On my 20s

1. Scale back the credit cards.
2. Own a home -- or have a plan.
3. Have skills.
5.Travel
6. Saving for retirement day.
7. Know smart people.   
8.Growing up 
9. Adventurous.
10. Be young! :)


Its too late to think about all those important things after reaching 30s..So i better start now, rather than saying 'ah..how i wish i done that years back'.

As a woman, plan is important rite! :)

Diet plan that works for me..

Nutritional and Diet Plan Guidelines

1. Commit to consuming 4 - 6 small meals and snacks everyday. Ok ok..am doing it.
    
2. To succeed, you must plan ahead by packing your foods the night before. Thus, you should always have fresh and low-fat foods around. Oh yess..i really plan my food now! yep, by doing this, i don't have to go for any Martial Arts training just to get rid of those unwanted stuffs on me :)  
3. Keep it simple. Don't get too caught up on the specifics or your diet. Start by simply just counting calories.Of course..not too rush to loose weight..well just to make me wear my lovely dress again..:)..
    
4. Eat your foods slower. Am trying. And i think i become more like the slow eater mammals now
    
5. Make healthier food selections like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and beans, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, low fat meats, fish and skinless poultry.Yep, have to he he..
    
6. Avoid foods that are high in fat and calories. Oh i am away from those food. Oh btw, i have watched some martial arts DVD which is really good, teaching us on how to calculate the calories on food using martial arts technique.nahh..just kidding :P
    
7. Avoid foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy. No more..uh uh..
    
8. Use a variety of fruits and vegetables in your nutrition plan. Start by trying to eat 5 total vegetable and fruit servings every single day. Going to buy those juice maker soon, to drink vegetables  juice everyday..aww

There you go, my so called diet plan..ha ha..Well have to start slowly , and for long term. for me, yea, its all in your mind..and of course doing lots of exercise really help. i am not going to tell here how many kilos i have rejected from my body, he he, but yea, i am going to live a very healthy lifestyle.

Oh my friend jacklyn's wedding only 4 months away..I not going to be the fattest among the girls-in-turquoise!

 

I was in my XXS size..and will be agian.. :P

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i am officially a year wiser

The Black Girls he he..

:) and yes, indeed i am..a year wiser than last year..gaining more experience and knowledge? hmm..hehe..

This year is the begining of a new life here, in my homeland, with my good funny and forever friends..Ah i love my friends..Celebrating my birthday a day earlier (they throw a suprise party for me), and it was really fun!..

(From Left: Tracy, ladyia, Aslinah, Kuyung,ME, Jessica)

The choclate cake was soooo delicious, thanks to Kuyung who recomend that cake..so yummy!

Me and Aslinah the Leo Girl :)

We started the party since 6 oclock and finish around 12 plus am..Ha ha...yea...Jessica especially had sang almost 100 songs (ha ha ha).

Look at the food! very the yummy..alamak i feel hungry again owh..We finish up all the foods and i think all had gain extra 1 or 2 kilos..ha ha..
 

Wah jessica juga laa...2 Thumbs up kama..hahahah

Tracy also bring her very cute daughter, NiNi, and i cannot help but wanting to hug her all the time (gerigitan)..hehe...

Alamak me happy dapat kek?hahaha...

But...Not forgeting...strange enough...lots and lots of ppl forgetting my birthday this year! Urgh!

My nephew and my younger sister! ........And i will never forget , 'someone' forget as well!

Well i still enjoying my birthday this year with my best girl friends...Having  good friends is the most precious present i could ever had from you girls..Big thank you to Tracy, Folicia, ladyia, jessica,aslinah, Lita and Kuyung...!

Even though we had known each other 10 years ago, i still feel like we were just the stupid college girl who do lots of stupid thing together. we had our own career now, and some with own family, but as long as we keep in touch, the friendship will always be there rite girls..

Can't wait for Jacklyn's wedding this Nov..and for our 'Langseu Shooting Day' before the wedding! ha ha...

sipadan is awesome!

yups..i've gove for a vacation with bunch of cute and happening friends..WHERE? hehe..of course the gorgeous awesome beautiful fantastic SIPADAN ISLAND!!

Just back yesterday night so i haven't get all the photos ready and stuffs, so can't post it just yet heee..We landed at LCCT yesterday at around 2pm then taking bus to KL Sentral, then from KL sentral taking LRT to my brother's house (where i park my car). After get the car, we went down to Uptown Damansara for Fish Head Curry, which is sooooo very sedap .


Finally heading home around 7.30pm...Reaching home around 8, straight taking my lovely shower..After almost 12 hours journey, it really feel sooo fresh to get shower! And it's movie time! Heee..my fav TV series Ghost Whisperer and Desperate Housewives! But before that, need to do some house cleaning as the house had been left unattended for 4 days, and dust are everywhere..After cleaning the living room and kitchen, i was ready for my movie! Ah..finally ....i can rest after the long journey..

Office now..ah! im still in vacation mood and i can't think of anything now..I need to rush for my department's plan for next month and i can't think of any, and how to start!..he he..But actually  i have a lot of plans in my head...only need to get to start... Maybe after lunch..hehehehe...

Lazying at office..upsss..

Went to IKEA for window shopping yesterday, just to get some ideas on my new house decoration :)..Hmm i found myself fell in love with lots of things, but yea, luckly reality knock me on the head..budget girl budget!!

He he, yep, i have very limit budget on my new house, and well, i plan to buy the furniture maybe 2 every month..Need thousands for the house itself, not yet mention the furniture..hmm..Look at this wardrobe...she's cute ain't she..:)



Well, yea, little by little, i will put here and there until the house completed ..I still wish i could spend more time at home, rather than in the office..i still can be a successful career woman at home, yep, i trust myself..i am determine, i am hardworking, i think positive...and..hmm what else..hehe..Well, where there is a will, there's a way rite? I will achieve everything i want before my age hit the 3 head..ouch!..:P

A humble prayer to Raja Azman

I am so sad and touched, with the news Raja Azman, son of Raja Petra now in Sungai Buloh Hospital for....Read it all here people..


He did has went through a very hard time during his custody. Some politic issue has made a human being swallow a razor blade? (oh sorry, i shouldn't have said things before the Police announce it...my apology )

A humble prayer from one of the people to Raja Azman, really touch my heart. May we all, who love the Truth pray together in our own way:

I ask the Almighty to send His angels to protect and keep Raja Azman safe.
Please protect your humble servant that he may serve your will.
Lessen his hurt and pain. Heal his injuries. Make his strong in spirit.
Bless and keep Raja Azman in your arms against these enemies.
I make this prayer to you Almighty.
Amin.

Me new blog theme :)

O yess..

I am so very happy with my new theme!..heheh..

I always wanted to change my blog theme, but never had a chance. Now i had completed everything in 2 days!

Over all i think i dedicated my time for 6 hours to do this..It worth!

As the saying goes, Where's There is a will, there is a way!

:)

Tiring yet exciting weekend!

I was at Sabah last weekend for some work. But i manage to go back to my hometown Ranau, for lunch with my families. It was so exciting, have all the local foods to eat and plus, i dont have to do anything :) ..I just sit back and my aunts and my mom do all the masak-masak (malaysian's for cooking) thingy LOL...

Well, traveling is so much tiring. I had by back ache to have to sit almost 6 hours on cars and plane..

Hmm having a real and nice vacation outside malaysia can be good! My friend send me the 3 Day sale on hotel rooms and it makes me more excited!

Going somewhere? Go lah and check this SALE..

Ah Im in love...:)

Ah people, i am deeply in love with swiss!

Yea, the more i explore it, the more i found, and the more i fell in love...Hmm,i just wish that i can have extra leave this year (urgh the work is killing me!), to go for a vacation, and home for Christmas...I know i can't have it all, but..i really wish i can ..:)..

My beautiful dream, swiss vacation : Hurry people, here, i share it :)

You can also check the gems of Swiss tru this beautiful link!

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The Rituals of Tadau Kaamatan ( Harvest Festival )

One of the main and permanent fixture of the annual Sabah Fest is the Tadau Kaamatan or Harvest Festival celebrations at the end of May. The most easily-recognizable features of this celebration is the general merry-making, cultural performances, traditional sports, and of course, the Unduk Ngadau ( Harvest Festival Queen ) pageant.


The Tadau Kaamatan however has its antecedents in religious beliefs and traditional rituals of the indigenous Kadazan-Dusun people which are directly connected to rice planting and harvesting. If one is to delve deeper into the observance of this festival, one must understand the several rituals involved and their significance.


The Kadazan-Dusuns believe that in the days of yore the people suffered a great famine. Their God ( Kinoingan ) took pity upon them, and sacrificed his daughter, Huminodun, by cutting her into small pieces. Her flesh was sown over the land and from these sprang the first rice plants. Thus the Kadazan-Dusun community believes that the transfigured sacrifice of Huminodun is embodied as the spirit of rice known as Bambazon / Bambarayon. The Kaamatan ( Harvest ) Festival is therefore celebrated to fulfill the five major purposes :

Home-coming of Bambazon to the Tangkob ( Large rice storage container )

To restore Bambazon which was lost during careless harvesting and processing of rice through the Magavau ritual ceremony

To feed the Bambazon with special food (rice wine, fermented rice ( tandut ), eggs, salt and feathers of a slaughtered chicken

Friendship and merry-making feast.

Kadazan Wedding

Kadazan Wedding Penampang Kadazan Wedding Customs
by Herman (2001)
Not so long ago, the Kadazans arranged marriages, and weddings were a simple affair. Gundohing Dousia, the present Keeper of Skulls and 6th direct descendant of Monsopiad remembers well the olden times. To us ‘modernised’ citizens, an arranged marriage is maybe the most curious, and perhaps the least understood aspect of the life of so many peoples around the world. Concerning the Kadazans, Dousia explains that “in the olden days, the children had great respect towards their parents, so they would accept their choice. More, they did not have the money, or the dowry required to get married. They were completely dependent on their parents. If someone wished to get married to the partner of his choice, but his parents would not approve, how was he to come up with required dowry?” Thus, the preliminaries to a Kadazan wedding always started with the parents of a young man visiting the family of a prospective bride. The father of the young man would open the talks along these lines: “I have a strong and good son who needs a wife, and I see that you have nice daughters. I would like you to marry one of your daughters to my son.” The parents of the girl were then left to consider. They might visit the family proposing to get a better picture of their future son-in-law, and, more importantly, they would see if the family was able to come up with the required nopung, the dowry (literally: the [items] sent).
When the family of the daughter shows that they are agreeable to a union, the parents of the young man pay them a second visit and the engagement is arranged. Both parties agree to the bride price, which customarily consists of 15 buffaloes, 10 ancient brass canons, 3 large, Chinese jars and one brass gong. The parents of the future bride will first ask for a higher price, and bargaining is expected. As a matter of fact, if the proposed dowry is accepted without negotiations, the family of the young man might be considered snob; and if there is too much bargaining, the family of the bride-to-be might start worrying about payment! When both parties agree on the nopung, they need to agree on the ‘terms of payment’, and it can be agreed that the dowry is paid in instalments over a certain period of time, or that some of the items are substituted with money. “Traditionally,” Dousia explains, “a buffalo was counted ten Ringgits, and a canon 15 Ringgits. But that was a long time ago,” he muses, “nowadays, ten Ringgits are at least 500! And while jars, buffaloes and canons can be substituted with money, at least two buffaloes must not be converted into cash money; they are needed for the wedding feast,” he added.
Once the nopung is agreed upon and all terms of payment settled, a date for the actual wedding day is chosen. It must be an auspicious day, whereby the moon calendar plays an important role. Any month is good for a wedding, except March when the cemeteries are being cleaned and ancestors remembered, and the fasting month of the Malays. The Kadazans have always been in contact with the Malay populations along the coast, and being friends, they would not suffer them to be excluded them from the weddings of their children. When all the details for the wedding are settled, from bride price to date, food will be served. In the evening the parents of the man go home, and on their journey they will look out for omens. If the either of the parents falls ill right after eating, or a branch falls from a tree, amongst others, the date for the wedding has to be cancelled. New negotiations have to be entered to schedule a fresh date for an auspicious wedding day.
If no bad omens are encountered, and the parents reach home without further incident, the wedding is usually held about a month after the engagement. In most cases, neither bride nor groom know each other more than from meeting in the market, or in the fields working, if at all.
About a week before the wedding, two friends or relatives of the families go around and invite people to the nuptials. The wedding day starts early in the morning in the house of the groom where all friends and relatives gather. They have a late ‘breakfast’, and generally around midday they set out, with the groom in his best fineries and the nopung in their middle, for the house of the bride. More often than not, the parents of the groom will stay in their house. When the congregation approaches the house of the bride, joyous Sumazau beats will be sound on ancient gongs. The groom and his entourage enter the house of the bride, presenting the nopung. Everyone is served rice and drinks before the young husband can take his bride to his parents’ home. This time, the parents of the bride might stay at their home, and not join the wedding ceremony proper, held at the young man’s house.
When the congregation arrives at the house of the groom, gongs are sounded again, inviting everybody who hears them to witness the union. Before the wedding couple enters the house, a village elder, often a Bobohizan, a ritual specialist, asks the bride and groom to put one foot on a round stone at the bottom of the staircase. While the couple is standing there, siung, conical hats are held above the man and the lady. Both the stone and the hat are symbols for their marriage: it shall be strong and long-lasting, like stone, while the hats at a time purify them from all evil and shield evil that might be around on the wedding day. Only after this short ceremony, during which the ritual specialist speaks a few Kadazan charms, the couple and the congregation can enter the house.
The wedding couple is seated in the centre of the house, the bride to the left of the groom, and again rice will be served. This time, the rice must be served from a kuali, or a wok, in order that there will be always enough rice for the couple to eat. Bride and groom are given a ball of rice each, which they have to feed each other. The ball of rice symbolises that the two young people are of different blood, which is now to be unified. Only after this symbolic unification can the congregation be served from the communal kuali. Bride and groom are given a chicken drumstick, as the groom cannot eat from the buffaloes slaughtered for the feast. It would be improper for the groom to eat from his own present to the bride’s family! Moreover, if he should eat from the buffaloes, the couple might not be able to have children.
It is now time for eating. Relatives of both partners have joined in the preparations of the feast, because many guest are expected, the house is open to all. The guest are not required to bring any presents, but they must join the Sumazau dancing and general merry making, which includes drinking – during a wedding, rice-wine flows liberally… Before nightfall, the freshly married couple heads back to the house of the bride’s parents where a room has been prepared for them. The custom requires that the newlyweds spend their first night with the parents-in-law of the groom. There are many taboos to be observed on this first night. The couple must not bathe for they would become vulnerable to evil-intended attacks, and wash away all the good luck the visitors brought! Equally, the couple is not allowed wander outside, not even to set foot on soil for that first night; or the children born to the couple would be ill with skin diseases or walk away from home.
The next day, the young husband takes his bride to his parents’ home, where they will stay until the young man has built his own house for him and his wife. Traditionally three months after the wedding the young man visits his parents-in-law, bringing with him a pig. It will be slaughtered ceremonially and eaten by the whole family, signifying that they are from now on blood-relatives.
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Much has changed for the Kadazans since colonial rule in Sabah has come to an end. The most significant change is probably in that the man – or the lady – chooses his or her own partner. To this, Dousia replies: “Well, nowadays the young people have money. If the parents do not agree to the partner chosen, the children will ask: ‘but who pays my bride-price anyway…?’”
Nowadays, weddings usually last two days, and generally they are held on Saturdays and Sundays. Auspicious dates are chosen according to the Chinese Calendar, and the wedding ceremony is held in church. But it is interesting to note that wedding feasts always start off at the bride’s place on Saturday. Only on Sunday does everyone move to the groom’s house. The concept and spirit of the open house where everybody can join the feast still prevails, but rarely will one find that bride and groom wear their Kadazan attire. But the nopung, far from being abolished, is still a very important factor. As a matter of fact, for a young lady of good family and with higher education the parents might ask for such an exorbitant nopung that many a young man will have to abandon his hopes. Who said the Kadazan parents have no power over their children any more…?After an interview with Gundohing Dousia Moujing, 6th direct descendant of the famous Kadazan warrior and head-hunter Monsopiad. By Herman, 27/11/2001.

Lagi lagi Keevan?

DOHA gonna be his last game...:(

But lets hope they gonna make it to Final, so far yeahh..Malaysia is TOP in A!!!

MY Keevan?

VICTORY!! Malaysia defeated South Africa in Melbourne..

Keeven Raj ..He's my Hockey Hero ever!!

Full Name: Keevan Raj a/l Kali Kavadan

Short Name: Keevz

D.O.B: 14/10/79

Age: 27

P.O.B :Malacca

Height : 175/ 5'9"

Zodiac Sign : Libra