TGIF

When I came in for work this morning there's this old song that keeps playing over and over again in my head. This really old 1950s (i think) song they sometimes play on Light & Easy. It goes something like this:

"Put another nickle in, in the nickleodeon,lalalalala..." I don't even know how the rest of the song goes but it kept on repeating this line. Damn annoying.

But I'm not complaining (wait a minute, I just did..) It's Friday people! The last day of work, at least until Monday comes a calling. Not that my weekend will be filled up with loads of fun activities or anything like that, but just the idea of not having to go to work for two days is enough to put me in a slightly better mood than I would be in on any other day of the week. Amazing, huh? And it's not that I never had work to bring back home during the weekend but these days I don't even bother. If it can wait then let it. I'm in a state of mind where I feel it's more important that I get to enjoy my weekend doing things I wanna be doing, even if it meant just lazing around the house doing nothing,hehe..I guess if you're overworked, underpaid and underappreciated as I am, you'd feel the same way too..

So guys, enjoy your weekend!

List of 30 things to do before 30:

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17. dress head to toe and inside out in REAL designer labels equal at least one year's salary
18. buying over the celcom stakes and make kajillions profits and operate private jet company in my imaginary life
19. get in shape and my old weight (45kg) back when I was 12 years old – am not a heavy kid just flourished
20. have 6 digits savings – I have 6 digits debts, not bad right??
21. to get married at least once in real life
22. pierce belly button to motivate flat abs – half accomplish dont ask which one [hint: the easier one]
23. give birth to second baby too late d-uh! I don’t even have one yet
24. make peace with MIL* (I put this knowing me very outspoken and outright ) I have not met her yet but we have language barrier alas she sounded very nice over the phone whenever I said salam to her
25. master the art of ironing clothes -forget about it we may cause the laundry economy to inflate
26. reverse bungee jumping, paragliding, sky diving or other activities spell death with no insurance coverage
27. drive an X5 and Aston Martin Vanquish in my imaginary life
28. safe cooking without burning either the house, hand or the food
29. go for Hajj
30. List out another more viable 30 things to do…..

* Mother-in-law

Alone again, naturally

It's Monday and everything, except for the sunny weather outside, seems dreary and bleak. And I miss my boyfriend terribly. Funny how last week on this very same day I was feeling so excited at the prospect of being "unofficially engaged" as my friends would say it, and now that my boyfriend has left for Miri, Sarawak I'm just left with this hollowness inside, and it's only been two days. He's been posted there for three years to come, so this is just the beginning really. I have yet to come to terms with being in a long-distance relationship. I know that I have to be strong, it's just that there are days that it could be the hardest thing to do.

Being alone, when you're in fact in a relationship, is not easy. It's totally different to being single altogether. Cause you know that there's this person who loves you and who cares for you and if it were up to you you'd spent every single waking moment with that person but alas, things don't always go the way you'd want them too. And you can't really have it all in life, without making some sacrifice..

I guess the only thing to do now, as sitiwankembang told me the other day, is to find a project, dedicate my attention and energy towards it, so that by the end of the day I'll just be too tired to think of anything else..And also now would be good to finish those books that i bought but haven't read, watch those DVDs that I bought but haven't got around to watching, catch up more often with friends..After all, life goes on,eh? On the plus side, being apart for a long time from a loved one has its advantage when you do get to see each other again..like the last time when my boyfriend just returned from a one-month's stint in Labuan, that first time we went for dinner after I picked him up at the airport felt like we were on our first few dates..that excitement, awkwardness, playing with the food on your plates, trying to avoid each other's gaze,hehe..trust me, after being together for four years, that can be so refreshing.

Jittery me

What on earth made me write about my job in my first post? How awfully boring..

Anyway, this one's on a more cheerful note.I'll be having my "merisik" today! What's that you may ask? Well, I'm a first timer to the whole thing myself but to put it simply, it's an ocassion where the would-be groom's family, or rather his parents would come to meet the girls' parents to get to know more about the girl and seek her hand in marriage.

Now I've met my boyfriend's parents before and he's met my parents but now that his parents are meeting my parents..I'm so nervous, and excited at the same time. My boyfriend said that this is just a small step forward but I told him it is a big step indeed, and hopefully it will pave the way for all the good things to come, God Willing..

So here's hoping that everything goes well..Wish me luck guys!

Knock knock

I admit that this first entry from yours truly is waaay overdue. Sorry girls, you know me, always have to be the last..Alas, our dear cik sitiwankembang has beat me in the "who can be a hermit, drop off the face of earth and stay silent longest competition", hehe..I wish I could offer you some really good excuse for the delay, such as work has been really demanding and my social schedule has been really packed that there simply was no time or something like that. Na'ah.

I work in publishing. Newspaper publishing. Well, actually I work in the legal department of a newspaper publishing company. Somehow saying that I work in publishing sounds more glossy & fun. I'm what you call an in-house lawyer. Or what my former boss in the firm I used to practise in would say the "half-baked lawyers" haha..Well it's less of a stress than practising, and it helps pay the bills so I'm not complaining. Or maybe I've become way too content with being in a comfort zone to complaint.Hmm..I've always had this feeling that I'm meant to do more than work in a 9-6 office job, day in day out, but I can't for the life of me figure out what. I guess only time will tell. In the meantime, hey, life goes on.

Lucky for me, I have my three best friends, my ladies of theRainhouse, who makes my life wonderful by just being part of it. It makes all the difference knowing that whatever happens, these are the people, apart from my significant other of course, who would accept me, my quirkiness and all, just the way I am.