1408 (2007) and watch online!

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Synopsis: Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a guy who stubbornly refuses to believe in the paranormal. In fact, he's written two bestselling books debunking myths and rumored hauntings. His latest subject is a hotel room in New York City with a dark and infamous past. However, in his determination to prove that 1408 is not haunted, Enslin may just stumble into a real-life ghost story.

What I think?: This movie really gave me creep! There are a lot of suspense and twists, almost made me dissapointed at one point when i thought that was the ending but nooo, the horror continues! The ending really gave me goosebump... overall a should watch movie, preferrably at the cinema! haha It just makes me think now whether the whole thing was real or just his (John Cusack) illusions. It seems like the hotel management was part of the whole thing since they kept on persuading him to check out. But in any case, John Cusack really played his role and I enjoyed it! Can't wait for the DVD release!

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Just some thoughts for today

I was reading Reader's Digest last week and there were two short articles that made me laugh and a tip for students:

1) A tourist in China was looking for an elevator in a shopping mall and she finally saw a sign "For your convenience, there is an elevator for you located in China" ok~~ that's really convenient hahaha

2) An old patient was given a plastic cup for urine test by a nurse. He went to the toilet, peed and returned to the nurse. The cup was empty! He returned the cup to the nurse and said, "I do not need this, there's a toilet available" lols!

Yes these happened in real life!

3) And there's also an article about studying while listening to classical music does help to make learning more effective. I think it's true. I tried just now and it makes me feel more relax than this morning. I was freaked out earlier cause I just found out that I have two exams next week and another 2 on the 10th of July. God please save me :/

Chris Daughtry - Home

August is getting closer. Listening to this song reminds me home :( The uncertainty of me going home or staying do hurt a bit but first thing first... i must pass all my exams :)

I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, remains true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

Chorus

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old.
So I'm going home.
I'm going home

Schwetzingen: I'm back!

This is the fake mosque built in Schwetzingen Garten. The brief history: The king built different types of garten in his castle area including English, Turkish and Greek Garten. You will need a minimum of 2 hrs to walk around his garten. Imagine that!

Serunding weekkkkkkkkk

My family have sent me a package of Brunei food including 2 packs of serunding. My friend's mum gave me another 3 lols So that makes 5! I was only kidding when i said i want serunding.

For those of you who don't know: Serunding is a type of dried meat (Brunei style) cooked with special herbs and spices. It's normally served during Eid Festival and they are a bit pricy. But ofcourse, serunding is still my favourite!!

I just finished half today. It's kind of addictive! So if u are living in/near Reutlingen and want to have a try, you can contact me haha Ofcourse i'm kidding :p

All worth it!

I had been busy preparing for my Entrepreneurship presentation which was held today. Yesterday i ate at a chinese restaurant and i got a Fortune biscuit (?), it states that "Your knowledge saves you from a misfortune". I am not superstitious but i was really hoping it is a sign of good luck and it was!! The presentation went well and the Prof. (one of the challenges Prof. ever!) found it interesting. The paper was on "Real estate investment in China: Risks Analysis and Management". I almost went crazy working on this project because my team partner is the total opposite of me lol. But i learnt a lot from her.

Time to rest. Cheers.

What u can find in ebay

Cheap Taxi Ride to Airport? Find it in ebay lol

Long Tuesday

Quote of the day: "Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach." Tom Robbins

It has been a long day today. I wanted to do so many things actually but only managed to get a few things done. Dissapointing. Shortly after i updated the blog last night, the landlady came to explain what happened earlier when i was not at home. She was so worried. The pipe needs to be repaired. The carpet needs to be removed if it does not dry up soon. Now part of my wall is ripped off and hell no, i am not going to repair that. I hope she won't give me the invoice *heart beating faster* lol.

So the plumber came today to fix the water pipe (if i understood correctly, water for the heater in the house) which the electrician drilled yesterday by mistake. No wonder the carpet was wet. It was so noisy and soooooooo warmm at home. My bro in KL called as i needed advice. Then i went out because the heat was unbearable. Sat in the park, went to the nearby printing shop and bind the term paper. Then i requested the embassy to call me back and discuss about some issues. The discussion honestly made me a bit confused so i went straight to town and did some window shopping. Leather jacket 50% discount! Found my size but.......

By 4.30 I was ready to go home. The plumber was not there. Oh thank god. He was wearing his shoes in my room and my carpet is dirty :( I need to take a nap....blame the weather lols

Broodies Gathering Video

I was free last sunday lol. The paper for Entrepreneurship is finish and was ready to be printed out. So i used my free time to make this video and met a friend in the afternoon. It was nice indeed.



Today i created a To-Do list for the next 2 mths. I realised there is sooo much to do in such a little time but i have mentioned all these earlier haha. The electrician came this morning to repair the lamp. When i returned, the lights were fixed. The electric box was replaced. The wires were also new. But part of the wall was a bit damaged arghhh. Honestly, I am quite nervous about the invoice which they will send in the next few days. I hope the service won't cost much! When it comes to service, everything is costly in Germany. So before you start complaining about life in Brunei, stop because remember this....you are very lucky....very lucky indeed :)

Visit Brunei 2008 Part 3

Find new reasons to smile .... and laugh... :)





Taken from the Brunei Tourism DVD... love it!

Honestly, makes me homesick lol

Another long Wednesday

I came to the university before 8am. Met a friend in the bus. She was late half an hour for class. Funny thing is, she walked with a normal pace to the faculty haha. I understand. For this Außenhandelfinanzierung (Foreign Trade Financing) class, it is seriously difficult to understand what the Professor is saying. Trust me, i've been there lol. The ironic thing is... he speaks perfect standard german! But from one semester to another, the complains from the international students are always the same.

While waiting for the project partner, I sat in front of the secretary's office and read my Investition's (Investment) notes. Then suddenly I heard Iris (secretary) saying "Guten Morgen Hafizah, wie geht's dir?" Honestly, i was still in the process of waking up so i just said i'm fine. Full stop. Then she said "Ein bisschen gestressed gel" (a little bit stressed out right?) You see, GEstressed is not even a german word lol.

There are so many things that need to be done before flying back to Brunei. Half of me is reluctant to leave... the other is sooooo excitedddd!! I am also nervous about things: presentation for Entrepreneurship, passing all exams, painting the rooms, closing contracts, abmelden from Bürgeramt (cant think of the translation lol), contacting the shipping company to arrange trunk, packing etc........OMG!!! Actually, it's not the presentation that i'm nervous about but it's the professor! I hope he won't attack me with questions because he just did this afternoon lol.

I finished working with the partner at 8pm. Suddenly realised my precious N70 was not in my bag nor on the table! I panic but luckily i found it....*fuhhhh*. I was tired and losing my "handy" is not something i can handle at the end of the day :)

Anyway, i should get some sleep. Tomorrow is another long day. Cheers.

Germany without Broodies part 2

As mentioned above, we had picnic the next day. OK, we girls were seriously late haha we woke up late and so, we finished cooking around 3pm. Didn't expect cooking the fried rice would take such a long time. Azmi was pissed off i guess so he went home. Guess what, we were already on the way to the spot when he left!! Actually we could have arrived 15mins earlier if we didn't lose our way hehe.

We played a few games which we used to play when we were kids haha We really caught the germans' attentions!! It's amazing how we never felt tired before. But now that we are older haha running here and there is really tiring!! After the picnic we had a drink at one of our favourite cafes. My camera ran out of battery so no pics for that one.

Overall, i miss the rest of the broodies. There are seven of us left; one in Bonn, one in Bremen, 3 in Mannheim, 1 in Ludwigs and me in RT. Ops there's also one in Berlin hahaha So if all of us are leaving in summer, there will be 1-2 left. errrkkkssss.

Usually i will make a video after every gathering but i will make one when i'm not busy. Cheers.

Germany without Broodies

OK Reutlingen is bad enough....being the only Bruneian here lol

Last weekend we had a farewell dinner and Picnic the next day. It was pretty cool except that on Saturday there was a marathon in Mannheim & Ludwigshafen so most of the transportation were cancelled! Imagine that on our big night! So we were half an hour late and luckily, the waiter did not give away our seats to other customers. Well, the restaurant was half empty anyway...which is not normal on a Saturday night. Due to the inconvenient transportation, only half of us came. Yuly and Arif gave up, Mallie and Mus walked from town center....that took them more than 30mins walk! Dinner went great :) After dinner we hang out at Mapin and watched AF clips of the final concert. lol. Yes apparently we are fans of AF esp. Mallie :p

Act Global, Think Locally

HSBC: Local Knowledge is Important

These are HSBC ads shown during my Management class last Friday. I would just like to share since I am very interested in cultural differences issues. it is always important to learn about a specific country's culture first before flying there to where you want to do business or study :)



Being nice may sometimes mean a different thing. In China or for Chinese in general, emptying your plate is not a polite thing to do. It means the food is not enough and you want more. In Brunei, UK or elsewhere, it is just the opposite. Hence, never leave your food untouched or your plate/bowl empty because for Chinese this is considered impolite. Even if the food is not delicious, just eat some and always leave some.



Germans are very cautious about almost everything and they take things quite seriously. In France, it is just the opposite. lol. I doubt hit-and-run accidents crime rate is higher in Germany than in France. So don't drive fancy cars in France. haha.



In Japanese culture, exchanging gift is normal and often expected. In the above case, for every hole you score when playing golf, you will have to present a gift to everyone you play with. In America (i think), you will just have to treat them a drink. Quite Expensive eh? ;)

Funny DHL Ad in Korea



Incase you don't understand the commercial: the gf basically delivered a kiss instead of normal package and the postman finally delivered it to the bf! They deliver everything and everywhere! LMAO!

Little Britain

One of my favourite scenes from Little Britain

Topic: Cravings
Mary (Indian): Fish and chips (loud and clear)
Margarett: Sorry, say again?

After repeating twice and still could not understand what Mary said, she then came to the conclusion "Maybe some sort of dish we seldom find here" and wrote on the board "Curry" that was hilarious! lols I salute Mary for being so sporting! In every episode, everytime she speaks, only Margaret couldn't understand her haha

Hey c'mon... it's Little Britain! They got all different types of jokes there.... from gay to political jokes! You just need to keep an open mind ;)

Disturbing Incident at Sungai Wang Plaza

My brother gave me this link an hour ago. It's really disturbing to see these videos which happened at one of the major shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur: Sungai Wang. This guy is apparently the third victim and based on the viewers comments, this case already hits the news headline in Malaysia. I believe the buyer is an Indonesian or another foreigner of Malay origin. He was bargaining the price but when he said "No, no thanks", the seller immediately slapped his face and continued hitting him. Hopefully the seller already lost his job. I was also informed such behaviour is normal in Petaling Street especially when dealing with Chinese sellers. Never bargain or even ask about the prices if you have no intention to buy. The least that could happen to you is being yelled at by the sellers or shop attendants.



if you wish to watch more, type in "sg wang hp" at youtube. I tried to google this but the news article has been deleted. erksss.

Many believed these Chinese are not born Malaysians as you can normally differentiate the way they behave. However, the most important thing is that this type of sick behaviour or unacceptable business practise should stop before it becomes a big political or social issue! This is definitely not the way to treat customers no matter if they are locals or foreigners. No one has the right to hit or slap others as they wish. This could not only damage the image of Sungai Wang Mall or DiGi - one of the leading mobile service provider in Malaysia, it could also lead to increase in racism and hatred towards the Chinese. The Government will then have to improve the relationships between all races all over again.

People say, Indians and Chinese cannot do business together. Why? Chinese want to save and Indians love to bargain! Based on this video, I cannot doubt this statement. No matter what race, traders have to be well-educated. To do business means to have patience. We are not kings in the world we live in.

Kedayan Platoon Singer

Param param

I am sure most of you are aware of this Platoon singer who seemed to be bullied by the officer to sing some songs, recorded using their mobile phones and later passed on to others throughout Brunei then worst, posted at YouTube! Ring a bell? It was a joke but ............... surprisingly he was then invited to a recording studio!!

FYI Kedayan language is a spoken dialect in Brunei.

Original video:



I had to laugh because that was rather unexpected lol. He obviously can sing and he is very spontaneous. I guess many girls would want to date him..... not me!

I quoted this from Mapin's comment in our forum: "eh tapi mcm lawa jua suara ya ah. =\ lols!!! tepikat ku eh suara ya ah." (translation: but his voice is not bad lols! i am attracted to it .)" haha.

There has been an increasing no. of recording companies in Brunei and greater efforts have been made to attract and find talented singers. However, many locals especially the older generation have criticized these companies badly on their efforts to develop the entertainment business in Brunei. If the gov't (i heard during MOE meeting in Frankfurt 2 years ago) is trying to develop and improve the drama or perhaps movie industry, why can't we all be more optimistic about the whole entertainment industry? Ofcourse it is easily understood that we need more engineers, lawyers, doctors and more doctors, economists, consultants etc for Brunei's economy. That's why the terms "international market" and "creative promotion" are created. I really find it rather ironic when those people who oppose such idea actually watch Akademi Fantasia every Saturday night ;)

Anuar Zain - Perpisahan

I have been searching for the live performance of the song "Perpisahan" by Anuar Zain.... finally found it at YouTube! His live performance at the AIM 14. "Perpisahan" is one of the best touching love songs ever and Anuar did a superb performance! Not to mention his new hair lol. Loved it!

The Seeds - Rahsia Hati (Lyrics and Video)

Today is sunny and warm. Couldn't concentrate to study or do my research work so i created this video lol.

New single from Local Bruneian Band The Seeds - Rahsia Hati. All clips are taken from "CINTA The Movie". Enjoy!



Lyrics to Rahsia Hati:

Entah bila mulanya kita
Semesra begini
Dulunya tidak begitu
Ku selamba saja

Tapi kini
Ku sendiri
Yang tidak pasti
Sampai bilakah
Kemesraan ini terjalin
Tanpa ikatan

Belum sempat mekar di hati
Layu berguguran di kelopak
Tak sempat ku cium harumnya
Berterbangan di hembus bayu

Ke mana hendak ku bawa
Sekeping hatiku ini
Mungkinkah aku bermimpi

Kerna selama ini
Telah tersusun rapi
Lafaz kata yang terpendam di hati
Biarkanlah berlalu
Hanya aku yang tahu
Tak usah dikenang
Biarkan menjadi
Rahsia hati

Ke mana hendak ku bawa
Sekeping hatiku ini
Mungkinkah aku bermimpi

Kerna selama ini
Telah tersusun rapi
Lafaz kata yang terpendam di hati
Biarkanlah berlalu
Hanya aku yang tahu
Tak usah dikenang
Biarkan menjadi
Rahsia hati

My nieces and nephews

My sis sent me these pics yesterday through MSN...makes me miss home :\

Our Dora with the sexy lips pose haha!

The one with scarf is not my niece lol. The baby is the new born from last Raya 2006 (?), i forgot to ask his name. omg. I was already back in Germany by then.

The birthday partyyyy

This was how the birthday boy looks like when i first & last met him last year.

And my two favourite nephews.


Ops i ter-forgot lol. This is ofcourse the princess at home ^_^
Too bad i can't fly home to celebrate our bdays in July :(


Miss the big family :)