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Muscles: yay or nay?

So we all know, going to the gym is the "it" thing nowadays. Truthfully, if I could, I would love to go. Just to keep the heart pumping, to keep the body toned, etc. If I have the courage, that is. The idea of exercising - running, lifting weights, cycling - in public is kinda embarrassing to me. I have no confidence whatsoever. For most people, going to the gym is a great way to lose and manage weight. It is a great investment for health purposes because we are now living in a world where technology makes our life so easy that we're all lazy bums now.

Being healthy is great, but lately I've noticed guys are going to the gym to build their body. So the question is, yay or nay? Don't get me wrong, guys with great physique are awesome. They look good in almost everything they wear, as a female I approve. But as a female as well, I disapprove extra bulgy muscle. Small head, big neck, big buff shoulders, huge biceps. Gross.

Admit it, all guys wanna be him:

 

But I don't want a boyfriend like him. Yes, we squeal and nosebleed at shirtless Taylor Lautner, that's because he's a Hollywood actor. But why not keep the muscles natural? The type where it "looks" like the muscles were developed through participating in outdoor activities (sports, rock climbing, river rafting, whatever). Too buff will make you look like you're trying too hard. You'll end up looking like this:

 

This is a NAY! (Merong Mahawangsa is a yay but shirtless Merong is a nay.) They're (muscles) humongous! 

Call me bias, but THIS is my kind of YAY:

 

It's not too much. There's an effort to looking good, but not overdoing it is the best.

I have no intention to hurt anybody with this post. I'm just putting in my two cents. Everybody has their rights to look good and have self-satisfaction from their appearance. Heck, I have things that I wanted to change about myself as well. It doesn't matter if you're big, small, fat, or skinny, you are who you are and everybody is beautiful in their own way. But just don't go overboard with it, alright? That is all from me now. Finally, this post is out of my system. Phew. xoxo!

 

[all pictures are from google images]

summer holiday #1

How I spend my holidays so far?

 

10 May - Had breakfast with Lyn @ Taipan

11 May - Went out for lunch with Que @ Subang Parade

13 May - Celebrate friends' birthdays

                    - Karaoke @ Red Box, Sunway Pyramid

                    - Late lunch @ Serai, Empire

16 May - Did some spring cleaning and went to the recycling centre

 

17 May - I started decorating my memo board again. After years of abandoning it. I'm happy with the outcome now. & I also started making a birthday card for a friend. I didn't wish her for her birthday, & I had a lot of free time so why not let that creativity flow?

 

Look, it's Kanjani Eito! <3

18 May - Drove down to Melaka just to renew my license from 'P' to the real one. Had nasi lemak & coconut shake @ Klebang

19 May - Made Ma watch half of Chonmage Purin with me. Nishikido Ryo, you're the cutest lost samurai ever. 8D

20 May - I will be going to Elisya's house for a movie marathon. Oh yeah! 

 

Who's excited for Arashi's latest album? ME! 8D

I don't break hearts; I bake 'em

12 May 2011

I woke up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy. No, I actually woke up feeling like Bruno Mars, cause today I don't feel like doing anything. So I was just lying on the bed when it struck me that I should bake cookies for my friends' birthday celebration tomorrow. So I went to find the recipe, and started work at 10. Doing the dough and baking the cookies was simple, I'm getting used to baking. But the ultimate failure is the decorating part. It was suppose to be a chocolate covered cookie with icing decoration. The chocolate wasn't spread properly, & the icing was not as what I expected it to be. So I improvised. & kept improvising. & it end up looking like this.

I kept working on the decoration from evening to night, although I wasn't really happy with it I thought it was kinda cute. Plus, the cookies was tasty so I guess it was okay. If only I have the artistic gene in myself! Well, the thoughts that counts. :D

What shall I bake next?

Looking forward to the weekend (;

23rd April 2011

Went back to the late grandparent's place in Kuala Pilah for a day. Can't remember when was the last time we came to the house, but there was quite a lot of cleaning up to do. Especially our mission to terminate the swamp of wasps. My uncle was basically like "Kita bakor aje". Haha. I haven't drove on the highway for so long that I actually find it enjoyable to feel the speed (130km/h maximum) . It was a very hot day, us teenagers have nothing to do, the uncles were mowing the lawn, the aunts were burning stuff. Everyone smelled like smoke by the end. That evening, as stinky as we were, we went to Shah Alam to visit an Aunt. Overall it was just a typical family gathering to enjoy.

30th April 2011

Since I was too caught up with assessment work for 3 whole months, I told Ma that I wanted to take a day-off and go to Port Dickson to loosen up a bit. So we went together with the aunt and cousins to enjoy the sunny day. We reached PD by 11, I had to race some remp*s at the highway because they were kinda reckless on the road with all their stupid stunts. I went up to 140km/h. Hoho, menggigil lutut den. We rent a canopy & just lounge around. The sea water was cool for such a sunny day. The cousins arrived at 1, they had their lunch and then we all went for a stroll along the coast. We took lots of picture and had a simple, fun time at the beach.

 

7th May 2011

The classmates was thinking of doing a road trip to bring our foreign friends to enjoy a day in Malaysia. They were contemplating whether to go Bukit Tinggi, Genting or Melaka. Since majority doesn't want to stay overnight, we had to choose somewhere convenient for each party. So Melaka it is! Since they had transportation problem, I volunteered to drive them there. There's 10 of us, so the number fits perfectly for my car and my friend's. I met up with the gang at the mamak restaurant behind college, and began our journey before 9. We all reached our destination by 11; all happy & excited. We immediately drove to Melaka town, and began our historical journey under the freaking hot sun. We went to A'Famosa, St. Paul Church, lunch at McD, the marine museum, Jonker Street, took the beca to Taming Sari, dinner at Mahkota Parade, & hit the highway again by 630pm. Melaka is a very familiar place to me, but seeing how happy & satisfied my friends were with the roadtrip made me super happy. It was a fun day, despite the weather. 8D

Where should my Picanto go next? Johor Bahru!! Murtabak Singapore & Otak-otak Kempas <33

Won't Even Start

"So if I run into you with your arm by his side, just know that it'll cut me like a knife" - David Choi, 'Won't Even Start' Only You (2008).

 

I just bought David Choi's albums! Only You (2008) and By My Side (2010). If you didn't know, David Choi is a Youtube celebrity with a beautiful voice. He's coming to perform in KL in June, but I don't think I can make it. As a promotion, his albums are now on sale in Rock Corner nationwide. I watch his videos a couple of times, and I thought his music are soothing and calm. So what the heck. I bought 'em both (cause I'm not going for the concert)!  

After listening to both albums twice, I really like it. His music are perfect to be played at the background as you read a book, drive a car, or do stuffs on your computer. Whether you're paying attention to it or not, it just fits in perfectly. Another best thing about the songs is that the lyrics are very honest and easy to relate to. Songs from a guy's perspective on love. D'awww. When a guy pours their heart out, I think it's definitely beautiful because guys don't really express their emotional side. So I like it a lot.

My music preference are weird: I listen to Arashi, Maroon 5, My Chemical Romance, Mika, James Blunt, Beyonce, Far East Movement, and now David Choi. Haha.

 

hello?

*pokes head inside

*cough

Hye.

*fidgeting

Today's the 6th of May.

The last time I posted on this blog was ... 6th of February.

3 months *cough orz

I CAN EXPLAIN!

I was busy, I have nothing to update, && ... more excuses.

PHAIL.

On a brighter note! I'm almost done with my Level 1 in University of Sunderland. :D

I only have an English paper this Monday, then it's 4 months of hoilday. OH YEAH!

I'll devote 1 month to relaxing & traveling, the other 3 months I think I'll be picking up a part time job. Can't be staying home doing nothing ya know.

I have a lot to update, seriously.

But not now. *bricks

Popular Schmopular

Hey, I'm back! Seriously, I just got home from college. & I felt like blogging a bit. Well, college started off pretty well. Tons of things to worry about on the first day of class itself, but we have lots of time to work them out anyway. Overall everything is okay. However, what I would like to discuss today is this: popular.

What does it mean being popular? Well-known? Loved by others? Hated by the lot? 

I remember 4 years back, my family attended Abah's family day at A'Famosa. We were having dinner and the organisers were picking lots for lucky draws. I think it's common for people to cheer and clap for those whose name was called out; and I remembered clearly my dad when up to get his prize with loud cheers from his colleagues. Then the lucky draw kept going, and the cheers went on and off. I thought to myself, "Why are these people not getting any cheers?". As if he heard me, Abah said to me, "Ha, awak kena ada ramai kawan. Nanti senang. Tengok tadi, ramai orang sorak. Kalau tak ramai kawan senyap aje." Or something like that.

At that time, I was 16. To me, being popular was about the whole student body knowing your existence. Like, "You're going down bitch! I'm much more popular than you!" kind of thing.

Somehow today, as I was cleaning my make up off, I got a text message from a classmate. She was asking if she and another friend could join my group for the group presentation assessment. It was a bit of a shock because I don't belong to any group yet, so I agreed to 'allow' them into my 'group'. Instead of going "Azita would you like to join my group?" she went the other way round. Maybe it was some grammatical error, but I was flattered nonetheless.

At 20, I'm looking at "popular" in a different perspective. It's no more about the number of friends you have on Facebook or the number of insults written about you on the school's toilet wall. It's about your colleagues acknowledging and recognising you as a person. It's about personality and presence. If you do a good job at whatever you're supposed to be doing, everybody will acknowledge your efforts. They'll give constructive comments and nice compliments, and wished to work together with you in the future if given the opportunity. In the end, your colleagues will be the one to support you with loud cheers.

If you were to ask me whether I am popular or not, it would  be best to stay humble and say no. But I am more than happy to be acknowledge by people through my good doings.

Thank you Abah for your casual word of wisdom. (: 

On the 8th day of ...

OhmyohmyohmyohmyohmyohmyohmyohmyohmyOHMY!

Today is my 8th day of holiday.

The 8th day, but I'm somehow in a panic right now because there's only 2 days left.

It seems that a couple of hours ago I took my Nintendo DS out to play.

I should have done that ages ago!

I went into my room & saw my old guitar lying on my wardrobe, I should have taken it out ages ago!

So right now I'm a bit panicky. *breathe

1st day of holiday: Went & bought Estrella the HP G42

2nd day of holiday: HIMYM5, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

3rd day of holiday: Ranjit Skin Specialist, went to buy facial stuffs at The Body Shop

4th day of holiday: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

5th day of holiday: the usuals

6th day of holiday: the usuals

7th day of hoilday: One Utama, shirts from FOS, Room by Emma Donoghue, clincher from F21, casual wedges from Vincci, Burger King.

8th day of hoilday: HIMYM5, Nintendo DS

By the end of the day, I'm not fully utilizing my holidays. Gehhh. 

Top 5: Favourite novels (so far)

I'm coming up with a new tag, THE TOP 5.

I was inspired by Nick Hornby's High Fidelity in which the narrator and his colleagues always comes up with their own top 5 (insert topic here).

After finishing the novel, I got into the habit of naming my top 5 things when I'm bored. & I found myself cracking my head more than I should. (it has got to do with these holidays, I'm telling ya).

So today's topic would be THE TOP 5: FAVOURITE NOVEL (SO FAR)

It's hard to only choose 5, but I've made my mind (for now).

 

1. After Dark by Haruki Murakami

 

2. The Curios Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

 

3. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

 

4. Room by Emma Donoghue

 

5. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

 

The main reason these books were pick because they are unique, fresh, and gave me that lingering feeling that last for a couple of days. The stories caught my interest extremely well, and I treasured them a lot.

Like I mentioned earlier, it's hard to only pick 5 out of the lot, but these books gave me the greatest impression, so there you go, my top 5 favourite novels (so far).

review: DOOR TO DOOR

WARNING : MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RUIN THE EXCITEMENT

 

 

synopsis (taken from dramawiki):

Based on a true story about about a man

who was told for many years that he was not employable,

but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman.

Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy,

he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers

and achieved the highest sales for his company.

 

DOOR TO DOOR is a drama special based on a true story of a 

door to door salesman from America by the name of Bill Porter.

The story borrows the concept and made it into their own version,

starring Ninomiya Kazunari as Kurasawa Hideo.

He suffers from cerebral palsy and lives together with his mother, 

and his father died when he was an infant.

From time to time, Hideo's mother will fill him up with 

memorable quotes from his late father,

and those quotes are the key to his strength on surviving life even with his impaired body.

He managed to get himself a door-to-door sales job 

and finally proved himself as a salesman,

but several unfortunate events occur in his life;

he lose his job and his mother was admitted to the hospital.

However, with the help of his beautiful colleague, Nozaki Saori,

they will overcome the future together.

 

This special drama is heart warming, awwwww.

Hideo is such a cute Mama's boy.

They have a beautiful relationship,

& things got quite sad later in the story,

but you can see just how far a mother would do for the sake of their child.

Hideo himself is very cute.

Once again, Nino did a great job with his acting.

Am so proud of you BB. <3

To conclude, I would simply say that it's a very inspiring story

to see someone with impairment of speech and movement

does his best to live like a normal person.

"What you can do and what you want to do ... is not necessarily different" - Hideo