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!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Networking
I am a tad annoyed with an old friend. 2,3 hari lepas I received a forwarded sms from this friend mewar warkan class reunion yg akan diadakan pada sekian sekian. Nak dijadikan gempak lagi, ni reunion 2 kelas bebudak baru….and akan diadakan di rumah budak baru kelas yg satu lagi. I have this thing about reunion, I have never been to one..hehe. Baik sekolah rendah, menengah or uni. I don’t fare well in big crowds…kalau setakat a few friends meeting up, ini OK, itupun akan dipujuk sakan oleh Ustazah Munah. Anyway, regarding the sms, I told my friend ni, rather than beating around the bush kata belum habis pantang la (this would be lying) etc. I just said straight to her face, neh, don’t think I’m going, I anti-social sikit….And this friend said to me back, hellooo..have you heard of networking??
Hmm..let me see…networking ye…sepanjang hidup I la, I belum lagi dapat apa2 faedah dari networking ni..mungkin sekali kut, my two old friends husband and wife, general surgeon and oncologist which I betul2 menjaga perhubungan kut2 mana le tau in the future kan..ye la, as it is, my family gene line riddled with cancer cells and the general surgery bit esp. sekarang yg asyik sembelit je kan?? Kalau ada kengkawan yg gynae, cardiologist and orthopedic surgeon, please put your hands up because I teringin sangat nak bernetworking ngan you all. Anyway, I digress a bit, of course I tersentap kan when my friend cakap macam tu..so, of course reply yang terkeluar mesti ada bunyi2 yg menyakitkan hati. I said, if I was in private, I would loveeee to do all the networking but as it is, nanti memanjangkan waiting list I je lagi! At the risk of sounding bongkak serta takbur I just had to say that! You know why?? Because my friend tu punya pesen, come cuti sekolah je dia akan hempuk semua anak dia utk jadi clients i..Sometimes it’s not easy to squeeze them in especially kalau late request.
I belum lagi nak ngumpat bab MLM lagi ni, ni baru bab my friends dlm bidang2 menyihatkan org ni. Diaorg semua dah specialist, so I expect diaorg yg dah pandai tu mesti lah lebih2 lagi pandainya kan…but they cannot get the fact that in general, bidang yg I terokai yg dah memang kecik, pas tu I boleh specialise utk jadi bertambah kecik..so, what I’m trying to say is, they expect me to tengok anak2 diaorg yg mempunyai masalah tak mencabar minda langsung! Ye la kan, takkan anak kita or kita yg demam biasa expect nak pi jumpa kawan kita si neurologist pulak kan?? Get what I mean??? Haa OK, apa kata kalau ikut laws of networking, I say to this friend of mine, sorry, I dah tak boleh tengok anak2 you dah because you psychiatrist, I don’t think I’d be needing one anytime soon. So, with my reply tadi, I tak kisah lah kalau my friend tu terasa…
Networking also means pada sesapa yg berkecimpung dlm bidang MLM inilah masanya kan?? I ni ada masalah to say NO, so, rather than exposing myself to situations where I can’t say NO, I avoid them totally. I have ended up with this posh lampu berbau haruman yg kononnya ada segala mak nano filter, I was a few hundred $ poorer and my only hope is that the lampu will one day become a collector’s item like I was promised (ye la tu kan!). Many years ago, I once had to drive all the way from KL to Bangsar against 6pm rush hour traffic because my friend ni terlebih excited beritau I dia nak tunjukkan something kat i. I pun lagi excited ingatkan kain ela ke, tudung ke (so Makcik2 kan)..tengok2 air freshner uol!! This so called friend baru berkecimpung dlm MLM and mangsa pertamanya I lah tu..terbang RM28 utk some measly air freshner.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally a nice person..kalau nampak cam tak friendly it’s because I’m very shy. Yes, i'm a recluse and socially inept. Tapi kalau sesapa nak ajak pi minum teh tarik ke, starb*cks ke, I boleh saja…maybe kena pujuk2 sikit jugak le.. Oh, and I tak kisah, tempat aircond atau tak aircond..kalau nama kedainya I boleh pronounce lagi bagus and if I want water, I’d just say, Miss, can I please have some mineral water..i seriously don’t know any fancy names for water..ish jahatnya aku..tu dah masuk topic lain hehe.
Hmm..let me see…networking ye…sepanjang hidup I la, I belum lagi dapat apa2 faedah dari networking ni..mungkin sekali kut, my two old friends husband and wife, general surgeon and oncologist which I betul2 menjaga perhubungan kut2 mana le tau in the future kan..ye la, as it is, my family gene line riddled with cancer cells and the general surgery bit esp. sekarang yg asyik sembelit je kan?? Kalau ada kengkawan yg gynae, cardiologist and orthopedic surgeon, please put your hands up because I teringin sangat nak bernetworking ngan you all. Anyway, I digress a bit, of course I tersentap kan when my friend cakap macam tu..so, of course reply yang terkeluar mesti ada bunyi2 yg menyakitkan hati. I said, if I was in private, I would loveeee to do all the networking but as it is, nanti memanjangkan waiting list I je lagi! At the risk of sounding bongkak serta takbur I just had to say that! You know why?? Because my friend tu punya pesen, come cuti sekolah je dia akan hempuk semua anak dia utk jadi clients i..Sometimes it’s not easy to squeeze them in especially kalau late request.
I belum lagi nak ngumpat bab MLM lagi ni, ni baru bab my friends dlm bidang2 menyihatkan org ni. Diaorg semua dah specialist, so I expect diaorg yg dah pandai tu mesti lah lebih2 lagi pandainya kan…but they cannot get the fact that in general, bidang yg I terokai yg dah memang kecik, pas tu I boleh specialise utk jadi bertambah kecik..so, what I’m trying to say is, they expect me to tengok anak2 diaorg yg mempunyai masalah tak mencabar minda langsung! Ye la kan, takkan anak kita or kita yg demam biasa expect nak pi jumpa kawan kita si neurologist pulak kan?? Get what I mean??? Haa OK, apa kata kalau ikut laws of networking, I say to this friend of mine, sorry, I dah tak boleh tengok anak2 you dah because you psychiatrist, I don’t think I’d be needing one anytime soon. So, with my reply tadi, I tak kisah lah kalau my friend tu terasa…
Networking also means pada sesapa yg berkecimpung dlm bidang MLM inilah masanya kan?? I ni ada masalah to say NO, so, rather than exposing myself to situations where I can’t say NO, I avoid them totally. I have ended up with this posh lampu berbau haruman yg kononnya ada segala mak nano filter, I was a few hundred $ poorer and my only hope is that the lampu will one day become a collector’s item like I was promised (ye la tu kan!). Many years ago, I once had to drive all the way from KL to Bangsar against 6pm rush hour traffic because my friend ni terlebih excited beritau I dia nak tunjukkan something kat i. I pun lagi excited ingatkan kain ela ke, tudung ke (so Makcik2 kan)..tengok2 air freshner uol!! This so called friend baru berkecimpung dlm MLM and mangsa pertamanya I lah tu..terbang RM28 utk some measly air freshner.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally a nice person..kalau nampak cam tak friendly it’s because I’m very shy. Yes, i'm a recluse and socially inept. Tapi kalau sesapa nak ajak pi minum teh tarik ke, starb*cks ke, I boleh saja…maybe kena pujuk2 sikit jugak le.. Oh, and I tak kisah, tempat aircond atau tak aircond..kalau nama kedainya I boleh pronounce lagi bagus and if I want water, I’d just say, Miss, can I please have some mineral water..i seriously don’t know any fancy names for water..ish jahatnya aku..tu dah masuk topic lain hehe.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Fat Cat Diary 4 / slumber party
For the past 2 nights, bila i masuk tidur je, ada la si Goldilocks dah occupy my bed. His description actually fits the Papa Bear much better. Ini la problemnya kalau on kan aircond awal and tuannya tak masuk tidur lagi. He looked at me with his big round eyes and it's not easy to say no when he does this. Bebudak bulu ni memang ada favourite sibling diaorg...
(Ugi is not in the picture because dia tu hassle free. Tidur je atas sofa, makan biskut kucing je, takde la cam 2 ekor tu yg kengkadang nak ikan la, wet food la...)
The baby, the cat and the crocodile (yg hijau tu).
Eh, kaki sapa tu???
(Ugi is not in the picture because dia tu hassle free. Tidur je atas sofa, makan biskut kucing je, takde la cam 2 ekor tu yg kengkadang nak ikan la, wet food la...)
The baby, the cat and the crocodile (yg hijau tu).
Eh, kaki sapa tu???
During the early part of the evening, i swear that Litttle D punya baju semua colour coordinated. Lepas tu comot dgn nasik la, tumpah air la hence the Thaipu*** colour combination...Ada sesapa nak buat menantu??
I took this pic using my hp and bila dah malas camni, tangkap sekali lagi using my camera. Dua orang/ekor ni memang best friends. Dekat sama2 besar je.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Mid-life crisis
I have got a tshirt on today that says ‘NO SEX PLEASE’. It isn’t mine originally, it’s MG’s. I think he thought by putting this tshirt on would protect him from sex demons kut..! I’m sure you all must notice the frequency of my blog entries nowadays…as I mentioned before, other than watching reruns of Friends and Desperate Hoswipe, there’s not much else I do at home..that and being a vending machine for Baby X. Oh yes, I also annoy my colleagues from the office, sekejap2 call diaorg, bukan nak tau pasal kerja sangat, more on the gossips la!
Last night I woke up in a sweat. Bukan sebab terjaga dari mimpi yg menakutkan, tapi dari realiti yg sangat menakutkan. In 41/2 years time, I’m going to turn 40! I belum puas lagi jadi 25, camana tiba2 dah nak jadi 40? Belum puas lagi dipanggil kak or adik and tiba2 sekarang bebudak panggil aunty…once I was called ‘makcik’ by this kid yg nak mintak derma (i know it's a direct translation but...)..daripada hati yg nak bergenerous, terus tak jadi derma langsung uols! When it’s time to send Baby X into std 1, I’m sure I’d be the oldest living mother on that day! But cam kawan I cakap, takpe, asalkan kita bergaya….majority of my colleagues set2 cam i…yg lambat kawin or lambat dapat anak, so bila anak masuk sekolah, we’d be into our 40’s. It’s no surprise that the office telah dilanda angin puting beliung menyemarakkan mid-life crisis in the 30somethings generation. Ada yg pergi ke suria KLCC i dengar and borong pelbagai utk menukar ketrampilan, ada yg tak habih2 swimming je utk mengembalikan muscles yg mungkin tak pernah ada and ada sampai yg invest in cling film kat beauty spa utk dibalut segala. Yesterday I donned on lipstick and eye liner and I guess the angin putting beliung dah sampai ke NO.31, tapi idakle org itu nak notice, kan???
I regret that when I was in my teens and twentys, I was busy feeling insecure about myself. When I was a teenager, of course I had oh-that-so-common pimple problem. The only thing good about pimples was that the advert they showed on tv penuh dgn jantan2 gorgeous..i remember this one advert where the guy was topless and he had a pair of red shorts on..kut..or have I got my wires crossed ke and tah íklan’apa and dimana I nengok tu. And then when I was in my twenty’s pulak, I was so worried about my weight although I was 10-15kilos lighter then. I have big bone structure so, I should have realised that I could never be waif-like like Kate Moss walaupun sebanyak mana I tahan makan pun. And then there was this problem about my hair…those days takde technique se-advance rebonding macam sekarang ni. If one nak straighten the hair, silap haribulan, your hair might look so keras macam rambut palsu geisha. Org kata rambut I jenis wavy, I panggil curly, bila balik Msia with the humidity and all, dia jadi frizzy.
When I did my practical right after graduation, and bila dah bergaji, mula la nak berexperiment…..i started to colour my hair…kalau masa student tu the scholarship setakat mampu bayar haircut kat student union je, 3pound 50…haircut je literally…the hairdresser wet your hair to cut and at the end of it you’d still be left dripping wet because dia tak blowdry pun rambut you. Anway, ada once tu I masuk la to this hair salon yg sebelum ni masa student setakat lalu je la and I say, I’d like to have some highlights please. Warna brown2 to go with my Asian skin, not too bright please. And I’m the type yg tak fussy, I like to just grab a mag, sit back and tunggu je the finished product. Hambik kau…when she was finished I look like a Japanese teen pop star!! The bleach was left on for a bit too long and I my hair turned bright orange!!!! I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t make any fuss at all, I ingat silap I ke tak bagi instructions betul2??? So what did I do??? Masa tu, to put on the tudung was the last resort le kan..although I should have taken note that probably god was hinting at me in a big WAY! I ended up at the Student Union hairdresser with tail between my legs and mintak my regular hairdresser tu kalerkan balik rambut I jadi hitam…itula, when I started earning I thought I was too posh for basement hairdresser.
Talking about eventful incidence that took place masa2 I tengah mencantikkan diri (perasan betul!), 2 years ago I went for a facial. I just finished my morning session kat OT at workplace B and I had 3 hours to kill before afternoon session starts. So, I pi la buat facial at this place where it was in the middle of renovation nak upgrade kan salon tu. This kakak did my face and in between dgn menjawab tefon and cakap ngan workmen…and certain steps tu dia punya assistant lak tolong buatkan. I remember it was the last week of puasa, takde clients lain pun. Then, the kakak covered my eyes with gauze and pakaikan mask yg after a while keras cam simen. It was 1.30pm then. I thought paling lama pun by 2pm she’d remove the mask and by 2.30pm latest I should be back to attend to my clients. Then 2pm came and gone, 2.30pm, then 3pm. Mulut tak boleh nak bukak besar nak jerit panggil org because of the mask. Kat luar bunyi workmen tgh bertukang and I was berkemban je, takkan nak jalan keluar….i called up my junior and gave him all sorts of excuses about being at the clinic anak sakit, please mind my clients…and si junior ni cakap our immediate boss yg tgh mindkan…nak jatuh jantung I because boss ni terkenal dgn garangnya..yg set2 boleh jerit kat semua org..ces! Rupanya dia buat lawak je, clients ada 2 je petang tu, agaknya yg lain dah balik kampung kut. Then at 3.30pm baru la akak tu terkedek2 datang, both she and her assisstant completely forgot about me! Sib baik la tak ditinggalnya I sampai bukak pose ke…
Last night I woke up in a sweat. Bukan sebab terjaga dari mimpi yg menakutkan, tapi dari realiti yg sangat menakutkan. In 41/2 years time, I’m going to turn 40! I belum puas lagi jadi 25, camana tiba2 dah nak jadi 40? Belum puas lagi dipanggil kak or adik and tiba2 sekarang bebudak panggil aunty…once I was called ‘makcik’ by this kid yg nak mintak derma (i know it's a direct translation but...)..daripada hati yg nak bergenerous, terus tak jadi derma langsung uols! When it’s time to send Baby X into std 1, I’m sure I’d be the oldest living mother on that day! But cam kawan I cakap, takpe, asalkan kita bergaya….majority of my colleagues set2 cam i…yg lambat kawin or lambat dapat anak, so bila anak masuk sekolah, we’d be into our 40’s. It’s no surprise that the office telah dilanda angin puting beliung menyemarakkan mid-life crisis in the 30somethings generation. Ada yg pergi ke suria KLCC i dengar and borong pelbagai utk menukar ketrampilan, ada yg tak habih2 swimming je utk mengembalikan muscles yg mungkin tak pernah ada and ada sampai yg invest in cling film kat beauty spa utk dibalut segala. Yesterday I donned on lipstick and eye liner and I guess the angin putting beliung dah sampai ke NO.31, tapi idakle org itu nak notice, kan???
I regret that when I was in my teens and twentys, I was busy feeling insecure about myself. When I was a teenager, of course I had oh-that-so-common pimple problem. The only thing good about pimples was that the advert they showed on tv penuh dgn jantan2 gorgeous..i remember this one advert where the guy was topless and he had a pair of red shorts on..kut..or have I got my wires crossed ke and tah íklan’apa and dimana I nengok tu. And then when I was in my twenty’s pulak, I was so worried about my weight although I was 10-15kilos lighter then. I have big bone structure so, I should have realised that I could never be waif-like like Kate Moss walaupun sebanyak mana I tahan makan pun. And then there was this problem about my hair…those days takde technique se-advance rebonding macam sekarang ni. If one nak straighten the hair, silap haribulan, your hair might look so keras macam rambut palsu geisha. Org kata rambut I jenis wavy, I panggil curly, bila balik Msia with the humidity and all, dia jadi frizzy.
When I did my practical right after graduation, and bila dah bergaji, mula la nak berexperiment…..i started to colour my hair…kalau masa student tu the scholarship setakat mampu bayar haircut kat student union je, 3pound 50…haircut je literally…the hairdresser wet your hair to cut and at the end of it you’d still be left dripping wet because dia tak blowdry pun rambut you. Anway, ada once tu I masuk la to this hair salon yg sebelum ni masa student setakat lalu je la and I say, I’d like to have some highlights please. Warna brown2 to go with my Asian skin, not too bright please. And I’m the type yg tak fussy, I like to just grab a mag, sit back and tunggu je the finished product. Hambik kau…when she was finished I look like a Japanese teen pop star!! The bleach was left on for a bit too long and I my hair turned bright orange!!!! I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t make any fuss at all, I ingat silap I ke tak bagi instructions betul2??? So what did I do??? Masa tu, to put on the tudung was the last resort le kan..although I should have taken note that probably god was hinting at me in a big WAY! I ended up at the Student Union hairdresser with tail between my legs and mintak my regular hairdresser tu kalerkan balik rambut I jadi hitam…itula, when I started earning I thought I was too posh for basement hairdresser.
Talking about eventful incidence that took place masa2 I tengah mencantikkan diri (perasan betul!), 2 years ago I went for a facial. I just finished my morning session kat OT at workplace B and I had 3 hours to kill before afternoon session starts. So, I pi la buat facial at this place where it was in the middle of renovation nak upgrade kan salon tu. This kakak did my face and in between dgn menjawab tefon and cakap ngan workmen…and certain steps tu dia punya assistant lak tolong buatkan. I remember it was the last week of puasa, takde clients lain pun. Then, the kakak covered my eyes with gauze and pakaikan mask yg after a while keras cam simen. It was 1.30pm then. I thought paling lama pun by 2pm she’d remove the mask and by 2.30pm latest I should be back to attend to my clients. Then 2pm came and gone, 2.30pm, then 3pm. Mulut tak boleh nak bukak besar nak jerit panggil org because of the mask. Kat luar bunyi workmen tgh bertukang and I was berkemban je, takkan nak jalan keluar….i called up my junior and gave him all sorts of excuses about being at the clinic anak sakit, please mind my clients…and si junior ni cakap our immediate boss yg tgh mindkan…nak jatuh jantung I because boss ni terkenal dgn garangnya..yg set2 boleh jerit kat semua org..ces! Rupanya dia buat lawak je, clients ada 2 je petang tu, agaknya yg lain dah balik kampung kut. Then at 3.30pm baru la akak tu terkedek2 datang, both she and her assisstant completely forgot about me! Sib baik la tak ditinggalnya I sampai bukak pose ke…
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Look what the stork brought in, again..
Eh apa ini????
Baby X
I have 2 questions if anyone can answer or help me with these questions....(tiada berbau2 schizophrenia ye):
1. I started my car engine today and ada bunyi macam tin kosong bergerak2 from the engine. Kuat sangat! Is it the timing belt? I changed it once at 70k+ km, now the mileage is at 130+km. Can it be the timing belt again??
2. Do i get a baby sling or baby pouch. Mana yg lebih idiot proof to put on??
Thankss.
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