Another Monday Morning Rambling and A Perfect Wedding Gift

Another Monday Morning Rambling and A Perfect Wedding Gift

It is now 11 in the morning, and I think my brain has finally woken up to work. It took a cup of Neslo, and a few dunks of Oreo biscuit to get my brains cracking however. Lucky, with the office deserted today, I could afford the luxury of a slow start today. It’s a Monday morning in the last week of the year, and the office resembles the presence of the post-Hari Raya holidays. Many people are desperate to finish off their leaves before the new year... lucky sods.

I spent most of the weekend helping out at my aunt’s place to prepare for my cousin’s engagement, which took place yesterday. Come to think of it, it was only slightly more than a year ago when I got engaged to my wife. Wow, does time fly... more and more of my younger cousins are either getting engaged or married, and boy it makes me feel old. It is very easy for me to fall into nostalgic mode when I look at my nieces and nephews (all children of my cousins) and reminisce the days when my cousins and I were their age. Those were the days when we had little care in the world and the highlight of our lives were either birthday parties or family gatherings such as yesterday, where all the cousins would gather and we would play games like hide-and-seek or police sentry. Sigh... life was so simple then.

Talking about engagements and weddings, I received the following story from a friend this morning. I know now the perfect item to buy for a wedding gift... :-p.


> Suasana masih riuh di luar. Sanak saudara semuanya
> berkampung disini. Gelak ketawa, gurau senda jelas
> kedengaran. Aku memimpin isteriku ke dalam bilik
> pengantin. Suara-suara sumbang terlalu banyak yang
> menegurku.
>
> "Hai, malam masih muda, dah nak masuk tidur?" sapa
> Pak Ucu.
>
> "Orang muda bang Aji, biarlah. Air dah penuh kat
> kepala tu." sahut Pak Tam; disambut hilai ketawa sanak
> saudara yang lain.
>
> Meriah sungguh keadaan diluar walau jam sudah
> menunjukkan pukul 11.00 malam.
>
> Hadiah yang masih belum dibuka ku susun ke tepi.
> Lampu ku tutup. Merebah diri ke katil pengantin, aku
> menoleh ke arah isteriku.
>
> "Kita tidur dulu lah yer. Ramai sangat orang kat
> luar tu." Isteriku hanya mengangguk tanda setuju.
>
> Entah pukul berapa sekarang, aku pun tidak tahu.
> Keadaan di luar gelap gelita dan senyap sunyi. Tanda
> sanak saudaraku telah pulang dan keluargaku
> telah tidur.
>
> Jari jemariku lembut membelai rambutnya. Ku selak
> rambut ikal yang menutupi telinganya lalu membisikkan
> "Assalammualaikum!" ke telinganya untuk menguji
> isteriku.
>
> "Wa alaikummussalam." Rupanya isteriku masih belum
> tidur.
>
> Ku kucup pipi halusnya. Ku kucup dahinya yang mulus.
> Semerbak harumnya menusuk deria bauku. Akanku tunaikan
> tanggungjawabku sebagai suami malam ini. Jari-jemari
> ini terus membelai tubuhnya.
>
> Perasaanku tidak dapat dikawal
> lagi, namun...
>
> "Kringgggggggggggggg...."
>
> "Tik..tik..tik..tik..."
>
> "Kring..krong..kring..krong"
>
> "Tooott..Tooott...Toott"
>
> "Buzzzz....Buzzzzz..Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
>
> Bunyi-bunyi jam loceng entah dari mana memenuhi
> ruang bilikku. Terkejut dengan segala macam bunyi yang
> ada, aku membuka lampu. Serentak itu, terang
> benderang seluruh rumahku. Bunyi-bunyi ini telah
> berjaya membangunkan semua orang di rumahku.
>
> Aku mencari-cari punca bunyi-bunyi itu. Mataku
> terarah ke sekotak hadiah yang masih terbalut rapi.
> Aku buka dengan pantas dan di dalamnya terdapat 5
> buah jam loceng.
>
> Juga sekeping kad berbunyi...
>
> Selamat Pengantin Baru,
>
> Jangan gopoh-gopoh. Baru Pukul 2 pagi.
> Jangan maree.. kami potong stim...
>
> Dalam hatiku.. cilakak punya kengkawan. Potong stim
> betullah!!!
>
> TAMAT
>
> P/S:
> if 100 kengkawan bagi 10 jam loceng = 1000 jam loceng,
>
>
> 100 jam diset pukul 12.00malam
> 100 lagi diset pukul 1.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 2.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 3.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 4.00pagi
> 100 diset pukul 5.00pagi
> 100 diset pukul 6.00pagi.
>
> Boleh haru biru rumah pengantin.... Tapi takpe boleh buka
> kedai jam lepas malam pertama.

On A Bingeing Spree

On A Bingeing Spree

I’ve been in the habit of bingeing lately. Hardly an hour passes by without me stuffing myself with snacks or junk food. Karipap, biskut bantal, Cheesters (would you believe they actually sell this in big packs for RM1.99 in Cold Storage KLCC? Heck you even get one free from buying one!), kuih koci... you name it, I will eat it. I seem to have developed a craving for sweet and MSG-rich food, and this does not seem to go very well with my wife. Already, she’s planning to place a restriction of fast food and junk food alike on me, and if she has it her way, I will only be eating fast food once a month beginning 1st January 2005. At the moment, I’m negotiating with her to make that 3 times a month, to cater for 3 different fast food joints. I can’t imagine having to choose among KFC, McDonalds, and Burger King in any one month. That will be a difficult decision to make... :-p

Back to my bingeing habit, it’s been worrying me a bit. As a result of it, I’ve gained a horrifying 3 kilos to my frame in the last 2 weeks, and my craving is not showing any signs of ebbing away. I’ve put extra effort on my work out sessions to slow down the weight gain, while trying to curb this food bingeing habit at the same time. I fear should this weight gain trend continues, by end of this week, I shall be plump enough to impersonate father Christmas. Ho-Ho-Ho... Verryy Funnyy!!

Ok.. ok... back to work! :-p

Another Monday: Return of The Blues.

Another Monday: Return of The Blues.

Another Monday morning. Another Monday blues. Am feeling less motivated to work today. Strange. I had done a major spring cleaning to my almost pig-sty-like workplace last Thursday and Friday, and the place is much clearer and cleaner now. Thought that I’d be more motivated to work with a cleaner workplace. Turns out it makes me feel more relaxed and lazy. I guess I work better in a disorderly place where everything is all over the place to remind me of the things that I have to do. Now that everything is kept nicely in files and folders, I become a bit clueless of what to do next. Either that, or I’m just suffering from the Monday morning blues.

I had a good weekend however. Stayed at home mostly, then did some chores which I had been wanting to do. Most interestingly, my wife and I managed to muster ourselves out of bed on Sunday morning and took a morning walk and jog at the Royal Lake Garden. It required an iron will to leave the lovely bed and blanket on only one of two mornings when I could afford morning lie-ins in a week, but in the end it was more than worth it. Heck, I am even planning to make it a permanent feature after this for the both of us. Apart from getting the chance to be alone with wifey, exercising in the morning makes me feel good throughout the day. After our morning walk, we went to the Orchid Garden nearby to get some shoots of orchids. Definitely not one of my usual weekends...:-). My father couldn’t believe that this son of his was trying out at gardening. This son who would usually catch blisters from a half hour sweeping of leaves on the house lawn. Unbelievable? Believe it! Hehe...

Was actually planning to pot the orchids yesterday. But we had promised my mum’s maid to take her out to shopping for stuffs ahead of her holiday to her hometown in Jogjakarta end of this month. By the time we got home from the shopping expedition (shopping always is an expedition for me!), we were too exhausted to even contemplate gardening. So I had to postpone putting on my gardening gloves till today.

Anyhow, I had better get to work now. The good thing about this blog is it gives me the needed inspiration for me to jumpstart my day. Usually, after writing a few paragraphs, my mind would have worked out enough for me to remember the next deadline that I have to meet. Cam dengki la pulak... :-p

Later!