Starting a New Life Abroad

tanpa dirimu oh.. yang aku rindu kasih
melayang ku .. bersama bayang dirimu
mestinya yea.. kau ada di sini bersamaku
untuk bercanda wowowo.. memadu kasih berdua
selamanya oh oh wowow..

tiada lagi dapat kubuat, untuk hilangkan rasa ini
lagu ini takkan membuat, hasrat hati yang kumiliki
yeye..

bawalah daku bersama, ke dalam setiap langkahku
di manapun, engkau berada
kangen aku pada dirimu, tiada akan dapat terobati
tanpaku belai rambutmu, kucium pipimu
dan, kunikmati.. senyummu

(the essentials.. come on fellows.. take it)

tiada lagi dapat kubuat, untuk hilangkan rasa ini
lagu ini takkan membuat, hasrat hati yang kumiliki
yeye..

bawalah daku bersama, ke dalam setiap langkahku
di manapun, engkau berada
kangen aku pada dirimu, tiada akan dapat terobati
tanpaku belai rambutmu, kucium pipimu
dan, kunikmati.. senyummu

Maliq n D’essentials - Kangen

Dear my loved ones,

I just got back from my trip last night. I was sleeping on the train but amazingly I woke up a couple of minutes before the train reached my stop. I think no matter how tired I am, my body and mind always manage to work together to regain my consciousness back before I miss my stop.
It’s like they’re screaming together, "Your stop is coming! Wake up! You don’t want to end up in Gambir, do you?"
Or something like that.

I was so knackered when I hit the bed around 2am last night.

I still am now. But I also feel ecstatic and refreshed.

I haven’t got the time to write my travel notes and “the-situation-looking- kinda-bad on Jogja (why me lord)” on report as there are (the so-called) work-related bits and pieces to be done and ponder about. These things have been waiting for me to make my first move since I entered the office this morning.

My darlings,
I’ll be away again this weekend.
In fact, I’m going to be away every single weekend of this month until the last weekend in July.
Life has been good to me, indeed.

By the way, much to my pleasure, the weather deity has been extremely generous with sunshine since last week. The temperature falls between 32 - 35 during the day and 20 -26 in the evening. I got a minor sunburn two days ago coz I was wearing a shirt and had too much confidence that I wouldn’t need any sunblock while I went frolicking under the Hot Java sun from 11am until 8pm.
But not to worry, the redness on my skin has gone now. I’ll keep in mind to wear some sun lotion the next time I’m out and about in my tank tops hua ha ha.

Is it too premature and presumptuous to say that the famous Betawi saying does not apply this year?
I’m talking about: "It’s the good old Java Summer. Blink and you’ll miss it."
Nah, I think it’s quite safe.

Well, honey…
I gotta go now.
Here’s the list so I won’t forget what I’m indebted to you:
1. Rumbai Trip. 28-3 June….Pulang Kampong
2. Jogja Trip. 4-6 June ….family related
3. Bpn Trip: 12 - 16 June…..work related
4. Pengen bolos trip

I guess I’ll start taking the full blame when you complain that I’m never home.

With lots of love,

A.W.A

PS. Please don’t hate me coz I’m being nomadic and having an absolutely fun hot weather. I still haven’t got my replacement fridge. You do know how important it is to have a working refrigerator in this weather, don’t you, dear?

I was planning to post the
magnificent pictures of  Pulang Kampong that I took over
the weekend, but I forgot to copy them from my personal laptop to a memory
stick and bring the stick to work, as I thought of uploading the pictures from
the office. A shame, really. Because now I don’t know what to blog besides some
random thoughts.

I’m at work, by the way, as if it’s not yet that obvious. I’m getting fed up
with emails, meetings and reports. And it was only eleven in the morning when I
started thinking about how to waste my time efficiently.

The landlord called me yesterday afternoon, saying that he’d probably come over
next week to replace the broken fridge with a new one. Yes, this can only be
done next week coz his regular store hasn’t got similar size/style of fridges
at the moment. When I asked why he didn’t try to get the old one fixed, he said
the cost of fixing would be more expensive than buying a new fridge. I found
that a bit weird coz the old fridge looked actually quite new. I also happen to
know that a brand new combo of fridge and freezer is rather costly.
Uh, I don’t know. I really don’t understand these Betawis sometimes.

I dyed my hair the other night. It was the second round of the application. The
first round was about 10 days ago when I used half of the hair dye. Some people
have commented that the colour suits me well, but I’m disappointed. My hair now
looks purplish red, which is not what I want coz the shade in the box cover is Volcano Red that looks almost orange. Gaaaaah!
Well, it’s nothing new, really. I’d had previous experiences of
self-hair-dyeing when the colour was not strong enuf for my natural black hair.
One of these days, I will definitely go to a fancy hairdresser and have my hair
bleached and then coloured GREEN.
Seriously.

You know, hair dye aside…
I consider myself lucky to be surrounded by very nice people, especially by
those who are responsible to put in a good word for my past education and work
history. They are still helpful and approachable although I haven’t been in
touch with them for quite a long time. I heart these people so much.

And speaking of the people I heart…
I came home to a flat smelled of smoked weed last night. It was my two crazy
mates’ doing, whom I bravely left on their own in my place yesterday because I
had to work. I acquired a weird headache as soon as I entered the flat and felt
extremely ravenous after half an hour sitting in the thin smoke. One of my
mates managed to prepare a mountain of sushi for me despite the fact that both
of them had been amusingly stoned for 4 hours. The sushi were really good!!! I
ate some unagi, prawn, salmon and egg sushi and drank some warm sake and plum
wine. We went to a pub later on for some lager but didn’t stay out long coz the
three of us felt kinda woozy. Looking back on what I had infused in my
bloodstream within hours, it’s no wonder I slept so soundly and had a happy
technicolour dream last night. *LOL*

Hey ho…

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.
How is it possible that someone can run out of random crap to write?

Hari ini gua rasa sangat les miserables (lagi)

Selepas wa makan lunch (baduk mee rebus, sambal kussemangat!) bersama rakan seperjuangan, vision wa tiba-tiba sungguh blurry. Wa pusing kepala sikit ke kiri, wa nampak stars pusing-pusing. Tapi bukan di atas kepala wa tau! Wa nampak stars pusing-pusing di atas kepala kawan wa.

Tengok punya tengok, wa pon ikut buat pusingan(s) sampai kepala dan kepalahotak wa pon ikut pusing macam washingmachine.

Itu lah akibat melayan bintang berterbangan atas kepala orang lain. Orang tuh takde apa-apa, kita ajer yang melebih.

Sekarang kepala wa sudah pening. Rasakan lah!

Okay speaking of sambal…

Tadi semasa wa menjamu mee rebus sambal kussemangat tuh, wa ada bergossip-gossip bersama kawan wa. Yes yes yes!! U heard it right darling. Sejak wa berkawan dengan lelaki bertulang rubber, wa kini semakin terror dalam bidang bergossip.

HAHAHHAHAHHA!!

Ok cukup gelak!

Berbalik tentang cerita hangat kawan wa yang satu nie.

Selepas wa cerita gedebagedebukgedebakgedebuk (cut the long story short) Tiba-tiba kawan wa yang satu nie, muka nya terus menyenget. Aduh! Seram plak wa melihatnya! Rasa macam nak lari pon ada. Pak^kal mee rebus wa masih berlambak! Perut wa plak masih belom kenal erti kenyang. Wa pon duduk ajer lah, garfu di jari dan mee ke mulut.

Bila wa on the way balik tadi, wa pikir.

Wa pikir dan pikir dan pikir dan pikir…

"Mamat nih,  wa tak sebut pon namanya. Kenapa dia nak terasa sangat?"

Wa perah otak wa lagi, pikir, pikir, pikir…

TOOP TOOOP!!! HAH!!! BARU WA TAHU KENAPA!!!

Member wa banyak makan sambal tadi. Tuh lah dia rasa pedasnya.

HAHHAHAHAAHHAHAH!!!

Okay lah baba. Wa moh pergi terjun atas katil wa. Wa tak larat nak layan bintang hari ini. Kalau luh orang ada apa-apa plan bayek punya. Jangan segan-segan lah picit wa punya number.