Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin

I can't believe it's the 23rd day of Ramadhan already. Time flies so fast. In 7 days we will be celebrating Eid ul' Fitri. I know I said i will be celebrating Raya in Kuching but plans changed at the very last minute. Hubby got a new job and he's not entitled to any leave. Poor baby. Looks like I'm not gonna be the one crying this year. He already told me to brace myself in case he broke down on the 1st day of Raya. So I have to keep lotsa tissue paper in my handbag then in case dam pecah. I'll be celebrating raya with my family in Sg. Petani. Can't wait.

Oh and I can't believe it's October already. My boss has been hounding us to complete our Staff Performance Management System (SPMS) forms. Yes it's that time of the month. The month where we're supposed to identify whether we have closed all our competency gaps. I hate doing SPMS because at the end of the day you won't be rewarded for the hard work that you did for the past 10 months, instead the people who will be getting big fat bonusses are those who kisses the boss' asses. It's the same everywhere I suppose. Those who works hard quietly will not be noticed and justly compensated compared to those who pretends to work hard and tells the whole world how hard they work. Now those kinda people will get 6 months bonus. Sheesh! The world ain't fair kan?

Last weekend I visited Asrama Penyayang Nur Iman, an orphanage in Tmn Ibukota Gombak with a bunch of friends. The caretaker of the home is Ustazah Sharimah. Ustazah Sharimah started the home in 2004 and it is privately funded. The Ustazah said that the number of children who were dropped off at the home has increased over the years. There are folks who came all the way from Kedah to leave the kids with her. The youngest is a 2 month old baby and the eldest are 16 year olds. Overall there were 62 kids, boys and girls. There are 3 babies in the house (all girls) and the babies are so cute. I can't imagine anyone not wanting to take care of them. While I was holding baby Afiqah and feeding her, I felt like crying but I didn't because I didnt want to upset the other kids. I felt so much love in the house. Ustazah Sharimah love those kids like her own. She is such an amazing woman.

My friends and I managed to collect and buy RM4,500 worth of groceries like rice, milo, biscuits, formulas, disposable diapers etc. Thank you to those who had donated money, books and food items. Thanks to Dzu who gave such lovely cupcakes. I'm sure the kids enjoyed eating them during berbuka.

I have a feeling this would be my last post until after raya so I want to take this opportunity to wish all of my beautiful bloggers friends out there Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri and Maaf Zahir Batin.

Bila beraya tu please be moderate (I'm reminding myself too here). I know it's a celebration after fasting for a month but tak payah go overboard. Ingatlah those who are not as lucky as you like those who do not have parents or children to celebrate Hari Raya with. Remember those who celebrates Raya without smorgasbords of food on their table so do not waste any food. Remember those who will celebrate Raya with tears in their eyes and not joy and laughter.

To those driving back to kampung, please drive safely. Have a safe journey to and fro. Speed and tiredness kills.

Of An Unfortunate Son

Hang mai byr duit aku skrg n amik blk benda2 hang.

Lps tu aku tak mau tgk muka hang, muka bini hang n anak hang.

Hangpa boleh pi mampus

or

Oi babi! Bayar balik hutang aku

No one deserved to get these kinda text messages. Especially from a father. As a son/daughter, I know one is not supposed to talk back or kurang ajar to their parents but when a father says this to his son, what else is the son supposed to do? Does the son deserve this kind of treatment for only borrowing RM100 from his father? I don't think so.

You're the worst father ever.

God, pls forgive me. Sesungguhnya aku berpuasa...

Of a Tag and Charity

I was tagged by Guile and it is long overdue. Sorry Dear. But here goes…

5 Things In My Handbag

• Hand-pressing flash light
  Went for buka puasa at Mohsin in Tmn Tun last night (my god! I forgot how delicious roti taj mahal and mumtaj taste like) with few old friends. 10 mins before buka, this salesguy came to our table wanting to sell flashlights. We were about to wave our hands to say that we don’t want any when Fareen asked how much it cost. U know la these salespeople. Once you asked how much then they’ll never leave the table. The guy said it was RM10 per piece. Fareen haggled (seriously) and told the guy he wants it for RM9 coz he can get it around that price somewhere else. The guy agreed and all of us ended up buying 1. Fareen bought 2. I don’t how what he’s gonna do with 2 flashlights. The flashlight is pretty cool though. Can keep it in the car for emergency I guess. Plus I don’t need to buy any batteries. I wonder how long it can last. I wonder why I still have it in my handbag instead of putting it in my car’s glove compartment. Iskh! Have to springclean my handbag soon.

• MAC Studio Fix Compact Powder Case, 2 lip liners, 1 lipstick, 1 lipbalm (Body Shop Born Lippy Watermelon…I love the smell!)
• One (1 ) pocket pack of wet tissue and 2 pocket packs of face tissue (I’m the designated tissue carrier for my husband and friends)
• House & car keys (My spares are at home)
• My wallet and mobile phone

5 Things In My Wallet

• Malaysian Identity Card & Driver’s License
• JAIS Kad Perakuan Nikah
• Jusco Card (Did you know you can get discount at Coca Restaurant if you show them this card? Jusco has come a long way…heheh), Metrojaya Card, Isetan Card, Bonus Link Card (I’m not a shopaholic but I just like having those cards around. Yes, I’m weird that way)
• Times Bookstore card, MPH card, Memory Lane card (Hey! Don’t laugh kay. I get 10% discount on every card I buy) and BHP Petrol card (Useful coz I never buy umbrellas. I would redeem the points and get meself a free umbrella..ella ella eh eh eh…)
• TrueFitness membership card (which is dusty coz I haven’t been using it for few months now)

5 Favourite Items In My Bedroom

• My husband
• My bolster (NO. Sadly my husband is not my bolster although I would like him to be sometimes. That man is ticklish. Pegang skit dah menjerit, melompat tergedik-gedik. Hmmpphhh!)
• My DVD collection. If I do decide to open a dvd rental store, I bet you I can easily make money (Pijah, dah abis tengok Entourage Season 1 & 2?)
• My Queen Sized Bed together with my Cute Kitty bedsheet. (Hehehe..too bad hubby has to sleep on those. He has no say whatsoever)
• My Laptop

5 Things I Wish To Do

• Get Pregnant
• Beat my colleagues at Scrabulous on Facebook.
• Get Pregnant
• Go for my honeymoon (Sigh…really wanna do this)
• To travel all around the world and shop without thinking about money

5 Things That I Am Doing Now

• This tag. I’ve work but I’m just so lazy to do any today. Not good right?
• Trying to think of a word that will make me score lotsa points in Scrabulous.
• Trying to think of a way how to drink my Milo in the office without being seen by my colleagues (Cuti la so tak posa today...hik hik hik)
• Browsing the internet and looking for places to go for my honeymoon.
• Trying to finish this one memo to my Chairman before end of the week.

People I Would Like To Tag (take your time ya…hehehe..)

1. Daddy and Mummy (Yus)
2. Miss Camy
3. Trueblue
4. Theta

p/s : Oh yeah, this Saturday the 29th Sept around 10am, few friends and I are going to an orphanage called Asrama Penyayang Nur Iman in Gombak (ranges from babies to schooling ones). We're dropping off groceries and clothes. If you guys wanna donate some groceries (things like rice, Milo, condensed milk, biscuits etc) then please get in touch with me by Friday night. You can email me at sherieza@gmail.com for further inquiries.

Happy 2nd Birthday

Happy 2nd Birthday Pruplelillies…

Celebrated the birthday of my blog last week on 14th Sept...How come I missed it? Damn Facebook!

Pejam celik pejam celik, Ms. Cosmic GurL has been blogging for 2 years already. How time flies. My very first post . Ntah apa-apa tah I tulis.

I remembered Javard urging me to start blogging 2 years ago. And he is also responsible for getting me hooked on Facebook. U la invite I suruh masuk. Now I sleep, drink, eat (oopss break fast) dengan Facebook. Sampai termimpi-mimpi Zombie and Werewolf. Hehehe…

In the past 2 years I’ve made friends and have met up with some pretty nice and fun bunch of bloggers like Eddy Purnama aka Javard (well, technically I met u first before I started blogging), Superdzu, Pijah, Leen Ashburn, Tiena, Suzie, Crash Test Mom (formerly known as Shopper Mom), Trueblue, Desparil, Sheryl Alexis, Drama Diva, Wegra, FnG, Cik PMS, Alex, Agus, Ifzan, Mal, theWailer and Bertique. Guys, I appreciate the friendship. Really I do...

Remember bloggers like Oreos, Ylanda, Pseudo, Zed, MIV, Zuhri and Kaisersoze? I wonder what happened to them and how they’re doing. Some have stopped blogging and some have made their blog private. I’m feeling very nostalgic here so bear with me.

Now I’ve made some new friends in blogland like UBA, Aphroditekuzz, XOXO, Dia, Theta, Guile, Diamond Baby, Amy, Jazzmatazzed, Sweettooth, Akula, Da Winged Acrophobic, Dade Ghost, Azer Mantessa, Katakbesar, Ardy, East43Street, Nour and others that I’ve linked to my blog. I do appreciate you guys visiting and leaving comments in here.

As I blow the candles celebrating my 2nd Birthday, my wishes are...

• To make more new friends in blogland.
• To not get tired of blogging.
• To not offend anyone with my writings.
• For people not to find me long-winded and whiny. And even if they do, I don’t care coz it’s my blog.

So Happy Birthday to me. May there be many more to come *Smile*

p/s : Whatever happened to Hobo?

Pp/s : Welcome back X-Eyed Jules! Glad to have you back!

Daemon or Doraemon?

Dammit!!! I'm a mouse?!! Took this test from The Golden Compass website. The movie is coming out soon. Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Saw the trailer. Should be a good movie.

So what is your Daemon?

Of Stubborn Dad and Orang Bunians

Why do you think men, as they get older, they become more stubborn?

I’m talking about my dad. Don’t get me wrong. I love my dad but sometimes…ARGGGHHH!!!

My dad has kidney problems. It’s quite serious because he has to go for dialysis 3 times a week. It all started with a toothache. He had it for a while but refuse to go to the dentist to have it pulled out. To stop the pain, he took more than 10 tablets of ponstan per day. Which means in a week, he would’ve popped in 70 tablets of ponstan or maybe more?! The doctor said that was the cause of his kidney problem. Ponstan overdose. To avoid feeling the pain from the toothache, he had inadvertently jeopardised his kidney. He hates dialysis. He says it makes him weak all the time. I sympathise with him but what else can he do? My mom suggested kidney transplant but he said it’s too long a wait. He wants new kidneys NOW.

A few days back my dad’s cousin called him and told him there is this guy who can give him new kidneys but the guy is Tangkak. My dad got all excited and ask my mom to accompany him to Tangkak. I could strangle my dad’s cousin for telling my dad about this and getting him all excited. GRRRRR!!!

So 2 days ago, my parents drove down to Tangkak, Johor. My dad said his cousin told him that there is this guy who is like a shaman doctor and allegedly he can replace any organs in your body which is defective and you only have to pay the guy RM308.10. Does it make sense? Can’t be so cheap right? My parents went there to see whether this guy is for real coz my dad said that he would ask the guy to replace both his kidneys. When I asked my dad where would this guy get 2 healthy kidneys coz u cant just pluck a kidney out of thin air to which my dad answered,

“From orang bunian I think”.

“And you are okay with getting new kidneys from orang bunian?” Kang orang bunian tu mintak balik kidney dia camner?” I asked my dad.

“The guy is like a doctor. He was quoting all medical lingo and was telling us what is wrong with your mom’s backbone and my kidney. The guy also said he could fix my vision so I don’t have to wear glasses anymore. For RM308.10 he can replace any internal organs yang rosak like pancreas, liver, heart. Even doctors go to see him with their patients”.

EEEEKKKKKKKK!!! For real ah? Why do we need doctors la if this guy can fix everything??!!! Plus anyone can quote medical mumbo jumbo if they had looked it up on the internet!

Haiyooo…my dad ni kan so gullible tau. He tends to believe all this hocus pocus. How la to tell him not to believe all this? Sigh…

Seperti Ketam Mengajar Anaknya Berjalan Lurus...

I went to Fatty Crab in Taman Megah with fellow bloggers cum good eating buddies on Merdeka Day last week. It was a very messy dinner but we had loads of fun. Si Wegra rupanya tak reti makan ketam. So Agus and I had to ketuk the ketams for her with the mallet. Hehehe..bertuah punya budak!

We ordered the fried chicken wings (sorry no pics taken coz we were too hungry and terus wallop the chicken once it arrived!) which was yummy. Ntah apa rempah dia taruk but sedap ah...

The we ordered the fish...Picture below. Errmmm...we were still hungry but I managed to take a pic of the fish coz it was staring at me. Scary looking fish but yummy nevertheless. Agus siap makan the head kay! By the time we were finished, tinggal tulang jer. Kepala pun takder.

Check out the CLAW Pijah Ketam is holding!


Tiena Ketam doing a pirate ketam together with smiling Wegra ketam


Tiena Ketam doing a Pirate Roti Bakar

Look at the mess! think it was Hubby's or was it Tiena's or was it Pijah's? Muahahaha! Ishk Iskh Iskh! Pelahap sungguh ini orang :p



Ceh ceh ceh! Checkout Tiena Ketam's new phone. Pheewwwiiitt! Same phone with Wegra Ketam plak tu. Copycat, sissycat....something something...your mother....errmm..how to sambung ah?

Ada jugak yang nak menyelit kat belakang tu!




Family Ketam Bloggers. Agus ketam tukang amik gambar...

Overall it was a good dinner. Superdzu suggested we do it again since she couldnt join us last week. Pijah Ketam aka Miss Organiser, bila next makan-makan? We do one during Ramadhan kay? Next time we besarkan skit our family ketams ya :P