Weddings at JB

What a tiring weekend! Just got back from JB attending 3 weddings.. well, 2 of them kat JB and 1 kat segamat. There's 5 of us in the car, so macam penuh sarat, campur lagi dengan 2 kotak icebox full of otak-otak and otak-otak derivatives kat seat...hahaha... but it was full of fun as well.

I really need a break la, and going out with friends seems like a good idea. I need more break like this, well maybe not to kenduri kawin la because cam restricted sikit schedule, but definitely more outings la.

Dulu macam pernah plan with friends to naik kayak/canoe from pulau perhentian besar sampai perhentian kecik or pusing keliling perhentian kecik. That would be fun right. But of course, we had to move to different departments, outfit and semua dah jauh2 and makin busy.. nak2 pulak some of the said friends to dah jadi manager and makin busy, so kira berkubur je la plan ni.

Tapi tula, walaupun nowadays dah kurang sikit activity dengan kawan-kawan i noticed that throughout my life, I've been blessed with good friends... great friends.. that made me feel so lucky. Those who know me would know that I'm not a really independent person, and all this while I've been away from my family since masuk form 1, my friends never fail to take care of me... like, be there to support me, and be with me when i got result teruk ke, when i was heartbroken macam nak mati ke, when i was homesick ke... bila-bila lah. Alhamdulillah, I'm so grateful of this, and I hope so far I've also been a good friend...

Bntulu Trip

I just had this meeting in Bintulu yesterday. At first, tak nak pergi sebab ada banyak kerja yang still pending. But, since the team at site dah call semua suruh datang, datang la jugak, but balik hari.

I chosed the air asia morning flight at 7am and balik by the evening flight around 7, tapi flight balik tu habis. So nak tak nak the best one is to go through Kuching and get the midnight flight from kuching at 11, sampai klia patutnya 1240 ok, jangan tak lambat la kan.

malam tu dah tak nyenyak dah tidur, sebab takut terlepas flight. At 4am sharp, bangun and bersiap semua by 440am gerak la to LCCT (transportation courtesy of my beloved dad). Sampai bintulu my friend kat site picked up, bawa pi meeting, discuss apa patut, lunch, then petang lepas kerja straight pi airport. Flight to kuching bagus, on time.

Sampai je kuching tengok2 flight dia delay la pulak. From 11 dah jadi 1125. Bateri phone pulak dah tinggal satu bar. Sudah, time camni la nak jadi semua benda critical. Dahla bapak saya yang kena ambik kat airport tengah2 malam buta tu. Kesian and rasa bersalah sangat ok, tapi dia tak bagi naik taxi sebab risau anak pompuan dia ni sorang2. Pukul 1110 camtu, dia annouce delay lagi dah jadi 1145. Aku pon ambik beg letak kat penyandar kerusi tu baring (secara sopan). Tapi sejuk la pulak, tak boleh nak tido dah.

Pukul 1130 rasanya flight tu baru sampai. Orang pon semua muka dah mengantuk dah. Sampai je dalam flight tak sampai berapa minit terus lelap. Ntah berdengkur ke apa nasib la hoho. Sampai almost pukul 2am.

Abah dah tunggu kat bawah dah. Pergi kat parking tak jumpa kereta, hah sudah lagi satu cerita pulak. Pergi naik lift tengok floor atas, tak ada. Turun balik, tak ada. Pegi every floor cari kereta, tak ada. Aku ni dah bukak dah kasut (sebab dah lenguh), jalan kaki ayam je cari kereta. Pastu abah teringat, dia parking kat B bukan C & D section, naik balik kat terminal, pusing lift lagi satu, baru jumpa kereta. By that time dah 230. Kesian abah, dia mengantuk sangat la tu, sampai main blah je after parking, tak ingat kat mana. Haa, jenuh la jugak anak beranak ni mencari kereta sampai setengah jam.

By the time sampai rumahpukul 330 dah. Hari ni masuk office ala2 zombie hahaha. Buat kerja pon tak ada mood. Baik tido bintulu balik kl hari ni kalau camni gayanya. Lesson learnt ni... tak payah la menyeksa diri sampai jadi tak efficient. Lagipon company bukannya tau apa yang kita sacrifice untuk dia. By the time appraisal, dia nak bagi teruk dia bagi gak, ada issue dia nak salahkan kita, dia buat gak...

Saturday Blues

This blog is obviously berkubur considering i'm no longer in JB/Pasir Gudang and is already back in the super duper busy hectic life in KL.

Working life truly require so much commitment and energy. If only I could just go through mesin merentas masa like in doraemon and go back to college days in Minnesota. Just to see how the place is now, jalan2 pegi west bank lintas Mississippi, tengok balik old lecture buildings, lepak kat park depan kelas jepun punya building sambil makan boba tea and nasi vege mapo tofu or unagi set or fish roll set, jalan kat downtown sambil tgk book sales, farmers market, lunch or dinner village wok, or kedai pak ali yang ada nasi roast chicken paling sedap dalam dunia.

Truth is mesin merentas masa only exist dalam doraemon and right now i've to go back to evaluation room... on a saturday morning.. hehe

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!!!