Stay awake.

Apa, kau ingat aku concentrate sangat ke 3 minggu duduk dekat control panel macam ni? Not by a long run. Et plus, I'm working night shifts from 6pm-6am and critical time is somewhere around 3am when the cold wind seems to be pricking your back and shoulders. I also have a hard time sleeping during the day. Ah anywayss.

These are the things I repeat in my mind so that even when the coil is running into the well at 60ft/min with my hands on the controls, I get to smile myself silly.

#1. FOOD.
The food sucks here. Its everyday bread with chicken meat baked/roasted/dry like crazy. No gravy. No veggies. Sayo goreng mane? So I miss : tomyam, kerabu mangga, nasi lemak, sambal udang, sambal mangga. I wanna let's go to Sakae sushi with the girls, some decent ceasar at delicious, tomyam seafood at ampang. Apis janji g marche. Layankan die nye fetish for sausages and rosti.

#2. Recreation

All I do is gaze out at the never ending horizon of sandy hills. Da bosan. I don't get to jog, the only form of cardiac exercise is from heavy lifting and some yoga I do before shifts. For that I wanna let's go to Camp5, Bukit Tabur, maybe skytrex? Ok la aku bosan sbnanye harini. Aku harap aku tak perlu pergi rig dan boleh balik Sana'a makan sambal udang mama masak. Ya ampun.

Ciao ciao cencalok pon sedap.

My mind is dancing a dancing a dancing away

This was my first diana. She was beautiful and always was the center of attention. Mama laughed every time I took her out and pointed at something. The results were pretty awesome if you asked me. Sadly, I lost her to a car-window bashing-item stealing pig. Anyways. Its been long enough without some form of art in my life so it got a bit boring going out with no camera other than my loyal canon.

My mind is not yet dead set on what I should get next. Deep down, I still want my kiki pink hottie. But this glow in the dark version is also uber cute and unique with a capital Q. I don't really know who reads my blog but if you are reading, please choose a color. Hot pink or cute yellow. Not that I will take too much into consideration what my readers say anyway. hahaha. Ok jgn patah semangat. I hope to get mine once I am out of this rocky deserted part of the world.

aku sgt penat harini

I lost my marbles again today. and the highlight of the day was supposed to be my trip to Ghail Omar, but instead I let the heavy dark cloud hang invitingly above my head. Its very true that if you start hating someone so much, or despise that person for every perfect living cell in their body, it will eventually slap you back in the face.

I used to 'not like' this one character in my past relationship, merely for the fact that I felt our ways to be on the opposite side of the scale for me. We were always around each other, acquaintances, not friends. All the other baggage was made up, really. Now we are on talking terms and I've made a new friend.

But today I find it ridiculous to find myself befriending my bf's ex's bf? Get me. (You may or may not be reading this), but I did it in the name of friendship and trying to make my man happy.

Jd bile bf kau punye ex nak berkawan dgn kau cemane plak cerita die? Aku rase mcm otak aku ni sempit ke akibat stress kerja ke apa. Fuckers.

OK I give in, aku boleh je click accept tp aku harap lepas ni tade la sms2 yang mcm berbau boleh buat aku angin. and the REAL fucking issue is that F tak reti langsung nak console aku, when she does.

After Mutawakkilite Yemen

Red for the blood of martyrs, white for the bright and promising future of the country. And black for the dark history the country has. This is Yemen today.

Hello encik

Esok client akan dtg untuk inspection unit. Biasanya inspection of the unit berlaku sehari dua sebelum load out atau mobilization date. Dan kebiasaan nya client tak banyak soal pon. Cuma lihat, pura-pura hebat kerana memahami mechanism machine ini dan akan sign merata. Terima kasih encik client. Dalam berhari-hari juga kami bertungkus lumus menyiapkan unit, basuh, cat, redress spares and o-ring. Encik client cuma akan melihat skali pandang dalam masa 1 jam saja. Oh well, that was when we were back in Kemaman.

Esok, encik client perancis akan datang ke Masila base. Commissioning nama stage ini. Dan mereka telah memberi jangka masa 3 hari untuk setelkan step ini. Mana tak nya, klo inspection dia serupa macam maintenance checklist ktorang gune tiap kali sebelum start job? Hoi. Kau nak cek unit ke nak beli unit? haha. Ok goodluck azrel. You will need it.

Oops and I did it again

13th March, 2010. Sara's big day. I missed Tqa's last year, and I missed Sara's this year. I am running out of friends to miss out on here. Why is it that I miss out on my closest friends' weddings?? Why. Pour quoi. For the love of my job..why.

I had a terribly long day at the stimulation lab today. They guys here aren't really dandy when it comes to acid testing. Nasib baik aku tak period. Apis tipu cakap die penat tp die boleh pegi karok pula. Siap nyanyi 'gemuruh' lg. Ceit. Tanak tipon awk lg. Tomorrow the TOTAL guys are coming, and I need to resort to my 2nd batch of acid mixing.

Sara, congratulations on your beautiful day. They told me that you didn't splurge on the decoration, but the food was fab. I hope you will forgive me, and I promise to make this up to you somehow. Blame it all on the job now =(

Siapa nak dtg sini?

Aku sebenarnya nak sgt kongsi dgn rakan2 pengalaman aku di Yemen. Tapi aritu nak upload video tp terlalu besar katanya. ciskek. Jom la, sape nak dtg yemen en route ke umrah ke.. rumah aku sentiasa terbuka. Hehe.

Antara org yang wajib datang ialah Faliq. Dia kuat makan daging, jadi dia sangat sesuai duduk di sini. Org yemen tidak kuat makan sayur, kecuali salad fresh dan yogurt. Dua2 tu pon Faliq tak suka. Hehe. Nanti boleh la membesar mcm habibi pak arab sini.

Ok esok saya akan pergi ke site. Nama dia Masilah. Untuk pergi site, kne naik Fokker plane kecik berpropeller dua untuk tiba di Sai'on dan kemudian akan ada army escort saya untuk sampai ke Masilah Base Camp. Di sana, saya seorang sahaja perempuan. First class babeh!! Haha gelak neves. Harap semua ok.

Bab-Ul Yaman

One of the most interesting places you could go to when in Sana'a is the Bab-Ul Yaman. Which literally means door of Yemen. It houses over 130 mosques within its premises and is protected by UNESCO. In the Masjid Al-Jamek, you can see the restoration work being done.

My mum and I love this place due to its shopping. We don't shop like shop shop, but its more of finding great knick knacks in each small shop and trying to convert the prices and bargain our dollars worth. Some of the things we get here are al-Quran, jubahs, scarves, the yemeni knives..

I personally like Yemen, if it wasn't for my dad who's work brought him and the rest of the family there, I wouldn't even take the chance to just head out to Yemen. It has really rich history and culture which is something I look for every time I travel.

Kenapa saya suka rumah saya?

Sebab rumah saya beshhhhhhhhhhh. Oh crap I miss my Diana.

Happy Birthday Mama

I just feel at peace, like how I felt in this picture. Only when I was in Broga, I didn't have a care in my heart for anything other than how I felt. This time, I'm crammed in the office working my butt off and receiving shitloads of email. Its mama's birthday, and she will be coming home on Friday. Yeay and yeayeayea.

And this is the first time I slept in my own house, with my parents around and go to work the very next morning, from my own house. Happy birthday to you Mama!!

Super Impossible

Last night we went out for dinner and he had a good shirt on. His only shirt on. Pretty impressive, even though we've done this many times before. You know, get a sudden office arrangement and leave the country for a couple of months at ends, worst case would be to be away with no internet and no phone reception. That would be Myanmar, but he wasn't as attached to me then.

We went to our usual 'good dining' place in the east coast, where the setting is calm, serene and in his own words se-taill-low. They were shooting an episode of an eating series, where the host was a daughter of a famous local chef. He-hey I thought, free live entertainment rrritee? Excellent.

He has been complaining to me about his bowel movements, they have been odd, long but not painful. And out came the fireworks. Thank you so much for the perfect timing of cake, getting my 3 seconds of fame if it ever comes out. And I can vividly recall that I felt I looked drabby. I'll never be able to top this, not by a chance.

As of today at 5 pm

Question

Harini aku agak terasa kerana dia seperti nak sangat aku berkawan dengan kau. aku tak pernah pun suruh dia berkawan dengan sesiapa pun melainkan kawan-kawan rapatku. Jadi sekarang ni kau ni masih kawan rapat dia ke.

Resolusi baru : jangan fikir bukan-bukan.

How it really went down

Happy Birthday to me again!! This year, hats off to goofy cream piping on top of cakes.

Hari ini dalam sejarah

Aku mendapat undangan yang paling tak disangka-sangka. Aku rasa, buat masa ini aku tidak boleh menerima kehadiran diri kau dalam hidup aku la. Walaupun kita tidak akan sama sekali terlintas pada sesuatu kala masa yang sama. Or, I will make pretty sure of that not to happen. Either way, niat mu aku persoalkan dan aku tidak selesa.

Harap kau faham.

How I spent my birthday

Overdue post. I'll share it anyways for safekeeping. I am soo going to make my blog into a book, and pray that I'll be blessed with kids and hopefully they are curious enough about me or they actually like to read. hahaha.. I spent my birthday in a cement mixing plant in Port Klang last week. It was work. Period. And my birthday fell on a working day. Period.

Happy birthday to me I guess!

Frogs in Pots

It isn't much of a pleasant event that I'd like to replay in my mind. But as a note to jot it down for me to remind myself not to be so lazy and complacent with my surroundings. I left my esprit handbag, which was actually my mom's, my beautiful most precious Diana F+ with Penang film in it, and my shattered compact powder along with its refill kit. Damns.

It took me back to the year 2005 when our family was touring europe and I had left a plastic bag which contained my newly bought overcoat in it, only to find the car window shattered to pieces the next morning after breakfast. I shoved my face in my muffler, pretending that the cold wind was sharp on my face when really I was crying for being so careless. F would probably laugh at this, but he laughs in the face of everything except for death, I guess.

Let's learn the meaning of 'don't be like a frog in a pot.'

Silent Treatment

Last week I pushed myself to enjoy every waking hour the best way I knew how. I slept at 3 am after our family came back from Melaka to visit arwah abg ngah in Alor Gajah. And I had an early morning Broga date with Jengga and Jismin. We joined a group and none of us were really familiar with any one of them except for Syuk (the guy from our Chow Kit trip)

So you basically follow the KL-Kajang highway that has 2 tolls..either from MRR or sungai besi. And follow the road till you see most of it reading Semenyih. There will be a junction on the left that reads, Broga 500 m. You're practically there. Park in between the palm trees and you'll have to pay rm2 when you get back down.

Bring a towel, a backpack, a water bottle, a good sturdy pair of knees and propper shoes. Boy, it is steeeeep. By the time I was running out of breath and suffocating since I had stuffed nose, I was already at the plateau of peak #1. There are 4 peaks. I'll conquer the other 3 next time.

In awe, the best part of the trip was having good goofy company to keep you cheerful when you really just wanna sleep the morning off. Snapping pictures at random moments, eyeing the crowd which reeks diversity. And when you get back down home, the pictures reveal a magical transition of the daylight breaking. Awesome!