How I wished.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Putting it back together.
How I wished.
Success is a journey, not a destination.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Sunshine after the rain.
"So macamana rasa duduk dengan family?"
Soalan lazim.
Ada beza. Sudah tentu.
Tapi yang paling ketara, tiada lagi rasa sedih nak tinggalkan Ipoh untuk pulang ke Seri Kembangan. Itu paling best. Tiada istilah "pulang bercuti" sebab aku sememangnya di sini. :)
Can't wait for Ramadhan this year.. Hari-hari berbuka dengan family. It's something I had been dreaming of. Dulu, bila iftar, selalu keluar berbuka dengan kawan-kawan. Best jugak. Tapi makanan semua dibeli. Biasanya keesokannya sakit perut. Takpun alergik. Kadang-kadang letih kerja, berbuka di rumah saja. Sorang-sorang pun selalu. Sebab malas nak keluar. Penat. Pastu jarang sahur. Bangun pun sekadar minum air masak. Dengan mata terpejam. Janji dapat berkat bersahur jadi lah.
Sini lunch truly heaven. Tapi aku je lah dapat rasa ke-best-annya. Setiap hari ibu drop by, hantar lunch. Percaya tak? :) My mom is a teacher. Dia kerja sesi petang. So sebelum ke sekolah, dia singgahlah hantar lunch since I complained once about the restaurants in front of my office charge unreasonable price. Memang pun. It's like two times more expensive than Cyberjaya Terminal food court. Aku memang anti dengan orang berniaga tak jujur ni. Tahu nak kaut untung lebih je. Kalau makanan berkualiti, aku takde lah nak question sangat.
Lagi, of course I meet my mom everyday which is truly a blessing. Nah, her nagging can't do much to my ears. My immune system tolerates it better than drugs.
My office is not far from my home. Around 10-15 minutes journey, depends on how many times you hit the green lights. Tak boleh nak speed lah yang pastinya. But of couse, less hassle. Abah cakap, "Pagi-pagi roundabout ni jem ni." But I didn't buy it. Dah biasa tempuhi queue panjang kat flyover SK tu.. yang kadang-kadang bila balik, boleh mencecah sejam lamanya. Sampai aku pernah tertidur laa. True enough, there's no traffic jam. 200 metres queue, you can't take it as a traffic jam, unless it's not moving. But the drivers here are a bit weird in driving. Tak faham aku. Main masuk je, especially at the roundabout. They don't care. And, they're slow. Slow. Slow..
Food. Ah.. I can't run away from food when I'm living with my parents. Susah beb makanan berjaga ni. Patut lah ramai lelaki yang sekeping, bila dah kahwin terus jadi boroi. Since I can't really avoid food (it's mom's cooking, what do you expect?), I need to have an early dinner before Maghrib ends. That's the best practice I can do. Haha.
My own bedroom. Not the one you're renting. It's different. I can finally say, this is my bedroom, I can do whatever I want. And it's big enough for me cause it's the same size with the master bedroom. Tapi belum susun betul-betul lagi. Haha. Nanti lah. Plenty of timeee... Tahun depan je aku pikir. Hahaha.
Tapi ada satu habit dalam rumah ni yang tidak bagus untuk diamalkan. I believe I started it first. Sometimes, when I want to ask my brother something, say like "Kat dapur ada cucur." I am too lazy to go to his room, it's quite far so normally I'll just text him. Or sometimes when I'm in my room, I called my mom who is in the living hall near the kitchen when I had something to ask. And when my sister is here, we communicate via Twitter or YM eventhough we're in the same house cause we can't just shout. Tak dengar punya. Bad practice, isn't it? I know.
So what am I lacking here?
A lot. Still.
Entertainment. Cinemas here are freaking lousy. We definitely need a new one lah.. dah lama sangat la cinema kat sini. Tak best langsung. I think you can find the worst GSC here in Ipoh Parade. But the tickets are old price.. cheap.. RM6.. RM7.. Perhaps the most is RM8... compared to Pavillion.. RM12. LOL. And no good spot for karaoke session! As far as I'm concerned. Bowling? Bleh.. But they have a few good gyms here.. but no, they're not FF, TF or CF. I'm still looking for a good place to swim. Yang ada pun jauh lah.
Shopping. Trust me, I won't do my shopping not until I go down to KL. Except for a pair of shoes or simple dresses.. Perhaps online shopping is much better than here. MPH sini tak best okay. Argghh I miss Kinokuniya, my heaven on earth.
And no, they don't have Carl's Jr here. Burger King baru ada few months ago.
I'm still adjusting myself with the local dialect here. It's not that I'm not used to hear it, but hearing it everyday is totally a different thing. When my aunts are talking to each other, I was like "Hah? Apa tu?" Some of the words are still too jargon for me. Same thing happens to my staffs when they talk to each other, cracking jokes. Tapi diorang tak pekat lah. Acceptable. Tapii bila aku try cakap balik, kena gelak.
What else..
Curfews! Definitely. But yeah, I'm a good girl lah.. Mana pernah balik after midnight. Kah kah.
And the biggest thing that I'm lacking right now is my own privacy. Haha. I'm so used to be stuck in my room doing my own thing alone but it's not practical here. I can never lock my own room. No more naked moment haha. And, my mom is always trying to read my emails and smses till I had to change my phone's lock code. It's not that I don't want to share anything with her.. it's just sometimes some things you'd like to keep them to yourself.
And guess what, I don't get to choose what to wear to office anymore. My mom does. There was one time I was too lazy to wear baju kurung so I just wore regular office attire and she saw it and came back into the room bringing 4 pairs of baju kurung to choose from. So yeah, of course I had to change my attire.
Ah well speaking of which, this is the biggest transformation so far. Haha. Dulu dalam setahun, ada lah 2,3 kali je pakai baju kurung. Pastu bila pakai, confirm kena tegur apsal rajin hari ni pakai baju kurung. Sekarang, hari-hari pakai and I don't have any issue on that. But seriously, I don't know how long I can stick to this. We'll see. Haha.
Oh looks like I need to buy more baju kurung lah.. I don't have many. Mostly baju kurung saya adalah baju-baju raya okay. Oh well, I certainly know the best place here where to find the material with a good price!
Ok time to go. Lunch time is almost over. Today is Friday, we have two hours lunch break but I was too lazy to go home. Lagipun kat rumah takde sapa. Ada kucing je.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Show me a perfect temptation.
Gerhana!
Ada apa dengan gerhana..
Tapi kalau sebut Eclipse, orang faham kot. Hehe.
Went to watch the movie last night with my cousin after being postponed so many times. I did not plan to watch it to be frank because I haven't finished reading the book yet. I'm stuck at New Moon since last year. Ha. Ha.
It's not that I don't like the books but I barely had time to enjoy my reading anymore. I only have time reading books when I am waiting for something, like going for my medical check up or sitting in a bus or train.. The thing is, Twilight books are big and thick thus they're not convenient to be carried around. So I'd always prefer to bring some Gaiman's books or something else.
So anyway, about the movie.. I did not enjoy it. Yes yes, Jacob is one hot werewolf. He's the only reason why I didn't fall asleep while watching the movie. It's so funny when Jacob wanted to keep Bella warm and he said to Edward, "I'm hotter than you."
Damn right you are, Jake.
I feel like there are some points missing in the movie. I believe there are lots of things Twilight readers might want to add on but yeah being a fail reader, I can't say anything much. Haha.
All in all, I don't like the movie. Not my favourite one and I was really annoyed by all the make out and kissing scenes. There are just so many and very distracting. Tak romantik pun wei. There was one time I had to look at my cousin and said to her, "No wonder you want to watch this movie so much. Bleh."
Balik tu, cerita kat someone.. dia cakap "Zina mata lah, Ayu." ha amik kau. haha.
And Edward.. aren't you supposed to be very attractive and tempting in women eyes? What's with all the lazy lips and blank stares? Talk properly, dammit.
Anyway al-kisah nak cerita perihal budak-budak ofis aku ni. Entrance door department aku ni diorang tukar exit button dari sebelah kanan ke sebelah kiri dinding atas sebab-sebab keselamatan.
So kotak button yang lama tu diorang ganti dengan kotak kosong lah. Sini jenis orang suka datang bertandang especially from other departments so diorang yang dah biasa datang tak tau la button ni dah bertukar posisi.
Pastu bebudak department aku ni dengan rajinnya pergi lukis guna marker "Thumb Print" siap dengan gambar ibu jari untuk jadikan kotak kosong tu sebagai dummy.
Yang lawaknya diorang yang datang ke sini, boleh percaya pulak tu. Apa lagi mengekek lah kitorang ketawa. Padahal button yang baru tu bukan jauh mana pun, depan mata je. Tapi sebab diorang dah biasa dengan yang lama, diorang tak perasan la yang baru tu.
Ada yang tekan semua suis lampu lah.. ada yang tekan butang kecemasan lah. Lawak betul. Pastu yang paling best, mangsa pertama "thumb print" tu adalah seorang doktor perubatan ok. Kelakar siot. Pecah perut ketawa. Pastu dia pun gelak sama bila tau kena tipu, "You guys IT people so clever..what do you expect lah.. of course we believe you." Hahaha.
Sebelum tu pulak, button tu under maintenance, so tinggal besi je untuk ditekan. Ramai la yang tak berani tekan.
"Taknak aku. Kang mati kejung kat sini. Aku belum kawen lagi tiga."
So adalah yang guna batang penyapu, pen dan macam-macam lah untuk tekan besi tu. Haha. Aduih..
Okay lah back to work. Lunch time is almost over. Daa.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tulisan Hati.
So don't judge on anything ya? :)
Doa Ketika Jatuh Cinta ("Tulisan Hati")
Allahu Rabbi, aku minta izin
Ketika suatu saat nanti aku jatuh cinta
Jangan biarkan cinta untuk-Mu berkurang
Hingga membuat lalai akan adanya engkau
Allahu Rabbi, aku punya pinta
Ketika suatu saat nanti aku jatuh cinta
Penuhilah hatiku dengan bilangan cinta-Mu yang tak terbatas
Biar rasaku pada-Mu tetap utuh
Allahu Rabbi, izinkanlah
Ketika suatu saat nanti aku jatuh cinta
Pilihkan untukku seseorang yang hatinya penuh dengan cinta-Mu
Dan membuatku semakin mengagumimu
Allahu Rabbi
Ketika suatu saat nanti aku jatuh cinta
Pertemukanlah kami
Berilah kami kesempatan untuk lebih mendekati cinta-Mu
Allahu Rabbi, pintaku yang terakhir
Ketika suatu saat nanti aku jatuh cinta
Jangan pernah Kau palingkan wajah-Mu dariku
Anugerahkanlah aku cinta-Mu
Cinta yang tak pernah pupus oleh waktu
Amin.
You will lose me only after I lose you.
Sabtu lepas konon plan nak tengok Eclipse tapi tiket habis. Ahad pun habis. Ipoh ni cinema ada dua, tiga je. Siapa cepat dia dapat lah kan.
Aku memang taknak tengok sebenarnya sebab belum habis baca buku dia lagi. Tapi dah cousin nak tengok sangat, temankan je lah. Lepas dah tengok nanti, confirm buku tak sentuh dah. Hahaha. Jump ke Breaking Dawn terus la.
So so.. Spain menang World Cup. Ngeh ngeh. Aritu Uruguay vs Germany, aku teka 3-2. Betul laa pulak! Yeahh aku lah Paul si sotong itu. Tapi Netherlands ni kalau main, sure nak emosi. Berjumpa pulak dengan Spain.. elok sangatlah. Banyak berlakon dari main.
So no more Paul in the next World Cup. Elok lah. Spoiler lah dia tu. Taknak percaya pun, tapi dia betul jugak. Kuasa Allah kan? So, jom kita makan sotong goreng tepung malam ni.
Aih tengah pening kepala ni.. Susah lah jenis low blood pressure ni.. Duk terhoyong-hayang je kekadang tu.
Ok lah sambung kemudian lah. Takleh fokus dah.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
A place to breath.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Life is a truth.
Here's a true story I'd like to share with you. It was published on the Star online last month and was written by a husband about his wife and she happened to be one of the directors in my former company I was working for.
It's simple, well said and very beautiful.
My ‘tomboy’ wife.
Destiny brought her to his door 25 years ago. Today, he hopes to take her around the country, but not on his bike.
IT seems just like yesterday. I first saw my wife when she came to check out the room in our student house in Taman Bunga Raya, Kuala Lumpur. We were at TAR college then, and being from a small town, lodging was always a problem.
Yet this small girl with short hair and blue jeans, so shy, so cute and alone, came to look for a place to stay. It was not the school open day or the holiday season then ... must have been something to do with destiny! My friends and I agreed to accept her as we were short of one female housemate.
During the college term, we were busy with our own work and exams, so I did not say much to her and carried on with my routine of study, basketball and library. After completing my diploma, I had to move out as that was the rule in the house. I bought a Yamaha cub and move to Taman Melawati nearby.
I made the first move and asked her to go out for a movie – Indiana Jones. She said yes and jumped on my bike. But something happened that made our first date so wonderful.
After the show at Federal Cinema, as we were heading back towards Setapak, rain started pouring down, forcing us to stop at a fastfood restaurant.
That was our first, unexpected, dinner date. In our soaked clothes, we had one dinner set for two. Whenever we tell this to our children, they all laugh! Thank God she is the tomboy type – didn’t mind motorbike and wet dinner. Or maybe love is blind.
After holding hands for three years, we got married in 1987 and our first child was born in 1988, the Year of Dragon. I was not in the labour room as she refused to let me in; she said too much blood could make me faint!
You can imaging how strong she is as all our five children were born naturally. Guess what? Before they turned three, all our children stuck to me and wanted me to carry them. Whenever a baby cried, she also cried with him/her. That scene will always stay in my mind. That’s my tomboy wife!
She has a “magic” hand – anything she touches has unexpected results. I remember when I bought my first car, a second-hand Toyota DX, with cassette player. We were out driving and enjoying ourselves and she said, “Can we have some music?”
“Yes, just put in the cassette,” I replied. The next thing I knew, the cassette player was jammed. She’d put the tape in the wrong side and it was stuck.
My wife is a career woman and doesn’t like to cook. She has come out with her special “tool”. The rice pot is her one-stop centre. Not only is it for cooking rice, it’s also for frying meehoon, and boiling soup and vegetables. Easy and fast. There are three rice cookers in our house. The frying pan is not needed.
I bought her a lady’s golf set on Mother’s Day. My intention was for her to understand why playing golf takes at least five hours. This way, I won’t be questioned each time I go for golf.
But the outcome surprised me. She got crazy about golf! After hitting and practising at the driving range, she wanted to play on the course. She doesn’t mind the hot sun or walking six kilometres, and pulling the trolley along the way. On top of that, she is using my driver now because it can hit further than a lady’s driver.
She also has one dream – to put our golf bags in our MPV and go for a golf tour around Malaysia. Just the two of us. I told her we could do that when I reach 55. I never expected things to turn out like this and I think no other wife is like her.
To my tomboy wife who has been with me for the past 25 years: I look forward to having another 25 years together, never mind the ups and downs. We work together, like our golf partnership!
Friday, July 02, 2010
Maybe it's a yes, or no.. or just maybe.
Ada manusia sengal-sengal otot telah men-tag aku untuk jawab meme di bawah ni. So happy reading walaupun tidak se-best aiskrim McFlurry.
4 PERKARA DALAM FIKIRAN ANDA
- New job.. (ni kene jawab dalam Melayu gak ke?). Ok. Kerja baru.
- Kereta.
- Kelas.
- Duit.
Otak tengah serabut sekarang ni. Banyak benda nak pikir so kalau limit sampai pat ratus belas pun boleh cukup ni.
4 PERKARA YANG ANDA BUAT BILA BOSAN WAKTU CUTI
- Twitter.
- Masak.
- Blog (macam sekarang).
- E-mel.
4 MAKANAN KEGEMARAN ANDA
- Sushi
- Porridge. Sorry. No. Tidak. Maaf. Bubur Nasi.
- Sup.
- Nescafe ais (sori la takde idea).
4 LAGU MENJADI KEGEMARAN ANDA SEKARANG
Rasa macam lama pulak tak dengar muzik.. Jap bukak winamp.
- Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) by Shakira
- Broken-hearted Girl by Beyonce
- Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
- Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson
4 BENDA YANG ANDA SAYANG
- Bumblebee... (kereta)
- Magico.. (notebook)
- My Iphone
- My new geek specs.
4 PERKARA YANG TERBAIK BERLAKU PADA DIRI ANDA
Adoi..susah nak recall lah. Jap.. skip dulu.
4 PERKARA TERBURUK YANG BERLAKU PADA DIRI ANDA
- Accident.
- Complication during drug challenge.
- Lost something valuable.
- Perpisahan.
4 TEMPAT PERLANCONGAN YANG BAKAL ANDA PERGI
- Tengok lah pada rezeki. Next.
Anda?
Err..
Jap pikir.. ape subjektif sangat soklan ni.
-- Selalu dikatakan sombong. Sampai malas nak betulkan dan iyekan aje. Maybe yes aku ni sombong kot. I don't smile to strangers. I don't observe people around me. I seldom do the talking first. So, entah lah.. you judge. Or get to know me first.
-- Suke main boling walaupun tidak pandai setelah bermain lebih dari sepuluh tahun.
-- Kidal. Tapi boleh buat certain kerja dengan kedua-dua belah tangan.
-- Sukan perempuan yang paling tidak disukai adalah bola jaring. It's a sports I would never play.
-- Tak pandai study awal. Kena study last minute.
-- Rabun.
-- Tidak normal.
-- Selalu panggil orang dengan nama orang lain.
-- Suka masak (ni adik aku cakap sebab aku takde idea nak letak ape dah. oh, dia lah si sengal otot yang dimaksudkan tadi.)
Ok sekian dulu.
Orang yang saye tag untuk buat meme ini adalah seperti berikut:
1. Bill Gates
2. Michael Jackson
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Edward Cullen
5. Teletubbies.
4 PERKARA YANG TERBAIK BERLAKU PADA DIRI ANDA
- Semua yang baik itulah yang terbaik bagi saya. Wah ok tak jawab macam ni? Artis kan?