Titian Kasih

My friend Tom held a birthday party for her daughter at Rumah Titian Kasih this evening. Its a shelter home for children of single mothers and orphans.

I thought that it is a very kind gesture - away from the normal celebrations with family and friends - share the joy with the not-so-fortunate. Tom had the people at KFC & Pizza Hut to bring over fried chicken, pizzas, garlic breads and potato wedges. They had games for the kids, and the loveable Pizza-Guy to amuse them.

It was a simple event, but the kids looked really happy. They might not have a lot going for them, no family, no real home but they are all smiling and having fun.

Jill and I were inspired to come back, insyaallah - when our company can afford it, we want to hold a small kenduri there for the kids.

Anda Berani?????

Kempen Hari Tidak Berbelanja selama sehari 16 Julai
Oleh SAIFUL AFFENDY SAPRAN

Petikan dari Kosmo, 4 Julai

PETALING JAYA - Mampukah anda mengawal perbelanjaan tanpa mengeluarkan walau satu sen pun dalam sehari?Jika anda mampu berbuat demikian, sahutlah cabaran Kempen Hari Tidak Berbelanja anjuran Gabungan Persatuan-Persatuan Pengguna Malaysia (FOMCA) yang akan berlangsung selama sehari pada 16 Julai ini.

Presiden FOMCA, Datuk N. Marimuthu berkata, melalui kempen sehari itu, orang ramai digesa agar meminimumkan perbelanjaan semampu mungkin ke arah matlamat mendidik orang ramai supaya lebih berjimat."Melalui kempen ini juga, anda akan dapat menyedari ke mana wang yang anda belanjakan untuk keperluan-keperluan yang tidak penting sebelum ini.

"Contohnya, jika sebelum ini anda menggunakan penghawa dingin selama lapan jam, kurangkan kepada enam jam saja pada hari kempen ini nanti," katanya pada sidang media semalam.
Kempen itu adalah sebahagian daripada pengisian Kempen Konsumer Kebangsaan yang berlangsung selama 48 bulan bermula Jun tahun ini sehingga Jun 2012.

Tambah Marimuthu, kempen tersebut bukan bertujuan untuk memboikot atau protes ke atas mana-mana pihak, tetapi lebih kepada usaha untuk mendidik orang ramai supaya lebih berhemah dalam menguruskan perbelanjaan seharian.

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Saya tertarik dengan cabaran ini. Berani? Mampu? Boleh hidup tak satu hari tanpa keluar satu sen pun? Susahkan. Hidup dalam rumah diam diam pun secara tak langsung pakai duit - letrik, air, broadband, telefon.

The Runaround

Bukit Jelutong to Sunway Damansara

Sunway Damansara to Bukit Jalil

Bukit Jalil to Sunway Damansara

Sunway Damansara to Bukit Jelutong

Bukit Jelutong to The Curve

The Curve to Bukit Jelutong

(berlari ke sana sini hari ni - tapi pusing pusing kat tempat yang sama)

Anne is Working

I'm busy working on a proposal.

Revising i mean - the client didnt like my first submission (berani dia!!!).

To be honest i dont agree with their views either, but hey - you are the client!

So i am reluctantly amending this

(and after all this hard work, you better award me the project!!!)

And re picture - i have some nice sugar and protein there to help my brain out.

More stories later lahhh!

July 1st....ALREADY!!!!

Half of the year has passed. How do you feel about this?

It has been a tough first half of the year for me. So much has happened and failed to happened. Too many challenges. I have achieved very little and i am not proud of myself.

How fast time flies... The last 6 months is pass and gone. There's no turning back. The best thing is to learn from past failures and move forward. The next 6 months is an opportunity - to make amends, to improve, to try harder.

'So I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time to be
More than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life'

Time of My life-David Cook
(now playing===>>>>)

The Morning After

Apa kes?

Picture taken at 10a.m. this morning.

Exclusive ni....tak ramai boleh tengok my 'just woke up' face.muahahaha.. muka tak siap!

U'ollls mesti kat office ke, or kat mana-mana la kan on this productive monday morning. Teruk betul I pagi ni. Patutnya ada meeting kat KLCC 10 pagi ni, tapi semalam i was told postpone esok. Bagus sangat la tu.

Semalam i stayed up sampai 1 lebih, email to client the work that's due today. Senang sikit - dia masuk office, log in email - dah ada apa dia nak. Campur dengan the night before stayed up whole night, my body was tired i suppose. Tho i tak rasa penat mana pun.

Dragging myself to the shower now.

Have a good monday everyone.....jangan cakap monday blues semua....alasan je tu.

Work hard people!!!!

My Sunday Morning

I have a small project due to a client on Monday (esok). After the training was over & the 'fall-down', the rest of friday i suppose i was really tired. I didnt start work until yesterday morning. And i only finished it at 6a.m. this mornin'. The consultant who hired me to do this work (CT) wants to have a look today. So i had to get it ready early to meet her at 10.30a.m.

And my printer have ink problem, so i ran here and there this morning to find a printing shop that's open. Selalu ada this kedai i go often. Pukul 8.30 they would be open. But of course hari ni jugak they have to close kan....so i was late, had to go all the way to Sec 2 (dekat UITM tu) - i hate being late.

She was already waiting for me at Dome(The Curve) when i arrived. I did call to let her know. Nasib she was very understanding. She bought me coffee...i must have looked like i really needed one. Dengan tak tidonya satu malam.....

Dome's Flat White

The good thing is she was happy with the work. Risau jugak because this is the first time i buat technical work for her.

That is Siti going thru my work - suspen jer

Lepas meeting i jalan2 kejap kat Curve's sunday flea market. Best jugak, ada many cute tops and blouses, and witty statement-Ts. I didnt buy anything - i shouldnt be shopping. Ajak Shal jumpa - she had something with her sis. Jill's busy moving house. Boring la nak balik masa tu.

I called my brother - hari tu dia ajak join hantar Is, my niece register for College today. They were already leaving. He wanted to wait - i sd tak payahlah. Anyway, i havent bought anything for Is lagi. Tak tau nak beli apa- saja la nak belikan hadiah. Dulu her sis masuk college i got her a thumbdrive. Nak beli apa eh? What do college kids need? (tolong suggest)

So, since i had no one to entertain me, i balik rumah je. And i'm now watching a Marathon re-run of Ugly Betty. Boring kan. Dah makan, and dah ngantuk...but i'm fighting sleep takut malam tak boleh tido.

Bubbly: Colbie Caillat

Jom Karaoke
(pause my mp3 player if you're hearing double)



.....It starts in my toes,
and I crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes,
I always know
You make me smile,
please stay for a while now
Just take your time,
wherever you go.....

Happy

Just got back. Completed the one & a half day training. Alhamdullilah, everything went well. The feedback was on the whole positive:-) So Jill & I are happy.

Tapi bukan Anne la kan kalau takde sesuatu yang 'luar biasa' kan.....hmmm, lepas lunch kat hotel tu tadi, nak balik....i terjatuh tangga. Adus....jatuh ke depan plak tu. Tercampak laptop, handbag semua. Sakit la kaki:-( Sampai rumah terus letak icepack.

Nanti Jill dah edit training pictures i will upload. Ni ada satu pic taken by Jill - heheh..Jill memang suka la ambik gambar pelik2 ni....artistic (katanyaaa!)

AlaMak

Hari ni kan sepatutnya hari kelam kabut sedunia. Kenapa? sebab esok and lusa i am conducting a training programme. Biasanya the day before memang sibuk with preparation.

This time around i relax je. Bangun tadi kemas bilik I and guest room (sebab Jill akan sleepover kalau ada training). Sebab preparation on my part dah siap.Nanti petang and malam la go over apa yang patut. Jill tengah running around i think, printing and siapkan materials.

For Jill's beauty sleep;-) beautiful ke....muahahaha

Anyway, i dok fikir-fikir apa nak pakai esok. Client ni pulak paling regular. So baju2 kerja i semua depa dah tengok rasanya...hehe.

Dah pilih pants for Day1 and Day2...time ni baju still kat kedai.

So i keluar pergi Subang Parade kejap tadi, mission: get 2 new tops in one hour. Luckily today - misi berjaya. Kejap je pilih, try, beli. Kadang2 pusing satu hari tak jumpa. Dah target by 2 o'clock must be back. Ada kerja lain nak buat.

On the way back, calling-calling my mom. Biasala....daily routine tanya khabar. Sibuk i dok cerita beli baju baru, terserempak dengan cousin.....pastu dah nak say bye2 dah Mak sound, hmmmm "tak tanya pun Mak pegi hospital check tadi...buat ECG semua".

Adussssss......sebenarnya Mak ada mention this week dia ada check up. Cuma i tak perasan its today. Ya ammmpunnnnnn. Nasib pandai cover-cover..."alaaa, baru nak tanya"..."bukan esok ke".....rasa bersalah sangat.

Nasib Mak still nak cerita...about ECG dia ok...haritu dia risau chest pain. Blood test dia pun ok. BP pun stable. Cuma dia penyakit asthma, memang regular check up kat chest clinic.

Bonda tercinta (selalu kena snap curi-curi, mak tak nak posing tau)

Alaaaa, sedih la bila Mak cakap sorang pun tak call tanya dia punya check up. Kita orang adik beradik yg tinggal jauh - call tiap-tiap hari or selang sehari tanya khabar. Tapi selalunya tanya semua sibuk tanya pasal my Dad sebab uzur sikit la. Mak kecik hati la tu.

I dah call Abang i tadi....dah pesan kejap lagi call Mak tau.

Bodoh betul aku ni, pegi lupa pulak.
Tak sensitive langsung kan. Guilty, guilty.

Ampun Mak (walaupon Mak tak baca blog).
Nasib Mak masih mau layan tadi....macam tak merajuk, tapi dalam hati siapa tahu kan.

Coincidences & Signs

is it a coincidence?





or a sign?

Kadang-kadang, bila kita terlalu mahukan sesuatu, semua kebetulan (coincidence) kita tafsir sebagai satu petanda (sign), isyarat untuk sesuatu.....kan?

takde maknenya....!!









atau ada....?

to be at a very unlikely place - on the same day - at the same time...........what are the odds? sesuatu kebetulan yang sangat ganjil berlaku petang tadi...hmmmm, sori, terlalu personal untuk i cerita terang terang.

When It Rains.............

It Pours!!!!!!!!

Hari ni memang i tau i will be busy nak settlekan kerja, nak keluar pergi meeting.

Lepas tu macam-macam issues dan masalah lagi datang hari ni jugak.

God please give me the strength to go through this.

So many things to do. You all have a good Monday ok.....work hard, study hard - whichever is applicable;-).

I have got to run.

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Sue, i had to paste this here....haha. hillarious. thanks for making me LOL.

Sue: moshi

me: moshi ....when it rains it pours

Sue: no rain here...better off ur computer (read: for safety - lightning)

me: its a metaphor la

Anne Asking Anne

Q: Are you busting your ass off to get what you want?
A: I'm working on it

Q: Are you trying hard enough?
A: Hmmm, i could be doing more

Q: Why arent you?
A: I know, i should be

Q: What are you waiting for?
A: I dunno

Q: What the hell is wrong with you?
A: ok, ok...stop. I get the picture

(excuse me, i'm having a scizophrenic weekend)

Today is a GIFT....Kung Fu Panda

Semalam i just needed to get myself away from the laptop for a while. Lama tak buat kerja gila macam ni - pergi tengok wayang sorang-sorang. I rationalised it as rewarding small achievements, ada la kerja-kerja yang i dah siap (konon). Anyway, best jugak once in a while tengok sorang-sorang, especially time off peak. Semalam kan hari kerja...panggung pun agak kosong.

Anyway, i watched Kung Fu Panda sebab 1. i memang suka animations, 2. read many awesome reviews by bloggers. Memang best, memang kelakar. Kalau nak de-stress memang best.

And as an added bonus, banyak philosophies yang dapat ambik dari Kung Fu Panda ni....if rajin nak fikir2, many good life lessons you can get from this movie. This is the most memorable one..

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a GIFT....that is why its called The Present"

It also teaches you to believe in yourself....you are as good as you think you are.

There are no secret recipes to success.

And Po the Panda so comel and huggable.

As for destressing my self, memang effective la. I good mood je dari semalam sampai hari ni:-)

Go watch it if you havent. Like Po said "there is no charge for awesomeness"

Presents Week

My postings this week agak serious dan depressing kan. Jom i cerita yg happy sikit.

Siapa tak suka dapat hadiah kan....i got 2 this week..yayy!

1. This is from Shal. Dia pergi visit adik dia who lives in Canada, and she went shopping-crazy at the factory outlets in Seattle.

Dia suruh pilih between the two purses.

I picked the lighter color.

Thank you Shal!!!

2. Haaaaaa, tengok ni. Voucher KFC for RM200.00.

Thats a lot of chicken kan! Ini i dapat sebab masuk contest KFC dah lama dah. Baru courier sampai semalam. Boleh buat party ni, beberapa barrel boleh beli;-).

The week is not over....sesiapa yg nak hantar hadiah sempat lagi...muahahaha..gurau je u'ols...

Sleepless in Shah Alam

Its 3.46a.m. I can't sleep. Did fall asleep sejam dua earlier...about 11 i think. Selalu macam ni these days. Must be sebab a lot of things on my mind.

Tak bagus kan sleeping pattern macam ni. I'm finding it hard to focus on work during the day. Mungkin sebab banyak sangat benda i fikir. Bila tengah buat A, i fikir B, C, D, E, F sampai Z. Mungkin sebab tak cukup tidor ke otak serabut.

Telling myself to calm down and focus, focus, focus.

Apa nak buat ni. On Astro kejap, nothing to watch. Dah baca blog, dah main Jewel Quest...tak ngantuk jugak. Kepala dok fikir kerja....how to get new jobs, how to get more business. Sungguh tak tenang nak tido.

Fan dah on kuat ni, tapi panas and rimas.

Last try, nak gi boil water, buat hot milo....sometimes that helps to make me sleepy.

Korang semua mesti tengah best tido dgn mimpi2 indah kan....jelez.

Anne is ....

reflecting.

thinking.

figuring things out.

scared shit.

in desperate need of a big hug.

Correlation

There's been many occasions i have been dissapointed by the immaturity of people much older than me. Today is another one of those times. (This person asked me a very stupid and insensitive question that i dont even wanna share here...)

Just confirms my believe that AGE and MATURITY has very limited correlation (if any at all).

Celebrate The Small Things

If i want to wait for my hopes and dreams to happen to be happy, i am going to be unhappy for a looooonnnggggg time. So i've learnt (am learning) to celebrate the small things, to be grateful for the little things God grants me....

Today, i am happy and grateful

that i finished the work i owe my client.

that the training company has banked in my fees

that the client (the one i was contemplating sending bouncers to) called to say cheque will be ready monday
(no...no...before you guys start to get ideas that i'm getting loads of $$$$$ - takde maknanya-, cukup cukup nak bayar bills and loans je - but at least ada kan, alhamdulillah)

that i spoke to a friend i havent spoken to in ages-enjoyed that;-)

that my nephew (who broke his collar-bone) dont need surgery after all

...and then i got a call that didnt get me excited - tomorrow i have a meeting in KLCC at 6p.m.. On a friday evening.....at 6p.m?.....who sets a meeting at 6p.m?.....on a FRIDAY evening?....right smack at traffic jam center of all traffic jams.....?

Well, the name is Siti, and i am at her mercy. so i said yes. :-(

Random Entries of Another Uninteresting Day

• In case you're wondering i did get around to washing my car. Pukul 8 dah turun bawah bawak baldi.:-)

• Apart from that, been trying to finish this Job Description for a client. Its been a while and my brain is on slow-mo.

• I got news that my nephew, Amil - broke his collar bone. He's in form 3. My bro said he will need surgery. Fell off his bicycle. Just saw him on friday and he was fine.

• I'm still eating food that my mom bekalkan over the weekend. Sampai besok pun ada lagi i think. (thanks Mak) - happy tak payah masak.

• No news on payments due, (please la i'm broke)

• Suddenly i miss going to the gym, but i quit my membership some months back (why? -see previous point)

• 'Semangat baru' masih membara di jiwa (cewahhhh), but seriously - i'm all fired up to make sure my business survives.

Nothing interesting

Today i stayed home and work. I managed to keep myself in my little home office until 3 o'clock until i relented to the sofa and tv. I still managed some work done sambil2 tengok tv.

Kerja and makan and kerja and makan.

My mom tapau some food from home so i masak nasi je, and reheat lauk.

In between i entertained client calls. Ni client yang tak reti-reti lagi nak settlekan invoice dah sebulan lebih. Letih tunggu. (sapa-sapa nak jadi bouncer tak??;-))Kena sabar jugak la sebab client ni je yang paling regular. Cuma they are very slow in paying. I'm not good at being harsh too people...dunno if its a good or bad thing, even if people make me furious - i just keep quiet most of the time. And still be nice....maybe i'm just raised that way.

Anywho, nothing interesting today. I didn't use any fuel so that's gotta be a good thing. That reminds me, my car is super dirty - dah janji nak basuh sendiri kan, nak basuh la esok. (semangat kan...) We'll see if it happens tmrow;-P

Semangat Baru

I'm back, dengan semangat baru!

Semangat apa tau?, nak cari duit, cari rezeki. Penangan oil price hike ni. Also semangat lepas a weekend with my parents i suppose. I owe them more than i can provide sekarang.

Have you guys isi minyak since the price hike? (Gosh, terasa betul, wlaupon di-sponsor masa balik kg ...haha). If dulu isi penuh dalam R75, now dah naik RM115. Ni belum kira other spill over effects macam on food stuff, bill letrik and everything else. Dengan business yang still merangkak-rangkak in gear satu ni, its a scary thought.

I tengah fikir-fikir some cost cutting measures ni:

- Basuh kereta sendiri.

Hantar car wash RM10 sekali. Kalau sebulan dua kali RM20 - dah boleh top up tuang minyak beberapa liter kan

- Jangan buat meeting kat Starbucks/ cafe yg sewaktu dengannya

Average RM10 per visit. Kalau a few times a week, dah berapa kan. Nanti have to discuss with Jill alternative arrangements.

what else? dont eat out as well, but i seldom eat out these days pun. masak kat rumah je.

And above all, have to work my butt off to make more money. there is no two way bout it.

Speaking of fuel and coffee, pagi2 buta tadi i had to drive all the way to KLCC, through Monday morning traffic and all - had a breakfast meeting at 8.30a.m. kat San Francisco Coffee with 2 biz associates. Nak tak nak terpaksa get a drink kan. Tu belum campur parking KLCC yg killer tu.

the RM7 cup of coffee i shouldnt be having

(tangan menggeletar, blur habis)

Lepas meeting, sessi menghabiskan minyak continues. I went to Keramat to lodge a report kat Persatuan Pengguna Islam M'sia - kes tipah tertipu belum settle. I got lost looking for the place, circled around Keramat dua tiga kali before i found it.

another ikhtiar....

So much for fuel savings kan.

p/s - Thanks to all who wished me a good weekend and safe journey.

Homesick

The past 2 weeks ni tiba2 rasa homesick pulak. Walaupun call mak almost every day, rindu pulak nak jumpa. Lagipun teringat my dad yang tak berapa sihat, dia ok - cuma he doesnt move around much. Tak larat dah old age. Macam ni la kalau duduk jauh ni, korang yang duduk KL or duduk satu tempat dengan parents mesti tak rasa ni kan.....

Anyway, kebetulan abang i nak balik kampung. Dia selalu kalau balik sorang2 dia suka naik bas malam je. Dia ni kalau drive sorang2 tak boleh, dia jenis kena ada teman kalau tak dia tidor. Tapi you all pun tau kan accident bas express menjadi2. Memang la kalau benda nak jadi tu takdir, tapi I tak berapa nak confident naik bas dah.

So me and my brother cut a deal, I drive my car tapi minyak toll semua dia tanggung. Dia pun paham adik dia tengah kering ni. Mula2 planned for last week tapi dia postpone to this weekend. Masa tu dia tak tau minyak nak naik tinggi menggunung. Muahahahaha. Kesian dia. Nasib the deal is still on.

So kejap lagi, i will leave to pick him up. 5 hours insyaallah sampai. Sunday kitaorang balik sini. short trip tapi sempat la manja manja dgn Mak...heheheh....dan layan my Dad.

Happy weekend people! Permisi dulu ya!

Sombong

Manusia biar pangkat darjat setinggi mana
walau kaya mana pun
kalau ada penyakit 'S' ni.....
Kesian.....

Tadi i pergi meeting kat KLCC
Bukan my project cuma i tolong kawan
Everytime dia tak boleh attend i akan replace dia
Consultant2 lain yg buat kerja

Ni 3rd time i attend
So bukan tak kenal consultant 3 orang ni
Pernah cakap2 semua

Tapi hari ni
I kena ignore totally
Buat dek je sorang sorang
Like i dont even exist
Sombong tak tentu pasal

Ikut suka korang la
I tak rugi apa apa pun
Maybe depa rasa I ni not worth talking to agaknya

Dah biasa sangat orang macam ni
Everytime i encounter situation like this
I just tell myself not to do the same to others

Anne is Back!

I'm back:-D

Its good to be back. The past four days was hmmmm.....'empty'.

Collected the laptop this morning.

So far its working great.

I will be bloghopping now. See ya...........

Anne Goes Offline

Photo credit: ROFLCAT

I surrender.

Sending the laptop to HP today for repair.

That means i wont be blogging or blog hopping until i get it back.

Unless i tak tahan and go to a cyber cafe....(possible!)

Here In My Home - Malaysian Artistes For Unity

52 Malaysians including filmmakers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, designers, footballers, activists,

celebrities, students and a florist

got together to make

an anti-racism national unity song and music video.

Its called HERE IN MY HOME.

Nobody got paid.

They did it only because they love Malaysia.

Click on the banner and read their story.

C'mon. Show your support for unity and upload the song to your blog.

Naik lagi ke?

Dari Berita Harian, 28 Mei 2008

Langkah atasi krisis minyak Jumaat
Oleh Magendran Rajagopal

KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan dijangka mengumumkan beberapa langkah bagi mengurangkan kesan kenaikan harga minyak terhadap rakyat dan ekonomi negara selepas mesyuarat Jemaah Menteri, Jumaat ini, kata Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kabinet Menangani Inflasi yang dipengerusikannya kelmarin membentangkan beberapa cadangan berhubung perkara itu dan ia akan diputuskan dalam mesyuarat Kabinet pada Jumaat. "Ada beberapa langkah dikemukakan dalam mesyuarat itu semalam (kelmarin) kerana kita bincang banyak perkara dan ia akan dibawa ke mesyuarat Kabinet pada Jumaat ini.

"Selepas itu, kita dijangka buat satu siri pengumuman kerana kita amat terperinci dalam isu ini," katanya kepada pemberita selepas mengadakan perjumpaan dengan komandan kem Pusat Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN), di sini, semalam. Najib diminta mengulas ura-ura kerajaan akan mengumumkan kenaikan harga petrol dan diesel Jumaat ini bagi mengimbangi kesan peningkatan harga minyak mentah yang mencecah AS$133 setong di pasaran antarabangsa, semalam. Beliau yang enggan memberi bayangan pengumuman itu walaupun didesak wartawan, sebaliknya meminta semua pihak supaya bersabar sehingga Kabinet membuat keputusan.

Katanya, keputusan menguatkuasakan larangan penjualan petrol dan diesel kepada kenderaan asing oleh semua stesen minyak dalam lingkungan 50 kilometer (km) dari sempadan negara mulai Jumaat ini juga adalah antara yang diputuskan mesyuarat kelmarin. Selain itu, mesyuarat berkenaan juga menggariskan beberapa pendekatan lain yang dikenal pasti sesuai untuk membendung masalah kenaikan harga minyak secara khusus serta menangani inflasi umumnya. "Larangan menjual minyak kepada kenderaan asing ini bukan untuk menjimatkan kos tetapi lebih berlandaskan kepada prinsip kerana kita guna wang cukai rakyat untuk subsidi minyak dan hanya mereka yang berhak harus menikmatinya. "Ini adalah isu moral kerana subsidi yang kita beri setiap tahun untuk mengurangkan beban rakyat amat tinggi. Pada pendapat saya, tidak wajar orang lain menikmati subsidi daripada wang rakyat kita," katanya.

Arahan bertulis mengenai larangan itu, dibuat mengikut Akta Kawalan Bekalan 1961, akan dikeluarkan kepada 200 hingga 300 pemilik stesen minyak dalam masa terdekat. Najib juga menafikan tindakan itu boleh menjejaskan kemasukan pelancong asing kerana mereka masih perlu membeli minyak di negara sendiri dan sewajarnya tidak mengambil kesempatan daripada subsidi yang ditawarkan di Malaysia.
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Gosh, i hope not!...dah la income merosot je. Since i changed my car and kerja sendiri, my consumption memang tak banyak macam masa kerja one year back. But still every time refill petrol, terasa la jugak. and usually any rise in oil prices will result in rise in price of other essentials kan.....Dah la harga beras pun naik melampau. What is happening to the world, food crisis, oil crisis....We wait and see Friday ni....suspen jer!

My Lappy is Sick

Symptoms:

1. The battery is charging, but when its on cable, power only last for 5 minutes.

2. The fan is louder than usual.

3. The keyboard and touchpad gets really hot.

I checked my receipts, i got the laptop on 12.6.2007, which means the one year warranty will be expiring soon. I'm trying to finish some paperwork by today so that i can send it to the HP service center, maybe tomorrow.

I dont know how long it will take them to fix it :-(((((( Mati kutu la.

Konsert Akhir Akademi Fantasia 6

The Results

1. Stacy

2. Riz

3. Nubhan

4. Toi

5. Nadia

Yayy! Its a relief that AF6 is over. My least favourite season. A so-so final concert, not much excitement.

Things i like about last nite's finale.

1. Malaysia voted Stacy as the champ, a well deserved winner.

2. Both girls saved the night with energetic performances

3. Nubhan's new song. (boleh pulak dia kurung angsa dia;-D)

4. Adlin's blunt honesty.

5. AC was told-off by Ogy & Ning (after Nubhan's 2nd song) (padan, nak buat kelakar salah time, salah tempat)

(Malas pulak nak review each performance. Season pun dah habis. Astro website pun belum update gambar. tengoklah kalau rajin later.....)

Check out detail reviews here:

sultanmuzaffar

ceritera eddypurnama

Kerja Gila or Gila Kerja

Its 4.26 a.m.!!!!!!!!!!

I havent slept a wink.

There is a meeting/ presentation to a client at 10.30a.m., and i was only informed yesterday morning.

Jill is doing her part at her apartment. She dozed off earlier and i sent all the audibles in YM to wake her up:-)

6 hours to go. Only 80% done.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK!!!

I can still smile and crack jokes. I am not even sleepy. Must be pure adrenaline rush to work at this 11th hour.

Gila kerja ke kerja gila. The latter i think.

David Cook Wins American Idol

The results are out.

Picture credit: MTV.com

After last night, it was almost a sure thing that Archuleta will take home the title. A record breaking 97mill votes later, Cook steals the title.

It doesnt matter really. It was my favourite 2 finalist ever...tho i do feel sorry for David A., he did so well last night.

The finale/result show today was the best i've seen. My favourite had to be the guys singing summer of 69, Heaven and with Bryan Adams.

Picture credit: MTV.com

I'm sure both of them will go on to have successful careers.

My favourite Idol season!

The Battle of the Two Davids

Picture credit. MTV.com Photo by Fox

Tonight is the showdown.

David Cook

David Archuleta

Who is the next American Idol?

I like them both in different ways, but based on the showdown, i have to pick THE David ARCHULETA

Simon said:

"Round 1 to Archuleta"

"Round 2 to Archuleta"

"You came out tonite to win and what we have witnessed is a Knock Out" (after Round 3 to Archuleta)

I couldn't agree more.

Result show 6pm tomorrow local time, we will find out how America voted.

If you watched tonite's show, who's your pick?

Anne's leg, arm and the Big News

The long weekend felt very looooooooooongggggggg.
Apart from YM, sms and phone call, there was no real human interaction.

My leg still sakit, so duduk diam diam je. Because i use my arm's strength to support bila nak get up, i think i've hurt my arms as well. :-(

Sepatutnya petang ni i have a meeting in Putrajaya for kes Tipah Tertipu, but i dont think i can manage the long drive. Hari ni the leg feels a bit better, nanti kalau drive takut sakit balik.

Add to that, sakit perut pulak pagi ni (read: that time of the month).

Work wise sepatutnya a new project starts today with a workshop. Lucky client push to June. Masa tu i was slightly irritated with the delay, tapi tu la orang kata hikmah Tuhan kan....kalau jadi macam mana la i nak handle today dengan kaki sakit, dengan perut sakit.

The big news of yesterday, Tun M quit UMNO....

Sedih you all. Not so much about sokong parti mana2 but he was so significant in taking the country to where it is today, and the whole history of his as pemimpin Melayu. Having said that he was never shy to state his opinion, always bold and brave. I just wish the two leaders will just sit down and sort out their differences untuk masa depan bangsa and rakyat. I doubt that will happen from what i saw in the news last nite. See what happens. Sungguh interesting political developments since post election.

Konsert 9 Akademi Fantasia 6

We are one concert away from the final. Usually, I would feel rather sad to see the end of an AF season, but not this time. Its like a relief to finally see the end of a long, uneventful, forgettable season.

So Stanly didn’t make it to the final. I am ok with the results, except I would have liked it if they booted Toi out as well. But rezeki orang kan.

Official AF votes ranking (Before):
Stacy 19%
Riz 19%
Nadia 17%
Nubhan 17%
Stanly 14%
Toi 14%


Official AF votes ranking (After):
Toi 19% (OOOOMMMMMMGGGGG!!!!)
Stacy 19%
Nubhan 17%
Riz 16%
Nadia 15%
Stanly 14%


Stacy (Beat It)



Overall I thot she did OK. Her articulation wasn’t good but it was a tough song, and difficult choreography. If anybody out of all the remaining students could pull this off, it would be Stacy. Looking back the entire 9 concerts this season, Stacy has earned her ticket to the final.


Toi (Kau Yg Bernama Seri)



Ok he improved, by Toi’s standards mind you. But Malaysia went craaaaazzzzyyy and sent Toi to the top of the rankings. I’m scared. Very scared. What if Toi is crowned AF6 Champion???? Now, that would be one to remember…



Stanly (Kerana)





A long overdue farewell to Stanly. He has suffered long enough. Correction WE have suffered long enough.


Nadia (Lelaki Buaya Darat)




The song suited her vocals. It looked easy for Nadia to pull off this song. Horrid baju tho, ala-ala baju hujan plastic yg jual kat hardware store. I’m glad she got into the finals…hamper hampir terkeluar. If Nadia got voted out, and Toi got into the finals….i would be fuming angry.
Nadia reminds me of Amelya from AF3. Great powerful vocals, but never really the clear favourite. She’s worthy of a finalist, but I am quite sure she wont be crowned champ.



Riz (Rock around the clock)




It wasn’t good for me. Better than last week though. Its fair to say Riz only sings well when given songs in his favourite genre…that is R&B and ballads.
This performance reminded me of Vince singing Bunyi Gitar.

Credit goes to Cikgu Genervie on keyboard. I loved that jazzy solo piano part!.


Nubhan (Tapi Bukan Aku)





This is one of Nubhan’s wish list song. I expected this would be THE performance from him. (I love this song by the way) I feel like beating the boy up. It sounded flat to me at the beginning. Angsa somewhere in the middle. Very awkward hand gestures and purposeless walking around during the bridge. Then he sreamed out his emotions dengan sumbangnya towards the end.
Tapi Ning didn’t comment much on his vocals, so tak tau la if I sorang je rasa tak sedap.



The Duets ( Why tak ada kritik for the duet performances as well)

Stanly & Toi (Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta)



Letak tepi the sumbang mambang, the 2 guys look like they were having fun on stage….and I was singing along at home…hehe, if you cant beat them, join them.


Riz & Nadia (Endless Love)



It wasn’t perfect, but it was sweet. Macam betul2 in love je. There was one of the practices in the Diari when I thot Riz sang better than in the concert. Anywho, it was alright. My favourite duet of the night.



Stacy & Nubhan (Ada Cinta)



Stacy has been singing rather upbeat numbers the past few week I almost forgot how good she sound on slow ballads. Nubhan managed to survive the duet without any ‘angsa’. This couple remind me of scenes from Korean drama serials, kan?



One more week to go, any predictions anyone?

Anne Cedera

After working her butt off over two weeks, anne cedera. Kaki sakit. The last training she had on Tuesday, it started early morning when she woke up. The cause is unknown. She had to bear with it throughout the session, on high heels. By the end of it, she was almost in tears walking to my car.

Since yesterday Anne took a break from work. Anne left it to Jill to do all the typing work, and just sat and watch...(macamla dia kerja pakai kaki kan)

All client meetings will have to wait.

Anne wants to put her leg up and rest.

Pic by Jill Yusoff: 6 May 2008, Grand Blue Wave-Shah Alam