merdeka!

to all malaysians, no matter where you are, selamat menyabut hari kemerdekaan. nothing much, it just that i think i have a strong patriotism spirit inside of me. despite being gila2 and terkinja2, i love my country so much. i always feel very proud to admit that i am malaysian. especially when u are in overseas, people ask you, 'and u are from..?' 'malaysia!' i replied sepantas kilat. even when i presented a paper in a conference last may, siap bagitau im from malaysia walaupun org tak tanya pun...tak kira, nak bagitau jugak...and the best thing is, so far, takde org tak tahu about malaysia. u dont have to describe malaysia as being in the north part of singapore and south part of thailand anymore. they know malaysia and normally, they gave me good impressions when i mentioned about malaysia. maybe sebab ada this reality show yang sama macam survivor but finnish punya baru2 ni buat kat malaysia. and i think because of the tv program juga, finnair launches a new route to kuala lumpur starting april next year...

lagi satu, talking about merdeka, please janganlah lagi ada this kind of people yang love to compare (bias comparison) malaysia dengan the country they used to visit or stay or whatever. 'nilah malaysia, bla bla bla..kalau kat toot, bagus je service dia bla bla'...i have to admit im not an angel. i do complain sometimes, memang certain things ada truthnya expecially in customer services and transportation aspects. and i hate myself for doing that. so kalau betul2 rasa tak puas hati, just keep it to myself or to yourselves, instead of blur it out to other people. menyampah nak dengar, sebab kadang2 we are too fool to realize that negara yang dipuja2 tu dah hundredth years earlier than malaysia. i believe that orang yang look down at his/her own country or nation is orang yang tak civilized.

on happy notes: orang malaysia hari ni cuti..bestnya..i'm sure penuh shopping mall. selalunya ada merdeka sale kan. as for me here, today is just like any regular day, cuma dah starts sejuk since now its already autumn. haa the best thing hari ni, ada jamuan merdeka kat rumah ambassadorr. tu yang best. can't wait...

before i pen-off, again, i am a proud malaysian citizen!

nasi dagang

the only food that i used to prepare successfully, all the time, without failed was air teh o panas...itu pun kalau air teh boleh di considered as part of food...and today here i am, managed to masak nasi dagang..yuhuuuuuuu..a big achievement for me personally, after belajar orally ngan wife embassy officer last week...jadik seh, siap ngan kari ikan dan acar..cuma kari ikan tu tak sama ngan yang nasi danag punya sebab takde ikan tongkol. instead pakai ikan apa entah ni. rainbow trout kot, lantaklah asalkan ada...and lagi sebab tak letak cili padi dalam kari tu seperti yang sepatutnya sebab nanti pedas anak ku tak boleh makan...pasal nasi pulak, the smell, the aroma is superb...menjadik..tapi rasa tak lah jadi sangat sebab first, tak guna the original beras nas dagang, isntead a combination of beras biasa and beras pulut. secondly, biasalah my usual factor of makanan tu tak jadi like the original one sebab takut santan punya phenomena....letak setitik dua, mana nak rasa..but anyway..at least ada ye tak...

pagi sebelum ke sello buat kek pisang..jadik kali ni ALhamdulillah sangat after bape kali trial...kalau tak ada je tak kena, tak gebu macam sepatutnya...call rumah pagi tadi.lama sembang nearly 20 to 30 minutes. cakap pasal preparation for my sister's wedding...mann, i dont know how to describe how bad i want to be at home for the wedding...i love majlis2 ni..the feeling, the everything, with sedara mara and all the good food....sebelum big day paling best ada nasi manis and macam2...bestnyaaaaaaaaaaa....sedih pulak tadi sembang ngan my mother..i reallyyyy love her so mucchhhh, talking to her selalunya mesti lepas tu make me feel so good the whole day..dengar tengah buat preparation for the gifts to guests..bestnya..kalau aku ada sah aku menyibuk....bestnyaaaaa

oklah, dah petang...5 pm....nak makan..tak tahu dinner or lunch or whatever....anyway, semalam watched that selingkar kisah cd 1..mawi punya tu..i love it so much.hari ni sambung the second cd...best gila...sebab memang lawak tengok all the scenes dulu...ciao!

gubraa

our department was a chaotic last week. selama ni kami duduk kat temporary building, sementara tunggu renovation of the actual building siap. last week, wing D was accepted after the second inspection. so boleh pindah. i didnt go to the department on monday. selasa tu pi opis, tengok my ofismate,suhi dah duduk situ. dia kata meja dia kena pindah so diaorg suruh duduk at my desk. i asked her, where's my pc? dia kata maybe they had moved it to my new office. i went to my new office. it was already there, connected with electric point and internet. ready to be used. Alhamdulillah pasal aku lemah lah part2 nak kena pasang komputer ke apa ni...my new ofismate is krizta, the hungariann girl. pc dia pun dah ada kat situ. diaorg dah pindahkan. but all my things, buku, files semua masih di ofis lama. dah packed dalam kotak2. ada 3 boxes semuanya. tapi syarikat yang hired to transfer all the boxes belum pindahkan. yelah,ni baru the second day of moving. so i took the things that i really need urgently by myself to the new room and duduk situ buat keje sikit. yang hebatnya, server semua dah connect. so tak rasa macam pindah pun sebab theres really no difference dari bilik lama. macam tak pindah je rasa...smooth jee.Alhamdulillah. sejam after that, ada beberapa pekerja hantar my boxes and krizta's...oklah, rasanya box aku lah paling sikit. my professor alone ada more than 60 boxes, tu pun dah bertong2 barang dia buang.

jumaat tu, semua org pakai kemas....kemas gila..paling gempak prof aku...ber suit sakan...sebab hari ni timoo, his phd student who was also my ex ofismate akan defense. kat sini, nak pi tengok defense pun kena pakai formal...selalunya kat sini the defense will start at 12 noon, on friday. petang tu ada party. aku tak paham betul, diaorg dah edarkan party punya invitation card tu around 3 weeks before the defense..konpideeen je depaorg ni ek...at 11 something i saw timooo from my ofis window, the best thing is sekarang my desk in in front of the big window...bestnya sebab boleh tengok org lalu lalang, sapa datang, sapa balik, tgok org construction buat keje. tak bestnya, due to the same reason jugaklah...boleh terleka kadang2...timoo datang bawak bag semua dan suit dalam bag...tengok muka dia oklah, confident and he really should feel that way sebab dia hebatlah, paper pun dah banyak...tapi dalam pada tu,nampak juga muka dia gubra semacam...logiklah spaa tak takut...

speaking of gubra, akhirnya dapat tgk cite tu baru2 ni...komen: my personal comment dari aku yang cetek pengetahuan tentang film but comment it from a regular audience pt of of view...best, makes me nak tengok for the second time...kelakar cite tu especially si adibah noor dan part amani berkungfu sakan tu...dialog dia sangat selamba dan common sense..bukan bahasa bunga2 yg org seharian takkan pakai in real life...dan rasa tak puas pulak tgk, kejap dah habis...best thing of the film, sebab hero dia is alan yun, my favourite ad model sejak tingkatan bape entah. suka dia since tengok ad oeter stuyvesant, breakaway kat budapest tu rasanya. and his look, sama je sejak dulu sampai sekarang. and i think he can act. yang tak best, adlin..dia berlakon bagus tapi aku geli tengok dia..sorry, no offense...yang drawbakc of the film pulak, hmmm...macam mana ek, ada juga part2 yang macam mana ek, tak sesuai..how to say sebab kalau cite hollywood lagi teruk..paham..tapi kalau tgk cite hollywood tak delah rasa pelik sanada jugak certain parts of the film yang aku tak suka esp part amani ngan adlin..pahamlah husband and wife tapi tak sesuailah cite melayu kan, macam tu...sebenarnya speaking of hollywood film, lagi teruk kan selalunya tapi takdelah kisah sangat sebab nature diaorg tu dah memang cam tu tapi bila tgk melayu punya film gitu, geli pulak..takpleha, aku narrow minded ke apa ke tu my personal thought. tapi overall i like the film tak tahu kenapa cuma memang aku ok ngan film tu, just like i watched sepett before. maybe sebab aku memang ok ngan cina kot, aku suka tgk cite cina, aku pun baik ngan cina so bile tengok cite ni i had this weird feelings inside..tengok amani dalam cite tu pandai nyanyi lagu cina..aku rasa so apa ek, how to explain..hmm, its so me??? maybe, sebab aku dulu pun hafal lagu2 cina...maybe thats y i like the movie...its close to my heart...

high tea and dinner

khamis lepas, ada invitation to rumah duta. They were organizing the colours and tastes of malaysia. excited sebab for sure, sah ada makan-makan (paling penting). tapi sedih jugak mula2, sebab for women only. aku gabra sebab nak kena figure out jalan ke rumah duta by myself. pagi tu, husband dah print out route pergi dan balik utk cik talam. Alhamdulillah selamat aku sampai, walaupun terpaksa tanya ngan pakcik omputih yang tengah pukul carpet dia kat luar rumah masa tu.

berbaju kurung sakan ke department pagi tu sebab itu ditulis dalam invitation card. since the party was at 4 pm, pagi tu, ke sekolah dulu. lagipun, dari sekolah ke rumah duta is much closer than from my house. sampai2 je dah nampak familiar faces. wives of the secretaries berdiri di entrance as penyambut tetamu. nak bukak kasut masa nak masuk umah, tapi rupanya tak yah bukak kasut. maybe sebab ramai international guests.

mula2 kekok juga sebab imagined ni utk malaysia with a few of international guests. rupanya the other way around. malaysian hanya ada dalam tak sampai 10 orang. yang lain2 all, international guests (wives of ambasssadors around the world yang ada di finland termasuk org2 besar finland). cik talam tegur sorang malaysia, then we talked a lot, about school, work etc. lepas tu cik talam pi tegur isteri duta iran dan daughternya. lepas tu, ramai org dating kat meja kami. Ada wife of duta korea, wife duta Taiwan, finland punya menteri foreign affair, dan a few others. rancak berbual, aku bantai jelah memandangkan aku sorang je taraf student berbanding semua tetamu. Haah yek, bila diingat2kan balik, the only students kat majlis tu were me and the duta’s kids…

show started at 4.30 pm, with video presentation of Malaysia truly asia…sebak aku menontonnya, teringat kat Malaysia….omputih2 sukalah, bertepuk tangan sakan. Then diikuti oleh tarian tradidional oleh anak2 duta dan other Malaysian ladies..ada 3 tarian. Ada persembahan recorder and finally nyanyi lagu rasa sayang. It was so funny when one of the pembaca pantun utk lagu rasa sayang tu berpantun ‘hutang budi boleh dibayar, hutang budi dibawa mati’ hehehe gabra punya pasal. We Malaysian ketawa sakan…

the food was marvellous. Utk makanan utama, ada nasi impit, kuah kacang, fried mee, karipap (sedap gila karipap ni)…utk desert ada: agar2 laici, pudding jagung, seri muka (a dream come true), lepas pisang, kuih sagu, kuih lapis, dan apa lagi eh, lupa dah…lepas tu ada kopi Malaysia, cap kapal api..impressive…

bila tengok balik, these foreign people makan ciput aje, nasi impit 2-3 ketul, karipap seketul, mee 2-3 helai…desert tak tahu pulak sebab tak nampak masa tu..we Malaysian, paham2 jelah..kalau tak penuh pinggan besar tu tak sah….lepas tu siap bertambah pulak tu berkali2…bak kata sorang kawan tu, typical Malaysian kan, pegilah mana2 pun, mesti makan banyak….

Lepas tu sembang2, berkenalan ngan a few Malaysian baru, termasuklah MC yang jelita dan bersuara merdu…dia nyanyi lagu Sheila majid utk show petang tu…suara power, sedapp gila…

Balik tu suppose isi boring utk renew visa tapi terbongkang kepenatan. Pagi esoknya baru isi, mau amik 3 jam jugak, so many forms, tebal pulak tu..Alhamdulillah dapat visa masa tu juga, setelah melayang 200 euro…waaaaa…

Esok petangnya pi rumah krisztaaa utk dinner…punyalah lama berbual. Rupanya mat saleh ni, kalau ajak dinner, dimulakan dengan sembang2 panjang gila, baru makan. Kalau kita org Malaysia, tetamu masuk umah je..’makan2, meh aa makan, terus2, makan’. macam2lah sembang…dia tanya dulu sebelum tu kat email, mimi awak tak boleh makan pork kan, saya akan sediakan ayam dan beef ye…hehe, sabau jelah, ayam dan lembu tak sembelih…so cakap ngan dia tak boleh…akhirnya dia sediakan vegetarian dan diary food macam telur semua….balik tu suami dia hantar sampai depan umah. Terima kasih banyak2, ingatkan lepas ni nak jemput diaorg pulak utk lunch. kalau omputih, jarang ajak lunch, mesti ajak dinner..kalau kitaorg prefer ajak lunch so taklah cepat sangat malam…

Rindunya pada sahabat ku nun jauh di Negara matahari terbit…to cik kieli, how are u doing? rindunya kat kau, where are you??? Heehhe :D