Barak

Work was a little bit of a dream yesterday. Because one of the regular cute guys walked in, and I was at POS as usual. I'm trying more actively to talk to the customers [cute or otherwise], so I offered him the samples of White Forest Cake I'd cut earlier, and he happily took one, and enjoyed it. So after he ordered he kinda lingered at the counter, so I decided to talk to him some more.

Kental: "So do you work around here? I see you quite often.."
Handsome: "Oh no, I don't.. And I don't even live nearby..!" *laughs*
K: [I wanted to ask, "So where do you stay?" but malu.] "Ohh.. Okay.."
H: "Yeah but my friend works around here.."
K: "Oh, so it's convenient for your friend huh.." [Feeling sedih cos I assumed "friend" was a girl.]

Okay, here we are, talking about inane topics, and yet, and yet, my face is turning resolutely, and rapidly, RED! MALU GILSSSS. And then YZ even interrupts, to instruct me to collect the application form from some Pinoy lady. But my face remains stuck at Stubborn Red.

H: "Anyway I see you working a lot too, so what's your name?"
HE ASKED MY NAME!
K: "Oh.. It's Ain.. What's yours?"
H: "Barak.."
K: bimbo-ly "Oh, like in Obama?"
And he laughed and we talked about the elections for awhile. Then he got his drink and as he left, he smiled at me and said, "Bye Ain!"

WOOHOO!!!

Okay whatever Ain, maybe he was just being friendly. Kau giler Ain. You're just asking for one tight slap.

Next, Chris and I were bored, so we trawled the club circuit [on bike]. There was nothing much, it being a Wednesday with no MOS and all. So we walked around instead. It was so sad, walking past my beloved MOS and reading the sign "MOS has left the building". Almost cried, I did. We bought some drinks and sat by the steps to the river in front of the The Central and talked. After that, we went to Mac's for hashbrowns and more drinks.

The moment we sat down, heads turned. Then this Shermeen-like girl came up to us, armed with a handphone, "Sorry.. My friend want your number.." So I asked, Chris or mine? And the girl said mine. So I obliged. Told her my name's Nora, which I've been wanting to do like, in forever. Two mats sitting on the other side shouted to "Shermeen"'s gang, "Eh, cermin mata! Cermin mata!" referring to Chris, I suppose.

Next, the mats, seeing the helmets, asked for a lift or some shit la. Then they did that phone-call signal and I said, "Datang sini ah!" One of them obliged, but close to, I realised that he has funny girly eyes. Haha. But since dier dah mintak, we just gave him our numbers. Again, I was Nora. Haha. It was funny, him calling me Nora.

Lastly, we were walking to the carpark and there were two mats crossing the road to the same carpark. One short one cute. We all happened to reach the carpark at the same time, and Short Mat stared at me as I walked to Baby. So I gave him a friendly smile. And he immediately said to his friend, and the entire carpark at large, "Eh kau balik sorang ah, aku tumpang dier.." Haha. Cute Mat was riding this orange Gilera Chris had admired earlier. So I told her, why don't we switch? Haha. There were two drunk losers at the carpark entrance, and we were fussing about them, so Cute Mat said to me, "Kau langgar satu, aku langgar satu.." While Short Mat said, "Bawak pelan-pelan eh.."

We left. But not quickly enough to miss the altercation between the two mats and the drunk losers. I was so worried, I turned back but they were gone by then. I hope you're okay, Cute Mat!

Lord that was long. Okay bye!

Night Safari

Shups, Kent, Shermeen and I went to Night Safari for the last night of their Halloween Horrors promo. To save money, we opted for the walkabout tickets. Barely five minutes into the first trail, we were accosted by a Chinese vampire, a tree-zombie, and a Poison Ivy who came this close to me, and glared at me as I screamed fitfully for all to hear.

THEN, best part! We stopped at a trail marked "Tiger", and contemplated entering it, when an Indian man dressed in black stepped out of the shadows and said in his deep voice, "Yah, the tiger is this way.." I jumped backwards, out of my skin, screaming bloody murder! I had NO idea he was there, no idea at all! And meaning no disrespect, of course, since korang tahu that dulu aku suka Siva and all. You can't accuse me of being racist. I just say it like it is.

After that we trudged around, checking out the animals. My favourites were the Indian Porcupine--adorable spikes!!!--and the show-offy lion.

Spent the rest of the night at store, alternately helping out with Xmas setup and talking to Khai, Tasha and Wawan. It was super-duper fun. But now I'm sleepy, so nites!

p.s. Ohyeah forgot to mention, we took a photo with Sala [Din] the Vampire. He looked quite dashing, I didn't even recognise him at first! Haha.

Too sleepy to function

I'm soooo tired. I haven't had enough sleep for too many days, to function properly. Saturday I went to pick up Baby from Kelvin's, and then it was the Raffles Raya thingy at The Legends at Fort Canning, followed by Wan's old classmate's wedding dinner at the Shangri-La, which, by the way, rocks. I ADORE the toilets. ADORE. And the lovely jazz music floating down to the lobby. KILL ME NOW.

After that kita sempat watch a movie, at GV Gold Class at Great World. Max Payne. I fell asleep reluctantly, thanks to the comfy recliner and cosy blanket. HATED the movie, no offence. But loves the theatre. I should so totally watch the next Harry Potter there.

And yesterday after work I chaperoned Chris to some dude's house in Woodlands/Admiralty. I was so bored to death though. I understand if the dude tanak layan aku, since I'm just Christina's friend, but he hardly talked to her! He spent all his time watching TV, smoking, and/or playing guitar and singing in the darkened kitchen with the other guys. BO-RING. I nearly committed suicide. Tapi when we left, he was all messaging her, saying he wished she could stay. What the hell. Look dude, I understand if you're shy or whatever, and maybe you didn't want to make conversation with her in front of all your friends. BUT. You could have asked her outside, in the corridor, for a smoke, and talked then, in full privacy! Mengapa bodoh sangat? Chris, DUMP HIM!

We ditched Boring Dude for Danial, who was living in the same estate, coincidentally. He was with Rizal, who stays in Woodlands too. And yes, it turns out Danial was pissed drunk that night, he couldn't remember a single detail of our meeting that night. Rizal remembered though, so that's one for my credibility.

Okay, aku dah ngantuk giler bebeh, so nites!

I am a spoilt brat

I am a spoiled brat. I have been spoilt by Baby. I've owned private transportation for close to two years, so when that privilege was taken away from me, I simply refused to succumb to public transport! Today Mat very kindly gave me a lift to work, while Wan sent me home, HAHA.

Work was such a bitch today somehow. I think cos I was sleepy from last night. BAH. And tak cukup tido and everything. Eh but even though I pride myself on being independent, riding alone, and being responsible for my own life and stuff, it's fun to be the pillion sometimes. Espesh if you're on a big bike.

Wan's Z1000 is super-comfy. And I could lean over and read off the speedo anytime. 110, 120, 130.. Sejuk nak mampos, and my S-size helmet was rattling all over the place.

We watched HSM3 because Saw V wasn't available at a convenient time. Damn. But I think we should watch Saw V next time. Yey. Then he took me on a tour of the already-closed-for-the-night Dempsey Hill, and sent me home! Thanks Wan! Now I know why pillion girlfriends sometimes look so kerek even though they're not the ones riding the bike. HAHA.

Okay, it's another big day tomorrow. The days are just packed, as the Calvin & Hobbes comic goes.

Up to my old tricks again

Yesterday night I was bringing Baby down before closing when I realised the rear brake freeplay was waaaay too much. So I checked it, and guess what? The lever was disconnected from the brake pump! I nearly died of shock. I gave Mat a ring, and he came down, but there was nothing much he could do for me. So I have to get it towed later this morning.

Which, SO buang duit!

Well the point of that story is to say that I drove to the store meeting just now. Because once you get used to having private transportation, you just can't turn back. So I drove to LT, with minimal mishaps, Alhamdulillah. I only parked at spaces free of cars. HAHA.

And after the store meeting, Chris and I went to Double O! Yay! Thank God ada car cos anyway it was raining all night. Tak cool naik motor. Haha. It was okay inside, but pretty hot even though I wasn't wearing baju-baju panas. Less manjens than the last time though, nasib baik. There was that girl who stripped down to her bra again. Okay look, actually I don't have a problem with her lounging around in her lingerie. Even though badan dier tak perfect and whatever. It's just, number one, tak payah lah nak stare at semua orang macam kita ni buat salah, and kau sorang hebat in this world! And number two, make up your mind already! One moment your t-shirt's on, next moment it's off, and then it's on again. I mean, just make a choice, what's wrong with that? Nak bukak, bukak je lah, campak t-shirt tu dalam locker! Nanti sampai rumah boleh sarungkan balik. I don't have a problem with that. But her frequent Superman imitations is what annoys me la, basically.

Yup. That was one angsty paragraph right there.

Next, there was this guy, KIV-cute [KIV cos it was dark, of course, and I didn't wanna make any hasty conclusions], who really gave me the shock of my life when he put his hands around my waist--one on my stomach and one on my back--then maneuvered himself around me, stood facing me, gave me a Look I could only construe as weird, and walked away. Chris and I were both like, Giler ke lelaki ni? Later, he reappeared and "maneuvered" himself around Chris by poking her at the sides of her waist. So I decided it was time to take action. Kalau dier boleh raba-raba kita, kita boleh raba-raba dia balik. I said to Chris, "Okay next time he comes here, I'm gonna do this to him," and I demonstrated accordingly. And you know me. I didn't hesitate, when he came back, I just did it! Then I quickly signalled Chris to walk away, and I practically ran from there! BUT. The idiot macam grabbed my hand! And started dancing with me! So I humoured him for awhile. It was funny. Chris said his reaction was really funny. OMG. That was giler fun. Last time I did that.. Okay let's not go there.

After everything was over, baru I bumped into Ali. He was weird as usual. But it was fun. Ali left when I said I wasn't gonna send him home though. Haha. Then there was this semi-cute, but young, mat at the fountain who walked around with his t-shirt up, and who said bye to us before he left. When I drove out, Chris found him at the other fountain. So we stopped for awhile but guess what? He asked for a lift home! OMG. Kau tak that cute lah lelaki. Am I a taxi driver? Which was, by the way, the exact question I asked him. You can't use me like that, lelaki. I may be dumb sometimes but I'm not that dumb.

Yeah that was my night.

The meeting was fun, although kaki aku semut-semut right now. I'm so touched by the Christmas messages I got from Nat and Juju. I wasn't expecting either one, to be honest. But it's nice to know that although Nat and I don't hang out together much anymore, we can still click like old times.

Dah, saya ngantuk, nights!

Are you a true friend or not?

YESSSS!!! I can blog here once more! Freedom is mine, my friends. And nothing will take it away from me again.

Last night Hanom, Atikk and I popped over to Dayah's for a Raya visit. Atikk drove. Totally fun, cos we spent most of the time laughing at Sofaz fans who were watching their televised performance or whatever. Later I went KTV-ing AGAIN with Wan and Yazid. Totally fun, as usual. Yazid is so generous, he always pays. But that is NOT why I always hang out with them, thanks.

It's so funny how people can change.

Hey, pop quiz: Would you make friends with someone who actually used one of your close friends as a sex object? Well, personally, I wouldn't. But you know, it's a personal choice. Maybe it was just a normal friend who was used, so it doesn't matter, right? Maybe the friend was asking for it, so it's not that someone's fault, is it?

I've been surrounding myself with friends these few days, the same way I surrounded myself with friends last year. And on Friday night I channelled Tasha, and chatted up this "cute" customer at the Esprit steps, on Rose's behalf. With Christina's help, of course. It's been lots of fun, really.

Juju got a KR! He gave me a ring yesterday when he couldn't start his bike. It's black with red accents. Nice! We should totally take a photo soon, once I've washed Baby. HAHA. I'm so happy for him, and so glad I have a new KR friend.

Talking to Mat on the phone now. Dredging up the past is so painful, isn't it? That's why I usually blog about the good things, hardly the bad.

Khai's 20th.

Wednesday was Khai's birthday so we went to Fish & Co at PP for break fast. I had the NY Fish & Chips, of course, only because I'd been fantasizing about it for the past 846294 weeks. And Khai tried the Mussels Penne.

I asked them about birthday promotions and Khai got a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, plus a mortifyingly embarrassing birthday rap. Ohwell, it would have been more embarrassing if the rest of the restaurant hadn't joined in.

I adore the decor. No leceh tablecloths, and red cushiony sofas with little square and bolster-like cushions.

We watched Mirrors that night. I spooked myself out for most of the movie, then at the end I was wondering why I wasn't surprised at the purported surprise ending. As I read the credits rolling down the screen, I realised that it was adapted from the Korean flick Into The Mirror, which I watched with my mom years ago. Patutlah macam kenal gitu!

Then yesterday we got the car, so we went to Evertop, haha! Finally I got to tambah the nasi. Yay. Hajat tercapai. After that we had absolutely no idea where to go. So we just sorta buang minyak for the rest of the night before going to Budget Terminal to receive my Perth relatives. Let me tell you something, Budget Terminal is so dead and boring and budget, I wanted to die.

Okay. Tired. Nites.

Chicken rice

I had a date with Naz yesterday. We went to buka Hainanese chicken rice at Clementi. WTH, the HDB carpark is gantry-controlled! Mampos. The chicken rice is terrific. I avoided the sambal, because I avoid all sambals that don't come from my home. Until Naz told me to just try it. By that time I had only a few grains of rice left. OMG the sambal was sedap gilssss! I was so annoyed at myself for not trying it earlier. I wasted all the earlier rice by not eating it with the sambal, and now it's too late. And I'm still bitter over it. Haha.

After that I actually rode to Bishan, without getting lost! I am such a genius I swear. I haven't been to Bishan in only five years, you know. I'm made to become a taxi driver or something. Okay no, my driving sucks. Well a bike-taxi then, like they have in Bangkok.

You know what? The more I eat during sahur, the hungrier I feel when I wake up in the afternoon. BODOH.

And tomorrow I have a hot date with the BRE girls, I can't wait!

Geylang bazaar

Hanom and I did the Geylang bazaar today. We buka-ed at Beach Road like we did last year, and Hanom got frustrated at the drinks stall again. Next time, we'll order from another stall okay? Anyways.. Dinner was alright, but I'll order something more exciting next time..

The bazaar seems to sell an even greater variety of things this year! Pocketbikes, tie-wraps, coloured contacts and kiddy-themed playing cards, of which we bought two each. I got the Disney princesses and Pixar's Cars. I wish I could get a pocketbike to match Baby, but it's macam redundant, especially since I don't have any form of technical expertise whatsoever.

We had the famous putu piring from Banquet, haha. There's such an array of food there, it's hard to pick just one! Or two. Or three. I also bought six cupcakes and a fat cheesy hotdog. I also got my Hari Raya cards, yey!

I wanna go back soon cos I wanna try out the rest of the array of food that I missed. Kebab, Ramly, satay burger, and you char kueh! But actually there's three Ramly burgers sitting on the kitchen counter, I'll prolly have one later, haha!

Ramadhan is the best month of all, bar none!

There is such a thing as being too honest.

Yesterday was supposed to be my movie date with Naz, Chris and Evonne. But we ended up KTV-ing at Ming Arcade. Haha. It was fun, cos Evonne would sing cute-ly while Christina would whisper, and yeah it was hilarious.

Before that we were with Naz and her family outside store and she was telling Yana [her sister-in-law] that Chris and I are in love with Abang [the older twin]. NOT TRUE! Well, not true anymore, anyway. I don't find him cute anymore. Not after the night outside A&E when both twins were blasting songs from their handphones.

Anyway after that, Naz left us for Addynna as usual. So the three of us remaining dropped by OPH and we ended up spending the rest of the night there, watching the Kupu-Kupu Malam walk by, and telling our stories. It was most illuminating for most of us, I'm sure.

4BIA

Khai and I watched 4BIA yesterday with my two free GV tickets. Hehe. It's fucking scary, is what it is. The first story consists of one word of spoken dialogue, and it will make you never want to respond to unknown numbers messaging you, "Hi boleh berkenalan?" again. The second one was just plain gory. The third one is hilarious. Like, really funny jokes and stuff. Consists of four cute Thai guys. But in the midst of the hilarity, it's super scary.

By the third one, I was closing my eyes except for daytime scenes, or to read the subtitles.

Also, I finally found Victoria Jomo and I got an adorable necklace featuring a guy riding a bike with a sidecar. Too cute! I wanted to get the lunchbox but I couldn't afford it, sedih.

I'm a bitch

Today was my second and final visit to CBTL for at least a month, since Ramadhan is fast approaching. I had a Banana Chocolate Ice Blended this time, but I prefer Malibu Dream any day. It was an even more gorgeous day than the last one, and I finished my book all too soon. I lingered for a while, starting the book from the top, but then this matrip-minahrep couple came along, sat at the other end, and started smoking. I turned to glare at them and the minah glared right back at me. So I got annoyed [and infinitesimally afraid], packed up, and left, but not without informing the barista that "there's a couple outside smoking".

Obviously, having been in the same position before, I know that whatever I said might not have had any effect at all. But it's nice to know I tried.

I told Dayah this little anecdote when I met her later, and she exclaimed without preamble, "You're a bitch!"

Haha. And proud of it, babe.

Fuel prices drop!

I'm so happy, 98 is back to less than two bucks a litre! I've giddily skipped back to 98, and to celebrate, I bought one of those adorable Coca-Cola miniature collectibles. Hehe! It's too cute! I had to get it.

I am, by the way, exhausted beyond belief. It was a slow day at work, but I guess the pressure of being there to guide all the attachment partners got to me. I kinda scampered around doing everything, afraid to tell them what to do, and afraid they'd do it wrong. And maybe the all-day-rain made my tulang reput or something.

YZ gave me short shifts for the rest of the week. There's no way I'll be able to match last month's pay now. =(

Remember Me?

I finally got a chance to pop over to CBTL-DTE for some luxurious reading time. I bought Remember Me? the other day and I haven't allowed myself to read it since, cos I was saving it for CBTL. Lame, I know, but it's a different experience reading it under the sun with a Malibu Dream next to you, as opposed to on your messy bed in your cramped room.

Well, it was my first time, and let me tell you, it was great. It's a nice view, plus it was a beautiful day, so I just sat in a corner and got lost in Lexi Smart's life. Reading: the original hobby.

I haven't finished the book yet, because Khai showed up, but it's cool, I'll save it for my next session. Yey!

Baju Raya!!!

Khai and I went to Geylang today. To hunt a baju raya for me. My mom told me to get a ready-made, but no First Lady for me, thanks. I didn't even step into that overhyped place. [I did love First Lady once. But it's become too common, I guess.] We went to the second floor and walked around.

There was this late-twenties mat who was with his family at one of the shops and he just kept staring at Khai and I as we walked past. Khai was all ready to beat him up. BOYS.

Anyways.

I actually made my rounds twice. Tried on this lace-kimono-cut thing which cost $200 and made me look fatter than I really am. SAD. So I went back to Yasmin and got myself fitted for a baju kurung for one dollar less. Hehe. That's actually $49 more than the amount my mom allocated to me. PLUS, it's not ready-made, haha. But it's exciting, it's modest, and I hope it turns out great.

The lady asked me if I was making the baju alone, i.e. wasn't Khai getting one too? But Khai will be spending most of Syawal in Australia, AGAIN. So we won't get to spend Raya together, AGAIN. So, no point getting matching outfits.

However, we do have outfits that happen to match, so I'm trying to convince him to go out with me for a couple of hours, pretend we're going jalan raya, but actually not. Haha. Yes aku giler I know.

We had lunch at Delifrance BV, because we just HAD to get out of the infested place that was Geylang Serai, and then dessert at Ice Cream Chefs, finally! It's such a nice, cosy place. Loves it! We are so going back, espesh since we now know they have free private parking.

And I just got back from Shafa's place, MAN is it far away or what? But it was a nice looooooooooong ride back la. I just forgot how far away that part of Singapore is. My right foot almost got semut-semut due to lack of movement for so long. Clear roads all the way back home. Gorgeous.

DblO

Yesterday I borrowed the car again and we hit DblO. Haha. It was my third consecutive week, how embarrassing, I hope the bouncers don't remember me or anything like that.

We = Khai, Shafa, Fir, An, Gegerl, Arep, and two of An's friends from CD or whatever.

Yes I still don't know his girlfriend's name.

Bumped into Zeek outside. Hehe. Apparently he told Shafa he prefers to be called "Zali". Well, remind me to ask Nat his real name.

It was fun, but some of us were tired, and somehow, last night was more crowded than usual. And the guys outnumbered the girls by so many! Incredible.

We were gonna go for supper, but no one was hungry cos we'd drunk so many Big Gulps. So we sent Shafa and Fir home.

Loves having the car, but it's so leceh parking and stuff.

Updates!

It's been a great weekend cos my pay was more than expected. Insya-Allah I'll be able to pay off next year's insurance, inspection and road tax comfortably.

In the meantime, I got Sophie Kinsella's latest, plus a new pair of jellies from River Island, plus four new Topshop undies yey!

We've been eating lots, too. Delifrance at Bugis Village is a really nice place.

I was looking for Peepshow at HMV but I didn't find it. Well, maybe it'll be at the Heeren one. Next month.

Matrip.

94275064.

Busy busy busy bee.

I've been working almost every day except weekends, and it's been fun.

Chevrons

Camaraderie: friendship and thrust within people. - from a real-life comprehension exercise

Wrong in so many ways.

Anyway I had my chalet for the past 60 hours. It was great! Thanks for coming, the invited!

Thanks to Dan for doing most of the BBQing.
Thanks to Hanom and Yoyo [a.k.a. JoJo] for buying snacks no one ate. Haha.
Thanks to A'an and guest for bringing cards.
Thanks to Baba for updating me on informasi terkini, and Hirman for coming along.
Thanks to Atikk for the Bau-Eh song in fifteen different genres.
And thanks to Dayah for the marshmallows.

Thanks to my beloved for ikuting my every perintah while I basically sat around like a princess.

Hope you all had as much fun as I did! It was fantastico! [A far cry from my two previous chalets.] We have to do it again next year, insya-Allah.

The Chevrons is a great place to have a nice, private chalet. The only problem is the non-view. But everything else is perfect. Free aircon, free phone calls, free parking, free mosquito coils! Gorgeous pool, sheltered pit! Too bad there was a Chinese wedding reception next door, which meant Ah-Lians squealing outside and drinking.

Okay, I'm off! We extended the car rental another day. Hehe! But now we have nowhere to go.

"The night is darkest just before the dawn"

Yesterday I was one of the first few people in Pasir Ris to legally watch The Dark Knight. It was great! Intense and dark and painful, etc. The scars on Joker's face are eeewww. And he never told the real story behind the scars. Just many different versions. Oh, it's a really long movie, by the way. At least two hours long. So be prepared.

We tried the fare at the cafe and it's not bad. They're generous with the amount of cheese given, and the cheese is yummy too!

Plus I learnt that XL is not my popcorn size.