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lost by michael buble

:)he rock my day...
special thanx to jon for giving me this sweet talented singer video.
love it!!!

enjoy the clip! wachaaa~

passion.

she is my icon.
i really adore her short cute hair with her long eye lashes.
twiggy one of the greatest fashion icons ever!!! she is awesome oh yeah go twiggy!!

love/sick

adakah saya memerlukan lebih dari seorang kekasih? 

adakah saya gembira dengan apa yang saya punya ketika ini?

cukup?

memadai?

atau perlu lebih?

???? 

*blank

heidi klum!

she is so BEAUTiFUL!!!! :)

my dream WEDDING DRESSES

opppssss...saya belum nak kawen lagi.lambat lagi. :)
tapi saya tidak dapat menipu diri. saya suka tgk baju pengantin.tak kisah la, baju gown ataupun sekadar kurung pahang.kalau dah namanya baju pengantin, pasti saja ianya kelihatan cantik.dari kecil saya dah idamkan gown kembang berwarna putih.di hiasi dengan veil yang panjang terheret dan crown setinggi pokok krismas...setiap kali bermain dgn kertas dan pensel, begitu la gaun idaman saya.
tapi kini saya pula bekerja di dalam bidang perkahwinan.setiap hari pula melihat pelbagai bentuk/fesyen pakaian pengantin.malah pelamin dan deco.tak lupa hantaran2 yang mewah.sekarang ni bukan lagi gown2 yang kembang menjadi idaman saya.saya sukakan rekaan rizalman.potongan yang sgt cantik dan menyenangkan.sopan dan tampak elegan.masih mengekalkan warna putih di dalam rekaan nya, rizalman berjaya memonopoli jiwa saya agar terus lekat pada rekaannya.

aduh! saya memang suka berangan.hihi.tapi saya akan pastikan pada majlis perkahwinan saya nanti (yang belum tentu pun bila tarikh dan tahun nya) saya akan tampil cantik.setiap kali saya ke majlis2 perkahwinan (shooting), mata saya tak akan berhenti berkelip untuk melihat kecantikkan baju yang di pakai oleh pengantin perempuan.tapi ada juga yang tidak kena dgn taste saya.namun saya percaya setiap wanita pasti mempunyai gaun idaman mereka.

saya tak sabar nak menunggu hari perkahwinan saya nanti.saya tak sabar untuk sibukkan diri.keluar bersama teman2, cari kasut yang sesuai dgn baju idaman saya.tudung.veil dan sebagainya.saya ingin kan perasaan itu.saya tau waktu itu saya akan berasa stress, tp apa yang pasti mesti saya sgt gembira.

p.s: dear lyn,
selamat pengantin baru.
enjoy ur new life! :)

woman & shopping

Shopaholism

by Prachi Thanawala

I have fifty minutes before my exam will be over. Ten minutes have already passed and the only thing I've written so far is my name. I continue to stare at the black type and attempt to make sense of it all. Five minutes remaining and I quickly jot down my final thoughts. My time is up. Usually I would be excited to find out my exam score, but this time there was no use in knowing. I knew I failed. I decided not to attend the rest of my classes for the day and instead do what I usually do when I need to forget about my troubles and just escape into my own world where everything is perfect; go shopping. After my little excursion to the mall, I came back elated, with a bunch of shopping bags in my hands and a huge bill in my pocket. I find myself escaping reality through shopping quite often, but fortunately I do know my limits; however, there are many people who have formed an addiction to shopping. They're almost like alcoholics.

Reasons for excessive shopping vary from wanting to keep up with friends or fashion to simply cheering oneself up. But dysfunctional shopping behavior can easily get out of control. Like alcoholism, notes Chicago psychoanalyst Robert Galatzer-Levy, compulsive shopping represents a case of "the ordinary pleasures of living getting out of hand." Just as nearly every alcoholic starts out as a social drinker, a shopping addict starts out as a recreational shopper -- bringing a little color into a gray day by picking up a pair (or three) of shoes. About 90 years ago, German psychologist, Emil Kraepelin defined excessive shopping as an illness, calling it "oniomania" after the Latin onos, or price, but only recently has this disorder begun to be understood.

According to Observer Magazine, one becomes a shopaholic only when the pleasure of shopping turns into an irrational compulsion, but still the disorder is more like binge eating and other impulse-control problems rather than obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Victims of OCD find relief, not pleasure, in compulsive rituals such as washing hands or counting ceiling tiles, whereas compulsive shoppers feel a distinct high. This euphoria keeps them coming back for more, and more, and more.

Compulsive buyers are not able to control their behavior through rational considerations such as not having enough money, and with the easy availability of credit, it's not long before they find themselves in debt. The words credit and card pop up in almost every shopaholic's story. While credit cards don't cause compulsive shopping, they certainly function as enablers and make it easier for undisciplined spenders to get into big trouble in a big hurry. Lorrin Koran, a Stanford psychiatrist and a prominent researcher in the field, says most of the shopaholics he sees developed their addiction in their early twenties, not long after they got their first real jobs and their first credit cards. It isn't just compulsive shopper that have trouble with the plastic, we all do. When we use credit cards it doesn't feel like we're spending real money and according to Gary Herman, director of counseling services for Consolidated Consumer Credit, people who use credit cards tend to spend 20 percent to 30 percent more than they would if they spent cash. With all the credit card usage that goes on, debt increases and we tend to go into denial about how much money we really owe. According to Laury Ausubel, consumers tend to dramatically underestimate the credit-card debt they're carrying, with card users typically owing more than twice what they think they owe.

From 1992 to 2002, credit card debt went up to 157%, roughly $8,400, for the average American household as stated in Money Magazine. So what allows credit card companies to make their customers delusional? Well, according to an MIT economist, Drezan Prelec, credit cards compensate for the pain of paying for things through the pleasure of having the power to buy them making it psychologically easy to splurge. Compulsive shoppers are aware of the control credit cards have over them and yet they still go on to buy luxury items just because when actually paying for the item it feels as though its free until six months down the road when they're so in debt that the only way to relieve themselves is to buy more things.

It's not just credit cards that seem to be a problem. The advertising industry is just as much to blame. It's quite easy to be swayed by the glitzy and nostalgic advertising companies use. The catchy slogans and strategies used draw viewers in and in no time you have a bunch of new customers. For instance, BMW's famous slogan, "The Ultimate Driving Machine," persuades people to think that any car that isn't a BMW isn't good enough. Other appealing slogans include DeBeer's "A diamond is forever," or Levi Jeans' "You walk a little taller in Levis." Tactics such as these persuade people into buying more, and more, and more.

With 90% of compulsive shoppers being women, theories on the disorder vary. According to Dr. Adrienne Baker of Regent's College in London, there is a strong link between compulsive shopping and an inadequate maternal relationship. Often the mother may have been depressed herself or was absent emotionally causing the daughter to develop low self esteem and resort to shopping to find happiness, which in reality is only a cover up for a low self image. Most compulsive shoppers tend to have a history of psychological problems and troubles at home play a huge factor in forming this compulsion as well.

So is there a cure for shopaholism? According to Money Magazine, a team of Stanford researchers led by psychiatrist Koran have found that the antidepressant Celexa might help obsessed shoppers overcome their compulsion. Their results seem quite promising. Sixty percent of the two dozen compulsive shoppers treated by Koran and his team responded rapidly to the treatment. Although these astonishing results are suggestive of a cure, there is no hard proof yet that a pill can cure shopaholism. Since shopaholism is classified as an impulse control disorder, which is often the result of depression, it explains why antidepressant medication could serve as a cure. Donald Black, a psychiatrist at the University of Iowa, suggests that for most compulsive shoppers, self control is the only solution. According to Black, obsessed buyers should just cut up their credit cards, get rid of their checkbooks, and stop shopping alone.

If you feel as though your spending habits might indicate signs of shopaholism then you should start curtailing your behavior as soon as possible. Most compulsive buyers tend to make their spending mistakes in one recurring area. To find out where your weakness lies, take an inventory of everything you own and make a mental note of it so that the next time you go shopping you can resist the urge of buying that item. You can even postpone buying something to quell your urge because if you wait 24 hours, chances are you probably won't want it anymore. Another approach you can take is to buy less than you ordinarily would have, for example, instead of buying three pairs of shoes buy only one. You could also put yourself on a 30 day spending moratorium and use only cash on basic necessities such as food and transportation. Having a strict budget of how you will spend your paycheck and keeping track of every penny also helps.

When I first read about shopaholism, I was quite frightened because at times I do go shopping to relieve stress and I do come back with lots of bags in my hands, but I don't own a credit card so I know my limits since I'm using cash. Now I wonder what will happen when I do get a credit card, but hopefully I'll be alright since I'm reducing my expenditure on unnecessary items already. I think if we recognize a problem in our spending habits at an early stage, then we can prevent falling victim to shopaholism, but if we continue to deny the problem and go on buying more and more for no apparent reason then the situation may get out of hand and treatment would be needed. Like binge eating or pathological gambling, shopaholism distorts our sense of self and if anyone feels as though he or she might be falling victim to this disorder then it is highly recommended that something is done immediately, before it becomes too late.

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p.s: pro and contra... :) at least saya tidak la sampai ke tahap ini kot??

miss oniomania, me called myself!

shoessshopping! :)

saya target bulan depan nak beli satu wedges.
satu je! ;p

1). i love the rainbow on d shoes.cute kan?

2). i really2 love the brown colour wedges...arghhh! nak cari kat mana? saya dh ada satu, tp yang ni mcm cantik warna dia.more darker than mine.simple witout d tied.

so maknanya, bulan depan tu kena beli satu je ke? kalau beli 2 boleh? :)

korean fashion

arggghhh! saya boleh jadi gila tengok ni semua!
takut2 setiap bulan saya tak cukup duit makan sebab sibuk berbelanja kain baju.hihihi.

p.s: shopahollic~

i love pinafore~

sejak dulu lagi saya memang suka fashion yang ini.ye mungkin saya agak ketinggalan zaman, tetapi pada pendapat saya, pemakaian pinafore bukan saja untuk acara informal, malah diacara formal pun boleh dipakai.saya suka rekabentuk yang sopan tapi masih mengekalkan imej remaja selain sofisikated terhadap si pemakai.
baru2 ni saya ada membeli sehelai pinafore.bertambah lagi la koleksi pinafore saya! hihihi~

wardrobe clearance

ANOTHER BORING SUNDAY

sebelum tu gambar2 diats bukan la keadaan sebenar bilik saya.hihih.cari je kat internet buat penghias.tadi masa kemas bilik tak teringat pula nak ambik gambar.wewoo~

so hari ni ahad 15 februari 2009.
hari yang membosankan.afiq kerja.saya sorang2 je hari ni.tak ke mana pun.dua tiga minggu ni bilik tidur dah mcm kena masuk perompak.bersepah2.saya pun tension.semuanya bermula bila pada minggu lalu saya dh terlambat hendak ke office, cari baju pulak tak jumpa...jadi apalagi mesti la saya selongkar satu almari.keluar kan semua kain baju.tension.dan akhirnya pada hari ini saya yang penat.
saya jarang sgt2 melakukan clearance pada almari baju saya.setiap helai baju akan disimpan walaupun tak digunakan lagi... (dah buruk ataupun dah tak muat). entah la, mungkin saya seorang yang sukar untuk membuang barang2.semua nya mempunyai sentimental value walaupun hanya di beli di pasaraya GIANT.heheh.
jadi tadi saya mula memilih baju2 yang tidak digunakan dan yang masih mahu digunakan.mula2 ingt nak hantar ke rumah2 kebajikan (ala...derma2 baju), tapi saya dah surf internet semua nya tak mau baju, kain ni..mereka lebih memerlukan donation dari segi $$$$$$$.susahnya.tu la, silap saya juga.suka sgt bershopping.sampai tak sedar baju dah menimbun.sedar2 ada 2 plastik besar baju2 yang masih elok tp saya dh tak mau gunakan.saya kumpulkan dan letak di sebelah rumah sampah.saya harap kalau orang sampah datang nak angkut sampah mereka akan check plastik baju tu.at least kalau diaorang ambik, boleh bagi kat sapa2.anak dia ke.jiran2 dia ke.tu di kira menderma tak??? :p tapi tak kisah la, if dia nak jual kat bundle pun.tu adalah rezeki dia.saya halalkan je. :)
sabtu malam hari tu, saya ke uptown danau kota.mula2 tu nak jalan2 je.teman afiq cari selipar.tapi malangnya mata saya tertangkap ke satu TOPS yang sgt cantik.saya terus sambar dua pada harga Rm80.mahal kan? ingt kan kalau shopping di sana akan lebih murah.tapi saya dh tersuka.nak tak nak beli juga.tp saya puas hati lama dah nak baju mcm tu. (gambar nanti bila2 saya upload.)
akhirnya saya shopping juga kan??? :p

****bila saya boleh berhenti shopping ye?? :(

hari kekasih

terus terang saya katakan, saya bukan lah orang yang membenci hari kekasih pada 14 februari setiap tahun.saya juga bukan lah seorang yang akan beria2 pergi ke klcc, makan di restoran berputar dan diberikan sejambak/sedozen bunga ros pelbagai warna oleh sang kekasih.
tapi saya cuma menganggap bahawa hari kekasih yang diraikan masyarakat di seluruh dunia merupakan hari yang penuh dengan kasih sayang dan haruman juga kemanisan.saya secara lahiriah nya tidak pernah menyambut hari kekasih.kerana bagi saya, setiap hari adalah hari yang penuh dgn kasih sayang.jadi setiap hari juga saya menyambut dengan perasaan cinta terhadap si dia tersayang, family dan teman2.
pada 14 februari, semalam.saya cuma mendapat 1 mesej ucapan valentine's.itu pun bukan dari si dia.tapi dari teman saya yang jauh di penang.dan dia adalah seorang perempuan.hahaha.
pada 14 februari semalam, saya cuma berada di office saya dengan kerja yang menimbun.betul pula kata salah seorang teman sepejabat.
"sambut la valentine hari ni dengan memeluk dan mencium Mac di office.at least tak berdosa daripada peluk cium boyfriend.." hahahah.

tapi percaya la.saya tidak pernah membenci hari kekasih ini seperti orang2 yang berada di dalam FB yang konon2 menghentam sungguh2.
walaupun saya tidak menyambutnya tapi saya tahu pasti ada perempuan2 yang gembira + sangat2 gembira kerana :

1). hanya pada 14 feb saja, sang lelaki akan bertindak gentleman berbanding hari2 lain.
2). akan di beri bunga samada sekuntum, 2,3,4 atau 100 kuntum..
3).coklat tanda kemanisan cinta.
4).diberi peluang untuk memilih apa saja dan dibelikan secara percuma oleh kekasih.
5).dapat meluangkan masa bersama.

dear girls out there,

i'm happy for you.. :p

p.s: bagitau saya, jika ada perempuan dalam dunia ini yang tidak suka dilayan seperti puteri oleh lelaki yang di cintai. :)

wewooo~

tak faham atau bodoh??

sebab tu orang kata "FAHAM & DENGAR"

FAHAM guna otak.

DENGAR  guna telinga.

maknanya GUNA OTAK DAN GUNA TELINGA.

bukan otak letak di tapak kaki.

anda yang berkenaan adalah sangat2 bodoh.

kebodohan anda sama dengan sifat anda.hidup anda.diri anda.

u're damn stupid + idiot + very2 stupids! 

i am so sorry.

:)

i'm tired.

penat.
penat kena ikut cakap orang.

penat.
penat kena buat semua benda.

penat.
penat nak mengeluh.

penat.
penat nak melolong.

penat.
penat nak mengadu.

penat.
penat nak berpura2 gembira.

penat.
penat nak memikir.

penat
penat
penat

:(

miss super duper busyness!

project : TALENTIME the making of

date      : 2/2/2009 (yasmin ahmad & fendi the producer)

time      : 8.00 pm-10.00pm

project : TALENTIME the making of

date      :4/2/2009 (jaclyn victor)

time      :2.00pm-4.00pm

project : TALENTIME the making of

date      :5/2/2009 (mahesh kishore.mohd syafie.kahoe & pamela chong)

time     : 2.00pm to 4.00pm

CORFIS PROJECT  - date : 6th feb 2009

                            - venue : manggis studio

                            - talent  : akhtar suria fm 

CORFIS PROJECT - date : 9th feb 2009

                           - venue : norman's sound recording studio (for voice over)

                           - talent : akhtar suria fm

so guys! there's goes my pack schedule by this week.a very tiring days.

kena call sana, kena call sini.

kena ambik tau hal itu, kena tau hal ini.

semua nya kena cepat + pantas.

saya dah mula rasa mcm nak nangis sebenarnya.

saya dah mula rasa tertekan.

saya dah mula menyumpah dalam hati bila apa yang saya harapkan tidak menjadi...

till now...i do not know that i still love my job or not! :(

just hate my self! :(

p.s: yeah..maybe i just need shopping to release myself.sungei wang..waiting for me ok! :D

TALENTIME in the making of~