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Amboi boiii...I telah diselar uolss..dikatanya I hapdate bagaikan sembelit tanpa lactulose gitteww..dan kemain si Ani BNS keeping tabs on Esah and I...Esah dah dua, I baru satu katanya. Si Ani ni, dirinya tak mau pulak berblog. Nak bagi idea ni: buatlah interactive tutorial on cara2 menunggang kuda tanpa digigit olehnya, cara2 menunggang penunggang kuda (oops!) or paling kurang pun how to make baja tanpa bau from taik kuda..taik miau tak mau yeah..gua sudah try, pokok mati.
Anyway, I have wanted to write about this for a very long time. Contrary to popular belief (popularkah daku?), I ni takdelah menunggu je berita hangat or gossip hangit nak diperkatakan di sini. Banyak lagi kerja lain sebenarnya. But some things really cannot tahan one and I have to release it here. As a person I think my tolerance level of 'sillyness' is quite high. But there are a few things that can really tick me off. One of them is when it involves people with special needs or medically compromised. My speciality in the beginning bukanlah ini tapi lama kelamaan I'm drawn to see only those under these categories because I find the work much more fulfilling. Therefore, the subject is very closed to my heart.
I know this person for a very long time. Years of friendship enable us to be quite candid with each other. He came from a broken home, parents divorced and had to live in the existence of a step parent. Dia selalu terasa dipinggirkan. Tapi sekarang katanya dia sungguh bahagia. The wife is someone who worships the ground he walks on...yg selalu nampak that 'the glass is always half full' as opposed to me lah, katanya. Yg always wanting something better..ye ke?( If I were that what am I doing always sitting on my bum..I don't moan all the time, do I Esah?). Takpelah...kawan I tu kan dah bahagia bagai di sorga sekarang ni. And then dia buat kenduri kat rumahnya. Sempena birthday anak2nya jua. Berderet nama anak2nya yg dimention dlm kad jemputan. I calculatelah bila dia kawin...takkan setaun sekor or setaun dua ekor sekaligus kut? Btw, he has a stepkid from his wife's previous marriage..so I thought, oh baguslah dia include sekali anak tirinya. Kawan I ni dah matured dah rupanya, so I thought...and tak mengulang balik sejarah hidupnya 'sekadar di pinggiran' ke atas anak tirinya. Korek punya korek, rhope2nya tu semua anak dna dia uols! Anak tirinya idak diinclude sekali dalam 'turut mengundang' tu..! I asked why? He said because the kid doesn't live with them. He doesn't get along with the kid. Lepas tu terbukak cerita yg the child is 'special'..masa ni bulu kat telinga I dah naik dah. I asked him, your wife dah mendambakan (phwoaar bahasaku) dirinya pada you, so is she happy with this arrangement? He said, she said her life could have been perfect but for now its ok because he (kawan I ni) makes her life much more meaningful...Of course my friend ni ulang baliklah yg the wife is a positive person and the glass is always half full tadi (a ahh..and Ust Munah cakap, the way to forget that there is a problem is by having more and more babies. Lagi cantik kalau dua sekali dlm satu tahun. Btw, ni I yg tambah).
Siapalah I kan dlm hal ni? Only a long time friend yg kenal dia sejak zaman maknya yg belikan sepentotnya...dan jurucakap tetiba bagi that special kid tu. So, I pun menyusun kata2. Yelah bak kata Esah, orang yg ada terasa dia bersalah akan defensive. I pun cakaplah...that stepkid of yours is a special child..needs more time to adjust to new surroundings, might think that you are the person that took 'mummy' away. Trylah to ambik hati dia. You've got to tap into this child's world. Banyaklah brok brek brok brek alasan yg kawan I ni bagi. I kalau dah org macam ni, memang kena bagi shock therapy..I said, why are you doing to this kid what your step parent did to you?
Aiyokk! Kawan I ni naik syeh uols! Dia brok brek brok brek kat I cakap I don't understand his situation lah etc. Pastu he said he is so glad I'm blardy miserable (ye le..ada ke org buat phd yg suka sokmo?) and thank god he's not married to me. Haaa WTF? Gilo ko apo? Hish..now I can see why his wife is overly potraying herself to be positive..glass half full my foot!
OK. Ni cerita lain pulak. On medically compromised people. These can be those with hepatitis, hiv, blood disorders, apa2 je lah..where disease or treatment rendered may endanger their lives. Bila decide to be in this line of work, memang terdedah kpd segala jenis jangkitan. Kita ambik precautions, we learn about the do's and don'ts. Zaman dah makin maju..bukannya zaman where penyakit kusta kena dok sekampung kat sg buloh sinun. Ni satu contoh penyakit yg digeruni..sekarang ni senang je, tak tau tanya mr google. Tak yah nak refer2 kat org2 atasan kat gomen tu sangat. Pasal diaorg pun tak le pandai norr. Most of their akta is from zaman jepun dulu. Kalau tak takkanlah DVS boleh cakap yg tak salah nak makan anjing or kucing because akta depa takde cakap apa2pun. So siaplah kita nanti boleh tengok skinned panggang cats or dogs tergantung kat restaurant..DVS kata tak salah, kan? You pi rejam binatang pun denda 300 inggit je (or dah naik ke?). Kalau ada org Biatnam tangkap miau kita tak yah lah nak pi report polis because takde wujudnya akta yg mengatakan domestic animals tak boleh dijadikan lauk. Eh...melalutlah my story..
Back to the penyakit story, once upon a time, I sat in a meeting discussing the layout of bilik2 menerima clientele. This very senior person who once held quite a top post at the gomen proposed that sesapa yg ada hepatitis, hiv dan segala neka yg berjangkit mesti di asingkan di bilik 'spesial' (short form of spesis sial gamaknya for this guy). Errkk?! Laaa..mana ke perginya otak mamat ni? Kalau I client tu, baiklah i tak payah declare my medical history because kalau declare kenkonon nak bagi warning so the service provider takes necessary precautions, terus diriku diostracise. Siap kena masuk bilik khas lagi you..awat tak guna hailer je buat announcement yg sesungguhnya diriku ini ada bisul yg berjangkit..contohnya la kan. Ish mengong betul! That kind of stupidity memang I tak boleh tolerate. Sekarang ni adalah zaman evidence based ye kengkawan. Cakap berlapikkan angin je dah tak boleh pakai. But kalau nak buat rujukan please lah, jangan la dok refer kat so called experts kat atas2 tu..akta dari zaman jepun, the experts dari zaman jurassic. Paling kurang pun cher tengok wikipedia..
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Urut uli

Just got back from makan angin. Gila sakit badan..I'm not one to go for spa experience pasal segan...pernah dulu nak ikut jehak langkah Ust. Munah that swears by having regular massage boleh mereleasekan tension and lenguh2. Dulu pernah try sekali dua kat one of the beauty salons near where I live...at that time ada satu tu je kut. Mula2 try buat facial dulu...I'm not one of those people that can find the time to go regularly say every few weeks. I try to now but I still fail. Anyway, during that time, memang muka dah serious tumbuh bumps n lumps..agaknya sikit lagi je nak jadi macam ikan flowerhorn. But the adik yg buat facial tu....boleh tsk tsk bila rasa kulit muka I. Pas tu bising2 tzone byk blackheads, muka kerassss je..klau selalu buat facial mesti lembut katanya. Then I got a bit uncomfortable dgn cara dia tegur2 staffnya. But I still went because I didn't have any other choice..suffice it to say, bukak je salon lain terus I cabut. Anyway, my first urut experience was when we were in Bali, nearly a decade ago. Takde anak pun masa tu lagi. We went to what was supposed to be massage for couple. Ingat dia buat together getherlah..but I was brought to one room and MG to another. On my part kena urut dada dan sewaktu dgnnya...was so embarrassed and I pandang ceiling je. Lepas habis tu I tanya MG, you diurut badan dan toot toot area jugak ke? Adalah..katanya. I don't want to know! Then, pi foot reflexology when we were in Bangkok. Both of us and a friend of mine. She requested for a lady masseuse. Then there were 2 others: one abang lembut and the other one abang normal. Kut2 la I dapat yg abang lembut kan...no no no! Abg lembut menuju ke MG dulu...sambil mengurut sambil bersembang melentik2 lagi...my last urut experience was when I was in Medan. Terserempak dgn my senior colleague who just came back from the spa...best katanya and there I thought hmm..apa nak disegankan..dia yg lagi besar dari I pun had no reservations about 'letting go'. So pergilah I , I tick 'gentle pressure' kat questionnaire yg dia bagi sebelum start urut. Mak oiii! Gentle nya was not gentle at all to me! Nak geliat, jerit, semua ada. Teringat I kat makcik bidan kat my hometown ni yg mak I pernah panggil utk urut I. Bila I balik bercuti selalu angkat beg berat2 so bahu kenkadang terkehel. Makcik tu punya lipat and tarik urat I...! She even stood on the inner part of my peha. It was damn painful that I rasa cam terajang je. That was my first and most traumatic experience. Pas tu boleh cakap lagi kat mak I 'oh, dia hari tu pi mandi laut ye..ni kena tegur dek opahnya lah niii'. Aiyo! Like my opah had been dead for yonks then..err..memang I pi mandi manda laut...dgn ex-boipren masa tu...hehehe..dia boleh tilik jugak kut?! Cemas gua! Anyway, told mum no way is she coming near me ever again. Sib baik dlm pantang budak2 dua orang tu semua kat rumah sendiri je. I tak balik kg pun (what pantang?). I had a youngish lady as tukang urut masa dlm pantang. Very modern, takde tekan2 or picit2 macam nak suruh kita beranak lagi sekali. Lost her number when my previous simcard buat hal. Googled her..tetengok ada contact no. So she came today after berzaman dah tak diurut. Feels great now...dia cakap my body ok (but dia sendawa banyak kali mesti I byk angin kan?). She said my caesarian scar halus je...waahh..boleh sarung bikini balik ni...sebab niat tak elok camtulah tuhan jadikan I ni terlebih 20kilo..kahkakah!
Oklah, enough merapu for one night...I hope you are satisfied AniBNS...pstt boleh tak you ingatkan kawan kita yg satu lagi tu..orang lain pun bercintan cintun jugak, blog tetap hapdate...
Anyway, ni lah rupa si Monty satu hari ni. Asyik nak berkepittttt je. Miss mummynya sangat2. How can hati you tak cair tengok mukanya?
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Kids

I'd probably just write something about the kids lest I forget one day.
Little D
Not so little anymore. She's in std 1 this year. Loves school. Even the KAFA in the afternoon haha. But very manja. Expects the dad to carry her schoolbag to her class every morning. Kalau I kecik2 dulu malu seh..jangan harus my father turun dari kereta utk tolong angkatkan bag I. Gets fetched from school after SK, balik rumah, makan and mandi cepat2 and driven back for KAFA. Kenkadang tu all for 20mins je..just because the maid doesn't trust her to be able to feed herself if she was to stay back in school for lunch. She's too pampered..but bukan I yg pamper dia ye..the adik was telling me how last year, the kakak got sent to her seat in her classroom when adik macho2 je boleh masuk kelas sendiri2. Of course I put a stop to that. Sekarang ni ada hati nak jadi class momitor. I told her, well, you have to show your teacher that you can do things by yourself. Stop asking daddy to carry your stuff to your classroom! Hantar kat bawah je dah! Otherwise she's very competitive and hardworking. Even masa kat kindy...balik sekolah, bolen je pakai pantys, maid suapkan makan bec she needed her hands free to do her homework. Pernah kena marah dgn class teacher adik pasal tolong buatkan homework adik. This one stamina merendek kat shopping centre tak diwarisi dari I ye. Hari2 pun boleh. Her 2 lower incisors are very wobbly. Suh dia main, goyangkan sendiri. Bawak jumpa dentist? For the very first time, during the last school holiday I bawak. Dua beradik lari2 kat klinik sambil tutup mulut. Malu I tau! Sib baik I dapat maintain cool...of course mata jegillah kan. So folks, jgn jadi cam I..pi bawak anak jumpa dentist as soon as first baby tooth erupts ye. Well, about the 2 wobbly teeth, told her to cepat2 goyankan and cabut sendiri. Toothfairy nak datang...nak bagi singgit for each tooth, letak bawah bantal malam2. Cepatlah, toothfairy dah tak sabar2 dah tu. Dlm hati berdoa, janganlah gigi anak aku senget benget... Khurafat ke? Tak kisahlah! Anakku ni diva...kalau baru nak check gigi pun dah teghoyak, imagine kalau kena cabut pasal gigi permanent dah nak keluar. Mesti cam kaplam mati laki. Anyway, banyaklah dua beradik tanya soalan cemana rhope toothfairy. I said I wouldn't know bec I was a good girl so i slept when the toothfairy came to pay me for my teeth. I said cam rhope aurora sleeping beauty punya fairies kut. Yg adik cakap fairy ada yg hodoh (eh pernah tertengok cite Darkness Falls ke...tu serious cam cikpon). Anyway, when I picked little D up from KAFA the next day, she said mummy tipu! Daddy kata mengarutlah! Mana ada toothfairy. Haiya! So kalau anak diva punya gigi ada problem nanti, Daddylah yang kena jadi dentist, ye.
Baby X
This year 2nd year kat kindy. Same old school but still hates it. Takdelah kicking and screaming tak mau pi sekolah tapi kalau dapat dok rumah siram pokok, vacuum, ngulit Ugi and Monty lagi dia suka. Malas buat homework. Kaler ikut suka dia. Kalau tanya napa kaler teddybear warna purple? Sukati baby X lah! Today she told me that she asked her teacher, can I not not read (recite kut) with the others? Mulut saya dah penat. I'm still trying to find out what her interests are. Kaler2 tak suka, baca buku tak suka, lukis2 pun tak suka...yg dia suka cuma..Ugi and Monty. And feed the stray cats...kalau nak jadi vet pun kena rajin study jugak...But she's more independent than the sister and more forward. Kalau kat restaurant, boleh harap kat dia utk panggilkan waiter. Would go up to the waiter and say 'uncle, mummy saya nak order' ..hehe. Usually, diaorg terkejut tengok budak kemetot je yg bercakap tu. Tak berapa suka mandi...err..ni sah2 ikut I. Dia panggil daki kat ketiak 'bulu'. She seriously thinks daki is bulu yg nak tumbuh. Once I said to her, 'baby X, pi mandi..tengok ketiak dah ada bulu dah.' Ye lah...dia ni chunky sikit..tiaknya lapis2..so senang 'berbulu'. And she replied, 'daddy lagi lama tak mandi! Kan ketiak daddy banyak bulu tu.' Hehehe..tak ke rasa cam nak buat cekodok je mulutnya? Oh yes, hobbynya ialah menjilat..if she loves you, dia cium2, hidu2 and pastu keluar lidah and jilat sikit. Terkenan adik beradik bulunya kut. But she's very loving...and talkative once you stay longer than 1/2hour with her. Dialah PR we all bila uncle chena datang service aircond...the electrician guy...cleaner sebelah rumah..

OKlah..nak tido. Semoga malam ini saya bermimpikan ...bang Nuar..

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BO

So the exam was OK. I was expecting to leave the room after 1/2hour, kut menganga tak tau nak tulis apa. Tetengok phwoaarr…not bad for an old timer like me….Dua, tiga hari sebelum tu punyalah tak cukup tido. Not that i was burning the midnight oil. I was just anxious and my brain was doing chemistry equations in my sleep. Teringat jaman2 sekolah dulu bila exam, gini le rhopenya. When Esah says i sleep too much, in my defence i would say, my brain doesn't actually sleep. Selain dari buat chemistry equations, i have also come up with research ideas and obtain solutions to personal problems…all from when i sleep. Saturday terus down with flu kaw kaw. I was feeling under the weather all last week but i think it was mind over matter thing, willing myself not to get ill. Then on Fri night Baby X fell ill…batuk tak berhenti2. Kita pun tak boleh tidur. Tepuk belakangnya, neb 2X, muntah sebaldi, dekat subuh baru boleh terlelap. Siaplah pas tu i must have qadha tidur berbelas jam between Saturday and Sunday, what with the flu and all.

Anyway, kepada topic yg lebih hangat…or in this matter…hangit.
My colleagues and i were discussing the other day on how some of the trainees have body odour. Bila lalu dekat kita, phwoaarr..masam ada, kepam pun ada, hapak apatah lagi. Kalau dlm lift sama2, merasalah tahan nafas dari tingkat 1 ke tingkat 5. Bila keluar lift, kita yg tinggal nyawa2 ikan. So, we think personal hygiene should be in the curriculum. Along with cara2 pakai makeup sikit2. Ni i yg tambah because i think as we are in this line of work yg bekerja sungguh dekat dengan orang, the way we present ourselves is important…tak le suh pakai eyeshadow biru setebal mata panda cam stewardess Ayaqasia tu but ketrampilan kenalah menarik. Bau naklah wangi…but if katanya pakai perfume adalah haram kerana menaikkan ***, OKlah, memadailah kalau bau sabun or bedak Dettol for e.g.
It reminded me of many2 years ago masa buat Masters. Ada sorang postgrad ni dari Negara Padayappa sinun. Masa memula masuk tu ok je baunya. Makin lama makin…tuhan je lah yg tau. Kalau kita jalan belakang dia, siaplah kalau kita berjalan arah bertentangan dgn angin. Tak tau nak describe camna. Nasib baik i was not in the same class as him. Ada kawan i ni sampai tenyeh minyak kapak kat hidungnya pun bau masih tak boleh dimask lagi. Bau satu hal…attitude pun lebih kurang sama. Dia je lah yg pandai….negara dia je lah yg exotic and aman sentosa (WTH kan?) Once he came over here to interview kerja dgn one multinational company ni…bila balik UK balik dia berceritalah yg kononnya Mesia ni macammmm Negara dia jugak. Sama je dia kata…i pun terpkir2..bab yg mana yg sama tu? The part yg kat sini takde lembu atas jalanraya, takde homeless merempat tepi jalan or takde oranng kencing mana2 depa suka? But he said, one thing that set his country apart from Mesia was the fact that kat tempat dia, pompuan tidak di 'oppress' utk pakai tudung! Can you believe the nerve of that guy? Matii2an i cakap no one force me to pakai tudung…fuh punyalah dia tak caya. And this conversation took place back at my flat while he was munching down half of my Dixy's fried chicken. Geram tau!! (we were otw back from class. His hostel dgn mine sejalan. I was trying to shake him off. Dia cakap takpe dia teman i jalan. Pastu i kata takkpe, you jalan dulu, i nak gi beli dinner kat Dixy's. Dia ikut jugak! Pastu kengkonon nak tengok flat kitaorg. Gua punyalah lapar dah masa tu…kalau simpan kang belengaih lak chicken and friesku. Nak taknak gua nak makan kenalah offer dia sama. And dia takdelah pulak segan silu and pura2 tolak. Nyampah tau!) Btw, a few of our classmates did send him a surat layang telling him to take care of his BO. Ada dia pedulik? Jati diri bagus sungguh!
Trauma i dgn mamat ni didn't end there. He was only in his early 20's but pasal kat Negara padayappa, mestilah golongan professional macam dia ni cepat kena pinang dgn ammapoddi kan. So, he was already married before he came to the course. Gold band dia setebal ibu jari kaki i uols. Tapi ada hati nak ajak i jalan2 makan angin kat park. I kept on saying, next time, next time. Gila dia tuntut kau! Mengenangkan attitude plus bau pun kurang enak, kalau rhope sehensem RishiKapoor pun i tak hingin tau! Masuk final year the wife came over. Barulah baunya masa tu rhope bau orang balik. Agaknya bau kepam baju tak basuh kut…so the wife must have taken over the duty of doing his laundry. Memang dasar jantan padayappa betul! Harapkan bini je.
So that was the story.

Taking a break. Tengah study, this week ada exam on cara2 pemprosesan cuka getah. Last I had to study for exams was 10years ago. Otak gua dah slow..
Anyway, tengah jeles jugak. Chenta hati Esah nak mai visit dia in a few days time. Kemain lagi dia kekejap bagi madah2 cinta di pesbuk...rhope2nya hatinya tengah berbunga2 sekarang. Dia tanya pasal apa nak dengki kat chenta hatinya tu...I pin cakaplah pasal I sayang kat dia. I tak mau tengok dia jadi donkey...carrotnya tergantung2 diumpan dek MC. And si MC pulak dah dicertify dek esah yg dia mmg selfish. Tapi makaji kita cakap kalau ada, ada, kalau takde takpe. Hmmmm....hati jahat I berkata2 ni tak lain tak bukan si MC nak topap wardrobenya dgn pradak, guccing n elvavi latest season lerr ni. Cer kata kawan kita ni station kat Mogadishu ke..ada ke chenta hati nak mai lawat? Ish jahatnya mulut! Its unfairlah hypothetical question camni ...sorry esah..you know I care about you kan. Kalau I tak ngumpat pasal you dgn MC sapa lagi kan? Macam microwave gitu...kejap on kejap off, kejap hot, kejap dah senyap..(Adakah dgn ini aku takkan dapat dah ration walkers prawn cocktail ku?)
Semalam on the way back from the office, I sibuk menenyeh lipstick dlm kereta while the car was moving. Tetiba dekat cabang jalan before snart tunnel ada pak polisi traffic tengah jalan tunjuk index finger kat I suh berenti. I dah gelabah. Adakah ini gara multitasking2 semasa memandu? Between sept-nov last year I dah dapat saman 3x kerana memandu lebih sikit dari hadlaju. Kalau kena saman memandu secara berbahaya pulak robeklah poket I. Oh tidak..sebenarnya dia nak I and kereta2 belakang I berenti utk bagi laluan utk belah sana. Pastu bila dia gamit suh jalan balik dia senyum kat I uols! Selalunya kan pak polisi ni muka expressionless je ala2 Queen's Guard gitu. Or is it because I yg dok tersengih2 dulu dlm keta teringat kat erikestrada dlm Chips? Yg oh sungguh menjadi pujaan hati I dgn kakak I suatu masa dulu..sampai cium2lah screen tv tu.
Ada sorang my bff ni dgn I suka gelak2 cam shaitonn bila our trainees or colleagues cakap english sebutan bunyi tebal je..memang bukan sikap terpuji walaupun gelak2 kat belakang. Gila keji uols. Kitaorg perasan terrer bec bekas budak sekolah konben gituuu..cikgu2 kitaorg dolu2 klau bukan nyonya, sisters geraguk. Kita skeaping sentiasa kat sekolah. So siaplah sapa yg cakap tab-ble (table), pep-per (paper), corm-fort (comfort), that's mean (that means), jobon (jaw bone) etc. memang we all akan senyum2 sinis..
Satu hari, I pi drive thru macd. I nak pesan chicken foldover. I tersebut 'fallover'. I repeat sekali lagi, pun bunyi cam gitu jugak. Sampai I ulang 3-4x uols bunyi cenggitu jugak! Tudia! Tuhan bayar cash kat I!
My bff tu pun kena jugak. Dia pi service kereta, nak cakap spare part, tersebut sparepet dekat 32 ribux. Hambik kau!
Sekarang ni kitaorg dah insaf...paling over pun we all angkat2 kening je atau tunduk..nahan ketawa.
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Ramblings - cats

I have been feeding the neighbourhood stray cats. Well, just one or two are strays. The rest, which can number between 6 to 8 are the neighbours'. Some people keep them as pets, peluk2 and sayang2 but fail to provide them with adequate food. Spaying and neutering apatah lagi..one of the neighbours who is a nice lady mind you, is one of those whose extent of love for her cats is in the form of leftover nasi and kepala ikan. I have also found keropok lekor and macd's fries in the cats' food bowl. No fresh water. Once she made a remark to my maid, 'oh..kucing akak makan kat tempat CK ye?' A little thanks or pura2 malu would be the right thing to do. My maid said dia tersengih2 bila cakap tu. My maid replied tersely, 'yes Kak CK beli 10kilo makanan setiap bulan'. New kittens that she has must be around 4 months. Two are calico and tortie. Hmm female. Kena tangkap soon and send for spaying. Kalau tak nanti bertambah lagi 'unwanted anak luar nikah', yang akan mati kena langgar, kena torture dgn budak2 or bunuh dgn stray dogs. The polite thing to do is to seek her permission to send her cats to the vet. Do you think she'd care? Or worse, what if she says no? The mama cat and her kittens have at least 2 meals at my house. Some days are happy hour- they get wetfood to eat to their heart's content. Heck, I even feed them kitten kibbles to ensure they grow up with enough nutrients. So, please don't tell me that I have no right to ensure they do not turn into baby making machine. And yes, I'm not always polite..so I won't be asking the owner's permission - that's what I did to their mama. Now she is living a healthy happier life. Can tell from her shiny coat and no more bones jutting from her pelvic region.
Anyway to 2LDB, I'm deeply honoured that you thought of me when looking for potential adopter for the lovely persian cat. However, I would have to decline walaupun hati berat because I simply do not have the capacity to care for another one...nak introducekan to 2 ekor alpha kat rumah ni being one of them. I am also keeping my options open in case I need to foster or adopt any cats in need. Thanks once again. I hope the kucing bertuah tu akan dapat forever home that fills with much love, food and cuddles.

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Prayer of a Stray

Dear God please send me somebody who will care!
I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair.
My body is aching, it's so racked with pain.
And Dear God I pray as I run in the rain,
that someone will love me and give me a home;
a warm cozy bed I can call my own.
My last owner neglected me and chased me away,
to rummage in garbage and live as a stray.
But now God I'm tired and hungry and cold,
and I'm afraid I'll never grow old.
They've chased me with sticks and hit me with stones,
while I run in the streets just looking for bones!
I'm not really bad God, please help if you can,
for I have become just a victim of man.
I'm wormy Dear God and I'm ridden with fleas,
and all that I want is an owner to please.
If you find one for me God I'll try to be good.
I won't run away and I'll do as I should.
I don't think I'll make it too long on my own,
cuz I'm getting so weak and I'm so all alone.
Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry,
cuz I'm so afraid God that I'm gonna die.
And I've got so much love and devotion to give,
that I should be given a new chance to live!
So Dear God, please, please answer my prayer,
and send me somebody who will really care!

 By Bev Davenport (1992)
 
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Good manners 101

Happy New Year to all of us. 2012 was really memeningkan kepala and i'm happy to bid it farewell (tapi cam terngiang2 kat telinga i si Esah berkata2, yang ko pi bawak baggage 2012 ke tahun baru buat apa? Ala bebeh, man man la..)
Anyway, i sungguh terpanggil untuk menulis satu entry berbau kak nam with regards to the lack of manners in our people. Bila teringat, hati boleh panas je…
1. Just because you don't have to pay for my service…
Pada suatu hari, i was asked by an acquaintance if i could see her brother punya adik ipar punya cousin punya anak bla blaa….urgent tu urgent tapi takdelah life and death case. Me being the type of person kalau orang dah mintak tolong, i seboleh2nya will want to get it out of my way secepat mungkin biar senang hati. Takdelah pulak kita kata, 'take a number' and tunggulah kau 4 bulan lagi. I must have seen the person 3, 4 kali. Mengenangkan dia nya minor and datang appointment pun ikut pak bawakkan so kita tak boleh salahkan dia kan? Memang typical orang mesia, kalau kata kul 10 mesti paling awal nak terbit 1030 or 1045…gua panassss je…because it's not as if i takde kerja lain kan? The last time my assistant tepon Tanya kenapa tak terbit2 lagi, paknya jawab, oh…dia ada hal, lupa nak bagitau kitaorg utk reschedule appointment. Then when my assistant cakap kat dia yg 'encik tak boleh buat camni, CikKiah banyak kerja lain nak dibuat atau sekurang2nya boleh tengok orang lain dlm slot tu'. And you know apa dia jawab? 'Oh yang saya ni banyak hal jugak you all tak kisah??!'
Ewah ewah! Banyak cantik muka kau! Who asked for whose favour? This is one story..
What about yg masuk ke office i, anaknya dah dok elok2 and i have to wait for the dad to finish his conversation on the phone? Pastu bila kita tanya soalan dia akan cakap, i don't really know anything, mak depa yg selalu bawak. Errr..if you already knew you know not anak kau punya hal, boleh tak buat homework dulu sebelum datang? Mestilah ada banyak questions si Pakar nak bertanya, kan, considering kita baru bersua muka? Can you not waste my time?
And those who think they are more important than everyone else..depalah yg paling busy….so nak ask to be on time tu macam i tanya Monty, boleh tak jangan do katas riba i satu hari. Gittew..On average mesti lambat at least 15-20mins. I work on a very tight schedule…dah tau central KL selalu jam and parking susah nak dapat, kalau kata 10 pagi, can you like leave your home by 830 latest? No, i don't go by 'Malaysian time' yeah.. Ni bila my assistant tepon, mesti jawab, we are on the way…kut2 masih kat rumah lagi tengah pakai sepentot.
2. Orang berbudi………
I must say that lebih dari 10 tahun i berkecimpung dalam bidang 'customer service' ni, adalah kut i dapat present 3-4 kali kut…this is tooooo few. Bukan tak ikhlas i bagi service…ikhlas, tapi….considering masa i dlm training kat Negara benggali putih dulu, selalu dapat cekelat, origami, kad buatan sendiri…it's really much appreciated. Katanya org2 asia ni berbudi bahasa…kalau kata tak suka kat i, i jugak yg uols cari kan? Nanti kang kalau suruh ikut budaya Mat Salleh, cakap napa nak ikut budaya kapiaq?Is it because depa ingat i dapat gaji, so tak yahlah nak beri memberi kut??
Ni story lain pulak. Ada sorang akak ni mengahwinkan anaknya. Of course mintak tolong teman2 dan sedara rapat kan? Kita pun berumahtanggalah kat rumahnya beberapa hari. Yang bestnya, bila kita menyinsing lengan, akak ni dok perati je atau layan kengkawan mak datinnya yang datang berziarah. Dia kata dia takde seni so cannot joinlah. Takpe, we understand…pastu dia tabor janji manis, 'lepas wedding ni i belanja uols spa' Fuh! But me being segan berspa, i cakap, takpe, tak yah spa..you belanja je kitaorg makan deghoyan. Kebetulan masa tu musim deghoyan…terasa2 kat lidah ni musangking..ye lah..dengar kabar, akak ni tak makan deghoyan selain dari sang musang. Purnama berganti, sampai laa ni uols! Spa entah ke mana, Si musang entah ke mana! Lagi boleh kata pulak yang on the wedding day itself kitaorg ni tak menjalankan tugas menyambut tetamu dgn jayanya. Dia laki bini je penat. Benda2 yang weols dok kelebet 3 hari 3 malam tu, satu pun tak nampak bayang utk weols. It's beyond kecik hati already. Menyampah tau! Sib baiklah potensi anaknya utk kahwin cuma satu….kalau tak, sorry tiga lori ku tak hingin lagi.
3. Orang memberi…
The moral of the story here (eh? Belum start cerita dah buat kesimpulan moralnya) is, when people give you something, maknanya orang tu teringat kat you and take the time and spend some money to choose you a gift. Ok la, kalau tak keluar duit pun, ada keluar tenaga, kan? Dah tu pulak, kalau orang memang sah2 keluarkan duit utk belikan you present tu, dia pun agak2 jugaklah standard you camna. Kalau nampak cam you gaya2 Bersacing, takkan dia belikan you Kamdang je kut. Paling kodi Gas. Kenkadang, it does burn a hole in that giver's pocket. Paling kurang pun, all you have to say is 'thank you'. Buat mimic muka suka, walaupun dalam hati tak berapa berkenan. Takpe tipu utk jaga perasaan org tu. Tak kisahlah org tu belikan you kain batik whereas you dah berkodi kain batik kat rumah. Kalau dapat benda yg kalernya bukan your favourite kaler, nemind, just accept it graciously, apa you nak buat lepas tu lantak kaulah. I tell you sebagai penerima, it's DAMN BAD MANNERS if you reject the gift. Alasan yang selalu diberikan: dah banyak, tak tau nak pakai ke mana lagi….this is not my colour……i tak pakai/gunalah benda ni….i don't eat this…remember, bad manners ok!
Lepas tu, kalau orang dah bagi, janganlah lupa cakap thank you. Kalau orang tanya sedap ke, or ok ke? This is not the time to bagi kritikan membina ye…dan tolonglah jangan cakap 'oo..masa i kecik dulu, i tak biasa terima2 gifts ni..so i donno apa sepatutnya i buat..' Kecik2 lain hal..sekarang dah bersunat ke belum? Kalau dah, ignorance is no excuse.
Pernah sekali i belikan someone ni kain. Just because i thought of her. Masa tu pun duit seciput je. Tap ii beli jugak kain yg same standard dgn i. Idaklah i first class punya kain, dia no class. Bila dah siap jadi baju, si polan ni boleh habaq kat i yg the material makes her look fat. Walaupun i terkesima dgn sikap si Tanggangnya, i sempat cakap, well, because you are fat. So tolonglah, Esah, Senah (nama manja loyar sabung ayam), Piah, Ani oiii..kalau gua bagi present, sila cakap tima kasih and lompat tinggi2 kengkonon uols suka ye.
SEKIAN.