crazy or normal?

Sometimes, our section looks like we have the fun group of ppl. Perhaps that's why, there is this one particular guy in the office, who, when he comes to our department, he would 'announce' his arrival by actually SINGING 1-2 lines from an oldie. Like today, he came, and sang 'I left my heart in San Franciscoooo'..

The first time he did that last time, we all were like hmm.. shocked/amazed. By now, we all just ignore him, until he calls out the person he actually wants to talk to.
Yeap, sometimes this office is crazy like that.

Cakap pasal 'crazy', I remember an old colleague of mine from a company i used to work in.

It was the end of the day, and we were both waiting for the lift. We were debating on the issue of, what is a 'normal' person. I said, a normal person, has some degree of 'craziness' and 'seriousness' The degree between the two varies. But when a person has too much of one of them, or none at all of the other, then the person may be deemed as 'not normal'.

She rebutted. She said, a normal person is a normal person - no craziness at all. If a person has any degree of craziness then, that person is crazy. As simple as that.
I asked her, "'Do you consider yourself a normal person?"
She said, "Of course!".
"Then, WHAT in the world are you doing?", I said. Cause while she answered me that, she was actually marching up and down the lift corridor, like in a parade.

She said, oh, I was just recalling how we did the march, when I was in the school police cadets.

If that is not 'craziness', then what is?

Of course, by my definition, she is still a normal person to me. :)

Yeah! Alhamdulillah, it's Friday! - ALIF!

AND I got my blossmobile back!
AND I also got a new hp!
AND after being away for a month, today my brother is coming back! (just in time to return his car. heh)
AND tomorrow we start a new lecture!
AND I'm not working on Monday!
AND I hope you have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious weekend too!

And, may Allah SWT guide us all. :)

the weekend without her

My car will only be ready towards the end of the week. In the meantime, my bro who is outstationed for the whole month, has let me use his car. Alhamdulillah.. BUT.. kereta dia, too BIG for me. Do you all know how small I am?

You all think, I boleh bawak kereta ni tak?

Of course, tak boleh. Berapa tonne sey. But drive it, insyaAllah ok.

Corny jokes aside, masa baru2 drive, stress sikit. Too big to handle. I miss driving blossmobile. :( Although I'm still thankful for the truck car.

I had a weird but funny and nice dream yesterday morning.
It was a dream about having a dream. And waking up to wanting to write the dream down, and I woke up and really recorded the dream down.

There were many special appearances in the dream. My whole family, my parents, my sisters, YT, BQ and even my late grandmother. =D There was about the vacation, the banjir, duduk kat rumah kampung, about wanting to take photos.. macam2 story ah.

But I think it's too long to post here. Plus you know how dreams are.. strings of unrelated events, people and places. I don't want to bore and confuse you all.

Among my favourite scenes in that dream was when I was swinging on a ladder, and sliding down the hill head first.

While on the subject of dreams, I'd like to share with you, this hadith that I came across before:

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him."
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 87, Number 114

Here are some pics.
Not from the dream, of course - but from my life in the past week or so..





Have a good week ahead.

stress

morning rush was a little bit stressful.
trying to finish my tasks before my half day leave, was stressful.
waiting for somebody was stressful
arguing with somebody was stressful
being late for an appointment was stressful
getting used to driving a giant car was stressful
trying to keep up to my reasonable time was stressful
entertaining or NOT entertaining demands was stressful
the sound of children arguing/whining was stressful
thinking about how incompetent I was, is stressful
I'm all stressed out.

I just want to lock myself in the room, be all ALONE.
Prescription : Cry and sleep.

Should feel better in the morning, insyaAllah.

And it's normal.
For the ladies at least.
RIGHT?

Blossmobile hit by minibus

Ok, i've got a name for the car! err.. but, what a time to announce sey.

Tadi pagi, as usual, I was in a hurry to get to work. So I got into the car, and cuma sempat baca doa keluar rumah (one that most of the time, I remember to read only when i reach the car). Belum sempat lah baca doa naik kenderaan.

As Blossmobile was going down the multi-story carpark, a minibus which was coming up, hit Blossmobile at the right rear door. At the point when I was hit, I felt like I was in a bumper-car. But of course, it's not a bumper car it's MY CAR! :((

Because I was in a hurry AND I forgot to read the doa AND I also didn't really check to see if there were any vehicle coming up on my right - i felt guilty.

The driver of the minibus was an old Chinese man. I looked at his damage.. dia punya left signal light broke and his number plate came off. And water was leaking.
I asked how much. he said maybe about $100. Then i said, nebermind.. u go and access first. So he asked.. want to make a report or just settle here? I told him I'll call him later. So I gave him my number, and took his. I thought I was calm. Rupanya I think I felt a little bit panic (bukan picnic.. paaanic) - because I felt my hand shiver a bit, when I was writing down the numbers.

Luckily I did not pay him on the spot, because, I felt guilty for my own reasons, I didn't use much of my judgement.

Anyway, since I could still close the door and drive to work, I did. I stopped downstairs for a while to call hubby. He asked, 'You hit him?' I said, 'No, he hit me on the rear door'. Then hubby said, ' then dia lah yang salah." Hmm.. ya tak ya eh.. I mean, I didn't see the minibus lah tadi, I only knew when I was hit. But, if I was hit on the REAR door, that means, I da turun ramp tu la kan, then I got hit. Which means, he was the one who didn't see me IN FRONT OF HIM.

*sigh* And hubby also suggested, we make a report and insurance claim. Sent hubby the pics.

He replied:

ASSESSMENT
Bad news : Damage is quite bad, at least 4 days to 1 week in workshop. Should be between $500 to $1000.

Good news : You may have a case. He knocked into your rear, means he should have been aware you are there and should have stopped.

And hubby da tell me what to do, and tell me to go through all this procedure myself - be independent. Sure, darling.

When I smsed close contacts that blossmobile got hit, one of them said to the other, "wah, then penyek lah eh handphone dia?" Woit. blossmobile as in 'batmobile' lah! I can't imagine how my hp can get 'hit' by a minibus sey. =D

My office colleagues pulak, asked me how it happened. Da cerita gitu gini, finally one of my chinese colleague asked, 'So what's your car plate number?"
Wei!! Want to buy 4D ah?

Anyway, took half day leave, to go make an insurance claim report. The ever-available teddie and SB (thank you darlings), accompanied me to the insurance office and the workshop for an assessment. The plan was to do a claim against my own policy, then do a recovery against the other person.

But as I was finally driving home (yes, i still have blossmobile yg kemek ni with me), i felt somekind of guilt still. I think I am not at peace with myself, claiming against the other person. I did play a part in causing that accident, turun kelam kabut camtu. Doesn't matter what other people say, that he's wrong to hit my rear door, but the truth is, I was also in the wrong. And may this be a lesson to me. I think I'll feel better just claiming against my own insurance. yeah.
You know, macam ada satu hadith tu..

According to Wabisah bin Ma'bad (r.a.) who said, " I came to the Messenger of Allah SAW, who said, 'You have come to ask about righteousness?' 'Yes, ' I answered. He said, 'Ask your own heart for a fatwa. Righteouness is when the soul feels peace and the heart feels peace, and sin is what creates restlessness in the soul, and rumbles in the bosom, even though people give their opinion (in your favour) and continue to do so.'
~ narrated according to the two Musnads, that of Ahmad bin Hanbal and that of al-Darimi, with excellent isnads.
- from Imam Nawawi's Collection of 40 Hadith.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.
BUT, Alhamdulillah too, it's not worse than this, and I'm fine, in case anyone of you is concerned about ME. My injury is only my heartache. :|

Well, may we all have a better day today. :)

pendek kata..

Sewaktu saya kecil dulu, saya sering mendengar ungkapan.. 'pendek kata, itu', 'pendek kata, ini..' Sikit2 diorang berbual aje, sometimes they'd say, 'pendek kata..'

I remember wondering who this 'pendek' is. He must be quite well-known, because not only did I hear my mother mentioning him, but I think I've also heard some other people mentioned his name too.

Then one day, i followed mum and auntie to.. i think it was hardware shop. Don't remember what she wanted to get.. but the shopkeeper was a man, short and stout (eh..like the teapot! only he was without the handle and spout.)

Then, i heard my auntie called him.. 'Eh pendek, kasi kurang la..'

then I thought..'Oooooh! So THIS is that famous man.'

***

Itu aje yang saya nak ajar makcik ceritakan. Actually there is no important point to my story.. cuma teringat aje..

Of course now i know better, that it means, 'in short' or 'in summary' or 'untuk dipendekkan cerita yang panjang lebar ni'..

OH ok..I do have something to say about this story. I think it's very bad to label people with degrading names like that. It makes the water face of the person drop, (it humiliates), menjatuhkan maruah orang itu. Is that good?


On home news, still on the topic of 'pendek', we'd like to report that we now have our own Mawi!


WORLD!




Actually, dia kata he wishes for longer hair, like tam spider..
takpe lah eh hadi.. that can wait till after school, insyaallah.