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I just got back from a meeting... and this meeting is supposed to be attended by at least a DIRECTOR... if a DIRECTOR couldn't make it, the next 'victim' would be a senior manager. But in this case, I dont have any boss - senior manager since the jawatan dipinjamkan ke overseas office... and I was asked to attend the meeting. Fine.... Walaupun berat hati, terpaksa jugalah.. (dagang pak malau dagang merempat, dagang hamba kena pi mesyuarat..... )

This meeting is supposed to provide a 'linkage' between the private sector and govt agencies. And when I stepped into the meeting room, I saw all the top guns from the private sector, and about 8 'otais' from govt agencies... and ME... I serve this org. less than 3 years and there I was, supposedly to attend to all enquiries and to tepis all the 'bullets' form the private sector.

That was the longest 2 hours.. I kept on looking at my watch.. wishing bilalah meeting ni nak abis... my face had turned red - blue - red - blue....

Why?

• they asked question.. and I couldnt answer... totally clueless and speechless...and look stupid some more...
• they wanted explaination about something I have never heard before
• they wanted to know what criteria you use to judge a 'program' that is led by another division in my org.
• they wanted to know specific reason why 'this thing' couldnt be done but somehow.. get done by other companies...(also led by another division)
  

I wish i can goreng them.. but u know there are certain thing that you can goreng.. and when the 'mother agency' is also in the meeting.. you can't goreng too much.. there's a limit u know... and...

there I was.. looking red and blue.... and all I could say " yes, I understand your concerns.. and I need to further check on this and will get back to you" .. and just imagine that I have been rephrasing the 'standard answer' with the same meaning over and over again.... hoping not to sound too stupid....

Well, i am not stupid....if I am stupid, i wouldn't be in that meeting rite.. hmm.. but i dunno whether those people would think that i am stupid.... but i think that i don't look that stupid because I tried hard to compose myself and also my face -trying hard not to look stupid...

Luckily, I speak English.. Quote "I sound even more stupid if I speak in Malay"...ye ke? hehehehe...

Seri Utama lagi

Semlm after work, sempat gi visit Seri Utama. Nampaknya so far so good, the contractor we have chosen is very realiable and fast.. and work on schedule... at first we were undecided between D*cor Reno or A H*mes Reno... but then chose the latter coz we feel that he's an easy man to talk to.. and he is such a simple man, no sweet promises and all can do one.... for this kind of renovation/wiring/ job definitely we will choose a 'ca ya nun alif'... as they are more reliable and deliver good job... kalau melayu, cakap pandai, kerja cincai....(not applicable to all melayu, of course....)

and again.. we were approached by another 'kap lam ya nga' for tanam rumput.. again.. and this time, the man is so drunk... it is so obvious that he's like swinging here and there.. it's kinda funny to see him trying hard to talk about rumput and at the same time tried to balance off his body.. hahhaha..

bila pikir pikir balik yg approached us about rumput / gardening will always be that 'kap lam ya nga'...so far we have 3 already.. and 1 recommended by the guard also bangsa yang sama... are they meant to be good in tanam menanam??.. atau pun in other words ditakdirkan begitu??.. or they just love gardening and share similar passion with each other.... or historically sejak azali lagi they mmg suka kerja cam i.. as you know.. when British ruled our country, they have this dasar 'pecah dan perintah'.. and they have separated all the three major races into different 'specialty'... and the 'kap lam ya nga' more into the kerja tanam menanam getah.... may be its their root of life... hmm.... apa lah yg aku merepek ni....

whatever it is.. it's a big NO for that drunk man....

we have met our neighbour depan rumah... a malay couple... btw, all Seri Utama phase 4 are Bumi lot.. so we will be surrounded with Malay people la... our neigbour depan rumah seem nice... and friendly...they'll be moving in June.... and we also meet our neigbour selang 4 rumah from our house... an older couple with 4 kids.. and they seem very very nice and very humble person... nampak cam kaya.. but very down to earth... good.. good.. i can't tolerate errogant people... which reminds me of one incident....

begini ceritanya.... that day.. a couple of months ago.... we were looking for a contractor to do the renovation works....so this Apek wanted to impress us so he brought us along to his show houses... about 3 houses.. and coming along with us was this Malay couple with Satria... when we were talking with the Apek, they were inside the car.... and when they came out, i saw the girl.. she looked so familiar.... baru teringat she was ex ADP2.. same batch with me...so my husband being friendly, greeted the couple and shaked hand with the hubby la....and follow the tradition, I approached the girl nak salam but she WALKED AWAY!!! I was stunned... dia buat as if she didnt see me coming towards her and totally avoid eye contact with me.. dasar melayu lupa diri... so when we were in the show house, this couple nampak cam nak avoiding us,... they kept on 'running' here and there... and they avoid 'eye contact' with us....

that girl used to wore a tudung before.. and when i met here, she was a 'new person'..... and she transformed herself into a 'M'sian new artis' (u know the typical dressing style...) and i guess the Uncle Sam has changed her kot... and may be dia risau kot kot i would recognize her... of course i recognize her and her 'nose'... hahahah... in case you read this Nong, - bak kata Ellisa - hidung dia tetap menjadi pujaan!!!!! hahahaha....

May and June 07

Let's see what I have in May and June....

• 01-02 - Public Holiday... I am thinking nak cari bahan nak gubah hantaran Abg Cik as I am his unofficial penggubah hantaran... I have not decided on the color-theme yet.. probably green-silver or green-beige... or susah-susah.. i buat shocking pink + green + purple + orange.... colorful macam citrawarna m'sia....meriah gitu....

• 08-09 - Got a Br@anding Seminar.. this is a must attend seminar since my co. dengan murah hatinya nak bayar rm7k for me and my boss to attend... tengkiu... tengkiu...

• 11-17 - will be going to HK for a trade fair.... just got to know about this last 2 days.. and there's lot of arrangement to be done esp for my kids.. sapa nak jaga... and when to send them to kg... and when to pick them up.. and the cost of hantar-balik and ambil-balik.... coz each return trip to my kampung will cost me about rm200... so 2 kali will be rm400... and nanti nak balik wedding my brother end of the month wil be another rm200... and the flight ticket to Kelate for his wedding on the girl's side is another rm900.... so.... travel expenses for May alone roughly is rm1500++ ..... pokai... pokai.... aduhhhhh....

• 18-19 - plan to move to Seri Utama.. but since around that time i'll be returning from HK, then kena balik kg to pick up all my 3 boys....so gone the weekend...

• 25-27 - heading for Kelate for Abg Cik's akad nikah and wedding...

• 31May - 05 June - balik kg for Abg Cik's wedding....
  

so the question is: bila nak pindah?? I have to get the house empty a.s.a.p. because Abg Cik will be moving into the house with his bride.... *pening*

Q & A

Situation:

Imagine.... Imagine that there is someone you don't like in your neighbourhod... let say your neigbour la senang..... and let's call her Kak M...You can't explain why.....(err.. there are lots of reasons...) but you just simply don't like her... you just hate her.... everything about Kak M despise you... her voice, her attitude, her laugh, you name it........in other words - e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g...... and suddenly........ she just left... she decided that the neighbourhood doesn't suit her.... and she moved to what she claimed an elit area.. Hart@mas or Bangs@r maybe....

Question :

How do you feel?

Seri Utama - updates

• as at last week, the developer has not fully repair all the defects.. which dissapoint us so much. All what we can see from the eyes of non-expert, is that they got all the cracked tiles in the kitchen replaced, tu jer....they have not yet started to repair other things...

• on the other hand.. let's look on the positive side.. my contractor has started working on the wet kitchen. And he has the grille done cuma belum pasang lagi.... the built-in kitchen cab pun dah siap, pun belum pasang.. all waiting for the defects to be repaired....

• we want to get the house painted but the labor fees is like quadraple the cost of the paint itself.. then, we were thinking of painting the house ourselves cuma tak tau la bila ada masa... and i never painted a house before...well, i've done some painting in school years, but to paint a house...MY house pulak tu.....hmmm...

• we almost got conned and cheated BIG TIME by a 'kap lam ya nga' last 2 weeks.... well, he came to our seri utama, and offered us that he can tanam the rumput cantik philipp1nes for our little garden both front and backyard for rm500.... at that point, i think that's damned cheap, because previously another 'kap lam ya nga' wanted rm700 for that.... so we say yes.... then he took down our mobile number and he said he will get the job done first, then we pay.. so again, I think.. this is good... since i don't want to commit any payment sampai nampak hasilnya.. then he left, and suddenly the security guard and another older man approached us... they warned us not to trust that 'kap lam ya nga' coz ramai yg kena tipu... i was puzzled at that time coz as promised by that guy, we only pay when the job is done, so how will someone or others got cheated?? the guard told us that the quality keje is not as promised, it may turn ok at first though (well, first impression is important huh??).. huh.. selamat duit aku....

• someone really stupid and damned stupid has used the toilet in my masterbedroom... well, he's not just 'using' it.. but he has left his 'treasures' in the toilet bowl... just imagine.. there is no water yet.. and the smell... is............... is.........is so........ tak boleh nak describe.... damn!!

• our rich neigbour ( i assume he is...) decided to rent out the house... so he has got the house renovated..... at first i thought he will just install all the basic things like grille, add plug points, etc... but it turned out that he has renovated the house as if he wanted to live in the house!!! His contractor told us that that is his 4th or 5th house... and that's why i think he is damned rich... and for us to buy A house is like dah separuh nafas.... and the Apek cakap dia buat cantik-cantik coz he wanted to rent the house for rm1400... huh????? so another conclusion, the tenant-to-be is also rich.... (errrr.... ada ke orang nak sewa rumah bayar mahal.. might as well they got their own house right???)