Review Maharaja Lawak la Pulak...

Oh my God, kelakarnya Maharaja Lawak episode 3 malam tadi, tak semua la but my fav’s semua best best. Sepah dan Jozan membuatkan I ketawa tak berhenti-henti. Especially bila tengok watak and muka Shuib yang jadi nyah tu hahahaha…, lepas tu jadi rebutan pulak. Baju marron yang dia pakai dengan batu-batu and rambut palsu keras nya hahaha… Itu belum lagi mimic muka and make up dia… adeeihhh hai.. Sepah betul-betul menghiburkan hati I. Memang best la. Jozan pun tak kurang hebat, lagak dan watak Zizan yang perasan bagus buat I “menyampah” yang best tapi in a good way. Same goes to Johan, chemistry dorang nie memang tak dapat dinafikan lagi.

Alex, I suka style dia berkomedi, dia jenis yang relax tapi apa-apa yang keluar dari mulut dia mesti unexpected kelakar. Man, minggu nie I rasa macam biasa aje, tak best sangat. Kumpulan Balas pun kelakar jugak, although minggu nie kurang menyengat. As for Nabil, I hate to say this but he’s always deliver every week but since I tak suka reputasi dia so I tak concentrate sangat and menonton with a cold heart, senyum aje.. wah.. personal la pulakkan.. So celebrity celebrity sekelian, control la sikit perangai liar tu so that orang tak benci and kurang peminat.

Kumpulan Jambu minggu nie biasa-biasa aje, I memang tak minat dorang so, I tak kisah best ke tak. Same goes tu Jehan, I don’t know why this time Jehan punya persembahan langsung tak menarik, unlike masa dia kat Raja Lawak dulu. Amir, hmmm..what can I say about him… nothing. I tak ada la marah or benci kat dia cuma I meluat aje dengan lawak dia yang dari dulu lagi pada I tersangatla crap nya. I tak tau macam mana dia boleh terlepas masuk Raja Lawak yang dulu. Tapi bukan salah dia pun, peminat yang undi dia, beside selera masing-masing mana sama and also I bukan mengundi pun dorang dorang nie.

As for R2, I still want to see their lawak tapi apa nak buat, as for Wai, chemistry antara dorang bertiga memang tak ada langsung and persembahan last week sangat menyedihkan. As for XN3, memang kureng la kan…

Service Terminated...

I decided to end her service after working in my house for the past one and a half years. This was the second time. The first time was when she worked alongside her cousin. They would come on Saturday and both me and my husband would go out until late in the afternoon or early evening. Along the way, I would give them something gifts, souvenirs, food etc. But after a while I decided to end their service after they did something of which I’m not happy about. I didn’t tell them right away, after they went back I smsed her and told her that I wouldn’t be needing their service anymore and if I want them back I would give her a call.

A year later, my ex-officemate rang me up and asked for her number, so I gave it to her. Then a few days later, she called me up and asked whether I need her to come and clean my house. She said, she would be coming alone and not with her cousin anymore. I said ok, as I was satisfied with the work that was done in my house before. She is very hardworking and she cleaned it thoroughly. Each time she left the house at the end of her service, my house would be so spotless that I swear I don’t mind sleeping in the bathroom. Yup, that is how good she was. I always told her, if she’s not satisfied with the pay or anything, to please tell me. In fact I told her she can go back as early as 12pm if she wants to and that she can do or continue her work on her next visit. I was always nice to her and I even recommended her to my friends and my husband’s niece.

Everything went smoothly for a while and she came on the day that she was required to do and always on time. But that changed recently. She didn’t come at 8am which she normally did, instead she came almost 9am. She is still the hardworking that she was but she kept on changing the day that she would come to my house. At first I wouldn’t mind as I thought this would be a temporary thing and not all the time. But I find that she kept on changing it frequently which abruptly disrupted my schedule. I realised that I’ve been tolerant enough and that she would give others priority which is unfair on my part. I’m a flexible person but when it is too much, I just can’t take it anymore.

Last week I was waiting for her to come so that I can unlock the door. I didn’t continue sleeping after my subuh prayer as I plan to cook something extra special for the two of us. I waited until 10am and did not receive any sms from her. I was kinda mad and worried. So i smsed her and she told me, can she come tomorrow. I said, I’m not available and can she please come and take her last month’s pay. She did not reply until late in the evening. She said to pass it to Yati so that she can take it from her and asked me whether I’m free next Thursday. I did not reply until yesterday when she smsed me and asked can she come on Thursday which was yesterday. I reply as polite as I can be. I told her I’m not free, I will pass her pay to Yati with her stuff and that if I want her to clean my house in the future I will call/sms her. With that she didn’t reply or even say thank you. That is how “nice and polite” she was.

I know my house wouldn’t be as clean or as spotless as before but at least I don’t have to pening kepala thinking when would she going to change her schedule to come to my house. I think enough la, I tak mo sesiapa datang cuci rumah lagi, biar la I buat sendiri...

Dalam Botol

So malam tadi I dengan husband tengok cerita ..dalam botol. What do I think of the story? For the first quarter of the story, I cringed a lot. I rasa geli sebab I tak biasa tengok laki dengan laki bermesra, berpelukkan dan acting macam pasangan kekasih. I kesian kat Ruby/Bidin but at the same time I rasa sungguh hinanya dia memperlakukkan dirinya begitu, menghambakan diri dan mengharapkan cinta pada lelaki, sementelah dia pun lelaki. I rasa mana la hilangnya sifat gagah perkasa yang sepatutnya ada pada seorang yang bernama lelaki. I know naluri is still naluri but what his father (Jalil Hamid) said was an eye opening. Luahan dan isihati seorang ayah sungguh menyentuh hati I. Begitu jugak dengan mak (Normah Damanhuri) dia, luluh hati beliau bila anak dia macam tu.

Bila Ruby/Bidin balik kampung I was so happy, but I agak mesti anu dia dah kena potong masa buat operation. Iyalah kan it has clearly stated kat title film. I know he wanted so much to be a man in order to please his mom. At the same time he felt sorry for Dina (Diana D) after she told him about her sad story and such. I guess Ruby/Bidin nie confused and doesn’t know what he wants. Ending cerita nie amat meruntun hati I, especially bila mak dia berjalan perlahan-lahan ke bilik dia. Same thing goes to masa Sherry (Ogy) lost for words, cry her heart out kat bilik pengantin and not being able to tell her daughter Dina. It was so heartbreaking. Lakonan pelakon-pelakon semua sungguh mantap. I couldn’t find any room untuk mengomen watak-watk dorang because it was so good. Expresi wajah sudah cukup untuk menceritakan segala-galanya. Even masa time-time Dina and Bidin nie duduk berdua, berborak kat tepi sawah or mana-mana, I didn’t’ find anything wrong with it and it was quite menarik to me.

And now to the negative side, haha….mana-mana film mesti ada yang tak kenakan, kecuali kalau I yang buat wakaka… So, I don’t know why, condo or tempat tinggal Ruby/Bidin nie was so gelap. You can’t hardly see anything there. Same goes to office Ghaus (Wan Raja), boyfriend si Ruby/Bidin nie, masa dia pegi kat office. Ada ke office gelap macam tu, macam kat store aje. So masa Ruby/Bidin nie caught him with another person, I don’t know whether it is a guy or a girl. Nampak macam pakai rambut palsu macam Ruby nie and ala-ala jantan but at the same time maybe it was a girl, who knows. On top of that, tiba-tiba Ruby/Bidin nie balik nak surprised after dia buat operation was not done properly and clearly. Garapan yang longgar. And part-part yang lain masa Ruby/Bidin nie masuk bilik Dina and duduk-duduk atas katil, mak dia tak kisah ke? And another thing tak kisah ke kalau berdua-duaan duduk kat tepi sawah or jalan-jalan, kat kampung-kampung nie. But I guess sitting or walking around is ok kot, I don’t know, I tak pernah tinggal kampung so I don’t really know the adat and such. Sebabkan kalau baca komen-komen pasal artis or orang lain kat blog artis, wah bukan main lagi macam confirm masuk syurga.

Mungkin pada orang lain tak best but to me over all cerita nie not bad and tak bosan langsung. Taste kita kan berbeza. But there is still a room for improvement. Akhir pesanan I, jangan la jadi hamba kepada cinta sesama manusia tapi jadila hamba kepada kucing, besar pahala bagi makan, belai and buang taik kucing nie tau wakaka...

Housewarming Rumah Baru Wo

(Si girl yang naughty dengan salah satu pose nya. Gigi depan dia terhantuk and ada gaya-gaya menjurus macam gigi Wo hehe...)

Semalam, around 12pm husband I balik rumah sebab we are preparing to go to Tampin to visit Wo and the family. Around 2.45pm after Friday prayer both of us pun berangkat. Wo were having a housewarming at their new house. They bought the place/house somewhere around February this year. Three weeks before the event, Wo had called me up and asked me to bring a pudding as a desert. I as usual, buat yang paling senang je, what else kalau bukan jelly konyaku hehe… Eh, susah nak buat tau, masukkan serbuk konyaku dalam air panas mengelegak and tuang kat acuan hehe. Malam sebelum berangkat tu my SIL called to invite us to Aye’s birthday but since I dah berjanji dulu dengan Wo, I had to decline the invitation. I feel bad tapi dia bagi tau last minute.

Around 4.45pm sampai kat Bandar Tampin and I terus sms Wo sebab tak tau rumah baru dia kat mana. A few minutes later Wo pun datang and kita orang ikut kereta sampai ke rumah dia. Lepas letak barang ajak Bigail and bestfriend dia ke KFC sebab kat rumah tadi cuma makan mee hoon goreng and roti telur yang I masak earlier on, dalam kereta. Lepas menlepaks Bigail and bestfriend nya kita orang ambik birthday kek sebab wo combine kan sekali housewarming and Bigail’s 16th birthday.

(Birthday cake Bigail)

Malam tu ramai jugak orang-orang yang Wo jemput selain dari kawan-kawan office and sedara belah laki dia, kawan-kawan sekolah Bigail pun datang sekali. Meriah sungguh and the food was so delicious tapi panasnya Tampin nih, panas dari kat KL. I dengan husband I non-stop berpeluh and mengantuk yang amat lepas makan. Tapi I tak makan banyak sebab tau je la I punya perut kan jenis yang sangat sensitive. Sesambil tu I ambik gambar persekitaran and duduk-duduk kat luar sebab like I said earlier, kepanasan. Dan malam tadi, I rasa hati bagai di garu-garu tak tertahan sebab tak dapat tengok Maharaja Lawak episode 2, sedih giler hahaha… I dah terpikir-pikir nak heret husband I pegi kat kedai mamak, which I hate and I don’t like to lepaking but demi Maharaja Lawak terchenta...but memandangkan we’re not sure where kedai mamak yang nak show this so tak jadi. Then I rasa macam nak ketuk je rumah orang sebelah bila tengok ada kuali astro kat atas rumah dorang hahaha…but I pendamkan aje. Then I check kat internet bila siaran ulangan tak jumpa la pulak. Meanwhile, officemate and jiran-jiran kat tempat Wo tinggal dulu datang peringkat berperingkat sebab some of them kerja ikut shift etc. Oh and Bigail was so excited because this is the first time dia celebrate birthday and sangat-sangat fun and I can see how happy she was…

Around midnight dorang semua balik and baru la I dapat mandi sebab rumah Wo nie tak ada bilik mandi kat atas. Lepas tu kita orang borak-borak kat bawah and after a while naik kat atas and Wo dengan I sambung balik berborak.

(We bought a few kilos of rambutans on the way back)

This morning, I checked again through the internet and found out that ada ulangan kat citra warna petang nie, wah I’m so happy. Husband I beli breakfast for all of us and lepas makan sambung lagi borak. Biasala kalau jumpa and borak dengan Wo tak ada cerita lain mesti mengenang kisah-kisah lalu yang penuh “kesengsaraan” dan “penganaiyaan” wakaka… And as usual mesti bergossip pasal family sendirik hahaha… I don’t know why we never get bored of the subject and I bet by now Bigail dah boleh buat buku base on our story over the years nih. Around 2pm kita orang berangkat balik although I masih belum puas nak bermesra dengan si girl yang sungguh hyperactive dan ganas itu. And also I still nak berborak dengan Wo lagi. We reached home around 3.30pm and in time for me to watch Ulangan Maharaja Lawak episode 2, as for my husband, dia kena keluar sebab ada hal.

I Ke Workshop / Kelas Nikon...

I decided to update my blog as soon as possible or right after such event as my tendency of laziness towards updating my blog is very high…

So hari nie I pegi kelas yang dianjurkan Nikon untuk orang-orang yang kurang arif or should I say untuk orang yang nak belajar pasal camera Nikon nih. Ingat tak aritu I ada story pasal husband I belikan I camera Nikon D90 on which I don’t know how to use it although siap beli buku lagi? Husband I pun cari kat internet whether such class exist. There is, and organised by Nikon Centre. I also found a few but it was organised by individual/photographer. But decided to go with the one at Nikon Centre. Two weeks ago we went there to register for the slot which was limited to only a number of people.

We went out early and I had my breakfast dalam kereta as I don’t want to be late. We arrived around 10.30am, singgah kejap kat Nikon Centre to check around. Then we went to Krispy Kreme Doughnut sebab husband I nak take away breakfast and sempat la jugak I makan satu donut and also beli sebotol air untuk di bawa ke kelas.

Around 11am kelas pun bermula. At first I thought I was the only one yang tak tau apa-apa and zero knowledge pasal camera Nikon nie. I was wrong, because almost all of us dalam kelas nie terkapai-kapai macam I. Oh yeah, this class is for Nikon D90 and D7000 because the feature is almost the same except D7000 is of a higher range and more expensive.

The class was fun and the students there was very helpful regardless what is their religion or races. Ahh.. this little thing touched my heart and restored my faith that we are somewhat still a family in this country. Anyway, we learned a lot of new things around (and in) our camera but it was quite confusing as banyak sangat yang nak kena ingat. Lunch break was around 1.20pm, it was supposed to be at 1pm tapi overrun sebab banyak pertanyaan dari kita orang. I makan sorang and sempat lagi ber shopping by myself which I rasa sungguh tenang. Kalau dengan husband I, mesti I stress sebab dia akan sibuk suggest baju nie or baju tu.

At 2.20pm kelas start balik. Nasib baik tak mengantuk. Again, I thought I was the only one yang confused towards the end of the class but they told me they are as confused and blurred as I am. Kelas abis pukul 5pm and my husband dah siap tunggu sambil antar sms tamilnya itu. Our early dinner was at Kenny Roger’s on which husband I belasah sampai ¾ of chicken (plus my quarter chicken sebab I tak lalu nak makan and alasan beliau kelaparan). Masa jalan nak ke car park dia cakap dia boleh rasa betapa kenyangnya dia. I kata offcourse la belasah almost seekor ayam wakaka… Before headed home, we stop over at WW sebab beli birthday present for one of my nieces which will be this coming weekend.

Sekian…

Ke Kelas..

(Me the only one yang tak bertudung wakaka.. Student yang kat belakang/bediri tu was not in our bengkel menjahit tudung).

We were so busy last weekend Saturday and Sunday going to so many places and doing lots of stuff. Dah la panas yang amat, dalam kereta pun rasa bahang and berpeluh lagi I, although air-cond full blast. Tu belum lagi masuk neraka, it is not that I want and I hope it is not my final destination though…mintak dijauh Tuhan.

So on Sunday tu I mengikuti kelas "Bengkel Kemahiran Seni Jahitan Tudung" kat sekolah tempat I belajar menjahit dulu. Kelas start pukul 10.30am, tapi I lambat sampai, terkocoh-kocoh menulis and memotong template dari student-student kat situ. Beberapa kali I mintak maaf, nasib baik cikgu tak kisah. I know I’ve been to that kind of class untuk belajar buat tudung and at the same school about one year ago but I decided to refresh my memory and also sebab I want to learn from a different teacher. Beside, husband I yang beria-ia suruh I belajar. This time, it was much more better because I did it by myself without any help from the teacher, meaning, I potong and jahit sendiri, cikgu cuma bagi penerangan dan tunjuk ajar. The teacher was so cool and it makes things easy. Kalau dengan cikgu dulu, dia yang tolong jahitkan sebab I malas and I know her...kira ngada-ngada la kan.. But not this time, I sudah berubah and I put more effort and determination.

Oh yeah, we learned how to make tudung with awning, without awning and anak tudung Syria. As usual, since I sorang aje yang tak bertudung so ada la yang nak tengok macam mana rumah I pakai tudung kan… Alahai, nampak macam makcik-makcik je rupa..hilang wajah Miss Universe perasan tak sedar diri I nie. I do love the anak tudung Syria, which was so easy to make within 15 minutes dah siap. Serious, senang sangat nak buat and so comfortable. Bila dah siap and I pakai, macam ala-ala pompuan gypsy je. Bila kena puji, apalagi berpusing kiri kanan la I mengayakan diri persis model dipinggiran.

It was a fun class and I enjoyed myself very much with the student yang ramah-ramah and saling tolong menolong. Yati the principal and owner of the school sediakan nasi lemak, kuih isi kacang merah and kek chocolate. I belasah dua bungkus nasi lemak (size kecik, kataku untuk menyedapkan hati) and satu kuih isi kacang merah sebab lapar yang amat. Anyway, I belajar untuk suka-suka aje, nak menambahkan pengetahuan, furthermore husband I yang encouraged I to join. Student-student yang belajar tu kebanyakkan dorang nak buat business and nak ambik tempahan etc. Kenapa la I malas sangat and tak ada business minded macam dorang eh?

We finished at about 5pm and I was so tired. Maklum dah tua-tua nie, energy makin berkurangankan. Balik husband I ambik, stop makan kejap kat WW and balik rumah. I cepat-cepat mandi and around 11.30pm terus zzzz… penat la kan… It was a record for sleeping so early because normally I would only felt sleepy around 2pm.

Note : We received a certificate at the end of the course and sibuk la bergambar with our cert. I'm so happy to say the least. It is an achievement. Check!

Goodbye Cik Elizabeth Taylor

Since I lahir pada zaman dahulu kala so tak banyak sikit ada antara artis artis Hollywood lama nie “bertandang” dalam sejarah hidup I kan and she was one of those people….

As everybody around the world know (almost la), Elizabeth Taylor passed away last Wednesday. Her first movie that I ever watched was Cleopatra. I was fascinated and impressed with everything in the movie especially her costume although I don’t wholly understand what was the movie about. Yang I tau dia puteri Cleopatra je. Masa tu I kecik lagi, I think I was five or six years old and masih tinggal kat Singapore. I tengok, wah.. lawanya pompuan omputih nie dengan rambut dan bulu kening yang hitam pekat. She was so different from the actress during her time sebab kebanyakkan heroin rambut blonde, I guess kan sebab kebanyakkan filem dulu black and white. So kalau nampak putih I assumed blonde je. Nasib baik filem Cleopatra nie colour kalau tak rugi la sebab tak dapat tengok the richness colour of the set etc.

One day masa kita orang tinggal kat Sarawak Wo told me that Elizabeth Taylor berlakon kat tv cerita National Velvet. Cerita pasal dia and kuda-kuda kot. I ada tengok sekali masa Wo “paksa” I tengok cerita tu but I tengok kejap aje as I suka lagi tengok cerita kartun and berangan jadi jelitawan (perasan la konon). Then from time to time I would hear from Mummy about her getting married, divorced etc. Macam la I tau apa yang Mummy cakap masa tu, I kecik lagi mana la I paham, I bet Mummy tak ada orang nak bergossip cerita artis Hollywood nie, dengan I pun jadi la. Then I akan tanya Mummy balik, kenapa dia kahwin sampai banyak kali and kenapa Mummy tak kahwin banyak macam dia? Mummy kata ish, dia artis Hollywood mana boleh compare. And kadang-kadang I terdengar Mummy cakap dengan Daddy, apa la rasa dia betukar-tukar laki nie. Daddy kata, kalau nak tau try la…kahwin cerai kahwin cerai… Mummy terus tarik muka masam wakaka…

Then one day I tengok cerita dia title Taming of The Schrew..wow.. bestnya cerita tu, walaupun I masih kecik lagi tapi I ingat betapa rude and tak bersopan langsungnya dia punya watak. Dia sangat garang dan bengis. I cukup menyampah kat dia neverthless I enjoyed the movie so much and watched it sampai habis. After that behari-hari I teringatkan cerita tu and sometime I would re-enact myself haha.. I bayangkan I terjatuh kat cotton macam dia dengan Richard Burton, I pakai baju kembang-kembang la and tinggal kat istana buruk tapi makanan penuh satu meja panjang…

Masa zaman remaja dulu, Wo kata kalau Elizabeth Taylor nie mati and kalau dia boleh dia ndak mata kalau Elizabeth Taylor nie nak derma kat dia la. One day tu masa keluar dating dengan one of my boyfriend (ex-ler) and I teringat kata-kata Wo pasal mata Elizabeth Taylor and I tak tau kenapa I tiba-tiba cakap kat boyfriend I nie sambil meminjam kata-kata Wo, I kata I nak mata Elizabeth Taylor nie sebab cantik la, then boyfriend I cakap, ceh..buat apa, dia tu banyak penyakit. Then I terpikir ya tak ya jugak. I wish Wo were there so that I can sekeh her kepala. Wo selalu tau bagi I ajaran dan statement merapu and I tak tau kenapa I tercakap masa tu wakaka… So you see, Wo punya influence cukup kuat kat I.

Over the years, I come across cerita pasal dia but I’m not as fascinated as before and sebab I tengok dia semakin lama semakin bizzare. Kejap-kejap dengar cerita dia dia kahwin cerai la, masuk rehab la, addicted to painkiller la, ber besfriend dengan MJ la, giler intan berlian la, masuk hospital etc. And the last movie dia yang I tengok was The Flinstones. After that I can’t be bothered anymore and sometime I wonder bila la dia nak mati and how people would perceive her when she’s gone… And at this writing there are still a lot of stories and remembrance about her kat tv and suddenly I rasa something is missing and I realised she was in a way part of me when I was growing up….

Rest in Peace and Goodbye Cik Elizabeth Taylor…