Chronicles of life

Shane: Have you tried asking from X?

Elise: I did, he said he has forgotten. As expected he would say “dunno” or “forgotten”. I dunno why people say that he’s helpful though every time he has never failed to give the “kedekut ilmu” impression.

Shane: Yah, that’s what I wana sms and tell you. You know this too…

Elise : Speak of the devil. Guess what, he’s heading towards the bazaar now. How I wish it rains heavily since he hasn’t got any umbrella.

(Drizzles and it started pouring heavily…and the rain gradually became heavier)

Elise: Shit, it’s really pouring. I can see him from my apartment. He’s sheltering under a tent. (suddenly one of the tents collapsed)

As soon as he left the bazaar, the rain stopped suddenly….

I have no idea how I acquired this “ability”. Every time I whis-kers (wish a curse) or say something bad, it came true. Every time someone hurt my feelings, bad things are sure to befall that person though I may have not wished for anything bad to happen. (Guess my guardian angel is on “auto – pilot”)

Most recent incidents:

Incident 1

Elise     : Baik kite belah cepat. Imagine that she suddenly appear at the door and scream.

Husna   : Tu lah pasal, (mimicking) Elise and Nur Husna!

Elise     : Haha, she’s coming, she’s coming.

Husna   : Shit! Kak Elise(pulled me)

Elise     : What?!

Husna   : Tu, depan. Die kat depan!

(we bolted)

Incident 2

Elise     : Pagar tu kan jatuh.

Husna   : Ish, jangan lah.

Elise     : Tengok lah, jap lagi jatuh lah.

(suddenly…<pramp> followed by Husna’s scream)

(we bolted again, afraid that people may accuse us as the culprit)

Incident3

Gaya   : Wonder who’s my supervisor.

Elise    : You? You will definitely get Mr. C! The best of luck.

Mol      : Shit lah your mouth.

Elise    : (wicked laugh)

Gaya    : Really arh? Tell me lah Elise, is he that bad?

Mol      : She’s just joking lah.

Elise    : Don’t worry, he’s the best in the sense that he doesn’t know anything. (laugh)

Elise    : How to ask, they have yet to decide. The result will be out in a few weeks time. We’ll see.

Gaya    : Elise, please lah, help me to find out my supervisor, you’re close to Madam what. Ask her and see.

(The result’s out…)

Mol      : So, who’s your supervisor?

Elise    : “Mummy”, as expected.

Gaya  : Elise, help me lah, I really got Mr. C.What to do now? Should I change?

Elise    : Huh? Really? Then God bless…

Er, have you experienced anything similar when you’re with me? Minus the there-goes-another-happily-dating-couple incidents?

Perhaps next time I should be extra cautious with what I say or wish for, lest it will turn into a whiz-kers.

I have a friend who’s fond of misusing confusable words especially homonyms. Once she told me she was on “contraceptive” pills coz she had not passed motion for nearly a week. I clarified and asked if she meant medication that is consumed to cause the body to shit? She confirmed my clarification. Then I asked her if she knows what “contraceptive” means, she again, confidently explained to me about the “shit” thingy. I nearly fainted. But I was kind enough to point out her mistake lest she would embarrass herself even more by telling more people. “I think you meant constipation”, I told her before telling her the EXACT meaning of “contraceptive”. This time, (it’s her turn) she nearly fainted.

And of course, other words that have been misused for umpteenth times:

(1)     Boring – uninteresting

Wrong        : I am boring.

Correction  : I am bored.

(2)     Cloth and clothes

Cloth – Materials used for making clothes.

Clothes – Garments worn on body.

Wrong        : It’s time you buy some new cloth.

Correction  : It’s time you buy some new clothes.

(3)     Complement and compliment

Compliment – Praise

Complement – Make complete

Wrong        : He made a complement on your new hairstyle.

Correction  : He made a compliment on your new hairstyle.

(4)     Dissatisfied and unsatisfied

Dissatisfied – Not satisfied with the QUALITY

Unsatisfied – Not satisfied with the QUANTITY                        

(5)     Disinterested and uninterested

Disinterested – Unbiased

Uninterested – not interested

(6)     Hanged and hung

Hanged – Executed (Death punishment)

Hung – Hanging something

Wrong        : They hanged the pictures on the wall.

Correction  : They hung the pictures on the wall.

(7)  Loose, lose, loss

Loose – Free, untied

Lose – Fail

Loss – Not making profit

(8)   Personal and personnel

Personal – Private

Personnel – Staff

(9)   Principal and principle

Principal – Chief, headmaster

Principle – A set of law of beliefs

(10) Stationary and stationery

Stationary – Not moving

Stationery – Writing stuff

(11) Affect and effect

Affect – to cause, change

Effect – A result

Wrong        :           The formula is affective…

Correction  :           The formula is effective…

(12) Salon and Saloon

Salon – where you cut your hair

Saloon – Of cars

And other errors:

Wrong              : He cut his hair.

Correction        : He had his hair cut.

Wrong              : I’m having a headache.

Correction        : I have a headache.

Wrong              : We discussed/mentioned about the future

Correction        : We discussed/mentioned the future

Wrong              : They stressed/emphasized on the importance…

Correction        : They stressed/emphasized the importance

Wrong              : I voiced up my opinion

Correction        : I voiced my opinion

Wrong              : He horned at me

Correction        : He sounded his horn at me

Wrong              : The two boys are still schooling

Correction        : The two boys are still at school

Wrong              : He was warded.

Correction        : He was admitted to….

Wrong              : The car is red in colour

Correction        : The car is red

Wrong              : I bought some shoes at the cheap sale in…

Correction        : I bought some shoes at the sale in..

Wrong              : He chopped my passport

Correction        : He stamped my passport

Wrong              : The car cut me on the highway

Correction        : The car overtook me….

Wrong              : Eat your medicine

Correction        : Take your medicine

Wrong              : Can I follow you to..

Correction        : Can I go with you…..

Wrong              : Open your shoes

Correction        : Take off your shoes.

Wrong              : I sent my friend to the airport

Correction        : I drove/took my friend to the airport

Wrong              : I’m attached to Malayan Banking….

Correction        : I work for Malayan Banking…

Wrong              : He went outstation

Correction        : He is out of town

Wrong              : Outstation calls

Correction        : Trunk calls

Note the difference:

You are beautiful only to me.

You are only beautiful to me.

Only you are beautiful to me.

Only to me you are beautiful.

You are beautiful only to me

What he really means: It’s ok that you aren’t beautiful, and it’s ok it others think that you aren’t beautiful as long as I think that you are beautiful.

You are only beautiful to me.

What he really means: Well, you’re nothing special than any other girl, All you have got is looks and so what? There are so many other pretty girls out there.

Only you are beautiful to me.

What he really means: There may be other girls out there but I only have eyes for you coz you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.

Only to me you are beautiful

Similar to “You are beautiful only to me”.

This was inspired by an old Cantonese movie. I can’t recall the title of this movie but there’s this one particular scene that we (Er and I) will sure to remember till forever – “The pee reminder call” and the line of course: “It’s time to pee”. In order to make the tenants of an old flat leave their premise, the developer hired some people to give “pee reminder calls” to those tenants at 3am sharp every morning. Ever since the influence of the movie, Er and I had been doing that to each other occasionally, not to make each other leave our houses, but for the fun of it. You may think it’s a nuisance but that’s one form of entertainment we do to amuse ourselves. Right b**?

By the way, it’s 3am..so I guess I should give you a call and say: “It’s time to pee!”

[Precious Elise…Ur friendship is undescribable!!U o’ways stood N fight 4 my right. There’s nothing compare 2 ur kindness to me all this while. I only can say “thank you” and let u know that how much ur friendship mean 2 me. “A LOTS!!” Sori if I’m not gud enough 2 B ur friend!! I love you!! No matter what!!]

The words she wrote, on the card she made for me on last year’s Valentine’s have never failed to bring my tears running down each time I read it. The first time I met her, I effortlessly developed a strong feeling for her. I felt compelled to take care of her as my very own little sister (since I don’t have one). We grew through the thick and thin in life together, for nearly 3 years.  We had each other…Then, now and forever, I will always be there for you my dear. Things may have changed but my love for you will never change, and I want you to know that you’ve got a friend. Why are you so silly my dear, so silly to think that you are all alone? Have you forgotten that you have me? Have you forgotten that you have a sister? I had never left and I will never leave…No matter how big your problem is, all you have to do is to call me and I will reach out for you. Why aren’t you sharing with us your problems? Why are you avoiding us? It hurts me so much to see you hurting yourself like this…I’m even more hurt when I can’t be there with you to go through all the pain. Where are you dear?

When you’re down and troubled

And you need some love and care

And nothing, nothing is going right

Close your eyes and think of me

And soon I will be there

To brighten up even your darkest night

You just call out my name and

You know wherever I am

I come running, running to see you again

Winter, spring, summer or fall

All you have to do is call

And I’ll be there

You’ve got a friend.

If the sky above you

Is dark and full of clouds

And the north wind began to blow

Keep your hands together

And call my name out loud

Soon you’ll hear me knocking at your door

You just call out my name and

You know wherever I am

I’ll come running, running to see you again

I had a date with hubby today…but there weren’t only the two of us. There were another three very sweet people (nice meeting you Jelson). We went all the way to Alamanda Putrajaya, and all the way back to OU again. I love the experience of group outing, hubby too felt the same. We sure had great laugh and great time together - all those spontaneous jokes and friendly chit - chats. I am of course glad that hubby is getting along well with my friends though i think that he should talk more…

After breaking fast, we parted coz my friends had to leave early. I thought i wanted to spend more time with Hubby so we stayed in OU for another 3 hours. Most importantly, we needed the extra hours to talk. After such a long time, since the last time i cried…i was in tears again tonight. It was rather a very "expressive" session with hubby. I threw out whatever feelings i have compressed all these while. It felt so good to express myself - telling him things that i dont like about him, things that i want him to change etc.

I never expect to meet my juniors - kim hin and chun tzen (st joe) there while i was teary and emotional. Shit, how embarrassing. Not forgetting, Sazzy Falak and her sweetheart…oh, she’s just my height!

…I would really deem the day as one good experience. I realised how important communication is, how important talk is in a relationship. All these while, i assumed that hubby would be able to understand me, to know me well. But little did i know that, sometimes, i need to tell him what i want, what i expect and what i dislike coz he is simply a human and he isn’t a psychic to know all in my mind. So ladies, dont expect your man to know what’s in your mind…you need to tell him or you will never get him to do and to be what you have in mind.

alas, two bitch friends are back together!

blog.washingtonpost.com: Paris and Nicole are together again. After 18 months of successfully hating on each other (and simultaneously collaborating on making lots of money) the hatchet has been quietly buried courtesy of a steak dinner and a sleepover.

"We are back!" the two said before driving away from Dan Tana’s steakhouse Sunday night.

Although it’s still unclear why the feud started in the first place, the back-and-forth sniping between the "Simple Life" co-stars became a staple of tabloid pages and the blogosphere for the past year-and-a-half. Perhaps the tension between the two was no longer necessary since Paris now has a real rival in the form of Shanna Moakler, who she claimed punched her last week at a Hollywood night club. Or maybe the reconciliation was "encouraged" by the producers of their reality show, so they wouldn’t have to go through the hassle of filming them separately like they did last year.

Paris: I love you bitch.

Nicole: I love you too bitch.

Me: Er, I love you bitch

oooo…i love the whoosing sound of datelines….i love working on my assignements and studying for exams last minute..it gets my adrenaline pumping. it gives you more high and rush than clubbing for ten hours, football for five hours. As if i have ever clubbed that wildly and played football.

Muahaha!

I went 2 hours late for Dr. Soon’s class…i couldnt be bothered. But when i was acknowledged of the "glorious moment" i have missed…it matters to me. It sucked. Remember the moment "mummy" went to give out the presents and caught me playing truant? Who ever thought once, even i never thought i was the highest for the first assignment (Chapter one of the thesis)…it was a shorty job and was done last minute…how could i ever end up as the highest? And again, this stingy man gave 24/30…he has never given full marks…sigh.

Shasha does have a point, he bores the students. Perhaps the class duration is too long, perhaps his approach and pedagogy is boring. You have no idea how i had to force my eyes open on his 8am - 5pm replacement class. I love learning new things, in fact, SPSS is the only interesting thing in this subject. but i just hate the way he’s treating us as "jakun" or simply as amateurs in computer. Can he just skip the detailed step-by-step thingy? Why was he explaining SPSS in the manner that we are all computer illiterates? i think i can even type faster than he does, if he’s so good, then why is he still using mouse instead of shortkeys?Sick! I have always deemed this SPSS lesson as EXTRA important but once i realised that the operation of the programme is easy to make sense even without proper lesson, i dozed. I dunno how long can i stand this kinda long and tedious lecture…thank goodness my prior knowledge and experienced advantaged me in this subject. Or else, i would have to work hard since i have not been following his classes…

B,

I miss you so much. i missed you when you were far from me, i missed you when you were not around, i missed you when we dint see each other, worse, i missed you even when we were together. I miss you all the time…i couldnt stand this seperation, couldnt stand being far from you, couldnt stand not seeing you for so long. But now that we are near, i still miss you coz we arent seeing each other 24/7…argh, i hate this situation. i am sick seeing you for a while and had to go seperate ways after. i hate saying bubye, i hate having to wait till weekend to see you. i wanna see you everyday - i want you to be the first person i see every morning and also the last person i see before i go to sleep. When can we finally be together, only for and with each other?

After three years, this is finally the right time for us to talk about some serious matters. The talk was impromptu, but the issue brought about in the talk wasn’t.

I have always seen ahead and I have always tried to foresee the possible problems we may face in the future, but I have never got the chance to have a talk with him about these.

I think both of us realize all the possible problems we may face someday, but we are just too afraid to face them. Nevertheless, I have always felt that it’s better to talk about it now abstractly and to plan for resolutions then to face it realistically without plans when it comes. At least when we are faced with it, we are well prepared.

The mood of the talk was serious, and sometimes tensed. We touched on many issues particularly on the religion and race issues. I am aware that the differences in race and religion will somehow lead to a problem after marriage. I told him that if he wants to marry me, he must be able to promise me:

(i)         No beef in the house

(ii)        No beef for the kids

(iii)      No changing of my religion

(iv)      No deciding for the kids’ religion

(v)        No Baptist till the children have chose to be

(vi)      The right for the children to choose their religion only after 18

(vii)     Teach the children their mother tongue(s)

(viii)    To respect my beliefs and religion

(ix)       Be truthful

(x)         No more hanging out with friends till late night

(xi)       No more beer

(xii)      Freedom to further my studies and to work

(xiii)    Share the house chores (Laundry, dishes, cleaning etc)

He showed no sign of objections for the conditions, except for the ones on religion. He did not give me an absolute answer (yes or no). But he kept on asking me why I think that way. Well, it’s not that I want to think in such a way but I have to. I just want to realise him of the reality we may face in the future one day. Since we are of a different race and religion, we will have problem in deciding whose religion our children should adopt. I never want to place my children in a no – choice situation, thus, I feel it’s better to leave the decisions in their hands. I have also never agreed with the idea that the husband will determine all in the family. I practise laissez-faire and therefore I believe that I have my rights and say in the family, equitable to my husband. After all, the children are products of the two of us, not only him or me. I remember mentioning to him about equality - to treat each other as soul mates and best friends. I don’t want each other to be controlled and to feel compelled to obey each other. It took me hours to make him see the rationale and to come to a consensus.

I was greatly relieved as one problem of the future is solved though the knowledge that there is still one major problem burdening us – “the approval”. I could only sigh deeply whenever I ask myself this question, and whenever asked by friends. Frankly, I have no idea too. Dr.Zaidi advised me to drag the time. Er told me to be patient and wait. “Mummy” told me to worry not and finish my studies first. Mol told me things are positive. Ona told me that “they” would change their mind as soon as I have completed my studies. Some told me to be optimistic. Some told me to believe in miracle. I have to be pessimistic because none of these people know my parents as well as I do. Sigh, so much for the racial thingy. Why can’t we treat everyone just as a human simply?