Sabda Nabi s.a.w: “Bandingan golongan mukminin di dalam kasih-sayang, simpati dan tolong menolong antara satu sama lain seperti satu jasad. Sekiranya satu anggota mengadu kesakitan, maka seluruh anggota akan berjaga malam dan demam panas”

Peeps! 10 more questions today!

1. Is RM38.97 enough to make a change in someone’s life? I sure hope that with my puny monthly contribution via Budimas, some kid somewhere will be able to go to school and have something good to eat.

2. Is it okay to feel sentimental about Rudy leaving the Hitz.FM Morning Crew? What do you mean it doesn’t concern me? Sure it does! Lagha as it maybe, they cheer up my morning.

3. Is it okay to feel a bit resentful towards people who gloat in my face about their good fortune and what not? If you write it in your blog, tak apalah, because I’d be the one yang gatal-gatal pilih to read all about it. But if you gloat heartlessly, right in my face, menyampahlah. Tapi mungkin juga aku sedang moody ketika itu, jadi maaflah.

[Thanks ya, Cathy Thorne. Comel kartun awak!]

4. What does “you are what you eat” truly means? If I like ayam goreng so much, does that mean rupa aku macam ayam? Atau perangai aku? Well, I can definitely relate to the kais pagi, makan pagi part, but mine is kais sebulan, makan sebulan. Ngeee. Philosophical, I am not.

5. Did you hear about that 106-year-old-lady marrying a 37-year-old-guy? And this is her 22nd marriage! Isn’t she something? What’s the catch? Or is it truly true love? Sceptical, I am.

6. Does being pregnant means you get to be cranky and bossy at all time? Kano is heavily pregnant as well and I don’t see her throwing tantrum at just about anyone. Do you, Kakak, do you?

7. Have you seen the published picture of Raja Nazrin’s and Zara’s son? Can the Prince be any cuter? And with his Ayahanda and Bonda’s intelligence and wealth, is it okay if I feel a bit envious of him? I’d like to think that I too “win the parents lottery when I was born” (quoting Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture) but this boy, well, he wins real big!

8. Betul ke boleh jadi kaya masuk multi level marketing and what not? All those flyer everywhere memaparkan rich Malays bergambar with their BMW and Benz and what not, is it true? Anyone you know menjadi kaya tanpa menyalahi undang-undang through this multi level thingy? Sceptical, I am.

9. Why is it panas terik over here when all over the country sedang bersiap-sedia menghadapi kemungkinan banjir sehingga even SMART Tunnel has already been closed to traffic? Perhaps that is why we call it ‘kemungkinan’.

10. Is it true that you should not get all chummy with your subordinates in order to earn their respect? I beg to differ. I’ve never been anything but nice to my subordinates dan tidak pernah pula aku rasa disrespected. I treat my subordinates the way I want my superior to treat me.


Ya, saya memang seorang yang penuh pertanyaan. Ya, this is what the Husband has to deal with on daily basis. Have a good Friday everyone!

If I fell off tomorrow would you still love me?
If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?
If I got locked up and sentenced to a quarter century,
Could I count on you to be there to support me mentally?

Kenapa saya terasa ingin tanya kenapa?

1. Kenapa saya selalu selesema jika berpuasa di hari bekerja? Adakah kerana tiada makanan untuk memanaskan badan di pejabat yang sejuk ini?

2. Kenapa pendapatan penyanyi lagi hebat dari pendapatan doktor?

3. Kenapa membeli-belah boleh buat saya gembira seketika walaupun semalam saya hanya beli 2 kemeja kerja di Metrojaya Member's Day itu?

4. Kenapa saya asyik kepingin makan Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng walaupun saya sedar bahawa saya telah menggemuk?

[Terima kasih Cathy Thorne, untuk kartun-kartun
‘about women and the people who love and annoy them’]

5. Kenapa saya begitu tidak ceria pada hari ini? Adakah kerana saya tidak dapat pulang berhari raya Aidiladha bersama keluarga sementelah di sini ada kenduri yang akan berlangsung?

6. Kenapa semua orang masih bising bercakap tentang yoga dan menjadikan ia isu perkauman pula? Sedangkan banyak lagi dosa yang jelas dan tak perlu didebatkan yang dibuat secara terbuka?

7. Kenapa wujudnya klien sengal yang suka mengarah tapi tak suka bayar bil? Tapi mengarah macam bayar sejuta? Aku peguam atau khadam?

8. Kenapa Mat-Mat Bangla suka jalan pegang tangan? Adakah lelaki Bangla lebih terbuka dalam mempamerkan kasih sayang terhadap sahabat?

9. Kenapa Ice Blended dan minuman-minuman lain di Starbucks dan Coffee Bean begitu lazat? Ia lazat kerana ia mahal atau ia mahal kerana ia lazat?

10. Kenapa Rozita Che Wan itu begitu cantik sedangkan dia dah beranak pinak dan adik-beradik dia yang lebih muda yang lain tidaklah begitu cantik?


Kenapa saya hanya tanya 10 Kenapa sedangkan saya boleh tanya 21?

All I need is the air I breathe
And a place to rest my head

The above is an excerpt from the song Say (All I Need) by One Republic. Huh like I would believe that that is all a superstar needs? Even I have more needs on daily basis. In addition to the air I breathe and a place to rest my head *roll eyes*, 12 Things I Need On Daily Basis are:

1. To be able to shower and brush my teeth and what not.

2. To be in touch with my parents and/or Little Bro.

3. The Internet to help me get through the day.

4. Good friends. Thank God for the Internet, I get to talk to my best friends / ex-colleagues / ex-classmates all day long. And I must add that
my current colleagues are pretty great as well.

5. Entertainment. My idea of entertainment mostly involves me being a couch potato in front of the idiot box. [Picture: Little Bro’s PSP, a birthday gift from my Mom. Ibu, Yanti wants a PSP too!]

6. Cute (or presentable) clothes together with cute
(or wearable) handbags and shoes.

7. My car to get me here and there. My town-friendly, fuel-saving,
red-hot Savvy, whose name is Minami.

8. Foods. And not just any foods. I need good foods! [Picture: The lasagna
I made last weekend. Sila ke sini untuk liputan yang lebih luas]

9. To have reading materials wherever I go. Which explains why I almost always carry books / magazines / newspaper everywhere I go. Kalau tiada bahan bacaan, like Arin, I’d resort to rereading old SMSes in my phone.

10. To be able to go home at the end of the day [Oh yes, we love the place so much we’re still contemplating the idea of buying it]

11. A good night sleep. Who doesn’t?

12. And mostly, the Husband. [Do you know that according to psychologist Darby Saxbe, as far as women are concerned, being happily married appears to bolster physiological recovery from work]
Woohoo! Thank God for you, Hubby! Ngeee.

So there you have it; 12 Things I Need On Daily Basis. And I must also add that the list sudah tentulah is not exhaustive. Ngeee.

"Only great minds can afford a simple style”
- Stendhal (The most complex French writers of the 19th century)

Anda telah tahu yang I’m not a fashion forward person. Dan anda juga tahu bahawa that is mainly because I’m too lazy and/or too kedekut. I’m definitely not a fashion expert but I do read a lot, observe a lot, and thus, have a lot of fashion dos and don’ts. And this time around I’m going to bebel about what I think are the most common Men’s Fashion Faux Pas.

SATU: My Kindred Spirit, Far, hates men in yellow t-shirt. Katanya orang handsome pun boleh nampak buruk in yellow. Selepas hidup bersamanya selama beberapa tahun, tentu saya sedikit terkesan. Tapi saya lebih benci lelaki pakai warna oren. [NOTA: Saya tidak pernah rasa Orlando Bloom kacakpun sebenarnya, tapi mari kita cuba bayangkan beliau dalam baju melayu warna hitam. Nope, masih tidak kacak]

DUA: Cincin batu besar warna warni. Yikes. Macam Tok Bomoh. Which is why I adore the wedding ring I got for the Husband. Nice.

TIGA: Pouch! Or the correct term is ‘waist bag’. I truly deeply benci waist bag on a guy. What do you need a waist bag for anyway? Okay okay, kalau nak juga carry around things, perhaps you can try sling bag? They have cool, macho, sling bag for men, you know? Like the one I got the Husband as an engagement gift? Or if you really have to have a waist bag, please sling it to the side, instead of wearing it like your second belly. Yikes.

EMPAT: Baju yang ada tulisan tempat-tempat peranginan. Dibenarkan jika ia tasteful, like the one Hubby is wearing in this picture; bought in Sabah, ada printed Borneo Head Hunter with bayang-bayang tengkorak. T-shirt ada tulisan Kuching with pua kumbo drawing, that’s a no-no.

LIMA: Wrinkled shirt. This, of course, applies to women as well.

Terasa seperti banyak lagi tapi ini saja yang I could think of as at now. Heh. Seperti biasalah ya, the above are merely my personal opinion. No offence to any of you guys yang suka cincin batu merah ala Tok Moh Siam atau ada beberapa koleksi baju kuning atau rasa pouch is convenient atau suka beli baju tulis 'Jupe Mung Di Nung' atau malas gosok baju.

Your life, your prerogative, your own way. But when it comes to my man, the above are definitely tidak, tidak tidak, tidak tidak, tidak, tidak! Ngeee.

"It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her”

Perkara yang ramai girlfriends/wives suka lakukan tapi saya tidak:

1. Panggil boyfriend/suami dengan panggilan abang. With all due respect to others yang panggil, saya cuma tak gemar. I call my Husband Hubby (or Sayang) and I know ada yang tak suka juga panggilan itu, oleh itu, tak mengapalah. Bukankah all is fair in love (and war)? Heh.

2. Get boyfriend/suami to hold my handbag. I think it’s emasculating lah. Buruk benar rupa lelaki yang pegangkan handbag girlfriend/isteri. I’m not talking about pegangkan sekejap-sekejap, itu takpelah, I’m talking about those yang memang pegangkan handbag! Ladies, kalau malas carry your own handbag, just leave it at home lah.

3. Depends on boyfriend/suami to drive me here and there.

4. Ajak boyfriend/suami shop for my stuffs and make him pay for everything. Rasa bersalahlah. Dahlah I have my own RM. Sekali-sekala, bolehlah. Then again, maybe because I tak pernah date Dato K and his likes.

5. On the same note; keluar date and expect the boyfriend to pay for everything; movie ticket, makan, fuel and what not. When were dating, my Husband and I split everything. Or if he pays for foods, I’ll get the ticket. Unless it’s my special occasion or if dia dah cakap, ‘everything’s on me today’. But now, since it’s his tanggungjawab already, most of the time makan luar or beli barang dapur, he’ll pay.

6. Exchange passwords for email accounts and what not. I just think it’s wrong to do so. He’s entitled to his privacy and so am I. I don’t even snoop around kalau my Husband terlupa log out his email or Friendster or FB or whatever; I akan terus tolong sign out kan.

7. On the same note; check his phone. No, I don’t do that unless di depan dia, itupun bukan dengan niat to pry around. Most of the time, gurau-gurau.


But if you do any of the above, with all due respect, sila, sila. Your life, your prerogative, your own way. Bukankah? Heh.

On another note, yesterday in 2006, I was called to the Bar. So technically (and legally) speaking, I turned 2 yesterday, as a lawyer. So I bought The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (it has been quite sometime since I last bought a book) as a pat-yourself-on-the-back-gift from me to me. Ngeee.

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears or the sea.”

I had a fun hujung minggu! Saturday morning was spent doing domestic chores and in the evening, right after we watched Orang Minyak Naik Minyak (which is so very good, by the way), we began our journey to Desaru for the Litigation Practice Group ARSA Family Day. Gambar galore!

Satu lagi perkara yang amat saya gemari dalam hidup ini
ialah buaian, dalam apa jua bentuk! Ngeee.

Ya lihatlah saya sungguh gembira!

Suami saya juga!



No visit to the beach would be complete without mandi laut. I didn't but Hubby did. Saya gentar melihat ombak besar lalu seperti kanak-kanak, saya bermain di gigi air saja. Ngeee.

Lihatlah ombak besar yang mengaum itu! Takut saya!


Malam sebelumnya kami berkaraoke dan bertukar-tukar hadiah,
tapi memang sukaneka juga yang paling menyeronokkan!

Tapi family day, paling suka melihat kanak-kanak!

Permainan sukaneka kegemaran saya ialah Musical Chair, tapi sebetulnya, I'm no good at it sebab saya tidak suka berebut. Tanya Far jika tak percaya. Heh. Saya hanya suka jadi spectator.

Which explains mengapa saya begitu gembira bila terkeluar
(gambar bawah); kerana tidak perlu berebut dalam kepanasan lagi.

Sebetulnya, ada ratusan gambar. Tapi setakat malam ini, ini saja yang saya terlarat untuk kongsi. Have to go to the Court tomorrow so need to join Hubby untuk beradu. Maybe I'll upload them to my Facebook soon. Ini sekadar untuk perhiasan kerana it has been quite sometime kan, since I last posted gambar-gambar dari kamera kami. So okaylah peeps!

Have a good Monday, ya, semua! :)

Hadapi dengan tenang jiwa
Semuakan baik-baik saja

Saya ingin kongsi ini. Menurut Ibnu Abbas, ada 7 indikator kebahagiaan dunia: (1) Qalbun syakirun, iaitu hati yang selalu bersyukur; (2) Al azwaju shalihah, iaitu pasangan hidup yang soleh; (3) Al auladun abra, iaitu anak yang soleh; (4) Al biatu sholihah, iaitu lingkungan yang kondusif untuk iman; (5) Al malul halal, iaitu harta yang halal; (6) Tafakuh fi dien, iaitu semangat untuk memahami agama; dan (7) umur yang baroqah.


Semalam ada satu berita buat saya terduduk. Untuk cerita secara terperinci, agak teknikal. Suffice to say, berkaitan yuran Majlis Peguam untuk 2008 dan polisi kedekut firma lama yang mengakibatkan saya kini terbeban. Yuran, taklah banyak sangat, kerana firma baru sudi berkongsi. Tapi aduhai, denda lewat bayar itu beratnya, kerana firma baru belum pasti akan membantu atau tak. Dan memandangkan ia bukan salah firma ini, saya fahamlah.

Automatik kering bibir saya bila melihat jumlah yang terpaksa saya keluarkan semata-mata untuk terus dibenarkan beramal sebagai peguam pada tahun 2009. Lemah juga sekejap. Tapi selepas mengadu pada Allah dan dipujuk oleh suami yang berjanji akan membantu (dan jika tidakpun, I know I can always go to my parents for any help), saya telah tenang kini. Saya masih menanti jawapan kepada rayuan saya terhadap Majlis Peguam mengenai denda, tetapi dengan tenang kini. Alah lagipun, bak kata Suami saya, “Duit boleh cari lagi. Tenang-tenang sajalah.”

[Terima kasih Savage Chickens,
kartun ayam comel di atas Sticky Notes oleh Doug Savage]

Alah apalah sangat ujian kecil ini, kan? Berbanding Aishah yang difitnah dengan keji? Imam Ghazali yang diuji kesabarannya dengan tidak boleh membuang air? Nabi Nuh A.S yang dakwahnya dimusuhi isteri sendiri? Nabi Ayyub yang diuji dengan penyakit yang berat? Apalah sangat, apalah sangat.

Bukankah telah Rasulullah SAW bersabda: “Menakjubkan urusan seorang mu’min, jika ia mendapatkan ni’mat maka ia bersyukur dan syukur itu sangat baik baginya. Dan jika ia ditimpa musibah maka ia bersabar dan sabar itu sangat baik baginya.” (HR Muslim & Tirmidzi) Lalu tenanglah, tenanglah :)

"An optimist is simply a pessimist with no job experience" - Dilbert


Hahaha Dilbert is such a skeptic!

You can choose to be like him, all skeptical and sarcastic
(which is so very cool, by the way)

Or instead you can opt to be optimistic (in a somewhat psychotic way)
like his adorable (personality-wise ya) sidekick, Wally!

Wally's idea of work is “I did nothing today and still got paid” Yes, he carries around a cup of coffee everywhere, everyday; that’s all he ever does. Comic aside, I think Wally personifies people who appreciate simple things in life; coffee, little pay and one plain white shirt.

While most quizzes I answered rated me as Dilbert (and one rated me as Dogbert the genius), I think I am nowhere near any of the characters. I used to think that I’m Alice, overworked and unappreciated. But not anymore I guess; they don’t overwork me here and they pay me well, at least much better than before, so alhamdulillah, I’m no more Alice. Ngeee.

[Terima kasih, Arkib Dilbert Encik Scott Adams,
untuk kisah pejabat yang sentiasa sarkastik dan menghiburkan]

Ya Allahu Rabbi! Malasnya saya hari ini! I haven’t done anything substantial today! Dari mana datang syaitan kemalasan ini, saya pun tak tahu. Sedangkan sesudah Subuh tadi, telahpun saya akhiri dengan doa rutin saya, mohon dipermudahkan urusan di tempat kerja hari ini dan dijauhkan dengan segala sifat mazmumah. Sure I can relate to the vibrant characters of Dilbert now, tapi astaghfirullah, tidak berkatlah gaji saya pada hari ini jika berterusan begini. Bukankah telah Allah berfirman:

"Sesungguhnya Kami kemukakan tanggungjawab amanah (Kami) kepada langit dan bumi serta gunung-ganang (untuk memikulnya), maka mereka enggan memikulnya dan bimbang tidak dapat menyempurnakannya (kerana tidak ada pada mereka persediaan untuk memikulnya); dan (pada ketika itu) manusia (dengan persediaan yang ada padanya) sanggup memikulnya. (Ingatlah) sesungguhnya tabiat kebanyakan manusia adalah suka melakukan kezaliman dan suka pula membuat perkara yang tidak patut dikerjakan." (Surah Al-Ahzaab, Ayat 72) Grrr gentarnya hati.

"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum"
- Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923

Ada beberapa perkara di sekeliling saya yang saya suka dalam rutin harian saya. Sebenarnya banyak juga, tapi ada 6 yang saya ingin kongsi hari ini:

1. Saya suka menonton FRIENDS sambil bersarapan pagi-pagi. Komedi 30 minit kegemaran saya itu memang pemangkin keceriaanlah.

2. Saya suka betul memandu ke pejabat/Mahkamah, kerana saya lalu jalan tepi laut. Tentu, Pantai Lido ini lautnya tidaklah biru dan pantainya bukanlah berpasir putih, tapi ia tetap laut, yang mendamaikan dan menyejukkan mata. Jadi saya suka. Kadang-kadang petang-petang, jalan itu sedikit sesak berbanding jalan sebelah Istana (yang juga menarik kerana melalui taman Di Raja), tapi tetap saya tempuh bila saya perlu mencuri ketenangan dari laut tanpa ombak itu. Alah, lagipun saya dah terbiasa dengan kesesakan Kuala Lumpur, sesak di JB ini terasa apalah sangat. Heh.

3. Saya suka jam 10 pagi dan 4 petang kerana ketika itu, Nescafe panas akan tiba. Bila saya dengar bunyi troli Tea Lady itu, saya terus rasa gembira.

4. Saya suka pula ada teman sebilik; boleh mengadu, boleh bergossip dan boleh bersembang bila mengantuk dan/atau malas. Syukur ditempatkan dengan manusia sekepala. Saya yakin ini pelan Tuhan untuk mempermudahkan transisi saya di Firma ini.

5. Saya suka YM diwajibkan di Firma ini. Boleh juga berbual-bual dengan rakan-rakan bila mengantuk dan/atau malas. Juga suka di sini ada Internet connection yang pantas; boleh kemas kini blog, baca blog dan sebagainya.

6. Saya suka bila kadang-kadang saya dan suami makan malam di luar selepas waktu kerja. Atau makan di café tepi pool bawah rumah juga seronok. Saya rasa seperti zaman dating dahulu kala.


Rutin boleh jadi sesuatu yang membosankan. Tapi bukankah terpulang pada kita sendiri, untuk cuba cari perkara-perkara menggembirakan dalam rutin itu? Sebab jika tidak, hari-hari kita akan terasa seperti terbuang begitu sahaja. Itu sayalah. Ada seorang kawan saya pernah kata pada saya, “your positive outlook on the world makes the world work out very nicely for you” (ya, saya ingat bait ayatnya sebab begitu indah).

[Terima kasih sekali lagi, Cartoon Stock]

Tapi saya rasa tiada apa yang istimewa tentang sikap positif itu, semua orang mampu menjadi begitu. Antara mahu atau tidak saja. Malah bukankah sikap positif amat dituntut dalam Islam? Saya bertemu Sabda Rasulullah: "Amat menakjubkan sikap seorang mukmin yang sentiasa memandang baik terhadap segala sesuatu di sekelilingnya. Sikap ini sebenarnya tidak pernah wujud pada umat lain kecuali kepada golongan mukmin. Apabila seseorang mukmin itu memperoleh kebaikan, dia terus bersyukur kepada Allah dan itu adalah baik baginya. Jika dia ditimpa keburukan, maka dia pun bersabar menghadapinya dan ini pun baik baginya" (Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Jadi, hari ini, cuba cari perkara yang anda suka dalam rutin harian anda, bersyukurlah kerana kewujudannya, dan kongsikanlah dengan saya :)

It has been said something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world.

That was the last question for this quiz I took sometime last month.

If I have a time machine with a one-time only use, would I go back and kill Hitler? Hell no, I won’t! I’m too penakut to do that. Then again, I could just sneak into his room and stab him in his sleep. But would it be a sin to kill Hitler? Rasa macam berdosa. But then again, Hitler itu sungguh jahat! Huhu. To argue with my conscience will take forever, so no, for the purpose of this quiz, I chose not to kill Hitler.

Would I go back and warn the victims of the recent typhoon in Indonesia? I did not choose this answer either. Kerana saya rasa jika saya cuba beri amaran itu, saya mungkin akan dianggap gila. Tiba-tiba ada perempuan pendek yang kononnya dari masa depan yang memberi ramalan ribut taufan? Seperti gila, kan? So, no.

Would I go back and observe some historical happening? Now that would be very interesting, but wouldn’t that be selfish of me? Here I am, given the chance to make a change and all I want to do is watch the Hiroshima bombing? The Tuah-Jebat fight? The rise of Malaysian flag? Tempting as it may be, for the purpose of this quiz, I chose not to be selfish.

So yes, I chose to go back and give scientists various cures for now cured diseases. But to do that I guess I need to bring a stack of science books/journals. Sebab, yalah kan, Science is definitely, definitely not my forte. My STF Chemistry teacher, Puan Lim, even supported my decision to take up Law; that’s how bad I am at Science. Haha.


But have you heard of the butterfly effect? Or watch the movie The Butterfly Effect? (which I really, really like, by the way) It is the idea that “even the mere presence of the time traveler in the past would be enough to change short-term events (such as the weather) and would also have an unpredictable impact on the distant future.”

According to this theory, “no one who travels into the past could ever return to the same version of reality he or she had come from and could have therefore not been able to travel back in time in the first place” Now that is scary. We wouldn’t want that to happen, now do we? So I guess we should just do what all self-help books teach us to do: Accept the past. Focus on the present. Not stress about the future. Cheh easier said than done.

Thanks to Savage Chickens,
(quirky) Cartoons on Sticky Notes by Doug Savage.

Anyways, ingin tahu another (relevan untuk entri ini but) useless fact about me? The Time Traveler’s Wife is one of my favourite books of all time.

"I know who I am! I’m the dude playing the dude
disguised as another dude!" - Kirk Lazarus.

That was Robert Downey Jr, making fun of Hollywood in Tropic Thunder. Anyways, am alone at home watching FRIENDS (the Husband’s playing golf with his friends), am bored, so it’s time for Movie Review! Some movies are outdated though, but what the heck.

If you haven’t watched TROPIC THUNDER, you should.
Funny and witty; just my kind of movie.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE is pretty much as I expected; action-packed and drool worthy, minus gratifying story plot. Thank goodness for pouty
Daniel Craig, or else I would have fallen asleep.

I finally watched THE HEARTBREAK KID with the Husband and his friends the other day. So okay, the wife, Lila, is somewhat coo coo but that doesn’t give Ben Stiller’s character the right to go fall in love with another girl on their honeymoon! Besides, I think Lila is fun and quirky.

But the Husband and his friends obviously despised Lila and they really liked Michelle Monaghan character. Huh. Typical. But, as comedies go, I found the movie pretty good; you know, the kind of movie whereby the parts that do make you laugh will really make you laugh, out loud.

Although I know zilch about the black jack game, 21 to me is a fun ride! Smart and energetic, it is a must watch!

I must say that although AYAT-AYAT CINTA the movie is definitely not better than the book, but it’s not bad either.

I bet not many have watched PENSIL. An endearing local movie that you should not miss! M. Subash is a talent to recognize and Ruminah Sidek (who we fondly know as Mak Mah) is ridiculously good as Nenek, I am officially a fan of hers. Definitely a must watch!

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence, or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense' - Barack Obama

So what do I know about America’s first ever black President? Not much, I must confess (yes, I’m shallow that way).

(a) I know that he is an articulate speaker.
(b) I know that he has this deep, convincing voice that comes in handy in delivering speech. And wow, he can certainly talk the talk.
(c) I know that he is a Harvard Law School graduate, which explains his eloquence (tidak terpakai untuk semua Law graduates, harap maklum)
(d) I believe that he is a man of integrity; he refused to attack Palin on personal basis (you know, regarding her daughter’s scandal? He said “family is off limit”) Now that’s a true gentleman.
(e) I know that he was once addicted to marijuana, alcohol and what not.
(f) And I know he has a Facebook account.
(g) Both of which explains why he appeals to the younger generations. Heh.
(h) I suspect that the Southern region of America voted on racial basis.
(i) And I am positive that he made Oprah the happiest woman alive by winning the Election. Ngeee.
(j) But mostly, I know he personifies change and hope, which we all desperately want and need.


He is now the leader of the most powerful nation in the world! (or at least they claim they are) Whatever decision he makes, whatever policy he takes; we will all be affected. So lets see if he can walk his talk.

(a) Lets see if he shall change what needs to be changed.
(b) Lets see if the world financial situation can be improved, because this, above all, affects us Malaysians tremendously (kalau ada yang masih tak rasa Malaysia khususnya, dan dunia amnya, berada dalam financial turmoil, suka hati kaulah labu)
(c) And mostly, lets see whether or not he will stop the U.S. Army from invading the lives of our innocent Muslim brothers and sisters. For good.


Well, while I’m on this subject, I must add that saya sungguh kagum dengan people who runs to be leader. Setakat Presiden Kelab Congkak di sekolah, lainlah. I’m talking about people who fight their way to be a leader of a nation or simply a Ketua Pemuda UMNO. Tentu, position itu comes with power (and possibly, money) but it comes with huge responsibilities as well! Obama contohnya, dia galas jawatan ini ketika Amerika hadapi krisis kewangan paling teruk dalam sejarah! Why would he want to do that? Menyusahkan diri, kan? I know I don’t want to. D’oh! I guess some people are just born with more leadership aspirations than others, and I am thankful for them. Just remember what Mr. Spidey said, “With great power comes great responsibility!” Ngeee.

"Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work"
- Robert Orben, magician and professional comedy writer.

Website Lookout estimated that this blog is worth $2190 USD. Woah, jika benar, thanks to you who religiously drop by to read my silly ranting, I could be rich! Okay, maybe not rich rich, but a few Ringgit richer, which is good enough for me. Hmmm, maybe I should subscribe to Nuffnang. Maybe then I could afford to buy new books / clothes / shoes every month. Ngeee.

I saw this show called 40 Greatest Internet Superstars on Channel V last month. Kenapa Tom Anderson of Myspace and Perez Hilton are in The List, itu aku faham. Tapi some others are plain rubbish! And they became instant (rich) superstars because, well, it appears that people like rubbish. Why again do I slave myself in this legal jungle when I could be doing some nonsense acts and get rich? Mimic BSB, dress up as Darth Vader or videotape myself doing mundane stuffs in my room; maybe then I could afford to buy new books / clothes / shoes every month. Ngeee.

Apparently e-lebrity is now an acceptable slang, which, according to Urban Dictionary, means ‘internet personality or celebrity’ or ‘someone who is famous for what they do online (blog, for instance)’.

Moving on to a real celebrity, I heard on the radio yesterday that Nicole Kidman’s secret to her happy marriage is that she is never separated from husband Keith Urban for more than seven days. “It's not a negotiation. It is such a desire to be together. It's a lovely place to be in a relationship where you just desperately want to be together. We'll do whatever it takes.” Aaaawh. But as much as I agree with the statement (d’oh! Why else am I in JB?), they’re a Hollywood couple, for God’s sake! For that reason alone, I think I am allowed to be skeptical. Ngeee.

Walaupun menjadi an e-lebrity may be out of my reach (dan sesungguhnya saya tidak mahu; I hate lime light, remember? Sila roll eyes), maybe this blog could be an avenue for some side income, which I desperately need (or want. Whatever). You know I blog to get things out of my neurotic system, cumanya, kalau boleh dapat income to do so, bukankah lebih indah? Ngeee. Atau sepatutnya saya perlu cuba mengajar tuisyen? Atau menjual kek coklat? Atau menjadi ejen insurans?

Seriously, I should lah, start getting paid to blog. Senang sajapun, by simply putting up some adverts! Kan? Ngeee. Would you guys continue reading my daily rants to support my quest for monthly new books / clothes / shoes? Would you, please please, pretty please? Hahaha!

"Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu:
you get it and pass it along to your friends” - Bob Garfield

Selain gemuk, hari ini saya ada masalah selesema pula. I know this is such a minor (and common) problem, tapi ia ganggu saya sejak saya kecil. Ya, masa muda-muda, saya selesema setiap pagi hinggalah tengahari. Sebenarnya ramai sepupu-sepupu saya juga ada masalah ini; kami gelar ia masalah Hidung Second Hand. Sejuk, habuk, sea foods, sambal belacan; semua ini adalah musuh utama hidung kami. Semasa saya di Tingkatan 2, Pakar ENT sahkan saya ada sinus problem, lalu saya jalani minor operation. Selepas operation, alhamdulillah, hidung saya telah lebih baik.

Kini hari-hari saya ambil Vitamin C sebagai langkah pencegahan. But there are days like today, yang mana saya tidak dapat menyelamatkan hidung saya, lalu saya bersin-bersin dari pagi. Saya salahkan pejabat saya yang tahap kesejukannya boleh menyebabkan frost bite. Bos lama saya pernah suruh saya tambah berat badan bila nampak saya selalu kesejukan. Dia tak tahu berat badan saya memang sedang mencanak! Huh!

Sesiapa yang ada sinus problem (atau resdung, kata orang kita), tahu betapa seksanya bersin-bersin. Letih tau! Juga, kasihan rakan sebilik saya.

Sebetulnya, ubat selesema yang saya gunakan adalah sangat bagus (dan sentiasa dibawa dalam beg saya), tetapi ia memerlukan tidur, jika tidak, saya akan jadi weng. And trust me, you don’t want to deal with me when I’m weng. Lalu saya selimut badan dengan blazer, pakai stokin pink saya, minum Nescafe panas dan makan Chipsmore; dengan harapan untuk sihat. Belum sihat, but at least, badan saya sedikit panas sekarang.

[Terima kasih sekali lagi, Cartoon Stock. I like!]

Huh! Dan tisu K*leenex yang saya gunakan tidak membantu. Far kata, bila selesema, wajib guna Royal Gold kerana tisu lain semuanya berhabuk. Kalau ada hanky, lebih baik. Saya setuju betul.

Adoilah adinda hidung, tolonglah sembuh!

Je t'aime comme un gros enfant aime gâteau

Maksudnya, 'I love you like a fat kid loves cake". Doesn't it sound beautiful in French? Heh. Anyways, tema entri hari ini ialah: Saya merasa gemuk. Kawan-kawan, sebelum kalian menjerit, “Weh perasanla ko ni!” atau “Gemuk kat celah mana?” atau “Tuhan bagi gemuk betul-betul baru tahu!” atau sebagainya seperti yang selalu kalian jeritkan, benarkanlah saya jelaskan.


[Terima kasih, Cartoon Stock,
untuk comic strips yang sentiasa sarkastik dan menghiburkan]

Saya tiada penjelasan sebenarnya. Saya gemuk. I used to struggle to reach my berat badan ideal, which is 45 kg. Tetapi kini, saya bukan sahaja telah berjaya mencapainya, malah telah berjaya melepasinya. Woohoo!

Woohoo lah sangat?! Saya tak tahu where I went wrong. Gaya makan saya masih seperti dahulu. Di mana dahulu lebih teruk sebab setiap malam saya makan nasi sebab Ibu saya masak. Gaya senaman juga masih seperti dahulu, iaitu almost non-existent. Ngeee. Tidak, tidak, saya belum mengandung ya (sebelum anda tanya dan annoy saya, saya beritahu). Saya hanya mengandungi (lemak).

Masa sekolah rendah, saya memang berisi (sikitlah). Ada budak lelaki suka pangil saya Gemuk. Saya benci dia. Pak Long saya juga suka ejek saya. Tapi saya taklah benci Pak Long, saya cuma rasa dreadful bila nampak muka cheeky Pak Long. Kemudian, apabila saya dijengah kedewasaan (sila faham ya), saya tiba-tiba mengurus. Lalu hilanglah ejekan-ejekan. Dan budak lelaki tadi tiba-tiba mahu mengorat saya pula. “Boleh blah”, kata saya.

Kemudian saya menembam (sikitlah) di sekolah menengah penangan nasi kawah dan lauk-lauk enak di STF (ya, percaya atau tidak, kami suka makanan sekolah kami). Kemudian selepas sekolah, saya kurus hingga disangka anorexic kerana hari-hari saya berbasikal selepas Subuh. Kemudian saya berhenti berbasikal sebab saya takut tengok rupa saya macam jerangkung. Kemudian di universiti saya maintain.

Kemudian kini saya gemuk. Menyampahlah!

Suami kata saya tidak gemuk malah dia suka saya sedikit berisi. Tapi saya bimbang lihat berat saya bila saya naik scale itu. Kenapa saya gemuk?! Bantu! Ya saya tahu tiada sesiapa dapat bantu saya melainkan diri saya sendiri. Dan sayapun bukanlah betul-betul mahukan bantuan. Saya cuma mahu membebel dengan penuh vain. Sekian.


Belum sekian ya. Updated! Yesterday I took this test and got this result:

Congratulations, you're The Pretty Girl. You weren't horribly disfigured in the transformation from inside beauty to out. In fact you are far more beautiful than most women. You are a generous and caring person, not too obsessed with what others think, who relies upon herself for reassurance. You have almost reached the pinnacle of inside beauty, but you cannot yet call yourself the Gorgeous Angel.

Which means that if my inner beauty becomes my outter look, I shall be pretty! Yeay me! Maaflah, I just need to post it here; saya sedang mood vain yakni merasa gemuk dan perlukan some cheering up, albeit by my own self. After all, The Pretty Girl kan relies upon herself for reassurance! Ngeee. Thanks, Hello Quiz, for the chill pill. Ngeh ngeh. Sila tembak saya.