Of Happy Me

'Carneyz, u look happy today.'

Carneyz is in fact rather cheerful today. For the first time after one month sunk into deep depression & total ostracism, she actually exchanged a few banters in email.

'Yes, yes... u should be pleased if ur getting free lunch today.' I pointed to Ungku's direction. Ungku had promised free lunch at the pricey dine-in for both Chairman & I as we had helped him wif something a month back.

But that's not really the source of my bubbly predisposition today. Maybe I've over-indulged in chocolate. Half a bar of Toblerone dark chocolate consumed yesterday, during my most boring moment - sprawled on my bed, in my hot room, unwilling to go anywhere for fear of the burning sun. Or just too darned lazy to move. Or maybe, there's something else. Like the chance of seeing someone.

Ooopss.. What happened to my diet?

Diet is still on-going, except that I'm feeling unwell today. Sneezing non-stop, wif rolls of tissue on stand-by. Seriously. I think it's because of cigarette smoke. Tak boleh tahan bau asap rokok. One day of inhaling it, and my immune system goes haywire.

Now that I've lost the excess weight, my body weight has become more stabilized and I am able to go for reasonable proportions of lunch.

'I dengar u tgh consider S***l. Betul ke?' Ungku dropped the bomb.

I sighed. Looked across at Chairman, who made this face 'wasn'tmewhotold', scanned thru my head for the list of persons I've actually mentioned about my decision to leave, zeroed in on one person who might be the source of this 'pecah rahsia' , and shook my head. Hell. My fault again for sharing unnecessary news.

'No.' I concentrated on my now tak sedap anymore chicken rice. I know, if this guy knew, the rest of the management could have known too by now. I couldn't care less anymore now. Under the constitutional rights, I am entitled to seek other opportunities, right?

In fact, semua orang dah tanya, which department I'm going to go to after September. I vaguely indicated the department I'd most probably choose to go if I flopped the extremely difficult interview (which I hope I won't).

By the way, surveying tickets to go back left me wif little air to breathe. I've to fork out nearly half a thousand ringgit nak balik. Hish. Giler. This is all because of the fuel price skyrocketing due to numerous reasons (Katrina, among one of them).

Okie dokie then. 'Nuff said.

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Exhibition Day

Kak Eyna, Chairman & Azlan busy buat preparation mcm nak raya plak...	Muka orang dah keletihan. Uwaa!! Bila nak abis set up nih??
Hujan warna-warni masa opening ceremony, mcm ujan ais kat Selangor tuh.	Booth girls of the day...

Nilah some of the pictures yang kiteorang amik masa kat exhibition tu. Letih giler la nak wat preparation & nak jaga booth. Hari Jumaat, balik rumah je... pap! Hilang dari dunia ini... terus ke alam mimpi. Too exhausted. Hari Sabtu, baru je nak gi ke tempat exhibition, Kak Eyna called, mintak tolong print 500 keping brochure sebab brochure dah abis. Dari tengahari sampai closing pukul 10 mlm, kiteorang jaga booth.

Apa2 pun, agak puas hati sebab everything went well & high co-operation from everyone :) Hari Ahad plak, merayau2 kat pesta konvo UTM. Just beli tudung (cheap!) and the rest, nak tunggu last day baru nak gi survey balik kot2 harga dah turun ;)

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Akhirnya...

Setelah bertungkus-lumus macam nak rak ala2 dlm tv program The Apprentice tu, akhirnya & ngan leganya, design pun siap 100%. Siap aje design, terus ict datang uninstall Photoshop kat pc aku. Uwaaa!!! My one & only penghibur duka lara, Photoshop CS...

Anyway, inilah hasilnya :) ...

My favourite amongst all. In fact, sumer yg tengok voted this as the one they like the most (aaawww.... thank u for ur vote! Susah2 aje... Tak payah abiskan kredit utk saya... :p) However, ngan jujurnya aku mengatakan aku just main tampal2 je, but the idea belongs to Mr. Chairman Sir. Mr. Chairman, go & collect ur award kat atas pentas. Silakan, silakan...

Ini design yg plg ekspres. Sebabnya, paling last minute before hantar ke printing. Tupun sbb aku dah panik, n ckp, 'ah, tampal2 je macam kat soft board tu!' Last2, memang tampal2 mcm kat soft board pun! Siap ada nota kat situ :p Script writer -- erm. Yang pasti bukan aku!

Erm. Tak minat sangat yg nih. Cuma suka tulisan sanskrit tu aje. Masa nih idea dah kering. Script pun ntah apa2. Last one...

Paling 'cikai'.

Semalam kiteorang sumer gi set up booth kat venue. Aku ngan Kak Eyna pun kena mengangkat barang2 gak. By the time nak Maghrib, aku dah terduduk lesu kat kerusi. Tak larat seyy... Nasib baik Shah dah belikan air utk kiteorang sumer. Masuk waktu je, aku teguk air tin sampai abis! Gila2 haus la... Bila dah berbuka, baru ada tenaga nak gelak2 bila Kak Eyna, Azlan & Shah buat lawak. Asal ngan dieorang je, mesti sampai terduduk nak gelak. Punye la kecoh dieorang nih. Hehe. Abis set up booth dalam pukul 9.00 mlm. Lepas tu, balik. Aku bawak kereta Kak Eyna sebab husband dia dtg amik dia. Sampai rumah, macam dah nak tercabut kepala lutut. Penat sesangat.

Dah abis event nih karang aku citer plak pasal booth kiteorang. Pagi, Kak Eyna, Laila, Ungku, Chairman & aku jaga booth. Petang, the rest (Azlan, Shah, Abg TJ, Azim -- hehe. Bukan nama sebenar). Dah tak larat... :p Saja je nak tunggu abis opis hour, nak balik. Tido!

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Monday Blues

Aisehmen. Shy2 cat je, tak nak tengok kamera... :p Kemain lagi nampak cam busy giler, siap 3 pen berterabur atas meja & kertas2 berselerak. Muahaha! Tak de apa2 pun. Jadi orang jaga kaunter registration jerk :p

Semalam kiteorang organize forum for travel agents. Mula2 bos tak kasi aku pegi. Dia suruh tolong Azlan amend something. Then Chairman lalu. 'Wey, u tak pegi?' dia tanya aku. Aku pandang Azlan, Azlan pandang aku.

'I got work la... Bos suruh tolong Azlan,' aku explained. 'Ko buli dier ke?' Chairman soal Azlan balik. Azlan bangun, nak kasi pelempang main2 kat Chairman. 'Apa ko kata??' Dia dok balik.

'Tak pelah... Kalau ko nak gi, pegi jelah. Kalau bos tanya, cakap aku nak setel sendiri bendalah nih.' Azlan dengan baik hatinya suruh aku pegi. So aku pun ikut Chairman, Kak Eyna & Abg TJ gi ke Mutiara Hotel. On the way, Big Boss suruh kiteorang singgah kat restoran kat Larkin. Ajak makan nasi padang. Sepatutnya aku pose, tapi takkan la orang lain makan, aku sorang2 je wat tak tau, kan? So aku pun pecah pose :p Hehe. Boss belanja mah...

Ramai jugak la yang turned up for the event. Sebenarnya, forum tu sekejap je. Tak sampai 3 jam dah abis. Big Boss cuma bagi speech, sesi Q&A then makan2. Bila sumer agent dah balik, kemas2 dewan, & then blah juge :) Sampai kat opis pukul 5 pm. Tu pun tak setel lagi, sebab Jumaat nih ada Matta Fair kat Eden. Yang tu pening kepala sket sebab GH expect Biz Dev buat, vice versa. Last2 aku rasa, baik la aku je yg co-ordinate bendalah nih. Kak Eyna & Chairman kene revise pamphlet, then aku kene carik info, liaise ngan department berkenaan, etc.

Balik dalam kul 10pm, sebab sambung tolong si Azlan tu ngan form2 dier. Huhu...! Sampai2 rumah, fed up betul sbb air sket je... :( Hampeh betul. Bila la nak ok balik water supply kat area kiteorang nih.

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Weekend

Weekend - is never spent at home. Imagine staying at home for the whole week, and the whole weekend... I could go crazy with boredom. So weekend is the only time I could really indulge in myself & unwind after a stressful week.

Half of Saturday was wasted because of the rainy weather. As soon as the rain became just drizzle, I couldn't wait anymore. Smsed Eva, asking to meet her somewhere, then got on my bike & rode to my old place.

Nothing is more enjoyable than spending time with my bestest friend. We went on a window shopping spree, trying on clothes JFF (just for fun). Tak beli pun! After doing a quick mental calculation on how much sushi I could eat without going busted, we indulged ourselves in sushi. Sake is my favourite (raw salmon). Extra wasabi, extra sauce & yummy! I just luuuuurrrvveee sushi...

I know some people gets put off at the idea of trying sushi because they think all of sushi are made of raw ingredients. Wrong. Only some of them are raw, like raw salmon. Others, like omelette on the glutinous rice wrapped in seaweed, or crabstick, or even fish cake, are not raw at all.

As if that's not enuff, I suddenly had a craving for blueberry chocolate cake....
So we dropped by at Secret Recipe, the best cake deli (err, izit a deli?) in the country. Disappointingly, there's no blueberry chocolate cake There's blueberry cheesecake, though, but I'm not in the mood to eat cheese cake. I was already drooling at the thot of blueberry jam... oooohhh... so nice...

So we settled for blackforest gateau instead (gateau, in French, means cake). We shared a piece of the cake as none of us can finish one slice by ourselves.

Mouth-watering, rite?

At night, we made plans to go to Danga Bay.

Despite feeling guilty at eating so much on Saturday, that did not stop me from ordering nasi bubur (u have to try nasi bubur Sentosa - they are really delicious). A bowl of steaming plain rice porridge served with fried onion & chilies, fried kangkung, salted fish (the main reason I'm such a big fan of bubur nasi), salted egg (another gob-smacking good reason), fried ikan bilis, and peanuts. Not forgetting, sambal goreng. Soooooooo irresistible! Try complementing that with diet Coke. It blends so well :p East meets West thingy.

After strolling around, talking nineteen to the dozens, we decided to call it a day & go back home. Luckily, Sunday I didn't feel like EATING so much! Klu tak, hancuss my diet!

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