Don'ts in Writing a Blog



Semenjak kebelakangan ni, aku sentiasa aware mengenai post yang aku tulis. Aku risaukan keselamatan aku and people around me. Bukan aku cakap pasal kes stalking yang bodoh-bodoh tu. No. Aku cakap mengenai threats, atau stalk yang membawa kepada something serious. And start dari semalam aku khatamkan balik blog aku ni. Aku baca balik all posts daripada awal sampai akhir and tapis. Dulu memang aku tak aware sebab dulu cara penulisan aku tak matang, more to personal stuff, maybe boleh exposekan orang lain dalam bahaya or boleh menimbulkan fitnah.


But setelah lama aku blogging ni, aku dah makan asam garam. Haha! Walaupun aku bukan blogger tegar, jauh sekali famous, tapi keselamatan haruslah diutamakan. Aku dah delete beberapa entry yang agak personal. And ingin aku peringatkan kepada sekalian pembaca, atau adik-adik yang ada blog untuk turut sama cek balik and tapis post yang lama-lama tu. Could be someone is looking after you. That could be dangerous, do you know that?


So here are some tips untuk elakkan perkara macam tu terjadi.


  • Jangan sesekali post gambar keseluruhan rumah kita. Atau gambar luar rumah. Lagi-lagi gambar yang ada nombor rumah atau alamat rumah. For example, jangan bagitau dekat blok mana kita tinggal, kawasan perumahan apa. Kalau boleh jangan bagi clue kepada pembaca. Bahaya sangat yang ni.
  • Jangan pamerkan no plat kenderaan.
  • Jangan sesekali tunjukkan info-info personal seperti no telefon, no ic. 
  • Limitkan gambar keluarga dalam blog. Bukan lah kata jangan tunjuk langsung. But limitkan. Info pasal diorang pun jangan bagitau detail.
  • Post pasal cinta- Elakkan upload gambar belangkas bersama pasangan. Aku pernah tengok kawan-kawan aku upload gambar bercium, berbaring atas katil sama-sama, berpeluk sakan... This is soo wrong ok! Benda ni boleh makan kita balik in the future kalau ada orang lain guna untk sabotaj kita.
  • Kalau boleh once kalau dah break up, hentikanlah cerita pasal ex atau keburukan dia.
  • Kurangkan tunjuk kelemahan sendiri dalam blog. Could be ada potential employer terjumpa link ke blog kita and tengok semua tu. Habislaahhh..
  • Jangan kutuk or mengumpat orang dalam blog.
  • Elakkan menulis pasal racism, discrimination and prejudice mengenai orang lain.

Bagi aku, banyak yang entry aku tarik balik tu sebab menunjukkan kebodohan diri sendiri, beberapa cerita pasal tunang aku, pasal benda dulu-dulu yang dah tak relevant dengan sekarang ni. Adelahhh.. Haha! 


Aku jugak pernah menerima beberapa threats sepanjang menulis blog ni. That's why kalau korang perasan, dah tak banyak entry personal aku ceritakan. Semua ni untuk protect diri sendiri and orang sekeliling aku. Gambar diri sendiri pun aku dah kurangkan upload sebab taknak lah jadi vain. Aku sedar aku dah tua. Haha! Tak semengah betul umur-umur macam aku ni nak buat duck face, tonggeng sana sini. Tak manis. Orang tengok pun meluat. Betul kan?


Dari segi penggunaan bahasa pun aku dah kurangkan guna perkataan kasar. Sebab sekarang ni blog ni dibaca oleh semua peringkat umur. Adik aku and kawan-kawan dia baca, kawan-kawan parents aku, saudara mara. Bukan setakat kawan-kawan kita je. So malulah kalau kita bercakap kasar dekat sini. Malu keluarga. Penggunaan aku-kau pulak aku susah nak ubah sebab aku tak selesa guna kata ganti diri lain. Rasa macam fake sangat. So maaflah kalau ada yang tak suka.


Next, sentiasa lah proof read and tapis dulu entry kita sebelum di publishkan. Aku akui kadang-kadang aku malas nak baca balik apa yang aku tulis and terus confident publish. Tapi tak lama lepas tu mesti aku baca balik and ubah mana yang patut. But it's better late than never.


And last but not least, jauhilah internet, social media and blog ketika kita dalam keadaan marah sebab perasaan tu akan mempengaruhi tindakan kita. Elakkanlah bermusuh, and gunalah medium ni sebagai perantara untuk kemukakan pandangan and cari kenalan baru. 



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My Birthday Presents

Some of you might know, some of you dont... That I love to collect handbags. Sumpah rambang mata kalau tengok handbag. And to some of my avid readers, you should already knew about what is the only thing that would make my head over heels.... Designer handbags!!! Haha.


So your guess is right. Aku dapat handbag untuk birthday aku. Not one. But... Ermmm... Nine bags. Kill me now, I know.


Well... Five of them were presents for me, which one of them was from someone special, three bags I bought during Black Friday, susah betul nak resist temptation -.- And another one is the most special. Beg idaman aku yang dah lamaaa sangat aku tunggu nak beli. And I worked hard for it no matter what it takes. The one and only... Louis Vuitton Neverfull MM.


If you read here and here, I talked a lot about this bag. It was like the ultimate reason why I took a part-time job, that later I menyesal coz it costs lots of time and effort just to earn money. But it all paid off with the purchase of this handbag. But kill me now, again, coz right now I'm darn broke T_T


 Finally it's no longer a dream..


The birthday card that came with it

I bought this bag because I know it would be a good investment in the future. Do you know that LV would increase the price for their bags at about $50 to $80 a year? And the second-hand bags worth just like the new ones. The bag that has been used for about 2-3 years would be decreased in price for about $50 to $150 so it's still worthy to sell back. Unlike other brands, LV would not held any sale events, give discounts and such. So if you are planning to buy one, buy now before they increase the price. Lol.



My main purpose to buy this bag is to use it as a college bag. It would fit everything in it. Laptop, notes, textbooks, everything under the sun lah senang cerita. And later, it would be suitable to be used as a work bag, diaper bag, etc. So if you really planned to own an LV, consider this model in monogram print because it would last you forever. Plus, you could change the shape of this bag by pulling the straps on its sides. I really love to make a hexagon shape with this bag if I don't use it to stuff in my books.


Ok terpanjang pulak cerita bag. Next I bought a guitar. Saje nak belajar main guitar lebih serious lagi. That's why I bought the good one. Since I dont know what is the criteria of a good quality guitar, I asked some of my friends, my brothers, my fiance, and they all agreed that this is the best option for a beginner like me. It's Fender Starcaster. Bought it second-hand from Ebay, but it's in excellent condition. At first I thought of getting a pink colored guitar coz I think it would be cool if I rock em, but most of them are trashy. That's why I'm getting the ol' beige color.. -.-




Ok now untuk menjawab persoalan semua pasal what my fiancé got for my birthday... Well it's a bit of a surprise to me.. It's not the gift, really.. But the thought and the effort to make me happy is what I count the most. He got me an LV jugak, and he bought it a month before my birthday. That time I still haven't bought my first LV, so actually his gift is my first one. He used his first gaji to buy it for me, so I was really surprised by that. Well I dont have the photo. But it's like a mini Speedy where I could use it to keep my makeup on the go, or simply put my ID in it or keys.


Well, it was all came back to months ago. I was jokingly told him that if he got me an LV bag for hantaran of our wedding, I would love him forever. It was a joke ok, well I'd really love to, but I dont want to burden anyone. But he took it seriously and bought it for my birthday this year. Oh well... I love him more and more everyday :)


Presents from my parents are still on their way, so I'm eagerly waiting for something from Malaysia. Haha! I love everyone :)





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How I Treat My Acne

Halooo semua orang!!! Hari ni aku sangat exciteddddddd... Sebabnya aku try something new and it works like hell! So aku masih dalam mood happy ni, better aku cerita sekarang. Kalau tunggu lama-lama nanti lemau pulak..


Baru-baru ni muka aku naik jerawat banyak gila. Tak pernah seumur hidup aku naik jerawat banyak macam ni. Banyak faktor kenapa terjadi. Secara ringkasnya, aku malas cuci muka sebelum tidur, makan banyak sangat coklat, kurang minum air, tak exercise, stress tinggi sangat, kurang tidur (kadang-kadang memang tak tidur langsung), tukar brand makeup baru, pakai scrub time kulit tengah active berjerawat, selalu sentuh kulit muka, pecahkan jerawat, and macam-macam lagi bad habit yang menyumbang kepada penghijrahan jerawat ke muka aku. This is sooo bad ok. Silalah jangan buat perangai macam aku.


Then I freaked out gila bila jerawat naik and makin naik. Kulit aku jenis kalau naik jerawat, jerawat tu deep under the skin and memang tinggal parut yang ketara sangat. Kalau sekali jerawat naik, memang susah nak hilang. Maybe satu jerawat tu about 2 months baru hilang. This is horror ok.


So, banyak jugak benda aku buat untuk help fight these acnes. Mula-mula sekali aku kurangkan habit aku yang tak elok tu. So this is basically what I did.

  • Rajin cuci muka
  • Kurangkan makan coklat
  • Minum air banyak-banyak
  • Exercise
  • Kurangkan sentuh kulit muka
  • Stop scrub muka time ada jerawat
  • Kurangkan pakai makeup. Kalau pakai pun, just pakai loose powder.

That's all the basics lah. Kalau tak buat, memang susah jerawat nak hilang. Then I could say, produk pencuci muka yang aku pakai hari-hari pun sesuai dengan muka aku, so sangat membantu. Aku pakai 3-steps from Clinique. So far memang bagus. Once I started using these products, memang dah taknak tukar yang lain. 



Selain tu, aku rasa produk lagi satu aku pakai ni memang berkesan gila and it's sooo cheap. Cheap gila but it works like magic! Ubat jerawat ni diperbuat daripada semua bahan natural. So far aku takde pape alahan. Seriously, kepercayaan aku kepada apa-apa produk untuk acne dah hilang, sebab most products made my skin breaks out even more. But this product works just nice. Kan aku cakap before this jerawat kalau singgah kat muka aku tahan stay dalam 2 bulan, but since aku pakai produk ni, jerawat hilang dalam tempoh seminggu or less. Hebat kan? And nak tahu apa lagi hebat? Harga dia cuma USD1. Bammmmm...!

Zit Zapper from e.l.f

Link ke produk ni if you want to read the reviews..


Andddd I think this is the best. Beberapa hari lepas aku ada buat research pasal how to treat acne secara natural, guna ingredients yang boleh didapati dari dapur. (Padahal sebenarnya duit dah habis). Then aku encountered dengan satu facial mask ni yang diperbuat daripada serbuk kunyit. Mula-mula macam agak suspicious lah sebab takut warna kuning kunyit tu akan stay dekat muka. But somehow bila campur dengan tepung beras, campuran tu buat warna kulit tak melekat dekat kulit. So, I gave it a try and guess what... That is the best decision I've made in my life! 


Barang-barang dia senang je and memang dah cukup semuanya ada dalam dapur rumah aku. Cuma tinggal nak mix kan je. But sebelum tu aku cerita dulu apa khasiat dia kepada kulit. Facial mask ni boleh hilangkan kedutan, sembuhkan jerawat and prevent dia tumbuh lagi, hilangkan blackhead, kecikkan pores kat muka, bagi kulit glowing, and lembapkan kulit. Tu based on apa aku baca lah. 


Tapi based on pengalaman aku sendiri, dia memang bagi kulit muka aku glowing. Macam pink pink putih camtu. Second thing yang aku perasan ialah kulit aku sumpah lembut gila lepas dah cuci muka. Tak pernah rasa lagi kulit selicin ni, even compare dengan scrub aku sebelum ni pun takde lagi yang result selicin ni. Memang serious aku happy. Rasa macam kulit baby... Then aku perasan dark circle around my eyes dah hilang!! Serious aku amazed gila sebab eyebag and dark circle aku sebenarnya agak ketara. Then bila aku sentuh kulit bawah mata, rasa licin sangat. Selama ni aku punyalah mencari jalan macam mana nak kecikkan  pores yang berbintik-bintik timbul bawah mata tu, tapi tak pernah found the right product. Senang cerita, since aku umur 13tahun, kat area tu tak pernah pores mengecil, but semalam first time ever aku sentuh dah tak rasa pores yang timbul tu lagi dah. 


Bila aku cek dekat cermin aku yang boleh zoom 10x ganda tu, memang ketara pores dah kecik. Bab jerawat lak tak tahu lagi, kena tunggu seminggu. I will update later. But so far, dengan apa yang aku alami sekarang, aku dah cukup berpuas hati. This is more than what I expected! Sebenarnya ini ialah rahsia kecantikan wanita India. Memang tradisi diorang sebelum berkahwin, dorang akan lumurkan serbuk kunyit and minyak almond satu badan so that badan akan glowing and bagai-bagai macam aku sebut tadi. And plus point, taktau lah betul ke tak. Dengan pemakaian kerap, boleh reduce kan bulu pada badan and muka. Ni based on apa aku baca. Oh well..


Max pakai 2 kali seminggu. Jangan selalu sangat. Kalau aku, aku pakai 30minit. Should be less than 30 minutes sebenarnya. Sebelum pakai, kalau boleh cuci muka dulu dengan cleanser, then cuci muka guna warm water. So this is the recipe! 


2 tablespoon tepung beras
1 tablespoon madu
3/4 teaspoon serbuk kunyit
About 2 ke 3 tablespoon susu, atau sampai adunan ni jadi pekat and macam paste. (jangan cair sangat) 
* Kalau cair, tambah lagi tepung beras


Itu sahaja! Senang je. Dengan resipi ni, muka aku tak jadi kuning pun, sebab tepung beras tu ada agen pemutih muka, so somehow taktahu lah chemical reaction apa, dia buat warna kuning tak melekat pada jari and muka. Biasanya aku apply mask ni pada muka and leher sekali. And make sure jangan kena pada baju time nak cuci muka.


Now hanya tinggal parut jerawat. Yang ni aku still tak treat lagi. But aku dah order aloe vera gel, cuma delivery sampai next week so tunggu jela. Aloe vera memang kaya dengan Vitamin E which is good for your skin. Untuk melembapkan kulit, treat sunburn, and hilangkan parut. So I think it should work on me well, sebab aku beli yang 100% aloe vera gel. 


Ok itu sahaja membebel banyak-banyak harini. Sorry tak provide gambar sebab memang takde gambar yang appropriate for public pun. Lol. But trust me, aku memang rajin jaga muka sejak kes jerawat ni and it's getting better dalam masa seminggu je. So I hope this should work on you guys jugak. Bab facial mask tu serious korang kena try! Miracle sangat! Ok bye!






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My 21st Birthday

30 November ialah birthday aku! Sampai hati takde sorang follower wish pun.. Haha! Memang aku suka perasan artis, we all do. But it's ok coz birthday korang pun aku tak ingat bila. So 0-0 la. Birthday aku pada tahun ni jatuh pada hari Jumaat, which means partayyyy. For those of u who dont know, Friday in US means party and get drunk. But since Im a Muslim, i dont drink, so what do we do? Hurmm let's get to that in details.



Duduk dalam dua negara yang sangatlah berbeza time zone pun untung jugak sebenarnya. Beza masa US dengan Malaysia ialah US lambat 13jam dari Malaysia. Which means, kalau Malaysian wish bithday aku pukul 12am Jumaat, dekat US baru pukul 11am Khamis. Get it? So basically aku sambut birthday aku 2hari. Selagi belum pukul 12am Sabtu, selagi tu kita party.


Masa hari Khamis tu aku tak teringat pun pasal birthday. Aku bangun pagi pukul 10.30am sebab mengenangkan yang turn aku masak hari Khamis. Tapi pelik kenapa Afir bbm dengan aku time-time ni. Ohh, baru teringat, dia dah ready nak wish birthday aku setengah jam earlier rupanya kalau ikut waktu Malaysia. So die suruh aku bangun, cuci muka sebab dia nak skype, nak tunjuk hadiah birthday. Cancel plan aku nak memasak pagi tu sebab he made me feel so happy, surprised and seriously nak jerit!! First he sang me a happy birthday song sambil main gitar in different versions. Kejap slow, kejap rock, metal. Then baru dia reveal what he got for me. Serious it's like thousand times more than what I expected!! Next post I'll tell you what is it. He made me smile all day :)


Then satu hari tu I was showered with love and wishes from my family and friends. Padahal baru hari Khamis, baru 29hb. Belum birthday aku lagi. Malam Jumaat tu aku dengan kawan-kawan aku pergi ke event Kazakhstan Independence Day. Ada sambutan menari-nari, ade awek and lelaki hensem dan jugak food galore. This is my second time attend Kazakhstan event. Tapi kali ni serious ramai kawan-kawan aku pun ada sekali dekat situ. So lama jugak kitorang lepak. Daripada pukul 7pm sampai 12am baru balik rumah. Happy sangat time ni.

With some of my friends at Kazakhs event. I think there was more than 10 Malaysians I met at this event.


Delicious Kazakhs food.


Lepas balik rumah pukul 12am tu, ni baru official hari birthday aku, sebab dah hari Jumaat. Lepas aku sampai rumah, aku baring-baring je sambil main internet. Sekali dalam pukul 1am, ada orang ketuk pintu rumah kuat gila. Aku bukak la pintu, rupanya ada delivery guy deliver hadiah birthday aku. Awwww rupanya from kakak senior aku. Dia send chocolate chip cookies and sundae cookies. Ada kacang walnut, vanilla icecream and a large cookie.

My late snacks.


Maka hari Jumaat pun bermula. Masa siang, macam biasa aku pergi kelas, pergi post office, untuk post barang ke Malaysia. Then kawan aku ajak ke Berkey Creamery untuk celebrate birthday aku with icecream. Seronoklah aku, Lee Ying and Fiqri lepak sambil bersembang bukan-bukan. Dalam pukul 8pm baru balik. Lepas balik rumah, aku main gitar, rekod lagu sikit, nyanyi and skype with my bestfriend, Fairuz. 

With Lee Ying

Those spoons indicate that Im 21 right now. Hehe!


Then dalam pukul 1am, housemates aku semua and Kak Fatin terjah bilik aku sambil nyanyi lagu birthday. Awww... Siap ada cookie cake and cupcakes... Like always, aku blur sikit sebab taktau nak react macam mana kalau orang buat surprise. Hehe! But rasa grateful to have all these people to be my friends. Kitorang makan dekat dining room, and makan popsicle sekali. Pada batang popsicle tu ada macam quiz/joke so kitorang main guessing sampai lah pukul berapa semua tak reti tidur. We kept eating more popsicles sebab nak dapatkan new questions. 






So kesimpulannya, I am so happy. Memang takdelah grand macam birthday ehemm korang, but I really appreciate all the littlest efforts to make me feel special on my day. Even dengan ucapan birthday on Facebook pun dah buat aku happy. So, kalau ada lebih tu kira bonus lah.. And for Anis, she really made me feel special beberapa hari sebelum birthday aku sebab dia buat countdown to my birthday everyday. Dia yang remind aku berapa hari tinggal untuk birthday aku on Twitter, or else aku sendiri tak ingat bila birthday aku sebab leka sangat terlupa tarikh. Haha!


And last but not least, thanks to my parents who raise me up sampai dah besar panjang macam ni. Im 21 now and legal, so thanks to them sebab berjaya membesarkan anak sampai ke tahap ini. Huhu! Without them, I dont know where I would stand right now. I love my family and I love y'all who made me feel so special.. Please tell me when is your birthday so I would return the same favor to you guys back. Hehe.. Bye-bye!

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