What's been cooking at..

Mom is once again in her entrepreneur mood swings. It has left me and my usually over energised siblings drained to accomodate her cute orders. Who in their right mind could ever say no to mom especially when she calls us by our nicknames.. (mom and her cuteness is much dangerous than a newly sharpen knife)

Shah is never safe when mom gives him Mommie Hugs.. ahahah

So after dallying and wrangling up my men into their correct mindset, I gave them an off day yesterday along with their hard-earned salary which I finally manage to squeeze from my main-con. Then set off back to JB just in time to buy mom her new Moulinex blender along with the chopper. The old cranky blender decided that it's service for the past 3 years is more than it can handle... hehehe


Then I had to lend my expertise to my tired siblings in draining the blended pineapple puree (we are making the traditional pineapple tarts). That standing and draining took up 2+hrs (we had to blend a total of 30pcs of large Morris pineapples). By the time I was done, it was 5pm, time to prepare for dinner or aka break-fast.


Since the cute old grannie was too tired and almost indispose, I was in-charge for the cooking which I was more than happy accomodate. Microwave steamed Tenggiri fish, Broccoli-Tomato-mushroom soup, Sambal sotong Kering and Kerang Rebus with Rice was ready by 6.30pm just in time for my younger sister to take care of the drinks. The menu was just nice for my anti-veggie siblings who hates vegetables. Since the steamed fish is a dry dish, they had no choice but to make do with the vegetable soup (the recipe is attached below).

I don't understand why Ayu insisted on wearing a sarong over her pants..

By the time it was 7pm, my back was almost at the brink of breaking. But at least, my family and my dad especially was pleased by the cooking. After dinner, I rallied my tired but re-energised siblings in helping mom in the cooking of the drained pineapples puree. As the picutre depicts, there are times we fooled around like idiots and times whereby sheer physical power is needed to stir the concoction constantly. That, I give the credit to my beloved youger brother, Shahrul. Without him, we women would be dead. The mixture once reaches the cooked stage mixed with sugar, is as good as making Dodol.. I don't even need to go to the gym to get muscles.. ahaha..




The head chef, mom, officially considers the pineapple ready at 11.30pm, which was almost 6hrs of cooking from 4pm. Although bone weary, the moment we received Mommy Hugs/Kisses and large pints of Moccha, the tension just simply fade away..










Ps.. Arul, since you requested, I'm putting up almost all of the pics we took that I think doesn't make me look silly and Ayu, I'm not making the tarts so you can eat until your stomach is full.. You kids owe me an ice-cream! ahaha

Grr..

I am pissed.. I'm frustrated.. I'm hungry.. tired.. sweaty and feasibly needs REST!!!!

Can someone just chase these idiots who are demanding every single drop of my energy away? I'm tempted to chase them off with a butter knife and brandishing my overweight cat on them. Its almost 10pm and I'm still up on my work which started at 8am. The dumb paper work is not even half done.

I want my shower!!! My fuse is only a few milimeter away from being shorted out.

Grr.. Shoo!! Don't disturb me you idiots!!

I want a good long cry....

Stress..

9th September 07

I'm still freezing mad about yesterday's meeting with my main-con. The idiotic demands they have requested is totally absurb. How could they request 35% of my total contract exclusive of the $50k which they will be taking for the supply of materials to my company. It's not at all agreeable to me and my company. If I were to accept it, I'll be left with only $15k which my salary and my other personnels' have accounted for.

Bull shit. I'm thinking of leaving the bloody project and let them take over after I get the $35k. It's really making me lose over my sleep..

Haiz.. This morning I happen to chance over the gossip paper, Metro. A particular news caught my attention. A woman was left on the altar. Its really sad and I totally feel disgusted by the groom's action. The bride's parents have even tried helping the groom on cashing out the dowry by either letting him pay half of the amount which is USD2000 or if he still can't afford it by the wedding day, the groom can just show a cheque with the said amount (just for the show) even if there is not enough cash in the account.

And yet the heartless coward didn't comply and instead took the easy way out, not even attendind the wedding at all. Truly if I ever to happen such guys like him, I'm more than happy to brain him with my umbrella.

I'm just hoping that will never happen to me... Scary to even think..

And can someone tell me what has happened to my whacko of a brother?? I've been trying to ask how he's been... that old man really worries me at times...

Happy Teachers' Day

2nd September 2007,

Again, I'm late in updating the weird stuffs I've been up to. Anyway before I completely forget, I'd like to formally wish all the teachers a very Happy Teachers' Day, pardon my belated wishes. In Singapore, the 1st of September is a day to remember the hardship and dedication of our hardworking teachers, regardless of the nerves-wreckage the students have haunted upon them.

I'd also like to take the opportunity to wish the teachers who have tolerated my manipulative ways, weird impromptu Hawaiian Dance in the middle of classes which was still being conducted (blame that on the caffeine.. hehehe) and whatever-not I have freaked them out with..

Personally I'd like to give sincerest appreciation to these teachers:

Rulang Primary School (1992-1998):

• Mdm Low
• Miss Beh (Now known as Mdm Beh)
• Mdm Mafaaton
• Mrs Liew

Boon Lay Secondary School (1998-2001)

• Mr Lee (D&T teacher)
• Mr Ismail
• Ms Wong Bek Wan
• Ms Sandra (Thank you for standing up for me!!)
• My Sec 3 &; 4 form teacher.. I can't remember her name; Sorry!
• Mr Ang (Take out your "Law-ling Block")
• Mr Raja, disciplinary officer (No doubt you grate my teeth at times, you still have my respect)

ITE Dover -Electronics Dept (2002-2004)

• Mr Peck (Digital Electronics Principles.. You drilled binary codes into my brains; Thanks!)
• Mr Henry Ng (Micro P, Calculus, Project Yr 2.. Thanks for your dedication in making me belief that numbers are not a nightmare! Really love you and the free pizzas, hehehe)
• Mr Chu ( Webpage Design, Project Yr 2.. Thank you for your belief and support in me)
• Mr Lee (Fundementals of Communication.. I now understand the full fundementals of RF stuffs which you were trying your best in making me understand)

To those whom I had miss, don't mistaken that I've not appreciated the effort you guys had poured out.

Back to my usual rantings. I've conceded in making my friend a pic for him. But no way am I gonna take out the MRT pic of him that I've posted previously in the older post. Give and take hunny.. FYI to all single and available gals, he's still single and looking for a perfect woman. So drop him a line!!

And I also took a pic of myself at Heren B1 with a cow!! hehehe.. Lisa, I took a picture with a cow.. ahaha.. But anyway it wasn't me who take the pic of me, so I place the blame of me looking fat fully on Fazly's shoulder. *sticks out her tounge* See how nice the pic Fazly's in when I took the pic?

I also have a few more pics so post but my handphone is too far away from me to bluetooth it to my comp.. I'm just being plain lazy in climbing the stairs to get to my phone.

Another Shots..

21st August 2007,

I was suppose to update this and put it up on the net last weekend but since I got a little caught up, the pics had to be posted today. Anyway its better now than never.

My camera phone is almost full and I'm getting quite bored taking pictures of almost non-breathing subjects, so I got myself another new model. Must have good looks, most preferably a guy, at least an OK body... I nearly gave up at ever finding a new model.. (duh! I'm forever locked up in my office and job) But luckily a delicious new specimen came up!!

Who else but my unexpected, oblivious to my camera dominating antics; Fazly!! Muahaha.. darling, you are now my new specimen..

I had actually wanted to add a few more stuffs but since the florescent light was killing the image, I had no choice but to add a little adjustment to the hue and saturation of the original picture. I was itching to put pink bunnies but since he is my old school mate, I will have to give him the respect he needs by putting the other curvy stuff in.. (next time, I will put the bunnies in!!) Not really the best of my works but it'll do for now.. Will have to take other pics..

Anyway this is another on the spot grabbed picture I did when I was at Liang Court (at Clarke Quay) thrashing through the rain after I had changed passes with the security. You see the lovely rain clouds surrounding the hotel building.. very rare to find in the busy streets of the Lion City.

Pretty right?

Then there is another one I took last Friday in Malaysia while I was heading back from Singapore to my home, Skudai. It was taken from underneath the flyover at Angsana Shopping Mall highway heading to Senai.. I love the puffy clouds..

It has now become my new desktop background

My two cents..

19th August 2007

A few more days to go before the fasting month takes over. Ramadan is a month of realisation and reflection on our pass deeds whether be it good or bad and also to humble ourselves to our maker, Allah. But with the new globalisation and modernisation revolutionising in almost every part of the world, the holy month has become a month of spending and filling the stomachs to the brim the moment dusk clambers over Mother Earth.

Sad to say not many muslims have continued the practice of bringing ourselves closer to god by reading the quran, attending the Terawih and doing charity for the needy. Instead we are more concentrating on personal needs, work and shopping. What has most muslim become these days?

This brought me with a staggering thought.. Will I become exactly what I had described about the latter or will I become a good Muslimah? A deep thinking I might say but like what my dad always say, It all depends on one's Iman.

What do you think?

Waiting...

16th August 2007

Ladies and gents, I'm reporting to you life at Jurong East Branch Library. Everything here is as good as a normal NLB but a little pack with kids I think..

Anyway I'm still waiting for my partner in crime to call me so I can ciaoz from here and indulge myself with new techies!! yippee!!!

Still waiting and its 2pm now..

New Game

Ready for a shopping spree at the most drop dead prices? A plasma TV that cost USD$1.77? Unbelivable? Well that is what this site has to offer.

Unlike Ebay, whereby the prices seem extremely bogus but when it comes to paying the freight charges, it costs much more than the retail ones', this site is really good and you can even do it over your phone (for US citizens only). What I really like about it is the FREE shipping rate and bidding the lowest unique price. So no burnt out pocket holes for me.

To learn more about the instructions on bidding, you can view it here. It's really simple and easy when I read the instructions although I did get a little confuse on the last part of the description regarding the Tax Department. But after watching the video on it, it pretty clears up every confusion I have.

Interested? You can just drop in here.

Silver or Steel?

A little metaphor to make you guys ponder a while on the topic I've decided to crack up today.

A friend of mine has just recently requested for me to do a little check up on the ever-on-going Swiss Cash Investment scheme that now goes by the domain of : http://www.swisscash.net. I wouldn't have bothered to even glance it up but since he has said that a friend of his has invested SGD$3000.00 and will now be receiving SGD$12,000.00 in a few months time although I didn't manage to ask how long was the investment but the idea of getting like 400% of interest p.a sounds totally bogus to me. And so I've decided to compile a few scrap notes on them.

I couldn't manage to open the site despite several attempts at different timing and also different download speeds and computers ( I have a laptop and a desktop). But I did manage to whack it up in my usual anti-scammers community site and found quite a few quirks on this "GET SCAMMERS RICH SCHEME".

1) Found that their most occured visitors on their websites are Singaporeans, Malaysians, USA, Indonesia and others.

2) Their FTP server location I wasn't able to look up cuz of some runtime erorr and yada-yada.. Just like when I had tried to load their main site. (very strange indeed)

3) Decided to give my local Swiss Embassy a call for their thoughts on this concoction. I'm not surprised to hear them repeating almost the same thing when I talked to the Nigerian Consulate in Singapore about the little case of that idiotic Nigerian Scamming of Traders. But I did pass to the Swiss Embassy on the details of www.swisscash.net for their future reference.

4) Found that www.swisscash.net is a mirror website of www.moneyproject.biz and all of their transactions have been moved to www.swisscash.net with effect of 2nd March 07. Why they wanna do that, I'm clueless.

5) Surprisingly a website that has so many investors has only 4PR and I'm only 2PR.. Hmm.. It seems that their popularity is as good as my brother's and he doesn't even have fancy website.. hahaha

6) I've also found a little interesting note from Bank Negara Malaysia regarding this scheme: "Bank Negara Malaysia and Securities Commission of Malaysia would like to inform members of the public that Swiss Mutual Fund, the company that is promoting the Swiss Cash fund, is not licensed or exempted from licensing by Bank Negara Malaysia to accept deposits nor is it licensed by the Securities Commission to carry out asset management activities or services in Malaysia. Swiss Cash fund promoted by Swiss Mutual Fund has not been approved nor endorsed by the Securities Commission"

ie They are not legally liecensed in Malaysia even though they know that such thing exist. you can read it up more here.

7) I still can't load the website up!!

summary: I really think this whole scheme is just another scam and unless I have more than 12 people who doesn't work for them and show me proof of their so called investment, I'd advise great caution when you give out cash to unknown societies and groups.

Typi..Typy.. Type!

1st August 2007,

Wow.. Long time since I posted anything onto this dusty site. Work was a great huge hell with me running around like a mad woman, meeting up "DEADLINES", making sure all my plans go on as smoothly as possible, troubleshooting irritating sites/equipments which just doesn't want to cooperate with me, cleaning up my messy desk....

I need another dose of weekend off.. really draining..

But in between those mad drives, I managed to steal a few minutes and take a few snapshops.. so guess who is in the lime light this time.. *cackles madly

I guess Sha-sha (aka: Shahrul Nizam) had a little too much ABC Special(Air Batu Campur).. Too high sugar intake which causes him a little tipsy on the side.

Then the little brat decided she wanted in when she saw the big twits framed onto my desktop (aka Sha-sha n Me) drat.. too dark n my sony ericsson k610im doesn't have flash.. Sorry Yu-Yut, Acik promise to get another picture with you darling.

Amelia had somehow realised her Acik got new handphone and cutely demanded that I take a photo of her. See the mischevious impish smile she got on all the pics? It scares me sometime when she uses those on me... Note to the Sassy Mom: Keep her away from Barney!!

But the Champion for Last month's Picture of The Month goes to my dearest middle-finger-less handicapped-by-accident elder brother, Azrin! Yes lah brother.. show everyone how you try to pry the durian open... and I really stress on the "try" (cuz he didn't manage to open it) hehehe...

Wheee!!!!

8th July 07,

Hey-hey! Got an off day finally and it was totally well used. Chilled out with old pals and had new discoveries. Lisa finally got herself engaged to her current boyfriend whom I still haven't met face to face yet. Jannah didn't make manage to make it due to some unforseen circumstances, but I've met her the day before so its Ok.

Kamal.. wow.. he's gotten larger.. hehehe.. (no offence darling) He's still the same old quiet guy but in a different size.. ahaha..

Din.. well he's back to the old school and have finally wriggled out of his childhood shell. (aka more matured) I know you can do it Harry-Scary! Try not to 'rempit' on your bike too much sugar.. I think I'll die of heart-attack on your bike everytime you swerve in-and-out traffic.. hehehe

We had lunch at Bukit Timah Al-Azhar eatery. Food is horrible... and the service is as good as a snails pace. I do not reccomend anyone to eat there. Din's drink, Ribena, was stale and you can taste the weird sour taste when you drink it. I had ordered Masala Thosai and it came soo late that my food was cold and thosai when its cold, you can just throw it in the bin.

Yes.. it was that horrible.

Anyway I had to thank Kamal for the lunch since he paid for it. We did have fun later on when we had a two on two pool competition. Since I was so rusty in the game (its been almost 4yrs since I last played) I had cost my team to lost quite a few times.. but after a few rounds, we beat Lisa n Kamal's team.. even though Lisa said it otherwise in her blog (sticks out her tongue)

Lisa had to leave early since it is her big day, her engagement ceremony at 7pm but since she didn't wanna invite us.. so I was left with Din to circle the big Island of the Republic. Anyway here's the pic I took with Din at 10pm in front of the High Court of Singapore. Both of us look extremely haggard... hahaha..

And look!! Din is part of the Simpsons Family!! What a twerp... ahaha

Smile.. You're on MY camera!!

17th June 2007,

Since I've gotten the new camera, I've decided to be a little nosy reporter and stick my nose into anything that well, catches my eye. This time I've gotten quite a few pictures , don't worry I try not to breach any laws that breaches one's privacy.

Anyway this is a picture I've taken on the irresponsibility of certain contractors that was doing the upgrading works on the overhead flyover which starts from Tampoi to Skudai. This picture however is taken at a junction heading to Taman Perling and Kip Mart Tampoi. See how the tyre tracks of JCB cuts the water flow of the already clogged up drain.. Opps.. I forgot to tell you that it was my dad that took the picture.. hehehehe..

This another picture was of me fooling around at 2am during my RF installation at Far East Shopping Center. Mental Note: One should always goof around to stop Mr. Sandman

By the way I think I should share this little particular "public" toilet with the public.. If you take a good look at it carefully, you'd realise that the make-shift toilet is made a few meters away from the main highway heading to the City from Skudai. I'd suggest you don't ride a bike during the rainy days as their sanitation isn't passable. You'd not wanna know what floats around.. hehehe (get my drift?)

See the new stuffs..

New stuffs I have for myself and my weird sense of humour.

I got a new 7.1MG pixel digital Rollei Brand at a price of $250.00 along with 1Gb of SanDisk memory card. I wasn't quite happy with the deal cuz I know I should have haggled more but what I can I do.. its paid and done for.. here's the pic of it though:






I also managed to stupidly saw my finger but luckily only the flesh that was sawn off, not my finger... hehehe.. Thanks to the make-do eletrical black pvc tape, my finger was saved (there wasn't a handi-plast). I was suppose to just saw a small hole in the false ceiling to make access during my running of 7/8 RF feeder cable but then I got unlucky. I got the pic of my dried encrusted finger.. Yeah I know I'm acting like a sadistic maniac.. hehehe..





Also did RF installation at Far East Shopping Center. I didn't know they had a Scotts Bar there and it was pretty fun hearing and watching them be at "home" during the happy hours. (I had to do night duty Darls)

Ye Savvy?

Other than the great acting of Johnny Depp a.k.a Captain Jack Sparrow, the new Pirates of the Carribean, At World's End is a total stomach blaster.

I finally managed to get out of my death hole and dragged my younger brother, ring up the fuel and drove off to the movies. The long que at Cathay Cinema in City Square Johor didn't deter me from getting my prey, Johnny Depp's slurry words. Unfortunately, I was a little late in my bookings and I somehow got hauled up in the front seats... hehehe

The story started with shackled prisoners, pirates and their families I guess, marching down to the gallows with a boy starting the anthem of the pirates. Who would have thought, pirates having a national anthem? Ingeniously funny!

So anyway I got a good glimpse of what my country looks like during the Lanun Era (Pirates Era) and mind you, it doesn't look abit like Singapore or Temasek as what it should have been named at that time. It looks just like a picture taken from China and the River Market in Thailand. But then I wasn't born during that time, so I'll just have to close my eyes.

I totally love the way Johnny Depp handles his part especially when he was talking (arguing) with his good and bad conscience, but it seems the good one doesn't have any good points other than pointing out Jack will be having tentacles face should he continue on his conquest in being the Flying Dutch Man's captain.

In this part of the movie, lots of questions that was raised in the previous movies like, "Wassup with the Jack's compass and that guy's eye?" will be answered.

The action and fighting scene is a must watch especially when it complements perfectly with the suspense yet hilarious plot. I'm not going to bubble out the whole story so you guys will just have to march down to the cinemas and que like the rest of Pirates of the Carribean fans.

Another boring day..

20th May 2007,



Another boring Sunday and tomorrow is going to be another day at work. Argh! I need a longer holiday. My paper work is still not yet completed and there is still a thick stack lying in my dusty corner but it has at least dropped a few cm.. hehehe..



I got a new handphone, K610im, SonyEricsson. Its an Ok phone, easy to handle and manuever around, nothing hightech like Nokia 6680 where you can find Microsoft Office at your fingertips. I was expecting something with all those techie software and some mumbo jumbo games but I was disappointed with only 2 games that bore my brain to death. The camera is not equiped with a zoom in lens but its 2MG makes up for the loss.

The small numpad is an irritant to people like me, whose fingers are just not meant for small keypads. My fingers keep pressing the wrong pads almost everytime I sms. But overall the handphone is good for those who hates complexity of the tech world. And since I only need to use my handphone for picture taking and basic telephone calls and sms, the phone is OK to me.

I haven't try the video call... still looking for my frens who have 3G compatible phone. Til then, I shall update the rest of the phone uses on the next blog entry.

Argh hell..

14th May 2007,

Supposedly today was gonna be a good day. What the hell happen to Mr Sunshine smiling down at us? It seems that everything seems to go awry. Just like a grapevine..

All materials have been carefully ticked and loaded (first time no problem). Then!!! My irresponsible worker began to pull the hide and seek game. He was supposed to collect material from Level 20 which is only 5mins ride down the elevator but he came back down in 1hrs time. Shit isn't it? He's totally getting hell from me if he ever pulls that lame trick again.

Then went to meeting only to get the pits of hell from my customer. Another bull shit on me and no Mr Sunshine.

But that was after the idiot of a jerk who slammed into my face (DiD I tell you I GoT a split LiP for it?!!) complained to my worker how irresponsible I was to my worker for dirtying HIS Security Jacket.

Bastard.

I should have added blue ink pigments into the concrete drilled dust before it poured onto him. Asshole. Not even an apology for even slamming into my face.

Everything is not going as plan... ugh.. so hating Mr Sunshine now.. Traitorous Sunshine.

Where have all the good men gone?

The world is getting more modernised as the days go by. Even up to finding your perfect match with that "X" factor is modernised. But unfortunately with all the techs ever revolutionising, all the great guys are either taken or just simply gay which totally inconvenience me and perhaps most women.

Its so difficult to find the right person that doesn't bore us to death after we 20yrs of matrimony. To find that one lifemate, some people has resorted to online dating. By posting oneself on the net, it has shorten the time to sort out the needle in the haystack.

Anyway, JustSayHi.com is a free online dating system which doesn't burn a hole in your pocket when you have finally had enough of being ditched by the opposite sex. The registration is pretty simple and it takes only 5mins of your time to figure out what incredible stuff you wanna describe about yourself and your ideal perfect match. After that you can just wait for the love mails or if your the brave type, send out your own introductory mail to the thousands of subscribers in the network. Or you can just filter them via the continent their in.

Yes, thousands of subscribers. So have fun surfing the pages of members info and good luck!

Drug Rehab

For those who are finding ways and means of treating their intense cravings for drugs and alcoholism, which of course will greatly affect your internal organs, this place will help you.

The Drug Rehab center doesn't look like those ugly 4 by 6 cell that authorities usually throw abusers into. Instead the place looks more of a Health Farm with all the fascilities (sofas, TV, spa) to make the patients feel more at home while help is being given to them.

There are a total of 8 programs that varies from Drug Rehab program to those who have difficulty in kicking that bottle of Alcohol. With regards to the successful articles written by the ex-drug abusers, I'd say the center really works.

For more info, kindly visit their page : drug rehab

Row, row ya boat down e big big drain..

8th April 2007,

As if my current headaches not enough I'm now being plagued by another huge wave of headaches, Chicken Pox. "Thanks" to my younger brother I'm now officially infected by the disease. Why in the world all the weird dieases named after the Fowl family, I have no idea.

Two weeks MC and more headache for me... I got 3 site installations next week damn it and I'm worrying over it. If my workers know which connection to run the equipment smoothly I got no problem, but I'm the engineer here and unfortunately my workers is not up to that theory standard yet... die man...

Ugh.. torn between work and pure bliss of two weeks holiday... Choices? Tough choice!! If I can find a way to sneak out of my house and install the equipment without being caught... haiz.. What to do.. what to do? My men needs me!! But my doctor is screaming at me..

Anyway I've loaded up pics that I have taken a few days ago with my friend. Pardon our tired and dishelved looks.. we had 6hrs of pure work before finally taking a rest (3 meetings, 1 site installation) and we didn't even have any meals before the picture taking.

Great thanks and appreciation to my friend who has given me free ride to my meetings. Without him I'd be totally lost and forever late for my meetings. Love you Din!! Thanks So Much!

I look soooo old compared to him.. haiz..

Not bothering

30th March 2007,

Some might have wondered where have Gaya swallowed me. Do not fear!! Zackire is still here! (yeah I know it sounds korny.. )

Actually internet is down and my job has been like almost 20hrs shift everyday, which is a big NO-NO to me. My body resistance has finally had enough and decided to take a break by giving me a hell off of a gutting, you'd not wanna know and I'm diagnosed as suffering from Acute Gastric, I think that's what was written on my MC slip.. doctors... you never know what they're scribbling anyway.

Still thinking of ways to cheat a few free time into my shift and its not working.. (>_<)"

Haiz.. need I say more?