Monday, 20 July 2015

Aidilfitri 1436H

salam empat syawal folks!!
belum terlambat lagi kiranya untuk saya mengucapkan

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI!!

ampun maaf zahir dan batin ingin dipinta andainya ada silap dan salah 
daripada pihak saya dan keluarga







salam salam sessh


oh btw, we were joined by three lovely guests from the states, Cat, Hannah and her friend Mel. Cat is my mom's ETA(english teaching assistant)







this is our official family photo





with these fabulous ladies



my family photo:



take 1


take 2


take 3


this is my ayah ngah's fam



my parents and little brother with our special guests




team raya biruuuu official pics. ahahah




mother daughter moment got photobombed by the annoying monster. ahah. just kidding


ada budak menyibuk


acah acah merajuk sebab nak orang pujuk





the background is just so amazing


ahahah, amek kau dua sekali photographer =P


my mom and her siblings


the boys




with the cousins




abam sado SEMESTA. comment in the box below for further inquiries



so that's all from me. have a blessed and festive raya with your loved one folks.


again,selamat hari raya from me, zafirah and irfan mon mon. xoxo



Thursday, 9 July 2015

Books to read during semester break(or not?!)


hey there!!

for the past few months i haven't had the time to sit back and properly enjoy reading a decent book as i was drowning reading all those academic papers, notes and etc. since now i'm on my semester break,i got plenty of time to catch up on my reading. just so you know, i read diverse kind of book genre, from the chick lit to historical/contemporary romance to fantasy to thriller and etc. yeah, i enjoyed reading every single single of them. i thought it would be great to share some of my books list with you guys

i'm a hopeless romantic so i really enjoy reading all romance novel. ahah. either historical or contemporary romance, i love em both. i have tons of favourite books but im gonna list only two of them in this entry. i'll keep you guys updated about the rest of the books list in the upcoming entry. below are my picks for the books in romance category.

  1. Brighter Than the Sun by Julia Quinn. this book is about the earl of billlington and eleanor lyndon. it's a regency set romantic comedies. you'll laugh out loud reading their stories.
  2. Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James. this is the first book by the author and it's my all time favourite. you guys should read it if you're into this romancey stuffss.




the next book genre is crime-thriller. i randomly bought this two books during the big bad wolf sale last year. or the year before? sheeesh, i don't remember la. okay, let's get back to the main topic here zafirah. where we we? oh yeah, about these amazing crime thriller books that i'm suggesting to you folks. here it is..
  1. Sail is about a family who went missing after their boat exploded in the middle of the ocean 
  2. Beach Road involved bit of killing and drugs. oh by the way the plot twist at the end of the book is effing unpredictable. go check it out if you guys wanna know the further details!
fyi, the books were co-written by James Patterson and two other authors.



i'm into reading non fiction books lately. so these two are the current one that i'm reading. 
  1. Seriously... I'm Kiding by Ellen Degeneres. i almost finish reading seriously... i'm kidding by ellen. i'm a big fan of ellen degeneres. goshhh, she is sooooooo funny!! i really like watching ellen hosting her talk show. her book is sooo enjoyable, i myself couldn't stop grinning while reading her book. aahahah. 
  2. #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amaruso. i came across #GIRLBOSS while reading an entry about 10 BOOKS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF by Brooke Saward of world of wanderlust. after some thoughts, i decided to get this book. though i haven't finish reading #GIRLBOSS but so far this book gives me some kick for me to tackle with my daily challenges. ohh fyi, the author sophia amaruso is a one badass girlboss




so that's all for now. leave comments in the box below if you guys have any book recommendation, i would  love to check it out


zaf xx



Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Song of the week : Where Are U Now


if you're into all these edm stuffs, this is a music you couldn't miss.


so folks, have you heard bout the collaboration between the biebs and jack u ?!
 their music is sooooo sick!!! check it out




i fangirl-ed hard after seeing his dance moves. damn, those dance moves are sooo cool!!! 
oh btw, welcome back justin!!!! 




"so where are you now that i need ya?
where are you now that i need ya?"



pardon me, i need to fangirl rn,
ciao







Monday, 29 June 2015

HI!!

sup folks!!

how ya doin? so far so good i hope.

ohh before that, i would like to wish ramadan mubarak to those who are celebrating. may this ramadan brings barakah to all of us. 

guess what?!! i'm back guys!!! i'm done with my first year studies in bachelor of science(science and technology studies). i survived freshman year. yayy!! damn, that feels great. this means that, i'll be having my semester break till September. wowweeee. finally, a well deserved break for me after juggling with the all uni stuffs since last year. what a relief. 

what else... oh yaa remember bout the A Day in Singapore entry i wrote last month? i'm working on the second part. keep an eye on it will ya?!




xx zaf


Thursday, 11 June 2015

Best Playlist Ever!!

heyya!!

sorry for the lack of update lately. i'm busy studying for my final exam. thought it would be great to share my current favourite playlist during study week with you amazing people

here it is 






that's it for now. final exams is coming and you know what's coming with it... *jon snow's voice*




Wednesday, 27 May 2015

A Day in Singapore : Part 1

hey ho!!!

finally, all the madness doing my assignments and presentation resides. fuhhhhhh. what a relief. now i gonna spent some time  updating this forsaken blog, lewls. here we go

a couple of weeks ago during my mid semester break, i went for a trip to the lion city with the ladies (my aunt, my aunt's friends and izyan). it was a day trip since we were on a very limited budget and time. nonetheless, we managed to explore quite a few numbers of the tourist attraction site like

1. Singapore Botanic Garden
2. Orchard Road
3. Chinatown
4. Kampung Glam, Haji Lane and Sultan Mosque
5. merlion park
6. Gardens by the bay

not so bad eh, for day trip? kan kan kan? sooooo let's go!

i was running this time sebab semua orang dah masuk, kitorang lambat

*the price ticket from kl sentral to woodlands is rm 34 one way(if you're taking the normal seating not the one with the bed. the bed cost additional RM3)

we went to Singapore by train which departed on 11.00 pm. it was a 7-8 hours of butt aching journey. seriously, i have never been through such agony before. hanya tuhan yang tahu betapa lenguhnya badan. we were supposed to be sleeping during the ride but i couldn't sleep. tidur ayam ada kut. maybe nak dekat dekat sampai baru terlelap kejap. pastu bila sedar dah dekat JB, train stop kejap untuk imigresen apa semua tu. 

we reached woodlands train station at about 7.15 am on the next morning. lepas settle semua urusan dekat imigresen, we took  a bus to woodlands MRT station. sampai kat sana, kitorang pergi kat information kaunter and bought the singapore tourist pass card. there are few options available like for one day or two days macam tu. kitorang amik yang sehari punya je. card ni unlimited gitu. kiranya, kau explore lah satu singapore tu,swipe je, no need to top up. 


*this one day tourist pass card cost sdg20(you can get the sgd10 deposit if you manage to return this card before the counter is closed on that day).


one of the amazing thing that i noticed there was that mereka(the singaporeans) beratur kat tepi pintu dulu before mrt sampai. elok je berdiri kat tepi line merah tu and tunggu orang dari dalam keluar dulu. bila people from inside the mrt dah keluar baru masuk. lkat mana2 mrt stations macam ni lah situasi nya. kalau kat tanah air ku, tak menyabar orang yang sedang menunggu kat luar tu. hyarrggggghhh terus rempuh masuk!! lol, bukan semua orang lah macam tu, ada je golongan yang chill kasi laluan kat orang dari dalam tapi most of us memang terus masuk bila pintu bukak. let's move on to the other topic. lo and behold,we've arrived at the singapore botanic garden. since we haven't eaten since last night, so weolls decided to have a picnic here

*you can get here by mrt. just stop at mrt botanic garden station. oh btw, no entrance fee is needed





after breakfast, semua orang kembali bersemangat untuk ber photoshoot. ahahahah







next stop, orchard road!! matlamat utama pergi sini adalah tidak lain dan tidak bukan untuk shopping! tapi bukan lah shopping kat all those designer shops, shopping ice cream je mampu. heheheh. student la katakan.




this is our main reason. ice cream potong here we go!!


 

one for me, and one for me too.



that first bite of ice cream potong got me like...

we went to Chinatown after that. it was in the afternoon when we arrived there. it is a very lively place.




the architecture of the building is sooo cool




 okay girls, time for a group photo!!



it was very late in the afternoon when got to the mrt heading to the next destination. masa ni, majority of us memang tengah penat gila sebab berjalan bagai nak rak. baru pusing tiga tempat, tapi sumpah rasa macam dah longgar lutut. ahahahaha.

soooooo our jorney continues in the next post: A Day in Singapore : Part 2


Thursday, 7 May 2015

May the fourth be with you!


hello May!!

intended to write this post a couple of days ago, but i've been drowing in quizzes and schoolworks lately. rip to the quizzes i  answered yesterday, and the day before. sobs.bila study last minute ni paham paham jela, apa benda yang baca tak lekat mana. heh. 

another thing is yezzzzzza, all of my college projects were completely done. remember bout the menggapai kinabalu project i wrote here a few months ago? FYI, we won the best project during malam anugerah kinabalu last weekend! totally didn't expect that. the experiences and memories itself were undeniably amazing. rasa macam dapat additional fabulous sprinkles on top the cake bila menang best project.  ahaha. as for now tinggal jalinan masyarakat je. 

i should be writing my review on the swedish and danish innovation systems right now, but all i could think of now are brownies, chocolate chip cookies, sambal sotong and my previous adventure in singapore. o Allah, give me strength to get through this last few weeks in this semester.

this will be my view from now on until the end of the semester



that's it people. i'm going to continue my chapter review. #hidupinnovationsystems