Someone Like You

I really love Adele ... starting from Rolling In The Deep. I love it when the singer in Hard Rock Penang sang Rolling In The Deep to live band. It usually got me into the mood. However, for Someone Like You ... we need a nice piano and a soulful voice ... Tersentuh hati akak bila dengar lagu ni for the first time. As if satu penceritaan on akak punya perchentaan yang tak kesampaian ... hahahaah! One day I must try sing this song in my Kotak Merah session.

But anyway, I had to say it's hard to turn something negative to positive. In the song, Adele sang ... "nevermind I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you ...., Don't forget me, I begged, I remember you said, sometimes it last in love, sometimes it hurts instead"... Fuh meremang bulu roma akak when she get into that part. 2-3 kali ulang lagu ni ... part tu jugak yang buat bulu roma meremang.

Adakah orang nak wish macam tu to their ex-lovers? Usually after the break-up, you usually wish him or her to ROT in hell. And he or she met someone else, some people will use black magic or spreading bad rumours so that he or she will never live that "happily ever after". Sedih bila mengenangkan kejadian yang menimpa one of my staff. After 5 kids, one very jealous ex-admirer still couldn't get over with it ... macam-macam dia buat to my staff's wife. Santau lah, penuju lah aiyoooo ... Kan bagus if he just write a song about his pain and who knows like Adele, it became a chart topper.

One of my friend pernah pujuk me by saying ... "God is fair ... He will send good man to a good woman and bad man to a bad woman" ... Wonder I ni kategori mana ... hmmm maybe cute and forever young ... balik-balik yang mengetuk pintu hati yang muda belia jer auwwwww ... tak rela akak! Tapi I doakan I met "someone like you" yang like 10 years ago sebab sekarang that "you" dah boroi so tak lazat hahaahahahahahahaahah

To be honest, blogging to me is a very "positive" avenue in channeling your thoughts and feelings. I had been busy these last few months that it came to a point that I myself don't know which way I am heading to. Despite the "hoohaas" I felt empty inside (unfortunately stomach never empty hehehe). But I returned back to this blog once in a while, looking back what I had done in the past ... what exciting experience that I shared ... comments I got from friends and fellow bloggers. One most important comment ... "this blog lighted up someone's life" ...

Okaylah chow dulu ... Saja nak lift up my mood on this Moody Monday hehehe

Promosi "Back To Work" Telah Bermula ...

OMG ... these past few days were the most boring time of my life. Seriousssssly ... At first I thought maybe because it was Monday, my most not favourite day of the week (kalau ikutkan hari-hari pun tak favourite). Tapi kalau sampai hari ni masih liat nak buat kerja, something is wrong somewhere. Naturally, I will spend my time "connecting with people" on Facebook, wondering what they have been up to .. who knows I might find inspirations somewhere in the comments or the status.

To my dismay, most of my friends were discussing about their children first day at school ... how depressing (tik tok tik tok ... I could hear my biological clock ticking). But some posting I must say were quite interesting ... some posted photos of their kids's first day in class ... ada yang happy, ada yang meraung, ada yang muka kedak asam payak (so sour) ... hahaha

Then suddenly I remembered my own first day in school (hari2 mintak mummy iron baju) sampailah all the excitements of preparing for school. If you asked me what was the best part about going back to school .... well for me it would be buying toiletries (boarding school maaa) and stationery. I love being in a stationery shops and marveled at the mechanics of some stationery designs especially the ones which are from Japan, very practical.

So memandangkan akak cuma ada anak-anak ikan jer kat opis so semalam akak pun sibuk-sibuklah beli alat tulis untuk diri sendiri bagi memulakan tahun pekerjaan di 2011 at Popular Bookstore KOMTAR. To be honest, I don't like some of the stationery items supplied by my office. Although I have a say in the buying process but most of the time I let my admin staff do the ordering. I usually have special pens for signing and for writing. Hey, do you know that Lilian Too once said that good signing stroke can be very auspicious?

My signing pens.

Mesti suprise kan? Pen mahal tak semestinya memberi impak yang maksima dalam surat-surat anda. I love looking at people's signature sometime. Penting jugak signature tu nampak bold and bersesuaian dengan kedudukan dan pangkat si penandatangan.

My writing pens. Yang paling kanan pen Tourism Malaysia, latest addition.

When I was in school, friends always commented my handwriting as tulisan typewriter. If based on zodiac, Virgoans and Snake are supposed to be organised people. I don't see myself as the organise one (in terms of physical arrangement). Maybe more the organiser kot hahaha.

But to be honest, when I was in secondary school, my parents taught me to be thrifty but rewarded me once in a while. Though now I could afford to get myself an expensive Parker or Shaffer, I still reward myself with lots of Pilot pens (range between RM 3 to RM 15.00) instead. Sebabnya every time my dad came back to visit us or for holidays then, he always gave me a good Pilot pen and pesan, "This is a very good pen. Make sure you take care of it". Of course the continuous reminder that it cost him more than RM 10.00 sampai i takut betul lost the pen. Apatah lagi nak write with it.

Anyway, since I selalu kena ambik minit mesyuarat when I was in KPKT (at the same time training menulis dengan pantas for PTK) I grew fond of Stabilo Exam Grade Pen (harga RM 1.90 jer). Satu pagi yang hening, my favourite pen tiba-tiba hilang .... terusssssss akak buka kertas siasatan (IP) dan buat rakaman percakapan suspek-suspek utama tu sampai my EO that time Nasir said "Cik jaime ... cik Jaime ambiklah semua pen saya, saya tak rela jadi suspek utama". Hahahaha... (lama sebenarnya tak ketawa macam ni)

When I was little, there were 2 things that I disliked the most - my pencil sharpener and glue. Yelah, mummies would exercise their rights to "mummy knows best" when go shopping kan. .. Ingat tak dengan sharpener harga 20 sen yang ada cermin tu? That sharpener memang tak boleh pakai, kalau sharpen mesti pensil patah atau tak tajam. And then the 20 sen glue made of rice/starch. I really hate the stickiness and the mess that I made during Arts lesson using that glue ... u know masa cikgu ajar buat "collage". Even all those clear watery glue (mahal sikitlah around 80 sen). It makes the paper nampak lencun. But when I was in Form 4 and 5 ... wajib ada pencil sharpener yang ada cermin tu. Hahaha ... untuk tengok cute male classmates yang suka duduk belakang hahahaha (rear mirror) ... really miss my best buddy Sara.

Can you guess which one is for the thicker sheets of paper?

Taraaa .... Marvelous kan? Boleh masuk pencil case akak yang comel lagi hehehe

Aikkss ... high school icon lagi kah hehehe. Beli dulu pun nak simpan stationery for PTK exam. I remembered on first week in kindergarten I fought with my sister Joan (that time was 4) over my pink pencil case. My mum asked me to "mengalah to adik" and promised to buy me a new one. That weekend my mum bought me a new blue pencil case yang ada gambar gajah hahaha. Masa tu most kids maybe didn't know much about cartoon characters unlike now ... Ben 10 lah, Barbie lah

As I was going through my drawers and "courses bags" I found this memo pad calender that I bought in MPH bookstore. I almost forgotten about it.

Word of Wisdom for the month of January. Just what I need.

This one is for the month of February. Sindir aku ker?

As Penang State Government is enforcing the "No Plastic Bags" rule everyday ... I repeat everyday... so terpaksalah akak mula pegi shopping dengan bag-bag akak yang sungguh "chic" dan self promo nie hahaha .... so 1Malaysia Green and Clean and Malaysia Truly Asia gitewww ...

Last but not least, today is the 23rd birthday of my youngest sister Jayne Yvonne Bejit Yeoh ... Bejit is her unofficial Bidayuh name hahaha, in honour of her very very "lotsa jits" childhood. Happy birthday sis!

The 200th Entry - Sayang Kinabalu

Is written in Imperial International Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. Taking a short break from "merenung" the computer screen, finding ideas to write the paper.

As I was writing this entry, I feast my listening pleasure to the song of Kimin Mudin - Sayang Kinabalu. Best bah lagu tu ... very nostalgic. Very sad when Nel, PKPL Sabah told me that the singer passed away this year due to heart attack. May God bless his soul. Many do not know that the late singer is the brother to Asmin Mudin who composed the song Gemilang by Jacklyn Victor and Kau Ilhamku (Man Bai). After Proton Saga Kelabu or Jambatan Tamparuli, I think almost everyone in Sabah know how to sing this song.

This year I balik to my forth kampung on Government budget in conjunction with World Tourism Conference. Unfortunately I could not totally enjoy and join the whole conference as I need to complete my kertas renungan and at the same time judge some blogs for 2ndBlogFest.Asia in Penang. In between, I suffered period pain and stomach cramp ... aiyooo!


Nonetheless, I tried to enjoy my hotel in terms of location and facilities as much as possible as shown in the photos below. So travellers to KK, I highly recommended this hotel and of course Le Meridien as it is really in town centre and surroundings are shopping areas like the Centre Point, Warisan Square, Philippine Market or Sinsuran area. For 3-4 star hotel, I think the price is reasonable. I paid RM 200 for deluxe size room, of course after government discount maa...

Jangan macam seseorang itu, recommend satu hotel atas alasan very cheap and good ... sekali orang sebelah batuk or kentut pun boleh dengar.

Of course while here in KK, I must meet up with Suna. Anyway, the development in KK never fail to amaze me. KK is so happening now compared to 16 years ago when I first step my foot on the Land Beneath the Wind. I don't mind posting here next time ... best bah!

Anyway, got to go. Nanti-nantilah saya sambung balik ya!

Neapolitan Ice Cream Sandwich

Sunday ... means no breakfast and lunch in the Yeoh's residence in Ayer Itam. This is because our chef, Auntie Rose, wants her weekend off from all culinary duties. This doesn't bother me much as usually I will either be working (Mem Besar love to visit Penang on weekends), travelling or sleeping hehehe. No need to wait for Ramadan, I always fast during weekends ... but buka puasa at 6.30 pm (official dinner time since 1938) hahaha

Anyway, today I suddenly felt so hungry macam 10 tahun tak makan. Funny, last night me and Thomas already "sahur" at Northam Beach with a bowl of Hokkien Prawn Mee and a plate of German sausage. BTW, Thomas and I had a very interesting outing last night but both of us forgotten to stop and snap photos. Yesterday, there was a parade of "transporting the God" from a temple downtown to a temple in Ayer Itam. I saw few "deities" like the Jade Emperor, Kuan Yin and some like the Journey to West gods. I even saw life "hungry ghosts" ... it was really interesting.

Photo source: The Star, 8 August 2010

There were also few "ko tai" concerts (where the singers wore sexy outfit) ongoing almost at the same time which draw more attentions from the living than the dead ... hahaha, seriously, I saw the front row seats which was supposed to be empty were pushed aside by some excited "male audience". Wah ... these "ko tai" performers are getting sexier and better (performance wise) every year. Singing to upbeat numbers ... even Britney Spears pun kalah hehehe. Yesterday's one, one singer wore a skimpy short mini pants that look more like a panty ... panas panas! Forgot to take picture!

I told Tom," Wah! Ghost nowadays so high taste one".

Ah Tom ", Han nah ... you don't know aaa, ghosts nowadays so modern already. Give them the old type show, sure bad luck one" hahahaa ....

Ya lah. Come to think of it. Young and new ghosts may want something from their generation.

Opsss ... back to my afternoon rendezvous.

So ... I went to the kitchen to search for something edible. There I saw some leftovers of the Dragon Fruit bread which my auntie bought yesterday.

Then I remembered the Neapolitan Ice-Cream which i bought last weekend. I love Neapolitan Ice-Cream. I always wish I could I have Neapolitan Ice Cream birthday cake like Eve and Alexandra Blackwell of Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game.

Anyway I wondered if people from the new generation know how heavenly it was, eating ice-cream with sandwich bread. Before there was this MacDonald's famous McFlurry, Swensen, Haagen Dass or Baskin Robbins sundaes, Ice-Cream Sandwich was "the favourite sundae" whenever the ice-cream man pass our house, after school or at pasar malam.

During my school time, one ice-cream sandwich only cost about RM 0.30. Cone ice-cream about 20 sen. I remembered when I was 8 years old. I sanggup kena kejar anjing just to buy this ice-cream sandwich at Uncle Ah Chai's house.

Taraaaa .... my masterpiece. I need to have something hot to complement it. Yum yum!!!

A cuppa of my home-made Old Town White Coffee.

Hehehe ... before "makan" have to take picture and arrange my sandwich and white coffee cantik-cantik. Little projects like this really excites me. Auntie Daisy was wondering what I was giggling about in the dining room. I am sure she must be thinking "Gila kah apa ini budak!"

Anyway, as I was enjoying my ice-cream sandwich, I wonder how my friend Meli is doing in Bonn, German. I am sure dekat-dekat Raya nie and especially in bulan Ramadan, he must be missing a lot of Malaysian food. (Suddenly felt sorry for "porking out" here)

Meli, if you read this entry, I would like to suggest you to visit Naples, Italy. It is said that the best pizza is from Naples, Italy hence the Neapolitan Pizza. I read about it in my latest read ... Eat, Love, Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert. Have a blessed Ramadan dear friend.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Sorry lah yer for the late update. Banyak halangan dan rintangan yang perlu I tempuhi semata-mata nak update blog nie. First balik dari KK, body ache all over selepas diurut oleh Auntie Lisa masa buat rawatan resdung. Tido pulak selalu lambat (pillow talks kan) but bangun pagi awal sebab the sun rise earlier in KK ... Pukul 7 dah rasa macam pukul 8 ... ala-ala daylight saving pulak hehehe.

Anyway, my trip to KK this time was twofolds - to attend Niejah's wedding and to unwind after a stressful Taskforce Meeting after Deepavali. Furthermore, Niejah kira pembuka tirai untuk bekas gadis-gadis Litar Lumba "Karabau" Formula 1 Kem Paradise, Kota Belud yang semuanya (kecuali Helena) masih Young, Single & Searching. Percaturan dan spekulasi selama lebih 9 tahun oleh media tempatan dan antarabangsa on who's gonna be the first di kalangan gadis-gadis litar tersebut yang menamatkan zaman daranya telah terjawab pada Hari Tamu Kota Belud 2009.

Niejah's wedding was mix-match between modern Bajau/Malay tradition and military protocols. Ada acara nyanyi2 memuji "kesantekkan" pengantin perempuan, acara tutup-tutup muka dengan kipas sate, acara jelingan di sebalik tabir pelamin, acara jalan bawah pedang. Hebat-hebat ... selama nie I yang mendambakan "jalan bawah pedang" tapi akhirnya Niejah jugak yang dapat. Huhuhu.

Personally I pun sedih that my best friend dah jumpa "best friend" baru (and roommate lagi) though jauh di sudut hati I know it might take all her willpower untuk mencintai "best friend" baru sebelum ini. Bayangkan 6 bulan I elak jumpa dia so that masa-masa yang terluang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mengenali dan mencintai bakal suami. Tambahan pulak time tu dia tgh kursus G3. Only 2 weeks sebelum wedding I culik Niejah for a day at the spa untuk memanjakan kulit supaya ia mulus dan bersinar-sinar supaya suami jadi geram hehehe.

Niejah to me bukan setakat best friend tapi macam first cousin rapat lah (nak kata makcik atau kakak adalah aku kena maki nanti). Kami sama-sama datang ke KL sebagai "perisik" in 2002. And as women dalam dunia yang didominasi oleh lelaki ditambah pulak dengan "askar-askar" nie pun tak kurang hebat dalam bermain dengan hati dan perasaan wanita, I dengan Niejah memang back to back lah cover each other dari anasir-anasir jahat. Kini tiba giliran Yahya Rizuan untuk melindungi gadis "genit" Kota Belud ini dan "mengisi malam-malamnya yang sunyi" selama ini. Auwwww ....

Sebagai "seorang first cousin yang rapat" I memang tak mengharapkan "grand wedding" mcm Datuk Siti Nurhaliza's . Cukuplah hendak dilaporkan di sini disebabkan kenduri kahwin Anijah anak bongsu Pak Miril, Tamu Kota Belud 2009 kurang mendapat sambutan kerana semua pengunjung berduyun-duyun nak tgk Niejah kawin. Julung-julung sekali nie hehehe

Sehingga mamarazi merangkap penyanyi kenduri kawin yang diimport khas dari KL terpaksa naik atas kerusi nak ambik gambar. "Bergagar" jugak kepala lutut masa nak tangkap gambar Niejah dengan lensa zoom itew ... hehehe. Kebanyakan gambar I dah upload dalam Facebook kalau nak tgk. Sebelum berangkat pulang, I sempat jugak mendedikasikan sebuah lagu untuk pengantin baru dari Kumpulan Spider- Relaku Pujuk (walaupun pada ketika itew ada seseorang tgh emosi terganggu nak ke Taman Sierra). Sebenarnya lagu itu ada maksud tersendiri antara aku, Nijah dan Wan ... betullah kata orang ... time bertunang memang banyak dugaan. Yang pastinya segalanya telah berakhir dengan "kebahagiaan" dan "kepuasan" (hehehe ... ni dah diconfirm malam tadi)

Sepanjang perjalanan pulang ke KK, I mengambil peluang merakamkan keindahan tempat-tempat menarik di Kota Belud dari kenderaan empat roda yang membawa rombongan Che Kiah ke KB. Leka mengambil gambar tiba-tiba kedengaran suara Farid berkata "alamak, ada kepala orang pulak". Sekali I tgk kamera I, I dah rakam keseluruhan "the culprit" motorist yang mungkin tidak menyedari telah mengganggu penggambaran kami hehehe. Tiap kali tgk gambar nie ... I mesti nak ketawa terkenang reaksi Farid.

G ... Kekasih "Gelapku"

I have no intention to blog today but after forgetting to pick up my car from car wash which means terpaksalah naik teksi to work tomorrow, I think I need a place to pen my thoughts and unwind. This rare syndrom people is wat we call "Agnesia" ... Agnes juak dapat nama.

Tapi heran jugak ya, setelah bertahun-tahun, sindrom Agnesia ini kembali menghantui diri ini setelah Si Yoyop "mentioned" anak Encik Manogaran. Huh? Siapakah gerangan nya anak Pak Manogaran ini? Pernah kah "dia"menakluki hati ini atau mengisi mimpi-mimpi di malam hari? Macam pernah kudengar nama itu, tapi di mana ya!

Kulemparkan pandanganku ke jendela yang dihiasi dengan pemandangan Kuala Lumpur yang berjerubu. Sejerebu otakku di saat ini ... Tiba-tiba, satu persatu imej-imej bagaikan "flashback" memenuhi mindaku ... Aku dapat merasakan senyuman terukir di bibirku tatkala menghayati saat-saat itu.

Ya! Persis bait lagu Dayangku Intan dan Ramli Sarip ... " andainya dapat kuulang semula, suatu zaman yang bernama remaja". Kenangan di kala remaja memang hebat belaka. Biar saja kunamakan si dia sebagai "G".

"G" sememangnya antara teman-teman lelaki yang paling akrab dengan ku. Andai kata adalah kelas atau kuliah kami yang diambil bersama, takkan sahlah pagi di kelas itu tanpa kami menyanyikan lagu "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". Antara kenangan-kenangan terindah antara aku dan G adalah apabila "G" tiba-tiba tak dapat dikesan apabila "black out". Masa tu selalu jugak lah black out kat bilik kuliah di Kampus Tuaran. So bagi mengatasi masalah tersebut, aku selalu berpesan bagi "G"... "G, kalau black out senyumlah seluas-luasnya supaya I boleh mengesan you". Yelaa, kalau black out, hanya giginya saja yang kelihatan.

Satu lagi kenangan terindah adalah apabila dia berjaya membeli sebiji kapcai hasil bagi tuisyen kat jiran-jiran dia kat area KKIP. Kami round KK-Likas-Menggatal-Tuaran-Inanam-Telipok selepas Merderka Celebration kat Tanjung Aru Beach sambil menyanyikan lagu "Shake Your Bon Bon" oleh Ricky Martin. Sungguhpun begitu, kadangkala hati ini merintih kerana dia akan memakai helmet full face yang hebat tapi wanita cun ini diberikannya helmet buruk. Tapi kadang2 tgh malam bila lapar dia suruh orang panggilkan (time tu tak semua orang memilik h/p) for a chapati or tosey at Sri Latha.

"G" walaupun setinggi 6' tapi dia takut sungguh dengan jarum. When we were in 2nd year, I terpaksa menemankan dia jumpa doktor untuk dressing luka akibat accident atas alasan, jika apa-apa berlaku kat dia I hendaklah uruskan "mayat" dan hartanya. Hmm, sebagai seorang sahabat yang setia, aku hanya mampu berkata "G, kalau hartamu setakat kapcaimu sahaja tak payah lah ko buat pesanan terakhir".

Tapi apakan daya ... "chenta" kami terhalang oleh kasta dan jenis darah yang tak serupa. Dia seorang anak yang taat dan akan menurut kata ibunya. Kalau "Meenachi" pilihan ibunya, "Meenachi lah pilihan G.

Anyway on a serious note, I met up with G again 3 years after we graduated and I started to work in Kuala Lumpur. "G" by that time was working with one multinational company in Penang as an engineer and driving "Proton Wira Executive". So, on Deepavali 2002 we planned to meet and catch up for old time sake.

Kenangan nie memang I tak akan lupa sampai bila2. I dah grand2 sampai kat Penang Airport and tau apa "G" pakai to pick me up? His old kapcai. Nasib lah I bawak back pack. Apa lagi both of us pain the city red dengan lagu Shake Your Bon Bon. "G" brought me to meet his mother and family in Farlim, not far from my grandparents home in Ayer Itam. Pressure jugak nak tunjukkan "kesolehahan" iteww... So masa Deepavali eve, me and "G" pun tolong mak dia buat kuih untuk Deepavali. Now I know why his mother love him so much ... tapi sayangnya masa itew hati ini sudah dimiliki orang lain yang tiada unsur Bollywood.

Cuma sedihnya... masa Deepavali Day he didn't come to pick me up at my house as promised. I called him over and over tapi tiada jawapan. Helmet buruk dia pun dia tak pernah datang ambik that after 6 years my auntie balik2 sindir "your friend's helmet, dia tak mai ambik kah". Funny jugak, if he didn't want to see me again say so ... tapi apa salah I? Kari I tak cukup masin ker? Dhal i tak sedap ker? I pun inginkan penjelasan.

I only knew the real story 2 years later. He contacted me via my email explaining to me that on that Deepavali night his mother felt sick (mum got diabetes) and fell into a coma. Few days later she succumbed to her illness and passed away. He was too distraught to explain to me as he only think about his mum.

Actually I dah lama tak contact "G", I still have his handphone number .... eh BTW suhaila, bukan nama bapak "G" is Sugumaran kah? Yang anak Manogaran ni siapa pulak?

A WEEK IN PARADISE ...

Life has been so hectic, stressful and somewhat frustating that after a session of consolation with Kak Meli I realised that I badly need some spiritual switch-up. Coincidently, my feng shui reading for the month of August has also indicated that this month is a good month for a personal and spiritual development.

Thus for the last few nights I have been reading a devotional book written by Joel Osteen. After reading a few devotional stories from the book which then followed by a prayer session, I felt somewhat light-headed and my spiritual self slowly re-energised. So for those who are on Facebook, you might noticed that I have been quite active lately either updating my status, finding out what friends are doing or commenting on some old memorable pictures plus chatting and finding out from friends who are furthering their studies abroad or locally - just to motivate myself to do the same.


Admittedly, it is not right to chat on Facebook during office hours. However, unlike other public chatroom, in Facebook, you chat among your friends and social circles. And trust me, in current situation, especially now with Meli not there to lecture or update me, I badly need my friends' supports, opinions, jokes and latest news update so that I would be able to rise above obstacles. Sometimes it can be pretty lonely as we climbed higher on the career step ladder. If my KSU know how to use the Facebook, I am sure he will create an account.

There is also another reason why I love to check my Facebook at every opportunity. It is because of this picture taken during our conventional warfare training in Paradise Camp, Kota Belud between 1998-1999. Everytime I saw this picture, there will definitely be new memory to laugh about.

To Suna, Syariah and Suhaila, aku rasa time kita ambik gambar nie ada mau 5 hari bah kan kita ndak ada mandi. But that time, sebab kita semua pun letih menggali kubu sehari semalam none even bother the smell, the dirt, the lumpur and as seen in this picture ada siap peluk2 lagi.

And kebetulan time tu, it was like sekejap hujan and sekejap panas kat Kota Belud. Oh Tuhan, imagine, that night, sleeping guna poncho under a very heavy rain and the rocky soil served as our bed. It was a miracle that I managed to get a few winks.

I still remember time kita kena gali kubu untuk pertahanan. Kan time tuh group RAMD pun buat eksesais yang sama. Tapi dia orang dah siap pilih kawasan bawah bukit di mana tanahnya lembut whereas kita kat atas bukit yang tanahnya berbatu-batu. It only took them 2 hours to siap their kubu and it took us 24 hours to siap ours hehehe. Paling aku sakit hati, aku dengan Kho Ban Huong kena kubu mortar yang paling besar itu. Kho asyik tetido masa gali kubu. It was like at certain time me and Kho were so in full blast in completing our kubu and then suddenly si Kho tiba2 static. Ya tuhan, tetido rupanya ... last2 azizani yang tolong aku siapkan kubu.

Yee Phin and Krishnan yang kena buat kubu untuk machine gun which is a few feet below ours pun make me laugh like hell. Bersungguh bah si Yee Phin gali but setiap kali cangkul dicabut mesti keluar batu sebesar bola bowling hahahaha. Michelle, small she may look, tapi dia punya energy is 10 times of Kho. Habis dia gali kubu, dia tido bawah poncho, sekali pandang macam beg mayat. Adakah si Heng mau masuk dia dalam lubang kubu(r) hehehe

Then I think there was a night that kita jadi sentri and tiba-tiba somebody saw ada pokok bergegar dan bergoyang-goyang. Rupa-rupanya it was Razman who was also on duty for other company yang menggigil kesejukan.

Jangan lupa Cikgu Suhaila, kisah kita dengan Minah Kelate sorang tu. Aku kan duty medic so dia kan reported as casualty hehehe. Tapi they way aku tgk dia aku rasa sakit dia nie bukan sebab demam atau asthma tapi menahan sakit nak buang air besar selama I think more than 2 days? Ye lah macam kita dua, asal ada air untuk cebok, masuk jak dalam hutan dan fuhhhh lega. Aku memang tak boleh lupa kenangan kita meneman dia buang sisa pepejal nun jauh ke dalam hutan, jauh daripada pandangan kasar skot-skot kita. Walaupun dia masuk jauh ke dalam hutan to do her business masih kedengaran jelas bah bunyi-bunyi dia buang angin secara bertubi-tubi sampai ko bilang ... "wah, lama bah dia sudah menahan tuh Jaime"

Aduh... tak tahan aku ketawa sambil-sambil aku mengarang nie. Pardon the change in the different usage of slang. Sometimes, there are stories that are best told in Sabah dialect.

Disebabkan 5 hari tak mandi and disebabkan cuaca sekejap panas dan sekejap hujan, maka bermulalah episod menggaru-garu di kalangan kita. Aku rasa tak kira apa kita buat, mesti tangan kita akan menggaru. Tido menggaru, berbincang menggaru, buat serangan pun sempat menggaru, marching pengunduran menggaru, time baris menggaru hahahaha ... tapi aksi menggaru paling hebat dipegang oleh si Suna sampai Abe Hasse kata, itu tandanya yang datang menggigit nyamuk jantan hahaha

Banyak lagi cerita di sebalik gambar tu ... tak larat sudah I ketawa nie and jam sudah pun menunjukkan pukul 1.15 pagi. Ok mie signing out.

17 Again ...

Contrary to the title of this entry, I have always felt 17 - my outlook in life that is! And lately I do felt 17 with my best friends (and a new BFF) during secondary school came for a visit, turning my humble abode and life upside down. Biasa lah hooo ... belum agik sidak nangga perangai kita time kolej dolok!

However, never in my wildest imagination that I would bumped unto one of my gang karas in Kolej Abdillah, Kevin Matthew, whom had been MIA for the last 15 years at the Kuching International Airport. Luckily we were still "recognisable" to each other. And it made my day when he said apart from my chubbier cheek and simplified image, I don't change much. He didn't change much too ... other than enlarge facial pores and slightly taller.

Bukan apa, meeting Kevin reminded me of the good laugh and shock that I had more than a year ago when I started my Facebook. I saw how some of the hunkiest, cutest or hottest guys in my school before looked like now. Ada yang boroi, ada yang botak, ada yang hilang gigi hahaha ... Kevin used to be among the cutest ( and shortest hehehe) and two of my closest friends had a huge crush on him. Plus we were roommates so pagi petang siang malam they talked nothing but him.

I still remember that time when these two girls used the 20 sen pencil sharpener with mirror to "curi-curi intai" him who was seated at the back row in class and lab. Anyway, Kevin was not my type but his friend was hehehe ... I admit, I pun ada curi2 intai "his friend" time lab hehehe

Looking back, we girls never gave our male classmates a glance when we were in Form 1. Yelah, rupa pun masih budak, suara pun mcm Upin and Ipin hahaha. When I was in Form 1, there was this one guy in Form 3 whom we all had a crush on ... his good look (masa tu lah) a mix of Bollywood and Orang Putih ... when he kirim salam to me one evening via a messenger, aduhhhhh rasa mauk guguk (jatuh) jantung ...

Most of my male classmates sure grew up into good looking guys only when they were in Form 3 and by the time they were in Form 5 (and later some in Form 6), some of them ala-ala F4 of Boys Over Flowers with girls going ga-ga over them. To me, that was the motivating factor nak kelas.

Ok ok ... back to Kevin ... aiya I couldn't find our Form 5 picture. Anyway, I sent MMS of us at the airport to one oh his former admirers ... hmm with no feedback ... Aduh Bin, nampaknya u are officially OUT of her system. Tu lah, sapa ask you to control cute gilak! ( that's one thing about him that never changed)

Anyway Bin, it was so good to meet you again. Our outing that day was a blast! Anyway, u and Emel made a cute couple lah in this pic hehehehe ... (wink wink)

At Least I Have You - Super Junior M version

Note: Seems that not only Jaime Yeoh wants to do a remake of this great song ... These guys beat me to it. Please pause the playlist on the side menu to enjoy this video.

Super Junior-M (Korean: 슈퍼주니어-엠), often referred to as SJ-M, is the third official sub-unit of Korean boy band Super Junior. They are the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent, and are also the first group produced by Korea's CT (Culture Technology) organization, created through a comprehensive localization strategy. Super Junior-M consists of Han Geng (the leader), Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and two non-Super Junior members Henry and Zhou Mi.

Source: Wikipedia

At Least I Have You ...

I decided to take a break from watching Starlit. Now I have reached episode 17 - with lots of soapy scenes. Quite frankly, the on-screen chemistry between Terri Kwan and Jerry Yan - just can't take it anymore. Besides need to work on my master proposal huhuhu ... for which I encountered so many stumbling "mental" blocks.

While listening to William So's mesmerizing and soulful Starlit's theme song - Wo Zhi Shi Xiang Yao Xing Gu I suddenly felt the urge to find this particular single which I love so much years ago while still working for FTMS. I couldn't remember the singer, so much so the title of the song. However I knew it started with an S. My ex-colleague Eileen love to sing this song during our company social gatherings, much to my envy ( I soooooooooooooo want to sing this song) and frustation of my limited Mandarin.

Voila... after 3 nights of googling, I found the song and the singer. Here is the music video on YouTube, the lyrics and the translation. Please turn off the playlist on the left side menu to enjoy the video. Can't waittttttttttttttttttt to sing this song with a LIVE band one day! Aiyaaa... again got sidetracked!

Zhi Shao Hai You Ni lyrics by Sandy Lam

wo pa lai bu ji
wo yao bao zhao ni

zhi dao gan jue ni de zhou wen

you le sui yue de hen ji

zhi dao ken ding ni shi zhen de

zhi dao shi qu li qi

wei le ni

wo yuan yi

dong ye bu neng dong

ye yao kan zhao ni

zhi dao gan jue ni de fa xian

you le bai xue de hen ji

zhi dao shi xian bian de mo hu

zhi dao bu neng hu xi

rang wo men

xing ying bu li

* ru guo

quan shi jie wo ye ke yi fang qi

zhi shao hai you ni zhi de wo qu zhen xi

er ni zai zhe li jiu shi sheng ming de qi ji

ye xu

quan shi jie wo ye ke yi wang ji

jiu shi bu yuan yi shi qu ni de xiao xi

ni zhang xin de zhi

wo zong ji de zai na li

wo pa lai bu ji

wo yao bao zhao ni

zhi dao gan jue ni de fa xian

you le bai xue de hen ji

zhi dao shi xian bian de mo hu

zhi dao bu neng hu xi

rang wo men xing ying bu li

Repeat *

wo men hao bu rong yi

wo men shen bu you ji

wo pa shi jian tai kuai

bu gou jiang ni kan zi xi

wo pa shi jian tai man

ri ye dan xin shi qu ni

hen bu de yi ye zhi jian bai tou

yong bu fen li

Repeat *

zai na li

TRANSLATION

At Least I Still Have You by Sandy Lam

I'm afraid that there's not enough time
I wanna hold you
Until I feel that your wrinkles show signs of aging
Until I'm sure that you're real,
Until I've lost all my energy
I'm willing to, because of you
Even if I can't move, I still wanna hold you
Until I can feel your hair turning white like snow
Until our visions become blurry ; until we can't breathe
Let us stay together

If I can give up on the whole world
At least there's still you who's worth it for me to cherish
Having you here is a miracle
Perhaps I can forget about the whole world
But I'm not willing to lose touch with you
I still remember the mark in your palm

This was not easy for us
I'm afraid that time is moving too fast and
it's not enough for me to take a good look at you
I'm afraid that time is moving too slow and
I'm always worried that
I will lose you
I want to become old in one night and
I want us to be together forever

The Orange Whale

Yesterday, I singgah kejap kat Mid Valley Megamall after my insurance agency training for a brunch. Masih "fenin-fenin" kena basuh dengan my GSM reminding me over and over again to work hard and earn more. Boleh travel round the world sponsored by Great Eastern, boleh tukar2 kete setiap tahun. Tapi kan, for the last 6 years in this line, I nie memang tak makan2 juga nasihat dia ... hehehehe.

Anyway, masa I turun dari Food Court on the 3rd floor, I happened to pass by a colouring contest conducted by National Geographic on The Blue Whale. So there were lots of children age 11 and below participating. At first, nothing seems to be interesting until I saw one kid coloured her whale orange while the others in multiple shades of blue.



Suddenly I was brought back to my kindy days, during Art and Colouring session, when my Lao Shi asked us take out our colouring book and colour the picture according to the picture guide. So happen that day the picture was also of a whale. According to the picture guide, we must coloured it pink. I think everyone in the class started to follow my Lao Shi instructions except for me. I think pink for a fish was soooooooo "tak cantik" so I coloured mine green instead. The funniest part was, Lao Shi would normally choose the nicest masterpieces and displayed it for us to see on a board. Disappointed that mine was not chosen, I posted mine on the board myself hehehe...

That's me. Love to do things differently. In my own way, at my own pace and on my own sweet time. Especially when there is no law that says we can't be different. So I guess that's answer my own question why I love my life as it is. Belajar pure science, ambik programming. Degree in IT kerja marketing (first job). Patut buat admin, berangan nak jadi lawyer. Suruh sambung belajar Masters, buat pulak professional studies.

However, I truly hope that girl who coloured her whale orange would one day would continue painting her whale orange coz the world need normal people to do normal things but extraordinary people to colour it. I didn' stay to know the result, but girl ... ur orange whale ROCKs!

Surat Kiriman Tak Rasmi Cikgu Suhaila ...

Terkejut "akak" menerima satu bingkisan pos ekspres tanggal 7 Januari yang lalu ... Bila diselak di bahagian belakang sampul dinyatakan pengirimnya dari Tawau, Sabah .... ooooo seronotnya ... lama tak terima surat OK. Rasanya last menerima surat seperti ini zaman muda remaja. Masa tuh, my ex-boyfriend nun jauh di Bario, Miri so surat kiriman tak rasmi jer lah penghubung dan pengubat rindu time tuh ahaksss .... Ingat lagi kalau nak balas surat Noel time tuh, kena beli kertas dan sampul surat warna pink yang wangi2 ... sewangi cinta yang sedang mekar time tuh ... siap karang prayer lagi untuk dia huhuhu very the holy one ...

Sekarang .... alamak pecah rahsia skandal I dulu2 ...

Sekali baca isi kandungan surat tuh I terus ketawa terbahak2 ... aduss... cikgu suhaila. I am so happy that your trip to Egypt (click here) telah mengembalikan Suhaila yang amat kukenal suatu ketika dulu ... Sebelum tuh macam auntie nak menopause jer moody nyer. BTW, kalau cikgu Jaime kena bagi markah untuk jawapan kertas BM Cikgu Suhaila nie... 45% je kot, kira tak kredit BM lah cikgu suhaila. Nampaknya Cikgu kene ambik tuisyen lagi sebab nie soalan kertas BM, yang cikgu jawab dalam Bahasa Arab. Ker cikgu salah masuk dewan peperiksaan ... Tapi cikgu Suhaila nie OK lagi. Ada sorang ex-colleague tuh, minit mesyuarat dia penuh Bahasa Siam sampai I pun confuse macam dia boleh lepas tapisan SPA...

Anyway, cikgu ... jangan lupa update blog tuh yer ... Tun Mahathir pun selalu update blog dier and in fact lebih lama jadi blogger dari kiter. Maybe dia cuma tak tahu macam mana nak upload gambar dalam blog atau tukar-tukar header blog mcm sorang insan yang amat kukenali. Having said that, apakata kalau ko citer pasal trip ke Bangkok and u dengan the Drag Queens, tuh pun mcm menarik ... just giving you ideas ...

Aku Yang Kepenatan

Sori lah kepada mummy (err daddy aku tak pandai guna komputer), adik beradik,kawan-kawan dan sanak sedara serta tak lupa musuh dalam selimut (nanti lepas pindah kita gaduh balik k) yang follow my blog. Sibuk bangat dong... mau pindah rumah. So everyone, I tetapkan pendirian to move to B-11-1 on 1-11-2008. Hehehe.... ong tak? Kesian career lady macam aku dan Ida terpaksa mengemas dan mengangkut barang sikit2 lepas opis... Sakit pinggang ku yang ramping nie angkut kotak...