intolerable
i’m so annoyed.
deeply annoyed by this particular person who thought that he is right, ALL THE EFFING TIME 
and he talked, and talked, and talked AND talked.
and i have to accompany him for 2 effing weeks! infuriating! he gets on my nerves, every single time he talks!
i tried making i’m-so-bored look – didn’t work
i’m-so-sleepy look – not working.
i-really-need-to-go-to-the-loo look – keeps on talking and talking when i did really need to go to the loo!
anyway. just got back from Labuan yesterday noon. and at this moment, i am in Awana Kijal. nice, huh? not even 24 hours after touching KL soils, i’m now in Kertih pulak for the week. i’m currently picturing 4 nights with this intolerable person… and all the excitement just got sucked out of me and oh, yeah, on a 4-day weekend nonetheless, which will only happen once in 10 years! (clearly exaggerating).
hubby went to Bintulu on Monday. for the first time ever, our out-of-station schedule interconnected. but hubby was only away for 3 days.
the cute thing was, hubby missed me a lot that he followed me around the house! like, literally followed me around the house! haha! 
the first time it happened was after the 3 weeks in Kertih in December. i got back home; i was just glad to be home at last. made a tour around the house, checking the rooms, toilets etc. when i realised he was following me everywhere i looked at him, weird look on my face and then i said, “rindu kat i ea” 
he just grinned.
and the same thing happened yesterday 
we reached home pretty late yesterday. i went straight to hubby’s office in bukit jelutong from LCCT. hubby went to Friday prayer and i just stayed in the big-and-empty office. pretty spooky… followed him later to a car workshop. got his oil changed and what not. took 2 hrs to get everything sorted out 
hubby had a badminton tournament today so we went to Pertama to buy his racquet. and then, we dropped by at my parents’ house.
mom’s rearing chickens now and dad created an enclosure for the chickens. without a roof. and all three of them decided to fly off! pity mom had to start all over again.
reached home around 10 PM. and hubby started following me around the house
i miss him so much…
i’ve been meaning to write about my life after the wedding.
people occasionally asked me what it’s like to be married. i don’t really have an answer. to tell the truth, since we’re apart for most of the time, sometimes i still feel like we were still engaged.
the wedding felt like a long time ago – or like it happened in another reality. end of this week mark the 3rd month i am a wife.
i actually cooked everyday. not every other day. everyday. hubby loves what i cooked on the fourth day of the week, we’ll eat out as hubby took a pity on me but i love cooking for him. i love watching him eat what i cook.
and i’ve never been happier. complete. i feel at peace whenever we sat together on the sofa, watching the news. how he will ask what drinks i would like when he went to the kitchen. when he massaged my feet when i whined about how tired i was.
we have dinner quite late everyday because we reached home at 7 PM.
while i cooked, hubby will help me washed clothes and hang them. then, we had dinner together, usually it was closed to 10 PM. then, hubby will clean the kitchen and sink while i took my bath.
it’s pretty much the same routine every working day. and i’m not whining about it!
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weekends
i can’t remember the last time i had a free weekend
last weekend’s schedule was full to the brim.
went out Friday night for our little date. hubby’s idea in the first place.
we went to Mid Valley after office hours – searching for nothing in particular. we thought of having dinner at McDonalds (hubby’s fave fast food) but were stalled by the promoters in front of carrefour for a freaking an hour, selling electrical appliances made in Italy.
this lady came to us after the payment counter, persuading us to register for the free gift. she was very persistent, so i shrugged and wth, it’s free anyway. what we didn’t know was that, inside the free gift boxes were vouchers with RM 50 – RM 300 discounts and on some of them were pictures of the appliances.
it means, if i decided to buy something using the discount vouchers with pictures on it, i’ll be getting the appliance as shown on the vouchers for free.
ok, nothing spectacular with that. they were showing us the microwave oven (which, i think, shouldn’t be called ‘microwave’ because they don’t use ‘microwave’ wth la), induction cooker and humidifier. each of the stuff was priced above RM3K.
so, when i tore my voucher open and saw the induction cooker picture on it, both of the promoters went wild.
they thought it was being misprinted and tried to take the voucher away from me. i refused and tried to hold them to their words. hey, it’s what being printed there, isn’t it?
anyway, after calling their managers to confirm, it turned out that only 5 vouchers from the whole lot were printed with the induction cooker, as part of the Chinese New Year promotion.
it was my first time to ever win something like that (okay, i’ve won a car once – but that’s the fraudulent scheme ) hubby looked at me, i looked at him – contemplating whether we should part with RM 3K to buy the oven to get the free RM 3K induction cooker.
then, another promoter came and created more confusion. it was noisy and i just can’t stop laughing. it was all so surreal, and stupid too.
in the end, after an hour, hubby decided to let go of the vouchers. oh yeah, we have to buy the appliances then and there for the vouchers to be valid. wth, la kan… give us chance to think over la wey. RM 3K is not a small amount, hokey?
what angered me about the whole thing was the statement they made when they knew both of us are engineers: Gaji engineers kan byk… haih, perceptions. sapa la yang bagi idea mcm ni kt org…
oh well.
what a night, that was…
anyway, on saturday, we went to Jasin, to hubby’s friend house for small housewarming-cum-reunion. hubby drove like mad, as usual. on the way, there were 3 Porsche on the road. and hubby pun pegi la cucuk the Porches. and he drove 140+ km/hr okay, not so fun when you are in the car too, you know.
it was nerve-wrecking, with so many cars on the road and what not… fortunately, the 3 Porsche didn’t really took the bite bait and hubby ‘won’ or in his term “apa ni, Porsche pon boleh tercicir ngan Satria?” oh well. thank god the 3 cars exited at Seremban so the journey to Ayer Keroh after that was more relaxed and peaceful
we reached the house from KL in 2 hours. tried to be helpful, but after 5 minutes of slicing watermelon, i got injured. the knife was damn sharp. i bled like never before. the amount of blood shocked myself, even. i am used to cut myself when cooking. i just don’t have enough respect for knives anywhere. so seeing the blood tricking all over my hand, somewhat panicked me a little. fortunately, i had a band-aid stock up somewhere in my bag, from the previous cut a few days back
after wrapping the injured thumb, i just lepak-ed. haha. the other couples arrived after 3 PM. the plan included overnight in Melaka, but hubby and i have other prior engagements so after the Pool game, we will go back home.
we started to clean up the fish, squids and chickens around 5 PM - lama dah tak ber barbecue nih… and we started the fire after dark. the marinade uses blended chillies, an ingredient i have never used in a marinade before. but it was damn good.
we watched Pool game while eating, and hubby actually fell asleep on the couch. the friends advised us to just stay overnight and head back home first thing in the morning, but hubby was persistent. plus, we didn’t pack any clothes at all.
we started the journey at 1045 PM and we arrived in Kemensah at 1230. an hour 45 minutes from Jasin to Kemensah. this time, hubby drove 160 km/hr all the way. he was sleepy and one way to not fell asleep was to drive fast. so he did. i tried not to fell asleep myself.
it was somewhat great too because the Seremban – Sg Besi stretch was a bit unbearable for me. i don’t know why, but that stretch just boring me.
and yesterday, we went to my aunt’s house in Subang. well, my mom, sis and i did. hubby, dad and Harith went to Kajang for a cousin’s birthday party.
we went to discuss another cousin’s engagement ceremony in June. oooh, rasa mcm seronok balik nak prepare utk wedding ni.
the cousin wants my sister to help her design/decorate the pelamin etc. and the sister requested me to help her too
oh wow… a bit lengthy entry for 2 days, eh?
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past couple of weeks
i have been meaning to write. always half way and then laid forgotten in the draft sections.
for the previous entry, i was a bit surprised to realise that i’ve not really been taking loads of photos in 2009.
was i that busy? or have i lost the excitement? would it be too late if i want to start “a photo a day” mission for 2010? to improve skills and my observations? and to actually ensure that my 2k investment is worthwhile?
anyways, weddings, out-stations (hubby, not me) and reunion have been the themes for the past month.
hubby’s lower-secondary school friends held his reception last 2 weeks. they tied the knot 3 days after eidul fitri, actually.
it was the first wedding i attended on hubby’s side. 5 of his friends got married last year but i only attended the last one. either i was away or hubby was away…
hubby’s friends are 27 year olds (this year) marrying 27 y.o girls which, in return, made me the youngest in the group. there are fun and out-going. very relaxed group so i don’t really mind hanging out with them.
we attended 2 weddings that day – one in FRIM and another was at Laman, in Kg. Sg. Penchala. the one in FRIM was simple. 2 joined weddings, a brother and sister held the receptions together in the same hall.
another bride, who was a friend of theirs, also held her solemnisation the very same day close to the FRIM hall. funny thing was, the bride, complete with her wedding regalia (and the groom) came to the FRIM hall too
we didn’t realised she was there until she came to our table and laughed out loud (like, literally LOL ). haha! we were really surprised! we were talking about her before and about her reception that night but it didn’t crossed my mind to actually see her then and there. i don’t think i will get to see another bride crashes a wedding in my lifetime, don’t you think? who does it, anyway? but they are a long time friend, i would be touched too if a friend of mine did the same for me.
i’ve met the bride before hubby and i even got engaged. we went to her eid open house in 2008. that day, she told hubby that she just broke up with her boyfriend of 6 years because, she woke up 1 day and felt that she didn’t think she wanted to marry him. simple as it sounds, i kind of understand her situation… and about a year later, they got married. apparently, they met up again quite recently and they decided to tie the knot. jodoh kuat, kan?
her reception that night was very modern. complete with dance floor and first dance by the newly-weds. it was a seat-in, and we came without an invitation card! imagine the horror when we arrived, the event has already started and we were told that we need to register to find out where we should be seating. not so funny when it was at an open space and everyone can see you at the entrance. i contemplated to go back but was saved by the groom’s mother who ushered us in.
the food was too simple, imho. i imagined a lot of money must have been spent for the dinner but i don’t think it was worth the money. and watching the floor manager with his waiting staff bustling in and out of the kitchen, serving food and coffee brought back loads of memories. i missed being a waiting staff. hard work for cheap pay but fun nonetheless.
after the wedding the 6 couples went to a mamak in Kepong. it’s something, you know, when you see all of your friends (in this case, hubby’s) already have partners… we chatted and from there i realised that most of them have known each other since uni days. hubby told me they’ve been visiting this mamak since long ago. this week, one of the couple is hosting a house-warming in Malacca. the tentative looks pack, from lunch until a barbeque at night. i was thinking of going to Melaka town again to snap a bit more photos of the historical building but hubby does not seem keen to spend the night there. we’ll see
i’ve also attended KMS reunion at the college last week. Hubby was away to Bintulu (again) the whole week so i stayed overnight in Dot’s house. met her mom up, close and personal for the first time. very petite, just like her
the red colour was a good choice in my opinion, it stood out a bit, although the table covers and what not were all in red too
only a third of us managed to come but it was fun catching up with the lot. i’ve also heard loads of surprising news on the table… like one of us are planning to be married in May and have yet to start preparing for the wedding (gasp!)
Kiko said our batch is ‘insignificant’. there are only 33 of us, the least number of students in a batch from all the batches that were there. we didn’t win anything from the day. oh wait, Acab was one of the four winners of musical chair competition that was fun.
the programme weren’t as smooth as i expected. but well, it was organised by the students, so i shouldn’t be expecting bombastic things, huh? but nonetheless, it provided a platform to meet everyone you’ve not met since graduation, since college ends etc.
it ended around noon, when we started to take batch photos.
then, when the rest headed back home, the four of us decided to go to Jusco in Seremban 2 (heck, last time we only have Terminal One, Seremban Parade and Ocean!) and we hang out in Starbucks for 3 hours!
photos during the reunion already uploaded in facebook. most of the photos were taken by Kiko, though
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happy 2010!
Happy 2010, peeps!
been quite a while since last update. am home for the past week.
got back from Kertih on friday ‘noon and headed back to lenggong the next day. meeting the relatives and to see the room where the hubby was born. and the relatives in lenggong eat loads of fish. no wonder hubby eats fish a lot
went back to work on monday – feeling much like a zombie. exhausted and the first thing that the boss said when i came to see him – “you are dark!”
can’t help it. even when i didn’t go into the plant the last 3 days in Kertih… hubby said so too. “i’m tanned”, is what i preferred to say…
handed in my annual leaves application – for 2 days starting the 30th. hubby’s going away again next week; fortunately, only for a week. i thought both of us needed a break before we will be apart again. and personally, i think i deserved the break after 3 weeks stint in Kertih.
it looks like that we’ll be apart most of 2010 too. 2009 saw us being apart for 5 months… 2010 seems like it will be too. although not for a long period at one time… but still…
appraisal awaits on the 15th. i’m really not looking forward to it… what have i achieved in 2009 that i can be proud of? none, actually. it’s same old, same old. so i guess i won’t get a good increment nor bonus this year…
photos i loved in 2009 (will add more later when i have time to browse through my hd…)
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another weekend in kertih
this week was nothing short of exciting.
i’ve met all kinds of people here: the fake, the arrogant, the kind-and-caring, the snappy, the i-think-i’m-better-than-you.
but i cannot just stand one type of people: who looked at us with half of one eye just because of our skin colour.
ok, it was highlighted to us during the KO meeting that he had just got back from his Masters study in UK. So what? there are loads more out there who graduated from all parts of the world. that does not make you better than me, does it?
and his attitude is just pure arrogance. our project leader and our boss were presenting; explaining bits and pieces of the project scopes etc. and there he was busy texting and whatnot with his phone.
and there’s a time when he almost burst out laughing when we told him that the 1-day training planned for them will be taught by our project leader – a woman. like, the training won’t be as worthy if it is not trained by a Caucasian
she knows more than you do and that’s why your company wants us for the project. it beats me. the way they all think that their works are better than any of us.
it’s not just me who shared this sentiment. my other colleagues who were present then also can’t stand their attitudes.
it’s been a subject we’ve always talked about during lunch and dinner. hearing their names ruined the day for us.
too bad we have to work closely with them. at least until the 24th…
i’ve also met a Haji – whose lips never stops smiling, who speaks softly and kindly, and who treats us equally. he was our work leader last week but he has things on his plate that needs his attention so he passed us over to another colleague of his.
a totally different character. his nonchalant attitude caused us headaches at times. and sometimes he doesn’t seem to understand what we agreed upon.
one time, due to that, we were chasing his car back and forth for 15 minutes on the road to the plant.
and yesterday, we were finally hold off from entering the plant because we weren’t wearing a high cut safety-shoes. we were informed during the safety briefing before but it was overlooked by all the Polis Bantuan for 2 weeks up until yesterday. we were barred from entering the process area until we are wearing high-cut shoes.
one thing that i don’t regret coming here is the company i have with me. the two colleagues were never less than helpful. we clicked like we never did before.
anyway, the hubby’s coming to town today but since my phone hasn’t been ringing, i guess he’s still not awake yet. haaih. pukul berapa nak sampai ni….
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18 m
i’m in kertih since sunday… and will continue be here until the 24th.
it is my first time to be in the plant. all these while, when i went to Kertih, what i had to do was only in the proximity of the admin building.
i can count on one hand, the number of times i’ve been in a control room.
i attended the NIOSH training last year and after a year has gone by, i have finally been given the chance to go to a plant – for field check/verification.
i thought it was an easy work. well, maybe not easy but simple. go to the plant, locate the equipment/relief valve/control valve, jot down the details as stated on their tags. but i was completely wrong
we have to plan where to go, what to do, who will be responsible for certain things. no wonders a colleague of mind dah serik nak pegi field check.
and then, climbing the platform.
at first, i was optimistic. i thought i could do it. but looking at how high the monkey ladders go, without proper support – i declined the first time, and rather stayed on the firm ground for the whole 3 hours.
the next day, the 2 guys climbed up and again i stayed down, collecting data on all the equipments and control valves that i could find. that day, the highest that i climbed was 6 m – with proper ladder and platform.
looking from afar, i was underestimating the height of the columns. looking at the top directly from point zero – gosh! without proper harness nor ladder, i won’t even try!
luckily i was born with the XX-chromosome. the responsibilities to climb the columns and equipments did not lie on my shoulders
the highest that we have to climb so far is 33 m. the highest so far i’ve climbed was 18 m, yesterday. it felt like climbing a 5-storey building, using stairs. if it was at any other place, i would rather take the lifts than stairs…
when i had to trace the pipelines, from relief valves to the equipments – looking up, down, and sideways from the 18-m high platform, i felt like the earth was spinning. horror gila…. and it was a web-based platform; you can see the ground directly from where you are standing. people who didn’t have a fear of fight would still feel some fear, i reckoned.
then, we had to cross to another area – crossing 1 area to another includes a series of climbing up and down the monkey ladders. although not to the extreme, but when you are at a high altitude, a 7 steps ladder can be very intimidating.
and i’m tanned! working directly under the sun – has its perks
and i have another 1 week and a half to go
i’m using the internet, tethering from my phone. kinda cool, you know
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wedding update – 2/3
Short note (tiru Shan )
Last night i was busy tidying up the house, cooked, cleaned up a bit here and there, helped hubby installed lamp on the ceiling (which in the end, a failed attempt because the switch/source went MIA) and by the time we finished dinner, i was too tired to sedut the photos from hubby’s laptop…
Part 2 – The Moment
anyway, continuing from previous entry, i was there at roughly 410 PM and the bilal was just about to azan.
i sat near to mom the whole time, silent. i’m a person of few words around my parents, especially when it comes to heart-to-heart talk. i do not know what’s in her mind; she, too, is a person of a few words.
when we were finally called up to the praying area, my feet were already numbed. my long skirts was too tight for me to be able to sit properly, so imagined sitting in an uncomfortable position for at least 45 minutes
the 2 friends sat next to me and i kinda glad that they did.
hubby looked relaxed to me. he looked really handsome in his white baju melayu and songkok. it was the first time i saw him wearing songkok and my god, he’s handsome (he’s my hubby, so i can praise him all i want )
the tazkirah before the nikah was very touching. it was a moment where i thought about how everything will change from now on…
i can no longer rely on my mom to organise my life.
i could no longer depends on dad to set up my future.
my allegiance is now with my hubby. hijau kata dia, hijau lah kata saya.
it’s no longer what my parents think – it’s about what he will think if i do something. my responsibilities is to please him as syurga terletak di bawah tapak kaki suami.
and his responsibilities is to take care of me. he is responsible for my well-being.
when he eats, i eat.
if he has clothes on his body, i should too.
tanggungjawab suami adalah ke atas isteri. berat tu…
syahdu betul rasa masa tu. termenung sekejap.
and then, everything ended and it was finally THE time…
it touched my heart when i saw my FIL having a hard time controlling his tears. i only realised he was crying when he had a hard time replying to my dad; requesting to start the akad…
at first, i was really nervous. i was holding Dot’s hand all the time.
after the saksi told him to akad the second time, i LOL-ed! the nervousness just flew out of my body and i suddenly became really relaxed.
he told me later that he spoke very slow (i.e. tak kuat bukan sepatah2) on the first try because rasa sebak sgt when he learnt that his father was crying…
and then, bersalam with the families.
i had so many things i want to apologise to my mom. siap ada karangan dalam pala otak. but just before our hand touched, dah menangis dah… tak terluah apa dalam pala ni… in the end, all that i said was, fira mintak maaf byk2 mak, doakan kitorg… berair gak la mata…
all were saying to me, happy betul pengantin ni… hah! gelak je…
i guess, i’m easygoing like that………
Part 3 – The Celebration SOON!
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wedding update – 1/3
hello peeps!
one helluva long holiday has ended. wish i could turn back time and experience them all over again
i want to keep a memory of how my wedding days went by actually but since we don’t have streamyx at home (we only have one mobile broadband and that belongs to mr. hubby), i’ve been hard pressed to write.
i managed to sneak in a few minutes online here and there (fb lah, what else?) but writing an entry will require a longer time and i don’t seem to have that time anymore …
where to start, eh?
firstly, my regrets…
i’ve regretted not managing my invitations more properly. i’ve missed out a few important friends and didn’t even mailed out my cards! not even 1. the one that has my card got them personally from me.
my second regret:
not hiring a wedding planner! the amount of work my sister had to do was astounding and she even broke down the night of my reception! i felt terribly guilty and kept thinking to myself : shoulda hire a wedding planner, shoulda hire a wedding planner…………
but on the other hand, my sister did one hell of a great job. i especially love the pelamin we had at the hall. very cozy and very personal, imho.
my third regret:
not spending more time with friends that came by; friends that arrived after 2-3 hours of losing their way to my house or after 2-3 hours stuck in a traffic.
and i know i’ve not been fair to my maid of honour. i’m sorry, babe, if you feel out of place or lost that day.
but overall, the days went much better that i expected. Alhamdulillah.
Part 1 – Before
the morning of the solemnisation went very slowly, me thinks. probably because i was dead nervous. i was restless, wishing the time to move faster that they seemed that time. everyone else were so busy elsewhere and i was there, alone.
now, you definitely DO NOT want to be alone before your solemnisation.
i was lying on the floor, trying to catch the butterflies in my stomach when 2 of my friends arrived. finally! somebody to talk to!
and suddenly, everyone was back from wherever they were and flocked the room – my aunts and sis were busy finishing up the hantaran, my photographer arrived on time and i was standing in one instance and then sat on another instance waiting for my make-up artiste to arrive.
the event should start right after ‘asr prayer and at 245 PM, i was still waiting for my make-up artiste!
but he did arrived eventually and all was done and completed by 345 PM! very efficient make-up artiste, he was. should have taken a picture with him
i was told by my sister that she likes the make-up for both my nikah and sanding. and i liked them too!
fortunately, the make-up artiste for my nikah was a distant relative of mr. hubby so i didn’t have to pay a fortune for his service. for my reception, i’ve paid the make-up artiste as much as i paid the price of one of my dress!
but totally worth it. i especially loves my eyebrow now
i also managed to stain my wedding dress with my lipstick!
and oh, i also found out that the dress had a few tears. i bought a chiffon beaded cloth so it was extremely fragile and i can’t recall when and where the tears could have happened.
fortunately, the long veil kind of covered all that up
anyway, at 4 PM, we made our way to the mosque. the family rode in one car to the mosque.
it was all jovial and no teary bleary situation. well, sort of.
it took ages from the moment we arrived to the start of the event. haaaiih. to be honest, it did crossed my mind – to cancel everything and just went home. setan2 tu byk. i kept reminding myself that it was all jitters…
Part 2 – the moment……
will continue tomorrow. and oh, i’ve got the pictures from Ted Adnan, my photog for the day but there are in hubby’s PC. will upload tonight if i got time there’s close to 1300 photos to go through!
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