An 'open letter' to Ajie Chem

Hello Jie, by the time you read this, you are already someone's wife. A wife to another friend of mine. I'm so very happy for you. Can't believe it's been a little more than 8 years, I've been waiting for this day for THAT long. And i'm glad it's finally happened. I was there when it all started, and tomorrow, I will be there when it....starts again. A whole new chapter. A new beginning. InsyaAllah. And hopefully I'll be there to meet your children, and your children's children ;p. InsyaAllah.

I'm so happy for you. Both of you. (pause jap, sebak...)

I wish all the best for both of you. It won't always be easy, you know better. But Allah will help you along the way, my friends. Be strong, hold on. For each other. I will always pray for the best. For all my friends.

Selamat Pengantin Baru. Semoga perkahwinan anda berdua berada di bawah lindungan Allah selalu.

Love, Neena Kemp.

Me and my uncoordinated self

I'm definitely a pro when it comes to embarrassing myself in front of everybody. But my specialty is of course, slipping and falling.

Ok.
Let me just list down a few off the top of my head.

In UMS alone,

• I once fell in front of the library. Was walking alone at the time and I was quite sure nobody was looking.
• I stumbled and fell hard and hurt my knee on my way up the stairs to my hostel room.
• I knocked myself silly (with a BIG LOUD BANG) after I ran my head into a huge stupid sign board. (on my defense, the sign board was too low and i was walking with my head down) My friends were practically rolling with laughter for what seemed like hours.
• And a few others..

One time I fell right outside the back entrance of Low Yat. And when I say Low Yat, u can bet there were many witnesses. And I fell to a prostrate position summore. Sujud ngkau. Lutut lebam sebulan. Sakit weyh time nak sujud betul-betul. Hahah!!

And just a few days ago I fell, not before I did a bit of some wiggly wobbly dance routine, on a bowling lane. Right after I released my ball down the lane.

*Maybe there's no need to mention I've also proudly threw the bowling ball backwards a coupla times before*

May I remind u that those were just SOME of my unfortunate moments. The truth is, these things happen to me ever since I can remember. Having scraped my knee ALMOST EVERYTIME I started running.

Dulu, laa...

Uuuuu...!! I remembered another one that happened end of last year. I got run over by a kid. The kid was on a bicycle. With training wheels. At the main entrance of a shopping mall in Penang. I nearly kissed the floor. No kidding. I was holding an open umbrella. Imagine.


Anyhoo, I came across this blog where the writer shares this wonderful trait with me. Her latest 'incident' cracks me up BIG TIME. I can totally relate.

And I think you should read it too. Lawak giler dowh. HERE. ^_*

I'm thinking my abnormally small feet have something to do with my terrible balance. But I'm not too sure =p

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.......................*slow classical music playing in the background*.....................

This was my home more than a year ago. Owh how much i miss it.

The cooking disasters, the open houses, the birthday surprises, the sleepovers, the midnight chats....Not to mention the tears and the guilt in between.

The truth is, I grew up so much in that very house.

The space is big. Bigger than most apartments we see these days. Make an appointment and come over to see for yourself. And the company? If you're a bit 'OFF' like us, you're gonna love them =p.

Excelsa di hatiku. FOREVER. ^_^

Selamat Pengapit Baru.

For the first time in my life, I was a bridesmaid. Tp rasanya salah la... Pengapit, bukan bridesmaid. I don't think their roles are remotely the same at all, kan?

Ok. So it was my first experience being a pengapit. Been a flowergirl one too many times tho T_T. Memang bidan terjun giler. PENGAPIT TERJUN, to be exact.

It was my cousin's wedding. Supposedly, age wise, on my father's side, I was next on the line to get married. For girls, anyway. As for my mother's side, I was the first in line since the day I was born T___T. So it was like quite a pressure being at the wedding..even more so when you're chosen to be the pengapit. Tapi i cool.

But that's a different story.

The wedding was in Miri. I live in Bintulu. Bintulu-Miri is like a two-hour-drive, plus plus. The thing is, I brought only ONE pair of baju kurung. I thought the kenduri was like a one day event, nikah terus bersanding pastu habis. Boy, was i wrong. DAHLA BAWAK SEPASANG JE, JADI PENGAPIT PULAK TU!!

MAKANYA, saat pengantin mau dinikahin, i ended up wearing

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THIS.

So there I was, staying close to the bride. Holding on to her bouquet of flowers, while looking SO OUT OF PLACE. Malewww dowh.

Kau duduk dendiam situ. Degil eh..



Pengapit Rugged. Buang tebiat.

 

With 1/6 of my cousins. I have a lot more.





Yang paling tua jgk buat perangai tak senonoh tak pakai baju kurung.

 






My cousin Emma and her husband.


The next day. Hari persandingan. Kebetulan pulak baju yg i bwk sama kaler ngan pengantin. Purple jugak. Tapi pengapit lelaki takde baju purple, dia pakai baju melayu putih. Bolelaa...

Ok. Much better. Tapi mcm nenek2 pulak.

Sebenarnya blur-blur jadi pengapit ni. Kengkadang tak sure nak buat apa. Lap-lap peluh kt muka pengantin, lap-lap tangan n dahi masa tepung tawar, betulkan veil, angkat ekor baju. Ikut pengantin ke hulu ke hilir. Basically tu je la...hahah! Amateur.

With more of my cousins.

EH, I also helped the bride tukar-tukar baju, tukar-tukar jewelleries. Pastu kan, masa tu dia bukak rantai emas dia dan disebabkan tgh kalut nk cepat, tak tau nak simpan kat mana, she asked me to wear it around my neck for a while. So i did. And I wore all the way back to Bintulu. Ngahahah! Dah smpi rumah baru perasan.

Beware. Pengapit Pencopet. Sila jangan ambil khidmat dia untuk jadi pengapit anda.

Pictures courtesy of saudara-mara, pakcik dan makcik yang upload kat facebook. Sekian, terima kasih.

Patah sayap bertongkat dagu

Jentayuuuuuu.....
I must admit, this post is loooooong overdue. Almost 3 weeks i think. Dh berkulat kot. I've been busy(konon).

But still, just to stay on track..here's a tribute.

Remember my post a few months back?

The thing is, she left. Kiki Lala has left the building!

Not because I was mean to her (I hope not)...but because she got a better offer, working with the government. Sob sob...

So now I'm back to square one.

As if her leaving wasn't depressing enough for me, she went on and left me messages here and there.

In the drawer,



In between the pages of the log books.

In the filing cabinet. (this one's a long one)

Benci.

Dah tau orang sensitif tahap mintak simpati, saje je wat benda-benda tak berpatutan sebegitu rupa. Tak memasal air mata bergenang keseorangan di pagi syawal. Cis. ;-(

Oh well, what i was trying to say was, thank you.

You have helped me a lot through those 2 months.

I would be drowning in my own workload if you didnt come and take me to the shore. Seriously.

Thank you for putting up with my crap, my rubbish, my nonsense.
Thank you for all the gossips, the stories and the secrets.
Makseh layan kmk membebel/merepak n makseh slalu membebel/merepak ngan kmk. MUAHAHAH!

Thank you, my friend ^_^

*Syiqin, terharu sik? touching kan? Over jak hoo...maka rumah dekat jak =p*

Drama Melayu

Meh-meh cni nk update. Tadi baru lps meeting gempak gilos dr tgh hari sampai kol 5 kt hotel New World Suites. Meeting ni dgn CEO dtg dr kl tu haa..so hagaklaaa kan. Memula lunch kt restaurant hotel. Masa tu mmg makan tak ingat dunia smpi tambah nasi 2 kali. Jakun kah dpt mkn free? Lps mkn pi naik tingkat 10, masuk meeting room. Fuyoh dasat dh rasa mcm drama melayu, meeting dgn share holder syarikat kepunyaan ayah yg merupakan seorang Dato'.

Tgh syok2 berbincang dan mengangguk buat2 paham, tea break la pulak. Byk pulak tu makanan tea break mcm lunch kali ke2. Muntakedarah lg. Lps mkn mihun+ayam+popia+desert, sambung blk. And then came my turn to present my report from my dprtmnt. Ntah kenapa dah tak nebes sgt. Kali ni pipi tak menggigil mcm selalu. Slide nyer ada 7 je so.......ting-tang-ting-tang-alexander.......dh siap present. And the CEO commented, "I like your slides". Which i modestly replied, "Thank you...heheh" pastu wajib sengeh mcm kerang ni. 

Pastu dh nk blk kan, i smpt grab satu popiah. And masa tgh menyumbat popiah dlm mulut, ada la pulak CEO kt tepi tu and he smiled and said, again, "I like your slides". Masa tu dh musykil, eh mamat ni sindir aku ke? Because my slides were yg plg terburuk skali dgn background putih, dan bar chart dan pie chart sematamata. Walhal org lain pny gempak-baikpunyer-palingcun-wow ada tulisan pusing2, kaler oren, warna-warni, siap ada map negeri sarawak gituh. And i just did my slides this morning. Mmg last minute giler. Xpela. Redho.

Saja je nk kaburkan mata korang dgn cerita merapu ni, padahal nk bgtau org puji slide presentation dia cheh! Ok2. Sebenarnya...as tomorrow is the 29th of October, saya nk wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a very good friend of mine, CIK JEHAN BAHRI a.k.a AJIE CHEM!!! Semoga perjalanan hidup u sentiasa dipermudahkan, semoga mendapat rezeki yg melimpah ruah, semoga cpt naik pelamin winkwink dan semoga diberkati oleh Allah selalu di dunia dan di akhirat. Love u lots..Muahmuah!! 

Haaa.....ayok...mana satu bday girl, ayok....

24th to 29th Sept 2010 (part 1)

This holiday was super fun. Although there are LOTS of things that I didn't get to do and LOTS of people I didn't get to meet, I feel happy and blessed to be surrounded by wonderful people. Alhamdulillah.

Sorry to my beloved friends whom i couldnt find the time to meet. Bad time management on my side. Sorry to the D108s in KL(ct and nana), nana redzuan, usop, kak amy ('Setahun Sekali bersama Amy Mastura' agegegege). And maybe a few names that i've missed. Sorry xcontact n jmp korang. =(

Just so I won't forget this, years n years from now, here goes. On September 24th, at about 9.30pm, i drove from KLIA to excelsa (sewa keta kwn ayah sbb my mom and grandma will be coming on the 26th so senang nk ke mana2 n amik diorang kt epot). The minute i knocked on the door of my old house, half expecting my friends to be in their pyjamas and lounging in front of the tv or their laptops. But i didnt know any better. Somehow it took a while for the person behind the door to open the door. And I  knew i heard whispers from inside the house. Masa tu dh suspect sumthing. Sekali pintu terbukak HOMAKNGKAU TEKEJUT AKU!! Obviously embarrased by the person who opened the door for me, i quickly averted my eyes to the other parts of the house and saw almost 20 pair of eyes staring back at me. 

T.E.R.K.E.J.U.T + S.E.G.A.N = MENGGIGIL TAKHINGAT.

BUT, not before i heard this tiny little voice that I've missed owh-so-much that shouted, 

"NEENA!".

Damia's a big girl now. Neena loves you mia.

I was overjoyed. She remembers me!! I was told that both her and her mom couldnt come to kl that weekend. But they came! Would have broken into an ugly cry if I wasn't so freakin overwhelmed and shaking uncontrollably. Over kan reaction i? Sedar diri jap. Ok.

Thank you. Terima kasih sbb wat open house sama hari dgn time i blk dan buat i perasan dan rasa mcm VIP a.k.a mak Datin. I will remember it for the rest of my life.

Hahah. Macam-macam.

Warning!!! citer basi...jgn makan.

note: this post was one of the drafts i wrote some time ago. and i mean a looooong time ago. Waaayyy BEFORE i move back to my hometown...on the 21st of July, 2009. yes, that old. never got around to actually publishing it until now. so it's old news ok, people. just bear with me here...=p

things i'm absolutely gonna miss:

1. The breakfast routine...

i know sumtimes we get tired of doing the same thing over and over...tapi im definitely gonna miss it so much sbb dh terbiasa. pagi2...park kat dpn lobby, turun pegi thumb in, me n jie kat lobby, zaza kena naik atas. pastu tunggu meg, kak amy to come n join the three of us for bfast. the people may change but mostly it'll be the five of us ;p. im gonna miss furqan, mtdc, maulana, bismillah, nasi kerabu bangi, nasi kerabu dpn maybank, kak midah...

2. Hanging out kat bilik diskusi

Kalu nk buat keje ataupun xde keje, this is the place to be. Most of the time..at least one of us will be there. and hanim salu ada, dok kat meja belah kiri. our port? belah kanan. ataupn mana2 port yg ada power supply..makan kat ctu, borak kt ctu...wat keje pn kat ctu.

3. Singgah sebentar menjenguk blk kak amy

ni mgg port terunggul seantero upm...huhu....byk kenangan kt cni woh...

4. The sleepovers

ramai2 mmg bedarik ye...ruang umah yg besa digunakan dgn sebaik mungkin...

5. Watching movies n tv shows

concert sume, ghost, nur kasih, spa q...

6. Badminton

men kat pusat sukan n kolej 11. salu kena warn ngan pak guard sbb masih pakai sticker zaman tok kadok

7. makan-makan n masak-masak kat umah...

8. little damia

after i accepted the offer, i'm starting to wonder, whether she's gonna remember me. i'm DEFINITELY gonna miss her damn much..

9. my messy room that most of the time, no one's allowed in just bcoz its so darn messy. haih..

10. pegi keje

the monday blues, bangun lmbt, jam xhingat kt traffic light pagi2, dengan keto Gggalo segala bagai. pastu kalu sampai, mesti cakap " Ya Allah..hari2 lmbt...bilaaaaaaaaa la nk insaf" makin hari makin lmbt

11. lunch!!

mtdc, padang, banquet hall, furqan, makan-makan

i wrote this before i came back to bintulu. and sure enough, i am missing each and everything that was listed above. And so much more...rindu....

just uploaded..

had a bit of a chat with kak zai tadi...sambil2 tu dok share gamba2 petunangan nana. pastu baru teringat, masa post pasal pegi majlis nana haritu, tak upload pn gamba2 kan? hmmph..beklah. so let me...

me, meg and zaza on our way to temerloh (dun worry, the car's in a complete stop ;p)

girl's road trip..

the bride to be...

now someone's fiancee

yes. me with the kids...

Barney is a dinasour from our imagination,

and when he's tall he's what we call.....

somehow this particular kid caught my attention...wanna know why?...she reminded me so much of my childhood. i used to look a lot like her, the hair and all..back when i was a sumkinda loner in my own weird way..sigh...painful memories...

Huda in action...cousin nana pny anak...huhuhu...combel.

after 5 years

last weekend juper memeber matric kat midvalley. tgk gamba jela ek..nah.


long lost friends...shimah, polli, neena(sebok nk show off hbag ker cek kak...), nana, siti. this pic was taken just before watching "what happens in Vegas"...klakar seyh..


pas tgk movie lapo. ikan bakar....cendol...


this pic...me likey!!! yummy fries,,,,gegege




good ole' McD's chocotop vanilla ice cream....

That was then, this is now...

A dream come true................=))