PISANG di Zebra Square KL pada 30-31 Mei 2015

Hujung minggu ini iaitu pada 30 dan 31 Mei 2015 aku akan buka gerai di bawah Pasar Boco yang bergandingan dengan Kawan Fest untuk sebuah art and music event.

To those who did not know what is Pasar Boco and Kawan Fest, boleh usha akaun Instagram mereka di @pasarboco dan @kawanfest respectively. Juga boleh ke FB Pasar Boco dan ke web kawanfest.com untuk lebih lagi informasi dan sebarang pertanyaan.

Barang-barang yang aku nak jual nanti sebenarnya barang-barang peribadi aku, My own personal items that I adore and love so much. Tetapi oleh kerana nasib dan rezeki sebuah pekerjaan yang kena belum menyebelahi aku, macam no point lah nak simpan barang-barang yang berlambak ini walaupun cantik dan disayangi sebab bukan aku mampu nak bergaya sangat bila wang simpanan menipis.

Antara barang-barangnya ialah:
Kasut-kasut Clarks
Kasut-kasut Dr Martens
Handbag Fossil
Beg Cath Kidston
Collectibles like tins by Fossil etc
Buku-buku penulis-penulis buku terkenal
(Charles Bukowsi, Paolo Coelho, Mario Puzo, Goenawan Mohamad)
Coloured pants
Jackets and denims by Topman, HnM
Blouses by Zara and HnM
Skirts
And blablabla

Will also be selling my favourite friends stuffs like shawls and perhaps also batek sarong.

Okay itu saja informasi yang ingin disampaikan. Boleh ke @annyacob_store untuk lihat few of the things I will be selling at my booth PISANG. Ataupun untuk sesiapa sahaja yang minat barangan UK mari kerana barang-barang ini semua mostly come from there.

I am a shopaholic and will always buy new things. Tu pasal kena belajar letgo mana dah kurang pakai dan yang kurang mampu untuk pakai due to the value of the products. Cuma buka booth untuk pertama kali ini, I am doing this for fun :) come and see me!

Kalau nak sneak peak tentang kehidupan saya yang tak berapa maju kebelakangan ini bolehlah ke akaun Instagram saya iaitu @annayaacob manakala Twitter saya ialah @annamattcobb.

Terima kaseh kerana meluangkan masa membaca. Doakan saya dapat buat profit dengan penjualan menerusi booth dan secara online ini because it is for a good cause. More space and well, cash for me.

Even for those who need guidance on buying UK branded stuffs, feel free to contact me through email as stated on the right or through other social networks.

Sekian.

Badan yang mantap

Perkataan 'mantap' untuk diguna bersebelahan dengan 'tubuh' atau 'badan' macam kurang sesuai untuk diiklankan.

Inginkan tubuh yang mantap?

Inginkan payudara yang montok?

Ataupun iklan-iklan seperti:
Minyak lintah untuk blabla.
Pelincir untuk blabla.

Zzz.

Weird to see these kind of ads on national television.

Mungkin sel-sel otak aku tak cukup berkembang.

Selamat pagi

Selama lebih satu minggu aku tidur bermula lebih kurang jam 11am-1pm dan bangun jam 3pm-5pm. Ajaibnya dalam tempoh ini memang tak ada perasaan mengantuk atau penat pun waktu malam. Dan sebenarnya aku paksa diri untuk tidur bila mata dah tak larat nak buka. Aku dahla memang sepet, ni bagaikan pejam terus. Haha. 

Dan dalam tempoh itu aku uzur jadi tak ada masalah dari segi nak sesuaikan dengan waktu solat fardu.

Dalam minggu ini aku agak bersusah untuk menjaga balik waktu tidur dan waktu solat fardu. It was tough and exhausting. As the result, aku tak dapat fokus untuk hadap mencari kerja menghadap laptop waktu malam dengan tekun. Siang hari cuma mampu highlight bila aku browse on job openings and so on. 

Semalam aku sangat penat dan tidur dan tidur dan tidur tetapi tetap terbangun di tengah malam. Kemudian aku paksa pula untuk terus tidur dan tidur.

So well, selamat pagi. Selamat bangun Subuh kawan-kawan.

Aku nak pergi ke pasar dan makan nasi dagang dan kuih cek mek molek dan air teh beng. Dah lebih sebulan tak hadap makanan syurga kat pasar dekat rumah ni sebenarnya. 

Mungkin itu juga antara sebab berat aku susut 3-5kg tanpa aku berbuat apa-apa. Unhealthy? Yes. I lost my appetite macam putus cinta. 

Oleh kerana tidur aku bakal berfungsi elok kembali, aku dah boleh nampak berat juga akan kembali. Haha.

Okay, berundur dulu. Sekian.

What we miss

Jadi sebenarnya dalam hidup kita, kita sentiasa melalui fasa atau situasi yang kita fikir sebagai pengalaman terhebat, memori terbaik, keadaan paling mengujakan dan sebagainya. Mungkin juga situasi yang diingat tadi dalam bentuk sesuatu yang menyedihkan, paling menyayat hati. Waktu itu, firasat akan kata oh inilah saat paling gembira/teruk dalam hidup aku. Perkara ini sebenarnya berulang-ulang, berterusan ia berlaku. 

Dan pelbagai persoalan akan selalu menyinggah seperti biasa cuba mengelirukan kita. Untuk memendam atau untuk mencari jalan keluar. Itu semua pilihan.

Kadang-kadang ada perkara yang kita fikir kurang signikan atau impaknya. Tampak biasa, normal. Jadi kita kalihkan pandangan ke tempat lain tidak memberi kata dua untuk bertindak apa-apa. Boleh jadi perkara atau situasi ini membabitkan ramai orang susah yang memerlukan pertolongan. Ataupun mungkin kita berkira-kira untuk mengucap pujian atau menyapa ringkas rakan-rakan di laman sosial, atau untuk berhubung menggunakan teknologi lain. 

It would not even take much of you to say hello from time to time as compared to actually meeting face to face to people that matter. These days if you have time to spend with your favourite people, be thankful. Else, maybe it was nothing even from the start. Atau ada hati yang berubah dengan peredaran masa yang pantas meninggalkan. Perubahan rasa atau kematangan perasaan. Or perhaps we mistakenly judge a simple hello text as nothing. We take things others do for granted. While on the other side, it means everything for the courage they took. Perhaps they never miss praying for you.

The thing is people change. We change. I change too.

To pause, to hesitate, to be unsure of doing the right thing. Or is it just something we felt peculiar about after a while? Terasa janggal untuk menenangkan dan memahami keadaan, untuk melakukan sesuatu dengan baik. That hurts.

To always be kind. Sounds simple. But it is not an easy task.

Masa depan ialah rahsia Tuhan. He keep that way because it's for the best. Apa yang kita boleh lakukan ialah untuk sentiasa cuba memperbaiki diri supaya bersedia untuk menghadap segalanya. Menghadap situasi yang dijangka, mahupun yang tidak dijangka. Sama ada untuk menerima dengan hati terbuka ataupun tidak. Untuk mempamerkan senyum atau menarik muka.

We wouldn't get over a loss well, or situations, or just anything. But we mature and start handling things the right way. Dibentangkan dengan bermacam pilihan, kita cuma perlu berusaha untuk memilih dengan betul.

Take a look at the first paragraph again. Those happy memories. The positive ones. How many of them actually involve same people in your life? How much would you strive to have more? How can you create more great ones?

Kadang-kadang mungkin huluran kita tak bersambut. But at least we tried. And that made all the difference. Because deep down you know. Dan Dia lebih tahu.

Semoga sentiasa dalam rahmat dan pertolonganNya. 

Of online shopping and its benefits

I have to admit, I love shopping. And I have big circle of friends who are addicted to the same thing. Be it a lady or a guy. Everybody just love shopping!

But the question here is, have you ever do online shopping?

Picture source: http://youqueen.com/life/how-to-shop-online-carefully/

I believe the term online shopping is no more a stranger among us. I would describe it as the act of purchasing products or services over the internet.

Despite the fact that it is not yet everyone's cup of tea, online shopping is now regarded as one of the most popular ways to make purchases. To me it is a loss for a shop or a brand that does not make use of online shopping medium to promote and sell their items as nowadays people went online almost 24/7.

Truth is I myself browse on certain brands and products every single day just to feed my desire and my urge to look at products and things I adore. You can regard this as my 'window shopping' before actually making the right purchases that I want, or something I really need.

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Like everything else, online shopping has its own advantages and disadvantages. As much as I like the idea and concept of online shopping and been doing it for almost every month, I need to warn you that you need to be able to manage and control yourself more to curb your spending as compared to doing it the traditional way.

These days, we are now seeing more people using the internet to shop and buy what they need virtually. They shop a wide variety of items from shoes to accessories, bags and many more. And there are great benefits of online shopping that you would definitely enjoy.

One of them is the convenience of doing it. This is because, you are able to do online shopping even from your bed with just a few clicks.

 Picture source: http://blog.reship.com/shopping-fashion-online/

As compared to a normal traditional store with fixed hours, you can just pick any time of the day, or even night to browse the internet and simply shop. This new approach to shopping is very useful especially for busy people like working mothers with hectic work schedule. You can shop from your very own home or office or other location you prefer.

Simply say; with this new approach to shopping, you can make purchases any time of the day or night from any location that is convenient to you.

Another benefit of online shopping that I want to highlight here is the ease of comparison and price checking it offers. You have the perfect ability to browse and compare prices from hundreds or maybe thousands of different online vendors and online boutiques. Within minutes, you already have the answers on products you have been looking for.

Picture source: http://www.justone.co.nz/official-shopping-online/

The best part of it is you could do it with a few simple clicks without having to go out and spend your precious time running from one store to another to check on the offers; which promotes the best price and all. By shopping online, you can get bargain prices, without actually leaving your chair or your bed or your comfy couch.

As a human being, it is normal for us to get afraid of doing something we are not familiar with. The same goes with online shopping. We are so used to the traditional way of going to the shop, browsing on products with the aid of our senses, using cash or swiping cards to make purchases before taking them home.

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But, before this we weren't even sure on making purchases with debit and credit cards and just been using cash alone. What I am trying to imply here is, online shopping is a shopping evolution. You can save time, you do not have to meet the crowd and you spend less on transportation.

However, it is your job is to consider it carefully before deciding on what is best for you. To shop online, or stay doing the purchasing the traditional way. Even to this day, some people still has not had a credit card and prefer using cash at all time. It is just a matter of choice.

To conclude, online shopping is easy to make and very convenient as you can do it just anywhere with detailed comparison on products or services and price checking. To avoid wasting money or even time online, make a list of what you need or what you want. This will help you from feeling overwhelmed by the choices.

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I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this matter. I need to go check on that watch I have been eyeing for a week now. I wish you good luck in making your choices and decisions.

Happy shopping!

Someone great, please marry me please

After countless thoughts on finding a job to live well, I said to myself perhaps I should be changing my life course now. To do TESL or to do Medic? Having a conversation with the siblings yesterday on this matter, sister asked in shock, "Medic? Are you insane?".

Yeah maybe I am. 

Truth is I have so many interests going on my head. To find that one thing that actually works is tough as nothing has yet landed nicely in front of me. If it is up to me, I just want to sew.

Make clothes. Make arts. Design things. Draw. Paint. Sing. Learn to play the guitar. Learn to play the ukulele. Play violin again. Learn to play the piano. Read more books. Write a book. Write another book. Write more books. I don't know. Because these are not the kind of thing that would please the family. Sigh. Well they perfectly know how weird I am since little though. Most of the youngest ones tend to have those weird traits and attitudes that usually none others do.

To be kind and stay kind and be less angry even towards unfair things that happened alone is tough these days. The weather is hot. I mean, very. And I only love cold weather because heat always kills me.

After the discussion on finding a job that suits me, that could actually make money for a good living, the siblings suggested me to get married. Haha. As if I could just pick a man and say hey let's get married and live together! And also as if I could just marry any man who wants to marry me, too. Sigh again. My life is upside down. I don't want to burden the husband, haha.

Shocking update: I lost my appetite after getting back from Umrah. Do I miss Makkah and Madinah? Yes of course. But this disease is not due to that. Something else is troubling my mind. It's been just a week and I dropped 4kg. Which is great actually because I do want to lose some weight. But it's just not normal to not eat. Along with my abnormal sleep patterns (well this actually happened all the time so no extra worries on this matter). Or perhaps I just discovered the only way to lose weight fast for myself because practicing healthy eating habit and exercises rarely work for me.

Enough babbles for today. I'm trying to sleep here. 

Dear reader/s. Take care of yourself. Take care of your life. I'm seeing some lights nearer. So don't worry about me. This is just some random rambles. Just need to keep praying and struggle more. Tata!