Sindiran yang random

I've been getting some sarcastic remarks from my unenlightened friends saying:

"Kau tidak penat belajar kah?" 

That came out from a mouth of a friend that works in an academic field. Yes i know what u're thinking.

"I only own a diploma but i have many working experiences. Tiada guna saya belajar tinggi2, senang juga saya dapat kerja."

Many experiences (??) and she's only 25 (?!). What does that tells you? Some people, they only want a job hence the stagnant work life. Some, they are very ambitious. If you're ambitious, you can complete this sentences.

"Higher level studies is for only those who are scared and reluctant to face the real world."- via FB ok!

What real world? Do you think i'm in Mars? lol. As if she knows how it is being in this level of education. In employment world, you have boss(es). In my case, we have supervisor(s). They both have a thing in common; they can be such a pain in the ass. Apart from that, we meet challenges in any paths of life. Bukan time kerja seja ada cabaran, yes?

And if anyone wants to argue about financial responsibility that people perceives only working people are experiencing, well, in a month i have to pay my car, my study loan, electricity bill, fuel, food, kawin savings, $ for minimal shopping (haha). I dont complain much about that because i have smart ways to manage my finance ;) Perhaps you wonder,how a full time student like me has money to pay all that? The money is not from my parents, of course not from Along, or from my fiance. One fine day,i shall tell you hehe.

Back to the topic, sayings like these doesnt have any power to fade my spirit to pursue the things that i'm currently on. My intention to state those is only to make all of you aware the kind of mindset of people that lives amongst us. Defensive actions are only wasting my energy,i just make peace with the fact that they are not well enlighten, yet :)

A click that left me ponder

I'm moved by my conscience to click the facebook profile of a friend that i once had.

His profile is still there.

His wall is still occupied with funny quizzes such as siapa yang menyintai kamu bla bla..pfft.

But the fact is,he has gone forever. He passed away 21 days after his 25th birthday.

He was quiet in the class yet very composed. No one knows about his passing until a month later, including his close friends back in uni.

This isnt a post to mourn or to reminisce the sweet/bad memories about my late friend. We have done those upon knowing the sad news.

Death is inevitable, i know. In fact life is taken everyday. Everybody knows these. I believe you do too,my dear reader(s).

Life is too short for us to get mad at petty things, to complain over things that you cant control,to regret about the past and feel free to extend the list.

Start practice gratefulness,my dear friends. We dont know when is our time.

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Here are two funny photos of me, a friend, and the late friend (sitting behind the bus)

Funny bah these candid pictures, it still and always cracked me up.

Missing Missy

I know this is a lengthy joke, believe me you're going to laugh throughout this post.

credit to 27b/6

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster

Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.



This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number. 

Thanks Shan.  

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?" Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.

Regards, David.   

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster

yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
I never said I don't like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a wet brown stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.
Attached poster as requested.
Regards, David.


 

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David. 

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.   

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.
I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.
Regards, David.


 

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say lost.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

 

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.   

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.
I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.
Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww

Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Awww

I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote control installed. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would call it Steven.
Regards, David.  

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Please just use the photo I gave you.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

I didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

 

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.   

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Fine. That will have to do.

An accident with a happy ending

I guess i am lucky today :)

 

Last morning, i involved in an accident at the Kingfisher's roundabout. The mistake was partially shared by me and the other driver which is a guy. I was panicking like hell, but i still manage to drive my car to the other side so it wont cause any massive jammed, bulatan KF baitu! But the guy and his car stayed there. I get more panic, thinking 'mati lah,berhenti suda oh tu kereta. rosak kah suda tu ah' haha. funny bah my assumption.

While driving my car out of the 'scene', in that instant time i manage to convert that panic mode to this kind of thinking,

'What worst could happen juga? You and the car are fully insured bah. It wasnt that we both bang into each other's car. Mungkin scratch seja lah tu,bole polish bah juga. If itu orang mau pukul kau, banyak bah saksi kau tu. kau tenang seja'

Itu lah antara ayat ayat utk menyenangkan hati and it works! I dont feel panic anymore, that gave me a bit  control of the situation thus i went out of the car and the guy came to see me too (all the way from the bulatan bah adeeii).

When i thought he was about to vent his anger to me and i was ready to take it like i am the only one to blame, he said 'kau tiada apa apa ka moi, saya nampak kau berhenti sana, saya ingat kau ada apa apa'

ADOYAIIII  PUNYA LEGA SAYA DENGAR KAU CAKAP BEGITU UNCLE.

Then the rest was history. Bersalam salaman lagi bah kami dua. haha. This was my very first time involved in an accident and i'm glad no one is injured, my car only get scratched so did the uncle's car. If it happens otherwise, i doubt that i'll drive again.

Today, I've learned my lesson. Nasib saya panic in the first place because it helps to rationalize whether there is a point to feel such or not but next time i hope to stay calm lah, knowing i have such experience sudah kan haha. Things did happen for a reason. For me to learn. :)

Biting midges

 Damn you biting midges

I mistakenly thought it was sand flies that bite me. Keluarga kau juga tu, sorry lah saya mau say sorry.

Mungkin tu scars akan hilang naturally dalam 10 tahun lagi lah tu, but with bio oil i hope it will shorten the period. While i'm at it, beranikan la diri untuk bertanya 'kenapa kau tidak pernah pakai skirt/ shorts?' Saya tumbuk kamu kaw kaw di tulang rusuk.

Oh by the way,i own that hideous leg. Tidak payah google contoh image gigitan when i can just snap the image of my kaki haha.

Updated: A year later, click here

Selamat tinggal bujang

..in October baaahh. Bawa bertenang peminat (kunun) hahaha.

For the record,reception is not going to take place on this year. Banyak bah benda mau urus, need to prepare our house (yes,i'm going to reside in Kuching once i'm done with the MSc), myself with my research because there's no freaking way i'm going to extend my studies to 3-4-5-6 years, Fred with his career that has reach almost to its peak, i'm going to ease his life by not putting him into a situation where he has to choose haha. So basically, we need to prioritize. So first thing first kasi legalize dulu ini relationship.

An info for you non sabahan who wants to get hitch with a sabahan  (correct me if i'm wrong), as in my case a Sarawakian guy and a Sabahan lass, i need to provide a Surat akuan bujang (which i can get from the commissioner of oath) to prove that i never involved in any perkahwinan secara adat, atau perkahwinan terancang secara adat. Mana la tau bapa sy pernah kasi kawin sy sama tu tanak wagu sana kampung time masih kecik And this surat need to be attached with the R.O.M application form.

Surat akuan bujang is fully written in Bahasa Melayu and ada akta2 lagi, and one funny sentence that glued to my head is this..

"Saya ingin berkahwin dengan lelaki pujaan hati saya bernama ______________ (No IC: ___________ )"

Lelaki pujaan hati saya bah! Not funny, but too jiwang to my liking. haha. Sempat lagi saya menahan ketawa sambil bertendang2 kaki dengan si Fred waktu tu kerani sibuk2 menaip.

Sekarang, this doc is the 2nd important thing after my IC.ehek :p

Tmrw is monday, i think it will pass me without me knowing it. Mau kasi siap byk benda sebelum dateline, but it's ok lah coz i'm going to Miri on friday lahhh yihhhheeeeee.