the female issues

I'm not a 'makcik' as PK had described in her comment.  A makcik would never have a messy workspace macam dalam gambar tu.  I have a bottle of water yang boleh tahan sampai seminggu kadang2 tu, my calendar is already showing 'Dec 2010' menunjukkan betapa tak sabarnya i nak tunggu PK bersalin walaupun angan2 nak bercoti kemana2 terpaksa di postpone sebab dia takut takde sapa nak gi melawat dia kat spital.  Besides that, i have my mp3 player, stapler dan jugak losen untuk menjaga kecantikan tangan (yulks!).  Please also note that i ada pelapik meja yang jugak merangkap tempat menconteng segala notes, draft email, formula ntahapa2, tajuk lagu, nama belog orang, lots of numbers yang i sendiri tak paham and dates bila katerbang murah tu ada sale.  Itu baru satu per lima bahagian meja tu...i barely have space to put my arms on...hehe.


I had my lunch at my own table hari ni sebab pantry penuh, and i tak sabar2 nak bukak pesbuk sambil mencuci2 mata.  Maklum la, our pesbuk time is now restricted to non-office hour only, so no more bercucuk tanam stoberi yang empat jam tu.  Anyway, i had again stuffed my poor head (ntah kenapa lately ni pakai tudung asyik tak jadi je...bentuk kepala dah lain ke??) dengan post2 yang tak best kat wall tu.  Bila la i nak insaf...i should've just hide the person, unfriend the person or kalau nak lebih dramatic lagi, i close my own account.  A friend of mine yang dulu suka tulis hal2 pregnant dia (read here) who is now happily breastfeeding her daughter, sekarang ni tersangat la rajin mengepost hal2 breastfeed pulak.  Itu belum lagi dia duk promote belog dia as if she's the only person kat m'sia ni yang ada anak.  See, PK...another proof that i'm not even half a 'makcik' who would ramble about female's issue (saya sangat pemalu ye...yikes!); itu belum la lagi ada orang yang tak sudah2 mengahapdate kesukaan dia ke e-kea, nak tambah anak, beli rumah baru etc.  What annoys me these few days is a female (again!) friend yang telah mengepost something about a maid who abused anak majikan dia.  Okay, abusing tu memang salah, i bukan la nak kata benda tu betul walaupun i langsung tak tengok video clip tu; but this lady friend of mine ni despite her appearance yang bertudung labuh siap dengan usrah2 and sentiasa memandang serong pada kitaorang2 yang tak bertudung masa skolah kat emaresem dulu ni, telah menggunakan bahasa2 yang agak tak berapa sopan.  To share the video so that orang lain berjaga2 memang bagus, but there's no need to discriminate just because asal usul orang tu.  Even if we claim that orang melayu ni baik, ugama islam etc...ada jugak orang melayu yang rogol anak, bunuh orang bagai kannnn. 


Hmmm....i thought i could write longer, tapi kan, tetiba my neighbours ni tak berenti2 bercakap.  From kids, melancong, movies, bla..bla... i couldn't take it anymore; lain kali je la i sambung ye.  Well...anyway, in spite of the fact that hari ini adalah sangat boring dengan ketiadaan kawan2 dan tahap bersembang my neighbours yang agak melampau tu, i tetap berjaya menghabiskan se-taperware nasik goreng yang i tapau on the way balik dari berpoya2 tengahari tadi.  Itu tak kira lagi pagi tadi makan sebekas spaghetti yang PK bagi bekal, plus kuewtiau (tamak sebab takut tak cukup...hahhaha) yang i beli dari makcik alim pagi tadi.  isshhhh...teruknya makan kannnn...

great expectations

Imagine having to carry your baby, standing hours by the roadside every morning and evening.  Dengan asap2 kereta, bas segala in the hot sun.  We adults boleh tahan lagi; but babies dah tentu rasa tak selesa, penat, panas and kalau i dah tentu mengamuk bagai nak rak dah. Ada yang tertidur, ada yang sembunyikan muka dalam tudung mak sebab panas, yang kena dukung and ada yang baru boleh berjalan. Walaupun dah seminggu balik sini, those are the scenarios yang i tak boleh nak lupa.  I saw that every morning and evening for almost two weeks.  Those ladies are called 'joki'.  They are paid by passing vehicles yang tak cukup kuota 3 orang dalam kereta.  Not only ladies, tapi budak2 yang sepatutnya sekolah pun ramai buat kerja tu.


Sometimes i realised that i'm not being grateful.  I have my own house and car walaupun buruk.  I have good job, enough for me walaupun tak boleh nak bermewah2.  I have my family, friends and FCs around me.  But still, kadang2 tu ada je benda i nak merungut.  Orang lain ada yang kena duduk bawah jambatan, anak plak ramai, kecik2 plak tu, bapak plak takde keje walaupun kekadang tu nampak cam sihat je...apasal tak keje?  Susah nak dapat keje kot kan?  Ada pulak tu dah la hidup susah, sakit pulak tu.


Susah nak fulfill our needs kan?  Bila kita dah dapat satu2 benda tu, we tend to ask more, and more, and more... Katalah hari ni we are grateful for the small house we have, perabot pun cuma katil and tv je.  Esok kita teringin nak beli sofa pulak.  Walaupun kita dah bersyukur dengan sofa murah yang kita dah ada tu, esok2 kita teringin pulak nak sofa2 mahal yang custom made segala.  Tu belum lagi tetiba gatal gi tengok showhouse mana2, teringin plak nak upgrade rumah tu.  Keinginan manusia ni memang sentiasa bertambah kan?


Kegedikan kita ni bukan setakat materials je; even in our relationship with humans and pets.  Dah kucing kita pandai guna litter box, kita expect plak diaorang pandai bersihkan sendiri bekas tu, tolong sapu sampah sidai kain segala.  Dah kita ada kawan2 family keliling ada je benda yang kita tak puas hati.  Kalau dah kita tau orang tu ada perangai A,B,C; walaupun kita dah boleh accept semua tu, kita nak pulak kalau boleh dia ada perangai D,E,F.  When our expectations are not fulfilled kita pulak yang frust and sakit hati.  Sapa suruh ada keinginan yang pelik2 kan?


I don't know if my expectations yang sentiasa bertambah2 ataupun i ni yang cepat boring dengan satu2 benda.  Kalau hati tengah baik, mood tengah excited orang buat apa pun ok je; penat sampai nak merangkak pun boleh senyum lagi. Cuba kalau dalam hati tu ada suara2 setan sikit, hal2 kecik pun dah boleh buat tarik muncung, walaupun halnya cuma sebab tisu atau sudu je.  Hmmm...tu la kan, kesimpulannya manusia ni memang pelik; tak cukup2 dengan apa yang ada...

faces of Jakarta

One side of Jakarta :

Buildings on the way to Jl Jend Sudirman

It's Jakarta Fashion Week. Besar kan mall ni...kalah kay-el-si-si

View from my room. Jalannya macet sebab Obama datang hari ni

Buildings around the training centre.

Another side of Jakarta :

The ladies with children are 'joki'

Ada area yang kena ada at least 3 penumpang dalam kereta. Joki ambil upah untuk penuhkan kenderaan yang kurang dari 3 orang

Food seller at Tanah Abang area

Bajai

perempuan cerewet

CikSecretary telah menyatakan rasa risaunya kalau2 hotel yang di'book' tidak memenuhi citarasa.  uuuhhh...nampak sangat i ni cerewet kan.  Don't worry, tempatnya bagus sekali.  Makanya, i'll post here some photos of the apartment.

This is the hall & dining area

 Kitchen  & laundry area

tiga ekor kuda terbang kat depan hotel

I'm very particular about traveling.  Mungkin sebab i'm so used to being alone at home.  I enjoy most of my time alone; nak keluar makan ke tak, nak pergi jalan mana, berapa lama nak shopping...i'm in charge of everything.  That makes it more difficult for me if i have a travel partner yang i tak biasa.  Rasa2nya so far i cuma enjoy traveling dengan PK je kot.  As for short duration business traveling, itu kurang menjadi masalah sebab masa yang singkat and probably takde masa pun nak berpoya2 sangat.  I knew i did the right thing for bugging CikScretary about the place i'll be staying here.  Since it's an almost two weeks duration of course, i knew i need some space for myself; after all, it's my first time traveling with SS.  Even back in the office we seldom have the chance to beramah mesra.  She's friendly, cuma agak banyak bercakap; which sometimes increases my longing to be back home where i can sit down quietly and enjoy my time alone with the FCs.  She is afraid of being alone; so most of the time she'll hang around me; whereas on the other half, i need my own space.  Luckily this apartment is huge enough for me to move around.  I don't think i'm claustrophobia; i can be in a small space as long as i'm alone.  I can be in a place with lots of people as long as i can have my own space and time with myself.  Anyway, what i did is just spending my time in the hall, watching tv walaupun kebanyakan masa i do not bother on what's being shown and have my own sweet time berendam dalam tub.  I stayed up late and woke very early in the morning.  That's the time where i can sit quietly with my own thoughts. Sungguh pelik perempuan ini kan?

the apartment's lobby

Evenings are the times when i really need my own time; that's the time when i can be really lonely and homesick bila ada orang kat tepi yang sentiasa berkata2. Patutnya bila ada orang takde la rasa lonely kan?  Nasib baik i brought my netbook, boleh la berYM.  Nasib baik jugak i telah bertindak pantas membeli prepaid; maka boleh la i menelepon sesiapa saja tanpa segan silu...

kodok and bebek

Tajukkkk....kan??  I haven't had the chance to take nice photos of this place yet.  Nanti2 kalau ada i'll post it here.  Anyway, the hotel/apartment is really nice.  Thanks to CikSecretary sebab pandai memenuhi citarasa pompuan yang cerewet ini.  The apartment was upgraded to a three room apartment; sungguh luas, even much bigger than my own apartment in KL.  Siap dengan dapur and washing machine.  Kalau la i boleh bawak balik salah satu bilik air kat sini...hmmm.


We had our first class yesterday.  Sangat2 penat, probably due to otak yang agak tua, and to absorb so many infos dari pagi sampai petang is quite tiring.  We had about 10minutes break in the morning, an hour of lunch break and another 5 minutes break in the evening.  Dah dua pagi ni asyik makan donat kaler2 je masa morning break.  Lunch is provided in a chinese restaurant yang agak2 kelas gitu.  Rasa2nya kalau sampai habis course ni kena makan kat kedai tu harus2 i kurus kot.  I'm not a big fan of chinese food; and it kills my appetite on the first day lagi when i saw one of the menu..."bubur kodok".  Lunch time sangat2 buat i rasa lonely, homesick and rasa miss nak tapau makanan kat belakang opis.  Today's food adalah sangat tak memenuhi citarasa; 2 of the dishes are 'bebek'.  Trust me, megi adalah sepuluh kali ganda lagi sedap.  Teringat pulak kat nasik lemak makcik seksi kat bawah opis tu.

Our journey to the training place is about 10 minutes by taksi.  Jalannya macet banget di sini.  Impossible kalau nak jalan kaki because of the distance and kena lalu jalan besar, mau i kena lenyek atas jalan nanti.  The training place is situated kat salah satu tempat yang kena bom dulu.  Disebabkan takut benda yang sama terjadi lagi, so security kat situ adalah sangat2 ketat.  Kalah kepayahan nak naik ke twin tower tu.  We had to pass through about 4-5 security checks on the first day sebab telah berpusing2 mencari the right entrance.  Rasa macam kat airport pulak, siap dengan alat2 yang nak detect benda kat badan tu.  Every bag was checked through. Cars are checked dengan anjing pengesan.  I guess everywhere pun security memang agak ketat; even at the hotel.

The building in the middle is our training place

Agaknya ibu pejabat polis kot...

Ayoooo...baru 2 hari je kat sini, lamanya lagi nak balik...hahhahaa.

my away notes

This post (and insyaallah other coming posts) is written from Jakarta; where i'll be staying for another 12 days.


It's a great relief to get connected to the internet. i dah rasa tak seronok dah semalam sebab the line was super slow.  Nak YM dengan PK pun tak bleh.  Time now is 6am which is 5am here, tengok2 line laju pulak.  Hopefully malam nanti laju sikit.


It was a tiring day yesterday.  Mostly comes from my emotions of leaving the FCs.  That was the most hardest part.  I was exhausted even before leaving KL.  Padahal budak2 tu ok je, tak tau menahu pun kan.  I told Poi i'll leave her for two weeks as soon as the trip was confirmed; which i never did before.  Biasanya i let her know one day before.  She seems to understand.  She curdled closer to me every night and just looked on as i packed my things.I told the rest too, but i don't think they understand as much as Poi do.


As usual, i leave lengthy away notes to my sisters and brother.  From the foods, penyapu, which mop to use where, toilet, internet pasword, etc.  I do this all the time, cuma kali ni i typed them all so that lain kali i boleh edit je...haha. I put their pictures siap dengan nama sekali walaupun my sisters & brother tu dah kenal budak2 tu.  I emailed the same notes to each of them and forced them to come to the house sebelum i bertolak so that i can personally tell them what to be done.  Sungguh kiasu kan?

part of my pesanan penaja

This is just part of them, ada lagi kat tempat lain..

Well, if only i can call them to make sure things are okay.  So, the first thing i did when i reached here is to buy local prepaid so that i can call the 'bibiks' (hahaha...) anytime.  Hopefully inenet okay malam ni, senang sikit nak hapdate ;-)