The post title looks like the title of a chic flick novel hahaha. Anyway I just came back from my best friend's wedding and I just feel like sharing the experience of being the bridesmaid for all of their weddings! So basically today's wedding was the fifth one that I attended as a bridesmaid in my life. Hampir semua sahabat baik saya dah selamat mendirikan rumah tangga, and Im so happy for them 💕Now lets recap all my best friends' weddings, starting from last year (2018) up to the most recent one from today (December 2019).

Zatizai dan Syakirin (#izzatixsyakirin) - 3/2018











Zati merupakan sahabat baik saya sejak zaman belajar kat UKM, dulu kami berkongsi bilik selama 3 tahun. We were soulmates! Zati dan Syak pun berkenalan masa kat UKM. Zati menikah di masjid berhampiran dan majlis resepsi pula diadakan di rumah, dan kami yang jadi bridesmaid ni kena pakai baju ikut tema warna 'hijau emerald'. Saya turut menjadi pengapit Zati (tukang bawa payung masa pengantin berarak hehe). Zati was the first among my small circle to get married, and it was so touching 💔Anyway, disebabkan Zati dan Syak dua-dua dari UKM, maka majlis kenduri mereka dah jadi macam mini reunion dah sebab ramai tetamu yang datang tu merupakan kenalan saya dari UKM juga. It was a beautiful day 💕

Ijat dan Idris (#amirahxidris) - 3/11/2018





We've known each other since we were babies (literally, sebab dulu nenek Ijat berjiran dengan keluarga saya). Tapi 20 tahun kemudian baru kami bersahabat semula masa di UKM. Walaupun umur kami beza dua tahun (of course Im the younger one! 😝), tapi hubungan kami sangat rapat. Sama macam Zati dan Syak, cinta antara Ijat dan Idris pun mula berputik semasa belajar di UKM. Majlis nikah dan resepsi Ijat diadakan di rumahnya di Seremban, dan kami sebagai bridesmaid kena pakai baju putih dan kain batik. Ijat dan Idris sekarang dah dikurniakan seorang cahaya mata, tapi saya pun tak sempat jumpa lagi baby comel tu. #busyadultlife sobs, but itsokay baby, Auntie Jaji will come and visit you soon Insyaallah 😘

Wany Nazar dan Shevrul Farhan (#shevnikahwany) - 23/2/2019




Wany is my best friend since 2011, sometimes she knows me better than I know myself 😂Majlis Wany agak unik sebab Wany keluar daripada kebiasaan kenduri Melayu yang jumlah jemputan biasanya tak kurang daripada 1000 orang; majlis Wany dibuat secara kecil-kecilan dan hanya menjemput 100 orang. Nikah serta resepsi Wany dan Paan diadakan di K'seena House, tempat yang sangat cantik dengan kampung vibes. I never thought that a small wedding could be so meriah! Haha mungkin sebab semua orang sempat bersembang, berkenalan, dan dapat bergambar dengan pengantin puas-puas. As the bridesmaids, we got to wear matching kain batik with a white top for a traditional look. It was a memorable day 💕

Farah dan Fakhri (#farahfakhri) - 9/11/2019


  
Farah dan Fakhri mula berkenalan melalui sapaan "hi" di Instagram je, how sweet! 💕Some people found love in the most unexpected ways 😍Majlis mereka diadakan di Cornerstone Glasshouse, berhampiran KLCC. Farah gave us matching baju kurung moden with alternate colours (pink and turqoise) to be worn as the bridesmaids on her wedding day. Masa kenduri Farah ni saya turut menjadi floor manager (feeling macam buat event kat kolej dulu haha) dan sempat menyampaikan sepatah dua kata untuk pengantin (pengantin terharu sampai nak nangis dah ok 😜). It was a busy yet meaningful day, definitely a day to remember. Btw Fra, I will never forget the memory on the night before your wedding #onlyweknow 😆😂

Alia dan Nazran (#aliaxnazran) - 8/12/2019








Anddd the most recent wedding I attended is for Alia and Nazran. Majlis nikah dan resepsi mereka diadakan di Dewan Perdana Felda. Alia gave us a piece of cloth to be made into our desired outfit, and I had mine tailored into a peplum kurung. Alia dan Nazran masing-masing berkenalan di hospital tempat mereka bekerja dan mereka dah bertunang pada April lalu. Hari ini mereka mengikat pertalian suci dalam majlis yang sangat indah (and again, I cried 😂). I dont know what is it with solemnization that always had me all sobbing haha. Saya dan Alia dah bersahabat sejak zaman sekolah lagi, when we used to talk about love like we know what it is, and to see her tie the knot with the man she loves made my heart bloom 💓

Pengalaman menjadi bridesmaid untuk sahabat-sahabat saya memang satu kenangan yang cukup indah. Mostly, what we did was just be there for the bride, do whatever it takes to help the events go smoothly, and take loadddsss of photos 😆 Thank you girls for trusting me to be a part of your big days. As you know Im currently studying and staying in Penang, and going back to KL for my best friend's wedding is always something I look forward to. Anyway, another best friend is getting married next month and I cant wait!

Barakallah, girls. I minta maaf kalau ada tersalah silap sepanjang memegang amanah sebagai bridesmaid dan epanjang kita bersahabat. Im truly happy for all of you. Walaupun kita jarang jumpa kerana dipisahkan oleh jarak dan masa 😢, please know that you'll always be in my heart 💕and facetime is just a click away 😘

Hi guys, welcome back to my blog! Sorry for the long hiatus, I got pretty caught up in work and study. Anyway Im back now and I have something to share, and this time its not a product review 😂😛

As you know, Im still a student struggling to finish my research. So as a student in USM, my life was all about studying and working (part time, freelance). Then about a year ago, I was approached by the school and they asked if Im interested to teach English classes to foreign students. Of course I said yes! At first I was quite worried bcs I dont have a formal English background (I studied Linguistics), but they said its okay, they believe in me 💪*terharu* 🥺

This isnt exactly my first time. Back in 2015 when I was doing my internship with Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), I had the chance to teach Malay language to a foreign student. However that was a looong time ago and teaching my second language would definitely be more challenging than teaching my mother tongue. Anyway, challenge accepted!



The first group of students I taught consists of students from China, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. The second and third groups were students from Thailand, and recently I had the opportunity to teach students from Japan. One very interesting thing I experienced was trying to understand their accents. They speak with different accents influenced by their mother tongues and it sounds unfamiliar to my ears. Tapi lepas tu dah mula faham dan tak perlu minta diorang ulang balik dah 😂

Btw ada satu kisah lucu yang pernah terjadi dalam kelas:

Me: Homonyms are words that sounds the same but have different meaning. Can you give me one example of homonyms?
Yemeni student: *angkat tangan* Teacher, example like "bark".
Me: Yes, good. "Bark" like the tree bark and also like the dog bark.
Yemeni student: *looks confused* No teacher, I mean "bark".
Me: Yes thats correct *trying to convince him that he gave a good example*
Yemeni student: No teacher I MEAN "BARK" LIKE BARKING YOUR CAR
Me: OHHHH YOU MEAN "PARK"

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

*Park = like parking your car or park = the place where you go jogging.
*Arab phoenetics doesnt have the "p" sound

Thailand Students Batch 1

Anyway, Im in love with the manners of my students, especially from Thailand and Japan. They are very polite. Whenever they see me they will never failed to greet me along with the hand gesture. Mereka sentiasa ucapkan terima kasih dan sentiasa senyum. Whenever I passed by them, they will always nod and give way. They are also very proud of their culture and language. Throughout the course, I probably learned more Japanese than they learned English 😆At the end of each class, the students seemed to be entertained when I say "omaira arigato!" which is kind of like "terima kasih semua!" 😂

Thailand Students Batch 2

Overall, teaching is fun but its also exhausting bcs I have to spend my time outside of class hours doing teacher job like marking their tests and quizzes, reading their essays, and preparing materials for the next class. On top of that I also need to write my thesis and papers. #prayformyeyebags

The day we had our class at Queensbay Mall! - Japanese Students Batch 1

Despite the busyness, I felt so lucky to be given this chance. Bcs as a full time student, we usually only focused on studying and in the end when we graduate, we'll be lacking of one important thing on our resume; work experience. For me, these experience are worth not getting enough sleep for 🐼Im looking forward to more teaching gigs before I officially become an academic one day, Insyaallah.

So the other day I received this set of Body Shop Shea Butter body care products as a birthday gift from my good friend Izzati Azmi 😍 She knows the dry skin problem Ive been having hence she bought these for me. Thanks for the gifts, Zati! You know I love youuu. 


Ok memandangkan dah ada barang ni, alang-alang saya buat je lah ulasan sikit kan untuk dikongsi dengan anda yang mungkin tengah tercari-cari produk yang sesuai untuk manjakan diri, terutamanya untuk kulit kering. Shea butter adalah sejenis lemak daripada kacang pokok shea Afrika. Shea butter kaya dengan Vitamin A, dan antara khasiat shea adalah untuk mengurangkan kedutan serta merawat ekzema.

Ok so lets get straight to these yummy products!

Shea Nourishing Body Butter

pic from introbd.com

Siapa je tak pernah dengar tentang body butter daripada Body Shop kan? Rasanya ini memang antara produk flagship mereka dan selain shea, ada pelbagai lagi "perisa" menarik macam strawberi dan peach (one of my fav). Perkara yang saya suka tentang shea body butter ni adalah ia saaangatlah melembabkan. Kulit kering pun jadi lembut dan lembab je, dan kelembutan tu tahan lama (tak macam pakai losyen biasa). Teksturnya pun tak berminyak dan cepat menyerap. And of course, it smells great! 💕 Mungkin sesetengah orang akan rasa macam bau dia terlalu kuat, tapi pada saya okay je. 

Kandungan: Water (Solvent/Diluent), Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii) (Emollient), Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao) Butter (Emollient), Cyclomethicone (Emollient), Glycerin (Humectant), Glyceryl Stearate (Emulsifier), PEG-100 Stearate (Surfactant), Cetearyl Alcohol (Emulsifier), Babassu (Orbignya Oleifera) Oil (Emollient), Beeswax (Emulsifier/Emollient), Lanolin Alcohol (Stabiliser/Emollient), Phenoxyethanol (Preservative), Fragrance (Fragrance), Methylparaben (Preservative), Propylparaben (Preservative), Xanthan Gum (Viscosity Modifier), Benzyl Alcohol (Preservative), Disodium EDTA (Chelating Agent), Sodium Hydroxide (pH Adjuster), Caramel (Colour), F D & C Yellow No 5 (Colour).

Shea Shower Cream

pic from thebodyshopnig.com

Untuk yang ni, saya memang suka dengan bau dia. Sebenarnya bau dia lebih kurang je untuk shower cream dan body butter, tapi bila dah kena air dan dah jadi buih kat badan tu macam jadi lagiii wangi, melekat kat satu bilik air haha. Cuma satu je; shower cream ni lebih sesuai dipakai waktu mandi petang/malam berbanding mandi pagi terutamanya kalau badan cepat berpeluh (macam saya haha). Sabun ni tak ada fungsi antibakteria jadi badan memang cepat busuk sikit 😂 Sooo untuk mandi pagi saya tetap pilih mandian yang khusus untuk antibakteria (Antabax/Lifebuoy/Dettol etc).

Kandungan: Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Acrylates Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Parfum, Glycerin, Benzyl Alcohol, Lauryl Betaine, Decyl Glucoside, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Mel, Sodium Hydroxide, Coco-Glucoside, Salicylic Acid, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Sodium Cocoabutteramphoacetate, Disodium EDTA, Linalool, Sorbic Acid, Coumarin, Citric Acid, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Benzoic Acid, Denatonium Benzoate, Caramel, CI 15985.

Shea Exfoliating Sugar Body Scrub

pic from the body shop malaysia

Tekstur skrub ni tak terlalu kasar macam sesetengah skrub yang rasa macam kena sagat 😂 Untuk skrub ni, saya dah cuba pada beberapa tempat pada badan yang agak kasar terutamanya lutut dan siku, and Im loving the results 😍 Kulit kering pada siku saya kekal licin dan lembab lebih kurang seminggu juga walaupun tak pakai losyen. Fungsi skrub memang untuk exfoliate (buang sel kulit mati), dan saya rasa body scrub ni berjaya menjalankan fungsinya dengan sangat baik. Kulit kat tempat saya skrub semua rasa lebih lembut dan nampak lebih sekata sebab sel kulit mati dah tertanggal. Yang lagi best, skrub ni tak bersepah jadi boleh je kalau nak skrub sambil-sambil tengok movie kat laptop tu hihi. Plus, it smells awesome!

Kandungan: Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Sodium Chloride, Helianthus Annuus Hybrid Oil, Sucrose, Silica [NANO]/Silica, Glycine Soja Oil/Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Parfum/Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil/Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Linalool, Coumarin, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil/Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Propylparaben, Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract/Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract, Citric Acid, Datem, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide

So thats all my short and honest t review for these products! Ok brb, nak pergi manjakan diri dengan barang-barang wangi ni kejap hehe. Lagipun esok Sabtu, so tonight is the perfect night to pamper yourself, ladies 💅

Good night and have a good weekend!

Finally, kita dah sampai ke Part 3. Terima kasih kepada yang sudi baca Part 1 dan Part 2, now this final part is for you 💕 Pada hari ketiga kami cuma lawat satu wisata, dan masa selebihnya diluangkan untuk berbelanja. Takdelah shopping sangat (again, this is a budget trip), cuma adalah beli buah tangan sikit untuk keluarga dan sahabat.

Ok walaupun kami pergi satu tempat tarikan je, tempat ni sangat mengujakan! We were very excited just to be here haha. Tempat yang dimaksudkan ialah... De Ranch! De Ranch ni terletak di Lembang, tak jauh dengan tempat-tempat yang kami dah lawat pada hari sebelumnya.


Tujuan utama kami ke sini memang untuk naik kuda je. And of course, riding the horse was the most exciting part for me!

My horse was so naughtyyy. Sekejap-sekejap dia bersin lah, gerak kiri kanan lah. Luckily I kept my cool and manage to stay balanced on the horse 😎😆  Lepas tu kuda ni degil sikit, taknak dengar kata 👀, so susah sikit nak ambil gambar kat background yang cantik.  I settled with whatever photos I have anyway (also bcs I know I can photoshop them later 😂).

Sepanjang berada di sini, I felt like I was on the ranch episode of Jane the Virgin 😂

Well I photoshopped the background, but its nice right!! 😜 The original background was some kind of umbrellaaa??? lol

ok this was me...👆

and this was Jane 👇

See what Im talking about? 😂 But in my case... there was no bull involved

Country vibesss

Anyway, we took two rounds of the horse riding session and it was so worth it. Satu round 30k rupiah. Kuda tu dipandu oleh pekerja kat sini, jadi kalau anda tak ada pengalaman naik kuda sekali pun, tak perlu risau.

Selain naik kuda, kami juga sempat cuba naik ATV di trek kecil yang ada di sini. Ada kecelakaan (kemalangan) yang berlaku masa tu 😂


Kisahnya, saya nak sangat cuba main ATV tu sendiri, tapi Syu dan Nab kata "kau kan tak pernah bawa motor, boleh ke bawa ATV?" Jadi disebabkan terpengaruh dengan kata-kata mereka maka keyakinan diri saya pun berkurangan seketika 😌 So for the first round, saya cuba bonceng dengan Nabila dulu.

Malangnya Nabila pun hilang kawalan sebab kami berdua terlalu berat 😆 Maka berlakulah sedikit kecelakaan,  mujur saya sempat berdiri dan turun dari ATV tu sebelum terjatuh. It was a fun experience though haha. Lepas tu untuk round seterusnya, kitorang masing-masing naik seorang-seorang je, and turned out it wasnt that hard 😜 Although, the reality was veryyy far from the expectation 😂 (I will upload the video on my insta soon haha). Haha tapi takpelah at least dah cuba kan 😝


After spending hours at the ranch, we decided to go for a shopping session. Kami ke Pasar Baru, tempat yang cukup popular dalam kalangan orang Malaysia. Syarikat pemandu kami ada sediakan orang untuk tolong guide kami sepanjang di Pasar Baru, dan Mas Dani sangatlah membantu. Cakap je nak beli apa, dia akan terus bawa kami ke tingkat atau kedai yang sesuai. Kat sini pun akan ada ramai penjual yang datang kat kita dan pujuk supaya beli barang mereka. Kalau nak beli pun boleh, tapi menurut Mas Dani, harga yang mereka jual tu lebih mahal berbanding yang di kedai. Kat Pasar Baru ni juga boleh tawar-menawar 🤩

Petang tu lepas dah penat shopping, dan disebabkan Nabila teringin sangat nak makan McD, kami pun minta pemandu bawakan ke McD. Nasib baik McD ada nasi uduk, takdelah datang jauh-jauh tapi makan burger je kan 🤪 And the nasi uduk was delicious!

So our trip ended there. Keesokan harinya, flight kami 8 pagi jadi pukul 4 lagi kami dah bangun, bersiap, dan gerak ke lapangan terbang naik Grab. 

It was a very short trip, but it was definitely memorable. 

Setelah hampir dua minggu baru sempat update Part 2 untuk trip jalan-jalan ke Bandung hari tu. Nasib baik ni bukan nasi, kalau tak dah basi dah 😝 Ive been super busy lately, with studying and trying to survive life 😂 But good news, Ive passed my PhD proposal defence! Alhamdulillah. Will share the experience on another post soon (kalau sempat dan kalau ingat).

Jap tengah busy tengok waze

I just got back from my short 4 day trip to Bandung and it was awesome! Percutian pendek yang sangat diperlukan, just to take a break from my studies for a while. Worth every ringgit (and rupiah!) I must say. Jadi dalam post kali ni Jaji akan kongsikan sikit tentang tempat-tempat yang kami lawati sepanjang percutian kami di sana, untuk panduan sesiapa yang teringin nak pergi bercuti dengan perbelanjaan yang terhad. Trust me, I spent less than RM1000 all in! Termasuk hotel, flight, tiket masuk wisata, makan, dan buah tangan.

Hari Pertama

Kami bertolak dari KLIA2 pada jam 11.50 pagi waktu KL dan tiba di sana kira-kira jam 1.30 petang waktu Bandung. Alhamdulillah semuanya tepat masa, tak ada delay. Sampai-sampai je kami terus beli simcard (beli satu je dan kongsi hotspot) dengan harga IDR100k. Dah ada simcard, barulah kami tempah Grab untuk terus ke hotel.



Kami menginap di De Halimun Guest House and Resto. Overall this place is fine for the price, sedang elok untuk kami bertiga. Bilik dia agak kecil, so we had to push around the beds to make space for praying. Other than that, semua ok. Kami pilih tempat ni sebab lokasinya tak begitu jauh dari lapangan terbang dan harganya murah (termasuk sarapan percuma).

Ruang sarapan di De Halimun Guest House, also ruang OOTD :P

Lepas dah selesai check in, waktu dah agak lewat, jadi kami teruskan perancangan asal untuk ke shopping mall berdekatan (you know, typical Malaysians love shopping malls haha). Untuk hari pertama ni kami naik Grab je, jadi memang nak ke mall dan tempat dekat-dekat dulu. Hari kedua dan ketiga baru ke wisata yang lain sebab dah upah pemandu untuk bawa ke tempat yang lebih jauh.

Paris Van Java



So, the first mall we went to was Paris Van Java.  This place reminds me of JPO, for some reasons. Here, we had Richeese, the famous Indonesia's fast food restaurant for our late lunch. Ayam Richeese ni ada 5 level, bermula dengan 1 (kurang pedas) sehingga 5 (paling pedas). We chose Level 3, dengan harapan takdelah pedas sangat kan, sekali rupanya pedas gila 😂 Sampai Syu give up dan tak dapat habiskan ayam dia. Nasib baik ada ais krim kelapa yang dapat menyejukkan semula kepedasan tu haha.



Rumah Mode

Selesai makan, kami ke Rumah Mode pula. Kat sini ada jual pelbagai barangan berjenama macam Zara, Skechers, Victoria's Secret (ada juga yang saya ragui ketulenannya, sebab nampak macam tak ori 😅). Tapi dress Zara kat sini nampak legit dan harganya pun 3 kali lebih murah daripada butik Zara di Malaysia.

Jalan Braga


Kami tak luangkan banyak masa sangat di Rumah Mode sebab tak ada apa-apa untuk kami beli (luar bajet hihi). Jadi kami teruskan pula pengembaraan ke Jalan Braga. Jalan ni popular dengan kepelbagaian kedai kopi tempatan, dan sebagai penggemar kopi, kami tak lepaskan peluang untuk mencuba kopi di sini. Dalam banyak-banyak pilihan, kami pilih Coffee Braga. Harganya murah dan rasanya pun sedap! Worth every rupiah.


Selesai mengopi, sekitar pukul 8.30 malam (dah rasa lewat macam pukul 10 kat Malaysia) kami pun pulang ke guest house dan berehat untuk esok. Okay, thats all I have to share for this post! Nantikan sambungannya dalam post yang akan datang ok. Ada kecelakaan yang berlaku pada hari ketiga! I will share the video soon 😂