nothing better than 4 days of offday after 4 days of a pair of morning and night shifts. after a hard time choosing, me and the love finally decided to just have our sungkai at Manjaro, Kiulap. my first impression once entering "wah ku pikir basar tampat ani..." turns out it was a place like... you know, a perfect place to bring your date. lighting nya romantic sudah but the tables should be further apart for individual privacies.

the foods were nice nevertheless. the buffet+eat-all-you-can system was a bit unique. the main dishes the likes of rice or pasta were all on the main table. the side dishes were available for orders and they come in small plates which they said was to prevent any waste of food. but you can order as many as you want under the same prize which i forgot the figure.

as you can clearly see, they mispelled my name on the reservation label. remember P Ramlee's Nujum Pak Belalang? dimanakah letaknya kekuatan Hang Tuah? Ta dengan Ba? =s

went to watch the movie UP right after. cali jualah. i give it a 4 out of 5. hehe.

ironic, the rain is now pouring down heavily and my ears are fed with the delight sound of 'No Rain' by Blindmelon.






the first highlight of the post, the Love's birthday. fell on yesterday, 15th August. i won't say her current age for she will upset... nevermind it's on the pictures anyway. we celebrated it with picking up my car from the workshop (full service) and watching District 9 before heading to i-Lotus for a dinner with her family. Apis joined us as well. funny thing there was another person with the same birthday just next table. we told them to take pictures together but the Love inda mau. to be honest, it was my first time going to i-Lotus and i am certainly impressed by the food we ordered. then went cruising around, spending beautiful time together to close the curtain. Happy Belated Birthday sayang, i want mobile baru also =( nyehe and yeah, not to forget the twin uncles, Erman and Erwan whose birthday were also yesterday. hehe






Manisha was back from Singapore for almost-a-week of vacation in Brunei. as usual, the group met up at WYWY, reminiscing about the past and what do we plus others are doing now. some couldn't make it. quite a shock to hear Manisha is currently taking two Bachelor Degree courses. i mean like, satu A-Level udah ku kapar2. haha. she still understand the Bruneian words which is good =x nada wah Man. one thing i noticed was that... mcm Manisha sorang saja yang inda betambah bulat LOL oh what the hell, the upcoming shift training is going to major pull my weight down. it must! haha.

speaking of shift training, it's going to officially start tommorow. im assigned to Shift B alongside Daus, my Utility partner as well as Nafi and Amis in the Process section. im thinking of just using my own transport instead of hopping on STL Van but... that might change. we'll see. tommorow, night shift... must not sleep tonight.

finally played football a bit more properly this afternoon. thanks to the little rain after work which lower down the haze a little. nyaman jua sikit rasanya... anyway, went to two weddings last Sunday.




first, Iskandar's younger brother, Noresman's wedding. went to the groom side only, unfortunately, since the bride's place is around an hour away. as usual on Bruneian groom side tradition, berjarah ceremony and all. familiar faces were around which made me a bit less nervous to go around taking pictures. they had a rombongan made up of a big bus and a group of Nissan 350Zs which was cool. if aku besanding nanti, i want a group of Nissan Skyline R35 ikut ngantar. yeeha!

then i went to the second one. the best moment in every Bruneian wedding, at the bride's place...





as per request by the parents of the bride through my mother, i had to attend this other wedding of which i later know is an employee of BLNG. one thing i can say about this wedding, the best. simple yet exquisite. not only the mempelais were good looking, even the whole decoration set ups were as gorgeous. a lot of people were flocking up front to get a close look at the groom and the bride which made it a bit hard for me to get a good shot. well, i was only a non-paid freelance photographer anyway. besides, it's the enjoyment i prefer. too bad i couldn't stay long to catch the post wedding ceremony and oh my battery went dead halfway by the way. thanks very much to people of the house for letting me to charge my batteries before the groom's arrival. nasib sampat. haha.

i ended up sleeping til dinner after arriving home later on that afternoon.

it was a very fun sunday.

yay!

Premier League season is coming

Yay!

esok free lunch.

yay!

im missing the Love...

PANAS! PANAS! oh why is the rain not here yet. KB is experiencing one hell of a heavy haze eversince the heavy forest fire in Seria a couple days ago. right now, the remains in the form of smoke is creating some kind of blanket preventing heat from escaping into the uppest atmosphere. gila eh. bisai lagi melayah atas boiler ni.

what's new? a lot of things. especially at work but let's get on with this first. some time last week went out with some fellow ex-OGDC-ians, Aiman and Hilfi to WYWY Seria for some meal. Farah was just back from UK so decided to just bring her along with us. sisters Alai and Zair joined us as well since the both of them was actually about to 'lepak' with Hilfi.







went to the Perayaan right after to get mom's longans and the most important, COTTON CANDY, because there WEREN'T any cotton candies around Perayaan at the capital. went to the Perayaan a number of times. there were still a lot of people going to food Gerais but comparing to the previous years, kurang meriah lah. damn that H1N1. one good thing about the KB Perayaan is that i get to meet me mates from the old times. maybe spontaneous but it's just that... it just felt good and "you are not alone~~~"

as i mentioned before, at work, so many new things. we finally got the official BLNG coverall after more than a year of claiming. the new canteen is nice, with the coupons especially which kind of resolve my financial situation a little. familiar faces just keep on coming to BLNG the likes of Hj Fadh, Zye, DyDy, Sepol etc congratulations to the 22 people who got accepted into 2009 OTPS especially the 10 girls for being the first batch of ladies in the history of the Progression Scheme. 22... twenty two... dua puluh dua... ITB pun sawan until major changes were made. instead of us starting the new part time term, we are now subjected to enter shift training next week while the juniors will be in ITB for a Full Time term until November. EXTRA ALLOWANCE FOR US! HOORAY!

im missing the love a lot. she's in Bandar now to further her studies at ITB. very jarang berjumpa. nanti aku masuk shift lagi tia payah ni. oh well, i guess this is the real world. masing2 punya future. different worlds but get through it together =D mencintaimu~lebih dari apa pun~