Yes'm, old friends is always best,
'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.

Last week was a stress free week. It started with a wonderful weekend, spending time chatting (non-stop) and watching the wonderful movie Lake House with Ayin. A stress free Monday without any mind-boggling work. Took leave from both work and Legal Aid on Tuesday, due to my menstrual complication. And the rest of the week was just simply fun: Menetap di Shah Alam selama beberapa hari bersama rakan-rakan tersayang - Mini UiTM Law Fac reunion during Ethics Course, which was fun, save for the exam at the end of the course – Drove to S. Alam court and office on Friday, which is evidently my preferred mode of transportation - Celebrated the birthdays of Mazia (21/7), Jaja (1/8) and Far (31/8) and had a blast. Although I would love to share some pictures here, I could not, as my home pc is rosak and my office pc tidak boleh membaca sambungan USB dari kameraku atau pendriveku. Maka nanti-nantilah. Spending time with my best (real) friends and away from workloads is evidently enough to rejuvenate me. Yeay.

Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that strong

Been having what some people call Bad Days. Sunday: Sweetheart went away and every petty misfortune in the air sensed that, hence the consequent bad days. Monday: Berpuasa and was so damn letih with tons of works in the office dan cuba pulang awal pada jam 6.15 p.m. Namun komuter telah menggila dan membuduskan dirinya dengan Gangguan Teknikal yang tidak pernah tiada. Natijahnya, tiba di rumah dan berbuka puasa close to 9 p.m lantas terus tertidur kepenatan. Tuesday: Terpaksa bangun walaupun the demon in me wanted to ponteng Legal Aid. Had to stand all the way to KL dalam keadaan sesak hingga tidak dapat menggerakkan walau sebelah tangan. Tiba di mahkamah, I was suddenly attacked by diarrhoea demon and worse, tandas mahkamah mengalami masalah air. Nice. So I had to go back and forth from court to Wisma Kraftangan (where the Legal Aid Centre is) untuk melegakan keadaan perut. I told Far that had I not practiced our method of Hilangkan Soul, telah lama terdapatnya headline yang berbunyi Gadis Meroyan Akibat Stress. Sweetheart was very concerned about my unusual state of depression and after our long conversation last night, I am already feeling pretty light hearted today. Today: I went to court and although the heels to my favourite court shoes tercabut di tengah jalan, I managed to feel indifferent about it.

Sebenarnya amat rasa berdosa kerana diri ini stressed out akibat petty stuffs seperti di atas, ketika berlakunya Indonesian tsunami, ketika berlakunya Israel's bombardment of Lebanon, ketika Siti Nurhaliza bakal berkahwin dengan Dato’ K (eik???). Ya Allah, bantulah hambaMu ini untuk bersabar dengan dugaan-dugaan kecil seperti ini, dan berkatilah hambaMu ini selalu dengan rahmatMu.

Tanpamu sepinya waktu merantai hati

Yesterday, I surprised him by preparing some simple dishes for lunch: Tom Yam Ayam, Sotong Celup Tepung and Udang Goreng Kunyit. No there was no healthy sayur because yours truly forgot to buy them and there was no green stuff stock at home. Basically I packed up picnic items: good foods and myself. Haha. I surprised him good I must say. Cooking? The least he expected from me lah. Pernah baked for him tapi aku memang suka baking. He tasted my cooking twice but that was different scenarios: 1) Aku masak mee untuk diri sendiri dan dia nak rasa maka aku bawa untuk dia sikit. 2) Masakan ibu yang dibantu olehku. Heh. But when (and if) I cook, I always serve love on plates. Teehee. Bak kata Ibu, masak dengan kasih sayang. Anyways, it was a redup, windy day and the lakeside picnic was calming and fun. I must say, this time around, I scored big time. Ngeh ngeh. Bukankah kata Madonna (eik?), relationship is a generosity contest. Berlumba-lumba untuk lebih membahagiakan. Heh.

Today was emotional. I sent him off to KLIA dan kali ini tidak tahu lagi bila dia akan pulang lagi. Yours truly shamelessly cried. Ngeh ngeh. What’s worse is the fact that next week is going to be a pretty hectic week, telahpun mendapat bebanan kerja-kerja yang perlu diselesaikan minggu depan, dan separuh lagi beban akan menyusul minggu depan, rest assured. Sometimes (kadang-kadang saja ya), I feel like giving up office work, get married, be a stay at home wife and a doting mom, pakai comel-comel, membaca dari pagi sampai petang, watch Oprah both at 9 am and 1 pm dan paling penting, write cool articles or manage some cool restaurant from home and get paid for that. Gila best. But until I can make up my mind, let’s just say what I really want (in my career department lah), is to complete my chambering period. Two (plus, plus) more months to go.

The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.

Yesterday, my guy friends from Dock Brief made a remark on how nice it is to be a woman. The reason? 1) The (very senior) PO from my court yesterday approached me and before telling me that I did quite a good job, beliau memberi nasihat cara2 menjadi peguambela yang baik dan berkongsi perkara2 yang telah dilakukan oleh peguambela tetapi tidak sepatutnya dilakukan. Anything bizarre, no? Kawan2 lelakiku itu memberitahuku that any PO would not layan them even if they approach PO tersebut dahulu. Itulah ia. 2) I chatted with a senior Indian lawyer who did brilliant mitigations for his foreigners clients. (Mingling session, not my niche but I almost always make an effort). And he eventually gave me his written submissions (for mitigation, which are of course, excellent) as reference before he left the court. He said and I quote “This is not perfect, but it is something.” And for this, Ong kept saying, “Seronoknya jadi perempuan.” Haha. Like, okay?! Hahaha.


Yesterday also, there was this one family, very young wife, suami yang agak berumur, with 4 anak yang masih kecil. The father was charged under DDA. 400 gram heroine!!! Sangat banyak, ok!? Adalah dianggap pengedar. The problem is, mereka kelihatan seperti family yang susah. My point being, jika mahu jadi pengedar, at least jadilah sehingga kaya dan boleh menyenangkan keluarga. No I am not condoning dadah, penagihannya dan apatahlagi pengedarannya. Tetapi, dari lojik akalnya, apakah worth it beliau mengedar dan tertangkap tetapi keluarganya tidak pernah dan tidak akan hidup senang. So the father was charged today, and one of the possible sentences is MATI, dan anak2nya mendengar itu. Kemudiannya, seisi keluarga mengangis teresak-esak di luar mahkamah, anak sulungnya malah meraung-raung. Real life drama. Bergenang air mata aku menyaksikannya. Moral: Jangan buat jahat. Hidup sekali saje, maka hiduplah dengan bahagia dan diredhai.



Ooh ooh, happy becoming birthday (it's tomorrow!) to my darling, beloved friend, Nurul Ain Emran, or more cordially known as Ayin. I wish you a happy and blessed life. I love you so much! Ooh satu lagi, by the way, check out the title of this post. Cool eh? Unkind words unsaid. Manusia sekarang ni banyak sangat yang mulutnya seolah-olah insured ribu-ribu a la JLo's butt. Tidak menyenangkan telinga yang mendengar, hati yang terpaksa menerima. Bottom line: I miss my friends. And Ayin!

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Before I go, I am leaving you guys with my favourite portion from Tuesdays With Morrie (I even drew a star beside this bit), diolah gayanya oleh yours truly untuk memudahkan pemahaman anda semua.

Mitch (The protagonist, asked Morrie who has been lying sick for so long): What if you had one day perfectly healthy? What would you do?

Morrie (He is the ‘hero’): 24 hours?

Mitch: 24 hours.

Morrie (The wise man answered): Let’s see. I’d get up in the morning, do my exercises, have a lovely breakfast of sweet rolls and tea, go for a swim, then have my friends come over for a nice lunch. I’d have them come one or two at a time so we could talk about their families, their issues, talk about how much we mean to each other. Then, I’d go for a walk, in a garden with some trees, watch their colours, watch the birds, take it in the nature that I haven’t seen in so long now. In the evening, we’d all go together to a restaurant with some great pasta, maybe some duck – I love duck- and then we’d dance the rest of the night, I’d dance with all the wonderful dance partners out there, until I was exhausted. And then I’d go home and have a deep, wonderful sleep.

Mitch: That’s it?

Morrie: That’s it.

Mitch (thinking to himself): It was so simple. So average. I was actually a little disappointed. I figured he’d fly to Italy or have lunch with the President or romp on the seashore or try every exotic thing he could think of. After all these months, lying there, unable to move a leg or a foot, how could he find perfection in such an average day?

Then I realized this was the whole point :-)

Most people want to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

Marliza on Superman Returns: Although Marliza's Clark Kent will always be Dean Cain, she absolutely loves Superman Returns! So, Brandon Routh is not her 'type' of hotness, but he sure is hot, and so is Orlando's girl, our latest Lois Lane. And that little 'super'boy, major cuteness. Definitely a must watch. Marliza on her little confessions: She knows she never publicly admit that she loves Diddy AF4 (She does! Hanya her little bro, Daud, Ayin dan Zu tahu tentang ini), tetapi ketahuilah, Marliza amat sedih akan penyingkiran Diddy. Huhuhu. Oh, and, erm, do you know that Marliza (secretly) enjoys reading Malaysia's very own celebrity magazine, HOT. Teehehe. Marliza on her sweetheart: She always love it when her sweetheart sings to/for her, tetapi menyanyi untuknya sambil bermain guitar, in the park, well, apa lagi yang dapat dikatakan, her sweetheart scored big time. Ngeh ngeh. Marliza on shopping: She bought a cute, practical handbag (untuk mengisi files ke court) di Petaling Street and she got it for a very reasonable price. Yeay. And oh, sangat banyak bag and purse and tote and semualah yang cantik di Petaling Street itu. You name lah what jenama you want, everything under the sun ada. Coach. LV. Guess. Chloe. Gucci (Tetapi Gucci selalu nampak kurang ori). Fendi. Aigner. Pergh, almost everything look original to untrained eyes. Ngee. Too bad Marliza ialah seorang yang walaupun tidak brand concious, Marliza adalah agak particular tentang pemakaian jenama tiruan. Marliza prefers barangan tidak berjenama langsung (like the bag she bought). Ngeh ngeh. Lastly, Marliza on writing as a third person: No she is not a narcist (Really, eh? Ngee). It's just that according to her best friend, Ayin, both of them suffer from Obsessive Compulsion Disorder. Teehee.

Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends.

I was sick yesterday. I woke up in the morning feeling so berat kepala, but managed to bersiap for work. But I was so tak larat, I changed back into my comfy attire and texted Suhail to tell my Master's PA about my condition. I telan some ubat-ubatan that I managed to find and slept until 12. For lunch, Ibu made some chicken soup for me (I love this woman so much). Later, berselimut di tv hall on my favourite couch, walaupun masih kurang sihat, I had fun clicking the remote control without little bro to steal the remote away from me-he was at his friend's.


Anyways, while I was rummaging the channels, by accident, I clicked TV1. I can't help but noticed the silly mistake made in the caption during berita. Di sangkal. Apakah? I know I write rojak myself. But I totally despise it when media or public signage make language mistake such as this. Hello? It is DISANGKAL. Rapatkan ia. DI dan perkataan seterusnya hanya dijauhkan jika perkataan seterusnya itu merujuk kepada tempat. Even in the commuter, there is this same mistake. Di larang. It is DILARANGlah, people. Ayin pointed out to me the mistake made by ASTRO (Ayin knows I care too much about these stuffs) in ASTRO's latest talk show AC DISINI. ASTRO, it is suppossed to be AC DI SINI. SINI merujuk kepada tempat, maka perlu dijauhkan dengan DI. Don't these people have their own Cik Rosnah???


Ya, perkara seperti ini adalah one of my own pet peeves. Seperti juga butang lengan baju yang tidak dikancing dengan sepenuhnya. It is either kancing semua, atau jangan kancing terus dan lipat dengan kemas, ok? Seperti juga penggunaan tulisan yang tidak cantik, yang tidak sekemas Verdana dan Arial atau seindah Amazone atau as groovy as Norm Heavy. Seperti juga keantianku pada gadis-gadis attention seeker yang memakai baju tidak cukup kain yang tidak kena pada tempatnya dan malah memekak di dalam tren. Juga seperti mereka yang sampai hati memakai baju tidak bergosok. Juga wanita yang tersilap langkah mengenakan tudung yang warnanya tidak matching langsung dengan attire. My pet peeves. Banyak lagi. Tapi cukuplah untuk hari ini.

Save Tonight [Eagle Eye Cherry]

Go on and close the curtains. All we need is candlelight. You and me and a bottle of wine. Going to hold you tonight. We know I'm going away. How I wish it weren't so. Take this wine and drink with me. Let's delay our misery. Save tonight. And fight the break of dawn. Come tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be gone. There's a log on the fire. And it burns like me for you. Tomorrow comes with one desire. To take me away. It's true. It ain't easy to say goodbye. Darling please don't start cry. 'Cause girl you know I've got to go. Lord I wish it wasn't so. Tomorrow comes to take me away. I wish that I could stay. Girl you know I've got to go. Lord I wish it wasn't so. Save tonight. And fight the break of dawn. Come tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be gone.


Mr.D darling is in Sarawak. But he will be coming back really soon. Only then will he be going away for a long, long time hence only then will I be really, really sad. Anyways, kata Ayin, "Apalah ada pada jarak, jika ikatan hati lebih gagah" :-)