too many papers

After a hectic time at the office, i come home to a pile of unopened letters, brochures, pieces of leaflets saying that there are people who wants to buy our house, among other junk mails.

I asked the girls to help open the letters, but i guess I shouldn't have.
Because I only had to do more work, clearing the mess and segregating rubbish from letters.

The pile of what-was-once-a-tree-from-forests-that-are-fast-dissappearing-from-the-face-of-this-earth, now sits there.. waiting for me to sort out.. to file or throw, or read, or act upon.. or post, or admire (the girls drawings were also in the pile). Why oh why, do we have sooooooo much paper?!?! Do we really NEED this much junk??

Why is our life made complicated with these 'thing-that-was-once-a-tree-from-forests-that-are-fast-dissappearing-from-the-face-of-this-earth'(s)? Can I just go sell the house then go live kat kampung.. tanam sayur sendiri..and live a simple life?

oh but I still need broadband internet connection.

but you know, life without so much....err...letters.

I know it's impossible. illa masyaAllah.
Because hubby would definitely not agree to that - the part about living kat kampung.

I think we have to consider employing a part time home-clerk to do this.

No wait.. we already have a part time home clerk.

me.

music to my ears

M Nasir's Suatu Masa, is one of my all time favourite. Ruffedge's Membebel, in fact the whole album is ok for me, S07, I think peter pan only sound good on records. and the only album i like is Bintang di surga. I like Spider too, thanks to Hadi (his favourite band). I like Mariah Carey's old songs - her first album - (before she decided to bare most of herself). I like The Beatles - i think all singers should learn their music.

I like some of P Ramlee's songs too, sung by him. I like Rabbani. I like Zain Bhikha - very melodious voice. I do listen to, and like some of Scorpions and Rainbow or Pink Floyd, or the likes.

I like some of the classical music or anything that sounds classical. If only akon's 'smack that' had more decent lyrics, i wud have liked it too. Micheal Jackson's songs are also nice - he is talented.

You get it. I can listen to all kinds of music - catchy tune, decent, bearable lyrics.

but these few weeks, the volume on my car stereo is set to '0'. No radio, no CD. Just the sound of the car engine and tyre against the road.
It's been hectic, stressful, these few weeks.
And some peace and quiet is what I want, when I'm driving, alone in the car.


currently listening to : Misyari's recitation of Al Baqarah.


Here are some overdue and recent pictures. :p


apom and tose.., drowned tose..mmmm.....

processing a question

My mind can get overworked. When I'm thinking of way too many things at the same time. And sometimes like the computer, it slows down the processes. (or the computer is like the mind?) Like, when too many programs are running in the background, your machine slows down.

I feel like that sometimes. Like yesterday as i walked into the meeting room, my boss asked me, "How is the EDI testing?"
I stopped, and I stared blankly at him for a while.

No, I was not stupid. Actually I was thinking.. let me break it down for you.

1 - I was thinking about the issues with the front end testing. So I had to "switch channel".

2 - Then I had to process the words he said.. E-D-I? Oh EDI. ok..

3 - But wait, there's 2 EDI testing.. so which one is he referring to?

4 - tried to remember if he last spoke to me about any EDI - ah yes,.the customs EDI just now.. testing it halfway.

5. - Ok, WHAT is the status of that testing?

6. - ah yes.. i finished it.. but something is missing.. now what was it..

7 - Oh yes, one of the issues cannot be resolved.. pending my boss reply.

8 - The answer to that question is : "done, pending 1 issue from you."

That simple question/answer, took me about 4-5 secs to process.

So tired, my mind was.

Yeap.. that is considered slow.. 4-5 secs to process. Isn't our mind amazing..Subhanallah. so much information can be processed without you even realizing it. In a matter of secs, or even less than that, information can be retrieved from your brain. e.g. questions like 'have you eaten?'

Did you know that a simple question like 'are you happy' is actually very complex, that even computers cannot be programmed to answer. It involves too many things, the heart, the mind, the spirit, the iman - the computer cannot grasps all that.
Actually it's the man who program computers kan.. so men have not reached that level of intelligence yet - to be able to do so.
- illa masyaAllah. (unless God allows it to happen).

وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ
And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
AlQuran - As Sajdah 32:9

It's saturday. And i have to work.
And I am not too excited about it.
I'm looking forward to spending time with the family later at the beach. And taking photos!
yes.. photos coming soon, insyaAllah.

human being.. and fish

an afoolme once said, "I know that human being... and fish... can co-exist peacefully."


what's that fish again????


An american/iranian comedian said, everytime he sees this fella on TV, being president and all, he's just waiting for ashton kustcher to run out and say,'Y'all have been punked!'

But, it's so unfortunate that it's not to be. It's for real.


What's an 'afoolme?
Oh I don't know..
HE said it:
"..Fool me once. Shame on.....shame on you..........afoolme can't get fooled again"

Yeeeeeaaaah.. sure. whatever lah.



Have I told you before, I hate this guy?

cicakman

Ever since I watched Cicakman, sometimes, I would pick up my coffee mug to drink, and I'd stop, to check with my spoon, if there's any foreign object inside the mug.

I don't want to be cicakwoman. No matter how fancy the costume looks.

Actually, a colleague of mine from an old workplace, have had that experience. She finished her tea to find that there is a lizard at the bottom of her cup! or was it a mug? - I forgot. (Eeuwwwh.. yoooo...blueeek... ai yoooooh!.. )


Cicakman - cerita dia mengarut la kan.. and aznil is loud - literally. Like most opinions I've heard or accidentally read, - the graphics is good, but story, hmm.. ok lah.. so-so. I mean like, what to expect of an imaginary superhero movie - of a super cicak pulak tu. Of course, it could be better.
BUT but, seriously, there are other MORE SERIOUS and REAL things to be concerned about like - am I ready for death. Da cukup ke amalan aku?!
Yeah, so.. hmm. That's the end of that.

But Hadi, has a weird sense of enjoyment. He enjoyed the show a lot. He memorized some of most the dialog. Yes, he is always memorizing dialogs of movies that he likes and he can repeat them, with the same tonation and all. I most enjoy his rendition of Madagascar. Of course everytime he does that, we'd tell him that it'd be good if he can hafal the Quran like that.

So, on Cicakman. since I've heard him repeat some of the dialog over and over again, i think I'm beginning to have some favourite phrases from that movie.
They include:

1. "Asal aku punya turn, sangkut. Asal aku punya turn, sangkut. Asal sangkut, aku punya turn."
I can use that during traffic jams..
"asal aku punya lane, sangkut. asal aku punya lane.. sangkut. Asal sangkut, aku punya lane."
"Tukar lane ah!"
(then I'll find that I'm still stuck in the jam.. and I can repeat this dialog again..)

2. "Dengar sini semua, dan semua dengar sini!"
I can use this on my children when I want to get their attention.







*Can you sense that I'm kind of stressed?