Aladdin

Hi guys!

Welcome back. 

I realized, as I'm preparing for this post that it's been a long time since my last movie review post.
and what's more awesome than starting again with reviewing Aladdin, the live action version that came out 23rd May 2019.

I watched the movie the next day, 24th May, and was crazily madly in love with it!!!!!

Ok, brief background story, I'm a huge HUGE fan of the classic Aladdin. I watched it many times as a kid. Like, I claimed myself (on the internet, username etc) as Princess Jasmine from when I was 16 years old! and I remembered when I started working, old colleague even bought me a Princess Jasmine pillow! I was that obsessed! 

but of course, as I got older, I wasn't anymore.

UNTIL!

Will Smith posted the live action trailer on his IG. He played Genie and I saw that Naomi Scotts played Jasmine and I was like, "GASP! WHEN?!" coz, One, Will Smith? my fav actor of all time. Two, Pink Ranger as Jasmine? BRING. IT. ON. 
and also, I was feeling nostalgic.

So, when the movie premiered, I was like, I have to watch this. and I did.

In the cinema, as the iconic Disney's castle intro begins, I literally took a deep breath and told myself, "don't high expectation", and exhale. Best pep talk I've ever given myself! coz as the movie started, my mind was open and I allowed this movie in. Yes, there were moments where i remember thinking, "hmm..not as the cartoon but ok" but I don't hate the not-like-the-cartoon bits. In fact, I fell in love with them and for someone who was so obsessed with the cartoon, that's saying something!

and don't get me started on the songs.
Like, music to my ears! I love them! I usually don't like new version of my fav songs but these OST are amazing! love love love! 

Let's listen to one of them below:

Naomi Scotts - Speechless



I DIDN'T KNOW SHE CAN SING TOO!

also, there's a Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward version of A Whole New World, and hmm 🤔..imma stick with "I usually don't like new version of my fav songs" ◎[▪‿▪]◎ but I still like the live action movie version of A Whole New World. movie version is love.


Ok, now, I know I gave this movie 10/10 but I was curious about one thing: 
why is the guard/soldier/army of the Sultan/Agrabah dressed like the Persian army? 
(I recognized the head gear coz I've been re-watching Prince of Persia for the past couple of weeks ٩◔‿◔۶)
I had to wiki that ish, obviously.
but there was no mentioned of Agrabah being made base on Persia. the only Persian thing related to the live action was the Palace set's design. 
thus, I concluded my research with, Agrabah is a middle-east country, meaning, its military outfit can be similar to or influenced by the Persian army which are also from the middle-east.

still 10/10!

In my opinion, Will Smith made Genie his own version. well done *applause*

Side characters that I like: Dalia and Hakim. ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ

I think that is all the reviews I have for this movie.

by the time this is posted, I probably watched the movie twice more. LOL

Thank you for reading this far.

You the MVP. (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

Ciao~

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oh! i bought the Only In Cinema cup
(sorry, couldn't be bothered to take my own picture at the moment LOL)

I'll post proper pictures some other time ;)

Harry Potter 2.17 version

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turned 20 this year.

and JK Rowling released a limited edition Hogwarts House cover for the first book.

*bite nails*

I. LOVE. IT!

but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna buy it. House Pride or not.

I mean, If I were to succumb to this madness, my collection would look like this

LOOK. AT. IT.

but I'm not gonna.

It's pretty and I LOVE the scarf colored paper edges! argh! but

(there are going to be a lot of butt in this post)

let's be rational here.

If I were to have all four houses color, have them in paper back AND hard cover, it's just going to be like having 8 (NINE! if we include the copy I already have) copies of the same book!

its riddikulus!

wait. actually, I would've have 10. coz I have that big book with pictures version of the Philosopher's Stone book. :p

The point is, I think I have enough Harry Potter collection;
the complete series 

I read book 1-4 from my High School library. I only bought my copies when I started working.
I got book 5 as a bday gift from my sister.
and book 6-7 I bought on the released date. by this point, I was an addict. Harry Potter fanatic. 


and the on going illustration version of this series, by Jim Kay which I think come out once a year? 

I think getting my hands on Jim Kay version would be ok. although same story but at least this version is full of colors and illustration. ;)


and speaking of 'Have enough Harry Potter collection', don't get me started on the amount of Merchandises I have on this franchise.
Keychains,
Mugs,
Journals,
Phonecase,
DVDs,


and also, to those who keep suggesting I buy the Hogwarts Library collection

No, thank you.
it's pretty but really, no.

it's because I already have mine from 8/10 years ago.

and let's not get me started on how Harry Potter isn't my only obsessions!

I have Stationery, Kpop, Tupperware, BOOKS in general, Journals! obsessions to name a few.

I don't have money growing of trees, dammit!

I need to find a new hobby and obsession that don't involve spending money :P

anyway,
there goes my little rant.
but I'm pretty sure, if I had the money, I would've spent them on the-old-book-with-a-new-cover books in a heartbeat.

*shrug*

OH!
was browsing bookdepository.com for that House covered version and found below

I mean, how many version can you make?

P/S: Ms. Rowling, that is not a challenge, please don't answer by making any new ones. I am not a rich person nor do I have a rich parent to support me with my Harry Potter addiction. thank you.


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Extra note: Images without 'Penniless Crime' are not mine, found them via Google, credit to respective owners. the screenshot from bookdepository is cropped and edited by me.

Do you remember the time ...

remember that time

when all I ever talked about was Westlife?

yeah, that was the good time.

or the worst for you guys?

I'm sure I've mentioned it at a hundred times before that I write fictions, right?
there was one time when a friend complaint to me and she said, "cBryan saja jua eh! nada lelaki lain kh?".
I was gobsmacked and ashamed
but it didn't stop me from continuing to use 'Brian' as the main male lead in my story. ┏(＾0＾)┛┗(＾0＾) ┓

Moving on~

Yesterday, when I was on my way home, as I changed the radio channel,
I heard Uptown Girl was playing.
but it was almost finished and I whined for changing the channel a little too late.

but another Westlife song was playing after that and from just the intro, I started fangirling; squealing like I have never heard the song playing on my iphone/laptop before.
the song was Something Right. the radio station was having some double request segment of some kind.

It maybe a 'sekadar' moment for you
but listening to ANY Westlife song kena play on air is such a nostalgic moment for me.
to cut things short; Westlife is such a big part of me growing up, its bittersweet listening to someone playing/listening to their song without me asking them to. T.T

Anyhoo
how about I share with you guys the awesome-est live video concert for Uptown Girl
the best live performance for this song, in my opinion.

lets clap and sing-a-long !!



I'm not Swedish but I wish I was everytime I see this. ＼（＾○＾）人（＾○＾）／

I wanted to apologize to people that I annoyed during my Westlife phase
but you should know: I was happy with my obsession (yes, I use the word obsess coz thats what I was back then)
and every time rakan2 sebaya point out my obsession to me during a meet up or a gathering, I felt such pride in that. I don't know how else to explain my feelings but I was proud of who I was back then (with my obsession towards Westlife sahaja. not the other things)

at least when people hear Westlife, they thought of their 'crazy obsess' friend, Az Nuur. (¬‿¬)

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Sorry, Not Really

as I was buying a new pen (PENS) last weekend, 
I realized that I'm truly a sucker for stationery;
Pens, cute erasers, pencils (although I seldom use pencils now that I'm older), pencil cases, ruler (yes, like, I don't know when I'm gonna be using these lovely pieces of measurements), colored markers (sharpies ones are too expensive, so I often buy the kiddies one in 12s ≧◡≦ ), paper clips (YES.PAPER.CLIPS) and journals. Of course, its not limited to the above mentioned items. It could be so much more.

here are SOME OF my collections;

yes, stashed away in the coolest pen holder EVER ヾ( ~▽~)ﾂ ♪

and these are the new pen and pencil I bought;

the SHINee/Barbie colored pencil.

and this 'partial' DIY triple-colored pen.

you get to choose what color you want for your pen! 
it's that awesome! ♥╣[-_-]╠♥

I chose Pink, Purple, and dark Blue.

here's a video of me putting it (sloppily) together.

I could stop myself from buying SHINee merchandise (coz lets face it, those merchandises sometime cost more than I could afford LOL!) 
but I have the weakest of will to stop when it comes to stationery. like, I really can't stop.

Other girls would be suckers for shoes, clothes, or bags. 
*shrug* 
I guess, thats just me.

"Pen is mightier than the sword," President Sawyer, White House Down.

. . .

another very good friend of mine just got married last Friday. 
I couldn't make it to her Nikah (on Friday) and Bersanding (today) day.
So, I went to her Berbedak saja last night.

Pretty bride in red!

Congratulation Dr. Zai! Semoga berkekalan sehingga ke akhir hayat. Aminn Ya Rabb.

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eBay again

I've been following a certain fan account on Instagram and they are selling Harry Potter merchandises.

My heart is set into buying the wand(s) keychain for at least a month now.
but I've been contemplating too much.

Until, one day, my brain calls out to browse those things on eBay.

Like, 

haaaaaaa~  *with lights shown down on ebay*

bought three Wand-keychains for less than BND10

puas ati ku! hahaha

the ones on IG was at least USD10 each which, right now equals to around BND13.80

how awesome the deal is on eBay!

I guess I refuse to believe that those things only being sold on IG with that price. KEKEKEKE

I'm just glad I didn't buy them from IG seller. xD

this is happiness.

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before aku lupa

Hi all...
Miss me?
hehe 

So, before aku lupa..I wan make this one post, esp to thank my dearest of friend (asesehh) Rasyid.

THANK YOU RASYID.

for what exactly?

for this! 

A4 individual posters and a tshirt. xD 
since I didnt get the chance to go to their Farewell Concert, Rasyid bought me this. xD thanx very much, syed! 

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I dun understand

this was taken from my current obsession; Tiny Village.

first, they asked you to "eat healthy"

I thought they were asking me to build this

skali rupanya ia suruh aku build ani.

inda ko confuse kn tu?

apa kn concept "eat healthy" ani?

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I hate you, Fahrul

but in reality, I was just SUPER envious him.

why?

Because he went to the SMTown Concert in Seoul, Korea on the 18th Aug. 

SMTOWN CONCERT I TELL YOU!!

not just the concert.

he even went to the SM.Art Exhibition in Coex. tsk. the nerve of him!

ahaha but really.

Kan aku ni SMEnt bias. of course, aku envious berabis.

aku pikir aku yg obsess, rupanya ada yg lebih menyanggupi smpi liat concert drg dKorea itself. (that part, I salute you lah man!)

he posted alot of his memories in Korea on his Instagram. I like it but at the same time my heart felt a lil tinge of jealousy there. that should've been me.

but rezki masing2. and i keep telling myself yg my time will come. no worries.

i took pictures with some of the things he brought home.

and my colleagues were there to to witness my fangirling/hyperventilating moments. -___- and now they wouldn't let it go.

Fahrul bought me SHINee paper folder too! and he told me to pick a few postcards from his SMArt Exhibition box. eheh i would've taken all SHINee members punya postcards but i took only Onew's and f(x) Luna's. eheh THANK YOU FAHRUL!! you're so sweet! 

(no really! ia memang sweet. when i was leaving he even asked 'cukup tu? sorry eh. atu sja yg i could grab' and i was like, 'are you kidding me?! this is more than enough man'. coz it really is. i know aku bleh bali online but seeing as he bought it there, in Korea, in the exhibition itself, what more can you ask for??)

So, yeah. Next time he plans on going, i told him to let me know too. Who knows we could go together. xD

oh, he's a fan of EXO(K & M) esp Luhan. (nasib bukn SHINee, mun inda, klaie ni..LOL!)

p/s: jeonmal gomawoyo, chingu/oppa/Fahrul-ssi! xD

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my Village

a tiny one.

Tiny Village.

I swear it's an addiction. I can't stop. (Can. remove app from iPhone..ahahahah No.)

I was in level 29 until yesterday; now in level 30. 

I am awesome.

Social Level ku slow sedikit. masih on Level 12. (malas bh ku melawat urg punya village tu..)

msani memajal kn bali Crystal. that's how obsess I am with this game.

muahahaha

A/N: do you have any obsession over games too?

Brief Update: Part 5

June 23rd

This isn't Goodbye, even as I watch you leave.
This isn't Goodbye.
I swear I won't cry, even as tears filled my eyes,
I swear I won't cry.

Westlife Farewell Tour came to an end.

*tears*

Thank You for all the years. You'll forever be in my heart; Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily.

le gra, Me.

:')

Forever be in my Life - Jojo.

Yay me!

remember that time, back in 2009/10 I said that i'm gonna try and finish reading the books that I bought over the years but never got the time (or sebenarnya malas sja xP) to read them?

well guess what?

I hadn't really made any real progress since that post.

Until last March, aku banar2 mau bali Pretty Little Liars: Unbelievable.

tapi since buku atu abis stock dBrunei ani (even check smpi kMiri pun nada), I guess ada reason lah dsebaliknya.

and the reason being this: I told myself that if I didn't finish reading all the books that i bought, I will not allow myself to buy any new ones.

So, untuk menyanangkn hati ku yg sedih ani, I decided, habis kn sja tia buku2 yg alum bebaca ani then after that, if kan bali smua Pretty Little Liars punya series skali gos pun, mana saja tah.. ahahaha

thus, recently, I finished reading 3 books.

tada! *self applause*

and I have 8 more to go. 

I feel like I've made an excellent progress with this. heh heh heh

until I cheated myself. 

-___-

if you read the previous2 post, I bought four Pretty Little Liars books in KL. and I'm gona read that one first before I continue reading the remaining eight. ahahaha xP

Gambatte? xD

p/s: the reason why it took me forever to finish both Flawless and Perfect is because I was busy rereading my Harry Potter series. ahahaha bukn apa, the first time aku bca HP series, aku bca buku library. So, when aku sendiri bali the buku, aku rasa, aku mesti bca lagi balik. Just, so, you know, aku bca buku yg ku bali atu. ahahaha

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Mall World

you didn't think I'd still be obsess with FB game, did you?

wawawa

well, guess what? I still do. with Mall World

and today i just want to share this collection i FINALLY manage to collect.

I called it, Memoir of a Geisha.



ahahah


it's so skadar isnt it? but I made a post out of it xP


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just another random post

yes, just some random, no meaning, post..

Onew!

for some reason, this hairstyle does not suit him..or amybe the color..hmm...

his serious face is..i duno..must not exist..

and then he's a dork. LOL! look at him..all clappy and what not.

his most epic sangtaeness; crushing, literally, Luna. wawawa

his most epic fall; like E.P.I.C.

ahahahahaahah

hmm..maybe I should open a tumblr acct? what do you think?

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the End

annyeong...

How was yr day? mine was not quite eventful.

today's post gona be about, Westlife.

yes, that's right. Westlife.

I was mad and retweeted a post by msn-something and said, 'Seriously, get yr fact right'. turns out, I should've said that to myself.

the post was titled 'Irish Boyband announcing split after 14 years'. i didn't believe it until the official facebook page mentioned about the Greatest Hits Tour next year and that, that's the final tour for the fans.


I felt...upset.

One, I missed their 2011 Asia Tour. Now, I don't think they'll be doing another for the Greatest Hits Tour although all of them tweeted saying, 'see you next time' or 'until next time'...

sigh.

Two, well..are you kidding me? even though I wasn't as obsess as I was back in 2000, they're still a big part of me. like, HUGE. you wouldn't believe how my life revolve around them all those years back in high school up till form 6.
Westlife is my first Love/Obsession/Heartbreak(well, psl cBrian plang ni..not all Westlife..LOL!)/understanding of family values/tradition of buying Original audio CDs/understanding of becoming a real fan.
I could not express just how much Westlife means to me.

Three, will they continue to tweet after they are no longer Westlife the Band? I hope they do. coz i'd be missing a chunk of my life if they stopped.

Four, I was super depressed when Brian McFadden left the band back in 2004 (only because he was my favorite xP) but how I'm feeling right now is beyond that. there'll be no more album to look out to. no more stressing out about whether or not they'll be doing another cover songs. no obsessing over their asian tour dates. Just. no more Westlife.

Five, I know I have not been 'obsessing' over them these past few years (esp now that i'm crazy about the Kpop world xP) but I listened to them everyday. they are the most songs I have in my iPhone. I know, you thought it'd be Korean songs, right? you thought wrong. my Westlife collections are far more greater than any other of my collections. EVEN Korean songs are beneath their greatness. So, from dmalam onwards, every time their songs got played, I go, 'they're really calling it quits'

Six, before I declare myself a Korean, I've always been an Irish. always. (ok ok. I'm Bruneian. that I know. it goes without saying. durrhhh..I'm talking about fanatic terms here..)

Seven, i think the teasing is gona be worst. (-____-)" esp from my siblings. they've always teased me about Westlife. always. and Now that they're splitting up and going about their on ways, my brother is gona be having a party. tsk. #ihatemylife

Eight, Shane just started twitter. it upsets me that he's gona stop using it once Westlife is over. well, unless his wife, Gillian, told him to keep tweeting. (PLEASE MRS.FILAN. TELL HIM NOT TO STOP TWEETING!)

Nine, (am supposed to do this until no. 14 in honor of Westlife gorious years AND their 14 UK No. 1 hits.) I think this is the part where I'm accepting facts.

Ten, you'll always be my boys/lads/heroes/favorite. always.



"I always remember the strength you gave to me
Your love made me make it through
I owe so much to you...
In my heart there will always be a place
for you for all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
and everywhere I am
There you'll be..." - Faith Hill

Eleven, been avoiding this since last night. and now, the inevitable tears are finally here. argh.
Westlife official.

Twelve, honestly speaking, i've been neglecting this page for years. only visiting when I feel like I need to update myself about them (if Twitter is not enough) but that seldom happened. I guess that's why I'm upset. the term 'you don't miss your water till the well runs dry' applies here.

Thirteen, they'll be releasing Westlife Greatest Hits Box Set on 21st Nov. I'm gonna get my hand on that.


Fourteen, THANK YOU for being a part of me since late 1999.

If I let You Go - the first song I heard of Westlife and the reason there's an obsession. ;)



p/s: it took me more than two hours to compose this. sigh...


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SHINee 1st Concert in Japan

*fangril scream!*



i wish i could be there. and *scream*

i bet they're awesome!

first fancam was posted by a fellow shawol on my fb. watched it. and i almost cry (almost but didn't)..sigh..

was watching their Lucifer performance on MuCore earlier and i think it was like a sneak-peak on what we're to expect at their concert (when i said 'we' i mean those who are actually going to the concert xP)

sigh~

Now, should I go and watch Super Show (yg k-brapa ah? ke-dua kh ke-tiga kh?) in KL? January 2011?? should I? should I? ahah i know, first ckp psl SHINee, dh tu kn liat Super Show, Super Junior chia. ahah what i meant to convey is that, i should watch SuJu's concert first. maybe the chances of me watching SHINee's concert are much more, bigger? big chance. get it? ahaha

just a thought.

I WANA WATCH SHINEE WORLD!!

Onew's True Love

some termonology before i begin;

kPop- Korean pop entertainment industry ( i think LoL!)

macros- (am not quite sure bout this one but from what i understand..) it's edited pictures of yr kpop idols with funny captions on it. (i think...)


So, OF COURSE it's about SHINee when i make a post. especially when I'm bored. ahaha

Today am gona share with you lovely people some macros that i have (which NONE of it is mine. as always, found and save it via google search engine. xD ) and will eventually let you understand why i make that title.

It's Onew *heartbroken. sobs* ahaha when the other members are paired up as a couple (IN SUPER MANY macros), he's always the odd one out.


here's another example;

JongKey

2Min

and then. things started to change. Onew got paired up alright. only with someone OR something else.

with chicken.

Chicken.

like, Onew + Chicken forever!

ahahaha am not quite sure how it all started (and too lazy to try and find out). all i know is that he was that obsess with chicken in Hello Baby.

Chicken is Onew's true Love.

that's supposed to be a good thing right? Since, am all about chicken too? ahaha

well, he wasn't always PAIRED up with chicken but heck his macros are all chicken-related.



See how obsess he is with chicken??


p/s: i know. this post doesnt make sense. at all. so what? am bored.

for more funny SHINee macros OR any other kPop idols, just google it lah...there are just tooooooo many to post here. and do knock yourselves out. ahahah i know i did. xP


pictures are not mine of course. credit goes to respective owners (which i will nvr learn to credit properly due to my extensive excursion of images via Google Image search engine xP). thank you so much.