I was given the honour to be her maid-of-honour when she got married.

She was the first person I thought of when they wanted to feature me with my best friend.

She was the first person I broke the news to when I was falling for Petrovsky.

She was the first friend I begged to see when I got back from my North America trip.

She is always the one I want to call / see / hug whenever I am have happy news.

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And in prequel of what I shared yesterday, my bestfriend Juliana Ibrahim wrote this FROM MY HEART.

[ From Being Julia - my favourite blog even if she's not my bestfriend ]

today i gave her a call to find out when she’s leaving..

guess what.. she’s not..

i will leave it to her to tell you what her plans are, for i’m sure she will very soon.

my very first question was… “oh, but are you happy?” she said, “actually…. YES!”

i couldn’t imagine how she could be happy. i would think that if you didn’t get things your way, you would feel slightly disappointed… i would..

and then she explained….

and i realized something…

my story is about what i learned from my lovely friend.

i learned that you can choose to be happy and that happiness does not solely come from following your own desires.

i learned that even if you truly badly want something, you can control your body mind and soul to also not want it anymore.

i learned that with a big heart, you will love not only yourself but much more of others who matters most to you..

i learned that life greatest opportunities come in different sizes, packages, colours…

i learned that it is not always about what we want.

we live in a big world, surrounded by people we love and love us back..

sometimes we have to not take what we get, but give what we can….

sometimes we need to be open to ideas and new inventions…

but this is all more easier said than done…

i only know its possible because of my friend ninie ahmad who believes that ‘impossible is nothing’

and with a heart that loves … she really can

she goes on and on most times telling the world about this heart of mine. the one that loves hard and much…

all i know is that birds of a feather do flock together and that it takes one to know one ( and i mean this in a good way ).

may the path you have chosen leads you to the happiness you seek, and the wonders of joy that shakes the earth under your feet.

much heart and love from me.

“Do everything with so much love in your heart
that you would never want to do it any other way.”
~Yogi Desa

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Thank you for listening, my lovely Julie.

At the end of the day, it’s all worth it when those who matter the most to you, see you through.

All of YOU matter the world to me.

.. if you can simply believe me when I say – I am at my happiest today

For getting to flex in the best material,

adidias Fashion Week (Midvalley, April 10)

For getting to pretzel Malaysia’s loveliest couple..

Sazzy Falak & Nazril Idrus

For never running out of dresses to wear,

Alan Yun

And I can never thank my three-stripes of light enough..

For bringing good local movies, music & talents together everywhere..

Afdlin Shauki

Juliana Ibrahim

Noh (Hujan)

For beautiful lovely people you add colours, flavours and happiness to,

Juliana Ibrahim & Daphne Iking

Qi Khusyairi & Jehan Miskin

KL’s most charming boys

For the partnership, trust and responsibility we’ve been sharing for the past 4 years,

adidas Malaysia’s Country Manager, Ng Chee Loon & Brand Manager, Jessica Lim

Thank you adidas,

for the fun & sweetness at / in all of your events & products,

for this friendship,

and for this perfect fit.

My dress is from adidas Originals

As someone mentioned (to) me on Twitter,

To Air is human. To wear Three Stripes is divine.

Love and endless gratitude.

I am lucky to have known Juliana, to have witnessed the marriage, the wedding, the life & the happiness she deserves  and – to have her infected me with her constant optimism, kindness and love for all things positive.

Ask, believe and we shall receive.

• it will be hard to love someone else when we don’t love ourselves wholeheartedly
• it will be painful to accept others’ flaws and weaknesses when we don’t acknowledge ours, and
• it is not going to be easy to take care of other living beings (cats included) if we can hardly take care of ourselves and our own health

Speaking of taking care, I was checking this picture captured during my best friend’s wedding last Saturday,

As I tried to protect her and her beautiful dress from being stepped on, I thought I look like I was doing a Chair pose (Utkatasana) with Rihanna singing “you can be under my umbrella, ella, ella..” at the background, ha ha!

Another almost similar photo was this priceless shot captured one Sunday morning in last August during my recreational basketball session,

I should have just sticked to yoga. And futsal. And hockey.

And isn’t my Julie’s Luna Alyssa the cutest baby in the world?

Photos by Anna-Rina

At 13-month old, she is already half our height!

Take care, big love and promising January ahead.

• you are given the honour to be the maid-of-honour for your bestfriend’s wedding on the first day of 2010?

• and when you see yourself with your other bestfriend (whom you were her maid-of-honour) gracing January issue of Harper’s Bazaar

For full interview, get your copy of January 2010 HARPER’S BAZAAR (M’sia)

My dearest Fara Dila,

Congratulations for bringing your relationship to another milestone. Having known (and having shared embarassing secrets with) you since we were 13, I am honoured to be a small part of your big day today!

My lovely Juliana,

Never have I met anyone who is only 43kg at her most pregnant and still looks smaller than me at six-months pregnant (yes, she was four-months along as time of shooting the article above)! My prayers go to for your second baby and I can’t wait to plan your baby shower again when you come back from Holland in February.

Nevertheless I have been a maid-of-honour for the SEVENTH time and that it’s not funny attending weddings and baby showers when I am single yet again, I am excited to witness more friendships rekindled, love celebrated and beautiful babies born in 2010.

Love and a blessed year.