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dah lama dah tak ber blog... it's a mix of kemalasan dan kesakitan : (...

it's due to the changing seasons i think. all of the pollen and ragweed in the air gives us sinus allergies, eyes itches, nose runny, sinus pressure... those kind of mat salleh kesakitan.

the story is with my eyes (mostly). they were red and verryyy itchy. i got scared when it got funky when i put eye drops so decided to visit a doctor. just a regular doctor "doktor biasa- biasa", a general practitioner as oppose to a specialist.

anywhoo, he took one look (a glance more like it) at my eyes and said it was an infection and gave me antibiotic eye drops. although my eyes didn't get any better, they didn't get any worse so i didn't kick up a fuss. but on the 8th day they got swollen... yeah like sly stallone in rocky.

haiyaaa... now what??... so dear husband made an appointment for me to see an eye doctor.

now this guy is great. he put eye drops to make my eyes glow... and he uses his tools and gadgets, he inquires and explains, and entertains questions. spend a good amount of time on me making me feel someone actually cares : )...

so the story is, i was miss diagnosed the first time, given the wrong medication, resulting in me feeling like crap enduring the errr crap my eyes were in. what a waste of time, and money.

i dunno about the rest of u out there (like what?? 3 people on a good day that reads my blog) but i feel that a good doctor is someone who CAREs. doesn't matter if ur a general practitioner. i mean if u care enough, u will be a good doctor... right??...

i miss my family doctor in JB. Dr. Kamal is a very good doctor, my mom best describes him when she (always) says "tengok muka doktor pun dah rasa sihat sikit"... eerrrmmm not that he's a brad pitt just that he truly is concern and it shows on his face.

so the moral of the story... be a caring doctor, even if u miss diagnosed someone, the least u did was to make someone feel better seeing u... now that's medicine : )...

it's definately inside...

lin,

the orchid is "grown" inside because...

ya all have a good weekend ya hear ; )...

donno la

marina was telling me of what songs some of the pictures on my blog reminded her of. sorry lady, i'm bad with names, phone number and song names (and their singers). what was and are currently hits i'd probably listened to but that's about it, just plain ol' listening. sometimes i'll switch on mtv or vh1 just to have some noise in the house but usually... no.

i know now it's that powders guy with his "had a bad day song"... and that "u are beautiful" guy... although i must say, black eye peas punya lagu2 sume sedap and even tempted to buy their CD.

it seems, i have become stuck... just like people before me. stubornly holding on to songs that reminded us of whatever it reminded us of. like my late gandpa with his keroncong (or was it gazal??) and my mom with her sharifah aini... i am stuck at old songs of sting/ police and brian adams...

although i did try to stay in the know when i was working and fell in love with marc anthony (that one album he was professing his love for JLo)... tapi after moving to waterloo, i really didn't care. i only stuck to songs that made me feel good.

and then there's the thing with American Idol... alamak, makcik tak layan la reality snow/ reality talent/ reality drama... don't watch AI, amazing race, that one in the jungle... survivor. no simple life, no hogan knows best... maybe a little ousborne (see??... don't even care if i spelled it wrong)...

so tak tau la lagu pasal cherry blossom yang AI contestant tu nyanyi while crawling on the stage. but i know the cranberries... i partly thank u for that marina!!!... u put ur cassette player to good use in kuantan time. haiya!!!... am currently smiling remembering all those zombie sessions... "zombie... zombie.... zombieeh... eeeiihh.. eeiihhh"... : D... lin, u remember???...

later when we became roomates that trusty cassette player lull us to sleep. now let me tell u people, this lady loves songs... LOVES... with drawers full of tapes... FULL... if ever college didn't work out, she'll be a swell DJ...

purple

tak tahan...

i was at my friend lin's website (i always visit) and today she posted adorable pics of her tia. don't get me wrong, this little pumpkin (makcik lin, so fitting when u refer to tia as pumpkin) is always adorable, a.l.w.a.y.s : ). i get the urge to rush there if it weren't for the fact that they live in UK.

i told lin i wanted to try and use these pics of the pumpkin as my computer screen wallpaper... and a few clicks later, this is the result... i just had to, tak malu la pi taruk gambar anak orang lain kat comp sendiri, tapi... tapi... aunty win tak tahhhaaaaannn... so darn cute...



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yap yap yap

i felt like yapping with no particular topic in mind.

i made kuih today, buah melaka. tak mau la ambik gambar dia coz they look like how buah melaka should look like... and i think all malaysians know how they look. apart from shumaila that's happily enjoying her visit home to pakistan and will not be reading my blog, buah melaka is buah melaka, is buah melaka... eehhmm eehhmm good...

minor glitch in the beginning when i used the wrong tepung (tepung beras instead of tepung pulut) making the mixture ssoooooo runny, a closer look at the recipe made me realized my mistake. and down the drain it went. sayang la wasted my precious esen pandan (tq audra : )... )

yap yap yap... there's a strong wind advisory today. the wind is blowing hard outside. chot said it's like 35 miles per hour winds... kuat lah tu agaknye. and it's osso nippy outside. chot had to move his pokok back inside, takut2 nanti terkejut sebab sejuk and mim alif ta y... saya sangat suck at jawi....

yap yap yap... perut dah buncit coz i haven't been doing my pilates. almost everyday chot would ask if i did any... "why??... u think i'm fat??"... : )...

no, don't get me wrong. he's just trying to start a conversation. i realized it's a challenge for him to make we talk... he's a list of favourite Q's

1) bangun pukul berapa hari nie?
2) siapa email hari nie?
3) email siapa hari nie?
4) dah buat pilates hari nie?... belum... hari nie belum...
5) when i started blogging... blog apa hari nie?
6) ada siapa call u hari nie?... (coz he knows i'm bad at calling people. so he doesn't ask if called anyone...)
7) dah makan?

a few days back, i reallllyyy didn't feel like talking so i told him "i tak mau cakap, why don't u call kawan peoria"... teruk perangai... i know...

ok, enough yapping... i've reached my blogging time limit.

p/s. i want to put a pic but the site is experiencing some problems...

mighty suspicious

this came out of Berita Harian online newspaper today. this elephant is no more, found barely alive by the wildlife and park ranger people with a bullet wound on it's head. it's mighty suspicious when this female elephant was found around the same area where the mom and baby elephants took a stroll the other day.

i feel sick to my stomach... this poor elephant didn't do anything wrong. we went into their home, cleared their forest and erected our houses and our kampungs and our schools... and then got scared or even pissed off at these guys for endangering us when it's the other way around. u have no right to hurt and kill them sir when they can be moved to a safer location. this is totally uncalled for...

wish i was there

this picture came out of the star online newspaper. how interesting i said to myself, to be able to see elephants in the wild... i mean, wild elephants in the wild??... but it is dangerous, them being so big and us being so small... even trained elephants in zoos can seriously cause sorrow when they want to.

now, this happened near Gerik, Perak. I know that area coz i spend 2 years of my life teaching in a school on a hill in the jungles of Gerik. in my 2 years there, i was kindda on the lookout for wild animals... wouldn't that be some kind of coolness?? this city gal can boast to her city family and friends "oh... just the other day we had elephants stroll through the front gate"... but no, never happened...

the closest i came to a wild animal was the cobra bai (my friend) ran over with her housemate's car. it was a hot (always) and sunny (always) afternoon, we were wizzing our way back to school from Gerik town. turned the corner and there it was, streached across the middle of the road this long glistening black thing. we both held our breath as we went over the sorry soul... (do snakes have souls??...)

but i think the snake had long lost it's life before our borrowed wheels crushed more bones. we went ka bump and that's as close as i came to anything wild... a dead snake.

the school i taught is a boarding school and i stayed in the school compound. dreading the warden title but car-less to stay outside. i got ready in the morning to the sound of the jungle coz every morning without fail, the monkeys greeted us with monkey noises... not chimp talk, it was something else. was somewhat soothing actually... hmmm... i wonder if only jakun city folk thinks that...

a guy in our office once told me of answering the phone and a lady at the other end asked if we have elephants in the area. the lady was suppose to come and teach but she never showed up. of course there's elephants in Gerik but it's not like they stroll down the street or anything... ; )

cherry tree

sharing pics of the cherry tree. we have 11 fruit trees on the property, i think 3 of them are cherry trees. they were the first to bloom, crisp white flowers...

don't know if the cherries are any good coz the birds ate them all last year. .... they sell those nets use to cover the whole tree but no... have other things to care for so we'll just let the birds have them for now.

am i moody or am i not moody

i read that people on lupron get moody (yeah, lets all blame the drug)... although there is truth in it coz this moodyness has been lingering for days. but i do try (very hard) to have patience and not let the mood swings get the best of me.

but don't blame me for being angry when you sprinkle lawn fertilizer and weed killer and only when the work is done, read the instruction... whaddayaknow... you did it wrong. and don't get angry at me for getting angry at you.

and i am still angry... am tempted to put on shoes and walk out the door but it's dark outside and he's using the car.

why am i getting worked up over fertilizer... wtf... damn drug...

coffee break

it's been a few days since my last post... i was conciously trying to keep away coz some remarked how i have a lot of time (dunie and audra, don't feel bad or anything ok : ? ) to spend on creating posts and stuff like that...

it's my own doing see... i did sit in front of the computer and neglected house chores and projects. patut la banyak masa, not only don't i work, i didn't even do house work : D...

there's nothing wrong with blogging, just me making myself feel bad indulging. felt the same when i eat too much chocolate.

so, i went and did a lot of ironing... like A LOT... washing, cleaning, tidying up... u know, boring stuff. and cooked and baked...

and here i am today!!!... blogging and not feeling bad about it!!!... ok, maybe a little bad, tak habis gosok baju lagi... didn't i say A LOT : D... this way, it feels more like taking a break from (never ending) house chores rather than taking a break from blogging to do chores ; D...

have some pics to share. took these like 5 days ago. this is how it looks when asparagus sprout. there's a huge bulb under there and asparagus continously sprout during its short season. we plan to dig it up and move it coz right now it's scattered.

when they grow up to 3 to 4 inches, i'd go and collect them. but would only use the first 3 inches or so. as the asparagus grow, the stalk (can i call it that??) will get fiberous and not fit for comsumption. the ones yang dah kena potong is still growing. and at the end of the season (when the stalk gets thin is when harvesting stops and we let them grow.

now, i need to go back there and collect some more. i know the ones that's just breaking ground are tall enough by this time.