When it comes to money, I am usually very thrifty. No matter what the season is, I am born frugal and proud. Grown up in a very small town called Kulim, I learned that money never comes easy. Compared to all the lucky bastards cum my schoolmates cum my friends, I've never gotten a PlayStation 2 as a birthday present. It was frustrating but at the same time it was one of the best lessons my parents taught me in life. It is no doubt a great lesson unlearned by all the other lucky bastards. They are seriously missing out.

My parents taught me well. My parents taught me hard. Luxury doesn't come easy but it's all fine. As long as we are happy and surviving, breathing in some oxygen here and there, everything is gonna be alright. As long as our tummies are filled with mum's unforgettable home cooked meals, everything is going to be a-ok. My parents taught me how to save up and how to invent a makeshift piggy bank out of a transparent Tupperware box so that I could save up some more money by not buying a piggy bank.

By having this makeshift piggy bank, I could finally keep all my coins in there ('Cuz who's still using coins anyway? Well, not moi) and store large amounts of duit raya so that I could buy something rather expensive, like awesome gadgets in particular. Til' today, the same habits do apply. I still save up some money from time to time to fulfill my heart's expensive desires. Instead of makeshift Tupperware piggy banks, I have moved on to bank accounts.

Yes, it is a lot more sophisticated and professional now. Believe it or not, my dear friends didn't find this frugality nature of mine very... hmm... 'appealing'. I understand them for they come from a very privileged family, doesn't matter if they were born with silver spoons or not, their ka-ching rings much louder than mine. Putting all comparisons aside, not everyone finds frugal people attractive. Simply because they actually think and hesitate before agreeing to spend their money on something.

I learned that being thrifty should be capped to a limited extent, not to a degree where you starve yourself to death. Having fun once in a while is fine but not everyday, of course. Your body needs some rest too, you know?

All these stories boil down to this : I am currently being a cheapskate for my future. Yes, you've heard right. All these plans of vagabonding in the land down under leads me to the extreme depths of cheapskating. I know it's not a word, but it's pretty awesome. I find myself keeping track of my everyday expenses, being disciplined on how I spend my precious money and save up as much as I could by sacrificing most worldly luxuries. Well hey, I'm doing just fine. Whenever I think about my savings, I think about all the happy times that lie ahead. I am a hundred percent sure it will all be worth it in the end.

A longing heart should never be left longing forever. By saving up bit by bit, I am one step closer to my dreams. That one dream that I should not ignore.

Well, that's all for the time being, folks. I sincerely hope that I will blog again soon. G'nite!

It used to be everyday that my problems get bigger and harder to cope, that's when mama came in to help and solve them out for me. Being alone suddenly makes me realize how hard it is to be by myself, independently and still stuck in grief while having problems of keeping up in studies.

However difficult it was, there is something that always keeps me on the right track. Mama is always known for her true strength fighting against cancer. Although she is gone now but her strength stayed till the end and that made me a little stronger to cope living alone and most importantly without her realizing that she was the most precious friend, teacher, mother and everything in the world that she could be.

I still shed some tears everyday not showing to everyone around me while hoping that I could still meet her in my dreams, being tucked in before sleep and being kissed while sleeping. I miss all that now. The smallest things always bring back the memories of her. I remembered when I first came to Kulim this month, I opened the wardrobe and cried hysterically. Her clothes that she used to often wear to work were still there, clean and ready for her next wear. I kept imagining her in her working clothes, got back from work and brought some food home. It'd usually be chicken rice.

I am still strong. Like others say, life has to go on even without someone we love. I have to admit, losing a mother is very painful especially when your sweet 16 is coming by. How I wish that she is there to sing me a birthday song and bake me a cake like she did last year. How I wish that I can still taste her cooking and hug her tightly just like a child and be pampered in her arms again. How I wish that she is still around to chat with me and tell me how her life is.. And how I miss her calls and messages that she'd usually send me that would always end with 'I love you' and 'I miss you'.

How I wish I won't cry while writing this, sadly I did and I'm just sharing my thoughts..

Hey there! First of all, I've skipped a few days of blogging (6 days to be exact), and I feel really bad solely because blogging as often as I could is my new year's resolution for 2012. Fear not, I'm making up for the 6 days I skipped and Tips and Tutorials Tuesday #2 should be written next week on Monday and #3 on the following Tuesday (of course).

Well well well, Chinese New Year is just around the corner and I'm so excited for the celebration and of course the 1 week holidays. Woohoo! My boss told me a day before new year. "Next month you'll be very lucky" and I was like Huh? and then he was like, "A lot of holidays maa! Of coz lucky,". Hehehe. I can say that I'm quite lucky for having a great Chinese boss and I know that this is 4 days early but I would like to wish all my Chinese and mixed Chinese friends and teachers, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Hope you guys have a great celebration and happy holidays!


Well, what's the reason for not writing for the whole week? T_T First, I went to Langkawi. Second, I got back from Langkawi and literally grieved at work while remembering how my Langkawi trip was so awesome. Only  today that I could find some time to continue blogging. To be honest, I've been eating too much chocolates for the past few days. Thanks Langkawi for selling duty and tax free chocolates! They're so good. I've got myself some Reese's Pieces, Toblerone and Whittaker's Milk Caramel. And no thanks for stocking up ridiculous amount of fats in me. GRR.

Alhamdulillah for the safe flights to and from Langkawi. The trip was awesome and I really have too much to write. Maybe I'll write them soon when I have the mood and time. So I think that's all. :) Bai!

Let me greet you with a vain picture of me when I was 13 or 15. I forgot ^_^

Hey guys.. well, did you guys notice the trending topic on Twitter today? I saw 11th page of 366 and was actually wondering, what the hell was that! Actually, it's another way of saying it's the 11th day of the 366 days of 2012. So cool! Well, I'm not sure how it trended, might be from a book, a viral video, or something. Couldn't care less to google and research about it. ^_^ If any of you readers (if any) knows anything about it, please tell me.


Anyway, today was OK OK. Slept at 12 a.m. last night, to me it's quite "early" considering I sleep at 2 a.m. usually. Woke up at around 7 a.m. wanted to send my brother in law to the LRT station, suddenly my  pregnant sister woke up and decided to send him too. Such a surprise~ >_> Usually, she wouldn't want to wake up early due to her sleep loss. So, we sent him and ate some breakfast, roti canai, putu mayam (is that the right spelling?) and tosai. It felt really weird having a breakfast that early in the morning. Usually, I don't really eat breakfasts in the morning, maybe some roti ikan bilis or something very "light" would do and will eat some rice for lunch but today, I broke the rules and ate some fried glass noodle. Wooot! It was quite delicious but halfway through it got kinda boring.


I guess I'm a rice person. >_< So, after lunch got back to the office, completing some works and waited for my boss to fetch me up for some taiwanese desserts that I've never tried before in my life! Well, long story short, once or twice a month, he would bring me to eat some lunch at a restaurant nearby the office but this time, it's different. Yesterday, he asked me to work with some images of desserts for a restaurant I've never heard before. (The restaurant is called isenbin and our design company designed everything for them, the banner, the logo, everything i supposed) For some reason, the pictures made me salivate like crazy and I couldn't even tell myself to stop salivating. It looked very appetizing and delicious although I've never tried it before.

You see those white and orange thingies, I somehow love them so much!

I ate one big bowl of it when it was actually meant for 2 person, my boss told me he's full. LOL! I ate till there's literally nothing in the bowl. Somehow, I felt like I ate too much of it and felt kinda nauseous UNTIL NOW. That feeling of nausea somehow never left. Weird case of food overload I guess. So, got back home and slept so long. I was only planning to sleep for an hour but somehow my body declined and I ended up sleeping for almost 3 hours. Such a bad habit. I can't do anything about it! The alarm was ringing and it was annoying so I dismissed it. Just like that >_>"

So, I think that's all for today. Will be doing some work after done blogging for today and skype with Tintin for a while. Goodnight everyone.

Aloha, people! 

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. - T.E. Lawrence


To be frank, I've had lots and lots of blogs pre-shafeeqiscool.blogspot.com and I know a lot of people have been feeling quite annoyed on the amount of blogs I've come up a few years back. *to be honest, I feel kinda annoyed too. LOL xD* OKOK! Let's try counting how many blogs I had before.. I think I had like 10! Oh crap.

Anyways, due to having the same new year's resolution as Tintin (which is in 2012, we should write a blog mainly to improve our english proficiency, fluency and et cetera! :D), I have also decided to come up with a blog of mine with an obviously vain name as the blog title. Well I'm not sure exactly why I have chosen shafeeqiscool, so let's put that topic to rest, OK? T_T

By the way, let me take this opportunity to wish all of you guys, my friends, my family, acquaintances, teachers, lecturers, lovers, ex-lovers, fans (if i have any) and cute little babies living within 1km radius from me at the moment, HAPPY NEW YEAR! May God bring you all a smile on your faces everyday, a lot of love to spread to those around you, a big sprinkle of success, longevity and prosperity. InsyaAllah.

As for me, 2012 is already looking very interesting! What's in store for me :D : A 3D2N trip to Langkawi, a heavenly island with awesome picturesque sceneries this weekend, a very cute little baby niece is on her way to cheer me up in March onwards, 9 days of fun in April to Perth, Australia paying a wonderful visit to my beloved cousins I haven't met in a very very long time.

Phew! Looks like a lot of things going on for me, not forgetting the new semester, new lecturers, new things to learn and new friends, hopefully! Praying that everything will turn out as planned. Living in Malaysia could be a little boring when you have a strong desire to live abroad, but I'm sure that my life will be occupied with great things this year and the thoughts of going to the overseas shall be put on hold for a little while.

I guess that's all for tonight! My writing skills are still rusty. Need to polish them off. What a good way to start! :)