Last Sunday MG found a tortoise in our garden as big as 2 palm-sized. I was ecstatic...with the squirrel (sekor je i think because the partner dah terbunuh dek Monty) and frog and now ni tortoise, i feel very close to nature, rasa cam at par lah ngan si Jeff Corwin tu..Yesterday, i went to look for the tortoise, he's gone..! Our garden cuma sekangkang kera so if he's around, not hard to find. Agaknya because i terkinja2 sangat pergi usik dia, selak daun2, MG bagi makan kangkung, therefore he's done a runner.
My parents were around when MG discovered the tortoise. I asked him to lift it up for me to see in which he replied, eh dia boleh gigit ke? I rasa nak tergelak guling2, obviously it's not alligator snapping turtle la bang! To which my dad (my parents were around that weekend) patiently answered, noooo...
Hai laki aku ni...masa dok mengorat i dulu, dia ada cakap kat i in one of his emails, 'i'm a kampung boy at heart'..i guess in his heart je la kan..body tak! Uols jangan tak tau, MG's complexion flawless you, takde parut or tokak langsung. Pas tu stuff he knows for e.g. threadcounts la, alpha-hydroxy acid lah, i'm so not worthy! (in his defence, he has told me that masa dia kecik2 dulu dia la tukang pegangkan ayam nak disembelih oleh pakciknya). Just recently, i told him kalau dia pompuan and i laki, there's no way i nak ngorat dia because he's such high maintenance!
You may wonder apakah i ni kononnya pandai sangat pasal keluarga kura2 ni? Well, sepanjang i sekolah, we kept 3 fresh water turtles. My bro and i selalu melatih diaorg to scuba dive kat dalam kolah bilik mandi we all..
My bro also has a friend that kept a tortoise. Selalu on the way balik mengaji and i would tag along to this friend's house. He has a large pond with some fish and this lone tortoise. I thought this guy was such pencinta alam that i had my crush on him..bila i main2 dgn tortoise tu tak pernah pulak le dia menggigit.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
She ain't heavy..just crazy
I cleaned out my wardrobe..again..i'm pretty detremined that tomorrow i shall get to M&S, which branch doesn't matter. I sent an sms to MG just now asking him to let's go to MV tomorrow (i can't go to MV on my own, the parking lot is a big maze to me) and he's cracking his head this very moment tak tau alasan apa nak bagi kat boss nak ambik cuti. Why can't i just go over the weekend? Because it's going to be 24hours too late plus we can pretend to little D and the maid as if we're going to work but sebenornya...it helps to lessen the guilty conscience. When pa & ma are on serious shopping expedition, little ones will only slow them down.
Anyway, back to the wardrobe, i separated my working clothes into 3 categories:
1) Comfortable, perfect for my size but alas way too safe - stuff like oversized white shirts and linen pants (you know masa slim nampak lawa, masa gemuk kira OK and masa ngandung pun boleh muat!) and baju kurung johor. Not impressivelah but helps you to blend into the crowd (tapi not the type of clothe my colleagues or i would wear kalu nak mintak apa2 kat big boss i yg terlebih vitamin G (atal) tu.
2) Shock and awe (more of the former i think) - also in my size but it takes a lot of courage to put them on. Kalau rasa2 badan ada kurang 250mg because the night before i skipped dinner or masa try baju pagi2 bebudak tak bangun lagi and lampu malap2, then these clothes can be worn (and mind you with all the gadgets one needs to whole stomach in, bottom up etc.) E.g. baju kebaya nyonya (mesti masa mak nyonya yg invent baju ni dulu obviously she didn't have ME in mind sebagai pemakainya), pencil thin skirt (the type that doesn't allow you to breathe or sit) and ballerina top (that brings your eyes to the tummy). These clothes usually elicit senyuman kambing 'bini aku dah mereng' type from Mr Gig. I go in to work with 'semangat' and by 10am coffee break i would be enveloped in my white coat ..my courage gone sometime between breakfast and toilet visit.
3) You must be joking! clothes - those yg dah mengecik (they shrink???) and jangan mimpi la nak dapat pakai balik semula in this life time. Masa muda dolu2 boleh la..bila bercinta sikit dah boleh muat balik, so baju2 set ni expiry date dia boleh tahan jugak..tapi kalau dah baya2 gini, toksah haraplah! Agaknya kalau dapat bercinta ngan Brad Pitt barulah muat balik kut pasal sanggup makan angin je nak kuruskan badan (obviously kalau kena bersaing dgn si Angelina tu). At this age (35 ok?), nak tunggu cinta lagi apa ke jadahnya kan? Baik makan, another nikmat dunia gak..
So, i had to get rid of MORE clothes. Hence, why i desperately need to go shopping.
Anyway, back to the wardrobe, i separated my working clothes into 3 categories:
1) Comfortable, perfect for my size but alas way too safe - stuff like oversized white shirts and linen pants (you know masa slim nampak lawa, masa gemuk kira OK and masa ngandung pun boleh muat!) and baju kurung johor. Not impressivelah but helps you to blend into the crowd (tapi not the type of clothe my colleagues or i would wear kalu nak mintak apa2 kat big boss i yg terlebih vitamin G (atal) tu.
2) Shock and awe (more of the former i think) - also in my size but it takes a lot of courage to put them on. Kalau rasa2 badan ada kurang 250mg because the night before i skipped dinner or masa try baju pagi2 bebudak tak bangun lagi and lampu malap2, then these clothes can be worn (and mind you with all the gadgets one needs to whole stomach in, bottom up etc.) E.g. baju kebaya nyonya (mesti masa mak nyonya yg invent baju ni dulu obviously she didn't have ME in mind sebagai pemakainya), pencil thin skirt (the type that doesn't allow you to breathe or sit) and ballerina top (that brings your eyes to the tummy). These clothes usually elicit senyuman kambing 'bini aku dah mereng' type from Mr Gig. I go in to work with 'semangat' and by 10am coffee break i would be enveloped in my white coat ..my courage gone sometime between breakfast and toilet visit.
3) You must be joking! clothes - those yg dah mengecik (they shrink???) and jangan mimpi la nak dapat pakai balik semula in this life time. Masa muda dolu2 boleh la..bila bercinta sikit dah boleh muat balik, so baju2 set ni expiry date dia boleh tahan jugak..tapi kalau dah baya2 gini, toksah haraplah! Agaknya kalau dapat bercinta ngan Brad Pitt barulah muat balik kut pasal sanggup makan angin je nak kuruskan badan (obviously kalau kena bersaing dgn si Angelina tu). At this age (35 ok?), nak tunggu cinta lagi apa ke jadahnya kan? Baik makan, another nikmat dunia gak..
So, i had to get rid of MORE clothes. Hence, why i desperately need to go shopping.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Chicken pox and apam
Little D has the pox!! (chicken, not small. Why is it called chicken pox?? Sebab tu ke org Melayu suruh pantang dari makan ayam if you have it? All these riddles, beats me kan). Anyway, as i was leaving for work yesterday (i have extended my leave tapi i masuk kerja, gila kan? Tapi i masuk pukul 10, pakai jeans etc. sebab tu i bekerja tapi cuti, plus if you say you're actually on leave, they cannot make you supervise the trainees hence you get to catch up with paperwork stuff), her teacher caught me and said, no, we don't have pepijat at our nursery (MG first2 cakap anaknya kena gigit pepijat belakang tengkuk, so, teachers, kindly please sanitise your nursery), this lesion looks like the pox's. Mana le i tau because i've never had it! Off i went taking Little D to the clinic and memang sah it's CP. So, semalam tak jadi masuk kerja.
Last night i remembered that i took a file home, kononnya nak siapkan kerja tapi satu benda pun tak selak lagi and there's an audit taking place this Monday. PA boss dah cakap, Cik Kiah tolong pulangkan file hari ini juga. So, i left a crying toddler (this sounds so cute and harmless...no, she actually screamed, menangis cam out of cite T@mil) with pox at home. On my way to workwhile i was on Jln Tun Razak, the boss smsed to tell me that M&S sale up to 70% off and she'll be taking an early lunch.....i was so closed to swing over masuk KLCC basement parking, had to remind myself of the crying toddler's face at home plus MG's 'ooo! Shopping tak ingat anak kat rumah!' Padahal i think he's more jealous with the fact that i can do that at anytime plus jumpa boss sekali kat situ!
I am resigned to the fact that Baby X will get the pox. Try as i might to put her under quarantine, but how? Little D follows me around like a shadow when i'm at home. Dah la tu, i pulak tak pernah dapat the disease before so i can offer her no protection in terms of maternal antibodies. Baby X is a quiet unassuming baby. Because of this i've been a very bad mother! Unlike with little D last time who was more demanding...For a start, i left her to go back to work before she was 2 months old. Malam2 i selalu terlelap teramat sangat and doesn't check her nappies as often as i should and tengok2 dah bocor and she'd already be wet. Then i 'rela paksa' in allowing Monty to jump into bed with us and she may have eczema because of this. I let the maid do all the mandi-ing therefore dah lama i tak tengok belakang badan dia camna, kut ada kurap ke, kudis ke...then, 20 years from now people will blame her for having middle child syndrome when it's all my fault!
So, from this weekend onwards i pledge to:
1) Sanitise the bedroom (as i told Lyza who commented in my earlier post).
2) No more furry kids allowed in bed but Monty is still allowed to use the bedroom as a thoroughfare to the balcony.
3) set the alarm clock at 3 am to check her nappy. Other times to check are at 12midnight before i berlabuh and 6 am when i get up.
4) Speak and sing to her as much as possible so she recognises that i'm mummy and not bibik.
5) Bathe her on weekends.
Anyone wants to add anything??? And please, i'm only human (one lazy not fit to have kids type)
MG and I took little D to the paediatrician today for the anti-viral. We had breakfast later and MG had some kuih apam. I remembered one incident while we were courting. We were at KLCC nak turun escalator and we passed in front of LeCucur. I mentioned that their kuih semua mahal2. MG replied, ' tapi i suka apam dia'. Uols! I nak terjatuh escalator bila dengar dia cakap camtu. So naive was he (or pura2??) that he committed the faux pas i.e. you never cakap pasal 'apam' kat pompuan because it may be miscontrued (right ladies??). Of course being the pmt (pompuan melayu terakhir) that i was i tersipu2 malu...i told him just now i should have said 'you tak rasa apam (yg i buat) i lagi' hah! He didn't get it why it was a no no. I said it's like me telling a guy 'i like his/so and so sausage'..ish!
OK, there you go. I need to head home. Pray that i don't lose sight and end up at KLCC.When you're heading towards the same direction, you really need iman yg kuat. Ish! dugaan betul.
P/S I will definitely comment about a certain Hajah's entry on her fantasising a certain (or any dentist? Malaysia's 2nd astronaut is one dishy one) dentist next time.
Last night i remembered that i took a file home, kononnya nak siapkan kerja tapi satu benda pun tak selak lagi and there's an audit taking place this Monday. PA boss dah cakap, Cik Kiah tolong pulangkan file hari ini juga. So, i left a crying toddler (this sounds so cute and harmless...no, she actually screamed, menangis cam out of cite T@mil) with pox at home. On my way to workwhile i was on Jln Tun Razak, the boss smsed to tell me that M&S sale up to 70% off and she'll be taking an early lunch.....i was so closed to swing over masuk KLCC basement parking, had to remind myself of the crying toddler's face at home plus MG's 'ooo! Shopping tak ingat anak kat rumah!' Padahal i think he's more jealous with the fact that i can do that at anytime plus jumpa boss sekali kat situ!
I am resigned to the fact that Baby X will get the pox. Try as i might to put her under quarantine, but how? Little D follows me around like a shadow when i'm at home. Dah la tu, i pulak tak pernah dapat the disease before so i can offer her no protection in terms of maternal antibodies. Baby X is a quiet unassuming baby. Because of this i've been a very bad mother! Unlike with little D last time who was more demanding...For a start, i left her to go back to work before she was 2 months old. Malam2 i selalu terlelap teramat sangat and doesn't check her nappies as often as i should and tengok2 dah bocor and she'd already be wet. Then i 'rela paksa' in allowing Monty to jump into bed with us and she may have eczema because of this. I let the maid do all the mandi-ing therefore dah lama i tak tengok belakang badan dia camna, kut ada kurap ke, kudis ke...then, 20 years from now people will blame her for having middle child syndrome when it's all my fault!
So, from this weekend onwards i pledge to:
1) Sanitise the bedroom (as i told Lyza who commented in my earlier post).
2) No more furry kids allowed in bed but Monty is still allowed to use the bedroom as a thoroughfare to the balcony.
3) set the alarm clock at 3 am to check her nappy. Other times to check are at 12midnight before i berlabuh and 6 am when i get up.
4) Speak and sing to her as much as possible so she recognises that i'm mummy and not bibik.
5) Bathe her on weekends.
Anyone wants to add anything??? And please, i'm only human (one lazy not fit to have kids type)
MG and I took little D to the paediatrician today for the anti-viral. We had breakfast later and MG had some kuih apam. I remembered one incident while we were courting. We were at KLCC nak turun escalator and we passed in front of LeCucur. I mentioned that their kuih semua mahal2. MG replied, ' tapi i suka apam dia'. Uols! I nak terjatuh escalator bila dengar dia cakap camtu. So naive was he (or pura2??) that he committed the faux pas i.e. you never cakap pasal 'apam' kat pompuan because it may be miscontrued (right ladies??). Of course being the pmt (pompuan melayu terakhir) that i was i tersipu2 malu...i told him just now i should have said 'you tak rasa apam (yg i buat) i lagi' hah! He didn't get it why it was a no no. I said it's like me telling a guy 'i like his/so and so sausage'..ish!
OK, there you go. I need to head home. Pray that i don't lose sight and end up at KLCC.When you're heading towards the same direction, you really need iman yg kuat. Ish! dugaan betul.
P/S I will definitely comment about a certain Hajah's entry on her fantasising a certain (or any dentist? Malaysia's 2nd astronaut is one dishy one) dentist next time.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Mid-life Crisis II
Over the weekend, MG gave his wardrobe a spring cleaning and got rid of a lot of stuffs. (I am kaypoh) I must say that some of the shirts he threw out were relatively new so i asked him why. He said that he wants to revamp his image. Macam ada bau2 mid life crisis je ni...
I hit mine (MLC) a few weeks ago. I spring cleaned my wardrobe also leaving only clothes that were purchased within the last one year. I was hoping i could squeeze into those clothes but it's been nearly 2 months since i had Baby X and i am EXPANDING instead of losing the flabs. Now i have clothe crisis. I'm due to start work in 2 weeks time but i don't even have enough to make 2 minggu pusingan! One weekend i dragged MG to shop for a pair of jeans..i was confident that i should go down a size. Dapat pulak yg melayan i was adik lembut yg sungguh suka mem'flatter' i..he agreed that i should go down one size from what i normally wear..at the fitting room, i somehow managed to squeeze into this bootleg jeans, and i didn't think twice and terus shove my credit card at the cashier. The next day i put on those jeans to work (since in actual fact i masih bercuti and jeans are allowed), my god! I'm sure the jeans screamed in agony! Throughout the day my arse was hanging out because it was so low waisted - moral of the story is kalau teringin nak pakai jeans yg sungguh la tight fittingnya, do it in your twenties and 10kilos lighter and not when 2 kids later, spare tyre (literally tyre lorry) around your waist, bum sagged to your knees...talk about MY mid-life crisis.
I have been rather busy these past two weeks. Mula2 little D and Baby X demam. Then baby X broke out in rashes..really bad! Macam kena measles lepas tu when the skin dried out, they started to peel off pulak. She's much better now although i have to be careful what i eat since i'm breastfeeding.
I got back to work unofficially right after my pantang because of the conference we were organising. It went smoothly last weekend, si Baung did a splendid job handling our part of the job while i was away. Of course being the typical worry wort that he is, he drove us up the wall..nak kira duit pun nak pi tempat sunyi sepi (i.e. masuk bilik hotel) takut org rompak. Kat bilik secretariat pun dia tak nak! Then he also expected us to terbit kat hotel pukul 7 pagi! I left home at 5.55 am for two days in a row! All in all, damn glad that was over.
By the way, what preparation did i do while Baung was run off his feet prior to the conference? I went to have mani&pedicure. Well, i thought since i'd be registering the participants, might as well i have nice nails...for them to look at..Gosh! defintely MLC!
I hit mine (MLC) a few weeks ago. I spring cleaned my wardrobe also leaving only clothes that were purchased within the last one year. I was hoping i could squeeze into those clothes but it's been nearly 2 months since i had Baby X and i am EXPANDING instead of losing the flabs. Now i have clothe crisis. I'm due to start work in 2 weeks time but i don't even have enough to make 2 minggu pusingan! One weekend i dragged MG to shop for a pair of jeans..i was confident that i should go down a size. Dapat pulak yg melayan i was adik lembut yg sungguh suka mem'flatter' i..he agreed that i should go down one size from what i normally wear..at the fitting room, i somehow managed to squeeze into this bootleg jeans, and i didn't think twice and terus shove my credit card at the cashier. The next day i put on those jeans to work (since in actual fact i masih bercuti and jeans are allowed), my god! I'm sure the jeans screamed in agony! Throughout the day my arse was hanging out because it was so low waisted - moral of the story is kalau teringin nak pakai jeans yg sungguh la tight fittingnya, do it in your twenties and 10kilos lighter and not when 2 kids later, spare tyre (literally tyre lorry) around your waist, bum sagged to your knees...talk about MY mid-life crisis.
I have been rather busy these past two weeks. Mula2 little D and Baby X demam. Then baby X broke out in rashes..really bad! Macam kena measles lepas tu when the skin dried out, they started to peel off pulak. She's much better now although i have to be careful what i eat since i'm breastfeeding.
I got back to work unofficially right after my pantang because of the conference we were organising. It went smoothly last weekend, si Baung did a splendid job handling our part of the job while i was away. Of course being the typical worry wort that he is, he drove us up the wall..nak kira duit pun nak pi tempat sunyi sepi (i.e. masuk bilik hotel) takut org rompak. Kat bilik secretariat pun dia tak nak! Then he also expected us to terbit kat hotel pukul 7 pagi! I left home at 5.55 am for two days in a row! All in all, damn glad that was over.
By the way, what preparation did i do while Baung was run off his feet prior to the conference? I went to have mani&pedicure. Well, i thought since i'd be registering the participants, might as well i have nice nails...for them to look at..Gosh! defintely MLC!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Random rambling
I went to have my car checked today. The funny noises coming from the engine have all but disappeared but i didn't want to wait till the car breaks down by the roadside before i have it looked at. Adik pomen tu cakap, biasa la kak kalau kereta lama tak start, first time start ,mesti bunyi semacam. But i was still unsatisfied with his answer and asked him to check apa2 je belt kat dlm engine tu but everything was OK. I've been going to this workshop for over two years, and all this time i have never come across another woman servicing her car. Masa perut i memboyot hari tu pun i jugak yg bawak kereta tu. Today, a customer started to bersembang ngan i and said the wife nak isi minyak pun tak tau. So, i rang up MG and told him about it. He said, tanya org tu, wife dia buat grocery shopping tak?? Point taken! Anyway, for MG, i don't think grocery shopping is a chore because he just loves any kind of shopping. Fullstop! But if any guy out there that does grocery shopping as well as taking the family car for servicing, please let me know..i would like to get to know you haha.
I took Melly to the vet yesterday. She's been frequenting the litter box, every hour and recently she pees on our bed as well. Going to the vet with Melly is stressful...it can be likened to treating some kids at the dentist. She was pissed, hissed and would have bitten the vet's finger off if not for his 3 assistants holding her down. Apparently she's losing some cells from her bladder wall thus exposing its nerves making it extra sensitive. Sikit urine pun akan buat dia rasa nak kencing. The vet presciribed her some pills that have to be taken twice a day for 3 weeks..kalau mujarab she may need to take this supplement 2X weekly, don't know for how long. Guess la sapa yg kena bagi dia makan ubat? Yours truly jugak..man! It's so stressful! Please, if there is any vet out there i really want to 'bernetworking' dgn you lah, i rela bayar extra for you to make house calls..
Since there was nothing wrong with the car, i had some $$$left..hati berbelah bahagi..shall i menyahut saranan Pak Lah supaya berjimat or go have some retail therapy..sod it (i'm always a rebel anyway)..i thought i had been good for 9.5 months tanpa ada nafsu nak menghabiskan duit but now i'm back to normal. So i drove straight to the neighbourhood mall (amboi! Lupa anak kat rumah tu!), tapi end up beli barang utk anak gak yang banyak...So mumsie!
Bibik made me more of the air sireh. I thought daun tu dah takde rupanya ada kat ceruk fridge. And yesterday she poured me a glass and stood there talking to me. Nak tak nak kena gak minum sampai habis...i'm sure she somehow knew that last time it ended up in the sink. I tell you what with all the jamu (pasal mak and MIL suruh) and 2 glassess of fenugreek (halba) campur air i've been taking daily, im starting to smell like Mak Kipas on a hot summer's day uols. Bau spices keluar dari pores..!
On the topic of love life, not mine obviously, my colleague has spoken to the daughter and according to her, the daughter senyum je...senyum and senyap tanda suka le kan, kalau ikut org melayu. But contact number belum dia bagi..malu2 le tu. Kalau i yg cakap, i would say, kalau nak cepat, tak nak dah! Haha macam tak ikhlas je kan? As yet nothing to update..tapi 2 org tu cepat la update kan blog uols. Bukan setakat bersawang lagi, semak samun dah!
I took Melly to the vet yesterday. She's been frequenting the litter box, every hour and recently she pees on our bed as well. Going to the vet with Melly is stressful...it can be likened to treating some kids at the dentist. She was pissed, hissed and would have bitten the vet's finger off if not for his 3 assistants holding her down. Apparently she's losing some cells from her bladder wall thus exposing its nerves making it extra sensitive. Sikit urine pun akan buat dia rasa nak kencing. The vet presciribed her some pills that have to be taken twice a day for 3 weeks..kalau mujarab she may need to take this supplement 2X weekly, don't know for how long. Guess la sapa yg kena bagi dia makan ubat? Yours truly jugak..man! It's so stressful! Please, if there is any vet out there i really want to 'bernetworking' dgn you lah, i rela bayar extra for you to make house calls..
Since there was nothing wrong with the car, i had some $$$left..hati berbelah bahagi..shall i menyahut saranan Pak Lah supaya berjimat or go have some retail therapy..sod it (i'm always a rebel anyway)..i thought i had been good for 9.5 months tanpa ada nafsu nak menghabiskan duit but now i'm back to normal. So i drove straight to the neighbourhood mall (amboi! Lupa anak kat rumah tu!), tapi end up beli barang utk anak gak yang banyak...So mumsie!
Bibik made me more of the air sireh. I thought daun tu dah takde rupanya ada kat ceruk fridge. And yesterday she poured me a glass and stood there talking to me. Nak tak nak kena gak minum sampai habis...i'm sure she somehow knew that last time it ended up in the sink. I tell you what with all the jamu (pasal mak and MIL suruh) and 2 glassess of fenugreek (halba) campur air i've been taking daily, im starting to smell like Mak Kipas on a hot summer's day uols. Bau spices keluar dari pores..!
On the topic of love life, not mine obviously, my colleague has spoken to the daughter and according to her, the daughter senyum je...senyum and senyap tanda suka le kan, kalau ikut org melayu. But contact number belum dia bagi..malu2 le tu. Kalau i yg cakap, i would say, kalau nak cepat, tak nak dah! Haha macam tak ikhlas je kan? As yet nothing to update..tapi 2 org tu cepat la update kan blog uols. Bukan setakat bersawang lagi, semak samun dah!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
I'm 35 and finally a grown up..
(Yes! I'm 35, 35, 35...!!! So, sue me!)
My ‘vacation’ is definitely over. Si Baung called this morning to summon me to a meeting this Friday which is my 41st day of bersenang lenang. It’s to do with the conference we’re organising. Only last night I was having palpitations when tiba2 teringat it is just 2 weeks away.
I’ve done a good deed very recently but I feel less than thrill about it. I don’t think it’s a good idea but knowing me I’m a romantic at heart, I love happy endings.. I love people getting together and live happily ever after. If I have my reservation, why did I go through with it kan??
Well…I’ve written bits and bobs about Siamang a.k.a the ex. How do I know so much about him still? Because we share mutual friends, we email once in a while and his dentist is also my friend..and you know la..with a dentist it’s like a hairdresser, at the end of the first visit, if she treats you painlessly she becomes your best friend and you tell her your life story. And she, me. Anyway, the ex is divorced with one child, now single and very available but leading a far-from-scandalous life in SA (overseas ye, bukan Shah Alam). He apparently has a girlfriend who is also a divorcee with a child but relationship not going anywhere because her son can’t accept him as a step dad. My dentist friend yg boleh dipercayai ni and bukan dari set2 Makcik Wok is convinced that he is a responsible father and a decent guy and suka memberitahu I what he gets up to each time he goes to see her. She thinks after menduda nak masuk 5 tahun, he’s ready to get married and start (re-start?) a family.
It’s just me kan, suka nak jadi match maker, suka nak sibuk2 hal percintaan org. Dpd my best friend ke sister in law I, ke brother I, semuanya tak menjadi! (Btw, all of the above persons are still single so, contact me kalau sesapa berminat nak tau dgn lebih lanjut..oh well, my bro is engaged tapi idak kawin2 pun lagi!). And I thought, hmm,,sapa yg I tau pompuan yg divorcee (apparently according to my dentist friend ini criteria Siamang)..and I teringat kat my senior colleague punya anak..and oh my god! The anak shares the same name as Siamang’s ex-wife, roughly the same age and duduk pun sama township lain seksyen je.. …what a coincidence. So, guess what la, me and my big mouth. So, I asked siamang because I thought it would be funny (if not spooky), you nak tak berkenal2an dgn so and so ni,you know what? She shares the same name as your ex and she lives bla..bla..bla..And he said yes, please he’s interested! And tanya I banyak kali pulak tu!
Damn…so, I asked my still unmarried best friend her opinion..the fact that I gatai2 tanya but now ni I don’t think it’such a good idea. I also asked her, OK, last chance, betul you taknak kat ex I ni, before I introduce kat org lain??? I may say a lot of things about this guy, that perangai ngalahkan anak piraun, mentraumakan I sampai 7 keturunan but the fact is I think he’s finally grown up and learned his lesson. And my friend said, bila lagi nak berbuat baik kat dunia ni?? Ces! (Tak kira ke yg I donate to WWF and recycle??). I asked MG and he gave me a typical guy answer. Kalau dia org bergaduh2 kang camana??? This is so like MG yg taknak langsung menjadi match maker and examplenya why my best friend is still unmarried although he knew a few unattached men e.g. his best friend last time, his mum’s neighbour’s son…this note is to MG: I hope you’re not keeping her to yourself what with you pernah mimpi dia in blue nightie, apa2 pun tunggu I mati dulu..
So, I pun call up la colleague I mak budak pompuan tu nak menanyakan anaknya. Makcik tu terlebih excited walaupun di celah2 Pasar Siti Khadijah (berchotti2 Msia) dan kerana terharunya kerana I mengingatkan anak dia, dirembatnya beberapa tudung untuk saguhati i..(yes I’m easily plaesed). Bila dah balik ke hotel, dia pun bercalling bertanyakan dgn lebih lanjut lagi mengenai gerangan si lelaki tu. Siapa dia, anak siapa, mana I kenal dia (oops, tricky question ni), kerja apa, baik ke orgnya (ni nak suruh I jawab as the disgruntled ex or wanita yg berhati mulia?)…today kat office she called me again and cakap she and her husband berharap sgt that this will come to something, dah bercupak dia doa..(oh no!). She said she hasn’t spoken to her daughter, but kalau dia bersetuju nak dikenenkan, semuanya on lah (from my observation, unlike singles yg sedap2 ambik masa nak decide to bercouple2, selalunya org2 yg dah pernah kahwin ni cepat je ke gear 5)…so, once I get her number, I will pass it on to siamang…
Then, why am I feeling less than ecstatic? Because when you are young and in a relationship yg you rasa was the whole point of your existence then and you get dumped, for many years you will feel sore about it (and this is an understatement). It does not matter that you have moved on, have a different partner & family, when teringat kat that episode in your life, you wish that your ex dapat pembalasan lah kan..kalau tak dipanah petir pun at least kalau certain part of his anatomy would shrivel and drop off pun dah cukup bagus. The last thing you want is for him to be happy and thriving. But alas bak kata kawan I tadi, bila lagi nak buat baik kat dunia ni kan?? I’m trying to handle this like a grown up, so should you. Jangan cam kata org Perak inka sangat (happy terkinja2) dah..WE ARE THE WORLD..bla…bla…
My ‘vacation’ is definitely over. Si Baung called this morning to summon me to a meeting this Friday which is my 41st day of bersenang lenang. It’s to do with the conference we’re organising. Only last night I was having palpitations when tiba2 teringat it is just 2 weeks away.
I’ve done a good deed very recently but I feel less than thrill about it. I don’t think it’s a good idea but knowing me I’m a romantic at heart, I love happy endings.. I love people getting together and live happily ever after. If I have my reservation, why did I go through with it kan??
Well…I’ve written bits and bobs about Siamang a.k.a the ex. How do I know so much about him still? Because we share mutual friends, we email once in a while and his dentist is also my friend..and you know la..with a dentist it’s like a hairdresser, at the end of the first visit, if she treats you painlessly she becomes your best friend and you tell her your life story. And she, me. Anyway, the ex is divorced with one child, now single and very available but leading a far-from-scandalous life in SA (overseas ye, bukan Shah Alam). He apparently has a girlfriend who is also a divorcee with a child but relationship not going anywhere because her son can’t accept him as a step dad. My dentist friend yg boleh dipercayai ni and bukan dari set2 Makcik Wok is convinced that he is a responsible father and a decent guy and suka memberitahu I what he gets up to each time he goes to see her. She thinks after menduda nak masuk 5 tahun, he’s ready to get married and start (re-start?) a family.
It’s just me kan, suka nak jadi match maker, suka nak sibuk2 hal percintaan org. Dpd my best friend ke sister in law I, ke brother I, semuanya tak menjadi! (Btw, all of the above persons are still single so, contact me kalau sesapa berminat nak tau dgn lebih lanjut..oh well, my bro is engaged tapi idak kawin2 pun lagi!). And I thought, hmm,,sapa yg I tau pompuan yg divorcee (apparently according to my dentist friend ini criteria Siamang)..and I teringat kat my senior colleague punya anak..and oh my god! The anak shares the same name as Siamang’s ex-wife, roughly the same age and duduk pun sama township lain seksyen je.. …what a coincidence. So, guess what la, me and my big mouth. So, I asked siamang because I thought it would be funny (if not spooky), you nak tak berkenal2an dgn so and so ni,you know what? She shares the same name as your ex and she lives bla..bla..bla..And he said yes, please he’s interested! And tanya I banyak kali pulak tu!
Damn…so, I asked my still unmarried best friend her opinion..the fact that I gatai2 tanya but now ni I don’t think it’such a good idea. I also asked her, OK, last chance, betul you taknak kat ex I ni, before I introduce kat org lain??? I may say a lot of things about this guy, that perangai ngalahkan anak piraun, mentraumakan I sampai 7 keturunan but the fact is I think he’s finally grown up and learned his lesson. And my friend said, bila lagi nak berbuat baik kat dunia ni?? Ces! (Tak kira ke yg I donate to WWF and recycle??). I asked MG and he gave me a typical guy answer. Kalau dia org bergaduh2 kang camana??? This is so like MG yg taknak langsung menjadi match maker and examplenya why my best friend is still unmarried although he knew a few unattached men e.g. his best friend last time, his mum’s neighbour’s son…this note is to MG: I hope you’re not keeping her to yourself what with you pernah mimpi dia in blue nightie, apa2 pun tunggu I mati dulu..
So, I pun call up la colleague I mak budak pompuan tu nak menanyakan anaknya. Makcik tu terlebih excited walaupun di celah2 Pasar Siti Khadijah (berchotti2 Msia) dan kerana terharunya kerana I mengingatkan anak dia, dirembatnya beberapa tudung untuk saguhati i..(yes I’m easily plaesed). Bila dah balik ke hotel, dia pun bercalling bertanyakan dgn lebih lanjut lagi mengenai gerangan si lelaki tu. Siapa dia, anak siapa, mana I kenal dia (oops, tricky question ni), kerja apa, baik ke orgnya (ni nak suruh I jawab as the disgruntled ex or wanita yg berhati mulia?)…today kat office she called me again and cakap she and her husband berharap sgt that this will come to something, dah bercupak dia doa..(oh no!). She said she hasn’t spoken to her daughter, but kalau dia bersetuju nak dikenenkan, semuanya on lah (from my observation, unlike singles yg sedap2 ambik masa nak decide to bercouple2, selalunya org2 yg dah pernah kahwin ni cepat je ke gear 5)…so, once I get her number, I will pass it on to siamang…
Then, why am I feeling less than ecstatic? Because when you are young and in a relationship yg you rasa was the whole point of your existence then and you get dumped, for many years you will feel sore about it (and this is an understatement). It does not matter that you have moved on, have a different partner & family, when teringat kat that episode in your life, you wish that your ex dapat pembalasan lah kan..kalau tak dipanah petir pun at least kalau certain part of his anatomy would shrivel and drop off pun dah cukup bagus. The last thing you want is for him to be happy and thriving. But alas bak kata kawan I tadi, bila lagi nak buat baik kat dunia ni kan?? I’m trying to handle this like a grown up, so should you. Jangan cam kata org Perak inka sangat (happy terkinja2) dah..WE ARE THE WORLD..bla…bla…
Friday, June 20, 2008
Bibik's concoctions
I placed an order for a baby pouch yesterday from www.thebabyloft.com and now ni tengah excited menunggu bendanya datang. About time because lately anak dara X ni semakin demanding....bila nangis, angkat, tengok2 taknak susu tapi nak memerap kata org. (As i type this pun dia tengah tidur kat riba, letak atas katil kang menangis). I blame it on bibik yg selalu sangat nak mendukung baby X or is it just instinct that babies memang nak perhatian??
Anyway, speaking of bibik, our maid masih belum sampai, dah 4 bulan since we first made contact with the agent...banyak ceritanya, no luck as yet. The agent cakap it's OK if we want to go to a different one but dapat ke balik semua duit we all yg dah terlabur?? Furthermore, if we do, she is sure to remove the temporary maid we have now and i'd be maid-less...doesn't matter the one we have now tak berapa centre sangat, at least ada la org nak disuruh vacuum hari2 buang bulu2 kucing...
After more than 2 months, i can honestly say that i pasrah je pasal bibik ni. With the psycho one ni, previously hari2 akan mengupdatekan i dgn consitency, frequency and rupa bentuk hasil dari toilet habit dia. Sampai i cakap kat MG, tak larat la..geli! Last Monday, dia complained sakit perut lagi and MG took her to the clinic. Mana taknya sakit perut, bfast maggi, lunch and dinner maggi, pas tu makan cili padi segenggam sekali. Bila dah pergi klinik, dia menghantui hidup i sekali lagi dgn time table ubat mana and bila nak makan...pas tu degil, still miss out on meals walaupun i'm frothing at the mouth telling her bibik kena jaga makan, bibik kan kencing manis. Dinner tak makan, bfast minum je, pas tu pi makan ubak kencing manis and then datang mengadu pening kepala la, palpitations la...i said to her this morning, that's it, i dah tak nak dengar lagi dia merungut kat i pasal her health. Bila org cakap degil..! And banyak pulak la dia bercerita simptoms cam ni apa sakitnya, camtu apa pulak..etc. I asked her, why are you asking me all these questions, i don't know la! Then she said, Puan kan doctor!! Laaa....not that kind of doctor la! Ceh!
My MIL brought some daun sireh, ikut petua org tua2 kalau baby X sedu, ambik sikit letak kat ubun2. The maid got excited bila tengok daun sireh and terus direbusnya satu hari and asked me to drink the juice..utk 'mengetetkan' katanya..hmm..even though she's just the maid, i appreciate the trouble she took..once she tumbuk ubi pokok cekur and beras together and asked me to sapu kat perut etc. I pun ikut je la, it's sort of leave-it-on body scrub...i already applied some slimming cream (yg dtg dlm package bersalin ni..tapi tak juga slim2) on and i thought what the heck, taknak la org tua tu ingat kita tak appreciate pulak..mak oi! ithin half an hour, i thought my arse was on fire!!!!
Back to the daun sireh, i thought OK, no big deal..(i do eat sireh with all the concoctions,...a ah you all...masa my grandma and aunties yg tua2 hidup lagi dulu, my mum, sis, bro punya idea of berehat after lunch at my grandma's place were to dig into org tua tu punya bekas sireh and made us the sireh thingy...lagi sedap kalau pekena rokok daun sekali, since we all underage sans tembakau. Then bersandar tepi verandah....mulu masing2 merah cam bontot beruk...)
But uols, the jus sireh was sooooo tak sedap!!(ye la..no kapur, gambir what have you, kan). I terbayang cam ada kelly ng kunyah2 sireh, spit out and itula yg i kena minum..eiii! I tried, only managed half a glass and the rest buang dlm sink...whatever it is, my maid tak tau.
Oh well...
Anyway, speaking of bibik, our maid masih belum sampai, dah 4 bulan since we first made contact with the agent...banyak ceritanya, no luck as yet. The agent cakap it's OK if we want to go to a different one but dapat ke balik semua duit we all yg dah terlabur?? Furthermore, if we do, she is sure to remove the temporary maid we have now and i'd be maid-less...doesn't matter the one we have now tak berapa centre sangat, at least ada la org nak disuruh vacuum hari2 buang bulu2 kucing...
After more than 2 months, i can honestly say that i pasrah je pasal bibik ni. With the psycho one ni, previously hari2 akan mengupdatekan i dgn consitency, frequency and rupa bentuk hasil dari toilet habit dia. Sampai i cakap kat MG, tak larat la..geli! Last Monday, dia complained sakit perut lagi and MG took her to the clinic. Mana taknya sakit perut, bfast maggi, lunch and dinner maggi, pas tu makan cili padi segenggam sekali. Bila dah pergi klinik, dia menghantui hidup i sekali lagi dgn time table ubat mana and bila nak makan...pas tu degil, still miss out on meals walaupun i'm frothing at the mouth telling her bibik kena jaga makan, bibik kan kencing manis. Dinner tak makan, bfast minum je, pas tu pi makan ubak kencing manis and then datang mengadu pening kepala la, palpitations la...i said to her this morning, that's it, i dah tak nak dengar lagi dia merungut kat i pasal her health. Bila org cakap degil..! And banyak pulak la dia bercerita simptoms cam ni apa sakitnya, camtu apa pulak..etc. I asked her, why are you asking me all these questions, i don't know la! Then she said, Puan kan doctor!! Laaa....not that kind of doctor la! Ceh!
My MIL brought some daun sireh, ikut petua org tua2 kalau baby X sedu, ambik sikit letak kat ubun2. The maid got excited bila tengok daun sireh and terus direbusnya satu hari and asked me to drink the juice..utk 'mengetetkan' katanya..hmm..even though she's just the maid, i appreciate the trouble she took..once she tumbuk ubi pokok cekur and beras together and asked me to sapu kat perut etc. I pun ikut je la, it's sort of leave-it-on body scrub...i already applied some slimming cream (yg dtg dlm package bersalin ni..tapi tak juga slim2) on and i thought what the heck, taknak la org tua tu ingat kita tak appreciate pulak..mak oi! ithin half an hour, i thought my arse was on fire!!!!
Back to the daun sireh, i thought OK, no big deal..(i do eat sireh with all the concoctions,...a ah you all...masa my grandma and aunties yg tua2 hidup lagi dulu, my mum, sis, bro punya idea of berehat after lunch at my grandma's place were to dig into org tua tu punya bekas sireh and made us the sireh thingy...lagi sedap kalau pekena rokok daun sekali, since we all underage sans tembakau. Then bersandar tepi verandah....mulu masing2 merah cam bontot beruk...)
But uols, the jus sireh was sooooo tak sedap!!(ye la..no kapur, gambir what have you, kan). I terbayang cam ada kelly ng kunyah2 sireh, spit out and itula yg i kena minum..eiii! I tried, only managed half a glass and the rest buang dlm sink...whatever it is, my maid tak tau.
Oh well...
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