smokers, come see this.

for a while, i have been wanting to write about this, but it remained as a want. maybe because i had not been this driven to express my worries and concerns about this, because i believe that everybody that can think well would know that smoking is really bad for your health, and for the health of everybody around him, that is exposed to the smoke he exhales. i admit that i have problems with insensitive smokers. to me, you don't simply puff your poison to other ppl's faces and be proud of it, and no, smokers, you don't look cool at all. you look stupid. i'm sorry again, i don't mean to finger point to the males only, as the ugly truth is that, smoking has been a trend to women as well.

last week i was in kuala lumpur to settle some stuffs, and when i met my boyf in the library to tell him that i'm done with my works and i'm ready to go out, he showed me a picture that he discovered from the web. its regarding smokers. he was quite disturbed by the picture, and his worries actually showed on his face for quite a while. alhamdulillah, i had always wanted him to stop smoking for good, i know its not easy, and i also know that he is trying as hard as he could. he promise me that, and i know he will keep his promise to me. just because he keeps his promises towards me.

that instant, i got this idea to write about this issue. no, i'm not gonna list down the disadvantages of smoking, i'm not gonna write on how to stop smoking, i'm not gonna argue about whatever right issues that may come up when smoking is discussed. sorry, no. i'm not gonna do that. its too boring, and google can tell you all that. just google it up and you'll find your answers in just a click away.

but let me tell you what i'm going to write about. i'm gonna show you the picture that imran showed me, that can be very interesting and can make you smokers, realise more about this bad habit. lets take a look, shall we?

as you can see, this ad is not like the usual stop smoking ad that contains unpleasant images. this is something else. it took me 2 or 3 seconds to work it out. what a great idea, to have a smoking room as an open grave with the priest above officiating at the funeral, with the grieving friends and relatives standing around?

it reminded me of those articles i came across not too long ago, on baroque churches whose trompe-l'oeil ceilings depict God in his majesty above, surrounded by angels, supervising the admission of the saved into eternal life, and the condemnation of the damned into the maws of hell below.

this to me was an image to play with. how awful it is to actually be a smoker. i wasn't sure that the two smokers should have been standing up though. as far as i know, the dead lie down in their graves rather than stand upright smoking cigarettes, don't they? wouldn't it have been better to have a smoker lying in bed, smoking a cigarette, and falling into a sleep that would become eternal? maybe this image should include the ceiling to be filled into a cloud of smoke being exhaled from the mouth of the smoker on the right, like some sort of cloud, or some sort of dream. and they could have put absolutely anything in the grave below the priest and relatives. it could have been a man drinking a pint of beer. or two people having sex. or somebody reading a book or a newspaper. you could put that priest and those friends and relatives above anything you wanted. but no, this ad actually pointed on smokers. and oh hell yes, you should already feel something in your stomach now, scared maybe?

i know, i know that its not easy, but it all comes back to the will power. if you are strong enough to try it in the first place, then you should be strong enough to stop doing it now. i believe everybody can think wise, not only for yourself, but for others as well :)

p/s:

wahai perokok2 sekalian, try this. awak pegi duduk dalam kebuk asap, pastu merokok la sampai mabuk. senang cite. awak boleh merokok dgn aman tak ganggu org, dan awak jugak boleh hisap balik asap dari rokok awak tu. lagi banyak asap, lagi cepat high kan? lagi efektif. -out-

yours truly,

yasmin

back at square one

i love your confidence. i just love it. but sometimes, that same confidence actually drives you to be too self righteous and too proud to accept my explainations. alright let's not blame you, love. let me be more general. dear readers, maybe you'll think that i'm being gender bias, but even if you don't agree with me, hear me on this first and then you can decide whether i'm being bias or not. this thing i mentioned above, maybe that's what a guy..oh wait. maybe that's what all guys are naturally good at. alright. after this sentence, 'I/MY' would refer to girls and 'YOU' would refer to guys. guys tend to be too firm, up to a point where my feelings might just be put at the very edge at the corner, so that i myself would have to realise that its time to put my feelings aside and take yours into consideration. and no matter how many times i repeat myself with the hope that you'll actually accept the logic behind my doings, you will still stand firm and let me down. its like a psychotic mantra in guy's heads you know, that "yeah-its-ok-no-matter-what-she-says-i-won't-fall-for-it" kinda promise, to make sure he is not as hurt and so that the girl will somehow give in, no matter how ridiculous his points were. yeah, maybe that's what a guy is naturally born with. and us, girls, we have that natural ability to be too empathy, and to put our feelings aside just to make sure the guy's ego wins. everytime. yes, we girls are meant to do that. denying this means you're too afraid to accept that weakness in yourself. but, we give in not because we are too stupid, not because we are too weak, not because we are always wrong. its just because we know how to give in and not bring it up again later, unlike guys.

p/s: ask yourself, how is that even fair?

When a woman is silent, she's either over thinking, tired of waiting, falling apart, crying inside, or all of the above - The Notebook

give me strength,

Y.

if i have to choose

Some day my prince will come
Some day we'll meet again
And away to his castle we'll go
To be forever I know

Some day when spring is here
We'll find our love anew
And the birds will sing
And wedding bells will ring
Some day when my dreams come true

Seth Tan, well known from the episodes of Nora Elena, is well played by Aaron Aziz. *cuma i don't quite get it kenapa nama dia mcm dekat2 dgn nama 'setan' pergh sedih gile nama setan kan haha. Honestly, perempuan mana yang taknak lelaki sempurna, lelaki yang handsome, bergaya, kaya, romantik, setia, sabar, nakal, sexy, charming.. (and the list goes on) like Seth Tan. Well to me, Aaron Aziz may have all the criterias to play that role, but again, its just another fairytale character created by the writer of that story. However, his character is not all that good. for those who actually reads the novel, or watch the full episodes, you guys know what i mean. and i can't help to think that somehow, his angelic character was actually due to his guilt towards the girl. idk. you might have a different view. anyway. i have to admit here that i don't read that novel, and i don't follow that episode. i just got to know about this Seth guy from kak iza who reads the novel, from my sister anis who follows the episodes, and from the status updates from facebook and twitter. haha. but, i watched the last episode though :D and from the bottom of my heart, i too think that Seth Tan is the only man on earth (up till this moment i write this post) that can say "SIAL" in the most sexy way possible. haha :D

another perfect man character was played by Syed Hussein, the character of Adam of Adamaya :) i'm a sucker for that series, and i went through the hard work to download the series, complete! yeay to me! :) and seriously, i'm in love with that Adam! oh my oh my Adam, i had that imagination crush on him for quite sometime you know? :P he is potrayed as a really good looking man, or should i say perfect looking man, who loves photography, penyabar, romantik, tegas, very close to his religion, terlalu cintakan the wife, seorg ayah yg sgt2 baik, produces a cute daughter (LOL) and very moderate. he never laid hands on his wife, and sabar je dengan ape yg the wife buat to him, tak paksa her for anything, and he really knows how to handle the other guy that exists in his wife's life, dengan penuh berhemat and tak panas baran. personally, i find guys really respectful if dia tak naikkan suara to any woman, and i really respect guys yang don't exploit woman. well, its open to interpretations, of course. you know what i mean, don;t you, dear loyal readers? oh oh oh Adam writes a novel for his wife, too!! oh my oh my how sexier can a man be? you might think i'm weird, but i find the guys who writes, sexier than guys who sings. pelik kan? but yeah ;) sampai lah at last his wife slowly fall for him :) Adamaya is the best malay series i have ever watched so far :) i would love to name my child Adam hehu ok bye. i might be bias though, as i think Syed Hussein tu comel sangat boleh tak! :)

a story may remain and remembered as a story, but the reality is what actually counts. and in reality, how perfect we might want our man to me, these kind of guys don't exist, so does a perfect woman. well, imperfection is what makes people perfect, isn't it? that god has created humans in pairs, to complete each other in the hard, but the most beautiful way possible :) and i believe, jodoh itu ketentuan Allah :)

so if i were to be asked, who would i choose between Seth Tan and Adam, i would, without doubt, choose Muhammad Imran bin Khairi Osman ;) *hehe ok itu gedik. thank you for reading anyway, peeps, stay in touch. muahs! :)

p/s: how gedik i may sound, i sure meant every word i typed out.

lots of love,

yasmin mohd

you one confused male homosapien

to me, this is how an ironic, confused man talks.





:::you call that sarcasm???bahahaha...nice try buy ya, try harder:::

‎:::how is it even possible to try to sound sarcastic anyway.bye:::



*note: these were said by the same person








if you're reading this, i think you have a really sharp tongue, and tonight, you annoy me big time. what really bothers me is that, we are not really talking in real life. fish.




you, one confused man. there goes my day. period.

the happee twentee

this post is written to mark the 20th month imran and i have been together. and currently i am in kuantan and imran is in petaling jaya. still jauh. throughout these 1 year and 8 months, this guy has been such a sweetheart. and day by day, we know how to deal with conflicts, better. not that we fight a lot mind you, (LOL) but everytime we do argue, we just know how both of us would react, and we manage to control our anger and make up again not too long later after that. this is an accomplishment for me :) but hey, its always good to keep away from arguments right :)

i came back from work quite late yesterday, and all of a sudden my body felt really tired and the moment i laid my head on the pillow, i immediately dozed off. so no dinner, no late night tv, no tweeting, no facebook , no late night call, and no goodnight text message. how passive. that's what happens when i'm tired. the youngest sister and the youngest brother tried to wake me up but i didn't move even one bit. a dead sleeper i was. *haha ade ke phrase mcm tu :P

but guess what. when i woke up today and checked my phone, there were a few messages and missed calls, and among the early messages that i rceived was from him. at 3.07am :) a monthliversary wish. and with him, that's not common. i mean, the part of being all mushy is well played by ME all this while, so his actions actually made me feel a little touched, and it was a good start for my friday :)

well, things do evolve, don't they? and i do pray that the changes that we both are going through will make us a better person, and i hope that we will change for the better :) sayang, hold my hand and we'll walk together alright? :)

HAPPY 20th MONTHLIVERSARY MY IMRAN

i LOVE you to the moon and forth :D

love,

princess yasmin

buddy love

hey peeps. as i had shared in my facebook, my good friend nadia and her other friends had come out with the idea of having a mini bazaar at nadia's home. well, when she said mini bazaar, i thought it would be just some tables and displays of stuffs, but no dear readers, no. her team managed to provide 11 booths and there were so many stuffs! no, you cant imagine how happening the bazaar was. for those who attended, a big thank you for helping out my friends out, it was a good experience for me too :)

well, this kind of garage sale, is not really famous yet in kuantan, unlike in kl where the people can still have preferences for preloved items, as long as the stuffs are still in a good condition. i myself have no problems to get one of the preloved items, especially when you can get a branded bag for half price- that too, still in a good condition :) so the idea of setting up a bazaar is really inspiring, and i'm gonna make sure that i join them next time around.

as for me, i decided to help her around, as i'm not working on sundays, and i had always hoped for a productive sunday, not the typical lazy sunday where i wake up late, wash my face, brush my teeth, and be a potato couch, or simply sit in front of the computer to play the sims. haha. that's why i decided to be at nadia's crib since morning until we finish cleaning up. after all, its a bestie i was helping out :) so. the night before, i baked some cupcakes, just as a complimentary gift to anyone who purchase items from nadia's booth. so much of a marketing strategy, huh? ;) and for those who knows me well, i love to bake. and i don't sell t hem. i just find the satisfaction when people anjoy my bakings and yeah, i love to feed people with good stuffs *ececey :)

the pictures from the bazaar can be found in my facebook account as i was tagged in a few pictures. oh did i mention, during that bazzar i met a lot of my highschool friends, and i made new friends, too. those who actually lives in tok sira but i've nvr met them before. and oh my oh my its really a small world. and i'd love to think and keep it that way. my kuantan peeps are a family, almost everyone knows everybody and that's really nice coz we can bond instantly. just like that. and no, i'm not kidding.

this little cutie welcomed us at the house gate :)

hye. my name is alice, and i like to eat apple.

would you like to adopt me? :)

p/s: i wonder if rabbits love hotdogs. immy? ;)

nana, mazzie, anna

anna and her capik

askar ;) abg fairul membaiki pagar :)

these are the pictures of the booths :)

now you wish you had come, no? hehe..

and last but not least,

since 13 and still counting :)

yours truly,

:)

the perfect maiden

i'm not your random girl. seriously, i'm not. so many things i chose to show but there are so much more that i keep to myself, and only those who are really close to me would have the ability to dig that out.

currently, i'm learning how to play a game. boys' game. but oh almighty, i'm still a girl no matter what games i play. honestly, i'm a sucker for games such as the sims -oh i can sit in front of the computer and play it like nobody's business and cry when my sim dies, believe me i may be affected big time. however, i do play red alert and get all tensed up when the enemy attacks but proudly i must say, i am kinda good at it hehe. wait, i know i'm really good at it! *ok close this page if you think i'm too much to handle :P

after bugging my boyfriend with a lot of (annoying) questions, at last he agreed to install this one game to my laptop. D.O.T.A. ok i know, its a really well known game for guys but i don't know a thing about this game until the day imran actually showed it to me. all i say at that moment was, "iisssh kenape smua character dia hodoh2? i don't want to play lah!" but after it was installed into my laptop, i figured out there are 3 pretty female heroes, so since then i only use those heroes. among the three, my favourite would be the crystal maiden :)

The Crystal Maiden is a powerful disabler and support spellcaster. Each of her offensive spells impairs the target in some way, making her a valuable addition to any lineup. Crystal Nova allows her to blast multiple enemies with chilling damage, and Frostbite completely stops a single target enemy from moving for several seconds. Freezing Field causes immense damage and slows everything in a large area around Rylai, but her natural fragility makes it a difficult spell to use to its full effect. Despite the usefulness of all of her spells to her allies, perhaps her greatest asset to her team is Brilliance Aura. This aura gives all allies across the map a significant boost to their mana regeneration, giving them plenty of energy to use their own spells no matter where they are. Although she tends to take on a supportive role, the Crystal Maiden is still one of the most valuable heroes for any team.

http://www.playdota.com/heroes/crystal-maiden

i chose her because she is the prettiest among all. sorry guys, i'm not even close to be a worthy opponent. ade saye kisah? haha! anyway. this game requires us to go and but stuffs at the virtual shops so that our hero becomes stronger. there's one accessories shop, and there's an accessory called 'the circlet of nobility'. the description of it is, the circlet is made for human princesses. the moment i saw the word princess, i bought two of them. imran who was 'tutoring' had that straight face and he was speechless when i told him the reasons i had to buy two of them :D and all imran can say was, "bee, awk merosakkan game lelaki lah. i think you should stick to the sims" again, i don't care :P but he was so sabar with me, teaching me to at least buy the correct stuffs and the ways to play the game :)

the same thing happened to maell when i told him i'm into dota nowadays. and we actually talked about it during lunch! he said to me that that was the first time he ever talked about dota with a friend who is a girl. i just fail to understand whether it was a compliment or the other way round :P and maell, too, taught me what to but and what not to buy. hehe.

i may be new at this, but i'm a fast learner. ask imran ;)

till another post,

princess yasmin

i'm just like you

just like you, i don't like rude people. so, please don't be rude.

just like you, i don't like waiting. so, please don't make me wait.

just like you, i don't like liars. so, please don't lie to me.

just like you, i need attention. so, please be attentive towards me.

just like you, i have expectations. so, please don't complain when i question yours.

just like you, i don't like to be ignored. so, please don't ignore me.

just like you, i don't like to be angry. so, please don't give me reasons to be angry.

just like you, i don't like to be treated with injustice. so, please don't mistreat me.

just like you, i don't like it when people don't reply texts. so, please have some conscience.

just like you, i don't like it when people don't keep their promises. so, please keep your promises.

just like you, i want to be respected. so, please have some respect towards me.

just like you, i need time to recover. so, please give me space.

just like you, i hate it when people don't remember important dates. so, please remember.

just like you, i hate it when people talk bad about my family. so, please don't do that to me.

just like you, i need to be reminded. so, please remind me.

just like you, i want to be loved unconditionally. so, please love me as i am.

see, i'm not so hard to please, you know? because i'm just like you.

love,

noor yasmin

i will keep you close, no matter how far i go

well, just to share what me & my wonderful peeps had filled our free time with :)

has any of you dear loyal readers, heard anyone said that childhood friends are the ones that will always be attached to us forever, through thick and thin? literally- through your skinny days to your curvy days, and back to being all slim? eceyh :D lol. i've heard of that. and yes, i live by that belief. as cliche as it sounds, these people has always been the people i grow(notice the present tense) up with, i laugh and cry with, we smack each other's back so hard that later after that incident we're not friends for a few hours but at night we still talk on the housephone asking about homeworks and blabber about how tired our minds are, stucked up with all those chemistry and addmath equations, and the next day we still share that peanut butter sandwich and whatever can be found in our lunchbox. and until now, they might not be the person i text everyday, they might not be the person i see everyday, but still in this humble heart, their face is permanent, immovable. that is the definition of childhood friend, based on my personal dictionary.

one fine day, i followed my boss *ehem ehem dad, to kemaman, the place he grew up. as we walked down the stairs from the office, suddenly a man of his age came to his and gave a good smack on his shoulder. he looked. erm. pelik. to me lah. he looked at me and said, 'anok mung ke, mat?' but then my dad reply, 'dok ah, girlfriend baru'. that other old man bought that, but everytime he looked at me, he had that confused-mat kau tipu aku ke ni oyy-blurred face. and haha at last i admitted that i am encik mat's daughter. those old men had coffee, and before we left, something caught my eyes. papa actually gave him something. in decent phrase, a token of appreciation. being a busybody i am, i asked, why did papa gave him some money. who was that man?

''he is my childhood friend. kaki pukul tu, dulu masa kecik2 kitorang pusing kemaman. dia taiko kat kemaman ni. kaki pukul. very good man. org2 mcm ni noor yasmin, senang kite nak mintak tolong. kwn dari kecik. they don't ask for anything in return, no questions asked whenever kite mintak tlg. ape salahnye kasi duit sikit, bukan selalu pun.. kite senang sikit, tolong la dia. org2 mcm ni yg kite nak buat kwn sampai mati."

i was speechless. not because i wonder how a kaki pukul can be a good man, (LOL) but how papa's response made me realise that friendship is indeed important, how its really wise to keep those worthy people close to heart, how those people can make us humble when we talk to them. and my papa, that's why he's my most favourite man in this whole wide world. he doesn't speak much, but he speaks wisely. he doesn't need to prove much, but his actions proves everything.

at that moment, being dramatic as i am, i started to think of the people that had accepted me through my best and worst days, who had been so honest in shaping me, and alhamdulillah, i see those images clearly. those people, who i know will never hesitate to have my back even when i fall so hard on the ground, so badly. who will lift me up no matter how hard it will be to convince me that i can do it. you, you, you. you know who you are :)

i am proud to have all those wonderful people around me, at times where i laugh so loud but they won't be embarrased by it, when i almost make them deaf when i sing hindi songs continuously in the car where they have every right to tell me to shut up, and when i talk non-stop, they will just listen because they know when i get tired, i'll shut up automatically, and then they will start to tease me on being so quiet. haha.

this post is dedicated to- all those wonderful souls, who has always been with me, during my days when my set of teeth were not perfect, until my oh forever hard braceface days, until now the day i can smile so wide and feel good about it, and hopefully until the day we all will feel there's a need to put on a fake set of teeth ;p i love you to bits. may Allah bless you :)

loveness,

min

and i quote

"FAILURE should be our teacher, not our undertaker. FAILURE is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. FAILURE is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing." - Muhammad Imran bin Khairi Osman






p/s:

sometimes i wonder how you can be so strong. you ease my heart even when you are deeply hurt inside. you say the right things even when you are not sure if its right in the first place. you hugged me close when you were the one who needed a hug so badly. you hear me cry almost everyday recently, but you still hold me tight until i let go. you listened to my cries, you make me cry louder just so i would let it all out and not keep in alone to myself. you wipe my tears eventhough they keep running down my cheeks anyway. you gave me strength. you told me i'm strong to face all this, without fail. that's imran. my imran.






i love you so much imran, i thank the Almighty everyday for having you, for giving you to me. and i'm proud to say you are mine, you one strong soul. forever, insyAallah. tq for everything baby :')













yours,

yasmin