Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are & Count On Me

Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining

Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
Yeah, I know, I know, when I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so, sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look ok, I say
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she let me
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
Oh, you know, you know, you know, I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
So, don't even bother asking if you look ok
You know I'll say
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
The way you are, the way you are
Girl you're amazing, just the way you are
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are. Yeah

These 2 songs by Bruno Mars keep playing in my head... I like the simple but very meaningful lyrics in both song... btw, he's the one singing the song 'Billionaire' (I just found that out this afternoon ;-)) and the song Nothin' On You with B.O.B.

A Weekend Getaway To Batu Pahat, Johor (Part 1)

hmmm i realize i haven't been updating my daily activities for pretty long huh?

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abg mus, kakak, k.laily, amad, shido, haja, tiqah

so me, tiqah and shido went to visit our friends; k.laily & family in batu pahat johor... me and tiqah were housemates back in cardiff. we first met shido and k.laily, abg mus, kakak and amad while on europe trip with kelana convoy last 2 years i guess. we were very close during the whole trip... k.laily's kids were very fun to be with.. we even visited them in nottingham after the trip.. so they were here for goods now and the wonderful facebook found us back together.. that's where the whole visiting each other came about..

the sweet shido

the journey, the stupid divider

i went out to pick up tiqah in sec 8 on saturday morning, while shido came whole way from kajang to shah alam (why haven't anyone thought of picking up shido on the way to johor huhh?? haha) well while waiting for shido and her friend to find a spot where easier for us to pick her up, me and tiqah had our breakfast at pusat akuatik shah alam.. and this is where my neo had his first (??) no 3rd minor accident.. yeah yeahhh blame me please huhuhhh.. i parked my neo in the bike parking boxes where there are small dividers on each 5-6 boxes.. on the way out, we were excitingly chatting and updating after 2 years of absence .. me carelessly brought the car into D gear and confidently drove away... danggggg! the lowered front skirt went up the divider! i reversed the car and we rushed out to see the damages... thanks god, nothing appealed on the front, but the lower parts are quite seriously scratched! need to bend down then u can see the deep marks.... sorry mr. neo! i got used to your lowered skirt already, it just the stupid divider! uhuhhh ;-)

there... the starting point of tiqah suddenly turning into half-paranoid co-pilot for the whole journey hahaaa.. can't blame her though... although it was her idea to park at the bikes parking lots since they were empty and very welcoming the neo haishhhh

we picked up shido at kfc extreme park and drove off straight to batu pahat ^_^ at around 9am instead of took off at 8 from shah alam as what was planned initially..

we reached k.laily's house at around 12 noon (gara-gara driver yg cekap).. tiqah printed out the google map but it doesn't helped much since the instruction was very easy... exit at Ayer Hitam, take left and go straight, the housing area will be at the left side.. the 'go straight' is a very long one... we need to literally checking out the left side all the time...

by the time we were there, they weren't at home, only the bibik... so 'make yourself at home!!!!' applies here ;-)

the european girl, Iris

the after 2 years gathering, k.laily's fabulous sense of cuisine

i nap for awhile while waiting.. after about an hour or so, they were home... k.laily still the same as last time i saw her apart of no more preggy tummy :-) hmmm i think abg mus is getting a bit smaller... kakak and amad are definitely got taller but they look just exactly as last time i've seen them.. kakak is as tall as me! she is in standard 4... guess i can declare myself as a standard 4 lookalike as well huh? ;-p and the new baby, Iris (pronounce Ai-ris) is almost 2 y.o. she is a cutey... she has a bit of European look and skin color and hair color too! maybe because her mom is carrying her in the tummy all the way throughout our europe trip last time kan? (tips kawan2... mau anak rupa european tak?? ngehehhh)

k.laily got worried looking at our starving faces.. she quickly served the lunch... there were ayam percik, sotong goreng, telur sambal, sayur campur, taufu fa, and fresh orange on the table!!! we were of course droolingggggg!! dan makan tak hingat punyer! her cooks are always always good and a masterpiece.... like abg mus's saying "now u know the answer of why we are all big size" hahahhhhh yeahhh i bet i will too just by spending a week there!

tummy's full... time for light activities.... we chatted and chatted and chatted hahaaa.. and then played Monopoly with the kids... announcing...... k.haja and k.shido lost to kakak and amad!!!! yahaaaa kids nowadays!!! hahaaaa...

afterwards, we watched parts of hundreds of videos taken during our trip around europe..... nostalgic! kakak even almost got teary watching them huhuhhh

the Night Activities

bowling time

before set our foots out, we were again being pampered and spoiled with delicious roti jala with kari ayam, and sate! (20 cucuk sorang punya quota!) hahaa..

had bowling ... amad was superb ok!! again lost to 7 year old kid :| i was at 3rd, few points behind the duet abg mus & k.laily..

on the way out, out of sudden abg mus pulled us all into a karaoke jamban fronting the bowling place... we were forced to sing 1 song each and cramped in the 'jamban' size karaoke box hahaa... it was all impulsive, no one planned on karaoke.. and to be frank, it was my first time ever karaoke-ing.. i am ok singing in car eventhough my guy friends are around... but to sing with a mic on felt different to me and uncomfortable .. gediks kan? but anyhow, i sang a song with tiqah but i don't think my voice was clearly heard since u know... the sound system sucks! hahaaaa..... but it was fun anyway...

'jamban' time

then we head to Dataran Batu Pahat (the one with a Batu and a Pahat monument)... first impression... OMG! banyaknya mat rempit and remaja2 berlepak2!!!!!! 8O i became a jakun myself! and worried too... we just browsed through the small kiosk surrounding the area.. then joined abg mus & amad eating ice cream on the field near the monument... looking at kids running around the field make me voiced out the idea of 'main bola best nih'... and amad being a little sporty football star to-be was just as excited as i am.. abg mus bought a futsal ball near there... and we had a blast time having fun & cheerful futsaling !!! :twisted: we played 3-3 with no goalkeeper... me team with abg mus & kakak; amad, tiqah and k.laily as the opponent team... shido as the avid watcher haha... i think afterwards, people around started to play mini futsal as well maybe thrilled by us ;-) felt uplifted after sweating my shirt off!

Dataran Batu Pahat

on the way home, stop by gerai makan.... makan lagi! had maggi goreng ala johor (poyo) this time....

good night sleep.... tido x mandi pon bajet peluh da kering, ampeh sungguh! :roll:

*All photos by Miss Tiqah*

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From Paris With Love

I enjoyed this movie a lot since I am a big fan of non-stop violence kind of action movies.. when i first heard the title from a friend raving about it, i was defeatist. A love-story, not-worth-to-watch-at-cinema, pleasure-to-watch-on-dvd-at-home kind of movie pondered on my mind. But i was wrong to bits. yeah my bad, the 'Don't ever judge a book by its cover' wasn't applied here.. well... i didn't even look at the cover! ;-p

First thing first, the story line unfortunately wasn't great at all. Period. It's quite typical & should i say controversial in some ways.. From my personal understanding, it was about a Pakistanis group involving with terrorist and drugs. And there was a scene where you can clearly see our God's name was written in big arabic letters on their hideout wall. I found it offensive and uncalled for. And also the fact that James's fiancee was actually spying on him wasn't surprising since that was very expected of. Another put me off scene was when eventually the girl was committing a suicide bombing and told her fiancee that she finally found a faith from a man she barely known. The faith has given her the peace & she had to carry out her 'duty'.

However, the love plot of James Reese is pretty amazing when finally the ever first person he shot was his own fiancee & there was two scenes when he fought for a cell phone charger and an engagement ring given by the fiancee. Understandable as usual, Mr Travolta played the Charlie Wax role cleverly where he was a funny, frivolous look government secret agent but actually an undeniable super genius and intense. Combining these two with the actions directed in most of the scenes makes this movie an obvious must-see.

Cutting Off The Unnecessaries...

cut off my hair short today! yeay! ^_^ The head felt so light in a flesh :) I went to the same salon as last time. It wasn't the same lady who did my hair cut previously but a practical student instead. I was a bit skeptical at first, but the result was pretty good. I give her a thumb up hehe ;p I chose to cut shorter since the weather is very much reasoning it but still kept the layered style, so i have to say goodbye to the 'v' shape. although i did asked her if she can manage to do it, but answered "nak bagi v shape tu saya tak pandai la kak" hahaa.. overall ... yup loving it!

ohhh i bumped into an old friend in Jasin & kms at the sunway pyramid... eyyy zatul u got thinner!!! uhuuuuu

OMG! So Hot!

The weather is almost killing me now.. why too hot? i was sweating through the day and night...

and i am so going to cut my hair short this weekend.. cannot tahan anymoreee

Not Happy :(

there are too many things i want to do..

yet too much time wasted on things i do not want to do..