SwaP MeeT!!!!

I recently signed to this swapping at Swap Bot! it's where we can swap things like candies, clothes, jewellery....basically the limit is endless!!...this activity is usually for those who loves getting something in their mailbox..so one day I decided to join, to find out whether this is all just a bru-ha-ha "too good to be true" thing...I decided to join a candy swap called 'sugar rush'..now here are basic guides when swapping:

1) if u r new with swapping, u will be called a 'newbie' (swapping slang for newcomers)...now, newbies may have quite a limit to the things that he/she can swap, as there's no proof by others that this newbie has ever posted anything yet.

2)there are a lot of swap categories, ranging from email, recipes,clothes, drawing, and food (my favourite)...there's even a category specially made for newbies..i recommend u join the newbie category 1st.

3)pick whichever swap that may fulfill your desire...look at the detail information of the swap...some swaps are regional,and not meant for international swappers.

4)look closely at the number of partners (ppl who you'll be sending your stuffs to).. the more partners, the more money u need to fork out (basically for the postage fees)

5)look for the deadline and observe it closely...u must send your swap before or on the day of deadline.

6)once u have send your package,u just need to wait for yours to arrive!!

and I got mine just yesterday!!! it's from Jennifer who lives in Toronto..



these r the candies that she sent me:


some chocolate toffees


baskin robbins hard candy (cookies n cream and choc mint)...i never know baskin robbins makes candies!!!



wonka sweettarts squeez


incredible hulk popping candy with lollipop


wonka's sweettarts


some lollipops...can't see the brand



pop rocks!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to devour every single one of these afterwards!!!

if you're wondering...I did mention in my specification that I can't eat anything that has gelatin or have any element of pork...and Jennifer followed my specification to the last letter...its very important to mention to your partners about your likes n dislikes..in case you'll get something u hate, u can't really blame them right??

after you have receive packages from your partners, u have to rate them, giving them a maximum of 5 stars if u love what they sent.

so if u decided to be a swapper, happy swapping!!

Me Want New Shoes!!

My shoes managed to land in gucky, yucky, mud while I was walking to class...and I just saw this on someone's blog....



onitsuka collaboration with tokidoki shoes...apparently, it is only available in Japan...sob sob...I want new shoes...

Welcome Ramadhan

I hope its not too late to wish all of my fellow Muslims, Ramadhan Kareem.

She's gone,truly gone

It's hard to put my recent thought into words right now...right now I'm in a state of dumbfounded-ness over the passing of one of Malaysia's most aspiring filmmakers, Yasmin Ahmad...she is truly gone, and there's a part of me that is still in denial about that fact...questions started to roll into my mind, "who's going to make me cry and touched at the same time this year?"(refering to her petronas commercials).. and I think one of the reasons for me trying to deny it was because the day that she collapsed at TV3 (last thursday),hours before, I just went to her blog. And I noticed that her recent posts are somewhat similar in nature; about people's passings and death.

I have always adored her films and supported them by watching at the cinemas (for Gubra and Mukhsin)...I didn't manage to watch her latest offering, Talentime due to hectic work scheduele.

Sure, she is controversial sometimes...it seems that people who criticized her works before, to me, is denying their own reality, because that is what Yasmin tried to portray ; true Malaysians.

We will miss you Yasmin.

Crap Part Deux

I still remembered back when I was still an undergrad student, I always wondered what it is like being a workaholic, cos' I can never imagine somebody being so obssesed with work...and now I totally understand cos' I am one!!!! Perfect example of me being one is I voluntarily cancelled my holidays for a research trip to Kampung Sayong Pinang, an Orang Asli (aboroginies) settlement in Kota Tinggi, about 2 hours from my workplace....I had fun though, and shall post pictures and details of the trip later on, since the photos that I took are still with the technicians..

actually I'm supposed to be doing some proofreading, but hey, that can wait!!! I've been doing it for 2 hours now (40 pages of forms that needed to be proofread)...I needed a break.

Thought I might share some vids that I watched during my proofreading session a while ago..

ESTRANGED - AURORA
lovely song and an even a lovelier video,something rare in Malaysian music industry....but of course my eyes always went straight to their eye candy drummer, Andy!!!



BUTTERFINGERS - MATI HIDUP KEMBALI
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it on my sister's mp3...so I search the video in YT...and like a girl, I bawled....this mtv won the best music video at the recent Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malaysia's equivelant of the Grammys).



That's all for now..I gotta get back to my work!!!see ya when i see ya!

Crap..

I'm am multitasking as always...doing 4 things at once...including updating my blog!

right now I'm doing 2 different translation for a fellow lecturer and for the university's handbook. Goodness thing they're paying rm0.10 per word...and I have 5 pages..that equals...quite a sum I think??!! hopefully...I am also doing college comparison for my department...and tomorrow I'll be heading back to JB, not for a vacay...but for a meeting...sob sob...


while doing my translation, I'm listening non-stop to this song in particular, through youtube..I usually avoid listening to Indonesian songs, but this one just got me...the melody, the lyrics and the fact that it's Rossa, my fave Indonesian singer.



I can't think of a good meaning for this song in English, cos' my brain have been packed with education terms right now...but maybe I'll post it later..
man, Pasha is sooooo damn adorable!why have I been neglecting you all this while???

They definately make a cute couple...too bad Rossa is married, although hers has been a rocky, publicized marriage. Pasha meanwhile, had just finalized his divorce.

Man, I'm late for a meeting!! see ya when i see ya!

uptown JB

I totally believe in the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure". One of my guilty pleasures is to rampage through old stuffs usually in the form of gawking at yard sales,car boot sales and the likes, where other people resell their old stuffs they don't want anymore, a concept which I love, since you can get rid of your stuffs and at the same time, get some income!!!

So when I went back home last weekend, my sis asked me to follow her to Uptown JB, the latest hip spot in JB (at 11pm nonetheless)...I just couldn't say no!

Uptown JB is situated wherelse,UPTOWN!it has been there for about 2 years I think..it's kinda like a night market mixed with car boot sale, because half of the place is filled with vendors and the other half is filled with sellers and traders.It's open till late, I mean 2am late. Here, people sell merely everything...seriously everything....from old cameras,happy meal toys, posters of celebrities and politicians...to washing machines..yes..washing machines...

here are some pics that I manage to get with my phone...the others are either blurry or dark..













I myself got to buy this:



isn't it cute??????????? and it only cost RM8!!! it is still usable,albeit the bottle is just a little dented,but it was really minor...and it's perfect for my office!!!