This. Always.

 - Tumblr, 2013

Malina, you can't bake.

Its been awhile since the last I wrote something here. And somehow I feel like writing (or, typing something out of my mind) tonight. It is Feb 27th and big birthday to my beloved Mommy. I am so lucky to have her as my mom, she is my world, my everything. Thank you Mommy for everything. Nak jadikan cerita, Sissy and I baked a chocolate cake for Mommy. Well, hmm, I admit that I actually don't have any idea or any knowledge in baking. I have only baked, cupcakes, but it was a longgggg time ago. Sudah lupa already. And I can bake pies, but not cakes (sadly, yes). I admit, I can cook but I seriously cannot bake. Like, seriously! Sissy knew how to bake and stuff so credit to her who taught me to bake that cake for Mommy's 48th birthday, yesterday. She said, "Kakak, you need eggs, oil and water..." and bla bla bla. The only thing I did was listening to her and preparing whatever stuff to bake a chocolate cake. Everything was awesome until we opened the oven and hmm... I didn't like what I see. The cake somehow, terjongket? I don't know how on Earth boleh jadi like that. Nak kata tak rata, semuanya rata. So yeah. Like it or not, we cannot just throw it, so we decided to just do the topping part. Ahha! Another funny story. Since we both are broke-ass gals, we used whatever the refrigerator has. We used, Milo powder, marshmallows and Skittles. I know. Disgusting right? Hahah! We don't have that much of money to go and buy chocolate rice or chocolate syrup or icing or whatever for the cliche toppings. Tak nak membazir punya pasal and just want to do something for Mommy, there. Chocolate cake with Milo, marshmallows and rainbow-coloured Skittles. We arranged the Skittles on top of the cake, written huge "48". Lewlz. Low budget cake but full with love! How about that huh? Be jealous, be jealous. LOL!

Eggs

Chocolate powder/flour? I don't know what's inside.

EVOO and water (Oh come on guys, you should know EVOO by now)

Then, stir!

Stir some more! (Oh, what a machine hand I have there! LOL!)

Stir...

And stir until everything mixed up.

And pour into your, pan? Or whatever they call it. Put it in the oven for 15 mins.

Best part. 

Best part. Part 2.

Best part. Part 3. Lick everything off!

There. After 15 mins. Cake terjongket! Not proud, not proud -.-"

Skittles. And I don't want to show you the outcome. Let's brush up your imagination skill! Think think! LOL!

Miss Malina Azman, poor her. Doesn't know how to bake. Lewlz!

Malina Azman, x

Miera Liyana's Wedding

Meet the beautiful bride, Amierah Liyana. Congratulations babe! X

CBN sweethearts; Wawa and Ez

CBN sweethearts; Rain, Faraheen and Sajie

The dudine; Nissa

The babe; Sajie

Quote

" You just gotta ignite the light
and let it shine. "

- Katy Perry, Firework

Mi Laffs

XX

Quote

" You mustn't be afraid to sparkle a little brighter, darling. "

- Tumblr, 2013

Awaken The Leader in You

Key – 1 : Know Your Purpose

• An Idea without Purpose is meaningless
• An Action without Purpose is meaningless
• A Life without Purpose is meaningless
• No Purpose, You go nowhere
• Find a Mentor (Somebody who has already achieved success in your field)
• ASK (Always Seek Knowledge)
• Seeking Knowledge is obligatory
• Go back to the basic (i.e. read the book)
• Sharpen Your Axe
• Study autobiographies of Great Leaders (but do not copy them)
• Without Purpose you perish
• For anything you do, there must be a Purpose
• Don’t be a Wanderer
• Don’t get lost in the crowd
• Have a clear Vision
• You are responsible for where you are today
• Past is past, your present is the decision you made in the past, your future depends on the decision you make now
• Your decision today takes you to what you want to be, have and do
• You are accountable for your time, wealth, health, your family, team, what you speak, how you treat others and your surroundings

Key – 2 : Identify Your Strength

• Don’t be like an elephant
• Don’t be shy, ask for feedback
• Find a coach
• Turn your weakness into strength
• Ask yourself: Am I fair? Do I take responsibilities? Do I listen carefully? Do I care about other people? Am I honest? Am I willing to debate? Do people trust me? Do I take things personally?
• What do I need to improve?
• Doubt, anxiety, fear and worries are non-existing
• Stop excuses
• Have faith
• No faith, you go nowhere
• Without faith we perish

Key – 3 : Have a Vision

• If Purpose is “WHY?” Vision is “Where?”
• What is your vision statement
• Focus on you Vision
• Focus on what you want, not on what you don’t want
• Focus helps to manage your time
• Focus helps to prioritize your task (first thing first)
• If you want everything you get nothing
• Set your goals
• Make it SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable (Achievable), Relevant and Time bound
• Always take baby steps
• Motivate your team
• Lead your team from front
• Push your team from back
• Visualize your vision (see it, smell it, feel it in your gut)
• Help your team see what you see!

Key – 4 : Dream Big

• Remove the lid of your mind
• Think big like a lion
• Be bold and unrealistic
• Feed positive thoughts
• What you think is what you become
• Whatever mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve (Napoleon Hill)
• It is hard to beat a guy when he believes that he is going to win (Muhammad Ali)
• Believe in your strength and past success
• Every reality begins with a dream, thought or idea
• Every reality leads to a new dream, thought and idea
• Dream is not what you see in sleep, dream is the thing which does not let you sleep (A.P.J Abdul Kalam)

Key – 5 : Challenge Your Limits

• Before you challenge the world, challenge yourself
• Do not run away from responsibilities
• Face challenges
• Be a doer, not a dreamer
• Challenges, problems, difficulties, blocks, hindrance, complications, hurdle, barrier, obstacles all are made to make you stronger
• For every negative there is a positive
• For every night there is a day
• For every down there is up
• For every failure there is a success
• For every loser there is a winner
• Your decision in life makes you a winner or a loser
• Winners play to win, losers play not to lose
• Winners take calculated risk, losers take no risk
• Winners do things differently
• Just-do-it
• Move from your comfort zone
• Move from your secure zone
• Keep pushing yourself forward
• Be daring, bold and fearless
• See opportunity ahead of you
• Feel uncomfortable
• If you feel comfortable, you miss the opportunity
• Wherever there is a problem, there is an opportunity
• Turn the wall of fear & failure to wall of opportunity
• Seize the opportunity

Key – 6 : Be a Champion of Change

• Be flexible
• Appreciate newness
• Be curious
• Know what’s happening around you
• Renew, learn and change
• If you want to change your future, you must change
• If you don’t change, you become outdated
• If you change everything will change
• Change your belief system
• Change “No, Don’t and Can’t” to “Yes, I can and I will”
• Kill your negative talk
• Get rid of old thoughts, believes, habits that no longer serve you
• If you think you will fail, you will fail
• If you think you will never get what you want, you will never get what you want
• If you think you are financially broke, you are broke
• If you think you are fat, you are fat
• You get what you focus on

Key – 7 : Perseverance

• Have patience
• Good thing comes to those who wait
• Things will happen when you are ready
• Build stamina to withstand blows
• Condition yourself to take the hit
• Discipline yourself
• Stretch beyond your limits
• To be good, you need to practice
• Longest journey starts with a single step
• Have determination
• Get up and fight
• Never give up
• Never quit
• Keep trying
• Break all barriers
• Winners don’t quit, quitters don’t win
• Do be like a carrot that become soft and not like an egg that becomes hard, be like a coffee bean that changes completely when boiled in water
• I hated every minute of training, but I said “Don’t Quit” – suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion (Muhammad Ali)

Key – 8 : Follow your Passion

• Don’t forget to focus internally
• Focus on your inner stimulus
• Don’t fall in the trap of fast-track
• Information is good, but too much information is meaningless
• Be busy but find time to live
• Take time to do what you love doing
• Doing what you love, makes you happy
• You also make others happy
• Find out what is that you love doing, something easy for you hard for others
• The more impact you create in the market place the more success you become.

Key – 9 : Be Humble & Truthful

• Ask am I humble or arrogant?
• Nobody want to follow someone arrogant
• Humble yourself as a child – be of service
• Be humble – give away credit
• No ego, no envious, no jealous
• Forgive and forget
• Be curious like a child
• Be hungry and thirsty like a child (for knowledge)
• Always improve yourself
• Humbleness will make you truly interested in people
• You learn from them
• You listen to them, you become effective listener (No.1 communication tool)
• Be like a magnet – attract (influence) followers
• They become interested in you and listen to you
• Live in truth
• Honor your words
• Every time you break your words you lose power
• Your word is like Gold – Honor it
• Do what you say and say what you do (Walk the Talk)

Key – 10 : Be a Giver

• Leaders are givers
• Rich are those who give not those who keep
• The more you give the more you get
• The more you teach the more you learn
• If you want more love, respect, support and compassion - give more love, respect, support and compassion
• Be a mentor for others
• We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give
• Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for entire life.

I just have to share this. Thank you, Daddy :) xx

The Engagement Ceremony of Aniq & Ika

The Engagement Ceremony of Aniq & Ika

There, that joyous face of hers :D

Juey, Liyl, Qis, Ika, Mija and I 

"I'm engagedddddd!" - Ika

With the happy girl, Ika :)

Congratulations, pretty!

Went to Dengkil, 3 cars convoyed from Cyberjaya. Was with Juey, Aarief, Mija, Izham, Liyl, Adri, Qis and Fahmy. Everyone went with their partner, okay!? LOL! Gerak to Ika's in Dengkil, we were an hour late. Yes, were behind the schedule. Supposedly ETA, around 12 noon. But we were late, so tak sempat nak tengok majlis sarung cincin. Sampai je, Ika muka happy dari jauh jerit, "Koraaaaanggggg!" while everyone non stop cakap sorry. She kept on saying "Takpe takpe, its okay. At least korang datang juga." Cute je minah sorang ni. Makan then sesi bergambar. Too many pictures and I want to see it pronto! The theme was pastel colours so that was the reason why everyone pakai baju macam lebih kurang je colour. Hee. Well, congratulations to Ika and Aniq (siap hashtag kat Twitter #AniqIkaEngagement. Lewlz!) and we seriously can't wait for your wedding pula! Jangan lupa ajak. Surely datang, in Shaa Allah :)

Syafiq & Zee's Wedding

Congratulations to both bride and groom.

May Allah bless both of you and your marriage :)

Meet Noi. My roommate during my 2nd year

My ex-roomies ; Zaty and Noi

My girlfriends : Rai and Sheera

My long lost buddies : Bulu and L

With the pengantin : Syafiq and Zee

My Unisel babies! Ili, Anis, Ila and Azira

My classmates during Foundation Year in Unisel x

Kawan susah senang during Foundation Year : Ili Athirah :)

My susah senang bersama since 1990 : Dalila Zainal :) xo

My cousin, Ila and I attended the wedding of my friend, Zee in Section 9 Shah Alam, last Saturday. They served Nasi Arab and I really thought that it was awesome since that was my first time ever attended a wedding yang served Nasi Arab. Selalunya, nasi minyak and other lauk normal kat kenduri kahwin. Maybe nak mengelakkan the cliche-ness, so Zee's wedding ni, honestly it was very nice. Soooo many people yang keluar masuk the hall (Zam-Zam Restaurant/Hall). At first, I was hanging out with bunch of MMU people. Met Noi, Bulu and L. Seriously I haven't seen them in awhile since they left MMU during our 2nd year. Catch-up for a little while, then on my way nak keluar hall, bumped into a group of my Unisel babies. It's been ages since the last time I saw them! So, makan and hung out for the second time. Lewlz. It was so great seeing them again. All grown up :) To Zee and Syafiq, your wedding is so nice! Loving every bit of it and totally love the food! LOL! To Zee, finally you kahwin! Tahniah. Semoga menjadi seorang isteri yang solehah and same goes to Syafiq. We all had fun at your wedding! Whee! Semoga berkekalan sehingga ke Jannah, in Shaa Allah. Amin :) And thanks Ila for being the "awesome" tour guide. Zzz.

Grafa Cafe Restaurant

Grafa Cafe Restaurant, SS15 Subang Jaya

The menu

The entrance

Lomo corner

Spacious, plenty of seats for both indoor and outdoor

Nasi Goreng Ketam

Chicken Chop

Carbonara Bacon Turkey Ham Spaghetti

Mammamia Sandwich

Strawberry Banana Ice Blended, Peach Tea, Orange Juice

Hello there! If you keep yourself updated with this blog, I'm pretty sure that you all know about the lists I've made few weeks back regarding the "MPMCMM". Remember? Or if you don't have any idea what I'm talking about here, just click this link for further details. There - MCMPMM. Alright, I give you 5 minutes to read it through.

Done?

Okay, so now. Back to our business. As you all can see, I've already crossed out 'Grafa Cafe' in the list since I have already tried it! I went there, last week with bunch of friends for dinner (for the first time) and went for lunch a week after (the second time). First impression, I was, "Okay, this place is cool, wey!" Because they have lomo stuff right at the corner at the entrance and the gallery outside (before you can even reach the entrance door) and the black feature wall with green diamonds (I think? Diamonds right? Lewlz!) with the orange couch placed near the cashier. So I thought that was the only cool part until I sat down after passing by everyone and pening "Where to sit?!". My friend and I were sitting indoor, and I was facing the wall, huge blackboard to be exact full with menu served from the kitchen and it was written with white chalk. How cool is that?! Not cool enough? Let me tell you more.

Let's start with the drinks. As you all know (Or maybe you don't), I'm always a big fan of Iced Peach Tea. So, that was the time I should try the famous Peach Tea that everyone has been talked about. I, simply, love, it. The tea was perfect and freshly sliced peach was cozily dunked in the tea. Not so icy, just perfect. I LOVE IT! And I ordered, Iced Honey Lemon with extra honey and less ice please. The waiter just smiled and off he went to the drink counter. He didn't jot it down or anything, just cool enough to memorize and bring back the drink exactly how I wanted it to be. Extra honey, less ice. Perfect.

And so I've tried, Nasi Goreng Ketam. It was a bit spicy. For those who can't stand the hotness of green chilies, it's better for you to have plain water with you on the table. LOL! The soft-shell crab is well-cooked, you can eat everything from the leg to its, shell? You can eat it, don't worry. Then there's Mammamia Sandwich. You would probably say, "Mamma miaaa!" out loud when you taste the juiciness of the bacon (turkey ham) and the crunchiness of the tomatoes and cucumbers, all mingled together in the crusty bread along with mayonnaise and 2 sauces on the plate. And not to mention, the non-oily french fries. Healthy food all the way huh! Carbonara Bacon Turkey Ham Spaghetti was nice. My friend had that and I only sibuk to taste it. Love the sauce! Milky, creamy and tasty! I don't know how to describe it, it's just, delicious! And then, there's Chicken Chop.The chicken is well-cooked, crispy and no oil detected. Yay! The mash potatoes is the bomb! Baaammm! Huge portion and it would be lovelier if we can have more of it!

The service is tremendously good. The waiters are efficient enough not to write the menus down and they can memorize it and they bring the food to your table according to your orders. I think that was pretty cool. Just like kedai mamak :) But I think it would be better for the waiters to be more alert. Customers can call out for you anytime.

The price is okay. The cashier gave me the receipt and its written there, "Eat Like a Boss, Pay Like a Hobo". Heck yes! The portion is superbly huge and you pay like, just a quarter of it.

My friends and I were enjoying our time at Grafa. We really love the ambiance, the friendliness of everyone in the restaurant, the decor, the food and the awesome fact that Grafa Cafe can make us lost in time. We didn't realize we were having lunch for 3 hours! Grafa is a very nice place to hang out with friends, just to catch up and update each other and you can also host a birthday party there! If you want to :)

55, S15/4B, Subang Jaya, 47500

Tel: 03-5611 7600

Rating: ★★★★☆

Malina Azman, x