Selamat Beraya

Orang dah sibuk balik kampung masa cheq balik keja. Reached my rented house at around 8 pm. Badan letih, kepala serabut. People had been giving me pressure all day long. To add to my misery, my own dad called up to ask whether I would be coming back home or not. Sigh.........

All week I had been busy with my work. The three main projects dah berjalan dalam masa 3 bulan ni. Hari2 my time at the office occupied dengan benda ni, endless meetings, ad-hoc projects etc. I casually asked my Head for a day off next tuesday, a day after Raya Haji. My intention was to visit my dad kat kampung. But that dick-Head of mine refused to grant me the day off, since a meeting for my project is scheduled next tuesday too. Then I wrote to the project manager to reschedule the meeting but sadly to say, it was not entertained.

So tak pa lah........ f*ck it. I was not in the mood to argue with anybody. Tried so hard to complete as much as I could for the past 5 days. Suddenly at 6 pm, that dick-Head of mine was so-called sympathetic to me and allowed me to take that day off I had previously asked for. Hey...... f*ck you. There's a catch to it. Before I was allowed to go, I had to complete this and that. And a lot of things to be summited next week.

I rather stay in KL for raya than going back home. If I do go home, my mind won't be at ease, thinking of work. I need to complete it before my long leave end of next week. Normally, I would be looking forward to my holiday trips, but not this time. I have less than a week to my China's trip but it seems like there's no excitement to it. Firstly, for an obvious reason, I have to go without my loved one as I planned earlier. Secondly, the life I'm leading right now is wearing me out.


I had to get out of the house for a while, just to get some air. Ironically, I ended up at KLCC....... had dinner and catched a movie titled "Bolt". Kelakar nak mampus. Nasib baik la best walaupun filem animation saja. Now it's almost 2.30 am and I'm still freshly awake. I have the thumbdrive brought back from the office, considering whether to continue working or not. To my dad, I'm sorry for not going back. I had to make a decision. I will go back home after my China's trip, hopefully. But for now, I'll be here for the next three days and back to work on tuesday. To the rest of you, enjoy whatever you do during raya. Pardon my vulgarity.

Kau Yang Amat Ku Sayang

Kau yang amat ku sayang
Yang amat ku cinta
Bersemadi di jiwaku

Ku mengharap kasihmu
Bertakhta di hati
Untuk selamanya

Tak mungkin daku lupakan
Kenangan manis kau dan aku
Kau bagaikan permata di hati ini

Bagai irama dan lagu
Melodi yang menyentuh kalbu
Kita bersatu melayari cinta
Abadi..

Hanya untukmu
Laguku ini
Isi hati ku
Dalam melodi nan indah

Lirik nan syahdu
Curahan perasaanku
Bagaikan sesuci embunan pagi

Kau menyinari hidupku
Dengan kasih sayangmu
Untuk selamanya

Kau yang amat ku rindu
Yang amat ku perlu
Tiada lain di hatiku

Ku rindukan belaian mu
Tanpamu di sisi
Ku kan kesepian...

Happy Birthday, Yang........

28th of November marks an important date in my life. It was the date my loved one was born. Every year I make a point untuk sampaikan ucapan padanya. Only this year, I was lucky enough to celebrate hari penting ini bersamanya since I'm now living in KL. Untuk insan tersayang, Happy Birthday to you. I hope you had a good birthday and may everyday brings you happiness and success.

Semoga you suka dengan pemberian tak seberapa ini. Since I know both of us like perfume, I got this one especially for you.

I sneaked out from the office at 4.45 pm sharp on friday. Started my journey to Bandar Sunway at 6.15 pm. Tapi got stucked at traffic jam for one hour before I managed to reach NPE. My luck was good enough sebab dapat parking dengan mudah dan managed to reach Sunway Pyramid on time. The dinner was at Ole-Ole Bali Restaurant. It was a spontaneous decision. While waiting for orang yang diraikan, cheq dok tengok2 directory kat situ and spotted the name Ole-Ole Bali kat situ. Teringat pulak a post by a fellow blogger in his blog on this place. So I chose this place masa tu jugak.

The specialty drink kat situ, iced barley lime. Very refreshing indeed.

Deep fried Cuming-Cuming or commonly known as fried kalamari.

The main course was Nasi Campur Ole Ole. Quite banyak lauk, so we decided to share this instead. I hope you enjoyed the dinner. Nothing fancy, but as you said, to live in KL we have to go frugal sometimes. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Yang. I love you......... then, now and forever.

Kopi ais and sagoo pudding at Boraque Kopitiam, Setapak with Man who is also in town for the weekend. Dessert kekdahnya, selepas puas berjalan kat night market di Taman Danau Kota :)

See Ya.........

I've had enough. For the past few weeks, I had been stressful and not getting much rest. I reached home at about 10 pm every single day. Workload had never been reduced. It kept getting more and more. On average, I had 10 meetings per week and personally, I felt they were just a waste of time. Nothing much had been accomplished. Kalau tidak kerana that controlling bitch yang being nosy nak tahu semua benda yang kami buat, I would have not attended any of those meetings.

And it didn't stop there. I had to bring back some work to do at home. Sleeping at 1 or 2 am is becoming a trend now. What a f**ked up life.....!!! Even today, I tried to speed up a bit tapi still balik pukul 9 malam. I submitted my annual leave application about 2 weeks ago. It only got verbally approved less than 4 hours ago. F**king hell....!! And it was just for 2 f**king days. I even had to fight for it. My superior was reluctant to let me go. "What if something goes wrong", he said. "Screw you.....!!"

Finally, I'm free to go........... I'm leaving for home in the morning. It has been a while (bukan lagu Britney "Break The Ice", okay??).... I miss my hometown..... my Dad, my siblings..... (and definitely, my ahem ahem). Hopefully, I'll be okay when I return to KL. And I'm moving to another place soon. God..... there are so many things to do. Ujian Ilahi agaknya.... sabar je lah.

Lara

Di balik rona ceria
Terpaling mendungnya
Bagai pelangi yang pudar warna

Serinya diambil
Segala semua
Terumbang-ambing cari arahku
Bekalan rindu hancur dan berderai
Yang kuidamkan kini terlerai

Serahkan kembali cinta itu
Yang pernah kau sanjungi dahulu
Apalah erti sandiwara ini
Hari-hari yang bakal bersua
Pasti kosong tidak bermakna
Khabarkan sahaja pada semua
Akulah lara

Seperti tak percaya
Luka masih ada
Bila kau hilang rasa derita

Mungkin kekal begitu
Siapalah tahu
Kan aku cari penawar pilu
Bisakah ikan lemas di dalam lautan
Begitulah aku penasaran

Pencarian erti diselangi mimpi
Kerana kasmaran cinta aku menderita
Berikan ku jalan
Biar karma sahaja
Yang akan menentukan

Kafe Kampung Aunty Aini

A friend of mine, KC has been talking about this place since I was still in Kedah. He said that if I ever came to KL, he would take me to this place someday. Even masa bulan posa pun dia dok cakap nak pi makan kat sini lepas raya. Cheq ni of course la, suka makan kan. So I had been waiting for him to take me there. Both of us kadang2 quite adventurous sikit kalau pasal makan. Sanggup travel jejauh tak hengat ni.

Fair enough, it is in Nilai....!! But it was worth the trip. Masakan kampung ibarat kater. I'm a kampung boy, suka la makanan macam ni. Lets look at some of the photos taken :

*from top clockwise, ayam kampung goreng, kerabu pucuk paku dengan kerang, pinggan nasi cheq (hehehe.....) and gulai lemak cili api daging salai. Yang nampak tangan tu ialah KC (wave to the readers, my friend....)

*sambal tumis petai dengan udang galah dan sambal belacan (with ulams). Sebenarnya, cheq dulu tak reti makan sambal belacan. Setelah 30 tahun hidup di muka bumi ni, cheq tak reti makan sambal belacan walaupun di kampung, arwah mak dan kakak selalu prepare sambal (bukan kekwat perasan orang puteh okay??). Hanya setelah "the love of my life" yang ajar cheq makan, cheq rasa macam "hey, not bad lah.... walaupun tak tahan pedas, cheq suka" (gitew...!!). Banyak yang cheq belajar daripada dia. Teringat sangat..........

*tapai pulut with vanilla ice-cream. Kat kampung, whenever my sis buat tapai, I would rush out to the nearest 7-E or supermarket for vanilla ice-cream. Sedap la..... and teringat jugak si Dia yang makan tapai ni di kampung cheq........

*posing sekejap depan cermin lepas makan banyak tadi. KC, if I get fat again, I'll blame you. Huhuhu...... just joking. It was a really nice dinner. Thank you very much. We'll go again someday. Kawan2 Penang, ingat na, if you are up to it, KC and I will take you guys pi sana. Kena buat reservasi dulu sebab ramai orang.

*ni pulak apa yang cheq makan for lunch tadi. Lauk gulai lemak cili api siput sedut, paru (a.k.a. kelempong for oghang utara) goreng and sayur kacang botol. Sedap siput sedut tu...... nostalgia *sigh*

Deepavali's Weekend

Sunyi semula........... After spending 3 nights at my place, my best friends from Penang dah pun meninggalkan KL ni. They arrived at the very wee hour on Friday night (actually dah pagi Sabtu pun). Man, Cha'ein and Zin decided to come here for the long weekend. Zin was actually heading home tapi since dah lewat, dia pun tidoq sini sajork.

Saturday morning dah bangun awal2 untuk breakfast di Bangi (kelass tak?? breakfast melanggar sempadan daerah..... boleh consider jauh jugak dari tempat cheq ni). Tapi the journey tu berbaloi sebab dapat makan nasi kerabu dan nasi dagang yang sedap sangat di Kg Abu Bakar Baginda. I was born kat pantai timur, so I'm used to eating food dari sana. To me, makanan kat kedai ni memang sedap. And my friends pun agreed with me. Okay, this is not a cheap promo, tapi kalau ada masa, you all pi la makan kat sana. Call Zin if you need assistance sebab dekat kpg dia... ooops.

Hari yang sama, my sis was also in town. Kena la jugak entertain dia ibarat kater. Harap2 dia puas hati la sebab tercapai jugak impian dia untuk membeli tudung from Sri Munawarah Design kat TTDI. Kalau tadak adik dia sorang ni, tak dapat la my sis and friend shopping tudung2 impian they all from there (note : I had to find the place 2 weeks prior to her trip here, so that we wouldn't be sesat on the day itself..... over tak??). And my sis spent RM1000 plus for tudung saja pada hari....... talk about gila shopping kan...??

Kalau my friends tak datang, I wouldn't sampai rumah another friend, Syed tu. Dapat la jugak melawat rumah dia dan jumpa anak2 yang dia comel tu. I'm happy to see a friend who is doing so well di samping keluarga. And special thanks to Syed and Bid, terima kasih sebab masak bihun, nasi impit, kuah kacang, rendang and the lovely jelly semata2 utk kami. Kenyang sangat hari tu. Cheq memang suka makan dan macam tahu2 saja, kan?? And cheq also got the chance to meet up with Miza and Kamel after living in KL for 2 months. Kalau they all tak mai dari Penang, tak jumpa la kita no....?? Camtu la... hehehe.

Sunday was also packed with activities. For the first time ever, cheq sampai kat Aquaria, KLCC. Tourist sangat kan.....?? Bila masa lagi cheq nak pi kalau tak dengan someone. It was not bad all. I've never been to other famous aquariums, so tak boleh la nak compare. It was almost a perfect trip, kalau tak my boss tetiba call nak pinjam access card masuk office. Benci sangat, cuti2 nak kena bercakap pasal keja. I had a good time at Aquaria and here are some of the photos taken :






After Aquaria, it was time to shop shop shop :) At first we all just jalan2 cuci mata sajork. Tapi ended up membeli belah jugak la kat KLCC, IKEA dan Ikano. And cheq pun terpikir yang cheq akan pi holiday tak lama lagi, tangan pun makin gatai nak berbelanja (*matila). So after spending a few hours here and there, cheq beli benda2 berikut :



Nampaknya cheq agak excited nak pi holiday ni. So far cheq dah nekad nak pi, booking semua dah buat. I can't stand of being depressed and lonely all the time. I have to try to make myself happy..... and if possible, my loved ones too. Walaupun keja banyak, tak suka with my current job and having personal problems, cheq cuba sedaya upaya pamper myself with something I like to do. Sesusah mana pun hidup, we have to make the best of out it. Call for help if you have to.

After working for 12 years, for the first time cheq terpikir nak buat sesuatu yang unthinkable sebelum ni. I've talked to some close friends and they gave their opinions. Whatever I choose to do, they'll support me. I have not been happy living in KL. I may need to make a big decision which I'm not sure whether it is the right thing to do. Home is calling me and I will answer to that call if I have to. To friends, thanks for listening. And to Man, Cha'ein and Zin, thanks for making my weekend an enjoyable one. Do come again..............