jagger

the official Moves Like Jagger video is finally released!
not my kind of video but whatever it is Mr Levine is hot. Mwahahahaha

watching

i don't particularly enjoy events. Will always find a way / reason not to join in.

let's see... jamuan tahunan? fever... jamuan raye? have to take mother to hospital....
jamuan hari ****? owh..cannot. have to pick up somebody at the airport...

i would spare myself from looking at colleagues rushing for the buffet table like there-wont-be-food-if-you-dont-hurry-up. So, obviously i NEVER attend any majlis berbuka puasa in my entire life...Well, maybe once. And what a huge lesson that was.

But a retirement majlis is an exception. This may sound a little cliché but retirement is a one time thing for some people. Its a big thing. A birthday is a birthday, but the final birthday at a workplace is a BIG thing. A farewell is a farewell, a goodbye is a goodbye, but when an employee retires - he is leaving something that he is accustomed to. His routine, his coffee breaks, little chats in between work... My boss retired a few months ago. Yup, no excuse. I was there. The unofficial photographer with a hand-me-down D40 tried hard to make myself looking busy through out the event. Not exactly a memorable one. I just remembered the rest of us had to dress up alike. Shutter clicking all the way from morning till noon. Got him a book - Ustaz Zahazan's Hadis 40 Imam Nawawi. I was pretty sure it was a good choice; pocket sized, clear font, beautifully illustrated. So that's that.

Today, a colleague retires. A dear, dear lady who sits a few tables away from me.

The unofficial photographer again because no one else brought a camera (really?). It was supposedly just another event - speeches, gifts & etc (oh, i got her a lovely customised crystal tasbih & two Ustaz Zahazan's books - clad nicely in a small little decorative trunk). The uneasiness started when i was ready for some shots before her send-off. When she was signing the attendance book for one last time, tears ran down her face...And at that moment, mine were too. And i dont enjoy the rest of the day anymore.

I gave her two good hugs!! Real good & tight ones! i hate goodbyes & farewells! Gosh! I'm gonna miss her. Watching someone else taking over her table soon will be awful.

Budak-budak! I'm going to make you watch Hachiko after the exam. Goodbye is also the hardest word to say jugak, you know.

Can't wait...

I ordered some books a few weeks ago.

Just received a conformation email that my books are on their way! Suddenly the weekend is taking a longer time to end this time :-P

Behold!!!!!

Don't you just LOVE fiction? They don't make you worry.

poetry book

bought this through LeoBooks. I love the fact that it was a hard cover & really cheap. PLUS - it comes with a CD with the poem selected in the book, narrated by a few celebrities. If you're a teacher & don't think that you can narrate very well, this is a good book to add in to your shelf. Brief & easy explanation about the poet & the selected poem, and some recommendation of other good poems from the same poet.

And I'm just overwhelmed that my favourite : Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee is one of the selection :-))

But whenever I hear John Lithgow's voice, I always think of Lord Farquaad...... long pause.

under new management

never get too comfortable, especially when you are in a very puny position.

Somebody up there might just spring out of bed one morning and decide to spoil somebody's day. And the bad thing is? Yup, YOU could be the chosen one.

So just kick off with a blast of "Moves Like Jagger" on the way home and somehow God will open a window whenever he closes a door.

weekend

a weekend is supposed to be when you get time-off from work. Instead, i am dripping with sweat trying to accomplish the satisfaction of a so-called 'owning my own place & keeping it to look like a place I call home' mission.

Not subscribing a cable channel to this place is probably a good idea because I don't trust myself with house chores once I got a clicker in my hands. When I do, it'll be..."there goes my weekend".

Living room? done.
Room? done.
Laundry? halfway. The dryer is still spinning.
Cat's bath? probably tomorrow.
Breakfast? what breakfast?
PC area? ..........long pause, no answer.

Ignorance is bliss? Naahhhh.... and now the dryer's stopped spinning. Now where's the iron?

makan

everyone deserves to get a piece of sarcasm every now then. I believe a little sarcasm could bring down the egoism rate that somehow manage to 'grow' within you. You deserve a little slap on the face once in a while, just to remind you of yourself not to go beyond the borderline. And to me, this little slap is best given by someone very close to you, because if its from someone else - well, that's not going to help the rate go down, it's just gonna make things worse.

But somehow.....(this is where the-normal-part-of-being-a-human comes)
The 'slap' should be timely though. As being that person who is close to you, they should know you better when should a 'slap' is given. Just before going for a meal is definitely not the right time!

Stupid.

Now tell me, how this is suppose to make my day?