Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Tag Answered!

Firstly, let me wish all my Muslim friends, ‘Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa’ :) Jangan lupa solat terawih malam ni! (suami terchenta was over-excited about performing terawih that he went to the surau last night only to find out that fasting month will only start this Thursday). To my Johor friends, happy holiday tomorrow. Seronoknya.

I would also like to apologise to everyone before the month of Ramadhan, if I have done / said anything that offended any of you.

Now, I’ve been tagged to do this, first by Survivor and later, by another blog friend (I’ve forgotten which one :p) and I never got around to do it until now. I know this is a bit outdated (everyone has done it, duh!) but since I’ve promised them, so here goes:

1. Four jobs I've had
a) An overzealous, perfectionist student
b) Part-time waitress
c) Underpaid research assistant
d) My current career trap for nearly 3 years : Kulikutive – anyway, I have made up my mind to leave as soon as I have settled a few more projects. Before I leave, I am planning to:

- Tidy up our store rooms. Which both myself and my assistant did last week. After this, God knows how long would it take to get a new staff to replace me, so I might as well help my assistant to get the mess rooms organised.

- I am also teaching my assistant my scope of work as I handle most tasks that our boss is not handling (like anyone would expect a manager to write newsletters and do website maintenance and other menial jobs!). Two months of notice period will not be sufficient to hand over everything. Like Jen, I don’t like to leave this place in chaos.

Ok. So, would anyone else want to hire me? Starting salary at RM3.5K only.


2. Four movies I can watch over and over and over
a) Shrek 1, 2 & 3
b) Ice Age 1 & 2
c) Ratatuilles
d) Kingdom of Heaven (the only Western movie that potrays Muslim warriors without prejudice)


3. Four places I've lived
a) Bintulu, Sarawak
b) Sri Kembangan, Selangor
c) Skudaifornia
d) Sri Gombak


4. Four TV shows I love
a) CSI Las Vegas, Miami & New York
b) Supernatural
c) Animal Planet
d) Spongebob Squarepants (we both love it!)


5. Four of my all-time favorite songs
a) Menanti Sebuah Jawaban - Padi
b) When September Ends – Green Day
c) Relaku Pujuk – Spider
d) Helena – My Chemical Romance


6. Four of my favourite food
a) Nasi ayam!
b) Chocolates – of any kinds and any shapes
c) Salted fish (particularly ikan kembung masin)
d) Spaghetti.


7. Four things I Like To Do When I'm Alone
a) Read
b) Watch TV
c) Surf Internet
d) Last time, I loved writing a diary but nowadays, I’m hardly alone to do it.


8. Last Four Person that I've called
a) Suami terchenta
b) My mom
c) A colleague in JB
d) My friend


9. Four sites I visit daily
a) My Blog
b) Suami Terchenta’s blog
c) My Friends' Blog
d) Dooce.com


10. Four places I'd rather be right now
a) Having spa treatment in Bali
b) In a five-star hotel’s bathtub filled with hot, scented water, with Suami Terchenta :p
c) Back in Europe with my sisters and suami terchenta, having a blast of a time (minus the blisters and aching feet!)
d) Anywhere except in the Office!


11. Four people whom I like to meet
a) All of my siblings
b) My future employer who agrees to give me my dream job (lots of travelling around the world, huge pay, flexi-hour and home-based office!)
c) All my best mates whom I rarely have the opportunity to contact
d) The Fab5 together again.

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Monday, September 03, 2007

Now Everyone Can Fly... Late.

Peringatan: Kepada para penggemar AirAsia, atau staf AirAsia, bagus jauh2 dari blog aku sekarang. Kalau tak, korang akan di 'Nata De Coco' oleh aku! Bzzzzzzzt.. Bzzzzt!!!

Oh, apa? Korang kurang pasti apa itu Nata De Coco? Atau korang ingat Nata De Coco tu makanan jeli yang nyaman dikunyah2?? Oh, silap besar. Nata De Coco tu ialah 'dipanah petir' mengikut bahasa ibunda suami terchenta. Sebenarnya, beberapa minggu lepas, sebelum menghadap ayahanda dan bonda mertua, aku cuba memadatkan kepala otak dengan bahasa tempatan di kampung suami terchenta yang amat berbeda dengan bahasa di daerah lain (apa lagi dengan bahasa ibunda kaum Melanau):

Aku: Dipanah petir dalam bahasa abang, apa ya?

Suami terchenta: Pangkak di nyaru.

Aku (blur2): Apa? Nata di coco?

(Semenjak itu, dipanah petir mengikut kamus kami ialah 'nata de coco').

Balik semula ke rasa tidak puashati dengan AirAsia yang hampehs:

AirAsia memang hampehs!

Kuala Lumpur ke Kuching, 31 Ogos lepas (ETD asal ialah 5.30pm): Oleh sebab mengejar masa untuk check in di LCCT, kami membelanjakan RM70 untuk naik ERL ke KLIA, lepas tu RM35 naik teksi pulak ke LCCT. Bila sampai di LCCT, dengan selambanya kami diberitahu, 'Flight ke Kuching re-timed pukul 7.30ptg.' What the #@!&@!! Suatu pembaziran yang tak boleh dimaafkan! Kalau kami diberitahu awal2, tak perlu susah2 naik ERL dan teksi :( Huhu..!

Kuching ke Kuala Lumpur, hari ini (ETD asal ialah 5.30pm, tapi kami dapat mesej telah re-timed ke 7.30pm): Lepas check-in, borak2 sebentar dengan family mertua. Then, sebelum masuk boarding pukul 7.05pm, kami pergi makan Laksa Sarawak di tingkat bawah LTA Kuching ni. Makan dengan tergopoh-gapah takut terlepas masa untuk boarding. Lepas masuk untuk boarding, AirAsia dengan cerianya membuat announcement, 'Oleh kerana berlaku sedikit kelewatan pada pesawat AirAsia dari Kuala Lumpur, maka penerbangan ini akan ditunda ke pukul 8.30pm.'

AirAsia memang #@!&@#!!???@#!

P/S: ETD = Expected Time of Departure. Bukan Nata De Coco, tau!

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan ke-50, Malaysia!

Cerita #1: Zaman Jepun

Waktu kecik2 dulu, aku suka korek sejarah zaman pra-merdeka daripada datuk & nenek aku. Aku tanya datuk, 'Jepun jahat ke?' dan aku tanya arwah nenek, 'Jepun ada usik nenek ke?' Datuk cerita, waktu zaman Jepun, dia masih kanak-kanak. Pergi sekolah diajar bahasa Jepun. Nyanyi pun lagu Jepun. Lagu yang paling dia ingat dan selalu nyanyikan beramai2 dengan cucu2 ialah, 'So..so..sosoji..sosoji naniwawa...' Datuk kata, orang kampung tak berani lawan Jepun dan Jepun pun takde buat apa-apa kat orang kampung.

Nenek cerita, kalau Jepun datang ke rumah mintak makanan, dia dan adik beradik perempuan akan cepat2 menyorok. Takut Jepun amik, bawak balik. Kata nenek lagi, zaman Jepun dulu, hidup orang kampung sangat susah. Nak beli kain untuk jahit baju pun tak boleh. Jadi orang kampung jahit guni untuk buat baju. Huhu. Makanan ruji cuma ubi kayu rebus.

Ada satu masa, askar orang putih datang untuk lawan Jepun. Orang kampung semua naik perahu pergi ke seberang sungai Igan yang sangat lebar tu untuk selamatkan diri. Mereka tinggal di situ selama seminggu sebelum balik semula ke rumah bila keadaan dah reda.

Cerita #2: Zaman komunis

Masa kami kecik2 dulu, mak selalu cerita tentang komunis dan pengganas. Kata mak, zaman dia masih kanak-kanak, komunis berleluasa. Pernah mak sekeluarga lari ke dalam hutan di belakang rumah sebab takutkan komunis. Pakcik mak kendong mak sambil susup-sasap lari. Nyaris-nyaris terkena tembakan. Zaman komunis pun sangat susah. Nak beli susu pun tak mampu.

Kesimpulannya, generasi aku sangat bertuah sebab lahir pasca zaman Jepun dan komunis. Aku sangat bertuah sebab dapat korek cerita lama tentang zaman sebelum merdeka. Dan aku jugak sangat bertuah sebab dapat balik ke Sarawak sempena cuti merdeka ni! :p

Selamat Menyambut Hari Kemerdekaan, rakyat Malaysia! :)

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Monday, August 27, 2007

Crazy Over Persona

There is something about Proton’s latest addition, Persona, that is charming the socks off me. Perhaps its sporty tail lights. Or its sleek interior. Or its spacious boot compartment (I am already contemplating the size of a baby stroller that can fit in that roomy boot, regardless the fact that Little Carneyz / Junaidix is not even in WIP process yet). Or the way it successfully looks posh even though it is not a posh car. In fact, to someone from middle income group like me, Persona is like BMW to someone in a higher group of income. Or maybe, it looks very much like Gen2, only better. And Suami Terchenta knows only too well how smitten I was with Gen2 (before Persona).

I am not really a demanding wife (haha, the look of outrageous on Suami Terchenta’s face just cancels that statement!). Ok, let me rephrase that statement. On most occasions, I do not demand too much. But since Persona reveals itself recently, everything changes. I can’t look at Suami Terchenta’s face without automatically asking for Persona. It just spews out of my mouth. ‘Hubby, can we get Persona? Can I get our Persona? When can I get my Persona?’ (Notice that from ‘ours’ to ‘me’) I am obsessed with that car already, it has become my car totally. Mine! MINE! MUAHAHA!

This morning, as we were driving to work, I was once again, trying to place an Imperius-like charm on Suami Terchenta to place deposit on Persona.

‘Persona.’

‘No.’

‘Persona.’

‘No.’

‘Personaaa…’ with manja2 effect.

Suami Terchenta was about to open his mouth to say no again when the radio sang:

‘Persona, Persona… Persona permata hatiku…’ Adibah Noor crooned sweetly about Persona.

We were stunned. After Kak Dibah finished crooning, I turned to Suami Terchenta and said, solemnly,

‘And that, Suami Terchenta, is a sign to buy Persona.’ :p

Suami Terchenta: Our first anniversary gift, perhaps? ;)

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Procrastinate Me

Procrastinate is my biggest habit. Procrastinate, not procreate. I mean delayed actions, not get laid actions ok. Somehow I always mixed up the word ‘procrastinate’ and ‘procreate’, as often as the word ‘eject’ and ‘ejaculate’. (Imagine telling people, ‘Please ejaculate the CD from the player.’ Huff huff. )

It has a lot to do with the fact that whatever work that I like to pro-cre-ate, I mean pro-cras-ti-nate, does not stimulate me. Intellectually, I mean.

Due to my procrastination, I now have to struggle hard to write the Project Closure Report (also known as ‘Postmortem’ report) of the event I had, like, 3 weeks ago? Wow. *Scratch nose. Usually, my memory retention can extend up to only previous 3 days, let alone try to remember every details that happened 21 days ago. *Bang head on the keyboard over and over again.

P/S: 6.30pm: I’m still half-way ploughing through that stupid report. Dammit. I hate writing reports.

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