Facial expressions you can't ignore

berlalulah sudah ramadhan, sebulan berpuasaa~

last year i didn't give duit raya as i only started working, but alhamdulillah, i've made up this year! my gandmas, aunts, uncles and young cousins were very excited to receive them from me! hehee! we were very joyous on Hari Raya, and i felt like such an adult. especially after giving my parents their duit raya!
mesti my family members rasa lega. for the past 23 years of my life, my family can finally stop giving me money. =p

my family ni gangsta sikit.
i'm the only girl among my siblings, so i am heavily influenced by my brothers.

here i want to clarify,
i don't know how to make that "do i look notty?" or "sebenarnya i nak kata i cute tapi i letak caption "omg buruknya i!! #sadface" so that people would tell me what i already know - i am cute" looks.

kalau i nak buat muka buruk, memang bersungguh sungguh i will memburukkan muka.

muka cute = tak awesome sangat.

muka annoying = awesome.

muka buruk = lagi awesome.

so this 'muka buruk' habit came from my brothers.
perlu i cakap lagi ke?
just see la.

proper pic. the one and only.

warming up.

sort of warmed up.

astaghfirullahalazim..

salam-salaman pun macam-macam gaya. Tokmak sampai excited gila tengok Ike.

so yeah.

thank you, my gigantic brothers!

korang memang awesome =p

though, se-gangsta muka buruk i, muka buruk my bros lagi buruk. 

Maaf Zahir & Batin dari si peliks.

Bad tudung day!

i used to have bad hair days, actually i still do.. but now it's different!
my hair is kept underneath my shawls.

and now, i have bad tudung days.
but today, it's so bad, it's embarrassing!

my tudung didn't stay on my head as how it used to. it kept shifting sides! kejap ke depan sangat sampai tak nampak dahi, kejap ke belakang sangat sampai nampak dahi luasku. aiiiiiiihh!
what's worse, my hair kept creeping out of my inner scarf and manage to find it's way out no matter how i many times i tucked it in. i even tied my hair harder than usual sampai sakit kepala okay!
they come dari atas, dari tepi, bawah telinga side. Ohmagaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

annoying tahap maximum!

and what's worse, my colleague mentioned it.
"maria, apahal rambut kau tu?"

stress ada, kelakar pun ada! i quickly ran to the back, secluding myself from human view (sebab nak gi toilet kena lalu ramai orang. tak sanggup!!!) and took necessary actions.

kalau i baby, rambut keluar keluar tu cute kot.
like this:

cute baby Alya picture from http://bengelina.blogspot.com

tapi as an adult, memang tak la!! muka mintak penampar and yang paling tak best, aurat yang nak cover, itu la yang terkeluar.
aisehhhhhh..
like this:

photo editting paling noob dalam dunia from peliks.blogspot.com.

ok perlu ke credit diri sendiri? hehehee! =p

anyway, tengok that picture. MACAM NOOB KOT! i don't want to show my own picture because my hair is out kot. no wayyy! hehehehe!

so yeah. it was really annoying with my hair trying to get air, when i need it to listen to my command, which is stay in the serkup aka inner, tolong la. and then my tudung, tolong la. dah set like that, stay like that laa! kau nak gerak2 apasal? ish.
Alhamdulillah though that this doesn't happen often.
when those days happen, memang stress.

dah la stress keje, add on stress with my tudung and my hair which sometimes have a mind of its own, and worse, people may see it.

huuuuuuuhhhhh..

what is the solution to a bad tudung day?

since i'm quite new at wearing the hijab, you all yang dah bertahun tahun pakai, mind sharing some tips? saya baru belajar dan saya mahu belajar =) sharing is caring right? heeeee...

thank you in advance!! =D

Karok, Karaoke, Kareoke

well well well.

- is duffy's new song. have you heard it yet? hehehehe!

anyway! i've been MIA from the cyberworld for quite some time. so i apologise to those who have been contacting me via facebook, twitter, chatbox, and comments.
it's not that i'm being a diva or anything, i just have been extremely busy with work and everything else!
plus my laptop crashed, so i had to rely on my phone.
huhu..

sorry ya y'all.

if you really need to contact me, perhaps you could tweet me at @mariaelenazarul
insyallah i'll try to reply my soonest!

*ehem*so i made a video. bahahahaha!! (nervous laugh okayh)
it's just some random topic that went through my head at the time.

i don't know if you notice it as i have, but i realised that a looooootttttt of people LOVE karaoke-ing! or cara orang melayu kate, karok.
kan kan kannnn??

ramai kot suka karok!

tapi saya tidak sangat.. hence this video. tak tau la if ada orang feel the same way about this as i do.
hehehehe!! =B

Note that i DON'T mean to offend anyone when making this video!
chill ek! hehe!! =D it's just my perspective. heeee!




again, i'm sorry if i offended anyone. sowiiieeeeee!!! (attempt nak buat cute)
also!! sorry if i've been sombong for the past few-i-dont-know-how-long. i just have been really busy trying to survive =) --- try to understand that i'm working now. not just lepaking. though i'd love to. hehe!

thank you for watching!

jom chill.

ps: do read this post! it's by my babe Zainatun and she's got points. it's about our malaysian community nowadays! read it here!

pps!: that shawl - the blue/black shawl is from MaladyCouture, called Taze!
        that inner - the grey one that i wore underneath is from AyunarBiz!
do check them out! they have awesome collections! =D

futsal

futsal match was last Saturday(3/10/09)

and dammit, it was fun! and not to mention, HOT!

as a first-timer playing futsal in a team, i realised playing futsal is like dancing with the ball on the court. it was tiring, looking down all the time, not knowing where your team mates are, but then, after a while, best doh!

anyway.

these were some of the skills i've learnt:

1. garu kepala bila nak tendang bola.

2. spirit fingers dulu baru terajang the opponent. (good job inot!)

3. guy in blue shorts (sorry tak kenal nama): buat pilates bila bola dah lepas adalah amalan beliau.

4. malik: meng-apply kan skill joget zapin dalam menyepak bola. it's a plus.

5. bila competitive sangat, pukul bontot opponent (only bila tak puas hati). tidak digalakkan.

6. fencing bola pun boleh~

ada banyak lagi peristiwa2 yang berlaku pada hari itu. weird ones, kelakar ones, and cool ones too!

all in all, i had great fun playing futsal. and our team, VAM, we won 2nd place!

biarlah noob, asalkan power!

hahahhaa!!

great job everyone! regardless of your courses, you've all played your best!

memang rockstar la we all!!

now our faces are burnt, muka pink ada, merah ada, brown ada, so let us try our best now to putihkan balik our faces before the dinner!

woohoooo!!!

ps: the pictures were not meant to membahan or mengutuk, but just for fun and frankly, they're funny! heheee.. so, sorry if tuan punya gambar terasa..

the mystical chain

i dont know who's da scriptwriter for How I Met Your Mother, but i tell you, he's very experienced.

i dont remember which episode and which season but i remember vaguely about Barney Stinson saying something about "the chain of apentah".

today is a hell of a day.
it started this morning.

a tanker came in and some procedures were supposed to be followed. someone had to tell her boss that some procedures were ignored by my friend who was in charge then. call dis someone J la.
so my friend, R, was screamed at, scolded, humiliated and accused for something she was not guilty of.
i found my friend here, crying in the back room, so i comforted her and tried to listen to her through her sobs.
then my boss cari dia. again she was attacked. this time, at least i was with her so i asked my boss to wait for her to calm down and dat he shouldnt pressure her just yet.
so then my friend took in a few big gulps of air and went into my boss's room where other bosses were waiting. to hear her side of the story.
so there. settled. it wasnt her fault, but J's. basically si J ni twisted R's words and told her boss, who then got angry at R, padahal si R did nothing wrong. there wasnt supposed to be any drama pun! tapi tu la..

the chain was on.
after my friend dah ok, i pulak tak ok.
some problems kat sana.
i wasnt emotionally stable la kot. i mean, i was angry at my boss ni for blindly blame my friend without having seen evidence or reason. i was angry at J for making up stories and causing all the unnecesary drama. i was sad for R who was victimised and confronted when it wasnt her fault.
then when my problem came. i wasnt feeling right. i was emotional. irrasional.
sampai a few ppl asked me if i was alright.
i didnt know it showed on my face. so i pushed it away and help around more. get distracted.

then my other friend,L, lak kena.
she was just kidding with another colleague, T.
so T ni was scolded by J i mentioned above.
when my friend was joking around with her, T took it to heart and blasted my friend off and left the lab immediately.
i kejar la T, and begged her to tell me wat she was angry about and why.
then T cakap la she was scolded and (also) victimised by J after the meeting with the bosses. so she wasnt in the right mood. after a lot of pujuking and convincing her that it was not anyone's fault and dat it was just not a good day for everyone, she calmed down and had no hard feelings for my friend,L, ni.

when i got back to the lab, i found L in tears.
she said she felt so bad but she didnt understand why T got offended.
so i explained. she's better now, thank God.

then dis J kan, she wont stop! she went to all the bosses, and bring this issue up when its not needed(ppl have work to do la pompuan) and she actually raised her voice to them! i tak tau la why she couldnt just stop trying to win over everyone and apologise.
huhhh...

now hopefully the chain stops, coz dammit, im tired.

stop chain, stop.

moral of this episode: dont start the chain. dont blindly accuse someone. find answers or solutions. dont create unnecesary drama. get to the bottom of the case. then take action. not by blaming.

peace.