fiddling with pen & paper

For Nanaa & Dzulrezan. (Ongoing progress!)

As usual, I was bored out of my mind in ACC114 class (because I couldn't understand what the lecturer went on and on and on and on about). My hand will start to scribble. After a while, I'd get an idea to doodle for my friend. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my sketch book with me. So, the two lovebirds will just has to settle for a lesser quality (and lined) papyrus.

Oh, I also found my other sketch book. Turns out its been in my dorm room. Until last night, I've been driving back & forth from my parents' house to class. That's why I didn't find them earlier.

Saya Kamu

I made this today. During CTU151 class, just right after my presentation.

If you've been reading my blog, or a friend of mine, you should have known that in class, I doodle. And gossips. And sleep. But mostly doodles. I even bought sketch books.

If you can understand my "art", great. If you don't, never mind.

This one during the seminar. (You know, when my BEL lecturer lashed out)


In ACC114 class.


During PAD170 or PAD160 lecture.

Too Much

Have you ever gone through a feeling where everything come crashing down on you, without warning, without mercy, in a speed you'll never be able to keep up?

That's what I've been experiencing lately.

I thought it was just due to the event that took place in my life, followed by the mood-swings caused by hormones and menstrual cycle. (Yes, I'm aware that this might be a little too much information) However, its been a while, and I'm still feeling gloomy.

I definitely don't understand it. And I'm extremely annoyed with the fact that I'm easily annoyed with nonsense. (I just realized the irony after re-reading this.)

I'm complicated enough without these emotions tangled up in me.



It's not like I have a streak of bad lucks or occurrence going on. Sure, I wrecked the bumper of my parents' car. And was (or maybe still) having a feud with a lecturer. I also realized that acing my financial accounting course is a lost cause, I'd be lucky if I'm able to pass that course. Not forgetting that our final exam is just around the corner, and I'm not prepared AT ALL.

I have good things going too. My parents' reactions toward the damaged Mercedes-Benz is not what I expected. They took it well, too well actually. Sure, they are a bit frustrated, but they didn't scold, scream, lecture or take away my privileges (especially the Eurotrip). My friends are awesome too, they keep me entertained. They're cool with my moodswings and don't take it to heart when I annoy them a little too much.

Yet, I still feel ... I can't even find the word to describe it.

My vivid imagination doesn't help either, all they did were to make things more confusing and complicated. And my mind wanders a lot, at the most unappropriated time. Even when I'm driving, which is dangerous, as the drive from campus to my parents' house is approximately half an hour during off-peak and I like to drive fast. There has been quite a few times I almost drove off the road, once with mom on the passenger seat (you can bet that she freaked out and lectured me all the way home).

I'm in a phase where I feel like eating, constantly. However, I don't feel like having Yo-Yo's Peppermint Milky Tea with Pearl and Tuah Baker's bun. I want to get some pizza, but i no longer feels like ordering Pizza Hut's Hawaiian Chicken. This is also a rare case where cupcakes doesn't make things better. Little Italy's Fettuccine Carbonara doesn't seems so appetizing anymore too. There's not much choice left for a picky impulsive eater like I am.

Usually, at times like this, I'd either go to the beach or Signal Hill. Just sit there, and enjoy the view. But the weather doesn't allow me to do so, and I don't feel like being alone.

I don't want to go home; but I don't want to stay in campus either.

I don't want to be bothered; but I don't want to be alone.

I don't want to stay in my room; but I don't want to go out too.

I feel like crying; but I don't think I can force it out.

I want to sleep; but I'm not sleepy at all.

I call my friends out; but I don't feel like talking.

The weather is either too hot or its raining too heavily to do anything.

I pull a brave face. Pretended nothing happened. But its all a lie. They didn't notice this at all. I'm starting to think I should be in the entertainment business, seeing how good an actress I am.



Either that, or I'm going mental.

Photo courtesy of SecretZen.com

Ibnu Khaldun

I bet the title got you thinking what am I doing writing about the prominent Muslim philosopher.

Well, I'm curently gathering information on Ibnu Khaldun and his contributions to Muslim civilization and the world in general for my CTU151 presentation tomorrow afternoon. (Our professor gave us the assignment since the first day of class, I just started around 10pm today. *wink*)

I do want to write about him. What I noticed, actually. See, as I was reading through the notes about him and his biography. I noticed the date where his journey begins. Which is when the great plague swept over Spain.

Come on, people. Does this ring any bell? Nothing at all?

Here's a hint. "Save him! Do everything you can! Save him!"

So? Still don't have it?

Okay, okay. I'm going to tell you the answer: Edward Cullen.

Carlisle Cullen saved Edward during the plague.

Remember now?

You Know Its True

Random thoughts from people our age…

1. I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

2. More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

3. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

4. I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they’ve invented the lighter?

5. Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

6. That’s enough, Nickelback.

7. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

8. Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the “people you may know” feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

9. Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn’t work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ’s. We just figured it out. Today’s kids are soft.

10. There is a great need for sarcasm font.

11. Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.

12. I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I’ll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone’s laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I’m still the only one who really, really gets it.

13. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

14. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

15. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

16. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

17. A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

18. Was learning cursive really necessary?

19. Lol has gone from meaning, “laugh out loud” to “I have nothing else to say”.

20. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

21. Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

22. My brother’s Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, “Cuz we beat you, and you hate us.” Classy, bro.

23. Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”.

24. How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said?

25. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

26. Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using ‘as in’ examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss’s last name to an attorney and said “Yes that’s G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies”

27. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

28. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.

29. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

30. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

31. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

32. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

33. I would like to officially coin the phrase ‘catching the swine flu’ to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: “Dave caught the swine flu last night.”

34. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

35. Bad decisions make good stories

36. Whenever I’m Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don’t mind if I do!

37. Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

38. If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

39. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I’m from, this shouldn’t be a problem….

40. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you’ve made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

41. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don’t want to have to restart my collection.

42. There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

43. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

44. “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this ever.
45. I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There’s so much pressure. ‘I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It’s only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?’

46. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?

47. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

48. When I meet a new girl, I’m terrified of mentioning something she hasn’t already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

49. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

50. Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles…

51. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

52. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

53. It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

54. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

55. Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn’t know what do to with it.

56. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time…

57. My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day “Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?” How the hell do I respond to that?

58. It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

59. I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

60. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

61. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

62. The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner

You just have to admit that this is the most identifiable collection of thoughts you ever read.

The one who made up this list is obviously American. He or She didn't came up with all 62 themself; I noticed some of the quotes are taken from certain website such as MLIA.

At least 10 out of 62 of these thoughts crossed your minds before. Don't lie.

PostSecret

I have always been a follower of PostSecret Sunday.

And I've always liked this PostSecret - Love video compilation.

SecretZen

I'm an avid follower of PostSecret blog. Something about other people's sharing their deepest (sometimes darkest) secret anynomously to the world just attract me.

It soothes me to know that, we're not alone in this cruel, unfair world. Knowing that others too feel the same on certain things, others too make the similar choices and mistakes in life. That there's nothing with secrets.

However, the annoying part about PostSecret blog is, it updates only on Sunday.

Then, I stumble upon SecretZen's website.
And it is much better than PostSecret.

Firstly, SecretZen updates its photosecret EVERY 3 HOURS. Yes, every 3 hours. This is faster than MLIA! You can only imagine how many photosecrets they received in a day. Secondly, the images n wordings on the photosecrets are more dramatic and able to send the message by itself. Sometimes mysterious. You can only make assumptions what did the secretholder hid in his/her closet.

I can't elaborate any more. You just have to check it out yourself. Here's some of my favorite from the site.


P/S: Yaya, This is BETTER than PostSecret. Ch-ch-check it out now!

We ARE Vampires

I found this article on one of my favorite site, NotAlwaysRight.com.

Less Twilight, More Daylight
Hospital | New York, NY, USA

Me: “Hi, this is anesthesia. How can I help you?”

Caller: “This is the blood bank, right?”

Me: “No, this is anesthesia.”

Caller: “That’s the same thing, right?”

Me: “Not really.”

Caller: “Well, what is anesthesia?”

Me: “The stuff that puts you to sleep before surgery.”

Caller: “Well who cares about that c**p!”

Me: “People who need surgery?”

Caller: “No! You know what they need? BLOOD!”

Me: “Okay…but you still have the wrong number.”

Caller: “Vampires need blood! You’re not a vampire because you don’t need blood! Humans don’t need blood!”

Me: “Sir, humans need blood just as much as a vampire.”

Caller: “Wait, so humans are vampires?”

Me: “No, they just need–”

Caller: “Holy f***! I’M A VAMPIRE! You just made my day!”

Me: “Well, no–”

Caller: “Thank you sooo much!” *click*

I never thought of it that way before. This made my day. We're all bloodsucking vampires.

p/s: With the hours of sleep I get these few weeks, this is no surprise.

Love Story

Taylor Swift herself tweeted the link to this video.



The guy, Gabe, did a cover on Taylor Swift's Love Story. However, with a twist. He changed some words of the song so it will be in Romeo's perspective.

This is so sweet. Imagine some guy sings this song for you.

p/s: Yes, Gabe. YES! YES! YES!

Puffy Puff

Founders of Puffy Puff

Oh. Sorry. This was supposed to be posted last night. But I was too, well, I wasn't in the mood to type. That's all. At least I'm honest, right?

President of Puffy Puff : Sketching & Approving Logo Design

So, for PAD 160 - Principles of Management, we were given the task of developing our own companies and designing the organization. Obviously, when you group 4 girls with vivid imagination together, we get a little carried away.

VP Marketing : Puffy Puff Brings The Taste of Malaysia To The World

Our task only requires us to understand the organizational chart. Identify the advantages & disadvantages of using such format of organization. That's it. The making-up-your-own-company part was just to add some fun and imagination to the syllabus. We took that part a little to seriously and envisioned the whole things.

The company start-up.
Well, obviously, firstly we choose what form of business we want to run. Service or product. We've chosen product. Then, what product to sell. We had a rather profound discussion on this matter, in fact, I think if we made up our mind 5 minutes too late, the company would have fallen apart before it even "started". Thankfully, Yaya backed down on her cosmetic line proposal and agree on food industry instead. Food chain is a billion-dollar industry, and everyone need food to survive. After chosen food chain franchising business, we had a little bump on the road to success. We couldn't figure out what niche market can we venture in.

Alia Bee, VP Human Resources : Manage the internal organization.

Think Globally; Act Locally.
We wanted to be different, yet acceptable. We're trying to find a niche market in the food industry. We wanted something that shows who we are to the market out there. And someone pointed out curry puff. Hey, if there can be a franchise for asam laksa, donuts, popiah, why can't we have curry puff? So, we made our franchise revolves around puff. Not just curry puff, we'll be creative and innovative. There's more than one way to eat a puff.

So, we also hold on to the phrase "glocalisation". We're going to branch out our product by thinking outside the box. We'll promote the taste of Malaysia to the world, and cures world hunger on puff at a time. Obviously, we won't be too ambitious and starts small first. We have big plans for our product, but we'll start our quest step by step. Starting with South East Asia.

Norhidayah, VP Product & Branding : Manage the product & cooperates with offshore HQ & Marketing Dept.

Playing with Food.
Like I mentioned earlier, there's more than one way to eat a puff. Curry puff is the traditional way, but can you survive by just selling one type? Of course not. People demands choices and varieties. And at the moment of discussion, it was around 11am. We're getting hungry, so our empty stomach boosted our imagination on this part. Think Choco-banana puff, like a French Crepe; Hawaiana puff, inspired by Calzone; Glutonia puff, filled with ice cream. There's more where this come from!

Since we're trying to conquer South East Asia, we try to make our puffs suit the taste of the locals. We thought of what Indian, Chinese, Phillipines likes to eat, and put them in our puffs. We made different menu for different countries. We even thought of marketing plan!

Redhayana, VP Finance : Control & manage the resources flow in the company.

If you still haven't noticed, we still haven't discussed about what the tasks required. An organization. Yes. We're too busy with our ambitious imagination. In the end, we chose to have a product/market organization since it suits our Glocal concept. And because there's only four of us, but so many position to fill, we used one of our name of one title.

For instance, my name is Aqilah Zaiyanie. Therefore,

• President = Aqilah,
• VP Marketing = Zaiyanie.

Thankfully, we only have to create the main headquarters' organizational chart. The offshore department has their own chart, and our lecturer said we are not required to make them too.

Oh, we even sketched a brand design and thought of a color theme. Not forgetting the concept of our franchise. If you still hasn't noticed, I'm into contemporary retro design.

We're Public Administration students, our syllabus train us to work efficiently for the government or any desk job. We can also venture into policy and law industry. But here we are, without any sort of formal training on marketing and business. (Okay, I did, for a month and half. But they don't.) So, this kind of says something about us.

P/S: Dear Business Studies students, can you keep up with us? xp

Empty Wall No More

Ever since I redecorated my room, (MY, not OUR, I boxed all Intan's stuff) there has been one empty wall that I've been itching to fill. In my original vision, there was supposed to be a plasma TV on the wall, with a low table beneath it, where I place the DVD player, Astro decoder and others. Not forgetting my PS3, with Guitar Hero guitars mounted on the wall.

But, that's out of the budget, and I have to wait for 3 years for all of it (one for each birthday). I have to think of something else.

I couldn't sleep last night because I took a long nap in the evening. Somehow, my creativity seems to be at it best form in the middle of the night, because that's when I usually work on my room. Yes, I work best when other people are sounds asleep. Nocturnal being, I admit.

And this is the not-so-empty wall now.








Yeah, yeah. I know. The wall is still dirty. You can see some old tapes still sticking on the wall. I'll clean it up. Its a working progress.

Why

I have this blog for a while now. And I've always, ALWAYS, wonder what to share with the blogosphere. Where should I draw the line so that anything that I share with you will not be too much information and still respect my privacy. Do you know where's the fine line that make it okay to share?

Most of the time when I write, I'll get carried away with all my emotions and write everything that crosses my mind and heart. And after re-reading my post, I'll decide that its too much or too personal to share. So, they are never published, but remain as draft. I kept telling myself, I'll write a more brief version of it. But we all know, that won't happen as the emotions already fades.

How about the times there's something big (both exciting or bad) happens in our life, and we wanted to share it so much but there's no computer around. And by the time we got our hands on one, we doesn't feel like it anymore. The excitement has gone. Or we're just too gloomy to write it down. This is always my reason why there's often a long time period between my posts. It's not that I don't have anything remotely interesting to share with the readers. On contrary, I have a lot of things going in my life. Sometime, things are so hectic, that I don't even have time to write. (Which is why, I placed a Twitter in my blog, so you can read my status update.)

I know I won't be able to update my blog all the time. That's why there's a list of my friends' blog on the right column of my blog. They're my friends, obviously, our lives are connected to one another. If I don't update any of my sites, you can just check out theirs, and know that they'll somehow mention me. For instance, Nana's latest post will tell you that she and I had a H1N1 scare the other day. You may wonder why in the world am I not writing anything about it. Well, after knowing that you were that close to be infected by H1N1, would you think about sharing it to the world, or go to the clinic? Exactly.

So, don't be mad at me for not updating in a while. I will. Eventually. That's a promise.

Sleep

Sleep. It is everyone favorite past time. Everyone enjoys sleeping. I don't know anyone who doesn't. It is true, that there's always a minority number that doesn't agree with this statement. But to us normal folks, the time spent in our dreamland is precious.

I love to sleep to. Every moment unconscious is every moment I treasure. It is where all my wildest dreams and imaginations come true. Believe it or not, I think I have the ability to control my dreams. Unfortunately, lately I was unable to enjoy such things anymore. In fact, I'm lucky to be able to get a dreamless shuteye for a couple of good hours at night.

Last night alone, I woke up in the middle of the night for a quite number of times. I toss and turn all night trying to find the most comfortable position. I turned the air conditioner on and off. One moment I was turning on the music, another time I kept my room in silence. It was so frustrating. My eyes are swollen for not getting enough sleep.

Worst of all, this make me too fatigue to do anything during the day. And my parents aren't happy about it. Of course, they don't know the reason behind it. All they see is, I leave my room when the Sun is above the roof, and laze around all day. Sometimes they even caught me resting my eyes on the couch in the living room, and start nagging about how I wasted my semester break. When I try to explain that it is caused by lack of sleep, they say it all my fault for doing whatever I'm doing with my laptop. "Tu la, chatting malam2 saja tau." Parents. They always accused us of doing things we don't do. Yes, I do chat online. But they don't know I spent more time trying to get some sleep than chatting.

So, I went online (ain't that a surprise, NOT!) to find out more about my imsonia and what can I do to cure it. After all, July is coming fast, and I need to be in better health for the coming semester. Lack of sleep is equal to lack of brain power, lack of memory; and as a student, as a person with a responsibility, I need my brain in its best performance.

It is defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both, despite adequate opportunity and time to sleep, leading to impaired daytime functioning. Apparently, imsonia is very common and occurs 30%-50% of the general population. It affects people of all ages, although it is more common in adults and its frequency increases with ages. Some studies even shows than women are more frequently affected than men.

Imsonia has many causes. Among them are: situational and stress factors (jetlag, physical discomfort, cigarette smoking, caffeine intake, etc.); sleep hygiene (using the bedroom for things other than sleep, going to bed hungry, etc.); medical and psychiatric conditions (breathing problem, obesity, acid reflux, depression, etc.)

I think mine was triggered by my sleep hygiene. My bedroom is not a bedroom. It's an office. Or more. The laptop is here, so is the TV, printer, hi-fi, lots and lots of books. I always eat prior to sleep, after all, midnight snacks are fun. I always sleep in a room with too much noise, somehow I find rock music soothing. And I do my work on my bed.

Sleep hygiene is one of the components of non-medical treatments for insomnia and includes simple steps that may improve initiation and maintenance of sleep. Sleep hygiene consists of the following strategies:
-Sleep as much as possible to feel rested, then get out of bed (do not over-sleep).
-Maintain a regular sleep schedule.
-Do not force yourself to sleep.
-Do not drink caffeinated beverages in the afternoon or evening.
-Do not drink alcohol prior to going to bed.
-Do not smoke, especially in the evening.
-Adjust the bedroom environment to induce sleep.
-Do not go to bed hungry.
-Resolve stress and anxiety before going to bed.
-Exercise regularly, but not 4-5 hours prior to bed time.

It all seems to be a few simple steps. But that's so-called simple steps need pure discipline to imply it. Thankfully, I don't take caffeine or alcohol, so two steps crossed out of my list. Oh, I don't smoke, another one crossed. "Do not go to bed hungry"? But I'm always hungry. "Exercise regularly"? I'm already too do anything. "Sleep as much as possible to feel rested, then get out of bed (do not oversleep)"? Honey, I wish I can! I'm imsoniac! Gosh, sometimes these medical writers can be illogical.

Nevertheless, I will try my best to obey these "simple" steps as advised. Maybe not tonight. Starting tomorrow night, perhaps?

Sapal

One may wonder what's the meaning of the post title - "sapal". What language is the word originated from? What the definition of the word? Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know. I'm not even sure if its even an actual word.

How did the word came to me? Well, all the credits belong to Krissy, whether she likes it or not. See, she came up with the word last night. By accident. And from her reactions last night, she hates it.

Okay, maybe you don't understand what the hell I'm trying to say, so let me break it up to you. Fel, Ari, Yan, Krissy and I often held conference chat on Yahoo! Messenger at night and treat it like a talkshow. It was my idea, and I usually play the role as the host of the show, just to spice things up a notch. We have different topic every night, its all depends on what's the latest buzz in our lives. Last night's topic was about Krissy's latest photoshoot sessions with F, A, & Y.

You probably still wonder, what the hell does all this have to do with the word "sapal"? Well, I believe it has everything to do with it. See, there's where it all started. It was actually a silly typing error on Krissy's side. She wanted to tell us that she'll be off the show for a moment because she has to answer a phone call. She was typing in hurry and typed "pasal" incorrectly - "sapal".

So, while Krissy was entertaining her caller. Fel and I wasn't being kind to her. We sort of cheated, as she wasn't there to defend herself. We started to mock her spelling error. Using the word "sapal" in every sentence in any way we can think off. It's started as Krissy's middle name. To her alter-ego's name. We used is as a noun, adjective, adverb, verb, conjunction & etc. Like I said earlier, in any way we can think off. All in Malay, of course.

Five minutes gone by, and she's still not back for the show. So, it started to turn ugly. I started the contest, "Who can use the most "sapal" word in a single sentence in Malay? and make most sense out of it". There's no rules, apart from it has to be in Malay, and we're allowed to change the word a bit by adding imbuhan to the original word "sapal". For example, menyapal, disapal, kesapalan, sesapalnya.

The result, as you can imagine, is hilarious. And Krissy is furious about it. She doesn't think it's funny. I'm pretty sure she's even more angry if she read this (and I know she's read this). I would like to post some of the sentences we came up with. But if I do, I don't think Krissy will ever forgive me if I did. Unfortunately for Krissy, I doubt that Fel and I will let this go easily. We haven't tried to use the "sapal" word in English yet. Sorry Krissy!

Disney's 'Year of A Million Dreams'

Have you ever seen Disney's 2007 "Year of A Million Dreams" ad campaign?

I know it's an old news, but it is the best ad campaign I have ever seen. Annie Leibovitz did a wonderful job capturing the magic that Disney have produced all these years. I love these photos so much that I couldn't resist sharing them with all of you.

Julianne Moore is Ariel in this picture called Fantasea, which Michael Phelps as a Mereman. I love the tagline - "Where Another World Is Just A Wish Away".

David Bechkam is Prince Phillips from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' in the picture named "Where Imagination Saves The Day". Don't you think the character suit him a little too well? He's always the masculine hero.

King of Tennis, Roger Federer, traded his court for the role of King Arthur from "The Sword in the Stone" in this picture - "Where You're Always King of the Court"

Beyonce is Alice of "Alice in the Wonderland" in this picture named "Where Wonderland is Your Destiny" with Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter and Lyle Lovett as the March Hare in a teacup.

In the picture named "Where You Never Have To Grow Up", Gisele Bundchen is Wendy Darling with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Tina Fey as Tinker Bell.

Jessica Biel is Pocahontas in this picture named "Where Dreams Run Free".

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are Princess Jasmine and Alladin in the picture "Where A New World Awaits".

Rachel Weisz is Snow White in "Where You're The Fairest Of Them All"

Julie Andrews is the Blue Fairy from "Pinocchio" with starlet Abigail Breslin as the fairy-in-training in the picture - "Where the Magic Begins"

In "Where Every Cinderella Story Comes True", Scarlett Johansson is Cinderella. And like every Cinderella, she's wearing nothing but the best - a unique Harry Winston tiara in platinum and over 62k diamonds ($325,000) and Nicoletta Santoro custom made fairytale inspired gown.

In this picture -"Where Your Every Wish is Our Command", Whoopi Goldberg is the Genie from "Alladin".

Aren't the pictures are just amazing?

Disney always find a way to make us believe and not lose faith in the magic.

And do you know anyone that didn't grow up listening to Disney's fairytales, anyway? I'm a fan, forever and always. I will forever keep my hope that my fairy tale will come true.