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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Saturday Window Shopping + Sunday Picnic

Sebenarnya bersusun2 entri yang perlu dihamburkan di sini. Sejak akhir-akhir ini, aku sangat hiperaktif pada hujung minggu. Mengalahkan kanak-kanak Ribena. Tapi bukan selalu kan? Selagi aku masih terdaya (walaupun sangat mengantuk ni!), aku akan cuba untuk memuntahkan peristiwa bersejarah dalam hidup aku di sini. Walaupun sejarahnya cuma makan sandwic ayam.

Sandwic ayam itu ialah resipi pada hari Sabtu. Para isteri, walaupun aku seorang yang ganas, tapi aku sangat gemar ke dapur. Especially lepas kawen ni. Tak hairan la aku semakin comel (dalam erti kata lain). Tapi Suami Terchenta, entah apa vitamin yang dia makan, tak jugak naik2 berat badannya. Musykil aku. Walaupun lepas makan malam dan terus tergolek di sisi aku yang sibuk membuat design ni, dia tetap me 'maintain'kan berat badan idealnya tu. Huhu. Aku sangat dengki.

Prolog Jumaat malam. Kami pergi menonton cerita Mr Bean yang sangat bodoh tapi kelakar. Sebelum tu, aku merengek2 nak makan nasi di KFC sebab tak makan tengahari. Kami pun order 2 set. Lepas tu ayam seketul tak abis. Maka aku pun bungkus bawak balik. Besok paginya, aku keluarkan ayam untuk dipanaskan. Tapi ayam cuma seketul je! Suami Terchenta sekali ngap! je mesti dah abis... Akhirnya aku buat sandwic, biar sama-sama dapat makan. Sama-sama gembira.

Sandwic ayam ialah resipi yang simple dan sedap. Isi ayam KFC dicarik2 halus, lepas tu tabur atas roti, tambahkan hirisan tomato dan kepingan keju + mayonnaise (tapi sebab aku tak gemar mayonnaise, aku cuma sediakan utk Suami Terchenta). Lepas tu bakar selama 5 minit. Tadah! Seketul ayam KFC tu boleh menghasilkan 6 keping sandwic! Sangat mengenyangkan.

Pada hari Sabtu, Suami Terchenta meninggalkan aku demi tugas untuk negara projek ofis. Dulu dia penah sound kaw-kaw sebab aku suka masuk ofis hari Sabtu tak keja. Itu dulu, zaman hamba-abdi di Johor. Sekarang, aku sudah persetankan semua itu! Muahaha! Tido adalah aktiviti yang tak boleh digantikan oleh apa2 sekalipun (melainkan blogging).

Nasib baik kawan serumah masa di UTM dulu ajak aku beronggeng2 di Sogo. Mahu beli perfume mahal katanya. Aku pun setuju. Dah lama tak melepak bersama kanak-kanak periang. Lalu, sebelum drop Suami Terchenta di ofis, aku amik kawan-kawan di Pandan Indah. Dan bermulalah jalan2 bersukaria bersama kawan-kawan.

Hari Ahad pulak, Suami Terchenta konon-kononnya nak menyambung tugas negara untuk projek ofis. Aku mula-mula nak cadangkan berjalan-jalan di Melaka. Tapi pagi-pagi lagi dah tercongok layan Smallville depan laptop. Aku pun join sekali. Last-last dua-dua plan pun tak jadi!

Tapi petang tu Suami Terchenta ajak berpiknik di tasik. Sebelum tu waktu pagi, kami sibuk experiment buat muffin coklat. Berjaya jugak! Tapi sebab perut dah berkeroncong, muffin tu tak menyelerakan di mata kami jadi aku pun buat nasi goreng dan bakar sosej. Suami Terchenta sangat suka! Sampai licin nasi goreng yang dibekal. Makaceh Suami Terchenta! Aku sangat bertuah dapat suami yang sangat suka masakan aku :)



Jadi, tu lah aktiviti kami pada hujung minggu lepas... Pasal gath terkejut tu, aku akan story next time. Huaargh! Good nite everyone ;)
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Pursuits of Happiness (Not a Movie Review)

Everyone has something that they enjoy to do and they make it their pursuits.

Some, like my friend, Magic, likes to travel because she likes discovering new things / uncovering the history. She will save up and earn extra cash for her trips and I must admit, I am really in awe with her because she has the courage to go places tainted by war or touched by poverty in her search for humanity. Currently, she's somewhere in Vietnam, wondering about the famous Vietnam war that happened in last three decades.

Some, like my sister, enjoys her job. She works with a multinational company who knows better than just sesuka hati slash another department's budget by half, and hope we'll manage to squeeze thru our way. I've never met anyone more enthusiastic about work than she does. Or more focused and clear about her work goals. I am very certain that in 15 years time (or even less), she'll be made a Senior Manager or even Managing Director and earns 20 times more than I do now, or even 15 years from now. I am nowhere near envy because I'm proud of my high-achiever sister, but I just wish I know how she keeps up her motivation when I barely could hang on to the idea that I could only leave work in another 3 hours (which equals to another 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds more) and return to office 12 hours later.

Some, like my ex-housemate / coursemate, Syani, likes being married and having a family. Ever since we were housemates during our student days, she had planned how to be a good wife and a good mother. She was married 3 weeks before I did, and now is expecting her first child. No one can argue that she works hard to be what she wants to be.

These are just some inspirational stories. Whatever you want to be, you go for it. You want to travel? Do a bit of research on places you want to go, save up and go. Want to love your job? Find what you love, plan it and work at it. Want marital happiness? Prepare for sacrifices and love every bit of it.

Most importantly, we must know what we want to be and how we can be it. We must love it so much that we will not mind spending the rest of our lives with it. And that thing we want to do give us a purpose in life and make us feel enthusiastic about getting up and starting the day.

Are you ready to go after your pursuits?
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Monday, April 02, 2007

Bukit Tinggi

Masa berlari dengan sepantas-pantasnya. Di balik kesebokan bangun tido-pergi keja-balik kerja-tido-bangun tido yang infiniti, sudah seminggu berlalu dengan takde maknanya. Maka, sudah seminggu jalan-jalan bersama my sister tak dihapdetkan!

Hmm... apakah aku dah hilang minat berkobar-kobar untuk menulis blog? Aku sudah semakin malas mencoret-coret di sini akhir-akhir ni.

Anyway, minggu lepas ada sedikit kelainan dari rutin hidup yang gila-gila bosan. Minggu lepas dan awal minggu ni, kakak aku datang ke KL dan ajak tido di Hotel Mutiara. Hotel Mutiara, tau? Hotel Mutiara ialah hotel idaman kami. Maka hari Ahad hingga malam Selasa, kami bersuka-ria di hotel Mutiara.


Ini ialah kakak aku yang chumell...

Kami ambil dia di KL Sentral, breakfast di Bangsar dan kemudian pergi ke hotel untuk check in. Bila masuk ke dalam bilik, ada sebuah bakul sarat makanan sedang menanti di atas meja tulis. Di meja tepi pulak ada sebuah kotak berisi coklat yang sedap! Marveles!

Kami tak berlengah-lengah menikmati coklat Tiffins tu. Mmm... Sedapnya. Tapi baru nak attack bakul tu pulak, kakak aku tetiba nak check dulu sama ada bakul tu memang patut ada di situ atau dah silap bilik?? Rupa-rupanya, bakul tu dengan coklat Tiffins tu adalah untuk orang lain. Hehe. Tapi dah ngap dah, so tak boleh buat apa la yek. Sapa suruh letak di bilik kami??

Bakul misteri yang menjadi topik hangat pada pagi tu

Ini ialah coklat yang paling sedap penah aku rasa


Bakal hadiah hari lahir aku yang akan datang *mesej bermakna utk Suami Terchenta*


Sebelum tu, mari aku ceritakan kisah lucu. Suami terchenta telah pergi meletak kereta sebelum naik ke bilik. Aku telefon dan mengatakan, 'Bilik sembilan belas-tiga belas ya?' dan dia pun repeat sambil kata 'OK'. Lima belas minit berlalu. Aku sudah risau. Mesti dia sudah ketuk pintu bilik yang salah dan seorang perempuan cantik membuka pintu lalu menarik suamiku yang hensem itu lalu dia tak boleh buat apa-apa (atau tak mau buat apa-apa). Aku telefon sekali lagi.

'Abang kat mana?'
'Tak jumpa bilik.'
'Kenapa?'
'Salah bilik.'
'Bilik 1913 la sayang...'
'Ye ke? Abang dah pergi bilik 1903...' Ada nada kesal di corong telefon.
'Sapa yang bukak pintu?'
'Perempuan...'
'Cepat ke sini.'
'OK.'

Akhirnya Suami Terchenta sampai. Petang tu, kami dapat tau rupa-rupanya bilik yang diketuknya tu ialah bilik kawan kakak aku. Sungguh malu! Sungguh lucu jugak! Muahaha! Bayangkan kawan kakak aku tu ingat suami terchenta nak amik gambar dia sebab suamiku yang blur itu tengah bawak kamera. Huhu..! Lain kali aku cuma akan sms untuk mengelakkan kesilapan kronik ni.

Lepas berehat sekejap, kami pun keluar. Destinasi ialah ke Bukit Tinggi Resort, tempat yang ala-ala kat negara France tu. Perjalanan ke France mengambil masa 1 jam lebih. Kena bayar RM16 seorang. Huhu..! Kami dilanda kemelesetan ekonomi sekejap. Bila sampai di sana, kami parking dan terus berjalan-jalan sambil amik gambar:

Posing dengan matahari terpacak di kepala ala-ala di Paris

Paris sungguh panas...

Welcome to Paris, Malaysia

Kami sempat singgah makan di salah sebuah restoran pizza di bandar France tu sebelum meneruskan perjalanan ke haitt! Jepun. Ni pulak ialah gambar-gambar di Jepun (aku sudah semakin malas + mengantuk untuk buat liputan lanjut perjalanan luar negara kami):

Viva el Japan! *Apa-apa je la...*

Anggun dengan busana biru

Bagi ikan makan ialah aktiviti pastime kegemaran aku *yummy!*

Last sekali, ini ialah aksi ganas aku yang tidak boleh ditinggalkan. Para isteri, tolong jangan ikut aksi ini ya!

Tendangan Super Saiya!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The Point of Reflection

Last week, I cleared off most of the memos. All the memos are important. Department lain dah bising mintak itu ini. We have approximately 5 weeks to prepare an event. Yet, only 1 memo was signed. Last week, I sent a draft SOP to be cleared off. I never got any reply despite several reminders I sent.

It's really frustrating to work like this, isn't it? I have my own deadlines to achieve and it takes a helluva of a time to get past the approval phase. Tell me why I shouldn't get frustrated.

My boss is the most de-motivated person around. I do understand & I sympathise with the circumstances. But please la. While my assistant handles everything he is supposed to handle (including his travel claims, etc), I have to handle my assistant's work AND my work, on top of it. Tell me why that should not make me irritated with my boss.

Even the Finance Manager once, in a berrated way told us, 'I have 3 staffs over there, you have three staffs over here. Why can't you help us?' We start to do head-count and concluded he counted my boss' staffs as my assistant+me+me. Apparently, I'm a double-entry. Then I start to worry about how the company is faring when the Finance Manager can't even do head-count properly.

I guess this is the point of reflection. I am in the worst spot in my life - stuck with the work I love in a place I hate. Tough choice, Carneyz. Still, as I say - even the exit is forward.
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Thursday, March 22, 2007

More Meetings!

Hari ni, keje aku memeningkan kepala.

Pening kepala#1

Baru jumpa Trump. Seperti biasa, ekspresi muka dier boleh buat lutut menggigil woo... tapi lepas satu demi satu memo taruk atas meja sambil explain,

'As a way to cut cost...
To help to trim the cost..
A cheaper alternative...'


mungkin menyebabkan cuping telinganya terasa lebih 'sejuk' dan 'nyaman'.

Tapi satu je memo dia sign. Hampehs. Whatever la Datuk, as long as gaji I tak kene trim. OK?

Pening kepala #2

Tengahari, ada meeting di PWTC. Kononnya nak mintak sponsor event. Beriya2 la dieorg nak 'memberikan sokongan padu'. Aku pun bersemangat la story2 pasal event ni. Akhirnya,

Aku: 'So, can I conclude that you are interested to be our main F&B sponsor?'
Encik X: 'Oh yeah. We'd love to support this event. We foresee that this event will enhance our brand & revenue on that day.'
Aku: 'Definitely, no questions about that. As our main sponsor, we'll make sure your brand will be visible. So, are you going to sponsor tea break, lunch or both?'
Encik X: 'Erm... Tengok la dulu.'
Aku: ??
Encik X: 'I can sponsor the mascot, the decorations, bla bla...'
Aku: !#$%&*?? Kata nak jadi main F&B sponsor, apakejadah nak sponsor mascot??

Dari zaman Uni lagi aku paling benci kene suruh carik sponsor. Sebab bila jumpa ngan orang cenggini, nak contribute kalau boleh sebatang pen je, tapi nak branding coverage mengalahkan corporation yang sponsor beratus2 ribu!

Encik X, kalau macam ni, baaaaaiiikkkkk lagi saya sponsor diri-sendiri ok? Lebih jimat tak payah nak buat advertisement khas untuk you!

Pening kepala #3

Bos kiteorg tanya, 'You all nak sponsor apa, ya?'
Aku dan Ira, assistant aku tengok each other dengan pandangan, 'What the...??'

Later...
Ira: Better lagi kalau I duduk atas pangku Encik X tu and cakap, 'Ala, Encik X... Boleh la sponsor makanan utk kiteorg... I think it'll work magic!'

Yes, Ira. Whatever is better than just asking whether they mind giving us a pen as sponsorship.

Pening kepala #4

Hari ni baru hari Khamis?? I can't wait for Saturday!!!
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