30.11.07

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.

29.11.07

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.

28.11.07

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.

27.11.07

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.

26.11.07

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.

23.11.07

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?

22.11.07

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.

9.11.07

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.

7.11.07

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!

6.11.07

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.

5.11.07

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?

2.11.07

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?

1.11.07

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.