Stingy poker

I must have done something good lately for the guy up there to reward me so..i have been promoted uols...! Truthfully it's nothing to be proud about because I calculated that i would at least need another year to be able to produce some scientific papers before i'm eligble for promotion but tup tup the management said there have been changes and now its based purely on qualifications. Anyway, eligible or not di mata dunia, the extra pay would be most welcome.

At the moment, i live comfortably....tak kaya but there are a lot of things that i never had as a child i may be able to give little D now. My parents were teachers..we're much better off than some other people you might say but my dad was always doing some projects but most of them tak jadi..therefore, if he had just concentrated on teaching, it could have been better i think. There were things that i yearn as a child perhaps because of peer pressure but i never got it bec. mak i cakap they are not necessities. So, kalau nak memang kena kumpul duit sendiri. For e.g.
1. Kalkitos - i don't know if you guys still remember benda alah ni. I've only had one. Itupun buat sikit2 nak savour the moments.
2. Pencil case yg berlapis2, siap dgn secret compartmentnya lagi..
3. Beg sekolah sometimes dipanggil beg kotak, yg macam briefcase tu. At one time ni, ada design tartan merah hitam, kiranya macam burberry's during that time..
4. Pencil sharpener yg besar cam kotak tu
5. Sweat shirt yg ada hood
6. Game watch

This morning, i just had a phone conversation with Mr Gig, other than telling him the good news, also to just mess his diary up, make him late for meetings.

' I've been made a *toot* . I have lots of money now ' saja nak eksen ngan laki i.
' Then, you boleh le sponsor book case untuk living room atas' memang laki i pandai bab cari jalan mengabiskan duit bini dia.
' No, nanti kang you jugak yg nak control what can / not be put in the book cases. So anal! '
' Kena la control because you have poor taste ' laki aku ni memang la high taste..he married me kan..kah kah..anyway, he's a metrosexual, sometimes too ideal to be practical.
' Aa...control2 lah..i'm using the extra money to get my own place'. This used to be a threat only, hmm..but now with the financial freedom???

I was just digressing a bit up there...my point was before i got side tracked...there are a lot of things i can afford now..but i am far from being one who splurges my money unnecessarily...yes, i do that once in a while but according to my hubby, i ni kedekut nak mampus. I frowned when he bought his N series handphone, or his Timberland T-shirt or his penchant for Bristish India stuff (even his boxer shorts. I beli undies kat Carrefour je). I earn much more than him ... I own a functional hand phone i.e. the one in the pic above....i know..it is embarrasing..i'm sure you won't want to be seen walking with me yg berhp itu, apatah lagi owning one kan? If you look closely, can you see the black dot on the bottom RH corner of its screen? That's air liur Little D...i hantar hp i yg harga tak mencecah RM300 ni utk service because one day it was not functioning tengok2 penuh air liur. Unless, i ni jenis cakap tersembur air liur, mestilah culpritnya si Master Yoda.

Perhaps, from childhood experience, i have to know where my money goes and that each month i make sure i save some and have several insurance policies as well. Women usually leave this thing to their husband but i guess, i was already financially independent before i met Mr Gig hence i continue to manage my own finances. I am always worried that one day bila i dah retire, and if i live till 90, i may not be financially independent. I'm also worried that if i or anyone in my family falls ill, we may not be able to afford the best medical care because of financial constraints.

Will i one day get a new hp? Most probably because the spacebar on the present one is not functioning hence i have to end every word with a fullstop when sms-ing and nampak kelakar sangat. But will i spend more than RM1k? Would be lucky if i'm even willing to fork out more than RM500 for it.

Of cats and gigolo

I am quite terrible at updating this blog these couple of weeks...too much time being spent outside the office and when i do, it's to catch up with some sleep. One may wonder , '"manusia apakah ini yg tido di tempat kerja tanpa segan silu..'' Memang i ni bukan lah penyegan sangat orgnya especially when one is in desperate need of some sleep. Little D is like undergoing some sort of metamorphosis....tido lambat and then bangun dua tiga kali pulak tu throughout the night. Two nights ago she actually sat up in bed and cakap sorang2. Me being the extreme rabun punya person only saw this short figure like master Yoda sitting near my kaki making noises...eh? Toyol ke?? Before i realise it was only anak aku....then she has this habit of treating my nenen like the dummy/comforter..sikit2 nak nyonyot...aiyo...i have to sleep with my breasts fully exposed so that she'd be able to navigate herself in the dark...cam ada homing instinct la ni....i must say that my breasts have ceased being objects of desire...they're purely for functional purpose only nowadays..

After much cajoling, threatening, begging and what have you, hubby has finally agreed that it's time for a family holiday...yeah, itupun after i cakap, 'nemind la..it's my treat..'but then dia lak yg tergedek2 nak hotel yg best pulak tu...tak main la kalau yg set2 takde bathtub tu..lebey2 lak! Tak cukup semalam, nak dua malam lak tu! I told him that 'it'd better be worth it...''montymelly, i'm all yours...you nak buat apa ngan i, i sanggup you..'' ni reply si laki aku a.k.a gigolo murahan. Ye le tu....So guys, next month, we are off tu Pangkor Island ..me, the gigolo and master Yoda.

On subject yg takde mengena, you may wonder where this Montymelly is derived from..they're the names of my two cats..Monty the eunuch and Melly the fat princess (i have three, these two are the original ones). Yes..i love cats..absolutely crazy about these creatures yg all day long asyik makan, tido, makan tido and merosakkan my furniture and leaving their hair all over the place. They don't give me any privacy at all whatsoever...lebih teruk dari little D...Monty even follows me to the bathroom every morning, expecting to be cuddled, rubbed and massaged while i'm emptying my bowels. Before the arrival of little D, he had a free rein of our bed, terbongkang ikut sesuka hati dia, esp. after lepas kena mandi, leaving wet patches everywhere.

Melly punya muka tak pernah manis, kalau org tua cakap 'muka tak jeru dek rezeki'' hence a.k.a princess. She's cold and likes to bite, kuat makan and only manja with the gigolo murahan, sampai masa dia nak beranak pun nak duduk atas riba kawan tu sampai pecah the air ketuban..

The third kitty is Melly's baby...ni anak luar nikah. We tried to mate Melly with jantan dari set2
loyar, magistret...we had to pay to have her 'kahwin'' but three times tak jadi apa2 ...then once when she was tengah menggatal, dia terlepas pada satu subuh yang hening, terus berjumpa dgn boipren nye yg set2 mat rempit...when we caught her, mukanya happy gila and menunjukkan kepuasan yg amat sangat..one month later perutnya membenjol. Tapi apa nak buat, nasi dah jadi bubur and 63 days later keluarlah anak nya yang warna tah apa2 tah...dan dinamakan Ugi (from ''ugly''). Adalah ugi sehingga ke hari ini...si ugly duckling yg tak bertukar2 lagi to swan..moral of the story: kalau kucing uols warna hitam, jangan la bagi dia kawin ngan kucing warna kuning, pasal lepas tu dapat le anak warna yg the only way i can describe it is..masa kita kecik2 main ngan water colour, and kita ambik air dlm tumbler untuk celup our paint brushkan? Aaa...itu le warnanya!

Why Çrazy cat lady?? When i was pregnant dgn perut yang memboyot, jln pun tak stable, adala sekor stray cat ni at my workplace, jugak tengah pregnant...i selalu terfikir, yg masa tu i lapar 24hours, i'm sure the cat must be hungry also but where can she find food? So, i bawak la sikit biskut budak2 bulu kat rumah tu and fed her everyday...terbongkok2 ambik bekas makanan tu, gi toilet cuci, keringkan, buh biskut and i'd do it day in day out...then one of my colleagues called me crazy cat lady and that name melekat sampai sekarang...

Hapdates

Hi uols,

Been terribly swamped with paperwork last week and tak sempat nak menghapdate, mengcomment or do any pleasurable blogging activity.

1. Last Thursday, assigned procedures didn't finish till 4pm, whereas it should only be a half day thingy (meaning 2pm the most). And makcik pakar buat org tido ni sibuk menyindir2 i telling me how ambitious i had been of booking in 4 clients that day. Elo makcik (kalau tak kerana ko punya qualifications, aku ingat ko passable as penjual sayur je..tak nak la comment lebih2 lak kan..nanti kata i shallow lak) , aku ni *&^%$%&* pelawat je..i come in, i do it, i go...i takde kena mengena dgn. berapa banyak clients yg org nak book etc. Itupun, aku kena travel, duit minyak lagi, masa lagi..aku tak dapat sesen pun tau! Ko tu, duk atas bontot je, pas tu dapat beribu2 ringgit, tak yah la nak bising2 sangat. Kalo ko tak 'babysit' aku, ko nak buat apa lagi?

2. Oleh kerana dok tension nye i ngan minah penjual sayur tu, on the way back, i pun singgah la kat pasar malam. I bought 3 corn cobs (of normal sizes i.e. idak le sekerat je cam kat Road House Grill ke), 3 kuih cakul and 3 doughnuts...one each for roomate (a.k.a hubby), maid and myself. Then i jadi gelap mata and langsung i gelapkan all the doughnuts on the way back you! Itupun nasib baik rumah dah tak berapa jauh, kalo tidak mau dgn petai2 yg i beli i ratah sekali! I had to get rid of all traces of sugar (because the doughnuts tu satu plastik bag ngan cakul) supaya laki aku tak suspect ada perkara sebegitu berlaku...do i eat because i'm all stressed out or i'm stressed out because i eat all??? Apasal la aku ni kuat makan??? Speaking of kuat makan, the day before, hubby went outstation so i had the house all to myself (other than the maid-->paid to keep mouth shut and baby-->still too young to understand what gluttony means)...i bought 2 bars of chocs...at first i wanted to serang Guardian tu because they didn't have any Cadbury bar bigger than yg dua inggit lebih tu..(hence why i bought two bars). First bar was consumed before i even started the car engine...i felt a tremendous relief straightaway...terus teringat kat claim made by some women that chocs are better than sex..or orgasm (whichever)...it's unfair to say this, reflects quite badly on one's partner (haha), i'd compromise and say, sex is much better when at the point of O (agaknya le, belum pernah try lagu ni), you stuff your mouth with chocs...(multiple O i should say!)

3. While i was at the pasar malam, came across two different org buta...one had his two children with him and another had his partner. It had started to rain by then..i normally keep some loose change for something like this...ye la..i ni buat dosa banyak..buat ibadah tu liat sikit..so i hope when i go meet our maker the bit on bersedekah tu boleh la jadi pemberatnya. I had some fivers, no more singgit singgit..and i was contemplating...should i give the fiver ke..? Tak ke banyak sangat? Pas tu i terus termalu dgn diri sendiri..It's like a fiver was so big a deal! What can one get with one ringgit today? Some suratkhabar pun tak lepas lagi..apatah lagi sebungkus nasi lemak? And the man with two children were huddling together sharing two umbrellas between the three of them..and there i was kedekut sangat taik idung masin.

4. I had to attend a dinner on Fri night organised by some fraternity of the other institution. I said had to because the boss's secretary called up and say,'Ms Montymelly, the boss wants you to attend the dinner tomorrow night'...this is really like rela paksa right? My first reaction was to say no, but instinct says that you can't really say no because the boss, known to be one social bunny rarely remembers staff yg tak bersosial hence err..promotion lambat sikit la...i wouldn't say i'm the friendliest, most sociable one around..but i think compared dgn most people yg ramai laki/bini they all tak bagi keluar malam and laki aku ni jenis tak kisah and kengkadang dia yg terkinja2 pantang diajak ikut sama, i'm always being made the scapegoat..i like to think i'm being asked not because other people have the nerves to say no..but more of my ability to hold the fork and knife properly, chew with my mouth close, smile and nod accordingly at appropriate remarks.

OK la uols..have to get through another 3 hours of worktime (oopss...2.5 je kut because i nak chow awal)..this social bunny is going to have a facial today as she is sprouting white/blackheads like the horns of that red super sapien on astro.

Who dare says i'm fat and toothless?

Muahaha! This is all mine..mine!




Hey! I tengah berbedak sejuk la uols, jangan tangkap gambar!

















OK, this is much better..ada macam Aunty Bella tak? Ala2 gadis ayu gitu.