Yaayyerrrr

I finally caught up with my August Challenge 
and just in time too.

D27: Comic

who doesn't read Doraemon when they were young? I know someone who still reads them to this day. v(=∩_∩=)ﾌ

D28: A Memory

this was that one memory that I could not really remember other than it's a very funny one. Zoey and Kuch would remembered. We laughed so hard at that time.

Another thing yg I remembered was I wanted to be sick so bad!

(and I did get sick the next day LOL!)

To those who do not know; when you combine Durian with any carbonated drinks it makes your stomach grumble and for me it made me had a 'homemade' diarrhea. 

LOL!!! x10!!!!

D29: Embarrassing Moment

well.. I don't like reliving my most embarrassing moment. it usually resurfaces when I was about to fall to sleep. I'm telling you, it wasn't a pleasant feelings. So, for me to try and draw those moments is really a big nonononononononononononono (x infinity)

D30: Loved Ones

It's not really a 'enough said' coz nothing is ever gona be 'enough said' for the ones you love.

D31: Banner to Congratulate yourself for being able to complete this challenge

YAYYER! ♪┏ ( ･o･) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪

the lightness I feel in my heart and in my head when I finally finished that banner.

Thank you for a fulfilling August, Esma. you awesome! thank you for this. it has been awhile since I last had a goal to achieve. So, with this finish, I feel happy. and of course, relief. hahahah

maybe in September I can concentrate with my Shoot Straight story?

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Korean it up

So, I saw someone posted instant Jajangmyeon on IG.

and it made me crave for Jajangmyeon too.

I went to Hua Ho first and found this

yes, it cost BND3.10

pretty expensive for a pack of instant noodles.

which is obviously not a Jajangmyeon.

I almost cry. 

LOL oba~

after that I went to Utama Grand, the Mall and found this

tada~

I was a bit skeptic at first, pasal it says 'Chinese Soybean Paste Ramen' instead of 'black noodle'.

but I bought it anyway coz I crave for it. hahah I was even thinking, 'if this is not it, buang saja' LOL kaya~

I remembered seeing the above with cZoey and cBuzz a few months ago but didn't bother to buy at the time.

but now, I bought two packets (they sell it individually) and brought it to the office for breakfast.

the way to cook it is the same as when you cook the indomee goreng. Lucky ada penapis ayer di opis's pantry. hahah

well, it is instant food. how much more 'presentable' can it gets?

but it taste like the one that I've eaten somewhere in one of the Korean eatery in Brunei. 

taste yummy! (⋆‿⋆)

hashtag CravingSatisfy Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

I am going to buy the 5 per pack version of this. 

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Here come the lot

before we start on anything else, I shall post my August Challenge first.
coz it's dead overdue! ●‿●

So, here it comes

D15: Your Bedroom

well, this is like 1/3 of my room. and it's not exactly in that color. LOL

they are actually in white color.

D16: Something you bring for vacation. or in my case; THINGS

Honestly, I wasn't sure of what I actually bring during vacations. I know we had to bring some necessities. but the one thing I usually bring isn't really just ONE thing. it' a lot of things and the above are the examples. LOL me babbling is the worst.

D17: Childhood game

I was initially thinking of drawing Monopoly since that board game was and still is my fav but I thought, Snake and Ladder is so much fun to draw (and far more easier to draw (●*∩_∩*●) ) than Monopoly. AND it's a little nostalgic when I see this so I am glad Icpicked Snake and Ladder as my childhood game. 

D18: Nails

I drew my left hand and used real nail polish on this. \m/(>.<)\m/

I've always love the 'Sailor' theme paint for nails but I never got the chance to out them on my real nails. （〜^∇^)〜

D19: Fave Drinks. or Drink. (coz I lazy to draw (*~▽~))

 I only noticed that it says 'Drinks' as in plural. LOL 

I would have drawn like plenty if I've noticed it earlier. but I guess this will have to do since it really is one of my top most fav drink. ヾ(*´∀｀*）ノ

D20: Fave Artist/celebrity. (here's my version of cheat day; an edit picture via phone apps 
( ́ ◕◞ε◟◕`) )

this was done like last year on his Bday. hahaha 

I did want to draw this but see how complicated it gets? 

My brain isn't equip with such brilliance

⇎_⇎

D21: Workspace

this is a 3/4 of my work table at home. but believe me when I say picture(s) can be deceiving. hahaha and what I meant by that is my table isn't that neat.

D22: Dream

Yes, my dream is to go to one of the SHINee World Concert. After not being able to go to a Westlife Concert, I feel like I NEED to go to a SHINee Concert this time around.

D23: Fave Song

Annie 1999 version had always been my fav musical/movie of Annie.

I haven't watch the 2014 Annie but I heard this song on the radio and love it right away.

D24: Rainbow

I've loved Rainbow for its colors since forever. I even loved Rainbow cake for that same reason.

but ever since the US are using Rainbow as their 'Equality' colors, I began to not liking it anymore.

It's just my belief. I will not try and explain it here. 

I'm just pointing out just WHY THEY HAD TO RUIN MY FAV?! 

D25: Fandom

YAS! I am in the Shawol (short for SHINee World) fandom.

I'm also in so many book fandom (namely Harry Potter).

D26: Gadgets (once again, just ONE gadget)

as simple as this drawing goes, it took me ages to finish.

So that's it for this post. I have five more doodle challenge to go. and it shall be post before the month is up of course.

but first, (°ロ°)
let me take a selfie!

OK. See you on the next post. 

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Make do

that one time that I wanted to paint my nails a nude color

I tried all the nude color tester in FaceShop, Etude, Holika Holika and SkinFood.

But I couldn't decide which one I should buy first.

So, the next day, after much consideration, I got home and decided to just paint my nails chocolate instead.

hahaha. 

kira, kalah-kalahan lah ni aku ah. Can not decide which one to buy, just use the one yg I already have. in my head, i was thinking, nude color is like skin color and skin color is a shade of brown and chocolate is a shade of brown. You see the connection now? 

just laugh when you still cannot see it.

a/n: I realised that my nails/fingers are ugly. they are so dry and lack nutrition. Just don't look too long at the pictures. :P

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D12: Fave Movie

my current fave movie. 

I've always been a Cinderella fanatic and my ultimate fav has to be Ever After. 

but that one is a bit tough to draw and I don't have the energy to do tough doodling right now. So i settled with this one saja ≧◡≦

D13: Fave Book

once again, this is my current fav.

While I was figuring out about my fav book, I realized, I don't have ONE fav book. I have A LOT fav books! I know it's hard to believe but I'm a book lover. asking me which one is my ultimate fav is like trying to pick one fav star in the sky; i tat bit hard.

D14: Hobby

at first I wanted to write/draw me writing and reading. which they are (still) my hobbies.

but ever since the moving, all my spare time was spent on sleeping. Even when I was thinking of picking up a book to read (to check off my reading list), I ended up curled up on my bed to sleep. hahaha so, yeah, my hobby now is sleep.

"For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own," - Albus Dumbledore

I have a lot more to catch up on for the August Challenge. I was hoping I could catch up very soon.

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a/n: it scares me just how many months have passed and we now fast approaching September. (⊙︿⊙✿)

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One more thing

Now that I had the Manila Trip posts out of the way, 
I can post the August challenge.

but before that, I wanted to share this thing first.

It's the English toffee candy that I've been searching for a very long time.

I found it di SupaSave during the Hari Raya festives. 

and it costs 10.90 per box (the picture is deceiving. it's actually pretty small)

awesome.

but I'm a happy and that is all that matters!

I think this box could last me for a year. So, I don't have to worry about buying a new box anytime soon.

♪ ♬ ヾ(´︶`♡)ﾉ ♬ ♪

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that being said, lets us now move on to the August Challenge.

D10: OOTD

I actually wore this on Aug 10th. 

D11: Something Cute

I Googled this and this is soooo cute in the real picture. I'm not doing any justice here. sorry real photo takers.

I shall post the rest of the August Challenge in the next post.

Thank you for checking this page out.

♫♪˙‿˙♫♪

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I am Back. part 4 (Final)

a/n: Hello. another long post. I am sorry for this unpleasant rant reading.
 (￣。￣)～ｚｚｚ

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I bought myself a pop vinyl; Harry Potter, the night before at the Century City Mall. I wanted to buy all the golden trio (Harry, Ron and Hermione) but my Pesos could only buy me two at that time. I really don't one to miss out one of them. So in the end, I decided to just buy Harry's for now.

I shall complete my collection the next time I go Singapore xD

the next day Sunday, 16th..we woke up early as per norm during that Getaway, had breakfast and watched TV. there was a loud explosion (we were actually surrounded by construction areas) and the power was down. that was when we finally decided to just finish packing and go down to the lobby and wait the others there.
people were already waiting by the time we got there. some left their luggage and went out for some last minute shopping so we follow suits.

we lepak at Coffee Bean and after that round again the small shopping mall until we met our colleagues and they told us there are some more shopping place at other part of the nearby area. like, whaaaaa.. it was our first time and we didn't really know the way. So, we went to this other area but not much kadai open because it was only 10am. lucky the gift shop opened early and i spent some of my money there.

we went back to the apartment lobby and waited. we were supposed to leave at 12 coz our flight was at 3pm. but like the rest of their 'organizing' unit, we waited until 12:30pm and had to rush to the airport. we literally ran out of the van, (of course we properly thank our awesome driver who'd been driving us around) thru the custom and when we checked in our luggage, baru tah kami relax. we were down to our last pesos and i spent them on last minute dried fruits and keychains. LOL that finish-your-foreign-money moment.

the airport was small, like how our BIA used to be. not that our BIA now is any bigger. but i feel kind nostalgic and sad. was that how foreigner used to think of our airport? T.T

our flight was half an hour delayed. we boarded the plane at around 2:30pm and I got nauseated right away and slept until around 3:30pm and still we were not in the air. this was when i got sick real fast and had a hard time finishing my food. even drinking sour apple juice didn't help my nausea. One of the steward asked me "inda biasa (flying) kah?" and I said, "inda jua. baru2 tah ni" and he smiled. He must've thought that I was pregnant. ☉▵☉凸
By the time we landed, it was official; I was sick. again. probably resuming itself after been put on hold for the vacation. (〃^∇^)ﾉ

I should've seen it coming plang coz during that trip, I was nauseated everytime I was in a moving vehicles. Like, if I didn't close my eyes, I would have vomited. hahaha Yeah, I guess that nausea thingy did make it sound like I was having a morning sickness or something. hahaha ↁ_ↁ

In conclusion, minus the annoying organizational skill, the trip was ok.  Me and Super were having our own fun despite all our annoyance. I'm sure you all can tell from our pictures. 

what was that saying? When life give you lemon, make lemonade? 
No, that doesn't sound right with what we've been thru. 
it was more like making the most of the things you are given.

*nod* 

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That is the last of my Manila Trip posts. 
Once again, I apologize for making you go thru this heartache of a trip with me.
hahaha 
I mean, I am sorry. I just wanted the virtual people to know that I was really annoyed by it.

maybe I shouldn't go travelling with large group of people ~(⊕⌢⊕)~





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I am Back. Part 3

a/n: I promised that this post is not as long as the previous one. xD but it is still considered long so brace yourself! (again)

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So, our apartment.

I don't know how much it cost the committee but it was a good place to stay.

I was very please with the utilities provided inside the room. we were worried not being able to cook our instant noodles properly but as we when inside, we really worry for nothing.

We didn't get to use the cooking utensils, coz we scared they had been used with pork (as you know, muslim can't eat pork thus cn't use the same utensil that had been used with pork either).

Lucky we brought our own spoon/fork/bowl. xD

We only fully utilized the microwave and the water boiler. even the fridge kami inda on. coz we were not sure what to put inside it.

we didn't get to work the TV/Cable on our first night. but after much try from our sucky Tagaytay trip, we finally made a break through. LOL and watched the Last Samurai (or the Last Samurai watched us sleep hahaha).

my supervisor is ever so cheeky. Lucky my face is covered! She took this On Friday. this was posted in our Unit Whatapps chat at 5:54am. you see how the light outside so bright?

I only found out that in the Philippines, the sun is up so early. like at 5:30am, it was like 6:30am-7am in Brunei. On Friday, 14th, my super woke up around 5:30 and couldn't go back to sleep.
On Saturday, 15th, we both woke up at 6:30am and was bored. LOL

I was never an early raiser during vacation but i think the fact that the curtains weren't the 'block out the light' kinda curtain made us woke up early.

Saturday, 15th of the 'Getaway', we were given a breakfast, 7am-11am. me and super went up to 64th floor at around 8am and was greeted by the sight of the 'touring agent' preparing slides, projector, and speaker with some Azure banner standing on the sides. I voiced out my thought to my super "don't tell me durang kan bagi briefing untuk jual durang punya property" to which my super said, "eh inda kan" and we both decided to quickly finished the breakfast and left. which we did. this is what we called 'ada udang disebalik batu'; bagi kami breakfast free but we had to listen to them trying to 'sell' their property.
once again, ani vacation kh, business kh?
When we got back from the trip, I found out people got stuck and had to listened to the briefing for half an hour.
tsk.

So, by 9am we prepared in our room for our shopping trip; SM Megamall and Greenhills Shopping Centre.

SM Megamall is the typical shopping mall with lots of branded brand. I was mostly excited when I see a bookstore (or two) hahaha.

I only shopped at SM Store for bags. coz I was saving my money to shop at the supposedly cheap bargain at Greenhills. hehe
and Shopped I did. but again, not as extravagant as my super. LOL

this place had two tingkats, the ground floor was mostly baju, bags, and some dried fruit stall while the second floor was all phone cases and other gadgets.

Jewelries Stall (Not mine)

Bags Stall (Not mine)

Clothing Stalls (Not mine)

the second floor full of Phone Casing Stalls and other gadgets like phone, power banks etc (Not mine)

Of course, my only regret was not finishing all my Pesos at Greenhills; I should have bought at least 5 more phone cases, 10 more baju, and at least a Bag. hahaha
I only bought 1 phone case, 7 baju and no bags.

Oh I found the EOS lipbalm I've been wanting to buy on ebay. this one is mint flavor.

but when I open it in Brunei, it smells funny and I don't dare putting them on my lips. :S and it expires next year in September. 0_o ciplak tah jua banar.
I guess, now i had to buy the original from ebay. probably safer.


We got back to the apartment at around 8pm. we did go jalan for awhile to Century City Mall which is the smallest of Mall i've ever been into and it's the nearest mall to our apartment. After that we went back to the apartment and explore the 4th floor.

there's a video game room, snooker room, (where I took picture with the famous phonebooth) Movie room and a library.

We were told when we arrived on the night of 13th Aug that we were allowed to use the 4th floor amenities. Like, when did you ever spend all your time in the hotel amenities during a 3 days vacation? for me, NEVER. but it was cute of them to think that Bruneians actually will spend their time in those amenities room. Most Bruneians ideas of a vacation is shopping! and there are also some like me who preferred spending all day in a theme park. hahah never had I actually stayed in a hotel other than during night time to sleep. hahaha


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with posts this long, I don't think it'd be wise to continue to post with the August Challenges.

(▰˘◡˘▰)

maybe after lah ah..

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