Aku, Juara Penemuduga Terbaik
It's ONLY Tuesday
Bloody, bloody, bloody Tuesday.
Sigh. <-- the girl who hates her work is ranting again.
My Beloved CLK
When Ambitions Change Direction
One Moment In Life
'Bosanlah'.
'Hmm?'
'Nak main Bingo pun tak bley.'
Earlier on, we played Bingo to while the time away.
'Hmm.' He was sleepy.
'Main sambung citer nak?'
'OK.'
'Orang start dulu ye? Pada suatu malam, dalam hujan renyai2, ada sorang pompuan tgh gendong anak. Dier pun berteduh di bus stop. Ok, awak sambung.'
He thought for some time. I waited. And waited. Finally he opened his mouth.
'Lepas tu datang bas dan pemandu tupun hantar dier balik rumah.'
There was quiet. He looked expectantly at me. I looked in disbelief at him. That was the best story ever. It ended in less than five sentences.
Masa dulu-dulu
P/S: Aku pon gi search nama dier gak kat Google, Yahoo, MSN. Altavista buang karan je. Kot2 ader la terjumpa plak 'ini abg kesayangan saya...' So far, dier pon authentic item gak! :p Muahahaha! aku tak bley diajar benda2 camnih...
Aku taruk la nama aku kat search bar tu. Return: 2 page. Memang la tak de kaitan ngan blog aku sbb aku taruk nama betul aku. Tapi ada la aku terjumpa kat blog somebody else. Aku terlupa pasal benda nih. Posting nih dah lama, tahun 2002. Dier menulis tentang aku:
"Sedang melakukan spring fall(?) cleaning. Buang apa-apa yang tak patut, simpan apa-apa yang perlu. Terjumpa macam-macam benda. Tengah sort out kad-kad yang banyak diterima. Ada kad kahwin Akram, kad raya Mimi dan macam-macam lagi.
+ Dua yang menyentuh hati. Satu kad Thank You dari (Carneyz), student 2 SHP. Cik kieli ajar Pengenalan kepada komputer.
Dear Cik Kieli,
There are a lot of thanks I wish to extand to you:
1 - Thank you for your lessons (very helpful to our future)
2 - Thank you for your assignments (the last has been the best)
3 - Thank you for your warmth & friendly way - we never had a lecturer we thought of as a friend the way you are!
4 - Thank you for understanding our young, hot blooded nature
5 - Thank you for making classes interesting & fun
6 - Thank you for your trendy, funky method of introducing us to computer world
7 - Thank you for your notes.
Sorry if I had committed anything that offended you. Wish me luck in our final!
Once again - Thank you, Cik Kieli
-(Carneyz)- 2SHP
Kad itu diterima sebelum final exam, setahun yang lepas. Kelas 2 SHP itu cik kieli akan kenang sampai bila-bila sebab budak2nya vibrant. Ingat lagi, cik kieli tak gunakan pun silibus yang ada. Buat assignment sendiri, buat soalan final sendiri. Cik kieli suruh mereka create web page sendiri, hanya berurusan dengan cik kieli melalui e-mail, uruskan mailing-list."
Aku hampir2 terlupa pulak psl nih. Dulu, time aku study, aku selalu kasi kad ucapan 'terima kasih' kat sumer lecturer2 yang mengajar aku di hujung sem. Dalam kad tu, aku ucapkan time kasih sbb mencurahkan ilmu kat kiteorang, pastu mintak maaf kalau ada menyinggung perasaan sepanjang mengajar kiteorang. Tujuan aku bukanlah nak membodek mana2 lecturer, tapi sbb nak amik berkat & aku betul2 menghargai jasa baik dieorang. Kita kena respect kat guru2 baru boleh berjaya dalam pelajaran. Al-hamdulillah, memang ternyata benar pesanan nih. Sepanjang aku belajar, senang je ilmu melekat kat otak :p lagipun time aku study dulu tak layan cintan-cintun! Aku sorang 'nerd' yg suka mengabiskan masa di library. Alahai... windu plak zaman belajar nih :(
Tak sangka pulak kad yang aku kirimkan tu menyentuh hati Cik Kieli. Huhu. Aku dah terputus hubungan dengan Cik Kieli. Ada sorang lagi lecturer yang aku agak mesra dengannya iaitu lecturer English. Dia ajar aku masa Sem 4 (Tahun 2). Aku tahun 3, dia pindah ke UK mengikut suami. Buat beberapa lama, dier selalu email aku perkembangan semasa dier di UK. Macam member plak kiteorang.
Tapi lecturer yang aku masih kontek sampai skrg ialah Penasihat Akademik (PA) aku, iaitu Prof Madya Yusuf. Dier memang baik. Dier mengajar aku masa 2nd year & 4th year. Masa final year, dier jadi penyelia tesis aku. Walaupun aku student yang baik dengan dier, dier bukan jenis pilih kasih. Dier memang strict. Tapi aku sentiasa hormat kat dier.
Lepas abis belajar kat UTM, aku stay back kat Johor. Sesambil tunggu konvo, aku apply jadi research assistant (RA). Gaji ciput je, tak cukup pun cover makan minum. Prof la yang offer aku keja sambilan jadi tutor anak dier. Prof sekeluarga layan aku ngan baik, macam anak dieorang gak. So, aku memang terhutang budi kat Prof & family :) Sbb tu sebelum aku pindah ke KL, aku sempat menziarahi Prof & kasi cenderahati sket kat dier. Moga2 budi baik Prof dibalas Allah dengan pahala berlipat-ganda.
Pesanan kat blogger yang masih belajar, sentiasa la jaga hubungan baik dengan lecturer2 korang sebab dieorang pun manusia yang ada hati & perasaan, dan dieorang sentiasa nakkan yang terbaik untuk korang.
Mari Berdansa...
Semalam opismet aku sumer heboh2. Masing2 dok tanya, ada bawak baju sukan ke tak? Excited giler nak menguruskan badan petang tu! Petang yang ditunggu2 tu pun tiba. Mula2 sumer dok lenggang-kangkung, borak2, itu-ini, sampai la instructor tu datang. Apa lagi, sesak la toilet bila sumer dah kelam-kabut nak salin baju.
Kiteorang start dengan senaman memanaskan badan. Pastu instructor tu menerangkan aerobik yang akan kiteorang buat petang tu. Petang tu just intro je lah. Dier bagitau senaman tu bagus untuk mencantikkan [ahem], bahagian2 tertentu, terutama pinggang & pinggul. Minggu depan pulak dier akan ajarkan steps untuk mengempiskan perut. Sesekali dier bagitau,
'Kalau korang nak tau, akak ada 6 orang anak. Anak sulung dah 23 tahun. Tapi body masih solid, kan? Dari belakang orang tengok macam anak dara. Dari depan, baru tau dah kerepot!'
Bila dengar tu sumer, semakin bersemangat la nak ikut jejak langkah akak tu. Dalam sejam setengah sesi tu, kiteorang sampai berpeluh2 sbb step dier buat cepat & makin lama makin complicated.
Balik dari bersenam aerobik tu, aku singgah beli ubat gigi & tapaw kuey teow goreng yang sedap tapi mahal. Lepas tengok tv jap, aku masuk bilik dan terus baring sebab letih giler. Tapi aku rasa seronok pulak sbb dah mengeluarkan peluh. Harap2 aku berjaya la mengurangkan berat badan ke berat aku yang dulu :) Hahaha! Caiyok2x!
Bib: 'Hang buat apa nak kuruih?? Hang tu, pipi je chubby. Hang patut senam kat pipi je!'
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The 'No Go' Bridge
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has scrapped plans to build the proposed new bridge across the Johor Straits, to replace the Causeway.The decision was made after negative public sentiments following Singapore's condition that Malaysia supply the republic with sand and allow it the use of Johor airspace.Yesterday's Cabinet meeting, after lengthy discussions on the issue which has dragged on for more than seven years, decided to stop all negotiations with the island republic on the bridge issue and defer to public sentiment...
More in NST homepage.
Happy Birthday Everybody!
Bye, Bye Hair
On Saturday, after coming back from work, I was supposed to go to Bib's place because her niece is having a 1-year old party and I was invited to stay over. I changed the plan because 1. it was raining cats and dogs. 2. I was totally wasted from my late night business trip of which I reached home at 12.30am.
I like travelling. In my current job, I certainly love this part the most. Not only because I get to stay in 5-star hotels, but also because I get bored easily in a confined, no-movement environment. Tapi, sejak company nak cut cost by asking us to travel AirAsia, it certainly reduces the joy of travelling by 50% less. It's such a hassle to commute to LCCT (why didn't they have ERL to LCCT??), and AirAsia never uses aerobridge so we have to walk, baggage and all, to the end of the tarmac (why can't they park directly in front of the terminal's door?!) which is like, 300 metres away (haha, lazybums). Plus, the LCCT doesn't have Famous Amos outlet (I always make a point to buy a cookie or two from Famous Amos). They do, however have one of the best turkey & cheese sandwich around (RM 6 for an outrageously small sandwiches).
Ahad. Aku bangun lambat lagi, kemas rumah, tanak nasi, tumis sambal bilis, goreng sosej, dan lepas mandi, lepak di depan tv lagi sambil makan. Tapi petang tu tetiba aku terasa nak buat perubahan drastik jadi aku pun pegi ke salon gunting rambut. Amoy tu cakap, kalau gunting rambut RM12, kalau cuci sekali RM18. Hmm. Best gak tu. Aku pun cuci dan gunting rambut. Huhu, seronok rasanya bila dia tekan2 kepala aku dan lepas tu siap urut2 tengkuk aku. Pergh, marvelous!
Dah setel cuci rambut, dia tanya aku, 'Amoy, u mau potong rambut sampai mana?' Aku pun terdiam berfikir2. 'Sampai paras bahu la.' aku jawab. 'Haa? U betul2 mau potong pendek ke? u rambut panjang oo, dekat2 pinggang mau potong pendek ke?' Amoy itu terperanjat. 'Ha.' Aku jawab ringkas.
Dengan itu, dia pun potong rambut aku yang panjang tu sampai pendek. Kepala aku terasa ringan. Bila dia kasi aku cermin, aku tengok dan tersenyum. Muahahahha! Rambut aku dah pendek! Selamat tinggal rambut panjangku! Ahahahahaha!
Kalau ikutkan hati, aku nak potong sampai paras tengkuk, tapi sebab aku dah nak balik, risau pulak mak aku tak boleh terima dan terus pengsan bila aku tanggalkan tudung. Tapi...
Muahahahahahaha! Aku sungguh berpuas hati. Rasa macam best bila dah potong rambut.
Thursday Nite - Away From Everything
'Ok. Tak kisah la. I pun ada meeting pukul 10.30 mlm ni kat Mutiara.' Me.
'Kenapa you bawak payung?' Chairman.
'Sebab hujan?' I offered an explanation.
'Kat atas tu?' Chairman dengan sinisnya.
'A'ah, hujan dalam flight tadi. Everybody had to hold umbrella thruout (the flight).' Me dengan selamba smash dia balik. With all the kids crying and making gut-wrenching noises throughout the flight, I was prepared for full combat with Chairman. Ainie gelak.
'Besok korang keja tak?' Ainie. Something fishy about this fish...
'Keja. Naper?' Me.
'Besok kiteorang cuti. Hahaha! Long live Sultan Johor!' Ainie got her pleasure.
'Tak kisah la. Last Hari Wilayah I pulak cuti, u guys keja kan?' Smash dier balik.
Sampai Mutiara dan check in ke bilik. Dropped all my bags and let myself fall backward into the huge bed. Blissful. Nak mandi dulu ke, atau lepas meeting? Lepas meeting la, boleh soak up in hot water lepas tu. Happily watched Kevin Hill show, about a lawyer whose cousin died and left a baby girl in his care.
10.30pm. I made my way wearily to the Board room. When I entered, faces turned to me. Ah, the silent observer is here. I never talked during meetings unless I had to point out something. Thus the Silent Observer. Meeting started at 10.45pm and ended 11.45pm. Penat giler kan? Pegi reception counter to book taxi tomorrow and then went back to my room.
Mutiara JB tak se 'fabulous' macam Mutiara KL. In KL, there's a sliding wooden-paned window by the bath tub so I can watch tv while soaking up in the luxuriously warm water. The room is more luxurious, complete with jacuzzi. And the pillows were as soft as feather. Still, this is considered comfortable too and I should be thankful to be given the opportunity to de-stress in hot water-filled tub.
Lepas solat, aku buat notes sekejap, prepared tomorrow's outfit, and then snuggled myself under the comforter in front of the tv. I watched a Mexican drama and continued watching tv until 2am. Then feeling like I need to force myself to rest, I switched off the tv, set the alarm, and switched off the main light.
I lifted my hand and spread my fingers, studying them intently. I like now. The now after I had unknotted tensed muscle in the bathtub. The now when my mind was empty of complicated issues and focusing on simple pleasure. The now under this warm comforter, feet snuggly curled and wrapped in stockings. Dim golden lights from the lightings in the hall making my surroundings look like I'm trapped in time-capsule with this relaxed feeling, safe from the future and the past. The now when I am a nobody's girlfriend, sibling, daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, friend, enemy, subordinate, but myself and my own soul and my own heart. I like this moment. I've retreated into the deepest place in my heart where there are nobody else inside but me. My solitude, my fortress, my sanctuary.
With that I fell into a deep sleep, finally succumbing to dreamless slumber.
Mr. Chairman, The Poyo Guy
Me (enthusiastic): Lempang kuat sket, bagi pihak I.
Minta Maaf Kepada Semua di Msjbox Gathering
Di sini, aku nak mintak maaf kat korang sumer sebab hari tu mood aku tak baper bagus + aku ngantuk giler2 jadi aku tak bertegur-sapa ngan sesapa melainkan Juliana yang memang peramah orangnya, dan Kiki yang bertanyakan nama. Tu je. Aku sebenarnya agak keberatan nak pegi memandangkan indeks mood aku di paras paling rendah tapi aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrghhhh! aku terpaksa pergi jugak demi menjaga perasaan orang yang mengajak.
Half-way tu aku terpaksa pulak meninggalkan majlis dan tak balik2. Aku rasa bersalah plak tapi, memang waktu tu aku perlu bersendirian. Erm. Harap2 korang faham la yek. Plus, aku sememangnya tak baper gemar menyanyi sebab suara tak best, dan aku just nyanyi bila aku sesorang. Dan bilik tu bertambah sejuk, dan aku bertambah mengantuk gara2 tak bley tido malam sebelumnya.
Jadi aku pun buat keputusan meninggalkan korang ngan feel good moment, takut2 mood aku yang diam tu akan merosakkan mood korang plak. Aku berjalan2 sorang diri di tingkat bawah dan minum teh panas di Sushi King, barulah terasa lkurang tension sket. Itupun aku sememangnya lebih banyak mendiamkan diri sepanjang hari tu sampailah aku tido malam tu. Itu ialah aku di saat2 aku mengalami krisis dalaman :( :(
Harap2 klu korang carik awek, jangan la carik awek cam aku. Banyak sangat angin kus-kus dan krisis dalaman! Buat penat aje. Huahuahua! Ntah la. *mood dah jadi negatif balik*. Aku mengalami jiwa kacau skrang bila memikirkan aku kena balik bulan ni.
P/S: Dhekchiq, sowee tak de mood gak nak merasa kek coklat tu. Lain kali, kalau ada rezeki, tak de mood pun akan paksa diri makan gak. Mesti sodap kan? ;) Time kasih la sebab bersusah-payah buat kek.