Semalam aku gi lepak kat tasik utm lagi.

Ada satu ketenangan bila lepak di tasik tu. Walaupun petang tu ramai orang yang bersantai di sana dan kebanyakannya terdiri dari 'couple' yang tenggelam dalam dunia masing-masing, tapi aku tetap rasa tenteram.

Aku rasa terhibur tengok ikan2 datang menyambar makanan yang ditabur ke dalam tasik. Hai, ikan2 ni tak pening2 kepala nak fikir pasal bermacam2 masalah. Diaorang tau, pukul 4-6 petang, masa utk makan. Seronoknya jadi ikan.

Dulu masa jadi RA, aku selalu gak lepak di tasik sambil beri ikan makan. Masa tu cuti semester n tak de sapa2 yang buat bising di sekeliling. Aku akan bertenggek di tepi jambatan, menikmati angin sepoi2 bahasa. Memang waktu tu aku pening pasal masalah kewangan (bilalah nak dapat keje best ni?) tapi aku ada masa utk merehatkan diri-sendiri. Kekadang kawan baik aku lepak sesama tapi selalunya aku lepak seorang diri.

Sekarang ni semua tu dah tak sempat aku buat. Aku balik keje malam2. Aku balik n tido. Esoknya aku bangun n gi keje. Dan begitulah rutin seharian. Suatu hari nanti, aku dijemput pulang ke rahmatullah n rutin aku pun abis. Tak de yang menarik. Tak de yang bermakna.

Kekadang aku teringin nak buat sesuatu yang akan memberi kepuasan kat aku. Misalnya jadi sukarelawan di negara2 Islam yang miskin. Atau mengembara ke seluruh dunia. Aku nak mencari hikmah di sebalik kehidupan, bukannya sekadar menjalani kehidupan. Tapi realitinya, aku tak mampu.

Aku ada mak bapak yang aku perlu jaga sama macam diaorang jaga aku selama ni. Aku ada orang tu. Akhir sekali, aku seorang perempuan yang sentiasa terdedah ngan bahaya dan fitnah dunia.

Aku terpaksa redha n hidup seperti orang biasa.

Drama Queen

I'm a drama queen. I realized that. One single thing that gets on my nerve, and I'll dramatize it most wonderfully. That is one way for me to release pressure - work pressure, personal life pressure, study pressure.

I'm not someone who, whenever they get depressed, they'll keep quiet and create a distance between themselves and the people around them. I know my beloved is one such person, but he rarely gets depressed.

As for me, I made it known to the world that I'm distressed. I find it an extra need to be close to my loved ones to let them know that I'm happy / unhappy.

'Why?' I flung my arm passionately with a facial expression that clearly spelt out my frustration,
'don't my e-mails appear in my Outlook account?? I didn't meet the media deadline because the ads visuals couldn't get in my inbox and boy, our Director called last night to tell me specifically that it has to be up this Monday!'

Probably because I'm a Gemini that I find the need to be constantly dramatic just to illustrate my life. Probably it's because I'm born to be someone who easily gets excited, nervous, impatient, anxious, in other words, I have Type A personality.

I hope I can learn to be more relaxed, more focused, less hectic. After all, it it's not meant to be, I'll just be wasting my energy being a drama queen. Ciao!

Lulus Driving Test

'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall... Humpty Dumpty had a great fall... Siott nyer lagu! Tak pasal2 keta nih jatuh bukit. Aku jugak yang fail... Tukaq, tukaq...'
Ha! Ha! Begitulah aku semasa tgh test driving semalam. Bagi mengurangkan rasa nabes yg menyakitkan jantung aku, aku pun menyanyi kecil dalam kereta masa tunggu giliran. Mula-mula masuk kereta tu, segala macam doa, surah lazim, istighfar, selawat dan zikir aku baca. Mintak2 keta aku tak terundur. Mintak2 enjin kereta tak mati. Segala macam harapan masa tu.
Al-hamdulillah, semua berjalan lancar. Getaran keta masa clutch dah imbang pun aku rasakan sebab aku fokus ngan bersungguh2. Malam sebelum tu, aku sibuk bertanyakan orang tu macamana kalau aku tak rasa clutch tu, macamana kalau enjin mati, camane, camane... Kitaorang hampir2 gaduh plak berapa kali stereng keta Kancil berpusing sebelum betul2 dah abis pusing (3x kali la, cik abang...) sebelum akhirnya borak pasal bendalah lain. Lantak la berapa kali, asal dia berpusing. Abis citer.
Masa nak buat test jalan raya, dalam fikiran aku ligat berputar arahan nih - 'betulkan seat. betulkan mirror. pasang tali keledar. free gear. start enjin. check lampu signal, besar/kecik, hazard, wiper, hon. tekan clutch abis, masuk gear reverse, balance clutch, sedia minyak, tengok rearview, tak de keta, tekan minyak, reverse, pusing stereng ke kiri abis, tegak, clutch n brake, gear 1, stereng kanan 2x, signal kanan, check rearview, side kanan, toleh kanan, jalan...'
Seriously. It kept on repeating in my head like a recording tape. I guess that is how women can balance so many things at once because there's a recording tape that keeps on playing in her mind reminding her all that she has to do,
'make breakfast. sweep floor. mop. laundry. kiss hubby off to work. bathe kid. feed kid. send to school. hang clothes. tidy up the house. grocery. prepare lunch. fetch kid from school. feed kid. send kid to tuition. fold clothes. iron clothes. prepare tea. wait hubby. gardening. prepare dinner. help kid with homework. send kid to bed. sleep.'
Apapun, sekarang aku dah berjaya memiliki lesen keta ;) Semoga perkara yang sama berulang plak untuk test motor lepas nih. Hiyak! Hiyak! Berusaha tangga kejayaan!

Lazy



I feel like this. Lazy. Boss keeps coming in and out of office, dumping more jobs on my table. It goes:

'Carneyz, once Purchasing Manager has seen and filled up the Europe Congress form, can you see to the purchasing documentation...'
'Carneyz, please help to sort out...'
'Carneyz, please find the letter from Johor govt and draft the reply...'

Carneyz has just finished emailing webmaster to update the website according to the updates she has prepared over the past two weeks, called up an agency wanting something, received calls from KL office (shoot! the phone is ringing again!) about to start on two other PRs, sent email to HR exec wanting to know staff breakdown according to divisions to distribute company's calendar which arrived yesterday and goodness gracious! Carneyz is BUSY!

However, I need a timeout. I need to blog. I need to snooze and blog. I need to be motivated. Yup. That's it. I need motivation.