Meow / Purr ?

Laddu is by my side,now. It's a Friday and I choose to make it the start of my weekend. Yesterday was kinda relieved as both DocMard & DocShim were being very helpful and supportive on my not-so-good progression on you-know-what.

I received the evaluation CDs on Thursday. Apparently it has arrived much earlier but got stranded in the office for some reasons. Well, the administration has not yet improved much. That's the main reason, I guess. But I've promised myself to change, so I searched the package in the stacks of other important letters, and yeay, found it! Was so glad that it's a 60-days-trial. It should give me more time to play around, instead of just 15 days like the previous one we used to have. But, erkh. It's also a bad thing for me, as I've been procrastinating ... a lot of things these days. Ya Allah. Help me to go through this! I have a deadline to meet!

^o^

My DrummerBoi just received the news that our baby's name has been registered. Alhamdulillah. Now that the name is ready, can't wait for her to be delivered! :) We're waiting patiently, now. It's going to due anytime soon.

July is Joy. It's the month for Baba-G and sis, LadyBoss, and ... err, that's it? :D But it also marked about 2 months before our big day. Weee. And nothing is completely ready, I can tell you that. :P But we are so excited about what's coming up after that. Can't believe we'll be living under one roof. For many many years to come, insya Allah. Wow. Sometimes I had to just pause for a while and imagine it! Huhuh.

On the short-term excitement, we are extremely looking forward to tomorrow's agenda, as he has planned out perfectly! Freebies, meet-ups, payments. Heh. Life is just so much wonderful!

On the downside, my dearest brother just met with an accident few weeks back. But hey, always look at the brighter side. He's been staying at home ever since then. Few days back, aunt & unc came to bring him back to Sega for massage treatment. Yea, lucky him for enjoying milk so much since he was little. No breaks or bone damages. Only bad wound, and hopefully no scar to remind him of the bad incident. But I wish there will be some, so that he remembers to be careful on his next ride. Like the advertisement said, "Ingatlah orang yang tersayang".

Or should it sound like, "Ingatlah orang yang menyayangi".

Yeah, that one's better.

Are we different?

Come on,
the day is ending.
And we are tired from walking over and under this town.

Look here,
the fight is starting.
As we near the people are parting.
Oh my, my tired soul

Are we shy?, are we setting new ground?
Are we high when we're watching downtown?
Are we different?

Look close,
your face is changing.
Like most its only aging from all these tired tears.

Come on,
its getting better.
Looks like we're in for warm weather
for the next three billion years.

Are we shy?, are we setting new ground?
Are we high when we're watching downtown?
Are we different?
Are we different?
Are we different?

Are we gonna figure this out?
Are we gonna figure this out?

Are we shy?, are we setting new ground?
Are we high when we're watching downtown?
Are we different?

Priscilla Ahn.

Sabah 101 part 1.

Mula-mula aku dapat tahu yang aku kena outstation kat Sabah, aku dah depress. Sebab? Aku dah pernah pegi Sabah last year dan bagi aku, kalau pergi untuk 2-3 hari mungkin OK. Tapi sebulan?? I dont think so. Ni semua sebab makanan kat sana yang tak berapa nak masuk dengan tekak aku. Well, kerja tetap kerja.. kenalah pergi juga.

Masuk hari ni, genap 17 hari aku kat sini.. sampai 31 haribulan Januari hari tu dan sampai skang. Sepanjang 17 hari aku  kat sini, aku dapat kongsi la beberapa information tentang Sabah ni. Boleh jadi guide atau brief introduction untuk sape-sape yang nak datang sini. Owh by the way, sepanjang aku kat sini, aku hanya berada di kawasan Kota Kinabalu je.. so janganlah expect aku nak cite pasal Tawau, Sandakan, Kudat, Tenom dan lain-lain OK?

1) Firstly, KK ni atau Kota Kinabalu ni town dia kecik jer. Nak compare dengan KL, memang tak boleh la.. KL besar sangat kalau nak dibandingkan dengan KK. Bandar KK ni aku suka sebab sangat terurus dan tersusun pembangunannya. Ada 3 jalan besar sepanjang KK ni, satu paling dekat dengan laut, satu tengah-tengah town dan satu lagi kat tepi town. Kalau sape sesat jalan kat KK ni memang tak logik sebab signboard-signboard sangat senang difahami dan diikuti. Senang citer, ikut signboard je kalau nak ke mana-mana.

Shopping  mall yang boleh blah kat KK ni ada banyak.. tapi so far yang aku pernah pergi cuma 3 jer.

1) Sabah Centre Point atau orang sini panggil CP. (Tengah2 KK)

CP ni kalau cuti ramai sangat manusia. Sorry aku tak dapat nak beza orang Sabah ke atau orang Phillipines (Pinoy) kat dalam ni sebab hampir sama je. Tapi bagi sape2 yang tak suka dengan crowd-crowd dan tak suka tengok budak-budak muda yang berpakaian yang kurang senonoh, nasihat aku toksah la pergi sini. Sape-sape nak carik barang-barang macam kasut, baju yang tak mahal sangat, boleh datang sini. Banyak gila kedai jual kasut dan baju. Owh, kat sini jugak ada kedai Nike dan kedai Adidas Originals. So, for sneaker freaks bolehlah datang sini tengok ada kasut-kasut yang berkenan. Tapi mostly apa yang ada kat semenanjung ada kat outlet CP ni.

2) 1Borneo Shopping Mall. (8km from KK)

Bagi aku, honestly speaking 1Borneo ialah shopping mall yang paling OK bagi aku. Comparable to Mid Valley. Butik-butik yang banyak ada kat KL, ada kat dalam ni. Nak pegi sini kena jalan jauh sikit dari KK. Naik kete dalam 15 minit la kot. Ikut jer signboard, insyaallah jumpa. Serius!!!! Dalam ni ada Giant and ada GSC so sape-sape nak pegi tengok wayang dan membeli barang keperluan bolehlah datang sini.

Satu lagi, kat dalam 1Borneo ni jugak ada kedai Jamilah Jewelleries. Jamilah ni kalau  sape taktau memang bukan orang Sabah lah.. sebab Jamilah ni macam salah satu kedai paling besar yang memasarkan barang-barang kemas dari kristal, pearl untuk buat brooch, rantai dan banyak lagi. Kat Pasar Phillipine (nanti aku cite) ada jugak tapi bagi  sape2 yang malas nak pegi situ, boleh beli kat sini dengan tenang dan selesa.

3) Suria Sabah.

Jangan pergi. Takde benda. Hahahahaha... Actually Suria Sabah ni baru sangat lagi bukak. Baru bulan 12 bukak so tak banyak tenants yang ada. Tapi yang bestnya ada Metrojaya kat dalam ni. (best ke?). Dan bagi sape2 yang rindu kat semenanjung, bolehlah makan kat Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa kat dalam ni. Yes, Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa kat Sabah! Tapi ramai sangat hari tu aku pegi, maybe semua yang makan tu orang semenanjung kot? Lain-lain, bosan. 

Ada banyak lagi shopping complex kat Sabah ni seperti Plaza Wawasan, Plaza Karamunsing tapi aku tak sempat nak pergi lagi. Insyaallah aku akan try pergi dan review. 

Stay tune for more Sabah 101 series. 

End.

New layout

Ok ke yoy? Kalau tak ok tukar baliklah. :D

Bad start for 2010

Lagi few days nak tinggalkan January, 2010. Tapi macam-macam dah berlaku dalam bulan atau tahun ni. Takdelah macam-macam sangat sebenarnye, tapi agak macam-macam jugaklah. (Apa benda aku merepek ni?)

1) Last 2 weeks, on the way aku nak ke opis, aku eksiden. First time aku eksiden teruk macam ni. Dulu time bawak skut pernah jatuh motor gak, tapi sikit je luka plus time tu tengah hujan. Tapi kali ni, agak serius aku rasa. Lampu kuning, motor depan tu macam nak blah... aku pun tengok kanan ada kereta datang ke tak, skali bila aku tengok depan balik; motor tadi tu tak jadi nak blah. Terus stop. Aku pun ambik kiri, elak dia dan brek mengejut and apa laga. Jatuh. Bila jatuh tu aku cuba gagah nak bangun, sebab depan traffic light kan. Dengan kereta tengah berhenti tengok lagi... Tapi aku gagal sebab seluar aku sangkut kat motor. Pastu lepas dapat bangun, ada sorang brader ni turun motor dia dan tolong angkatkan motor aku. Yang lawaknye, aku terus try start motor aku tapi tak boleh nak start. Bila dah agak 10 kali aku try kick start tak boleh jugak, aku bawak motor aku ke pembahagi jalan. Kat situ aku try lagi start.. Lebih kurang 5 kali baru boleh start. Lepas dapat start, aku check tangan aku, luka. Pastu ankle kiri aku sakit gila. Pastu badan rasa sengal-sengal. Aku pusing balik dan terus balik umah. Sampai umah, call Kak Nora cakap MC sebab eksiden pastu call bapak aku yang tengah kat pasar. Dia suruh tunggu dia balik baru nak gi klinik. And the rest is history. Luka aku pun dah ok. Alhamdulillah lah tak teruk sangat aku kena. Well, at least I learned a new lesson... YELLOW MEANS STOP!

2) Last Friday. Aku on the way nak jumpa Ainor lepas habis kerja kat Subang. Aku lalu Federal macam biasa. Sampai kat area PJ, ramai orang naik motor berhenti tepi untuk pakai baju hujan. Aku memang dah tersedia pakai baju hujan, tapi aku berhenti gak tepi nak pakai seluar hujan dengan selipar. Pastu aku meneruskan perjalanan... tapi sampai kat area KJ, hujan lebat mencurah-curah. Like, lebat gila! Aku dalam hati aku..."ini kalau aku straight mau motor aku ni jadi jetski redah banjir kat exit Subang tu". So aku decide to not to go to Subang. Aku ambik simpang Sunway dan balik. Kat LDP jangan cakaplah hujan dia... Melampau-lampau lebat sampai visibility hanya around 5 meter kot. Lebat ya amat. Memang bahaya gila ah time tu. Tapi akhirnya aku berjaya jugak sampai ke rumah sebab kat area rumah aku hujan tu belum nak sampai lagi. Lepas aku tukar baju semua, aku bukak beg aku.... habis basah semua. Bukak laptop.... BASAH!!!!!!!!!!!! Aku pun cuak... Aku berdiri kan dia, hala kipas sambil lap-lap air yang kena. Lepas beberapa jam, aku try on. Sekali............. jadi macam kat bawah ni. ADOI!!!!! Macam mana aku nak buat ni. Aku call Gan, dia cakap esok try letak kat dalam but kereta. Biar bahang tu hilangkan "watermark" dalam LCD tu. Pastu pagi tadi aku contact Dell and explain pasal benda ni.. Diorang reply cakap "accidentally damage" is not covered by warranty. Damn. Pastu diorang hantar quotation jer kat aku suruh ganti LCD dalam tu. Harga? RM600++ including installation. Macam haram. Aku nak try lagi biar dalam but kereta esok. Tengok macam mana. Wish me luck.

Harap-harap bulan-bulan yang mendatang ni baik-baik belaka.

Amin!

Camouflage?

After about 3 weeks, only I started to do all the registration procedures. I just received the instructions last week, don't blame me!

1st task : Vehicle sticker

me : kak, nak apply car sticker camne eh?

kak : isi borang yang dalam kotak no. 3 tu

me : o ok

Filling in the form... License No. : AZ 12345. License expiry date : 28/11/09. Vehicle No. : J...

What?

../../09??? Dem. Walked slowly out of the room. Started the car engine. Dashed.

2nd task : Paying for vehicle sticker at Finance

me : kak, nak bayar untuk car sticker?

kak : student eh? pegi kat student one stop center eh?

me : erm, kalau bukan student nak bayar kat mane?

kak : kalau bukan student kat sini lah.

me : o. nak bayar kat sini lah?

kak : o staff eh? err kejap eh. err.

me : kad tak dapat lagi. nombor id 100...

kak : oh okay. nanti ni buat 1 fotostat kopi, yang kopi tu simpan, isi borang dulu, pastu original pegi submit kat security k?

me : ok terima kasih

3rd task : Smart Card

me : kak, nak buat smart card?

kak : tolong baca notis kat belakang tu yer, dik?

me : o ok terima kasih

4th task : Applying for PC

me : kak, nak mintak Dean punye sign

kak : untuk ape ni?

me : nak apply pc

kak : u ape?

me : gra

kak : ape tu?

me : hm, macam ro la lebih kurang

kak : oo. pegi mintak kat secretary sana. ni untuk student je ni

me : o ok

me : kak, nak mintak Dean punye sign

kak : untuk ape ni? *looking through my form* ooo. under siape ni?

me : docmard

kak : oo yer yer. gra? hmm gra rasenye tak dapat pc ni

me : hm docmard suruh apply

kak : ye ke? azu ni pulak main sign je. takpelah nanti saye cek dulu

me : ok. so nanti saya kene follow up balik ke, akak akan call ke camne?

kak : nanti akak call

me : ok

5th task : Completing 1st task

me : kak, nak submit borang sticker kat sini ke?

kak : hak ah, kat sini. tapi orang ni (pointing at the technician) tengah buat benda kejap

me : ok

*wait*

kak : dik, mari sini

*handed the form to her*

kak : bile awak bayar ni?

me : baru tadi.

kak : *sigh* mat, ni dia bayar kat finance la.

mat : hmm yerlah.

me : nape, kak? takleh bayar kat finance ke?

kak : staff je bayar kat finance, student kene bayar kat sini.

me : o. tapi saye staff kot?

kak : eh eh? staff eh? err sori eh. ni student je. staff kene pergi terus kat security

me : o ok. takpelah. kat ips tu eh?

kak : hak ah. 1 building ngan ips. sori eh?

me : eh, takpe2.

At Security department...

me : kak? car sticker?

*kak was on the phone, nodding her head*

*waited*

kak : ape ni, car sticker yer? hmm. staff yer?

me : hm

*11 minutes*

kak : ok, sign kat sini

me : ok.

kak : ok :)

me : tu je?

kak : hak ah tu je

me : ok terima kasih

And Glee season 1 was corrupted. What a day~

*moral of the story* - you'll be ditched when they think they're on top of you. but once they knew, they'll just make a fool out of themselves. be humble. smile.

Crying inside

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Salam.

I've just found a couple of CDs while doing a major spring cleaning in my room, few days back. It's a talk of some of the representatives of Islamic society revealing about murtad cases in Malaysia. It's not that I was purely shocked about it, because I've read most of the stories through e-mails and all, only that in the video, they have proofs, but some of the important points that were presented really caught my attention.

Like when the ustaz said that Christians will and forever will destroy Muslims in any way. Even if we don't directly convert to Christian (Nauzubillah), they'll find ways to make sure that we will follow their way of life. Their style. Their orders. Astaghfirullahalazim. This is really happening. It is so true.

So are we really doing that?

One of the many things said by the ustaz really stucked in my mind till now. I can't believe it but it's so true. Without us realizing, we are following the Christians in one of the many chores in our daily lives. I'll extract some of what he said in the talk. We just celebrated the new year, 2010. Everybody is happy about it. New year, new you, new me. Some like you celebrate it with friends, watching fireworks, having fun. Some like me, just stay at home, going through it like any other day, lying around. As for Muslims, we have the Islamic calendar. Of course, most of us know that it counts the days since the Hijrah of muslims from Mekah to Madinah. We just celebrated the 'new year' in Islam, Awal Muharram on the 1st of Muharram, 1431 AH (after hijrah). It is on the same day as 17 December 2009 AD (anno domini)... What's that? For those of you who're still curious, anno domini means since the birth of Jesus. So all this while we've been celebrating another year of the birth of Jesus? Astaghfirullahalazim. I was unsure of whether I should or should not post this entry but I just feel like this is something that need to be told. Need to be reminded. At least to my generation so that we could teach the next ones with more important Islamic knowledge. Not just about covering up from head to toe for the ladies. And be a responsible leader in the family for the men. Never mind our ignorance and lack of Islamic education, but please do not destroy our children's lives. We want to be successful not only in this world, but also in the hereafter.

There are also many articles and materials being distributed widely to the public which look like the Islamic kitab, written in arabic language/jawi writing, but are full with trash and lies of the Christians. Sad to say, they even imitated Al-Quranul Karim, by inserting 5 false surah in it. The ones in arabic sounded almost exactly like the other ayat, but when I heard the translations, Nauzubillahi min zalik. May Allah protect us from that!

Please note that I'm writing this post to encourage all the muslims especially the young generations to start strengthening our faith and iman. Please do not forget the 5 principles and 6 iman. It may look easy and we could all memorize all of them, but do you really understand each one? Qada' & Qadar. Do you know what it means? Believe in Qada' & Qadar means to believe that whatever happens is by the will of Allah. But how many times we always blame the situation when things go wrong? How many times have we questioned God for why we're not achieving what we're praying for? How many times have we cried and asked for our loss to be returned? Astaghfirullahalazim. How dare we question Allah. How dare we ask for a return. What have we actually done or given to Allah to show that we are just a very super tiny creature created by Allah?

There are so many other things that really touched my heart after listening about how weak the muslims are nowadays. Are we that helpless till the enemies could attack us from whichever point they prefer?

I, myself, have experienced where a group of Christians, knocked at my door, searching for students' houses to spread Allah-knows-what. They are targeting students. Regardless of their beliefs! It was 7-ish in the evening. Maghrib. And, mind you, my house is situated exactly in front of the masjid. They do not care, they will just do whatever to destroy us. Don't let them. Be strong. Have faith. Remember Allah. Do not forget.

Insya Allah. God willing.

So, you're still enjoying your 2010?

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.