BumbleDee Cafe at Bukit Gambir

Dear Qwerty,

Would you like some free cupcakes? :)

Yesterday I had a wonderful dinner at BumbleDee Cafe. It offers a wide variety of western food and beverages. I had Spaghetti with Roasted Chicken, a delightful serving of Ice-blended Chocolate with Whipped Cream, and a cute little vanilla cupcake. All for RM10.40 - the cupcake is for free!

Here's what I love about the cafe:

The food is very good. The spaghetti was perfectly cooked till al-dente and they don't stick to each other; I was quite surprised as I thought that the spaghetti would be of the usual quality around here - which is not up to standard at all, I apologize. The tomato sauce was lovely too - it needs no extra seasoning nor it needs less of any. How do I put it? Hmm..I could say that the spaghetti was decent, it is not extraordinary but it still manage to impress you. The roasted chicken? Well, that's the one you don't find anywhere else. It's purrrrfectt! The meat was tender and succulent and it is as flavourful as I always imagine a roasted chicken to be - not the ones that I had which is friendly to the cam but never to the tongue!

If ever you decided to have some dinner over there, do try their ice-blends. I had chocolate while my pretty friend had vanilla. Both is equally delightful. The vanilla has just the right amount of sweetness and as creamy as an ice-cream. Mine is chocolate and I had found out that they are very generous of their chocolate stash as the drink was nothing but breathtakingly chocolatey and there are even some crunchy chunks of chocolate bites in it! Next time, I'm gonna go for latte for a change. :)

They give you free cupcake for every meal. The cupcakes are nice too - but the pretty buttercream frosting was not as smooth as I expected. But still, it's something that you would enjoy.

So, do try some of their food when you can. I'm determined to be a returning customer. :)

Menunggumu - Peterpan (English Translation)

in love

there is a language

that softly flows

fulfilling your soul.

i miss our story

the one that will never hurts.

while my heart is still yours

i have a question for you

'how long must

i remain waiting for you?'

i'm waiting for you

in the lovely times

i had with you

the ones that will never be

forgotten

the look in her eyes

crushes my soul

with all the love in my heart

i'm asking

while my heart is still yours

i have a question for you

'how long must

i remain waiting for you?

i'm waiting for you

in the silence i'm waiting

in the silence i'm waiting

i

in the weariness i'm waiting

in my heart i'm waiting

i

am still waiting

while my heart is still yours

i have a..

how long..

'how long must

i remain waiting for you?

i'm waiting for you

i am waiting

i'm waiting for you

in the silence i'm waiting

in the weariness i'm waiting

in the silence i'm waiting

in the weariness i'm waiting

in the silence i am waiting.

Original lyrics:

di dalam sebuah cinta

terdapat bahasa

yang mengalur indah

mengisi jiwa

merindukan kisah kita berdua

yang tak pernah bisa akan terluka

bila rindu ini masih milikmu

kuhadirkan sebuah tanya untukmu

'harus berapa lama aku menunggumu?'

aku menunggumu

didalam masa indah

saat bersamamu

yang tak pernah bisa

akan terlupa

pandangan matanya

menghancurkan jiwa

dengan segenap cinta

aku bertanya

bila rindu ini masih milikmu

kuhadirkan sebuah tanya untukmu

'harus berapa lama aku menunggumu?'

aku menunggumu

dalam hati ku menunggu

dalam hati ku menunggu

aku

dalam lelah ku menunggu

dalm hati ku menunggu

aku

masih menunggu

bila rindu ini masih milikmu

kuhadirkan sebuah

harus berapa lama

'harus berapa lama aku menunggumu?'

aku menunggumu

aku menunggu

aku menunggumu

dalam hati ku menunggu

dalam lemah ku menunggu

dalam hati ku menunggu

dalam lemah kumenunggu

dalam hati ku menunggu

Ketulusan Hati (English Translation)

my love never lies

it knows no betrayal

it knows no grief

my love is pure beauty

pure happiness

forever

everything i am feeling now

is an entertainment to you

now listen, my love

to love you

is to let the time went unnoticed

is to know no value of money

is purely sincerity

to love you

i never know the meaning of doubt

i trust you, and only you

always

my love never lies

it knows no betrayal

it knows no grief

there will be no promises

only happiness

forever

everything that i am feeling now

is an entertainment to you

now listen, my love

to love you

is to let the time went unnoticed

is to know no value of money

is purely sincerity

to love you

is to never know the meaning of doubt

i trust you, and only you

always

Original lyrics:

cintaku tak berdusta

tak mengenal ingkar

tak kenal nestapa

cintaku hanya indah

hanya bahagia

untuk selamanya

apa yang kurasakan ini

persembahan untuk dirimu

kau dengarkan kasihku

mencintai mu

tak mengenal waktu

tak mengenal puitis

hanya tulisnya hati

mencintaimu

tak mengenal ragu

keyakinan hatiku hanya untuk dirimu

selalu

cintaku tak berdusta

tak mengenal ingkar

tak kenal nestapa

tak ada seribu janji

hanya bahagia untuk se;amanya

apa yang kurasakan ini

persembahan untuk dirimu

kau dengarkan kasihku

mencintai mu

tak mengenal waktu

tak mengenal puitis

hanya tulisnya hati

mencintaimu

tak mengenal ragu

keyakinan hatiku hanya untuk dirimu

selalu

apa yang kurasakan ini

persembahan untuk dirimu

kau dengarkan kasihku

mencintai mu

tak mengenal waktu

tak mengenal puitis

hanya tulisnya hati

mencintaimu

tak mengenal ragu

keyakinan hatiku hanya untuk dirimu

selalu

Dealova (English Translation)

I wish to be the sweetest dream

in your slumber

I wish to be something

that you would long for

Because my steps falter

without your presence

Oh

Because my heart is now weary

I wish to be something

you will always hold on to

I wish you would know that

I always have you in my thoughts

Without you the passing time feels so empty

suppressing my emotions

Oh

Glimpses of you played upon my eyes

You're like a song I sing in my heart

that arouses my longing for you

Like the air that I breathe, you are always present

Oh

It's only you

who is able to save me

Without your presence

I feel lost

and lonely

and lonely

You're like a song I sing in my heart

that arouses my longing for you

Like the air that I breathe, you are always present

You're like a song I sing in my heart

that arouses my longing for you

Always present

You are always present

Always present

You are always present.

Original lyrics:

Aku ingin menjadi mimpi indah

Dalam tidurmu

Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu

Yang mungkin bisa kau rindu

Kerana langkah merapuh

Tanpa dirimu

Oh

Kerana hati telah letih

Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu

Yang selalu bisa kau sentuh

Aku ingin kau tahu bahawa aku

Selalu memujamu

Tanpamu sepinya waktu

Merantai hati

Oh

Bayangmu seakan-akan

Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku yang

Memanggil rinduku padamu

Seperti udara yang kuhela kau selalu ada

Oh

Hanya dirimu

Yang bisa membuatku tenang

Tanpa dirimu

Aku merasa hilang

Dan sepi

Dan sepi

Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku yang

Memanggil rinduku padamu

Seperti udara yang kuhela kau selalu ada

Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku yang

Memanggil rinduku padamu

Seperti udara yang kuhela kau selalu ada

Selalu ada

Kau selalu ada

Selalu ada

Kau selalu ada

Khabar dari Angin (Puisi)

mesranya angin menyapa,

lembut sungguh kelopak mawar,

dan harumnya,

bagaikan puisi rindu menusuk ke kalbu.

panggilan bagaikan seruling buluh,

mendayu-dayu bernyanyi lagu angin,

siapalah aku untuk menyahut?

termangu-mangu si pungguk,

menunggu pulangnya puteri cahaya.

sambil langit berubah warna,

aku tertanya-tanya,

ke mana pergi puisi rindu,

kalau bukan ke kalbu?

bagaikan si pungguk sabar,

aku menanti angin membawa khabar,

bagaikan si pungguk dungu,

aku termangu-mangu menunggu.

Kerm's Craft Giveaway

Dear Qwerty, Nadder, and lucky souls,

Hurry hurry hurry!

Kerm's Craft is currently holding an insanely cute giveaway! The closing date is August 15, 2010. So don't you dare to wait even for a second, grab your opportunity to win handmade plushies, buttons, ribbons, and guess what, FABRICS! Make sure add the adjective 'cute' before every prize I mentioned above.

Plus there could be second prize too! You'll get custom made keychain of dazzling colours and heartbreakingly cute design that you can choose to match your very own personality.

So people, let's get crazy about this, and join here :

http://cikkerm.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-1st-giveaway.html

Why Are You Afraid?

Dear Qwerty and Nadder,

What makes us afraid?

Today, on the way back to my room from the cafe, I heard a cat mewing loudly from rooftop. I look up and saw that there was a cat on the roof at third floor balcony, but he was too afraid to climb back to safety. I knew that cats are actually very afraid of height, though they are gifted with incomparable agility that allows them to jump or hang from practically anywhere they want to. And the cat I was talking about, he was only needs to jump for o.7m to save himself. Any creature belonging to the family of feline domestica can easily accomplish that. But he didn't, he don't even dare to move his feet. He was afraid of the other possibility; that he would fail and fall 6 meter down. In fact he won't, if he can't make it he'll fall back to the balcony. He's just plain scared, and that's it. That's simply the reason.

I tried to lure him back, but he keep refusing and hissing. After about 15 minutes talking to a cat, I left him up there. It was quite a disappointment, really, for we both know that he can do it. But he didn't. I threw down some snacks for him though. I'll see if he's still there tomorrow morning.

Let's just pray that he'll be okay and gain some courage to do it.

Good luck, kitty. Your life depends on your courage.

USM Expo Convocation 2010

Dear Qwerty and Nadder,

Today is the last day for Expo Convo!

I went to look around to see if there's any sale going on. Yup! There is! But it wasn't as fun as I expected it to be. Some of the stuff which go downpriced are fabrics (RM50 for 3) and gifts (eg keychains, plushies etc). I think it's quite a good bargain, but the weather was against me.

How do I describe it? It was humid, hot, and the ground was soaking morning rain to the last bit of sand that I felt as if I was walking in the middle of a swamp. There wasn't any puddles though, but yeah, it's just me, I'm not a fan of hot and humid stuff, or a spongy ground.

I spent about 15 minutes looking around and talking to some hawkers, but in the end I took nothing but some apples and oranges. Some of the snack stalls had close down, though I initially planned to get some nuts or peas. The deep-fried snacks stall are still swinging, with the hawkers shouting "hooo hooo keropok lekor terengganu panas-panas hoo! dah nak balik hoo!" or "mai mai dik cucur cempedak tak mau rasa kaa!" and "manis ni dik akak tak tipu!". The MCs at the background join the clamor by breathlessly shouting out of their neck to attract the audience.

Overall it was not so bad if not for the malicious weather. The days before were fun enough with the smiling sun and the laughing breeze. I did have some soft ice-cream and cheese burger there. But I think last year Expo Convo was a bit more exciting, probably because I was still a curious freshie back then.

That's it for USM Expo Convocation.

Will write to you again soon! :)

A Sudden Journey

Dear Qwerty and Nadder,

Today is a funny day!

Why? That's because a lot of things happened they way they shouldn't. And again, I've met interesting people!

Referring back to the title above, I went to Tesco today. All by myself though, for my room mate have set her goal to be the next PM of Malaysia and therefore attending as many meetings as possible, and I just like to walk around by myself. The problem is, when walking around alone, we need extreme self esteem, which would seriously take appearance into account. Well, I screwed it up.

Let's see what I've worn to Tesco:

1. A baby pink t-shirt

2. A magenta cardigan (which matches well with the shirt, somehow)

now it's time for the horror:

3. A black track bottom (which doesn't fit well)

4. Blue flip-flops

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! It's a fashion tragedy, and I was all alone.

But back then I didn't really care. I was just looking for something convenient and comfortable to go, for I need to walk about 2 km, up and downhill. Anyhow, everything was OK, no fashion police around.

But the funny bit was; I was thinking of getting a new pair of sneakers. So I walk into the XES shop looking all confident and determined, picked up a a pair of nice sneakers, and ask the promoter to find my size. But then, when I was about to put my feet into the shoe, dang! The promoter noticed my nearly rotten dingy flip-flops lol! What a shame! Anyway I managed to keep the poker face and tried it on. It doesn't fit well though, and I left with a winning smile haha.

But all starts bad can somehow ends well; I managed to fulfill the to-buy list, and arrived home (room) safely and happily.

OK my dear (s), I'm gonna go to bed now. So goodnight and sweetdream. :)

Gourmet Tomyam For Free!

Dear Qwerty and Nadder,

Today is one of the most beautiful day ever.

Today is the second day for me working at Econ Shop in USM. I feel more comfortable now compared to yesterday, which is my first time. I met a lot of interesting people these two days. And that excites me very much!

Yesterday there was an uncle who look mean(lol!) but was actually very kind and funny. And there was also a funny guy who was so nervous about meeting someone who had just graduated. He came back to tell me that he finally got to see the graduates, but at the second time he looked more relaxed.

Today there was a big guy who complained a lot, but he was laughing hard while doing so. Such a weirdo! And there's a whole big family came to rummage our poor little fridge too! They came together (more than ten at a time) and took lots of the drinks. The problem is I'm the one who was at the counter at that time and I have to do a lot of calculations (which I really hate). Lucky to have my ultimate weapon at my side; the scientific calculator! yeah! (what a shame)

Oh ya, I met Kak Fiza today! Finally! I was so happy because she's the one who ofered the part time job to us. She's very kind indeed. It was so comfortable to be with her and have long casual chat. And she's very helpful too. She taught me how to use the retail machine! That really helps a lot cuz I am terribly bad at math. T_T

But then again, though all goes well and smoothly, I made a few mistakes too. I accidentally gave two Celcom Topup Cards to a customer. I was glad that she's such a kind soul and returned it back to us. And I calculated one of the total wrongly too! I'm so sorry for that.. T_T That's when Kak Fiza decided to teach me how to use the machine. I hope I won't get fired though..

Oh! I almost leave out the topic under the title! Tomyam! Today after working there I went to the cafe to buy some lunch (it cost me only RM1!). I was considering to buy some food for dinner too, but thinking that my room-mate will be hungry during dinner time, I decided to buy just lunch. But what a shame! She told me that she'll be cooking with her friend for dinner! That's an awfully terrible news cuz it means I'm going to have dinner down at the cafe by myself. I'd never do that of course, and rather have Maggi mee instead. But then came a better news, she insisted that I have some of the food she'll be cooking. How can I resist lol.. But oh, she was so busy cooking and forgot about the pathetic starving girl back at her room. I was so sleepy after waiting for two hours and was about to fall into a floating journey when she knocked the door. There was a bowl of wafting tomyam and a glass of lychee in her hands! Hooray! But I can't seem to move myself out of the bed and tell her to leave them on my table. Not for long, people, not for long, cuz 10 minutes after that I can't put myself to sleep again. Eventually I got up and gobbled up everything on the table lol. Both the tomyam and the lychee were awesome! It would cost me RM15 if I were eating outside. I can't explain further my dear cherrypies, I'm too sleepy presently.

So goodnight, and dream nicely. :)

Bumble Bee On the Go

Dear Qwerty,

Omg! I need to finish my tutorial works before thursday! I better start now. Plus a client asked us to translate two chapters of a book before next friday! Buzy buzy buzy~~

Oh, while i'm still here, I'd like to do some marketing stuff lol:

I'm a translation student from USM who is currently pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Translation and Interpreting (BATI). My lecturer encourage us to take translation assignments while we're still in university level in order to gain much experience before we enter the so much dreaded working world. So, if any of you would like me to do some translation for you, please let me know ya~

p/s: I'm still a student, so the payment won't be as high as RM0.10 per word. I usually take RM3-5 per page :) (Professional translators will normally charge RM20 per page)

Hyes and Hellos

Dear Qwerty,

I'm more than two weeks into this sem. But I don't feel the urge to study as I would have in the last sems. Why is that so? Qwerty, please scold me. I need to start studying now!

Will write to you later. Bye for now~

p/s: please pray for me.

Why?

Dear Qwerty,

I'm currently listening to One Republic's All Fall Down from their album Dreaming Out Loud. Isn't it one of the best song ever? Loving the lyrics to the last of my neurons. I think we would all interpret the lyrics differently, but it's okay, that proves that we human beings are unique. That we don't have carbon copies of each other. That we are who we are, forever.

We should learn to appreciate each other too, because there's no replacement for anybody. When it's gone, it's gone, for good.

And most importantly, we must appreciate ourselves too. Cuz there's no replacement for us in this world, ever again. Not in a hundred years, not in thousands, never.

I believe we live for a purpose in this world. And not just any purpose, it's something that only we can do.

It could be from the littlest thing such as picking a can off the road that could harm an old lady coming on the way without we knowing it, to being the first human walking on the moon. But bear in mind that we humans are created to choose, which explain our tremendous ability to choose, even our future. It's human's exclusive ability. I'd like to use it then.

But as always, God will make all the decision.

Don't be disappointed if you didn't get what you've worked for. We could easily love things that is detrimental to us, we often avoid things that are essential for us. That's why God will make the decision for us, so that we don't choose wrongly.

Please do remember, that everything happens for a reason. Be strong. Be patient. And eventually, you will find out the reason why.

P/s: Don't be afraid to cry, it's our strongest defense and most potent rejuvenator for heartbreak.

Lovely Buttons to Be Given Away! :)

Dear Qwerty and lucky readers,

love n craft is currently holding buttons giveaway! I've always admired the variety of heartbreaking buttons there. They are of different sizes and shapes you ever dare to imagine. Do check 'em out, and join the giveaway here!

Morning Starshine!!

Hi Qwerty,

I've noticed that our Fuzzy is gone. Did you see where it went?

Hi and hello again my dearest soulboard. It's been a very long time. I was quite busy, actually, neck-breakingly busy with everything. It's holiday, so yeah! I'd like to tell about what I've been up to during this sweet one and a half month of no class. :)

Good news! Our to-cook list is 95% fulfilled. I've cooked practically everything, except for the pumpkin pie. My family don't seem to have any interest when I mention it, so I guess I'd leave my mum's flour stock alone this time. The soft pretzels and Portuguese tart is a hit though! Thank you AllRecipes... :))

Today me and my brother made some caramel popcorns. I learned it from YouTube and Metacafe and it turned out terrific! We decided not to buy ready made popcorns ever again. Thanks to the uploaders! :D

Other than that, I've also made some sewing projects. I found my mum's stash of colourful, pretty scrap-fabrics. We washed them up (which is pretty silly when our neighbours saw them hanged to dry) and sorted them according to their "degree of prettiness" (wth is that??) lol. I've made one little bag (I can't call it a pouch, it doesn't even look like a pouch) and a button-pouch. The little bag is inspired by a great blog and the button-pouch (which I plan to use as a makeup bag, for all I have is a compact powder, a LipIce and a eau-de-toilette) is everywhere on the net. It's fun! But it takes pounds of effort and time (and that's mainly because I'm a sloth, duhh..). I'm going to make a phone pouch tomorrow. And that's because.......

.......I've got a newphone!!!

Yay I've got a new phone! Yayayayayayayayyayyyyy!!! Wait, why am I so excited? That's because.....my brother bought it for me!!! Yayayayayayayyyyy!! Wait, not really, he just paid half the price. But that's good enough! :) I paid the other half using my sister's money! LOL... am I like a money-monster now? She gave it to me though, I didn't steal or cheat it, okay? :D

So if I do the math (that's so worrying, cuz I've passed math only once in my lifetime), nothing comes out of my pocket. Nokia 5230 comes in though.

And so the story began:

Once upon a time, a girl lost her phone out of clumsiness. She was so stupid to leave the phone in the bag while she went into the library. It was SE W580i in Metro Pink. It was her favourite phone, ever. (Sobs)

Since then she started looking for a new phone so that she can use both Celcom Upax and Maxis. Due to her incurable white-freakiness, the first phone that caught her eyes was a sleek, colourful, white-front; Nokia 5230. Whenever she saw a photo of the phone, she can't help but whispered to herself; omg, that's sickly cool! But it is a touchscreen, so considering the money value plus the repair cost that is almost sure with a touchscreen, she cancelled it and aim for Nokia 6730 instead (she trusts Nokia for durability).

But then, with much love from god, she eventually got it for free. (I feel very lazy to type out the whole story lol).

Perhaps I'll talk more about the phone later, about what I love and hate about it. Meanwhile, if there's any question about it, feel free to ask! :)

Life Swing

Hi everyone,

I'm not feeling playful today.

There are a lot of things happening recently. Well yeah, some life complications. I don't wanna talk about it. Just some little things that makes you feel enormously annoyed, and you just don;t understand why you should. Should we blame ourselves then? When we're feeling that way? Logic says; it's just 'some little things', when compared the whole universe, those things lose their importance. so you're wrong for getting annoyed. But then comes the abstract; those little things grow, you know? So if you keep them up to the neck in a bottle, they'll grow so healthily and burst the bottle; shattered glass always means something bad. So yeah, you have the right to feel annoyed. Well I say; yeah, i'm annoyed, so what am I gonna do now?

I don't know the answer my honeybees, I really don't know.

I've been running away from my own question up there for the rest of my life.

Enough with that, I'd like to talk about something not-so-personal now. I noticed that people can't comment to our place here. So I decided to change the layout. Hope that will help.

And oh, I'm getting better at the guitar yay! Actually, the only key I know for the time being is Am lol. But then, I've found out how to make the guitar sounds better, plus I made my own song too! Haha it's just a simple repeating notes, but I like how it sounds. It has no key at all lol, I took the guitar and play it the way I play piano, but with plucking fingers of course. My left-hand fingers are sore from pressing down the steel strings, I can't use them today (what a noob). They look like three red sausages sticking out of my left hand now lol. But as soon as I can stand holding down the strings again (probably tomorrow), I'll continue with my YouTube guitar lesson hehe.. I think I have started to love guitar now. But of course, piano or keyboard is still on the top of the list! (at least the piano never turned my fingers into hotdogs)

Other than that, I'd like to tell both of you that I love you. I love you both, with all my heart. You're the ones I turn to when I need someone to speak. Because you never complain, you just listen. You don't smile before me but smirks behind me. You're always there when I need you. You make me feel better, always. I have never found anyone like you, and never will.

With lots of love, good night, dear Qwerty and Fuzzy.

Photo is courtesy of *jnsblzs* on Flickr.