~A White Wedding~

I went to my best friend's wedding recently. Though the solemnization was last month, the reception was only held last week. It was one of the wedding that I find beautiful because it went smoothly and the weather was lovely. The food was great (slurpp..hehe) and everybody had a good time though a bit exhausted as we slept late to finish hanging the curtains and filling the goodie bags=p

The royal couple of the day. Mariyatul (Mar) and Amizul (Miju).

In white suit for cake cutting ceremony.

Mar looking radiant before her make up session (Took the time while waiting for her mak andam to arrive to practice posing for photography session later. Hehe)

Me and the bride=)

Really really love the wedding theme of classic english. It's beautiful! Just look at the picts below. The wedding dais is just like in a grand hotel. Love the high chair and I like how simple the decorations are, yet it's so lovely. And the brides room is just superb! I couldn't resist posing for photos myself=p

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Some of the wedding gifts. Cool gadjets!

It's the cute couple again. Hehe. Wishing both of you happiness forever =)

Oh, it's me with a small fan, Afis. Hihi=p

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we said goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

Do you remember your first date? I do, because not only it was my first date with him, it was also my first date ever! Hehe. Yup,first date ever. It was today, 2 years ago. ~21 January 2007~ Sweet memory=) We spend the day in Kinokuya (us the avid reader=p), enjoy yummy shepherd's pie at Secret Recipe (he's never heard of them before!=p) and go underwater at the Aquaria. Hehe. It was so much fun=) Before we went home I introduced him to Roti Boy (another yummylicious snack he's never heard of. After spending 3 years studying in KL, can you imagine!=p) Just want to reminisce the historic day today. Ngee~

Peace! The underwater tunnel. One of my first pictures edited by him. Back then he didn't own any DSLR yet.

Aquaria was so cool especially the underwater tunnel. We each bought a small shark which grow bigger when immersed in water. Haha. Cute. They were named after Linc and Sara from our fav series, Prison Break. Sorry Scoffield. He wouldn't use your name=p

We started as friends, then best friend and now we’ve grown more serious in our relationship. He makes me happy and I'm so glad to have someone I can share almost everything with. He's a good guy and so kind hearted. And if he could, he won't disappoint anyone who asked for his help. And I mean anyone especially our friends. In fact, I think lots of girls fall for him for that. Hehe. Maybe they misunderstood his kindness. But he tells me everything and I just have to trust him.

He’s really into photography. And to me he’s really good in it. Really really good. Now with his own DSLR, he’s taking more beautiful pictures than ever. You can view some of his work here. Hopefully he’ll achieve his dreams in photography one day. Praying for you dear=)

These past years have been so meaningful to us with lots of memories. And I really cherish what we have between us now. Hopefully this new year will bring more happiness to us=)

Current picture. I think he's chubbier than before=p (35 eh wak? Hehe)
Dining in our fav restaurant, Burger King
(at Restoran Jejantas Sg. Buluh. The view was awesome!)

:: Title excerpt from the song 'Lucky'. Like the singer Jason Mraz said, it's about two best friend finding love=)

Adapt! Adapt!
The wheel turns and turns and turns,
it never stops and stands still.
~Mr. Panwallah

Who's Mr. Panwallah? Hehe. Those who've read The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai would probably remember him (this book is compulsory reading for English subject in KPM Matriculation 2000/20001) . He's the watch mender who teach Hari (the main character in this book) watchmending skill and lessons of life when he leaves his poor family in the village to find work in the Bombay city. He makes Hari realize that in life changes will come sooner or later and it is up to us to find our way around the changes, to learn and go on with life. You see, Hari ran away from his village as he's frustated with his irresponsible drunken father and the poor state of his family. His mother was very ill and it is up to him and his elder sister Lila to take care of their little sisters. The only way Hari earn money is by selling coconuts if there's any and few vegetables he grows in their tiny piece of land. New factories are being built in their village which will take up most of the villager's farming land, new jobs are said for engineers and mechanics only and fishing no longer provides as it used to before. So the small village are very afraid of the changes to come.

In Bombay Hari is quite settled with a job in a cheap restaurant and as an apprentice in the next door watch repair shop. The old man's willing to teach him so that when Hari go back to his village, he can set up as the village watchmender. But Hari just laughed and thought that the villagers told the time by looking at the sun. What good would a watchmender be there. But Mr Panwallah said that one day Hari must go home, that he should never have left his mother and sisters. Hari protested saying there was nothing left for him to do there. But Mr Panwallah makes Hari sees changes in positive view. He said that Hari can find work anywhere as long as he use his hands. Because when the factory is ready, houses will be built for the people who work there. Workers will be needed during the building stage and later the engineers and mechanics who's coming to stay there will need food. Hari can sell more vegetables and coconuts. Or he could buy chickens with the money he made in Bombay and set up a poultry. And of course they will have watches and clocks and one day Hari could be the first to open a watch repair shop in the village. Hari was very happy to hear that. It never occured to him.

~this is turning more and more like a book review..hehe

So actually I found this book while burrowing through my old books and I remember this piece of thoughtfull advise that I want to share here. Adapt. Nothing will remain the same. So you have to adapt. It's what I told myself as my circle of friends change when I go from matriculation to university to the working life now. It's what I remind myself when I got my first posting at a hospital in Pahang and I was so reluctant because Pahang is such a foreign state to me. Of course at first we'll be scared because we're already comfortable with the life we had. We have to learn how to adjust our life around, make changes and make ourself comfortable again. That is until the next transition or changes in our life. But that is life my friend. It goes on and on=) oops..Kind of in a hurry now. I don't think I'm done yet. Will update later. Ngee~


:: Picture of the Eye of Malaysia, taken last year. Great ride!=)

Dear Clyde..

Ain't they cute? It's one of the things that we share=) Poor Clyde is missing now though. Huhu. Dear Clyde, we miss you..wherever you are. (I believe somewhere at Rejang river=p)

:: Picture courtesy of Aryuel

Save our brothers and sisters!

Can you feel his pain?
(Abid Katib/Getty Images)

The war in Palestine is still ongoing. It's really sad and heart wrenching. What can we do to help? Do we really understand what's happening there? Read here to understand better. I feel every muslim should know.

By the way, one way we can help is by donation which can be made to MERCY or here. And care to read Dr. Jemilah's own stories from Gaza. At least we'll be thankful with what we're blessed with in Malaysia. Also don't forget to pray for our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

I likes!

Hmm..several things I already like on 2009=)

My new giant calendar for this year comes in purple!
Thank you Alcon. And the first thing I did, mark all the significant public holiday! Heee~

And I took the effort to make my own planner this year. Hehe=) Usually I just bought it. It's very useful for me to record my clinical activity, yearly leave and the courses that I went to. I was about to buy a new one when I thought, 'Hey, why don't I make one myself!' After all, I only need the calendar part.





I used some of my favourite picture by him (permisi wak=p) Love the purple one the most. Because he said it was dedicated to me even from while he took the picture. Hee~ =)

And there's my fav month of the year!=)

“The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
~Paulo Coelho

I love this book. It's written by a really well known Brazilian writer, Paulo Coelho. He's known to write spiritual fiction, full of philosophy. And he's also a great poet. I love it for the beautiful words used, for the lessons that he successfully conveyed and for the location the story took place, from the fields of Andalusia, to the old fort of Tarifa, the narrow streets of Tangier market of Morocco in Africa, the vast Sahara desert and to the enchanting pyramids in Egypt. Those places to me are sort of magical for its culture and folklore, full of delights to discover and such mystic destination I would love to visit one day.

The story relates to one's desire to find their destiny in life. About one's adventure following his dreams and finding his treasure. The main character is a shepherd boy, Santiago who had always dream of travelling the world. In fact, that's how he became a shepherd in the first place. Because according to his father, among poor people like them the only way to travel is by becoming a shepherd. (Shepherds do walk many miles I guess, for their sheep to graze the field=p)

Santiago had the same dream twice. In the dream, he was brought by a child to the Egyptian pyramids and was told that if he went there, he will find a hidden treasure. So after several more encounter he decided to follow his dream and find the treasure. Along the way, Santiago met many people who in a way help him to find his treasure. But he also somehow left an impact on the people he met though he may not realize it.

The ending is so unexpected that I find myself flipping to the front pages to reread. But I really learn a lot from the story. I learned that we must never be afraid of changes, that we must try to realize our destiny by following our dreams. But really, the biggest lesson I learned is that sometimes what you're looking for is just right in front of you, at your own place. While searching for it though, we may have travel far and gain many life experience which is far more worthy than the treasure itself=)

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

I guess it's not too late to wish everyone Happy New Year 1430H and Happy New Year 2009 =)
Let us hope to be a better person than before, InsyaAllah.