang and demand explanation. 

it's a common name actually. my housemate pun nama Iylia ELENA. camane? chill je la kan. 

hehehe!

oh btw, don't believe Ami tu! the series is not based on my life story! ami ami! =p

oh oh ohhhh!! kalau tak salah i la, there's a character named Maria kan?

hahahaha!!!

oh well =p

nanti tiba-tiba satu episode i ada kan. Nora Elena meets Maria Elena. rupanya i ni her long lost sister. and we found each other through facebook. kitorang macam 'eh you elena gak?'.

and then our mother told us "oh itu la adik kau nora, maria! lupa lak mak nak cite. dia nye mak lain la. tapi bapak korang sama. hehehee!! opps lupa nak cite. sorry ekk!!!"

HAHAHAHAHA! ok langsung tak drama. just kidding ok!! 

but thank you all for thinking of me when you watch the series. =B

kembang hidung, pipi, gigi sume ok. 

selamat menonton Nora Elena ya! 

ps: tak pernah dapat tengok lagi the series. just about 10seconds of it. when this guy told nora "saya ni memang nakal, tapi saya tak jahat" or something like that. i pun tak ingat. haha!