Oh mungkinkah?

So today's the last day of 2007. Where are you kids going tonight? I've never gone anywhere to celebrate the new year. Well maybe 5 or 6 years ago I did go to Singapore. But that's just about it. I'm not realy a crowd person. Not even at weddings. God. All the people, the sweating, the noise. Heheh.

And I don't suppose I'm gonna start this year. With the luck I've had this year, I'd probably just end up watching the fireworks from inside my car, while crawling in a massive traffic jam.

Oh, I'm forgetting something. Tonight Zufri's uncle (!) is having a birthday celebration! Ahhahahah so I guess there IS reason to celebrate, yeah? We're invited to the bash, and the best thing is Zufri's eager to go. Oh how I wish I could wriggle my way out of this one...

Ujie kata ofis ni memang ada satu ritual di mana setiap new year's eve budak-budak ofis aku akan mabuk beramai-ramai di ofis, bermula pada jam 4 petang (dan kami yang bukan pemabuk dibenarkan pulang awal, hahaha). Sekarang sudah 3:50 petang, dan diorang sudah mula nampak gelisah. Tapi kepala diorang, John dah takde! Mingkinkah tahun ini perkara tersebut tidak akan berulang?! Nooooo!!!!!! Aku mahu pulang awal!!!!!

Oh well. Nantikan saja update, OK? Anyway, happy new year boys and girls.

Seeing that the weather is soooo fine,

I've decided to walk home! Tee hee hee.

See ya!

Report.

Today BIL's auntie is staying with them (us), and turns out she'll be staying in my room! And so Zuf and I terpaksa merempat pegi rumah lama dia, hehe. What a life, kan? But the good news is, that we have found a house we both sort of like, which is almost directly behind his old house! Hahaha. Tak boleh nak berjauhan dengan the boys. But we're still looking. This weekend we have an appointment with the agent to look inside. But I guess it'd look just like his old house, lah kan? It's a double storey terrace house, intermediate lot. Yang kadang-kadang memeningkan adalah perjalanan pulang dari ofis nanti, pasal jalan tu sedikit jam di waktu balik kerja dan balik sekolah.

OK. Apart from that, I've been sending out two Pos Laju-s this week. One is to Pops. I bought him some salted fish from Tanjung Dawai. Gila tak ikan kurau kering dia cuma RM8.00 jek sekor! Kalau dekat sini, menurut sumber, dekat RM30.00! Semalam tengok kat Giant, ikan tenggiri dia kecik-kecik je, tapi yang kat sana, besar giles and harga lebih kurang jek! Tanjung Dawai tu memang perkampungan nelayan, so everything's dirt cheap. Hehe.

The other one is to my make up person in Sungai Petani. Boleh tak aku bawak balik rambut palsu dia balik KL. Time aku nak mengepos tadi kan, orang Pos tu tanya nak hantar apa, so aku tunjukla kotak yang berbungkus kertas A4 putih tu. Abis dia tanya apa ada dalam kotak tu? Kui kui kui serious aku tergelak bila aku mengatakan yang aku hantar rambut palsu! Heh heh. Not a daily occurence, I suppose.

Hmm what else yes? Oh let me tell you about my time in Sungai Petani. It was heavenly. Why, know? Because I'm considered a guest, I'm forbidden from doing any housework. Biasalah, kenalah tunjuk rajin depan ibu mertuaku, kan. I can't even linger downstairs, where evryone is! To me, that is a blessing because I never know what to say to Zuf's (hundreds) aunties and cousins, hehe. So I just stay upstairs in bed, tucked nicely with a book.

After the reception, still it was like that. Kalau dekat JB, humph, harus aku kena maki hamun kalau aku buat perangai macam tu. Kui kui kui. Nak cuci pinggan pun dihalang. Hahahahahaha. Alhamdulillah, the reception went well. Makanan, door gift, bunga telur apa semua, semuanya habis! Guests keep pouring in until 6.30, and some kept coming at night and even on Sunday. Which means, I had to recycle the two pairs of baju kurung I brought with me from Thursday untillah Monday.

Then on Sunday we went to Penang and met up with Zuf's friends who couldn't make it to our wedding. And later was a visit to Wan Rose's. Dayang and Mat was there, so we had lots of fun gossiping and catching up. Dayang kan, she bought me this very fluffy pink and black corset from Manchester as my wedding gift! Very Moulin Rouge! Very cantik! And the card! It's from La Senza (the card, not the corset). Dekat sini ada ke kad La Senza? Cantik sangat. Thank you very much, Cik Dayang.

On Tuesday we shot back to KL around noon, stopped at hentian Gua Tempurung and had late lunch by the river. Chewah. Tapau nasik lemak dari rumah mak dia. Nasib baik tak basi. Nanti aku upload gambar aku makan di Gua Tempurung, heh heh. Malam ni kan aku nak tido dekat rumah diorang, so adalah internet connection. Harap-harap tak semua PC occupied.

Eh, gila OK hari ni aku buat kerja cepat gila. Habis dah kerja. Takde benda dah nak buat. Tu yang aku boleh bersenang lenang mengemaskini blog aku. Lepas ni aku nak buat kira-kira suka-suka. Projek ofis, tapi tak perlu buat pun. But since I wanna look like I'm doing something, and since it's good to know how much a square foot of something costs, it gives me extreme pleasure.

Ok fellow readers heh heh. Have a good weekend! Haha baru jek start kerja dah weekend balik, kan? Selasa depan cuti lagik! Yay! And from -7 days annual leave, come Tuesday it's gonna be +7 days!

p/s: Jojo Struys yang jadik DJ Mix fm time petang tu Jojo yang model tu ke? Memang suara dia pelik dan tak berapa sedap macam tu ke?

Nurse yang menyakitkan hati.

I'm supposed to be at the clinic right now, but the nurse there just pisses me off! So I'm back at the office. Haha. So not in a stable emotional state right now.

Can't believe 2007 is coming to an end, yeah? A lot happened this year. First of all, this is the year I got engaged! Yay! Haha. Then we moved house, from Desa Petaling to Kelana Jaya. Then we moved house again, from no. 27 to no. 29. August was when I submitted my resignation letter after 3 years of hard labour, hehe. Then 1st October I started working here, at my current company. 16th November I got married. 17th November & 22nd December we had our wedding receptions.

However, no trips anywhere, no honeymoon, no cuti-cuti Malaysia. Oh well, I sincerely don't really mind that.

And guess what? Remember that I used to sell sandwiches, cakes and cookies? Well, I'm resuming my bussiness. Taulah, duit bukan senang nak dapat, kan? Will be selling them in Putrajaya. I don't know why I haven't thought of it sooner. Well, dire situation calls for drastic actions!

Ahh..never has the road ahead seem more clear than it does right now.

I'm a loser baby. So why don't you kill me?

Ahh..what a weekend. I came back all rested and rejuvenated, hehe.

It's suddenly raining outside. Just when I thought I'd take the bus home. Aww shucks! (Weird ey? I don't say aww shucks in real life, so why do I type it out?)

Tonight I'll be having drinks with Anies at Section 14. Long time no see her. Long time no lepak malam. She's bringing her laptop, so we'll be a couple of poseurs friendstering at Starbucks. Heh heh. Can't wait. Finally, yeah?

Christmas Lunch

Yay yay besok cuti! Cuti sampai Krismas! Yay yay.

Yesterday's dinner was fun. Had my first taste of Big Apple Donuts. Very soft and very very verrrrrry delicious. When we came, there was no queue yet, but by the time we left The Curve, the line was miles long!

Our colleagues were as usual, drinking themselves silly. Lau my cubicle mate had margarita. Hahaha. Boleh? I call her Lau Margarita now. Then they showed a slideshow of collection of pictures. Most of them were photographed drunk. Hahahaha. Tak senonoh diorang ni.

I had the calamari squid for appetizer. I ordered their buffalo wings actually, but when I returned from the toilet turned out somebody stole my buffalo wings! Hmph. Thank God I liked the squid better. The main course was chicken parmesan. Ujie yang orderkan sebenarnya, pasal masa order tu I wasn't in the office. OKlah. Very very filling. I ate half. Rested. Then ate half of the remaining half. Then I surrendered.

But I fought again with desert, which was the Friday Sundae. What?! Friday ke Sunday? Wakakaka. Lame.

Then today got free lunch lagik. Big boss pulak belanja. Sort of Christmas lunchlah, complete with Christmas songs and of course, Christmas tree! With a whole buch of gifts underneath! Yay! Can't wait for the gift exchange! Hmm..it's supposed to start now.

Hahahaha I'll update later. Hope I'll get something menarik tertarik!

OK. Updated. I got a water bottle. Very nice, but I just bought one for myself when I started working here. Takpelah. TQVMuch. Oh, berbual-bual lagi dengan A-Fai. Kacaknya dia. Hehehe.

Speaking of A-Fai, hehe, Zufri's back from Sabah already. Takde beli apa-apa pun untuk aku. Hmpfh. So tonight we'll drive up to SP for our wedding reception this Saturday. Can't wait to get everything over and done with. It's almost time to go home, anyway.

I love long drives, especially at night!

Selamat hari raya aidil adha, merry christmas and have a happy holiday, y'all!

Huish

Boringlah hari ni kat ofis. Satu hari aku cirit birit. Huh. Time cirit birit betul-betul takdenya nak pegi jumpa doktor mintak MC. Nak, tapi keja banyak. Dapat pulak aku cuti Jumaat & Isnin. Hihihi cuti panjang.

Benda macam ni selalu jadik kat aku sebenarnya. Time kerja gila-gila banyaklah aku jatuh sakit, walaupun sikit-sikit namun bolehla MC. Haha. Apalah motif cerita ini?

I so need a new pair of jeans. But I refuse to wear a size bigger than 29! Nooooo!!!! I've lasted so long, living in denial. Tapi sekarang terpaksa! My Perfect Jeans is torn is 3 places already. The crotch (which I've managed to fasten with 2 safety pins, haha) and two more on my thighs. Macam mana tau yang peha tu boleh koyak? Aku nak duduk, so tarikla area peha tu. Punyalah dah lusuh dan lembut, tarik macam tu je dah koyak! Hahahaha. Haih lemah betullah.

No time to jog, slowly but surely dieting. Tapi tanpa exercise sama juga, dok? Untuk menyedapkan hati aku, at least the parking lot and my office is quite a distance away. And I take the stairs, hurting knee notwithstanding. Sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadik bukit.

Ish tension pulak cerita pasal berat badan ni. Dapat pulak kakak kakak aku sume kurus-kurus belaka.

Oh, besok ada valuation lagi. Factory visit nak check material off-site plak. Boleh? Kecoh siot diorang ni buat keja.

TGIF!

Hello hello. Today we're having dinner at TGIF, The Curve. Boss' treat. Hahaha. Again. Seronoklah kerja sini. Yesterday I went to Jaya to buy something for our Christmas gift exchange thingie tomorrow. The budget was RM15, so I bought this teeny weeny mini hamper from Famous Amos. Haha just a mug stuffed with chocolate and a Santa soft toy. But I like it very much, and you know lah how people are always saying you should get people what you would want to get for yourself. So I left Jaya feeling very satisfied.

Can't wait to get my Christmas gift.

To those reading, I'm not celebrating Christmas spiritually. Aiyoh no need to justify to you all lah. Just a thing organised by my cubic mate, Lau. Haha hari-hari dia remind aku suruh beli hadiah. Semangat minah ni. She's also in charge of the toilet papers. Hahaha. Budak USM. Hahaha.

Can't wait for the long holidays to come. Seronoknya.

The new project I'm working on, I'll be working close in hand with this other colleague from downstairs, A-Fai. Very the kacak and very, very tall. Doesn't help that he's very kind, too. Haha I don't think anyone from the office reads this. Well maybe except for Ujie.

Can't wait to have dinner. Um-mmmmm.

Masalah lagi..

Jumaat lepas ada valuation dekat satu kondominium 42 tingkat ni. Aku pegi dengan beberapa senior, dan kitorang naik lif tergantung tu sampai tingkat 42. Lepas tu boleh tak diorang singgah check setiap tingkat?! 42 tingkat OK?! Serius. Pecah lutut aku. Macam orang tua-tua macam tu. Argh! Macam mana aku nak tingkatkan performance lutut aku ni? Bulan depan kena buat valuation lagik!

Oleh kerana itu, petangnya aku MC. Hahaha. Doktor yang bagi, OK. Aku tak mintak pun. So kitorang pun balik JB around 3:30 pm.

Zufri tekan abis-abis minyak, adalah mencecah 150-160 km/j. Kelisa je tu. Sekali kat Yong Peng kitorang tengok jarum rpm tu dah melayang-layang, dah tak terikat dengan kelajuan kereta. Aku ingat dia rosak, rupanya bila Zufri masuk gear lima, tekan minyak macam tak masuk gear. Paham tak maksud aku? Macam korang tengah free gear, sekali kau tekan minyak.

Gear box rosak daaaa. Jadik dari Yong Peng ke JB slowla kitorang bawak. Adala dalam 70-80 km/j. Gear 5 takleh masuk. Gear 4 pun kengkadang dia tendang, kengkadang bole masuk. Terpancar kecuakan di wajah Zufri. Aku biasa jek. Bukan salah aku, kan? Hahahaha.

Malam tu pegi wedding Syahirah. Sangat meriah. Sangat banyak bergambar, tapi aku tak bawak kamera. Kamera aku rosak, kan? Malas nak layan dah. Lepas tu hari Sabtu pegi servis keta. Patut lepas wedding Shirot tu kitorang nak balik KL terus pasal Sabtu tu wedding Abg Romy. Tak pegilah kkitorang ke wedding tersebut.

Yang horrornya pasal wedding tu kan, anak Abg. Mamat, Amin, he sort of went missing. The whole ceremony came to a halt since everyone went looking for Amin. Gile stole the limelight. And the most shocking thing is he was found at a graveyard some 8km away! Amin said a man took him there, and when he refused to follow him any further he scolded Amin gila-gila until he wet his pants. Amin ni ganas budaknya, so bila dia kencing dalam seluar ni mesti kes yang sangat berat.

Very horrifying. Wish I was there, haahaha. Silap-silap aku yang kena culik. Wakakaka.

p/s: Boleh tak mata aku tembel? Arghh!! Sabtu ni nak sanding lagikla! Janji aku tak ngendap orang! Tapi tembel belah dalam. Boleh?

My Wedding Day

In less than a minute, hehe.

Natural beauty : Check! Wakakaka

Make-up : Check!

Entertainment by best friend : Check!

Nervous fiance : Check!

Err..cake cutting : Check!

Wajah gembira bila bergelar suami isteri (haha cam bagus) : Check!

Dara-dara pingitan mangambil berkat

L-R:Maria (In a relationship), Diana (Wife & Mother),

Syahirah (Just married - yesterday!) & Hadz (Engaged)

Suspense : Check!

Laptop buat hal pulak. Either that ataupun blogspot yang buat hal. Hahah. Suspense.

Yay! Shopping trip!

Just finished reading Kazuo Ishikuro's Never Let Me Go. Quite a good read, I think. Very er.. haunting. Read that with a little bit of Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason on Tuesday, as left other book in the office. Oooppss. Writing style have changed into Bridge's diary. V.cool. Haha.

Tonight my bestfriend from high school's getting hitched! Well congratulations to Syahirah! Been keeping in touch with her quite a lot nowadays. Ahhh..the good ol' days. Kutuk, ngumpat dan gossip. Not a good pastime, but a pastime nevertheless.

Bad thing is, her reception is tomorrow night. And seeing that I've used up all my leave for this year, and five of next year's (aarrrggghhhh!) I decided to play sick tomorrow and get an MC. Hehehe. Used to do that all the time in previous company. Remember, I AM a good actress. Haha.

But today team leader called and said since I'm taking over this project from Chin Chin, I should go do the valuation tomorrow morning. Arghhh. Bongok betullah. I'm now at a crossroad. Will figure out tonight.

Good thing is, Chin Chin will be there as well, so I'm not the only representative from company. Bad things is I'll be at a total loss when I finally do the valuation on my own.

Oh, tonight we're going to OU, because Zufri needs some new threads for his trip to Sabah. We have this gift voucher from Parkson, so that's where we'll shop. Can't wait to go shopping! Kalau ikutkan aku, nak aje aku habiskan semua RM250 tu beli baju Zufri. Tapi dia suruh simpan untuk beli barang rumah. Huh? Barang apa lah kan yang boleh dibeli dari Parkson?

And back to my story about the dead body yesterday, nothing was reported. So I don't really know what happened. So anti climax, kan? Haha.

I always get shouted at over the phone by Pops nowadays. Staying with my sister does not make me her guardian. Really pissed off. Should just shout at her direct. So unfair.

Look at my collection of random stories and rants. I should write short stories. It's already 4:30. One hour to go! I've got a lot of work. Can not claim overtime though. Where's the fun in working, then?

Ooohhhh..hot piece of gossip.

Tadi pagi sebelum pegi kerja, aku pegi isi minyak tau kat Shell SS3 tu. At the end of my row of houses, almost directly in front of the mini tokong at the side of the road, was a bag very much like the one used to stuff Nurin Jazlin and some newspapers. I was of course intrigued, but decided to go to Shell first. Then only did I realize, that of course underneath the newspapers was a dead body! That's why there was a crowd surrounding the bag! Apalah sangat beg tu kan, yang pentingnya haruslah yang berada di bawah suratkhabar tersebut!

Was a bit scared, since most of the people making up the crowd were indians. What if it was the beginning of yet another racial clash, right smack in the middle of Kelana Jaya? Mind you, all our neighbours are indians. Except for the pakcik at the corner in front.

Don't you just feel.. scared of the way things are going in Malaysia? The politicians with their political agendas, what with the upcoming elections and all. Am not really well read in terms of politics as I really truly believe in the goodness of humankind. Hahahaha. Boleh tak keluar ayat macam tu.

Yesterday I didn't have to work, so I tagged along with Zufri to Putrajaya. Then had lunch at Johnny's OU. Suddenly Nathan, my contractor from my previous company called and invited me to lunch at Armada today. I changed it to tea at 6:00. Ada lagi ke tea ke dah consider dinner eh? Am going to call him soon to change to Starbucks Giant KJ. Why? Because it's almost Christmas, and I haven't had their specials for Christmas yet! Mana boleh?!

It's hard you know, being married. Dulu time weekend boleh pegi lepak sorang-sorang. Sekarang, nak keluar sorang Zufri terasa. Nak ajak Zufri, it's my alone time. So ended out melepak di rumah. I still haven't gone to Old Town White Coffee's new branch in Kelana Mall!

Oh, Zufri's going to Sabah on Monday right up till Wednesday. Maybe I can go then. And not feel guilty.

Alritey then. Back to work!

Oh, Warisan Delima

Eh akak cleaner ni. Bergayut pulak dia kat sebelah aku. Boleh? Aku hairan betul dengan tempat duduk aku ni. Asal orang nak bergayut, mesti lepak tempat aku. Borak kuat-kuat pulak tu. Apa, tempat aku ni selesa sangat ke? Hehe memang selesa pun.

Sanding dekat Sungai Petani is in two weeks' time. Aku baru submit bprang cuti. Takut sebenarnya nak submit awal-awal. Hahahaha pasal cuti aku dah -5 hari! Abislah aku. Bila gap dia dah terlalu lama, aku rasa macam sangat malas nak bergembira lagik. Seri pengantin tu dah hilang, hehe if it was there in the first place lah.

* Weh serious makcik ni gayut lama! Serious sangat kuat yang aku rasa satu office dengar dan satu office simpati pada diriku.

Nak lunch dah ni. Hari-hari aku lunch. Tadi aku breakfast chapati sama kuah kima kambing. Sangat lazat, tapi memandangkan semalam aku makan daging juga, ini hari aku sangat pening melayang-layang kepala.

p/s:Lunch kat tempat aku ni sangat mahal. Makan nasik separuh, dengan ikan goreng = RM4.00! Gila? Kalau makan telur mata sama bergedel pulak = RM3.50. Boleh?

Don't go pretending.

My back hurts. Too much sitting down does that to you.

Today is Kak Yen's last day at DHL. Tonite she's going back to JB with Adam, naik train. How cool.

Today is Papa's birthday! Happy Birthday Pops! He's 59, but doesn't look a day over 45! Hehe tipu gila.

This weekend, I'll be doing nothing. Haha just like last weekend. Oh, mungkin boleh ajak Zufri pegi menderma darah. The last time we donated blood was in August. The last time before August, I almost fainted when I was done donating. Had something to do with my blood pressure.

Hehe Ujie and I went to Guardian at lunch time. Dia beli pregnancy test kit. Hahaha. Can't wait for her results, since her intuitions say that she's pregnant. Hahhaahaha.

Have a fabulous weekend!

p/s: Alif, awat hang lama dah tak update?

Banyak pulak kejanya.

To answer your questions, The Sun bought us dinner last night.

Hahaha. Turns out he's not mad at me, but at Kak Yen! Hahaha. Kesian Kak Yen menjadi mangsa.

And by the way, I just got a whole stack of drawings from Miss Tang. The whole building needs to be re-measured.

And Ujie just informed me of a possible freelance job. The whole re-measurement of two types of bungalows for only RM800.00! Geez. So not worth my time and effort.

Hehe. But I COULD use the dough. Bagi jeklah.

Bukan Gigi buat. Adam buat.

Something bad happened yesterday.

Aku telah menyebabkan tangan Si Adam terseliuh, and probably fractured!

Macam ni ceritanya. Masa akak aku dan Zufri berjumpa dengan sang francais, akulah yang harus menjaga Si Adam. Lalu aku berjalan-jalan, berdokong-dokong, bersuap-supan. Di akhir perjumpaan, aku terasa seperti ingin mengangkat Si Adam (sebenarnya agak kerap aku lakukan) dengan berpaut pada pergelangan tangannya.

Apabila aku melepaskannya, dia menjerit-jerit kesakitan! So the meeting ended, and we took Adam to the clinic. I thought the doctor'd just give him some cream, tapi sekali dia balut daa tangannya Si Adam! But the doctor said not to worry, because kalau betullah tangan dia fractured, dah menangis melalak tanpa henti dah Si Adam itu.

By this time, I was feeling very sorry for myself, not Adam. Hehe. The biggest hurdle is waiting at home, a.k.a The Sun (brother-in-law). He's one hell of a hot-tempered man, and a pretty huge one at that! RReally nasty. Given the fact that I'm staying at their place, hopefully till the end of December, what I'm afraid most is that kami akan dihalau! Anyway, taknaklah kan ada bad blood with family members.

Masa Kak Yen bagi penerangan dekat The Sun, dia senyap jek. Stared at oblivion. Sekali dia terus bangun dan cabut pegi klinik. I waited until Si Adam was asleep, or almost asleep, then I went to sleep myself, al the time shivering in fear. Seriously. That's how scared I am of The Sun.

Later, (as told by Kak Yen for I was sound asleep by tehn) they went to get Si Adam's hand x-rayed in Assunta Hospital! Turns out The Sun gave the doctor at the clinic and earful of maki hamun and what nots on why Si Adam's hand wasn't x-rayed in the first place. In my humble opinion, I think we should just listen to the doctor because that's what he does for a living. But then again, with so many injuries under his belt (haha), maybe The Sun knew better.

Apa-apa pun, x-ray tidak menunjukkan apa-apa. Diorang ada appointment susulan dengan doktor di Hospital Assunta petang ni. Dengan izin Allah, semuanya akan selamat. I have a picture of Si Adam with his bandaged hand. Will try to post it soon.

I think I'm not going home so early tonight. You know. Just in case I should run into The Sun. I'd better start looking for Papa's birthday gift.

Mula-mula terseliuh tu kan, time Si Adam menangis, dia jerit "Gigi (that's me) buat! Gigi buat!". Sheesh. Kantoi gilos. Kemudian malam tu bila dah balut tangan, sambil lepak (masa ni The Sun kat klinik) aku cakap kat dia sorrylah Adam. Dia jawab apa, tau?

"Bukan Gigi buat. Adam buat"

Hehe.

p/s:Jangan cerita kat Papa tau. Not yet. TQVM.

p/s2:Dengan penjagaan budak macam ni korang tanya aku bila nak dapat anak? Are you guys out of your freaking minds?!

p/s3:Oh, Ujie (my colleague) suspects that she's pregnant. Can't wait to go buy a test kit (for her)!

Under Pressure!

Ada sorang junior aku ni, dia dah ada anak sorang. Aku tak kenal pun dia, tapi dia kawan aku kat Friendster. Aku ni kan kepoh, jadi aku selalula check page kawan2 aku. Dia ni suka bagi komen kat orang. Boleh tak dia komen kat aku cepat-cepatlah dapat anak, or something to that effect lah. Aku ada satu persoalan. Apa diorang ni ingat aku kawin ni semata-mata untuk mendapatkan anak, ke? Memanglah anak tu rezeki kan, but still. Lepas tu kalau aku dokong anak orang (tu pun pasal aku kena paksa. I'm not a big fan of babies and children. So not a fan), mulalah nak senyum-senyum kambing lah, amik gambar aku dokong budaklah. Hek eleh. Aku baru 3 minggu kawin. Cepat-cepatlah dapat anak?! Korang ingat senang ke nak jaga anak? Just because you got pregnant immediately, and love motherhood, doesn't mean that we share the same wavelength, ok?

Aleh, emosi pulak gua. Mengada ah orang macam ni. Sorilah Kak Chy. Gua baru perasan. Kui kui kui.

Tension, tension, TENSIONNN!!!!

Coffee, anyone?

I'm sorry I did not share my pack of Viennese Sandwiches with anyone.

Yes, sharing is caring.

Next time I'll try to share, OK?

So today we had egyptian coffee brewed in my very own *Kenwood coffee maker. I still have some in my flask here. Thinking of baking some bread after work. Keh keh keh. Semangat gila pulak nak menyibukkan diri di dapur. Sambil minum carrot susu yang dibuat dengan my very own *Philips juicer.

*Both are wedding gifts from Northcroft.

My First Lasagne

So yesterday I did cook lasagne, as promised. Bahan-bahan saja dah hampir RM100! Tak taulah apa yang mahal sangat. Oh, siap beli casserole dish lagik. Kui kui kui. It was a whole lot harder than expected. I ran out of sauce for the third layer, so I substituted with cheese layers instead. And instead of ricotta & parmesan cheese, I just used cheddar and processed sliced cheese, hehe. Imagine how much I'd have to spend if I stuck to the original ingredients. Anyway, bukan ada jual ricotta cheese pun dekat Giant. Cold storage mungkin ada.

Kelam kabut masak, pasal sampai rumah dah pukul 8. I forgot all about my appointment with Rozek at 9:30. Finally met up with her around 10:45. Cantik gambar aku! Haha jangan tak percaya pulak! I think I looked better Malam Nikah than on Hari Sanding. Later when I met you all, I'll bring them photos OK? But only if you want to see lah. I don't want to shove pictures of us down your throat pulak lah kan.

After we came back from the appointment only did we eat the lasagne. The top layer was very hard, OK! Something went wrong somewhere. Bila aku check balik resipi, barulah aku tahu bahawasanya atas sekali patut ada cheese to cover the lasagne slices. Ni tidak. Aku biarkan aja crust dia sorang-sorang. Memangla keras.

Takpe takpe. Still delicious regardless. Can't wait to try again next month, haha. Brought a huge slice to work as breakfast. I could see Lau eyeing my lasagne. I offered, eh. Tapi dia dah makan. Dia sangat kagum dengan kebolehan aku memasak. Tu belum rasa tu, baru tengok je! Nantilah, aku janji kat dia bila aku dah hebat aku masak kat dia.

OK, cerita lain pulak. Papa dan Pipi dah naik bas kot nak datang KL. Can't wait to show Papa my brand new coffee maker! Can't wait to try some home fresh brewed coffee! Thank you so much Northcroft! Hehe. Dapat juicer juga. Coffee maker and juicer. From Basar Harun pulak dapat microwave(!) dan rice cooker! With cake baking capabilities! My God. Hebat lah diorang ni. Can't wait to have my own house.

Long post, huh? Have been doing nothing since morning. Updated my cost database, though. Did you know that the construction cost of a condominium in Sungai Buloh is RM67.85/ft2? Katalah satu unit 1000 sqft, maka harganya jadik RM67,850.00 saja. Campurlah infrastructure, M&E and some extra items say 70% kan, jadiklah RM115,345.00. Ada kondominium harga macam tu? Siot jek developer ni amik untung banyak-banyak. Menyusahkan orang pendapatan sederhana macam aku ni jek. And have you noticed that most developments nowadays cater for the high end market? Sigh.

Susahnya nak survive in KL. How I wish I could pack up and leave for JB.

Linda's Lasagne

I went to allrecipe and found this hugely popular recipe for lasagne. I think I'm gonna try to make it tonight. Haha. Baru jek tadi cakap aku tak masak.

16th December will be Zufri's Convocation Day! Unfortunately, he's not going to attend. Why? Because (according to him) hari Sabtu tu ada rehearsal, tapi dia nak temankan aku pergi wedding Abg. Romy dekat Perak. So tak dapat pergi rehearsal, tak payahla pergi konvo. Boleh?

Aku cakap, tak payahla ikut pegi wedding Romy tu, aku pegi lah dengan Kak Linda. Nasib baik dia tak tanya pasal Kak Linda punya 'leadership skills' hhahahah. Only Anies was subject to scrutiny. Kui kui kui.

But after much debating, and taking into consideration our financial status, what with the reception in Sungai Petani lagik, he decided that it's probably better not to go. Pasal kalau nak attend kena bayar RM600 by today (Haha so now you know why!) and we have the money ready. Tapi dia tak nak. Aku dah konvo dah, so aku takdelah kisah sangat. Dia jek lah.

Unitar ni bangang. Sewa robe jek dah sampai RM400. Dulu UM mahal macam tu, ke? Lepas tu Zufri dah abis last year lagik. Patut boleh konvo last year, tapi Unitar tak update sistem! Lepas tu chrage RM200 untuk insurance pasal sistem kata dia belum grad! Tak ke bangang tu namanya? Tulah. Jangan dependant sangat pada komputer dan sistem-sistem ni sume.

What if actually machines and systems are living things and one fine day they decide to wreak havoc on mankind, sort of like the Y2K scare? Huh? What then? Uish. Cuak OK. Sama lah dengan perasaan cuak yang semua keluarga corok (lipas) yang aku dah seksa dan bunuh over the years suddenly become giants and look for me to kill me!

Please be afraid. Tsk. Mengantuk siot. Seriously.

Aku nak pegi library lah, pinjam buku on hobbies. Hobby yang boleh buat duit. Menjahit ke.. Oh Rozek is coming to KL today, so boleh tengok album kawin! Yay! Gembira! Korang dah tengok belum fotopages Rozek? Comel tak aku? Hehehehe. Tengokla muka aku puas-puas. Seumur hidup 2 kali jek muka aku jadik cam tu.

Sehingga kemudian. Selamat!

My Life as a Married Woman.

I thought I'd enjoy not having any work. Turns out, this short period of freedom is giving me headaches. Banyak kerja pun pening, takde kerja pun pening. Sigh..baik bagi aku cuti lagi bagus.

So how's married life, some might ask. Same old, same old. Macam gitu jugaklah. I still don't cook. I do my own laundry. Zufri washes his clothes back in his bachelor pad. He still hangs around there whenever. Most of his clothes are still there. The only difference is we're sleeping together - he's always by my side when I go to sleep and when I wake up.

Yang lain-lain seriously sama. Except for you know what, lah.

So when people ask me how's married life, don't widen your eyes in disbelief when I say, Biasa jek @ Sama saja seperti dulu, because seriously, nothing much has changed.

I just found out that I'll be assigned under Miss Tang, a very serious and garang team leader. Habislah aku. Overtime tak banyak. Mungkin aku patut create overtime sendirik.

Last week contractor lama aku call. Dia kata ada benda nak bagi aku, which I assume is a freelance job lah. Kata nak call aku minggu ni. Weh call quick lah. I so need the dough, man! Giles lah bulan ni.

Oh, and my wedding planner has set up a blog. Just today. Up till now, he's posted 4 posts! Hahahaha.. aku ingat aku sorang jek yang buat macam tu (tapi maksimum setakat ni hanyalah 3).

Oh, and speaking of Miss Tang, I have to go down to 2nd floor and probabably meja aku takde internet connection. Eh jap, PC orang lain sume down.

Marhani's Wedding

Bertolak ke Mersing pada jam 6 pagi hari Sabtu. We planned on leaving at 5 a.m, but of course someone forgot to set his alarm. Perjalanan ke Mersing dari KL sangat jauh, OK! Sangat memeningkan dan memabukkan haha pasal jalan di sangat berliuk lintuk dan bersimpang siur.

Mar Nikah pukul 10:30, kitorang sampai almost 11:00. So we missed her nikah ceremony. Aliflah, bawak slow sangat kat jalan berbelok-belok tu. Dia bawak 1 3/4 jam, Zufri bawak 1 jam jek. Tapi horrorlah cara Zufri bawak.

Anyway, lepas kenduri Mar tu, kitorang dibawa oleh Syat ke bandar Kluang. Kitorang lepak kat the Original Kluang Station. Cuma yang kat OU dia panggil Kluang Station, kat Kluang dia panggil Kluang Rail Coffee. Kopi dia memang layan. Layan abis. Lagi sedap dari yang kat KL ni, in my humble opinion. Nasi goreng dia sangat kecil, comel, lazat dan murah. Nasi lemak dia sangat yummy dan pedas. Aku ngan Alif jek yang melantak. Zufri dan Syat hanya melihat. Nasib baik ada Alif. Yelah, bila lagik nak pegi Kluang kan?

Lepas tu Syat belanja macam-macam lagi, seperti keropok kerepek, dan cendol perisa udang. Hahaha. Akhirnya sampai KJ around 10:45 p.m.

Penatnya ya ampun. Aku sampai je terus tidur. Oh ye, sebelum gerak tu, kitorang lepak rumah Agus (adik Syat) kat Kluang. Aku siap mandi-mandi lagik. Kecoh betul. Aku konon nak berbaring-baringan, tapi biasalah terus tertido. Bangun-bangun jek tengok aku dah berbaju tido! Aku rasa ternoda! Tapi rupa-rupanya Zufri salinkan baju aku jek. Hahaha. Kononnya aku ni penat semacam lah, tapi bukannya aku bawak keta pun. Bagusnya dapat Zufri yang suka menyalinkan baju. Silap-silap, dia boleh tolong cucikan mekap dan bukak contact lenses sekali jika diberi didikan. Kui kui.

Azam tahun baru : mendidik Zufri ke arah kebaikan aku. Muahahahahaha.

p/s : ye ye jek tajuk Marhani's wedding. wakaka. nanti aku upload gambaran. susahla pc aku kat opis ni. nak kena pagi cc ke? tension.

p/s2 : eh gambar nikah aku dah ada kat http://rozekruzaini.fotopages.com. Aku tak sempat tengok lagi. Kat PC ofis ni kabur. malas nak layan.

I'm Sick.

In a few months I'll be 26. I'll be a 26 year old with nothing to her name. I have absolutely nothing.

I'm sinking into a quarter-life depression. Only if I live to 100. If I live until 52, then it's mid-life depression.

Oh, I suck at living. Maybe I'd be better off NOT living, you know? Existing without living. I'm not even mediocre.

How do I get myself out of this rut, huh? I need a major life overhaul.

First, I want to start sketching. I'm not that good at sketching, but I suppose practice makes perfect. Maybe I should start over the weekend.

Next, I want to kumpul duit seriously for the trip to Noo Yawk next year, hihi. (Look, my mood's changing already) Mintak-mintaklah jadik. Amin.

I so want to write. By January 2008 I must complete at least a short story. Maybe Pipi will proof read for me. Maybe then I'll be like J.K.Rowling and become a multi-millionaire. Then I'll expose the fact that one of my characters is gay. (Perlukah?)

Number four, clean up my room. Haha. Boleh? You know the backache I've been having since two weeks ago? It's one persistent backache, I tell ya. Maybe that's the actual reason I'm feeling so down. It's damn uncomfortable. I can't even focus on work. Stupid chair.

Oh yesterday, we had dinner at Pyramid Tower Hotel (kot) to celebrate some project. Everyone drank beer, except the 3 of us Muslims. Boleh? Oh, and I just got to know that my boss John, is actually Johan Abdullah. Hahaha. Muallaf rupanya Pak Cik John. Kui kui kui. Sangat memeranjatkan.

Tomorrow Mar's getting married pulak. Off to Mersing we go! I love jalan-jalan. Mungkin kita patut bawak baju, so boleh mandi pantai. Yay!

p/s: Anies, hang tak nak join ke?

My Wedding

Back from my long wedding leave, now's the time for an update. I'm now a married woman! Wakaka kelakar giles.

Thank you so much to friends who came from KL and one all the way from Terengganu! You guys are the best ever. Thank you too to my wedding planner and his butch wife (hahaha), may you guys get married soon, hehe. And of course to my family (my biological ones and my tied-by-marriage ones) for supporting and helping out.

Alhamdulillah, all went well. The weather was A-OK, considering that it rained all week, and then again on Sunday! A lot happened last week. My right eye became so swollen, I swear the whites were practically melting and threatening to drop out of socket, terhalang only by my pupil. I'm sure Pipi and Papa would swear its true. I got 3 days' MC, but when I checked today its invalid because I already was on leave. Stupid policy.

Everything was red and white, my theme colours. Bunga manggar, my pelamin, bunga pahar, baju pengantin, khemah and the walls of my bedroom and the hall hehe.

So today I'm reluctantly back in the office, with nothing to do but type out about my wedding.

All that for nothing?

As the after effect of my run (with mild back ache) on Wednesday, I'm now suffering from a severe back ache which leaves my back distorted not so much the Hunchback of Notre Dame way, but horizontally. Those who have seen me suffer this fate shall understand the pain I'm going through. So for the first time since 2 years ago, I decided to go get checked at the panel clinic nearby.

First I walked to Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah, which turns out was not a clinic at all. Waited there for about 15 minutes because the receptionist was busy gossiping with a patient (or so I thought.)Then I had to patah balik to my office because I forgot to take a form from Wendy, only to be informed that Wendy's on leave. Hah! Then I went back to the clinic, and guess what. Clinic's closed from 12:00 - 3:00, but the doctor will only be in after 5:00.

And it's only 12:30! Sigh..at the rate this day is going, I shudder to imagine what the afternoon's going to bring me.

Happy Birthday, babe!

Today is Zufri's birthday, and holy shit I forgot all about it!

My phone died (curse the damn thing. I need to get myself a new phone, pronto!) and only when I switched it on at 9.30 did I see the reminder on my phone. So I called him immediately to wish him and he sounded so cold and sort of bengkek.

I : Phone I matilah. Ni baru charge and on.
Z : Yeeee keeeee....
I : Sorry le. Marah ke?
Z : Tak marah. Kecewa jek.

Ek elehhhh...kecoh ah mamat.

But seriously, work has been taking most of my time nowadays. And yesterday was a holiday, so I sort of forgot the date.

And yesterday we were supposed to go look for our wedding rings, but I had to work. Alah, panjang lah cerita dia. But I finally went to the new Subway outlet here in KJ. Anies picked me up and we went to have supper.

Ohhh..no wonder lah dia kecewa. I spent his birthday eve with Anies sampai lupa kat dia.

Wakakaka.

So here's to you babe. HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY!

Nanti malam I belanja u cincin satu, OK? And dinner. Hmm.. nak makan mana eh?

p/s : Nampaknya aku harus bersedia agar dia terlupa birthday aku tahun depan. I normally see him at the stroke of midnight if not with a present, then a cake. For three years running already. Sekali fourth year lupa daa. Tu belum kawin lagik. Hehe.

Yay Cuti!

Everybody's leaving early today, so I suppose I get to leave early as well. Went jogging before I came in tonight. Not that tiring, seeing that the last time I ran was almost a month ago.

Oh crap can't update. Kak Yen's already here to pick me up.

I'm going to Alam Bina's Alumni Get Together tomorrow.

Happy Deepavali, kids!

I HAVE FINISHED!

Finally. Lama tu buat tak siap-siap jugak.

Eh, notice how I keep posting like short short updates? Convenientlah when I can just blog when I feel like it since my place is at the ceruk of the office.

Tadi masa aku submit aku punya BQ pada Lennie untuk dia check, dia kata 'Wah banyaknya!'. Kui kui kui.. tau takpe.

Hah. Rasakan!

Urghh

Damn. I'm getting paid that much to produce pieces of shit?

Man oh man. I need to buck up and impress lest I get kicked outta here.

This shall be my social calendar until the end of the year.

16&17/11/2007
My wedding day, d-uh.

24/11/2007
Mar's wedding in Mersing.

1/12/2007
Mar's wedding at Izali's side in Shah Alam.
Siti Suriati's wedding in Putrajaya.
Kakak Koya's wedding in Subang Jaya.

7/12/2007
Pop's birthday. He asked for a breadmaker. Geez.

13&14/12/2007
Hari Khamis & Jumaat, OK? Boes punya wedding in JB. Bengs giles.

15/12/2007
Abang Romy's wedding in Perak.

22/12/2007
Majlis sambut menantu tersayang (aku lah tu hehe)

29/12/2007
Majlis sambut menantu kurang disayangi (Boes wakaka) in KL.

Wahh..looks like my schedule's already full, yeah? Don't nobody go asking me out for a date, now. And yeah, you know my list? (Check out my first post. I can't link with this darn PC) I don't think I accomplished anything, except that I ran in PJ Half. Oh, and I have a new job. So, yay!

And to make me feel worse about myself, while I surf the net to check out people's blogs and shit, Lau my neighbour checks out the stock market! Boleh?

God. We live in such different worlds, Lau and I.

I walked to work today.

Penat sial.

What a wonderful life.

On Saturday I had two open houses. I even went to One Utama and bought shoes. Oh but the highlight of Saturday was picking up my wedding dresses. Yup. All three of 'em. Cun abis gua cakap. I keep taking them out of the closet, just to admire them. And to take pictures of them.

Sunday however, was a totally different story. Woke up around 11:00, then crashed on the sofa until 2:00. Woke up, had lunch of 'Nasi Daging' with some curry-like meat dish. Dozed again around 3:00 until Maghrib. Woke up and lounged in front of the TV. Kak Yen's gone by then to Sunway Pyramid. Watched Little Men, wrote some wedding invites and around 12:00 tidur balik sampai pagi.

What a sorry excuse of an existance, yeah?

I forgot to tell you something.

Something happened this morning. Lupa nak cerita tadi dan malas nak edit, jadik buat saja entry baru. Some people have complained that my cookies are just not that good anymore, so I upped my ante for the latest batch I had to bake. Yesterday I got the feedback. It was um-mmmm dellliiiicioussssss. Hehe bukan masuk bakul angkat sendiri, OK.

Memang aku mengaku pun, kali ni best gilers. Had something to do with the quality of the ingredients I used. Damn. Harap-harap customer tak lari.

So this morning I decided to try one. The lid wasn't fastened properly, so when I took a bite it kind of crumbled pasal dah lemau. Bengkek betul pasal banyak lagi dekat dalam tupperware tu. Rugi jek.

Sekali dalam tupperware tu aku nampak seekor cicak yang dah mati!! Ptui ptui ptui!!

I still cringe when I think about it.

Jijiks.

The Time Traveler's Wife - Cast #1

Ok. The main cast shall be as follows :-

Henry (Hero) : John Cusack/Jude Law. I don't know why, but I've always envisioned that Henry'd look like John Cusack when older, and Jude Law when still young and dangerous.

Clare (Heroine) : I still can't figure this one out lah. She's classy, young and gorgeous. She's... Gwyneth Paltrow. Ashley Judd? I know!! Kate Hudson! So proud of myself. Jude Law and Kate Hudson. Oh how gorgeous.

Gomez : Dr. Mc Steamy. Sapa tah nama dia.

But I want the woman from The Truth About Cats and Dogs to play Charisse. Jeanne Garofalo or something. Tapi tak sesuai dengan Mc Steamy so tukar dengan Benjamin Bratt kui kui kui.

Henry's dad : Hugh Grant, heavily made up. Can't see him in a serious role, though. Oh, maybe Robert De Niro. Tapi muka lain dengan Jude Law.

Henry's mom : Michelle Pfeiffer.

Oooohhh..what a star studded cast! When I have time I'll think of an alternative cast, should this movie be an indie film. Kena carik 'indie' cast jugak, tak?

Jeng jeng jeng...it's already November! Lagi 16 hari seh. So this is it. My last fortnight of singledom. Not like I have much of a single life, anyway but still. Yeah.

Can't wait to watch 'Stardust' but first I wanna read the book! Had planned on catching the train to Kinokuniya after work today, but seeing that my Touch & Go card somehow can't be used at LRT stations and tau-tau sajalah trafik balik kerja macamana, I decided not to.

Perhaps tomorrow night, so I can stay out late and jalan-jalan sorang-sorang like I used to before work, love and family became a priority.

And Zufri's pretty busy nowadays so we haven't seen each other since Sunday. Didn't have time for a decent telephone conversation either. Either he's too busy to talk, or I'm not in the mood to call. Haha I get that all the time. Selalu takde mood when it comes to him. I wonder how he tahan.

He's always complaining that when I'm with my friends or family, he always comes second. Can't help it, babe. You do exactly the same thing, except for you it's just friends.

I wonder how our lives would be in 17 days' time.

Sometimes I feel like I'm too young to get married. Like this is not the kind of life I'm supposed to live. Never thought I'd get married before I turn 30, seriously. Never thought I'd get married, even. Always thought I'd grow old taking care of my parents, and dying before they do so I won't have to feel the pain and sorrow of losing a loved one. Well that didn't happen.

You know, life's a bitch sometimes. For those who're always saying oh life is so beautiful, life is so great, I'm so loved and all that bullshit, lucky you.

For the rest of us, hang in there. Life only gets better.

Insya Allah. Just have faith.

Gila tak relevant OK dari mula sampai habis.

p/s: eh korang tau tak diorang nak buat a movie based on The Time Traveller's Wife? Heroine dia, Claire will be played by alaa what's her name lah. The woman who acted in The Notebook. Malas lah nak Google. I'd have preferred Michelle Pfeiffer or wait..gimme some time to think about it. I'll pick an entire cast.

Hek eleh..

Aku baru kena 'sound' dengan Lau. Ala-ala sound la. Rupa-rupanya komputer aku ni patut tak boleh pakai internet. Aku kan selalu multi-task, masa buat keja check e-mail lah, update blog lah dan segalanya. Sekali time team leader aku, Lennie datang meja aku nak bertanyakan sesuatu, dia ternampaklah internet yang telah diminimisekan. Kenapa yang dia bengkek sangat aku tak taulah, tapi dia kecohla bercerita dengan semua orang. PC dia takde internet rupanya.

Alah...so what lah kan. If no one should have, then how come my PC has it? And so what if I have access to the internet? Kalau dah dengki sangat, buanglah internet ni dari PC aku. Kecoh mende.

Budus. Orang-orang ofis ni memang budus. Nasib baik aku ni jenis yang tak peduli sangat nak bersosial dengan budak-budak ofis.

Internet pun kecoh. Sangat babi. Hahaha.

People ain't dangerous..

When I look back on my life, I feel I've been pretty lucky thus far. I've had my fair share of brushes with danger.

One afternoon while walking back from class during my second year, I was stopped by this aged guy driving a Wira asking for directions to the Law Faculty. He didn't quite get what I was saying, so he offered me a ride there and then he'll send me to my college.

But then he suggested that we go out for drinks. Merely a suggestion. No persuasion whatsoever. Amazingly, I said yes.

So we went to BSC and had drinks somewhere. There he told me all about himself, how he's married and his wife left him, and his dreams and ambitions dan banyak lagi for I think almost two hours. Then he sent me back, gave me his number and asked me to call him whenever.

When I told Syat (my then roomate) about him, it turned out that Syat was one conned by the man as well, again looking for the Law Faculty. Takkanlah tak jumpa-jumpa kan? Boy, did I felt used! At least Syat declined his offer to go out for drinks. Yang aku ni? Hahha bangang sungguh. What if he was a rapist or a murderer or something?

Then after two months or so, this same guy stopped me. Again looking for tha Law Faculty! Boleh? But this time of course lah I told him to fuck off, although not with those words. Geez, can you at least remember the faces of your victims?

So what I'm saying is, despite all that have happened, I still believe in the good in mankind. Because if that incident were to happen today, I'd still say yes and go out with the man.

Ada lagi satu cerita tentang betapa naive nya aku ni, but let's save that for another day.

Till then, be nice.

And stay safe.

And don't be accepting rides from men driving white Wiras.

New Found Glory

I've had two mugs of Nescafe 'O' since this morning, and I think I'm getting high on caffeine. I should really cut back on coffee, but now I'm even bringing my own tumbler to give to the Pak Cik at the restaurant downstairs to fill up with coffee. That way, I get to save the earth (by using less plastic).

Seriously. Macam terhuyung-hayang saja..

I think I'm gonna be sick.

Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?

I'm working overtime today. In fact, I've done so the past one week less the weekend. I find that I work faster at nights. In fact, I've known that..err..fact years ago when I started cramming during university days. I like driving back to JB late at night. I like to lepak at mamak late at night. I like baking late at night.

Or maybe I'm just a procrastinator who thrives on doing things at the very last of last minutes just for the heck of it. And end up forgetting something. Or some things. I keep forgetting things. Maybe it's an early sign for senility. Maybe I'm senile already.

Reminds me of my (late) senile grandma, Mama. Taking care of her was a constant struggle. She kept asking the same things over, and over, and over again. Dapat pulak aku tidur satu bilik dengan Mama, so I was the Information Counter lah. If you don't have my patience, you'll just crumble and perhaps snap at the old woman. Hell, I snapped at her countless times. Aku ni taklah penyabar sangat orangnya. But now when she's gone..biasalah manusia ni. You never know what you've got until it's gone.

So let's appreciate what we have right now. Be thankful for what you have, for the people around you who love you, for the people you love. Haha tengah psycho diri sendiri untuk menghadapi status sebagai isteri orang.

Haha psycho psycho. Did you know that Zufri is my first and only boyfriend? Haha, I guess I'll never know what I'm missing. Wakakaka.

My Condolences.

Let us take a moment to say a prayer to Wan Rose's father who passed away on Saturday.

Al-Fatihah.

Pop Quiz : Najis ada berapa jenis?

Musykillah aku. Boleh tak Tok Imam tu tanya aku ada berapa jenis air? What a long looooong interview. I thought you were only supposed to recite the Fatihah and Doa Qunut jek? Memula dia tanya apa itu 'Toharrah'? Nasib baik aku tak jawab itu satu kitab yang diturunkan (Torah @ Taurat).
So I emmmmed and ahhhhhhed until he explained yang "Toharrah tu adalah bersuci".
"Ohhhhhhh".
"Awak mandi wajib guna air apa?"
"Emmmmm air....uhhhh....air bersih?"
"Air mutlak..."
"Ohhhhhhh".
"Air mutlak tu air apa?"
"Uhhhh...air bersih (boleh tak jawapan yang sama dua kali?)"
"Bukan. Air yang suci lagi menyucikan".
"Ohhhhhhh".
"Air ada berapa jenis?"
"7!"
"Bukan, tu jenis air mutlak. Air ada 3 jenis. Air mutlak, air mutannajis dan air mustaqmal. Air mustaqmal tu air apa?"

At this point I resigned myself to failing the test and not getting married this year. Seriously.

Sebenrnya awal-awal lagi dia tanya sekolah agama sampai darjah berapa dan aku jawab darjah enam. "Ohh..boleh tahan". Sekali dalam hati last-last dia kata bongoknya anak Encik Hamzah ni. Darjah enam konon. Bangang gila, sampai rukun mandi wajib pun tak tau!

Oh tidak..nasib baik finally lulus. Kui kui kui. Jadik jugakla aku kawin bulan depan.

Oh, and by the way the interview was conducted at 10.30 p.m last nite and I reached KL only at 4:30 in the morning. Power tak?

Yay to the weekend! Ho-hum..

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In the meantime, kerja aku di ofis teramat sangatlah banyaknya. Unfortunately, aku kena balik JB weekend ini pasal aku ada interview (jangan salah faham, interview nikah saja) dengan Imam Jurunikah pada hari Ahad. Which means, aku tidak dapat menonton Cobra's Rugby 10 Nations this weekend (kerugian keseronokan menonton perlawanan 'live'), aku tidak dapat menyiapkan kerja-kerja yang terbengkalai lantas membuat duit (claim OT), aku akan membazirkan duit (duit tol & minyak), aku akan kepenatan (memandu kereta merentas semenanjung malaysia) dan aku akan miss perkahwinan Azah (oh, Kelab Darul Ehsan).

This is all gonna happen because I'm getting married. Nampak tak macam cons dia lagi banyak dari pros dia. Oh wait a minute, did I just say pros? What pros?

Oh well, at least I get to go see my saudara mara in Singapore and probably be RM100 richer! But compared with what I'm gonna spend.. sigh. Oh well.

Biar Bebenar...

Check out my true friends test results! Zufri came in last! And I'm getting married to him in three weeks! He even got my favourite colour wrong! Everybody else got it right...

My Hari Raya Pictures

Spent last weekend distributing wedding invites to Papa's friends. Super tiring. Anyhow, here are some pictures from raya.

Buka puasa session with classmates at Rebung. Alamak, gambar Anies takdelah..

The 5000 or so taugehs I had to kopek.

The fire I started and maintained and the periuk of ketupat pulut filled with santan that I cooked and spilled. Goooooooo Riri!

Papa doing his thang.

Kak Peachy a.k.a Chef of the day a.k.a Mamabebel. Wakakakaka

A clean plate of Laksa Johor. Sodap.

Selamat hari raya kawan-kawan!

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My Notebook.

Went looking for a notebook for work yesterday. Akak organized skarang OK. Harus simpan rekod kerja-kerja akak agar tidak menyesal di kemudian hari. And I suppose it'sw working, because I'm so much more efficient today haha. Sebenarya, aku nak cerita pasal proses aku mencari notebook ni je. Aku initially nak sesuatu yang agak mahal lagi branded, pasal tau jeklah aku dengan stationeries aku ni. Harus yang berkualiti, maka haruslah agak mahal. Kemudian haruslah hilang sekerat jalan, be it hilang minat atau hilang dari pandangan.

Of all places, I decided to go look in Giant KJ instead of Kinokuniya ke or at least MPH. I went in ready to spend a minimum of RM20.00.

Lo and behold, there she was.

Red, black and white.

A lethal combination of my favourite colours.

With a design very much like my lovely wedding invitation cards.

At the low low low price of RM3.99! Jer!

Syabas Riri, for being a savvy shopper.

Oh, finished The History of Love early this morning. A very good read. Quite confusing at times. Plot sangat menarik. A bit disappointed that they didn't get to live happily ever after. Haha.

p/s:Aku makan sambal time lunch tadi. Bila aku sendawa habis tempat aku dan jiran aku (aku tau dah, nama dia Lau bukan Juju) penuh dengan aroma perut aku. Maklumlah, sendawa bukak mulut. Must close mouth next time.

Why oh why, woe is me.

What, do I have to gulp down one whole bottle in one shot?

Tired of walking to the toilet to pee every half an hour.

Geez, I sound like an old man with a bladder infection.

Or worse, a pregnant woman.

I can't be pregnant now, can I?

Kak Siantan, can I be pregnant just by talking about sex?

Wakakakaka. I told you I can blog about sex now.

p/s: I know lah I'm not pregnant. Kak Peachy gave me the low down on when to "main" <----- in her own words (ewww..macam rempit jek)

Bullshit

I actually said 'bullshit' in front of Papa the other day.

One majalah Pesona Pengantin : RM9.50
One sprint back to KFC where I left Pesona Pengantin : 100 calories
The look on Papa's face when I said 'bullshit' : priceless (with a whole shitload of crap stuffed into my ears)

So anyways y'all, I'm just tired of taking off. I had to fill in a Query List for the Engineer tadi, and then only did I realize that my work is only at best 30% completed! And it's due this Monday! (and yet I'm still blogging away....)

And Kak Lina, my shoes didn't come in time lah. I had to beraya without my blue wedges. Tapi takpelah. Since it's so cheap, hehe.

I bought Nicole Kraus' The History of Love on Sunday. Somehow, I'm still not done reading it. Gila tak? When have I had a problem finishing a good book in a day? I get sleepy easily lah nowadays. Yesterday I even slept at 8:00 p.m and woke up only at 7:00 a.m! I mean that's my routine when I'm having my period. Takkan nak period dah kot. Wait.. Oh ye lah..

I'm now keeping track of my period, pasal bak kata Kak Linda dan Kak Zah, now that I'm getting married I should know when to have protected sex and when not to (wear a condom). Haha, now I can blog about sex, wakakakaka. I mean, ewwwwww.

I sent out invites already, know. And another update, I saw pelakon 'Jelatang' (yang jadik bapak tiri Suria) at Diana's open house the other day. Turns out he's Maria's boyfriend. I wanted to take pictures with him, but I had no cameralah. Hahhahaha. Sekali jek aku tengok 'Jelatang' tu, but I hate him to the core (his character je kot). Muka sangat jiwang. Oh Maria.. wakaka. Eh, am I allowed to blog about this ke?

Haha, back to work now. Oh, and I already peed close to 20 times up till now. Something's wrong with my bladder. Maybe I should go check.

My Long Hari Raya Story.

Assalamualaikum kawan-kawan. Hope you had a joyous hari raya. Aku? Well, where do I start yeah?

On the eve of hari raya, we went to Singapore to our Grandparents' graves and buka puasa at some tomyam restaurant in Larkin Perdana.

Then at night, we started cooking Laksa Johor. Well actually Kak Peachy cooked, we just prepared everything for her. And I, the firestarter, well started the fire nak masak ketupat. We make killer ketupat pulut, OK. KILLER! Untuk merebus ketupat pulut, air rebusan itu hendaklah berisi santan. Masa aku tengah sibuk memastikan yang api tu stays on marak, sekali periuk tu terbalik daaa. Frust gua melihat santan yang membasahi dapur. Gila berminyak jadiknya dapur tu. Dan aku jugakla yang kena bersihkan dapur tu. Oh, dan pada masa yang sama juga aku ditugaskan untuk membuang ekor tauge. Yes..all 5000 biji tauge. (Pictures to come later)

Oh well, alls well that ends well. (Betul ke ayat tersebut?) Then on Saturday morning, I went to get some ice with Pipi but with Kak Yen's car. She failed to mention that there's an immobiliser in her car that I have to swith off when the alarm goes out. Aku ngan Pipi buat bodo jek bila lampu merah tu menyala-nyala. Sekali bila dah turun bukit tu enjin dia mati daa.. Nasib baik lalu jalan dalam. Buatnya aku lalu roundabout luar tu, tak ke naya.

Then we had makan pagi raya, took pictures, bersalam-salaman dan bermaaf-maafan, menziarahi kubur mummy and then shot to Singapore. Lewat dah time tu, almost 12. Jam dia ya ampun, dari Komtar sampailah ke Singapore customs tu. Dahlah ada satu bas yang maha besar ni (the usual sized bus, hehe) dia langgar keta abang ipar aku! We were scared shitless, I tell you because the car was spanking new. Nasib baik side mirror dia bukan setakat boleh lipat, boleh pusing2 lagi. Cayalah.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I had a sore throat on Friday. Boleh tak start je cuti terus sakit tekak. Suara aku garau ok, macam Anies punya ex- soulmate-who's-now-somebody-else's-soulmate. Wakakaka.

On the second day of raya, kitorang pegi tengok wayang kat City square OK. Pipi belanja. Chuck & Larry. So inappropriate to watch with your father sitting next to you. Mana boleh gelak kat lawak-lawak kotor dia, karang bapak aku kata aku gatal pulak. Mana boleh buat-buat innocent pasal mesti dia tak percaya punyalah. Jadik, aku pun gelak tak keluar suara kebanyakan masanya. Oh, and saw the trailer for 'Enchanted'. Oooohhh..nampak macam sangat teruja. Tak sabar rasanya.

Empat hari lamanya OK aku makan Laksa Johor. Sangat gian, pasal masa carik dekat bazar ramadan jarang ada. Hari ni ada, besok takde. Kawan-kawan Pipi kata sangat sedap. Aku pulak rasa OKlah sedap. Anyway, resipi mak aku pun hehe.

So what else. Hari ni masuk keja awal siot. 8:20 dah terpacak depan PC OK. So hari ni taklah segan sangat nak balik awal. Aku nak pegi jogging hari ni. Si Syahirah ajak join 2nd Link Marathon pulak. Boleh? The weekend before my wedding. Tapi dia ajak lari 10K jek lah. Hari tu gi jogging ngan Papa. Dah warm up baik, sekali rasa macam nak terkencing. So we had to go look for a public toilet, which we eventually found in Shell depan Convent.

Papa kata asyik haus dan asyik nak kencing adalah simptom untuk kencing manis, so that night we went and buy some glucose strips to check my glucose level. Please bear in mind that on Monday, Adamdam (whom Kak Peachy calls Dam Dam Dum as in bunyik mercun (I know. wtf?) haha) turned 2 and we had cake. Actually I ate almost half of the cake. Sangat sedap OK. The average glucose level in a person's blood is 6. The night of Adam's birthday, I tested at 4.8! Less than average eh.

Papa said he was shocked! To which I replied, I'm even more surprised! Oh well, the mysteries of life.

And today, at 2:19 p.m, I've already gone pee almost a dozen times. And now I feel the need to go again.

Aku rasa pundi kencing aku dah manja lah. Kena dengar jek cakap dia. Dulu dia tak macam ni. OK jek aku tahan kencing lama-lama.

Stress.

Lusa Raya!

Kak Yen dah balik kampung dah. Hairannya yang aku ni balik raya lambat sangat. Serious hairan. Biasanya akulah yang paling awal sampai JB. Tapi takpe. At least tahun ni sume orang beraya first day kat JB. Lepas tu first day kitorang nak pegi Singapore awal-awal sangat, so sempat jumpe sume orang dan sempat kumpul duit raya. Walaupun aku ni dah suku abad, tapi memandangkan aku tak kawin lagi, maka aku masih layak untuk menerima duit raya. Sob sob ni lah kali terakhir aku beraya solo. Tahun depan dah jadik berdouble. Ewww....Mudanya dah nak kawin. Macam tak sesuai jek.

Anywayssss.. kepada Anies, kad raya hang aku dah tulis tapi bilalah nak bagi kat kau? Time Kak Azah punya wedding boleh?

To Kak Peachy, gua gi rumah lu lewat sket eh. Gua buka ngan Zufri dulu, then gua membeli belah last minit sket, then gua kemas rumah + beg, lepas tu baru gua gerak pegi rumah lu eh. Gerak lepas sahur, kan? Gua sampai time sahur jeklah. Lu sahur pukul berapa?

To Wan Rose, nasib baik kau ada. Kalau tak kebulur harimau ku, hehe. Kau balik mana dulu? Kelantan?

To Shikin, apasal tahun ni takde buka sesama pun?

To Alif, buat kek pun pakai apron ke? Mengadesss.

Haha..to all my FIVE readers, selamat menyambut hari raya aidilfitri bersama keluarga tercinta. Minta maaf dari hujung rambut-kerinting-kini-original hingga ke hujung kaki-yang-sangat-susah-mencari-kasut ini. Semoga bertemu lagi pada Ramadan hadapan.

Kepada para pembaca lain, kot-kot aku ada silent readers ke hehe, selamat hari raya aidilfitri.

p/s: Semalam kami pegi SACC Mall, carik kasut raya. Last-last si Kak Yen pulak yang beli kasut. Tension ni. Takde kasut raya!!

p/s2: Korang ada mood lagi ke nak keja ni wei? Kejila keja ofis melayu ada 3 orang je. Minoriti betul.

I'm going back with my sister & bro-in-law for Hari Raya! Yay! Free ride! Wakakaka

Dah pegi amek baju raya hari tu, tapi lengan dia macam besar sangat, jadik kena alter. Malam ni baru amek balik. Banyak gak. Aku tiga, kakak aku 3.

Duduk kat ofis baru ni, aku dengar radio melayu, mostly Era dan aku sangat suka lagu Anuar Zain baru tu Lelaki Ini, Ungu's Kekasih Gelapku dan Dewa's Kasihku di Malaysia (or something like that). I totally hate Adam's song (Hi, siapa nama, duduk kat mana, dengan siapa, ada handphone tak dsbnya. Macam gampang) and Ezlynn's latest single. Suara dia mengada-ngada. Rugi jek, pasal aku suka Ezlyn sebelum ni.

Kuih raya pun sume dah deliver (awal gila siap tahun ni. Order tak banyak kot)

Sebenarnya, motif post ni ialah untuk aku mengatakan
I can't wait for Hari Raya to come!

Anies and Her Lab Coat

Friday was a blast! Had iftar at Madam Kwan's at MidValley (ayam goreng dia sangat lazat, especially kulit dia!) with fellow married friends, soon-to-be-married friends, wedding-planner friend and a never-to-get-married friend. Then we played bowling where I played my best game yet! Total pin drops : 109+57 (second game tu letih gila lah)=166. Wakakaka.

Then on Sunday, again bukak puasa dengan kawan-kawan at Rebung. Mate, Nik, Nad & Anies. God. I haven't had such fun over the weekend since God knows when!

Took pictures with AngkasaOne('s pictures). Did you know that Rebung is co-ownered by AngkasaOne and Chef Ismail? Kesian Chef Ismail. Kitorang tengah bergembira-bira kan, sekali masa dia datang meja kitorang nak beramah mesra, sume orang senyap tengok dia. wakaka..dia pun boring dan blah.

p/s:Nik lost some much weight and looks kacak, hehe. And he's an MAS pilot. Mate drives a Honda City. Aku bawak Kelisa lagi ke? Bila nak upgrade ni?

p/s2:ps2? wakakaka. Anies nak pakai lab coat untuk baju raya. Wakakaka. Ada jual kat Jusco.

Semalam kitorang pasang lampu lip-lap depan rumah dan juga 4 batang pelita, tapi takde minyak tanah la pulak, so tak dapatlah nak pasal apinya.

Tapi lampu tu sangat cantik. Al maklumlah, jiran jemiran kitorang bukannya sambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri pun. Most of them, and I mean close to 80% of them celebrate Deepavali.

Tapi takpe, baru standout sikit rumah tu. Nanti bila dah pasang pelita, boleh main bunga api dengan Adam. Kalau dia ada kawan dekat area situ-situ lagi bagus.

On Sunday there's a buka puasa celebration (cewah celebration) with the old posse from FAB, and that's the fabulous Fakulti Alam Bina for those ignoramus wakaka. Our small group consists of akulah, Nad Mon, Mate, Nik (whose name is Nik Khalis but our lecturer called him Nik Waterproofing wakaka) and Lennywenkins. But Lenny's in Sabah so she won't be joining us. Everybody's bringing a partner, but Zufri doesn't want to join us (I expected that) so I'm bringing Anies, whose almost part of the pack anyway.

But yesterday Anies said that she might have to go to Kelantan lah pulak this weekend. How lah?

Ada sesiapa nak join tak? Buka puasa dekat Rebung.

p/s: Bangun sahur pukul 5:30 pagi tadi. Boleh?

Mm mmm, delicious Trifle

Today's better than yesterday. At least I'm getting more work done because I finally know how to work the software. But my chair still sucks and its hurting my neck because I have to look up to face my monitor.

On another note, going home is a breeze nowadays. The plan is: Kak Yen takes the bus to pick Adam up, then she walks to my office (approximately 3 minutes) and we drive to Bazar Ramadan Kelana Jaya. There, I will definitely get the most amazingly and sinfully delicious 'Trifle' from gerai Kak Norella (if I'm not istaken). Dia kedai no 3/4 dari depan, sebelah kiri. Right next to lagi satu gerai yang harus dilawati, gerai karipap sardin super lazat.

Cumanya, trifle akak ni sangat mahal. RM5 satu. Tapi sangat lazat.

Semalam aku tidur pukul 8 malam. Wakakaka. Nak pegi Terawikh konon. Tak guna betul. Mesti pegi malam ni!

Not bad. But not good.

Today was better than yesterday. Not bad. But not too good either. This alleged Team Leader of mine (I've yet to be assigned under a spesific Team Leader) kept giving me sheets and sheets of drawings. Thank God they're just external works, which are relatively easier than the building works, but I feel that there'll always be a grey area (with the external works). Whatever lah.

My mp3 player ran out of battery after lunch, so instead of working I surfed the internet. The whole afternoon. My neighbour, whom I shall name Juju (because I forgot her name along with 90% of the workforce here) must be feeling pretty pissed at me for falling asleep once or twice. Wakakaka. I should be doing some money collecting overtime, tapi kan dan masuk 10 malam terakhir puasa. Kot-kot dapat malam Lailatul Qadar ke..kan seronok.

Ni sekejap lagi nak balik ni. Dekat sini, dah 5:30 pun macam baru pukul 3:00. Takde sapa pun yang bangun dan balik. Aku sorang je balik awal. Gila apa nak buat overtime pada hari pertama bekerja, ye tak? Kerja pun tak urgent. Kang habis cepat kang banyak pulak keja lain nak kena buat. Gila materialistik diorang ni, hehe. Baguslah. Lepas raya nanti pun aku nak materialistik gak. Hari-hari nak balik pukul 10:00. Baru kaya akak.

My First Time

My first day here was OK, but my workstation sucks! And my PC sucks (Windows 98 with an ancient 14" monitor)! Mouse dia jenis ada bola OK. Even my chair sucks! Kerusi tu kan bila kita naikkan dia, lepas 5 minit dia melendut balik ke bawah. Stress siot macam gampang. Banyak pulak tu keja. Sigh.

Here's to a better tomorrow..

Its Time

It has been three years. It is now time for a change.

For a breathe of fresh air.

Its time to grow.

Goodbye Basar & Harun Sdn.

Hello Northcroft Lim Perunding.

Goodbye

Today's my last day at work. Gaji dah clear. Meja tak kemas lagi. Tak start kemas pun lagi. Perasaan malas menusuk di sanubari. What can they do? Fire me? Wakakaka. Good luck!

p/s: I so should be clearing backlogs rite now.

Simpsonize Me!

Today Papa got Simpsonized! Check it out y'all.

Sama tak y'all?

Memandangkan aku teruja dengan perubahan tersebut, check me out!



Hmm..I don't think I look like me, y'all. The simpsonized me looks better, wakaka.



And this is Adam.

I'll be taking a long break next week. Monday sampai Wednesday. Going back to JB to prepare for my majlis this November.

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Hari Ini Cheesecake Pulak

OK confirmed. My last day here shall be on the 28th of this month. Yayy! I still have 6 days annual leave, but I'll be taking only three days. They wanted to pay me for the 3 days, but I said takpelah. Amal jariah. Wakakaka. Bolehla cover hari-hari yang aku ponteng kerja, masuk lambat, balik awal.

Sigh, I'm sure gonna miss the flexibility of this office. Dua hari aku cuti tanpa menginform office. Diorang ingat aku pegi meeting. Wakakakaka. Betapa bebasnya office ini. Company lagi satu tu company cina, so mungkin lebih strict dan stress level lebih tinggi. Tapi takpe. Insya Allah gua boleh handle.

p/s:Kak Linds buat blueberry cheesecake semalam lepas tu hari ni dia bawak sikit bagi aku. Nampak macam OK Ok jek. Tak sabarnya nak rasa.

My Delicious Curry

Yesterday's buka puasa session was a success! Everybody loved it, especially me lah of course.

I started cooking as early as 12:00 pm, just in case you know. And true enough, something went really wrong. I poured water from a kettle into my curry to make it less thick but instead of plain water, it was chrysanthemum tea! Nasib baik aku tak masukkan ikan lagi dalam kari tu. Tinggal ikan jeklah anyway, yang lain semua dah masukkan. But the second time, it was marvellous. Lazat gilers. Yummy.

The only kegagalan was my custard pudding yang terlalu cair. Tapi cair-cair pun si Kak Yen makan sampai separuh jugak habis!

Wakaka. So the next time I cook, maybe in two or three months time, I'll be sure to invite uols.

Two Posts in One Day?

Man, I must be bored!

Sebenarnya, aku cuma nak bagitahu yang Zufri suruh aku masak lauk berbuka puasa besok. Well sebenarnya aku yang offer, tapi dia pastinya lebih sudu daripa kuah ataupun kuah daripa sudu. But since we're going somewhere then kena postpone sampai Sunday. Hehe aku dah cuak sebenarnya pasal dia suruh buat kari ikan, sambal udang plus ayam goreng. Over mamat ni. Tapi aku jugakla yang salah pasal bagi dia pilih menu masakan. Macam banyak sangat lauk kan, so setelah dinegotiate, kami membuat keputusan untuk buang menu sambal udang. Nasib baik, pasal dia nak yang sebijik macam makcik dia buat and hoo boy, his auntie cooks one helluva sambal udang!

Setelah disearch dalam mesra.net, dapatlah resipe Kari Ikan Ala Penang. Kui kui kui. Insya Allah berjaya!

p/s: meeting cancelled daa. Berbuka di rumahla nampaknya! Nak pegi beli custard berkuah dekat pasar ramadan Kelana Jaya. Yummy.

Hari ni second day puasa. Korang puasa tak? Hehe puasa last year aku tak habis bayar, banyak sangat 14 hari. Tinggal sikiiiiiit je lagi nak ganti. Pagi tadi aku tak bangun sahurlah. Kak Yen kejut dah, tapi dengan dia-dia sekali tertido balik tanpa sempat makan. Semalam jugak aku tak pergi Terawikh, pasal biasalah hari pertama puasa angin banyak naik kepala. Pening tak ingat.

And I think Gwyneth Paltrow is so pretty. I hated her nakedness in Great Expectations (and the movie too, ataupun mungkin aku je yang tak faham cerita tu), tapi aku sangat sukakan dia dalam Shakespeare's In Love. Dia dapat award, kan untuk cerita tu? Lagi satu iklan "Damiani" dalam majalah InStyle. Cantik betul. Baguslah.

Hari ni aku pakai jam hantaran aku lagi hehe. Semalam masa beli makanan buka puasa di bazar Ramadan di Putrajaya, masa tengah lintas jalan, tiba-tiba Zufri tengok pergelangan tangan aku dan dalam nada penuh tuduhan menuduh aku memakai jam baru kesayanganku tu (Of course aku dah hapuskan bukti. Simpan dalam beg sebelum ambil dia di rumah wakaka). I was so nervous I swear he knows I'm lying! But I am, afterall, a superb actress and managed to fool him yet again. Hehehe. Syabas. Anywaysss, salah ke aku pakai jam kesayanganku ni? What if I died tomorrow, without ever having had the chance to wear my watch in public? Tak kesian ke kat aku? Anyway, aku dah buat resolusi bulan Ramadan bahawasanya aku akan memakai jam kesayanganku ni setiap kali aku pegi Terawikh so aku boleh time berapa lama Imam tu buat dua rakaat. Makcik sebelah aku hari tu mesti kata aku tak penyabar orangnya. Pasal tula aku bawak jam kesayanganku pegi kerja semalam. Takut kalau tak buka kat rumah, nak pegi Terawikh terus, at least aku ada jam kesayanganku, bwahahahaha.

Petang ni pulak aku ada meeting pukul 5:30 petang. Boleh? Mana la nak carik tempat buka puasa ni?

The One With the Farewell Lunch.

Kak Linda and I both sponsored our farewll lunch today. Yelah, besok kan nak puasa. Takkan nak buat time buka puasa pulak. Sure ramai orang tak datang.

Semua orang berwajah gembira hehe

Clockwise from tree - Farhan a.k.a Tengku Jefri (serious jijiks), Fazril a.k.a. Del, Fairuz a.k.a. Wahab, Kak Syer, Kak Su and Abang Som

Dari kiri : Kak Ros, The Great En. Basar, En. Wan Din, Abg. Nasir, Kak Linds dan Kak Zah (hidden)

So we had Laksa Johor yang diidam-idamkan setelah sekian lama.

OKlah. I just don't get people who cook Laksa Johor but provide some stupid sambal instead of sambal belacan. I mean, do your research lah. You guys are caterers, you should know how the real Laksa Johor is cooked. And the caterers overprovided our food and expects us to overpay. Hey ho, no no no man. We asked for 15 Laksa Johor and 15 Nasi Goreng, but they gave us 30 of each instead! After a discussion with the boss, they told us to just pay half, but by all means eat 'em all hehe.

Kak Linda makes the most amazing custard pudding berkuah ever. Seriously. Nampak je comot tapi tu pinggan dia jek sebenarnya.

I'm sure this is is going to go down as the Most Amazing Farewell Lunch Ever in the history of Basar & Harun Sdn.!

p/s: Tadi Kak Ros kata Encik Basar & Encik Harun kata and I quote "Eh bila pulak I bagi dia berhenti hujung bulan ni?". wtf?

The One When I'm Scared

I have decided never again to write in anger.

Al-Fatihah.

Today my Nek Teh passed away.

Now I only have only one nenek sedare.

Al-Fatihah.

The One With the Kursus Kawin

Two weekends ago, we attended our Kursus Nikah at the world famous Zura's Akademik. Why is it that all the speakers have to talk dirty? And how come the supposedly polite and demure orang timur gelak gedik mengada-ngada sambil melirik ke arah pasangan masing-masing? One or two speakers were good. Nice and very informative.

One actually said-

Speaker:U bukak baju dia, u nampak apa? Tetek, kan? U ramas-ramasla tetek dia. Kalau takde respon, u tau yang kecik dekat tetek dia tu. Alah apa lah nama dia..apa..puting?"

Crowd: Wargh wargh wakakaka. PUTING!!

Speaker: Hah..puting. U gentel puting dia.

Wtf?! Was that even necessary? Seriously eww OK. He was trying to explain what a Janda Berhias is. Anyway its a divorced virgin. Period.

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We were stuck in a long long looooong crawl from Slim River aaaaalllll the way to Bukit Beruntung last night. Zufs almost peed in a bottle. Thank God he didn't. We stopped at Tapah R&R. Fuiyoo..happening gilers tempat tu! More happening than some of the shopping malls in Sungai Petani, hehe.

Before heading back home on Sunday, we stopped by Penang Island to meet up with Zufri's brother. Zufs was feeling rather sick with the flu, and you knowlah when adult males are sick they get very quiet and distant. Or maybe its just Zufs. Whatever. He suggested a ferry ride back to the Mainland, and even though a ferry ride is like nothinglah actually, I enthusiastically agreed that it was a hot idea.

Before that it was even more. He took us to Penang Hill. On a Sunday. During the school holidays. Ramai gila orang! People were queueing (btoi ka? Macam banyak sangat ue..) up at 2:30 for a train ride up the hill at 4:00 pm. Tak pa lah naa.

All in all, was a relaxing trip-balik-kampung-Zufri. Minus the tiring journey back home.

It suddenly struck me that I'm getting married in less than 3 months! Damn. Spooky shit.

The One With the Merdeka Celebration

The roads are lined with flags for the Merdeka Day celebration. I'm very enthusiastic about this year's celebration, why I don't know. The only time I went out for a countdown was in 2001 while I was in my first year. I went out with Shikin to Dataran Merdeka, walked like 10 minutes then decided there was too many people and left and watched the fireworks from her house.

Plus my feet couldn't take it. I wore my new black Esprit mary janes and I had blisters. I love my shoes. The only reason I asked Shikin out I think was because I was disappointed. See I was sort of in a semi relationship with someone from USM at that time and he was supposed to come visit me during the holidays. Its Shamil btw, and he didn't come.

So this year, it being the 50th and all, I wanted to go see the whole countdown thing, the parade in the morning and then the proclamation at Stadium Merdeka. Then I read somewhere that to get good seats for the parade, people start coming at 4:00 bloody a.m! Boleh?

And talking about 4 a.m, and no I didn't go to Gwen's concert, I went to Syed Mamak at 4 a.m on Monday, alone, to get some work done and I'm so proud of myself because I get to see the early birds. Y'know, the school bus drivers, the old happy couple, minah-minah kilang baru balik kerja.

And I can't help but wonder, will I still be around when Malaysia celebrate her 100th Merdeka Celebration?

Ala-ala Sex and the City tak? Just finished all 6 seasons yesterday. And now I have so much time on my hands that I can blog, hehe.

Tomorrow I'm going to Sungai Petani, so I'll just have to celebrate in Penang. I wonder how the celebration mood is over there..

So Malaysia (the country, not the person) I love you and happy 50th Merdeka!

The One With the Pavlova

Slept less than an hour last night for baking chocolate chip cookies. I wonder why I subject myself to such a torturous hobby. I'd be dysfunctional at the office today, so I called in with an emergency but then discovered I can't go anywhere but head for the office. So half a day's leave was wasted on working at the office.

But really, baking is a wonderful hobby. Just downloaded a recipe for baking a pavlova, wakaka. Never even tasted one, but the name and the photos seem so lazat. And also downloaded a Laksa Johor recipe for my farewell lunch in September. Kena test dulu baru boleh buat untuk orang ramai. Long time no taste Laksa Johor lah. And I ordered some 60 gorgeous cupcakes too for the lunch. Semangat pulak nak ciao.

And to date, I still have 6 days' leave to finish in two months. Rugilah pasal I've been saving my leave for Hari Raya and my wedding. Kang masuk ofis baru cuti mesti 4 hari jek. lepas tu company Cina mesti tak cuti panjang time Raya.

Tapi takpelah. I can always take unpaid leaves. Maklumlah banyak duit overtime.

Wakakaka.

(Sorry kerek)

The One With the Stupid Stupid Engineer

I'm in a really bad mood today because why, know? Because this dumb electrical engineer who took THREE FUCKING WEEKS TO WRITE A TWO PAGE REPORT! AND IT'S NOT EVEN A COMPLETE REPORT! STUPID STUPID ENGINEER YANG LEMBAB NAK MAMPOS!

And when I called him, the receptionist said "oh, Encik Sallehan busy lah sekarang. U call dia balik kejap lagi". You call me back lah! How am i supposed to know how long are you gonna be busy? Stupid piece of shit.

The One With the Marathon (Again)

Only I didn't run a full marathon, just a 1/14th of a marathon hehe.

When we reached the stadium at 6:30 a.m., we (Anies & I) were sort of malu lah pasal kitorang join 3K FUN run jek, and while we were checking the competition out we discovered that most people in our category were children, aunties and parents pushing strollers. Damn. One auntie even wore kain batik, OK.

We were at the back of the bunch at the starting line, because we were too cool to be too enthusiastic about running. Thank God for Anies, because otherwise I think I'd be the front most runner. Shortly after the gun went off, kitorang pun potong semua competitors lain one loser at a time, hehe.

We thought we'd die gasping for air if we ran non stop, when in fact we had conversations! Without ever gasping for air! And Anies ran more than 4 minutes! All in all we finished the course in just 12 minutes! Sekejap gila!

We rocked our category, man!

And all this while, while running for 30 minutes, I thought I ran less than 3 kilos. When in fact I must've been running more than 5 kilos!

So now that I have motivated myself, I'm gonna join the Shah Alam 10K run and later the Mizuno Wave 10K run, all in September. Bestlah join, banyak goodies dapat.