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Hey..Its 2011 now!
Its been few months since I last wrote in this blog huh? pretty busy with my new life recently.. 
So, a little story updates about me. Last October 2010, I’ve been offered a position as a cabin crew in Firefly Airlines. For those who don’t know what the heck is Firefly, its a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines. (my hairstyler never heard about Firefly..such a shame)..So after exactly a year leaving the title, my name is back to Flight Stewardess Siti Zakiah..*wink*
And after 2 months of flying, in January 2011 I got promoted to become Cabin Crew In Charge!!
So instead of Flight Stewardess Siti Zakiah now I am a Leading Stewardess Siti Zakiah!
And I’m back in the air!
I hope this new year will bring a lot of happiness and rezeki for me and my family..amin..Alhamdulillah..
Thank You Allah.. 
Recently I’ve decided to make a change in my life. Ya..ya..everyday also I think about making a change in life..
But I think I’ve found something that suit myself ~ to become a real estate negotiator. First of all when I think back of my childhood dreams, I remembered of wanting to be a plan drawer or soon I realized it’s actually to be called an architect. I loved drawing a house. The master bedroom and bathrooms with kitchen and a backyard with garden and barbeque area. When I was little Siti at 10, that was the thing that I fancy at. I was stunned when looking at the houses and apartments when my dad’s car passing by them. I wanted to just enter the houses and breath in there. But?
Ok, now I realized that I did not make a mistake in my life when I chose to study Accountancy back in university. I thought that was my biggest mistake when I prefer not to work in account field. I worked as a flight stewardess instead. And I did not even regret any single moment I had when flying with MAS. Why? Because, I spoke to the person who are already in real estate business and he said that I have all the advantages of being a real estate negotiator. I studied accounts, so I have basic in finance which is real close to this industry. And I am a former stewardess. The quality of someone who became stewardess is something different and valuable needed as real estate negotiator and who is really need to meet certain levels of people. And I dreamed and interest about HOUSE!
So, should I go for it?
I really need the courage.. 
and guidance..and mentor..and an agent company with proven system..and to gain knowledge about this industry..
Ok I know the fact that I’m writing on this blog is just for my self satisfaction in throwing anything from my mind. And just for my self motivation to keep on moving enjoying every other day of my life…whenever I’m free..
But for couple of days before the server was down. That was when I really need to write in here.. ;(
But now it’s back!!! yeay! So now I dunno what to write.. erk?
As we know, planning a wedding can be a very hectic issue mentally and physically. Other than mind stressful, it is all about cost management and budgeting issue. Here are some tips for the bride-to-be to cut-off their wedding expenses.
- Organize your own wedding
Organizing your own wedding can really save a lot of unnecessary expenses. It is fun and more satisfaction (but yes,you might be getting a severe headache). You can get help from your family or best friend to do it together. But you must be very well organized in this matter. Appoint someone to monitor the process. Distribute the job accordingly. Get a diary or organizer and list down everything that you need and don’t forget to compare all the price quotations that you get from a different vendor. You might need at least six months to one year in order to get good result and do a research. Just be confident and believe that you can do it. Here, you might save thousands for a wedding planner cost. In Malaysia, wedding planner normally charge 10% from your total wedding expenses of minimal RM30000. Below than that, it’s a fix fee of a minimum RM2500. So, if the total is RM30,000, it means you’ll have to pay them RM3000. That is a lot man! So you choose, RM3000 for wedding planner (that you can actually plan your own) or RM3000 for shopping during honeymoon?hmm..tough decision huh? Save cost or headache free? You choose.
- Rent your dress, don’t buy
Research! It is important! Take your time to make some research and find your perfect wedding dress at smaller cost. You might consider to rent instead of buying new one. This is a way to save money on wedding dress. Somehow, buying a new one and wear it once in a lifetime is bad idea right? And you’ll have a choice of getting your custom made design or just wear whatever the boutique has in their store. Normally it is cheaper to get what they already have in the store. Another way is, you can actually search for some people who already have a dress that they wear during their wedding and now they rent it out. They’re not a boutique owner, they’re just a person who own the dress. It is a lot cheaper and don’t forget to negotiate!
If you really fancy a designer wedding dress, and the price is cutting your neck out, consider approaching your local tailor and show them the design that you want (just cut it out from newspaper or magazine), ask their advice in choosing a fabric that suits the design, go and buy the fabric during sales season, and ask them to make it. Taa-daa..! you got your own dress now! A designer dress costs minimal of RM3000, just for you to wear during your wedding and you got to return it back. Woww..! Try to budget around RM1000 for quality fabric, RM600 for tailoring the dress, RM150 for wedding shoes, RM50 for rental of accessories, RM500 for groom’s wear (rent or buy new). It is just RM2300. Isn’t it cool? Extra RM700 for other things. How about to spend them for a gorgeous hand bouquet?
- Get your wedding venue at your family house
Trendy wedding is not all about your venue or location. Having your wedding at your family house can save money on rental of wedding hall or hotel. You may have a lovely aunty or uncle who owns a lovely house in a convenient location or a beautiful villa. Ask them a favour. They love you remember? All you need is to prepare a budget for catering with beautiful tents. But make sure the rental for the tents are a lot cheaper than renting a hall. Make a research first!
- Get photography shots without album
One of the idea of cost saving on photography. Take your time properly to search for your professional photographer. Take a look at their portfolio. If you really like their work style, get the price without album. Shoots only and get the softcopy. Do a survey and check out the best price. After the wedding, you and your newly partner can spend time to have a look at the photos and choose yourself which photos you want to get printed in the album. After the selection process is done, save in pendrive and send them for custom album printing. A lot of company is offering this particular service such as www.mystorybook.com.my, photobook and more. Other than cost effective way, it is also giving you an opportunity to select the picture that you like rather than paying someone else to select the picture for you. If you have simple picture editing skill, it’s a bonus. Or simply ask your friend who knows and work it out together to achieve result that you like.It is far more satisfying when you see the album because you’re the one who select the picture and custom made you own album. Or normally the one who’d you appoint as your printer will do the editing for you. Depends on their service.
You really have emptied your bank and how on earth you’ll get a budget for exclusive honeymoon? Don’t stress out. Discuss with your partner and plan to go travel locally. In Malaysia, there are more than five best island in the world located and hundreds of exclusive hotels and resort operating to serve their guests at the best possible. Get some info and book your romantic honeymoon without having your pocket stress out of thinking about foreign currency exchange and passport or visa.
Hmm..well, get organized, be focus..spend wisely and know what you want in your wedding. Good luck!
I’ve been living with a shadow overhead..
I’ve been sleeping with a cloud above my bed..
I’ve been lonely for so long..
Trapped in the past I just can’t seem to move on..
ehhh…apa kena mengena pulak dengan homecooked is the best food to eat ehh??
huhuhu..actually I was just thinking about the song when I’m about to write into this post..:P
I wanted to say that I’ve been living as a wifey for almost 6 months now and we’ve been staying alone together for about 2 weeks since we moved in. So, for the past 2 weeks, we’d spent our time eating at home. And it’s soo lovely. I love that feeling. I’m glad that he likes my cooking. Despite preparing the simplest dishes in the world, the feeling that matters.
Hmm…tonite we had fried brinjal and minced meat with chicken nugget and rice accompanied by h2o with lime for our dinner. Very simple, easy and lovely dinner for two of us..*wink*
Why can’t some people take their time and understand about other people’s issue?
Sometimes we just got too much of life issues that restraint us from doing something that we really dying to do, that will also obstruct our way of giving love..
We just need a little understanding..but when it’s hard for us in giving explanation, it’s harder for people to understand..
We need to give away hopes..and love..in order for us to hope and be loved..But how to give that hope when we need one? how to explain things when we hard to understand their things?
If only we can enter inside someone’s body, through their eyes, we look into ours, through their body, we feel the pain, through their step, we know where to go.. could it lead us to real hopes?
One – Step.Setapak. Definitely forward.
A new place where I’m living right now. It’s just ‘one step’ away from my parent’s place in Keramat and ‘one step’ away from my in law’s place in Gombak. huhu..
Btw, it was my hubby’s late granny’s house. Nobody is willing to live here. So the house was empty after their funeral last year. The family had discussed to let us stay here. For me, I’m ok. I have married their son. I’m willing to go wherever he brings me to. So, here I am. Living in his late granny’s house. And I’m just grateful as long as I have a place to live. Alhamdulillah. Thanks to the family..
The process of adaption for me with the house is easy. The house quite similar to my parent’s house. It is a single storey terrace house and very comfortable for 2 of us. I promise to take a good care of this house as close as his late granny did.
Well, I am now a resident of Setapak Garden. Until further notice.huhu..notice of ‘For Sale’.
Everyone who told me that papsmear isn’t that bad or hurt was a liar. I did that today and it was horror experience for me. Huuhh..
I went for the check-up at Ampang Puteri Specialist with my sister. The medical staffs there were very pleasant and so does the doctor. It’s just the thing that horrible. Can’t they just take my blood to test if I have a good health overall?..why must they have to put that thing into my ****??? errhhhh….
I am concern about my health thats why I was considering of doing the test. And I did some research and asked around whoever had done the test. Some of them said it was horrible and most said its nothing. It’s just like one tiny little injection?? no way mannn!! It was more than that. And that thing that they used, they said its just a little spatula and isn’t hurt at all. But why in my case they used a very big thing that I dunno what they supposed to be called and why did I have to stare at that thing before the test!!??? uwaaa…..menyesal tengok!
My advice to whoever wish to do the test, don’t look at the things that they’ll be using. Just close ur eyes and take a really deep breath. I dunno if I can do this for next year. Yes, its a must do test if you have married or have done ‘that’. It’s a test to check if our vagina is in good health and no infection. It’s for cancer detection too. I have to motivate myself and tried so hard to tell myself to do the test. And I did!!! yes..It’s an accomplishment for me…I had overcome my fear to do that..BUT…..It was horror experience for me..urrhhhh…now waiting for the result in a week. I hope the result will be OK.
Hahaha…finally I watched that movie. It was really..really enjoyable movie, funny and hilarious. The actor, Sam, is really really talented young man. People are laughing all the way from the starting of the movie till they walked out the aisle of the cinema! (except for those who don’t have feelings at all!)
The cast : Shaheizy Sam, Intan Ladyana, Norliana Samsudin, Along Rajalawak and Cat farish. They make great team for the movie. It was directed by Ahmad Idham and produce by David Teo.
Again, congratulations for the team who makes this movie succesful enough to make the audience amused and really enjoyed. If you really need to realease your tense, then go and buy the ticket and watch it NOW!!
But for those who really ’ego’ enough to watch malay movies, just don’t. U’ll spoil other people’s mood. To others, just watch it and enjoy! and laugh! be amused!..yup, it’s not that great2 supermovie that requires high technology or evolution or whatsoever to make people feel worth of buying the tickets..but it’s just..enjoyable!
OMG..I love this movie soo much! Avatar is such a great movie and its gonna be a movie of the year! It reminds me about The Lord of The Rings era..
I consider my self lucky coz my brother in law works in Astro and manage to spare us a pair of premier ticket to watch this movie. We watched it before it even released!! We almost missed this opportunity as my hubby was sleeping when the brother called about the tickets. After the 3rd ring only he woke up and grab the phone and its about 1 hour left before the show. It was worth it I tell u!
Ok, should I tell you about the movie? or..u want it to be a surprise? heheh..Ok ok I just review a bit la ehh..
The movie is about a guy named Jake Sully who was former U.S marine, crippled and was sent to a place in moon to join a group of scientist and U.S soldier for a mission. He needs to transform himself in into his avatar, who then be able to use his both leg in that new world and learn how to be one of the natives in order to communicate with them in the place called Pandora. The natives population in Pandora is called Na’vi. Pandora is a very beautiful place in the moon where there are living species lived. The U.S soldier’s mission was to invade Pandora to get the richest minerals deposit resting under a huge tree in the forest of Pandora. Jake then fascinated with the physical abilities he gained and fall in love with the place and a girl he met there and betrayed the mission and finally help those native to defend their place from being destroyed.
Oh no..I shouldn’t tell the whole story.. What can I say this movie is worth watching. This is another James Cameron movie and he took about 15 YEARS for the whole process of this movie! He took a break in between the process to produce TITANIC? ok..superb..!
I rate 9.8 over 10 for this movie. Brilliant, nice story, perfect plot, beautiful scenery, adventurous journey and a bit of romantic and humour. And great technology used of course. Best 3D movie I’ve ever seen. fuhhh..! I’m gonna get fever because of this movie. Such a breathtaking movie ever. It should be rated ’U’ as it brings up a lot of moral values such as ‘Save the mother earth’ and a human rights awareness. Great exposure about technology too.
The cast? ok, Jake Sully played by Sam Worthington, Neytiri ( Na’vi girl) by Zoe Zaldana, Trudy by Michelle Rodriguez, Dr Grace Augustine by Sigouney Weaver, Colonel Miles by Stephen Lang and many more. At first, I actually wonder if Sam Worthington was really crippled. Silly huh?..But then I realized that this is a fantastic science fiction movie, so it wasn’t big task to make Jake’s leg looked really crippled. huhu..
I dun mind to watch this movie again. I’m gonna ask my friend to watch again together. Let’s watch it again hubby! The premier screening was open up to 4 cinemas in GSC One Utama. And people were queing up like nobody’s busines to grab the best seat as there were free seating up there. Luckily I manage to get ‘ok view’ for 4 seats in a row for us and my sis in law with her partner. The show started at 9.00pm and finished at 11.45pm.
Well well well…watch this movie trailer HERE and go out now and buy your ticket to watch this movie!! Its worth it!
