From the moment i knew for sure i was getting married, attending solemnization ceremonies and watching wedding video's made me cry. Be it strangers' weddings , or that of close friends and relatives. I put it down to hormones and the stress of planning a wedding. But ive been watching a couple of wedding videos of late- and ive been bawling like a baby at the office its embarrassing!
what surprised me even more was when my collegue called me over to her desk to watch the 'flash mob' at KLIA- the one thats all over fb now- we were both fawning over the video till the end bit when the cabin crews came out then evryone did the dance togather. Thru flooded eyeballs I went- I dont know why but i feel like crying watching this. Without skipping a beat she went- i pooonnnnnn!! and immediately passed me a tissue as we both wept.
Hello- ape yg sedih kot!!?? I just feel so touched looking at them all dancing in sync with one another. Its not often you see msian uniting but this is one of the few occasion that brings togather msians of all races, age groups and social status. So touching laaa!!
If uv been living under a discarded coconut shell and have not seen it- pls click here and do. And tell me- did u feel like crying too??
Showing posts with label Drama Queen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drama Queen. Show all posts
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Spooky nites...
For the past 2 years i have been waking up in the middle of the night. This happens everynight no matter where i am, be it at home, a hotel or my grandma's place back in my hometown. And i always always always wake up at 2.58, 2.59 or 3am. i googled this and got some rather disturbing answers. While some sites mentioned something about sleep patterns and internal clocks, a lot of them say that 3am is the time when paranormal activity is at its peak. Reading about the witching hour and the hour of the walking dead isnt really making me feel all that better. But i do get creeped out when i wake up, even if the tv is on, which is most nites (fine everynite). I get the feeling that im being watched.
Last night i had a nightmare, that i was sleeping and woke up at 2.59am and felt like there was a presence in my bedroom. I ran out and saw my dad standing outside my door. he looked pale and told me that he saw a pontianak (banshee) flying into my room. At that exact moment i woke up, and it was 2.59am- creepy much!??!?
On a totally unrelated note, the wedding frenzy is starting to get to me. Were in d midst of looking for a ring for him and omg stress pls. Were looking for a broad ring coz he has giant fingers, in a material that abides by islamic laws, and my moms laws, and is within my budget. u kno how hard that is??? It doesnt help that he's so far away, but i guess we have to make do. 4 months one week and one day to go. Lets pray we all come thru in one piece. Frazzled and fried im sure... but intact :)
Last night i had a nightmare, that i was sleeping and woke up at 2.59am and felt like there was a presence in my bedroom. I ran out and saw my dad standing outside my door. he looked pale and told me that he saw a pontianak (banshee) flying into my room. At that exact moment i woke up, and it was 2.59am- creepy much!??!?
On a totally unrelated note, the wedding frenzy is starting to get to me. Were in d midst of looking for a ring for him and omg stress pls. Were looking for a broad ring coz he has giant fingers, in a material that abides by islamic laws, and my moms laws, and is within my budget. u kno how hard that is??? It doesnt help that he's so far away, but i guess we have to make do. 4 months one week and one day to go. Lets pray we all come thru in one piece. Frazzled and fried im sure... but intact :)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Pukul kang!?!
So jj will be leaving town in a couple of days. his company is sending him sumwhere for a period of time which im not very happy about. but i guess i should be thankful they picked him. rezeki nk kawen org kate. and i am thankful!- for him. im just really bummed out for me. they gave him a rather short notice considering the fact that he would be there for a considerable amount of time. of course he wud need time to gather his things n pack up. but nope. no off days to do that. and guess wat? do it during weekends? out the window! coz guess wat!? he's got to work thru weekends as well!?! so ive been mentally imagining his company as a person, and in my head, ive hit it with a rock, ran over it with a steamroller and pushed it off various cliffs countless times.
and seeing as to how he's leaving so soon, weve been scrambling to go out everynight amidst my tight schedule of readings and tuitions and whatnots. we had to go to all the restaurants we (i) wanted to try and catch all the movies we (i) wanted to watch before he left. and the day before yesterday we went to snowflakes in kota damansara and i fell in love. then lastnite we went to honeymoon cafe and it was just ok ok la. bt snowflakes was fantabulous! i have a knack for desserts and all things new n weird especially wen it comes to food. i wanna try em all!!!
im so glad im not reading this weekend so were can spend more time before he leaves. we wud be able to go out more had it not been for his company *pushes company into heavy traffic*. but i guess we'll have to make do. were going to his parents for his brothers birthday and their place is right before the F1 circuit. i wan to cry imagining the traffic.
ive been going into clingy gf mode which i hate but i cant help it. ill be fine (i hope) once everything is sorted out n i wave him off at the airport. ill be down in d dumps for a while and will probably burrow a hole in which i would curl in every date nite and wallow in self pity.
SNAP OUT OF IT WOMAN!!! ill b fine!!! of course!! n evryday i'll spend a fewhours minutes each day imagining the things he's buying to bring back for me.
*punches company smack dab in the face just because*
and seeing as to how he's leaving so soon, weve been scrambling to go out everynight amidst my tight schedule of readings and tuitions and whatnots. we had to go to all the restaurants we (i) wanted to try and catch all the movies we (i) wanted to watch before he left. and the day before yesterday we went to snowflakes in kota damansara and i fell in love. then lastnite we went to honeymoon cafe and it was just ok ok la. bt snowflakes was fantabulous! i have a knack for desserts and all things new n weird especially wen it comes to food. i wanna try em all!!!
im so glad im not reading this weekend so were can spend more time before he leaves. we wud be able to go out more had it not been for his company *pushes company into heavy traffic*. but i guess we'll have to make do. were going to his parents for his brothers birthday and their place is right before the F1 circuit. i wan to cry imagining the traffic.
ive been going into clingy gf mode which i hate but i cant help it. ill be fine (i hope) once everything is sorted out n i wave him off at the airport. ill be down in d dumps for a while and will probably burrow a hole in which i would curl in every date nite and wallow in self pity.
SNAP OUT OF IT WOMAN!!! ill b fine!!! of course!! n evryday i'll spend a few
*punches company smack dab in the face just because*
Monday, September 27, 2010
Jogger Horror the Sequel..
** Continuation from previous post
So we hiked on along. stopping at the small stream to refresh ourselves. there were a number of tracks. well worn paths that lead to the exit im sure. i mean this is a popular place. its pretty safe. rite? turns out i was wrong. after following one of the many well beaten paths (alot of which was littered with markers from previous group hikes) we hiked up a track n suddenly found ourselves on a road. a real tar-ed road albeit a small like. kindda like the ones winding up cameron highlands.
on our right was a huge water tank (dead end) and to our left the road stretched further then we cud see. at this point we still saw paper markers left by the group hike. we dcided to walk up the road, when i say UP, i mean UP. we climbed up the road n saw nothing. well i saw a baby black n red snake. at this point i looked down n realised there werent any more markers n i was beginning to worry. neither of us spoke. the sun was high up above our heads by then.
suddenly thr was a loud rustling noise in the bushes (semak samun) to our left. it was really loud. i was terrified!! but we still walked on. he wasnt looking so good. i asked if he was ok, he sed his knee was hurting n that he cudnt run. oh no... then i heard the distant sounds of traffic. i jogged ahead pass the curve in the road to see and i saw a creepy old house ahead. at this point jj cudnt see me as i was pass the bend. then suddenly there was a loud rustle in the semak samun again, this time to my left. i ran back to himwe both turned pale(he claimed he was calm n relaxed n i was d only one panicking- ok btul kot) scared out of my wits. i have not idea wat animal dat was but watever it was it scared d hell out of me.
as we were approaching the house there was soft music playing an old malay tune. the house looked like an abandoned bungalow but sumone had taken over n built a small attachmnt using pices of plywood. n there was a rickety old car out front. n no one to be seen.
it was creepy as hell i tell u. no one knew whr we were, if sumone were to have taken us no one wud know. my mom wud probly hv ppl comb every inch of lake gardens n wudnt find anything.
thankfully nothing unfavourable happened thr. i was never more glad to see ppl when we reached a kampung. the name of the road- jalan kubur.. how apt.
please bear in mind we started hiking at bukit gasing in PJ.
u know where we came out??
pantai dalam in bangsar. BANGSAR!! from pj!! on FOOT!! MY FOOT!!
needless to say we hailed a cab to drive us back to our car, that was parked in pj. im all for hiking in the jungle but DO NOT make me walk in the sun unprotected by trees or sunblock n sunglasses.
it was a long time before we got to eat our bfast at raju.
this happened yesterday n my body is feeling the aches today. i hope a burnt a gazillion calories yesterday. i tink i deserve it wat with my near death experience with the snake n rustling semak samun's. i almost had a heart attack!
i had to tell this story while its still fresh in my mind.
so guys the next time u go hiking, make sure u take the rite track ok? n wear sunblock even if u dont think its neccessary. i learnt that the hard way.
So we hiked on along. stopping at the small stream to refresh ourselves. there were a number of tracks. well worn paths that lead to the exit im sure. i mean this is a popular place. its pretty safe. rite? turns out i was wrong. after following one of the many well beaten paths (alot of which was littered with markers from previous group hikes) we hiked up a track n suddenly found ourselves on a road. a real tar-ed road albeit a small like. kindda like the ones winding up cameron highlands.
on our right was a huge water tank (dead end) and to our left the road stretched further then we cud see. at this point we still saw paper markers left by the group hike. we dcided to walk up the road, when i say UP, i mean UP. we climbed up the road n saw nothing. well i saw a baby black n red snake. at this point i looked down n realised there werent any more markers n i was beginning to worry. neither of us spoke. the sun was high up above our heads by then.
suddenly thr was a loud rustling noise in the bushes (semak samun) to our left. it was really loud. i was terrified!! but we still walked on. he wasnt looking so good. i asked if he was ok, he sed his knee was hurting n that he cudnt run. oh no... then i heard the distant sounds of traffic. i jogged ahead pass the curve in the road to see and i saw a creepy old house ahead. at this point jj cudnt see me as i was pass the bend. then suddenly there was a loud rustle in the semak samun again, this time to my left. i ran back to him
as we were approaching the house there was soft music playing an old malay tune. the house looked like an abandoned bungalow but sumone had taken over n built a small attachmnt using pices of plywood. n there was a rickety old car out front. n no one to be seen.
it was creepy as hell i tell u. no one knew whr we were, if sumone were to have taken us no one wud know. my mom wud probly hv ppl comb every inch of lake gardens n wudnt find anything.
thankfully nothing unfavourable happened thr. i was never more glad to see ppl when we reached a kampung. the name of the road- jalan kubur.. how apt.
please bear in mind we started hiking at bukit gasing in PJ.
u know where we came out??
pantai dalam in bangsar. BANGSAR!! from pj!! on FOOT!! MY FOOT!!
needless to say we hailed a cab to drive us back to our car, that was parked in pj. im all for hiking in the jungle but DO NOT make me walk in the sun unprotected by trees or sunblock n sunglasses.
it was a long time before we got to eat our bfast at raju.
this happened yesterday n my body is feeling the aches today. i hope a burnt a gazillion calories yesterday. i tink i deserve it wat with my near death experience with the snake n rustling semak samun's. i almost had a heart attack!
i had to tell this story while its still fresh in my mind.
so guys the next time u go hiking, make sure u take the rite track ok? n wear sunblock even if u dont think its neccessary. i learnt that the hard way.
Jogger Horror- The Beginning...
So ive been feeling super unhealthy and fat lately, so i made jj promise to bring me jogging on sunday. i had to make him promise coz i wanted to go early. reeaaaal early. like at 715am. coz if we go later den d sun wud b up n me n d sun. we're not on good terms. so thr we were, all geared up n ready to go.
lake gardens here we come!! then as we approached d jln dat leads on to parliament tibe2 omg jln di tutup. apparently there was a marathon goin on dat day. sum olympic day marathon or sumtin. i mean seriously. i wanna run too!!
so thr we were, bloody morning sun shining in our faces as it kept on rising, staring at runners jogging past our car, as we sat waiting for the end-less stream of runners to pass. when i say endless, i mean endless. half an hour later we were still stuck at d same spot. i wanted to scream. ok i did. coz hello! were burning daylight!! i did not get up soooo early to watch ppl run! i wanna run!! hv u seen my thighs??? i NEED to run!!
ok so lepas tu we dcided to go to bukit gasing tmn rimba in pj. ive only been thr once wen i was 9 bt i remember how much i loved it! its a patch of jungle in the city. its not really a jogging place. more of a hiking place which i totally love!
he was reluctant to go by this time, prefering to hit d bfast place instead. but after promises of raju's he relented. i was bouncing of the walls with excitement. then we got there n i got even more excited! i climbed n jogged n walked n basked in the wonderful fresh forest air, and the beautiful sunlight that escaped in thin rays amongst the dense greens. *que music n slow-mo movements*
after 15 mins i was already huffing n puffing but loving it still. been such a long time since i worked up a sweat. we hiked in silence, greeting the occasional hikers we met along d way. i kept on following a sign that sed 'anak sungai' which means 'stream'. at this point we didnt bump into anyone else. bt i remember reading sumwhr that u should always follow the river if u ever get lost on a jungle.
ok this is quite a long post. i will cont the story on d next post coz a long post just makes me wanna sleep.
**please note that this is the fairer side of the story. the next episode will be dark n frightful. i promise.
lake gardens here we come!! then as we approached d jln dat leads on to parliament tibe2 omg jln di tutup. apparently there was a marathon goin on dat day. sum olympic day marathon or sumtin. i mean seriously. i wanna run too!!
so thr we were, bloody morning sun shining in our faces as it kept on rising, staring at runners jogging past our car, as we sat waiting for the end-less stream of runners to pass. when i say endless, i mean endless. half an hour later we were still stuck at d same spot. i wanted to scream. ok i did. coz hello! were burning daylight!! i did not get up soooo early to watch ppl run! i wanna run!! hv u seen my thighs??? i NEED to run!!
ok so lepas tu we dcided to go to bukit gasing tmn rimba in pj. ive only been thr once wen i was 9 bt i remember how much i loved it! its a patch of jungle in the city. its not really a jogging place. more of a hiking place which i totally love!
he was reluctant to go by this time, prefering to hit d bfast place instead. but after promises of raju's he relented. i was bouncing of the walls with excitement. then we got there n i got even more excited! i climbed n jogged n walked n basked in the wonderful fresh forest air, and the beautiful sunlight that escaped in thin rays amongst the dense greens. *que music n slow-mo movements*
after 15 mins i was already huffing n puffing but loving it still. been such a long time since i worked up a sweat. we hiked in silence, greeting the occasional hikers we met along d way. i kept on following a sign that sed 'anak sungai' which means 'stream'. at this point we didnt bump into anyone else. bt i remember reading sumwhr that u should always follow the river if u ever get lost on a jungle.
ok this is quite a long post. i will cont the story on d next post coz a long post just makes me wanna sleep.
**please note that this is the fairer side of the story. the next episode will be dark n frightful. i promise.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Whiney thursday
gosh! ive been so bugged down with work lately! weve been drowning in requests since we came back from raya hols its crazy! it was a bit of a shock to our systems, after the long hiatus, and massive amounts of food we stuffed our faces with. i hope today will b a better day.
and to add more sugar cubes to my tea, i had a large order (well large for me considering i work alone) of choc chip cookies for a tunang. she wanted giant cookies. like the size of ur palm. i got the sample size on monday nite. n she wanted it on wed nite. 180 giant cookies n 3 boxes of small ones. i had 2 nites to do it. n i am soooooo glad i managed to finish on time lastnite.
ive never been one to parade around bags under my eyes or have dark circles. coz i never miss my sleep. but of late, ive had to use concealer lest a panda mistakes me for its mummy. n i hate it!
and for once ive been pining for my gym. coz ive frozen it. n can only go nx month. i need to sweat a lil. i feel so unhealthy and gross. also i miss the cinema. i havent been visiting it much.
i sound so whiny today. ill shut it before it gets to you n drowns you n you feel like theres NO ESCAPING IT!!! ok dah diam skrg..
ill go wollow n self pity n drown my sorrows in my nasi lemak.
nak tambah stress- my student is sitting for his PMR in about 2 weeks *EEEEEEEEEEP*
and to add more sugar cubes to my tea, i had a large order (well large for me considering i work alone) of choc chip cookies for a tunang. she wanted giant cookies. like the size of ur palm. i got the sample size on monday nite. n she wanted it on wed nite. 180 giant cookies n 3 boxes of small ones. i had 2 nites to do it. n i am soooooo glad i managed to finish on time lastnite.
ive never been one to parade around bags under my eyes or have dark circles. coz i never miss my sleep. but of late, ive had to use concealer lest a panda mistakes me for its mummy. n i hate it!
and for once ive been pining for my gym. coz ive frozen it. n can only go nx month. i need to sweat a lil. i feel so unhealthy and gross. also i miss the cinema. i havent been visiting it much.
i sound so whiny today. ill shut it before it gets to you n drowns you n you feel like theres NO ESCAPING IT!!! ok dah diam skrg..
ill go wollow n self pity n drown my sorrows in my nasi lemak.
nak tambah stress- my student is sitting for his PMR in about 2 weeks *EEEEEEEEEEP*
Monday, August 2, 2010
Nightmare on news
I had a nigtmare last nite.
I was on my way to go to the studio coz i was reading. news was on at 2pm (which is weird coz i read at midnite). i left the house w my mom at 1130 am and thr was a MASSIVE crawl on the roads. the roads were SUPER scary!! it was at a 90 degree angle and was soooo soooo sooo tinggi!! ive got major issues w heights! n i was the one driving n it went on forever n ever!! my kaki got so lenguh n i asked mama to put her kaki on the accelerator a few times.
i arrived late. at 145pm. had 15 mins to go thru the story lineup and have hair n make up done. while reading i realised i was wearing my sleeveless pajama top, and they had put me in a bright green jacket with stars on it.
i almost died.
but i cudnt coz i was on camera.
so i smiled.
n did my thang!
I was on my way to go to the studio coz i was reading. news was on at 2pm (which is weird coz i read at midnite). i left the house w my mom at 1130 am and thr was a MASSIVE crawl on the roads. the roads were SUPER scary!! it was at a 90 degree angle and was soooo soooo sooo tinggi!! ive got major issues w heights! n i was the one driving n it went on forever n ever!! my kaki got so lenguh n i asked mama to put her kaki on the accelerator a few times.
i arrived late. at 145pm. had 15 mins to go thru the story lineup and have hair n make up done. while reading i realised i was wearing my sleeveless pajama top, and they had put me in a bright green jacket with stars on it.
i almost died.
but i cudnt coz i was on camera.
so i smiled.
n did my thang!
it was sumtin like this. wouldnt you die?
Friday, July 30, 2010
The tale of the travelling cred card- and stupid maybank
So like EVERYONE knows malaysia has gone into crazy sale's mode. soo good for my systems. SO BAD for my bank account. if you're on my fb list, uve probably seen my shoutouts bitching about maybank- the dumbest bank ever. and this is the story of how i went from lovey dovey singing praises r/ship with my bank to non stop bitching NEVER recommending to anyone hatred.
a couple of weeks back i got a phone call from a visa mastercard centre in KL saying they needed to veify my card. i hate strangers calling to promote or persuade ppl to buy, sell, join, invest in anything. i will normally just say im driving or that i am in a meeting that will only finish at 630pm by which their ofc would have closed or i am just not interested, say thank you and hang up. so this was xactly what i did to this girl, told her i was in a meeting, thanked her, and hung up.
a few days later, she called me back.
girl- kak, hr tu saye call akak ckp akak habes meeting pukul 630. ofc dh tutup kak pukul 630. boleh saye nk verify kan account akak x sekarang?
i was in a pretty good mood that day, and i was fasting so i thought what the heck, wouldnt hurt to give this poor girl a min of my time. plus she was really polite n sweet n kindda nervous, like she was on her first week of work.
me- ok, nak verify ape?
girl- kitorg nk verify cred card akak.
me- verify for wat??
girl- kak boleh tak bacakan nombor cred card akak saye nk confirm kn ia masih di gunakan. klu ia tidak di guna kan kami nak cancel.
me- im still using my cc ok. xpayah cancel.
girl- ok saye baca kan the first 8 numbers of cred card den akak complete kan ok?
me- wat for. u dr centre, u patut nye dah ade sume tu dlm record kn?
girl- akak... tlg berkerjasama kak.. pls... *dlm nada kesian*
me- *alamak tibe2 ade kerja masuk*
girl- *proceeds to read first 8 digits of my cc number*
me- *stupidly completed it by reciting the last 8 digits*
girl- ok thank you akak. nampak nye card ini masih active ye.
me- *duh*
girl- ok skrg bole x akak baca kan cvv nmber?
me- *ok lembap. br nk catch on yg rupe nye sumtin fishy is going on* eh apasal u nk cvv nmber i?? ape company ni?? u name ape?? tunggu jap biar i call maybank n confirm. give me ur name.
girl- *voice shaking* ahhh?? name?? erm.. erm... lina..
me- lina ape?? binti??
girl- erm... muttalib...
me- u call me back in 10. i nk call maybank.
*proceeds to call maybank*
me- hi maybank, i got a call a few mins ago from this girl saying she's fr the visa mastercard centre in kl. she wanted to do some verification and was asking for my cc number. so i... *xsempat abes ckp*
maybank girl- did u give ur number?
me- yes and she asked for my cvv number but i didnt give it to her *feeling preety damn smart that i didnt*
maybank girl- *in a panicky voice* ok were going to block your card now. can you tell me ur last transaction miss?
me- but i didnt give my cvv number... can they do anything???? *heart falls into my stilettoes*
maybank girl- OH YES!!
*faints*
so that was how i lost my card.. or the use of my card... or my right arm.. u cant really tell the diff
maybank sed they were going to replace it n that i would get my card in the next 7-14 days. this was how the conversation went.
me- so i will get my card in 2 weeks? whr will u send it?
maybank idiot 1- we'll send your card either to your home or the nearest branch.
me- ok... bt can u send it my ofc? coz sumtimes xde org or ppl xdgr u ting tong n all. klu kt ofc senang.
maybank idiot 1- sorry we cant send it to ur ofc sbb policy kite xbole. if sumtin happs to ur card then we wont be held responsible.
me- oh ok. then u send to branch la. u send to damansara uptown branch in DU. ok?
maybank idiot 1- ok mam. we'll send it there. u can call back in 2 weeks time to check and see if it has arrived.
me- great! thank u!
*impatient me waits patiently for 2 weeks. all the while losing treats points when i shop or isi minyak*
2 weeks pass.
me- hi im calling to enquire about
my cc? its been 2 weeks. i want to kno if it has been sent to uptown branch so i can pick it up.
*after 2 million questions to confirm the card is indeed mine*
maybank idiot 2- hmmm... it seems your card is back at the centre.
me- what??? dh 2 minggu kott!!?!?
maybank idiot 2- well mam. the card was sent to your house and no one was there so it was sent back here.
me- *telinga berasap ttp di controll* awak... ive been waiting 2 weeks.. n i specifically asked that the card be sent to the branch n NOT my house.
maybank idiot 2- i understand ur frustration mam. we will send it back to the branch and it will be ready for pick up in 7-14 days.
me- *fights urge to go burn down all maybanks in malaysia*
*impatiently waits another week and half*
looses mind for 3 minutes when yuyu calls to say coach is having massive sales!!
- u tau x skrg tgh sale???!?!?!??!
*composes self and calls maybank branch*
me- hi im calling to see of my card has arrived.
maybank idiot 3- hmm... your card isnt here mam.
me- what do u mean my card isnt here?!?!?!
maybank idiot 3- let me track down your card and call u back in 10 mins mam?
*blood boiling for 30 mins and still no call back*
*calls 3 oth ppls who promised to call back n did not*
me- hello i called earlier n spoke to nazim? nizam? asha?? ramzan?? watever. whrs my cred card?!?!
maybank idiots- *locates it sumwhr or other* ok mam we'll send ur card to ur HOUSE n ull get it in 7-14 days
me- *mentally bites this idiots ear off n throws it to the dogs* I S-E-D D-O N-O-T S-E-N-D I-T T-O T-H-E HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
ok kesimpulan nye last2 pg menara maybank n they found my card sitting kesian so lonely in CHERAS!!! poslaju CHERASS!!
i called the guy n he was puzzled how my card ended up in cheras when im staying in pj. had the cheek to sarcastically ask me how it got thr.
ask me laaa!!!
i sure know wan!! *mentally punches guy in the face*
got them to send it to poslaju pj n went by to pick it up yesterday amid the crazy traffic not to mention sesat beberapa kali n hilang the docket number so they made it xtra hard to look for the thing.
all this for a small piece of plastic....
so this is why ive been bitching non stop about maybank. their call centre ppl are so incompetant!!! HOUSE and BRANCH. seems pretty easy to differentiate the two if u ask me. sum ppl are just too bongok lah
i told my bf that if i dun get my card before the coach sales end then mayb its just not meant to be...
that i wouldnt buy anything...
but...
i got my card...
n the sales is still on...
:)
a couple of weeks back i got a phone call from a visa mastercard centre in KL saying they needed to veify my card. i hate strangers calling to promote or persuade ppl to buy, sell, join, invest in anything. i will normally just say im driving or that i am in a meeting that will only finish at 630pm by which their ofc would have closed or i am just not interested, say thank you and hang up. so this was xactly what i did to this girl, told her i was in a meeting, thanked her, and hung up.
a few days later, she called me back.
girl- kak, hr tu saye call akak ckp akak habes meeting pukul 630. ofc dh tutup kak pukul 630. boleh saye nk verify kan account akak x sekarang?
i was in a pretty good mood that day, and i was fasting so i thought what the heck, wouldnt hurt to give this poor girl a min of my time. plus she was really polite n sweet n kindda nervous, like she was on her first week of work.
me- ok, nak verify ape?
girl- kitorg nk verify cred card akak.
me- verify for wat??
girl- kak boleh tak bacakan nombor cred card akak saye nk confirm kn ia masih di gunakan. klu ia tidak di guna kan kami nak cancel.
me- im still using my cc ok. xpayah cancel.
girl- ok saye baca kan the first 8 numbers of cred card den akak complete kan ok?
me- wat for. u dr centre, u patut nye dah ade sume tu dlm record kn?
girl- akak... tlg berkerjasama kak.. pls... *dlm nada kesian*
me- *alamak tibe2 ade kerja masuk*
girl- *proceeds to read first 8 digits of my cc number*
me- *stupidly completed it by reciting the last 8 digits*
girl- ok thank you akak. nampak nye card ini masih active ye.
me- *duh*
girl- ok skrg bole x akak baca kan cvv nmber?
me- *ok lembap. br nk catch on yg rupe nye sumtin fishy is going on* eh apasal u nk cvv nmber i?? ape company ni?? u name ape?? tunggu jap biar i call maybank n confirm. give me ur name.
girl- *voice shaking* ahhh?? name?? erm.. erm... lina..
me- lina ape?? binti??
girl- erm... muttalib...
me- u call me back in 10. i nk call maybank.
*proceeds to call maybank*
me- hi maybank, i got a call a few mins ago from this girl saying she's fr the visa mastercard centre in kl. she wanted to do some verification and was asking for my cc number. so i... *xsempat abes ckp*
maybank girl- did u give ur number?
me- yes and she asked for my cvv number but i didnt give it to her *feeling preety damn smart that i didnt*
maybank girl- *in a panicky voice* ok were going to block your card now. can you tell me ur last transaction miss?
me- but i didnt give my cvv number... can they do anything???? *heart falls into my stilettoes*
maybank girl- OH YES!!
*faints*
so that was how i lost my card.. or the use of my card... or my right arm.. u cant really tell the diff
maybank sed they were going to replace it n that i would get my card in the next 7-14 days. this was how the conversation went.
me- so i will get my card in 2 weeks? whr will u send it?
maybank idiot 1- we'll send your card either to your home or the nearest branch.
me- ok... bt can u send it my ofc? coz sumtimes xde org or ppl xdgr u ting tong n all. klu kt ofc senang.
maybank idiot 1- sorry we cant send it to ur ofc sbb policy kite xbole. if sumtin happs to ur card then we wont be held responsible.
me- oh ok. then u send to branch la. u send to damansara uptown branch in DU. ok?
maybank idiot 1- ok mam. we'll send it there. u can call back in 2 weeks time to check and see if it has arrived.
me- great! thank u!
*impatient me waits patiently for 2 weeks. all the while losing treats points when i shop or isi minyak*
2 weeks pass.
me- hi im calling to enquire about
my cc? its been 2 weeks. i want to kno if it has been sent to uptown branch so i can pick it up.
*after 2 million questions to confirm the card is indeed mine*
maybank idiot 2- hmmm... it seems your card is back at the centre.
me- what??? dh 2 minggu kott!!?!?
maybank idiot 2- well mam. the card was sent to your house and no one was there so it was sent back here.
me- *telinga berasap ttp di controll* awak... ive been waiting 2 weeks.. n i specifically asked that the card be sent to the branch n NOT my house.
maybank idiot 2- i understand ur frustration mam. we will send it back to the branch and it will be ready for pick up in 7-14 days.
me- *fights urge to go burn down all maybanks in malaysia*
*impatiently waits another week and half*
looses mind for 3 minutes when yuyu calls to say coach is having massive sales!!
- u tau x skrg tgh sale???!?!?!??!
*composes self and calls maybank branch*
me- hi im calling to see of my card has arrived.
maybank idiot 3- hmm... your card isnt here mam.
me- what do u mean my card isnt here?!?!?!
maybank idiot 3- let me track down your card and call u back in 10 mins mam?
*blood boiling for 30 mins and still no call back*
*calls 3 oth ppls who promised to call back n did not*
me- hello i called earlier n spoke to nazim? nizam? asha?? ramzan?? watever. whrs my cred card?!?!
maybank idiots- *locates it sumwhr or other* ok mam we'll send ur card to ur HOUSE n ull get it in 7-14 days
me- *mentally bites this idiots ear off n throws it to the dogs* I S-E-D D-O N-O-T S-E-N-D I-T T-O T-H-E HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
ok kesimpulan nye last2 pg menara maybank n they found my card sitting kesian so lonely in CHERAS!!! poslaju CHERASS!!
i called the guy n he was puzzled how my card ended up in cheras when im staying in pj. had the cheek to sarcastically ask me how it got thr.
ask me laaa!!!
i sure know wan!! *mentally punches guy in the face*
got them to send it to poslaju pj n went by to pick it up yesterday amid the crazy traffic not to mention sesat beberapa kali n hilang the docket number so they made it xtra hard to look for the thing.
all this for a small piece of plastic....
so this is why ive been bitching non stop about maybank. their call centre ppl are so incompetant!!! HOUSE and BRANCH. seems pretty easy to differentiate the two if u ask me. sum ppl are just too bongok lah
i told my bf that if i dun get my card before the coach sales end then mayb its just not meant to be...
that i wouldnt buy anything...
but...
i got my card...
n the sales is still on...
:)
Monday, July 12, 2010
and im back in the game
Being a newsreader has always always always been my dream. when the incident happened, i was not allowed to appear on air for fear of 'my safety'. in truth, i had become an overnite liability to the company. I fully understand their predicament being a media company. But however way i look at it, the consequence was the same, my lifelong dream, was gone.
since that day, i had tried and tried again to get back into this line i love so much but with every mention of my name and the association to you know what, doors would shut in my face, and resume's would get lost. I would see their excitement when i am auditioning, and then when it was questions time i would see the arch of their eyebrows and the knowing nodd, and know my fate was not to be. I even saw them put a note in red on one occasion 'labeling' me to the case.
I felt i was unjustly treated. I just wanted to be judged fairly based on my talent and nothing else. I have been to auditions held by every tv station in Malaysia save for one, and i get the same looks of pity and shrugs each and every time.
A couple of months back i went to the career fair at Midvalley. My dear friend Mariane had told me there was an audition going on. it was a friday evening. I wanted to rush there in my shabby state to audition- bear in mind the crazy friday traffic getting from cyberto midvalley would probably take me two days but i didnt care! Till i spoke to jj and mama about it and they told me to be patient, and to go tomorrow.
i was glad i listened to them. We went there bright and early the next day and i was so eager to go i could have bitten anyone who stopped me. I had only one thing in mind, and that was to audition to be a newsreader. I was oblivious to the other booths that only seemed to slow me down. i was jumping out of my skin! by this time i was practically hyperventilating! i couldnt feel my toes! jj had to calm me down and ask me take deep breaths. When we got there, we were told auditions only begin at 2pm. it was 10am. are u kidding me??
I am not a fan of midvalley. Crowds are just not my thing. So we left, and returned at 2.30, bless him for braving the crazy traffic n i kno how much he hates malls at weekends, what more midvalley with career fair going on! it was crazy! but he kept silent coz he saw how much i wanted this. Plus id probably have bitten his ear off if he didnt take me.
after (again) braving the sea of pesky booths and 1000 flyers later, i got to the audition (they were still setting up the booth) and i was the first. very impatient person i am i know! and i gave my best! i auditioned in front of so many people and it was nerve wrecking! but i had decided this was going to be my last audition, and that if i didnt get it i was going to throw in the towel and think that maybe its just not meant to be.
I did my best and left. and waited for that call. 2 weeks passed and i had heard nothing.. i sent an email to some people and bluntly told them that i am no longer associated to the case, and that i would like to be judged solely on my talent and nothing else.
a week later i got the call :) and last nite, i relived my dream
alhamdullillah my prayers were answered.
my closest family and friends were glued to the tv come midnight. my parents slept early and set their clock to go off close to midnite. and my nenek in sarawak stayed up wayyy past her bedtime. my friends gave words of encouragement. Im glad and thankful to once again be in that seat, albeit at another station.
Alhamdulillah.
Thank you for the well wishes.
I love you guys.
~ on a lighter note. I AM NOT THAT FAT!!! u put on 30% of extra weight on tv. Im actually closer to Kate Moss' size. btul xtipu... ok maybe siket..
since that day, i had tried and tried again to get back into this line i love so much but with every mention of my name and the association to you know what, doors would shut in my face, and resume's would get lost. I would see their excitement when i am auditioning, and then when it was questions time i would see the arch of their eyebrows and the knowing nodd, and know my fate was not to be. I even saw them put a note in red on one occasion 'labeling' me to the case.
I felt i was unjustly treated. I just wanted to be judged fairly based on my talent and nothing else. I have been to auditions held by every tv station in Malaysia save for one, and i get the same looks of pity and shrugs each and every time.
A couple of months back i went to the career fair at Midvalley. My dear friend Mariane had told me there was an audition going on. it was a friday evening. I wanted to rush there in my shabby state to audition- bear in mind the crazy friday traffic getting from cyberto midvalley would probably take me two days but i didnt care! Till i spoke to jj and mama about it and they told me to be patient, and to go tomorrow.
i was glad i listened to them. We went there bright and early the next day and i was so eager to go i could have bitten anyone who stopped me. I had only one thing in mind, and that was to audition to be a newsreader. I was oblivious to the other booths that only seemed to slow me down. i was jumping out of my skin! by this time i was practically hyperventilating! i couldnt feel my toes! jj had to calm me down and ask me take deep breaths. When we got there, we were told auditions only begin at 2pm. it was 10am. are u kidding me??
I am not a fan of midvalley. Crowds are just not my thing. So we left, and returned at 2.30, bless him for braving the crazy traffic n i kno how much he hates malls at weekends, what more midvalley with career fair going on! it was crazy! but he kept silent coz he saw how much i wanted this. Plus id probably have bitten his ear off if he didnt take me.
after (again) braving the sea of pesky booths and 1000 flyers later, i got to the audition (they were still setting up the booth) and i was the first. very impatient person i am i know! and i gave my best! i auditioned in front of so many people and it was nerve wrecking! but i had decided this was going to be my last audition, and that if i didnt get it i was going to throw in the towel and think that maybe its just not meant to be.
I did my best and left. and waited for that call. 2 weeks passed and i had heard nothing.. i sent an email to some people and bluntly told them that i am no longer associated to the case, and that i would like to be judged solely on my talent and nothing else.
a week later i got the call :) and last nite, i relived my dream
alhamdullillah my prayers were answered.
my closest family and friends were glued to the tv come midnight. my parents slept early and set their clock to go off close to midnite. and my nenek in sarawak stayed up wayyy past her bedtime. my friends gave words of encouragement. Im glad and thankful to once again be in that seat, albeit at another station.
Alhamdulillah.
Thank you for the well wishes.
I love you guys.
~ on a lighter note. I AM NOT THAT FAT!!! u put on 30% of extra weight on tv. Im actually closer to Kate Moss' size. btul xtipu... ok maybe siket..
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
A Marine's journey home
Chance Phelps was wearing his St. Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Eight days later, on April 17, I handed the medallion to his mother. I didn't know Chance before he died. Today I miss him.
Over a year ago, I volunteered to escort the remains of Marines killed in Iraq should the need arise. The military provides a uniformed escort for all casualties to ensure they are delivered safely to the next of kin and are treated with dignity and respect along the way.
Thankfully, I hadn't been called on to be an escort since Operation Iraqi Freedom began. The first few weeks of April, however, had been a tough month for the Marines.
On the Monday after Easter, I was reviewing Department of Defense press releases when I saw that a Pfc. Chance Phelps, 19, was killed in action outside of Baghdad. The press release listed his hometown of Clifton, Colo., which is right next to Grand Junction, the town I'm from. I notified our battalion adjutant and told him that, should the duty to escort Pfc. Phelps fall to our battalion, I would take him.
I didn't hear back the rest of Monday and all day Tuesday until 1800. The battalion duty NCO called me and said I needed to be ready to leave for Dover Air Force Base in Delaware at 1900 to escort the remains of Pfc. Phelps.
Before leaving for Dover, I called the major who had to inform Chance's parents of his death. The major said the funeral was going to be in Dubois, Wyo. (It turned out that Pfc. Phelps had lived in Clifton for only his senior year of high school.) I had never been to Wyoming and had never heard of Dubois.
With two other escorts from Quantico, I got to Dover AFB at 2330 Tuesday. Early Wednesday, we reported to the base mortuary. In the escort lounge were about half a dozen Army soldiers, and about an equal number of Marines were waiting to meet up with "their" remains for departure. Pfc. Phelps was not ready, however, and I was told to come back Thursday. Now, at Dover with nothing to do and a solemn mission ahead, I began to get depressed.
I was wondering about Chance Phelps. I didn't know anything about him, not even what he looked like. I wondered about his family and what it would be like to meet them. I did pushups in my room until I couldn't do any more.
On Thursday morning, I reported back to the mortuary. This time, there were a new group of Army escorts and a couple of the Marines who had been there Wednesday. There was also an Air Force captain there to escort his brother home to San Diego.
We received a brief covering our duties, the proper handling of the remains, the procedures for draping a flag over a casket and the paperwork attendant to our task. We were shown pictures of the shipping container and told that each one contained the casket and a flag. I was given an extra flag because Pfc. Phelps' parents were divorced. This way, they would each get one.
I didn't like the idea of stuffing the flag into my luggage, but I couldn't see carrying a large flag, folded for presentation to the next of kin, through an airport while in my Alpha uniform. It barely fit into my suitcase.
It turned out that I was the last escort to leave Thursday. This meant that I repeatedly got to participate in the small ceremonies that mark all departures from the mortuary.
Most of the remains are taken by hearse from Dover to the airport in Philadelphia for air transport to their final destination. When the remains of a service member are ready to leave the mortuary, an announcement is made over the intercom system. With the announcement, all service members working at the mortuary, regardless of service branch, stop work and form up along the driveway to render a slow ceremonial salute as the hearse departs. Escorts also participate in each formation until it is their time to leave.
On this day there were some civilians doing construction on the mortuary grounds. As each hearse passed, they would stop working and place their hard hats over their hearts. This was my first sign that my mission with Pfc. Phelps was larger than the Marine Corps and that his family and friends were not grieving alone.
Eventually I was the last escort in the lounge. The Marine master gunnery sergeant in charge of the Marine liaison brought me Pfc. Phelps' personal effects. He removed each item: a large watch, a wooden cross with a lanyard, two loose dog tags, two dog tags on a chain and a St. Christopher medal on a silver chain. Although we had been briefed that we might be carrying some personal effects of the deceased, this set me aback. Holding his personal effects, I was starting to get to know Chance Phelps.
Finally we were ready. I grabbed my bags and went outside. I was startled when I saw the shipping container loaded three-quarters of the way into the back of a black Chevy Suburban that had been modified to carry such cargo. This was the first time I had seen it. I was surprised at how large the shipping container was. The sergeant and I verified that the name on the container was correct. Then, they pushed it the rest of the way in, and we left. Now, it was Pfc. Chance Phelps' turn to receive the military and construction workers' honors. He was finally moving toward home.
As I chatted with the driver on the hour-long trip to Philadelphia, it became clear that he considered it an honor to be able to contribute in getting Chance home. He offered his sympathy to the family. I was glad to finally be moving yet apprehensive about what things would be like at the airport. I didn't want this package to be treated like ordinary cargo, yet I knew that the simple logistics of moving a box this large would have to overrule my preferences.
When we got to the Northwest Airlines cargo terminal at the Philadelphia airport, the cargo handler and hearse driver pulled the shipping container onto a loading bay while I stood to the side and executed a slow salute. Once Chance was safely in the cargo area, and I was satisfied that he would be treated with due care and respect, the driver took me to the passenger terminal.
As I walked up to the ticketing counter in my uniform, a Northwest employee started to ask me whether I knew how to use the automated boarding pass dispenser. Before she could finish, another ticketing agent interrupted her. He told me to go straight to the counter, then explained to the woman that I was a military escort. She seemed embarrassed.
The woman behind the counter already had tears in her eyes as I was pulling out my government travel voucher. She struggled to find words but managed to express her sympathy for the family and thank me for my service. She upgraded my ticket to first class.
After clearing security, I was met by another Northwest Airlines employee at the gate. She told me a representative from cargo would take me to the tarmac to observe the movement and loading of Pfc. Phelps. I hadn't really told any of them what my mission was, but they all knew.
When the man from the cargo crew met me, he, too, struggled for words. On the tarmac, he told me stories of his childhood as a military brat and repeatedly told me that he was sorry for my loss. I was starting to understand that, even here in Philadelphia, far away from Chance's hometown, people were mourning with his family.
On the tarmac, the cargo crew was silent expect for occasional instructions to each other. I stood to the side and saluted as the conveyor moved the container to the aircraft. I was relieved when he was finally settled into place. The rest of the bags were loaded, and I watched them shut the cargo bay door before I headed back to board the aircraft.
One of the pilots had taken my carry-on bag himself and stored it next to the cockpit door so he could watch it while I was on the tarmac. As I boarded the plane, I could tell immediately that the flight attendants had already been informed of my mission. They seemed a little choked up as they led me to my seat.
About 45 minutes into our flight, I still hadn't spoken to anyone expect to tell the first-class flight attendant that I would prefer water. I was surprised when the flight attendant from the back of the plane suddenly appeared and leaned down to grab my hands. She said, "I want you to have this, " as she pushed a small gold crucifix, with a relief of Jesus, into my hand. It was her lapel pin, and it looked somewhat worn. I suspected it had been hers for quite some time. That was the only thing she said to me the entire flight.
When we landed in Minneapolis, I was the first one off the plane. The pilot escorted me down the side stairs of the exit tunnel to the tarmac. The cargo crew there already knew what was on this plane. They were unloading some of the luggage when an Army sergeant, a fellow escort who had left Dover earlier that day, appeared next to me.
His "cargo" was going to be loaded onto my plane for its continuing leg. We stood side-by-side in the dark and executed a slow salute as Chance was removed from the plane. The cargo crew at Minneapolis kept the shipping case separate from the other luggage as they waited to take us to the cargo area. I waited with the soldier, and we saluted together as his fallen comrade was loaded onto the plane.
My trip was going to be somewhat unusual because we were going to have an overnight stopover. We had a late start out of Dover, and there was just too much traveling ahead of us to continue on that day. We still had a flight from Minneapolis to Billings, Mont., then a five-hour drive to the funeral home, followed by a 90-minute drive to Chance's hometown.)
I was concerned about leaving him overnight in the Minneapolis cargo area, but my 10-minute ride from the tarmac to the cargo holding area eased my apprehension. Just as in Philadelphia, the cargo guys in Minneapolis were extremely respectful and seemed honored to do their part.
Once I was satisfied that all would be OK for the night, I asked one of the cargo crew if he would take me to the terminal so that I could catch my hotel's shuttle. Instead, he drove me straight to the hotel.
Returning to the cargo area in the morning, I saluted as Chance was moved up the conveyor and onto the plane.
When we arrived at Billings, I was again the first off the plane. This time, Chance's shipping container was the first item out of the cargo hold. The funeral director had driven five hours up from Riverton, Wyo., to meet us. He shook my hand as if I had lost a brother.
We moved the shipping container to a secluded cargo area so that I could remove it and drape the flag over the casket. I had predicted that this would choke me up, but I found I was more concerned with proper flag etiquette than the solemnity of the moment. Once the flag was in place, I stood by and saluted as Chance was loaded into the funeral home van.
I was thankful that we were in a small airport, and the event seemed to go mostly unnoticed. I picked up my rental car and followed the van to Riverton. During the five-hour trip, I imagined how my meeting with the parents would go. I was nervous about it.
When we arrived at the funeral home, I had my first direct meeting with the casualty assistance call officer who had informed the family of Chance's death. He was on the inspector-instructor staff of an infantry company in Salt Lake City, and I knew he had had a difficult week.
I gave the funeral director some of the paperwork and discussed the plan for the next day. The service was to be at 1400 in the high school gymnasium in Dubois, population about 900, some 90 miles away. The casualty assistance call officer had some items that the family wanted to go into the casket. I felt I needed to inspect Chance's uniform to ensure everything was proper even though it was going to be a closed casket funeral.
Earlier in the day, I wasn't sure how I'd handle this moment. Suddenly, the casket was open, and I got my first look at Chance Phelps. His uniform was immaculate -- a tribute to the professionalism of the Marines at Dover. I noticed that he wore six ribbons over his marksmanship badge. The senior one was his Purple Heart.
I had been in the Corps for more than 17 years, including a combat tour in Kuwait, and was wearing eight ribbons. This private first class, with less than a year in the Corps, had already earned six.
The next morning, I wore my dress blues and followed the hearse to Dubois. This was the most difficult leg of our trip for me. I was bracing for the moment when I would meet his parents and hoping I would find the right words as I presented them with Chance's personal effects.
We got to the high school gym about four hours before the service was to begin. The floor was covered with folding chairs neatly lined in rows. A few townspeople were making final preparations when I stood next to the hearse and saluted as the casket was unloaded. The sight of a flag-draped coffin was overwhelming to some of the women. We moved the casket to the place of honor. A Marine sergeant, the command representative from Chance's battalion, met me at the gym. His eyes were watery as he relieved me of watching Chance so that I could eat lunch and find my hotel.
At the restaurant, the table had a flyer announcing the service. Dubois High School gym: 2 o'clock. It also said that the family would be accepting donations so that they could buy flak vests to send to troops in Iraq.
I drove back to the gym at 1:15 p.m. I could've walked -- you could walk to just about anywhere in Dubois in 10 minutes. I had planned to find a quiet room where I could take his things out of their pouch and untangle the chain of the St. Christopher medal from the dog tag chains and arrange everything before his parents came in. I had twice before removed the items from the pouch to ensure they were all there -- even though there was no chance anything could've fallen out. Each time, the two chains had been quite tangled. I didn't want to be fumbling around trying to untangle them in front of his parents. Our meeting, however, didn't go as expected.
I practically bumped into Chance's stepmother accidentally, and our introductions began in the noisy hallway outside the gym. I soon met his father, followed by his stepfather and his mother.
I didn't know how to express my sympathy for their loss and my gratitude for their sacrifice. Now, however, they were repeatedly thanking me for bringing their son home and for my service. I was humbled beyond words.
I told them that I had some of his things and asked if we could find a quiet place. The five of us ended up in what appeared to be a computer lab -- not what I had envisioned for this occasion.
After we had arranged five chairs around a small table, I told them about our trip. I told them how, at every step, Chance was treated with respect, dignity, and honor. I told them about the staff at Dover and all the folks at Northwest Airlines. I tried to convey how the entire nation -- from Dover to Philadelphia to Minneapolis to Billings and Riverton -- expressed grief and sympathy over their loss.
Finally, it was time to open the pouch. The first item I happened to pull out was Chance's large watch still set to Baghdad time. Next were the lanyard and the wooden cross. Then the dog tags and the St. Christopher medal. This time the chains were not tangled.
Once all of his items were laid out on the table, I told his mom that I had one other item to give them. I retrieved the flight attendant's crucifix from my pocket and told its story. I set that on the table and excused myself. When I next saw Chance's mom, she was wearing the crucifix on her lapel.
By 2 p.m. most of the seats on the gym floor were filled, and people were finding seats in the bleachers. There were a surprising number of people in military uniform. Many Marines had come up from Salt Lake City. Men from various VFW posts and the Marine Corps League occupied multiple rows of folding chairs. We all stood as the family took their seats in the front.
It turned out Chance's sister, a petty officer in the Navy, worked for a rear admiral, the chief of naval intelligence, at the Pentagon. The admiral had brought many of the sailors on his staff with him to Dubois to pay respects to Chance and support his sister. After a few songs and some words from a Navy chaplain, the admiral took the microphone and told us how Chance had died.
He was an artillery cannoneer, and his unit was acting as provisional military police outside Baghdad. Chance had volunteered to man a .50-caliber machine gun in the turret of the leading vehicle in a convoy. The convoy came under intense fire, but Chance returned fire with the big gun, covering the rest of the convoy, until he was fatally wounded.
Then, the commander of the local VFW post read some of the letters Chance had written home. In letters to his mom, he talked of the mosquitoes and the heat. In letters to his stepfather, he told of the dangers of convoy operations and of receiving fire.
The service was a fitting tribute to this hero. When it was over, we stood as the casket was wheeled out with the family following. The casket was placed onto a horse-drawn carriage for the mile-long trip from the gym, down the main street, then up the steep hill to the cemetery. I stood alone and saluted as the carriage left. I found my car and joined Chance's convoy.
The town seemingly went from the gym to the street. All along the route, people lined the street and waved small American flags. The flags that were otherwise posted were all at half-staff.
For the last quarter mile up the hill, local Boy Scouts, spaced about 20 feet apart, all in uniform, held large flags. At the foot of the hill, I could look up and back and see the enormity of the procession. I wondered how many people would be at this funeral if it were in, say, Detroit or Los Angeles -- probably not as many as were here in little Dubois, Wyo.
The carriage stopped about 15 yards from the grave, and the military pallbearers and the family waited until the men of the VFW and Marine Corps League were formed up and school buses had arrived carrying many of the people from the procession route.
Once the entire crowd was in place, the pallbearers came to attention and began to remove the casket from the caisson. As I had done all week, I came to attention and executed a slow ceremonial salute as Chance was transferred from one mode of transport to another.
From Dover to Philadelphia, Philadelphia to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to Billings, Billings to Riverton, and Riverton to Dubois we had been together. Now, as I watched them carry him the final 15 yards, I was choking up. I felt that as long as he was still moving, he was somehow still alive. Then they put him down above his grave. He had stopped moving.
Although my mission had been officially complete once I turned him over to the funeral director at the Billings airport, it was his placement at his grave that really concluded it in my mind. Now he was home to stay, and I suddenly felt sad, relieved and useless.
The chaplain said some words I couldn't hear, and two Marines removed the flag from the casket and folded it for presentation to his mother. When the ceremony was over, Chance's father placed a ribbon from his service in Vietnam on the casket. His mother took something from her blouse and put it on the casket. I later saw that it was the flight attendant's crucifix. Eventually Chance's friends moved closer to the grave. A young man put a can of Copenhagen on the casket, and many others left flowers.
Finally, we all went back to the gym for a reception. There was enough food to feed the entire population for a few days. In one corner of the gym was a table with lots of pictures of Chance and some of his sports awards. People were continually approaching me and the other Marines to thank us for our service. Almost all of them had some story to tell about their connection to the military. About an hour into the reception, I had the impression that every man in Wyoming had been in the service at one time or another.
It seemed as if every time I saw Chance's mom, she was hugging a different well wisher. As time passed, I began to hear people laughing. We were starting to heal.
After a few hours at the gym, I went to the hotel to change out of my dress blues. The local VFW post had invited everyone over to celebrate Chance's life. The crowd was somewhat smaller than at the gym, but the post was packed.
Marines were playing pool at the two tables near the entrance, and most of the VFW members were in the bar area. The largest room was a banquet-dining- dancing area renamed the Chance Phelps Room. Above the entry were two items: a large portrait of Chance in his dress blues and the eagle, globe and anchor. In one corner of the room was another memorial with candles burning around another picture of him in his blues. Also on the table were his Purple Heart citation, his Purple Heart medal and a framed excerpt from the Congressional Record -- a tribute delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives by Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Colo. Above it all was a television playing a photo montage of Chance's life from small boy to proud Marine.
I left Dubois before sunrise for my long drive back to Billings. It had been my honor to take Chance Phelps to his final post. Now, he was on the high ground overlooking his town.
I miss him.
Michael R. Strobl is a lieutenant colonel with the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. This article is being published with the cooperation of John Phelps, the father of Chance Phelps. His Web site is johnphelps.com.
* Michael R. Strobl is a retired United States Marine Corps officer. After serving in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, he later took a desk job at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia. Feeling guilty that some of the men he served with in the Gulf War were serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Strobl volunteered to escort the remains of fallen Marines to their homes in the United States.
A movie was made based on this true story. It is called 'Taking Chance'. Ive had the DVD forever but never got around to watching it coz looking at the cover (Kevin Bacon in full army regalia) i thought it was just another boring war movie.
Till i saw the trailer on HBO. Then lastnight as i was about to hit the sack the movie was on. i had missed the first 10 mins but i watched it anyway. Though the movie was slow paced and had no action scenes or climaxes, it was so touching.
I am not an american nor do i condone what they are doing over there in Iraq. This movie is not centered on the war, rather it was a story of a courageous young man who sacrificed his life for his comrades, his brothers.
It is about his journey home, after serving his country, and the respect he gains from strangers who held him in their hearts.
The article above has been shorten. The original piece is 12 pages long. If you do have the time, please watch this movie. I cried at every turn.
I got so emotional watching Kevin Bacon do the slow salute every single time they changed vehicles.
And there was this one scene when they were driving up to Wyoming on the last leg of the journey, a lot of cars overtook them to go faster, then when they saw that this hearse was carrying the casket covered with the american flag, holding the remains of a fallen soldier, they all turned on their headlights and joined in the convoy.
Before long, there was an entire line of all sorts of cars and trucks, headlights on, silently accompanying this marine on his journey home.
So emotional i tell you..
* Article taken from here
Friday, July 2, 2010
Soap Opera
So i was just minding my own business on a slow friday evening when i got an email from Sandwich telling Donut- and evryone else on the team whom she had so thoughtfully cc-ed that she was unhappy with the way Donut worked as it was affecting her. the words she used were rather.. erm.. blunt? i was unhappily minding my own business when i got the email. n dat little voice inside my head went. oooooo drama!! yes yes im shallow like dat get over it!
so Donut wasnt just gonna keep quiet n let sandwich walk all over her like dat no way sirrr!! so she sent another blunt email telling Sandwich off. again. so thoughtfully copying all of us, who by this time were all IM-ing each other, disecting the newly aquired gossip.
den tibe2. Sandwich IM-ed me asking for my take on this new happening. eh jgn la IM i. i was happily kepohing to ppl pls dun. Sandwich wanted to know if i was unhappy with the way things were going. i sed i thot evrything was going swell, n dat i had no complaints n that i didnt want to get in d middle of anything (u kno just in case she was recruiting an army or watever). den she asked me if i thot d email was 'blunt'. to which i replied..
Janna- erm... i wudnt say 'blunt'...
den i panicked! i hate being put on d spot! hate hate hate!!!
i went
Janna- haaaaaa!!! i dont knoww!!!! *faints*
dat was exactly wat i wrote. i dh ckp dont put me on d spot. ive got sum condition or sumtin. i get panic attacks over the simplest things. gossips i love. but dun ask me to like u kno.. justify sumtin sumtin to get back at sumone sumone. too much for me!!
so as im typing this, im waiting for the next cc-ed email to come in.
thank you Sandwich and Donut for providing my boring dry lunch-less friday with much needed icing.
* im fasting (ganti xabes2 lg) hence the lunchless friday
**names have been changed to foods that i want to eat right now.
so Donut wasnt just gonna keep quiet n let sandwich walk all over her like dat no way sirrr!! so she sent another blunt email telling Sandwich off. again. so thoughtfully copying all of us, who by this time were all IM-ing each other, disecting the newly aquired gossip.
den tibe2. Sandwich IM-ed me asking for my take on this new happening. eh jgn la IM i. i was happily kepohing to ppl pls dun. Sandwich wanted to know if i was unhappy with the way things were going. i sed i thot evrything was going swell, n dat i had no complaints n that i didnt want to get in d middle of anything (u kno just in case she was recruiting an army or watever). den she asked me if i thot d email was 'blunt'. to which i replied..
Janna- erm... i wudnt say 'blunt'...
den i panicked! i hate being put on d spot! hate hate hate!!!
i went
Janna- haaaaaa!!! i dont knoww!!!! *faints*
dat was exactly wat i wrote. i dh ckp dont put me on d spot. ive got sum condition or sumtin. i get panic attacks over the simplest things. gossips i love. but dun ask me to like u kno.. justify sumtin sumtin to get back at sumone sumone. too much for me!!
so as im typing this, im waiting for the next cc-ed email to come in.
thank you Sandwich and Donut for providing my boring dry lunch-less friday with much needed icing.
* im fasting (ganti xabes2 lg) hence the lunchless friday
**names have been changed to foods that i want to eat right now.
Monday, June 14, 2010
apom apa?
last week after tuition we went out for a bite. i didnt intend to eat as id had my dinner earlier. in a bid to kurus, ive been taking my dinner early- 4 hours b4 bedtime. so far so good. cept for the occasional times wen i teman ppl n jst cannot resist snacking jgak. so we went out at 10 ish n he had indomee. to which i wen nakkkk jugakkkkk!! n i didnt just mkn indomee! no!! i also had dessert!! dis uncle had to bukak his stall nx to d mapley we were at la kan! n me being d glutton dat i am cud not walk away without trying it kan??
ive read about dis uncle a couple o times on various food blogs, but had nvr tried it myself. so i reasoned since i was in d area at dat time (i mean how often do i lepak at dt area mlm2 cam tu kn- so wat d heck) a couple of extra (n extra extra) calories surely wud do no harm kan?
well it was well worth it!
d apom was crispy all the way thru. n im not talking crispy while its hot kindda thing. it was really really crispy!! so good!
thr was a lot o flavours to choose from. they had choc banana, sunrise sumtin2 which is egg w sumtin, n honey cheese and durian. they had sum oth flavs which i cannot recall.
i was torn between honey cheese n durian bt later dcided on durian. he was as always unadventerous and stuck w choc banana (i hate bananas)- xoriginal lgsg tau.
n omg it didnt disspoint! my durian i mean. sdap gilsss!! d durian topping was frozen so it had an ice cream-ish texture to it. im not sure if it was 100% durian or it had been mixed w cream but it was heaven! n they were pretty generous w it as well! a whole big scoop of it!! nyum nyum!!
jj hates processed durian of anykind. he's a bit of a food snob. klu mkn durian kne freshly bukak, kenot b kept in fridge, kenot be touched by other hands b4 he eats it. bla bla bla.
i tasted a bit of his banana choc. i only broke off a small choc covered bit but i felt dat d nutella was left on d heat too long n it was hard (burnt) and wasnt melted n ooey gooey like i wud hv prefered. choc spead burns really fast- i learned this wen i tried to mke a choc muffin w nutella centre.
he hated d smell of my durian. hahah!!
if ur ever in tmn tun at nite. look for devi's corner on persiaran zaaba. d stall is set on d sidewalk across the road from it.
the stall opens at 9pm till 2am.
-pics taken using my bb hence the compromised quality-
ive read about dis uncle a couple o times on various food blogs, but had nvr tried it myself. so i reasoned since i was in d area at dat time (i mean how often do i lepak at dt area mlm2 cam tu kn- so wat d heck) a couple of extra (n extra extra) calories surely wud do no harm kan?
well it was well worth it!
d apom was crispy all the way thru. n im not talking crispy while its hot kindda thing. it was really really crispy!! so good!
thr was a lot o flavours to choose from. they had choc banana, sunrise sumtin2 which is egg w sumtin, n honey cheese and durian. they had sum oth flavs which i cannot recall.
i was torn between honey cheese n durian bt later dcided on durian. he was as always unadventerous and stuck w choc banana (i hate bananas)- xoriginal lgsg tau.
n omg it didnt disspoint! my durian i mean. sdap gilsss!! d durian topping was frozen so it had an ice cream-ish texture to it. im not sure if it was 100% durian or it had been mixed w cream but it was heaven! n they were pretty generous w it as well! a whole big scoop of it!! nyum nyum!!
jj hates processed durian of anykind. he's a bit of a food snob. klu mkn durian kne freshly bukak, kenot b kept in fridge, kenot be touched by other hands b4 he eats it. bla bla bla.
i tasted a bit of his banana choc. i only broke off a small choc covered bit but i felt dat d nutella was left on d heat too long n it was hard (burnt) and wasnt melted n ooey gooey like i wud hv prefered. choc spead burns really fast- i learned this wen i tried to mke a choc muffin w nutella centre.
he hated d smell of my durian. hahah!!
if ur ever in tmn tun at nite. look for devi's corner on persiaran zaaba. d stall is set on d sidewalk across the road from it.
the stall opens at 9pm till 2am.
-pics taken using my bb hence the compromised quality-
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
RIP Red BB
so on sat jj n i decided to finally go hiking- a plan we made 3 months ago. ok br skrg nk materealize. so i got up ad 7 and showered and waited for him to pick me up. papa did all bout laugh his head off (ok laugh jgak bt xguling2)when i told him i was going hiking. he simply kenot take me seriously when i tell him im gonna do any form of streneous activity since well.. ever. give me sum cred la pa!
well he ws rite.. but we didnt intentionally not go hiking.. it rained.. quite heavily pulak tu so we re-routed and went for bfast instead. mkn heavy pulak tu.. mee kari!! nyum nyum.. on a rainy day a steaming hot bowl of mee kari is heaven in a bowl ok.
den wanted to drop by maxis but it wasnt open yet so he sed.. alang2 were here lets work up a sweat abit. so we went to kiara park at tmn tun. we park rite infront of thegate whr so ramai org klua masuk. d car was opposite the soya bean truck which is like d hi lite of the park. n dey had a nature society day thingy dat day so laagiii la ramai org.
getting down from the car i wanted to bring down my phone by he sed xpayah la, i dh bwk my phone. so i left it in the glove compartment n we were off. thr were lotsa booth around d park. we signed sum petition, ate sum cereal (thr was a honeystars truck parked nearby- like i cud resist!??) and den trus penat.
went back to the car and opened the glove compartment to get my phone and lo n behold!! it wasnt thr. me being me immediately panicked. he was all calm n cool. ade tu. check btul2. im sure its thr. my phone has a red devil rubber cover so its kindda hard to miss. i was sure at that point we had been robbed. he was still relaxed saying, my wallets here we werent robbed'. till he opened his wallet and found himself poorer by rm150.
by this time i was surprisingly serene. i was not going jack in d box crazy like id always imagine myself to be in these situation. after it sunk in that we were indeed robbed in broad daylite, we went n lodged a police report. we went by maxis to get my sim card back and to enquire about my corporate plan but was rather dissapointing.
i got myself another bb coz i still hv to pay for the service so i might as well mke use of it kn.
n today i got even!! called maxis n got them to jamm my stolen phone so it can only be used for making and receiving calls. no sms, mms, bbm, fb, twitter, nothing! hamek kau pencurik!!
i just sat staring at my laptop screen with a grin on my face imagining d face of the creep using my phone n tibe2 kenot use.
we (myself n d kid i teach tuition to) bbm-ed my old phone yesterday using tuition kids bb n sumone was already using it! sumone named alan. n we asked him whr he got the phone n i told him dat he was using my bb dat was stolen over the weekend. guess wat he did. he deleted tuition kid from his list. and he nvr approved me at all!! sbb my nick on my old phone is jane n my new phone pn name jane. so cam he xapprove. n now he cant use d phone. hihi!! *joy*
ok i just realised i dont hav a single photo of my old phone.. how sad... oooh found one! but its more of me brangan amek gamba while trying on clothes.. hmm.. well sumtin is better then nuthin ey?
u will be missed red bb..
on a happier note~ he got me a new pair of shoes coz i was bummed out abot losing my phone..
n its my new favouritest shoe!!
i wanted it the moment i saw it on the catalogue in us but d shipping cost was too much. den we found it at gardens!! *luff*
well he ws rite.. but we didnt intentionally not go hiking.. it rained.. quite heavily pulak tu so we re-routed and went for bfast instead. mkn heavy pulak tu.. mee kari!! nyum nyum.. on a rainy day a steaming hot bowl of mee kari is heaven in a bowl ok.
den wanted to drop by maxis but it wasnt open yet so he sed.. alang2 were here lets work up a sweat abit. so we went to kiara park at tmn tun. we park rite infront of thegate whr so ramai org klua masuk. d car was opposite the soya bean truck which is like d hi lite of the park. n dey had a nature society day thingy dat day so laagiii la ramai org.
getting down from the car i wanted to bring down my phone by he sed xpayah la, i dh bwk my phone. so i left it in the glove compartment n we were off. thr were lotsa booth around d park. we signed sum petition, ate sum cereal (thr was a honeystars truck parked nearby- like i cud resist!??) and den trus penat.
went back to the car and opened the glove compartment to get my phone and lo n behold!! it wasnt thr. me being me immediately panicked. he was all calm n cool. ade tu. check btul2. im sure its thr. my phone has a red devil rubber cover so its kindda hard to miss. i was sure at that point we had been robbed. he was still relaxed saying, my wallets here we werent robbed'. till he opened his wallet and found himself poorer by rm150.
by this time i was surprisingly serene. i was not going jack in d box crazy like id always imagine myself to be in these situation. after it sunk in that we were indeed robbed in broad daylite, we went n lodged a police report. we went by maxis to get my sim card back and to enquire about my corporate plan but was rather dissapointing.
i got myself another bb coz i still hv to pay for the service so i might as well mke use of it kn.
n today i got even!! called maxis n got them to jamm my stolen phone so it can only be used for making and receiving calls. no sms, mms, bbm, fb, twitter, nothing! hamek kau pencurik!!
i just sat staring at my laptop screen with a grin on my face imagining d face of the creep using my phone n tibe2 kenot use.
we (myself n d kid i teach tuition to) bbm-ed my old phone yesterday using tuition kids bb n sumone was already using it! sumone named alan. n we asked him whr he got the phone n i told him dat he was using my bb dat was stolen over the weekend. guess wat he did. he deleted tuition kid from his list. and he nvr approved me at all!! sbb my nick on my old phone is jane n my new phone pn name jane. so cam he xapprove. n now he cant use d phone. hihi!! *joy*
ok i just realised i dont hav a single photo of my old phone.. how sad... oooh found one! but its more of me brangan amek gamba while trying on clothes.. hmm.. well sumtin is better then nuthin ey?
u will be missed red bb..
on a happier note~ he got me a new pair of shoes coz i was bummed out abot losing my phone..
n its my new favouritest shoe!!
i wanted it the moment i saw it on the catalogue in us but d shipping cost was too much. den we found it at gardens!! *luff*
dont u just want to die???
d new jane :)
d old jane :(
u will be missed.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Karma
i saw someone a couple of days back at a mall..
n that sumone had put on a considerable amount of weight..
a VERY considerable amount of weight..
and due to our... history.. i was ecstatically happy to see that this person had gone fat!
jahat x??
i was deliriously happy!!
well till i called sumone else to confirm n dat person sed that d sed person was outta town so it could not have been that person.. must hv been adek dia kot.. oh well.. happiness was short lived- but was great while it lasted! haha!
*feels shallow for a min* -shallowness over-
why does this happ?? y do we feel that surge of glee when sumtin like obesity happs to sumone we had a 'not so nice' history with..
i guess its like seeing karma in action... getting ur ass bitten is never nice.. but to see it happ to ur once upon a time enemy *smiles evilly* makes for undescribable happiness :)
damn it was the wrong person but it gave me much needed endorphines to last me a day
p/s: wonder if im making anyone deliriously happy by ballooning up like a cow..?
n that sumone had put on a considerable amount of weight..
a VERY considerable amount of weight..
and due to our... history.. i was ecstatically happy to see that this person had gone fat!
jahat x??
i was deliriously happy!!
well till i called sumone else to confirm n dat person sed that d sed person was outta town so it could not have been that person.. must hv been adek dia kot.. oh well.. happiness was short lived- but was great while it lasted! haha!
*feels shallow for a min* -shallowness over-
why does this happ?? y do we feel that surge of glee when sumtin like obesity happs to sumone we had a 'not so nice' history with..
i guess its like seeing karma in action... getting ur ass bitten is never nice.. but to see it happ to ur once upon a time enemy *smiles evilly* makes for undescribable happiness :)
damn it was the wrong person but it gave me much needed endorphines to last me a day
p/s: wonder if im making anyone deliriously happy by ballooning up like a cow..?
Monday, March 1, 2010
A bumpy start..
i hate mondays..
like really really hate em'
i was late getting ready this morning den i turun n started d engine n realised i left my tuition books upstairs. lari naik den saw ooo water bottle.. better bring in case i get thirsty in d car sbb so hot.. den turun.. n realised i did not get my books den naik balik amek books den br masuk car..
then i left my hse n realised i didnt have enuff in my touch n go to reach cyber. so i decided to go to d BHP stn near my hse sbb ada maybank atm thr. so pg la... i parked rite in front o d entrance.. thr was a lady at d machine so i waited den realised i left my T n G card in d car. wen n got it den another lady came in like 0.003 seconds b4 me n used d machine. ok fine.. tunggu lg.. wen it was my turn.. i put my card in d slot n it got rejected.. apakah??
*ATM out of service*
pls jahat.. ok dh marah2 hv to go to d big maybank yg akn buat i lg lmbat den went to maybank at uptown n there was a line at evry atm. ok fuming silently inside but stil beratur.. i was mentally choking d lady in front o me sbb hello?? can u go any slower??? pls take ur time. i happen to really enjoy staring at d back o ur very fascinating head!! move it sista!! ok den it was my turn! yeayy!! janna puts card in slot. janna's card gets rejected by atm. janna gets msg dat says.
*ATM out of service*
kill me kill me now..
wats wrong w me?? am i eminating sum radioactive wave dats making d atms break down???
had to join another line.. br bole.. by dat time dah ader like volcano yg dh erupt coming outta my half blown hair.. eeee hate mondayssss!!!
ok pastu masuk keje ader like a tonne o work..
n br siap 1 task..
ader 3 lg..
n im blogging..
but i sooo need to blow off sum steam.. promise treasure ok
oh my cousin lan got married over d weekend at ipoh. bole panas lg xmalaysia ni?? it was so hot i wanted to cry! or move into a river or sumtin.. jd mcm hippo. besa dah lebih kurg.. hehehe.
ok i shall go back to slaving for the company
imtrying to saving for a trip soon. lame ok x pg trip! i hate saving!! theres so much stuff dat i sorta need rite now!
ok..
mwahh
like really really hate em'
i was late getting ready this morning den i turun n started d engine n realised i left my tuition books upstairs. lari naik den saw ooo water bottle.. better bring in case i get thirsty in d car sbb so hot.. den turun.. n realised i did not get my books den naik balik amek books den br masuk car..
then i left my hse n realised i didnt have enuff in my touch n go to reach cyber. so i decided to go to d BHP stn near my hse sbb ada maybank atm thr. so pg la... i parked rite in front o d entrance.. thr was a lady at d machine so i waited den realised i left my T n G card in d car. wen n got it den another lady came in like 0.003 seconds b4 me n used d machine. ok fine.. tunggu lg.. wen it was my turn.. i put my card in d slot n it got rejected.. apakah??
*ATM out of service*
pls jahat.. ok dh marah2 hv to go to d big maybank yg akn buat i lg lmbat den went to maybank at uptown n there was a line at evry atm. ok fuming silently inside but stil beratur.. i was mentally choking d lady in front o me sbb hello?? can u go any slower??? pls take ur time. i happen to really enjoy staring at d back o ur very fascinating head!! move it sista!! ok den it was my turn! yeayy!! janna puts card in slot. janna's card gets rejected by atm. janna gets msg dat says.
*ATM out of service*
kill me kill me now..
wats wrong w me?? am i eminating sum radioactive wave dats making d atms break down???
had to join another line.. br bole.. by dat time dah ader like volcano yg dh erupt coming outta my half blown hair.. eeee hate mondayssss!!!
ok pastu masuk keje ader like a tonne o work..
n br siap 1 task..
ader 3 lg..
n im blogging..
but i sooo need to blow off sum steam.. promise treasure ok
oh my cousin lan got married over d weekend at ipoh. bole panas lg xmalaysia ni?? it was so hot i wanted to cry! or move into a river or sumtin.. jd mcm hippo. besa dah lebih kurg.. hehehe.
ok i shall go back to slaving for the company
im
ok..
mwahh
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
so im back at work. i havent missed much professionally. the company's still running strong. im a little behind in the gossip column tho. like ohemgee, who's getting married and who tipu to go out on a date, and who's secrets are out in d open. i mean really. if u look close enuff, the ofc is like a neverending soap opera! n i feed on gossips like a bunny does a juicy shiny bright orange carrot! yes im shallow like dat. dun judge me ok. sumer org suke gossip. jgn xngaku. nnti i throw shoe at u.
anyways. as expected, sumpah liat giler nk masuk ofc ok. after being on leave for 2 weeks of course la kn. but super xcited to c d babes!! penyampai gossips ok. mesti la xcited nk jumpe.
i wanna tell u abt dis crazy incident i had a few days back. i went out after dinner to get d form 3 literature book i needed for my tuition. we went to SBL in ss2 (kedai 'must go' every student within 3 km radius o SBL) pastu! i went in and it was nearing closing time and thr was a small crowd o mostly moms buying stuffs for their kids. i asked for my book n waited. then i heard all these ladies (satu kedai sume pompuan ok) screaming n shouting in panic!!
i jumped on the book shelve dlm mase 0.07 saat kot!!! i has no idea wat it was! pastu tibe2 nmpak mickey mouse (punye cousin) running for his (gross so i assume laki la) life! w d SBL tauke chasing after him w a (if i remember correctly) pink plastic broom ready to strike!
u can imagine d chaos w all d ladies screaming while sedare mickey ni ran over their feet. tu lah. nx time naik bookshelve w me ok? but seriously. i almost died! xtipu k.
apparently d rats moved in over the long CNY break n had a feast muching on the carpet and books. rats jd pandai kot dh mkn books. seems there were 3 n they were chasing after it all day since morning!
d 2 part time girls who worked there looked ready to pass out! dey sed~ dah xlarat kak dr pagi lari2 mcm ni! hahahaha!! ksian!!
P/S: i miss lazing in bed till 10 watching tv n having lunch while watching csi..
anyways. as expected, sumpah liat giler nk masuk ofc ok. after being on leave for 2 weeks of course la kn. but super xcited to c d babes!! penyampai gossips ok. mesti la xcited nk jumpe.
i wanna tell u abt dis crazy incident i had a few days back. i went out after dinner to get d form 3 literature book i needed for my tuition. we went to SBL in ss2 (kedai 'must go' every student within 3 km radius o SBL) pastu! i went in and it was nearing closing time and thr was a small crowd o mostly moms buying stuffs for their kids. i asked for my book n waited. then i heard all these ladies (satu kedai sume pompuan ok) screaming n shouting in panic!!
i jumped on the book shelve dlm mase 0.07 saat kot!!! i has no idea wat it was! pastu tibe2 nmpak mickey mouse (punye cousin) running for his (gross so i assume laki la) life! w d SBL tauke chasing after him w a (if i remember correctly) pink plastic broom ready to strike!
u can imagine d chaos w all d ladies screaming while sedare mickey ni ran over their feet. tu lah. nx time naik bookshelve w me ok? but seriously. i almost died! xtipu k.
apparently d rats moved in over the long CNY break n had a feast muching on the carpet and books. rats jd pandai kot dh mkn books. seems there were 3 n they were chasing after it all day since morning!
d 2 part time girls who worked there looked ready to pass out! dey sed~ dah xlarat kak dr pagi lari2 mcm ni! hahahaha!! ksian!!
P/S: i miss lazing in bed till 10 watching tv n having lunch while watching csi..
br klua hosp but can still go out for pizza hut!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
medically unsound
alooo darlingss!!
happy new year to my chinese frens!!
howd u spend ur hols??
mine turned out rather diff from what i had planned
here goes
on wed i got up n got ready for work
showered n got hair n make up done
then i felt a terrible pain in my lower abdomen
thinking i needed to relieve myself
i went o the loo and... *nothing*
sat on d throne a while more and still.. *nothing*
by then i was writhing in pain
so much so that by the time i left the loo i was in so much pain i could not stand
i crawled on all fours and dressed myself
papa took me to the doc who was looked abit flabbergasted herself
she finally sed- im gonna diagnose u w fud poisoning, although it cud also be ur ovary, its very tender around the area
so i went home n took my meds n went to sleep
wen i got up d pain was so intense i nangisssss
ouchh
so we went to the hosp whr i was put on a wheelchair
promise sakit smpai knot walk
d gynea checked me n sed- i had a hemorrhage in my ovarian cyst
which essentially means my cyst was bleeding on the inside
hence the intense pain
he admitted me n sed he wud give me meds n hope it will b ok by morning
pending which i wud need surgery should the meds not work their magic
pending which i wud need surgery should the meds not work their magic
so i was admittd la..
esok pg doc sed i needed surgery
he told me at 9am, surgery was at 11am
i was strangely calm..
i remember being in the OT
brilliant white w bright lights
very sureal..
i remember being injected w a very strong pain killer that made me cough n very light headed
n made my eyes go out o focus
n a hand putting a mask on my face
pastu loooooooong sleep
bgn2 perut dah ader 3 lubang!!!
n evryone was so sweet to me!
he took wonderful care of me and my darlings were there for me
thanks u guys.
luff ok
so now im recovering
tomorrow i hv to go in to get the stiches out
still hurts
esp wen i walk alot n/or sneeze, cough, laugh too loud or go over pot holes wen in the car
adoi
n tropicana medical centre is my new fav hosp
trumps damansara specialist anyday!
pls go there if u get sick ok
*luff from d girl w holes n her tummy*
before the surgery, xploring the 7E kt bwh. kenot jln, stil nk tgk kedai
p/s: i hate blogspot today. its very degil n is making my layout so burok n bersepah. dear blogspot. i dun like u today
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