Sunday, March 17, 2013

Hiatus

Last updated : 29th Oct 2011.
Hahahahahaha apesal tak cukupkan setahun terus baru kau update blog ha zarifah??!
Ngeh ngeh if anyone ever asks me, so what's your blogging style? I should answer, "the hangat hangat tahi ayam one". Eh perasan, first2 sekali sape plak nak tanya kau soalan tu kah kah..
Ok ok enough of merepek! Ni memang kes writer's block la nih sebenarnya, memang lemah bab writing pastu membebel benda merepek.

Wellllll, since i been away for TOO LONG, so I wanted to share with everyone lah what Ive been up to these past few months.....

*bunyi cengkerik*

Jan 2012 - I got married earlier this year, on 21st Jan. Ehem. A wonderful experience (I mean the wedding day, the akad nikah day etc) I could never forget for the rest of my life. These are some pictures :



Seriously first thing yg best pasal marriage is the wedding event! I so love mine. Hehehe though everything was simple je actually, the reception for my side was held at my parents house in Bangi, my parents wanted to keep the theme mesra and traditional la basically so buat kat rumah lah yang paling senang orang nak datang beramah mesra menjenguk pengantin etc takde protocol, santai je so yeah, I loved it!! Thanks to my parents, lovely sisters and also sedara mara for all the hard work to make my happiest day berjaya. Nak cerita pasal preparation memang panjang lah and plus benda dah lama dah actually haha so cerita basi dah, my bad. Then the reception on hubby's side. Which was as great! Very meriah sebab abang punya saudara mara ramai dan sangat bersatu hati so each of them took part in everything , i feel so welcomed in his family sebab semua layan dengan baik, treat me as family they all semua excited Nana nak kahwin! haha. *nana is panggilan my hubby by his relatives, which means 'abang' in penang* So all and all, those two weekends of my life sangat bermakna buat saya dan suami saya hehe..

Ok next! Feb 2012 - We went to Bali for our honeymoon trip. Hihihihi it was the best holiday ever!




Very recommended to any of you yang nak pi honeymoon. Nak pi bercuti dengan kengkawan, tak honeymoon pon takpo buleh jugokkkk!

Eh okay lah, for now nak cerita tu je pong hahah nak pegi jerang ayaq sat, my forever duty as a wife hihi..

Please pray for us, semoga sentiasa di bawah lindungan Allah dan rahmatNya insyaAllah aminnnnnnnn.



Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Adventure

Uni life has been pretty hectic. Never ending-assignments and whatnot. But I aint complaining baby. Always tell this to myself,

“…barangkali kamu tidak suka sesuatu, tetapi ia baik bagi kamu…Allah mengetahui sedang kamu tidak mengetahui…” [2:216] 

This is the best Allah give me, hence this is the best for me.

Apalah sangat assignments, exams, dugaan tengok orang lain seronok takyah-mengada-buku-dah-and-yet-here-I-am nak dibanding kan dengan yang kurang bernasib baik, like muslims in Palestin, Syria, Burma nak makan pun susah, tempat berteduh pun tiada, setiap hari bangun tidur fikir ish ada orang nak bom tak harini, apatah lagi nak menikmati nikmat memperoleh ilmu, menikmati 4 musim ciptaan Tuhan, hak berfikir, hak membuat keputusan, nikmat boleh pilih nak pakai baju apa setiap kali nak gi kelas tu pun nikmat tuuu haha.. and the list goes on.. Tapi sometimes kita still suka nak bandingkan diri kita dengan orang lain. Ala orang tu ada ni, orang tu dapat ni, orang tu bertuah bla bla, lepas tu cepat mengeluh bila ada kesulitan sikit...Astaghfirullah.. Maafkan ku Ya Allah jika pernah aku dustakan nikmat yang Engkau berikan *huhu sebenarnya selalu kot*
Ok cepat cepat istighfar.

Ada orang bertanya, susah tak jadi isteri and student dalam masa yang sama?

Ok sebelum tu nak tanya balik, ada tak benda senang dalam dunia ni. "Adaaa,nak tidur senang je?" Eh tak jugak, nak tidur kena ada tempat tidur, nak cari tempat tidur maknanya cari tempat tinggal, lepas tu beli katil, tilam, bantal, maknanya kena cari duit. Bila dah dapat semua tu pula kena tunggu mengantuk or penat dulu baru boleh tidur..Lepas tu haha maknanya nak kata, setiap benda tu ada step by step requirements. Bukan boleh terus redah je walaupun nampak benda tu simple. Apatah lagi menjadi isteri. So saya nak nyatakan di sini,(tetiba guna saya) nak jadi isteri, bukan mudah. Tapi semua tu satu proses pembelajaran. And semua orang pun akan laluinya once dia berkahwin. Takde orang yang baru berkahwin terus boleh adapt jadi wife/husband, terus boleh handle every situation dengan excellent nya, regardless of berapa puluh buku perkahwinan dia baca etc I bet you no one can do that. Tak caya balik nanti gi tanya mak. Bukan I mean buku buku tu semua tak berguna, no its very helpful indeed, cuma practically, its not as predictable as stated in the book. Sama je if you study engineering, which I am hehehe, most benda you belajar in class, any physical conditions mesti assumed to be steady state lah, ideal lah, negligible heat loss lah, as to simplify things but the real one is obviously not! SO kena jadi engineer dulu, work on site dulu baru tahu la kan! hehe sorry if it does'nt really make sense but I think it pretty the same goes to marriage institution, you gotta learn new things once you actually in it.

Setakat ni I baru berkahwin dalam 8 months only, masih jauh lagi perjalanan, masih banyak lagi dugaan mendatang, masih baur baur pengantin baru gitu (perasan) so memang lah tak banyak pengalaman as our parents ke apa, but still banyak I learnt! From being single, boleh bersifat pentingkan diri dan hawa nafsu sendiri sukeatiii, and freely kau-nak-buat-apa-makan-apa-suka-hati-kau-lah, TO having to take care of everything, not only your husband but also yourself. Physically, mentally, emotionally. Yes, penjagaan diri sendiri tu harusss, bukan luaran je pedicure manicure semua tu (which is wajib la kan) tapi penjagaan emosi,peribadi, hati,sifat dalaman sendiri. Kalau kita tak positive dan pandai jaga diri, macam mana nak jaga pasangan kita ye dok? Kalau kita selalu jiwa kacau emosi terganggu konon banyak kerja banyak assignment, macammana nak gembirakan pasangan kita yang bersama kita 24hours tu ye dok? haha annoying gila ye dok ye dok. So yeah.... Menjadi isteri bukan mudah, tetapi indah :') Satu proses yang kata orang pelan-pelan kayuh gitu. Make sure you and your husband always communicate so that you know you guys are on the same page, selalu bertanya if ada apa2 issue yang boleh dibincangkan,so takde la sorang merajuk, sorang lagi tak tahu sebab apa so takleh nak pujuk dengan effectively. Haha ni betul2 macam ada pengalaman je ni. .. So basically it doesnt really matter if you still belajar ke, you kerja ke, you housewife ke semua tu not an issue or something to be questioned. Yang penting kekuatan dalaman dalam rumahtangga, dalam hati pasangan masing-masing, and understand each others' role..

Perghhh bukan main lagi macam dah kahwin 18 tahun beb Haha malu je if orang yang dah kahwin even 5 tahun baca ni, diorang mesti gelak dengan budak setahun jagung macam saya kiki.. No I actually i tell you all this, is sama macam I tell myself, remind myself lah. Seriously walaupun baru je kahwin, I am glad for every second me and husband had gone through so far, sebab it helps me know myself better, baiki mana yang kurang, improve mana yang perlu and also know my weaknesses. Ia mencabar tetapi manis sekali! (indo accent tetibe) Syukur Alhamdulillah... Please doakan segalanya dipermudahkan buat kami, and I'll pray the same goes to you insyaAllah.. Kita doa Allah beri kita kekuatan untuk menempuhi dugaan yang akan sentiasa ada..

Sorry this entry macam mixed up je topic sebenar undefined haha please bear with me. Next time maybe I'll share more lah k, perhaps on other issues plak!
Gotta run now.

To abang, I love you!!!!

:p



Saturday, October 29, 2011

Janji manismu

Hihihihi so much of wanting to blogging I end up with 2 posts in 3 weeks?! That wasn't impressive at all Zarifah! Grrr apo ni. Wuwuwu maafkan saya, saya amat mengsibukkan diri dengan assignments etc biasa lah uni student life so annoyyeng T_T. Tidak cukup dengan itu, I had to extend the abandon period of this blog a little bit more as I'll be having exams sooooon. Soooon as in 10th Nov is going to be my first paper of exam. Huwaaa cuak mak, nyah! I imma be super busy lah for these few weeks, exams wei exams.  Doakan lah kejayaan saya kawan-kawan. Doakan k? k? Hiks terima kasihhhh ;') pssst, 21st last paper, 22nd tu dah makan satay kajang kat Bangi dah agaknya? hihihi

Ok nampaknya time is envying (apekah?!) us, ada one report and one assignment sedang melambai lambai maka berakhir lah saja di sini dan terimalah janji manis ku ini :

JANJI AKAN UPDATE BLOG SELEPAS EXAM TAMAT! 




Hekhekhek bye!!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

My weakness(s)

I bet everyone who knows me knows this.




Chicken Parmigiana - Secret Recipe Melbourne Central
Sambal Ikan Petai - Petaling Street Melbourne
Steamed Ikan in Soy Souce (salted) - Petaling Street Melbourne
Roasted Nasi Ayam - Old Mamak Kopitiam Melbourne
Nasi Kandar lauk Daging masak hitam + Ayam masak merah - Old Town Kopitiam Melbourne

Super Supreme Pizza - Sahara Pizza Brunswick

Kuey Tiaw HongKong - Nasi Lemak House Melbourne (nama tak ingat so rekaan semata)

Seafood Combo - Sofia Restaurant Melbourne

Nasi Lemak Ayam Berempah - Madam Kays Melbourne
Nasi Kerabu Ayam Percik - Kopitiam

Lemak Laksa - Old Town Kopitiam Melbourne 




Burrrrp.
Kenyang tak lepas tengok watak-watak delicious dalam hidup saya? :p

These are the reasons why I love Melbourne. The foods are unbelievable. Memang la kalau nak compare dengan Malaysia takdelah level sangat because Malaysia memang super rich with many many kinda foods plus at very low prices; but being almost 7000km away from home, it is very fortunate (for me as a big eater) to be able to enjoy the foods that taste and look almost the same, well sometimes even better! Yes, trust me. But the minus point is that the price is considerably high (usually around $8 to $11 per meal), tak dapat la nak merasa nasi ayam rm4.00 macam kat msia, the one I had above was like $9 (times 3 = rm27 = nangis) ; the serving size is a bit larger tho, so biasanya memang kenyang and tak payah nak "Kak, nasi tambah satu". Tapi kenyang for the first few hours la lepas tu lapar balik as the usual me heheh. Eh tapi jangan la tertipu rasa macam haihh untungnya you banyak tempat makan sedap so selalu lah makan luar. SO NOT. Kering kontang lah purse if everyday eating out kan. Paling kerap pun is 2 kali seminggu, usually during the weekends. Weekdays pula, me and housemates memasak for everyone in the house ikut turn. I masak Monday, Zati masak Tuesday, Seyra masak eh tak payah kot nak cerita jadual kat sini lolols. Hmm tapi kalau mood nak savings memuncak weekends pun tegar masak jugak, dan tegar menolak ajakan housemates untuk keluar makan. "Takpelah korang pergila makan luar, aku masak je sebab dah keluarkan ayam tadi" hahah alasan. Especially nowadays kan Zarifah kan. Hehehehehe.

Banyaaaak lagi actually koleksi makanan yang ada kat Melbourne ni tapi tak teringat la kan nak snap photos every time and if ada pun tah mana pegi tah takpe lepas ni I'll try to snap photos and put em in okay. Because lepas ni dah boleh bagi alasan kepada diri sendiri "Eh nak ambikla gambar nanti boleh letak dalam blog and share to others" instead of yang selalu I fikir masa I snap photos was "Ha nak ambik gambar la nanti lapar malam-malam boleh tengok" hahaha yes, true story. Memang I selalu tengok gambar makanan pun kalau lapar hikhik malu. And also lepas ni dah boleh bagi alasan juga kepada diri sendiri untuk lebih kerap makan luar for the purpose of research (as most bloggers would say) Hahahaha sudah la kau. I pula memang tinggal di area Melbourne City and most of the restaurants I pegi tu semua walking distances je from my house so senang lah babe. Only the question is, do I really walk? or I take trams and validate? =) Hehehe.

Eh seronoknya tulis this entry. Rasa macam telling everyone how I love foods and everyone else is also smiling and memahami perasaan I haha but of course in the form of syok sendiri la kan. So apa lagi kawan-kawan? Kalau you guys nak datang Melbourne sila la, I boleh bawa Jalan Jalan Cari makan kat sini korang mesti sukerrrrr :D

Hiks.

Hiks

Finally, the blog is out; After going back and forth (for let say..hmm a year?) on whether to write/to publish/to (read : let people judge/analyze me) or NOT. Heheh over-thinking-Me is being her best.

And I finally figured that writing in a blog is not really about being judged ke whatsover. It's only simple. It's a way of expressing yourself, your thoughts and everything that can be translated into words especially when you feel like you have so many things to say on so many issues, so sayang if you don't have any proper medium to express semua tu lah. At least now you can put them in a nice and organized blog, and you may have the chance to interact with your readers, (if any haha), for their responds and feedback on some particular issues (Eh why so serious? LOL). Given I am quite an expressive person I must say, (but obviously not yet through writing), or we can say mcm cakap banyak la (gelak pun banyak) haha.


And here it is, I own a blog and I'm writing now, because if I wait some more, chances are it will NEVER HAPPEN. It is now or never.*dramatic*. Tengokla, nak buat blog pun delay sampai setahun.
So yeah, terima lah blog saya yang akhirnya berada di pasaran jugak. (hahaha lawak hambar camni lah yang buat aku malu nak ada blog kbai) 
.