Saturday, July 14, 2007

Some Ramblings

Me getting wistful while stretching my legs watching the blue, blue sea

Song listened to right now: Do You Know (Enrique Iglesias) - he has really nice eyes, hor... oh, yeah. Married already, can't comment some other guy's eyes. But hubby's sleeping early, aiyoh. Can't see his eyes, that's why can only comment on Enrique's eyes).

Why listening to this song: Nice song! Get addicted to the chorus part. No, never got anybody in a hurry to throw me away. Except some targeted sponsors I called up yesterday. Eh, not that crazy for your RM, you think I like faking my voice to sound like some 'sugar, spice & everything nice' girl kah? What to do, my boring job requires me to do something boring i.e. asking sponsorship.

I feel sick. Have been sneezing since morning. How to play kaler2 when I'm sick? Why I'm sick when I'm free to play kaler2? Eh, don't start thinking that kaler2 tau. My kaler2 has something to do with opening Photoshop and then playing around with colour palate and come up with some nice design. Walioweh. You guys... TKM (tak kawen murtad. Don't ask why).

Now I'm worried. If I'm too sick to drive on Monday, but I have a meeting in JB, who's gonna drive me there? I don't care mah, I'm tai-koh my husband has no choice but to take emergency leave so we can go to JB. How about that, husband? If I leave you alone, don't tell me the TV pulak rosak. Just joking, don't bite my head off lar. Ok, I'm your cute wife, right? *give yummy-licious seducing looks at hubby*

We all know, I am not really in a loving relationship with my work, only with my hubby. When I said we, it means we all, like my boss, my colleagues, ex-colleagues, my friends, my husband and perhaps even Trump. Trump told me, 'Ok la, if you want to find some other job, go ahead. See how it's better than here.' I tell you, Trump likes to dangle carrot in front of me. More like, dangle the resignation letter la.

But I don't really like to quit like a loser with my tail between my legs *try to picture myself with a tail but I'm not an ass* (ass=donkey. That's English lesson for adik2)

I made a grand entrance and I should leave with a standing ovation. Right or not? What really ruffled my feather is, Trump acknowledges Chairman is cleverer than me! I knew that already since Day 1, but do you have to point it out Trump??? *Chairman tried to play it down by saying, 'Yeah right, my brain's full of fluff!' but he looked pleased all the same. I knew Chairman's poyo face, true & true since we were good friends for 3 years already*

Now at office, busy as hell (how people know hell is busy? Baffled). Become kelam-kabut and gabra already. Poor Survivor, can't really comprehend what I wanted to say because I couldn't make up my mind. All she could get out of me was, 'Meeting... on Tuesday morning. Eh no, make it earlier. Wanna leave early. Ok, ok. Monday, Monday afternoon. Should be sempat kot to go back same day. Eh, but so many work to do there. Omigod, omigod, OMIGOD!'

Survivor, I'm so sorry. I was trying to think 300 other tasks to do simultenously. That's why my brain got jammed. I almost burst out in tears when I found out what I did about the event. I'm a makcik already.

Last Friday, just as it nearly made me jump off the building in frustration to my own self (screamed at myself, 'You are less clever than Chairman! You only drive a Kancil when your friends drive BMW and Honda City! You are still a corporate slave and your friends are already working with big thinktanks or becoming assistant manager at your age! You screw up details when it's just a simple job! No wonder you are still a slaveeeeeeeee!') God saved my soul and sent some good news along. Some sponsors have agreed to sponsor the event. I'm soooo happy! On the other hand, one sponsor got annoyed because he claimed we were supposed to meet up with him on Thursday. Puzzled. Didn't we mention that we were still in JB on Thursday because we had to go to Singapore for a meeting?

Talk about Thursday meeting pulak. My first time going to Singapore for a meeting! *Excited, clap hands for myself* <-- Chairman's been to as far as the Phillipines to attend a meeting, I'm only crossing the Causeway pun dah bising2.

Aiyah, Chairman still the cleverer one than me! *wail in despair*

I spent the night preparing for the meeting. I wanted to impress the guy with UK / Aussie accent. Even though I don't come from IT background, I can speak website language hor. Wore formal dress macam nak gi court. Ha-ha. Why is this meeting something I look forward to more than the meeting Pak Lah chaired & attended by top think-tanks of the country? Is it because it has something to do with something I actually understand, like a website? I love website. I love html. I love flash. I want to learn how to create a Flash website some day. I want to be a website designer. How many times I mentioned that already, huh?

Also, last Friday managed to rush my boss to check articles I wrote for the newsletter, and sent in email to all subscribers. Seronok like gila ok. Like one burden off my shoulder (for this month). So far, I never missed the deadline for this one. For the rest of the month can focus on the website and this event. If I can accomplish both by next month, can hand in my resignation already! *drool at the thought of freedom from unnecessary pressure on my poor heart which, every time have to meet Trump, will beat erratically and at top speed*

By the way, I can safely include in my resume, 'Able to achieve targets on tight budget,' as one of my strengths. But then again, why would I want to work for another low-cost company again, huh? *rub my chin as if I have janggut like my hubby*

If When I quit, I will go market myself to some rich company, then no need to bang my head on the table every time my proposal came back, un-signed, and with a note to 'try slash the cost by another 20%' as if the price comparison on the memo done nicely in a table for quick reference does not prove that I have spent enough time sourcing for the BEST price.

Hahahaha! Now feel so enthusiastic to change my cover letter again! :p

Commercial break: Hubby rolls over on the sofa, mumbles something in his sleep, looks really adorable, I'm tempted to do something get Gillette razors and shave all his janggut. Muahaha. Muahahaha! But he will kill me for once when he wakes up. His janggut matters more than me apparently. *me look daggers at bidadari who are hanging on his janggut and returning smug looks at me. Grrr!*

Oh, now 1.30am in the morning. Should get off now and wake hubby to sleep in the bedroom. Poor hubby. I insisted that we should ride the bike with flat tyre behind from Midvalley to Brickfield because I don't want to pay RM20 just to change the tube when I can get the synthetic motor oil and a changed tube for that price. I'm so stingy with money. I don't earn as much as my friend who is driving a BMW in UK to just throw it away like that, ok! Hubby says, 'Macam main ice-skating tau bawak motor tayar pancit!' I'm sure it's not that bad because I was riding pillion and I haven't lose my weight yet (still fat ol' me) and became the stabiliser so it should be easy to ride the bike that far. My two cents anyway :p

Now, everyone can go to bed *everyone sigh with relief and go to bed*

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Saturday, July 14, 2007

Konspirasi...

Mesti kalian pembaca-pembaca yang budiman sudah menjengok blog Suami Terchentaku. Kalau belom, silakan ya! Kerana entri ini ada kaitan dengan teori konspirasi aku tentang misteri 'kematian' laptop Suami Terchenta. Jeng.. jeng.. jeng!

Semasa aku bercanda bekerja keras di JB selama 2 hari yang lepas, Suami Terchenta membuat laporan di blognya bahawa laptop kesayangan nya telah jatuh sakit. Sebagai wife yang prihatin (baca betul2 ayat ni ya!) aku menyatakan rasa terkilan di atas sikap tak bertimbangrasa laptopnya itu sebab Suami Terchenta banyak kerja tau! Dia balik dari ofis pukul 10 malam (mentang-mentang aku outstation 2 hari dia amik kesempatan balik lambat) semata-mata untuk menyiapkan tugas-tugas negara programming yang due date nya sudah mampir dekat (aku kedengaran seperti warga Indon pulak dengan ayat ini).

Tapi, di kepala otak aku yang sangat super duper aktif ini, pelbagai teori konspirasi telah bergabung dan berkuasa dua, tiga & empat:

1. Sehari sebelum aku berterbangan ke JB, Suami Terchenta beli surat khabar. Tak pernah2 tau! Lagipun dia beli akhbar The Star. Dan cuma baca bahagian 'Star Tech'. Alasannya, dia dah lama tak mengikuti perkembangan dunia IT sekarang [teori #1: Dia sebenarnya tengah survey laptop yang best utk dibeli].

2. Malam tu, aku prepare untuk ke JB. Aku iron baju, tudung, dan sediakan semua barang-barang ke JB. Bila dah siap packing, aku letakkan beg di ruang tamu supaya senang besok pagi terus sambar je. Suami terchenta tiba-tiba offer supaya aku pakai beg laptop kesayangannya memandangkan aku kena bawak laptop ke JB. Aku rasa musykil pun ada. 'Abis tu, camane abang bawak laptop gi ofis?' aku tanya. Dia jawab, 'Abang pakai la beg lain.' Tak pe, takpe. Dia just nak jadi suami budiman. [teori #2: Dia sebenarnya takde plan nak bawak laptop balik rumah sebab dah plan nak rosakkan di ofis. Sebab tu bagi aku guna beg laptop kesayangannya tu]

3. Bila aku call dari JB, dia bagitau laptop dah rosak! Lepas tu pura-pura buat nada sedey la tu. [Teori ke #3: Sebenarnya takut nak bagitau dia nak beli laptop baru sebab laptop lama masih elok cuma kadang-kadang terkedek2, takut nanti aku pun nak beli laptop baru jugak. Muahaha. Muahahaha!]

4. Masa dia amik aku di KL Sentral 2 hari kemudian, dia dengan gumbira bagitau company dia nak bayarkan separuh untuk beli laptop baru [teori #3: Dia memang dah tau company nak bayarkan separuh!]

Kalau tak percaya, boleh tengok entri terbaru di blog Suami Terchenta. Dia dah announce laptop baru yang dia nak beli! Kan, terbukti sudah teori2 aku ni! :p

P/S: Sebenarnya teori2 ni adalah rekaan semata2. Tiada kaitan dengan yang hidup atau 'mati'. Apa lagi ngan Suami Terchenta aku yang jujur tu. Dia cuma tau main kaler2 je. Jangan salahkan dia yek... Muahaha!

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Love The Job, Hate The Environment

I have a confession. I love my job to bits. It has everything to do with what I like doing. Design. Writing. Etc. But I want to quit (I’m already giving a deadline to hand my resignation letter). Why?

Well, I have another confession. I hate my environment. Even when I want to do my job so much, I have to plough through and push hard against the work environment to get it done.

… And so what if I want to place my marriage on top of work? The trouble with people nowadays are they are so driven by work that they spend too much time to build their career and too little time to make their marriage work. That’s why there are so many divorces nowadays, so many scandals at work and so many kids growing up without much guidance and become our biggest social problem. Yet, we still have the nerve to wonder where did things go wrong and come up with weird solutions like, training camps when the roots of the problem lie with us.

Call me old-fashion, ancient thinker, whatever. As far as I’m concerned, family is uno numero, the rest comes second. That includes work (you Trump, yes you).

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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Pak Lah Nak Kahwin Lagi

Pak Lah is getting married again this Saturday. Congratulations Pak Lah for your upcoming wedding! May you live happily ever after. Btw, can't you change the wedding date to Friday which is a more berkat day? Then we can apply leave to go to your wedding. Hehe.

Excerpts from Pak Lah's interview:

"I believe God has created in your heart many spaces for
different people that you can love as much as you want..."

As a result of this statement, we ended up in an 'intellectually-stimulating' argument:

'Why you repeat that?'
'Wh...? No-lar, I thought funny, what...'
'What's so funny about that?'
'Aww.. you know, more space in your heart thing-y.'
'How come you are happy about it?'
'No, no! I'm not happy about it... you got me wrong, love.'
'You are smiling & laughing.'
'Ok, ok. It just sounds funny.'
'You are thinking of getting married again, is itttt?'
'Whaat?? No-lar!'
'You want to get more wives to fill that more space in your heart, right or not??'
'Eh, Pak Lah said that, not me, ah...'
'Oh, so you DID want to get 3 other wives!'
'Darling, don't jump your gun...'
'How COULD YOU?? We married less than a year, what! You already consider buka cawangan..!''Eh, where got, where got...'
'Not good enough kah, I treat you? I didn't please you, meh?'
'My dear...'
'WELL?'
'Sure-lah. Enough, enough. Don't be angry la, ha? Ha, my comel, one and only wife?' 

'... '

Hmm... Pak Lah's statement caused some stirs among us that night

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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Happy Birthday To Me!

Hari ini. Birthday aku yang ke-20 25. Happy Birthday, diri-sendiri! Alhamdulillah, dah suku abad aku hidup di dunia ni. Aku sudah menjadi budak tua! Lutut sudah lenguh, jalan sudah bongkok. Uhuk, uhuk! Makcik sudah tua *batuk-batuk kronik lagi*.

...

Padahal aku masih rasa sihat-sejahtera. Rasa 'comel' kuasa lapan. Aku masih anak gadis yang muda-jelita. Piraah! Mungkin masih muda, tapi tak pernah jelita. Sebab aku awex brutal merangkap bekas Minah Rempit (sebab aku suka bawak motor laju-laju, bukan masuk lumba haram atau perempuan haram ya). Sekarang merempit dengan Sang Kancil perak. Tak mungkin ada makcik yang merempit sebab makcik-makcik selalunya takut pandu laju-laju. Apa lagi naik keta Kancil yang terhoyong-hayang tu.

Anyway, tahun ni birthday aku disambut dengan meriah. Ala-ala Paris Hilton gitu (tapi bukan di penjara ya). Tahun ini sambutannya boleh cover untuk tahun lepas yang kurang meriah. Aku sangat bahagia.

Perkara yang paling buat aku bahagia ialah bila orang-orang yang tersayang dan rapat kontek aku semata-mata untuk ingatkan aku bahawa aku dah tua. Orang pertama yang wish aku pada tengah malam ialah kawan baik aku di UTM dulu, iaitu Agatha. Oleh sebab tarikh lahirnya sehari lebih awal dari aku (4 Jun), maka aku yang telefon dia dulu untuk wish dia Epi Besday. Lepas tu, suami terchenta baru teringat dan wish aku jugak.

Pukul 8 pagi, bonda sms ucapkan selamat hari lahir. Terima kasih bonda! Kalau tak kerana bonda, mesti aku tak de di dunia ni :) Lepas tu, adik dan kakak aku pulak yang hantar ucapan birthday. Diikuti kawan-kawan gila-gila di JB (Fab4, tolak Chairman) then ex-hosmet2 aku. Tak lupa kat kawan-kawan Msjbox yang lain pun ucapkan Epi Besday :) Kak Retna siap kasi MMS berlagu dengan budak menari-nari. Thanks y'all! Ayah aku pun buat-buat lupa tapi last minit ada hantar sms jugak untuk anakanda nya ni. Seronok betul jadi Birthday Girl ni!

Epi besday to me! Epi besday to me! Epi terima hadiah! Eh... salah lirik pulak!

Hadiah? Ahahahaha! Ni ialah bab yang unexpected bila tiba hari lahir. Aku suka hadiah surprise. Bisa lompat-lompat macam arnab hiper kalau dapat hadiah yang surprise.

Tahun ni. Aku sangat terharu sebab dapat terima hadiah yang amat bermakna daripada orang-orang tersayang (termasuk dari diri-sendiri). Lepas ni aku akan berguling-guling dan menghempas diri kumpul duit supaya dapat kasi hadiah yang bombastik kat mereka jugak!

Sebagai menghargai kesusahan mereka menghulurkan aku hadiah hari jadi, aku coretkan di sini hadiah oleh insan-insan ni:

1. Tiket pergi-balik ke Paris tajaan kakanda terchenta

Oooh! Ini ialah hadiah yang takkan dilupakan sampai bila-bila! Makaseh kakanda terchenta! Hadiah ini ialah hadiah hari lahir yang paling mahal pernah aku terima. Bila lagi boleh berjalan-jalan melihat alam di benua Eropah yang aku idam-idamkan sejak 20 tahun lepas? Kami sangat enjoy sakan berjalan-jalan walaupun kaki sakit-sakit dan pinggang hampir patah sebab setiap hari berjalan-jalan selama 12 jam. Setiap hari kami terpaksa memujuk kaki sendiri, 'Satu hari lagi... lepas tu kita pergi Bukit Bintang urut kaki 1 jam ok?' Mungkin kami sudah sakit mental kerana terlalu enjoy.

2. Perfume Flowers by Kenzo oleh Amy Maria:

Aku suka perfume Flowers. Aku juga suka botolnya yang cantek. Tapi aku selalu tak bother beli perfume sebab aku bukan jenis perempuan yang bersolek-solek dan pakai minyak wangi setiap kali keluar rumah. Masa di Paris, Amy bawak kami ke Sephora (kedai perfume yang best di Paris). Sebenarnya, kami plan nak beli perfume untuk hadiah hari lahir Amy, tapi tak sangka pulak dia yang bagi aku hadiah perfume. Thanks Amy! Aku suka gilak perfume tok!

3. Belanja makan malam daripada (siapa lagik??) Suami Terchenta:

Suami Terchenta sebenarnya seorang yang praktikal. Jiwa halus adalah berkadar songsang dengan suami terchenta. Jadi sangat bermakna bila tiba hari tua aku, dia bersusah-payah beli kek dan bunga (dengan surprise nya!) pastu belanja makan malam di KLCC. Bila bil sampai, aku buat keputusan untuk bayarkan bil letrik / air / Astro / internet bagi pihak suami terchenta bulan ni. Mujur hari tua aku setahun sekali. Mungkin tahun depan kami makan ikan bakar di belakang Istana sahaja. Apapun timecey suami terchenta! Aku senyum meleret tak berenti-renti sepanjang makan malam sebab ni lah kali pertama makan malam di luar dalam suasana romantik.

4. Set make-up dari diri-sendiri

Honestly, aku berbelah-bagi antara dua - beli set lipstick Dior atau set make-up Lancome. Aku sebenarnya tak pandai bersolek. Cuma lepas jadi isteri orang baru timbul minat untuk mengkaler muka diri-sendiri. Sebab. Aku tak mau orang lihat suami terchenta punya isteri yang comot dan selekeh. At least, bila ada majlis keramaian yang perlukan aku bersolek, aku ada toolkit untuk conteng-menconteng muka sendiri. Jadi aku pun menghadiahkan alat solek Lancome ni untuk diri-sendiri sempena hari tuaku. Timecey diri-sendiri! Dengan ini, aku mengisytiharkan aku bangkrap dengan sangat cemerlang bulan ni!

Dan yang paling bermakna, the ultimate among all gifts,

5. Rahmat dan kasih-sayang Allah

Ni ialah hadiah yang tak ternilai dan nadi kebahagiaan aku di dunia (dan Insya Allah, di akhirat jugak). Bukan untuk hari ni sahaja, bahkan untuk setiap hari sejak diciptakan, Tuhan Yang Maha Esa tak putus-putus mengurniakan limpah-kurnia Nya kepada aku. Dari dalam perut bonda lagi, Dia Jadikan aku sebagai salah seorang umat Islam, dibesarkan dengan ajaran Islam dan diberikan peluang untuk menghayati kehidupan sebagai orang Islam. Dia Jadikan aku rakyat negara yang aman-tenteram dan makmur jadi aku tak penah rasa jadi penduduk Ghana, Palestin, Afghanistan atau Iraq yang penuh kesengsaraan. Dia Kurniakan akal yang sihat dan cerdas, so aku berpeluang belajar sampai ke universiti dan dapat kerja yang bagi rezeki yang halal. Dia pertemukan jodoh yang baik dan bertanggungjawab untuk aku untuk menjaga aku dan bimbing aku ke jalan Nya. Kalau dihitung-hitung, mungkin mengambil masa lebih 25 tahun untuk senaraikan segala rahmat yang telah diberikan oleh Allah S.W.T. kepada aku. Aku ialah hamba-Nya yang sangat, sangat, sangat beruntung kerana dapat merasai kegembiraan / ketenangan / kesihatan setiap hari. Tu ialah hadiah yang terulung dari Tuhan untuk hamba-Nya supaya haruslah aku jadi hamba yang bersyukur.

Ya, aku patut belajar untuk lebih bersyukur. Untuk jadi hamba Nya yang beriman. Insya Allah, sempena hari tua aku ini, aku mau berusaha ke arah itu. Mau jadi orang soleh. Semoga Allah S.W.T. memberikan kekuatan untuk menepis godaan jadi manusia setan dengan meningkatnya umur aku.

Selamat hari tua Carneyz!

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