*cough cough*

I just returned from a temporary absence due to sudden illness. Fever to be exact. And due to that too, for the first time ever, I had to give my tuition a miss. Was hoping to catch the final one since I wasn’t able to make it to the first two.

Takda rezeki…

But one thing for sure, the headache, at one time, was so unbearable till I was forced to hit the kitchen at 2am for a couple of pills. Not to forget the fact that I had to wet a towel to suck the heat out of my body later.

It resulted to my getting 2 days worth of medical leave.

Banyak buat dosa kot… ;)

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Raya datang lagi. As usual, raya means forking out extra cash to be given away as duit raya. I’ve done my monthly budgeting and looks like a lot to be sacrificed… :(

Being 26 means getting duit raya berdasarkan ihsan orang ramai. Being 26 also means saying buh-bye to getting RM500 of duit raya collection. The amount now, if I’m really, really lucky, will be almost half of the figure.

And that, my friend, is when luck is with me.

Am really counting on the collection to cover the amount I have to give away…

‘Gali lobang, tutop lobang’ basis.

Tak lagi campur expenses jika terpaksa pergi ‘bercuti’.

Cousin-cousin dan adek-adekku sekalian, bersedia untuk mendapat discount dalam duit raya kamu semua!

50% discount!

Kalau nak 80% pun lagi dialu-alukan.. :D

The week has been good.

An unexpected baju raya for me, thanks to Mom. :)

I wasn’t planned to get myself one. They will see the wardrobe come the 5th day of Raya. Never am a fan of it anyways.

A week to go before the celebration. Apart from having a guest from Swiss to join the celebration, raya is just another big get-together with great food on the table.

Am I sounding like a person with no enthusiasm to celebrate the big day?

Maybe I shouldn’t. :)

Have a nice weekend!

For the past few days, I’ve been reading posts on people being slammed and people who slammed other people just because they can’t help turning themselves into green-eyed monsters.

I mean, c’mon lah people… It’s the Holy month. Can’t you just refrain yourself from bashing other people just because they don’t conform to your standard of being ‘proper’ human? Just look at yourself before you decide to ogle others.

Yes, I do have my own standards and I know others have theirs too (smack your head if you are in denial) but in term of letting go my frustrations should they interfere with emotion, I prefer to let them slide. I already have my own mechanism to dodge these personal attacks.

Bak kata Kelly Clarkson… “Ignorance is bliss.”

;)

My point is, yes, people do make you angry most of the time but the best chant you repeat to yourself should you become the innocent target is “They are just another typical gossip girls…”

To those who are being bitched, my word of wisdom is, “Biorle depa…”

And to those who like to bitch, my word of wisdom is, “Bawak-bawakla beristighfar…It’ll cost you another bruise to your ego just to seek for apologies (konon…).”

First and foremost, I’d like to wish all the Muslims all over the world ‘Happy Fasting’. My fasting experience has been good so far and like the previous years, I’d see myself shrinking to one size smaller. To date, I’ve ’successfully’ lost 1.6kg and that, my dears, are not something that I’m proud of.

If there’s one person who would constantly nag me on my weight and eating habit, it would be Serg. He would unfailingly remind me of how I should improve my food intake, how I should gain more pounds, how I should eat and eat and eat more frequently.

Last week, while on our way to KLCC from the Convention Center, we bumped into a colleague of his with his wife and last night, he mentioned to me that both of them feel that I should to gain some extra kgs for I look a little skinny.

Perhaps, I should start to ingest and include protein shake as part of my diet…

Yuck!

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It’s been a while since I last blogged and the last time I did, it was during my ‘recovery’. For an update, yes I have recovered enough not to mourn, if not fully. However, there is still a part of me deep inside that still contains the sorrow of having to let go one of the persons I dear, in which I bury deep out of reach. Maybe it will resurface but it is most unlikely to happen anytime soon.

There’s a need that longs to be fulfilled. Perhaps, I was being too strict with my own self. Perhaps I am beginning to come to term with my own luck. Or perhaps, I am just beginning not to bother to bother…

Could be.

Oh well!

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After weeks of not enjoying the real sunshine, I strongly feel that I should mention about the beautiful weather. :)

From my office window, I can see the bright rays.

Me like!

Hope it’ll remain the same for the rest of the month. Oh! Not to mention October too!

:)

Oh! One more thing. By looking at the changes and upgrades made, I know that Friendster is trying it’s best to compete with Facebook. But I strongly feel that Friendster has a long way to go in term of interface and most importantly, the crowd. I prefer the people I can find in FB rather than those in FS (if that’s the acronym for it).

:))

Have a nice day ahead!