Let's Have Some Coffee & Chat

I read stuff on Huffington Post yesterday and came across these interesting questions to ask if you are out stuck in a boring party or gathering and you feel like you're the only person who is interested to get to know other people there. You know, just to make new friends or just to get ideas and thoughts from others. It is fun sometimes but if the party gets too bored, I suggest you to just leave the party and go home or go out with others or you could go home and watch that movie you've been wanting to watch since ever. Below are questions that I get from Huffington Post page. These questions initially have 101 questions but I only answered 84, because, I cannot understand some questions or I find it quite boring to answer. Hence, 84 questions answered below. Enjoy!

1. Tell me the 3 best things about you. Friendly, adventurous & lively?
2. On a scale of 1-10, how strict are/were your parents? - 11? LOL!
3. Who was your worst teacher? Why? - Can I say his name? Hahah!
4. Who was your favorite teacher? Why? - Fav lecturer; Dr Wan Noorshahida because she helped me a lot during my degree year. Thank you, madam!
5. Which would you pick: being world-class attractive, a genius or famous for doing something great? - I want to be a famous beautiful genius for doing something awesome. LOL!
6. Who are the 3 greatest living musicians? - Living...? I have some fav greatest musicians of all time but they are not living ones. If I had to choose, dead or alive; I would choose, Beethoven/Tchaikovsky/Bach, The Beatles & Queens. And my fav musicians (or, music) at the moment; Alt-J, Beirut & The Chainsmokers
7. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? - To be more positive and optimist and to see good in other people and to have more patience.
8. What was your favorite toy growing up? - I wasn't that keen on playing toys because my parents brought me to places to travel and explore the outside world since I was a little kid.
9. Name 3 celebrities you most admire. - If they can consider as celebrities, I would pick, Oprah Winfrey, Princess Diana & Zoella Sugg
10. Name a celebrity you think is lame. - I can't name one because there are a lot of them!
11. What accomplishment are you most proud of? - I have some and I want to achieve more. Let me keep them by myself :)
12. Which of your friends are you proudest of? Why? - I would pick Juliana Adlin & Aainaa Zulkafly because of one simple reason; they follow their passion and they are brave to go and chase it.
13. What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been? - Paris, London & my room. LOL!
14. What are your 3 favorite movies? - Nacho Libre, The Other Guys and Pain & Gain
15. Which historical figure would you like to be? - None, I think?
16. What’s the right age to get married? - When you have met the one :)
17. Tell me 3 things you remember about kindergarten - That round plastic swimming pool, nap time with friends, my birthday celebration at the kindergarten with a huge Mickey Mouse cake.
18. What paper that you’ve written are you most proud of? - A lot actually, but the most proud of is my final year thesis; Twins Biometrics System Development.
19. What would you do if you were invisible for a day? - *insert evil face here*
20. Who would you like to live like for a day? - Kendall Jenner or Blake Lively
21. If you could time travel, where would you go? - Every island and beaches on Earth!
22. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? - I don't have any specific fav ice cream flavour. I eat whatever tastes good. Kinda into Matcha flavour lately.
23. Would you rather live for a week in the past or the future? - Live for a week in the past so that I could fix or do better if I could
24. What’s your most embarrassing childhood memory? - When I was in kindergarten, the teacher asked us kids to bring swimming attire for tomorrow's swimming session. I told my mom that I need it the next day, but we both forgot about the swimsuit the next morning. So I went to school without the swimsuit, but I still joined the swim session except for the fact that I swam with only my underwear. LOL!
25. What’s your best childhood memory? - I was the best student (always got first in class) since kindergarten through my primary years and for first three years of secondary school. After 16, my studies kinda hit the ground a bit. LOL
26. What’s your favorite holiday? - Every holiday is my fav
27. If you could eat only 3 foods for the rest of your life, what would they be? - Seafood paella, pizza, tomyam soup
28. If you could be a cartoon character for a week, who would you be? - I don't know, I don't watch cartoons that much.
29. If you could have dinner with anyone from history, who would it be? - Prophet Muhammad SAW (peace be upon him)
30. What’s your favorite childhood book? - Martini and her adventures series because of the illustrations! Gaaah!
31. What’s a great book you’ve read recently? - Just One Day by Gayle Forman
32. Do you feel like a leader or a follower? - Definitely a leader. Without a shadow of doubt.
33. If you could ask your pet 3 questions, what would they be? - Are you okay? Do you get enough food? Am I treating you right?
34. What’s the most courageous thing you’ve ever done? - I completed my degree despite of the fact that I almost gave up multiple times. I faced it and dealt with it and I got through it and with flying colours as well.
35. Who would play you in a movie of your life? - Anne Hathaway because I simply love her
36. If you could be an Olympic athlete, in what sport would you compete? - Athletics! 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m
37. If you had to live in a different country, where would it be? - Either England or Canada
38. What has been your favorite family vacation? - Trip to Europe last February!
39. If you could choose your own nickname, what would it be? - Still, Malina. Can't help it, I love my name.
40. Who is the funniest person you know? - My sister. HAHAH!
41. What’s your favorite thing about one of your grandparents? - Wise. So wise.
42. Do you ever talk to yourself? When and what do you say? - Every single day. Every single hour. Every single minute. Reminder on things to do and thinking on what to do next or sometimes just to practice talking out ideas.
43. When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better? - Cry and listen to the music or watch YouTube or sleep.
44. What’s your favorite smell in the whole world? - :)
45. What do you think is the greatest invention of all time? - Airplanes because it can physically take you to places within a short period of time & also internet because, it's internet!
46. Using one word, how would you describe your family? - Awesome.
47. Would you rather win an Olympic medal, an Academy Award or the Nobel Peace prize? - I would rather win a Nobel Peace prize because people will recognize and respect me for a long period of time and I also will be respected by knowledgable people and also for my knowledge and contribution to the world.
48. What’s your favorite time of day? - Back at home at night after a long day being outside. All showered, tucked in to bed with a crispy duvet, MacBook on my lap, blogging or listen to music or watch YouTube and turn on my twinkle lights on the bedframe wall.
49. What’s your favorite season? - Fall/Winter
50. What’s the one food you could never bring yourself to eat? - Balut or duck/bird embryo. No thanks.
51. What is the sound you love the most? - Ocean waves hitting shores
52. If you could pick a new first name, what would it be? - Still, Malina.
53. What is your favorite movie quote? - "I wanna winnnnn!" - Ignacio, Nacho Libre
54. What’s your pet peeve(s)? - Too many! But the biggest pet peeves are; bad drivers, dirty places, people who don't respect other people's space/bubble, loud people & poor customer service. Ugh.
55. Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out? - In, always.
56. Do you ever count your steps when you walk? - Wow, never.
57. What’s your favorite kind of sandwich? - Salmon or tomatoes/cheese/basil - toast.
58. What’s your dream job? - Photojournalist
59. Cake or pie? - Pie
60. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? - Any islands or beaches in the world.
61. What is your favorite family tradition? - I am not sure if its a tradition or what, but my family and I always handshake each other whenever we agreed on something or after making decisions and we always give each other a kiss or hug before we go to bed.
62. Who’s your celebrity crush? - Blake Lively & Margot Robbie!
63. What trait do you like the most about yourself? - My confidence
64. What are you good at? - I'm not too sure...
65. What’s the first thing you do when you get home from a trip? - Have a nice bath or a shower
66. Would you rather spend five days exploring Disney or New York City? - Definitely New York City
67. Whose parents do/did you wish you had? - None
68. If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose? - Urban Outfitters/H&M/Zara/Topshop/Mango/Bershka/Warehouse/Miss Selfridge/Dorothy Perkins. Ugh! Tough choice! But I think I would go for Urban Outfitters. Ahh, that'd be a dream.
69. What personal trait has gotten you in the most trouble? - Easily get annoyed/anger/road rage
70. Which celebrity chef would you most like to fix you a meal? - Gordon Ramsay/Manu Feildel
71. Who is your favorite athlete? - Usain Bolt
72. What is the best piece of advice you’ve received? - Never give up on good things - My dad
73. Would you rather be the most popular kid in school or the smartest kid in school? - Smartest, of course.
74. What do you like to do on a rainy day? - Sleep. What else, am I right? LOL!
75. Would you rather be the best player on a horrible team or the worst player on a great team? - Best player on a horrible team
76. What is your favorite thing about the beach? - Everything! From the sea, sand, salt, breeze, the humble feeling, the calm effect, the you-don't-think-about-anything-else-other-than-what-you-see-in-front-of-you
77. What is your favorite Disney movie? - Mulan, because that movie shows great values to kids especially girls, that it is possible for you to achieve something and be great in it though you have to do it because at the end of the day, hard work pays off and you'll be rewarded for doing something noble and great for you, your family and for your country.
78. Which of the Seven Dwarfs is most like you? - I think I am between Doc & Grumpy
79. If someone made a movie of your life would it be a drama, a comedy, a romantic-comedy, action film, or science fiction? - A bit of a drama and comedy. LOL!
80. Name a product or service you love so much that you’d happily be that company’s spokesperson. - None. Have not yet experienced or received any pleasant service from any company. I'm hard to please. Hahah
81. If you were guaranteed to be successful in a different profession, what would you want to do? - Athletics athlete because I love sports and the rush!
82. As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up? - Archeologist or scientist
83. What’s the worst thing you did as a kid? - Fighting with boys in school
84. What is your favorite day of the week? - Thursday because my Thursday is always interesting and I never missed Thursday without any great plans with family or friends.

I find doing questionnaires really helps me a lot in blogging and writing. It has the calm effect for me to have positive minds. I am a blogger and I am a freelance writer for some companies and that puts me in "always-ready" mode for my brain to activate more fast and efficient. My work requires me to have great ideas and thoughts at all times and it is essential for me to keep my brain all healthy and works in a perfect condition by eating healthily, exercising to get fit physically and mentally and also doing questionnaires for me to keep thinking. That is how I keep my brain to be active :) Hope you enjoy these rants and I shall see guys very soon.

Taken from Huffington Post website. Click 101 Fun & Interesting Questions To Perk Up Boring Gatherings for details and more questions :)

My Choice to Commute in KL City

Hey, you beautiful people! How are you? How's your Tuesday so far?

It is 8pm and I just got home from the city. I had a very long day today. I went out with my dad to send my car for a major service. Little did I know, my car has a bigger problem than anybody else's out there that it has to be taken away from me for like, a week. Tops. It is gonna cost me (or I should say, my dad. LOL!) quite a sum but my car needs to do that revamp. So now you know that I will not have a car for a week. My dad is definitely going to take me to places. Sorry, Daddy. Hihi

From the service centre, we have no car to take us to places nor our home. With the Uber app, yes, my life has become a lot easier to go anywhere. I started using Uber since early this year, after I got back from London on March and I have been a regular customer for Uber ever since I touched down in Kuala Lumpur.

I have a car. In fact, I used to drive like a lot back then, but not until recently, I realized that KL is packed with more and more people! And everybody has a car and everybody wants to drive. Hence, the worst traffic. Stop thinking on planning to get to work or places on time during peak hours (7am - 9am & 6pm - 8pm), daily, going in or out of the city.

In order for me not to have headaches and curse words out of my mouth, hence, the Uber driver. Open the Uber app, set the pickup location and the destination, wait for like 2 - 5 minutes, voila! They arrive, you hop on it and let them handle the stress for you. LOL!

Not that I insult those drivers, don't get me wrong, what I meant was, Uber is so convenient, also affordable! And mostly, Uber drivers are friendly and I have to say, they are educated and well-mannered! They treat us like a friend, great topics to talk about, open-minded, they keep the cleanliness of the car, great service, really really know how to drive, etc.

I definitely choose Uber every single time I want to go to places, especially in KL. Either I request for Uber from home or I can just park my car anywhere safe and request for Uber from there. Very easy, very convenient and very efficient and I feel safe too. I would choose Uber every single time over the normal cabs. Yikes, sorry, cab drivers.

Not to say that I have bad experiences with all of cab/taxi drivers, but there are always things that really turn me off when I got into a cab. I mean, even before I got into it! Well for most KL lights, that live in KL/Selangor area or always taking public transports especially cabs/taxis, you have at least experienced one out of all things below:

1) You waited for half an hour under the hot sun with sweaty armpits. So many vehicles on the road yet you see zero of taxi.

2) Or when you see a taxi, your left arm is waving up and down and you let the wind go through your sweaty armpit for like 5 seconds to find out that the taxi is occupied. Embarrassing moment, I should say? Or at least the word "Ish" or "Damn" comes out of your mouth?

3) When the taxi pulls over (like finally!), you bend over at the window (either co-pilot's window or behind the co-pilot's window), to tell the driver your destination, they will say to you, "No no, too far!" or "No no, too near!" and they speeds off?

4) Or when the taxi pulls over and the driver agrees to your destination, they press that button on that black thing on the dashboard and it automatically displays "RM 3:00" and you say to yourself, "I waited for half an hour with sweaty armpits cost me 3 damn bucks?"

5) And then you realized, the car is 100 years old when they changed from gear one, to two, to three. Or when it stops at a traffic light. Or when the car wants to speed off but you feel like you are on the back of a camel.

6) Then you also realized that all taxis smell the same. You know that scent of, the 100 years old cushion, cigarettes odour mixed with the air-conditioner, and the unknown car fragrance that I think most of taxi drivers are using.

7) It is either they are so passive or talkative drivers. I have experienced with the driver that does not say anything except for saying the price shown on that black thing with red numbers for the amount. For the talkative ones, meh, they talk about something that does not interests me. And I also experienced with the perverted ones, and that, is the major reason why I stop taking cabs. I do not feel safe.

8) I personally think that it is expensive and it is not a comfortable or safe nor an easy experience for me.

That is my personal choice and I choose to have the fastest, easiest, safest and affordable way to commute around the city. Let me know in the comments below on how do you think about this blog post and also you can share your experiences (good or bad) with public transportations in your city.

I do not promote any hate mail or whatever, this is my choice, so do respect that. If you have your own choice, then that is nice for you to have at least something that makes you live well :)

- M

Fun Times with My Family

Gooooood morning, everybody! (Malaysia time)

How are you guys doing? Good? I just woke up (yes, I know it is 10 minutes after 12 in the afternoon but let me have the chance to explain first. LOL.) So yesterday, I had the most, well I think it is the most fun and relaxing day I've ever had since last week. Last week, yeah. Relaxing as in lazing around the city, went to the mall and just spent time with my beloved family.

You must think that I'm crazy because hey, nobody ever feels relaxed when they're in the city!

So what happened was, I woke up at 6am, got ready to literally chase after a bus to go to the city. I live in suburb area (a little bit further from KL city), so I went to the city by bus with my mom. She is working in the city so I decided to experience her routine and also to be her bodyguard (Malina to the rescue!). 

I have medical checkups going on at 10am, so I reached at the mall nearby the medical centre at 8am. Two hours early for my 10am appointment, so I went to Starbucks to get a bite to eat. Just chillin' with my Caramel Hot Chocolate and Tuna Sandwich while reading two different newspapers, scrolling through Instagram and read some articles, and it is 10am.

Went to the medical centre for my 10am appointment, was there until 12 in the afternoon, and hung out with Mommy while waiting for my dad and my sister to come and pick us up after Mommy's done with work. I asked my sister to bring my black backpack (that consist of my MacBook, colouring book and colour pencils that I just bought).

Daddy & my sister reached around 3pm, we went for late lunch at the foodcourt while waiting for Mommy. My sister and I did some colouring after we had our meal and I managed to send some CVs to some companies and an hour later, Mommy joined us for her very late lunch.

It was almost 5pm, the traffics in the city were not on our side. Morning and evening time in Kuala Lumpur city never fail to let curse words out of our mouths. Please nod to agree. LOL. There are some expos going on in Mid Valley and this time it is home/renovation exhibition that will go on for 3 days (Friday until Sunday), so four of us decided to go there. Since there were massive traffics happening and we really hate and lazy to drive and get through the traffic, we decided to ride Uber to take us there.

As usual, Uber drivers are very friendly, very efficient and also very punctual, so I have no complains. We have a driver, so we talked for awhile and slept in the next 15 minutes. LOL! An hour later, we reached Mid Valley with the cost of RM45. Yup, that price because of they calculated the time you rode the car.

Reached Mid Valley, went up the top floor for the expo, were there for like an hour or so. We went to The Gardens after, located just beside the Mid Valley mall, to go for my graduation gift hunting! *scream* And finally, I got my Selma Saffiano satchel! *SOL* *ROTF*

For ladies, I think they know how that satchel looks like without having to Google it. For men, I know that you do not have any idea on what the hell is that. So, it is a handbag. It is just a handbag. That's all. HAHAH! I have been eyeing on Selma for quite a time and Daddy agrees to get it for me as my graduation gift. Aww. THANK YOU, DADSY!

Then we went for dinner in Mid Valley, had our pastas and scrumptious desserts and iced teas, and requested for another Uber driver to send us back to where we parked our car at the previous mall. The Uber driver dropped us at the basement parking of the mall and off we go driving back home! The road was super clear, and we got home at midnight. I had fun. Fun times with Daddy, Mommy & Sissy. Alhamdulillah. Yay!

x, Malina