Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Looking for Restoran Ayam Penyet

Due to functional paper frustration, we decided to have our lunch at a so-called nice and sedap place. Noni said she recently ate nice ayam penyet at Bangi, but she couldnt locate where it is. No, not the one tepi jalan tu. Saw the green painted Ice-Room Restaurant, so we went there to give it a try. People said it's good. And Jalan-jalan Cari Makan has been there too.

Wan ordered,

Chicken Curry Mee, RM6.90

It's not mee kari biasa tu. The noodle was cooked with sweet soy sauce, then they put chicken curry on the top of the sweet noodle. The menu doesnt state Chicken Curry Mee-DRY. Not nice.


I ordered,

SeZhuan Spicy Noodle (dry), RM7.90

Not spicy at all. It tasted sweet.


Noni ordered,

Hong Kong Wonton Soup Noodle, RM8.90

It's not even real wonton. They put shrimp wrapped in wonton skin. Noni said not nice.

The noodles, all three are dried instant noodle. Ala, mee instant kering kosong tu cap C*intan, V*it etc.

And we ordered Bluebery ice-cream, RM7.90. No picture. Tak sempat, dah habis because ice-cream came first and we were 2 hungry people. Noni not included. She doesnt eat sweet food. No wonder sangat2 kurus. The ice-cream was not creamy and fluffy tapi makan banyak pun tak rasa muak sangat. Aiskrim dia boleh tahan lar.. The texture is quite similar to the one yang pakcik jual aiskrim kon (boleh juga dengan roti) atas motor luar sekolah. Dulu harganya 20sen.

The restaurant got lalat and filled with durian odour.

The ordering system is quite different. They put the menu list with pencil on the table along with the menu book, place the order by writing the quantity in the box next to the menu we want and give it to the waiter.

Will I be coming to this place again? Maybe, but just for the ice-cream.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Sleep, awake, sleep, awake, doze

Inilah yang berlaku selama beberapa malam yang lepas. Ye, penangan PPK.
Buku2 dan bantal2 bergolekan di ruang tamu. Dicampur nota2 di laptop. Mata tu pejam 30 minit, sedar 10min, pejam 50 minit lagi, sedar 5 minit. Pejam 2 jam, tak sedar2 lagi sampai pagi.

Selesai sudah 2 penulisan bertulis.

Generik? Boleh lar..

Fungsional? Boleh blah.. huhuhu.. Soalan yang keluar senang, tapi kita buat preparation untuk soalan yang lebih rumit..

Topik2 yang keluar
1. Tempoh percubaan
2. Rawatan perubatan luar stesen, elaun dan kemudahan yang layak diterima
3. Tender. Ada bagi jadual beli barang2 komputer setiap bulan selama 6 bulan. Listkan kesilapan dan tatacara yang betul.
4. MBS-Batas perbelanjaan dan program perjanjian (6markah), tujuan buat laporan pengecualian (7markah!!), tujuan buat dasar baru, one-off dan pengubahsuaian dasar (7markah). Saya ingat soalan ni sebab bace soalan berpuluh kali, contemplating antara nak jawab atau tidak. akhirnya tak jawab.
5. APEC. Senaraikan kelebihan join APEC, 20marks seketul tanpa soalan anak2.
6. ECP - galakan insentif yang ditawarkan 20 markah seketul jugak.
7. Ancaman luar boleh menggugat keselamatan negara, huraikan pernyataan tersebut. 20 markah seketul. Soalan ni macam soalan karangan SPM.
8. Huraikan program2 yang dilaksanakan oleh Malaysia untuk menjaga keselamatan negara, 20 markah seketul.
9. Tanah, pasal proses ambil tanah
10. Kanun tanah
11. Kuasa PBT
12. Pembuangan sisa pepejal, huraikan faktor2 berlakunya masalah ini, 20 markah seketul
13. Kerjasama Selatan-Selatan
14. ARF
15. Virus komputer, apa penyebab virus (6 markah), tndakan serta merta bila komputer kena wirus (6markah), tindakan jangka panjang bagi mengelakkan komputer dijangkiti virus (8 markah)
16. Tanggungjawab dan tatacara seorang pegawai dalam penggunaan internet dan emel, 20 markah seketul.

Lihat, ada 6 soalan yang markah 20 seketul, tiada soalan anak2, ini soalan bujang trangtangtang. Ini soalan bahaya, tapi ada yang soalannya umum, boleh la goreng2 buat nasi goreng hangus.. huhuhuhu

Presentation kami hari Khamis petang. Dan saya ialah penjaga masa dan juga presenter terakhir.. Esok saya perlu masuk ofis seperti biasa..

Sekarang di pejabat, lagi 20 minit mahu pulang. Sempatla buat kerje sikit tadi tapi sangat2 mengantuk ni.

Panjang sudah berada di rumah, golek2 tidur2. Ayat takleh tahan die tadi mase makan kat Ice-Room Bangi (tak sedap puuuuuuun), "Nak buat apa lah petang ni dan esok, banyak gila masa terluang". Chis, tau lar die dapat cuti tanpa rekod 4 hari.

Hari ni malas masak, mahu tidur awal :D

Weekend ini kita berjimba2.. Yey..

Tapii...
Ma dah ke Oz semalam, pergi jumpa cucu lagi 2 orang kat sana. 2 orang cucu dah pulang ke tanah air for good (tapi kene posting ke KK pulak lagi 2 bulan), rindu nak jumpa cucu lagi 2 orang pula.. Bila keluarga sukeri nak dapat cucu ke5 ni?

Seperti yang dijangka soalan mengenai dah berisi ke belum datang bertubi2 dalam masa 2 hari ni.. Saya jawab, esok aku pregnant.. hehe..

Friday, 8 October 2010

Not for the poor

Kenapa bila sebut mee segera orang akan bersimpati? Ketika saya di Kolej Y UKM dulu, saya cukup pemalas nak turun cafe kecil (bukan kafe pun sebab makcik tu datang dan tapaukan makanan untuk pembeli je), kalau lambat turun, makanan habis, lepas tu kena pergi kat area She*ll tu beli makanan, maka mee segera, biskut dan nestu*m adalah makanan ruji saya, bila housemate cakap "makan mee segera je" dengan nada simpati, saya pulak rasa simpati dengan diri saya (sebab tu la masa uni paling kurus - fat cume 16%).

Mama cakap, masa dia pergi honeymoon kat Jepun tahun 70-an dulu, mee segera tu orang makan selamber kat kedai serbaneka. Ianya adalah makanan on-the-go.. Majoriti mereka makan mee segera. Cepat dan kenyang..

Prof saya dulu pun cakap okey je makan mee segera tapi kene minum air banyak sebab kandungan garam yang sangat tinggi.

Ape2 pun, mee segera tu makan kegemaran suami yang ke-6 kot. Saya paling gembira bila dia tiba2 datang kat saya yang tengah golek2 depan tv lepas balik dari pejabat, "Yang, malam ni dinner mee segera".

Saya pun ape lagi, umpama dapat tenaga booster, terus jerang air dalam periuk 1 dan 2. Periuk 1 rebus mee, periuk 2 letak telur, sayur, ayam. Tos mee dan masuk dalam periuk 2. (Saya tak suka air rebusan mee kering tu, buat kuah jadi likat semacam maka saya asingkan.)

Mee segera saya sihat, ade telur, sayur2an dan lauk2.. Pastu marah suami hirup kuah msg tu dan bagi dia minum air kosong bergelas2.

Jadi, ok je kan makan mee segera? Bukan kate tak mampu nak beli makanan lain atau malas nak masak, tapi kadang-kala convenient. Janganlah sampai tiap hari mee segera..

Tadi sambil2 masak lunch (bukan mee segera, dengar kat al-kuliyyah, 3 ciri wanita yang masuk syurga:
1. Jaga solat (masuk waktu terus solat);
2. Jaga puasa; dan
3. Jaga suami
Pastu adalah elaboration yang lain.

SA-TEK-JA-DER-BADI-HATI-TAULA-GAS-HEMAT-SABA-KAT-CIP <---aish, melekat dah formula Tonggak 12 ni :D

Cepatlah suami pulang solat Jumaat, dah lapar ni....

Rich but.............

You can continue the sentence after reading this entry..

3 days ago, I was waiting for Nonie to come to my building, which is just the opposite of hers. It was raining, agak lebat juga waktu itu.

While waiting outside, I saw this Mercedes dropped a passenger at the main entrance. Then the passenger spoke to the guard something like "We have an appointment with the top people in this building", maybe that was his words because the guard pushed the cone to make way for the car to park there. Ok fine..

Anyway, that idiot parked his car exactly underneath the shielded pedestrian pathway. Here's the picture.

This superdumb is the most inconsiderate person on earth. Those who had to cross over habis kena hujan because of your expensive car yang nak shelter from the rain. Ruangan tu bukan tempat parking berbumbung lar.

Lepas ni, kalau ada orang buat begini, I'll knock at his window and will ask him to move his car a bit to the front or back.

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Thieves..

Wan's 1 1/2 month old black shoe was stolen last night.. Marah tau. It took me almost 1 hour to help him decide which one worth buying and I have to go through that process all over again??!! hehehe, kidding :D

Along with that new shoe that were left outside were my court shoe and Wan's brown shoe, both are Clar*ks' but the thieves took the new one because the other 2 looked buruk sikit.

Since Wan only have a pair of black shoe and the exam+presentation is next week, we had no choice but to buy a new one unless Wan wants to wear his shining mess-kit shoe :D

Ni kene check kedai bundle berdekatan.. Entah2 ada kan??

Pengajaran: Walaupun kasut tu tak berjenama tapi baru, jangan letak di luar..

This is about him..

The husband and I will be seating our 1st PPK exam together next Monday. 1 hour ago, he said he can concentrate better in the room rather than with me at the living room. 1/2 an hour after that, he's concentrating alright, but not studying, sleeeeping..hehehe..

I am quite excited about this exam. Since both of us are in the same scheme, there's so much in common. After 3 years ++ in this relationship, we still sms'ing quite frequently each day, and if at work, we exchange ideas or seek advices or editing each other's letter.

My ustazah when I was in secondary once said, find a man whom you knew his background, his past which means, someone whom I knew since school years. Sebabnya, masa zaman bercinta, he will show his best behaviours and you are clueless of what he's like when he's at home unless you have known him for quite some time (people say bad habits are hard to break).

Husband is 5 years older than me. I don't think I have met him before and PT*D Unggul is where I noticed this guy who had handphone as his 11th finger. Seriously, everytime I saw him at the corridor, he's always on the phone. Dipendekkan cerita, we decided to start a serious relationship a few months after that.

Then, my ustazah's words striked me. So when DPA came, I took this opportunity to get to know him better through his friends, his room mates, his sidang mates, everyone and alhamdulillah, the feedbacks were all the good ones..

And luckily for me, when we went for penempatan daerah, I had Syariman, Ustaz Zabri, Chit and Zul Osman which all of them were his sidangmates as my kampung mates. Ape lagi, mase terluang 2 minggu digunakan untuk korek cerita pasal boyfriend.

They even made jokes about sidang luar yang buat Joe muka paling moyok ialah OBS sebab 2 minggu takdek handphone.. hehehe.. And when Chit came to meet my keluarga angkat di Kampung P*amah K*ulat, he saw my room was a bit untidy and he told me, "Wan malang dapat hang sebagai isteri sebab dia lah lelaki paling pembersih aku pernah jumpa". Instead of feeling irritated by Chit's words, hatiku gembira dengan statement tersebut..

And indeed, when we started our lives together 1 year + ago, I've never met lelaki (bukan gay atau lembut) yang sangat pembersih dan rajin. Alhamdulillah, sangat bersyukur dengan kurniaan ini. I was touched when we went back from our 1 week raya leave, the house was quite dusty so I started sneezing. Without having to tell him, "Abg sayang tolong sapu lantai and buang sawang boleh tak" sambil buat gaya manja2 gediqs, he did it on his own initiative.

Spending almost 5 days at his kampung with him and his father during raya, baru saya tau, mana nak tumpahnya kuah kalau tak ke nasi.. My FIL is very rajin. Lantai berdebu sikit dia sapu lantai, pinggan2 pun dia lap simpan dalam almari dll..

Alhamdulillah.. Terima kasih Allah, terima kasih abah dan arwah mak yang mendidik lelaki ini dengan baik sekali. Sudah tiba masanya mengejut si dia yang sedang nyenyak tidur tu.. :D

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Lies..

I have always had trust issues.. even when I was a kid. Due to watching too many tv programmes, I developed this feelings that people who are not related to you will lie for their own benefits.

When I was 10, my best-friend said she spent 2 years in Zimbabwe and she got to be the coolest kid ever that time. I already knew where Zimbabwe is and it can't be true unless one of her parents is an ambassador or a N*tional G*ographic scientist or photographer and I definitely knew her parents, she's my bff. I said I don't believe her, therefore I was outcasted by the so called coolest gang.

In order to prove that she's lying, I went through Pa's Britannica's Encyclopaedia and many other books to find more on Zimbabwe. And yeah, I got to prove she's lying but the ending was kinda messy. But we are still friends now and she is in the same scheme as I am, only 2 years junior..hehe

Kids always lies or should I say they love to brag the untrue things.

However, when adult people lie to escape responsibilities, that is so freaking uncool and totally unacceptable. Lying seems like a sinless thing to do nowadays. People can easily tell lies naturally while giving us the straight face.

I believe in karma, what comes around, goes around.

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Money and fame

The big boss said in the meeting last Tuesday, enjoy what you have now for what you always wish for may not be as good as you think it will be and in life, you cant get everything, you get some, you lose some. Nobody's life is perfect... So true isn't it?

I'm a normal person and I sometimes do wish for luxury things I cant afford of. It's good to have lots of money but it's bad to compare your life materially with others richer than you. It makes you feel sangat2 tidak bersyukur with what you have. And you dont say this out loud to your husband, especially to a nice husband like mine. Deep down inside, he'll feel bad for not being able to give everything the wife desires.

Career-wise, I sometimes envy those who got the opportunity to travel overseas, equipped themselves with knowledgeable courses, get acquainted with great people, well known to their bosses, while I am stuck in this office, day in day out and what I did daily is only a teeny-weeny portion that goes out in the PTK exam. Pathetic..

Easier for others to say, "you have to work hard to excel OR to get yourself noticed". Seriously, working in the 2nd biggest Ministry in this country, wow, that's super duper extra hard-work unless you are pretty, a lil bit flirtatious or good at sweet talk, then the chances are slightly higher for people to remember you easily. I want to deny it, but this shit still happens SOMETIMES. (apart from those who excel solely because of their abilities).

My husband always tells me, fame and money aren't everything. When you get some, you will lose some. You have money but you don't have time; you have fame but you lose your private life; you get higher position in work, there comes the bigger responsibilities meaning lesser time with your loved ones.

I have this friend who works in one of the Arab's countries (with a very huge paycheck of course) but only goes back home a few months a year to meet her husband and her mother. I cant imagine what kind of life she has.

Well, she is not me and I am not her.

My family is my most top priority. I slept next to my husband every night, went back to KL every weekend to see my parents n my FIL, talked to my mother on the phone a few times weekly.

Money can't buy time.

Imam Al-Ghazali once said, The most unreachable thing in life is your past time.. Once it's gone, you can never get it back. So spend it wisely.

Whenever I'm having my downtime, feeling that my life is kinda, erm, pathetic compared to others, I will think of my loved ones and all the good things I'm blessed with. Indeed I'm not rich but I am not poor, always, always, remember my niat when I come to work every morning which is to help the country, then I won't feel bad at all...I love my life because it's great, alhamdulillah..

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Movies and more movies

Most of the movies I've been watching are the ones downloaded by Bro Pian which mostly Lala doesnt approve masuk panggung Malaysia. Must utilize the hdtv to the max selagi warranty masih ada. However the tv arent abled to read other than mp4 file. So, I connect the pc speaker+woofer to my laptop and the lappie to the tv and lights off. The result, macam tengok di panggung wayang tapi boleh baring2 and makanlah apa2 yang ada di dapur tu.


One cool movie. It's about Clyde Sheldon (Gerard Butler) whom witnessed his wife and daughter being raped and murdered. And after 10 years, Shledon decides to take justice into his own hands. I still pitied Sheldon even what he did in the movie.. A must watch movie.


A light comedy. It's about 2 high-school jocks Nick Brady and Shawn Colfax (Pelakon tak terkenal) whom managed to skip football camp in order to join a cheer camp to get the girls. Typical and so predictable but the jokes are funny and the movie is fast-moving. You can put aside your brain and mind while watching this.


A typical never-been-seen creature attacking a bunch of humans with lots of gory scenes. Yucks..

Monday, 20 September 2010

More Than Blue

One of the movies I watched. Korean, Kwon Sang-woo (wootwoot), Melodrama.

The movie was a bit slow moving for the first one hour. For the sake of my favourite actor, I forced myself not too sleep..

It's about these 2 bestfriends, Kay (the guy) and Cream (the girl). Both doesnt have parents and have been living together since highschool. Kay owns a big house and invited Cream to live with him and they became best-friends eversince.

Sad for Korean movie means someone is dying and Kay is. He's in love with Cream and wants her to have a good life after he dies.. When we thought the movie is a typical, predictable sad love story, there came the twist that made me cried buckets until Joe had to hug me so that I'll stop sobbing. I've never cried that much. Not after watching Windstruck or have I gone mellowed because I even cried when I watched Homer Hickam won the National Science Fair in October Sky.

Hmm, bila agaknya cerita cinta Malaysia nak sampai ke tahap berkualiti macam ni..??

Raya-Openhouse-Majlis Kahwin-PTK

Perkara2 yang akan rancak berlaku dalam bulan September dan Oktober..

Ape2 pun, Selamat Hari Raya..

Hari Raya is not my favourite holiday kerana....
.... tv tidak lagi menyiarkan rancangan circus atau telematch Jerman yang sentiasa menghiburkan saya.. <---Salah satu reason..

Tapi Hari Raya pertama tahun ini, di KL sahaja. Parents tak balik KB, saya pun tak balik la. Malam Raya, sesi masak2 dengan Mama sampai jam 1 pagi. Sis Yanie masih di UK, Sis Yanti masih di Sydney. Sis Yana pulang ke KL. Tinggal 4 beradik sahaja.

Menu Raya: Nasi Dagang Mama yang sedap tiada tandingan, nasi impit dan kuah kacang.

Lepas solat Jumaat, ke PD. Hihihi. Ade ape di KL? Saudara mara semua kat KB. Tinggal di Ilham PNB Resort. Review akan datang. Sesampai di sana, polis ramai giler, siap ada Unit K9. Tak boleh masuk bilik. Syak2 ada kaitan dengan 4 orang itukah ke ada bom threat? Malam tu malam karok. Suara paling sedap, mestilah suami saya.. uhuk, uhuk..

Ahad: Kami ke Batu Gajah, kampung Abg Joe. Tinggal sehingga hari Khamis dowh! Celcom Broadband tiada pencapaian, Isnin aktiviti ziarah2, 2 hari lagi terbaring tengok movie je. Tinggal kami bertiga je di kampung, yang lain dah pulang ke rumah masing2. Dah lost count berapa banyak movie yang ditonton selain badan ini jadi jamuan nyamuk. Pelik bila abg Joe tak kene gigit langsung. Mungkin kerana beliau tidak semanis saya.. ehehehe

Openhouse: Jangan tanye, saya tak mungkin buat selagi tak punya rumah sendiri. tapi kalau nak datang, silakan. Tiada halangan. Beberapa jemputan dah diterima, baru pergi 1. Masih kawal diri, takmakan banyak pun. Tak sabar nak timbang berat Rabu ni. Kalau naik berat jugak, tak tau ar nak cakap ape lagi.

Majlis kahwin: Tahniah Shuko sebab selamat sudah jadi suami orang. Majlis kat Rompin tu, kalau senang, mungkin kami pergi. Weekend akan datang, ade lagi 3 jemputan kahwin..

PTK: Belum keluar lagi nama masuk ke tak untuk 11 oktober ni. tapi kene bersiap sedia sekarang. Next week start study group dengan abg Joe di rumah. (Echeh, macam ramai je) Target Aras 4.. fuiyoh.. ehehehe (Amin)

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Last week, then this week..

Last week, Pa's car broke-down. And just now, all of a sudden, Joe's car suddenly stopped in the middle of Jalan Istana at 11.30pm. I was scared like hell. Cars, lorries, buses sped like crazy at the 4-lane road. Trying to act cool while my hands were shaking holding the car steering while Joe pushed the car towards the emergency lane. A motorbike stopped, an Indian couple offered to help push the car. Ada juga orang baik kat dunia ni kan? (Tapi pada awal2 tu was2 jugak, takut peragut ke perompak nak ambil kesempatan.) In the meantime, I was praying that other vehicles will notice our car and I wont be experiencing the same thing I had 3 years ago.

Tow-truck service under AmInsurance sucks! I repeat, tow-truck service under AmInsurance sucks! We called several times, and no one answered. Hell with the 24-hour service you proudly mentioned. In the end, we called tow-truck bebas. RM130 melayang. at 12am, he arrived.

During that 30mins, my mind was racing on so many things. I wasnt sure whether to sit in the car or waited outside with Joe. Takut sangat kalau ada kereta yang terlaju atau pemandu mabuk tak sempat nak elak kereta kami yang berada di emergency lane tu. (tapi baru nak masuk kul 12, orang baru nak pergi mabuk kot?) Then I worried kalau tiba2 ada perompak on motorbike datang rompak kami. Ada ke kenderaan yang nak datang menolong? semuanya laju2. So, I even hid my valuables somewhere in the car. Polis peronda takde la pulak time tu.. Serius takut..

Joe jaga traffic supaya kenderaan elak lane terlibat.

Gambar blur sebab tangan terketar2.

I'm sure Joe was feeling the same way, but him being a guy, semua tu tak terpancar di mukanya. Yang wanita dalam kereta ni yang panik terlebih.

Dalam tempoh 30min itu juga, sempat fikir draf email nak hantar ke ambank insurance. Lepas tu, sempat fikir apa yang sepatutnya ada kalau keadaan begini berlaku. Maka terhasillah ini:

Sebelum keluar memandu, pastikan:
1. Fon ada battery
2. Nombor telefon emergency bukan sahaja ada dalam fon, tapi ade di dalam kereta
3. Ade segitiga emergency tu
4. Torchlight
5. Memandu bukan sekadar memandu, wajib tahu nama jalan. Kalau tak, macam mane nak bagitau tow-truck.
6. Berpakaian molek. In case emergency macam ni, kalau bert-shirt+kain batik je, ha, naya..

Kereta selamat sampai di depan rumah mama.

So now I am, still freshly awake at 3am akibat saki baki terlebih rembesan adrenalin sebentar tadi.

Housemate kesayangan saya terus tidur balik2 tadi.. Hmmmmm.. Ada lagi ke pusat servis yang nak baiki kereta suntuk2 nak raya ni?? Kalau major problem, alamatnya raya KL jer lah or balik Batu Gajah naik Kenari comel saya tu :D

Apa pun, alhamdulillah tiada sebarang kejadian yang tidak diingini berlaku...

Monday, 30 August 2010

Weekend yang bertragedi tapi seronok, heh

Dimulakan dengan impian untuk sesi penghabisan wang di Midvalley Megamall bersama Sis Yana and husband selepas menghantar Bro Wan untuk exam di UM (Apeda, exam hari Sabtu). Malang sekali sebab kereta papa rosak. Haha. Tersadai di Fakulti Undang2 UM selama 1 1/2 jam sebelum kami + Bro Wan yang dah pun abis exam diangkut pulang oleh Joe. Tinggal je keta papa di situ, untuk didecide nak buat apa. Fan belt putus, jadi kereta panas, takleh dibawa pulang lagi melainkan kene tow.


Tiba di rumah pun dah hampir jam 12, pergi pusat beli belah yang dekat2 jerlah. Singgah Car*efour sebab nak cari baju kurung kecil untuk Niece Hani. Sebab mahal melampau, (tak logik baju kurung kecik simple harga RM79??!!!!), Ma akhirnya decide untuk jahit sendiri.

Singgah pula ke A*ON Setiawangsa. Amazing, tak ramai orang pun berbanding Wan*sa Walk yang kereta parking melimpah2 kat tepi jalan. Orang lain cari baju raya, saya beli periuk nasi. Heh. Beli periuk nasi yang paling kecil sebab periuk nasi sedia ada besar sangat.

Berbuka ayam percik lagi. Nyaman sekali... Ayam percik KL tak senyaman ayam percik Kelantan. Sis Yana, raya ni bawak balik banyak2 lagi, saya order berbayar untuk dibuat stok lauk :D

Hari Ahad, dimulai dengan menemani suami berkhidmat untuk negara ke rehearsel sambutan Kemerdekaan di Stadium Tertutup Bukit Jalil. Joe adalah penyelaras pengangkutan peserta2 yang buat persembahan, jadi kene pantau petugas2. Panas2 gini, nasib buat dalam stadium yang ada aircond. Persembahan yang paling menarik cuma abang2 Navy yang berbaju putih bersih pusing2 senapang. ngeeeee..

Budak sekolah menengah yang bersaiz sekolah rendah 10tahun dulu. Serius kecik2 diorang ni.

Pelatih dari PULAP*L yang sentiasa dikerah untuk jadi sukarela persembahan. Tahun lepas jadi tukang sambut kibar2 bendera di sepanjang jalan ke Parlimen. Tahun ni, tugas itu akan dilaksanakan oleh peserta DPA, Perkhidm*tan T*dbir dan Diplom*tik. Tak sabar nak ambil gambar korang :D

Budak PERMATA wajibulghunnah la ada kan

Abang2/adik2 Navy yang smart :B

Peserta2 persembahan

Mereka ni daripada Institut Perguruan. Bakal2 cikgu anak2 kita ni tapi kecil2 juga saiznya macam budak sekolah menengah.

Deretan bas2 yang membawa peserta persembahan.

Boriing tunggu cik abang pantau petugas2.

Ambil gambar sat.

Nak ambil gambar dengan Sazali Samad dengan biceps nya yang berketul2, kehampaan. Tunggu orang kurang, last2 dia dah balik...

Ni namanya tomak haloba tak fikir orang lain. Joe pun garu kepala ada orang begini.

Balik tu dah hampir jam 1, tengok2 tayar kene paku.. sheeessssshhhh. 2 kali tragedi kereta. Nasib lar kedai tayar ade yang buka hari Ahad.

Lepas tu singgah Mega Sale dari kilang di Presint 2. Masuk2 tu, dah rasa gila. Bukan gila nak shopping sebab barang murah, giler marah sebab tengok ibu2 dan bapa2 bawak bayi2 kecil mereka bersesak2 bershopping. Ralat pilih barang, anak2 dibiar bersepah2. kecik, besar, dalam pram semua ada. Misi penculikan pasti boleh dijalankan dengan cemerlang di sana. Ada sorang akak ni, marah pulak anak dia yang sedang nangis, "Diam! Jangan la nangis, mak tak habis shopping lagi ni!!" Nauzubillah...

Hasil jelingan barang2 di situ, harganya lebih kurang sale di S*go.
Kusyen2 range harga RM20-RM40, bedsheet Ak*mi 220 thread count RM30-RM50, bedspread range RM80, biskut raya RM15, semua harga standard bila sale kat Ju*co or S*go. Ma*gi Tastylite murah giler la, tapi kene beli 4 harga RM12, kasut2 sukan lelaki tu, tak tau nak compare, baju kurung siap, sama harge dengan kedai2 pulau kat Car*efour Wangsa Maju, barangan elektronik, lebih kurang macam di B*st D*nki semasa sale.

Misi adalah mencari kasut kerja Joe. Jadi, barang lain2 tu jeling2 je tengok harga. Tak beli apa2 pun akhirnya. Bagus kan? Kejayaan cemerlang melawan nafsu pada hari tersebut. Rasenya, kami je kot yang keluar empty handed.

Berkeputusan ke P*rkson, Ala*anda. Pelbagai pilihan kasut kerja lelaki murah2 sehingga rambang mata. Dapat beli kasut dengan harga lebih murah dan cantik. Giler marah juga kat di sana sebab ramai budak2 berbanding orang tua. Ade 1 couple ni, anak dia siap ditepek cool fever kat dahi, pastu dibawa shopping pula. Istighfar lagi, semoga kami bukan begitu...

Beli juadah berbuka puasa seawal jam 4 petang. hehe, terkejut pakcik kat Rasa tu.


Pengajaran: Jangan tergoda, kawal nafsu anda semasa membeli-belah :D

Putrajaya+3jam=KL

Seronok Sis Yana pulang ke KL nak berbuka bersama, maka hari Jumaat lepas, berkobar2 nak balik KL terus dari pejabat. Baju2 nak bermalam di rumah Mama dan barang berkaitan, dah kemas masa waktu rehat panjang hari Jumaat tu.

Jam 5.30 keluar dari Putrajaya. Bahagia tengok tiada kesesakan di simpang ke UPM. Owh, detik di hati, "mesti tak sesak punya, hari ni orang Selangor cuti. Lagipun Selasa Merdeka, mesti ramai ambil cuti Isnin dah balik kampung pagi hari Jumaat."

Jangkaan meleset.. Selepas tol Sungai Besi jam 5.50, dengar kat radio, ada kemalangan kat depan TUDM, lepas tu Jalan TAR sesak teruk sehingga bulatan Dato' Onn ditutup, Jalan Bukit Bintang dan depan Tabung Haji sesak. *menangis*

Tapi masih berfikiran positif dan membaca surah Ad-Duha tak berenti, semoga perjalanan lebih mudah.

Kesesakan bermula seawal Petronas selepas tol Sungai Besi. Pada jam 7, baru sampai simpang nak ke SMART Tol tu.

Baru nak sampai simpang ke SMART Toll

Dan akhirnya, bunyi azan berkumandang di radio, baru kat depan TUDM. *menangis sambil terbayang2 ayam percik kelantan yang dibawa oleh Sis Yana*

Apa yang boleh dimakan ni??? perjalanan masih jauh. Perut dah pedih sebab dah memang sampai waktu berbuka, secara psikologinya, perut dah mula bekerja keluarkan enzim pencernaan bersedia untuk penerimaan makanan.

Haaaa, nasib bawak biskut raya yang nak bagi Mama. Maka, hari Jumaat tersebut berbuka dengan biskut Almond Orange. Sedap2, sampai habis 1 layer belah atas. Pastu tekak kering, takde air minuman....

Kereta2 lain kelihatan asap berkepul2, bukak puasa dengan rokok la tu..

Jam 8.30 malam, selamat sampai rumah.. Oh, ayam percik terhidang di meja makan..


Pengajaran: Kita merancang, Allah menentukan. Bawak la air letak dalam kereta di waktu unpredictable begini. Kesesakan di KL memang gilers.....

Monday, 23 August 2010

Pasal duit lagi

I'm crazy about database. I'm creating database for everything I own, bought, spent, did.

When I was little, when everything was bought by my mother, I couldnt care less about the price. Of course, Ma has been in this "business" for such a long time, n Ma being Ma, if she can save a ringgit or two, she will do the best she can.

She compares price on every shop she went. Amazingly, she remembers them all. Kat kedai 123 murah barang A, B, C, D etc, etc.. Kat kedai 456 murah barang E, F, G etc.. And Ma said, it comes with pengalaman..

I am pissed when I noticed this item I bought from shop A is RM2 higher than shop B or when this shop C said the item is on sale, I grab 3 of them only to discover that shop D is selling it much cheaper. My experience tak cukup lame n the memory isn't helping either.

Therefore, I created a database on everything I bought or saw and comparing it with all the supermarkets I've been. Even kedai runcit sekian-sekian is included. It's not strictly on grocery items, electrical goods, clothes, house-whole item, everything..

Kadang2 orang kate tak berbaloi nak pergi kedai lain2 semata2 nak dapat harga murah. Duit petrol pun dah berapa. Jadi, perlulah buat planning. Inventory checking..

I shop on weekends, in Selayang where things are so much cheaper compare to Putrajaya or the surrounding areas. And Ma's home is surrounded with so many supermarkets and hypermarkets, so many options and I don't usually shop at just 1 place. And window shopping isn't that bad. It helps you to get to know the price, before n after sale.

Tapiiiii, Ma selalu pesan, bershopping tu berniat tolong anak bangsa juga. Dan jangan berpandangan hanya hypermarket jual barang murah. Saya telah ke pasaraya AA Cash and Carry sebangsa dengan encik Ali dan mendapati harganya sama dengan harga di hypermarket, kalau mahal pun sekadar 10sen. Selama ini asyik mengkayakan orang Jepun, orang French, sesekali jenguk2 la kedai cik Minah juge.

Recently, Malaysia dikejutkan dengan trick shopping kompleks menipu pengguna dengan meletak harga tinggi, kemudian letak discout berperatus2an, nampak macam dah turun banyak. Tapi hakikatnya, harga asal dengan harga selepas discount tak jauh beza.

Saya tak pandai bidang ekonomi, tapi bukankah itu memang strategi penjualan? Marketing strategy yang ade unsur2 penipuan di situ. Sementara nak tunggu akta dibuat, pengguna haruslah bijak supaya tidak tertipu.. Memang sangat penting untuk tau harga standard satu2 barang itu dan bukannya bila nampak SALE 70% je, sebat masuk troli..



Friday, 20 August 2010

Cerita Ramadhan

Apa yang paling mencuakkan isteri semasa bulan Ramadhan?

Pada saya sudah tentunya, bila time nak makan sahur, didapati periuk nasi lupa tekan...

Seperti ape yang berlaku pagi ni..

Dah jam 5.20, suruh Wan sendukkan nasi, dia cakap nasi tak masak lagi. Ingat dia buat lawak di awal pagi yang rasenye tak sesuai dibuat lawak.

Kesudahannya, makan lauk dengan roti pagi ni. Nasib ada roti.

Pengajarannya, pastikan ada roti di rumah anda sebagai back-up. heee..


Splendid is rather splendid

We had our lunch at Splendid a few months back. Saw this picture in my camera, so why not a simple non-professional review.


What we had was RM9.90 per meal. Complete with drinks. And you can choose to have your chicken with rice instead of fries. The black-pepper sauce is quite nice.

The Splendid's concept is more like S*cret R*cipe. It has cakes too. Boleh datang lagi untuk cuba meal lain.


Just the two of us..

We went to Cherating for a short weekend trip during our anniversary. We stayed at Impiana for 3D 2N. And this is kinda our review on the hotel..

Anyway, we had breakfast 1st in the morning n a piece of caramel cheesecake on the anniversary day itself. Presents? Rahsia :)


The journey started at 2.30pm. Kenapa lambat sangat?? Hantar kereta pergi service. Ingat boleh siap cepat, sampai kul9.30, kul 1 baru siap..

Had our lunch at Bentong's Petronas. There's a cafe there named D'Paya Serai. Cafe yang teramat mahal, standard KLIA. Gula2 kopiko, 20sen sebiji!! 2plates of rice (which is equivalent to 1 plate of rice for normal people), sayur kobis, 2 ketul ayam and 1 telur masin at the price of RM16. Mahal dan banyak lalat macam mane pun, manusia tetap ramai..

Arrived at 5.30. Was told that the hotel was fully booked already. Tiada pertukaran bilik boleh dibuat.

Blok panjang 3 tingkat overlooking the beach

The room was not bad except that:
1. we were mistakenly been given a room with 2 single beds instead. Single, single, not super single. Nasib both of us kurus :D
2. The room was at the top floor and there is no ceiling, terus2 nampak atap. Then there was this just a bulb dangling from the roof.
3. Since it's at the top floor, imagine the heat during the day and the air-cond was so damn slow n not cold at all.
4. Ants!!!!!!!! So many of them. We cant even leave anything sweet on the table or else, the ants will come swarming them in minutes. The only place that's safe to put food is at the TV rack.
5. The TV was small. Comel je.
6. Lizards, huge n fat like the one I saw during BTN at Ulu Sepri.
7. Lighting at night was bad.. Memang malam tu untuk tidur je bila masuk bilik.

Tu, TV comel.

View from our room.

Tempat santai di petang hari. best.

See, no ceiling. Notice tak lampu kecil yang tahape2 di sebelah kiri. Direct ke katil, silau n panas dibuatnya.

As for the price, Deluxe Seaview (standard room) is RM300++ for normal rate and RM180++ for government rate during weekends. But hotels usually give the lousiest room for customers using Govt rate or with voucher/coupons. And this is not my first experiencing this.

Food :
2 day breakfast-On Sunday morning, there were so many people at the the Kedai Kopi and the hotel staff tak cukup tangan to fill in the foods in the tray. You may have to wait or ask the staff for it. Most of the foods were tawar. The nasi goreng serai, the sambal bawang etc. Or is it I am very pemasin? The food was just ordinary and the same menu the next morning.
Room service food sangat mahal. Cant remember the price but it's more expensive compare to other hotels.

Tempat breakfast.

The beach:
Biasa2 saje. Airnye kelabu, dont expect crystal clear water. On the day we arrived, memang ramai sangat orang walaupun panas terik. It was kinda windy and cloudy on Sunday evening, so mandi sakan. Plus, everyone checked-out that day and left us and some foreigners tourist. Tiada gambar pantai, Dah dua2nya mandi, sape nak tangkap gambar.

Tempat lepak di lobi hotel. Best dok sini. Berangin.

There are many other things at the hotel we didnt explore. But over all, the hotel needs to do a make-over.

Anyway, kami pergi tengok penyu.

Masuk sini free. Cuma salurkan sumbangan ikhlas.

Penyu kecik. Comel sangat.

Penyu besar

Tempat penetasan penyu. Kecewa tak dapat pegang penyu kecil.

Kalau nak tengok penyu di malam hari, ade sesi tertentu yang diorganize oleh pihak hotel dan lokasinya di Teluk Mak Nik also known as Monica Bay which is pantai belakang INTIM.

Will we be coming back to Impiana? Dont think so. Saya mahu pergi Redang sebelum ianya dijadikan lokasi percutian orang kaya :)

Suasana di LPT pada hari kerja.

Monday, 16 August 2010

2nd

This Ramadhan may be the 2nd year for us as husband and wife but the 1st year on our own. Last year was at my parents' house or FIL's. Woke up for sahur, SIL had her own way, so I just helped a little bit and when we were at my parents' house, I woke up as usual to help Ma cooked instead of doing the cooking myself. Ngee.. And as for iftar, since we were from Putrajaya driving all the way to KL, azan Maghrib was heard in the car most of the time. Upon arriving, everything was prepared.

This year is different. Have to wake up early to cook. Today is the eighth day. So far, I managed to cook simple sahur and iftar meal within an hour. Heh. Thanx to Wan who helped a lot rather than sleeping and left everything to the wife. And the best part is, the dirty dishes are his part.

Small-tummy-tank people like us tak berbaloi pergi bufet ramadhan. 2 days ago, I made inti karipap to eat with tortilla bread and melted cheese. I made 5 of it and I managed to eat 2, while Joe only eat 1!! He went for his usual badminton game from 10 to 12, came back home not feeling hungry and immediately went to sleep. So the rest of the bread were ate during sahur instead.

So for the 1st week, memang sangat jimat.. Tak pergi lagi mana-mana Pasar Ramadhan.

I'm excited to try many kinds off iftar meal. Hari ni mahu buat popiah (my style) with the remaining inti karipap. Sos cili buatan sendiri haruslah ada di bulan puasa supaya senang bila buat jemput2.

Working in this department means tak perlu beli kurma. Yang paling best, dapat kurma sebesar 2 ibu jari yang dicantum, bila makan sebiji dan minum air, dah kenyang.. Makan kurma di bulan puasa rase extra sedap kan??

Petikan sabda Rasulullah SAW daripada buku yang sedang saya baca ini:

Janganlah engkau membunuh hati dengan banyak makan dan tidur. Sesungguhnya hati akan mati bagaikan tanaman jika tergenang air.

Membeli makanan semasa lapar memang aktiviti menakutkan. Tengok sorang2 kat pasar Ramadhan tahun lepas order makanan pun menakutkan. Rasa macam diorang nak buat feast untuk 10 orang.

Dulu mase kat zaman Uni, paling banyak boleh masuk pun sebungkus nasi ayam berempah yang popular kat pasar ramadhan Seksyen 1 tu. Tiap hari beli tu, gile tak? tu menunjukkan saya ini adalah insan yang boring, makanan berbuka pun tak variety.. hehe.. Anyway kawan2 semua, Jihad yang paling utama adalah memerangi nafsu. Dalam bulan puasa ni, nafsu ape lagi, mestilah nafsu makan semasa berbuka :D

Selamat beribadat semua!

Friday, 13 August 2010

789

7890 is my car plate number. 7.8.9 was the date I'm officially a wife. No, my car came 1st, then the date. And we noticed the date and the plate a few days after the wedding, what a coincidence. So abg, kalau tak ingat tarikh anniversary kita tu, tak tau ar nak cakap ape kan.

Alhamdulillah, it's been a year already. And many more years to come inshaAllah..




Amik tu, baju merah menyala.
Saya half chinese :)

Thursday, 12 August 2010

7 tahun lepas..

Semasa di zaman universiti, di kala semuorang masyuk bercintan dan membelanje awek or balak dengan duit PTPTN or scholarship, saya berada di bilik, sama ada tidur, bace novel Inggeris yang dipinjam di NovelCity Kotaraya atau library Uni (yang kesuntukan novel Inggeris yang best) atau menonton tv kecil 5" warna hitam putih. Papa hadiahkan tv kecil tu buat harijadi saya yang ke 19 supaya saya menonton berita, akibatnya, menonton berita 10%, menonton drama siam, drama Cina, drama Inggeris, drama Melayu 90%. (TV hitam putih 5" pun jadi)

Saya tak punya balak mase Uni. Tak berkeinginan atau menginginkan saya. Hahahaha, statement kedua begitu depressing bila dibaca 2 kali. Bagi saya, (ini pendapat peribadi) lelaki2 di uni saya zaman itu sungguh tidak "cool" di pandangan mata saya, heh. Paling ngetop keseluruhan, mestilah budak perubatan. Bagi saya, nasib jumpe mereka masa pesta konvo saje sebab mereka di kampus lain, itupun sudah tidak tahan dengan sesetengah mereka yang memandang pelajar jurusan lain dengan sebelah mata sahaja (tidak semua, hanya segelintir). Ye, kami akui, anda pelajar pandai.

Maka, di kampus saya, yang paling ngetop adalah budak jurusan Kejut (Kejuruteraan). Masa tu siapa yang ade balak budak Kejut, popular habis. Lebih kurang dapat balak macam Ali dalam cerita Ali Setan :) Budak Kejut kalau dicalonkan untuk Exco JAKSA, memang ramai je mengundi. Walau tidak pandai dan dapat pointer 2.0 pun, bila nama budak Kejut, macam glamer gitu.. Yang tak hensem pun perasan hensem.. Bosan........

Second top bagi wanita bertudung litup or tudung labuh ialah pelajar lelaki FPI (Fakulti Pengajian Islam). Wah, mereka ni memang hebat memberi ucapan dan membaca al-Quran. Sampai penulis ini pun pernah keluar malam membonceng motor member nak dengar ceramah yang disampaikan mereka. Dengar ceramah ye. Dan zaman saya, ade beberapa pelajar wanita yang sudi menjadi isteri kedua kepada pensyarah FPI. (bukan sahaja pelajar, lecturer pun ngetop).

Budak ROTU kurang dapat sambutan sebab mereka gelap. no offense :D

Saya Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi. Malang sekali jurusan saya, Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains dengan Kepujian Sains Makanan dan Pemakanan atau Pengurusan, hanya ada 3 orang pelajar lelaki Melayu. Seorang tu sangat2 metro seksual. Sanggup beli selipar jepun Gue*s? berharga RM80 demi jenama dan memang selambe selalu tegur saya dressing tak mengikut peredaran zaman, seorang budak Tabligh, memang saya tak berani pandang muka dia bila bercakap, seorang lagi normal tapi die dengan dunia die je.
Jurusan saya hanya 20% Melayu, 80% chinese. Mereka kate, jurusan saya jurusan boleh buat duit dan mase itu, hanya UKM, UPM, USM dan UiTM sahaja ada jurusan ni, Jadi prospek kerje sangat tinggi memandangkan kilang makanan yang banyak di Malaysia dan kami boleh jadi pegawai teknologi makanan or nutritionist.

Berbalik kepada cerita asal, pelajar2 lelaki yang bermotivasi tinggi yang nerd tapi tak berapa nerd tapi pandai memang 1 dalam 1000 zaman tu. Lelaki yang suka buat lawak pastu gelak besar ramai2 bila ade sekumpulan awek berhampiran adalah golongan majoriti. Golongan gila kuasa or kuat berpolitik, tiap tahun nak bertanding jadi MPP, 1 dalam 500. Golongan setakat pergi Uni sebab dapat PTPTN, mewah semasa dapat duit pinjaman sampai dapat belanje awek sakan punye tapi bile dah penghujung semester nak exam, makan telur dengan nasi + kicap adalah 1 dalam 10 orang.

Itu penilaian saya semasa di Uni saya dan zaman saya. Di Uni lain mungkin berbeza sebab masa saya dan coursemates ke UiTM Shah Alam untuk buat penilaian alam sekitar, terkejut jugalah tengok pelajar2 memandu BMW, Honda Civic, Vitara etc.. Giler ah. Kat uni kami, paling hebat pun keta Atos. Dibenarkan untuk gelak.

Oleh itu, saya nasihat kat adik saya, tak perlu lah ade awek lagi. Sebab kebanyakan (bukan semua) awek2 uni sekarang agak meterialistik. Mahu ade balak supaya balak belanje itu ini. Kalau setakat belanje brand Scar*et ok lagi, (kategori masih mampu, bukan kata lowclass) ni kan jalan2 kat Midvalley, dipimpin masuk kedai Z*ra. Takkan nak awek orang kaya, pastu awek pulak belanje sume ala2 gigolo gitu, ish malu la lelaki begini...

Bagi yang perempuan pula, lelaki yang masuk Uni ni, belum tentu bila mereka keluar mereka ade kerje. Kat Uni memang la ngetop, EXCO itu bagai, popular habis lah, kadang2 tu tengok2, extend sem, tak pun tetibe GB (Gagal Berhenti). Terlampau aktif sangat aktiviti Uni sebab nak duduk Kolej dalam, akhirnya keluar Uni terus. Tapi yang mane ade potensi berjaya tu, berbuat2 baiklah, uhuk, uhuk, kenal hati budi. Janganlah nak bercinta sakan sampai serah segalanya... Nauzubillah...

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Megasale

Woohooo, Megasale is back. 23rd July till 4th September. Go shop till you drop. heh..

My hardworking clerk transfers to other department. Sad though. I like her and I learned a lot about letters, filing and stuff from her. And she's the one who has 6 kids, and still manages to save RM50 each for each child every month. Kagum teman.

Since raya is in less than 2months, we decided to buy her a complete set of raya outfit. Kain, tudung and brooch.

And I'm the unlucky one who were chosen to buy the gift. So off I went to Jalan TAR along with Joe on Saturday. Goodness, that place were packed with people or specifically, ladies..

I hate buying things like kain baju kurung for anyone. Everyone has different taste in patterns, colours, type of fabric etc. Well, finally, I bought something I thought she will like, a matching tudung and a Kenji brooch.

I like Kenji. Affordable and worth buying. Almost 10 years ago, I bought 2 Kenji brooches. That time, it was RM50 for 2. (Serious murah..) the brooch remains shiny and pretty as it is even though it has been almost 10 years. The patterns are not the typical flower pattern with lots of stones. The one I bought is the shape of twisted leave. Anyway, the good part is, Kenji has a lifetime warranty. If the brooch loses the stones or the pin worn out for what ever reason, you can send it to any Kenji outlet without having to bring anything to prove your purchase. Kenji owns their unique patterns..

***
We are fast shoppers, spent about 2 hours at Jalan TAR, Sogo and Semua House. I bought beads for my baju raya beading project which I have started last night. yay. Went to the house whole department at Sogo, eyeing and surveying plain Corelle dishware and Tefal (I'm crazy about plates and pots). Arrived at 10.45 and safely on the road heading back home at 12.50. Some women are fast shoppers.

Need to get out of there as fast as we can. I cant stand the crowds and the heat. I say it's crazy when the mothers can shop happily bringing their young infants in the prams.. Crazeeeee

Monday, 26 July 2010

For sickness and in health

I realize I'm not at my very best health for the past few months. I suffered the usual migraines almost a few times a week. A few times of throbbing headaches n throwing-up every week. Alhamdulillah I have the best husband in the world that will cook and hug me to sleep when I'm not well. haha, I wish I'm having this because I'm pregnant, sadly I'm not.

Since I'm having this so damn frequent, I just couldn't bear having thousands mg of painkillers into my system. Sleeping used to help. Just lately, it's still there when I woke up. Doa itu senjata mukmin.. Ma gave me this verse from Al-Waqiah, ayat 19:

Baca sambil gosok kepala, Ma cakap.
Usually, Wan will soak a small towel in cold water n lay it on my forehead or at the back of the neck. Alhamdulillah, it helped with God's willing.

God gives us pain to wash away our sins and to make us realize we are easily weaken by just a tiny prick from Him. And I'm thankful enough to have a great husband that I can rely on when I'm sick. Alhamdulillah...

Rookies


Is a 11-episode Japs Drama. Finished watching it with Joe in just 1 day. (Had enough of English Drama at the mean time :)

Another interesting Japs Drama that never failed to make me cry n laugh at the same time. It aint a love drama. It is about a teacher who's determine to get this group of students to realize their dreams once again which is to play baseball and make it to Koshien after they have been banned from playing for 6 months over a tragic incident.

I have watched more than 70 KDramas, countless CDramas, filling my free time with Malay, Indo, Filipino, Tamil, Hindi, English Dramas. Well I guess, I spent 1/4 of my life watching TV. Oh yes I did, a hobby which I'm not proud off but still I fail to ditch up till now. Nonetheless, JapsDramas are the best.

It's short, (usually 11 episodes), not draggy, nice scenery and even how illogical the drama is like Zettai Kareshi, moral values are told indirectly in certain ways which goes deep into your heart.

The actors arent that manly. hahaha.. Seriously, most of them are skinny with weird hairdo and trimmed eyebrows. (Well actually I love skinny guy but minus the hair and trimmed eyebrows :) So, I dont watch movies/dramas because of the actors. Google for Densha Otoko and you know what I mean. It's among the highest rating dramas in Japan.. And I can conclude and Japs dont go for looks but the quality of the movie/drama.

I watched many Malay Dramas, many, from RTM, Media Prima's channel, Astro, you name it. But from my amateur's point of view, Malaysian's dramas/films have a long way to go to compete with other countries. Arwah Yasmin Ahmad's and Erma Fatima arent that bad though. Haslam's or the son's movies, pfffffffttttttt... Tengok mase tengah memasak kat dapur jerlah. Not worth my time at all. Sorry guys..

Friday, 23 July 2010

Excel yang excellent..

Hari sedih sudah berlalu. Kebiasaannya memang berlaku sehari setiap bulan.. Tak boleh berlaku kerap, nanti duit kopak, badan jugak bertambah lemak sebab membeli delivery fastfood combo yang besar kemudian lepas makan, baring bermalas2an depan tv.

Gossip Girl Season 3 juga dah habis khatam. Next TV series ialah Grey's Season 6. Tak rasa bersalah sangat menonton TV kerana seperti satu pembelajaran, menonton dan membaca subtitle English. Tapiiii, perlulah seimbangkan dengan ibadat dan kerja rumah. Chey wah...... :D

Saya suka bila menjelang hari gaji. Bukan sebab nak dapat duit, tapi sebab nak buat budget review bulan sudah dan membuat perancangan gaji. Tapi sebenarnya, perancangan gaji setiap bulan untuk Tahun 2010 dah pun dibuat. heh.

Skema amat, tapi saya sangat, sangat suke melihat ke mana duit saya pergi.

Dulu hanya guna buku nota dan calculator adalah sahabat sejati. Sekarang, tak main ar calculator, semua dah formulated dalam excel beb.

Simpan kira2 saya simple je terbahagi 3 mengikut keutamaan.
1st mesti simpanan, simpanan diri, simpanan kereta (perlu sebab kereta ni macam manusia, bila2 masa dia boleh sakit dan jangan lupe servis berjadual lagi)
2nd ialah komitmen; segala macam hutang2, yuran kelab, duit parents, duit adik yg belum bekerja, insurans, bil telefon, bil internet etc
3rd ialah tanggungan untuk sebulan; anggaran2 untuk bil letrik dan air, barang dapur, lunch, toiletries, duit tengok wayang (limitkan berapa kali sebulan), petrol, Touch n Go.

Bila dah tolak semua ni, kalau ade baki, barulah boleh pergi berpoya-poya dengan duit baki i.e beli periuk La Gourmet atau koleksi sudu garfu stainless steel kualiti tinggi. Setiap perbelanjaan direkod dan jika perbelanjaan daripada duit tanggungan, duit tanggungan akan berkurangan. Dan bila dah masuk duit gaji baru dan didapati duit berpoya2 masih ade baki atau anggaran tanggungan ade extra, sebahagiannya dimasukkan ke dalam bank sebagai duit kecemasan dan sebahagiannya di bawa ke bulan depan.

Mudah je kan? Tapi perlu rajin update, kalau tak, kejap2, "Abg, 2hari lepas Ayg beli ape, simpan kira2 tak seimbang niiiiiiiiii"

Thursday, 22 July 2010

Spot the different

Received this email about rare pictures taken.. And among all, I just love this one. Mungkin superimposed, I dont know. Tapi gambar ni sangat comel. Kucing tu macam Puss dalam Shrek....


p/s: I love cats but dislike keeping them :D

Dont worry, be happy..

Mission unaccomplished again this month. Hell yeah you know what I meant.

Will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary in a few weeks. Plans have been made and I was hoping we can celebrate it with a special "gift" for both of us. But none.. It will be just the two of us.

For the last few weeks, I've heard so much of "patient yaya, your time isnt here yet" and truly it doesnt help when it comes from people who got pregnant almost immediately after getting married and blessed with cute babies..

It triggers me whether I may have said something about not wanting babies but I couldnt recall any. However the rage I felt when we bickered can really screwed up my mind sometimes and I may have wished for something I dont mean.

Yesterday was emotional. The moment I knew the circle starts as usual, I burst into tears like the past 6 months. Raya is nearing, and it's making it worst. Wan have been nothing but supportive. Words wont help, I just need hugs and he knows it already.. We ordered a big combo meal of pizza delivery for dinner and watched Gossip Girls Season 3. Yeah, I find comfort by watching tv. It eases my mind away and floods it with Blair and the gang's problem.

At 12.30am, Wan needed to use the laptop to finish up his works (see, govt officer brings work home tooooo) and I just need to do something because I wast sleepy. So I washed clothes (manually, we dont have a washing machine. we usually brought our dirty laundry every weekend and added a few ringgit to Ma's water and electricity bill) in the middle of the night just to keep my mind busy. Slept at 2.30 and woke-up at 7 this morning. Bersiap seperti lipas kudung..hahahaha

Anyway, I may have taken this waaaaaaaaay too hard on myself. Alright, maybe I am.. I have been thinking about seeking advices (or maybe treatment, just hope not) at LPPKN. My sister used to work there and she said young couples went there as early as a year of baby-less, like us. There's no point of procrastinating and keep myself wondering, isnt it?

And I have to accept the fact that this is the best for both of us for the time being and Allah may have His plans on us. Or maybe, He knows I'm not ready to be a mother just yet..

The hardest part to accept is, it has been a year already and it's time to meet the doctor and knowing the truth.. That aint easy and not all can understand....

p/s: Tolong jangan komen, relax ar Yaya, baru setahuuuuunnnnnnnn... Hahahahaha, taknak dengar tu dah ok :p

Friday, 16 July 2010

17RK1

Oh iyer, itu la nama kuarters saya. Di suatu pagi yang hening, keluar dari lift menuju ke kereta, tiba2 dikejutkan dengan baru yang tidak menyenangkan. Owh, rupanya orang tak guna akal fikiran telah sekali lagi membuang 1 plastik besar sampah di tepi blok. Tiang blok E. Mestilar warga blok E kot, sebab blok D dan F jauh nun di sebelah kiri dan kanan. Sampah tersebut telah terburai2 dek kerjaan anjing2 yang berpesta di kawasan blok pada malam hari.


Pampers yang telah digunakan pun ade orang buang kat rumput, diorang ni campak dari tingkap ke ape???


Nak buang ke tong sampah tu memang patah tangan, patah kaki or mungkin boleh jadi lumpuh agaknya, jadi, letak jerla kat sini. Esok pagi, cleaner kutip. Senangnya hidup ku kata si pembuang sampah.


Nak kate terencat otak, dapat kerja kerajaan n kuarters ni paling rendah pun gred CC. So nak bagi gelaran ape kat mereka nii??

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Scholarship

Surfing the net looking for scholarship for Bro Wan. Alhamdulillah, he manages to get into UM and will be doing Statistic for 3 1/2 year. It's his second choice. So he's happy and thrill going back to UM.

JPA scholarship is out of the picture because minimum requirement is at least 3.4 and Bro Wan's is slightly below that. And seriously JPA, you should update your website. It still states "admission 2009/2010" while now is 2010/2011. Or is it because the application tak bukak lagi??

I clicked at malaysia-scholarship.net. Most of the scholarship offered are posted there but majority stated the deadline before 18th June which was the date UPU announced the successful names that gained admission to local universities. However all of the scholarship offered for degree holder require the applicants to have gained admission to the selected local Uni.

Ape ni tak selari lar.

Bro Wan, you still have another chance to apply for JPA's scholarship. Get at least 3.5 for your 1st semester. Itupun kalau syarat kat JPA tak berubah sebab website tu ketinggalan zaman.

Kalau tak dapat scholarship, terpaksalar Ma&Pa tanggung kerana Ma&Pa taknak bebankan anak2 die dengan hutang PTPTN bila habis belajar nanti. Jadi sebab Ma&Pa tanggung, jangan ngengade nak ada awek. Duit belanja awek makan pun, diberi oleh Ma&Pa, malu ar sikit weh. Dah kerja nanti, bercinta la. Lagi seronok sebab ade duit sendiri. Takdela bila nak keluar dating, "Ma, nak duit saku. Nak keluar dating dengan gefren"
Pffft, loser beb........


p/s: Akak mu ini tak de boifren pun mase 3 tahun kat Uni, alhamdulillah, kahwin juge :D

Curiosity killed the cats

Saya rasa, ini adalah terbitan dari perasaan ingin tahu, kalau letak chewing gum kat lift, apekah pintu lift tidak boleh dibuka. Tidak berjaya ye. Dont try this anymore and parents, please tell your kids not to do this.

Dulu masa kami masih kekanak comel, Papa telah mengharamkan chewing gum dalam rumahnya. Ini kerana Papa risau kami tak pandai makan, lalu tertelan dan merosakkan sistem pencernaan badan kami. Pa budak Kejut, die tak tahu asid dalam perut n alkali dalam usus kuat boleh mencairkan ape sahaja.

Pengharaman dikuatkan lagi, bila salah sorang anak comel dia terletak chewing gum kat rambut.. zzzzzzz
Tak tau ar camne boleh 'Ter'. Akibatnya, rambut budak comel itu perlu dipotong kerana setelah dibersihkan dengan minyak tanah, masih ade lagi.

Ini adalah contoh perasaan ingin tahu yang tidak sehat :D

But it's something u wont forget and blog about it 22 years later..heeeeee

Esters, Ketones, and different Sulphur compounds

A mix volatile compounds contribute to durian's aroma. Amazingly, spending 10 minutes in a car smelled of durian, washes away the GA Code I sprayed this morning and hey, I'm wearing durian perfume today.

Yesterday didnt start so well. I was feeling mushy for no reason. However it ended beautifully.

Joe had a meeting in Akademi J*PJ in Melaka yesterday. Guess what, the Academy has durian orchard. weee.. So Joe brought a full load of durian in his car boot. We took home 3 big ones and the remainings were left in his car for his staff.

(Imagine a car full of durian overnight)

When we got in the car this morning, wallaaaa, the smell is soooooooo strong.

Petua untuk hilangkan bau durian dalam kereta sama ada letak roti or arang, kalau satu badan bau durian??

Cepatlah pukul 5, saya mahu makan durian dalam peti ais kat rumah tuuuuuu...

Thank U sayang :D

Monday, 28 June 2010

13 hours

Went to Mai's wedding reception in Kluang with Joe, Akmal n Ryo yesterday and spent 13 hours in baju kebaya.

The journey started at 10.30 after having breakfast at my house. Yeah, I cooked :)

Ryo's mp3 songs, hmmmm, not that suitable for road trip. Lagu english dia sumer ballads. Masuk2 keta, lagu Mandy Moore beb. And I got bullied by the guys, my favourite songs sumer kena cantas.

3 1/2 hours later, arrived at Mai's house. Ate nasi, ate 3 type of kerepek and makcik tu tukar jug air 4 ke 5 kali (teh bunga yang sedap) while waiting to snap a picture with the bride.



Next, went to Kluang Railway Station for coffee and Joe pun dah tak ingat hotel cap ayam yang die stay kat Kluang before register nak pergi PAC kat IKWAS 10 tahun dulu, eh silap, 8 tahun dulu.

No idea kenapa muka Ryo begitu..hahahaha


Then, Ryo shopped for kerepek yang banyak, when I say banyak, I meant banyak yang penuh boot kereta. Gambar dalam kamera Akmal.

Need to rush back for Ryo to enjoy the 10pm game but decided to have dinner 1st. Kelab Tasik closes at 10pm on Sundays ye kawan2. So headed to Presint 9, ramai. Last resort, Restoran Nasi Ayam Kampung at Presint Diplomatik. Tak ramai sebab tv die kecik tapi makanan die sedap.

I was still wearing baju kebaya at 10.30pm. Ryo was already restless sebab tak dapat tengok match sambil makan kerepek yang dibelinya tadi.

Sempat tengok 3 gol pertama and headed home at 11pm.

After 13 hours, my eyeliner was still intact, no panda eyes. Etude House Liquid Eyeliner is highly recommeded. And yeah, misi bulan lepas tidak berjaya lagi T____T

Anyone interested to attend Syuriza's wedding at Seberang Takir on 17th July? (staying overnight on Saturday). 4 orang dah ade. And Ryo, burn lagu yang rancak2 sikit :B

Saturday, 26 June 2010

he's back...

Lil Bro Wan is back. He went back alone, Pa wants to stay longer accompany Ma. Bro Wan needs to get ready for his registration Next Sunday anyway. And yeay, he made it to UM, it's his second choice. Kakak borek, adik rintik, he chose uni kat KL and selangor je. The same thing his sister did 7 years ago.

Look what Bro Wan bought for his sister..

Sweet isnt he? I love Twix. Tapi Twix kat Malaysia mahal. Makan Tofilux keluaran negara Arab tu jer lah sebagai ganti. Baju tu macam ketat sikit kat hips, so Bro Wan said, "Ape lagi, kuruskan la badan"

chait :D

He even bought souvenirs for his friends but let me guess, mesti kawan perempuan :B

Friday, 25 June 2010

Makcik talk

Last month, I bought a 28" Tefal frying/sauce pan for the price of zzzzzzz which made Wan went, "Periuk ape harga macam ni???!!!" Ehehehe
"Ni Tefal lar, siap dengan glass lid pastu dia ade penanda aras bila periuk ni dah panas pastu bla,bla,bla"
Trying so hard to convince him that the pan is worth the price.

Getting a moderate paycheck amount every month (alhamdulillah), I dont get the chance to buy EVERYTHING I want whenever I want. Minus the savings, debts, parents' and lil bro pocketmoney, etc, etc, I only have a tiny sum which I cant spend for myself. And if I long for something, I may have to save that tiny sum every month until it mounts up to the amount I want.

Patience is virtue.

When I need to put up more effort to buy things, I tend to appreciate them more. Siap pesan berkali-kali kat Wan, periuk ni jangan guna scouring pad besi tu, jangan rendam dalam air semalaman, bla, bla sampai rasa nak letak manual penggunaan. However when I got things easily macam bola datang bergolek tiba, I gave less attention to take care of it.

Same thing happens to the kids this generation. They ALWAYS get what they want regardless the parents arent that well off and in the end, they are such a spoilt brat, hilang henfon 2-3 kali pun takpe, konfem dapat yang baru. (Well, easy for me to say when I am not in that situation yet. ok,ok..)

Being cheapskate is so worth it when you glance at your bank book and hmmmm...makes you want to save more next month :D

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Rumours

So I've just heard, (a few months back actually) that there were rumours about me when I first joined this department.

Office rumours.

I looked young because I was quite young when I joined this service. Dont know who spread the news but during that time, 3 years ago, someone said I entered this post because my daddy is one of the top people.

Seriously??!!

Daddy dearest wasnt in the same scheme as I am and he's the most honest person I know. Nak guna2 kabel ni jangan harapla. When S*PA refused to give me the offer letter because I've already received one (for a different post), I fought for my right against S*PA by myself, contacted the right person that advised me what I shoud do back then. Rizal said, there's a file about my case there :D

S*PA's policy, one can only get 1 offer letter. Received my 1st during PAC. If their system (or the people in there) are so good, why didnt they strike out my name when I received the 1st offer letter FROM THEM? Let me pass PAC and the interview but refused to hand me the offer letter. Tak fair kan?

Back to the main story.

When you see young people joining in, at least give them the chance to prove themselves first.

After 6 months, kalau masih terkapai-kapai tapi berlagahak, that's a different story. Try check transcript dia tu :D


p/s: Rasanya memang takdir berkhidmat dalam skim ni walaupun saya pergi interview aritu pakai pants u'ols :B alhamdulillah

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

I'm back

Tarik balik farewell eventhough no one misses me.. :D

******

I'm not proud of what I did just now.

The nasi lemak with ayam goreng berempah was so irresistable. I took a small plate of it, ate with no regret.

When the tummy said, "cukup2 ar tu" after a cup of coffee, regrets creeping inside..

Why did I eat that nasi lemak when lunch was in 1 hour... I'm having lunch at home with Joe and he will make sure I have my lunch...
Nyesal-nyesal...

The psychological effect was just too great to resist, the tummy didnt feel that nice, I was feeling dizzy. So I went to the toilet, stucked my middle finger inside the throat and blugrh...

This is the 2nd time this week..

Not good, not good..

I know it's not healthy and people with this syndrome may get cavities easier compare to normal people. I hate that fact because I love my teeth. I take really good care of them.

But I cant deny that part of me do feel good when I forced these fatty food out of my system.

Imagine when you cant control your hunger, you binged. Remorsed. Threw up and tadaaa, you didnt feel hungry anymore.. Satisfaction guaranteed..
Seriously, I felt full eventhough there's nothing inside my tummy.

And I know, it's a waste of food. Better off give that protion I ate to someone who really needs it.

*sigh*

Esok puase...ganti :D (Lagi sebulan setengah nak Ramadhan beb)

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