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ALERT
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Symptoms: [Sneezing][Cough][Feverish]
Diagnosis: Common flu
Cause: [Overcrowdedness][Insensitivity][Weather]
Prescription: LemSip Capsules & Chinese Cough Syrup
posted by andariel @ 11:08 AM   2 comments
I Was Bubbled!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Date:28th May 2007
Time:7.00am
Activity: Getting Ready for Basic Counselling Workshop
Mood:Annoyed
The day did not start off on a good note. I mean, WHAT NOTE? I was scurrying around that morning, searching for a SUPPOSEDLY nice top. Digressing a little, I don't have much of a choice if you can really consider black and white choices. My wardrobe has been sanctified into a ying and a yang territory. Translation: [Right side - White] [Left side - Black] So all the fiasco that took place that fateful morning was really unnecessary. I stepped out the front door a little after 7.45am.
Time:8.00am
Activity: Making my way to the Basic Counselling Workshop at SRJC
Mood:Annoyed
I was still at the bus stop. I made up my mind to take the bus and train and nothing else that day. I sure did choose the RIGHT time to save cost. I got really tired of waiting that I almost ran down to the road to stop a COMFORT cab that was leisurely cruising down awaiting passengers. Up, the bus, down again, walked briskly to the train station and waited. Time check. 8.15am!
Time:8.30am
Activity: !!
Mood:Annoyed
Called Jac up because I was beyond desperate. Whilst in the train, I realized that I should have alighted at AMK simply because there were so many buses that could take me to my destination. Enough said, I asked Jac for the location of SRJC. Funnily, she was as clueless as I was! But, she explained to me what I could potentially say to the cab driver should he or she didn't know how to get there. Walked over to the taxi stand only to find a LONG queue of people and NOT a single taxi in sight! Made my way to the bus stop and decided to resign to the fate that has been written for me that day. What else could be worse? Time check: 8.50am!
Time:9:15am
Activity: Bubbled!!
Mood:Murderous!!
I arrived at the Fusion House only to find that an examination was going on. No sign of a workshop anywhere in that vicinity! I pulled myself together and in the sweltering heat made my way to the GO.
Clerk: Yes?
Me: I understand that there is a Basic Counselling Workshop conducted here. Can you tell me where the venue is?
Clerk: Oh my.. They didn't tell you about it?
Me: (under my breath: DUH!! I wouldn't be here asking you about it if I had known!!) Tell me what?
Clerk: They've cancelled the course. They didn't tell you about it?
Me: WHAT?!?!
Clerk: A few others came down as well..
Me: It's ok then. Thank you!!!
I didn't know what to do!
I felt really cheated.
I was seriously looking forward to the course!
I made my way out of the premise!
Fuming mad!!
posted by andariel @ 8:53 AM   0 comments
I'm A Really Big Girl Now
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Happy Birthday To Me..
Happy Birthday To Me..
Happy Birthday To Me..
Happy Birthday To Me..

No, of course I'm not trying to pass hints at anybody, less anyone in particular. Birthdays have become something that I've embraced as an entity that provides me with an elevation point from which I can see the world a little clearer. Whenever 27th May swoops down on me, I feel the need to grow up a little, reshuffle my priorities, do some (if not A WHOLE LOT) of self reflection AND I make it point to tell myself that I'm a big girl now. Really BIG!
No, I don't want to be reminded of my birthday. In fact, I hate to be reminded of my birthday. Not for any egoistical reason. But, simply for the fact that, my time in this world has just gotten a little shorter. Don't you agree? And YES! I'm scared. A lot of uncertainties are looming in the year ahead. I don't even know what to expect. But. I've learnt to take it all in my stride. I remind myself that I have to be well-prepared. For the bad. Or the worse.
Sigh.. Happy Birthday to me!
But hey, I don't mind the presents. Really.
posted by andariel @ 8:37 AM   0 comments
OH ADIKKU...ZUHAIRAH MOHD. AMIN
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Adik aku yang nombor dua dah start komplen. Dia cakap aku sejak mulakan kerja mem'blog' ni, tak pernah pun nak mention dia dalam blog aku. Dia cakap macam dia ni takde significance dalam perjalanan hidup aku. Apa dah dik oi! Bukan takde significance. Cuma kekadang macam terlalu banyak bende yang aku nak cakapkan sampai terlupa. Bukan sengaja!! Tapi tak berkesempatanlah dik oi! Dah terlanjur aku tujukan entri ni untuk adik aku, nak jugak aku ucapkan Selamat Hari Lahir kepada dia. Hahaha! Hepi tak dik oi?
Kekadang, memang kita, aku sendiri harapkan ada orang yang akan menyebut-nyebut nama aku dalam blog-blog diorang. Bukan, bukan aku nakkan cheap thrill. Tapi betul jugak macam adik aku cakap, dah kita habiskan sehari suntuk dengan seseorang tu, bila pat dia blog pasal benda yang berlaku pada hari yang aku abiskan sehari suntuk tercongok dengan dia, langsung dia tak sebut! Mungkin dia amnesia kot? Asalkan nak cakap pasal aku jer terus hilang ingatan. Entah. Pelik pulak aku fikirkan. Mungkin aku pun buat benda yang sama pat orang lain. Tanpa aku sedari. Mintak maaflah yer. Bukan sengaja!!
posted by andariel @ 11:32 PM   0 comments
HOUSE OF GANDOS
Aku tak pernah cakap banyak pasal makan. Tapi kali ini, lain sikit. Aku rasa aku nak bilang korang yang dalam banyak-banyak gerai makan, House Of Gandos pat pasar sementara Geylang jugak yang sedap. Hidangan yang disediakan pat gerai ni, kalau nak cakap lain daripada yang lain tu tak jugak. Favourite aku antara lain Mee Tom Yum. Kway Teow Kerang. Nasi Goreng Pattaya. Nasi Penyet dia pun boleh tahan. Aku dah cakap tadi, makanan dia boleh korang dapat pat maner-maner. Tapi rasa sedap yang wujud dalam makanan-makanan di gerai ni lain sangat. Aku pun tak tau macam maner nak terangkan. Sedap giler sampaikan setiap kali aku nak makan pat Geylang, tempat ini jugak jadi idaman kalbu. Walau panas mencengkam. Walau kilat menyambar. Tetap jugak aku sekeluarga pilih tempat ni. Kalau tak dapat, meleleh air liur. Kempunanlah katakan. Mungkin pasal keramahan tauke kedai. Mungkin jugak harganya yang nak cakap mahal tak mahal nak cakap murah pun tak murah sangat. Tapi korang mesti sekurang-kurangnya sekali pergi makan pat House of Gandos ni. Taklah, diorang takdelah bayar komisyen pat aku. Sajer ni aku macam nak kongsi nikmat makan ni ngan korang sumer. Jangan lupa tau. House of Gandos. Gerenti sedap! Oh..oh aku terlupa pulak. Selain si gerai Gandos ni, aku pun sukakan kerang rebus pat gerai sederet House of Gandos. Alahai, cecah kerang dengan kuah kicap campur cili api. Terangkat! Dah gitu, lawankan dengan teh tarik si Mamak gerai minuman. Mak oi! Macam tak nak balik aku jadinya! Tunggang terbalik nafsu aku. Sekarang ni pun air liur aku berjuih, terkenangkan sepinggan Kway Teow Kerang yang dah aku telan tadi petang. Lemak tak lemak. Garam tak garam. Aku dah tak kisah. Janji dapat makan!
posted by andariel @ 11:14 PM   0 comments
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Sigh, I'm enjoying this too much. But my brother is staring into my face even as I'm typing. He is insisting that I go to bed right this instance. Annoying but I'm going to do it anyway!!
posted by andariel @ 9:57 PM   0 comments
GREED
The only antidote for greed is to look inside our soul and understand the sole purpose we were brought to life in the first place. I heard these words spoken by an abbot recently and it got me thinking. Mankind has been battling greed for as long as we have been in existance. I've come across stories of people who wanted to make their first million say at the age of 30 but even after making tens of millions of dollars still feel the insatiable need to make more.


I get carried away with life sometimes. When I first carved out my career plan, I wanted to work so that I can live. Comfortably. But on hindsight, I now find that I live to work. I let myself succumb to the rigours at work that I wonder what is the whole purpose of doing them. I am not rolling in the big sum. Neither am I getting anywhere in the job. I seemed to have lost my sense of purpose.


I do realise now that I have to go back to the very roots of my soul. Why am I here? What do I want in life? I can answer my second question almost immediately. I wanted money. Still want to. Money brings happiness. And joy. And everything that I could possibly want. But the next question to ask is how much is enough? How long does it take to get enough? Am I ever going to feel satisfied? I became a little frightened when I could ask more questions than I could ever answer. Terrified that I am now stuck in this vicious cycle called life. The recent tragedy that involved a colleague of mine was enough to remind me that life is precious. Too precious to let greed from ever taking over the reins of life. My life.

Information about the 7 Deadly Sins that I got off the Wikipedia. Don't be too quick to throw it aside. Just look at the facts and draw parallels from it.


The "Seven Deadly Sins"', also known as the "Capital Vices" or "Cardinal Sins", are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man's tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial", which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church, and the more severe "capital" or "mortal" sins, which, when committed, destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession, or otherwise forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent. Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the Seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Christian culture and Christian consciousness in general throughout the world.
Listed in the same order used by both
Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th Century AD, and later by Dante Alighieri in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the Seven deadly sins are as follows: Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride).
Each of The Seven Deadly Sins has an opposite among the corresponding
Seven holy virtues (sometimes also referred to as the Contrary Virtues).
The identification and definition of the Seven deadly sins over their history has been a fluid process and the idea of what each of the seven actually encompass has evolved over time. This process has been aided by the fact that they are not referred to in either a cohesive or codified manner in the Bible itself, and as a result other literary and ecclesiastical works referring to the Seven deadly sins were instead consulted as sources from which definitions might be drawn. Part II of Dante's
Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, has almost certainly been the best known source since the Renaissance, though many later interpretations and versions, especially those of the more conservative and Pentecostal Protestant denominations, have instead tended to portray the consequence for those guilty of committing one or more of these sins as being eternal torment in Hell, rather than possible purification through penance in Purgatory.

posted by andariel @ 9:23 PM   0 comments
Chicky Poxy
I was finally defeated by the Chicky Poxies* on the 8th May 2007. I always grew up thinking that I must be one of the lucky souls on this crowded planet who was overlooked by the Chicky Poxy angel and allowed to live on this good Earth Pox free. Yeah right! My darkest nightmare came through the moment these words were mouthed by Dr Danny Lee; "It is chicken pox." I was not sure how to react, so in that tense moment, I managed to cough out what sounded like a chuckle; although I didn't think that a chuckle or a giggle or a quiet laugh would be in any ways appropriate. I revealed the bright red boils that were fighting to occupy whatever little space there was on my slim frame. Dr Lee could not get his eyes off from my body, no...no I didn't think it was my body, it was the whole sight of these irritable poxies!! He mentioned that the chances of contracting a full-blown chicken pox grew with age. Thank goodness that I got it at this age. Imagine what could happen should I get it when I'm at the ripe old age of say...50?! So I was prescribed the notoriously famous Poxy pills and given a bottle of Calamine lotion to help me get over the itchiness of the boils. And not forgetting an MC, giving me entitlement to 8 days of pure bliss at home; away from work... NOT!
The poxies were in a way scaring the daylights out of me. It was everywhere. My face, head, neck, back, my chest and abdomen, my tight butts and legs. It was totally scary. Not to mention causing me difficulties in lying and sitting comfortably. For fear that I might burst the premature boils, that will definitely cause mayhem on my skin! I was also down with a fever that perpetually stayed at 39 C. I was feeling itchy all over. I was shivering from the inside. My joints were aching. And so were every single boils on my already frail body. I thought the pain was never going away. Sitting up was a challenge in itself. Oh, did I mention that I had boils in my throat and mouth that turned into ulcers. I lost interest in food. And all I did was to eat that confounded pills every four hours, 5 times a day. Somebody seriously wanted to see me suffer. My god. Not to mention that I still had to ensure that the work back in school were completed, that my classes were taken care of. Sigh. I didn't think I did a good job in that. I was not even around when the dancers performed for Institute Day. I felt totally helpless. I had to rely then on other people which I don't enjoy doing one bit. For that, I was more determined than ever to come back to work. Today is Day 10 of my poxies attack, which also means I have spent the last 10 days at HOME! It was...refreshing to be doing that. Actually, minus all the scratching and aching, the 10 days were well spent. With Mommy and Mr Computer. As it is, I managed to also generate the economy right in the comfort of my room. I bought 3 beautiful tops online. I received one of the tops via registered mail today. I always surprise myself with my ability to do all these weird things. Hahaha. I will be back at work on Monday, the evil beings ain't going to be all smiles when they see me back in school. Take that!

*Chicky Poxies is simply how I want to see the dreaded chicken pox - comical!
Poxy Me signing off...
posted by andariel @ 4:30 PM   0 comments
At Long Last
OMG! I am finally able to blog after having ben refused access to the 'Create A Post' page for the past 2 weeks! I'm beyond esctatic. I feel exhilarated! And a little lost for words, ironically. I got a little desperate that I even set up a temporary account with My Diaryland and poured my feelings there instead. So many things have happened in the past 2 weeks or so and I couldn't blog about it. However, the fiasco with Blogger and all has made me realise what an IT idiot I was, and still am. I subscribed to a particular HELP group and I thought I could manage my problem with as little technical know-hows that I possess. I was proved wrong. I could do nothing. I knew nuts about what all those techo bozzos were talking about. In the end, I could only stare helplessly at the screen, almost always driven to tears. I know, I know, it may sound a little made up, almost drama-like to some but I was seriously jolted by my lack of understanding of the IT world. Which is once again quite embarassing because I am confortable wedged in an IT invaded world. Ohh...Whilst all that were happening, I was down with CHICKEN POX!!
posted by andariel @ 4:16 PM   0 comments
AfterMath
Sunday, May 06, 2007
We arrived at Boulevard Hotel @ Mid-Valley City shortly before 2pm. I am always a little sceptical about checking-in. Are the service personnel friendly? Is the hotel sleazy looking? Are the rooms well-aired? Bug and cockroach and lizard free?
We were pleasantly surprised when we opened the door to Room 1013. Not only was the room well-lit, we had a panoramic view of Mid-Valley. Not to mention the tasteful design of the room. I didn't get that icky feeling of dirt and dust in the room! Score 1 to us!!
We freshened up, dusted and powdered the weariness of the journey away before going out again. Of course the whole point of going to KL in the middle of a school term, lest informing our relevant heads was to head down to PWTC for the Pesta Buku. I wheezed in excitement when I got the whiff of fresh books as we stepped into the jostling arena! Booths after booths stood firm, displaying an extreme repertoire of titles. I went crazy, and seconds later purchased one of the many books I thought could provide invaluable information that would aid me in lesson preparation. It was my first time in a convention/ exhibition in KL and the crowd was definitely adding to the crazy atmosphere! I got more than 10 books in all. Thank god Nora was willing to shoulder the load I have purchased. Or I would have just fall flat on the uneven ground, exhausted.
Next stop was of course KLCC. What else would we go after in bustling KL but California Pizza Kitchen! I have been having recurring dreams about the place that should we fail to have a meal at this place, I would have gone back to Singapore, salivating. The food was great, service was not nearly excellent enough because of the moronic behaviour of 3 waitresses. KLCC was a shopping monstrosity. Rows and rows of shops, carrying renowned labels, nitty gritties and all. We were just as amazed at how crowded the entire place is! The crowd in KL can definitely beat any crowd in Singapore! What say you Singaporeans?!!?
I felt really tired when we finally left KLCC to head back to Boulevard. But the satisfaction of succesfully locating the various titles that I need at the Book Fair more than make up for all the sore and pain. We chilled out at San Fransisco Coffee, after gluttonly ordering Drinks AND calorie laden Hazelnut Cake. It was great! The place was excellent!! Oh ya, we decided to be disgustingly high class when we ordered room service. The house specials caught our eye and we spend the next half our night tucking into a scrumptious meal of pan fried salmon and lambshanks! Woo hoo..
The wailing sound of the wind and the stormy rain kept me up half of the night. (If I'm not making sense anywhere in this entry do understand. I'm even nodding away as my fingers and hands type)
Second day started pretty early. We had breakfast before checking out the shops at Mid-Valley Mall. Pretty interesting observation is the crowd who have already packed themselves in the mall at 10am! Sushi King was where we had lunch. It was satisfying. And before I could do anything else, the bus came to take me away from the bustling city of KL.
The whole experience brought back memories of that extended trip with my colleagues. Since then, KL has been the one way place that holds the memories we had. Pretty sentimental!
posted by andariel @ 8:25 PM   0 comments
Illegal Trip
Thursday, May 03, 2007
I cannot believe it. In less than 36 hours, I will actually be in KL!! Try beating that ya'all! I've made plans already! Apart from going for the Book Fair at PWTC, I am so going to spend my time there eating. We have made plans;
Day 1
- Lunch will be Sushi@ KLCC
- Tea will be somewhere along the BB stretch! WooHoo!
- Dinner will definitely be at California Pizza/ Kitchen@ KLCC
- Late night rendevous at BB again!!
Day 2
- Breakfast@ Hotel (if I can wake myself up in time!)
- Early lunch at KennyRogers @ Legend
This is turning out to be a gastronomic adventure aint?!!
YeeHaa!!
Happy Holidays!!
Kita BOLEH!!
posted by andariel @ 1:13 AM   0 comments
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