IT'S A PANDAN LIFE ...!

1. My age, next birthday Oops, i mean... hehehe...gotcha! 2. Places I'd like to travel to Bath, UK Portugal Korea 3. My favourite place Vienna 4. My favourite food Cupcakes. Yum! Yum! 5. Nicknames I've had Pijat Pammie (for obvious reasons) Anak keling. My dad would call me this whenever he wanted to tease me. I hated it! 6. My favourite colours Black, Red and White 7. College Major B. Ed. (TESL) Hons. 8. Name of my love He'll probably faint if he sees his name here. The thing is, he doesn't know that I adore him. 9. My hobbies Reading Watching performing arts Traveling Blogging Hanging out with friends Facebooking 10. My bad habits Leaving dirty dishes in the sink Leaving piles of clean clothes on the bed (too lazy to fold) 11. My wishlist Josh Holloway *please slap me a zillion times* Settling down with someone I love A house on the sea

According to a local historian, Hassan bin Muhammad, the area used to be known as Rantau Panjang. Circa 1511, a Bendahara (Prime Minister) of Melaka (Malacca), Bendahara Tepok and his troops were retreating to Johor after the fall of Melaka to the invading Portuguese forces led by Alfonso de Albuquerque. The Bendahara and his troops stopped and rested by a river in the area and drank water from the river. After the drink, the Bendahara exclaimed, "Segar amat!", or "Very refreshing!" in Malay , and named the river Segar Amat, which over time evolved into Segamat. However, initially the name Segamat only applied to the river. The settlement which later became Segamat was originally called Rantau Panjang. The town assumed the river's name only at the turn of the 20th century. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/ I was born in Johor but raised in KL. Therefore, ‘home’ is not really a definite concept for me. I can’t really call myself a KL-girl since Johor is my birthplace. ...

Okay, Iman, another tag. Because it came from you, I'll happily oblige. I just hope I don't sound too narcissistic and lame. 1. I can doodle...quite well. 2. I have been teaching for 13 years now. 1 year at scondary level, and 12 years at tertiary level. 3. I'm a loyal friend...but I can't say the same for some of my friends who think they are my friends. 4. I enjoyed my years in uni. I discovered a lot about myself when I was in uni. 5. I was born in Johor but raised in KL. I guess 'home' is not a definite concept for me. 6. I had wanted to go to boarding school when I was a teen but am so glad that I didn't. I would have been deprived of a lot of fun! 7. I am currently at the office, cracking my head for a quiz I plan to give to my kids next week. As you can see, I am easily distracted. Hehehe. 8. I miss a certain someone very much and I wish that certain someone knows it and I hope that this craziness is reciprocal. The best song to represent me at the mo...

I wasn't tagged this time around :-) 1. The 80's were a decade of... shoulder pads. 2. I wouldn't mind being stuck in a closet with... Josh Holloway . 3. Who do you take after? Mom or Dad? Both. 4. If I could control my dreams, I'd dream about... my dad and what he's doing in heaven. 5. Use the following words in a sentence: pink, dirigible, luckily, phonics. Luckily, I wasn't so stupid to waste time figuring out what dirigible pink phonics are! 6. Quick! Make up a number (example: eleventy seven) Seventeenee seven 7. Batman or Superman? Ironman. 8. When I want to be alone, I... just stay at home. 9. I wish I could change... certain parts of my past. 10. I feel most powerful when... people trust me. 11. Bury me with my... handphone and books I haven't read. 12. Quick! Make up an academic discipline (example: Kleptonics) Retailogy. 13. Everything is negotiable in a relationship, except... betrayal. 14. Quick! Make up a new name for a country: Pandan usia. ...