Selamat Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya or Happy Eid ul-Fitri to all muslims blogger. This will be my 2nd last post before I heading for my holiday. I'll be a week away to celebrate my raya (not actually celebrate raya) with my family and friends....means more visiting and eating activities that need to be accomplish within one week. I know most of my friends are already driving back to their hometown since last friday. Enjoy your raya holiday with good food (ketupat, rendang, lemang..fuyooo...), fireworks (mesti best...Dam Dam Dum..bunyi mercun..LOL).

For my September Giveaway, I will announced the winner by tomorrow (this will be the last post before my holiday).

I'll update with more of my holiday pictures once I back to KL...

Selamat Hari Raya from Marvic and family..........

A Gift for A Beauty Queen

There she is in front doing the pageant routine during the final.

Courtesy: WHF' 08

Winning smile by pearlycia Laura Brooke, Miss fair & Lovely 2008

Courtesy: WHF'08

After being crowned

Courtesy: the StarOnline

Mini Skirt; a gift from a friend

I made this purple mini skirt for a friend of mine, Perlycia Laura Brooke that won herself a winning crown as Miss Fair & Lovely 2008 in conjunction with World Harvest Festival 2008 in Sarawak Cultural Village, Santubong Sarawak. This event took place in last May 2008.

I was supposed to post this earlier but failed because of my workload until I found this pictures in one of my folder.

We were supposed to join this together few years ago but then we didnt because I was being transfered here in KL and she is busy with her master study in Unimas. At last she made it this year despite being disqualified two year ago because of her height. But nevermind pearl, I'll be joining the Kumang Gawai next year if still organising the pageant and if only my age still can be accepted...LOL....

The costumes they are wearing is an Bidayuh traditional costumes. I am a Bidayuh as well. Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, that are broadly similar in language and culture. The name "Bidayuh" means 'inhabitants of land'. Originally from the western part of Borneo, the collective name Land Dayaks was first used during the period of Rajah James Brooke, the White Rajah of Sarawak. They constitute one of the main indigenous groups in Sarawak and live in towns and villages around Kuching and Samarahan in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Related groups are also found in west Kalimantan. In Sarawak, most of Bidayuh population are found within 40 km of the geographical area known as Greater Kuching, within the Kuching and Samarahan division. They are the second largest Dayak ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban.

Each year, all the indigenous community in Sarawak (may include the Bidayuh, the Iban, the Orang Ulu) will organised various kind of activities to celebrate the harvest festival or better known as Gawai Dayak. This may include, Kumang & Keling Gawai (a traditional beauty queen & king pageant). Normally, each village will held this Kumang Gawai in a small scale to select the most beautiful girl and then will represent their village in the district championship, then later the winner will compete again by division. Each three top three then will competing with winners from other division to win the state's Kumang Gawai.

Nowadays, this beauty pageant are still being held in a traditional way either in the village, district or by division. But Miss Fair & Lovely beauty pageant (with the same concept as Kumang Gawai) came in the highlights during the World Harvest Festival that has been held in Sarawak Cultural Village for so many years. Till next year, I will post more about this celebration.

Beads on Baju Kurung

Pink Water Lily

Manik Pintal 1/Tabur

Little Purple Roses

These beads work was handmade by me for the past few week for this coming Eid ul-Fitri celebrations. For more detail, please check it out at Handmade By Marvic

May the ladies have their glamour raya outfit with joy.

Chicken Kurma in claypot

Chilli Crab

I cooked this last week, Chicken Kurma and chili crab. It was my first time to
cook these dishes. I'm not a good cook but when I put my whole effort to it, it turns out good for my taste....LOL... I pre-cooked the chicken kurma with plain wok and then I put the finishing in a claypot. The aroma smells even better and the tomato still look fresh. Few days after that I cooked Chilli Crab which actually for my brother as he was celebrating his birthday on 18th Sept. Now, he is 25 years old but acted like my big brother...Haiya...But then he dining out with his friends and I having it myself...LOL....

More pictures updates: as I promise before

Ghorme Sabzi

(Iran delicacies)

The rice

(cooked it with butter, salt etc)

The Salad (Iran's style)

Coke (My fave of ALL)

Here is more pictures updates as I promise before in my previous post. Misha Teimoury from Iran is in the class with me and she was too kind to cook the Iran delicacies for us. We were having this late lunch at her rented studio apartment somewhere in Serdang Baru. Ghorme (Qohmeh) Sabzi is a combination of dry lemons with herbs and meat that cooked for almost 3 hours. This dishes also known as Iranian stew is also often said to be the Iranian national dish. It is recommended for those who like to eat sour meal but not me. LOL....But thanks Misha for the trouble you made during preparing this delicacies for us...

Updates before Eid ul-Fitri

I am on my way to finish sewing beads on baju kurung for my client. This is the 5th baju kurung, I hope. So far, friends and colleague started to noticed my skills in beading and they send in their cloth for me to sew the beads. Meanwhile, I keep dropping my comment in EmilaYusof.com for the Sept Giveaway. This time, the winner are going to get a lovely mug. I dont expect myself to win this giveaway but I just want to maintan myself comfortable seat at 3rd top commentator...

I'll post the pictures on my beading work soon after I download it from my handphone.


News Update:
Finally I done with the beading. So now it is time for me to do mine. But I guess I had to take my rest tonight as I got a teribble headache. Again, I already plan my weekend ahead.This may include my raya shopping spree at The Curve flea market..admiring one black handbag that I saw two weeks ago...hopefully the handbag still there.

To the rest blogger, happy weekend and those who driving back home for Eid ul-Fitri, please drive carefully..remember this funny ads when you are driving back...



the moral is; please do wear your seat belt...this may include the back passenger as well...

Fall For You

From LYRICSMODE.COM lyrics archive

Song lyrics | Fall For You lyrics

Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You lyrics

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start
Oohhh... 

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
'Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you're asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find



Song lyrics | Fall For You lyrics

What Does Your Handbag Says About You

Again I took this quiz and found it out from Nowras. Here is my result.

What Your Handbag Says About You

You tend to be relaxed throughout the day. You are naturally at peace. You are a high maintenance person. You feel lost outside of your normal environment. You are a very creative person. Your life tends to be a whirlwind, but you always seem to pull it together. You are practical and down to earth. You tend to be a rather reserved and quiet person.

What Does Your Handbag Say About You?

What about your handbag? What does it says about you?

1993 Honda Civic Blog Contest Giving away 7500 EC Credits

While I was surfing here and there to drop my EC, I found this interesting contest that promising 7500 EC credits for the winners. Bart Piotrowski, owner of 1993 Honda Civic is having his first contest and giving away EntreCard Credits.

The rules are very simple and prizes are definitely worth it, so start acquiring tickets as soon as you can.

1st Prize is 5000 EntreCard Credits

2nd Prize is 2000 EntreCard Credits

3rd Prize is 500 EntreCard Credits

You can earn 1 ticket for every comment you leave on any of my posts with a maximum of 15 total comments.

Below are ways to collect more tickets:

+1 Ticket: You can earn your first ticket by leaving a comment on this blog post.
+5 Tickets: Write a Blog post on your Blog which talks about this contest and link to it.
+1 Ticket: Digg this contest. Click here, then click Digg it and follow the instructions.
+1 Ticket: Stumble or Stumble Review this contest. Click here, then click StumbleUpon and follow the instructions.
+1 Ticket: Favorite this contest on Technorati.

Once you have earned your tickets leave a comment here and let 1993 Honda Civic know how many tickets you have earned and also include your UserID used for StumbleUpon, Digg and Technorati so he can double check this.

Contest runs from Aug 28th to September 30th, 2008. Winners will be drawn and announced shortly thereafter.

Although the organizer have no intention of doing so, they reserve the right to make changes to the contest at any time.

So, why you want to waste more time? Pay your visit at 1993 Honda Civic and join me in this contest. Its going to be fun.....

100th Post

I finally be able to post my first 100th post in Notes By Marvic. I am glad that I managed to reach here. Notes By Marvic was started by me, of course since July 2007. It has been 1 year 1 month 12 days since my first post in Notes By Marvic.

Thus, I would like to have my first giveaway in conjunction with my 100th post in Notes By Marvic. The giveaway will be a silver necklace with a pendant that I handmade myself as shows in the picture below.



To win this giveaway, you have to leave your comments in this post and tell me why you should and deserve to have this giveaway deliver to your door. I'll choose the best comment of all. This giveaway will be due by 30th September 2008. I will announce the winner's name by 1st October 2008, which is fall on 1st day of Eid ul-Fit in Malaysia.

Good Luck to all...

New Badgets

Today, I registered for EC after being 'pujuk' by few lady blogger, to name a few; Mariuca, Jean Chia, T.H, LJ and many more. So far I just gor myself 260 points and I think it would take me a long time to reach 500 points.

Sigh.... How la? I want that dolly too..

This dolly is created by very creative blogger, Emila Yusof. You may check out her artwork at EmilaYusof.com. She also have another blog that feature more of her photography work at The Other Side of Emila.

I also put up a badge on All Malaysian Blogger. My simple reason is that I AM MALAYSIAN BLOGGER...and I am proud being one of the Malaysian Blogger. This cute badge again created by Emila Yusof. So, to all other Malaysian's blogger that havent have this badge, please put one at your blog so that people get to know you as a Malaysian Blogger.

As I also made handmade stuffs, I also registered myself at BuyHandMade.Org and get myself the badge. So I pledge all online shoppers, do support us by buying handmade stuffs from creative bloggers. and do help them to promote their creative work including mine..hehehe..

Peace to all bloggers!!!!

What Kind of Girl Are You?

I found out about this very interesting quiz from Nowras. Nowras is a friend of mine back in Kuching. What you need to do is just answer few simple question and whola...the result will be there to find you.

What Kind of Girl Am I?

Tadaaa....

You are a Career Girl!

You may not be a CEO yet, but you're well on your way to success. You take your career seriously, and you wouldn't stop working for any guy! An independent woman, you pay for your own car, clothes, and housing. And men appreciate that - at least, the ones as driven as you are.

What Kind of Girl Are You?

Am I really a career kind of girl? Emm...I just wonder...

How about you? What kind a girl are you?...let me know later...

Springs for Love Story

Cover

Inside

I made another card on Springs for Love Story. Gods know why I made this one. Again, I using AI to illustrate the graphic.

Beads on Baju Kurung

Before

After

After

A friend of mine commission me to put some beads on her baju kurung. She request for a simple design so I came out the design as above. I used 5 packs of glass bead from Apple Beads. I took three (3) days to finish it and hopefully she likes the design. Anyway, I do take order for seaming beads for any occasion. You may email me anytime if you are interested. You may also visit HandmadeByMarvic for more design and other handmade work by me.

Lastly, Selamat Berpuasa to all muslims bloggers.

Love Me Tender

Love me tender,
love me sweet,
never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
and I love you so.

Love me tender,
love me true,
all my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin' I love you,
and I always will.

Love me tender,
love me long,
take me to your heart.
For it's there that I belong,
and we'll never part.

Love me tender,
love me dear,
tell me you are mine.
I'll be yours through all the years,
till the end of time.

(When at last my dreams come true
Darling this I know
Happiness will follow you
Everywhere you go).


* Wish that someone will sing this song for me.... Fly my little fairy, fly...let him know that I am deeply in love with him