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Salam,

    On Sunday morning, 27th May 2007, Ayah phoned me telling that he wants to bring us back to his hometown Pengkalan Pegoh, Pasir Putih, Perak for a day trip. He said that it’s going to be nice since he just returned from the States, so that would be a great opportunity for us to spend our time together while visiting my Opah and relatives in Ipoh. I usually hesitate when he talks us into going back to visit them, since my parents’ divorce, things had been real tough, but since Ayah has changed to the better a bit for now, I just thought I should be fair to him as well.

    When Ayah came I was so excited coz I cannot deny I missed him badly. Ayah came with the exact Coach Barretta sneakers that I wanted For Nana, since he didn’t manage to get her the Vaans sneakers that she asked for, he bought a pair which looks almost the same, and another green one for her with Pandas printed on them.. giving the illusion like they are a bunch of flowers. For the mascaras that Nana asked from Ayah.. he bought 5 of them :p

    Around 9.30 am we left home, then we had breakfast in Rawang R&R. After that, as I was hoping and expected.. he asked me to drive his brand-new Nissan Murano..I was ecstatic! I knew that driving with Ayah & without Ummi is a great combination for the one who loves to speed :p Ayah sat next to me.. and he approvingly asked me to drive on the first lane at about 140-160km/h… I was in heaven~ :p I think the craze for driving runs in the family.. except for Nana the youngest from all of us ‘kandas’ in her driving test..hehe takpe Na cuba lagi ye dik However one cool thing about Ayah’s driving habits is that he would always give the first lane to the car behind us if it wanted to go faster than us, and he always kept his distance..and braking should be smooth.. changing lanes should be smooth. .in other words he’s really good in maneuvering the car. Most of the time.. we spoke about the correct manners in driving..dengan erti kata lain pemanduan berhemah la.. I had a really good time. We reached Ipoh around 1130am.. Ayah said I drove fast like him and I replied "Yela, Yong tau ayah tak suka drive slow" he smiled and said "That’s my girl." Man I felt damn proud, and Nana told me "Banyak bodek ayah ek." I just laughed.

     We went straight to Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Club, where Ayah wanted to experience for the first time the Golf set he bought in US.  Actually he got them as a complimentary gift from the PGA sponsors..which he received an invitation for the tournament. So guys, my dad did witness Michelle Wee and Paula Creamer in person. Lucky dude :p While Ayah was on the driving range, Nana & I just relaxed, read some novels but actually most of the time we cracked ourselves by our lame, silly stories. I kept trying to leak the information of Sumolah..Nana got agitated tried to block me by singing loudly while putting her fingers in her ears so she couldn’t hear a word I was saying.

     Next we went to Maksu’s house which was nearby, Opah and many other relatives came then. For the first time I fell, I was not furious for what had happened, though inside I still feel the pain, but I just don’t want to show it anymore, I just want to be happy. Opah cried as usual, thinking about my mother, I just told her, it’s ok Ummi’s fine now just don’t expect her to act all normal because she’s the injured party. I just tried to be reasonable on all sides, instead of talking more about the sadness, I produced to her the gifts Ayah bought for them in Bandung. At least that made them happy, and actually making others happy would never fail to make you smile although these people might have hurt you before. Sometimes you just have to allow the bitter things to pass you.

    Maksu, I was not sure whether she was expecting to feed an army camp or what, but she prepared A LOT of food for us. She cooked..ok let me list this down:

1) Rendang Ayam

2) Gulai Ikan Masak Lemak Cili Api

3) Ikan Baung Masak Gulai Tempoyak

4) Sup Tulang

5) Sotong Masak Sambal

6) Daging Masak Merah

7) Sayur Campur

Sekali pk.. rasa cam mau kalah menu wedding Datuk CT & Datuk K ni…hehe..

    Later.. she served us fruits.. Rambutan, Mangoes, Honewdew, Watermelon, Lychee and even cooked us Bubur Keledek. Not enough with that, in the evening she served us Beehoon Hailam. Anyone who desires to gain weight should really come to my kampung you see

    After that, Ayah brought us cousins to a small stall under the trees by the roadside which sold Ayor Nyior Mude (Coconut Juice).. the place was so humble, old-skool bangat but I loved it. The seller sold each coconut for RM2.. and that gave me the inspiration of doing this business in KL. Haha like Nana said, we both are crazy bout money, but we don’t ask people to give us but we love to EARN. We made some silly plans that we only have to buy a pick-up truck, some spoons and of course coconuts to buy the business. Nana said I’m going to be the man-power source in chopping the tops of the coconuts and she’ll wear nicely to attract guys to our stall :p We even made the joke that since I am a fast driver, I should consider to be a long distance lorry driver since it makes lots of money..haha shallow-minded sisters :p

    The day ended when we left Ipoh at about 6.30pm.. I had a good feeling for visiting them. This time, to my disappointment  Ayah decided to drive coz he said I might be tired. But then I thanked him coz the traffic was terrible anyway so no fun to drive on highways :p When Ayah dropped us at home, as usual he kissed the both of us. By the way he’s the only one in my family that calls me ‘Yang’ or Sayang.. and I would always cherish that

* Speeding on the highways is fun but it is also a responsibility, never ever be reckless.. don’t be like the entirely unharmed Trailer driver whom had killed 7 members of a family and injured another 2 people coz he crashed the cars which were queueing to pay the toll fare at Alor Setar yesterday.. Al Fatihah…

Salam..

   I mentioned before I had some difficulties with my LAP application.. but today I went to the LAP Office in UIA..and alhamdulillah I received the application form and all I need to do now is to send it to Dr. Euw in the Forensic Lab. I’ll do that first thing in the morning.

  Then in the evening, Shazana smsed me inviting me to join her to Peter Pan’s showcase at Ruums KL  at 10pm tonight since she has free passes. I straight away said yes!! She said she got it from her dad. Cool. I heard bout the ad a few days back on radio, but if people want to win the tickets they have to download any kind of Peter Pan stuffs on the net, and you have to be the biggest downloader, and it’s especially for Celcom users. I don’t like the idea which you have to SMS the most.. or download the most.. it’s not really winning to me. So it’s just my luck Sha has the tickets. What else.. yes since she had bought a ticket before.. I sold it to my friend Hairul.. and he’s joining us tonight. I feel so excited, coz we are all crazy bout Indon rock bands (except Radja).. and it was only last night Hairul & I got really crazy watching One Million Voices performance on Youtube.. it’s so INCREDIBLY AWESOME to watch Once Dewa, Fadly Padi, Jamrud’s vox, Ariel Peter Pan n of course my sayang Duta SO7 collaborated on a stage. That video made me cry n smile at the same time And tonight we’re gonna watch Peter Pan live! Oh how cooler that can be? K will update more about the showcase. Muaxxx!! Salam.

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(Post Peter Pan’s Hari Yang Cerah showcase)

Salam,

       Sha n I arrived at Ruums around 10pm plus.. the crowd was pretty huge outside. I expected it to start quite late anyways, considering the Nidji experience I had before. Then I was introduced to Sha’s friends from UM.. 1 of them got the tickets from Peter Pan’s manager coz she’s friends with him.. n she got an sms from him telling that Peter Pan would only show up at 12 midnite. Atoiii~

       Then I got an sms from Hairul telling me that he’s arrived. Ok this is a bit lawak here.. when ur only like 2 weeks being friends with a guy.. u’ll be pretty shy and awkward around him no matter how much u guys thought dat u guys r like twins separated at birth since u could relate to each other so much…n a funnier thing is that he calls me bestfriend..strange but nice This guy.. if anyone wants to find him.. is super easy..he’s like a pole.. u can even make a factual statement cum joke like if u wanna meet ur friend at a crowded place.. u can just say "Ok, I’ll see you AT Hairul." Got it?? 192 cm for a Malay guy.. how taller a person can be.. aiyoh n he’s DAMN proud of it.

     Yeah since I said I was still shy around him ..n he’s like ultra shy compared than me..lagi le teruk.. Sha kept urging me to talk to him "hey cakapla dgn kawan kau..kesian dia." :p Anyways when we entered Ruums, the place was packed. Compared to Nidji’s elevated stage at the very back, which made the place to be more spacious.. Peter Pan just had a low stage in the middle of the whole floor. We got our place next to the speakers, bayangkanlah camne kitorang melompat bila dengar the drummer tested the drums. Double aiyoh~

   As usual, to kill the time, Sha n I took photos.. typical uncreative poses but what else to do right?? We laughed at the fact that Hairul is so tall.. he looked like he’s our bodyguard or something :p Ok to be frank, I admire n listen to Peter Pan’s songs.. but not to the extent I know their names except Ariel. The days for me to be EXTEREMELY crazy over a band has long ended.. but I still enjoy music.

      Finally sharp at 12 midnight.. the whole band came in.. Oh-oh Ariel was SO short tak sangka akak :p Since we were standing next to the stage.. I think it was pretty intelligent of them to have many mics erected at many parts of the stage..so sometimes Ariel would be facing here..sometimes facing there.. not only facing to the crowd in front.

     He initiated their performance with a song from Alexandria’s OST.. then he continued with my fav Tak Bisakah (reminded me of Khairil whom dedicated this song to me..apa khabar sobatku di Miri??) I was having fun to that song.. coz it’s my fav. Then he continued with songs from their new album Hari Yang Cerah. Ala start tu dah tak best dah. Ok I cannot blame them.. their new songs sound good as well.. and it would be unfair to them if the crowd expect them to sing the songs they’ve been singing for the past years again and again.. but their older songs are the songs which are fond to our hearts and the ones we could sing along. Lebih membosankan lagi.. Ariel had to give us the synopsis of each song.. that was like SO BO~RING.. dah rasa cam kat Malam Sayembara Puisi dah~

     One thing I noticed bout Ariel.. he has this habit of singing with his mouth being VERY close to the mic.. and the mic should be the one erected on stage.. so that would limit his movements. Thus no matter how hard the music went.. the crowd would not really move to it.. only when he asked people to clap their hands they did. Tak best tol. Unlike Duta Sheila On 7.. he would be jumping up and down all over the stage.. he’s like Giring by Nidji.. so energetic.. even if the song is a laidback number.. people would get really moving to it. When I complained to Sha "Apa ni Sha.. Ariel mellow gila.. Duta tak pernah buat camni kat kita…" Sha said "Ala janganla majuk…" Tak kisah nak majuk gak..

     The showcase ended 45 minutes later (how could the sponsor called it a concert?). It was a huge disappointment for me.. but Hairul seemed to enjoyed himself real good.. I kept telling him "Sorry la kalau boring." And as always with his eager smile he said "Hey best pe! It’s music man!" Ok it’s good if he enjoyed himself.

      The next thing I knew.. we had supper at Suzi’s Corner.. to sum it up.. Peter Pan’s showcase for me was boring coz I was not familiar with their new songs.. and I kept missing Duta while watching Ariel.. takleh tolong la kan . K people..Salam

Salam..

     After working hard at Idealog in Damansara Intan for a week ONLY..hehe.. but hey seriously my sis and I worked non-stop for our marketing research job.. I think I just deserve to be lazy for now. I am on the verge of being broke.. only will be able to survive for another week max.. but insya Allah next month my financial spirits would be lifted a bit coz I’ll be getting more paychecks for the jobs I did this month. Ka-Ching!! :p

    Today..my day started with a smile when my friend phoned me for no reason. Thank u Hairul Looking forward to watching Pirates on this Saturday with u and ur friends too this Saturday.. I wish u all the best for ur exam tomorrow.. but no luck for Liverpool because I am certainly supporting AC Milan this 2am..hehe.. and it is NOT because of KAKA okayyy… :p

Then I did help Ummi and Nana to cook breakfast at home.. but actually most of the time I almost wrecked my brain in answering the Utusan Malaysia-CIMB crossword puzzle contest.. I should have won the RM 3000 from the 2nd week.. unfortunately I did not manage to solve 1-2 answers since the words are totally out of my vocabulary.. gee really need a Kamus Dewan (will borrow from Mak Ngah). This week’s prize.. RM 7000..

      Later..Ayah phoned from Buffalo, USA and commented that he’s now a true blue American whom had Coffee ONLY for his dinner. Oh pity Ayah.. he even told me now he couldn’t appreciatte Maggi anymore coz he’s so used to it by now. He told that Niagara Falls is magnificent.. SubhanAllah.. What else.. yes he told me he managed to buy the Coach Barretta colourful sneakers that I asked him to buy for me. Yay!! Haha.. Suraya Anuar is officially the biggest fan but not yet a collector of Coach goods.. insya Allah.. when I can afford enough to purchase on my own I will be the biggest collector My sis said "Oh dulu kutuk orang nak beli sneakers like this from MCKY" then I just said "Biarlah, this is COACH" :p Ayah is different now.. he seems to be like the old person we used to know and love.. I am just so contented with this progress. Alhamdulillah.

What else.. yes I am a bit flustered with UIA.. but not their fault entirely.. I am supposed to have my practical at PDRM Forensic Lab, Cheras.. but till now my application is still pending at Bukit Aman. I phoned Dr. Euw in the Forensic Lab but couldn’t reach him.. but I gave a message to a Corporal.. and I have faith in these people.. OK I’ve heard bad things bout the cops.. however the ones that I have dealt with are from the good quality ones.. they dealt with me with respect and I think I could rely on them. I really hope I’ll manage to get a place a the Forensic Lab in June.

Ok..gotta go.. I am going to my favourite facial parlour.. zits..you r going to be demolished!! Hahahaha.. Ok people.. Later days.. Salam

Salam..

Oh right after Subuh prayers I straight away logged on to my blog coz I am so excited..enthusiastic (oh my poor vocabulary makes these words still sound like an understatement) regarding to the reactivation of my blog =)

This holidays..from April till July.. has been packed with activities.. that’s what I love about being a freelancer in so many things.. u r not tied up with a certain company for a long time.. sometimes I could just help Ummi at home with cooking.. laze around watching all the reality shows that always make me cry (even watching re-runs makes me cry believe me).. but when I have projects I’ll be as busy as a bee which I love!

So I’ll try to cope up with writing all the activities that I’ve done insya Allah.. at least that’ll make me happy that I have documented them into some form of written document..n best of it..it’s online!! Oh I am sooooooo in lurrrvvvveeeee with blogging….. :p

* Despite my packed schedule.. there was never 1 second which I didnt miss Suhail in Kashmir.. Mira in Langkawi.. Shazana who’s bz working at the architecture firm hehe.. n of course Zafran who seems to be fading away from our lives… (heavy sigh)

Salam..

Many good things happened to me lately.. which I thank Allah for ALL OF THEM. N today.. it’s such a wonderful surprise that I manage to create posts on my blog AGAIN. People might not understand.. but I tried for MONTHS to reactivate my blog but to no avail. Today it’s a miracle that MY BLOG IS ALIVE again.. hehe u might say that I am a bit loose in the head.. but I AM SO DAMN HAPPY. Many posts to be created insya Allah. Muax!