Payback time : 10 things You didn't know about PurpleRose
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1. She has a fetish for anything with ribbons , flowery patterns , pink , purple

2. Has a knack for always regretting what she orders in a restaurant

3. Claims she is a real life version of Tinkerbell

4. Snores till the building cracks , sometimes gives an impression like there was a contruction work going on next door

5. Giggles like a little kid when excited , or sometimes has a tendency to bite , depending on the situation or stimulus (chocs,cakes,green tea frappucino etc..)

6. Believes in a strict diet of susu kelabu , keropok and broccoli ( is that even food in the first place ? tsk tsk )

7. Claims her belly is able to speak when full , aggravated symptoms include weird facial expressions , walking very slowly , and mumbles

8. Has a low immune system when it comes to shoes , easily seduced by shoes and has a chronic addiction to it

9. Hates Justin Timberlake with a passion , she's a Britney fan so go figure :P

10. Never likes pictures people take for her , only when she takes it herself its ok :)

hmm ... well maybe something extra

11. Would love to one day be a spokeperson or tour guide for Alor Setar ( Cuti cuti Alor Setar ) , coz everything just rocks over there :D

12. Cooks a lean mean , wicked pasta and has a talent for baking addictive , evil minions of cheesecakes and chocolate mousse cakes

There you go, more than 10 pulak. :P

Sleeping Beauty , err a little help here ?

Here I am, the time is 0503hrs , in an hour's time I should be getting ready for my morning shift . Slept at 2200+ last nite but woke up wide awake at around 0330am . Dunno why the hell I keep waking up at around 0300am . I know I need more sleep , yet no matter how hard I try to convince myself that , I just can't seem to fall asleep again after that .

Is this a sleeping disorder ? this happens all the time . Especially when you're moving from Night Shift to Morning Shift . I need help man . No matter how early I sleep , I'll still wake up at 0300am . Maybe I should consider some Melatonin pills . If anyone knows a more natural way of helping people like me to sleep , then please share it with me .

Hey Batman , you need a part-time sidekick at night around 0300am or something ? hehe .. seriously .. if this goes on long enough I might as well be your sidekick , Batman .

Sigh , one of the downsides of working on shifts .

My body feels tired , yet unable to sleep!! I'm restless .

8 hours of sleep my arse la , can't even get 4 proper hours man ... Sleeping beauty , need some tips hehe ..

Not even a Kenny G CD can make me sleep . Tried some reading , still to no avail . Maybe I should get those jiwang , romance movies to help me doze off quicker , well they seem to work for me sometimes :P

My head feels heavy .. eyes feels swollen .. kinda like a mild headache . Eyes feels very dry , yet I can only close it , but I just can't seem to fall asleep . Now I'm sweating a little bit .

Help ME sleep PLEASE !!

'Orang Kata'

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone , and when you're in the middle of comparing something , the other would intercept and say " Hmm..tapi orang kata bla bla ...." ?

I think most of you have , kan ?

For instance , I had a conversation with my bro who's planning on getting a car , I suggested him to get a Gen 2 , and he said "Tapi orang kata Gen 2 banyak problem .."

"Orang kata dia tu kaya ..."

"Orang kata that girl mistress Dato'"

etc.... and the list goes on ....

I wonder , who are these so called 'Orang Kata' or 'the others' :P ?

Why must our decisions sway towards what 'Orang Kata' ? are they so reliable and correct that we must always follow it ? Well I think we should stop worrying too much about what 'the others' have to say you know .

Even to the way we behave , wear , talk etc ... Why ? do what you think is right for you la , you know . . I think if we start to drill this new understanding onto our heads , there will be much much lesser self-conscious , insecure people out there . Be careful of this bad habit , it can destroy the things we like or hold dear to us if we trust it fully . We might end up making mistakes .

Think about it .

:)

Keeping up with the pace

I thought of blogging tonite . Not exactly in the best of moods but I felt inspired . I felt like giving my point of view on how so many things have changed from the early years of my life til now . Yes , Raya was an 'ok' occasion for me . Not that I have a large family to begin with , so things were pretty laid back and low-keyed . Spent the first and second day in Kota Bharu , Kelantan . Weird weather . Either it rains heavily or its hot as hell . At night it gets very windy , you'll doze off in no time .

What surprises me is the rate of how all my little cousins have grown up . Last time we would all gather and play . Back then we just couldn't wait to meet up at Nek's house . Nowadays , it seems so different . Everybody's finished secondary school . Thanx to the invention of handphones , we spent most of our time texting and glued to the handphone , eventhough we sat side by side . We don't interact like we used to . The guys with their typical 'nak-jadi-macho-wannabe' egos telling all these samseng related stories and all .. the girls living in their own world of 'my-boyfriend-is-my-life' syndrom , you know , those who put their status on Friendster as 'Married' :P ...tsk tsk

Nevertheless , I can't really say I was better than them , coz I know I see some traits of them in me when I was young (except for the Friendster part of coz , please la ) . I said to myself "Hmm, these kids have so much to learn .. still a long way to go .." . The elder ones haven't changed one bit . Still the same . Maybe coz in their era , we don't have that many things to occupy ourselves , thus explains why they stuck together and their closeness is very evident til now . Last time we don't have MP3 players , handphones , laptops , PS2 etc... I still remember back in the days when me and my family would hold a checkers league to see who was the best . Sister was always playing very defensively while Mom's cautious play sometimes bore us to death . Sister was always the best , only second-ed by Dad .

I also remember last time me and my Dad would play a game called 'Atlas' . We'd take the Atlas Map and mention a name of a place and the other person has to locate it under a certain time period . Whoever loses gets a tickle . Yep , those were the days .

Duit Raya 'rates' have signifcantly increased among little kids nowadays . Last time 50 cents would get us a bunch of sweets or a Ding Dang or Tora . Nowadays , give the kids RM2 and they'll give you a weird look .

I fear this change . I fear that respect and love will be lost gradually as we advance further in the future . Instead , it'll be replaced by financial pursuits and material gains . Everything will revolve around that . I personally wouldn't want such things to happen . I mean yes you need to be stable financially to live , but you also need to have family and a life to balance it off . What's the point of working like a dog when you're not happy ?

I think raising a kid now is much much tougher compared to back then . Kids mature faster nowadays . Its hard to drill those good values in them coz they tend to have a mind of their own at such a young age . I'm just trying to keep up with the pace life is throwing at me right now . I know theres still that little kid inside of me that would wish things be just like it was back then .

I know this might sound lame , but let the people you care about , your parents especially , that you appreciate them . You never know what you got til its gone . Love . Love them .

I think I've gotten soft nowadays rite ? tsk tsk ... trying trying ... still getting used to it .. I know I wasn't like this before hehe ...

Hope everyone had a good raya and those who missed raya don't be so down aight ...