Sunday, August 02, 2009

So, early in the morning, I woke up to the disappointment of no good cartoons in the morning. They were showing some show on Sure Heboh or Jom Heboh or something (I'm being ignorant), so wwe had to awatch BBC news again.

Sila went to see her auntie and grandma.
Azreen and I went to shopping mall.

To cut things short, here we are at Dataran Pahlawan at the Muzium Kesenian Islam. We managed to arrive before five and I kind of like it because there were no one in he Muzium. The entrance fee was only RM1 but you have to take off your shoes (ouh why do I have to mention that?) It was beside Dataran Pahlawan and located just beside A Famosa, beside the other museums.

Note that this is the entrance yah, not the other gate. Take not of the layout, make sure you know it by heart (with the tone of a struct headmistress)

This was handwritten ok? i bet I can't write as beautiful as that T_T (read: ha bole ke tulis mcm ni?)

This suits my hobby of ironing my clothes at about 10pm. Those who have talked to me will always find me telling them 'nak gosok baju jap' (I want to iron my clothee s0 because I can never iron all my clothes in one go. i might change my mind whenever I feel like it.

Wait. This is not about me. This is about the collectin in this museum located near A Famosa. So people, these are the sample of the irons back then. I think they put the coal inside them (correct me if I'm wrong. i have the tendency to re-write the history depending on my mood)


I forgot to buy my baju raya. Do you think they want to donate one to me? I like the purple one.

Focus: these are the sample of baju kurung from different places. Like people in Sri Lanka has their own, in China bla bla bla.

'Ha saye nak tgk yang ni boleh? Nak try'

Was to busy laughing to notice the name of this house. Reason for laughing, Zila tried to get into the house when it obviously was too small for us.

Done with the museum, we move to this fortress located near the museum called A Famosa, which was a fortress.


The soldier guarding the meriam was trying to locate the pirates. Of course, confidently.

Apparently, the aim was not right T_T


Can't think of a caption

What have you done Azreen that you were told to sit in the corner of the fortress?


I've been talking about this statue of St Paul since the past two weeks and now, standing beside it, I feel frightened. Don't ask why.

Masuk-masuk jgn memalu

Kamon zila. Masuk je jgn memalu

They sang I'm yours dgn sangat macho


*berlakon konon-konon di Hogwarts

First part

So after checking in and watching the BBC News (ouh yeah, we did that. Because there was nothing good on TV), we decided to head to a place for makan because we feel like this:


" Lihat wajahku..laparkan?"

No pictures for the room we are staying in, sorry. Back to the story, we went to Portuguese Settlement for the seafood there. I have been persuaded by my colleague a week before I head to Melaka. So, here we are. Make sure you go to Stall Number 8 oke. Hafal gamba ini.

Zila said the price is cheaper here

Pardon for the difference in time line. Too busy thinking about food than taking pictures.

So we had buttered prawn (yg sgt fresh dan besar udangnye, nyam), kangkung belacan and that sambal ikan (don't ask me the name of the fish) . The prawn cost RM 7 per gram and I think it's worth it. But sorry, did not take note of the other prices. Heee

After eating, we decided to go to Eye on Malaysia (At the back of the picture) but first we went to this place that Azreen called Pan Pair (Fun Fair). It was actually the old bus stop in Melaka were I used to go to almost weekly to go back to KL. It's now replaced with a bridge and some entertainment facilities.
And here we are...Eye on Malaysia.
Try looking at it without me in the picture.
Ah...so much better. I was not able to go on it the first time we had it in KL because I just quit from my job without a backup plan and hence, no money either.

Actually, this is the picture after we got off.
I had to put up this picture because I was totally freaked out up there. It was so high and the thing was swaying. I freaked out. So, enjoy the calmness on her face.

Zila kindly got us to Jonker Walk. We nearly got chase by the dogs in some of the dark streets and me, being paranoid with dogs, we had to change parking lot (sorry girls) . The sale starts at 9pm and seriously, there were lots of things. Fon, drinks, bags, clogs (and stylish ones) , and all sorts of thinsg.

I bought a lot of dodol and other junk food. No picture of the dodol anyways.

We are going to this Red building the next day but we decided to go here because it's just within walking distance from Jonker Walk. So, heck. Why not?

And I was trying to commit suicide in the picture


Remember Robert Langdon trying to find the pope in the fountain? I was trying to relive the moment but of course, to no avail TSK.

So, that's all for the first day. Ada apa-apa soalan? (sambil muka meniru ekspresi orang yang tgh pegang kayu berikut)

Thursday, July 30, 2009

It was early in the morning and oddly, I arrived at the office extremely early on that day 9 I woke up at five because I was so effing hungry). Like normal, I started the day with a tall glass of coffee when Jason Mraz's 'I'm Yours' started playing in my drawers. Well, unfortunately it wasn't my singing drawer but it was my phone.

A call from a very good friend. I took a sip of coffee and answered the phone. She might need me to look into the map for some directions again. But no, she was involved in an accident.

I figured if she calls me this early, the accident might be pretty serious and she might need help. So i proceeded to talk to her, bearing in minds all the kind words that I'll have to say. Consoling words coupled with soothing tones.

Apparently, she was ok and only her plate number had to be sacrificed. But i know she wanted to tell something more dire than the accident so I proceeded to get out of the office and ask about further details on what happened to her.

' The guy who hit my car was around fortyish, with grey hair and all,' she said.

'OK,' I was wondering where this story will be heading to. What does grey hair has to do with the rest of the story? how did the grey hair came into the picture? (read: apa kaitan rambut kelabu dalam ini gambar?)

' And he called me kakak.'

Heh?

' Maybe he was trying to be polite. you know,' I knew what was going to happen next.

' Nooo....he's old. And i don't like being called kakak by someone who's old.'

' Err..don't you think this should not be the focus of the story? Like getting involved early in the morning should be the main focus?'

' Yes it is. But being called kakak by someone who's older than you, IS a TRAGEDY!'

I rest my case. I love my friends. They are funny and sometimes might be a bit weird. I love my fun-filled, happy, cheery, weirdo friends.

The dialogues may have changed. The author suffers from amnesia.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The journey might have started before 24 July 2009, Friday, itself. I was so excited that night that I stayed up quite late, not being able to sleep. We (three of us) were going to Melaka for out first road trip.

In the midst of all the excitement, I managed to pack (after changing bags for nearly three times), and the next morning, was just in time to wake up and made it to the designated meeting place in time. In fact, I was early (which is what I wanted because waiting for the Putra at eight something in the morning can be considered as an achievement because every body needed to go to their offices).

We had McDonald for breakfast because I had these vouchers that offers RM4.50 for a breakfast set. It was cheap and I was trying to budget so it was just perfect. And then we head to Cyberjaya (after quarreling about the importance of heading to Cyberjaya since we need to arrive in Melaka at about noon). Got ready and sang along with Michael buble and the Carpenters and head to Melaka. Was still giddy at the time.

We had a foundation for this trip called Build Me Up, Buttercup (I may have accidentally picked the name, I can’t really be sure). This will serve as a fund to cover the expenses there like toll, petrol, accommodation and outings. It made our lives easier as we all pitch in RM250 per person. And starting from Ayer Keroh toll, Anne started keeping tab of the expenses.

We arrived at about 1245pm on Friday and we had to kill time before checking in into Fenix Inn (RM 158 for Deluxe room (kenape kene buat promosi kat sini)) so we decided to go to the zoo. I may have meddled in the decision to head to that place anyways.

It was during Friday prayers so that may explain why the zoo was quite deserted. It may have been better than the Zoo Negara in Klang Valley that I remembered. The zoo had quite a number of animals and we can see the name of sponsors for the animals. I ws excited because we were able to take pictures with sun bears that are just so adorable and cuddly that I feeli like jumping into the cage and hug them one-by-one.

Ceria sungguh wajah kanak-kanak pegi zoo

' Welcome!' says Anne (says ke? sengih je kot)


Trying to become Steve Irwin : 'Hey, look! Buaya!'

Tak paham kenapa muka mesti begitu teruja.


i was actually tring to "interframe" into the picture but to no avail


Ini Dekan oke. Nama die sgt macho kan? (we only got the picture of the name. not the animal itself :D

No, don't ask me. I don't know whether I was trying to take Zill's picture or the Cabybara's

I was wearing slippers made from cow skin. And we took the pictures beside bull's cage. I was afraid the bull can smell the cow skin I'm wearing and mengamuk (like cows and bulls are related 'kenapa kau pakai sedara aku?' punya mengamuk' got it? no? good) Hence the kaki patah.

Look at those goatee's. Macho gile oke

We were supposed to take the pictures of the giraffes but it was too hazy

These sun bears are sponsored by A&W's. Good choice

AAACCKKTT! Public harassment (but actually it was my fault. the sign said that the horse might bite. but luckily it didn't got a chuck out of my back (though that can reduce my weight))

Wajah penuh impression. Tetapi kenape Zila mcm co-ol saje?

' Welcome to my house people. Ha masuk-masuk. Kasut tu celup dlm air depan pintu pagar ni ye. Jangan lupe'
Ade org ckp the name of this animal is Powertek Berhad. It's actually sponsored by the company

Posing jgn tak posing

' Hi, tengah buat ape?'

This is the star of GI Joe's star: King Cobra
Expression : Priceless
Ouh no. I was not trying to commit suicide

i was too engrossed with this sight. This should be the perfect picture for the banner instructing everyone to queue up when they want to go on a train

'jika kura-kura boleh beratur, kenapa anda tidak?

Zila must have said something really funny which I clearly can't remember


There were only two elephants by then. Mighty elephants. I like elephants but these have chains on their legs. Pity them :(

Arrived at our place for the night. Actually we are about to go out again

to be continued

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Hi! yes i know it's 5 something in the morning but I can't sleep. maybe because i forgot that i was supposed to watch pendekar bujang lapuk yesterday. talking to an old friend on YM made me lose an hour just like that. yes, a good one hour.

so, what am i doing trying to ramble this early in the morning? well, i have no idea too! but i guess i will just come in early (if the bus doesn't buat lawak and come late).

I just don't understand. everyday i'll reach home at such a late time that i will just two hours to myself. and although you might think two hours is enough, think again. i barely have time for myself (merepek bla bla bla) and for my family. sometimes igo one week without seeing my auntie who lives in the same house. it's almost sad to think about.

and also my copusin. yesterday i gopt like 2 minutes to bully him only. and before i know it, he'll be lepaking in MV all day and I will not meet him at all.

ah time. they fly away so fast, it's almost unfair. and now i should go take a bath and try to race it to the office

hey! ni ape pagi-pagi pun broadband mcm gamp ni?

after ten minutes
ouh yeah, i woke up because i was too hungry

Sunday, July 26, 2009

just got back from mlk and according to carrie, we spendt 55 hours together. i'm never good with numbers anyways
carrie and anne, i've started writing our post so getting the pics this week will be great

anyways, i got the shock of my life to see someone said something
like 'ok i take whatever you do'
like HELLOOOOOO???!!! was it my fault anyways? it was not something i look out for
whatever
i had fun last weekend
apart from having a gazillion packed gogol
now i can eat dodol at anytime of the day
yay!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

hi i'm in melaka
just got back from
1. dataran pahlawan - brunch, window shop
2. take pictures with st paul's figure at a famosa after having mcD
3. river cruise
4. eat sup ayam yang -omg-plis-sedap-gile-berpeluh-peluh-pun-nak-habiskan-juge

haven't stopped walking and my legs are crying out for pain but what the heck, it's a holiday.

and all around the inn, i saw lots of places for massage. seriously. and i noticed melaka has lots of eye care centres. mcm nak kasi sign kene pegi beli cermin mate or something

oke nak pegi mandi dah
lain kali akan bertemu lagi. woohoo!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

i'm typing this away in such giddiness that i've never known before. ok this is the first time that I'm going to be travelling with the girls. the things is, the bag is bulky and seriously, i'm like so very malas to pack another bag. and i can never understand how people can ever pack light. i mean, there's clothes to make you look chic and funky, and there's one to make you look selekeh, and looking relaxed. if i didn't prepare for this occasions, how am i supposed to know that the occasion may come up?

i mean, consider
morning: wants to look relax but fun and entertaining. a bit tousled haired, having that fresh day look (grey shirt, small polka-dot tudung)
morning: all prepared and groomed and ready for a great day (pink shirt and striped tudung)
morning: looking great, fresh faced and excited (possibly red shirt)

see? and that's morning. we haven't considered afternoon (cute while scouting for jejaka pergi dan balik semayang jumaat).

btw, the bulky bag may be contributed to the free towel when i bought the sandals (they are nice and comfy anne!). and i envy anne. she's so bijak. she just bought one small case of johnson & johnson containing all the essentials; shampoo, lotion, soap and talcum. should have copied her.

so, off now people. can't wait for tomorrow to come. i'm equipped with all the vouchers that i can find (padahal free kat opis). won't be here during weekends so take care and here's another part of my story
1st part
2nd part

Aku hanya ketawa. ‘ Siapa kata aku tak maafkan kau?’

‘ Tapi kau tak call aku pun.’

‘ Aku yang kene call ke? Salah ke kalau kau yang call? Apsal pulak nak berkira? Kalau kau kawan aku, kau tak perlu setkan sistem giliran.’

Sengaja tidak aku tamatkan ayat itu dengan pernyataan ‘kalau kau nak cakap dengan aku, kau call je la’ kerana aku tak mahu dia mengatakan aku tidak akan mengangkat panggilannya. Memang sengaja aku rancangankan supaya jadi begitu.

‘ OK sorry,’ suaranya mendatar. Kalau dulu, aku rasa kasihan tetapi tidak kali ini. Cukup-cukuplah aku perlu melayan sikap tamak dia.

‘ Nita, tak boleh ke kita kawan macam dulu?’

‘ Kau nak kawan macam mana ni?’ Lelaki yang seorang ini betul-betul buat aku gila. Kenapa perangainya macam perempuan? Emosional terus-menerus.

‘ Macam dulu. Kau maafkanlah aku Nita.’

Letih, letih aku layan dia begini.

‘ Nabi pun ampunkan umat,' ada senyum bertenggek di pinggir bibirnya.

‘ Aku bukan nabi,' senyum yang baru hendak terbit itu terus hilang. Mungkin niatnya untuk berlucu. Maaf, aku tak mahu layan.

Jelas sekali Azfar terperanjat.

‘ Ada apa-apa lagi? Aku nak balik. Sekejap lagi Spongebob Squarepants nak mula kat TV9.’

‘ Nita, janganlah macam ni-‘

‘ Kau ni tak habis-habis dengan perangai tamak kau kan? Kau memang takkan sedar apa yang kau ada sampai kau hilang bende tu kan? Aku bukan tak tau haritu kau mengorat junior kau. Aku tau sebab apa kau tak datang untuk birthday aku walaupun kau dah janji. Lepas tu kau tak dapat dia, kau nak datang balik kat aku? Aku kawan kau je, weih. Aku bukan bini kau jadi ingat, kepulangan kau aku takkan sambut with arms wide open.’

Aku seluk saku dan keluarkan not RM10. Aku sudah bersediia untuk aksi yang sungguh dramatik di mana aku akan meninggalkan dia terlopong di meja ini, bersama milo aisnya yang masih bersisa.

‘ Takde orang yang boleh jadi pemaaf sampai tahap tu sekali. Dan ingat, kau teruskanlah perangai kau macam ni. Aku ucapkan tahniah siap-siap sebab kau bakal terlepas apa sahaja yang berharga dalam hidup kau. Teruskan dengan sifat tamak kau ni.’

‘ Aku harap kau janganlah buat macam ni lagi, Azfar. Aku tau semalam, kelmarin dan hari sebelum tu kau ada datang kat sini. Get the message; aku tak nak kawan dengan kau, macam dulu.’

‘ Kenapa Nita?’

‘ Sebab takkan ada orang lain yang boleh jaga hati kita macam mana kita jaga hati kita sendiri. Kadang-kadang kita kena bertindak kejam untuk jaga hati kita sendiri.’

‘ Selamat tinggal. Kalau tak cukup duit ni untuk makanan aku, kau tambahkanlah.’

Aku bangun dan letakkan wang kertas itu di atas meja. Aku pandang wajahnya dan senyum sebelum aku berlalu pergi.

Ya, aku lega.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

I couldn't take it that Mom didn't use the bag that I bought for her previusly. she claimed the bag to be 'too nice'. i bought it last year so I deemed the answer to be invalid. Then I asked my bro to go to the nearest Parkson. Mom had to endure a 30-min shopping session with me. with me rejecting all the bags that she picked up because they are tote bags. And i know Mom wouldn't want to carry tote bags.

_ _

i am sick today. Still got sore throat but feeling a lot better. Just can't wait to see Anne and Carrie later. Thi hi hi

So, here goes another part of the story tthat I wrote previously :

Aku pasang muka tidak berperasaan.

‘ Apa sebenarnya yang tak kena, Nita?’ aku rasa janggal kerana aku seperti dapat mendengar nama aku diselitkan dalam setiap baris ayat yang keluar dari mulut Azfar. Ouh kecuali apabila dia memesan minuman.

‘ Banyak Azfar. Sebagai contoh, pemanasan global,’ aku angkat tangan sedikit ke atas. Sengaja mahu mengalih perhatiannya.

‘ Nita.’ Nada memberi amaran.

‘ Mereka tidak jumpa lagi penawar untuk kanser.’

‘ Ni-‘

‘..dan juga AIDS.’ Aku sengaja ingin dia marah. Aku sengaja mahu lihat sejauh mana dia boleh bersabar.

Keluhan keluar dari mulutnya. ‘ Nita…’ suara itu kendur.

Aku ambil penyedut minuman dan aku biarkan ia hinggap di bibir aku. Sengaja aku buat begitu sedangkan tidak setitis pun air menjengah ruang kerongkong. Itu tanda aku tidak mahu berbicara dengan Azfar.

‘ Apa yang-‘

‘ Aku rimas Azfar. Aku rimas bila dengan kau. Aku rimas dengan kau yang asyik-asyik menganggu, mencabul ruang privacy aku. Kau ingat aku ni tempat kau hilangkan bosan ke?’

Azfar terpelongo dengan pendedahan itu. Aku kira, lori 18 treler boleh membuat pusingan U dalam mulutnya.

‘ Apa perasaan kau kalau aku telefon kau, ajak kau keluar lepas tu tak sampai lima minit kau telefon cakap tak jadi jumpa? Entah berapa kali kau buat macam tu sebab kau ada janji dengan orang lain. Janji yang kau buat selepas kau janji dengan aku’

‘ Aku mintak maaf-‘

‘ Berapa kali kau nak ulang? Taik telinga aku ni dah naik cair dengan ‘maaf’ kau yang tak bermakna. Kalau sekali dua, aku boleh terima lagi tapi ini dah tak tau kali keberapa.’

‘ Serius-‘

‘ Aku tak peduli kau serius atau tak. Sebelum kau buat, kau sepatutnya fikir. Kau kata kau rapat dengan aku tapi ini adalah kali pertama kawan-kawan aku buat aku macam alas kaki. Nak ambik, tak nak letak tepi.’

‘ Sampai begitu sekali kau rasa, Nita?’

‘ Habis Azfar? Kau nak suruh aku rasa macam mana?’

‘ Tapi kau tak marah-‘

‘ Azfar, kau nak suruh aku mengamuk masa tu, di saat itu juga? Memang kau tak kenal aku sebenarnya. Aku sendiri dah cakap yang kesabaran aku makin tipis. Takkan kau nak suruh aku cakap banyak-banyak kali?’

Senyap.

‘ Ouh maaf. Aku tak cakap sebaliknya aku taip. Tapi, takkan lah itu pun kau tak boleh faham?’

‘ Aku tak sangka yang-‘

‘ Yang apa? Yang hati aku sekeras ini? Yang aku sedegil ini? Selama berapa tahun ini, sila kira berapa kali kau buat taik macam ni dan apa tindakan aku? Kau lupa agaknya, orang yang paling senyap itu la yang paling serik kalau terkena.’ .

‘ Kau ingat kau boleh lepas dengan semua tindakan kau sebab kita kenal dari sekolah sampai sekarang? Kau tau tak sakit hati aku bila kau tuduh aku munafik bila kita tak jadi jumpa, bila aku sibuk dengan mesyuarat? Baik, kalau begitu, fikir balik samada kau munafik atau tak masa kau cancel janji kita itu hari.’

Aku ingat lagi hari itu. Hari yang istimewa untuk aku. Hari lahir aku yang ke 22. Azfar berjanji untuk bawa aku pergi ke satu tempat yang istimewa. Dua minggu sebelum tarikh tersebut dia sudah mengingatkan aku untuk melapangkan hari tersebut. Aku tolak semua ajakan teman yang lain; Elle, Razif, Fikri, Wan dan Zahir. Aku juga terpaksa minta maaf dengan Along dan Acik sebab terpaksa memaksa mereka awalkan sambutan hari itu.

‘ Azfar ajak keluar la eh?’ Along sekadar tersenyum, kenal benar dengan kau.

Aku cuma mengangguk dengan mulut penuh dengan kek buatan Mak.

Alih-alih, Azfar hantar pesanan ringkas minta maaf kerana terpaksa batalkan janji. Aku terus teringat pada cadangan Wan.

‘ Ala kau dah dibook ke? Kita orang baru ingat nak bawak kau pergi Cameron Highlands. Kau asyik sebut pasal strawberi je. Baru nak paksa kau ambik cuti dan pegi sana.’

Aku rasa sakit hati. Sakit hati sebab aku terpaksa luangkan masa khas untuk Azfar dan tiba-tiba dia batalkan sahaja dengan cara tak bermaruah. Pesanan ringkas. Kenapa kau tak hantar saja surat menggunakan kihdmat Pos Malaysia? Sakit hati sebab aku letakkan prioriti untuk Azfar tetapi apa yang aku dapat?

Sejak daripada saat itu, aku tong sampahkan sahaja semua yang pernah Azfar katakan. Dia tidak pernah hargai persahabatan kami sedangkan bagi aku, itulah yang paling penting.

Tidak, aku tak pernah berniat untuk mengungkit apa-apa tetapi kalau dia terus-terusan begini, aku tak mampu bersabar.

Azfar di depan aku membatu, memandang permukaan meja.

‘ Tak boleh ke kau maafkan aku?’

Monday, July 20, 2009

right now i'm smiling
because sometimes, you have to lose to win
and i won

i received a text yesterday that made me smile
actually made me wonder what make the other person think that someone can be so forgiving?
forget that she was once treated like a doormat
an on-call friend
now that he has no girlfriend
he was wishing that she will continue to become his friend
the person who he threw away, he purposely forgot to tell that he is already with someone
she who helped him court a girl

no one can be that forgiving
and she thought he'd understand that the bridges between them were burned
but noooooo....he don't understand that she needed space (not MySpace)
he made the mistake of asking sympathy
and she had to tell the ugly truth
she didn't mind but she knows he will be sad
well, careful what you wish for

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Aku bukan alas kaki kau...

‘ Nita.’

Ah, sudah. Datang pulak mamat ni. Semalam Haji Usop cakap mamat ni datang jugak kat sini. Tapi tak pula dia bertanya pasal aku. Mungkin dia tak tau yang aku kamceng dengan Haji Usop.

Tanpa dijemput, pemilik suara tersebut melabuhkan punggungnya di kerusi yang terletak di hadapan aku. Sekalipun pandangan aku terus tertancap ke arah udang yang menghuni bihun sup aku, aku pasti punggung itu bersalut jeans Levi’s bewarna biru pekat, seperti biasa. Apa yang tidak biasa adalah kehadiran pemilik suara itu tidak aku jemput pada petang ini. Tidak seperti dulu atau secara tepatnya, tiga bulan yang lalu.

‘ Far,’ aku cuba lontarkan suara sekalipun sudu mengekang bukaan mulut.

‘ Azfar,’ tenang sahaja suara itu membetulkan sebutan namanya.

Sejak bila pula pandai berkira? Tetapi persoalan itu hanya tinggal di benak, tidak terlontar lebih daripada perimeter kranium kerana aku cuak kalau-kalau perbuatan aku itu bakal buatkan Azfar mengamuk di kedai Haji Usop.

‘ Azfar.’ Aku betulkan sebutan namanya. Pandangan aku halakan ke arah wajah Azfar. Wajah yang sudah lama tidak aku lihat. Kurang lebih sudah empat bulan.

Tetapi petang ini wajah itu begitu serius. Kalau aku tidak kenal betul dengan Azfar, pasti aku akan mengatakan Azfar ini orangnya garang. Padahal Azfar tidak begitu. Aku tahu dia kurang senang tentang sesuatu. Dan sesuatu itu sangat-sangat aku ketahui.

Mata kami masih bertentang. Sebetulnya aku tidak begitu nampak matanya kerana cermin mata aku letakkan di sebelah mangkuk bihun sup untuk memudahkan aku menikmati hidangan kegemaran aku itu. Jadi, tiada langsung rasa malu ataupun janggal sekalipun apa yang bersarang dalam hati aku kini adalah perasaan campur, meluat dan culas untuk berhadapan dengan Azfar.

‘ Kita makin jauh, Nita.’

Ayat itu buat aku tersentak. Sudu yang sudah setengah jalan ke mulut, tergantung di udara. Bagaikan babak di dalam filem, angin pun bertiup ke arah kami, menutup wajah aku dengan rambut separas bahu. Dan ayat itu sendiri macam skrip filem murahan. Aku hampir tergelak juga memikirkan hal tersebut.

Aku tidak tahu apa jawapan yang patut aku berikan terhadap kenyataan tersebut. Malah, aku tidak pasti jika kenyataan tersebut memerlukan sebarang komentar. Entah, aku jadi serba tidak kena. Duduk aku di atas kerusi plastik bewarna biru itu jadi menggelisah. Titik-titik kecil mula menjengah dari dalam epidermis di bahagian dahi. Sekalipun demikian, selera makan aku masih belum tertutup.

‘Buat kerja biar habis,’ itu pesan abah. Maka dengan itu, akan aku kerjakan bihun ini sehingga habis!

‘ Bos! Milo ais satu.’

Ah biar benar Azfar. Takkanlah kau mahu duduk di sini minum bersama aku? Tak malu, datang kau tidak berjemput.

‘ Minum je?’ Kenapa itu yang aku tanya? Mulut aku memang pembelot. Lain yang terlintas di benak, lain pula yang terluncur dari bibir aku.

Azfar tersenyum tetapi jelas, senyuman itu tidak sampai ke mata. Nyata, senyuman tersebut sekadar mengisi ruang kosong yang sepi di antara kami dan tidak ikhlas. Aku nampak kerana cermin mata telah aku sangkutkan semula ke batang hidung.

Astaghfirullah. Aku berburuk sangka.

Lama ditenungnya aku, seolah-olah ingin memastikan samada aku bergurau dengan pelawaan tersebut. Aku pula sengaja ingin melawan bertentang mata dengan dia. Entah di mana aku dapat keberanian itu hari ini, aku tidak pasti. Tiba-tiba aku tersedar maka aku larikan pandangan condong sedikit ke sebelah kanan. Aku tidak mahu dia menyangka aku rindukan dia juga.

‘ Mana kau hilang, Nita?’ soalan aku tidak berjawab sebaliknya Azfar melontarkan soalan lain pula.

‘ Ade je kat sini,’ tangan aku sibuk memintal tisu di tangan. Lunyai jadinya. Aku hanya ingin mengisi masa lapang kerana teh o ais limau aku masih belum bersentuh sekalipun aku tidak mahu mengadap wajah Azfar tika ini. Rsanya aku mahu lari sahaja kerana wajah itu, aura dan tenaganya buat aku rasa jelak.

‘ Kau faham apa maksud aku kan?’ tangan kanan Azfar diletakkan ke atas meja. Aku lihat ada sebentuk cicin di jari hantunya. Aku hampir tersenyum mengenangkan yang Azfar sudah berubah. Dulu, dia tidak akan mengenakan cincin sebegitu. Biarlah, sedangkan pantai pun berubah inikan pula manusia. Lihat saja aku sendiri, petang ini berjalan seorang diri ke kedai Haji Usop dengan rambut separas bahu dibiar sahaja, tidak seperti selalu. Berikat kemas gaya ekor kuda. Sebaik sahaja bangun daripada tidur, hati berbisik hari ini adalah hari gembira buat aku maka aku ubah sedikit penampilan yang sedia selekeh. Cuma aku agak musykil samada kata hati aku itu akan terus-menerus jadi kenyataan dengan kehadiran Azfar kini. Kehadiran Azfar yang sebenarnya begitu merimaskan.

‘ So, what’s up?’ sengaja aku lontarkan soalan dalam bentuk bahasa asing. Aku masih lagi terpengaruh dengan drama siri Friends yang aku tonton tanpa henti dari jam 8 pagi hingga 12 tengahari tadi.

‘ Kau mengelak dari aku Nita.’ Sekali lagi aku diibebani dengan kenyataan dari mulutnya. Aku tidak suka keadaan ini kerana ia tidak memberi aku sebarang ruang untuk mempertahankan diri aku.

‘ Kenapa?’ Akhirnya Azfar, akhirnya! Akhirnya kau tanya juga soalan itu. Tanpa sedar, aku mengulum senyum. ‘ Kenapa kau senyum?’

Tiba-tiba aku rasa darah aku mendidih. Jangan tanya bagaimana dan kenapa tetapi tiba-tiba aku terasa ingin dibenamkan sahaja garfu di tangan aku ke leher Azfar sebaik sahaja terdengar soalan itu.

‘ Ouh sekarang aku dah tak boleh senyum la? Kenapa? Bakal mendatangkan bahaya kepada negara ke?’

‘ Bukanlah maksud aku begitu?-‘

‘ Bagus. Ha baik kau cakap je apa yang kau nak,’ lancar sahaja ayat itu keluar dari mulut aku. Marah yang aku simpan selama ini tiba-tiba sahaja meletus. Seperti cendawan selepas hujan, seperti pemeras ugut yang bersembunyi di balik lorong sunyi, menjerkah mangsa yang tidak tahu-menahu apa-apa. OK mungkin itu tidak berkaitan tetapi orang yang marah, jarang rasional.

‘ Aku rindu kau, Nita’

-bersambung-

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

I would like to sit down with mom and talk to her what she feels living in this world. I wonder if she will stare at the wall behind me and say, ‘ I long for the time when things are a lot easier. Like talking means literally talking.’

And then I’ll go, ‘ Mak, that is so true,’ while munching on her delicious curry puff.

Don’t you think so? I mean, the part when life in this era is a lot more challenging. Like the example given above. Talking is no longer literally talking. I wrote an email to my friend yesterday saying that I had a conversation with a long-lost friend. She emailed back asking if I was talking to this friend via the phone. If you read it once, you will say ‘ of course lah she has been talking on the phone’ but wait there a minute. This is the era where people are using computers for almost everything. This is the time when kids as young as 8 (or younger, I don’t know) have mobile phones. And yeah, this is definitely the era when talking don’t really literally mean talking.

Sending instant messages are dubbed as talking by some group of people and that include me.

Sending short text messages too. As well as email. So you see, it is difficult to say something without having to explain. It’s difficult don’t you think so? Like:

‘ Babe, listen. I finally talked to the guy! He-‘

‘ Wait, as in talking or on the phone?’

‘ On the-‘

‘ Or you guys were on IM?’

See? Intricate small details that should not be a problem in the last ten years. But of course, we really cannot avoid from being dependent on this devices like handphones, notebooks, computers, PDA and so on. For example, my auntie is growing more and more dependant on mobile phones. She has lost the ability to wake me up using her normal method. Instead, she wakes me by texting me. I, the bellproof person who didn’t realize for two whole years, the siren will be switched on to wake up the whole school. It’s not as if she cannot just scream to wake me up (as if it’s not normal to have her screaming to her son who usually sits not 5 meters from her.)

And she really had to text me telling that ‘nasi ada kat umah makcu’ although she can again just shout it. And the same goes if she wants me to open the door at night. Well, you get it. And I don’t really like bringing my handphone here and there in the house because it’s my sanctuary, I would like to take a break from any distractions.

Besides that, the world is getting more difficult to live in. I don’t remember reading so much about bombings when I was in primary school. There were no incest cases, less killings and pirates in Somalian waters? I don’t even know if there is Somalia (pardon my ignorance back then). And getting out of the closet. And more people dressing like Boy George 9shudders).. But kids these days, they have to deal with a lot of things.

Oh God, I can be a bore. I’m sorry, pardon this old makcik. Let’s talk about something else. Anyways, anyone watching Harry Potter anytime soon?
ouh hi!
it's me again
see how messed up i am?

i shud have not wander near the area of 'dreams'
should have not
should have learnt to body shut up

ouh my God
i'm so guilty
i'm thinking of surrendering myself to the whatitsname court in The Hague
i can't sleep and what happened last night really bugged me
why? why?
omg, it shudn't have happened

if i'm not messing with someone else's life
i'm sure this will mess up mine but i can never turn back time right?

adoi
btw, better be happy because i'm on half day
"you's better be!"

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

this has to be it
i've said something
which should have stayed inside
forever possible
now, i don;t think it'll be the same again
nothing will ever be the same again

Monday, July 13, 2009

A brick can just be more than a building material. Living in this era, we need to improvise the usage of things that we have. For example, handphone screens can also be used when you want to betulkan your tudung. This is tried and tested of course.

OK back to brick.

The number or snatch cases are on the rise that I shudder at the very thought of walking outside the house swinging my only dear handbag. What if somebody snatch it? I will lose my working pass and my precious umbrella. That will definitely cause a problem.

So here comes the brick. Place the brick inside your handbag. Why?
1. to make it heavy. when it's heavy, you can throw it at the snatch thief if they snatch anything from your friend. Make sure you have a good aim, we don't want people to start suing you left and right

2. If your bag is snatched (of course I'm wishing the opposite to happen), the thief will excitedly open the bag because it's heavy. The thief will assume you had a lot of money. And then they see the brick and they will just throw it away because they do not see the point of rummaging through the bag because it's filled with a brick.

For extra protection, insert pebbles into bag too to make it harder for the thief to rummage into your handbag and such.

3. especially important for those who are always being bullied; a brick in your bag will protect you because when trouble arises, just swing your bag at the bullies. This will be a great exercise for your hands too.

Well, these are the reasons that I can come up with for protection. Feel free to add yours too.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

i woke up with a start this morning as i remembered that i have 11 more articles to complete
yes i know it's sunday but still, work has to be done
i was shocked to see someone was doing the story in my queue and i go 'Noooooooooooo!'
reached for the phone and called the person and asked her favour if she can do other queues first
i can't believe it
we were 'fighting' who does which queue
i never tot we'd come to that point
anyways, it was quite a productive weekend too this week
tried coming up with a story because i really miss writing
maybe will keep it for a day or two

btw anne, somebody made a confession that she misses us
check this photo



who tot the day would come anne?

Saturday, July 11, 2009

'usah bercerita tentang dumbledore (yang baru). bagi aku, dumbledore (sir richard harris) sudah lama mati'

hari ini telefon berdering (telefon berbunyi ring ring ring. ku angkat, ku jawab, ku tanya siapa. ihsan anne)
ada satu perasaan menyelinap
perasaan yang buatkan emosi jadi stabil
rasanya enak
sama enak seperti pau ayam di-stesen-raja-chulan

rasa itu tidak hilang sekalipun tiket wayang Harry Potter masih belum dimiliki
' 13 atau 14 haribulan ya?'
kalau tak ada
permohonan cuti aku jadi sia-sia

maka dengan itu
'ko tgk mak kau, dah reti makan singgam'

p/s: 13 days to go baybeh!

Thursday, July 09, 2009

ingat tak masa sekolah dulu?:

1. selalu buat trick tulisan cakar ayam masa sejarah. contohnya terlupe nama orang yang membuka melaka. ingat dah nama dia macam ade P ..P tapi lupa nama penuh (contohnya). maka dengan hikmat tulisan buruk, berjaya membuatkan nama tersebut nampak macam Parameswara. kalau kroni baik dengan cikgu, mungkin akan dapat markah penuh. tapi selalunya hampa.

2. hari isnin adalah hari yang paling ditunggu-tunggu. bukan sebab tak sabar menimba ilmu tetapi boleh tidur selama satu jam semasa perhimpunan. tidur sebaik sahaja doa habis dibaca dan bangun sebelum doa dibaca semula.

3. kalau tertidur dalam kelas, selalu buat trick konon-kononnya sedang berfikir dengan kusyuk.

4. selalunya buku yang bersusun atas meja bukan untuk dibaca. ia juga bukan ditindih-tindihkan untuk nilai estetika. sebaliknya untuk dijadikan bantal ketika prep petang dan malam.

5. selalunya kalau habis cuti sekolah, macam nak bergaduh dengan emak sebab malas kemas beg sebab tak mahu pulang ke 'penjara'

6. masa Tingkatan 3, pakat ramai-ramai beli plastik keras nak letak kat bawah tudung untuk kasi tudung nampak kemas. lepas tu kene gelak sebab kadang-kadang plastik terjulur keluar.

7. pemadam empat segi adalah amat disukai, lebih-lebih lagi untuk soalan pelbagai jawapan. kalau takde, terpaksa la baca bismillah ke bace fatihah ke (tapi apsal setiap kali pun jawapan die C?)

8. kalau nak cuti sebab sakit mata, letak ubat gigi kat mata

9. kalau nak ponteng riadah petang, letak air panas dekat dahi, buat muka sedih tidur dekat bilik sakit

10. kadang-kadang masa kelas, muka macam tengah baca buku masa prep dengan kusyuk tapi sebenarnya telinga bersumbat dengan lagu (sorok bawah tudung)

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Tips to handle little kids

Kids are cute and don’t get me wrong, they are absolute dolls sometimes. And I really mean sometimes. Not when they scamper around, try to trip their brothers and sisters all over the floor and ask about 437,473 questions in one breath.

Here’s a few tips that can save our sanity:

1. If they like asking question, this might work. For example:

“ Mak Ngah, why do you always come back late?’

‘ This is my reason. Repeat after me. Mak ngah..’

‘ Mak ngah..’

‘ had too’

‘ had too’

well, you got the idea. Make them repeat after you for every sentence. If they don’t, stop talking. Repeating after you will definitely drive them mad.

2. Before they can ask you question, ask them questions. And pretend to not know about this and that but careful, you might make them cry.

3. Play hide-and-seek. You can hide in
a) midValley
b) KLCC
c) Sunway Pyramid
d) Sleep

4. Give them a part time job like ‘kalo picit Pak Lang dpt RM 0.50’. But beware, this can cause labour disputes and strikes.

So far, this is what I’ve got (since I don’t have young siblings and my niece and nephew so not live with me). Feel free to add your tips.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

My LURVE Affair with shoes. This is an excerpt of our lurve affair


' It was a Friday night and I was totally burnt out. Work at the office seemed to ebb my energy and I resorted to look like a zombie on a Friday night. What a bummer. Everyone around me was having these happy faces as they look forward for an enjoyable weekend. But not me. I fail to think about the upcoming weekend because the realization that I may need to sit for a review soon keep knocking at the back of my head.

I continued to walk or rather crawl across the shopping mall armed with my Debit card. I was lucky that I was paid today or this outing will be totally pointless as I will be resorted to munch on junk food to keep me fueled for the night. Not that I mind but unhealthy eating habit is the last thing that I want to happen to me when my body is already weak with fatigue.

OK, concentrate.

Without me realizing, I walked into a store and walked aimlessly along the shelves. I saw perfumes, handbags and shoes being lined up and I can actually feel myself perking up. This activity has always been a therapy for me. During breakups, bad days, bad feedbacks from the clients and after a bad blind date, even the thought of parting a small amount of money for myself cheers me up. Even if it’s for a Fuji apple, I’d feel my mood getting better.

I marched to the shelf displaying shoes. There were more added spring on my feet. I run my fingers to touch the shoes, caressing the smoothness of the leather and I can feel the moodiness being siphoned. It was as if the shoes became sponges, absorbing all the bad things and bad thoughts in my head.

I stopped caring about the economic crisis. I deleted all the information regarding falling GDP by ASEAN countries by WTO or something. I just couldn’t care less.

I called for the person at the department and handed out the most comfortable-looking wedges I have ever seen since .. urm.. last week. As I put on the shoes, I feel like a new person. Suddenly I’m Ivanka Trump, with no money problem. I’m Megan Fox, the hot sizzling chick. I have no worries in the world anymore.

With my handbag still sitting on my shoulder, I marched in front of the mirror. All that matters then was the wedges and me. The world stopped moving and I became stationary in front of the mirror, unable to believe my eyes.

I figure if anyone can get new shoes everyday, the world will become a better place.

I couldn’t look back after the experience. My love affair with shoes is unbreakable. Sometimes I’d just wander to look at the shoe rack, munching LURVE multigrain chips while admiring my collection of shoes. Just having my mouth exercising through munching the chips makes me happy.

Now, I can truly enjoy my Friday night. And will make sure I much on LURVE multigrain chips before the review. '

Saturday, July 04, 2009

I happen to like T-shirts with lines like ‘Runs with Evil Intentions’, ‘Voted the most Flexible by Your Boyfriend’ and such (but wearing the latter will only be totally, utterly inappropriate). And I happen to find this one shirt with “Don’t even think you got chance”. But there’s a slight problem. Its sleeves are too short so I have to wear it with a cardigan. Urghh.

Nevertheless, nothing suits better than this current situation that I‘m looking at.

“Don’t even think you got chance”. Sometimes we fall into the trap of saying ‘well, she/ he will understand me doing this’, ‘ala member, dah la lame gile kawan. Sure die paham punye’. What we always forgot is the fact that everything has a limit. For some very weird unexplainable reasons, I will always love to refer to Hooke’s Law when it comes to the relationship between stress, tension and flexibility. Like Hooke’s Law, the spring attached to the load will snap when the load added to the spring exceeded the spring’s load limit. Same as patience. Test it too often and be prepared to say goodbye. Not take-care-smooch-smooch-goodbye. More like sile-ke-neraka-sekarang goodbye.

And this I believe, applies to everyone. All of us have our own boiling point. I have to admit, that I can be tolerant to some levels and then it will be “Don’t even think you got chance”. So does everyone. Wait, has anyone tested to annoy Dalai Lama yet?

OK, focus.

Like, you want me to be the one who will listen to your woes? “Don’t even think you got chance”.

Like you feel like calling me whenever you want and expect me to make the right noises when you tell me your stories? “Don’t even think you got chance” (noises here means appropriate reaction. Don’t go running with wrong and funny ideas).

Like when you want to turn things round and return to the days when we were the bestest buddies on the earth? OK fine, peninsular Malaysia? “Don’t even think you got chance”.

Just don’t go asking for reasons why I did this and that because I won’t bother to answer. We would love to pretend we are the victim, we are too nice bla bla bla. Well, please, save the saliva already because if we really do consider someone as our friend, we would tell him or her our good news. Not some lame excuses like ‘you’ll know sooner or later’. Clearly not the brightest thing to say as you spend the whole month or so talking about the person you like and when it comes to the good news, you prefer for them to find out themselves.

Please, this is not a game of ‘I don’t want to tell him or her because she’ll be crushed as she likes me’. Something must be very wrong with our brain if that is the case, especially so when the guy or girl helped you to court someone previously.

And then things get complicated and someone screwed up again and again. No one can be that forgiving. It’s even worse if the person forgive but never forget. Chance of getting back as friends, laugh about the silliest of things? “Don’t even think you got chance”

I met a very old friend at KL monorail. Somehow we fell apart. After foundation year, we didn’t see each other anymore. We lost it all, we somehow just became invisible to each other. I tried looking for her for years. I asked people about her but I found nothing. It’s liked she covered her tracks almost to the very root.

Then I met her last month. She said we’d do breakfast. I was excited but there were so many things on my mind (pau ayam, Jared Padalecki, new sandal, Jared Padalecki, Subway, Jared Padalecki) that I failed to fuel my energy towards contacting her. I gave up on the second try when she didn’t text me back.

And then I saw her again. We didn’t really talk because I was so sleepy that morning and she was busy with her phone. That afternoon, I texted her, actually pleading.

‘ Hey, let’s not be strangers and make up for the lost years. What do you think?”. No reply. It can be either that she was trying to say “Don’t even think you got chance” or she just recently stopped thinking.

I guess we can never make up for the lost years. I believe our friendship was lost with the lost years. Despite the fact that we hung out together almost every single night, tido sebantal, lepak atas bumbung makan oreo and stuff like that. Things do just fade away.

It was sad but what can I do? Being in a relationship; whether its friendship or being in love; we have to admit the fact that it’s like playing a kite. You can have the nicest kite, the one with the best design, the most aerodynamic but if there’s no wind, “Don’t even think you got chance” of flying it.

Same goes with friendships. It’s a two-way thingy. If the feeling is not mutual, it’s best to let go. Yes, I was crestfallen because we were really good friends but I have to accept and respect her decision. She surely has her own reasons. I will always wait for her invitation if she changes her mind.

Well, there you go. My very own “Don’t even think you got chance” moment.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

anne and carrie
i have sunblock now SPF 30
22 days and counting

selipar looked at me
scratch that
stared at me today
but no progress

omg tak sabarnya operasi klebang whatever (can we decide on this? like carrie has the best ideas)
and seriously carrie
we haven't seen you for a long time
bile nak jumpe lagi?
anne and me misses you so much

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

saya pernah ditanya oleh qaistudio dan akusegan akan lelaki idaman saya
tetapi waktu itu saya telah dibahan sebab jawapan saya terlalu ringkas
tetapi hari ini, semasa sedang membeli tiket monorail, saya terfikir akan ciri-ciri lelaki yang saya suka
1. die mestilah pandai mengupas buah durian
2. wajib suka shopping
3. perlu sabar kalo saya pilihkan baju kemudian suruh cuba
4. mesti pandai buat saya gembira (bawa saya shopping)
5. mesti suka bercerita sebab saya suka bertanya

oke buat masa ini itu sahaja. mungkin akan terfikir ketika gosok gigi lima minit lagi

(kompom kene bahan pasneh yeh!)

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

cabaran uutk hari isnin dan selasa:
cuba bertahan dgn RM 10 dalam poket
monorail: RM 2.10 sehala
rapid KL(yang tidak begitu rapid): RM 2
makan tgh hari: RM 3-4
sarapan: RM 1 (mkn la ko cekodok sampai muntah)

hari isnin berjaya
masalahnya pagi selasa ni kalo bole tanak la korek tabung tapi dlm dompet ade Rm2 je skang
bole ke bertahan tanak korek tabung?
dlm TnG ada Rm 2.80

syarat utk cabaran ucchan nanchan ini adalah:
1. tak bole pinjam kat org
2. tak bole rembat duit sepupu yg berusia 14 thn
3. tak bole buat muke kesian mintak sedekah kat makcik
4. hanya bole pakai duit yg bertaburan di dlm bilik

motif susahkan diri: survival course modul utk diri sendiri (mls nak bayar 0.50 kat bank jenama kepala rimau yang akan charge saya sbb dah kuarkan duit 4 kali pada bulan Jun 2009 secara percuma. saya mmg kedekut ktengsbai)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Michael jackson

For the past few years, this icon has lived in embarrassment, humiliation. swimming in the midst on tons of legal procedures, being dubbed as the most stupid sibling (or something). There seemed to be endless humiliation in store for him. Like nobody has anything good to say about him and now he's gone and ...

Suddenly people (mostly media) miss him. Suddenly he is the legend. Suddenly he's the talented guy. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate him. I sang along to his songs since I was a little kid and I'm proud to say I still do. Every single time his songs were played on red.fm (silently of course because I don't want to interrupt my neighbours). It's just that I don't get it. One moment people insulted him and now, everyone is saying how great he is and stuff.

I guess it's too late people. And we will never change. We will always fail to appreciate whatever we have. And realise it a little too late that whatever that we had was gone and we missed it sorely.

As for me, I will always feel the most impacted by his 'Black or White' song

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Beware of Bank Scams

Everyday, more people use online services for multiple of things. Communications are now mostly done over the Internet, electronic emails replace normal post, which is now known as snail mail..

OK wait. Motif kene tulis karangan macam pemahaman tingkatan 3 kenape?

There is a point actually. About bank scam.

Last few weeks, I received a phone call from someone claiming that I’ve a credit card debt of RM3,000. That was ridiculous because I don’t own that evil plastic and the caller didn’t even address my name. Yes, I’m that vain. If people don’t care to address me, I won’t care to listen.

So, this person will call you to authorize a so-called transaction. Beware because they do not even know you but they are just trying their luck by saying this. And then you go thinking, ‘Wait a minute. I don’t have a credit card. What is this?’

Two things might happen:
1. You might ask ‘I don’t have a credit card. How can that happen?’
2. ‘What rubbish’ and put down the phone and continue listening to radio stations while working.

Or you can choose to sing the most horrible song in the world because you realized that this person is trying to trick you. Hold on to that thought. That’s what they are going to do.

However, some people do fall into their trap and do the No 1 on the list. This is when they are going to tell you that someone is using your name or credit card fraud. And they will give you a phone number claiming that the phone number is Bank Negara’s number. DO NOT fall into the trap because it is not.

Once you call the number, they will be asking for your bank details and such. This is not supposed to be happening because banks will never ask any information over the telephone.

Another thing, please be aware that any wensites offering transactions like maybank2u will have a standard URL with https://klikdisi.com.my. It is Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) and is for sensitive and important transactions. So if you doing any online transactions or the sort, do watch out the URL to avoid from scams.

Pelase be reminded that free wireless is literally ‘free’ and vulnerable to attacks. Do not and avoid as much of you can of doing any transactions iin places with free WiFi. Better safe than sorry right?

Ouh crap. Got to pay my bills now. Enjoy your day people!
i have:
16 books to read
supernatural season 4 and criminal minds season 4 to watch
i have five movies to watch
a complimentary movie to watch
a cross stitch project
slacks to alter

so if i spend my time out tomorrow
just bloody kill me

and anne
i heart you
thanks for supporting me

XY looked at his shoes when he looked at XX
mungkin kelihatan XX kelihatan seperti bulb lampu sbb pakai tudung sebegitu?

Thursday, June 25, 2009

they met at the lift lobby
they went down together
XX was talking on the phone while XY was looking at XX
looking and seemed to be wnting to engage with a conversation with XX
XX was busy on the phone

XX went down with XY on the elevator
then XX said hi to XY and proceeded to make small talk
'you are going back late huh?'
then they were having heated discussion about Putra or LRT or monorail
in the end XY managed to answer XY's own question
XX laughed in XX's head

they walked together to the monorail station
XY asked about:
'where you live?'
'where do you go off?'
'how do you go to work'
XY tried XY's best to give teh same question

conversation continued

XX managed to ask XY's nationality
XY asked:
'what do you study?'
'how's the slary?'
'what's your job like'
'why did you quit the last job?' ---> repetition repetition repetition
and in turn, XX gave name card to XY!
yeay for that

i watched transformers yesterday. it was seriously cool. i love it and i really do so hope dearest makcik will ajak me out next week. or the other week. it does not matter. i just want to go watch it again.

good and funny lines. love it. and cool robots. and hawt megan fox.

so, done with that
so long

XX= the girl
XY= the guy

Monday, June 22, 2009

scene: at the stairs
character: sang selipar (SS) and yours truly (YT)

yours truly turns around
YT: so, yesterday's game, brazil-italy, which one won?
SS: tak tgk ah. tido

are you stupid? ARE YOU STUPID? ask about the person. not about some frigging qualifying game that will happen in one year duration

*screams in frustration

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I was out shopping with a friend yesterday and I was tired. Didn't realise I was that tired until after iftar.

OK, was not supposed to ramble.

So, at the end of the day, we were like so exhausted having to walk here and there and finally wanted to get some coffee for my auntie. I am ok with the idea of walking downstairs (looks at the spider veins on my legs and feigns horror) but she wanted to go on the elevator. Since the Prego in the bag weighed me down (as if I need more support to bring me closer to earth) so I just followed her to wait for the elevator. It's killing us by then, we went out at 1pm and by then it was already 8pm. So we waited. The elevator arrived and of course, the door opened. We waited patiently since the people in there have kids and we don't want to add more trouble to their additional baggage. And when we wanted to step him, the door was closing. And guess what? No one in the elevator wanted to push the 'open' button to let people in. And the best part was, they are parents with three kids. My friend nearly got her hands trapped when the door closed. There were no sensors and its not as if no one can't see that we wanted to come in.

Now I understand it all. Now I can see it all very clearly why we have this problem with all mat rempits, uncontrollable school children, increasing crime rates among school children. Look at the example being set by the parents. People are coming in and you just don't care. You are being too ignorant to just push the button. Was it too difficult? And think about the example set to the kids. Next time people want to come in into an elevator or something, they can just do the same thing. Or even better, push the button to close the elevator's door.

I don't blame educators, I really don't. If this is the kind of example a parent would want to set to their children, maybe we can just stop worrying about everything all together. How can we expect something good from an ignorant set of examples? Say if our role model is Amy Winehouse instead of Stephen Hawking (change at your own will), how can we be so sure we would not say 'Ouh, it's ok to do drugs. We can just be popular and get trophies for it.'

I hereby would like to remind myself not to be so selfish as to do what the couple did. OMG, both the father and mother just stood at the corners of the elevator looking at us with a blank stare, holding the hands of their kids and do nothing.

Please God, don't let me turn into those

Saturday, June 20, 2009

'we make ourselves happy
the sky is baby blue if we want to ignore the tiny black cloud on the left side of it
we make our lives interesting
we don't need expensive restaurants after work to enjoy life
we just need to be content
content with what we have even if we have as much as RM250 for the whole month'

thank you o wise one
thank you

on a second note:
i love my friends
they are ever so supportive
and they love explaining things (carrie and anne)
and funny and undersanding
and especially talented in the merepek area

there are lots of things that i want to jot down but the pouring rain wash them away
ouh cool breezy morning
this will be another great day!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

note to self:
1. open your mouth and speak"
2. seize the opportunity
3. start the conversation
4. look up and say hi
5. speak you, stoop
6. speak speak speak

ok you get it
God, pelase
i need another chance
please

Monday, June 15, 2009

ouh btw
i so so so love my girlfriends
they are ever so supportive
dan tumpang gembira untuk saye
until the one being across the sea
i so want to cry

Thank You People
for being really great friends
T_T
it came when you least expect it
(apart from the ability of -mengajak-diri-sendiri-dgn-selambe-dan-tidak-malu
it's only lunch
not invitation to the house of something

i'm like .... :D

Saturday, June 13, 2009

jam sudah menginjak pukul 1. badan letih, otak penat, otot minta diluruskan di atas katil. tapi seperti ada sesuatu yangmasih belum dilakukan. ada sesuatu yang tidak cukup. terasa akan kehilangan sesuatu. sesuatu yang tidak pernah disedari akan harganya, cuma sekarang baru terasa rindu. sekalipun sesuatu itu masih di sini.

perasaan terasa bercampur-baur. masa sungguh cepat berlalu dan seperti sudah tertulis, macam ada seuatu yang perlu aku sampaikan tetapi tidak terluah.

apa? aku tau apa tetapi aku tau semua sudah agak terlewat sekarang. dan aku dihambat rasa ego yang membuak. ego yang menghalang aku untuk menarik semuanya kembali.

jauh, sudah terlalu jauh.

kali ini aku tidak boleh menyesal. apa saja yang datang, kali ini memang sangat bergantung kepada rezeki.

aku bersyukur dengan peluang yang pernah diberi. mungkin aku yang tersilap dan buta.

empat huruf. empat huruf itu yang sebolehnya ingin aku kongsi bersama satu ungkapan, mungkin akan hanya tinggal kenangan.

cis kau. malam ini kau buat aku terharu lagi

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

kind but cruel
me: eh you nak jadi PA eh?
die: a ah. ade ke?
me: ada tu mmg ada
me: tapi u kisah tak nak travel?
die: depends
die: kat mane?
me: keje sbg PA pemimpin Hamas
me: oke bye
die: if i get that job, org pertama i akan tembak is you

hahaha

btw, i've finally found a good definition of PMS for guys
it's Pre-Present-Post Mental Sickness
thanks bekas rakan sekerja

Monday, June 08, 2009

I've started to continue freelancing
I figured that I want a lot of things
so in order to get them, I have to work hard
hence, i must start somewhere

I had lunch with a friend and we got to talking about health
well, i miss those days when i can go to the gym almost everyday
ah those days

ok as someone nicely puts it
'you are always bz'
so i need to rush somewhere now

p/s: selipar selipar selipar

Sunday, June 07, 2009

i can't sleep
no seriously
my heart is hammering violently against my chest
what is frrigging effing wrong with me?

no carrie
am not on pills

i kind of can't ait for tomorrow but hell
i'm shy
this is going to be awkward

*bites all ten nails simultaneously

Saturday, June 06, 2009

i had to admit that this was the very first wedding of one of my schoolmates. and congratulations nadia, if you are reading this.

i never thought that it has been ten years since i saw some of them. and yeah, we are ten years younger but you know, they are still them.

well, some things will not just. it will always remain that way.

and this is the first time that i went to pavilion in baju kurung. it was bearable this time but wow HOT while we were trying to get the tickets for 17 Again. ya...i know. it's zac efron buy hey, he's kind of cute in that movie.

ouh today i was talking to a fren when she said something like takde org mengurat and voila! someone belanje-ed her extra ice-cream on top of our pancake. free ice cream oke? nobody ever got me a free ice-cream. and she as ever blur (and cute), she didn't realize the guy was flirting with her. and he is kind of cute (if you are reading this, yes he's cute. don't deny it).

i'm looking forward to go to the same outlet for freebies. wheee!!

stop it you golddigger.

ok, a fun-filling and quite a tiring day; so i got to go now and wait for grey's anatomy. as usual.

so have a fun day. i can't wait for monday. you know why, carrie and anne

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

life's like that
one minute its all rainbows and butterflies and before you know it
it mocks at you
jeers and sticks its tongue
but is there a choice?

darling
life is like that
but the good thing is
you'll know where the potholes, twigs, branches and a lot more obstacles
next time, if you see them
you'll know how to react
you'll be prepared

i mean, i'm saying this for me too

how can we appreciate the calm if there's no storm?
how can we really appreciate a rainy day if we haven't face a hot sunny day, all day long?
just sit there and think
take this simple line
'easy come, easy goes'

it's the start of the journey
there's a long way to go
and believe me
you can survive this and you'll absolutely be stronger
smile
though your sight may be clouded by tears
cry
if it'll unload the dead feeling in your chest
do whatever you want to do but you'll survive this
seriously

Monday, June 01, 2009

friends
thanks for the support
and encouragement
and an hour long conversation
u people are dolls

pitt, thanks for being my knight in shining armour
that lunch seriously perked my mood

i'm forever in your guys' debt