My Android

I can't wait to put these pics up. Finally I found an app that can do my phone's screen capture without much hassle. The app name is Screenshot UX Trial. There are other screenshot app that can be used without rooting the phone. I've installed this one which requires the phone to be rooted and a superuser app. It lets you take 14 screen capture in the trial version. That is more than enough for my current need.

My Android's current software information.

My home screen. Pics with darling hubby :)

The 'Islamic' page. Hopefully I can visit Ka'abah again soon.

All the control buttons though there is a quick access to some of the functions on Notifications area on top of the screen. My quick list widget can display any list created. Here is my groceries list. I can export the list out but can't import. It is a hassle to redo the list but I still prefer this app over others. Also pics with darling hubby.

All the communication app, note taking app and useful tools like dictionary, finance and news. One more screen with lists of apps is missing and another is still blank, I haven't decided to put anything there yet. 

I dedicate one screen as my vision board. I may edit the pics later to put many more pics or use the current blank screen for more items of my vision. For now, it is hot air balloon in Australia, Egypt tour, luxury African safari and my book... hopefully :) More items that should be on my vision board are: beautiful green garden with a gazebo and water feature, baby, my Master's graduation ceremony, diving in Sipadan and Mabul, our marriage card and all my family together again... insyaAllah.

Almost End of July

More than half of the year gone but it feels as if only recently we celebrated New Year 2012. My birthday has just passed. I wanted to say there is nothing special to celebrate it this year but truly, spending time with family IS the special part. Last weekend at MIL's place, tomorrow insyaAllah break fast with Abah to also celebrate his birthday yesterday. Time is precious, as such a very precious gift indeed.

Yesterday I cooked chicken curry for breaking fast. Yummy... though my mum is an expert in cooking curry, my curry don't normally turned out great. Yesterday I made it :) The key is in lots of curry powder and let it fry for quite some time. No coconut milk was used. Marvelous hehehe... Anyway, I woke up at 2:15 early this morning with itchy inner ears and sneezed. Sigh! I blame the chicken.Can't sleep till sahur time. After Subuh prayer, I can't help but went to sleep. Sleeping as the sun rises is not good but I really need it. Woke up at almost 10 just now. Solid 3.5 hours sleep, plus the night sleep of about 2.5 hours so that should be more than enough.

I rushed to get ready to go to Jusco but then remembered why on earth do I want to brave the weekend-after-salary crowd? I can shop on any weekdays this week in a more relax manner with no crowd. So no shopping today. Must remember to bring my $100 Jusco voucher claimed from my credit card, renew my J-card and claim my birthday gift from Jusco hehehe...

Next week, 4 days training Mon-Thu. Sigh! I really do not want to conduct any training this Ramadhan but sometimes have to do it. This is a request from frequent customer. Hmmm... a real challenge conducting training during fasting month. A real challenge fasting away from home as well since it will be an outstation training. As difficult as it is, think of it as rezeki. Do it while I can, do it while there are demands as we'll never know what tomorrow will bring.

Ok enough of Sunday ramblings. Let's wash or clean something. Time for Sunday chores...

HTC Upgrade

Hubby just left for his meeting and I'm missing him already. Sigh! After meeting will be hubby's routine schedule to MLK. Hubby did asked if I wanted to spend the weekend in MLK but I decided not to. I'll stay home and hopefully has the energy to clean up our house, probably do some shopping if I'm in the mood, and attend a Ramadhan program organized by my school alumni. Ooohhh... and not to mention trying to complete my research proposal. Just checked my results... I got A for both subject last semester and a CGPA of 3.8 hehehe... Certainly need to publish the grades because it was difficult to get an A when I was an undergrad.

Opppsss I digress... wanted to blog about my HTC software upgrade. Not the phone upgrade. I decided to root my Desire and extend its internal storage. That is the only problem I have with my Desire i.e. storage. Keeps getting 'Not enough storage' message and I'm getting tired of not able to download and use certain apps on my so called SMART phone. I bought my Desire on 1st Dec 2010 with raving reviews of it being the best smartphone of the year. I bought the best so I can use it for a long time. Alhamdulillah after rooting the phone, I hope I can spend few more months if not years with my Desire. I've looked at SIII and One X, hold 'em, try 'em out and imagine myself with either one of them... still they didn't really strike my fancy. I prefer One X and the battery life of SIII so it is very hard to decide. Sorry iPhone, you're not on my list :) In the end, I decided to hold on to my Desire and be merry. Save some money and use my Desire as long as it works fine. I have everything I need on my Desire, now running Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) with 1.88Gb of internal storage :)

I've been warned that phone may be slower and consume more battery but I'm fine with it. Now I experience a very noticeable lag when switching or opening some app. I'll live with it and see how thing goes for a while. Could be a reason for my next phone upgrade but to upgrade phone without a real reason, is just not me. I've had only 4 handphones so far. I don't change handphone just because I can. I'm very practical that way. So I'm very happy for now and who knows there'll be newer and better models when I decided to upgrade later :)

Birthday wish list...

Last year I brought myself a watch. I've been thinking of what to get myself this year.

- holiday with hubby? my birthday is during fasting month. unless umrah, other kind of holiday is unsuitable. postpone to later? maybe... will think about it.
- purse? maybe... I have a big purse but lately prefers to use a small purse I hv for traveling. why didn't I just use my traveling purse? hmmm... no answer.
- SIII or One X? really, really tempted. love One X but the only point SIII has is battery life. I don't like its display at all. hmmm... but then again, my phone is still in good condition, I can root the phone for better internal storage. It has all the same function with the new one. Just maybe new ones has better camera & storage, as well as bigger screen.
- jewellery? hmmm... not really in the mood for gold. an accessory bracelet maybe. I hv one last time but I can't fit into it anymore. an exact piece that I can wear now?
- new handbag? hmmm... I always ended up wearing old but comfy handbag unless the new one really surpasses my expectation.
- new spec? maybe since I frequently get headaches now when wearing my spec that I choose not to. but it seems like I can survive, even drive without it. I thought my power has increase or change from short sighted to long sighted, but I can read fine. well, sometimes eyes do feel strained... still need assistance with long distance subject but before, I drove slowly if I didn't wear spec. now, I feel normal. hmmm... confuse... improving eye sight? changing requirements?
- what? what? what? hmmm... no idea lah. all of the above? or none of the above? simpan duit lagi baik? tapi, kalau jalan2 shopping, sure macam2 nak. sebab tak jalan2, tiadalah yang nampak menarik. why tak jalan2? have to be in the right mood, baru boleh window shopping. otherwise i'll end up tak larat, go and eat, and leave.
- maybe I have everything I need... asked hubby for 8 pages hand-written love letter, but hubby said I should make the request last year hehehe... He has hand-written tender documents to complete.
- one thing I can say I've done for myself this birthday is change my IC so I now have my current address. Yeayyy... a permanent place... the place where hubby and I will grow old together insyaAllah. I don't have to say I have different address from the IC whenever there're documents to be filled anymore.

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Baby...

I'm thinking of baby. Baby is supposed to be due today.

Assalamualaikum my dearest baby. Ummi hope you are well.

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Santai Mode: ON

Actually this post is meant for Thursday afternoon. I felt so relief and relax after finally completing the material for a project. Feels like celebrating but I fasted that day so cook something for dinner. But when hubby returned from his seminar, hubby's face on 'ketat' mode coz he has to complete tender document preparation for next day submission. Sigh! Tergendala my relax mode. Only after the document packed, I saw him relaxed. Spent some time in the garden looking at the stars. I think that night we saw the most number of stars on the sky ever since we have this sky gazing activities at our new home. It's been slightly more than a year now. However, relax mode that night was again challenged with sniffling and sneezing. Sigh! Susahnya nak relax.

Next morning, hubby has to leave early for his tender document submission. I went to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast when I got a shocked of my life. Cencorot dalam bakul sampah??? Tidakkkk!!!!! Terus lari and called hubby. My darling hubby took his own sweet time coming down and with a broom, knocking on every nook and corner in the kitchen without seeing anything. Cencorot pun dah lari. But I'm still on the cautious side till now. Yang didambakan tulang2 ikan dalam bakul sampah yang memang dah dibungkus pun. So immediately take the rubbish out.

Then I prepared some sample training material for a new trainer in our project. Gave myself an hour to quickly come up with something that he can use. Feels really tired and my body aches in so many places. Lie down for a while and lazily get dress to meet my school and uni friend Aza who is staying in Putra Heights. Sempat shopping di Giant Putra Heights together with her and then visited her place. Really not far from my area but it has been a while since we visited each other. She came to my place during our open house cum house-warming last year. That's the last we saw of each other offline.

After that, rushed to my next meeting place in Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club. Lunch with school friends also. Aza can't make it as she has to fetch and ferry kids after school and Friday prayer. We had a great catching up session, all 12 of us, and probably annoy other diners with our laughter and voices.  Sorry people, we really have not seen each other for quite some time. I reached the place at around 12:30 and had to leave around 2:30 for my massage session at 3 in Ampang. My body really needs the overhaul. Managed to leave only at around 2:45. Thank God for Duke highway, otherwise jangan harap boleh sampai Ampang in less than 20 minutes. I  prayed at the spa and only started my session around 3:20 so decided to have 1.5 hours massage session since my masseuse already have another appointment at 5. I also wanted to leave early to avoid Friday traffic jam. Alhamdulillah reached home still feeling refreshed from the massage. But nak kata santai, tak juga sebab rush2 ke sini, rush2 ke sana.

Today's plan is to complete my research proposal, visit abah and clean up the house yang mana terdaya before traveling tomorrow afternoon for Mon-Tue training in KT. Santai mode will be OFF for a while till Wed. Now, I better get to that research proposal.