MY DAILY SKINCARE ROUTINE?

Hello everyone!

You guys know how I suffer from acne last this whole year right?

I've tried so many products,

my face is not looking flawless,

but it's recovering..

and so I decided to

make a video on my skincare routine,

showing you guys the products that work best for me!

Hope you like it!

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil - Movie Review

It's the latest movie by Karan Johar

and I love Karan Johar's movies;

they're all very awesome!

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil holds a whole different status, though.

The expectation from the official trailer:

Story about Ayan and Alizeh;

from friendship to love.

Ayan betrayed Alizeh for Saba's love

and Alizeh found her new love of her life, DJ Ali.

They both regretted their mistakes;

got back together.

In between the conflicts, Ayan became a popular singer,

sang really great songs.

The real story line:

The plot twist was insane!

Ayan was dating Lisa, a hot French chic and Alizeh had to marry Dr Faisal

due to the family arrangement.

Lisa and Dr Faisal hooked up when all four of them were on a double date.

Ayan got his heartbroken but Alizeh told him; it's not a broken heart.

They went to Paris, for

'retreating session', giving their hearts a holiday break.

At one of the club, Alizeh met her long lost lover; DJ Ali.

She broke down and wanted to fly back to London,

but DJ Ali finally said sorry for what's happening and she got back together with him.

Ayan left them, he's back in London.

The next few weeks, Alizeh called Ayan, 

informing that her family disowned her for not marrying Dr Faisal

and DJ Ali proposed her and Ayan was the only 'family' she had

and Ayan needed to be at her wedding.

The faithful friend, Ayan attended the wedding even if his heart was broken to pieces.

Alizeh thought of him as the only best friend, but he had a totally different feeling.

Ayan left the wedding.

Ayan met Saba, a divorced woman at the airport,

they kept in touch since then,

Saba was a poet, Ayan composed songs using her poems,

the relationship was pretty intimate.

Saba told Ayan, she can't give herself any chance to love anymore,

thus the relationship they had was purely based on lust and desire.

One day, Ayan and Saba met Saba's ex-husband who was still in love with her

and their conversation made Ayam think of Alizeh again.

They're finally meeting each other again in Vienna

and had dinner together, at Saba's place.

Of all touches of sarcasm in the dialogues, 

rhetoric questions, and honest answers;

Saba realized that she had been lying to herself for this while.

She fell for Ayan and had given herself another chance to love someone,

but she knew Ayan would never love her the way Ayan loved Alizeh,

so she let Ayan go.

But for Alizeh,

Ayan was her family, friend and strength;

she didn't love Ayan as a lover

because love was her weakness.

They were all separated;

Ayan became a very popular singer in London

and after two years his path and DJ Ali's path crossed.

Alizeh left DJ Ali,

cause he couldn't love her the way she wanted him to.

Ayan, started to search for Alizeh again.

They met at Alizeh's secret place;

the rooftop where she would spend time alone

when the world brought her down.

Alizeh was eventually dying;

she had cancer.

Ayan became her greatest strength towards the end of her life;

as a friend, still,

not as a lover.

I cried,

for Ayan's love.

I laughed,

for Alizeh's positivity.

I was surprised

of Saba's decision.

I was delighted,

by the story line and songs that were played in between those plots.

Karan Johar,

*claps*

3 more exams?!

This semester,

I didn't know what did I do.

Tbh, I didn't have that much fun,

I hardly socialize with people,

I only watched 2 movies (Baar Baar Dekho and Fantastic Beasts)

and yeah, what did I do?

I mostly spending my time studying, 

completing my assignment and instagraming(?)

But my midterm marks were too depressing!

Some subjects I did terribly well, some were just,

the marks reflected how undeserving am I to be in McGill.

There's no in between.

I had two Math exams previously and 

1 of them was the one with terrible midterm,

1 was the one that I did well in.

And both of the exams were equally difficult.

 *ketuk kepala with all the thick books*

I checked on final grade online calculator

and the notification that I got was

"I'm so sorry, you need 170% for your finals to get a B+, hopefully, they will give you extra mark."

This notification had broken my heart to pieces,

crashing my hopes to dust and 

I can imagine the amount of tears that will be flowing from my eyes;

like Niagara Falls.

As for now,

I have to keep calm,

pretend like the curving system will be taken place

sometimes soon 

and I need to focus on another three subjects.........

which are.......

harder than the previous two........

HELP

Ayam Percik?

Some days I can sleep really well, some days

I just can't sleep.

The worst part is, when I cant sleep,

I can't study. Gosh -.-

And so,

there's this one particular night,

I was thinking really hard;

what business should I do as my side-income?

It's not that the allowance isn't enough,

it's just that, I need extra money

to travel and to buy stuff for my family 

(cause I don't like spending for myself).

Then at 3.30am exactly,

I had an idea of selling food

cause the profit is instant.

If you do correlle or handbag business,

the income is very slow,

and you have to invest a lot of money to begin with.

I am really at the state of oh-no-I-need-money-to-survive-cause-im-gonna-travel-soon

so I decided to sell ayam percik during exam season.

I cooked based on the orders

and in total I received 20 orders;

which I only expected 6.

Alhamdulillah,

it went well, but indeed there's still room for improvement.

And I do enjoy cooking,

so I shall generate income from my passion, no?

#notetoself

1. Being an entrepreneur or a business lady needs a lot of patience,

self-study skills, networking, marketing strategies, and sincerity, The more experience you have,

the better business lady you'll be.

2. You just have to give it a try. Do not assume, or let the negative side of you

to stop you from doing what you wish to do.

Love,

Aliah

Top 20 - SAY WHAT?

Hello, beautiful people of the Earth!

So, from late October till 9th of Dec,

I had #duckscarves fever.

It's like the kind of disease that has affected 6000 people,

mostly Malaysian ladies.

I can't imagine myself, being affected too.

I started buying myself a duckscarf on 12th of January 2016!

Just to have a flavor of having a duckscarf in my life,

since as you could read,

from my long-lost post, I didn't really celebrate my 21st birthday,

but I granted myself this scarf.

Tbh, I could only buy them,

because I'm given monthly allowance in the Canadian dollar.

I ain't a rich chic.

Back to the story.

So @theduckgroup launched a #duckcollection competition,

where the duckies had to be as creative as we can

and the winner will be granted a trip for two to anywhere she wants + accommodation + business class flights + the whole collection of their LE world map duck!

I decided to give this a shot because

I AM CRAZILY OBSESSED WITH WORLD MAP

YOU HAVE NO IDEA!

I have world map watch, world map journal, world map (the old ones, the new one)

You name it.

And I really wanted a world map scarf!

Any scarf would do. But duckscarf is a bonus, lol.

I remember talking to Qim about designing a world map scarf back in 2014.

And as impossible as I think it could be,

@theduckgroup really does come up with this concept.

Perfect-o!

I didn't have much time, 

you can really tell based on the amount of post I wrote this time.

I only had three slots for outdoor shooting,

and the flatlays were all in my room,

not much of proper planning but the captions were all from my heart, lol.

There're more than 6000 entries and 

the pictures were damn creative, beyond comparison

and my pictures were totally out of the league.

The day when they announced the winner, I purposely

didn't look at my phone, I studied in the living room,

leaving my phone in my room cause I didn't want the feeling of losing in a competition

distracting my whole purpose of being in McGill University,

which is to hm study (?).

Then my roomie, Nawwar, 

who's also my loyal grocery shopping mate, photographer,

chef, kitchen helper, gossip mate,

she was talking about the 'saguh hati' prizes were insane blablabla...

Yes, she spelled sagu hati -- saguh hati, lol.

And my reply was,

they had announced? lol

Then I ran, checking my phone, so many comments notification,

and obviously I didn't win (as expected)

but I was in the top20 list?! How?! 

God really helped me this time,

there wasn't supposed to be any consolation prize,

but it's God's will;

they have few categories of winners.

ALHAMDULILLAH

Becoming the top 20; that's beyond my imagination.

And the Limited Edition, world map duckscarf is mine!

And I made them posting it to Canada muehehehe

cause they usually don't deliver here.

#notetoself

1. Allah will help you if you put your heart into something.

You may not get what you want, but you definitely get what's best for you 

(calming myself down, finals are terrible)

2. You have to follow your dream, no matter what people say. Follow your dream,

you'll be the happiest person ever.

Thank you so much to those who helped me, supported me and 

for not blocking me on your instagram after seeing so many #duckcollection spams!

Till my next post!

Hello?

I haven't been blogging for 2 months+ and

as much as I feel like

no one is missing my post,

I do miss blogging!

What's up with the silence?

Oh well, engineering life.

Really, this semester,

is when every hard work begins.

Last two semesters were a total joke.

I had been complaining and crying

in my first year,

but hey, last year I was just crying a river.

This time around, I cry like Niagara Falls, no kidding.

I didn't sign up for this life,

but I guess this is the consequences of me 

signing up for engineering life.

So many things happened,

long story short,

my hair is falling out so badly,

crying is my weekly ritual,

I eat supper thrice a day,

I don't have breakfast cause I am late most of the time,

I failed some of my labs,

I failed a midterm,

I don't get to blog as much

and I only call my parents twice a week.

It sounds bad, ey?

I also have good stories to share, no worry ;)

I cook weekly,

main dishes range from western to eastern food,

desserts and I don't eat junk food on weekly basis anymore!

I only do, once a month, max! 

I started to learn that

islamophobia is real but I have Allah to protect me all the time,

so I don't have to feel overwhelmed by it.

I have great friends

that will always support me,

and I don't have a need to increase my circle of friends anymore,

I will just appreciate those I have now,

I follow my financial budget,

and everything is well-planned now.

I really take everything in a positive way,

ie when I failed certain things,

they don't let me down, rather they push me to work harder the next time.

I dance whenever I want,

I feel happy whenever I see my friends' posts on Instagram,

I am happy that they're happy with their life.

I have days when I miss my best friends terribly,

and I will randomly call, or text or stalk them on Instagram, or comment 

on their InstaStory with hopes that they will miss me too :P

I watch all of my summer vlogs whenever I wanna feel close to home, 

cause we will not have a chance to be together for a longer time now,

since Atika is in Australia, I am in Canada and the rest are in different states of Malaysia.

I always watch Amigas videos on youtube whenever I miss them

and I am trying so hard to not forget anyone's name.

I watch Hindustani movies whenever I feel like watching them.

I drink a lot of water these days

and I always do my skin care routine.

I only had makeup on my face for less than 5 times in these two months,

I only put on makeup when I have occasions

cause I believe that my skin will be better, much much better without

having to constantly hide my scars and pimples.

I take pictures of buildings and sceneries

and upload them to Instagram, not to brag about anything

but my Instagram feed is like my online photo journal.

Because I will leave Canada one day, 

and I will miss every moment I have here.

I constantly remind myself that

I don't have to work as an engineer for the rest of my life,

but the lessons that I gain throughout this journey of mine,

will definitely make me a better person,

businesswoman and whichever position that I want to hold in the future.

Whenever I feel like complaining about 1 thing,

I will remind myself of 5 other blessings in life that Allah has sent me.

And most of the time, I will reflect on

what used to be my dreams, and now I have achieved them,

ie to study at McGill University.

Alhamdulillah for everything that happens in my life.

I hope you are doing fine with your life too!

Love,

Aliah 

VIVY YUSOF OVERSHADOWED EVERYONE!

KLFW is really a big thing for fashion lovers,

and that excludes me!

But this year, it's different.

I'm still not into fashion, but I'm willing to acknowledge

our local designers, well thanks to FashionValet!

I was coincidentally staying 

in KL for one night, during

KLFW16, and since my hotel

was just a walking-distance from Pavilion,

so I decided, why not?

My initial plan was to visit the duck store and

bought myself a few scarfs cause

I had been to FashionValet store in Bangsar Village II,

and I hardly found any of my perfect scarf.

Duck store has so many promising stuff,

it did offer me a lot during my visit.

I accidentally bought three scarves when I only wanted to buy

one.

Sorry for being such a girl, lol.

The trick here is to go to the store at noon,

cause they're gonna restock their scarves by then

and mine were all 'freshly baked'

and I got to witness them, doing the ribbon perfectly.

The first time I went to the store, I bought only one scarf.

Then this wonderful lady, she's super pretty, working at the duck store

told me about the trick. So, that's how I know this and it's good to share to

all the duckies and soon-to-be ones!

I am not an authentic duckie tbh, I'm just a beginner.

I've known so many duckies out there,

and my money in the bank cannot keep up to their standard lol.

Oh so, I went to Pavilion with Adeeda (the true duckie) and my sister, Ina.

After our first visit to the duck store,

we went to the centre of pavilion,

on the 2nd floor to witness the empty stage of KLFW.

Then we stalked Vivy Yusof and Iman from the top.

Five minutes later,

they made their way out of the KLFW area,

and so we followed the trail.

My sister saw them almost walking out of Pavilion,

when we were still on the escalator.

Only God knows why am I dying to meet the VIVY YUSOF!

So in high heels,

I ran!

And approached her myself!

I couldn't feel my leg,

the experience is surreal, man!

She noticed the duck paperbags,

I couldn't say things properly,

I was just mesmerized by her beauty

and Adeeda was wearing the same exact duck as Vivy

and we took pictures, even with Iman too!

Iman took great pictures! Vivy took our picture with Iman,

they're very friendly, sincere.

they are not faking it!

Gosh!

Then we were so excited about it, so we acted back the incident

and had our brunch at the DC cafe

and 

we went to the store for the second time!

And this time, 

I got myself 2 ducks!!

RIP Money!!

But never mind,

post Vivy retreating session.

My mum called me five seconds after that, cause we had to check out and stuff,

but I had to meet Edda, Aida and Pusya afterwards, so

we had to rush to the hotel

and bammmm

I met Vivy again!

But this time, we're walking to different directions.

and she seemed to be busy and I didn't wanna look

like a psycho fan,

so I kept it low lol

After my meeting with friends,

my mom, Ina and I walked back to Pavilion

cause I wanted to show Mama the store

and almost grabbed another duck

but the Minister of Finance didn't seem to approve it,

so I had to put my box down

and we witnessed the KLFW'16.

I saw bunch or celebrities including Fazura,

and my mum was super excited about it.

She always feels like Fazura and I, we share the same pink DNA.

You know what I mean :P

But she's busy and I didn't feel like

meeting other celebrities

cause

tbh,

meeting Vivy Yusof meant the world to me!

So that's how I came up with the blog title.

The end.

Room Tour!

I decided to make a room tour video!

Check it out!!

Baar Baar Dekho Official Trailer with Subtitle I Sidharth Malhotra & Kat...

I AM WAITING FOR ONE YEAR FOR THIS MOMENT!

I AM GONNA WATCH IT NO MATTER WHAT!

My New Zealand Trip

New Zealand is a wonderful country.

(The first statement is always the most clichè one)

It was an impromptu decision. I initially planned on

visiting my sister in Adelaide but she hasn't got to find a house to rent

and she would be a new girl in the city, so I wouldn't want to burden her.

So I decided to tag along with my sister in Auckland,

especially since I have a bestie there!

I was expected to visit and tour around Auckland City only,

but Mimi was kind enough to drive us to Hamilton, Matamata, Rotorua and Putaruru.

Girl, I had major difficulties in pronouncing the places.

But Maori language is an interesting one, indeed.

Auckland City is a windy city,

it isn't as hectic as NYC,

but it's a well-developed one

and I'm loving it.

I am more like a city girl,

especially when I reminiscing all of my travel memories,

I visited cities most of the time.

Mimi didn't quite agree with me

as she wanted me to witness the real side of New Zealand

where them sheep, llamas and cows at.

Mom insisted on us going to Hobbiton, so

we planned on the trip there.

Mimi had been there, so she just drove us to the place. 

The same thing went to Agrodome,

it's a place where you can feed all of those unique animals.

The sheep, llamas, and cows; they don't fear humans at all.

I believe because we gave them food!

After all, food unites people (and animals).

Blue Spring Putaruru is one of the many amazing things I saw in New Zealand.

It was raining on the day we went there, but the view was worth it.

The Hamilton Gardens was another place that I love too!

All of the gardens gave me so much of inspiration for my future garden (Taj Mahal).

Even though it was winter and most of the flowers were dead and gone,

the design of each garden was amazing.

Auckland has so many hipster restaurants and the price for each serving is so

reasonable unlike any hipster restaurant here in Malaysia.

Oh and the cars' registration numbers in NZ are mindblowing!

They are allowed to customized the registration numbers as they please.

For example, COMEL, PETE IRLY, 25 JUNE, UMAR etc

Pokemon Go is really a big phenomenon in NZ now,

so the day we visited Mission Bay (The PD of NZ), there were

many people of different ages from the 8 year-old-kids to the parents of 5 children,

they're everywhere tryna catch them Pokemons!

It's a fun thing to watch, but I really couldn't imagine how Malaysia will be,

if the game manages to penetrate its market into this country.

I had been in NZ for only a week,

but I felt like living there for the rest of my life!

Will visit the South Island in the future!

Qim fetched me up at the airport and drove me all the way to Malacca.

He told me some amazing news;

he plans on pursuing his master either in NZ or Australia.

Boy, NZ please!

(South Island, to be specific. So, I have reasons to visit!)

The very first shot of Auckland that I took. The raindrops caused the filter, me likey!

Trynna blend in with them duckies

I thinkthe garden is really nice and the bench is placed specifically for photos lol

So much loves for this girl!

Sun-kissed skin so hot meh

When there's nice museum, I jumped

Had never seen anyone with this pose, so I tried one

Part time librarian in Auckland hehe

My whole trip would never be amazing without these girls!

With the cousin!

Do you want me to be your pilot?

Let's do the dab!

One of the old houses in Auckland

Waiting for Qim to propose be like...
(menimbulkan spekulasi dan kontroversi)

Parnell has so many hipster cafes, I am in love!

Hobbiton!!

My little hometown

I love the view!

Loving the weather too!

Out of the Whakarewarewa Forest

At the Rotorua Museum
(Mimi struggled to take this shot ok?)

Sheep love me!

They're very tame you see

And they eat a lot too! 

In love with the manuka honey

And to be able to pluck the kiwi myself was a blessing

In love with the view of Lake Rotorua

Where rainbow ends

Blue Spring Putaruru is very blue

At one of the Hamilton Gardens
(Italian Garden)

The Indian Garden

Chinese Garden

Fantasy Garden

Train Station Apartment

Green field, blue sky

Micheal Joseph Memorial Park

Mission Bay
(And my own shell)

Where should I go next?

My Dentist Story

I had bad experience going to dentist,

when I was a little kid.

Last week, I had to see the dentist

because of my jaw problem and also

my teeth got some black stains after I consumed sugar

and it was very worrying.

While waiting for the dentist to call me in,

I was so worried.

I checked my number every time,

was it my turn yet?

Long story short, it was my turn.

I got on to the chair,

the doctor checked my teeth, they were all 'sound' lol.

Pardon me, I ain't a dentist.

I informed the dentist about the black stain

and the jaw.

Then, the conversation started.

The dentist graduated from a university in Egypt

and she knew my seniors from SSP.

Jaw problem's normal especially when

someone's stressed out.

I used to be stressful when I had exam etc,

but not now haha!

Aiyo so I still couldn't eat while having my mouth wide opened.

Okay, overall...

I had a good experience this time at the dentist.

:)

Wedding Vlog!

My cousin's wedding vlog is up!

Thanks to Ascott fast wifi!

Duckscarf Tutorial!

I've been longing to do this video.

So, voila!

The Intelligent Heart, The Pure Heart | Book Review

I am in love with this book,

the words really touch my heart.

So,

I guess I should share with all of you 

the concluding remarks of the book :)

Human beings are comprised of

body and soul.

The body represents the terrestrial aspect of humans

whereas the soul is the celestial aspect.

The point where the two meet

is the human heart.

In other words,

the heart acts as a window 

between the earthly and the heavenly.

In Islam,

the heart has always been regarded 

as an organ of intelligence, 

capable of understanding.

In order to achieve 

salvation in the Hereafter,

the heart must be purified

from spiritual blemishes.

According to the Islamic approach,

the mind and heart,

body and soul all work in unison,

not independently of each other.

This book has emphasised 

the importance of the science of tazkiyyah,

the purification of the heart,

in this age of materialism 

where the emphasis is on the brain.

In order to be complete

as human beings,

we must recognise and accept 

the importance of the heart's wisdom

together with the intellect of the brain.

When we trivialise the role and function

of the heart in our lives,

then we end up with a very 

limited view of the world

as if we have only one eye.

However,

when our heart and brain waves

act in synchrony,

our thoughts become more focused and rational.

We need to have 

our hearts and brains in order,

because that is the balance of batin and zahir.

Finally,

we need to always remember

the words of the Prophet Muhammad SAW:

Indeed, there is in the body a piece of flesh

which it is sound then the whole body is sound,

and if it is corrupt then the whole body is corrupt.

Indeed, it is the heart.

(Bukhari and Muslim)

What I did last Raya

Cornflakes Madu :')

I've been eating honey cornflakes made that my dear friend,
Alya Farah brought to SSP.
Her mom always cooked extra for me <3

Since I left SSP,
I never had them anymore!

So last year, I tried to make honey cornflakes
and they turned out to be brown
instead of golden, bitter instead of sweet
and hard instead of crunchy :')

#sadlyfe

I think I have to do some baking for this raya,
but really, I don't even have the mood :(