How old r u? (Specially for Nikky)

Nikky! Your wish is my command!!
You wanted to hear Amsyar talk nonsense right? That's what you're gonna get here! I managed to record him on candid camera and asked the million-dollar question and got that five-dollar answer from him (you know...five-dollar...a slap on the cheek!)...and he answer it with a no-guilt look on his face some more!
"What's your name?"
Amsyar: "Mohd Amsyar..."
"How old are you?"
Amsyar: "Mohd 2..." (on normal circumstances, he'll ans properly with a "2..."...but on abnormal circumstances...you'll get a "Mohd 2..." or some other rubbish that he can think of!!!)

Geylang Si Paku Geylang...

My blood test results came alright. No arthritis! The ointment that the Dr gave previously helped to reduce the swelling as well as the knee pain, but the ankle pain didn't subside...so the Dr I saw today prescribed Mobic tablet for me (he says it's more effective than ointment!). As usual, I forgot to take the medication after buka just now...so just took it now, since I remembered. And I just realised now, after reading up on Mobic...that I just took 1 panadol extra less than 1/2 hr ago!! And I also didn't tell them abt my gastric & bowel troubles. Shit. I hope nothing happens to me.

Ok...on a lighter note...I had applied for whole day leave today so no work! After my Poly appt. I went to Century Square to do some errands. 1 of it was to Nokia Service Centre to enquire abt the repair of my internally-injured phone which Amsyar dropped yesterday morning. Nak marah pun tak kuasa...nasi dah jadi bubur! At the most, he's banned from touching my hp already. Anyways, Nokia is able to repair for me FOC...except, the slider is out of stock, they'll confirm when the stock is coming and then I shall send for repair on Fri (coz I need the phone for work and they need to take my phone for 3 days).

After completing my errands, I headed back home. Got appt. to bring Mom to Geylang...she bought baju kurung & capal for Bro on Sat when she went with Sis, but the baju was a lil tight while the capal was a lil oversized...so she wanted to get them changed. I promised to bring her on Mon (today) since I'm on leave. So once I was home, she got ready & we left. Once I parked at Pasar Geylang, si "pakcik" ni sibuk nak tgk lif (the capsule lift @ S'pore Post visible from the carpark). So I told Mom I'll spend some quality time sightseeing with Amsyar while she do her shopping peacefully (both Amsyar & I prefer sightseeing than shopping!). For close to 1/2hr, it was just Amsyar & I standing & squatting like beggars at the walkway in front of the fence under the MRT track facing S'pore Post (hmmm...I seem to excel in babysitting him!). I bet my Mom enjoyed her shopping spree (since I wasn't there to control her spending! She came back to the car with loads of plastic, but I didn't get a chance to inspect!)

Today was possibly my best ever trip to Geylang. I always questioned Mom abt her frequent trips to Geylang with Sis "aper yg ada kat Geylang tu, tak jelak2 ke gi Geylang?!" Now I know! You want to know? Watch this clip:

If only this was for REAL...

Seems syiok when you watch people play on TV & you start remarking "so easy, itu pun tak tau!" etc etc. Only when I played it, albeit online, that I realise how luck really counts in this game. I may be so close to solving a puzzle, making $$$$ filling up all the consonents & wasting $$$$ buying all the vowels...and there the hook of the wheel decided to "visit" LOSE A TURN la...BANKRUPT la...

Veronica (extreme right, not in picture. oh, btw, I deliberately selected a guy to play next to me!) won the 1st round - that's only because I didn't freaking know how to play this freaking game (hey Nikky, how's my attempt to sound like you?! Hehe). I won the 2nd round. Aherm. I won the 3rd round (dah get the hang of it la tu!). Veronica won the 4th round. Timmy, the guy next to me won't none. Just when I thought I was winning some car or vacation in the last round, my 30 mins trial version expired. Damn! If only this was for REAL!!

PS: If Nashira is reading this -> See what u've done to your Di! Instead of sleeping, she's playing Wheel of Fortune online @ 1.30am!!

Cobaan Ramadhan

It's been a tough Ramadhan at office.

I came to work 1 fine morning and found 3 hot hunks in the office.

They've been standing there at my colleague's (Joanne) cubicle since 8 Sep, like Aladdin's genie. Joanne is seated next to a row of muslims...and I swear these 3 hunks are really diminishing the muslim's pahala puasa day by day!!

The 1st day they arrived, as one would expect, I was the 1st to remark when I passed by and caught sight of them: "Hai...kalau la we really have such hot male colleagues in this office...kan semangat sikit nak dtg kerja!" Only to have the kakak-kakak hushing me "Hish! Awak tu posa!"

I just replied with a grin (for obvious reasons...coz I was on a 1-week break from fasting!).

How does my ugliness or my uglier soul affect a stranger, tell me?!

I controlled & controlled...till I finally accepted that it's beyond my tolerance level (when I cried under the shower)! I just have to let it out.

On Sat, a stranger on Multiply invited me to be his contact. Now those who know my life story would know why my Multiply and all my other sites are privatised. To prevent unauthorised access/viewing by an asshole and anyone remotely connected to the asshole. To protect my family's privacy, if not my own.

So by nature, if I privatise my sites, I decide who gets access right? So this stranger, a teacher, by the name of Elmi Zulkarnain, who has 100+ contacts in his friends list messaged me "Hi...care to add me in your contact list? Ikhlas..."

Now, you think I'll just add? No way! It's my prerogative to filter. I checked his site, 1 of the people in the list was my Sis' best friend (her college mate). So I was quite cautious. I asked Sis if he could be remotely connected to the person I'm trying to prevent access and she assured me confidently that he isn't. She told me that she saw his site in her best friend's site, so checked his profile out (same profession mah!) so perhaps that's how he got linked to my site.

Anyways, I thought it would be rude to not reply, at least I should let him know my concerns. So on Sun, I replied:

"Salaam! Tks for the msg...I'm generally quite cautious abt adding people & all...don't think we know each other? Do you really know all the 100+ ppl in your contact list or you add any and every one?

Any particular reason why you would like to be added in my contact list?"

What kind of reply would I be expecting from the above? Some ikhlas answers like "no we don't know each other, I just happen to stumble upon your site and curious to see the photos..." or "oh, just wanted to widen my circle of friends"...you know something to that effect. Afterall, he gave me this impression of a cultured gentleman. He's into puisi (poetry) and seems to be quite popular in the media. And if by any remote chance, if I feel that yes, this guy is sincere and there's no hidden agenda to let a 3rd party view my site, then I shall accept his invitation (although I'll still control his accessibility to my albums).

No reply on Mon and yesterday as of the time I checked last night. I thought he'd know I wasn't interested to expand my contacts frivolously and would just let it be. Tonight, I saw 2 replies from him:

1st:

"Salam ..
Thanks."

2nd:

"Oh ya, btw I made a mistake. I don't befriends pretenders and wannabes. Especially ugly ones with uglier souls.."

I swear when I saw the above, my immediate reaction was to reply: "Good for you!"...but being Ramadhan (I've to uphold certain promises to Allah), I controlled myself, decided it's best to leave him to Allah & closed the window w/o sending the reply! (If only I can be like that 365 days and not just Ramadhan right? Trying...trying...). I thought, why shld I even waste my time & sin over a stranger who holds no weight in my life? The good thing out of the above was that I was damn happy to discover what a "cultured refined gentleman" he was...that persona just didn't fit the picture of him I had in my mind when I checked out his site. If he thought being popular & creatively successful puts him up there on the pedestal, he may be deceiving himself.

Why I cried? You see, I know I'm ugly and I know how ugly my soul is. Something which I've always reiterated to people. However, I don't think anyone (esp a STRANGER) has a right to judge me! Especially when he doesn't even know me. I can't believe a harmless question would hurt his ego so badly that his true self would surface!! I feel like telling him to mirror himself. Neither is he good-looking himself (I can post his picture here, but won't stoop to that level...just the name will suffice, hopefully if by any remote chance anyone knows him can counsel him) nor his soul...ah wth, his reply speaks about his soul, who am I to comment?

I always ask all my new friends whom I know online...what is it about me that made them so drawn to me, despite knowing what a mean and bitchy person I am. I welcome anyone to leave me...anytime. One will be surprised to know that Kamaliah was the first person I got to know online and we're like long-time buddies till today. And then it was Shazadi. My family knows her now and we've even lived together for 3 days. And these people initiated the friendship with a message on Friendster, which I have the liberty to not reply since I don't reply to female's messages esp those who offer a hand in friendship. My 1st reaction would be "oookkaaayy...I'm straight!" But something compelled me to respond. Tehzeeb (who'd add anybody and everybody to her contact list) was also an online buddy for many years before we started chatting more and I discovered she's my Dad's cousin's daughter! I mean, these very people today hold a special place in my life and heart. You people, don't you ever regret & wish I'm not in your life?!?!

I wish I know what these people saw in me to value me so much bcoz not a single day have I lived loving myself. I detest myself and my very existence.

I don't know what I intended to express in this entry...but I guess I just had to let it out bcoz I still can't fathom how my Madhuri-wannabe attitude, my ugliness and my uglier-than-my-face soul affects a stranger?

Arjun Rampal told me in Ek Ajnabee: "Mama told me...don't be talking to the stranger...don't be talking to the stranger...stranger is danger!"

Tipu Singh

No one is luckier than Amsyar to have me as an aunt! Really. :-P

Last night I was chatting with Nikky while eating mini Smarties in bed. When I finished, I thought the box was q. cute...and so an idea struck me! Since Amsyar is like semut/tikus(appears wherever there's food!)...and he likes to make his way into my room & mess up my side table, I decided to leave the 2 empty boxes of mini Smarties there as a trap to lure the rat (who's more of a bRAT actually!)...his reaction would definitely be worth capturing!

I went to sleep after telling Nikky abt my plan. What I didn't know, however, was that my wish would be fulfilled immediately after I woke up for Sahur. He was already awake, so he joined us at the kitchen table. After I finished eating and headed inside...he ran after me from behind after grabbing his toy bus & crocodile bendable pen...overtook me...reached my door 1st & started knocking "Assamaykom!". I replied "Wa'alaikumsalam!" & opened the door. He dashed in (tau pun takut, pleaded me "Maasi bukak lampu")...I switched on the lights for him...he happily looked at my side table, saw something (that thing!)...dashed for it...and...

The Crybaby

You'll be surprised to learn:
1. How vain he is - he instantly stops crying when he realised he's being filmed!
2. What a crybaby he is - which also shows how stubborn he can be when he can't get what he wants!



This is the 1st time I decided to film him at his worst behaviour threatening to shame him "publicly" hoping he'd stop his nonsense...but he didn't!! Actually what happened was that since the car was brought down earlier in the afternoon, I kept the car in the balcony so that he doesn't drive it around the house as the wheels would have been dirtied (since it's almost his bedtime, I wasn't abt to wipe the wheels for him to play either). Usually, when the car is in the living room, he doesn't drive it. When it's in the balcony (charging), he insists he wants to drive the car & adamantly begs that we bring it out to the living room for him. Look at how he tries to lift it up himself & knowing he can't, he cries! I love to disturb him when he's in that mood...don't know what he was mumbling at the end of the video! So cute the face! I had a blast laughing at him in the presence of his mom laughing in the background!

Raising Amsyar...

I'd do anything in the world to see him beaming with happiness like this every second of his life!

1st Ramadhan

I had a wonderful start to Ramadhan this year. To begin with, I'm on MC today. Couple of months ago, my ankle started swelling/paining. It's been straining (since I walk a lot at work) that I told myself I should consult the Dr. I procrastinated becoz (don't laugh ok!)...I think my legs should be waxed 1st! Yes I'm vain, but what if I ended up being checked by the Dr I've a crush on?!

When I finally waxed, I still didn't go becoz I was too busy at work day in day out. 2 wks after that, my knee started swelling pulak! Very nice. Just on the 1st day of trawih!! I can't bend my knees, I can't squat, I've problems standing up after sitting down...and walking is a chore. So I woke up on Mon 1 Sep telling myself "to hell with work!". I decided to get myself checked, so I made a trip to Tampines Polyclinic.

And here, my 1st Ramadhan tests took place 1 after another:

1. In bus, just 2-3 stops before Tampines Polyclinic, 1 chinese boy started playing music on his hp (chinese song!). Alamak...aku mmg pantang pe'el buruk cam ni. Hello! Not everybody enjoy your stupid chinese music ok!? How wld anyone like to hear some cool hindi music?! It was very tough anger-management for me coz I was seated just next to the hammer meant for breaking window in case of emergency! That guy must be tired of living! There was 2 Indian lady (possibly mother & daughter) 2 seat in front of me. She kept looking back at that boy, obviously not a supporter of such uncivilised behaviour in public! I was so close to asking her "excuse me, wld u like to have some hindi music?" but it was 1st Ramadhan...so...CONTROL! Thank God I reached my bus stop before I reached for the hammer!

2. Took my Q. no. Got seated at Registration. Quite a long q. of patients, but the q. moved very fast. Tried to catch some sleep while waiting (ngantuk ah, barely had 5 hrs of sleep plus deprived of sleep the last few days due to Amsyar's birthday). Just when I was abt to enter la-la land, some lame malay kental song started playing in the background. I turned to my right across the other seats...a young Sec (God knows maybe Pri!) Sch girl was seated, hugging her equally young (but not wearing uniform) bf and the guy was playing song on his hp for their listening pleasure. I swear if it was some Rabbani, Raihan or Hijjaz nasyids, I wldn't have minded. Unfortunately, or fortunately, there was no hammer at Polyclinic! The other issue that irritated me is this teenage dating. With all due respect to those who started dating in school & went to important places like clinics etc with your bf/gf instead of parents/family member, everytime I see such things, this is what goes through in my heart/mind: "Kesian eh...kecik2 mak bapak dah mampos! Nasib baik ada matair utk bawak gi Dr, kalau tak mesti mampos!". Independent la sikit. Hey, I'm not jealoused ok, not that I wasn't blessed with such pleasures, as a matter of fact, my refusal to have my bf accompanying me for my errands & vice versa are cause of fights in my relationships! Everyone's entitled to their own opinion...I know. Just that I feel going Dr/hospital, job interviews, registration for schools etc, all these we should be going with our parent/family member. Kalau parents suruh temankan gi Dr, susah, kalau bf/gf, tak payah suruh pun sanggup! Besok dah kahwin, spouse suruh teman, liat! That's what I observe, sebab tu I anti all these behaviour. Family is more important. Usually I keep quiet, maybe coz it's 1st Ramadhan, so I can't take all these nonsense.

3. Waited in front of Room No. 23. Dr Rekha Rajan. Hey, I remember this room & this name. Amsyar used to see her during his early infant days (jaundice) for abt 1 mth. No, the Dr didn't irritate me. While waiting for my No. (5th in the Q)...there was this baby in front of me. Same thing la, infant vaccination (ala kesian nya). I think the baby just had her injection, so a bit restless & in pain. She was being carried by the maid. Next to the maid, the mother. I know the mother coz the baby's feature just like her. Except the baby has naturally brown feature (hair & bulu roma, eyebrow all)...she has dyed-brown hair...but typical chinese feature. Maybe married ang-mo? Dunno & don't care. Not the topic here. Finally...this is what irritated me. The maid was carrying the baby and the bag was in front. She struggled to take out the pacifier for the baby. The ma'am just sit & cross her leg watching. Then their no. flashed. The ma'am walked in front...holding the child medical book with the necessary clinic forms. The maid struggles to carry the child comfortably and took the bag. The ma'am open the clinic door, went slightly inside to "konon" hold the door for the maid (actually probably for the baby la!)...but not giving the maid enough space to enter comfortably w/o having to manouver herself to avoid the baby or the big bag hiting the wall/door. Thank God nothing happened. Shortly after they went out. Still the ma'am came out lenggang lenggok. I find it puzzling how you can bear the pain of pregnancy & childbirth, but have no passion to handle your cute baby!! Pemalas nak mampos! Make babies champion! Jaga malas! She was so detached from her baby. On the other hand, the baby is so comfortable in the hands of the maid. She so sayang the baby like her own baby. Aiyoh...I see my Sis & Mom fight to handle the baby, I yg pening kepala, in the end I step in "sudah2, let me carry, dua2 jgn carry!" In all honesty, I had thought my Sis wld turn out to be like that ma'am becoz she pemalas nak mampos...but I was wrong! So when she didn't turn out to be like that...it pissed me off to see what I saw today.

I finally saw Dr Rekha Rajan who ordered a blood test to rule out Rheumatoid Arthritis 1st before refering me to a specialist if the swelling/pain doesn't subside. Results will be known on 15 Sep. She gave me some ointment, hopefully it'd help.

Ya...so that was the 3 things that irritated the shit out of me on my 1st Ramadhan this year!

Other than these 3 the other thing that constantly bugs me is this group of bikers who starts vrooming and making a din from 2am every night at the adjacent's block "senior citizen's corner"!! I hate it becoz I'll be startled out of my slumber by the bike & laughter noise which is not healthy! After that, I'll have problems trying to get back to sleep. Sekali dua, I can call the NPC to ask them to patrol (insted of playing games or talking cock in the Centre!) & control the noise. Takkan I must on my hp every single morning just for this, right? I can just hope 1 day the authorities will use their brain and police all these. Afterall, they're the smart alec who created the "senior citizen corner" which is not used by the senior citizen...but the junior citizen for romancing and for the mat motors and their minahs to memekak! Ya ya I know...ROCK NEBER DIES!

Bachna Ae Haseeno

From the title, we all expected that Ranbir's playing a casanova and that there's going to be more than 2 heroines as his lady love? Initially I thought it was a Bond kinda movie, but no, it's just a simple movie with simple plot & superb music, but Ranbir's character is complicated. Hehe.

Whatever happened to my Preity Zinta look-alike Minnisha Lamba? She reminded me of Preity in her 1st film, Rocky (2nd half with Zayed), she still reminded me of Preity in Honeymoon Travels Pte Ltd (with Abhay Deol), in Dus Kahaniyaan (as Amrita Singh's daughter in 1 of the 10 stories) she still reminded me of Preity...but in BAH, she's suddenly anorexic-looking and reminded me of Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives!!! But she still looked good anyway (the 1st half, 2nd half she plays a more mature role, so she looked a lil aged there, which means the makeup artist & costume designer did a gd job!)!

Bipasha is looking no less than a slut throughout the movie (but her bod is still as superb as when my jaw dropped in Dhoom 2!). Facial feature wise, she looks better now. For once I thought her eyes were not so doe-shaped so I liked it. Her lips weren't so pouty and I liked that too.

Deepika. Errmmm. No comments. She thinks she's gorgeous (but to me, she's not). English accent sucks (so Indian accent) but she's the one given the role of an educated girl who speaks a lot of English. What a turn-off! Ok, she's got good complexion, so? She's still too stiff for my liking. Try some more la to be feminine-personified like Aish...which is exactly why I couldn't stand Aish from day one!

On the whole, I think Siddharth Anand (who made Salaam Namaste) made a better film with BAH. He was very fair in the role distribution amongst the 3 heroines. All 3 had a good roles with distinct characters. And it's the girls roles that made me like this movie coz I so can relate to the 3 girls in their own ways:

Mahi (Minnisha) - naive teenager in search of her ideal man (DDLJ's Raj!) and really fell into the trap of this cute guy she met thinking it is love (when it's actually just lust...flings...fun!) and when she realised she was taken on a ride, she was nvr able to trust & love a man ever agn & doesn't give a damn whether that guy who once toyed with her feelings is alive, dead, happy or suffering. Dejavu.

Radhika (Bipasha) - a modern/liberal aspiring actress who's happy with her neighbour turned live-in boyfriend and thinking she's got the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with (not realising that the guy is just having a good time and is not into marriage) but when the guy had no balls to break up with her before he leaves for his job posting in Sydney, he flew off on the day of their court marriage leaving her on the altar. The part abt the guy has no balls to tell the truth that he wanted to break up and chose to cook up stories - dejavu (although mine didn't reach the level of being left on the altar coz I'll nvr allow that to happen...not that dumb ok!)

Gayatri (Deepika) - bubbly, intelligent, attitude kinda girl who's very sure of what she wants in life, and marriage is not in the list!! Dejavu. Now, becoz her character is such...and the dialogues were all so familiar, I decided to open my eyes & tolerate her.

Ranbir's acting is superb!! Totally a role that I'd nvr expect him to do...coz it's so not him and he doesn't have that look/image...it's a role that wld fit...Emraan Hashmi (actually Emraan did that role in Jawani Diwani but his acting sucked) including lip-kissing all his 3 heroines! Ranbir has the making of being the next SRK. Uh oh, my Shahid Kapur has competition now.
Songs by Vishal-Shekar...what dya expect? Of coz it had to be gd!! My personal fave: Khuda Jaane, Jogi Mahi & Small Town Girl. I'll not incl the title song BAH because that's already a classic fave of Kishore Kumar ok! Now what made Jogi Mahi special to me is because I badly wanted Himani to win Saregama (the one which Debojit win and Vineeth didn't), but when she got eliminated, I was quite pissed. I like her husky voice. She sang in 2 songs in Dil Diya Hai (Diya Dil & Chalo Dildar Chalo), but it was forgetable, not the kinda songs I like to hear her voice in. So I was happy to hear her voice in this sure chart-topper bhangra!! I don't hear Debojit singing for films??!! Hmmph! These talent shows are all rigged. The real talent will go far. Who cares who wins and who doesn't? I stand by my choice...afterall I know I've good taste (although they're peculiar)!

Yash Raj Films always make my money worth spending on their films (was disappointed with the last Thoda Pyaar Thodi Magic though...but maybe bcoz the story was really not palatable or maybe it's just the boring company I was with). The locations shown in BAH were superb thus it makes the picturisation of the songs, esp Khuda Jaane, very breathtaking. As of now, I felt the storyline is flawless. No flaw in acting, editing, storyline, screenplay, dialogues...oh ya, the dialogues are so natural you really can relate to it. The best part of the movie is that the starcast are so totally new from what Yash Raj Films had showcased before. New combinations, including the hero & his comedian buddy (evergreen comedian Paintal's son, Hiten). Brave experiment, which fortunately worked well.

So I think all in all, BAH is a refreshing movie. Go watch it, you'll come out of the cinema hall contented. At least more contented than Saawariya...guaranteed!

TGIF

Ok, Saawariya was disappointingly silly, but I know Ranbir (Rishi-Neetu's offspring) & Sonam (anil kapoor's beti) will go far. Afterall I waited so long to see if Raj Kapoor's male grandchild has his showman blood. I've seen his sons, his bahus and his granddaughters. Time to check grandson out.

And not bad at all, just after Saawariya, I heard Ranbir's doing a Yash Raj film & the title is his dad's song title...but what I didn't like is he's acting opposite his gf Deepika Padukone (whom I detest btw, as much as Aish...don't ask me why, tum nahin samjhoge!)

So the most awaited Bachna Ae Haseeno (BAH) finally released on 15th Aug. I had planned to catch the 1st day's show on Fri itself, but thought I'd like to spend my evening with Amsyar since I'm home early. After all that sacrifice, I came home, my chote nawab was sleeping. Ler. So I sort of thought will settle down & leave for the 8.50pm, but by 8.30pm, was too tired and didn't wanna risk not getting a gd seat. Afterall, 1st day.

Then on Mon 18 Aug, I was on MC, and that night, happened to chat with Shazadi, and we were planning to catch up when I asked if she had time for a movie. She had, so we made plans for BAH the following day. But there were a few reasons that wld make the plan NOT HAPPEN. So...not happen it did! Anyways, had migraine (for a whole week), was pissed with some lappy's antivirus troubles (but resolved it myself anyway after I was disappointed with my luck) so may not be a gd idea to catch BAH. So we postponed it to Fri 22 Aug.

On Thurs nite, Shazadi sms-ed that Fri seemed bleak as she had to work till 7pm (unless the show's 8+...I was like "duh, of coz we're catching an 8+ show, earlier slot we both won't be off-duty yet"...but I went home, checked the show timings & let her decided. So we settled for 8.10pm show.
So the whole day @ work yesterday, I kept the GV booking page on my PC to monitor the seats availability, if it gets occupied too fast, I'll do online booking. I had to book b4 I leave office by 2pm. So I sms Shazadi to ask if she's confirmed with the plan & if it was safe for me to book 2 tix online (I wldn't wanna waste 1 tix if she cancels, I'll still proceed but 1 tix is going to go to waste & I'm not abt to sell it to a stranger...I'd rather sit alone then sit next to a stranger!). Then she revealed she had an asthma attack earlier on & not too sure yet & will only be able to confirm by 1pm.

Here I was trying to finish work and quickly leave for survey work in town, Nashira popped by my cubicle to say Hi (remember Nash, my new colleague-cum-lunch partner? She's also a lil sis who calls me "Di"). Then while talking, I was just abt to excitedly tell her that I'm finally gonna be watching BAH (it's been on my MSN nick for a wk that I need a movie break with BAH!)...when I heard her saying "i watched BAH oredi"...and I went "Oh, u watched oredi!" (and I was gonna ask her if it'd be worth my money) and she said "No, i'm gonna watch today". I was like..."when? today?" and she ans "ya, 8.10 today @ GV tamp". I was like "what?!?"

My reaction was because she just went to watch Singh is Kinng last Tues @ Jade (Bugis) with her chinese fren (with an Indian soul) , Karen, so I asked her why don't they watch on Fri, Wed is working day...won't she be tired? It makes sense actually, since her movie buddy is a chinese, they club/pub on Fri so they can't possibly do on a Fri. So I'd nvr expect to see Nash on a Fri nite unless she goes with her bf la (though I dunno if she watches hindi movie at theatre with her bf or not). So when I saw my fave seat (row 10 from screen middle block next to left aisle) is taken, I asked her if her fren booked that. And yes they did. Damn! There goes my seat. So now my option is either the 11th or 9th row, left or right aisle.

I was pretty sure Shazadi wont make it. I felt she shld get a rest also, so when I didn't get a msg by 1pm, 1.15pm I went for lunch, as I know there's no dinner if Shazadi's not coming. Almost 1.30pm, Shazadi sms-ed to say she's coming, she's taken urgent half day leave & was going. So I made her promise me that she'd go home, take her med & sleep. Will give her a wake up call by 5.3opm if I don't hear from her. She promised, but Khuda jaane whether she really slept/rested or not la. Anyways, by time I was getting ready to leave office @ 4pm (terribly late!), I checked the GV booking and boy, my middle block row 10, 11 & 9 right aisle taken. So I quickly booked row 11 left aisle. Sekali when I was abt to make payment, it says "the seat is occupied". Mak ai! Within few secs je gone?!?! So I was left with no choice & secured Row 9 left aisle (ie. in front of Nash & fren). After that I left. Bachna Ae Haseeno...lo main aagaya!

I got terribly delayed with my survey duties in town due to the rain, so there was likelihood that I can't reach Tamp MRT @ 7.15pm as originally planned. But I did. And Shazadi reached just 5mins later. Went up to collect the tix, then since both of us not desperate for rice dinner, and the sick girl was craving for healthy food (McDonalds!!) so we chilled @ Mac while she fill me in with updates on her "interesting" life that triggered her recent asthmatic attack recently. 8.05pm we headed up to the theatre for the sick girl to get another healthy dose (Nachos!). I still cannot comprehend the need to eat while watching movie! Am I the only 1 who don't binge at theatre? It was 8.16pm already and I knew that usually movie starts after 5-10mins of ads. So I was freaking out that if we're not seated by 8.20pm we'd miss the beginning.

We didn't. We still had to endure another 10mins of ads (think movie probably started only arnd 8.30pm?). But it was quite a unique experience for me, walking down the steps & tapping onto someone I know. In a way, since we entered the theatre late when it's already dark, it made it easier for me to zoom to my seat...I just had to look out for Nash & I know our seats is just in front of that. Hehe. Of coz mid-way, when Deepika appeared, here I kept telling Shazadi from start that when she appears I'll shut my eyes...and I did (much to Shazadi's irritation)...and there Nash leaned forward to whisper to me "She's so pretty!". I was like "NOOOOOOO....she's not, I don't like her...!" Much later, I kinda stopped closing my eyes, coz the character she played is soooo me! U gotta watch to know what I mean.

Movie ended almost 11pm...I was already high-tide, so since Shazadi was taking a cab back (to Chai Chee) and offered me a drop-off along the way (initially I declined, but accepted when I felt that my tank is too full to tolerate bus jerking), I was home by 11.15pm so I had time to chat with Mom. And I bought her the hard casing for her new Nokia 5320 (she had 1 but she broke it in her attempt to open it to let me use her phone while we were out on Mon as my batt went flat & I needed a phone to contact them once I'm done with work & going to meet them to go back). I was so happy to get it for her (although I wasn't sure if she'd got herself a replacement yet, but it's just $5 so it's ok, can keep as spare).

Had time to catch Salman's Dus Ka Dum on Sony (Bobby & Priyanka playing), did some work to wait up for the repeat telecast of Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann on Zee @ 2am, but by the time the serial started, I fell asleep! Sigh. TGIF.

Kismat Konnection?

No...it's not a conscious effort to blog daily. It just happened...all because of Nikky!

There's just this kismat konnection between Nikky & I.

We always plan to meet up ... but never gets fulfilled.

After our last impromptu mtg, where she decided to come by the airport after work since she works near Expo area and there's a straight train to Changi Airport, we've been talking abt mtg up but nvr happened.

Yesterday she popped by MSN where she commented abt my dormant blog & hope I start hitting it agn ... we chatted for a while ...

Today I had no lunch plan (Nash - my new colleague who's made me her permanent lunch partner - was fasting) ... plus I wanted to go on diet....plus I wanted to finish some work ... so I decided to work thru lunch. I stood up to make my milo to eat with biscuits...but still carried on typing my work. Then my hp buzzed...and Nikky's face flashed.

Me: Yup!
Nikky: Hello...kakak...hav u had your lunch?
Me: Not yet...was almost going to...
Nikky: Good good...let's lunch together...
Me: Hang on! Shit, don't tell me u're in the airport?!
Nikky: I'm now walking to Expo...I'm on 1/2 day...
Me: Oh so u're coming to airport? Come come...
Nikky: (censored: the remaining conversation not impt!! :P)

Anyways...moral of the story...yes, if she called me 5 mins later...my milo wld be ready. If it was tomorrow (Thurs), I'd be fasting! Classic case of making the right decision at the right time and not procrastinate! Only Nikky can do such things! That's why I say...hum dono ke beech ek kismat konnection hai!

We spent a gd 1hr together...having an interesting conversation over a wonderful lunch (Masala Chicken Briyani @ T3 Kopitiam! 2nd to my Apollo!).

My poor dormant blog

Today Nikky commented abt my dormant blog. I tried, but blogger kept giving this "error on page" and "could not contact blogger.com..." crap which makes me lose patience. I tried uploading videos...but didn't succeed...so I give up. There's a draft in Jun, another in Jul...I eventually deleted it just now.

Giving myself another try this month - My 1st post using my 1st and 2 mth's old DELL Inspiron. My 5yr old HP Pavilion desktop is now officially Amsyar's game station for his JumpStart Early Development PC-CD Roms, which I got for him earlier this yr. Which he has "Teddy A-Boo", an imaginary girlfriend, "DD Duck", and many other virtual friends in there. With which he's just 1 yr plus and he can count 1-10 (depending on his mood of the day, 2 or 8 may be silent!)...and can recite ABC with me when I sing ABC..he can say Ammeenn (he doesn't recite the doa makan, he just waits for the end & quickly wipes his face & say Ameen & in goes his milk!) and Assalamualaikum. There r cute histories as to how he learnt all these...which I shall spare you the boredom. What's next? I've to refresh his Alif Ba Ta now...hI last stopped at Tsa.

He's quite a genius (like his Maasi) Alhamdulillah...he's even memorised his mom's hp no. just after abt 5x of constant singing the nos. to him. Come to think of it, the credit shld go to the teacher (yours truly). He's not even 2, not been to school and he's talking...I mean really talking oi...like adults. He has a wide collection of vocab and he's forming clear & proper sentences like a 4 yr old! He nvr fails to turn people's head or attract their attn with his constant blabbering - they thought he's a big boy and get shocked when they learn he's not even 2! Alamak...apa dah jadi ni...lawan tauke nampak!! Failed to beat his Maasi at walking (I walked at age 10 mths, he only started walking @ 16mths) but at 20mths, he's started talking like a 4-yr old! That's it, he's not attending any early schooling (unless he becomes a handful & Nanima decides to keep him away for couple of hrs everyday). He'll go to school at the compulsory minimum (K2 I suppose?). Afterall, with Maasi, he don't need all these...all 3 of us grew up from kindergartern (K2), pandai jugak. So he shall carry on the family tradition.

What else eh? Oh, if once upon a time he was into "Mayya Mayya" till as my mom puts it "aku dah tak berMAYA lagi!"...he's now into "O Pana" ("Do u wanna partner...oh partner"). He has a weird fascination for vehicles (I've changed his ambition from plumber to automobile engineer!) - I've no idea how many buses, trains & cars he has as toys. It's like he nvr has enough of them (only to break them within 1-5 days, for sure!)! Which also explains his unexplainable hobby of taking bus/train rides! Loves the plane, the ship too. Have brought him on the Ferry thrice...now he's been bugging since many months to be brought on a plane "Am nak naik aeroplane!"

Loves Barney (but of coz, since forever), Mickey & Tweety (his Maasi's fave what...so it's like another family member!). Responds to Pooh Bear & Garfield...these days he's hooked to Ben 10 (just because he has lotsa Ben 10 T-shirts and the watch...I didn't even know who Ben 10 was!) and Kungfu Panda! He loves cats & babies! With cats & babies, he really show the sensitive/caring side of him! Such a pity none of us are into pets, so he'll nvr get to have cats as pets. Best of all...he loves Vidya/Divya (Zee TV's Banoo Main Teri Dulhann)...doesn't matter that she's been married for dunno how many times! *toink*


(Note: See! Before Kungfu Panda came about, he already did the famous poster pose!)

Me? Hmm...nothing new. Really. Been eating a lot coz had a new colleague joining on 12 May and I'm her "buddy" so I ended up becoming her permanent lunch buddy as well after 1st 3x of showing her arnd during lunch. Once fasting starts, I hope to quit the habit after Eid. As sick with work as ever. Gd news...on 1 Aug, I changed boss for the 8th time in 5 yrs (3 over the last 12 mths!)! I was only told at 6pm on 31 Jul...such well-mannered boss(es) I've got. So sick of it. I've been sending resumes for the last 1 yr? No luck. Think it's the expected salary. But no choice, can't compromise on the luxury/financial stability I'm already enjoying here. So pay me $500 more, I'll leave my comfort zone! Haha. Other than that, as in love with the Masala Chicken Briyani from Apollo Banana Leaf as ever. I crave for it everyday. If only eating briyani has no adverse effect on health, I'd be glad to eat there everyday (till I get jelak of it)! I'm hooked to this new dance competition on Sony Kabhi Kabhi Pyaar, Kabhi Kabhi Yaar (airing on Wed & Thurs nights)...only because I thought the male host is so damn cute (innocent & cartoon-faced) with his so called fascination for the female judge - the gorgeous Sameera Reddy! And there's also my fave boy Karnvir Bohra. He's so damn cute as a wacko villain in Kasauti Zindagi Kay on Star Plus...but he's got a new avaatar now...new look...and I realised it's coz he's got a role in film...Kismat Konnection. Grey role...but he looks & sounds cute, so who cares! Lucky wife (hate u Teejay!)! Following Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann on Zee TV & Baabul Ka Aangan Chotey Na on Sony (oh and Sujata too...no idea why though, nobody that excites me!) ... still waiting for Indian Idol...why is it not starting!? When is it starting?!

I've watched quite a no. of hindi movies recently...Thoda Pyar Thodi Magic at the theatre, which was a disappointment (except for Saif). I'd rather watch Kismat Konnection or Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na, but no time & money...so just settled for the DVDs my Dad brought back...as well as You Tube. I went against my oath & watched Guru (I swear it was only for Vidya Balan!). Other than that, life's almost the same (perhaps slightly better & calmer) since I last lost zest in life in Mar 08.

Let's see if I can back into blogging mode...come to think of it...my post looks q. good w/o Amsyar's pics eh?! Finally some other man is appearing...tks Karnvir...u look damn good up there! Hehe. Realised Amsyar's pics are splashed all over my blog!! What to do...he's the only MAN in my life!

Vote for Changi Airport! (Pleeeease!)‏

The Skytrax survey is considered to be the world's largest and most extensive assessment of airport standards, measuring more than 40 aspects of passenger satisfaction for airport products and service standards. Changi Airport came in as the first runner up in the Skytrax 'Airports of the World' category in 2007. This was a recognition of our efforts towards provision of the best standards in service quality and all aspects of passengers' touchpoints.

The survey is currently open to everyone again for this year's voting. As you would have been likely to have travelled through Changi Airport over the past months, I seek your support by taking some time off to complete the Skytrax survey form. Please also forward the survey to your friends/business associates too.

Oh, by the way, you stand a chance to win a Sony Vaio TZ20 laptop from Skytrax by participating in this survey! So click here to enter the survey now: http://www.worldairportsurvey.com/

Thank you for your support...this determines my Performance Bonus! Hehe. So that's why I'm rallying! Must get Changi 4 Best Airport awards!

Celebrity In The Making!

Arre wah??! Who's that?

Amsyar ke tu?

Like Maasi like nephew...celebrity *aherm*!

Avoiding the "papparrazzi"...

...it's tough being a celebrity-child! (:P)

Classic shot of a child going down the slide!

AMSYARukh Khan syiok sendiri!

Scene 1 - Take 1...ACTION!
"Nahinnnn..."



CUT!

Scene 1 - Take 2...ACTION!!
"Nahinnnn...nahinnn..."



CUT! CUT!

Scene 1 - Take 3...ACTION!!!
"Nahinnnn...nahinnn...nahinnn..."



CUT! CUT! CUT!

Competing for Best Actor award with Maasi!??! Cannot make it la...

PS: Been wanting to upload his latest pics/videos for some time now...but never got the time/mood! This one was candid today, cldn't help control my laughter while recording him in his silly action!! Can't help but post up here...hopefully those who're down in life (like myself), can be cheered for a couple of mins by this l'il cartoon...

DEAD

That's what I am.
DeaD.
Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Psychologically. (dan ly ly yg sewaktu dgn-nya!)
What's still alive is...my faith in Allah.
That He will protect the victimized.
That He will always be with the one who's treading on the right path (ie. "truth").
That He will never be on the side of those who treads on the wrong path (ie. "lies").
That He will make this dark clouds pass soon.
If I'm granted another phase of life...I shall come back.
Till that time comes, all I ask is everyone to doa for me & my family...
...that Allah hears our pleas & grants our doas (for victory in our battle & for protection against evil).
...that for every drop of tear we shed, Allah make them (the cause) pay a high price for it.
*Ameen!*


(In case anyone still comes here, abt time I make it easier for them...don't bother coming here anymore).

Yes, it's a HAPPY new year for me!

This is absurd. Check this out:

I decided to sell my car, so I applied for GE Money (James) personal loan since they are hassle-free (48hrs approval!!). Bro had no prob getting his loan in 2006 when he decided to pursue his studies. Sis had no prob getting her loan couple of wks b4 me to also pay her car's full settlement as she changed car. However, me being the jinx, had to go through helluva inconveniences for my loan application!! I sneaked out of airport during lunch hour on 14 Dec to apply @ Tamp SingPost (even got caught in the rain after I'm done so had to take train back which delayed me back to office, just nice reached office just nice for 2.30pm mtg!). Mine was a special case, I was only entitled up to $9k (4x monthly salary) but I insisted to apply for $17k (to pay for full settlement of my balance car loan) & let them evaluate my financial standing. Ended up I nvr heard from them till 26 Dec where they called to tell me the max they can give me is $11.5k. There's a long stupid story y I nvr heard from them...they have a stupid policy of calling office & house no. to ensure it's genuine, before calling a person's hp. And I was on leave & hardly @ home that whole period which they were calling my office & house!! After 6 days, then they called my hp (the 1st day I resumed work!). I was pissed with them, but we moved on.

The next day (Thurs, 27 Dec) I got an sms stating the loan amt will be credited the following day & I also received a call to tell me the same (funds will be credited after 6pm the following day, Fri 28 Dec). At 5+pm, someone the girl I applied with sms me to ask if I'm accepting the $11.5k & I am, I need to come down to re-sign a new application. Although I was pissed I made an effort to go down & sign the following morning on the condition it wldn't delay the crediting of my funds. However, I did not receive the funds as promised that Fri night, when I sms-ed her on Sat, she was shocked but told me that she can only check on Mon as the head office is closed. On Mon morning I sms-ed her agn & she told me "there was a disbursement error on Fri & everybody did not get their monies. you will be getting the money today but after 6pm".

All in all it took me 14 blardy working days (excl wkends & holidays) before I finally got my loan!!

For all that heartache...I just got a letter from GE Money that I'm entitled to this gift redemption:



How absurd can that be right!??! Allah works in the most mysterious way...truly. Such a blessed start for 2008, for a depressing end to 2007. Alhamdulillah. However, I'm not sure what I'll do with the phone since I just changed my phone on 2 Dec to this (Nokia 5610):

Bye bye 2007!

What a year! Although a lot of things happened to my favour (to which I'm grateful to Allah SWT), I'd say 2007 is a NO GOOD year for me simply bcoz it wasn't what I envisioned my 2007 to be when I wrapped up my horrible 2006! And that's why I can only hope my 2008 will be btr.

2007 has been a year of changes. Those who know me well, I resist change. But with all the changes that happened in 2007, I'm more susceptible to CHANGE
now. With that, there'll be a lot of changes for me in 2008.

1. I terminated Sony & Star Plus for Star Gold. Can anything beat that?!? Hehe.

2. I sacrificed my "baby"...yea, hell, I sold off my car & parted with it today, the last day of 2007!! Had to take a loan of $16k to settle the full settlement balance of $17.5K but at least that will only tie me in a 3 yr loan for just $430 monthly as
compared to up to $1K maintaining the car for the next 7 yrs! (There's a reason for selling the car, just that I can't share. Period.)

3. By letting go of my car, my bank balance shall see some changes, I'm sure. I look forward to build up my savings all over again and end 2008 with at least $5k in savings!

4. I'm actively searching for jobs, thus I'm looking to change job in 2008.

5. I'm not actively searching for groom, thus I'm not looking to get hitched in 2008 (sorry to disappoint many!)!!

Ok ok...Sony's Dard-E-Disco countdown concert is starting in a while...gonna go to bed & watch it till 3am! My last programme on Sony before the channel disappears!