Face the facts - life sucks.

Know that life isn’t a bed of roses. You cannot and will never have all the good things in life. If you never taste the bitter, the sour, you won’t know how to appreciate the sweet, the luscious. Sometimes it is a matter of either/or, one or the other.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice the bigger things and instead take in the value of the smaller and seemingly less significant things. Sometimes we do have to acknowledge the theory of utilitarianism, better still is altruism. Sometimes giving up something for the greater benefit of others is the right thing to do. Sometimes you have to sacrifice the past for the future, the near future for the distant future, and the distant future for the everlasting future. After all, what are the pleasures of this life, except temporary enjoyment and relief.

And maybe, just maybe, if you give more, you will receive more, even if you can’t see any of the rewards in this short life.

If only life was as simplistically beautiful as these karipap pusar that Kak Ning made for me.

Hari in berHealth Mela, iaitu satu program health promotion yang best (yang telah menginspire kami berSehat Sokmo di Kuala Terengganu last summer). This year I had to join the program in Chorley instead of Preston, coz the one scheduled for Preston is too close to exams. There weren't so many people, probably since this is the first time it's done in Chorley dan al-maklumlah orang2 Chorley kampung skit, which thus made it a bit boring really (especially since takde inai tangan stall macam kat Preston!). But the advantage was that we had the chance to get an MOT check ourselves. Nasib baik Sarah and I have the same problem when it comes to finger pricks, so we went to do it together (yes, it was embarassing and the biochemists couldn't understand why medics could be that gay). Anyway, I'm quite glad I did the check, coz even though the news wasn't too good, I would rather find out about it now rather than later so I can do something to improve things. Saya sungguh dukacita apabila mengetahui cholesterol levels saya slightly above normal lalu menyebabkan 10 year risk of cardiovascular event saya menurut Framingham calculator menjadi 0.1%! Atas kesedaran itu, saya berazam mahu menjaga makan dan berexercise supaya dapat menurunkan cholesterol levels saya dan juga supaya dapat muat skinny jeans baru. And of course I had to make myself feel better after the shocking news by buying a new pair of Clarks shoe boots. Oh yeah!

Fatimah berflirting dengan pakcik ni, Aishah pula berflirting dengan mamat ala2 Fazley.

Sarah gembira melayan orang2 tua.

The bike that Aishah is on is supposed to power a smoothie maker, but it broke.

Makcik bellydancer yang hot sedang mengajar members of the floor. Kalau tak kerana Dr Raj kata "you're really enjoying this, aren't you", pasti saya join juga.

And the gorgeous Sha telah selamat dinikahkan dengan Syarul di Masjid Terapung (dah bapak dia design...) dan juga telah selamat berkenduri dengan theme Melayu tradisional di Aryani. Serius cantik, macam Puteri Gunung Ledang! Jeles sungguh tengok bridesmaids dia yang chantek2 juga.

Maafkan Fateem kerana pakai jeans di majlis akad nikah, dia baru sampai dari KL.

Comel lote blake! (Kasut Syarul tak ikut tema Melayu tradisional, sepatutnya pakai capal!)

Anak2 dara, sudah besar, mahu kahwin.

Nak balik, nak balik!
(Ketahuilah, tidak pulang ke tanah air itu sesuatu yang tidak sihat kerana ia boleh menyebabkan seseorang binge shopping dengan dahsyatnya!)

Saya tidak pulang tahun ini...

Selamat berkahwin to my two very dear friends, Sha (tomorrow) and Ada (next week), and also my cousin, Ijudin Fahmi (almost 2 weeks lagi). Siapa sangka, the girls yang paling nakal and promiscuous (we were called Casanovas and Supercasanovas) di sekolah dulu would be among the first to settle down. But that doesn't mean kami dah bosan bermain-main!

Two down, two in a week, four tak lama lagi. Tinggal dua yang status tak dapat dikenalpasti, dan tiga yang ready to mingle. Cepat cepat, sementara stok masih ada! (Dua orang bawah umur di dalam gambar ni ya! Makcik Tina juga tak termasuk.)

Tiga-tiga datang wedding saya, tapi wedding ketiga-tiga pun saya tak dapat attend. Oh, I hate being so far away and missing out on the important events in the lives of those I cherish most. Life sucks.