June

Bila dah banyak sangat benda nak cerita, I don't know where to start... perlu ke start pun? Asyik2 start drafting satu para... and saved as draft. The next time I logged on, cerita basi, dah malas nak sambung balik. This one may end up as a saved draft too. We'll see.





Farewell to Jacko. May he rest in peace. Thanks for the music. Saya dulu membesar kat kampung tapi lagu-lagunya sampai juga kepada kami. Rasanya tak ada rumah yang ada tv & radio zaman awal 80-an di kampung saya yang tak pernah pasang lagu Michael Jackson (saya rasa saja, takde la buat survey).





Today marked a week I balik Malaya after 2 weeks in Amareka. Maka saya akan lebih confident untuk berjumpa mesra dengan sesiapa sahaja. Bukan apa, before this risau jugak IF I terrrbawak balik H1N1 virus tanpa sedar. All these warnings from M1n1stry0fHealth scare me. I'm in the best of health since I got home but I tried my best to reduce close contact with people. Ingat nak duk rumah aje diam-diam tapi minggu ni jugaklah I had to attend segala mak nenek meeting & workshops. I thought of wearing a tag 'stay at least 10ft away from me. if I sneeze or cough, run for your life!' tapi takde pulak orang nak buatkan such tag for me. Anyway, I made sure I thoroughly washed my hand or use hand sanitizer before touching anything that will be touched by others. Diorang ni pulak time I nak ala-ala menyisihkan diri ni la diorang rajin pulak nak beramah mesra nak salam-salam. In a week I abiskan almost sebotol hand sanitizer! Tetiba pulak rasa mcm I ade OCD.



Dah ngantuk, later lah sambung... but I'd better click publish before this too gathers dusts as draft

Takkan kubiar dia berlalu

Konteks sebenar, celah grill

Gambar solo
3.12am

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She deserves to be happy

I called CikNgah while I was driving home from a mall. Oh, saya yang buta gadget ni dah reti pakai bluetooth kereta! Tapi tadi masa dekat traffic light, dua orang mamat naik motor sebelah kereta saya gelakkan saya pasal saya berborak dengan penuh gembira sorang-sorang (no, I bukan perasan, memang diorang gelakkan I, siap tunduk tengok dalam kereta. Tak pernah tengok orang bercakap eh? Debik kang!!).

Back to cerita CikNgah, I spoke to Mak earlier and Mak told me the good news. Mijah, my cousin got married yesterday and on the same day Lina and Soleha gave birth to their babies, a girl and a boy. Both mothers and babies are healthy. CikNgah dapat menantu & 2 cucu on the same day. This morning, an engagement ceremony was held for Yatie, CikNgah's youngest daughter. So another menantu in the making. CikNgah told me that she was dok rok (tired) having to handle so much in a short time but she's grateful with all the good things that God has given her lately. She sounds happy too! She deserves it... she deserves to be happy! She went through hardships to make ends meet and raise all her 8 children after AyahNgah had a stroke 23 years ago. Yatie was still a baby back then, now she has grown up, has her own career and found her Mr.Right. I guess some fairytales really deserve happy endings.

Simah would be happy too... but Simah is no longer around. She left us more than two years ago.

Hish.. this was supposed to be a happy post, tapi bila I dig posts I wrote about Simah, I pulak yang nangis. *AlFatihah for Simah*

Oh, where was I masa semua sepupu sepapat duk sibuk kenduri dua tiga hari nih? On the road, from Penang to KL, 2 days there, pegi interview, got what I needed and back to Penang. Thank you Leng for keeping me company, or else, I could end up sleep-driving on the highway and get lost on KL roads. Dalam banyak2 lagu we karaOKed in the car, I love Rick Price's Heaven Knows the most!

Nak balik kampung... huwaaaaaaaa.

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Gambar hiasan - ambik gambar sebelum campak benda ni masuk tong sampah. Teka apa dia ni?


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secangkir kopi semanis puan

kopitiam cup set & white coffee ditaja oleh kucingorengemok... hehe... thanks, I suke!

Hujung minggu yang bosan. Nak balik kampung tiket bas habis (mana la I nak tau weekend ni start cuti sekolah!). I hate Fireflyz pasal dah stop flights to KT. Nak drive balik, aduhaiii... kalau takat 2 days weekend, tak sempat nak habis penat dah kena drive balik.

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One of the best things about not having any neighbour is boleh menyanyi melalak sambil kemas rumah tanpa segan silu. Nak turn on TV volume kuat-kuat pun takde sapa nak marah kan. Infact, the TV is on almost 24 hours when I'm around, I just cannot stand silence. I catch a few glimpses of Nona on tv3 while menyapu rumah, dah takde topik sangat ke Nona ni? Perlu ke cover topik orang kumpul jenama terkenal? I think many years ago they cover better topics, on being active women, health (bukan topik nak kuruskan badan!), parenting, etc. Sekarang, balik-balik pasal jenama, fesyen, mekap dan majlis kahwin. Is that all that women need to know? Bohsannnnn! (Kurangkah kewanitaanku if I menyampah dengan topik mekap, pesen, shopping & kawin?)

Talking about kawin, sambil-sambil kemas rumah terjumpa kad jemputan kahwin, buka & check tarikh, alamak... dah terlepas semalam! Dah, I dah sms mintak maaf tak pegi.



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Coffee might help

Old photo. Flat white. Orb Coffee. Scarborough Fare.

Coffee has its positives.

It could help lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, Parkinson's disease and cirrhosis, read here . It may also fight skin cancer, more details here.

Go get a cuppa!

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I hate going to cafes with pretty menu but some food/drinks photos they have on the menu doesn't even exist in their cafe. Do you notice that in some, they put photos of coffee with nice latte art beside their food. In reality, they can't even make a decent coffee, even your 3-in-1 coffee at home would taste way better. Latte art? bertuahlahh kalau ada!

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