get in the way

another tag. good-la. im not in blog-updating mood. am anxiously waiting for good news. yes or no. yes or no. the mind boggles.

7 random facts about me;

1. born in London, England.
2. my shoes are a size 5.
3. i hate durian and cempedak.
4. i shower once a day. never more.
5. i have more compassion towards abandoned elderly rather than abandoned children.
6. i was a student leader.
7. i spent 1/3 of my life abroad. (when i was 27, it was 1/3. now dah tak 1/3 dah kot)

7 things that scare me;

1. death
2. losing a member of my immediate family. trust me when i say i don't really care for others.
3. being diagnosed with cancer.
4. our country being at war.
5. losing certain abilities.
6. missing chemistry. not the class.
7. getting hurt. physically and emotionally. i don't handle pain well. constantly in denial.

7 random music

1. manzano - sweetest girl
2. manzano - apologize
3. jason mraz - i'm yours
4. colbie cailait - realize
5. jack johnson - cookie jar
6. anna nalick - breathe
7. kt tunstall - other side

7 things i say most

1. can
2. kenot
3. wtf
4. i need a holiday
5. i hate work (mantra)
6. like, whatever
7. like, seriously?

7 things i treasure most

1. my immediate family
2. childhood photos
3. wedding photos
4. my wedding ring
5. my friendships with my bffs
6. memories of my childhood days with my parents and siblings. especially with the first two siblings.
7. good health. without good health mana mungkin bisa travel. i can't bear not being able to travel. there's a whole world out there. i need to explore and know how lucky i am. or what i'm missing out on.

7 first times i ever did

I don't know why, but I can't recall any significant first times. First times don't count. The best times do.

7 people to do this.

I don't think anyone wants to be tagged, no?

do you knead me?

sweets tagged me!
Senaraikan 5 hadiah yang anda impikan:-
Not nessecarily expensive right? Because I don't crave for swanky stuff. I'm realistic you know. So everything I wish for is attainable, so bila tak dapat tak sakit jiwa.

1. A external hard-drive. I have on so many occasions been to Low Yat with the intention of buying one. And on so many occasions I come home with something else. Always, always. And on so many occasions I have found myself vowing to buy it the next time I go. And on so many occasions go and buy something else. Repeat cycle.

2. The complete season of Sex and The City. Use to have them and they went missing because I use to take them everywhere I go. And while you're at the DVD shop, throw in the complete 2nd season of brothers & sisters, season 4 one tree hill, the entire desperate housewives collection , cashmere mafia and lipstick jungle. Pirated is fine. I am a firm supporter of smart spendings.

3. A talking GPS for the car. I am helpless with directions.

4. A state of the art massage chair. Please don't give me one that jiggles and make me look like a total nutcase. A nice proper one. I'll put it on the third floor and then have the projector play brothers & sisters back to back while I'm being kneaded. Babe, please bring the ribena upstairs!!!!

5. A better state/town to live in. Being in Klang Valley means we are 'mall-dependent' creatures. Celebration? Lets hit the mall! Depressed? Lets go retail therapy!! Reunion? We'll see you at the mall!!! Date? Which mall is it today?? Face it, social life and extra curricular activities all happen in malls. Malls = the need for money. Please. Does that mean our happiness is very dependent on money? I think about it and I get very sad. What a sad, dull, uncreative bunch of people we are.

Senaraikan alasan atas pilihan anda itu:

1. Kerana tiap-tiap kali saya hendak membelinya, selalu terdapat perkara yang lebih menarik lantas pembelian itu tak jadi.

2. Pembelian yang seringkali ditangguh kerana nilai sama seperti sepasang sepatu Guess? yang amat menarik hati saya. Saya sering dalam dilema. Sepatu ala-ala Carrie Bradshaw atau DVD cetak rompak mengenai Carrie Bradshaw?

3. Seperti yang dinyatakan saya amatlah tidak pakar dengan arah jalan. Asik je salah. Asik je sesat.

4. Saya suka diuli.

5. Saya tidak begitu gemar ke mall. Membosankan saya. Tapi saya kurang pasti samada ianya adalah faktor usia.

5 impresi terhadap orang yang diminati:
Seriously, what the jackfruit does this mean? This question is totally wrong. Who invented this tag? How can I list my five impressions towards the person I like? Fine I'll list five;

1. Impressions are only created when you initially meet someone.

2. So that makes it strange to list them when you already like that someone.

3. If I list my impressions its gonna sound strange because you dont know the person.

4. So this question in other words is asking "5 things you initially thought about the person you like". But I'm not sure. Cos other people are answering it differently.

5. What i would answer should the question be 'what was your first impression of the person you like' then i probably answer, i thought he was quiet but then he was friendly. He was also a really great conversationalist. But that would sound strange. Like i said, people are answering in terms of the criteria of the people they like.

Geez. Now I'm being anal. How's that for impression?

*Disclaimer: Unless 'impresi' is a Malay word which i have never heard of and doesn't mean impression.

OOOOooo.. Unless you mean impression as in "Lucillus's Britney Spear's impression was pretty darn good.."

5 impressions of the person I like;

1. erm..I can't make impressions of him. You have to be here and watch me do my impression of D. Plus another 4 impressions.

Perkara yang paling hebat pernah dilakukannya oleh anda:

Marry moi. Geez, I was so adamant that I didn't want to.

5 ciptaan yang paling disukai (tidak semestinya melibatkan teknologi yang maju):

1. Air-conditioner. Kipas? Oh noooo.. Bayangkan di kala traffic jam takde air-con.

2. Internet. Imagine sitting at the office and doing purely work for 8 hours straight.

3. Electricity and Water systems. But imagine without them, I'd probably have muscular arms from all that heavy lifting of buckets of water. Tanned and Lean. Phwoar!

4. Laptops. So you can watch anything you want under the comforter/in the toilet.

5. Cars. I'm divided actually. I can't imagine taking public transport but I hate to drive. Future technology would have cars that drive themselves.


Apakah perkara yang paling dibenci?
I had a whole post on this. Hell, i even listed 15.

But something totally pissed me off yesterday.

I was at Starhill and i needed to go to the toilet. So i went, sister was waiting, sitting on the counter. The toilets had no water. At all. Of course the sink had water but none in the cubicle. How do you expect me to clean myself?

One recent episode of Oprah, she had this doctor dude as the guest. They were asking him alot about poop and stuff. And get this. He said

"If you had poop on your hands..would you wipe it with a piece of tissue or would you wash it off with water?"

Makes sense kan? Wash with water please. I can't imagine not being able to wash with water. Gross. Starhill indeed. Your Patek Philippe watch too precious to go anywhere near you bum ke? Smelly bum. Eiyer. The toilets were beautiful. Candle burners, paintings and fresh flowers. But no water. Rich people don't wash their ass ke?


5 Orang yang mahu anda tag:

1. Mieza
2. MissInts
3. Lucillus
4. KathMath
5. Meera

Cash screws everything around me

irizis commented;

I just realized...U guys r so Gossip Girls kan? S..D..G..B.. :P Ok tu je.

LOL.

i never thought anyone would realize. i started to read gossip girl few years back and immediately fell in love with the books. and decided that i would be S and he would be D. (stop rolling your eyes please?) that is why everytime we go to borders i'm always on the second floor at the young adults section. embarrassing? yeah, kinda. the price you have to pay for sinful treats. when gossip girl turned to the screen, i couldn't wait. this, has got to be really really good.

but it wasn't. it was crap beyond the highest order.

the hard thing about reading a book is that you have a perfect picture inside your head and then it goes on tv and the image is shattered to pieces. i mean, damn, serena is suppose to be beyond hot. and new york version of hot okay..not your average hot. she's even been on adverts on taxicabs (in the book not the show). the serena on tv is so average. she looks like one of those kids who were so dependent on their pacifier for so long that they end up with bad teeth. yeah thats what the on-screen serena looked like.

and she's suppose to have a hot older brother at college. not a pre-pubescent brother in rehab. chuck is suppose to be blond. on tv chuck is not. but he is one character i totally love. nate is all wrong. serena's mom is not a single parent. jennifer has massive curly hair and huge titties. in fact the only reason she is famous is because of her titties.

sigh.

damn these people. took my favorite book and totally slaughtered it.

well, i guess its only me. my sister02 apparently loves the show. im not blaming her since she's never read the book. which brings us to yesterday.

she kidnapped me from work. well, willingly la actually. work was mind numbingly boring yesterday so i left around 3.30 and we went to bintang walk cos she wanted to view 'kasut murah-murah' whatever that means. so we went.

there i was in my office garb looking like on of those people from sales who always end up at the movies during workdays. pants, shirt and pumps. very uncomfortable.

and there was sister02 picking up every top and skirt and saying stuff like 'this is soooo Blair!!!!' 'this is sooo Serena!!!!!' three hours of categorizing everything according to her favorite gossip girl characters. my feet hurt, i was hungry and i wanted to go home. she accused me of being no fun. I told her now i know how D feels.

She ended up with a pair of Serena boots. Almost knee high. I told her they look gorgeous. I mean if you have been dragged all over bintang walk in work clothes won't you be tempted to just say 'nice' to whatever? must take a good look again this tonight.

the first thing she did when we reached home was to switch on the episode of gossip girl. 'tengok laaa ni...boots sayaaaa...' .

anyways. sorry for not updating for so long. not in the right state of mind. go figure.

how was mother's day?

we went celebrating Mother's Day lunching at China treasures @ Sime Darby Convention Centre. Din Sum and some other stuff. Ate something called dragon's beard which was kinda nice.

brother03 got her cake.
i sent flowers to her office the following day.
nothing much.
D went to see his mom and came back with homemade cupcakes for me. hehe.

it says F(D) loves S. cute.

watched the bank job. its awesome. that jason statham dude is so awesome. i like him better than clive owen. oh. dont go and try and find it in the cinemas. i got a downloaded copy.

Ta-daa!

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Tagged!

Z.Y tagged me. Now I'm listing my 15 pet peeves. As though i don't whine enough as it is. You asked for it.

15 Pet Peeves

1. People who think people who watch reality shows are dumb/moronic/brainless mutts. You mean you'd rather watch 100% fake rather than 20% acting? Geez. The tribe has spoken. You may now bring me your torch. I'm snuffing the living daylights out of you.

2. Queue Jumpers. Not the driving sort. Please note that I have no qualms calling out to you loudly and asking to get in line from where I'm standing in line. I've done it before, won't hesitate to do it again. Who's gonna be more embarrassed you think?

3. Interview Questions such as;
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Seriously, I have no idea. I dont even know whether I actually want to be working with you guys. But hopefully, in 5 years I can stop pretending that I care about my career and move on to more interesting things in life such as traveling to Turkey and Morocco and sketching my walk-in shoe closet.
- Why do you want to leave your current job?
Because it numbs my mind to the very core. I'm not a very sociable person and having to interact with people on a daily basis is enough to put me through a slow painful death. Plus I hate wearing jackets, shirts and starched pants. I hate being obliged just cos they pay me my monthly wages. I hate it that you are asking me this question. Smile politely.

4. Bad Service. Don't be in the service industry if you don't have the patience. Find another job where your incompetence is oblivious. I will complain. I'll make sure you learn it the hard way. You better believe it.

5. Tar-covered Parking Lots. I'm gritting my teeth as i say this. Nothing ruins my shoes more than tar roads. I hate tar roads more than I hate commercial breaks. I'm looking for an office that offers basement carpark which directly leads to the office. None of this tar road shit. I've lost count of the shoes which have been spoilt, heels which have been chipped. My company owes me big time.

6. People who squat on toilet seats. Bodoh ke kak? Seats are called seats for a reason. I should send you guys the email of this chick who split her thigh in half when the toilet seat couldn't take her weight and crumbled. Really. You toilet seat squatters should see that. Tengah berak okay, ER team walking in. Not a pretty sight. Plus, you girls are always complaining of men who pee standing and miss their aim and make the toilet disgusting and stuff but you guys are no better at aiming if you pee while squatting on toilet seats. Lagi disgusting ok? How are the people after you suppose to sit after that? Can you not be so selfish?

This was taken at the toilet of a mega public listed company.
Further proof that money and education don't make you any smarter.

7. People who name their kids Qistina and Danish. What is it with these Malay people? As long as the name has an Arabic meaning you think its a great. PLEASE DON'T CONFUSE MUSLIM NAMES WITH ARABIC NAMES. If you're so bent on having a name 'yang ada maksud' try Justice or Peace or Hope. Tu pun ade jugak makna. Only in another language. Nak sangat nama arab? Try Zulkarnain - si bertanduk dua, or Norazura - cahaya taik kering. Nah, there you go nak sangat nama arab. Muslim names are beautiful. Don't go all Arabic and think your IT. Danish is a pastry for God Sake. Why name your kids after a pastry? Have mercy. Qistina, indeed. Best sangat ke name tu? A friends said ' biasa la.. orang melayu kalau nama ade bunyik arab semua nak letak. Lagi-lagi nama arab yang ade bunyik2 orang putih. Barf. You have a problem when people have english sounding names, but you don't if its arabic (not muslim). Why? Why? Fyi, you look Javanese pun, sikit pun takde muka Arab walaupun panjang berjela name arab tu.
My name got no meaning. At all. Plus it sounds very malay. I like it that way. No questions. One more time - DANISH IS A BLOODY PASTRY!

8. Badly behaved kids at shopping malls. Geez. Really. I feel like smacking these kids. It will be like community service. Your parents can't teach you decorum? Fine, i will. Kids running up an escalator that go down, kids running around like their father own the mall, kids that puke and spill stuff on the floor. Last weekend this boy was playing on the escalator up and down up and down and screaming to his sister at the same time. He tried to push between me and D and I turned to him and glared and said "Aku culik kau baru tahu!" He stared at me and screamed "Culik la!!! Tak takutt!!!!!!". Oh well, can't blame me for trying.

And Carrefour is a market. Please refrain from bringing your screaming kids to the market.

9. My toothbrush dying on me when I'm already late. Stupid stupid me. Can never remember to charge the toothbrush. I don't want to use the regular ones cos i hate looking at my arms jiggling. That would totally destroy my mornings. Plan B: make sure D is asleep then change my toothbrush head with his. Then change back afterwards.

10. That's mean. Over and over. Why, oh why? And also people who say Congrats as Con-great!

11. Cheap bedsheets. I can't. I just can't. I slide right off the bed. Very licin. Low thread counts make light, plastic-ky sheet which i do not appreciate at all. And panas. I dont mind very very buruk sheets if they're heavy and super-soft. 350 thread counts and above please. Thanks.

12. No balls. This one is high up on the list. Not that I'm laced with utmost confidence nor am I the voice for all mankind, but common, speak up. And I wouldn't be so bothered if they weren't my friends. You hate someone. You swing me to hate her too. Fine I do. You want me to give her my two cents. But you know what? I won't. Because you, dear girl are the type of person whom shrinks in the corner and will want to have nothing to do with the problem if anything were to arise. Senang citer, you expect me to take sides and I really do cos I feel for you. But when we're confronted you will say "eh, I taknak campur boleh tak?". Don't these people annoy you? Oh one more, you want me to bash her in my blog, but you wont leave a comment and would not want to be mentioned. At all. Hah, think im that stupid? Don't have balls, you can't borrow mine. And please grow a spine.

13. Stopping by on my way to destinations. I despise refueling and hunting for ATM. Especially when I'm on way to somewhere. All dressed up and stuff. Sigh, with my heels and my inch thick make-up. It really doesn't fit in at the neighborhood ATM where I usually go with my pajamas. The Abang pump attendant will make some smart remark about how dressed you are since you always look like you rolled outta bed. I just don't like stopping by. Don't like it.

14. "You pandai masak ke? Takde rupa macam orang pandai masak pun." Or better still, "Yeke? You pandai masak ape?" Geez. Is it so hard to believe that I can cook a decent meal? What kind of questions is "you pandai masak ape?" do you ask that to all makcik2 who claim they can cook? you want a list? were you born a retard? hard to believe isn't it that I don't look so kampung like you, but have the ability to cook better than you probably ever will. And I can cook western also which you only know from McDonalds. You know what's my specialty? Hot, boiling scalding water poured down your pants.

15. Driving. Top of the list. D knows i hate driving and this is often used as an excuse not to take me places. "Babe, can we go to cupcake chic kat the curve. Please?" [Insert warm inviting smile.] "Of course we can. You drive ye?" There goes my cupcakes. I'll drive for very few reasons. 1. to meet you. and i have to really really like you. 2. sending someone to the doctor's. or maybe teman je. if you are well enough, drive la sendiri. 3. to generate income [read: work]. if you think me letting you drive my car is an indication of how much i like/trust you, think again. I just manipulated you into being my supir.

wow. do i sound hateful? no la. i'm a nice person. someone please tag me for 100 reasons why i'm the nicest person you will ever meet. i am.

in the meantime, let's spread the hate. 15 pet peeves - i'm tagging lucillus the devil, sweets, missints , roxychick and D.