Changes

I noticed that my life now is affecting my mood, reaction and behavior to certain things. Contoh:

1. Masa dulu2 I used to be excited everytime my phone rings or ada msg. Now, it's more like "alamak, sapa pulak ni"... then "oh, mama/ abah rupanya" or "alamak, bos pulak call, apsal pulak ni"

2. I used to like going out and think of what to wear going out. Now, the ideaa of going out is unappealing BECAUSE I have to change my clothes from the ones I wear at home.

3. Dulu, before balik rumah, seboleh-boleh nak singgah sana sini, hang out for teh tarik la, pasar malam la, masa kat perlis siap boleh pi dinner kat siam lagi. Now, bila otak dah set nak balik, nak singgah pi isi minyak pon dah rasa malas and melambatkan.

4. Dulu, tido lambat bangun lambat. Now, tido awal bangun awal. Kalau nak pegi mana during weekends, kalau boleh nak keluar earliest possible biar jalan raya/ tempat yang nak pegi tu lengang lagi.

5. I used to call most people 'kak'. Now, I could hear people start calling me 'kak' hehe.

I think this is all a sign of ageing. I don't even know how to spell ageing ke aging? Yang samanya, I always like to eat good food, dulu dan sekarang, dan maybe selamanya hehe

Ramadhan Kareem

Salam

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan Mubarak and Selamat Berpuasa kepada semua yang beragama Islam. Maaf Zahir Batin.

Pagi ni agak ngantuk la bangun sahur. Nasib gak hotel tu ada ganti breakfast with sahur.. start at 4.30. Kul 5.10 camtu dah turun sahur dah, makan je apa ada, cepat2 sebab dah sibuk nak sambung tido balik.

Today Johor cuti, tapi kitorang cuti ikut KL la pulak kononnya so kena kerja. But the good thing is jalan raya tak jem. Sempat la pi isi minyak dulu pagi2 tu, isi angin kat tayar je tak sempat sebab rasa cam lama je.

Puasa this year is a bit sad sebab kena sahur n buka sendiri2. Hopefully dapat balik awal. Rasanya for Ramadhan we can balik kul 4 sebab sambung kerja during lunch hour. So, sempat la kalau nak pi pasar ramadhan tu, masalahnya dekat mana je... kena cari dulu. Dekat hotel tu ada gak buffet ramadhan but mahal n tak berbaloi. I mean how much can a person eat during buka puasa kan. Terawikh pon nampak gayanya buat dalam bilik je la this year.

Ok, that's all for now. Jangan membazir and belanja banyak2 sgt. It totally defeats the point of puasa then. wassalam.

Salam

Wow, i haven't been updating for like almost a month. This is really like hangat2 taik ayam je.. and I'm not even back in KL for good yet!!! Kalau dah balik kl nanti mungkin la this blog will berkubur hohoho. Classic example of a person who very easily get bored.

My little sister is back in Malaysia for good. Alhamdulillah. We picked her up on Saturday kat KLIA... excited sgt. Unfortunately, Sunday night I've to go back here. Well, nasib la jugak Sunday night, ada jugak byk sikit masa. If I go by bus, then Sunday afternoon/evening dah kena gerak.

Some Cooking Tips:

1. When cooking for fried rice, the rice should be cooked a bit keras.

2. Kalau tumis2 bawang, I like the bawang to be slightly burned - it gives stronger taste.

3. Kalau masak thai dish, adding fish oil would give the "Thai taste".

4. I never put in 'ajinomoto' etc. in my cooking, nanti rasa muak.

5. Whipping fresh milk would not turn the milk to 'cream'. This i learned by experimenting sebab whipped cream adalah mahal, so i tried to whip in fresh milk, didn't work out huhu

Meeting Day

Today ada 3 meetings.. well, supposedly. Pagi ada management meeting for tangga barat, petang lak for kinabalu. There's supposed to be another meeting/engagement with GM petang at 4 tapi kitorang dok tunggu2 takde gak lagi. Then kul 5 bgtau meeting cancel... but okla, dah takde mood dah pon nak buat kerja so from 4-5 jadi sesi bergelak ketawa je...

Esok, insya Allah balik KL. Malam rasanya mcm ada bbq kat shah alam... not sure nak pegi ke tak, tapi most probably pergi... lagipon rasa dah lama tak pi makan bbq.

Here are 5 things that I like to talk about:

1. Food - bersemangat ok, kalau tengah ngantuk pon but when the topic is food terus rasa segar.

2. Travel - Another favorite topic. mana nak pi for vacation, what kind of activities yang boleh buat and best... planning it all.. hmm... memang best la.

3. Work - yeah, unfortunately I also like to talk about work. Maybe because it's part of my life and tak boleh nak lari la kira.. and sometimes it's kind of interesting, when your plan goes smooth, or ada achieve something.

4. Love and Relationship - this is favorite topic especially for ladies.. need I say more...you'll nener get bored of it because you'll never understand it.

5. Family - I think families are unique and from sharing experiences/stories you could actually improve and tolerate more.. appreciate more....

Sedih la malam tadi germany tak menang. I woke up at 3.30 just to watch them play, nasib masa jaga tu baru start 2nd half and goal tgh 0-0 lagi. Kalau bangun dah 3-0 ke, sambung je la tido balik. They look tired, cam malas kejar bola pon ada, kurang attack, good thing their defend is pretty strong... and spain is like semangat, byk attack, defend pon best je. I support germany and I think they've almost done the best (almost sebab takde muller), but for last night's game, spain is the better team.. so, go spain for the finals!!!

Ada lagi 5 hari puasa kena ganti!!!

That's right. Alhamdulillah, tadi habis lagi satu hari selesai ganti. Ada 5 days to go... fuhhh... Ni lah akibat ganti puasa ala2 last minute ni. Kelam kabut. Pulak tu dugaan besar bila puasa time orang lain tak puasa ni.. ajak pergi makan la, ada makan free la... macam2.

Tadi buka nasi goreng ayam kat kedai mamak. Dah asik makan nasi goreng style melayu/cina je, bosan la pulak kan. Anyway, rasa dia ok la..not bad, tapi tak amik gambar le sebab dah kelaparan. Sekarang ni rasa macam best pulak kalau dapat air sejuk yg sedap...hmm.. tgklah kalau rajin nanti pegi buat.

Sapa la agaknya menang world cup ni eh. I hope germany will win. Tengok gaya dia lawan argentina hari tu... perghhh... memang semangat habis. Usually team would buang masa, or start defend je once they know they're gonna win right, but not the germans. Boleh sumbat lagi satu goal dah nak last2 tu... they're playing the best they could, every time... so go germany!!!

Last weekend ingat nak try buat cheesecake style yg tak bake, tapi sebab dah sibuk makan durian so tak sempat and takde mood sebab dah kekenyangan. Yela, balik 2 hari.. ok, 1.5 hari je, sebab sunday by 3 dah kena gerak tu bukit jalil naik bas. Masa tu la nak makan segala2 hahaha.. mana nak sempat.

Supposedly, my last day here at Pasir Gudang would be end of July..but then, takde pon lagi dengar2 on who's going to replace me.. so let's just hope for the best. Allah knows best. For me, cam dah tak sabar nak balik kl since insya Allah my sister is going back from London for good by end of July gak... Banyak benda nak sembang ni... hahaha

It's Friday!!!

Yesterday I went to Pasir Gudang Kompleks ada expo SME, and pelancaran menara aqabah... ada al-kulliyyah jugak live from there kot, but I didn't join in sebab dia start at 9 pm.

Anyway, while waiting for my friend yang tgh solat maghrib, ada la dengar baby nangis. The baby dalam stroller tengah nangis cam sedih sgt and there's a lady tolak the stroller but she didn't even looked at the baby... dia tolak bodoh je. I don't know if she's the baby's mom, and she knew the reason her baby is crying but there's nothing she could do at that time, tapi cara dia tu as if she didn't give a shit... so i assume she's just the maid/babysitter. Silently, I made a vow that I hopefully would not let my baby being taken care of by someone who doesn't care.

5 things that I love:

1. Sitting in the passenger seat while other people is driving... especially when going to work or from work sebab bad traffic.

2. Breakfast... I think it's the best meal of all :)

3. Working in peace... rasa macam boleh think clearly and carefully... but sometimes, solving problems/issues can add a bit spice, provided the problem is solved before i get tired of it...

4. Chatting (face to face or shoulder to shoulder... doesn't matter) with friend whom I am comfortable with... about nothing n everything...

5. Tengok cerita hantu... tapi yang betul2 tak nak tengok, huhu

Yeay, tomorrow is Friday

My hotel wireless is very unstable nowadays. So, I'm updating this at the office hehe.

Today mmg rasa penat, full, tired n satisfied :) Alhamdulillah. This feeling doesn't always happen. There are certain days when everything I did or planned just didn't work, kena tunggu orang ni decide la, orang ni respond la, unreplied email la, not much information la... these are the days when I would feel exhausted... like habis tenaga. But Allah is fair, I also get certain days whereby it feels like everything falls to place... and although I'm tired, the self satisfaction is there, and the penat is soo much less, and you can't help from feeling blessed..segala puji hanya bagi Allah :)

Since duduk hotel ni rasa cam dah tak tau nak makan apa. Balik2 nasi goreng, mihun goreng, nasi paprik, nasi + tomyam, tak pon sekali sekala go western... bosannya. The weird thing is, masa kat us dulu pon slalu gak makan beli, lagi limited choice, asik2 shrimp fried rice, tak pon nasi somali.. tak pon nasi-with-roast-chicken-kat-pak-ali-yg-sedap-tak-igt-punya-nasi-and-kuah-dia.. perghhh... tak bosan pon hahaha.

ok, nak balik lah. nanti lambat2 kena buka puasa dalam kete lak hehe.

I Think Argentina Will Win 2010's World Cup

Entry tak ada kaitan dengan title.

Alhamdulillah, just finished breakfasting with nasi goreng ayam and telur mata + boba milk tea. Memang sedap la. Betul lah nikmat buka puasa ni is the best nikmat masa kat dunia :) I hope I can go full swing puasa this week, until friday that is.. weekend nak balik KL so mungkin nak makan sedap2 sikit hehe.

I just realised that I haven't paid my income tax for this year. Hmm... hopefully esok sempatlah.

When I'm frustrated with my job and rasa nak resign, I had never (so far) think of doing any other makan gaji job, because I think it will be the same (almost) anywhere. I would then start dreaming and make some 'resignation plan' (I cannot call it retirement plan sebab tak retire) as such:

1. Jadi chef and buka restaurant

2. Buka restaurant tapi tak jadi chef, orang lain masak

3. Ajar tuition (ok, ni kalau I'm married and my husband has a stable job baru boleh, otherwise the income would not be sufficient)

4. Tulis buku - need to brush up my writing skills and technique first so that orang baca tak bosan.

5. Jadi alih suara untuk cartoon. I think I can do doraemon, spongebob etc. tapi Upin dan Ipin tak boleh kot sebab tak cukup comel. (This is the only another makan gaji job in my plan)

6. Buka kilang for frozen food. Ni macam ok kan tapi kena kumpul modal first.

I think Melissa Maureen looks a bit like my friend's girlfriend.. eh, tunang. Comel and cantik :) Tiba2 je out of topic ni sebab tengah tengok cerita orang minyak yang dia berlakon ni... hehe.

Jusco Outing

Ok, it's Sunday night already. Malasnya esok nak pergi kerja huhu.

I just watched "New in Town" in Starmovies. The movie is about a hard driven high post lady being sent to New Ulm, Minnesota to assess their factory there. I'm sure Minneapolis is much more modern than New Ulm, but the cold Minnesota winter looks the same. Oh, I do miss going back there but if I go there now, the feeling is definitely not the same. Then, I feel like I belong there, it's 2nd home.. that's where I lived and studied for 4 years... kalau pergi sekarang mesti rasa cam visiting alumni yang tak familiar with the changes etc.

Anyway, I went to Jusco and had dinner at a place called Vivo - American Pizza and Panini... alone. Rasa pelik gak makan sorang, mula-mula segan sebab literally everyone datang ramai2 or couples, tapi lapar punya pasal belasah je la.. and I guess it was not that bad..hehe. I ordered this chocolate ice blended which costs me RM8.80. Mahal tu, rasa biasa je... buat sendiri lagi sedap kot.


Food pulak, Oriental Baked Rice. Yang ni sedap gak, it's like ricewith chicken bits masak tomato on top of it, and topped with mozarella cheese. All of this, baked. Kalau italian food, I think it's called paella (pronouced as paiya). This cost around RM11.


Close up at the rice inside:

Mahal gak la overall. Boleh makan 2 orang. Tapi portion dia pon agak banyak sebenarnya. I think the meal and drinks memang boleh cover 2 orang, but still, nak buat apa kan... especially when you are eating alone. Ok, saje try paste gambar in blog. I don't think dulu blogger boleh paste gambar, but of course that was like more than 5 years ago hehe.

Because I'm bored :)

Salam

As seen in the title above, I'm now feeling a bit bored. Thus, I decided to blog.. again. Close friends who knew me since my college days would know that I once had a blog, but decided to stop... after, I don't know about 2-3 years of keeping it...

So, feeling that I had to let my thoughts out, this may be a good way of doing it :)

Here are my random thoughts for today:

1. Johor drivers are mostly bad drivers.. sometimes rude, definitely worse than in KL

2. What you think/feel at night are usually not the same anymore when you wake up the next day. Maybe that's why they say you should "sleep on it"..

3. Sleeping at home without air-conditioner while fighting with nyamuk somehow still feels much better than sleeping in a king size bed with fluffy hotel pillows and full blown air-cond.. because at home you have your family:)

4. We usually appreciate something when we don't have it anymore.

5. Car service center should open on Sunday so that I don't have to send my car there during weekdays...hehe

6. I wonder why tak banyak kedai at this Pasir Gudang area jual masakan Johor. Ada 4 kedai makan dekat sini but all four jual masakan Thailand.. I mean, come on.. kalau kat perlis, kedah lain laa