finger pointing

so the 12th General Election is over. the opposition won in my area. gaaaaaahhhh! does this mean that i'm gonna have to stay at home? does this mean that i can no longer wear short skirts and revealing tight tops? does this mean that i'm gonna have to cover my head? i hope not. gosh. now i regret for not 'exercising my right to vote'. as much as i hate to point fingers, i blame the relevant organization for not reminding young people like me to register. they know that there will be a General Election this year, so why didn't they advertise it on TV or radio to remind us youngsters to register ourselves? how hard is it to put up a 1-minute ad on TV or radio and say:

"ANDA BERUMUR 21 TAHUN DAN KE ATAS? JIKA YA, ANDA SUDAH LAYAK MENGUNDI TETAPI SUDAHKAH ANDA MENDAFTAR? TENTUKAN HAK ANDA DENGAN MENGUNDI. DAFTARLAH NAMA ANDA DI SEKIAN-SEKIAN TEMPAT SEKARANG."

or was there an ad somewhere that i've missed? i may sound ignorant but to be honest, i didn't even know where the hell to register in the first place. am i to blame? no point talking now though. am just gonna wait another 5 freakin' years. let's just hope that the opposition menunaikan janji-janji manis mereka. for a start, reduce the fuel price ASAP!!

weekend project part 3

this time around, it's not a masak-masak project. but it was a project to get my car fixed. i told dad about my horn problem and he told me to go and survey at other shops. "bukan ada satu je kedai kereta kat sana kan? check a few shops and compare the price." right. bila bagitau, dia suruh buat sendiri. kalau tak bagitau, he'll go "kenapa tak bagitau dulu? pandai2 je buat blablabla." dads. he wants you to tell him so that he'll feel 'looked-up to' yet at the same time he wants you to be independent and do it by yourself. anyway, i dragged lil bro (he's been using my car anyway so it's fair that he come along) and went to several shops but only one shop has the button thingamajig. after the guy checked it, he told me that it's gonna take about 1/2 hour to order the thingamajig. told him that i'd come back later and sent my car to another shop for servicing. after a bowl of cendol each and a plate of rojak later, my car is done and off i went to the shop to get my horn fixed, only to be told that the thingamajig hasn't arrived yet. at that time, my boiling points is slowly but surely rising. i asked, 'berapa lama? tadi kata setengah jam. ini sudah lebih satu jam, xsampai lagi ke?' the guy replied, 'kejap aaa kak, sikit jam lagi.' ten minutes later, it still hasn't arrived. my boiling points have raised another notch. 'on the way la kak.' i said to him, 'dari tadi on the way. on the way dari mana? kalau dari johor pun on the way jugak kan?' i told him that i'd come back later and the thingamajig better be there when i come back and went to a nearby 1.99 shop. after a while we returned to the mechanic and finally, the thingamajig is there. the guy installed it for me and charged me a whopping 80 bux. that is, after i bargained. initially he charged me 85 bux. i told him, 'xkanla mahal sangat. bukannya button mini cooper ke, BMW ke,' and he laughed at me. hmphh.
so now, i have a horn yeay! but then again, some people are either deaf or ignorant when horned at, so the finger is still very much in use.
oh, in case you're wondering what car i'm driving, it's a *CLK. no kidding.

*Cute Little Kancil-a new name I got for my car, courtesy of Azim a.k.a Mr. Pele Pele.

pon!! pon!!

I don't know what I’ve done wrong or who I have sinned but it seems like some of my things are acting up on me. First, I have ms. cranky lappy who will come alive as and when she feels like it. Second, my hand phone is starting to 'hang' or go completely blank. I think my hand phone is now merajuk with me because I am in the midst of surveying for a new hand phone. It’s not like I’m gonna totally replace it anyway. I’m just getting it a new companion. Thirdly my car horn refuses to make that cute but annoying sound. In case you didn’t know, this car of mine has a mind of its own. tak padan dengan kecik! Actually I’ve been having problems with my horn for quite some time now and I’ve made several trips to the mechanics to see what was wrong. They checked and meddled and screwed and tested and it went ok. For a while that is. Then it started to act up again. Sometimes bunyi, sometimes tak bunyi and sometimes it depends on which side/angle that you press, and then only it'll make that sound thus the reason why I curse a lot on the road. *sigh* the last time I checked with the mechanic, he said that the buttons are faulty so I have to change the buttons, which will cost about RM100. Another alternative is to change the steering wheel, which costs about the same, unless if I choose some sportier, rempit-look steering wheel, which of course, would cost more. But the mechanic said, "kak you kalau tukar ini button pun aaa, tada jamin tau dia ok. kalau tukar steering wheel, lagi bagus la. lagi itu horn punya button di tengah. So susah la mau rosak." Right. I batted my eyelashes and gave him one of my cutest smiles asked him to give me a cheaper price considering that I’m a loyal customer, selalu datang yada yada yada but he won’t budge. Ok, so it did not work this time. Hahaha. But I think the reason why he wants me to change the steering wheel is because he wants to help his friend's business, who is the owner of the shop selling the steering wheels next door. Hmph. I told him, "takde steering wheel yang simple2 ke? Yang macam perempuan punya? itu semua macam rempit la! tak original dah. kereta I kereta perempuan tau." Then his friend chipped in, "pakai kecik sikitla, lagi sedap bawak. ok apa, matching la u ambil kaler hitam. match sama you punya air-cond." euwwww. Seriously, my car would scream Rempit with a capital R if I change the steering wheel. In the end, I told the mechanic, “Takpelah, nanti I fikir dulu mau tukar steering wheel atau itu button saja.” So he screwed whatever he unscrewed and off I went, still with no horn.

Now I regret for not buying a bumper sticker I found in London saying:

“HORN NOT WORKING. WATCH FOR FINGER.”

Sis, can you get it for me instead? Thank-you~

weekend project part 2

what would you do when you have this sudden craving for something sweet and chocolatey? you would dig your kitchen cupboard and hope that you find something that would satisfy your craving. so when i had this craving today, instead of meratah Koko Krunch or Milo, i ransacked the kitchen cupboard and found a packet of Betty Crocker Double Chocolate Chunk which i think sis bought some time ago (nope, it hasn't expired thank God). so i put on my apron, took out my baking utensils, mix the ingredients and voila, yummylicious double chocolate chunk cookies are baked. this is what i call a perfect snack (don't mind the calories) on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Betty Crocker is a super duper genius. seriously, it is so easy to have your own home-baked cookies with an invention like this. the ingredients are easily available and the instructions are so easy to follow. luckily i have all that is needed, namely vegetable oil and an egg plus 2 tablespoons of water. that's it.

GENIUS INVENTION

THE INGREDIENTS

MIX IT ALL UP

UNTIL IT FORMS A SOFT DOUGH

PLACE SMALL DOLLOPS OF THE DOUGH ON A GREASED BAKING TRAY AND BAKE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHILE ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL SMELL

VOILA~

am off to the kitchen for more cookies now. i'm slowly but surely turning into this blue creature hahaha.

plus, minus

what i am about to tell you might come as a surprise so brave yourself for the shock of your life. ok, i'm exaggerating a bit but you might not believe it when i say that i played futsal! yes, i did and it was my first time at kicking the ball and damn it felt good. i know futsal has been here for ages but last Friday was actually the first time ever that i played. well, i have to start somewhere, right? so when a dear friend of mine, Diyana asked me if i wanted to join her and her officemates for a game, i thought, why not? besides, i really need the workout anyway. so off we went to a God forsaken place in Bukit Jalil because that's the only court that is available. it was a long drive because traffic was f***ed up on Friday evening but it didn't really bother me since i was so mangat2 to play. in case you felt a tremor on Friday, that was probably me running up and down the court. hahaha. correct me if i'm wrong but they call it court, don't they? i can't remember when was the last time i had a good workout sweat like an oink oink but i think the reason why i pancit (besides lack of or no stamina) is because most of the time we were screaming and giggling. you know lah girls, takut kena bola la, takut jatuh la. we didn't really play by the rules but it was fun and i get to meet a bunch of new people. all in all i think i managed to burn a few hundred calories.

but when i got home, i ate rice with rendang ayam boohoooooo~ so happen the maid cooked rendang ayam for dinner and i couldn't resist. and then i also had this, courtesy of Diyana.

today, i made this for tea since a few relatives are coming over.

so i've lost a few hundred calories but added a few thousands more. pfft.

meet ms.cranky

the lappy is ok (for now). it seems that everytime i blog, i'd mention about my lappy. how pathetic. i asked my supposedly IT lil bro and he knew nuts about it. and apparently none of his friends knew about it. i texted him saying, "takkan sekor sorang pun tak tau? ni lah dia bakal graduan IT. hampeh!" hmphh. so i asked big bro, who also took IT and he said that buying laptops is all about luck. "ikut nasib la kalau so happen dapat barang x baik." duhhh. hello. i don't pay thousands for a lappy and hope that Lady Luck smiles at me and says that mine's a barang baik! ok, dad paid for it actually. but the point here is, how is this even possible when the lappy is only 1 year plus. of course it decided to get all cranky after the warranty has expired.
so i went to Low Yat today to survey the price to repair a what i call a cranky lappy (because of how it's reacting). however i didn't bring my lappy along since i went straight after office. i asked one shop and the guy told me it would cost me around 500-750 freakin' bucks. gaaaahhhh! and then i went to another shop and the guy told me it will cost me about 1 freakin' thousand bucks or more. double gaaaahhhhh! i seriously think they were trying to cheat me. then i went to a third shop and the guy was surprisingly kind enough to tell me to try to go to Acer Service Center in Berjaya Times Square. off i went and there was this promotion thingy going on downstairs in the concourse area and there was an Acer booth. i told boyfy that we should try and ask the people there first, just in case. unfortunately they're not sure about it and told me to bring my lappy. i asked them if the Service Center is still open but he said that if he's not mistaken, it only opens during office hours. s***. i mean who the hell would go there during office hours, right? seriously. wouldn't it be easier if Service Centers open until 8 or 9pm at least? don't tell me that i have to take a freakin' day off just to get my lappy checked (and later be told to pay a thousand bucks to repair it?) i seriously think it defeats the purpose of having a Service Center in the first place. of course i didn't go to Berjaya Times Square. however, i will check the opening hours, just to be sure.
after much baby-talk, persuasion and pujuk2, my lappy miraculously come alive. i guess it's scared that i might send it for repair/servicing or something. i know it sounds ridiculously insane but it sure worked, didn't it?

pictures-part 2

The lappy is at it again. It was ok for a couple of days, and then went kaput again yesterday. Pathetic. Anyway another slide show has been created. Right. As if you wanna see my pictures anyway. However, I’d like to warn you that most, if not all of the pics are pictures of me, thank you very much. The reasons being:

1. I think I looked cute lalala. Perasan, you say? Who cares? It’s My CrAp ShEEt! Besides, I know some people someone who thinks I’m cute. *blush* ok you can barf now.
2. I may need the green light from my siblings to put their pics because knowing them, especially lil’ bro, he may not approve certain pics as he may not look handsome or macho or he may senyum x macho or his muka berkilat etc.

Ok picture time!

pictures-part 1

i finally managed to create a slideshow of my recent trip to London as attached. these pics were taken using one camera. if time permits, i'll create another slideshow from the other camera over the weekend, provided that the lappy AND the internet connection is ok. i'm wishing, hoping, praying and keeping my fingers (and toes) crossed that my lappy will be ok because yesterday the screen was ok. was it because love is in the air? i doubt it.

xoxo

dear lovers lovebirds,

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. may you find happiness with your loved ones and may your love be blessed always. to singles, may Cupid's arrow hit you today and may you find your one true love. you deserve the best and that person is somewhere out there waiting for you.

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love-hate

my love-hate relationship with London.

1. I love the beautiful country but I hate the bloody cold weather. I don’t know how it’s like in spring, summer or autumn though because everytime I go there, it’s winter time because apparently that’s the only time of the year that all of us are free to go.
2. I love shopping in London but i hate the fact that the shops close as early as 5pm. How boring.
3. I love shopping in London because i can easily get shirts and pants my size. a plus point is that it makes me feel a teeny bit small because there's always bigger sizes available. =D
   
4. I love the shops and the sale but I hate the fact that we have to multiply our currency by a whopping 6.5-7 times! No doubt that the stuffs there are relatively low priced but if you multiply it to RM, it equals to just about the same, if not more.
5. I love to go to their supermarkets because there are a lot of processed and frozen foods that just sounds so yummy and easy to prepare. I know it’s not healthy but wouldn’t it be great to just go to a supermarket and grab something to eat or on the way back you buy something, pop it in the oven for a minute or two and voila, a complete meal is ready in just the blink of an eye. Unfortunately it’s not halal. Unlike our foods, kena tumis beria, santan segala. so leceh!
6. I love the complicated and many underground lines and the names of each of the station but i hate it when i have to walk so far just to change to the next line and when the station have no escalator.
7. I love the way the drivers respect pedestrians. They actually stopped at zebra lines. Unlike here in KL, even when the light is green for people to cross, motorists ignored it, especially motorbikes. To make matters worst, I have to make sure that the vehicles are at a complete stop before i dare to cross the road. Over there in the UK, they will stop at zebra lines, even when there's no traffic light.

despite my love-hate relationship, i will be back for the fifth, sixth, seventh time lalala. revisiting the places bring back fond memories. unfortunately i cannot post the pics here just yet because i'm having some problem with my lappy. i think the lcd screen has gone kaput. tsk. will have to send it to low yat to get it checked, which means more money. it doesn't help that i have a hole in my pocket thanks to shopping like crazy in London. *sigh* what a timing huh.