We Were Bad!

It is the school holidays and Eirfan will just mope around the house especially now when his abangs are around.

So when we decided to trim the cermai and the cempedak trees at the back of the house we told him he could help and cut the smaller branches - just to spice his day a bit. We then dragged the branches to the small dump where big things are thrown and was regularly burnt by one the pakciks.

I said to my hubby, can we burn these? And we did. And soon Eirfan was throwing all kinds of branches into the fire. So yeah, we were bad and became non-eco friendly for the morning.. I even have photos of that!

ps - at one point he was sweating from sawing a branch. He looked hot and mad and so furious. Later I asked him what happened to make him so livid? He said, I saw (saw? is there a past tense for saw?) all around the branch and still it refused to break. I laughed. He thought it was easy as he had watched his brother done it. Now he knows better!

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Not A Normal After Office Affair

I decided to make a quick stop at TMC Bangsar after office yesterday to get some stuff for dinner. In the end I got some chicken for my chicken with soya sauce and some prawns for the fiery fried vecimelli I had planned.

I bought some sage and rosemary too. There is a new recipe by Jamie that I want to try. Then I quickly stopped at the bakery for some freshly baked bread and hmm.. the burger buns look good. So I got that too - maybe I can make some home-made meat patties over the weekend to go with them..

I quickly shook my head to the pakcik who wanted to show me the mat and other stuff that he has with him. As I was turning on the ignition I saw something big and tall moving under the trees in front of TMC. I had to get out and take photos of those things.. these are what they are.



Unfortunately, I didnt see what the Aussie promotion was.

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Taking The Bull By The Horns..

.. err.. so to speak, that is.

I went round Ampang area this morning looking at some houses and I saw this interesting road sign that says 'Jalan Bulbul'. I wondered (and am still wondering) what is bulbul?

Nevertheless it reminds me of the guy in the office that we call Bul. I should send this to him..

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Not My Usual Sunday

We finally got to send all the (old) furnitures to the orphanage today. I was just waiting for the boys to come back so they can move out all those heavy shelves and cupboard.

The boys found out the cupboard was heavier than they expected and my 'hero tua' (are you reading this, yang? ) had to help out. We borrowed a small lorry from a friend to transport out all the stuff.

These are some of the photos that I have; unfortunately I dont have any taken at the orphanage.. when we got there, the children were all ready to go to a majlis tahlil. Their transport were right behind us. Because of the rush, I had totally forgottten to snap any photos. A disappointment really..

.. moving all the heavy stuff out ..

.. arranging em on the lorry..

.. they were excited about riding in / driving the lorry ..

.. we went for a bowl of cendol after all the hard work.

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A Blushing Afternoon

It was the nicest way to end the Friday / week - we went to an "almost" office function. We can't help but blush - there was pink everywhere in the room..

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The food was nice, and the venue, and almost everyone wore pink (what else when the theme for the afternoon was Pink Petals?) that the mc said anyone else would think we are at a Putri Umno function (puh-leazze.. I wouldnt want anyone to see me there!)

It wasnt a glamorous function but it was very nice. We had big laughs over the performances did by the amateurs.. Girls, we must do this again.

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Pretty in pink.

She was a funny mc

It wasnt love at first "sound" with Ajai / Masha; unlike with Anuar Zain..

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People

Do you sometimes do flashbacks in your mind and then thought I should'nt have said that, or I should've said something nicer or should have been more gracious about the whole incident or blah.. blah .. blah? Or maybe told yourself you should have just shut up instead of putting your foot into your mouth?

I met a few friends whom occurred to me are among the nicest, gracious people. They made you feel very welcomed, told you your apologies are unwarranted, put you at ease and in the whole process made you feel very humbled indeed..

(I'm not too sure what is the point of this post - this is like a scene from a movie where the writer ripped the paper out of the typewriter, crumpled it into a ball and threw it furiously across the room.. In other words, the whole story is just impossibly baaad .. )

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Seasons Of Life

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I climbed the mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills ~
Till the landslide brought it down
O mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can a child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tide?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Uhm.. mm.. I dont know
Well I've been afraid of changing
'Cos I build my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even the children get older
I'm getting older too
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I am currenly indulging in the oldies by Stevie Nicks. This is from Landslide which is most poignant..

Current Read

I have yet to finish the "What Color Is Your Parachute?" The book turned out to be tougher than I expected. The exercises include identifying who you are, what turns you on (no, not like that..) and writing essays. So I decided to take a breather from that for uhm.. a while .. a long time maybe..

I also finished Sandra Brown's "Play Dirty". It's not as good as her previous writes I think..

I am continuing with "The Happiest Woman In Hereafter" which I read halfway before Ramadhan. I put that aside when I picked up "Remeh-temeh Tentang Puasa - Tapi Anda Malu Bertanya" (ya, saya malu... it is a virtue, you know..)

So yeah, I read books like that - sometimes the book just cant hold your attention - so I exchange it with another. At the end of the day I will finish all my books - because I hate spending the money on them for nothing.

So I have to finish all these books before I pay another visit to the bookstore..

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Raya Stories Part IV : (burp..) Uh.. excuse me..

That's what Syawal weekends are all about - eat, eat and eat.

You cant not go to your relatives' or friends' houses if you are invited for their raya do. So you went. When you come back they will tapau more food for you and you smiled and said thank you and put the things in your fridge when you got home.

You invited people over and whatever left overs you have, you put that in your fridge too. After some time my fridge is bulging and I have already forgotten what I have put in there..

I also have lots of kueh raya (I didnt over bought them ok - I only bought the pineapple tart) that were given to me by my in-laws, my niece etc etc. They were also some crisps that I was obliged to buy.. which made my cupboard bulging.

Everywhere I turn there are food, food and more food. I wish I can have my normal, dull, nothing-happening weekends back very very soon, dont you?

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