^_^

One day I was watching a TV programme - on which channel? I've forgotten but weirdly the commercials at that time was straight about babies - pregnant women, a family with houseful of kids and everything, babies here babies there (okay so maybe I was watching one of the learning channels). My lil bro was pointing it out that the whole commercial lines was so odd. I mean come on, the whole few minutes of commercials only on babies and pregnancies is rare.

Then I got a call from my sister in law saying...

I'M GONNA BE AN AUNT!!!!!!

Aunty Diah?

Cik Diah?

Mak Diah?

What is the name they call the third born kid? My siblings never had to use the name 'along', 'angah' and all that.

Hmmm.... I still have months to think what name I should use.

Anyway, alhamdulillah ^_^

p.s: I wonder where I can get that baby rattle and baby caps with pointy ears on it

Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

It's my brother's room turn for a spring cleaning. Since he took my desk away and place it in his room years ago, I got reunited with my old stuff, hurrah!!

Well, those are actually stuff that I know I have but I don't know where I put it.
So here are some of the stuff - dated mostly since my secondary school years - and yes I'm a sucker for mementos. In this case, most of them are correspondence letters from my friends throughout the years - though some of them are lost but hey, some of them are here.

My name tag and my ex-pet-sis' name tag that she gave me on my last day of school.

The letter that I faxed to 98.7fm to claim my prize for letter of the day for 'Say It With Music' slot. The original letter was filled with cartoon I drew and my cousin actually recorded the part when they announced the letter of the day part - only that I don't know where the heck I put the cassette. The song I requested for was Missing you by Gladys Knight, Brandy, Chaka Khan and Tamiya. To whom I requested it for, I may have some idea but I'm very sure that my buddies Along, Sue and Eena were among those.

My cassette collections, ranging from pop to rock - BSB, R.E.M, Def Leppard, Indecent Obsession, Boyzone, Garbage, Jim Brickman, Josh Groban, etc, etc.

I bought their cassettes, but at that time I also really really have to have their special edition CD esp that first album. The cassette I had only have 1 bonus track while the special edition had 3. Boy, listening back to them brings the smile on my face.

Remember the reign of Spice Girls in late 90s? I bought this with my friends and back in those day, I love it so much that I rarely use it. There's still half of it and to me, it is one of the best Impulse perfume spray scent ever. Wonder how much that will cost if I ever decided to sell it.

You got the 'Chronicles of Narnia', I got the 'Chronicles of Nadiah' from 1994 to... hmmm last time I wrote in it was in 2005 I think... 2 of those are black because I kinda remembered Belinda Carlisle's song - Little Black Book. Despite the hiding places from my oh-so-baik brothers, they still managed to read it. But I doubt that they read the brown book, hehehe.

So there it is, my memory lane. I still have to sort my photo album from the pictures I found, huhuhu.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Years ago when I was 16, I made a call to my mak from the hostel, asking her to open my drawers, to take out a specific white covered cassette and play it. On that year's Mother's Day. Honestly I did not know what to get her that year. Surprisingly she still remembers the song to this very day - even if she forgotten who sang it.

"Eh, ni lagu yang Diah suruh dengar la".

If you're wondering what song, this was it



HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERY MOTHER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!

p.s: Selamat Pengantin Baru to Aidah and Azzireen

Late 80s

Primary school began.
Tagging my brother wherever he may go playing.
Request for a younger sibling.
The I-forgot-to-do-my-homework routine.
Ramlah Ram wearing a white gown with huge red heart on it (or was it in the 90s?)
Michael Bolton with his huge hair and denims
Never ending music influence by my sister - which brings me to today's post. Because of her I love listening to Belinda Carlisle's songs!!!!



My all time favourite 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth'. Watching the clip back again... boy, the 'angkat-angkat- earth-ball' routine is sure something, hihihi.

Kids Say The Darnedest Thing

Kids do say the darnedest things. They're sincere, straight up and most of the time - tactless. Some are flattering, some are funny and some are just downright embarrassing.

I was teaching year 1 pupils writing and as usual had to call up few pupils who need special attention while doing it or they might not even do their exercise. If they did, they might write with lots of errors and ended up being totally messy.

There is this kid, always up to mischief and needs round the clock supervision or he will run out of the class and play around the teachers' car. So this was what he asked me today:-

Pupil: Cikgu, cikgu nak kereta apa? Nanti saya belikan untuk cikgu (Teacher, what car do you want? I'll buy it for you)
Me: Kenapa? (Why?)
Pupil: Kereta cikgu buruk sangat la, kesian saya tengok (Your car's so ugly that I sympathize you)
Me: ??

Vote! Vote!

On my bid to support my brother for his entry for the Kingston HyperX Girl contest, vote for his drawing here!!!! It closes on 20th May so cast your vote - You have to create a login username before voting btw. This is his version of Kingston HyperX Girl.


The contest is based on voting + judges decision, so, please vote.

I... got... the... urge!!

I was visiting my uncles and aunts in JB with my brother and I just can't fight the urge.

Of what?

Of watching Iron Man the second time!!!!



Iron Man is just pulling me back for more rounds - which my cousin totally agree and she keeps on drooling on Robert Downey Jr while my brother decided to go and watch it again, alone on Monday.

So far the movies that I merited more than just 1 visit at the cinema were 10 things I hate about you, LOTR trilogies, Pirates of the Caribbean - the Curse of the Black Pearl and Iron Man just adds up the list. Unlike others, Transformers did not merit in mine because I still have hang ups on Bumblebee being a Chevrolet Camaro and not a VW Bug.

Who knows, I might be going for a third round, ngiahahahaha

Orang Besi

Its Labour Day today so as planned I accompanied my friend to JB to buy her new mobile phone - and also to watch Iron Man.

You just can't imagine how I felt when the line at TGV Tebrau City was outpoured to the shop area, past the Baskin Robbins stall. The wait was excruciating and it was no surprise that the shows from 12pm to 3.45pm were all sold out. So we both decided to hunt for the phone there, had our lunch and head out to another cinema house at Pelangi Leisure Mall that was always, always never filled up to the max.

Boy, I was wrong.

Seems like every family in town decided to watch Iron Man there with their groups of kids so we managed to get separate good seats on different rows. If I thought that the kids were going to make lots of interrupting noise, I was wrong again. The kids behaved well and did not make any noise. It were the mothers who were busy being commentators without the urge of any of their kids *sighs*.

About the movie - It definitely worth our trip from Tebrau City to Leisure Mall. We can expect changes from the original comic but overall, it is a good movie. Some humour and lots of actions. We were both in awe of Robert Downey Jr, hehehe. Totally enjoyed the part when Pepper (Gwyneth) threw -not literally- catty Ms 'Brown' out by saying that she also 'take and throw out trashes' for Stark if needed. Oooh, score that.

Next attraction - Indiana Jones!!!!!!