Conversation between Baby X and Little D masa bukak puasa. Mak Pak depa dengar je.
BX: Tadi Molly (bukan nama sebenar tapi pinjam nama Temah Molly$) fe*** keluar darah kat school..
LD: Bukan fe*** la, faraj!
BX: Aiyokkkk! Tatayokkk! Tak boleh sebut farajjj....! (tak tau dakyah mana dia dapat yg faraj is a bad word)
LD: BX cakap kat teacher tak?
BX: Cakap! BX cakap, 'teacher! Fe*** Molly keluar darah!
Ni mesti pasal dia kuat minum air shirap kan mummy! (budak pelat).
LD: Bukanla...kan Molly suka minum rebina ...sebab tu faraj dia keluar darah...(maknya kata kalau minum banyak air manis, akan dapat kencing manis..tak pernah pulak cakap faraj keluar darah. Agaknya kalau keluar warna hijau, mesti depa akan kata pasal suka minum air tebu...)
Pastu LD (yg agak exhibitionist sikit) nak pi cek faraj dia..tengah makan tu!
CK: Hey! Mana boleh cek faraj kat sini..
BX: A ah! Tu tunjuk kat shatan (syaitan)!
Paknya nak tersedak!
MG: Ha?! Tunjuk jantan??!
BX: Shatan...shatan...! (sambil muka pelik apsai paknya tak tau pasal shatan..)
$ Temah Ratu Jamu
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Tunggu je lah bonus from the BIGGEST boss..
I've nothing to write about tapi nak write jugak. I'm sleepy, have no opinion about anything whatsoever kecuali si SerapMuslim tu. But then cite dah basi (telurnya je yg tak basi2).....oh yes, kalau kajaan bagi bonus sebulan or separuh bulan gaji kat kakitangan awam, best jugak. But then again gaji dah naik dua kali katanya tahun ni je. Lagipun why should us kakitangan awam deserve a bonus? Buat kerja lembab, yg jaga kaunter muka tak pernah senyum, service cam terpaksa je, email tak pernah nak balas, kalau tepon khidmat pelanggan you get the run around...yes, tapi nak bonus. Camna tu? Of course dalam sebelanga susu tu adalah kut 4, 5 titik yg perform. Kalau dapat yg helpful, ceria, kita pulak yg terfikir..wah! Yes, jangan keriau i mengutuk kakitangan awam, because apparently i am one.
A few months ago, sekali tu during lunch time, i was at the office. Tefon berbunyi memula kat meja PA pastu merebak dari satu bilik ke satu bilik. Of course no one was around..i was, because err...it's my 'berlabuh' time (lebih rela tak makan dari missing out on my 'power nap'). Sampailah tefon i yg berbunyi. It came from a mum yg risau pasal anaknya..dia ada kemunsykilan. Masa tefon berbunyi, hati macam panas sikit: tak tau ke ni time rehat orang? Nasib baik bisikan syaitan itu berjaya ditewaskan. I answered all her questions. The mum was grateful. It could have easily been me any of us, kan? Including me yg salu bertefon, dr (vet), kenapa kucing saya bersin2 hari ni? Kenapa mata dia macam juling sikit? Kenapa pipi kembung sebelah? Esah cakap kat i, setinggi mana pangkat i satu hari nanti, ingat2lah orang kat bawah. Jangan berlagak, katanya. Jangan dissociate dari 'orang kebanyakan', katanya lagi. Ye memang senang nak lupa daratan especially when you have other people at your beck and call to do the 'dirty' work for you..I cakap kat Esah, kalau i jadi menyombong satu hari nanti, sila lempang i sebijik. Dia kata dia takkan lempang i, dia akan name and shame me on her blog (biasalah dia ni..)
Lepas tu, ada juniors ni..in actual fact, i bukanlah main SV diaorang..tapi dok sua2 thesis depa kat i. Memula tu nak tengok sekali lalu je...nasiblah kan..takkan nak sampai terbengkalai gua seniri punya lak kan? Sekali lagi syaitan tu berbisik utk buat tidak amanah gitu..bukankah i dah sign form yg mengatakan i co? Bukankah i am spending tax payers money to be where i'm at now, with the knowledge i've accumulated over the last 4 years? Takkan nak lepas tangan je seperti sesetengah SV tu buat kat students diaorg? Amanah dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab...memanglah kalau buat kerja gitu2 je bukannnya sapa nak dengar suara juniors tu mengomel pun kan? Ye lah, kita jaws, dia ikan bilis...still, jangan lupa hukum karma..
A few months ago, i mintak tolong kat co-researcher i ni, who also happened to be a colleague and also a struggling postgrad. He could have been my saviour..his path to obtain a phd degree cam2 i jugak..malah lebih teruk lagi. I thought he could help me and struggling as he was, i thought he would have understood more of my predicament. But you know what he said to me? Since his life was not made any easier by certain people in authority, he has vowed to not share his 'findings/data/expertise' with anyone else. That includes me yg ada sangkut paut dgn dia. I could only mengucap....this coming from someone yg i selalu kagum because can quote quranic verses macam bukak pili air je..lupa ke dia yg sekiranya dia melapangkan 'jalan' orang lain Allah akan melapangkan 'jalan'nya pula? Lagipun, apa sangkutpaut i dgn orang yg dah menzalimi dia? And last but not least, is he not my co-researcher? I termenung and terpikir. Adakah dia memang selamanya cenggini? You scratch my back, then only will i scratch yours? Hati i yg jahat ni cakap, haiyo, no wonderlah 'hidup' kau tu susah..Wallahualam, only Allah knows best.
Tu je lah ceritanya kali ni.
A few months ago, sekali tu during lunch time, i was at the office. Tefon berbunyi memula kat meja PA pastu merebak dari satu bilik ke satu bilik. Of course no one was around..i was, because err...it's my 'berlabuh' time (lebih rela tak makan dari missing out on my 'power nap'). Sampailah tefon i yg berbunyi. It came from a mum yg risau pasal anaknya..dia ada kemunsykilan. Masa tefon berbunyi, hati macam panas sikit: tak tau ke ni time rehat orang? Nasib baik bisikan syaitan itu berjaya ditewaskan. I answered all her questions. The mum was grateful. It could have easily been me any of us, kan? Including me yg salu bertefon, dr (vet), kenapa kucing saya bersin2 hari ni? Kenapa mata dia macam juling sikit? Kenapa pipi kembung sebelah? Esah cakap kat i, setinggi mana pangkat i satu hari nanti, ingat2lah orang kat bawah. Jangan berlagak, katanya. Jangan dissociate dari 'orang kebanyakan', katanya lagi. Ye memang senang nak lupa daratan especially when you have other people at your beck and call to do the 'dirty' work for you..I cakap kat Esah, kalau i jadi menyombong satu hari nanti, sila lempang i sebijik. Dia kata dia takkan lempang i, dia akan name and shame me on her blog (biasalah dia ni..)
Lepas tu, ada juniors ni..in actual fact, i bukanlah main SV diaorang..tapi dok sua2 thesis depa kat i. Memula tu nak tengok sekali lalu je...nasiblah kan..takkan nak sampai terbengkalai gua seniri punya lak kan? Sekali lagi syaitan tu berbisik utk buat tidak amanah gitu..bukankah i dah sign form yg mengatakan i co? Bukankah i am spending tax payers money to be where i'm at now, with the knowledge i've accumulated over the last 4 years? Takkan nak lepas tangan je seperti sesetengah SV tu buat kat students diaorg? Amanah dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab...memanglah kalau buat kerja gitu2 je bukannnya sapa nak dengar suara juniors tu mengomel pun kan? Ye lah, kita jaws, dia ikan bilis...still, jangan lupa hukum karma..
A few months ago, i mintak tolong kat co-researcher i ni, who also happened to be a colleague and also a struggling postgrad. He could have been my saviour..his path to obtain a phd degree cam2 i jugak..malah lebih teruk lagi. I thought he could help me and struggling as he was, i thought he would have understood more of my predicament. But you know what he said to me? Since his life was not made any easier by certain people in authority, he has vowed to not share his 'findings/data/expertise' with anyone else. That includes me yg ada sangkut paut dgn dia. I could only mengucap....this coming from someone yg i selalu kagum because can quote quranic verses macam bukak pili air je..lupa ke dia yg sekiranya dia melapangkan 'jalan' orang lain Allah akan melapangkan 'jalan'nya pula? Lagipun, apa sangkutpaut i dgn orang yg dah menzalimi dia? And last but not least, is he not my co-researcher? I termenung and terpikir. Adakah dia memang selamanya cenggini? You scratch my back, then only will i scratch yours? Hati i yg jahat ni cakap, haiyo, no wonderlah 'hidup' kau tu susah..Wallahualam, only Allah knows best.
Tu je lah ceritanya kali ni.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Kismet
Last week, i found a little cat at the office. Dok dia terlepok atas kerusi...i was on my way to the car. I bagi dia makan sekut kitty, dia tak nak makan. Bila pegang, bodynya terus lembik je..macam ragdoll. Aik..makan tak nak...lembik semacam je ni..tapi bunyi grrrrrrrr like any kucing manja. Sakit ke? Dah la canteen tak bukak because of puasa...how is the little cat going to fend for himself? Pastu my friend cakap, haa! Apalagi? Bawaklah balik! I didn't think twice...kalau pikir lelama mungkin i letak dia balik atas kerusi kut. Terbayang2 wajah pak tiri..terbayang2 wajah sendiri teghiak masa Princess Boyot mati. I keep telling myself, biarlah..bela je lah Monty dgn Ugi di hari tua mereka ni. No more cats please! Kalau sakit susah hati...kalau nak berjalan susah...kalau takde maid susah...kalau mati, kita lak yg cam mati laki. But like i told my colleague..it's kismet. The cat chose me..he so happened to be where i was that day. He didn't struggle when i bundled him into the car. Dok atas riba sepanjang2 jalan. Bila sampai rumah, seperti biasa Baby X akan berlari keluar rumah menyambut i kat kereta and tolong bukakkan pintu kereta. Waah! Apalagi, bila i suakan kitten tu kat dia...he got her at "hello" gittew. So, letak dia dalam cage kat luar rumah. I don't think i nak 'berkasih sayang' dgn kucing ni...cukuplah setakat bagi makan minum, jaga kebajikan but stay outside yeah...cam i mentioned tadi, ada 10 sebab why tak mau jatuh cinta lagi dgn mana2 kucing. Lagipun, imagine kucing kecik yg manja begini. Kalau ikutkan hati dia (and i) mau i simpan dia celah ketiak memalam..tapi sanggupkah nak berdepan dgn muka masam Pak tiri nanti???
The next day, took the kitten to the vet. He happens to be a she. And she's about 4 months old. Healthwise OK, perut je buncit mungkin ada cacing. Hmm...kat sapa i nak rehome kan kucing ni? A really nice, manja orangy she-cat. Yg bila kita pegang terus lembik badannya. So i told Baby X..i cakap kuat2 biar MG and maid dengar. 'Baby X..kita tak boleh simpan cat ni tau..daddy tak bagi..lagipun bibik dah banyak kerja jaga Abang Monty' kata i..(memancing perasaan budak ni). 'Nooooo!!! Ni cat Baby X! Tak boleh bagi kat Uncle King Tut dah (with whom i rehomed previous stray kittens). Ni Baby X punya! No, no, no!'
There you go..maid i rhope tak sampai hati pasal 'anak' kesayangan dia punya. Pak tiri, rhope gitu je laa.. kucing tu tak kacau pun hidup dia...(tunggulah...sikit2 kita masukkan dia ke rumah nanti..lepas vaccine nanti..). So, i decided that we should name the cat. Wanted to call her Saffy, short of Saffron since kaler dia kuning. Tapi kang, apa la perasaan Ugi when nama kawan tu punya la glamer and hers is like short form of "ugly". Kalau buh Ginger dah common sangat. So i called her "Kunyit"...baby X pun suka. Little D je protest, kata nama cat tu "Gliney"..huh?? Takde makna langsung. So i told her, no LD..names must have meaning (gila psycho mum..dgn anak pun tak mo beralah). Like Abang Monty is named after my teacher (because i am inspired by this teacher and also i thought Monty Python is so silly), Melly because she was so smelly when we got her and Ugi..well, daddy cakap dia 'ugly'.
Haaa?? Little D cakap sampai mata terbeliak2. Ugi tak uglyyyyy! Tak uglyyyyy! Dah budak tu emo. I think she took it up with MG kenapa cakap adik bulu dia ugly. See! Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. What the kids and i see are just plain Ugi..tak buruk pun .... who am i kidding? Rhopenya cam Scooby Doo but i still love her loads. Only kaler matanya yg hijau je yg seghope dgn maknya.
Anyway, Kunyit she is..except when Little D calls her.
P/S My colleague overheard the cleaners talking this morning. 'Mana yeah itu kucing warna kuning? Entah2 udah diambil orang?' Aiyok!! Mana i tau depa suka kat Kunyit tu. Apparently they have been feeding her with sekut. Padanlah masa i bagi makan haritu dia tak nak. And padanlah manja semacam. No way i nak gi own up kat cleaners tu..i told my colleague to tell them next time kalau terjumpa. Yg don't worry..she's off to a better life.
Btw, i called up MG kat ofis tadi. Told him that the cat has to stay indoors for the time being - kesian jerebu. Dia cakap, okaaaayyllllaaa! See..he's not that indifferent to the kitten.
The next day, took the kitten to the vet. He happens to be a she. And she's about 4 months old. Healthwise OK, perut je buncit mungkin ada cacing. Hmm...kat sapa i nak rehome kan kucing ni? A really nice, manja orangy she-cat. Yg bila kita pegang terus lembik badannya. So i told Baby X..i cakap kuat2 biar MG and maid dengar. 'Baby X..kita tak boleh simpan cat ni tau..daddy tak bagi..lagipun bibik dah banyak kerja jaga Abang Monty' kata i..(memancing perasaan budak ni). 'Nooooo!!! Ni cat Baby X! Tak boleh bagi kat Uncle King Tut dah (with whom i rehomed previous stray kittens). Ni Baby X punya! No, no, no!'
There you go..maid i rhope tak sampai hati pasal 'anak' kesayangan dia punya. Pak tiri, rhope gitu je laa.. kucing tu tak kacau pun hidup dia...(tunggulah...sikit2 kita masukkan dia ke rumah nanti..lepas vaccine nanti..). So, i decided that we should name the cat. Wanted to call her Saffy, short of Saffron since kaler dia kuning. Tapi kang, apa la perasaan Ugi when nama kawan tu punya la glamer and hers is like short form of "ugly". Kalau buh Ginger dah common sangat. So i called her "Kunyit"...baby X pun suka. Little D je protest, kata nama cat tu "Gliney"..huh?? Takde makna langsung. So i told her, no LD..names must have meaning (gila psycho mum..dgn anak pun tak mo beralah). Like Abang Monty is named after my teacher (because i am inspired by this teacher and also i thought Monty Python is so silly), Melly because she was so smelly when we got her and Ugi..well, daddy cakap dia 'ugly'.
Haaa?? Little D cakap sampai mata terbeliak2. Ugi tak uglyyyyy! Tak uglyyyyy! Dah budak tu emo. I think she took it up with MG kenapa cakap adik bulu dia ugly. See! Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. What the kids and i see are just plain Ugi..tak buruk pun .... who am i kidding? Rhopenya cam Scooby Doo but i still love her loads. Only kaler matanya yg hijau je yg seghope dgn maknya.
Anyway, Kunyit she is..except when Little D calls her.
P/S My colleague overheard the cleaners talking this morning. 'Mana yeah itu kucing warna kuning? Entah2 udah diambil orang?' Aiyok!! Mana i tau depa suka kat Kunyit tu. Apparently they have been feeding her with sekut. Padanlah masa i bagi makan haritu dia tak nak. And padanlah manja semacam. No way i nak gi own up kat cleaners tu..i told my colleague to tell them next time kalau terjumpa. Yg don't worry..she's off to a better life.
Btw, i called up MG kat ofis tadi. Told him that the cat has to stay indoors for the time being - kesian jerebu. Dia cakap, okaaaayyllllaaa! See..he's not that indifferent to the kitten.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Oh my doughnuts
I love doughnuts...sesapa yg pernah baca my earlier posts may be familiar with this obsession of mine....boleh rasa macam nak makan2 my maid (then) yg pau doughnut i...mengidam pun nak doughnuts...anniversary pun expect MG beli doughnuts. I came across this french doughnuts, diamond shaped unlike the normal ring ones, in new orleans..ceh..perasan...a blog that mentioned about this beignets in a N.O cafe. I tried making them, kena simpan semalam kat fridge. Rasanya...lembut...softer than any normal doughnuts (the ones i usually make hahaha!) But i think i prefer just plain sugared ones like these. Recipenya di sini.
Last Fri, conversation with Little D again. Ni masa buka puasa.
LD: Mummy, ada kawan LD ni dia tak puasa, dia makan sweet depan LD. Lepas tu dia tunjuk zakarnya. (btw, anak i yg ni pakai istilah buku teks ye utk 'benda' tu. Dia cakap cikgu ajar..so kat umah i tak main cakap fe*** or ko**)
CK: Haaah? (mak and paknya macam nak tersedak nasik..!) LD cakap kat teacher tak??!!
LD: Cakap! LD cakap, teacherrr....Abu (bukan nama sebenar) makan depan saya Teacher. Pastu Teacher pun marah dia..
Aik???? Yg bab flasher tu sikit LD tak heran..kesian si Abu yg mungkin cuba nak impress si LD. Contrary to what Esah is thinking i.e. yg Little D mungkin tak heran pasal dah biasa tengok kat rumah, err..tidak ye...tak sapa yg go around bolen* je kat rumah...Monty la kut...
*bogel
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Birds and bees
Episod 1
Little D: Mummy, LD ada dua boifren. (aiyok! Don't play2! Dua sekali!)
CK: Hah dua?
Little D: Aah..Adam A ngan Danish H.
CK: Mana boleh ada dua boifren?
Little D: Boleh...dua2 kacak...Rambut Adam A pacak tajam2...rambut Danish H pun pacak tapi tak tajam sangat..
(Ooo..she's into boys with spiky hair)
CK: Kacak macam daddy ke?
Little D: *buat muka*
CK: Mana boleh ada boifren?
Little D: Mummy tu boleh? Asyik nak bercintaaa je dgn daddy..
CK: Dah mummy nak bercinta dgn UncleNuar Jen tak dapat...
CK: LD, sapa beli sodalam LD?
Little D: Mummy ngan daddylah!
CK: Ok..selagi sodalam LD mummy atau daddy beli, selagi tu LD tak boleh bercinta atau nak boifren ok? Tengok cam daddy tu, Wan dah tak beli sodalam dia lah baru tu dia dapat kawin dgn mummy (!)
Episod 2
CK: Look LD, that's a mummy cat, ada baby dlm perut.
Little D: Kenapa dia ada baby dlm perut?
CK: Pasal dia dah kawin lah..
Little D: Mana ada! Cats tak kawin! Cats lekat2 ekor buat love..
CK: ???(Waah! Jah satu dah masuk bab 'persenyawaan' dlm sains ke??)
Little D: Mummy, LD ada dua boifren. (aiyok! Don't play2! Dua sekali!)
CK: Hah dua?
Little D: Aah..Adam A ngan Danish H.
CK: Mana boleh ada dua boifren?
Little D: Boleh...dua2 kacak...Rambut Adam A pacak tajam2...rambut Danish H pun pacak tapi tak tajam sangat..
(Ooo..she's into boys with spiky hair)
CK: Kacak macam daddy ke?
Little D: *buat muka*
CK: Mana boleh ada boifren?
Little D: Mummy tu boleh? Asyik nak bercintaaa je dgn daddy..
CK: Dah mummy nak bercinta dgn UncleNuar Jen tak dapat...
CK: LD, sapa beli sodalam LD?
Little D: Mummy ngan daddylah!
CK: Ok..selagi sodalam LD mummy atau daddy beli, selagi tu LD tak boleh bercinta atau nak boifren ok? Tengok cam daddy tu, Wan dah tak beli sodalam dia lah baru tu dia dapat kawin dgn mummy (!)
Episod 2
CK: Look LD, that's a mummy cat, ada baby dlm perut.
Little D: Kenapa dia ada baby dlm perut?
CK: Pasal dia dah kawin lah..
Little D: Mana ada! Cats tak kawin! Cats lekat2 ekor buat love..
CK: ???(Waah! Jah satu dah masuk bab 'persenyawaan' dlm sains ke??)
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Sembang morning coffee
Tajuk je tu...i sesungguhnya berpuasa uols...!
Ok, sebelum i start menceceh, i'm going to paste the baba ganoush recipe here and flat bread here. Hummus pulak kat sini. So idaklah terasa2 cam penampilan gambar2 makanan itu adalah tanpa arah tujuan. Both easy peasy only since i pun boleh buat, kan? And contrary to orang ittew yg ingat semua maid i yg buat, mintak maap sikit ye. Bibik ku ittew masakan yg berbaur tempe dan seangkatan dengannya boleh la...yg international dia wa pu chi tau. Btw, boleh tak sempena bulan ramadhan yg you kena berposer ni, makan yg berkhasiat sikit? And with that i don't mean maggi mee, lucozade or kuih raya. Pastu keriau2 kata takdak energy. Bila bulan poser makan sikit benar...bila bukan time poser boleh lak bantai nasik lapan pinggan kan? Tu tak tengok lagi performance you kat SushiKing...sapa tu..tak taulah kan..
Speaking of kasut merah, kenalah i jugak mewar2kan kat sini regarding the Help & Hope walk in the name of charity, since i satu2nya retis jemputan utk program tu. Hihihiihii..perasan! Anyway, let's beramal and at the same time keluar peluh and berfeeling2 sihat. Nak lagi gempak join gang kasut merah ataupun kalau uols dah ada kasut warna2 garang bak Padaiyappa, you can form your own group..ceria gittew (Btw, sapa nak tengok gambar boipren padaiyappa Esah, click here...that's where she gets all her bright colour ideas from).
OK, ni cite lain. Dulu2, ada sorang staff kat tempat kerja i, si Aunty chenna ni. Dia dah retire dah masa tu but sambung contract kat tempat we all. Setiap hari, dia masuk kerja kul between 630-640. She said, she couldn't sleep past 4am. So lepas siap2 mandi, siram pokok, dia pun masuk kerja. I terpikir masa tu, lor...gilo ko apo? I time tu jaman2 tu masih lagi golek gelantang atas katil or bersubuh gajah. Laa ni...guess sapa la pulak yg dapat penyakit camtu? Me! I so malas want to be caught in the morning traffic kan..so bulan poser ni, lepas makan tepi katil kurma 3 biji i pun rolled out of bed and dah siap mandi nunggu azan subuh je. Pastu bedak2 muka sikit and zup masuk keta. Yesterday i arrived at work at 650am. Itupun dah bawak keta sehabis selow and ditambahkan lagi pulak dgn mata rabun2 ayam ni..kalau tak maunya 630 terpacul kat office. Pastu barulah perasan...aiyaiyai...takdak orang lain you! Gelap lagi!! Mulalah cakap2 kat sesapa tah..aku ni nak kerja je...jangan kacau...BTW adik2 sekalian, jangan kata masa bulan poser takdak hantu ye..yg kena ikat adalah syaitan..yg jin2 tu masih free willy tau..Dah la opis ni bekas sepital..mesti depa ada yg nyanyi2 'it used to be my playground...'. OK2 i dah melalut sangat ni..Pastu i terfikir...waaahh kalau hari2 camni mesti productive gila...i get like 1.5 hours of work done before orang lain masuk kerja...haa..kalau nak balik awal kul 3 pun takde sapa nak keriau2..Yelah tu kan..what am i doing now?? Memenuhkan napsu serakah Esah and Piah (and ko jugak DLL oi) suh hapdate..hapdate! Yes...some days...i mungkin akan sambung tido atas sofa i ni..hahaha..buruknya perangai..But then what to do? Ngantuk tak ngantuk mesti datang kerja sebelum jem. And kalau mata masih ngantuk, how to perform? How to keluarkan idea2 yg bernaskan? MG always says that we all ni ngabihkan boreh je (and Esah always dengkikan sofa kat ofisku ini)...but then he wouldn't undertand people in academia ni..dalam masa tengah meneran pun otak tu boleh berfikir pasal methodology (i ingat i sorang je yg buat kerja ni..rhope2nya my ex-little boss from workplace B pun cenggini gak gayanya..haa..dia tu excellent gila..idea bernas berlambak2). Haa, dalam sedap2 korang tido malam dapat la pulak phone call cemana nak proceed dgn this procedure or that..ko ado?
Righty ho, sembang kosong je pagi ni. Pas bukak poser kang, i bergossip ye?
P/S Kad raya and hadiah secumit tu dah sampai?
Ok, sebelum i start menceceh, i'm going to paste the baba ganoush recipe here and flat bread here. Hummus pulak kat sini. So idaklah terasa2 cam penampilan gambar2 makanan itu adalah tanpa arah tujuan. Both easy peasy only since i pun boleh buat, kan? And contrary to orang ittew yg ingat semua maid i yg buat, mintak maap sikit ye. Bibik ku ittew masakan yg berbaur tempe dan seangkatan dengannya boleh la...yg international dia wa pu chi tau. Btw, boleh tak sempena bulan ramadhan yg you kena berposer ni, makan yg berkhasiat sikit? And with that i don't mean maggi mee, lucozade or kuih raya. Pastu keriau2 kata takdak energy. Bila bulan poser makan sikit benar...bila bukan time poser boleh lak bantai nasik lapan pinggan kan? Tu tak tengok lagi performance you kat SushiKing...sapa tu..tak taulah kan..
Speaking of kasut merah, kenalah i jugak mewar2kan kat sini regarding the Help & Hope walk in the name of charity, since i satu2nya retis jemputan utk program tu. Hihihiihii..perasan! Anyway, let's beramal and at the same time keluar peluh and berfeeling2 sihat. Nak lagi gempak join gang kasut merah ataupun kalau uols dah ada kasut warna2 garang bak Padaiyappa, you can form your own group..ceria gittew (Btw, sapa nak tengok gambar boipren padaiyappa Esah, click here...that's where she gets all her bright colour ideas from).
OK, ni cite lain. Dulu2, ada sorang staff kat tempat kerja i, si Aunty chenna ni. Dia dah retire dah masa tu but sambung contract kat tempat we all. Setiap hari, dia masuk kerja kul between 630-640. She said, she couldn't sleep past 4am. So lepas siap2 mandi, siram pokok, dia pun masuk kerja. I terpikir masa tu, lor...gilo ko apo? I time tu jaman2 tu masih lagi golek gelantang atas katil or bersubuh gajah. Laa ni...guess sapa la pulak yg dapat penyakit camtu? Me! I so malas want to be caught in the morning traffic kan..so bulan poser ni, lepas makan tepi katil kurma 3 biji i pun rolled out of bed and dah siap mandi nunggu azan subuh je. Pastu bedak2 muka sikit and zup masuk keta. Yesterday i arrived at work at 650am. Itupun dah bawak keta sehabis selow and ditambahkan lagi pulak dgn mata rabun2 ayam ni..kalau tak maunya 630 terpacul kat office. Pastu barulah perasan...aiyaiyai...takdak orang lain you! Gelap lagi!! Mulalah cakap2 kat sesapa tah..aku ni nak kerja je...jangan kacau...BTW adik2 sekalian, jangan kata masa bulan poser takdak hantu ye..yg kena ikat adalah syaitan..yg jin2 tu masih free willy tau..Dah la opis ni bekas sepital..mesti depa ada yg nyanyi2 'it used to be my playground...'. OK2 i dah melalut sangat ni..Pastu i terfikir...waaahh kalau hari2 camni mesti productive gila...i get like 1.5 hours of work done before orang lain masuk kerja...haa..kalau nak balik awal kul 3 pun takde sapa nak keriau2..Yelah tu kan..what am i doing now?? Memenuhkan napsu serakah Esah and Piah (and ko jugak DLL oi) suh hapdate..hapdate! Yes...some days...i mungkin akan sambung tido atas sofa i ni..hahaha..buruknya perangai..But then what to do? Ngantuk tak ngantuk mesti datang kerja sebelum jem. And kalau mata masih ngantuk, how to perform? How to keluarkan idea2 yg bernaskan? MG always says that we all ni ngabihkan boreh je (and Esah always dengkikan sofa kat ofisku ini)...but then he wouldn't undertand people in academia ni..dalam masa tengah meneran pun otak tu boleh berfikir pasal methodology (i ingat i sorang je yg buat kerja ni..rhope2nya my ex-little boss from workplace B pun cenggini gak gayanya..haa..dia tu excellent gila..idea bernas berlambak2). Haa, dalam sedap2 korang tido malam dapat la pulak phone call cemana nak proceed dgn this procedure or that..ko ado?
Righty ho, sembang kosong je pagi ni. Pas bukak poser kang, i bergossip ye?
P/S Kad raya and hadiah secumit tu dah sampai?
Monday, July 15, 2013
Yummy Arabs
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| Arab experience #1 |
A platter of baba ganoush and vege. With nan bread (not in the picture).
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| Arab experience #2 |
Hummus, nan bread and tomato salad.
Bila MG memula dapat kerja kat company sekarang, bukan main teruja lagi dia. Almaklumlah...ramai espeks kat 'bandar' tu gittew. So, he said, i'm going 'international' sesambil fluffed up (tepuk2 dada cam KingKong - btw, ni i yg tambah). Laa ni, bandar tu dah semakin membangun, and banyaklah restoran2 yg berselera 'international'. And the best thing is, sepelaung je dari rumah we all. Tapi...pakcik ni kan...bila dia tanya i weekend2 nak makan apa? So i said, Korean. Argh! Taknaklah, katanya. Japang? Tanya i lagi.... Tak best katanya..pulak! Kata 'international'....! Balik2 fusion, matsaleh, fusion, matsaleh! Kalau budak2 dengar soklan nak makan mana, depa pulak lagi..MekD, Cili, MekD, Cili.. Cemana i nak fefeeling international ni? Sesudahnya, i pi makan Betnam ke, Korean ke, Japang ke, dgn office colleagues or sensorang.
A few weeks ago, i discovered this blog.This lady (no no no, bukan Mak Piah ye..walaupun i tengah nak menceritakan pasal Arab experience ni..kalau cerita Arab stallion baru you tanya dia, kay?) menceritakan her experience being in Turkey, married to a Turk and the cuisine..thing is, i was in Istanbul many years ago..although i love the place and appreciate their many good looking people, i just couldn't find anything special with their food. Breakfast setiap hari at the hotel was flat bread, white cheese, olives, tomatoes, butter, yoghurt. Itulah hari2...But i must say that i wasn't adventurous then. Bila makan, pi MekD, boleh? Tak berani nak nerai 'pretzels' tepi jalan or masuk restoran2 depa. So, while reading this akak's blog, i couldn't get their food out of my mind (or Arablah, hopefully similar to theirs). I merengek kat MG jom la pi makan arab..the weekend that we went to have it, what i didn't tell him was, i already went for Arab food twice that week with my colleagues. Pastu, one more time before pose. 4X in the short span of 1.5 weeks! When i want to eat something, bila dah macam terasa2 kat tekak, i really cannot get it out of my mind. The time yg i really nak makan Arab sesangat tu, told MG, pastu he said, jom pi KayhelCC. I ingat2 lupa whether ada ke restoran arab kat situ...rhope2nya takde and main objective dia pulak pasal nak bershopping, boleh?? Dan budak2 tu bila dah terlepaih ke KeyhelCC, of courselah bila pak tanya, nak makan mana? Cili! Kata depa. Tension maknya tau!
Pastu i was itching to create the experience at home....dok google recipe flat bread and baba ganoush. So we had that as accompaniment for buka pose...jenuh nguli doh roti. My kids, maid and MG are not really into 'strange' food (MG makan buat cukup syarat je..arabian experience yg dia nak is belly dancing je katanya..buat berlambak...so, kena le bagi kat orang yg makan segala mak nenek 'international' dak? Which happened to be in the form of maid rumah depan dgn majikannya Pak U. Dua kali buat, dua kali diaorg merasa...hopefully takdalah depa kata dlm hati, dah dah la tu oi! I've satisfied my curiosity (if i had MIL arab, she would have been proud of me!)..tahun depan baru buat lagi kut..unless i get myself a breadmaker (yooohooooo Esah laling...i nak breadmaker on top of Kitchenaid ye...while you are at it, air fryer would be nice too..)
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Adele -edited
Pastu Adele penat. Tidur menonggeng sampai ke pagi.
p/s Agak2nya Esah akan hamput i ke hapdates asyik gambar or video je? I'm dying to bercerita tapi segan pulak ong kata bulan poser pun tak reti nak zip mulut..
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Cat selingan
Sent by Maxis from my BlackBerry® smartphone
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Gewamp! Gewampppppp!
I ni peminat Suzana Ghazali, lawyer, marital counsellor. Tadi, this appeared on her fb wall.
"Sebelum menerima sesi temujanji menerusi telefon kejap lagi, nak kongsi satu kes diterima petang tadi. Berkahwin 8 tahun lepas atas dasar suka sama suka. Selepas 3 bulan berkahwin, kantoi suaminya terlibat dengan ganja. Bila diadu kepada ibu mertua, katanya: "Biasa lah tu, nanti dia berubah lah tu." Dia pun bersabar dan berdoa suami berubah. Tak lama, suami mula tak bekerja. Dia bekerja dan tinggalkan anak perempuan berusia 4 tahun dan anak lelaki berusia 2 tahun dengan suami. Satu hari bila balik dari kerja, dia perasan anak perempuannya menangis. Diselidik, ada tompokan darah kat seluar si anak. Bila ditanya, jawab si anak, ayah tidur atas kakak. Anak dibawa untuk pemeriksaan, memang ada kesan koyak tanda dicabul. Keluarga dimaklumkan tapi ibu mertua malah keluarganya sendiri, minta si isteri tidak buat aduan kepada polis, nanti memalukan semua ahli keluarga. Lagi pun anak kecik lagi, nanti makin besar, dia akan lupa. Itu yg berlaku pada tahun 2010. Jun 2012, suami dapat kerja yg agak baik, pendapatan tinggi antara RM7K hingga RM10K tapi sejak itu, suami tak pernah tidur di rumah. Balik hanya untuk tukar baju. Isteri disuruh berhenti kerja dan berikan perhatian kepada anak2. Duit belanja kadang2 diberi, kerap kali perlu diminta. Isteri pernah menjejak tempat kerja suami dan menangkap suami bersama wanita. Kes diadu kepada mertua, disuruh terus sabar saja. Ibu dan ayah sendiri pun serupa, sabar dan berdoa saja. Jangan terfikir nak buat apa2 sebab pantang keturunannya bercerai berai. Terkini, minggu lepas si isteri sekali lagi mengantoikan suami hingga hampir dipukul. Isteri nekad nak cerai tapi kata ibu ayahnya: "Kau jangan nak cerai. Kalau kau cerai, jangan nak balik duk rumah ni."
***Saya sedang usahakan sesuatu buat wanita ini dan dia sendiri perlu lakukan sesuatu bagi membantu usaha saya menolongnya. Mohon doakan urusan wanita ini dipermudahkan. Terima kasih!"
Yang I geramnya, orang2 yg comment tu mostly cakap, semoga wanita itu diberi kekuatan, kesabaran etc .
Ada pulak yg cakap, semoga suami dan keluarganya diberi hidayah. Ada sorang dua je cakap yg laki tu patut disula.
Wake up woman! Not just to the woman in question but also to all women, mothers out there. Anak adalah amanah dari Allah, tanggungjawab kita! Nyawa kita! If we are not the one to protect them, siapa lagi?? Sebab sikap ibu yg lemau camtu lah penderaan, pencabulan kanak2 sangat berleluasa sekarang. Baru2 ni, pasangan suami isteri yg dera anak2 pompuan tu yg kena penjara. Masih ingat lagi pada aruah Syafia? Yg kena sepak terajang dgn boipren maknya? No one cared enough for her, not the atuk, the mum, sedara mara...
Pasal fb case ni..Nak bersabar apa dgn laki macam tu? Nak hormat apa dgn inlaws or ibu bapa macam tu? Anak tu dah takde tempat lain nak bergantung selain dari kita, maknya. Seriously! The mum should be lempang 45x! Please la don't tell me that I don't understand the situation that she is in...no no no...where my children are concerned, baik yg tak berbulu or berbulu, kasih pada diaorg ni tiada galang gantinya.
Mothers, please protect your children.
Sent by Maxis from my BlackBerry® smartphone
"Sebelum menerima sesi temujanji menerusi telefon kejap lagi, nak kongsi satu kes diterima petang tadi. Berkahwin 8 tahun lepas atas dasar suka sama suka. Selepas 3 bulan berkahwin, kantoi suaminya terlibat dengan ganja. Bila diadu kepada ibu mertua, katanya: "Biasa lah tu, nanti dia berubah lah tu." Dia pun bersabar dan berdoa suami berubah. Tak lama, suami mula tak bekerja. Dia bekerja dan tinggalkan anak perempuan berusia 4 tahun dan anak lelaki berusia 2 tahun dengan suami. Satu hari bila balik dari kerja, dia perasan anak perempuannya menangis. Diselidik, ada tompokan darah kat seluar si anak. Bila ditanya, jawab si anak, ayah tidur atas kakak. Anak dibawa untuk pemeriksaan, memang ada kesan koyak tanda dicabul. Keluarga dimaklumkan tapi ibu mertua malah keluarganya sendiri, minta si isteri tidak buat aduan kepada polis, nanti memalukan semua ahli keluarga. Lagi pun anak kecik lagi, nanti makin besar, dia akan lupa. Itu yg berlaku pada tahun 2010. Jun 2012, suami dapat kerja yg agak baik, pendapatan tinggi antara RM7K hingga RM10K tapi sejak itu, suami tak pernah tidur di rumah. Balik hanya untuk tukar baju. Isteri disuruh berhenti kerja dan berikan perhatian kepada anak2. Duit belanja kadang2 diberi, kerap kali perlu diminta. Isteri pernah menjejak tempat kerja suami dan menangkap suami bersama wanita. Kes diadu kepada mertua, disuruh terus sabar saja. Ibu dan ayah sendiri pun serupa, sabar dan berdoa saja. Jangan terfikir nak buat apa2 sebab pantang keturunannya bercerai berai. Terkini, minggu lepas si isteri sekali lagi mengantoikan suami hingga hampir dipukul. Isteri nekad nak cerai tapi kata ibu ayahnya: "Kau jangan nak cerai. Kalau kau cerai, jangan nak balik duk rumah ni."
***Saya sedang usahakan sesuatu buat wanita ini dan dia sendiri perlu lakukan sesuatu bagi membantu usaha saya menolongnya. Mohon doakan urusan wanita ini dipermudahkan. Terima kasih!"
Yang I geramnya, orang2 yg comment tu mostly cakap, semoga wanita itu diberi kekuatan, kesabaran etc .
Ada pulak yg cakap, semoga suami dan keluarganya diberi hidayah. Ada sorang dua je cakap yg laki tu patut disula.
Wake up woman! Not just to the woman in question but also to all women, mothers out there. Anak adalah amanah dari Allah, tanggungjawab kita! Nyawa kita! If we are not the one to protect them, siapa lagi?? Sebab sikap ibu yg lemau camtu lah penderaan, pencabulan kanak2 sangat berleluasa sekarang. Baru2 ni, pasangan suami isteri yg dera anak2 pompuan tu yg kena penjara. Masih ingat lagi pada aruah Syafia? Yg kena sepak terajang dgn boipren maknya? No one cared enough for her, not the atuk, the mum, sedara mara...
Pasal fb case ni..Nak bersabar apa dgn laki macam tu? Nak hormat apa dgn inlaws or ibu bapa macam tu? Anak tu dah takde tempat lain nak bergantung selain dari kita, maknya. Seriously! The mum should be lempang 45x! Please la don't tell me that I don't understand the situation that she is in...no no no...where my children are concerned, baik yg tak berbulu or berbulu, kasih pada diaorg ni tiada galang gantinya.
Mothers, please protect your children.
Sent by Maxis from my BlackBerry® smartphone
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Evolution
Hellooo! Kepada pemenang2 peraduan merah mak ngah i.e. N82, Anon July2nd and CN (Ok la kasi can although i'm not quite sure whether you actually meant orang kawin or there's a sambungan to the iklan tunjuk hari raya pulak), please email me your add (monmelly@yahoo.com) so that i can post your presents. Kecik je tau..barangan in the name of charity. Hope you'll like it.
Untuk Esah dan konco2nya (yg tak mencuba tapi hingar bingar je), lain kali cuba lagi, jangan jaki!
Esah dah hapdate pasal kerjayanya...so has MakPiah...therefore i hapdate pasal kerja...lainkali je. Haha! Today i'd like to talk about friends.
I'm a very private person...bukanlah kerana i ni bajet diva, tapi i pemalu uols. I don't know how people can have like 800 friends on their fb friend list. I have less than 150...i tried to keep it under 100...tapi tak berjaya. Of course dari 150 tu, i may only interact with a handful. Yang lelain tu requested to be my fb friends. Once in a while i do 'tidy up' my friend list..because i ni memang ada penyakit..kalau benda lama tak digunakan, i lupus. So, adalah a few names yg i lupuskan. Not that these people pissed me off or what..i just tak suka semak2..real life or virtual, i must get rid of my clutter. These are the people yg masa sekolah dulu pun idaklah diaorang nak bercakap dgn i, kan. Tup2 requested to be fb friends..then still tak berinteraksi dgn i...so...perlukah?
I thought fb is bad enough..then whatsapp appeared. Sesuka hatinya i diinvite ke group kengkawan sekolah. I dok diam macam kekura..tak menguit langsung. I left high school more than 20 years ago...adalah sorang dua yg masih keep in touch because ni set2 yg masuk uni sama, profession pun nak dekat sama. The rest? I mean, we haven't heard from each other for so many years, suddenly, sorang ni cakap, i miss you guys soooo much! Err...right! So kalau miss sangat, for the last 20 years dia buat apa kan? Takdelah pulak bekerja keras to track us down or jemput kita datang kawin dia, dak? Then sorang ni pulak, kejap ada kejap takde. Dengar cerita, keluar masuk Malaya ikut husband yg jadi expat sana sini. Bila balik Malaya, kenkadang dia akan buat gathering, then she'd say, let's keep in touch. Most of the times bila balik tu, senyappp je. Kita message kat fb tak balas....then bila ada masalah berkaitan dengan 'kerja' i (oklah, masuk sikit2 cite pasal kerjaya i), pandai pulak dia mencari tuh. Once, i sorted her out. Brought her to meet the relevant person..tak yah keluar duit langsung. So, depa laki bini kata, jom, we all nak belanja lunch ni...ko tau depa bawak i pi mana Esah?? Food court hokay! Bukanlah i ni tak betah makan kat food court but kata nak catch up on old times, so, how to talk dgn hingar bingar food court KeyhellCC tu? I already saved them about 15k, laki orang minyak international, err...takkan tak mampu nak bawak i ke KFC ke....at leastlah kan..Baru2 ni takde ribut takde hujan, tetiba je dapat sms dari dia, yg ada masalah berkaitan dgn 'kerja' i..i wanted to rise above perasaan yg jahat ni..but i kecundang. I ignored the message...because i thought at least, angkatlah tepon kan...Dahla selama ni pun ko senyaaappp je...
This wasap group ni diterajui dan dipenuhi oleh wanita2 yg berpelajaran tinggi tetapi chose to become SAHM. So kejap2 dah brunch kat sini, kejap2 dah kat sinun. Sementara menunggu nak ambik anak dari sekolah, tuitionlah, swimming classlah, ballet etc. As bff i si Setazah Munah puts it, the idea of meeting up for brunch amidst ferrying their kids here and there is so close to perfection that makes her want to weep (this is coming from someone who sometimes sleeps at her office to get work done). I pulak? Takdelah tak leh pi brunch munch tu...but..after many, many years, i don't think we have anything in common anymore. Kat wasap chat tu, nobody swears..nobody gossips...nobody talks about shajazel or abby abadi....imagine macam pi AA meeting or weight watchers where everyone is so nice and supportive. It's like chatting to ten of ProfMuh@y@'s clones at the same time (not that i have anything against PM, bless her). I have evolved. I need different kind of friends now. Maybe also, i'm still me but they have all become better people.
Don't i make new friends? I do...in the most unlikely way. Nak berkawan ni tak boleh paksa2 diri. You just tau bila you 'click' dengan orang tu. And you just tau yg through good times or bad, they are here to stay. Friendship cannot be based on lies. And tak yah la cakap, i just nak kawan dengan you, tak boleh ke? Style cenggini kalau you tu masih kat tadika, boleh la kut. Atau pun you tu jantan and berminat kat i yang pompuan ni (ni perumpamaan je lah..) So pada awak yg stalk kawan saya Esah tu, udah2 le tu. Awak tipu dia pastu awak expect dia nak berkawan dgn awak??? Pi la stalk ArunAjis ke, AnuarJen ke..untung2 awak dapat masuk tv or jadi bini depa!
OK, di sini saja pesanan kemasyarakatan i. Taraa!
Untuk Esah dan konco2nya (yg tak mencuba tapi hingar bingar je), lain kali cuba lagi, jangan jaki!
Esah dah hapdate pasal kerjayanya...so has MakPiah...therefore i hapdate pasal kerja...lainkali je. Haha! Today i'd like to talk about friends.
I'm a very private person...bukanlah kerana i ni bajet diva, tapi i pemalu uols. I don't know how people can have like 800 friends on their fb friend list. I have less than 150...i tried to keep it under 100...tapi tak berjaya. Of course dari 150 tu, i may only interact with a handful. Yang lelain tu requested to be my fb friends. Once in a while i do 'tidy up' my friend list..because i ni memang ada penyakit..kalau benda lama tak digunakan, i lupus. So, adalah a few names yg i lupuskan. Not that these people pissed me off or what..i just tak suka semak2..real life or virtual, i must get rid of my clutter. These are the people yg masa sekolah dulu pun idaklah diaorang nak bercakap dgn i, kan. Tup2 requested to be fb friends..then still tak berinteraksi dgn i...so...perlukah?
I thought fb is bad enough..then whatsapp appeared. Sesuka hatinya i diinvite ke group kengkawan sekolah. I dok diam macam kekura..tak menguit langsung. I left high school more than 20 years ago...adalah sorang dua yg masih keep in touch because ni set2 yg masuk uni sama, profession pun nak dekat sama. The rest? I mean, we haven't heard from each other for so many years, suddenly, sorang ni cakap, i miss you guys soooo much! Err...right! So kalau miss sangat, for the last 20 years dia buat apa kan? Takdelah pulak bekerja keras to track us down or jemput kita datang kawin dia, dak? Then sorang ni pulak, kejap ada kejap takde. Dengar cerita, keluar masuk Malaya ikut husband yg jadi expat sana sini. Bila balik Malaya, kenkadang dia akan buat gathering, then she'd say, let's keep in touch. Most of the times bila balik tu, senyappp je. Kita message kat fb tak balas....then bila ada masalah berkaitan dengan 'kerja' i (oklah, masuk sikit2 cite pasal kerjaya i), pandai pulak dia mencari tuh. Once, i sorted her out. Brought her to meet the relevant person..tak yah keluar duit langsung. So, depa laki bini kata, jom, we all nak belanja lunch ni...ko tau depa bawak i pi mana Esah?? Food court hokay! Bukanlah i ni tak betah makan kat food court but kata nak catch up on old times, so, how to talk dgn hingar bingar food court KeyhellCC tu? I already saved them about 15k, laki orang minyak international, err...takkan tak mampu nak bawak i ke KFC ke....at leastlah kan..Baru2 ni takde ribut takde hujan, tetiba je dapat sms dari dia, yg ada masalah berkaitan dgn 'kerja' i..i wanted to rise above perasaan yg jahat ni..but i kecundang. I ignored the message...because i thought at least, angkatlah tepon kan...Dahla selama ni pun ko senyaaappp je...
This wasap group ni diterajui dan dipenuhi oleh wanita2 yg berpelajaran tinggi tetapi chose to become SAHM. So kejap2 dah brunch kat sini, kejap2 dah kat sinun. Sementara menunggu nak ambik anak dari sekolah, tuitionlah, swimming classlah, ballet etc. As bff i si Setazah Munah puts it, the idea of meeting up for brunch amidst ferrying their kids here and there is so close to perfection that makes her want to weep (this is coming from someone who sometimes sleeps at her office to get work done). I pulak? Takdelah tak leh pi brunch munch tu...but..after many, many years, i don't think we have anything in common anymore. Kat wasap chat tu, nobody swears..nobody gossips...nobody talks about shajazel or abby abadi....imagine macam pi AA meeting or weight watchers where everyone is so nice and supportive. It's like chatting to ten of ProfMuh@y@'s clones at the same time (not that i have anything against PM, bless her). I have evolved. I need different kind of friends now. Maybe also, i'm still me but they have all become better people.
Don't i make new friends? I do...in the most unlikely way. Nak berkawan ni tak boleh paksa2 diri. You just tau bila you 'click' dengan orang tu. And you just tau yg through good times or bad, they are here to stay. Friendship cannot be based on lies. And tak yah la cakap, i just nak kawan dengan you, tak boleh ke? Style cenggini kalau you tu masih kat tadika, boleh la kut. Atau pun you tu jantan and berminat kat i yang pompuan ni (ni perumpamaan je lah..) So pada awak yg stalk kawan saya Esah tu, udah2 le tu. Awak tipu dia pastu awak expect dia nak berkawan dgn awak??? Pi la stalk ArunAjis ke, AnuarJen ke..untung2 awak dapat masuk tv or jadi bini depa!
OK, di sini saja pesanan kemasyarakatan i. Taraa!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Fashionista
Little D's career as a swimmer is short lived. Baru maknya verangan2 nak jadi the 'person behind the sportswoman of the year' 2020 gittew . (Mesti MG cakap, ceh! Aku yang pi tunggu budak tu tiap2 malam!). We sent her for the lesson utk dia belajar teknik yang betul. Memang le Little D tu lemah gemalai je...and she's easily distracted also. But then, after one month, we were told that she had been selected to join the competitive swimming class. I think this is where they train these kids to become competitive swimmers. Berbunga2 hati maknya. The downside to it was dari kelas sabtu pagi, she had to attend evening classes, 2 jam, 6 hari seminggu. On some days ada buat training atas daratan sejam then masuk air sejam. That was her routine for over a month. Most of the times, MG yg teman dia. Maknya pergi sama kalau takde hal yg berbangkit (cewah cam minit mesyuarat pulak). Maknya teman sensorang tak pernah...i'm still a bat, post lasik, remember? This shortcoming is sometimes a blessing like not having to drive Little D to her swimming classes or having a supir yg menghantar i balik ke rumah kalau berpeleseran dan terlajak lepas waktu Maghrib (sayang EsahJuon!). Anyway, I told MG, well...since our girl is gonna be a swimmer, she'd need a more serious swimming attire..besides the one she had yg ada skirt cam so girly, girly (Paknya yg belikan, pi shopping dgn anak2 je. What do you expect? MG suka anak2 jadi 'princess'). So he got her one, seriouslah sikit rhopenya walaupun still warna pink. And then i told him, she can't be running in her crocs or kaki ayam...she'd need a pair of trainers. What i had in mind was some cheapo B@ta, BM2000, FunKeong, BubbleGummers what have you? Wujud ke lagi brand2 zaman i tu? But you catch my drift kan? No need mahal ones laaa...lagipun lari atas simen. Lagipun menengokkan performancenya, dalam air ke, atas daratan ke, lemah gemalai tu tak hilang. But no no no! This is anak MG we are talking about...he said, apa2 pun gaya mesti ada..(eh, deja vu pulak bunyinya...my BFF and i at work had a pledge before that we may not know or contribute much at work, tapi gaya mesti ada, boleh?) So, day one pi MV, tak jumpa yg pak berkenan. Day two baru jumpa...don't play2 ok! Warna merah! Kalau tak laju lagi lari, tak taulah. I thought they were cute..merah menyala gittew. Apa2 pun anakkulah yg paling bergaya bila dia lari malam tu. The fact that err....dia salu last belakang kira...Then, after one month plus gitu, Little D mulalah cam banyak bagi alasan bila nak pi swimming class tu. Memula dulu, balik dari kafa je, makan2, mandi solat terus melompat siap dgn swimming attirenya menunggu paknya hantar. La ni, dia cakap dia penatlah, banyak homeworklah etc. Then i asked her, do you still want to go for the classes or you don't feel like it anymore? Dia cakap dia salu penat. Korek punya korek, rhopenya dia tak suka dgn coach dia yg garang (albeit sungguh comel, badan bentuk V yg maknya suka usha itu). So, i told her, 'No! You are going! This is life, so, tough! No child of mine is a quitter!' Fuh! Mesti uols akan ingat i ni kejamkan...? Itu lakonan semata2 lah..i'm no Tiger Mum. I terfikir...sian anak aku..she's facing her own DarthVader..i yg umur dah berbulu ni pun nak terkincit dengar sore my DarthVader..apalagi yg dia baru 7 tahun. So, i told her, it's OK. If you don't want to go anymore, it's fine with me. I won't force you. Anyway, you already know how to swim. So, adalah pakai kasut merah mak ngah (haa..uols tau/ ingat tak why we call merah mak ngah..cepat..ni soalan quiz ni. Sapa betul and cepat jawab dapat hadiah...adala....) tu 2, 3 kali kut....
Then we went to spend the night at that hotel recently. Selalunya MG yg akan masuk air dgn bebudak. Kali ni dia asyik lesap ke gym je kerojenya....but yg bestnya, gym sebelah swimming pool. Glass wall....fuh! Dari jauh lagi mata i yg rabun ni nampak ada jejaka sedang lari like there's no tomorrow on the threadmill. Siap dgn seluar ketat exercise yg means business tu (bila dia shopping seluar ni pun, gua tak tau)...tapi yg nampak jelas di mata i ialah.....woi! Trainers merah uols! No wonderlah like father like daughter...! Sila jamu mata kasut padaiyappa and miss ammapoddi kat bawah ni.. (yes, i dengki..kasut trainers ku punyalah understated (read: square) gittew..(You can see it here: http://www.makbulu.blogspot.com/2012/09/freedom.html). Bila i cakap, wahhh you kasut merah yeah, soooo look-at-me loud. He said, eh, orang sekarang memanglah pakai yg warna striking! Kekwat sangat kan?...Btw, kasut i yg understated di atas tu telah dicopet. Untuk makluman kepada sesapa yg sedang organise larian amal ittew, harap maklum yg saya sedang melalui zaman kejatuhan ekonomi sekarang ni, dengan itu, sila jadikan saya urusetia sahaja pada hari tersebut. Melainkan awak nak bagi duit raya kat saya tahun ini..
Ok, let's masuk bab minyak wangi pulak. Pada suatu masa dahulu, Esah bawak balik minyak wangi ke Malaya. Pastu dia bukak bundut and bagi i satu, loyar sabung ayam satu...cam SantaClaus gittew..free2 je. Waah...baunya sungguh semerbak...cam air mawar yg orang mati tu (ni bukan i cakap tapi Esah sendiri). I have never come across that brand before but according to her, ni feveret kerabat diraja sana (she should know because she is the Queen's secretary (in her mindlah uols). Lepas tu, satu hari, MG sibuk bawak i masuk isetan pasai dia nak check minyak wangi katanya. I said cap apa? Dia kata cap bla bla...i said, how come you know one? (fuh, skipping bukit habih). Dia kata...adala...(wooo..berlagak...). Sibuk dia belek2, pancut sana pancut sini (elo, Esah and Temah Molly, ni bukan your kind of pancut ye). I said, aiyo, rhege dia obscene sikit la dari yg biasa2....Esah nak balik ni...boleh tak you tunggu je, kita kirim kat dia? I ingat i berjaya mengekang nafsu serakah MG...tup tup masa balik dari hotel tu and i tengah kemas bag, i pikir, eh, bila pulak aku bawak minyak wangi ni? Laaaa...rhope2nya pakcik dah beli senyap2 dulu! Dia punya yg ketot sikit on the left. Pastu bila Esah balik bebaru ni, i pun berlagaklah tayang lagi dua botol yg i baru dapat tu...MG cakap, it's not the same as buying it with your own money...Eleh...! Whatever!! Btw, uols2 kat office MG, if you think he smells nice, bukan hanya disebabkan perfume kat bawah tu..dia ada macam2 jenis lain uols! Ada bau serai, tembakau, BrekPik (cam la i pernah terbau BP kan?) apa lagi? Dia sampai sekarang taknak bagitau mana dia tau pasai perfume tu. Biarlah rahsia kekdahnya..I taknah la pulak nengok iklan kat majalah nona, jelita, herworld, mangga, mempelam etc. But then again, i tak baca mags tu..mahai!
Eh, lupa nak cakap, Esah pun pakai kasut merah ammapoddi macam di atas masa dia balik aritu..i'm so not worthy you! Memang terserlah gaya Hinglen mari depa ni...
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