***

*pics during futsal last wednesday*

***

sam aka lokhman, worked in one of the starbucks branch somewhere in KL, at the barista.
as one of his good friend and him, being my life-saver during my love-crisis, owing him a lot (seriously, a lot!), i bought a City Mug Collector Series Moscow Edition specially for him!
yeay!

*Moscow Edition*

sam, igt claim mase i balik summer nnt taw!
karang i bg wanie aje.
haha..

***

t'was saturday, 9.30am that we (Alin, Kak Lea, Fiza & I) make a move towards Metro Konkova heading to Metro Planernaya which took us almost one hour and a half to reach Mega Kimskii (or so-called Mega 2 by most of the students here..).
upon reaching, each of us was glued to the latest apparels being displayed at the glass, dressed up dolls and also the folded clothes.
yeah, 'rambang mata', that's what you can call us that moment!
with the big cards hanging at each boutique written 30%, 50%, 70%, which girls doesn't fall for it?
trust me, it's not only the female having this attitude, it goes to the opposite sex too. you know who!

*Vera Moda has lotsa big mirrors around the store itself!*

coming out of the Stockman store, the aroma of the infamous coffee house reach our nostril's sense.
what else if it was not the Starbucks?
that's the first in moscow! yeay!
hahah.. (apsal la nak taruk starbucks nih kat hujung moscow??)
but we couldn't stop and sip some coffee yet.
there's a long journey awaits us at each store and so, we were already on our way to the discount houses!

we stopped and shopped at Vera Moda, Esprit, Bershka, Marks & Spencer, Nike, and also the Starbucks Coffee house.
every store has their own attraction with all those colourful lightings, best clothes display, discount cards hanging from the ceiling that makes people waste more money as if like those roubles leaves can be pluck from the trees.
Zara, Mango, Adelinks, Jennyfer, Nike, Adidas, Puma and many famous boutiques holds up reaaaaaallllyyyy crazy sales!

*teramat suker the trendy design of this jumper*

and yeah, i bought those. *wink wink*

Alin with her askar-jepun cap collection and also different kinds of garments, Kak Lea with her handbag, Fiza searching around something for an exchange gifts for tonight's New Year party and I was finding those fit-outs that suits me best!

whuttaday!

before returning home, just to stop the Starbucks-craveness syndrome, we decided to take a rest and have some Starbuck's famous frappuccino.
i guess the locals weren't familiar with this coffee house's menu that there was a couple asking us what we drank.
unlike others that took varieties of hot coffee, all of us ordered the icey frap mocha and caramel.
i was extra lucky that the manager approached me to take my order.
in conjunction to the approaching of christmas day that the russians celebrate on the 7th of january, they put up the x'mas theme and there were also gifts and goodies sold in the house.

'Yes dear, what would you like to have?'
(wow, he speaks fluent english!)
'Erm, gimme a frap mocha grande..yeah, that's all.'
'Frappucino? Okay. I would give you this size of frap (which was the smaller size cup) with this little thing', (showing the little starbuck's very own snow-globe).
'Oh yeah? Thank you very much!'
'You should say Alhamdulillah.'
'Oh, Alhamdulillah..'
(he was a Muslim!! no wonder laaa.....)

*the Starbuck's penguin snow-globe*

and as i was back to the seat, Alin goes like, 'Taaak acciiiii.....'
hahaha...sorry dear!

*Girl's Day Out - Kak Lea, Alin, Me, Fiza*

oh, don't ask about the journey back home!
luckily there was a pot-luck party organized by warongerz at bro's room.
lagipun perut tengah berkeroncong..

dpt makan free memang sedap beb!!
(ayat amir sheep)
*ahaks*

p.s: tggu plak exchange gifts tonite! what would i get eyh?

i don't know why, but i kinda like this week's ( RFL Top 10 Goals Week 8 ) christmas edition.
the christmas song sounds so joyful.
plus, syafiq IS a spinner player!

serious matter.
stop running away from reality.
stop running away from all the problems we're having or nothing will be solved at the end of the day.
those who think they can run away from their problems are just someone who are kidding themselves.
in addition to running away, we whine.
just stop all these whines.
stop telling people all of these 'problems' and think that others seem to care.
as a matter of fact, most of us would just smile to the little sad story and end up saying up in our head; 'You're such a little whiner.'
people live to learn the hardship of growing up.
the causes and reasons are there to be analyze and to figure out the riddles that gives us clue to how we could manage to unravel the thread that had been spinning without the synchronization of the yarn spinner.
face it. do you think you are 'forever lost'?

oh, btw, please move on. life's a journey.
*smirk*

My 101 in 1001

Name: Layla
Ages: starts 21 yrs old (2008), end 23 yrs old (2010)
Location: Moscow, Russia & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

What changes do you hope to see in yourself, or your lifestyle, at the end of your 1001 days?
# I'll be an energetic person, blessed with whatever had happened in the past, correcting the present and preparing for the future.
# Be more sensitive to others, mend any broken relationship, be it love or friendship.
# Experience challenging workloads that benefits my profession, widen my knowledge by traveling my mind to the other part of the world and be someone strong, inside and out, especially when it comes to emotion.

Which three items on your list will be most challenging to achieve?
# Being here in Moscow, learning their native mother-tongue for clinical studies is very important as speaking to patient has been quite a difficulties if Russian language is not mastered.
# Loosing weight to an ideal BMI. (gosh, this is like every year's resolution!)
# Work smarter in a way that gives me the success and graduate on the day i suppose to.

Do you have skills, expertise or knowledge that might help other members to achieve their goals? What are they?
Frankly speaking, I can be a good listener. I find myself an incurable optimist most of the times, except when it comes to those days of PMS. But, that doesn't influence me a lot.
I love making new friends in a way that I helped them achieving what they want and it's hard for me to say no when people seek for help.
Skills? Completely unskilled but there's a bit of here and there of everything. And, I'm always trying my best on accomplishing whatever I am currently doing.

Here goes my list;

Education
001: Controls to score, but by deep understanding of the topic
002: Colloqiums to be done on time and getting zacut on time
003: Graduate medic course with an excellent result
004: Mastering first aid course aka paramedic
005: Understand clearly, able to pick-up Russian phrases and verbs easily
006: Able to speak and write English language in a professional way
007: Enjoy medicine course
008: Learning musical pieces during summer
009: Work hard on understanding medic subjects in Russian language
010: Take a correspondence course
011: Learn varieties of steps of any dance
012: Able to play any kind of sports
013: Getting 9-15 handicapped for golf
014: To do swimming drills of different strokes
015: Master thesaurus

Body and Health
016: Walk at least a few times weekly
017: Swimming in my weekend schedule
018: Learn volleyball, play different position in futsal
019: Eat more fruits everyday
020: Lose weight to reach ideal BMI
021: Consistent in taking multi-vitamins
022: Pierce my nose (can i?)
023: Not injuring myself during extreme sports
024: Learn to play basic tennis

For others - Friends, volunteering, family...
025: Involve in voluntary work during summer
026: Spend more time with family and sisters
027: Get to know more relatives that i'v never known they exist
028: Meet virtual friends in reality
029: Send postcards from Moscow at least twice in 6 months
030: Call family as often as twice/thrice a week
031: Messaging the love one everyday
032: Maximize my summer with sayang wisely
033: Be the greatest sister to my sisters, be a good daughter to my parents, be a role model as the eldest grand-daughter to my cousins
034: Keep in touch with friends I rarely see, even if just by email or text
035: Being supportive to those who needs it

For myself
036: Write a list task needed to be done weekly
037: Learn to use shutter and aperture well to snap great photos
038: Expert in driving the manual car
039: Concentrate while studying
040: Spend money very wisely
041: Do my summer practical 'there'
042: Read Qoran at least once a day
043: Fold clothes RIGHT after they dry
044: Write a letter to all of the people important to me and say how I feel even if I don't send it
045: Try to love animals but not being a pet-lover
046: Reflect on my life daily before sleep aka muhasabah diri

Experiences and Challenges
047: Paintballs and rock-climbing
048: Explore countries I haven't visited
049: On-calls in hospital here
050: Take PADI scuba-diving license
051: Write what happen everyday in a small piece of paper and keep it in a bottle
052: Go for street photo-shooting
053: Read novels during holidays
054: Go through all my clothes and donate the ones not used at all
055: Go to a career talk
056: Learn to like museums
057: Take a nice cruise to somewhere with the whole family being around
058: Visit the place I was born and experience the life there
059: Go to Japan/Korea
060: Having fun at any Disneyland
061: Not afraid of any cable-cars specially the one to the peak of Mt. Titlis, Swizerland (haha..)
062: Beach-ing at Bali
063: Visit Bandung
064: Skills in ice-skating.. (in process)
065: Less caffeine drinking
066: Learn to cook varieties of malaysian dishes
067: Learn to bake cakes and traditional kuih-muih
068: Go and visit Sarah, Mira and sayang later in UK
069: Enjoy a meal at least once a month in my favourite restaurant
070: Stop picking blemishes on my face (huhu..)
071: Get organized in everything i do
072: Always update the lecture book on time
073: Try hard not to play truant on any classes or lectures

Financial
074: Part-time worker when not doing anything
075: Save $100 each month
076: Do monthly budget, keep track on debits and credits

Possessions
077: DSLR Nikon/Canon
078: Microsoft Zune
079: Get the piano tuned
080: Get latest novels on Middle East stories
081: More handbags and shoes to mix and match (how to save money, then?)
082: Learn to repair wirings and fixing things around
083: Be sensible in fashion
084: Learn basic make-ups
085: Organize my wardrobe
086: Decorate the room and create a feel in it
087: Practice new styles of wearing hijab for occasions
088: Make new friends around the globe

Creative or Miscellaneous
089: Use creative phrases in journal
090: Learn more proverbs
091: Be wisely active in clubs
092: Be a lil different in photo-shoot
093: Go for manicure and pedicure after every facial session
094: Get a massage from the powerful hand of Auntie Tuty
095: Get new template for my blog
096: Learn to sew
097: Recycle things more often
098: Become engage when the time comes
099: Perform more random act of kindness, smile to everyone
100: Finish my cross-stitching country house picture
101: Able to do anything and everything

Fewh! That was something i wrote, eyh?

Enjoy!

latest obsession: ALEX KANEKO

taking too much time of forcing myself to be sincere. i did.
filling up too much of joy in my daily dose. vice versa.
spending the same wee hours of the plain cycle of mine. tired.
what other prescription should i medicate myself?

i've never talked that much this morning. i did.
something triggered and cause adrenaline rush in me minutes before i step out of my room. i kept.
the journey back home felt like forever. i wish.
am i bouncing off the track?

on a lighter note, it's the same thing all over again next two fridays.
it's the same momentum that i had put with much effort and powerful force before.
and yet, it only shows too little improvement. very unexpected.
till when can i experience the extra highlight of neon colours?

it was since 1995 that i ruled my mind suggesting my own regulations.
cabinet approved and it was me to decide.
compromise with the mix feelings and emotions, i was yet to bloom.
but i kept on witch-hunting.

there was a payoff at the end.
but as normal as i have to go on, i accepted that paycheck.
moving on is to hold on.
and i must.


p.s: badai pasti berlalu..

Forty (40) Secrets About Yourself.
Be honest no matter what.

[One] Who was your last text from?
*kelawarman*

[Two] Where was your default picture taken?
friendster: had a picnic at the park in front of our hostel (1st year)
blogspot: in front of the mirror in tasha's room
facebook: at TGIF, surprise birthday celebration

[Three] What's your middle name?
full name: Layla binti Tumaisuri..
so? binti la ek? (tak suker)

[Four] Your current relationship status?
taken. has always been.

[Five] Does your crush(es) like you back?
er...yes and no?
*uhuk uhuk*

[Six] What is your current mood?
mix emotions, want to end at least the coming 2 weeks asap!

[Seven] What's your dads name?
Tumaisuri.. (the one and only in the world, i bet!)

[Eight] What color shirt are you wearing?
blue-black..Uni Melb official uni shirt.

[Nine] What was the last thing you drank?
hurm..neslo. a must for my early morning breakfast.

[Ten] If you could go back in time and change something, would you?
i don't think so. the past had taught me a lot.
and i changed them in my present for my future best.

[Eleven] Last concert you went to?
erm...restricted to go to any consert. shows penah la..
*blergh*

[Twelve] Ever had a near death experience?
near death? nearly get hit adela.. but the possibility to die was low.
that's why i make sure i have someone with me when i cross the road.

[Thirteen] Something you do a lot?
listening to music wherever i am.

[Fourteen] Angry at anyone?
not at the moment. marah2 tak tentu pasal, nnt tua..
takmo!

[Fifteen] Do you wanna see somebody right now?
mama the most, then sayang, den a.nizar and k.ayu yg tgh honeymoon!
haha..

[Sixteen] Name someone with the same birthday as you?
olga (azizah), cynthia, kak etty..ntah..

[Seventeen] When was the last time you cried?
when i called sayang saying how much i missed him!
*jiwang karat*
so what?

[Eighteen] Who would you do anything for?
family, den sayang.

[Nineteen] Who is your idol?
abah has always been an idol for me. be it the family matter and even business. not forgetting when he's with the people around. he is just soo good at it!

[Twenty] What's the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
shoes. attire they wear.
basically, their appearance.
and the way they present themselves to others. (2nd thing)

[Twenty-one] What do you usually order from starbucks?
erm, i prefer secret recipe and dome at OU coz i know their manager!
*ahaks*

[Twenty-three] Where is your ex?
yang mane satu?
*ooppsss*

[Twenty-four] Favorite christmas movie?
the grinch.. the stupid green monster!

[Twenty-five] Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
i do have those kiddos time in me!

[Twenty-six] What are you eating or drinking at the moment?
having bread spread with Lady's Coice peanut butter with strawberry flavoured stripes.
i never like peanut butter ONLY.

[Twenty-seven] Say something nice about the person who posted this before you.
saw at buletin post posted by anna. cute lil lady there!

[Twenty-eight] Whats your favorite smell?
davidoff cool water & hugo boss femme. inherited mama's gen collecting perfumes!
hey sis, you're starting now eyh?

[Twenty-nine] Describe your life in one word.
rejoice!

[Thirty] Have you ever kissed in the rain?
in the rain? no. not yet.
one day later. *ehem ehem*

[Thirty-one] Do You Like The Rain?
when it's not raining cats & dogs..
if it was so, i'd rather stay inside and watch the pouring rain with someone i love.

[Thirty-two] What are you thinking about right now?
biler nak sambung study pharmaco & surgery ni..?

[Thirty-three] What should you be doing?
should? being a med-freak, what else? study maa..

[Thirty-four] What's your biggest fear?
Allah SWT and the fragile heart of mine.

[Thirty-five] If you could have any job what would it be?
a pro-photographer doing street-shots..
do get me THAT camera plizzz....

[Thirty-six] Which of your friends treats you the best?
all of them.

[Thirty-seven] Which of your friends do you wish treated you better?
i love them being who they are.
and yes, i choose them, not find them.
(your friends reflect your personality)

[Thirty-nine] What is your natural hair color?
black. wish it was more to brunette.
*perasan*

[Forty] Who was the last person to make you smile?
sayang and sisters of mine.
even if it was only their pics on my cupboard..
*wink wink*


p.s: silerla sambung study, layla... trimas..!

i am very sure that you've heard of this phrase many times.
when any of us does not know where to lead our life to.
when there's too many options for us to choose.
when we get upset with things around us.
when the wheel is not working anymore that we're stuck down there on the stony ground.
when a friend you knew for years back-stabbed you.
when you are being too vulnerable to fight back.
when challenge and hopes are there, but we did not have the guts to take and do it.

i do not want to create a life and world of my own,
cause i want those kiddos to paint me.
i do not want to celebrate happiness alone,
cause i know, there's always hobnobs that parties with me.
i do not want to stand anywhere on my own,
cause i want people to be there and happy for me.

but, things doesn't always go right the way we want them to.
and a simple smile didn't even worked too!
surprised??
nah, don't be. it's a reality.

sometimes, being a different or say, eccentric person, does not make you an alien.
seriously, i prefer these minorities rather than those who seems to sunk themselves in their own clique that isolates the rest of the community being what and who they are.
needless to say who and where, experiments done and the conclusion was right.
lines of hypothesis were made to prove it, and it was definite!
*check-mate!*

***

*being the only flower among the thorns*

* hasil kreatif azam & layla.. hakhak..*
*azam kalah main conquer (blue-red ink) game!*

*tak sangka ade ***tube eyh, korang?*

aah...
rindu terubat sikit.
baru lepas call atuks & neneks, abah & mama, and both my sisters..
everyone's at Kota Tinggi, Johor and my family's on their way home back to KL.
igt rumah dah kat Batu Pahat.. haha..
atuks & neneks kat Lenga, Muar tak call lagi..
jap gik kot.. paling rindu atuks & neneks yang tuu..
tra-la-la-la-la..

teringat mase tahun 2000, abah was elected as the manager for Qurban Project of Masjid Bandar Utama Damansara.
forgotten how many lembus and kambings tertumbang that day..
guess, there was where he started to plant his seed of interest in this agroculture industries.
that day, a boy got sondol by one of the cows that was tied up to the young tree.
that tree wasn't strong enough to hold that really heavy big cow!
i wasn't there at the 'tempat kejadian' but luckily that boy wasn't badly hurt by the cow.
we, his children, were elected as his home-secretary and that work was really really tough as we had to do all the typing thingy and pamphlets and bla bla..
it was fun though.
abah, being systematic had taught us how to handle projects professionally and i truly admire him for that as he is used to lead management projects back when he was an employee at Telekom Malaysia.
and we proved to him that we did it, through Massad 07 and Sunathon Mersing 07.
yeay!

btw, wanna wish Salam Aidiladha to Abah, Mama, A. Nizar in Knigthsbridge, K.Ayu in Bintulu, A.Dinie that stays in front of my room, Fatin & Noren that smells like the kambengs already and also to John that is waiting for his offer from UK!!
and also to ( cik yazid ) & ( dr. shah ), to friends scattered around, my dearies blogroll and also my blog-readers and stalkers...

hurm, tomorrow's Hygeine exam.
Mon - pharmaco colloq, tues - surgery colloq, wed - pathan colloq.
not going for swimming this weekend.
plus, i'm having that pain of the month. haha.. =p!

*at a resort in Maldive*

...and they're going for another honeymoon to Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice and Milan after Maldive's 1st honeymoon this X'mas.
*jealous* hik hik..
...and HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY big bro!!
celebrating on his bed, having breakfast alone (sian die...) in the middle of London.
tu la..nak lagi keje kat sane, kan dah dapat.. haha..
remembered the day he said that he really wanted to achieve a degree in UK and work there.
i think working there is just breathtaking!
hey big bro, you know you're the best there! keep it up!
damn proud of ya!

***

played mix & match around Ikea.
it's the small-scale cups.
it's suppose to be colourful and colourful for a set, black and black for another set too.
but we didn't like that.
i prefer the razzle-dazzle tingling greens, yellows, reds and blues polka dots and sphere-like patterns.
not the dull and monotonous black and white colour template.
but it's okay, cause to be fair, we made some exchange on the set.
i took 3 of the tinted and vivid cups.
and the other 3 cups are from the flavourless dull life 'pigment'.
*ooopppsss*

going around Ikea is just the next best thing here, even back home in Malaysia.
yeah, the biggest Ikea in the South-East Asia is in KOTA DAMANSARA, okayh!
where else?
and that's like the only furniture stores that abah and mama can trust.
the office in Johor is soo studio-like colour, and i like that!
cume mase balik arituh, ofis tak siap lagi.
my adekss yg suker giler bergambar (yeah, that runs in the family), showed me a few pics.
but i think, the Sunway office design are among the best office of abah's i had been in so far.
Sunway's manager wanted his office to be a role model for others.
haha.. cam kelakar jeekk...
*colourful kot!!*
sesuai la character abah yang nampak cam garang, but he's soooo teenager-like attitude when he started making jokes with his son's friends.

i know, you guys are bored reading about my lala life here.
*dunno, dun care*

***

oh yeah, felt so light today!
i guess i did burn all the calories of the meals i had at Ikea yesterday.
had prawn salad (it was way much better than before), ice-cream cake and mushroom soup. haha..
forcing myself to wake up early morning just to hit the pool.
gotta have back my stamina now.
lagi2 winter nih.. aiyah..
they have futsal, and i was bashing myself inside the water pocket, having lotsa fun!
hey ( aquababy ), biler lagi?
hehe..

***

layla, please la sambung study.
u got another 2 colloqiums and a hygeine exam to go through before the new year comes!


p.s: washing machine dah uzur..*tra-la-la..-la-la..*

there should be;

• a change in the mist of clouds
• a change in the way i foresee others
• a change in the way i smile just to make them smile at me back
• a change in how naturally i make-up myself
• a change of the normal act i used to be in
• a change of different perspective to be taken
• a change to see the reality more than stargazing myself
  
• a change in terms of impressions towards one another
• a change of lending my ear more than making me histrionic
• a change of being more enliven than before

*gonna miss these kiddos..*

as we move on with life, we'll get to meet different personalities that gives the taste of the day.
we have the choice to either hate the bitter flavor or maybe discover something tastier without exception.

maybe we can look personalities from a whole different point of view.
people are just from different ingredients that makes them someone.
and the base of the cake is always the flour.
what if the cake is only made purely flour?
how dull could that be in each and everyone's personage?

accepting difference of others can sometimes be very-very hard.
obviously, we can't imagine that there are such characters we can't accept in this world.
it is just the matter of handling them.
and that makes us stronger.

i know i can't.
accepting the difference, cherish the uniqueness.

p.s: fingers feels like typing. to PLUP or not?

nah, edited:i have heard of enemies smiles to each other, just to avoid their bitch fight.
well, it depends.
it does turns into a sincere one when the God open ones heart to accept the wrongdoings of the other person.
when the smile is obviously fake, then the world wouldn't turn out the way people wanted the peaceful to finally eventualize.
and how to correct that?
we would never find the solution.
we have tried, but we seem so deeply hurt.
we have bought our time, just to see the happiness coming, but it fails.
we are not yet doomed, and we are not yet loosing.

weird people just freak me out. obviously.

people are learning best at getting the hang of this situation.
everyone must have experience bad turn-overs at times.
dear friend, thank you very much for the hugs.
it was too tight that i simply hope it wasn't a virtual one.
based on experience, i do wanted to let it go as i don't think i can change the gene of that attitude that runs in that family.
everyone has this little tiny gene of hypocrite in themselves.
forgiveness accepted, just to clear the mess people had made.

parents boast their children successes, just to win the parent's choice award of the year.
couples pretend they are happy, just to avoid gossips.
teenagers rebel, just to prove that they are all grown ups.
students nod, just to satisfy their lecturers.
friends fake laughter, just to let other's know they are happy.
politicians create facts, just to win votes.
people show interest, just to keep the conversation going.

at the end of the day, we had done with the acting in a day drama.
lie on bed, smiling, knowing we had acted so well and the play will get much better tomorrow.
we faked it. we lied. we pretend.
and that is how the world evolves around us.
if only the truths were to be revealed, will there be a chaos?
we will never know who's the greatest enemies around!
and i repeat, ERASE HATE!

p.s: i guess everyone was born a drama queen and king. right, husna?

tagged by ( afiq awe on Sunnah of our Prophet ) that we seem to forget and take it for granted.
this is for my own reminder and also to others.

Rasulullah [sallallaahu alayhi wasallam] said,
“He who holds firm to my Sunnah when corruption is rampant in my Ummah will attain the reward of a hundred martyrs.”
(al-Bayhaqi fi Zuhd; Hidaayatur ruwaat vol.1 pg.136 Hadith174)