A Whole New Story

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I love it because, well, obviously because of the classic element of P.Ramlee. If you ever watched P.Ramlee the Musical, you should be amazed how Musly Ramlee is so much like the late P.Ramlee.

Yesterday I slept like there’s nobody’s business. Almost 9 hrs of sleep since 9.30PM until 9.30AM today. I was not as fit as before (this is sad) because of lack of sleep, the humid weather (Shah Alam PANAS ok) and of course, myself. I’m hoping that I can get into a skipping routine or something after raya because I do have ample time after work. Let’s see how that goes this time.

Now I’m in the midst of doing my assignment which thank God that the due date had been delayed to Monday. I am not the person  who can write without reading the correct materials and I don’t like doing things quickly without any quality because me myself won’t be satisfied with my work if it is just taken from somebody’s else work. That is of course, last resort.

Due to that reason, I had changed my plans from writing a dissertation for my final masters semester to doing a full IT project instead. 1st time doing IT management project, should be very interesting and challenging indeed, because the previous project that I had done was all technical project.

Writing is my passion but due to lack of time and the reading materials that I have to go through for dissertation and of course, work comes 1st, I don’t think I can manage to produce a good quality dissertation. Just imagine a typical assignment or term paper I need around average of 7 to 10 references, dissertation should need about 60-80 references? Oh no, I really don’t have much time to read that much unless I’m a full-time student. But who knows, I might change my decision because I still love writing as much as I love reading. Just that, time. I need more time.

*Sigh*

Time do kill us all if we are not for the challenge.

Repost from Wani Ardy’s blog:

An good article by an Indonesian student in Malaysia, Wening Gemi Nastiti.

Thank you.

And to Malaysians, please stop all the racism nonsense.

All of us want to live in peace.

Incident happened, done by bumiputera.

Messing with God’s name, by a non-bumi, here.

Now, tell me, aren’t we all racist?

STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT.

Before things get worse, before friendship falls apart, just stop it. We are lucky enough to live in this country.

2 surprising statement today.

My mum said I looked slimmer. This was supported by my uncle, which was surprising as he always said I looked chubby. Kenapa aku pulak rasa aku tembam?

I think it’s because of Ramadhan. Miracles happen

But their comments made me bersemangat to go down a few kilos. Well at least, to the size I was before (around 50-52kg). Yes, bila saya cakap slim tu bukan bermasuk saya akan jadi kurus keding macam konon2 nak jadi American Next Top Model. I don’t want to be skinny, just slimmer, a bit.

Statement no. 2 was made by Emi, she asked me whether I had change my skincare products. I did, coincidentally. I’m now using Yves Rocher, a natural (non-chemical) brand originally from France. It had actually been around for quite some time but I just didn’t get a chance (or forget) to try it at the shop in Parade or Pyramid. Emi noticed that my freckles are gone for a bit, and my scars had faded. I didn’t notice that, seriously, but I do admit my skin feels fresher after using this product.

I guess being away from home has its perks. Just that, it’s not home.

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What’s the definition of wealth (or mewah in Malay) for you?

Have you had dreams of becoming wealthy? I mean, filthy-rich where buying a Maserati (ehem!) as your daily car.

I had seen the richest of the rich, and I never have any desire or dream to become filthy rich or wealthy.

I came from a well-to-do family, but because I am an only child, I tend to get the best things that my parents can get for me. My dad likes buying stuffs that have quality and does not mind paying high prices as long as it is in good quality. I inherit this trait from my dad it seems. Where else my mom is just the opposite, she will choose things carefully and does not like wasting her money. Many times that she complained that she never taught me to buy stuffs with labels or brands.

I answered “Yes ma, I know you never taught me all those stuffs, I learned it myself.” So no, my parents does not influence me at all in this matter.

I admit that being an only child has it advantages. I used to request from my parents to buy clothes from brands, but never designer labels because it is way out of the league. At that point, I never realized the value of my parents’ money. During those years (2000-2005) Padini, East India, Esprit, Roxy & Quiksilver were my favourites. I know a lot of my friends seem to think that my parents are rich to buy me those stuffs and it gave me the ‘high-maintenance’ impression.

And of course, it costs me until now. Some people still seem to think of me as that kinda of girl, but my closest friends know that I am not like that. I am a flexible person who you can bring anywhere, eat at a stall or mamak, tepi longkang punya gerai ke apa, aku tak kisah as long as the food is delicious. I don’t really fancy to eat at hotels, because of the prim and proper protocol, and my favourite food is tomyam, so bring me to any good tomyam restaurant or stall and I’ll eat, A LOT.

And owh yes, because of the way I was back then, I had influenced 2 persons to change. One of them had pissed me off at the end of the relationship because of this sentence, “I’m done being middle class. I’m done buying rm10 t-shirts from pasar malam. I want to buy at least Padini,”.

You know what happened. I left him. He was doing a MLM thing at that time and I was against the “quick-money-scheme”.

No, I don’t go for kemewahan but I like my life to be satisfactory, well-to-do.

I started to value my money and my parents’ after I started my industrial training in 2006. 2007, I started working and that’s where I start budgeting and try not to waste on unnecessary stuffs like expensive food and clothes. Thank God for technology, online boutiques came up and the prices are way cheaper than the retail outlets.

It annoys the hell out of me when people ask their friends to go to expensive outlets without considering the other party financial condition. At least, think and try to suit it in your situation. Go somewhere inexpensive if you cannot treat your friend or just get takeout and eat at home. Do some activities that does not involve spending any money like walking in the park, short roadtrip (without buying anything), things like that.

Why must you spend so much? This is the time where you can save for your future. I am not a good saver myself, I am still struggling because of the financial mistakes I made few years back.

Aku tak nak mewah, sebab aku tak nak lupa aku siapa.

Boring tahap gaban.

Kthankxbye.

UNTUK KAU

Tolong jangan… Gunakan ayat2 tak sepatutnya sebab payah aku nak lupa kau.

Tolong jangan… Anggap aku boleh terima segalanya sebab walaupun aku nampak very accepting tapi aku tak selesa.

Tolong jangan… Ingat aku. Rindu aku segala bagai. Tak perlu.

UNTUK AKU

Tolong jangan… Ingat dia. Rindu dia. Memang tak perlu.

Tolong jangan… Terlalu accepting. Kau tahu kawan2 kau cakap kau terlalu accepting. Be fussy for a bit.

Tolong jangan… Tenggelam sebab melayan ayat2 dia.

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Semuanya tak perlu.

Sebab kau cakap kau dah press the ESC button, and we are starting over.

But like always, starting over does not mean every single thing will be the same.

Please be aware of the line raised between us.

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OMG i wanna watch this. Not because of Zac Efron, but because of the story itself.