a new found furry a-mi-nal i could love

last night while i was out i saw a rather weird but adorable looking exotic animal, clinging on this guys t-shirt, and out of curiosity i made this extremely "tebal face" and asked him... what animal is that? he said its a sugar glider!

i was intrigued by the a-mi-nals movements, it was just going up and down and it was showing off i guess, by jumping from the guys jeans onto his t-shirt! whoa, i was impressed. seriously. and i took a closer look at it, it has this bulging black eye, with black eye-liner, the fur is rather greyish brown, with darker brown lines on top of it. it also has a long tail, and the fur was so soft when i touched it.




i stood there, asking him loads of questions, he must think i was rather weird or something, but i couldn't help it. i liked his sugar glider. had he not notice (which i doubt in a million years, i would have taken it and ran away with it!) haha... i know that's rather bad of me... well it was just a thought, i wasn't going to do it... i think!

he brought two of the gliders out, one is named "sugar" and the other is "anna" they're both females, he said he did not want them to breed as it is rather difficult to take care of this exotic a-mi-nal! they're nocturnals, so if you're an early sleeper like me, it would be rather difficult to put up with it. they're active, and noisy, i just read an article on the internet... these creatures make funny noises and some of them even described it as barking! this little thing barkes? this i'd like to see and hear... *hint *hint *.



well, i'm seriously thinking of getting a pair for myself. after i lobby, lobby and lobby to hubs to have it in the apartment... :)


checked out more information on them, as for their diet these are the food or diet that i can feed them:

meat/proteins

• shrimp


• brisket


• beef/hamburger


• chicken


• cooked egg (any form)


• meal worm (its disgusting, but if its healthy for them i might consider)

fruits/vegetables

• grapes halved


• apples


• tomatoes halved


• carrots

others

• yoghurt (vanilla or with sweet honey)


• soy yoghurt

so after looking at the diet and reading bits and pieces on it, i might consider... but as you can see aside from the meal worm, they eat what we eat! it should be easy! i hope.

wish me luck! since it's rather hard for me to have a cat in the house, i thought might aswell just have an itsy-bitsy cutesy aminal with me... or two... a pair! (the evil grin!!) - getting greedy here.

still loads to consider for now... thinking, thinking, thinking... maybe some of you may know more about it. do let me know.

i think i could could love love this new found furry a-mi-nal...

*picture placed, courtesy of www.sugarglider.com

wondering

world is not becoming a better place. as a matter of fact, i believe that our generation or the future generation is becoming more and more cynical. well this is just through my observation... i could be wrong, but every conversation i have with friends or acquintances will somehow reflect or lead back to this.

nothing that we say or do, starts with being positive...
we're always upset with something someone says or do... then we criticize them in every possible way...
but i don't know, maybe we're just living in denial, putting blame onto others first before we check with ourselves... our own faults...
there might be a possibility that we are at fault, right? but you know that's usually not the case, its easier to get away with 'murder'... and at the end of the day you could just go home, feel good about your self and sleep happily.

why is that? don't we have anything better to do?
do we really have a lot of time to analyze every single thing that is wrong with them? (well them in general here is referring to individuals, not specific individuals but just individuals in general, capiche?)

maybe its just me, maybe i'm putting too much effort into figuring out why awful things happen. i know they happen for a reason, either to teach us a lesson or others for that matter. but do we really look at things that way? (living in doubt here...)

i guess there's just too many questions remained unaswered.

why do we do things to please others? what kind of self satisfaction do we get? to what extreme would someone do the same for you? why do we do so much to "fit in"? how does that benefit you?

at the end of the day its best to let things happen, and take its course... be it good or bad...

then i guess we'll slowly learn through the hard way... but i guess that's just me, this is how i look at things, we may not be on the same boat on this, but its just my opinion.

maybe i'm being the biggest cynist for now. too many questions, and no concrete answer. maybe you could help me out.

why do we do things that would satisfy others and not benefit us in any possible way? (i know the question is rather selfish, but its just a question that has been lingering in my mind)

like i said, i'm just wondering at the end of the day.

it was an experience

mom and dad wanted to organize dins for me, so they asked where would i like to eat... i was just thinking i think it's best that everyone is able to enjoy dinner together. so i decided to go for vegetarian, and asked if everyone was going to be okay with it, dad recently turned vegetarian (due to detoxifying and etc) so all his food is soy base. i did not want us to be enjoying those juicy meat, those tasty chicken and fish. now if we go to a vegetarian restaurant dad could enjoy all that too, except for the fact that the mind gets deceived but the palate doesn't.

the menu looked pretty interesting, they had mutton curry, steamed cod fish with soy sauce and ginger, mixed tofu with crab meat sauce (or almost alike), fried dumpling with seaweed, and misc, except for the food is all soy base. hahaha yes i know i've been repeating myself. anyway my point is, i think it was a nice experience. well, its sure as hell is healthier than what ever we've been forcing down our throats! and to my surprise we were pretty satisfied with the taste of the food. heheh...

anyway after dins, the guys decided to play snooker/lucky ball and i was deceived by hubs to go too... hihi, chilled out for a while thought i should leave by 1 but instead i was there with them till 3 a.m. yes long passed my bed time.

a bad encounter at the bank & mid week wedding reception

we were at the bank earlier, to check on some housing loan. well to some extend it was a scary thought, damn this is going to be a long commitment by the both of us, but i was also rather excited that we were purchasing our first property together. but what got me all upset was the person who attended to us, she was supposedly the 'public relations manager' which had very little knowledge of people skills. she was rude, quite abrupt, and very judgmental. i don't know if it's just her, or whether she had a bad day, or it's just the fact that she was lacking of all good communications skills.

PR lady: how come ah you're applying for your loan now? a bit late right?

us: we received the SNP recently, and the fact that we have been in and out of the
country... so yeah, we're just wondering will we be able to get compensated on the 2nd payment?

PR lady: yes, you will, but we will only be able to settle everything up to 1 month! and why ah are you purchasing an apartment for this amount? a bit expensive right? for just an apartment?

us: (in shocked mode), if only looks could kill she would have been dead within that second she
mentioned that! we looked at her and said this was an apartment with a commercial area below it, and the fact that it is placed in a rather strategic area. i'm sure it had something to do with the land area.

PR lady: that's why la, i'm just wondering. a bit expensive huh? i just wondering la... also ah you have any other obligations ah? you got kids or not?

us: well, don't you think the prime areas and lands in kl the prices have gone up? so there you go, the answer you're looking for... (at this point, i almost lost my cool... thank god hubs was with me! then i answered her no, we don't have kids yet. i understand they wanted to find out if we had any other commitments, but kids would not take up ALL your savings la right? i could be wrong but you just had to be there to hear her intonations and stuff...)

anyway, pointless if i was going to lose my cool, i wasn't asking for a personal
loan from her. it wasn't her money to begin with. so yeah. but can you imagine
the amount of things i had to say right after the meeting!!

i was rather upset and angry with the fact that the banks do not emphasize on superb
services, no wonder thousand and millions of clients regardless of which ever bank i'm referring to decides to switch to their competitors, this is a true fact.


it was already 4 o'clock and i was contemplating to go to the saloon, i was rather annoyed with the situation at the bank, so i decided not to go to the saloon, due to the fact that the aunty
that attends to me would have 1001 comments or suggestions. i think i had enough to deal with already... i decided the best thing to do is to go home, and so we did.

we planned to leave the house by 730 p.m. as the v.i.p's or dif-dif was arriving by 8. but i kid you not, it was madness... the jam going in and out of k.l. it was unbearable, i know the jam is not as bad as in jakarta cikz, but it wasn't tolerable for that day at least :)we arrived at shangri-la by 830 p.m. and we were earlier than the v.i.p's!damn, i thought we could avoid the protocol all together. anyway, the wedding reception was attended by 1,200 guests that night, the hall could only accommodate up to 1000, i think and the rest of them was placed outside the hall, but they did not have to fret about it, place was well equipped with cool gadgets, big screen and good sound system, etc.

hubs was rather happy he met a lot of his ex-high school mates. i guess its been a while since they last met... the whole renjis-merenjis finished just before 10, and then the food was served. well reason being, the attendees:


Raja Perlis & Wife, Raja Muda of Perlis, 5 ministers, and manymany more! so, go figure! they had 100 committee members organizing the whole wedding, from the engagement right up to the reception.

they had approximately 13 cameraman at work, the decoration was pretty and romantic,
hall was filled with fresh flowers and candles, the aroma of the flowers was nice. it is by far the most grandest (doesn't matter if the word does not exist) wedding that we have attended. the whole mumbo jumbo ended at 12 a.m. and i was slowly relapsing towards my fever, due to my stupid sore throat and the fact that i had my gastric. boohoo

coffee therapy on a friday afternoon

i'm not such a big fan of celebrating my own birthday, it's not because i'm living in denial. seriously i'm not. okay just to prove it to you i would not hesitate to even admit my real age, i recently turned 19. hahah, not! well i was 19, like 7 years ago. okay la, let me just be straight forward. i'm 26. see, i'm not living in denial. i'm not... maybe at times lah...

friday, dahl suggested that we meet up for coffee therapy at one utama... and so we did, we met up at delicious, as usual if we have something planned like this i'd like to starve my self before we have lunch, so that i could thoroughly enjoy my lunch. when we arrived, the place wasn't as busy, but i still think they need to improve on their service though. anyway back to the story, as we were ordering a. hadi told me that hani was stuck in the jam and that she'd be there in 10-15 minutes time... as we sat and chatted i think it was more than half an hour and then she appeared! they lied, she was going round o.u. getting the gift wrapped! haha, yes indeed i was punk'd! it was a pleasant surprise anyway. dahl rushed all the way from putra/cyber? hmm.. i usually get this mixed up... anyway it was all good we had a great laugh, it's been a while since we had our usual outing, finally the cam whores were reunited. heheh...



(shereen & hani - bermanja-manjaan di delicious)

(shereen, hani & dahl - the reunited and doing what we do best, getting the camera all worked up)

(shereen, hani & hadi - oh no, please i don't want to see your own movies, you're scaring me!!)

we ordered: 2 ceasar salad one with salmon and the other with grilled chicken, 1 lasagna, 2 spaghetti aglio olio, and one yummy-licious chocolate pavlova with strawberries.

then we updated each other with our rather either crazy/busy/mundane life, just to make sure we're all on the same page. since college started this week, hani and hadi had to drive all the way to college right after just to register for their subjects, really that sucks! but its okay you guys, this is your final sem! soon, you'll be either bored out of your mind, or be busy as hell! so take your pick! and as for dahl, i'm wishing you all the best for your prep to new york. i wished everyone else was there to join us, cikz, wo, star, and jon... you guys are missed dearly! seriously!! hope to see you guys real soon...

walked up to the roof top of o.u. to check out our friends project of opening their own futsal center there. the progress looks pretty good, place is called "padang at one u" i think. regarding the pricing and all you'll have to wait it opens which is on the 1st of september 07. we stood there and talked asking them bout the progress and the future plans, it looks good, everything sounds promising, am glad they decided to go ahead with the project! congratulations faez, and cameron...

hmmm, maybe i could apply for a part time job with them... since i'm usually forced to be the time keeper ;) for the futsal games on monday, i might aswell get paid for it... i think i should just try my luck! what say you?

the garrulous!

we have made a point, that we would like to have a nice outing at least once a month. yes, we here i'm referring to hubs and myself. if you're wondering why it's once a month, well... i guess that fulfills the quota of the month all together! we hardly enjoy long outings, plus i think you're spending a lot of money and there's just too many plastics around... [present company excluded]. just those that you'll meet when you're at "these" places, be it in a disco, bistro, pubs, and many many more, you can hardly call them friends more like acquaintances. i just don't see the point in putting a 100% effort to please them... [yes, currently on bitch mode!]

anyway, when we usually have our outings, be it in a big or small group we're rather uhmm "group yang tak boleh dibawa majlis". yes hence, the garrulous! or garrulousness. it's crazy, i'm always overwhelmed with how loud we could talk, and laugh at the same time... and the fact that we race with each other to speak [pretty common right?]

on friday, collaboratively it was planned that we make an outing to heritage row, since it was hani's birthday, dahl was having her toefl at sheraton and cikz was leaving kl [again... just stay la! you know you want to, right? hahah], we decided it was good if we meet up at blonde, since its usually not as crowded.

hehe, us yang tidak boleh dibawa ke majlis. L-R top: shereen & dahl, bottom: wo, cikz and hani

however, the plans changed with a blink of an eye... hehe yes, the whole group decided to chill at ivy instead, maybe just for a drink... but from a drink we ended up there the whole night. so yeah, we sat outside where we could see the crowd. i find it quite amusing how well these clubbers dressed! "some of them gila hawttt!!" no wonder to a certain extend some of the girls in kl decides to join the aneroxic/bulimic group. the pressure. WOW!

anyway, the evening was rather pleasant, we went to bisou it's next to uhmm... okay i have no idea where exactly it is, but its there. yes they've got brilliant cupcakes! so we went all "Nutty" in the shop, bought the cupcakes took a couple of candles and sang for hani at ivy. hihi... sorry babes. it was pretty pleasant, right? we weren't out of tune or anything. wo and piej was able to join us too! after a couple of hours the tired old couple decided to go home... as usual ;)

hani and her nuttella cupcake! 'hespy besday to you'

miss dalh, enjoying her unidentified flavor cupcake, and piej looking all innocent knowing i was going to snap her picture

i just had to snap his photo, and if you had a close up you could see the icing from the cupcakes!

shereen 'her cheeks' and miss dahl

L-R: hadi, byron-ness, and hubs

hadi, byron-ness and his colorful drink which he had to chase with the beer right after

okay people, just in case you want these photos please click and save it yeah? hehe, sorry i'm just rather lazy to email and wait for the attachments and all :)

p/s: i'm just kidding yeah peeps, maybe i'm the only one yang tak boleh dibawa ke majlis. :D

the last 2, 3, or 4 days...

14.08

dins at the curve was rather a brief one, i didn't talk much as i was in pain, felt like my body was hit a couple of times with a stick. i knew i was falling sick but i didn't know it'd get this bad. ate quickly and made my way back (not without the curry puff of course!). had to make sure my temperature dropped before i slept, so i took a quick cold shower, yes that worked for a couple of hours, till 3 a.m i was up feeling cold, and having cold sweats at the same time...

my body was feeling confused i think. tossing and turning, after i popped in those panadols only then i managed to sleep. nothing had changed in the morning, annoying at this point. had to see the doc, i usually hate seeing doctors for patty fever... but this time round the fever was bitchier than average.

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15.08

went to the docs, you know the usual deal... but the only reason why i was looking forward to that was because i was dying to eat at berjaya, i wanted the yong-tau-foo wanton soup! yumm.

had lunch, yes a little confession had at least 3-4 bites of chilli padi regardless of the excruciating pain on my throat (again, yes again). think this is about the only thing you'll be reading about in this blog. haha. yes, i'm crazy.

stayed at home the whole day...

bored out of my mind...

but i managed to cook dins for myself, since i hate just sitting and being on my ass! hihi yes, i did that, that's how bored i was...

i had my cupcakes too! yeay.

back to boredom, and slept.

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16.08 "happy birthday hani, happy birthday to you..."

miraculously, woke up with no fever...

made my way to mega mall, after my conversation with the birthday girl (miss haniza nawar)... i think i blew my own cover! haha, i don't know why i had to tell her that i was heading there. damn. sorry yeh babes. i wanted to surprise you though.

bought some stuff for myself, which i'm not suppose to.

pick hubs up, and watched gubra as soon as i got back. like the essence of the movie. but i did not find the ending interesting. anyway that's just my opinion..

got ready, made our way to the curve for dins. met everyone at italiannies @ laundry.

hani, hadi, dahl, cikz, nash, hubs and i... i think we ordered the food using our "stomach" instead of thinking with our heads "brains". haha. we were so hungry, so i guess we ordered almost everything on the menu.

(ladies with their new hair styles: L-R Cikz, Dahl, Shereen 'n her chubby cheeks' & Hani)

they had live performances, it was rather difficult for us to enjoy the conversations so we decided to head to empress cafe for dessert and coffee. a cute little incident happened, at the side of the tea cup there was a rather small ball. seriously. we were trying to figure it out. so we assumed before asking, thought it was the sugar, and when i had a small bite of it, it was a biscuit, and out sweet friend had tossed it into her cup of tea! oh gosh, i'm sure that tasted weird...

(shall not reveal the person "hihi", but i just had to take a picture of it... sorry sweets)

and then we left. everyone was pretty tired...

too late now

its been rather weird
i feel rather awkward
situation permits for an emotional roller-coaster
but that would be rather unnecessary
i may like to embellish
but i don't like to dramatize
not asking for sympathy
nor empathy

really i think i should explain
i'm a simple person
it's easy to make me happy
all it takes is just a message
i don't expect much from anyone
but what i don't understand is
why to a certain extend i feel that
every single thing i do is being
measured, compared, and weighed

...i find it bizarre
all i mean is well
have i been unfair?
i sit back and wonder
i've been rather equal
maybe that's just what i feel
maybe that's not what you see

just trust me
i put others ahead of things
only then i realize, i'm the only one
left behind, catching up slowly
with both arms trying to reach
and finally
i lose all tracks of sight
and i decide
its no longer worth the fight
so i guess its a good time
to say my goodbye...

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don't you think its fitting? as i got out from the car, i just thought i had to snap a picture of it...

ipoh, over the weekend

11.08.2007

zadey's reception in ipoh

it was a great get-away for all of us

the pictures would say a thousand words

shall not elaborate more


...okay maybe one, i think Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah and Raja Puan Besar Zara Salim Davidson is a good-looking couple!












picture perfect right? well even if you don't think so, i do! so, it doesn't matter... :P

love you guys to bits!

welcoming you...

a baby shower was organized, with extensive food selection, and a hall filled with baby gifts, the room was filled with ladies exchanging baby talks from the mommies, mommies to be and the future mommies...

a few months after, and 12 hours of labour...

30.07.2007

we would like to congratulate shamil & fiza for their beautiful baby boy, Mohammad Athier... (hope i got the spelling right, don't worry i could always edit it later)

fiza sweets, hats off to you for being such a brave mommy! and enduring the pain for that amount of time, but i'm sure it was all worth it! and as for shamil, congrats daddy, hope the bump on your forehead will heal in due time. :)

"yes, i know this particular blog is late by ermmm... a week, but hey it's still here! that counts ok!!"

ideal friendship

when i have absolutely nothing to do, bored out of my mind, just wanting to stay at home, i usually find housework to do. be it cooking, sweeping, mopping, laundry, you name it... i'll do it! but i usually turn to my girl friends when i do my house chores.

we've had extremely good relationships for the last 7-8 years of my life. i'm so thankful they're so loyal and never seem to disappoint me, this is by far the healthiest friendship anyone could ask for... if you must know which girl friends i'm referring to its the sex and the city cast :)

yes i know it's crazy!

they never seem to fail after all these years to make me smile, cry, and have all sorts of mixed up feelings! you have to admit, well you don't have to, i will... i get kind of envious of their friendship. i know its sick to measure what you go through and what they go through in the series, but you can't help but having the longing feelings of having the same group of friends!

the brilliant script, the beautiful dresses/accessories, the restaurants they eat in, the cupcakes, the events they attend... (it's all freakishly sick for me to wish for, but i guess every girl/women who watches the show, wishes to have some part of their life similarly to this...)

*oh, how i wish*

and yes, as much as i hate to be on a long journey (anything that exceeds 10 hours is abso-fucking-lutely long), i would love to go to new york, at least once in my life, i just have to brave the god-damn turbulance. may it have some *mercy on me... this would not be anytime soon, i will have to pscyhe myself for a couple of months to do so. hihi. again, dramatic.

i can't wait for the movie of sex and the city to be released. long due. okay i shall stop now. will rave about something else later!

toodles.

definitely unexpected

bangsar

rushed to bangsar to run some errands, ok to be more specific was going to the bank and settling some stuff. you know how it's like when you get to bangsar when it is almost lunch time. only had one word for it, 'shitty!' so yeah, as i was driving and i get easily irritated and turned off by malaysian drivers, looking for a valid parking was like "wishing and hoping to see a pig fly!" yes, i'm exaggerating a little, isn't that what we love doing? and yes this is my blog, when i feel like being a diva, *poof* a diva i am... sweet farah called me while i was at the bank, only spoke to her for 5 seconds i guess. i miss you sweets!! lets make sometime to meet up soon, or else i'll go over to megamall and have lunch with you, but that means you have to skip your class. (selfish of me!!)

bangsar village

my stomach had a marching band in it! that shows how hungry i was, if i had waited longer i would be able to cut my own album. yes, i embellish!

cikz had decided to join us at the banquet, when they arrived we had ordered the starters and continued with the main course. if you must know, this place is divided into two, one is located in the center of the wing, decorated with beautiful white chair, table, everything is w-h-i-t-e, the place just looks absolutely stunning and classy. the other side of the restaurant is attached to its kitchen and bar, well it looks like a small shop which only has extremely limited seats inside and this side is for the smokers. mirror is placed throughout the shop, i guess that's really good feng-shui, the crystal chandelier was the center piece that was used in this elegant restaurant, the sofa and chairs again was all w-h-i-t-e, i really liked it. but word of advice, PLEASE MAKE SURE, you bring along your cardigan/pashmina/scarf what ever you need to warm you up. the place is super cold!

banquet offered wide variety of food, from local to western, the price range for starters is RM 8 and above, main course is from RM 15 and above, the drinks selection was from RM 4 and above, you'll love the packaging of their bottled juices, so pretty! oh wait, except the part when we asked the waiter and he said, "we have grap juice" instead of grape. there's always a story to tell, like i said i love being observant!

after lunch, i think all of us walked out of the shop looking pale and almost blue (cold, cold cold) (shiver-shiver) think i'm exaggerating? try it! we walked to bangsar village 1, to enjoy the hot weather outside and then decided to walk all the way to la bodega lounge.

sunway and subang

as we sat there we played cards, ordered our drinks just enjoying each others company and catching up! hani joined us, and dahlia sent me a message saying she was on the way at 3:36 p.m. told her we'd wait for her, and at 3:44 p.m. she called me saying she met with an accident! oh gosh, my heart sank, i panicked. we got the bill and left made our way to sunway, hani made her way there too, not knowing where to head we just drove around sunway... we tried to make our own assumptions that she might use this road and that road, we called each other, couldn't get through to her phone, we assumed she had loads to do so i did not want to bug her. hani was from subang parade side, she was driving and looking for d, and had received a call from her mom so she had to make her way back. we received a message from d, saying she's at the police station, and told us to wait for her at pan bakery. and so we did.

when she came, i just felt so bad... she was on the way to see us... and it happened, but i'm thankful that you're okay d, the car can be repaired and as for your parents being upset, i guess its just how parents show they care... they were worried i'm sure. so we sat there and talked for an hour an a half. then we made our way back home...

i'm not the bravest of my friends, actually i don't know how i'd react if i was at the scene; either i'd scream, cry, tremble, or all 3 will be combined. not a pretty side. seriously.

seriously i don't understand the system here in kl, especially when it has something to do with clinics and hospitals, they tell you to do something and when you actually do it, you're suppose to do the total opposite. sorry cikz, i tried to ask them so many times, and they told me what to do to shut me up i guess. ergh. pissed.

like its stated, everything is definitely unexpected.

hani, how was the fancy dins? was it with prawns or chicken? or did he have to cook the meal himself? hihi...

i'll still be wondering...

this should not even bother me, but for some reason i find that it does. as i sit back and think or reflect back on life i can't help but wonder, "why do some people like to take ownership of friends?"

you see i've been put in situations whereby, i get questioned by some acquintances regarding my friends, and the best thing is i was put in a situation or corner that makes me seem like i don't know nothing about them (but mind you i'm rather observant and i ask a lot of questions so in other words i'm a "busy-doby", i'm always kept in the loop)...

i'm not angry nor i'm irritated, i'm just wondering. why do some do that?

can't put a tag on your friends, and can't label them for that matter, so why do some still compete? i'm still wondering...

doesn't matter how much i think about it or write about it, i don't think so this question will ever be answered, i don't understand why this happens, i'll still be wondering...

i guess its just a vicious cycle of life! c'est la vie.

i could not believe my ears!

a week ago i walked into one of the shops in bangsar village, but i shall not reveal the name of the shop/cafe/restaurant. the waiters and waitresses had so much fumbled word and sentences, and i kid you not!! (yes, indeed i sound like a terrible person... but its something that i find rather hard to tolerate).

it was funny, but i think all employers should take responsibility for how their waiter/waitresses serve their customers. seriously, what the hell were you thinking?? letting your workers work without, well it doesn't have to be perfect english, but make sure their pronounciation is rather accurate and that they know the products well enough to explain it to their customers. i think we lack of that in our service industry.

i think this is an epidemic, which we need to abolish all together!

even some of our local celebrities have problems speaking proper english!! what is going on here?? please, you're representing malaysia, and its rather embarrasing to hear you speak that way!

"are you enjoys" - commonly used

"i'm washing, i'm washing 60's tv" - sang on national tv

"the food is voluptuous" - instead of delicious

HELLO people, WAKE UP and SMELL THE COFFEE!

first incident
the conversation went like this:

me/hubs: "hello, could we take a look at your menu please?"

waiter: "yes sir, this is the menu... we have good food..."

me/hubs: "ya, we heard a lot of good reviews about this place, so we were just wondering what kind of food you served here..."

waiter: "we have spagherri, also a lot of salad like season salad..."

me/hubs... we looked at each other in awe (i could not believe my ears!!) i felt bad, but i could not help the fact that this guy made a booboo, and it was pretty loud.

oh my brother was there too with us you could ask him too, i am not exaggerating any part of this!! i had to hold my breath as i did not want to burst out right in front of him. so, what i did, i repeated those words that he had mention and made sure he heard my pronounciation. hopefully that helps...

don't get me wrong they had good food on the menu, i just don't know if the walk-in customers will be impressed with spagherri and season salad. when i think about it again, who would want to order season salad?? you must be out of your mind!!

then the next incident, last friday...

second incident

me: this is not the only branch of the cafe right?

waitress: no, no there's another one...

me/hubs: is the menu the same at the two branches?

waitress: no this place a little bit more...

hubs looked at me and asked: what? what a little bit more?

me: explained that the menu here is more extensive or had more variety!

then... there was a girl standing at the counter looking at the dessert selection they had, and asked the waiter...

girl: what cake is this?

waiter: this, this is the sticky dick head... (and he looked at her with an innocent face, thinking he had mentioned it correctly)

CAN YOU IMAGINE MY FACE THEN? oh gosh, i had to kick hubs on his shin just to stop laughing!! i said to hubs, i think what he meant to say was "sticky date cake!" but he said it so fast... and the results was sticky dick head.

what a cake to order huh? go figure.

had such a great laugh, i almost peed in my pants!

29.07.2007, Azad & Tina's akad...

okay i think i've mentioned to some that this weekend is rather filled with weddings! and last nights outing would be even better if we did not have to get up really early in the morning, yes indeed we understand we are not getting any younger, and to some you don't need the 8 hours of beauty sleep no more, cause as an adult which i hate to admit, you only need/require 5 hours of sleep!

damn. damn. damn.

anyway, the initial plan was to wake up latest by 8 a.m. but that did not happen either. haha, yes usually we'll be up and about by 7:30 a.m. but the outing, the dancing, the coming home at 3 a.m. did not contribute to our mundane daily activity, so yes in other words we all "terlajak tidur!"...

woke up at 9, got ready like a speeding bullet we had a reminder from azad to be at his place by 9:45 a.m. so yeah i cannot delay any precious time trying to figure out what accessories to wear, handbag to change to, shoes to go with the baju kurung and all the mumbo jumbo. so, as i was getting ready i had a mental image of everything already, like i said... like a speeding bullet!

got at his place by 10, we know a bit irresponsible 10 minutes late, but hey they were getting ready too! taking pictures, still arranging bits and pieces of the barang hantaran, some was still wearing their samping and what not so technically, we weren't that late!

as we gathered we were informed that those who was assigned to carry the dulangs to tina's place will be sitting together in the van, just to make sure that it reaches there at the same time. i was already thinking to myself, "oh gosh, i have to drive all by myself to kota damansara, not knowing the address and all... and i had to drive my bro's savvy, in my heels? shit what a combo!! double whammy.



okay bravely i embraced the fact that i had to make some sacrifices (yes for azad and tina). drove and waited in the car, suddenly i saw azad's nephew approaching and asking me if i was going to make my way there alone... so he asked if he could get someone to carpool with me, so i said yeah sure, gladly i accepted. not knowing it was one of azad's aunt! oh-oh! "how am i going to handle this?", i'm afraid that she'll see me in my worse element, when i'm panicking! shit!!

before we left, they were explaining the routes that we'll be using to get there. they mentioned "jalan duta - toll" i was thinking, "where the heck is that?" but i nodded and acted smart! FOR SOME OF YOU WHO KNOWS ME VERY WELL, I DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, ALONE!! yes shallow, but hey that's just me... but i was thinking, can't be that bad... we're going to convoy anyway... NOT!!

i was driving the little savvy when everyone else had the super duper fast european cars, shit... as the "kura-kura" that i am, i almost "tercicir" from the convoy... but somehow with the help from azad's aunt, we arrived safely at the destination! PHEW. thank god i did not drive her all the way to ipoh, that would have been a different story all together!

the akad reception was rather long winded (no punt, intended) i guess the two spokesperson just got carried away by representing each families. can you imagine being there and listening to pantun, after pantun for at least a good 35 minutes! here we're looking at the groom, sweating nervously! waiting, anxious, praying every minute that this would end the very next second... but nooooooo.... he had to wait. then finally they decided to stop, i think they ran out of pantuns and stuff! poor most of the ladies who was seated at the hall with us, they complained they could not feel their legs. as for me, my ass and legs was already numb!

finally the whole thing ended and the bride and groom looked extremely relieved! the taklik was read, and yeah everyone could not wait to see the couple slipping the beautiful rings onto each others fingers! phew, what a relief huh zad? i'm sure you're glad that all the anticipation is gone! you can now smile and say, hey i've been there done that! and you have finally joined the club!!



congratulations azad and tina, it was a lovely akad reception! and you guys looked absolutely gorgeous, i would love to get my hands on the video and pictures.

alhamdulillah, both weddings was really blessed with wonderful wishes and people.

21! "you see the trouble with me"

after the extremely grand and beautiful wedding reception of liana & zadey, they wanted to go out somewhere to chill (or dance til we dropped!, well at least for me la) hehehe... zadey decided to meet up at 21, opposite frangipani. so yeah, since it was nearby and i had not gone our partying in a while, and we were all dressed up, "thought, why not!"

we made a pit stop at the equatorial hotel for a short while just to see andy, hani, dahlia and loque. andy was asked to perform with "sad angry babies", hope i got that right, i'm not really updated with the bands here... only know bits and pieces. so yeah, we missed the show as we were still at the reception, but we thought it'd be nice to see them nonetheless. (also i had used this opportunity to change into something that was rather comfortable for me, since i was wearing my corset with the whole set and all, hell-freaking-no i wasn't going to the after party in that!) we had invited the rest to join us too, but hani decided to go home, dee was already in front of the club but she was too shy!! (you should have just joined us luv!, it would have been fun).




as we got onto the changkat raja chulan st. we saw nana & izham, so we told them to join us at 21, the more the merrier!





21, wasn't pack it's nothing like the clubs at heritage row. the decor is extremely nice and sleek, they had a modern touch to the place, it had a long glass/mirror facing us. so can you imagine for those who is extremely vain, they could constantly check themselves out! hehe... aside from that this place also has its own balcony, so you're able to enjoy the fresh air of kl. eh wait a min, is there still any in kl? haha, well at least you won't feel stuffy and all with all the smokers around you... so yeah, it wasn't that bad at all. as we waited, more of our friends turned up, even for some of us who sleeps at 11, we were still there... fighting our very own eyes to stay awake and enjoy each others company! as stated earlier.

the music they had played there was rather on the hardcore side or house music for me. after 30 minutes, i almost had a splitting migrane and i was totally dying to jump on to the dance floor and dance, but they just didn't seem to play any of my favorites. ah well, i guess its best that i just sit down and sip my really grossed out soda water! hate the taste of it.




after an hour, they started playing good music. yes, i have and hate to admit, these were old school house music! haha, the ones they played at barbarrans and bliss. as you can see most of us are around the same age group, so yeah we totally enjoyed it! we were happily dancing and shaking away! hehe, everyone was in their own element, enjoying every minute of it! while it lasted, and before any of us complained that out back hurts, or we were getting extremely sleepy and all... "kita semua dah tua"!!

it was extremely fun, we were comfortable with each other... its nothing like having fun with a group of friends that you extremely love and feel comfy with each other, tak payah nak maintain and stuff, coz that kind of outing is rather exhausting! this felt like the good old days...

song of the day: "you see the trouble with me" by black legend, got us all dancing like little kiddies! love love love it!