friendship remains

this is with regards to my post here, here and here (in chronological order).

i posted those posts with a mixture of some horrible feelings. its really damn hard, u know when u faced with such a situation like this. zillion thanks to my V (hahahha... he dunno that i have a blog lol... but i've thanked him via sms though) and leilanie for the wonderful advises. if not because of you two i know i could have been hay-wire dunno where ;)

exactly a month ago i.e. the day before i posted the first one, i received a sms from my cousin intan just after i switched-off all those buttons/switches in my office. i was about to go back. the sms was something like this: "... suami kay meninggal dunia". i was stunned, suddenly rested my butt on my office chair. dunno what to comment. those stupid thinkings were running thru my mind. i was just thought about how kay never bothered to contact me at all! well if she wanna save her money by not calling me, she could just sent sms' or make some missed calls for me to call her back. sadly to say none of the above was done. it seems that we are both good friends. ok fine. but how come she treated me that way. the most sad thing was that when i tried to call her instead, she always got some excuses blah blah blah... when this 'bad' incident came thru, my heart was terribly hurt. i dunno whether i should call her or not. i dun have her number on hand, it was in my old sim card (i lost my nokia 7250i, remember?). i know i could ask from our friend wizanah. grr... i was totally lost. that's why all those three post' mentioned above were posted. lastly i decided to continue with my journey in life as usual and try to forget about what kay has done to me.

mom knew about kay's husband death through a grand-auntie who happens to be a good friend to kay's hubby' family, i think. mom kept asking me of why i never visited kay. i just kept quiet, didn't say a single word.

to my surprise, i received a sms unnamed last friday, only number appeared ~ "hie ..., tau tak shahrom dah meninggal". my guess strike!!! i knew that must be kay. so i told her that i was not happy because i knew about the news from someone else and that it was hard to get in touch with her. besides that i also mentioned to her about the last hari raya that she never dropped-by to my place at all. anyhow i promised to contact her once i come back from kl.

as promised, i contacted kay yesterday morning. she asked me to come over to her house in ipoh after work as she is still under "edah" (alimony). yea... its not a problem for me at all. i could do whatever for friends, just name it. i sms V and told him about that good news. "hope all works out. told u so... its just a matter of time", he replied. thanks to him everything really went smoothly. i drove to ipoh in the rain. called kay once i reached ipoh for the directions. wa lau ley... her house is just not far from V's hurhur... i saw that kay looked so pale. we talked for hours and hours and hours, catching up on almost everything that we have missed. kay also even asked me to apologise her for acting as such before and she promised that she won't do it again. one thing that makes me proud, when kay like to see my face so much. it seems that i have changed a lot. according to her, my face looks much more better, fresh and looks younger than my age. awww!!!...........................

kuE's note: maybe i haven't tell this yet here in my blog (leilanie... twilight zone hehe...) ~ about eight days ago V and me have been sms-ing each other. one true story that i found out from V: he has officially quit his job (harrr?!!!...), now relaxing until year end. i did try asking him about it. he just gave a damn simple answer. "susah ler...". with that, i dun dare to ask more hurhur...

meeting kay

*phew* at last i managed to sign-in to blogger after more than an hour trying grr...


i arrived home from ipoh about 2+ hours ago. but i had damn difficulty to sign-in here. arrgghhh...

i attended a meeting with my other friends at ipoh sales office. it was about our family day on 28 to 29 april 2007. its gonna be held at damai laut' swiss-garden golf resort & spa. i have never been there. from gan's presentation, we found that its a wonderful place. anyhow, we will see ;)

i contacted kay as soon as the meeting ended. the last time we met was in december, during my brother's wedding. kay waited for me at old town white coffee, behind tesco. it was my first time there. love the place! i definitely would recommend this place to you. the prices are reasonable too.

as you could see from the above pics (clockwise from top right) :
1. a view from my seat - on the left was the kitchen and the one on the right were boxes of white coffee for sale
2. kay's iced ipoh white coffee and toasted bread with kaya and butter
3. us
4. mine - ice-blended ipoh white coffee with ipoh chicken hor fun.

we really had a great time. you know, after so long never had a damn good talk :D

guess what people... both of us will turn 35 soon! our age difference is only seven days. kay will be going to perform her umrah from 6 to 15 may 2007. so that means she will be there in makkah on her birthday. but whatever it is, we plan to celebrate our 35th birthday together here; after she comes back. wohoo... can't wait. i know its gonna be great to spend some of our quality time there.

o yea... i am persuading kay to register for her own blog. yippeee!!!... at least we would have something in common also. do not forget to check kay's blog progress out very soon people... chewahh... kuE already started to promote this hehe...

one more thing before i forgot - lich, i have ordered three boxes of your favourite fruitcake with kay. i will bring them with me on saturday. see ya!

i ain't a virgin no more

suddenly this morning i thought of my best friend kay who called me on sunday.

kay : *tut* (my real nick-name), you remember my friend whose with me when we met last friday.

(i went to kinta city with kids, after the tambun trip last friday. kay, with her colleague passed-by us when we were eating at secret recipes.)

me : yea... why.

kay : she thought that you are 'anak dara' tau.

me : ha?!!

kay : yes... i'm not kidding. she was so surprised when i told her that the two kids who were with you are your children.

we were giggling. then we continued our conversation more on the fon.

this reminds me of an incidence in tambun last week too. i was accompanying megat floating along lost world's adventure river. when suddenly we came across a group of guys. i heard some of them asked megat, "dik... boleh mintak fon number kakak (can i ask for your sister's fon number) ". megat looked at me. i just kept quiet. we continued floating along the river :P

i always faced this kinda problem especially with those people who saw or met me for the first time. strangers also would guess my age as an early 20s gal. what do you think people. you could have a look at my latest pic here.

she remembers it all...

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the wedding in kuale on 23/12/06

caution: this post would be rather long with detailed descriptions ;)

like i mentioned in my previous post, the wedding reception (majlis kenduri menyambut menantu) here in kuale for my lil' brother and his bride went smoothly, with great weather.

before i went out to town in the morning, i told everyone to meet for our last committee meeting at home around 2 or 3pm. unfortunately the president was still in town doing her (me lor... tehee...) hair. everyone was busy preparing for some last minute thing while i was still at the saloon. well at least i called home to inform them okay. so we met at 3.30pm instead. my lil' brother, the groom who do not have to do anything also joined us lol... after the meeting finished before 5pm, i filled my stomach first. ya lor... we were the host, so we have to eat before anyone else right? so mind the first pic will you ;)

after that i straight away went upstairs to get ready early as promised. i was ready maybe around 6pm. even my best friend kay also came in on time. when kay was here already, we took some pics around the house first including the bunga telur (gifts) and dining table. fyi almost every single thing i.e. wedding dais (pelamin), bunga telur (gifts), wedding favour, wedding cupcakes (instead of the normal wedding cakes), the bridal room etc.; were done together by all the family members. btw kay and i just thought that if we didn't take the pics earlier, sure kecoh later. we even asked puteri to snap our pics together on the wedding dais. when we still have time, i let kay to eat first too. she has to help us, that's why she can't join other guest at the dining table tehee... naughty me lol... :P

guest came as early as 7pm. maybe they afraid for not getting an easy parking. anyhow luckily we have some RELA people with the assitance of PDRM's police traffic men to help us with the traffic flow. i stood right at the main road to our house to greet our guest. around 8pm, my lil' brother called me (yes, i was still holding my cell-fon i tell you; as i know everyone would be calling me to report whatvever things happened around us. gosh... we should have use the walkie-talkie kan? lol...) that they will be coming. the bride and groom came in zaf's car followed by the bride's entourage about seven cars i think. unfortunately when they arrived, we can't start the merenjis (blessing) ceremony as the VVIPs haven't here yet. he (one of the VVIPs) sms dad that the traffic from ipoh was very bad. ya lor... most of ipoh people came that night lol...

so we started the merenjis as soon as the VVIPs arrived. great... they came together in one car. when i was busy mingling with other guest out-door when suddenly my cousin abang ayi called me said that my mother was looking for me. wa lau ley... i thought what ler... i was asked to do the merenjis too together with my two sisters and zaf. it seems zaf was happily smiling all the way when he did his part tehee...

as usual, the bride and groom were ushered to the main dining table after the merenjis, followed by the VVIPs and the bride's entourage. while everyone were eating, i walked around everywhere to mingle with more guest. i saw many group of family, relatives and friends were there i.e. the groom's koleq friends, my dad's koleq's and clifford's friends, my friends etc. there were also quite a number of locals like one of the twins of yut loy's with his wife, bankers, our tailors, people from the local market etc. we were entertained by my dad's friend from the clifford primary school, uncle sabri. he sang while played with his electric guitar.

after some time, uncle sabri announced that it was time for the 'wedding cupcakes eating ceremony'. oik... my cousin (dr.) sarah whose the bridesmaid together with her husband, the best man (a budak koleq too, same batch with the groom) went MIA. i guess maybe the best man was with his koleq's friends. luckily i was near them (the bride and groom), so i was the one who ushered them to the wedding cupcakes table. wah... they became stiffed, dunno what to do. ya lor... they deserved the best treatment for that day, because local call it “raja sehari”. meaning, they were the “king and queen for the day”, one day only! so i asked them to take one each of the cake and feed each other.

to everyone surprised, there after uncle sabri asked the bride and groom to joget (a type of a traditional dance). i was like err... then i looked up. my sister was there with uncle sabri at the verandah. she asked me to proceed. gosh... so i brought the bride and groom infront of the main table. my lil' brother was like whispering to me, "chor, no need lar... no need lor...". "what to do. since uncle sabri already announced it, alar just hantam saje lar", i told them. shafinaz was tremendously shy of course. i told them this before i slowly left them together, "okay shafinaz, you start". luckily she was a traditional dancer during her school days. so she started it and followed by the groom. everyone was clapping all the way too. everyone who brought cameras took the chance to take pics including me!

after the joget, although i knew they were tired; i made them meet and greet all the guest. ye lor... bila lagi nak buli pengantin kan lol... before the bride's entourage left, we took family pics together for memories. it was definitely a night to remember.

kuE's note: all the pics were taken with my nokia 6680 unless otherwise stated. our cousin zaido was the photographer for that night as syahrin got some other wedding function in johor. if not, i am sure he would do for us too. people already booked him much more earlier lor.

was that really you?

i was at tiger lane, after a meeting among all the selected ones, with our AM. hah... good ones! i won't tell what was it about here. enough said that i'll do whatever i supposed to do soon ;)

so i was there at the tiger lane, on the way to meet kay at kinta city. suddenly i saw this guy in a silver kembara wanted to over-take me grr... gosh... he looks damn familiar! i was shocked, "huh?!! was that really abang sham? cannot be!".

i met kay at CB as promised. at the same time i handed her the invitation card for my lil' bro's wedding reception here on the 23rd., and also a company's diary for 2007. she likes it so much. of course, huh?!! who doesn't want a good one right especially the one from me. many were looking forward for it (the company's diary) actually. i've just collected our copies from the sales office today, after a meeting.

well, its been quite some time since the last time kay and i met. thus we caught-up many things that we've missed. i forgot to tell kay about the incident at the tiger lane. i called her when i was already on the way back here instead. well, if that was really you abang sham, and if ever happened that i met you again in person, i dunno... i'll follow with the flow lol...

what we did yesterday—

it was a public holiday, for prophet muhammad's birthday (maulidur rasul). get the updates of the nations' celebrations here

i slept like a sleeping beauty, woke up late, so no morning walks for me. well maybe it was still not too late but i prefer to go early in the morning while its still dark duh!...

we didn't do anything actually. we just opt to wind down by jalan-jalan in kinta city. we reached there just on time for a simple lunch at mcD as requested by megat. then i was so damn happy when kay called a little while later after lunch. only He knows of how excited we were since its been quite some time we didn't really meet up for a chat and coffee or something.

after some window shopping, we decided to stop at big apple (official website here) for some coffee and donuts.

each of us got a plain donut each for our beverages. but megat and i got an extra each of the alien and choreo donuts respectively hehee... tell me of who doesn't lurve oreo right? ;)

+/- 31 years and still going...

besides kay and i missing each other, we also have some small business talk to do. well i guess i will blog about it once everything is owh-kay... :~)

so how did you people spend your long weekend? care to share with me? ;)

p/s i know that i accepted quite a number of sponsored post' recently, and i bet there are many more to come! please bear with me ya... as these are all the matter of getting some extras to keep going with the bad economics down turn :( so have you people seen dolphin blow bubbles? make sure you check it out here ya...

the death of A Fairos Ahmad Sulaiman

the death of A Fairos Ahmad Sulaiman, 37, from kampung temong hilir enggor, really saddened many people. it was so tragic. you can read more about it here as i do not have the guts to type it.

when i first knew it from one of uncle hashim's daughter' fb page, tears dropped from my eyes. although i was not very sure of who she (late Fairos) was, the news really makes me sad. i am sad of the way she passed away. ranong police only found the deceased after about a year she died. and the way she died is too hard to be accepted :(

so when i received a sms from my cousin juju (wan sayang's son) this morning, asking whether i have read the news about, "kawan kite FEROZ SULAIMAN mati dibunuh di Thailand!", that make me shocked! juju said 'kawan kite'. so i was trying hard to recall of who actually the friend of ours, while preparing for my kids' breakfast. my mind went hay-wire, what when thinking it was the most worst way of death argghhh!!!... it was so hard for me. suddenly i thought of kak feroz/fairuz(?) who was one of the pioneers at a local fast food restaurant here in kuale, together with us, including juju and i; about 20 years ago. kak feroz was working as a cashier. she was very helpful. she would helped her other colleagues if she was not busy with her work. she was a happy-go-lucky gal. i guess our team was the best of all. we worked happily together, with the rest like abang sham, hairi (rizal's big bro, now a teacher in ipoh), abang sani (now a chef if i'm not mistaken), kak lah, ramesh and also kay, to name a few. anyhow i replied juju to reconfirm about it. unfortunately he still didn't reply me yet to-date. he must be working or something now, that he's busy. i also sms rizal immediately and asked him to inquire more about this with his bro hairi and kak lah (rizal has their contacts).

gosh! i feel that my body is sooooo damn cold right now, thinking about this. maybe i shall update more on this when i received any news from any of the above people i know *peace*

updates:

• 10:17am; kay sms me just now. she asked whether i knew about kak fairoz's death. ya allah... that means she was really the kak fairoz i knew.
  
• 5:41pm; rizal called all the way from jb, to reconfirm that deceased was the same kak fairoz that we knew :(

to kak fairoz,
may the blessings of love be upon you,
may its peace abide with you,
may its essence illuminate your heart,
now and forever more,
blessing... amin.

at last she's in!

wohooo... after much persuading, finally i was so damn shocked earlier to see my bff kay accepted my invitation to join me on fb *phew* now for the next step is to get her in to the blogosphere. "i guess its already been quite some time since i first introduced you to it right?" hehe...

fyi people... kay is one of my readers but its been so hard to get her involve into this world too. the excuse: she dunno of what to do, or busy. well tell me people, whose not busy in this world right? at least once a while this thingy can get you out of your stress... believe me! do correct me if i am wrong :P

of saladin & pada hari yang indah

SALADIN


this animated series started today on astro ria at 1.30pm. unfortunately it was screened around 2pm as the previous programme end late. it will be continued tomorrow at the same time. while my lil' bro was featured in the programme di balik tabir... (the making of...) saladin yesterday. congratulations! you make us all proud of you mwahh...

"saladin is inspired by the life of one of islam's most legendary figures who elicited admiration in both east and west salah al-din yusuf ibn ayyub, or saladin, united the muslim world at a time when the muslim factions were in dissarray.

saladin's unwavering devotion to islam has led him to set out to conquer jerusalem, a holy city to muslims, christians and jews, which thus sparked the third crusade (a.d. 1187- 1192). it was here that saladin gained his lasting legacy as a chivalrous the city in a humane and orderly fashion.

saladin's stunning military victories and diplomatic success against the west, has earned him a remarkable place in history. his life has been the subject of enduring fascination for western writers, including modern novelists, as the archetypal muslim hero warrior."

to know MORE... read about saladin biodata at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin
& saladin' project at http://saladin.tv/main.php
screening time: astro ria, saturday & sunday at 1.30pm

anyone who wanna be like him??


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PADA HARI YANG INDAH

this drama, has been screened on tv3 last tuesday, 9pm specially for merdeka. its about a malay family who always make sure that his children gathered at their hometown in kuala kangsar (ehem...) during the country's national day. this year the father was lucky that he got the chance to meet his childhood friends ah meng and raju. there were also some flash back of their life during malaysia's independence day in 1957.

most kampung (village) scenes were shot in kuale itself i.e. with places like our home (hehe...), yut loy, my school etc. people of kuale were kinda proud of it. ya... just imagine people, of all the places in malaysia, why on earth umno (yes! if you look at it properly, the whole idea of the drama was by umno) chose kuale.

rizal sms me that night, when we were watching the drama. it seems that he missed kuale so much, what when some of the shots were done here at home ;)

while to kay, i am so sorry sis. i forgot to tell you earlier about this. luckily you tuned in to tv3 that night ek? lol... in her sms, kay told me that she was so excited when suddenly she realized that it was actually our home in the drama :P

the day i became a blog tutor

surprised or not ya... when my bff kay text me yesterday morning, asking me for a favor; to teach her of "how to start a blog" hmm... what a good start my dear... after just starting on with facebook-ing few weeks ago. unfortunately she's kinda slowing down now cuz she forgot her password duhh!!!

alright, back to the blog thingy... she has an assignment to do via blogging. as you could see from the list of my blogs (ref above screenshot), yours truly have been granted with an admin access by kay for me to help her do the editing and sort. during our meet at CB at kinta city (go here to view the location), i just helped her to start a blog. while we will do the rest i.e. edit the suitable lay-out/template, contents etc later on. now thanks to me, she has known all the this and that about blogging. believe it or not ya... she doesn't even know of how to leave comments or any shout outs before this... blerk!

so people why don't you have a look and browse thru the newly created blog here. your great support and encouragement are mostly appreciated :)


btw i did advise her to start her own personal blog soon too. well in fact i have been persuading her to do it from eons ago. i also warned her that this kind of thingy can be addicted. we will see of how it goes...

here is "how to become a blogger" from kuE's point of view:

1. read some interesting blogs
2. make (non-spam) comments there, so the authors begin to know who you are
3. start a blog, making posts commenting on some of the more interesting things that those other bloggers say
4. respond to comments and links
5. go to 1, repeat.

results may vary. if a rash develops, discontinue *glurp*

countdown 10 to 1 tag

NAH tagged me on this and here's mine finally-

10 FIRSTS
first best friend: kay of whom we are still, since we were in standard 1 back in '79.
first item you stole: chocolate from the fridge, dunno whose.
first pet: a tortoise named on-on. i cried when i lost him- that was somewhere in '79 too i think.
first piercing: ears piercing at bb plaza when i was about 11+, that only after we saw a baby girl with ear-pierced lol
first school: srk datin khadijah
first house location: ss19, sj
first crush: fuiyo... why lar got this type of question? okay lar maybe one of the budak koleq then whose also my ex-boyfriend *glurp*
first kiss: by my parents when i was born- same goes to everyone rite, definitely!
first car: honda life (can't seems to remember the reg. no.) that my dad bought for me when i was +/- 17+ . had so many experiences with that car hehe... kay and me would be laughing like hell when everytime we think of it.

9 LASTS
last time you smoked: maybe +/- 12 years ago, juz for fun with gal friends when we went out for clubbing
last food you ate: a pack of snickers
last movie you watched on dvd at home: sepet
last movie you watched at the cinema: memoirs of geisha
last text message: "okie dokie" -to a colleague in penang who asked me to up-date her on our next company meeting in sunway hotel, seberang jaya
last music video you saw: 'cos i love you (the english version) - love this song since heard megat sang the mandarin version few years ago. guess what. i even asked him to sing sometimes when i feel like wanna hear it lol.
last song you listened to: pop ye ye by VE
last words you said: "aiyaa... why lar always off-line; angin tak de, ribut tak de" -was mumbling to self when one of my cashier up-date me on the kompakar' card system.

8 HAVE-YOU-EVERS
dated a best friend: yup
been arrested: nope, i'm 'kamcing' (closed) with all those inspectors what lol.
been on TV: YES!!!
eaten sushi: lurve it
cheated on your BF/GF: no
been on a blind date: ;)
been out of the country: yup
been in love: of course

7 THINGS YOU ARE WEARING
1. my guess watch
2. my jade bangle that i bought during my beijing trip
3. blue denim work blouse
4. black pants
5. black boots
6. fav blue hair clips
7. fav gold ring that i bought using my first pay-check in kl ;)

6 THINGS YOU HAVE DONE TODAY
1. drank a full-glass of milk (a must, every morning)
2. fetched puteri at 11.05am, as the teacher called that puteri was not feeling well. the weather was damn hot these days, thats why i guess.
3. trying to complete all the reports that to be fax-out by the 7th ;)
4. replied emails
5. reconfirm stock schedule for few days ahead with ML
6. interviewed some candidates

5 FAVORITE THINGS
1. my antique bed given by my late great grand-ma auww...
2. my 4-wd

3. my nokia 6680
4. my collection of hand-bags
5. my butterfly things i.e. accessories, hand-bags, clothes etc.

4 PEOPLE YOU TRUST THE MOST
1. my parents
2. puteri
3. megat
4. d

3 THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. perform all rukun islam (insya-Allah)
2. to see all my children grow-up and become the most successful people
3. travel, travel and travel

2 CHOICES
vanilla or chocolate: chocolate
rock or rap: rap- although i'm not much into this hehe... prefer r&b or jazz kind of music

1 PERSON YOU WANT TO SEE RIGHT NOW? D

PEOPLE WHO I'D LIKE TO WASTE TIME DOING THIS TAG: open to all. maybe you let me know so that i could placed a link here ;)

the first letter

i saw this on someone else's blog and thought i would play.

RULES:
use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following.
your answers have to be real names, places, and things and you can’t use your own name for the boy or girl name.

what’s your name? kuE
car: kelisa
city: kuala lumpur
boy name: kamal
girl name: kay
alcoholic drink: kvass
occupation: kinesiologist
something you can wear: (baju) kurung
celebrity: kate winslet
food: keropok
reason for being late: kissing :o)
cartoon character: kim possible
something you shout: keep it down!

GO kuE!!! GO kuE!!!

so glad tomorrow is Khamis... ready for the weekend!

misunderstanding is nothing but way to better understanding

understanding is the baseline of friendship. friendship which stands on the foundation of understanding is difficult to collapse.

two friends interwoven in friendship hardly misunderstand each other. i used the word "hardly" because "never" would be an exaggeration. a time does come when misunderstanding crops up, but friends never let the wild grass grow and ruin their so-carefully cultivated garden of friendship. this is the sign and identity of lifelong friendship. a misunderstanding can never stand long in friendship.

in friendship. it so happens that one tends to accept the other as he/she is, with the shortcomings. even if two friends have different view about a particular topic, they tend to listen to and adjust with other's view point, thus leaving no place for any sort of misunderstanding.

sometimes misunderstanding helps the friends to come closer. thus...

misunderstanding! when it comes and when it goes is hardly noticed! though it's a transient phase, it may be sometimes more painful than lifetime pain. this pain makes two friends realize the importance of the other in their life. that's why i say, "misunderstanding helps friends to come closer!". correct kay? ;)

you may be friends for a long time but you never realize the importance of your friend in your life unless a misunderstanding crops up. take for instance two friends who know each other for quite a long time. they share their feelings, love etc. by some means, a misunderstanding crop up and the two friends lose contact, they do not call up each other, do not talk to each other or do not see each other. this transient phase of misunderstanding is heart-felt. during this phase, they miss each other and run for patch up. it's during this transient phase, that lots of things, facts develop.

in short, a better understanding develops out of misunderstanding.

when friends have, amongst themselves, any kind of misunderstanding they cannot concentrate in their work, not even routine work. they tend to get irritated on any small topic. it seems as if something is biting their heart, unknowingly tears accumulate in the eyes and these tears clear all the dirt, the misunderstanding is solved.

two friends who come out of misunderstanding resemble the gold, which comes out of fire. 'that' gold is more shining and more pure, as impurities die off in fire.

thus, misunderstanding is nothing but way to better understanding.

"friends, successfully coming out of misunderstanding, hand in hand are replaceable and more true in friendship."

"no mind can ever think of any idea to break their friendship. because of friendly misunderstanding, friends come close to each other, know each other well enough which prevents the recurrence."

of merdeka eve

its merdeka's eve. i am at home, not out at somewhere. yes i am bored -- very. no surprise there. my parents are out. megat is sleeping. puteri and bah are sleeping too. haha i sound so emo. well at least i have the whole comp to myself? haha...

kuE's realted links:
3 more days to go
6 more days to go
10 more days to go
what is your vision for malaysia

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this day also marked rizal's 34th birthday. hah! some of you may know that he's my ex... now you know that he's actually a year younger than me ;)

i wasn't looking for a younger man and rizal wasn't looking for an older woman, but it just happened. our relationship was unique, because it's not just built on sex, but on trust, respect and love. in my opinion, age has nothing to do with our relationship. unfortunately there was a third person stood in between us. i hate to mention of whom was it (note: NOT gf or bf or something like that).

in our seventeen years friendship, to tell you people the truth, actually we have never had a serious problem and now... we are still very happy friend indeed i.e. both of us remember each other's birthday. strange or not, but its true -- that's us. in another word, we will remain friends. one of the people in our life who could really understand us, other than kay is hairy, rizal's brother. i guess rizal would be agree with me -- that we would like to thank these people from the bottom of our heart, for the fully understanding. we love you sooo much sis and bro! mwahh... we dunno of what would be happened without you two.

may 13 story

eventually i thought of posting this last night, but i was too tired ;)

we arrived home from queensbay mall in penang almost midnight. we really spent the whole day to ourselves yippeee!!!... we went out since morning you know. since it was my birthday and also the mother's day, we brought mom along this time. it seems dad got some other more important errands to run to :(

i won't tell much here as i have quite a number of pics to do the talking :D the most important thing for me is that i was so damn happy that i spent my most precious time with my two wonderful children. my loved ones from near and far called both our land-line and my mobile non-stop since early in the morning. just imagine, after two or three calls to the land-line (i answered my own mobile), megat would say this when there's another-- "okay mama, i know that's for you." lol...

here's some of the sms' that i received yesterday. i am putting them here also, just for my record ;)

From: NOR AIDA
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 00:27
Happy birthday kak * ... Semoga pnjng umur & murah rezeki. God blesS u..

From: SHAFIQ OAG
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 00:52
Askm kak * sory gangu ngah malm bute ni sje nk ucpkn selmt ari lahir yg ke??, semoga panjang umur, murh rezeki, sht sepanjang mase. sy doakan kak * mendpt jodoh esok kelak.......;-) *glurp* lol...

From: PAPA
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 05:38
Happy birthday * ! Always remember that Papa loves you very2 much! Luv Pa.

From: CK
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 05:47
Beauty. Grace. Strength. Wisdom. Spirit. Courage. You. Happy Mother's Day! Wishing u a day filled with lots of love & happiness! :) CK

From: LEILANIE
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 08:55
kuE dear. Happy birthday and Happy Mother's day to a beautiful wonderful mom. Have a great one today.

From: +9665......
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 03:56 (but this one received just after Leilanie's)
Happy birthday to you * . Dari kay.. Makkah @ 3.57 am..

From: INA
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 09:11
Happy Birthday

From: AUNT HAP
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 11:18
WISHING U HAPPY BIRTHDAY N HAPPY MOTHER 'S DAY ..luv aunty hap.

From: NOR HIDAYAH (my ex-cashier, now furthering her studies at a local university)
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 11:46
hepy birthday kak * ... semoga dipnjang umur dan dimurahkn rezeki..and 1 more hepy mother's day..send my regards to your son and daughter and your parents..

From: KIMI AZHAN
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 17:03
Beauty. Grace. Strength. Wisdom. Spirit. Courage. You. Happy Mother's Day! Wishing u a day filled with lots of love & happiness! :) Kimi

From: MR. T
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 22:07
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" * .. may god bless U

From: SITI ZALEHA
Date: 13/05/2007
Time: 22:09
Hi just 2 say Happy Birthday and may you always be happy and joyfull. Oh oh happy mother's day 2.

thank you all sooo much... i love every each of my loved ones to the max! mwahh...

alright then... enjoy the slide show people. hope that you had a great weekend with your loved ones too!

'copy & paste' fb status(?)...

i was happily awoke as usual in the morning, still in my room, i first checked stuff on my dell. i clicked my fb' news feed when i saw this from someone on my list—

then i was like walaweiii!!!... that's sooooo me. suddenly the smart me remembered that, "heyyy... i wrote that last night before i went to bed"—

i really dunno of what to say here. i doubt that its a co-incidence thingy. as far as i could remember he's actually the one who requested me to be on his friend's list on fb although i can't figure out of who he was. i found out that he knows one of my (young) uncles. so probably he saw my uncle and i interacted in fb blerk!...

p/s people on fb dunno that i blog except puteri, kay and most bloggers i know like tim, robb, johnny ong and marcus and also some others. in fact, this revolves real people in my whole life. you could see of what i meant here. and the main point i started to blog was that i could still write my journal online without the worries of people reading my written journal instead.

so what say you people?

Mrs N C Partridge (1916--2008)

when i heard the news that our Mrs N C Partridge had passed away, from my dear daughter Puteri (the students were informed about this during the school's official assembly yesterday by the headmistress Cik Hajjah Nazipah), memories of RPK (formerly MGS/GEGS) came rushing into my mind. i am always proud to call myself an Old Girl of RPK, the school you built with pride. i always admired the way you remembered your past students including my mother, my aunties like Auntie Kay (who was a school's sprinter), Wan Pah (our OGA' vice president) and many more; no matter how many years have gone by.

my mother remembered meeting Mrs Partridge at rawang railway station so many years ago. she eventually gave two tips to my mother while waiting patiently there—

1. to know whether a stone is real, drop water on top of it. if the water didn't fall, then you know that the stone is real.
   
2. if migraine occur, we can just pull or massage our toe. i am not sure whether this is true, but to those who always had migraine, maybe you can try this tips.

my mother also told me that Mrs Partridge's god-daughter Kuppamah was her classmate. her father, Kuppamuthu was the school's first gardener. it seems that its not that difficult for Kuppamah to get a job as a physiotherapy because most of the interviewers were 'budak koleq' :)

it is very sad indeed to hear the news that Mrs Partridge who passed away peacefully on last tuesday, had moulded many of our characters into useful citizens of the world wherever we are in, through her well known discipline. I am glad to note at the same time, the almighty has blessed her with a long life.

Mrs Partridge, i had never seen you. but i heard, you were the milestone of MGS/GEGS. it is big loss to our community of a great administrator and an educationist with a proven track record in our school. i would like to say my deep condolences to the beloved ones of our headmistress.

'lives of great woman all remind us and we must make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us foot-prints in the sands of time'. the memory of 'Mrs N C Partridge' will live in the hearts and minds of those who came under her influence, for many years to come.

* * * * *

Mrs N C Partridge will be 92 years old when she celebrates her next birthday in March, 2008. She needs the aid of a walking stick now when she walks. Soon, she will have to get a pair of special shoes since one of her legs has become slightly shorter than the other because of a fracture she had suffered after a fall. Yet, she still travels regularly to visit her daughter and her family in Australia. Her memory is much better than most people twenty years younger. She has a fantastic sense of humour and, on the telephone, she sounds like a sixteen-year old girl and actually giggles like one.

There is nothing that she wants changed in her life. Even if she were to live it all over again, she would want it exactly the same. Her marriage and her family have brought her so much happiness and fulfillment. She feels very blessed and extremely honoured that she was able to be the Headmistress of the same school for 27 years. She is very contented and very happy. Never depressed, Mrs Partridge always has a positive mind, full of enthusiasm and high spirit. She lives comfortably with the pension that she receives every month, hers and the one derived from her late husband's pension, a total of about RM1,700. There is nothing more than she needs.

Mrs Partridge diligently follows not only affairs of the nation but keeps abreast of all that is happening around the world. Until three or four years ago, she was still active in the Girl Guides and Sultan Abdul Aziz's Children Home in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, and was in constant attendance at their meetings. A few years ago she was still driving to Kuala Kangsar town from her house in Taiping Road, Kuala Kangsar a distance about five miles. Now her car, a dark green Opel Kadett 1.2S with registration number AAA7884 bought sometime in 1978 or 79, rests under the porch in front of her house in retirement like its owner.

N C Partridge — that is how she would sign her name. Her past students from the school would surely remember her trademark signature in their annual Report Cards with her customary personal 'well done' messages or advice to work harder or do better, whichever the case might be. Yet in all probability, most, if not all, of them would know what the 'N C' stands for. Indeed, the awe and respect they had for their Headmistress would not allow them to even wonder about it! To them, she was just 'Mrs Partridge'.

In fact, it was not just her full name. There was little that was actually known about her as an individual. What had become obvious then was about her as the Headmistress and how she managed the school. In fact, these two aspects of her life are actually inextricable and both have combined to make her a truly remarkable and unique individual.

**excerpts from the book Down Memory Lane with Mrs N C Partridge (Introduction) by Nuraizah Abdul Hamid.

watch this space!...

i am actually kinda so glad and excited on the ikea trip yesterday. i really can't wait to get started on the big projects very soon, moreover what's more with the unlimited great supports from the loved ones (especially you kay)!... so make sure you all watch this space soon for further updates ya...

meeting sheryl, lich & leilanie

my 2D/1N weekend trip to kl this time was so packed i tell you. i only managed to leave kuale around 5.30pm yesterday. everybody already left much earlier. i left behind because i was one of the committee at a community event in aulong, taiping for that very morning. so i had to come back here first. the most important thing was that i haven't send my 4wd for service hehe... once that completed, then only i felt safe to travel. i decided to dress-up right from here and go straight to shah alam, for my cousin charlie's wedding last night. thanks a lot to leilanie for the direction ;) sorry no pics of the wedding, no mood ler... anyhow all i could say that it was a great one, having sultan of pahang as one of the royal guest, with slides about both the bride and groom prepared by charlie himself. well congratulations to both of you charlie & yatt. may you be blessed with much love till the end of time.

i woke-up very early this morning, although it was sunday. i already had plan to bring my puteri and megat with my nephew shahriman to watch disney on ice' 11am show at bukit jalil. click here to view pics of the show that i have taken. i had to send shahriman to his uncle's (my cousin) place before i go to the curve for my next appointment.

sheryl and lich already waited for me at tgif. i was of course with puteri and megat. unfortunately puteri was shy, juz like when i wanted to go for the penang blogger meet last time. as soon as we got in, she make an excuse to go to the washroom, but then she disappeared. we thought that maybe she was shy with lich around lol... not long after that, leilanie joined us. tadaa!!!... hmm... surprised or not you all hehe... i plan not to tell either three of you :D someone must be 'terkezut beruk' rotfl... we really had a damn great hours anyway, being only known each other thru blogs. that's the wonders of blogging!

after so much of talking, then it was cam whore time!!! all pics taken by megat with my nokia6680. hey people, guess what... i only knew about this word (cam whore) when i was at the penang blogger meet ;)

tremendously sweet leilanie

hmm... aren't they cute

i love this pic (p/s those 3 boxes were lich' fruitcakes all the way from ipoh mali, courtesy of kay and i, which was a moment to remember)

smile!!!... ;)

we left the place around 5.30pm. thank you (again) lich for the treat. hey dude... leilanie asked me whether sheryl and you are girlfriend and boyfriend hehe... i dunno... you better answer that lol...

o yes, before i forgot... to leilanie, tqsm for the butterfly t-shirt, love it! to sheryl, i love a dozen of the pink roses, tqqq mwahh...