"Food is not about impressing people. It's about making them feel comfortable." - Ina Garten

80%

yesterday, i mean.. kelmarin.. saya ber-chatting (i dunno wat chat is in BM) bersama ibu saya yang tercinta. Dan beliau telah berkongsi sesuatu yang istimewa bersamaku.

"the 80% principle of Life"

yes, that. eh silap. ye benar itu lah. (erkk ok Bu, jgn marah aku eh~ im tryin' hard here..isk)

Sebenarnya perkara ini diungkit kerana beliau 'rasa' anak beliau (yours truly ler) telah berbelanja dengan banyak sejak kebelakangan ini (well most certainly not!).

Maka dengan itu, beliau menasihati saya, dengan berkongsi satu prinsip yang dia pegang sejak dahulu lagi, iaitu "the 80% principle of Life" (translate sendiri, x reti aku).

contohnya,

“spend 80% of what you earn. save 20 % future and as you earn your 20% will accumulate into prosperity”

yang bermaksud, kalau anda menerima RM1000 dari JPA setiap bulan, gunakan hanya RM800 dan simpan selebihnya untuk kegunaan masa hadapan. Dan 20% ini akan menjadi amat berguna jika kita berhadapan dengan 'emergency' contohnya dari segi perbelanjaan untuk operation (argh susahnya!! wat im tryin to say is it'll be useful for emergencies such as during medical emergency, like for example to pay for operations and so on. cuz we dunno when we might need it)

“love everyone in ur life 80%. keep the rest of 20% 2 urself, in case they betray u, u will not b totally devastated, in case they die on u, u won't b totally saddened”

ini boleh dikatakan menarik. memang benar apa yang telah dikatakan oleh ibu ku ini. 20% itu amat penting. (translate sendiri, yang ni susah sikit nak terang dalam BM)

Kalau dari segi ibadah macam mana pula?

sekarang, kita hidup mostly kerana study atau kerja. dan kita hanya menyumbangkan sedikit masa untuk matlamat utama hidup kita ini, iaitu KERANA ALLAH.

seperti apa yang telah dikatakan oleh ibuku, "ibadat ni bukan solat je. kerja pun ibadat juga. everything we do as long as kerana Allah is ibadat. even klong dok belajar now pun ibadat. janji jgn main2, x menyalahi hukum tuhan n dunia, tekun, jaga tingkah laku."

Apa-apa yang kita buat, jika diniatkan kerana ALLAH, insya Allah kita akan mendapat pahala dan keredhaan dariNya. Wallahu ta3ala a3lam~

"Syurga berada di bawah tapak kaki ibu" and thats my mom : )

amacam BM aku? B-) not bad right??

to the ones yang bakal datang study kat Egypt..

aha.. since dah ada a few ppl yg tiba2 add and ask questions about egypt kan..
erk no i'm not gonna tell about the systems here. instead imma list down the stuff yang korang patut bawak kat sini.....

ok 1st, food!!!!

1. sos tiram + kicap manis - memang x penah jumpe kat sini. kicap masin jumpe, tapi mahai nak mampoih. ade org claim diorg bli sos tiram kat sini. i bet its expensive T_T
2. rempah ratus (kayu manis, bunga cengkih etc.)
3. perencah2 semua tu la, kari, kurma, tomyam, sup bunjut, cili baba's ke. very useful la utk students.
   (korang jangan ingat ade orang nak tolong masak utk korang kat sini ehhhhhhh.. dream on......)
4. milo~!! sini takde milo.. mende lain cam hot choc ke nescafe ade je.. macam2 jenis ade.
5. kunyit, halia, serai (optional, tapi kalu nk bawak senang sket, kat sini ade je org tanam+jual serai, not the egyptian, but m'sian student kt cairo..erk..)
6. santan!! sini mahai. so bawak la yg dalam serbuk tu. and cili kering kat sini tak se-best cam m'sia nye. kalau nak masakan best, bawak ler ye...
7. ikan bilis, ikan kering, udang kering (memang tak penah nmpk ar kat sini.....)
8. asam jawa, asam keping etc.

BOOKS!!!!!

1. International books such as Guyton & Hall or Snell semua boleh beli kat bookfair kat sini. (eventho it's held masa winter break, but its worth it la. harga boleh dapat lagi murah kt sini..)
2. each uni. ade department books sendiri, produced by the doctors/profs kat sini.. sangat best sebab padat n ringkas dgn matlamat utk meringankan beban students.
3. stationaries xyah bawak... semua dah ada kat sini.
   

LAPTOP!!!!

- i think its a must. for me la. (ade je sorang kakak tu takde laptop masa 1st sem dia kat sini tapi masa exam 1st sem dia dapat top 10!!) i mean the med students cam perlu kot laptop. kalau yg bakal masuk Mansoura-Manchester tu, cam SANGAT memerlukan kot.

CLOTHINGS!!! (and YES Egypt has 4 seasons!!!! but no snow ar.)

1. untuk winter, tak payah beli kat m'sia. sini banyak baju winter yg lawa and affordable (kalau terer carik ar. kalu x reti, pndai2 la..........)
2. suggested that just bawak one sweater. in case la.
3. then selebihnye ikut suka korang la.

MONEY!!!!

1. Kat Mansoura dah ada HSBC (thank God), so boleh la buka account kt m'sia siap2. any card yang boleh cucuk kat HSBC ar. cam Maybank boleh je.
2. nak bawak cash? RM here no use. takleh nak tukar pon. so bawak la either USD ke Euro etc.
   

Pape lagi kalau nak tanya, dipersilakan. and nak tolong tambahkan pon ble jugak...

sebenarnya kat sini ramai je parents tolong postkan barang (well u'll never know when u run outta ikan bilis and u freak out rite??) so ble je ..

so u people have 2-3months to prepare right? keh3. >:)

Go0d Luck~~

this is how i feel right now.

"i really need u in my life" - Elliot Yamin (Wait for you)

"jika teringat tentang dikau, jauh di mata dekat di hati" - Melly Goeslow (Jika)

"i need you boo, i gotta see you boo" - Chris Brown (With you)

"cuz you're everywhere to me.. when i close my eyes it's you i see" - Michelle Branch (Everywhere)

"you don't know how much you mean to me.." - J.Lo (Hold you Down)

"sayu nya hati ku iniiii.. kau lah sanubari.. yang teristimewa.. keayuan muuuu" - V.E. (Ayu)

dan.. bak kata Avril.. dan juga Misha Omar (respectively)

"Keep holding on..just stay strong.." ~~ "oh debu..debu nya pilu.."

haih..

yea i know that many of my friends think i'm gonna buy this soon. forget it. cuz you know why?

"i ain't got no money.." - Timbaland (The way I Are)

thank u Ja!!

few months ago..

"ja! ja! nanti kan.. b'day aku kan! aku nak mp3 player tau!" (with a very gedik tone)


few days later..


"ja! i know what i want for my birthday! aku nak.. mp3 player tau!!" (sambil mengelip2 mata)


and her reactions were kinda like this -- T_T (with a straight face) Layan je perangai aku~


This went on and on til today! (takde la hari2. boleh gila ok..) but the difference is..


SHE BOUGHT IT.seriously.


ahak! thank u so much Ja!!! eventho b'day aku cam lagi 7 bulan, but thanx!! (wadat cakap ni wedding gift, in advance.. T_T)

Ja, ade chance tak kalau aku mintak DSLR..ko kasik tak? heeee.

got an MP4 instead of an MP3. saiko ar kau. fankiusomuch!!!!!!!!!

fortunate and unfortunate events~

well. besides losing my phone (tak sengaja ok. ughh. some people think that imma buy a new 1. forget it, due to my carelessness, my mom punished me. so no phone til when i dunno), there's actually alotta cool things i did during last weekend. i'd say its my final vacation before i face the finals (crap..)
so where did i go? ah~ cairo la~ to the crystal place! called Asfour~ before this i thought 'asfour' is sum kinda spice.. anyways! here's sum asfour pics~

i cant remember how much this one costs. few hundred thousands i think..

one of the fine arts by the crystal makers

kerusi bodoh harga 20,000. sape nak beli? T_T

blinded by those bling blings

special offer pale hutak

so later after asfour, we went to CityStars (beli present untuk abang & adik. kaklong dah pokai ~ isk) and then that evening, we went on the Nile cruise!! hahaha~ since last year i wanted to go, but once i've been there, i kinda regret it!!! isk.. why?? sebab ade belly dancer, sape yg penah naik, die je yg tau. isk.. mata suci ku..isk. but at least the food is sedap. not bad la. once in a lifetime thing la~ for 100genih kira ok ar~

le memphis,betul2 kat depan hosp salam, corniche~

so the next day, pegi lunch with yah and her brother and her brother's friend, makan2, then baru laaa sedar handphone takde dalam tangan. haih~

i knew that my phone was offended when i went to see the HTC Touch Dual. gorgeous phone..

well. at least i dont have to spend hundreds of genih buying topup every month, lebih kurang 50genih a week ok~

fuuh~

miss you phone.

i heaved a sigh.

a deep one..

memories we spent together.

sweet sweet memories.

we talked.

we laughed.

spending most of my time with you.

why are we separated

sweet sweet Samsung..

p/s: i lost my phone.

2.31 a.m. Malaysia Time. sent by Mamasita

"..masa kita dok chat waterbag dia broke.."

few minutes later..

"it's a girl.."

baby AMIRAH SYUHADA!

congrats Maklong and Paklong!! (^^,)

she's a definite cutie + truly adorable!!

welcome into this world dear second cousin!~~