I'm already 18!!! yes, I am!!!

Sunday,19 April 2009

Tick tock tick tock tick tock.... “I thought love was only true in fairytales~ meant for someone else but not for me~” My phone rang, i picked up.. and i heard “Syireen, this is Sathisan.. happy birthday!!” happy birthday??? I glanced at the clock.. almost 12a.m...OMG, i almost forgot! Today is my birthday!!!! hard to believe it, but im already 18, bebeh...!! Woohoo!!!

after a lil chit chat with him, we hung up.. then my phone cried.... “Ayam goreng....!!!!!” another birthday wish from my friend and another one and another one and another one.... i can’t stop smiling and i cant stop saying ‘’gracias muchachas” to all of them... =)

when i woke up in the morning, i got out of my room to check on my parents.. i saw my dad in his room arranging his old bunch of files when i wished him good morning.. and then he turned to me.. he straightaway sang a birthday song for me.. like he always did every year.. then he said “babygirl bangun lambat...” i replied,”babygirl?? I’m not a baby anymore.. I’m 18... ” he said,”u’re still a baby to me.. and i still have to control you..” then i pretended to sulk, then smile.. leaving the room to wish good morning to mama downstairs.. my mom was sitting at her usual place watching a Chinese cooking show (cooking shows have always been her fav, and don't ever dream of getting to change the channel!) with Pit and Potty (our cats) lying there as if it is their katil.. comfy huh? Sibuk jek! I’ve to sit on the floor cuz they were conquering the place.. anyhow, i still love them so much! and I wondered until when my parents gonna think that i'm still a little girl.... but it's ok by me.. so long as they're happy.. :)

In the afternoon, we went to kenduri kahwin! First time on my birthday i went to kenduri kahwin.. what a laugh! But as long as my tummy kenyang and i could eat for free, i don’t mind..im already happy enough! =)

After Maghrib, my family went out to celebrate my birthday.. well, just a simple celebration.. and instead of celebrating it with cake, we celebrated it with sushi!!! Yummy...
And here are some of the shots~

After finished eating, i was sent back to my hostel.. i arrived around 11pm... and tadaaa!!!!! Hanaa made a big moist choc cake topped with choc cream for me!!! yay!!! my favourite!!! thank you so much darl!!! susah2 je... ;)

My Picks for the Day:

1. Hamachi Sashimi- Raw Salmon meat cicah kicap masin.. sangat sedap!!
2. Rock n Roll- Beef rolled mazzarella cheese and mushroom sauteed with onion butter..it sounds western but it's japanese!
3. Baked Salmon Temaki- heavenly delicious though a bit spicy..
4. Hanaa's moist choc cake- simply can't get enough of!
5. All the birthday wishes i got from my beloved friends!
6. All the gifts i got from my parent and my friends!

My Pickels for the Day:

1. Wasabi ice cream.. padan muka to me cuz ngada2 pegi order benda pelik2 mcm tu..
2. A hidden big slice of CARROT inside the Unagi Roll... ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!
3. the feeling of guilt to receive gifts from certain ppl..
4. the fact that i didn't get any wish from someone.. I've been forgotten, perhaps..

I have to say.. eventhough last year's birthday was undeniably the best one for me... i still appreciate what i had for this year..

Alhamdulillah~ =)

WhY cOmplaiN??

One fine Friday, during the class break, i decided to go to TLC KDU to check my email (i left my inbox unchecked for quite long).. i was indeed happy at that time because i was so semangat starting a new life after all the tears+heartbreaks.. Hehehe

So, when i opened my inbox,there were quite a number of new mails but nothing really caught my eyes except for one email forwarded by my lovely housemate,Ashley..
Why?? Well,basically the email showed the pictures of children in certain country living on a bare land.. some of them were lying on the ground (just the ground, minus the cooling tiles and shading roof) looking very very sick and starving(they are very skinny), and some of them have neither mom nor dad to look after them and they don’t even have nice clothes or shoes to wear.. very very kesian kan..??

Sincerely..the first time i read the email, i felt so awful(besides sad,of course)! I felt like i'm a terrible person who knows nothing but COMPLAIN! am i?? well,maybe i am.. But then i realised that was not the point there.. the whole point was, we should be grateful of what we have and what Allah s.w.t has given us, no matter how bad or good it is, cuz there is (must be) someone out there who has things worse than us.

That email has really made me realised that what i have gone through in life is not as bad as i thought.. even though i’ve just lost someone that i love,i still have other people who love me and have got my back through the sun and the rain.. and Allah still let me breathe and gave me the chance untuk menikmati the goodness of life.. I should be thankful 4 that!

So, i shouldn't’t have complaint and gave up in life.. cuz there must be a hikmah behind everything that has happened.. Allah knows every single thing.. He won’t give something to His hamba without a reason.. and only He knows the reason.. yeah..i’ve learnt my lesson.. and i believe that Allah has set the best future 4 everyone.. After all, Allah takkan menguji hambanya melebihi dari kemampuannya.. and who said “ujian” that was mentioned above only meant for negative things like losing the one we love, failing in exams etc ?? it also meant for all the positive things we have in life, u know, like wealth, health etc, which we tend to take for granted.... until... we lose them!

The conclusion is, let’s complain less, be grateful of what we have and make world a better place!

p/s: no wonder the email could win the best voted email! not only it caught my eyes but also touched my heart.. Thanx Ashley!

Till then! =)

turning over a new leaf, branch, fruit, seed..bla..bla..bla!

yup, dats wat i'm doing! y?? well, basically, after all that has happened to me lately, i just think that i seriously need to change my attitude,my thinking and the way i see through life.. i just realised that what n who i am now is affecting my future, my emotions n most importantly.. it's affecting those people i love!

there's always a room 4 improvement and it's totally not wrong to berhijrah, rite?
And this will be started with me writing a blog!
So, with the creation of this blog, i do hope that i could share my experience,inspired those who read it and make myself to learn along the way..

comments,criticisms and compliments are most welcome! =)