I'm sorry

Should we tell the truth all the time?
Isn't it certain things better left unsaid? Or, certain matters should be sugar-coated to sorta not hurting others' feelings? Sometimes people lied not because of they're afraid to tell the truth. Some people lied because they didn’t want to deal with all the questions following the truth confession, it could be more damaging. Should we confess after we lied to somebody? Well, does the certain-things-better-left-unsaid rule still apply? Gosh, if only I knew that telling the truth later will cause some irreversible damages, pain and cast doubt …I shouldn’t lie in the first place.

Look into my eyes, it says I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.

Mars and DD

I missed the Mars sightings!!! It rained non-stop in Serdang till midnite. I went out of my house around 12 a.m., and tried to look around. No moon, no mars. Damn, now I have to wait for 60,000 years for another Mars sighting! Any of you guys out there managed to catch a glimpse of the Mars?

Anyway, it has been a very slow day for me. I wonder why. Could it be that my morale is so down because I don’t think that I'll get my salary before the long weekend started??? Hmm, I wonder! Yep, I am almost sure that I won't be getting my salary anytime soon. So much of a glimmer of hope. I know that we've been warned that the late-salary trend will continues till don’t know when, but I just couldn’t take it. I need the money to pay bills, to fill up my gas tank, to at least enjoy a very pleasant long weekend. I am so damn frustrated. I have no choice but to 'jiggle' again tonite for some cash hehehehe!

The meeting with my ex. I picked him up from the Pan Pac Hotel and headed to KLIA. He looked almost the same as I last saw him six years ago. Maybe just a bit darker, you know laa, Kedah could be scorching sunny most of the time. It was raining heavily all the way to KLIA. We had a pleasant time catching up. We talked about a lot of things, but, strangely (but, thank God!), we didn’t talk or reminisce about what happened in our previous relationship. Hmm, Hasmiron commented that DD was so understanding that he didn’t mind me meeting my ex. Yep, he's very understanding in that department. I even asked him to be 'angry' a bit that I am going to meet my ex…he laughed and said "Okaylaa…saya bertukar jadik Hulk laa…Hulk kaler biru". Then I told him, "Hulk mana ada kaler biru…hulk kaler biru tu smurf namanya!". Kehkehkehkehkeh!

Anyway, it really made me wonder (why he didn't mind me meeting my ex), was it because he trusts me damn much, or he simply wanna "test" me? Either way, one thing for sure, I know that DD is the one for me. I mean, here I was talking to my ex and all; I didn’t have that kind of 'stir' inside me. You know, the kind of stir that you felt when you talked to somebody that you love. I have that feeling all the time with DD. My heart didn’t even jump when I saw my ex; it was just a normal heartbeat like when I meet a guy friend. Hey, maybe this is what I need to 'confirm' what I felt all along, I am so over my ex. It's not like I ever doubted my relationship with DD…come on laa, we've been together for about 4 years already. I just need a firm jolt to come to my senses. And I am friggin sure, for the millionth time today: DD is the one for me, and I love him so much!

I loved DD yesterday
I love DD today
I love DD everyday
I love DD Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday!!!
(oh, please sing the above love declaration using Happy Birthday's tune with a bit falsetto for the last line)

Mars Attack

Wooohooo…..bad boys, bad boys, whatchu gonna do, whatchu gonna do when they come for you! DD and I went to watch the Good Cops: Bad Boys 2 movie last nite. Man, lemme tell you…that movie was smokin! Both of us really enjoyed it. I also realized that I still have a crush on Will Smith hihihihi! I thought I was so over him when I saw that lacklustre Wild Wild West and MIB II. But noooo….I fell in love with Will Smith again in the Bad Boys 2 movie. His boyish smile, his charm and his playful cockiness...ahhh!

People, don’t forget your date tonite with the Mars! Tonite, Mars will be less than 34.65 million miles (55.76 million kilometres) away -- closer than it’s been in 59,619 years. We'll be able to see Mars by our naked eyes. According to Mars Watch, the planet usually appears orange or slightly red, though sometimes -- depending conditions in Earth's atmosphere -- it can look yellowish. To the naked eye, Mars is a point of light, like a bright star. To see surface features, you'll need a telescope with a lens at least 70mm in diameter for the refractor type, or 4.25 inches for a reflector. This big hu ha over the Mars story reminds me of this funny movie titled "Mars Attack". That movie was damn funny. The Martians made funny voice like 'ack…ack' and they were defeated by this granny who sang the 'yodeleee yodelee yodeleee oooo' song.

So, pack up your picnic basket and head to the nearest park. Bring along your beloved ones, family and neighbours. Sit back and enjoy the midnight picnic with the most spectacular view that only comes by once in 59,619 years! Oh, I'm crossing my fingers and toes for a good evening weather so that we can have better view of the Mars.

As the end of the month is looming, I couldn’t help but wonder, am I going to get my salary before the long weekend started? I realized that the chance is very slight, but I still want to hold on to that small glimmer of hope…

My ex is in town. He needs a ride to get to KLIA later today. I called DD and let him know the situation. He's okay with it, so, I'm going to send my ex to KLIA later.

Ya is coming back from Kuala Nerang tomorrow with a friend. Haiyah, nampaknya I have to clean up my room for them laa…no fun at all.

Sad news for today, Sultanah Bahiyah of Kedah dies after long illness. Al-fatihah.

A bit of everything

Kevin gave me two free movie passes this morning. His gf is working with United Pictures, so she could score free movie tickets once in a while. Interesting line of work, she interviewed Kate Hudson and Ang Lee not long ago. Me like Kevin's gf! Hmmm, after browsing through the TGV website, I decided to watch the Bad Boys 2 movie. The truth is, the rest of the movies are all still in blockbuster list. I'm only allowed to use the free passes for non-blockbuster movie only. Whatever laa kan, as long as it's free hehehe. Jangan jeles!

I also received interesting e-mails from Cyn. One of the e-mails was explicit pics from the allegedly "Aksi Mak Datin" VCD and the other one was shot-by-shot pics of Vista Angkasa rendezvous. Aiyah, Malaysian fornicators aaa…never learned anything from the "Aksi Dramatis Melampau" case.

Rule number 1:
Unless your partner is your husband, DON'T record any of your recreational activities.

Rule number 2:
If you are damn adventurous, and wanted to do it in public places, please survey the parameter first. Make sure there are no hidden cameras or amateur photographers lurking behind you.

So, please take note yah!

Special shout out for today. Sandy is celebrating her birthday today. Wishing you many joy and happiness for the years to come!

Happy birthday to you!!!
Happy birthday to you!!!
Happy birthday to Sandy!!!
Happy Birthday to you!!!

And for whole day, I couldn’t get this tune out of my head (uuiishhh, macam Kylie Minogue laa pulak):

You are My Number One by Smash Mouth

When I'm finally gone, I'm gonna be gone without a trace
There's a lot of good times ahead before we're done
And on top of this list of things before I leave this place
You are my number one, yes you are my number one

Arai sent me a funny (but, very true) poem called:

Bitchdom
When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch
When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or
do things my own way, they call me a bitch

Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart

It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me

When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak
against it, I am defined as a bitch

The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of
being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish

It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself
to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's
idea of what they think I "should" be

I am outspoken, opinionated and determined
I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!

So, try to stomp me, try to douse my inner
flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty hold within me
You won't succeed

And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace
the title and am proud to bear it

--->Signing off now.
Last words of wisdom for today…mantra for all the bitches (yeahhh!) out there:

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

Weddings and Letting Go

As of today, I've received 5 wedding invitations that will be held on the same day - 7th September 2003. What is it with that date? Ada ong ke?

Anyway, I received this story from a friend long time ago. I love the moral of the story:

The Old Man and His Shoe
One day an old man boarded a bus. As he was going up the steps, one of his shoes slipped off. The door closed and the bus moved off so he was unable to retrieve it. The old man calmly took off his other shoe and threw it out of the window.

A young man on the bus saw what happened, and could not help going up to the old man and asking, "I noticed what you did, sir. Why did you throw out your other shoe?"

The old man promptly replied, "So that whoever finds them will be able to use them."

The old man in the story understood a fundamental philosophy for life - do not hold on to something simply for the sake of possessing it or because you do not wish others to have it.

We lose things all the time. The loss may seem to us grievous and unjust initially, but loss only happens so that positive changes can occur in our lives. We should not always assume that losing something is bad, because if things do not shift, we'll never become better people or experience better things. That's not to say of course that we only lose "bad" things; it simply means that in order for us to mature emotionally and spiritually, and for us to contribute to the world, the interchange between loss and gain is necessary.

Like the old man in the story, we have to learn to let go. The world had decided that it was time for the old man to lose his shoe. Maybe this happened to add momentum to a series of events leading to a better pair of shoes for the old man. Maybe the search for another pair of shoes would lead the old man to a great benefactor. Maybe the world decided that someone else needed the shoes more.

Whatever the reason, we can't avoid losing things. The old man understood this. One of his shoes had gone out of his reach. The remaining shoe would not have been much help to him, but it would be a cherished gift to a homeless person desperately in need of protection from the ground.

Hoarding possessions does nothing to make us or the world better. We all have to decide constantly if some things or people have run their course in our lives or would be better off with others.

We then have to muster the courage to give them away.

Baju Melayu

I went for another round of DD's quarterly shopping spree. We went to get his baju melayu cloths for hari raya. I also checked out couple of materials for my own baju raya hehehe. It is not too early to buy baju raya cloths. Fasting month is starting in October. I don’t think I'll have the strength to haul my ass through any shopping malls by then. So, maybe I'll start buying my baju raya cloths next month.

Tomorrow is Monday. Hmm…why couldn’t it be Sunday everyday?

Rows of Misfortune

Last nite, I was stuck in a massive traffic jam on Federal Highway. I had the option to use the Sprint, but no siree…I tempted luck by choosing Federal Highway. It took me more than an hour to reach DD's place. By the time I got there, it was about 10 p.m. Both of us were really hungry. I had to break my diet. I feasted on very yummy chicken rice. Of course I regretted it, but hey, hungry women could be dangerous, u know.

Another misfortunate incident followed afterwards. I realized that I forgot to jot down the movie reservation number. What a bad evening it was! I had to get somebody to access my e-mail. I called office; it turned out that only J was there. I had to ask J to access my e-mail by providing my password. Please God, don’t let me forget to change my password tomorrow! I thought that I would ask Sandy to collect the tickets for me. But unfortunately, again, the only available seats were the fourth rows from the screen. We decided to ditch the movie and called it a nite.

The next day, I accompanied DD for his quarterly shopping spree hehehe! It was fun, actually. I saw this new bag by DKNY. It was a free gift for purchasing DKNY perfume. I tried the perfume…eerrgghh…it was too strong for my taste. No perfume, no bag.

Shout out for today:
Happy 26th Birthday for my ol' buddy - Paddle

SWAT

Well, it is Friday. Nobody should work on Friday. I don't want to work on Friday. But my car loan payment, credit card bills, utility bills force me to work on Friday. Whatever the case, it has been very slow Friday for me.

I checked out my ol' buddy's website. And hey, checked it out, I learned that my roommate when I was in college - Doria has become a MAS stewardess! Just to quote Hasmiron's words "Penampilan pun tampak vogue dan mengancam...". It has been quite sometimes since I saw her last at Noni's wedding. Kot jumpa pun sure dah tak kenal ni heheheh!

Since it is a Friday nite, I wanted to watch movie with DD. I tried to book earlier show of SWAT, but none was available. I tried GSC Mid Valley….forget it laa. GSC Movieline and eTicketing are the worst movie service in the world! After all those repetitions of movie title, date, time, number of tickets and your own phone number, the 'movie voice' told me that "Sorry, only 1 seat is available". Damn…they could have told me much earlier!

Hmm..anyway, I tried using TGV eTicketing and the only available time slot was at 11.40 p.m. I accidentally e-booked 4 tickets for tonite show. I thought that my first reservation was unsuccessful, so, I tried again. It turned out that both reservations were successful. Aiyak, how laa? After so much thinking hehehehe, I offered the ticket to Sandy. The truth is I am not sure either that I will be able to make it to the movie tonite. If I am still awake by 11 p.m I will definitely be there, you know laa, this is part of getting old process, you tend to fall asleep much earlier than usual. Or was it the stress that causes it?

Sandy just told me that Cyn has to go back to office tonite around 10 p.m to wait-and-see-if-just-in-case-we-have-to-make-changes-to-the-proposal. Haiyah, poor thing laa that girl. One way to look at it, it seems that our life is not controlled by our desire to live or excitement but it is controlled by the company. As Sandy wisely put it "such a price to pay to climb one step up the corporate ladder...".

I also learned that Simone has tendered her resignation letter to the management yesterday. According to her, she is happy to leave so that she could focus on her new house. She even planned to sew her own curtain! Good luck to Simone, her hubby and, oh yeah, their dog Nikki too!

DD sent me this funny Ping Pong Matrix Style link. Very farny!

The Sasha's dual weddings debate continues. Check out this website for further info.

Signing off now. Crossing my fingers and toes for awesome weekend for me and you guys too!!!

Sasha and Majid

Hmm…interesting news arrived in my inbox today. I received two e-mails regarding Ms. Sasha Saidin a.k.a Mrs. Frank Skinner. Sasha used to be in local girlie band - Elite. They were so popular back in late 1997 and currently in hidup-segan-mati-tak-mau condition. In middle of 2002, she went to further her study in University of East Anglia at Norwich. On August 11, 2003, Malaysian media had published news of Sasha's wedding. She's married to an American named Frank Skinner. He converted to Islam and the pics of their wedding in UK (in front of imam and all) were published in all major local newspapers. In the first e-mail that I received, my friend had attached her wedding pics (6 pics in total) in one of the masjids in UK.



Not long after, I received another e-mail from other friend, also about Sasha's wedding. However, the scenario had changed, a lot! In the second e-mail, the sender had attached wedding pics of Sasha's wedding in a chapel in Arkansas (5 pics in total). The sender also attached a newspaper cutting of their wedding announcement in Arkansas' local newspaper.

Hmm…now I am really confused. How could someone got married twice in two separate occasions and in two different beliefs some more?

I went to FF Consplant again yesterday. I thought that I could "hide" from Majid. I did my routine in peace. Unfortunately, Majid saw me when I was on my way to the changing room. He followed me up the stairs. Then, he asked me how many hours did I spend in the gym just now. I told him, about an hour only. Then he started to taunt me with question such as "cukup ke sejam tu?", "banyak ke lemak yg hilang?". I was damn pissed. I turned back, shot him the angry look and walked away. I was this close to give him the finger and ask him to fuck off!

Fatso

I went to FF in Wisma Consplant yesterday. I like that place, the showers have doors, rather than just shower curtains like in Menara John Hancock. But it was too crowded; I guess I came in at the peak time. So, as usual I did my cardio first. I fast-walked for 2 km and cycled for another 8 km. I was watching the rerun of Cheers while doing my cardio. I was really enjoying myself. Then I moved on to lifting weights.

That was when my working-out mood all ruined. An FF personal trainer named Majid approached me. At first he was just correcting my way of lifting weights, which was fine with me. I thought the he'll be leaving me alone after that, but I was soooo wrong. He just stood in front of me and started asking me bunch of questions. He said that he never saw me in FF Consplant before. Of course laaa, that was my first visit to FF Consplant. Then he continued to ask my demographic details: where do I live, where do I work, how often I come to gym. I answered all of the questions politely and continued lifting weights. Then he asked me what my current weight is.

That's it! I am so overly sensitive when people asked me about my weight. Well, obviously I am overweight, that is why I am here sweating my fat off to lose some weight. I just gave him rough figure of my weight. Then he said that he could train me (read: be my personal trainer) to lose weight. He guaranteed that I will lose 4-5kg in two months. All I have to do is working out under his supervision once a week. Then he continued on telling me his success stories. By then, a lot of eyes already were looking at me like I am a fat freak that desperately needs help! According to him, he trained this one lady last time. She went from waist size of 34 to 26 within couple of months, you know, as if implying that I am currently size 34! Then he told me that he could help me shaping my body accordingly. Call me over sensitive, but I was really offended. Of all the ladies working out in the gym, he chose to consult me. Am I like the only fat lady inside the gym??? I sat there patiently waiting for him to finish his little pep talk. Then, I excuse myself to the showers with pang of embarrassment.

I am sick and tired of all the "fat" comments. I got it all the time especially when I was trying clothes in any stores. Well, as far as I could remember…there was this crude remarks made by one of the Somerset Bay's employees when I wanna try a cute pink blouse. I took a blouse that I thought would fit me, then the girl started commenting on my fat body, so she rudely suggested that I take larger size. In another episode at British India, I was about to ask the sales girl for a larger size top, well, I wasn’t even opening my mouth yet, she stared at me and told me straight in the face that the top didn’t have XL size. All of these encounters really make me wonder, whatever happened to common courtesy?

Fat people have feelings too, you know!

Aksi Consultant Terlampau

The day hadn't started on the right foot. I woke up at 9.30 a.m. Actually it could be later than that, but thank God, DD called me up to wish me good morning. I didn’t really feel like I want to go to work. However, thinking about all the reports that need to be done, I have to kick myself out of bed and marched to the bathroom.

I managed to get in the car by 10 a.m. I sat there and still thinking of not going to work when I remembered that Connie had been asking me about some documents. I knew I have to come to work already by then. On the way to Glenmarie, I called Cyn to ask her to look for the documents. Not long after Connie called me. While talking to her I realized that I missed the turning at Desa Water Park. Aiyak…I had to make big round at Jalan Tun Razak. I looked at my watch, and it was only 10.30 a.m….memang takde ong laa pagi ni.

Cyn called me not long after that and informing me that she found the needed document and would e-mail it to me. Thanks so much, Cyn. I arrived in DRB around 11 and passed the document to Connie.

Great news came to my inbox this morning. First, I received Kong's wedding invitation, then Seha sent an e-mail informing Shareen, Kong and me that she's coming back from Dublin on 30th August. Great news, great news! Hmm, I couldn’t wait to meet my old buddy Seha…err sorry, I mean, Dr. Seha! Kak Surya also getting married next month. Ooohh…I forgot to send her the RSVP card. Alamak! I have to remember to mail it today.

I went to TR for lunch, well, apparently my "dancing videos" have been premiered in the office. I even received special request from KY to dance in his notebook, I guess, he meant like screen saver laaa hehehe! I saw the videos too, man, it was too damn embarrassing! Malunya hehehehe! If someday I decided to join politic and become a Yang Berhormat, I can literally kiss that dream away now. I know that the "dancing video" a.k.a "Aksi Consultant Terlampau" will be surfacing in the black market!

On much sober note, I heard on the radio that Kempen Perayaan Bulan Kemerdekaan and Kempen Kibar Jalur Gemilang have started since 16 August to 17 September. The campaigns were in align with Malaysia's 46th Merdeka celebration. So, in the patriotic spirit and all, I'm planning to get myself one of those mini Jalur Gemilang (JG) to put on my car.

Speaking of JG, I want to wish all the best to Mr. Shamsurrijal Abdul Jamil. He is currently on a solo expedition around the world driving JGII. JGII is a Proton Satria GTi that is equipped with the latest equipment in communication and digital mapping that is supported through satellite. He is scheduled to complete the expedition covering world 6 continents sometime next year. All the best and may God bless you!

And may God bless my dearest friend - Shaline. She is celebrating her birthday today!
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Shaline,
Happy birthday to you!!!

Oh, funny thing happened in TR staircase today. KY accidentally ran into a couple of school kids (in school uniforms and all) making out on the staircase. The girl sprinted to the top floor when she saw KY at the door, then the guy followed suit. It must be like one of those NTV7 Edisi Siasat episodes. These kids nowadays aaa, damn daring. If I were KY, I would be sprinting up the stairs to see what they are going to do next!

My First Indian Wedding

Saturday
I woke up to a very loud voice on the megaphone. I woke up abruptly and looked at the watch. It was 9.00 a.m. Then there's the loud voice on the megaphone again. I looked outside the window of my parent's room. There was a huge crowd gathering on the football field in front of my house. They were aerobic-ing in front of my house! Aside from the annoying voice on the megaphone, they also played Hindi song loudly to accompany their aerobic moves. Man, I was so damn pissed and annoyed!

There was no way that I could continue my sleep, so I just brushed my teeth, washed my face, changed to gym clothes, then off to FF. I was at the gym till noon. Then, I went to Mid-Valley to buy a cheesecake for my cousins. I planned to visit my grandma tomorrow. I also bought the gold-colored safety pins for the sarees. After quick lunch of hot dog, guava and kiwi fruits I drove home. The traffic was really bad, again, due to lil drizzles.

I arrived at Afrah's place around 4.15 p.m. The place was so phat! It was a three-storey condo (?), wooden kitchen cabinets, spacious rooms and it just simply gorgeous! I spent the first 15 minutes just walking around the place and admiring it. Then, we spent another hour to iron the saree cloths. And another 2 hours were spent to wear the saree. By the end of it, Eelaine had proudly declared the she is opening a new business specializing on providing services for first time saree users.

We were ready to leave Afrah's place around 7 p.m. Actually we were supposed to leave earlier because we were appointed as the usherers hahahaha! Well, we were just being Malaysian, you know, fashionably late.

After driving like a maniac, we managed to arrive and secured parking spots in Selangor Royal Club around 7.20 p.m. At the reception hall entrance, we were greeted by Shiromi's mom and sister. We were given a cute blue candle holder from UK. I also saw a glimpse of the groom inside the big room in front of the entrance. He looked the same as in the photos!

Then, we were ushered to our table - #20. As were walking towards the table, I realized that almost all eyes were looking at us, whispering and more staring. I guess it was because we were wearing the same sarees and heck, we looked gorgeous!






The table was at the corner of the room, by the window overlooking Dataran Merdeka and next to the open bar area. Not long after, KY, Cal, Samir and Adrian came and joined us at the table. The guys had set-up the flash presentation, thank you so much!

The couple finally made the grand entrance to the reception hall at 8.40 p.m in truly Malaysian style, you know, fashionably late. Shiromi was so beautiful wearing silver colored saree with Wisanka on her side. The couple lit up candles in the middle of the reception hall, as according to Cal, it was a symbol of bliss, prosperity and happiness. Then, they had cake cutting ceremony and speeches from closed family and relatives. A speech from one guy really got my attention. He belted out two romantic tunes dedicated especially for the couple with that exquisite voice of his. I was surprised and immediately admired his voice. He sounded like Elton John with a hint of Luther Vandross. I guess, if there was any recording producer among the audience, he'd definitely be sitting on a recording deal right now.

The happily married couple had their first dance from the tune of Toploaders' Dancing in the Moonlight. Then the tune was kicked up a notch by songs from Beyonce Knowles, Las Ketchup, some Portuguese songs and other upbeat tunes. By then, the dance floor already filled up with eager dancers who were poking the sky and the ground and other things that they can poke at! Man, it was very happening. One way to put it, it’s like clubbing at Nuovo on Saturday nite, dancing like crazy, free flow drinks and on top of it we were wearing saree!

Mr. and Mrs. Wisanka finally made their way to see us around 11 p.m. Shiromi looked wonderful with red saree and English mannered husband of hers on the side. More photos, say cheese, click click, snap snap!

We left Royal Selangor Club about 12 midnight with a blue candle holder, an empty well decorated fruitcake box, full stomach and yes, sweet memories.

Congratulations again to Mr. and Mrs. Wisanka!


Sunday
Surprisingly, I didn’t experience any hangovers.
I drove to my grandma's house around 10 a.m. I had to forget my diet for today because my grandma made my favorite dish! I had sambal ikan sembilang and ayam kampung masak lemak cili api for lunch. It was deee…licious! Then, my auntie made my favourite kuih keria for tea. Later in the afternoon, my cousins and I went to pluck rambutans in front of my grandma's house. Damn, life is good!

I made my way back to Serdang around 7 p.m. My family has returned from Kedah. They visited Pedu Lake while they were there. Nurul sat on my lap and started telling me the whole story of her trip with the help of pics that were taken there. She was so cute doing that, with all her childish way describing certain things. Nice to have them back, home sweet home.

Monday
Hangover. Sleepy. Monday sucks.

Almost Real Time Journal

12.01 a.m: Adrian brought in sandwiches, fries and 100 Plus drinks.
12.30 a.m: Still working on the proposal
1.00 a.m: Gone char char a bit
1.15 am: Cynthia and I left TR
2.30 a.m: Sandy and Afrah followed suit

I got home about 1.40 a.m to an empty home. My family is currently away in Penang. They are visiting my step mom's family and my sister Ya in Kuala Nerang. They'll be back on Sunday. I felt so tired and damn sleepy. I didn’t even bother to wash my face or brush my teeth. I went inside my room and took my fave blanket. Then, I dragged it all the way to my parent's room, turned on the air-cond and fell asleep right away.

I woke up around 8.30 a.m. I really felt like don’t want to go to work. I spent an hour in front of the TV and started channel browsing. Around 10.00 am, I started to work on the final part of the proposal and tried to send it to Cyn. I had to hook up to internet, so I dialled up. Big mistake! Apparently the Blaster Worms can infect PCs via ports during dial-up sessions. My notebook went crazy. I rebooted my notebook for soooo many times to be able to send the documents to Cyn.

I had lunch with DD. Then about 2.30 p.m, I started driving towards Hartamas. It started to drizzle when I merged to Jalan Tun Razak. The traffic started to slow down and came to complete halt minutes later. Apparently, there was 4 cars pile up accident. One of the cars was Honda City. The condition was really bad, depan and belakang kena. I guess the accident was just happened because there was no police on sight yet.

I arrived in TR about 3.30 p.m. Cyn and Afrah were there and still working on the proposal. Not long after, Eelaine and Sandy came in. Sandy wasn’t feeling too good, she already vomited this morning. She was definitely sick, u know, sick of work hahaha!

And now, not only the people got sick, our notebook also got infected. By 4.30 p.m almost all of Traderoofies were infected with the Blaster Worm. Why laa this worm creator would want to create something that will menyusahkan the rest of the world?

Ooo…I tried the infamous roti jala in Kopi & Ulam. Eelaine gave the roti jala and the curry 5 stars. I do agree with her, the roti jala is super yummy. And the curry also as super yummy as the roti jala. When you combine both, you will get extra marvellous super yummy roti jala set! I also tried my skill on cutting the cucur udang, and man, lemme tell you; I definitely do not have any of the cucur-udang-cutting-skill or whatsoever. My cucur udang pieces were really messed up! Nevertheless, Sandy, Eelaine and I still enjoyed it.

I went home around 7.30 pm. The traffic was really heavy in Federal Highway. Maybe because it was raining. It has been quite a funky weather lately, anyway.

Well, I'll be spending the rest of my evening doing laundry and catch some good sleep. It will be a long day tomorrow.

Shout out for today: Thank so much to Eelaine's mom for helping us out buying Shiromi's gift!

Tiramisu

I am officially on diet. 1 karipap sardin for breakfast and small portion of chicken slice sandwich for lunch. And that was the only meal that I was supposed to consume. I was doing quite well until about 5.00 p.m. Then the call came. Afrah called to let me know that she is going B&B for tiramisu! Can you believe it….tiramisu? She offered to buy one for me. Being adamant and all I said no. The truth was I was contemplating inside myself. Then, she convinced me that there is always tomorrow to start my diet. And damn…I surrendered. I asked Afrah to buy me one tiramisu.

I only ate half of the tiramisu. Then I went to the gym with Sandy in Menara John Hancock. We semi-jogging for 30 minute then hit the shower. Man, it felt so good. I had problem with the gym locker again. The key locker stuck in the key hole. Sandy managed to wiggle the whole key and got my locker open. I guess, the locker and me had started on the bad foot. First, I didn’t know how to lock it. Then, when I managed to lock the locker, I couldn’t open it back. Haiyah…really bad one.

Sandy and I arrived back in the office around 10.15 p.m. I still have a lot more things to do. And my eyes are so heavy right now. I am so ready to cabut. But, looking at Cyn's stressed face, and Afrah's tired eyes…I rather not cabut yet.

We "suffer" together laaa.

And my half eaten tiramisu is still there.

Proposal and Tai Chi

Tuesday

I went lunch with DD in Coca Restaurant Subang Parade. Luxurious, eh? Well, the lunch was "sponsored" by Apex Communications. So, no problem beb! Err, Sandy…don’t give me that kind of look…yes, I know. I was supposed to be on Atkins-like diet starting today. But, hey, I slipped and fell off the diet wagon. I promise to be more disciplined starting tomorrow. There is always tomorrow, rite ;)

Tuesday also was a very busy day. I continued working on my Balanced Scorecard report. My neck all crammed already since I've been flipping two thick books as my reference. After about 5 hours of flipping, reading, copying, pasting, cutting, deleting, editing, formatting…I still couldn’t finish the report. I still have a long way to go.

Then, I started to work on the proposal write up. Well, I didn’t actually do any write up yet. I collected all the materials that I need to assist (read: copy, paste) me writing the proposal.

I spent the final part of the day in the office. Working on the proposal write-up together with my fellow comrades who are still shakily standing "strong" and try not to fall just yet.

Wednesday

Today is the Left-Handed Day. It is a day to celebrate people who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right. So, Happy Left-Handed Day to all of the lefties in the world and that includes my dearest DD.

I finally had a bit of time reading newspaper just now. I saw this very sad news. I would like to extend my condolences to the family of Leftenan Mai Elny Sefrina Jalaluddin. Her Pilatus PC7 crashed on a solo training flight early morning yesterday. She died on the spot. She was scheduled to tie the knot with her fiancé by the end of the year. Allah lebih menyayangi dia. Al-fatihah…

Shiromi stopped by in the office and picked up the Wedding CD. This is the SMS that I received at 1.45 am:

"Before I forget, the slides that were done are totally excellent. beautifully done. thank u so much big fat kisses to both of u"

You're welcome, Shiromi. Thanks to Sandy who scanned all the pics and Shaline for creatively transforming the pics into something wonderful.

Other than that, proposal….proposal…proposal…Mr. Tai Chi…proposal…Mr. Tai Chi and ooohh…no carbo food for me starting today!

Shout out for today: Happy Birthday to KY!

From Penang Village to Safiz

There's a scientific research shows that 8 out of 10 instances, Monday is always an indicator of how our whole week will turn out. Meaning that if your Monday is calm and peaceful, your whole week karma will be just about the same mood.

Okie, I made that one up. But all I know is this: for the whole week, forecast in TradeRoof will be hot, sweaty and very stressful days ahead. It will be a busy week for almost everybody. Actually the whole chaos has started since Saturday for some. We're working on a tender that is due on August 26th. Our internal dateline is Wednesday. We have about less than 48 hours to go provided if we work around the clock. So, people…please take all your needed vitamins now. You can go all western by munching those Vitamin C or going traditional by gulping those Tongkat Ali Power Root Special drinks! Whichever way you wanna go, just let the brain juice flowing baby!

The girls and I met Shaline for lunch in Penang Village yesterday. No conclusion on when are we going to buy Shiromi's gift yet. Even Sandy doesn't have time to buy her new saree blouse yet. But we managed to do a lot of catching up on stories and gossips in Penang Village and later in Safiz with Samir, Cal and Kevin-the-newbie-retro-baby.

I showed Afrah the "Shiromi's Wedding" CD. All she has to say: "Aaaaa….aku pun nak kawin laa macam ni". Hahaha! Yeah darling, so do I…so do I.

Shout out for the day:

ToCyn and KY: Be Strong!

Happy Birthday to my dearest darling - June

To Sandy, Afrah and Eelaine...hang in there, okie

To Miss Chicken Pox Lil Auntie Karen, get well soon

Another 3 Days Summary

Thursday (evening)

I was stuck in the traffic jam for more than an hour; driving from Glenmarie to Fitness First Jalan Pinang. Horrible traffic jam. I was ready to give up and register myself the next day. But, because of the Malaysia Boleh spirit, I braved through the massive traffic jam and safely arrived in Bangunan SPK around 7.30 p.m.

So, there I was, standing in front of the reception desk of the SPK Fitness First. I was waiting for an instructor named Chressen to register me to the FF. While waiting for him, I took a peek inside the gym, and wow! The first thing that came into my mind…why would all this great-body-shape people doing here? I saw a very nice looking lady with nice bod and all was running profusely on the treadmill, and another buffed guy was lifting weight! Why? Where are all those overweight people? Why don’t they come and join the gym? And damn! How am I going to wear shorts in front of these people? You see, all the girls looked so trim and healthy; they look good wearing tight shorts and t-shirt. I wouldn’t want to be caught wearing very tight shorts with fats bulging and "meronta-ronta" coming out from my shorts. Aiyak…how laa? Am I even making the right decision to join the gym?

Anyhow, 15 minutes after that, they took my pic (oily face and all) voila! I am officially a member of the Fitness First, the passport one, okie…don’t play-play! Chressen gave me a gym bag with the word Fitness First lambasted on the back, two towels, a pair of headphone, triple pack cards for free personal instructors, free vouchers for guest and discount vouchers for massage and facial, and I gave Chressen RM477 in return.

Later that night, I met DD and we had dinner in Kg. Pandan. And I accidentally left my green Takaful umbrella at the kedai makan.

Friday

I was on my way to Glenmarie when DD called me. His car broke down and he needed my help. So, I went to meet him at his place. We tried to jumpstart the car, but to no avail. After about 30 minutes trying, we decided to get a mechanic to take a look.

We fetched his regular mechanic to his place. The mechanic had to use two jumper cables to jumpstart his car! I never saw anything like it before. The mechanic clipped the first jumper cable on the battery of each car; then he clipped the other jumper cable on top of the first cable. Then the engine started to run. DD decided to drive the car to the workshop to be fixed, so the mechanic and I were following him from behind. He didn’t make it that far. After about a minute drive, the car sputtered. We had to jumpstart the car again. Not long after, the car sputtered again, and another round of jumpstart. After the third sputter, the mechanic volunteered to drive DD's car. And man, lemme tell you, the mechanic definitely has skills. He managed to drive the car without a hitch to his workshop. We were tersadai at the workshop until about 12 at noon.

After his car was fixed, DD decided to join his friends playing golf in IOI Putrajaya in the afternoon, so I had nothing to do since I took the whole day off. So, I sent my car for service and picked up my MyKad from JPN Putrajaya. Suddenly I thought of going to SPR Putrajaya, just to "amend" things. I had a bit of miscommunication problem with one of the officers due to, what else, miscommunication. So, as a symbol of truce, I stopped by on Precinct 8, packed 3 boxes of rojak mamak and went to SPR. They enjoyed the rojak, and I enjoyed the visit. I stayed there chatting with Kak Yani till about 5.30.

Later that evening, I thought of hanging out with DD. But he couldn’t make it since he needs to entertain some clients. So, I spent the rest of the evening completing Shiromi's wedding flash and tried to burn it to no avail. Frustrated and upset, I went to sleep at 2.00 am.

Saturday

I wasn’t so sure if the girls are working or not today. But I dare not calling them…hahaha, you know, just in case of they are going to "invite" me to join the fun ;)

I was still frustrated because I couldn’t burn the Shiromi's wedding CD. I tried again to burn the CD at DD's place. And again, the CD won't burn. I was bengang beyond limit already by then. I was cursing the CD and the CD burner like crazy…and I shamelessly cried in anguish. That was when DD scolded me back for being impatient whenever I failed to do something. We had a fight about it. It was horrible.

I don’t know why, but every time we had a fight I always felt that it is my fault.

After I finished "welling-up", he asked me what I have in mind to do today other than burning the CD. I told him that I wanted to go shopping. So, he drove me to Mid Valley. We bought new wallets. It was so cheap. We got Polo wallets for less than RM30! The original price was RM99 and we were given 70% off. Then, I got myself a pair of new gym shoes. So high spirit to go to the gym. Then, checked out couple of sports bras, but I didn’t buy any. Too expensive. After that, I spent about an hour in Metrojaya trying shoes (working shoes), a pair of shoes after another, and another, and more. I finally settled on a pair of dark brown high heeled shoes. DD was there patiently waiting for me to make up my mind throughout the hour.

The fight? Forgotten already.

Sunday

My first day in FF. I arrived in FF at 10.00 a.m. I was thinking "Well, this is it, either now or never". I went into the female changing room and put my gym bag inside the locker. I tried to lock the locker, but I realized that I couldn’t. I don’t know how! Thank God, there was this lady who helped me out. She must be laughing at me deep inside hahaha…yep, I am gym newbie.

I met Visk my personal instructor. He explained to me all about the equipments available in the gym and the classes. I tried the treadmill, the bicycle and the weight lifting. And I also tried the juice bar…heheheh! I tried the sauna, the steam room and the showers. I like this place. I hope I'll continue to like it for the next couple of months ;)

Tomorrow is Monday. Another cycle of life will start. Crossing my fingers and toes for better week.

3 Days Summary

Tuesday:

Met Shaline for lunch. After so many pressures from so many people, she finally got herself a new h/p. It was a Sony Ericsson, with color screen, camera and all. Damn canggih, one!

Wednesday:

The girls and I were supposed to go shopping for Shiromi's wedding gift last nite. But due to certain unforeseen circumstances, the plan was cancelled. We're going shopping next Monday. We are going to get her a nice microwave oven with all the fancy buttons; you know the kind that can make fluffy muffins with the push of one button only…hihihi.

I took the Elite Highway to go home last nite. It was a very long stretch, about 52km and the toll was RM4.30. But, nonetheless, I really enjoyed the drive. I was doing about 90 to 100km/hr, while listening to nice songs on the radio. There weren't many cars on the road. I felt relaxed. I know it sounds cliché and all, but seriously, I did enjoyed it. I just calmly drove heading to Serdang, and started to sort out things and issues that have been bothering me or what not for the last few days. Surprisingly, I could see things clearly and think rationally. I will definitely do the Elite-Highway-Trip again next time.

I watched the latest CSI on AXN. All I can say, it sucks. The casts were bad, especially Kim Delaney who played Megan Donner: a medical examiner who lost her husband for reasons that audience still in dark about. Her role was really annoying. And that guy who plays the lead role, David Caruso as Horatio Caine, he was trying too hard to stand in the same line as Grissom. To Cyn, no need to really looking forward for the CSI Miami, all in all I give em C+.

Thursday:

I have made up my mind. I am so serious and committed about it. No one can change my mind now. Yep, yours truly is joining the Fitness First (FF) gym! I wanted to join the Clark Hatch gym, but Eelaine told me that I couldn’t do the gym-hoping unless I have a Platinum membership. So, I turned to Sandy who is a member of FF. After lengthy discussion, I took the first step by calling FF in Menara Maxis. I made an appointment with the FF gym instructor later today for membership sign up.

Actually, the truth is I was happy with my physical being now (read: couldn’t care less). However, I had my epiphany last week. My epiphany to join a gym came when I found my old capri pants inside my closet. Much to my ignorant, I tried it. True enough; the small pants couldn’t even passed my big thighs. Sad moment. Really sad. Pathetic but sobering. So, Fitness First…here I come!

It's just another manic Monday

Good news:

Malik Mydin has emerged as the National Hero for successfully crossing the English Channel last night. Tabik spring, beb!!! I read in Malay Mail, Malik was about to give up when he was about 100 meters away from the shore. Strong waves kept crashing on him, and he almost lost his bearing. As a living proof of Malaysia Boleh spirit, he finished it 3 hours earlier from the schedule. Congratulations! And not to forget, our Wong Choong Hann has emerged as the first single Malaysian played in the Badminton World Championship. However he was defeated by Xia Xuanze from China in rubber sets. Still, he had tried his best and play gallantly for over 86 minutes. Tabik spring for him also!

Monday Manic:
The hottest topic for at least the first half of the Monday morning is "where is our pay?" First, there was a discussion with Sandy over MSN Messenger. According to her, the management had DD the salary money on Thursday, but still we couldn’t see the money floating in our accounts as of 10.00 a.m Monday morning. The Management was blaming the bank for not processing our pay on time. Then there was the group discussion together with Afrah, Eelaine, Sandy, and Cyn about the pay and Sandy's saree top incident. Not long after, the Management sent an e-mail out apologizing for the delay, and asking us to understand the pressing situation. That one was followed up by a discussion initiated by the Management over MSN Messenger, again, explaining about the situation to us. The Management said that they understand that people are anxious about the delayed pay, even get demotivated by it. Well, what's new then? And this time around, they blame the slow collection as the culprit of why our pay is delayed. So, lemme update my "Management Reasons: Why your salary is Delayed":

1) the bank was closed due to the extended public holiday

2) the bank didn’t process our DD on time

3) collections are slow

4) the whole industry is to be blamed

5) and finally, let's blame the unfair world

Maybe next time when our salary is delayed again, we could seek comfort from the above list. In a way. I agreed with Afrah: "no comments anymore.... i have told u whateva i feel.... talk so much osso not gonna change anythin".

The Betrayal:
And oohh, I have a whodunit mystery that I need to solve. I need help from you guys to figure it out. Apparently, the management knows that I am actively seeking for new job, you know, went for interviews and all. Surprise, surprise! My hunch is somebody within the company has been spilling the beans on me to the management. If my hunch was true, amazing right? I mean, I thought friends were supposed to look out for each other. Anyway, come to think of it again, what's wrong with seeking better opportunity for yourself? Is there anywhere in the employment agreement that we are not supposed to look for other jobs while still working within the company? Honestly, I am not that much upset that the management knew about it, it was just the idea on the possibility of how they knew about it that upsets me the most. I'm disappointed with whoever that spilled the beans to the management. What is it with you that make you think that you can run to the management and tell em all? I wonder if this is like a bounty hunter action: "Whoever has the information about people planning to leave the company, we will pay you extra one month salary". Hah, good luck on that.

Final good news:

The salary has made its way to the shore, floating in our accounts around 1.30 p.m.

My Lazy Sunday

Ahhh…Sunday. The very day before Monday, the most dreaded day of the week.

My Sunday started off with the usual family-sit-down breakfast. And per usual, this session was meant for all family members to sit down, having breakfast and recap/reflect whatever happened in our life for the last week, then discussions of Malaysia's current political climate (my dad lor), some funny anecdotes that we picked up thru the week and all sort of topics. In a way, I really like my Sunday breakfast ritual, and honestly I have always looking forward for it. Maybe I will continue this ritual when I have my own family in the future.

And today, is a lazy Sunday so far. I wasn’t being productive at all, well, it is Sunday and we are not supposed to be productive anyway. I didn’t go out at all because I felt really lazy. Hehehehe, okie…the honest truth is, I am broke!!! I couldn’t help it but turn green if I ever going to visit shopping malls today. You know, seeing Malaysians spending all their hard earned money in Isetan, Bonia, Jaya Jusco, Ms. Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins and last but least MNG! Oh, the mega sale! I couldn’t spend any, since my pay is not in the bank yet. I'll surely turn crazy by trying on a pair of perfect shoes, and then cannot afford to buy it because I have no money. Pathetic. Sad. Annoyed.

So, my lazy Sunday has to be channelled in some other fun ways. I spent the first half of the morning reading newspapers. Did you guys realize that they make thicker newspapers for Sunday edition? What was that all about? Are we supposed to spend the whole Sunday reading the newspapers, or perhaps reading it section by section, which by the way will last us till Wednesday? I also watched the rerun of CSI on AXN. Ooh, this particular episode actually showed some sneak preview of the CSI Miami casts. Not that bad. Maybe some other audience prefers the changes, but I'll always prefer my Las Vegas CSI. And hey, even the young Clark Kent on Smallville also was going through series of changes.

Talking about changes, yesterday, Shaline was telling me about her new job. She's having a bit of tough time transitioning from the old job to the new job. I'm sure that there will be more adjustments that she has to make in the future. Somehow, this makes me wonder, does change really do you good? I mean, there's this whole new re-adapting need to be done. It's not only physical changes; it also affects the mentality and emotional beings. Are we not adventurous enough if we decided not to leave our comfort zone in order to strive for something new and more challenging? I know I'm one of those people who love my comfort zone. I love my rituals and routines. I am comfortable in areas that I know very well. Does that make me adventurous-less? Will that be one of the factors that will hold me back from seeking better life? Hmmm…? (*Yoda style*)

Well, I'm planning to spend the rest of my precious Sunday by frolicking on my bed and watching my fave tv show: Gilmore Girls. While doing that, I'll be crossing my fingers and toes hoping that next week will be all great for all of us. Good luck!

Sahri oh Sahri!

*sob* *sob* Sahri was eliminated from Akademi Fantasia (AF) just now. I cried when Rosma got eliminated, and again I "welled-up" tonight. I couldn't believe that Liza still stays in the Akademi. She is talented, alright...and she definitely knows how to move. But, Sahri has better voice and more versatile. He had proved himself as a true entertainer, as he belted out tunes of M. Nasir's, Hazami's, Dato' Shake's and Yassin's. Liza could barely hit the high notes when she was required to do so!

For me, AF is not a medium to search for a singer only; it is a medium to find a true entertainer. The best example: Anita Sarawak was invited perform an impromptu song during tonight's concert. She started off by explaining that she didn't bring any minus-one to accompany her performance nor there was any live band to support her. So, according to her, she will sing a song in acapella. I seriously thought that she would sing her infamous ballad tune "Biarlah Daku Pergi"; instead she sang a very upbeat song called "Akhirnya Kini Pasti" with help from audience clapping hands and contestants' foot thumping only! She pulled it off excellently and hey, that's what I called True Entertainer, The Diva.

Anyway, Vince, Khai, Azizi, Nija and Liza will continue the challenge in the final concert on August 9th. Wishing them all the best and personally...my AFUNDI SMS to 32999 will surely be AFUNDI NIJA. Idup Nija!!!

This morning Sandy, Shaline and I went to pickup our sarees from Shalini's Tailor in front of Semua House. We were crossing our fingers and toes that the saree and the blouse would turn out nicely since we were overcharged a.k.a ripped off of the sewing upah. And much to our (especially Sandy hehehehe) wrath...the outcome was really depressing. The quality of the sewing was really bad, the Auntie had somehow ruined Sandy's saree blouse. The blouse was falling apart as Auntie tried to adjust it. By the way, we were literally mortified seeing the way she "adjusted" the blouse. I guess, the most annoying part was Auntie kept on insisting that she did her job very well. She hand sewed the saree blouse according to the measurement that she took last week, yeah rite! The blouse was lopsided in one way, the hooks tore the blouse's material apart, and the blouse was really snug at the wrong parts of the body. After so much heated "conversation" on what was wrong with the blouse (I couldn't believe that she couldn't see what was wrong with the blouse!), we told Auntie that Sandy didn't have to pay for her saree blouse since Auntie already ruined it. And again, another heated exchanges between Auntie and us. She insisted that Sandy leaves her blouse for her to fix it. Towards the end, victory sets in for three of us. Shaline and I paid whatever amount that we owed auntie, and Sandy didn't have to pay for her extra RM20 balance. However her deposit of the equal amount has to be kira burn. Whatever it is, I was so thankful that we could leave Auntie's place. The place was a nightmare with all the incense that she was burning. The smell still stuck on my T-Shirt...yuck.

Oooh, not everything went bad for today, I had a very nice dinner with DD. We went to Bagan Lalang. It was actually a spur of the moment. DD and I had the craving for seafood, so we decided to take the 1 1/2 hours drive to Bagan Lalang. We were seated on the "floating" part of the restaurant. So the water was under us, and we could hear the small waves made its way to the shore. The food was superb, marvellous and finger licking good (I was using my bare hands to eat my seafood dinner). We had squid, pepahat and carp. All of em was deeee...licious! And hey, the beach also not that bad. Bagan Lalang has a Seri Malaysia Hotel nearby, and lots of small resort-type place. There's also an equestrian place nearby, so once in a while you can see Malaysian cowboys (complete with the signature cowboy hats) galloping with the horses on the shore. But the water not so clean though, about PD's level. I might come back there again, just for the scenery and the food...not to mandi laut, though.

All in all, I had a really interesting day, full of drama and good food!

Finally, Shout out for today: Good Luck for DD who will be playing in TMNet Golf Tournament at Nilai Springs tomorrow.

The story of orang yg tak dapat gaji, yet

It is the beginning of the new month, and still no salary yet. Well, it seems like normal routine in my company nowadays to pay salary a week after the month started. As usual, my colleagues and I were bitching about it yesterday over MSN Messenger. I found that this 'routine' is a bit tiring, and I am kinda sick of it. I have bills that are due at the beginning of the month, and so do the rest of my colleagues. By getting our salary late, we won't be able to pay the bills on time! Does my company willing to reimburse the interest and late payment charges incurred due to the late payment? NOOOO! They wouldn't! Come to think of it...all of these late salary antics, it doesn't help with the morale of the employee. As one of my colleagues appropriately put it: "Hah, kot deliverables...nak on time. Gaji tak nak bayar on time!"

And oohh! The Malaysia Mega Carnival is kicking off tomorrow...and I am friggin broke!!! Maybe I can ask for more loans from DD heheheh! Cyn has sent me the Shopping Event List for August...I think I am going to hit the shoe sales in Bonia, Carlo Rino & Sembonia boutiques. I desperately need a new (or two!) pair of new shoes. I am forwarding the Event list to DD...my loyal and faithful personal financer *wink* *wink*

Good news for yesterday, I finally received the result of my Pegawai Tadbir & Diplomatik (PTD) exam from SPA. Hahaha...I passed, yes, I am one of the 1,930 successful candidates nationwide (there were 20,000 candidates sitting for the exam). Arai also passed the exam...Congratulations! So, boleh laa kita jadik pegawai kerajaan yg berjaya, hehehehe.

Last shout out to my dearest friend Shaline, who is starting her new job today...good luck, darling!

Okie, I need to get back to work...work that doesn't pay me on time :(


p/s: Finally I was able to upload pics into my blogspot...thanks to Shutterfly.com