~ ...A CuPPa WiTH MuMsiE...~

My baby is off to school....

2011-01-11T10:47:00.012+08:00

How time flies fast...finally the moment has come....our baby in the house, Gabriel begins his 1st year kindergarten at Stella Maris, Tg. Aru this year. After not been sending any child to school since our 2nd son Daryll it sure kinda of exciting LOL...it has been...lets me count...yes...it was 20 years ago when we sent Daryll to kindergarten and it was sure quite an experience entirely different from our eldest, Audrey, interesting...grueling & dramatic hahaha....not going to elaborate more coz I knw he'll be reading this...sorry darling hehehe. Nevertheless, all of them gave us an experience we'll never forget & joy that lives forever in our heart...muwaaah....love u all.

My darling poppet all geared up for registration....1st day.. It was easy...no hassle.... he was all ready and excited the same time...chattering about it which is a positive sign and made the massive traffic jam 'invisible'

2nd day and the moment of truth where he need to wake up at a wee hour and bath earlier than usual....well...it was not an easy one which I hand it over to the man of the house who has more patient than the queen hahaha. After all the dramatic scene of cooing and so called psychology thingy ... we manage to set our journey hahaha....Thanks God getting him into the class was not as dramatic as waking him up or getting him ready to school...it is as if he has been in the class all this while LOL...Praise God! I didn't have to go through getting my skirt ripped off or leaving the class in tears listening to my child cried of mercy wakakaka...which like??....ok I leave this story unended LOL

Here is Gabriel in his uniform ;)

Gabe stands proudly in his uniform

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The Awakening.....

2010-04-05T20:30:00.003+08:00

PEEK & BOOOOOO.....!

Gooooodddd morning...afternoon...evening....day or whichever suits to u all and HELLOOO dearest blog LOL

Guess the 'cup' have been running dry for a long long long time...and its time to have a cuppa with mumsie he..he..he...

Hello world of blogging....I'm backkkkk!(hopefully noting will 'distract' me...again *wink*..*wink*).

I've not been anywhere...infact...I was and still 'glued' to my chair and computer. Beside not having anything so called interesting 'story' to share....arghhhhh...who am I lying to?? I do have...I admit it but I fell into the world of fantasy in the gaming world in Facebook LOL....don't regret it though....I was having a swell time...interesting...and addicted to it ha..ha..ha...

Me with my first FB game...Farm Town then moving to FarmVille then Mafia World and so on and on....till I finally realised it has come to a year I've not written or peek into my blog! Terrible!

So....mumsie is back to have a cuppa with you all but as for now I got to sign off...need to check on my 'Social City' at FB ha..ha..ha..another new game I 'venture' at FB he..he..he..

Cyaaa! XOXO

27th Wedding Anniversary

2009-06-13T17:07:00.014+08:00

We Praise and Thank God for His blessings and graces upon us throughout the years for without it our marriage would not have reach the 'age' of 27 years old and wouldn't be able to celebrate our 27th Wedding Anniversary yesterday and no aramaiti *wink*.

The life we shared together for the past 27 years has not been one smooth voyage but through these storms which we encountered we learned to build a ship that strong enough to face any storm, praise God! But as strong as a ship can be it still crack whenever it hits on a big and hard coral LOL but we learned to repair it before it gets worst or beyond repair...Repaint it before it fade wakaka(bermadah2 oh me kekeke) There were times we 'encounter' pirates for these we learned to sharpen our 'sword' and 'fencing skill' before one of us gets 'kidnapped'(hmmm...cam cerita Peter Pan pula)....naaaahhh there are no bruises and injuries laah hehehe....There are no better 'weapon' than 'Love and Forgiveness' *wink* and with God grace He blessed us with three crews whom makes our 27 years journey more exciting...fun...thrilling...adventurous...nerve wrecking...hilirious...tearful...unending laughter *wink* LOL ...Praise God!

I also thank God for blessing me with a wonderful, loving and caring 'in-laws'. They never make me feel like an 'in-laws' instead I'm one of the family the very moment I stepped in their house 27 years ago .... Thank you dearest all for accepting and loving me just as I'm(I know I'm not an easy person to deal with...infact very 'the complicated'....'hyper ' bah... hehehe) ....muaaaah.

We thank all for being part of our life, the wishes and wonderful gifts....We pray that God will bless us with many good and fun years together ahead...God willing!

We celebrated our wedding anniversary dinner with some of our family members last night at Chinese Cantonese Restaurant at Winner Hotel(thank Annie for introducing me this place). We missed the presence of our children, Audrey and Daryll ...wished they were with us but unfortunately they are working in KL and a moment like this, I wished they never grow up so that they'll never leave home...forever under our wings...how selfish, right? LOL

Oh ya...we were not only celebrating our anniversary last night but we celebrated our nephew, Nicholson 15th years old birthday as well...isn't that wonderful? I likkkeeeee....

The Claudio's

the Claudio's with nephew, Nicholson
....and our families & friend
the Claudio's, the Contantine's, the Midin's & Diana

tedaaaaaa!....our gifts
tq lovely people...muaaaaah!
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Rampazan Meets Kiawayan

2009-06-10T10:13:00.010+08:00

Another historical event being recorded in the book of the Majilis family on the 6th of June. The engagement of the youngest of the siblings, Dr. Jimmy to Maria of Tambunan.

The Majilis family now have another additional member as well as the union of two families from Kg. Rampazan, Papar and Kg. Kiawayan, Tambunan....a great one. Wahhhhh...bertambah banyaklah saudara ni..ni yang best hehehe.

Finally my bro-in-law found his lady...Praise God! LOL. Yeap! We are happy for u bro and glad to 'hand u over' to Maria hehehe We sure gonna miss u as a 'free man'...inda boleh lagi senang2 panggil kau among other things *wink* but we believe somewhere out there God has choosen someone to be your soul partner and there she is.....!(smiling widely ni...)

So wanna share with you guys their engagement pictures....

the newly engaged

Rampazanean and Kiawayanean together

Thanks Maria for the pictures...will be adding more picture soon.

Till death do us part....

2009-06-03T23:50:00.010+08:00

Last Monday, June 1st is really a memorable cum sentimental day for me. I attended a wedding vow renewal mass of my biras(my bro-in-law wife) Lianah's parents at Holy Rosary Church, Limbahau, Papar. It's my first time attending such celebration and the great thing about it was, it's their 60th anniversary. Amazing! To make a marriage work for 60 years is not easy...it's a roller coaster ride hahaha. I'm deeply amazed...astound and proud to be a witness to such a beautiful and holy occassion of this couple who look beautiful and dashing in their traditional outfit :)

From what I gathered from the 'bride' *wink*, it was an arrange marriage(well...what is not on those days but still their marriage last) and she still remembered the time she was brought to her 'groom' house which was at 11am on Thursday. Can you imagine that? And it happened 60 years ago! I bet we can't even remember what the day or date or time the first time we have a date with our spouses or fell in love for the matter and we claim ourselves to know more about 'falling in love' or 'love' than our dear old parents LOL.

After the mass the celebration continues for their children(9 of them) gave their parents a blasting anniversary party...how sweet! It was so well organized and the enthusiasm and excitement were all over their faces...the children..grandchildren and great grandchildren...who wouldn't, right? Being able to give such to your parents is a blessing for compared to what they have done for us what we give them can't measure their sacrifices and love.

The couple with their children and in-laws

The Lajikim Clan

beautiful couple

misuvu...how romantic

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Grandchild No. 26

2009-06-02T23:35:00.007+08:00

Time sure do pass very fast. It feels like it was only few days ago baby Luke birth brings excitement to everyone in the family(a good sign what! the 'Solungkod clan' is multiplying *wink*) and it has not wane out, YET we were celebrating his 'full moon' last Saturday...Ouinah! so fast ohhh...Foolish it may sound but I don't want him to grow up yet....wahhhhh...

It's a tradition in the family...guess in every family especially Kadazan-Dusun and Chinese as well(I think so hehe) that when a baby is a month old it will be celebrated and sort of introducing him/her to the rest of the families. So it's party time for the 'Solungkod clan' again hahaha and we sure do love it for this is the time where normally everyone make an extra effort to be presence and get together and since our mum birthday falls on June 1st we decided celebrate it at the same day.

A month old Luke Leander

Luke with mummy

Leander with aunty Mary

Luke seems to sense that he can't trust Gabe to carry him hahaha

Luke Leander with his 'mummy kakak'

Mumsie and Poppet Munching Day

2009-05-27T11:52:00.015+08:00

Missing my poppets so much that I decided to flew over KL last weekend even if it's just for a short visit(can't bear the thought of leaving Gabe that long) hehehe.

Flew with Malaysian Airline *wink*...Of course we want to travel in comfort, right? Where else can we have it IF not with MAS hehehe MAS does have a competitive airfare now plus you're being serve well... they may not be perfect but a better choice (Ouisshhh...iklan abis ni! kekeke)

Terharu juga aku(meleleh airmata) coz walaupun last minute datang(my bad habbit...impulsive traveller) princess aku tu ambil emergency leave to layan her mummy and thanx God that her employer is so understanding.

So this time tapak kasut aku inda aus coz I went to Pavillion ja...but perut bertambah buncit mana inda tiada kerja lain maaaaakkan nopo! Biasalah kalau aku ni bila ke KL tatap2 tibai ja makanan yang di lihat atau lain2 nama dia and normally yang I can't find in KK lah bah kunun LOL. Anak aku ni pun inda abis-abis mengintroduce makanan yang ntah apa2 and c mummy ni pun layaaaan...memang pun tabarus...Jalan...Makan...Jalan...Makan...Hah! tu ja lah kerja kami sama c Girl...makan sambil bergosip hal ehwal semasa...girls talk...ladies talk...u name it lah kekeke. Oh ya...aku memajak anting2 lagi tu...bah gila anting2 and c anak tu pun berabis memilih untuk mummy dia juga...so this time all my earings is my princess choices as well as the pay master...tq darling.

Saturday tu pulanglah c mummy...sedih juga ati...belum lagi cukup bermesra dengan putera dan puteri ku terutama putera ku tu coz silap timing bah c mummy ni datang...tengah2 pemusik aku tu sibuk praktis coz ada gig lah bah kunun di Ipoh Saturday tu juga. Takpe...God willing ketemu lagi (laaaa...ini kes terlampau nonton sinetron Indon ni hehe).

Layan ja lah gambar2 yang inda seberapa ni....

Malaysian Airline lunch box; KK-KL

Seafood Spagetti

My seat-mate meal; Nasi Beryani Ayam

KL-KK Meal

My Poppet

Weekend Getaway

2009-05-18T13:57:00.018+08:00

Celyn Resort Kinabalu was our destination last Saturday for our weekend getaway. It's at Kg. Samuruh, Ranau and takes 10 minutes drive from the main road to the resort....about 500 meters of a smooth and hilly aspalth road and the rest is a bit rugged up to the resort. I find this place is a great place to retreat from my busy daily life even if its just for a day....kunun LOL...fresh air....surrounded by the greens and most of all a change of weather....relaxing betul!

We took a room on the Kinabalu Wing Chalet which is facing the majestic Mount Kinabalu(unfortunately it was covered with clouds most of the time) and took the upper floor corner which gave us the advantage of a better view of valley below as well as the rest of the surrounding....what a breathtaking view. Gabe was having a time of his life but we've to be on alert most of the time since we're on the top of a cliff and he is superactive and too adventerous at times...so we don't want any Superman or Ultraman or Ben10 drama hahaha.

Having said all the beautiful and perfect scene, I'm gonna touch on the tiny mini faults; Shortage of water, but, don't worry they provide a huge pail for you to store water hahaha and we experienced twice power failure which took about few hours to restore(once during the night and in the morning) BUT it didn't spoil our 'holiday' no ain't complaining....just 'relating' *wink*

vegetable orchards view from our balcony

nature walk path

another nature walk path which is going down hill

Kinabalu Wing Chalet

the family

We went home at 10am on Sunday.

American Idol Season 8 Finalist

2009-05-14T11:38:00.006+08:00

Snippets: Adam Lamber, Kris Allen in unexpected 'American Idol' finals, but Danny Gokey ends on a high

Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Danny Gokey are waiting to see who's in "American Idol" finals -- and the first person in is... Kris Allen! Wow, an upset --Danny Gokey seemingly had this spot all locked up.

Adam Lambert gets the other spot, and it's a great final two! Total bedlam, poor Danny Gokey -- he was never in the bottom three all year. I'm sure his fans are in total shock right now.

I thought he was pretty good last night, although I wasn't a fan of his all year. Sings "You Are So Beautiful," and man, this is his best performance of the season, hands down. So powerful, genuine and emotional; wow, what a great way to end.

Adam Lambert is of course the strong favorite going into the final two; his fans are legion and obsessed, and he's had the best performances pretty much every week. A lot of them seem to hate Danny and his fans, so they'll be happy for that reason as well.

Kris Allen's totally living the dream, he was the dark horse coming in, and his fans really came through for him last night.

And if what Ryan said is right, that less than a million votes separated Kris and Adam -- is "American Idol" setting the stage for an unbelievable upset next week?!

Simon says nobody could've predicted this, then says this could be "what we call a big ding-dong"? Is that really what he said?!

Congratulation to Adam and Kris...they deserve it! Not that Danny doesn't but somebody has to fill in the 3rd place, right? Otherwise it wouldn't be a competition. Danny you're my idol!

Source: weblogs

Who goes to final?

2009-05-14T09:10:00.007+08:00

Adam...sends ladies 'Crying'

Vocal Master Class...'You're So Beautiful'

Authentic... 'Heartless'

After watching tonight's performance I'm wishing there will be no 'cuts to final two'. For me they all deserved to be in the final for all of them gave the best...they're outstanding and vocally mesmerizing...and they sang to win...love them all.

Am not going to go through on each of their performance instead I'm gonna summarize it; It was "Superb..Brilliant..Breathtaking..Vocal Master class(pinjam lu Simon:P)..Heartfelt..Hypnotizing.. Blasting..Authentic" Yessss! That is how it was...not that there are no flaws but who cares!...Pokoknya I was entertained and went gu gu ga ga cum 'glued' LOL And tonight show is the best for the whole American Idol season(for me lah).

Something about Adam that touched my heart tonight, his humbleness. With all the praising he received from the judges(except for Simon who is cool :P) he still thought of the others...which makes me adore him more(matilah berperasaan abis ni karud)...Mesti ada urang jeles ni wakakaka

Picture credit to americanidol

Gabe's 'Mummies' dining out

2009-05-13T10:08:00.010+08:00

Gabe's 'mummies'

Last night we brought Gabe's 'mummies' cum 'teachers' from his nursery for dinner for Mothers Day celebration hehehe...kalau mau bawa durang tu weekend tida dapat sbab durang pulang kampung.

They were a bit lost when we invited them out for dinner and tiba2 terfikir yang my hubby kena 4D pula(we wish LOL) When we told them that its a Mothers Day treat and by the look of their face they're 'lost in space'. Then my hubby explained to them that they're like a mother to our son too...well in actual fact they are coz for they spend 10hrs a day for 5 days in a week which is more than me, his own mother. And in today's world where almost families the parents works for sake of coping with the necessities or to make ends meet, they are more of a mother to these children in the nursery than their materal mother and as for Gabe he has been in that nursery since he was 3 months old.

I'm happy with this nursery(Stella Maris Nursery, Tg. Aru) and all their staff for they've done a great job with all the babies and children. They have been well taken care of in all their needs; health wise and growing development.

So, we brought them to dine at Upperstar Damai(cam tedada tampat lain gi hehe).

Our pictures taken with Nokia E71 ja hehehe

Obie and Charlene

Obie Chicken Chop which according to her...'kosumo' (too filing)

Charlene Grilled Chicken...'ngam' to her :D

My Grilled Salmon...it tasted better after sprinkled with lime

Gabe with his orange juice in 'Heineken mug' (imagine that!...keabisan glass m'kali)

Snippet: Nizar is the valid MB

2009-05-12T09:01:00.005+08:00

The High Court has declared that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin is the valid Perak Mentri Besar, ruling that his office has not been vacated.

High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim granted a declaratory relief to Nizar that he is still and was Mentri Besar at all material times.

The court, which issued a declaratory relief that Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir had no right to occupy the office of Perak Mentri Besar, also ordered him to show cause and give information under what policy, power or authority he allegedly held office and exercised the responsibilities, functions and duties as Mentri Besar.

Is justice been done here?*wink* Hmmm...lu fikir lah sendiri(pinjam lu ah Nabil...hehehe) but then this drama hasn't end for Barisan Nasional will appeal against the High Court ruling that Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin is the rightful Perak Mentri Besar.

Whatevever it is...lets hope that peace and harmony in Malaysia lives and forever be preserved AND JUSTICE will forever be uphold.

Source: thestar

American Idol Top 3

2009-05-08T16:51:00.003+08:00

Allison Iraheta was cut out not because she is not good but she got the lowest vote...this is the name of the game. Gonna missed that powerful voice of Allison but I bet she'll be cutting a single soon(such an optimist...that's me!) hehehe.

Whatever it is...this is the American Idol Top 3...Danny Gokey, Adam Lamber and Kris Allen

Picture credited to americanidol

Goodbye cough...

2009-05-07T16:58:00.003+08:00

Thanks God I finally recover from a bad cough and nasal block! Been having a 'dry cough' for the past 12 days .... head felt like 'splitting' (adakah pernah terjadi? hehe) and restless nights duhhhh. But that's is all over now...my cough has eased off except the irritating phlegm in my throat which disturbed me once in a while.

Am gonna push that aside now coz I need to clear my head in order to have an 'inspiration' what to get for our mum this coming Mother's Day hehehe.

A Child Is Born

2009-05-01T15:10:00.010+08:00

Around 3.39am on 30th April 2009 born a 3.60kg boy to a wonderful couple, Helena and Melbert.

Then his excited and over joyed aunt named him LUKE LEANDER hehehe.

Welcome my dearest darling nephew...smooch..smooch...it sure has been a long wait...guess you're having so much fun and comfort in your 'cocoon' LOL .

Birthday Treat....

2009-04-25T12:35:00.009+08:00

It has been a week since my birthday and still celebrating and being celebrated ....love it. ..love it...hehehe

I Had a birthday treat last night from my dearest sisters-in-law; Nora and Josephine....thank you dearest and may the good Lord bless you two abundantly.

The dinner treat were at New Prosperous Restaurant. Our last visit here were on my poppa birthday and it was under renovation, so, we got another chance to patron this restaurant at a better atmosphere and pleasant environment hehe . After the dinner we adjourned to Upperstar, Damai for 'brew, cocktail and smoothie' session hahaha

Our family at Upperstar, Damai

Nora with her angels

with Josephine and her daughter, Jade

Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai made an exit....

2009-04-24T09:21:00.003+08:00

So it's goodbye to Lil and Anoop. They are a good singers...have strong voices just not always the best song choices then again it's a matter of 'who got the votes'. Gonna miss their voice despite of whatever I comment on this two...I believe they'll be spotted by record producers :)

Picture credited to americanidol

American Idol - 'Disco' Nite

2009-04-22T21:25:00.004+08:00

Being saved by the judges last week gave Matt another chance performing tonight but for this week there will be two elimination....whooo...everyone is at the edge.

Tonight they will be performing songs from the disco era....'flash back'....I remembered the white suit John Travolta wearing and everyone is learning the Saturday Nite Fever dance steps LOL...me were not exceptional *wink*...I was a 'victim' to that era too hehe....the 'Travolta shoe'...'Travolta haircut' hahaha....

I was looking forward on how the guys would look like tonight....and...Whooooooo! Adam stunned me with his 'Elvis' look again...the hair...the suit...ohhhhh....he's a heartthrob! Can't wait for him to sing.

I can't believe Adam's rendition on this favourite number of mine...'If I Can't You'....Fabulous...Original and can't wait to download it hehehe Without his usual theatrics ways of singing...just his great voice....spooling smoothly the song is still a great one for me....ohhhh that sexy eyes...Adam is forever awesome!

When Seacrest announced Kris is going to sing the 'She Works Hard For The Money', I can't help thinking how is Kris going to do the song and it's Donna Summers'. Nevertheless...Kris rock it with his guitar....disco or not disco who cares...I love it. Another original performance ...he made another song his own...fantastic!

Allison really bringing it all out tonight, with a great voice to match her energetic performance.... especially when as she hits her strong final note....love it.

I'm a fan of Danny Gokey and glad his performance tonight is not a disappointment but it's just the same as all the other nights...a solid one with his 'sexy' voice hehehe. So...it's still okay...I believe he will be safe hahaha

This is all I can say about tonight performance...The rest???? Forgotten about their performance..

Pictures credited to americanidol

TQ friends and love ones....

2009-04-22T10:48:00.014+08:00

Yeah...it's a long overdue update on my birthday hehehe. All of the sudden at the age of 48th I had to go through a 'gastric' pain which I 'only' experienced during pregnancy....NOPE! I'm not pregnant LOL. I had an allegry and the medication which the dr prescribed gave me gastric...duhhh! I lose my mood in doing anything except going through my FB once in a while hehehe...

Ok...today...kira oklah...bulihlah 'melayaning' my blog ni *wink* and put up some pictures on the 'chronology' of my birthday...WALAUPUN...tengah menahan my 'gas letrik'...siap ambil emergency leave gitu wakakaka.

Oh ya!...mau berucap lu...I would like to thank all my friends, families and loved ones for all their good wishes(God's willing it will all be fulfilled *wink*) ...wonderful and treasured gifts.... for the joy and laughter shared. Love you all and may God bless us with many wonderful and blessed years ahead.

Especially for my hubby...Sorry for spoiling the wonderful suprised you had planned for me LOL...(me not turning up for work and in the end we had to collect the flowers together in the office hehehe...but it was kinda fun).

Thank you princess for being the 1st one to send me birthday wish (12.09am) and the wonderful message...hmmm...u managed to make your mom cry hehehe...Thank you son for the laughter you brought when u send a belated birthday wish...when in actual fact it came earlier than usual LOL. And...my darling Gabe...for the wonderful birthday serenade eventhough you mentioned everyone in your birthday song...LOL...I couldn't ask for more...God blesses me so much.

Ok...now layan the pictures

My birthday cupcakes shared with Gabe teachers at the nursery

From Poppa and Poppets

TQ for all the beautiful gifts

Had my 'starter' with Gabe and poppa at Fish & Co. before hanging out with my friends.... Got to layan my jewel before 'layaning' myself LOL

Mumsie nite out.....

Thanx for the fun guys!

TQ for the delicious and cute tiramisu birthday cake Josie...muaaah

more pictures here

Mumsie is 48 Years Old!

2009-04-16T00:51:00.004+08:00

Praise God for the gift of life and thank you Jesus my Shepherd and Saviour.

Being excited as I'm today I can't help being sentimental(darn!) which made me want to honor the people whom I love and believed attributed so much in my life till they made me who I'm now as well as made my life colorful and interesting.

Thank you pa(may God bless his soul) and mama for bringing me to this world...thank you to my late nenek Korid(God bless her soul) for being the mid-wife and the first to receive me cum giving me the only one in the family with a 'siang'(Chinese surname) in my birth cert. Aha! this is the most interesting story of my birth history, my late nenek Korid is happened to be my mum step-father(who is a Chinese) wife...so she sort of nicely and beautifully recorded my mama name with Chinese 'siang' hahaha Guess those days it was not as strict as now, one need not include their ID copy for birth cert application. I liked it though...in a sense it makes me unique...at least in the birth cert *wink* and it did help me to get admitted easily in certain school hehe.

To my late grandmothers(God bless their souls)...thank you for giving me so many names. Guess you're wondering what am I gabbing about huh? Well...it's our Lotud culture to gave our ancestors name to their child so that they will be known from which family tree they came from, another way of looking at it, it's the same as using a 'surname' or family name and normally the name that will be chosen is from the child great-great grandmother/grandfather(depends on the gender of the child).

Guess I was the center of attraction at the time for being the eldest and 1st grandchild in both my parents side of the family...so I can imagine everyone is rushing or wants to take the credit in giving me names. For the sake of not causing any squabbles or avoiding arguments or even jealousy, my parents accepted all the three name suggested to me...love them actually except for one which sounds weird but learned to get used to it LOL. Ok, the three names I've which is only known in the kampung and not registered in my birth cert which I wished it was....kahangaklah the NRD dept. IF it was especially when it comes to putting the data in the computer system hehe...

Tahera which is my favorite and frequently used, Seliung and Gunting the weird one for in Bahasa Melayu it means scissor ...duuuhh! Then again at the end of the day, I was known as Julia and it was choosen by my dear dad. Thank you pa...I love you so much and still missing you.

God willing, this evening I'm going to have my mummy night out with my friends...thank you Daye.

See you all in the next post!

7 remaining contestants....

2009-04-14T19:36:00.012+08:00

Here am I again...gabbing on American Idol show hehehe

So...with Scott being voted out last week, this week it's left with these seven singing their heart out(I hope...) ;)

I hope this week nobody gonna bore me with a wannabe singing...duuuh!

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Just a quickie here on tonight's performance.

I must say Allison 'blew' me tonight...love everything about her tonight...the husky voice...good voice control and energetic performance. So guess for me tonight is 'Allison's Nite'.

Still loving Adam hehehe....he never failed to perform and it was original it just that having set the bar so high for himself from the beginning, tonight's performance(to me..) is like in many other previous night...guess I expect to see something different. But vocally he still amaze me.

Strangely it may sound, Anoop caught my attention tonight with his strong vocals and there is something different with him tonight...can't seems to figure it out (is it the outfit?...) hahaha...don't want to work my brain overtime what matters I was entertained.

Love Kris sincere performance and my Danny Gokey sang pretty well....nice smooth tone to start with and he really soars hitting the chorus and as usual a sincere performance but still...like with Adam... I was hoping something more than what he gave tonight.

Having said all these(and I thought this is just a quicke post LOL)...it makes no difference in whatsoever way on what my opinion on this guys for 'its the American vote' that determine where all these contestants will be on the next day and at this stage of the competition I couldn't care less who will be in the final coz it's the rule of the game only two will be in the final.

Pictures credited to americanidol

Countdown to....

2009-04-13T18:15:00.002+08:00

Two more days...God's willing I'm 'confirmed' 48 years old! I love birthday so much ...I treasured it coz it's a gift of life and a sign of God's love for me.

Yessss!...I just love my 'age' getting older*wink*....Me? Well...I never find anything different in me as my age 'accumulate' LOL Except for this darn ailment here and there....hmmm...just call it a 'siren' for me to be more attentive to my health hehe.

Well...we leave that aside for a while for I need to work my mind a bit on where to 'mogurias' for it has been for quite sometimes since I've done it....Oh NO! NOT SOMETIMES but it has been about 2 years I've not been painting the town 'brown' (the color of my Long Island Tea) LOL. So, God's willing I'm gonna do it this Thursday with my girlfriends....in a moderate way of course, coz the next day is still a working day.....gee. Nevertheless...noting can stop us for making it happen...right ladies...ooops!...girls!? *wink*

Good Friday

2009-04-10T14:17:00.005+08:00

Today is the Friday of Holy Week(second day of Triduum), and commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus for the salvation of man.

As we come to venerate your Cross Lord we pray for the atonement of our own sins and the many grave sins of our society.

" Glory and praise to you, O Christ!
Christ was humbler yet,
even to accepting death, death on a cross.
But God raised him high
and gave him the name which is above all names.
Glory and praise to you, O Christ' "
Phil.2:8-9

The Easter Triduum

2009-04-09T17:15:00.007+08:00

The Easter Triduum - The greatest mysteries of redemption are celebrated yearly by the Church beginning the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) which is today and marks the end of Lent, and followed by Good Friday then Holy Saturday.

Holy Thursday commemorates Christ's Last Supper and celebrates Chirst's institution of the Holy Eucharist and commemorates Chirst's never-ending love for His disciples, most of whom would desert, betray or deny Him a few hours after the gathering.

In the Lord desire to show both the worth God ascribes to the humility of service and the need for cleansing, Jesus decided to first strip his outer garments and wash the feet of His apostles before partaking of His Last Supper with them thereby setting an example that we should love and serve one another in humility. It is this cleansing on the part of Jesus which gave this day of the Holy Week the name Maundy Thursday.

Holy Thursday is one of the truly marvelous days in our faith community. We celebrate the gift of the love of Jesus, given to us for our nourishment; given to us as an example of self-less love.

In our prayer today, we let our Lord wash our feet, love us unconditionally and we let Jesus be broken and given for us. We pray that we might be faithful to the one commandment of Jesus 'that we might love others in the same way that we have been loved.' ....another thing don't forget to go to church hahaha.

Picture courtesy to Stamps Family

Clotted Cream Fudge

2009-04-07T13:37:00.008+08:00

'My friend went for English tour and all she got me for me is clotted cream fudge candy' LOL...Don't be offended my friend...I do appreciate it very much. Your thought for us while you were having a great holiday with your love ones is as sweet as the candy you got for us hehe.

Yeap! It's sweet and creamy and I like that in a candy, furthermore, she told us that it was a hand made in copper pan...hmmm...that's something new to me, never eaten a candy that's made in a copper pan hehehe

So this is the Scarborough, Yorkshire Clotted Cream Fudge ;)