busy busy weekend ahead. sorry for neglecting the blog yet again. But in between trying to find jobs and baking brownies, i seem to have lost track of time. I can’t believe its already Thursday! Maybe its because i spend too much time on SLOW internet that i didn’t realise that THURSDAY would arrive faster. 😛 both portable broadband and the house broadband is acting up. is brunei under some sort of internet maintainence? Or could it be that it’s all in the mind saja kali..like because the days are getting faster, in my head ive always wanted the internet to be slower? mcm to compensate for it??? .. apakan aku ah. kalau ani baik ku compensate the SPEED OF LIGHT sama cue kan masok ke gadong time PAY DAY. huhuh paning kamu kah?

*nah brownie panadol*

anyway, i really have to go soon. I’m leaving for jerudong in a bit. Thursday is brownie day. Im thinking of changing the dates lagi. Now that i bake on Thursday and Saturdays i feel like i’m missing out on the rest of the week..mcm im only looking forward to the weekend 🙁 I’m just gonna have to adjust the dates lagi.. keep Saturday and change thursday brownies to Wednesday brownies? what do u guys think? or am i the only girl in the world that doesn’t look forward to the weekend????????? huhuhu.

other than that, i havent been doing anything much. ive just been printing my resumes and sending it everywhere in hopes that i’d be able to at least get ONE interview. interview with the vampire. huhuh apakan random. come to think of it. i used to blog like this all the time. like random things. what happened ah? oh. i think i know. and then my Masters happened..and i got boring. like seriously, i was just reading my posts. and the funny kinda stopped late 2007.

hahaha apakan. sudah tah eh. bah im off. drive safe everyone. bnyk ni org gila time awal2 bulan ani. yatah time durang bemain ni musim ani! yang ‘daredevil dari lane 1 masuk lane 2 masuk lane 3 masuk lagi lane 2’ BANYAK ni. kalau nampak. HON saja banar banar. gitau si SITI suruh ah!?!!!!

i is mandi.

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first off, happy birthday my darling (abang – for comic relief!) beejay. i hope you had a wonderful birthday despite the fact that u had to work. Thank you for being there for me all these years.. listening to me rant, whine and bitch… putting up with my crap when im super duper high on coffee and helping me with my ingredient-hunting-rounds on the weekends (not before stopping at Nyonya to have lunch fit for a King and Queen!). U know how ive always wanted to have an older brother? ive found him in you! I owe you makan.

proper post tommororw guys.
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Hari khamis sudah kah? behapa saja kan ku sampai inda sadar hari hari ani lagi kan? i can’t believe its thursday.. 3 more days until the next episode of True Blood? r u serious? where did my week go 🙁 i wasn’t gonna blog and then i was like eh..i might as well since i have two extra boxes of plain swiss choc brownies to sell.

anyone wan? i know i know, its the end of the month… and ure broke.. but a brownie is a necessity! i kud think of a 101 ways on how you can use a brownie to find a.. JODOH . but the dvd pack comes with a box of brownies that you are about to buy 😉 huhuhuhu.

You just know its bulan tua when you could easily find parking infront of the hsbc in gadong. you know its bulan tua when excapade is sunyi. u know its bulan tua when.. restaurants starts giving you 20% discounts on meals. you know its bulan tua when you are whoring your brownies to no end. hahaha. ah..the story of my life. i fonly brownies were a staple. just like rice. im not talking about staple. kau saja makan staple. huhu. but yeah..Brownie Leila. lol. hahahahaha.

so anyway yeah 2 extra boxes of plain swiss brownies for sale at $15 bucks a box.

aku mandi dulu..
ohsomeone suggested i shud start making protein brownies. someone else suggested i should mix in 4 scoops of powdered protein per brownie serving. another someone pointed out, if i was to do the 4 scoop thing, then i’ll have bruneian men walking like ketam. that another someone is also very funny. OH. and Rahim is now obsessed with getting muscles.

Yesterday i was on the house computer and almost got the shock of my life when i tot Rahim was watching porn on youtube. rupanya it wasn’t porn..it was some guy on youtube showing his huge ass biceps to the world. barigali. i don understand men’s obessions with muscles. gali ku. huhu. seriously if ure straight, and u think walking around wearing a tight fitting shirt is ..VERY STRAIGHT..well think again.. we women just think u r GAY. bliak. bida jua tu..ngaleh2 saja kamu workout skali nada BINI BINI beguna. bukan lagi chick magnet hahahaha jadi dick magnet!!! baik lagi dick magnet mun LANGSUNG NADA ORG BEGUNA? sendiri kau be muscle sana atu..bepikir tah kau.

‘watch me flex bitch!’.. i doubt gays would even go near this guy.

so M, if ure reading this. i beg of you. pls dont grow anymore muscles. its scaring the shit out of me.

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sasakku swine flu ani. i got in to a conversation with my friend shasha the other day on how annoying this whole swine flu thing is.. its like sitting around waiting for your period bah rasanya. Just like ure period, u tend to question everything that is not right with yourself. mcm kenapa ku sakit lihir ani ah? swine flu kali? kenapa ku ngaleh ani? swine flu kali? kenapa ku kalat mata ani ah? swine flu kali.

Which is the same as blaming your fatigueness or bitchiness on your soon-to-come-period. ‘kenapa ya sakit batis ku ani?’ kan uzur kali? ‘kenapa ku ngaleh ani?’ kan period kali? kenapa ku suka mencari coklet ani ah? kan period kali? bukan plang minta minta but in a really screwed up way you’re better off contracting in and getting it over and done with wah. but on the hand..maybe its not a good idea..whatever. i just felt like ranting. huhu.

in other news. batah sudah ku inda meliat cerita korea. its been a while since i stumble upon a good k-drama movie to cry on. i dont know about u guys, but during my pms fits i crave for a good cry. even if its over corny korean movies. haha. and i’m sure im not the only one who finds comfort in sad korean movies during pms. i can name another girl who feels the same way about it hahahahaha.

boring eh. its 12am. need to get up early tommorrow to find good unsalted butter that won’t break my brownie bank. yatah ganya kraja ku ni on days which im not baking..mencari mentiga mencari tapong.. mencari gula.. lady of leisure? WHAT LADY OF LEISURE? lol. the hunt for ingredients i dont mind la..its the driving that makes me go a little bit cuckoo. I think my brain is trained to avoid the big round about at all cost. Sometimes whilst driving i am surprised at myself for taking the jalan towards Mata mata to get to gadong instead of going through the 2 mini round abouts and the SETAN of all round abouts. Not that i dont know how to use it, pandai banar ku kali ah memakai round-about ani.. PAKAI LANE 1 kali ah hahaha (handal tah sudah tu mun makai LANE 1) but i just hate it. pandai pun pebaik makai lane 3 ah mun ada jua urang HENG memakai round about masih tani pun tepalit tu HENG org atu. Kalau kan main bumper car~~ baik tah sampaikan ajat ke jodong park atu kali~~~ or even better, baik tah membuka tabong DISNEYLAND.

wth is up with facebook? im getting an internal server error. kana hack kah? boreng eh cani ani.

less than 2 weeks till i turn 24. as for now, no plans as yet. but it’ll be my first bday in brunei in 8 years…heh.. ok im just rambling now..

will talk again tommorow.

im gonna bury my head in a book about a vampire called Le Stat now. Ive just discovered Anne Rice and she will be my bestfriend for the rest of the week. I’ve also got this week’s episode of TrueBlood downloading on Transmission. Yayyyy me!!!!!!!!

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m loving this Mrs officer song by Lil wayne feat Bobby V. Took me a while to realise that the wooo–ooo–weee–weee–ooo-wweeee bit of the song refers the sound of sirens. despite the fact that lil wayne is more pondan than gangstaaaa.. this is probably the only good rnb track ive heard in a while.

i really wanted it to be a lazy sunday..but i just remembered that its Liyana’s betunang today and Kamy’s flying off to Melbourne tommorrow and having a small get together over at her place. bz bz bz sukat jalan.

and i may need some bonjella..i think there’s an ulcer forming on the right side of my gums..

ok time to dry hair.

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The last batch of Peanut Butter Blondies have gone in the oven.. and im now in the midst of texting everyone today’s pickup details. but u know what my attention span is like kan? which is why ive logged in to wordpress and started typing today’s post. I’ll go back to texting in a bit.. once i run out of things to say.

my fingers smell of vanilla. i love working with vanilla beans cause it makes my fingers smell like vanilla the whole day. it makes nail biting a treat!!! lol. what do you do with the vanilla bean once uve extracted all of the seeds out of it? i saw once on AFC that you could put the beans in to your sugar container to make vanilla sugar.. but ive found a new way of using it as a stirrer for my morning nescafe. heaven i tell you. its just as nice as using cinnamon sticks..but better. im sure im not the first one with this great idea. let me just google it……

anyway, i have to make it a point to go to innerspace today. to return a rather bengkok ‘new from their storage’ lamp. I seriously dont get it.. if you want to mark up prices of your goods..its fine..cause at the end of the day business is business right? but what i dont get.. is when businesses mark up their prices sooo high like they’re on skunk.. and makes it obvious to the customers that its of shit quality.. like a belingkok lamp !! u can even see it is bengkok from mars!!! whats more insulting is the fact that the shop only gives ‘credit notes’ to items which are bought that are faulty. how would have i known it was bengkok? when i specifically had told the sales girl to run up and get me a new one.. she did. in a box.

unless u r superman, a typical awang or dayang can’t really see through a box! I hope they’ve got a replacement for the lamp, otherwise im just going have to argue my way to get my money back. i mean i wudnt mind if the lamp was $50 bucks and i got a credit note for that..but a faulty lamp costing over $200 deserves a full refund..in the event that a replacement is unavailable. sigh. tapi banar tu, if u want to mark up prices make sure the flaws aren’t detectable. why u want to lose credibility like that? i dont understand eh. anyway, the lamp i bought is for my ‘office’.

I’m transforming the built in shelf in to a desk. i figured i needed space where i can do all my paperwork on.. my only concern is the fact that i won’t be able to drill anything on cause its wood and my mom would absolutely kill me if i made holes to cater for more wires. The other day, when i had a guy install astro in my room, i was out and got a call from my brother Rahim giving me options on how-i-can-watch-astro.

“Ka, he said u have two options..one u can either buka your jendela if u have your astro on..”

me: wtf. who would want to do that?

or two
” the guy said he could drill a tiny hole through the wall and another whole through the shelf”

i chose optioned numbero two la.. and i guess ive used up all of my hole-in-the-shelf quota. ill have to figure out a way how i can drill a hole-less hole.

anyway im off to the furniture shop.. then bali more kotak..

oh shit. yes i was gonna text my customers.

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ps: Brownie and Blondie Slots still Available for 18th July, Saturday 2009. Thecakery.sasmonroe.net

My macbook charger is screwing up on me. is it time for a new macbook or just a charger? its probably also due to the fact that the charger’s an australian 3 pin charger (nazme take note!) and not the normal 3-pin charger we use in Brunei. blah. rusak tia kali malar ku cabut cabut atu.

anyway, scouting for ingredients today, stopping at Manjaro first to have lunch with Addi. Haven’t been there for quite some time. I remember going there all the time (to the point of ‘everyday’) for their huge portions of lamb cutlets!!! not sure why we stopped. maybe because it was breaking our wallets? lol

oh my god. i just remembered! kain.balumhantar.ke.tailor. bnr bnr lupa ku that i will be celebrating raya for the first time in a trillion years in Brunei..(lol mcm aku idup dari zaman dinosour saja!) i think my last 3 rayas were spent in melbourne in recycled baju kurongs hahahahaha.. honestly i dont even know where to start when it comes to looking for the perfect kain. Panning tu ke kadai kain ah.. mcm.. ok this kain is for work?this kain is for raya kah? work kah? can i use this kain for raya? does it even matter?

thats one thing. memilih PISIN is another thing. i dont know i guess im not all that big into baju kurong pisin that i usually end up making the traditional baju kurong with a little bit of beadings here and there.. and 3. there is only one tailor in the whole of brunei that can make me look skinny in bulky malay clothing. i dont know why, but some of the baju kurong that i have makes me look like an angry RUGBY player as apposed to a demure bruneian malay. huhuhu. Sponge nya atu luan tinggi bah. tapi kalau inda be sponge.. i look hunchbacked! oh whatever. worse comes to worst ill just NOT GO OUT for raya. The thing is, mom usually makes the baju kurong for us.. from the buying of the kain..to the sending of the kain to the tailors.. i just realised that being an adult also means that mom won’t be doing any of these things for us anymore 🙁 No idea how she did it for her 4 girls. barang kali thats why we’re used to making just Baju Kurongs.. hahaha nda lagi ya tepikirkan memfashion kali. oh whatever. baju kurong baju kurong lah..ill think of something.. glam it up with jewellery or something.. like a nose ring. hahahahahahaa.

its only eleven????? anyway guys, just to let you know there are still Brownie and Blondie slots available for the 16th and 18th of July 🙂 details here.

i think im gonna go.. channel surfing…and then out to lunch..and then.. OH SHIT. i forgot to shampoo my hair today! the workers accross the road from my house had an open burning session yesterday creating a rain of ASH everywhere. how annoying. ku tantang saja thailand ah.. drg tantang saja balik as if to say ‘ohhh its not our fault. boss told us to open burn’. krg ku balas balik.. open burning jua ku krg eh biar rambut thailand2 atu mcm be kalimumur usulnya jua.

kich meesh

Who invented ‘THE Wink’ anyway? And why is WINKING in this part of the world considered as being gatal? huhu. I notice Australians wink alot which is a way of saying ‘yes’ to something or.. ‘yes to i’m being gatal’ depending on the situation. But why does winking have to equate to sleaziness ah? Why can’t it be used for something else like a way of telling the teacher that you want to go to the toilet to pee? huhu.

Ive got today off baking. I’m supposed to be sleeping in, but i TERbangun early. for what ? i dont know? Its been a while since i last had a good sleep in. Im so tempted to go back to sleep but i’ve got a nice hot cup of coffee sitting right next to me.. i just noticed that even the smell of coffee can wake u up ah?! ill probably go back to sleep after downing it. skali bangun mcm tebeliak mata. i read somewhere that if you’re kalat mata at the office or wherever, you should skull down a cup of coffee, take a short nap and you are guaranteed to wake up refreshed. Apparently the caffeine works better when you’re sleeping. I’ve tried this a couple of times and sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt..barang kali when it works, i was only semi-sleepy kali..and when it doesn;t i guess i was really really sleepy hahahaha. well, in this case you can always try the matchsticks in your eye trick..lol pakai selotape kah. hahahahaha. *wink*

the plan today is to go around town scouting for two weeks worth of ingredients..and when i finally HAV E THE TIME..i will have to delete my phone sms inbox. gila panoh dang. mcm gigi sudah inbox ah. and it takes a freakin long time to load.

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I love John Mayer’s guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s Human Nature. Showed Aziz a video if it on youtube the next day and he fell in love with it just like i did. Told him to go away and learn the song..and learn the song he did!!

lol. looking at the video i noticed he didn’t show himself playing the guitar when i asked Rahim about this, rahim told me it was because he didn’t want other people to steal the chords. hahahaha. apeh si Ajis ah tarang2 ya mencuri si John Mayer punya!!! lol. Anyway, consider this our tribute to the late Michael Jackson.

One of my favourite MJ tracks.. the lyrics are pretty kesian too.. perfect for a rainy day like this.

Human Nature – Michael Jackson (copy and pasted from i cant remember where cause lyric pages are usually full of popups that annoys you to death so i tend to quickly just open a new tab, google the lyrics, open the page , copy paste and close the tab.)

Looking out
Across the night-time
The city winks a sleepless eye
Hear her voice
Shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs
2nd verse
Get me out
Into the night-time
Four walls wont hold me tonight
If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite

Chorus
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way

3rd verse
Reaching out
To touch a stranger
Electric eyes are evrywhere
See that girl
She knows Im watching
She likes the way I stare

Chorus
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
I like livin this way
I like lovin this way
(instrumental section)
4th verse
Looking out
Across the morning
The citys heart begins to beat
Reaching out
I touch her shoulder
Im dreaming of the street

Chorus
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say –
Why, why, tell em that is human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
I like livin this way

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EXTRA BOXES OF BROWNIES for today.. @

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