Republik Cinta

Why am I busy?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:50:38 GMT

Assalamualaikum and good day to my friends.
I'm so sorry for not replying any emails/SMS
or respond to any questions in FB
as I'm busy throughout the whole Ramadhan.

Tiap hari
waktu bekerja start 9am
sampai wee hours at night.
Paling lambat aku tidur pun dalam 4am.
Nak tengok muka
mak ayah sendiri pun susah
masa bulan puasa tu
apatah lagi nak reply email
atau nak add member member dalam FB.
Ada yang sent message
ingatkan aku saja saja taknak add
while at the same time,
aku sendiri pun takde masa
nak explain betapa busynya aku.

Hari raya pertama
seperti biasa aku bangun lambat.
3 rounds of laundry.
Beraya rumah mother in law.
Balik rumah, sambung kemas rumah.
Sempat masak ikan siakap kukus,
telur goreng & kentang goreng.
Itulah masakan paling sedap
pernah aku makan sejak Ramadhan.

Hari raya kedua,
masih ada laundry.
(kalau dah tiap hari balik
pukul 2 pagi masa bulan puasa,
memang berbondot laundry aku jadiknya).
Beraya rumah kedua dua sister in law.
Ada spaghetti dan lauk sup gearbox.
Sampai umah, sambung rehat.
Tak larat masak so ajak hubby gik kopitiam je.

Esok kena antar abang ipar & his wife ke airport.
Most probably singgah KLCC after that
untuk membeli few stuffs
sebelum kitaorang fly esoknya.
Both of us will not be here dari 23hb.
Kitaorang balik 28hb...
tuh pun amik flight kul 12am.
Rasanya sampai umah pun dalam kul 4am kot.

Wish us well.
Tak salah aku, Bali ada sedikit gempa bumi
sehari sebelum raya.
Bergegar sikit Denpasar tuh.
Tapi aku tengok keadaan terkawal
so doakan kitaorang selamat pergi, selamat balik.

That's all.
To hubby, thank you for the anniversary gift.
I love it.

what a life..!

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:49:48 GMT

Semalam, aku amik cuti.
Abah ajak teman gik Tg. Malim.
Petang, kitaorang sampai KL semula.
So I did my laundry,
tidy my room..
Malam semalam,
ada sessi mari berjumpa
with Nana and JJ
and at the same time,
they want to give me
brocolli yang derang belikan during their Cameron's trip recently.
By 10pm, I head to Tesco
to load up our yoghurt's stock in the fridge.
It's a madness here,
aku makan yoghurt tu tiap hari.
Amazing betul...
coming from a person yang tak makan susu langsung.

Tapi, malam semalam...
I can't sleep.
Nak tak nak,
aku browse through FB.
Seeing my ex classmates bring me such
awesome memories.
Especially looking at those pics
we'd took during our last day at school.
Few of us (eh ramai jugak sebenarnya)
took the liberty and went to the one and only park
yang ada kat Ipoh :-
Taman DR.
And we took pictures almost everywhere.
And every picture tu would sees us smiling and laughing.
Bak kata Ida,
time tuh SPM lulus ke, lingkup ke..
belakang kira.
Mujur zaman sekarang ni...
mudah nak berhubung
(tapi ternyata sukar nak bertemu face to face).
I still can catch up what they're up to,
how many kids they have,
whether they have changed physically
(mentally aku rasa sama je mengong macam dedulu).
Seriously, I miss all of them tremendously.
Maybe on that one sweet day,
we meet again and catch up what we have left.
To all 5 Daisy year 1996
from Tarcisian Convent School, Ipoh...
I hope all of you have a great life!

arica in Kosmo!

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:12:44 GMT

As I promised,
here's the article
that went out in Kosmo!
on the 16th February.
Sorry for the messy
cut & paste look.
My scanner can only afford
A4 size and the article is obviously
bigger than that.
I hope you can read it.
If you can't,
you read this:-

Beg anyaman Arica
Oleh Izyan Liyana Mohd Darif
izyanliyana.mdarif@kosmo.com.my

Jenama Arica yang tertera pada produk yang dijual tidak membawa
maksud tertentu. Ia cuma gabungan nama dua wanita muda yang
mengendalikan gedung beg tangan anyaman, Arni Baizura dan Rica Apriani.

Biarpun tidak menawarkan beg tangan berjenama mewah, butik Arica
memiliki identiti dan keistimewaan tersendiri.

Saban hari, butik Arica tidak putus-putus menerima pelanggan
yang terdiri daripada orang tempatan dan pelancong asing
termasuk dari Jepun, Arab dan Eropah.

Salah satu daya tarikan yang ditampilkan di butik Arica ialah
dindingnya dicat dengan rona jingga terang.
Warna cat sedemikian seolah-olah 'memanggil' pengunjung untuk
meluangkan masa memasuki gedung.

Bagi keselesaan dan memudahkan pelanggan membelek beg yang
sesuai, himpunan beg disusun kemas di atas rak kayu berona
coklat gelap mengikut bentuk dan saiz.

"Teknik susunan ini lebih baik daripada melonggokkan beg
secara bertimbun dalam satu bekas. Ia bertujuan mengelakkan
kualiti beg terjejas sekali gus memudahkan pelanggan memilih
beg tangan yang digemari," jelas Rica Apriani Kurnadi, 25.

Gedung Arica dipenuhi dengan beg tangan anyaman yang diperbuat
daripada bahan semula jadi seperti daun pandan, mengkuang, rotan,
tali agel dan jut.

"Segelintir pembeli kurang gemar memiliki beg tangan yang
diperbuat daripada daun-daun. Ia mungkin tidak tahan lama
dan warnanya mudah luntur. Jangan bimbang kerana beg Arica
diperbuat daripada bahan semula jadi gred A dan dihasilkan
oleh tenaga kerja yang pakar dan berpengalaman di Bali, Indonesia.
Warnanya tidak mudah pudar kerana sebelum proses mewarna dilakukan,
daun-daun dibersihkan dan dikeringkan terlebih dahulu,"
jelas Arni Baizura Tun Biyajid, 30.

Selain beg tangan yang sofistikated untuk ke pejabat,
pelanggan juga berpeluang mendapatkan beg gaya santai
dan tas tangan yang tampak serasi digayakan dengan gaun formal
serta dres koktel.

Jika inginkan gaya feminin, miliki saja beg bermotif
kelopak bunga yang cantik. Bagi golongan remaja pula,
beg silang anyaman antara pilihan beg yang sesuai.

Menurut Rica, pelancong Jepun gemar beg bercorak bunga
dan bersaiz besar. Mereka cukup teruja membeli beg Arica
kerana ia dijual pada harga yang murah dan berpatutan.

"Bagi memastikan beg tangan Arica mengikut trend
dan fesyen semasa, kami bekerjasama dalam menyumbangkan
idea lakaran serta pemilihan warna dengan pihak pengilang,"
tambah Rica yang turut memberitahu di butik Arica,
pengunjung boleh mendapatkan beg tangan berzip, cerut,
tali pendek atau bertali panjang.

Pada bulan Mac ini, butik Arica bakal tampil dengan koleksi
beg tangan kait yang dihasilkan dalam pelbagai bentuk, corak
dan warna.

Arica... our pride and joy

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:49:59 GMT

The signboard has arrived.
This pic was taken
right after the handyman
hang this at the front of our shop.
(dekat pukul 10 pm baru settle).

Finally, we are open..!

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:14:04 GMT

Syukur Alhamdulillah...
After such delay (almost a week),
Arica is back on business
at our new premises.

2012B, Ground Floor,
Malayan Mansion,
Jalan Masjid India.

We are at the back of SSF (Home Deco Mart).
No signboard yet but you should notice
our orange-wall from far.

Here's some sneak preview
at our new arrival T Shirts and blouses.

[pictures courtesy of my dad]

Price range?
T Shirt : RM15 and above.
Blouse : from 39 and above.
Most of the T Shirts and blouses came
in limited quantity (2-5 pcs each item, each colour).
So the probability of you
seeing other people wearing the exact same thing
would be quite rare.
So, next time if you're somewhere in Jalan Masjid India,
give us a visit, ok?

new scam

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:44:32 GMT

A friend of mine wrote this in a forum recently.
I just want to share this with other bloggers.
Do be careful and be alert most of the times.

kecoh kejap tadi.
meen (bukan nama sebenar) terima sms dari AMBANK.
Kata meen ada hutang RM4862 siap ngan kat mana
swap kad & contact no 03-86590243 utk uruskan bayaran.

Meen pun call la that no.
Siap org tu bg tau no kad & tarikh apply.
Since i tak pernah apply for that card
dia bagi no Pusat Pergurusan Kad Palsu Bank Negara
kat Putrajaya 03-86590126.
Meen pun call la no pengurusan kad palsu tu.
Bg details IC, HP no so that dia kata dia akan semak dan call me back.

Bila dah kecoh2 panik tu.
Ada abg kat ofis nie call member dia.
check2 rupa-rupanya tu macam penipuan sindiket.
Call customer services AMBANK then check
mmg rupanya tak der pun account atas nama meen.
nasib baik tak tertipu.

Call member kat T* mintak dia check kan no phone tu.
Tp bukan line T*.
so may be kena wat police report.
Takut la jugak sebab dah bagi detail kat
Pusat pengurusan kad palsu yang mmg palsu tu.

so kenkawan... better hati2.
Rd masa call AMbank customer service
diaorg kata hari nie jer dah terima 5 complaint.
ermm... macam2 hal la sekarang.
wat cuak jer pepagi cam nie.

Oprah gave some tips

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:42:56 GMT

Aku balik awal sikit hari nih.
So sempat la web surfing
apa yang patut.
Aku terbaca Oprah's tips
so I want to share it with you guys.

Debunking Beauty Myths
# 1
Lie : Eighty percent of your lifetime sun damage occurs before age 18.

Truth: "This statistic had become almost a mantra among dermatologists," says Katie Rodan, MD, adjunct assistant professor of dermatology at Stanford University School of Medicine. "But now we're very happy to be proved wrong." A recent study revealed that we actually get only 23 percent of our total UV exposure by age 18. At 40 it reaches about 46 percent; by 59, 74 percent. "No one can say anymore, 'I've already blown it,'" says Rodan. "You can still prevent sun-induced aging by getting serious about sunscreen."

#2
Lie: Sleep deprivation causes dark undereye circles.

Truth: Sleep deprivation can lead to many things�memory lapses and weight gain among them. But you can thank your folks for the shadows under your eyes. "Dark undereye circles are the result of a concentration of veins beneath the very thin skin in that area," says David J. Leffell, MD, professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine. "They're determined by genetics and won't change with more or less sleep." Frequent late nights may cause fluid retention under your eyes, however, and that puffiness can draw attention to existing darkness there.

#3
Lie: Greasy food and chocolate cause breakouts.

Truth: Have you ever heard this one debunked before? Then why do you still believe it? The truth is that sushi and shellfish are the only foods that may exacerbate acne, because of their high iodine content, says Diane Berson, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Weil Medical College of Cornell University.

#4
Lie: Drinking lots of water hydrates the skin.

Truth: The moisture level in your skin is affected by environment (low humidity or harsh winds) and age (oil production slows over time), but not by how many trips you make to the watercooler. "You can hydrate the skin only from the outside, with moisturizer," says Rodan. "Skin isn't like a plant that wilts and then perks up with a drink of water." If you became extremely dehydrated (usually as a result of illness), your skin could begin to look sallow. (You'd also probably start to feel weak and dizzy.) "But as long as you respond to your thirst, your body will be maximally hydrated," says Dennis Gross, MD, associate clinical professor of dermatology at New York University Medical Center.

#5
Lie: Crossing your legs causes varicose veins.

Truth: Genetics, pregnancy, and spending long periods of time on your feet cause varicose veins. "Crossing your legs does put some pressure on your veins, but you would have to keep them crossed 12 hours a day for months at a time to see an effect on the formation of varicose veins," says Berson.

I don't know about you guys
tapi memang aku percaya myths tuh.
Hopefully, yang baca blog ni
akan lebih well-informed selepas ini.

oh Jakarta

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:59:44 GMT

Hello there.
Sebelum aku mula mencoret dengan lebih panjang,
I want to wish
"Congratulations!" to Nana and JJ
di atas kelahiran baby girl mereka
Selasa bebaru ini.
Nana is one of my best friend
and all this while
I was so eager to meet their baby.
Masa Nana memula SMS aku tuh,
aku tengah beratur kat kaunter
di Soekarno Hatta.
Macam mana la aku nak jadik godmother ni?
Tak dapat aku tengok anak Nana awal awal.

Aku gik Selasa, balik semalam.
It has been a while because all this while
memang aku selalu turun Bali
due to Arica bags tuh.
Bermulanya kedai baru ni,
(InsyaAllah...next week kot)
Arica akan start jual bag dan baju sekali.

Flight petang.
Sempat la surf kejap kat KLIA.

Tengok la laki aku.
Dia guna paha aku je jadik mouse pad.

Overall, business trip ini sangat memenatkan.
Tapi bab makan makan,
memang sangatlah sedap.

Rugi tak sempat try empek empek je.
Tapi next time pergi,
boleh try cari.

Malam tadi lambat sikit landing.
Pilot tersasar.
Terpaksa pusing pusing dulu.
Apa apa pun,
terima kasih la KLM.

Makan yang masa pergi sedap gak la.
Time balik, biasa biasa je.

Oklah. Itu sahaja.
Nak bersiap nak gik kedai.
Berapa hari tak jengah,
ntah camne jadiknya.
Wish us luck.
Nanti dah ready semua,
all are welcome to drop by.
See ya!

Kosmo

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:37:35 GMT

Assalamualaikum.
Selepas beberapa minggu di interview,
akhirnya story Arica
keluar kat paper Kosmo yesterday.
Too bad tak keluar in the kosmo online itself.
So, nak tak nak...
aku kena scan la paper article tuh,
due to few friends of mine yang duduk jauh...
atau yang tak berkesempatan beli Kosmo semalam.
Lagipun, aku takde la me war-warkan
pasal story Arica keluar kat Kosmo.

We did get numerous phone calls... and SMSes.
I don't mind about those potential customer...
but to those who SMSed,
who wishes to be our potential husband..
I'm afraid that both of us (Rica and me)
are not available, not single as you guys might think.

My next announcement would be:-
Arica akan berpindah ke kedai yang lebih besar sikit
dari yang sebelum ini.
Sekarang masih di tahap mengubah suai kedai tu.
Dah ready nanti,
I'll paste the new map to the shop, here.
Wish us luck...!

Ok, that's all.
Nak sambung main game Chuzzle.

entah lah...

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:37:03 GMT

aku rasa...
dah bertahun aku bukak blog ni.
Memacam cerita aku citerkan...
Memacam yang aku share kat sini.

But there's one single thing
yang tak pernah aku kongsikan...
iaitu anak.

I never allow that feelings..
cross the invisible line that I myself created.

Tak pernah sekali pun aku confront
apa pandangan dan perasaan aku
selama aku berkahwin
(nak masuk 5 tahun, Alhamdulillah)
dan tidak dikurniakan rezeki anak selama ini.

Aku akan biarkan perasaan aku
tenggelam dalam hati ini
sebab
aku suka dengan keadaan itu.

Cuma satu je yang aku minta.
Tolonglah...
tolonglah terbitkan sedikit rasa
peri kemanusiaan pada kaum perempuan macam aku ni.

Aku takde masalah dengan sesiapa sahaja
yang mahu khabarkan berita gembira:-
"Arni, I'm pregnant"...

Aku ada sedikit masalah
dengan manusia yang
main agak agak je perasaan aku yang paling dalam ni...

You won't have the slightest inch of what
I'm having inside
because I will never let that happen.

Trust me.