Sunday with Sugar Sister

Assalamualaikum.

Happy 62th Independence Day, Malaysia!
Salam Maal Hijrah too!

Since independence day jatuh pada hari Sabtu and Maal Hijrah on Sunday, we have off day on Monday too! So dapat la rasa cuti lama sikit.

Btw, today is Sunday. Harini pagi-pagi lagi dah bangun walaupun cuti. Already planned with Zaty to have breakfast together. Kami berangan nak breakfast like Asma Nasa. Posh liddat hahaha. Actually, lepas birthday celebration dekat Sharing Plates haritu, aku dok teringat-ingat dia punya foods yang sedap-sedap tu. Kebetulan Zaty nak beli bunga area situ, so we both macam ok let's go.

So Zaty picked me up from home. She's wearing all fancy and looks so beautiful. Lucky my potato self did a bit of makeup too lols. Tapi memang kitaorang dah plan nak pakai cantik-cantik to feel good. Siap pakai heels ok nak pegi breakfast hahaha. F laugh at me when he looked at me doing makeup for breakfast date. Huh whatever, guy don't understand things like this.

Btw we are so excited!!!!!

I think this entry akan ada banyak gambar je la eh. Saja nak buat kenangan. Lagipun gambar semua lawaaaa sebab guna camera. Well, gambar memang letops so I nak spam kat entry ni banyak-banyak. Nak letak dekat Instagram nanti takut orang cakap "eh budak ni acah Lofa pulak diaaaaa" hahaha.

Outside. Nanti dah ada rumah berangan nak wall macam ni jugak :)

Ok, start acah. Kaki silang sikit, pastu kepit sikit. Tangan pegang shades supaya tak nampak kayu sangat. Mulut buka sikit macam bernafas melalui mulut. 

Uuuuu acah Neelofa uuuu. Adik aku kalau nampak ni mesti akan cakap Nee-Loya! 

Pastu sambung dalam kedai. Bila makanan sampai, macam ni la rupa kami berdua sibuk snap gambar untuk tatapan netizen :") Siap ada purse dengan shades ok buat props, apa-apa je lah labu. 

Toast with teh tarik sauce. Fancy giler breakfast hahaha padahal setiap hari makan cekodok dengan roti canai segera je. This is my order, tapi tak kenyang sebab yelah--desserts je kot. Terus teringat nasi lemak ayam goreng berempah.

Ni cappucino Zaty punya. 

Chicken char siew spaghetti, sedap. Pun Zaty punya, aku punya langsung tak mengenyangkan. 

Pastu mula la nak cuit-cuit dalam pinggan orang, ish ishhhh! Curi tomato je takpe kot hahaha

Walaupun tak mengenyangkan namun makanan ni nampak cantik so takpe la :") hahaha. Ni la budak millennial (read: me), beli makanan sebab cantik je. Bukan kenyang pun, pastu dok teringat nasi jugak. Mama tahu aku makan benda tak kenyang macamniiiiii---siap sedia la dengar bebelan sampai berasap telinga. 

Aku bila nampak makanan. 

Sambung acah melihat ke luar jendela. 

Zaty taknak kalah. Siap pakai Ducks uolls. Pastu pakai shades padahal rabun tak nampak apa-apa hahahaha. Things we do for photo :"))))

We hang out lama jugak dalam kedai tu. Sampai waiter mintak bayar dulu sebab nak close accounts hahaha. Pastu baru ada kesedaran nak beredar. 

Niat asal kan nak beli bunga, so kita singgah kedai bunga. Ini dried flower, cantik!

Ini bunga Zaty nak buat order bouquest customer. Btw, if you read this--you can check her arts on @thepetalseries.co. She's talented you'll love her art!

Lepastu balik rumah! 

Sekian laporan hari ini. Currently typing this entry at Chatto, for free wifi hahaha.

Dan sebenarnya acah nak baca buku eh tapi terbuat entry blog pulak. 

XOXO!

25th Birthday 2.0

Assalamualaikum.

August is my birthday's month. Knowing my friends (Sue & Zaty), they will celebrate my birthday. Ewah, yakinnya kamu! We celebrate each other's birthday. Takde la sampai tahap berharap diraikan, cuma we--hmm want to make each other happy (?).

So my birthday fall on working day. It was a normal working day, except I got a lot of message on social media for my birthday when I woke up. Went to work, attend the usual morning briefing within department.

When I was doing my job, Sue came and said she wanted to show me something. Selaku makcik bawang, I thought Sue nak bagitau gossip hahahaha. Rupanya Zaty ada outside of the office, holding a paper.

Looks like an owl holding a letter for me. So cute. I was excited since it looks like Harry Potter receiving offer letter from Hogwart. I loveeeee Harry Potter.

It was a letter from You-Know-Who. I guess it's a she or they, wanted to pick me up at 7.45pm. This looks like the same idea with what me and Sue did for Zaty's last birthday. Yeyyy, at least I'm not going to have dinner alone tonight. Phewww, I hate eating alone in front of the TV.

To cut things short, Zaty picked me up from home while Sue will go straight away from her home. The restaurant turned out to be nearby her house. We talked normally in the car and Zaty called Sue to leave her home saying we're reaching the place in 5 minutes.

It's a new cafe, in the middle of Bandaraya Melaka. It's a beautiful cafe, love it already.

Walking into the cafe, try to find a table. Suddenly--I saw this.

I was puzzled. Sue was there smiling. OH-MY-GOD. What is this???? Is it for me--this extra sweet beautiful table? I was speechless. I heard slow birthday song in the back, and Sue & Zaty was singing there too. I almost cried--but of course they won't see it. Because you know, my stiff boring face will hid it very well.

And you know what-----it's HARRY POTTER theme!

I'm screaminggggg inside but well of course, my stiff face still there. Urghh I hate being expression-less.

The Snitch :'))))))

So guys, I got my offer letter. I knew it, I always know I'm gonna get an offer letter sooner or later. I got into Hogwart at 25 years old so please, never give up in your dreams ok :')

And uuuuu, what is it here? They're being so extra even with the present! 

Really?! This parcel?! I LOVE IT! Awhhh thank you girls :')

It's the house of Hogwarts socks!!!! More elf will be free now. I love is so so so so much!! Been eyeing to buy socks from Shoppee all this while. Getting these socks are so great.

Looks at the cupcake decoration! Awhhh my heart :')))))) I love every single details on it. You have no idea how much I love it. But my face----zzzzzz

It's HARRY POTTER!!!! Screaming again (inside). And it taste so good too, you can head up to @kekudapss to order them. You'll love it as much as I do. Affordable, delicious and can request for any theme you want. Eh sempat promote.

In the middle of the celebration, I accidentally burnt the letter. Ada candle atas meja, tak perasan pulak dah berasap hahaha. Nasib tak merebak kalau tak siapa nak bayar ganti rugi! Pheww.

And I also got this huge bouquet of baby breath. God know how much this cost! AAAAAA--screaming again (inside). I love baby breath and they know it well. This is handmade by Zaty. She have her own floral business and she's a talented florist. You can check her arts at @thepetalseries.co

So lucky to have surprise event planner/home baker and florist as much best friends! Next I wanna befriend bank governor too please :)))))))

This happy (inside) girl really don't know how else she can express her gratitude and appreciation for what they have done. 

 

I am so happy. I really am. Their efforts are 100%! I have no idea how to plan for next birthday hahaha. Such a high benchmark *sweating* Towards another 75 (years) multiple with 3 (persons) more celebrations (insyaAllah, may we live a long barokah life)

Ahh, finally the food. They tastes so good too! They both had smoked duck aglio olio while I had carbonara. Sedap serius! 

Desserts of the night is pandan leave pancake. Rasa macam makan kuih ketayap versi moden gitu.

Beautiful place, make it perfect.

These girls :') What have I done to have friends like them? Alhamdulillah.

The tote bag is also my birthday's present. Love love love it!

I really don't know how to thank them for what they've done. They're always (most of the time) there for me, making my stay at Malacca less lonely, cheer me up when everything seems hard, listened to each of my rants. Thank you so much.

Love this Harry Potter theme birthday celebration so much! Thank you. Thank you. Feels so blessed, alhamdulillah. May our friendship last till jannah. May Allah bless both of you, bless us. Amin.

Love you XOXO!

25th Birthday 1.0

Assalamualaikum.

Masa mula-mula aku datang Melaka dulu, aku menyewa dekat satu kawasan rumah teres ni. Rumah setingkat, rumah berkuap, bilik gelap takde tingkap, sharing toilet, sofa nak runtuh, housemates curi Vitagen every week/carut kaw-kaw bila main games, katil keras sampai sakit belakang, tiny spaces share with another person. Sumpah rimas! I decided to move out within just 2 weeks of staying. Alhamdulillah jumpa rumah baru.

At new house, rumah dua tingkat, luas, toilet dalam bilik, rumah dan bilik cahaya terang benderang, sofa dan katil empuk, ada Coway, ada Astro, dapur luas, tak ada orang curi Vitagen (ini penting) dan paling best---I have the best housemate evahhhh!

She's a Kelantanese, almost the same age with my sister, cheerful and generous. Mula-mula kenal, tanya dia kerja kat mana, dia akan jawab

"Kerja office kat M*U"

Rupanya kaunselor uolls. Bole mintak khidmat kaunseling percuma ahaks. All of her kindness, one that I treasure very much--rajin layan craving aku.

Sebut je teringin nak makan apa--dalam 2-3 hari tadaaaa, dia akan tolong belikan/belanja.
Bulan puasa I craved for tepung pelita, she bought for me.
Tetiba teringin nasi kandar, she brought me there.
Teringin durian crepe, she bought me during outstation. Even when she hate the smell :')
Alhamdulillah for every little things she did, may Allah bless her.

So haritu teringin bingsoo, ajak dia. Lagipun MyKori baru buka berdekatan neighbourhood.
The next week, "Mel, jom bingsoo" :'))))

Aku bab makan, pantas ya. Makanan tidak menunggu kita.

Sappp suppp sappp, sampai MyKori. Full house, rakyat Melaka agaknya kepanasan dengan cuaca bahang lalu datang nak sejukkan tekak dengan ice chaved.

Belek-belek order, malas nak pilih. Last-last suruh dia decide. Eh aku dah bagitau ke belum nama dia? Ok aku panggil dia Kak Mizah. So dia pun terpaksa la buat keputusan yang sukar untuk pilih perisa bingsoo dan buat order.

Mula-mula sampai ada satu kuih jepun yang bentuk ikan tu. Aku serius lupa apa nama dia. Tapi sedap dimakan panas-panas. Dan sorry, aku lupa tangkap gambar.

Pastu bingsoo sampai. Kak Mizah pilih perisa Thai Tea dengan Mango Cheesecake.

Tengah busy tangkap gambar bingsoo untuk tatapan warga netizen, tetiba kedai tu play birthday song. Wah ada birthday seseorang. Aku tengok ada sorang waitress bawakan shinjuku toast keluar. Selaku makcik bawang, aku sibuk melilau mata cari si birthday girl/boy.

Tetiberrrrr---akak waitress tu datang kat meja kitaorang. Aku macam eh eh celebrate birthday aku ke? Nampak sangat aku aware akan hari jadi diri sendiri lols. Tapi bukan Kak Mizah nak melayan craving aku je ke? Sibuk dok bermonolog lagi hahaha

Dan terbukti birthday song itu untuk aku (wahh macam tajuk drama TV3 pukul 7 petang kegemaran Kak Mizah). Apa lagi, aku terus tersipu malu hahaha.

Aku ni jarang celebrate birthday sejak jadi dewasa sebab birthday selalu jatuh pada cuti sem. Family bukan jenis buat surprise sebab jiwa kami rock n roll. Oleh itu, bila orang celebrate birthday--aku enggak tahu harus bagaimana aku bereaksi. Biasanya otot muka jadi keras lalu face expression aku nampak malas, tak beria dan tak gembira.

Feels so appreciated by the surprise. Walaupun baru kenal tak sampai setahun, tapi Kak Mizah sentiasa layan aku dengan baik-baik. Pastu siap buat surprise padahal birthday aku tengah bulan, orang makan gaji selalunya sedang berjimat cermat hahaha.

Lagipun birthday dia aku sekadar beli kek. Unbox cake pastu bawa ke meja makan (KakMizah tengah makan masatu), letak depan dia and cakap happy birthday. Pastu terus kembali beraksi di dapur, sungguh tidak pandai buat surprise atau celebrate ok. Tapi dia--siap surprise di kedai makan. Alolo, so kind :')

Thank you so much Kak Mizah. I know you won't possibly reading this, but if you came across this blog--thank you so much. I really appreciate it :')