May 29, 2006

icky-est

It's the job-hunting season again, since most of us are graduating. Here's 10 worst jobs in science, but why not, it pays well

10 most ickiest job in the world

10. Orangutan-Pee Collector : Their work is noninvasive —for the apes, that is . . .
9. NASA Ballerina : Her dance partner is a supersensitive Robot
8. Do-Gooder : Bugs, bears, and a melting earth, you call this a vacation?
7. Semen Washer : It's a job that separates the boys from the men
6. Volcanologist : When the earth heats up, they head in
5.Nuclear-Weapons Scientist : They've mastered fusion. Next up: Filing
4. Extremophile Excavator : Never has success smelled less sweet
3. Kansas Biology Teacher : On the front lines of science's devolution
2. Manure Inspector : The smell is just the start of the nastiness
1. Human Lab Rat : Warning: Pesticides are bad for you

Further details can be found at Popular Science
Most of the jobs sound fine to me. At least not boring.

"Most right-brained people like you are flexible in many realms of their lives. Whether picking up on the nuances of musical concerto, appreciating the subtle details in a work of art, or seeing the world from a different perspective, right-brained people are creative, imaginative, and attuned to their surroundings.

People probably see your thinking process as boundless, and that might translate to your physical surroundings as well.
Some people think of you as messier than others. It's not that you're disorganised, it's just that you might use different systems to organise (by theme, by subject, by colour). Straight alphabetisation and rigidly ordered folders are not typical of right-brained behaviour."

I took several of this kinda tests before, from school counselors to internet, and the results are always the same.. Can engineers be right-brained-ed.. ? hmm..


p/s : The mothers of two of my friends had just passed away, due to cancer. Al Fatihah..

May 25, 2006

roda

Telstra stadium. Sydney.

Waking up to the smell of sambal nasi lemak with excessive belacan and onions (or garlic), added with armpit smell ("bau ket") of various type of armpits, in an overcrowded air-conditioned LRT.
how's that sound? menarek bukan?!

Atuk2 selalu ckp bangun pagi gosok gigi hirup udara segar, awet muda, hati riang, jiwa sehat, otak cerdas.
So far in doing so had caused me headaches that led to some vomiting in the office. Yes, right in the middle of the room. Sigh.
maafkan saya makcik cleaner, apekan daya, saye tak tahan.
Pls, lets not take smelly as in strongly-smelled things into crowded public places, as if it isn't stuffy and appalling enough already.

Org melayu selalu cakap "hidup umpama roda, kejap atas kejap bawah"
So here, the ups and downs - re cap:
Pahang had finally beaten perlis for the FA cup (kambing punya ref, naseb baik mng)
Arsenal lost to barca. (ni pun ref sgt kambing)
BJ & Tyler won The Amazing Race 9.
Elliot Yamin got voted out.
Aras baskaukas was named the sole survivor of Survivor Panama : Exile Island.

I know their winnings had got nothing to do with me. But still, watching the team or person I'm rooting for lost nearly 97% of the time (it hurts, ok!), the victory tasted too sweet to be ignored.
I'm actually sad that Survivor has ended, can't wait for the 13th season, Survivor Cook Island.
Heck I'm a sucker for reality shows esp by mark Burnett (
tapi myteam pun layan jugak.)
It might surprise u that there are quite a lot to be learned from watching and listening even to what u perceived as the lamest story uve heard, or the worst TV show uve ever watched; as long as u keep searching, and look beyond the 'visible panty lines' as in those turn-offs, and find humor in things u do.. (uhm?!)

"Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. "
the desiderata

I hate mundane entries. I hate my mundane current state of living.

May 24, 2006

lenggang kangkung

My parents are off to China.
Lets go grab the marijuana.. !!

I'm currently;

1.reading the "wild swans" and "abramovich : the billionaire from nowhere",

2.re-reading "Hillary Rodham Clinton: living history", "no god but God", "the sandman book of dreams", salman rushdie's "fury", and my invaluable collection of "the archies".
*Its called multi-reading, good for the brains as it requires passion and concentration in remembering lotsa different plots and characters at one time.
Another nonsensical theory of mine. Tq very much.

3.listening to "stadium arcadium" by THE RHCP, and haven't bored still with "x&y" coldplay,

4.unproductive and non functional. The one thing that keeps me goin is doin the 'tree mail' for TEROKA. Not to forget, my little bundle of joy, majin buu.. yeay!



p/s : the mother to a friend of mine is currently bed ridden, due to brain tumor. Please pray for their happiness, in which way that is best for them. Am greatly sorry to hear what transpired. Be strong girl. Allah knows best.

May 16, 2006

tuesday 11pm

What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with both ur mother & grandmother?
I've been at grandma's during the long weekends.
Her chickens are dead, eaten by dogs.
There's a new fish pond in sight, replacing the old one, and 'tailored' as of a zen garden. Cemented, so that u can actually swim in it, among the fishes.

I was never the fav grandchild, Wan(its wut I call my grandma)has more than 50 to choose from anyway.
I was never the one she asked to do things for her, not the one who gets the most angpows, led my girl cousins in picketing against doin the housework, used her 'bedak batu' as chalks and the walls as blackboard while playing "cikgu cikgu", destroyed most of her plants (onions, serai, kedondong, etc) while playing "masak masak", etc. Same as mother.
I was this outwardly happy kid but inside, im just sad & angry, the silent-r
ebel-without-a-cause type.
It was mainly the discrimination I detest, the way women tend to put themselves small compared to everyone else. Traditionally we are taught that women cant behave in certain ways, cant do certain things, cant get certain things, against my believe in treating ppl as individuals, not by labeling - skin color, ethnicity, religion and even sex. Now that's a different story.

Nway, then came womanhood. And as I get older, I become less angry. I still question, but less assertively. And I opted educating
rather than scolding. It's not conforming but somehow im being more diplomatic and 'serene' in getting my points across. Partially it's not their fault, it was the way they were brought up, they are already used to it. And I'm not proud of the way I used to act around them, nor the way I treat them. They deserve better, the very best.

I know they miss me. Eventually ive become their fav "ears to borrow" (I lent them my ears, get it? belasah la)
the minute I reached there, my mom was all over me with stories and stuff, from worldly affairs to things thatve been bothering her. The next morning was Wan's turn. & always, the time was while I was glued to astro. Such perfect timing. But still, we are bombarded with so much oral input these days that our brains filter out any peripheral infos, which in this case, the shows on TV. I can still enjoy watching my fav shows on TV while listening to them. The wonder of multi tasking. & I found myself enjoying the time spent.

There's this one show I watched with mother last Sunday. About the has been Malay celebrities from the 60's and 70's. She made me watch it. And then hinted for me to give her a CD of songs by Jasni, the late hubby of Neng Yatimah, the proud parents of Rosiyatimah (the heroin in "pendekar bujang lapok", sangat cantik ok!). Alang alang her birthday's coming, I went searching for it. memang takdela kan. Instead I bought her a limited edition of P.ramlee's collections, the "pujaan 60's vol.2" and "aku dan kenangan vol. 2". ok la kan.
So by any chance sape2 tau mane nak beli atau muat turun lagu dengdangan Jasni (have u even heard of him?), please please pretty pls with sugar on top, inform me.. thanks.

I also get to finally watched Qaisy & Laila. I never thot that jehan miskin could act! Or maybe before, I just watched the wrong movies of his. So I take back wut I said about jehan's just another not-so-pretty face trying to show off his body, kaku dan sebagainye. maafkan saya

even a smile can be charity


edited : im not going to far far away afterall. The much-awaited family vacation is act "atas urusan rasmi" abah. So we wont be spending much time together anyway. Plus my bro is having exams on those dates. Another bro has to get back early, "atas urusan rasmi" as well. If my bros not goin, I don't wanna go. Let it be like some sort of second honeymoon for them..

gabus, pls jadi g sipadan,
since I'm not goin anywhere.. kalau tak aku merajuk 10 hari dgn korg. DAHLA PEGI SITE SURVEY TINGGALKAN ASST. DIRECTOR, hmmph!!!

May 10, 2006

wet look

majin buu at 1-month-old. fresh out of shower

What I thought would be one of those bad days as for a bad start, turned out to be one of the greatest.
The trick was that I literally told myself "Hey, bad start, so what. This WILL be one of the greatest days in my life" ala Dr fadilah kamsah.
and it works!! It was smooth sailing, topped up with a happy ending =D
see, u CAN choose whether to be happy or not. I think i just made the right choice.

I'm off to far far away, in less than 15 days! The thought of hobnobbing with those of the same roots as my ancestors is sure is good, for such a short notice.
& since the last time I thought of not becoming an engineer, I stumbled upon 2 new job prospects.
no wait, it was practically thrust upon me.. alhamdulillah.

dear God Almighty. Please let me do this. Please oh please let it be permanent. Or at least on regular basis.
It's still tooo early to tell, my pessimist side warned me to wait till it's really happening, just to be sure. But still, enough to keep my mind pleasantly occupied. Its time to make some lucre baby!
And for a change, this time it's more to my liking, it's something I don't mind getting washed up for. My cup of tea, with marshmellow and caramel on top..

shambie tagged me. Hey, I love doin these things, it's one good way of keeping in touch with ur frens

seriously I need to :

1. Go see the Dean regarding my project.
2. Start reading the newly bought autobiography of Abramovich
3. Go buy the indutrial training log book
4. Start swimming/climbing again, or any kind of work out and stick to it.
5. Get majin buuu a gf, haha.

nak tambah - 5 things in my need-to-buy-luxury-item list,
1. A DSLR, or Panasonic fz20, or any of that ilk with o.i.s
2. A racing bike
3. This kamasutra-ish jigsaw puzzle that's on display at this puzzle shop in times sq.
4. This fluorescent-green watch from Rip Curl. (tah tah dah ade org beli)
5. Sony vios notebook

well, in order to complete five and getting myself all five, I need to stop filibustering and start focusing. On what? hmm (sambil pintal2 rambut, lembut & berbau enak, baru syampoo. =D). Focusing on keeping myself happy, boleh?

strangers care

"Being backstabbed seems to be pretty common nowadays. It's a dog-eat-dog world in this modern age. Some rely on their own abilities while others prefer to use their conniving and manipulative ways because they do not have the exact capabiliy to achieve something.

In my opinion, why dignify their insults with responses and give them the satisfaction of getting u riled up? People backstab because they are envious of u. When the green eye monster rears its ugly head, it makes them feel insecure so they gossip and backstab the people they know...


Backstabbers are cowards and they go behind people's back
because they are afraid of what might have happened if the person that they are backstabbing had found out before the damage is done. Backstabbing doesn't make u more attractive or appealing. Instead, it makes the society detest and distrust you and sooner or later, the backstabbers will just be witout true friends who actually care.. "


by Lauren Low

thanks Lauren.. :)

May 07, 2006

tonsils alter mamak : anagram

I missed work for a week. (x sengaja pls!!). I got stressed out unnecessarily the week before.
Then I got sick. When ur mind's unhealthy, u body gets it, seriously!
I don't fall sick easily but once I do,
I got it baaaddd. (like the usher's song, "U got it, u got it bad..")
Full package ok. +tonsillitis, that eventually infected the whole body.
oh semua di atas adalah teori sendri pls, for real facts try ask edi the doc

I'm so used of having bad tonsil(s)
, since like, forever. bad bad tonsils!!! (gaye tgh marah anjing).
They've been trying to remove it, the doctors. But my mom resorted to homoeopathy.
Her exact words I quote
"kepala dah dikorek, nak korek2 kerongkong plak, eeeii janganlah".
Clarification: I had this head operation at the age of 5, so twas a bit traumatizing for her, for me to undergo another operation.
Me? I don't really mind. I even thought my voice would sound much sexier if I were to get rid of those tonsils, haha! Then again, maybe that's not a good thing.
camne nak nyanyi lagu duran2 kalau suara serak kan.
Plus I know I can always get this raspy, sexy ala Bryan Adam's voice, or AJ of BSB, by.. smoking... hmm..
perlu kah? tidak perlu rasenye..
But nway the homoeopathy miraculously worked, considering I threw most of it away
(dlm pasu bunga, dlm sink, etc), and I was cured. It should be for a life time if I were to stick to it religiously, I think.

Hey I get to watch M.I. 3 last Saturday. Not bad la, though the trailer kinda suxx. But don't wanna talk bout it, go read the reviews..
So nway, before the movie, we went to this shop (cant remember the name). cikut wanted to have his jubah altered.
terlalu labuh katenye. skali tak sgt pun. Juz few extra inches below, can be solved by wearing heels, which is a no-no in this case. So fine, half an inch were goin to be removed.
& u know how much it costs? RM15 ok?!!! doink. I can do it, if not for the nonexistence of a sewing machine.

I later found myself inside a barbershop, after the movie. bak kate org melayu, kedai gunting mamak. But it think twas pure Indian, the stylist(?!!), not a mamak. God knows how long I haven't been in one. zaman2 cumel dulu penah la ikut abah potong rambut ricet &asyraf kat mamak.

flashback : at one time, they cut not accordingly, that ricet & asyraf end up bald headed. konon2 nak GQ, haha!! pastu asyraf mengamuk nak bakar kedai. and they were the laughing stock of the school for 1 whole week! end of flashback.

TF barbershop is a modern time barbershop. Instead of the typical hair mags or old mags u'd have expected in a salon, there were spreads of latest Vmag, women weekly, intrend, etc etc. Wow huh. "where tradition bridges generations", is what they stand for . They've gone waaaayyy back & they surely know their stuff,
service baik punyaaa.. First class treatment all the way. Plus head massage (cikut mmg dah nak tido dah kat situ, dgn aftershave yg melazatkan, tangkap lentok la bak kate org). note : cikut ke sana utk "cukut janggut" sahaja. rm7, not bad ey

see, I can be easily amused and fascinated by even the most fundamental, elementary things. How nice!