Tuesday, October 31, 2006

*chasing cars*

We’ll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don’t need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don’t quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They’re not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
To show me a garden that’s bursting into life

Let’s waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we’re told
Before we get too old
To show me a garden that’s bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes,
They’re all I can see

I don’t know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

i love this song! not only its played during the final season of grey's anatomy, it's also played in the next episode of prison break. thanks for the mp3 cin!!
if i were to choose 2 favourite song in 2006, i'll chose this and drops of jupiter. nice songs!!
halfway done ..

my hari raya visiting is almost over - the good thing of me doing the visiting alone is that i can cut short in every houses and i don't have to wear punjabi or baju kurong as it's always straight from work. friday lunch was good, sinfully sinful especially with the brownies pancake and teppanyaki ice cream - yummilicious indeed. feeling so full i almost back out from the dinner but then i went there with one of the tea lady here. food wise was quite disappointing, it's no longer the old place with lots of variety - no more asinan, no more sayur asam :'(. from there i took a cab to hougang and started my hari raya visiting again, from hougang straight to tampines. not bad as i covered another 3 houses.
spent the whole saturday morning at home which i kinda regret afterwards. i should've followed aunt. sue & her families to bukit panjang to my uncle's house. now i don't know how am i supposed to go there alone. went to bukit batok in the evening. food was good especially for me who hasn't had indonesian satay for ages. from there instead of going home, i continued my hari raya visiting. took bus 61 since it's heading to eunos but i gave up and took a cab instead after spending almost 2 hours inside the bus. clementi, holland rd, holland v, commonwealth, queensway, chinatown, vivo city, bugis - felt like i was on a day tour around singapore! went to my aunt place & had a chit chat for quite some time there. my cousin is going abroad for study soon and i was the one who was so excited while he himself couldn't wait for the 5 years to be over, lol. from there went to my uncle's place and spent quite some time there with 3 cousins to chitchat with. talked about career and education with one; talk about life, love, shopping with the other one and about adventure and sports with the younger one. you can talk about everything with this family. since i reached there while chelsea was playing, i joined them watching ballack *for me* in action, my uncle is a chelsea's fans after all so it's fun. there goes the plan of visiting another uncle's house. tiring, full, bloated but fun!
decided to spend sunday at home but then my uncle left a voice mail and 2 text messages about the open house at his daughter's place. bugger! but knowing what a good cook she is, i called around asking for a lift from one of the aunties and got one!. the food was good but what's more exciting was the i feel like gretel entering the candy house. it's definitely a kids heaven with all the sweets and chocolate on the table. i couldn't restrain myself from trying each and every single things on the table before moving to the dining area for the hari raya goodies. sinful but satisfying.
now i hope i could stop all the craziness and control my intake. already missed the morning pump, thanks to a big bottle of pepsi that deprived me of my sleep. i hope i could finish my visiting soon so that i can have a proper eating regime soon. ameen to that!

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Food Fiesta

managed to cover 5 houses yesterday - yay! still lots of houses to go but i think i'll cover uncles, aunties, and my grannies houses first. already thought i could finish my visiting once i cover all houses around tampines when i remember shoot! the most important house, my daddy's bro!! i really hate the thought that i had to travel to hougang to do this visiting - will try to squeeze it in later. guess i'll wait for my auntie to recover and join her visiting my grand uncle, grand aunties, and my mom's step grandma. why does oldies have to have so many children, eh?
it's friday!! no one's in the mood of working that we'll be leaving the office at 11ish for the project launch party until 3 pm today. heard the place was closed for this function as not only the team will be attending, but partners as well. too bad, the place is not halal certified :'(. we're hoping that the local project consultant's suggestion to the partner is approved. if so, the project core team members will be released home after the lunch is over. woohoo, whatever the decision will be, we'll be bringing our bag with us.
then after work, the managing partner & his wife invite those celebrating to attend the hari raya & deepavali celebration dinner at one of my favourite place. though i have problem when it comes to this, as i don't know many malays and indians here, i think i'll still be going just for the food. will leave early so that i can do my visiting later.
and how am i supposed to control my diet?!?

Friday, October 27, 2006

don't compromise ..

*intermezzo while waiting for the job executing*

a few months back me, jen, and cin were discussing something about matrimony. basically after watching a dvd i told them about it and we ended up talking about it. the talked became deeper when we had dinner after our run. it's normal for us to discuss the movie any of us just watched, even if it's a crap movie. that's what i like - there's always a continuation of a movie we watched.
back to the dvd that i watched - it's about a lady who ended up with someone who is the best for her and her family but not her true love. we then talked about all the what ifs. i remembered me & cin saying that once we're married we wouldn't be looking around so there won't be any chance of us feeling something for someone else. jen insisted that this kind of feeling could not be controlled. i remembered involving in a long discussion afterwards *until i missed desperate housewives!!
so, back home i watched a dvd - typical bollywood movie but with the same issue with what jen mentioned. how a bride-to-be was contemplating on marriage and a stranger talked to her. the reason she said yes to this marriage is because the guy is her close friend and in her words 'when friendships takes the place of love, there's no more place for love'. when she's wondering what if she find her soulmate after marriage, the stranger said 'if you don't look for it, you won't find it' - just like jen's question and me & cin's answered. the guy then told her to think thoroughly before deciding to back out since happiness is awaiting for her and she might not experience this if she back out.
well, after 3 long hours of journey with singing and dancing around watched for 2 days the movie ended with the two couples breaking up. the man even told the wife (the ex bride-to-be) that he realised the wife had never love him but simply compromising him, 3 years went by and those being cheated had moved on with their lives whereas the cheaters not knowing that the other party had been dumped live alone. of course they ended up knowing and were reunited. but the parting words are something like 'be sure that you marry someone that you love, not someone you compromise' - which i believe is true.
I'm Baaaaaccckkkk ...

after a tiring yet fun hari raya break, i'm back on my desk in front of my lovely machine. lovely? yeah - without it i wouldn't be able to blog ;)
reached jakarta on friday where mum, dad & my nephew fetched me. so excited that he thought i bought him yet another aeroplane he chatted non-stop along the journey home. once home, he asked for the key and looked very disappointed when he didn't see any toys in my bag. he tried to look excited about the t-shirt but you can see deep down he's sad. hehe..
touched my niece for the first time. she's cute!! not as fair as the bro but still very cute. spent most of the night sleeping with my nephew, as usual when i'm back his sleeping, bathing, eating must be with me. it was fun being back home during fasting month as per normal, but this time around i spent more time helping my sis taking care of my niece than helping my mum in the kitchen, though i did help her grating the cheese and making the butterscotch for the cakes. met my friends on sunday, lucky i woke up and still managed to meet them before breaking fast time - don't blame me, blame my niece! i have the tendency to play with her or carry her as soon as she opened her eyes, even i'm tired i'm happy that at least i took care of her a lot during my short break home.
hari raya was tiring and fun as usual. i collapsed at noon with the crowd. well we've anticipated the crowd because mum & dad, being one of the eldest, always got visited first. took out the plates, glasses and put 8 big bottles of soft drinks in the fridge, made more ice cubes on hari raya eve to prepare for the following day but still couldn't cope with the crowd. was preparing drinks for 12 people when mum called saying 'grogol family is here' then before i got a chance to count on the number of people mum called again 'faster, kakamamu's family is here'. at the end most of the guest helped themselves. imagine 10 cars can come at one go!! that's how crowded the house were. collapsed by noon and quite sad when we realised the 2 big cheesecake mum made were gone. me & my bro-in-law could only looked at each other and smiled. luckily mum made it again the following day so we hid half of it from the guests for us, hehe. sorry mum - your trifle pudding, butterscotch, blueberry and others are good - but your cheesecake is the best!
did some visiting on the 2nd day of hari raya before flying back at night. with my sister still in confinement, my nephew & bro-in-law joined mum&dad for the visiting. back home, prepared myself & spent time with my niece before going to the airport. this time around my nephew was so busy helping me carry my bags that when his mom asked him to stay back his answer was 'i must go, last time i didn't go aa didn't buy me toys' haha.. so funny!
reached singapore and the first thing i did was buy myself a diet coke!! - yeah, back home i bought few cans for myself but my nephew has the same interest with me when it comes to coke that i had to restrain myself from buying again. though he kinda reluctant to drink a lot when he was told that the reason i was dark is that i drink too much coke. :\
now back to work still feeling sleepy, thanks to my flight that got delayed i reached home past midnight. will start my hari raya visiting here later, with my aunt not feeling well this will be my 1st time doing hari raya visiting alone. if only i can finish my hari raya visiting here soon, i'll be happy!
and oh, the global financial system has gone live smoothly .. YEAY!! 2 years of hard work!! though the next challenge now is that all local application need to be changed, i can think of visiting the dentist for wisdom tooth and root canal.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

*~* Eid Mubarak *~*

Wishing everyone celebrating it a Blessed Idul Fitri
1 Syawal 1427 H
Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin

i am human who is full of error..
thousand apology if i have offended you guys in the past, ya? ^,^

we are given chance to start afresh
may we also be given a chance to meet another ramadhan.

taqabalallahu minna wa minkum..

*lontong cap gomeh, shorbet susu, cheesecake, vermicelli seemai, barfi - here i come*
can't wait .. can't wait

today is the end of our local test - phew, finally after 5 months. need to clear everthing before preparing for going live next week. after all the hard work for the past 2 years, frustration, anger, desperation, you name it - i just can't believe that it's just few more days before going live!!. the global hr and time expense went live without many problem - i hope the same goes to the global financial system *though i still have to figure out that stupid nested xml thingy*. though i'm working hard on clearing everything so that i could leave early with a little peace of mind, with my luggage behind my desk - all i can think of now is going home!
in 10 hours time i should be back home to my beloved family, the people i love most. i'll be seeing & touching little nadia for the first time and i hope my nephew is not asleep yet. i am not sure who will be fetching me tonight *possibly dad* but i've requested to buy me martabak manis for my supper.
embi, the old lady who's been massaging me since i was a baby, will come tomorrow morning. it's about time to fix all this strained muscles and i'm prepared to hear her comments on how stiff my body is, how healthy *she never use the word fat* i am.
this time around i promised myself to learn or at least help more when mom is making her famous cheese cake. with all the orders she receives, i hope she could squeeze in one for me to bring home.
checked with my sis & parents if i still be getting hari raya money from them *hehe* so no need for me to change money - what i have should be suffice.
made an appointment with my 2 lovely friends back home for breaking fast over the weekend.
luggage packed. no food ordered this time around. chicken pie buy later. passport check. e-ticket check.

Friday, October 20, 2006

excuse me, but ..

an incoming text message

msg :- hey girls, think we are going out for some drinks tomorrow night, wanna come? let me know
me :- hey, thanks for the invitation. i'm flying home tomorrow *yippee*. you guys have fun ya
msg :- will miss you then. have fun back home yah
me :- thanks thanks. will surely do. don't miss me yah ;->
msg :- yeah right. let's meet when you're back. call me yah!
me :- i'm sorry but now i really have to ask. who are you?
msg :- oh GIRL!!

haha.. sorry m2, i really didn't know who i was texting but feel bad of asking as it seems that i have to know you.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

a great gift

i got a friend, let's call A, who has the ability to make people comfortable and feel really appreciated. okay, A was down with fever & cough last week. When i didn't see A online for two days i texted asking if A was still sick, if it was that bad, and of course ended the message with a take care wish. i remember when i was sick A called and asked about my well-being, so i thought it was my turn to show that i care. Didn't receive any message in return but when i checked my mobile last night i had one missed-call from A. returning the call, i ended up chatting for quite some time. i wanted to end the call once i knew that A was on course for the past 2 days, hence the absence from msn but A kept the communication going by asking about my well-being. how was fasting, was i excited that i'd be home in few days time, what was the most exciting part of going home, was i happy or sad that fasting month is going to be over soon, how was work, what's up with my life, and all sort of other stuff that makes you feel you have a good friend to count on. i was supposed to be the one who do all the questioning, showing A that i too am a friend to rely on, but i ended the call feeling blessed having such sweet friend as A.
honestly speaking, i was not someone who shows my affection to my friends openly, unless i am so very close to that person. but i was exposed to few new people that never hold their thoughts and openly show their cares for others that i too start to be more open. i know i don't share my black face with my friends, when i have some things on my mind i tend to share it to some of my friends & my friends can count on me if they have some problems as well, be it day or night. i don't have a problem praising other people, but i do have problem showing my friends that i do care about them in the past especially verbally. i hope that one day i can be just like A.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

for daddy dearest

for the first time in my life i went to mustafa centre alone! can you believe that! even mum & my sis was surprised to hear that. well actually we went there yesterday after the run *more on walk actually, thanks to the haze*. daddy wanted me to get him the canned beans for kacang phool. once there i called my uncle for the brand but he was doing his taraweh that i just stopped a malay lady and asked her to no avail. this is an arab food but to bad there's no arabs around for me to ask that i ended up getting a kidney bean and just on my way home my uncle returned my call and i knew i got the wrong one. daddy said not to bother getting if it's troublesome. but knowing how he loves this food, how he'd surely have breakfast in geylang area which is known to have the best kacang phool whenever he's in town, i decided to go there again today - alone. after getting the right info from my uncle i was quite irritated that the actual bean, the medamames beans, were actually right on top of the kidney beans i bought yesterday. i even looked at it yesterday but it didn't hit me the wording there - foul bean -- foul = phool! of course!! being sold mostly by malays/indians they have changed foul bean to kacang phool!! duh..
reached office and i still had another 30 mins of lunch time that i decided to go to bedok and get the anklet for my niece. my sister last minutely *as usual* asked me to check on the pricing & since i still have no idea what to get for my niece i got her this. can't believe gold is that expensive even for babies, eh. anyways, mission accomplished!

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

counting my blessings

more than an hour to go before we go for our running. hp wanted to see the lights at little india, so we're heading there afterwards. these 2 colleagues of mine, little did they know that i have upgraded them to friend. so very considerate, even switching off the light while i was doing my prayer after our run so that i could concentrate more, thats what jn said. a simple yet a very thoughtful gesture.
2 weeks ago, i was at bbq gathering. well i was supposed to help in booking the pit since i'm holding the petty cash and that's all. was quite surprised that it was held during fasting month but i thought of just being there to show support. ended up being the one handling the caterer etc that when everyone knew i was fasting they make sure that they prepared the food for me to break fast with. too bad i had to leave early to do my prayer and prepare myself for my gym buddy's wedding dinner. but the thoughts really count. imagine people from few different culture were busy preparing for my meal though i told them i wouldn't be able to stay for that. really sweet of them.
well, who said there's no more hope for 'world peace' in this world?
sweet

when so many lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone
tenessee williams

Saturday, October 14, 2006

jack nicholson, matt damon, leo di caprio, mark wahlberg, martin scorsese - what more can you ask for!!
great acting, interesting plot, and for someone who didn't watch the original movie that it was adapted from it's quite a suspend as well.
the fact that matt damon is in it makes nothing but additional awesomeness.
love the movie to bits!
simply couldn't wait for the bourne ultimatum now ..
food, glorious food...

watched a show in channel 5 last night, where they talked about food with one celebrity guest star. yesterday the guest was a muslim so i watched it simply to get more good food here that i can eat. i know for sure that i won't have trouble thinking of where to go for dinner when it's my turn to decide after the monday run. the nasi lemak at fong seng (??) really pick my interest, as well as the fish&chips at greenvale. browsed the net to get more info on this and was glad that i found an interesting site.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

oh no, not again ...

called home yesterday and when i wanted to talk to my nephew, mom said he was just back from the doctor. i asked and got to know that apparently he was just back from the vet, fetching andres home. mom said that andres has liver problem! this reminded me of jimmy, valentine, and valencia. my God - not another one!

well andres is sick since he was a baby. somebody threw him, his siblings, and his momma out and they were living at my neighbour's area and mom provided them with food everyday. one by one all his siblings were gone, he was left with his mom alone. until one day mom saw him alone that mom decided to take him in. after all he's a cute little kitten.
once home he always sleep in the garage under the car and we notice that once he had his meal, his tummy would be so big that we brought him to the vet. that was when we knew he had hunger oedem and had to be on medication for quite some time. the problem was that we really had to take care on the medication as too much of it may led to heart attack. poor andres.
well, he grew up to be one of the lovely cats we had. his nick was tuyul as he is so smart in capturing our heart. when he saw us walking towards where he was standing, he would quickly acted cute so that we would stop and patted him. he is the only cat who dared to come close and even played with jimmy, the misfit after too much bullying the other cats in defence of his mischiveous sister, milly jr. whenever one of the cat was sick and had to be separated from others, he would be standing in front of the cage - probably showing support the cat way. i remembered when mom went back to singapore, andres went missing for days and all of us including mom who favours andres among the others (due to his sweet act) and he came back home just one day after mom's back with all this strange perfume smell on him. sweet little andres.
he is always there in the middle of a family gathering, he will occupy one chair whenever there's guest at home and he is the one that made my brother in-law likes cat!. everytime my brother in-law came by he would climbed and sat next to him, moving around showing his charm. a tuyul indeed.
there was once when he had an accident that we brought him to the hospital and the vet told us that she needed to operate him and put a metal in to fix the broken leg. we felt so sad seeing this active tuyul couldn't climb up the bed and we had to make sure he was out doing his business, as he was the only cat who couldn't do his business at the toilet or garden, he needed his litter box to do it. and on the night of hari raya, we heard a 'cling' sound and saw him running up the stairs. brought him to the vet the following day and the vet could only said that he didn't have any explanation on this - how the metal went out by itself & his leg was perfectly back to normal! miracle the vet said, typical tuyul we said :).
the only cat who eats durian, turnip, veggies, and all other stuff that you gave him. the only cat who wants to try whatever you're holding, the only cat who's always there during our meal so that we can give some to him, and the only cat who will stand in front of the snack cupboard asking for some whenever i'm home.
well, due to his rotten tooth, his liver was infected so now he had to go on a drip. he'll be brought to the hospital in the morning and fetch home in the evening for few days. i hope all's well with him and he can stay being our tuyul for more years to come.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

7 deadly sin - greed..

yesterday we had a firedrill exercise. still wondering the need of one when the building will be demolished soon. anyways, as usual we walked down the stairs and went to the meet up place. once out we saw the area was fully crowded with people and the air was too stuffy. at first i thought it's due to the crowd (there's also a mooncake festival going on so the crowd) until we realised it was actually smoke that made our breathing uneasy. firedrill exercise with some fire smell as well. the haze, what else - from my country!
i used to joke when the haze issue was out that it's a gift from my country, but after experiencing it first hand this year i must say i shouldn't make a joke of it. it was not pleasant living with this kind of air. and all because some people back home we burning trees to make profit for themselves. talking about being greedy and selfish!
so please government of my country, not only you should step up in whatever you do but do take more serious action on this greedy people.

Friday, October 06, 2006

do i not look like one?

few years back while working in batam :-
boss: we will see if we can implement singapore public holiday here
my indian friend: yes, because in india we also celebrate diwali
boss: okay, i will talk to my boss about this. so you, k, v, and n (me) will be celebrating deepavali
me: no, not me! i'm a muslim
boss: oh, i don't know that

3 years ago in the gym :-
me: my first time attending morning class during fasting month eh
my friend(mf): oh you mean you fast?
me: of course, what do you think?
mf: i thought you celebrate deepavali lah
me: huh? after years of working together in the same company you didn't know mah?
mf: ya lor, hehe sorry hor ..

2 years ago in the gym :-
me: i read an article that when you're fasting it's best not to do any weight exercise?
my favourite instructor: oh, you mean you're muslim?
me: of course, so is it okay for me to continue pump class?
mfi: you're a regular, shouldn't be a problem. oh i always thought you celebrate deepavali..

taxi ride (almost everytime to airport):-
me: hi uncle, you should know i'm going to the airport yah *from the luggage of course*
uncle: ya, so which terminal?
me: hold on, i check the ticket
uncle: so, going back to india?
me: no, uncle i'm indonesian lei

my taxi ride a month ago :-
me: oh no wonder it's jam, the deepavali lighting is on already
uncle: ya, this time everything is prepared very fast
me: ya, singapore got a lot of money ya to pay for the electricity
uncle: hah! all our money
uncle: so, have you prepare for the deepavali
me: oh, i celebrate hari raya, not deepavali. anyway fasting month hasn't start yet so don't want to think about hari raya
uncle: oh, so you are malay *looking at my face*. you don't look like malay lah
me: muslim doesn't mean have to be malay mah. i'm indian muslim
uncle: and you don't celebrate deepavali
me: deepavali is hindu celebration, not indian. same like hari raya is muslim celebration, not malay. i notice singaporean are always mixed between race and religion
uncle: aiyah, for us we know malay hari raya indian deepavali
me: ya lor - should change that assumption.

few minutes ago :-
project consultant(pc): i'm officially out by end of oct. please keep it to yourself ya
me: oh, okay - it's a pleasure working with you all this while
pc: btw, do you drink? social drinking i mean?
me: no, if i go out i always stick to my lovely diet coke
pc: oh, i'm going to have a happy hour this friday
me: no problem, i'll be there for the fun
pc: no worries, i'll provide some non-alcoholic beverages for you
me: don't trouble yourself, i'm fasting - i'll be there for the fun and picture taking (there is, right?)
pc: oh sorry, i don't know that you're fasting

so, people - yes i am indian and also a muslim and i observe fasting.

australia anyone?

a friend of mine has setup his own business. so happy for him! so if any of you guys want to migrate to australia, try to use his company's service ya - who knows we can get a better price :)

Thursday, October 05, 2006

french, creole, english?

a friend gave me a link to his country's online radio and we ended up listening to it as i was promised to be told which is which.

my friend (mf):- this is french
me :- but it sounded weird
mf :- now its creole
me:- no wonder it's weird, but i can understand some of it though
mf :- oh now it's french
me:- huh?
mf:- actually creole is french too - just a bit brut
mf :- now it's french and a bit of english
me:- you guys are confusing man ..
mf:- back to french, mauritius french
mf :- now it's mauringlish
me:- *faint*

as confusing as it is, i kinda enjoy the songs played - french, english, hindi, creole, and god knows what's playing. i think it's a creole song playing now 'kolikoko li koko kolikoko li koko tu vais ajive dan vong' ???
yesterday i met my aunts and the 3 of us went to visit the family of our relative who passed away in the morning. we lost our way there that we actually arrived few minutes before time to break our fast. as uncomfortable as we were, we still went in. anyway we're still a close relative, that the deceased lady's dad is my grandmother's brother. it was a big family that it reminded me of my grandfather's place and then my aunties started going down the memory lane, telling me stories of their childhood when they're still staying in the house that is now part of changi airport. anyways, we ended up breaking our fast there. of course i was happy being faced with curry puff, bubur alisha (yummy), and the ultimate chicken briyani. hmm, what's missing is only the shorbet drink. will ask mum to make this when i'm home.speaking of home, i finally braved myself and asked my boss if i could take leave on the 23rd and 25th for hari raya. knowing that my part will be on on the hari raya day itself, i assure her that everything will be fully tested before i fly home. after telling her that i'll bring my machine home in case something comes up, she approved my leave request. happy happy happy indeed.
i missed my morning meal today. thanks to the 5-more-minutes attitude of mine. well, not that i'm new to this but still not sure if i'll go to the gym after breaking my fast or simply join the class and leave just when my prayer time comes *thinking

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

the pace..

yesterday's run was a good one, a very good one. i've been told that what's important is for me to find the pace i'm comfortable with, the pace that makes me feel that i can go for as long as it takes without feeling out of breath. so despite the slight pain in my knees and the strained muscle (june said that's a strain not a sprain) i ran at my own pace, the pace i think i'm comfortable with. of course once in a while i increased the pace as i was still searching for the right pace. yesterday i managed to run further than the normal route non-stop and managed to finish the whole journey without running out of breath. i guess i found it! next week i will try to increase the pace a bit and run until kallang. end the day with a chicken martabak at zamzam, a well deserved dinner indeed.
now i simply can't wait for another monday to come, apart from the running i can't wait to see what happen in the next episode of grey's anatomy, quite a cliffhanger there.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

we have closed the chapter of 2 of current systems. as sad as it is, it's still a relief that there will be no more worrying about the server crash during month-end, no more waiting for a call during my holidays, no more liasing with NZ for problem solving, and most of all no more Unix to think about. yeah ...
as crazy as it is, my flatmate called talking about a possibly trip for may next year. think there's a promotion and with the quite reasonable price we might take it, that is if we got it. talking about future planning, eh.
as touching as it is, i watched terry irwin's interview twice. i was so touched with the speech made by their daughter during the memorial service. no more crocodile hunter, a man who's not afraid of anything - thats what me & my sister called him. but as true as it is, we enjoyed watching his show. i remember watching 1 show in which he moved a crocodile from a small pool to a bigger sanctuary in east timor (or was it papua?)