Friday, December 31, 2010

My Wish...

..to all of my readers and friends for the new year... :)

Taken from imgfave.com

Selamat Tahun Baru / Happy New Year to all of you!

Here's to new resolutions, new PBs, new friends, new adventures, new tears, new trainings, new laughs and new challenges... Just no new heartaches please... ;) 

And may God be with you with His blessings throughout every step that you do... 

2011 is definitely going to be MY year insyaAllah...  :) 

Have a fabulous year ahead everyone! xx

PS: Be safe tonight yeah, wherever you are..

Thursday, December 30, 2010

2010 - A Running Year :)

Indeed it was....

One 12km run, two 15km runs, 6 half marathons, one 25km run, one 30km run and 2 full marathons for the year... Phewwwwww....

My Babies for 2010 :D :D :D


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Wearing all of my babies... Only because someone suggested it :P

This is such a super achievement for me considering that I ran at only 3 events last year and I was still recovering from the back condition (Spondylosis L5)...  *Pat on the back banyak kali* 

Alhamdulillah for this and I thank Allah everyday for giving me the chance to breathe healthily everyday and the strengths that He has given me to go through all of the runs/marathons...

And for the fact that I've met all of you amazing running peeps along the way... You know who you are... :) Thank you for the inspirations and supports, via my blog, Facebook, and/or in person... And kudos to all of you for your achievements this year... *Salute* 

I can't wait for what's in store for me come next year... I will probably cut down on the running events next year since my parents are making a lot of noise on my 'running away' commitments... Hehe...  I have signed up for a couple of runs next year... Will definitely do one full marathon here di tanah tumpahnya darahku :)

But I do wanna run at new places... Must plan really soon! 

But for now, I seriously need to plan a getaway by the beach as I think that I do deserve one to pamper myself... :)

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Change...


I love googling for quotes! :)

This year was definitely one of the difficult ones that I've to go through in my life... 

And yes, sometimes you have to realise that there are things that are just beyond your control and that things might not turn out the way you wanted them to be...

Though I am still crawling, I am grateful that I have the never-ending support from my beloved family and friends whenever I needed the shoulder to cry on or to stay positive... :)

Change is inevitable... I hope I will be able to see that this change actually did save my life one day insyaAllah...

Just gotta have hope, faith and believe right? :)

Well, here's to change (good and/or bad) for 2011! 

Amin... :) 

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Our Angel...

Today was supposed to by my baby sister's birthday...

She would've been 24 years old and probably be the most gorgeous one among us the sisters in the family... :)

Happy birthday to you, my angel Ireina... :)

The infamous picture that's in our home, our kampung in Melaka and our late grandparents' house in Kg Tunku...
This was taken right after she 'fed' me her bottle of Ribena and pretended to be 'mommy' and I was the baby of course... :)

We still miss you terribly... You'll always be in our hearts...

Al-Fatihah...

Monday, December 27, 2010

A Pixie One...

I am pretty much open-minded when it comes to trying out new hairstyle...

Since I don't dye or perm my hair, I'm just left with the styles... Hehe...

I've gone from super-long...

Back in October at Melbourne Marathon...

To bangs...

With my bestie back in January this year...

To a bob...

With my penyeris back in 2007...

To a short do...

With 2 of my closest Indonesian friends back in 2002...

But I've always wanted to try out a pixie hairdo... Just like these celebrities below...


OR


Since my hair is quite short now, I thought I might as well go all the way and just snip it since I don't have anything to lose right? ;)

What do you think? :) 

Friday, December 24, 2010

Complete :)

Have been clocking in ZERO mileage for the past 2 weeks... Not good at all!!!

I have been in a pretty super slumber relationship with my bed since my marathon in Singapore... The bed seems to win over my running shoes... And I have to say that the recovery period this time around is much longer than the one in Melbourne... Maybe there are too many external factors that are influencing the recovery process... :(

I have to get my running modjo back... :S Motivate me pleaseeeeeeeee...

Since it's the Christmas weekend, I would like to take the opportunity to wish all of my Christian readers and runners a very Happy and Merry Christmas!!! Hope you'll have a splendid one with your family and loved ones :)

And I am truly happy that my look-alike brother will be coming back tomorrow to spend his 2-week break from work with us :)

 
Us in Brisbane last year...
The familia will be complete again! :)

Have a magical weekend everyone! :)

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Happy Thoughts :)

Just had another cerekarama episode with myself yesterday... and had to vent it out somewhere ;)

This is going to take a while... So please bear with me... :)

I literally had a 'hangover' on Monday from the hecticness over the last weekend... That I called in sick and slept for 17 hours!!! Haven't done that for years!!! Hehehe...

Last Friday was my first bestie's akad nikah (solemnisation) ceremony... And I was one of the dulang girls... It was a short and simple but a beautiful ceremony...

It was good to be reunited with friends that I haven't met for such a long time....

With the gorgeous bride :) 

The bride with her girls :)

Bestie with her 'Hon' ;) 
Alhamdulillah... :) 

Saturday was all about babies day! :) Had brunch with one of my friends from Melbourne to finally pass the super overdue birthday present to her precious son....

With handsome Eusoff aka Shoff :) 

Then, went to my gorgeous friend Hani's cutey daughter's 1st birthday party... And the theme was Elmo from the Sesame Street :)

With the super cute birthday girl who's much fairer than me now... 
Oh running... Hehe...

I woke up super-early on Sunday morning as it was one of my running friends Nawal's son's birthday party and I came early to help out with the rest to make sure everything's in order before the party starts at 8am... 

And the theme was bootcamp style and an introductory session as well to the Seal Pups program by the Chief's Original Bootcamp @ Bandar Utama and USJ1 ;)

The fitness program is dedicated to kids during after-school or even during school holidays... You can read more about it by clicking here...

And I am more than happy and excited to announce that I will be trained and be a part of the instructor group for this lovely program together with one of my running partners, Rosey and another new-but-kiasu runner Ody... Wooohoooo!!! :) 

Couple of pics of me in action:

Pic creidts to mummy PooiChing from Chief's OBC BU :)

With the birthday boy, Aaraf ;)

Pics credits to Armin :)

I had such a blast at this party... Food was super yummy as we had nasi dagang Kelantanese style... And I had to quickly change and rushed myself to Grand Dorsett At Subang Jaya for my bestie's wedding rehearsal as I was one of the bridemaids for the reception do...

The super duper cantik pelamin...

The bride and groom...
All of us were donned in this kind of tee and mine was written 'Bridesmaid' of course...

After the rehearsal, had to quickly rush myself to the airport in Subang to pick up my parents as they were coming back from a wedding in Langkawi... How nice... Had a 30-min nap back at home and had to go back to the hotel to prep myself up for the do a become a full-time bridesmaid for the night with 6 other girls...

Transformed for the night :P

Seriously, it was really hard for to stay calm and composed the whole since I was pumped with adrenaline from the morning's party... I kept being told by others to 'maintain' myself and 'keep cool' for the entire night... :P 

Alhamdulillah, the event went very smoothly and I had fun snapping pics with friends from Assunta, Sri Aman and Melbourne... :)

Assuntarians rule over Sri Amanians ;)
Yes the supertall girl next to me is none other than the talented actress, Dynas Mokhtar...
We used to be cheerleaders but in different houses ;)

With Rosey, who was on duty as well...
We were like zombies by this time since we've been seeing each other since 7am on that day.. :P

Taking blessings from the newlyweds so that I'll find my own happiness insyaAllah  ;)

My fav pic with my gorgeous bestie :)
Congrats again to them!

And yes, I couldn't squeeze any running activity last weekend... 

So, I am definitely hitting the happymill this evening!!! ;P