Ramadhan is here....

Alhamdulillah Penyimpan Mohor Besar has announced last night that 1st Ramadhan will fall on Wednesday, yippi yeay yeay. I was in the car when the DJ announced it and I was so happy.

The new operating hours for my office is 8:30am to 5pm. So InsyaAllah I will have ample time to prepare the food for berbuka and sahur.Oh yeah, this year no escape for me...I have to wake up and eat sahur. That's what hubby told me...or rather reminded me. He needs to eat rice because he has to work hard. When Ramadhan comes, people will be changing furniture and hence more and more work coming his way.

And so I am waiting for tonight's Maghrib for the usual hehehe ...

Arwah emak saya cakap, Syaitan dan Iblis semua kena ikat time Ramadhan. Jadi kalau buat salah, monteng puasa, monteng solat, mengumpat etc tak boleh salahkan syaitan dan iblis hehehe. Sebabnya salah diri sendiri ... Sendiri jadi syaitan sendiri jadi iblis hehehe.

Sometimes people asked, why even when Syaitan has been kicked out people still tend to do wrong things, bad deeds etc. 


Here's a good and wise answer:

Ramadhan is all about freeing yourselves from what ever negative thoughts, activities etc. This helps in making you to become a better person, and hopefully InsyaAllah it will continue so even after Ramadhan.

I do not know yet what is the menu for buka or sahur. Whatever there is I guess, then its off to terawih yippi yeay yeay. Remember that fasting for the day does not mean that you can eat till you drop at night ok. Being hungry during the day is definitely a concrete reason to be overloaded with food during night time.

There's a lot of opportunities to grab during one whole month, 

  inclusive of

A prayer to all my friends

So all together now.....

A month has passed by...

I was posting a comment in one of those websites for online short stories and decided to drop my blog address. And I just realized that it has been more than a month since I last posted anything. My apologies readers (hahaha, if any) for my laziness. Yup, I am just going to admit it...I am lazy. Haiya people wanna have blog, you also wanna have blog. But people are constantly updating, you are constantly being lazy huhu.

Well, I joined my new place on the 3rd of June 2013. I had to report to Dayabumi (HQ) before going to Shah Alam. I went there by LRT and thank god, my new boss was having a meeting there as well.So she took me back to the office in Shah Alam. Alhamdulillah, for I was actually forecasting on how do I travel from Dayabumi to Shah Alam. One option was to go home and take my car hehehe. Though I will be arriving slightly late in Shah Alam. But Allah sent me a saviour, my new boss :)

We stopped by Bangsar to buy lunch and my boss treat me to CoffeBean. (waaa belum mula kerja dah kena belanja hehe). We drove back and she helped to assigned a laptop and working desk for me. Everything was done swiftly and before I knew it, I has started working already. There was a new project that needs a database clean up, and so that was my task for the day. My new desk was slightly bigger than before and less clusters because the Execs were given a laptop instead of a desktop and everything was on wireless!!!!! Muahaha

The area was humongous...extremely humongous. As compared to the old office. But I will be positioned at the main building next to the car park. Yeay. And every car has to do reverse park, its a standard which must be followed by every staff. And the guards will call out your car name if you don't...and maybe a summon from HR. I guess so, because no cars seem to defy the orders.

My next table was still empty as my new partner in crime will only be coming in the next Monday. In front of me is Kak Zam (the only female programmer) and next to Kak Zam is Fendi (also a programmer). Most often they will be seating at the meeting table in the middle of the office, as there's a lot of brainstorming session taking place for the new project. So I am left all alone...Lonely, I'm Miss Lonely.....huhu

Oh yeah, did I mentioned that I was seated in front of the boss's rooms. Yeah, you read it right. My desk is directly in front of the Manager's room and to make it worse, the Manager's room is next to the HOD's room. Hwargh, stress stress stress

The feeling of having your bosses looking and monitoring at what you do each and every second you were in the office is suffocating. Well, they don't like look at you all the time right?! Logic speaking they have tonnes and tonnes of work to do, so Jangan Perasan! Huhu

There's a canteen behind the office and that's the port for breakfast and lunch. Though the service is kinda slow but its faster than if you are going out. There's really not much choice around here. Either the canteen, or at the other side of the main road you have Pizza, KFC, a Malay shop and few Mamak's shop (which according to some friends are quite expensive).

There's a small "surau" inside my office which is a relief. We can go at anytime we wish to, provided waktu solat la. If you go 11 am then it looks fishy lah kan. The surau is shared but there's a sign to show if its a male or female who is currently in the praying room. Good eh. And the Muslims here do pray, Alhamdulillah...I am back to the "environment" which Allah has given for me to be a better Muslim.

Altogether there are roughly twenty people in this office, but it is very quiet and calm. A lot of work no doubt but the peacefulness is maintained and hence, its easy to focus on work here. Officially I start work at 8:30am and ends at 5:30. But to avoid the traffic, I normally arrived in the office latest 7:45am and I only go back after Maghrib. Hahaha but I get to finish more work I guess.

So there you go... A little bit of my new life here :) We'll continue some other time ok. Bye.....

In two days Time...

Well, it has been quite some time since I last wrote anything on this blog. Trust me, I was very busy...and lazy of course huhu. This Friday, 17th May 2013 will be my last day of work in the current company. It is of mixed feelings which I have at the moment. I tried to spend more times with my office mates and staffs. Lunch together

, tea together

, dinner together

. More things done together during office hours. we even had one ice cream

session last week.

Yup, what can  I say I like to eat...a lot.

Besides there's too much hanky panky going on in the office. Not that it had never happened before. But it is getting worse. To the point which I think leaving really is the best option ever.

Resignation... Done Deal

I had asked a few opinions from a few people regards to my decision. And even when people advised for me to do so by the end of the month, something deep inside me urged me to drop it by today. I kept thinking about it when I was doing my work. Can't wait is it - is what people will ask me no doubt. But this afternoon I had a disagreement with my boss. Clashes of opinions, and I ended it when I told him "Its ok I will give it a try to what ever you said" and walked off. He still wants to say something and I told him I can not think at the moment.

I just do not wish to do something redundant. Something new came up and the launching time is 1st April, which is like few days to come. And we need a faster action and not something may take forever. I know that I can not afford that as well.

He called me and only said 5 things (the shortest meeting ever I tell you):
1. xxx
2. xxx
3. xxx
4. xxx
5. What ever your decision after this, its entirely up to you.

My reply? Fair enough - and I handed him the letter on the way out.
Maybe he would have take it as a challenge when I handed him the letter after he said that, but for me its a mere relief.

Guru Hina Pasukan Keselamatan Ditahan

Hmm, sebenarnya nak berkongsi suatu artikel yang dibaca melalui Kosmo Online.

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GURU yang didakwa menghina pasukan keselamatan ditahan polis di Pasir Puteh semalam.

PASIR PUTEH - Seorang guru di Kelantan ditahan polis pada pukul 7 petang semalam di sebuah rumah di Kampung Gong Serapat, Pasir Puteh kerana menghina pasukan keselamatan dalam Operasi Daulat di Lahad Datu, Sabah melalui laman sosial Facebooknya.

Ketua Polis Daerah Pasir Puteh, Deputi Superintendan Mohd. Kamal Zainal berkata, suspek yang mengajar Pendidikan Seni di sebuah sekolah kebangsaan di daerah ini ditahan di bawah Seksyen 4 (1) (a), Akta Hasutan.

"Siasatan awal polis mendapati suspek berusia 37 tahun itu mengaku mempunyai penyakit mental tetapi sudah lebih lima bulan tidak makan ubat.

"Dia juga pernah ditahan dua kali sebelum ini atas kesalahan membuat kecoh di tempat awam," katanya ketika dihubungi malam tadi.

Menurutnya, kali terakhir suspek ditahan polis adalah pada tahun 2009 kerana mengamuk dan mengganggu ketenteraman awam.

Dalam pada itu, Kementerian Pelajaran akan mengambil tindakan tegas terhadap guru tersebut.

Artikel Penuh: http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2013&dt=0315&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_05.htm#ixzz2NcrPVa7Z

Hakcipta terpelihara

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Saya tak pernah baca apa yang di komen oleh si pelaku, tetapi yang menarik perhatian saya ialah kenyataan bahawa pelaku di katakan mempunyai masalah mental dan sudah hampir lima bulan tidak makan ubat, punya rekod membuat kecoh di tempat awam dengan mengamuk.

Rekod sedemikian masih di benarkan mengajar?

Viva La Vida...

Honestly, I was never good at naming any songs and the respective singers for that matters hehehe. But I am kinda attached to this song by ColdPlay. The music is unique and the lyrics are somehow very poetic, well for me la..

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

* No idea what to post hehe

Honesty The Best Policy.....Hmmmm So Not

Greetings People,

The topic which we will be talking about today is

Why did I chose this topic? Well, it is known to some people that I was and still am looking for opportunities. Why did I not utilize the word "Better opportunity" instead of Opportunity - as normally this associates with work/career. Well, until you have been in that "opportunity" you would not know if its a better opportunity right? Some may offer better salary but perhaps a rather inconducive work environment.

Well anyway, I have been sending my CVs and applying online actively for the past few weeks. Why? Well, I would say it will be a good exposure for myself, to get to know what will be the latest trending in the market. The skills, the requirements, the job which is in demand etc. But yes, I do think of leaving my current company seriously. Why? Perhaps, its time for me to move.

Yes, there has been a lot advices given to me pertaining to this move. Some would say stay as getting a job with a better prospect is not easy nowadays. And plus I have been in this environment for sometime now and so it helps. Being in one's own comfort zone and being complacent is definitely an enemy when one is thinking about moving out and on with life. Hence why some say that change may not necessary be for the better. Well, it depends on personal opinion and experience I'd say.

And so I did forward a few resumes to friends as well. I received a call from my former lecturer asking if I would like to join her. It seemed that her boss is looking for a few candidates and she was reminded of me (aww so sweet). I sent my resume and was informed that an interview is required for her boss to meet me. And so I asked if it can be done on Friday as the client will be coming up to KL this week (conversation took place on Monday and client came on Tuesday. Expected to be here till Friday). She informed me that she will check on her boss's availability.

Well back to the title up there. Asked my boss if I can get leave on Friday. He asked why. I told him that I need to go for an interview.

Me: boss are u in?

Boss: yes i am

Me: saya nak mintak HD this friday boleh?

Boss: naper/

Me: i have an interview. i know it sounds weird but i do not wish to lie

Boss: hmmm...so times...honesty can be a little mellow

Me: rezeki tak berkat kalau menipu
even i told the interviewer that i will not be able to leave early
because i have commitment still here
in case i got the job lah
sebab dia ada tanya if two months negotiable

Boss: ok

Me: tapi kalau bukan rezeki saya di sana then i am ok with it too

Boss: ok

Me: i am only left with 5.5 days and 5 days will be utilized to go kinabalu
then i have no more leave so i can not leave teh company just like that kan

Boss: yup

Me: dun wori i dunn the intention to AWOL
not my style

Boss: i know

Sent at 10:19 AM on Tuesday
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And so the conversation just ended like that. See, I may be seen as the dumbest person on the face of the earth just by being honest about the reason for me to take leave. Even my comrades shared their concern as well. They even told me to be strong about it.

I don't feel that lying is good especially when it comes to things as such. Why is it so hard to acknowledge that your subordinates wishes to go for an interview. I mean don't you feel happy that your subordinates might be getting a better offer, better position, better career enhancement etc. Well, I guess not. A colleague was asking if I purposely did that to see if I am worth of a value or important to my boss? No No No No...That has never been my intention. Never. I just wanna see if he is different. Apparently he is not :(

I have repeatedly informed him that I will leave properly when the time comes. I know how it feels when your people left just like that. FYI, none of my team has ever done that but when others do, the work burden is felt on the rest of us :)

So Learning Point of the day:
Should you need to go for an interview, do not ever tell your boss. If he asked what will you be doing on your AL applied? Just say sleeping (well if you were sleeping during any of that 9 hours of supposedly working time, its not considered lying tau).

Life After Marriage...

Well, I did promise to stop talking about my wedding day but did not say anything about post wedding day kan kan kan huhu. Well, Alhamdulillah everything went pretty ok I guess :) The most sought after event is "Open Your Presents" huhu

.

Although some of my friends used to complained that duplicate presents is an issue, I don't seem to think so. Well, I did receive the normal wedding gifts, Dinner Set, Breakfast Set (a set for two so I guess I can use it until the family expands huhu) , Iron, Kitchen ware etc and I am just happy that I can have something to put in my kitchen cabinet which has always been empty for as long as I can remember :)

The most famous question which I still received on daily basis is "How's marriage life?" from those who genuinely would wanna know, those who is ready to tease and those who are merely kay-pho-chi. Well, I don't really know what do I need to say. The vocabulary chosen needs to be correctly and wisely used to avoid any misunderstanding which could easily leads to disaster *exaggerating wink wink. I guess its ok for me. For one thing I am glad that a relationship has been made halal, that would be the most important thing for me. I am now a makmum to an imam. I have someone I can snuggle with whoa.... too much info there. Turn around turn around hehehe. We played computer games together; or rather the FB games together. Other than that, I am washing twice the clothes, folding and ironing twice as much, having to share the Astro remote control, having to share my queen bed (my bed is my gymnastic floor hehe). Well, based on what I share you guys can do your own math...

One thing that I have yet to venture is cooking for my hubby. I don't cook at home, one of the reason is because of the house kitchen piping has been giving us some problem dating like years ago (giving me problem since years ago, as he just came on board last December). And I need to learn more on what he like to eat and what he doesn't. Well, he doesn't like vegetables at all with the acceptance of Kobis Masak Lemak . I like vegetables especially simple salads and am not really a big fan of chicken and meat. Haish clashes of interest..See? This is one of the things which I need to overcome as well .

Well, so far everything seemed to be under control. We'll see how it goes with Food War muahaha.

Wedding day Part Three

Well well well, I promise that this will be the last post of my wedding day. Hehehe macam lah orang lain tak pernah kahwin is what most married readers would say (ada ker orang yang baca blog ni, mode perasan).

Malay custom states that after the bride's side of the 'kenduri' has been done, now its over to the groom's side. We had ours in LGM in Sungai Buloh, the place was nice and with a big size parking lot as well. Next to the hall is the LGM hotel so its easier for the seminar participants or in our case, the bride and groom to have a place to get themselves prepared before the ceremony.

The night before the ceremony, we went to the hall to send some things over and have a look at the work of the catering team :) They were fast, efficient and very clean. The theme here is black and white, back to retro bebeh!!! And also to place our door gift bag - a big orange for 'pencuci mulut' (dessert). Simple and convenient :)

Well, the very next day we were there roughly around ten plus in the morning. We sent some extra dishes which my mother in law had cooked (yup, with all the fodd she was still cooking some more 'lauk') and off we go to get prepared. The guests arrived around 12 and we had our "makan beradap" as usual. My guest of honour was of course my parents, Nina's parents and Mak Cha :).

We had nice food and nice companionship. Abang Morhizam, Hubby's cousin was our official photographer of the day:) Thank you abang Morhizam.

Let me see, at the moment I am lazy so maybe later I will update more :)


Cau Cin Cau :)

Wedding Day Part Two

Okay, so this is the day :) Woke up early of course. Went to set up a few things and time for the make up. Ina is here to save the day. Hurray!!! Well, those who have been into a wedding would have known that marriage nowadays is relatively costly. The whole bridal package, make up, wedding dress/gowns, henna drawing can easily cost up to thousands of Ringgit Malaysia. And I honestly do not have that amount of money to spend huhu.

So here we go, the make up was quite fast and easy as I have told Ina that I want it simple and sweet. I am a non-make up user and so I don't want my face to end up looking like a Chinese Opera Actress :) (courtesy of Google). And so sweet and simple it was.

Once the Groom and family arrived, we were called to sit in front nearer to one another as the ceremony is about to begin. I guess here in KL in much simpler as compared to Johor. Simpler in what sense? No no no, you still have to do the akad and all, its just that in Johor you will have a commitment paper read out by the bride's mother containing all the doa's and advices to the bride. A very touching moment I'd say. That was what I saw when I had to be my cousin's Lady In Waiting :).

My auntie was sobbing non-stop and then my late uncle had to continue from there onwards. Huhu...Well, anyway back to future. The Kadi was very firm and strict in making sure what ever is required to be shared and passed down to us was done properly.

The form were signed and confirmation was done. And then comes the solemnization. My fiancee was sooo nervous that we were only declared husband and wife after the third attempt (minus the two 'practice' session in between).

After the solemnization, he went for the prayer and then the "Upacara Batal Air Sembahyang" took place. He put the ring to my finger and gave me the "Mas Kahwin" or "Mahar" (courtesy from Google - dodiesdesign.blogspot.com). We did not know that a 'declaration' is required as the Mahar will then belongs to me me and me muahahaha.

Then came the Lafaz Taklik, the Kadi asked him to read and then paraphrase what he understood. I guess he was still nervous that he mentioned "Sekiranya saya tiada dan keluarga gagal memberikan nafkah zahir dan batin pada isteri"....What The Hell!!! Everyone practically laughed at this point of time. Aiyah family only required to give the Nafkah Zahir and not the Nafkah Batin la sayang...Hahaha panic attack I guess.

Alhamdulillah, the session ended rather well. Lunch was served and we get to meet everyone particularly my family members. Next, was the photography session. Since we can not go out that far as some guests are still here, we opted to go to somewhere nearer. A small lake nearby to the golf course and the round about to UPNM hehehe.

Since a proper ceremony has not yet taken place, hubby has to go home that night and promise that he will come back the next day to pick me up :)

What an awesome day it was indeed :) And Monday back to office :(

Wedding Day Part One

Syukur Alhamdulillah, last Saturday officially after the Akad Nikah I am officially known as Puan GrimlyGeekyGirlNextDoor :) Awesome eh muahahahaha. Oh yes, happy happy happy happy.

One day before, on Friday I had to beg my Bonda to allow me to go out to buy some more things to finish the hantaran . These are some examples I got from the internet, not mine :)

Well, according to old wives tales, the bride and groom to be is forbidden to gout of the house, be it far or near before the wedding. Because it seemed that accidents always befall them. But imagine if I have to stay at home one whole day..I will definitely go crazy.So after much persuasion I managed to get out of the house, provided its my friend who is driving and not further that the Pekan Sungei Besi. Ok lah, rather than being confined at home muahahaha.

My Grandparents arrived later in the evening together with my Aunty and Cousin. As expected my Ayah (I fondly call my Grandpa as Ayah) drove all the way from Johor. Aiyak ini orang. Well, ayah is roughly 80 plus of age but I must admit, that he is strong as ever. But of course being a grandchild I am worried of him. I mean from Johor to KL is way too long of a journey. But Ayah being Ayah is stubborn, now I know where I got that from. Well, since I was rather busy and he was also very tired we did not get to talk that much over the night.

I slept in the Bride's Room with Ina , my BFF comes my Mak Andam comes my Lady In Waiting. Had to put some henna and immediately after that I fell asleep. Was very very tired.

Adam Dan Hawa

. The title above seemed to be some sort of a phenomenon in Malaysia, especially amongst female viewers. Maybe because of Aaron Aziz hehehe. Some were voicing their concern about Nadiya Nisaa being the heroin. But those people were so dead wrong about this actress. She is like fantabulous!!! Amazing talent I say...amazing...deadly amazing.

Well am not here to give synopsis about the book or the movie. I am sure that if you were to utilize Mr Google you will be able to find a lot of it. So don't be lazy and Google it up.

But I wanna share how impressive Nadiya Nisaa was in the drama. She is so freaking talented!. The most touching scene was when they were caught in the house. "Tangkap khalwat". My god, I actually cried seeing her acting. Her screaming was hysterical and she really lived up to that scene. No "Control control ayu". Brilliant I tell you! Brilliant.

A primadona in the making, given the right script and film/drama. Let's not waste this talent Malaysians!

Alhamdulillah....Am waiting for the big day :)

Yesterday went to see Uncle Ustaz to have my form checked, just to ensure that nothing should go wrong eg, form wrongly filled, incomplete details entered, incomplete certificates etc. Basically to avoid anything and everything that can happen :)

I drove to UPNM in the morning and was driving in circles for a while. Poor reception is so not helping me to get in touch with Uncle Ustaz.

As I was wondering, looking puzzled from one building after the other, I heard someone calling, Kak Long Kak Long. I turned and saw Hanis! She is a friend of Ira who is currently studying in UPNM. Waa looking so "handsome" with the uniform. Hanis is a very polite girl, a good positive influence on Ira. She shook my hand and hugged me, asking me why was I there? I told her that I need to see Uncle Ustaz and she pointed to the office.

Alhamdulillah, went to Uncle's office and he helped to check and assured me that the documents are properly filled. Now I have to go and see the Pendaftar Nikah for the half of the documents.

Arrived there about twelve noon, the mosque is just behind the camp. It was empty and locked, assuming its lunch time, I decided to com back later. At 2:30 pm I was there but again the door was locked, just as I was about to leave the mosque, I saw a car arriving. Saw a male wearing a smart shirt with a songkok. Assuming he may be the Ustaz, I went after him. He unlocked the door, phew at least I can leave the documents there. Apparent Pendaftar Nikah went to visit someone who was ill, and so I left the documents there.

I reached office about 3pm and immediately rushed for a meeting. Got a call during the meeting and an appointment was set for tomorrow morning. The usual "soal-jawab" I guess. Two hours after I left for dinner, yea early dinner aka late lunch.

I did not take leave, I only changed my shift so I am required to work until midnight. Hwaa that was tiring. After a short dinner, I went to look for my wedding shoes. Well, I bought two normal pair of shoes, silver stilettos ,and white stilettos more like it. But Bonda said its best to wear socks..... Stilettos and socks does not really match, since it will be very slippery for me to walk in both. So went around looking for another pair of silver shoes. Could not spend a long time though, coz I have to get back to work.

Aiyah, stress me this. Any suggestions ?

Oh My English......

I came across something which happened few weeks ago.

Had my weekend breakfast at McDonalds accompanied by The Star. Read an article on page 35 "Improving English in Schools" by Mr Seah Chiang Nee. Although the experience shared and views were based on what he has encountered in a neighboring country, everyone in Malaysia especially in the Ministry of Education should really looked into it.

When I moved to Johor to sit for my SPM, I missed my English teacher Miss Zahorin (from SMK Buyong Adil Tapah) the most. Not because people said we looked alike and similar in characteristics, but because she was a teacher of passion and of course she taught English. On one incident in my new school, I had chosen a different answer for an MCQ exercise, me alone while the rest of my classmates unanimously chose a different answer. I still remember the question "The TV show is (fill in the blanks). While the rest of them chose irrational I had chosen illogical.

Since I am the 'odd' one my answer was deemed wrong. After school, I went to the Teachers Lounge to seek for clarification regards to my answer. Unable to answer me, my teacher directed me to another teacher. The answer to which I was given was "Illogical is an Oxford level choice of word, so we don't use it".

Me being me, the blur one accidentally blurt out "Are we Malaysians that dumb or such a low class people that we are not even allowed to use these so-called Oxford level of words?"I think my teacher was taken aback by it and the look on the other teachers was a mad one. What happen to me? Nothing really except for the fact that I became very quiet...very very quiet in class. And that from that point onwards my teacher chose to ask for my answers before deciding which one is the correct answer. I strongly believed that it should not be the case. I do not want to feel important or anything, I just wanna a fair share in learning and that is all I am asking.

In fact now, while working I noticed how Malaysian level of English has indeed getting from bad to worse, well not to mention myself. The standards are deteriorating and unfortunately very less people seemed to be doing anything. Children have been "brain-washed" to hate English and that it is worth of nothing. Those who speaks though, tend to imitate the Beverly Hills 90210 kinda slang or Hillary Duff's Lizzie Mcguire kinda thing. It is funny indeed. They are trying very hard in faking it that when they were asked of a few simple questions, they tend to "melilanglibu" (panic). Such a wannabe.

Well, for me.... My grandfather has banned me from reading any Malay newspaper, until and unless I have read any English newspapers. That is how I got attached to The Star, especially on Saturdays. People always misjudged me by assuming that I am looking for job opportunities, The Star has a lot of it on its Saturday's edition. But I was more excited about getting more articles to read by just paying RM1:50. yes, I am a cheapskate what can I say huhuhu. It helps as I am not always on the internet reading other stuffs.

On a serious note, I do hope they re-consider implementing the English for Maths and Science back into the school syllabus as it offers extra help for the youngsters to understand the importance of English.

Losses and more losses

Well, I guess today's headlines will be the losses of Malaysian Football and Malaysian Team which took place yesterday. Honestly I was sleeping in the afternoon when DLCW was playing against China's Chen Long. I was not aware that our men's double was playing as well and lost to China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.

Though most of the time I will be seating in front of the television watching our own Harimau Malaya in action, I did not have a good feeling last night and true enough we lost 0-3 to Singapore. Is this just a humble defeat before leaping to our opponents for the next games up till the final? I seriously hope so.

Three Weeks and Counting

Okay, I guess those of you who have been following my blog would know that I will be getting married next month

So the wedding cards are on their way to friends and family.I found a place to get my "Tudung Nikah" and bits of "Hantaran" is already planned. Of course there are things which I need to settle and one of them is registering at JAWI! Yea yea I know what's taking so long. Well ,my parents went to perform Haj this year and after they have left I was informed by my dad's officer from KAGAT that I need my parent's wedding's certificate before I can go for registration. And Dad is reluctant to let me know where the documents are. I know maybe because it will be stored in some secret location with the rest of the documents.

So the rush will begin after my parents are back. Immediately I will need to see uncle Ustaz before submitting the application to JAWI. Uncle Ustaz assures me that it will be possible and he will try to help us out. So I am settling other things at the moment.

Waa panic panic...hahahaha nope not yet. Panic button is still intact.

Apa Sebenarnya....

Well, I know the title is in Malay but allow me to mix these two language in my post but I promise I will do it nicely so that everyone can understand what I would like to share today.

Traffic was kinda smooth today. I left home at 6:55am and even stopped to pump some petrol and arrived in the office at 7:40am. Not bad eh? Well I guess mainly its because of school holiday season I guess. But not so for traveling back home. Yesterday I was stuck for 25 minutes in the traffic jam in front of my office, and traveling via the toll was only 15 minutes! Well KL is known for its traffic jam anyways so I should not be grumbling about it.

That is not the content in referring to the title up there. I received a rather disturbing SMS from a dear friend of mine. "Salam sahabat tolong doakan kejayaan aku dlm kes penjagaan anak aku. Bekas suami dah melampau sampai telefon dan ugut mak aku".

Immediately I called her up to find out what had happened. But before that lets flash back a little bit from the beginning.

My friend got married in the month of Syawal few years ago. I was the Lady in Waiting (that's how her family refers to me at that point of time - padahal kerja pengapit ajer pun). Well, a few days before I actually went to her house for the wedding, she called me while I was driving back from Giant in Johor (balik kampung beraya dengan Atok) crying and shouting "Aku tak nak kahwin, apa nak jadik jadiklah". I was so surprised that I stooped the car immediately by the side of the road! I literally slammed on the brake ok for I was shocked. Yelahkan, lagi dua tiga hari nak kahwin kot nyer.

But she told me that its because her fiancee, have not completed the things which were needed and required for the wedding. The bank draft for "Mas Kahwin" and some other stuffs. At the same time informing me while sobbing that she had helped him with other things such as the "hantaran", "Baju Nikah" etc. Bear in mind that at that point of time she was already working in Subang, staying in Kerinchi and without fail going back to Ipoh on weekends to prepare for wedding which will be taking place there.

Well, I remember that I told her to cam down and that matter as such is no laughing thing and no joke as it involves a lot of people. After almost half an hour with her on the phone, she finally agreed to talk things over with her fiancee before taking any other actions.

The wedding went (picture taken from this blog http://antofagasta.blogfa.com/) on and then we sorta lost contact with each other. I knew she got a baby girl, moved to Penang and continuing her studies while working. And on one fine day out of a sudden, she told me that she got divorced!. Waaa that is scary! She called me up and wanted to see me.

We met up in Wangsa Maju Secret Recipe, our favourite hangout back during college time. At that meeting, the whole story came out and I really knew the truth. She was unable to share it earlier as she was still married to him. Dalam Islam seorang isteri tidak boleh menceritakan perihal buruk suaminya kepada sesiapa melainkan pihak berwajib seandainya ingin meminta pertolongan. And so she has been keeping everything to herself all this while. Poor girl, and she told me how things would not have happened if she were to tell me the truth before the wedding day.

Don't get me wrong she is not at all blaming me but she knows that I will stand beside her, with her with her decision had I known the truth.

Remember the phone call that got me slamming the brakes? The reason for that particular phone call - it was made after she got a call from a lady claiming that she was also her fiancee's girlfriend asking if she is okay with the idea of polygamy. What the hell?!?!?!?! Not yet married but guaranteed a "madu". Imagine getting that kind of call even before you get married.

Nak di jadikan cerita bakal suami dia pada ketika itu sudah punya "perempuan itu" (gelaran yang selalu kami berikan pada orang yang dengan sengaja merosakkan rumah tangga orang lain). Perempuan itu menyatakan betapa dia sangat menyukai dan menyayangi tunangnya dan sanggup berkongsi kasih seandainya kawanku ini bersetuju. Sah sahlah kawanku tak setuju. Gila ker apa? Yea saya faham payung emas di berikan kepada yang isteri yang sanggup bermadu tetapi janganlah pulak lelaki menjadikan itu alasan untuk berkahwin lebih dari satu bila yang satu pun tak tentu. Memang Allah memberikan ganjaran tapi Allah juga menyatakan syarat syaratnya.

Dia terus nak batalkan perkahwinan itu tetapi malangnya hasratnya di tentang habis habisan oleh keluarga. Dia ada abang dua orang, adik perempuan seorang dan adik lelaki seorang. Kesian dia, takder siapa yang nak backing dia. Patutlah masa kahwin tu dia takderlah nampak macam ceria sangat. Buat buat gembira.

Bekas suami dah kahwin lain sekarang ni, tapi bukan dengan perempuan itu, dengan perempuan itu yang lain, perempuan itu 2.0. Kawan sepejabat dia. Nak jadik cerita, masa diorang kerja sesama dulu, pernahlah perempuan itu 2.0 datang rumah kawanku, mengadu pasal suami dia (iyer masa tu dia isteri orang). Ingat kot memang ikhlas nak minta tolong, rupa rupanya ada udang sebalik tomyam! Kononnya pada waktu itu mereka suami isteri selalu bertengkar sebab perempuan itu 2.0 ni tak boleh mengandung.

Nafkah anak tak pernah di beri, anak tak pernah di jenguk. Ada sekali kawanku hantar mesej sebab anak nak kena bedah di tangan ada bengkak sikit. Jawapan bekas suami "Kau bayarlah dulu nanti bil bahagi dua". Sentap kawan aku ni terus dia jawab balik "Eh bodoh , aku bukan nak duit lah. Tapi sekurang kurangnya jenguklah anak ko tu"! Pertama kali kawan aku ni menyumpah bekas suami. Kalau dia bercerita tentang bekas suami, (selalunya benda yang salah lah kan) dia akan pastikan anak dia takder bersama sebab dia tak mahu memburukkan bapa kepada anak dia. Itu satu aku hormat dengan kawan aku ni.

Bayangkan bekas suami nak tunjuk baik siap pergi Ipoh jemput mak kawan aku ni ke kenduri kahwin dia. Sekarang berentap nak anak pulak (FYI perempuan itu 2.0 masih belum mengandung yea - no speculation please. Mungkin belum rezeki). Dah beberapa kali di panggil mahkamah tetapi masih degil, akhir sekali mahkamah keluarkan surat saman dan di hantar melalui peguam kawan aku ni.

Part ni pun kelakar jugak. Pergi rumah bekas mak mertua dia - bekas suami duduk di sana. Bekas mak mertua cakap bekas suami takder, tak boleh ker bagi pada dia ajer? Peguam cakap tak boleh, atas arahan mahkamah kena serahkan surat ke tangan bekas suami. Dan dan bekas mak mertua call dan turunlah bekas suami dari tingkat atas rumah dengan berkain pelekat. Lawak tak? Aduhai makcik jangan bersubahat sangat boleh tak? Soalan yang memang popular dari mulut bekas suami - sebab anak ni tak duduk dengan saya, tak payahlah saya kasik nafkah ye tak? Dengan selamba rock peguam tu menjawab lebih kurang begini "Duduk atau tidak anak itu dengan encik, tanggungjawab encik untuk memberi nafkah kepada anak itu sepertimana yang telah di pertanggungjawabkan oleh Allah sebab anak itu amanah". Hambik kau! Sebenarnya bekas suami dia ni anak seseorang yang agak ternama terutamanya dalam hal hal berkaitan mempromosikan konsep kekeluargaan tapi tak payah sebut namalah. Cuma kesalnya bekas bapa mertua dia sibuk promosikan cara hidup keluarga Islam tapi anak dia tak tahu yang dia kena beri nafkah anak walaupun anak tak duduk dengan dia.

Lepas dapat surat saman itu yang bekas suami ni meroyan telefon bekas mak mertua dia. Satu bahagian yang aku rasa kelakar, dia sebenarnya tak nak pun bela anak dia, cuma dia beri kata dua pada bekas mak mertua dia - kalau mak kawan aku ni tak nak bela anak dia dia akan pastikan anak dia akan tinggal dengan dia. Gila ker apa, dah lah bapak kawan aku ni tak sihat, mak dia tak pandai bawak kereta ank hantar anak jemput anak dari sekolah. Ko tak nak bela dahlah, suruh bekas mak mertua kau bela buat apa?

Nampak sangat dia cuma nak menyeksa kawan aku. Dia beritahu kawan aku dia lebih berhak jaga anak dia sebab dia dah kahwin, mungkin betul. Tapi bagaimana dengan tanggungjawab yang tak pernah ko lunaskan pada anak itu? Terus terang nafkah itu cuma untuk melepaskan diri kau dari di pertanggungjawabkan oleh Allah sebab Alhamdulillah kawan aku seorang yang berkerjaya dan boleh menanggung anak itu sendiri.

Dia siap perli kawan aku tu bila dia telefon mak kawan aku " Dia tu kalau nak kahwin lagi dah bertaubat ker?" Apa maksudnya itu? Kau yang curang dari sebelum kahwin lagi lepas tu kau nak burukkan kawan aku pulak. Dia siap tanya lagi boleh ke kawan aku mengajar anak dia membaca doa makan. Siap dia plak kena perli dengan bekas mak mertua dia "Hai jangan kata doa makan, AlFatihah pun dia dah pandai. Siap bersolat lagi sekarang". Padan muka kau nak burukkan kawan aku pulak muahahaha (maaf aku pulak yang over).

Hai entahlah, tetapi yang pasti aku mendoakan agar kawan aku akan beroleh hak penjagaan penuh terhadap anak dia dengan kebenaran melawat untuk bekas suami dan perempuan itu 2.0. Dan semoga kawan aku akan terus dapat membesarkan anak dia menjadi anak yang solehah.

Mohon doakan agar anak itu kekal dengan ibunya.

To my dear friend, I will always be with you.

No Title As Yet......

Assalamualaikum and Good Morning Everyone,

I know this blog has not been updated for quite a while. Well, to justify I had a lot drafts kept inside the draft box but as I wrote I notice that I did not have quite an ending to the entries and hence it was kept in the draft box for like forever :)

Let me begin by saying that I am sick, flu and cough for the past two weeks since last Monday to be exact. Change of weather (yeah, everyone like to blame the weather rite?) food, drinks...etc. Well, I for one am not good at looking after what I eat, as in even though I am well aware that I am still coughing I still drink ice or cold drinks, although not that often. Got a good scolding from my brother continuously huhu

We had Deepavali celebration in the office yesterday. Last Sunday I went to buy some presents and gifts for the celebration. And we bought some cakes from Kings Confectioneries . At first Jun, my friend who is in charge of the celebration wanted to buy the cakes from Secret recipe. In terms of distance, it is nearer to my office. However, in terms of price, its way cheaper with the new promotion done by Kings. For members, you can get 50% discount on any 1kg cake with no minimum purchase and you can buy the cakes with no maximum purchase! Imagine a cake worth of RM 60 is now worth of RM30! And for 7 cakes we saved roughly about RM 200. Had we gone to Secret Recipe instead, we would have been spending like almost RM600. Jun was so happy as she gets to cut down the budget and use it to spend on something else, say more food :)

I was part of the Fun Club Committee, but I chose to work quietly and decided that I will not go for any meetings. Why? Because no one can actually control the meeting and so it will be dragging on and on and on...Previously no Bosses were to handle these activities, just the managers and staffs. But since the bosses are part of it, of course I can not like barge in and cut the meeting as and when I like right? Eversince I was promoted about two years ago, all but I do is meeting. And I kinda find as a waste of my time. Let's go in discuss accordingly, wrap it up and leave kinda thing is the one for me hehehehe

Well, I bought myself a pair of new Punjabi Dress. The one I kept wearing is almost 10 years old and that is the one i have been wearing eversince, either to the Deepavali celebration or any Indian or Punjabi weddings. Hahahaha just to feel it more I guess. Yup, plain poyo I know.

But unfortunately as the event started, my flu got the best of me. I can even walk and so I was slumped at my chair feeling drowsy. Abang Ben came up to me and told me that I was pucat, I smiled weakly. Before he added "macam mayat" then I frowned and he laughed. He put his hand on my forehead and told me that I was burning. The funny part is I was shivering even as I was using a jacket. I end up putting my head on the table to rest and just closed my eyes.

Then my brother came and woke me up, asking me to eat some food which he took from the pantry. Waa the menu for the occasion was Nasi Beriyani...again. Chinese New Year - Nasi Beriyani. Hari Raya - Nasi Beriyani. Deepavali - Nasi Beriyani. Christmas - Nasi Beriyani. We need to do something about this stereotype menu here. That I shall propose for the next celebration.