Mansau-ansau

The angels trio...or charlie's angels...hehehe...whose the Charlie now?
Well, a trip with Mona's D-max took us to Tambunan and Keningau on Saturday. I wanted to see the Batu Gong in Tambunan but we missed the simpang. We have this one friend who said she was in Tambunan for 6 months but tidak pun tau where the Batu Gong was... We did have a brief visit to Datu Paduka Mat Salleh Memorial Park though.

When we reached Keningau, heheh... the same friend could point out the many happy spots to visit (nite happy spots) kan Mer kan?...
We had lunch at Permata Club for want of a good atmosphere where there was air-con. Unfortunately after we had sat down our tired buns then we were told the air-con was't really working. Anyway, the food was ok. I liked my carrot susu juice.
Later after lunch, we met julietpapagolf at RedBulls. He and Elizabeth(the Mrs) are apparently the regular patrons of RedBulls. They even won the men and women's dart competition recently. Huu....bestnya husband & wife sama wavelength.

julietpapagolf's jalopy antenna...really reaching for the sky oo...

I tried my hands at dart. heheh...ada jugala yang landed on the dart board itself. Played a couple of games of pool with Elizabeth. Punya lama tidak pigang pool stick... the balls were hit all over the table.

me--the beginner

sifu : gini baa...

It was fun catching up with julietpapagolf. He's taking KDP now. Found out also some other friends are also in the KDP.
We had so much fun catching up with old funny stories that it was almost 7 when we started our journey back to Tambunan to go beraya at Tn DJ's place. Somewhere simpang Sg. Monsurulung. Today I found out that it used to be the old road connecting Tambunan to Keningau. Adventurous road oo going to Tn DJ's residence. Tabik la sama Savvy Julietpapagolf.
Tn DJ greeted us open armed. It was so good to see him again. I bet Mona and Mer would agree too. It was such a homey atmosphere. There were already many visitors there. Chatting and laughing and enjoying themselves. And the food, chicken curry was just nice, the rendang I regretably didn't take as my gums were quietly protesting against it. I did take the Kelupis - a type of steamed starchy rice with santan. Almost like lemang but wrapped in a kind of leaf, not steamed in bamboo. I took two packets of Kelupis as I wanted to concentrate later on the Kuih Raya. Mer helped herself liberally with the kelupis and chicken curry. I know sadap ba tu.. I would have rivalled you Mer tapi tau la... gigi macam mana... hahahaha...

Kelupis.. sedap...
Oh ya, the kuih raya..makmur, ulat bulu, dahlia, kuih kelapa, almond london (tangan tidak sampai huhu...) batang buruk, kacang-kacangan, kek lapis... huih...so many types. All delicious i'd say.
Chit chat chit chat... Tengok tengok... it was nearly 8pm.. It was nearly 10 something I arrived at Sierra and 11 something for Mer to reach home safe an sound. All in all it was a good outing. Next plan. Sayap Waterfalls maybe?

wassup?

• Eiirrghh...3 more days of cuti for me and i have 1/6 more papers to mark. Do I consider that as an achievement? Can la.. When I should've finished them ages ago.
  
• Went beraya at my friend, Zillah's, yesterday. Enjoyed the food, but I enjoyed the chat and the laughter more. Happy Raya to you again Zills..muax..Next time la makan tu truffles ko aa..

• This cat ha... professional hustler...datang-datang trus pi manja-manja... I was doing my sewing last week and it climbed into the balcony and meowed its way into my time and concentration to seek attention, which of course it got.
  

slow poke

Wuarghh... papers from 3 classes to mark. Going the distance man...going the distance. Have to finish..have to finish...

Raya time

Raya is tomorrow. I thought I'd drive to KK last night to pay some last minute credit card bills. The city was not as jammed as I thought it would be. It wasn't really a bumper to bumper ride. I managed to park just next to Standard Chartered and made my way to the atm and deposited some moolah into the machine. Next, I drove to Public Bank near Wawasan. Wanted to pay my Astro and Celcom bills at the atm but last last paid the Astro only. Too many people queueing up and since I'm not a pro yet with the machine, I decided to pay the Astro only. Nanti sala takan button, kan susa.
Here's wishing all the muslimin and muslimat of the world, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Kurung Pesak Riau

Finished my second Baju Kurung Pesak Riau today. I learned that the normal baju kurung, the original design of it is called Baju Kurung Pesak Buluh. Correct me if i'm wrong on this, anybody. And oh, finished the other projects on friday and have already given them to the tukang order baju. Tidak sempat ambil gambar. I have three more projects that I'm compelled to do. Marking papers...also a necessary task but so malas to do..

My two Kurung Pesak Riau. The neck and the sleeves I finished off with a type of sulam which I forgot the name of. A normal baju kurung would cost around RM27-RM30 to make. The cost of sulam or beadwork is another price. So I guess I just saved myself some RM30-Rm40. Neat...

Merajuk

My wira 'pengsan' for a while yesterday. I had driven into the Petronas Gas Station to fill in the gas. It was morning. I was on my way to work AND it was the last day of school.
After filling in the gas, I got into the car to restart my car. Nothing. Uuk... ok. Turned the ignition off and restarted. Nothing. No sound at all. Not even a distress response from the alarm system. Uuukkk...ok. Waited for a while. Repeated the process. Not a thing. Aik... k.

CQ-ed for my friend Sierra70 on the radio. Huh...no response. Called Sierra71. Qso-ed (means chatted) for a while. He then asked me to standby while he called Sierra70. Manala tau, yang pakai Rig ni dapat tembus. He got through Sierra70. Anyway, Sierra70 called me. I responded and asked him where he was. He said he was nearly at the Bateri Panjang (our nickname for the Yayasan Sabah Building). Ok lah. Told him my problem ( I was still trying to turn on the car) but since he was already there, it didn't matter. We qrx-ed after a while.

Thinking..thinking...thinking. I thought it was a good thing my car pengsan at a gas station and that there was an Autoservis outlet just beside this gas station. So, I went out the car and went to the counter to ask when the Service Centre would open. She said 9. 9??! It was barely 7am! I asked her again if she knew the number to call for the Servis Centre. Maybe I could call someone to come early and look into my car. She didn't have the number since its not under Petronas management. Haha and hah. Very informative. She did suggest maybe I could have my car pushed to the side. Iya... Good idea. There was a Petronas man-person there who said he'd do it. So off I went to the car. I went behind the wheels and thought I'd give the car another try. Huh...the car hidup pulak. I waved apologetically to the man-person and drove off.

So, this morning I sent the wira to A to Z AutoWorks. My colleagues had adviced me on this and that about the engine. Hope it won't take too long to fix.

Attacked

I could feel it coming. From mild insistent throb to an awful sensation of expansion of the girth of my head. Migraine. Sometimes the trigger is recognizable. Sometimes unrecognizable. Yesterday's? Late meal.
Terrible. Reached home around 5 and straightaway had a cold shower. After having my meal of fried mee hun and murtabak, I waited a few minutes before taking in 2 tablets of Caffox. Later, I sat back, made a few adjustments to the baju melayu which I had made edgings of a few hours before at Kingfisher's, and waited for the effect of Caffox to kick in.
But the meds didn't do its job. I had then developed a splitting headache. Had to go lie down. Felt my mouth slowly being filled in with saliva. Involuntary salivation...Uggh...felt a literal sinking of my stomach. Damn...mau muntah la ni...
Sigh! Which I did. 3 times. The first purge was deliberate. I stuck my left forefinger into my throat and let out the murtabak and some rice (I had to. It was going to come out anyway.) What a bigger headache I got afterwards!
the second purge let out some liquid. I could feel the acid taste of the vomit going up my throat and out my mouth. Oh the smell...the smell...
The third purge...I thought I didn't have anymore left in my stomach. Staggered back onto the bed. I had turned of the fans by then because I was having a cold sweat. The headache had moved to my right temple. Sleep was a welcome relief.
Woke up at a few minutes to 5 in the morning. Hmm... no more pain. There was still a bit of sour taste at the back of my throat though and my throat was sore from all the purging. Went to the kitchen and mixed some Uphalite in a glass and downed it.
Wished I could just stay home and rest. Hope I won't get another attack anytime soon.

Coming soon..

Ack...1 hour stress. I was enjoying my meal with pinaasakan tilapia (which Dad caught from the fish pond) when I received a call. It was the nurse which normally accompanies Doc Devi when I go for my Ortho treatment. She wondered why I was I wasn't around the clinic. Ah? I made a dash towards the study room to get my appointment card. After making sure that I was in the right, that I was only supposed to go for the treatment on the 24th, I told her.
She said " salah tu, ni hari tu."
Me : " alamak, macam mana la tu? Tidak ditulis di sini kad?"
Nurse : " Sempat ka pigi sini sebelum kul 4.30? Dorang balik awal ni sebab bulan puasa kan?"
Me : "ba sia cuba la."

It was 3.30pm. I finished up my meal and 10 mins later was already in the car. Drove all the way from Sierra to Luyang in less than 20 mins. If my car was any more powerful, I'd've been there earlier. Skaaali...I came to the wrong place. I was supposed to go to Queen's...and it's at the new wing of the hospital! Again, made a dash towards the car which was parked in the Luyang Clinic compound. Lucky me got parking. Unlucky me, went to the wrong clinic.
So, drove to Queen's. I was worried about the jam. It was already 4.05pm. I wasn't about to just give up! I can't afford to have a delay in my treatment/appointment.
Vroom Vroom and what the hey? was there at Queens 11 mins later. Didn't bother to go find parking at the parking bay and just rested my Wira near the curb, just beside the new building. It was just an inlet before the overhead pedestrian crossing. Went out the car and ran up the stairs, asked for a quick reference from one of the nurses at the nearest counter where the new dental specialist area was and continued my running.
Huff Puff... huh...they were waiting for me. At 4.25pm my name was called. As usual, I had around 3 0r 4 docs attending. Kiri kanan semua tengok at my mouth everytime I was asked to open and show my gnashers. Joint-Clinic...ginila. I've gotten used to it by now. Always feel like a specimen of sorts when I go for Joint-Clinic with the specialists. Doc Devi was there. Two other dentists were there. The Pakar Bedah Mulut was Doc Normah, a very friendly and hip doc. The last time I saw her, she was sporting this funky colored spectacles and I told her so. Haha..
So, the result? Tentatively my surgery is set on the 14th Nov. Hopefully the hospital doesn't have other ad hoc operations to perform that might push the date further back.
4.45pm I was on my way back to my illegally parked car. Lucky me again there was no police traffic on the prowl. Thus ended my 1 hour or so race (stress).
Tomorrow I'll be going for my usual dental treatment at Luyang. Maybe I'll choose brown or purple o-rings for this time around.

Sew preoccupied

I have a few sewing projects. I have a dream...(quoting the famous line..) to sew myself three pasang baju kurung. and a few other baju kurungs. a pair of baju melayu AND pants. found myself trying to think, to remember the sewing lessons I had two years ago. Last night I went and had a look at my old sewing notes to find the pants pattern. Hopefully the measurement will match the wearers since I was only given the sample bajus only.
So, it has been a weeken of sewing for me. It's like that with me. Once I start with my sewing, I'll be compelled to finish. Time will almost stand still for me. And I almost loathe stopping until I finish a certain section. When I am away from the sewing projects, I'd be most certainly be thinking of them, waiting for me at home. Like now...

Wet Wet Wet

It was a wet, wet day. I was awakened early morning by the sound of rain falling. Nasib baik ada heater, bole la mandi without shivering too much. Drove to school under light drizzle. But it poured and poured by the time I parked my car.
And it poured and poured all day. The wind was very chilly as well. I thought my head was going to freeze and crack in the chill. Suddenly I thought of the many headscarves and headwarmers I had tucked away inside my cupboard. It would be so comforting to warm my head just then.
The rain only let up around 2pm. Then I got word that the road leading to my place was under water. The Putrajaya traffic light was also flooded. So I decided to roam around KK with my other half. Roam...Roam... Roam...
It was near 4.30pm when I reached home. Puttered around in the kitchen for a while. Cooked my favorite easy-to-do lauk. Chicken meat fried with some mushroom, simmered with chopped cabbage and soo Hoon. Yumm..
Anyway, it was a cold night too. I am so glad my bed is such a comfy bed. So warm, so cosy, so....Zzzz.z....zzz...zz...zz