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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Birthday Celebration II: Jalan-jalan di JB

Wiken lepas kami ke JB.
Sengaja pusing2 mengimbau nostalgia.
UTM masih cantek.
Masih anggun.
Masih buat aku teruja!

Pagi2 lagi kami sudah bersiap-siap. Dengan cerianya, kami memecut si Sang Kancil menuju lebuhraya Utara-Selatan. Pukul 9.30 lepas mengisi minyak, si Sang Kancil perak berlari-lari deras ke JB. Mau cepat2 sampai ke destinasi. Jusco Taman U sedang menunggu! Cendawan goreng di Restoran Pak Ali memanggil2! Dan Tasik UTM kesayanganku!

Sedang si Sang Kancil berlari2, tiba2 terperasan ada seekor Sang Kancil perang meng'usha' Sang Kancil kami. Mesti tuannya tak puas hati kerana Sang Kancil kami lebih cergas. Maka dia pun mengekori kami dengan harapan menggunung tak ingat dunia. Tak sedar kuasa cc nya lebey kurang Sang Kancil kami. Melainkan dia ada booster. Wakaka! Aku sudah kerasukan.

Dengan berhempas-pulas, aku menekan minyak sekuat hati. Suami terchenta sudah mengekek2 di sebelah. 'Sudah la tu...' katanya. 'Ala, bukan tak kasi potong. Masalahnya, mampu ke?' Akhirnya kami sama2 ketawa macam setan sedang si Sang Kancil perang terkial-kial meng 'up' kan powernya yang lebey kurang itu.

Tapi 20 minit kemudian, si Sang Kancil perang hilang. Kami pun terus berlari ke JB dengan gelak seorang wira jahat.

Kami sampai di Senai dalam pukul 1.30pm. Check in, dan suami terchenta pun terbongkang di atas katil keletihan. Macam la dia yang driving.

Suami Terchenta sedang berangan-angan


Acara pertama kami petang itu ialah makaaannnn! Lokasi pilihan ialah Restoran Pak Ali, iaitu tempat makan femes di kalangan warga UTM. Sebab apa femes? Sebab ada cendawan goreng yang sedap. Tapi masa kami pergi tu, cendawan goreng dah abes :( Huhu...!

Lepas makan di sana, kami bersiar-siar di Jusco Taman U sebelum mengunjungi pengarang jantung kami, UTM:

Teringatkan awex lama ke, bang?

Memandangkan cuaca yang sejuk & nyaman, kami memutuskan untuk berjalan2 ke fakulti kami dulu. Sangat rindu pada zaman student dulu. Pada kengkawan di UTM. Yang tak rindu ialah pada assignment dan exam. Muahaha!

Dulu lecturer selalu bilang jangan cari 'abe atoh bukit' tapi dah tersangkut gak ngan mamat sorang ni yang fakultinya atas bukit. Macamane ni, puan??

My sweet ol' alma mater

Kenangan paling best di UTM ialah aku & kawan baik aku si Anip menjolok buah jambu air di depan bangunan fakulti yang masak ranum dengan banyaknya. Lepas tu aku buat sambal kicap dan makan beramai-ramai dengan hosmet di Melawis. Sedap!

N24 ialah dewan kuliah antara fakulti-fakulti kami. Kami selalu ada kuliah di sini tapi aku & suami terchenta tak penah bertembung antara satu sama lain. Kafe N24 ni pon tempat kami mengalas perut. Tempat aku lepak2 lepas kuliah.

Model papan tanda

Malamnya pulak, kawan-kawan baik aku dah buat appointment di Anjung Warisan. Kelas gitu! Tempat makan duduk di atas dan di bawah pokok. Di mana-mana saja yang kamu suka. Suami terchenta mau duduk di atas pokok. Dasar si Monkey! Tapi hajatnya terbantut sebab ada ramai lagi monyet orang dah awal2 duduk di atas pokok.

Aku paling suka suasana di Anjung Warisan. Sangat santai. Telinga pun hampir cair dialunkan muzik angklung 'live' di pintu masuk. Kalau tak kerana membontot BMW Chairman, haram kami boleh sampai ke Anjung Warisan sebab aku pon tak reti nak pergi sendiri. Sebelum terlupa, aku mau ucapkan 'Happy Birthday' kepada Chairman yang menyambut hari lahir serupa dengan suami terchenta - 12hb April lepas. Apa yang aku boleh kata ialah orang yang lahir pada 12hb April sama-sama pendiam dan sama-sama tak tau bezakan kiri dan kanan! (Ainie menyokong kuat kenyataan ini)

Empat management trainee, jatuh dalam longkang... satu sudah keluar, tinggal lagi tiga...

Alahai... te'romantik' la pulak

And lastly, sebelum kami balik pada besoknya, sempat lagi menjengah Angsana. Mencari baju kurung yang cantek (tapi semua aku tak berkenan!). Lepas melenguhkan kaki di Angsana, mak Ainie ajak kami makan tengahari di rumah sebelum bertolak balik ke KL. Suka masakan mak Ainie yang paling sedap di Johor!

Pura-pura cerewet, padahal sebenarnya tak de duit nak beli!

Perjalanan balik, aku tak berusaha menjadi Schumacher lagi. Kerana perut yang kenyang meracun fikiran aku untuk mendodoikan mata. Akhirnya, suami terchenta yang melarikan Sang Kancil dengan bersopan-santun. Sampai kami kalah pada Sang Kancil di hadapan. Aku keciwa. Tapi hakikatnya, this is karma babe. Hehe.

Selamat memandu di jalan raya. Ingat yang tersayang.
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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Birthday Celebration: Posting Yang Lambat

Sebenarnya dari lepas malam 12hb itu, aku mau hapdet blog yang indah2 belaka. Bukan pasal stress di ofis yang gila itu. Oops... Tak mau blog pasal yang pahit2. Kita tinggalkan dulu kepahitan itu di hujung minggu ini ya. Mari kita layan cerita ini!

Pada malam itu, aku dengan semangat waja memasak nasi ayam memandangkan menu itu yang paling cepat disediakan.

Mula2, aku potong tomato, kemudian rebus ayam dan buat sos cili (total masa= 10 minit):



Lepas tu, sediakan ayam rebus untuk dibakar dalam oven serbaguna, basuh beras dan sediakan bahan-bahan masak nasi (total masa=10 minit):


Kemudian barulah sediakan sup untuk dimakan bersama-sama nasi ayam (total masa=5 minit):


Sejam kemudian:

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Life in Corporate Communications!

Sel2 otak aku berlumba2 membunuh diri. Splat! Splat! Eek! Bunyi kematian yang menakutkan. Gara-gara aku terlalu memaksa. Terlalu demanding. Mengerahkan jabatan-jabatan serebrum dan amygdala memproses berjuta-juta maklumat dan memuntahkan produk siap dalam masa 1/1 juta saat sesuka hati aku.

Kerja-kerja aku bertaburan di atas meja. Semakin banyak maklumat. Semakin pantas usia aku menjadi pendek. Dalam masa yang sama, aku:

1. Mencari statistik dari tahun 2004 - 2006.
2. Mencari foto-foto utk corporate brochure. Aku sengal. Hari Jumaat lepas, aku terlupa save dalam satu folder. Kan dah dua kali kerja. Aku benci buat kerja yang sama. Sekali lagi, sel-sel otak aku membunuh diri kerana kecewa dengan diri-sendiri.
3. Siapkan summary market survey dalam sales proposal
4. Mencari CD original artwork yang diminta oleh agency designer. Mujur aku tak tahu Illustrator, kalau tak aku pasti menyumbangkan 'titik peluh' percuma. Seperti biasa.

Bukan aku tak biasa buat dua atau tiga kerja dalam satu masa. Aku dilahirkan Gemini, memang sudah nature aku untuk buat multi-tasking. Tapi kali ini sangat urgent. Orang atasan aku buat hal durjana. Bukan ke sudah berabad lamanya aku ingatkan:

A. Corporate brochure sudah mau habis, bos. Tolong check maklumat yang aku dah bersusah-payah mengejar semua pihak yang terlibat untuk submit SECEPAT MUNGKIN! supaya aku boleh serahkan kat designer sebulan yang lalu.

Bos aku bergoyang kaki kanan dan kiri. Mengecek emel. Mengecek sapa yang tersingkir dari American Idol. Mengecek apa yang terjadi dalam sinetron kesukaannya.'I'll have a look at it later.' Hasilnya, sekarang semua orang kejar department kami mintak corporate brochure SECEPAT MUNGKIN! Baru la dia kelam-kabut mintak agency cepatkan printing. Walhal baru minggu lepas submit. Trump pun belum approve. Aku tak tahu nak kasihan siapa. Agency atau aku sendiri. Rasanya lebih berfaedah kasihankan diri-sendiri. Kesiannya aku.

B. Bulan lepas aku bilang pada bos: Sebelum BD busy buat exhibition, baik kita cari supplier booth kita kerana booth yang lama perlu tukar baru. Maklumatnya sudah outdated.

Bos aku kata ok biar dia yang buat. Aku busy sebab update corporate brochure dan siapkan market survey. Lagi perlu update promosi laman web. Lagi perlu siapkan design signage baru. Maklum la, aku kuli. Khamis lepas. Seperti yang aku jangka, BD mintak booth. Bos aku baru kelam-kabut contact supplier. Visual booth perlu usai cepat-cepat sebelum Jumaat ni. Padahal deliver period 10 working days. Hari ni baru mereka hantar design. Huduh. Tapi sebab dah urgent, tak boleh berlenggang-kangkung cerewet. Aku bagitau Chairman, apa2 yang terjadi, bukan salah aku. Aku sudah nak termuntah ingatkan bos aku supaya setelkan bendalah ni bulan lepas.

Banyak lagi yang aku tak puas hati tapi aku tak boleh buat apa2. Sebab. Aku kuli, dia bos. Aku buat cepat-cepat pun, akan jadi lambat jugak. Akhir-akhir ni aku nak berbaik-baik dengan Trump. Tak mahu benci-benci dengan Trump. Tak mahu gaduh-gaduh dengan Trump. Tapi aku cuma berdiri di sebalik bayang-bayang bos. Bila bos buat durjana, pasti Trump akan ingat aku pun terlibat sama. Aku pun pekerja yang lembab. Tak efektif, inovatif, kreatif, dan segala macam 'if'.

Aku sudah buat yang terbaik, Trump! Sila hantar bos aku pergi training untuk kasi dia motivasi sepanjang tahun!

Huh. Macam la Trump pernah membaca ayat-ayat durjana aku di sini. Sekian.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Happy Birthday, Suami Terchenta

Dearest Suami Terchenta,

Today I woke up to a special day. Although yesterday was like any other day, except for the time I was 'merajuk' for 10 minutes after you spitted that chocolate bean I tried to force-feed you while you were driving just because I played a trick on you when I held on to the chocolate from your wide, open mouth. I'm sorry I did that, but it seriously made me roar in laughter to see your outrageous expression after you realised what I had done. Then we made up and spent the night watching CSI - with your chest as my pillow and you sleeping as usual.


What makes today a special day is that it is your 28th birthday. 28 years + 9 months 10 days of living on God's earth. I'm so proud of you, suami terchenta. In that 28 years of life, you have been in a relationship only once - and that is with me. That is just to name a few more about you that makes me want to cry in joy and happiness at marrying you.


Coincidentally, today marks 120 days of our marriage (yes, exactly!) and you have never snored, not even once. Throughout our 4 months of being together, I conclude that living with a messy person is not such a bad thing after all, although at an earlier stage, I experienced a bout of moodiness due to my stress at the sight of your clothes / papers / wires / mugs / Godknowswhatelse lying on the floor everywhere. Nowadays, I live with it. I even support you by contributing to the mess. M-E-S-S is ok as long as we don't breed maggots and cockroaches and other creepy-crawlies. However, I would appreciate it much better if you do vacuum the carpet at least every 2 weeks so we can be reminded that our carpet is green in colour.

You are such a wonderful person, you. When you are not busy in front of your laptop or sleeping in front of tv, you help me in the kitchen or throw away rubbish or do the laundry. The only task you hate is ironing your clothes which I don't mind doing because I am in love with the purple iron. If you had bought any other colour, I wouldn't be doing so much ironing too. Thank God for the purple iron.

I also discovered that after we got married, you tend to forgot a few things you promised to do before we signed the marriage certificate. Like singing to me before I sleep. But it's ok because you made it up with other things, like paying the bills and the house rent. Haha, I kid, I kid. You sing when I am fully awake, changing the lyrics as you like to show your devotion to me. I especially like your version of Sheila On 7 song, 'Ku petik bintang...' because yours sound better. After all, this is the first time you sing out loud much to my credit because I sing as and when I feel like singing and you caught my singing bug after we live together.


My dear Suami Terchenta,

As we settled into our married life, we seem to be more in sync with each others' thoughts. When I am thinking of watching a movie, you already booked the tickets. When you feel hungry, I already ordered what you want to eat because I feel like eating that too. Of course you don't know that when you are already asleep, I plug into your brain and upload my life program inside it so you think and feel like me. It's like the Briefcase application in Windows, only so much better. Tonight, when you sleep, I will upload Langkawi_Holiday.exe into your brain, hubby dearest. You are going to love it.

Talking about holiday, as my birthday treat to you, I am whisking you away to another city and we are going to stay at a four-star hotel. Instead of jumping up in joy and clapping your hands enthusiastically, you frown and tell me, 'Duit minyak! Duit tol! Duit makan! Blabla...' even though I told you that it's a birthday treat i.e. I will pay for everything. Perhaps this is one folder in your brain I should hide for a while, the Financial_Situation folder.

I am more to the kind of person who wake up and think I want to go to Africa, and I pack up and go. Where else you will make a more rational decision. In one way, it is good to have someone to keep the reality checks. But this is the time where we want to be and to go and to do whatever crosses our minds before our biology clock starts ticking! Once we have kids, we'll think a trillion times about going bungee-jumping because if we smash our heads, who will take care of them? In conclusion, let's go bungee-jumping, sweety-pie.


But that is not the only present you get this year. I am glad you like that new laptop backpack I gave you. When you come and fetch me later, I will surprise you with a fruit cheese cake I baked in the office today (haha!) And tonight, I am thinking of preparing nasi ayam that you love.

I want you to know that I love being married to you and I love teasing you and I love looking at your gobsmackingly handsome face and I love laughing at your jokes and making you laugh. I love falling asleep in your arms and waking up to your voice and hugs. I love loving you, Suami Terchenta. Happy Birthday.


Love,
Wife Terchenta.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Where The Solution Is Just a Click Away

I was wrestling with the P&L statement for March sales which can get extremely confusing as I have to refer to three different spreadsheets simultaneously.

In the midst of this fight for sanity, I was interrupted by my colleague calling out in frustration, 'How do I make these as secondary bullets??!'

I walked and stared at the monitor. He was preparing a PowerPoint presentation and having a problem trying to get a list of text to go under the main point as sub-points. In vain, he selected the list, clicked and un-clicked the 'Numbers & Bullets' button several times.

'Let me.' I took the mouse, pointed towards the 'Indent' button and clicked. 'Tadah!'

Immediately, the list jumped one-inch to the right, bullets and all.

'That's it??? I spent five minutes trying to do it and you just clicked once???'

'Which explains why Trump never fires me no matter how bloody rude I am.'
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