Sunday, November 29, 2009

Public Toilet

During Hari Raya Aidiladha last weekend, me, hubby and in-laws went to the lovely Penang! ye, saye adalah sedikit peghak sebab tak pernah pergi to Penang in my adult days... hehehe.. it was a fun trip coz we went food hunting! sara + food = happiness!! but i do not wanna talk about the trip now... all i want to tell is about public toilets and our civic mentality...

after about ten hours of pusing2 makan angin in Penang, we decided to call the day off and go home.. on the way, we stopped at R&R Gunung Semanggol for our jamak prayers and of course small trip to the loo! so, i went alone to the toilet and i saw one MALAY lady coming out from the toilet... well, i thot mesti toilet ni bersih sebab pompuan ni masuk n dia sure flush the pump... so, I dengan berani gagah perkasanya masuk dgn condifent...

sekali jenguk kat dlm toilet bowl.... jeng jeng jeng!!! &%$%#*@^@&$% ISSSHHHH!! rasa nak kuar balik n marah pompuan tu plis!!! rasa mcm nak cakap, "cik, kenapa tak gheti flush toilet??? kat umah awak guna jamban lubang yg kena gali tiap2 kali buang air ke??? ke, mak awak tak pernah ajar flush toilet and keep clean????"

look, Malaysians... mcm mana kita ni nak dipandang mulia oleh orang lain kalau personal hygiene pun sucks tahap cipan???? plus, Malay plak tu, definitely Islam la sebab dia pakai tudung.... OMG!! malu n marah n frustrated dengan this kind of behaviour... kita selalu kata, kalau che ye nun alif masuk toilet mesti tak flush... so, jangan la terkejut.... sebab agama diorang tak ajar kot... but kita as muslim, macam mana bole tergamak mengotorkan public toilet yg full with facility?? nak kata takde air ke, takde hos ke, jamban rosak ke, jauh sekali... tapi, sifat PEMALAS n PENGOTOR tahap cipan manusia2 jenis ni yg sangat memalukan! i feel disgusted!

my mum selalu ajar, masuk toilet pls flush properly... kalau ada saki baki sisa2 bahan kumbahan anda, sila amik air n jirus... sampai hilang... kang ada plak satu hamba abdi awak ke yg nak masuk tolong cucikan ur residue?? satu lagi sifat huduh kita Malaysians is "takpe, cleaner ada.. memang keje dia" mak datok!! cantik muka hang ingat cleaners tu keje dia nak tolong flushkan toilet untuk hang ka??? apsal kita jadi mcm ni?? salah mak bapak ke? ke salah diri sendiri??

to me, it all comes back to you.. if u have that civic minded, then u wouldn't behave like orang hulu yg tak gheti guna tandas awam.... so frens, are you one of those uncivic minded people??

-disgusted-

Monday, November 16, 2009

Feelings Update

hmm.... i think i want to start updating my feelings status about stuff that's happening in my life... because we as human beings do not have only one feeling about all the things happening in our daily life, isn't it??

SUBJECT & FEELINGS
1. work = like it, so far
2. work place = nice and no stress.. well, it's not all perfect but i can live with that
3. parents = ok, they are happy coz they just got back from singapore.. whenever they're happy and do not bug me that much, i'm gud!
4. hubby = miss him superbly!
5. James = belting berbunyi dgn kuat lagi.. susah hati coz warranty is expiring soon... in two weeks to be exact!
6. road to office = lancar = NO STRESS!~
7. babies = hmm... still thinking about it sometimes.. but not really obsessed about having any at the moment..
8. frens = miss most of them, but everybody's got their own lives, anyway!
9. toll rm7.80 sehari = still not a problem to me... i would rather pay the toll than being stuck in the traffic!~
10. mohamad redza = rindu sangat, plis!
11. weight = is starting to worry me... i should go for futsal, shouldn't i??? but by the time i reach home, all i see is the bed...
12. my face = full of acne scars... gotta start using that miracle water again!
13. year end shut down = i can't wait!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hidup Berjiran

hari ni aku nak gossip... sambil bergossip ni, it also works as a reminder to all of us out there (including me) about adab sopan hidup berjiran..... i live in Pasir Gudang for almost a year now... n alhamdulillah, we have 2 very nice immediate neighbours kiri n kanan rumah sewa we all ni... belah kiri is a young couple, sebaya dgn we all, ayu n awie with their adorable twin babies, syakira n zulaikha..... belah kanan pulak, a chinese family yg aku tak penah tau nama derang apa, but they are in fact, very nice people as well.... (esp mak the chinese lady tu... banyak cakap! heheh...) so, i call them "Cina sebelah"... they have two boys n one girl... anak pompuan dia sangat comeyyy.. mcm anak patung... dia cuma gheti babai kat aku every time we all terserempak.. yg lain2, aku cakap melayu, dia balas mandarin... aku cakap english, dia bantai mandarin gak.. last2, aku give up! hehe...

rumah yg we all duduk ni, somehow ada sangat low absorption of noise or bunyi... so, kadang2 jiran2 dua-tiga pintu away buat apa pun boleh dengar sampai our house.. but, since tak pernah mengganggu tido malamku, nevermind! sebelah kanan rumah Cina sebelah ni adalah rumah sewa budak2 bujang (BBB) yg keje kat MMHE n sime... basically derang ni duduk menyewa rumah tu utk tido malam je.... macam biasa, bile ada rumah sewa bujang around our house, memang la banyak kerenahnya...

selalunya BBB ni belasah main karaoke sepanjang hari... kadang2 aku dengar pukul 9 pagi dah start... agaknya derang keje shift kot... takpe laa.. since aku pun memang kaki karaoke, i could understand that they need to sing eventho suara mengalahkan katak puru.... Cina sebelah ni pun kadang2 bile datang angin dia, belasah lagu techno kuat2 waktu tengahari.... kadang2 sampai ke maghrib... tapi, aku still bole tolerate sebab rumah aku ni mmg nipis dindingnya, so i can't expect more, right? janji tak bising tengah malam, sudah...

nak dijadikan cerita, semalam lepas lunch (yg aku masak ayam penyet tuuu) aku dgn redza tengah melayan tv citer apa entah, sekali redza bangun... n he said, "Polis..." aku buat deeekkk je laa... alaa... mcm la tak biasa polis come by and say hie to the people.... (walaupun itu di luar batas normal sebenarnya.... tapi sebab aku malas nak layan laki aku yg tetiba bzbodi, aku bo-layan laa) n yes, betul aku nampak polis tengah berbual2 dgn Cina sebelah... (masa tu ada bini dia, mak dia, adik dia.. mak n adik dia dtg visiting jee.. tak tinggal sini) makin lama, makin kuat.... last2 aku mute-kan tv utk mendengar butiran lanjut.... tapi still cannot catch up with what's going on....

then, i told redza, "takpe, kang i tanya mak dia... mak dia banyak cakap... kang sure dia bagitau.. hehe" n redza said, "now sape yg bzbodi??" hahahaha.... anyway, aku tak dapat bercakap dgn mak dia lepas tu... hinggalah hari ni bila aku jumpa bini cina sebelah kat luar..... mak pun apa lagi nyah, gossiping leee....

well, sebenarnya polis semalam datang to ask them betul ke derang ada potong tali ponco yg cover kereta BBB..... ok, situasi: BBB pasang ponco biru belang2 kat rumah derang as an extended porch to cover up their car... tali ponco tu diikat kat pagar bahagian rumah cina sebelah... satu hari, itu tali sudah putus sebab ponco tu bukannya kuat pun... dah la dua-tiga hari ni hujan lebat... dah sah2 air hujan akan bertakung n menyebabkan tali ponco tu putus! now, BBB sudah accuse Cina sebelah's wife of cutting the ropes... N DIA REPORT POLIS! OMG!!!!

ada banyak kebodohan ala2 orang terencat akal jugak pada si BBB ni...
1) there are two pieces of ponco... yg tak teguh base nya n di-selotape di tengah2 dgn duct tape n just stupidly tied to a fence... so, kenapa expect benda tu perform mcm REAL porch?? duct tape tu kena air 2-3 titik terus hilang gam nya cik abang ooii!

2) derang ni keje MMHE n Sime Darby.. so im sure they are not some school drop-outs yg bodoh lagi maha sengal

3) kalau kereta dia Ferrari ke, Porsche ke, ala.... takyah jauh laa... VIOS ke, aku bole la paham nape kereta tu wajib diteduhkan.... tapi, ni setakat WAJA buruk tin milo aku tendangpun bole berlubang tu, tak payah la nak beriye2 sangat kan! kalau tak suka basah, simpan kat kampung! (FYI, derang ni pegi keje naik motor, keta simpan kat umah buat bawak balik kampung or jalan jauh je or nak pick up minah kilang yang bersepah kat PG ni)

4) tak payah la sampai nak report polis kan..... nampak sangat tak macho!

so, the police came to chat with Cina sebelah n of course Cina sebelah's wife told the officer the real story... masa benda tu putus, bini Cina sebelah balik kampung... mcm mana dia nak pegi potong tali tu??? ADUIIIII..... yg paling best, BBB tak berani kuar rumah bile polis datang rumah derang.... tau pulak takut! sebab polis pun cakap, "buat malu je hal kecik mcm ni nak gaduh... 1 malaysia ke ni??" plus, derang sangkut ponco tu mcm tu sebenarnya illegal... mana bole taruk extension haram mcm tu... sebenarnya PBT bole saman derang.... ish! dah la memburukkan pemandangan... kalau utk sementara, like for kenduri or something takpe jugak....

aku ni dari tadi dok chat2 dgn bini Cina sebelah, mcm2 la dia komen.... dia pun pelik... orang Melayu ISLAM buat mcm ni.... dia siap kata, " ini mcm terrorist" hmmm.... mcm mana eh? macam mana kita sebagai orang Islam nak convince orang agama lain utk hormat n faham religion kita kalau ada DUNGU2 seumpama BBB ni di merata2.... cuba citer sikit.... fakta yg aku tak bole blah lagi ialah, BBB hanya menyewa... n Cina sebelah ni beli rumah ni... tapi, kenapa BBB yg berlagak besar kepala sangat kat sini?? kalau bapak aku, neighbour penyewa buat hal, dia pegi sound direct je.... "awak tu menyewa, buat cara menyewa..."

so, moral of the story is, kita ni orang Islam yg patutnya menunjukkan contoh teladan yg baik pada orang non-muslims... Islam pun ada mengajar kita adab sopan dalam berjiran... even nak renovate rumah kalau sampai menghalang angin ke rumah jiran pun tak bole, apatah lagi menuduh melulu sampai repot polis..... lagi satu, kita menyewa bermaksud kita bukan la pemilik mutlak property tu... maknanya kita kena hormatkan the people who actually own the property.... masuk kandang kambing, meng-embek.... kita bukan nak duduk sini lama pun.... sabar sikit tak bole ke??

i always feel this has got to do with upbringing and inner-self-bringing jugak... kadang2 sekolah pandai2 pun kalau dah memang perangai mengalahkan orang primitif, tak guna jugak! orang mcm ni patut buat rumah kat tengah2 hutan duduk sorang2 takde jiran.... sebab duduk bermasyarakat kat taman perumahan yg cantik pun mcm kera, baik tak payah, kan! i suggest, gi duduk dalam gua lagi baik! so, tell me.... nak buat mcm mana dengan dungu2 mcm ni? kita selalu kata orang Cina kiasu, kiasu.... tapi, in this case, siapa yg kiasu? pk la sendiri... adakah kita pun ada unsur2 BBB dalam diri kita??

-jiran yg tak paham-

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Pain in the stomach

what a hectic wiken... ada 2 weddings, n mcm biasa redza akan pop up with a surprise agenda... open house rumah kawan dia... ok, ok... as usual, me with flexibility, masukkan semuanya dlm our to-do-list for saturday...

suddenly, i found out that Sime Darby was having a walk-in interview on saturday... errr... mcm mana???? my own future atau melihat future orang lain?? well, akhirnya i decided not to go to the intreview sebab terrrbangun lewat.. huhu... so, we went to pick up Gerek and went straight to aifa's nikah... n we were late... but nevermind... we managed to see aifa n her hubby in the nikah wardrobe... golden... berseri2.... i like!! congrats to my dear fren, aifa n her hubby azam... semoga jodoh berkekalan selamanya!!

afterwards, i left gerek at aifa's and went to ampang to pick up redza's syilings... yes, my hubby owns a water machine in kampung melayu ampang... dekat kedai karpet encik jamil... so, he usually goes there to pick up his coins.... but whenever he's not around, nizam, my BIL will take care of it... and yes, we forgot that it's bulan syawal.. the roads are jammed like crazy even on wikens! n we were heading towards gombak after ampang.... u can imagine my tantrums la kan...

after the open house in gombak, we were rushing to go back to shah alam for another wedding... my dear fren fiza n wan's wedd.... kat intekma resort... it was a nice red n white wedd.... how i wish redza would wanna wear tux at our wedd... huhuhu... tinggallah diriku sendirian memakai gown.... lantak la... janji aku dapat pakai gaun! hehhahaa...

later in the evening, i felt so light-headed... so i went to the salon to wash my hair... ingatkan sakit kepala sebab panas berjalan seharian... while waiting for my family to reach my house... owh, lupa nak cakap, my aunties n cousins were supposed to come to my house for raya and jamming session... dah lama studio bapakku itu direnovate.... so, it's time utk dirasmikan!

semakin lama, kepala semakin sakit... eventually, my makngah urut kepala aku... n she said, "kamu ni banyak angin!" yes, saya memang kepala angin! huhu... last2 sakit kepala melarat ke perut... duduk salah, tido salah... dan mangsanya... jeng jeng jeng... of course hubbyku tercinta!! sian dia... i am terrible when i'm sick and he doesn't know what to do... semua benda salah....

eventually, sakit perut yg unbearable menyebabkan diarrhea... semalaman tak bole tido... akhirnya after almost 10 rounds of vomitting and beraking, i decided to go to DEMC and check myself up... we went at 6 am and the doc said i needed some drips but i wont be hospitalized...

thank god! kalau tak, mau menangis tak berlagu aku jawabnya... me n hospitals do not like each other! huhuhu.... so i missed my jubah taking session... and i decided not to follow redza back to PG.... seharian melepak kesakitan.....

tolong la, food poisoning bukan benda main2... bole pengsan dibuatnya... if orang tanya, nak pilih sakit apa, i definitely choose to be healthy... lepas ni takleh la bedal food kat open house or wedding sesuka hati lagi! huhuhuhuhu

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

terengganu trip

terengganu, here we come!! i was really excited for our trip to terengganu coz this is the first time i'm bringing mohamad to see dungun n KT... i've planned to eat ice cream goreng n minum air buah gelas besar... yum yum yum....

malam khamis, redza came back from PG by bus... i thot i wud go for futsal after i pick him up at the station, tapi the bus was late so i cudn't make it for futsal... well, nampaknya kena qada' ke minggu ini le jawabnya! i have to start berfutsal coz i need to lose 'em weight! jeles tengok azmi... he lost 32 kg in 4 months via exercise and no nasi.... he has been quite big for the past 10 years, n now he's back in shape.... alright girls, he is single and available!

enuff about that, the next morning, me, redza n my parents started our road trip to dungun at 8.30 am... our first stop was Paka for lunch... we had the famous nasi kukus n ayam goreng berempah... it was nice.. round shaped nasi dikukus n dibungkus dlm kertas... kedai tu mmg safe pinggan! semua orang makan dlm kertas n not pinggan....

then, we headed for dungun to check-in at the RS house that we got for free... actually mummy booked uitm hotel, but since we changed our dates, the hotel was already fully-booked... all they have was this Resident Staff house (rumah kayu) for us to stay for no charge... (previlages for knowing people there) sadly, they said they would clea the house before-hand, but no... it was berhabuk and we had to do some minor cleaning before we cud get comfy... tapi, hubbyku, habuk ke tak habuk, nampak katil terus boom! he's quite tired from travelling the day earlier pun... plus, he drove all the way that day....

lepas solat n berehat sekejap, we headed to Ina's house.... we had nasi dagang! best! annur n ina were back to go to Niesa's wedd as well... we all pun sempat la beraya kat umah mak dia... wow, it's been a while since i've been in Ina's house... banyak benda dah berubah... n yes, our mothers get really friendly sampai borak tak henti... topik: KUCING! next time, i'm leaving my mum at ina's mum's house so they can borak all day pasal kucing! hoho...

the next house was rumah Uncle Halim in the middle of Dungun town... we had mihun goreng... n later Ina n annur came to pick me n redza up to go to the beach and have the most excitedly expected, ice cream goreng! the last time i went to Dungun which was 2 years ago, i didnt get to taste that ice cream goreng sebab kedai dia tak bukak lagi.... now, time to balas dendam! heheh... i ordered chocolate ice cream, ina ordered strawberry and annur had vanilla... the best is still vanilla eventho i really like chocolate ice cream... lazat!!! hajat terlaksana... gembira!

tapi, tak sempat nak pegi main tepi pantai as the day was getting dark already... huhuhu.... later, ina n annur sent us back to the house to freshen up... we had another date that nite... with uncle Z n aunty ani....

dinner was ok.. but i wish we cud've gone to the air buah gelas besar instead of that siamese place... well, there's always next time! hehe

the next morning, we had breakfast with uncle Lam n his new wife at kedai kopi Pok.. kedai cina... kedai dia warung je sebenarnya... huduh je... but the specialty is, roti kukus... or steamed bread... lazat!!!! dilawan dgn kopi O.. memang kow! but i cannot drink coffee, so i had milo kurang manis instead... after that, i left my parents there n me n redza went jalan2 at the area... i showed him one very nice roti canai place.. but now dah tutup coz dia tak bersih! huhuhu... my dad said, kalau kat s.alam, memang we wudn't go to such a shop, tapi kat sana, don't care! roti dia sedap n yg lagi best is the kari ikan tenggiri............ sedeyyyy...

then, we checked out from the house and headed for masjid kristal... Niesa's wedding... it was a gorgeous wedding!! we were a bit late but nevermind... the food was nice!! yumyum! after the wedding, we went to check out the masjid kristal... its a beautiful place... but we didnt manage to see the miniature mosques as we were kinda racing against time... nak pegi pasar payang! hehehhee... shoppinggggg!!

we checked-in at Seri Malaysia at 4pm and went to Pasar Payang at 5... sib baik kedai favourite
mummy tak tutup lagi! n hasilnya, mummy bought a few batik dresses for herself and i got one blue silk batik courtesy of mohamad redza.... baju konvo! hehehe.... by the time we finished, kedai semua pun dah tutup! sib baik laki ku okap! while i was bz at the batik shop, he went shopping seluar pendek hawaii for himself! n yeah, kaler oren laa... apa lagi!

after that we went to pantai batu buruk n had nasi ayam... it was not as nice as the normal shop that we always go... sayang sangat tak sempat pegi... that nite plak, we had dinner at abang darma's place... abang darma is my cousin from my grandfather's first marriage... his father is my mum's half brother... but we are close... it was nice to see him sekeluarga... n his lil baby afiq is really cute! redza suka sangat, seperti biasa! asyik dukung je... n redza tak boleh duduk coz bile dia duduk je, afiq wud cry... hehhehee.. padan muka!!

that nite i dozzed off really fast n alhamdulillah, i cud sleep! coz the nite earlier, i was awaken every 2 hours... i woke up upon hearing my alarm went off.... yes! a good nite sleep at last! hehe...

we head off back to s.alam at 10 after singgah sekejap kat losong beli keropok lekor n keropok lain2... the trip was tiring... i felt tired after reaching home... penat sangat! we reached s.alam nearly 6pm after sending redza to Kl sentral n singgah A&W for dinner... makan lagi! hehe...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

rambut sama hitam, hati lain2

it's end of september 2009... masuk next month, dah setahun since i quit my job... at first, it was really hard (still hard at times) coz i lost my self empowerment.. i lost the power to decide on things as i have to depend on my husband... which is something that i never do before, sebab i've always been a very independent person... it started waaaayyy back in STF... STF is far from home, so i cannot afford to have my parents to drop by just any time... nak balik S.alam pun naik tren.... angkut la beg besar gabak sorang2... i remember the bags were bigger than me at that time! hoho..

n it continued through my Uni days... i had that PTPTipu to support my studies... actually, i'm quite grateful for the PTPTipu... tapi bile tang bayar, pengsan! i hope i would get a job really really soon.... as i need to get all of my debts out of my life, once and for all! encik PTPTipu, sila bersabar yeee.....

during ACCA plak, i had MARA loan... the best part is, it's convertible provided i finish ACCA in 3 years' time.... alamak, cita2 tak kesampaian la pulak! but yes, i finally managed to finish my ACCA after a total of 7 years, which in the meantime i managed to work for almost 4 years and get married! hmmmm..... lagi satu plus point, it is interest-free! tak mcm PTPTipu tu, ada 1% service fee.... yg di"charge" every month... hampes!

bile dah keje, of course lagi la merdeka! i finally managed to fully take care of myself... so, when i have been so independent almost all of my adult life, when i quit my job, memang nahas la! it was not easy... it was not easy to ask at first.... and then it was not easy to hear the word "NO" every time i ask for something.... i do understand the reasons given but when NO explanation was given, i became angry...

this cannot last for long... for a marriage to work, one of the essence is, women, please get your own self empowerment... do not let your life lye on the mercy of another person.... be it your own husband! mcm orang tua2 kata, rambut sama hitam, hati lain2! maybe the only thing in common that we have is the love for each other... but the way we see life, is totally different story!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

raya Mood!

well, another 10 days to go! yesterday i was like crazy youtube-ing lagu raya... it's our 2nd raya together as husband and wife this year.. Alhamdulillah... but i easily become fragile every raya now.. i don't know.. maybe its because i miss my nenek n moyang.... i can't really say that i miss my atuk coz he passed away when i was 4 years old.. so there ain't many memories of him... how i miss those days when me n my brother would wait in front of nenek's house for our cousins to come back n celebrate raya... when my mum n aunties would be very busy in the dapur preparing raya dish! sampai terbarai puasa la orang kata!

i remembered there was one time they made dodol... it was really nice! since i was really small, i wasn't fasting.. so i get to taste the dodol the moment it cooks... yummy slimy black colour dodol that is not yet firm... meleleh2.. yumyum! that's my memory of dodol... one memory of atuk was him smashing eggs for kuih bahulu... the kuih was made traditionally.... in a tempayan..n then baked on dapur kayu.... rasa dia?? keras ketung! ahhaha.... my grandma likes it that way.. coz the bahulu can stand longer.. one more famous kuih of my great-grandma is kuih keras... the kuih, like the name is darn keras! its made of tepung laa.. tepung tatau apa, n digoreng... later it will be Jemur under the sun... that makes it keras... lastly, disira with gula.... sedap! n tahan lama plak tu....

haih... how i wish things were back to those days... where people love each other.. well, i guess it comes with the new millenium where people's heart just die... mati hati.... so, we're left with a few family members who have yet to fight! (oh please, no more drama!)... sometimes people cannot move on because they never forgive each other... let alone their hearts... i myself still cannot find in my heart how to forgive n forget about some people's actions... all i can do is, shut them out... even if we ever gonna "kiss n make up", things can NEVER go back to the way they were...

terlajak perahu, bole reverse, terlajak kata, hilang lah sedara....