Happy Teacher's Day 2009!

WONDERFUL TEACHER

With a special gift for learning

And with a heart that deeply cares,

You add a lot of love

To everything you share,

And even though

You mean a lot,

You'll never know how much,

For you helped

To change the world

Through every life you touched.

You sparked the creativity

In the students whom you taught,

And helped them strive for goals

That could not be bought,

You are such a special teacher

That no words can truly tell

However much you're valued

For the work you do so well.

~ Author Unknown

I would like to take this oppurtunity to wish Happy Teacher's Day 2009 to all the teachers out there, especially to my beloved hubby, Ronney Francis and to my sister, Jocelyn who will start her practical (TESL) at SM St Dominic on this coming 22nd May. All the best to you sis!

To my fav teachers, Cikgu Narimin, Cikgu Marianie and Cikgu Nik Roslan, thanks for everything. I really miss you all.

~ "TEACHERS PLANT SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT GROW FOREVER!"

9th Concert of AF7 : The best ever!

Below are the Top 5 Finalist of Akademi Fantasia 7 (AF7). Who will be the winner? I really hope either Hafiz or Aril because both of them are qualified!

Hafiz

I really enjoyed Hafiz's performance last night especially when he sang 'I believe I Can Fly' by R. Kelly...meremang bulu roma! His first performance also good but as Edry said, the song didn't challenge his voice.

Aril

He's so lucky to be voted in back to the AF7. This is Aril's second chance to prove that he's one of the best! As a Malaysian, I'm so proud to have Aril in our music industry. He can go far, believe me! He's very talented, not only in singing but dancing and acting as well. Congrats awokkk!

Isma

I can't deny that she's very talented too. She's the mother of 5 children but she still look gorgeous, don't you think so? Unfortunately, I don't really like her voice because it's quite similar to Dato Siti Nurhaliza. So, eventhough she's good but I keep on imagine Dato Siti everytime I watch her performance! (That's my opinion ok)

Akim

Thumbs up to Akim's performance last night especially when he sang 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz. That's the best performance of Akim..selamba, cool, relax but really entertaining! I fell in love with him that night..ha..ha..However, one thing that I don't like about him is his bad temper! He's still young but he should know from now on how to control his bad temper. Otherwise, he won't be long in this music industry.

Yazid

He's good in dancing but not really in singing. However, he can still learn with Siti Hajar after this. I think he is lack of confident. Yazid is a very shy student. People like him need lots of time to show the truth colour of themself but he's very talkative in the academy, right?

Sadly to say, next Saturday will be their final concert. I need to wait for next year for the AF8!! Eventhough I'm not satisfied with the transformation at first, but now I am satisfied! I really hope principal Tiara will be the next principal as well. Compare to a male principal, female students are more comfortable with a female principal. Same goes to the male students because they treat Principal Tiara as their mother as well.

I really hope the Af team will do something about Hafiz's hair before the final concert. He's cute but I think he'll look more better with a new and suitable hairstyle. Can't imagine my life without AF after this...no more sitting in front of tv every night at 2100hrs...hmmm...

By the way, below are the percentage before and after the concert, also the AF Masuk (copied from www.astro.com.my/akademifantasia).

Kedudukan pelajar sebelum undian ditutup:

PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

YAZID - 32

HAFIZ - 28

ISMA - 25

AKIM - 16

Kedudukan pelajar selepas undian ditutup:

PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

HAFIZ - 34

AKIM - 25

YAZID - 22

ISMA - 18

Kedudukan pelajar undian AFMASUK setelah undian ditutup

PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

ARIL - 52.45

AISHAH - 26.6

ZIZI - 6.87

SIDI - 5.84

CLAUDIA - 4.59

QHAUD - 1.71

RINI - 0.86

RUBISA - 0.48

OBRI - 0.34

ADILA - 0.26

Happy Mother's Day 2009!

A blessing and prayer tribute to all mothers

"Blessed be all mothers

Who have come into our lives

Whose kindness, care and loving

Remain with us to guide.

Your inspiration in us

Made us strive in every way

Especially to remember

Helping others makes our day.

Mothers, this little tribute

Flows directly from my heart

You are so loved and cherished

Invaluable, one and all, you are

~ Susan Kramer

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Yes, I love you mom. At the aged of 32, I'm still rely on my mom. I can't imagine my life without her because among all the siblings, we are very closed to each other. We even have the same interest especially in cooking and fashion.

Being a mother myself is not easy. I used to work in hotel and tourism industries before and the job really made me busy and stressed! I don't have enough time to spend with my family especially on weekend, no time to cook because I'm so tired when I arrived at home, etc. However, everything changed since I decided to resign and became a fulltime housewife. I'm so happy with my life now. Eventhough I don't have maid and I have to do all the house chores by myself, but I still enjoy my life because I have more time with my family.

Honestly, being a housewife is more difficult than a working mom. Sometimes I'm so tired because my kids are still small. I need to prepare eveything for them but I never regret it because once they are grown up, I'm sure I'll miss everything about their childhood.

Have you ever wonder why people always say, "Syurga di telapak kaki ibu"? Because a mother is the person who give birth to us! I gave birth twice and words can't describe the pains but all the pains are gone when I saw my baby's face. How wonderful to be a mother because not every woman can experience it. I'm not a perfect mother. I still have many things to learn, but I'm proud of myself because I sacrifice a lot of things to be a mother of my kids and a wife to my hubby.

AF7 8th Concert : AF Masuk??

AF Masuk? What do you think about it? I watched the Diari EXT before the concert last night and all the panels are talking about the same thing. Then I switched to Ch 109 and most of the voters are unsatisfied about AF Masuk. Well, the good news about it is we can AF Masuk those who have been voted out and I really hope that Aril will be in the final together with the other 4 students because he deserved it.

I'm not a fan of theater musical but I really enjoyed their performances last night especially Hafiz! It's not easy for them to prepare only in 4 days?! Even the pro' one need a few months to practise! Same goes to Yazid. He do improved a lot especially in his confident level.

Kezutannn...I never thought there'll be 2 eliminations last night but Claudia and Aishah have been voted out. First time in AF's history, only 1 female student left, Isma compare to the previous seasons. What a suprised too! Since last week, Isma is no longer on the top ranking. Well, below are the percentage before and after the concert (Copied from www.astro.com.my/akademifantasia)

Kedudukan pelajar sebelum undian ditutup:

PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

YAZID - 29
ISMA - 27
HAFIZ -15
AKIM -10
AISHAH - 9
CLAUDIA - 9

Kedudukan pelajar selepas undian ditutup:

PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

YAZID - 22
HAFIZ - 21
ISMA - 20
AKIM - 14
AISHAH - 13
CLAUDIA - 11

Updated on Shiro, the fatty puppy!

Lovely Shiro, the fatty puppy!

So chubby, isn't it?

Tired after chasing my kids

I went to my parents' house last night to meet my eldest sis, Rowena and her family. They just arrived from Kota Kinabalu yesterday afternoon and guess what? I was so suprised to see Shiro!(I wrote about the cute puppy before). OMG! Punya gemuk...really! I think the last time I saw the pic about 2 weeks ago. Seems my sis, Cherylyn will further her studies somewhere in June, she decided to ask her boyfriend to take care of Shiro. Her boyfriend told me that Shiro love to eat all the times..ha..ha..buli bangkrap orang yang menjaga ni because Shiro only eat the can food!

Actually, I'd love to have my own pets such as rabbit, harmster and puppy of course but I have to wait for another 5 years I guess because those pets are so cute, chubby and hairy! My kids love hairy pets and I remember when we went to Papar last time, they keep on touching the new born puppy! Luckily the puppy's mother don't bite my kids..baru beranak kan? Biasa anjing garang time-time gitu..

Anyway, I can't wait to watch the AF7's 8th concert tonight. It's not easy to sing in theater style, hopefully they'll do their best. I really hope either Claudia or Aishah to be voted out tonight. Will update my blog later about the concert.

AF7 7th Concert : I'm speechless!

Yeah, I'm speechless because I didn't expect Aril to be eliminated in last night concert. He did a very good performance last night and even got compliments from all the pengkritik. Honestly, I don't have any favourite student this year but I'm writing my blog based on my opinion and observation. Aril, Hafiz and Yazid deserved to be in the final concert but I understand...AF is a reality programme, all their lucks are based on SMS!

Awok..awok..many fans blamed Marsha as a reason for Aril to be voted out. Well, I don't know what to comment. Maybe it's one of the reason because in Malaysia, most of us prefer a good looking artist compare to their talents! It's true, isn't it? Aril got a full package and I'm very sure most of his voters are female! I saw in channel 109 (Chat @ 15) that most of Aril's voters really don't understand why Marsha need to be in the AF7 for 5 days? As shown on the tv, Marsha seems to teased Aril most of the time. That made Aril's voters jealous with Marsha I think. However, I don't bother about that at all! Marsha just doing her job. As we know, AF selalu ada bermacam-macam strategi and kezutannn...

Another 2 concerts before the final concert. If there's no elimination in the 8th concert, 5 students will be in the final. By the way, below are the votes percentage before and after the concert. Seems Aril have been voted out, I really hope Hafiz could win this competition..hope there'll be a miracle!

Kedudukan pelajar sebelum undian ditutup:PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

ISMA - 24

YAZID - 19

HAFIZ - 14

ARIL - 12

AKIM - 11

CLAUDIA - 10

AISHAH - 10

Kedudukan pelajar selepas undian ditutup:PELAJAR dan PERATUSAN (%)

HAFIZ - 17

ISMA - 17

AISHAH - 15

YAZID - 15

AKIM - 14

CLAUDIA - 11

ARIL - 11

KFC in Keningau, Sabah after renovation

Yesterday, we (my mom, my kids and I) went to the new KFC in Keningau after the renovation. OMG! I can't believe my eyes. The new KFC is so cool. Even more spacious than before. Unfortunately, the playing area for kids aren't open yet and I'm a bit disappointed because the place for kids to play is too small!

Well, I am food lover and KFC is my favourite place to go. As I wrote in my blog before, when I eat, I'll eat slowly because I want to enjoy the foods. I can't imagine if there are lot of kids in one time at the playing area! Ha..ha..budak-budak, mana mau mengalah sesama mereka...Anyway, I managed to snap some pictures of the new KFC.

KFC Keningau, after the renovation

More spacious

Cool!


See thru playing area for kids

The new counter (last time is the playing area for kids)

Happy Earth Day 2009

The Earth Day celebration is virtually the holiday of environmentalism. April 22 continues to be the most popular date for the celebration day in the U.S. However, Earth Day is celebrated in many countries. Therefore, Malaysians should celebrate it too.

According to the facts that I found in the internet, in the 1840s, the midwestern state of Nebraska was a territory within a wide prairie. When pioneers moved out to settle there, they found few trees to build houses or to burn for fuel. There was no shade from the sun or wind, and crops did not grow well in the dry earth.

J Sterling Morton was one of those pioneers who moved to the treeless Nebraska territory. He and his wife planted trees immediately after moving from their home town of Detroit, Michigan. Morton was a journalist, and later the editor, for Nebraska's first newspaper. In his writings he advocated planting trees to help life on this vast barren plain.

He became the secretary of the Nebraska Territory. At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture in January 1872, Morton proposed that citizens of the new state of Nebraska set aside April 10 as a day to plant trees. He suggested offering prizes as incentives for communities and organisation that planted the most trees properly. Everyone welcomed the idea enthusiastically. Nebraskans planted about one million trees on that first Arbor Day. Today a visitor to Nebraska would never guess that it was once a dusty prairie.

In 1882, Nebraska declared its own Arbor Day as a legal holiday and the date was changed to Morton's birthday, April 22. Today almost every state celebrates an Arbor day but because the best tree-planting season changes from region to region, some states observe the day on different dates. Hawaiians, for example, plant Arbor Day trees on the first Friday in November!

On April 22, 1970, Arbor Day activities were modified to emphasize the critical importance of the environment and to make the American public aware of the destruction of the earth's natural preserves. This day, Earth Day, was observed by twenty million Americans, most of them students. The sponsors of Earth Day hoped to start an environmental movement that would alter industrial practices and human consumption.

Twenty years later in 1990, Earth Day was observed once again. On the Mall, in the center of Washington, D.C., people gathered for Earthfest. At this second observance of Earth Day, participants and planners were not only college students but ordinary Americans of all ages and from all walks of life. Musicians performed songs about nature. Celebrities spoke about what Americans can do to recycle. Federal agencies offered expositions showing their efforts in stopping wasteful practices polluting the environment. Conservation groups taught the crowds about rain forests, and how their destruction could mean the destruction of large parts of the world. Although Earth Day is not a yearly federal holiday it has helped Americans realize that they can and should do something to protect the environment.

Lovely Bear Bottles

Hi friends, just want to share some beautiful photos of bear bottles..I really luv it!

AF7 6th Concert : Not bad!

Hmm..I wanted to update my blog soon after finish watching the concert last night but I'm so sleepy. Anyway, last night concert is quite ok to me. However, once again, I think the opening song is quite boring, same melody..1 song is just nice I guess.

In my opinion, the best peformance tonight is Aril..go go wok..and Qhaud. Unfortunately, Qhaud have been eliminated due to his lowest votes. I really enjoyed Aril's performance last night. He improved a lot especially in his vocal. Whether he win or not, he'll be famous because of his good package.

I agreed with Edrie about Isma's performance. She's trying too hard so it don't look natural anymore. Poor Hafiz, what a teribble performance. Same goes to Yazid and Akim but I still believe Hafiz can go far in this industry. Hmm..I'm talking about their vocals ok!

Claudia..Claudia..I prefer her hair style before..but Aishah, OMG! She looks more pretty with her new hair style but once again, I agreed with Adlin's comment about her outfits. Not suitable, huh! I understand that Tiara tried to create Imej Sopan in this AF7 but some of the outfits looks terrible to me.

However, I love the new Menuju Puncak performance. Well, another 3 concerts to go before the final concert. If they want Top 5 to be in the final concert, that's mean there'll be another 2 elimination and one of the week, no elimination! Otherwise, only 4 students will be in the final!