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Hi guys!

quick one. and short. I hope. LOL

If you followed me on IG, you would know that I am currently rereading the Harry Potter Series.
No, I did not run out of new books to read but the last two were kinda, disappointing? 

the first book of disappointment was Songs about A Girl by Chris Russell. 

I finished this after my 7th read. Started on 29th Jul and finished on 22 Jul. Yeah, it took that long. I don't hate it but damn fanfiction can be shallow. I'm saying this becoz I was once this shallow. bahahah


Next I began the Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust. 

I began maybe few days after I finished Chris's. like maybe 27th Jul or 29th Jul. the story line is base of Snow White and her step-mom/queen. but no matter how much I try to engross myself in this story, I just can't. Like, I can't. I even read super slow. I stopped completely by chapter 4. Like, I am so done.

Disappointed and frustrated for not being able to get the satisfaction from finishing a book, I decided, I'm gonna reread my Harry Potter series. I've been wanting to do it for a while and thought, PERFECT TIMING. Also, I am confident that Harry Potter will fill in the void other books can't.

some people claimed to have read the books for like quote 13 timesss unquote, but I think overall, not including this round,  I only every read all 7 books, twice?
First Harry Potter book I read was actually Goblet of Fire, my cousin lent his book to me. then I went to the school library (this was back when I was 15 or 16) to start reading from the beginning; an English teacher was clearly a Potterhead becoz she supplied TWO SETS of Book 1-5 to the school library.

so that was my first read of Book 1, 2, 3, and 5. second read for book 4.

My sister bought me Order of the Phoenix (book 5), I forgot for which birthday but obviously I had my second read then. although, if you look closer, the spine of book 5 kinda almost torn like I read my copy more than once. I probably did. I just, can't remember as I'm typing this.

I bought my own Half-Blood Prince (book 6) when it came out. my first read.

I remember rereading Book 4 becoz the movie's coming out! - my third read.

I didn't read Book 5 when the movie came out coz I learned from previous preparation that you'll just be expecting so much and be left disappointed.

Deathly Hallows came out when I started working. first read. 

Let's not start with the sadness of the book ending coz I still have 3 movies to look forward to at that time.

I finally able to purchase my own Harry Potter book 1-4. I bought them two at a time. read them once after purchased. 
my second read of Book 1-3, fourth read for Book 4. 
obviously, rule of thumbs, after I finished book 4, i have to continue and finish with Book 5-7, making it my third read of book 5 (I was right! I read my own copy more than once), and second read for book 6-7.

Dammmmmmmm meaning, right now, I'm rereading Goblet of Fire for the fifth time!

(ok. here's a legend so you won't get confuse: first read. second read. third read. fourth read.)


I wanted to scream "BEST DECISION EVER" I mean, it is the best decision I made so far but now, I'm missing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter a lot!

sighh~~

anyway, the plan was to finish all seven books in seven weeks. Currently in reading book 4; Goblet of Fire.
i think i've excelled myself this time:
Book 1, Philisipher's Stone - start 7th Aug. finish 10th Aug
Book 2, Chamber of Secrets - start 11th Aug. finish 14th Aug
Book 3, Prisoner of Azkaban * - start 14th Aug. finish 22th Aug
Book 4, Goblet of Fire - start 22nd Aug. **

* yeah, Prisoner took longer to finish becoz I hang out a lot during my lunch time when starting that book and I didn't pick it up when I was at home. so, a little slow. 
** as for book 4, I plan to finish reading on 30th Aug. 

Now, lemme share you a conversation I had with my friend from work (and also the inspiration behind this post):

AND DAM RIGHT IMMA FINISH THIS BOOK BY 30TH AUG!

😂😂😂

I don't know if I ever mentioned this before but I'm the type yg will be hard on myself when I didn't reach the goal I set for myself, meaning I'm gonna stress about this. but I know I can do this. tonight I've already baca up until chapter Fifteen. the Beauxbatons and Drumstrang are arriving at Hogwarts. 

but then again, I could just be "meh~"

oh, why 30th Aug? becoz I'll be going for a short trip from 31st Aug - 2nd Sep. So i thought, finish book 4 before the trip and continue with book 5 when I get back. 😉 IF ONLY I'm this organize with everything else in my life.

Anyway, 
so much for a short one. LOL who can shut me up when I start talking about my favorite things??

One thing for certain, doing this rereading; Harry Potter the books are so much better than the movies. Of course i still love the movies. it's just, book Ron is far more superior! than movie Ron. just saying. and anybody remember Peeves? Winky? Professor Sinistra?

alright folks, i think I've said enough.
I'm afraid this will be my final update for August. 
soooo
I see you in September?

Ok, baii~

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He is not my Oppa

Hi guys.

this is scheduled so don't be alarmed.

I just remember something that happened to me at the office the other day (and since this is scheduled, this may happened like weeks ago)

We were in the midst of cleaning up our 'surroudings' and as I began to do mine, you know, putting down my handbags and extra carry bag on the floor, my colleague said to me, "bag oppa, Az?" she was referring to my carry bag. 

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It took me a moment, looking back and fort from my bag to her before I replied, "Awu!" and laughed uneasily.

Uneasy not becoz I got caught. 
LOL I mean, that usually is the case: wanting to wear anything SHINee related or Harry Potter related but not wanting anybody noticing. I'm that I-am-a-fan-so-imma-wear-use-this-but-don't-tagur-please kinda fan.

but my uneasiness was caused by the thought that ...

it's Onew. 

and God knows he is not my oppa.

like, no.

내 동생이야

I malas to edit one more time, but he was born in 1989. and I was born in 1987.

do the math children.

He's my dongsaeng. Younger than me.

I mean we can all pretend that he is my oppa. but deep in my heart I know that he is not.

He is my future husband!

you see that coming from a mile away, didn't you?

Ok, atu saja.

bye.


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One Blonde Afternoon

Hello guys, 

fancy having me posting for 3 days straight, ey?

It's scheduled.

;)

I have a funny story I got from my recent travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

I don't know if the world know, but Kuala Lumpur have been upgrading their mode of transportation; introducing the Mass Rapid Transit, MRT.

Image does not belong to me. I got it from Google.Com

I think it starts operating last year.

and boy, it was so easy! Just like in Singapore!

but of course, it is still quite new, and me being so 'bangang' at reading train maps, I got lost a lot in the duration of two days I was there.

Plus, it is so new that even the local was asking me for directions! (but that's probably becoz I dressed like Malaysian :p. I wanted to just blend in and not be targetted as being a tourist)

I think 3 orang kali yang tanya aku if this particular train will reach to a certain place.

People, I am as lost as you are.

LOL

Selfie is essential for solo traveller. 

On the KLIA Express train from the airport to KL Sentral.

anyway, my Blondies (which in this context, means, bimbo) moment;

I arrived at KL Sentral (from the airport) with confidence. 

I looked around to buy my next train tix to reach my hotel.

Found the Kiosk and to my surprise, after inserting my 'wang kertas', a token fell on the 'collecting' pocket.

I looked at it confused, and ...is this monopoly money?

Trying to project confidence again, I walked to that 'beep' gate and got lost. 

"How am I supposed ..."

I stopped on my track, and quickly thought of a solution. I think I circled on the same sport once before I brave myself to ask the information counter guy.

He was looking at his phone when I stood in front of him.

I said, Hi, smiled and asked him, while holding up the blue token, "What do I do with this?"

• This is why I said, I was being blondies: I asked the guy in the most confused, not-so-sure, almost-having-a-panic-attack, voice.
• another reason why i think I was blondies: The guy put down his phone, took out a sigh of a breath and calmly said (or something along the line of) "You go to the gate, put this on the red area, and when you arrive at your destination, your insert the coin at the gate" 

I laughed my head of, "Oh. OK. thank you!" and laughed some more.

I WAS SO EMBARRASSED!

I saw the guy also smiled (I'm pretty sure it was more of a smirk) at me realizing how stupid my question was.

LOL

MANA LAH KU TAU YANG TOKEN TU RUPANYA TICKET TRAIN!

biasa, in Singapore, pakai paper card, datang2 di KL pakai token. 

but I said to myself, laughing to myself, "I swear i'm not stupid". hahahahahahahaha

LOL-ing forever.

the whole day I can not get his smiled/smirked out of my head.

I SWEAR I'M NOT STUPID!

hahahaha

it's kinda a good thing though, using the token, save paper ticket/card. coz obviously the token is reusable. although not so hygienic. so, i suggest you put it just inside your pocket the whole time.

as mentioned in one of my previous post, I went there alone, but meeting up with Bazilah.

In truth, I only met her the Friday afternoon that I arrived and then the Sunday morning before I leave. I spent my entire Saturday on my own. I was that comfortable. I think with the introduction of the MRT, made my anxiety cooled down a lot and I was able to 'chill'. :D

to be continued ...

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Thought of the day

HAHAHAHAHAHA

why?

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8th of Aug (the throwbacks)

started this post at 11:57pm

LOL

if that's not procrastination at its best, I duno what is

Let's get right into it

1. in 2009
I titled a blog 'Aku Masih Torn'
and damn was i vague?!
I read the entire post and all I see was me talking non-sense about SuJu and ended the post with something along the line "I'm sooooo torn"
Like, what are you so torn about, woman?!
I might have to open my diary to know what exactly was I was so torn about

2. in 2010
I watched the real-life movie of Avatar: The Last Airbender
boy, was I disappointed. LOL
I guess that's what happened when you love the cartoon/anime so much and had too much expectation on the movie.

I didn't post anything on 8th Aug of 2011 till 2014

3. in 2015
I was ( or did I finished) watching the historical theme korean drama, Maid.
starring Jung YuMi

jjang!

I noticed in some years, I posted a lot in August. 
Like, it was a special month of something.
Special month meaning me being so motivated to post something hahaha

I should be more excited in September! coz you know, my getting old day.

anyway,

here's a song for you to enjoy coz I was listening to it while I was making this



Girls' Generation - Sailing or  그 여름 (0805)

the mv was so nostalgic and I learned that the lyric was written by Sooyoung. *applause*

So that is all for tonight.
I should be in bed like, tadi *ketawa* but yeah..

I see you in my next post

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Oops, I did it again

I played with your heart,
got lost in this game,
Oo baby baby!
Oops you think I'm in love 
That I'm sent from above~
I'm not that innocent

*laugh out loud*
(font in red coz of Britney's outfit in that mv was red :P)

I got carried away~
Sorry not sorry

hi everyone,
welcome back.

I know, it's been a week! or so, since my last post
and I'm supposed to be posting frequently 'in honor of celebrating my 8th anniversary with blogspot'

*roll eyes*

That celebratory related post is still on, 
just not on today's post.

*ketawa some more*

today, I wana share this thing that popped up on my compose page just now.




and when I clicked 'Learn More', this pop up




if you malas to read, let me tell you some keywords;
Revive, re-share and spotlight.

turned out the post was made Dec 2015. Like, how are you popping up right now? on 4th Aug 2016?!

and then *BAM! it hit me

YOU STALKER!
you've been reading my blog, didn't you?!

(kan my last posts about me reposting/resharing my old posts) 

hahaha stalker blogspot ani~ creep~

as lovely as that suggestion was, it won't be very productive with my post counts.

So, thank you blogspot for the suggestion but no, thank you.

I got stomachache now,
gotta go!
byeeeeee


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a/n: I've been watching too much youtube vloggers to be making intro and ending like this hahahahahahaahaha (LOL-ing forever)

OMG!

I cannot believe what I just discovered:
Commeting on my blog had to be 'approved' or 'manually published'.
I found out when I saw on the 'Comment' key it says 'comment for moderation' and boy was i shock when i saw a lot of comment to be published.

No wonder I've not seen anyone comment in such a long time!
I thought I was getting a 'payback' - you know, since I seldom reply to people and now people lazy to leave down a comment for me coz I never reply them anyways.
LOL

Thank you to Jessica and Esma for leaving down comments all that time my setting was bonkers!

I've replied several of them but once I noticed there were a lot that I've missed, I'm thinking.. "WOW! you really messed up, Az" hahaha

my goodness.

I'm sorry once again guys. you guys rock!

I've fixed the setting and now I can see them comments both on the web and from my phone.

to reply real quick to Esma (alert: I don't know if i replied to this already on the actual time when you commented because this was from my post posted last year and I don't think my setting was bonkers yet at that time but since I see no reply, I'm replying to you now): the rainbow gelly pen that you asked me - that time when you asked, inda plang ada terjumpa at any kadai..but just recently, I found them bejual arah cube di Mall, the one di tingkat tiga, ampir cinema, the one yg ujung sekali ampir bakas kadai restaurant West Street. I hope this anwer your question. and IF sekiranya you already bali the pen, I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS LATE REPLY!

and to Jess, really, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO KIND WITH YOUR CHOICE OF WORDS WHEN YOU LEAVE A COMMENT! (i use caps coz I'm very sorry for the late replies LOL)

I don't know why, but I have this funny sense of relief after I found out about this.

I just keep saying 'No wonder' and laughed. haahaha

my goodness!

. . .

I am so paning right now

It's been ages since I last seen my hotmail via laptop/website.

and today, because of some emailing issue, I ended up using the website version of hotmail using my laptop. 

boy was I surprised and confused.

I'm not some IT savvy person and anything i did manage to do on the internet are mostly basic. I  mean, REALLY fcking basic. (eg, this blog design. I used Templates!)

So, when hotmail kept asking me to send a 'security code' to 'purple.and.lime@hotmail.com' mail, I was like, "Oh, 'purple and lime' ani sample email kali".
It's not.
it hits me, after several tries, that I OWNED purple.and.lime@hotmail.com!
I don't remember why I made it. probably out of 'sakai-ness'. you know, since at that time, making a hotmail account is so darn easy. maybe. I don't know. seriously, I have no idea!
and then when I tried to change it, came out another email address that reads 'pu****@hotmail.com' (Yes, cematu kana buat.. I don't know kana censored kh apa kh.. I know, what the hell right?)
I'm so confused!
why on earth did I make this weird hotmail accounts?!

but luckily, after a few more headaches figuring out this 'Outlook', I managed to get thru all the securities and updated it. Once that's done, I decided to clean my inbox.

clearly i didn't 'clean' much using my phone (coz usually, I open my mail and delete everything).

and along the way, I unsubscribe to this hmv newsletter (again, wtf face). When? How? Why?

I unsubscribe to any update from my youtube account too.

and here's the bizarre one; Twitter account.

i was on my way to disable my email notification when it asked me to log in and when I did, a message came out saying 'there is a suspicious activity going on' and it asked for some security questions.
then aku realized yg the display pic wasn't mine and I was hit the second time.
I've changed (via my phone) my username from Vengeance to AjeerahAwang a while back.
the funny thing is, why it let me thru in the beginning when I keyed in Vengeance with my current password?
I refreshed the page and keyed in the correct account name and password and everything went back to normal. Lucky we didn't panic - Ronald Weasley, Philosopher's Stone.

this whole thing is such a nerve wrecking experience! 
I know, I know. to some, this might be something of small matter. 
but for me, it is such a big matter.
maybe because, I still love my hotmail ID. it's childish, yes, but it holds a lot of memories that are sooooo me, made by me, for me. 
I don't know how else to explain it but I wish to hold on to something that is me 10-15 years ago coz it feels like I'm losing me these days.

. . .

ENOUGH WITH SOPPY THINGS!

on a brighter note, Pottermore Sorting is back!!
and I'm still a proud Badger!



Hufflepuff - Where They Are Just and Loyal!

I will try and tell you all about it some other time.

I know I still owe you guys the story behind my DIY phonecase too.

xD

until next time!

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a/n: I'm supposed to be asleep like 4 hours ago.

Surprise, Surprise

So finally finished watching the Malay drama/tv series, Tuan Anas Mikael.

Started at around midnight and finished at almost 7am this morning. 

LOL

I woke up at around 3pm after that. 

Anybody who is anybody knows how much I'm not really pro-Malay drama/movie 

but Tuan Anas Mikael is an exception.

it's an adaptation from a malay novel of the same name 

(No, I didn't read the book). 

the two leads were played by Aaron Aziz and Zaya Zya.

the story line revolved around this poor girl becoming a housekeeper at this rich and young bachelor house, the bachelor 'arranged' future fiancee delirious-bratty attitude, the fight over inheritances, and how in the end everyone is bloody related. 

like, whaaaatt  ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ

I first watched the first few episodes at Kuch's house last year; there was a rerun of the series that one weekend and we were watching that for our 'hang out'. and I got so into it.

I think i fell for the way Aaron Aziz and Zaya Zya portrayed the main characters. Kiut!! I was literally squealing (Yes, squeal. Ask the other Geng Keras) especially during the 'baby, mummy, daddy' part. I know would have gag were it to be from another drama/series but at that time Aaron and Zaya presented that moment well. their facial expressions were the BEST! in that drama. 

I was laughing non stop at 2am-3am. some episodes are just crazy funny. well done you guys! 

my reaction to this Tuan Anas Mikael was the same way when I watched Korean drama. 

it's that cute, i tell you!!

I once thought Lisa Surihani has the best expression when acting but I guess not anymore.

Zaya Zya has the best right now! almost comedic! she's awesome!

anyway, BEST MALAY SERIES I'VE EVER WATCHED IN MY LIFE! (I said 'in my life' because I can not recall any other malay drama/series/movie that can top this).

. . . 

a/n: I didn't do what I'm supposed to do this weekend. hahah lain plang kaja ku.

Youtube, and how I was inspired to make a post from it

have you ever browse something on youtube and ended up on a video not related to the first video you watch?
Same.

Today, I was watching Justin Timberlake's ESPYS (some sport award show) hosting. He was really funny there. then, I went on watching Jamie Fox's hosting the same event from the previous years. and then, I watched Jamie serenade Serena Williams (that famous female tennis player).
Pastu,
some minutes later
I was watching this



Onew and Luna singing Can I Have This Dance at SMTown Concert in Staple Center NY (I think. if not, maybe the one in Japan, I am not sure and lazy to go and find out where).

LOL

I remember watching Deleted Scenes from HSM3 (that's High School Musical 3 for those who don't know) and also remember watching Sharpay and Ryan version of What I've Been Looking For. I know I kept repeating the A Night To Remember coz the dancing was awesome. 

oh, i found the version of Gotta Go My Own Way that I like most



by Nikki Gil

anyway,
what I wanna know is how did I go from Justin's hosting an award show 
to watching song clips or movie videos of High School Musical?!
like, what is the connection?!

LOL

I could've been sleeping (￣。￣)～ｚｚｚ by now coz I felt so tired and yawning a lot at the office today
but
yeah
youtube happened.

About that Onew/Luna video, I was reading the comment coz there was a part where Onew supposed to be singing but he didn't (I remember during that time, fancams were everywhere and I also remember someone commenting about Onew forgetting his line).
You wanna know what I found?
people going gaga over LuNew. ~(⊕⌢⊕)~
and mostly praising these two singers 

example:


don't get me wrong. Luna is about the only girl in the industry that I ship my Onew with. 
It's just, how deaf and blind a fan can be?
it took several scrolls to finally found sometwo commenting about it

1.



2.


I've forgotten how the song goes in the movie but I know I love the HSM3 version just as much. because by that 3rd movie, Zac and Vanessa sounded a lot mature and less squeaky. 

Others also kept going on and on about how tired Onew looked. 
well, i bet he was, SHINee was promoting Lucifer at that time and Onew was doing a musical too. and they flown across the continent to do a concert there. go figure.

In conclusion, 
I wanna thank youtube for recommeding what video I should watch next.
because of that, I am able to make this post.
I thank you and good night!

. . .

Hamburger

this had to be the best meme/edit/post ever!

hahahaha

I hamburger you too, Minho

hahahah

. . .

I see Korean-related things EVERYWHERE

You know when you like something so much, everything around you reminds you of it.

Example:

I was at work that one time and a colleague had this hair do 

which reminds me of this 'old' Korean hair do

LOL!

I don't know if I've shared enough here but I'm a big fan of Korean Historical drama. I think I'm more fascinated with their garments than anything else. 
That is why the hair do above became a topic for tonight's post.

hahaha

. . .

Why You Should ...

this post will be about, how you should really understand something before you jump into conclusion.

or watch an MV sampai habis and after that baru tah plan apa kan di post.

LOL

I was watching f(x) 4 Walls MV for a few times (to help increase the number of view :P) when I cam across Kyuhyun new MV from his second mini album.



Half way thru the MV I was thinking I wanna share this MV with cZawir and tell him "This is what's going to happen to me on my solo trip next year" coz the MV was about a lady travelling alone and somewhat a guy fell for her after a short encounter. 
but as the MV finishes, it turns out the lady was actually dying/critically ill. or maybe she actually died in the MV, I'm not so sure. 
and that stop me from posting/tagging cZawir on FB.

Like, No, I don't want that to happen to me next year. *knock on wood*

hahaha tau takut~

but I still like the MV minus the dying. Macam a mini version of fluffy Kdrama!

someone asked in the comment, "Why didn't she just eat her medicine (nangis tah pulang)?" and someone replied "coz there is no water" LOL! egg. funny! but egg. ahaha

Now, back to f(x) 4 Walls MV!!!!



I doesn't reminds me of anything for the last half an hour listening and rewatching the MV. I only thought that its a nice song and the MV could've been better (coz I have no idea what they are trying to tell me with this MV). but in the comment, people kept saying its a copy of SHINee's View. and now I can't unseen the similarity. #damnit

Someone commented something about Sulli looking great in the MV (at 2:16 minute) and when I clicked the highlighted time, I laughed. coz 2:16 brings you to the scene with the brown horse. hahahah! Someone even asked "J-Horse is that you?" hahah seriously! people are dead hilarious in the comment! and egg! completely egg! hahahah


In IG, FB and now youtube channel, I've been seeing Sulli's fans being upset and dissing current four members of f(x).
It was officially announced that Sulli wanted to leave f(x) to pursue her acting career. it's not the other 4 members fault. If anyone to be pitied, it should be Vic, Amber, Luna and Krystal. They are the one yg had to endure the hardship of losing a member and trying to move forward.
I hope f(x) will get all the recognition that they deserve.

. . .

that movie and a comeback

It was more like Funny and Egg!

LOL

I guess I expected that movie to be funny because Jack Black was in it.
and it was nice to find out that from the beginning, the main character was funny AH (as hell) too!

I laughed the hardest (spoiler alert!) during this one scene at the supermarket when Jack Black was spraying himself with deodorant! I laughed coz of his face but mostly because it was so girly and reminded me of a video Amber from f(x) posted on IG some time ago. hahaha so egg~

what I don't like about this movie is the scene towards the end. Literally before the ending punya scene. I don't like it. It's very disturbing. Like, what becomes of the reality?! 
You have to watch the movie to understand why I said it was disturbing. I'm dead lazy to explain. 
hahaha

BUT

not to lazy to mention this before I end this post;

f(x) comeback! 27th Oct! without Sulli!
YASSSS!

MV teaser was out 1hr ago!



looks promising but no high hopes coz SM loves to crash all your hopes and dreams.

So excited for this comeback! coz their 3rd Album comeback was dead short!

f(x) deserves all the love in the world!

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