Tuesday, May 29, 2007
*this entry will be in a mixture of english and malay*
Till now, aku masih memerah otak just to find out who is gendut. In case u cant remember, pls refer back to my entry dated 20 May, Click here
Anura masih enggan memberitahu aku siapa gerangan gendut. Dia nak aku cari sendiri. Dia tak nak beritahu apa2 clue. But I think she did mention one particular clue >> Anura pernah mengatakan dia jeles. Jealous? Hmm, I assume gendut must be sumone she knows and used/still close with. Dun tell me is that Daniel Zahid guy! Tak rela aku! Jalan dah! Hahaha..
When I prompt her questions like, "Awak rasa Z, Zul, Jaja tau siapa gendut? Heehee.. Kalau tau, saya tanya ajer dgn mereka sajalah.. haha.." Then, aku lak yg kena marah.. Anura masih menegaskan, "Mereka mana tahu dan aku tak mau beritahu ah. Aku jeles. Kau cari sendiri." Duhz..
Next, I enquire her this, "Gendut ada beritahu awak ker saya ni kawan baru dia?" She replied, "Ada." Hmm.. I asked her back, "Siapa seh?" A "hahaha" was wat I got from Anura.
Anura insisted on this sentence, "Kau kena cari sendiri. Aku jeles." Hmm, quite a number of times already she mention, "aku jeles." Hmm.. Well, I am and I will and I said to her, "K.. sooner or later, akan saya tahu jugak siapa gendut."
Sighz..
I think I know who. I suspect he could be da one...However, I dun wish to confirm with Anura. U may not be able to know how embarassing I would be if he is not whom Anura meant! Malu lah kalau salah! Mana nak letak muka aku nanti? Wahaha... So.. I am going to keep that answer to myself. Yes, I will keep da answer to myself - whether da answer is right or wrong.
"satu hari kau akan tahu siapa dia." Adalah apa yg Anura beritahu aku.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
26th May 2007 >> Went shopping at Vivo City! No, I didnt go alone, with Dira. Meeting time: 1.15pm at Harbour Front MRT. First stop, Long John Silvers for our LUNCH, we were hungry coz both of us (coincidently) have da same Saturday shift. She was working yesterday, so was I (but of course, at 2 different companies). Today, on a boring Sunday, I logged into da internet since 12pm after da repeat telecast of Anugerah. Anura, for a looonnnnggg time finally online in MSN. We chatted. My display pic in MSN shows a photo of me splashing water at da VivoCity. She asked if that pic was taken at VivoCity. I gave a positive answer. She probed further who I went VivoCity with. I told her, I went with a friend, a gal. If you would have remember my entry dated 20th May 2007, she further added, "Oh, I thought u went with 'gendut'." If you have read my entry dated 20th May 2007, I have indicated that I think I know who is 'gendut'. However I dun wish to confirm with Anura, feared that I may have guessed da person wrongly. Gosh, I couldnt have imagine da embarassment! Haha. So I just pretend and reply to her MSN, "Gendut?! I still cant fig out who is da person! If u know, tell lah." But Anura revert back to me, "Oh, no.. I want u to find out urself." Hmm...
While having lunch, we chatted about our daily lives and abt upcoming events such as, Taufik's performance at VivoCity next week! It has been re-scheduled to 7pm! What! So late! Oh dear!
Another event we chatted about: WWE SMACKDOWN TOUR! Yes, WWE SMACKDOWN Superstars (RANDY ORTON & JOHN CENA wont be coming because they are WWE RAW Superstars! *sad face*). Tickets are already on sale and da front tickets cost $350! I tell u, if BATISTA (he's coming because he's a SMACKDOWN Superstar), RANDY ORTON & JOHN CENA (my top 3!) coming to Singapore, I'll definitely buy da not so front seat (coz of my budget) which cost $205! Or even $155! But I dun think I am buying any coz it will be indeed a waste coz only ONE OF MY FAVOURITE superstar is coming. Yes, I know.. Rey Mysterio is coming too, Kane, King Booker etc but they are not my so very favourite unlike those 3 superstars I'd mentioned.
2nd stop, we went to take pictures! Here are some pics to share with you. Enjoy!
3rd stop, we went to a handphone shop and I got myself a new handphone! Nokia 6280! Yeah, I know, some of u might be asking this, "U should get Nokia 6288." Well, both models kinda look da same to me with exactly da same features and functions. Da only difference is, NK 6280 comes with 64 MB. NK 6288 comes wit 128 MB, I think. So, what da heck! I just go ahead and bought NK 6280 coz w/o contract for $198. NK 6288 w/o contract will be $338. Why would I want to get phones w/o contract? Well, I just renew my contract last year on 13th August 2006. So my contract is in middle of 9 months - 10 months, not even a year yet, so I cant renew my contract. If I am able to renew it, of coz, I will get NK 6288 for $138! Cheaper!
4th stop, we went to Tangs. I have been tempting to get myself a new wallet as my old wallet, which I had already dispose it was at a very pathetic state. Very pathetic! I just cant describe how pathetic it was! So, might as well get a new one before I didnt realize my coins in that pathetic wallet all went missing.. heehe..
5th stop.. Hey, for all da work for window-shopping, I "won" for myself an Alpha Romeo car! Yes! No joke!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
I had mentioned this before in my blog. It wasnt my intention to job hop. But I am now doing it (again!). For da first time in my life, I took M.C WHEN I AM NOT EVEN SICK. Heh. How do I do that? Well, there's always a term called, "acting". Why? Why did I apply for M.C today? Well, I went for a job interview located at Science Park Road. I shall not mention what is da name of da company. What I can only disclose >> A sec sch girl mate of mine referred me to da company. I just try my luck and send in my resume. I got their call on 18 May, around 2 plus in da afternoon for a phone interview. If I was selected for da next phase (face to face interview), they would call me again. I was surprised to receive another call from them at 4.10 pm! I was instructed to come for an interview, today (Tue, 23 May). I had to think about it first (well, I already took 3 days of leave in da month of May for my exams - I cant possibly take leave again, even if I wish to take half day leave - valid reason have to be given and even if I were to say family matters and personal, they still insist to know! They are bunch of busybodies! The only best policy is to take M.C) So, I told them that I will contact them by Monday to confirm. They gave me a direct number to call. Little did I expect that she would call me again at 4.33 pm (I already switched off my hp coz I have to start my examination). After da exam ended, 3 hours later, I checked my handphone and was wondering why they called again. I called them on Monday morning.I know from my sec sch mate that this job is a contract renewable basis and pay is within market range. If they can offer me $1600 (same as donaldson) or more, I take it but if they were to offer lesser than that, I dun think I can take it. During da interview, I asked them about da pay. They said it will depend on da HR Dept. I know, u may think I am money face or what but I have a habit of asking abt pay lah.. Thats da sort of THE ISSUE when it comes to jobs or interviews.. Heh.. During da interview, they asked why I want to leave my present company. Gee, a tough question. I cant possibly say, "There's alot of backstabbing going around!" No WAY!! So, my answer was, "I would like to go back to my customer service job. Previously, before I worked in da Donaldson law firm, I was a customer service agent for KCAP and I dealt with customers' calls. I applied for this position because I am interested to explore more customer service duties like, meeting them face to face and corresponding with them through emails." They pretty seem to like my answer. Still, they told me that if I were selected for this job, they will call me again. They know that I have to give 1 month notice. So, I guess, they can wait... Yeah, I did ask myself at one of da above paragraphs: Was it a hasty decision? Gee, I dun know too. I know I have told myself that I will wait till I completed my studies in January 2008 (and after graduation on May or June 2008 - now no longer in November, which was once a year, now is twice a year) then I will look for better opportunities out there. However, with all da backstabbing and da political stuffs that went on in D & B, I had enuff of that. I had to leave that shity place and move on. Either sooner or later, before or after graduating. I dun even wanna care. Enuff is enuff. Let them backstab some other pple who are of same qualifications as them. I am of a higher qualification than them, its OK for not respecting me but spare me da backstabbing, pls! DA MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE WHY I WANNA LEAVE THAT SHITY PLACE >> Like I had indicated, if they wanna insult me, never mind. By all means! BUT PLS DO NOT INSULT MY FAMILY MEMBERS! I REALLY REALLY HATE IT WHEN THEY "GOSSIP" ABOUT MY FAMILY BEHIND MY BACK OR DIRECTLY AT ME! Occasion 1) Dinner & Dance 2007.I WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE IS THAT? U WANNA BRING UR BOYFRIEND, BY ALL MEANS. D & B had stated that u can bring ONE partner. So, ur boyfriend is ur partner. I also bring a partner - my mother. Due to this, not many pple and some other staffs who shared da same table had been talking to me. (That senior staff put me, my mum, herself and 3 others to da other table - after da commotion). Like I'd said, not many pple talked to me and some of them (I dun even care) coz they like to side with her? Its OK to side with her but are they sincere to be siding her? Dun think I dun know, behind her back also, those pple talked abt her! Still, she was nice to them and da more they side with her (so as to talk more abt her behind her back). Compare to her and me, I believe those pple should know I have sort of a better personality than her; I dun smoke, I dun like to bring family matters to work, I dun always take unneccessary MC, I dun take urgent leave unneccessarily too, I am one level higher educated than her, I dun always come as late as 10am for work. Still, they wish to be "her friend." Fine. Those gossip-mongers are all one corner. Occasion 2) "MBS, u lost weight." MBS: "No lah. My grandma says I still look da same." That person shook her head with eyes rolling and directly said, "Ur grandma?! What does she know? She weight u, issit?!" This happenned during lunch time. We are colleagues but we had not been having lunch together for about 1 month. (She is on da 15th floor and I am on 16th floor) That's da reason why she hadnt been seeing me, so I guess she may think that I lose weight (I swear I didnt notice I lose weight). BUT SHE CANT SAY THAT?! SHE IS INSULTING MY GRANDMA! MY GRANDMA IS NOT A WEIGHING MACHINE!! WE SEEN EACH OTHER 24 HRS DAILY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, SO I KNOW WHETHER I AM LOSING WEIGHT OR GAINING WEIGHT ONLY WHEN MY GRANDMA SAID SO! IF SHE SAY I STILL LOOK DA SAME, I HAVE TO ACCEPT DA FACT. WHY MUST SHE SAID LIKE THAT ABT MY GRANDMA! SHE DOESNT HAVE A GRANDMA OR MAYBE DOEST STAY WITH HER GRANDMA, by all means! BUT DO RESPECT MY GRANDMA! If I didnt leave this shity place anytime soon, I think I will go crazy! Coz I kept enduring all their backstabbing, insults, etc. If I cant endure it any longer, I might blow my top or went crazy. I dun wish for both to happen. Oh GOD, pls help me. P/S: Well, I will always remember what Falalala (my pri sch mate - wonder what happen to her,seem to lost contact now). She once sent a friendster testimonial and it read: Don't let those vicious words belittle u, even a centimetre. People can say what they want but remember this U r here not to please the world but URSELF!!! Anway, just treat it as a compliment when they bitch about you coz they simply got really nuthin betta do do n they ENVY u in ever possible way... Yup, I think they may ENVY me in every possible way and I am here in this world not to please them but myself. Fine, they can say whatever they want abt me or my family members (although I will hate it) but they will answer to GOD when they are no longer in this world. *evil smile*t was on Sat, 24 March 2007, so on Thurs, 22 March 2007, we had to book seats for ourselves. 10 pple in 1 table. One of da senior staffs (do not wish to write da name - I suspect a few Donaldson staffs know abt my blog), organized 11 of us >> that includes myself and my mum sit one table with da other 9 of them. I dun mind. As long as we have a table. BUT U WANNA KNOW WHAT?! ONE OF THEM MAKE SUCH A BIG BUSTLE ABOUT IT, BEHIND MY BACK! That senior staff sort of pitied me and know that person not suppose to do that, so she told me. SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW MY MOTHER! SO HOW COULD SHE MAKE A BIG COMMOTION ON THAT DAY TELLING TO ALL DA MALAY STAFFS, "EH, WHAT LAH (name of da senior staff), WIHOUT ASKING MY PERMISSION, GO AND PUT ME, MY BF, HERSELF, MBS AND HER STUPID MOTHER AND (names of other staffs). I BRING MY BOYFRIEND OK. MUST SHOW RESPECT AH TO MY BOYFRIEND. MUST DISCUSS WITH ME FIRST. WHY MUST PUT MBS ON SAME TABLE AS ME. SHE BRING HER MUM, WHY DA HELL SHE BRING HER MUM! I BRING MY BOYFRIEND U KNOW!WHO DA FCUKING HELL DO U THINK U ARE CALLING MY MOTHER STUPID! HAVE U MET MY MOTHER BEFORE DA DINNER AND DANCE? HAD MY MUM SUMHOW OFFEND U IN ANY WAY? ANYTHING U NOT HAPPY, TALK TO ME STRAIGHT TO DA FACE! NOT BEHIND MY BACK AND PLS DO NOT MENTION MY FAMILY MEMBERS! U CREATE A BIG COMMOTION. U WAN PPLE TO RESPECT UR BOYFRIEND?! HELLO!! IS UR BOYFRIEND DA BIG BOSS OF DONALDSON?!! U OR PPLE SHLD RESPECT MY MOTHER COZ SHE IS AN ELDERLY, OLDER THAN US! U ASK THIS QUESTION: WHY DA HELL MBS BRING HER MUM! IT IS MY OWN BLOODY BUSINESS LAH! I DIDNT EVEN ASK WHY U BRING UR BOYFRIEND COZ I KNOW IT IS UR OWN BUSINESS TO BRING WHOEVER U WANT ! SO U SHLD RESPECT MY BUSINESS TOO. I WANT TO BRING MY MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER OR MY AUNTIE OR MY LADY COUSIN, NONE OF UR BLOODY FCUKING BUSINESS!!!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Anura sent me a forwarded sms about a money bee. After I forwarded da same sms to about 6 pple, I replied to her sms. In my sms, I mentioned, "Hello. Apa khabar. Dah lama ah tak dgr berita dari awak." (Translate: Hello, how are you. Have not heard from you since da Muzika Esxtravanganza)
Her reply was a bit tanda tanya. "Kau dah ada kawan baru, takkan nak ingat kita lagi." (Translate: You have a new friend to entertain. You wont want to entertain me.) I reverted: "Kawan baru? Huh? Apa maksud awak ni? Saya masih solo lagi lah." (Translate: Huh, new friend? What do u mean? I am still single lah)
This is what I meant by her next reply, is a tanda tanya. "Hahaha. Si gendut tu?" When I read da msg, I was stunned. 1) I dun know what is meant by gendut in da first place, 2) Who she meant by gendut? "Huh? Siapa seh gendut? Sumpah saya tak kenal. Awak kenal ker?" (Translate: Huh? Who? I swear I do not know that person. Do u know who?) No reply. I asked around what is da term or meaning of gendut as I am not that good in my malay. So.. gendut is another term for plumb.. Hmm...
I believe I know who Anura meant.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Related entries: 27 April 2007 and Why I Insist on pursuing fo degree
Another abstract of email to Alice
Hello there,
I have decided not to marry. But tats juz my decision for now coz like da malays saying, "Ini semua Takdir Tuhan. Kalau Tuhan jodohkan..apa nak buat. Kita hanya merancang, Tuhan yg menentukan." Meaning, its all in GOD's hand. IF GOD fates me to marry, so be it.. IF GOD fates me not to marry.. all da better!
Da reason y I am saying so.. Well, at first I have only 2 reasons but aft reading several news articles.. da reasons have increased. My first 2 reasons:
1) I do not knw how to cook. According to da Malays, if women didnt knw how to cook..its like.. very weird coz women are born to cook. Sighz.. But why malay women are born to cook? My chinese neighbour, every day eat out with family.. when I asked her, she replied, "I do not knw how to cook." Why is it NOT compulsory for Chinese to knw cooking BUT IT IS for us, MALAYS?! I find it rather amusing and confusing! There's another saying, 'Every husband will love and care for da wife more if da wife cooks for them.' This is totally unfair! Why must we women do all da work? Da pain of giving birth to children >> women, washing clothes >> women, after giving birth have to take care of children >> women, iron clothes >> women, buy things for cooking >> women, and cooking also, WOMEN?!!!
If u would like to know, I still do not know how to cook. I only know how to fry an egg. Thats all I know. If pple out there wanna make fun of me.. BE IT! I lead MY OWN LIFE..not theirs.. Thats da reason why i dun wish to get married.. I rather be a bachelorette than to have pple laughed at me for not knpwing how to cook for my husband.. and it will be more humiliating if my husband were to divorce me juz becoz i cant cook! SO, better stay as a bachelorrette. I dun care if pple out there say, I am ' tak laku' or whatever.. its their mouths.. one day, they will eventually SHUT UP.
2) Do u remember abt me having a step father right? My mum and dad were divorced when I was not even 4 years old yet. One good reason for da divorce, my dad was an alcoholic and drug addict. Guys wouldnt want to marry me if they were to find out my dad is an alcholic/drug addict. Of course lah...like wat my grandma say, "Mereka malu ah ada bapa mertua mcm tu." Besides when a malay woman wants to marry, her dad must be da 'wali' (witness). So I cannot tell or say tat my dad has died & have to get a 'Wali Hakim', coz only if ur dad had died, we can get 'Wali Hakim' as da witness. But what if my dad is still alive n kicking? And what if he's in jail for da drug offences? Dun u find tat humiliating to ur in-laws?
3) Aft reading da following news article.. I have decided 100% tat i dun want to marry. I knw, I may get tempted with a handsome dude out there or like trying to fall for a handsome guy but still, I do not wish to marry.
Article (1): SG's NEW PAPER, Dec 6 2005 - a husband was charged with murder for beating his wife.. Da husband is an alcoholic.. (Thank goodness, my mum divorced my dad!) A malay couple. Da couple had been married for 8 years and have no children. Da husband, an alcoholic and whenever da wife ticked him off, he would want to hit her but his bro was there so, his intention to hit his wife backfired but on that fateful day (Dec 2), his bro went out to buy food and da husband came home drunk at around 1 or 2 am. Da wife as usual ticked him off and u wanna knw what happen? He hit her! Yah.. I knw NO BIG DEAL but he didnt hit her with his bare hands! He hit her with and iron, iron board, clock and fan!! Of course da wife died!! When da bro came back home, he saw his sis-in-law lying motionlessly in da living room with da above mentioned things all over da plc and da gruesome part is, her teeth was dropped out! And da husband juz stare at da dead wife.. He's in jail rite now awaiting trial..
Article (2): SG's NEW PAPER, Dec 10 2005 - an indian couple; they are not married but live together for 11 years (I think) and even bore him 2 children. Guess wat? For 7.5 years, he abused her. He slapped, hit, kicked punched n slashed every part of her body including her private parts! Eww.. how sadistic can he be? They r not even married n yet, he dared to abuse her! He's in jail of course serving his sentence of a few years.. n da poor woman still lives in fear. She moved out of tat house, change da padlock n live in a rented one-room flat alone as her kids are in welfare home. Sumtimes when she's alone at her one-room flat, whenever she hears a knock on da door, she got frightened n dared not open da door. She didnt contact her parents as she has been estranged frm them as they had disapprove her relationship with him.. Wanna knw how he got caught? Well, i think it was when neighbour saw her naked outside da flat wif blood dripping frm her face, they called da police.
Article (3): SG's NEW PAPER, Dec 10 2005 - a Chinese couple who had been married for 26 years BUT for 21 years, she had endured all da beatings, slappings, choking and pinching by her husband for da sake of her children, now aged 17 to 26. They are divorce right now after she filed for PPO.. she regretted her hasty decision of getting married.
C... tats exactly Y i dun wish to marry.. I am scared it will happen to me too.. I knw who i am.. I am a 'lembik n lembut' person.. easily to be bullied yet alone abused... So, better dun marry!
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This entry is to be continued. I have some other reasons why I am hesitant to marry. In da mere future, I will share another email somehow related to da above. This email was sent by me to Faridah.
Friday, May 11, 2007
2 June 2007 - Taufik will be at Vivo City!!!
Price: FREE!!
Decision: contemplating
8 June 2007 - Anugerah Planet Muzik
Price: $58 before 13 May 2007. After that increase to $68? Or $ 78?
Decision: NOT GOING :(
23 June 2007 - Hady & Taufik @ Exemplary Mothers Award @ Ritz Carlton Hotel
Price: $70
Decision: Contemplating or give it a miss?
2nd June >> I know it is a free event and it is at VivoCity, very accessible to go there but still, no Hady is like.. 'bored'? Heehee..
8 June 2007 >> A yearly event. Anugerah Planet Muzik, similar to da Annual Grammy Music Awards, featuring 3 countries >> Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. BOTH TAUFIK & HADY ARE NOMINATED for 3 same categories! I had a hard time to vote for who da most.. Hah. Dun worry, Hady will get slightly more votes than Taufik. Err, Fiknatics, dun 'serang' me k.. whahaha..
23 June 2007 >> Both Hady & Taufik will be at Ritz Carlton Hotel for Exemplary Mothers Award. Sigh... Tickets prices are getting higher and higher.. Maybe da organizers know that we, HapyHadys will attend to any of Hady's event despite da price. But hey, be reasonable lah.. Most of da hapyhadys are school-going students. We, adults sometimes found it hard to fork out some amt of $$ for some stuffs. C'mon lah we are HapyHadys and not HapyHiltons.. LoL.. Hmm, unless Bill Gates or Donald Trump wanna pay for 70 HapyHadys at $70 each ? *as if*
What abt myself? What have I been up to? Well, been busy lately studying for my exams plus doing a research on my dissertation. I am g0ing to do a topic about: Networking Marketing. I know it is NOT an easy topic 2do but I have no choice, thats da only topic I can think rite now. Thats why I sacrifice lots of time to go to different places in Singapore searching, interviewing, fact finding those companies dealing in network marketing. Da similarity I gather from all da companies I'd been to is: Everything has to start from selling, in fact, we are always selling. Selling is part of marketing.
NuSkin, Amways, OmegaTrend, USANA, HerbaLife, HealthWise, Venture Era, Dolphin Warrior, Asayo are companies who structured themselves in a network. So, my next research is, "Is da term network marketing da same as multi-level marketing?" I know there are some perceptions from pple that Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) is same as da illegal pyramid selling. But if it is, why is it proven in da industry? Need to gather more.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
I just hate it.. Simply fcuking hate it..
Now I understand why my grandma used to say this, "Kerja dgn ramai org melayu, susah."
Which is TRUE! I experience it myself! If da workplace has a partition, da above statement wont matter to me but D & B DOESNT HAVE / DOESNT WANT to have a partition; it is open space! So, ur neighbours can kepo and know what da hell u were doing! Most 'importantly', they would MONITOR UR DRESSING!
Sigh, I dun know how start but I have to vent this all out! I just CANT ENDURE IT anymore!
Well, I have tons of clothes in my wardrobe. Every morning before I went to school or to work, I always have to crack my brains to choose da clothes I wanna wear cos it is simply just too many..
Sometimes I wore da same group of clothes for work every day! Only yesterday, I wore one particular clothing - blue colour which I wore for one of da idol rdshows - which I bought it 5 years ago.
Guess what? One of da staffs asked me (translate to English), "Wah, MBS.. new 'baju' ah". I said to her, "Aah? No lah.. Old one ah bought 5 years ago... " I havent finish my sentence when I was interrupted with, "I thought u buy new 'baju'."
Like.. duh?!! My grandma was right. She has prevented me from wearing those clothes that I usually not wear because she knows this kind of questioning will happen! I did listen to her but somehow, I sumtimes find it boring to wear da same old group of clothes. Besides, "they" may think that I am a poor working lady who always reused all her clothes to wear! So, I dun want "them" to have that perception so is it wrong for me to wear those old clothes of mine - which I seldomly wear?! IS IT WRONG?!! JUST BECOZ THEY HADNT SEEN ME WEARING A CERTAIN CLOTHING, THEY CANT ALWAYS ASSUME, I BOUGHT IT! JUST BECOZ THEY HADNT SEEN ME WEARING A CERTAIN CLOTHING, THEY MAY THINK IT IS NEW; I JUST BOUGHT IT!!
*if only D & B has a partition, I dun think this matters, coz they wont be seeing u..u do ur work, they do theirs.. no busybodies prying on ur life!*
So, now I am contemplating, should I be wearing a set of clothes which I had not wear for a long time to work? I feared that if I wear it, they may think, I bought it! *eyes rolling* Today? well, for today, I 'recycle'. I wear those clothes I used to wear for work (since da day I started work at D & B) again!
Sigh.. WHY DO THEY BOTHER! IF IT IS INDEED A NEW 'BAJU', SO? WHATS THEIR MATTER?!
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Chance upon da following, I find it very nostalgic, so would like to post it here... To those of you born in the late 1970s to 1980s, take a trip down memory lane... You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Care Bears, My Little Pony and Smurfs too... You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 (M'sian Channel) about school girls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called Meoro Attack. You find your friends with pagers and handphones cool in Secondary school. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud "BEEP!" when pressed...Bus fares barely reached 50 cents. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket. Envelopes were given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to catch the scenery. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.(if we did watch movies then.) Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and Ding Dang / Tora (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week. Not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Not forgetting Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers. R.S. Stine and Goosebump series were probably the scariest story you ever read. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that served food in plates and lets you use metal forks and knives. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'superwhite'... you just couldn't bring yourself to say the Hokkien relative. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too... Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of ourlives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks? We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc. Every Children's day and National day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children'sDay 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day 1994'. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl. Boys like to catch fighting spiders. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes","Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Birds fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard to forget". Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk some more, I write your name ah!" There were at least 40 people in one class. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable. Well, I remembered almost everything. Those were da young days... I missed playing teng teng and five stones.. I would love to re-read my fav books >> Sweet Valley High. Heh.
You know what SBC stands for.
You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
There was once the craze over Tamiya cars and toy dispensers where you had to slot in a coin and twist the knob, while your other hand anticipated the toy to appear. 20 cents for colourful rubber balls and 50 cents / 1 dollar for toys in plastic egg shells.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Da event was great! There were about 40 HapyHadys who attended da event today, and we had a nice section all to ourselves. Suhaimi Yusof (he was da host) came out and warmed us up with a few "contests". As usual, Suhaimi's jokes made our stomach gyrating!! Hahaha! Seth and another girl , Farhana were called upon to sing Taufik's 1st single I Dream and it was just a whole lot of fun and laughter. *smilez* Our dear president ANTHONY! also got called up to sing Hady's You Give Me Wings. Then Suhaimi picked out this little girl, Shakira. He wanted to "train" her into being a good compere so she was asked to say LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME HADY MIRZA! Then he led her backstage and we dun know what went on back there, but later she walked out holding hands with.... Hady's 2nd song was of course Merpati and the funny thing is before he started, he went "please sing along..if you know the lyrics..cos you know i tend to forget..." And what does he go on to do while singing? Keep forgetting his lyrics! okay not exactly FORGET but sang wrongly lah..but its ok..we forgive you Hady. it was nevertheless a stellar performance from you. Good nite!
HADY MIRZA!!! 
Then, da song Freedom 90 was been played and we sang along with Hady. Before Hady sang his 2nd song, he was asked to do a "gelek". But he called out 2 volunteers (Kak Rinie and Kak Marni - Angel 74 in forum) to do da "gelek" for him while he sang a "dangdut"! Fulamak! I tell u, Hady sang that dangdut song very sexily.. He still "gelek" also very sexily. Woo-hoo!
When it was time for the lucky draw, da 2nd superstar of the evening TAUFIK BATISAH was called out to give the prizes with Hady. They picked numbers out of da "lucky" box and Zohra (ziggyzesto in forum) was SO lucky to be called by TAUFIK. Her number was 0000062. She won da 3rd prize!! Congratz babe!
U know what? Most of the HapyHadys had tickets with double-digit numbers, (mine was: 0000066) but a lot of the winning numbers today were from 100 up, so when Hady or Taufik said "SATU!..." as the first digit, all of us just made really upset noises.
Overall, it was a very good event and both my idols did their thing as usual. Taufik sang Satu and of course, Usah Lepaskan. *was singing along to those*
P/S: I cant believe I took more photos of Taufik than Hady!! But its OK. Both men will do just fine. They looked super duper HOT today!! *winkz*
More of da pictures (there are 110 of them - excluding 4 videos! Thats make 106 photos with 4 videos, total 110. LoL), but I am not going to upload all. Upload those I think are of ur viewing pleasure. Heh. Please visit http://amyria.fotopages.com/?entry=1151173