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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Kuwe Appam
The conversation with my darling nephew at a Ramadhan Bazaar recently went like this:
Me : What did you buy?
Zhn : Kuih ice-cream
Me : No, that's not kuih ice-cream
Zhn : (Long pause and looked at his kuih apam in the plastic bag) Kuih colourful!
Me : No, nama dia kuih apam
Zhn : What? Kuih appa?
Me : No, kuih aaaaapaaaammmmm
Hearing that, Zhn laughed his ass off, repeatedly saying 'Kuwe appam! hahahha'
That was the first time he heard the word 'apam' and he couldn't get over the word.
This went on throughout the night. He would play with his brother and then suddenly would blurt out 'Kuwe appamm..hahahaha' like saying 'That's a weird name for a kuih. Even I can come out with better names like kuih ice-cream and kuih colourful'
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Me : What did you buy?
Zhn : Kuih ice-cream
Me : No, that's not kuih ice-cream
Zhn : (Long pause and looked at his kuih apam in the plastic bag) Kuih colourful!
Me : No, nama dia kuih apam
Zhn : What? Kuih appa?
Me : No, kuih aaaaapaaaammmmm
Hearing that, Zhn laughed his ass off, repeatedly saying 'Kuwe appam! hahahha'
That was the first time he heard the word 'apam' and he couldn't get over the word.
This went on throughout the night. He would play with his brother and then suddenly would blurt out 'Kuwe appamm..hahahaha' like saying 'That's a weird name for a kuih. Even I can come out with better names like kuih ice-cream and kuih colourful'
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
What Ramadhan Brings 2
Ramadhan has always been a tough month for us since Mama and Papa passed away. We miss them more than usual during this month and just the thought of them can bring me to tears, just like right now.
Today marks 3 years since Papa slipped into a coma. I was in the hospital alone with him.
We miss both of you.
Al-Fatihah to Mahmud bin Simin & Hayati binti Ariffin
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Today marks 3 years since Papa slipped into a coma. I was in the hospital alone with him.
We miss both of you.
Al-Fatihah to Mahmud bin Simin & Hayati binti Ariffin
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Random Ramblings 4
I’m stupidly in love.
A photo of him? Smirk.
A photo of him in a crowd? Smirk and think ‘He’s mine!’
A thought of him while driving? Smirk, and suddenly the song on the radio is about him.
I’m screwed.
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I hate myself for not being able to contain my anger, especially with my nephews. I lose my temper with my nephews too many times, especially when they refuse to shower or behave or just keep quiet.
One day when my sister was in the UK, visiting the Queen, suddenly the kids don’t bother me too much. In fact, I felt closer to them and was very protective of them. When the maid scolded them, I would back them up. I also didn’t mind the noise they made and tantrums they threw.
Somehow knowing that my sister was far away made me want them to know that they have me, and that they can rely on me. I was surprised over how I felt and reacted towards them. I realized that I really do love them despite their constant misbehaviours and drama. (Boys are sooooooooo hard to take care of.)
So yeah, my maternal instincts are kickin’ in. :P
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The latest addition to my workplace family is this guy who I despise, a lot. He smokes a lot, hence he has a pungent cigarette smells that sticks to your nose the whole day, has a terrible attitude and is always avoiding workload.
We hated him the first day he came in, when he said, ‘I didn’t really want this job. Someone sent in my resume to this company, a friend of a friend. I didn’t apply’.
When my colleagues and I are discussing about, say, a TV publication which our company wants to participate in, he’d say, ‘I have experience in that field, bla bla’. When we talk about events coming up which we have to organize, he would say, ‘I know what to do'. He has said a lot of things-things that we didn’t ask for. We find him annoying because of that and have since piled up on anger towards him for just being bloody annoying. We got angrier when we finally realized that all those ‘experience’ he boastfully admitted of having, are all LIES. He can’t do ANYTHING.
But among the many things he has said, there was one thing he said that has formally crowned him as a moron.
He was walking beside my boss one day after a meeting. A salesgirl passed by and waved at my boss, whom she has known before. My boss waved back-and so did he. Surprised, my boss asked, ‘Do you know her?’
‘No’, he said. ‘But I thought she was waving at me so I waved back’.
‘She waved at me lah, why you so perasan?’ my boss said.
It was obvious that the statement didn’t have any effect on him as he bluntly continued, ‘Why aren’t there girls like that in our department?’, while still holding his gaze upon the girl. My boss, shocked and annoyed shot back. ‘What do you mean by that?’ which made him finally shut up.
He is still able to be a moron everyday, always having something new to trigger our anger. Sometimes we wonder whether he has an annoyance scale he has to hit everyday, or someone from our past sent him to us just to make us pay for our former sins.
Whatever it is, it’s driving us nuts.
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A photo of him? Smirk.
A photo of him in a crowd? Smirk and think ‘He’s mine!’
A thought of him while driving? Smirk, and suddenly the song on the radio is about him.
I’m screwed.
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I hate myself for not being able to contain my anger, especially with my nephews. I lose my temper with my nephews too many times, especially when they refuse to shower or behave or just keep quiet.
One day when my sister was in the UK, visiting the Queen, suddenly the kids don’t bother me too much. In fact, I felt closer to them and was very protective of them. When the maid scolded them, I would back them up. I also didn’t mind the noise they made and tantrums they threw.
Somehow knowing that my sister was far away made me want them to know that they have me, and that they can rely on me. I was surprised over how I felt and reacted towards them. I realized that I really do love them despite their constant misbehaviours and drama. (Boys are sooooooooo hard to take care of.)
So yeah, my maternal instincts are kickin’ in. :P
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The latest addition to my workplace family is this guy who I despise, a lot. He smokes a lot, hence he has a pungent cigarette smells that sticks to your nose the whole day, has a terrible attitude and is always avoiding workload.
We hated him the first day he came in, when he said, ‘I didn’t really want this job. Someone sent in my resume to this company, a friend of a friend. I didn’t apply’.
When my colleagues and I are discussing about, say, a TV publication which our company wants to participate in, he’d say, ‘I have experience in that field, bla bla’. When we talk about events coming up which we have to organize, he would say, ‘I know what to do'. He has said a lot of things-things that we didn’t ask for. We find him annoying because of that and have since piled up on anger towards him for just being bloody annoying. We got angrier when we finally realized that all those ‘experience’ he boastfully admitted of having, are all LIES. He can’t do ANYTHING.
But among the many things he has said, there was one thing he said that has formally crowned him as a moron.
He was walking beside my boss one day after a meeting. A salesgirl passed by and waved at my boss, whom she has known before. My boss waved back-and so did he. Surprised, my boss asked, ‘Do you know her?’
‘No’, he said. ‘But I thought she was waving at me so I waved back’.
‘She waved at me lah, why you so perasan?’ my boss said.
It was obvious that the statement didn’t have any effect on him as he bluntly continued, ‘Why aren’t there girls like that in our department?’, while still holding his gaze upon the girl. My boss, shocked and annoyed shot back. ‘What do you mean by that?’ which made him finally shut up.
He is still able to be a moron everyday, always having something new to trigger our anger. Sometimes we wonder whether he has an annoyance scale he has to hit everyday, or someone from our past sent him to us just to make us pay for our former sins.
Whatever it is, it’s driving us nuts.
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