Al Fatihah

Yesterday has been unbelievable. Unbelievably hot, unbelievably uplifting as well as unbelievably sad. Pagi morning pg get the check, so finally it is here, uplifting a bit (what with all the 'commitments' an all) but still tak leh clearkan lagi...a bit sad. The saddest part of the day was the passing of my dearest cousin, Cik Asem as he was fondly called. He was the hubby of my own cousin, Kak Ipah. Kak Ipah saw all of us growing up, and we were very close as she lived with our family almost half of her adult life. When I got the call from Adi at 1330 yesterday, I was mildly surprised. I know all along that Cik Asem was warded kat HKL, so I thought that there are somethings that I could for them, from my end at least. I was not prepared however to hear that 'babah dah tak ada". How surreal is that? How sorry I was now that I had been putting off my visit to the hospital..? He has a heart condition, yes, but he was warded for an ortho complications. There are so many things....that we wish, but it does not matter now... He has got the long rest he so deserved at long last, no more pain. To Kak Ipah, Adi, Diyad, Raikhan, Kak Aini, & Azian as well as the rest of us, the ones who were left behind are those hurting the most. Tiadalah yang lebih cantik kecuali sabar dan bertawakkal. This only reminds us that we have purposes to be fulfilled as best as we could before our own time comes. Al-Fatihah untuk Cik Asem. Semoga rohnya ditempatkan bersama roh orang-orang beriman yang lainnya.

Now U See it....

Minggu gaji biasanye ditunggu dengan penuh pengharapan...especially bile gaji bulan Febuari aritu bagi awal..mmg sonok dpt awal tapi ade side effectnye...the stretch is longer or so I thought... so with utmost happynesslah hari gaji disambut. Funnily, ade jugak yang dapat gaji bukan minggu ni, especially private sectors lh kot. Cam mak lang gaji die kalau x 31 aribulan jgn haraplah...evil people!! X baik tau buat orang cam tu...

So ari ni, hari ke 4 gaji, suasana kembali suram, slps hutang 2 individu mahupun organisasi cuba dilangsaikan, harapan dilempar kembali kepada satu tarikh lain, yg mana pada hari itu, gaji bulan April pulak yang dirindui dan ditunggui. Gajilah pengubat luka, satu prasasti bahawa segala usahamu selama ini tidak akan pernah sia-sia. Gaji juga amanah, kayu ukur prestasi diri kita sendiri...are we worth what we are paid. Did you know the word 'salary' originates from when a long time ago, workers are paid in salt, the most valuable commodity masa tu... I can't remember exactly kat mane this tradition start but ...to all workers everywhere, whose faces I saw stuck in jams while driving to and from work...! I salute you!

Orang Baru Orang Lama

Minggu ni I am stuck here, in KL khususnye sbb I promised Soha that I'd do the explorace thingy. The result? Badan sakit, kaki blistered no hadiah mind, cos we came in after fifth so, there....tak masuk dah bende2 camnih. Would not want to go into the gory details of the tasks that we have to complete, a complete waste of time..Nope, I did not enjoy it, save for my lovely team members, sorry kita kalah...I was surprised (?) at how unfit I am...hmmm. Maybe tulah yang dikatakan Orang Lama...

Pak Ngah nyer baby akhirnya decided yang dia nak tenguk the world, the latest edition (and addition) of the Radzi's; Nur Wijdan Ilhami is finally here...Congrats Pak Ngah & Co. on a job well done! As u can see the baby is not at all bothered ngan paparazzi keliling diye, being already born a diva kan? So that's the orang baru part...the food was great jugak over the weekend at Pak Ngah's. Daging Black Pepper is ok. Balik dari Jalan Nong Chik g solat di Masjid depan KISAS tu, the one with very gothic/art-deco inspired archi, Masjid Sultan Suleiman. Mulalah mengimbau kenangan lama as a KIKian/KISASian, it was during my fifth form that KIK was renamed KISAS. It has been fun (although not all of it)...So that is also on the Orang Lama section.

What's weird about me?

Back from a short weekend break, went to Melaka as per opot's blog. I'm just the supir, but all in all a nice drive to and fro....quite relaxing, badan pun tak sakit as per the survey on chi-yan's blog about the level of comfort of carseats...back blogging t'day. Last week cam nak tecabut nyawa buat Chapter 1. Dh antor la dh kat Cikgu, tgh bedebar lak tunggu the reply...Euww!!! So next week akan stress out balik...so, back to the mind boggling thing of what is weird about meself. Not just one, but 6...lagilah susahkan...I'm just as plain as the next gurl..but, as promised here goes...

1. Cannot tahan the smell of cempedak n nangka....takleh langsung...kalau simpan dalam fridge and all the other food and water beginning to smell of it? Absolute no-no !! Cempedak goreng? Even worse! So my hubby, the lover of all things chempedak, will have to goreng sendiri or get warong-bought, ain't getting it from moi!

2. Share the same amazement with opot (can we share our weirdness? it's genetic apparently) about having a hard-boiled quail's egg in a laici-kang? Hello! Not masak lemak is it? It IS a refreshing drink? tsk tsk

3. Almost all my teeth is still milk teeth, except for some molars or something, and I am quite ancient by the Gregorian count. This one kene tanyer Mak Su (BTW, she hates my dentition) ... One dentist told me that this is 1:20, not really sure about that...but I suppose that is why I do not look ancient!!! NOT!

4. I do not do this as often now (because I usually stop at one, wow) but I used to wash my hands again before going for the second helping....is that supernatural? Mesti, kalau tak tak sedap...

5. I hate butterflies and big, giant moths!! They are so thin I could crush them, but I could not sbb geli...that is why I hate them...

6. I could not plant any trees to save my life... somebody kate (exactly whom, can't recall) tangan panas...nanti pegang pokok, pokok mati...so, although gardening is quite nice an idea...the best I could do is siram pokok, and beli pokok siap kot...BTW chiyan...nice looking orchidae...

So there... I now tag anyone who read this...

Ibarat sirih pulang ke gagang...

Minggu ni ade kejutan-kejutan kecil... mak ngah was supposed to deliver another addition to the family, apparently the person decided that now is not the time... 1 tekejut. I went to the office, by myself, trying to write the phd thingy on a Saturday! 2 tekejut. I was not able to do more than 3 pages due to my very rusty thinking machine! 3 tekejut...and we went to the next door neighbour punyer engagement do.. 4 tekejut....yang ni, nothing major, it's just that it was quite a private affair, and we were quite honoured sbb dijemput, plus the fact that I hardly know anyone...but there is no better time to start silaturrahim than now...kan? How many times have we broken silaturrahim than renewing old ones or even build new ones? I know of a few broken silaturrahim, but in my defense only due to temporal and spatial difference...but that is too flimsy a defense, even by my very low standard....