When I got struck by stars

with Jaclyn Victor - Malaysian Idol

with Francisca Peter - veteran singer

I am never quite the fan of Jaclyn Victor. Maybe because I didn’t follow up with Malaysian Idol. But when she walked into Shegar’s studio, I couldn’t believe I’m seeing THE Jaclyn Victor right there. She is very sweet, fast-speaking lady.

The following day, we accompanied Shegar to M.A.C. and by coincidence, Francisca Peter was in there with her sister. I’ve been a fan of Francisca since I was a little girl! I never thought I’d ever see her or even get to take a photo with her. But dreams come true in KL! haha!

We saw Cheryl Samad twice but I guess I’m still quite struck by her that I forgot to actually take photos with her! She is so friendly! On Wednesday, we saw Andeng (Cheryl’s co-star in Ghost) but because I didn’t recognise him, I thought he was just a friend of Imran’s! ARGHH!! I can go star-struck silly being around either Imran or Shegar.

When the ghost haunts me down

Just like Imran who got rid of some old ghosts, I’m sure alot of us do that too. I got rid of this particular ghost as I got affected badly by the actions. Little did I know that, a year later the ghost came back haunting me down. 

Why would you want to say those words to me only now? Seriously. It’s been well over a year, get over me already. As I’ve said before, I will remain unaffected.

My bad, I had kept it on the list. Should have just discarded the map earlier so it wouldn’t have tracked me down. 

It is the bloody NEW year, both in the Gregorian and Islamic calendars. Get on with your life already!

Choose life, choose friends

Life is so full of dramas. If you think the dramas you watch on tv are so mama-drama, you haven’t seen the real life dramas yet. Towards the end of the year, so many dramas are being revealed. Penat aku jah!

While family keep you rooted, I thank the friends I have who keep me sane. And I am grateful for I am being trusted for the stories they share with me, for them to keep sane, too. Thank you for KKJ! Thank you for the tai-tais! Thank you for my ladies! Thank you for the triangles! <3<3<3<3

By the way, I went to Larkin today with Dad to get some jamu/medicine/apalahkopisegala. The new linkway in Johor is so ridiculously ridiculous! Instead of having an expanded road, they made it a worse bottle-neck effect by having only TWO BLOODY LANES instead! 

Oh, actually my point is, I love Wild Child so much (for now) that I got Dad to buy me the DVD. It is a really well-written movie lah, although it’s a teenage flick. 

“I choose my friends and FYI, you don’t make the cut.”

The day I was a pseudo mother

Weekend starts as early as Thursday. A dinner ala chichilala before Imran went back to KL for the rest of the year. It was a night that ended in the darkness of the morning. It was fun to do that once in awhile. But whenever we get together, it seems our conversation can start from as close as Tanah Merah all the way to the land of no return. Okay, kidding. But you know what I mean.

laughing Roze

the laughing Wan

speechless Raudha

mister boss

Badoque Ambassadors

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Friday felt like a Saturday when I became the psuedo mom for a day. I brought Asfa out with his pram and met up with Fau & baby Dahlia to have a day out in the Airport. We started with T3 and ended our day in T2 viewing gallery where we bumped into Dino & Lyn with baby Nardyne.

Ladies in red

baby Dahlia

Cheeky Asfa

the kids who...

Dahlia & Nardyne

More photos here

I forgot that SITEX was at the Expo and when the train from the Airport stopped at Tanah Merah, I got flustered by the people trying to get into the train that bounces back to the Expo. The platform was too crowded and there was no way I could get into an empty train. I totally forgot about the fact that I could bounce up the Pasir Ris way to get seats or at least better space. In wanting to get out of the crowded station, I exited quickly, rushing unconsciously. It was only when Asfa mentioned, “Mama Ain! Laju nya!” at the speed I was pushing his pram, I realised that I was going at a speed as if I was being chased.

From Tanah Merah, I took the cab down to Raffles City where the Wan was waiting for us. Asfa fell asleep on my lap after a series of banging on the cab door to his own rhythmic sound. He missed the Singapore Flyer where the traffic stood still and I managed to snap a picture to show him much later. When we arrived at Raffles City, the noise from the performance they were having on the third floor woke Asfa up. Though my intention was only to change his diapers and make a bottle of milk for him, we had to distract him with the toy fair because he refused to lay down to change his diapers. In the end, we spent some money on 3 new cars and didn’t change his diapers at all.

my Wanster & Asfa

The Wan didn’t have enough of Asfa that he is now asking me if it is even a possible thought to have Asfa home with us for just one day. After a long pause, he took a deep breath.

I know what it meant even if I didn’t force him to say what he was thinking about. One day, soon. Definitely maybe, baby. <3

Chill pill, swallow me

I have been angry for a couple of days. In fact, it’s been a week. There were 2 revelations from married folks which disturbed the core of me. Perhaps, being married myself, the level of degree is higher. I can feel my blood boiling.

At the same time, I am clueless as to what I’m supposed to do next to help these 2 folks. As much as I’m angry, it is their marriage, not mine. But as a close friend to both, shouldn’t I be doing something about it at least?

My heart breaks for one who I know is such a loving partner. It is a sad situation but way beyond my reach, actually.

The other, just makes me angry. The problem could have been solved easily and quickly. But it is being prolonged and now, I am just way beyond disappointed.

The thing I noticed about these 2 folks which is similar is that there is no proper communication. They don’t talk about what they are not happy about. They don’t talk about their fights after the fights; there is no review of what was wrong and what could have been done to make it a non-fighting situation the next time. There is no learning about being “them”. Yes, you learn about the other’s bad habit but you need to learn how to overcome things as a couple.

I am no saint and I’m only married for just almost 2 years. But I guess I learn things along by talking to other married people who stays married for as long as they do. Learning from others’ mistakes and then build on your own strength. No marriage is perfect. There will always be tests and tribulations. But you have to be the mature adults you are to settle whatever the issue is.

You took the vow with the word “death” in it. So learn to live with each other til one of you dies. Really. If you think you need a bitch-slap, tell someone – your closest friends. Your truest friend will bitch-slap you, definitely, if you need a wake up call.

Love will die. It is the fondness that will stay alive throughout a marriage. Remember that.

Somewhere over the rainbow

I just realised how few I’ve “spoken” this month. I retrospected my November; it has been a good month. Early November, I was kept busy with Anuar Zain concert promotion collaterals. Followed by being a Jie Mei in mid November. And since then I’ve been kept busy with Badoque’s new menu design and worked on an e-comm project that has yet to wrap.

But who am I kidding? Most of my time was filled with the project I took up with SEAB.

I managed to squeeze some time to meet up with the boys when Rashid was in town. Somehow, that night brought me back to days of our Polytechnic phase. The only thing that has changed is that they are both fathers now. I’m glad that with Rashid & Dino, no matter how long we haven’t met, we will always pick up from where we left off last.

The day after dinner with the fathers, I caught the rainbow outside my window. I felt so lucky to have captured it on my camera. Thinking of how lucky I was, I reflected at how fortunate I am to have my closest friends in my life. Like Salim said, we’re at the age where only the ones who matter stick. The others, just go away.

I feel so blessed with love. I have so much love in my heart that’s bursting out for the Wan. Eversince 2 Sundays ago, I learnt to appreciate him more and I got so worried thinking about death and the afterlife. Yea, call me morbid. Here’s a little rainbow to cover up the morbidity. Hahaha

rainbow from my window

rainbow from the kitchen window

rainbow close-up

rainbow other end

rainbow arch

rainbow fades away

Somewhere over the rainbow, dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Jack, I’m sorry I misunderstood you. Guess now, the air is clear, huh? Thank you for finally breaking your silence. I appreciate the fact that we’re still the ones you are most comfortable to share your hearts out. Somewhere, over the rainbow, wishes come true, too. We love you, man. 

It’s been 2 weeks since I’m working on Badoque’s new menu. After the finishing magic touches from the Wan, I’m sure it’ll be so much appetizing. Yummeehh! Working on Salim’s Mac make me want to have a Mac too haha but I guess, I’m contented with my Windows lah for now. The other project I’ve been working on is the e-comm. It is looking so much spiffy now with more tweakings done. But I will stay away from e-comm projects for awhile, I guess. The programming in PHP almost killed me! Will definitely update on the project once it’s a wrap.

This morning, I had a meeting with a corporate client and dressing up corporate made me miss the corporate-look-of-me. I don’t miss working in the corporate world, just miss the look. I’ve never really had much shoes – believe me, I have lesser than the Wan! I have 3 flat round-toe shoes. But I think now I want to get more heels. Hehe

I’m looking forward to December. The family will be celebrating Raya Korban up in Kajang as my parents are having their korban done there. Then PlayPause will be going up to KL for some work the weekend before Christmas. We should be staying up through the Boxing Day weekend. Hmmm… now, I’m tempted to stay through another week and welcome 2009 in KL.

Hubs, how bout?