A Letter To Myself

Dearest Syaza,

Chill out already!

It’s okay to stray from your planned conception of the future. You’re still young and resilient, and even though your surroundings don’t look like the pretty picture you imagined in your head; it will be okay. Try to just go with it. Shakespeare said, “Expectation is the root of all unhappiness.” Think on that for a bit, Syaza.

Yes, it is possible to feel alone in your hometown. It will get better. And if it doesn’t, that will be your sign. You know it will be time to move on.

Bring peace to your mind. Love the fact that you earned what you were working toward for the past few years. Be proud.

Try harder to keep in touch with everyone. It seems easy. But you know it will get hard with mortgages and babies and jobs and dishes to wash. These people you know are important though, they’re in your life for a reason. So make a concerted effort to be with them before its too late. Love and be loved.

While we’re at it don’t waste time with the people who aren’t good for you. This life is short. Think about your own mortality. Adjust your behavior accordingly.

Trust your gut feelings more. Emotions contain more knowledge and wisdom than we give them credit for. Spend less and save more. Or at least buy something more interesting than clothes. Try not to worry so much. Those late nights spent wondering how things will work out are much better spent in the joyful warmth of dream. Know that everything will be okay in the end.

Be less critical of others. We all have our own challenges.

And, Syaza, most importantly – Get outside of your comfort zone. Being terrified of something isn’t a good reason not to do it. It might even be the best reason to try it.

Yours Truly.

Ne soyez pas désolé, être fier de toi.

Of Inspiration, Aspiration & Motivation

If you don't know who's Fynn Jamal yet, you should go and check her out. Amazing woman! I want to be like her in some way, some day.

This is something I came across today on her blog. Made me ponder and wonder and think.

Katanya

Suruh tengok2 hati dia--
dah kecik, katanya.
Suruh tengok2 perasaan dia--
dah calar, katanya.

Asyik kita menengok-jaga.
Yang kita punya terlanyak2--
ada orang tanya?

Meet Laura Zocca

Meet this girl, Laura Zocca. She made a cover of all 19 songs from Taylor Swift's new Album, Red. It's more like a medley actually. It was super nice and I'm loving it since the first time I heard it. Highly recommended. She got that sultry, melancholic, lullaby-ish voice which is why I love all of her covers. YouTube doesn't even do her justice. She needs to be famous soon. An angel's voice that puts me to sleep every time I listened to this.

Laura Zocca - RED's Album Medley

Of Broken Things And Broken Heart

Yesterday I was working on my Grade Promotion Project. I was stressed out with the deadline of this project so much, since there are so many things to do, yet so little time left. While working on the project, I needed to jot down some stuff on my notes and found myself randomly searching for a pen in my bag. And that's when my heart doesn't feel quite right ...

I grabbed of what seemed like half of my reading glasses, and when I pulled it out, my nightmare came true. My favorite reading glasses was snapped into half. I don't know how, I don't know when, It just did! Then I frantically searched for its other half, there I found it. My heart started to break. That was my favorite reading glasses. I have had it since 2008, and that was 5 years. If you take that 5 years in a relationship, you would find that it was amazing that a relationship can go through such a long period without breaking down. That's how I felt about my favorite reading glasses, the time we've spent together is just too PRECIOUS. It helped me to dress up like a hipster, made me look like a nerd when I wanted to, disguised me up when I was crying so it was not too obvious that I was tearing up, and made me appear intelligent all the time I wore it (LOL, a little exaggeration here, but nevertheless, true). You will be missed.

After calming myself down, I continued searching for a pen (Mind you, I almost forgot that I was actually searching for a pen), then I pulled out this pen someone gave to me a couple of months ago. Then my heart started to break again, for this pen too, was snapped at a critical part of its body. That's when I really break down (Maybe, it's because I'm having that "time-of-the-month", you know) and I got really emotional, I was crying like crazy. This pen is the only thing that reminds me of the person who gave it to me, and now I have nothing left of him to remember. Great! And I don't even have the guts to tell him that the pen was broken, because I'm afraid he would think that I'm not appreciating him. I felt really, really, really bad of myself.

Now I don't have any pen nor reading glasses left with me. I have to wait till Monday to get to the office and get a new pen for myself. Maybe I'm not being appreciative of things I have, maybe, just maybe, I was taking everything for granted. And now that they are gone I feel like I've lost a portion of my life. You see, in life, people took things for granted, they only realized the true value of the things and its true meaning once it is gone from their life. Lesson learnt: Don't take things for granted in life, especially with the person you love. Tell your parents that you love them everyday, or your boyfriend, or your girlfriend, or whoever you wanted to say "I love you" or "I miss you" to when you had the chance, because nothing can bring them back once they are gone or out of your life. Even that fifty thousand tears you cried won't bring them back to you. Appreciate the things and people around you.

Je suis navré et tu me manques mère.

How Do I Come Up With The Name?

OK. So I'm dedicating my first post on how do I come up with my blog's name.

I've spent the last two hours trying to choose a nice title for my blog. And I'd never thought that those two hours would be one of the hardest two hours I went through in my life. I literally tried every name and foreign phrases exist, but all of them are taken. Well, maybe they are too common ; you know stuffs like C 'est La Vie and song titles like Stop This Train are everyone's first choice. And then I tried some ridiculous phrases like Cant Think Of A Name, All Titles I Want Are Taken, and some other phrases too, believe me, they are all TAKEN! Then I said to myself, all right, let's keep it simple lady! I think of my favorite things in the world, and that's how I came up with chocochip-frappuccino and Signorina In Red.

I was actually munching on this super delicious curry puff I bought from IKEA this morning, when I felt so thirsty and looked for some drinks, I thought of Starbucks. Oh hey! My favorite drink from Starbucks has always been the chocolate ice blended. You do know that they named it differently in different countries. They called it Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino in the US and in Malaysia they called it Chocolate Chip Cream Frappuccino. I tried my luck with chocolatechipfrappuccino, oh well, of course it's taken! Duh! So I tried a variation of the original and came up with chocochip-frappuccino. And voila! Surprise surprise, it's available! And without thinking twice, I straight away grab the name. And that's how my blog's URL was invented.

As for the 'Signorina In Red' title, this was much easier. Last month I went for a dinner with my friend and came across this perfume exhibition in KLCC, they were promoting this new Salvatore Ferragamo's perfume, Signorina! I took a sample and fell in love with the scent at first sniff. The promo scene of the exhibition is just enchanting, a graceful young lady in a sweet pink dress. Signorina has now become one of my favorite perfume at the moment. Mind you, I never get to buy it though, I was too busy to even get into KLCC these days. At first I was thinking of naming my blog Signorina In Pink which means Miss In Pink, but then I thought of adding some twist to the title. My favorite album at the moment is Red by Taylor Swift. Oh hey, Ms.Swift is one of my favorite singer, it doesn't matter if she sings Country or Pop, as long as the song is good, I'm fine with it. And that's how I came up with Signorina In Red. It means Lady In Red, a young lady who's all grown up, exuding all confidence in the world and is totally fearless!

Oui, c'est moi.