Queer Theory of No End

The Underworld

2006-12-06T14:20:00.000-08:00

The Underworld is reshuffling....... And everybody is getting crazy...!!

Muahahaha..

1st day of Hari Raya

2006-10-24T20:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a joyous day. For me, it was no waking up for sahur.. Here at Kuching it's at 4.30 am u know.... For lil' Nadea.. it's a day full of Kuih and tit bits... people buzzing here and there... It's like the first Raya for her cos last year she was too small to understand the celebration. The day before I helped my mum-in-law with the preparation. The menu was Kelupis (Sarawakian ketupat), Rendang Daging, kari daging, kari Ayam and Daging Masak Hitam (sarawakian dish). The cooking is to be done on Hari Raya itself. She is a wonderwoman i tell you.. On Raya morning, all the dishes are cooked when i woke up. Wonder what time she wakes up to cook 'em!

After the boys came back from Solat Raya, we proceeded with the Raya ritual.. which is Salam forgiveness Raya.. 'sob' hehe :oP

Later on.. the family just entertained the guest who came. They are mostly Chinese or relatives. It is known that the first day people usually stay at home.

To everyone.. Have a Happy Raya and truly Maaf Zahir Batin.

Happy Deepavali!!!

2006-10-22T05:06:00.000-07:00

To my friends who celebrate this joyous event.. Happy Deepavali!!

My celebration was to pack for balik kampung.. Going to my parents house for a good bye and NAIK BELON!! Nadea was so excited to naik belon... She ran all over the airport. God!! Sampai tak larat nak kejar and initially screamed in the plane for a bigger space. Eventually she calmed down and enjoyed the ride.

now am in Kuching... Those who want to pesan things.. DO inform me as long as its within my limits of luggage weight I dont mind getting.. (U know like Kek Lapis, etc)

I'll post another one for Raya aight?

Events of the day

2006-10-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

I went for buka puasa at Mandarin Oriental today with my hubby and daughter. Nadea as usual, made a mess on the table babbling I dont know what. For me, I had my wishes fulfilled.. Oyster and dim sum... So Yum couldn't ask for anything more. My hubby pulak was pretty happy with his grilled seafood and meat.

While having my dessert, I saw my long-time-no-see primary (and secondary... she reminded) school friend of mine. We used to be very good friends in standard 4... She looked so pretty and chic, her face is just the same as before, but in a mature way. Good for you sue! You look dang good!! People wouldn't know she is a mummy by looking at her... The world is so small. We keep bumping to each other at every corner! I just know her life from a distant now through her blogs..

Anyways, in the morning I went to a cookie making class. Hehehe... The chef made a statement before starting the class... "Cookie making is soo easy actually.. Was wondering why you guys requested for a class!" Duh! I guess we just want to know the techniques and the best practice for baking cookies... Previously I just mix it all in and always wonder why my cookies are either too oily, too baked, too dry or just plain flat! Now I know why!! Here are some tips that I picked up in the class:-
1. Use fresh eggs all the time. Old eggs may cause the cookies not crunchy and nice.
2. The butter that we use should not be thawed too long.. The oil should not seep out while mixing. If it does, it could cause the cookies to be flat.
3. The middle of the tray is the most hottest part of the oven. If you have some big cookies, try to put them in the middle.
There are some other tips... I will continue updating once I remember 'em back. (it's almost 2 am in the morning now)

Now all i need to do is wait for a bigger house to bake my cookies.. He he he!

A tribute to trio leaving to greener pasture

2006-10-05T08:21:00.000-07:00

You see, I like to remain anonymous-ity in my blog, hence nick names will be used for this.
Our team has been together for in a pack of 7 for 3 years now and 3 are leaving us. Would like to dedicate some words for them. U know who you are..

A Lang- She is this quiet, sensitive girl but a very competent person when doing a task. Usually the fastest to code an e-form but at the same time the most careful. Always cheerful and seldom complain. Trustworthy. And not forgettingly, the same horoscope (or sometimes not) with me.

Bobo's Master - He is a hi-tech guy with a nonchalant style. Known for his strings of u-know-what and manja style on the phone (with u-know-who), always up for a meal testing. I believe him to be going places and doing great things, just because he has crazy, wacky and unthinkable ideas under his sleeve..

Jay D Man - He is a very helpful person who will never say no to a cry for help. Have very strong communication and negotiation skills which I only realized not so long ago. Underneath that rugged exterior, have a softer side that is rarely shown to us. Have a very bright future in PM-ing.

The remaining of us will persevere, sometimes cry, but continue to wish the best for the trios... We had our good times, and hope that we’ll cross paths always.

The hazy situation

2006-10-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

I wanted to say that mother nature is a powerful thing due to the very bad haze over here... but i thought, wait a minute.. The haze is not a natural cause...It's actually due to open forest burning in Indonesia. Will they stop it already!! Every year without fail KL gets this hazy situation. Hopefully this year the schools won't be closed down like the last.

Domestically, my life is kind of hazy too. Career-wise, i am in a hazy junction of contemplation. Money-wise, is just gone with the haze. Family-wise, is just slight traces of haze. I hope when the haze goes away, it will bring my internal haze along.

But with all the haze around, I should be thankful that I have a career that pays, a family that cares, a body thats healthy and a laptop to type! Perhaps i should count my blessings more than my shortcomes. The haze will eventually fade, and comes a great clear sky that brings joy to all. Amin.

Why I love my Honda and Shell

2006-09-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

I changed my car from a Proton Waja to Honda City iDsi early this year. It's all related to maintenance and oil usage.

Previously with my Waja, the maintenance is high (about 400+ for major service and 100++ for minor service), the damage is somewhat default (window, absorber, air-cond, etc) with other waja cars and the oil consumption is crazy! (can go betw 10-12 km per litre only) The last straw was when my car aircond kaput and the CD player koyak.

That weekend I straight away went to Honda Dealer to check out the City (after I heard the first 40K km is TOTAL free service). After discussing and the salesman mentioned that she could give me a better trade-in value for my Waja... I immediately book for my Honda the next day.

So far my I'm happy with my Honda. The oil consumption is very low. It's about 16 km/litre. For a full tank of 39 litres, it could go up to 700 km!! It's a vast difference with my Waja that could only go 550 kms for 45 litre of oil! Talk about murder on the highway!! I can't comment on the maintenance rate yet as now I'm on free maintenance... So I will update when there is service charge.. Probably another year!!

Ooo and I L.O.V.E. Shell oil. I think the 'more mileage' claim really works.

Anyways I dont think I will go for a Proton car again... Perodua is OK but not Proton.

The weather....

2006-09-24T23:44:00.000-07:00

When there is a storm, with black clouds and thunder going around, you have no choice but to accept it. Either we can avoid it by running under a shade, or we can go ahead and hit the storm, or we can go someplace else where there's no storm at all.
I've been under the shade for too long. For the next storm coming, I will go ahead and hit it, fight it, embrace it..... and then go to a no-storm place.
Let's see.

Huh! What raise?

2006-09-24T23:43:00.000-07:00

Hey check this out.... Early this week we got an official email from the CEO saying that there will be a salary raise between 2-4% due to harga barang naik (u know oil, ayam, necessities, etc.) But in the same week we got an email informing us that our new office location which we'll be moving in 2 months has no parking allotment (The current office parking is free). And we have to pay RM120 p/mth to have the season parking.
Heh.. So I did a calculation and here's the result:-
For 2% raise - Does not cover the parking charges. Even barely covers the uncovered parking which is rm90 p/m.
For 3% raise - "Just about" covers the parking cost.
For 4% raise - Covers the parking cost and the extra can cover for a lunch and dinner at KFC for one person.
SO i considered my other options:-
1. Take public transport
-That would mean a bus, and Komuter from my place. And have to give 1.5 hours travelling time. Which means I will reach home at 8pm and cook Maggi for dinner. Or buy burger downstairs.
2. Leave car at Komuter station, and proceed w Komuter.
- Not taking that option as the komuter station has potential of flooding
3. Drive to office, and pay season parking.
- Saves time, but more money on oil and parking..
Since I'm such a lazybum and have to pick up my daughter on time from nursery... I will go for option 3. So the raise will only be felt for 2 months... And that will cover for the deposit of the parking lot. :oP

I totally forgot i had this blog site!!!

2006-09-24T23:38:00.000-07:00

I knew I had a blog site previously.. but didn't remember its address. I found it back!!
Great great!!! Am transferring my post from another site to here.. hehehehe

Aniston-Pitt split like the fall of the Berlin Wall

2005-01-16T21:59:00.000-08:00

>> Such a pity.. Welll... Hollywood! Actors and Actresses!

Source: The Star
By DERRIK J. LANG
In THE world of celebrities and those who love them, the Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt breakup was like the fall of the Berlin Wall.
That sent celebrity magazines hurtling into a race to be first in the biggest break-up story of, well, the year.
“It’s the biggest story since Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke up,” Us Weekly Editor in Chief Janice Min said last week.

Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt in Los Angeles in September last year. They have recently split after four and a half years of marriage.Us Weekly, which typically closes its issue by midnight on Mondays, went into overdrive after the Friday announcement, which stated “our separation is not the result of any of the speculation reported by the tabloid media.”
Min said her staff “came in all weekend” and moved up production by 24 hours.
The situation was similar at People, which usually closes its edition on Tuesdays.
“We launched all boats to figure out what went wrong,” said People Deputy Managing Editor Larry Hackett. “It’s a mix of a number of things: issues about when to start a family, how she was feeling about her husband ... I think, like most adults, it wasn’t one thing or another.”
Both magazines hit newsstands last Tuesday. Using cultivated sources, the glossies crafted multi-dimensional stories exploring details about the break-up, including Aniston and Pitt’s recent Caribbean vacation itinerary, their family values and their division of assets.
The official separation announcement from Aniston and Pitt’s publicist was first reported by People’s website and later picked up by other news organisations and local tabloids, such as the New York Post and New York Daily News.
But unlike news organisations that have prepared obituaries for when somebody dies, Min said, “We don’t have relationship obituaries ready to go.”
Us Weekly devoted 31 pages to Aniston and Pitt; People, 12. Both magazines had sidebars titled, “The Angelina Factor,” citing rumours that Pitt may have had an extramarital affair with Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie.
Said People’s Hackett: “We treat this stuff as if we’re reporting on arms negotiation treaties or sports or politics. That’s the way we tell a story.”
Not every celebrity-driven magazine jumped on the Brad-and-Jen quick-to-print break-up bandwagon. Tabloid-turned-glossy Star magazine’s current issue proclaims: “Brad and Jen Back On! IT’S BABY TIME.”
Whoops?
Bonnie Fuller, editorial director of Star parent company American Media, said her company decided to spend their energy on more reporting instead of going to press early. But she insists Star was the first to report on the shattered relationship last month in the Dec 13 “MARRIAGE CRISIS!” cover story and the Dec 20 follow-up “Brad & Jen’s SEPARATE LIVES!”
“What we believe happened is that they took this vacation, encouraged by their close friends Courteney Cox and David Arquette, to try and really put it back together, to try for the miracle reconciliation,” Fuller said. “Then something happened. We believe they had a final fight and realized they were too far apart.”
Fuller revealed Star’s next chapter in the break-up saga is a cover story titled, “Brad & Angelina: THE REAL TRUTH.”
Both Hackett and Min foresee continued coverage of the dissolved couple in their respective publications.
“You can tell when something’s played out,” said Min. “Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony was much less interesting. We responded by dialling back on the coverage, but the interest in Brad and Jen is going to stay pretty hot for a while. They’re the most beloved people in Hollywood.”
“I think there’s still a great deal of affection,” Hackett said. “There’s going to be a continued fascination with this couple as they become individuals.” – AP

The joys of life

2005-01-15T09:27:00.000-08:00

In a matter of a few months, I will become a mother. Pregnancy is like an evolution- not only physically but also mentally. Physically I have evolved from a 47kg to a currently 56kg person having big bosoms, enormous buttocks and gigantic thighs. Don’t let me start about the size of my tummy! Mentally I’m unconsciously realizing small details in life and its meaning. I am also more sensitive to my own feelings and others.

I am a person who is not easily psyched. The last time I was totally psyched out was when I went for the Big Giant Drop in Dream World, Gold Coast, Australia. Recently I got totally psyched when my baby moves actively in my tummy, like making a summersault in a confined space! I always thought that the only movements that a mother can feel is a kick and hand positioning but I was wrong! The feeling is overwhelming.

The question is… what are the joys of life? Mine would be one right now. To me, being loved and loving is the ultimate. Love is a feeling that cannot be described in a few words. It also has a few shades and depths to it.

New Year Resolution

2005-01-02T09:00:00.000-08:00

2005 is here and everyone is asking our new year’s resolution. Personally, I never had a yearly resolution. I guess I don’t see the point. Why limit it to a year? I do have life resolutions and their timelines. I remember listing it down once upon a time with my best friend on a tissue paper. Well.. the paper’s lost, but not the resolutions. I believe I have accomplished most of the resolutions stated there.. which were mostly education wise and job wise. Spiritual wise… I have some work to do. Eeps!

After the Tsunami disaster, I have added a few more items in my life resolutions, which I plan to do it as soon as possible, and also removed some items which are no longer applicable. Hey, life’s short. Do what you can while you still can, eh?

Reality hits shores

2004-12-30T08:58:00.000-08:00

In this life, is everything certain?
The recent Tsunami disaster has shook the world undeniably. I have always thought that an earthquake will cause disaster where humans die being swallowed up by earth or buildings structure fall on them. I never thought that an earthquake in the middle of the ocean will cause waves with 20 metres high hitting shores and killing miles and miles of human race!

While seeing reports in the television, I just thought to myself.. These survivors have lost everything they worked for in the past.. their family, house, jobs, belongings… All of these things gone in mere minutes. So, what else is left?

In Banda Acheh, the only structure remaining strong is the mosque. The other buildings surrounding it are totally wiped out. All our lives, we have always asked God for a sign... Here’s a sign right smack on our faces and it’s up to us to acknowledge it, or ignore it. It’s about time I choose to acknowledge it. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050104/photos_wl_pc_afp/050104180930_guqfvbzx_photo1

God can strip away all material things we have in a split second. No warning, no sign. Just a blink of an eye. In the Tsunami instance, it’s an experience for thousands and thousands of them. In the holy Quran, there are statements where a whole race could be wiped out due to unfaithfulness or misconducts. I have always questioned.. ‘How can a natural disaster wipe the whole colony? It’s unimaginable.’ Well.. I guess I won’t question that anymore.

According to a recent study, the world’s structure is changing. Heck! Even Pulau Andaman’s coordinate in Indonesia might change. It’s a scary thought of more disasters that may come based on the same study. I have always lived my life with the assurance that there’s always tomorrow. Now I just realized otherwise. The world is no longer a safe place to live.

Referring to my own question above, I guess what’s left is a person’s faith.

Starters

2004-12-25T20:54:00.000-08:00

I have always been inspired of a certain character in a famous TV show which writes about life based on real life experience. Although she writes more about a certain sizzling topic, her columns always brings sparks of ideas to me on my view of life as well.

This is not a diary, nor is it a journal of my life.. It is more of the way I see life in a perspective. Since this is my first attempt on writing a blog, pardon my lack of journalism skills (since I don’t have any) and grammar mistakes. However, comments are welcomed.