Minggu ini Dalam Sejarah.

Monday Blues
Something to jumpstart our morning.

Innovation
Something Malaysians are good at.

Commitment
Work requires you to commit, even if it causes blisters on your feet.

Memories
Liyana likes 'em to be there, where she can see.

Sacrifice
Chickens die to fulfill our desires and needs. Our sacrifice during the day time.

Thankful
Good to know we've got a wealth of bootay

Eccentricity
What they're made of.

Enjoyable
What her company would feel like on a friday night.

Good Morning! Selamat Pagi! Ohaiyo Gozai Maz! Whatever Maz!

Hows everyone doing for their internship? Good? Bad? Sad? Penat? Geram? Heheh. Its ok, coz we've only SIX weeks to GO! About 10 more hours before we can enjoy our weekend. Just a bit more. I think this week's past so fast. It's suddenly Friday again. Though yesterday felt super long...But it's ok i guess.

I was the earliest in the office today. Like, I was alone. ehhehe. Felt nice, actually. I took the KTM alone, and i took the monorail alone. It was nice. I had a "chat" with myself. My conscience... My setan side... My good side...My emotions... all la. I could hear myself think. Nice la.

I dunno other people on the train looked so miserable. So many things to smile for. The birds, The trees, The sun shining down your face, The crisp morning air...

Anyhoo. Lantak Depa la... (Utara slang for "let them be")

When i was in the train, i heard this woman who answered her cellphone. "Hello?" she said... What's wrong with that? nothing. Abselutely nothing. Just that i was wondering why do most of us answer the telephone with a "Hello?" instead of a "Hello!". I think it makes a difference. "Hello?" sounds more cold, and unfriendly...Whereas a "Hello!" would sound more warm, friendly and inviting. Don't you think?

I admit i do answer the phone with a "hello?" but mostly when i don't know who's calling. Like if Dee calls, i'll answer, "YE, awak!", if Li calls, i'll answer "HaLLO"...If my sister calls, i'll go.. "APE dier?!" hahahah. Okay, maybe not so inviting, warm, blablabla, la. But i'll work on it. Call me and test on how i answer your call. Then you'll catch me off guard on how i answer the phone. Hehe.

Li's going for a recording session today with her supervisor, so i'll be alone in the office hehe. i'm ok with it. I'll be helping out on some stuff here, i guess. Research and stuff.

I've been blogging quite regularly, these days. The Mornings here are a little slow here in the office. So, i might as well make use of the free time doing something a bit therepeutic. Hoho.

I'm gonna see the girls today! Yay! Makanaannnn.

4.19 pm

Location : The office, downtown KL.

Hellooo. I'm Hilyah's tummy. I'm really hungry. I wonder what i'll get for dinner today. hmm. I had tau foo fah last night. Yumm. Hurry, i wanna eat.

Lalalala

Hilyah here. I love Grey's Anatomy. I think Sandra Oh is a bloody good actress. Hahah. Yesterday's episode proved it la, i think. In the series, Sandra's character is cold, stubborn... Basically, she's just a hard ass. But in yestersay's episode, there was a scene where she has to sound happy, then in the next instance, she sobs and can't stop crying. Haha. she had real tears flowing down her cheeks. Amazing, laaa. ahhaha.

Anywho, i got to go back home earlier yesterday. Li and i rushed (more like run) from the office to the nearest lrt station to make it back home in time. Junie and Mei Tien had to catch up with us.Got to eat at home, got to rest. Got to watch the telly! Got to bathe longer. Got to walk around the house with no working shoes. I've blisters on my feet. So being at home, was a relief. How are your feet? Good?

Listening to I will remember you by Sarah McLachlan on Li's iPod.

Li took back her iPod. Grr. She's listening to Westlife. :D

AND SHE MIMICKING HER FACE.

Disturbing, LAH.

Only an hour and a half to go before we can chiow. Whee.

work it.

9.51 am
Tuesday, 26th September 2006.
Location: Office, in downtown KL.

Slept. ZZz.

I hear the rustling of papers, clipping sounds of staplers, and the sound of hush whispers from a collegue to another. The telephone rang down at the reception. The sun is up and shining, outside. But it's been a while since my skin felt the warmth of it (Humidity is not taken into account for). All we get here in the office is the cold harsh wind from the aircondition. Grr.

What would perk me up right now is a good cup of hot coffee. But too bad i'm fasting. hehe. Li's bored out of her mind, yawning...and i have a crease mark on my left cheek.

I have some things to do, but it needs to be handed in by the end of the week.

Again, i hear the clicking of the keyboards. And the telephone,it stopped ringing with a faint "hello".

The momentum in this office builds as it reaches noon. So i wonder why we're required to come so early in the morning. We end up staring at the computer right up till noon. Or we could decide to catch up on some sleep. Hoho.

Yesterday was just like today. Only different. Everything that's been going on in the office is the same, simply monotonous. But somehow the office seems brighter today...the sun is shining, and the big window on my right side let's me enjoy the view.

From my window, i can see the Cabana Hotel and not think about Barry Manilow...and the yellow dress. Just around the corner, KLCC is only a walking distance away. In the backlane, there're rows and rows of stalls selling something, i suppose is food. They look like food, but the air around it doesn't smell like food, but the opposite.

So, what do we do when we desperately need some entertainment in the office in the loongg draggy afternoon?

Answer, anyone?

Yes, you with the striped shirt...What? spit paper balls through a straw? nooo. try again.

YES. We fiddle with friendster's bulletin boards. What we do is, we simply find a target benificiary...preferably and annoying one. Who posts 5 bulletins at once, and we tembak. You could, include a specific name, or you could leave the message open for anyone to interprate it. Then, see within 24 hours if they react to your bulletin post. I had an accomplice with me during this mission, but whose identity shall remain disclosed. :D

I can't wait for break fast today. Grr.

WORK it.

The weekend is coming to end end.

Eversince i've started going to "work" for the past week, i've learnt to really understand these preverbs/sayings:

Thank GOD it's Friday
and
The Monday Blues

I've got some pictures to the the talking in this post. Some of the things i came across during the past week at work...

Liyana brought ourselves Maggi in a cup for breakfast.

There's this gorgeous tree outside our building, and it glows just after sundown.

I kinda miss going to classes.

Over the past weekend,

I can't get enough of these glasses. I want 'em all.

New Lamps.

A bowl of soup, and everything else that's in between.

I miss.

During weekdays, i spend only (let's count)...11 hours at home, but spend only 2 hours conscious, while i'm home. Another 13 hours, i'm out in town...becoming the grumpy fat lady in the train.

Though work seems fun, i say again, the journey to work, isn't! There should be a solution to the while transportation thing... people get annoyed when i often comment on it. hehehe.

Over the weekend, Dee, Yoke and Cley went to pyramid for a rather big brunch. We couldn't decide what to have, but we came across the new, revamped Hartz Chicken Buffet...or something. The food's nothing to shout about, but we had fun anyway. Kenyang nak mampos, then they dropped me off at Subang parade to join my parents and adik for lunch at pizza hut. But...i couldn't eat, unless i wanted my tummy to burst like an oversized balloon.

Didn't manage to hide the mini cake i bought from mummy, for her birthday. Hehe. After their pizza fest, the folks decided to go walk around and maybe shop for stuff...so dad took what i had carried from pyramid and put (well more like dumped) it in the car.

After we did a little retail therapy, we headed back home...

When we got back home, we wanted to cut and have the little cake...only to find out that the cake was now senget-ed to the right side! The cake became like leaning tower of black cherries. hahaha. Oh well. Anywhooo, we had a nice time drinking tea with Black Forest Cake. I wonder why it's called so. It sounds rather eerie, don't you think?

Today is the first day of Ramadhan. It didn't feel quite puasa-ish, to me...though the nice, cool shady weather today did indicate the start of the holy month. It's usually like that, every year, if you had noticed. Buka puasa was great. Yumm.

Well, tomorrow we'll be starting work. Better start preparing my ideation briefs and what nots for tomorrow. By the way, our (Li and i) boss added us on MSN and he's cute. Nice shirts, nice face, but...we're not too sure about his pants...hmmm. He's online now.

Hehehe.

Have a great week ahead!

One now, One Nescafe!

So this is what it feels like. Going to work down town.

It's not always a pleasant journey to and/or from work, when you've gotta take the public transportation mode. Every morning you get squashed in the train, and at least in the morning people still smell pleasant. But man, the rush hour back home is...you know. Not any better. hahaha.

Done with the third day of internship now going to the fourth day. Which is tomorrow. I feel like my precious time has been wasted today. Li and i were in the office, today from 8.30am to 6.45pm. And between that 10 hours and 15 minutes, all we did today was stare at the computer, talked to each other on msn, and at real time (when we actually sit side by side), carried some stuff for a collegue, and went for a 45 minute briefing. Exciting gile.

Not to worry, this whole week is an orientation week for us. It's for us to get familiar with how the place is, and how things work. Which is good, i think. At least we'll be on the same page as the rest of the people in the company. And so that we won't feel that stupid if we don't know how to use the photocopier.

About the people here, they're generally really nice. So far. hahaha i'm saying this because based on experience, people's true colours will show after a period of time, and in different situations. But at least we know they actually put in an effort to say "Hi, girls".. or offer us cakes, lah, Kuih lah, canned drinks, lah AND free lunch on the first day at Secret Recipe... i wonder what we'll get tomorrow. haha.

Besides the long hours of nothingness (in the meantime), i love the place where i'm at. Though smethings are a drag, like waking up at 5.30am to get ready... or taking a full load LRT to work, i think i'm very lucky to be where i am.

Brand management works and projects will officially start next week, for me and Li. I'll be helping the Nescafe team while i'm there for two months. If you wanna know which agency handle's Nescafe's account, go and google for it. Hohoho. A few people in the office said "Oh, that should be really fun!", when they asked me what i'm assigned to. Should be la, since Nescafe is really going all out for their promos these past few months. So their account's pretty active.

Okay, before i ter-wake up late for tomorrow, i'd better go get some rest now. Good night.

CAKE

hello, hello.

Today would be the third day i'm into my internship. Three days is enough to make me feel kinda miserable. Okay, i don't want to complain, but...i do nothing but wake up really early, like 5.30 am, go to work;walk, take the train, follow Li's car, whatever...Then, by the time we gte back home, it''' be about 8 pm. I'd take my bath, then makan, then TRY to watch tv, but by 10.30, i'm too tired to do anything. And so i'll reapeat the same thing the next day.

Penatlah.

Maybe it's because liyana keeaps annoying me. AHHA.

Maybe.

and liyana just accepted cake...when she actually is fasting. (Li, said she forgot, and she's beside me). So now i have to eat her portion of the cake. HAHAH. yay for me.

Other than that, i'm quite happy with this company i'm at. It's nice. The people are friendly. I gotta run.

I've got cake to eat. HOHOHO.

Countdown to first day of work: 4 Days.

I can't decide if i'm more excited or nervous for starting work really soon. Grr. Excited. Nervous. Excivous.

Nothing much happened since the submission of our final project last friday. It's nice to just laze arouns at home watching oprah, or everybody loves raymond. Or Becker. I like mondays because they play all my fav sitcoms on starworld. And ANTM on channel V.

What happened to Grey's Anatomy on starworld, anyway? 8TV's showing the season 2 of that show. Grr.

Last week, or was it earlier this week...aida and i intended to jog at the lake in the evening, but the sky looked fierce, and as i had predicted, it poured and poured. Oh, but we did get to jog. for less than 1 minute. Hohoho. Ran for less than 100 meters away from the car, and back. Funny. So instead of BURNING fat, we (well more like me) decided to CONSUME fat. Aida had lemon tea, while i had THREE pieces of kuih! And MILK TEA.

OH well : D

I haven't been to the gym for more than 2 weeks. ARGH. Badddd.

Meeting up the girlfriends for lunch on sunday. whee. Need to buy work clothes too, lah. And a hair cut. Maybe just a trim.

Last weekend, my family and i went for a picnic at my uncle's kambing farm. About 20 minutes drive, north of Damansara, lies Paya Jeras, where the farm is. Hahaha. Picnic at a kambing farm. Well, more of like, a barbeque laaa. It was clean, for a farm, ok.

Anyhoo. We had grilled fresh lamb...and i saw a chicken eat strips of lamb that fell on the ground. Yes, a CHICKEN eating meat of a LAMB. What is the world coming to?! I once saw a squirrel at my house eat cat food before... Friskies are made of what, fish? chicken? beef? And squirrels don't eat meat! At least that's what they say in science books.

I think this is what they actually mean, an evolution in our ecosystem, man. Scary. What is those chickens become as big as kambings...then, what happens to emus and ostriches?! Chickens and ostriches will run around together. And not to mention, the squirrel that often runs around in my garden is very the garang. It makes sounds like, a high pitch growl to whoever who tries to come near it. Scary, ok. I wouldn't be surprised if one day, that very same squirrel grows a pair of fangs, and starts hunting cats for food. And the i'd have to think of ways to keep my cats away from squirrels-come-wolves. Weirrrrd, i tell you.

Good to know this goat is STILL eating grass.

Embeeek, bekkk bekk.
Translation: Cheers, everyone.

You make me wanna LA LA!

1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
- "...risk his compulsion to..."

2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
- nothing. The wondow's kinda far.

3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
- hmmm. this is gonna take a while...OH. Confessions of a teenage drama queen.

4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:
- 8.25 am

5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?:
- 8.24 am. Ouh, i'm psychic. pfft.

6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?:
- The fan's loose blades. eehhe.

7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?:
- last night. Bought hair colourant.

8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?:
- Friendster.

9: What are you wearing?:
- grey offshoulder, with shorts. Mak kau.

10: Did you dream last night?:
- being jealous coz my crush went out with another chic.

11: When did you last laugh?:
- last night.

12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?:
- some chip-offs and cracks.

13: Seen anything weird lately?:
- everytime i see myself in the mirror.

14(a): What is the last book you finished?:
- I never got to finish "a million little pieces" Aida said it was a scam. Babified, right?

14(b): What book are you currently reading?:
- none.

15: What is the last film you saw?:
- confessions of a teenage drama queen.

16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
- Good Bras.

17: Tell me something about you that I don't know:
- Who are you, again? nothing much la, i'm just boring.

18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
- world peace! *smiles broadly*

19: Do you like to dance?:
- yeaaaah... i guess. hehee. there's this line from a my best friend's wedding, "i've got moves you've never seen." That's hot. *strikes a Paris pose*

20: What is the last thing you ate or drank?
- water.

21(a): Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?:
- Zahara-pronounced as Zahra.

21(b): Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?:
- Umar.

22: Would you ever consider living abroad?:
- YES YES YES.

Tag:DEE, again. eheheh. And those who are bored like Van. :D

If there's one thing that i've learnt this year, I've learnt this.

Life is Fragile.

Announcement, everybody.

I can drive a stick!

In my last few posts, my attempt in driving the bloody manual Proton saga failed. I just got panicked with my dad screaming in my left ear. My second attempt to drive a stick (after what, 2 and a half years?) was a success. Without my dad screaming, ok. I'm berpuas hati. My sister enjoys making me sound like i'm a bimbo who doesn't know how to drive. Sheesh. I drive pretty good. Just that i don't have a car. Damn. Dee knows i'm a good driver. And those of my school friends know it too. Because those times, i drove my mom's car. Now, no more. : (

Over the weekend i've discovered one thing. Well, possibly a million other petty things, but one thing's for sure. I thougt I had weird friends. But nothing beats MY dad's friends. One of his oldest friends from his MAS days in the 70s, hosted his son's wedding. So a few of their colsest friends got together, and maaaan, were they weiiird.

One of 'em got all his sons together and formed a band. Cool, eh? They play at functions as such. His sons are all from different mothers. I swear!! He has 3 wives! at the same time. And seriously, they all are living happily ever after. He has 14 kids altogether, from 28 to 14, or something. My goodnesss. The man's mildly horny. You can tell (duh). But aparently he used to be worst! Hahaha. But damn it, he's a fucking good guitarist. He was effortless solo-ing to Santana's "Black Magic Woman" and "Summertime" without a care in the world. He has long frizziy hair like A. Samad said, except he hasn't a strand of white hair (even at 56), and looks pretty good without a paunchy belly. A total opposite of my dad. THANK goodness. Weird and scary he may seem, he really is a nice guy. What's more amazing is that he is able to be fair to all his children! They all seemed happy with the band, from what i saw. Hilarious, he was too.

Another of my dad's guy friend was a brilliant bassist. Like, no other, maybe. He's big and round, and brown... and he looked (i swear) like a cuddly bear! Hahaha. he has that deep Bass-y voice, and he's hilarious as well. I wish to see all of them play in a band again.

I remember following my dad to their jam sessions. It's all a blur, but i can vaguely remember my dad simply hopping from one instrument to another. Hahaha, he may not be a guitar whizz, or a piano master...or a beat buster...but he plays it all. Here's a picture of my dad and the guy-with-3-wives-and-fourteen-kids performing for the pengantins. :D

Doesn't this reminds you of a 60's Kugiran?

"She's a Black Magic womaaaaan,"

Eheh.
Since the pictures had that old school feel, this one should too.