7-Years Cycle, anyone?

A friend told me recently that there is a theory that states, you will recycle your friends every 7 years. My initial thoughts were, sadly, that it is not totally impossible. Looking back in my life, there have been friends lost and gained. It is not totally our fault, not sure if it is completely fate either, but it happens. Sometimes, you just grew out of them, sometimes, time played a role, sometimes it's just plain betrayal coming to get your sorry ass.

When we first start to go our separate ways back in high school, I was blessed to get to know another bunch of people who taught me about what it means to grow up. Even when I end up spending most of my free times with them, I never did forget my school friends. These are the people who made me laugh, made me cry; who helped me get through one of the most trying times in my life even without them noticing it. These monkeys helped me to count my blessings, and whenever I start counting them as blessings, I could never stop. Even up till now, I am still amazed that we manage to stay close despite the years and distance that each of us have traveled. Maybe we weren't as close as before, but I know that they'll drop whatever they're doing and come to me if ever I need help. For that I can't thank you guys enough and I can only say this:

I'm sorry If I have not been spending my time as I should with you people. I'm sorry for all the cancellations that we did whenever we plan to go out just because tak cukup korum. I'm sorry I've never contacted you guys enough. But please understand that I'll always see you guys as my friends even if we only meet like once in a year.

It hit me when Dila went to Perth. How all these years, we kept on taking rain checks when we decided to do lunch/dinner/movie/yumcha. I always think that there will be another day to meet if today didn't work out. That her leaving is just something so far in the distance. Then, she left. Everyone was contemplating on why we didn't hang out that much, how we can't believe that she had left, how we all thought that there will be more TIME. Of course it's not that much of a drama, she'll come back by the end of the year, and we'll resume our karaoke/shouting sessions in the car, witnessed by amused drivers and motorists, but damn, we could've spent more time with each other.

And then, dear Liq left as well. He was the residential Class Crackhead, and he is also our Ketua Kelas. He was the guy that kept tab of the SPM countdown on the blackboard, and he was also the guy who kept tab of the countdown to any major Hindi movie screenings =_=". The guy even came up with a jingle for a friend's family restaurant and a music video pitch for a friend's song. Back in school, we would talk and crack jokes everyday. Fast forward to after school, we would only meet during reunions and parties. Last time I saw him was in a class reunion almost a year ago. I was touched when he texted me that he is leaving.

I'm flying off people..Take care..N dun forget to watch my name is khan..Till we meet again..Salam

It might be something simple, but the thought that he actually remembers his old friend. The fact that he managed to retain the 17-year-old-Hindi-loving-freak image puts a smile to my face when I was stressed up with the pile of work that I have to do.

Here is the kind of people that I associate myself with. I'm glad to say that some of them have survived 2 rounds of 7-year cycle with me. To the ones that still lives up to the definition of 'friend', here's for another 10 rounds :). For the once who does not, well,

WHATEVER.

Weekend Stolly-Molly

I strive for this three things in life.

Good food, good book, good adventure.

Selama aku hidup ni memang kalau ada cukup duit nak dapat 3 benda tu, i'll consider myself as the luckiest person on Earth. So, sila ambil perhatian rakan-rakanku dan bakal suami-suamiku (eh, satu je yek boleh?dem...), ada benda ni i dah lap-lap u!!!..Ok, back from the intermission,I was contented when I managed to fulfill two out of three things; i'e: good food and good book(s).

Of course la, there's others like good music. good company etc, but I like the ring of those three.Heheh.

Anywhoo, was it last Wednesday when me, Sara, Malin, Zar, Fly,Jua and Mel went to the most awesome fatty crab restaurant. Gila bapak best doh, makan seafood macam singa laut for less than RM 40 each *sighs*. Went to Taman Megah to catch up on good friends, apa ntah nama kedai dia but they have this super amazing chicken wing, chicken wing paling sedap yang aku pernah makan selama 22 tahun aku hidup kat dunia ni. Perghh!!!.Sara!nanti sila upload gambar kita camwhoring (cam sial camwhoring kat kedai cikai tepi jalan, gila mencapap)

Masa Hari Buruh tu, pergi MPH Warehouse Sale!!!I have to say I did not regret sacrificing by not going to the Zara sale. They have a wider range as compared to last year's warehouse sale. The only problem is I dont have enough cash (duhh!asal shopping je mesti tak cukup duit.)I bought five gorgeous tittles for only RM60!!el-cheapo giler siut..The titles are

A Beautiful Mind; Sylvia Nasar

Fish- A Memoir of a Boy In A Man's Prison; T.J. Parsell

The Devil And Miss Prym;Paulo Coelho

A Thread Of Grace; Mary Doria Russel

MERDE happens; Stephen Clarke

All in all two out of three things achieved, is an overall good weekend :), now if you could excuse me, I would like to search for random new music so I could make my weekends perfect. Heheh

kerja wanita bekerjaya

my very first e-mail at work ^_^

I don't know whether you guys will check this or not.

But are you guys free for lunch this saturday?
(wahh..tetiba rasa sangat berkareer, nak lunch pun hantar pakai email..)

As you can see, I'm damn bored right now, they still dont have any plans for me.

And yep, i have no guts to open up any entertaining websites or facebook for fear of reprieval from the higher-ups, hence this email to keep me entertained for at least the next five minutes. Plus, it makes me look busy for the onlookers. Haha.

But if you guys are as bored as I am, I know u'll be replying this mail in no time.

P/S: Lain kali bagi i email kerja u olzz!!!

BYEBYE!!!!

pada suatu hari...

Dah lama dah teringin nak makan roti gardenia butterscotch. Dah nak dekat seminggu carik kat semua kedai yang ada jual benda alah yang dipanggil roti ni.



"Dah abis,"


"esok ada kot"


"butter kat sana," (bongong, aku nak roti butterscotch, bukan butter!)



Selepas gigih mencari (kalaulah aku segigih ni bila stadi),Finally, benda yang diidam-idamkan sudah kujumpai di kedai Azlinah bawah jalan kat umah aku. Lepas bayar empat hengget, aku balik umah dengan hati yang puas dan suci. Punyalah suci hati aku ni, kalau aku hidup dalam dunia Dragonball, mesti boleh naik awan gerak-gerak tu macam Goku. Duduk depan meja, aku tak pedulikan ulser yang bertambah besar kat atas lidahku, lalu sesi melantak pun dimulakan.



Aku gigit roti tak bersalah tapi mengiurkan itu.

Aku kunyah perlahan-lahan

Air liur dirembeskan secukup rasa asal tak terkeluar dari kawasan dalam rongga mulut.

Aku telan.

Aku telan

Aikkk.




Ok, ulang semula proses.





Aku gigit roti tak bersalah tapi mengiurkan itu.

Aku kunyah perlahan-lahan

Air liur dirembeskan secukup rasa asal tak terkeluar dari kawasan dalam rongga mulut.

Aku telan.




Kureng, bile baru dapat jumpa dengan roti butterscotch lah hidung aku nak tersumbat. Deria rasa dan bau ku hilang.

Sejak dari peristiwa itu, memang terpaku dalam kepala otakku yang dunia ini keji lagi kejam.



*sniff sniff*

exam stress

sekarang ni tengah exam.
tapi saya seperti biasa buat-buat macam tade exam.
rasa cam nak give up pun ada..
eh, tabley tabley...
camne nak menakluk dunia kalau tak study untuk cost management accounting??!!!

on a lighter note, saya sudah diterima untuk buat practical training di sebuah syarikat yahudi pengeluar makanan yang terbesar di dunia.
*pats myself on the back*

"nanti bawak balik makanan/minuman/eskrem untuk i tau!!!!"
huhh...kawan aku sume oppurtunist.tapi aku tetap sayang korang sume walaupun u olzz ni geddgilzzz la..HAHAHA!!




ini entri cipan tonggek malas tahap alam...Sekian..

procrastination kills (or at least it'll hurt your cgpa)

• Saya ada assignment Marketing Research due Jumaat minggu depan
• Saya kena hantar first draft untuk English for Academic Purposes dalam masa 6 jam
• Saya ada quiz Marketing Research hari Rabu
• Saya kena hafal lagu Jason Mraz sebab nak pergi concert dia Hari Khamis
• Hidup saya kurang bahagia sekarang

But here I am, writing this blog, reading about some biologist who fished out a 800 pound stingray and drooling over cameras (PowerShot G10 sangat menggoda dan sexy). I mean seriously, Why am I doing this??? So i did some self reflection and I've come up with a couple of reasons as stated below.

• saya melayu
• saya malas
• saya sudah tak minat belajar (tak minat pembelajaran yang formal ya, learning is a life long process afterall)
• ikan pari itu sangat besar. Bayangkan kalau ikan pari tu kena tangkap masa nak dekat Gong Xi Fa Cai. Encik Lee dan keluarga pasti mati kekenyangan. "Ikan garupa masak ying yang boleh blah, " kata nenek Lee.

lepas sebijik, sebijik

Khamis lepas sememangnya hari yang istimewa. Senang cerita kita bagi nama hari itu Hari Menguji Tahap Kesabaran Amy. Mula- mula kereta aku terlanggar kereta apek kontraktor ni. Begini ceritanya....(insert OST Lord Of The Rings)

Kerana kelaparan yang tahap anak yatim Timor Leste, aku, Malin, Huda dan Muaz pergi makan kat Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa (yang kat Taman Melati). Selesa punya pasal, aku cuba parking kat tempat curam tu. Manalah nak tau tertekan minyak masa gear still kat Reverse(aku bimbo) jadi terlanggar kereta Proton Putih nih. Orangnya tiada. Terfikir jugak nak langgar lari, tapi kalau benda ni jadik kat aku, mesti aku tension. Jadi tinggallah nama and no telefon. Nasib baik uncle tu muka tenang macam Buddha. Lagi tenang dan berseri mukanya bila aku kene bayar RM 600. There goes my dream of having an SLR camera. Damn..

Tapi insiden ni mengajar aku lebih berhati- hati. Lagi satu, aku akan cuba mengurangkan mencarut dalam kereta. Mungkin sebab aku selalu komen pasal orang, sekali terkena sebijik kat muka aku. Tak berkat bawak kereta nih. Terima Kasih Tuhan, I've learnt my lesson.

Hari ini hari pre-registration period. Kiranya nak register untuk semester terakhir aku duduk kat twilight zone ni lah. Sekali lagi teruji kesabaran bile registration kene block. What the fuschia??!!Aku benci birokrasi tak bertempat....

Sempat ke aku graduate akhir tahun ni??

Tapi bila fikir balik, memang salah aku pun dua- dua insiden ni. Yang aku jadi bimbo sangat langgar kereta Pak Cik Buddha apsal? Yang aku lambat bayar yuran kenapa? Memang insiden kedua tu ada salah aku. Tapi sebagai seorang pelanggan Universiti, tak boleh ke kalau UIA ni ada sistem yang lebih efisien?Macam bagitau lah student tu berapa dia kene bayar on the spot!Habis database yang korang habis berpuluh (mungkin beratus) ribu hinggit tu buat ape??Ape relevan aku kene tunggu isi borang financial statement pastu tunggu lagi??Bising kat kitorang buat kerja last minute, bila korang pun buat kerja last minute apa barang?? Ape guna MyIIUM tu kalau korang tak update status kitorang??Haihh...aku emosi...

According to Kaizen, only 30% of errors results from the inadequacy of the employees. The rest is the systems fault. As such, why can't this institute of education act to improve the quality of the systems, especially the ones which have direct contact with the students?Aren't you burdening your students with new implementations that you fail to notify us in the first place. I believe the tools for improvement are there, the implementation part is the one that needs a lot of work.

Then again I do think that this university has proven the Kaizen theory wrong. I believe that more than 45% of the errors done here is due to the employees.Mereka perlu senyum selalu. Senyum itu sedekah.