Raya 2014 Outfits.

The second and forth outfit are specially tailored for this year's Aidilfitri and though it might have been a bit costly, it was worth it in my eyes. I loved how both the top and bottom fits me nicely and the workmanship of the seamstress, flawless. For someone who wants everything to be done properly, this old lady sure ace it! Whereas the first and third outfit are hand me downs. The lace green kebaya was from my grands and I used one of my baju kurung pahang's kain which has got a long slit which enables me to walk with east. Not very sure of the material but hell it's soft! The thai pink silk belongs to mom as well and we had it tailored some time 5-6 years back? Yeap, we take care of our baju very well! Still looking clean and new after all these years and it's simple yet, sweet. Like me... HAHAHAHA.

 Credits goes to my youngest sister for layaning aka entertaining me with taking of my outfits. By far, she is the best in taking good pretty shots of me. Hehehe love you AB! And I know this is too early for me to say as we never know if we would be able to celebrate Eid 2015 but I already have plans for next year's outfit. In sha allah, I might don an Alia Bastamam inspired baju! xx

Red blood cells.

Like I've mentioned before, the love I have for my family on my mom's side is unexplainable. We are so damn close that I sometimes gets worried if anything bad is ever gonna happen to us. To all of us. I dare say that I've got the coolest bunch of aunts and uncles too! Anyway, some may say it's because of the 1 or 2 years age gap between all of us cousins but I beg to differ. One of the youngest one, the mini mak nenek of me is only 4 years old and I'm like 23? And she still sticks to me like a glue whenever I'm around here. Not that I'm complaining as she's annoyingly cute hahaha. If you've been following me on my IG, you'd get what I mean.

For now, I'll leave you lovelies with a couple of photos to make my blog less wordy. Yes, I've been writing more than posting visuals but I'm afraid I might blind your eyes with my over narcissistic self. HAHA.

 More photos of la familia will be uploaded soon. Hopefully by this weekend and also the long over due KL Trip photos. Oh godddd I've been postponing it for the longest time and next weekend I'll be heading to Krabi which BTW IS A TRIP THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR. In fact, anything on vacation makes me over the moon la. It's not that difficult to say that I need a break. We all need one every few months. xx

Kecoh Raya Part II.

I'm sorry if I started out this post with a picture of nobody else but, myself. :P

 This 2 pictures below are over at Hougang, my paternal side. Allow me to "refresh" everyone's memory.. My dad comes from the East and my mom, the West. Dad was from Bedok/Geylang/Siglap while Mom had always been at Teck Whye and when they got married, Bukit Batok it was for us all.

 I don't know nor do I understand how a-less-than 2 year old kid was able to use an iPhone. I mean seriously? Is this what the generation nowadays are supposed to be like? 0_0 Anyway, that's Aidean! My new found love( Haiya I'm so in love with so many babies till I've lost count the number. They are just too cute la all this little ones. Sometimes, too cute that I feel like punching their face! HAHAHA.) I first met him at One Degree 15 a few months ago and during the cake cutting, he hold on to me and was glued, literally both of us was. Lol. 

Meet my new "boyfriend" Irsyad Hayekal. ^^  :P

The only man in my life right now and just last week, he brought home another LCD TV home. So.. We currently have 2 unused TV, one that's 32" and another 40" one. God knows what we're gonna do with it. I jokingly said on Instagram that we're gonna turn it into jerok. Hahaha. Fyi, my dad won those and I told him that he should prolly start winning a car since TVs are too mainstream. ;)

My cousins being silly and there are like another 5-6 shots of their "retarded" faces. Hahaha.And who the hell says no to Hari Raya goodies? Only fools that is.

My cranky boy, Yusuf and below, my favourite flowers of all time.  ♡♡♡♡♡

Faiz is really cute till he.. Gets frightened at the littlest things and cry. -_- 

 Below 2 girls are often mistaken as siblings when they're actually cousins. Both equally athletic and have got gorgeous curly hair but they are afraid or shy to embrace it. Oh well, I'd give this girls a few more years and I'm sure or rather, I hope they'll love it and not do stupid hair rebonding or something.

Do you know that I told my mom this, " If you're gonna die, I'm going with you too."

In snippets.

Rochester Park with Caiyi for a quick-simple-very-little dinner. I had the Beef Lasagne which basically tasted like crap because it was so mushy-soggy and there isn't much flavour to it. But what can you expect from a $10.90 basic lasagne and that's pretty much "instant"? It can never and will never taste as good as those that I'm able to whip up at home. Plus, my first take on the Green Tea Frap received a negative comment from me. It's way too sweet for my liking. So much for trying to be adventurous. Haha. From now, I shall stick to my Mocha Chip or Java Cream Chip.

 

I love the fabric of the dress that I wore last Friday to Harry Potter x Andy Warhol exhibition. I wished all of you out there are able to touch and feel it. Lol. I'm SO loving it! Especially the cutting. Anyway, I wouldn't say that both exhibition was a must to see but it was definitely worth going for. I mean, it was not thattt bad. But if you were to compare it to the Titanics, I'd prefer Titanics much more. I left the Arts Museum at MBS with a $40 Gryffindor scarf. Hahaha. (Planning to wrap it around my neck if Bandung weather in December permits.) Almost bought the deep blue and pretty heavy pen but I decided to give it some thought and.. I shall get my friend's friend to get it for me! Ps; I only took noticed of it when I had to sign on the receipt. If it wasn't for that...

What I Wore For Raya.

The deep pink outfit was tailored to fit my petite body and as much as I don't like the tailor because she was not that good, I was glad mine turned out a-okay at the end of day. Something that I'm very much thankful for. As for the second outfit, it's basically my mom's top a few years ago. Alright I wouldn't say it's a few years, it's like at least 5-7 years ago? and it's still in perfect condition. This is what happens when you get material of good quality, it lasts and when sent for tailoring, the aftermath is forever satisfying. The bottom skirt, is Dad's songket which he got eons ago and because Mom took good care of it while washing, it looks brand new as ever. Didn't know those two would pair up beautifully. I hope this doesn't come across as thick-skinned but, I loved how I looked last Saturday.

I call Yusuf, the cranky boy because it's so hard to get him to smile!!! But I don't really care. I just grab him, put him on my lap and continue taking pictures till I'm happy with it. HAHA. The best part was, he doesn't even cry! He just.. Let me be and lean on me like there's nothing wrong. Sometimes I wonder if he thinks his Kak Long Shiqin is abit of a nut case or not. Lol. Haizzz I love him la. And there's another photo of my lipstains all over his face. HAHAHA. But I shan't post it here. If you guys wanna see, follow me on Instagram. :P

Those two boys are my distant cousin but we grew closer after a few holidays and we followed each other on Twitter. Haha yes the kiddos knows what I'm doing and who I hang out with and so on.. Too cute to be true and I loveeee disturbing them. Next up, is @sidora's house aka my neighbour aka my makcik ngaji house. Their cookies and cakes are to die for! I don't have a favourite when I'm at their place for Raya visiting simply because everything, yes everything is good!

A little something to think about: 

Work hard for what you want. Anything that comes easy and free is a bonus and a blessing, but never a right. Nobody is obliged to be nice or good to you so be extremely appreciative even if it is a simple act of kindness.

Blood is thicker than water.

There is just gonna be too many parts to the Syawal entry that I really don't know how to break it up. I thought of doing 3 parts to it and just do a mini major highlights on the days that I went out visiting. How's that sound? Mehh we'll see how things goes. I can be a tad lazy.. Hehe. Anyway, it's 10 in the morning on a dull Monday. In fact, every Monday is dull/boring +++ Why can't the weekends be longer righttt? Yeah pretty sure everyone asked that at some point on time in their lifesss. And yessss.. I have 1 pending post about the OCC Liptars that I got from bellabox.com and till now, I still haven't got the time to take proper photos of do swatches for them. :( Wah I promise I'll get it done and over with before the end of this month! For now, allow me to spam photos..

“This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soul mate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”

 "Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one." There are more crazy shots but because there's just too many, I decided to just pick the "best" though honestly, all ARE the best and there sure as hell is story behind each photo taken. I'm closer to my mom's side of the family, thus major spam of their faces as such to my paternal side and below, are my 2 favourite cousins from le Dad's. The rest, I pretty much can't be bothered because they seem to have gold in their mouth. No pun, intended. :)

My parents, are the main reason why I'm alive and still am, breathing. I can't emphasize enough on how much they meant to me. There's just this overwhelming feeling of always wanting to repay them back, to give them a good life and so on.. I feel like I owe them alot. Sometimes I feel like I owe them my life.