the one about badrul and manicure & pedicure virgin...

kuku bar logo...

yup... that was what nisa actually called me that day... hahahaha... first time lah katakan... well, if you don't know why i buat manicure and pedicure, please read the entry kat bawah tuh... this special treatment was a birthday gift from nisa to me... to be pampered with manicure and pedicure at kuku bar...


kuku bar at parkson u, one utama...

memang excited jugaklah nak buat benda nih... teruja habis... hahahaa... bahasa baru tuh... teruja... sebelum nih dah banyak kali jugak nisa ajak ke kuku bar, but i memang tak pernah berkesempatan... but, since it was my 'birthday week', i've decided to do it... kira macam do it or die lah nih... hahahahaa...


manicure & pedicure virgin tengah tunggu dengan berdebarnya...

kuku bar kat parkson u was not as private as i thought... in fact, masa tengah buat pedicure tuh, some friends yang tengah lalu lalang tuh come over and say hello... hahahaha... but, i'm not that shy though... cuma, tau-tau jer lah... bila orang urut kaki semua tuh, mata pun naik kuyu... hahahhaa... syoknya macam nak tidur jer... tapi ramai orang tengok kan, so, kena lah control macho... hahahahaa...


mula-mula kaki direndam dalam air suam...

perancangan awal, nak ambik gambar step by step... tapi photographer pun dapat pampering yang sama gak, so, kira apa gambar yang ada, yang tu lah letak... but i tell you, it was worth it... satu pengalaman hebat yang sukar nak digambarkan... no wonder lah perempuan-perempuan semua suka buat benda-benda nih... it's actually kind of relaxing... not to mention how good your nails would look like after semua dah siap...


tokey kuku bar tengah bagi penerangan...


"use only the best, k..."


"hah, kikis kulit mati tuh habis-habis..."

nisa was explaining about the process all the way, but i was kind of... hhmmm.. macam mana nak cakap yek... i was enjoying the attention that i couldn't remember apa yang dia cakap... lagi pun kita orang borak-borak pasal macam-macam benda, so, i pun tak ingat apa sebenarnya process dia... so, kalau salah apa yang i tulis kat sinih, sorry yek nisa... hahahha... nanti you tolong betul-betul kan lah yek....


tengah buffing the nails... eh, betul ker?

if i'm not mistaken, kuku bar ada tiga cawangan with its main kat bangsar, and satu kat parkson u one utama, and satu lagih kat metrojaya sungei wang... kalau you nak suruh i cerita kan apa services yang dia ada, hhhmmm... sorrylah, i tak berapa tahu... hahahahaa... yang i ingat, ada pedicure & manicure, ada make up (makeup bar), ada reflexology tuh (by appointment only) and beberapa lagih lah... you can actually lawat kuku bar and check out what they have to offer...


lepas kaki, time untuk manicure pulak... waahhh....

ingat kan buat pedicure jer, tapi nisa bagi extra lah pulak... dapat buat manicure sekali... waaaaahhh, seronoknya! mula-mula tuh segan lah jugakkan... maklumlah, kuku jari lelaki nih lain macam sikit... hahahahahaaa... tapi tengok muka the girl yang buat tuh macam tak kisah jer, so i hulur lah tangan i... hahahaha... bessssttnnyaaaa..


final result... waahhhh, memancar-mancar kilatnya...

lepas nih memang i rancanglah, every two months, i nak pi buat manicure and pedicure... hahahahaa... bukan sebab utamanya nak nampak cantik pun, tapi nak keep it clean, to make it look good... and you know what is the best part?... when it looks good, you feels good... so, get ready guys... soon, we will have a manicure and pedicure party!!!! thanks again nisa...

the one about badrul and a week-long birthday celebration...

birthday card from wink, meesua, izreenkiut, cikanos, leen n linb...

this is going to be a 'long-winded' entry sebab tak pernah lagih i celebrated my birthday sampai seminggu macam nih... sesuatu yang baru dan sungguh menyeronokkan... apatah lagih dapat bersama keluarga, teman-teman dan sahabat yang amat disayangi... best sesangat! it started with the pre-birthday lunch dengan my office colleagues on monday, 22nd of november... kita orang pergi makan kat restoran near the office, the highway cafe... sebenarnya that lunch was meant for sonia... belated birthday lunch, but since my birthday was just around the corner, kita pun buat sama-sama lah... tapi yang kesiannya, memang takda perancangan dari awal, so takda birthday cake untuk sonia...


birthday card from jeza, naomi, azni, sonia, jas and jt...

on tuesday the 23rd, i had lunch with my blog friends, who happens to be my close friends too, kat chilli's klcc... ok, let me do this the right way... ada wink, izkiut, cikanos, me, leen and linb... six of us... memang kecoh abislah... macam-macam cerita keluar... maklum lah, dah sebulan takleh nak bergossip, dapat berjumpa, macam-macamlah yang hendak ditanya... joke of the day, leen siap eja jawi sebab taknak kasi orang sekeliling faham, izreenkiut dengan penuh selambanyer pi cakap kuat-kuat.... hahahahaaa...memang meriah sesangat! another pre-birthday lunch yang sungguh hebat! oh, untuk pengetahuan madus, masa nih lah 'berputik cinta' datuk w dengan nombor empat, sebab nombor empat tuh siap berkongsi steak lagih dengan datuk w... hahahhhahahaha...


the beautiful lamp from chail...

on the 24th, wednesday, i had lunch with another group of friends from the office... sambil lunch tuh, sambil bragging about nasi tomato emak izreenkiut... silap-silap bragging, entah macam mana entah, terjanji nak masak untuk diaorang tomorrow for lunch... hhhmmm... kena ambik mc lah nampaknya... hahahahaa... balik dari lunch, dapat pulak birthday present dari chail... baru lepas dapat kasut adidas, dapat pulak lampu yang cantik teramat... everything is looking good! colleagues from jb office pun ada hantar birthday card jugak...


birthday gift from my mom...

malam pulak dinner with my family... ada sanak saudara yang datang dari terengganu bawak keropok lekor... best sungguh... nasi dagang ikan aya... wwaaahhh!!! my mom bagi i new sejadah as birthday gift dengan pesanan "jangan tinggal sembahyang..." that night and the next day, i received numerous sms-es from friends, ucapkan selamat hari jadi... terharu sangat-sangat... alang called about 12 something... nisa, kak rose, kak n, alia, shai, shay, tanty, kak aidid, anuar zain dan ramai lagih lah... sekadar menyebut beberapa nama... jangan pulak ada yang terasa yek! lepas tuh, sambil prepare barang-barang untuk masak esok, sambil update blog...


selamat hari raya... me, izreenkiut, wink, cikanos and meesua...


leen...


izreenkiut...


wink...

birthday, 25th november, thursday... i woke up early, pergi clinic ambik mc... hahahahha... belajar dengan leen nih... pastu balik rumah start masak... so, macam biasalah, nih masuk kali ketiga buat nasi tomato, lauknya tetap sama jugak... kari ayam, daging masak halia, acar timun dan sambal belacan... semua angkut pergi office tengahari... kudsia and tina went out to buy chocolate banana cake from secret recipe... my favourite, so sonia and me tiup lilin sama-sama... kita orang semua makan bersila kat jurassic park (tempat merokok kat office tuh) memang best... teringat masa kecik-kecik makan 'berkawan'... yang kelakarnya, tak semua turun bawah dari office at the same time, so, tiap-tiap kali ada sorang baru sampai, they all start nyanyi happy birthday... bila ada lagih sorang datang, nyanyi lagi... dan lagi... dan lagi... hari tuh saja, lagu happy birthday nih lagi banyak dimainkan daripada lagu siti nurhaliza... hahahahaa...


a pair of adidas leather shoes from a special friend...

lepas habis menjalankan 'tanggungjawab' (tolong alang sebenarnya) mendapatkan surat wasiat kaer masa kat akademi dulu, balik rumah bersiap-siap untuk pergi majlis hari raya kaer that night... mula-mula segan nak pakai baju melayu tapi sebab wink 'paksa', tuh yang pakai jugak malam tuh... hahahhaahaha...


birthday cake from kebun pisang management...


linb...


cikanos...


meesua...

sambutan hari raya kaer was fabulous for all of us... ya lah kan... pergi majlis orang, tapi buat macam majlis sendiri jer... hahahahaaa... geng-geng yang datang malam tuh wink, meesua, izreenkiut, cikanos, me (mengikut turutan yek... hahahaha), leen (anak sedara 20sen), waiem (kakak bob mesra), sm (cameraman yang berwibawa - dalam maksudnya), scov dan aunty n (all the way from penang), starchaser (pembunuh upahan... hahahaha), nhk (gadis london) dan ramai lagih lah... again, sorry kalau tak tersebut nama... bukan sengaja yek... anyway, dah tua-tua nih, ingatan pun dah kurang sikit... hahahaa.. well, to all especially izreenkiut, jangan salah anggap yek, i bukan marah... tapi cuma rasa sedikit tak sedap hati jer... sebab majlis tuh kan majlis kaer, tiba-tiba jer pergi announce my birthday and tiup lilin and nyanyi lagu happy birthday... rasa macam tak sesuai lah pulak... kata orang putih 'steal the thunder'... but i don't blamed any of you guys... don't worry, i had fun too... (walaupun peluh dalam songkok tuh macam air terjun)...


issey miyake from office colleagues...

paling kelakar, bila wink ambik gambar terbalik pakai camera digital... hahahaha... macam orang nak ambik gambar diri sendiri jer... selalunya orang giler glamer jer buat macam tuh depan-depan ramai orang... hahahahhaa... anyway, thank you for a wonderful birthday card, birthday cake and birthday celebration... macam kak rose cakap lah, tahun lepas birthday nyanyi dengan khai, tahun nih birthday nyanyi dengan kaer... glemer nya!!! hahahhahaa...


birthday gift from rostam, julie n esfahan (i)


birthday gift from rostam, julie n esfahan (ii)...

masuk office on the 26th, friday... bertimbun-timbun email yang ucapkan happy birthday and at the same time baru dapat check comment kat blog... thank you all yang tulis macam-macam wishes... all of you are great people... wonderfully great!!! your word of encouragements, your wisdom, your advice memberikan makna yang cukup istimewa to me... then, dapat pulak birthday present from rostam, his wife julie and his son esfahan... beautiful wood carving to put incense stick and a box of hershey's... lepas tu dapat present dari shonny, a brown shirt from british india... hahahaha... dia tahu most of my baju warna hitam... tuh yang purposely dia beli warna brown tuh... and since my boss, andrew sidwell dah habis contract dia, i thought i will cook something for him as a farewell breakfast and also for my birthday makan-makan untuk office-mate yang tak sempat merasa nasi tomato... so i decided to cook nasi lemak... balik dari office terus pergi tesco beli barang-barang...


birthday gift from shonny...


xe'an was wrapping himself as a birthday gift to his papa...

malam pulak pergi birthday dinner with shonny kat usj... masa tengah makan tuh i teringat nak call nisa sebab hari tuh, when she sent me birthday wish, she also 'gave' me my birthday present... well, let me put her sms here... "happy birthday badrul. wow you are a nov baby ;-) it doesn't matter how old we are as long as we are young at heart! so pedicure spa treatment at kuku bar from me to you as a pampering birthday gift! love, nisa"... i sebenarnya tak pernah pun pergi pedicure in my entire life, jadik segan jugaklah... tuh yang call nisa tuh... lepas tuh dia cakap, 'for my close friends, the treatment is priceless...' bila i tanya apa maksud priceless tuh, nisa cakap 'you can do what ever you want and it's free!' wwaaaahhhhh!!!! syoknya!!


birthday gift from ramesh n christina (i)...


birthday gift from ramesh n christina (ii)

on saturday, the 27th, i bawak breakfast to office... i masak nasi lemak, sambal ikan bilis, ikan tenggiri masak masam manis, ayam masak halia, telur dan timun... lepas tuh my colleague bawak cheesecake yang dia buat sendiri...we had a breakfast birthday party cum farewell in my room... habis licin semuanya... lepas tuh i dapat present lagih and this time from ramesh and his wife christina... cologne spray intuition for men... petangnya pulak, pergi berhari raya kat rumah my executive director... pakai baju baru dan kasut baru.... hihihihihi..


at kuku bar... getting ready to be pampered...

on sunday, the 28th, i was quite excited... maklumlah, first time nak pergi buat manicure / pedicure thingy... hahahha... berapa kali tukar baju dan tukar seluar... last-last, pakai seluar pendek, t-shirt and slipper jer... hahahahaa.. pastu nak pergi tempat yang kelas macam one utama baru tuh... takpalah... orang kampung... hahahaha... since hujan lebat sangat, nisa terlambat sebab sangkut dalam jam, so terkejut dawg jugaklah waktu nak keluar kat luar sekejap, tiba-tiba ada sorang perempuan nih jerit 'baaadddrruullll'... i pun dengan penuh confident nya jerit balik 'nniiisssaaaa'... hahahaahaha... nasib baik betul.. you see, i belum pernah jumpa nisa lagih sebelum nih and nisa pun tak pernah jumpa i lagih... tengok gambar jer... well, let me tell you this... the manicure and pedicure were fabulous!!! wwaahhh, i can really see my toe nail... hahahahaaa... anyway, i will tell you guys the full details in my next entry... thank you nisa... what a great way to end my week-long birthday celebration!! and my photographer, shonny, pun dapat jugak the same treatment... thank you... thank you...


with nisa...

thank you everyone... for making my birthday celebration the most memorable one for the whole week... seronok sesangat! you guys are the best... and since this entry is for a week long activities, i think i just letak satu posting jer lah so you guys tak payah nak scroll sampai tiga posting in one page.... you can also see more photos masa gathering hari raya kaer from sultanmuzaffar and waiem... dan untuk sesiapa saja yang menyambut birthday in november or december, happy birthday and best wishes from me at badrul~after~six...

the one about badrul and 25th of november...

my birthday gift i...

happy birthday to me...
happy birthday to me...
happy birthday to badrul...
happy birthday to me...

yup, another year older... so, what else is new? kalau tak kerana 25th of every month tuh hari gaji, i memang taknak 25th november nih datang cepat-cepat... hahahahaa... biar lambat-lambat jer... i was a little depressed (sikit jer) for the past few days... entah kenapa, macam jadi habit pulak asyik dok menanya orang punya umur... yang buat i depressed tu sebab semua yang i tanya tuh happen to be younger than me... cisss... tak best betul! eventhough ramai yang kata i don't look my age, i look younger (kes menyedapkan hati lah nih)... but i still rasa tua... hahahhaa... anyway, from today onwards, my age will be 35, then turun jadik 34, 33, 32 so on and so forth... hahahahaa...


my birthday gift ii...

on wednesday, the 24th, i received a birthday gift from my sister, chail... a beautiful lamp... i was so excited, i tak tunggu pun sampai my birthday... terus jer bukak kat office... well, it's so beautiful... ada ukir-ukir and nampak authentic... i love it so much... thank you chail... thank you! balik rumah terus pasang and it really brighten my red wall kat living room... now ruang tamu rumah i nampak warmer and cosier... very comfy... mula-mula tuh ingat nak letak kat bilik tidur, but i think sayang lah... lawa-lawa pastu nak sorokkan dalam bilik tidur pulak... so, i think it will stay kat living room... harap-harap xe'an tak lompat atas meja tuh lah...


my birthday gift iii...

another birthday gift yang i dapat is a pair of adidas leather shoes... i memang suka sangat-sangat... selalunya kalau i beli kasut, mesti kasut kerja jer... black color... common sangat-sangat... tiap-tiap tahun, design yang sama, brand yang sama... sampai kan, bila time nak show-off kat kawan-kawan, dia orang boleh kata balik 'ya ker kasut baru? ingat kan baru kilat kan jer'... hahahaa... so, bila dapat kasut leather nih, rasa macam lain sangat... thank you... thank you... thank you... mesti bila pakai nanti nampak lebih muda kot... hahahahhaa... i think i'll wear it this weekend masa pergi beraya rumah my executive director...


my birthday gift iv...

sebenarnya i tak kisah sangat pasal birthday gift nih... maklumlah, dah 'dewasa' nih.. hahahhaa... but i do appreciate it very much... lebih-lebih lagi bila dapat from people that i care so very much... rasa macam betul-betul dihargai... i guess what i really want for my birthday is to be healthy, dapat menggembirakan keluarga, dapat hidup selesa (tak perlu kaya raya), jadi manusia yang beriman dan diberkati hidup... amin...

to all my friends and colleagues yang ucapkan happy birthday dan mendoakan kesejahteraan hidup, terima kasih... i really appreciate your friendships... semoga persahabatan kita akan berkekalan... lots of love from me ~ badrul...

the one about badrul and friends...

friends part i...

yup, i'm talking about both... my friends in real life nih, and the 'friends' kat tv tuh... now they are showing it again (repeats) on channel 70 and kalau i miss tengok pukul 7.30pm, i'll try to catch it at 11.00pm... walaupun i ada dvd semua season friends, but still tengok kat tv jugak... berulang kali pun takpa... tak jemu.. at the same time, i can't help myself to compare the 'friends' in tv show with my friends and myself...


friends part ii...

dalam banyak-banyak characters tuh, i think i ada banyak persamaan dengan chandler... hhhmm... i love to crack a joke... suka buat orang ketawa... some times can be a little bit annoying... some times can be so damn funny... ada masa can be a little bit insecure dan kadangkala pulak terlalu bossy... sensitive to a lot of issues and most of the time, can be very dramatic... but one thing for sure, i care a great deal about my friends...


friends part iii...

most of my girl-friends punya character takleh nak compare dengan 'friends' kat tv tuh... semua diaorang nih kena compare dengan 'sex and the city'... hahhahahaa... masing-masing ada gaya dan style yang tersendiri, but again, one thing that these people do have in common with me, is that they too care a great deal about friendship... i think, kita orang nih combination of 'friends' and 'sex n the city'... yup... me, tanty, tina, kudsia, jasmin, jeza, jolyn, su, shonn, sonia... crazy bunch!


friends part iv...

funny thing though, yesterday i had lunch with a bunch of blog buddies yang sekarang nih dah jadik my close friends, and one of the topic yang dah lama i nak cakap kat dia orang nih really strenghten my principle about friendship... yang paling kelakar, a simple case of 'tak sengaja' can be a big issue... but then again, 'friends' ada macam-macam perangai kan... hahahahaa...


friends part v...

to those yang minat friends tuh, have you ever wonder which character in 'friends' yang ada similarity with your own character? or any combination? or any character in other tv shows yang lebih kurang? share lah...

smelly cat... smelly cat... what are they feeding you... smelly cat... smelly cat... it's not your fault! - phoebe

the one about badrul and switzerland...

beautiful spring...

i'm always fond of switzerland... to me, switzerland is one of the most beautiful country in the world, dengan banjaran alps... big huge lake... beautiful weather and wonderful people... no wonder i wanted to go back to switzerland lepas my first big europe trip in 2001/2002...

so, when jasmin's boyfriend, peter, offer a place to stay, and at the same time ada mas fair, i terus jer agree to go... but of course, we want to choose the right time... i don't want to go in the summer because nanti cuaca dia lebih kurang malaysia jer... so, we plan to go in spring... sebenarnya masa mas fair tuh pun we were still nak decide mana nak pergi because ada jugak chance nak pergi new zealand, but i guess new zealand can wait...


dekat lawn rumah peter...

peter's house memang best... macam 'istana' dalam taman... in fact, ada banyak pokok buah-buahan macam apple, grapes, peach etc tapi since kita pergi tuh masih spring, belum ada yang berbuah lagi lah... hahahaha... we took a lot of pictures... gambar dalam rumah peter, tapi macam tak sesuai jer kan nak letak kat sini sebab gambar dalam rumah tuh kira macam invade the privacy lah pulak kan... but our room memang best, ada balcony looking out to the garden... flowers were everywhere... lawa sangat-sangat...


breakfast kat garden...

we had breakfast kat garden, either next to the kitchen macam dalam gambar kat atas nih, atau dekat lawn where it has beautiful gazebo with grapes tree kat tiang-tiang dia... i'm sure it is so beautiful during summer...


shonn, me, jas, peter and levin...

i wanted to put as much pictures as possible, tapi nak upload gambar-gambar nih, mak datuk, lamanyer... oh, if you're wondering, siapa that good looking young man, nama dia levin and he is peter's nephew... sorry girls, he's still under age.. hahahhaa...


bernn, ibu negara switzerland...

we were in zurich, switzerland for about 16 days... banyak jugaklah tempat yang kita orang pergi... lucerne, bernn, interlaken dan banyak tempat lagih yang i lupa nama dia... we also cross-over to germany, but lupa pulak nama tempat tuh... all i can remember was, i beli one t-shirt yang tulis 'fbi' for only 2 euro (about 9 ringgit) made of germany... hahahaha...


baru habis shopping... muka senyum, tapi poket perit... hihihihi...

we do a lot of other activities too... naik boat dengan kawan peter, stephan... shopping... panjat bukit dengan family peter's brother... shopping, naik alps... shopping... clubbing... shopping... bbq... shopping... naik ferry... shopping... hahahaha...


little house on the prairie?...

one thing that really amazed me, depa semua nih macam lepak jer... macam tak kerja jer... kita yang tourist nih logic lah keluar jalan-jalan, but if you look at them, kita orang jalan kat taman-taman, we can see them sun-bathing lah, main football lah, lepak-lepak lah... and that was in the afternoon on a weekday... memang seronok betul dia orang nih... another thing yang memang superb was the public transportation... senang jer for everybody to use it, even for us, the tourist...


macam citer hindustan kan... hahahaha...

flowers jangan cakap lah... everywhere dan macam-macam jenis... even wild flowers pun cantik-cantik... banyak jugaklah gambar-gambar ala hindustan, tapi taknak lah letak kat sinih... in fact, yang kat atas tuh pun dah ramai yang gelak kan... hahahaha...


rumah peter's brother...

i think the highlight of my journey to zurich, switzerland, was the visit to peter's brother... the house is situated at this beautiful quiet valley and we had such a wonderful time there... they were such a wonderful people... we had cheese fondue, which i don't really like, but they also have something 'special' in store for all of us... biarlah ianya menjadi kenangan peribadi... hahahhaha....


mount pilatus, lucerne...

we've been to lucerne before and we've been up on the mountain, but it was a different mountain... mount rigis... so we decided to go up to the highest one, which is mount pilatus... it was raining heavily that day, so memang basah kuyuplah... i nih memang ada height phobia, so masa naik cable car tuh kecut perut jugaklah... but the view on top of the mountain was worth it!


on top of mount pilatus... snow...best nyer...

bayangkan, walaupun dah spring, tapi on top of mount pilatus masih lagih ada snow... sejuk but what an experience... kudsia macam biasalah, tak tahan sejuk sebab dia tak bawak jacket tebal, so she spent her time in the restaurant baca novel... oh, by the way, kudsia joins us about a week later, since she was on her way to paris to see her aunt...


kambing gurun?...

we saw these kelompok of 'kambing' on our way down from mount pilatus... i remember someone mentioned its name but i can't recall it... takpalah, just anggap macam kambing gurun sudah lah sebab tanduk dia lebih kurang jer... hahahahhaa...


shonn, kuds and me... turun from mount pilatus...

masa turun from mount pilatus, we opted for train... memang curam giler... but i rather naik train and have both my feet on the ground, daripada naik cable car again... hahahhaa... tak sanggup oooiiii...


lake lucerne...

from the edge of the mountain, we took a ferry to lucerne city... change scenery sikit kan... it was beautiful walaupun sejuk sangat...


dalam ferry kat lake lucerne...

i really enjoyed my trip to switzerland... memang sesuatu yang menyeronokkan... apatah lagi kalau you pergi dengan kawan-kawan rapat... kalau boleh, memang nak letak banyak gambar lagih, but then, takpalah... maybe next time you can have a look at my albums... baru puas hati...


the alps... beautiful kan...

next year, insyaallah, dalam perancangan nak pergi new zealand pulak... i've heard so much about new zealand too... in fact, some of my friends cakap it is as beautiful as switzerland... mana tau kot-kot dapat jumpa 'lord of the ring'...