apologies for the slightly belated post, but yesterday's round of visiting was just too darn tiring. or, i'm just getting too old for this! xD

anyway, here's wishing all my Muslim family and friends a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Mohon maaf zahir dan batin. (: Hope you had a meaningful and blessed Ramadhan, and have a great Syawal ahead.

as always, here's the family all decked in blue this year:


allow the siblings to show you each of our beautiful ensemble, from head to toe:


well, if you must know, i'm totally lovin' that dash of pink on me, haha! how can you not love the brooch on my songkok..


ah, it may be Hari Raya, but life still goes on. school/army/work awaits for the rest of the week, and festivities shall resume during the weekend! =D

so till then, have a good week ahead y'all.

10:42 PM
sadikin

- Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Adele - Someone Like You
(Live at VMAs 2011)

♥

12:42 AM
sadikin

- Sunday, August 28, 2011

The X Factor
Audition Show 2

Craig Colton's rendition of Adele's Hiding My Heart Away was just beautiful.

The Keys were really good. great harmonies and they've each got good vocals. too bad they're past teenagehood; else, they'll probably explode on the scene.

Johnny Robinson was very surprising. he has a unique voice indeed. and he's such a sweetheart! gotta love him yo.

Misha Bryan is a Diva. good rendition of the woman's anthem Respect, though i felt that it could have had more power. but you gotta agree that this girl's got style and attitude! =D

8:39 AM
sadikin

- Monday, August 22, 2011

"Moderation is a fatal thing.
Nothing succeeds like excess."

— Oscar Wilde

11:31 PM
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Mausam
a timeless love story

with a tagline like that, and starring the pretty Sonam Kapoor and dashing Shahid Kapoor (who are not related, if you're wondering.. oh, but fyi, this film is directed by Shahid's father, Pankaj Kapoor.), this is absolutely a must-watch Hindi film. (:

watch the trailer above and you'll know what i mean!

10:01 PM
sadikin

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The X Factor
Audition Show 1

Goldie Cheung was uhm, entertaining! xD enjoyed the booty-shaking shimmy-ing and all, but not so much her voice, heh. just check out Gary's are-you-kidding-me? expression at 07:40 after Kelly gave a rather surprising Yes to the Tai Chi instructor, her pretty unfavourable comments, haha.

Janet Devlin, on the other hand, was simply all kinds of amazing. her rendition of Your Song was just so beautiful. love love LOVE the innocence and honesty in her voice and her personality. (: (: (:

6:57 AM
sadikin

- Saturday, August 20, 2011

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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reblogged from fanisoto

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reblogged from fanisoto

5:46 AM
sadikin

- Sunday, August 14, 2011

family

"Looking back on it, I kinda think it was the best of times. Families, like life, have a way of changing - never staying the same. But they're your family - this eclectic, deeply-bonded group. So you evolve, you adapt. And now, as I look at my life and my new extended family, I think of this wonderful quote by George Eliot - It's never too late to be what you might have been."

— Nora Walker

just re-watched the series finale of Brothers & Sisters.. such a heartwarming family drama, really. you are dearly missed, Walkers! ):

12:17 AM
sadikin

- Thursday, August 11, 2011

world peace, please

reblogged from imthesecret

10:51 PM
sadikin

- Wednesday, August 10, 2011

music

James Morrison - I Won't Let You Go

Oh Land - White Nights

11:04 PM
sadikin

- Monday, August 08, 2011

move, eat, learn

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films.....

= a trip of a lifetime.

move, eat, learn

Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing
Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound
Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover

freakin' dope!

4:45 AM
sadikin

- Sunday, August 07, 2011

reblogged from ishallbeforevercursed

1:13 PM
sadikin

- Wednesday, August 03, 2011

"What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You're left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you."

— Charles Frazier

11:30 PM
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"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity."

— Gilda Radner

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sadikin