Friday, August 27, 2004

Leaving On a Jet Plane

A good friend of mine NA, dapat kerja baru...she felt like singing "Leaving on the Jet Plane" (sah-sah penangan Linda from AF2)...but the only lyric she knows is the tajuk itself..
So, by the power of Internet, aku pun search, and cut and paste for her."Leaving On A Jet Plane"
Courtesy of www.azlyrics.com

I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn.
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn,
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.
[Chorus]
So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again -
Oh Babe, I hate to go.
There's so many times I've let you down,
So many times I've played around,
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you,
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.
[Chorus]
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more time let me kiss you,
Then close your eyes, I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come.
When I won't have to leave alone,
About the times I won't have to say ...


Good luck & Congratulations, my dear. Syukur Alhamdulillah, I am thankful you got the job. You deserve it. Now, nyanyilah sepuas hati...



Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Other Blogs...

I normally started my day by coming a little bit early to work, on the internet and read blogs. Normally aku start dengan Adik punye..http://www.mawarhamzah.blogspot.com/ sebab the blue colour always seems to make me a little bit ceria...Adik rajin dok tukar blog skin dia..tapi dah agak lama tak diupdate...busy la tu..
Then I'll go on and read http://donababygurl.blogdrive.com/. This girl is funny, very expressive and spunky. I might not agree with a few of her sentiments but what the heck..its her blog, her right...aku ni dok baca je and enjoying it pulak lagi. Then aku akan baca http://gongkapas.blogspot.com/ by Dina Zaman..Yang ni lagi pecah kepala,, lawak gila. She's my favourite writer few years back. She has her own column, Dina's Dalca in NST. Every Tuesday if I am not mistaken. She used to make me laugh...and that makes others wonder what's so funny in a news paper. I think I need all these carefree readings. Bila aku baca the happenings in the world, aku depress. It is so easy to fall into that pit hole. I read somewhere that the most chronic penyakit in the future will be stress. Oh, read her "Berasmara Dengan Hantu Raya" jugak..ada link in her blog..meremang bulu roma..
Others yang aku baca, Azman's, Adik's hubby..very technical...Fahroe's..can be technical also..and the latest to my addition is a blog by Jemima Tagal....anak Dr Judson Tagal who perished in the helicopter accident in Mount Murud. http://www.xanga.com/skin.asp?user=jemmtt Sedih..I sat in front of my PC with tears streaming. Her words touched my heart...it's hard to lose a father. It's harder when it's so unexpected..Masa Abah pergi dulu, we've known 3 months in advance. The "Motor Neuron" is not cureable. And when he died, I felt relief..I can't bear the helplessness, the sadness and the pain. He is in good hands now.From a healthy man, who walked everywhere, he turned into a very skinny person, who can't talk and move. The only thing that he can move himself is his eyes...and those eyes...Ya Allah, maha berat penghapus dosamu. If only I can hug him one more time...
I am thankful, I had the chance to be engulfed in his love for 28 years...to receive his wonderful letters when I was away from home, to know he is the only one who remembers my birthday when the rest don't, to share his kacang goreng in front of the TV while watching"Golden Girls", to have him married me to my hubby...Compared to all the anak yatim yang mungkin tak ingat atau tak merasa langsung kasih sayang seorang Ayah..I am the lucky one....for that..I am thankful.

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Two nights in Bangkok...

***sigh*** I am back from Bangkok. Pheww…penat. Alhamdulillah everything went smoothly. The night before the trip night as usual I get jittery over leaving home. What if the plane crashed? Who’ll take care of Amir? And who’s going to clear up all my junk at the office? Time tu la terfikir tak buat wasiat la, tak leave details of Amir’s inheritance la…me and my worries. So, I’ll do what I usually does when I am nervous..aku basuh toilet. Sometimes I’ll let the slimy green thing grow so I can scrub them away when I am stressed. It helps as it feels like I eliminated my problem along with it. Nahh…don’t bother to understand… it’s one of my eccentricity.
Kat Airport, I tried out the automatic immigration lane. The screen said “sila letakkan ibu jari di pengimbas”, aku mati-mati la ingat on the screen itself, rupanya kat tepi the machine. Kechut noticed my “Perhakness”…kena gelak lagi.
Oh, the Air Asia flight took 2 hours 10 minutes to Bangkok. Masa dah settle down dalam flight, suddenly they announce “Ms So-and So..please identify yourself to the crew”..I was like “Huhhh?? What did I do?” Mala & Kechut dah start gelak, B pun boleh sengih tengok aku gabra, “If I go, you guys are coming with me!!!” Heheheh..rupa-rupanya, my tag from the hand luggage tertanggal kat depan pintu. Well, that’s my 5 second fame la kononnya.
Bangkok was not as hot as the last time I was here. Our hotel was quite far from the ‘shop till you drop’ area. Patut la murah….hampeh betoi! Takpe…next time, I will not stay at Amari Atrium. Indira Regent, Baiyoke Skyview and Amari Watergate is really good. Kak Puteh, an entrepreneur we met said Bombay Palace is good hotel too as it is very near to a masjid, turun hotel dah ada Muslim Food. Noted. Makanan memang banyak, tapi when they sell it together with the piggly wiggly…punah.
Chactuchak, the weekend market was one heck of a place. Truly amazing and fascinating. Aku paling enjoy kat kedai DIY for craft. Lepas ni ada la kengkawan dapat handmade card. From the short description in the tour leaflet, it has 15,000 registered gerai. Jaw dropping tak? Aku rasa, aku lalu kat 100 gerai je kot. Mala pun mata jadi macam guli.
I did not shop that much, …chewaahhh…Yea ke? Macam in denial je? Muahahahahaha….Ada la sikit…tapi Kechut…memang Kechut, dia beli 1 t shirt Hard Rock Bangkok aje.BTW, HRC kita 10 kali lebih happening dari theirs. Laki aku pun beli satu seluar yang lepas dicuba di hotel, does not fit him really well. But then again, we bought things for their family..so they cannot claim that they did not get anything because we bought it for them? Betul tak? Anything to get rid of the guilt.
Oh! Our ½ day tour ended at this kilang gem stone. Waduh..gorgeous-gorgeous sungguh..nasib baik tak terbabit. Tapi aku ngan Mala, instead of looking at the display, we all sibuk dok ikut another tourist checking out her Green TODS handbag. Gorgeous gila…If Adik ada ni, she’d probably salivating over it together with us. I checked a website selling TODS handbag at work today. The one we were salivating over is made from deer skin (YOU KILLED BAMBI!!!)…USD$549.*****Gulppp*** I am okay with Calf skin sebab I love steak…but deer?? Well I hope they killed the deer for the meat and not the skin……. I told you I am a bit demented..my thought strays..I can’t help it. Plus, I cant’ afford a USD$549 handbag. Earth calling Shamm..
Alhamdulillah, I am back..safe and sound. With this trip, I realize how thakful I am to actually have the money to travel overseas even though with tight budget, to buy things that my heart desire (not all but I am thankful), to know that Mala & Kechut will be a long time travel companion, I have a Mom who is willing to look after my son while mak dia pergi berpoya-poya, jumpa Kak Puteh who is forever willing to show us a few tricks and traits in business, and that all my thoughts before going to Bangkok did not come true..you know..the plane crash and all…Takoottt..I could go on, but it’s almost 1 and I need my sleep so I can stay calm while a purple dinosaur dancing about tomorrow. That’s right…am taking Amir to Barney show tomorrow. It’s a date…lengkap dengan a trip to Mc Donald.